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Induction of Mild Hypothermia Following Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
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|Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
|Other: Rapid infusion of 2 liters of 4oC normal saline Drug: Rapid infusion of cold normal saline
|Phase 2 Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Study of the Use of Mild Hypothermia in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Using a Rapid Infusion of 2 Liters of Cold Normal Saline
- Number Alive at Hospital Discharge [ Time Frame: at hospital discharge ]
- Neurologic Status at Discharge-full Recovery [ Time Frame: at time of discharge ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|No Intervention: control treatment
Other: Rapid infusion of 2 liters of 4oC normal saline
Patients randomized to mild hypothermia will receive a rapid infusion of 2 liters of 4oC normal saline prior to arrival in the emergency room. Patients randomized to control will receive standard of care following resuscitation from cardiac arrest.
Other Name: Rapid infusion of cold normal salineDrug: Rapid infusion of cold normal saline
Detailed Description:
In this study we will randomize 1,200 cardiac arrest patients who have return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) to hypothermia with rapid infusion of 2 liters of 4oC Normal Saline IV solution over 20 to 30 minutes, IV sedation and muscle paralysis or to standard of care following ROSC.
The primary objective of this study will be to determine whether induction of mild hypothermia using an infusion of cold normal saline will improve the proportion of patients who survive and are discharged awake from the hospital.
Hypothesis: In cardiac arrest patients who achieve ROSC in the field, initiation of hypothermia by infusion of cold normal saline will result in a greater proportion of cardiac arrest patients discharged awake from the hospital compared to standard care.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- successful resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by paramedics, defined by having a palpable pulse
Exclusion Criteria:
- traumatic cause for cardiac arrest
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00391469
|United States, Washington
|Harborview Medical Center
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
|Principal Investigator:
|Francis Kim, MD
|University of Washington
|Study Director:
|Leonard Cobb, MD
|University of Washington
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Francis Kim, Study Principal Investigator, University of Washington
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00391469 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HL089554 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|October 20, 2006
|Results First Received:
|November 23, 2014
|Last Updated:
|November 23, 2014
Keywords provided by Francis Kim, University of Washington:
cardiac arrest
mild hypothermia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Arrest
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Body Temperature Changes
Signs and Symptoms
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Is there anyone that has been playing awhile that still uses cyclones? It seems like my x cyclones are more overstable than some I had years ago like in '97.
I know one very obvious reason is that I'm remembering my broken in regular plastics and I haven't beat up my x enough. Or do y'all feel the x is a little more overstable?


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Health & Fitness calendar: Nov. 12
Updated 4:31 pm, Saturday, November 10, 2012
Reiki: Briana Brooks leads an open forum on reiki, a holistic approach to health. Complimentary reiki treatments will be offered. 7-8:30 p.m. Brooks Community Classroom, 6323 Sovereign St., Suite 186. 210-365-1400. Free.
Turkey Trot: The Boerne Family YMCA hosts runners, walkers and joggers for this 5K/10K 7:45 a.m. at Boerne City Plaza, 100 N. Main St., Boerne. Proceeds benefit the Y Partners Campaign. www.ymcasatx.org/boerne.
Break the Silence: The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition San Antonio Chapter will host a run/walk at Brackenridge Park, 3700 N. St. Mary's St. For information, write firstname.lastname@example.com or call 210-219-1837.
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Is your kid a reluctant learner?
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Digestive health issues affect a large proportion of Australian women every day, but many of the digestive discomfort feelings women experience are simply swept under the carpet and dismissed. In reality, digestive discomfort is having a huge impact on the everyday lives and productivity of working women and mums.
Common feelings of digestive distress include:
Gastroenterologist and President of The Gut Foundation, Professor Terry Bolin says, "Two-thirds of women will experience bloating periodically, but one in five will experience bloating so severely that it impacts on their work and their lives.
"But because some women suffer every day, there is a tendency to dismiss these symptoms as normal and something they should accept."
According to nutritionist and accredited practising dietitian, Dr Joanna McMillan, digestive discomfort issues are a very real, valid problem for women and it shouldn't be dismissed.
"For some people, changing their diet may be all that's needed, others may need a medical diagnosis. What's important is that women take control and seek solutions to overcome symptoms that can be managed."
Research reveals the impact of digestive issues is huge; in the worst cases it is preventing women from going to work, stopping them from participating in social activities and even possibly having a detrimental effect on their personal relationships.
"The findings also show that half of all women admit they haven't tried to get information about their digestive discomfort problems and that's a shame," said Dr McMillan. "For some people changing their diet can help, but it is important to say that others may need to get a medical diagnosis first."
So how can women manage their digestion to avoid the discomfort? What are the main triggers of bloating and digestive discomfort and what are the warning signs we should look out for that could indicate something more serious?
Here are Dr Joanna McMillan's top tips for optimum digestive balance:
Last revised: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
This article contains general information only and is not intended to replace advice from a qualified health professional.


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August 2010 I started making these (not surprisingly) FUN blocks, along with Penny of Sew Take a Hike. You quilt them as you go thus I call them my Quilt As You Go blocks. Clever, eh?
I finally decided to make some more just to keep my sewing machine going as I'm in between big projects at the moment. And yes, I'm still loving them! Still no where close to having enough for a lap quilt, but I'll get there! Want more info on the process? Check it out here!
{Just watch out - its addicting!)
And a little fabric love!
I've seen notebook fabric here and there for not an affordable price but THEN I saw Timeless Treasures had a print in The Pixie Pops collection, and I had to grab some!
Isn't it fun?
When making quilt labels I think this will be adroable! Not to mention keeping my words straight as I use alphabet stamps... one... letter... at... a... time.
Said Notebook Paper fabric is from Fresh Modern Fabric on Etsy... and she even included four squares of fabric I had never seen before, from the Hello Pilgrim collection by Lizzy House. YUMMY! I may be placing another order with them soon!
I'm such a sucker for greens and blues!
What are you working on this week?
I just finished a quilted throw pillow for our bed!
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:chownah wrote:the laity of today can mostly read and write and have access to a world of knowledge that even the most highly educated person of the Buddha's time could not even imagine......
Lots more views and opinions to get rid of, hence far fewer people are getting enlightened today than did in the Buddha's time.
Well said Bhante!
I hope you are well.


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HIV-1 Viral Dynamics in Subjects Initiating Raltegravir Therapy in Spain
This study has been completed.
Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
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Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
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First received: May 23, 2008
Last updated: November 6, 2009
Last verified: November 2009
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The study purpose is to investigate plasma HIV-1 RNA dynamics in subjects initiating raltegravir-based salvage therapy and quantify the corresponding changes in levels of cellular HIV-1 DNA.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Salvage antiretroviral therapy including raltegravir
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|HIV-1 Viral Dynamics in Subjects Initiating Raltegravir Therapy in Spain
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
Drug Information available for: Raltegravir Raltegravir potassiumU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in viral load from day 0 to 7 [ Time Frame: 1 week ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Intracellular levels of HIV-1 proviral DNA and LTR circles [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
HIV-1-infected subjects initiating raltegravir-including salvage therapy
Drug: Salvage antiretroviral therapy including raltegravir
Initiation of raltegravir-including salvage antiretroviral therapy
Other Name: RAL
Detailed Description:
First- and second-phase decay rates of plasma HIV-1 RNA and changes in the intracellular levels of HIV-1 proviral DNA and LTR circles will be measured in subjects starting salvage antiretroviral therapy including raltegravir in Spain.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have limited or no treatment options due to extensive antiretroviral drug resistance or drug intolerance.
