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After my daughter was diagnosed as Gifted I still didn't know what to think. Okay, well "gifted" — that sounds good, right? I had my 2 minutes of "Whew! What a relief!" But, just like a mother with an autistic child, or an ADD/ADHD child, I still didn't know what to do and it really wasn't okay. I had been desperately trying to find out what was "wrong" with my child and now I had a label. Now I wanted to know how I could help. How could I keep her from getting in trouble at school due to boredom? How could I keep her challenged?
Along with "gifted" came a whole slew of other things that I mentioned to our Behavioral Pediatrician including my daughter's immaturity, her super-sensitive personality, her Obsessive-compulsive tendencies, her anger and meltdowns. I remember that the doctor smiled kindly and nodded as I spouted off all of these things. Apparently these behaviors are all "normal" for a gifted child. So, he set us free with a diagnosis of "gifted" and told us that she would always be one step ahead of us. The only other advice he offered was for us to sign her up for a non-academic activity with her peers to help with social development. He said to contact him if we needed any more of his services.
Well, I was relieved in a way, because I have to admit I didn't really want to keep paying for more services, but I guess my husband and I were really looking for a quick fix. (Aren't we all looking for a quick fix?) Well, I have found that it just doesn't exist. My daughter continued to have meltdowns and 3rd grade brought more social issues. I remember saying to my husband one evening after an exceptionally hard day with her, "Why can't we have a normal child?!?"
The next day, I began researching on the internet, picked up a few more books and talked to lots of people. My best advice is to take it one day at a time. I have learned that I must be my child's advocate. I need to be there for her and help her through the moments when she melts down, or has problems with peers or teachers at school. She needs me. I also had to accept that some people weren't going to like my daughter. People would get frustrated with her and she would be misunderstood. I have learned to have a more open relationship with her and how to more effectively communicate with her. I actively listen to her talk about what she is feeling and why she reacts so severely sometimes. I work with her on role playing, making eye contact, and how to tell people how you feel without sounding angry and frustrated with them. I have accepted that sometimes her behavior embarrasses me. I honestly believe her when she says, "I can't help it!" I sincerely see her remorse after she has overreacted; she has so much empathy for those around her.
We definitely still have moments, and they sometimes last more than a moment. However, I characterize it as a line graph… it may dip down from time to time, but gradually we're seeing upward improvements. She has definitely changed my life and opened my mind. I have learned about her, accepted her and I discipline her as is appropriate. I love my "gifted" child, and I know that she is going to be okay.
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Step inside - if you dare! In Dr. Oddbody?s Phantasmagorium you will bear witness to a cavalcade of strange people, bone-chilling stories and bizarre powers from beyond The Fourth Wall. Short plays in the grand guignol tradition, a sideshow marvel, crazy solo acts, and maybe even a human sacrifice. Do you dare open your eyes during the brutal final act? ? www.phantasmagorium.com
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Trips and Itineraries for Japan
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Peak season: The conditions in April, May and August are hot, but this is the ideal time as its the festival season which attracts a lot of tourists.
Shoulder season: June and July are the months when it rains in Japan, the tourist activity is less compared to the peak season.
Off-season: January to March is the time when it snows, skiing activities take place on mountain slopes. The rest of the places witness less amount of visitors during this period.
Accommodation in hostels and guesthouses: INR 1500 - 2000
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- Sightseeing: INR 200 - 300.
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Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called Govs. Scott Walker (R-WI) and Peter Shumlin (D-VT) to testify in a hearing titled "State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead." Much of the hearing was spent probing Wisconsin's spate of anti-union restrictions it recently passed.
At one point, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) confronted Walker about his crackdown on public employee unions. The congressman referenced a provision Walker signed into law that would require union members to vote every year to continue their membership. Kucinich asked the governor how much money the state would save from the provision. Walker repeatedly dodged the question and eventually admitted that it actually wouldn't save anything at all.
Kucinich then asked Walker how much money would be saved by barring union dues from being drawn from employee paychecks, another provision of Walker's legislation. Walker claimed that it would save workers money, but was unable to explain how it would save the state any money. Kucinich then produced a document from the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the state's equivalent of the Congressional Budget Office, that concluded that Walker's measures were "nonfiscal" — meaning they had no impact on the state's finances. Kucinich asked that the letter be included in the public record, but Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) refused:
Walker's admission is crucial because he had long claimed that his anti-union "budget repair bill" was designed to save the state money, not bust unions. But his words today echo those of Wisconsin state senate leader Scott Fitzgerald (R), who last month effectively admitted that the union fights are not about budgetary issues, but rather about winning the next election by depleting the ranks of organized labor.
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Melba Fitzpatrick, 80, of 120 Northcrest Drive, died Friday, Oct. 5, 2001.
A native of Oconee County, Mrs. Fitzpatrick was a daughter of the late Grady and Beulah Christopher Dial. She was a longtime employee with Gallant-Belk and was retired from Reliance Electric. She was a member of West End Baptist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, East, with Dr. Larry Elliott officiating. Burial will be in Oconee Memorial Park.
Survivors include her husband, Clarence E. Fitzpatrick; a daughter, Janet Charlene Cook Parten, comer; two sons, Terry C. Cook, Blairsville, and John J. Cook, Galveston, Texas; a sister, Ann Scott, Watkinsville; two brothers, Charles Dial, Watkinsville; and Bill Dial, Danielsville; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
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The problem is that most of these products, such as WLAN switches and rogue access point (AP) monitors, target the large enterprise market, while the majority of new wireless users actually fall into the SOHO (small office, home office) category.
For the enterprise, this category also includes employees who set up unofficial APs in their offices, and remote branch and regional offices who take it upon themselves to go wireless.
Clearly, there is a disconnect here.
"Despite the fact that there are seven million or so business with 250 or fewer employees, WLAN security vendors are still ignoring the SMB and SOHO markets, said Mike Klein, CEO of Interlink Networks, a provider of WLAN security products for small businesses.
"Because of this many of the resellers we talk to advise small businesses to avoid wireless altogether. With limited IT resources, small businesses don't have the resources to secure and manage wireless deployments." And neither do your employees.
Interlink Networks believes it has the answer to this problem, offering automated security software that is meant to abstract the many security configuration features that typically trip up non-technical users. But what about technically savvy SOHO users? Can't they secure their own small wireless deployments?
"Perhaps," Klein said, "but managing a user base is an issue. For instance, if an employee leaves your company and you're using an encryption scheme with pre-shared keys (such as WEP or WPA), then you have to manually re-key all of your client devices. Who has time for that?"
Conversely, companies can opt for something like RADIUS authentication, but that usually falls beyond the means and technical capabilities of SOHO and casual users.
Five Sparrows, a marketing and Web development company in Michigan, attempted to manage user authentication with Microsoft PEAP and a RADIUS server but balked at managing RADIUS across the company's three different locations. Instead they chose to rely on RADIUS authentication for the central network and WEP for the others.
"I knew WEP was not strong protection," said VP of Product Development, Don Holland, who has significant experience with wireless security, "so we strictly enforced a process of keeping all sensitive data at our central location.
"The other sites weren't as secure, but with the complexity and equipment requirements of a RADIUS solution, even with my experience I didn't want to implement that three times. It just wasn't worth the effort."
Holland notes that RADIUS requires the coordination of numerous network and client devices and the management of hundreds of configuration decisions. Thus making it unworkable for non-experts.
However, aren't small-business networks at less risk than large enterprises? A big company is obviously a hacker target, but who bothers with SMB networks?
"You'd be surprised," Klein said. "Check out a war-driving site like Wigle.net, and you'll see that they add about 100,000 new wireless networks a month. If your network is listed, do you want to risk having minimal security?"
Wigle.net often posts more than a network's location, often including access point SSIDs (or network names) as well.
"If those SSIDs are factory presets, then your password is probably a default as well, and just about anyone can figure out how to get on your network," said Rich Mironov, VP of Marketing for AirMagnet, a provider of WLAN security, scanning, and troubleshooting products.
Mironov argues that configuration failures are the No.1 issue facing small and large businesses alike. Besides leaving SSIDs and password set at their defaults, encryption is usually turned off when APs ship. Small business owners and your employees don't always have the savvy to realize that they need to turn the encryption on.
