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MADISON - For the second straight season, David Gilbert will not start when Wisconsin plays Nebraska in the Big Ten opener.
After missing last season's contest due to a broken foot, being forced to watch Wisconsin's 48-17 beating of Nebraska from the Camp Randall sidelines, Gilbert's comment to ESPNMadison.com that Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez's passing motion looks 'like he's skipping rocks out there' has cost him his starting spot.
"He'll be skipping rocks on the sidelines with me for the first play," UW coach Bret Bielema said Thursday. "He will not start the game. I want to make him understand that, that's just not who we are or what we are."
Gilbert started the first four games last season before his injury knocked him out for the remainder of the season. After starting slow to begin the season in his first extended playing time since the injury, Gilbert has made 10 tackles in the last two games, including a career-high seven tackles against Utah State two weeks ago.
Spending the summer working on his passing mechanics, Martinez has taken advantage of a lighter nonconference schedule to rank first in the Big Ten in passing efficiency (180.93), numbers that obviously didn't impressive Gilbert.
"I was taken aback because that's just not (the) norm (for Wisconsin)." Bielema said. "That still doesn't give the right to throw those things out. I think Taylor Martinez is a Heisman-type guy, the numbers he is having - if they continue to put those up there. He has made tremendous strides."
According to Bielema, Gilbert will not play the first play, if not more. Gilbert was delivered the news by defensive lineman coach Charlie Partridge.
"Charlie preached a strong statement to him." Bielema said. "I'm a head coach and you hold accountability first within the position groups. Charlie wanted that opportunity to tell him. I think he called me this morning at 6:30 a.m., and told me what popped up on his twitter. And I'm like, 'Really? Come on.' The kid is going to learn. As head coach I have to remind guys all the time; the things that we say and the things we put in front of the media - you said it, now you have to play it."
Tyler Dippel and Konrad Zagzebski will start at end for UW, which will be without ends Brendan Kelly (hamstring) and Pat Muldoon (thumb).
Ball is Ready
After being knocked out of Saturday's game with a concussion sustained at the start of the second quarter, senior tailback Montee Ball has been cleared to play and is expected to start.
"Montee got out there in practice today," Bielema said. "He's been cleared 100 percent. He looked good out there during the last rep of practice so unless something changes overnight he's clear for the football game."
Muldoon is said to be cleared next week, and has been eager to get back in the game.
"For the last two weeks, every Sunday he's in my office begging with me to talk to the doctors," Bielema said of Muldoon. "And of course I can't do anything there. It's strictly the doctor's decision. He should be cleared to go next week."
"From that standpoint we are healthy," Bielema added. "I thought the guys had a great week. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday probably our best workweek we have had since the season kicked in. I'm very excited about the way they handled that and today was no let down at all. I'm excited to get to the weekend."
Kicking Update
Kicking, specifically kickoffs, has been a recent issue for the Badgers from sophomore Kyle French. After switching to true freshman Jack Russell last week, Bielema plans on starting Russell … unless another issue comes up.
"Jack will be the guy out of the gate," Bielema said. "Kyle hit the ball really, really well this week and hit it again today very, very well. As is the case when Kyle was the guy and Jack was right there, one thing both of them have suffered from is if they have a bad kick the next one is really bad. That's something we are aware of. Kyle put that first one out of bounds. We made the decision to go with Jack and didn't waiver on that. The same thing will be true for Jack going into this game."
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Even in tough situations, redshirt freshman Joel Stave has kept his cool and hasn't let pressure get to him. After seeing Stave manage the offense in the last two games, Bielema is putting his faith in Stave for a second straight start.
"Just from the time I've known Joel - over the last two to two and a half years of knowing him - every day is the same," Bielema said. "He doesn't get too high or get to low. He has that innocence to him where something happens it's just like, 'Oh, OK, that happened.' And I don't see that changing. I saw a great quote from Travis (Frederick) that he was the same in the huddle when we were up by four points and needing to score as we were in the second quarter when things got rolling."
New Uniforms
The new uniforms have also been a hot topic coming into the Nebraska game, sporting an old-school version of the Badgers outfits. The new look is going over well with the team as they have been practicing all week in them.
"The kids have been really enjoying them," Bielema said. "They have been wearing the shoes and the helmets all week. We put them in the jerseys. What's nice is that its two premier Adidas schools - Nebraska and us. I spoke for Adidas last spring and it really jumped out to me when I went to their headquarters; how much of a brand Wisconsin was for them. It's really a key matchup game for them."
Bielema on Nebraska's receivers
"They are all vertical threats but each one of them has their own little rules, their little points of emphasis. I believe it's No.18, he's kind of the fifth wheel guy. I think (Martinez) has really done a nice job where they have some down the line run games which opens up some vertical passing games. They've been able to capitalize on that so that's what is making the threat. I think their group of receivers, by far, are the most physical and most gifted players we have faced at this point."


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"We've made a big effort to keep the students that come here," Eaton said. "If you choose Cumberland for your education, we look after you. We have small classes, and our teachers want you to succeed. They won't let you get lost in the shuffle."
The growth this year is surprising not only because the economy is weak, but because Cumberland has been steadily raising admission standards the past three years.
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Weiland not busted after all!
News broke on Thursday that former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland was arrested on July 26th, but as the story developed it was established that the person arrested was an imposter.
The original story broke on TMZ, and then several news outlets reached out to police, who confirmed that Weiland was arrested. But later in the day it was discovered that police had booked another individual under Weiland's name.
Weiland was quick to react to the original report, which stated that he was still in police custody. The singer posted a video on Facebook which showed him and his band in a recording studio.
And he said, "So all I have to say to our fans is, whether you find it funny or interesting or whether you're sad, don't worry, don't fret, it's a lie. TMZ, you'll be hearing from my attorneys."
Following the release of Weiland's video the Beverly Hills Police Department, issued the following statement that read, "The fingerprint return positively identified the individual as Jason Michael Hurley (44 years of age). Beverly Hills Police will be requesting an additional criminal filing on Hurley. - Furnishing False Information to a Peace Officer. Records will be updated to properly reflect this information."


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E46 M3: EVAP (Charcoal Canister) Delete DIY
Well, it's a bit crappy, but you should get the idea.
What you will need:
1) 2 oil filters with a 3/8" dia
2) 3/8" dia hose, 15-30 inches (depending on how many loops you want)
3) 3/4" clamps, or anything that can go down to that size
4) zip ties
I started by figuring out which vent pipes vented out/in and then attached one way filters according to the direction the air flows.
I attached the filters to the 3/8" dia hose, clamped them on. the vent pipe that pulls air in, was the shorter hose and the vent pipe that pushes air out was a bit longer, so I was able to loop it once. I've read you should loop it a couple times and that it doesn't even matter; so I just did one loop.
I slid the 3/8" dia hose (3/4" outter dia) into the vent pipes, after I trimmed them. Really doesn't matter where, I cut mine so it was right behind the lower wheel well area. Clamp them down, should already be a tight fit. I zip tied the hoes/filters to the lower exterior of the batter box.
And lastly.... I then used a vacuum plug/cover to plug the blue line that goes to the airbox.
Total drop was 8 lbs, I still need to pull the evap mount off, I'm expecting another 5 or so lbs with that - as it's all steel.
Sorry I didn't get more pics, I was figuring it all out as I went along, so I only took a few at the end. If you want more pics or better angles, let me know an I can take some.
My loop is seen here. I zip tied the top of the look to the upper battery box area.
At the top of the picture you can see the blue return line, just plugged it and zip tied it for a little extra security.
Here you can kind of see how the filters are inserted opposite of each other.
Great thread, I'd like to see more pics, I'm having a hard visualizing all you did under there...
Sorry about that, but I don't really have more pics right now. I can take some in a couple days.
Basically, you're looking for the inside of the right rear tire in the first pic. The hoses are coming out of the lower right side of the gas tank.
I'll try to take more pics.
On a side note, everything is running fine, no loss in MPG or fuel; and not any added MPG. I did pull the hose off from the front and also took out the EVAP sensor thing out, then plugged it up. Kinda hard to explain and of course I didn't take any pics of that part. :(
I'll take some pics from under there and you can guide me!
