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Generic Name: pseudoephedrine/triprolidine (soo-doe-e-FED-rin/try-PRO-li-deen)
Brand Name: Examples include Actifed and Sudafed Sinus Nighttime
Actifed is used for:
Temporarily relieving symptoms of hay fever, allergies, or the common cold, including nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, itching of the nose and throat, and itchy/watery eyes. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Actifed is an antihistamine and decongestant combination. The antihistamine works by blocking the action of histamine, which helps reduce symptoms such as watery eyes and sneezing. The decongestant promotes sinus and nasal drainage, relieving congestion and pressure.
Do NOT use Actifed if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in Actifed
- you are taking droxidopa or sodium oxybate (GHB), or you have taken furazolidone or a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor (eg, phenelzine) within the past 14 days
- you have severe high blood pressure or severe heart disease (eg, coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease)
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using Actifed:
Some medical conditions may interact with Actifed. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
- if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
- if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
- if you have glaucoma or increased pressure in the eyes; high blood pressure; diabetes; heart or blood vessel disease; overactive thyroid; seizures; blockage of the stomach, bowel, or bladder; trouble breathing when you sleep; trouble sleeping; a breathing problem (eg, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis); the blood disease porphyria; or an enlarged prostate or prostate disease; or if you have difficulty urinating
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with Actifed. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- Furazolidone or MAO inhibitors (eg, phenelzine) because side effects such as severe headache, high blood pressure, or high fever may occur
- Bromocriptine or sodium oxybate ( GHB) because the risk of side effects or toxic effects may be increased by Actifed
- Guanethidine, guanadrel, mecamylamine, methyldopa, or reserpine because their effectiveness may be decreased by Actifed.
- Droxidopa because side effects such as irregular heartbeat or heart attack may occur
- Urinary alkalinizers (eg, sodium bicarbonate) because the side effects of Actifed may be increased
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if Actifed may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.
How to use Actifed:
Use Actifed as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Actifed may be taken with or without food. If stomach upset occurs, take with food to reduce stomach irritation.
- If you miss a dose of Actifed and are using it regularly, take it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Actifed.
Important safety information:
- Actifed may cause dizziness or drowsiness. Do not drive, operate machinery, or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how you react to Actifed. Using Actifed alone, with certain other medicines, or with alcohol may lessen your ability to drive or perform other potentially dangerous tasks.
- Avoid drinking alcohol or taking other medications that cause drowsiness (eg, sedatives, tranquilizers) while taking Actifed. Actifed will add to the effects of alcohol and other depressants. Ask your pharmacist if you have questions about which medicines are depressants.
- Contact your health care provider if symptoms last for more than 7 days or are accompanied by a fever.
- Diabetes patients - Actifed may affect your blood sugar. Check blood sugar levels closely and ask your doctor before adjusting the dose of your diabetes medicine.
- Actifed contains pseudoephedrine. Before you begin taking any new prescription or nonprescription medicine, including medicine used on the skin, read the ingredients to see if it also contains pseudoephedrine. If it does, or if you are uncertain if it does, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
- Do not take diet or appetite control medicines while you are taking Actifed without checking with your doctor.
- Do not exceed the recommended dose or take Actifed for longer than prescribed without checking with your doctor.
- If you have trouble sleeping, ask your pharmacist or doctor about the best time of day to take Actifed.
- Use Actifed with caution in the ELDERLY because they may be more sensitive to its effects.
- Actifed is not recommended for use in CHILDREN younger than 6 years of age without first checking with your doctor.
- Caution is advised when using Actifed in CHILDREN because they may be more sensitive to its effects, especially excitability.
- PREGNANCY AND BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant while taking Actifed, discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using Actifed during pregnancy. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you are using Actifed, check with your doctor or pharmacist to discuss the risks to your baby.
Possible side effects of Actifed:
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur:
Constipation; diarrhea; dizziness; drowsiness; dry mouth, nose, or throat; excitability (especially in children); headache; loss of appetite; nausea; nervousness; restlessness; trouble sleeping; vomiting.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); blurred vision; chest pain; decreased coordination; difficulty urinating; fast or irregular heartbeat; fever; hallucinations; seizure; severe dizziness and drowsiness; severe nervousness, anxiety, or restlessness; tremors; unusual weakness.
This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, contact your health care provider. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. To report side effects to the appropriate agency, please read the Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA.
If OVERDOSE is suspected:
Contact 1-800-222-1222 (the American Association of Poison Control Centers), your local poison control center, or emergency room immediately. Symptoms may include bluish-colored skin; difficulty breathing; dilated pupils; fast or irregular heartbeat; fever; flushing; hallucinations; mental or mood changes; seizures; severe drowsiness or dizziness; severe excitability; severe nausea or vomiting; sweating; tremors.Proper storage of Actifed:
Store Actifed at room temperature, between 59 and 77 degrees F (15 and 25 degrees C). Store away from heat, moisture, and light. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep Actifed out of the reach of children and away from pets.
General information:
- If you have any questions about Actifed, please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- Actifed is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.
