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HOUSE REPUBLICAN IMPLOSION: The House Republicans literally thumbed their noses at the residents of New Jersey and New York, who were affected by Hurricane Sandy, by not voting on a bill that would provide emergency aid Tuesday. Um, I guess they were a little ticked off that Obama got the better of them on the fiscal cliff deal. Well, Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo didn't mince words to show their disgust for what these Republicans did. Even Rep. Peter King is calling for a block on donations to his fellow GOPers who come a-calling to New York for donations.
The Hill: "New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a joint statement saying it was 'inexcusable' that the House wasn't voting on a bill. The Senate has already approved a bill providing the states hit by Sandy with $60.4 billion. Just before noon, the White House weighed in with a statement from President Obama… In response to the pressure, Boehner will meet Wednesday afternoon with GOP lawmakers from the effected states."
The White House weighed in with President Obama saying: "When tragedy strikes, Americans come together to support those in need. I urge Republicans in the House of Representatives to do the same, bring this important request to a vote today, and pass it without delay for our fellow Americans."
Gov. Chris Christie press conference: Called Speaker Boehner four times last night and he didn't take the calls. Christie termed it "absolutely disgraceful" and complained about the "toxic internal politics" of the House majority. He places blame squarely with House Speaker John Boehner, says it's 'disappointing and disgusting. (See video below)
.@nygovcuomo and I are not wallflowers and we are not shrinking violets. We are going to work together to make this happen.
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We have been waiting six times longer than the victims of Katrina & there's no end in site.
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) January 2, 2013
Natural disasters happen in red states & blue states. We respond to these disasters not as Republicans or Democrats we respond as Americans
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) January 2, 2013
Govs Cuomo & Christie: This failure to come to the aid of Americans following a severe & devastating natural disaster is unprecedented.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 2, 2013
Rep. Peter King: "These Republicans have no problem finding New York when they're out raising millions of dollars. They're in New York all the time filling their pockets with money from New Yorkers. I'm saying right now, anyone from New York or New Jersey who contributes one penny to congressional Republicans is out of their minds. Because what they did last night was put a knife in the back of New Yorkers and New Jerseyans. It was an absolute disgrace. As far as I'm concerned, I'm on my own. They're going to have to go a long way to get my vote on anything."
Rep. Bill Pascrell: "It's time to take off the gloves, Jersey style."
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Rep. John Boehner should come to Staten Island and tell families trying to rebuild their businesses why they need to wait longer for help. He should come to the Rockaways and tell families trying to rebuild their homes why they should wait longer for help. But I doubt he has the dignity nor the guts to do it."
Rep. Jerrold Nadler: "This is a betrayal of the millions of Americans who are struggling after Sandy and a trivialization of the loss of more than 100 American lives."
Rep. Eliot Engel: "This is an absolute disgrace and the Speaker should hang his head in shame."
Rep. Nita Lowey: "I truly feel betrayed."
Rep. Michael Grimm: "I'm here tonight saying to myself for the first time that I am not proud of the decision my team has made. It is the wrong decision."
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LAKEWOOD - A contractor by trade, John Grooman was never interested in cooking, and it wasn't until 13 years ago, when the dishes he prepared from donated food began to make a difference, that it became a mission.
Three to four times a week, the longtime Lakewood resident and owner of Manna Construction Co. has been traveling throughout the Southland feeding the homeless and helping raise money for missionaries through his cooking operation, Five Loaves and Two Fish.
However, his truck, a four-door silver 2006 Chevy Silverado that carried his work and portable cooking equipment, serving utensils and trays was stolen from his Lakewood home, along with his wife's car.
Grooman lost $3,700 worth of cooking equipment plus some cash donations that had been raised at a recent feeding that were in the truck, he said.
The two vehicles were taken from his driveway some time between 11:30p.m. Thursday and 4:30 a.m. Friday, said Grooman, who filed a report with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lakewood Station.
"It's unbelievable," said Elizabeth Rietveld, who has known Grooman for 10 years through Calvary Chapel Beachside in Huntington Beach. "I cannot speak more highly of this man. And he's so humble. He didn't even tell anyone that his things were stolen."
Grooman started cooking for the masses in 1999, when he and his wife, Cynthia, attended church in Corona, where his family lives. He was asked to man the coffee and doughnuts table, which raised funds for the church's missionary work.
But there was a problem.
"They barely made enough to pay for the doughnuts and coffee," he said.
So Grooman took over the table and began expanding the food offerings. He started with hot dogs in a slow cooker, then nachos, snow cones, hamburgers and tamales. All the food comes from donations from area grocers, he said.
He never charges for the food; he only seeks donations.
And the donations started to pour in by the hundreds and thousands of dollars.
He soon started Five Loaves and Two Fish, a food ministry he named after the miracle story in the Gospel of John that Jesus fed a crowd of hundreds with five small barley loaves and two small fish.
"He spends his free time cooking and feeding the homeless," Rietveld said. "That's all he does. He does work wherever he's needed. He's amazing."
Grooman's stops include a community center and churches in Stanton, Long Beach and Huntington Beach on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. On the weekends, he cooks for big crowds to raise funds for missionaries and other causes, such as those who suffer from abuse.
"I don't advertise," he said. "I do it for people who are needy and don't have the money."
Last year, Grooman was nominated by Community Action Partnership of Orange County as an honoree for a OneOC 2012 Spirit of Volunteerism Award. The food bank nominated him for giving his time to build and repair items at the Orange County Food Bank's warehouse.
He fits in time to volunteer while caring for wife, who has been ill.
Most people might have been upset after a theft, but Grooman reacted differently.
"I wonder what God's going to do next," said the Lakewood resident of 38 years. "Generally, things work out for those who trust in him."
For now, Grooman is driving a rented vehicle and trying to prepare for a big event in San Diego to feed 250 to 300 people. He said he plans to borrow the cooking equipment he needs from a friend.
"I just have to watch and see what he's got planned for me," he said.
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The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) is a nationally normed assessment of within-child protective factors in preschool children aged two to five.
Based on the belief that the primary value of assessment is to guide effective services for children, the DECA was developed over a two-year period (1996-98) as part of a comprehensive program to foster the healthy social and emotional development of children. Completed by parents, family caregivers or early childhood professionals (preschool teachers and child care providers), the DECA evaluates the frequency of 27 positive behaviors (strengths) exhibited by preschoolers. Typical items include "chooses to do tasks that are challenging for him/her," "shows patience," and "asks adults to play with or read to her/him." These items were derived from the childhood resilience literature and through focus groups conducted with parents and early childhood professionals. The DECA also contains a 10-item behavioral concerns screener.
