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Ballet Theatre of
Ohio will perform "The Wizard of Oz" at the Akron Civic Theatre, offering three performances on May 3 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and May 4 at 2 p.m.
Artistic Director Christine Meneer is the choreographer and costume designer for the full-length ballet. Local artist Jack Ballance designed the set which includes a brightly colored Munchkin Land, the ominous Witch's Castle and a dazzling Emerald City. Barbara Kelly and Deborah Wilhite head up the team of seamstresses who have created more than 140 elaborately detailed costumes.
Dancing the lead role of Dorothy will be Joanna Sullivan. Gary Lenington, Damien Highfield and Kelly Meneer dance the roles of Dorothy's dear friends, The Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman and The Cowardly Lion. The Good Witch of the North is performed by Kit Smart and her evil counterpart, The Wicked Witch of the West, is danced by Amy Ott.
To view video highlights of this production, visit the BTO website at www.BalletTheatreOhio.org.
BTO's 2013-2014 season was made possible by funding from Season Sponsor, The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation.
Guests are encouraged to arrive early to visit the whimsical Oz boutique and join in on the lobby festivities which include children's interactive throughout the lobbies. The Mayor of Munchkin Land will present each child with a "Passport to Oz", inviting them to meet the "pint-sized" Oz characters as they skip down the yellow brick road, collecting cherished mementos along the way. Anyone dressed up as their favorite Wizard of Oz character or wearing red shoes will receive a raffle ticket for a family of four to win a Ballet Theatre of Ohio season subscription package worth $300.
Ticket prices are $38, $26 and $18. Discounted tickets ($27, $19, $14) are available by calling the Civic Theatre at 330-253-2488 and using the code WSL414. Tickets are also available at the Akron Civic Theatre box office at 330-253-2488.
Parking information can be found on the Akron Civic Theatre's website at www.akroncivic.com.


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The Suwannee Valley Players are so pleased to be able to present its annual musical, Master of Time, which was written by a local writer, Krista Perryman. Not only is SVP honored to produce this play, it is privileged to have Perryman as the musical director and choreographer, while working closely with a SVP veteran director, Janice Grant. The large cast is made up of residents from all parts of our Tri-County area. SVP is proud of its accomplishments.
By SHARON HUSTON
For the Riverland News
Rainbow Springs State Park staff, Friends of Rainbow Springs (FORS) members and volunteers have begun preparations for the annual Cracker Days event, which is presented for the public each February. This year the event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Bronson FFA Alumni Organization's Annual Food Fest will be Friday, March 2, at First Baptist Church in Bronson, with entertainment beginning at 5 p.m. and food service at 5:30 p.m.
There will also be a singing group from the local Cowboy Church, a cake auction, a silent auction and door prizes.
Tickets for the event may be purchased in advance for $10 or for $15 at the event. Proceeds go to the Bronson FFA Alumni Scholarship Program and to send local students to leadership conferences.
OLUSTEE –The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park, Florida's first state park, will host the 36th Annual Reenactment of the Battle of Olustee on Feb. 17-19, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Throughout the weekend, more than 2,000 demonstrators will present living history impressions of military and civilian life at the time of Florida's largest Civil War battle.
For more information, visit www.floridastateparks.org/olustee or http://battleofolustee.org.
Warmer temperatures and lack of snow in parts of North America are setting the stage for what could be a most intriguing 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, coming up this weekend.
Bird watchers across the U.S. and Canada are getting ready to tally millions of birds in the annual count coordinated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon, and Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society at St John the Evangelist Church in Chiefland on U.S. Highway 27A is hosting a Valentine's Day spaghetti dinner on Saturday, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The menu includes salad, bread, and homemade pies for dessert. All are welcome.
The cost? A bag of groceries for the Society's food shelf. Canned goods, peanut butter, cereal and soups are always needed. If that is difficult or inconvenient, a cash donation is always appreciated.
AMVETS Post 88 is getting ready for another great running of the 35th Annual Wild Hog Canoe & Kayak Race on April 28. This is our 7th year hosting this wild and exciting canoe and kayak race. Two kayak classes have been added this year: women and seniors.
Please check out the website www.wildhog.wetpaint.com.
The annual race benefits the Levy ARC in Otter Creek.
All it took was a little rain to encourage the trees, shrubs and plants with buds waiting to awaken from their winter sleep. Although Chiefland only got 0.12 inches of rain on Monday, the forecast calls for more precipitation this weekend.
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens' 30th Annual Winter Bamboo Sale is now underway. Kanapaha has the state's largest collection of bamboos and annually offers bamboos for sale on a dug-to-order basis from Jan. 1 until March 1. Fifteen types are offered this year, including Buddha Belly Bamboo, Stripestem Bamboo, Golden Goddess, Chinese Goddess and the incomparable Black Bamboo. See price/availability listings at www.kanapaha.org/calendar or call 352-372-4981. Bamboo workshop Sat., Feb 11, 10 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., $10 indiv., $15 couple.
Author and historian Carolyn Cohens, a self-taught artist from Chiefland, will be part of a show "Variations on a Dream: Black History, Liberation & Spirituality" celebrating African-American History Month at Bellamy Road in Melrose through March 4.
Cohens' artworks celebrate the folk-life of African-Americans in Levy County and the surrounding region. In three series of acrylic paintings she depicts turpentining, spirituality, and the lives of individuals who carry the rich cultural traditions of her community.
The Friends of the Luther Callaway Public Library (FLCPL) Board of Directors, will hold its monthly meeting at the Library, 104 NE 3rd Street, Chiefland (a block behind City Hall), at 11 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 9.
For further information, call FLCPL president Tom Reitz at 493-1896 or 949-5413.
Do you have questions about your options for Medicare, Medicare/Medicaid, Disability, Supplemental Insurance, Part D Prescription Drug Plans, or Medicare Billings?
If you do, come see SHINE, a volunteer program with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, for one-on-one counseling.
SHINE provides free, unbiased and confidential assistance. If you cannot come to a site call the
The Genealogy and History Society of Levy County will meet on Sunday,
Feb. 12, at the Levy County Quilt Museum, 11050 NW 10th Avenue, Chiefland.
Toni Collins, Levy County historian and author, will be the guest speaker, presenting a PowerPoint program on the history of some of the 82 known Levy County family, church, and community cemeteries. Collins also will give a brief history of the persons interred in the cemeteries that will be visited on the armchair tour.
You are going to love all the wonderful activities at the Cedar Key Arts Center during the month of February.
Gallery show opens on Feb. 4, from 5-7 p.m., with Susan Dauphinee's Florida Landscapes in the main gallery and Connie Nelson showing in the Member's Gallery.
n Feb. 22nd at 6 p.m.: Summer Children's Art Program Benefit Dinner and Raffle of lovely little works of art. The Island Room will cater the three course gourmet dinner. Call 352-543-6520 to make your reservations. Seating is limited.
From the outside it looks like just another of the portables at Chiefland Elementary School.
But the No. 10 portable is a special place with lavender curtains and pretty teacups in formal settings on a long table covered with a tablecloth and decorated for an afternoon party.
No desks are in sight.
Instead, about 30 fourth grade students at Chiefland Elementary School are taking a break after doing good on their practice tests for the writing portion of the FCAT — Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve and Cedar Key Museum State Park will host the National Stars-n-Parks Programs on Monday, Feb. 20, Wednesday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 24.
A Chiefland civic group has a plan for the city to capitalize on the area's rural beauty while at the same time contributing to charitable foundations.
Suwannee Valley Rotary President Paige Brookins told the Chiefland City Commission Monday night that the group is planning to organize a bike ride in June in conjunction with the city's annual watermelon festival.
Tour de Melon is the name of the event, and Brookins said she hopes to have hundreds of people participate
The 12th Annual STARS Gala, hosted by the Levy County Schools Foundation, will be held Saturday at Chiefland Elementary School, but this is much more than a gathering of the county's movers and shakers. The event's theme this year is Set Sail For Education: Port Levy,
The event raises money for students to go on field trips, for teachers to help classes take on educational projects and for high school graduates to attend college.
"This is our 26th annual Spaghetti Dinner, and it promises to be the best ever!" said Jane Moore, President of the Cedar Key Woman's Club. Every year the Woman's Club serves around 200 spaghetti dinners, and this is their biggest fund-raiser of the year.
Levy County's public library director told the Chiefland Rotary Club that they should judge their libraries the way an investor would judge a business — by the return on the investment.
And when it comes to Levy County's five branches that return is a whopping $28 for every taxpayer dollar invested in the system. "I want you to know what my return on investment is," said Brasher.
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Leeds Muslim reject flood-hit cemetery
Doctor in cremations row suspended
Celebrant faces charges over fixing funeral costs
Boyne City Commission denies funeral home rezoning request
Grieving goes digital as funeral webcasts debut
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Elkins funeral home owner ordered to repay $35,000 in pre-payments
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In Buddhism, must we be completely non-judgmental? Let's say a person has an explosive temper, and he knows it's bad for his health, bad for people around him, and so on. Only if he condemns it, he'll be able to change it. If he adopts a non-judgmental attitude, would he have the desire to change?
So I am wondering what we must do when confronted with anger, lust etc.. If we judge, we have a problem. If we do not judge, we have a problem. What must be done?