- Subjects initiating raltegravir plus another fully active antiretroviral drug.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy, or fertile women willing to be pregnant.
- Active substance abuse or major psychiatric disease.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00685191
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00685191
|Hospital U. Germans Trias i Pujol
|Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08916
Sponsors and Collaborators
Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Bonaventura Clotet, MD,PhD
|Hospital U. Germans Trias i Pujol
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Keywords provided by Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|LLuita Sida Foundation
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00685191 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 23, 2008
|Last Updated:
|November 6, 2009
Keywords provided by Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital:
viral load
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Raltegravir Potassium
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
HIV Integrase Inhibitors
Integrase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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What the Starrs did next was surprising. Instead of consulting relatives or friends, they looked to David's workplace. They turned to a cutting-edge program called agile development that has rapidly spread from manufacturers in Japan to startups in Silicon Valley. It's a system of group dynamics in which workers are organized into small teams, hold daily progress sessions and weekly reviews.
As David explained, "Having weekly family meetings increased communication, improved productivity, lowered stress and made everyone much happier to be part of the family team."
When my wife and I adopted the agile blueprint in our own home, weekly family meetings with our then-5-year-old twin daughters quickly became the centerpiece around which we organized our family. The meetings transformed our relationships with our kids—and each other. And they took up less than 20 minutes a week.
The past few years have seen a rapid erosion of the wall that once divided work and family. New technologies allow busy employees to check in with one another during "family time" and allow busy parents to interact with their kids during "work time." But as close as the two worlds have grown, they've rarely exchanged ideas. Parents hoping to improve their families have been stuck with stale techniques from shrinks, self-help gurus and other "family experts." Meanwhile, in workplaces across America, breakthrough ideas have emerged to make teams run more smoothly.


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Molecular Imaging Modality by Positron Emission Tomography Using 18F-X : Study of Microglial Activation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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PET imaging of activated microglia offers a tool of investigation of a range of brain diseases where neuroinflammation is a component.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is the most frequent motoneuronal disease in adult.
This study was designed to explore the feasibility of molecular imaging modality by Positron Emission Tomography using 18F-X as an in vivo marker of activated microglia for the assessment of neuroinflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
PET may help in the diagnosis of the disease and, further, may allow assessment of the efficacy of antiinflammatory treatment.
|Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Bulbar Disease Spinal Disease
|Radiation: 18F-X PET SCAN
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Molecular Imaging Modality by Positron Emission Tomography Using 18F-X : Study of Microglial Activation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Quantitative in vivo-imaging of 18F-X microglial binding site as a mesure of disease activity followed up by non invasive quantification of patients using imaging modality. [ Time Frame: Inclusion period ]
- Evidence of the localisation of benzodiazepine binding site related to microglial activation in ALS [ Time Frame: inclusion period ]
- Evidence of the difference of microglial localisation and activation between bulbar and spinal form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ Time Frame: inclusion period ]
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|Study Start Date:
|January 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2010
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
18F-X PET Scan imaging
Radiation: 18F-X PET SCAN
18F-X PET Scan : Injection of 7.8 mSv for 370 MBq of dose (0.021 mSv / MBq)
Detailed Description:
18F-X PET will be carried out requiring arterial sampling in 2 patients suffering from ALS and 2 normal subjects in order to evaluate the 18F-X quantification.
Then simplified PET using 18F-X will be carried out in 13 patients and 13 normal subjects.
Binding potential maps showing specific binding of 18f-X will be generated for each subject.
Regional binding potential values will be calculated for anatomically defined regions of interest after coregistration to and special transformation into the subject's own MRI.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- suffering from probable or definite form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis according to El Escorial criteria. Spinal or bulbar site of the disease.
- Information and signature of the written consent form
- French Social Security registration
Exclusion Criteria:
- family history of ALS
- Riluzole treatment before the first PETscan.
- Psychiatric disorders
- Evolution of the disease older than 18 months
- Antiinflammatory or antibiotic treatment in the last month
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00563537
|Contact: Catherine ROUSSEL
|(33) 2.47.47. 97.89
|Service de Médecine Nucléaire et Ultrasons - Hôpital Bretonneau
|Tours, Region Centre, France, 37044
|Sub-Investigator: Caroline PRUNIER, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Julien PRALINE, MD
|Study Director:
|Denis GUILLOTEAU, PHD
|Service de médecine nucléaire in Vitro - CHRU TOURS
|Principal Investigator:
|Philippe CORCIA, MD
|Service de Neurologie - CHRU Tours
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|University Hospital, Tours
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00563537 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 22, 2007
|Last Updated:
|March 18, 2010
Keywords provided by University Hospital, Tours:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Motor Neuron Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Spinal Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
TDP-43 Proteinopathies
Proteostasis Deficiencies
Metabolic Diseases
Bone Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
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"Sort of an open-faced, fancy-pants quesadilla."
This is the note I typed into my phone after eating one of Universal Cafe's grilled flatbreads, and it might as well serve as my whole review. It's pretty hard to think of their toppings as resting on anything other than a tortilla.
Though, please understand, I do like quesadillas.
Universal grills their tortilla—I mean, crust—to the point where the edges crisp up, and even the brown-spotted, ultra-thin undercarriage gains a little structural integrity. With a fold, the small slices can easily be eaten by hand.
Toppings on Universal's grilled flatbreads change regularly. I happened in upon broccoli rabe, caramelized onions, goat cheese, and mozzarella ($12.50). The tangy flavor of the goat cheese dominates most bites, receiving a classic contrast from the sweet onions, while the mozzarella amps up the cheesy, comforting qualities of the dish. I found myself inclined to add some hot sauce (just as I might with a quesadilla!), but certainly not dissatisfied with my little lunch of carbs and cheese.
Universal Cafe
2814 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 (map)
415-821-4608; universalcafe.net
About the author: David Kover is a San Francisco-based freelance writer and food enthusiast. Follow his attempts to bring Brooklyn-style bagels to San Francisco at Schmendricks.com, or his occasional musings on Twitter as @pizzakover.


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A retinal vessel occlusion is a blockage in the blood vessels of your eye that can cause sight loss. There are two types of retinal blood vessels, arteries and veins, and either of these can be affected by an occlusion. This information describes these two different types of vessel occlusion and their affect on vision.
Light rays enter the front of our eye through the clear cornea and lens. It is very important that both the cornea and lens are clear as this allows the light to pass directly through the front of the eye to the retina. The cornea and lens bend light so that it can focus on the retina at the back of our eye. This gives us a clear, precise image. The cornea focuses the light towards our retina. The lens fine tunes the focusing of this light.