We can do that, too. Just PM whenever you have the pics.
Pardon my stupidity, but what's the benefit of this bypass? Besides the minimal weight reduction? Won't the ECU throw a code? Given that it's part of the emissions control system, iirc.
Also, does this only apply to the M3?
After reading your description a few times I think I understand what needs to happen.
Why does the line need to be looped?
The reason for looping is to prevent a siphon if enough fuel sloshed up into the hose or possibly if you rolled the car.
Just a note though, only one of the lines that connects to the charcoal canister actually needs to be filtered. One of them connects to the expansion tank and the other is just an exhaust line that is open behind the fender liner.
You can see here that only line 3 connects to the expansion tank.
I just looked under there and I see that Line 15 is just a vent tube that comes out from the EVAP container. That being said I'm guessing that there is nothing that needs to be done with that line?
Ok, so it looks like to just loop the line #3 a few times and I'm set.
WHich direction do I point the filter, flow outwards towards the atmosphere or flow inwards?
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On Election Day, many people of faith cast their votes for marriage equality in Washington state, Minnesota, Maryland and Maine. The day after, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, said: "November 6, was a disappointing day for marriage ... I especially call on all people to pray and to build a renewed culture of marriage and the family. This is a fundamental task on which the future good and stability of our society, and particularly that of our children, rest."
Is anyone else tired of this "batten down the hatches and pray for stability" approach?
It is due time that the Catholic church changes the way we talk about civil marriage equality. Catholics in the pews are finding it more and more difficult to apply their faith in practice when the teachings from the pulpit don't reflect the realities of life. The good and stability of our everyday lives will not be hindered by same-sex marriage. Gay people aren't going to turn more people gay. Lesbians will not show up at anyone's door looking to recruit. When marriage equality is a national norm, very little in average American life will change -- but for so many of our brothers and sisters, their lives will be changed for the better.
The fight for marriage equality isn't about changing families: It's about strengthening responsible ones. What's good for society? Two people publicly committing to love and care for each other while providing a caring home for children. With so many marriages ending in divorce and so many families being broken up, we need more couples fighting for their marriages with the same intensity that same-sex couples are.
If we keep using this us-against-them mentality, we're going to keep alienating people from the church and act as a barrier between individuals and God's love. I'm not telling anyone to change a sacrament. I'm not demanding that the church change anything. But let's be realistic about same-sex relationships and stop acting like couples committing to each other will hurt American families.
As a church, we must work toward an inclusive faith community that understands that we are not experts on the human experience. We're working together to understand our communal roles
I say we join Cordileone's call to pray for the strengthening of families -- but let's pray for the strengthening of all families and stop pretending that the term "family" is one-size-fits-all.
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Mothering was founded in 1976 as a quarterly magazine. The first issue was put together in Ridgway, Colorado by pregnant moms who were part of the same childbirth education class. The audience for the magazine was the nascent community of natural living pioneers.
One of our early articles talked about how nice it would be if a new mom could call a friend when she was awake at night with the baby. We didn't even imagine the Internet then.
In 1995, an old friend told me to get a URL. My friend worked in Sausalito with several web pioneers so I trusted his judgment and registered mothering.com.
By 1998, we had increased the frequency of publishing the magazine to bimonthly and used our website as a customer service site for subscribers.
About that time I hired a new managing editor, Rosie Kennedy, who started discussion boards on mothering.com for the first time. Cynthia Marshall was our first official board administrator and when Cynthia left to adopt a baby, I interviewed several applicants for what we now call the Community Manager position.
One applicant stood out because of her responses to my questions about how she would handle conflict among our members. In 2001, I hired Cynthia Mosher as Community Manager and her gentle and consistent leadership has helped to shape the growth of the Mothering community for 11 years. In 2001, Cynthia and I hoped that one day we would have 1,000 community members. Today we have over 200,000 members.
We've just unveiled an exciting new design for mothering.com. As the site has grown, we've had one platform for the community, a second for the articles and yet another for the blogs. What a relief to have everything integrated into one site with crisp visual presentation and great functionality. We can now better feature the fresh new content and up-to-the-minute conversations we know you love.
Thank you to those who have emailed with their enthusiasm about our new look. Please let me know how you like it and what we can do to improve your experience at Mothering.
Peggy O'Mara founded Mothering.com in 1995 and is currently its editor-in chief. She was the editor and publisher of Mothering Magazine from 1980 to 2011. The author of Having a Baby Naturally; Natural Family Living; The Way Back Home; and A Quiet Place, Peggy has lectured and conducted workshops at Omega Institute, Esalen, La Leche League International, and Bioneers. She is the mother of four.


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Are Foreign Direct Investments An Instrument Of Shifting The Moldavian Economy To A Superior Level Of International Specialisation?
It is a well known fact that a country or other becomes richer or poorer to a large extent depending on the character of the country's international specialisation. For centuries, the world's countries have permanently changed their specialisation type in order to obtain higher incomes and become more prosperous. From the theoretical viewpoint, currently, under the conditions of globalisation, the countries of the world may change their type of specialisation under the influence of foreign capital investments. It is indeed true, and yet, the opinion that FDI any time and anywhere, under any circumstances are beneficial to the host country is somewhat exaggerated. In the vast majority of cases, FDIs "pull" the host country towards progress, and in some cases, these still can change a formerly prosperous country into a simple exporter of raw materials. We expect that FDI shall make us richer, shall increase the economic development level of the country. We are still expecting it today, even if with less enthusiasm. Why?
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A play from the Thatcher years about censorship is just as relevant today, writes Robin Usher.
Most people know Rhys McConnochie as a performer on the Melbourne Theatre Company stage in such plays as Hannie Rayson's Inheritance and Chekhov's The Seagull.
But such stage appearances are only the tip of the iceberg that is his dramatic career, most of which has been spent educating drama students.
"The sky is the limit when you work with students," McConnochie says. "They are always willing to try anything and to take risks because they haven't yet learned what they can't do."
He is directing the final-year drama class at the Victorian College of the Arts in a production of Nick Dear's The Art of Success about 18th-century artist William Hogarth in London just before the introduction of government censorship.
In the 20 years since he arrived in Australia from new Zealand, he has also taught at Sydney's NIDA and at Perth's WAAPA.
"I cut my teeth on the political writing in the '60s and '70s, with such authors as Edward Bond and Caryl Churchill," he says.
"This is a play from the Thatcher years, but it is still relevant today."
It is set during one day in Hogarth's life during which he boozes with mates, sketches a murderess in prison, visits a prostitute and tries to hide his activities from his wife while debate rages about the introduction of censorship.
"It presents both sides of the argument," McConnochie says. "There are real knotty ideas presented in very muscular language."
With a cast of 10, it is ideal for a student production, and he points out that few professional companies could afford such a large-scale show.
Hogarth emerges as a pragmatist who is prepared to accept the legal compromises to safeguard his profits.
But Henry Fielding, who was London's most prolific playwright at the time, gave up the theatre to become a magistrate and novelist.
"This sort of debate about selling out is always relevant to the arts."
He says the decision by the Walpole government in 1737 to allow the lord chancellor to censor everything that appeared on stage had a terrible impact on British theatre up to its repeal in 1968.
"Joe Orton's plays were massacred because he died in 1967," he says. "Kenneth Tynan and all those active in theatre in the '60s were involved in getting it revoked."
The immediate result was Tynan's Oh Calcutta and a plethora of nude shows that he describes as pathetic and silly.
"But the effect of 230 years of censorship had an incalculable impact," he says.
"Female sexuality was a feature of the Restoration comedies but that all stops after censorship is introduced. Women become either whores or goddesses."
The play carries a warning about language and nudity, but McConnochie offers an assurance that the latter is discrete.
"More concerning is the sexuality portrayed," he says. He points out the male actors were shocked by the way that Hogarth treats women, indicating how far modern men have evolved from past behaviour.
He is bemused there is not more political theatre being presented today, given recent world-shaking events.
"I saw a fringe production of a Brecht play two years ago and it seemed very relevant," he says.
McConnochie will return to direct again at the VCA later this year, after a commercial season of The Gin Game with Julia Blake and Terry Norris at the Fairfax in October.
