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With the upcoming "Broken Promises" storyline, the TITANS are about to experience a time of change, and surprisingly the biggest change is coming to its leader Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke. With some insight into Slade and the TITANS' transformation, is series writer Eric Wallace.
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There are few better ways to start a workday than by posting a killer Action Comics cover. This one comes from the incredibly talented Kenneth Rocafort, whose issue #901 cover we showed off here a while back, and will be joining Paul Cornell to handle art duties on the series starting in ACTION COMICS #900.
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Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.
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John P. Cunha, DO, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Cunha's educational background includes a BS in Biology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a DO from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey.
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- What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
- What are the risk factors for COPD?
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A person should see their doctor if they experience any of the signs and symptoms of COPD and are members of a high-risk group for developing COPD, such as smokers.
In general, patients who notice an increasing shortness of breath that wasn't present recently, especially with any minor exertion, should make an appointment to see their doctor. Patients already diagnosed with COPD who notice an increase in symptoms should also see their doctor.
How is COPD diagnosed?
COPD is preliminarily diagnosed by a patient's breathing history, the history of tobacco smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and/or air pollutants, and/or a history of lung disease (for example, pneumonia) in a patient with COPD symptoms.
Chest X-rays or a CT scan of the chest may be done. Other tests such as an arterial blood gas or a pulse oximeter may be performed to look at the saturation level of oxygen. In addition, the patient may be sent to a lung specialist (pulmonologist) to determine their FEV1 level that is used by some physicians to stage COPD as described above.
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"Laboratory professionals guide clinicians throughout the process of diagnosis and clinical decision making, and play one of the most profound roles in care giving," Hicks added. "These professionals quietly generate sensitive, precise, and life-saving data everyday. We all depend upon a highly trained cadre of clinical lab professionals to carefully conduct an increasingly more sophisticated and delicate generation of clinical tests."
The vocation of the laboratory professional is to educate clinicians about the best and most accurate tests to perform for hundreds of different medical conditions. In fact, 70 percent of the objective information used in clinical decision-making comes from data collected in the clinical lab.
This year's Labs Are Vital initiative also will address issues specific to each of the regional members of IFCC, including those related to aging population of lab professionals and the workforce shortage.
About International Federation of Clinical Chemistry
The International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine is composed of 76 full member national societies of clinical chemistry representing more than 30,000 clinical chemists, 38 corporate members and five affiliate members. The IFCC strives to enhance the scientific level and quality of diagnostics and therapy for patients throughout the world. Further information can be found at http://www.ifcc.org
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On January 27th, 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the the Apple iPad and it would change the history of tablets and, consequently, the consumer electronics industry. With its thin design and its ability to let users read e-books, browse the web, watch movies, and play games, this all-in-one device, officially set the standard from which not only all tablets, but all mobile computing products, would be measured against.
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Bob McDonnell, former republican governor of Virginia, was accused of accepting over $175,000 in gifts and loans from businessman Jonnie Williams. Problems in his marriage to Maureen McDonnell escalated this July before their trial started.
According to The Wall Street Journal, McDonnell suspected that his wife had an emotional but not physical relationship with Williams. Because of this shocking discovery, he stated, "I just didn't have the emotional ability to go home and revisit things everyday with Maureen."
Hiding years of frustration in their 40-year marriage had finally proved too much for the couple. On August 23, the second day of McDonnell's trial, he told the journey of his deep sorrow, as reported by Politico: "Maybe this was the end of my marriage. Maybe we were done."
Both McDonnell's face 14 charges such as conspiracy and bribery. Although McDonnell admitted to accepting aid from Williams, he denied criminal activity. His argument to the defense was "I had no idea [Williams] would come into federal court and make false statements about me," according to ABC.
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15. Jeremy is Smarter Than You Think
April 17, 1853
Damon (12) Stefan (6) and Elizabeth (2) stood in the kitchen making cookies. Elizabeth happily rolled the dough into balls and placed them on the cookie sheet. There father walked in through the door and all three children ran to him.
"Father!!" They shouted.
"You are home!!" Damon and Stefan hugged him and Elizabeth ran around them trying to hug him.
"Hey!! Not funny guys!! I wanna hug too!!!!" Giuseppe let go of his sons and scooped up his daughter.
"Hello Elizabeth." She grinned at her father.
"Father, were making cookies for Mothers birthday tommarow!!"
"Thats fantastic! Now your mother will have the best birthday ever!!" Giuseppe spun Elizabeth around in the air. She shreeked then giggled when she was put down. Damon looked at his little siblings once there father left the room.
"Stef, Lizzie, do you guys want to taste the cookie dough?" The two little Salvatore siblings looked up at the eldest.
"Is it good?" Stefan asked. Damon nodded, a miscivious glint in his eyes. The three siblings each took a little and ate it.
"Mmmm...." Elizabeth smiled. "Its good." Stefan and Damon nodded and they all finished making the cookies.
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Jeremy and I stood in his kitchen, making dinner for us two, Stefan, and Elena, while they were at the grill.
"So Eliza do you belivie in vampires." I froze, and kept chopping letuce like it didn't face me.
"Well no.. not realy..." I said lamely.
"Really? Because I heared some pretty interesting things yesterday, when you butt dialed me." I metaly cursed my phone. You good for nothing piece of...
"Like.. what?"
"Oh nothing realy.. exept- ow!" He looked at his hand that he cut with the knife, then at me. He stuck it towards me.