The three primary purposes of the DECA are:
- to identify children who are low on the protective factors so that targeted classroom and home-based strategies can be implemented leading to the strengthening of these abilities;
- to generate classroom profiles indicating the relative strengths of all children so that classroom design and instructional strategies can build upon these strengths to facilitate the healthy social and emotional growth of all children;
- to screen for children who may be exhibiting behavioral concerns so that these can be addressed before they become entrenched and possibly develop into behavioral disorders. The DECA may be used as both an assessment and a screener.
Standardization Sample
The DECA was standardized on a sample of 2,000 preschool children who resided in 28 states. Half of the children in the sample were rated by a parent or other family caregiver; and half were rated by a preschool teacher or child care center staff. Similarly, 51% of the children rated were boys and 49% were girls. One quarter of the children in the sample were from poor families (defined as either receiving public assistance or subsidized child care), which matches the prevalence of poverty among young children. The sample was stratified on race, Hispanic ethnicity and region of residence. The most recent data available from the United States Department of the Census was used to identify appropriate percentages for these variables. The DECA Standardization Sample very closely approximates the population of the United States. As shown in the tables below, the DECA was normed on a sample of children that accurately reflects the diversity of preschool children in the country.
Standardization Sample: Race
|Total %
|Asian / Pacific Islander
|Native American
|DECA Sample
|DECA Sample
(w/o "Other" category)
|* U.S. Bureau of the Census does not collect these data. Note : The U.S. population data are based on "Resident Population, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Single Years of Age: 1995, Table No. 22," Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1996 The National Data Book by the U.S. Bureau of the Census 1996. Washington, D.C.: Author.
Standardization Sample: Hispanic Origin
|DECA Sample
|U.S. Population
|* Numbers based on the entire population of each region. Note : The U.S. population data are based on "Resident Population, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Single Years of Age: 1995, Table No. 22," Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1996 The National Data Book by the U.S. Bureau of the Census 1996. Washington, D.C.: Author.
Standardization Sample: Region
|DECA Sample
|U.S. Population (<5)
|Note : The U.S. population data are based on "Resident Population, by Age and State:1995, Table No. 34," Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1996 The National Data Book by the U.S. Bureau of the Census 1996. Washington, D.C.: Author.
Scale Development
Exploratory factor analysis of the standardization items yielded a comprehensible series of scales that were consistent with published descriptive longitudinal research on protective factors. A three-factor solution fit the data best. Based on an inspection of the item content of the three factors, the scales were labeled:
- Initiative, which measures the child's ability to use independent thought and action to meet his or her needs.
- Self Control, which assesses the child's ability to experience a range of feelings and express them using the words and actions that society considers appropriate.
- Attachment, a measure of a mutual, strong and long-lasting relationship between a child and significant adults.
As shown in the table below, the DECA is a highly reliable instrument. Each of the alpha coefficients for the protective factor scales meets or exceeds the .80 "desirable standard" established by Bracken (1987) for internal consistency estimates. The alpha coefficient for the Behavioral Concerns Scale is lower, reflecting the heterogeneity of this scale.
Test-Retest reliabilities over a 24-hour period were calculated for both parents and teachers. The reliabilities for the protective factors ranged from .55 to .80 for parents and .87 to .94 for teachers. All of these correlations were significant at the .01 level.
Interrater reliability of the DECA was established by comparing ratings provided by teachers and teachers' aides. The reliabilities for the protective factors ranged from .59 to .77. Again, all correlations were significant at the .01 level.
|DECA Scale
|Total Protective Factor
The criterion validity of the DECA was established by examining its ability to correctly predict whether an individual child was part of a clinical (n=95) or a matched, non-referred (n=86) sample. Any child who had been given a psychiatric diagnosis, was being seen by a mental health professional for emotional or behavioral problems, had been asked to leave a child care program due to his/her behavior, or had an individualized behavior management plan in place was considered to be part of the clinical sample. If none of these conditions were true, the child became part of the non-referred sample.
Using the interpretive guidelines suggested in the DECA manual, the Total Protective Factors score was able to correctly classify 69% of the children in this study. This figure compares favorably with the classification accuracy of well-established scales of symptomatic behavior, such as the Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders (Naglieri, LeBuffe & Pfeiffer, 1995).
Construct validity was explored by correlating scores on the protective factor scales and the Behavioral Concerns scale. An overall correlation of -.65 was obtained indicating that protective factors and problem behaviors are inversely related.
Additional validity and reliability data are presented in the DECA Technical Manual.
The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) is a measure of within-child protective factors in preschool children.
Five Step Systems
Based on resilience theory, this comprehensive program is made up of a 5-step system designed to support early childhood teachers, mental health professionals, and parents in their goal of helping children develop healthy social/emotional skills and reduce challenging behaviors.
Family Partnerships
Partnerships with families allow children to see the important adults in their lives working together to support their development.
Bracken, B. A. (1987). Limitations of preschool instruments and standards for minimal levels of technical adequacy. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 5, 313-326.
Garmezy , N. (1985). Stress-resistant children: the search for protective factors. In J. E. Stevenson (Ed.). Recent research in developmental psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (Book Supplement, Number 4, pp.213-233). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Masten, A. S., & Garmezy, N. (1985). Risk, vulnerability and protective factors in developmental psychopathology. In B. B. Lahey & A. E. Kazdin (Eds.), Advances in clinical child psychology (Vol. 8, pp. 1-512). New York: Plenum.
Naglieri, J. A., LeBuffe, P. A., & Pfeiffer, S. I. (1995). The Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
Werner, E. E., & Smith, R. S. (1982). Vulnerable but invincible: A study of resilient children. New York: McGraw-Hill
Some of the preceding links are external to Kaplan Early Learning Company's web site. Kaplan Early Learning Company cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided by this site(s). Linking to a web site does not constitute an endorsement by Kaplan Early Learning Company, or its employees, of the sponsors of the site or the products presented on the site.
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Paul LeBuffe
Paul LeBuffe, M.A., is the Co-Director of the Devereux Center for Resilient Children in Villanova, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland and received his Master's degree in experimental psychology from Bryn Mawr College. Paul is an author of many widely-used assessments of behaviors related to children's social-emotional strengths and needs including the Devereux Behavior Rating Scale - School Form, the Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders (DSMD), the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA), the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment Clinical Form (DECA-C) the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment - Infant/Toddler Form (DECA-I/T) and most recently, the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA.) His major research interests are the measurement and promotion of social-emotional competence and resilience in children, psychometrics and test development, treatment outcome evaluation in behavioral healthcare, and suicide prevention education.
Jack Naglieri
Dr. Jack A. Naglieri is Professor of Psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA . Prior to his current position he was Professor of School Psychology and Psychology at the Ohio State University where he taught from 1982 to 2000. He also is a Fellow of American Psychological Association (APA) Division 16, recipient of American Psychological Association Division 16 2001 Senior Scientist Award, and holds an appointment as a senior Research Scientist at the Devereux Foundation's Institute for Clinical Training and Research (ICTR).
