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It's our first birthday! Cooking Channel is one year old — can you believe it? We've seen so much in the last 12 months, and yet we're really just getting started. If we live to be a 100-year-old network, we still wouldn't get to meet all the amazing, passionate food people out there. There'd still be a million new recipes to try, dishes to taste and things to learn about food and cooking. So we're as excited about the next 99 years as we are about this last one.
Turning '1' is a pretty big deal, a milestone that should be rewarded with presents, cake and a giant party — wouldn't you agree? Here's our ultimate birthday wishlist:
- More amazing recipes, please (like Skillet Bacon Mac and Cheese, Pecan Cinnamon Rolls, and Exploding Chicken Taquitos, 3 of our most popular recipes from the past year).
- More feedback from you! Did you know that you can now rate and review Cooking Channel recipes? Let us know what you think about your favorites.
- Endless 'Food Person' stories (again, from you!) — are you a locavore, a cheeseball, a baker, a meatlover?
- Results from the Perfect 3 Contest: In March we asked our fans for their best recipes in 13 categories (like brownies, cookies, burgers and tacos), then you all voted for your favorites among the finalist. The winners have been decided and will be revealed on a new show in July. (A birthday wish come true!)
- Posts from our super-talented blogger friends: Zoë François, Nealey Dozier, Ana Sofia Pelaez, Matt Armendariz, Corky Pollan and Roberto Santibañez.
- A tour of Spain with Annie Sibonney: In her new show, From Spain with Love, she'll eat and cook her way through the country in search of memorable meals, culture and tradition in an unforgettable landscape.
- Lobster. Or maybe some chowder. And a coupla' crawfish. Or even better, a seafood tour along the coast with seafood expert Ben Sargent in his new show Hook, Line, Dinner !
- New seasons of killer shows like: Kelsey's Essentials, Brunch @ Bobby's and Bitchin' Kitchen.
- Free frozen treats. For real. The Cooking Channel Treats truck is coming back this year with free frozen treats for all. Check back soon for details and locations!
- Cake. Will you bake us a cake? Carrot cake, chocolate cake, marble cake, apple cake — we're not picky, any cake will do. Post a picture on Facebook if you do make one — we want to see it!
And one final wish: to eat our birthday cake, just like this:


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She is an internationally renowned Diversity Trainer/Consultant, an Associate Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Grinnell College, and an award-winning writer. Kesho was a founding member of International Capacity Building Services, a cultural competency training team that specializes in facilitating both "unlearning isms" and Human Rights workshops as well various seminars and training programs that have been successfully adapted for audiences throughout the United States and abroad. In over two decades of developing unlearning racism work, Kesho has led hundreds of professional and community-based workshops; she has been keynote speaker for national conferences as well as a participant on several dozen national and local radio debates, discussions and public service announcements. Grounded in this extensive experience, Kesho developed an "affirmative duty" technique for facilitating unlearning racism workshops. It is a method that helps shift participants' awareness, commitment and skill-set toward being actively and personally anti-racist and anti-sexist, rather than remaining merely passive observers.
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B.A. Sociology, Wayne State University, 1974 M.A. Political Sociology, University of Detroit, 1975 Ph.D. American Studies, University of Iowa, 1988
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Sociology SOC 111: Introduction to Sociology (Sample Syllabus) SOC 240: Social Movements in the 20th Century (Sample Syllabus) SOC 275: Race and Ethnicity in America (Sample Syllabus) SOC 285: Contemporary Sociological Theory (Sample Syllabus) SOC 300: Applied Practicum (Sample Syllabus) SOC 390.01: Global Feminism (Sample Syllabus) American Studies AMS 130: American Beliefs and Cultural Values (Sample Syllabus) AMS 225: Theory and Methods in American Studies (Sample Syllabus) AMS 275: Special Topics in American Studies Black Women in America American Women's Autobiography (Sample Syllabus) American Masculinities Etiquette: Learning To Be an American
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DJ Campbell may not be able to play for Blackburn Rovers again this season – but Gary Bowyer insists the striker still has a big role to play between now and the end of the campaign.
Campbell has returned to training at Brockhall after Championship rivals Millwall cut short his loan spell following his rearrest as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) probe into alleged spot-fixing in football.
However the 32-year-old will not be allowed to feature in any of Rovers' final four games of the season as he remains registered with the Lions for the next three weeks.
Rovers, who are paying the veteran forward's wages in full, had the option of giving him time off.
But Bowyer was keen to bring Campbell, who has won promotion from the Championship with Blackpool and Birmingham City, back into the first-team fold.
"DJ has come back to us and he's training with us," said Bowyer, whose side are four points behind the top six going into tomorrow's home clash with Yeovil Town.
"He's a good pro and with his experience he can help around the training ground.
"DJ has never been a problem for us.
"He's a bubbly character that's got the experience and know-how of what it's like at this stage of the season.
"So, although he can't play for us, his contribution on the training ground can be massive."
Rovers granted Campbell time off to spend with his family in December after he was one of six men originally arrested by the NCA as part of its investigation into alleged spot-fixing in football.
Having been released on bail until April 8 without charge Campbell went on to play four times for Rovers – in the league wins over Leeds United and Doncaster and the FA Cup ties against Manchester City – before signing for Millwall on loan on January 20 until the end of the season.
He scored two goals in nine appearances for the Lions before they last week took the decision to end his loan early.
Their decision came after the NCA released a statement confirming it had re-arrested the six original suspects based upon new evidence along with a further seven footballers aged between 18 and 30 who play for clubs based in the north west of England.
A further NCA statement confirmed that the 13 individuals, who were interviewed at police stations across the country, had been bailed until late June.
Campbell signed a two-year contract with Rovers in July after being released from QPR.


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Screaming Chicken got me going on his Muenster cheeseburger. Since he did not post pics, I'm taking the liberty to do so for him. Please forgive the quality of these pics-- I just got this camera and am using it for the first time. I have a learning curve to pass.
First of all, it was California cold here today-- by no means cold to some of you, but too chilly for this blood. I got to feeling a bit nostalgic, so I did the unthinkable-- wait for it... I lit the coals.
Time to bring out the cast of characters in this cookout. Besides Brad's Muenster cheese, there's leafy green lettuce, beefsteak tomato, red onion, dill pickle, and my "secret sauce" (mayo and ketchup).
The gridiron is hot and on go the turkey patties and red onion. Strangely, I have actually come to the point where nine times out of ten I prefer turkey to beef!
Talk about a short cookout. Well, you all know how that goes. Burgers and onion have grilled, so it's time to melt the cheese and toast the buns. I brushed the buns with melted bacon drippings before toasting. I tell you, for those who do not know, man will that ever take a burger up a notch or so.
Now all we have to do is build this Monster cheeseburger up on the plate in the heart of some Freedom fries. I also used 100% whole wheat buns. Screaming Chicken was certainly right-- Muenster cheese is delish!!! (Thanks, Brad--Worth singing about, indeed) There is just no burger in town that can compare to the one you make for yourself! (I could also call this my 'Microsoft' Burger, because it has the 'Works' )


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|Josh Berman
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|Duane Clark
|Original Airdate
|March 10, 2005
Compulsion is the seventeenth episode in the fifth season of CSI. The case about the teenage boy murdered in his bed is eerily similar to the real life murder of Stephanie Crowe.
