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To prevent the spread of the flu virus and protect the health and healing of all children at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, a temporary inpatient visitation restriction has been put into effect. At this time, visitors under the age of 13 will not be permitted on the hospital's inpatient units.
We encourage families and other partners-in-care to make appropriate arrangements before visiting the hospital. These restrictions do not apply to the hospital emergency department or other outpatient areas.
- Influenza is still widespread throughout the Delaware Valley.
- We continue to see influenza and other respiratory illnesses among our patient population.
- A variety of additional infection control measures are in place at the hospital and outpatient practices, including:
- screening all visitors to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for flu symptoms
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- Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children is committed to providing the safest and highest quality care to our patients, and was recently recognized by The Leapfrog Group as being one of the safest children's hospitals in the country.
- Hospital leadership will continue monitoring influenza in our area and may make additional recommendations as necessary to protect our patients from the flu.
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Locomotion on flowing granular ground is unlike locomotion on hard ground because feet and/or wheels experience both solid- and fluid-like forces during surface penetration. This is the essence of why navigating over granular material is a challenging undertaking for most all manmade vehicles. Places such as sandy beaches or snow covered mountain tops typically present very hard, if not unmanageable, obstacles to vehicles of all types. Yet, these same challenging environments are places teeming with animals that have developed effective navigation techniques. Studying such biological models and conducting systematic experiments with robotic models on controlled granular media our group aims to 1) build a concrete understanding of the dynamics of granular material; and 2) design a legged robotic system that can demonstrate high locomotion performance on granular media.
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Landmark Inn Gears Up For Valentine's
CASTROVILLE, Texas — Now that Christmas and New Year's have come and gone and Valentine's Day is right around the corner, it's time to look forward to spending some quality time with that special someone in a special place.
Sweethearts and other romantics swear by Landmark Inn in Castroville, a quaint burg with an Alsatian flair just west of San Antonio. The historic site, which boasts a charming bed and breakfast inn more than 150 years old, is featuring a "deluxe romantic package" throughout the month of February.
Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, falls on a Wednesday this year, so the state-owned inn that dates from 1849, is offering the special package on any weekend of February. You'll be pampered with breakfast in bed one morning and enjoy the serenity of antique-furnished rooms with no telephones, television sets or other distractions.
Guests booking the special package for the weekends of Feb. 10 and 17 also will receive free entry to an exhibit featuring handmade quilts from a handful of Castroville collections, according to Ken Conway, the inn's superintendent. The quilts will be on display in the Landmark Inn's new 800-square-foot reception/banquet hall that occupies the former location of the inn's museum.
The package price ranges from $330 plus tax to $404 plus tax per couple. The package includes a two-night stay at the inn on the banks of the Medina River, one evening of fine French dining at La Normandie Restaurant and lunch at the Castroville Café. Guests will arrive to find in their room a fresh flower arrangement and gift basket.
Breakfast in bed will be served one morning, with the other breakfast being offered in the parlor of the riverside Vance House, one of several historic structures on the five-acre site operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Former inn owner Ruth Lawler, who once lived in the Vance House, donated the historic site to the State of Texas in 1974. Landmark Inn is only one of two TPWD properties operated as a bed and breakfast establishment. The other is located in Marshall at the Starr Mansion State Historic Site.
The Landmark Inn offers 10 heated and air-conditioned rooms, four with private baths. Six of the rooms are in the main, two-story inn, while two are in the old rock bathhouse and two others are located in the Vance House.
Ranked among the state's Top 10 B&Bs by Texas Highways magazine readers, the Landmark Inn has been carefully restored and maintained to provide guests with an opportunity to touch Texas' frontier past while enjoying all the modern comforts of home. The inn dates to 1849 when Swiss merchant Cesar Monod built a store on El Camino Real at the nearby Medina River crossing.
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Corn futures were weak Thursday morning after rallying Wednesday. Overnight losses were seemingly confirmed by the weekly Export Sales report, which put the results for last week at the low end of weak expectations. Deferred futures rose, thereby seeming to reflect the persistence of cold, damp weather over the Corn Belt and the growing possibility of delayed plantings. May corn edged 1.75 cents lower to $7.3075/bushel late Thursday morning, while December gained 1.75 cents to $5.6875.
Soybean futures continued their Wednesday surge Thursday morning despite a disappointing result on the weekly USDA Export Sales report. The advance seemingly reflects bullish trader expectations about Chinese buying of U.S. beans after they canceled a large number of Brazilian orders earlier this week. May soybeans jumped 17.25 cents to $14.37/bushel in late Thursday morning trading, while May soyoil climbed 0.40 cents to 50.24 cents/pound, while May meal gained $4.9 to $418.7/ton.
The disappointing results of the weekly USDA Export Sales report seemed to weigh upon wheat futures Thursday morning. Both old and new crop sales came in at or below pre-report forecasts, thereby suggesting export demand for the golden grain is not as strong as previously thought. Persistent improvements in Great Plains growing conditions may also be undercutting the market somewhat. May CBOT wheat futures dipped 5.0 cents to $7.31/bushel around midsession Thursday, while May KCBT wheat lost 4.75 cents to $7.615, and May MGE futures dropped 5.0 cents to $8.045.
Cattle traders seemingly think the cash markets are due for a bounce in the wake of Tuesday losses, since they have pushed CME futures moderately higher since that time. That seems rather remarkable when viewed within the context of concurrent wholesale losses. On the other hand, this may represent relief from the prospect of packing industry closings after Congress passed legislation to avoid the anticipated meat inspector furloughs. April cattle gained 0.57 cents to 126.62 cents/pound in late Thursday morning trading, while August advanced 0.65 cents to 123.87. Meanwhile, April feeder cattle surged 1.20 cent to 138.85 cents/pound, and August jumped 1.65 cents to 148.80.
Despite ongoing signs of cash and wholesale weakness, CME lean hog futures rebounded Thursday morning. As in the cattle pit, that may reflect a bullish response to the increased possibility that the packing industry will avoid shutdowns due to USDA meat inspector furloughs. Traders also realize that the hog and pork complex has a history of rallying strongly during the second quarter. April hogs rose 0.72 cents to 78.60 cents/pound around mid-session Thursday, while June climbed 0.95 cent to 89.45.


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On Monday, the day before his pet project of a team was scheduled to take the field for one of the most unlikely and intriguing games in American soccer history, Hall of Fame forward and anti-establishment agitator Eric Wynalda shared a story about second chances.
He talked about the day that Sigi Schmid, an accomplished youth and college coach, saw Wynalda play in Simi Valley and promised to recommend him to the state team representing the southern half of California. Wynalda, then in high school, already had been cut from the lowest local level of U.S. Soccer's Olympic Development Program, the country's primary player identification system. He figured the big time already had passed him by.
"That was the very beginning of my career," Wynalda said of Schmid's gesture.
A few years later, on June 10, 1990 (the day after his 21st birthday), Wynalda played in the first of three World Cups. He would retire as the U.S. national team's all-time leading goal scorer.
"If there was any lesson I ever learned from Sigi Schmid, trust your instincts," Wynalda said Monday. "Never give up on people and never stop looking. Because they're out there."
Tuesday night near Seattle, that lesson may come back to bite Schmid in the most sensational way imaginable.
The U.S. Open Cup, now in its 99th year, is designed to give the little guys their own crack at the big time. It binds the tiers of American soccer's competitive pyramid together, offers the winning team a spot in the CONCACAF Champions League and gives young or overlooked players the chance to get noticed.
Upsets aren't uncommon. As MLS coaches weigh the threat posed by minor league or amateur opposition against the demands on their limited rosters, they often opt to field reserves in the single-elimination tournament's early rounds.
Sometimes, unheralded opponents playing the biggest game of their lives have what it takes to spring a surprise. That's what makes competitions like the U.S. Open Cup so much fun. But there's nothing in the typical cup narrative that explains the run put together by Cal FC, the Ventura County-based amateur team of castoffs and rejects that Wynalda formed just four months ago.
Without a regular practice schedule, uniforms or any of the typical trappings of a high-level club, Cal FC won its regional U.S. Adult Soccer Association Open Cup qualifier and went on to beat the Kitsap Pumas, the reigning USL Premier Development League (fourth division) champions, in the competition's first round.