The Art of Success by Nick Dear is at the Grant Street Theatre, Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank, until June 16. Book on 9685 9359.
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Police raided three properties in Colchester yesterday morning.
Two raids were carried out on Hythe Hill and one on New Town Road.
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EVESHAM Town Council is to write letters of intent pledging £250,000 in funding for two of the town's biggest projects.
Both the Abbey Bell Tower Appeal and the Almonry Museum are to benefit from the New Homes Bonus funding, should the town council have the money available to them in the future.
The council agreed to apply for £100,000 for the Bell Tower Appeal and £150,000 for the Almonry Museum in July 2013.
But the security of the money came into doubt when it was discovered it could be used differently by central government in coming years.
However the council says they will still spend the money on the two projects should they receive it and at a recent meeting councillors agreed they were happy to pen letters of intent to the fundraising campaigns.
Members also allocated £10,000 of the money to go towards the War Memorial Project.
The scheme, which is already earmarked to received £10,000 in funding from the council, will see the War Memorial made more accessible to people with mobility issues and the floor tiles replaced.
It's anticipated this will cost about £15,000, with the possibility of up to a £3,000 contribution by the War Memorials Trust. But the town council have allowed up to £20,000 in funding to ensure the project is not halted due to a lack of funding if unforeseen problems arise.
Councillor John Smith said he was happy with the proposals and said he wanted to make sure the War Memorial Project could go ahead. He said by pledging £10,000 to the scheme, instead of the £5,000 originally suggested to council. "It gives us wiggle room if there's a problem when they are onsite," he added.


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Agriculture is still largely based on traditional methods in some countries.
70 percent of the country's population practises subsistence agriculture.
More examples
- If agriculture were given priority, the country would easily be able to feed itself.
- Nationalization of agriculture is on the government's agenda.
- Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nation's main industry.
- Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside.
- As agriculture became more capital intensive, many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work.
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The bid for Austereo, which owns high-rating stations such as 3Fox, 2Day and B105 plus the Triple M network, marks Southern Cross's first move into capital cities and the first big deal in the media sector for more than 12 months.
Media executives were surprised by the move, given Southern Cross, which owns 14 regional television and 68 regional radio stations, had no experience in running a capital-city media company.
But Southern Cross chief executive
The takeover offer was being supported by the board of Austereo and its largest shareholder,
Village said it would accept the offer and had given Southern Cross a call option to buy shares representing 14.9 per cent of Austereo's issued capital. Analysts said Village would pocket about $390 million from the deal, or $275 million after tax.
Southern Cross, which is 26.6 per cent owned by
It would pay another 10¢ a share if it reached the 90 per cent compulsory acquisition threshold. The bid represented a multiple of 10.7 times Austereo's 2009-10 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
Frank Villante, the chief investment officer at Austereo shareholder Celeste Funds Management, said the offer was "reasonable".
"[Austereo] is a pretty fantastic asset," he said. "Southern Cross are paying a reasonable price, but it is certainly not turbo-charged pricing."
The offer represented a 28 per cent share premium to Austereo's average share price of $1.68 over the past three months and a 19 per cent premium to its closing share price of $1.805 on January 20, the day before Village said it was talking to potential buyers.
Austereo shares rose 20¢ to $2.09 yesterday and Village shares were up 23¢ to $2.98. Southern Cross shares fell 25¢ to $1.91.
Matt Williams, senior portfolio manager at
"We haven't had a good look at the two options [cash or Southern Cross shares] yet," he said. "We are not a big shareholder in Southern Cross so we'll have a look at that and make up our mind as time goes along."
Southern Cross, which was carrying net debt of $288 million, would set up a new $755 million facility to fund the takeover, plus an equity bridge facility of up to $540 million. The latter would be repaid via an equity raising later this year. Austereo's net debt is $208 million.
Mr Holleran said Village had approached Southern Cross in December about buying its Austereo stake.
"Buying Austereo diversifies our earnings base and creates great scope for innovative national [radio ad] campaigns for our clients," he said.
Austereo executive chairman Peter Harvie, who is also a director of Village, said he was "enthusiastic" about the Southern Cross offer, which was "a good outcome" for Austereo shareholders. "We have a long association with Southern Cross through our joint ventures [the companies jointly own two radio stations in Newcastle, NSW] and other activities, and we know their passion for radio," he said.
A merged Southern Cross-Austereo would have annual revenue of more than $670 million and EBITDA of $215 million. Mr Holleran said it was too soon to discuss the cost savings and revenue growth expected from the merger.
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The Seeds of Singing
Zak Erving
Location: Peña Blanca, Honduras
Kay McGrath first published The Seeds of Singing back in 1983, back when the consumer market was saturated with Star Wars and Cold War spy fiction. But McGrath's opus stood out amidst the noise, gaining a cult following and readers who, by their own accounts, obsessed over obtaining another copy decades after its release. I was stoked to be a part of the collective effort to breathe new life into her masterpiece.


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Cranberry Upside-Down Cornbread
Recipe by hannahactually
An amazing Whole Health M.D. recipe that is sure to please. Don't worry if some of the cranberry topping sticks to the pan when inverted, simply spoon it out and spread on top of the cornbread.
Top Review by Stir crazy
Served this at Thanksgiving dinner and everyone loved it! My family told me this recipe was a keeper. I used the topping recipe as posted, although I had a raspberry spread available instead. Took much longer than 7 minutes for sauce to thicken. The sauce is quite tasty -- not too bitter or sweet. I used a slightly different cornbread recipe that omitted the flour and olive oil. Note: Using cornmeal other than Quaker yellow cornmeal might result in a drier, less tender cornbread. Added: 2 tsp. sugar, 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter (cooled & melted), 1/3 c. boiling water (bring kettle of water to boil, then measure out the 1/3 cup needed). Used these proportions instead: 1/4 tsp baking soda 3/4 c. buttermilk Measure 1/3 c. of cornmeal in med. bowl. Whisk the remaining 2/3 c. cornmeal and other dry ingredients in a small bowl; set aside. Pour boiling water all at once into the 1/3 c. cornmeal and stir to make a stiff mush. Whisk in buttermilk gradually, breaking up lumps, till smooth. Whisk in egg and melted butter. Stir the dry ingredients into the mush until just moistened. Then I followed step #4 of the posted recipe. Note: I used a 8x8 square glass pan, sprayed with a vegetable oil spray. My oven may be off -- 20 minutes wasn't long enough. Baked for 45 minutes -- a little too long. Edges around the pan were dark. Needed to gently cut around edges to loosen cornbread before inverting the pan.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 12 ounces fresh cranberries (no need to thaw) or 12 ounces frozen cranberries (no need to thaw)
- 1⁄2 cup raspberry preserves
- 4 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons extra- light olive oil
- 1 large egg
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- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In 10-inch ovenproof, nonstick skillet, combine cranberries, raspberry spread, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, orange zest, and orange juice. Bring to a boil over medium-low heat, reduce to a simmer, and cook, stirring frequently, 7 minutes or until berries have popped and sauce is thick.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and remaining 3 tablespoons brown sugar. In measuring cup, combine buttermilk, oil, and egg. Make well in center of dry ingredients, pour in buttermilk mixture and stir to combine.
- Pour cornmeal mixture over cranberries. Bake 20 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes in pan, then invert onto plate, scraping any berry mixture that sticks to the pan on top of cornbread. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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Milford and Gauvain are the authors of the forthcoming How Not to Marry the Wrong Guy: Is He the One or Should You Run?
Soon thereafter, Bentivolio was asked to play Santa in downtown Milford and became a professional.
But I never expected the volume of stains that showed up at the River Rock Inn in Milford, Penn.
Such information could have helped the mother of Milford, Massachusetts.
Milford expected to see him run, but he stepped forth with a gracious smile, and took hold of the old woman.
The Cleddan flows down between the towns of Pembroke and Milford.
The next day, the whole village of Milford talked of little else than Parson Hooper's black veil.
Ralegh had proposed the despatch of a Spanish army to Milford Haven.
Milford gave him the life insurance money, and he smiled as he tucked it into his pocket.
The people of Milford did not know that the fugitives were there.


