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EVERETT — In more than 20 years on the job, the Everett police sergeant never had encountered a burglary scene quite like the one left behind at historic Normanna Hall in early January.
Whoever was responsible took their time in the brick building where Scandinavian heritage has been celebrated for more than 60 years.
It was callous. The contents on shelves and desktops were dumped and strewn. Drawers were emptied, doors kicked in, cabinets pried open. All was left in disarray.
"The mess made the floor completely covered and they were piled so high it was difficult to walk," an Everett detective wrote in a search warrant.
It's still hard for Normanna Lodge No. 3 president JoAnn Molver to comprehend. Why, she wonders, would anyone want to hurt a nonprofit organization that's best known in many circles for its monthly pancake breakfast fundraiser?
"It just breaks your heart," she said. "They went through every nook and cranny. It was very malicious."
A paltry sum was stolen from a change dispenser. That much was obvious. It proved harder to tell what else might be missing because of the enormous mess.
Two other burglaries in downtown Everett mirrored the first.
On Jan. 25, the Big Apple Casino on Everett Avenue was ransacked. A cash register and betting machines were broken into. At least $1,200 was stolen. Again, paperwork was tossed like rubbish.
Three days later, police were called to the Central Lutheran Church at 2702 Rockefeller Ave. to look for clues after another break-in.
"It's a sense of violation," The Rev. Jeff Russell said. "The police were kind of astonished by the mess."
What bothered Russell the most was what happened to the contents of one of the drawers in his office. It contained 25 years' worth of notes he'd taken from family members who had lost moms and dads, sisters and brothers. All those papers were tossed across the floor.
"It is very personal when you are walking a family through the death of a loved one," he said. "It just felt like stepping on those people and that work."
Detectives believe the burglar must have spent considerable time inside the church because a heavy-duty safe was forced open. The thief didn't get much before leaving the building in shambles.
Parishioners offered a prayer for whoever was responsible.
Everett police now believe they have caught the culprit.
A detective and officer with the department's burglary reduction team spotted an Everett man, 47, in front of a church in the 2600 block of Lombard Avenue the night after the Central Lutheran Church break-in. The man wore dark clothing and gloves and was carrying a bag. When they stopped and tried to talk to him, the man ran before he was nabbed.
It turned out he had a long criminal record and multiple warrants out for his arrest.
Inside his bag, police found the deed, title and several other old documents from the church as well items missing from the casino. Police also found two bags containing methamphetamine.
The suspect has eight felony convictions dating back to a first-degree robbery in Snohomish County from 1988. He's also been convicted of more than two dozen misdemeanors.
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After seven days of battle and mop-up efforts, firefighters from around Mendocino County were finally able to leave the site of the Flynn Creek wildfire Monday evening, Oct. 8.
Firefighters first responded to the wildfire off Flynn Creek Road in Comptche around 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1,
At its peak, the wildfire spread to 200 acres; one residence and nine outbuildings were destroyed.
CAL FIRE firefighters fought round the clock with the aid of Comptche, Anderson Valley, Mendocino and Albion-Little River volunteer fire departments, Mendocino County Sheriffs Office, California Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation and a Ukiah Ambulance on stand-by.
By Friday, CAL FIRE had the wildfire 100 percent "contained' and 100 percent "controlled' by Monday.
"Containment is when the fire is surrounded on all sides by some kind of boundary, but is still burning and has the potential to jump a boundary line," explained Julie Cooley, information officer for the CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit and Fire Prevention Specialist. "The boundary may be a "fire line,' which is a strip of area where the vegetation has been removed to deny the fire fuel, a river, a freeway, or some other barrier which is expected to stop the fire.
"Hoselines from fire engines may also contribute to a fire being surrounded and contained.
"Controlled is when there is no further threat of [the fire] jumping a containment line. While crews continue to do mop-up work within the fire lines, the fire fight is over."
Over the course of fighting this wildfire, 47 fire engines, 31 fire crews, five bull dozers, 796 personnel (including firefighters), six air tankers, and three helicopters were used to help contain, then control, the progress of the fire.
One firefighter sustained a minor laceration to the hand and is doing fine now.
"Mop-up' continued through the weekend, until the last of the firefighting resources left the area Monday evening.

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Vocal quartet OC Times will open the 2013-2014 Saint Vincent College Concert Series at 8 p.m. Saturday, September 7 in the Robert S. Carey Student Center Performing Arts Center.
Winner of the 2008 Barbershop Harmony Society's International Quartet Championship, OC Times members include Shawn York, tenor; Sean Devine, lead; Pat Claypool, baritone; and Cory Hunt, bass.
Inspired by artists like Michael Bublé, Frank Sinatra and Elvis, OC Times breathes new life into swing standards, rock and roll classics and favorites from a variety of other genres. They take barbershop harmony back to where it started over a century ago: pop-culture. They have been featured in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Saturday Evening Post and SPIN magazine. The quartet is also featured prominently in a documentary film entitled "American Harmony."
Their first studio album, "Let's Fly" (2007), received critical acclaim and won the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards for both Best Barbershop Album and Best Barbershop Song.
OC Times has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, as well as in Japan and New Zealand, and they have performed in such prestigious venues as Los Angeles' Disney Concert Hall and New York's Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center. Their website, is www.octimesquartet.com.
Admission is $25 for adults and $15 for non-Saint Vincent students. Tickets may be purchased online at http://concertseries.stvincent.edu, by calling 724 805-2565, or at the door on concert evenings.
Season tickets, flex passes, and group rates are also available.
A dinner concert package, A Classic Evening at Saint Vincent, is offered for $25 per person with advance reservations.
Continuing this season is a complimentary shuttle service between the parking areas and the performing arts center.
Upcoming concerts in the series include Ji-Yong, piano, Saturday, Oct. 5; Parker String Quartet, Saturday, Nov. 2; Eugenia Zukerman, flute, Saturday, Nov. 23; Julia Bullock, soprano, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014; Manhattan Piano Trio, Saturday, Feb. 22; Mayuko Kamio, violin, Saturday, March 29; and Kinan Azmeh's City Band, Saturday, April 26.