Dr. Naglieri obtained his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Long Island University, Master of Science from St. John's University, and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Georgia in 1979. He worked as a school psychologist in the New York area from 1974-1977. The author of more than 150 scholarly papers, chapters, books, and tests, he has focused his efforts since the late 1970s on re-conceptualizing intelligence.
Jack A. Naglieri is the co-author of the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) and the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment Clinical Form (DECA-C). He is also the author of the Cognitive Assessment System (Naglieri & Das, 1997), the CAS Scoring Aide (Naglieri, 2002), the General Ability Measure for Adults (Naglieri & Bardos, 1997), Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (Naglieri, 1996), Devereux Scoring Assistant (LeBuffe, Naglieri, & Pfeiffer, 1996), Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders (Naglieri, LeBuffe, & Pfeiffer, 1994), Devereux Behavior Rating Scales School Form (Naglieri, LeBuffe, & Pfeiffer, 1994), Draw A Person: Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbance (Naglieri, McNeish, & Bardos, 1990), Draw A Person: Quantitative Scoring System (Naglieri, 1988), Matrix Analogies Test (Naglieri, 1985).


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Thank God for this website, I have learned so much in the past few days about this diagnosis. My husband Greg, 58 years old, was diagnosed on June7th 2011. It was such a horrifying shock! But I guess it is for everyone, Greg has been in a hospital once in his life, when he was born, and that's it.. Never been sick, and never took a prescription drug for anything..
We are deeply saddened, but not at all going to give up until the fight is over.. He is refusing chemo right now, and have chosen to use some radical alternative methods, I know its controversial, but those were his wishes. it's a bummer but a year ago his best friend was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, started chemo and was expired within 6 weeks, soooo he's a little hesitant..he wants to be around for at least a little while.. He is becoming progressively weak, using a walker to ambulate, and has more weight than I care to mention.. he is not a surgical candidate, as the cancer is in all lobes of liver. the lower extremities are swelling up like balloons and he is wearing ted hose to help.. and his abdomen is starting to become hard, he says he is full all the time and can only eat really small portions. My nursing degree of 20 years never came in so handy.. however is blood work seems to be stable (other than the elevated liver enzymes) How high can they go???? and vitals signs are perfect..
I am scared that he is declining so quickly, I am 44 years old, we have been married for 17 years and I am not ready to lose him yet..This website has made me feel so much better knowing all the people who are going through the same events..
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NEW YORK—It was no mystery the Bills were looking for a quarterback in the first round, but their selection after trading down eight picks turned out to be one of the biggest surprises in Round 1.
The Bills traded back with the St. Louis Rams from eighth overall to select Florida State's EJ Manuel at No. 16, making him the first quarterback taken in the 2013 NFL Draft.
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New coach Doug Marrone and the Bills had been linked to Marrone's former quarterback at Syracuse, Ryan Nassib.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As shoppers scoured the Internet for sales on cyber Monday, small business owners are balancing the books after a weekend that some consider the busiest all year.
Many stores in Jacksonville felt the success of Small Business Saturday.
The shelves are stocked at one toy store in Avondale, a small shop that reaped the benefits of sales the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
"It was phenomenal. This was our best weekend we've ever had here," said Sandi White, who owns The Green Alligator.
White estimates sales were up by about 50 percent from last year, but just down the street, Willie Hyde believes her clothing store fared better on Friday.
"On Black Friday, we had a sale," Hyde said. "That brought a lot of people in because they could buy at a reduced rate, and so it was actually a better day than Saturday."
Even though specific shopping days are promoted, many small businesses say they're really dependent on the entire holiday shopping season.
"We feel like we're pushing sooner into the holidays than we used to," Hyde said. "We didn't even put a Christmas tree up until after Thanksgiving a few years back. Now we have to because the big stores are doing it."
Mostly avoiding big-box stores, shopper Jane Schlosser thinks it's important to buy local.
"They're all really neat shops, and it's not just the shops but it's the people that run the shops," Schlosser said. "You get to know them. It's like a little family."
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SEATTLE — The attorney representing a coalition of parents and education groups that sued the state over school funding told the Washington Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Legislature is still avoiding its constitutional duty to school children.
In a filing to the court, attorney Thomas Ahearne wrote that he was disappointed with a legislative report to the court last month.
Ahearne said lawmakers seem to think that they can postpone fulfilling the court's order to put more money into education because of the economy, but his clients believe state officials need to obey the constitution even when times are difficult.
In January, the Supreme Court ruled the state isn't meeting its constitutional obligation to amply pay for basic education. In the past decade, education spending has gone from close to 50 percent to just above 40 percent of the state budget, despite the fact that some education spending is protected by the constitution.
State lawmakers have in recent years been dealing with large budget deficits, and earlier this year they cut $300 million in state funding.
A month ago, Washington lawmakers filed their first annual progress report in answer to the Supreme Court's ruling on the lawsuit known as the McCleary case. The brief filed Wednesday is the coalition's response.
Ahearne called on the court to make this a "teachable moment" for the schoolchildren of Washington.
"This court's response will teach our upcoming generation of Washington citizens a fundamental lesson about whether our constitution really matters," he wrote.
The 57-page report suggested a few possible ways to teach the Legislature a lesson, including fines, more specific instructions for writing the next state budget, or an order to do all the overhaul work in one biennium instead of giving the Legislature until 2018 to finish.
State Rep. Gary Alexander, co-chairman of the legislative committee charged with making these reports to the court, disagreed strongly with Ahearne's assessment of the Legislature's action on school funding.
Alexander, R-Olympia, said he felt the Legislature was making good progress in creating a plan for finding more dollars for education and he was optimistic the 2013 Legislature would focus on education funding.
"When I come back in January, I will consider that obligation our No. 1 priority," Alexander said.
His co-chair, Sen. David Frockt, D-Seattle, said lawmakers understand they don't have a choice about obeying the Supreme Court's orders and added that they have been working hard to do so.
Finding the money to pay for all-day kindergarten for every child might be the Legislature's first priority, both Frockt and Alexander speculated.
"Not only is it required under the reform plan, but it has the most potential to address achievement gap issues," Frockt said.
He added, however, that the plan won't be finished until the end of December and then the proposal will need legislative approval, money in the state budget and a signature from the new governor.
Ahearne's court filing said the Legislature not only failed to make progress on the Supreme Court's two goals — to demonstrate steady progress toward implementing the reforms promised previously and to show real and measurable progress toward paying for those reforms by 2018 — but it chose not to make progress.
The next legislative report is due 60 days after the governor signs the state budget.
Alexander said lawmakers will have a preliminary plan for how to start paying more for education in December. The main question, at this point, is whether the Legislature should put a down payment on every reform or pick one or two to focus on first, he said.