Besides the access points, user's client devices must be configured properly as well. "If you have an employee who travels, he could return to the office with his laptop set in ad-hoc mode," Mironov said.
In other words, that client device is now essentially a rogue AP and susceptible to hacking.
"Beyond acting as a rogue AP, ad-hoc mode essentially turns your laptop into server," he added, "giving intruders unfettered access to your hard drive if you don't have a personal firewall."
Mironov offered several tips for securing a SOHO WLAN. The first step is the most basic: changing the factory default settings. Hackers and war-drivers know all of these defaults, and when they see a common SSID, then they'll also know the password to enter your network.
The other major points that Mironov stressed were choosing an encryption standard, such as WEP or WPA, and making sure all of your employees' laptops have personal firewalls on them.
Savvy networking professionals will balk at even the mention of WEP, an easily cracked encryption standard, but Mironov stressed that weak encryption is better than none at all.
"If a hacker is sitting in the parking lot of an office suite and intercepting wireless signals, he'll home in on the least secured networks," Mironov said.
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Most of these steps sound basic, but it's the simple things that tend to be overlook when it comes to wireless security.
"Those of us immersed in wireless security know the risks that rogue access points pose, but does your CFO know this?" Mironov asked. "What happens when he buys his own access point and connects it to your network?"
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The makers of Oscar-winning documentary March of the Penguins create another little wonder with the engaging tale of a young girl's fascination with a mountain fox. Narrated by Kate Winslet and stunningly filmed over four seasons in the forests, caves and meadows of France and Italy, it's a spellbinding walk on the wild side for nature lovers of all ages.
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To most urbanites, foxes are those annoying, skinny-legged scavengers whose main purpose is to ransack dustbins and make a din like babies being strangled in the dead of night.
But, set in more natural surroundings, director Luc Jacquet's beautifully simple and effective docu-drama presents an altogether more appealing picture of petit Renard.
Shot in the picturesque locales of Italy's Abruzzes National Park and the Ain region of France, it follows a 10-year-old girl (Bertille Noël Bruneau) as she treks up hill and down dale to earn the trust of one of our vulpine friends.
Red hair is not their only shared trait; insatiable inquisitiveness leads to the young adventuress breaking her ankle and getting lost in caves whilst there are close encounters with a fleet-footed lynx, an eagle, a chorus of slippery frogs and a pack of mean-looking wolves.
But as the bond between them grows stronger, the girl mistakes companionship for ownership. Her efforts to turn 'Lily' into a pet inevitably end in tears. (Note to parents: keep a hanky handy.)
Seamlessly blending fairytale landscapes with a little digital cunning, Jacquet and cinematographer Gérard Simon capture and create some truly lovely images, from face-like tree trunks to fox-play in the moonlight.
Five foxes were used to play Lily and though anthropomorphism often descends into cutesiness, the range of emotions they convey is uncanny.
Perhaps a shade too long to hold the youngest viewers in permanent thrall, this is a family film in the truest sense - only the grouchiest bear won't find something to like.
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, May 9th, 2008 18:15
Waking up to a breakfast of lightly grilled kippers and a cask of my own stored and refortified urine, I read with interest that Sir Cliff Richard may well have been denied victory in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest by General Franco, whose henchmen ensured that the Spanish entry, 'La La La' by the chanteuse Massiel, reached the top spot by systematically bribing foreign jurors in exchange for votes. In the end, Cliff's 'Congratulations' lost by a single point. Aw, there's a f***ing shame! British Song with all the f***ing artistic merit of a f***ing eight year old girl's turd loses out thanks to Fascist corruption! Tell you f***ing what, Cliff, it's a f***ing pity South Africa isn't part of f***ing Europe, what with all the f***ing fans you picked up there when you defied a ban and toured the f***ing place during the f***ing apartheid era like the clueless Christian c*** you are! You'd have f***ing walked the contest! If Franco fixed this, it was the best thing the old f***er ever did, second to f***ing dying! I could pretty much forgive him his f***ing conduct in the f***ing Spanish Civil War if by whatever f***ing means necessary he knocked you off your f***ing perch of pop pillockry! Cliff! Go f***ing throw yourself off one, you prune-faced pile of sun-dried f***ing arserag! Seriously, in all f***ing seriousness, you're f***ing 67, die!
It seems that Scarlett Johansson, star of Lost In Translation, has made an album of covers of Tom Waits songs, featuring contributions from David Bowie. It was produced by David Sitek of TV On The Radio.
Oh my f***ing Christ - Scarlett. Has it f***ing occurred to you that there's a f***ing downside to getting to a f***ing point in your life when any proposition that floats through your f***ing minimally appointed head and finds its way out of your mouth is greeted with, 'Oh yes, of course, Ms Johansson, you can do anything you want!' Including this f***ing piece of shit? You can no more f***ing sing that a f***ing goat can toss the f***ing caber! The only redeeming thing you can f***ing say about this album is that it's not as bad as that pile of ooh, aren't slitty-eyed people strange? shite Lost In Translation! And Tom f***ing Waits? I'd rather listen to a f***ing dosser vomiting! In fact, I suspect I f***ing am listening to a f***ing dosser vomiting! As for David Bowie, well, you f***ing knew that desperate old twat would have got his f***ing yellowing, vampiric f***ing fangs involved in a f***ing project like this! Ah. Yes. TV On The Radio. Marvellous. Yes, I'm very up to date with the modern scene. Bright new labels like 4AD. Young music. Young blood. The blood of the young. Blood! Blood! Must have blood! Come hither, my young ones. Chateau owning c***!
Finally, The Kaiser Chiefs have let it be known that in order to keep it real, their next album is to be produced by hip-hop/rock producer Mark Ronson, nephew of tycoon Gerald Ronson and brother of Samantha, Lindsey Lohan's party pal. F*** me, Leeds, eh? Rickets. Peter Sutcliffe. The f***ing Kaiser Chiefs. You know, if we wanted to see if our f***ing nuclear bombs were still f***ing working after all these f***ing years in storage, I can think of f***ing worse ideas! Trouble is, like the obdurate f***ing cockroaches they are, the f***ing Kaiser Chiefs would probably survive the f***ing blast, scuttling around like pointless little f***s, predicting f***ing riots! What the f*** do you still exist for, you rancid f***ing streaks of f***ing cockrot? You know, when even Boris Johnson - Boris, flabby faced f*** Johnson - slags you off for being too f***ing tame, the game's f***ing up! It just f***ing reminds you of the old wives' f***ing adage that you can't shove shit back up the arse of f***ing mediocrity! As for f***ing Mark Ronson, you overprivileged, undertalented twatpiece - P Diddy? Robbie Williams? Christina Aguilera? The f***ing Kaiser Chiefs? Is there anyone you f***ing wouldn't work with, on f***ing principle? Is there f***! If General Franco were discovered to be f***ing alive and well and living in f***ing Bolivia, you'd be right on the phone to him offering to give his f***ing new album of Patriotic Military Marching Songs a radical, edgy, hip-hop sheen, wouldn't you, you little c***?
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May 10, 2008 11:49am
I have read a lot of Mr Agreeables in my time, but somehow I don't think I've ever laughed as much as I did reading this. It may not be the "best ever" (probably isn't), but it just hit the right spot at the right time.
May 10, 2008 12:04am
If this blog had music equipment reviews and a section selling overpriced indie 7" (in tiny tiny TINY print), then it'd be in danger of seeping through the screen and blanketing itself in an old Melody Maker cover through sheer nostalgic osmosis.
May 10, 2008 5:59pm
So anyway, when is The Nod Corner coming back?
May 11, 2008 2:13pm
And when's Chris Robert's next turn to, y'kno', do the singles?
May 11, 2008 11:18pm
It's not big and it's not clever, but by heck it makes me laugh.
Jun 1, 2008 10:34pm
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Mar 23, 2014 8:37pm
Where's trusty old Derek Kent? He needs to interview Katy Perry and Rihanna immediately.
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Who bought all those Kaiser Chiefs LPs in 2005 then? No one seems to own up. Someone must've bought them.