A budding serial killer strikes again, and the CSI team tries to use new technology to solve a cold case. Nick and Catherine investigate the murder of a young boy found dead in his bed. His brother confesses to the killing, but evidence suggests that he may not have committed the crime.
Gil Grissom and his team investigate a case in which a female flight attendant has been violently raped and stabbed to death in her hotel room in which Conrad Ecklie discovers parallels to a five year old cold case.
Modern background removal techniques enable the CSIs to recover a fingerprint that leads them to a serial offender.
Despite a judge denying their request for a warrant, the CSIs manage to acquire the suspect's DNA, which doesn't match semen found at the crime scene. Analysis of this semen indicates that the likely suspect had undergone a vasectomy reversal.
Whilst interviewing the hotel manger to discuss bleach found at the scene, Grissom notices that the manager's children's ages significantly differ.
A question about his vasectomy leads the manager to clam up and refuse to provide a DNA sample. In the interview room at the police station, Grissom tells the suspect and his lawyer about premeditated psychopaths.
As the lawyer is pointing out they have no evidence tying the suspect to the crime, Sara Sidle wheels in a suitcase, the sight of which causes the hotel manager to accuse the police of breaking into his car.
His lawyer says that if they did break into his car to retrieve the suitcase, the entire case must be thrown out. Sara opens the suitcase and reveals that it is identical to the victim's, with nothing but a tape recorder inside. The hotel manager's words, however, have already given the CSIs probable cause to search his car, sealing their case.
Meanwhile, Catherine Willows' team assists Detective Cavaliere in the investigation of a young boy who was savagely beaten to death with a pipe while in his own bed.
Nick Stokes and Cavaliere get into a heated argument over their methods of finding the culprit. Cavaliere gets a confession after coming down hard on the brother of the victim—too hard, Nick believes.
Nick decides to investigate the evidence, turning up a neighborhood bum who has been causing a nuisance. He is found wearing the boy's father's blood spattered jumper.
Unable to pick between the bum, the father or the boy's brother, the team beat a bloody mannequin to gain insight as to the likely suspect.
The pattern of the spatter leads them to identify the boy's brother as the killer. After meeting with the father, the brother admits it was because the victim told everyone about him wetting the bed.
Grissom expresses pleasure with the work Greg Sanders, Sara and David Hodges put in to investigating the case. Hodges admits to sniffing the bleach at the hotel, asking Grissom if he thinks it's odd.
As the bleach was unique in its composition, a fact made evident by its odor, Grissom replies that it is the first thing Hodges has done to impress him.
- When we are shown the flashback of Matt killing Ty, you can see sunlight coming through the window, but when the CSI team is looking over Ty's body, they say his time of death was around midnight, so there should have been darkness coming from the window.
- About the middle of the episode, when Nick and Warrick are interviewing the couple in their living room, on the right side of the room you can see a crew member moving behind the glassdoors.
- When Greg collects the suspect's discarded coffee cup from the table at the cafe, he isn't wearing any gloves which would have contaminated the DNA evidence.
- Just after the opening credits, when Greg hands Grissom the "Phillips" Screw driver in the bathroom, it is clearly A) Not a Phillips Bit and B) Not the same head that Grissom uses to unscrew the drain cover.
- Since Catherine is the head of the swing shift (4:00pm-12:00am), there's no valid reason for her getting a case that begins at the crack of dawn.
- Near the end of the episode, the CSIs verify a blood spray pattern by hitting a dummy with a pipe. When Nick takes his turn, we first see a side-on shot where the upper half of his sweater is spattered liberally with blood. The camera then cuts to a head-on shot, where Nick's sweater suddenly has significantly less blood on it.
- Greg (to Sara): I just got the call. Where's Grissom?
- Sara: Bathroom. (Greg looks puzzled) Working the.. uh.. case.
- Brass (to Grissom): Take a whiff.
- Grissom: Smells clean.
- Brass: Smells like a hospital.
- Sara: Bleaches and deodorizers. Killer attacked the victim, then cleaned and sanitized the room.
- Grissom: Ah, but here's the smell of the blood still, and all the perfumes in Arabia will not sweeten this little room.
- Martin Hawkins (to Matt): I want to know why?
- Matt Hawkins: Dad...
- Martin Hawkins: Why, damn it? Ty looked up to you, he...he loved you.
- Matt Hawkins: He told. He told everyone.
- Martin Hawkins: That you wet the bed?
- Matt Hawkins: Shut up! (pauses for a second, then bursts into tears) Dad, I'm sorry. (cries some more)
- Detective Cavalier: You owe me an apology.
- Nick: I'm sorry... (pause) that you feel that way.
Main Cast Edit
- William Petersen as Gil Grissom
- Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
- Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown
- George Eads as Nick Stokes
- Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
- Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
- Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
- Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
Recurring Roles Edit
- Aisha Tyler as Mia Dickerson
- Wallace Langham as David Hodges
- José Zúniga as Detective Chris Cavaliere
- Marc Vann as Conrad Ecklie
- James Patrick Stuart as Attorney Adam Matthews
- David Berman as David Phillips
- Larry Sullivan as Officer Akers
- Joseph Patrick Kelly as Officer Metcalf
- Victoria Prescott as Trudy Tremont
Guest Stars Edit
- Tina Lifford as Judge Witherspoon
- Jason Segel as Neil Jansen
- Lee Tergesen as Martin Hawkins
- Wil Wheaton as Walter
- Diane DiLascio as Yvonne Hawkins
- Tamara Clatterbuck as Michelle Archeson
- Cleo King as Lucy
- Andy Gobienko as Matt Hawkins
- Erin Matthews as Martha Krell
- David Newsom as Hayden Michaels
- Stephen Baldwin as Jesse Archeson
- Gillian Shure as Sue Stein
- Cody Weselis as Ty Hawkins (uncredited)


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From an award-winning investigative reporter: the shocking story of the mob killer who terrorized the streets of New York City for decades...while working for the FBI.
In Deal with the Devil, five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Peter Lance draws on three decades of once-secret FBI files and exclusive new interviews to disclose the epic saga of Colombo family capo Gregory Scarpa, Sr., who spent more than 30 years as a paid top-echelon FBI informant while wreaking havoc as a drug dealer, loan shark, bank robber, hijacker, high-end securities thief - and killer.
A Mafia capo who "stopped counting" after 50 murders - earning nicknames including "the Grim Reaper" and "the Killing Machine" - Greg Scarpa was enlisted by the FBI as early as 1960. His detailed debriefings on Mafia practices and activities went straight to J. Edgar Hoover and revealed the structure of Cosa Nostra long before the celebrated Valachi hearings. In 42 years of murder and racketeering, Scarpa served only 30 days in jail, thanks to his secret relationship with the Feds. But Scarpa's most deadly reign of terror came in the period from 1980 to 1992, when more than half his homicides occurred - even as Scarpa was serving as a paid informant under Supervisory Special Agent R. Lindley DeVecchio, who ran two organized crime squads in the FBI's New York Office.