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Recipes I've Loved that Use Chicken Stock:
Thai Chicken Soup
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-feeling faint or lightheaded, falls
-hallucination, loss of contact with reality
-increased hunger
-low blood pressure
-severe headache
-sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg
-trouble speaking or understanding
-trouble walking
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (Report these to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome.):
-nausea, vomiting
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at or below 25 degrees C (77 degrees F). Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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Health, Disability and Life insurance
We offer insurance for medical hospitalization, life and accidental death and dismemberment and business travel accident. Coverage of medical benefits while traveling abroad for business is available, including global emergency and non-routine health care coverage.
Holiday and vacation policies
We offer competitive vacation and leave of absence policies, based on employee level and years of service. This is in addition to public holidays as determined by each office.
Retirement planning
The firm offers retirement programs in-line with industry best practices.
We provide a range of Wellness services and programs designed to support your personal health and well being.
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We offer medical assistance, including on-site primary care in the Bengaluru office.
We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). In addition, we offer an Executive Physical Program, Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomic Program.
To encourage our employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, we offer subsidies for fitness center membership fees.
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Employees are generally eligible for marriage leave, maternity, parental and adoption leave, medical disability leave and family emergency leave. Pay and duration is determined by office.
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Today I would like to talk about the biggest epiphany I had when it comes to recording entirely inside a computer. If you take one thing away with you by reading this blog this should be it. In 1996, Steinberg released Cubase VST which stands for Virtual Studio Technology. For the first time, someone with a limited budget and a PC could record audio to the hard drive and have access to a virtual effects rack and software synthesizers. People today call this mixing "in the box". This had profound implications, so much so I would compare it to the release of the Tascam 4-Track Portastudio. Recently, laptops have become so powerful that they themselves can be full virtual studios anywhere you are.
Almost weekly I am asked for mixing advice. Usually after a few probing questions I discover that 90% of the people unhappy with their sound are making the same mistake. They are completely overdriving their internal summing bus! Take all your song's individual channel faders and bring them at least -12db and keep the Master fader at 0dB at all times.
Look at your DAW's mixer. Now imagine the volume of your individual channel fader's adding up from left to right heading to your Master. If you keep your channel faders close to zero surely your Master will go over odB and clip. As we all know any clipping in the digital realm is very bad.
Why not keep your channel faders all hot and turn the master down? Because you will still be overdriving cheap plug-ins. Well written plug-ins can handle a hot signal but some of the coolest freeware and to be honest some big name effects clip internally when even a warm signal is shot at them. The worst part about this happening is there is no visual warning. All you know is your mixes just sound like crap.
If you ran a test overdriving one plug-in and pushing a channel fader too hot you may not notice anything. But keep your levels low in a complicated song with over 10 channels and you will definitely notice a major improvement.
If this is news to you don't stress about it. It took me a while to wrap my head around it. To give credit where it's due I first came across this advice when reading an article in EQ magazine by Craig Anderton. After I read it I emailed him to clarify some questions I had. He was graceful enough to answer me and I then did some searches online and found this was huge discussion on several high end pro-audio forums. Forum members at Tapeop, Gearslutz and the Digidesign sites were rambling on about audio levels and mixing ITB. Most of the threads were over 50 pages. Everyone was learning the same lesson.
How did I choose -12db as a start point? First, each DAW has a different summing engine so your own number may differ. I use Ableton Live and originally I was starting projects with channel faders at -6db. However, I constantly had to adjust them all down as I built the songs up. I settled at -10db but recently I noticed something very interesting. In Live 7 they introduced Drum Racks and a Slice to Midi feature. A group set of faders becomes automatically available to you for the individual drum sounds of audio slices the new features create. Guess what? The channel faders are automatically set to -12db! It seems Ableton headquarters has also caught on how to make their DAW sound better. Interesting no?
In Ableton Live if you hover over the Track Volume slider you can see the exact dB it's set at by looking at the Status Bar located bottom left of the screen. If you click on a channel faders small left facing triangle you can then use the up and down arrows to nudge the volume in small increments.
As I mentioned in this post something to keep in mind is when you add EQ to a sound you add dBs. If you add +6db of high end EQ to a vocal you may want to adjust the channel fader. Lastly, I add a limiter to the Master and set it at -0.1 to catch anything that manages to spike a little too loud. Anyone with a Mac has Apple's free AU limiter built-in.
I think you will really enjoy mixing quiet a lot more once you try this method.
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Whooping Cranes Begin Spring Migration
AUSTIN — An ancient Texas spring tradition has begun. According to federal wildlife officials, endangered whooping cranes have begun their annual 2,400-mile trek from Texas back to their breeding grounds in northwest Canada.
Biologists at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the mid-Texas coast reported seeing a family of three whoopers headed north March 8, and, by mid-March, observers along the Platte River in Nebraska, a famed stopover site for migrating cranes, had spied whooping cranes at three different locations.
Officials expect migration activity to increase with the predominance of spring southerly winds. The traditional peak of spring whooping crane migration occurs in the first two weeks of April. Whoopers may reach their northern destination, Wood Buffalo National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada, in as little as 10 days after leaving the Texas coast.
Whooping Cranes are the rarest cranes in the world. The flock of whooping cranes that winters in Texas, which represents the only remaining naturally-occurring population of the species, reached record numbers this year, when a peak wintering population of 237 was estimated. However, overall recovery efforts for the species suffered a setback when an experimental population was decimated by winter tornadoes in Florida. That flock had been reintroduced to a migratory path from Wisconsin to Florida using ultralight aircraft.
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POLICE are appealing for information about a 15-year-old boy who is still missing from his home in Blackburn.
Callum Nairn was last seen on Cherry Tree Lane at 7.30pm on Wednesday 16 April 2014, but hasn't been in touch with family or friends since.
Callum is described as white, of slim build with short, dark brown hair. He was last seen wearing a blue body warmer and a red top.
PC Daniel Shepherd said: "If anybody has any information about Callum's current or recent whereabouts then I would urge them to get in touch.
"We are concerned for Callum's welfare due to his age and we and his family just want to know that he is safe.
"I'd like to appeal directly to Callum to get in touch with us as soon as possible."
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" Address: No 1 Seething Lane / London EC3N 4AX / England "
We stayed in this hotel for like 3 days and 2 nights. The place is great as well as the service. the staff are very friendly and kind to us and they gave us pretty delicious food. We just came to London for some reasons and when we get back we will surely stayed in here again. this place is recommended.
I booked this hotel for my girlfriends birthday and we spent one night there. I got a fantastic offer off 0800hotels.co.uk (well worth checking out), which allowed us to stay for just 80 quid including continental breakfast. Obviously, to stay anywhere half decent in london your looking at a figure double this, so although i wanted somewhere respectable, i wasnt expecting a beautiful hotel upon arrival.
However, i was completely wrong! As we walked up the beautiful city street on which the hotel was situated, we were quickly greeted by the concierge of the hotel (he had seen us struggling with bags and walked 50 yards to assist)! He took our bags of us and showed us to reception.