On May 22, Cal crushed the Wilmington Hammerheads, a third-division professional team, 4-0, in North Carolina. That set up a date with the Portland Timbers last week.
No USASA team had ever scored on an MLS club in Open Cup play. Cal was outshot by Portland coach John Spencer's starters 37-8. Timbers striker Kris Boyd missed a penalty kick. Then five minutes into overtime and against the run of play, Cal FC's Artur Aghasyan, who tried out unsuccessfully for both Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA, found the net. The visitors were exhausted and overmatched, yet they somehow held on.
The Open Cup may never be the same.
Cal FC was trending worldwide on Twitter last week and has garnered coverage in a multitude of major outlets. Fox Soccer has rearranged its schedule to broadcast Tuesday night's round-of-16 matchup between Cal and Schmid's Seattle Sounders, the three-time defending Open Cup champion. Wynalda, regarded by many as a belligerent iconoclast, appears to have been redeemed—or at least validated to some extent. He's deflected a significant chunk of the credit, however, and insists that he's done little more than offer an opportunity to players in need.
"When you've got talented guys, there's not a whole lot of coaching going on," he said. "The simplicity of all of this really is a better way to showcase these guys' talents. I think they've embraced it. … When I first started this I just felt like they were just so beat up, they were so in doubt whether this was ever going to happen for them. I think that believing in them and being one of these guys who believed it could happen, but the fact that they believe in themselves now is probably the coolest part about all of this."
Danny Barrera, who has four Open Cup goals, was a star at California-Santa Barbara and played professionally in Serbia. His brother, club captain Diego, bounced around the minors, went to Europe and once played for the Hammerheads. Goalkeeper Derby Carrillo was in preseason camp with the Sounders two years ago. Midfielder Richard Menjivar, who went to Cal State Bakersfield, scored for El Salvador's Under-23 national team at the recent Olympic qualifying tournament.
Cal FC isn't the Bad News Bears. The players have pedigree. They just slipped through the cracks.
"He's got a bunch of guys who for one reason or another just didn't work out because of timing or they just missed, but they're technically very good players," Schmid told Sporting News. "They're young and eager and they still have that dream, and that's what makes them a good team. What Eric is doing for them, and what they're doing for themselves in this competition, is they're putting the spotlight on themselves and for maybe two or three of them that will make the difference."
Wynalda claimed Monday that he has "six or seven" players on his roster "who have standing offers to be professional when they're done (with the Open Cup)." He made it clear that he's "not going to stand in their way." Cal FC, at least as it's currently composed, will be history as soon as the clock strikes midnight on its Cinderella run. Wynalda has directed vehement criticism toward MLS for, in his view, making it more difficult for players to transfer abroad.
"If these guys aren't with professional teams in August then I didn't do my job," he said. "The idea was to showcase them, first to find them, then give them a chance and let them play and let them show what we can do."
The odds are, of course, that Schmid will give Wynalda a pat on the back before the Sounders administer a spanking. Cal FC played the one-in-a-hundred game last week in Portland. Seattle, at 7-3-3 in MLS, represents a different level.
But even if Cal exits the competition, it has already entered American soccer legend. Wynalda's lesson about giving overlooked players a second chance, which he lived himself nearly 30 years ago in Simi Valley, is a good one. But the real impact of his Open Cup run will be left on the tournament itself.
Speaking to Sporting News earlier this year, Wynalda explained that his attacks on the American soccer establishment were his duty as a player and a patriot.
"I'm not trying to be a maverick. I'm trying to be voice of reason," he said. "I want this sport to continue to flourish in this country, but there's a whole other level that we're just excluding ourselves from."
If Wynalda never gets that MLS coaching job and if he's never elected to run U.S. Soccer, he'll be able to point to the spring of 2012, when a team composed of guys who make their living doing something other than kicking a ball got everyone talking about the U.S. Open Cup. It's a tournament that's been contested in the shadows for far too long, but one which offers a critical link between the game's grassroots and its highest tier. Absent promotion and relegation, it's the closest thing this country has to an authentic soccer structure.
"I'm a big believer in the Open Cup. It embodies the entire history of American soccer," Schmid said.
What his Sounders have done to boost the tournament's latter stages, drawing record crowds for the past two finals at CenturyLink Field, Cal FC has done for the early rounds. People are paying attention, and neither Wynalda nor his players will be forgotten for that.


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The Green Wonks of CAS
At AU, we take sustainability seriously, and the College of Arts and Sciences is no exception. From green teaching practices to courses focused on sustainability, to solar rooftops, CAS is pushing the green agenda all across campus.
Students might be surprised to hear that while professors are grading them, the professors themselves are also being graded—on a scale of apples. Apple-grading is part of the Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning's Green Teaching Certificate program that was launched in 2008. Professors are graded on green and sustainable practices, including reducing paper use in the classroom, saving and reducing energy by turning off unused classroom equipment, and reducing emissions by biking, walking, or taking public transit to campus and encouraging students to do so as well. Each green initiative adds points to the professor's score, ranking them on five levels. To date, 57 professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been certified as Green Teachers. Of the 57, 30 have received Four Apples or higher, with nine achieving Gold status.
The Green Teaching Certificate is just one part of CAS's push for sustainability and a greener community of Eagles. In 2012 alone, CAS offered 468 courses related to sustainability and 38 faculty members were involved in sustainability research. For instance, Assistant Professor Stephen MacAvoy in the Department of Environmental Science is working on nutrient research on campus green roofs.
CAS students are in on the green action as well. This past fall, Associate Professor Kiho Kim worked with students in an environmental science capstone class to collect data for our campus-wide LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) program. The students gathered data relating to indoor air quality, green cleaning, and sustainable purchasing in various buildings which will eventually be submitted to the Green Building Certification Institute to rate our existing buildings. In addition to working to get all of our buildings across campus LEED certified, two of our CAS buildings—Katzen and the Greenberg Theater—currently house a portion of AU's solar array, with Katzen housing the largest portion of AU's solar panels.
And outside of the classroom, faculty and staff are working to make their offices greener and more efficient by participating in the Office of Sustainability's newest endeavor: AsustainableU, a revamped version of the Green Office (GO!) program. Through AsustainableU, faculty and staff can track their progress on a social networking site, recording each time they take public transportation, walk or bike to campus, carpool, and even telecommute. As the program grows to include green acts outside of transportation—activities such as recycling and composting, ordering recycled and biodegradable products, and conserving energy in the office—co-workers can share their green acts with others, thus encouraging more of the same. CAS is working to build this online green community in many offices, including the Dean's Office, the departments of psychology, computer science, physics, and literature, and the School of Education, Teaching, and Health. Since CAS joined the site in October of last year, faculty and staff have committed 161 'acts' of green, saving a total of 31,161 pounds of greenhouse gases.
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Adhesive Theater Project Presents Erin Courtney's THE SERVICE ROAD, Now thru 2/2
Adhesive Theater Project presents the World Premiere of The Service Road, written by Obie Award winner Erin Courtney and directed by Meghan Finn. The Service Road runs from tonight, January 11 - February 2, 2013 in a limited engagement at the New York City College of Technology's Voorhees Theatre, located at 186 Jay Street in Brooklyn.
Performances are Fri 1/11 at 7:30 pm, Sat 1/12 at 2pm, Mon 1/14 at 1pm, Thu 1/17 at 7:30pm, Fri 1/18 at 7:30pm, Sat 1/19 at 2pm, Fri 2/1 at 7:30pm and Sat 2/2 at 2pm. Tickets are $15 and $6 for students and can be purchased online at www.AdhesiveTheater.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006. The January 14 performance is a pay what you will benefit, with all proceeds donated to students in the Entertainment Technology program of NYCCT severely affected by Hurricane Sandy. The running time is 70 minutes. The theater is accessible from the F train to the York station or the A or C train to High Street. For more information visit www.AdhesiveTheater.com.
A violent storm of mythic proportions hits Prospect Park. The once peaceful service road turns strange and even savage as a nature guide attempts to find a lost child. On her quest she meets the denizens of one of the few natural places left in a large city. The nature guide is a modern day Hercules trying to do penance for a very bad thing she had done when she was out of her mind. Erin Courtney examines what it means to be of service and the true nature of forgiveness. Sparse poetic language, the introduction of an innovative video puppet and a gravity defying set come together in a highly visual multi-media production.