"Get that away from me!"
"Why? You don't want some?" I felt my fangs come out. I hid my face.
"Stop it!" He held it closer.
"Come on, Elizabeth. I know your a vampire."
"No I'm not!!"
"Then show me your face!" I tried to calm down but it didn't work. So I pulled my hands from my face and faced him. He gasped.
"Ok, you got me. I'm a vampire. You can go run and scream now." Jeremy picked up a rag wiped the blood off his hand, and walked towards me. His fingers grased the veins on my face. My breath hitched and I leaned into his touch and moaned softly as my fangs went away.
"Why didn't you tell me? Why did you hide it?" My eyes shot open and I stared at him.
"Youre kidding, right?" He shook his head. "Why would I tell you Jeremy? What do you think I could of just gone up to you and said, Hey my name is Elizabeth and I'm a vampire! I never do that. No one EVER finds out. I never get to have friends for more then two years before they start noticing nothing about me is changeing! I don't get older! I'm stuck as a stupid 13 year old for life."
"I'm sorry." He said trying to hug me. I pushed back.
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Latest BRAC Facility Adds to Traffic Woes in Northern Virginia
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When the Defense Health Headquarters — which will bring all DOD military medical health care operations to one campus — opens in July, about 3,000 employees are expected to exacerbate existing traffic congestion in Fairfax County, Va.
Because the facility is located in leased space that already existed, however, the site was not required to meet many rules designed to lessen traffic impacts. As a result, residents believe the impacts on neighboring communities were not taken into account, reports wtop.com.
"It didn't trigger a lot of the things that would have engaged the county and the public the way other BRAC sites would have," Fairfax County BRAC Coordinator Laura Miller told the station.
"This should not have happened," said Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.).
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WASHINGTON >> Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, is leaving his post as the public face of the administration, stepping down after shifting from two decades of reporting to politics at the highest levels, President Barack Obama said Friday.
Obama, who announced Carney's departure, said Carney will be replaced by Carney's deputy, Josh Earnest.
Obama called Earnest a person of "sound judgment and great temperament."
Carney, who fielded questions from the press moments after Obama left the lectern, said the timing of his departure was uncertain.
"I haven't made any decisions yet," Carney said. "I'm excited by some of the possibilities. I'm sure you guys will be among the first to know after I've decided what to do."
"It's been an amazing experience. Just so fulfilling," Carney said.
Despite coming from the White House press corps himself, Carney developed a sometimes contentious relationship with the news media, who often pressed Carney to say more than he was willing to about the president's policies and decision-making.
Earnest, who has worked for Obama since his first campaign in 2008, was the obvious choice to replace Carney. He has stood in for Carney at times in the briefing room, and Carney said Earnest will go to Europe with the president next week.


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Letter: Limiting factor
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I am really appreciative of our chief elections officer's enlightening analysis on June 22 concerning our voter list.
The 90-day limit law is blocking our chances of ensuring a fair and reliable election.
I believe the federal government and Department of Justice are responsible for this procrastination. The refusal to release the database of information for updating, and the manipulations of our voter rolls is scandalous! The voter process itself and office work involved should be nonpartisan. Obviously it is not.
In addition to this, the very term "purge" suggests pogroms and genocide. I notice our Florida Secretary of State didn't use it.
Purge suggests a group of people who are being victimized. Whereas the protesters and their supporters have been quoting the 90-day limit law to be able to break a second law — a vote to which they are not entitled!
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My heart hurts today.
I lost a friend of nearly 19 years tonight. It's difficult to be home bound, and having a source of such great joy and love around to ease the loneliness, to hug when the pain seems too great, provides a comfort that little can match.
I could go on and on about what made him special, like most any pet lover can do. Instead, i'll tell you that I suffered a great deal last week, and he was right there with me. I would wake up with him lying down my chest with his face staring at me, often followed by an attempt to bathe my head, cat-style; or he would be jammed up against me in my arm, gently tugging at my cheek to encourage me to scratch his head. Not unusual in a cat, but for him to be there all week long helped make me feel that I just might be okay.
Yesterday, I was feeling much better. My friend, on the other hand, still wanted to be held and particularly to zonk out on his favorite spot on my left shoulder all the time, then showed no interest in treats or people food. Later, he would go off and just lay in the coolness by his water bowl – typical of kitties running out of time. We brought him back in here and I held him on his favorite spot until I could tell his time was near.
I pulled him up on my chest on his favorite blanket and held him, looking into his face during his own twilight. He could barely move to put his front paws on my face like he had so many times, with his heart and breathing racing. With a few head scritches we had traded the last moments of pure love that only a wonderful pet can share. His little heart had poured out enough love for everyone that had ever set foot in this house and he had given me me all I could use and more.
My friend's name was "Buddy," an ordinary dark tabby cat with an out-sized heart, and we loved him very much.
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The ponytail – it's classic. It's the one style that is simple enough for even the most hair handicapped woman to tame and there are more versions of the 'do than there are covers of The Beatles' track Yesterday. Just when we thought we had done them all (hello, we even know how to lengthen our ponytail without extensions), a variation comes along that is chic, quick and only requires a bobby pin or two to hold in place. Yes, that's right, the knotted ponytail is a brilliant twist on the classic pony that you'll want to be tied up in for years. If you want to get knotty (get your mind out of the gutter!), follow these steps…
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The fracking boom has made its way to California. Companies are already fracking in at least six counties and they're poised to expand operations.