The reception process was speedy and efficient, with everything being prepaid, and refreshingly, there was no deposit taken to cover for any damage we did to the hotel.
We then made our way to our room, up on the third floor it had good views of the great office buildings around this part of London and was in a good location to get the sun in. The room was amazing, a good space, a massive king size bed and pillow menu, and an amazing bathroom with walk in monsoon shower. The TV was a good size and everything was very modern and up to date. It ouzed a chic and boutique feel.
The next morning we headed down to what can only be described as a mahoosive breakfast! it was amazing! Yoghurts, croissants, fruits, breads. Everything you could imagine, and when we checked the prices, it was worth 15 quid, which means we got the room for about 65!
Check out once again ran smoothly, and we were extremely close to the tube station in order to catch our return train home from LKX.
We wanted to stay somewhere in central London that was value for money, and found this brilliant hotel for only £69 per night. This was in December 2008, so we didn't expect any decent hotels so close to Christmas to be so cheap. While this hotel is a little out of the way of main attractions it is close to the Tower of London, and to Tower Bridge and easily accessible by bus and tube.
The rooms were excellent, with brilliant facilities. Good hospitality tray with the usual tea, coffee and biscuits and good quality bottled water. The bathroom in particular was great, with a massive walk-in shower. The beds were comfortable, and there was a choice of pillows which is great for anyone as fussy as me! While we didn't get breakfast included in the room rate there are plenty places nearby, including a Pret-a-Manger on the same street and others such as All Bar One and Wetherspoons close by for better value food than the hotel. The view of Tower Bridge from the local Wehterspoons is special!
Having visited London many times I can say this is the best hotel I have stayed in, and didn't want to leave when our two nights was up!
I recently went to London to go to a Snow Patrol gig and needed somewhere to stay for 3 nights, I searched the internet for hours alongside my partner before we stumbled across this fantastic hotel through a google search. At £99 a night it was definately cheaper than most we had looked at and seemed to tick all the boxes. When we got there we were almost 3 hours too early for check in, but knowing we had travelled all night they rushed our room and whilst we were having breakfast our room was made up!
The room itself is gorgeous, we were in the executive room (good price!) and my partner had ordered a bottle of wine and chocolates on arrival, this is something they offer to everyone who books with them at a small additional charge, its a lovely touch! The room is very stylish, good sizes wardrobes and storage, a lovely frosted glass door seperates off the bathroom. In the bathroom you have both a comfy bath and a walk in shower which could easily fit two people at a time! Speakers are piped into the bathroom and can stick on the music channel on the tv and listen to it whilst having a bath! They go beyond what Ive seen before for "freebies" with a generous sized bottle of shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and moisturiser, then you've got a bar of soap hidden inside a lovely black plastic box for storage, for that extra touch you even get a free rubber duck for the bath!
Coming back out into the bedroom youve got your own coffee making facilities where you are offered coffee, tea or hot chocolate alongside some lovely cookie biscuits. Above it on the next shelf youve got a complimentary show polisher, sewing kit and a bottle opener/cork screw.
Theres also a laptop sized safe to store your laptop or any little bits that you have brought with you. The room comes with complimentary wifi internet which I found a real bonus so I could continue dealing with any work emails during my trip, it meant I was also able to look up any events taking place or places of interest during the day as well as highly rated restaurants.
Each morning you are given a bottle of chilled still water and a bottle of chilled sparkling water with two glasses - which I thought was a nice touch, they also have a fresh delivery of newspapers every morning so you can enjoy the latest news either over breakfast or in your room whilst your getting ready!
Our room was supplied with a king size bed with luxury sheets and pillows and was one of the best nights sleeps I'd had in ages! A 32" tv also hangs on the wall opposite your bed with a variety of sky channels for your entertainment. If you find theres nothing on tv of interest then you can hire out dvds to play on the dvd player in your room. These are charged with a £20 deposit which you will get back on safe return of the film. There is a large selection of dvds to choose from and the list is left in each room.
Lastly the room is selectively designed with a few photographs by the hotels very own photographer, and depending on whether you stay in London or Scotland the photos are there to reflect the place in which you are staying! As a photographer myself I felt this was a great touch and would give anyone who doesnt know the area a really insight into the local tourist attractions.
The hotel offers its own restaurant where you will find a special discounted menu for its guests, the restaurant has a lovely setting with floor to ceiling windows and the food is gorgeous!
The hotel is closely situated to Tower Hill (Tower bridge area) so very close to the centre, and within minutes walking distance to both the tube station and the embankment. A short tube journey will take you to all the famous attractions and back again with minimal fuss. Id suggest you buy a day ticket if your stay includes a weekend (this works out cheaper) or a week ticket if your stay doesnt include weekends. You will find a tube map inside the station and getting around the place is very easy!
I stayed in this hotel a few weeks ago and absolutely loved it. We got a last minute deal for a double room for £120 for a Saturday night. Tower Hill and Aldgate are the closest tube stations to the hotel (about 5 minutes walk).
We found the hotel very easily and check in was quick and efficient. The hotel is situated in a lovely area right beside London Bridge and there are a few restaurants and bars around.
When we checked in we went up to the room straight away and we were very happy with what we found. The rooms are very modern but cosy at the same time. It is obvious that the Apex chain used an excellent interior designer as the hotel looks swish, from the reception, to the bar and up to the rooms. Our room was spacious and had a flat screen tv, a desk, a massive king-size bed accessorised with cushions and a runner. The bathroom had a bath and a separate walk in shower. There was a funky pink rubber duck that you could take home with you, courtesy of the hotel! The toiletries were a blend put together from the hotel and were very luxurious. There was shower gel, shampoo and body lotion (all 250ml). Everything was spotless as well and the bathtub is really deep and I had such a nice relaxing bath!
There was a fridge (which could be stocked if you want) and I found this handy as we stocked it with some water and Lucozade, in preparation for the hangover of the next day!
You could order room service if you want but we opted to have dinner in the bar downstairs. There were 3 of us and the meal came to £81.00 which was excellent value, especially as the meal was delicious. I had mushroom soup for starters and it was unreal that was followed by steak and chips and then for dessert- strawberry cheesecake with basil sorbet. Yes, basil sorbet and it went so well with the cheesecake.
We checked out at 12 noon the following day (after snacking on the choc chip Belgian cookies and tea in the room). Check out was friendly and efficient. I would highly recommend this hotel and would definitely stay there again.
There are other Apex hotels in Edinburgh and Dundee and plans to open more in London.
Apex City of London Hotel
No 1 Seething Lane
London EC3N 4AX
Tel: 02077022020


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"Golf is a game in which you yell 'fore,' shoot six and write down five," radio broadcaster Paul Harvey once said. Within the Rackspace Startup Program, one startup is leading the charge to clean up the math in golf software: ForeUP.