Says director Meghan Finn: "Although the violent storm in The Service Road occurred in 2010, the play has taken on an unsettling significance for the entire creative team in the aftermath of Sandy. Several of the students working alongside our designers to create the technology and media for the show have been devastated, losing property or their homes. I think New York audiences will find a deepened resonance with the play having lived through that first week--the way the everyday can become epic in an instant. It's at those moments that we all end up asking ourselves what we're made of and we find the strength to reach out in service to one another."
The cast includes Cory Einbinder, Kalle Macrides, Claire Moodey and Caroline Tamas.
The creative team includes Cory Einbinder (Video and Puppet Design), Michael Riccio (Set Design), Sue Brandt (Lighting Design and Production Manager), Tilly Grimes (Costume Design), Mark Bruckner (Sound Design, Composer and Musician), Erin Grabe (Special Projects), Alice Tavener (Costume Design Associate) and Maria Sideris (Stage Manager).
Erin Courtney's play, A Map of Virtue, produced by 13P, was awarded an Obie Award and described as "a delicate gem" and "a resonant tale of loss" by The New York Times. Her other plays include Honey Drop, Black Cat Lost, Alice the Magnet, Quiver and Twitch, and Demon Baby. Courtney's work has been produced and developed by Clubbed Thumb, The Flea, New York Stage and Film, Adhesive Theater Project, Soho Rep, The Vineyard and The Public. She collaborated with Elizabeth Swados on the opera Kaspar Hauser. Courtney is an affiliated artist with Clubbed Thumb and a member of both 13P and New Dramatists.
Director Meghan Finn's work was last seen in Peggy Stafford's Motel Cherry co-produced by Clubbed Thumb and New Georges. The Huffington Post hailed the production as "a great new piece of theatre...the result of Meghan Finn's excellent direction," and NYTheatre.com said, "Top notch performances...Meghan Finn has directed the production with a swift hand and you can see her work throughout...I would not miss this one." In 2011, she directed the celebrated 2011 World Premiere of Mac Wellman's 3 2's; or AFAR. TimeOut NY called the production "stunning," saying "Meghan Finn skillfully directs a game cast," while The New York Times praised, "Meghan Finn and her adroit cast...everything in 3 2's; or AFAR eludes, and deliciously so." Finn recently associate directed the World Premiere of Futurity, a musical by indie rock band The Lisps and Molly Rice at American Repertory Theater and the Walker Art Center under Sarah Benson. She also assisted Ms. Benson on the acclaimed production of Sarah Kane's Blasted. Her work has been seen at Walkerspace, 13th Street Repertory Theater, Dixon Place, 3LD, PS122, HERE, Incubator Arts Project and others.
Since 1999, Adhesive Theater Project has been binding the arts through the bonds of collaboration. Adhesive is dedicated to working with artists in a broad range of fields - from fashion designers to scientists, illustrators to engineers - to create experimental, multidisciplinary work. By challenging these artists to work in the theater Adhesive creates new perspectives for live performance. By integrating live music, visual arts, and technological innovations with metaphor and narrative storytelling Adhesive create epic experiences that excite the audience's imagination.
Adhesive Theatre Project's productions include: Chantecler at Teatro LA TEA, praised by The New York Times as "especially memorable...creative, interesting, witty"; NOIR by Kalle Macrides, hailed as "ingeniously designed" by Back Stage; Spring Awakening at Center Stage, hailed as "Nothing short of extraordinary" by NYTheatre.com; I, Object! at The Brick, described by NYTheatre.com as a "shape-shifting visual feast"; Les Mauvais Garçon by Jake Hooker, included in the Best of the American Living Room Series at HERE; The Battles of Coxinga at the Piano Store, "genuinely succeeds" said The Village Voice. Adhesive has also devised various events in and around Brooklyn, including the Brooklyn Robot Parade and The Farmyard Puppet Workshop. They have been selected for WNYC's Salute The Arts STAR Initiative Program and are a 2012-2013 Artist in Residence of the New York City College of Technology (CUNY). Cory Einbinder is ATP's Artistic Director.


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Mumbai: Shares of Reliance Capital Ltd on Tuesday surged more than 3% on the bourses after the company said it is in talks for stake sale in its general insurance arm.
Reliance Capital group has begun talks to sell 26% equity in its general insurance arm to a foreign partner, and has said it is open to selling further stake in life insurance and mutual fund units.
Reacting to the development, shares of the company opened on a bullish note and surged 3.19% to an intra-day high of Rs.387.95 on BSE.
A similar movement was seen on the National Stock Exchange as well, where the stock of the company opened at Rs.383.10 and then rose to the day's high of Rs.387.90, higher by 3.15%.
Reliance Capital CEO Sam Ghosh has said that the group is open to the idea of selling further stake in its life insurance unit, Reliance Life, as also in mutual funds arm, Reliance Capital Asset Management Co., at an appropriate time.
Ghosh, however, did not disclose any names or potential deal size for Reliance General Insurance stake sale.
Currently, foreign investment is capped at 26% in the insurance business in India, but there are no such caps in the mutual funds segment. However, the government has proposed increasing the foreign investment limit in the insurance sector to 49%.


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I Can`t Breathe in Sleep
In the last few weeks, I woke up with difficulty breathing a few times. It`s usually occer early in the morning although I breastfeed my baby around 1am so it`s probably 2 to 3 hours after I fell asleep. The first time it occered, I woke up with fear that I couldn`t breathe in, but by the time I woke up I was breathing. I didnt remember whether I was dreaming or not. My heart was racing for short time, but I was able to go back to sleep soon after. I thought I had a panic attack. The second time was different. I was dreaming, I was looking for someone and I went in the steaming bathroom and locked the door. All the sudden I felt I was going to have difficulty breathing and then I couldn`t breathe in, but soon after I could manage to breathe in. I wokeup then and my heart was pounding. I had my heart checked and it was normal. I don`t snore or breathe through mouth. I have 3 children, one with severely disable, one with speech delay and 6 months baby. Disable son is sick often and my stress level can be very high sometimes, but i remember these episode occered the night after I felt relieved from some pressure. Am I having nightmeres or panic attacks or sleep disorder? Please help.
You are reporting episodes of awakening from sleep with a racing heart beat (also known as palpitations), and shortness of breath. One of the episodes was associated with dreaming but also included palpitations. You are now possibly a couple of months after the delivery of your third baby and you also state that your heart was checked and it was fine. I assume you had an echocardiogram?
Sleep disruption obviously is a major part of the post delivery period. Often caring for the baby is the only reason. But sleep, medical or mood disorders may also occur and contribute to the sleep disruption. The sleep disruption you describe may be a sign of one of these disorders. More information would be needed to address these possibilities. Here is an overview of what I would be concerned about.
First, what you're experiencing could be entirely caused by the sleep disruption of this post delivery period. In normal circumstances, our sleep involves transitioning through several cycles. A typical night's sleep includes 3-4 sleep cycles, each of 90-12 minute duration. A typical sleep cycle includes transition from lighter sleep to deeper sleep with lighter sleep termed Stage 1 and the deepest stage is Stage 3. Normal sleep involves transitioning from stage 1 through stage 2 and then into stage 3. This is typically followed by dream, or Rapid Eye Movement (REM), sleep. It is widely accepted that dreaming occurs during REM sleep. This stage of sleep recurs with every sleep cycle and increases towards the early morning hours. If our sleep is disrupted, such as in the case of caring for a baby, then the transition of sleep cycles is disrupted.
Usually, in sleep disruption and sleep deprivation states, our systems try to make up first for the lost REM sleep and we may end up dreaming more, regardless whether we remember that or not. The state of REM sleep is also associated normally with decreased muscle tone and some patients report awakening feeling "paralyzed" if awakened while still in a dream. REM sleep is also associated with rapid changes in the heart rate and it is possible that if someone awoken in this stage they would be aware of the heart beating fast. Thus, awakening from REM sleep could potentially contribute to some of your symptoms.
