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With the mix of nightlife, restaurants, unique shopping and art, it is the perfect location and vibe for a Mellow Mushroom
Washington, DC (PRWEB) October 13, 2011
Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers is proud to announce their newest opening in Washington, D.C. on Monday, October 17th. This unique Mellow is located at 2436 18th Street, NW, in the neighborhood of Adams Morgan.
The owners of this location, siblings Amit and Pooja Mehta are excited about opening a Mellow Mushroom in the neighborhood of Adams Morgan. "With the mix of nightlife, restaurants, unique shopping and art, it is the perfect location and vibe for a Mellow Mushroom," states Pooja.
The menu features a variety of pizzas, hoagies, salads, calzones and appetizers, only using the highest quality of ingredients. Options for Vegetarian's, Vegan's, kids, and those on a gluten-free plan are also available.
Catering to every diner's needs, this Mellow features three levels; indoor dining is available on levels one and two, and an enclosed penthouse area with an open rooftop deck is located on level three. According to artist and Director of Creative Development Carl Janes, "We developed an unusual take on an original combination of circus and vaudeville themes through historic eras throughout the restaurant."
All three levels feature a full service bar with a wide array of liquor, craft beer and wine options. Join the Mellow Mushroom Beer Club and make your way through all 80 beers, while receiving member-only rewards along the way.
The Mellow Mushroom will operate 7 days a week Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., and Friday and Saturday, 11 am to 3 a.m. For more information on Mellow Mushroom Adams Morgan, visit http://www.mellowmushroom.com and follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MellowAdamsMorgan.
About Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers
Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers (http://www.mellowmushroom.com) was founded in 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia. For 37 years, Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers has been serving up fresh stone baked pizzas to-order in an eclectic, art-filled and family-friendly environment. Each Mellow is locally-owned and operated with a unique feel focused around great customer service and quality.
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Off-Broadway Production of MARAT/SADE Opens for Limited Engagement on 5/30
The Theatre Project presents TP&co's contemporary adaptation of Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss' avant-garde drama, with a fresh take on a dangerous play that taps directly into an undercurrent of social unease. The production opens at The Players Theatre, Friday May 30th, 2014.
Fueled by civil unrest and the dawn of information warfare, Marat/Sade is a delightfully macabre tale of class struggle and revolution. The infamous Marquis de Sade directs a play-within-the-play depicting the death of Jean-Paul Marat, a radical journalist whose words helped drive the extremism of the French Revolution. This Tony-winning drama poses the question of whether revolution can really bring about lasting change. In a social climate where the 99% is once again taking to the streets against repression and censorship.
After TP&co's sold out run of Much Ado About Nothing, the "Exciting and Innovative" company returns with a timely production, presented for a limited engagement Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre. For more information on TP&co, visit: www.TheTheatreProject.org. Tickets are on sale at The Players Theatre Box Office at 115 Macdougal Street. Call (212) 475-1449 for tickets by phone or go online to www.TheTheatreProject.org.
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This story has been corrected from an earlier version.
Beckie Mendez, the wife of longtime Norwalk Councilman Mike Mendez died Thursday night, according to family friend and Little Lake City School District Board member Hilda Zamora.
Mendez, who was first elected to the city council in 1988, married to his wife on June 1, 1974. They had three children, one of whom is the principal of Lakeview Elementary School in Santa Fe Springs.
The Santa Fe Springs City Council closed its meeting Thursday night in memory of Beckie Mendez.
Due to a reporting error, in an earlier version of this story the workplace and job title of one of Mendez's children was incorrectly identified. One child is principal of Lakeview Elementary School in Santa Fe Springs.


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POLICE have closed a road in Brierley Hill for forensic examinations after a man was attacked in his car.
Dudley Road near Level Street is sealed off this morning (January 28) while detectives investigate the incident, which took place at around 5am on Sunday January 26.
The 34-year-old driver was uninjured and at this stage officers believe this was a targeted attack.
Inspector Jim Munro, from West Midlands Police CID, said: "We are currently trawling CCTV and searching an area of Dudley Road which is now sealed off.
"We are in the early stages of our investigations and continue to establish the circumstances around the incident.
"I want to reassure the community that we believe this was an isolated incident and thankfully no-one was injured.
"This was near to a nightclub and I am keen to hear from anyone who was in the area and who may have witnessed something to call me or one of my team on 101."
Dudley Council has switched off traffic lights at the scene to assist police.
A spokesman from Dudley Council said: "The traffic lights were shut down following a request from the police who are responding to an incident in the area. The road will remain closed until it is re-opened by the police."


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All eyes were on Georgia's Vidalia sweet onion crop this spring as cool, wet weather in March and April led to problems with quality, seed stems, staining and low yields.
The degree of loss due to seed stems was still unclear as of May 9, about a month after harvest began, but Delbert Bland, owner of Glennville, Ga.-based Bland Farms, said he still expects a good crop.
"Even though we won't pack out as many as we'd like, we still have a good-quality onion, pretty as it's ever been," said Bland, who said he hopes to have all his Vidalias out of the field by the end of May.
The market is different from last year, he said, when a severe downy mildew problem wasn't discovered until after the market had opened and prices had been set.
"This year our problem with seed stems was recognized in time, and the industry adjusted the price to coincide with the supply," he said.
Sweet Onion Trading Co., Melbourne, Fla., is augmenting its limited supply of Vidalias with sweet onions from California, where volume is good, and a new crop from South Carolina, to meet the demand for local produce, president Barry Rogers said.
The situation in Georgia sharply contrasts with that in California's Imperial Valley, where "the harvest is going wonderfully, with excellent quality and volume," Nelia Alamo, director of sales and marketing for Oxnard, Calif.-based processor Gills Onions, said May 8.
On May 6, Bill Hagins, partner in Watsonville, Calif.–based Pajaro Valley Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributing, said Imperial Valley growers began harvesting a week early and prices looked fairly good, with a 50-pound unit of jumbo yellows trading from $8 to $10 and a 25-pound sack of reds trading around $14 to $16.
New Mexico and Texas onions
Although production is expected to be down in New Mexico, where the harvest is set to begin, growers anticipate a profitable season.
"Our market looks real good because not everybody's still in," said Marty Franzoy, owner of Hatch, N.M.–based Skyline Produce.
"The salesmen and brokers say it's going to be double digits to start," said Franzoy, who grows yellows, red and sweets, "but I'll believe it when I see it."
Brandon Barker, vice president of Las Cruces, N.M.-based Barker Produce, which also packs and ships onions from Arizona and Texas for bulk and processors, said this year's spring crop of yellow and red onions out of Arizona "is probably the best we've ever had, with good yield and sizes."
Chris Franzoy, president of Hatch, N.M.-based Young Guns Produce, said he anticipates a good market because of problems in other growing areas.
"The pipeline is emptying out sooner with storage crops because of stronger demand over the winter," said Franzoy, who expected to start harvesting yellow onions around May 20, transitioning to colors in early June.
"Our crop got a really good start last fall thanks to warmer than normal weather," he said. "Our winter was fairly mild."
Don Ed Holmes, owner of The Onion House, a year-round onion shipper in Weslaco, Texas, expected harvesting in the Rio Grande Valley to end by May 20.
"We would've finished earlier but we had a nasty rain April 28 that knocked us out of the fields for a week," he said.
It was the first measurable precipitation since Jan. 15, a boon to later-maturing onions.
Holmes started harvesting around May 5 in the Uvalde-Winter Garden growing area, where acreage is down 25% from a year ago.
"We're anticipating a nice crop up there and good supplies available for the latter part of May and all of June," he said, adding that it's been a good, dry year so far with unusually good yields and prices.
"We've had double-digit prices on all three colors," he said, "which is unusual given that we never got past $6 in 2011-2012."
Crops in the Pacific Northwest are also looking great, said Bob Hale, president of Hermiston, Ore.-based River Point Farms, which contracts growers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California for its whole, peeled and processed business.
Harvesting should begin around June 15 on yellows, Hale said, and end about Nov. 1.