ForeUP golf management and marketing software is completely cloud-based. There's no longer a need to have servers or costly IT support at golf courses, or to back up their systems or worry about servers going down.
Now you can manage your golf course with a SaaS solution from almost anywhere, with access through any computer, iPad or smart phone. The ForeUP software system can manage a golf course's tee times, business analytics, POS, billing, merchant accounts, CRM, email, marketing, course websites and mobile apps. And, the avid golfer can check up on their favorite golf course from home or while traveling with the ForeUP solution.
"While visiting a golf course I noticed how terrible their software looked, but thought it was just some old software they happen to use at that particular course," explains ForeUP's CEO Joel Ragar. "Later I learned that their software was the No. 1 golf software solution in the world. How could this be in today's technology age?"
With a vision to bring golf software into the 21st century, ForeUP got its start in the spare bedroom of Ragar's college apartment, with his co-founder, Evan Teshima. "We were both scared to death to eventually be stuck in the corporate world, which fueled a compelling desire to turn one of our many ideas into a reality. We knew that it was time for someone to disrupt the world of golf software," Ragar adds.
ForeUP didn't happen overnight.
"It took awhile to craft an idea into the future market leader in golf software, but that's what the long days and nights in my spare bedroom were used for," Ragar notes. "The solution needed to be one sexy piece of software, work 10 times better than anyone else and, on top of all of that, it needed to be progressive. Our goal was to help them understand their course health and provide tools on how they could increase their bottom line."
Team ForeUP turned to the Rackspace Cloud to build its game changing golf software. Ragar says the cloud empowered the startup to get to market much faster than anticipated.
"Rackspace has been incredible for our company," says Ragar. "It has allowed us to build and launch our new aggressive software strategy that we didn't think was possible for another year or two. We think of them as a team member of ForeUP."
Rackspace has truly become an extension of the ForeUP team and has primed the company for success, Ragar says.
"Our Rackspace support team has spent many hours on the phone and by email helping us understand how to better manage our data and the implementation of that data within our software," he notes. "From their help we have been able to launch new solutions (analytical dashboards, advanced business reporting, etc.) in a quick and easy way that before we had to leave out because it was too complex for us to handle. They have done amazing things for ForeUP that has helped us grow in customers, revenue and software solutions."
ForeUP continues to refine its golf software – it wants to make it easier to use and have plenty of useable features. Every feature has been carefully crafted to ensure highly innovative, powerful golf software. All of the features in ForeUP are fully-integrated, which allows you to operate your entire business with one solution. And the team isn't stopping there. Ragar adds that new solutions are on the horizon.
The Rackspace Startup Program continues to provide more and more startups with a world class open cloud computing platform upon which to build their businesses. Contact the Space Cowboys to find out how you can get the rocket fuel to launch your startup.


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INSPIRATIONAL Newcastle hooker Danny Buderus feels like ''a new man'' less than a week after undergoing back surgery that has salvaged his 14th and final NRL campaign.
The former Knights, NSW and Australian captain is back at home and has already begun the rehabilitation and recovery process in preparation for an anticipated return late next month or in early April.
Knights chief executive Matt Gidley, Buderus's friend and long-time former teammate, said the veteran hooker was already feeling the benefits of the discectomy.
In that procedure, surgeons removed herniated disc material pressing against Buderus's spinal cord in his lower back that caused him extreme pain.
''I've just been on the phone with Danny for 20 minutes and he's fantastic,'' Gidley told Fairfax Media. ''He said it was instant relief, so his recovery's going superbly well.
''He's a new man, he was just telling me now. He feels fantastic, he said the surgery went really well, and now he's just working his way through recovery, getting physio and doing some rehab. He's looking forward to working through his rehab program and his recovery and getting ready to play footy again.''
Gidley said there was no definite return date set but coach Wayne Bennett said last week that the club's medical staff were working towards an eight-week recovery period.
If Buderus was cleared on March 27, eight weeks after the operation, he could be available to play the round-four game against Canberra at Hunter Stadium on March 31, or the round-five game against the Dragons at Jubilee Oval on April 7.
''We're aiming for eight weeks,'' Bennett said. ''That's our margin call. These guys are elite athletes and they rehab better than anybody … there have been a couple of other instances … when guys got back in six to eight weeks.''
Buderus, who turns 35 on Wednesday, will be the NRL's oldest player this season.


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Former Fleet player Nathan Elder ruined Ebbsfleet United's promotion dream by scoring the decisive winning goal for Dover Athletic in today's Conference South play-off final.
More than four thousand fans were packed into Stonebridge Road to witness a scrappy game being settled by Elder's 56th minute header.
It means Dover, not Fleet, will play in the Conference Premier next season leaving Steve Brown's side to do it all again at this level when the new campaign kicks off in August.
There were two changes to the Fleet side which lost the second-leg of the semi-finals 1-0 at Bromley last Saturday.
Anthony Acheampong and Dean Rance were the duo not involved this time, so in came Paul Lorraine and Michael Corcoran.
Ricky Modeste saw a low shot fly just wide from outside the box on two minutes before Daryl McMahon tested Dover keeper Mitchell Walker from similar distance at the other end moments later.
Billy Bricknell glanced a header over the bar from McMahon's 14th minute corner but Fleet were unfortunate not to take the lead when McMahon's 35 yard free-kick flew inches over walker's bar midway through the half.
Play was stopped for several minutes as Fleet stopper Preston Edwards was treated on the pitch following an accidental coming to gather with Elder.
Ben May's 34th minute shot took a slight deflection off a Dover defender enabling Walker to gather it easily.
Bricknell was unable to control the ball as he moved forward into the box allowing a visiting defender to get a vital touch.
Six minutes of stoppage time were signalled as a result of Edwards' earlier injury, during which Shane Huke headed over from Anthony Cook's corner.
But a largely frustrating first half finished without a goal and everything still to play for in the second period.
There was a lucky escape for the hosts four minutes after the restart as Tom Wynter's wind assisted delivery from the left landed in the six-yard box but there was nobody there to meet it.
Callum davies did well to block Bricknell's effort as the Fleet striker worked his way into the box before pulling the trigger.
Edwards did well to deny Modeste after the Dover attacker had easily brushed aside Aiden Palmer on 56 minutes.
But it was from the resulting Modeste corner Dover broke the deadlock as elder powered home a header against his ex-club to send the visiting supporters behind the goal into raptures.
Huke had to head behind Moses Ademola's shot for a corner as Dover went in search of a quick second.
Sean Raggett headed just off target from Craig Stone's free-kick seconds before Bricknell was replaced by Michael Thalassatis.
Ademola's shot was pushed out by Edwards and the Fllet keeper was called into action again moments later to deny Modeste.
Osborn's 71st minute shot from inside the box hit the side-netting immediately before he made way for Stacy Long.
Corcoran sliced an effort wide from outside of the box as Fleet began to press forward in numbers searching for a leveller.