Another concern could be breathing problems in sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), during which the airway repetitively collapses during sleep, is more common during REM sleep. When the airway collapses in OSA, the brain and body protect themselves by making the individual briefly awaken (most people who do this are not aware of this happening) and opening their airway to allow for normal breathing. Unfortunately, as they fall back asleep, the process of airway closure tends to repeat over and over. These recurrent awakenings fragment or break up sleep, resulting in poor sleep, a lack of feeling refreshed after sleep and daytime sleepiness. Other symptoms of OSA may include a sense of choking or gagging at night, morning headaches and restless sleep. Loud snoring often accompanies the sleep disordered breathing. Increased weight and hormonal changes such as in pregnancy and shortly after delivery can increase the risk of sleep apnea.
There are some dream-related conditions in which individuals experience a sense of not being able to breathe. Probably most common of these would be sleep paralysis, in which the individual describes an inability to perform voluntary movements either at sleep onset or upon awakening. Individuals often report an inability to speak or move the limbs, trunk or head. While breathing is actually not affected, the sensation of not being able to breath can accompany the paralysis and can be quite scary. Most individuals will recall the events. The episodes usually only last for seconds up to a few minutes and tend to resolve on their own. Occasionally, the episode will end if the person is touched or spoken to. While most of the time sleep paralysis is not associated with other medical conditions, it can be one of the signs of narcolepsy (individuals with this condition are also very sleepy). Sleep paralysis usually first appears in young adults and tends to disappear with aging. Surprisingly, up to 15-40% of young adults experience this at least once in their lifetime and as many as 5-6% have this occur recurrently. It is often associated with stress and sleep deprivation. Other than reassurance and avoiding situations that may bring on the episodes, no treatment is needed in most cases.
An existing panic disorder could present itself primarily in sleep as you are describing. Depression is common in the post-partum stage and it can affect the sleep architecture by causing increased arousals and increased REM sleep.
At this stage, you are certainly dealing with great deal of stressors and it is unlikely that you will be able to do anything to change your circumstances or affect the type of sleep you're getting. However, you can go over your sleep habits and follow the recommendations listed in the Common Sense Tips for Good Sleep, attempting to change what you are able to change.
I suggest that you go over these episodes in more details with your general physician. Additional testing or referral to a Sleep Specialist may be needed. Good luck!
Rami N Khayat, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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Capitol Report: Medicare Open Enrollment
Soon senior citizens across our congressional district will be receiving information about Medicare Open Enrollment. During this two month enrollment period, current Medicare beneficiaries can alter their coverage plans and new beneficiaries can sign up for a Medicare plan for the first time. Medicare Open Enrollment begins October 15th and closes December 7th. During Open Enrollment, beneficiaries will have the opportunity to:
- Change to a Medicare Advantage Plan or select a different plan that better meets your needs;
- Join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan;
- Change your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Open Enrollment is an important time for seniors to make sure they have the Medicare plan that best suits their individual needs. Navigating any federal program can be daunting, and my staff and I are here to assist with this process. By visiting www.medicare.gov or calling 1-800-MEDICARE, you learn about the various plans Medicare offers. Should you encounter difficulties in this process, I encourage you to contact one of my district offices. You may call my Cape Girardeau office at 573-335-0101, Farmington at 573-756-9755, Rolla at 573-364-2455, or West Plains at 417-255-1515.
Our Eighth Congressional District is home to many senior citizens who rely on Medicare for medical and prescription needs. I understand the importance of Medicare in seniors' daily lives, as both of my parents are Medicare recipients. Since my election to Congress, I have worked to keep the promise of Medicare to our seniors. Moving forward, I will continue efforts to improve seniors' access to Medicare and fight any actions to deny care or change benefits for our Greatest Generation.
Seniors who have worked hard their entire lives and paid into Medicare and Social Security deserve the best options possible. Please know that my staff and I are here to help you and we hope you will contact us if we may be of assistance.


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Mountain View High's fourth annual Spartan Turkey Trot is scheduled Thanksgiving morning (Nov. 28) on the school track. Race-day registration opens at 7:30 a.m. The 5K run is slated to start at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K walk at 8:35 a.m. A series of fun runs is planned immediately after the 5Ks: a 60-yard dash, a 400-yard dash and a mile run. The top three finishers in the men's and women's divisions of the 5K run will be awarded home-baked pumpkin pies and a gift certificate for the On Your Mark running store in Los Altos. Registration is $10-$20; proceeds benefit Mountain View's athletic program. To register or for more information, visit mvhsturkeytrot.shutterfly.com.
PONY up for baseball
Los Altos Mountain View PONY Baseball registration has opened for the spring season. The league is for boys and girls ages 5-19. Practice begins in March and the season runs through June. To register and for more information, visit lamvpb.org.
Softball sign-ups
Mountain View-Los Altos Girls Softball is registering players for the spring season. The league is open to girls 5-16. No experience necessary; everyone plays. Clinics are offered to develop skills. To register and for more information, visit mvlags.org.
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The Los Altos-Mountain View PONY Baseball Mavericks, a Cooperstown Club Team for players 12-and-under, has scheduled tryouts 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 7 at Covington School, 201 Covington Road, Los Altos. Registration, required to try out, begins Friday. The team is slated to compete in Cooperstown, N.Y., June 14-20. To register and for more information, visit lamvpb.org.
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Special coaches needed
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Rehabbing Stewart is growing impatient
ANAHEIM -- When Ian Stewart got plunked in his left hand on May 11 and postgame X-rays came back negative, the Angels third baseman figured it'd be a week before the swelling would go down and he'd get back to playing baseball again.
It's been a month.
Stewart -- on the shelf since exiting that game at Rogers Centre -- is still dealing with lingering soreness in his left hand, even though a recent MRI revealed no structural damage. He received two cortisone injections on the hand on Friday, has been taking swings in the cage the last couple of days and is hopeful of taking live batting practice on the field by Saturday -- the final step before restarting his rehab assignment.
Stewart began a rehab assignment on May 25, but left the Triple-A team after two games because his hand was not ready.
"I'm trying to get over that last hump of the soreness, and it's kind of lingering," said Stewart, who was batting .176 with two homers in 24 games before going down. "I tried to push through it the first time, and it probably set me back an extra two weeks. So I'm more just trying to take it a little slower this time so I'm not having to start all over again."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. Matthew DeFranks is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I don't throw much high speed stuff at all so the majority of my bag are what I'd consider fairway drivers...
175 Champ Rhyno, short putts on windy days
174 MVP Soft Ion, my go to putter for everything 30-100 feet.
175 MVP Medium Ion, mainly used for drives on short holes or dead straight tunnel shots between 175-200
176 ESP Buzzz, somewhat beat, basically used for dead straight shots anywhere from 150-300
177 Z Buzzz, brand new, a little more stable if I need it to finish left (RHBH)
179 MVP Vector, new, stable as helll, with moderate wind and can get it out as far as some of my drivers. Love these things.
175 ESP/Flx Drone, short approaches on windy days where I need to get around trees/bushes, rescue shots
These should be pretty self explanatory to anyone on these forums
172 Champ 11x Teebird, beat in to perfection
170 Champ 12x Teebird, new
171 OLD Champ Leopard x-out but still not too beat at all, one of my favorites.
172 Lat. 64 Gold Line Striker, to me flies like a slightly more stable Teebird with a more comfortable grip (for my big ass hands anyway)
166 Lat. 64 Gold Line Striker, will go to this one if the wind is calm or tailwind for bombs
172 Lat. 64 Gold Line River, dead nuts straight if released with just a bit of hyzer, very little fade and will glide FOREVER.
170 Lat. 64 Opto Line Vision, mainly just used as a backhand roller on tight/long tunnels or when I'm tired and don't feel like chucking a fast driver lol
172 Lat. 64 Gold Line Vision, a little more stable, used mainly to hyzer flip to dead straight and count on it not to fade much at all for me
174 Lat. 64 Gold Line Trident, meathook stable, usually only used for skip shots under/around hazards from '150 in
169 Lat. 64 Halo, long smooth hyzers or release it flat and watch it bomb dead nuts straight with a good amount of low speed fade
168 Lat. 64 Havoc, longest driver in my bag, hyzer flipped for wide open fairways and max distance
171 Lat. 64 Flow, big annies and... that's about it.
171 Champ Tim Selinske Katana, basically my other go to bomber that sits right next to my Havoc, just has a bit better grip
173 Champ 11x Firebird, thumbers/spike hyzers
174 Champ first run Ape, only pulled out when the wind gets too heavy for my Lat. stuff.
175 Champ Wraith, forehand bombs, period.
I know that's entirely too many discs and there's gotta be some overlap but I know what each and every disc does for me so I've stuck with this lineup for a couple months now and it's worked beautifully, but like I said any input is appreciated. Feel like the Wraith and Xcal may be overlapping a bit.