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A joint UNITAR/ANT-Hiroshima Initiative
Green Legacy Hiroshima has been established to safeguard and spread worldwide the seeds and saplings of Hiroshima's A-Bomb survivor trees. It is hoped that many partners will join this initiative and become active ambassadors in their countries of Hiroshima, its peace message and its green legacy.
Download the 2016-2017 list of available species for seed distribution (PDF, 299KB)
November/December 2016
New seed-picking season with GLH family in Hiroshima (Camphor, Persimmon, Kurogane holly, from trees at Hiroshima Castle and on Peace Avenue).
A-Bombed Trees in Hiroshima | Trees around the World | About us | Media | Archived News
Introduction to Green Legacy Hiroshima video
English/Japanese sub-titles | Japanese version (日本語版) | Spanish version (version en español)
Symbol mark
Symbol mark for all Atomic-bombed Trees and their descendants around the world. GLH encourages all its partners to use this symbol mark when creating plaques for their trees.
Font and Colour Guidelines
Font: Adobe Garamond Pro Regular
Colour: Green CMYK Color: C50+Y100+BL25 | Green RGB Color: R131+G155+B44
About the design
The GLH logo and symbol mark were designed and gifted to GLH by Mr. Atsushi Seo.
Mr. Seo is creative director of the market design division of Hakuhodo advertising company in Hiroshima. He has been the winner of numerous awards, including the Asahi Award and the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association Award.
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June 2017
Los Alamos History Museum
In June 2017 the Los Alamos History Museum received from GLH and the Hiroshima Botanical Garden four varieties of second generation, atomic bomb tree seeds—camphor, ginkgo, holly, and persimmon. With help from staff master gardeners and Los Alamos County Parks Department, the museum will be cultivating these historic trees for future planting on the museum campus.
Mr. McCue, the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and one of the most active and committed partners of Green Legacy Hiroshima continues his campaign on behalf of Hiroshima's trees.
Leiden Botanical Garden
Raised from seed under the able care of GLH partner Thierry Hogan in France, a beautiful Ginkgo biloba (photos below) was sent to the historical Leiden Botanical Garden, in the Netherlands. A special thanks to Shuhei Nishiyama, former UNITAR intern, to Dr. Rinny Kooi of Leiden and to Marty Friedriksen and friends, all of whom rallied to get this Ginkgo safely to destination. Dr. Siebold's spirit will be pleased.
April 2017
From our tireless friend in Italy, the ever-present Tiziana Volta
'In this very critical moment a little Hope of Peace..two seeds of ginkgo biloba (A-bombed tree from Hiroshima) are growing..
A warm hug
March 2017
Kutaisi Botanical Garden, Georgia
Safe arrival of seeds in Kutaisi, Georgia, one of GLH's newest partners.
Tehran National Botanical Garden, Iran
Perseverance of GLH partners at the Tehran Peace Museum and the Hiroshima Botanical Garden bears fruit…the Ginkgo survived the severe winter weather of Tehran, thank you everyone for never giving up!
January 2017
Asia Pacific University, Japan
Students of Biodiversity course and Environmental Chemistry course got together in front of Hibaku Sakura.
Mizuho Town, Japan
Kurogane holly growing strongly even though it got half-buried by snow.
Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Little Ginkgo biloba looks frail but is actually doing very well, relieved that long drought over, California drenched in much-needed rain these days!
Hanson, Massachusetts, USA
Thanks to the wonderfully tireless GLH partner Michael McCue, the new year message of Green Legacy Hiroshima published in local newspaper.
(click on the newspaper to see a PDF version, 113 KB)
December 2016
Indian Head School in Hanson, MA, U.S.A
Ginkgo germinated successfully at Indian Head School in Hanson, introduced by Michael McCue san.
November 2016
Tehran Peace Museum, Iran
Ginkgo seedlings in 3rd trial, thus far success!
Kirstenboch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
Public planting of Kurogane mochi (after Ginkgo), next plantings for Kaki and Kusunoki.
Kirstenboch Botanical Garden becomes a hub of activity around first batch of seeds sent in 2012 and now grown.
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Municipality of Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland
Plaque with symbol mark established.
Harry S. Truman Library, the U.S.A
The camellia finally flowered.
Town of Avon & Rochester, the U.S.A
Three new ginkgo germinated.
Bourbon Co., Ltd, Japan
Ginkgo preparing for the winter.
Australian National University
First spring for the little Ginkgo.
Concordia University, Canada
Sole Ginkgo which survived out of seeds received.
October 2016
United Nations European Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
On 3 October 2016, Gingko sapling was planted by UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on the grounds of Ariana Park, at the UN in Geneva. GLH master-gardener Chikara Horiguchi represented us at the ceremony.
California, U.S.A.
The camphor tree at the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego and the Gingko at UCLA are growing firmly. GLH co-founders accompanied by Keiko Ogura, a Hiroshima survivor, visited the trees. Another Ginkgo was also taken to Pomona College in California and planted on its grounds.
World Without War and Violence, Italy.
Thanks to Tiziana Volta, the dedicated and creative GLH partner in Italy, the Forum of Peace and Nonviolence featured the work of GLH. A similar event is scheduled for 2017.
September 2016
ICRC, Switzerland
The Gingko at ICRC headquarters, growing stronger and stronger.
Saint Anselm College and Tufts University, U.S.A.
Thanks to the untiring efforts of GLH partner Mike McCue-san, Gingko saplings were planted at Saint Anselm College and on the grounds of Tufts University.
University Icesi, Columbia
The Camphor on campus now a tall and strong tree!
Vilnius University Botanical Garden, Lithuania
Saplings growing well, now about 50–60 cm high.
City of Linkoping, Sweden
Ginkgo saplings prospering.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College, U.S.A.
Though many seeds did not survive, two of the Ginkgo are persevering!
Botanical Garden of Moscow State University, Russia
Ginkgo saplings have adapted to their beautiful new home in Moscow and growing well. The Jujube and Kurogane Holly still shy….
August 2016
Tokushima UNESCO Association, Japan
A team of students of Tokushima High School of Science visited Hiroshima on the 18th, were given an Aogiri sapling and also toured the mother tree, near the Museum.
Earth Caravan, Palestine
Seeds of Ginkgo, Persimmon and Jujube were dispatched by Hiroshima Botanical Garden, now germinating at the Palestine Museum of Natural History, Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability.
July 2016
Yanominami Elementary School, Japan
Tomoko presented sapling of Hiroshima's Sakura at school's Peace Event.
Umuco Mwiza School, Rwanda
Seeds germinated and are growing well!
Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University, Beppu, Japan
Introduction to Environmental Studies greets the Hiroshima Sakura.
Campus of the Australian National University, Canberra
Ceremonial planting of a Ginkgo biloba by Chancellor Gareth Evans, Professor Ramesh Thakur and guests on 21 July.
Download Speeches (PDF, 422 KB)
Massachusetts, U.S.A
Mick McCue-san, the dedicated friend of trees and of Green Legacy Hiroshima has been shared with activities for Hiroshima survivor trees with readers in Massachusetts.
Read the article (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego
In a short time the JFG has become a haven, in a historical park, for descendants of Hiroshima's trees. The small camphor will thus partake in the Garden's August 6 ceremonies (it now also has a beautiful plaque).
Klagenfurt, Austria
Ginkgo and Persimmon seeds have germinated and seem to be adapting to their new Austrian home.
June 2016
Oberlin Shansi, U.S.A
Gingko saplings are growing well at Oberlin greenhouse.
Arnold Arboretum, U.S.A
First batch of Ginkgo saplings continue to flourish at the Arboretum. Additionally, a new set of Hiroshima seeds - Ginkgo, Kurogane holly, Camphor, Japanese hackberry and Jujube - have also just been sent by the Hiroshima Botanical Garden, and safely arrived, to be nurtured at the Arboretum.
University of North Carolina, U.S.A
A Hiroshima Gingko, raised by GLH partners Elizabeth Baldwin and Steve Leeper, was carried safely and delivered to the University of North Carolina, for a planting on 6 August.
Kabul, Afghanistan
We were told that Kabul's weather is too dry, its altitude too high (at 1800 meters, one of the world's highest capitals), its facilities inadequate. We had underestimated the energy and commitment of UNITAR coordinator Sokout jan, and the gardeners taking care of the Hiroshima Ginkgo, visibly flourishing. May they spread, and spread peace, across that ancient land!
May 2016
Geneva, Switzerland
The Hiroshima Ginkgo to be planted by the UN Secretary General in the fall was handed over from Mayor Matsui to Mr. Michael Moller, Director-General of the UN office at Geneva on 2 May 2016.
Cape Town, South Africa
Hiroshima's 2nd generation persimmon, raised at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town, shared with the young.
April 2016
Cillarese Park, Italy
GLH's untiring green ambassador in Italy, Tiziana Volta, spreading the message of Hiroshima trees in Cillarese Park.
Nakanoshima Elementary School, Japan
Students made a signboard for the sapling. After their graduation, a new group of 6th graders will take care of the tree.
Rochester, U.S.A
10 trees were planted. Mr. Mick McCue, Rochester Town Administrator continues to spread with the help of Arnold Arboretum, the Hiroshima saplings.