The celebrated case agent on the 1985-1986 Mafia Commission prosecution, DeVecchio had persuaded Scarpa to return to the fold as an informant, under laws that explicitly forbid organized crime insiders from committing murder or other crimes while receiving compensation from the Bureau. And yet, drawing on secret memos that went to every FBI director from Hoover to Louis Freeh, Lance documents that Scarpa not only continued his violent rampage during these years, but actually launched a new war for control of the Colombo crime family - a conflict that left 12 dead and dozens injured.
Before he died of AIDS, contracted through a tainted blood transfusion, Scarpa committed or ordered 26 murders - including the violent rubout of his own brother Sal in 1987 and the drive-by slaying of his nephew Gus Farace, which triggered a 500-agent manhunt - all while serving as an informant for Lin DeVecchio. When DeVecchio himself was indicted on four counts of murder in 2007, Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes called the case "the most stunning example of official corruption... I have ever seen." Yet the murder charges against DeVecchio were dismissed a short time later - even as a New York State Supreme Court judge described the FBI's association with Scarpa as a "deal with the devil."
After the case's abrupt dismissal, Lance started peeling back the layers on what defense attorneys called Scarpa's "unholy alliance" with the FBI. Through exclusive interviews with Scarpa's son, Greg Jr., and former Lucchese boss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, among others, as well as more than 1,150 pages of confidential briefing memos, many revealed here for the first time, Lance traces links between the Scarpa case, the infamous Mafia Cops case, and more.
Written with the same astounding capacity for penetrating criminal networks that marked Lance's previous books, Deal with the Devil is a page-turning work of investigative journalism that reads like a Scorsese film.
©2013 Tenacity Media Group Ltd. (P)2013 HarperCollinsPublishers
As an author myself, dyslexic, and ADD, I need something that grabs me. Non-fiction on things of interest to me, educates, & titillates.
"If you enjoy books on the mob, this is a goodie"
Well written and the author did his homework.
Glad they got caught
If you like books on the mob, this is a god addition to your listening library.
"Great story line not so great narration"
The "quote" " end quote" got so old" had dick hill or others read the book it would have been masterful!
"Great must read"
Great overview of the mafia, its players, and events that have happened throughout the families since the 50s. A must read if one enjoys mafia books and can draw similarities between Lin Devecchio and John Connolly Whitey Bulgers handler.
"Great content, horrible narrator"
For the fan of mob content, this is a great book. I have read hundreds of mafia related books and this is one of the most in depth I have come across. They did an amazing amount of research and present over 19 hours of it. The only minus is the author read the book. As we audiobookiphiles know, the person reading the book is more important then the book contents. A person like Scott Brick or R.C.Bray and others in their catagory, can make even a bad book enjoyable. This author is the most monotone person I have come across so far. I can only listen to this book in 15 min segments because the drone starts to put me to sleep.
"Excellent Insight into FBI & Cosa Nostra"
There is a reason why Greg Scarpa barely spent anytime behind bars despite the fact he was a high-ranking member of the Colombo borgata. Peter Lance shows the impact of the unholy alliance between Scarpa and the FBI's "Mr. Organized Crime" Lindley DeVecchio on the people around them. Scarpa was given free reign to commit murder, extortion, and robbery as a top echelon informant for the FBI. Fascinating, yet disturbing read.
"Made me MAD"
Whenever I wanted to get upset I'd listen for 3 minutes just hear to the author's monotone voice and use of the word "quote".
The worst audio experience I've ever had to endure. Wow.
"Terrible performance"
Could not get past chp 6. Terrible performance. Too many references to personal site. Dry and stilted reading.
"not bad. lousy storyteller
not too bad or good. if u r into mob books its not worth the money.
"Way too much information, no story."
It's amazing how little the writer knows how to put together a story. It is painfully boring and it really doesn't need to be
Instead of writing facts and statements, tell a story..doh!
The whole lot
How can anyone think this is entertaining ?
If i ever hear someone say "Quote" again i might kill myself. i think peter lance says the word "Quote" about 20,000 times during the reading. It was so bad, i didn't even finish listening. sad. Should be such a good story.
the tone of his voice, and using the word Quote almost every time he reads a sentence.
"Goes on a bit!"
Story goes on a bit often repeating itself several times, if there's a abridged version this would work better.
"Don't bother"
It's like listening to court files / court cases....it's just all a bit clerical and definitely not a gritty look into mob life. Not great. Far to much information about court cases and prosecution files + cases. Draining to listen to
Had read the book previously so knew the story but purchased audiobook. very well researched true story which deals with the unholy alliance between Scarpa and his FBI agent handler. Long and entertaining listen.
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"Hockey Mom" Sarah Palin spoke at the RNC last night and got a bit out of pocket in regards to our boy Barack. In case you missed this broad's speech"…..Bossip
Here we go again. I understand that Bossip has endorsed Barack Obama but refering to Palin as a ho and a broad is sexist, and patently wrong. I doubt the candidate for whom you have thrown your support would appreciate such language on his behalf. It is further an affront to every single woman. It is the social disciplining of women. How dare she have an opinion that you disagree with. Palin just hasn't learned that women are to be seen and not heard.
I am taking this opportunity to point out obvious sexism aimed at Sarah Palin. I do not endorse her politics in any way shape or form. I simply believe that the woman should be critiqued based on the issues.


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There are those who would call it unfortunate luck. I tend to believe it is a highly developed sixth sense, recognized early on and carefully nurtured over the years. As a shaman attains an almost mythical tribal status through conversing with netherworld spirits, so have I elevated myself to unthinkable heights as a medium of idiocy, a clairvoyant of the moronic, a visionary of stooge like behavior.
Reinforcing this belief are the following incidents, cultivated from concert experiences I have endured ... witnessed and verifiable through friends, family and/or minor acquaintances whom I may have coerced through excessive force. Draw your own conclusions ...
• Fresh out of high school, I attended my first major music event. Several late '70's rock bands at an outdoor venue seemed like the perfect show ... or so we thought. Unfolding his frayed nylon, aluminum-framed lawn chair, he plopped his shirtless hulk down and settled in with a friendly nod in our direction. With a sleight of hand David Copperfield would be proud of, he produced a brown paper lunch sack, emptied its multi colored pharmaceutical contents into the palm of his hand, and swallowed the whole lot without chewing. Amazingly, 15 minutes passed before he collapsed, unconsciously nose diving into the sod, where he lay motionless for several hours, the chair folded over his skyward facing behind.
• Regularly attending blues festivals across the Midwest for nearly 25 years now, I always seem to cross paths with a guy I will call "Bernie." This is because everyone else called him "Bernie." An almost translucently pale man, he would, without fail, severely sunburn himself over the course of the weekend. And while it was quite obvious he possessed no innate rhythm, he would dance, his movements inhabiting the middle ground between a Bantu pygmy fertility dance, and that of a methamphetamine addict being tazered into submission by police.