- If your symptoms do not improve or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
- Check with your pharmacist about how to dispose of unused medicine.
This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take Actifed or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about Actifed. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to Actifed. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using Actifed.
Disclaimer: This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take this medicine or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about this medicine. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to this medicine. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using this medicine.
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With five races left in the Chase, Kevin Harvick finds himself in 10th position and 56 points behind leader Brad Keselowski.
The No. 29 team had high hopes entering this season after two successful runs at the championship. However, the postseason has left Harvick and his team with more questions than answers.
Scott Miller's departure as competition director at Richard Childress Racing left a big hole to fill and all RCR teams have suffered as a result.
"When Scott Miller left, there's kind of been a void in that particular area of the company," said Harvick on his team's lackluster performance in the offseason. "We need some structure and some focus on a lot of things that we need to get better at."
With the announcement of Dr. Eric Warren as the new competition director, Harvick feels that things could be turning in the right direction.
"Just having somebody there on a daily basis is going to be a step in the right direction," continued Harvick. "Now it's all about putting a system into place that everybody buys into to lead everybody on a day-to-day basis and hopefully make things better."
With a couple of extra practice days this week before Sunday's race in Kansas, the team is looking at this as the time to start turning things around.
"It's a great time for us," observed Harvick. "We obviously need to have a little more speed in our cars, so we've got a lot of things on the agenda to try to accomplish and learn the racetrack and close out the year well."
Success in NASCAR is built on team relationships just as much as mechanical knowledge. The addition of a new member will take some time but Harvick is anxious to get started.
"Obviously there's a relationship we have to build there," said Harvick on his new teammate. "We need to see his stance on a lot of things within the structure and direction of the company and I'm looking forward to hearing what he has to say and where we're going."
It's obvious that there will be several other changes taking place at RCR during the off season. The challenge will be to make the transitions quickly with a new car rolling out for the 2013 season. A new competition director is obviously a popular first step.
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Some experience with web programming using the .NET platform and C#, as well as the ability to set up and use databases with SQL Server is required. Prior experience with Flex will be helpful.
This article describes how to use the data-centric development features of Flash Builder 4 to build a Flex application that accesses an SQL database created in Microsoft Visual Studio via a .NET-based web service. Web services are commonly used as a mechanism for data delivery on the Internet, and the .NET platform is widely used to implement web services. By following the steps in this tutorial, you will see how easy it is to retrieve data from a web service in a Flex application without writing any code.
The example database for this tutorial is for an imaginary courier company that has stored the locations of its offices in the form of a table (named Centre) with the following columns and data types (see Figure 1):
To access the data from the Centre table, you can use the sample files included with this tutorial, which implement a simple web service in C#. The code consists of three files:
getCentres() function retrieves all the tuples in the database and returns them as an array of Centre objects. The
getCentreNames() function retrieves the list of
CentreName attributes alone and returns them as an array of strings. The functions connect to the database using the System.Data.SqlClient namespace.
Before you can start using the web service functions from a Flex client, you need to know a little bit about Web Service Description Language (WSDL). WSDL is a standard XML-based language used to describe or model web services.
When you create a web services in Visual Studio, the WSDL is automatically generated. If the web service is deployed on a server, then the path of the WSDL is in the following format unless specified otherwise by the user:
http://{serverpath}/{context of the web application}/{Name of the services file- for example, services.asmx}?WSDL
While debugging in Visual Studio the default WSDL path for Service.asmx in the project named CentreServices is:
This WSDL path will be used in Flash Builder 4 to connect to the service.
You can use the Database.mdf file, which is included among this tutorial's sample files, as the SQL Server database.
The code in Service.cs includes two path references that you'll need to change. Search for
AttachDbFilename=/*ENTER PATH OF THE DB HERE*/ in the file and edit the two instances as necessary for your configuration. Refer to comments within the file to format the path properly.
After setting up the web service code and the database on your local server, start Flash Builder 4 and follow these steps to define the web service:
The Service Name, Service Package, and Data Type Package are filled in automatically by Flash Builder 4. Since the name of the ASMX file is Service.asmx, Flash Builder 4 has given the Service Name the same value by default.
Flash Builder 4 will introspect the WSDL file and present a list of services, ports, and operations supported by the service.
getCentres() and
getCentreNames() are selected.
In the Data/Services view you'll see a list of the different operations and data types that were identified for the service (see Figure 4).
In just a few simple steps, you defined the .NET-based web service. Flash Builder 4 introspected the service, automatically generated value objects, and assigned the correct return types to the service's operations.
Now that you've set up the service in Flash Builder 4, you're ready to connect it to the user interface of your Flex application:
getCentreNames():String[] as the operation (see Figure 5).
That's it. Flash Builder 4 has generated all the code that's needed to display the results of the service call in the List control.
getCentres():Centre[] operation from the Data/Services view and drop it on the DataGrid control. (This is an alternative to selecting the control, right-clicking, and selecting Bind To Data.)