The Ginkgo on UCLA Campus growing in good health.
Phnom Penh and Kampong Speu, Cambodia
Camphor trees sent by Hiroshima Prefecture are growing well in Phnom Penh and Kampong Speu.
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego
A Hiroshima camphor, offered to JFG last year and planted in October, was visited and found in excellent health. The long-term drought affecting southern California will hopefully be mild this year....
March 2016
Moscow, Russia
Business School students at Russia's Moscow State University (MSU) adopt Green Legacy Hiroshima - here delivering seeds received from Hiroshima Botanical Garden, to the MSU Botanical Garden. The partnership has been spearheaded by former UNITAR staff, MSU's Professor Sergei Shaposhnikov.
Geneva, Switzerland
UN Secretary-General to plant Hiroshima saplings!
The Hiroshima Ginkgo to be planted by the UN Secretary General in the Fall is currently being nurtured by GLH partners in Vaulx, France and will be heading to Geneva soon.
Geneva, Switzerland
Ginkgo sapling offered to ICRC in Geneva has visibly survived the Swiss winter!
Hiroshima, Japan
GLH held an A-Bombed Tree study session for City staff and citizens.
A first-ever, the training was led by the Hiroshima City and ANT, and held on 19 March, with more than 130 participants attending. It included lectures by GLH master gardener Chikara Horiguchi and Tsukuba University's Masakazu Suzuki.
News Archive
For more information, please contact Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative Co-Founders/Coordinators
Green Legacy Hiroshima tree database researched and prepared by Nassrine Azimi, Naoko Koizumi, Senkuu and ANT-Hiroshima staff. Logo designed and gifted by Atsushi Seo.
- UNITAR Hiroshima
- ANT Hiroshima (JPN)
- Hiroshima Botanical Garden
- Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation (ENG/JPN)
- Hiroshima University (ENG/JPN)
- Green Greetings
- City of Hiroshima: A-bombed Trees (JPN)
- Survivors: The A-bombed Trees of Hiroshima (site)
- Survivors: The A-bombed Trees of Hiroshima (book)
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The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has announced that Brooklyn Eats will return on June 26 at 630 Flushing Avenue in South Williamsburg. Brooklyn Eats, originally a restaurant food-tasting event, has been relaunched this year as the borough's first Fancy Food-style trade show, supporting manufacturers in an effort to create a Brooklyn-wide community of food producers.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for businesses that make something in Brooklyn to participate and showcase themselves to a larger audience," said Carlo A. Scissura, President & CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. "It is also a chance for restaurants in the borough - and across New York City and the region - to see, and ultimately buy, products that are made in Brooklyn. We all know that the Brooklyn brand is very hot at the moment and we want everyone to know about it!"
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As part of the rebranding effort, the Chamber has set up a new logo and website at www.brooklyneats.com, where food vendors can download an application form and learn more about the show. The Chamber welcomes vendor participation from all Brooklyn-based manufacturers and businesses that are involved in packaging and distributing at least one Made-in-Brooklyn product.
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LAKEPORT -- Water and sewer rates, annexation and marijuana laws were among the key issues discussed by the six Lakeport City Council candidates at their forum Thursday night.
The current council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve phasing in increases to water and sewer rates over the next three-plus years.
"There's never going to be a time when people are going to be happy about getting their rates raised," incumbent Suzanne Lyons, who voted for the new rate structure, said.
"But I would rather pay the money to have good water, to have a good system and to have departments that work, than to pay the money in fines, and that's what's coming," she added.
Challenger Mary Nolan said her opposition to the hikes compelled her to run for office.
"I think legally, once a city council passes a law, there are legal impediments to reneging on that law. So I think it's something now that we all have and we all have to live with," she said.
Challenger Kenny Parlet said he was "a big fan of infrastructure and having reliable sewer, water and all of those types of things upon which you can build a good economy." He added, "Maybe this was a fire that should have been put out 10 or 15 or 20 years ago, and we wouldn't be facing this right now."
Incumbent Bob Rumfelt, who also voted in favor of the increases, said, "We were told four or five, six years ago we need to do a rate study and raise our rates. The city council at that time said the people can't afford it, we're not going to do it."
"Had we done it five or six years ago, we wouldn't have had to do what we done two nights ago," he added.
"At face value, when I first looked at this, when the first (Proposition) 218 notice came to me, I was a vehement no. At that point, without any information, I probably would have voted no on the city council. It's a little bit more of a gray area for me now," challenger Martin Scheel said.
Of the approved rate structure, he said he would have liked to see a reprieve for low-income residents as well as a plan to hold rates in the future if circumstances improved.
Candidate Marc Spillman said the public discussion about the rate proposal focused on the improvement projects for which the city hopes to gain federal loans and grants, but those accounted for only a small amount of the money generated by the increases.
"It's fine if they need the money, I wish it would have been discussed," Spillman said. "Anyone who claims that the main financial focus of this level of increase was mostly about the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) projects is not speaking the truth."
The six candidates are vying for three council seats up for grabs in the November election. Councilman Roy Parmentier is not seeking re-election. Approximately 40 audience members attended the forum, which lasted about one hour and 50 minutes at Lakeport City Hall.
The proposed annexation of land south of the city limits on South Main Street was another hot topic.
"It is a very lucrative corridor (County officials) don't want to let go of that money," Rumfelt said.
"A plan can be put together that can appease both the city and the county, and ultimately we shouldn't be trying to appease the county nor the city, we should be trying to appease the citizens," Scheel said.
"I think whoever can eventually handle the area should be the one that eventually gets this," Spillman said. He supported the idea of the county supervisors and city council members holding a joint discussion on the issue.
"I really wonder who's poisoned the well," Lyons said. "It did not seem to be something that was so polarized that people couldn't even sit down and speak reasonably about it."
"It can't be all or nothing. I don't think that's going to work from either side," Nolan said.
Parlet called southern annexation a "natural progression" for the city. "I think that reasonable people could come to some kind of decision based on a phase-in period, which could be 10, 20, 30, maybe 100 years," he said.
The candidates also weighed in whether the city should enforce its ordinance banning outdoor marijuana cultivation.
"As far as I'm concerned, marijuana is a great economic crop, but it's not something that you have in a wonderful, beautiful city like Lakeport," Parlet said, alluding to crime associated with growing.
"I think the ordinance has served its purpose. I don't think we have a lot of growing going on in the city," Rumfelt said, adding that he would like more enforcement to occur.
Scheel advocated for common sense among neighbors but added, "Unfortunately, sometimes the ordinance has to go and be the backbone and uphold the rules, and I would definitely be for that."
Spillman said, "(When people) can't open their windows, and there's the danger of someone mistaking your house for the one next door, it can be very dangerous."
Lyons called it a neighborhood issue, saying, "It's a weed, grow it in your bathroom. Don't grow it out there where your neighbors need to deal with it." "I'm in favor of people doing what they do in their own home and as long as it's not offending a neighbor," Nolan said.
Candidates also addressed how the city should spend funds generated by Measure I, the general sales tax approved by Lakeport voters in 2004.
"It can be used and will be used for any general-fund need," Rumfelt said. "If the city did not have Measure I today, we would be in a real bad financial situation. Measure I has literally bailed us out."
"Everybody feels like the money was supposed to go to the roads. I felt like the money was supposed to go to the roads I don't know if that can be the case," Spillman said.
"We've certainly used a lot of Measure I money recently to do the roads. We have a nice pool and we've kept our city afloat," Lyons said.
The city's business climate served as another talking point.
"We need to get the visitors back to Lakeport," Scheel said.
"I think we have a lot of resources here that we are not using, and part of what we need to do is tap into those resources," Nolan said.
Parlet said business wasn't for "faint-hearted" people. "One of the main reasons why people go out of business in Lake County is because they deserve to. They don't do what's necessary. They don't understand it."
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce and Lake County News sponsored the forum.