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The Black Cat Cabaret
Rah Rah Room and The Black Cat Cabaret proudly present a unique festive party experience on Fridays December 2nd and 9th 2016.
The Winter Revels features a hand-picked selection of circus, cabaret and burlesque performers drawn from The Black Cat Cabaret's theatrical productions, combined with artisan informal dining, walkabout acts, photographer, and DJs guaranteed to keep the party going, long into the winter's night. Revels without a Claus!
Package includes:
There will be a mixture of cabaret style seating and standing areas, plus a limited number of sofa and table booths.
Goats cheese & red onion tartlets (v)
King prawn & chorizo skewers
Satay chicken
Spinach and mushroom gnocchi, pecorino (v)
Sicilian veal meatballs with tomato sauce & Fregola
Sausage and mash, onion gravy
Christmas pudding, brandy cream
Double chocolate profiteroles with salted caramel cream
2016 saw London's cabaret trailblazers go from strength to strength, with more Salon des Artistes dates, a sell-out summer run at the SouthBank Centre and Brighton Fringe, and an Autumn season of "Supper Club" pop-ups back in the West End.
The Black Cat Cabaret draws inspiration from the absinthe-soaked heyday of Montmartre's dark and daring cabaret underworld, and from the faded glamour of the Victorian Decadent movement.
The Black Cat Cabaret is a place to encounter modern performance in all its wondrous forms - from the sacred to the profane, the lyrical to the louche - with walkabout entertainment, fine dining and a spectacular and provocative stage show taking in cabaret and burlesque speciality acts. It's where London's revellers come to rub shoulders and purr, as the elusive eponymous feline watches from the shadows...
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Gautam Rode wiki, wife name, personal life, biography, family, photos
Gautam Rode is a son of stock broker. Gautam Rode started his acting career opposite Preeti Jhangiani in the movie Annarth.
Gautam Rode had done lots of music videos and ads before entering the television world.
Gautam received international compliments for his performance in Abhijeet Bhattacharya music video Tere Bina which received MTV Asia Awards.
Gautam Rode had gained popularity for his roles in the TV series Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and in the kid's adventure TV programme Lucky. In the series Lucky he played a role of lead character Lucky who has a shop in Chor bazaar of fake antique materials.
In Baa Bahoo Aur Baby he played the lead role of an NRI Anish Gautam.
He also played role of Sharman in the horror movie Agyaat. This movie was produced by Ram Gopal Verma and Gautam received many praising for her performance.
Gautam hosted reality shows like India's Got Talent for Colors and Nach Baliye for Star Plus.
He is now seen playing the lead role of Saras in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's show Saraswatichandra on Star Plus. His character and work is being praised and loved by the audience.
Name: Gautam Rode
Date of birth: 14th August 1977 (14.08.2013)
Age: 36 years
Nationality: Indian
Height: 5.5 inches
Occupation: Actor, Model
Gautam Rode is single and is not married.
He maintains a low key profile regarding his personal life.
Gautam Rode facebook id : https://www.facebook.com/GautamRodeOfficialPage
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Annarth - Debut Movie (2002)
U, Bomsi & Me (2005)
Agyaat (2009)
Wow (Upcoming movie)
Jahan Pyaar Mile - Debut Serial as actor
Baa Bahoo Aur Baby: actor
Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai: actor
Aahat: actor
India's Got Talent (season 3): host
Parichay (TV series): actor
Teri Meri Love Stories
Nach Baliye (season 5)- Co Host
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From: Judge Frederick Pfeiffer <>
Subject: Kennedy and Robertson family circa 1780
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:35:14 -0700
Posted on: Perthshire<br>Scotland Queries
Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Perth/1572
Surname: Kennedy, Robertson
The records of othe parish of Dull, Perth show a son John born March 10th,
1782 to John Kennedy and Jean Robertson. Also a John Kennedy married Jean
Robertson March 5th 1777 in Logierait, Perth. Has anybody tied into this
line or can shed some light on these entries. Judge Frederick Pfeiffer.
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Zachary Quinto: Not Very Handy as Spock
Zachary Quinto apparently really needed a hand while filming the new big-screen Star Trek remake.
The New York Post reports that the Heroes actor—who portrays legendary vulcan Spock in the film—required a lot of help, and a little adhesive, to do Spock's famous "live long and prosper" hand gesture.
Quinto "couldn't train his fingers" to perform the salute, says a source. At first, Star Trek director J.J. Abrams tried fixing Quinto's fingers into formation with a couple of rubber bands. When even that didn't work, an exasperated Abrams "glued Zachary's fingers together during filming."
Maybe that's why Quinto took Winona Ryder to Star Trek's Los Angeles premiere? After all, Ryder, too, has a reputation for sticky fingers.


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City Hall is announcing tomorrow's opening of municipal pools. Here's the press release:
Are you ready for the summer? The City of White Plains is…
Starting this Friday, June 21st, residents are invited to splash and swim the summer away at the Gardella and Kitrell Park Pools. Gardella Pool is located on Ferris Avenue and Kitrell Pool is located on Fisher Avenue.
The swim season will officially begin on Friday, June 21 with both pools open daily from noon to 6:30 p.m. Late nights will be held at each pool once a week: Kitrell Park Pool will be open until 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday and Gardella Park Pool will be open until 7:30 p.m. every Thursday.
A White Plains Recreation I.D. card is required for admittance to both pools. The swim season will end on Sunday, September 1, 2013. Recreation I.D. cards may be obtained at the Recreation & Parks Department, located at 85 Gedney Way. For additional information about the City's pool facilities or Recreation I.D. cards, please call the Recreation Office at 914.422.1336.


text: Defn aka Nicholas Harrison is a multi – dimensional London based artist. As the years progress, Defn aka Nicholas Harrison is beginning to develop a real presence amongst the tiers of electronic dance music, with an ascension paralleling the rise of his currently led club night 'Parallel.' After being bread up on his father's musical insurgence of 70's music and Industrial experimentation. He quickly took his hand to learning electric/ acoustic and bass guitar and had a 7 year long stint in a jazz band. Which thus led to him graduating from London's SAE, his initial efforts primarily focused on combining electronic experimentation and sample based obscurity. Whilst progressing to incorporate cosmic space jazz sounds that are starting to become synonymous with his name. Defn is also c..DEFN's biography DEFN Musician


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NEW YORK (Apr. 20)
An official of the New York Board of Rabbis (NYBR), which waged a losing battle against approval in a referendum in 1976 by New York voters of Las Vegas nights for fund-raising by non-profit institutions, said today many Jewish congregations were conducting such fund-raising in violation of the law. Rabbi Paul Hait, NYBR executive director, said the rabbinical group had issued a statement reaffirming its opposition to gambling in houses of worship, initially issued on Oct. 5, 1976.
The NYBR, which represents Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis of the New York area, declared that Las Vegas games tend to involve "professional gamblers and attract criminal elements who, ultimately, will wield malevolent power over religious organizations."
Declaring that it had consistently opposed fund-raising through gambling as "not consonant with the high standard of morality and dignity which our religious tradition sets for the general community," the NYBR said "we cannot use questionable means to achieve even the most meritorious goals, for this would negate the ideals cherished by the Jewish tradition."
Hait said the fears of the NYBR had been confirmed by the recent action of an individual identifying himself as a rabbi, who rented a closed supermarket in Queens, ostensibly to be a synagogue, but which was used to operate Las Vegas nights. Hait said the individual was not listed by any rabbinical organization and that he decided to shut down the venture after it attracted widespread unfavorable attention.
Hait said the requirements of the Las Vegas law are so restrictive that two non-profit institutions which had obtained the required licenses decided not to stage Las Vegas nights. He said neither was a synagogue. In addition to a license, the law bans mass advertising of such events, imposes a maximum win of $1000 per participant per night, and the gambling events must be conducted by the sponsoring institution, with outsiders barred.
Hait told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the NYBR had learned that many congregations were conducting Las Vegas nights without licenses and with outsiders operating the games. The NYBR statement said the rabbinical group was aware that many non-profit institutions and organizations have operated Las Vegas nights "to meet their financial obligations" but urged them "to develop alternate revenue producing functions."


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Amid pressure from angry parents, students, and teachers, the superintendent of the Franklin Central Supervisory Union requested--and was granted--a leave of absence this week.
