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Many team members report they won't get raises this year. And in many cases, it's not because your practice owner doesnÕt want to give you one, says Firstline Editorial Advisory Board member Kyle Palmer, CVT, a practice manager at Silver Creek Animal Clinic in Silverton, Ore.
Firstline board member Pam Weakley, a practice manager at Dickman Road Veterinary Clinic in Battle Creek, Mich., says practice owners may be caught in the middle, between the struggle to keep pet care affordable for clients and the rising cost of supplies, fuel surcharges for deliveries and overhead--including rent and utilities. "If clients stop walking through the door, there's no business," Weakley says. Figure 1 shows that fewer than half of team members expect to get a raise this year. But data from the Veterinary Economics Business Issues Survey shows that between 65 percent and 75 percent of veterinarians are at least considering raises this year--a welcome break for some practices that have suffered pay freezes since 2009.
If you're feeling frustrated, you're not alone. But take heart. Our board members say you can move closer to achieving your raise with these steps:
Step 1: Encourage your practice owner to open the books
"Practice owners and managers should be open and up front about the challenges we face during these times to make employees part of the team in every way," Palmer says. As a team member, understanding your practice's financial situation will help you work toward your practice's common goals. (See "Sample script: Asking your owner to open the books" for advice on how to talk about the practice's finances with your boss.) Firstline board member Marianne Mallonee, CVPM, hospital administrator and part owner of Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colo, says owners and managers don't need to put an exact dollar number on everything for every team member in the practice. The key is to talk to the entire staff about the revenue and expenses that influence the practice's profitability. An easy place to start is by sharing revenue and number of office visits, Mallonee says. And if it's uncomfortable, you don't need to share the dollar amounts. Use a graphic form to show how percentages have changed from 2008 to present to give team members an idea of the practice's fiscal health.
Step 2: Help build a better business
Mallonee says from a business perspective her practice is busier than it has been in several years. Mallonee's practice offers a quarterly bonus system if the practice meets key financial goals. For the last several years, the targets seemed out of reach, but in the last six months Mallonee says they're seeing numbers that make bonuses possible.
If you're working for a veterinary practice and you've noticed business is improving, you might start to wonder where the raises are. Be patient, Mallonee says. "I absolutely understand employees being very frustrated with this type of situation," Mallonee says. "From an employer's perspective, I think many team members don't know how much we protected our employees from the truth of our economic situation over the last four to five years. My guess is, many practice owners are playing catch-up financially and they're being more conservative to be prepared for the next challenge." (See "5 reasons you haven't gotten your raise yet.")
Step 3: Your attitude makes a difference
One way to channel your frustration is to focus on what you can control. For example, Mallonee says she urges team members to focus on the basics: getting clients in the door, providing a superb level of client communication and locking in compliance on wellness recommendations. If you hear your solo-doctor's business is a $1 million practice, you might assume that your veterinarian is pocketing $1 million in profits, but that's just not so. Out of that money, your doctor pays the staff, for the building and the equipment and the inventory and everything else that goes along with running a business. "And I know there are veterinary practices out there where the practice revenue dropped below what they need to just break even on a yearly basis. And that's pretty powerful for team members to see this is why I'm not getting a raise right now, Dr. Smith is playing catch-up from three years ago," Mallonee says. "Ultimately, when these veterinary practices do choose to give out raises, you want to be seen as the employee who's coming to work with a smile still on your face. You want to be viewed as that standout. The one who was positive and working hard to make the practice client-centric. And when raises are due, you're going to be the first team member who comes to mind."


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Major League Lacrosse announced the weekly award winners for week 6 of the 2013 season, which concluded on June 9. The winners are chosen every week by the League, and are based on outstanding in-game achievements. After a stellar game in net against the Boston Cannons on Friday, June 7 th, in Kennesaw Georgia, Rochester's John Galloway has been named the Warrior Defensive Player of the Week for his second week in a row.
Galloway captured his second consecutive award after a 23 save performance against the Cannons on Saturday night. Galloway earned his third win of the year with the 16-14 decision, improving Rochester's record to 3-3. The goalie held Boston to only one fourth quarter goal, and a total of four second half goals to help the Rattlers earn the come from behind win. The Rochester netminder finished with a .565 save percentage, and added nine ground balls in the win.
The Rattlers are now tied for fourth place in the standings, and will look to continue their success against the Ohio Machine on Saturday, June 15. YouTube will broadcast this game live at 7:30 p.m. (ET).

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Video: Sound Bar Demo: Polk Audio Surroundbar® 3000
Some of our articles are written by people outside of our usual writing team. They're typically Crutchfield employees in other departments, but we'll sometimes feature articles written by folks from outside the company as well.
Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
J.R. listens to a sound bar demo at Crutchfield and picks out his favorite one — the Polk Audio Surroundbar® 3000.
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J.R.: So as we do sometimes here at Crutchfield, we have some stuff set up to listen to for all of our advisers. And what we've got is four sound bars. Four different types and styles and brands of sound bar. And we've got them connected with the TV and receiver and Blu-ray player. And so I got to try each one of these, and after pretty good listening with each one, spending some time, I really like the Polk.
And the main reason for that was simple: the sound quality. I mean the music sounded amazing. Instruments sounded true and honest. The subwoofer was there, but it wasn't too much there. You know, it wasn't just bass for bass's sake. It was actual, you know, you could hear the bass guitar and things like that when I was listening to some songs. Vocals and dialogue in a movie and TV sounded nice, natural, and clear. I really like this.
It's also, with the wireless subwoofer, one of the easiest ones to hook up because you literally just plug this into the wall, you plug it into the TV, you plug the subwoofer into the wall. So overall that's my favorite the Polk Surroundbar® 3000.
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U.S. Petroleum and Other Liquids
Between the beginning of October and the end of February, U.S. average heating degree days were 13% higher than last winter (indicating colder weather) and 10% above the 10-year average. The Northeast was 13% colder than last winter, the Midwest and South both 19% colder, while the West was 5% warmer. The cold weather had the greatest effect on households in the Midwest that primarily use propane and those in the Northeast that rely on heating oil. EIA's current estimate for winter heating expenditures for homes heating with propane in the Midwest is $2,212, which is $759 higher than projected in October. The current estimate for average U.S. expenditures for homes using heating oil is $2,243, which is $197 higher than projected in the October STEO. Unlike residential electricity and natural gas markets, where rates paid by consumers do not immediately reflect price spikes in the spot market, price movements in propane and heating oil are quickly reflected in retail prices.
U.S. Liquid Fuels Consumption
Total U.S. liquid fuels consumption rose by an estimated 400,000 bbl/d (2.1%) in 2013. Consumption of hydrocarbon gas liquids registered the largest gain, increasing by 150,000 bbl/d (6.4%). Motor gasoline consumption grew by 90,000 bbl/d (1.1%), the largest increase since 2006. Stronger-than-expected growth in highway travel during the second half of 2013 contributed to that increase. Distillate fuel consumption increased by 90,000 bbl/d (2.5%), reflecting colder weather and domestic economic growth.
Projected total liquid fuels consumption remains flat in 2014. Motor gasoline consumption remains largely unchanged as the recent strong growth in highway travel slows and continued improvements in new-vehicle fuel economy boost overall fuel efficiency growth. Distillate fuel oil consumption rises 10,000 bbl/d (0.3%). In 2015, total liquid fuels consumption increases by 100,000 bbl/d (0.5%), driven primarily by increasing transportation demand for distillate fuel oil and industrial demand for hydrocarbon gas liquids.
U.S. Liquid Fuels Supply
Harsh winter conditions over the past few months negatively affected well completion activity in the northern U.S. plays. As more evidence of this seasonal slowdown has appeared in the data, EIA has revised downward initial estimates for December 2013 and January 2014 U.S. crude oil production. Because the weather effects are temporary, much of the production slowdown is expected to be made up by accelerated completion activity over the next few months.
