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Im planning on getting a breast augmentation and was wondering if I go too big if my nipples will be pointed more down because I dont have the average space between my nipple and crease? thanks
What is the Average Space Between the Nipple and the Crease?
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Areola to inframammary crease distance
The distance from the lower edge of the areola and the inframammary crease depends a lot on the size of the breast. In general, the larger the breast, the greater the distance tends to be. For the average B and C cup breasts, the distance is normally 5-6 cm's. Patients with constricted or tuberous breasts have a shorter distance from areola to the crease. A dual plane technique can allow an implant to sit lower in the breast in these patients which will allow this distance to increase as it settles into place. You appear to have a relatively short distance and mildly constricted breasts and could probably benefit from this technique and, hopefully prevent the need for a small lift.
Distance between nipple and breast crease will impact selection of Breast Implant for Augmentation
Breast Augmentation is about aesthetics and not just size. If nipple to crease distance is short a very large implant will not yield beautiful breast and will make nipple point downwards. I don't believe that disrrupting crease to stuff in large implants is wise manuever. It often does not work well. A good plastic surgeon needs to respect nature's boundaries to be able to deliver artistry for his patients.
You are right in your estimations of your anatomical limit. Congratulations on your superior instincts.
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Breast augmentation with a tighter fold
The average distance from the nipple to the breast fold is about 6 cm, and if the skin envelop under the breast is tight the volume and diameter of the breast implant deserves consideration. You may not need a lift, as the pocket can be shaped and positioned to push and set the breast fold lower, and the skin envelop will relax and the nipple to fold distance will increase as the implants settle in or 'drops' as some say. If you wish for a volume that is more than the tighter fold can handle, a 'double bubble' can result, or an implant that remains rather high and round. Choose your look with care.
Best of luck,
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Mildly contricted breasts can have nice augmentation results
From the appearance of your photos, you have a fairly short distance from the infra-mammary fold to the nipple. I would characterize your breast as midly constricted. This dimension limits the diameter and volume of implant that would look good in you. Without an exam, we cannot make definitive recommendations. My advice would be to avoid large and wide implants.
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How nipple-fold distance will dictate the implant used in a breast augmentation
Hello and thank you for the question ~
From examination of your photographs, it appears as if you have a short nipple to fold distance. This distance will vary from person to person. A shorter distance will dictate, to an extent, the dimensions of an implant that may be utilized in a breast augmentation which will allow for an aesthetically pleasing and balanced result. Keep in mind that over time, the nipple to fold distance will increase following a breast augmentation. This may take months to fully develop and it does have an upper limit. These factors, thus, need to be discussed with the patient during the consultation so that they understand how the breast will appear early on after the surgery, and how, with time, the breast appearance will improve.I would recommend discussing these concerns with your plastic surgeon.
Kindest Regards ~
Glenn Vallecillos, M.D., F.A.C.S.
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Nipple to crease distance...
The distance between the niple and inframammary fold differs from patient to patient. Looking at your photos I disagree with one of the other reviewers- I do not believe you have any sort of constriction. You do look like someone who needs the crease lowered or a procedure to raise your nipple to avoid the appearance of a high implant. Thinking of your nipple as the center of a circle, the implant should end up sitting close to where the nipple and the center of the implant are aligned. If the center of the implant ends up far above the nipple, your implants will appear too high. The other choice that may help is by using a higher profile implant which, therefore, has a smaller diameter. This smaller circle doesnt need to extend too low which is the issue in your case.
Breast augmentation candidate
The distance from the areola to inframmamary crease increases as the breast size increases. Often is is possible to increase the distance from the areola to the "new crease" at the time of breast augmentation surgery.
On this site, I do my best to give advice without a physical examination but I want you to know that a physical examination by a board certified physician is always the best way to get the most accurate information.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/procedure_breastaugmentation.htm
Selecting the ideal breast implant size
Your anatomic dimensions are what dictates the ideal size implant, and not an arbitrary desire. I agree in that the distance from the lower edge of your areola to the breast fold (inframammary fold) is tight (less than 6 cm). By creating a submuscular pocket to place the implant, these dimensions can be somewhat altered. In addition, by lowering this fold you can make the level of your areolas appear somewhat higher and potentially avoid a breast lift. Based off your photographs, a submuscular or dual-plane breast augmentation with a moderate size silicone gel implant with or without a Benelli ("Donut", "Periareolar") Mastopexy will not only give you a much improved result, but also reduce the diameter of your areolas. Avoid a larger implant in that you can potentially create asymmetry, double bubble deformities, palpable implants, implant visiblity problems, etc.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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Snagging 2009 Prism Awards' top prize, 'Rachel Getting Married' also earns a recognition for its leading actress Anne Hathaway.
Winners of the 2009 Prism Awards have been announced Thursday, April 23, at the Beverly Hills Hotel and "Rachel Getting Married" topped the feature film category, grabbing two kudos presented by the nonprofit Entertainment Industries Council. The Jonathan Demme-directed drama has nabbed Best Film prize as well as Best Performance in a Feature Film for its leading lady, Anne Hathaway.
For the Best Film title, "Rachel" beat out strong contender, award season favorite "The Wrestler", among two other nominees, "Bigger, Stronger, Faster" and "Finding Amanda". Meanwhile, Hathaway who has been nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe for this recovering alcoholic role triumphed over Matthew Broderick, Ryan Phillippe, Brittany Snow and even Mickey Rourke.
Honoring film and television projects that depict mental-health and substance abuse issues, Prism Awards also hailed "Stop-Loss" as Best Feature Film - Mental Health. This war drama movie from director Kimberly Peirce overshadowed the three other nominees, "The Black Balloon", "Disfigured" and "Gardens of the Night".
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
What's the difference between a democrat and a republican?
This isn't a joke… you know the kind with a punch-line. I really want to know the difference. I'm going to present the life-sketch version of why I'm 34 years old and still do not know the difference between the two.
At the bright age of maybe 6 or 7, I learned that one was a donkey and the other was an elephant. I didn't understand why and I still can't keep track of which is which. Democrats are donkeys because they are asses or like to kiss asses? Or is it republicans are donkeys because they're loud and boisterous or is it because they like hay?
In the fall of 1980, some guy by the name of Ronald Reagan ran for president. This was a big deal in my grade school - such a big deal that the Principal Maag held his own little presidential election. We all felt so grown up… as if were contributing to this historical election. The ballot consisted of Ronald Reagan and the defending Jimmy Carter. Ronny won the school by a land-slide. So now republicans are actors and democrats are peanut farmers.
Later that year, I faked like I was sick so I could stay home and watch cartoons. And wouldn't you know it, that same Ronald Reagan was shot! No cartoons. But I did learn something valuable about republicans. Whilst Ronny was being wheeled in for the bullet removing operation (see we can joke about this now cause we know that it all comes out fine except for Alzheimer's ) – whilst Ronny was being wheeled in for the operation he asked those doing the wheeling "I hope you guys are all republicans." So now republicans are doctors and nurses and maybe democrats do the homeopathic thing? I don't know!
When I was 10ish, I asked Chuck Lane (the father of my little buddy Jennifer Lane) about democrats and republicans. You know what he said? "One saves and the other spends." Once again, I've been unable to tell which is which. They both spend money like a teenage girl unleashed at the gap with her first credit card.
Oh good hell. WHO decided that In A Gadda Da Vida and it's 2 minute solos with 13 different instruments would be interesting? Sorry, listening to a One-Hit-Wonder CD that Vera gave me. I prefer the radio edit of this one. The extended remix does have a dashing finale… but maybe that's because you're pretty excited that it's over?