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bcr123psu wrote:Hypothetically speaking, shouldn't the ratings for blizzard be the same as the ratings for champion? Or is it a function of having the rim weight to total disc weight ratio decreased for the blizzard that would have a marked difference in flight characteristics when compared to its champ counterpart?
Hypothetically, sort of.
The bubbles mostly in the rim should be less gyroscopic, especially compared to bubbles in the flight plate.
The shape difference generally accounts for the majority of the difference.
The teedevils and destroyers we had had a slightly "pulled up" wing feeling compared to the other models and they definitely needed more power. When we demo i try to grab a mix of shapes and weights.


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Topic: Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma - Very Sensitive
Following on from the link that Marion posted, I found this and felt it worthy of posting here.
It concerns 2 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma and shows slides with information, ct scan results and very graphic surgery with audio describing what is happening. Very graphic as I said but well worth watching IMO for those who are interested.


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They are the forgotten heroes of the Dipsea Race, those who run brilliantly but finish just outside the top 35 honored with black shirts at the awards ceremony. San Rafael's Victor Ballesteros is one of these "shadow" racers, he was 48th in 2008, 47th last year (after losing a full minute on a misguided "shortcut") and has no black shirt on his resume. But now, in perhaps the best shape of his life at age 43, he thinks the breakthrough will finally come this June.
Ballesteros certainly has a love affair with the Dipsea. It was the race that got him into distance running, in 1996, after he first walked the course with his father. The Dipsea Trail is his favorite training route and, since he sometimes runs as much as 120 miles a week, few people, if any, log more miles on it.
One of his Dipsea workouts has become the stuff of local legend. Ballesteros runs from the start line in Mill Valley, up the 686 steps and then up further to "One-Mile Tree," turns around and does it twice more. He then runs to the Tam High School track to do three more single mile repeats, all at blazingly swift times of just over nine minutes for the climbs, just over five minutes for the track miles.
Since Ballesteros now focuses on ultramarathons, races longer than 26.2 miles, the Dipsea is actually his shortest race of the year. He was a quarter-miler on the Novato High track team — his family moved to Novato from Mississippi when he was 7 — with a best time of 52 seconds. He didn't do any distance running while studying at San Francisco State and the California College of the Arts in Oakland. Then came his Dipsea epiphany in '96.
"I had heard of the Dipsea so I thought I'd try it," Ballesteros said. "It was just the coolest thing. Even though it was then the longest run of my life, I knew I could go farther and I swore then and there that I would."
And he sure has. In 2006, Ballesteros tried his first Double Dipsea. He did so well he decided to enter the upcoming Quadruple Dipsea. Ballesteros shocked everyone, himself included, by finishing second in a time of 4 hours, 16 minutes. Now he's been Quad runner-up three times. (He likes to joke, "I'm consistent, consistently second.")
In 2009, he ran his first Western States 100 Miler, the cross-Sierra race that is the country's most prestigious ultramarathon, and finished 11th man in 18:46. He won the 2009 Montrail Cup, a national series of distance races. Last year, he ran the entire 165 miles of the Tahoe Rim Trail in 53 hours, including several hours spent lost. Also in 2012, he ran his first road marathon, Napa Valley, in 2:37, placing fifth overall and winning the masters (over-40) division. "Victor has become a friend to all within our ultra running community," said Tim Fitzpatrick, co-director of the Marin Headlands 50K. "He volunteers to help with events, is always willing to lend his advice, and in general is someone that everyone enjoys bumping into up on the mountain or in downtown San Rafael. He is also an intense student of the sport with huge talent who is not afraid of doing hard work."
"I put out a high standard for Victor to shoot for and he nailed it," said Mark McManus, another Ballesteros mentor and a three-time Dipsea Race Best Time winner. "We've learned a lot from one another in our coach and athlete dynamic. He showed me that by combining a touch of grace, an unrelenting dedication to improve, honesty, along with a humble attitude, our feeling of self satisfaction from running will be more meaningful than any fast times achieved along the way."
Dipsea notes
Neither the handicaps nor winners penalty — the minute of head start deducted from each of the past three champions — were changed for the 2013 Dipsea Race. Thus, defending champion Hans Schmid, runner-up Chris Lundy and fourth-placer Alex Varner will all set off with the same head starts as last year while Diana Fitzpatrick, third in 2012, and Sissel Bernsten-Heber, sixth, each gain one minute. Brian Pilcher, fifth last year, gains two minutes, one for turning 56 and one for shedding his winners penalty from 2009, making him an early favorite to win this June 9.
Muir Woods staff restored the plank bridge carrying the Dipsea Trail over Redwood Creek on March 12. (Heavy spring rains can still prompt another removal.) This is two months earlier than in 2012 and welcome news for runners and hikers now no longer forced to detour off the trail. The DSE Practice Dipsea, shunted onto the longer alternate route last year, is April 28.
Visits to Marin post offices spiked March 16, the day 2013 Dipsea applications were posted online for printing. There is actually still time to enter as 300 places are awarded in a lottery and another 100 auctioned off to the highest bidders for applications received by Monday.
Barry Spitz is the author of 'Dipsea: The Greatest Race.' Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I'm SAD. Not the morose, unhappy emotion that many people feel but SAD, as in Seasonal Affective Disorder.
I have suffered from this problem for as long as I can remember, but it was only 10-12 years ago that I was able to put a name on the feelings, the very real feelings I endure for about six weeks out of every year.
It's more than winter doldrums. It's more than just a case of melancholia, because even when I don't feel especially depressed, I have absolutely no energy to complete the most simple of everyday tasks.
I have almost 200 pounds of black walnuts, some riding shotgun in my car and some weighing down the trunk.
Problem is, I don't know what to do with them.
How I came to acquire so many was a bad communication gap.
Sometime around Thanksgiving, Tom called to say he and future son-in-law Brett were raking leaves and had a difficult time because of all the %^$#! black walnuts.
"Black walnuts!" I exclaimed. "I would love to have some for baking. Save me some and when I come up Christmas, I'll get them."
Happy New Year!
Having eaten my fair share of hog jowls, rice, black-eyed peas and collard greens on Jan. 1, 2008, I sat back and pondered the near future.
I wondered about the unfolding events in 2008. Will Tarmac America obtain a special exception to mine hundreds of millions of tons of limerock from the Gulf Hammock Area?
Will Ameris Health Systems obtain funding to build Tri-County Hospital in Chiefland?
Will State Attorney Bill Cervone prosecute alleged voter fraud cases in Levy County?
I wish I had money to buy gifts for all the people who touch my life in the course of a year.
But if I did, you would be calling me Oprah instead of Carolyn, because those people are legion.
Each year I write a Christmas letter to the family and friends I communicate with less than I should and this year as I thought of a summation, I knew what it had to be:
"Except for a few minor things, I am very, very happy."
And when I think about those minor things that trouble me, I realize how blessed I am.
It's no secret . . . I love Christmas. From crowded stores to decorations to kitchens redolent with the aromas of cinnamon and vanilla, it's all good to me.
Every year since I can remember, I've always vowed to get an earlier start, plan better, stretch out the chores and actually enjoy the holiday I love so much.
It's only a few days into December and I can already tell I am going to fail miserably at my goals.
Hay and Ink
When I arrive home from the newspaper office, my wife Sharon occasionally tells me that I smell like ink.
This is not a bad thing. It's just a fact resulting from my close proximity to the giant press that cranks out tens of thousands of newspapers each week. About five thousand of those weekly newspapers are copies of the Chiefland Citizen.
The fragrance of ink permeates the building where I work and it follows me home every now and then. This odor serves as a reminder from being part of the local press corps.
It's becoming more apparent that soon I will be the last hold-out for sentimentality and tradition.
Starting with Thanksgiving dinner.
Dressing, to go with the turkey, is a necessity–whether you like it or not.
Ditto the pumpkin pie.
I had neither last week.
I was part of a group of people who decided a potluck dinner was the easiest solution.
Neither dressing nor pie was my responsibility.
I wish it had been.
It didn't feel like Thanksgiving without the two things that evoke childhood memories and make me all warm and fuzzy inside.
The Chiefland Citizen is very generous to its employees.
This year the company offered to not only pay for flu shots for the staff, but even had a nurse come on site to administer the vaccine in the middle of the workday so there could be no excuses about inability to get one.
The sign up sheet was posted for over a month and daily I watched name after name queue on it.
Mine was not added and a couple co-workers asked why I hadn't signed up.
I met their inquiries with a shrug and a quick change of subject and moved on.
I recently backed my 2006 Jeep Liberty into a Mitsubishi.
The little car was so close to my vehicle?s rear bumper that I did not see it when I looked in the rear or side view mirrors. From my perspective, it was invisible. I remind readers to look very, very carefully before backing up.
Now I will address other issues relevant to invisibility.
I went to a three-day United Methodist Men?s retreat in Leesburg from Oct. 19 through 21. There were 359 visible attendees from 44 churches, including the five men from First United Methodist Church of Chiefland.
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A major University of California (UC) initiative intended to marshal resources across the UC system to address global challenges related to food was announced by UC President Janet Napolitano.
The UC Global Food Initiative grows out of a commitment by Napolitano and the 10 University of California campus chancellors to work collectively to intensify and expand the efforts of a world premier public research university to support healthy eating, sustainable agriculture and food security.
Napolitano noted that by the year 2025, the world's population will grow by another billion people. Already, she said, one billion people go to bed hungry every night, while another half billion suffer from obesity.
"Our goal is far-reaching," Napolitano said. "It is to do all we can to help the world learn to feed itself in ways that are healthy and sustainable in the use of resources.
"Our starting blocks for this initiative are our 10 campuses, our Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory," she said. "That power of 10-plus makes UC well poised to take on this challenge on a scale not possible by any other higher education entity in the world."
The initiative's reach, Napolitano said, will be both external and internal—on campuses, among faculty and students, in research labs and in communities through UC outreach. It will build on efforts already under way. It will identify best practices and share them widely within UC, California, and, ultimately, the nation and the world.
The Global Food Initiative will expand on UC's tradition of innovative agricultural, health and environmental research by further incorporating other disciplines such as law, humanities, education and social science to better shape, impact and drive food policy discussions.
The initiative is not limited to seeking any single solution or set of solutions to the many, inter-related food issues confronting the world around food, Napolitano said.
"The idea," she said, "is to provide the intellectual and technical firepower, as well as the operational examples needed for communities in California and around the world to find pathways to a sustainable food future."
Emphasizing that student engagement is key, Napolitano announced, as one of her first actions, the funding of three $2,500 President's Global Food Initiative Student Fellowships to be awarded on each campus to undergraduate or graduate students. The fellowships will fund student research projects or internships.
Among other early efforts to be undertaken as part of the initiative are the following:
- Internally, campuses will heighten their collective purchasing power and dining practices to encourage sustainable farming practices, and model healthy eating and zero food waste; food pantries and farmers markets that exist on some campuses will be spread to all 10. Partnerships with K-12 school districts to enhance leveraging procurement for these purposes also will be explored.
- Food issues will be integrated into more undergraduate and graduate courses, catalogues of food-related courses will be developed, and demonstration gardens will be made available on each campus to increase opportunities for students to participate in experiential learning.
- Data mining of existing information will be deployed to help develop insights and action plans for California agriculture and responses to climate change.
- New policies will be enacted to allow small growers to serve as suppliers for UC campuses.
In describing the building blocks for the initiative, Napolitano noted that the university's agricultural outreach and public service programs—in every California county and more than 100 nations—bring UC resources to individuals and communities to help them access safe, affordable and nutritious food while sustaining scarce natural resources.
UC has long been active in addressing issues related to food. For example, UC research taught Californians how to remove salts from the alkali soils in vast stretches of the Central Valley, transforming barren landscape into one of the world's most productive farming regions.
Similar work continues across the UC system. To cite but a few examples, the Berkeley Food Institute is studying the relationship between pest control, conservation and food safety on Central Coast farms; students and faculty at UC Santa Cruz are transforming the field of agroecology; the World Food Center at UC Davis stands with 26 other centers dedicated to food and agriculture on that campus; the cutting-edge Healthy Campus initiative at UCLA taps all members of the campus community.