The retina at the back of the eye is a light-sensitive layer which consists of rod and cone cells. These cells collect the light signals directed onto them and send them as electrical signals to the optic nerve at the back of our eye.
Rod cells are concentrated around the edge of the retina. They help us to see things that aren't directly in front of us, giving us a rough idea of what is around us. They help us with our mobility and getting around by stopping us from bumping into things. They also enable us to see things in dim light and to see movement.
Cone cells are concentrated in the centre of our retina where the light is focused by the cornea and lens. This area is called the macula. Cone cells give us our detailed vision which we use when reading, watching TV, sewing and looking at people's faces. They are also responsible for most of our colour vision.
The retina at the back of your eye requires a constant blood supply. This blood supply makes sure that the cells of the retina get all the nutrients they need to continue working. While these retinal cells are working they produce waste and the blood supply removes this which keeps the retina healthy.
Like the rest of your body, there are two main types of blood vessels dealing with your eye's blood supply - arteries and veins. Arteries carry fresh blood from the heart and lungs to your eye and veins take away the blood that has been used by the eye and return it to the lungs and heart to be refreshed with oxygen and other nutrients. This process happens every time your heart beats so there is a constant stream of fresh blood and nutrients reaching all the cells in your eye. The arteries and veins in your eye are smaller than in other parts of the body but they do the same job.
It is possible for arteries and veins to become blocked and this can lead to medical problems. These blockages can happen throughout the body. When an artery or a vein that supplies the retina becomes blocked it is known as either a retinal artery occlusion or a retinal vein occlusion.
If you have been diagnosed with a retinal vessel occlusion but are unsure whether it affects a vein or an artery then your GP or ophthalmologist should be able to tell you which type of blood vessel has been involved.
The main cause of retinal artery or vein occlusion is atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a problem with the condition of the inside of the blood vessel's wall. Blood vessels are like tubes with the blood flowing smoothly through them. Atherosclerosis is a problem with the inside of the tube. The tube is usually wide and smooth so that the blood flows directly through it. However in some people the inside of this tube becomes narrower or sticky which means it is harder for the blood to flow through it. These patches of stickiness on the inside of the blood vessels are called atherosclerotic plaques or sometimes hardening or thinning of the arteries and veins.
If you have sticky patches in your blood vessels they can catch any debris in your blood which in turn makes the plaques bigger. Eventually these plaques can become large enough to cut off part or all of the blood going to or from your retina. Large pieces of debris can also get caught and block off the blood vessel completely. If your retinal blood supply is affected in this way then you will have a retinal artery or vein occlusion.
There are a number of risk factors for thinning of arteries and veins which may lead to retinal vessel occlusion:
Nothing can be done about age but all the other risk factors can be controlled. Your GP can diagnose any circulation problems like high blood pressure and cholesterol levels and prescribe any medication to help control them. If you are diabetic then good diabetic control can help reduce the risk of blood vessel problems. A healthy diet and stopping smoking can all help to reduce the risk of you experiencing a retinal vessel occlusion. Your GP can give you advice on maintaining a healthy weight and stopping smoking.
Your retinal arteries provide the retina with the constant supply of fresh blood it needs to work properly. If the arteries become blocked then this fresh blood cannot reach the retina cells as it should. When this happens the retinal cells quickly suffer from the lack of fresh oxygen contained in the blood. This stops them working and sight can be affected quite quickly. A retinal artery occlusion will cause you to lose part of your sight. The amount of sight that is affected varies according to the location of the blockage.
The blood vessels which supply the retina spread across it like a tree. The retinal arteries have a large trunk of a blood vessel that splits into smaller branches to feed all parts of the retina. If the trunk of the tree is blocked then a lot of your sight your will be affected. This type of occlusion is called a 'central retinal artery occlusion'. If the blockage happens further along in one of the branch arteries then less of your sight will be affected. This type of blockage is called a 'branch retinal artery occlusion'.
The retinal veins drain away the used blood from the retinal cells. When one of these veins becomes blocked then the used blood cannot drain away properly. This causes the blood to 'back- up' in the system. This blocking and pooling of blood can cause the area to swell and may also cause areas of haemorrhage (bleeding). These areas of swelling and backed up blood damage the cells of the retina and therefore damage sight. Again the extent of the sight loss depends on where the blockage takes place. If the blockage is in one of the larger veins in the eye then it is called a 'central retinal vein occlusion'. If it is in one of the small retinal veins it will be called a 'branch retinal vein occlusion'.
Both retinal vein and artery occlusions cause a painless loss of vision. Both of them usually only affect one eye.
If you have an artery occlusion, sight is normally lost very suddenly with little or no warning. Some people may experience short periods of sight loss for a few seconds every now and again, before they experience a more permanent loss of vision. If you are experiencing short periods of sight loss with sight returning after a few seconds you should have your eyes examined as soon as possible. If you suddenly lose vision in one eye, you should attend your local accident and emergency department as soon as possible.
If you have a retinal vein occlusion your sight loss may be gradual, rather than sudden. You may notice your sight in one eye dims over a period of days eventually leaving you with very poor vision. If you experience any change in your vision you should have your eye examined as soon as possible either by an optometrist or, if the sight loss happens quite quickly, by your local accident and emergency department.
Unfortunately there is no treatment available for retinal artery occlusions. The cells on the retina are very sensitive to a lack of blood supply and a disturbance for any length of time in fresh blood to the retinal cells can cause permanent sight loss.
For some people the blockage that causes the sight loss may become dislodged, and if the blood supply is started again then some improvement in vision may be seen. However, most people have permanent changes in their vision.
The sight loss caused by this kind of occlusion can sometimes improve on its own. Some of the changes to your vision may be caused by the swelling and bleeding the blood backing up causes. If this swelling improves and the blood that has leaked is reabsorbed then you may notice an improvement in your sight.
There are three current treatments which can be used for macular swelling caused by retinal vessel occlusion: laser surgery, treatment with steroid injections and injections of anti VEGF medications.
In a few but not all cases a laser can be used in this type of occlusion to help control bleeding and swelling, and can mean that sight improves a little. Often the laser is also used to stop more damage occurring, so although no sight is restored the likelihood of losing more sight is reduced.
Sometimes steroids can be used to help control the swelling in the macula area. These can be given over a number of months or sometimes the ophthalmologist will use a steroid implant which will last for longer in your eye. These treatments can often be used when it isn't possible to use laser treatment.
Anti VEGF injections will help to reduce swelling in the macula area. These injections are given into the eye over a number of months. They have been shown to be effective in reducing swelling caused by a retinal vein occlusion.
Sometimes a retinal vein occlusion can cause new blood vessels to grow around the centre of the retina (macula). If this happens then it can affect your sight quite badly. The ophthalmologist may well recommend that you are seen in the clinic over the following months to check that this isn't happening. If new blood vessels do start to grow then sometimes they can be treated.