Anyway… after that I made the decision that democrats and republicans would be blue or red. Any other definition would just make me looney (or loonier depending on who you talk to).
Fifteen years later, I met Spouse. He had a mouthful (what do I mean HAD) of political propaganda. Name a senator, congressman and most likely he can tell you where he/she stands on THE ISSUES. He has some alternate names for most of them too and they are mighty entertaining. During our courtship, I would pretend to listen and act like I was somewhat interested and that I actually CARED (sorry honey, yet another area in which you were mislead – but YOU Blinded Me With Science – one hit wonder again. But realistically, he doesn't read my blog. He works hard at ignoring my audible ramblings at home … why would he purposely READ this crap?) Okay back to the courtship. Spouse (before he was Spouse) was a mean programmer, was TD&H, had luscious green eyes, ran a 2:37 marathon AND had a boat. What more could I want? Little did I know that Election Day would become an All-Night-TV-and-Popcorn Extravaganza. In spite of all of his political knowledge, he cannot give me a clear answer to the republican vs democrat question. I mean, up until about a year ago, he wasn't registered as anything and usually voted for the guy who would obviously be getting the least number of votes. We make a difference at our house.
To say it simply, we are involved but clueless. I could bore you with a cut-n-paste web site definition of each party's platform (oooh, platforms? I could use some new shoes!) But why, it's just talk anyway, right? I get knocked down, but I get up again, ya never gonna keep me down (that is unless it's knocked down and kept down for more than 30 seconds) – once again we have the one-hit-wonder intermission to the blog… but hopefully it's not in the middle of the blog cause I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!
In regards to my political orientation, I've joined the Pervertarian Party (founded by Running Brother Bruce). Their platform is gender specific. It's designed to accentuate certain body parts when the politician is standing on said platform. Our color: Green. Our mascot: the blow-up doll.
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- Preston said...
What's the difference???
1. Democrats buy most of the books that have been banned somewhere. Republicans form censorship committees and read them as a group.
2. Republicans employ exterminators. Democrats step on the bugs.
3. Democrats name their children after currently-popular sports figures, politicians, and entertainers. Republican children are named after their parents or grandparents, according to where the money is.
4. Republicans tend to keep their shades drawn, although there is seldom any reason why they should. Democrats ought to, but don't.
5. Republicans study the financial pages of the newspaper. Democrats put them in the bottom of the bird cage.
6. Democrats eat the fish they catch. Republicans hang them on the wall.
7. Republican boys date Democratic girls. They plan to marry Republican girls, but feel that they're entitled to a little fun first.
8. Democrats make plans and then do something else. Republicans follow the plans their grandfathers made.
9. Republicans sleep in twin beds–some even in separate rooms. That is why there are more Democrats.
- February 23, 2007 at 9:43 AM
- Vera said...
WOW....I am so tired from reading that blog....I'm sure it took as long to read as In A Gadda Da Vida long version (17minutes...I'm kinda slow).
- February 23, 2007 at 9:51 AM
- rabidrunner said...
Okay... so I'm a democrat because I like dirty books, I'm a republican cause I'd rather hire someone to step on my spiders. I've named my children after cartoons and hotties from high school, so I'm neither on that one. I have no consistency about the shade/blinds thing so that means that I shouldn't reveal any more on that matter... Spouse is hot naked and Vera might get some ideas. I'm a republican because everything's a finance study (not just the paper). I haven't been fishing since my Uncle Max took me 28 years ago, so the eat fish vs hang on the wall question won't matter. I don't know many dating girls who are into poltiics so I'm going to say #7 was made up. Most of the plans I make are changed by the two hessians I'm in charge of keeping alive, so I'm a democrat. I have a king mattress, so that's basically like sleeping on two twin mattress, but they're in the same room. What does that mean?
- February 23, 2007 at 10:44 AM
- Mandee said...
I love it when you blog. You are seriously so funny- so honest and so funny!
- February 25, 2007 at 3:06 AM


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Temporal boundary objects in megaprojects : mapping the system with the integrated master schedule
Chang, Artemis, Hatcher, Caroline A., & Kim, Jai (2013) Temporal boundary objects in megaprojects : mapping the system with the integrated master schedule. International Journal of Project Management, 31(3), pp. 323-332.
Recently, a stream of project management research has recognized the critical role of boundary objects in the organization of projects. In this paper, we investigate how one advanced scheduling tool, the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), is used as a temporal boundary object at various stages of complex projects. The IMS is critical to megaprojects which typically span long periods of time and face a high degree of complexity and uncertainty. In this paper, we conceptualize projects of this type as complex adaptive systems (CAS). We report the findings of four case projects on how the IMS mapped interactions, interdependencies, constraints, and fractal patterns of these emerging projects, and how the process of IMS visualization enabled communication and negotiation of project realities. This paper highlights that this advanced timeline tool acts as a boundary object and elicits shared understanding of complex projects from their stakeholders.
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This review is focused upon the role of ascorbic acid (AA, vitamin C) in the promotion of healthy brain aging. Particular attention is attributed to the biochemistry and neuronal metabolism interface, transport across tissues, animal models that are useful for this area of research, and the human studies that implicate AA in the continuum between normal cognitive aging and age-related cognitive decline up to Alzheimer's disease. Vascular risk factors and comorbidity relationships with cognitive decline and AA are discussed to facilitate strategies for advancing AA research in the area of brain health and neurodegeneration.
Ascorbic acid (AA; Vitamin C) is a remarkable water-soluble antioxidant concentrated predominately in citrus fruits, strawberries and vegetables (e.g., spinach and broccoli) and found in many supplement formulations (LPI Micronutrient Information Center). The adequate functioning of the human organism in general, and of the brain in particular, is highly dependent on AA, but humans are completely dependent on dietary sources due to the evolutionary process leaving us a gene incapable of producing the enzyme gulonolactone oxidase needed to yield AA from glucose [
Several pathological processes can involve the production of free radicals, antioxidant depletion, oxidative and nitrosative stress including vascular disease and cognitive impairments seen in aging older adults (Dementia of Alzheimer's type). Dementia, with its most prevalent form, Alzheimer's disease (AD), is characterized by an insidious progressive nature that usually begins with memory deficits followed by disturbances in other cognitive domains that eventually reach a level that impacts functions of daily life. Age–related dementias also disrupt the family unit, which must often scramble to meet day-to-day care requirements to compensate for loss of independence. The economic conditions associated with this phenomenon of disability and dependence is an enormous and pressing threat to public health. The major risk factor for dementia and AD remains to be advanced age; therefore the projected impact of AD can be estimated by frequency in strata of the population. For example, in the US about 14% of the older adult population age 65 and older carry a diagnosis of dementia and age 85 and older is about 47%. In either case, these cohort effects will stress the value of anti-AD strategies while general practitioners, geriatricians, neurologists and health care professionals all around the globe are projected to face over 115 million people with dementia from all causes by 2050 [
The pathological hallmarks of AD include a loss in synaptic function and accumulation of extracellular amyloid-β plaques and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles. Oxidative stress displays chronological primacy in the onset of AD, and in its prephase, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) [
This overview will focus on the biological rationale for the avoidance of AA deficiency in the promotion of healthy brain aging. We include discussion on the biochemistry and transport of AA, much of which has been clarified through basic research using genetically modified mouse models, and also the clinical studies designed to better understand the influence over cognitive health in our aging populations.