Cook's 35-yard free-kick failed to trouble Dover keeper Walker, who was called into again one minutes later to save May's low shot.
Raggett headed just over with Edwards under pressure and then McMahon fired straight at walker as the action continued to swing from end to end.
Four minutes of added time were signalled but this was added to as Thalassitis was forced off through injury and replaced by Chris Sessegnon.
Liam Bellamy saw a free-kick from outside the box deflected behind by the wall for a corner and Ademola almost added a second with virtually the last kick of the game by aiming at empty net after Edwards had come forward for a late Fleet corner.
Ultimately this wasn't to be Fleet's day but congratulations to Dover who will be mixing it in non-league's top tier next year with the likes of Bristol Rovers and a host of other former Football League clubs.
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Ebbsfleet: Edwards, Howe, Palmer, McMahon, Lorraine, Huke, Osborn (Long 71), Corcoran, May, Bricknell (Thalassitis 63, Sessegnon 90), Cook. Subs not used: Hall, Sankofa. Att: 4,294


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The Weekly Health Quiz: Migraines, Drinking and Belly Fat
September 22, 2017,
Patients who have had a first stroke or TIA are at high risk of having another stroke. Secondary prevention measures are essential to reduce this risk.
Quit Smoking. Smoking is a major risk factor for stroke. Patients should also avoid exposure to second-hand smoke.
Eat Healthy. Patients should make dietary changes to follow a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, high in potassium, and low in saturated fats. Limit sodium (salt) intake to less than 2,300 mg/day. Middle-aged and older patients with high blood pressure should restrict sodium intake to no more than 1,500 mg/day. For diet plans, the Mediterranean diet or the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet may be particularly good choices for reducing the risk of stroke.
Exercise. Exercise helps reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, which can help reduce the risk of stroke. Doctors recommend at least 30 minutes of exercise on most, if not all, days of the week.
Maintain Healthy Weight. Patients who are overweight should try to lose weight through healthy diet and regular exercise.
Limit Alcohol Consumption. Heavy alcohol use and binge drinking increase the risk of both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. If you drink, limit alcohol to no more than one drink a day for women or two drinks a day for men.
Your doctor may suggest taking aspirin or another drug called clopidogrel (Plavix) to help prevent blood clots from forming in your arteries or your heart. These medicines are called antiplatelet drugs. These drugs make blood platelets less sticky and therefore less likely to form a clot. You should never start taking aspirin without talking to your doctor first.
Primary Prevention (to prevent a first stroke). When these drugs are taken before a stroke or TIA has occurred, it is called primary prevention. Before deciding whether someone should take aspirin or clopidogrel to prevent strokes caused by a blockage in an artery (ischemic stroke), your doctor must consider whether you are at an increased risk of strokes caused by bleeding in the brain (hemorrhagic stroke), as well as bleeding elsewhere in the body.
Secondary Prevention (to prevent another stroke after one has occurred). After an ischemic stroke or a TIA, aspirin alone or aspirin plus the the anti-clotting drug dipyridamole (Persantine, or Aggrenox when combined in one pill with aspirin) given twice daily is recommended to prevent another stroke. Clopidogrel may be used in place of aspirin for patients who have narrowing of the coronary arteries or who have had a stent inserted. Combining aspirin and clopidogrel together does not have any more benefit and increases the risk for hemorrhage.
Anticoagulant Drugs. Warfarin (Coumadin) is the main anticoagulant ("blood thinner") drug used to prevent strokes in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation. Warfarin carries a risk for bleeding, but for most patients, warfarin's benefits far outweigh its risks. The risk for bleeding is highest when warfarin therapy is first started, with higher doses, and with long periods of treatment. Patients at risk for bleeding are usually older and have a history of stomach bleeding and high blood pressure. It is important that patients who take warfarin have their blood checked regularly to make sure that it does not become "too thin." Blood that is too thin increases the risk for bleeding, while blood that is "too thick" increases the risk for blood clots and stroke. Prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR) tests are used to monitor blood coagulation.
People with atrial fibrillation who are generally considered candidates for warfarin therapy often have one or more of the following characteristics:
People with diabetes should aim for fasting blood glucose levels of less than 110 mg/dl and hemoglobin A1C of less than 7%. Blood pressure goals for people with diabetes should be 130/80 mm Hg or less.
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The death of brain cells in Huntington Disease (HD) is thought to be associated with a lack of normal cell energy and harmful brain substances called free radicals. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) is a marketed nutritional supplement that may prove useful in HD because it increases cell energy and combats free radicals.
Most studies of CoQ have looked at only one formulation of CoQ ("ubiquinone") in HD. The purpose of the study is to find out if people that switch from the common formulation of CoQ ("ubiquinone") to a different formulation ("ubiquinol") have higher levels of CoQ in their blood after taking the same dose. The investigators also want to find out if this different formulation is tolerable for individuals with HD.
|Huntington Disease
|Dietary Supplement: ubiquinol
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|Bioavailability of Ubiquinol in Huntington Disease
- serum coenzyme Q10 levels [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Ubiquinol
up to 600 mg per day, oral capsules for 8 weeks
Dietary Supplement: ubiquinol
up to 600 mg per day, oral capsules for 8 weeks
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have manifest Huntington disease
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Be taking an oxidized formulation of CoQ for at least 30 days prior to the baseline visit
- Be on a steady dose of all concomitant medications for at least 30 days prior to the baseline visit
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have a history of intolerability of sensitivity to CoQ
- Have an unstable medical or psychiatric illness
- Be pregnant or breastfeeding; women of childbearing age must use reliable contraception
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00980694
|United States, New York
|University of Rochester
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14618
|Principal Investigator:
|Karl Kieburtz, MD
|University of Rochester
|Responsible Party:
|Karl Kieburtz, Professor, University of Rochester
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00980694 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 17, 2009
|Last Updated:
|May 25, 2016
Keywords provided by Karl Kieburtz, University of Rochester:
coenzyme Q10
Huntington disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Huntington Disease
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Movement Disorders
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Cognition Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Greek yogurt is a protein powerhouse and chocked-full of impressive health benefits, including improved digestive function and pain management. Since the thick, creamy Greek yogurt is a nutrition superstar, why not get a little creative to incorporate more of it into your diet?
U.S. News and World Report and the Idaho Statesman detail nine unusual ways to eat Greek yogurt:
- Mayonnaise substitute: Mix it in everything from tuna salad to deviled eggs. "You're going to get the extra protein, calcium and save on calories, fat, and saturated fat," says Allison Enke, a dietitian for Whole Foods Market.
- Yogurt cheese: A tangy Greek yogurt cheese, such as this recipe from Food Network star Alton Brown, involves straining Greek yogurt through a cheese cloth-lined strainer for several hours and jazzing it up with herbs and spices.
