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Dx CD 2003 but probably had it 10 years prior
Dx Primary Sclerossing Cholangitis 2006
GB out '95, Appendix out '96, Kidney stent '02/stone removal '02, Resection '04, fistulectomy '06 2x, tubal '05
Currently on 100mg 6mp-50 mg, and Remicade every 8 weeks, Ambien, predsnisone, humira
Thanks so much for the suggestions...
Regarding Remicade - the strange thing is that this skin condition only began just after I stopped my Remicade treatments. I should have mentioned that...
My son was just diagnosed with some warts on his arm. They are reddish (most of them) and hurt some. I forget the name of the wart.
I hope you find answers soon!
Karen (Karendee)
Diagnosed w/ Crohn's Disease March 2007 On Azathioprine (generic Imuran), Pentasa, & ENTOCORT
Diagnosed w/ Fibromyalgia May 2007 also on Soma
Also have Arthritis, and feel like I am falling apart sometimes...
I should mention that the 3 didn't pop up at the same time, one first and the other 2 several months later.
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i have been looking for a long time for a post like this. i have had this awful rash on my face for about two months. started quite small on the balls of my cheeks and over the past few weeks has spread to my chin and forehead. mine however is sooooo itchy! keeps me up at night, burns and is very red. thought it was an allergy to immuran, went off that three weeks ago but the rash has gotten worse. saw two docs both perscribed cream but they have not worked. tapering off pred hoping that will help.
going crazy!
It's surprising that a team of doctors could not figure out what you have. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you didn't say the rash was itchy, flaky or painful. This rules out psorasis and other common conditions like eczema.
From what you've said, it sounds like you have Petechia and/or Purpura.
Wikipedia says,
Purpura (from the Latin, purpura, meaning "purple") is the appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure. They are caused by bleeding underneath the skin. Purpura measure 0.3-1cm, while petechiae measure less than 3mm, and ecchymoses greater than 1cm.
A petechia, plural petechiae is a small (1-2mm) red or purple spot on the body, caused by a minor hemorrhage (broken capillary blood vessels). The most common cause of petechiae is through physical trauma such as a hard bout of coughing, vomiting or crying which can result in facial petechiae, especially around the eyes.
This is one of the many skin-related symptoms that result from Crohn's disease. You may be able to reverse your symptoms in a month or two with Vitamin C supplementation. I would recommend 600-1000mg per day, but not to exceed 1000 mg.
Vitamin C deficiency - defect in collagen synthesis due to lack of hydroxylation of procollagen. It results in weakened capillary walls.
Best of luck,
Sounds like it could be DISCOID LUPUS. I was diagnosed with it a few years ago. I too suffer from this along with Chrons, I also have ulcerations in my mouth.
You might ask for a biopsy just to make sure.
i too get this exact rash when my crohns is flaring and when i am not taking prednisolone. (The pred always clears it up)
Dermatologist doesnt know what it is and my GI says that is "more than likely related to the crohns".
My rash does itch and weep; its circular and is always worst across my stomach


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"Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit," an editor says. "Jobs are not big enough for people."
Some might find that a bit depressing, but I actually read it as a little "pick me up". Rather than letting your boredom with work get you down, just remember that most of us have jobs too small for our spirits.
(Stumbled on this quote in NYT article. It's too old to get for free, but found same article reprinted in the Int'l Herald Tribune.)


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If there's one film to see this year, it's 12 Years a Slave, a wrenching but rewarding historical epic.
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12 Years a Slave
Sometimes we have to do hard things. I can't think of a film in a recent memory I have been so compelled to sit through, wrestling all the while with how difficult it is to do so. 12 Years a Slave is, to put it simply, the first film to truly convey the horrors of what used to be called the "peculiar institution." But it is such a brilliantly directed, written and performed piece of cinema, that every moment of the viewer's struggle is rewarded.
The profoundly moving drama is based on a real-life memoir by Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free-born New Yorker kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Solomon is the film's true north, not just in the sense of his coming from a region where black people are free (though they still face discrimination), but that he is the film's guiding moral compass, his dignity and strength the movie's spine.
That's a lot for an actor to carry, but Ejiofor does it subtly and beautifully. He has a long list of credits, from Kinky Boots and City of Men to American Gangster and Salt, but this is the role for which he'll be celebrated. His wide eyes register everything from the shock of awakening drugged to find himself enchained, to the utter mortification of being stripped and sold for chattel. His character's incredible journey begins with a slave master named Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch) and ends with a psychopath called Epps (Michael Fassbender).
Epps is a tormented bastard, a sadist who lashes workers who don't pick enough cotton, while using Scripture as his justification. He is obsessed with slave girl Patsey, played by the extraordinary newcomer Lupita Nyong'o, finding novel ways to make her pray for her own death. (Look for Nyong'o, along with the rest of the cast, to get plenty of awards season attention.) This is the kind of slave master we usually envision – cruel, starkly racist, evil personified, though Fassbender imbues him with enormous complexity. He's so unlike the way we see ourselves that he's easy to dismiss, but a director as savvy and talented as Steve McQueen (Shame) isn't going to let us get off that easily.
Instead, he confronts us with Ford, a kindly master, who recognizes Solomon's skill, both with the violin and carpentry, and praises and protects him. But that supposedly good, intelligent man also refuses to see the plain truth that Solomon was not born a slave, and set him free. In many ways, he is the embodiment of America's ambivalence – its hypocrisy – with respect to race. He isn't evil, he just lets evil transpire on his watch, as people have always done and continue to do. It's easy to shrug and look at a man like Epps and point a finger of shame. Cumberbatch's Ford forces us to look at ourselves.
That all works thanks to a lyrical, nuanced script from screenwriter John Ridley, and masterful direction from McQueen, who, it's important to remember, is only on his third film. Though the movie stretches past the two-hour mark, it moves with intensity and purpose, bringing Solomon to the brink of despair as years stretch on away from his family. To his enormous credit, though, McQueen never suggests that Solomon is exceptional. We may occasionally shudder at the cruel irony that, as a free man, he never should have been enchained in the first place. But then the film brings us back to a point that should be obvious: No one deserves to suffer that indignity.
And this:
All Is Lost
It's bewildering to realize that Robert Redford has never won an Oscar for acting. The man's been onscreen since the Eisenhower administration, in films as iconic as The Candidate, All the President's Men, The Sting and Out of Africa. He's the Sundance Kid, for Pete's sake! Here's hoping All Is Lost gets him a little closer to a best actor win, particularly since he's the whole movie.
I mean that literally, by the way, as he is the film's entire cast. We meet his unnamed character, "Our Man" the credits call him, as he awakens to his fancy sailboat filling with water. There's a hole gashed in the boat by an errant shipping container that's also managed to take out the onboard computer system and flood the radio. Alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Our Man's situation goes from bad to worse in a kind of waterlogged Gravity that never flags in intensity.
The odd thing is that apart from a letter to his family, we don't hear much from Our Man –no prayers, no profound monologue on the meaning of life in the face of death. We just see his face and his determination. With nary a hint of a backstory, we know who he is, and that's all due to Redford's skill. Even with a character this reserved, we see his expressiveness and register his resolve and his fear. It's a terrific performance in a nail-biter of a film. Don't miss it.
But skip these:
I'm not opposed to remakes per se, but they do need to justify their existence. Carrie doesn't bother, relocating the story to a modern-day high school and throwing in a cyberbullying plot, but otherwise adding nothing new. Chloë Grace Moretz takes Sissy Spacek's role as the outcast high-school girl, sheltered to the point of disability by a religious zealot mom (Julianne Moore). She's fine, but doesn't have Spacek's gift for radiating haunted, pained loneliness. The film doesn't help her much, with scares that are neither more terrifying than the original, nor campier. Even the bloody prom isn't as much fun as it used to be. In the end, Carrie is just a middling horror picture with nothing much to say for itself.
The Fifth Estate
Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Brühl try to bring the story of WikiLeaks to life, but watching two guys tap on computer keyboards for two hours isn't exactly scintillating. The busy Cumberbatch, who's in this week's 12 Years a Slave and still has August: Osage County coming up this season, plays Julian Assange, founder of the infamous whistleblower website, while Brühl plays his acolyte Daniel Berg. Both men are great actors, but we never learn much about Assange or care much about Berg. The secrets they spill are fascinating – secrets that sent shudders through governments and multinational corporations – but they're background for the devolving relationship between the two men. A movie about people so wildly daring shouldn't be this much of a yawn.