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Scenes from the Grease Wars
Last year, the country's 275 rendering plants processed enough fat to fill two lanes of tractor-trailers stretching from here to California. Without them, our landfills would be overflowing. So would our waterways: Before there was a glue factory on Spectacle Island, after all, dead horses were simply tossed into Boston Harbor. The renderers, by extension, have had a claim on being eco-friendly for years: "We've been green since before green was ever heard of," says Bruno. Yet they have botched the job of highlighting that. When the National Renderers Association published an official history in 1978, it couldn't come up with a better title than The Invisible Industry. By the time the group got around to publishing an edition it called The Original Recyclers in 1996, the scrap metal association had beaten it to the punch, trademarking that name four years earlier.
Stodgy though they may be, the established companies say that in addition to the necessary permits and licenses, they also have a certain wherewithal the planet-hugging startups lack. Anthony Martucci says that while his company can recycle all of the meat and fat that sometimes gets deposited into barrels, the green companies are generally only capable of reusing the grease. "We're a full recycling company," he says, claiming that some competitors are taking the other waste and "either throwing it in the garbage or dumping it down the drain." And since rendering companies treat grease as a hazardous material, they spend a lot of money taking care of any accidents. When American had a spill in Boston earlier this year, cleaning up the mess properly cost $12,000. "A lot of these fly-by-night companies, I don't know if they can write the check," Bruno says.
Where the new companies do have a clear advantage, though, is in their skill at leveraging the rhetoric of the environmental movement. And "leveraging" is indeed the word—because while none of the companies are exactly lying about what they do with the grease, they're also not always as community-spirited as they'd have customers believe.
Bio-Diesel Boston, for instance, does indeed brew biodiesel, making it in a $10,000 contraption in a shed in Jamaica Plain. But then it pours the biodiesel into bulldozers and other heavy machinery that helps the company's owners make their real money in landscaping and construction. So while the restaurants are getting their grease recycled for free, they're also subsidizing the fuel costs of other businesses.
Following the path of grease controlled by another biodiesel company is a trickier task. Green Mountain Biofuels touts its allegiance to the shop-local, save-the-planet ethos on containers that read, "For the community. For the environment. For the future." It shares its mailing address, a post office box in North Conway, New Hampshire, with a company called MBP Bioenergy. Among its accomplishments, MBP helped Harvard start making biodiesel from its dining hall grease—just the kind of eco-friendly initiative that gets lots of play in the press. One article says Green Mountain is owned by a gentleman farmer named Al Landano, while another says its owner is Jim Proulx, the co-owner of a New Hampshire petroleum distributor. Neither mentions Paul Noonan, the man who actually incorporated the company here in Massachusetts. Noonan's family owns J. P. Noonan, New England's largest oil distributor.
The union between oil retailers and green entrepreneurs is not as incongruous as it might seem. Back in 2004, with an eye to expanding the use of bio-diesel, Congress passed legislation that gives oil companies a 50-cent tax credit for every gallon of biodiesel they make from grease (a credit raised to $1 this May). The perk has given oil companies a strong incentive to inch their way into the grease business.
Today, MBP Bioenergy gets the grease to make its biodiesel from the Green Mountain containers Proulx's fellow oil man Paul Noonan set up outside places like Fenway Park. MBP then sells its biodiesel to oil companies, including the one owned by the Proulx family. When that biodiesel makes its way to the furnaces of area homes, it's sold for roughly the same price as heating oil. That means the only ones obviously benefiting from the federal tax break are the oil companies, which get their grease from restaurants that think they're sending it to an eco-friendly end. (Which, strictly speaking, they are—just not one anywhere near the Green Mountains.)
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Anthony Rapp was one of many familiar faces who turned up to support Adam Pascal at Memphis' 1,000th Broadway performance. After the curtain came down, Broadway.com asked Rapp what he thought of his Rent co-star's performance as wacky DJ Huey Calhoun in the Tony-winning musical.
"I'm very, very, very, very, very proud," said Rapp. "I've known that [Pascal] is kind of a goofball, so it's really cool to see that now the rest of the Broadway world is discovering that he is capable of being hilarious. But it's so much more than hilarious; he is incapable of a false note ever. Everything is so truthful at the same time as being really fun and silly. He's just a wonderful, wonderful actor."
Rapp and Pascal rocketed to stardom in 1996 as the original Mark Cohen and Roger Davis in Jonathan Larson's Rent. In 2005, both men reprised their roles in the movie adaption of the iconic musical, and then returned to the Broadway production for a six-week run in 2007. In 2009, they reprised their roles one last time in Rent the Broadway Tour, which traveled all over the U.S. as well as Japan and South Korea. The two actors joined forces again in 2011 for a dual concert at New York City's Town Hall.
Pascal joined Broadway's Memphis on October 25, 2011. In addition to Rent, he starred as Radames Aida, the Emcee in Cabaret and Freddie Trumper in Chess. His film credits include School of Rock, Temptation and SLC Punk!.


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Nanotechnologies fighting legionella: Clivet coordinates the POSEIDON project
Legionella, a bacterium very dangerous to human health, is transmitted by aerosol flows and contaminated water, as in air-conditioned spaces, or through humidifiers, reproducing itself overall in humid and warm places. It is an element of risk for all situations in which many people stay in the same place, such as in nursing homes, hospices, hospitals, swimming pools, spas and other public building, where an air conditioning, humidification, air treatment or water recirculation system is operating.
Clivet is involved, as a project coordinator, in a three year project to fight Legionella funded by the European Union HORIZON 2020 program for research and innovation: POSEIDON.
The project POSEIDON (Plasmonic-Based Automated Lab-on-Chip Sensor for the Rapid in-Situ Detection of Legionella) involves a task-force coming form Italy (Clivet, Veneto Nanotech, ARC – Centro Ricerche Applicate), Sweden (Uppsala University), Spain (Catlab - CAT), The Netherlands (Metrohm Applikon), and supported by Warrant Group, with the aim of developing a platform for optical automatic detection of the pathogenic Legionella Pneumophila bacteria.
Differently from standard microbiological methods, that needs several days to detect the pathogens and are based on in-vitro selection of bacteria executed by specialized personnel, the new platform will ensure a fast detection and analysis, assuring to detect Legionella in few hours and being able to proceed immediately with the countermeasures of disinfection of the plant and control of persons exposed to the pathogen. The system will be completely automatic and will eliminate the risk of infection faced by the staff in charged of the analysis. The size of the new device will be reduced so that it can be integrated in air conditioning and water distribution systems.
In this ambitious project, officially launched on January 19th, Clivet will be responsible for implementing, testing and monitoring the new devices in order to demonstrate, through practice, their real functionality and applicability.


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The Fallbrook Citizens' Crime Prevention Committee's (FCCPC) tries to help people understand how important it is to report suspicious activity in their neighborhood, stay informed, and be proactive against crime.
Based on the Sheriff's Dept.'s recent Operation Cruel Summer, our children will not be exposed or have the opportunity to ingest the 40 lbs of marijuana, 31 lbs of heroin, and 25 lbs of meth law enforcement confiscated from the drug trafficking ring.
After nine years of pleading with the community to get involved and report crime, it is paying off for everyone, especially our children! I feel the public has finally connected the dots of what each person needs to do, in order to make this a safe community, for all residents. Maybe now the residents will be more willing to report suspicious crime in their neighborhood.
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Thankful Thursday
What are you thankful for today?
I'm thankful that my little boy is so happy!
I'm thankful for the family I have. Today I'm more thankful that I don't have any where to be but home.
I am (kinda) thankful that today is my dentist appointment. I have a a broken tooth for 2 weeks now and have an abscess and it hurts really bad. lol I say kinda since I know its going to hurt at the dentist even more...lol
That and I am thankful to just have my family. lol
I heard Jacob say his colors as we waited for doc to see him. He said white,pink,black.He has never said colors. And no meltdown at doc office. He not like doc near him but no screaming or crying. He has allergys and sinus infection. Home sick today. I have had people give up on him talking. Yes speech people. And he is talking. And i ask for a hug and he gave me one. I really needed that. Im scared about going to see my ob. Im having bleeding problems.