Fracking involves blasting millions of gallons of water, along with sand and toxic chemicals, deep into the earth to break up rocks and extract oil and gas. Amid growing contamination concerns nationally, state legislatures in New York, New Jersey and Vermont have enacted bans or moratoriums.
California officials have seemed unconcerned. The Department of Conservation's oil and gas division has acknowledged that it does not even monitor, let alone regulate, fracking.
Yes, that's right: California regulators have no idea when, where or in how many wells fracking is occurring in the state – or even what chemicals are used in the process. It is, of course, impossible to protect the public from fracking risks in the absence of such basic information.
Transparency is a critical first step. State officials and the public need to know where and when companies are fracking, how much water is being used, what chemicals are being employed and how contaminated water is being disposed of. And the industry needs to disclose this basic information before a project begins – not after the damage is done.
However, as currently drafted, the only state fracking law currently in the works, AB 591, would allow the oil and gas industry to withhold critical information – including what chemicals are used and where fracking is occurring – simply by claiming the information constitutes a "trade secret." Moreover, the bill requires disclosure only after fracking operations are completed, making it impossible to determine ahead of time whether the operation is safe.
Actual regulation is also critical. Both lawmakers and state regulators need to make protection of the state's drinking water, aquifers and lakes from contamination a top priority.
Fracking requires an enormous amount of water – as much as 5 million gallons per well. It also routinely employs chemicals like methanol, lead, arsenic, chromium-6 and benzene. The evidence is quickly mounting throughout the country that chemicals like these are making their way into aquifers and drinking water.
Fracking also threatens California's wildlife. Endangered species such as the California condor, San Joaquin kit fox and blunt-nosed leopard lizard live in places where fracking will likely proliferate. These already-imperiled animals can be killed or harmed in many ways by fracking and the industrial development that accompanies it.
In the end, it may be wiser for our lawmakers to follow the lead of other states and ban fracking. There just isn't a compelling reason to aid and abet this dangerous, polluting industry. Speak up now and let them know you don't think anyone should be fracking with California, and learn more at the Center for Biological Diversity's California Fracking campaign page.
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I am an Indian who visits the US sometimes. I love the state of California. Please do not mess with it and spoil this beautiful state
It might help to get someone to look into the possibility of substituting CO2 for H2O in fracking fluid. Both water and CO2 can be used in Enhanced Oil Recovery, which is related to fracking. CO2 is something we wish we could round up and store someplace safely out of harm's way. Water is something we wish we had a lot more of in good clean condition enough to drink.
@ Geoff W. It is NOT alarmist to question the activities of companies involved fracking nor is it credible to suggest that if one is not advocating a ban on all dirty fossil fuels then you have no business opposing fracking. That is a disingenuous argument. There appears to be enough credible evidence of the risk to the environment and general welfare of humans to NOT be minimal for some states to regulate or even ban it. The question right now is why there is no regulatory accountability in place to assure compliance w/ existing environmental and safety standards. Why would practically all other activities that could potentially impact the environment be regulated but not fracking? I need a permit to put up solar panels but I'm less concerned with gov't intrusion into my life than I am about unregulated business intrusion. Sure counties short on cash might happily accept permit fees for drilling and be unconcerned about the possible effects but don't you believe that if there is even a minimal risk to our health that we should be informed of that risk? I suppose you believe we should just accept the bland assurances of corporate interests. Given what we know about their propensity for distortion and deception, I think not.
Of all states I think they woule be a little more proactive but I guess not? what a shame.
One can only wish.
I cannot believe that the state of California with the instability of its grounds due to earthquakes would allow fracking anywhere near it's borders. Where are the individuals in charge of protecting the people of that state for God's sake? Are they all on vacation or butt deep in the pockets of those doing the fracking? It all boils down to GREED these days and there's a lot of money to be made in fracking so everyone is queuing up to line their pockets while the getting is good. When the whole darn state falls into the Pacific Ocean from the fractures, I hope there's one person left to say "I told you so!"
FREAKING FRACKING for billions of dollars that won't help the avg JOE/JOSEPHINE!
FREAKING FRACKING for billions of dollars that won't help the avg JOE/JOSEPHINE!
hope there is a big quake and it swallows all oil companies who are fracking.
Well no surprise that the CA government is actively serving/paid off to allow fracking, which poisons ground water. The power and corruption of the oil/coal industries, and the fact that THEY control the government is becoming clear too many Californians. Many in the goverment will soon find themselves 'fracked' right out on their arses, for the corruption,no indication of serving the people, much less their best interests
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RECENT developments in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) controversy do give us the impression that the judicial process is finally moving.
The Office of the Ombudsman is winding down its study of the plunder and other graft-related raps filed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in relation to the P10 billion PDAF scam.
It announced last Tuesday that it has found probable cause to file with the Sandiganbayan plunder cases against Sens. Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr. Also included in the plunder raps are Napoles and officials of government and non-government organizations.
That's a shorter list of respondents in the plunder cases than the one in the NBI complaint. Those who are out of the list, though, will still be included in graft charges the Ombudsman will file against other personalities linked to the scam.
The Ombudsman announcement was made some two hours after the Senate blue ribbon committee, through Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, told reporters that the body has recommended the filing of plunder charges against the three senators and Napoles. The committee had conducted a parallel probe into the PDAF scam.