Laser can be used to seal of the new blood vessels that sometimes grow with this complication. This means that the swelling can be avoided. Unfortunately the laser can't be used very close to the macula area, so sometimes it isn't possible for everyone to have this treatment. Anti VEGF injections also stop new blood vessel growth.
Your ophthalmologist will discuss with you if you need treatment and which treatment they would recommend for you.
Retinal vessel occlusions are fairly common but there are ways of avoiding the chances of having one. Regular checks with the GP can discover whether you may be at risk and if so treatment can be given to improve your chances of not having an occlusion. Drugs to control high blood and cholesterol levels can help, and a good diet low in fat and saturated fat, stopping smoking and moderate exercise can all help avoid circulation problems that can be the root of the retinal occlusion. You can always ask you GP about steps you can take to make sure you are doing the best to keep your heart and circulation as healthy as possible.
Since retinal vessel occlusions are often connected to other more general circulation problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels or diabetes, then the ophthalmologist may want to check that your heart and blood are healthy. They may want to check your blood and your blood pressure and if they find any problems with this then they will suggest to your GP that they take steps to help with these problems. These may include taking aspirin to help 'thin' the blood, drugs to lower blood pressure if it is high and sometimes drugs to lower the cholesterol levels in your blood. All these steps can improve your circulation and so avoid the chance of having a similar occlusion in your other eye. It is therefore very rare for retinal occlusions to occur in both eyes.
Retinal vessel occlusions come as a shock to most people. The sudden loss of vision can be upsetting and it is quite normal to feel upset and worried at the time. However because usually the sight loss is contained to one eye people can quickly adjust to their new level of vision.
At first you may find that you are constantly aware of the change in your vision and that the sight loss in one eye dominates your vision making it difficult to see using both eyes. However after a few months you will probably find that this becomes less of a problem. This happens because our brains are able adjust to a new level of vision and are able to make the eye with good sight the dominant one. Usually, people find that with time their good eye 'takes over' and that tasks that were difficult become easier.
If a lot of sight in one eye is affected quite badly then for a period of time people may feel slightly unbalanced. This is because we are used to having pictures from two eyes to help us make sense of the world. When sight in one eye is affected it can affect our depth perception. You may find that you have trouble judging distances, how high a step is or how far away a table is. With time you should be able to judge these distances better but you should take care in the first couple of months.
You may be concerned about driving following loss of sight in one eye; however it is legal to drive with sight like this. As long as your sight in the other eye is good enough to see a number plate at 20.5 metres wearing any glasses that you may need and you have 120 degrees in your field of vision you will be legally able to drive. Your optician or ophthalmologist will be able to let you know if your sight is good enough for driving. You may be more comfortable waiting until your good eye becomes more dominant, but legally if you have good sight in one eye you are able to drive.
If you have an eye condition in your other eye that affects your vision then your sight loss may be more serious. You may find it useful to contact your local low vision clinic, social services department and local organisations for people with poor sight. They will be able to offer you advice and support on coping with poor vision and also be able to tell you more about the services and benefits for people with sight loss.
If you have lost some sight in both your eyes you may find your sight isn't as good as it was but there are a lot of things you can do to make the most of this remaining vision. This may mean making things bigger, using brighter lighting, or using colour to make things easier to see.
Ask your ophthalmologist, optometrist or GP about low vision aids, like a magnifier, and ask for a referral to your local low vision service. You should also ask whether you are eligible to register as "sight impaired" (partially sighted) or "severely sight impaired" (blind). Registration can act as your "passport" to expert help and sometimes to financial concessions. Even if you aren't registered a lot of this support is still available to you.
Local social services should also be able to offer you information on staying safe in your home and getting out and about safely. They should also be able to offer you some practical mobility training to give you more confidence when you are out.
Our Helpline can also give you information about the low vision services available, schooling, work and employment and our website offers lots of practical information about adapting to changes in your vision and products that make everyday tasks easier.
Being diagnosed with an eye condition can be very upsetting. You may find that you are worried about the future and how you will manage with a change in your vision. All these feelings are natural.
Some people may want to talk over some of these feelings with someone outside their circle of friends or family. RNIB can help, with our telephone Helpline and our emotional support service. Your GP or social worker may also be able to help you find a counsellor if you think this would help you.
The Macular Society has local groups which meet throughout the country and also offer a telephone counselling service. Sometimes it can help to talk about your feelings or share your experience with people who may have had similar experiences.
The RNIB Helpline is your direct line to the support, advice and products you need. We'll help you to find out what's available in your area and beyond, both from RNIB and other organisations.
Whether you want to know more about your eye condition, buy a product from our shop, join our library, find out about possible benefit entitlements, be put in touch with a trained counsellor, or make a general enquiry, we're only a call away.
RNIB Helpline
Tel: 0303 123 9999
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
We are ready to answer your call Monday to Friday 8.45am to 5.30pm.
Unfortunately, RNIB can only answer email enquiries from the UK.
Our pages on information for everyday living offer ideas for people with sight problems on making life easier and ways of getting the most out of life.
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For all other RNIB enquiries or comments please email email@example.com or call 0303 123 9999.
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RxCircle is a mobile based application for Android mobile users
Spice Stellar Mi-508 smartphone was launched in August 2014. The phone comes with a 5.00-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 pixels by 854 pixels.
The Spice Stellar Mi-508 is powered by 1.3GHz dual-core it comes with 512MB of RAM. The phone packs 4GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Spice Stellar Mi-508 packs a 8-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 2-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Spice Stellar Mi-508 runs Android 4.4 and is powered by a 2000mAh removable battery.
The Spice Stellar Mi-508 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Regular and Regular. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and FM. Sensors on the phone include Proximity sensor and Accelerometer.
How to download RxCircle form Spice Stellar Mi-508?
- Check the Android version to verify compatibility of RxCircle with Spice Stellar Mi-508.
Find Android version: go to "Settings" - "About the phone" - "Android version". Make sure RxCircle is compatible with Spice Stellar Mi-508.
- Click the download button to download RxCircle in Spice Stellar Mi-508.
- Once the download and installation are complete, find RxCircle in your home screen and tap the icon to open it.
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After more than a year of effort, we finally released the first version of the PlanIt! for Photographers on iOS.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planit!-for-photographers/id898876435 (iOS version, for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yingwen.photographertoolspro (Android version)
Just so you know, we are also migrating to this blog to http://yingwentech.com/blog/ and also are building up a new site for this app (not done yet). We will keep this blog updated as well during the transition.
Here are some screenshots on iPhone 6 plus. There is a user guide at http://www.yingwentech.com/planit/userguide/index.html.


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Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis has hinted that Glenn Murray will make a long-awaited return to action this weekend after his nine-month injury spell.
Murray, who ruptured his knee ligaments at the end of last season, is expected to be on the bench for Saturday's home game against West Bromich Albion.
The 30-year-old bagged 31 goals for Palace last season and would be a welcome return ahead of their battle to avoid relegation.
Pulis said: "He will be like a new signing for us. He's been training for about three weeks and has played a couple of matches behind closed doors and he looks fit and strong."