The value object for the corresponding Centre class written in C# was automatically generated by Flash Builder 4. Here, the value object is essentially the same class written in ActionScript. To see the generated code, expand the valueObjects package in Package Explorer and open the Centre.as file. This ActionScript class can be reused for other purposes as a strongly typed class.
Now that you have seen how easy it is to invoke a .NET-based web service from your Flex applications, you can use this approach to improve the richness of your web applications. With data-centric development you can even convert traditional web applications to Rich Internet Applications quickly and efficiently. For more information on data-centric development see the article Data-centric development with Flash Builder 4.
You could expand on this application in many ways. For example, you could use the data retrieved from the database to plot the location of offices (or even parcels) on a map. You can read more about how I developed a similar application using Google Maps on my blog.
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Over Memorial Day Weekend there was a request made for strawberry shortcake. We had strawberries and whip cream, but no shortcake or cake to be had. Being the lazy gal that I am sometimes, I didn't want to make an extra trip to the store for some faux cake-thingy to hold our delicious strawberries. So I took the easy way (?) and made it from scratch. It came out wonderful with no crumb left behind and I was inspired to share!
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(c) from the Bob's Red Mill Baking Book
- 2/3 cup Unbleached White Flour
- 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 1-1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 Eggs
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 2 tsp Lemon Zest
- 5 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup Sour Cream
- Make sure all of your ingredients are at room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and grease a 8 x 4-inch loaf pan or line it with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, sift the flours, baking powder and salt.
- Combine well (but do not beat) the eggs with the sugar, vanilla and zest in a large bowl.
- Gently add the flour mixture to wet ingredients to blend; then stir in butter and sour cream.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a crust forms on the top.
- Make a 1-inch cut down the center of the cake, reduce the heat to 350°F and continue to bake until a tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes longer.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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I'm guessing this is simple, but I can't get the hang of it.
Do you insist on a percent margin between the boxes or would a fixed margin be satisfactory?
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Location: Soybean/maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics ResearchTitle: Genetic diversity and population structure of Korean and Chinese soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] accessions Author
|Lee, Jeong-dong
|Vuong, Tri
|Moon, H
|Yu, Ju-kyung
|Nelson, Randall
|Nguyen, Henry
|Shannon, J
Submitted to: Crop Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/21/2010
Publication Date: 3/29/2011
Publication URL: http://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/62063
Citation: Lee, J., Vuong, T.D., Moon, H., Yu, J., Nelson, R.L., Nguyen, H.T., Shannon, J.G. 2011. Genetic diversity and population structure of Korean and Chinese soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] accessions. Crop Science. 51:1080-1088. Interpretive Summary: U.S. soybean varieties are derived from a very limited gene pool. The effective use of additional genetic resources is a critical component of variety improvement especially in the medium to long term. The soybean was domesticated in China and soybean production began on the Korean Pennisula more than 2000 years ago. These two countries are major sources of soybean germplasm. With a selection of germplasm accessions to represent most of the geographical regions of China and Korea and the use of DNA markers distributed across all soybean chromosomes, this research showed high levels of genetic diversity in accessions from both countries. Soybean accessions from China had slightly more diversity than those from Korea. This research demonstrated that the Chinese and Korean soybean populations are genetically distinct so that each represents a unique source of germplasm for soybean improvement. These results will be of interest to scientists who conserve and utilized soybean genetic diversity.
Technical Abstract: Korean and Chinese cultivated soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] populations are major soybean gene pools. Information has been reported comparing genetic diversity between soybeans from the two countries using an unequal number of accessions and only 6 to 35 genetic markers. This study compares differences across 49 simple sequence repeat markers covering the 20 soybean chromosomes to assess genetic diversity and genetic relationships among ninety cultivated soybean accessions, each collected over a wide geographical area from Korea and China. Soybean populations from both countries had high genetic diversity indexes (H), but was higher for the Chinese population (H=0.76) than the Korean population (H=0.72). Soybean accessions collected from Central China had the highest genetic diversity value (H=0.73) compared to accessions from regions of Southern and Northern China or Northern and Southern Korea where diversity values ranged from H=0.70 to 0.71. Accessions from Korea showed less molecular variation than accessions from China. Accessions from the two Korean regions grouped closely genetically, but were grouped apart from the Chinese population. Structure and Principal Coordinate Analysis showed that gene flow occurred between the two countries; however Korean and Chinese soybean populations were genetically distinct. Therefore, soybean accessions originating from both countries represent unique gene pools for soybean improvement.


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Twins And Their BoyfriendsMystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
A couple with teenage, twin daughters was finding it difficult to keep track of their daughters' dating lives. Kiri, who was sweeter and quieter than Kaylie, was dating a football running back named Jared. Kaylie, who was rather wild, was currently dating a drummer named Dave. Dave drove a small, black car with white fangs painted on the side, had a nose ring and always sported several henna tattoos. Although clean-cut Jared, who dressed more conservatively, seemed like a nice boy, their parents were still cautious. They were ever vigilant about who was coming and/or going. The rule was: no boys in the house when Mom and Dad aren't home.