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Two weeks ago the Rattlers had lost to the Nationals, 17-8, but Rochester was on the top of their game tonight with a 17-10 win over Hamilton. With Rattlers leading scorer Ned Crotty out with an ankle injury, M Jordan MacIntosh stepped in to help the Rattlers take the win, scoring five of the 17 goals made with Kevin Leveille not far behind with three goals.
The first goal of the game was made by the Nationals but was quickly followed by three goals from the Rattlers shot by players Steven Boyle, Joel White and Kevin Leveille. The fifth goal was scored by the Nationals with the Rattlers again coming back with another goal by Roy Lang. The last score of the first quarter was scored by the Nationals Joe Walters, ending the quarter with the Rattlers on top, 4-3.
The Rattlers started off the second quarter with an exciting score by Kevin Drew. This goal was followed shortly with a two-pointer by Matt Striebel, assisted by Jordan MacIntosh, who after would score on the Nationals unassisted, leaving the Rattlers on top 8-3 with eight minutes to play in the second quarter. Rochester came in with another two goals by Stephen Boyle and Jordan MacIntosh leaving the Rattlers up 10-4 at half time. The Rattlers started off with a great half and goalie John Galloway was doing his job keeping the points on the other side of the field.
The Nationals would come into the third quarter scoring two goals in the first seven minutes. Hamilton would come in with another goal in the second half of the quarter followed with a Rattlers goal by new acquisition Brad Ross. After another score by Hamilton, Rattlers player Jeff Colburn came in with a goal in the last 30 seconds. This would end the third quarter with the Rattlers leading Hamilton, 12-9.
The fourth quarter would start off with great defense from the Rattlers, holding the Nationals off until their first goal. Rochester would get the ball back only for Jordan MacIntosh to score again, this being MacIntosh's third goal of the game. Kevin Leveille would make his second score of the game shortly thereafter. The Rattlers Jordan MacIntosh would again come in with two more goals in the last five minutes and Leveille would end the game scoring in the last 30 seconds. This would leave the Rattlers with a 17-10 win over the Nationals.
Both the Rattlers and Hamilton came into this game with a record of 2-4. Rochester is now 3-4 going into the All-Star Break. This will leave the Nationals with a record of 2-5. The Rattlers defense really came to fight this evening, especially goalie John Galloway with some notable saves throughout the course of the game and player Jordan MacIntosh with an impressive five goals.
The Rattlers next home game is two weeks away on July 6
th. Tickets can be ordered by calling 585.454.5425or by visiting rochesterrattlers.com.