I'm thankful that the cat is starting to play again finally. She was spayed two weeks ago, but the site got infected so she's been laying really low. She's Linsday's near constant companion and Lindsay has been so upset and worried about her, that it's been triggering more migraines. :(
I'm thankful that I may have found a new daycare that is closer to our home. It will be so much more convenient for me and make my morning a little less stressful. I'll take less stress any day!!
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Dan Faehnle is perhaps best known for his three years with singer-pianist Diana Krall during which he performed on world tours, television shows, etc. He has also performed on many recordings for other jazz musicians.
Paul Keller leads his own 16-piece jazz big band, The Paul Keller Orchestra, and also a small ensemble and quartet in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has toured with Diana Krall and Russell Malone and is highly esteemed as both a composer and arranger.
This CD, Trio Con Brio, Live at 8200 Brill, was recorded live at the home of jazz impresario, David Hall, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The album starts with the buoyant track, "Taking A Chance On Love." Minutes into the song you realize what a fantastic trio this is. They cooperate with each other seemingly effortlessly. Keller is especially brilliant on this track with his solo which comes full circle with DeGreg on piano. The artistry is nothing short of spectacular, audible in the production of these seasoned musicians. The next track, "Move," is as superb as the preceding. "NTK" and "Dreamer" are crowd pleasers and are consummately arranged. This trio is able to take the standard "Lover Man" and make it unique to their sound. The mood changes with the next two tracks "Exactly Like You" and "Dreamsville." This change shifts from an upbeat tempo to one that is both unhurried and evocative. The album ends with "Button Up Your Overcoat," "You Stepped Out Of A Dream," "LJK," and "My Shining Hour."
Phil DeGreg, Dan Faehnle, and Paul Keller are consummate musicians. This trio truly radiates talent that is instantly audible from the moment the CD begins to play! This is a must add to your collection. I have no doubt that you will enjoy it immensely as did I.


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Treatment of patients with spontaneous ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HAL indicates hepatic artery ligation; TAE, transarterial embolization.
Eric C. H. Lai, W. Y. Lau. Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatocellular CarcinomaA Systematic Review. Arch Surg. 2006;141(2):191–198. doi:10.1001/archsurg.141.2.191
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To review the management of spontaneous ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma in the acute phase, the definitive treatment after hemostasis, and the prognosis.
Data Sources
A MEDLINE search was undertaken to identify articles in English from 1970 to 2004 using the key words "hepatocellular carcinoma," "spontaneous rupture," "therapeutic embolization," and "laparoscopy." Additional articles were identified by a manual search of the references from the key articles.
Study Selection
There were no exclusion criteria for published information on the topics.
Data Extraction
All studies that contained material applicable to the topic were considered.
Data Synthesis
In the acute phase, transarterial embolization for hemostasis has a high success rate (53%-100%). It has a lower 30-day mortality rate than open surgical methods (0%-37% vs 28%-75%). For the definitive treatment, staged liver resection has a higher resection rate (21%-56% vs 13%-31%) and a lower in-hospital mortality rate (0%-9% vs 17%-100%) than 1-stage emergency liver resection. Staged liver resection has a good survival rate (1-year survival, 54.2%-100%; 3-year survival, 21.2%-48%; 5-year survival, 15%-21.2%).
Transarterial embolization is effective in controlling bleeding from ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma in the acute phase. The serum bilirubin level, shock on hospital admission, and prerupture disease state are important prognostic factors to predict survival in the acute phase. For definitive treatment, staged liver resection after attaining hemostasis is better than 1-stage emergency liver resection. Laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasonography may decrease unnecessary exploratory laparotomy, thus increasing the resection rate of previously ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma. Prolonged survival can be achieved in select patients with definitive treatment. It is still uncertain whether the long-term outcome of liver resection is the same for hepatocellular carcinoma with and without rupture when patients with the same tumor stage and liver functional state are compared.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer in the world.1 The number of new cases is estimated to be 564 000 per year.2 It is common in areas with endemic viral hepatitis B or C. More than 80% of HCC develops in cirrhotic livers.1- 4 Liver resection and liver transplantation offer the best chance of cure.1,3,4 One of the life-threatening complications of HCC is rupture of the tumor with intraperitoneal hemorrhage. Ruptured HCC occurs in 3% to 15% of patients with HCC.5- 13 With earlier detection of HCC, the incidence of ruptured HCC is decreasing. However, the mortality rate of ruptured HCC in the acute phase remains high (25%-75%) .6,14- 19 Liver failure occurs in 12% to 42% of patients during the acute phase.12,16,19- 25
This article reviews the management of spontaneous ruptured HCC in the acute phase, the definitive treatment after hemostasis, and the prognosis.
A MEDLINE search was undertaken to identify articles in English from 1970 to 2004 using the key words "hepatocellular carcinoma," "spontaneous rupture," "therapeutic embolization," and "laparoscopy." Additional articles were identified by a manual search of the references from the key articles. All studies, even case reports, that contained materials related to the topic were considered. This review covered about 1500 patients with spontaneous ruptured HCC.
The mechanism of spontaneous rupture is still not exactly known.26 Hypotheses include rapid growth of the tumor and necrosis,26 rupture by splitting the overlying nontumorous liver parenchyma or erosion of a vessel,7,27,28 increased intratumor pressure with the occlusion of hepatic veins by tumor thrombi or invasion,5,6,8 and coagulopathy.8 Recently, Zhu et al29,30 postulated that spontaneous rupture of HCC may be related to vascular dysfunction. The vascular dysfunction results from degeneration of elastin and degradation of type IV collagen, rendering the blood vessels stiff and weak and causing them to split easily when the vascular load increases from hypertension or minor trauma. Large and peripherally located tumors are more prone to rupture.5,17,27,31
Diagnosing ruptured HCC can be difficult, particularly in patients without a history of cirrhosis or HCC.32,33 The development of imaging studies improved the rate of preoperative diagnosis. However, 20% to 33% of the diagnoses are still made only during an emergency exploratory laparotomy.13,19
A sudden onset of abdominal pain (66%-100%) is the most common symptom.6,11,12,16,18 Shock is present in 33% to 90% of patients.4,6,11,12,16,18,34 Ultrasonography (USG) and computed tomography of the abdomen are useful in demonstrating the presence of hemoperitoneum and liver tumor.23,27,31,35 Computed tomography also has the advantage of showing the patency of the portal vein. However, the site of active bleeding can seldom be demonstrated. Hepatic angiography can demonstrate extravasation of contrast from the tumor in 13.2% to 35.7% of patients.22,24,36 Abdominal paracentesis is reliable to confirm the diagnosis.6,8,20,36
The primary aim of management is to attain hemostasis and to preserve as much functioning liver parenchyma as possible. From the 1960s to the 1980s, the open surgical method was the mainstay of treatment for hemostasis. Various surgical procedures, including perihepatic packing, suture plication of bleeding tumors, injection of absolute alcohol, hepatic artery ligation (HAL), and liver resection were reported to be effective in hemostasis. Open surgical procedures achieve a high rate of hemostasis but are associated with a high in-hospital mortality rate (Table 1). With the introduction of transarterial embolization (TAE) and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) as palliative treatments for patients with unresectable HCC, TAE has been increasingly used for hemostasis in ruptured HCC. Open surgical hemostasis becomes a second-line treatment when TAE fails or is not available. To our knowledge, until now, there has been no prospective randomized controlled trial or well-designed comparative study to find out which is the best method of hemostasis. Most evidence comes from cohort series. The Figure illustrates a logical strategy for the management of spontaneous ruptured HCC.
Conservative treatment for ruptured HCC includes correction of coagulopathy, close monitoring, and urgent medical imaging to confirm the diagnosis after initial resuscitation. It is most commonly used in patients in a moribund state and with inoperable tumor.5,10,15,37 It is therefore not surprising that conservative treatment had poor results in some studies.8,12,36 Chearanai et al8 reported a 100% mortality for 16 patients who received conservative treatment. Miyamoto et al12 reported a 3-month survival rate of 10% and a mean survival of 19.2 days for 14 patients who received conservative treatment.