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RIM Makes Wi-Fi BlackBerry Smartphone Official
Okay, so we already told you WiFi was coming to the new RIM BlackBerry, but it's finally official.
The device, which RIM called the "first dual-mode cellular and Wi-Fi BlackBerry Smartphone" in a press release, will be thinner than the BlackBerry Pearl and feature a full QWERTY keyboard, large and bright display (320 x 240) and user-friendly trackball navigation system.
The BlackBerry 8820 also includes built-in GPS (Global Positioning System), RIM's latest media player enhancements, and a expandable memory slot that can support current and future generations of microSD memory cards. Most importantly, the device will combine EDGE/GPRS/GSM cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity for data access and voice support through UMA (unlicensed mobile access) for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service offerings from various wireless carriers around the world.


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Ingeborg Rocker: Recursion: Aesthetics + Logics of Computation
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Wed, April 3, 7pm W.M. Keck Lecture Hall Ingeborg M. Rocker was appointed Associate Professor of Architecture at Harvard in 2011, after serving as assistant professor there since 2005. She teaches in the core architecture studio sequence, coordinates the 2nd semester M.Arch 1 core studios, and leads the GSDigital workshops. She also gives courses and seminars on contemporary architectural theory and manufacturing techniques. Rocker received a Diploma in Architecture from the Rheinisch-Westfaellische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany, a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, and a Master of Arts from Princeton University. She has taught at Princeton and University of Pennsylvania, as well as was a visiting scholar at Humbold University in Berlin (2001-2002). At Princeton, Rocker presented her Ph.D. titled "Emerging Structures: Information Aesthetics and Architectures of the Digital Medium," which examined the influence of information theory and early computer technology on the discourse and production of architecture in postwar Germany. Rocker's theoretical work is devoted to questions regarding the impact of media on the perception, production, and thinking of architecture. As a designer and teacher of design, she deploys computer modeling as a tool for giving form to theoretical hypotheses in a didactic way. Rocker's ongoing research has been widely publicized through numerous international magazines and books. SCI-Arc
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Young additions give Cards more bullpen options
MILWAUKEE -- While the Cardinals rotation entered play Saturday leading the Major Leagues with a 2.07 ERA, the bullpen was last among the 30 teams with a 5.67 ERA.
That doesn't mean opposing teams want to get the St. Louis starters out of the game. Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said it appears the Cardinals have an inexhaustible supply of flame-throwing pitching prospects.
Young hard-throwing right-handers Trevor Rosenthal and Carlos Martinez, whose contract was purchased Friday from Double-A Springfield, stymied the Brewers in the first two games of the series. Both were throwing in the mid to high-90s at Miller Park.
"And that's why I say, no matter what their [bullpen] numbers are, it's uncomfortable when you're facing a guy throwing that hard," Roenicke said.
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said Martinez and Seth Maness, who each pitched a scoreless inning in their Major League debuts Friday night, give him more flexibility out of the bullpen.
"It definitely gives us more options," Matheny said. "They both have a real good dispositions to them. Carlos came off the field and wanted to start hugging people [Friday night]. You could tell how excited he really was. He came out of Double-A so you can understand why."
Both Martinez and Maness were starters in the Minors, but were available to pitch on consecutive days against the Brewers.
"It's kind of a new experience for them, but they've been built up and are well-rested," he said.
Joe DiGiovanni is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Terrence McNally's play "Corpus Christi" has been in the news quite a bit recently after a class project directing an excerpt of it was canceled at Tarleton State University in March.
Well, now news that should warm the hearts of the religious right in Stephenville is about McNally himself. In his play that riled the city, two characters marry. Now McNally and partner Tom Kirdahy married in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. where same-sex marriage is legal.
Kirdahy is an attorney and Broadway producer. McNally is a playwright whose other works include "The Ritz" and "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and books for the musicals "Ragtime," "The Full Monty" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman."


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It's late afternoon and dinner is a few hours away. Where do you get a quick bite to carry you through the day? Afternoon Snack looks at quick bites to tide you over without spoiling dinner. Got a snack we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
Afternoon snacks should put the swagger back into your salty-savory-sweet step. My fondness for sugar means my current snack of choice is New York Chocolate Espresso Beans ($7.75) from Dean & Deluca. But don't think of these as candy—they're potent jolts of caffeine and aren't too sweet.
Each handful contains shiny beans of a beautiful chocolate-hued rainbow: white, caramel, speckled egg, and dark velvety chocolate. Their outer layers hint at the varying primary chocolates (milk, white, or dark), but the taste is like magic when crunched in conjunction with their Arabica bean centers. The secret: the fat chocolate jackets also include finely ground coffee. These are a great way to get your caffeine fix. After five you'll be buzzed; after ten, slightly jittery. And still itching for one more bean.
Disclaimer: this bag won't last long on your desk. It disappeared within hours at SE World HQ, although there were several hands involved in its demise.
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Neighbourhood Watch Queensland (NHWQ) Community Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting held on the 27 May 2017.
This year, the Park Regis Hotel, Brisbane play host to the annual face to face meeting of the CAC members. CAC consists of District Coordinators representing NHW members within each of the 15 Police districts. The committee act as an advisory body to the Queensland Police Service and aim to provide a community perspective to the management and direction of the program on issues relating to the strategic direction, promotion and participation of community members in the program. The district representatives put forward ideas and concerns raised by individual watches in their districts, as well as sharing their NHW success stories and plans for the future.
The program commenced in 1988 and this year marks the celebration of 29 years, the program has advanced a great deal in that time with discussion focused on social media policy and guidelines applying to all social media platforms such as the blog and Facebook. The NHWQ State Conference being held on the 7th October 2017, at the Beenleigh Event Centre was also discussed, with excellent suggestions for the agenda and key note speakers.
The meeting was a productive and successful day, many thanks to all the members' contributions.
If you are unsure of who your representative is liaise with your District Crime Prevention Coordinator for further assistance.