One rainy afternoon, the parents went to the mall for some shopping. Upon returning, they found evidence that a boy had been in the house while they were out. Three glasses, with just the ice left in them, sat on the kitchen counter. The parents assumed two of the glasses belonged to their twins and set about discovering whom the third glass belonged to.
When they queried their daughters, each denied that their boyfriend had been over, so Mom and Dad called up Jared and Dave on their cell phones and asked them to come over for a talk.
After the boys parked and entered, Mom asked them to sit at the kitchen table for a little visit. Thus began her interrogation. She asked each in turn if they had been over while the girls were alone. Each replied no. Dave, dressed all in black, said he had been at the library studying for over two hours. The library was only a few blocks away, but he insisted he had a lot of studying to do and was too busy to come over. She noted that he was not wet from the rain, but that didn't prove anything as he could have driven. On the other hand, he offered his completed homework as evidence that he was telling the truth.
Jared's explanation was that he had been over an hour away in Dawson picking up a load of hay from his brother. They had tossed around the pig skin in the front yard for a bit before he headed back. He was only just arriving back in town when he received their call. Sure enough, in the back of his red truck, was a large stack of bales, barely visible beneath a blue tarp. That certainly lent credibility to his explanation. His fleece sweatshirt, with his number 22 on it was dry, but then it could have dried during the drive back.
By that time, Dad had come in the house and was listening to their explanations. He had been studying each boy carefully, pausing only a moment when he spotted Dave's tattoo of a centaur. Nothing seemed noteworthy. He waited patiently until the boys had finished their explanations and then accused one of them of being in his house while he had been out. Who did he accuse and why?
HintIt had been raining and Dad noticed a large, nearly dry area in the gravel drive, but what really gave it away was the boys' appearance.
AnswerDad had noticed a large area in the driveway that was less wet because perhaps a large vehicle had been parked there, but the dead giveaway was Jared's sweatshirt, which had no bits of hay on it despite loading an entire truckload of hay. He deduced that Jared already had the hay in his truck and instead had been visiting with his daughter earlier that day.
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PHILADELPHIA - The National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-American Scholar Teams for Division I, II & III have been announced, with a total of 602 women's collegiate golfers recognized with this prestigious honor. Penn rising junior Michelle Lee is among that group.
Lee recently completed her sophomore year at Penn, and had a 79.0 stroke average over 17 tournament rounds with a collegiate-low 71 at the ECU Lady Pirate Intercollegiate in the fall. A first-team All-Ivy honoree as a freshman due to her fifth-place finish at the Ivy League Championships, Lee finished tied for 15th at this year's Championships as Penn took second place as a team.
The criteria for selection to the NGCA All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50.
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Photo radar getting stickier?
Tickets being issued with thin margins of error
Saturday, Mar 15, 2014 06:00 am
How much over the speed limit can you drive before you get a photo radar ticket?
Apparently, that�s a question that speed enforcement officials aren�t prepared to answer.
A St. Albert Gazette reader recently sent in a photo radar ticket that she received from the City of Edmonton. She was surprised to receive a ticket for driving 60 kilometres per hour in a 50 zone.
It�s a commonly-held assumption among the general public that photo radar, or speed enforcement in general, has built in forgiveness or threshold before a ticket is issued.
For example, many people wouldn�t expect to get a ticket for driving 61 in a 60 zone. Would the City of St. Albert issue a ticket for that infraction?
�No,� said Stu Fraser, supervisor of St. Albert�s peace officer program, Thursday. �Photo radar is not that accurate.�
Fraser said the manufacturers of photo radar equipment themselves are aware of an error rate that is scientifically calculated, and includes such factors as the angle of the photo radar equipment. This error rate is factored into the equipment�s operation.
Does this equate to a tolerance in the photo radar program?
Fraser said nobody wants to talk about that but did say that there are different tolerances for different situations, locations and techniques. For example, a school zone would be a good candidate for zero tolerance.
Fraser also noted such tolerances are discussed regionally by the CRISP organization, the Capital Region Intersection Safety Partnership.
Morinville�s photo radar program has been controversial, and may be eliminated after a petition was recently filed. Town manager Debbie Oyarzun was asked whether a Morinville motorist, driving 61 km/h in a 60 zone, would be sent a ticket.
�No, they would not,� she said Thursday. �That would be too rigid, I would think. There is a margin of error, whether it�s the (offending) vehicle or the ability to catch the speeds.�
Oyarzun noted all photo radar units are calibrated at the beginning of their shifts, so regardless of margin of error, all vehicles monitored are judged by the same standard.
Low tolerance in Edmonton
The City of Edmonton�s executive director of traffic safety Gerry Shimko wouldn�t discuss specific instances of photo radar enforcement, but did say the program tends to focus on areas in the big city where complaints come in about speeding or collisions.
He also said photo radar equipment does have a margin of error but declined to describe any kind of tolerance.
�There�s no one who can counsel someone to speed,� said Shimko.
However, Shimko said it is possible to get a ticket for driving one kilometre per hour over the speed limit.