AA concentration is higher in the brain than almost all other organs, and in fact may only be equaled in concentration in the adrenal glands. Scurvy, the classical clinical syndrome of AA deficiency, is rare, although not unheard of, in developed populations, but sub-clinical deficiency is still widespread, particularly in at-risk populations such as the elderly, hospitalized and those with poor access to good nutrition. One or more symptoms of scurvy were observed in 18 out of 145 (12%) of elderly patients on admission to hospital, and all but one of this group were classed as being AA deficient as confirmed from plasma levels [
Evidence of altered glutamate transport (e.g., changes in EAAT2 and EAAT3 transporters) is seen in human AD postmortem samples, particularly in patients with hippocampal sclerosis [
Further excitement has recently been generated in the field of epigenetics with a potential new answer for why AA is concentrated so strongly in CSF and brain parenchyma (reviewed in [
AA is a one-electron donor that readily reacts with a range of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to neutralize or decrease their reactivity. Loss of the electron leads to formation of the ascorbate free radical, which can be efficiently recycled to ascorbic acid through enzymatic means (summarized in
Summary of ascorbic acid oxidation and recycling. Adapted from [
It should also be considered that AA and some of its degradation products may be involved in some potentially damaging functions [
Details of the complexity of the transport of AA within the central nervous system have been understood for almost half a century. Seminal work by Hammarström [
Expression of SVCT2 mRNA and protein varies in brain and other organs during development, presumably directly linked to very high, and changing AA levels during this critical period Nevertheless developmental regulation appears to be particularly specialized and AA regulation of SVCT2 is not common to all cell types, nor to all ages. Thus, SVCT1 and SVCT2 expression, including in brain, is regulated by several disease states associated with oxidative stress (e.g., streptozotocin-induced diabetes and middle cerebral artery occlusion) [
There are several animals that, like humans, do not synthesize their own AA including guinea pigs, primates and some fish [
Different AA levels across brain regions have been reported in human and rodent brains [
Location and distribution of SVCT1 and SVCT2 transporters and their importance in maintaining optimal brain ascorbic acid levels.
Early work on AA and the effects of deficiency was accomplished using guinea pigs that are among the few non-primate mammals that naturally lack a functional
Gulo knockout mice: Gulo knockout mice carry an inactivated form of the gene
SVCT1 knockout mice: SVCT1 knockout mice are viable and fertile [
SVCT2 knockout mice: The first report of the SVCT2 knockout mouse described homozygous mice that did not survive past birth (newborns never take a first breath) and had almost undetectable AA levels in all organs measured (brain, liver, adrenal glands, kidney, pituitary glands, pancreas and muscle) [
Direct comparison of cortex levels of ascorbic acid in different mouse lines run concurrently. All mice used were male, aged 9–12 months (retired breeders).
Increase in AA in SVCT2-Tg mice is dependent on level of over-expression, which varies among mice and in this small sample was only 1.3-2.0-fold compared to wild-type (not shown). Brain levels did not differ between supplemented (black triangles) and non-supplemented (grey triangles) SVCT1 knockout mice so combined average is shown. Normal brain levels can be achieved in gulo knockout mice with supplementation of at least 0.33 g/L, (shown here at supplementation with 1.0 g/L). Mean AA levels that share a superscript do not differ. Differing superscripts indicate significant difference (a, b)
SVCT2 transgenic mice: Recently, a new mouse line has been created that expresses additional copies of the SVCT2 [
A number of shortcomings exist to studies of AA in humans, such as accurate assessment of intake and determination of tissue levels of AA (discussed below). Thus, information from animal models can be critical to understanding changes in the brains of humans under AA deficiency. The gulo and SVCT2 knockout models have already been used to model long-term AA deficiency in disease states such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and atherosclerosis [
Associations between risk for AD and AA intake have been investigated in several large population studies, both in the US and also in one large European sample. One early study appeared very promising when data was reported from the Chicago Healthy Aging Project (CHAP) showing that none of the 633 > 65 years old, dementia-free participants that supplemented with AA, developed AD over the follow up period (mean 4 years) [
A more complex pattern of effects was reported in the Honolulu Asia Aging Study which comprised men aged 71 to 93 years [
Perhaps one of the most interesting results came from the Rotterdam Scan Study [
If AA deficiency really is a key factor in the development of AD, then it might be expected that populations with poorer intake would be more prone to developing dementia, or follow a faster path of deterioration once diagnosed. For the most part these studies draw strength from the large sample sizes used, numbering in the thousands. On the other hand, reliance on dietary intake questionnaires may be problematic, particularly in a study of cognitive ability where reliability may be acutely affected by even mild changes in recall ability [
For studies that have made measurements of biological AA levels in blood and/or CSF, the sample sizes are typically much lower than the population based studies described above (see
Observational Studies of Ascorbic Acid Status in Dementia and Non-Impaired Elders (NIE) adapted from [
|Design and Methods
|Association y/n
|Goodwin, 1983 [
|260 dementia-free men/women
|Cross-sectional Plasma, 3 day diet recall
|Plasma AA associated with higher verbal memory; elders in the 90th percentile of plasma AA had better calculating ability and delayed recall
|Gale, 1996 [
|921 men/women Age ≥ 65 year
|Plasma AA ≤ 11.91 µM was associated with 1.6 higher odds of cognitive impairment (95% CI: 1.1–2.3). Less than 27 mg of AA intake per day was associated with 1.7 higher odds for impairment
|Riviere, 1998 [
|19 ctls MMSE 24–30
|Plasma AA was incrementally lower by degree of cognitive impairment in AD, this observation was not explained by lower intake of AA
|Charlton, 2004 [
|93 men/women
|Plasma AA was lower in subjects with dementia compared to controls, this observation was not explained by lower intake of AA
|Polidori, 2002 [
|75 women 40 ctls (85.4 ± 4.4 year)
|Plasma AA was lower in AD than controls (18 ± 6 µM
|Polidori, 2004 [
|141 55 ctls
|Plasma AA was lower in AD and VD
|Perrig, 1997 [
|442 men/women (
|Prospective, cross-sectional
|Plasma AA in 1971 associated with better cognitive performance in 1993; plasma AA associated with better free recall, recognition, and vocabulary, but not priming and working-memory in cross-sectional analysis
AD, Alzheimer's disease; VD, vascular dementia; Ctls, control subjects; NIE, non-impaired elders; AA, ascorbic acid; MMSE, mini-mental state exam (Folstein); NINCDS-ADRDA, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association; WAIS-R, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—revised.
An early study by Goodwin
Examination of the AA in the CSF reflects nutrient content with direct access to the brain parenchyma. This proximal representation should be considered the gold standard of brain nutrition in living subjects [
Observational studies of CSF Ascorbic Acid, Cognitive Function, and Alzheimer's disease * adapted from [
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|45 ± 19
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|No differences between AD and controls
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|58 ± 42
|238 ± 48
|207 ± 64
|3.1 ± 1.1
|5.0 ± 2.6
|CSF: plasma AA ratio higher in AD (
|Glaso, 2004
|38 18 Ctls (MMSE 27), 20 AD (MMSE 16)
|80 ± 28
|44 ± 25
|167 ± 23
|140 ± 37
|2.1 ± 0.7
|3.3 ± 1.4
|CSF: serum AA ratio higher in AD
|Bowman, 2009
|41 ± 30
|129 ± 52
|4.0 ± 1.6
|Neither plasma nor CSF AA was predictive, but CSF: plasma AA ratio associated with slower cognitive decline over 1 year (age, gender, education, apoEe4, and cognitive function at baseline adjusted
|Arlt 2012 [
|23 AD men/women, already taking cholinesterase inhibitors. Randomized to AA (2 × 500 mg/day) and vitamin E (400 IU/day) (Age 67.7 ± 7.2, baseline MMSE 20.0 ± 5.3)
|Baseline 201.4 ± 25.9,
|Not measured
|No direct effect of antioxidants on performance, however supplements did increase AA and vitamin E in CSF, with antioxidant effect. Greater oxidation of CSF lipids was associated with faster decline of cognitive ability
|No supplements (Age 73.7 ± 5.3, baseline MMSE 21.7 ± 5.5)
|Not measured
|Not measured
|Galasko 2012 [
|16 weeks with 500 mg/day AA, plus 800 IU alpha-tocopherol and 900 mg/day alpha-lipoic acid in subjects with mild to moderate AD
|Not measured
|Not measured
|Measures of CSF oxidative stress were decreased, but amyloid and tau markers were not. Nor were there any beneficial effects on cognitive decline.