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The company has developed a mint chewing gum using a combination of its Truvia stevia leaf extract and Zerose erythritol.
Cargill: Natural source advantage
Midey Gonzalez, technical service manager, Truvia, at Cargill, told ConfectioneryNews.com: "Truvia stevia, like other high intensity sweeteners, is in the soluble part of the chewing gum and when mixed with saliva it is swallowed.
"The advantage for the consumer is that they are consuming a sweetener that is derived from a natural source."
The company is currently exhibiting the chewing gum along with a stevia extract wine gum at Health Ingredients Europe (HiE) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Naturalness questioned
Chairman of the International Sweeteners Association (ISA), Hugues Pitre, recently said: "Stevia's introduction to market sparked a new wave of innovation and we look forward to seeing this continue to ripple through the industry."
"Consumers are increasingly conscious of their diets and should be poised to see even more variety on the shelves."
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However, the naturalness of stevia has been doubted in some circles. Felix Verdegem CEO of stevia chocolate firm Cavalier recently told this site that some natural stores in the UK and France were refusing to stock stevia-based products because the extracts are not derived from the leaf of the plant.
Stevia with bulking agents
Cargill's gum concept uses sorbitol, mannitol and maltitol in combination with stevia.
Asked why stevia could not be used alone, Gonzalez said: "When sucrose is replaced in a chewing gum a bulking agent is needed. Truvia stevia does not have bulking properties, so for this reason it has to be used in combination with bulking agents as maltitol, erythritol or xylitol"
"Xylitol works very well in combination with Truvia stevia and the resulting products are tooth friendly," she added.
Gonzalez said that as stevia was much sweeter than sugar, cost savings were be possible.
She was asked how the price of stevia compared to using xylitol alone, but a response was not forthcoming.
Other stevia players
Other ingredients players have been exhibiting stevia-based products at recent industry trade shows.
Wild Flavors, the global distribution partner for Sunwin Stevia, exhibited hard candies and chewing gums sweetened with stevia at SIAL in Paris this week. while Barry Callebaut is currently showcasing stevia chocolate at HiE.


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so let's say a buddha is sitting outside of a house and hears a bunch of people inside talking and he knows for a fact that they are all innocent and good people. then a group of people arrive outside the house with swords and tell him they are looking for those people and will kill them when they find them. they ask him if the people are inside.
if he says nothing they will look for themselves and kill the people inside.
if he says "yes" obviously they would go inside and kill the people.
if he says "no" the people will believe him and move on and so the people within will be safe, however he would be lying which is something a buddha/arahant cannot do. so what would he do in this situation?
i suppose one could say that since he had many powers he could simply transport the people elsewhere or something or would have had the foresight to do something about it before it happened?
if so then forget him and let's just say it's an arahant with no supernormal powers. what would he do?
EDIT: i'm talking about the definition of an arahant from the pali canon in which an arahant cannot lie.
"It is impossible for a monk whose mental fermentations are ended to tell a conscious lie."
"Sutava Sutta: To Sutavan" (AN 9.7), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight, 4 July 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an09/an09.007.than.html . Retrieved on 28 January 2013.


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Leading Off: Putting the new pain management guidelines into practice
Pain management is good medicine. Uncontrolled or poorly controlled pain is pathologic and carries with it serious medical consequences. In human medicine, pain is considered the fifth vital sign and must be evaluated in every patient assessment. The consequences of untreated pain include decreased sleep, chronic fatigue, increased circulating cortisol concentrations, delayed healing, decreased or loss of normal behaviors, decreased activities of daily living, and increased suffering. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) states that pain management is consistent with the veterinarian's oath.GOOD BUSINESS
Managing pain is also good business. Practicing good pain management demonstrates increased compassion for patients and clients. Increased compassion builds relationships with clients and bonds those clients to the practice. This commitment to doing more for our patients leads to increased client visits and increased revenues.
Even a conservative example can demonstrate the fiscal benefits of perioperative pain management. If a practice performs 750 surgeries a year and the veterinarian gives each patient an injectable postoperative analgesic for $15 and sends several doses of oral pain medication home for $40, the simple decision to provide greater comfort to patients in pain provides an additional $30,000 of annual gross revenue for the practice.
In addition, when every member of the veterinary healthcare team is involved in recognizing and treating pain, there is increased job satisfaction. Increased job satisfaction leads to decreased staff turnover, saving businesses money. Relieving patients' pain helps everyone feel good about the jobs they do.
These five tips will help you put the AAHA/AAFP Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs & Cats into practice.
1. Adopt a pain scoring system for the practice team to use.
There is not one right answer in choosing a pain scoring system, so choose a system that the entire team will use. If you choose a 0-to-10-pain scale, spend time at team meetings introducing the scale. Demonstrate how to touch and manipulate patients to look for pain. Talk through and explain your pain assessment in the examination room for the benefit of both the client and the team member.
2. Create and deliver pain management protocols for every surgical patient.
All pain is not created equal. A pain management protocol is a template to adjust to meet each patient's needs. For example, the pain management protocol for a superficial laceration should differ from that for an ovariohysterectomy and from the protocol for a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy. James Giordano, PhD, a pain practitioner for people told me that "pain management is an ongoing clinical experiment with an 'n' of one."
Use the available resources such as the new pain management guidelines when building your pain management protocols. Excellent texts include the Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management by Drs. James S. Gaynor and William W. Muir and Pain Management for the Small Animal Practitioner by Drs. William J. Tranquilli, Kurt A. Grimm, and Leigh A. Lamont. Internet resources include the Web sites for the Veterinary Anesthesia & Analgesia Support Group ( http://www.vasg.org/) and the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management ( http://www.ivapm.org/).


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Last weekend to ski Breckenridge Ski Resort
April 26, 2012
After remaining open two weekends beyond scheduled closing, Breck prepares to call it quits for the season after one last hurrah this weekend.
As part of the final wish of the 50th anniversary season, the resort has been giving away gondola lot parking – it's free throughout the Friday through Sunday ski days. Shuttles and the gondola take skiers and riders to the Peak 8 base area.
Also a perk for the last weekend of the season is the Breckenridge Sports tent sale on the snow at Peak 8. They started the tent sale last weekend with 100 different pairs of two- and three-year-old demo skis. The tent is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The gondola will start turning this weekend at 8:30 a.m., stopping at 4:45 p.m., and lifts open at 9 a.m. The Colorado SuperChair, the T-Bar, Imperial Express and Rip's Ride and the administration Magic Carpet are open during the weekend. Imperial Express runs 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather-dependent. If necessary to accommodate guests, the Rocky Mountain Chair will open.
Thirty-five percent of the resort, or 819 acres, remains open, including Freeway and Park Lane terrain parks. The Gold Runner Coaster also operates Friday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and open food and beverage locations include Ski Hill Grill, the TBar and Sevens. The Vista Haus will have limited operations.
Ski School operations have been scaled back to Peak 8 only, and special lesson pricing is in effect. Breck Sports rentals are available at the Peak 8 store and are offering 50 percent off products.
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As part of the deal, lift tickets are $50 and can be purchased online or in person. Season passes will be honored. Though EpicMix is still in effect and still recording data (with extended weekends skiers and riders earning the "Second Season" pin), EpicMix Photos have been discontinued for the season.
Learn more at http://www.breckenridge.com/info/extended-season.