�You can get a ticket for one kilometre over,� he said. �It�s $57.�
Shimko said Edmonton every year faces about $500 million in costs associated with motor vehicle collisions. Including most surrounding municipalities, the cost jumps to about $1 billion, he said.
Shimko said motorists might not think a few kilometres per hour make much difference, but they can. He noted that a pedestrian struck by a car driving 60 kilometres per hour has only a five per cent chance of surviving whereas a pedestrian struck by a vehicle travelling 50 km/h has a 55 per cent chance of surviving.
He also questioned the idea of speeding of any kind being excused in the community.
�When you took your driver�s license (test), did he allow you to speed?� Shimko asked. �Would it be fair to ask those involved to go back to their insurance companies and say, �Would you please insure me because I speed?��
Shimko noted the City of Edmonton goes out of its way to inform the public about photo radar, and in fact uses other approaches as well, such as signage and speed signs.
�We want people to be successful,� he said.
He said photo radar is effective as a speeding deterrent.
�It is effective, as much as people may not like it.�
While no one contacted by the Gazette was willing to describe the photo radar unit�s margin of error, a Google search provided plenty of information. For example, the City of Scottsdale, Ariz., well-known for its use and support of photo radar enforcement, when asked why it allows a tolerance of 10 miles per hour (16 km/h), answered on its website, �It also provides a reasonable margin of error/grace for inaccurate vehicle speedometers and short-term lapses of attention by otherwise law-abiding and generally cautious drivers.�
When Fraser was asked if he would name a specific photo radar tolerance in St. Albert, he said giving an answer wouldn�t be appropriate.
�We�re trying to discourage speeding, so that�s counter-productive,� he said.


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International Grains Program/Buhler Expert Milling Course ... English, March 18-22 ... Spanish, April 15-19 ... Manhattan, KS
Date Posted: February 19, 2013
Manhattan, KS—The International Grains Program, in conjunction with Buhler Inc., will host its Expert Milling course in English March 18-22, 2013 and in Spanish April 15-19, 2013.
The course will be held at the IGP Conference Center and will give participants a more theoretical and practical milling understanding. Production managers, head millers and shift managers are encouraged to attend.
The English course will be instructed by Tobias Nänny, manager of the Buhler Training Center in Uzwil, Switzerland, and John Steinfort, Buhler adjunct instructor.
The Spanish course will be instructed by Ralph Linnemann, flour milling expert from the Buhler training center in Uzwil, Switzerland.
The course content will include wheat tempering, cleaning systems, break release, purifier techniques and more.
The course will have a combination of in class presentations and practical milling exercises in the Hal Ross Flour Mill.
"This course is focused on experienced millers and the main objective is to teach more advanced milling techniques and broaden the knowledge of the different equipment that they may not be familiar with," says John Steinfort, Buhler adjunct instructor.
A 2012 English course participant says the course helped him improve his understanding. A 20-year milling industry veteran, Scott Roberts, Cereal Food Processors in Utah, appreciated what the course had to offer and strengthened his milling knowledge.
"The course provided good technical information and application of equipment in mill flow design.
"It also provided techniques to teach the concepts and apply the information within our company," he says.
For more information about this course visit the IGP website at www.grains.ksu.edu/igp. To register for the course visit the International Association of Operative Miller's website at www.iaom.info.
This is just one example of the many partnership trainings offered through IGP.
In addition to flour milling and grain processing, IGP offers trainings in areas of grain marketing and risk management, and feed manufacturing and grain management.
For more information, call 785-532-5932.
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Eidetic imagery is the ability to retain an accurate visual image of a complex scene or pattern shortly after looking at it. The scene can then be described in detail for a short time. Eidetic imagery is a trait possessed by about 5% of children. The ability to form eidetic images is very rare past adolescence.
To produce an eidetic image, a person must study a scene for some time and must actively concentrate on this scene to retain it in memory. These images fade quickly when the attention is diverted to something else. Naming or identifying parts of the scene tend to interrupt the ability to form an eidetic image. Thus it is very difficult to form an eidetic memory of text.
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Through Springboard , a new initiative to increase the number of Chicagoland teens engaged in Jewish life, teens spent their spring break at JCC Camp Chi learning about film making, Jewish values and social media. Filmmaker Kobi Swissa taught the participants everything that goes into creating a film and the teens decided to create an anti-cyberbullying piece. You can view the film here .
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Polymer platelets for leaky pipes described in New Scientist, 23 December 2006, p29. A technology company in the UK is developing polymer blobs that can form a temporary plug on leaking pipes in a similar way that platelets help stop blood leaking from damaged blood vessels. The blobs can be introduced into the pipes upstream from the leak and will flow along the pipe until they come to the damaged area where they clump together in the hole in the pipe. So far the blobs have been tested in oil pipelines and the company hopes to test them in water pipes. Different sizes and polymer compositions will be needed for different liquids as they need to be neutrally buoyant.