Pulis was also looking forward to contributions from new January signings Tom Ince, Joe Ledley and Scott Dann – all yet to make their debuts.
Although the Welshman did admit he has not yet made his mind up who will start on Saturday.
He added: "I will make a decision tomorrow – they have all trained well and there is better competition in the squad now.
"They have looked the part and integrated into the group really well."
Ince turned down the interests of Liverpool in order to sign for Palace and his new manager believes the relegation battle will be a great challenge of him.
But Pulis also admitted there was no automatic option to buy the 22-year-old winger at the end of the season.
He said: "Whether we keep Tom depends on whether he enjoys it here and it's a great challenge for him.
"He has played a lot of games in his career but hasn't played in the Premiership so it's a great chance for him to get that experience and to test himself and we are looking forward to seeing it."


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Scott on DL with strained calf, could be out five weeks
ST. PETERSBURG -- Luke Scott was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday, backdated to March 24, after receiving a cortisone shot in his strained right calf.
Scott aggravated his calf Friday after his first at-bat in a Triple-A game in Port Charlotte, Fla. He stressed that the strain was "quite small" but just enough to keep him from pushing off his right leg when running out of the batter's box. While Rays manager Joe Maddon estimated that the injury will keep Scott off the field for two to three weeks, he cautioned that it could be as long as five weeks before the designated hitter returns.
"It's very disappointing to say the least," Scott said. "But I've been down this road before, and it [stinks]."
Tampa Bay will announce a corresponding roster move Sunday, calling up another player from within the organization to take Scott's spot. Maddon said he had some ideas about how to order his lineup against right-handed pitchers, like Orioles Opening Day starter Jason Hammel.
The Rays could use Kelly Johnson as the DH, put Ben Zobrist at second base and run out an outfield of Sam Fuld, Desmond Jennings and Matt Joyce. They could also choose to play Zobrist in right, Johnson at second and Joyce as the DH.
Their options are not quite as clear against left-handed pitchers, like Baltimore's No. 2 starter Wei-Yin Chen. That's why it would seem likely that the Rays will call up a right-handed hitter on the 40-man roster, perhaps Chris Gimenez or Brandon Guyer, if indeed this won't be a long-term injury.
Scott attributed his various strains and muscle tightness to drinking too much water. During Spring Training, he explained, he consumes about a gallon of alkaline water every day, flushing the electrolytes out of his system and causing him to cramp.
Scott doesn't believe the injury will become a lingering issue. He hopes the cortisone injection will help him heal more quickly and that his stint on the disabled list won't last much longer than April 8, when he's eligible to return.
"That's definitely the goal. That's being optimistic," Scott said. "That's what we hope for, come off as soon as possible or whenever I'm ready. But at the same time, just make sure that the thing is right. Going to go through some tests, make sure that it's right before I get out there."
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Prevention Project for the Elderly Wins Training Scholarships
Fairfax County Department of Family Services
Adult and Aging Division
12011 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, VA 22035-1102
News Release 0407
November 6, 2007
A Fairfax County project that helps older people and people with disabilities avoid falls, prevent home fires and live independently was awarded scholarships to send two project members to the National Fire Protection Association's training conference in Boston, Mass. from December 2 to 4, 2007.
Mary Cramer, life safety educator, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Life Safety Education Section, and Jennifer Edge, LCSW, project coordinator of ElderLink's Independent Living Project, will be attending the training.
ElderLink is a partnership between the Department of Family Services' Adult and Aging Division and Inova Health System.
The training conference is entitled, Remembering When: a Fire and Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults. It was developed by the association's Center for High-Risk Outreach in recognition of the fact that, "adults 65 and older are twice as likely to be killed in a fire compared to the population at large," said Sharon Gamache, executive director of the center. In addition, she said, "falls are the leading cause of death from injuries in this group."
The training will bolster a collaboration that is already underway between the two agencies to prevent accidents and increase the opportunity of county seniors to remain independent.
The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department's Public Affairs and Life Safety Education Section provides education programs targeted to high risk groups in the county's uniquely diverse communities including very young children and older adults.
The Independent Living Project sponsors a series of workshops and classes on maintaining safety and independence to elderly people and people with disabilities in specific areas of the county. As part of the project, the county's Fire and Rescue Department conducts fall prevention workshops.
In addition, the Independent Living Project offers in-home reviews by geriatric social workers. Social workers evaluate the older person's home for risks to independence and then offer advice on how to create safer homes and access community services.
The Independent Living Project was launched last winter in the county's Franconia area where over 300 older adults participated. A new series of programs for the Annandale and Falls Church areas is slated to begin this fall.
The project is a collaborative effort of ElderLink, the Fairfax County Department of Family Services' Adult and Aging Division, the Fairfax County Department of Community and Recreation Services, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, the Fairfax County Health Department and Inova Health System.
For more information on the Independent Living Project call Catherine Cole at 703/324-5377.
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metaproterenol (generic name)
It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe
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What is this medicine?METAPROTERENOL (met a proe TER e nole) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to treat and to prevent bronchospasm.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of the following conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. If this medicine upsets your stomach, take with food or milk. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking except on your doctor's advice.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as 6 years old for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Tell your doctor or health care professional if your symptoms do not improve. Do not take extra doses. If your asthma gets worse while you are using this medicine, call your doctor right away.
Do not treat yourself for coughs, colds or allergies without first checking with your doctor. Some nonprescription medicines may contain ingredients that could be dangerous with this medicine.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Protect from light. 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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1) In the new schedule, you don't have any time for cleanups/documentation/unexpected bug fixes. Are you that confident?
2) I don't understand where the deliverables are for the 2nd half. Does each stage give something that you can showcase? How will you test/show the new features?
In my own game I have a render target which is the light buffer in my deferred shading pipeline, the instanced lights which I have have a specific visibility mask so when I manually update the light buffer's render target, only these light geometry gets rendered because of the light geometry's visibility masks on the view port of the light buffer render target.
andrei_radu wrote:In my own game I have a render target which is the light buffer in my deferred shading pipeline, the instanced lights which I have have a specific visibility mask so when I manually update the light buffer's render target, only these light geometry gets rendered because of the light geometry's visibility masks on the view port of the light buffer render target.
My problem was a bit more involved. I need to render each deferred light, and immediately after that, render all the VPLs it generates.
I've managed to sort out the instancing issue, but I've ended up implementing another type of instanced batch. This seems like a reasonable thing, since I use instancing in a slightly different way(I get my world matrices from a texture that's not generated by the instancing batch itself). I'll post what I did on the instancing thread, and see if anyone has any objections/suggestions. While I did get a massive FPS improvement for instancing(I'm at ~15-16 FPS in debug, will run a release build and test that), I'm still pretty much CPU bound(my GPU is a 460M, and my CPU is a i7 740), with my GPU generally at 25-30% load. I'll try to find a more GPU limited machine and see what I get. To be honest I expected the algorithm to be more demanding on the GPU(at the moment I generate 400 VPLs for each shadow casting light; this means 2000 lights in the scene, which is quite a lot).