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AMA Blasts House for Not Voting on Doc Pay Cut
As Congress left the Capitol for a two-week holiday over the weekend, the American Medical Association took the occasion to blast lawmakers for the "unconscionable" action of not acting on the "doc fix"—slated to expire on April 1.
Earlier this month, the Senate voted to delay the physician pay cut of 21.2% in Medicare reimbursement until Oct. 1. But the House did not take up the action, and as a result, the previous decisions by both chambers still stand. And that's April 1.
Some congressional officials have said it is likely that Congress may decide on the bill retroactively. The House doesn't vote again on legislation until April 13, according to the House calendar.
But J. James Rohack, MD, president of the AMA, said in a statement released on Friday, "It is unconscionable for elected officials to play politics with seniors and military families who rely on them to preserve their ability to see the physician of their choice."
"Members of Congress eager to spend a two-week holiday with their families have left America's military families and seniors to fend for themselves through their inaction on a known threat to the Medicare and TRICARE programs," Rohack stated. "On April 1, a 21% Medicare cut to physicians begins. Congress' failure to act on permanent repeal of the broken Medicare physician payment formula has put access to healthcare for seniors and military families in jeopardy."
The physician pay cut issue has been dependent continually on congressional action, much to the consternation of physicians. On Dec. 19, Congress voted to delay the scheduled payment cut until March 1. Both houses then extended it a month.
Specifically, the Medicare payments were scheduled to be cut across the board in accordance with the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
The proposed delay ostensibly is to give Congress time to adjust the SGR formula. SGR links Part B Medicare reimbursement to the gross domestic product. The formula has led to proposed large cuts annually, which physicians have successfully worked to delay.


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Mischa Barton has confessed she wouldn't wish her life as a celebrity on anyone and these days, she prefers to stay away from the public eye. The actress, who rose to fame as Marissa in The OC, first appeared on film at 1 years-old and hasn't always had the best of times in the limelight.
In a recent interview with Look magazine, Mischa said, "I don't think I was quite ready. We had no private lives and were followed mercilessly."
She added, "It's tough to have every moment of your life documented and never be allowed down time. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
"I feel like people are still harping on about things that happened to me ages ago - for some reason they're still fascinated by it. But it's like night and day for me - I'm a completely different person."
The 28-year-old, hit headlines for driving under the influence in 2007 and when she was sectioned in 2009, said she's more comfortable with her life and prefers to spend her time between London with her family and her British actor boyfriend Sebastian Knapp, and her home in LA.
"I've grown up. I feel confident in myself again these days. I've become smarter over the years - I stay out of the public eye and go out in Hollywood once in a blue moon.
"I like to go to the pub for Sunday lunch with my family. It's things like that I value the most when I'm in London. My sister Zoe just had a baby so I see her and we mainly walk our basset hound in Hyde Park."


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During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday, CIA director nominee, John Brennan, responded to questions about the procedures used by U.S. agents in interrogating suspected terrorists, saying, "I don't know what the facts are or what the truth is."
Given the rest of his testimony, that's about the most honest thing spoken by the drone assassination czar.
Over and over again, when pressed about details of the drone war and the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles in the "War on Terror," Brennan hedged, demurred, and generally evaded every question.
It's not surprising that committee members took it easy on Brennan (with the exception of a brief rat-a-tat with Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia). After all, as was noted in Esquire, these are members of the "national-security priesthood." They are, in several signal ways, co-conspirators in the policy that has killed thousands of individuals, three of whom were Americans, none of whom was ever charged or allowed to answer any charges.
As one watched the glorified job interview, one got the feeling that the candidate knew he was a shoo-in and that the question and answers were sound and fury signifying nothing.
It was almost theatrical. It was as if the players knew their roles and were merely acting a script for the benefit of an audience who demands these constitutional pantomimes.
Take, for example, the exchange between Brennan and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) regarding the Obama administration's assassination of American-born, Yemen-based cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Could I ask you some questions about him?
John Brennan: You're the chairman.
Sen. Feinstein: You don't have to answer. Did he have a connection to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who would attempt to explode a device on one of our planes over Detroit?
John Brennan: Yes, he did.
Sen. Feinstein: Can you tell us what that connection was?
John Brennan: I would prefer not to at this time, Senator. I'm not prepared to.
Sen. Feinstein: OK. Did he have a connection to the Fort Hood attack?
John Brennan:That is a — al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has a variety of means of communicating and inciting individuals, whether that be websites or emails or other types of things. And so, there are a number of occasions where individuals, including Mr. Awlaki, has been in touch with individuals. And so, Senator, again, I'm not prepared to address the specifics of these, but suffice it to say —
Sen. Feinstein: Well, I'll just ask you a couple of questions. You don't — did Faisal Shahzad, who pled guilty to the 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt, tell interrogators in 2010 that he was inspired by al-Awlaki?
John Brennan: I believe that's correct, yes.
Sen. Feinstein: Last October, Awlaki, did he have a direct role in supervising and directing AQAP's failed attempt, well, to bring down two United States cargo aircraft by detonating explosives concealed inside two packages, as a matter of fact, inside a computer printer cartridge?
John Brennan: Mm-hmm. Mr. Awlaki —
Senator Feinstein: Dubai?
John Brennan: — was involved in overseeing a number of these activities, yes.
It's difficult to detect in this exchange the "advice and consent" that the Constitution requires the Senate to bring to the nomination process. Such an abdication of authority is especially deplorable given the seriousness of the topic — the government-sanctioned murder of an American citizen without due process and without any attempt whatsoever to apprehend him and present evidence that his alleged crimes were execution-worthy.
There are those, particularly conservatives, who give the president (and Brennan) a pass when it comes to the killing of a man suspected to be the Svengali of several people who did or allegedly planned to harm innocent Americans. The problem with this thinking, particularly concerning conservatives, is that the Constitution is the law and that document specifically spells out the process by which crimes are evaluated. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land, not the opinion of one president, counterterrorism adviser, or other "high-level intelligence official."
As Jeremy Scahill said on Democracy Now, "The issue here is not who Anwar Awlaki was or what we think of Anwar Awlaki. The issue here is the Constitution. The issue here is due process."
Dianne Feinstein doesn't see it that way, though. Not only is she arbiter of what weapons are and are not covered by the Second Amendment, in a comment after the hearing, she presumed the right to pronounce who is a good American and who is not.
Amy Davidson wrote in The New Yorker that Feinstein said of her takeaway from the Brennan testimony, "And, so, Mr. Awlaki is not an American citizen by where anyone in America would be proud."
Davidson hit the nail squarely on the head with this commentary on Feinstein's opinions:
"Proud," "upstanding," "so-called American" — is this the basis on which the Senate is judging fundamental questions of American rights and due process? Before the hearing, I wondered what picture of Americans we were supposed to have when we heard about the executive giving itself the power to kill them. Feinstein could hardly have given a less reassuring answer. When and on what basis will any of us get a "so-called" in front of our nationality? That there may have been a good deal of evidence against al-Awlaki is why his case should have gone before a court, not why it shouldn't have. What happened to the idea that it is precisely when we are the most enraged, and the least popular, that we need to be the most careful?
And so it went. The senators tossed softballs and Brennan never took the bat off his shoulder.
The worst part, though, is not that Brennan didn't answer the hard questions. The worst part is that the hard questions were never asked.
Where, for example, does the president have the authority to order the death of any person — American or otherwise — without having to present to an impartial judge evidence of the guilt of the target?
Assuming the president believes he has such authority (and thousands of dead "suspected militants" and innocent men, women, and children are mute witnesses that he certainly does believe that), does he heed any boundaries on that power or is it absolute?
Why has Congress — with very few exceptions — consented to stand by impotently while the president and his claque of killers carry out this deadly program?
On the eve of Brennan's confirmation hearing, someone on the inside leaked a Justice Department memo purporting to lay out the legal justification for the death-by-drone program.
In this "white paper," the Obama administration claims that with regard to the authority to wage war on these "suspected militants" and their "co-belligerents," there is no "express geographic limitation on the use of force it authorizes."
Although the Justice Department had difficulty (reluctance?) in defining "imminent threat," it is likely that they would have no problem defining "no geographic limit."
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) placed the United States within the boundaries of the war zone in the "War on Terror." Now, President Obama, John Brennan, and their co-conspirators have refused to exclude the United States from the drone war, as well.
Given Brennan's substantial role in the development of the deadly drone war, there is little doubt that as CIA director, he would oversee its expansion worldwide, without regard to any geographic, constitutional, or moral boundaries.


