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Improving Batch Operations with Load Cells
When Every Batch Is Worth a Fortune and Accuracy Is Paramount, Load Cells May Be the Answer
The biopharmaceutical industry is faced with many challenges to provide products that must adhere to the strictest production guidelines, and whereby every gram of product has significant value. It is therefore critical that the addition and mixing of these products be done to the highest level of accuracy possible while working under sterile conditions.
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Sanofi Pasteur, (www.sanofipasteur.us), the vaccines division of Sanofi-Aventis Group, a multinational company devoted entirely to human vaccines, is in the clinical-trial stages of the development of multivalent vaccines designed to immunize against two or more micro-organisms. The equipment that was selected for small-scale batch manufacturing needed to be able to support resulting bulk formulations with two to five antigens. The system used to prepare these formulations was comprised of single-use, pre-sterilized bags, filters, connectors and tubing/transportation assemblies with associated metering and mixing equipment. An important consideration in the design of the system was that any processing downstream of the final filter is considered "closed" from the surrounding environment because doing so saves the significant expense associated with the need for ISO Class 5/Grade A clean room or isolator conditions. Doing so increases the level of sterility assurance, while also reducing the required cleaning steps and the cost and energy requirements of the system.
To meet these requirements, the equipment must be:
- Non-invasive and suited for a pre-sterile, single-use, closed process line during ingredient addition and mixing processes;
- Reliable and accurate to assure the proper ratio of each of the ingredients in the final formulation while minimizing giveaway;
- Suitable for current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) used to comply with Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and industry minimum standards.
In addition, small and mobile equipment and processing aids are preferred so they can be moved from one manufacturing area to another with minimal investment/reinvestment.
The Process
Despite the relatively minimalist nature of the equipment being used, the process itself is actually quite complex, with batch operations used to create the desired product and where the process itself uses multiple different proteins, multiple buffers, adjuvant—chemicals added to an antigen to increase the body's immunologic response—to create multiple formulations.
Here's how it works. Proteins are individually adjuvanted and diluted in intermediate bags. Once these intermediate proteins are in the proper state, they are blended into the final formulation bulk bag and further diluted.
Detailing the process further, the ingredients are primed into the processing lines followed by a flushing of the main line and filtration assembly with buffer. Ingredients are measured (volume by weight) individually into the primed and tared intermediate formulation bags. Each intermediate bag is then mixed. The final formulation bag is primed with buffer and tared, and then each of the intermediates is successively added. Once all of the intermediates have been added, the required remaining diluting buffer and adjuvant are added to the final formulation bag. The lines are sealed, and the final formulation is mixed.
Because this is an early clinical phase trial, it is effectively a small manufacturing scale operation as shown in Figure 1, and this application used bags of up to 5 L working volume. Bag sizes used are 250-mL (for bioburden sample) and 1-L, 2-L, 5-L (for product).
The commonly accepted industry estimate for a single vaccine batch is around $1M / batch in early phase trials. The consequence of a bad batch is either reprocessing or remanufacturing. Reprocessing could mean very little in terms of delays. Remanufacturing, on the other hand, can take additional weeks or months. It is therefore critical to get both the process and associated measurements right.
Obtaining the right measurements for this entire system requires an accuracy of ±2.0 g, which equates to ± 6.6% for a 30-g product amount added, and ± 0.04% for a 5000-g product amount added. Because of the nature of the system—which includes flexible tubing, flexible bags and stirring/rocking plates—the resulting measurement difficulties included a changing center of gravity. These difficulties, combined with the above-mentioned requirements for cleanliness, led to the decision that the most viable measurement option available was the use of hanging load cells.
As part of the entire system, readings from the load cells after ingredients are pumped into the hanging bags have an average percentage difference of ± 0.15% (n = 35, practical minimum and maximum weights applied) compared with target weight. The source of the error is largely due to human interventions and the dynamics of the fluid pumping into the bags rather than the accuracy of the load cell readings.
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imagemarie wrote:"What if" reasoning..
imagemarie wrote:Get people in the door, let them address their hurts in a supportive environment, then hit them with the absolutes. It seems to me that this policy is about addressing barriers, (colour, class, privilege) whether they exist, are ill-percieved, or whatever other papanca you like. It is starting from where people are. And, I think, based upon metta and karuna and inclusivity. The intention is a noble one. We (the Dhamma), is here for you too.
Yana wrote:I just realized there's not a lot of black buddhist meditators,i live in Australia ..well i don't know i'll have to join a group and find out maybe i'll be the only one ahaha...doesn't matter..am used to being the only black person.. like whatever..
David N. Snyder wrote:It's a difficult and touchy issue, so I can see why no one has responded yet. Either way you answer someone might call you a "racist." If you say that there shouldn't be groups for "people of color" then someone might call you a racist. If you say there should be such groups, then you might be accused of being racist; by engaging in reverse racism (from the historical direction); in this case not allowing whites to attend.
If they don't allow whites to attend, where do they draw the line? How about half-white, half-black people like my kids? If that is allowed, how about someone who is only quarter-black? How about one-eighth? If yes, why? If not allowed, why not?
Clearly, some of the people are there from a secular perspective, for stress relaxation, psychological easing, etc, things like that.
So maybe they have different practice than people who are Bhuddist from a spiritual perspective.
But I'd rather practice with people who make flower offerings to the Bhudda statue, than in some of the Westernized groups with people who are worried about really mundane things like race, stress reduction, etc.
Better to stay at home with the Tipitaka and zafu, than to jump in that mess!
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I've written in the past about the pain and grief that follows the loss of a pregnancy. For women who experience an ectopic pregnancy, that pain and loss might be even more dramatic.
An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that occurs outside the uterus. The most common type of ectopic pregnancy is one that develops in the fallopian tube. This type of ectopic pregnancy is often referred to as a tubal pregnancy.
Why is an ectopic pregnancy so difficult? It starts like any healthy pregnancy. You miss your period and usually have a positive pregnancy test. Everything seems normal. Then you might experience lower abdominal pain and slight vaginal bleeding — or severe pain and heavy bleeding if the fallopian tube ruptures. The embryo can't survive outside the uterus, and there's no way to continue the pregnancy.
The signs and symptoms of ectopic pregnancy are virtually the same as those experienced by women who are having a miscarriage. If your fallopian tube is still intact, your health care provider might not be able to tell you right away if it's an ectopic pregnancy. The diagnosis is usually confirmed with blood tests and an ultrasound — but sometimes it's simply too soon to detect a pregnancy through ultrasound.
While you're waiting for the diagnosis, you might be angry because your health care provider can't tell you for sure whether you'll be able to continue the pregnancy. You might begin to mourn the loss of the baby, only to see a beating heart on the ultrasound. This can be a crushing experience. You might also fear for your future fertility.
If you're diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy, prompt treatment is needed. Your health care team will be focused on the medical issues at hand — especially if it's an emergency situation. It can be all too easy to lose sight of the fact that you've lost your baby or what the loss means for you.
If you have signs or symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy, speak up at your appointments. Make sure you understand the tests used for diagnosis. Ask for an estimate of how long the process might take. Find out about treatment options. Is medication appropriate in your case, or will you need surgery?