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Dharma Greetings All!
I found out about this from a fellow member of another Buddhist forum where I use the same name.
Though not Theravadin, I certainly have plenty of respect for the tradition and learning from it does nothing to detract from or contradict my practicing and studying my own Gelug tradition - quite the contrary. I am here to learn.


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From bus station, train station or ferry port (they are all located on same place) when you are facing toward to the sea on your right side you will see old town, so just go about 300 meters that way following street Obala kneza Domagoja until you came to the first crossroad (crossroads between Obala kneza Domagoja, Hrvojeva and Obala Hrvatskog narodnog preporoda street) at SE corner of Diocletians Palace (that spot is also taxi and airport bus station). From that corner just go north following east palace walls through street Hrvojeva for about 250 meters and you will be at NE corner of palace with green park and fountain on your left side (this is crossroad between Hrvojeva and Zagrebacka street). From north corner of park just cross Zagrebacka Street and you will see big parking lot stretching to the north. Follow parking lot to the north for about 30-40 meters (you will see a palm tree on your right) and turn right to the Vukasoviceva street. Then just go ahead for about 30 meters until firs crossroad (crossroad between Vukasoviceva street and Rijecka street)and then turn left to the Rijecka street. Follow Rijecka street for about 100 meters and on your left it will be Rijecka No. 3 address where is our hostel situated on the first floor. Our exact location is 'CroParadise Blue Hostel' lat=43.5106729302, lon=16.4438372829..
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Efficacy and Safety of the Fixed Dose Combination of Glimepiride+Metformin in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Inadequately Controlled (LEGEND)
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I'm looking to trade for the following discs in new or slightly used condition. I'm trying to figure out which lat64 discs I like so I don't want anything too used.
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All 170+ please. I really like pink plastic but I'll consider anything you guys got.
I have a ton of Discraft plastic and some innova (quite a few 12x rocs in all conditions). Let me know what you are looking to trade for and I'll see what I have. Thanks.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The debate over housing reform heated up in 2013, as policymakers introduced various proposals to wind down bailed-out housing giants Fannie Mae ( FNMA) and Freddie Mac ( FMCC).
But the future of the government sponsored enterprises, or GSEs as they are more commonly called, is unlikely to be determined in 2014.
Given the considerable disagreement in Congress over the role the government should play in the mortgage market in the future and worries that a change from the status quo would derail the housing recovery, few political analysts expect any legislative action until at least 2015.
Instead, the conversation in Washington might shift towards what can be done to increase housing affordability, as the cost of housing soars.
"We are really not making any progress on affordable housing reform," said Rick Lazio, the former Republican Congressman from New York, in an interview with TheStreet. Lazio, who famously ran against Hillary Clinton for the U.S. Senatein 2000 and also ran for Governor of New York in 2010, was formerly Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
He now heads the housing and housing finance team at Jones Walker and focuses on affordable housing issues.
"There are no federal tools to deal with the affordable housing problem," says Lazio. "Only one out of every four households eligible for rental vouchers actually receives them. Many of the public housing units are aging and are not being replaced and the HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) budget is not growing."
Low interest rates over the last few years have made homes more affordable, but only for those who can actually get mortgage loans. Under current credit conditions, few Americans can qualify for a mortgage. With interest rates rising from their lows and incomes remaining flat, homeownership appears even more out of reach.
Sure, homeownership is not for everyone. It is more a privilege than an entitlement.
But what is less talked about is the fact that the cost of housing has become too high even for renters. A recent report by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies highlighted the growing affordability crisis in housing.
The study found that more than half of all U.S. renters spend more than 30% of their income on rent, considered a threshold for affordability. That is up from a share of 19% a decade earlier. Twenty seven percent of these renters are severely burdened, spending more than half their incomes on rent. That leaves far less for food and other basic necessities.
The cost of housing has increased on the back of rising rents and falling incomes. Between 2000 and 2012 real median rents (adjusted for inflation) nationally increased by 6 percent, while real median income of renters dropped by 13 percent, according to the report.
Meanwhile, the foreclosure crisis, tight credit conditions and economic uncertainty have forced more Americans to rent. The share of Americans who rent has jumped to 35% in 2012 from 31% in 2004.
Supply has not been able to keep pace with demand. Despite a recent pickup in construction activity, the numbers of completed projects are well below levels seen a decade earlier.
For extremely low-income earners, the numbers are particularly stark. In 2011, 11.8 million renters with extremely low incomes (less than 30 percent of area median income, or about $19,000 nationally) competed for just 6.9 million rentals affordable at that income cutoff -- a shortfall of 4.9 million units. These renters have been crowded out by higher-income households.
Housing policy in the years following the crisis has been focused on providing mortgage relief to struggling borrowers. But policymakers have made little headway in ensuring that more borrowers have access to credit and the plight of renters has been largely ignored.
A game changer for housing policy could be the appointment of Mel Watt (D., NC) as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