• I once found myself on a hot summers eve at the Mississippi Valley Fair, anxiously awaiting ZZ Top to take the stage, sandwiched between (and fondly known as) the Toad Sisters ... three rotund, semi-toothless, chain smoking, Busch beer swilling, Nascar driver T-shirt wearing, curse like a sailor "ladies" who insisted on loudly singing all the wrong words in off key harmonies and complaining about how the scantily clad, attractive younger women were dressed. Thank God for summer breezes and loud PA systems.
• Jeffrey, The Yellow Rocker, made his mark at the Naperville Rib fest during Sammy Hagar's energetic set. He was, as he drunkenly informed anyone within earshot, the biggest Sammy fan in the world. Jeffrey then proceeded to air guitar his way over several nearby patrons, sloshing beer and BBQ sauce on them before becoming entangled in a lawn umbrella, at which time he made a peace offering of one of the 30 autographed Hagar LPs he had stashed in his backpack.
• At a small venue in Bloomington, I unfortunately found myself standing directly behind a couple exhibiting two of the largest heads I've yet encountered. Seemingly 7 feet tall at the peak of their craniums, it was (whether from the amount of liquor they were ingesting, or the immense weight of their noggins) like standing behind a pair of Macy's Thanksgiving parade balloons in a stiff breeze. Teetering from side to side, they effectively blocked 90 percent of the stage, leaving us with only a partial view of the bass player.
There have been countless others, all cataloged with a giddy excitement much like that which Charles Darwin must have felt while sketching the endless species of the Galapagos.
I wonder what they noticed about me ...
Chuck Mason, a self-described opinionated wiseguy, resides in Princeton. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Levalbuterol solution (concentrate)Pronunciation
Generic Name: levalbuterol (LEV-al-BUE-ter-ol)
Brand Name: Xopenex
Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) is used for:
Treating and preventing breathing problems in patients who have asthma or certain other airway diseases. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) is a sympathomimetic (beta-agonist) bronchodilator. It works by widening the airways in the lungs, which helps you breathe more easily.
Do NOT use levalbuterol solution (concentrate) if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in levalbuterol solution (concentrate) or to albuterol
- you are using another short-acting sympathomimetic bronchodilator (eg, pirbuterol) or inhaled epinephrine
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using levalbuterol solution (concentrate):
Some medical conditions may interact with levalbuterol solution (concentrate). Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
- if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
- if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
- if you have a history of heart problems (eg, fast or irregular heartbeat), blood vessel problems, high blood pressure, or low blood potassium levels
- if you have a history of seizures, diabetes, thyroid problems, kidney problems, or an adrenal gland tumor (pheochromocytoma)
- if you have ever had an unusual reaction to another sympathomimetic medicine (eg, pseudoephedrine), such as fast or irregular heartbeat, overexcitement, or severe trouble sleeping
- if you have taken linezolid, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (eg, phenelzine), or a tricyclic antidepressant (eg, amitriptyline) within the last 14 days
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with levalbuterol solution (concentrate). Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Diuretics (eg, furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide) because the risk of low blood potassium levels may be increased
- Epinephrine, linezolid, MAOIs (eg, phenelzine), methylxanthines (eg, theophylline), other short-acting sympathomimetic bronchodilators (eg, pirbuterol), or tricyclic antidepressants (eg, amitriptyline) because they may increase the risk of levalbuterol solution (concentrate)'s side effects
- Beta-blockers (eg, propranolol) because they may decrease levalbuterol solution (concentrate)'s effectiveness or worsen your condition
- Digoxin because its effectiveness may be decreased by levalbuterol solution (concentrate)
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if levalbuterol solution (concentrate) may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.
How to use levalbuterol solution (concentrate):
Use levalbuterol solution (concentrate) as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- An extra patient leaflet is available with levalbuterol solution (concentrate). Talk to your pharmacist if you have questions about this information.
- Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) is for inhalation only. Do not get it in the eyes. If you get levalbuterol solution (concentrate) in the eyes, rinse immediately with cool tap water.
- Do not open the foil pouch until you are ready to use a dose of levalbuterol solution (concentrate). Remove a vial from the foil pouch. Use right away.
- Do not use levalbuterol solution (concentrate) if it contains particles, is cloudy or discolored, or if the vial is cracked or damaged.
- To use levalbuterol solution (concentrate), twist open the top of the vial and pour the entire contents into the nebulizer reservoir.
- Add sterile saline solution as directed by your doctor. Gently swirl the nebulizer to mix the contents.
- Connect the nebulizer reservoir to the mouthpiece or face mask. Connect the nebulizer to the compressor.
- Sit in a comfortable, upright position. Place the mouthpiece in your mouth (or put on the face mask) and turn on the nebulizer.
- Breathe as calmly, deeply, and evenly as possible until no more mist is formed in the nebulizer chamber (about 5 to 15 minutes).
- Clean the nebulizer according to the instructions. Failure to properly clean the nebulizer could lead to bacteria entering the medicine. This may lead to an infection. To avoid bacteria entering the medicine, do not save medicine in an open vial for use at a later time.
- Do not stop using levalbuterol solution (concentrate) without checking with your doctor.
- Do not mix levalbuterol solution (concentrate) with other medicines in the nebulizer unless directed otherwise by your doctor.
- If you miss a dose of levalbuterol solution (concentrate) and you are using it regularly, use it as soon as possible. If it is nearing time for the next dose, do not double the dose to catch up, unless advised by your health care provider. Do not use 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use levalbuterol solution (concentrate).
Important safety information:
- Tell your doctor or dentist that you take levalbuterol solution (concentrate) before you receive any medical or dental care, emergency care, or surgery.
- Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) may cause dizziness. This effect may be worse if you take it with alcohol or certain medicines. Use levalbuterol solution (concentrate) with caution. Do not drive or perform other possibly unsafe tasks until you know how you react to it.
- Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) may sometimes cause severe breathing problems right after you use a dose. This may be life-threatening. If this happens, seek medical care at once.
- If your usual dose does not work well, your symptoms become worse, or you need to use it more often than normal, contact your doctor at once. Your asthma could be getting worse, and your doctor may need to change your dose or medicine.
- Do NOT use more than the recommended dose or use more often than prescribed without checking with your doctor. The risk of severe heart problems and sometimes death may be increased with overuse of levalbuterol solution (concentrate).
- Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) may cause dry mouth or an unpleasant taste in your mouth. Rinsing your mouth with water after each dose may help relieve these effects.
- Check with your doctor before using any other inhaled medicines while you are using levalbuterol solution (concentrate). Talk with your doctor or pharmacist about all of your inhaled and/or asthma medicines and how to use them. Do not start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
- Diabetes patients - Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) may affect your blood sugar. Check blood sugar levels closely. Ask your doctor before you change the dose of your diabetes medicine.
- When your medicine supply begins to run low, call your doctor or pharmacy as soon as possible for a refill.
- Use levalbuterol solution (concentrate) with caution in the ELDERLY; they may be more sensitive to its effects.
- Caution is advised when using levalbuterol solution (concentrate) in CHILDREN; they may experience diarrhea or fever with use of levalbuterol solution (concentrate).
- Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) is not approved for use in CHILDREN younger than 6 years old; they may be more sensitive to its effects.
- PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant, contact your doctor. You will need to discuss the benefits and risks of using levalbuterol solution (concentrate) while you are pregnant. It is not known if this medicine is found in breast milk. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you use levalbuterol solution (concentrate), check with your doctor. Discuss any possible risks to your baby.
Possible side effects of levalbuterol solution (concentrate):
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur:
Diarrhea; dizziness; dry mouth; headache; nervousness; runny or stuffy nose; sore or dry throat; stomach upset; tremor; trouble sleeping.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing or swallowing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, throat, or tongue; unusual hoarseness); chest pain; decreased coordination; fast breathing; fast heartbeat; fever; new or worsened cough or breathing problems (eg, shortness of breath, wheezing); pounding in the chest; severe or persistent headache or dizziness; severe or persistent nausea or vomiting; severe or unusual drowsiness; sluggishness; symptoms of low potassium levels (eg, irregular heartbeat; muscle pain, weakness, or cramping).
This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, contact your health care provider. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. To report side effects to the appropriate agency, please read the Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA.
If OVERDOSE is suspected:
Contact 1-800-222-1222 (the American Association of Poison Control Centers), your local poison control center, or emergency room immediately.Proper storage of levalbuterol solution (concentrate):
Store levalbuterol solution (concentrate) between 68 and 77 degrees F (20 and 25 degrees C). Store away from heat, moisture, and light. Do not store in the bathroom. Store vials in the protective foil pouch at all times. Use levalbuterol solution (concentrate) right away after it has been removed from the foil pouch. Do not use after the expiration date on the container or box. Keep levalbuterol solution (concentrate) out of the reach of children and away from pets.
General information:
- If you have any questions about levalbuterol solution (concentrate), please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- Levalbuterol solution (concentrate) is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.
- If your symptoms do not improve or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
- Check with your pharmacist about how to dispose of unused medicine.
This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take levalbuterol solution (concentrate) or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about levalbuterol solution (concentrate). It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to levalbuterol solution (concentrate). This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your health care provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using levalbuterol solution (concentrate).
Disclaimer: This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take this medicine or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about this medicine. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to this medicine. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using this medicine.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It's a reward that's tough to beat -- doughnuts delivered to school by a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Defensive end Austen Lane delivered the goodies to students at Lakeside Junior High School in Orange Park on Tuesday morning.
The school had raised $5,000 for Dreams Come True, a local nonprofit that helps fulfill dreams of children battling life-threatening illnesses.
The three classes that raised the most money got to enjoy the doughnuts and a little time with the pro football player.
"I remember being a kid, too, and having role models and just dreaming about hanging out with those role models," Lane said. "Anything I can do to give back to the community, hang out with kids, just try to show them the way a little bit, I'm glad to do it."
A seventh-grade student whose sister had previously been helped by Dreams Come True came up with the idea for the school-wide fundraiser.
The school raised the money in less than four months.
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It's not easy money for most schools either. Programs around the country are cutting non-revenue sports. The big schools make money hand over fist thanks to football and basketball but they are the exception rather than the rule. It has gotten so bad that the state of Iowa has told Iowa State University and (my alma mater) the University of Northern Iowa that they can't take any more money from the state general fund for athletics (The University of Iowa has been self-sufficient for a few years thanks to the Big Ten Network). UNI's president has said that they may have to drop out of Division I if not drop athletics period. What do you say to the track and field coach when you drop his program so the football and basketball teams get paid?
More and more I seem to think that college athletics have got too complicated. How big do the football stadiums have to be? How much money do the coaches have to be paid? How many athletes who can't read at a 6th grade level do you admit because they are elite athletes? How much of your soul do you have to sell to get these players and keep the alumni and the athletic department happy? How many rules do you have to skirt - much less break - to keep these kids eligible?
As for my being above such designations if I say flatly this is right or this is wrong then I'm being an elitest. No one cares what I say is right.
Just preface it with "in my opinion" because as you correctly say, it is very subjective.
We agree that the matter is subjective. But I don't see how stating my belief that something is right or wrong makes me an "elitist." Of course I'm used to that tag as a veteran of many political campaigns. Both sides always use the label for the other.
Here's the fundamental problem, as I alluded in an earlier post:
1. The NCAA is an amateur sports organization.
2. The kids playing college athletics are supposed to be amateurs. Professionals are excluded.
3. Kids do get "paid" in the form of scholarships, but scholarships -- be they academic or athletic -- have always been a means of attracting students to the school, and a method of helping cover the expenses of the education. The scholarship has never been viewed (by the NCAA or the colleges themselves) as compensation for work.
4. Start paying players wages for playing sports, and they are no longer amateurs, they are professionals.
5. See points 1 and 2.
So I'm not sure what can be done about it, short of a core group of schools breaking away from the NCAA and making their own rules. I occasionally see suggestions about suing the NCAA to allow athletes to be paid, but I have a hard time seeing how that could succeed, because it's essentially based on the argument that an amateur sports organization has no right to enforce amateurism.
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Harken back to the Augusta Country Club controversy about whether they should admit female members. This comes up from time to time when the Masters Golf event comes around. Jim Rome said on his radio show that "they ought to admit females because it's the right thing to do."
Well who's he to tell that club what's the right thing to do? He is an elitist that thinks that he knows better than a bunch of hicks from South Carolina.
I bet if you asked most college athletes ten years after they graduate whether they would prefer free college or getting paid to play, the vast majority would say take the scholarship because the free education was worth way more than what they would have been paid.
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Personally, I think you undervalue how much NCAA programs make on basketball and football.
Sure, a scholarship can be a good deal, but, really, is it that good a deal when we're talking billions?
It's similar, IMO, to the MLB, in that the salaries are out of whack because the money is out of whack. Does Albert Pujols deserve $20 million a year? Of course not. But if the Cardinals make $500 million, he should make at least that much.
Now, I'm sure you're saying that would destroy amateur athletics. My reponse is that it's professional in all but name only right now. So blow it up. Blow it up real good.
Paying those players a salary for their work, especially considering the amount of money they bring in to the school, is only right. Sure, it would make amateur athletics a thing of the past. (It already is.) Sure, it would be a nightmare to check.
But it's the right thing to do.
And you should always try to do the right thing, no matter the cost.
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Except that if you blow up college athletics, you also probably blow up these kids' opportunity to profit anyway. If the best college basketball players represented some AAA clubs for NBA teams, how many people would watch? People are so passionate about it because of their allegiances to the colleges and universities.
A scholarship worth $30k-$60k a year plus special focused training is decent compensation for 18-22 yr, old entry-level budding pro players.
How much do single A and AA minor league baseball players make on average?
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Was $2000 a fair price to pay for my work? Probably not.
Did I appreciate the value of $500 in scholarship money. Definitely.
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
Having said all this, I think NCAA Div. 1 sports are totally out of whack. Entirely too much money flows through all this. It borders on the obscene.
I'd be perfectly happy with a Div. 3 set-up with no scholarships playing because you love the game. Those games can be very enjoyable to watch.
But I think that's how college sports started and the money just escalated it all. And I don't see the escalation stopping.