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A few months ago NSW state-owned power transmission company Transgrid announced it was taking a novel approach to meet an expected growth in demand for power in one region on its grid in Sydney. The extra demand would only occur on a few peak days in summer, when people turned on their air-conditioners. Transgrid wanted to avoid investing tens of millions of dollars in equipment that would lie unused outside that peak period.
So Transgrid found a way of convincing large industrial users in the area to use less power. It hired US-based energy efficiency company EnerNoc, which will sign contracts with companies promising to cut power usage by the equivalent of 50,000 air-conditioners on a few hot days in exchange for cash. The companies will be given a few hours' warning to turn off unnecessary power. That works out cheaper than building new cables.
■ Anne Hyland | Paradox about Australia as an energy-expensive country
This is the type of innovation proposed by the federal government's energy white paper as part of the effort to reduce the rise in power bills. The carbon price and the need to replace ageing cables is part of the cause of spiralling bills. But a bigger issue is that, for a frightening amount of the time, Australia's poles and wires and power generation equipment are simply not being used.
It is a particularly Australian problem because of our hot climate and high level of appliance ownership – we demand huge amounts of power for only a short period.
The white paper points out that in South Australia about 25 per cent of the power output and delivery capacity is used only 1 per cent of the time, on those hot days.
In Victoria, 20 per cent of equipment is used only 1 per cent of the time on similarly hot days. In NSW, it's 15 per cent and in Queensland, 10 per cent.
Imagine if a quarter of Qantas jets were on the tarmac for all but three days a year. Yet consumers foot the bill for constructing this idle capacity.
In fact, the Productivity Commission argues that only some consumers foot the bill.
Since power prices to consumers are the same, regardless of whether demand is high or low, people who do not turn on air-conditioners on hot days are paying higher prices than they should to pay for surplus capacity they don't use. The commission says these non-peak power users are handing an implicit subsidy worth about $330 a year to those who use during peak demand periods.
Reducing this waste will help dramatically in controlling the rising network costs, which are, in turn, the single biggest cause of rising household power bills.
"One-quarter of the capacity in our electricity system is used to supply power during peak events that last for less than two days each year in total. If consumers can change the times when they use, say, pumps, chillers or dishwashers, some of the need for new capacity can be avoided and they can start to reduce their energy bills," the white paper argues.
But the solution is far from obvious and the white paper, while urging a series of initiatives, has really left the hard decisions up to the states.
It is all very well to tell people to turn off their air-conditioners but how can you recommend that pensioners die of heat on punishingly hot days?
The white papers admits that there is a huge problem identifying which companies or households can actually adjust their peak power consumption patterns and then in providing the right incentives to make those consumers change their behaviour.
The first practical problem is that most Australian houses do not have meters that allow power companies to measure when they consume power.
Most houses have the traditional accumulation meters which are checked once every three months and quote total consumption for the quarter. The meter reader cannot tell whether you turned on your computer at midnight on a low demand day or in the afternoon during a demand peak.
So one key step in starting a charge of behaviour is to fit houses with so-called smart meters. These meters don't have to be especially high-tech but they do have to measure power usage by the hour or half-hour. Only then can prices be set on a "time of use" basis, rising when demand is high to discourage power use at peak times.
Yet, rolling out the smart meters is hugely expensive. Victoria's Labor government forced all its households to install smart meters at a cost to consumers of $2 billion and the commission argues this was a huge waste of money.
There was a backlash against the idea that some disadvantaged consumers, who could not turn off power at peak times, would face astronomical bills or else force themselves to go without and die of heatstroke. The Victorian government responded by placing a moratorium on power retailers changing to time-of-use pricing structures.
One of the key decisions that needs to be made in coming months is how to end this impasse. Victoria has promised to end the moratorium by July next year.
There is tension between those who want to force the pace and make smart meters and time-of-use pricing compulsory and those who argue it should be optional and left up to the market. The white paper largely adopts the latter approach. Given that the rate of growth in peak demand for power has slowed, it may not be necessary to cut peak power demand by that much.
Moreover, there could be completely different approaches to reducing peak demand. The Transgrid example suggests that the easiest way to cut peak demand is signing large demand management contracts with commercial energy users. In California these contracts can take up to 6 per cent of power demand off-line on only a few minutes' notice. In Victoria, energy network company
Big companies have facility managers who can decide which processes are non-critical and can be rescheduled to non-peak times. Ordinary punters struggle to work that out.
"Households and smaller businesses, in particular, often lack easily accessible, understandable and relevant information.
"In addition, factors such as habits, social norms and individuals' limited time and ability to make considered decisions have been identified as having an equally important role in influencing the take-up of energy-efficient technologies and behaviours," the white paper says.
If prices are deregulated and time-of-use pricing becomes the norm, network companies and generators could all start phoning consumers at home with offers of new peak-demand packages.
There is a real concern that unless adequate protection is in place, time-of-use pricing could save networks money but do little for consumers.
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COMPANY NEWS; Ford Sets Closing Of Plant in Ohio
Special to the New York Times
Published: June 16, 1988
DETROIT, June 15— The Ford Motor Company, confirming a decision it had announced in 1986, said it would close its forging plant in Canton, Ohio, in December. The plant makes forged parts, called spindles, that are used in the front suspension of such rear-drive cars as the Ford Mustang and the Lincoln Town Car. These cars are gradually being displaced by front-drive models, the suspensions of which use many parts that are cast rather than forged.
Ford made its decision after a steering committee that it formed with the United Automobile Workers union failed to reach a consensus on the future of the plant. Bert Serre, a Ford spokesman, said the plant, which employed more than 900 people two years ago, now has 249 workers. It pays 170 others to work for local automobile dealers and community service organizations. Telephone calls to the U.A.W. were not returned.


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A, Conjunctival stretching measurements in a patient with cicatricialpemphigoid. The measures (in millimeters) are taken in 3 different gaze positions.The 5-o'clock position is demonstrated. B-D, Method to measure the conjunctiva.The measures (in millimeters) are taken from the lower limbus to the posterioredge of the retracted lower eyelid in 3 different gaze positions: 5-o'clockposition (B), 6-o'clock position (C), and 7-o'clock position (D). The sumof the 3 measurements (B, 13 mm; C, 10 mm; and D, 13 mm) represents the finalvalue (36 mm). E, Schematic diagram used in the medical records to describethe measurements in 3 gaze positions. This diagram summarizes the measurementsin parts B through D.
Rowsey JJ, Macias-Rodriguez Y, Cukrowski C. A New Method for Measuring Progression in Patients With Ocular CicatricialPemphigoid. Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122(2):179-184. doi:10.1001/archopht.122.2.179
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To describe a method to measure the progression of ocular cicatricialpemphigoid and to compare its facility with traditional methods used to measurethe progression of the disease.
The proposed method consists of measuring (in millimeters) the totalrelative inferior conjunctival surface available in 3 gaze positions. Thismethod was used to monitor 7 eyes of 4 patients with ocular cicatricial pemphigoidover 2 years. The changes in the conjunctival measurements from baseline werecompared with the changes documented by traditional methods.
During the study, 2 eyes remained stable (changes, <3 mm), 2 hada decrease of 10 mm or more, and 3 had a change in measurements between 4and 9 mm. With the proposed method, we demonstrated the detection of moresubtle changes in the conjunctiva of all patients. Patients who had changesbetween 4 and 9 mm easily underwent staging by the traditional systems whenthe new technique was used as a reference.
The proposed method offers an objective variable that can be used inconsecutive visits to detect subtle progression or disease control in patientswith ocular cicatricial pemphigoid.
Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) is an acquired autoimmune mucousmembrane pemphigoid, type II hypersensitivity reaction, in which the antigen-antibody-complementinteraction occurs at the level of the conjunctival epithelial basement membranezone.1- 3 Bullouspemphigoid 180, laminin 5, and β4 integrin are the purportedantigens located in the transmembrane hemidesmosomal area in the lamina lucida.3- 11
Clinically, OCP is a bilateral disease that is characterized by acuteinflammation of the conjunctiva, with redness, blisters, and ulceration ofthe conjunctiva. Chronic inflammation is associated with subepithelial scarringthat leads to fornix shortening.12- 14 Morerecently, the combined influences of connective tissue growth factor and transforminggrowth factor β1 in the cascade of scarring have been demonstrated.15 This scarring induces eyelid distortion, keratinizationof the ocular surface, and eventual ocular fixation causing blindness.13- 16 Theprogression of pemphigoid may be subtle and variable, despite aggressive immunosuppressivetherapy. Minimal changes in the conjunctiva, especially conjunctival shrinkage,fornix shortening, and progressive symblepharon, may elude documentation.Algorithms may not categorize the progressive loss of the conjunctival surfaceand may miss valuable intervention time.
The proved methods for monitoring changes in patients with OCP are thestaging systems described by Tauber and coworkers,17 Foster,18 and Mondino and Brown.19 Thesemethods are invaluable for staging the disease, but do not provide sufficientdiscriminate information for detecting subtle changes in the conjunctivalfornix. The disease can progress undocumented within the same stage in eithersystem. We have developed a method to document nuances of progression thathas been helpful for providing earlier intervention whenever the disease becomesmore active. This article describes this method and compares its facilitywith traditional methods used to measure the progression of the disease.
A clinical method to measure the amount of conjunctival shrinkage wasdesigned to detect progressive cicatricial changes in the conjunctiva of patientswith OCP. It was used in the regular appointments of 4 patients for 2 years.Each patient was informed of the measurement technique being used and thepurpose of the measurement. No observer was masked. This method was comparedwith 2 of the standard methods of staging the disease, described by Tauberet al17 and Mondino and Brown.19 Thecomparison was made to see which methods could document minute changes inthe conjunctiva of the patients with OCP between appointments.
We made the comparison in 4 patients with confirmed OCP (7 eyes). The4 patients were women, ranging in age from 69 to 77 years. Table 1 shows the clinical summaries of the patients.
Measurements and staging were performed at each appointment of these4 patients, and the changes between each appointment were documented.
The new method consists of measuring (in millimeters) the distance betweenthe lower limbus and the posterior edge of the retracted lower eyelid marginin 3 different gaze positions: looking up, looking up to the right, and lookingup to the left. These gaze positions place the examined conjunctiva on stretchat the 5-, 6-, and 7-o'clock positions. Measurements are taken in millimetersof the stretched conjunctiva. The subconjunctival cicatrix allows eyelid tractionto pull the eye inferiorly. As the patient looks up, the eyelid is pulleddown until the globe first moves due to the traction on the eyelid. A measurementis taken along each direction of gaze (Figure1, A-D).
The result of the sum of the 3 measurements is noted in the medicalrecord at each appointment beside a simple line diagram (Figure 1, E). The normal conjunctiva measurement is approximately15 mm in each area of the inspection (sum, 45 mm). This is the total "available"conjunctiva.
We compared the apparent conjunctival shrinkage in millimeters withthe staging system of Mondino and Brown.19
This method is based on the percentage of conjunctival shrinkage. StageI of cicatricial pemphigoid shows 25% or less shrinkage of the conjunctivalfornices. Stage II of cicatricial pemphigoid shows 25% to 50% conjunctivalshrinkage. Stage III of cicatricial pemphigoid shows conjunctival shrinkageof about 75%. The inferior fornix is nearly obliterated; the shallow superiorfornix is still present. Stage IV or the end stage of cicatricial pemphigoidshows obliteration of the conjunctival fornices.
This method describes conjunctival destruction and the presence of symblepharon:stage I, chronic conjunctivitis and subepithelial fibrosis; stage II, fornixforeshortening by any degree; stage III, symblepharon by any degree; and stageIV, ankyloblepharon and a frozen globe.
To describe degrees within stages II and III, a indicates 0% to 25%;b, 25% to 50%; c, 50% to 75%; and d, 75% to 100%.
For stage II, a through d describe percentage loss of inferior fornixdepth. For stage III, a through d describe percentage of horizontal involvementby symblephara, and describe the number of symblephara counted in each patient.
The results of these 4 patients are congruent with the extant stagingsystems of Mondino and Brown19 and Tauber etal.17
These methods were compared at each appointment. We compared date ofservice, conjunctival measurement, stages of Tauber et al17 andMondino and Brown,19 time between visits, changesfrom baseline, and interventions.
We calculated the stage of Tauber et al17 andMondino and Brown,19 based on the differencein millimeters measured at the slitlamp examination. If 100% of the availableconjunctiva measures 45 mm in a healthy eye, then 32 mm represents 25% ofconjunctival loss; 22 mm, 50% loss; and 11 mm, 75% loss.
In patient 1, minimal shortening was noted at the first visit in eacheye. After surgical procedures on the eyelid in both eyes, the right eye showeda shortening of 12 mm in 6 months, and the left eye fornix was reduced afterthe surgery from 42 to 30 mm (loss of 12 mm). These changes represent progressionfrom stage IIaIIIa(1) to IIbIIIa(1) by Tauber et al17 orfrom stage I to II by Mondino and Brown19 forthe right eye, and from stage IIa to IIb by Tauber et al or from stage I toII by Mondino and Brown for the left eye. The treatment with methotrexatewas increased to 20 mg/wk, and then reduced to 15 mg/wk (Table 2).
In patient 2, the right eye demonstrated no progression in 9 months,but the left eye demonstrated a minute progression of 2 mm. This 2 mm is withinthe variation of the measurement technique. By measuring the staging change,the left eye demonstrated progression from stage IIa to IIb (Tauber et al17) and from stage I to II (Mondino and Brown19). The eye remained stable throughout the follow-up(Table 3).
In patient 3, the right eye progressed from 36 to 32 mm. When the patientwas treated with methotrexate, 25 mg/wk, only 4 mm of conjunctival surfacewas subsequently lost in the follow-up period. This corresponds to a changefrom stage IIaIIIb(1) to IIbIIIb(1) (Tauber et al17)and from stage I to II (Mondino and Brown19)(Table 3).
The left eye progressed from 34 to 30 mm in 17 months, or a decreasefrom stage IIaIIIb(1) to IIbIIIb(1) (Tauber et al17)and from stage I to II (Mondino and Brown19).Immunosuppressive initial treatment was methotrexate, 25 mg/wk; then, cyclosporine,100 mg/d, was added (Table 3).
Patient 4 demonstrated 30 mm of conjunctiva at the first visit, andafter 6 months of treatment with prednisone, in doses from 30 to 40 mg/d,and methotrexate, 10 mg/wk, had an expansion of the conjunctiva to 36 mm.This relaxation of the conjunctiva with treatment is consistent with a regressionof scarring from stage IIbIIIa(1) to IIaIIIa(1) by Tauber et al17 andfrom stage II to I by Mondino and Brown19 (Table 3).
Two major therapeutic frustrations confront the clinician treating OCP:the early diagnosis and the determination of progression when the diagnosisis established.16- 22 Thispotentially blinding disease may be missed in the early stages because ofnonspecific patient complaints of redness and irritation and the subtle conjunctivalchanges of subepithelial fibrosis.12,23 Thesepatient complaints may be treated as different common conjunctival entitiesfor years before the true nature of the problem surfaces with the earliestsigns of conjunctival shrinkage.20,23
The most common mimics of pemphigoid are old acute or current chronicconjunctivitis, chemical injuries, drug toxicities, Sjögren syndrome,and sarcoid.13,24
A history of severe prior conjunctivitis, corneal scars of old adenovirus,cultures of the conjunctiva, a history of fluids splashed in the eye, andprior drug use, especially for glaucoma, may all help in delineating the causeof conjunctival scarring.5- 31 Treatmentmodalities, such as oral dapsone,32 topicalor systemic corticosteroids,15 eliminationof toxic drugs, immunosuppressive agents,33- 36 orconjunctival reconstruction,37 all hinge onthe perspicacity of the clinician in determining progression.
Acute disease activity may lead to rapid progression, whereas slow progressionmay be associated with minimal conjunctival erythema.16,33 Mondinoand Brown33 noted that 9 (50%) of 18 patientswith stage I disease demonstrated progression during a 22-month follow-upperiod. Unfortunately, the more severe the disease, the greater the tendencyto progression. Patients with stage II disease demonstrated a 75% progressionrate, and those with stage III disease, a 78% progression rate. This studysuggests that the later stages of the disease may progress without carefulmonitoring and intervention. The advanced staging system of Tauber et al17 defines more readily the presence of symblepharain addition to fornix depth loss.