EIA expects strong crude oil production growth, primarily concentrated in the Bakken, Eagle Ford, and Permian regions, continuing through 2015. Forecast production increases from an estimated 7.5 million bbl/d in 2013 to 8.4 million bbl/d in 2014 and 9.2 million bbl/d in 2015. The highest historical annual average U.S. production level was 9.6 million bbl/d in 1970.
Crude oil production from the Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana averaged 0.9 million bbl/d in 2013. While production briefly reached 1.0 million bbl/d in November 2013, logistical issues resulting from winter storms caused production to decline in December. Bakken production is expected to return to 1.0 million bbl/d in the first quarter of 2014. Production in the Eagle Ford formation in South Texas averaged 1.1 million bbl/d in 2013, reaching an estimated 1.3 million bbl/d in December 2013.
U.S. federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM) crude oil production averaged 1.3 million bbl/d in 2013, down slightly from 2012. EIA forecasts 1.4 million bbl/d of GOM crude oil production in 2014 and 1.6 million bbl/d in 2015. Production growth in 2014 comes from eight projects expected to come on line: Jack, St. Malo, Entrada, Big Foot, Tubular Bells, Atlantis Phase 2, Hadrian South, and Lucius. Further production growth in 2015 comes from an additional 10 projects: Axe, Cardamom Deep, Dalmatian, Deimos South, Kodiak, Pony, Samurai, West Boreas, Winter, and Mars B.
As domestic production of crude oil continues to increase, U.S. refiners have announced expansions to process more light crude oil. Marathon and Kinder Morgan have announced plans to build condensate splitters in 2014 and 2015 to process production from the Utica and Eagle Ford formations. Small topping refineries are being built in North Dakota to process Bakken crude, and Valero is expanding its Gulf Coast refining capacity. Projected crude oil inputs to refineries increase from 15.31 million bbl/d in 2013 to 15.52 million bbl/d in 2014 and rise further to 15.61 in 2015, surpassing the previous high of 15.48 million bbl/d in 2004.
The growth in domestic production has contributed to a significant decline in petroleum imports. The share of total U.S. liquid fuels consumption met by net imports peaked at more than 60% in 2005 and fell to an average of 33% in 2013. EIA expects the net import share to decline to 25% in 2015, which would be the lowest level since 1971.
U.S. Petroleum Product Prices
Led by falling crude oil prices, the projected U.S. annual average regular gasoline retail price, which fell from $3.63/gal in 2012 to an average of $3.51/gal in 2013, will continue to fall to $3.45/gal in 2014 and $3.37 in 2015. Diesel fuel prices, which averaged $3.92/gal in 2013, are projected to average $3.85/gal in 2014 and $3.78/gal in 2015.


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With a struggling economy still gripping the nation, college students graduating this spring are faced with long, competitive job searches, according to Lisa Severy, director of the University of Colorado at Boulder's Career Services office.
However, new graduates often have a leg up when the job market recovers so patience is a must, she said.
"It is generally taking longer for students to find a job in this economy, so our advice is to start looking earlier, get as much help as possible and expand your search," Severy said.
The National Association of Colleges and Employers recently reported that employers they surveyed expected to hire about 7 percent fewer graduates in 2009-10 than they did in 2008-09. CU-Boulder has not been immune from this trend, with slightly fewer recruiters visiting campus this spring compared to last year, according to Severy.
This year's strongest sectors include the technical and education fields, although state and city school district budget cuts have weakened the education sector somewhat, she said.
One way for students to help offset the tough job market is to not limit their job search to only those positions that coincide with their major, according to Severy.
"A lot of graduates have the impression that there is a one-to-one relationship between major and career," she said. "And there are some like that, but many college graduates have degrees with many marketable skills."
"We encourage students to explore all types of opportunities, including a variety of industries and levels of positions to get a good start that may lead to bigger and better things," she said.
The best advice she can give students who are interviewing for their first major job is to practice.
"By the time we interview for our first professional job, most of us have had part-time jobs, but a professional job interview feels a little different," Severy said. "Coming to the Career Services office and doing a practice interview that is videotaped is really helpful, especially if you're nervous. You can practice on us and then go out into the real world."
Cleaning up online profiles on sites such as Facebook also is highly recommended. But don't stop there. Severy also suggests building up online profiles by adding professional goals and other accomplishments.
"We tell students to replace the negative information someone could find through a Google search with more professional posts on sites like LinkedIn," she said. "All it takes is one bad spring break photo to bounce you from an interview opportunity."
Being patient is another bit of advice Severy is giving job searchers this spring.
"Because the job market is tricky right now it can take longer to find a job, so students need to get a thick skin in terms of rejection," she said.
For those students who will graduate in the winter or next spring, it's never too early to start thinking about the job search process, Severy said. Sitting down with a counselor to help hone interviewing skills, prepare a resume and become knowledgeable about the job-seeking process can really pay off when it is time to find a job, she said.
Upcoming events offered by the CU-Boulder Career Services office include:
-- Monday, April 5, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., "The Job and Internship Search Workshop" event will be held in the Ketchum Arts and Sciences Building, room 3. The information session is open to all CU-Boulder students and alumni and is designed to help job seekers develop and brand themselves for success in their job searches.
-- Tuesday, April 6, at 6 p.m., the "Resume Writing Workshop" will be held in Duane Physics and Astrophysics, room G116. The workshop is in a computer lab where attendees can work on their resumes while receiving resume tips. The workshop is open to all CU-Boulder students and alumni.
-- Wednesday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., "The Just in Time Hiring and Internship Fair" will be held in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom. The event is open to all CU-Boulder students and alumni. Companies attending are listed at careerservices.colorado.edu/students/JIT.aspx.
Additional facts about the CU-Boulder Career Services office:
-- Conducts more than 6,000 appointments, walk-in sessions, practice interviews and group sessions with students per year.
-- Posts more than 5,000 jobs and internships to the Career Services Web site that are exclusive to CU-Boulder students and alumni.
-- Hosts more than 300 on-campus visits from companies seeking to interview students for internships and professional positions each year.
-- Welcomes more than 500 organizations and 5,000 students to career fairs each year.
-- Provides vocational testing for individuals, classes and groups.
-- Regularly presents panels of alumni and recruiters discussing industry-specific information.
-- Manages a professional networking group on the Web site LinkedIn with more than 1,000 students, alumni, recruiters and community members interested in connecting with each other for professional development.
-- Provides a testing center that administers academic tests and some professional certification exams including the GRE, TOEFL, SAT, CLEP and foreign language proficiency tests.
For more information about the CU-Boulder Career Services office visit careerservices.colorado.edu/.
For audio clips of Severy discussing the job outlook for spring graduates visit www.colorado.edu/news/broadcast/. To view a video of Severy offering interviewing tips and discussing the job outlook visit www.colorado.edu/news/ and click on the job outlook story.


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Friday, September 22, 2017
Kidney Diseases
Microalbumin/creatinine ratio
Dear Doctor,
My wife, 38 years old, (Height 5 feet 7 inches and weight 74kg) was diagnosed with high FBS(269) and PPBS (318) two months back. She was prescribed Daonil-M (Glibenclamide and Metformin Hydrochloride susstained release)(1/2 tab twice a day) by the physician. Since then she has been on restricted diet and following the physician`s advice meticulously and her FBS and PPBS have been recently tested to be within the normal limits. Her body weight has also decreased to 66kg. She is also a patient of hypertension and under medications Tenormin-50 (Atenolol)(1 tab) and Losar-H (Losartan Potassium and Hydrochlorothiazide)(1/2 tab) daily since the last 6-7 years.
Recently she was advised to undergo microalbumin/creatinine ratio test of urine the result of which which shows that the same is 410 microgram/mg of creatinine (first morning urine sample).