But public reception of the two announcements have not been upbeat as expected but is more like the feeling of someone seeing her date arrive after hours of being late. It's more of relief than elation.
And even that relief has been doused with cold water by the realization that our judicial system provides the accused with many remedies—or call it delaying moves—before the cases could be lodged with the Sandiganbayan or before the anti-graft court could act on these cases and issue warrants of arrest.
This means, in the PDAF scam, more weeks or months of waiting for the Filipino taxpayers who are monitoring the progress of the case.
This is part of due process, of course, although the slow rolling of the judicial wheel in this country has made more effective the use of "due process" measures by respondents, especially the moneyed big fishes, to stall the movement of their cases.
With the courts, including the High Tribunal, swamped with cases, the resolution of every motion takes weeks, even months. The waiting is tiring for those seeking justice—-and is fodder for the thinking that our judicial system is wretched.
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How to Paint or Resurface Wall PanelingBy: Julie Day
Dark wood wall paneling sure had its heyday, and it surely is over! Wall paneling can be tricky to update, and whether you can resurface it by filling in the grooves depends on if your paneling is solid wood or plywood.
Here are some tips and suggestions for how to update wall paneling in your home.
Solid Wood PanelingIf your paneling is solid wood made from individual, tongue-and-groove or V-groove boards, don't try filling in the grooves, since it will tend to crack and fall out as the wood shrinks and expands with the seasons.
To give solid wood paneling a new look, either lightly sand and paint the wood or remove the boards and replace with drywall. If the paneling is knotty pine, be sure to use a stain blocking, oil or shellac based primer to help prevent the resin in the wood from bleeding through the paint.
Plywood Paneling
If the paneling is the thin plywood variety that was popular in the 1970s, you have a few more options:
Painting Plywood Paneling
You'd be surprised how far a nice, light paint color can go in updating the look of wall paneling. If your paneling flexes or gives when you push on it, painting is probably your only solution, since filling the grooves will tend to pop loose over time.
To paint plywood paneling:
- Step #1. Sand Paneling: Most plywood paneling has a slick finish that prevents paint from adhering well. So before you start, sand the entire surface with medium (120 grit) sandpaper to remove the gloss.
- Step #2: Prime Paneling: Next, apply a high quality primer and allow it to dry. If there are any problems with the primer not sticking, resand and correct it now, because it'll only get worse!
- Step #3: Paint Paneling: Finally, apply at least two coats of latex wall paint. The finished wall will still have grooves, but they will be much less noticeable, and the overall look will be dramatically improved.
Resurfacing Plywood Paneling
If the plywood paneling is rigid and doesn't flex when you push on it, you may be able to fill in the grooves with drywall joint compound before painting to give a smooth surface.
Follow these steps to resurface plywood paneling:
- Step #1: Sand Paneling: Start by sanding the surface with medium (120 grit) sandpaper to remove the glossy finish.
- Step #2: Prime Paneling: Next, apply an even coat of primer to give a uniform surface for the filler to stick to.
- Step #3: Fill Grooves: After the primer dries, fill in the grooves in the paneling with standard drywall joint compound. Use a putty knife to apply a thin layer of joint compound in the cracks. Don't use spackling compound, which isn't durable enough, or caulk, which won't sand smooth.
- Step #4: Additional Coats: Allow the joint compound to dry and shrink overnight before applying each additional coat. Continue applying the compound in thin layers until the cracks are completely filled.
- Step #5: Sand Paneling: Once the joint compound has dried, sand the surface smooth with medium grit sandpaper.
- Step #6: Prime Paneling: Apply a coat of latex wall primer to keep the joint compound from showing through.
- Step #7: Paint Paneling: At long last you're ready to roll two coats of high quality, latex wall paint on the paneling!
Go Light with the Putty Knife!
Resist the urge to slather on the joint compound to try to save time. Not only will it crack and look awful, but the wet putty will soak into your paneling, causing it to permanently swell and warp.
Removing or Covering Over Paneling
If you've come to the conclusion that all that filling and sanding is a lot of work, you may want to skip redoing the paneling in favor of a permanent fix.
If the moldings and trim are installed over the paneling, as is usually the case, start by removing them. Use a hammer and flat pry bar to take off any quarter round, baseboards, crown molding, chair rail, or door and window casings. Mark where each molding came from on the back, and save them for reuse later.
- Option #1: Rehab Old Wall: If the wall has plaster or drywall behind the paneling and the paneling wasn't glued to the wall surface, you may be able to remove the paneling and rehab the old wall surface using drywall joint compound. Before filling nail holes in drywall with joint compound, dent the surface around the nail hole slightly using a hammer with a rounded head or a special drywall hammer, so the joint compound will adhere and sand smooth. Removing the paneling will cause some of the moldings to be a bit short, so you'll need to either add to the existing moldings or replace them.
- Option #2: Cover Over Paneling: Alternatively, you can install a layer of 1/4" drywall directly over the paneling, making sure to nail or screw the drywall into the wall studs. Next, tape and fill the seams and nail or screw heads as you would any drywall job. This may sound difficult, but compared to filling and sanding several hundred paneling grooves, a few drywall seams don't seem so labor intensive! Covering the paneling will cause the wall to be thicker, so some of the moldings will to need to be trimmed, and the casings around doors and windows may need shimming to cover any gaps.
