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Linezolid tabletsPronunciation
Generic Name: linezolid (lin-AYZ-oh-lid)
Brand Name: Zyvox
Linezolid tablets are used for:
Treating certain bacterial infections.
Linezolid tablets are an oxazolidinone antibiotic. It works by interfering with the production of proteins needed by bacteria to grow.
Do NOT use linezolid tablets if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in linezolid tablets
- you are taking an amphetamine (eg, dextroamphetamine), an anorexiant (eg, phentermine), a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor (eg, entacapone), cyclobenzaprine, dexmethylphenidate, fentanyl, levodopa, meperidine, sibutramine, a sympathomimetic (eg, pseudoephedrine), tetrabenazine, or a triptan (eg, sumatriptan)
- you are taking or have taken apraclonidine, bupropion, buspirone, dextromethorphan, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (eg, phenelzine, selegiline), nefazodone, a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (eg, atomoxetine), a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) (eg, duloxetine, venlafaxine), a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) (eg, paroxetine), a tetracyclic antidepressant (eg, maprotiline, mirtazapine), trazodone, a tricyclic antidepressant (eg, amitriptyline, doxepin), or vilazodone within the past 14 days
- you are taking or have taken fluoxetine within the past 5 weeks
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using linezolid tablets:
Some medical conditions may interact with linezolid tablets. 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 a history of diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney problems, eye or vision problems, bone marrow problems (eg, low blood platelet levels), an adrenal gland tumor (pheochromocytoma), carcinoid syndrome, liver problems, seizures, or an overactive thyroid
- if you have a prolonged infection that is currently or has been previously treated with another antibiotic medicine
- if you are taking any medicine for depression
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with linezolid tablets. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Amphetamines (eg, dextroamphetamine), anorexiants (eg, phentermine), apraclonidine , beta-2 agonists (eg, albuterol), bupropion, buspirone, COMT inhibitors (eg, entacapone), cyclobenzaprine, dexmethylphenidate, dextromethorphan, fentanyl, ginseng, levodopa, MAOIs (eg, phenelzine, selegiline), meperidine, methylphenidate, nefazodone, norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (eg, atomoxetine), propoxyphene, sibutramine, SNRIs (eg, duloxetine, venlafaxine), SSRIs (eg, fluoxetine, paroxetine), sympathomimetics (eg, pseudoephedrine), tetrabenazine, tetracyclic antidepressants (eg, maprotiline, mirtazapine), trazodone, tricyclic antidepressants (eg, amitriptyline, doxepin), triptans (eg, sumatriptan), tryptophan, or vilazodone because severe side effects, including severe headache, fever, high blood pressure, or mental or mood changes, may occur
- Tramadol because the risk of seizures may be increased
- Insulin or other diabetes medicines (eg, glyburide) because the risk of low blood sugar may be increased
- Barbiturates (eg, phenobarbital), carbamazepine, hydantoins (eg, phenytoin), or rifamycins (eg, rifampin) because they may decrease linezolid tablets's effectiveness
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if linezolid tablets 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 linezolid tablets:
Use linezolid tablets as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Take linezolid tablets by mouth with or without food. If stomach upset occurs, take with food to reduce stomach irritation.
- To clear up your infection completely, take linezolid tablets for the full course of treatment. Keep taking it even if you feel better in a few days.
- If you miss a dose of linezolid tablets, 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 linezolid tablets.
Important safety information:
- Linezolid tablets may cause dizziness. This effect may be worse if you take it with alcohol or certain medicines. Use linezolid tablets with caution. Do not drive or perform other possibly unsafe tasks until you know how you react to it.
- Tell your doctor or dentist that you take linezolid tablets before you receive any medical or dental care, emergency care, or surgery.
- Be sure to use linezolid tablets for the full course of treatment. If you do not, the medicine may not clear up your infection completely. The bacteria could also become less sensitive to this or other medicines. This could make the infection harder to treat in the future.
- Long-term or repeated use of linezolid tablets may cause a second infection. Tell your doctor if signs of a second infection occur. Your medicine may need to be changed to treat this.
- Mild diarrhea is common with antibiotic use. However, a more serious form of diarrhea (pseudomembranous colitis) may rarely occur. This may develop while you use the antibiotic or within several months after you stop using it. Contact your doctor right away if stomach pain or cramps, severe diarrhea, or bloody stools occur. Do not treat diarrhea without first checking with your doctor.
- Eating foods high in tyramine (eg, aged cheeses, red wines, beer, certain meats and sausages, liver, sour cream, soy sauce, raisins, bananas, avocados) while you use an MAOI may cause severe high blood pressure. This could occur for up to 2 weeks after you stop taking an MAOI. Do not eat foods high in tyramine while you take linezolid tablets. Ask your health care provider for a complete list of foods you should avoid. Seek medical attention at once if symptoms of severe high blood pressure occur. These may include severe headache, fast or irregular heartbeat, sore or stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, sweating, enlarged pupils, or sensitivity to light.
- Linezolid tablets may reduce the number of clot-forming cells (platelets) in your blood. Avoid activities that may cause bruising or injury. Tell your doctor if you have unusual bruising or bleeding. Tell your doctor if you have dark, tarry, or bloody stools.
- Linezolid tablets only works against bacteria; it does not treat viral infections (eg, the common cold).
- Lactic acidosis has occurred with the use of linezolid tablets. Contact your doctor if you have severe or persistent nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, or unusual tiredness or weakness.
- Serious eye problems (eg, peripheral and optic neuropathy) have occurred with the use of linezolid tablets. Contact your doctor if you experience vision changes (eg, decreased or blurred vision, changes in color vision, loss of vision).
- Diabetes patients - Low blood sugar has been reported in patients taking linezolid tablets along with insulin or other diabetes medicines. Low blood sugar may make you anxious, sweaty, weak, dizzy, drowsy, or faint. It may also make your heart beat faster; make your vision change; give you a headache, chills, or tremors; or make you more hungry. It is a good idea to carry a reliable source of glucose (eg, tablets or gel) to treat low blood sugar. If this is not available, you should eat or drink a quick source of sugar like table sugar, honey, candy, orange juice, or nondiet soda. This will raise your blood sugar level quickly. Tell your doctor right away if this happens. To prevent low blood sugar, eat meals at the same time each day and do not skip meals.
- Lab tests, including complete blood cell counts and eye exams, may be performed while you use linezolid tablets. These tests may be used to monitor your condition or check for side effects. Be sure to keep all doctor and lab appointments.
- PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant, contact your doctor. You will need to discuss the benefits and risks of using linezolid tablets while you are pregnant. It is not known if this medicine is found in breast milk. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you use linezolid tablets, check with your doctor. Discuss any possible risks to your baby.
Possible side effects of linezolid tablets:
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:
Bad taste in mouth; constipation; diarrhea; dizziness; headache; nausea; trouble sleeping; vomiting.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; unusual hoarseness); agitation; bloody stools; bloody vomit; chills, fever, or sore throat; confusion; exaggerated reflexes; excitation; fast heartbeat; loss of coordination; mental or mood changes; muscle spasms; prolonged or repeated nausea or vomiting; red, swollen, peeling, or blistered skin; seizures; severe or continuing diarrhea; severe or persistent headache or dizziness; stomach pain/cramps; sweating; swelling of the hands or feet; tingling or numbness of the hands or feet; unusual bleeding or bruising; unusual tiredness or weakness; vaginal irritation or unusual discharge; vision changes (including decreased or blurred vision, changes in color vision, loss of vision); white patches in the mouth.
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.Proper storage of linezolid tablets:
Store linezolid tablets at 77 degrees F (25 degrees C). Brief storage at temperatures between 59 and 86 degrees F (15 and 30 degrees C) is permitted. Store away from heat, moisture, and light. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep bottle tightly closed. Keep linezolid tablets out of the reach of children and away from pets.
General information:
- If you have any questions about linezolid tablets, please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- Linezolid tablets are 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 linezolid tablets 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 linezolid tablets. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to linezolid tablets. 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 linezolid tablets.
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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Ashcott & Shapwick 86 lost to Bristol 89-1 by nine wickets
ASHCOTT and Shapwick's relegation from Premier One is now mathematically confirmed following a nine-wicket destruction at Bristol on Saturday.
Ashcott were rolled for just 86 batting first with only three players making it into double figures, as Rhys Williams (4-37) and William Rudge (2-9) doing the damage.
Nayan Karmarkar (14), Wayne Spencer (14) and James Haggett (14) top scored the league strugglers as they all out in the 32nd over.
In reply, Bristol ensured a very early finish, racing to their target in just nine overs, as Steve Snell (55no) and Tom Smith (28no) smashed the ball to all parts.