* Total of 79 AD and 43 controls with CSF AA analysis; Ctls, control subjects; AD, Alzheimer's disease subjects; MMSE, mini-mental state exam.
Ideally, such studies would be prospective, with baseline and later AA levels taken of both plasma and CSF AA across at least one year, in addition to cognitive assessment. One such prospective analysis also included CSF Albumin Index to reflect blood-brain barrier integrity in living probable mild to moderate AD patients over a year [
A recent study on dietary supplements examined the antioxidant effect of 1000 mg AA per day (two × 500 mg) plus 400 IU vitamin E in mild to moderate AD patients who were also taking cholinesterase inhibitors [
The primary focus of this review is on AD, both with and without a vascular component. The main pathological hallmarks of AD (amyloid and tau deposits, neuronal death, neurotransmitter signaling, synaptic density) are shared across cases because the nature of AD is multifactorial. However, in the same way that many of these symptoms are also found in other cases of dementia, e.g., pure vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, dementia with lewy bodies, it can easily be argued that many of the findings described are related to neurodegeneration in general and are thus applicable to many dementias and even normal aging. Previous schools of thought have considered vascular-
The ability of AA to prevent age-associated cognitive decline and dementia risk may require a population with high vascular risk. AA has demonstrated some ability to reduce vascular risk factors and more recently vascular comorbidities are being acknowledged as important factors to reduce for prevention of age related dementias [
We recently observed healthy elderly in the lowest plasma AA tertile at higher risk of carotid intima-media thickness >1.2 mm; a threshold established as pathologic by the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology 2007. It should be noted that this relationship was not appreciated with other antioxidants that include: uric acid, vitamins A and E, and enzymatic enzymes superoxide dismutase and glutathione oxidase activity. Another study of 8,453 participants in NHANES II concluded that individuals with plasma AA ≥ 45.4 µM had a 21-25% reduced risk for CVD-related death and a 25-29% reduced risk of all-cause mortality compared to the participants with plasma AA < 23 µM [
These data suggest that AA has a role in modifying vascular risk factors and vascular disease, which could represent mechanisms by which AA might reduce dementia risk in people carrying this vascular risk profile [
Recent research has demonstrated that it is now possible to non-invasively measure AA (and GSH) levels in the human brain using MEGA-PRESS MRI (a type of spectroscopic MRI imaging) [
This review highlights several key points relating to the role of AA in healthy brain aging: (1) both human and animal studies demonstrate AA deficiency in association with oxidative stress markers, and oxidative stress is a consistent observation in AD; (2) there is inconsistency among the large observational studies relating dietary intake of AA to cognition. However, it remains unclear whether this inconsistency is methodological in nature (e.g., the subjective dietary surveys used to capture AA intake) since biomarkers of both AA (and oxidative stress) present more consistent results favouring an important role for AA in cognitive health; (3) there are genetic (SVCT1 and SVCT2 SNPs) and non-genetic (e.g., age) factors that modulate AA absorption and assimilation, which could indicate an increased demand for AA in subsets of the population such as the elderly and those with an AD diagnosis. Thus, we do not suggest that AA deficiency in isolation can explain AD neuro- and psycho-pathology, however, we do propose more research focused on investigating the specific role of AA in AD pathogenesis with meticulous attention to the study design (e.g., people with low AA and high vascular risk may be best suited for intervention). This activity should provide more conclusive data on this remarkable micronutrient highly concentrated in the brain.
FEH is supported by grant AG038739 from the NIA. GLB is supported by grant NIH/NCCAM AT004777 and NIH/NIA AG043398. The authors would like to thank Jack Petros for technical assistance in tissue collection and measurement of ascorbic acid levels.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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The Obatta Cluster was a region of space in the Gamma Quadrant, located near the Teplan system and the Jenkata Nebula.
The cluster was on a regular Jem'Hadar patrol route which also included the Kendi system. (DS9: "The Quickening")
According to the Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 75), the Obatta Cluster was located in non-aligned space, in the Gamma Quadrant.


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Exercise could potentially be just as effective as pharmaceutical drugs for some heart conditions according to a new study.
Researchers from the London School of Economics and Harvard and Stanford medical schools analyzed 305 randomized controlled trials involving about 340,000 participants in connection with four disorders: Type 2 diabetes, repeat heart attacks, repeat strokes, and heart failure. Of this group, about 15,000 were told to exercise, while the rest received medication.
According to the study published in the British Medical Journal, "No statistically detectable differences were evident between exercise and drug interventions in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and prediabetes."
In the case of heart failure, medicine appeared to be more effective in preventing death, however.
The study authors suggest that medical research to date is lopsided in favor drug interventions over lifestyle modifications and in particular contains a "blind spot" when it comes to the benefits of physical activity and exercise.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that each year heart disease kills more than 600,000 in the US alone, which accounts for 25 percent of recorded deaths. Further, coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing about 400,00 persons each year.
One of the study authors told the Wall Street Journal that "Exercise is a potent strategy to save and extend life in coronary heart disease and other conditions. We think exercise can be considered or should be considered as a viable alternative or in combination with drug therapy."
"Although limited in quantity, existing randomized trial evidence on exercise interventions suggests that exercise and many drug interventions are often potentially similar in terms of their mortality benefits in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, rehabilitation after stroke, treatment of heart failure, and prevention of diabetes," the BMJ study concludes.
The study also suggested that doctors should discuss exercise with their heart patients in instances where medication only provides a "modest benefit."
The authors of the study acknowledged certain limitations in their findings, however, and urged further research into the issue of exercise as a viable alternative therapy to prescription medicine.
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I am jumping ahead of myself a bit with this book on the history of Rome. That is to say, I am now just about to write the first page (I am determined that tomorrow will not end until I have actually got a file on my computer entitled "SPQRChap1" and some words in it). But I am also giving myself sme time looking at material for much later chapters.
So, when it comes to thinking about Rome's global reach, I have in mind discussing Roman trade with India. And I am wanting to get some good material to illustrate that. Now, I've read (and thought) quite a bit about the Roman idea of India and the East (and, of course, from another point of view, I know all those clichés about how nineteenth-century British historians imposed their own assumptions about British rule in India on their understanding of the nature of Roman imperialism -- often a bit too seductively simple an imposition, if you ask me).
But what I am now interested in (and what I've never really got to grips with before) are the actual traces of Roman on the ground in India. I've done the basic reading, but what next?


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Archive of Liberian newspapers
The Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) recently completed the latest phase of its effort to preserve newspapers from Liberia. Michigan State University contributed most of the newspapers. CAMP efforts have resulted in a collection that is unique in North America and will now be available to CAMP and members of the Center for Research Libraries(CRL).