SI had a couple good stories on this...
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If D1 schools had to pay players for football and basketball, because those are the sports that people think should pay players, I would bet you'd see a lot more schools either dropping to D3 with pure amatuers and no scholarships or moving scholarships to sports like soccer so they wouldn't have to pay players. The end result would be fewer scholarships for kids from poor backgrounds, who reap the benefits of athletic scholarships way beyond their proportion of the general population, or more kids choosing soccer or other sports over football and basketball for the chance to go to college. Because other than major conference schools and a few well-situated mid-majors, I don't think most of these schools could afford to support a fully professional sports teams. Even some that could might drop those sports when their boards of trustees decide that running an openly professional sports team does not fit within the school's mission (think Stanford or Cal).
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New and creative dessert ideas have been popping up everywhere, from cake pops to CAKE PUSH UP POPS to DESSERTS IN A JAR. And while we love experimenting with these trends and trying out unique recipes and combinations, in our heart we are still loyal to the original bite size treat: the cupcake.
New and creative dessert ideas have been popping up everywhere, from cake pops to CAKE PUSH UP POPS to DESSERTS IN A JAR. And while we love experimenting with these trends and trying out unique recipes and combinations, in our heart we are still loyal to the original bite size treat: the cupcake.
That's why we've set out to find the 20 cupcake recipes that are a must-try to add to our dessert bucket list. We don't suggest viewing these photos on an empty stomach because you'll feel compelled to run to the closest bakery before you get to the end!
I've literally had this recipe bookmarked for months waiting for the perfect opportunity to share it. While I haven't had the courage to try baking these dessert overloaded treats, I'm hoping one of our talented readers decides to whip up a batch and send them over to the Celebrations headquarters.
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These lavender blueberry cupcakes smell just as sweet as they taste! The unique blend of herbs and berries is a must-try for flavor seekers everywhere.
It took some searching, but I finally found a chocolate chip cookie dough cupcake that's actually made of chocolate cupcake batter. You can bet I'll be baking these up, if only to eat the batter along the way.
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Our favorite sweet and seductive cupcakes spiked with a hint of vino. Red wine cupcakes , anyone?
While the combination of chocolatey goodness with coconut flavoring isn't for everyone, those who do enjoy it know a good treat when they see it. And if you don't enjoy the flavor of coconut, these snowball cupcakes might just be the treat to change your mind.
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Red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting is pretty much the ultimate sweet pairing. But if you're looking for something even more rich and irresistible, stuffing your red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese will do the trick.
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The secret of these cupcakes is in the frosting! Using the irresistible peanut butter flavors from Peanut Butter & Co, our editor Melissa created a peanut butter graham cracker frosting to make the senses sing.
When done right, the combination of sweet and salty is an unstoppable duo. Which is why this salted caramel cupcake recipe is on my cupcake bucket list.
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Heath bars may not be my candy of choice, but these heath bar cupcakes look absolutely irresistible. Now for the hard part – do you eat them in one bite or piece by piece?
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If there's one thing I can't handle, it's too many choices. So as the temperatures get hotter, and I'm forced to decide between ice cream or cupcakes, my decision is simple: combine them! And thankfully, these ice cream cupcakes do just that.
While I usually spike my coffee with chocolate liqueur, I bet spiking my cupcakes with coffee would be just as good (maybe better?)! And the espresso butter cream frosting? Well that's just the icing on the cupcake.
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If you prefer a vanilla brew to a chocolate one, then these vanilla latte cupcakes are your go-to bucket list dessert. These tiny treats are topped with a real espresso bean for a truly authentic flavor.
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If your idea of an ideal dessert includes a tangy flavor that leaves your mouth begging for more, you'll want to make extra batches of these tangy lime cupcakes .
If lava cake is on the menu, you can bet I'll be ordering it! That's why I just had to have these chocolate cupcakes with molten centers on my cupcake bucket list. I'll bring the milk, if you bake the cupcakes!
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Creamsicles are the ultimate sunny day treat. Now that we've baked them into creamsicle cupcakes , you can enjoy the bold and creamy flavor year-round!
Doesn't the word soufflé just sound fancy and delicious? Well, we can't speak for all soufflés- but we can say these chocolate soufflé cupcakes are a must for dessert fanatics!
Did you know that you can use soda as an substitute for oil and eggs in boxed cake mix? And since using soda in your recipes is super trendy this year, there are tons of delicious soda based dessert recipes floating around. I like to stick to the classics, so I'll definitely be trying these coca cola cupcakes this summer.
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You can't tell from the photo, but these cupcakes are actually stuffed with mint Oreos! Kind of like those chocolate mint candies grandma always has in her candy bowl - but better.
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It's no secret we're obsessed with spiking our food – from marinades to desserts we just can't help but add a little bit of booze to the batch. Which is why these mojito cupcakes are a MUST on our list.
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I don't know which title makes this dessert sound better - Cheesecake in a cupcake or flavor bomb. Either way, I'd rather skip the over thinking and get straight to the tasting!
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"Some are the strong, silent type. You can't put your finger on exactly what it is they bring to the table until you run without them and then you realize that their steadiness fills a hole that leaks energy in their absence." - Kristin Armstrong
Courage ! Do one brave thing today...then run like hell.
Marathon Maniac #957
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.


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With your help, we will transform ourselves – and the world
"We truly are poised to become an even greater University, one that is not only an engine but a leader in generating solutions for the problems facing our state, nation and world."
– President Richard Davenport
Where big ideas meet real–world thinking
The big ideas this University is known for are evident almost everywhere on campus, including the new Margaret R. Preska Residence Community. We are delighted to be able to offer such modern, energy-efficient and comfortable housing to our students and are grateful to everyone, both on- and off-campus, who helped make that possible.
Our commitment to nurturing big ideas has come to define Minnesota State Mankato. At Convocation in August, I laid out five of the big ideas I have for the University this year, including completing our $75 million comprehensive campaign, building on our success in enrollment management, improving student academic success on statewide and national measures, strengthening the College of Extended Learning and creating a master plan for the "campus of the future." You can read more about those goals in the text of my speeches.
Implementing these ideas requires real–world thinking from everyone. Together, we can transform ourselves—and the world.
President Davenport oversees several initiatives to enhance the University environment. Explore each here.


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David Cameron has just used his LGA conference speech to defend reforms to public sector pensions, arguing that his proposals are fair. He has suggested that people are being told "scare stories" about the government plans. (Here is the full transcript on the Downing St website and this is our news story).
Does he have a point?
The prime minister has claimed that there are rumours that the government is "closing defined benefit schemes and replacing them with defined contribution schemes". He also claimed that people are being told that "we are stripping workers of the benefits they have already accumulated."
This is not true, he points out. Not only will workers still have defined benefit schemes. They will also maintain the "final salary link" for benefits already accrued. "Any suggestion otherwise is completely untrue".
But who is actually saying this? Anyone? Or has the PM created a paper tiger?
The scare stories are the fault of the unions, Cameron appears to suggest, without actually naming them: "they are giving really bad advice to teachers, nurses and the police officers who are wondering whether to continue with their pension."