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Melksham's Avon Rubber PLC has announced a positive start to the year, in their first quarterly statement of 2013.
The firm, which produces rubber items for the defence and dairy industries, has enjoyed a stronger first quarter performance this year after the £14.7m Middle Eastern order announced in May.
The quarterly results were released today following its AGM, when former Chippenham MP and Northern Ireland minister Richard Needham also stood down as a director.
It has experienced stronger US sales to the homeland security and emergency service markets, and claims to be well-positioned to deal with upcoming US defence cuts.
The firm also released its latest product this quarter, the PC50 air purifying respirator, targeted specifically at American prisons, which is expected to produce further growth.
In the dairy sector Avon has continued to grow in the Chinese market, despite lower milk prices and higher food costs reducing revenues for farmers across the globe.
Despite challenging conditions provided by the uncertain economic and political environment, the board is confident of meeting full-year market expectations, and is anticipating meeting all its annual profit expectations.
The Group will announce its results for the half year to 31 March 2013 on Wednesday 1st May 2013.


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In a recent discussion with a friend, I mentioned how news pundits constantly use the phrase: "Our country has not been so ideologically divided since the Civil War."
My friend's question was "why the Civil War analogy…? The following piece tends to address this question.
Lincoln's unfinished war rages on, as the neo-Confederacy tries to turn back the clock on women, gays, God and guns
On a repeat viewing of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" over the New Year's holiday, a scene I had barely noticed the first time jumped out at me. Confederate vice-president Alexander Stephens (played with reptilian gentility by Jackie Earle Haley), in a secret meeting aboard a steamboat with Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward, faces up to the reality that the era of slavery has come to an end. Ratification of the 13th Amendment, Stephens muses, will destroy the basis of the Southern economy and the South's traditional way of life. "We won't know ourselves anymore," he says.
If only it had been so. What an affluent slave owner like Stephens feared most, no doubt, was the utopian vision of "radical Reconstruction" imagined by legendary abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones in the movie), in an earlier conversation with Lincoln in the White House kitchen. Stevens envisioned a future in which all the land and property of the Southern aristocracy would be dispossessed and divided among the emancipated slaves, building a new society of free soil and free labor amid the ruins of tyranny. To put it in contemporary social-studies terms, Stevens hoped that by uprooting and destroying the South's slave economy, one could also replace its culture.
It didn't quite work out that way. You can't boil one of the most tumultuous periods of American history down to one paragraph, but here goes: Lincoln was assassinated by a domestic terrorist and replaced by Andrew Johnson, who was an incompetent hothead and an unapologetic racist. Within a few years the ambitious project of Reconstruction fell victim to a sustained insurgency led by the Ku Klux Klan and similar white militia groups. By the late 1870s white supremacist "Redeemers" controlled most local and state governments in the South, and by the 1890s Southern blacks had been disenfranchised and thrust into subservience positions by Jim Crow laws that were only slightly preferable to slavery.
So even though it's a truism of American public discourse that the Civil War never ended, it's also literally true. We're still reaping the whirlwind from that long-ago conflict, and now we face a new Civil War, one focused on divisive political issues of the 21st century – most notably the rights and liberties of women and LGBT people – but rooted in toxic rhetoric and ideas inherited from the 19th century.
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Related articles
- His Lincoln Moment(s) (nationalreview.com)
- Welcome to the new Civil War (salon.com)
- Lincoln Against the Radicals (jacobinmag.com)
- Myths persist about the Emancipation Proclamation (wtvr.com)
- Civil War Map of D.C. Fortifications (ghostsofdc.org)
- Library of Congress shows diaries from Civil War (sfgate.com)
- Faces of the Civil War (cbsnews.com)


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LexisNexis says it plans to close down its Matthew Bender law book publishing operations in Albany, eliminating more than 200 jobs.
Local media outlets report that a notice the company field Tuesday with the state Labor Department says 220 workers will be laid off when Matthew Bender shutters its offices by the end of 2014. The company cited the economy for the closing.
Marc Osborn, a spokesman for LexisNexis, said some employees could be relocated to Matthew Bender's other locations in New York City and Dayton, Ohio.
Matthew Bender, one of the nation's largest publishers of law books, was founded in Albany in 1887. LexisNexis, an affiliate of Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier, purchased the publishing company in 1998 from the Times Mirror Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times.


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One of Those Daysby Steve Charles • July 22, 2009 Share:
One of Those Days
We're all pilgrims, really, whether we're on the move physically or just emotionally or spiritually—always looking for home. My friend Kyle Nickel '03 was on the road last year, spent some time in Colorado after a taste of grad school in Georgia (where he had a part time job as a groundskeeper at Andalusia Farm, Flannery O'Connor's old place. He sent me a vial of soil from there that I've kept nearby as I've been re-reading her works this year.) I hadn't heard from nor seen him for a year, so getting together with him, Nate Mullendore '07, and art professor Doug Calisch was both a relief and joy.