We propose a method of measurement that one of us (J.J.R.) has usedfor the past 6 years to determine if disease progression or stability canbe ascertained in the face of a reasonable therapeutic intervention. We havenoted that the normal measurement of the inferior conjunctiva is approximately15 mm in each observed area, for a cumulative total of 45 mm. Patients arefirst diagnosed as having the disease, however, after conjunctival shrinkagehas already occurred. No patient demonstrated a full 45 mm of residual conjunctivawhen diagnosed as having pemphigoid.
The proposed technique is useful for comparing the same patient dataagainst previous examination results. A cumulative measurement decrease ofmore than 3 mm is reasonably consistent with disease progression. The instructionto retract the lower eyelid while the patient is in an upward gaze providescomparable results between observers. Intraobserver and interobserver variationshave not been addressed in this analysis. Measurement errors between examinationsmay occur if a different retraction pressure is applied to the lower eyelid.The end point of first globe movement on eyelid retraction is the best standardizedtechnique for providing consistent measurements. It is reasonably easy tostage the disease by the published methods, once the progression (in millimeters)is documented. The millimeter measurement is more readily compared than evena serial photographic comparison. It is easy to document a linear 45-mm cicatrizationto 33 mm, all in stage IIa of the disease (0%-25% loss). Similarly, cumulativeloss of the conjunctival total from 32 to 22 mm is more readily appreciatedthan determining if any progression has occurred within stage IIb (25%-50%loss). We have documented the independent addition of symblephara at eachvisit on the medical record, but have noted that this progressive shorteningis normally documented as an extension of the subepithelial fibrosis alreadybeing measured. Horizontal shortening of the eyelid seems to be reflectedin the simultaneous vertical conjunctival fibrosis being measured. We wereintrigued that some disease regression appeared with heavy treatment, as inpatient 4. Previous observers have not suggested disease regression with expansionof the conjunctival surface with aggressive intervention. We are unable todetermine if this is truly relaxation and expansion of the conjunctiva ordecreased orbicularis spasm with eyelid retraction when the disease remits.By using this technique, we were able to classify our patients more readilythan by the system of either Tauber et al17 orMondino and Brown,19 and were able to ascertainsubtle progression between stages. Validation of the technique with a largerseries of patients with OCP is warranted. We submit this proposed simplifiedtechnique for others to consider in these difficult therapeutic decisions.
In conclusion, a new method of measuring conjunctival progressive fibrosisin patients with OCP is proposed. Four patients demonstrated changes in conjunctivalcicatrization during a 2-year period. Use of this method demonstrates subtleprogression of pemphigoid.
Corresponding author and reprints: J. James Rowsey, MD, Departmentof Cornea and External Diseases, St Luke's Cataract and Laser Institute, 43309US Hwy 19 N, PO Box 5000, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688-5000 (e-mail: email@example.com).
Submitted for publication March 21, 2003; final revision received October8, 2003; accepted October 14, 2003.
We thank Mark Erickson, Department of Photography, St Luke's Cataractand Laser Institute (www.jirehdesign.com), for providing the illustrations.


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2nd Worcs Batt remained in billets at Servais. 3rd Worcs Batt left Tarlfesse at 1pm and marched to Valency, took up outpost position between the River Oise and Dominois. Relieved at 10pm by Wiltshire Regt and ordered to take up line 1/2 miles north of Tarlfesse to Genvry.
A large number of Worcester firms, including the Berrows Worcester Journal and the Worcester Newspaper Company 'Herald' office had notified their willingness to reinstate any of their employees who joined Lord Kitchener's Army, once they returned.
The City War Relief Fund reached £1,900; 2066 enlisted at Norton Barracks in three weeks.
The 9th Battalion of Worcestershire Regiment at Tidworth was now at full war strength.
Mr and Mrs A S Allen (Registrar of the County Court) were on holiday in the Austrian Tyrol when war broke out. They reached Worcester in safety 'after many vicissitudes in Austria and Switzerland' and received the heartiest of congratulations on escaping the dangers. Mr Allen has resumed his duties today.
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Mexican Casserole
For the most part I'm pretty good about buying things and then immediately using them, partially because I like a clean kitchen and partially because my lack of a pantry demands that. I write my grocery lists and menus for the week on Saturday, and do my best to stick to those occasionally allowing some extra staples to sneak in. Every now and then however I'll get got up in some "sale" going on and over fill my pantry with an ingredient that I use but not enough to really justify buying three or four cans of. Coconut milk frequently falls in this list, as do un-salted canned diced tomatoes, and bags of all types of rice. This results in a stuffed cabinet that prevents me from being able to see the item I really need (MIA: pineapple chunks) which results in more over purchasing. It's a vicious cycle but this month I was able to take care of a fair amount of the bulk after being motivated by October's Random Recipe challenge.
This month we were challenged to grab an item lurking in the back of the cupboard and DO something with it. The first thing I grabbed, some black bean soup, wound up being extremely expired so that went straight to the bin. The second item was a can of Rotel Diced Tomatoes – Original recipe, which I was very excited about. For cookbooks I decided to utilize my oft neglected Slow Cooker cookbook to find the perfect recipe for these tomatoes. Enter: Mexican Casserole – from the main dishes section.
2 cups rice, precooked
1/2 cup vegetable stock
1 can "Mexican" style tomatoes
1 cup favorite salsa (I used salsa verde)
2 cups black beans, presoaked
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 jalepeno, diced
1/2 cup olives, diced (optional)
1/2 cup cheese, shredded
1 cup chips, broken
- Add everything but the chips and cheese to the slow cooker. Stir well and cook on low for 3hrs or high for 1 1/2 hours.
- Add the chips and cheese and cook on high for at least 30minutes, with the lid partially removed.
- Serve topped with any (or none) of the following: sour cream, salsa, cheese, green onions, and/or guacamole.
Instead of cooking in the slow cooker for the final 30minutes, I baked in the oven for 30minutes at 375.
I did have to make some dietary changes to the recipe, for the original recipe substitute the black beans for ground beef, and also finished it off in the oven since I didn't trust my slow cooker to properly crisp the chips. The best part about this recipe is that it's extremely versatile, and has the potential to clear the cabinet of more than one neglected can. One of the side panel variations suggested using velveeta or a similar cheese product in place of the shredded cheese, something that many of my friends have lurking in their cabinets. All in all this dish was a great success, which is why I'm also sending this over to /52weeks for Casserole Week.


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For the past 10 years Royal Dutch Shell and
Since Shell surprised the market last November with the sudden sell-down of almost one-third of its stake in Woodside, netting $3.3 billion, it was clear that a full exit was only a matter of time.
No longer was Shell hankering after control of Woodside as per the perennial speculation flowing from its $10 billion bid for control that was knocked back in 2001 by then treasurer Peter Costello on national interest grounds.
The problem for Woodside's outgoing chief executive
It did in any case agree to escrow its remaining Woodside shares for 12 months from the original November 8 date of the initial sell-down, with some exceptions.
That has given Voelte, as well as investment bankers and analysts, plenty of time to mull over options of how the full exit might proceed.
The failure of Woodside shares to respond with the rest of the sector to the recent surge in crude oil prices is due in no small part to the overhang this has created for the stock.
Woodside shares have fallen 7.5 per cent since Shell's initial sell-down, being unaffected by a 25 per cent surge in Brent crude prices during that period. Indeed, the stock is struggling to keep ahead of the $42.23 price that Shell received, which was an 8 per cent discount at the time.
Of course, Shell is not the only factor weighing on the stock.
The delay and cost overrun at the $14 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project, uncertainty of gas supply for a Pluto expansion, the political stalemate over the Sunrise project in the Timor Sea and squabbling among the Browse LNG partners over development options are all playing a part.
Overriding them all is the uncertainty over the CEO succession, after Voelte departs early in the second half.