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The Internet is still the most popular way for consumers to access banking services, according to the latest survey by the American Bankers Association, or ABA, a banking industry group in Washington, D.C.
As many as 39 percent of respondents chose accessing the Internet via a desktop or laptop computer as their preferred way to conduct banking business, making the Internet the top choice for the fifth consecutive year.
Another 18 percent of respondents chose visiting a bank branch while 11 percent selected ATMs as their favorite way to access banking services.
The trend remains unchanged. Internet banking and branch banking were preferred by 39 percent and 18 percent, respectively, of respondents in last year's survey as well.
ATMs dropped 1 percent in preference from 12 percent last year.
Internet, or online, banking became the most preferred banking method in 2009, when 25 percent of survey respondents selected that option. Previously, visiting a branch was the most popular, followed by ATMs.
In a statement, ABA Senior Vice President Nessa Feddis said it wasn't surprising that branches remained near the top of the list.
"Many people prefer sitting down with someone to discuss complex transactions like opening an account or applying for a home or business loan," Feddis said.
More consumers preferred mobile banking to banking by phone or U.S. mail this year, but none of those options was preferred by a large percentage of respondents.
Though mobile banking has posted consistent gains, it was preferred by only 8 percent of those surveyed, up from 6 percent last year. Mobile banking refers to using a smartphone, personal digital assistant, tablet or similar device to access banking services.
Feddis said digital and mobile banking were "increasingly popular with consumers who want account management tools at their fingertips."
This year, 7 percent of respondents selected U.S. mail and another 7 percent picked phone banking as their top choice. Last year, mail was preferred by 8 percent and telephone by 9 percent.
The proportion of respondents who chose "don't know" increased from 8 percent last year to 11 percent this year.
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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by the Dairy Division at FCStone in Chicago, Ill.
With mounting bearish sentiment for the spot cheese market over the past few trading sessions, the surprise yesterday was the Class III futures bounce. The May contract rallied 45¢ to finish a penny off the highs at $22.29/cwt. June finished up 22¢ at $20.23/cwt. The balance of the contracts finished modestly higher.
While we've seen slightly increased producer selling of both Class III and cheese futures over the past several weeks, it appears to us that commercial buyers are still alive and well in both futures markets. The second half of the year is averaging the mid-$1.80s cheese – an attractive number for making additional purchases for many end-users.
NFDM futures traded as much as 1.50¢ higher. May futures are now running a premium to spot, but there's a disconnect of about 10¢ between where sellers want to sell (low $1.80s) and where buyers want to buy (low $1.70s) as we move out to June.
Class IV and butter were largely unchanged yesterday. We expect to see butter supported at current levels as we've returned from Easter with largely the same issues of inventory tightness we saw before the holiday (yesterday's USDA report notwithstanding).
April 22 spot session results:
Block cheese: $2.2225 (down 2.75¢)
Barrel cheese: $2.2300 (down 2.0¢)
Grade A NFDM: $1.8575 (unchanged)
Butter: $1.8950 (up 0.5¢)
Today's expectations:
• Class III, Cheese & Dry Whey to open firm
• Class IV & NFDM to open lower
• Butter to open steady
Grain futures
Corn and soybeans trading changed from docile to volatile as if both markets suddenly "woke up" to smell the fresh fundamentals at hand. Gargantuan export inspections and weather concerns sparked updrafts in corn. When corn hit $5.00/bushel, we had some well-esteemed colleagues call up to ask about the $6.00 level? I believe my response was, "call me back when the shuttle lands!" First off, there are ample corn stocks and, if near normal growing conditions are realized this year and China continues its policy of rejecting GMO strain MIR-162, domestic stocks will continue to balloon. Secondly, never underestimate the American farmer, their tenacity and capabilities.
The CME announced new price limits that will go into effect May 1.
Today's expectation:
• Grain complex to open soft
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You never have seen such old skates as these.
Handmade, there are over 100 years, they are made from a wood base and forged iron blades, specifically designed for women and men.
If you look closely you will see the details that make these skates, the oldest you did encountered!
Someone have an idea of the time origin of these old skates?
Please let me know.
If you pass by Montreal, Quebec, please let me know and I'll be happy to show them to you.
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Anaheim Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller is close to returning to action, meaning surprising fill-in Viktor Fasth's heavy workload could soon end.
Hiller has not played since straining a muscle in the lower-body region on Feb. 8, according to the newspaper. He took shots in practice for fourth consecutive days and served as Fasth's backup in Saturday's 3-2 shootout victory over the Nashville Predators.
The Ducks play host to the Columbus Blue Jackets before having off until Saturday.
Coach Bruce Boudreau says that Hiller will be back between the pipes soon.
"He'll start sooner than later, I think," Boudreau told the Orange County Register. "He'll get in next week for sure. I think that is important to build him backup.
Fasth's emergence in one reason the Ducks are off to an 11-2-1 start. Fasth, 30, has no prior NHL experience but is 8-0 start. He has one shutout, a 1.78 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage.
With Saturday's win, Fasth became the third goaltender to win the first eight decisions of his NHL career. Ray Emery holds the league record, winning his first nine decisions with the Ottawa Senators from March 2003 to November 2005. Bob Froese also won his first eight NHL decisions with the Philadelphia Flyers in January 1983.
Fasth's emergence is also critical in that in the shortened season, having two goalies capable of carrying the load in a blessing. The Ducks have five sets of back-to-back games left on the schedule, but the ability to rotate goalies in the compressed schedule is invaluable.


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Nashville, Tenn. Opening arguments were heard Monday in the trial involving Genesco Inc.'s attempts to salvage a $1.5 billion buyout by The Finish Line Inc.
In his opening statement, Finish Line's attorney said that if a judge forces the chain to complete the buyout, both companies would ultimately fail.
Robert Walker, the lawyer for The Finish Line Inc., said his client initially saw the chance to acquire its larger competitor as a strategic opportunity to expand its market share in the mall retail sector.
Instead, the $54.50-per-share buyout agreement has led to a bitter legal battle over whether Finish Line and investment bank UBS AG should be allowed to walk away because of a long-term problem, called a "material adverse effect."
Genesco's earnings swung to a loss in the second quarter and dropped 65% in the third quarter. Walker said that Genesco's worse-than-expected financial performance since the buyout negotiations indicates that the deal wouldn't generate enough cash flow for the combined company to grow its business or pay its debt obligations to UBS.
Genesco rejected a slightly less generous buyout offer from Foot Locker Inc. in favor of the highly leveraged deal from Finish Line in June.
Genesco's lawyer, Overton Thompson, said he would show evidence that Finish Line developed buyer's remorse following "its zeal to beat out its fiercest competitor" to buy Genesco, and that UBS stood to lose hundreds of millions because of worsening credit conditions.