UPDATE: Apparently the PM is not blaming the unions per se, his aides claim. Instead this emanated from the fact that Cabinet Office has spoken to public sector staff, who say they are worried about losing such benefits. "We're very keen to get the message across out there about what we're really doing," says one Downing St aide.
In fact the unions are angry about the following changes, which are not yet set in stone but are proposed by the government – as my colleague Brian Groom recently explained:
* Higher contributions to pensions that will have to be made, typically rising by 3.2 per Read more


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Dell shares have soared as rumours spread that the Texas-based computer maker is exploring the option of going private with the help of equity firms.
Dell shares were up more than 12 per cent to $US12.27 as the close of the trading day neared on the Nasdaq exchange, giving the company a stock-based value of nearly $US22 billion ($21 billion).
Unconfirmed word reached investors that Dell was in talks to delist itself from the exchange and sell itself into private hands, according to Meeschaert Capital Markets president Gregori Volokhine.
Discussions with 'two firms'
Both Bloomberg and Reuters reported the world's No. 3 PC maker was in talks with private equity firms on a potential buyout deal, quoting unnamed sources "familiar with the deal".
The company was discussing going private with at least two firms, Bloomberg said, quoting one source, who declined to be identified because the talks were private.
The discussions were preliminary and could fall apart because the firms might not be able to line up the needed financing or resolve how to exit the investment in the future, the people said.
Several large banks had been contacted about financing an offer, one of the people said, according to Bloomberg.
Dell declined to comment on what it referred to as rumour and speculation.
'Significant premium'
The stock surge was attributed to belief in the market that taking the company private would require buyers to pay a "significant premium" to get shares, Mr Volokhine said.
The move, considered far from certain on Monday, would come as smartphones and tablets eclipse laptop and desktop computers as preferred devices for lifestyles in which the internet is increasingly accessed on-the-go.
Industry tracker Gartner on Monday reported that the PC market saw shipments worldwide shrink 3.5 per cent last year.
Dell, the third largest PC maker, saw its share of the market shrink by 12.3 per cent.
Mr Volokhine said he expected Dell to soon make a decision about going private, a move, he added, would take several investment funds given the high price tag.
Shares of powerhouse Dell rival Hewlett-Packard also rose on Monday, increasing more than five per cent to $US16.98 as the formal trading day neared its close. HP sales dropped 6.7 per cent last year, according to Gartner.
$1000 investment
Michael Dell founded the company in 1984 in his University of Texas dorm room with $US1000 when he was 19. He catapulted it to the top of the industry by cobbling together PCs from off- the-shelf parts and delivering them directly to consumers at a lower cost than rivals including IBM.
Dell lost the top spot to Hewlett-Packard in 2006 and more recently has struggled to contend with new rivals, including Apple, in the consumer market.
Based on Dell's market value as of January 11 and depending on the size, a deal could be at least the largest buyout of a technology company since 2007, when KKR bought First Data Corp for more than $US25 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
It could also be the largest acquisition in the computer industry since Hewlett-Packard acquired Compaq for about $US19 billion in 2002, the data show.
Large leveraged buyouts have been scarce since the financial crisis. Other technology companies, including disk- drive maker Seagate Technology, have attempted to go private and had the talks fall through over valuations or difficulty in financing deals.
'Value play'
Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to buy in December, saying that Dell's net cash balance presents an opportunity for a leveraged buyout.
While demand for PCs has declined, Dell's net cash balance of $US5.15 billion provides "some downside buffer as it produces opportunity for an LBO or levered recap under the right conditions," Bill Shope, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, wrote in the report. "Dell has become an attractive deep value play and we would be buyers of the stock."
Michael Dell, who retook the CEO position in 2007, said in 2010 he had considered taking the company private.
AFP, Bloomberg, with BusinessDay


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I'm glad to see the return of MP blogger Tom Harris as part of Iain Dale's new online magazine; "The Daley: Iain Dale and Friends." And there may be many who welcome the return of Dale. But how attractive a proposition is the overall venture itself, featuring as it does 60 "retired bloggers"and writers?
Anyone who reads political blogs will surely agree that there is an ocean of material out there; some good, some bad, some insightful and original, others derivative and dull. If there is a problem it is one of quality rather than quantity. There just isn't enough time to read it all. Read more


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A big grain of salt
Executive Editor Jim Montague warns us not to let frequently repeated misconceptions and outright lies about new technology get in the way of statistics, because they can serve almost any purpose.11/01/2006
Download the new control valve handbook here!
The Control Valve Handbook, Fourth Edition, is now available online. This latest version presents information on control valve performance and new technologies, and includes input from experts in the field.11/01/2006
Energizing the enterprise
Asset management will put the zip back in your plants! CONTROL Editor in Chief Walt Boyes reports on the industrys stampede toward asset management systems for productivity improvement.11/01/2006
How to select control valves, Part 3
When it comes to selecting and sizing control valves, gain and stability are key characteristics. The non-commercial valve selection chart in this article serves as a reference tool you can download!11/01/2006
Collaborative process control: The Dow/ABB story
This article discusses what was involved in building a close working relationship with a vendor and the elements that are essential to starting and sustaining any collaborative relationship that yields results.11/01/2006
Highlights from Automation Fair 2006
Highlights from the five-day event include the keynote address by Keith Nosbusch, Rockwell's chairman and CEO, who reported on his company's efforts in the globalization of manufacturing technologies.10/30/2006
Standards for better not worse!
ISA, WBF, MIMOSA OAGi and OPC have set up the Manufacturing Interoperability Guideline (MIG) working group to bring harmony to two of the automation industrys most important standards.10/27/2006
Show Daily Edition from Automation Fair 2006
Automation Fairs focus on strategic maintenance was described in detail in a presentation by Rockwell Automation's Mike Laszkiewicz on the general state of competency erosion at industrial facilities.10/27/2006
User-friendly advanced control
Senior Tech Editor Dan Hebert, PE, looks at the latest advances in simulation and modeling technologies for improved loop control, including new software packages and embedded APC systems.10/26/2006
Show Daily Edition from Automation Fair
Highlights from yesterday's activities include the keynote address by Keith Nosbusch, Rockwell's chairman and CEO, who reported on his company's efforts in the globalization of manufacturing technologies.10/23/2006
Wireless Sensor Network 2006 Management Survey
Let us know what type of wireless data monitoring networks and sensor points you currently deploy, and what led you to choose a wireless network rather than a traditional network, in this online survey of transport protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSNs).10/16/2006
Diagramming drum level control
Harold Wade suggest a few additional points be made to the three-element boiler level control figures in a previous article that show how signals from the steam flow FT and the drum LT combine in the LIC.10/16/2006
Jacket temp: Thermocouple multiplexers
In this installment of Ask the Experts, Bela Liptak and his cadre of automation experts suggest to a reader how to tune a reactor temperature control loop for nearly all exothermic chemical reactors.10/14/2006
Portability and accurate sewer flow
While most competitive designs measure velocity and infer flow, this new battery-operated wireless meter measures flow directly and quotes accuracy in terms of flow rate.10/14/2006
The world according to
There may be no going back to the days when people believed that ISA was the voice of the end user, but if it wants to carve out new territory for itself, it needs to put money back into niche groups.10/13/2006
Flowmeters clean and dirty
CONTROL contributor David W. Spitzer provides a look from a process automation perspective at how magmeters and Venturi meters are vying with ultrasonics for clean and dirty water applications.10/13/2006
Still life
Control Talk columnists McMillan and Weiner invite Wendy Kramer, Mark Sowell and Control Hall of Fame inductee Terry Tolliver to comment on improving the control of batch distillation applications.10/13/2006
Unintended consequences: Its the law!