The physician being presently out of station can you please assess the seriousness of the patient`s condition and course of treatment that need to be taken?
Thanking you
There is no urgency in this but there are some thoughts I will share with you that you can discuss with her doctor when s/he comes back.
The urine sample should be repeated to document the level of microalbuminuria. You do not mention her blood pressure (BP). The target for her systolic BP should be about 125 mmHg. Losartan is a good medication to control both the BP and the microalbuminuria. The losartan is not at the maximum dose, which is 100mg/day. I would not increase her Losar-H to do this since it would provide an excessive amount to hydrochlorothiazide. She would therefore need a different formulation of losartan. Protecting her kidneys also involves good glucose control and I am glad to see that her sugars are normal. You do not mention her serum creatinine which is a measure of her kidney function. I am sure that your doctor has these results.
Finally, these recommendations are out of context since I don't know the specifics of her case. Higher doses of losartan may entail more side effects, and the target BP may need to be calibrated depending on the specifics of her case, as evaluated by her doctor.
Thomas Zipp, MD
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Jentgen said that most retooling for the new models has been accomplished already; what remains will be finished over holiday break this month.
In a press conference in Pontiac, Mich., Thursday, GM North America President Mark Reuss sounded optimistic about the prospects for both trucks. Besides the improvements he described, he said that strength in the agriculture and energy businesses, plus continuing recovery in construction, are improving demand for pickups.
The timing of the makeovers is apt: GM's current models are looking dated and sales are slowing.
"The only way our timing could be better is if we could actually sell them today," Reuss said.
The new Silverado and Sierra are a little sleeker than the current models.
Ruess said the 2014 models were designed to be more differentiated than every before. That's inevitably a challenge, given that both trucks are built on the same chassis, with the same engine choices and same three configurations: regular cab, extended cab (a smaller back seat and smaller rear doors) and crew cab (a full-size back seat and full-size rear doors). The most obvious differences are in the front end and grill of the models.
The Sierra's grill appears to jut out more than the Silverado's. The Silverado has two large-lens headlights on each side of the grill, compared with a single such headlight on each side of the Sierra grill.
Gas mileage and prices were not announced Thursday.
Ruess said that Sierras would have more upscale accessories and features as standard equipment, although they would be available as options on Silverados.
"From hood to hitch, these are the most refined pickups ever," Reuss said.
Jeff Luke, GM's executive chief engineer for full-size and midsize pickups, described the technical changes in the vehicles during the press conference.
The biggest changes come with a new three-engine lineup for the pickups: a 4.3-liter V-6, a 5.3-liter V-8 and a 6.2-liter V-8. Luke said that these will incorporate several features to improve their efficiency; the most dramatic is "cylinder deactivation." When these pickups are not heavily taxed – for example, cruising at moderate speed on level ground – they can operate on only four cylinders instead of all six or eight.
General Motors tried a similar feature – running certain large engines on variable numbers of cylinders – 30 years ago, but those engines developed bad reputations for mechanical trouble. In the last decade, GM, Honda, Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz have offered these variable-displacement engines with much better results.
The new trucks will offer new safety features, too, Luke said, including a forward-collision alert and a lane-departure warning.
Among other changes for trucks for 2014:
*A longer bed – 6 feet, 6 inches long – is available on crew-cab trucks in addition to the standard bed that is 5 feet, 8 inches long.
*The trucks are more aerodynamic. Luke said their coefficient of drag – a measurement of how much wind resistance they create – is 5 percent lower than the models they replace.
*Neither Sierra nor Silverado offer a manual transmission this year, according to specifications provided by GM. Both models use a six-speed automatic transmission.
*Rear doors on crew cabs are larger. Rear doors on extended cabs are hinged at the front. Both changes are designed to make it easer to get in and out of the rear seats in the trucks.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Andrew McCutchen turned in an All-Star performance on both sides of the plate.
McCutchen hit a two-run shot for his fourth homer in the last three games and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Saturday night.
''Andrew's playing the game at a very high caliber right now on both sides of the ball,'' Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. ''He's in a very comfortable place.''
McCutchen hit his 20th homer in the third and also made a nice sliding catch on a sinking line drive by Martin Maldonaldo with two runners on to end the eighth.
''He makes those plays look easy,'' Hurdle said. ''But, it's a good first step. It's an exact read when the ball is off the bat. It's a direct line to the ball and a slide.''
The All-Star center fielder is batting .447 with 10 homers and 30 RBIs in his last 28 games, and leads the majors with a .366 batting average.
''Offensively, the big swing of the bat (tonight),'' Hurdle said. ''It's been fun to watch. The numbers up there, they really get your attention. The numbers he's been putting up since May, then you look at June, you look at July and keep moving forward.''
McCutchen has now hit a home run in three consecutive games for the first time in his career.
Milwaukee starter Marco Estrada made the mistake to McCutchen and paid for it.
''There was one pitch I regret, the pitch to McCutchen,'' Estrada said. ''I went away from our game plan and decided to throw a fastball away. I shouldn't have done that. And I got hurt for it.''
Casey McGehee had a much better game after striking out four times Friday night. He went 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs.
''I believe in our guys,'' Hurdle said. ''If they don't get it done one day, that doesn't mean you're not going to get it done (the next). Casey struck out four time yesterday. Couple of big swings of the bat today.''
Kevin Correia pitched six effective innings as the Pirates remained tied with the Cincinnati Reds for the NL Central lead. Correia (6-6) allowed four runs, two earned, and four hits while improving to 4-0 with a 3.81 ERA in his last five starts.
Pittsburgh scored two runs in the seventh to take a 5-4 lead, making the most of two errors and a passed ball by the Brewers.
Clint Barmes led off with a single and moved to second when the ball went under the glove of left fielder Ryan Braun. Pinch-hitter Josh Harrison then reached when reliever Kameron Loe (4-3) picked up his sacrifice and threw wildly to first, allowing Barmes to score.
''We can't field a bunt when they give us an out,'' Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. ''Braun with a little miscue in left field allowing the runner to go to second. And then the passed ball.''
Harrison went all the way to third on Neil Walker's single and scored on Maldonado's passed ball.
''This is a good team,'' Roenicke said. ''We can't play poorly defensively. We talk about this all the time. You can't let games get away from you when you should win, not if you're going to win the division.''
McGehee started the eighth with a drive off Tyler Thornburg for his seventh homer. McGehee finished with three hits.
Joel Hanrahan pitched the ninth for his 24th save.
Estrada struck out 11 in 5 2-3 innings and was charged with three runs and six hits.
The Brewers scored two in the second and two more in the third to build a 4-2 lead. Corey Hart had an RBI triple in the second and a sacrifice fly in the third.
NOTES: Walker extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an infield hit in the sixth. ... Pirates OF Alex Presley started in left field Saturday for Triple-A Indianapolis and led off with a single as he began a rehab assignment against the Columbus Clippers. He's been on the seven-day concussion list since July 5. ... Brewers C Jonathan Lucroy made a series of throws to second and third during pregame drills and then headed off to practice his swing. Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said Lucroy, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a broken finger in his right hand, looked good hitting off a tee. ... The Pirates have hit a home run in their last five games and 16 of the last 18.


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Analyzing the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer reveal trailer
The new Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 2 multiplayer had a lot going on in the 2 minutes of actual gameplay that we saw. While some of the new perks and abilities looked really cool, I did see a few things that I was not so fond of. So without further ado, I'm going to give my personal thoughts on what I thought was done well, what I'm excited for, and also what bothered me a bit about it.
The Good
The Call of Duty franchise continues to be in good hands with the team over at Treyarch. The graphics looked better than past entries and the excellent 60 frames per second gameplay is still intact for the game.
The First new weapon we see is an electrocuting knife. When thrown, it appears to stun enemies, much like the non-lethal grenades do in past games. This then leads to an easy double kill for the player that threw the knife, as the enemies are standing still and cant fight back.