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Study of Provider Computer Alerts Designed to Improve Delivery of HIV Care
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|HIV Infections
|Other: Standard (static) Computer Alerts Other: Enhanced Computer Alerts
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Optimizing HIV Disease-Specific Provider Alerts: A Randomized Controlled Informatics Trial Comparing Electronic Health Record (EHR) vs. Non-EHR Provider Alerts
- Change in CD4 count [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Time to repeat laboratory testing [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Time to follow up appointment [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Standard (static) Computer Alerts
Participants in this arm will be assigned to standard care. Participants will be monitored for new laboratory toxicity, suboptimal follow up, and virologic failure. Provider computer alerts will be posted on the participant's electronic health record summary page.
Other: Standard (static) Computer Alerts
Static Computer Alerts on Patient's EMR webpage.
Experimental: Enhanced Computer Alerts
Participants in this arm will be assigned to the enhanced alert arm. Participants will be monitored for new laboratory toxicity, suboptimal follow up, and virologic failure. Providers will receive population and asynchronous computer alerts with improved functionality.
Other: Enhanced Computer Alerts
Population level and asynchronous alerts with enhanced functionality
Detailed Description:
This study will compare the effectiveness of standard and enhanced care alerts in HIV infected participants at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Participants will be a part of this study for 4 years or until they are no longer followed at Massachusetts General Hospital. Participants will be assigned randomly to one of two arms. Participants assigned to Arm 1 will receive standard care, involving standard provider alerts which will be posted on the participant's health record. Participants assigned to Arm 2 will receive enhanced care, involving improved functionality. Experimental informatics-based provider alerts and support systems will be used to develop a pilot system designed to optimize delivery of HIV clinical care.
All participants will be monitored for new laboratory toxicities, suboptimal follow up, and virologic failure at their normally scheduled appointments.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV infected
- Followed in the Massachusetts General Hospital HIV clinic.
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00678600
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|Principal Investigator:
|Gregory K Robbins, MD MPH
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00678600 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1K01AI062435 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
K01AI062435 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|May 13, 2008
|Last Updated:
|November 19, 2013
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Virologic failure
Suboptimal follow up
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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After finishing Graphic Design at the Faculty of Architecture / School of Design, she worked for many years in the graphic design field, then a few years ago she returned to drawing which has always been her first love. Since then she has worked on illustration projects for clients all over the world, most of them food related.
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A Study of AZT in HIV-Infected Patients With AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma
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To determine whether taking zidovudine (AZT) will change the natural course of HIV infection in patients with AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and whether administering AZT at a similar dose but at different intervals will reduce toxicity in a more manageable treatment plan.
Patients infected with AIDS can benefit from therapy with an effective anti-AIDS virus agent. AZT is a drug that is effective in inhibiting the effects of HIV infection. The study will show whether toxicity of AZT can be reduced in a more manageable treatment plan, and whether AZT therapy will delay the development of opportunistic infections and/or KS lesions.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Zidovudine
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Placebo-Controlled Trial To Evaluate Azidothymidine (AZT) in the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in Patients With AIDS-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Completion Date:
|May 1990
Patients infected with AIDS can benefit from therapy with an effective anti-AIDS virus agent. AZT is a drug that is effective in inhibiting the effects of HIV infection. The study will show whether toxicity of AZT can be reduced in a more manageable treatment plan, and whether AZT therapy will delay the development of opportunistic infections and/or KS lesions.
Patients are divided into two treatment groups, the first receiving AZT for 5 doses a day, and the second receiving AZT for 3 doses per day. A placebo group is divided into two to match the two treatment groups. Study patients are stratified according to whether they have (a) 10 or fewer cutaneous lesions without oral lesions or (b) more extensive cutaneous lesions or oral lesions. Patients are seen on an outpatient basis weekly for the first 2 months, every other week for the next 2 months, and monthly thereafter.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Acute treatment for mucocutaneous candidiasis, localized cutaneous herpes simplex, or localized or disseminated zoster infections.
Concurrent Treatment:
- Blood transfusion for treatment of Grade 3 hemoglobin toxicity if the patient's cardiovascular status is compromised or if the hemoglobin fails to show signs of recovery following withdrawal from the study drug. Toxicity grades according to NIAID Recommendations for Grading Acute and Subacute Toxic Effects (Adults).
Patients must have:
- HIV-related, biopsy-proven Kaposi's sarcoma mucocutaneous lesions without constitutional symptoms.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following conditions will be excluded:
- Symptomatic, visceral Kaposi's sarcoma.
- Lymphedema.
- HIV neurologic disease as determined by a standard neurologic examination and neuropsychological questionnaire.
Concurrent Medication:
- Aspirin or acetaminophen on a regular basis or for longer than 72 hours without approval of investigator.
- Cimetidine.
- Flurazepam.
- Indomethacin.
- Ranitidine.
- Probenecid.
- Drugs causing anemia, neutropenia, or significant risk of nephrotoxicity.
- Prophylaxis or chronic suppression of herpes simplex.
- Treatment of herpes simplex virus cutaneous disease more often than once a month for 5 - 7 days.
Concurrent Treatment:
- Radiation therapy for treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma lesions.
The following patients will be excluded from the study:
- Patients with a history of any AIDS-defining opportunistic infection.
- Patients with any of the following constitutional symptoms with no etiology established:
- Temperature more than 38 degrees and/or drenching night sweats for more than 1 month; watery diarrhea for 2 or more weeks; weight loss of more than 10 percent.
- Patients with a history of other systemic malignancies or lymphomas.
Prior Medication:
- Systemic antineoplastic chemotherapy.
- Zidovudine (AZT).
- Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
- Antiretroviral agents.
- Immunomodulating agents.
- Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
- Prophylaxis for herpes simplex virus infections.
- Any other experimental therapy.
Prior Treatment:
Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
- Any experimental therapy.
- Active substance abuse.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000994
|United States, California
|Los Angeles County - USC Med Ctr
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|UCLA CARE Ctr
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr
|San Diego, California, United States, 921036325
|San Francisco AIDS Clinic / San Francisco Gen Hosp
|San Francisco, California, United States, 941102859
|Stanford at Kaiser / Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
|Stanford Univ School of Medicine
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|United States, Louisiana
|Charity Hosp / Tulane Univ Med School
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
|Louisiana State Univ Med Ctr / Tulane Med School
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
|Tulane Univ School of Medicine
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins Hosp
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, Massachusetts
|Harvard (Massachusetts Gen Hosp)
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|United States, Minnesota
|Univ of Minnesota
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
|United States, New York
|Bronx Veterans Administration / Mount Sinai Hosp
|Bronx, New York, United States, 10468
|SUNY / Erie County Med Ctr at Buffalo
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14215
|City Hosp Ctr at Elmhurst / Mount Sinai Hosp
|Elmhurst, New York, United States, 11373
|Beth Israel Med Ctr / Peter Krueger Clinic
|New York, New York, United States, 10003
|Bellevue Hosp / New York Univ Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|Mem Sloan - Kettering Cancer Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Mount Sinai Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10029
|Univ of Rochester Medical Center
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|SUNY / State Univ of New York
|Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210
|United States, North Carolina
|Duke Univ Med Ctr
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|Study Chair:
|Valentine FT
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000994 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
10977 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|February 15, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue
Slow Virus Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
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by T.W. Budig
ECM Capitol reporter
Legislation cracking the seniority-driven retention of teachers passed the Minnesota House Feb. 16 on a 68 to 61 vote.
Rep. Branden Petersen, R-Andover, heard Democrats argue that his education legislation wasn't ready, needed fixing.
But no one arose on the House floor to argue that the teacher seniority system should be untouchable.
Indeed, former chairman of the House Education Committee, Rep. Carlos Mariani, DFL-St. Paul, expressed regret over the perceived ducking of the issue by some union officials.
"There is a will to do something in the body (the House) on this issue this year," Mariani said.
"Unfortunately, we're going to play out the partisan divided."
Rep. John Benson, DFL-Minnetonka, a retired teacher, said he had taken votes opposed by Education Minnesota, the teachers' union, before and expressed a willingness to do so again.
But he predicted that DFL Gov. Mark Dayton would veto Petersen's bill.
For his part, Petersen defended the work product, saying the bill had more than five hours of committee hearing time and that he expected to meet with the governor to discuss the bill,
They had already met once, he said.
"The privacy issue is a canard," Petersen said of objections to the bill on data privacy grounds.
House Education Reform Committee Chairwoman Sondra Erickson, R-Princeton, said the legislation mirrored a bill she worked on last year.
"Members, we are ready for true reform," Erickson said.
A Senate version of Petersen's bill has advanced through committee.
But Minneapolis Democrat Rep. Jim Davnie was less concerned over the escape of private data than that a teacher who loses seniority to another — a teacher they believe is no better than they — cannot find out exactly what made the other teacher apparently superior.
"That brings out the lawyers," he said.
Under Petersen's bill, school boards will be able to weigh skill evaluations and other factors, not just check the seniority list, in deciding which teacher gets laid-off during a budget crunch.
And seniority alone would no longer be the sole factor in calling teachers back.
Education Minnesota President Tom Dooher in a statement said he was disappointed over the passage of the bill.
As their right under current law, school districts and teachers can negotiate their own layoff procedures and about 40 percent of Minnesota school districts have this with their teachers, according to Dooher.
"It's disappointing the House has passed this bill, which does nothing to address the real challenges facing our schools," Dooher said.
"But it will make it easier for districts to shed seasoned teachers for their less-experienced, less-expensive colleagues. This is not about student learning, it's about budget cutting."
Still, Petersen's bill was amended on the House floor by Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, to state that nothing in the bill permits school boards to use teacher pay as a basis for discharge or demotion.
None of those games, Davids said.
Rep. Kate Knuth, DFL-New Brighton, rose in support of Petersen's bill, speaking of once failing a university test only to hear her instructor explain that it only matters to them that the subject be mastered by end of the course.
She applied the same precept to Petersen's bill, she said.
House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, was satisfied over the bill's passage.
"Seniority privilege should not trump student achievement," Zellers said in a statement.
"Today decisions about who to fire, layoff and even promote are based solely on seniority and ignore teacher effectiveness.
"The Minnesota House today approved legislation that removes this rigid and outdated state law."