Editorial Comment: It has already taken creative design to develop these blobs and will require more intelligent engineering to perfect them for different types of liquids and pipes. When engineers perfect them they still won't have anything that is as sophisticated as real platelets. As long as blood vessels are intact they are not needed, and they float around as individual items in the blood not doing anything. As soon as a blood vessel wall is damaged, nearby platelets change their surface properties so that they adhere to the vessel wall and to each other. They also send out signals to attract other platelets, blood clotting proteins and cells that clean up damaged tissue and repair the defect. When a vessel is damaged it is too late to make new platelets. Any living thing trying to evolve platelets would bleed to death first. Platelets are a good example of plan and purpose, not evolution by chance random processes. (Ref. hydraulics, bio-engineering, biomimicry)
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A 22-YEAR-old man is fighting for his life in hospital following a serious collision.
The driver was travelling on York Road, in Bishop Burton, at 7.40pm on Thursday when his green Ford Fiesta left the road 100 metres before the entrance to Bishop Burton College, hit a tree, and came to a stop on its roof.
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene to cut the man free, and he was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary to be treated for multiple injuries where he is described as being in a critical but stable condition.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the vehicle immediately prior to the incident is asked to contact Humberside Police on the non emergency number 101 referring to log 633 of 14 August 2014.


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Gators move up to No. 6
Published: Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 5:36 p.m.
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The Gators moved up a spot in college football rankings released Sunday.
Florida (10-1) is ranked No. 6 in both The Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. FSU (10-1) is No. 5 in the coaches' poll and remained No. 10 in the AP.
Notre Dame moved up to No. 1, Alabama to No. 2 and Georgia to No. 3 in both polls after Saturday's upset losses by Kansas State and Oregon.
The BCS standings will be released at 8:30 tonight on ESPN. CBS Sports projects the Gators to be ranked No. 4 in the BCS.
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A DRUG dealer, who supplied heroin and crack cocaine in Blackburn, has been jailed for five years nine months.
Lukman Abdullah Bapu, 32, of Carr Street, Blackburn, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin.
Bapu, who was already on licence after being convicted of supplying drugs in 2008, was arrested after officers saw him carrying out a drug deal on Lynwood Road on September 12.
A search of his home led to the discovery of a significant amount of crack cocaine and heroin, £2,200 cash, scales and mobile phones.
DI Mark Winstanley said: "Bapu is a prolific drug dealer who supplied heroin and crack cocaine on the streets of Blackburn.
"We know the misery drugs bring to local residents and we are determined to take action to remove them and those who deal them from our communities."
Bapu will now serve the remainder of his previous sentence before starting his new term of imprisonment in March 2013.
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ABACUS Watch - 'Time to be Touched'
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Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall 2012
To the industrial rhythms of Public Image Limited's electro post-punk "The Order of Death," Marc Jacobs sent a battalion of models stomping around the New York State Armory with feet clad in covetous incarnations of corrugated-sole utility boots. While each wore a clean-cut luxurious ensemble rendered in brushed silk cashmere, smooth leather, felt, or sumptuous velvet, the largely voluminous silhouettes—calf-length balloon skirts and loose, workman-inspired pants and parkas (which for the most part lacked embellishment)—gave a definitive nod towards the pared-down workwear aesthetic of the Russian Constructivist era; an acute about-face from the fluorescent-soaked athleticism of spring.
It's possible that this more somber attitude was a reaction to the uncertain social climate that currently holds sway in post-recession Europe and beyond. But even if that is the case, the message here was unostentatiously optimistic: Suit up and protect yourself, and do it, if not with an army boot, then with a type of chunky slip-on flat, outlined in gobstopper-size bronze studs that could wipe out a ballet slipper with a half-hearted kick.
After all, let's not forget this is an M by MJ collection, which means no matter Jacobs's starting point, the end result will always brandish a kooky type of beauty and a keen sense of wit. That was conveyed here through oversize baby-doll–meets–peasant frocks, color-blocked skirts with army-knife-sharp concertina pleats, and military-worthy outerwear cut from blanket-soft Shetland furs, which together prevented anything in this formation from toppling too far into austerity. Furthermore, with such tongue-in-cheek color titles as pavement gray, aluminum, prairie indigo, and a faun-like quicksand hue, it is clear that what Jacobs is offering his loyal acolytes for fall—whether in offhandedly cool day wear or party-ready, anti-cocktail dresses—are utilitarian clothes for life in the urban jungle.
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China Mobile takes SIM card route to e-wallets
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As the technorati await word on whether the iPhone 5 will include near-field comms, China Mobile is pursuing its own e-wallet solution: a SIM card for embedding RFID capability in a smartphone.
SHANGHAI, China With the tech world abuzz about whether Apples iPhone 5 will include a near-field communications (NFC) capability, China Mobile is pursuing a China-style e-wallet solution for mobile handsets: using a SIM card to embed RFID technology into a mobile handset.
Compared to NFC-embedded mobile handsets, the SIM card-based proximity payment solution, will cost less and is friendlier to both users and operators. It also promises faster-to-implement e-wallet applications for the masses. There is no need for consumers to buy a new NFC phone, they can just replace their SIM card, said Min Hao, executive chairman of Quanray Electronics.