After an ectopic pregnancy, remember that you need to heal physically as well as emotionally. Ask your health care provider any lingering questions you might have — and expect healing to take time. Share your feelings with your partner, loved ones and other close contacts. Seek the support of other women who've experienced ectopic pregnancy. You don't have to feel alone. Many women will understand your pain.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana coach Tom Crean told Sporting News he is "extremely hopeful" the NCAA suspensions of Hoosiers freshmen Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Peter Jurkin will be reduced from nine games to a less punitive number once their appeals are heard.
Mosquera-Perea and Jurkin both were hit with a 30 percent competition penalty for benefits they received from their summer coach, Mark Adams of Indiana Elite. According to IU, the catch is those benefits were not considered to be impermissible under NCAA rules — except for the fact each chose to play for the Hoosiers.
Because Adams donated a total of $185 to the IU Varsity Club over a six-year period two decades ago, he is considered by the NCAA to be a booster. Thus the benefits must be partially repaid and Mosquera-Perea and Jurkin, barring a successful appeal, will not be allowed to play until the Hoosiers' Dec. 15 game against Butler in Indianapolis.
It seems like an awfully harsh penalty to assign based largely on a technicality.
"It's hard to look at anything that's out there right now and see where this is justified," Crean said.
Crean believes IU can win the appeal.
"Really when you look at the facts and you take them as the facts, and you eliminate opinion from it, then it's really hard to see it not being that way," Crean said. "My biggest concern has been, and will be, having two guys that don't have any idea why this is happening and having them remember they've done nothing wrong. No one has.
"We're trying to deal it best that we can. The best thing they can do is continue being the great teammates and great students they've been since they walked in here."
After taking over the IU program in a severely damaged state in April 2008, with ultimately every scholarship player departing the program -- either voluntarily or involuntarily, as NBA early entrants or transfers -- Crean is not easily surprised by developments. But the nine-game suspensions left him "shocked, to a degree, disappointed at a high level -- no question."
Perhaps the ultimate question over how to rule on Mosquera-Perea and Jurkin should involve the amount of money that seems to be problematic.
When Kentucky's John Wall was found in 2009 to have received $800 in impermissible benefits for unofficial campus visits, he was ordered by the NCAA to sit one regular-season game. When Josh Selby at Kansas was found to have received $5,757.58 in impermissible benefits, reportedly from a business manager connected to an NBA player, he was hit with a nine-game suspension.
"This doesn't seem to match up with anything," Crean said. "I'm still waiting to see where it does."


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West Pensacola (Fla.) Tech receiver Lawrence Lee de-committed from Tennessee in early June and has wasted no time finding new interest in other programs.
On Thursday, the three-star Lee made a visit to Auburn and left with a solid first impression.
"It was a really good experience," Lee said.
"I've never came up here and they showed me a lot of traditions which was really good. I met most of the coaches and I throw with Coach (Dameyune) Craig which was fun. Just met everybody and it was a real good experience."
The 5-foot-10, 163-pound Florida prospect spent most of his visit with co-offensive coordinator/receiver coach Dameyune Craig and started a foundation for a great relationship.
"He is a good guy and a good coach," Lee said. "Really laid back and he let's you know start forward what he likes about you and everything like that."
Lee believes an Auburn offer could come as soon as next week.
"Coach (Gus) Malzahn actually watched me workout today and he was giving me feedback and he said he would give me more feedback next week after something. They are going to let me know," he said. "I think it would be pretty big to me. I would love to come out to one of the games. I've never experienced that."
While Malzahn and Craig watched Lee during drills they pointed out what they liked in the 2014 prospect.
"He (Malzahn) said that he liked how I bring out the cuts and how I run after the ball," Lee said. "Just basically wide receiver things. Coach Craig said he liked the type of person I am. That was pretty cool."
Fresh off his de-commitment from Tennessee, Lee believes that the next time he makes his decision it will just come to him when it feels right.
"Like I told Coach Craig, it doesn't really have a time frame," Lee said. "Whenever I feel like it's the best time or whenever I'm most comfortable with it that's what I'm going to go with."
The No. 99 overall prospect in the State of Florida sees three schools standing out the most in no particular order: Auburn, Missouri, and South Florida.
Where does Auburn rank on that list for Lee? Pretty high.
"I like the tradition and just the coaches are really cool," Lee said. "I could probably see myself being here in a few years. Everybody just gives you that feeling. That cool feeling, it was real nice."
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This may be the best point made yet about how we feel.
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This may be the best point made yet about how we feel.
But his PER against [per 48] is scary good, 8.9. That is some stellar defense.
I wish I could thank this post 100 times.
You're all smarter than me, so I'll ask smarter folks: why is OJ struggling so much this year? Just not finding his 3pt shot?
Only ask because he seemed to be a perfectly fine part of the rotation late last year. This year, it's almost painful to watch him out there. His 3 is basically a turnover now, and his defense leaves much to be desired as well.
Still plenty of time to turn things around, but just curious where he's specifically seeming to struggle.
FlavaDave, mad respect for your attempts to make this into a basketball conversation. And props to vnzla for responding with a basketball conversation.
This space for rent.
I think some players go through phases, and (as in all sports) consistency (or lack of it) is the biggest reason why a player is good (or not).
In the example of Gerald Green some people have pointed out that our system just didn't work for him.
Maybe the increase in minutes for OJ has changed his role in the system enough that it works against him as well. Being one of the expected wings off the bench for significant minutes is a far cry from being a spot guy coming in for specific reasons against the lower end of the opponents' lineups.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
I think with Orlando it is all about his shot. If he was shooting 33% from three or better no one would be complaining. Likewise, I think if Ian shot 50% or better people wouldn't be complaining about his defense. I think it is an over reliance on using shooting percentage. It makes sense with Orlando since he is supposed to be a shooter, and while he isn't completely worthless defensively, more often than not he is only going to be playing average defense at best. Ian on the other hand isn't on the court for offense. He is out there for defense, so I only really get annoyed with him offensively when he is trying to do too much on his own (i.e. taking jumpers with more than 5 seconds on the shot clock).
I saw OJ shooting practice shots yesterday and he missed all his shots, his form looks off, OJ's problem is not only that he can't hit shots but is also that he is not really a good decision maker anytime he has the ball I'm yelling at somebody to take it away from him(same with Ian).
His D is decent though at least he is not a liability there.
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
This is a perimeter league and most of the time we have 1 1/2 players putting up a good game from positions 1-3. If George is off, Lance might be on. Hill is half on. And if he is Watson comes in to chuck. If Hill is off, Watson is aggressive. If Lance is off, Paul is on. But then OJ is so off that it negates what Watson or Hill does.
Can we get a player to bring some stability? I don't think we need to. I think with more chemistry and time one of these players will be a steady offensive threat. Lance is close. But I have a feeling that Watson or Hill might play with more consistency.
By the way where is Kareem Rush when you need him? any way we can sign him?
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
Good news is, we have Granger coming back. Unless Dale Davis finds the fountain of youth, we don't have any incoming solutions to the backup big problem.