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The New Breaching Tool, The WallBanger is Introduced at SHOT Show
Jacksonville, Florida – Safariland™, a BAE Systems line of business, announces the WallBanger™, a multi-purpose breaching tool, constructed of lightweight aluminium square tubing, and used to deploy distraction devices and chemical munitions in order to gain forced entrance into a building, structure or even a vehicle.
"Law enforcement has long understood the dangers in conducting a forced entry," stated Jim Morgan, Category Director for Safariland's Less Lethal category. "Being able to quickly gain access to a structure without compromising a team's safety is a challenging task. Safariland has now answered that challenge with the new WallBanger."
The WallBanger tactical utility pole uses hitch pins to connect sections so that it can easily extend to a typical second-story window. It can be extended to several other lengths with the same hitch pins, and the pole can be angled from 45-90 degrees, allowing the operator to stay close to the structure while still remaining concealed. It is designed to be used with one of four attachment heads. The WallBanger Premium System contains the following components which come in a custom canvas carry bag.
• Multi-piece utility pole
• Single WallBanger attachment (for one Defense Technology™ 8901C1 device)
• Double WallBanger attachment (for two Defense Technology 8901C1 devices)
• OC Blaster attachment (for rake and break plus OC deployment)
• DoorKey™ Head (a flash-bang breaching device)
• Log sheets for tracking use
• WallBanger Tool Kit
The Single WallBanger is a carbon steel chamber that accepts a Defense Technology® Distraction Device® steel body. The chamber has tungsten steel breaching cleats on its face in various directions. It is designed to easily breach hardened glass, even automobile safety glass. The Single WallBanger can be placed between most burglar bars and easily defeats window screens and panes, and uses command-initiated technology to initiate an 8901C1 Distraction Device.
The Double WallBanger attachment can accept two Defense Technology 8901C1 devices. This permits the operator to run two separate shock tubes down to two separate pin guns, allowing a team to send one grenadier to two different locations or to distract the same location twice.
The OC Blaster is designed to defeat window screens, glass and automobile glass. It can perform break and rake techniques and allows deployment of OC fog into the objective at the same time.
The DoorKey uses the over-pressure of a Defense Technology 7001C1 Distraction Device to breach locking devices of typical residential and commercial doors. The WallBanger Premium System is now available for immediate delivery and is offered at $4,475. Components may also be purchased separately.
For more information about the WallBanger System or other Defense Technology products, visit www.safariland.com/lesslethal or www.defense-technology.com.
Safariland, LLC is a premier provider of law enforcement and security products and services, delivering a full-range of customer-specific solutions. Offering many of the world's most recognizable branded products in the public safety market, Safariland is committed to saving lives.
About Safariland
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This is my Ink-U-Bator baby - left to me by my mother, who was a doll collector. As far as I can tell it includes everything that came with the original purchase. The doll is all composition with painted features and molded hair. The thermometer says it was made by R&B but I haven't been able to find another one like it anywhere! Has anyone ever seen this doll, or have any idea of its rarity or value?
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Topic: Information about Cancer Pain Management- Part II- the Use of Opioids.
Pharmacological Management: the use of opioids(ie: codeine, oxycodone, hydrocodone,morphine,hydromorphone,fentanyl and methadone).
2.Opioids are the first-line and widely used for moderate to severe chronic cancer pain.Due to the side effects such as constipation, nausea,sleepiness or drowsiness,mental confusion,itching,perceptual disorders,hallucinations etc.are common in the course of long term use ,choosing the appropriate opioid and route of administration will prevent or minimize the problem. Here are some of the information on this topic.
Most patients start with oral administration of acetaminophen and hydrocodone or oxycodone combination formulations such as Vicodin,Lorcet,Norco,Percocet and Tylox etc or ibuprofen with hydrocodone(Vicoprofen) or aspirin with hydrocodone (Damason-P) every 4-6 hour and adjust upward;or morphine such as MS Contin for twice daily use or Avinza extended capsule for once daily use. For breakthru pain morphine oral solution can be used every 1-2 hours as needed.
Morphine is the standard for comparison for opioids; multiple routes are available as tablets , rectal suppository,enteral liquid and parenteral infusion such as in PCA dosage form given intravenously.
For patients with difficulty in swallowing or oral mucositis or severe nausea, SOME of the modified release morphine capsules(eg.Avinza,Kadian) can be opened and sprinkled on food without changing the delivery characteristics (ie:the frequency of administration-once or twice daily)through feeding tube. Ask your doctor or pharmacist when in doubt about which one can be used in this way. In general, opioids controlled-release , sustained- release or extended- release dosage form (ie: tablet,capsule ) should never be crushed because of acute toxicity and should not take with alcohol because alcohol can dissolve the matrix in which the drug is embedded for modified-release.
Hydromorphone(Dilaudid) is more often used in intravenous such as in PCA (patient- controlled analgesia) dosage form or subcutaneous administration but it also comes as oral dosage forms such as liquid,immediate release tablet,extended release tablet(Exalgo) for once daily use.For patients have renal insufficiency or relatively high doses are needed, hydromorphone is preferred.
Fentanyl can be given as IV bolus intravenously for almost immediately relief of pain as compare to morphine,IV bolus,which may require 15-30 minutes to reach the peak onset of pain relief. Fentanyl also comes as transdermal system(patch) for topical use of up to 48-72 hours; as oral lozenge (ACTIQ), sublingal tablet(Abstral)buccal tablet (Fentora) and a buccal soluble film (Onsolis) for rapid onset of cancer-related breakthru pain relief. The Fentanyl patch may be preferred over orally administered opioid for patients of poor GI absorption or having difficulty in swallowing,or if constipation or renal insufficiency is an issue.
Experience in the use of Levorphanol is very limited in the US,but it should be viewed as another option for the treatment of cancer pain.
Methadone is challenging to use and clinicians should seek assistance from a consultant before prescribing methadone.It has the highest risk of among opioids of overdosage.
Codeine and Meperidine(Demerol) are not preferred for cancer pain management .
Rectal absorption of opioids is variable and the relative potency and effectiveness are difficult to predict .
Intrathecal and intraspinal administration(ie:epidural) of opioids yielded better pain control and fewer side effects.
There is no evidence that anyone of the commonly used,long-acting formulations (including morphine,hydromorphone,oxycodone , oxymorphine and fentanly) is more likely to be effective than any other.Selection usually is determined by the patient's prior experience with opioids,the doctor's experience,cost , availability and formulations.
Management of poorly responsive pain options such as opioid rotation(switching between opioids)required clinical judgment and should be based upon specific patient characteristics as well.- summarization of cancer pain management articles(May,2011) from uptodate.com .
For more info. about pain go to www.stoppain.org ,click the bottom left box"pain medicine" for more in depth information about pain management.(I did not read that much on this web site.but it looks like a good place to learn.)
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San Bernardino is bankrupt. The Riverside-San Bernardino Metropolitan area has the highest poverty rate of any large city in the US. The Ontario Airport is struggling to survive. Inland Empire unemployment is close to 11 percent, roughly tied with Flint, Mich., and among the highest for any metro area in the US. And the 4 million people who live in the Inland Empire are wondering when that economic recovery is coming.
It's a good question. And some of the once popular solutions are gone. Enterprise zones are no more.
Redevelopment agencies no longer exist. There are promises of better things to come from Sacramento but nothing seems to be headed to the Inland Empire.
Politicians and pundits love to talk about bringing in high paying jobs, but how do you do that?
There are roughly 200,000 officially unemployed people in the Inland Empire. Allowing for a fair number of unofficially unemployed people — those who have stopped searching for a job and are thus not counted as members of the labor force, and underemployed people — we need about 150,000 new, good, permanent jobs in the Inland Empire to return to economic health. That's a lot of jobs! So what are our options?
Casinos? Not the worst idea ever. The jobs aren't the greatest, but they are better than flipping burgers.
And consider, thousands of Californians drive to Las Vegas every year to gamble, shop and eat. Nothing other than a change in California laws prevents San Bernardino from having something like the Las Vegas Strip in its now depressed downtown district.
Don't like casinos? How about a theme park? Not something small like Splash Kingdom Water Park, a big one like Six Flags. Angelenos drive a long way to get to Six Flags. The Inland Empire could get people from Pasadena all the way to the desert communities to come to a really snazzy theme park. All you need is a theme. Or more accurately, a sponsor that doesn't already have a park in California. Something modern and high tech. How about Googleland? Or Apple Valley (although I think that name is already in use.)
It's time to think big. It's time to be creative. And it's time to do something transformational but realistic for the Inland Empire. So how about Googleland? That would look pretty good up there by the new 210/215 interchange.
Jay Prag is a finance professor at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. Prag also serves as academic director for the school's executive management program, and can be heard weekly on "Inland Empire News Hour" on KTIE-AM 590.