James Haggett took the solitary wicket for Ashcott to finish with 1-27, but the rest of the bowlers took some punishment, including Gareth Harte who went for 23 from one over.
Ashcott finish the season with a home fixture against Taunton St Andrews, who are fighting to avoid relegation before a final week derby at Bridgwater

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4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed* us from our sins by his blood,
6and made* us to be a kingdom, priests serving* his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
7 Look! He is coming with the clouds;
every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to be. Amen.
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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L'Humanité, a newspaper published in France, carried a report concerning the major impact Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation was having in France. A summary of the main statements in the report reads:
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An abundantly illustrated 772-page book published in Turkey and based on the Qur'an, denying the theory of evolution proposed by Darwin, has been sent to public institutions, and to college, high school and university libraries at the end of January, as well as to the offices of various newspapers such as L'Humanité.The aim of this work is to reveal evolutionist frauds, their misleading statements and "the invisible link between Darwinism and such bloody ideologies as fascism and communism." And that is indeed the case. A large part of the book consists of illustrations of fossils compared to specimens alive today in an attempt to prove that living organisms have undergone no changes throughout the course of history. This is linked to the conclusion that "God created the universe and all living things". . . The author, Adnan Oktar, who writes under the pen-name Harun Yahya, is well-known for his advocacy of creationism. . . . The Islamic community has supported this struggle ever since the 1980s . . . The preparation of the book is astonishing. This is a book the first volume of which has now been published, due to be followed by six more, published on luxury, colored paper and selling at the ridiculously cheap price of 75 euros.


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Insomnia related to nighttime awakenings is known to be more prevalent in women than men. Three cases are presented here of late premenopausal women experiencing frequent nighttime awakenings that responded well to bedtime treatment with gabapentin. In one case, what started as isolated nighttime awakenings slowly progressed to awakenings accompanied by typical menopausal night sweats. This led to the theory that the initial isolated nighttime awakenings in this patient may have been secondary to a menopausal etiology related to low serum estradiol levels. In the subsequent 2 cases, early follicular phase serum estradiol was confirmed to be low. It is theorized that isolated nighttime awakenings in some premenopausal women may be caused by low serum estradiol, triggering events physiologically related to menopausal night sweats. Further research is needed to determine if low early follicular phase serum estradiol is associated with nighttime awakenings in premenopausal women not experiencing night sweats.
Guttuso T. Nighttime awakenings responding to gabapentin therapy in late premenopausal women: a case series. J Clin Sleep Med 2012;8(2):187-189.
Menopausal night sweats, which are hot flashes that occur at night, are common in postmenopausal women and are significantly more bothersome to women than daytime hot flashes,1 most likely because of the associated interference with sleep.2 Many women with night sweats will report that they first awaken and then, about 10-30 seconds later, experience the feeling of internal heat and observable sweating (personal observations). Daytime hot flashes are frequently preceded by an aura of a "sense of anxiety" and sometimes by a "change in heart rate" just prior to the feeling of internal heat and observable sweating.3
It is known that with each clinical hot flash, there is a predictable increase in several serum hormones, the largest of which is in serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which rises to about 120% above baseline levels.4 This sympathetic surge could account for the aura-associated symptoms preceding a daytime hot flash and for the nighttime awakening preceding a night sweat. Although the auras and awakenings are typically linked to hot flashes and night sweats, respectively, the following 3 cases suggest that nighttime awakenings may occur in isolation and years before the night sweats classically associated with menopause.
In 9/2006, a 48-year-old white female having regular monthly menses presented with a chief complaint of frequent nighttime awakenings for the previous 3 years. The patient reported having sudden awakenings from deep sleep, "as if I have been shocked awake," followed by great difficulty returning to sleep. These unexplained awakenings occurred 2-3 times a night ≥ 3 nights a week. The sleep disruption was causing excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulty concentrating at work, and irritability. She had been taking oral contraception daily for about 12 years. A 6-month trial of trazodone at bedtime and a 4-month trial of amitriptyline at bedtime were both ineffective.
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: It is known that women experience insomnia at significantly higher rates than men and that this disparity may be related to cycling hormones, however, the sleep-related physiology of this association is unknown. Three cases are presented here suggesting that insomnia due to nighttime awakenings in some cycling premenopausal women may be physiologically related to menopausal night sweats and may also improve with bedtime gabapentin, a treatment known to be effective for hot flashes and night sweats.
Study Impact: These cases may represent the first description of a novel sleep disorder unique to women found to have low serum estradiol and nighttime awakenings. This proposed sleep disorder has been coined LUNAs and may help to explain the higher prevalence of insomnia in women.
Two years after the awakenings started, in 2005, the patient underwent a nocturnal polysomnogram that was normal (respiratory distress index: 3.6/h and occasional periodic limb movements).
In 7/2006, the patient began noticing that after some of her typical unexplained nighttime awakenings, she would feel hot and occasionally sweaty. Her serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels were found to be normal, at 3.0 and 1.1 mIU/mL, respectively, while she was still taking oral contraception. Under the presumption that the patient was now experiencing menopausal night sweats, her primary physician increased her dose of oral contraception. There was no improvement in her symptoms after 2 months. The patient was not interested in taking hormone replacement therapy. The patient denied symptoms of restless legs syndrome (RLS), periodic leg movements of sleep (PLMS), or snoring during sleep.
Gabapentin 300 mg at bedtime (qhs) was initiated in 9/2006, based on evidence of efficacy in the treatment of hot flashes and night sweats5–7 and improved sleep in such patients.8 The patient experienced benefit after the first dose of gabapentin, reporting a full night's sleep without any awakenings or night sweats. This degree of efficacy persisted for about 2 weeks, at which time the isolated nighttime awakenings began to recur, sometimes accompanied by feeling hot and sweaty. The dose of gabapentin was increased to 600 mg qhs, which again resolved the symptoms. The patient also reported normalized daytime alertness, concentration, and mood. The side effect of early morning dizziness occurred infrequently and did not affect any activities of daily living. Attempts at discontinuing gabapentin resulted in recurring night sweats and awakenings.
Three months later, in 12/2006, oral contraception was discontinued. Regular monthly menses continued until 9/2007, when menses began occurring every other month until 4/2008 when menses stopped. In 10/2008, serum FSH and LH were clearly in the postmenopausal ranges, at 114.0 and 51.7 mIU/mL, respectively.
This case led to the hypothesis that nighttime awakenings in late premenopausal women may be caused by declining systemic estradiol triggering isolated nighttime sympathetic surges without any subsequent night sweats. This hypothesized novel sleep disorder associated with low serum estradiol causing nighttime awakenings was coined LUNAs.
A 42-year-old white female having regular monthly menses presented in 1/2010, complaining of 2 years of worsening nighttime awakenings, excessive daytime sleepiness, and irritability. The patient had experienced hot flashes and night sweats with her 2 pregnancies at 33 years and 38 years, which fully resolved postpartum. The patient denied any hot flashes or night sweats at the time of presentation. The patient reported that almost every night over the previous 2 years, she would have 2-5 nighttime awakenings occurring at predictable times and causing great difficulty returning to sleep. The patient also noticed that the awakenings were more frequent and severe for 1-2 days before her menses and the first 4-5 days of her menses every month. The patient denied symptoms of RLS or PLMS or snoring during sleep.
The nighttime awakenings were postulated to be LUNAs due to the patient's age and the exacerbation of symptoms just before and during menses, the time of the menstrual cycle when serum estradiol is at its lowest.
Due to the favorable response of the patient in Case 1 to gabapentin treatment, gabapentin 300 mg qhs was initiated. The patient reported near full resolution of the nighttime awakenings within 2 days. A side effect of early morning sedation was mild and resolved within 4 days. About 2 weeks later, the nighttime awakenings began to return and gabapentin was increased to 600 mg qhs with good effect for about 6 weeks, when the dose again needed to be increased (to 900 mg qhs). The nighttime awakenings would recur when the patient forgot to take gabapentin. The daytime sleepiness and irritability reported before starting gabapentin resolved after about 3 weeks of gabapentin treatment.
On 6/29/11—while still having regular monthly menses and still taking 900 mg of gabapentin qhs—serum FSH, LH, and estradiol on day 3 of her menstrual cycle were 13.7 mIU/mL, 7.0 mIU/mL, and 32.2 pg/mL, respectively, and on day 14 were 13.7 mIU/mL, 39.1 mIU/mL, and 665.3 pg/mL, respectively. Ovulation was likely occurring on day 14 in this patient, evidenced by the high LH and estradiol levels.