Got the new Lat. 64 Bolt (two of them actually lol) auditioning to see where it stands, but field throws are telling me it's pretty damn flippy to be a distance driver. Also testing out the Vibram V.P. and Vibram Summit for putts. So far I love the way the Summit works as a mid/short range driver up to 200'.


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CIVIC chiefs have agreed permission for one of their fellow councillors to build a swimming pool in his back garden.
Cllr Kim Gottlieb submitted plans to develop an outbuilding with solar panels, a walled garden, a swimming pool and to extend the existing greenhouse at his home at Lovington Lane in Avington.
Before a vote was taken, the chairman, Cllr Laurence Ruffell, joked that a site visit was in order.
Cllr Frank Pearson said: "What happens within the walled gardens is going to stay within the walled gardens. I've not known many people object to a swimming pool; it could be good if there was a fire. I don't see any reason why we shouldn't follow the officer's recommendations."
Committee members voted unanimously in favour of the application.


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DANIA BEACH, Fla. - The tree termite has hit South Florida. It's a destructive bug that can cause a lot of damage in a short period of time.
"They can grow from the size of a tennis ball to the size of a watermelon in about a year," said Entomology Professor Barbara Thorne.
The tree termite set up shop at the Fishing Hall of Fame in Dania Beach. One nest contains 180,000bugs. To put that into perspective, that's about the same number of people who live in Ft. Lauderdale.
"I don't think we really understood the gravity of how unique of a problem that we had here. That was a bit of a surprise," said International Gaming Fishing Association President Rob Kramer.
The tiny bugs traveled to Broward County from the Caribbean and their queen can lay 10,000 eggs in just one day.
"The other trick, it can have more than one queen. There can be 10, 20, 30 queens all producing eggs, so that's why it has a fast growth rate -- kind of scary," Thorne said.
Scary may be an understand as crews work to get rid of this pesky critter.
"Hopefully we can make lemonade out of lemons here, learn a little something and help eradicate this problem from all of South Florida," said Kramer.
The game plan is to remove the nests then spray chemicals to make sure the termites don't return.
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The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company was founded in Washington, DC in 1980. Woolly has been known for it's innovative plays. The theater company has taken on the role of "Research and Development" for theater. The Woolly Mammoth Theater Company has shown more experimental plays, and many of them have gone on to over 200 theaters internationally.
Ticket prices vary for each show. However they do offer "pay what you can tickets" on some Monday's and Wednesday's, as well as $15 "stampede seats". Individuals under the age of 25 pay $15 for all performances. Valid ID is required. Please visit the website for additional ticket information, and for a list of current performances .
The Wooly Mammoth Theater Company is accessible by the Archives-Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter metro station serviced by the yellow and green lines. The theater is also accessible by the Gallery Place/Chinatown metro station serviced by the red, yellow and green line.
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THE involvement of Pembrokeshire County Council's monitoring officer in the way a call for the chief executive to stand down failed last month sparked a number of notices of no confidence against him.
An extraordinary meeting on February 14th discussed a Wales Audit Office report declaring pension payments made to the chief executive as unlawful.
Debate on a notice calling for Bryn Parry-Jones to step aside while the matter was investigated descended into farce when it emerged that monitoring officer Laurence Harding had passed press cuttings to Timothy Kerr QC.
Mr Kerr compiled a list from those cuttings of those he felt had potentially predetermined their position when they were surveyed on their opinion on whether Bryn Parry-Jones should resign.
At Thursday's full council meeting there were five notices of no confidence in Mr Harding tabled by Cllrs Phil Baker, Mike Stoddart, Jacob Williams, Tony Brinsden and Jonathan Nutting.
Some of the councillors said they had received incorrect advice from Mr Harding in the past and questioned his impartiality following the 'envelope incident'.
Cllr Stoddart, who said he had emailed back and forth with Mr Harding before being allowed access to information he was entitled to see, added: "That is not the way the monitoring officer should behave, the monitoring officer should be facilitating me accessing the information."
He said monitoring officers are "supposed to be the council's conscience" and the "honest broker that keeps us on the straight and narrow".
There was criticism that the concern of prejudicial predetermined judgements were not brought to the attention of those councillors identified beforehand but rather announced at the February meeting in what was described as an "ambush".
Cllr Williams said:" Mr Harding had every intention of bringing it to our attention but did it in the form of an ambush. As soon as he became aware that members may have predetermined their position his first port of call should have been those councillors not a QC.
"It's a disgrace. He let himself down and this authority."
He added that Mr Kerr's presence during that part of the extraordinary meeting, in his opinion, had been to do with the vote to suspend Mr Bryn-Parry Jones and not to offer advice on the pension legal position.
Council leader Cllr Jamie Adams said as instructing solicitor for the authority to Mr Kerr, Mr Harding had an obligation to pass on any relevant information, adding that a copy of the meeting agenda was also in the envelope.
"The monitoring officer has to be impartial and I truly believe the monitoring officer we have undertakes his role with regards to that. The advice is always based on the quality of question asked of him. I have found Mr Harding to do that to my satisfaction and provide me with sound advice on a personal basis in my role on council."
The vote of no confidence in Mr Harding failed by 20 to 34 with one abstention.


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A PETITION with more than 1,300 signatures has been presented to Hyndburn Council, calling for greater safety measures at the Arndale Centre in Accrington.
Friends of Lauren Johnson, the 17-year-old who died after falling from the town centre building last month, collected the names online and during a town centre rally.
The petition comes as Arndale bosses met with police, council officials and the Samaritans charity to discuss how to prevent further deaths at the Union Street site.
Five people have died in the past five years after falling from the shopping centre's car park.
The petition, started by Accrington woman Sarah Clitheroe, was addressed to the Arndale's owners, Jesta Capital, and called for an end to all public access of the building's roof.
It read: "It is becoming a hotspot of recent years and removing access will not stop people's choices, but will give them one less place to think about doing it."
Coun Malcolm Pritchard, UKIP member for Milshaw, handed in the petition at a full meeting of Hyndburn Council.
He said: "The names on there were split between about 900 online signatures and almost 500 which were collected in the town centre when they held a march."
Council leader Miles Parkinson, who attended the safety meeting, said the talks were 'positive'.
He added: "It was a productive meeting and we've spoken about how the Arndale and the Samaritans can work together going forward.
"Suicide is sadly always going to happen, but we need to ensure that people know the support organisations are there for them to talk to."
Michael Pope, Lauren's friend, hopes to set up a charity in her memory called Lauren's Place, to create a safe haven for young people with mental health issues in Accrington.
The roof has been closed indefinitely since Lauren, of Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle, died on June 5, while the Arndale carries out a safety review.


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Alton Brown's Broiled, Butterflied Chicken
In case you can't tell, I'm more of a baker than a cook. There's just something about the scientific, meticulous nature of baking that I love. So more often than not, Hubby cooks. Don't get me wrong, I can definitely feed us when Hubby doesn't want to, but if I had to choose, I'd choose baking over cooking any day of the week.
Hubby likes to tackle new recipes that he's never tried before. And one place he likes to find these recipes is the Good Eats cookbook that Alton Brown autographed for us last year. One recipe that caught Hubbies eye was this broiled, butterflied whole chicken.
This chicken has become a go-to recipe to make when we're having people over for dinner. It always turns out extremely moist and it's SO SIMPLE! It also feeds 4 people which is perfect for entertaining another couple.
One Year Ago: The kickoff of our Kitchen Renovation!