The dolphin dive is back! Who didn't love sprinting around and holding the crouch button, sending you flying down toward the ground?
I was impressed with the Dragon fire killstreak. This is little helicopter thing that flies around the map and destroys enemies with its machine gun fire. It looks like a version of the UAV in Ghost Recon Future Soldier, but a lot more lethal. You control it while it flies around and can fire at will on your targets. The only downside? It looks easy to kill.
Riot shields can now be planted in the ground. I was wondering why this feature wasn't included in Modern Warfare 3, as it presents cover without sacrificing your primary weapon. You can now protect your backside if someone sneaks up on you, or if you're worried about enemies behind you.
Another good-looking killstreak is the A.G.R. Mech. This looks like it was taken straight out of Modern Warfare 3, however, this version looks way more useful. It features 4 cannons for machine gun fire and missile attacks, which can turn the tide of a battle quickly.
The Bad
The first thing I didn't like about the trailer was the gun that had a scope on it that could see through walls. While this might be good for spotting campers, it could lead to a very unbalanced game. It kind of looks like a better version of the heartbeat sensor, except this shows the player rather than a dot. There must be a way to counterbalance the scope or it could hurt people that play tactically.
Another new killstreak device is shown off which looks like it emits some sort of heat or radiation. This slows down the enemies in the tight corridor and lets the character kill them with ease. I'm all for killstreaks, but allowing free kills like that takes away any sort of "skill" from the game.
Quick firing shotguns unfortunately make their return. You can see this around the 1:35 minute mark in the video posted above. I'm not a big fan of shotguns in Call of Duty games because they always seem overpowered. In this clip, the guy gets off 3 shotgun blasts before the enemy can even react. I'm simply not a fan of that.
The bird-like explosives at the end of the video look more insane than the dog killstreaks from World at War and Black Ops 1. Hopefully these are very hard to get because there is a giant swarm of them and look tough to blow up. This has to be the highest ranked killstreak in the game.
I was very impressed with the footage I've seen for Black Ops 2. Unfortunately, it wasn't a whole lot of gameplay but it will have to do for now. I personally can't wait to play this game on November 13th.
What did you think of the Black Ops 2 trailer? What parts did you or didnt you like about it? Let me know in the comments below.
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Mango mousse pie is one of my favorite choices for Easter, delivering a less filling note that's light and still decadent—the perfect finish to a heavy meal. The mango flavor, with its ideal balance of sweet and tart, satisfies the fruit flavor we're craving while local and seasonal options are still many weeks away.
Of all the fruits in the world, I enjoy using mangoes for mousse best because their juicy, smooth flesh makes excellent puree. Unlike fruits that contain many seeds or pith, mangoes blend easily into a creamy puree, a godsend when making a dessert that relies on smooth, even puree. Now that mangoes are in season, I've been ripening them on my kitchen counter; some to eat raw, and others to fold into creamy mousse-based desserts like this pie.
If you're not so sure about working with fresh mango, never fear. Excellent frozen purees can be found in many grocery or specialty stores . Or, if you'd prefer, thaw some frozen mango chunks, blend until smooth, and strain with a fine sieve.
This mousse, unlike many, contains no egg whites. Instead, it relies on whipped cream for lightness and gelatin for stability. Since I'm especially sensitive to the flavor of egg whites and don't always enjoy them with fruit, I prefer this method and I think that you will too.
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About the author: Lauren Weisenthal has logged many hours working in restaurant kitchens and bakeries of Brooklyn and Manhattan. She is a graduate of the Artisan Bread Baking and Pastry Arts programs at the French Culinary Institute. You can follow her on Twitter at @evillagekitchen.


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Industrial Lubrication Fundamentals: What's In A Lubricant? (Additives)
EP Editorial Staff | November 26, 2013
These packages are added to your lubricants to help them do all that you want them to do.
By Ken Bannister, Contributing Editor
Designing a lubricant requires the tribology chemist to start with a performance specification sheet outlining parameters and conditions the lubricant must meet and exceed in its finished commercial form. Typical design parameters include:
- Lubricant type (gear oil, hydraulic oil, etc.)
- Application requirements (load, speed, bearing surface motion [sliding, rolling, combination], delivery method)
- Lubricant quality (viscosity index [VI], lubricant life expectancy, selling point)
- Operating environment (moisture, chemicals, ambient temperatures, etc.)
- Operating temperature range
- Biodegradability
These typical design parameters are technically known as the "Tribological System" within which the lubricant must perform. Lubricant type, application, quality and operating temperature range are primarily used to determine an appropriate base stock that is then supplemented with a variety of lubricant additives to strengthen or modify the product's characteristics to meet the finished design specification. Lesser-quality base stocks can be significantly modified to meet specifications with additive packages.
What additives do
Additives play an important role in letting us know when the lubricant is no longer useful, as they are sacrificial in nature: Once depleted, the oil must be replaced or replenished again with the necessary additive(s). By monitoring and comparing the additive package "signature" of the virgin stock oil against a used oil sample through the use of oil analysis, we can tell when oil is degraded and ready to be changed.
Oil additives serve three functions: 1) to enhance; 2) to promote new properties; and 3) to suppress undesirable base-oil properties. Different lubricant types require different formulation packages. Table I depicts which additive performs what function. Additives can be organic or inorganic compounds and, depending on their physical size, will dissolve in the oil (i.e. sub-micron) or remain as suspended solids. These solids are often visible to the naked eye when decanting new oils from one container to another.
Additive-package types
Although there are many additive types available to the lubricant chemist, the following 12 are used to make up the core additive package for most commercial lubricants.
1. Anti-Foam Agent. . .
When a fluid is moved quickly through a pumping action, it can entrain small air bubbles in the lubricant. These air bubbles are detrimental to a lubricant as air contains oxygen that will attack the base oil (see Antioxidant). Aerated fluids can also cause pump cavitation. Also known as defoamants, or foam inhibitors, anti-foam agents are designed to increase a lubricant's surface tension and enlarge the bubble size, allowing them to collapse more easily.
2. Antioxidant Agents. . .
Oxygen is base oil's primary enemy, especially at higher temperatures, when in combination with contaminants such as water can lead to sludge and viscosity thickening, tar, varnish and corrosive acid formation within the oil and on the bearing surfaces. Antioxidant agents, also known as oxidation inhibitors, can successfully improve oxidation stability by more than 10 times by deactivating catalytic metallic contaminants and by decomposing any formed reactive hydroperoxides within the oil. The most common antioxidant is Zinc dialkyldithiophophate, or ZDDP.
3. Anti-Wear Agents. . .
These types of additives activate when boundary lubrication conditions occur due to metal-to-metal contact under heavy loads and slow rpm. Agents such as ZDDP or Tricresylphosphate (TCP) react chemically with the surface to form a softened ash-like lubricant film.
4. Demulsifiers. . .
Known as emulsion breakers, these types of additives are used where water contamination is expected. They are designed to chemically prevent the formation of any water/oil emulsion by altering the surface tension of the oil, allowing the water to separate easily and be drained off.
5. Detergents. . .
Detergent-type additives are used where combustion takes place. They perform as a chemical cleaner to keep combustion surfaces free from harmful deposits and to neutralize any combustion acids. Developed specifically for crankcase and compressor oils, detergent additives are made up from over-base (alkaline) organic metallic soaps such as barium, calcium and magnesium.
6. Dispersants. . .
Dispersant-type additives are also used in crankcase and compressor oils, often in conjunction with detergents. They chemically disperse and attach themselves to and suspend combustion and contaminant particles like dirt, soot, glycol and depleted additives, to extract them by the oil-filtration system.
7. Dyes. . .
Used in transmission fluids and greases, dye-type additives are used to help identify products and differentiate them from other lubricants.