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@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
Just b/c a player makes only 4 mil doesn't mean he can suck b/c you can't afford a better upgrade. Excuse me, I mean play poorly.
What I'm about to say I never thought I would ever say it, BUT Mahimii makes Plumlee look like an Allstar. With Miles getting the PT I said he could get if traded to the right team, he has blossomed. Fooled me in that he's looked better than I thought he could, BUT I'm truly truly happy for him.
I've not kept up with the NBA this year as I have in the past, but Mahinmi can't be the best b/u 5 in the NBA. What's available I'm not sure, but I would hope a combination of Mahinmi, Copeland, and OJ should garner a better b/u 5.
I have said for the last couple of years I felt Varejao was the x factor the Pacers needed. Salaries of Mahinmi and Copeland should be close to matching Varejao. Throw in a 2nd plus Stanko as good measure.
If I get the inclination later, I'll go thru the other rosters to see whatelse might be there.
Which would mean the Pacers would have 7,283,522 to re-sign Lance, and two other players. Unless there's a straight up swap of Ian for another player, or Ian/XX for YY/ZZ it doesn't make financial sense.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
You must have been watching a different game tonight than I was.
Come on, now. Standalone posts like this are not going to be put up with in future. Say something more constructive than implying someone who disagrees with you wasn't watching the 'real' game. We already moderated one post with this response, leaving this here so people know what we're talking about.
Ian played solid defense. Although he did have some boneheaded plays. He did alot of stuff off the ball really well.
Sorry, 67% is Foster like. Why settle for happiness at 67%? I was never happy with Foster's FT shooting, why be with Mahinmi?
Realistic expectations?
I was always wondering the same when you were critical of Bird.
You only quote one part of my comment. Which went onto say there were flaws in his game.
"damn well" could mean several things. damn well for Hibbert means 25 pts 10 rebounds 5 blocks. damn well for ian is a different measurement. number of variables to factor in. just amusing u snip out the full quote.
Care to give an estimation on Ian's play or just keep it at condescending.
While were at it.. whats your evaluation of Bird these days. I know you were one who never approved but were always willing to at least support your assertions which is honorable.
Still want him run out of the Front Office?
I've stated how I feel Bird has done a great job NUMEROUS TIME! I said when Walsh was in control I wanted Bird back, so just drop it. Find something else to try and start an argument.
I feel Mahinmi game of late has been poor. That's my opinion, and you are more than welcome to disagree with it.


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Collectors of Oriental rugs often cite a single incident as having jump-started their collecting habit. In the late 1970s, author Joyce Ware bought an Oriental rug for her bedroom. It turned out to be a "good" Turkoman rug, and from that small beginning she went on to write what is considered one of the best introductory books about rugs on the market, The Official Price Guide to Oriental Rugs.
We could certainly use a few guidelines when it comes to Oriental rugs, whether the object is to buy something to match the living-room furniture, to acquire an ethnographic work of art for the study wall or just to get acquainted with the field. Oriental rugs, in all of their glorious, colorful proliferation, are confusing in the sheer volume of their variety.
We know surprisingly little about the origins of these rugs. They are certainly indigenous to central Asia, but no one knows exactly where or when they first developed, because so few rugs have survived from even 500 years ago. The only truly ancient rug in existence, a six-foot-square, nearly-2,350-year-old finely woven pile carpet from a frozen Siberian tomb at Pazyryk, near Mongolia, has designs that are typical of ancient Persia and Nineveh, bearing little resemblance to the patterns we see on Oriental rugs today, except for the use of multiple borders and a repeating field pattern. The rug is a real bone of contention among scholars.
Nevertheless, we do know that rugs evolved among nomadic tribal peoples who roamed the central Asian steppes and, over the millennia, spread from central Asia to settle in Persia (as rug collectors still call what is now Iran), Turkey, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the numerous small nations in the Caucasus Mountains. These horse- and camel-packing nomads carried their tents, belongings, families and animals from one pasture to another in search of food, water and an amenable climate. Heavy-duty textiles--pile rugs--were the best and most efficient way to store and carry their possessions, and to protect and decorate their tents and yurts against the region's viciously cold winters.
The rug became one of the nomads' major artistic as well as functional objects. So when some of these peoples became empire builders, they took an appreciation of the rug with them. Some of the great Middle Eastern imperial dynasties of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries--the Ottomans of Turkey, the Safavids of Persia, the Mughals of India and the Mamelukes of Egypt--were all descendants of Chenghiz Khan and other nomads. Their royal patronage elevated the rug from the purely functional tribal tents made by the women of the family to the technically dizzying heights of the court rugs produced by the empires' top designers; these rugs were woven by teams of the best weavers, using the best products that money could buy.
Today, some 300 years later, the Oriental rugs that we see in stores, dealerships and bazaars are the descendants of a tradition that spans thousands of miles, thousands of years and all levels of society. Every handwoven Oriental rug, regardless of how crude or mass-produced it may seem, has a history. Unraveling that history is part of the pleasure of discovering Oriental rugs and carpets.
Oriental rugs can be divided into four main types: those that were woven by nomadic tribes for personal use, called tribal rugs; village rugs that were created in cottage industries; urban rugs--we should say carpets, as they are large--created in factories; and the antique carpets woven in the court ateliers.
Tribal rugs were--and still are--woven by the women of nomadic tribes for personal family use. The weaving was done on small portable looms, which resulted in small and often narrow textiles. The women rarely made large carpets. The rugs were woven for specific uses, such as covering the tent, doorways or floors; as saddle rugs; or as various types of storage bags. A woman's weaving virtuosity often influenced her status in marriage, and the quality of many of these rugs was extremely high. Invariably, specific tribal motifs and symbols were woven into the rug, and the weaving reflected the artistic ability of its creator. However, since many nomadic tribes have been forcibly resettled over the past century, the symbolism and many of the traditional motifs have been lost. This is why nineteenth century tribal rugs are valued collector's items--they are often the last to have been woven purely for personal use within the tribe, although some tribes continued to make weavings for weddings and home use well into the twentieth century.
Tribal rugs usually have fewer knots to the inch and are characterized by bold geometric designs, bright colors and the primal, often naive, aesthetic often seen in primitive and folk art. Birds, animals and even people may be depicted, along with abstracted animal forms such as rams' horns and birds' heads. Like most generalizations, however, there are some riveting exceptions to this rule, especially in terms of the fineness and technical virtuosity of the weave, as well as the complexity and detail of the design.
The largest and most prolific segment of the rug-weaving world is the cottage industry, found in thousands of villages throughout the Oriental rug-weaving region, where local women make rugs for sale. Although each region, and sometimes each village, has its own traditional styles and motifs, the designs the women often weave are dictated not by their own or their families' desires but by the impersonal demands of the market. As a result, the ethnographic purity of the tribal rug has become blurred and, in some cases, lost. In spite of this, the aesthetic quality and the historical interest of many village rugs can be superb.