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It's probably pure coincidence that three tech-types launched YouTube just months before Washington Capitals wrecking ball Alex Ovechkin and Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby skated onto an NHL ice surface for the first time.
As long as the arch-rivals are around, though, the video-sharing site can be certain highlight-reel hockey footage will be in plentiful supply.
"Those are the kind of guys that carry the whole league. They're not just fabulous individuals for their own teams, but everywhere they go, people are talking about them and want to see them entertain," said legendary left-winger Bobby Hull, the former Chicago Blackhawks star who rewrote the record books during his Hall-of-Fame career.
"It means a great deal to have those kind of players in your league. We were always proud to talk about the Rocket and Beliveau and Howe and Orr and Mahovlich and Mikita and people like that because they not only entertain their own fans, but people look forward to seeing them come into their building. We used to fill the joint with those type of players."
Since breaking into the league in the aftermath of the 2004-05 lockout, Ovechkin and Crosby have captivated fans with their seemingly endless routine of anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-better.
Ovechkin won the tug-o-war for rookie of the year honours. Crosby was first to hoist the Stanley Cup.
They've both had their hands on the Hart Trophy, with Ovechkin winning it twice.
But a true battle for the Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy as the NHL's leading goal-scorer is uncharted territory.
Until this season, that is.
The superstar snipers entered the Olympic break with 42 markers apiece, setting the stage for a thrilling finish.
Ovechkin, who is tied for the scoring lead despite missing eight outings due to injuries or suspension, is on pace to hit the 50-goal mark for the fourth time in five seasons. Crosby, on the other hand, is on the cusp of joining the exclusive club for the first time.
When Hull scored 50 goals over a 70-game schedule in 1961-62, he followed Maurice (Rocket) Richard and Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion as the just the third player in NHL history to hit the magic number.
The Golden Jet accomplished the feat three more times before a fourth member joined the club, then added a fifth 50-goal season to his resume in 1971-72. Hull also hit the mark four times with the Winnipeg Jets of the rival World Hockey Association, bringing his grand total to nine.
Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy share the NHL record with nine 50-goal campaigns apiece.
"My father, he would always ride my back and say, 'Oh, you'll never score 50,' and I thought to myself, 'I'll show that sucker I can score 50 goals,' " Hull recalled.
"Of course, the Rocket was legendary and you always tried to keep up with the Joneses, and I was certainly wanting to be as good as I could possibly be. I thought I could score 50. And when I did get close, I made sure I did it."
All eyes will be fixed on the NHL's current star attractions as they try to do just that once action resumes after the Olympic break.
Ask Hall-of-Famer Lanny McDonald about Ovechkin and it's not long until Crosby is part of the conversation, too.
"He is the total package -- both him and Sid," McDonald said. "They're great passers. They love to shoot the puck. They have tremendous confidence in their own abilities, and they're both as excited for their teammates when they score as they are for themselves."
Ovechkin, who has called goal-scoring "my specialty," is accustomed to being at the centre of the celebration. Crosby has been known more for his set-up skills, having finished second on the NHL's assists charts twice before showing more of a shoot-first mentality this winter.
On a road trip through Alberta last month, the Pens captain insisted he's just trying to become a better all-around player. The increased goal production is just part of it.
"I think I always want more. I want more goals. I want more assists," Crosby said in Calgary.
Ovechkin skated away with the goal-scoring title last season, finishing with 56 markers, 10 more than Philadelphia Flyers centre Jeff Carter.
By the time the Capitals superstar buried his 50th goal on March 20, the Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy had likely already been engraved.
Ovechkin and Crosby are not alone this year, though.
Five other sharpshooters -- Patrick Marleau, Marian Gaborik, Steven Stamkos, Dany Heatley and Ilya Kovalchuk -- have already eclipsed 30 tallies. They all have an outside shot at joining the NHL's exclusive 50-goal club.
After several near-misses as a Toronto Maple Leaf, McDonald finally hit the magical number with the Calgary Flames in 1982-83, when he finished second in the league with 66 markers.
As he can attest, there's times it feels like you simply can't be stopped.
"When you are a goal-scorer and you get on one of those rolls, you just believe every shift, every game, you're going to score," McDonald said. "At the end of the game, if you haven't scored, it kind of comes as a shock to you. It's like, 'What the heck just happened there?' That's when your confidence is just oozing. You just feel like you can beat a guy or beat a goalie when you least expect it, just because you're on that roll.
"It's pretty cool when you get on that kind of run. And your team feeds off that because, like you do, they believe you're probably going to score every game."
Now you know how the Penguins and Capitals feel.
Ovechkin has a habit of hanging his milestone pucks on the wall at his home. At this rate, Washington's wrecking ball might have to get the structure reinforced.
Ovechkin entered the Olympic break in familiar territory -- sitting atop the NHL's goal-scoring charts, despite missing eight games due to injuries or suspension.
He's already the two-time defending Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy winner as the NHL's most prolific marksman and, earlier this month, became just the ninth player in league history to record 500 points over his first five seasons.
With 42 goals, the fun-loving Russian is also on pace to hit the 50-goal mark for the fourth time.
As the Tim Hortons commercials so often remind us, Sidney Crosby has been scoring goals since before he was even tall enough to see over the boards.
Since arriving in the NHL, though, Sid the Kid has never scored at such an impressive clip.
The Penguins captain has already established a career-high for goals -- and he's got 20 more outings to pad those stats after the Olympic break.
Although he's accustomed to registering more assists, Crosby has three hat-tricks and four game-winners. He has scored his fair share of highlight-reel goals already, but he's also buried a few from baffling angles.
Perhaps that 'C' was slowing him down.
Since being replaced as the Sharks' captain in the off-season, the soft-spoken centre has been a letter of consistency.
Marleau scored twice in San Jose's season-opener at Colorado and has been lighting the red lamp with regularity ever since. He's already registered 10 multi-goal games and has tied his previous career-high with 38 tallies.
Skating with fellow rifleman Dany Heatley and set-up whiz Joe Thornton, Marleau benefits from the fact opposing defences can't afford to leave his linemates unattended.
"Playing with two high-profile guys helps," Marleau told the San Jose Mercury News.
"But getting that confidence right away and being able to keep it going has been a big help, too."
Not too many of Marleau's goals wind up on the weekly highlight shows, but as long as he's capitalizing on his chances, you won't hear the Sharks complaining.
Hockey fans wondered what would happened when Marian Gaborik escaped the confines of Minnesota's stifling defensive system.
Now you know.
Goals, goals, goals.
The slippery Slovak signed a lucrative free-agent pact with the New York Rangers in the off-season, leaving the Wild after eight injury-plagued seasons at Xcel Energy Center.
He's certainly excelling in the Big Apple.
Despite missing three games due to injuries, Gaborik is on pace to establish career-highs in goals and points. He has already potted a personal-best 13 powerplay markers.
It's hard to believe this guy was a healthy scratch just over a year ago.
That he's suddenly scoring in bunches? Hockey insiders saw that coming.
The same season Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin battled for the Calder Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year, Stamkos racked up 109 goals and 208 points in 72 games with the Midget AAA Markham (Ont.) Waxers.
Now in his sophomore season with the Bolts, who grabbed him first overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Stamkos isn't far behind Sid and Alex in the scoring race.
He's already scored 35 times and leads the league with 15 powerplay markers.
In January, he became just the sixth player in history to score 50 goals as a teenager -- joining Crosby, Ilya Kovalchuk, Rick Nash and Trevor Linden and Jaromir Jagr in that elite club.


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I need something that can cut down into a surface a fixed amount. Like a circular saw but tiny and precise. I've got a piece of 10mm ply on top of something else and I need to cut a piece from it without removing the whole lot.
There 's a tiny dremel saw attachment but I don't know if it has a depth stop. There is also the router jig for it but that wont go up to an internal edge.
Ideas? Does that make sense?