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Really great read imoINDIANAPOLIS
The most dangerous threat to the Miami Heats chances for Eastern Conference domination is the relationship on display at a downtown hotspot full of gawking fans, two men talking without a hint of the rivalry so many predict. In the good-natured barbs, in the private and quiet moments of respect over the buzz of the bar, and in the ease of mentor and protégé sharing a night out on the town, the friendship between a blossoming superstar and his 29-year-old mentor says everything about why the Indiana Pacers have a better chance than anyone to beat the Miami Heat in a seven-game playoff series.
Paul George, 22, has his Steelers hat on backward. His black Nike sweater with the hoodie. And his jokes about Danny Grangers old-man game. Granger, his finger wrapped after having it drained at a hospital a few hours earlier, switches between marveling wow! as Stephen Curry goes off for 54 points on the big screen above them and boasting loud and confidently that he owns George in the Xbox matches that mark Pacers road games.
I dominate FIFA, Granger boasts.
Im by far the best on FIFA, George says at the exact same moment.
I dominate!
They are talking over one another, at one another, laughing, so its hard to keep up with the smack talking. Suffice it to say it is intense, continuous and really funny.
A bunch of us play, theres like four or five of us on the team who play, Granger offers.
And I dominate most of the time, George says.
I dominate, Granger says.
They go down the list: Who bests whom at FIFA, at Call of Duty, at the outdoor paintball course they head to in the offseason in the Los Angeles area, where they live and often hang out. These are friends, comfortable together and genuinely close, and so the mood seems so normal and down to earth its hard to remember youre with two NBA stars every time a fan sheepishly approaches asking for a photo.
Its also why Grangers return, far from the narrative being crafted that he and George cannot co-exist, is a boon to a team with a real chance at a postseason run.
All season, quietly, the Pacers have played postseason-style basketball with the grinding, intense, team-first effort that makes them Miamis greatest threat. They are the best defensive team in the league, they have the NBAs second-best rebounding rate, they own the third-most blocks per game, and they play an intense and all-in style that has led to wins with gritty final scores like 82-81, 81-75, 80-76. It has also led them to a record that puts them second in the Eastern Conference.
This has all happened without Granger, who returned two games ago and has struggled with his shot, as he tends to early in seasons after a nine-month hiatus from a knee tendon injury. Last season, Granger was the teams leading scorer. Now he returns needing to fit into a world in which the younger George has assumed a leading role at the very position he plays.
The two men are side by side, at a table with Georges brother and a few friends, but they get serious and protective of the other when the question of their supposed chemistry issues comes up.
Dannys been like a big brother to me, George says. Hes really been a mentor to me. Hes been a big brother. Anything that I needed to learn or that I needed help with or getting adjusted to, Danny was there. So early on I felt like we had a brother relationship.
Theres no doubting that the two men, in many NBA locker rooms, would be rivals. Rivals for playing time, for the spotlight, for the leadership role, for the glory, for the next big contract or the ego-driven need the Lakers keep exhibiting to simply feel like The Man. But the Pacers are different. Its why Roy Hibbert said Wednesday hed pay Lance Stephensons $35,000 fine for being a good teammate and having his back during the Wednesday shoving match that got Hibbert and Golden States David Lee suspended. Its why Indianas defense is so focused and intense. Its why the Pacers rotate so well, why they buy in, why George feels a genuine ease with every guy on the roster, why Granger seems so comfortable with the idea of turning over his role to the others.
These guys led first and foremost by George and Granger actually really like each other.
I think the biggest deal about it is the assumptions since I was coming back that thered be a competition between us, when its actually the opposite, Granger says. The way he can break defenses down, the way he can create, I can just stand, catch and shoot, drive it makes my job easier. Hes coming in at such a young age hes 22 now Im going to be 30 in a month and a half.
So Im about to have a mid-life crisis, Granger says. George laughs at him. So Im 30, you know, I have no problem Ive been in the league eight years I have no problem passing the mantle to him, to leave the team to Roy and George. Granger looks at George, right in the eye. Those guys really, even David, those are the nucleus of this team. Im getting older now, and the fact that we drafted Roy, then we drafted PG, I was drafted here, Lance Stephenson was drafted here, Tyler was drafted here. My whole team I watched get drafted. Ive watched all of them grow. So I have no problem passing the mantle. At all.
This is a handover no, a sharing of responsibility and opportunity and, yes, a sharing and passing on of glory that began with Grangers blessing two years ago, when George was a 19-year-old kid getting ready for the NBA draft.
We had gone through the draft and we were working out together, Granger said. It was the day of draft day, and we have the same agent Id been working out with him for about a month. So I got about five calls from Larry Bird. Larry Bird never calls me. And hes like, Danny, I need you to call me back. Danny, I need you to call me back.
Finally, I call him back, and hes like, Ah, what do you think of this kid Paul George?
Ive been working out with Paul.
Hes like, Yeah, tell me what you think.
Granger stops the story to laugh, loudly, and as he does he looks again at George, and George, almost embarrassed, looks down and laughs, too. He obviously has heard this story before, and the moment seems as far from Kobe-Dwight as you can possibly get in the NBA.
I say, You better take him. Thats what Im saying. Dude, you gotta take him.
Is he good? Bird asked.
Dude. Hes really, really good.
All right, thats all I wanted to hear, Bird said. Bye.
And that was it, Granger says. And later that night we selected him.
The green light Granger gave to bring in George two years ago has the Pacers now primed from a deep postseason run.
Honestly, I think were selling ourselves short if we dont think we can win it all this year, George says. Across the whole board we have the whole makeup of a championship team. I think weve got the experience, weve got the size, weve got the shot-making ability, our defense is phenomenal. We play great team ball. Just everything just ties in together in terms of us having a shot at winning it all this year.
Granger helps that lofty goal. Hes a catch-and-shoot player who can benefit from Georges ability to create with a handle thats stunning for a guy whos 6-9. Georges size and defensive ferocity mean he can D-up on LeBron, but Granger, at 6-8, can also help. And Granger is a leader, a vet who commands respect from refs and other players, and another weapon for a Pacers team that while great needed the added layer of depth.
None of this is to say the Pacers will beat the Heat. Miami is a force right now, playing so well LeBrons all-time greatness, Dwyane Wades continued excellence, Chris Bosh also great they will be tough for anyone. For everyone.
In fact, before Granger showed up at the bar, George and his friends had the can-LeBron-be-better-than-Jordan argument. It was far from decisive some said yes, some said, no, George was respectful but non-committal of LeBrons chances but it was also clear that all of them know just how historically great LeBron James is playing, George included.
In Granger, the Pacers have more than a scoring threat, or the teams leading scorer from last season, or another physical body to throw at King James. They have a leader and friend who fits seamlessly into and helped create perhaps the most copasetic locker room in sports.
Sometimes on NBA teams youve got guys competing with each other, Granger says. Thats the thing about our team. We compete against the other team. Whoevers scoring, whoevers playing, whoevers passing the ball, whoevers doing whatever, were rooting for that person. I think Frank Vogel, he did a good job of instilling that in all of us. Play for your teammates.
After some more banter, Granger leaves, and everyone says their goodbyes. This is when the fans come, seeing an opening, asking George for photos, showing him pictures of their pets, telling him how much they appreciate him, rooting on him and his Pacers as they shyly walk away, stunned theyve met him.
But George, his star clearly rising, still has his mind on Granger. His friends are watching more of Currys magic, but George looks toward the door, to where Granger was a few minutes ago.
I think, he says, almost to himself, that the reason weve been the team we are is Danny. Whatever you call it, our franchise guy, hes been so open. Hes been a really, really good guy.
And thats the key: Grangers return isnt the threat of one star wanting to take back whats his. Its a friend returning to the fold, a guy who has known since he trained three years ago with George that this day would and should come.