The newspapers microfilmed by CAMP and listed below cover this turbulent time in Liberia from a variety of perspectives:
The Analyst http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2647220%7ES3 (August 1998-December 2011)
Daily Observer http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b1801198%7ES3 (June 2005-December 2011)
Heritage http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2570151%7ES1 (October 1996-November 1998, September 2003-December 2011)
The Independent http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2818769%7ES1 (June 2002-December 2011)
The Informer http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2684890%7ES1 (January 2004-December 2011) The Inquirer http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b1463890%7ES1 (January 1991-December 2011)
Liberian Express http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2823345%7ES1 (January 2004-December 2011) The National http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b1773512%7ES1 (January 1996-January 1998)
National Chronicle http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b1847926%7ES1 (October 1995-December 2011) New Democrat http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2685105%7ES1 (July 1998-June 2000, April 2005December 2011)
The New National http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2809348%7ES1 (April 1998-June 2005)
The News http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b1463891%7ES1 (January 1992-December 2011)
Public Agenda http://catalog.crl.edu/record=b2815251%7ES1 (July 2006-December 2011)
At its meeting in November 2012, CAMP approved a proposal to microfilm recent holdings of seven additional Liberian newspapers from Michigan State¹s collection.
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eSMSd is a simple daemon for connecting a Gnokii-handled mobile phone with SQL database into a SMS gateway. It bears great simplicity, and is therefore suitable for custom projects and smaller businesses, but is still powerful enough to handle larger loads. The project is intended as a replacement for Gnokii's SMSd, but is much simpler (therefore great for hacking, learning, and SMS magic) and also a little more portable (SMSd tends to crash on AMD-64).
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Some people seem to think that private jets are only for celebrities, but that's clearly not the case. Each and every day, businesses are cropping up that specialize in providing private jets for special occasions. While you may not want to sell your bus pass quite yet, you'll find that private planes are no longer the impossibly expensive luxury that they once were. Speaking specifically, private jets are becoming a rather popular choice for honeymooning to an airport --and when you think about it, it makes a whole lot of sense. Cramming yourself into an over-crowded coach seat is not going to provide you with that warm, romantic feeling. In fact, it's probably going to make your honeymoon seem like a normal vacation--and that's no way to treat your special day. By renting a private jet, you can get away from all of the crowds and all of the noise and really enjoy some quality time with your chosen partner.
If you plan to take a trip whether it be a business trip or just a trip for you and some friends you may want to look into hiring jets if you plan on taking a group of people. The benefits of flying a charter jet rather than regular jets to an airport is the luxury and you don't have to stand in line waiting to be seated you can just go from your vehicle right to the plane. Decide which companies you want to depart from be sure to find the best one that is suited for you and your group. When you find the right company you then want to schedule your flight. Since you do not need to check and baggage for your trip you can simply show up and walk to the jet. The plane is only going to be flying you and your guest so no waiting in line.
Despite the economy chartering a private jet for those important meetings or vacations is still big business. If this is an occasional occurrence then you want to look at your calculated flight costs including area and mileage. In this way you can gain from deciding which type will give you more flight time for your dollar. However, if your renting a private jet on more than an occasional flight to an airport then you might want to check into a fractional ownership program. With this type of program you will need to book further in advance unless you are with a very well established charter system, but you will save money over the course of your frequent flying. Another charter program which is gaining popularity is the membership program which grants you availability up to 4 hours in advance. Do your research on each charter program for the best system for your needs.
Private jets are a popular way for business people to travel to an airport. Often they need to get to destinations at a specific time and cannot wait for a commercial plane. Because the jets are small, they can land on different runways. This will permit the businessman the flexibility to fly to small areas not served by commercial airlines. It can save them time and money. In business that is very important. The corporate executives of a large company do not have to waste time sitting in an airport for very long layovers. It is not cost effective to have them do that. More and more businesses are using these planes and finding this way to travel is the best. Business people need to arrive fresh and ready to work. They will find that traveling on a private jet will allow them to do that. All companies should consider using private jets.
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Disciples of the Crow (1983)
In this short film, a couple passing through a small Oklahoma town discovers that it has been taken over by a homicidal cult that worships a crow god -- and that all the cult members are children. Based on a story by Stephen King.
Directed By: John Woodward
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I rented this short film as a part of `Stephen King's Night Shift Collection.' Previously, I thought that there was only one volume in this… More I rented this short film as a part of `Stephen King's Night Shift Collection.' Previously, I thought that there was only one volume in this `collection,' that being the one that contained student films of `The Boogeyman' and `The Woman in the Room,' neither of which I enjoyed. `Disciples of the Crow' is paired up with a short film made in 1987 called `The Night Waiter,' which doesn't seem to be a King story at all. But never mind that, as that is a review for another day. I wasn't sure what to expect with this film. Just by the title, I knew that the story was based on `Children of the Corn.' This movie had the unfortunate chance of being made one year before the actual `Children of the Corn' film (which I liked, but I know I am in the minority). It would have been lost in oblivion had it not 1) been adapted from a Stephen King story and 2) been found by Karl James Associates to cash in on the late-80's Stephen King craze. Pushing aside thoughts of the film series and letting the film stand on its own, I must say they almost pulled it off. I won't bore you with details of the original story's plot, but I will say that I wouldn't get the short film so much had I not either read the story or watched the feature film. Perhaps for the sake of time, key elements of explanation are gone and no attempt is made to characterize any of the children (I know the King story didn't do this either, but since this short acts like it is about to do this with one character and then balks, it is worth mentioning). The good points are that John Woodward slowly and effectively builds suspense to the point of creating nervousness for the viewers and that the sunny, outdoor setting adds to the rural creepiness---it's pretty obvious why this King story was chosen by both these students and Hollywood. Sadly, the film is too short, ending immediately after the full shock is released. It was a good try, but it just barely misses.


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The Dalles Mayor Steve Lawrence has started a new monthly recorded mayor's report, which is distributed to local radio stations and posted on the city's website. His March report outlines past an upcoming meetings and events. But the mayor also used this new bully pulpit to chide one local medium about its reports on the city's Feb. 4 goal setting session:
"Unfortunately, The Chronicle did not understand the give and take nature of the discussions, and responded with an incorrect interpretation. Councilors share opinions, and when they feel something is in the best interests of the city and the community, they are free to express them, whether it comes from a personal bias or not, as long as there are no ethical violations, which there were not."
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text: Closing to within 40 miles of Baghdad, U.S. forces seized a bridge over the Tigris River and swept past battered Republican Guard units Wednesday. One of the key Guard divisions, defending the city of Kut, has been destroyed, a U.S. general said.Farther south, U.S. commanders said Iraqi soldiers were shooting from inside a revered mosque in Najaf. American soldiers withheld return fire.Soldiers on the front lines and relatives 6,000 miles away in West Virginia rejoiced over the bold, middle-of-the-night rescue of Pfc. Jessica Lynch from captivity at an Iraqi hospital that was housing a military command post. The commandos who freed her also retrieved 11 bodies, most of them believed to be American soldiers.Armys 3rd Infantry Division and the First Marine Expeditionary Force launched a two-pronged attack toward Baghdad, and both reported breakthroughs as units entered the so-called red zone within range of the guns and missiles defending the capital. U.S. officials say Iraqi resistance will be the most tenacious in this zone and have warned of the possible use of chemical weapons.


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PSN Down for You Today or Isolated Incidents?
Back in November there was a well-publicized scheduled down time for the Sony PlayStation Network service but following that a few days later we reported that the PSN was down yet again and this time unscheduled. This affected many of our readers and today it seems there may be more problems.
We've noticed that once again we are unable to sign in to the PSN but we're wondering if today's issue is more isolated or just as widespread as previously. We have checked the PlayStation blog for the US and also the PlayStation blog for Europe but there is no mention of any further down time for today. We have also checked the PlayStation Twitter feed and also Facebook feed and again there's no mention of anything affecting the PSN service today.