On the other hand, conservative treatment has been used in some centers on stable patients who have no signs of continuous bleeding.16,18,19,38 In patients who show signs of continuous bleeding but with good liver function, a hemostatic procedure is carried out. The hemostatic procedure can either be an open surgical approach or TAE. Xu and Yan16 used conservative treatment in this way, and the 1-week and 1-month mortality rates were 26.5% and 48.5%, respectively. These results were comparable with those obtained with emergent open surgery, HAL, and TAE. Unfortunately, in the Xu and Yan study, there was a lack of information on the patients' background and liver function status. Leung et al18 reported a retrospective study on 112 patients with ruptured HCC. In this study, the outcome of patients treated by a conservative approach was compared with an aggressive approach. In the conservative approach, conservative treatment was used initially with all the patients. A hemostatic procedure was used only when the patients showed signs of continuous bleeding. In the aggressive approach, a hemostatic procedure was used unless the patient's condition was moribund. The differences between the aggressive and the conservative approaches in the overall in-hospital mortality rate (62% vs 51%) and the median survival time (7 days vs 12 days) were not significant. They concluded that the conservative approach gave similar results to the aggressive approach. However, the conservative approach had the advantage of a lower intervention rate; thus, it was more cost-effective. In the subgroup analysis in which patients with terminal disease were excluded, the in-hospital mortality rate and survival for the conservative approach were significantly better than for the aggressive approach.
Packing of a bleeding tumor achieves hemostasis by the tamponade effect. It is effective especially for oozing tumors situated near the diaphragm. There was a lack of data on the additional effects of topical hemostatic agents to be combined with perihepatic packing for ruptured HCC. Ong and Taw6 suggested that the pack should only be left in situ for 24 to 48 hours and if the pack was left longer, infection would invariably take place. To our knowledge, there was no well-planned study to find out how long the perihepatic packing should be left in situ for ruptured HCC in the literature. Most of the clinical evidence was derived from perihepatic packing for liver trauma. The rate of intra-abdominal abscess and sepsis following packing within 72 hours was 23% to 32%.39,40 If the pack was left in place longer than 72 hours, the infection rate would significantly increase.41,42 Thus, the packs should be removed within 72 hours after perihepatic packing. The role of prophylactic antibiotics for perihepatic packing is unclear. Removal of packs also carries the risk of rebleeding.6,40 Perihepatic packing is a good procedure in hemodynamically unstable patients who require a quick damage-control laparotomy for further resuscitation and stabilization.
Suture plication is only applicable when the bleeding site is small and easily accessible. Its use is limited by the friable tumor tissue.43 Miyamoto et al12 described 30 patients who underwent packing and/or suture plication. The 3-month survival rate was 26.9%, and the mean survival was 81.5 days.
Sunderland et al44 reported successful hemostasis in 8 of 9 patients with ruptured HCC using laparotomy and absolute alcohol injection. Bleeding was controlled by a combination of factors including an increase in tissue tension, fixation of tissue, and thrombosis of blood vessels. However, there have been no further studies to validate the results.
The liver has a dual blood supply from the hepatic artery and the portal vein. In the normal liver, the portal vein supplies 70% of the total hepatic perfusion, and the hepatic artery supplies the rest. However, HCC derives its blood supply almost exclusively from the hepatic artery. In ruptured HCC, HAL has a hemostatic success rate of 68% to 100%.6,8,10 It also reduces blood flow to the tumor and results in tumor regression. However, the effect is only temporary because the arterial collateral circulations from any of the nearby arteries develop rapidly to supply the tumor from 1 to 4 weeks.45 Hepatic artery ligation can either be selective or common. Selective HAL is preferable to common HAL because it results in a lower risk of postoperative liver failure. In addition, the preservation of the contralateral arterial supply allows the possibility of future definitive liver resection or TACE. The use of HAL is limited by its high in-hospital mortality rate of 50% to 77%.5,8,10
The role of TAE in the management of ruptured HCC has increased rapidly in the last 20 years. It has been shown to be highly effective in achieving immediate hemostasis, even in patients with massive hemoperitoneum. With the use of angiographic techniques, the location of tumor, the active bleeding site, and the patency of the portal vein can be assessed. The agents used for embolization are sterile absorbable gelatin sponge (Gelfoam), stainless steel coils, or polyvinyl alcohol sponge (Ivalon).3 The choice of the embolization agents depends on the size of the artery being embolized. Stainless steel coils and Ivalon particles can produce permanent occlusion of the hepatic artery, while Gelfoam can only produce temporary occlusion. Gelfoam has the advantage of recannalization of the embolized artery and provides an opportunity of further TACE. Transarterial embolization is generally considered a contraindication in patients with complete occlusion of the main portal vein by tumor thrombus because of the high risk of hepatic infarction. However, partial occlusion of the portal vein should not be regarded as an absolute contraindication to TAE.26 Corr et al23 reported successful TAE without complications in 3 patients with partial portal vein occlusion. The advantage of TAE over surgery is that hemostasis can be achieved better by occluding the feeding vessels more distally and a major surgery can be avoided in a poor-risk patient. Transarterial embolization for hemostasis has a high success rate of 53% to 100% (Table 2). It has a lower 30-day mortality rate (0%-37%) than open surgical hemostasis.14,19- 25,46,47 The tumor rerupture rate after TAE, which has an extremely poor prognosis, is 0% to 35%.22,23,25,47,48 The most common complication of TAE is postembolization syndrome (26%-85%), which consists of fever, abdominal pain, nausea, and liver enzyme elevation.23,47 The syndrome usually resolves within 1 to 2 weeks. The major life-threatening complication is liver failure (11.8%-33.3%),19- 25 which is the most common cause of death after TAE. The selection criteria for TAE in ruptured HCC are not well studied. In the presence of continuous bleeding from the ruptured HCC, TAE should be used for hemostasis in patients with reasonable liver function but without complete portal vein thrombosis. Four retrospective studies showed that TAE was rarely effective in prolonging survival in patients with a serum bilirubin level higher than 2.92 mg/dL (50 μmol/L).22- 25 It is unclear whether routine TAE will benefit patients with stable hemodynamic parameters in the prevention of tumor rerupture and survival.
Liver resection provides the only hope of cure for patients with ruptured HCC. Emergency liver resection has been advocated to achieve both hemostasis and to provide a definitive treatment in a single operation.6,9,13,15,49 Ong and Taw6 suggest that a delay in liver resection after initial hemostasis might compromise the resection rate. Their rationale is that ruptured HCC is due to the sudden obstruction of the outflow of blood from the tumor growth. Once HCC invades the venous drainage system, the spread of the tumor will be very rapid. The resection rate during emergency is between 12.5% to 31%. One-stage emergency liver resection carries an in-hospital mortality of 16.5% to 100% (Table 3). Emergency liver resection is associated with a poor outcome because the tumor stage and the liver functional reserve are unclear. Furthermore, the presence of hemorrhagic shock renders the liver function poorer than usual. The presence of coagulopathy in a patient with compromised liver function further increases the surgical risk.
Nowadays, most authors advocate staged liver resection as the preferred definitive treatment after the patients and the liver have recovered from the rupture episode.12,18,19,50- 57 In the medical literature, there is no study, to our knowledge, on the optimal time to carry out staged liver resection. The time ranged from 10 to 126 days. After adequate workup, staged liver resection has a resection rate of 21% to 56%, which is comparable with the resection rate of nonruptured HCC. When compared with 1-stage emergency liver resection, staged liver resection has a much lower in-hospital mortality rate (0%-9%) and a better survival rate (1-year survival rate, 54.2%-100%; 3-year survival rate, 21.2%-48%; 5-year survival rate, 15%-21.2%) (Table 4). One-stage emergency liver resection should be reserved for patients with a small and easily accessible tumor and a noncirrhotic liver.