Broiled, Butterflied Chicken
Yield: 4
1/2 tsp black peppercorns
4 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 lemon, zested
Extra virgin olive oil
Onions, carrots and celery cut into 3 to 4-inch pieces
3 to 4-pound broiler/fryer chicken
1 cup red wine
8 ounces chicken stock
2 to 3 sprigs thyme
Canola oil
Position the oven rack 8 inches from the flame/coil and turn broiler to high. Crack peppercorns with a mortar and pestle until coarsely ground. Add garlic and salt and work well. Add lemon zest and work just until you can smell lemon. Add just enough oil to form a paste.
Cut vegetables into pieces and place in a deep roasting pan.
Place chicken on a plastic cutting board breast-side down. Using kitchen shears, cut ribs down one side of back bone and then the other and remove (Watching the episode or looking at the pictures in the book was really helpful for this part). Open chicken like a book and remove the keel bone separating the breast halves by slicing through the thin membrane covering it, then by placing two fingers underneath the bone and levering it out. Turn chicken breast-side up and spread out like a butterfly by pressing down on the breast and pulling the legs towards you. Loosen the skin at the neck and the edges of the thighs. Evenly distribute the garlic mixture under the skin, saving 2 teaspoons for the jus. Drizzle the skin with oil and rub in, being sure to cover the bird evenly. Drizzle oil on bone side of chicken as well.
Arrange bird in roasting pan, breast up, atop vegetables.
Place pan in oven being sure to leave the oven door ajar. Check bird in 10 minutes. If the skin is a dark mahogany, hold the drumstick ends with paper towels and flip bone-side up. Cook 12 to 15 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Juices must run clear. Remove and place chicken into a deep bowl and cover loosely with foil.
Tilt pan so that any fat will pool at corner. Siphon this off with a bulb baster. Set pan over 2 burners set on high. Deglaze pan with a few shots of red wine and scrape brown bits from bottom using a carrot chunk held with tongs. Add chicken stock, thyme, the remaining garlic paste and reduce briefly to make a jus. Strain out vegetables and discard. Slice chicken onto plates or serve in quarters. Sauce lightly with jus and serve.
Recipe from Alton Brown
5 Responses to "Alton Brown's Broiled, Butterflied Chicken"
Yum, it looks fantastic. My DH loves AB, too. Guess I'll be looking over my book again, it's so big that sometimes I forget what recipes are in there. Thanks for the reminder. 😉
This does sound simple and delicious. I was watching an old episode of Barefoot Contessa and she showed how to butterfly a chicken and grill it. All these yummy butterlied chicken ideas coming my way. Maybe it's a sign I should make it very soon 🙂
Butterflying is easy and awesome. Highly recommended….
I have yet to butterfly a chicken but I really should try it – I hear it is great for grilling or pan roasting quickly too!
Yum! I love Alton Brown! I've just finished tagging one of his cookbooks. Every page has a flag on it =D


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It's The Family FeudLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
On a certain game show, five families were asked to match famous names to faces they were shown, and each correct guess got one point. The families made the following guesses (in order):
The Addams' guessed Otto, Roebling, Steinmetz, Tesla, and Westinghouse.
The Bunkers guessed Tesla, Westinghouse, Otto, Steinmetz, and Roebling.
The Cunninghams guessed Roebling, Tesla, Steinmetz, Westinghouse, and Otto.
The Flintstones guessed Tesla, Roebling, Otto, Steinmetz, and Westinghouse.
The Jetsons guessed Tesla, Westinghouse, Steinmetz, Otto, and Roebling.
No two families got the same number of points. Which family walked home with the grand prize?
HintThere is no way for a family to get only four points, since if they matched four correctly, the last one *has* to be correct as well. The only possible point totals, therefore, are 0, 1, 2, 3, and 5. That's five totals and five families...
AnswerYou can assume that one family got all 5 correct (from the hint if you didn't know that), and as such, you can choose a family to have the perfect score. Then compare their answers with the other families, and find out how the other families did. If there are any duplicate point totals, that can't be the correct perfect total family, and you move to the next.
The correct order was Tesla, Roebling, Otto, Steinmetz, and Westinghouse. The totals for each family are
Addams = 2 (no thanks to Lurch)
Bunkers = 3 (you meathead!)
Cunninghams = 0 (the Fonz was not allowed to play)
Flintstones = 5
Jetsons = 1 (c'mon George, get off that broken treadmill)
and the Flintstones won a trip to the nearest tar pit.
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text: Given any three positive integers a,b,c such that the product of any two is one less than an integer squared, i.e., ab+1 = x^2 ac+1 = y^2 bc+1 = z^2 we seek a fourth positive integer d such that its product with any of the first three is also one less than a square, i.e., ad+1 = w^2 bd+1 = u^2 cd+1 = v^2 This is an old and very interesting problem. According to Dickson's "History of the Theory of Numbers", the ancient Greek mathematician Diophantus attacked the problem (in rational numbers) by taking x, x+2, 4x+4 as the first three numbers, and (3x+1)^2 - 1 as the product of the first and fourth. Thus the fourth is 9x+6. The product of the 2nd and 4th increased by unity is 9x^2 + 24x + 13. Setting this equal to (3x-4)^2, he solved for x=1/16. Fermat started with the three integers 1,3,8, and then the 4th number, x, must make each of x+1, 3x+1, 8x+1 square. He solved this "triple equation" for x=120. Euler gave the parametric solution a b c = a+b+2k d = 4k(a+k)(b+k) where k^2 = ab+1. He then extended this to FIVE numbers, finding that if we set 4r + 2u(1+s) x = ------------ (s-1)^2 where u = a+b+c+d r = abc+abd+acd+bcd s = abcd then each of the numbers 1+ax, 1+bx, 1+cx, 1+dx is a rational square. He derived this from the fact that if each of these is a square, then their product is also a square, i.e., y^2 = (1+ax)(1+bx)(1+cx)(1+dx) = 1 + ux + vx^2 + rx^3 + sx^4 where v=(ab+ac+ad+bc+bd+cd). (See Dickson, page 517 for the full derivation.) For example, this gives the five numbers 1 3 8 120 777480 / 2879^2 Another approach to this problem, suggested by Peter Montgomery based on the solution of Arkin, Hoggatt, and Strauss, is to begin with the familiar example a=1, b=3, c=8, d=120 and its permutations ab+1 = 2^2 cd+1 = 31^2 (2)(31) = 62 ac+1 = 3^3 bd+1 = 19^2 (3)(19) = 57 bc+1 = 5^2 ad+1 = 11^2 (5)(11) = 55 and then observe that the products 62, 57, 55 are c+54, b+54, and a+54. Also, negating one of the square roots (say replacing 19 by -19) we get 62, -57, 55, which are 63-a, 63-d, and 63-c. This suggests looking for a value of t such that (a+t)^2 = (ad+1)(bc+1) (b+t)^2 = (bd+1)(ac+1) (c+t)^2 = (cd+1)(ab+1) Subtract two equations (to eliminate the t^2 term) and solve for d = a+b+c+2t Plug this into any one of the three equations to get a quadratic whose solution is t = abc +- sqrt((ab+1)(ac+1)(bc+1)) Dan Cass applied Fermat's method to the triple a=6, b=8, c=28, which means we want to make each of 6d+1 8d+1 28d+1 a square. Now 6d+1 is square exactly for d = 2p*(3p+-1), and 8d+1 is square exactly for d = q*(2q+-1), and finally 28d+1 is square exactly for d = r*(7r+-1). So to find d we need "only" find p,q,r such that the following "triple equation" holds: 2p(3p+-1) = q(2q+-1) = r(7r+-1) with one of the 8 possible choices of +- sign. Richard Pinch noted that this triple equation reduces to the pair of simultenaeous Pellians 4x^2 - 3y^2 = 1 7x^2 - 3z^2 = 4 where x = 6p +- 1 y = 4q +- 1 z = 14r +- 1 Pinch also noted that Baker's method shows that any solution has log(x) < 63.1. Using a "seiving technique", it can then be shown that the only solutions are x = 1, y = 1, z = 1. Jim Buddenhagen noted a connection to elliptic curves: If 6d+1, 8d+1, and 28d+1 are squares so is their product, so we have the elliptic curve y^2=(6d+1)(8d+1)(28d+1) The point P=(0,1) is on the curve and can be used via the standard chord/tangent method to get new points 2P, 3P, 4P, ... , where now d is rational. This curve happens to be rank 1, and the point P is a generator. Furthermore, the points P, 3P, 5P, 7P, ... each have "d" coordinate making each of 6d+1, 8d+1, 28d+1 a rational square. He then notes that 3P is an integer point with d-coordinate 5460. With this value of d we get 6d+1=181^2, 8d+1=209^2, 28d+1=391^2. In the general case, y^2=(ad+1)(bd+1)(cd+1), d and y variables. The point P(0,1) is usually of infinite order (see Don Zagier's survey paper on elliptic curves in Jbr. d. Dt. Math.