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I recently realized that the default wordpress commenting system lacked a few things:
- It wasn't user friendly and quick. Users had to type their name, email, etc. before submitting their comments.
- It was bland and not very interactive.
- It did not do much to attract more traffic to the site.
So I set out searching for alternatives and discovered a whole new world of commenting systems. There is intense debate (which has been around the longest), disqus, livefyre, facebook comments, among others. From the surface it looked like all of them provided similar functions. I thought I could decide based no other's experiences and reading the descriptions. There are several blogs that discuss this topic.
While they showed me what options I have, they did not help me with the final decision. I had to try them out. I recommend you to try them before you pick one. As it happened with me, you will find something you do not like which may not have been mentioned by others, which may influence your final decision.
Facebook Comments:
First I tried facebook comments. I used the Simple Facebook Connect plugin and I was really impressed.
- Once configured it is simple to use.
- Simple interface – visitors just click "Connect with Facebook" and type in their comments.
- Syncs easily with Facebook Fan page.
- Not very easy to setup. As a newbie to this, I had a tough time understanding facebook apps, configuring them, etc. I took me a few hours to get things working.
I liked facebook comments so much that I have it enabled on one of my blogs and is tightly integrated with the Facebook Fan page. This is setup is working great for my purposes. However, it did not fit this blog.
I see Disqus installed in several of the websites I commonly go to: Computer World, Bleacher Report, etc. I have also read that several other big websites have adopted them.
- Easy to setup – just open a Disqus account and install the wordpress plugin.
- Good interface with real-time updates.
- Provides several ways for the visitors to login (Livefyre, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, OpenID, etc.).
- Provides options to import/export comments.
- Mobile commenting looks and works well.
- Huge user base – about 35 million at the time of writing this.
- Several moderation options (more with paid memberships).
- Android app provides easy moderation of comments (a big plus for me).
- Relatively easy for visitors to comment. Registered users can long with one of the several ways and unregistered users can supply their name, email, etc. and submit their comments.
- Option to display login buttons with comment box.
- Deceptive practices (?) – I am not sure if this true but it definitely appeared that way to me. It would not allow me to delete a site. The "Delete Site" button appears on my settings page. But nothing happens when you click on it. Similarly, I could not delete my account. The "Delete Account" button does not work.
- Poor customer service – when I emailed them about the problem stated above no one responded. Deleted my account on the 2nd day but still no confirmation or response.
- Unless I am missing something, there is no option to sync comments with a Facebook Fan page. In fact, it is due to this reason that I decided not to use Disqus for my other blog.
- I could not permanently delete comments. Upon deleting a comment it went to the "Deleted" category but it stays there forever (unless I am doing something wrong).
- The interface may intimidate some people. But most of the visitors on this blog are tech savvy and are comfortable using complex commenting systems.
- The android app has bugs – some comments imported from wordpress had anonymous as the name and some had their avatars missing.
As you may notice, I decided to use Disqus for this blog. See below for my reasoning.
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Papa Doug's big wait
New convention hotel in Texas continues to face delay
Matt Potter 6:30 a.m., Nov. 22
San Diego's Charlotte Russe Holding, chain retailer of value fashion for younger women, reported today (Jan. 17) that its first quarter sales rose almost 14 percent, and its same-store sales, or sales in stores open at least a year, rose 1.5 percent. That's quite good, because most retailers are deep in the doldrums. The company said it would earn 55 or 56 cents a share in the quarter, up from a previous forecast of 47 cents to 50 cents. On a day in which stocks got hammered (the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 300 points), Charlotte Russe stock rose 21 cents to $14.56.
Is this good news for San Diego economically?
Will this mean a lot of good jobs in San Diego? (Or are their products made in communist Chinese sweat shops?)
Response to post #1: The company's headquarters are in SD and there are a number of stores in the area. But it is not a big employer locally. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #2: OK Don, so Charlotte Russe is headquartered in San Diego but they really don't really provide manufacturing jobs to San Diego X & Y gens who buy their products.
Next, since you didn't answer my question about their using Chinese communist sweatshops, I must assume they do because that's how "American Manufactering" is manufactured these days, and the next questions are on just how does Charlotte Russe really make their profits?:
Does Charlotte Russe add the usual 1000% magnitude markup to the costs of Chinese communist sweatshop manufacturing? (Remember that sweatshops and child labor exploitation are the reasons we have "Big Labor" in America, now that kind of thing is done in china where they can exclude American labor.)
How much of their profit comes at the expense of increased inflation in America, especially for X & Y gen customers they don't even employ to manufacture their products?
Isn't capitalist-communism great or what, or should it be called communist-capitalism?
Response to post #3: I don't know how much of Charlotte Russe products are made in China. This information is often available in SEC filings. I suggest you try to get a 10-K online and get that information. The ticker symbol is CHIC. If you can't find it, let me know. I doubt seriously that the clothing is made in the U.S. Very little is. But it doesn't have to be China. It may be Guatemala, etc. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #4: The frustrating thing beyond the hideous loss of opportunities and jobs for X & Y from exporting production is that inflation is already out of hand for clothing, etc. because of stock market expectations for quarterly report performance, etc.
I really don't think that consumers save so much money from "low cost" foreign manufacturing keep B.S.ing us with, the reality is that they just keep the labor costs down and they can keep their profits up by inflating prices to meet "expectations."
So we already have outrageous inflation in spite of the interest rates, and the government stats really don't reflect the degree of pain consumers are suffering by a long shot.
Response to post #4: Profits as a percentage of GDP are at an all-time high. Corporate CEO pay is close to 400 times the average employee pay -- up from about 90 in the early 1990s. Increasingly, the income and wealth are skewed to the supper 1/2 of 1 percent, but trickle down economics doesn't work. Best, Don Bauder
Response to above post: Pain and Suffering must be reaching an all-time high not seen since the Great Depression.
Corruption and incompetence of our elected local, state and federal politicians like Murphy, Sanders, Dumanis, Greer, Susan Davis, Duke Cunningham et al, must also be at an all-time high following in the traditions of Tammany Hall and Richard J. Daley machine politics.
So health, economy, education, jobs, environment, moral values, budget deficit and a never-ending number of Millennial generation problems are overwhelming them and America to the point where local, state and federal corruption and incompetence are destroying the American way of life as the ultimate legacy of Degenerations.
Meanwhile far too many blood sucking corporations like Charlotte Russe are sucking the life blood right out of their own customers with outrageous profits and exportation of jobs that are destroying what is left of the American economy.
Response to above post: pain and suffering are running high -- yes. Best, Don Bauder


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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 12:00:00 -0400
Edna wrote:
>Bravo for you John on the excellent translation of Latin.
>Again, kudos to you John.
illud iterum dicere potes. (You can say that again.)
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text: "No pet store puppies, get your animals from shelters" Zack Rosen says in this "Homotional Rescue" video. Rosen visits a New York City animal shelter with British singer-songwriter Neon Hitch and pleads with potential new pet owners during this holiday season that they don't discard their new dogs and cats and, if they are looking for a pet, to visit a shelter today. For more information on pet store puppies, visit the ASPCA's website. Watch the adorable dogs and cats below.


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In keeping with age-old RAF Regiment tradition, a road at RAF Honington - the Home of the Corps - has been named after their outgoing Commandant General, Air Commodore Russ La Forte.
At an unveiling ceremony held at RAF Honington today, the Air Commodore declared La Forte Lane officially named.
It has long been a tradition in the RAF Regiment for past Commandants of the Regiment Depot to have barrack blocks and buildings named after them and, for past Commandant Generals, roadways. It is also traditional that the road names reflect a degree of alliteration, hence previous road names include 'Abbotts Avenue', 'Drissell Drive' and 'Thorn Terrace', to name but a few. Fortunately, they haven't yet had a Commandant General whose name begins with a 'z'!
The Commandant General is the professional head of the RAF Regiment and Air Commodore La Forte passed the responsibility to Air Commodore Nick Bray in Dec 2011.
Serving in the RAF Regiment is becoming something of a tradition for the La Forte family. In December of last year Air Commodore La Forte was the Reviewing Officer for the graduation of the latest batch of Junior RAF Regiment Officers, one of whom was his son, Flying Officer Andrew La Forte, now serving with 34 Squadron RAF Regiment at RAF Leeming.
The Royal Air Force Regiment are the RAF's ground soldiers whose primary function is the protection of its airfields. The RAF Regiment are celebrating their 70th year and were established by Royal Warrant on 1st February 1942. Their motto is 'Per Ardua', translated as 'Through Adversity', and its insignia comprises crossed No.4 Lee Enfield rifles encircled by an astral crown.
Quote, Air Cdre La Forte - 'It has been the greatest privilege of my career to serve as the Commandant General of the RAF Regiment, a Corps in which I have served at both ends of the rank spectrum, having joined it in 1978 as a gunner. To have a road named after me at RAF Honington is of course a great honour. However, having served as Force Commander here at Honington and then Commandant General throughout a period of unprecedented operational tempo in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has been humbling to witness the professionalism, unswerving fighting spirit and sacrifice of all those members of the Corps in the frontline of ensuring the delivery of air power in defence of our Country. It is they for whom the greatest honours should be reserved; I salute them all.'


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Arrest made in double-murder at mobile home park
Police have released the name of the suspect booked on a double homicide at a mobile home park near Loop 101 and 35th Avenue.
Phoenix police have arrested Brandon Southerland, 37, on two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the double homicide that happened on Saturday afternoon.
Officers say they first responded to the home at about 4 p.m. after someone called 9-1-1 saying a man was hitting a woman.
Once on scene, police detained a man and discovered a woman on the ground severely injured and unresponsive, according to Sgt. Vince Lewis with the Phoenix Police Department.
Moments later, police found another man inside a nearby home. He was also severely injured, Lewis said.
Both the woman and the injured man were pronounced dead on scene. The man police detained was taken to the hospital for an unrelated medical issue.
On Sunday, police said they arrested Southerland and that he is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. They also say a knife was recovered at the scene.
Police will remain on scene investigating the cause of the altercation.