8. EP (Extreme Pressure) Agents. . .
Sulphur, phopherous and chlorine additives are used to cause a chemical reaction that eutectically softens wear surfaces into a sacrificial metal soap that breaks away from the surface under high-load, extreme pressure conditions (thus reducing the frictional impact of metal-to-metal contact). Solids additives such as Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2), Polytetraflouroethylene (PTFE) and graphite can be added to a lubricant to act as "sliding agents" and allow contact surfaces to move over one another with minimized contact under severe loading conditions with less surface degradation than the chemical additives.
9. Friction Modifiers. . .
Long-chain polar additives that have an affinity for metal surfaces are added to crankcase and transmission oils to reduce the surface friction of lubricated parts in an effort to increase fuel economy.
10. Pour-Point Suppressants. . .
Additives known as pour-point suppressants are used to prevent the formation of wax crystals in paraffinic mineral oils at low temperatures. This, in turn, allows the oil to pour at lower temperatures.
11. Rust Inhibitors . .
Also known as corrosion inhibitors, this type of additive forms a protective shield against water and corrosive acids to stop the formation of corrosion and rust on ferrous, copper, tin and lead-based metals.
Table II. Typical Oil-Type Additive Packages* (courtesy of EngTech Industries, Inc.)
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12. Viscosity Improvers. . .
Viscosity improvers employ long-string polymers that expand as an oil's temperature increases. This process serves to "thicken" the oil, or increase its viscosity. These additives are used to increase an oil's serviceability over a wider temperature range in multi-grade form and to bolster lower-quality base oils that have lower viscosity index (VI) ratings.
Table II details which additives are used in various oil types. Note: This table is provided for guideline purposes only! Always consult your lubricant supplier to determine which additives are actually used in the lubricant you have chosen to use. LMT
Ken Bannister is a certified Maintenance and Lubrication Management Consultant for ENGTECH Industries Inc. Ken is the author of the "Machinery's Handbook" Lubrication chapters, along with the best selling "Lubrication for Industry" textbook recognized as part of the ICML and ISO's Domain of Knowledge. Ken also teaches numerous formal certification preparatory training courses for the ICML MLT/MLA certification and the ISO LCAT certifications. For more training information, Ken can reached at 519-469-9173, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Empty toilet rolls can be the inspiration for many craft activities and recycled craft projects for kids. This fun stamping idea can also be made into a Valentine's Day art activity by squishing your toilet tube into a heart shape.
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What you need:
- some empty toilet roll tubes
- paint
- a big sheet of blank paper
- a paper plate (to use as a palette)
All you have to do is squeeze out some blobs of paint onto the paper plate and then load up the end of your tube for stamping.
If you squish and pinch the toilet tube you can manipulate it into a heart shape and use that for some Valentine's Day cards and wrapping paper.
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Use lots of bright colours and stamp circles or hearts onto a large sheet of butcher's paper to make your own homemade wrapping paper for Christmas, Valentine's Day or birthdays.
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According to The Princeton Review, Oglethorpe is one of the best colleges in the southeast and in the country. The home of the Stormy Petrel was included in the newest edition of Princeton Review's annual "Best Colleges" book – The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Edition, available now in bookstores, as among the best colleges in the nation and the "Best Southeastern Colleges."
In addition to naming the best 376 colleges, the book includes 62 categories of "top 20" nationwide ranking lists— the results of 122,000 students' reports about their institution through surveys. This year, Oglethorpe was named one of the top 20 schools on the "Class Discussions Are Encouraged" list. Coming in at number 15, Oglethorpe's students revealed that OU is where thinkers and communicators thrive .
In Oglethorpe's profile in the book, students are quoted as saying that "the classroom experience is unsurpassed…you are expected to actively participate in class." And, "Oglethorpe University offers 'an exceptional, well-rounded education in a close-knit community,' with "dedicated professors.'"
The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges academically or in any specific order from 1 to 376. Instead, it reports 62 ranking lists of "top 20" colleges in various categories. Those lists are entirely based on The Princeton Review's survey of current students attending the reviewed colleges.
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Rob Sleamaker has trained and coached endurance athletes for almost 20 years. He earned his MS in exercise physiology from the University of Arizona in 1982. From 1983 to 1986, Rob was director of sports medicine for the U.S. Biathlon Team. He has also worked with the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team.
Since 1986 Rob has operated SportsAdvantage, which provides personalized sport and fitness training systems to individuals, as well as computer software for the sports and fitness industry. He owns VASA, Inc., a company he started in 1988 that makes the VASA trainer and a swim ergometer used by internationally by leading swimmers, triathletes, surfers, and other athletes. Rob also writes frequently for major sports and fitness magazines on training for endurance sports.
Ray Browning is a seven-time Ironman Triathlon winner and the 1993 World Champion in the Mountain Man Winter Triathlon. Ray also holds an MS in kinesiology from UCLA. One of the foremost experts on cross training, he regularly speaks to groups about the benefits and process of cross training for fitness and sport conditioning.
Since 1988 Ray has used the SERIOUS training system to prepare for professional competitions. In 1993 he became a national-level cross-country skier. Browning is also a contributing editor for Inside Triathlon magazine.
The ultimate resource for the endurance athlete. This book will take you up to the next level. Connie Carpenter1984 Olympic Gold-Medal CyclistPresident, Carpenter/Phinney Bike Camps
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To Develop, Implement and Evaluate the Polio Demonstration Project Comprising of a Community Based Intervention Package for Polio Eradication in Pakistan
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|Polio Polio Sero Conversion Polio Sero Prevalence Immunization Coverage
|Behavioral: Enhanced Community mobilization Biological: Combined Oral Polio Vaccine and Inject able Polio Vaccine during SIA
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|To Develop, Implement and Evaluate the Polio Demonstration Project Comprising of a Community Based Intervention Package for Polio Eradication in Pakistan
- Improved immunization coverage [ Time Frame: At the completion of all recruitment and follow ups which will take an average time of 1 year ]Improved coverage in both routine immunization and polio campaign Immunization compared to Baseline
- Improved Polio Sero prevalence [ Time Frame: The immunity levels will be assessed at the time of recruitment, six weeks after recruitment and 18 weeks after recruitment ]
Population bases Immunity level for polio antibodies will be assessed by
Sero prevalance and conversion at various time points
- Quantification of Polio virus in stool samples [ Time Frame: The stool samples will be collected and analysed at day 28, day 35 and day 49 after recruitment ]Quantification of Polio virus will be assessed in stool samples collected at day 28, day 35 and day 49 after recruitment
- Shedding of Polio virus in stool samples [ Time Frame: The stool samples will be collected and analysed at day 28, day 35 and day 49 after recruitment ]Shedding of Polio virus in stool samples will be assessed at day day 28, day 35 and day 49 after recruitment
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|July 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2017
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Group A
Routine Polio Program activities will be carried out with out any active intervention
Experimental: Group B
Expanded intervention with following components
|Behavioral: Enhanced Community mobilization
Experimental: Group C
All Interventions of Group A and B Plus combined bOPV/IPV strategy in the SIAs during the project
|Behavioral: Enhanced Community mobilization Biological: Combined Oral Polio Vaccine and Inject able Polio Vaccine during SIA
Detailed Description:
This particular project has been designed to address the bottlenecks through innovations to address community mobilization and demand creation on one hand and assess the synergistic immune enhancement potential of combining Inject able Polio Vaccine (IPV) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in at-risk children. This project will be implemented in high risk union councils of Karachi, district Kashmore in Sindh and Bajaur Agency in Federally administered Tribal areas (FATA)
This will be a three cell cluster randomized trial to achieve the objectives of the study. The first cell of the study will receive all the routine activities being carried out by the polio program, the second cell will receive an expanded intervention with community support groups, enhanced communication package, education and counseling and involvement of private sector. While the third cell will receive all of the interventions of second cell with a combined OPV IPV approach during the polio immunization campaign through child health camps.