-Verein vol 92(1990)58-76 for the exceptions). The point 3P is now has 8(a-b-c)(a+b-c)(a-b+c) d = --------------------------- (a^2+b^2+c^2-2ab-2ac-2bc)^2 which, if it is an integer (which is often the case) solves the problem and in this case seems to coincide with Peter Montgomery's solution. Cass then asked: Given that ab+1=r^2, ac+1=s^2, bc+1=t^2 (all integers), under what circumstances (conditions on a,b,c) is d given by the above formula an integer? And if it is an integer, is it necessarily equal to a+b+c+2abc+2rst ? (This was Montogmery's solution, where the sign in front of 2rst could also be negative). We observe that the great majority of triples (a,b,c) for which ab+1, ac+1, and bc+1 are squares are evidently given by the two-parameter family a = n b = q(qn+2) c = (q+1)[(q+1)n + 2] where n is an integer and q is any rational number such that b and c are integers. This solution was given by N. Saunderson in 1740. (In nearly the only personal comment of the entire 3-volume History, Dickson notes parenthetically that Saunderson was blind from infancy.) For these triples we have ab + 1 = [ qn + 1 ]^2 ac + 1 = [ (q+1)n + 1 ]^2 bc + 1 = [ q(q+1)n + 2q + 1 ]^2 In general, for any triple a,b,c the two values of d given by Montgomery's solution satisfy d+d' = 4abc+2(a+b+c). However, for Saunderson's family of triples we always have d'=0, so the only non-trivial value of d is 4abc+2(a+b+c). Substituting the values of a,b,c gives d = 4(nq+1)(nq+n+1)(nq^2+2q+nq+1) so this is the 4th component of a Saunderson 4-tuple. Of course, there are many "exceptional" triples a,b,c that are not in Saunderson's family. Here are some examples: (1,3,120) (2,4,420) (3,5,1008) (4,6,1980) (1,3,1680) (2,12,420) (3,8,120) (4,12,420) (1,8,120) (2,12,2380) (3,8,2080) (4,20,1980) (1,8,528) (2,24,2380) (3,16,1008) etc... These triples have two non-zero d values, and are the triples for which Buddenhagen's solution is not an integer. In trying to find a simple parameterization of these "exceptional" triples, we came across this simple 1-parameter family of solution 4-tuples a = n - 1 b = n + 1 c = 4n d = 4n(4n^2 - 1) such that any product of 2 is one less than a square. In general, 3-tuples such as a,b,d of this form do not satisfy the condition [(a+b+d)/2]^2 - 1 = (ab+ad+bd) so these are among the "exceptional" 3-tuples. Buddenhagen then took {a,b,d} of a Saunderson 4-tuple, which is an "exceptional" triple, and determined the two possible "completions" from Montgomery's solution. Of course, one is just c from the original Saunderson 4-tuple, but the other is d', giving the family a = n b = m(mn+2) c = 4(mn+1)(mn+n+1)(m(mn+n+2)+1) d'= (2mn+1)(2mn+3)(m(2mn+2n+3)+1)(mn(2mn+2n+5)+3n+2) for which the product of any two is 1 less than a square. Phil Gibbs commented that Saunderson's parameterisation is equivalent to the class of triples (a,b,c) which are the positive integer solutions of the equation: a^2 + b^2 + c^2 - 2ab - 2ac - 2bc = 4 (0) and he pointed out a simple geometric construction of this class of triplets (not surprising, considering the similarity of these formulas with Heron's formula for the area of a triangle). Suppose we have a triangle in a plane whose vertices fall on lattice points with integer values, and the area of that triangle is exactly one. Recall that the area of a triangle with vertices (x1,y1), (x2,y2), and (x3,y3) is (x1 y2 - x2 y1) + (x2 y3 - x3 y2) + (x3 y1 - x1 y3) A = --------------------------------------------------- 2 Now let a, b, and c denote the products of the components of the three edge vectors, i.e., a = (x2-x1)(y2-y1) b = (x3-x1)(y3-y1) c = (x3-x2)(y3-y2) Then by simple algebra we find that a^2 + b^2 + c^2 - 2ab - 2ac - 2bc = (2A)^2 and therefore equation (0) is satisfied for a triangle of unit area. As an example, consider the triangle XYZ where X = (0,0) Y = (2,4) Z = (5,11) and form the edge vectors Y-X = (2,4) Z-X = (5,11) Z-Y = (3,7) Multiplying together the coordinates of each vector, we get 8 = (2)(4) 55 = (5)(11) 21 = (3)(7) which is a triplet. But we know that equation (0) does not fully characterize solution triples, because there exist solution triples that do not satisfy it. Notice that (0) can also be written in the form (a + b + c)^2 - 4(ab + ac + bc) = 4 More generally, I conjectured that the integers a,b,c constitute a solution triple if and only if there exists an integer d such that (a + b + c)^2 - 4(ab + ac + bc) = 4 - 2d(2abc+a+b+c) - d^2 With d = 0 this gives the non-exceptional triples, but EVERY triple satisfies this equation for some integer d. This is algebraically equivalent to the relation (2abc+a+b+c-d)^2 = 4(ab+1)(ac+1)(bc+1) for some integer d, so the conjecture amounts to the assertion that a,b,c is a solution triple if and only if the product (ab+1)(ac+1)(bc+1) is a square. Phil Gibbs give a nice proof of this fact by a descent argument. From the fact that the product is a square, we know there is an integer d defined by __________________ d = 2abc + a + b + c + 2 /(ab+1)(ac+1)(bc+1) We can write the original relation in a more explicitly symmetrical form by expanding each product and simplifying, leading to the "4-tuple equation" a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + d^2 - 2(ab+bc+ac+ad+bd+cd) - 4abcd - 4 = 0 which can also be written in the form (a+b-c-d)^2 = 4(ab+1)(cd+1) (It's interesting to compare this with Cayley's generalized determinant for 2x2x2 matrices.) Notice that this is symmetrical under any permutation of the four numbers a,b,c,d. This equation can also be written explicitly as a quadratic in any of the variables. For example, it can be written as a quadratic in d as d^2 - 2(a+b+c+2abc)d + [a^2 + b^2 + c^2 - 4 - 2(ab+bc+ac)] = 0 This makes it clear that, for any given values of a,b,c, there are two values of d that satisfy this quadratic. We will call these two roots d and d', and we note that d + d' = 2(a+b+c+2abc). Now suppose we have a solution {a,b,c,d} of this equation in positive integers, with the values arranged in non-decreasing order. We can generate 4 other solutions in integers by substituting the conjugate root for any of the four variables. For example, we can replace d, which we take to be the largest of the four integers, by d' = 4abc + 2a + 2b + 2c - d We know that d and d' are distinct, because (d'-d)^2 = 16(ab+1)(bc+1)(ac+1) which is not zero. It is possible, however, that d' might be negative, but in that case the system would de-generate into one of just two possible sets of numbers. We know d' satisfies ( a + b - c - d' )^2 = 4(ab+1)(cd'+1) The left side is positive so the right side must also be positive, and we know ab+1 is positive so cd' must be no less than -1, which implies that either c = 0 or cd' = -1. If cd' = -1 then d'=-1, c=1 and a = b = 0. On the other hand, if d' is not equal to -1, then c=0, similarly a=b=0 then d' = -2. Hence there are exactly two solutions in integers for which a,b,c are non-negative and d is negative, namely {0,0,0,-2} and {0,0,1,-1}. Next we can show that when we replace d by d', d' is less than c dd' = (c - a - b)^2 - 4(ab+1) < c^2 ( given that c >= b >= a >= 0) so d >= c => d' < c. Now we have done enough to show that given a solution { a,b,c,d } we can repeatedly substitude the greatest of the four numbers by its other root giving a smaller solution each time until we get down to one of the two solutions where one of the four numbers is negative, i.e., {0,0,0,-2} or {0,0,1,-1}. These two solutions certainly have the property that the product of any two is one less than a square. To complete the proof we need to show that { a,b,c,d } has the property that the product of any two is one less than a square if the same is true for { a,b,c,d' }. This is easy to get from ( a + b - c - d )^2 = 4(ab+1)(cd+1) and the similar equations with a,b,c permuted, which completes the proof. (Incidentally, Kiran Kedlaya published an article in the Feb 98 issue of Mathematics Magazine, and the main result is this proposition.) Gibbs conjectures that ALL 4-tuples are solutions of the "4-tuple" equation, which can be written in any of the three equivalent forms [(a+b)-(c+d)]^2 = 4(ab+1)(cd+1) [(a+c)-(b+d)]^2 = 4(ac+1)(bd+1) [(a+d)-(b+c)]^2 = 4(ad+1)(bc+1) We also note that if we set A=sqrt(a), B=sqrt(b) and C=sqrt(c), then the symmetrical expression for non-exceptional 3-tuples a^2 + b^2 + c^2 - 2ab - 2ac - 2bc = 4 has the Heronian factorization (A+B+C)(A+B-C)(A-B+C)(-A+B+C) = 4 and similarly the symmetrical expression for 4-tuples can be written in either of the forms -(A+B+C-D)(A+B-C+D)(A-B+C+D)(-A+B+C+D) = 4(1-ABCD)^2 (A+B-C-D)(A-B-C+D)(A+B-C-D)(A+B+C+D) = 4(1+ABCD)^2 where D = sqrt(d). This relates to the area of a quadralateral, just as the previous expression relates to the area of a triangle. In both cases we have a product of four factors equal to a square. We also observe that Saunderson triples {a,b,c} with a < b < c we have a = y - x b = z - x c = y + z which follows from the general formula y^2 - 1 z^2 - 1 a = --------- b = ---------- c c Since ab = x^2 - 1 we have (cx)^2 - c^2 = (yz+1)^2 - (y+z)^2 so obviously we have a solution by setting cx = (yz+1) and c = (y+z). Thus, for any rational values of y and z this construction gives a rational solution triple (a,b,c) with x = (yz+1)/(y+z). This is an integer solution if and only if y and z are integers such that (y+z) divides (yz+1). Of course, we can also have solutions that don't require c = y+z. For the general rational solution we only require that c be rational for any y and z such that ab+1 is a rational square. Thus, ALL rational solutions are given by the following 3-parameter family for any rational values of y, z, and q: a = (y^2 - 1)/c b = (z^2 - 1 )/c c = [ (y^2-1)(z^2-1) - q^2 ] / (2q) These formulas were found by Euler. From this it follows that, as noted above, given any three integers {a,b,c}, the product of any two of them is 1 less than a square if and only if the quantity (abc)(abc+a+b+c) + (ab+ac+bc) (1) is also 1 less than a square. Again, we note that this is equivalent to the statement that there is an integer m such that (a+b+c)^2 - 4(ab+ac+bc) = 4 - m^2 + 2m(2abc+a+b+c) (2) With m=0 this gives the "non-exceptional" triples. In view of this, it's interesting to review the conditions for sets of k integers such that the product of any two is 1 less than a sqaure. In the simplest case, k=2, we seek pairs of integers {a,b} for which: ab = n^2 - 1 = (n-1)(n+1) (3) The most obvious family of solutions is given by setting a=(n-1) and b=(n+1) or, equivalently, |b-a| = 2. Squaring this gives the condition (a+b)^2 - 4(ab) = 4 (4) so these might be called the "non-exceptional" doubles. Of course, this does not cover all doubles, because the quantity (n-1)(n+1) can have other factorizations besides the algebraic one. Proceding to triples {a,b,c}, we've seen that a large family of triples (the "non-exceptional" ones) are given by (a+b+c)^2 - 4(ab+ac+bc) = 4 (5) but again this does not cover all possible triples. Going on to 4-tuples, we have Gibbs' interesting conjecture that (a+b+c+d)^2 - 4(ab+ac+ad+bc+bd+cd) - 4(abcd) = 4 covers all possible 4-tuples. (Bear in mind that with d=0 this reduces to (5), which is the equation for non-exceptional triples, so we can't simply combine an exceptional triple with d=0 to give a 4-tuple that violates this equation.) On a related question, Gibbs asks if it's true that given any four integers {a,b,c,d} the product of any two of them plus 1 is a square if and only if the quantity (ab+1)(ac+1)(bc+1)(ad+1)(bd+1)(cd+1) is a square? Montgomery replied that the answer is no. For example, let a = b = c = d. Or let a = 1, c = b, d = b^2, with b arbitrary. Here are some solutions (a, b, c, d, x) where a < b < c < d < 100 and x < 2^31 (x is the square root of the big product): 1 3 13 23 33600 1 5 11 19 40320 2 16 33 46 11035101 5 11 46 49 44324280 We may also consider a different generalization; given any four integers {a,b,c,d}, is it true that the quantity (abc+1)(abd+1)(acd+1)(bcd+1) is a square iff (abc+1), (abd+1), (acd+1), and (bcd+1) are each squares? There are certainly 4-tuples of this kind. Two examples are {1,5,7,24} and {2,4,15,28}. Notice that if this construction is extrapolated in reverse, it would lead to the conjecture that (a+1)(b+1) is a square iff (a+1) and (b+1) are each squares, which is obviously false. So, in an effort to devise a fully general proposition, we conjecture that, given any n positive integers x1,x2,...,xn, the quantity n / Q \ PROD ( ----- + 1 ) where Q = (x1)(x2)...(xn) i=1 \ xi / is a (n-1)th power iff each of the n factors (Q/xi)+1 is a (n-1)th power. This is trivially true for n=2, and it certainly seems to be true for n=3. Incidentally, triples {a,b,c} such that ab+1 = 2x^2 ac+1 = 2y^2 bc+1 = 2z^2 seem to be much more rare than the simple square triples. The only known example in integers greater than 1 is a=49, b=79, c=943. It is evidently possible for the product (ab+1)(ac+1)(bc+1) to be of the form 2m^2 while the individual factors are not.


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We've already waxed poetic about Louie and Ernie's, a Bronx institution of the very old school variety, extensively over on Slice. Solidly on the list of Adam Kuban's "Great 8" list of New York slices, L&E's is so much a part of the community's fabric that the street corner the store occupies ("Ernie Ottuso Square") was renamed after an original owner.
Here there are no "artisan" pretensions—just a refusal to give in to leftover dough. That is to say, there is no slice left behind. Our past coverage has been justifiably focused on the white pie with sausage and onions. But less has been said around these parts about their fried calzones.
The calzones ($3 to $4.50) are offered both baked and fried, the fillings determined by the cooking style. Inside one of the baked calzones you might find chicken parmigiana, whereas the fried fellows stick strictly to ricotta. And there's a ton of that good stuff inside them: cut the golden crust with a knife and you'll prompt a flood of pillowy cheese to ooze out.
The ricotta serves as the appropriate counterpoint to the crunchy shell; a cheese with more body and fat, like mozzarella, would bog it all down. When ordering, keep it simple and skip the ham combo: those infrequent slivers of meat go largely unnoticed, both in flavor and texture.
The fried calzones here are not the pizza's equal, and it would be an error to not take advantage of what they do best at Louie and Ernie's—that almost unequaled classic white slice. But on a cold winter day, when you want more than just one slice but aren't hankering for a whole pie, the fried calzones are your savior. Just enough to satisfy, and not too oily too boot.
Louie and Ernie's
1300 Crosby Avenue Bronx, NY 10461 (map)
About the author: Chris Crowley is the author of the Bronx Eats column. Follow him on Twitter, or contact him directly at chris.e.crowley [at] gmail.com. In person, your best bet is the window seat at Neerob, or waiting in line at the Lechonera La Piranha trailer.