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GEMS Presents MUSIC'S QUILL: BEAUTY SAT BATHING Concert, 12/20
Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) presents Music's Quill – Beauty Sat Bathing on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 1:15pm at Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, 619 Lexington Avenue (at 54th Street), New York, NY.
Music's Quill: Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor; Timothy Burris, lute.
Three settings of Anthony Munday's "Beauty Sat Bathing" by Robert Jones, William Corkine and Francis Pilkington illustrate the range of the English lute song in the 16thand early 17th centuries. While Jones' and Corkine's works sound ahead of their time, Pilkington's, by comparison, sounds like a voice from the past.
Midtown Concerts offers workers in midtown as well as the general public the opportunity to enjoy high-quality performances of music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods in a convenient, comfortable, acoustically superb venue. Tickets are not necessary; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Free-will donations are gratefully accepted at the door.
This is part of a weekly series of free 35-minute concerts, every Thursday at 1:15 p.m. Free - No tickets required; seating first-come, first-served. For more information, go to www.gemsny.org or call 212/866-0468
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text: I spent three days on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Reservoir filming a segment for the KUED production I'm doing called "The Utah Bucket List". The show will air in August on KUED-Channel 7. We floated all 30 or so miles from the dam to the Colorado state line. It was an awesome trip with a lot of big fish landed, a ton of wildlife to see and some great company along the way. You can see some of the great shots by Tribune photographer Francisco Kjolseth on the new "The Utah Bucket List" page on Facebook. I caught most of my fish on a Sex Dungeon streamer while floating the B and C sections. Picked up a couple on dries on the A section. Among the man highlights was watching Steve Schmidt of Western Rivers Flyfisher quietly - at least until it was in the net - bring in a monster of brown on the B section on what ended up being his last cast. Photo courtesy of Steve. Didn't get to float with Ryan Kelly, but was glad to get a chance to chat with him for a bit. Here's is Ryan's report. It is as good as gold.Green River fishing report for April 27th, 2013Flows: Steady at 800Hatches: Midges, Humans, and BWO's (tapering off on B section). With massive Blue Winged Olive hatches over the past couple of weeks the river has become very busy. Each afternoon a few million BWO's have been emerging causing large numbers of fish to become active. I have floated over many flats where hundreds of fish were rising at the same time. With the sunny weather the last few days I haven't seen as many rising fish, but there are still large pockets of risers out there. I haven't seen many rising fish to midges, though. If you don't see rising fish, but there are thousands of bugs on the water the fish are eating emergers. Depending on the brightness of the day the fish may be anywhere from 6 inches to 4 feet under the surface. They are there and they're eating. Try fishing a dropper under your dry or a shallow indicator rig to catch fish actively feeding on emergers. The BWO's have tapered off with the sunny days on B section. The fish are still eating some smaller BWO nymphs and Zebra midges. There are still moments of streamer greatness as well with the water becoming off color due to recent run off. Click here for a more in-depth report. On a not so normal note. We landed a juvenile bucket this past week. This was a first for me. All my years of guiding I had not landed a bucket. We hooked it on a size 16 wine zebra midge. It was hooked clean on the lip just below the rim of the bucket. I'm pretty sure it's a world record for its line class. We also saw a 40" pike just above Red Creek rapid. It's mouth was about the same size as the opening of our bucket. It would be appreciated if someone could catch this monster!As a reminder, mid-May is when the BOR performs the endangered species flood. If you're planning a trip keep an eye out for the flows. I will post something as soon as I am informed of the timing. There is also a report on the effects of wintertime double peaking May 4th, from 6-8 pm, at the DJ conference hall (it's the blue building in between the fire station and the forest service building). This has been a five-year study where several agencies have participated. Check out the pics. There are a couple of solid trout and the "Bucket."


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THE MILL VALLEY City Council and city workers deserve credit for taking significant steps to respond to public concerns about the amount of taxpayer dollars that go to pay for pensions for current and former employees.
The subject dense and complex for public discussion, but the financial obligation and risk have become a growing cost for City Hall.
In many cities, that cost has led to a reduction in city services and workers losing their jobs.
In fact, in 2008, Mill Valley borrowed money to help cover its rising pension costs. Other Marin cities and the county have taken similar measures.
With the California Public Employees Retirement System projecting even higher rates, the cost to the city's operating budget will grow.
Those rates are based on a projected average annual return on investments that many say are too rosy.
Even though the Dow Jones hit a record-high 15,000, the all-too-sudden and painful losses during the recession are enough that public agencies should stop over-relying on investment returns.
That practice led them to make pension promises to their employees that they have had trouble keeping.
It's time to take action.
Like many cities, Mill Valley is paying a premium to meet those pension promises made at a time when a constant stream of double-digit percentage investment earnings easily covered rising costs.
Enhancing those benefits, making it easier for workers to retire and collect their pensions at younger ages, was sold as a risk-free, almost cost-free move.
The recession tested the validity of that pitch.
The Mill Valley City Council deserves credit for adjusting the city's strategy in a way that should help protect city services and jobs and still treat city workers fairly.
Manager Jim McCann estimates that by raising the retirement age and increasing employees' share of the pension cost for new hires, the city can cut its annual costs to 10.5 percent of the city's operating budget.
Currently, 12.4 percent — or more than 12 cents on every tax dollar — goes to pension costs for current and former workers' retirement costs.
This year, the city expects to spend $2.8 million for pensions and to pay off its $6.7 million bond.
As Mayor Andrew Berman put it, the changes made by the city are not "fluff."
McCann has stressed that Mill Valley, by continuing to pay toward its long-term pension obligation, is 90 percent fully funded, compared with most Marin governments, which are 76.4 percent.
Eighty percent is supposed to be the healthy threshold, according to many pension experts.
This is important business and past mistakes need to be corrected. The Mill Valley City Council has taken that step.


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Riley-Day syndrome is an inherited disorder that affects nerves throughout the body.
Familial dysautonomia; Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy - type III (HSAN III)
Riley-Day syndrome is passed down through families (inherited). A person must inherit a copy of the defective gene from each parent to develop the condition.
This condition occurs most often in people of Eastern European Jewish ancestry (Ashkenazi Jews). It is caused by a change (mutation) to a gene. It is rare in the general population.
Symptoms of Riley-Day syndrome include:
Symptoms are present at birth and grow worse over time.
Your health care provider will do a physical exam to look for:
Blood tests are available to check for the gene mutation that causes Riley-Day syndrome.
Treatment may include:
Advances in diagnosis and treatment are increasing the survival rate. About half of babies born with Riley-Day will live to age 30.
The following complications are possible:
Call your doctor if symptoms change or get worse. A genetic counselor can help teach you about the condition and direct you to support groups in your area.
Genetic DNA testing is very accurate for Riley-Day syndrome. It may be used for diagnosing people with the condition or those who carry the gene. It can also be used for prenatal diagnosis.
People of Eastern European Jewish background and families with a history of Riley-Day syndrome may wish to seek genetic counseling if they are thinking of having children.
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Klein CJ. The inherited neuropathies. Neurol Clin. 2007;25:173-207. PMID: 17324725 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17324725.
Siegel DH, Martin KL, Hand JL. Selected hereditary diseases. In: Eichenfield LF, Frieden IJ, Mathes EF, Zaenglein AL, eds. In: Eichenfield: Neonatal and Infant Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:chap 29.
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LONDON -- The first of Colin Kaepernick's two rushing touchdowns Sunday had 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh especially impressed after a 42-10 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
That 12-yard touchdown run put the 49ers ahead 14-0, and it came once Kaepernick dove to hit the left pylon ahead of safety Josh Evans.
"He looked much like a running back, and that's great courage," Harbaugh said. "You don't always see that in the quarterback position. As soon as he saw that window, he had great 'dart' and speed to get the ball into the end zone."
Kaepernick also had great blocks from left tackle Joe Staley and running back Frank Gore.
"Frank ended up cutting two guys on the play and gave me the edge," Kaepernick said. "The offensive line did a great job, made it easy for me."
The third-year quarterback celebrated in trademark "Kaepernicking" fashion by kissing his right biceps after his second rushing touchdown in two games. That prompted fullback Bruce Miller to "Kaepernick" his own right biceps, too.
"It was a great call. They were doing a lot of stuff inside to take away the inside run," Staley said. "You get down there (in the red zone), and that's one of the things about Kaepernick: He's a weapon with his legs as well."
Kaepernick wasn't done making big plays in what evolved into the 49ers' fifth-straight win.
For the first time since last season's playoff opener against Green Bay, Kaepernick delivered a second rushing touchdown, doing so on a 9-yard run for a 28-0 lead. It came on a read-option play to the left side on third-and-7, and it made the 49ers 5 of 7 on third-down conversions to that point.
"You have to give credit to Kaepernick and their offense," Jaguars linebacker Paul Posluszny said. "He scrambled for first downs where normally we would get off the field in those situations."
Kaepernick had seven carries for 54 yards. In last Sunday's win at Nashville, he had 11 carries for 68 yards and a touchdown.
If those rushing yards didn't ease concerns about a lingering foot injury, a clean passing line might. For the second straight game, Kaepernick had no passes intercepted. He was 10 of 16 for 164 yards with one touchdown, no sacks and a 117.7 passer rating, which was his best since the season opener (129.4).
"He's capable of just about anything, running or passing," Harbaugh said. "I thought he was seeing the field extremely well."
Kaepernick had a hand in six plays that each went for at least 17 yards, including long completions to Miller (43 yards), Vernon Davis (31 and 19 yards) and Anquan Boldin (21 and 17 yards).
All in all, Kaepernick emerged feeling great about the 49ers' recent string of playing "complete games" in their win streak. He certainly didn't mind that the latest triumph came in his international debut.
"My experience was great," Kaepernick said. "Got to see the city a little bit. A lot of people here are really nice. I had a great time."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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THE patron of a Winchester charity played host with her husband last week for a fundraising evening of fizz and canapés.
Lady Wakeham, the patron of AgeUK Winchester, and Lord Wakeham opened their doors on Friday (July 11) in aid of her charity.
The event was one of many events in line with this year's Hampshire Fare Food Festival.
Lady Wakeham said: "A huge thank you to Hampshire Fare from all at AgeUK Winchester for setting up our fund-raising evening at Pinglestone Barn. Those who came thoroughly enjoyed it and the produce was just wonderful. The good news is that with donations already received we will have made a significant sum of money for AgeUK."
Hattingley Valley Wines, a vineyard based in the Candover Valley, provided the bubbly while cheeses and ice-creams were on show from Laverstoke Park Farm. There were also fish cakes from Catch, pork pies from Jake's Artisan Pies, salad dressings from Cold Pressed Oil, fruit juices from Hill Farm Juice, and chocolates from New Forest Chocolates.
Tracy Nash, commercial manager with Hampshire Fare, added: "Pinglestone Barn was a beautiful setting for this local produce event raising funds and awareness of AgeUK Winchester and the good work they do. Our thanks also go to all the producers who gave up their time to attend."