Laparoscopy and laparoscopic USG have been found to be useful in staging hepatobiliary malignancy.58,59 With their use, unnecessary laparotomy can be avoided with the detection of peritoneal secondary tumors, liver secondary tumors, or major vessel invasion. Patients with unresectable tumors can benefit from a shorter hospital stay, a lower operative morbidity, and an earlier intervention with another procedure, such as local ablative therapy, internal radiation, TACE, or chemotherapy.60- 63 A small proportion of patients with unresectable HCC can benefit from salvage surgery after tumor downstaging with these treatments.64- 68 In patients with a previous ruptured HCC, the tumor stage can be more advanced than in those without rupture. The tumor may progress during the recovery phase from the acute bleeding episode. Furthermore, there is a chance of peritoneal implantation during the tumor rupture.69,70 Therefore, laparoscopy and laparoscopic USG may have a role in preventing unnecessary laparotomy, thus improving the resectability in ruptured HCC.
Two prospective studies showed that laparoscopy and laparoscopic USG reduced the rate of unnecessary laparotomy and increased the resection rate in patients with nonruptured HCC.71,72 Lo et al71 and Weitz et al72 showed that laparoscopy and laparoscopic USG prevented exploratory laparotomy in 63% and 30% of patients with unresectable disease, respectively, and increased the resection rate during laparotomy from 74% to 88% and from 68% to 89%, respectively. Lang et al73 reported a retrospective comparative study on 33 patients with ruptured HCC. Laparoscopy and laparoscopic USG prevented unnecessary exploratory laparotomy in 12 of 13 patients with unresectable HCC. In 21 patients who had laparoscopy followed by laparotomy, liver resection was carried out in 20. This compares favorably with 26 patients who underwent laparotomy without laparoscopy, with liver resection carried out in 18 patients. Lang et al also suggested that laparoscopy did not have any adverse effect on tumor recurrence or survival in patients after liver resection. More prospective studies are necessary to further validate these findings. Laparoscopy and laparoscopic USG may have a role in the definitive treatment of ruptured HCC.
Radiofrequency ablation is increasingly used in patients with small nonruptured HCC confined to the liver, especially when the tumors are unresectable because of poor general condition of the patient or because of compromised liver function.74 However, the role of radiofrequency ablation in the management of spontaneous ruptured HCC is still unknown. The data on this treatment for ruptured HCC are very limited in the medical literature.75
Ruptured HCC is associated with a high in-hospital mortality rate of 25% to 75%.6,14- 19 The serum bilirubin level, shock on hospital admission, and prerupture disease state are important prognostic factors.19,22- 25,48 Evidence from retrospective studies showed that a serum total bilirubin level higher than 2.92 mg/dL (50 μmol/L) was a critical level in predicting the outcome. In the series of patients treated with TAE reported by Ngan et al,24 none of the patients with serum total bilirubin levels higher than 2.92 mg/dL (50 μmol/L) survived longer than 9 weeks (median survival of 1 week), while patients with a serum total bilirubin level of 2.92 mg/dL (50 μmol/L) or lower survived 15 weeks. In the series of patients treated with TAE reported by Leung et al,25 the mean survival of patients with a serum total bilirubin level higher than 2.92 mg/dL (50 μmol/L) was only 34 days while that of patients with a serum total bilirubin level lower than 2.92 mg/dL (50 μmol/L) was 165 days.
After curative liver resection for patients with previous ruptured HCC, the 1-year survival rate was 50% to 100%, the 3-year survival rate was 21% to 50%, and the 5-year survival rate was 15% to 33%.13,15,19,49- 57 In the medical literature, to our knowledge, there are no prospective studies to compare the outcome of surgical treatment of ruptured and nonruptured HCC. The results from retrospective cohort studies are presented in Table 5. Liu et al19 reported that the survival of patients with ruptured HCC was significantly worse than those with nonruptured HCC. However, Yeh et al55 reported that patients with nonruptured HCC had a similar overall survival as those with ruptured HCC but the disease-free survival rate was significantly better. Mizuno et al57 tried to compare the survival rates of patients with ruptured and nonruptured HCC based on the same background factors, such as disease stage and liver function. They found no significant difference in the 2 groups of patients in the overall survival and disease-free survival. Based on the limited data available in the medical literature, it is difficult to draw a definitive conclusion on the long-term outcome after definitive surgical resection in patients with ruptured HCC when compared with patients with nonruptured HCC. One clear message is that prolonged survival is achievable in select patients with ruptured HCC with liver resection.
Transarterial embolization is effective in controlling bleeding for ruptured HCC in the acute phase. The serum bilirubin level, shock on hospital admission, and prerupture disease state are important prognostic factors to predict survival in the acute phase. Staged liver resection after attaining hemostasis is better than 1-stage emergency liver resection. Laparoscopy and laparoscopic USG may prevent unnecessary exploratory laparotomy, thus increasing the resection rate of previously ruptured HCC. Prolonged survival can be achieved in select patients with ruptured HCC after liver resection. It is still unclear whether the long-term outcome of curative liver resection for HCC with previous rupture is inferior to that for HCC without rupture, if the same tumor stage and liver functional state are comparable in the 2 groups.
Correspondence: W. Y. Lau, MD, FRCS, FRACS(Hons), Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China (email@example.com).
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NU Online News Service, Nov. 30, 10:28 a.m. ESTThe 2011 Atlantic hurricane season ends today after a second-straight year of 19 tropical storms.
But unlike 2010, this season included a U.S. landfall—Hurricane Irene, a Category 2 storm, in late August.
Irene, which battered the East Coast from South Carolina to Maine, marked the first time a hurricane struck the U.S. since Hurricane Ike slammed Texas in 2008, and, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Irene was the most significant tropical cyclone to hit the Northeast since Hurricane Bob in 1991.
Jack Hayes, director of NOAA's National Weather Service, says Irene "broke the 'hurricane amnesia' that can develop when so much time lapses between land-falling storms."
However, it's been six years since a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) struck the U.S. The last time was Hurricane Wilma in 2005.
The last two land-falling hurricanes—Ike and Irene—prove a major hurricane isn't needed to cause major insured losses. Ike (a Category 2) caused more than $12.7 billion in insured losses, making it the third costliest hurricane in the U.S.
And if estimates from Verisk Analytics' Property Claims Services and catastrophe modelers are correct, Irene could find a place in the top 10 costliest. PCS raised its estimate to $4.3 billion. Modeler AIR Worldwide says losses could reach $6 billion.
Some quick facts about the 2011 hurricane season:
- 19 tropical storms is tied for the third most (with 1887, 1995, and 2010) since records began in 1851.
- A typical hurricane season: 10-11 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes.
- Three tropical cyclones made U.S. landfall, but Irene was the only hurricane to do so.
- The strongest hurricane was Ophelia, with sustained winds of 140 mph. The storm spun far off the East Coast.
- NOAA says several storms were so weak they may have gone undetected without modern technology.
- Seven tropical storms gained hurricane status and three strengthened to become major hurricanes.
Dan Kottlowski, tropical weather and hurricane expert with AccuWeather says, "Despite the high number of named systems, most storms were underachievers this year."
An "unusually low" amount of named storms reached hurricane strength this year, adds Jeff Masters, a meteorologist and co-founder of The Weather Underground.
Just 37 percent of named storms strengthened to hurricanes this year. Normally 55-60 percent of all named storms get to hurricane status.
This year marks the first time a hurricane season began with eight named storms failing to reach hurricane status, Masters says.


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JATO or rocket booster on EDF??
I was settin off a few rockets today and I was thinkin how cool it would be to put on on the bottom of a EDF or a pusher....like the T-33 w/ upgraded motor or a Flying Styro F-16 XL wing pusher. I dont mean like in the ducts but on the bottom where it is visible. All you would need is a model rocket engine, wiring, igniter, 9 volt battery and micro servo. This might weigh a F-16 down real quick but still on a T-33 with a big motor would be cool. Even better if you installed landing gear on your T-33, get a jet assited take off (JATO). To launch it all you would do is make a engine mount for the rocket, connect the igniter to 2 peices of wire, attach 1 peice of wire to the 9 volt battery, the other to the servo (attached to the fuse with servo tape), and postion the servo so when you flip your switch (atleast on a JR 5 channel) the servo will make the wire touch the other side of the 9 volt. What do you guys think...to much weight? Will go straight down or something because of ballastics?? Tell me your thoughts or comments. Thanks.