Further Information
- How to Paint Paneling (video)
- Whether to Use a Brush or Roller When Painting Paneling (article)
- How to Cut and Hang Drywall (article)
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trista Says:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:09 am
Could u buy the paint and primer mixed? Would it work the same?
Trena Says:
November 8th, 2013 at 9:46 am
I'm moving into an older home and the walls have wallpaper over paneling. You can see the wallpaper peeling up at the edges all over the house and it really looks nasty. I would like to fix it some how but not quite sure where to start. The wallpaper has a raised up design on it also. I paint for a living but this looks like a huge undertaking. Please help!
Natasha Reed Says:
November 12th, 2014 at 3:49 pm
I am moving into an older trailer, that was taken care of, but I want to cover the paneling with dry wall, my question is the weather is rainy, will there problem with moisture behind the drywall?
jason Says:
November 19th, 2014 at 8:33 pm
Sheetrock it, u get a better finished product and its same labor
Bonnie Says:
January 18th, 2015 at 7:40 am
I have mobile home that in bathroom put up dry wall ceiling. There are gaps around perimeter. Can I fill with joint compound? Walls are good quality paneling.
linda bruner Says:
April 16th, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Same question as trena nov. 8, 2013. Got the wallpaper off and the backing of the wallpaper off. Now there are places on the panelled walls that have a mixture of tongue and groove fill, possible compound to smooth out the uneven areas in the walls, patchy areas of paneling showing and some kind of thicker paper possibly used to also smooth out areas of the walls or to help the wallpaper look smoother or stick better. After sanding in areas and applying TSP, can I just put thin coat of compound on the entire area, sand down for smoothness, prime and paint? I have experience with taping, using joint compound, spackling, texturing, priming and painting. Thanks for your time.
Millie Says:
April 23rd, 2015 at 8:55 am
How do I paint knotty, birch wood paneling. Do I follow the same direction for the imitation wood paneling?
yvette Says:
July 10th, 2015 at 11:43 pm
I'm renting a room that has wood floors. Can I use outside porch paint to paint my bedroom floor? Its old wood floor that already been painted dark brown.
Thanks for your help
Terry Cimino Says:
August 14th, 2015 at 8:35 pm
My husband and I have lived in Florida for 10 years. We are both from New England. I'm tired of all this "light paneling in my mobile home (as a matter of fact, EVERY HOME is the same in this park. I'd like to make it a little darker and still have the wood grain texture. How can I do this?
Eva Says:
August 26th, 2015 at 8:50 pm
The house we bought is about 40 years old. Will the solid pine paneling still bleed through painting after all these years? Not dry enough now?
Mary Brown Says:
September 7th, 2015 at 2:17 pm
Cimino, use the glaze (test first) that comes with the faux coating. Should work. Get a small panel from your local Home improvement store for practice.
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Making Waves: Ultrasound Use Increases in Medical Education
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Steven Clarkson, a fourth-year medical student at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, grasps the probe from a hand-held ultrasound device and moves it over a child's chest. Immediately, he sees an image appear on the ultrasound's screen, which he turns to show the waiting family. To their amazement, and to the child's excitement, they watch a heart beat in real time.
With rapid advancements in ultrasound technology, such scenarios as this are becoming more commonplace, as a handful of the nation's medical schools make ultrasound training a standard part of the curriculum. And there is a push to encourage more schools to use ultrasound.
The Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education (SUSME) recently partnered with the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine to launch "2013: The Year of the Ultrasound," a campaign to promote widespread integration of ultrasound into medical school and continuing medical education curricula.
South Carolina is one of the first schools to implement a four-year interdisciplinary ultrasound curriculum. The program started in 2006 and is based on a training model for emergency medical workers. First- and second-year students learn how to read scans during lectures and lab sessions and through Web-based learning modules. In the third and fourth years, students use hand-held ultrasound devices to examine their first patients.
Richard Hoppmann, M.D., dean at South Carolina who also helped form SUSME, considers hand-held ultrasound devices the "stethoscopes of the 21st century."
"The technology is already here. What is lagging behind is the health care workforce who is knowledgeable and skilled in the appropriate use of these devices," said Hoppmann, who stressed the importance of proper training.
"It is essential that academia ensure that these advances in ultrasound technology be used in the best interest and safety of the patients. Users must be trained to know when and how to use devices as well as the limitations of the technology," said Hoppmann.
Unlike their expensive, cumbersome predecessors, today's ultrasound devices are less expensive, smaller, and capable of producing 3-D, high-resolution digital images that can be paused and replayed. This portability allows doctors to perform bedside exams to detect acute emergencies such as internal bleeding, collapsed lungs, and intestinal obstructions. Ultrasound can be used to guide catheters with more accuracy, decreasing patient discomfort and saving time for staff. In addition, ultrasound is safer than other types of imaging because it does not emit potentially harmful radiation.
Clarkson said the experience of using ultrasound in the classroom has improved his understanding of anatomy and pathology. "It makes it exponentially easier to see real things, happening to real patients in real time. You are better able to identify something if you have seen it before."
He added that seeing things in real time has a powerful effect on patients. Clarkson recalled one patient who, after viewing fluid buildup impairing his heart and kidneys on an ultrasound, realized he needed to improve his diet and take his medication.
"Patients have responded positively, because they can see how their lifestyle choices can have an impact on their health," Clarkson said.