A 46-year-old white female presented in 3/2011 with a chief complaint of nighttime awakenings, concentration problems, and daytime sleepiness and fatigue for the previous 6 years. The problem had progressed to the point that over the previous year she began needing to drink coffee throughout the day in order to stay awake at work. Almost every night she reported awakening around 02:30 for no apparent reason with great difficulty returning to sleep. These nighttime awakenings were not accompanied by feeling hot or sweaty. During daylight savings time, the awakenings would change by 1 hour for a few months and then return to 02:30. For 3 months prior to presentation, the patient noticed occasional spells of feeling very warm during the day without any flushing or sweating. The patient denied symptoms of RLS, PLMS, or snoring during sleep.
At 36 years of age, about 4 years prior to the nighttime awakenings, she experienced 2 weeks of severe hot flashes and night sweats after having an ovary removed for cysts causing abdominal pain.
The patient had regular monthly menses until 44 years of age, about 4 years after the nighttime awakenings started, when she developed heavy menstrual bleeding and had a 52 mg levonorgestrel intrauterine device (IUD) placed. The IUD did improve her heavy menses but did not affect her nighttime awakenings.
Since the nighttime awakenings had been slowly worsening since the age of 40 and the patient was starting to experience daytime spells consistent with mild hot flashes, the nighttime awakenings were suspected to be LUNAs. For this reason, gabapentin 300 mg qhs was initiated for 3 nights and then increased to 600 mg qhs for better effect. The nighttime awakenings fully resolved within 4 days except for occasional awakenings at 02:30, after which the patient was quickly able to return to sleep. After 2 weeks of gabapentin treatment the patient reported greatly improved daytime alertness, concentration, and energy and was able to stop drinking coffee at work. The patient denied any side effects from gabapentin.
After 8 weeks of gabapentin therapy, while still having regular monthly menses, serum FSH, LH, and estradiol on day 2 of her menstrual cycle were 6.3 mIU/mL, 5.1 mIU/mL, and 50 pg/mL, respectively, and on day 14 were 4.7 mIU/mL, 4.8 mIU/mL, and 150 pg/mL, respectively.
Although it is proposed that the insomnia occurring in these 3 cases was caused by low serum estradiol levels triggering nighttime awakenings physiologically related to menopausal night sweats, in only 2 of these cases was estradiol assessed and shown to be low during the early follicular phase. It certainly is possible that the low serum estradiol in these 2 cases was simply coincidental and not causally related to the occurrence of the nighttime awakenings. In addition, gabapentin's positive effects on nighttime awakenings reported in these 3 cases may have been due to its known general sleep-enhancing actions9 and not to a specific effect on the nighttime awakenings theorized here to have been caused by low serum estradiol and coined LUNAs.
On the other hand, these cases, summarized in Table 1, may be the first report of a novel sleep disorder unique to women. A large meta-analysis showed insomnia to be more common in females than males, and for the disparity to increase with increasing age.10 Also, premenopausal women with irregular menstrual cycles, which often signal declining estradiol levels, are twice as likely to report insomnia symptoms such as nighttime awakenings as those with regular menstrual cycles.11 These findings support an association between declining serum estradiol and insomnia in women.
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The 3 cases reported here also support this association. None of the women noted nighttime awakenings until after 40 years of age, a time when estradiol levels in some women may be declining. The patient in Case 2 noticed clear worsening of her nighttime awakenings during the days of her menstrual cycle when serum estradiol was at its nadir. Indeed, Cases 2 and 3 were both found to have low serum estradiol on day 3 (32.2 pg/mL) and day 2 (50 pg/mL), respectively, of their menstrual cycles. In contrast, a normal day 2-7 serum estradiol in premenopausal women over 40 years of age is 73-78 pg/mL,12,13 while postmenopausal levels are < 20 pg/mL.
Although serum estradiol was not assessed in Case 1, what began as isolated nighttime awakenings at 45 years of age slowly morphed into awakenings occasionally followed by night sweats at 48 years, implicating a similar physiological process underlying these conditions. Finally, all 3 patients' nighttime awakenings resolved with a single bedtime dose of gabapentin, a therapy known to be an effective treatment for hot flashes and night sweats.5–7 The fact that the nighttime awakenings in Case 1 failed to respond to oral contraception drugs (OCDs) may have been due to the much lower estrogen dose found in OCDs (about 0.05 mg) than in hormone replacement therapy (about 0.60 mg), which is the only FDA-approved therapy for menopausal hot flashes and night sweats.
In summary, the proposed LUNAs are hypothesized to be physiologically related to night sweats and to occur in women several years before menopausal symptoms would typically be expected to occur. Further research is needed in premenopausal women with isolated nighttime awakenings to determine if early follicular phase serum estradiol levels are significantly decreased compared to age-matched control women without nighttime awakenings and to exclude other contributing conditions such as sleep apnea or PLMS.
This was not an industry supported study. Dr. Guttuso is the inventor on US Patent 6,310,098, which is owned by the University of Rochester, covering the use of gabapentin for treating hot flashes and night sweats. Dr. Guttuso does not receive financial compensation on the sales of generic gabapentin or brand name Neurontin for any use. Dr. Guttuso may receive royalties on the sales of a gabapentin-related drug only if such a drug is FDA-approved for treating hot flashes.
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OCEAN PINES–The main purpose of the Shepherd's Nook Thrift Shop at Community Church at Ocean Pines is outreach ministry. It also provides great fellowship among the volunteers who work there. All the volunteers are working hard to improve the Nook, to make it a better place to shop and to volunteer.
Currently the Flea Market area of the Nook is under construction and is temporarily closed until the work is completed. The side walls have been enclosed, windows installed, and exterior siding is in place. Work is being completed by capable volunteers from the congregation. Pastor Boyd has dubbed them the "Community Church Construction Company."
The work on the Flea Market is moving right along, and we hope to reopen that area in a few weeks. Please hold your household items until the reopening as we are a little short on storage space.
The main shopping area of the Shepherd's Nook remains open with bargains on clothing for children, women and men. Shoes and accessories are also available, as well as an assortment of bedding items and curtains. Shopping hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
As an additional mission outreach Sarah's Pantry is located within the Shepherd's Nook. This area serves as a food pantry and helps the less fortunate in the community in coordination with area agencies. The pantry is always grateful for donations of non-perishable foods from the community. Stop in and visit the Shepherd's Nook and discover the items for sale at bargain prices. While you are there check out the work on the expansion of the Flea Market area.
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Our Prophet (SAAS ) joked with his companions and laughed with them.
The beautiful words of our Prophet (saas) which reach us in our present day are extremely valuable for Muslims. These words create a good example to recognize our Prophet's (saas) superior moral values and personality, and also to live the morality of Quran. From the events which were related by the companions, we can understand that our Prophet (saas) often joked with his family and companions, laughed at their jokes and gave them nice names or nicknames. But our Prophet (saas) as on every subject, behaved very considerately, conscientiously, and with understanding about his jokes. The recommendations of our Prophet (saas) to his companions about joking can be summarized like this:
"I make jokes, but I say only the truth"
"A Muslims frightening another Muslim brother is not lawful"
"Don't dispute with your brother and don't make jokes by mocking him"
"Shame on the person who tells lies to make other people laugh"
"A person can not be a true believer unless he stop telling lies and creating disputes even if he is right"
"Don't tell a lie, even if it is a joke"
(The Six Books, Concise Translation and Commentary, Professor. Dr.. İbrahim Canan, volume 15, Akçağ Publications, Ankara, p. 209)
A saying of our Prophet (saas) told by Jarir ibn Abdullah is as follows:
"Allah does not show mercy to a person who does not show mercy to other people"
(Bukhari and Muslim, Bukhari; Kitab'ul-Tawhid and the Book-Adab, Muslim; Kitab'ul-Fedail, 2319, Ahmad, 3 / 40)


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Publisher's promotional materials for Corsi's Obama Nation echo falsehood and baseless charge in book
Research ››› ››› ERIC HANANOKI & MATT GERTZ
Simon & Schuster's promotional materials for Jerome Corsi's book, The Obama Nation, echo Corsi's false claims and baseless charges about Sen. Barack Obama's Global Poverty Act and his views on nuclear weapons.
Promotional materials by Simon & Schuster for author Jerome Corsi's recently released book, The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, echo Corsi's false claim that Sen. Barack Obama's Global Poverty Act of 2007 "would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product on foreign aid." Simon & Schuster's materials falsely assert that Obama has a "radical plan to tax Americans to fund a global-poverty-reduction program."