Like the tribal variety, village rugs are usually no more than eight feet wide. Geometric designs in bright colors are customary, and the best ones have the liveliness that is found in all folk art and each is generally thought to be the expression of a single illiterate but highly skilled artist. Most rugs tend to be in smaller formats, with four feet by seven feet a common size. Runners of various lengths are also made in villages, as are a few prayer rugs and assorted flat-woven pieces of varying sizes. Village-based cottage industries have probably existed since people began living settled lives. The Turkish rugs that regularly appear in European Renaissance paintings were probably woven by women from such villages.
Urban rugs, which are created in large-scale production facilities, are typically large carpets or very fine wool and silk rugs. They look to the old court rugs for aesthetic inspiration. These rugs are designed by professionals, woven by teams of weavers who follow written or verbal instructions and create intricate, curvilinear patterns that are impossible to reproduce on simple village looms. At their best, these factories produce technically superb, tightlyknotted rugs with sophisticated color palettes.
The fine antique rugs of the court ateliers were made only during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, for when the Middle Eastern empires declined, so did demand for these luxury goods. It was not until the emergence of Western demand in the late nineteenth century that the urban--and cottage--rug industry resurrected itself. The urban rug industry boomed from about 1875 until 1917, supplying a strong Western demand, and today the industry continues to thrive, though at a more sedate pace. Most of the fine antique carpets and rugs on the market today date from this period.
A new wave of high-quality rug making again is altering the face of the Oriental rug world. Starting with the DOBAG project in Turkey in 1981 (the name is an acronym for a government-sponsored project called Dogal Boya Arastirma ve Gelistirme Projesi), various entrepreneurs have begun creating replicas of traditional rugs using natural vegetable dyes (a material that decreased in use in the late nineteenth century). They incorporate antique and "authentic" patterns using top-quality materials and weaving skills. These rugs, inspired by original tribal, cottage or urban rugs, are now being produced by urban and village workshops in Turkey, Iran and India.
Another way of classifying Oriental rugs is to divide them aesthetically into collectible and decorative items. A decorative rug is one that we're more likely to walk or sit on and which will fit with the decor. It is generally large (room size) and was probably made within the past 100 years or so. This type of rug often has a subdued--some would argue bland--color scheme to ensure that it doesn't clash with the furniture. It is also more likely to be an urban carpet made for the Western market, which prefers square carpets to the thin rectangles favored in Persia. Modern tribal and village rugs are considered to be decorative because they have not yet withstood the test of time. Like automobiles, rugs become valuable once they've reached a certain age, but the resale price of a modern rug, regardless of its quality, devalues as quickly as that of a secondhand car.
Collectible rugs can be virtually any type of rug one chooses to collect, but most rug aficionados agree that they are invariably old, as they are either medieval fragments or court or tribal rugs. These specimens are rarely found on the floor and more likely to be displayed or stored in specially made containers.
What follows is an overview of each region's rug-making styles.
Just about every community in Turkey has a carpet-weaving tradition. Many of Turkey's people are descended from eleventh century nomadic central Asian tribes, but there are many other minority ethnic groups, such as the Kurds in the east, the Georgians near the Black Sea and the few remaining nomadic (Yuruk) groups, that have now largely settled in villages.
Turkish rugs are woven by village women who are affiliated with cottage industries. They usually have detailed geometric designs that are often typical of the women's village or region. Most of these rugs--with the exception of the Persian-style products of Hereke and a few other towns--are tied with the symmetrical, or "Turkish," knot. Colors are bright, with red predominating, and black, blue, yellow and white used for highlights.
Although fine Persian-style carpets were made for the Ottoman court, most of the Persian-style weaving produced today was introduced into Turkish towns during the revival that took place in the nineteenth century. At that time, Turkish prayer rugs were the thing to possess, and it is only in the past 50 years that collectors have begun to appreciate the other types of rugs that are made in this country.
Among the major rug and carpet weaving areas, the west Turkey town of Ushak is one of the most famous. Its sixteenth- and seventeenth-century "star medallion" carpets are highly coveted by collectors. Since the late nineteenth century, Ushak's urban workshops have produced large numbers of decorative, often pale, Persian- and Turkish-style rugs for European and American markets.
Extremely fine Persian-style rugs are made--usually in silk rather than wool--in Hereke. These rugs, often made to order, are small, finely detailed and generally have pale colors. Village rugs, with their typically highly detailed geometric designs, are produced in the Bergama area and in such surrounding towns as Melas, Kula and Megri. Central Turkey contains the district of Ladik, where many of the prayer rugs for which this country is famous originated.
Turkey's tribal rugs are found in eastern Anatolia. The remote villages and tribal communities of the region are culturally conservative, and their weavers are more likely to stick with traditional designs and colors. The rugs produced here often share the characteristics of those found in the Caucasus, with bright or earthy colors, bold geometric patterns and often a design that has a naive quality.
Some types of Kurdish rugs are known as Yuruk. Most Yuruk rugs are woven with medium fineness and a symmetrical knot and the pile is usually left long and shaggy, which provides extra protection from the region's bitterly cold winters. Other Kurdish rugs are similar, but the colors are often less vibrant and the patterns are more irregular. Many of the rugs traditionally have goat hair, which lacks the stability of wool and results in an irregular shape after use.
In the time of Persia's Safavid emperors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Persian towns developed the fine court rugs that are distinguished by their intricate curvilinear designs. But this large country is also home to many nomadic tribes with different histories. There are the northwestern tribes in the region adjoining Azerbaijan, the Kurdish communities spread over a wide area, and the Lurs and Bakhtiyaris to the south. Further to the south, near Shiraz, are the Qashqa'i tribes, Asshars, and the remains of the Khamseh Confederacy. In the east, the Belouchis border Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the Turkmen tribes inhabit the northeast.
Although the design and technical heritage of Iran's urban manufacturers are the fine court rugs of Safavid days, many local tribal and village designs have been incorporated into their creations. Rugs from Tabriz, Kãshãn, Bidjãr and Kermãn--to name a few of the major rug-weaving centers--have recognizable differences, but since most manufacturers also make rugs to order, and are adept at copying other styles, so the local aesthetic "rules" are often broken.
One of the most famous rug-weaving towns is Tabriz in the northwest, near Azerbaijan. Most older Tabriz carpets are recognized by their symmetrical knots and a color palette that consists of soft rust red, cream and indigo. Wide, meander borders are typical and the pile is usually cut low. Tabriz produced large room-sized carpets, as well as prayer rugs with monochrome fields and images of the kind of central hanging lamps that hung in mosque entryways. Today, its weavers produce a wide variety of carpets in virtually every major style.
North of Tabriz, the town of Heriz makes some of Persia's most easily recognized carpets. Because the knot count of these carpets is relatively low, the designs are characteristically angular versions of curvilinear patterns, with cruciform medallions and long, stick-like vines. Their characteristic color scheme includes clear orange-reds, ice blue, black and ivory. Similar to Serapi carpets, which are of a higher grade, Heriz rugs have been a perennial favorite among Western rug buyers for well over a century.
Farther south is the Kurdish town of Bidjãr, which produced quantities of large, sturdy Persian carpets for the nineteenth century European (especially British) and American markets. These heavy carpets are so densely woven and have such a high thread count that they are the most durable carpets ever made. Popular colors include strong madder red, deep indigo and bottle green set against brighter highlights.