Like South Carolina, the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine (UC Irvine), offers a four-year fully integrated ultrasound curriculum—the only one of its kind in California. What started in 2003 as a fourth-year elective in emergency ultrasound has expanded across the entire continuum.
Students at UC Irvine have shown an extracurricular interest, organizing an Ultrasound in Medical Education Interest Group with guest lecturers and hands-on sessions. Last May the group hosted UltraFest 2012, a symposium where more than 200 students from neighboring medical schools gathered to get hands-on experience with ultrasound devices. Students participated in workshops to see how ultrasound can apply to emergency medicine, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, anesthesia, and cardiology.
Kiah Bertaglio, a third-year medical student at UC Irvine, helped arrange the event. "The response was overwhelming and shows how important tomorrow's doctors and health care workers see portable ultrasound becoming. It provided an incredible opportunity for students to learn and improve bedside ultrasound skills in multiple fields," she said.
Clarkson reported a similar enthusiasm when students from other schools visited South Carolina and saw how students there were using the devices.
"It really made me see how cutting-edge our program is. Even if ultrasound doesn't become a standard of care—though I'm pretty sure it will—I think there are still many distinct uses for it, and I know that I will be a better resident and physician because I had the training," Clarkson said.
This year, Mount Sinai School of Medicine launched a program that will give first-year students access to pocketsized ultrasound devices to practice imaging on each other, so they can identify and assess the health of organs, blood vessels, bones, muscles, and tendons.
Jagat Narula, M.D., director of cardiovascular imaging at Mount Sinai, is a staunch supporter of expanding programs such as this one.
"Today's students will latch on to technology better than past generations. I want to introduce ultrasound to students on the first day and incorporate it throughout their education, so that it will eventually become second nature to them and they will be able to use imaging in their careers," Narula said.
Efforts to reach this goal are picking up at medical schools and teaching hospitals. The emergency medicine department at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, East Virginia Medical School, and Wayne State University School of Medicine are incorporating ultrasound residency programs and fellowships. If this trend continues, Hoppmann predicts the technology could become a core competency that will enhance patient care across the board.


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The members of the University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct (UWC) are listed below. Any current or former member of the Yale community may ask questions about procedures, request advice (including whether certain behavior constitutes sexual misconduct), or seek resolution of an informal complaint by approaching a member of the UWC. Any matter brought formally before the UWC will be heard by a panel of five UWC members.
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Summary: Microsoft software development engineer, Rajesh Ravindranath, uses Windows PowerShell to solve 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 3 and query from all Windows Event Logs.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our expert commentator for today is Rajesh B. Ravindranath, who will be solving the Windows PowerShell 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 3.
Rajesh is a software development engineer at Microsoft where he works with the Remote Desktop Virtualization (RDV) team. He mainly focuses on management aspects of Remote Desktop Services. He was with the team that implemented Remote Desktop Services management through Windows PowerShell. He has authored Windows PowerShell scripts to ease the management of Remote Desktop Services. For information related to Remote Desktop Services management through Windows PowerShell, visit the Remote Desktop Services Team Blog.
Rajesh is a software development engineer at Microsoft where he works with the Remote Desktop Virtualization (RDV) team. He mainly focuses on management aspects of Remote Desktop Services. He was with the team that implemented Remote Desktop Services management through Windows PowerShell. He has authored Windows PowerShell scripts to ease the management of Remote Desktop Services. For information related to Remote Desktop Services management through Windows PowerShell, visit the Remote Desktop Services Team Blog.
This event monitoring scenario requires that the script query for the latest event that occurred on the same day that the script was executed from each of the enabled logs.
In this solution, we will take the computer name as input along with filters for event ID and severity. To simplify the way admin can specify the computer name, the script can be enabled to support the wildcard character (*) for the computer name. All the computers with a name that matches the input will be queried for the events that match the specified criteria of ID and severity.
With this, the script authoring can be split into two tasks:
1. Query the Active Directory (AD) directory service and resolve the computer names.
2. Query the local or remote computer for events with the specified ID and severity.
To query AD, we use the System.DirectoryServices library of .NET. This provides easy access to Active Directory Domain Services from managed code, hence from Windows PowerShell. To start, we construct an LDAP query for all computer objects that match the given pattern.
$filter = "(&(objectCategory=Computer)(name=$ComputerName))"
Then we query AD by using System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher. We specify the location, domain root in our case, and the query constructed earlier.
$dom = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()
$root = [ADSI]"GC://$($dom.Name)"
$searcher = new-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher($root, $filter)
The list returned contains the computer objects with names that match the specified pattern, from which we extract the names of computers.
$searcher.FindAll() | Foreach-Object {$computer = $_.Properties; $computer.name}
When we have the computer name, we query the remote machine for events. We use the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Get-WinEvent for this. First, we query for the list of logs that are enabled by using the Get-WinEvent command with switch parameter ListLog and filtering the list if the log is enabled—the IsEnabled property is set to True. We use the parameter ComputerName to query the same on a remote computer.
$enabledLogs = Get-WinEvent -ListLog * -ComputerName $ComputerName |
Where-Object {$_.IsEnabled} | ForEach-Object {$_.LogName}
After we have the list of log names that are enabled, we query for the list of events with the same cmdlet, Get-WinEvent. We construct a hash table with following Key and Value pairs:
An entry from the list of enabled logs.
Event IDs to be filtered on, only if specified as input to script.