The Simon & Schuster release also states that "[i]n this stunning and comprehensive new book, the reader will learn about ... Obama's naïve, anti-war, anti-nuclear foreign-policy, predicated on the reduction of the military, the eradication of nuclear weapons and an overconfidence in the power of his personality, as if belief in change alone could somehow transform international politics, achieve nuclear-weapons disarmament." In his book, Corsi asserts that "Obama embraces a 'no nukes,' antiwar, antimilitary posture that places him even further left than Senator George McGovern." But contrary to Corsi's characterization of Obama's views on nuclear weapons as far left, in an essay, published in the January 4, 2007, Wall Street Journal, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, Hoover Institution senior fellow William J. Perry, and former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA) proposed nuclear weapons policies similar to those Corsi quotes Obama supporting.
Global Poverty Act
In his book, Corsi writes that the Global Poverty Act, sponsored by Obama, would "increase taxes on U.S. citizens to pay for world poverty through the United Nations." As evidence, Corsi quotes a February 12 column by Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid, which falsely asserted that the bill "would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, which amounts to a phenomenal 13-year total of $845 billion over and above what the U.S. already spends." But as Media Matters for America has repeatedly documented, the bill does not impose a tax or allow any other body to impose a tax on the United States. Further, the bill would establish no specific funding source and would not commit the United States to any targeted level of spending.
The bill directs the president, acting through the secretary of state, to develop a strategy to meet the goal of reducing poverty. It also states that strategy "should include" among its components "[i]mproving the effectiveness of development assistance and making available additional overall United States assistance levels as appropriate," but it does not require that foreign aid be increased or mandate a funding level for foreign assistance. The Global Poverty Act is currently pending on the Senate floor after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the bill with amendments on April 24. The amended bill also does not establish a specific funding source or commit the United States to any targeted level of spending. A companion version of the bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), passed the House by voice vote on September 25, 2007.
Nuclear Weapons
In The Obama Nation, Corsi refers to a YouTube video in which Obama asserts: "I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons. I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material. And I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals." Corsi writes that, in making those comments, "Obama embraces a 'no nukes,' antiwar, antimilitary posture that places him even further left than Senator George McGovern, the last openly antiwar presidential candidate put forth by the Democratic Party [page 2]." But Kissinger, Schultz, Perry, and Nunn offered a very similar outline for a nuclear arms proposal in their Wall Street Journal op-ed:
What should be done? Can the promise of the NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] and the possibilities envisioned at [the 1986 U.S.-Soviet summit in] Reykjavik be brought to fruition? We believe that a major effort should be launched by the United States to produce a positive answer through concrete stages. First and foremost is intensive work with leaders of the countries in possession of nuclear weapons to turn the goal of a world without nuclear weapons into a joint enterprise.
Additionally, Kissinger, Schultz, Perry, and Nunn proposed "a series of agreed-on and urgent steps that would lay the groundwork for a world free of the nuclear threat," which include: "Initiating a bipartisan process with the Senate, including understandings to increase confidence and provide for periodic review, to achieve ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty"; "[h]alting the production of fissile material for weapons globally"; "[c]hanging the Cold War posture of deployed nuclear weapons to increase warning time and thereby reduce the danger of an accidental or unauthorized use of a nuclear weapon"; and "[c]ontinuing to reduce substantially the size of nuclear forces in all states that possess them."
Obama highlighted the proposal by Shultz, Perry, Kissinger, and Nunn in a January 17 press release, in which he asserted:
I welcome the renewed call by Sam Nunn, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, and William Perry to urge the United States to support a world free of nuclear weapons. These four Americans have shown leadership on this issue for many months, and I have embraced this goal throughout my campaign. As I said in a speech on October 2 [2007]: "Here's what I'll say as President: America seeks a world in which there are no nuclear weapons."
From Kissinger, Shultz, Perry, and Nunn's January 4, 2007, op-ed in The Wall Street Journal:
What will it take to rekindle the vision shared by [President Ronald] Reagan and Mr. [Mikhail] Gorbachev? Can a world-wide consensus be forged that defines a series of practical steps leading to major reductions in the nuclear danger? There is an urgent need to address the challenge posed by these two questions.
The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) envisioned the end of all nuclear weapons. It provides (a) that states that did not possess nuclear weapons as of 1967 agree not to obtain them, and (b) that states that do possess them agree to divest themselves of these weapons over time. Every president of both parties since Richard Nixon has reaffirmed these treaty obligations, but non-nuclear weapon states have grown increasingly skeptical of the sincerity of the nuclear powers.
Strong non-proliferation efforts are under way. The Cooperative Threat Reduction program, the Global Threat Reduction Initiative, the Proliferation Security Initiative and the Additional Protocols are innovative approaches that provide powerful new tools for detecting activities that violate the NPT and endanger world security. They deserve full implementation. The negotiations on proliferation of nuclear weapons by North Korea and Iran, involving all the permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany and Japan, are crucially important. They must be energetically pursued.
But by themselves, none of these steps are adequate to the danger. Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev aspired to accomplish more at their meeting in Reykjavik 20 years ago -- the elimination of nuclear weapons altogether. Their vision shocked experts in the doctrine of nuclear deterrence, but galvanized the hopes of people around the world. The leaders of the two countries with the largest arsenals of nuclear weapons discussed the abolition of their most powerful weapons.
What should be done? Can the promise of the NPT and the possibilities envisioned at Reykjavik be brought to fruition? We believe that a major effort should be launched by the United States to produce a positive answer through concrete stages. First and foremost is intensive work with leaders of the countries in possession of nuclear weapons to turn the goal of a world without nuclear weapons into a joint enterprise. Such a joint enterprise, by involving changes in the disposition of the states possessing nuclear weapons, would lend additional weight to efforts already under way to avoid the emergence of a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran.
The program on which agreements should be sought would constitute a series of agreed and urgent steps that would lay the groundwork for a world free of the nuclear threat. Steps would include:
- Changing the Cold War posture of deployed nuclear weapons to increase warning time and thereby reduce the danger of an accidental or unauthorized use of a nuclear weapon.
- Continuing to reduce substantially the size of nuclear forces in all states that possess them.
- Eliminating short-range nuclear weapons designed to be forward-deployed.
- Initiating a bipartisan process with the Senate, including understandings to increase confidence and provide for periodic review, to achieve ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, taking advantage of recent technical advances, and working to secure ratification by other key states.
- Providing the highest possible standards of security for all stocks of weapons, weapons-usable plutonium, and highly enriched uranium everywhere in the world.
- Getting control of the uranium enrichment process, combined with the guarantee that uranium for nuclear power reactors could be obtained at a reasonable price, first from the Nuclear Suppliers Group and then from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or other controlled international reserves. It will also be necessary to deal with proliferation issues presented by spent fuel from reactors producing electricity.
- Halting the production of fissile material for weapons globally; phasing out the use of highly enriched uranium in civil commerce and removing weapons-usable uranium from research facilities around the world and rendering the materials safe.
- Redoubling our efforts to resolve regional confrontations and conflicts that give rise to new nuclear powers.
Achieving the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons will also require effective measures to impede or counter any nuclear-related conduct that is potentially threatening to the security of any state or peoples.
From The Obama Nation:
YouTube Video:
"In 52 Seconds, Why Barack Obama Cannot Win a General Election"
On the screen we see Barack Obama, wearing a business suit, white shirt, and dark tie. Behind him at right are the red and white stripes of an American flag. Obama is not wearing an American flag lapel pin.
In the head shot, Obama is looking directly into the camera, speaking deliberately, careful to articulate his words precisely. He has a positive but firm look to his face. The video clip looks as if it might have been prepared for a television ad.
"Without any introduction, Obama begins, "I am the only major candidate to oppose this war from the beginning and, as president, I will end it.
"Second," he continues, "I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems and I will institute an independent defense priorities board to ensure that the quadrennial defense review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.
"Third," he says, without pausing, "I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons. I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile materials. And I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals."
Given the title, "In 52 Seconds, Why Barack Obama Cannot Win a General Election," the poster appears to believe that this one short video would provide Obama's Republican rival in the 2008 presidential election with enough ammunition to defeat him.
Why? The video begins with Obama posturing himself as the most antiwar candidate on the left, opposing U.S. involvement in the Iraq War. Without mentioning her name, Obama reminds us in the first seconds of the video that Hillary voted for the war, no matter what she said later about her supposed opposition to it.
From there, Obama embraces a "no nukes," antiwar, antimilitary posture that places him even further left than Senator George McGovern, the last openly antiwar presidential candidate put forth by the Democratic Party.