We have calculated a total sample size of 120 clusters, 40 clusters per group for each study area i-e 120 for Karachi, 120 for Kashmore and 120 for Bajaur. Polio program in Pakistan has well established and demarcated vaccination areas assigned to a vaccination team, each vaccination area usually covers about 200 children therefore the area of vaccination team will be considered as one cluster in the proposed study.
The implementation of the project will be followed by impact assessment activities that will include post vaccination coverage surveys and Immunity assessment activities and Environmental sample collection. A total sample size of 5310 children has been calculated for the immunity studies for seroprevalance and 5130 for stool virus shedding
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|1 Month to 5 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy children aged 1 month to 5 years that reside within the study sites, and do not plan to travel away during entire the study period.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children with known thrombocytopenia or bleeding disorders; children acutely ill or with signs of acute infection (e.g. fever ≥ 101 F) at the time of NID and a diagnosis or suspicion of immunodeficiency disorder.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01908114
|Aga Khan University
|Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
|Principal Investigator:
|Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD
|Aga Khan University
|Responsible Party:
|Mir Asghar Ali Khan, MBA, MPhil, Manager Grants and Administration, Aga Khan University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01908114 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 15, 2013
|Last Updated:
|January 24, 2017
Keywords provided by Mir Asghar Ali Khan, MBA, MPhil, Aga Khan University:
Polio disease
Intervention Package
Polio sero prevalence and sero conversion
Polio high risk areas of Pakistan
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Central Nervous System Infections
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Spinal Cord Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
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Airing this Monday, July 16 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW is The Batmobile documentary that finally gives fans of comic books and cars alike a closer peak of what makes Batman so popular. From the very beginning, Batman, being a man with no super powers would need a weapon or vehicle to transport him from place to place. That weapon was The Batmobile.
To promote the documentary which is also coming to Blu-Ray and Digital Download this Holiday Season 2012, every live-action Batmobile ever produced for film and television are on display outside of Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con. From the Batmobile driven during the Adam West television series to the very current Christian Bale Tumbler in Dark Knight Rises. Even the Keaton, Kilmer, and Clooney Batmobiles are here.
Regardless of how much you like one Batman film over the other, theres no denying the beauty of these cars. Which one is your favorite?
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Record-breaking NY Bag Ladies Luncheon Makes Fashion Headlines
NEW YORK, NY – April 25, 2012 – Hundreds of New York's leading "bag ladies" gathered at the fourth annual S.L.E. Lupus Foundation's New York Bag Ladies Luncheon to raise $250,000 for those struggling with the devastating disease lupus. The event included a silent auction of donated designer and celebrity handbags and a sumptuous luncheon at 583 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
Two outstanding women were honored for their long-time support of the work of the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation: Matilda Raffa Cuomo, Former First Lady of New York State, Founder and Chair of Mentoring USA National/International and author of the new book The Person Who Changed My Life, and Mary E. Belle, President, Licensing at The Jones Group which includes iconic lifestyle brands such as Anne Klein, Jones New York and Nine West. Serving as Mistress of Ceremonies, opera legend and S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Board member Jessye Norman honored Mary Belle while Governor Mario Cuomo had the special privilege of presenting his wife with her award.
"My wife exemplifies a woman of achievement in every aspect of her life, and I have been proud of her association with the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation," said Governor Cuomo. "She and Mary Belle are truly deserving of this recognition."
Matilda Cuomo commented, "All of us have been impacted by both men and women of achievement. For my book, 80 of the country's notables in fashion, Hollywood and politics shared stories about a mentor who had greatly influenced them," said Matilda Cuomo. "My first mentor was my fourth-grade teacher who gave me direction and helped shape my life. But there is one special lady — Jennie DeScherer — without whom I might never have appreciated the challenges involved with lupus. Jennie is truly an inspiration to all of us. She juggles her roles as a wife and mother while coping with a debilitating disease and simultaneously making a valuable difference for others by serving on the Board of the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation to support the science and services for all people with lupus."
"It is difficult to see the people I care about, both family and friends, wrestle with this terrible disease, and my hope in serving on the Board of the Foundation is that one day others will not have to suffer. Until then we strive to make their lives easier today," said honoree Mary Belle. "Unraveling the mysteries of lupus will help the millions suffering with the more than 80 other related autoimmune diseases."
Who's Who of Attendees Touched by People with Lupus
In addition to Governor Cuomo, several members of their family including Dr. Margaret Cuomo, Maria Cuomo Cole and Cristina Greeven Cuomo were among the audience recognizing Matilda's contributions. Additional S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Board members in attendance include Founder and Vice President Susan Golick; President Richard DeScherer; Jennie DeScherer; Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, wife of Senator Frank Lautenberg and Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Credit Suisse. Also from the Foundation's Board were Fern Tessler; Betsey Selkowitz; Carol Weisman and Kate Kelly.
Working Miracles
The event turned generously donated designer and celebrity handbags into pocket-books full of miracles; a silent auction raised funding for the science needed to find a cure for lupus as well as the necessary services to help patients live with the disease day to day.
"The funds raised today literally work miracles for those faced with lupus," said Margaret Dowd, Executive Director, S.L.E. Lupus Foundation. "We are able to offer direct support services to patients, send children with lupus to summer camp. And on the science side, many discoveries in lupus have been made possible by research grants funded by the Foundation."


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My COD stopped working yesterday. Would boot up and then just go to a black screen.
Uninstalled it, and reinstalled it which of course took an hour...
Only for it to do the same thing. Repeated the same thing. Same thing happened.
Wasn't going to uninstall it again so I just unplugged my Xbox One completely. Turned it back on, and boom, it worked again.
That all being said, I am glad I have a warranty. The thing is bound to break at some point, IMO.
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Georgia nabbed a big-time target for its 13th commitment of the 2012 class after Baltimore (Md.) Boys Latin School offensive tackle Greg Pyke told head coach Mark Richt Friday that he wants to be a Georgia Bulldog.
"I talked to Coach (Will) Friend, to Coach Richt. We talked about where I am in the recruiting process and, well, I like it a lot. Actually I just committed," Pyke said. "Just after today's visit, I just knew. It was just everything. The school, the academics, the football program - it's not going to be any better. I am a Georgia Dawg now."
The No. 2 offensive line prospect in Maryland's decision is a huge get for the Dawgs' offensive line.
It was only two short months ago that the 6-foot-6, 300-pound target impressed the coaching staff at the Mark Richt camp with his abilities on the line to earn himself an offer.
It was Pyke's first trip back to Athens since the camp, and he actually ended up arriving sooner than expected.
"We were actually on our way to Virginia Tech when we heard on the news someone had a gun on campus. You can't make that stuff up," Pyke said. "If it happened once, it can happen again. So we just kept driving. Came here and saw the campus. My parents love it. I mean, we have family here. It just felt right."
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This protocol has three purposes: 1) to screen patients with seizures for participation in research studies of NINDS s Clinical Epilepsy Section (CES), 2) to follow the natural course of seizure disorders, and 3) to train CES fellows in evaluating and treating epilepsy. Only standard diagnostic tests and treatments will be used in this study.
Patients of any age with seizures who are referred to CES may participate in this study. At the end of the study, patients may be discharged to the care of their referring physician, offered participation in another NINDS research protocol, or followed for teaching purposes.