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Calcium for Prevention of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS)
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|Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
|Drug: calcium Drug: 0.9 % saline
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Does Intravenous Calcium Infusion Effectively Prevent OHSS : a Randomised Controlled Trial
- OHSS rate [ Time Frame: 2 years ]ovarain hyperstimulation syndrome
- clinical pregnancy rate [ Time Frame: 2 years ]positive pregnancy test and positive fetal heart beat after 6 weeks gestaional age
|Study Start Date:
|October 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: saline
0.9% saline intravenous infusion
Drug: 0.9 % saline
0.9 % saline intravenous infusion
Experimental: calcium
Calcium intravenous infusion
Drug: calcium
intravenous infusion of 10 % calcium gluconate 10 mL in 200 mL of physiologic saline on the day of ovum pickup, day 1,day 2, and day 3 after ovum pickup were administered in study group.
Intravenous infusion was performed within 30 minutes
Other Name: Calcium intravenous infsuion
Detailed Description:
The study population will be divided into 2groups each containing 100 infertile couples candidate for ICSI.
Group (A)active group: administration of 10% Intravenous calcium gluconate 10 ml in 200 mL of physiologic saline on the day of ovum pickup, day 1,day 2, and day 3 after ovum pickup. Intravenous infusion was performed within 30 minutes.
Group (B): placebo group: administration of 200 mL of 0.9% saline on the day of ovum pickup, day 1,day 2, and day 3 after ovum pickup. Intravenous infusion was performed within 30 minutes
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 38 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- infertile women aged 20 to 38 years.
- BMI ranged from 18 to 40.
- serum FSH within normal limits( 1-12IU /l)
- presented with ovarian response suggestive of being at risk of developing OHSS because of the presence of at least 15 follicles of 10 mm or greater on the day of hCG administration.
Exclusion Criteria:
- endocrinopathies.
- a systemic disease.
- using any medication (e.g., insulin-sensitizing drugs and GnRH antagonists.
- patients need coasting for high risk of OHSS.
- patients need cycle cancellation.
- severe male infertility requiring testicular sperm extraction.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01427335
|Kasr elini hospital
|Cairo, Cario, Egypt, 12211
|Principal Investigator:
|Waleed M El-Khayat, M.D.
|Cairo University
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Waleed El-khayat, Doctor, Cairo University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01427335 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 31, 2011
|Last Updated:
|July 8, 2014
Keywords provided by Waleed El-khayat, Cairo University:
calcium injection
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Gonadal Disorders
Endocrine System Diseases
Calcium, Dietary
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Soroptimist International of Eel River Valley will spotlight two women and one girl at its annual awards dinner, to be held April 23 at the River Lodge in Fortuna.
Wendy Choate of Eureka will be presented with the Women's Opportunity Award, which assists women with primary financial responsibility for their families to obtain the education necessary to improve their employment status. Choate is a student at College of the Redwoods and mother to a young child, according to a Soroptimist International of Eel River Valley press release. Choate credits the college's Extended Opportunity Programs and Services with helping her to develop important connections which would benefit her in the future. Her goal is to obtain a masters degree in social work and to help others realize their potential, overcome their obstacles, and achieve their dreams.
Bonnie Griffiths of Ferndale will be presented with the Ruby Award for her work with the Girls Scouts of America and for her dedication to helping young people volunteer in their schools and community. Twenty-three years ago in Portsmouth, Va., a young Coast Guardsman's wife and mother of five became a scout leader for her oldest daughter's troop, according to the release. Serving as a scout leader in Huntington Beach and later in Ferndale, she has worked with hundreds of girls and believes that scouting provides a framework for girls to have pride and joy in what they are doing.
Ferndale High School senior Anna Gomes is the recipient of both the Violet Richardson Award of Soroptimist International and the Kathleen McVey Memorial Youth Citizenship Award sponsored by SI of Eel River Valley. Anna will be competing with five other students from Northern Coastal California, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Marianna Islands for the Founder Region level award. VRA recognizes girls between the ages 14-17 for their volunteer activities within their communities and schools. As a recipient of the McVey Memorial, Anna is being recognized for her work on Teen Court as well as her many activities in school and the community.
The annual awards dinner is being held at the River Lodge in Fortuna on April 23 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person. Call 845-6460 for reservations.
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On Friday night, Pete Rose made a rare appearance on a major league field when he joined the rest of the starting lineup of the Reds' back-to-back champions from the 1975 and 1976 seasons.
They were back together again Saturday at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati for the unveiling of a bronze sculpture of Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan.
In 2010, Rose attended a Reds pregame tribute to mark the 25th anniversary of his record-breaking single that pushed him past Ty Cobb for first on the all-time hits list. That was the first time he had officially been a part of a Reds on-field celebration since he was banned from baseball in 1989.
Major League Baseball approved the request to permit Rose to attend the events Friday and Saturday to honor Morgan.
"I want to thank commissioner Bud Selig for allowing us to have the 'Great Eight' on the field last night," Morgan said Saturday before the bronze statue, which depicts him starting to steal a base, was unveiled near the main gates at the northwest corner of the ballpark complex. "It's an unbelievable experience to be with all of my teammates."
Rose, along with Morgan, Johnny Bench and Tony Perez, were the backbone of those devastating Reds' lineups during the 1970s.
Whether Rose's appearance indicates a shift in philosophy from the commissioner's office, however, remains to be seen. Rose, 72, was banned for life for betting on baseball.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, at a press event to honor Morgan, Rose told the media that "there are too many good stories in baseball," including the Pirates' great season, to focus on negatives such as PED use in the game.