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OverviewThe West face of Huscaran South offers a tremendous variaty of ice climbing. The face is called "El Escudo" ("The Shield") for its peculiar triangular shape.
The longest line on the face has about 450 metres elevation gain. The nclination and difficulty on the face changes according with the inclination and nature of the ground. The leftmost line - by fare the most frequently climbed route - is over ice and neve with a slope of 45°-50° and starts at 5,900m, goes on an arête to get at about 6,250 on the top of the face. Lines further right gets steeper and on harder ice. On the left the face get as steep as 60-65° - a couple of pitchs at 70° - and the ice gets harder and more fractured.
On the "Shield" there are probably Huascaran's safest routes as there is nil risk of objective danger (avalanches, seracs' fall). On the other hand the routes are technical and require good proficiency with ice tools.
Getting ThereThe West face starts at about 5,800m and ends at 6,250m. Getting there is quite straightforward. Follows the normal route and once crossed the infamous "Canaleta" and passed a few enormous seracs leave the route on its right at about 5,900m just before getting to the camp 2. The arête of the shield is clearly visible at this point where there is a safe and convenient camping spot, the route starts at the base of the arête where it is possible normally to find a passage across the big berschrund that goes all the way long over the base of the face.
If your intention is to climb on a more direct line you need to cross the berschrund on the left side on the face and this very likely requires to leave the normal route at a lower altitude unless you don't want to cross the berschrund at 5900m and after traverse a long icy section at 50° or more (personally I don't like this kind of traverses). In July 2007, when we opened a new direct line starting from the right side of the base of the "Shield", the most convenient option was to camp in a safe place in the "Canaleta" at about 5650m, leave the normal route at about 5,700m (go high qnd right where the normal route is quite flat) and traverse the berschrund at about 5,800m.
Route DescriptionLetfmost route (arête) - Difficulty: D
This route is the line followed by 95% of the people climbing the West face. it is classified D+ on all climbing guides, we believe D is a more appropriate grade. The route is straight, over a safe, continous ridge with a slope of about 50°. There is nil objective danger, on the ridge you will find some ice but the ground is mainly good, compact nevé. The route starts at about 5,900m, head for the solid rocks marking the top of the face and once there follows the snow ridge that in 2-3 hours leads to the summit. Slope will decrease progressively and about one hour after the rocks you should be able again to walk. Descend by the normal route. There are about 4 hours to climb the arête, then 3 hours for the summit and from there 3 hours from back to your tent. Early start is essential (eg 2am) if you want to return back to your tent before sunset; times above are for a strong and competent party.
Rightmost route (direct, face route) - Difficulty: TD-
Michael Ybarra (USA) and Silvio Sparano (Italy) opened the route on July 2007. The route follows a direct, aesthetical line starting at 5,800m on the right side of the West face. Once the berschrund crossed, climb about 10-12 pitchs of ice and hard snow at about 60-65° (some short sections are steeper). The ice is hard and fractured at the beginning (clean the surface before placing your ice protections) and gets progressively nevé as long you climb higher. We did not find any "plastic ice" in opposition to the common belief of most of mountain guides in Huaraz.Descend by the normal route. There are about 7 hours to climb the face, then 3 hours for the summit and from there 4 hours from back to your tent (you will need to get lower than if you had climbed the arête). Early start is again essential (midnight); times above are for a strong and competent party.
Essential GearTwo technical ice-axes, 8 ice screws for a party of two, rope (60m), helmet and full glaciar crossing equipment and two snow-stakes (they might be useful on the descend tough there are very often anchors in situ).
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TAMPA -- In a stunning turnabout, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers abandoned plans Friday to hire Baltimore defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis as their new coach.
Director of Communications Reggie Roberts confirmed that talks between the team and Lewis' agent, Ray Anderson, broke off -- just 24 hours after the two sides appeared headed toward an agreement.
Anderson told CNNSI.com, which first reported the story, that Bucs GM Rich McKay told him the team's owners weren't comfortable with Lewis.
"Rich, with great reluctance and embarrassment, called to inform me of their decision," Anderson told the Web site. "Rich was, frankly, in a semi-state of shock that at this point they had determined that Marvin was someone they weren't willing to support."
Lewis issued a statement through the Ravens.
"There's no doubt that this is a setback for me and my family," Lewis said.
"I'm disappointed. Emotionally, it's difficult, but I'll rebound in a hurry. I have to. I feel badly for my family, the Ravens and all the families whose lives were put on hold while I waited for a decision.
"I believe I can and will be a successful NFL head coach. I especially appreciate the efforts Rich McKay made on my behalf. I also appreciate the time the Glazer family gave me in an interview last night."
The move comes three weeks after Bill Parcells turned down the job in a last-minute change of heart that left the Bucs scrambling to come up with a backup plan to find a successor to Tony Dungy, who was fired Jan. 14.
Lewis emerged as the prime candidate after Bucs general manager Rich McKay made an unsuccessful pitch to get Oakland's Jon Gruden.
Tampa Bay contacted the Raiders this week about the possibility of hiring Gruden, who has one year remaining on his contract. The Bucs offered draft picks and perhaps cash as compensation, but abandoned hope of making a trade because Oakland's asking price was too high.
Lewis, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey and former Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner interviewed for the Tampa Bay opening last week.
Turner dropped out of the running Monday, a day before accepting a position as the Miami Dolphins' offensive coordinator. Mularkey was told Thursday that the team intended to hire Lewis.
It's the third time that Lewis, architect of one of the NFL's most dominating defenses, has come up short in a bid to become a head coach. He interviewed for the Buffalo Bills job that went to Gregg Williams after the 2000 season and was a candidate for the Carolina Panthers opening filled by John Fox last month.
Lewis would have become just the third black head coach in the NFL.
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Louis Schoch was born in Sulzbach, Germany on June 14, 1870 and immigrated to America in March 1889. He was living near Ortonville, Minnesota in 1892, and moved to North Dakota in 1906.
Around 1910 he opened Schoch Palace Photo Studio at 509 Broadway. He is last found listed in Fargo in 1914. In 1918 a business gazetteer lists him as a photographer in Hunter, North Dakota.
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Mauer feeling better, but no return date set
Mauer feeling better, but no return date set
MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins catcher Joe Mauer, who is out with back spasms, worked out on the field and took batting practice in the cages before Saturday's game against the White Sox.
Mauer, though, was out of the lineup for a fifth straight game and said he's not quite ready to return, as he still feels the tightness in his back, especially when running.
"It was good I was out there, but it wasn't very close to what I need to do on a field," said Mauer, who visited a chiropractor to get his back adjusted. "But it's been getting better every day so hopefully that continues to stay the same."
Mauer said there's still no target date for his return but he'll join the team on its road trip to Cleveland and Detroit next week.
"If it keeps progressing like it has I'm still just day to day," Mauer said. "I'm not that far off. At least that's what the trainers told me."


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Tigers wrap up tennis season
The Morris Area tennis team completed the 2008 season in early October at the subsection individual and team tournaments held in Fargo.
Coach Jim Gillis had a large team with 28 participants. Of those, he will only lose three to graduation. The experience of seniors Sam Buro, Mishayla Schreifels, and Steph Noel will be missed in 2009.
Nxst season's captains, Tabby Sanderson and Rebekah Larsen, will lead a team ready to make more acomplishments.
"We will certainly miss the leadership of our senior co-captains, Sam Buro and Mishayla Schreifels," said Gillis. "Our other senior was Steph Noel who was part of our line-up until a season-ending injury forced her out. All three have been an important part of our program."
WCC South
"This was not a very successful day for Tiger tennis," said Gillis. "We had a few competitive sets, but were unable to sustain it throughout a match."
1st singles: Laura Paulson (Minnewaska) defeated Jenny Hennen 6-0, 6-2.
Consolation: Karley Weir (LQPV) defeated Hennen 10-4.
2nd singles: Catherine James (Benson) defeated Rebekah Larsen 6-0, 6-0.
Consolation: Colleen Morken (LQPV) defeated Larsen 10-1.
3rd singles: Carlee Willander (YME) defeated Rory Anderson 6-2, 3-0 (injury).
Consolation: Anderson did not play due to injury.
4th singles: Amelia Bergquist (YME) defeated Krista Matthews-Saugstad 6-4, 6-2.
Consolation: Ellen Stensrud (Minnewaska) defeated Matthews-Saugstad 10-1.
1st doubles: Faehnrich/Jenks (Minnewaska) defeated Sam Buro/Mishayla Schreifels 6-4, 6-0.
Consolation: Berget/Lipinski (Montevideo) defeated Buro/Schreifels 10-5.
2nd doubles: Peters/Hein (Montevideo) defeated Tabby Sanderson/Laura Lou Delehanty 6-4, 6-4.
Consolation: Thompson/Brehmer (LQPV) defeated Sanderson/Delehanty 10-6.
3rd doubles: Zaiser/Stensrud (LQPV) defeated Pam Sax/Renae Mullins 6-2, 6-2.
Consolation: Breen/Leighton (Benson) defeated Sax/Mullins 10-6.
Subsection Team Event
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West Central 6
Morris Area 1
"Sam and Mishayla played an excellent match, losing the first set and coming back to beat a team they had lost to twice earlier in the year," said Gillis.
This loss ended the season for the team.
1st singles: Mikayla Paulson defeated Hennen 6-0, 6-0.
2nd singles: Sarah Wagner defeated Delehanty 6-1, 6-4.
3rd singles: Nicole Anderson defeated Sanderson 6-4, 6-1.
4th singles: Kelly Haberer defeated Matthews-Saugstad 6-1, 6-7 (7-1)
1st doubles: Sam Buro/Mishayla Schreifels defeated Hope Krusemark/Emma Byrne 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
2nd doubles: Amanda Hanson/Becky Rauchbauer defeated Bekah Larsen/Rory Anderson 6-0, 6-1.
3rd doubles: Carly Gilbertson/Jasmyn Sutton defeated Pam Sax/Kelsey Schreifels 6-4, 6-2.
Individual Tournament
"We did not have any individuals advance to section play this year," said Gillis. "Sam and Mishayla continued to play well through the first round, and then ran into the first seed from Minnewaska who played very well."
Singles: Aundrea Johnson (Minnewaska) defeated Hennen 6-1, 6-0.
Sarah Wagner (West Central) defeated Larsen 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Sam Buro/Mishayla Schreifels defeated Anderson/ Hanson (West Central) 6-3, 6-1.
2nd Round: Paulson/ Pfeninger defeated Buro/Schreifels 6-0, 6-0.
Maus/Fagen (Osakis) defeated Sanderson/ Delehanty 6-0, 6-4.