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This was the start of a conversation that I have had with my regular Monday morning client for the past several years. I'd shrug and say "Nothin', how about with you?"
But whenever I would return from my annual American Association of Bovine Practitioners meeting, I never got off that easily. There has always been a responsibility on my part to pass along information that I learned at the meeting to this particular client. His thought process was that if I needed to miss a weekly herd check, it had better benefit him in some way.
Now that I'm on maternity leave, I miss those conversations and the chance to pass along my knowledge. I know my client is reading, so here are my updates about new calf information presented.
I hope that you will benefit as well…
There was some very good information originating from the University of Minnesota from Godden, et. al. confirming some thought processes on heat-treated colostrum.
Previous studies have shown that batch pasteurizers used to heat colostrum for two hours at 140 degrees F would significantly reduce the amount of bacteria in the colostrums without lowering the IgG concentrations. But there had not been any data to show that calf performance and health would also improve. We were left wondering if batch pasteurizing was worth the investment.
Six randomized trials were conducted in Minnesota and Wisconsin with more than 1,000 calves evaluated. On each trial, the calves received either heat-treated colostrum or fresh colostrum. IgG levels were evaluated and compared between the groups. Calves fed heat-treated colostrum had significantly higher serum IgG concentrations than the calves fed fresh colostrum. Not surprisingly, the risk for a calf receiving a scours treatment or any other treatment event was also significantly higher in the fresh colostrums group compared to the heat-treated group. Total plate counts were monitored on all colostrum samples to determine the bacteria load. Using a statistical method called path analysis, there was a cause-and-effect relationship between the lower risk of illness and the heat-treated process.
A follow-up study was done to determine if there were any detrimental effects of heat-treatment on the nutritional and immune factors in the heat-treated colostrum. Colostrum samples were split and one sample was heat-treated, then analyzed, while the other was analyzed fresh. Laboratory tests determined dry matter, true protein, crude fat, lactose, solids not fat, other solids, insulin, lactoferrin, IGF, IgG, pH, total plate count, total coliform count and somatic cell count. With the exception of bacteria counts (the total plate count and total coliform count), there was no treatment difference in the measured parameters. As expected, both bacteria counts were significantly lower in the heat-treated colostrums compared to the fresh colostrum.
Researchers had expected that the somatic cell count may be lower in heat-treated colostrum. Therefore, more testing was done to determine if the white blood cells (somatic cells) were viable. So, the IgG levels, total white blood cell counts, viable white blood cell counts, percent viable white blood cell counts, total plate counts, total coliform counts, and alkaline phosphatase activity were analyzed. They did find that the white blood cell viability was significantly reduced in the heat-treated colostrum verses the fresh colostrum. Based on the first trial focusing on health, the effect of lowered viable white blood cells does not appear as important as the health benefits gained by heat treatment. More research needs to be done on the function and purpose of white blood cells in colostrum. It was also noted that the measurement of alkaline phosphatase was not a good indication of heat treatment if used as a parameter for monitoring colostrum heat-treatment programs.
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Peavy strong as White Sox pound IndiansMay 10, 2012 - 5:20 AM
Alejandro De Aza's two-run single highlighted a six-run fourth inning, as the White Sox took the final two contests in this four-game series. Adam Dunn belted a two-run homer in the opening inning.
Peavy (4-1) allowed seven hits, a run, walked one and struck out five.
"He's been impressive," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said about Peavy. "There's not much more I can say about him because he's done everything."
Jeanmar Gomez (2-2) was shelled for nine hits and eight runs over 6 2/3 innings.
The start of the game was delayed 64 minutes due to inclement weather.
Dunn clubbed his 10th homer of the season, a shot to right, with one out in the first inning. He then walked to start the big fourth inning in which the first five batters reached safely.
Paul Konerko and A.J. Pierzynski singled to account for the third run. After Alex Rios walked to load the bases, Alexei Ramirez hit a ball to the wall. Left fielder Johnny Damon made a leaping try, but couldn't make the play and the base hit made it 4-0.
One out later, Eduardo Escobar hit a line single to right and De Aza followed with a one-hop base hit into center for a seven-run cushion. Gordon Beckham followed with a sacrifice fly on a ball caught by a diving Damon.
"Gomez just couldn't throw strikes the first four innings. He struggled with his control to a point where in the fourth inning he had more balls than strikes thrown," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "When you're not overpowering you're really not going to get away with it up here and they made him pay for it."
Carlos Santana singled leading off the seventh and scored on a Jason Donald ground ball to account for the final margin.
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Cleveland entered the finale of the series needing a victory to secure a fourth consecutive series win for the first time since posting four straight from Aug. 15-27, 2008...The Indians went 0-for-6 with men in scoring position and stranded nine base runners...The Indians will fly to Boston to play their fourth consecutive four-game series at Fenway Park...The White Sox host Kansas City for three games this weekend...Ramirez had three hits.
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A small yet, still very hip-hoppin town in Massachusetts. Webster, MA was really defined in the late 1980's into the 1990's by its notorious Pit parties..LEO's and Minebrook RD. more dance parties then Solid GOLD .. Granite Street has now become one of the hottest gettos spots in the summertime but, back in the day it housed some of Webster's finest residences. Everyone knows the heart of Webster, MA Getto is North Village but, the lack of publicity has taken away from it's Getto status.. The Local BOWL-O-Drome still stands to this day and some Webster residents say candlepin bowling is making a comeback. More recently Jerry curl has been used by bowlers..Webster, MA is world wide famous for its lake which has the longest name known and any real local can say it and even spell it to boot... The Lake is free to Locals and some loot for everyone else but, on any hot given day this local beach will be getto to the Gettoin wet and down... Please be advised profanity and families with many members and multiple cultures are looked upon as welcomed in this town and all its public venues. We all fish in the middle in Webster, MA And you know this MAN... Webster also more recently has began housing local wrestling where "has been" wrestlers bring it back at the Webster Town Hall..Getting ready to rumble Getto style!!
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LES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but the big world premiere is happening right now, December 5, in London. Tune in to watch the stars on the red carpet HERE!
Under the direction of Tom Hooper, the film will also star Sacha Baron Cohen as Thernardier, Eddie Redmayne as Marius, Aaron Tveit as Enjolras, Amanda Seyfried as Cosette, Samantha Barks as Eponine, and Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thenardier. Original stage stars Colm Wilkinson, Frances Ruffelle and more will reprise their roles from the London production.
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The Surrey Comet and Kingston Guardian take a month-by-month look back at the sports stories that mattered to the borough in 2012.
January: Kingston-based triathlete Vanessa Raw reveals a fresh bid to claim a place at the London 2012 Olympics – but her quest failed.
February: New Malden's Tom Onslow-Cole is named in the Team eBay Motors line-up for the British Touring Car Championships and celebrates with a podium finish in the opening race of the season at Brands Hatch in April.
March: Surbiton Ladies won the Women's Hockey Conference East and then gain promotion via the play-offs a month later
April: Tiffin Girls' School student and Coombe Hill Golf Club member Inci Mehmet fought off a bout of food poisoning to add the Surrey Ladies County Championship to the Surrey Junior Girls U18 Championship she won earlier in the month and complete a rare double.
May: Kingston Wildcats men and women's teams were crowned Surrey champions and Kingston-based Chris Robshaw skippers Harlequins to the Premiership crown.
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ALAMEDA — Crews are busy laying the groundwork for a new CVS store and Chase bank on Park Street, but whether the pharmacy will be open 24-hours a day still must be decided by the City Council.
The council also must decide whether the property, which is adjacent to the Marketplace, should feature a driveway that motorists can use to exit onto Park Street, a proposal that could mean a new traffic signal on the street.
Developer Foley Street Investments LLC wants the council to lift the restrictions on the hours and driveway configuration — both put in place by the Planning Board last month — when it meets on Tuesday.
The developer initially wanted the CVS store to open 24 hours a day and include a drive-thru lane as a way to boost customer service. But nearby residents opposed the idea, gathering a petition with about 35 signatures that helped prompt the board to limit the pharmacy's hours. It currently must close at 11 p.m.
The board's decision to add restrictions on the driveway configuration — making it only for customers arriving at the businesses — was to lessen the effect on pedestrians and to maintain traffic flow on Park Street.
The developer argues, however, that the Alameda Fire Department may require the driveway to be at least 20 feet wide for emergency access and so increasing it another four feet for two-way traffic would have minimum impact.
A new traffic signal could also increase pedestrian safety, according to the Oakland-based developer.
City officials reject both arguments and are urging the council to uphold the board's decision.
The property, which borders Foley Street and Tilden Way, was once the home of Good Chevrolet and is considered a "gateway" to the Island since motorists frequently pass it as they enter or leave Alameda via the Fruitvale and Park Street bridges.
One building will reflect the architecture of the Marketplace, while another will be similar to the building that houses Tucker's Ice Cream on Park Street, according to the designers.
The building that would accommodate the CVS store would measure 16,778 square feet, while the second building would be 7,788 square feet.
The neighboring Marketplace measures 19,430 square feet.
City officials say they would have preferred a mixed-use, two-story building to house the CVS store, such as the building that now houses Starbucks at Park Street and Central Avenue. But they have also noted that the city's zoning and other regulations do not require it.
An 85-spot parking lot is planned for the site, and the sidewalk on Foley Street will be rebuilt as part of the project, according to city officials.
Once the work is complete, the CVS store at Oak Street and Santa Clara Avenue is expected to close. It remains unclear, however, what may move into that site, which borders the city parking garage and is near City Hall and the Alameda Theatre & Cineplex.
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Yes, we've had a talent upgrade in West and Hill. But West has struggled a lot at times, and the overall second unit hasn't played too well.
And yes, the younger guys (DC, Roy and PG specifically) have gotten better over the summer, but they still are similar players.
He hasn't had time to practice with his team and he's never had a full training camp.
We're talking about a coach that has taken a team, with largely the same players, from "unlikely to make the playoffs" to "tied for the third fewest losses in the league" in a year.
I think it's really unbelievable what this guy has been able to do. He's clearly a great motivator. He makes good adjustments and he learns quickly. The only obvious flaw I've seen is that sometimes he puts poor player combinations on the floor.
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Game Warden Named Texas "Officer Of The Year" By Conservation Association
AUSTIN — Burnet-based Game Warden Brent Whitus has been named Texas "Officer of the Year" by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Director Carter Smith presented the award to Whitus at the Jan. 28 meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Thursday.
Whitus began his TPWD career at Colorado City State Park in 1999. A year later he transferred to Garner State Park as a park peace officer. He later was accepted by the 49th Texas Game Warden Academy, where he graduated in June 2003.
Spending the next five years working in Webb County, Whitus handled several cases involving deer breeders and made numerous arrests for narcotics trafficking. He also participated in the manhunt for those involved in the June 14, 2005 shooting of fellow Game Warden Martin Oviedo in Zapata County and assisted in the arrest of the suspects.
In April 2008 Whitus transferred to Burnet County, where he soon became involved in a high profile deer breeding investigation that led to the filing of eight complaints against a single suspect. The charges included illegal transportation of a buck deer during open season without removing the antlers, record-keeping violations and improper deer identification (tattoos and ear tags.)
Whitus logged more than 140 hours on this investigation, along with other wardens. The defendant pled guilty to all the charges and will be unable to acquire a deer breeder permit for five years.
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Urinary Retention 3 Weeks After lap. Surgery
I am 42 y.o. female. I had a laproscopic splenectomy 3 weeks ago. I have had urinary retention since. Urodynamics showed my bladder not contracting. 10 yrs. ago I went home for a week with a catheter after the birth of my first child. I have been self cathing for 2 weeks. I am begining to feel like my bladder will never wake up. Can you give me any hope or statistics on this? I am perfectly healthy besides this. I am getting frustrated waiting. Thank you.
Although, the effect of anesthesia on the bladder is well known, in your case there has to be more to it.
If a urodynamic study suggests atonic bladder you should look at the causes such as diabetes. If the problem is emptying due to hyperactive bladder neck you should talk to your doctor and ask for Flomax. This a the drug we use for men with prostate problems which relaxes the muscle of urethra and hence improves urine flow. Other causes are excessive coffee and or the use of antihistamines and decongestants. Stopping the above may improve your urination.
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Rifle, pistol and shotgun ammo. Found some for the less used guns that I don;t often see on the toy store shelf so I jumped in and got a little bit more than my share of 16 gauge and a few boxes of 25-20 plus the usual suspects, 300 Wby, 30-30, .308, 30-06, 44 mag, 22LR match ammo etc. I'm just trying to keep what I have fed so I can exercise them on a regular basis. Never know when the practice might come in handy.
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — School may be out for summer, but Staples has already released its top product picks for the 2013 back-to-school shopping season.
"School supplies need to reflect students' individual styles, and we are excited by this year's amazing selection, all at great values," said Alison Corcoran, SVP, stores and online marketing. "Staples makes it easy to find everything on your list for less this back-to-school season."
The retailer is looking to maximize foot traffic into its stores by bringing back its Back-to-School Savings Pass, which gives shoppers a 15% discount on supplies. The pass, which costs $10, will be available for purchase through Aug. 31 and is valid through Sept. 21.
Staples is offering everything from light-up pencil pouches to decorative items so students can personalize their lockers. But the retailer is not focusing only on notebooks and loose leaf paper. It is appealing to increasingly tech-savvy youth with an offering of laptops and tablets, as well as assorted cases, including the Jansport Superbreak Sleeve, which lets students safely store their laptops in a backpack. Also available are the Jansport 1.0 Tablet Sleeve and Jansport 1.0 Laptop Sleeve, in zebra and safari prints.
The retailer is also leveraging social media to drive sales, encouraging parents and students alike to check for deals and back-to-school promotions on Staples' Facebook page and Twitter feed by following the hashtag #StaplesHasIt.