Summing up, it's easy for investors to be negative on Woodside if they want to be, despite the fact that its balance sheet is poised for a major boost once Pluto starts production, now due in September.
Voelte was clearly irked to have been taken by surprise by Shell's initial sell-down and, along with Woodside chairman
Many observers have instead focused on the possibility of Shell hawking the stake to potential strategic investors, with home-grown BHP Billiton as top contender if only for the reason it is seen as most likely to get around national interest objections to the takeover of the operator of the important North-West Shelf venture.
BHP is known to have looked at Woodside closely in 2009, when it considered a joint bid with Shell. But it is understood to consider Woodside as overvalued and to feel that with a foreign takeover of Woodside likely to run up against obstacles, it can sit on its hands.
While Chevron has also been touted as a potential buyer of at least part of the stake, it is difficult to see why Shell would sell a 24 per cent stake to a rival, especially one with a line-up of rapidly progressing LNG projects in Australia that has the makings of rivalling Shell's own.
It was clear from separate investor briefings last week by Chevron chief executive John Watson and his counterpart at Shell, Peter Voser, just how much both companies are relying on their rich project portfolios in Australia to help deliver robust growth.
Shell listed a line-up of LNG projects in its Australian pipeline, including its Prelude floating LNG venture; its Arrow Energy venture with PetroChina in Queensland; its interest in Gorgon and a potential interest in Chevron's Wheatstone project; in addition to its holdings in Woodside's Browse and Sunrise projects and its indirect interest in Pluto.
Shell's wealth of growth options is at the heart of its decision to exit Woodside as it focuses increasingly on direct interests in assets and joint ventures rather than indirect stakes to simplify operations and improve capital efficiency.
It could then be argued that Shell has maybe enough on its plate in Australia without looking for more, but one theory gaining some momentum points to a potential shares-for-asset swap between Shell and Woodside that would also solve the stake sell-down problem.
Merrill Lynch describes a potential deal in which Shell swaps all or part of its $8 billion stake in Woodside for some combination of interests in Pluto, Browse and Sunrise as a "win-win" for both companies.
Such a swap could crystallise value in projects such as Browse and Sunrise that are largely undervalued by the market, it argues.
Woodside has fiercely guarded its 90 per cent equity position in Pluto but has not ruled out using part of its precious stake should a particularly attractive opportunity arise.
On Browse, Woodside already has feelers out with Mitsui and Mitsubishi, which could buy into the project, reducing Woodside's stake from a hefty 46 per cent at present.
Such a move should be welcomed by investors keen to see Woodside reduce its exposure to the expensive and complex project, expected to cost more than $35 billion.
Of course the level of control Woodside has over Shell's exit is limited, but it will be closely examining all the options and seeking maximum involvement. Shareholders will be hoping for an early resolution.
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Health Co-Ops Never Had a Chance
November 8, 2013
When the new health care law was being cobbled together, Congress decided to establish a network of nonprofit insurance companies aimed at bringing competition to the marketplace, long dominated by major insurers. But these co-ops, started as a great hope for lowering insurance costs, are already in danger, says the Washington Post.
- Their failure would leave taxpayers potentially on the hook for nearly $1 billion in defaulted loans and rob the marketplace of the kind of competition they were supposed to create.
- And if they become insolvent, policyholders in at least half the states where the co-ops operate could be stuck with medical bills.
- The Obama administration has estimated that more than a third of the nearly $2 billion it has lent to co-ops will not be repaid.
Despite the obstacles, co-op leaders say that the federal loans will help them succeed and that it is imperative that they do.
But Karen Davis, a professor of health policy management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, says the co-ops were not designed with the support they need to thrive. "One provision after another got stuck in there to limit their probability of success," she says. "It's a little ironic to say you are for competition in the free market and then you don't make it easy for new entrants."
Source: Jerry Markon, "Health Co-Ops, Created to Foster Competition and Lower Insurance Costs, Are In Danger," Washington Post, October 22, 2013.
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Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology
Director, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Renal Biology
Urinary angiotensinogen as a novel biomarker for intrarenal angiotensin activity in type 1 diabetes
Luis Gabriel Navar received his Ph.D. in 1966 at the University of Mississippi under the direction of Dr. Arthur Guyton. He served on the faculty of the University of Mississippi and the University of Alabama at Birmingham before joining Tulane in 1988. He is Director of the Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Hypertension and Renal Biology and Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology. Dr. Navar has concentrated his research on the hormonal and paracrine mechanisms that regulate renal hemodynamics, glomerular filtration rate, and sodium reabsorption, and their relationships to the pathophysiology of hypertension and diabetes. His work has been recognized and lauded by his peers, as evidenced by numerous awards. Dr. Navar has had leadership roles serving as Councilor and President in the American Physiological Society (APS) and President of the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology and was Chair of the Council for High Blood Pressure. Dr. Navar has also been President of the Interamerican Society of Hypertension. He served on the Council of Academic Societies of the AAMC as well as on numerous peer review groups and study sections for the NIH, the VA, and the AHA. He has also served as Associate Editor for the American Journal of Physiology and Hypertension.
Angiotensinogen (AGT) is the only known substrate for renin, which is the rate-limiting enzyme of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Upregulation of intrarenal AGT levels leads to increased angiotensin peptide formation and consequent renal injury. Enhanced intrarenal AGT mRNA and/or protein levels have been observed in diabetic animals suggesting that intrarenal AGT plays an important role in the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy. While there is evidence that the intrarenal RAS is stimulated in diabetes mellitus, there are no means currently available to directly quantitate the magnitude of the activation of the intrarenal RAS. We previously reported that urinary excretion rates of AGT provide a specific index of intrarenal RAS status in angiotensin II-dependent hypertension. We recently developed a direct method to measure urinary AGT in humans using human AGT enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Using this technology developed in our laboratory, we are evaluating the urinary AGT levels in juveniles and young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1 DM). The overall hypothesis is that urinary AGT levels serve as a novel early biomarker of the intrarenal RAS status and potentially serve as a predictor of the risks for developing renal injury. Our studies are being performed in order to determine the urinary AGT levels in juvenile control subjects and patients with T1 DM in order to determine if urinary AGT levels are higher In T1 DM juveniles compared to that in age-and gender-matched control subjects in a prospective study. This study will also determine if urinary AGT levels are higher in T1 DM juveniles with nephropathy compared to that in T1 DM juveniles without nephropathy. The long term goal is to demonstrate that the high baseline of urinary AGT levels in T1 DM juveniles are causally linked to the progression of renal dysfunction and further increases in urinary AGT levels. If the aims of the proposed study are successful, the intrarenal RAS can be monitored by measuring urinary AGT levels in patients and could provide a specific rationale for placing patients at risk on blockers of the RAS. Therefore, this research project has the potential to achieve significant impact for individualized patient management in patients with type 1 diabetes using urinary AGT as a biomarker to optimize treatments with RAS blockades, and the success of this proposed study can lead to improved health and economic burden of chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease in the US.
Akemi Sato, PhD – Medical Research Specialist
Weijian Shao, PhD – Medical Research Specialist
Ryo Sato, PhD – Research Scientist
Kayoko Miyada, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow
Dale Seth – Lab Supervisor
Michael Cypress – Graduate Student
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Vote for your favourite film with BAFTA Kids' Vote
4th November, 2012
Each year our friends over at BAFTA celebrate the best of film, TV, websites and video games for children at a glamorous awards ceremony, and YOU get to choose the winners! BAFTA Kids' Vote website are putting the power in your hands and letting you pick the winners, so let's take a look at the film candidates!
The sophisticated storytelling and lavish camera work in this superb family adventure combine to create a loving postcard to the power of film.
The friendship between 16-year-old farmer's son Albert and his horse Joey is violently shattered by the outbreak of the First World War.
Computer-animated fantasy that gives an imaginative and hugely amusing twist to the magic of Christmas.
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Breath works is a profoundly peaceful space in the heart of the West End of Edinburgh.
Breath works offers space for Yoga classes, Meditation groups, Mindfulness meditation, Reiki and Indian Head massage classes.
There are also therapies available including aromatherapy massage, sports and remedial massage, Manual Lymphatic drainage Reiki, Indian Head Massage and Reflexology.
Breath-works is a true Oasis in the city.