Severity level to be filtered on, only if specified as input to script. The severity level is converted into integer to be able to use with filter hash table.
$filter = @{}
if (${script:Id}) { $filter['ID'] = ${script:Id} }
if (${script:Severity}) { $filter['Level'] = (${script:Severity} | %{$_.Value__})}
foreach ($logName in $enabledLogs)
$filter['LogName'] = $logName
This hash table is specified as value to the parameter FilterHashTable, and we query for only one event. This is done by specifying MaxEvents as 1. By default Get-WinEvent returns only the latest event. If this latest event occurred on the same day on which the script was run, we write it to the output stream.
foreach ($logName in $enabledLogs)
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable $filter -MaxEvents 1 -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object {$_.TimeCreated.Date -eq [DateTime]::Today}
Here is the complete script:
Gets today's latest event from enabled event logs.
This script gets the latest event for today from each of the enabled logs. You can specify a computer name to fetch the events from remote computer. The wildcard '*' is supported for computer name.
The events can be filtered in ID or the severity level.
NOTE: For the script to get events from remote computers the firewall exception for 'Remote Event Log Management (RPC)' has to be enabled on remote computers and the user should have privileges to query the event logs.
.Parameter ComputerName
The name of one or more remote computers to query. Wildcards are permitted.
PS C:\> .\Get-LatestEvent.ps1
Gets today's latest event from enabled event logs on the local machine.
PS C:\> .\Get-LatestEvent.ps1 -Id 1006
Gets today's latest event from local machine with event Id 1006.
PS C:\> .\Get-LatestEvent.ps1 -Severity Error
Gets today's latest event from enabled event logs on the local machine whose severity level is 'Error'(2).
PS C:\> .\Get-LatestEvent.ps1 -ComputerName server02
Gets today's latest event from enabled event logs on the remote machine server02.
PS C:\> .\Get-LatestEvent.ps1 -ComputerName server02, server05
Gets today's latest event from enabled event logs on the remote machines server02 and server05.
PS C:\> .\Get-LatestEvent.ps1 -ComputerName server*
Gets today's latest event from enabled event logs on the remote machines in the domain, name matching 'server*'.
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false, Position=0)]
$ComputerName = @('localhost'),
# This function queries the AD DS to resolve the computer name.
# =============================================================================
function Get-ComputerName {
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
$filter = "(&(objectCategory=Computer)(name=$ComputerName))"
$domain = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()
$root = [ADSI]"GC://$($domain.Name)"
$searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("name") | Out-Null
$searcher.FindAll() | Foreach-Object {$computer = $_.Properties; $computer.name}
# This function queries the remote computer for today's latest event.
function Get-TodaysLatestEvent {
$enabledLogs = Get-WinEvent -ListLog * -ComputerName $ComputerName | Where-Object {$_.IsEnabled} | ForEach-Object {$_.LogName}
$filter = @{}
# We loop in here for each computer name specified and query for the events.
foreach ($name in $ComputerName)
if ($name -ne 'localhost')
$ResolvedComputerNames = Get-ComputerName $name
if (($ResolvedComputerNames -eq $null) -and ($name -notmatch '\*'))
Write-Error "Specified Computer '$name' does not exist!"
$ResolvedComputerNames = $name
$ResolvedComputerNames | ForEach-Object {Get-TodaysLatestEvent $_}
When the script is executed, the output is as shown here:
If you want to view event details like the date and time the event occurred, the name of the event provider, the event ID, the message associated with that event, and the machine name on which it occurred, you can pipe the output of the script to the Format-List cmdlet, as shown here.
Thank you, Rajesh, for sharing your time to write this solution.
I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to me at email@example.com, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.
Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy
Really nice.
Dollars to Pounds
Excellent and well explained solution!
One thing to ask: Is it necessary to use script scope parameters? Usually I try to get along without them ... !?
And my usual: "Error handling" reminder :-)
kind regards, Klaus (Schulte)
@iXlinQ: It would be better to use them. You can minimize the scripting effort and you would be providing the consistent experience to the script users.
Hi there. When I worked on my solution to this event I became a little preoccupied with analytical and debug logs because they seemed a little different. I had some fun enabling one of them on my Vista box for testing.
But when I tried this command
PS > get-winevent -logname "Microsoft-Windows-WinRM/Analytic" -maxevents 1
I got this message
Get-WinEvent : The Microsoft-Windows-WinRM/Analytic event log can be read only in the forward chronological order because it is an analytical or a debug log. To see events from the Microsoft-Windows-WinRM/Analytic event log, use the Oldest parameter in the command.
What I don't understand is how the solution given here handles analytic and debug logs. Can anyone explain ?
BTW I really enjoyed this years games (as much as I enjoyed last years!). The problems force me to explore aspects of powershell and windows that I haven't needed before. The trouble with work is that there is a great temptation to stop at the first reasonable solution to a technical problem.
Regards, Eddy from Tasmania.


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Former Tallahassee Mayor's Land Deals Questioned Part 1
Former Tallahassee Mayor's Land Deals Questioned Part 2
Tallahassee, FL — June 14, 2012 —
Former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox announced in February he's running for city commissioner.
It prompted another former mayor, Penny Herman, who served with Maddox, to take a look at his real estate deals while he was mayor.
Herman says, "It's just totally disappointing and alarming and I think you know it;'s unfortunate that it's just now coming out that this happened."