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Back-to-School Supplies: How to Give or Receive
10 August 2014
Stress levels can rise as back-to-school activities beckon to millions of families nationwide. Read more about how The Salvation Army can help.
Ottawa, IL. Corps provides hydration and nutrition services for joint law-enforcement search and rescue
05 August 2014
Hydration & an air-conditioned vehicle provided by The Salvation Army aided personnel wearing heavy equipment with protective covering.
Minnesota back-to-school collection to benefit local kids
14 July 2014
Minnesota Shopko stores will collect school supplies as part of the Tools for School program beginning July 12 for families served by The Salvation Army.
This 4th of July we celebrate freedom and independence from addiction
03 July 2014
This 4th of July we're celebrating the people who fought for our freedom. You're one of those people.
Rocker Bret Michaels Assisting Pilger, NE Community Alongside Salvation Army
25 June 2014
A week after violent tornadoes struck the community of Pilger, Nebraska, Bret Michaels joined recovery efforts, alongside volunteers of The Salvation Army.
Milwaukee Brewers wives help build summer lunches for kids
24 June 2014
"If we can help out, that's wonderful" said Karen Roenicke, wife of Brewers skipper Ron Roenicke. She & others helped bag 1,800 lunches for needy children.
Salvation Army Helping in Aftermath of Severe Weather and Flooding in Minnesota
18 June 2014
The Salvation Army is responding to flooding and high winds in Minnesota
Salvation Army Serving in Northeast Nebraska After Twin Tornadoes on Monday
17 June 2014
The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services teams are mobilized on the scene in northeast Nebraska today.
National Donut Day is June 6, 2014!
05 June 2014
Read all about the history of Donut Day as well as what you can do in your local community to help keep the tradition alive!
The Salvation Army Prepares to Respond to Storms in Nebraska and Iowa
03 June 2014
Salvation Army personnel are mobilizing to respond to tornadoes and damaging winds which forecasters are predicting will occur today and overnight.
Eight Things You Probably Don't Know About The Salvation Army
15 May 2014
When you think about The Salvation Army, chances are bell ringing during Christmas and our family stores are what come to mind. Did you know there is more?
The Salvation Army Continues Offering Relief in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska in Wake of Sunday's Storms
14 May 2014
The Salvation Army continues to provide disaster relief in the wake of strong storms that damaged communities in central Nebraska on Sunday, May 11.
National Salvation Army Week is Here!
12 May 2014
Today, May 12, will kick-off our 61st annual National Salvation Army Week.
Salvation Army Week celebrates commitment to doing good
12 May 2014
The Salvation Army's mission is to serve others without discrimination. During National Salvation Army Week we challenge the community to do the Most Good.
Video: Our Short and Long-Term Recovery Efforts in Joplin, MO
29 April 2014
The Salvation Army is most visible during immediate disaster relief, but unlike others we're also a long-term recovery agency.
The Salvation Army Responds to Tornado in Baxter Springs, Kansas
28 April 2014
The Salvation Army is providing support to residents of Baxter Springs, Kansas in the aftermath of a tornado that damaged much of the community Sunday.
A Wrong Turn, a Life Saved, and a Mission to Help Others
25 April 2014
Read about how Henry Williams went from heroin to helping others and embracing life through the help of The Salvation Army.
HeatShare saves Minneapolis family from record cold
03 April 2014
Since 1982, HeatShare has provided about \$37 million worth of emergency energy assistance for Minnesotans with no place left to turn.
Addict to Attorney: One Man's Journey of Rehabilitation with The Salvation Army
31 March 2014
Read a story about Tracy Hughes, whose life had become "completely unmanageable due to drugs and alcohol" until he encountered The Salvation Army.
Hope for Human Trafficking Survivors in Chicago
13 March 2014
Read this amazing story about a woman that benefited from The Salvation Army's STOP-IT anti-trafficking program in Chicago.


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OAKLAND — The Mevlevi Order of America presents the Whirling Dervish ceremony 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7-8 at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California.
Led by Jelaleddin Loras Dede, master musicians direct from Turkey, Timucin Cevikoglu and Oguz Kaan Birhekimoglu and the MOA musical ensemble celebrate Rumi's mystical union through the whirling dance of the dervishes.
The center is at 1433 Madison St., Oakland. Tickets are $25 ($30, cash only at door) and $20 ($25 at door) for students and seniors. Advanced tickets are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com or by phone, 1-800-838-3006. For more information, call 415-334-5844 or visit www.hayatidede.org.


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Mattingly believes Beckett won't be out long
DETROIT -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly downplayed the severity of the left hip impingement syndrome that put starting pitcher Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list.
"I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty confident it won't be months and months," Mattingly said of Beckett's likely return. "He's been dealing with it and pitching well. We hope a little time off will help. We're confident he'll be back and able to pitch."
Depending on the severity of hip impingement, it can lead to a torn labrum and necessitate surgery. But the Dodgers don't believe that's the case with Beckett.
Clayton Kershaw missed a start with hip impingement late in the 2012 season, but he never went to the disabled list or needed surgery.
Beckett received a cortisone injection on Monday. The club expects him to begin rehab this week and possibly return by the end of the month.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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BLACKBURN Rovers have made one enforced change for tonight's Championship clash at home to QPR.
Midfielder Corry Evans has not recovered from the groin injury he sustained in Saturday's 2-0 home win over Ipswich Town and so has been replaced in the starting line-up by the fit-again Jason Lowe.
Lowe has missed the last five matches with the ankle injury he picked up in the 4-2 victory at Huddersfield Town.
Rovers right-back Michael Keane will line up against his twin brother Will Keane after the latter was brought back into the QPR team by Harry Redknapp.
The 21-year-olds are both on loan from Manchester United.
Hoops boss Redknapp has made four changes in total with Luke Young, Karl Henry and Yossi Benayoun earning recalls alongside Will Keane.
QPR's starting line-up includes former Rovers winger Junior Hoilett, for whom it is his is first return to Ewood Park.
Rovers: Robinson, Keane, Hanley, Kilgallon, Spurr, Cairney, Lowe, Williamson, Conway, Gestede, Rhodes. Subs: Eastwood, King, Dunn, Varney, Taylor, Etuhu, Feeney.
QPR: Green, Simpson, Dunne, Young, Assou-Ekotto, Hoilett, Henry, Benayoun, Carroll, Morrison, Keane. Subs: Murphy, Austin, Yun, Zamora, O'Neil, Donaldson, Maiga.


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I am willing to give Copeland the benefit of the doubt when it comes to his shooting....but honestly, I do not want to go Small Ball that often unless abusing the oppposing Team with a PF/C rotation of West/Hibbert/Scola/Mahinmi isn't working ( which doesn't really happen that often ). If we ever did go Small Ball...it would only be in those situations where the matchups fit ( I don't want to see Copeland abused in the low-post by Gibson again ), Hibbert wasn't on the floor with him and there are at least 2 other Starters on the floor with him ( some 2- Man combination of PG24/Lance/GH ).This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I played it with 1 of my buds last night and after properly building a great house with a lot of sexualness. I dunno what else to do.
Maybe just go exploring or aim for the awards/achievements.
We'll have to play it together pal and give it a go.
My friend showed me how to do some interesting stuff so might be able to show you stuff you haven't seen yet pal. Plus it'd be a funny game ;D