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A TRUMPET-BLOWING dinosaur had a head for music before its first birthday, research has shown.
Scientists made the discovery after the complete fossil skeleton of one of the creature's offspring was found by a high school student in southern Utah, in the US.
The tube-crested dinosaur Parasaurolophus, which lived 75 million years ago, was a duck-billed plant eater famous for its strange headgear.
A long hollow bony tube on top of the animal's skull was used both as a trumpet to blast out sound, and as a visual display, experts believe.
Researchers studying the baby dinosaur, almost two metres long and nicknamed "Joe", found that at just one year old it already sported the beginnings of a crest.
The low bump would have given the creature an upper register voice, higher pitched than the calls of the adults.
"Our baby Parasaurolophus is barely one-quarter of adult size, but it had already started growing its crest," says Dr Andrew Farke, from the Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology in California.
"This is surprising, because related dinosaurs didn't sprout their ornamentation until they were at least half-grown. Parasaurolophus had to get an early start in order to form its unique headgear."
He added: "If adult Parasaurolophus had 'woofers', the babies had 'tweeters'. The short and small crest of baby 'Joe' shows that it may have had a much higher pitch to its call than did adults. Along with the visual differences, this might have helped animals living in the same area to figure out who was the big boss."
"Joe", the smallest and most complete Parasaurolophus fossil known, was discovered in 2009 by high school student Kevin Terris in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a vast conservation area in southern Utah.
He spotted what two professional paleontologists had missed days earlier as they walked within several feet of the exposed fossil bones.
"At first I was interested in seeing what the initial piece of bone sticking out of the rock was," said Kevin. "When we exposed the skull, I was ecstatic."
Although partial skulls and skeletons of Parasaurolophus adults have been studied for more than 90 years, scientists previously knew little about how the dinosaur grew up.
The new fossil, described in the online journal PeerJ, revealed that like other dinosaurs, Parasoaurolophus increased in size rapidly after hatching from the egg. "Joe" grew to a quarter of adult size in less than a year.
Digital 3D scans of the dinosaur are freely available online via the link www.dinosaurjoe.com.
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The start of the rainy season has special significance for those of us fascinated by the food-and-wine scene. And I'm not talking about the fact that we now have moisture falling from the sky, so can expect to be served water instead of having to play by the drought rules and request it. Rather this is a week in which a series of doors opens and closes. The umbrella door opens, and it's wise to carry those handy little objects with you into the restaurant of your choice, because you can't count on the valets to have the forethought to provide such shelter. The stone-crab door, along with Joe's Stone Crab, closes. The door to fresh seasonal produce opens. The door to tourists, for the most part (unless you count visitors from Boca as out-of-towners), closes.
At this point in the year I usually assess, along with the chances of a major hurricane hitting our shores, the restaurant season. I make note of who has managed to stay open. I make fun of who has closed. I generally show no mercy.
This year I can't really do that. Why? Because despite the imminent opening of Breez and Parallel in the Billboard Live! Building (see next week's column), many of the promised doors didn't bother with abracadabra, open sesame, blah blah blah. They simply never came into existence.
We can start with the obvious: Nobu and the Shore Club. Rumor has it that the Club now needs something in the arena of 50 million bucks to open, that there's an outlandish weekly payroll of half a million for employees who are running a hotel as mythical as the one in The Shining. But I'm kind of done picking on the poor place. After all, Nobu Matsuhisa himself was in town dining just a week or two ago -- at Shoji Sushi, where Shin Inoue, one of his former protégés, is master sushi chef. Ouch. And the fact is, though the Shore Club people think I've made them into a pet target (and they're probably not totally incorrect), they're not the only ones who should be feeling the sling of my newly sharpened chopsticks.
Got it, Sushi Samba? Cafeteria? Rumi? And lest we forget, AcQua? In short none of these restaurants, all of which vowed to wow us during season, even has come close to completing the pact. Rumi seems to be the one nearest to accomplishing its goal, because I see help-wanted ads for this eatery in the classifieds, but that's no guarantee (Rumi people, meet Shore Club folk). Sushi Samba on Lincoln Road has a phone number and that's about it. Projected to debut this past spring, the 7000-square-foot Cafeteria, sibling of the well-known Chelsea eatery, isn't yet listed in directory information. The AcQua project, located in the old Mezzanotte site and chaired by Tantra owner Tim Hogle, stalled so long ago it never even got out of the driveway.
Whatever anticipation I've felt at the projection of these eateries has dispersed with the speed of an afternoon thunderstorm. Whatever press I've allowed them -- and give them even now -- has been reduced to the proverbial rain in the desert. Useless prattle. Idle chat. And since I don't like to waste (or mince) words, that doesn't sit well at all. It makes me not want to even speculate, let alone salivate, about award-winning chef Andrea Curto, who recently left Wish and is hinting that she'll be running her own place come fall. (The on-the-quiet buzz also has it that her fiancé, Frank Randazzo, executive chef of the Gaucho Room, might be involved in the restaurant too, a collaboration of talent that I could really get behind. But just in case they can't, I don't want to get my hopes up.)
What to do but drown my sorrows? Even that becomes more difficult -- at least in choosing the medium -- because when the door to humidity opens, the door to the wine cellar closes: The wine reps stop coming to town. Fortunately they're still available to give advice, and as a collective unit, they want us to know that despite the coming heat, the days of big red wines and roses are not over.
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Indeed many of us who live in the subtropics believe that the rainy season marks the time when it's appropriate to switch from consuming room-temperature reds to sipping chilled whites. The wine magazines often further this myth, featuring sauvignon blancs and pinot grigios in their June and July issues. It's a general rule as outdated and inapplicable as not wearing white shoes before Memorial Day and after Labor Day.
So, while you may have to abandon plans to quench your thirst this summer with a sweating bottle of pinot grigio at the 24-hour Cafeteria, you can indulge in high-intensity, high-alcohol red wines even in the afternoon sun. Most Americans, notes Carmen Castorina of Frei Brothers Winery, "look for cold things in the summer. It's really the American tradition of drinking cold sweet drinks." But in Mediterranean cultures, notably Spain, no one stops drinking red wine during the summer. "Who's to say they're wrong? Look at the Bible. Long before man even thought of air conditioning, he was making wine. After all, Jesus didn't make chilled chardonnay," he wryly concludes.
Rick Garced, the corporate wine purchasing manager for Apollo Ship Chandlers, Inc., agrees wholeheartedly: "Reds in the summer can be very refreshing." But, he warns, "Big [red] wines, or wines with higher alcohol and with more tannic structure ... should be "cooled' to at least 60 to 62 degrees before serving. The big boys, Hermitage, Barolo, Aussie Shiraz, Chateauneuf du Pape [are] what I mean in wines that are full-bodied and contain high alcohol. Drinkable, yes, but in midafternoon high heat, [they] will tend to warm fast and develop a high alcohol finish to the wine -- and your brain."
Could be just the ticket for substance-friendly Miamians, actually. Lisa Somers, news editor of the Wine News Magazine, suggests adding a little more decadence to make those fruit-forward wines even more palatable. "If the structure and complexity of full-bodied cabernets, merlots, and zinfandels are what consumers crave, many will suck it up and drink those big reds poolside during hot, muggy South Florida summers. Cold accompaniments -- such as chilled blackberries, cherries, blueberries, even frozen bonbons or chocolate Fudgsicles -- could help die-hards cool off while enjoying big reds in the summer." Hear that sound? It's called a freezer door opening. So let it, both figuratively and literally, pour.