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EUREKA -- During the first three quarters, each team led five times, with the biggest point spread being just five points.
But the fourth quarter?
Well, that was a different story.
St. Bernard's, who trailed by two points after three quarters on Friday evening, outscored South Fork 27-8 in the final frame and took away a 71-54 victory.
"When it came down to crunch time, they stepped up," St. Bernard's head coach Steve Thrap said about his players. "They really settled down and started making good decisions."
With the win, St. Bernard's improved its record to 9-4 overall and 2-0 in the Little 4, heading into Friday's home game against Hoopa Valley.
"We failed to execute and couldn't handle the ball in the fourth quarter," said South Fork head coach Jake Mitchell, whose Cubs dropped to 10-5 and 0-2, heading into Wednesday's non-league home game against McKinleyville.
Houston Knox scored 12 of his team-high 24 points in the fourth quarter, with two of his buckets following steals and assists from Shed Bean.
"He was our guy, he kept his balance and finished that game for us," Thrap said about Knox.
Knox's big fourth quarter was a fitting bookend to his performance in the first quarter, when he tossed in eight points -- including a pair of old-school three-point plays (bucket plus free throw) -- and stole the ball twice on consecutive inbounds plays.
But it was far from a one-man show for the Crusaders.
Oscar Pimentel (13), Bean (12) and Logan Thrap (10) each scored in double digits, while on defense, Bean created havoc with steals and Thrap swatted three Cubs shots.
"We started switching things up and tried to not let them get comfortable in their offense," said Thrap.
Thrap's strategical adjustments were necessary due to the fact that South Fork had two very hot hands -- Cristian and Damian Alatorre.
The Alatorre brothers combined to score 26 of the Cubs 28 points in the first half, hitting short jumpers, quick drives, putbacks and spinners in the paint.
Damian finished tied with Knox for game-high honors with 24 points, while Cristian ended up with 19 points, including back-to-back rainbows from the right wing in the opening minute of the third quarter.
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St. Bernard's 71, South Fork 54
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Scoring -- (SF) Wittlake 5, Paine 2, C. Alatorre 19, Moody 3, I. Lopez 1, D. Alatorre 24 (SB) Bean 12, Stephens 4, Pimentel 13, Olivares 4, Knox 24, Lecroix 2, Thrap 10, Stokesberry 2
3-pointers -- (SF) C. Alatorre 2, Moody 1 (SB) Bean 1, Thrap 1, Stephens 1
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Topic: Edema
My husband was diagnosed in December 2012 with CC. He chose not to do any chemo because he saw what his dad went through with treatment for pancreatic cancer. He chose quality over quantity and to this day I don't think he has regretted his choice. My question is now he has edema. We have hospice coming once a week because he was doing so well. He initially lost 45 pounds from approx October to January. He recently gained back about 13 pounds and I had a feeling it was going to end up being fluid. In the past 24 to 48 hours his lower extremities have edema. There appears to be no ascites yet. Can anybody tell me their experience with edema? I know this can mean we are nearing the end. Do diuretics work on the edema? Everything I have read says diuretics normally will not work with liver cancer. Thanks for any advice.


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I love vintage hardware reverbs. My sole use of Altiverb is to load it up with old Lexicon Impulse Responses. There's a lot of hype going around about a new plug-in from Relab called the LX480. It's a obvious recreation of one of the all time best hardware reverbs the Lexicon 480.
Here's a comparison between the original and the new softy:
A long Gearslutz thread discussion about the Relab LX480:
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Caldwell was the coach when this team went to the Super Bowl. He may not be a good coach, but coaching hardly matters much. You need talent and that's why we are losing.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Caldwell was the coach when this team went to the Super Bowl. He may not be a good coach, but coaching hardly matters much. You need talent and that's why we are losing.
In the NBA perhaps but the NFL I disagree. Look at the 49ers pretty much the same team as last year but they have Harbaugh as coach and they're 4-1 last year they were 0-5 under Singletary.
The Lions after their 0-16 season got a clue and fired Matt Millen and got a better GM and a good coach to go with him. They improved every year to be a 5-0 team now.
Yes I think coaching matters because I think with a better coach we might've won one game by now.
Coaching always matters. The role may be different depending on the talent and experience of your team though.
If you lack talent then you need solid coaching to give you your best chance to win (or at least be competitive). Game management was questionable under Caldwell before this season.
It's easy to blame the losses on the lack of Manning but haven't we had 4th qtr leads this season we couldn't maintain? We need a defense that can get a team off the field and not allow the other team to control the clock.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Edit: part of the talent deficit is certainly defense. Most of it might be defense. Our defense was thin at best before losing starters. Actually, Manning made our defense better than it is by keeping the ball moving and forcing the other team to play from behind. Sorry, but it is going to be a long season.
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23/34 188 1/1 against the "#1 defense in the NFL."
Curtis ain't the problem. Hell, the players ain't "the problem." Not that there certainly aren't just replacement level players at a number of spots (namely the secondary), but the playcalling's so damn vanilla you don't really know who possesses a skillset to succeed in a specific package. They tried Hughes as a standup pass rusher with a bit of success the previous two weeks, did I miss that against Cincy? Those moronic 3/4 man fronts certainly weren't getting any pressure on a 2nd round rookie QB. Brown got some blocking around the edge on a run and SURPRISE! the guy's really quick and explosive and exploited some bad angles after a nice initial block and scored.
Hughes and Brown pretty clearly aren't every down players, but they aren't talentless losers. I realize there's basically been nothing in the playbook at all that's "creative" in pretty much over a decade, but it's time to come up with some stuff.
Painter has outperformed expectations. He's shown himself to be a serviceable backup. He has generally had us in position to compete or be in games.
On Sunday, though, he should have had two more picks than he did. One of them would have been a pick six. Threw it right to the LB, who dropped it. The other at minimum puts them inside our 25, the one Collie offensively PI-ed to keep the defender from catching it.So that certainly takes some of whatever luster there is off a 188 yard performance.
The defense is not strong enough to win, nor has it been for some time, without the complementary high powered offense. We're just reaping what the architects of the team have sown. Although they technically only allowed 20 pts Sunday. That's where the "serviceable" QB comes in. We're trapped in limbo with a mediocre, no margin for error offense and an underwhelming, undersized defense. Hence, we're 0-6 despite being right in most of the games.
At some point, we're going to have to spend some money in FA, we have so many gaping needs on D, especially corners, overall DB depth, and DTs. We can't make it all up depending on draft depth an young players.
I don't think trading Mathis or Wayne for 4th rounders really solves this either. Will one or both be gone next year? Jerry Huges sure looks read to replace Mathis, huh?
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