Could easily be done, but after boosting with a D12 a few times, you could have paid for a new Speed 400 and ESC at 3 bucks a shot.
And after a few Aerotech boosts, even with reloadables, you could buy a replacement T-33.
I have enjoyed doing R/C Rocket Gliders and R/C Boost gliders over the years and it is a fun thrill, but the economics are pretty poor on a per flight basis....
I still think a good bungee launcher is the best way to start those EDFs on their way.
Hmm, a G-33 would certainly give an interesting ride (4-6x the thrust of a stock t-33, I think)--but I'd be leery of pulling any hi-G manuevers during the burn.
If anyone's interested, you may be able to find some of the HobbyLab SR-71s that eZoner Thomas B designed--two channel, E to F power, and was available on closeouts for as little as $85 with radio preinstalled. I've flown several, they're fun, but don't expect more than 30 seconds of stick time per flight.
And it's too bad about AeroTech:
--the loss of their facility in Las Vegas may make mid- to high-power rocket motors awfully scarce for quite some time.
Wow, Steve, I have not been very active in HPR these days and had not heard about Aerotech's industrial accident. A bad thing and a real shame.
Speaking of the semi-infamous HobbyLab SR-71, I ran across a couple of the formed Depron shells for the Blackbird the other day in my disaster area/shop/garage.
(Paull Willenborg had a recent visit and will confirm the status as I describe it!)
The shells only weigh about 3.5oz total. I got to thinking what would happen if I left the wing on the upper surface only, and carefully added the lower fuse and nacelles to the full top skin. Add in an Acro Drive 350 from Hobby Lobby, very light radio and battery and one might just have an SR-71 park flyer...


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|Republic of Tanganyika
Mungu ibariki Afrika
The nation Tanzania consists of the mainland part, formerly called Tanganyika, and the islands of Zanzibar. Note that since 1996, the capital has been at Dodoma.
|Dar es Salaam
|Julius Nyerere
|9 December 1961
|Unification with Zanzibar
|26 April 1964
Tanganyika is the mainland part of Tanzania. From 9 December 1961 to 26 April 1964 it was an independent state.
It was an East African territory lying between the Indian Ocean and the African Great Lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika. [1]
Once part of the larger colony of German East Africa (German: Deutsch-Ostafrika), it comprised today's Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, but not Zanzibar.[2]
After World War I the parts that are today's Rwanda and Burundi became a League of Nations mandate governed by Belgium. The major part, however, came under British rule and was transferred to Britain under the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. This was confirmed by a League of Nations Mandate in 1922, later becoming a United Nations Trust Territory. Britain changed the name to the Tanganyika Territory.
On 9 December 1961 Tanganyika became independent as a Commonwealth Realm, and on 9 December 1962 it became the Republic of Tanganyika within the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1964, it joined with the islands of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, later in the year changed to the United Republic of Tanzania.
Although Tanganyika still exists within Tanzania, the name is no longer used formally for the territory. It is, however, a convenient way to refer to the mainland, which is so different geographically and culturally from Zanzibar. The name Tanganyika is also used to refer to Lake Tanganyika.
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- ↑ Kingfisher Geography encyclopedia. ISBN 1-85613-582-9. Page 206
- ↑ Farwell, Byron. 1989. The Great War in Africa, 1914–1918. New York: Norton. ISBN 0393305643
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In Jerusalem there are two prime ministers. One is the official one, Ariel Sharon, who has declared the Palestinian Authority a supporter of terror, and is striking with missiles. And on the other hand there is Shimon Peres, who is willing to talk with Arafat they speak over the phone, without the knowledge of Sharon. Peres said, according to sources, that if Arafat over the next 12 hours arrests many of those Israel wants held, Peres would do something for Arafat in return.
Peres wants the cease fire, but his main thinking is that if Israel wants the PA to do something, Israel needs to give them some political concession in return that will allow Arafat to tell his people that they gain something from a cease fire. Peres is saying that Israel needs to show willingness to give something, but Sharon is saying he won't give anything. He's not willing to give some political hope for the Palestinians, or to encourage them to fulfill the cease-fire. Right now, it seems from the Palestinian point of view that they're the only ones to make concessions and they're not getting anything. Peres is saying basically that Israel should offer something and show cease-fire is a way to return to negotiations. That's the big difference between the two.
And presumably Sharon's line has more public support�
Yes and no. The polls show that the majority of people want to strike the PA to establish some kind of calm, but they also want a peace process. More than 60 percent remain prepared to make all kinds of concessions for peace in terms of issues like settlements, but they don't believe it's going to happen. So Sharon has far more political support than Peres in a direct contest between the two, but the ideas of Peres still have some support there is still majority support in Israel for a peace process.
What was the objective of the military actions against the PA?
It's to send a message, nothing more. They are still bombing empty headquarters. And some will say it's contradictory to demand that Arafat take certain actions, but then bomb him immediately. But on the one hand Sharon wants him to act against terror, and on the other hand Sharon doesn't believe Arafat is going to do so. Sharon knows that only American pressure can change Arafat. Sharon, for internal reasons, had to do something. Bibi Netanyahu is breathing down is neck, and the people want revenge. He needs to do something, and the army is doing it. Not even Peres necessarily believes Arafat can deliver, but there's no alternative to Arafat. Without Arafat, it would be even worse. So we're in the same old situation.


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Video: Dancing on air in Trafalgar Square
A festival inspired by India kicked off in the centre of London last night. Dan Chung went to talk to choreographer Vena Ramphal as she was preparing her Shiva Dance, in which she whirls over the steps of the National Gallery in a giant wheel.
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Letter: Good follower; good leader
Dear Editor,
It's Sunday evening, Dec. 14. I just returned from the Hudson High School auditorium after having had the privilege of watching and listening to the dress rehearsal for this year's Christmas concert.
I am writing this letter to praise the participating students and their directors for what turned out to be a stellar program.
In 1979, Pope John Paul II wrote a book titled "You Are the Future, You Are My Hope." The book is a compilation of all the speeches which the pope had given during his visits to almost every continent, and which he specifically addressed to young people; it is subtitled "To the Young People of the World."
As I watched and enjoyed this evening's rehearsal, I marveled at the degree of genuine and mutual respect that was so apparent between you students (elementary and high school alike) and your principal director, Andrew Haase.
How good it is that -- at a young age -- you are learning so well to be respectful and attentive followers. And what a wonderful reflection that is on your parents, on your teachers and on the peers with whom you are choosing to associate. Being good followers is an essential prerequisite to becoming good leaders.
To paraphrase the title of Pope John Paul's wonderful book, you are the future, and you indeed are our hope. Peace be with you; a very Merry Christmas to each of you and to your families.


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Stars turn out for the launch of LA Topshop flagship
HOLLYWOOD backed British last night as A-Listers turned out to mark the launch of Topshop in Los Angeles.
We're fashion people and I think California is ready for us to bring something fresh and new.
Reality star Kim Kardashian and singer Jennifer Lopez, 38, were among the celebs at a megabash to celebrate the High Street success story.
While other shops have failed, loaded store owner Sir Philip Green, 60, has proved UK design can still win the hearts of fashion fans.
The business mogul said: "We've been developing the brand here for two to three years online and 25% of our online business has been in California.
"It's a big fashionista part of the world. A lot of people are travelling here, a lot of people travel internationally.
"We're fashion people and I think California is ready for us to bring something fresh and new."
Couture king Tommy Hilfiger, 61, turned up at the party to munch bangers and mash with the likes of comic and actor Russell Brand, 37, US telly host Ryan Seacrest, 38, socialite Paris Hilton, 31, singer Kelly Osbourne, 28, and the Kardashians' mum, Kris Jenner, 57.
But singer Katherine Jenkins, 32, stole the show in a daring low-cut dress that showed off her enviable assets.
She tweeted: "At the Topshop party (wearing Topshop, of course) celebrating all that's British #LA."
Katherine outshone the likes of pregnant Kim, 32, who chose an unflattering ostrich-style feathery number.
Meanwhile pop babe Demi Lovato, 20, refused to let a broken leg cramp her style and had her black cast decked out with biker studs.