The last time this occurred though, again none of the above resources mentioned any PSN outage but a look at #psn on Twitter revealed innumerable comments from people saying their PSN was down. This time though we have found isolated comments but nothing from the majority of those tweeting.
We'd therefore like to ask you of your PSN experience today. Are you having any problems signing in to the PlayStation Network? If so please let us know by sending your comments and also tell us your location so we can try to ascertain if this is a widespread issue or not.
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Mine stopped on Dec. 9 at about 10:00 p.m. EST. Which is pretty annoying given that I'm playing Dark Souls, a games that lives and (mostly) DIES by the network.
12/10 – Cant sign in at all. Just gives me "An error occurred during communication with the server. This is a DNS error" arghhhh
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I just got home at 4:00 pm from work and can't sign in. I was able to as of 6:00 am this morning before work. But not now.
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Harrison Ford Got Ahold of Himself
Harrison Ford took matters in hand as he accepted the "Brass Balls" Award at Spike TV's 2nd Annual Guys Choice Awards earlier this month.
Sure, the show was on awhile back, but we certainly had to run these awesome pics of old man Indy making sure his low-hangers were still in place.
He was probably trying to make sure that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull co-star Shia Labeouf hadn't smoked them yet.
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Duquesne tops Fordham in offensive affair
As Ron Everhart strode into the press room Friday for his usual postgame meeting with the media, a reporter joked with the Duquesne basketball coach about a perceived lack of defense in the Dukes' 111-100 victory over Fordham.
"I'm sure you've all probably been discussing how well we defended today," Everhart deadpanned.
When someone suggested that the Dukes' defense improved against the Rams from the first half (51 points) to the second half (49), Everhart cracked: "We've never been worried about that here. We went from 52 to 59 on offense. That's the key stat."
Then, with a wink, the fourth-year coach was all smiles, even though his team struggled at times against Atlantic 10 Conference doormat Fordham, which lost its 21st consecutive game and became the first A-10 team to go winless in conference play in a season since St. Bonaventure was 0-14 in an eight-team conference in 1992-93.
"It's good to actually look back at the scoresheet after a couple of years and see a game where both teams have three digits on the scoreboard," Everhart said. "I guess maybe I'm in my comfort zone there."
Melquan Bolding scored a career-high 32 points, and Eric Evans and Bill Clark produced double-doubles to lead Duquesne to the wild victory at Palumbo Center in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Evans finished with career-highs of 23 points and 10 assists for his first career double-double, and Clark had 20 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season and sixth of his career.
Damian Saunders (17 points) also scored in double figures for Duquesne (16-14, 7-9), which would play host to a first-round home game Tuesday night in the A-10 Tournament if Charlotte, Massachusetts and No. 25 Xavier win their scheduled home games.
"We needed this win to build back our confidence," Evans said.
Duquesne, which produced three 20-point scorers in a game for the first time since 1997, was coming off two consecutive losses, including 92-80 at St. Bonaventure two days earlier.
Yesterday's game was moved up one day to a noon start time to accommodate two days of WPIAL basketball playoffs at Palumbo Center.
Brenton Butler led Fordham (2-26, 0-16) with 29 points. Freshman Chris Gaston added 21 points and 18 rebounds for his 19th double-double, tying Saunders for the conference lead.
Also, Alberto Eastwick had 20 points and Lance Brown scored 18 for the Rams, whose only victories this season came against Sacred Heart and Stony Brook in nonconference games.
Duquesne led at halftime, 52-51, despite missing its first 11 shots. Bolding scored 16 first-half points, and Evans had 14.
But Fordham, relying on 3-point shots, rallied to take a 69-64 lead before Duquesne regained control for an 86-80 advantage, when Saunders scored six consecutive points, capped by a dunk with 7:48 remaining.
"It seemed like Fordham hit more 3s than that (11 for 24)," Bolding said. "It was anything we could do to get the win."
Duquesne, which ranked among Division I's leaders in scoring offense while playing a a primarily hectic pace in Everhart's first three seasons, has displayed a more traditional style for much of this season.
But after enduring a midseason, five-game losing streak, the Dukes, who converted 13 of 32 3-point shots and made 24 of 34 free throws, have turned up the pace again. They notched their second 100-point game of the season.
The 111 points represent the most scored in a game by an A-10 team this season and matches Duquesne's most in a game since it scored the same total in consecutive games in February 2007.
"We hate structure. We always have," Everhart said. "That's been my battle with these guys all year. The more structure, the worse for us. I think I've said this before: If we're going to play a game like that, I like our team."


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RUTHLESS Foster's Lancashire League leaders Lowerhouse made it a sensational 13 wins on the spin as they crushed Rishton in double quick time.
The House could easily have wobbled after they lost in the semi-final of the Worsley Cup and then the final of the Twenty20 – but those dreadful six days in the middle of last month seem to have seem to have spurred them on even more.
And yesterday hapless Rishton became the latest side to be brushed aside with the game over by 4.38pm.
They simply had no answer to the power of the Lowerhouse bowling attack and after professional Matt Hulett had gone for 14 they were in all manner of trouble.
In the end they were 81 all out with four wickets for Jon Finch, three for Cobus Pienaar and a couple for Matt Walker.
Jonny Whitehead had a lucky escape as they replied when he was bowled off a no-ball and while he did fall with the score on 56, Finch ensured there would be no panic as he made an unbeaten 35 not out in a nine-wicket win.
Ramsbottom are pushing Lowerhouse hard and they were facing a Rawtenstall side missing injured skipper Vinny Hanson a week before the Worsley Cup final.
And when Rocky slipped to 146-8 it seemed as though it would be routine for Rammy.
But Nicky Payne batted quite superbly to make an excellent 52 not out, while Imran Abid hit 30 to help their side up to a decent 217-7.
Tom Parton made a breezy 27 at the top of the Ramsbottom order but there was a mini wobble and with 10 overs left the title chasers needed 42 with five wickets in hand.
Abid seemed to have turned the game in Rawtenstall's favour when he claimed two quick wickets to leave Rammy on 188-7, still 30 short of the win but Darryn Smit was still there – and he was the difference.
The stylish South African, who is returning to Acre Bottom next season was faultless as he made 70 not out.
Bacup suffered a nightmare start to their Rossendale Valley derby at Haslingden as skipper Matt Thompson returned to lead the side for the first time in a month thanks to tendonitis in his elbow.
Thompson won the toss and chose to bat at Bentgate – but saw his men lose Adam Highley and Tim Farragher to first over ducks as Jack Sudworth struck twice.
It was soon 0-3 as Matt Griffin, who claimed 4-25, bowled Henry Butcher – and Bacup's beleaguered batsmen couldn't pad up quickly enough.
The first runs to come were wides and with the score on seven, Bacup's day got even worse as Aaron Fielding went and professional Haseeb Azam was then run out after being called for a third run by Thompson and it was 16-5.
That became 18-7 after Thompson and Jack Bradford both fell as the carnage continued.
However, any thoughts of taking tea at was still effectively lunchtime were held up by Sam Sanderson and Matt Collinge.
The pair shared a glorious 88-run stand for the eighth wicket with Sanderson making a marvellous 50 and they were all out for 117 with Brenton Parchment claiming the final two wickets, including that of Collinge for 26.
Despite the gutsy comeback, that was never likely to be enough to trouble Haslingden – and Bacup didn't help their cause when they dropped Parchment second ball.
How the big Jamaican made them pay for that error as his 66 not out eased his side to a seven-wicket win.