Kãshãn, the Safavid center for silk rugs and carpets in central Persia, revitalized its industry in the nineteenth century to produce fine wool rugs with cotton foundations and asymmetrical knots, as well as fine silk prayer rugs. Famous for its high-quality, intricately detailed curvilinear patterns and classical Persian carpets, this town also produced rugs featuring the tree of life and gardens with cavorting birds and animals. Even today, its rugs are among the finest that are produced.
The eastern province of Kermãn is another renowned area of classic Persian carpet weaving, with the carpets of Ravar being the most illustrious. Although its weaving quality can vary, Kermãn is famous for its often innovative designs within the classical Persian style. Many patterns are similar to those found in Indian carpets, and it is their darker, less variegated color schemes that set them apart. Kermãn's garden and tree-of-life rugs are also well known.
Persia contains dozens of different tribal groups, some of which still have traditional nomadic lifestyles. Although fewer than 100,000 of the once politically important Bakhtiyari tribe of southern Iran still follow a seminomadic lifestyle, most Persian tribes have settled in towns and villages, and rug weaving is now largely part of a local cottage industry. Sizes and patterns vary, with their "garden carpets," which consist of repeating rectangles that contain stylized floral forms, among the most popular.
Eastern Persia, stretching from Turkmenistan in the north through western Afghanistan to southeast Pakistan, is home to a group of distinct nomadic tribes collectively known as the Belouch. They consist of such peoples as the Aimaq and Timuri of Afghanistan, the Kurds of northeastern Iran and the "true" Belouchis of southern Afghanistan and Pakistan. The rugs produced by these groups often have similar color schemes and designs, but the weave structures vary considerably. They are finely woven with lustrous wool and have dark somber colors, such as deep indigo blue and red, with white highlights, although some weavers use undyed camel hair, which produces the tan color that is so typical of these rugs. Goat hair is often used in the selvages--the edges of the rugs--and the ends of the rugs usually have several inches of intricately patterned kilims (flat weaves) to protect the pile from unraveling.
The dark colors of these rugs caused most early Western collectors to denigrate them, with the result that most of them remained very inexpensive until a decade or so ago. But as collectors began to understand the complex ethnographic mix of tribes under the Belouch label and increasingly recognized the different tribal styles, a market for these rugs sprang up.
The Caucasus is a range of rugged mountains stretching 650 miles from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. Its numerous valleys contain a variety of ethnic groups and several different nations and political entities, namely Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan, as well as such distinctive districts as Dagestan in southern Russia. Rug-producing areas include the Kuba, Dagestan, Shirvan, Karabagh and Talish.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A newly formed North Dakota environmental group is criticizing a state plan to use money from the oil industry to help craft a study on radioactive oilfield waste.
Energy Industry Waste Coalition spokesman Darrell Dorgan says using oil industry money for a state Health Department study creates a conflict of interest. The group says it's worried about the dumping of radioactive oilfield waste in western North Dakota's oil patch.
North Dakota environmental health chief Dave Glatt says money from the industry will only help fund the study. He says the report will not be biased.
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Firefighter struck and killed by car
November 22, 2013
A Tahoe National Forest firefighter was killed early Saturday morning after a car full of his colleagues apparently ran him over as he was lying in Marysville Road, just west of Old Toll Road in Yuba County.
Michael P. Kelley, 32, of Camptonville, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders who found him in the westbound lane with severe blunt trauma to his head and torso, said California Highway Patrol Officer Greg Tassone. At 1:10 a.m. Saturday, a person driving eastbound on Marysville Road spotted a pedestrian, later identified as Kelley, lying down in the opposite lane of the road, Tassone said. After slowing to a stop, the driver saw a 2002 Hyundai Accent approaching and began flashing his high beams wildly in an attempt to get the driver's attention.
The subcompact sedan was driven by Andrew Gruenberg, 26, of San Diego, and contained six other passengers, all of whom were members of the Tahoe Hotshots Crew stationed in Yuba County, for which Kelley was also employed.
Gruenberg later told investigators he was distracted by the flashing high beams and failed to stop in time, running over Kelley. Gruenberg then continued driving to an address approximately two miles away, later telling investigators he thought he had struck an animal.
Tassone said it appeared the car of firefighters was headed back to barracks, where they live while deployed on duty.
CHP dispatch officers received a phone call immediately after the incident from the driver who witnessed the incident. Soon after, dispatch received a separate phone call from a member of Gruenberg's party, informing dispatchers an animal had been struck, Tassone said.
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After CHP officers arrived to take information from the independent witness, two of the passengers who had been in Gruenberg's car returned to the scene in a separate vehicle and led officers to Gruenberg.
Gruenberg is suspected of having ingested alcohol immediately prior to the incident, Tassone said. Toxicology results are pending.
It remains unclear whether alcohol was a factor in Kelley ending up prone on the roadway, as the Yuba County Sheriff's Office is conducting an autopsy. The results of that autopsy are not expected to be available until late this week at the earliest, Tassone said. Kelley was known to be walking home toward his barracks, according to Tom Quinn, Tahoe National Forest supervisor.
"A number of possible criminal charges could be filed, but no arrest has been made pending the completion of the investigation," Tassone said.
Kelley served as a squad boss on the Tahoe Hotshots Crew, Quinn said.
Kelley joined the forest service as a permanent employee in 2003 and was with Tahoe National Forest since 2008.
"This is a tragic loss for Mike's family, for Tahoe National Forest and for the firefighting community," Quinn said in a Sunday news release.
Kelley also served as a firefighter on engine companies and as a smoke jumper, Quinn said.
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JUPITER, Fla. (November 25, 2013) – Jupiter Medical Center is hosting two community lectures in the month of December. The Nutrition for a Healthier Lifestyle Classes will resume on January 6, 2014 – the perfect way to kick off a happy and healthy new year. Lectures are as follows:
Orthopedic Lecture Series: Don't "Shoulder" Your Pain
Do you wake up in the middle of the night from shoulder pain? Is shoulder pain limiting your daily activities? Join us for an informative presentation on the signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of shoulder pain. Get back to doing the things you love.
Featuring Matthew Stiebel, MD, Board Certified, Orthopedic Surgery.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 | 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Raso Education Center, Clarke Auditorium
Women Talk: Healthy Eating for the Holidays
It's that time of year again. A time where families and loved ones get together to share special memories – and of course, food! Join us to learn how to make healthy choices during the holiday season, and still feel satisfied.
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Thursday, December 12, 2013 | 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Raso Education Center, Clarke Auditorium
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In a world of fast food and fad diets, it's easy to forget how to eat healthy. Good nutrition is the one thing that matters most in your diet, health and lifestyle. Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is the key to good health. Topics include: Healthy Eating for Women & Men • Supermarket Savvy • Emotional and Personality Impact on Eating • Food Label Reading/Portion Distortion • Dining Out Guidelines/Physical Activity • Healthy Eating on the Run/Fitting it into Your Lifestyle
Cost is $59 (includes healthy eating starter kit) Reservations are required. Space limited to 12 participants (minimum of 4 required to hold class). For more information or to register, call (561) 263-4HER(437) or (561) 263-4HIM(446). (Individual one hour sessions - $75)
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Mondays, January 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2014 | 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. | Raso Education Center, Clarke North
Space is limited. Registration is required for all events. To register, please visit www.jupitermed.com/events or call (561) 263-2628.