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The filing deadline for South Viet Nam's presidential elections came last week, and Nguyen Cao Ky's chances went. In what one U.S. embassy official described as "the most critical week of the election," President Nguyen Van Thieu managed to eliminate his Vice President from the October balloting. South Viet Nam's Supreme Court ruled provisionally that Ky was ineligible to run because he lacked a sufficient number of certified endorsements. If the Thieu-controlled court confirms that decision, as is virtually certain, there will be a two-man contest between Thieu and General Duong Van...
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Actor Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, who recently tied the knot, are said to be having problems in their married life. The couple reportedly fell out after Biel ordered the Friends with Benefit star to cut ties with his hard-partying bachelor friends, reported Showbizspy.
"Jessica and Justin are suffering from a bad case of post-wedding blues. And it's all because she wants him to dump most of his old friends. "All those guys enjoy weekend trips to Vegas, guys-only golf outings in exotic locales and picking up hot chicks at clubs. And Justin used to be a big part of it. Jessica told Justin, 'That's it! Choose your stupid friends or me'," a source said.
"He told Jessica he's not ditching his friends. And he added insult to injury when he added that he probably won't be ready to start a family for at least two years," the source added.
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Bollywood veteran actress Shabana Azmi met Hollywood actor Robert De Niro in the capitala and she enjoyed spending time with the 'charming' star. The actress, currently seen in TV show '24', posted a photograph with De Niro and her writer-lyricist-husband Javed Akhtar on Twiter this Tuesday.
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The Democratic-controlled Senate and the president are unlikely to go along with Republican plans to dismantle the federal health care law -- with one possible exception.
It's likely that a provision that requires businesses to report certain financial transactions to the IRS could be one of the first to go, and with it, $19 billion in funding for the health care overhaul.
Tom Schwieters, who has run a small automation and engineering firm in Eden Prairie for about 10 years, employs four full-time workers, including himself and his wife. He has no full-time bookkeeper and is worried that he may need one if the new rule goes into effect in 2012.
"It used to be pretty simple to do my books," he said. "I'm just concerned what the costs are going to be."
Under a provision in the health care law, Schwieters and anyone who operates a business, even a side business, will have to file special paperwork with the IRS. They'll have to file so-called 1099 forms for all goods and services they buy totaling $600 or more.
The new law would require Schwieters to file individual 1099s with nearly 300 vendors from whom he buys everything from gasoline to paper.
"It is a big deal for us," he said. "Every hour away that you take away from me focusing on my business, whether it's doing marketing, whether it's doing engineering, whether it's doing client development is an hour lost that we don't get back."
Schwieters said he already reports his business spending information to the IRS by deducting it as business expenses.
But requiring businesses to file the 1099s makes it easier for the federal government to track such transactions -- and catch tax evaders. The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates this increased vigilance would recoup $19 billion over 9 years.
Eric Toder co-director of the Urban Institute -Brookings Institute Tax Policy Center, said people are more likely to report income when they know a third party is also reporting that transaction to the IRS.
But Toder said Congress needs to strike a balance.
"There's always a trade-off when you do these things," Toder said. "If you have more information, you're going to have better compliance, but you're also putting more burdens on people and in this case more burdens on small businesses that have to report this."
The non-partisan Government Accountability Office said businesses will face additional costs to file the 1099s, but its hard to pin down the full cost. Voices from different sides of the political aisle have opposed it -- including President Barack Obama. Right after the November elections, Obama called it "too burdensome" on small businesses.
Minnesota Republican Rep. John Kline said right before Congress went into session the requirement had to go.
"It provides a perverse incentive to a business to say, 'Well, I'm just going to start doing business with fewer vendors.' Well, that's not what you're trying to do if you're trying to grow the economy and create jobs," he said.
While the repeal of this small part of the health care law is likely to sail through the House, the question is whether it would also pass the Democratically-controlled U.S. Senate.
Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar said it would. She and fellow Democrats Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Maria Cantwell of Washington wrote to the Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner recently.
The three senators said they're "confident the Senate can quickly act" to strike down the 1099 provision.
There's no word yet on how Congress would make up the $19 billion for the health care overhaul.


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ATLANTA - Authorities said Saturday they believe a University of Georgia graduate who disappeared during a hike in the North Georgia woods on New Year's Day is dead, and they charged the man who was reportedly last seen with her with kidnapping.
Union County Superior Court Judge David Barrett signed a warrant charging Gary Michael Hilton with kidnapping with bodily injury in the disappearance of Meredith Emerson, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead.
Authorities were serving the warrant on Hilton on Saturday evening. The warrant was issued "based on evidence recovered in various locations," Bankhead said. He did not elaborate.
Emerson, a Colorado native, graduated in 2005 from UGA, where she was national treasurer for the Delta Epsilon Iota honor society. She recently moved to Buford and worked at Progress Container and Display in Winder.
Several of her co-workers this week joined 100 volunteers who scoured the North Georgia mountains to find Emerson.
Bankhead said the search for the 24-year-old woman, who was hiking with her dog in the Chattahoochee National Forest, now is focused on finding her body.
"The search has changed from rescue to recovery, based on the evidence we've uncovered so far," Bankhead said.
Bankhead said he did not know if Hilton had an attorney.
Hilton already is in federal custody near Atlanta, held on a warrant for failure to appear in federal court for a charge of abandoning property in a national park.
The search continued into Saturday evening. Teams focused on a 5-square-mile area of rugged mountain territory about 90 miles north of Atlanta in the Chattahoochee National Forest, near where her car was discovered Wednesday, Bankhead said.
The search had been focused on Vogel State Park, at the base of Blood Mountain in the national forest, where Emerson was last seen on New Year's Day hiking with her black Labrador retriever, Ella.
Also on Saturday, authorities went to Forsyth County in the Atlanta suburbs, where Ella was found Friday at a grocery store, Bankhead said. Authorities identified Ella using her implanted microchip, Union County investigator Kimberly Verdone said.
Police picked up Hilton at a convenience store in the Atlanta area, Verdone said.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation declined to specify how investigators learned Hilton's name and other details about him.
Friends described Emerson as an experienced hiker who has a blue belt in martial arts. They said she was familiar with the trail near where her car was found, having jogged on it several times with a partner.
Vogel is one of Georgia's oldest and most popular state parks. The area includes a segment of the Appalachian Trail, the famous hiking route that stretches from Georgia to Maine.
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Radiologic Features of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
This study has been completed.
Asan Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: August 10, 2010
Last Update Posted: May 16, 2013
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Sung-Han Kim, Asan Medical Center
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is an opportunistic infection that primarily affects recipients of solid organ transplants (SOTs) and patients with chemotherapy- induced neutropenia.Although both of these populations are at high risk for IPA, they differ with regards to the specific defects in host defense mechanisms that increase their risk for IPA. Chemotherapy- induced neutropenia is the principal defect affecting patients with hematologic malignancies, whereas transplant recipients tend to have dysfunctional T cells and phagocytes, as a result of immunosuppressive drug therapy. Thus, the patterns of IPA-related infection and inflammation may differ according to the type of underlying immune defect. Although the clinical and radiological features of IPA in patients with neutropenia have been extensively studied, little is known about the characteristics of IPA in SOT recipients. The investigators therefore compared the IPA- related clinical and radiological findings in SOT recipients with those of neutropenic patients.
|Hematologic Disease Solid Organ Transplantation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|Retrospective Analysis of Radiologic Features of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Transplant Recipients and Neutropenic Patients.Transplant Recipients and Neutropenic Patients
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MedlinePlus related topics: Aspergillosis Blood DisordersU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Sung-Han Kim, Asan Medical Center:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
SOT recipients
solid organ transplant recipients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Hematologic disease
Hematologic disease patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Study Population
All adult patients who are diagnosed with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)between January 2008 and February 2010.
Inclusion Criteria:
- IPA cases with solid organ transplant recipients and hematologic disease patients
- proven and probable invasive pulmonary aspergillosis by modified EORTC/MSG criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
- under 16 years old
- possible cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01178177
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Sponsors and Collaborators
Asan Medical Center
|Study Chair:
|Sung-Han Kim, MD
|Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center
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Keywords provided by Sung-Han Kim, Asan Medical Center:
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Park SY, Lim C, Lee SO, Choi SH, Kim YS, Woo JH, Song JW, Kim MY, Chae EJ, Do KH, Song KS, Seo JB, Kim SH. Computed tomography findings in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in non-neutropenic transplant recipients and neutropenic patients, and their prognostic value. J Infect. 2011 Dec;63(6):447-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.08.007. Epub 2011 Aug 16.
|Responsible Party:
|Sung-Han Kim, Assistantant Professor, Asan Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01178177 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
IPA -HEM vs SOT-2010
|First Submitted:
|August 9, 2010
|First Posted:
|August 10, 2010
|Last Update Posted:
|May 16, 2013
|Last Verified:
|May 2013
Keywords provided by Sung-Han Kim, Asan Medical Center:
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Solid organ transplantation
Hematologic disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hematologic Diseases
Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Lung Diseases, Fungal
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Skin Diseases
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Invasive Fungal Infections


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As usual, the officiating was terrible. And as far as the Russians were concerned, it cost them a trip to today's gold-medal game of the world hockey championship.
"We had 14 minutes of penalties to kill in the first period," complained Russian forward Alexei Yashin, who contributed a goal and assist in yesterday's 4-3 loss to Team Canada in the semi-finals at Vienna.
Actually, it was 12 minutes, but the tenor of Yashin's complaint was valid.
"It's very tough," he said. "You can't give all those chances to power-play units like Canada has."
Alexander Ovechkin, the 19-year-old sensation who scored the third Russian goal, was even more blunt.
"We're very unlucky not to be playing in the final game," he said. "The referee gave more penalties to us, and Team Canada has a very good power play."
Finnish referee Hannu Henriksson handed out nine first-period penalties -- six to Russia and three to Canada. Sometimes a team deserves such an imbalance, but that was not the case yesterday. In fact, in the National Hockey League, the period probably would have been penalty free.
"We can say it forever," said Yashin, "but the calls have been made. But we wanted to get off to a good start, and you can't play (12) minutes on the penalty kill."
Former NHL stars Mats Naslund and Vyacheslav Fetisov were among six people inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame yesterday. Naslund and Fetisov were inducted as players along with German national team member Alois Schloder, former Soviet great Viktor Kuzkin and Jorgen Hviid, known as the father of Danish hockey, and referee Quido Adamec of the Czech Republic.