Quanray, a RFID startup based here, has been a key player behind China Mobiles proximity payment initiative. Others Chinese partners include Watchdata and NationZ.
China Mobiles SIM card-based mobile payment initiative isnt new. The mobile operator has been pushing the idea since 2009.
However, because the SIM card sits right behind the phone's battery, it hasnt been easy for RFID chip companies to overcome signal attenuation problems caused by the battery. NationZ got around the problem by going to a higher frequency (NationZ used a 2.4-GHz SIM card instead of a 13.56-MHz card). Watchdata solved it by running a wire to connect a SIM card with the antenna.
Hao (left) said going to a higher frequency would be problematic since SIM cards would not be able to talk to the more than 100,000 RFID readers already used in Shanghai Metro's mass transit system. Running the wire to connect a SIM card with an antenna, as Watchdata has done, makes the card more fragile, he added.
To overcome such limitations, Quanray created a patented hardware approach that can penetrate the battery, Hao said. Further, because it's based on a 13.56- MHz SIM card, it can leverage the existing infrastructure to create additional mobile contactless payment features. Quanrays solution offers a bridge to connect readers and SIM cards.
The bridge is passive so that it functions without [a] battery, and it can wirelessly communicate with SIM and reader, Hao explained. The bridge can be placed either at the phones battery cover or atop the reader. Currently, our users are placing the bridge at the reader side [just like a sticker], so that a mobile user can simply replace his SIM card, he added.
How does it stack up?
When comparing an NFC-integrated phone with a SIM card solution, the performance of the NFC-embedded phone will be better because of the large antenna, Hao said. Applications also will be broader since an NFC phone can work at tag mode, reader mode and P2P mode. But a SIM-based NFC can only work at tag mode.
That said, SIM card solutions will work for such applications as payment, ticketing, identity and access.
The NFC SIM card also will work with existing phones, with transaction security controlled by the SIM card instead of the phone. The approach uses existing infrastructures (ISO 14443) in application systems, while it updates, downloads, enables and disables operation over the air, according to Quanray.


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UF trustees home in on old Baby Gator site for new president's house
Published: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 5:18 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 5:18 p.m.
The University of Florida's next president likely will live in a new home built on the old site of the Baby Gator child care center.
UF trustees heard a report Thursday on a recommendation that the seven-acre site, west of the law school on Village Drive, be used for a new president's house. The board is expected to vote next year on the project.
Officials say the current UF-owned president's house, between University and Southwest Second avenues, lacks privacy, is antiquated and needs major work.
"It's more cost-effective to build a new one," said Curtis Reynolds, UF's vice president for business affairs.
UF President Bernie Machen, who plans to retire next year, left the existing president's house six years ago to move into a private residence. He's the first UF president not to live in the house since it was built in 1953.
The house is now used for university events. The plan would be to continue using it for those events but build the new house with the idea that 60 percent of the home would be dedicated to hosting smaller presidential functions, Reynolds said.
The new president's house is expected to encompass 8,000 to 10,000 square feet and cost less than $2 million, he said. The project would be privately funded, he said, with a timeline and exact details to be determined before a board vote.
The new president, who will be selected as early as January, would live in a private residence while the new house is built. Trustee Steve Scott questioned whether 10,000 square feet would be big enough.
"If you have to hire a president that has four or five children, it could be kind of tight," he said.
The size and cost reflect a report on presidential residences at universities similar to UF that found an average size of 10,000 square feet and cost of $1.6 million.
A presidential search subcommittee had considered sites near Lake Alice and off Southwest 23rd Terrace before the old Baby Gator site was recommended.
Last year, Baby Gator moved into a former Kindercare child care center near Lake Alice, and its old facility was torn down. The site is west of the Levin College of Law and south of an old exercise course for disabled individuals that is now a conservation area.
Reynolds said the current president's house is a state-registered historical site, so it would be difficult to tear down. Trustees suggested converting bedrooms there into conference rooms, and the search group discussed building a conference facility on the same property.
Trustee Juliet Roulhac said it would be fiscally responsible to continue using the house.
"I think it would be a shame to underutilize the existing facility," she said.
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Degrees: Bachelor of Science in Geology; Bachelor of Arts in Geology
Overview: Geology is the study of the Earth. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and plate tectonics are some of the things that geologists investigate and try to understand. Geology is a field-oriented science that involves mapping and analyzing rocks, deciphering the Earth's history from the rock record, locating natural resources, and identifying natural and man-made hazards.
Curriculum: The geology curriculum is built around areas of knowledge fundamental to understanding the Earth. Survey courses in the Earth's system are the first two courses that students take. Intermediate- and upper-division courses are focused on the building blocks of Earth and the processes that build and modify the Earth's features. These courses cover the study of minerals and rocks, weathering and erosion, sediment transport and deposition, development of mountain ranges and deformation of the Earth, and the movement of tectonic plates. Skills are also developed in our program in course-related laboratory exercises, numerous daily and weekend field trips, and annual week-long field trip. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science program also enroll in a six-week summer field camp in which they learn to work in the field.