In the 1972 presidential election, at the height of the Vietnam War's unpopularity, McGovern lost forty-nine states to President Richard M. Nixon. The only state McGovern carried was Massachusetts, which then, as now, was so "peacenik" that many Republican Party loyalists derisively referred to it as the "People's Republic of Massachusetts." [Page 1-2]
Obama's Global Poverty Act
As the Democratic primaries were winding down in May 2008, Obama quietly steered his Global Poverty Act, known as S. 2433, through the Senate. Obama likes to characterize S. 2433 as requiring "the president to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015 through aid, trade debt relief, and coordination with the international community, businesses and NGOs (non-governmental organizations)." Obama clearly hopes he will be in his second term as president by then, so reduction of global poverty by half can be traced back to his co-sponsorship of this visionary piece of legislation.
Critics on the right, who were anything but enthusiastic, sarcastically renamed the bill the "Global Poverty Tax." Getting past the typical lofty language of the press release quoted above, Cliff Kincaid, writing in Accuracy in Media, noted the legislation "would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product on foreign aid, which amounts to a phenomenal total of $845 billion over and above what the U.S. already spends." Of course, the bill would be paid by the U.S. taxpayer, in what amounts to a redistribution-of-income plan, not from the U.S. haves to the U.S. have-nots, but from the U.S. haves to the world have-nots. Evidently Obama's "Audacity of Hope" extends to giving the U.S. taxpayer the added burden of halving poverty worldwide. Forget about expanding productive business activity to the third world; Obama would end global poverty by largesse.
Moreover, the global poverty reduction goal was mandated by the United Nations General Assembly in its Millennium Declaration of 2000. The declaration specifies, "No individual and no nation must be denied the opportunity to benefit from development," with no particular expectation that each individual or every nation would contribute to economic development. Conservative stalwart Phyllis Schlafly saw Obama's bill as imposing a UN tax on the United States with no concern that "U.S. handouts go into the hands of corrupt dictators who hate us and vote against us in the UN, and that only 30 percent of American foreign aid ever reaches the poor." Schlafly also sees the Global Poverty Act as advancing an undeclared but determined objective of Obama to place the United States under international controls, seriously compromising U.S. sovereignty. Calling the bill anti-American in intent, Schlafly wrote, "The Global Poverty Act would be a giant step toward the Millennium Goals of global governance and international taxes on Americans."
The Millennium Project is monitored by Jeffrey D. Sachs, an economist who directs the "Earth Institute" at Columbia University. In 2005, Sachs presented then-UN secretary-general Kofi Annan with a three-thousand-page report specifying a series of lofty development goals the United States was committed to bring about through the United Nations as part of the Millennium Development Plan.
Reviewing Sachs's book The End of Poverty in the Washington Post, New York University economics professor William Easterly severely criticized Sachs for being naive, describing him as "simply the world's greatest economic reformer," who had no compunction about enlisting U2 lead singer Bono to pen the book's introduction. Calling Sachs a "utopian," Easterly ridiculed him, explaining that Sachs's plan "covers just about everything in mind-numbing technical jargon, from planting nitrogen-fixing leguminous trees to replenishing soil fertility, to antiretroviral therapy for AIDS, to specially programmed cell phones that pro- vide real-time data to health planners, to rainwater harvesting, to battery-charging stations, and so on." Easterly further noted that under Sachs's scheme "the UN secretary general personally run[s] the overall plan, coordinating the actions of thousands of officials in six UN agencies, UN country teams, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund." Easterly expressed surprise at how unaware Sachs was of the extent to which his plan resembled other well-intentioned but ill-fated grand plans to eliminate poverty that were championed through inter- national organizations in the 1950s and 1960s.
In the end, Sachs's and Obama's scheme amounts to little more than resentment against the United States for the extent of economic development and standard of living enjoyed in this country. Conservative commentator Lee Cary shared the observation, writing in the American Thinker about Obama's Global Poverty Act, that "those who feel like victims want the guilty exposed and loathed."43 In this context. Car)' noted the Obama campaign was airing radio ads in Texas in which Obama claimed that "some CEOs make more in 10 minutes than some American workers make in a year," arguing that this was somehow un- fair. Cary noted that Obama did not include in this derision his endorser, television talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Calling Obama the "Global Candidate," Cary concluded his goal was to "cite multinational corporations as the leading exploiters of the worlds poor, with Wall Street's favorites leading the pack."
When we examine where Obama has gotten most of the funds to run his 2008 presidential campaign, we find that hypocrisy is evidently not a fault Obama minds having. According to watchdog OpenSecrets.org. Wall Street investment firms and U.S. law firms representing multinational U.S. corporations in their global operations lead the list of Obama bundling contributors. At the top of Obama's contributor list is Goldman Sachs, followed by UBS, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and Morgan Stanley. Among the law firms leading the list of Obama 2008 campaign contributors are New York-based Skadden, Arps; Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins; Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin, the law firm where Michelle Obama was an associate and met her future husband.
America's middle-class voters, already feeling the economic squeeze from globalization and the outsourcing of U.S. jobs to India and China, would probably not appreciate Obama's plan to increase taxes on U.S. citizens to pay for world poverty through the United Nations. Their resentment could be expected to grow after realizing Obama himself liberally takes campaign contributions from the very investment bankers and law firms benefiting from globalization and outsourcing. In this context, Obama's railing against the rich appears little more than a leftist resentment traceable to his days in Hawaii and in college, smoking marijuana and drinking liquor while listening to the likes of aging communist poet Frank Marshall Davis rail against capitalism. [Page 250-253]
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My votes on Dazel cause i like the idea and potential for the style. You just need to take your time, homie. Clean up your work a little and make sure your lines have a purpose. Also on your hand style you might wanna make it a little more legible, i used to know a guy who had a very similar style and when done right its sick.
P4ANDA and friz keep hitting them books and burning ink. Practice is the no.1 key to this.
Dyer, only thing about your sketch the letters are too woven into each other, kinda looses the word and makes not stand out as much.
Cooldawg, keep practicing you're headed in a good direction.
i kno im new here but stop riding your freinds nuts and vote for the best wich is me
lol I can't tell if you're that into yourself or just being funny.
no he really does think hes that good, you should have seen the messages he sent me in preparation for the battle we had
and also most guys here voted for themselves, i mean really guys?
I think cooldawg's piece has a lot of potential. I like it.
It just seems like in this forum in general, if you don't Wildstyle - you're dubbed as a toy. More than 2/3 of the people in the 'Advanced' sector of the DAZE battle are more toy-like than some of the people on here, a lot of the pieces look like something made off of graffitimaker. I've always preferred and appreciated an original style over something that's been done a hundred times before. The pieces submitted, the kind of stuff people say about one another, the talentless marked as advanced while real talent and originality is considered 'toy' really shows what kind of people actually get on here.
^quit whining ya little bitch lol
wow. Dazel if you think yours is even close to the best you are completly delusional. DYER all the way!
You' re right to a certain point. I've seen a lot of peopl here jocking someone simple cause of the coloring they do or
Whatever they do to their piece to stand out. You're right but you're also wrong. A toy is easily spot on their ability to control their lettering and their understanding shapes and lines. Just cause someone has a unique style or they can color doesn't make him a pro. Its just practice that makes you able to develop your styles and letters.
Thats cool you got your own uniqueness but if you cant master simple letters and handstyles, how are you going to be able to make your style into something good and also legible. If you really wanna be a good writer you gotta be good in all fields from hand styles to bombs to pieces.
And you have to be able to be honest with yourself and accept when you're shit still aint good. You gotta be your hardest critic and you can NEVER be satisfied. Cause the day you're satisfied is the day you're done.
Perfectly said bugs.. And Dazel, stfu. Please just stfu. You think yours is good? It looks like a shitty version of one of those gay tribal tattoos from the 90s. Toy ass bitch
Now that you said that it does look like the tattoo that wrestler Goldberg has.
bugs-one, you're right.
dyer- its clean, but you need to work on making your letters not intertwine so much. and try to tone it down on the extensions, it makes it hard to see where your letters are. the e is good.
dazel- clean it up and work on your personality; noone likes a bitch
p4nda and friz- SIMPLES
cool dawg- getting much better, like the direction your style is going.
bugs is right, you need to be able to do everything really well to be considered a good writer
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FORMULA One fanatics Sarah and Richard Harber won a trip of a lifetime while cheering on Lewis Hamilton at last weekend's British Grand Prix.
The Old Walcot couple have gone to Silverstone for the last 12 years and were staying at the circuit's Whittlebury Park campsite when they found a golden ticket entitling them to an all-expenses paid trip to the sport's season finale taking place in Abu Dhabi in November.