Herman specifically points to a land deal involving the Wal-Mart Super Center on Apalachee Parkway while Maddox was mayor.
While Wal-Mart was waiting permitting approval, public records obtained exclusively by Eyewitness News, show in November, 1996 a deed to a piece of property was prepared between Wal-Mart and two companies, Venture East and Spectrum Resources.
Maddox owns Spectrum.
In March, 1997, just after Maddox was elected mayor, the city commission approved the Wal-Mart Center.
Maddox abstained from voting.
Fifteen days later, Maddox's company bought the property.
Over the next two and a half years, records show Venture East and Spectrum Resources earned a net gain of $600-thousand dollars on the Wal-Mart land deals.
Herman says, " I think it's alarming and I think that to make matters worse, the deed was prepared before the permit was finalized."
Maddox's company was also involved in other Tallahassee land deals requiring city approval while he was mayor.
Spectrum Resources purchased and sold property while the Buckhead subdivision was being built.
But unlike the Wal-Mart deal, city records show Maddox did vote on Buckhead issues.
In November, 1997, Maddox voted to approve Buckhead Phase 1B.
About five months later in April, 1998, Maddox purchased Buckhead property.
Less than two months later on June 14th, 1998 then Mayor Maddox voted for an exception to the city code to allow development of 6 large lots in Buckhead Phase Three without city sewer.
A little over a year later on June 23rd, 1999, Maddox's company, Spectrum Resources purchased $420-thousand dollars worth of Buckhead land.
Also on June 23rd, Spectrum sold land in the Centre Pointe development for $260-thousand dollars.
The same day, Mayor Maddox voted to approve a change in Center Pointe's development plan.
A new watchdog group called "Integrity Florida" recently called for the state to tighten its ethics laws.
We specifically asked Executive Director Dan Krassner about elected leaders making land and business deals while in office.
Krassner says, "If someone has insider information and they can make money off it, a piece of property and it's based on knowledge others outside the process don't have, I think that's crossing the line."
In March, we specifically asked Maddox about any business dealings he had while he was mayor.
Reporter: "Did you have other outside interests, did you work for several other companies?" Maddox: "No, I was an attorney during that period of time and was of counsel with a law firm, but what was important to me was I spent my time being mayor."
We should point out no one has ever filed any type of ethics or formal complaint based on the land deals we showed you.
In March, we spoke to Maddox as part of our investigation of financial disclosure forms for elected officials.
Coming up in Part 2, we'll take a look at how Maddox filled out his disclosure forms while his company was making land deals.
Financial disclosure forms for Florida's elected leaders are designed to give the state's residents insight on the people representing them.
Earlier, we showed you how Scott Maddox made money on Tallahassee land deals while he was mayor. Now, we take a look at Maddox's disclosure forms.
Penny Herman is a former Tallahassee mayor.
She's also a real estate agent.
Herman says when she was elected to the city commission, even though the law didn't require it, she suspended her real estate business.
Herman says, "I didn't want there to be any appearance of any issues as far as my real estate and I felt the best way to do that was to set that aside."
Former Mayor Scott Maddox took a different path.
According to county records, during Maddox's term as mayor his company Spectrum Resources purchased a little over $1.1 million dollars in Tallahassee real estate.
It sold that same property for $2.7 million.
As we've previously reported, the financial disclosure form used by city elected leaders does not require dollar amounts for outside interests.
In March, we specifically asked Maddox about financial disclosure.
Scott Maddox, former Tallahassee Mayor, says, "I think when you run for public office, your life is an open book. And if people wish to know where you get your funding from or your private sector job versus your public sector one, you need to be willing to disclose that. I always have when asked and I will continue to."
However, Herman has several issues with how Maddox filled out his forms while he was making commercial real estate deals.
The disclosure form says to list principal business activity for sources of outside income.
For Spectrum, the company involved in the real estate deals, Maddox's form says "marketing and research" and "research and consulting"
Herman says, "Well it's certainly misleading at the very least."
Also in Maddox's 1998 form under real property owned, there's a note. it says owned as of August, 1999.
However the instructions specifically say to fill it out the form for the calendar year listed.
Records show Spectrum owned some property where the Apalachee Parkway Super Wal-Mart was built, but it's not listed on that form.
Records also show Spectrum sold property at the Center Pointe Development in 1999.
It's not listed on any year's form.
Herman says, "The instructions are very clear that you put your real estate and your deals on there and if they don't appear, not okay, not right."
A new watchdog group called "Integrity Florida" is calling for more complete financial disclosure for public officials and accountability.
Dan Krassner,"Integrity Florida" Executive Director, says. "We need to give our professionals at the state ethics commission the ability to just begin the investigation process to find out why you didn't file that form, why did you omit a key asset."
In 1998, former Commissioner Debbie Lightsey tried to push for more financial disclosure for Tallahassee's elected leaders.
Then Mayor Maddox is quoted in a local newspaper as calling the proposal "another layer of bureaucracy".
We also found the people Maddox partnered with on the land deals had previous city contracts.
Herman openly admits she's supporting one of Maddox's opponents in the commissioner's race.
However, neither Herman nor anyone else has ever accused him of breaking specific ethics rules or the law with regard to the land deals or disclosure forms.
We have been speaking with Scott Maddox on the phone about the issues we've reported.
We have offered and continue to offer him the opportunity to speak to us on camera about these issues.


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