Participants will undergo standard diagnostic procedures used to determine the type of their seizures, what part of the brain they are coming from, what is causing them, and whether standard drug treatments can help them. These may include some or all of the following:
- Physical and neurological examination
- Neuropsychological tests tests of learning and memory
- Electroencephalography (EEG) brain wave recording
- Evoked potentials tests of nerve reactions to lights and sounds
- Polysomnography simultaneous recordings of brain waves, breathing and eye movements
- Video-EEG monitoring simultaneous recording of seizures using a video camera and brain waves
- Video-EEG monitoring with extra electrodes to record muscle activity, breathing and eye movements for analyzing sleep patterns
- Imaging studies, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans to examine the structure and function of the brain
- Frequent blood tests to measure blood levels of anti-seizure drugs
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|Evaluation and Treatment of Patients With Epilepsy
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|March 28, 2001
Objectives: To evaluate patients with epilepsy
Study Population: adults and children with epilepsy
Design: In this protocol we will use standard clinical studies, including neurologic examination, antiepileptic drug levels, clinical neurophysiology (EEG, EMG, evoked potentials, simultaneous Video-EEG monitoring, polysomnography), computed tomography, structural functional, and spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging, and other studies, such as FDG-PET (performed by nuclear medicine as a clinical procedure) and neuropsychological testing, to evaluate patients referred for uncontrolled or suspected seizures. Tests will be performed in patients when clinically indicated. The protocol will be used to screen patients for inclusion in other protocols, follow the natural history of seizure disorders, and train fellows in the evaluation and treatment of epilepsy. Both inpatients and outpatients will be studied. Standard clinical evaluation and drug treatment of epilepsy is performed under this protocol.
Outcome Measures: clinical characteristics of epilepsy
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
All patients older than 2 years referred to the Clinical Epilepsy Section will be included.
- Those enrolled in the remotely monitored subgroup must use one of the available standardized seizure diary tools.
- Those enrolled in the remotely monitored subgroup must be comfortable enough with written English to use one of the available standardized seizure diary tools. (The protocol will be amended if other language tools become available)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00013845
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|Contact: William H Theodore, M.D.
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
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|National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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|NCT00013845 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 30, 2001
|Last Updated:
|August 22, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ):
Anti-Epileptic Drugs
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Complex Partial Seizures
Grand Mal Seizures
Generalized Seizures
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
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I grew up in New Haven, Conn., where my parents owned a jewelry store. I graduated with a business degree from the University of Miami, then earned a master's of business administration at American University in Washington, D.C. I began my career on Wall Street, specializing in real estate and investment banking, but was bitten by the wine bug in the early 1970s.
I started my publishing career in 1973, when I paid $5,000 for a small wine and spirits industry newsletter called Impact. Now the company's roster of magazines includes Wine Spectator and Cigar Aficionado (both of which have companion Web sites), along with the trade publications Market Watch and Food Arts, among others.
I enjoy the light opera of Gilbert & Sullivan, the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the novels of Jeffrey Archer. I'm also a lifelong fan of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, who performed at the California Wine Experience in 1992 and 2002. My new-found happiness is on any great golf course.
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Whenever I enter a restaurant and the question is asked, "Smoking or non-smoking?"--my answer is "I'll take smoking." It's a better class of people.
Just one small gesture for those of us who truly know how to live.
Michael Sirianni
Deltona, Florida
Dear Marvin,
Four women in a BMW sedan pull up in front of a restaurant. The parking valet is at the driver's door before it comes to a complete stop and informs the driver that she will have to park across the street in an unlit lot. "It's our policy to reserve our closest spaces for domestic cars, in support of American labor."
Arriving at the front door of the establishment, they are met by the Protocol Manager.
"Ladies, I'll have to ask you to go home, shower and shampoo with fragrance-free soaps, change your outfits, return without perfume or makeup, and park again across the street."
To answer the stunned looks on four faces, he explains:
"Some of our customers are sensitive or allergic to certain smells. They find perfume, cologne, hair spray, powders and creams to be offensive. The leather belts, shoes and purses are an obvious affront to our strict vegetarian and animal rights clientele, and quite frankly, I find the rest of your outfits visually objectionable. If any of your diamonds originated in South Africa, please leave them home, too, so as to not upset our apartheid-aware diners."
Four showers and two hours later, the women reach the lobby of the restaurant, where they are escorted one at a time to the house doctor's office to be weighed and have their blood pressure checked. "We don't want to be liable for feeding someone who shouldn't be eating our food."
Finally, they reach the dining room. They are approached first by the wine steward, who informs them that based on current standards, they will each be allowed two servings of alcohol. "Except for the driver, of course. We don't want any accidents, now, do we?"
Next, the waitress provides menus. In bold letters, the carte du jour advises, "No high-cholesterol meats. No artery-clogging sauces. No cheese. No butter or sour cream. No salt. No fattening desserts. No caffeine. No wine or sherry used in food preparation. No fried foods. No imported foods. No seconds. To your health!"
When the waitress serves the meals, she instructs, "Please pay and leave immediately upon completion, so as to not inconvenience our next customers, or our staff."
Ludicrous? Preposterous? Well, it's already happening. Similar rationale is used by anti-smoking zealots. On one side is individual freedom and pleasure. On the other side is everybody who seems to know what's best for me, and they find my pursuit of happiness offensive. Maybe they just can't stand to see anyone having more fun than they are.
Michael D. Washington
Rochester, New York
Dear Marvin,
I just finished reading your "Final Thoughts" in the August issue of your newsletter, Cigar Insider, and I wanted to say, "How right you are!" The relaxation afforded me by my cigar on the golf course is worth several strokes a round; at the same time, a bad smoke may cost me two or three strokes just from its distractions.
In fact, I think that your statement about the perfect relationship between cigars and golf can go even deeper. Many rounds of golf I remember distinctly by both the event and the cigar I enjoyed on the course: Pinehurst Number 2 and a Cohiba Esplendido; Royal Dornoch and a Montecristo No. 2; the Ocean Course and an Avo Pyramide; Troon North and a Partagas 150 Robusto; at my home club (Lake Hickory Country Club) with some cigar smoking buddies and an Opus X; the Old Course at St. Andrews and a Punch Punch; or Muirfield and a Romeo y Julieta Corona. Indeed, the smoke is as much part of the memory as the round, or the company. I can still smell the grass, azaleas and the La Flor de Cano that I smoked at Augusta National during the Masters last spring--and not one person among the crowd even looked at me sideways.
When I think of all the other times and places that a cigar would have added to a memory, it makes me sad that cigar smoking is looked down upon by so many. And how glad I am that having a good wine or other drink isn't frowned on in the same way (yet). Here's hoping things will change for the better.
Frank A. "Sandy" Porter
Hickory, North Carolina
Dear Marvin,
I have a great cigar smoking story from New York City. I was in New York for a business trip. After having dinner with my colleagues and my boss, Julio, at a Cuban restaurant near our hotel, I felt like topping the evening with a Cuban tradition--a fine cigar. Of course, being in a New York restaurant I couldn't smoke there, so I walked the few blocks to the front of the Marriott Marquis in Times Square to smoke my cigar. I was leaning against the hotel, smoking a smooth Belinda double corona while watching a crowd around some street performers. I was waiting to see some pickpocketing. I enjoy the sport of people-watching on a nice summer night. Talk about a prime spot for watching strange and interesting people pass by! With all there is to see in Times Square, people still stared at me because I was smoking my cigar.
Well, as I'm puffing away, a huge police motorcade comes up 45th Street. The motorcycle cops stop the traffic on Broadway and people start rushing to the intersection. I figure, Who could it be? The president? Been there, done that! I work in D.C.; I ain't moving to see him again--I'm relaxed now. Then I re-member seeing on the news that Bubba Clinton is still in D.C. OK, maybe the mayor, Rudy Guiliani. I can walk to the corner to see a big-shot pisan.
I stand down the street a little, away from the crowd. Finally, the procession gets to Times Square and I see a big van with the Coca-Cola symbol, and then I see the word: Olympic. Holy Sh!!! It's the Olympic torch relay!! The van goes by and then I see an old lady walking with the torch. People start cheering, and she is waving and smiling. It was fantastic! I felt a wave of enthusiasm and began to start clapping furiously. The moment made me long for an opportunity to cheer the U.S.A. Olympic team in person. Wow! It must be unreal to feel that at the Games.