The ticket was hidden in one of 20,000 Abu Dhabi gift bags given to campers. As part of the prize, the golden couple will receive two return flights, a four-night hotel stay and race tickets.
"It's like winning Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket," said computer engineer Richard, 46.
"We're really shocked. We've been visiting Silverstone for the last 12 years, but we've never been to a Formula One race overseas."
The Harbers, who have a nine-year-old son Thomas, hope they'll be celebrating Mercedes driver Hamilton being crowned World Champion during their trip. They were delighted to see Hamilton, who is currently second in the championship, taste victory in Sunday's race.
Sarah, 41, a senior risk manager with Nationwide, said: "We had a great weekend, if a rather surreal one, and it was great to see Lewis win although we were a little disappointed that Jenson Button couldn't quite get on to the podium and finished fourth.
"We are really looking forward to going to Abu Dhabi and fingers crossed we'll see Lewis win the championship. I think one thing is for certain: the weather will be slightly different to what we are used to at Silverstone."
The golden ticket competition was held to promote the twilight Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which has been part of the Formula One calendar for six years. The Harbers' prize was provided by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority.
Nabeel Al Zarouni, the authority's UK manager, said: "Massive congratulations to Sarah and Richard. We're looking forward to welcoming them to Abu Dhabi in November. We hope they have a fantastic time at the Grand Prix and enjoy exploring everything else our destination has to offer."
The race weekend will take place at the Yas Marina Circuit between November 20 and 23.
For more information about the event visit www.yasmarinacircuit.com.


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I am quite in love with birds this season. I think it all started with the paloma bird print, which I just adore. So for the last few weeks I have been working on a few birdie ideas, and finally I have a little character who I love. So now is the time to introduce Miss Betty Bird. I have pages of sketches and a few patterns of her ready to go and this morning I finished my first applique version.
This little set is a present for Lottie's friend Lili-Rose who will be three next week. She is quite a bit smaller then Lottie, so it should fit her perfectly as it is a bit on the small side for Lottie.
I used two of the fabrics I picked up at Spotlight last week and I think they work really well together. I had planned a tier skirt, but Lili-Rose is so tiny and petite and I thoought she may be a bit swamped in it so I think a simple ruffle skirt will suit her better.
So now I think it is time to take the big leap. I am going to have a go at either etsy or ebay and see if Miss Betty is as appealing as I think she is. I have always made the excuse that I cannot finish things professionally without an overlocker, but this skirt was easy peasy and is all french seams, and the applique top needs no extra finishing anyway. So no more excuses, I think it is time to take the leap!


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|Ridge Run
Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2013
|Started at Timber Lake TH, hiked to the valley separating Jackstraw and Ida and bushwhacked to treeline, then traversed Ida, Chief Cheley, PT 12820 and Cractop to Julian. Lots of scrambling and interlocking grass ledges from Cractop to Julian, fun stuff! Also climbed Jackstraw and Gray Jay on the way down, long day! Lots of wildlife: elk, deer, moose and bighorn all present today!
|Posted Sep 30, 2013 11:10 am
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2013
|Incredible fog with visibility of only a dozen or so meters helped me to veer off onto the eastern spur. This made for a long day of bushwacking across the feeders for the Big Thompson and back up to the Mt. Ida Trail.....ouch! Lots of wildlife down there though, bull moose, bull elks with huge racks, a few groups of bighorn sheep rams, ptarmigans, and all the other tundra buddies.
|Posted Jul 30, 2013 10:54 pm
|Snidely Whiplash
|From Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2000
|Beautiful tundra hike. Easy, spectacular summit. What else could one ask for?
|Posted Jul 10, 2013 11:36 am
|from Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2011
|with in-laws.
|Posted May 14, 2013 2:04 pm
|crazy coyotes
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2011
|Went to Arrowhead with Steve & Bergstrom. Tracy packed in whishy to us. We hit Ida on the way out. Saw the crazy coyotes run up a snow field.
|Posted Dec 3, 2012 10:27 pm
|From Arrowhead
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2011
|Some amazing fishing in Arrowhead followed with a great summit.
|Posted Nov 4, 2012 1:08 am
|Foxy Long Bottoms
|Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2016
|8/14/16 With Cheely and Cracktop
7/24/16 We were headed for the trifecta(Ida, Cheeley, Cracktop). Clouds rolled in fast after descending to the Ida/Cheeley saddle. It was hard to turn around. Good judgement prevailed over ego.
August 17, 2011 Milner Pass to Arrowhead Lake and back up to Ida's summit.
|Posted Aug 17, 2011 7:24 pm
|From Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 1999
|Climbed with Robert "Bob" Davidson.
|Posted Jun 25, 2011 8:20 pm
|Beautiful Day
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2010
|Did the cirque from Ida to Terra Tomah. Windy, but beautiful September day. I would do this again just for the solitude.
|Posted Sep 14, 2010 12:39 am
|Fantastic Hike!
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2010
|Wonderful hike with incredible views. Tundra access is quick, flowers are beautiful, and wildlife (Elk, Bighorn Sheep, Marmots, Pikas, Ptarmigans) was plentiful. Take heed of the summer storms and begin descents as soon as the dark clouds appear over the Never Summer Range.
|Posted Aug 3, 2010 2:54 pm
|From Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2008
|Its a nice mountain, but the weather made me litterally turn around in a minute, no pictures or nothing. Watch those rocks though, Ive known them to do some ankle snappin'
|Posted Aug 1, 2010 10:53 pm
|Bill Reed
|Via Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2010
|Fortunate to have good weather, great views and lots of Big Horn scattered about. For me, a very long walk- 9 hours!!
|Posted Jul 22, 2010 9:42 pm
|tundra world
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009
|Easy slog from Milner Pass.
|Posted Jul 22, 2009 8:12 pm
|Wanted to do about 4 or 5 peaks that day but had back problems so just did Ida.
|Posted Feb 22, 2009 5:08 am
|Happy Halloween!!
Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2008
|Wonderful secluded walk on the Continental Divide.
|Posted Nov 4, 2008 6:01 pm
|Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2004
|Did this one with my dad and younger brother.
|Posted Oct 31, 2008 12:24 pm
|Ida and Chief Cheley from Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2008
|Beautiful day, amongst beautiful scenery. Started at Milner Pass, summitted Ida and then dropped down into the saddle between Ida and Chief Cheley and then summited Cheley. Planned on heading to Cracktop, Julian and Terra Tomah but the weather was looking a bit iffy and one of the group was a bit overwhelmed by the downclimb off of Ida, so given that continuing onward would have been more difficult than what we just did, we returned the way we came. Snowed a bit on the way back to Milner Pass. Great views. I'm heading back someday!
|Posted Sep 22, 2008 2:31 pm
|Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008
|A few weeks ago Daddy brought me to the ~11920-foot summit of Charleston Peak, the highest mountain in any direction for over 134 miles. But I wanted to go higher! So Mommy and Daddy brought me to Colorado, and I got to summit Mount Ida, my first mountain over 12000 feet! I made Daddy carry me because I am only 10 1/2 months old, and I can't walk yet.
|Posted Jul 28, 2008 6:35 am
|Day Hiker
|Milner Pass
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008
|It is interesting to read the summit logs from 3 or 4 weeks ago, as we had absolutely no snow on or near the trail. I hiked this in the afternoon with my wife, and I carried DayHikerJr, age 10 1/2 months, for his first summit over 12000 feet.
It's nearly impossible to get an early start with a 10-1/2-month-old, and with the one-hour drive from Estes Park, we were guaranteed to have an afternoon hike, closely watching the monsoon-season Colorado skies. Near the summit, we had some light rain and then brief light hail, but no nearby thunder until about 20 minutes after we had left the summit. We were glad to be off the summit and down away from the high part of the ridge when the thunder rumbled overhead, but we were not completely safe. The main page is definitely right about there being absolutely no cover on the entire upper part of the trail.
|Posted Jul 28, 2008 4:11 am
|Arthur Digbee
|Good hike
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2008
|We took the Milner Pass route in a heavy snowpack year; the switchback section (mostly facing NE) was covered in 4-6 feet of snow. After getting through the trees, the tundra was snow-free and an easy hike. We saw about three dozen bighorns in several herds. Beautiful views along the way and at the summit!
|Posted Jul 7, 2008 10:19 pm


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IT has not been a great start to the year for some local coaches as again the weather wreaked havoc with the schedule.
In total, there were 12 matches played across the three divisions and also two cup competitions.
The investment by Ladybridge FC in getting a new 3G pitch in a bid to get more matches played during winter has obviously paid off as they were one of two sides to take the field.
In Division Two, the Tempest Road club entertained mid-table Haslingden St Mary's.