I still have one issue I neglected earlier. When using a shadow casting material, the parameters to it's shaders get fudged to force black light color and such. I need the spotlight parameters and the diffuse color of each shadow caster. From what I saw in the code, using a dedicated shadow material in a technique overrides this behavior, but I haven't managed to get things working yet.
Oh, and here's a shiny picture: (as you can see the algorithm doesn't account for occlusion)
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I'm having such fun experimenting with the Fuyu persimmons that came in the mail from Andrea! This salad with persimmons, avocado, black beans, and a touch of lime was the second thing I made with persimmons, and I thought the combination of sweet and savory flavors was perfect in this salad. The idea of using lime-cumin dressing with persimmons came from a Fuyu Persimmon Salad in the L.A. Times that looked like a winner.
If you're looking for persimmon ideas while they're in season, there was a good round-up of persimmon ideas at Good Bites, including my own Whole Wheat Couscous Salad with Persimmon, Grapes, Green Onion, Mint, and Pine Nuts, and the stunning Pan-Fried Brie Cheese with Persimmon Salsa Canapés that Dara came up with when I shared the persimmons with her. I've got two more persimmon recipes after this, so stay tuned!
Then whisk together the dressing ingredients.
Peel and cut up three persimmons, cutting them in pieces about the same size as the avocados. Also thinly slice some green onions, enough to make about 1/3 cup sliced green onion.
Black Bean Salad with Fuyu Persimmon, Avocado, and Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette
(Makes about 6 servings, recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from Andrea's persimmons, and the Fuyu Persimmon Salad in the L.A. Times.)
1 can black beans, rinsed well and drained in a colander
1 or 2 avocados, peeled and cut into 3/4 inch pieces
3 Fuyu persimmons, peeled and cut into 3/4 inch pieces
1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
salt to taste, for seasoning avocados and finished salad
Dressing Ingredients:
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 T fresh lime juice (plus 1 T more to toss with avocado)
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. green Tabasco (or other hot sauce of your choice, use more if you like it hot)
1 tsp. grated lime zest (optional, but good)
While beans are draining, whisk together the olive oil, 2 T lime juice, ground cumin, green Tabasco or other hot sauce, and lime zest.
When beans are well-drained, stir in 2 T of the dressing and let the beans absorb the flavor while you prep other ingredients.
Peel and cut the avocado, place in a small bowl, toss with 1 T lime juice, and season with salt. Peel and cut the persimmons, and thinly slice the green onions. Add the avocado, persimmon, and green onion to the bowl with the black beans and gently combine.
Add desired amount of dressing to salad and gently toss. (You may not need all the dressing, especially if you only use one avocado, or if you're not that fond of lime.) Season to taste with salt and serve.
I did keep some of this overnight in the fridge and eat it the next day, but it was definitely best right after I made it.
South Beach Diet Suggestions:
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More Ideas for Fuyu Persimmons:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Garlic and Rosemary Roasted Shrimp Skewers with Persimmon from Kalyn's Kitchen
Persimmon Fruit Salad from Morsels and Musings
Whole Wheat Couscous Salad with Persimmon, Grapes, Green Onion, Mint, and Pine Nuts from Kalyn's Kitchen
Pan-Fried Brie Cheese with Persimmon Salsa Canapés from Cookin' Canuck
Fruity Lentil Salad with Persimmon, Apple, and Avocado from Kalyn's Kitchen
(Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)


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Saw a post like this on RealGM and thought it was an interesting concept:
If you could cross this roster with any other 1 team in the league, which team would it be, and who would you cut to keep the roster at 15?
There are many teams that come to mind, but one that's sticking out right now is Sacramento.
Drop Johnson and Anderson, pick up Bibby and Jackson
Pollard and Brezec for Miller and Divac
Bender for Stojackovic


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Nascar Finish Line 3-piece Twin and Full Bedding Set.
Nascar Finish Line 3-piece Twin and Full Bedding Set.
- One Nascar twin/full comforter, one pillowcase, and one pillowsham
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Dr. John Bally: No doubt climate change is human-caused
May 5, 2012
Martin Hertzberg, whose views were highlighted in a full-page in the April 22 SDN, does not understand the basics of the "global warming theory." The "global warming" or "climate change" theory is based not only on strong observed evidence, but also on excellent understanding of the underlying mechanisms.
This is the subject that physicists and atmospheric scientists call "radiative transfer" – the study of how radiation (light, infrared, and all forms known as "electromagnetic energy") moves from place to place. Global average temperatures have been increasing at an unprecedented rate in the last century. This is well documented by meteorological records around our planet Earth. The question is, why?Atmospheric carbon-dioxide (CO2) concentrations have increased from a little under 300 parts per million to over 385 parts per million within the last 100 years – a 28 percent increase. Human burning of fossil fuels has been identified as the only plausible source causing this increase in CO2. Hertzberg states that a gas – CO2 – with a current abundance of only ~ 0.04 percent of the more common constituents of our atmosphere (nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and water vapor) could be "responsible for all this weather phenomenon is nonsense". Not only is it NOT nonsense … it is responsible.CO2 is the single atmospheric constituent that has a very strong absorption band close to the wavelengths of the infrared light re-emitted by the planet. Infrared is heat. Earth absorbs visual wavelength light from the sun at wavelengths where our eyes are most sensitive (this is probably no coincidence, but rather, a product of biological evolution). The Earth then converts the sun's light energy into infrared energy (heat). This heat (with some addition from the planet's internal heat) is then radiated back out through Earth's atmosphere into space. Here is why Hertzberg is wrong: CO2 absorbs at wavelengths between 14 and 16 micrometers – the same wavelengths that Earth radiates most of its heat into space. CO2 significantly blocks this natural "cooling" of the Earth. Humans have put increasingly more CO2 into Earth's atmosphere since the 17th century through burning of fossil fuels. This has caused increased heat absorption and radiation back to the ground. This trapping of heat is the so-called "green house effect."Hertzberg further argues that water vapor is also a "greenhouse" gas. True, so are methane, ozone and other minor constituents of our atmosphere. Many of these gases make our planet habitable by keeping Earth sufficiently warm for life to exist. (Without these constituents, Earth would be a frozen ball of ice.) But CO2 has a trait not shared by the other gases … it is THE gas that has the STRONGEST absorption at the very wavelengths where the Earth balances its temperature. This is the key point that he misses.We have an accurate record of Earth's temperature with its atmospheric composition, including CO2, extending back more than 400,000 years from ice cores pulled from deep Antarctic ice layers. There is a direct correlation between CO2 abundance and average temperature – temperature rises soon after (within a few centuries) after CO2 levels increase. This provides clear evidence that when CO2 abundance increases, so does global temperature. Today's CO2 levels are higher than they have ever been in the 400,000 year Antarctic record, in fact, most of the increase has occurred in the last 300 years. During this period, no natural causes (including all the known volcanic eruptions) can account for this. Only human burning of fossil fuels. Increasing CO2 increases global warming. The correlation between temperature and CO2 levels clearly demonstrates this. Infrared absorption is why. And, importantly, the records rule out everything except human burning of fossil fuels as the cause. The seemingly insignificant levels of CO2 we (humans) have and continue to inject into our atmosphere will raise global temperatures to catastrophic levels. Dr. John Bally of Breckenridge is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado at Boulder.