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MPs weigh value of aid to Palestinians
A Parliamentary committee looking into the amount of aid Britain sends to the Palestinian territories and other Middle East recipients, has concluded the first stage of its investigation.
The International Development select committee received written evidence from 40 organisations, charities and officials.
British taxpayers contribute hundreds of millions of pounds of aid to be distributed annually by the United Nations and other relief organisations working in the region.
Around £15.5 million is sent to the UNRWA project supporting Palestinian refugees, in addition to the Department for International Development financing the Palestinian Authority to the tune of £94m in the 2013-14 financial year.
The money goes towards education, poverty relief, governance, health provisions and wealth creation.
The select committee's inquiry is considering the "effectiveness" of that financial programme, and whether the department is "focusing on the right sectors and working with the right organisations".
It is also assessing whether the funding for the PA "aids the twin goals of state building and achieving a negotiated peace".
It will also look at the viability of funding projects run by joint Israeli-Palestinian groups, and the possibility of working with Mashav, Israel's agency for international development co-operation.
Documents published last week show the evidence provided by a range of groups from the left and right, from Israel and the Palestinian territories, and from across Britain.
Among those offering advice were Trade Union Friends of Israel, Rabbis for Human Rights, Shaare Zedek UK, Friends of Al-Aqsa and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Former Knesset member Einat Wilf said in her evidence that the British government's approach to aid was "preposterous", and favoured Palestinians over Israeli groups.
The select committee — under the chairmanship of Sir Malcolm Bruce MP — is expected to publish its findings later in the year.
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Why Dallas' 2-1 loss to Avalanche makes Stars long for realignment
Zombies On Ice was the featured attraction at American Airlines Center on Saturday afternoon.
Playing a day after a red-eye flight, the lifeless Stars sleepwalked their way to a 2-1 loss to Colorado. This was a "Life in the Pacific Division Special," full of misplays and mistakes by fuzzy-headed players.
The Stars' power play, always a challenge, failed in three chances. The Stars missed the net on a staggering 18 shots. The legs and the brains never got into gear.
"That's why we were so excited at one time when there was going to be realignment and now disappointed that there isn't," Stars captain Brenden Morrow said. "It's for games like that and a schedule like that.
"These are the tough ones. They take a toll."
The Stars played in Los Angeles on Thursday night, and their flight landed at about 5 a.m. Friday. In all sports, the consensus is the second day after an overnight flight is a mind-bender.
"It took us a while to get our legs under us," said coach Glen Gulutzan, whose club officially launched only one shot in the first period. "It was tough coming off the trip to get going.
"We didn't have our best stuff. You're not always going to have it. But we've got to find some ways to get points when we're not feeling great."
They came close. A goal by Vernon Fiddler, whose line was the best the Stars had throughout, tied the score less than six minutes into the third period. The Stars tossed away the chance with two mistakes typical of a physically and mentally tired team.
Mistake No. 1: About five minutes after the goal, forward Steve Ott took a hooking penalty in the offensive end.
The Stars complained about the call and how easily 232-pound defenseman Erik Johnson crumpled to the ice to sway the officials. The overriding fact was that Ott got into a difficult spot and picked up a penalty in the offensive end with less than 10 minutes remaining and the score tied. That ranks high on the scale of bad penalties.
"I can't be taking a penalty there," Ott said.
Mistake No. 2: Colorado needed only 13 seconds to convert the chance, a development that left the power-play challenged Stars standing in envy. As is his custom, Paul Stastny maneuvered in front of goalie Kari Lehtonen and deflected the puck past him.
Lehtonen blamed himself for being in bad position on the play. He should have been more aware of Stastny's presence and his penchant for heading to the front of the net. Lehtonen said he should have countered Stastny by coming farther out of his net.
"A mistake by me," Lehtonen said. "I feel like I should have played a little better. I made two mistakes, and that cost us."
Lehtonen made what he considered a bad strategic decision that led to Colorado's first goal, halfway through the opening period.
He played a puck behind the net even with Colorado putting pressure on him. Lehtonen could not make a play on the bouncing puck and was badly out of position when the Avalanche shuttled the puck to David Jones in front of a clear net for the score.
"I should have made our 'D' go get it," Lehtonen said. "They probably would have been hit, but at least it would have been in front of the net."
That would have been the clear-headed play. On this day, the Stars stayed in a travel-induced fog.


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LASIK has been around for over 20 years
Many people think LASIK is still a new medical procedure, but in fact, the first LASIK procedure was performed 23 years ago.
The LASIK procedure evolved from a combination of two older procedures: PRK (photo refractive keratectomy) and Keratomileusis. In 1990, Dr. Ioannis Pallikaris of Greece discovered that by combining these two techniques, one could achieve advanced precision and increased success rates, along with reduced risks and comfortable healing. He called the procedure LASIK, which stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis.
The development and subsequent approval of LASIK as a procedure has revolutionized refractive surgery. Today, tens of millions of people have had LASIK surgery worldwide. In Canada, approximately 90% of laser vision correction patients undergo LASIK, while 10% undergo PRK. Because of LASIK's benefits, it has become the "procedure of choice" for laser vision correction. Since LASIK was first performed in 1990, Canada has been an international leader in the development of technological breakthroughs and safety features, contributing to the adoption of LASIK as a procedure that provides excellent results and an outstanding record of safety. LASIK MD's surgeons were among the first in North America to use eye trackers, to perform Custom Wavefront treatments, to use "thin flap" microkeratomes, and to perform Topo-guided treatments.
Over the past 23 years, LASIK technology has proven to be reliable, safe and effective. There has truly never been a better time to have LASIK surgery.


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|On July 27, 1986, Queen performed the largest-ever stadium concert at the Nepstadion in Budapest, Hungary, in front of 80,000 ecstatic fans. The Concert was part of the famed Magic Tour, which was the last time the band toured with lead singer Freddie Mercury. Now, this original concert film has been remastered in high definition and features many of Queen's favorite tracks. With three years to go before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this was the first Western rock concert performed in a stadium behind the Iron Curtain. It was of such significance to the Hungarian authorities and film industry that a group of the country's top film cameramen and technicians were brought together to film it for posterity. Bonus feature: \"A Magic Year\", a 27-minute feature looking at Queen during this time period.


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Fruity whiff may inspire new mosquito repellents
Odors from ripening bananas can jam fruit flies' and mosquitoes' power to detect carbon dioxide
Fruit flies actually have a love-hate relationship with the smell of fruit. And a new insight into the chemistry of that attraction and repulsion could lead to novel repellents for other insects, researchers say.
Carbon dioxide is a known turn-off to fruit flies when it emanates from stressed peers. "Drosophila sniff CO2 and avoid it like crazy," says neurobiologist Anand Ray of the University of California, Riverside. But ripe fruit puffs out the gas and still attracts plenty of flies. In this case, compounds released by the fruit block the flies' CO2 receptors, Ray and Riverside colleague Stephanie Turner report online August 26 in Nature.


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Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida
landlord tenant disputes
Regarding Landlord Tenant Issues our criminal law handbook does not go into depth on this subject. Most of the time the tenants I deal with have been evicted, however they claim that they did not recieve and notice in the mail. I have even had a situation where the manager had a copy of the eviction signed by the judge, but the tentants claimed they never recieved the notice in the mail because they werent staying at the apt. I dont need to get very deep into this issue, but I would like some input on the eviction process maybe a little about how it works so I can solve some of these disputes .. it also carries over to whether or not i can persue criminaly in terms of trespassing the ex-tenatns .. how do i presume knowledge that the eviction? What about lock changing by the landlord before the eviction has been sent???
Seperate question relating to this subject:
What about living arrangements where one res would like another res to leave knowing that they live there?? if i assume that they have residency where in fss does it state that they do not have to leave the premises??
Thank you,
Officer D.--name removed--
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: landlord tenant disputes
Read Chapter 83 of the Florida Statutes.
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