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|Warren Buffett
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Did Warren Buffett give a not so subtle hint that his "elephant gun" is targeting utilities, a sector where Berkshire Hathaway's ( BRK.A) MidAmerican Energy is already one of the largest players in the U.S.? Buffett fanned speculation at last weekend's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting about another big acquisition when he said Berkshire had come close to cutting a $22 billion deal during the last quarter of 2011. Buffett said that the deal fell apart because of a disagreement on price and his unwillingness to sell any of his stock investments, nevertheless, he expressed confidence that in the future Berkshire will be able to bag M&A prey as large or larger than Berkshire's $26.5 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Buffett's elephant gun is nothing new, and the never-ending question is what companies could Berkshire buy?
The universe of potential deals to speculate over is expansive, given Berkshire's financial might and the number of sectors in which the company already has exposure and a predilection for deals. However, Buffett's statement that the firm is looking to invest $100 billion in MidAmerican Energy may be worth a focus. Investing Berkshire Hathaway's cash faster than the company generates it has become a major issue for Warren Buffett as Berkshire's cash stockpile sits at above $37 billion and the company draws in $1 billion a month in free cash flow. This cash "problem" has spurred the legendary value investor to put his money behind consistent-returning but capital intensive businesses like railroad BNSF in 2010 and chemicals giant Lubrizol in 2011. It is also behind the comment made by Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger at the shareholder meeting, "MidAmerican Energy may have an opportunity to deploy as much as $100 billion over the next 10 to 15 years at very reasonable rates." Much of that spending is likely to consist of capital expenditures, but the $100 billion estimate leaves room for strategic deals, and the figure came as one of the biggest surprises to Berkshire watchers at the shareholder meeting. "That was far north of what I would have previously estimated," says Tom Lewandowski, an analyst with Edward Jones, adding, "Regulated returns are pretty attractive."