Nelson professional Ryan Canning made a fine 61 not out and Russell Bradley was 42 not out as the Seedhillites managed to post 212-4 from a reduced 47 overs after showers punctuated their innings.
Earlier the league's young player of the month for July Tyler McGladdery had further enhanced his reputation with a classy 56 before being stumped by Matt Wilson off Ockert Erasmus.
Their efforts meant that it was very much game on and disciplined bowling from Nelson saw them home as Accrington closed on 205-8 with Erasmus finishing unbeaten on 73.
Todmorden began life without Michael Neser with a defeat as Church claimed a fine win at West End.
Neser has gone back Down Under after being called into the Australia A side – but replacement JP de Villiers hardly let his temporary club down.
Fleetwood's South African batted well and made 73 on his Lancashire League debut.
However, Tod were bowled out for just 127 as Jack Gaskill claimed 4-20 and there were three wickets each for Andrew Bentley and Usman Tariq and that was never likely to be enough, especially as Church pro Tariq then hit 76 not out as they strolled home by six wickets with some 15 overs left.
Matt Walker made 28 and Ali Azmat 22 as Colne had a decent day with the bat against Enfield as they made 185 before being bowled out.
Greg Jones made a half-century as Enfield replied and Werner Coetsee made 65 not out to ease them to a resounding seven-wicket win as they stayed in the pack of teams chasing the silverware.
Burnley's good form continued as they beat East Lancashire at Alexandra Meadows, but it was far from a straightforward win on a difficult track.
East Lancashire were bowled out for 114 with John Turner making 40 before Burnley get over the line with seven wickets down.


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BBDO in Copenhagen are trying to shake up the utter monotone of Danish Optrician chains branding, and do so with a different look on billboards. Their client Profil Optik now own the largest frames in Denmark.
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This poster is part of a little media competition called Speakers Corner.
The rules on who can participate is the usual regurgitation of the top five agencies; any agency that has done exellent posters previously, is invited to do a great poster again for one of their clients. The media space is donated, the printing costs etc are the agencies. Earlier posters in the series include this one for psychiatric fund from EnVision.
So far, BBDO, EnVision and Leo Burnett have done posters, Y&R and &Co will soon step up to the batting plate.
Once all the invited agencies have finished their posters, other Copenhagen agencies can try and join by sending their name and adress to Speakers Corner and hope they win the luck of the draw.


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"Everest" tells the story of a climb to the world's highest summit which turned deadly and eight climbers were killed.
The trailer, released on Thursday, opens with ominous music and a dramatic speech, "You my friends are following in the very footsteps of history, something beyond the power of words to describe. ... Human beings simply aren't built to function at the cruising altitude of a 747. ... Our bodies will be literally dying. ... Everest is another beast all together."
In May 1996 two expedition groups were on the mountain when a blizzard struck as they were making their attempts to reach the summit. Eight climbers died.
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BUCKS County Council is in the running to be named the 'Council of the year' after being shortlisted for two national efficiency awards.
The awards, hosted by The Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise, honour the dedication and innovation of public service 'teams' in the country.
Leader of the Council, Martin Tett, said: "It's really impressive to receive two shortlistings from an organisation at the forefront of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of local government nationally."
The Council has been named alongside Oxford City Council and Norwich City Council in the top three 'Council of the year' authorities this year.
Bucks County Council's work to deliver the Armed Forces Covenant in Buckinghamshire has also been shortlisted in the 'Working Together' category.
The council has been shortlisted against Cheshire West, Chester Council and Oxford City in this category.
Mr Tett said: "With the severe budget pressures, councils are taking tough decisions all the time. In Buckinghamshire we pride ourselves on being focused on our residents and delivering good quality, innovative services."
19 local authorities have been shortlisted for this year's iESE Improvement and Efficiency Awards.
Set up to support the sector in improving service delivery whilst reducing costs, the awards are now in their fifth year.
Cllr Paul Bettison, Chairman of The Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise, said: "As all of us in local government know, excelling in spite of severe financial pressure has now become a way of life.
"With our communities depending heavily on their much relied upon services, the teams of staff working behind the scenes to keep them going are often taken for granted by residents."
He added: "Across the country, councils continue to excel in developing new ways of working and transforming local public service delivery. "As local governments first Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise, we are committed to supporting the sector in improving services, reducing costs and ensuring that knowledge is shared to strengthen sector-led improvement."
The award ceremony where the winners of the categories will be announced is to be held in London on Tuesday, March 4.


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Everyone remembers the lesson from school: the sun is 149.6 million kilometers (93 million miles) from earth. We know it�s hot (5,500� C or about 9,900� F on the surface, while at the core it�s something on the order of 15 million� C or 27 million� F), almost perfectly round, dense (its mass is almost 330,000 times that of Earth), and about 73 percent hydrogen, 25 percent helium and 2 percent other gasses. And we know that without it, life on earth would cease to exist.
So, what more do we need to know? That�s the job of NASA�s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Imaging will play a major role as the SDO studies how solar activity is created and how space weather results from that activity. NASA says it will measure the sun�s interior, magnetic field, the hot plasma of the solar corona, and the irradiance.
SDO is one of two groups of mission spacecraft in NASA�s Living With a Star (LWS) program. The other is Geospace Missions Network, consisting of spacecraft in the magnetosphere and ionosphere to define the Geospace response to solar and solar wind input.
Solar wind is a continuous stream of plasma. In addition, the sun periodically releases billions of tons of matter in what are called coronal mass ejections. These are immense clouds of material that, when directed towards earth, can cause large magnetic storms in the magnetosphere and the upper atmosphere. Magnetic storms cause many noticeable effects on and near earth. They include the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights); communications disruptions, radiation hazards to orbiting astronauts and spacecraft; current surges in power lines; orbital degradation; and corrosion in oil pipelines.
�SDO will improve our understanding of the physics behind the activity displayed by the sun�s atmosphere, which drives space weather in the heliosphere, the region of the sun�s influence, and in planetary environments,� according to a NASA mission guide. �SDO will determine how the sun�s magnetic field is generated, structured and converted into violent solar events that cause space weather. SDO observations start in the interior of the sun where the magnetic field that is the drive for space weather is created. Next, SDO will observe the solar surface to directly measure the magnetic field and the solar atmosphere to understand how magnetic energy is linked to the interior and converted to space weather causing events. Finally, SDO will measure the extreme ultraviolet irradiance of the sun that is a key driver to the structure and composition of the earth�s upper atmosphere.�


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I have had this problem since I did a reinstall and changed the ZFS layout. It seems that if the location where the jails will live is on a different zpool creating a brand new jail does not work. Importing will though. Here is my pool setup:
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And here is the error I am getting:

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cannot open 'jails/usr/jails/.warden-template-9.1-RELEASE-amd64@clean': dataset does not exist

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- Email:
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- Full name: Lorna J. Butler
- Degrees : BScN, MN, PhD
- Title: Professor
- Affiliations
- University of Saskatchewan: Associate Member College of Graduate Studies
- University of Manitoba: Adjunct (Honorary) School of Nursing
- Dalhousie University: Adjunct (Honorary) Faculty of Health Professions
- Dalhousie University : Affiliate Member Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology
Woods, P., Butler, L., Stonechild, J., Luimes, J., & Leidl, D. (2015). Police services detention centres: A solution for action. Policing and Society.
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McCabe, J., Butler, L., Exner-Pirot, H., Berry, L., Bullin, C., Bilinski, H., ... Wright, A. (2015). Building the Scholarship of Technology in Health: Extending the Use of Remote Presence Telementoring to Nursing Education. Journal of Technologies and Human Usability, 11(4), 15-28.