Luckily, boss Philip's 21-year-old daughter Chloe Green was on hand to support her – and tweet a snap of the "chic" leg brace.
X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger, 34, chose a simple white frock for the do.
And Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am, 37, toned down his usual flamboyant style in a black leather jacket and tracksuit bottoms.
Meanwhile, badboy singer Chris Brown, 23, left lover Rihanna, 24, at home, showing up with Beyoncé's sister Solange Knowles, 26.
Topshop has enjoyed huge success since its US launch in 2009, when it opened a flagship store in New York.
Sir Philip has promised a new range of products for its LA branch, including dresses designed by Movie 43 star Kate Bosworth, 30.
The Topshop store will feature the full range of brands and clothing from the retailer, while Topman will have the best collections, launching its LUX range in the LA store before anywhere else in the world.
It will also exclusively feature a capsule collection of 30 specially-created luxury sportswear pieces, designed by the London in-house team.


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Thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets in support of parliamentary legislation that bans former top officials from the regime of Hosni Mubarak from running for president.
The legislation is subject to approval by the country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the military council which has been running the country since Mubarak was toppled.
A minister in the army-appointed cabinet called the new law "a deviation" that only targeted a few people.
The legislation, which is an amendment to the law governing political rights, would also block the candidacy of anyone who served as prime minister in the last decade of Mubarak's 30-year rule.
The move comes after Omar Suleiman, Mubarak's former vice-president and chief of intelligence, launched his bid to become the country's next head of state.
Khairat El-Shater, the presidential candidate for the Muslim Brotherhood, has denounced Suleiman's attempt to make a political comeback, likening it to an attempt "to steal the revolution" and warned it could spark huge street protests.
Friday's demonstration was called by the Brotherhood, now Egypt's main political force, and more hardline Salafist groups in statements on their websites demanding the "protection of the revolution".
"It really is a pretty festive atmosphere, and there's also a lot of anger at the protest," said Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros, reffering to the protest in support of parliament's legislation.
"They're telling us that if Omar Suleiman, the former vice president, and Ahmed Shafik, the former prime minister, are allowed to run, and indeed if they win, they will stage another uprising.
"There's a lot of feeling that the revolution has not ended because the main aim of the revolution was to get rid of the regime, not just to get rid of Hosni Mubarak," our correspondent said from Cairo.
Liberal and secular groups also do not wish to see the return of Mubarak-era figures, but they stayed away from Friday's protest.
They have instead called a demonstration on April 20 to protest at what they see as "Islamist" monopolisation of political life in the country since the revolt.
Presidential elections
The presidential election is to get under way on May 23, with two days of voting expected to be followed by a run-off in June between the top two candidates.
Currently the field of 23 candidates is broadly made up of members of the two leading parties in parliament - the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party and the Salafi al-Nur party - officials who served under Mubarak and independent leftists and liberals.
The law does not cover former members of Mubarak's cabinet, allowing Amr Moussa, a leading liberal contender, to run for the post. Moussa served as Egypt's foreign minister from 1991 to 2001.
As the head of his intelligence services, Suleiman was one of Mubarak's closest advisers. He was appointed as vice-president after the eruption of the popular uprising against him on January 25 last year.
Shater has said Suleiman's candidacy is an insult to Egyptians who rose up against Mubarak.
Suleiman has said he will win support among Egyptians who he believes are angered at attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood to dominate the post-Mubarak era.
The military council has been governing with Mubarak's presidential powers since it took control of the country. That means parliament has only limited authority, though the chamber was elected in Egypt's most democratic election in six decades.
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The 9th Annual HR Technology® Conference and Exposition has gathered the best and brightest people and solutions to give the more than 1,700 attendees an exclusive view into the latest advances in technology and how to wrestle the business benefits out of them.
Human Resource Executive® magazine today announced the full agenda and theme for its 9th Annual HR Technology® Conference & Exposition. Hailed as the "world's best conference on HR Technology" by PeopleSoft founder David Duffield, this year's event will be held October 4-6, 2006, at Chicago's Navy Pier.
The 2006 HR Technology® Conference is designed to help senior HR executives and practitioners answer the most important question they face today: How are they helping their organizations make more money? For the ninth straight year, the HR Technology® Conference has gathered the best and brightest people and solutions to give the more than 1,700 attendees an exclusive view into the latest advances in technology and how to wrestle the business benefits out of them.
On the heels of his latest book from Harvard Business School Press, Jeffrey Pfeffer, one of the HR community's smartest and most engaging academics, will open this year's conference by talking about "Making Evidence- Based Management Work for You," debunking the popular practice of making decisions based on what others are doing, so-called "best practices."
"I've attended the last five conferences, and they've gotten better every year," said Stan Surrette, executive vice president of HR for ManTech International Corporation. "At each one, I've learned important and valuable new things for my work."
The complete conference program is available at http://www.HRTechnologyConference.com.
The conference will host the Second Annual Shootout between the two giants of the HR technology industry: Oracle and SAP. After a tie last year, each company will tackle three critical HR problems, written by Co-Chair Bill Kutik, and use live software demonstrations to demonstrate how their systems can help solve them. The Shootout provides attendees with their only opportunity to view competitive products side-by-side and then vote for their favorite.
In addition, as part of the conference's three-year emphasis on Performance Management, the industry's first "Integrated Performance & Learning Management Shootout" is scheduled between Plateau, Saba and other leading vendors demonstrating their products based on identical scripted scenarios.
"We are the only HR conference that presents Shootouts with live, custom software demonstrations," said Kutik, also the technology columnist for Human Resource Executive®. "Attendees have loved them for six years because they can accomplish months of research in just 75 minutes. Plus, they get to see what salesmen will never show them: true apples to apples comparisons. With Oracle and SAP tackling three problems this year, we will definitely have a winner!"
The HR Technology® Conference is organized in five tracks: Strategic View; Performance & Compensation Management; HRMS, Portals and Self Service; Recruiting; and Outsourcing. These tracks feature problem/solution case studies from senior HR executives at such industry leaders as 20th Century Fox, Amerada Hess, Elizabeth Arden, Freddie Mac, OfficeMax, Time Warner, TiVo and Yahoo!. Forty-four of 55 presenters hold vice president or higher titles, including 21 chief executive officers.
Breakouts also include software surveys in four areas, special sessions for mid-market-sized companies, hot new technologies for HR and perhaps the first honest look at the performance of the HR Business Process Outsourcing industry.
Human Resource Executive® magazine will present its 18th Annual Top HR Products and Top Training Products awards during the conference, recognizing excellence and innovation in the HR vendor community. The winners are chosen from nearly 100 entries after thorough briefings and demonstrations with the magazine's editors.
The exhibit floor is expected to feature more than 200 vendors in all categories, with an estimated 40 announcing and showing new products there for the first time.
Closing the HR Technology Conference, Naomi Lee Bloom, HR's leading technology and functional guru, will discuss what HR practitioners should really be looking for when they evaluate HR software and delivery options. In a rare look "under the technology hood," Bloom will take attendees where vendors do not want them to go to provide the insight they need to make the right decisions for their organizations.
"In short, we're focusing our conference on the business benefits of technology and how those benefits can help your company make more money," stated Conference Chairman David Shadovitz, also editor and publisher of Human Resource Executive®. "Our attendance has been growing by double digits for years because we don't sell speaking slots to vendors but instead offer objective industry showcases and executive-led sessions that provide a unique insight into the field of HR technology."
Conference attendees registering prior to July 21 receive a special reduced rate. Multiple registration discounts are also available.


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Michaux R. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Phone: (336) 884-1800
Michaux R. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD has joined Regional Physicians Neurosurgery. Dr. Kilpatrick graduated from UNC – Chapel Hill School of Medicine and completed her neurosurgery residency at UNC Hospitals. Dr. Kilpatrick earned a Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Dr. Kilpatrick's scope of practice includes diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of spine, brain and peripheral nerve disorders in the adult population. Dr. Kilpatrick also performs evaluations of work-related injuries, personal injury care and independent medical evaluations. For a more information, please visit the neurosurgery page at RegionalPhysicians.com.