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UC-Davis shows vitamin E role in treating equine neurologic disease
Now, researchers at the University of California-Davis say horses with neurologic disease may respond differently to vitamin E treatment because of disruption of the blood-brain barrier or increased oxidant damage associated with the underlying disease.
The researchers demonstrated that daily oral administration of 10,000 IU vitamin E, as micellized d-alpha-tocopherol, crosses the blood-brain barrier in healthy horses. Leading the work were Jamie Higgins, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, fellow in large-animal emergency medicine and critical care in the UC-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and colleagues, including Nicola Pusterla, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, associate professor in equine internal medicine.
Vitamin E may benefit horses with neurologic disease, the researchers say. CSF samples they collected from the atlanto-occipital space provided accurate values of alpha-tocopherol concentrations around the brain and cervical portion of the spinal cord, which is where the most damage to the central nervous system is detected in horses.
They found that serum alpha-tocopherol concentration increases rapidly in a nonlinear manner if 10,000 IU of d-alpha-tocopherol supplement is given orally daily, compared to 1,000 IU.
Serum alpha-tocopherol concentrations in both groups increased significantly throughout the period of vitamin E administration. From baseline values at Day 0, they reached a plateau by Day 10 (mean, 2.96 µg/ml, 1,000 IU; 6.6 µg/ml, 10,000 IU).
Median and maximum CSF alpha-tocopherol concentrations were higher in horses treated with 10,000 IU d-alpha-tocopherol, compared with those receiving 1,000 IU, suggesting that high doses of supplemental vitamin E are likely of greater antioxidant benefit.
Both groups within 10 days showed a 1.3- to 3.4-fold increase in CSF alpha-tocopherol in nine out of 10 horses.
In another study, Pusterla, Higgins and colleagues showed that feeding of natural, micellized d-alpha-tocopherol showed greater bioavailability than synthetic (d,l-alpha-tocopherol), when fed on an equal basis to produce greater plasma and CSF alpha-tocopherol levels.
It was concluded that, because maintenance of sufficient cerebral alpha-tocopherol concentrations is essential for neurologic function, and of even greater importance when brain function is impaired by degenerative or inflammatory neurologic disorders, supplementation of a micellized alpha-tocopherol should be used preferentially over synthetic vitamin E when treating horses with neurologic disorders.
Horses presented to UC-Davis with neurologic disease routinely get 10,000 IU daily of alpha-tocopherol.


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Kind-hearted Keighley News readers have rallied round to help a Silsden boy who lost his £100 Christmas money.
A stream of fellow Cobbydalers pledged fivers to 11-year-old Ben Marklew within minutes of hearing about his plight.
And Keighley video games shop Game On offered a £100 voucher to replace the money Ben planned to spend on an Xbox console.
A credit tab was arranged by Azeem Hussain, owner of the Hanover Street shop.
Mr Hussain said: "When I read what had happened I thought how bad it was for the lad. I thought it was something we could help with."
Mr Hussain's offer came just days after a heartwarming meeting, arranged by users of the silsden.net website, where townspeople donated a total of £70.
Ben's mum, Sue, said: "Myself and Ben stood outside the post office and people just turned up to hand over money and have a chat. Everyone was so nice.
"I can't believe how kind people have been – it just shows how good Cobbydalers are!"
Sue also paid tribute to Mr Azeem's "amazing" gesture, saying: "I was so touched someone in the current economic climate could offer this money."
Ben lost the £100 in banknotes after putting them in his pocket while out for a walk in fields near his Bolton Road home two days after Christmas. Most of the money had come from his gran.


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Topic: my dad has CC i have depression
my name is amir from Iran. i am not very good at english so please excuse me for mistakes.
7 months ago my dad diagnosed with CC (klatskin tumor). it was so terrible for us because the dr said that it has no treatment and your father will live maximum of one year. we were not disappointed and found a dr who accept to do a surgery to remove the tumor. we spent a lot of money and unfortunately the surgery was not successful the dr. said it is stage 4 and the tumor can not be removed. so we started chemotherapy and now he had 6 session of injection of Gemzar and cisplatin and he has a drainage and he is better now.
i had depression for years and now i am in the worst period of my life. the medicines hardly be found here and they are so expensive. i work for an airlines and i earn about 400 dollars a month so we are in a very bad situation.
the dr said we can only help him live a little longer. is my dad really dying?! (
i came here because i really need energy and sympathy. please help me.i smile always in front of my dad and my family and say he is gonna be ok soon. they have no idea that there is no hope. it is very much for me i already have depression please help me...


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Makes 24
Note: Use one or both fillings.
2 cups Jeanne's Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour (see recipe)
Pinch of salt
8 ounces cream cheese, cool but not cold, cut in 1-inch cubes
1 cup unsalted butter, cool but not cold, cut in 1-inch cubes
2 tablespoons sugar
Tapioca flour for dusting
Egg wash: 1 extra-large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, optional
Jam filling:
1/2 cup smooth jam
1/2 cup mini-semisweet chocolate chips
Currant-nut filling:
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup dried currants
1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or hazelnuts
1. Mix the flour and salt.
2. Using an electric stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese on medium speed until fluffy, 2 minutes. Add butter; beat until light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Blend in sugar. Add flour mixture; beat until dough comes together in a lump.
3. Use your hands to gather dough into a smooth mass. Divide in half and shape into disks. Use now, or wrap in plastic wrap and chill up to 3 days or freeze up to 6 months. If using right away, refrigerate one disk while you work with the other.
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
5. Sprinkle your work surface, rolling pin and dough with a little tapioca flour. Roll dough into a 12-inch circle by giving the dough a roll, turning it a quarter turn and rolling again, lifting and turning until it is 1/8-inch thick.
6. For jam filling, spread 1/4 cup jam over dough, leaving a 1-inch jam-free border around the edge. Cut the dough into 12 equal wedges; sprinkle with 1/4 cup chocolate chips, again leaving a 1-inch border.
7. For the currant-nut filling, combine brown sugar, cinnamon, currants and nuts in a small bowl. Cut dough into wedge; sprinkle with half the filling, leaving a 1-inch border. Use the rolling pin to gently press the filling in.
8. Starting from the wide end, carefully roll each dough wedge, croissant-style. If the dough cracks, just smooth it over and keep going. Arrange the rugelach with the dough end — the point — down on the prepared cookie sheet, spacing them an inch apart. Lightly brush with egg wash.
9. Bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Immediately remove to wire racks to cool. Repeat process with remaining dough after the baking sheet has cooled completely. Store at room temperature in an airtight container up to 3 days.
— Adapted from Jeanne Sauvage, "Gluten-Free Baking for the Holidays" (Chronicle, $24.95, 168 pages)