I thought to myself, "See, great things happen when one smokes a cigar." If it wasn't for my desire to finish off a long day with a relaxing cigar, I would not have been at that corner to see such a wonderful symbol. Also, I have to thank the strict no smoking laws in New York or I would have been inside somewhere with my Belinda.
Wayne Pestone
Falls Church, Virginia
Dear Marvin,
I'm a 36-year-old ex-bodybuilder who has never smoked, and have lived a very healthy life. My wife and I have been together for 13 years and she is my best friend. Recently, I was introduced to cigar smoking by a very good friend, who explained that a good cigar is about relaxation and a way to escape the hectic world we live in. He also explained the great tradition behind a good cigar, and since I'm a Cuban American who came to the United States with my parents in the early 1960s, I decided it would be a good idea to try it, and a good way of getting close to my Cuban roots.
I told my wife about it and we decided to go to a local cigar shop near our home. I picked up a Churchill-sized cigar for me, and I talked my wife into getting one for her. To my surprise she agreed, and I selected a petit corona for her. Thanks to the knowledge I've acquired reading a couple of issues of your magazine, I was able to choose the right cigar and ask questions without being embarrassed. When we got home we opened a bottle of wine and we started to enjoy our cigars. I could not believe what I've been missing. It was like learning how to ride a bicycle for the first time. I've read some of the letters from your male readers about them being the luckiest men in the world because their wives enjoy cigar smoking. Well, you will not believe what happened next. Forty minutes into our cigars, my wife's is gone, and she is asking for mine, which is three-fourths of the way gone. Not only did she ask for my cigar, but she didn't want to give it back. Our night ended with unbelievable hours of lovemaking. So what does that make me in the ranks of being lucky?
Issac Katz
Miami, Florida
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It has been a long winter here at Morey's Piers, and for folks like myself who have been cooped up for the past six months planning for 2011, it doesn't take a lot to get us excited.
Back in the Fall, the company came to the conclusion that we have outgrown our two current full-time staff restrooms that exist in our main administrative offices on Mariner's Landing. So the decision was made to construct a third restroom. Employee morale went through the roof!
So after weeks of discussions, deliberations and committee meetings, a location was chosen to construct the new restroom in an existing underutilized mail room closet. And after several weeks of banging, sawing and painting, a new restroom was born!
Now this isn't any ordinary restroom. When it comes to restrooms, this is the crème de la crème…state of the art… The design work was handed over to Rich Stokes of Stokes Architecture in Philadelphia. If you don't know Rich, he is a world renowned, accomplished, Ivy League educated architect. Well qualified for this important project. And by using his Penn and Kent State education, Stokes hit a home run.
In addition to a beautiful tile floor and wanes coat wall finishes, all of the fixtures are "hands free." And in true Morey fashion, there is even a urinal on the wall to better accommodate the males on the team.
All in all this new restroom is something we should be proud of. I can't wait for the next addition, whatever that may be. Could it be a Frank Lloyd Wright inspired office expansion?


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FOX Sports Southwest to televise tribute to Rangers radio announcer Eric Nadel
FOX Sports Southwest will televise a 30-minute special honoring longtime Texas Rangers radio broadcaster and 2014 Ford C. Frick Award winner Eric Nadel on Sunday, July 13 at 1:00 p.m. CT.
The program titled A TRIBUTE TO ERIC NADEL will include Saturday's pregame ceremony honoring the esteemed broadcaster. FOX Sports Southwest's John Rhadigan will be the master of ceremonies for the on-field ceremony before Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Angels televised nationally on FOX Sports.
FOX Sports Southwest will show the ceremony on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. CT prior to the RANGERS LIVE pregame show at 1:30 p.m. CT leading into the series finale vs. the Angels at 2:00 p.m. CT.
A member of the Rangers broadcast team since 1979, Nadel is the 38th recipient of baseball's highest broadcasting honor. He will be presented the Ford C. Frick Award during the National Baseball Hall of Fame's induction weekend in Cooperstown, New York on July 26.


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Plans to auction off alleyways at the end of East Barnet people's gardens came as "a bolt from the blue" to homeowners.
Householders in The Ridgeway, East Barnet, and the surrounding areas, were given just 11 days to bid for the alleyways behind their properties before they were sold to the highest bidder.
They all claim that when they bought their properties, conveyancing solicitors were unable to ascertain who owned the patches of land.
Many fear the land is big enough to accomodate new houses or flats, so are rallying together to ensure this does not happen.
Jackie Simpkins, whose father Sydney, 94, has lived in his property for over 50 years, said many elderly people in the area have been left confused by the plans.
She said: "Some people have been getting into a total state about this as they don't understand what's going on. They're confused.
"It's come as a bolt from the blue, no warning, nothing. Nobody wants to lose the area behind their houses, but there's not been any consultation.
"It's crazy, how can they go about things like that?"
Residents have been sending letters to their neighbours to "act fast" and rally together to decide what they want to do as a community.
There is no legal requirement to consult residents over selling land near their properties.
Geraldine and Stephen Smallbone bought their home in 2000 and have always left their bins in the access route.
But they fear the new freeholder could restrict access to their garage as their deed does not explicitly state "for vehicle access".
Mrs Smallbone, 45, said: "It has left is anxious about the future, and where we stand. We have no idea what could go there.
"They've barely given us time to make a decision about what we want to do. We feel we should have been given more notice.
"It's unreasonable."
In total, 14 alleyways across East Barnet have been put up for auction by company Barnett Ross.
One includes a patch of land in Oak Hill Park – which is listed as Church Hill Park on the map – and is actually a conservation area.
They fear the grassy areas, which are around 30 metres wide, could be bought by developers to build houses or flats.
Barrister Christine Williams, of The Ridgeway, said: "It would pose a threat to the environment. We don't want new properties built at the end of our garden.
"It would cause such disruption. We're now going round speaking to neighbours so we can all rally together and decide what we want to do with this."
They received letters on April 24, which informed them the land had in fact been owned by Residue London (Limited) since 1929 and was up for auction on May 13.
Despite this, chartered surveyor John Barnett of Barnett Ross auction house, in High Road, Whetstone, assured the land could not be built on.
He told the Times Series: "I'm sure they're worried, but I've advised them not to buy it as they will have the same rights they've always had.
"Nobody can build houses on them because there's rights under all the roadways. Some you can't walk down because they're overgrown.
"They're going to be no worse off. The new owner could end up spending money on improving it by cutting away the foliage and putting gravel dwon to make it easier to pass and level.
"It would be an improvement for all the houses there, and they won't have to pay any maintenance fees for it."


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Residents in Lyneham, unhappy that open space has been turned into a site for commercial waste, have won support from Wiltshire Council.
The waste skips are on informal public space next to homes at Harrow Grove.
Modern Housing Solutions applied for retrospective planning permission to house the commercial waste at the site together with building fencing and gates to create a compound.
Wiltshire Council received 15 letters of objection from residents saying the use was inappropriate in a residential area and had a harmful visual impact as well as a loss of public open space. Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish Council also objected.
Planning officers agreed that the site was not suitable for a commercial waste operation but recommended that temporary permission be granted for six months to enable the operator to find an alternative site.
But councillors on the Northern Area Planning Committee, which met on October 31, disagreed and granted permission for one month only.


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Kobe #4 all time???? Are you kidding me?
And of course what will make people scream is Reggie not being on the list, which I will scream about too.
There are WAY too many PG esque players on this list and this doesn't even include Elgin Baylor who I thought was a good canidate for SG.
And Bill Sharman at #2....................
And Sidney Moncrief over Reggie . Don't get me wrong Moncrief was a great player, but not at Reggie's level.
And Joe Dumars or Allen Iverson aren't even in the other canidates list.
What a joke although it is pretty humorous.
*If this wants to be thrown in th ePG one then fine (it would be better served in the trash)*


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