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Cornish Hens with Rice Stuffing Recipe
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I came across this recipe a few years ago around Thanksgiving. The golden, juicy hens and festive rice stuffing make a memorable feast for two. Best of all, we're not eating leftovers for days on end.—Kathy Meyer, Kenosha, Wisconsin
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- 1 package (6 ounces) long grain and wild rice mix
- 2 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1-1/3 cups orange juice
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 2 Cornish game hens (20 to 24 ounces each)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Set the seasoning packet from rice mix aside. In a saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add rice and pecans; cook and stir over low heat for 10 minutes or until rice is golden brown. Stir in the orange juice, water, raisins and contents of seasoning packet; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
- Spoon about 1/2 cup rice mixture into each hen; refrigerate remaining rice mixture. Tie legs of each hen together; turn wing tips under backs. Place on a greased rack in a roasting pan. Melt remaining butter; brush over hens. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Bake at 350° for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until a thermometer reads 165° when inserted in center of stuffing and thigh reaches at least 170°. Baste occasionally with pan drippings. Heat reserved rice mixture; serve with hens. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Cornish Hens with Rice Stuffing in Taste of Home October/November 1998, p10
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Guitar Center is trying out a new communications strategy and media policy and has appointed Christopher Ian Bennett as the company's first-ever VP of communications and corporate affairs.
In his previous role, Bennett led Best Buy Canada's corporate communications department under Mike Pratt, who is Guitar Center's new CEO.
In his new role, Bennett will be responsible for the overall internal and external communications strategy of the entire GC organization and affiliated brands, and will be charged with driving a clear and singular message. Working closely with GC's current PR agency partners, Clyne Media and Filter Creative, Bennett will be the new spokesperson for the organization and will play a more active role in communicating directly with the media.
"The Guitar Center story is an extraordinary one that fuses an iconic success history in retail with an exciting vision for its future leading the MI industry. We have a great opportunity in front of us to work more closely with the press through a more transparent and open level of communication with them," said Bennett.
He is a graduate of a Performing Arts School in Canada.
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Keep practicing all types of discs. Drive with putters mids and drivers. Just figure out about how far you can throw each. For example my break down is putters to about 250-275, mids 250-325, drivers from 325/350 - 400. I can throw them farther if im in an open field but those are the numbers I go by when I am playing in a tournament on a course I probably have never played.
So for you(if you throw 300 with drivers) throw putters on holes 200 or shorter, mids from 200-250 and drivers from 250-300, something like that. When you do field prac takes turns with the type of discs. I will throw all drivers for a bit, then switch to mids, and then even putters some times. As your power and form get better so will the range you want to throw each type of disc.
*edit.. Also if your on a 400ft hole and want you practice driving with mids there is no problem with just using a mid. It won't go as far, but if you aren't playing a competitive round it really doesn't matter. It will also give you a different type of second shot for that hole that your not use to.


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Dennis Miller Returns to The Orleans Showroom 10/7-9
Five-time Emmy Award® winner and crowd favorite Dennis Miller brings his hilarious stand-up routine back at The Orleans Showroom for three nights, October 7, 8 and 9, each evening at 8 p.m.
Celebrated as a witty comedian with an entertaining and intriguing stand-up routine, Miller keeps audiences laughing with his irreverent observations. A favorite of the public and critics alike, The New York Times said, "Mr. Miller is exquisitely attuned to contemporary foibles ... his material can be scathing, his delivery low-key ... Mr. Miller reaches a bit farther than most comedians for the scorching comment ... this smart aleck has an uncommonly sharp eye."
Called "one of the premiere comedy talents in America today," Miller emerged on the national scene in as the "Weekend Update" correspondent on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." After leaving SNL in 1991, Miller moved to HBO, where he hosted the critically-acclaimed talk show "Dennis Miller Live" for nine seasons. Miller is a regular on Fox News Channel's "Hannity" and "The O'Reilly Factor." He was also host and executive producer of CNBC's "Dennis Miller," which featured conversation, opinion and humor.
In a career that has spanned far beyond showrooms and interview sets, Miller has also made a name for himself as a film actor and author. Notable motion picture credits include such mid-'90s favorites as "Disclosure," "The Net" and "Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." Miller's "rant" books, including "I Rant Therefore I Am," "Ranting Again" and "The Rants" have all been on The New York Times best-sellers list.
Having called plays alongside Al Michaels and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts on ABC's "Monday Night Football" for two seasons, Miller's voice is as familiar to sports fans as it is to those who pack theatres to enjoy his comedy.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are available starting from $34.95, plus tax and convenience fees, and can be purchased at any Coast Casinos Box Office, by calling 702.365.7075, or visiting www.orleanscasino.com.
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Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported this situation. We would like to apologize to NVIDIA and any of our readers that were mislead or misinformed. Below is the updated news post.
Is there a fatal hardware flaw in all NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670/680/690 'Kepler' graphics cards? There have been rumors coming from various sites today that something might be going on. A site called pnosker.com says they have have information from from TSMC that says the "chips may be suffering from serious performance degradation over long periods of heavy load", therefore, NVIDIA may be recalling all of their Kepler cards due to this issue.
We have never heard of Patrick Nosker or pnosker.com before and this story sounds a bit off as how would he be getting inside information before larger publications? The site later reports that this is their first time ever citing a source and that they don't even have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 graphics card. It doesn't sound like this source has any merit. We have NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690, GTX 680 and GTX 670 video cards here running on our test machines 24/7 for longer than a month and have had no failures.
NVIDIA was asked if they were having any Kepler issues and they denied that they will be recalling any cards over a hardware issue. NVIDIA's Bryan Del Rizzo stated that "There is no truth to this". Case closed
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POLICE and crime commissioner Bill Longmore's lung cancer operation took place today - with his office saying it was a success.
West Mercia Police's elected boss, who revealed he was battling the disease last week, is now recovering.
The independent PCC, who was elected as the first person to hold the post in 2012, first found out he had lung cancer during routine tests in November.
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Lead Line — February 2003
By Richard Thiel
Why Not Compare Boats?
|Boaters want to know how boats stack up—which one is best.
One of the best parts of being editor of PMY is hearing from you. Our readers are uncommonly knowledgeable and experienced, which means we learn a lot from you. You also care about the magazine and so consantly offer suggestions on how we can make it better. In fact, some of our best ideas aren't our ideas at all. They come from you.
And from readers like Andy Holloman of Savannah, Georgia, who wrote back in December with this suggestion: "You are in the position to help your subscribers greatly by offering comparisons of different brands [of boats]. When we are reading a boat test that says this bluewater battlewagon can run with the big boys, that begs the question, how well does it run compared to the competition? How about publishing your opinion of the top ten boats in certain critical categories, based on previous tests, such as top ten boats ranked in order of smooth ride in five- or six-foot seas? Or the top ten boats ranked in order of quiet ride at cruising speed (separate lists for trawler and planing speed), or ranked in order of engine access. That would be valuable info for us to use in choosing a new boat. You could qualify, by stating it is only the opinion and/or impressions of your boat test crew."