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Safety and Tolerability Study in Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
This study has been completed.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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First received: December 13, 2006
Last updated: March 27, 2013
Last verified: March 2013
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This study will evaluate the safety and tolerability and Aß-specific antibody response of CAD106 in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's Disease.
Patients also had a 2 year follow-up to assess disease progression where no drug was administered.
|Alzheimer's Disease
|Biological: CAD106 Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A 52-week, Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Time-lagged, Parallel Group Study in Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease (AD) to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability and Aß-specific Antibody Response Following Three Subcutaneous Injections of CAD106
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: Alzheimer disease
MedlinePlus related topics: Alzheimer's DiseaseU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Tolerability/safety assessments (physical/neurol.exam., ECG, vital signs, standard and special immunological laboratory evaluations, MRIs, EEGs, AE/SAE monitoring). [ Time Frame: at multiple timepoints including but not limited to screening, baseline, and through the end of the study to Week 52. ]
- Antibody titers (IgM and IgM titers against amyloid and carrier protein). [ Time Frame: at multiple timepoints including but not limited to baseline and through the end of the study to Week 52 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Immune response, cognitive and functional assessments [ Time Frame: at multiple timepoints including but not limited to baseline and through the end of the study to Week 52 ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
|Biological: CAD106
Placebo Comparator: 2
|Drug: Placebo
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- males and/or females patients between 50 to 80 years of age (both inclusive).
- female patients must be without childbearing potential (post-menopausal or surgically sterilized).
- diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer's type according to the DSM-IV criteria (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition).
- mild to moderate AD as confirmed by Mini-Mental State Exam score of 16 to 26 (both inclusive) at screening.
- able to provide written informed consent and having a responsible caregiver that can provide written assent prior to study participation. For patients who have been declared mentally incompetent, a legal representative will need to provide informed consent on their behalf.
Exclusion Criteria:
- previously participated in an AD vaccine study and received active treatment
- history or presence of an active autoimmune and/or cerebrovascular disease
- history or presence of seizures, with an acute or chronic inflammation
- clinically relevant atopic condition, who suffer from an other neurodegenerative disease and/or psychiatric disorders (with the exception of successfully treated depression)
- immunosuppressive treatment including systemic steroids
- obtained a vaccination (e.g. against influenza) within 4 weeks before the first study drug injection
- advanced, severe, progressive or unstable disease that might interfere with the safety of the patient
- started treatment with psychotropic medication within 3 months (4 weeks for SSRIs and other newer antidepressants without anticholinergic properties) prior to randomization with the exception of mild hypnotic drugs (e.g. zolpidem, zopiclone, oxazepam) and low doses of neuroleptic drugs (e.g. up to 2 mg risperidone).
Patients, who are on stable treatment with cholinesterase-inhibitors (ChEIs) and/or memantine for at least 3 months, and/or with SSRIs and/or other newer antidepressants (without anticholinergic properties) for at least 4 weeks before randomization, can be included into the study.
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: NCT00411580
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00411580
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Malmo, Sweden, 204 02
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Stockholm, Sweden, 141 86
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|Stockholm, Sweden
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Winblad B, Andreasen N, Minthon L, Floesser A, Imbert G, Dumortier T, Maguire RP, Blennow K, Lundmark J, Staufenbiel M, Orgogozo JM, Graf A. Safety, tolerability, and antibody response of active Aβ immunotherapy with CAD106 in patients with Alzheimer's disease: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, first-in-human study. Lancet Neurol. 2012 Jul;11(7):597-604. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70140-0. Epub 2012 Jun 6.
|Responsible Party:
|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00411580 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|December 13, 2006
|Last Updated:
|March 27, 2013
Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Mild, moderate Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Aß-specific antibody, CAD106
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Alzheimer Disease
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Collaboration, Cheapness Keys to Green in 2012
CHICAGO-Dan Probst, chairman of energy and sustainability at JLL, says companies should get more help from governments with sustainable development this year.
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5 Questions for Nicole Urquhart-Bradley
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Even with headline numbers showing an overall recovery, says Svenja Gudell at Zillow, "there are still thousands of Americans struggling to bounce back from the housing bust."


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Q Do hotels ever let you check in early? I will be arriving in Miami at noon, and I'm wondering if I should try to check into my hotel even though the check-in time is not until 3.
A Never expect it, but always hope — and always try it. I've had good luck with checking into hotels at 1 or 2 p.m., and even once at 11:30 a.m. (thank you, Hotel Elefant, Salzburg!), but I also have experienced many times when check-in is exactly 3 p.m. on the dot, no earlier. One time I even had a door shut in my face by a bed-and-breakfast owner who said, "Come back at 5 o'clock." Slam.
In general, if a hotel is not busy, and you apologize for coming so early, and you politely ask whether there is by any chance a room ready, often you will be happily surprised to hear that the answer is yes.
Even if the answer is no, a hotel will hold your luggage for you so you can roam freely until you get your room key.
Q Can you light candles in a hotel room? I want to make things romantic but don't want to set off the smoke detector.
A It kind of kills the mood when the fire department comes, right? Some historic or wooden hotels and inns prohibit open flames. Otherwise, hotel smoking bans do not apply to candles. Call your lodging ahead to confirm that your romantic plans are allowed.
When traveling, bring small, high-quality candles (the kind that come in small jars or tins are good), and never leave a flame unattended.
Q Can you take those soft pouches of tuna through airport security?
A You can bring food through security lines as long as it doesn't have a consistency of liquid or gel. Soda is out; ham sandwiches are fine. Hot fudge sauce is out, but popcorn is OK. Vacuum-packed tuna is fine — but your fellow passengers likely would appreciate it if you ate it at the boarding gate instead of on the plane. Fishy smells and flying don't go well together.
For more on food and airport security rules, go to www.tsa.gov.
Today's column comes from Ellen Creager of the Detroit Free Press.
Feedback: Extra-legroom seats
We have to completely disagree with the statement in the Feb. 3 Travel Q&A that says United Airlines "never reassigns previously purchased, extra legroom seats." It happened to us in October on a flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco. Instead of extra-legroom seats in row 10, we were put in the very back of the plane in different rows. We couldn't even sit together. All we were told was, "I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do." We were furious! We had just gotten off of a long flight from Italy on another airline and were looking forward to that little bit of extra legroom on our flight home. And it was an absolute nightmare trying to get reimbursed for the cost of the upgraded seats.
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bodom wrote:Ben wrote:I was just interested in the provenance of the article and the circumstances of its origin.
This is actually the foreword written by the DL for the 1999 first edition Pariyatti copy of the Vism. I double checked and it is in my copy.
Hi Bodom
I suspected it was a forward but its certainly not present in my earlier edition.
Thanks for checking it out!
kind regards


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Celebrate Kwanzaa at the Museum Saturday 12/28
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Join us for the Museum's 35th annual celebration of Kwanzaa, this Saturday, December 28, starting at noon. Watch a video to learn more.
The Power of Beauty: A Q&A with Model and Journalist Gail O'Neill
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This Saturday, at 1 pm, model and journalist Gail O'Neill will moderate a Museum panel on the Power of Beauty, at Expressions of Beauty: Sights and Sounds, a two-day festival about beauty across cultures and time.
Celebrating New Orleans with Delfeayo Marsalis
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As part of the national celebrations for Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) in April, the Museum will honor jazz's birthplace on Saturday, April 28, with the day-long Global Weekends program New Orleans: Culture Remixed. Headlining the event is famed jazz trombonist and music producer Delfeayo Marsalis, whose family includes saxophonist Branford Marsalis, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, drummer Jason Marsalis, and pianist Ellis Marsalis. Delfeayo recently answered a few questions about his music.
Global Weekends: The African-American Musical
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Gospel, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, soul music, and hip-hop are the result of an ever-evolving African-American musical journey that has produced unique musical forms and traditions. The Museum will celebrate this legacy on Saturday, February 18, with the Global Weekends program The African-American Musical Mosaic, which will include performances by the Harlem Quartet, First Corinthian Baptist Church Choir, Charles Mack, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, and a special collaboration between Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of the hip-hop group Run-DMC and the IMPACT Repertory Theatre choir. In this video, DMC shares what performing at the Museum's event means to him.
For more information about the program, click here.
Celebrate Kwanzaa at the Museum on December 31
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At a time when Kwanzaa was still a rather new tradition, the Museum became one of the places where New York-area residents came to celebrate. Over the past 33 years, the annual Kwanzaa gathering at the Museum has grown into one of the most engaging events of its kind. This year's celebration on December 31 will feature an array of high-energy performers, an international marketplace, and more. Monique Scott, assistant director for cultural education at the Museum, recently answered a few questions about the holiday and the history of the Kwanzaa celebration at the Museum.


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NCSE's executive director Ann Reid was interviewed by Tania Lombrozo for NPR's 13.7 Cosmos and Culture blog (November 21, 2016) about the implications of a Trump presidency for climate change education.
The Darwin Day Roadshow is returning!
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Joseph Romm's Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2016).
On November 14, 2016, the Supreme Court declined (PDF, p. 2) to review COPE et al. v. Kansas State Board of Education et al., thus bringing the case to a decisive end. At issue was Kansas's adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards, which, according to the plaintiffs-appellants, "establish[ed] and endorse[d] a non-theistic religious worldview" in violation of the Constitution.
Ralph J. Cicerone, immediate past president of the National Academy of Sciences, died on November 5, 2016, at the age of 73, according to a memorial notice from the Academy.
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