Careers in the Field: Our geology program prepares students for careers in industry, government, and academia. Traditionally, geologists have been, and still are, widely employed in petroleum, natural gas, coal, mineral, and other extraction-related industries. Geologists are also employed widely in environmental positions that deal with soil and groundwater pollution, building and road construction, and land management.
About the Faculty: Faculty teaching in the geology program are devoted to the training of students in the classroom, laboratory, and field. Faculty are involved in research located in field areas as far away as Antarctica, Asia, South America, and North America. They bring these experiences back into the class to enrich the learning experiences of the students. In some situations, undergraduate students are able to participate in the research both in St. Louis and around the world.
Opportunities: Since our undergraduate geology is small relative to larger public universities, our students have more opportunities to interact with faculty, get personalized attention, and take advantage of opportunities inside and outside of the University. One highlight of our students' education is related to our annual department field trip in which faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students spend one week exploring a region of our country. Traveling through national parks, seeing natural systems not commonly encountered by students, and learning first-hand about the Earth and environment are rewarding to all who participate. These trips are heavily subsidized by the Department so that all students can participate.


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Pom Wonderful expands aril line
Los Angeles-based Pom Wonderful is offering more options in its Pom Poms line of prepackaged arils, said Brad Paris, vice president and general manager of produce.
"We have a 4.3-ounce cup, as well as an 8-ounce cup now," he said.
The smaller cup is to be a snack, he said.
"You can put it in a lunch box and eat it as a snack. The 8-ounce is for the person who eats them every day or puts them in yogurt."
Last year, the company offered arils mainly in a 6-ounce bowl, Paris said.
"This year, it's totally new. We have great signs and materials with it."
Paris said Pom Wonderful's aril program is marking its 10th anniversary this year.
"Annual growth has been 20%-30% on average each year, and we're expecting similar growth this year," he said.
PureFresh reports growth, new packs
Selma, Calif.-based PureFresh Sales Inc. is in a growth mode, said Bill Purewal, president.
"We just have a lot more growth overall," he said, referring to the company's kiwifruit, persimmon and pomegranate programs. "We have more pomegranates coming into production with the new smith variety. We have more wonderfuls. Fuyus are coming. We're trying some new pack styles.
"To be able to support the smaller fruit in a price-conscious way, we're trying to do that with a smaller mesh bag for the consumer to buy at certain stores in certain store demographics."
Ruby Fresh launches website
Ruby Fresh Pomegranates, Firebaugh, Calif., has launched a website.
The website offers information on pomegranates and also about the company and its fresh pomegranates, arils and frozen aril offerings.
Ruby Fresh grows pomegranates primarily on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley.
Simonian increases promotional push
Fowler, Calif.-based Simonian Fruit Co. is putting a bit more extra effort on promotions this year, according to Jeff Simonian, sales manager.
"We trying to promote ourselves a little more this year with all the new growers and competition," Simonian said. "We've been in the business a long time, but we haven't reinvented the wheel."
The company has done a video that showcases its experience, Simonian said.
"We've done a little more advertising than normal, whatever we can to get our name our there with our experience and the message that we're the shipper you can trust," Simonian said.
Trinity Fruit doubles volume this season
Fresno, Calif.-based Trinity Fruit has nearly doubled pomegranate production this season, said John Hein, marketing director.
"We've increased production to about 700,000 boxes from about 350,000, which is a nice increase for us," Hein said. "We're probably the second-largest packer of pomegranates in the industry, behind Pom Wonderful."
The addition of two new growers, whom Hein declined to name, accounted for about 75% of the increase in volume this year, he said.
More productive trees also are a factor, he said.
"The younger trees come into production, and older trees increase their production," he said.
Youngstown offers one-serving arils pack
Youngstown Grape Distributors Inc., Reedley, Calif., is offering a single-serving size of arils, said Mike Forrest, president.
"We're doing consumer packs and, on pomegranates, we're doing a single-serving size for foodservice," he said.
The company also is working with "a number of school districts" across the U.S., Forrest added.
"We're able to ship our arils throughout the U.S. and Canada," he said.
"We ship them as far away as far eastern Canada, and we're able to do that 365 days a year. They travel well at proper temperatures. We're achieving shelf life up to 16-18 days."


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There were some bright spots for the month. Billy Wagner and Ryan Church for example. David Wright had his moments, but tailed in the end. Johan Santana deserved more than his record shows.
There were red flags, too.
Jose Reyes still flounders. Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado had down months, with the latter showing few signs of turning things around. The bullpen is overworked and has underperformed. If you aren't concerned about Aaron Heilman, you should be. Neither John Maine or Oliver Perez have pitched to expectations.
A lot of injuries, too.
Pedro Martinez, Orlando Hernandez, Brian Schneider and Moises Alou. Luis Castillo hobbled for most of the month.
For all that went wrong, the Mets are still a whisper from first place. That shouldn't be their thinking. During the collapse the Mets' refrain was "we're still in first place."
They sang it until their season was over.
They can't be thinking how close they are now. They need to be thinking about how overall lousy they have been and realize that won't cut it.