Andy's got a point. While it's true that no one gives you the breadth and depth of test information that PMY does, it is also true that boaters want to know how boats stack up—they want to know which one is best. It's human nature. But subjectively ranking boats is tricky for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is our lack of unaniminity. Capt. Bill Pike's top ten boats would surely differ from mine, and the same is true for the rest of the staff. In fact, the philosophy of our boat test program is to take subjectivity out of the equation—or at least minimize it.
That sounds great in theory, but in truth we can't avoid subjectivity. When we say a boat is fast or quiet, we back it up with data, but we don't shy away from making subjective evaluations about things like beauty and ride. So why balk at ranking boats according to appearance, quietness, or smoothness? It's the ranking that rankles. Saying one boat is better than another—even just better in a single category—is simplistic and unfair. Should we rank a boat tops in ride if she's unconscionably expensive or painfully slow? Or name one the performance leader if she has no range, lousy accommodations, and monster engines?
There are two truths in boat testing: One, boats are complex and must be evaluated on how they do many things. Two, there's a boat for every boater and vice versa. You may think that the Reebok-shape slug at the end of the dock is butt-ugly, but for the guy who takes a family of eight on leisurely sojourns around the bay, she is number one.
All this is not to dismiss readers like Andy who long for perspective. We can do a better job of putting our reviews in context, as long as we compare them fairly. Perhaps we could even rank boats on a few universally acceptable criteria, such as engine room layout. But don't look for a PMY Boat of the Year or even a PMY Quietest Boat of the Year. We may share that urge to see someone recognized as the best, but until we can figure out how to do it fairly, we'll leave that job to you.
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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She's All That
In 1995's Before Sunrise, Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) fell in love in one day, but then lost each other. Nine years later, they rekindled the spark in Before Sunset. Now, in Before Midnight, the pair shows us what head over heels looks like 18 years later.
Actress Sarah Polley turns the camera on her family and herself to find that the truth depends on who is telling the story. In the process of making this documentary, she lays bare life-altering family secrets that have been kept for decades.
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Steve Holmes makes it all look so easy. If you do not know Holmes, he's CEO of Wyndham Worldwide (WYN), which is a hotel and timeshare business that has been one of the best stocks of the era.
Fifteen months ago, this $60 stock stood at $26. It's been an amazing journey filled with buybacks and dividend boosts, including today's increase to $0.29 from $0.23 and an acceleration in earnings growth to 30% from 25%....139 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Type of Anesthesia for colonoscopy
I have an upcoming colonoscopy and was told that I have several choices as to the type of "anesthesia" that I can get....first was some sort of "conscious cocktail" of painkiller and amnesia drug that is usually effective,and a second, "deeper" drug "diprivan" administered by an anesthesia person and thirdly nothing at all. The doc says that choice one works well on "most people" but not on all, choice number two (the diprivan) is great but expensive, and choice three (nothing) is only the choice of a small percentage, but the "safest" option.....This is just a screening test due to bad history, no emergency...just from a safety standpoint, is there a significant difference of risk between the three choices? I`m scared to death of the idea of any anesthesia and am leaning towards nothing if the first two are at all risky. Thanks
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Your doctor has provided a not unreasonable summary of the choices except that he is not balancing risk against benefit.
Options one and two are very safe in the hands of any well-trained clinician using appropriate monitoring and clinical judgment.
Option three (no sedation at all) is the safest from the point of view of side-effects from anesthesia (obviously). But here's a question. Do you want the doctor to have the best possible chance of giving your colon a thorough going-over? I assume the answer is yes - else why bother having the colonoscopy? The best possible conditions for the doctor doing the colonoscopy are:
1. The patient is asleep (immobile and not wriggling around)
2. The endoscopist does all the time needed to complete the procedure with thoroughness
There is at least one study showing that in patients who get the deep sedation technique, more polyps are found in the colon than those who get the usual "cocktail". There are certain parts of a colonoscopy, such as when the scope gets to an area called the splenic flexure, that can be really very uncomfortable.
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School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


text: Cover by John Cassaday Fire of Creation: Part 4 of 6 - (W) Garth Ennis (A) Aaron Campbell Exactly who the Shadow might be- or who he once was- is the subject of some grim speculation by Taro Kondo and Buffalo Wong, but the answer may be closer than either suspects. Meanwhile, Cranston and Margo come face to face with the full horror of the Japanese occupation... and on the River Yangtze, a deadly ambush awaits the unwary. Cover price $3.99.


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Exactly one year ago I recommended buying International Game Technology (IGT) at $15.47 while selling the January 2013 $15 calls and $15 puts.
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Asia Society Washington, D.C., Director Matt Stumpf says change is rapid in Asia, and it won't wait for American politicians who can't make spending decisions.
Asia Society's Andrew Billo says the Philippines filing of legal claims against China over the South China Sea does not mean the country will risk jeopardizing economic relations with its powerful neighbor.
Associate Fellow Katharine Moon says the Korean peninsula's dynastic leaders have a chance to improve on the mistakes of their fathers — but the obstacles are many.
If the next government in Seoul makes a bold, strategic decision to re-engage the North, there is good reason to expect that inter-Korean dynamics can improve markedly, writes John Delury.
With the end of the Afghanistan conflict, the Obama administration has a window of opportunity not seen since the end of the Cold War to refocus its strategy in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the other countries of South Asia.
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HOUSTON - Police are searching for the thieves that broke into a Tanglewood home and stole jewelry.
According to a letter sent to residents, a home in the 6200 block of Sugar Hill was broken into shortly after noon Tuesday.
The burglars broke a window on or near the front door and reached inside to unlock the door, the notice stated.
According to the letter, the burglars stole jewelry that was stored in the home's master bedroom.
Neighborhood patrol officers said a witness told them that they saw a man and a woman in a gray or light blue 2008 to 2010 Dodge Magnum with at least 20-inch chrome rims at the home. Surveillance cameras from a nearby home showed that the burglars were at the home for about one minute.
The letter said that the homeowners had set their alarm.
"Even if I leave to walk my dog in the morning, I turn my alarm on," neighbor Lynn Monteith said. "We have security and we have an alarm, but I have a barking dog that scares everybody, so I guess that's the next step -- get a dog."
Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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Another year, and another local contender for the CIF state title in the triple jump.
East Bay high school track and field teams have been a triple jump nest for at least a decade. Boys from East Bay schools have finished in the top four in the state triple jump championships six times in the past 10 years, including four championships. Girls from East Bay schools have even been more successful — they have finished first or second in at least the past nine years.
And it's not just one or two schools sending triple jumpers to the state podium — nine East Bay schools have achieved that distinction since 2005.
This season, defending champion Nate Moore of Castro Valley and Karsten Wethington of James Logan have the top two qualifying marks in the boys triple jump entering the state track and field championships at Buchanan High in Clovis.