- Top tacos, chili and soup: The next time you reach for sour cream, opt for Greek yogurt. Save 15 calories per tablespoon to dress up tacos, chili or add a creamy texture to soups.
- Frozen (Greek) yogurt treats: Registered dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner, author of "The Flexitarian Diet," suggests blending vanilla or plain Greek yogurt with fruit – or even spinach – until smooth. Pour into ice molds, pop into the freezer and wait for a delicious, chilly treat. It can also be added to smoothies instead of milk to triple the amount of protein.
- Dessert: Replace part – or all – of the cream cheese in cheesecake for a delicious, low-calorie dessert. Or substitute for butter in frosting recipes to cut the calories considerably. There are plenty of other tasty options, including chocolate mousse or Greek yogurt brûlée.
- Yogurt ranch dressing: Another family favorite is ranch dressing, but at nearly 150 calories and less than half of a gram of protein for a two-tablespoon serving, bottled dressing is a nutritional nightmare. Mixing your own can reduce this to just 50 calories with 1 gram of protein per serving.
- Pancake topper: Real maple syrup packs 52 calories per tablespoon while non-fat Greek yogurt is closer to 11 calories. Drizzle on honey or add some fresh fruit puree to make a healthier breakfast treat.
- Ice cream alterative: Who needs an ice cream maker? Add one teaspoon of milk and a dash (or so) of vanilla into a single serving of Greek Yogurt and stir. Place in a freezer and chill for a few hours. "You can get creative with the flavors, too," Enke says. "Try stirring in a little cocoa powder, or fresh or frozen berries."
- Marinating: Adding Greek yogurt to a marinade tenderizes meat while adding flavor. Iron Chef Michael Symon suggests marinating meat – in his case, chicken – in Greek yogurt to keep it moist, juicy and flavorful.
- Make guacamole nutrient-rich: "Who knew?" that's what one surprised person commented on this recipe for Greek yogurt guacamole from Chobani. Similar recipes, including this one from Food Network, have been a hit with home cooks.
- Lighten side dishes: Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and pairing Greek yogurt with mashed potatoes can make for a lighter, yet still flavorful, side dish.
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text: Statehouse Beat: Manchin's familiar rumblings By Phil Kabler December 22, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The national media last week learned what those of us who have covered Sen. Joe Manchin for years have always known: He can sound like he's saying something substantive without saying much of anything at all.During his appearances on network morning shows, Manchin, of course, never called for banning anything, but for a dialogue on how to stem the national epidemic of mass shootings. Indeed, Manchin is probably right in that the problem is not just the easy accessibility to semi-automatic weapons, but also insufficient mental health care resources, and a pop culture that glorifies extreme violence in movies and video games.Given that tone, it was remarkable to see the vile and nasty comments directed at Manchin from the extreme gun rights advocates -- particularly since they're not acting in a position of strength under the circumstances.It was entirely inappropriate for Keith Morgan, president of the West Virginia chapter of the "astroturf" group Citizens Defense League to refer to Manchin as "Sen. Elmer Fudd" and calling him a snake for daring to even open a dialogue on extreme gun violence in this country.Equally bizarre were comments from state Republican Party Chairman Conrad Lucas calling Manchin "classless" for raising the issue so soon after the Newtown shootings, and saying he had "humiliated himself and his state."Lucas did not say how long a waiting period would be appropriate before the topic is suitable for national debate ... perhaps until the next mass murder?*Some readers suggested I was unfair to poke fun at the lack of math skills of the author of a New York Times report that said the state gives out more than $1.5 billion of tax incentives each year. (Heck, I was just looking for an easy segue into the fact that the state had just released its annual Tax Credit Disclosure List ... )Whether the correct figure is $1.5 billion or more like $82 million is a matter of semantics. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, it depends on what a tax incentive is.To my mind, a tax incentive is something a state actively offers to recruit or retain a particular business, be it tax credits, grants, low-interest loans, etc. In the Times report, the vast majority of what it calls incentives -- more than $1.2 billion of the total -- is because the state does not impose consumer sales taxes on raw materials. (Nor does any other state, as far as I'm aware.)Because West Virginia, given its relatively small size, exports a lot of coal, natural gas, and electricity, the Times makes it look like we're giving away a lot of incentives on a per capita basis. Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette, who has been critical of the Times report, said it makes for great copy and generates a lot of conversation, but is not a valid comparison of tax incentives state-by-state."It's not comparing apples with apples," he said. "It's comparing apples with pineapples."* While we think of tax credits as going to businesses and corporations, lots of individuals get tax credits.According to the latest tax credit report, folks like Angus Peyton and Ken Lowe claimed Super Tax credits of between $1 and $50,000 on their personal income tax.Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., got a Qualified Rehabilitated Residential credit of between $50,000 and $100,000, and a Historical Rehabilitation Building credit of between $1 and $50,000 in the 2007 tax year.*After an initial meeting last week to review applications, the Educational Broadcasting Authority will meet on Dec. 28 to interview finalists for the executive director position for West Virginia Public Broadcasting.Meanwhile, the executive director forced into retirement by the authority, Dennis Adkins, agreed to stay on for another month to give the authority time to get his successor on board. The fact that there are 15 applicants says a lot about this being a buyers' market in the media these days.*Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin earned some points with state employees this month, first by transferring $4 million to PEIA to assure there will be neither premium increases nor benefits cuts in their health insurance coverage for the 2013-14 plan year, and then by extending their half-day off for Christmas Eve into a full holiday.However, state offices will be open a half-day on New Year's Eve. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ordered that circuit clerk's offices be open a half-day both days, much to the chagrin of employees.*Finally, yes, West Virginia, there will be a 2013 state sesquicentennial calendar -- or more accurately, the annual state Historical Preservation calendar put out by the Division of Culture and History will have a sesquicentennial theme.There have been concerns about the state's preparations (or lack of) for its 150th birthday, since the state's Sesquicentennial Commission has been largely inactive since mass resignations last spring over whether the sesquicentennial's emphasis should be on history and education, or on festivals, parades and reenactments, as favored by Randall Reid-Smith and Kay Goodwin.The calendar is expected to be available later this week.Reach Phil Kabler at email@example.com or 304-348-1220. 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City: Darmstadt, Germany
Background: Friedensreich Hundertwasser, an Austrian architect and painter, designed this building, which contains 105 apartments and a restaurant.
How It's Strange: Buildings are not usually this gaudy. "It's fantastical," says Toby Israel, a design psychologist and author of Some Place Like Home. Hundertwasser, known for his colorful, irregular-shaped buildings, chose windows of different shapes and sizes for this apartment. In addition, the building's colors are meant to represent layers of sediment rock.
City: London
Background: This is the second tallest building in the City of London. Opened in 2004, it is commonly referred to as the Gherkin, after the cucumber-like fruit. Its suggestive shape also earned it the nickname "Towering Innuendo."
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