Inexperience was the downfall for the young Ladybridge side.
After being the better team for the first 20 minutes, they found themselves a goal down after some sloppy play in midfield saw the ball given away.
Haslingden got another goal before the break after they took advantage when a Ladybridge player was caught in possesion on the edge of the area.
The second half began with Ladybridge having chances to equalise, but against the run of play St Mary's grabbed a third.
This signalled the end for Ladybridge and a bad day was summed up when a fine save from Andy Lees rebounded into the net off the St Mary's centre forward.
Elsewhere, Stoneclough were looking to join local rivals CMB in the second round of the West Lancashire Football League Challenge Cup when they entertained Walney Island at home.
They got off to the worst possible start when the visitors opened the scoring after 30 seconds through leading marksman Jordan Brough. It had hardly given the hosts time to settle in but as the game wore on they gathered composure and played some good football.
Stoneclough managed to create a few chances before Janusz Heenan equalised on 17 minutes.
The hosts missed an open goal in the second half as they kept plugging away to take the lead.
However, with two minutes left it was the visitors who scored when the inspirational Brough waltzed around the Stoneclough defence before chipping the ball into the net for his 11th goal of the season. Peter Conroy, secretary of Stoneclough said: "It was a disappointing result.
"We were really starting to get on top after they had scored.
"We played some great football despite the pitch being a little bit heavy.
"I think we thought that in the second half all our pressure would turn into goals.
"Unfortunately in this game, you need to score goals, and we didn't."
In the top flight, ex-Premier League and Wales international footballer Simon Haworth was not able to open his account as the new manager of Eagley with a win.
The match with Thornton Cleveley was called off so he will be hoping the weather picks up for a trip to Fleetwood Hesketh on Saturday.
The same fate affected Tempest United away at Slyne with Hest while the Division One derby between Turton and Bolton County was also called off.
CMB's home match against Barrow Wanderers was also a victim of the weather.
However, one of the highlights was Turton Reserves picking up a 10-1 win at Todmorden Borough Reserves.
Kyle Dickson chipped in with four goals while further efforts by Curtis Warburton, Oliver Melling, Tom Gilbertson, Phil Johnson and an own goal rounded off the scoring.


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2013 Annual Review & Outlook - Logistics
The cautious optimism third-party logistics providers have held since the 2008-09 recession is gradually becoming less cautious. Although the U.S. and European economies are struggling to find their footing, 3PLs are finding growth opportunities in new markets, especially the emerging markets of Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. To keep up, 3PLs are investing heavily in supply chain technologies while cutting costs by turning to evolving solutions in the cloud. And, even as some international and domestic markets struggle, 3PLs have thrived as cost-conscious shippers and transportation providers look to cut costs through outsourcing. That has boosted profits, making 3PLs attractive takeover targets. The result is a merger-and-acquisition market that has been more active than the industry has seen in years.
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The Crap We Missed – Friday 12.28.12
Welcome to a special Christmas Edition of The Crap We Missed. It took us a week to build and since Christmas is officially over, consider this your bonus stocking that we stuffed full of whores and douchebags, because we care. We tried including everyone this holiday season, so we left no erect nipple unturned, no awkward pose, or satisfied post-murder gaze cast aside. There's even two Kim Kardashian shots because titties and "Oh shit, she likes doing what with the pee-pee now?" So unwrap Miley Cyrus delivering Daddy his present and have an intellectual debate about what delivered the death blow to Jesus' b-day: Nicki Minaj's Cameltoe Extravaganza or filling a Santa suit with douche.
Oh yeah, we also found another gift behind the couch (Hint: It's down there and it's full of random bikinis),
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Frank Vahid is troubled by the magnitude of the drunken driving problem, which is blamed for 10,000 deaths annually in the United States.
"If you think about it, that is three Sept. 11s every year," said Vahid, a computer science professor at UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering.
So, he said, "several years ago I decided that I wanted to try to address the drunk driving problem in the U.S. because it is such a plague on our society," he said.
Then two years ago, he was frustrated by his own failure to help police corral an intoxicated motorist in his hometown of Mission Viejo.
Vahid said he was waiting at a traffic signal when a pickup slammed into the back of a car in the lane next to him. The truck driver, whom Vahid suspected was drunk, turned and was gone in seconds.
"I didn't get a license number because it happened so quickly," he said.
That doesn't have to happen anymore.
Vahid channeled his passion for the issue and expertise in computer software into a cellphone app that helps motorists give authorities accurate information about drunken drivers.
The new app is called DuiCam. It was programmed by computer science majors Timothy Cherney, a senior, and Daniel de Haas, a junior.
The app was made available for Android phones in December, Vahid said. And an iPhone version debuted last month.
The app is free. Information about the new recording and reporting tool is available at www.duicam.org.
As Vahid learned a couple of years ago, a general vehicle description usually isn't enough for a police officer to legally stop a driver. And that's where the app comes in.
After purchasing a dashboard or windshield mount, civic-minded motorists can set cellphones in position and capture continuous video.
"It's recording what's happening in front of the car at all times," Vahid said, adding, "You'd probably want to keep it plugged in (to a charger) while it is running."
The app discards footage every 30 minutes or so, to avoid overwhelming a phone's storage.
If a motorist suspects an intoxicated person is behind the wheel of a vehicle, he or she can quickly replay the video.
"We make it very easy to save a screen shot, zoom in and find out the license plate of the vehicle," Vahid said.
Besides reporting the plate number, he said an observing motorist may want to email a snapshot and video to the local police agency. The app provides a way to do that.
"The police need very accurate information, No. 1, in order to be able to legally stop a vehicle," Vahid said. "Then prosecuting becomes much more straight-forward, because you have the video."
Murrieta police Lt. Jon Flavin, who oversees his department's traffic bureau, said it is indeed crucial to have something more than a general description.
"A license plate is crucial for us," Flavin said.
As for the app, he said, "It definitely could be useful, as long as the person using it is using it safely."
Flavin said the last thing police want is for a driver to sacrifice his or her safety to make a report.
Vahid said the researchers intend for motorists to call 911 and send videos only after they have pulled to the side of the road.
The app has been two years in the making.
Vahid said he spent the first year doing much study. The second year he interviewed police, prosecutors and psychiatrists, and did a ride-along with a driving-under-the-influence enforcement team.
"They spend a lot of time looking for these guys, a lot of energy," Vahid said. "On the other hand, we are all out there, and we see these drunks all the time."
Vahid isn't stopping there.
Vahid said he is working to sharpen license-plate images. He is also looking for ways to prevent drinkers from getting behind the wheel in the first place.
"A lot of people who get stopped for drunk driving don't realize they are drunk," he said. "They're good people who just didn't realize they went over the limit. A lot of times they are designated drivers."
To that end, he is exploring a feature people could use to determine if they have reached the 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level state law defines as under the influence.
But he worries it would be abused.
The feature could be hijacked for a drinking game, he said. Or, some might measure their alcohol levels and believe it's OK to order more drinks because they are below the limit.
"This area is fraught with these sort of pitfalls," Vahid said. "We're banging our heads and I'm hoping we'll figure something out. I'd really like to make some contribution in reducing these just horrible deaths, and horrible injuries, that occur because of something that's really quite preventable."


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The Crap We Missed – Wednesday 1.16.13
If you noticed the dude's face and went, "Who's that guy," congratulations on coming out.
Welcome to Wednesday's The Crap We Missed that none of you are reading because you're probably out stocking up on high-capacity magazines for when President Nick Brody Obama orders the military to kick in your trailer door and force you to witness a homosexual wedding. It's all part of his plan, if your eyes are truly open. Anyway, aside from today's not-at-all-assault on the 2nd Amendment, it was also 'Show Your Bra Day' on Twitter, whether you do it at your job, or you have no discernible job or even if you're Shakira and why dear God, why do you have to ruin everything, you bastard?! We've also got Kobe Bryant, who's going to be shopping for another 48 carat diamond real soon, Kim Kardashian, whose calf-birthing hips are filling out nicely, Channing Tatum either hamm-boning or that's the sexiest shadow I've ever seen, and Chris Brown looking his straight-up gansterest.
I said no sprinkles, BITCH!
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This article was published 8/2/2013 (1656 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
High lead levels have been found in the tap water of some older Brandon homes.
Preliminary results of a provincial study show lead contamination in excess of the current national drinking-water guidelines. In one case, the lead concentration was nearly five times the Canadian standard.
City officials called a press conference Thursday where they announced the water in approximately 3,600 households may be affected. These are homes built before 1950, and are most likely to have a lead service connection.