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When the Pacers first starting slumping before the All-Star break, I attributed it mostly to fatigue. Then, when they continued to do so after the break, it was because we were adapting to the new acquisitions Bynum, Turner, and Allen. Then, I speculated that maybe the team was bored with the regular season, and expected the Miami game to wake us up. And though we won that game, the Pacers and Heat have gone in polar opposite directions since.
I'm officially worried.
All season the media has been talking about the Pacers' historically elite defense. However, the Pacers are now playing historically bad offense. Offense so bad that, even though the defense is largely still there, we're losing to teams like 29-45 Cleveland by 14 points.
Today's loss has likely cost us the #1 seed and, deep down, I think we all know that we have very little chance of beating Miami without home court advantage. Assuming, of course, that we can even get that far.
Larry did everything he could to put together a title contender this year, and everyone else is squandering this very rare opportunity. With the salary cap concerns, we will likely never have a more talented team with this core than we have right now.
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When you travel in your work you have to have a laptop but does it sometimes feel like you are dragging around a desk top with only have the power and a battery that goes dead so fast you feel like you are racing the clock? Do your movies or graphic heavy applications look like they were done in stop-motion animation? Then it is time you work on a MacBook Air. It is beyond just being a laptop.
These are top of the line machines so have no illusion that they will set you back a bit but not because they are over priced but simply because they are so well done and feature rich. It comes in two sizes, an 11 inch and a 13 inch size but both are only 7/10th of an inch thick and both weigh under 3 pounds. They are able to keep such a small size because they use flash drives, no cd's or dvd's but they can borrow a cd or dvd drive from another computer if need be. Many of the features are the same on both the 11 inch and the 13 inch but some are a little different so we will use the ones from the 13 inch model, it will speed things up.
When you are using a MacBook Air it will seem like a desk top, The video is NVIDIA so it is as good as it gets. The flash memory comes in sizes up to 256 Gib with processor speeds to 1.82 GHZ and 4 MB of ram and a huge bus. That is very fast!. Your keyboard is full sized, the mouse pad is glass and you have both WiFi and bluetooth and stereo. It even has a camera for those late night calls home.
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All-freshman squad fares well in Oklahoma
Jose Campos turns best time again for the Lions
SHAWNEE, Oklahoma -- In just their second meet ever, the men's Cross Country team from Southwestern Assemblies of God University improved upon their first.
They shortened the average members' time from the McMurry University Invitational by an average of three-minutes.
As a group they finished ninth in a field of ten. There were veteran teams from the NCAA Division II and III as well as several NAIA units.
Oklahoma City University won the meet with a team time of 2:07:00.0, an average of 25:24 per runner.
East Central University (Ok) was second, followed by Rogers State University (Ok), St. Gregory's University (Ok) and Oklahoma Baptist University, who hosted the meet.
The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith took sixth. Then came Oklahoma Christian University, Cowley College (Ks), SAGU and Texas Wesleyan University.
Head Coach Jason Covarrubias and the Lions combined for a time of 2:22:20.00 with team members completing the 8K run in 28:28.
The first-year Lions, who have earned a berth at the NCCAA Nationals in the Dayton suburb of Cedarville, Ohio, were led again by Jose L. Campos (Luling, Tx / Luling HS).
His time in the 8K was 27:41, which was the 44th best time. Only the top 95 harriers could earn points. Campos turned in a 27:44 at last month's McMurry University meet in Abilene, Texas.
Then came a neck-and-neck finish for 48th between John B.J. Hillhouse (Brookshire, Tx / Royal HS) and Brad Beimler (Waxahachie, Tx / Waxahachie HS). Hillhouse edged his teammate. Their times were 27:51 and 28:06.
It was the first college meet for Beimler, who had Reserve Duty the weekend of the McMurry Invitational.
Juan Rubio (Rockdale, Tx / Rockdale HS) came in 60th at 28:50, while Nathaniel Gonzales (Dilley, Tx / Dilley HS) was 72nd with a 29:52.
Christian Yglecias (Cameron, Tx / C.H. Yoe HS) placed as well. He was clocked at 30:01.30.
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This is not a poll about whether you WANT Lance to make the All-Star team this year. This is not a poll about whether you think Lance DESERVES to make the All-Star team this year.
This poll is simply asking if you think Lance WILL make the All-Star team this year.
Last night on TNT both Chuck and Reggie flat-out said "Lance is an All-Star this year" or something to that effect.
We've got the recent silly Youtube pitch from Lance (yes I'll admit I was entertained enough to change my avatar). That video now has 100,000 views in two days (edit: now over 250,000), thanks to going viral and showing up on Grantland, Inside the NBA and other places.
Lance is the second leading scorer on the best team in the NBA, and leads the league with three triple-doubles. There are murmurs of "Most Improved Player" coming out of the media now.
Add to that a pretty weak field among guards in the East this year.
I think it's highly unlikely that Lance gets in via fan votes, however I think there is a greater than 50 percent chance now that he gets voted in by the coaches.
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Will Connell's clients' soybean acres are up, and cotton is down. Although corn has not made inroads to his part of North Carolina, grain sorghum has. A decision by Murphy Farms to use lower cost sorghum instead of corn in hog rations has raised the price enough to make this "new" crop attractive to Connell's clients.
"Farmers with sandy soils are more likely to switch to grain sorghum than corn," noted Connell, Ag Consultant, Inc. "The increase in corn prices has raised the price and interest in grain sorghum."
Jack Royal, Royal's Agricultural Consulting, Co., is starting his 36th year as a crop consultant and has seen his share of change in cropping patterns. He sees similar shifts to Connell in his area of west Georgia, with increased corn acres and some increase in grain sorghum. The strength of peanuts in his area makes crop rotations, whether with cotton or corn, vital. It also adds strength to the case for wheat. The recently improved corn price and increased cost of weed control in cotton is enhancing interest in corn and less water-dependent grain sorghum crops.
"You don't want to mess up a rotation by following peanuts with soybeans or vice versa," said Royal. "The main thing we try to do is keep a good rotation with peanuts, corn and cotton. Our biggest acreage jump was in corn, but it has to be irrigated. Corn acres had been down in recent years until the price went up. We can plant grain sorghum on dry land. It can take a lot of stress, and we can make a little money on it."
Although grain sorghum doesn't represent a lot of acres for Royal, it is one more option, and that's important when peanut acres can fluctuate by 50 percent from one year to the next. Drought in 2011 reduced carryover and enhanced contracts for peanuts in 2012. This pushed peanut acres in Georgia from 450,000 acres in 2011 to 725,000 acres. This year the opposite happened, and acres are expected to be down at least 40 percent. Stronger wheat prices increased acres of winter wheat.