Berry, L., Butler, L., & Wright, A. (2014). Transforming the Health Landscape in Northern Communities: Shared Leadership for Innovation in Nursing Education. International Journal of Nursing Education, 4(9), 33-43.
Watt, M., Butler, L., & Exner-Pirot, H. (2014). Linking Learners for Life Where They Live (L4): Developing a Global Health Initiative for Global Health. Journal of Professional Nursing, 31(4), 359-364.
Bakker, D., Strickland, J., MacDonald, C., Butler, L., Fitch, M., Olson, K., & Cummings, G. (2013). The context of oncology nursing practice: An integrative review. Cancer Nursing, 36(1), 72-88.
Cummings, G., Olson, K., Raymond-Seniuk, C., Lo, E., Masaoud, E., Bakker, D., ... Conlon, M. (2013). Factors influencing job satisfaction of oncology nurses' over time. Canadian Oncology Nurses Journal, 23(3), 162-171.
Bakker, D., Conlon, M., Fitch, M., Green, E., Butler, L., Olson, K., & Cummings, G. (2012). Canadian oncology nurse work environments: Part II. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 25(1), 68-89.
Hack, T., Carlson, L., Butler, L., Degner, L., Pickles, T., Ruether, D., ... Jakulj, F. (2011). Facilitating the implementation of empirically valid interventions in psychosocial oncology and supportive care. Supportive Care in Cancer.. doi: 10.1007/s00520-011-1159-z.
Woods P (Principal Investigator), Butler L (Co-principal Investigator), Luimes J (Co-investigator), Stonechild J (Co-investigator), Stienwand K (Co-investigator). Interprofessional Pathway for Safe, Healthy Communities, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) Collaborative Innovations Grant. Total: $18,258.00 for 2015-03 to 2016-03
Butler L (Principal Investigator), Exner-Pirot H (Co-
investigator), Norbye B (Co-investigator), Wolff Skaalvik M (Co-investigator), Bally J (Co-investigator), Bullin CA (Co-investigator), Neuls E (Co-investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator), Thurmeier R (Co-investigator).
Developing a Northern Nursing Workforce, The funding will support establishing a network of institutions providing decentralized/ distributed nursing education to northern communities, in Norway, Canada, Siberia, Alaska, Iceland and Greenland. The goal is to improve the pedagogy of northern nursing education, share best practices, and form a community of students and educators in an annual Innovative Learning Institute on Circumpolar Health to jointly examine and improve the clinical practice of nursing in a northern context. Norwegian government program- Norway-North America High North Grant. Total: $272,578.00 for 2015- 03 to 2018-07
Butler L (Principal Investigator), Exner-Pirot H (Co-investigator), Neuls E (Co-investigator), Thurmeier R (Co-investigator), Wolff Skaalvik M (Co-investigator), Norbye B (Co-investigator). Establishing a UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education: Accessible and Decentralized Education for a Northern and Indigenous Health Workforce, Norwegian Ministry of Education. Total: $53,000.00 for 2014 to 2015 Comment: Norway-North America UArctic Cooperation Grant
Coates K (Principal Investigator), Poelzer G (Co-investigator), Butler L (Co-investigator). By the North with the North: Community Building in Northern Saskatchewan, Mitacs-Accelerate Graduate Research Internship Program MITACS. Total: $331,712.00 for 2014 to 2015
Butler L (Principal Investigator), Bullin CA (Co-investigator), Berry L (Co-investigator), Bilinski H (Co- investigator), McCabe J (Co-investigator), Exner-Pirot H (Co-investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator), Pacik A (Co-investigator). Building the scholarship of remote presence telementoring to extend its application in health education and practice., Grant application to support conference funding University of Saskatchewan Conference Fund. Total: $3,000.00 for 2014 to 2015
Butler L (Principal Investigator), Andrews ME (Co-investigator), Berry L (Co-investigator), Bilinski H (Co- investigator), Bullin CA (Co-investigator), Exner-Pirot H (Co-investigator), McCabe J (Co-investigator), Pacik A (Co-investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator). Building the Scholarship of Remote Presence Telementoring to Extend its Practice in Health Education and Practice, Connections Grant SHRF. Total: $5,000.00 for 2014
Bally J (Co-principal Investigator), Spurr S (Co-principal Investigator), Andrews ME (Co-investigator), Butler L (Co-investigator), Exner-Pirot H (Co-investigator), Hayes A (Co-investigator). Northern Innovative Teaching and Learning Practice in Pediatric Nursing Education: Caring For Kids Where They Live, Provost's Grant for Innovative Practice in Collaborative Teaching and Learning. Total: $10,000.00 for 2013 to 2015
Butler L (Principal Investigator), Andrews ME (Co-investigator), Berry L (Co-investigator), Bilinski H (Co- investigator), Bullin CA (Co-investigator), Exner-Pirot H (Co-investigator), McCabe J (Co-investigator), Pacik A (Co-investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator). Building the Scholarship of Remote Presence Telementoring to Extend its Practice in Health Education and Practice, Planning Grant - Aboriginal Planning for First Nations, Inuit, or Metis Planning Activities CIHR. Total: $23,438.00 for 2013 to 2014
Butler L (Principal Investigator), Bullin CA (Co-investigator), Berry L (Co-investigator), Bilinski H (Co- investigator), Tomtene M (Co-investigator), Pacik A (Co-investigator), Anderson S (Co-investigator), Poelzer G (Co-investigator). Distributed Learning: Using Information Communication Technolgies in the College of Nursing, Curriculum Innovation Grant Innovative Curriculum Project Fund (GMCTE). Total: $20,250.00 for 2012 to 2013


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The official who is running New York's new racetrack video lottery terminal program said tracks should not expect the state to help with additional funds to cover the costs for installing and operating the VLTs.Margaret DeFrancisco, head of the state Lottery Division, said her agency has hired an independent auditor to go over business plans submitted by tracks for the operation of the VLTs. Most racetrack operators have complained they will make no money from VLTs because they are being expected to cover too much of the costs of the program, including capital and staffing expenses that will cost each track millions of dollars.
"I don't know where it would come from,'' DeFrancisco said of the VLT revenue racetracks say the state should let them keep. She said the legislation limits how much the agency can share with tracks. The agency keeps 15% of the revenue."So there's just so much that can be done,'' DeFrancisco said.Tracks can keep up to 25% of the VLT revenue, but must spend part of that on purses and operating expenses. Leading track operators such as New York Racing Association chairman Barry Schwartz, say the lottery office is expecting tracks to cover too much of the costs. They say, for instance, that a provision in bill that permits VLTs on a three-year experimental basis will make it hard for tracks to borrow money to pay for infrastructure.DeFrancisco said she shares the concerns of track operators who have complained about the three-year life of the VLT program. But she said state officials are still studying whether the claims of tracks losing money with VLTs is true or not.In January, the tracks submitted business plans for their VLT operations; a review of those plans is expected within a couple weeks, DeFrancisco said. She said the review would not likely be made public for proprietary reasons.The lottery director, in a session with reporters following a state Assembly racing committee appearance, said tracks are being treated no differently than other lottery vendors, such as convenience stores. She sought to downplay industry complaints.DeFrancisco said the VLTs will be in operation near the end of the year. The state's 2002 proposed budget envisions the devices up and running in November.The state will pay for the central computer to operate the VLTs; bids on that contract are due back March 13 by the four or so vendors interested in providing the service. A contract for leasing the VLT machines will be put out after the computer contract is awarded, the lottery chief said.
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