"We're talking about the services that run from the water main on the street to a person's house, connected to your water meter," said Patrick Pulak, the city's deputy director of engineering. "It's an issue that's been experienced by many cities across Canada, as lead pipes or lead services were acceptable construction standards prior to the 1950s."
The provincial pilot project study was undertaken in 2012. It looked at the lead levels in tap water in select homes and buildings in Brandon, Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie and Steinbach.
So far, 11 out of 20 homes have been tested in Brandon. The provincial standard for lead concentration in drinking water is 10 micrograms per litre. The homes tested ranged from 0.5 to 49.5 micrograms per litre.
Results of the study will soon be finalized and homeowners involved are expected to receive their results over the next few days.
City manager Scott Hildebrand said after receiving the preliminary results, they felt being "proactive" was the best way to go.
"We felt... providing our residents with proper information and resources to help was the right thing to do," Hildebrand said.
Pulak stressed that the lead concerns do not relate to the city's water-treatment facility or the distribution system.
"Our distribution system... still meets the federal guidelines for lead concentrations of drinking water," Pulak said.
The city is partnering with ALS Environmental Labs of Winnipeg to provide tap-water testing service for homeowners concerned about lead levels.
-- Brandon Sun


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The first Grand Theft Auto has seven radio stations and a police band track, which can be heard once the player enters a car.
The game's main theme is "Gangster Friday" by Craig Conner (who also played all instruments on the track). It is credited to the fictitious band Slumpussy, appears on N-CT FM, and will be the first song the player hears upon starting the game. With the exception of Head Radio FM, the names of songs or the radio station names are never mentioned in-game. However the soundtrack is listed in the booklet which comes with the game.
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On the PC version of the game disc, the radio station audio is stored in standard CD audio tracks. As a result, PC players can remove the CD once the game is loaded and replace it with an audio CD. The next time the character enters a vehicle, a song from the CD will randomly play.
The radio stations can also be played outside the game by putting the game disc into a normal audio CD player, as long as track 1 (which contains the game data) is skipped over.
Radio stations
Brooklyn Underground FM
Genre: Trance, Techno and Oldschool Jungle
- Retrograde - "Benzoate" (C.Conner)
- Government Listening Post - "E104" (C.Conner)
- Trancefer - "Figiwhiz" (C.Conner)
The Fix FM
Genre: Techno/Apartment
- Animal Testing Centre - "DSP" (C.Conner)
- Rotorman - "Ride" (C.Conner)
- Technophiliak - "Lagerstar" (G.Middleton)
The Fergus Buckner Show FM
Genre: Country
- Sideways Hank O'Malley (and The Alabama Bottle Boys) - "The Ballad of Chapped-Lips Calhoun" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)
Head Radio FM
Genre: Pop/Rock
- Reality Bubble - "Days Like These" (C.Conner)
- Meme Traders - "Automatic Transmission" (Grant Middleton)
- Ohjaamo - "Complications" (C.Conner)
It's Unleashed FM
Genre: Alternative/Hard rock
- Stikki Fingers - "4 Letter Love" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)
- The Hounds - "Let It Out" (C.Conner)
- Bleeding Stump - "Just Do It" (C.Anderson)
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
- Slumpussy - "Gangster Friday" (Craig Conner)
- Slumpussy - "This Life" (C.Conner/Robert DeNegro)
- CCC Featuring Robert DeNegro - "Blow Your Console" (C.Conner/R.DeNegro)
Radio '76 FM
Genre: Funk/Retro (This radio station's name is referred to in-game as Funk FM.)
- Ghetto Fingers - "On The Move" (Colin Anderson)
- Ashtar - "Aori" (C.Anderson)
- Stylus Exodus - "Pootang Shebang" (C.Anderson)


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SLAPPING a 'not for sale' sign across his Swindon Town squad appears to have worked for Paolo Di Canio, who has not received an offer for any of his players since.
The Robins boss made the statement last week, in the light of a rejected bid from Bradford for Aden Flint, as he let the rest of the Football League know he is not in the mood to allow anyone he deems to be an integral part of the first-team set-up leave the County Ground.
The message appears to have got through as he told the Advertiser, following Town's 1-1 draw with Bournemouth on Saturday, that he has not had to deal with any further approaches in light of his remarks.
"It's clear that after what I said in the last few days the message went around everywhere," he said.
"Nobody can come close and ask me for some players because I want to desperately keep those two, you can imagine me selling one.
"I can repeat that if someone comes with crazy money I have to sacrifice someone, otherwise no chance because I want to keep hold of them."
Meanwhile, Di Canio said he hopes that progress can be made in extending the loan spells of Danny Hollands and Chris Martin until the end of the season early this week.
The two players are currently contracted with the Robins until February 2, but Di Canio wants them to stay right through until May.
"I really think, I am really positive in the fact that something can happen in the next few days," he said.
"I don't think about stretching my squad and bringing other players, but keeping those two that are in here from other teams – we have to do everything, even if it's not sure we can have a chance to go up or stay in the top six.
"You can see how Danny Hollands and Chris Martin played, how the others played next to them. Now there is a group, a team, a quality and we have to keep going.
"Jay McEveley we expect back in seven or eight days but in 20 days' time we have to make sure that those two players extend their contracts until the end of the season.
"It's clear that I don't expect help from the board but at the moment we are working in a way that we can extend their loans and I will do everything, as I said before, I can help and support this.
"It would be a shame, it's not an attack on anyone, to lose those players because we're not talking about £1million or hundreds of thousands. I will do everything."


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Last month on my birthday, my boyfriend Nathan proposed to me. In case you were wondering, I accepted the proposal--no questions asked. :) The date's been set for April 16, during spring break. And, since I know that you guys will be dying to know the details about the wedding, I'll post my wedding in a "novelized" form for you!
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O.E. wenian "to accustom," from P.Gmc. *wanjanan (cf. O.N. venja, Du. vennen, O.H.G. giwennan, Ger. gewöhnen "to accustom"), from *wanaz "accustomed" (related to wont). The sense of weaning a child from the breast in O.E. was generally expressed by gewenian or awenian, which has a sense of "unaccustom" (cf. Ger. entwöhnen "to wean," lit. "to unaccustom"). The prefix subsequently wore off. Figurative extension to any pursuit or habit is from 1526.
My wife is a La Leche League leader, so the term "wean" is often heard around here. I thought the word history was interesting, with the prefix dropping over time...


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Location matters for genes, according to a report in New Scientist, p12, 15 September 2001. At a meeting of the British Association Wendy Bickmore explained that our genes are organised so that the most active genes are in the centre of the nucleus and the less active parts of the genome arranged around the outside. This organisation within the nucleus could explain why some genetic diseases are caused by genes being shifted within the genome rather than having their code letters changed. Experiments on fruit flies and yeast cells have shown that genes can be shut down by moving them out of the active centre.
Editorial Comment: Anyone who has been involved in cataloguing and storing books, maps or other documents knows that intelligent design and forward planning is needed to store information in a way that it can be protected but accessible when needed. Organisation of the genome within the nucleus is further evidence of the work of an intelligent creator.


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Ray RomanoRay Romano (rayromano.com) admits that he always knew he could make his friends laugh, but he never really gave standup comedy any serious thought until one fateful open-mike night at a New York comedy club in 1984. He did well, the bug bit hard and Romano was smitten. After several odd jobs, including futon mattress delivery boy by day and journeyman comedian by night, he decided to pursue comedy full time, eventually winning a standup comedy competition that same year.
Following that success, Romano's regular appearances at comedy clubs throughout the country led to guest spots on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, then with Jay Leno and finally on The Late Show with David Letterman, where host David Letterman recognized his talent and offered him a development deal with his production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. From that association, Everybody Loves Raymond evolved.
Romano has since performed at the White House Correspondents Dinner, headlined the Toyota Comedy Festival at New York's Carnegie Hall, guest hosted Saturday Night Live, appeared on (and won $125,000 for charity) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and appeared on The Grammy Awards.
For his role in Everybody Loves Raymond, he was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 as "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" and for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Series" at The Golden Globe Awards. He was nominated in 2000 for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series" by the Screen Actors Guild, for the TV Guide "Favorite Actor in a Comedy" Award and for the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Male TV Performer." He won the "Funniest Male Lead in a TV Series" Award at the 14th Annual American Comedy Awards and the 1999 Television Critics Association Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Comedy." He also won "Best Actor, Quality Comedy" from the Viewers for Quality Television in 1998.
He is the author of a book, "Everything and a Kite," based on his comedy.
Romano, who is originally from Forest Hills, NY, now lives with his wife and four children in Los Angeles. His birth date is December 21.