Price is what matters to Connell's growers as well. He recalled his clients' acres shifting to cotton from soybeans, thanks in part to the government program incentive to build base and to lower soybean prices and increase cotton prices. With the government program no longer rewarding base acres, commodity prices are again king makers. On the local level, that can create some unlikely contenders. Connell reported expanding acres in clary sage, a crop in demand by the perfume and scent industry for use in laundry detergents and other consumer products. Cropping shifts big and little require change and learning new things.
"Many of our clients were new to cotton when it expanded 35 years ago," said Connell. "They learned new tactics for the crop. They are doing it again with sorghum. Some of them remember their dads having some, but they don't know the old ways. It has been so long since it's been grown here."
The experiences of Connell and Royal are a reflection of recent shifts in cropping acres throughout the country. Over the past 10 to 12 years, large acreages in the South moved from cotton and rice to corn and soybeans. In the Plains states, wheat dropped significantly as corn and soybeans rose. Hay in the West is down some, though not as much as the rest of the country.
While the delayed 2013 spring created some turmoil, USDA Economic Research Service projected total crop acres for corn, soybeans and wheat slightly higher than in 2012. Total crop acres for the eight largest crops (corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, barley, rice, oats and cotton) were expected to match 2012. However, continued crop acre shifts were also projected year to year within the group. These included an 18.6 percent decrease in cotton acres, a 22 percent increase in sorghum acres and a 3 percent decline in rice.
Mark Jekanowski, economist, USDA, ERS, follows crop acres closely. Along with colleague Gary Vocke, he recently reported on the impact of prices on market trends in Amber Waves, a USDA ERS online publication. He said crop acre fluctuations are simply U.S. farmers doing what they do best, responding to market signals.
"There are always costs or constraints to shifts among crops," said Jekanowski. "While it is relatively easy to shift between corn and soybeans, the investment needed for cotton might keep some farmers in it and others out. That said, farmers in the U.S. and elsewhere do respond relatively quickly to changing price conditions and show a willingness to expand into crops not traditionally grown on their farms."
For much of the change in crop acres over the past decade, Jekanowski gave credit to the government policies and support for biofuels, as well as international demand for food and feed grains. The former supported the tremendous expansion of corn. Export demand helped soybeans maintain and expand their acres.
"You can't just substitute corn for soybeans in the world market," said Jekanowski. "You have to maintain roughly the same production of soybeans."
At the same time, the domestic milling industry essentially went away, reducing local demand for cotton. Cotton acres in other areas expanded, out competing U.S. farmers. This put cotton acres in the U.S. up for grabs. Expansion of wheat production in the former Soviet Union, especially the Black Sea region, is eating into U.S. market share for that commodity as well, opening up wheat acres for corn and soybeans.
Jekanowski reported that the situation with rice is different, though the results are similar. "Rice prices have advanced nicely over the past decade and seem to have leveled off," he explained. "The shift here is more a cost story. Of all the basic commodities, it remains the most costly to produce. Rather than put so much investment at risk, a lot of rice farmers have decided they can make the same return, or close to it, raising the easier to grow corn or soybeans."
If world demand and biofuel policies have caused the recent shift in acres, shifting demand and policies could send them back or in a new direction. Jekanowski doesn't see that as imminent, nor does he expect the trend to continue at the rate of the past 10 years. Although he admitted it is always difficult to speculate, he feels the shift trendline has plateaued or at least slowed down, with some variation with weather events as seen this spring with delayed planting.
"We can expect a continued growth in the U.S. market for soybeans and feed grains, and there doesn't appear to be any reason to expect a reduction in China's commitment to feed their population or a change in U.S. biofuels policies," said Jekanowski. "The market appears to be where it needs to be, with production supplying the demands that are out there."
Regardless of how or where the market moves, Royal is sure his growers will adapt. "I feel like I work with the cream of the crop of growers," he said. "They are always receptive to new ideas."


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Spring is stretch time for Putz
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- It's not often you'll hear D-backs closer J.J. Putz say he likes to have a runner on first base.
But this is Spring Training, the time to work on things and one of those is pitching out of the stretch.
"It was good to work on slide steps and varying my times to home plate, which is something we take pride in here," Putz said. "It's one thing to work on slide steps in the bullpen when you can create your own tempo. But once you get out there, everything is faster and I felt a little jumpy. I'm going to have to look at some video, but times were good to the plate."
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Nikki Sinclaire was also elected as a member of UKIP in 2009 but left the party the next year in protest against alleged extreme right-wing views of some members of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group and formed the We Demand a Referendum Now Party, lobbying David Cameron to call a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
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Texas State Parks Appeal Raises $335,000 in First Three Weeks
Supporters Reminded: Still Time to Make Year-End Deductible Donations
AUSTIN – More than $335,000 has rolled in since Texas State Parks appealed for help earlier this month, citing a $4.6 million revenue shortfall caused by heat, drought, wildfires and a drop in park visitation.
Park leaders today urged supporters to make a tax-deductible donation before the 2011 tax year ends. And they renewed their call for people to visit state parks, touting cooler weather, parks greening after recent rains, and campfires now allowed again in almost every state park.
"We are tremendously encouraged and very grateful that we've received upwards of $335,000 in barely three weeks, with steady donations continuing to come in," said Carter Smith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department executive director. "That includes a single generous gift of $250,000, and we're hopeful that with more like that, we will reach our $4.6 million goal. But every donation, no matter the size, is important and appreciated."
Park officials continue to stress three ways Texans can help keep state parks open:
- Go to http://tpwd.texas.gov/helpparks to make a tax-deductible, year-end donation.
- Make a donation when you renew your motor vehicle registration.
- Finally, because visitor fees pay for about half of park system operating costs, visit state parks often with family and friends.
TPWD has developed a new Spread the Word web page where park supporters can forward a YouTube video appeal, add an "I Love Parks" Twibbon wrapper on their Facebook profile photo, get buttons or banners for websites or blogs, download posters, and find other ways to share the message.
From Dec. 6-27, people had donated $64,826 online. Another $20,685 had been mailed in, including one check for $10,000. And officials said a steady stream of donations continues to come in each day.
All but about 10 of the 94 Texas State Parks have lifted burn bans, a big change since nearly two-thirds of the parks were not allowing ground campfires this fall because of drought and wildfire danger. Check each park's web page online for the latest information.
As one way to encourage park visits, Texas is participating in the national First Day Hikes program set out by the National Association of State Parks Directors (NASPD). For the first time in Texas, 48 state parks across the state will offer a wide variety of hikes and nature walks on New Year's Day. First Day Hikes in Texas vary in difficulty and fitness levels, and range from short, leisurely nature walks through forested trails and along boardwalks, to special bird watching hikes, to climbs into the mountains of the Chihuahuan Desert.
To learn about the various Texas State Parks and their offerings, or to make online camping reservations, visit http://www.texasstateparks.org. Or call state park information at 1-800-792-1112, option 3, between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Resources for news media, including photos of drought and wildfires, downloadable video, and radio news soundbites, are in a Park Awareness News Roundup online.
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