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This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has seen the arrival of dozens of new devices from tablets to televisions. Some of these newfangled gadgets will soon be in the hands of consumers who will use them to access your website. Will your site work? Or will it end up mangled by a subpar web browser, odd screen size or slow network connection?
No one wants to rewrite their website every time a new device or browser hits the web. That's why approaches like responsive design, and the even broader efforts of the future-friendly group, are trying to develop tools and techniques for building adaptable websites. That way, when a dozen new tablets suddenly appear on the scene, you can relax knowing your site will look and perform as intended, no matter which devices your audience is using.
Even if you aren't a gadget lover, CES should help drive home the fundamental truth of today's web — devices, they are a comin'. Webmonkey has compiled helpful resources for creating responsive design in the past, but the field is new and evolving rapidly so here's an updated list of links to help you get started responsive, future-friendly sites that serve your audience's needs whether they're browsing with a tiny phone, a huge television or the web-enabled toaster of tomorrow.
- Use @media to scale your layout for any screen, but remember that this alone isn't really responsive design.
- Use liquid layouts that can accommodate any screen size. Don't simply design one look for 4-inch screens, one for 7-inch, one for 10-inch and one for desktop. Keep it liquid, otherwise what happens when the 11.4-inch screen suddenly becomes popular?
- Roll your own grids based on the specifics of your site's content. Canned grid systems will rarely fit the bill. The problem with canned grids is that they don't fit your unique content. Create layouts from the content out, rather than the canvas (or grid) in.
- Start small. Start with the smallest size screen and work your way up, adding @media rules to float elements into the larger windows of tablet and desktop browsers. Start with a narrow, single-column layout to handle mobile browsers and then scale up from there rather than the other way around. Starting with the smallest screen and working your way up means it's the desktop browsers that need to handle @media, make sure older browsers work by using polyfills like Respond.
- Forget Photoshop, build your comps in the browser. It's virtually impossible to mock up liquid layouts in Photoshop, start in the browser instead.
- Scale images using
img { max-width: 100%; }. For very large images, consider using something like Responsive Images to offer the very smallest screens smaller image downloads and then use JavaScript to swap in larger images for larger screens. Similar techniques can be used to scale video.
- Forget about perfect. If you haven't already, abandon the notion of pixel perfect designs across devices. An iPad isn't a laptop isn't a television. Build the perfect site for each.
Further Reading:
- Future Friendly — An overview of how some of the smartest people in web design are thinking about the ever-broadening reach of the web: "We can't be all things on all devices. To manage in a world of ever-increasing device complexity, we need to focus on what matters most to our customers and businesses. Not by building lowest common-denominator solutions but by creating meaningful content and services. People are also increasingly tired of excessive noise and finding ways to simplify things for themselves. Focus your service before your customers and increasing diversity do it for you."
- Building a Future-Friendly Web — Brad Frost's excellent advice: "Think of your core content as a fluid thing that gets poured into a huge number of containers."
- There is no mobile web — "There is no mobile web, nor desktop web. It is just the web. Start with the content and meet people halfway."
- Responsive by default — Andy Hume on why the web has always been responsive, but was temporarily sidetracked by the fad of fixed-width sites.
- COPE: Create Once, Publish Everywhere — NPR's Director of Application Development, Daniel Jacobson, walks through how NPR separates content from display and uses a single data source for all its apps, sites, APIs and feeds. A great example of what Frost talks about regarding content as a fluid thing.
- Support Versus Optimization — It can seem daunting to support dozens of mobile browsers, but if you aren't up to the challenge of a few mobile browsers now what are you going to do when you need to support car dashboards, refrigerators, televisions and toasters, all with dozens of varying browsers?
- The Coming Zombie Apocalypse — Not satisfied thinking a few years ahead? Scott Jenson explores further into the future and tries to imagine what the web might look like when devices all but invisible.
- Content Choreography — Trent Walton discusses various ways of collapsing content for small screens while still retaining hierarchy.
- The Current State of Responsive Images — There's more than one way to scale an image.
- Fluid Grid Calculator — Once you've figured out the basics of your grid based on your content, this handy calculator can simplify the rest of your grid math.
- Responsive web design from the future — GitHub's Kyle Kneath on the HTML5 History API and how it relates to responsive design.
- Debugging CSS Media Queries — Johan Brook on how to find and squash bugs in your @media queries.
- Responsive data tables — Chris Coyier shows you how to build flexible tables by ditching the grid layout of the table and make each cell its own line.


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Coldplay, Justice Crew top ARIA charts, Voice judges sluggish
Coldplay's Ghost Stories is the fastest selling album in Australia this year with 34,097 copies sold in the first week while former Australia's Got Talent winner Justice Crew has the most successful Australian single so far this year.
But the judges on the new season of The Voice didn't get an ARIA chart bounce last week for sales of previously released albums despite having a captive audience of more than 1.85 million people each night . The Channel Nine program won the ratings yesterday for the fourth consecutive Sunday.
The uptake of the Coldplay record overshadows last week's number one ARIA chart debut from The Black Keys' Turn Blue. Coldplay has had 10,520 sales after two weeks, with7500 sales in week one and 3020 in week two.
The much-hyped Michael Jackson Xscape generated 6665 sales in the first three days of being on sale, and 5495 sales in its first seven days on the shelf. It generated a two week tally of 12,610, placing it ahead of the No.1 debuting Black Keys record.
Justice Crew, the music/dance crew which won Australia's Got Talent in 2010, topped the singles chart with Que Sera for the third consecutive week, equalling Sheppard's Geronimo as the best result so far this year by an Australian artist.
Justice Crew also became the first act to receive one of ARIA's shiny new "#1 Chart Awards" for topping the pile last week. ARIA has introduced an Australia-shaped plaque for locals artists who make the number one spot in either the singles or albums chart.
According to ARIA, Australian artists have spent 34 weeks in either number one spot since January 2013, and it has retrospectively awarded those artists.
"We look forward to handing out many more awards to artists in the future," said Dan Rosen, ARIA CEO.
After this latest set of charts, The Voice judges might want to be careful with how much they criticise the show's current contestants because their own sales, admittedly for albums released some time ago, were low.
Ricky Martin Greatest Hits, originally released in 2011, came in at number 40 position on 548 sales. Kylie Minogue's Kiss Me Once, which reached number one on the charts in March, was at number 130, selling just 231 copies.
Sales of will.i.am's April 2013 release #Willpower dwindled to 218 copies. It went to number nine on the charts here last year. While Black Eyed Peas have inspired another 704 fans to download the group's 2009 worldwide hit I Gotta Feeling.
Joel Madden's band Good Charlotte's Greatest Hits sold only 86 copies last week, but then again it was released in 2010.
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A centralized resource where Iowans can receive information about appropriate farm animal care was announced Thursday in Des Moines by a unique coalition of farmers, animal well-being experts, veterinarians and industry leaders. The Iowa Farm Animal Care Coalition (IFAC) is designed to answer Iowans' questions about farm animal care and assist farmers in extending the latest science-based animal care standards.
IFAC was launched for farmers and consumers and is modeled after the 20 year-old Alberta Farm Animal Care program. "Farmers understand that consumers want to know more about where their food comes from and how it was raised." said IFAC Executive Director Denny Harding. "Until now, there has not been a centralized place where Iowans could go for farm animal care information. Now, they can visit www.iowafarmanimalcare.org and learn more about how responsible Iowa livestock farmers care for their animals."
In addition to providing information on farm animal care to consumers and referrals to farmers, IFAC also provides access to animal care experts who specialize in many aspects of animal care, including animal science experts and veterinarians from Iowa State University's colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the Iowa state veterinarian office at the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS). This independent team of experts makes up the On-Farm Evaluation Team and specializes in performing voluntary on-site evaluations to ensure appropriate farm animal care is being given.
"I think the overwhelming majority of farmers today are doing a great job handling farm animals and have their best interests in mind when it comes to their health and environment," said Dr. Suzanne Millman, associate professor of animal welfare at Iowa State University. "Different species have different behaviors, thus requiring different care. IFAC can help provide farmers with the latest in animal care research, while ensuring that appropriate care is being given and answering consumer questions."
IFAC has a four-person Advisory Committee comprised of Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey; Animal Rescue League of Iowa Executive Director Tom Colvin; State of Iowa veterinarian Dr. David Schmitt and Iowa State Sheriff and Deputy Association President Jerry Dunbar.
IFAC is a collaborative effort that includes members of the Iowa Farm Bureau and the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa State University colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
For more information about IFAC, click here.