So the question remains — why has the East Bay been so successful in the triple jump this past decade?
"I think a handful of coaches know how to teach it," said Castro Valley head coach Dooney Jones, who has coached state champions at Castro Valley and James Logan, where he was the jumps coach from 2001-2005. "You are trying to find this really athletic kid who at the same time is really, really smart. The triple jump, in my opinion, is the toughest event to coach and to teach. You have to have a real smart kid to pick it up."
St. Mary's High jumps coach Jeff Rogers said technical events such as the triple jump are so nuanced that even great athletes cannot easily overcome any technical deficiencies they might have.
"Coaches have to be patient and the kid has to be patient, knowing that it's an investment," Rogers said.
Curtis Taylor coached state champions Ke'Nyia Richardson (Holy Names) and Sasha Wallace (Holy Names/Castro Valley) at the club level and now is an assistant coach at the University of Oregon. He said there is a lineage of area coaches open to sharing their ideas and thoughts about the event.
Former Berkeley High and James Logan jumps coach Arno Brewer is one of those coaches. Recently, he coached his daughter Ciarra to state titles in the event in 2009 and 2011.
"My goal was to teach all the coaches how to coach the event. We as a country are really behind in the triple jump, especially the women. We had not taught the event correctly," said Brewer, who in turn was influenced by Sylvester Johnson and Charles Craig. "The triple jump is an event you have to grow in."
The result of the open sharing of ideas in the triple jump among East Bay coaches is evident to Robert Wagoner, a first-year jumps coach at Logan.
"From my experience since I've been here, I've been impressed with the high level of coaching. It's not like this in Texas," said Wagoner, who coached four years in the club system in Texas and was an NCAA Division II All-American in the event.
There have been other triple jump coaching influences, including former Cal State Hayward jumps coach Don Chu, former world class jumper Ray Kimble and current De La Salle head coach John Harvey, who coached Brittany Daniels of West-Tracy to three girls state titles in the event from 2003-2005.
The East Bay is certainly a rich area for triple jump knowledge.
WHERE: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Buchanan High School, Clovis
SCHEDULE: Friday — Field event trials begin at 3 p.m., track event trials begin at 5 p.m.; Saturday's finals — Field events begin at 4:30 p.m., track events begin at 6 p.m.
ONLINE: Follow Phil Jensen on Twitter at twitter.com/JensenPhil for updates on East Bay athletes throughout the state meet.
Triple Players
East Bay state champions in the triple jump since 2004:
Ke'Nyia Richardson, Holy Names (2006, 2007); Ciarra Brewer, James Logan (2009, 2011); Sasha Wallace, Holy Names/Castro Valley (2012, 2013)
Nkosinza Balumbu, James Logan (2004, 2005); Hammed Suleman, Deer Valley (2009); Nate Moore, Castro Valley (2013).


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It seems wrestlers entrance theme's nowadays don't have the impact of 10-15 years ago, with so many of them now sounding like some indie band-esque bland, generic stuff. A good theme for me is one that strikes the crowd from the first second and lets them know instantly who the wrestlers. Of course other people tastes differ but here are for me the top 5 favourite entrance themes.
The somewhat eagerly anticipated return of CM Punk is almost near us and no doubt majority of WWE fans will be glad to see him back. Now granted unless something spontaneous occurred in the usual auto-pilot creative minds of WWE, he'll return as a heel. No doubt Punk is a great heel, but his anti-hero face
So in the recent Smackdown episode, Alberto Del Rio has won the no1 contenders fatal four way match to be up against Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship. I have to say I was surprised he won the battle royal, with the apperant feud happening with Rey Mysterio, a one on one between them would've been the guess but it looks like ADR is still going to be after the title.
On to
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So for weeks, the build up to 1000th Raw had been made into a momentous occasion. While it was fun seeing the old faces for a little reunion, something big needed to happen for the show itself to be memoriable and lead into a exciting angle to lay out through out the summer. With much speculation in what this big angle is going to happen, it was WWE champion CM Punk 'turning his back on the fans'
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Maybe because the last time a Diva was at the forefront of WWE was like a century ago, AJ's involvement in the WWE championship match is causing waves in the WWE universe. Ever since Big Show accidentally hit her and her return to save DB, her character development has been in full effect.
Bryan was pushed to contend for the main belt and WWE have made AJ accompany him the whole
Alberto Del Rio will get a title shot at MITB against Sheamus, so during his injury, the wrestler that was used to fill in his spot Dolph Ziggler, who was well received. WWE have clearly let us know they have no plans to drop Del Rio yet and considering there's a big chance he might be the champion soon, I think it's worth analysing him.
I'll start by saying I think Alberto Del
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CM Punk fan boy
Of course with all the fame and success you and your fans have always wished for, CM Punks supposed devoted fans have turned on him because he has apparently sold out to the 'machine' and become a 'corporate sell out' or whatever the term is. His accusation are as follows: stale promos, isn't good as he used to be, ain't doing what he promised, would be better as a face etc...
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In life routing for one entity often personifies your direction of attitude and actions, whether it's supporting your favourite football club or having a favourite boxer. Whenever your boxer fights or team plays you might order the PPV or actually go pay and watch the match. Having a favourite, adds to the love of the entertainment or sport you watch simply because you want to watch you're favourite
After watching a recent Vince McMahon interview, I realised how much he values WWE's ability to export in to different countries. So I've decided to make a list of who I think are the most RECOGNIZABLE superstars internationally and who has helped WWE become a real global enterprise. I grew up in Bangladesh (WWE are huge there) so I have experienced WWE from a different point of view compares
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I'm going to get straight to the point with this one, but in my opinion the internet and IWC has played a huge part in the demise of WWE and its popularity in recent times. This theory is one of the first reasons that come to mind when I try to compare 'attitude era' to the 'PG era'. Internet was jus on the rise in the late 90's and early 00's and you would have had to be really rich
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The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) runs from April 13-15 this year, and once again Diamond Select Toys (DST) will be in attendance. And since it's also the 10th anniversary of Minimates, they've got some great events planned.
First off, Saturday afternoon will bring a special 10th anniversary Minimates panel, focusing on the coming year. From Marvel's Avengers to the Walking Dead to Battle Beasts, Diamond Select Toys representatives will share info about DST's upcoming lines, debut the next stop-motion animated Pirate Raiders movie and give away cool prizes. (1:30 -2:30 PM; Room N427bc)
Second of all, there will be a sweet exclusive figure for sale -- a Femme Fatales statue of Lady Death will be made available in an "Alive" version, featuring the legendary comics character when she was brought back to life for a brief time (pictured below). The 9-inch PVC statue will cost $45, and is strictly limited to 100 pieces. (First come first served, DST Booth, #311)
Third of all, there will be a top-secret Minimates giveaway every day when the show opens. Go to the DST booth first thing when you arrive, because these will go fast, and once they're gone, they're gone. There will even be a certain special something given out with each Minimate, but you'll have to show up to find out what it is. Plus: Free Minimimate posters, a different one every day! (First come first served, DST Booth, #311)