Technology introduces both benefits and dangers, but as new solution building blocks become available, we have to be aware of not only their benefits, but also limitations their designers havent considered.10/10/2006
Data validation: Jewel in the fieldbus crown?
Many users and most suppliers to the industry see process availability as the big payout benefit of Foundation Fieldbus (FF) diagnosticsa good portion of it realized through data validation.10/10/2006
Oh the humanity!
In this installment of Control Report, Executive Editor Jim Montague finds the process control and automation field is awash in irony, unexpected twists and tragic comedies that would make O. Henry proud.10/10/2006


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The aim of my code is to control pixels (number, position, color) on a background which is also controlled in terms of color and size. The code is composed of two files :
- the module Mapping.py with all the needed functions :
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import Tkinter as tk
class Mapp:
def size_canvas(self,size_canvas):
root = tk.Tk()
self.canvas = tk.Canvas(root, width = size_canvas[0], height = size_canvas[1])
def background(self,size,color):
w,h = size
r,g,b = color
self.canvas.create_rectangle(0,0,w,h,fill="#%02x%02x%02x" % (r,g,b), outline = "#%02x%02x%02x" % (r,g,b))
def rectangle(self,pos,size,color,color_outline):
x,y = pos
dx,dy = size
r,g,b = color
r_outline,g_outline,b_outline = color_outline
self.canvas.create_rectangle(x-1,y-1,x+dx,y+dy,fill="#%02x%02x%02x" % (r,g,b), outline = "#%02x%02x%02x" % (r_outline,g_outline,b_outline))
def pixel(self,pos,color,color_outline):
- the main.py :
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#----== Modules perso ==----
import Mapping
#----== Modules python ==----
import time
#----== Constants ==----
color_background = (255,255,255)
size_background = (200,200)
color_object = (0,0,0)
size_object = (5,5)
pos_object_1 = (10,10)
pos_object_2 = (20,20)
#----== Canvas ==----
#----== Background ==----
#----== Pixels ==----
p1 = m.pixel(pos_object_1,color_object,color_background)
p2 = m.pixel(pos_object_2,color_object,color_background)
This peace of code works fine : white window appears and two black pixels are displayed on it (p1 and p2 at position pos_object_1 and pos_object_1 respectively).
What I want to do :
I want to display pixel p1 and p2 with waiting period between them (5 sec for example).
I also tried after method from Canvas between p1 and p2 but it doesn't work. I also tried sleep method but the waiting period i before that the window is displayed no matter where the method is inserted on the code.
If some body could help me.
PS : Sorry for my English which is probably not so academic but i am French.


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Language and culture courses
Students who have studied French before are placed in these courses according to their performance on the Wheaton placement test. Enrollment in each section is limited to 20 students. (Prior to fall 2010, French 102, 211 and 221 were yearlong courses.)
FR 101 Elementary French I
FR 102 Elementary French II
FR 201 French in Review I
FR 202 French in Review II
FR 221 Read and Converse I
FR 222 Read and Converse II
Introductory culture and literature courses
Intended for students who have studied French for three or four years in secondary school, whose placement scores indicate comparable preparation or who have completed French 221 (with permission of the instructor) or French 222.
FR 235 Postcolonial Encounters
FR 236 Introduction to Early French Literature
FR 245 Contemporary France
FR 246 Introduction to French Cinema
Advanced culture and literature courses
Before enrolling in a 300-level course, students should have completed at least two of the three required courses at the 200 level (French 235, 236 and 245). Prerequisites may be waived by the instructor for students with special preparation.
FR 307 Translation, Art and Craft
FR 320 From François I to François Mitterrand: A Cultural History of Politics and Architecture
FR 327 Moralists and Misanthropes, Sociability and Individualism in Literature of the Ancien Régime
FR 329 French Chanson from Roland to Rap
FR 331 Other Voices, Other Stories: Great Works by Women from France and the Francophone World
FR 347 Literature, the Arts and Society from the Dreyfus Affair to Vichy
FR 349 Les Trente Glorieuses
FR 352 The Quill and the Brush
FR 398 Experimental Courses


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In central Kansas, many fields of wheat were covered in a thick coating of ice on April 11. By itself, a coating of ice on the surface of leaves and stems will usually not cause direct damage unless the wheat is tall enough that the weight of the ice breaks the wheat over and causes lodging. Ice can also cause leaves to become water-soaked and mushy, but this will not affect new leaves.
Ice on the surface of leaves and stems doesn't necessarily mean there will be ice inside the stems. Those are two separate issues. If there is ice inside the stems, that may or may not injure the developing heads. You might think ice inside the stems would always cause damage, but anyone who has seen a lot of spring freeze events knows that wheat's response can be unpredictable.
There have been times when there was ice inside the stems, and it simply melted and the wheat had normal head development afterward. It may depend on how cold the temperatures were when the ice formed. Other times, ice will kill the heads or split open the stems, which usually results in severe injury. Oddly, even split stems do not always mean the end of the tiller. In 1997, there were a lot of split stems that surprised everyone by healing up on their own, due to the wet mild conditions in the weeks following the freeze.
Where stems and/or growing points were killed by the freeze, start looking for new tiller growth coming from the crown area. In fact, look for new tiller growth even if you think the stems look okay. Sometimes tillers can be killed but will not show any symptoms for quite a while. In those cases, the first sign that the tillers are dead is the sudden growth of new tillers at the base of the plant.
There are many possible scenarios after a freeze, and things do not always go according to "the book." So just keep watching your fields closely over the next 7 to 10 days for the following:
* The color of the developing head or growing point. As long as heads are light green and turgid, the head in that tiller is fine. If the head is whitish and flaccid, it has died.
* The color of newly emerging leaves. If they are nice and green, that probably indicates the tiller is alive. If newly emerging leaves are yellow, that probably indicates the tiller is dead. The color of existing leaves is not terribly important, except for the flag leaf. Existing leaves will almost always turn bluish-black after a hard freeze, and give off a silage odor. Those leaves are burned back and dead, but that in itself is not a problem as long as newly emerging leaves are green.
* The integrity of the stem. If there are lesions or crimps anywhere on the stems, that usually means the wheat will lodge at some point during the season. If the stems look undamaged, that's a good sign.


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Photos (for Impose): Madalyn and Meredith Go to Shea Stadium
Awhile back, I shared a new comic with you about going to The Bell House with my friend Meredith. We posted another installment last week, this time at The Bell House. We saw some really excellent talented new bands, including Grand Rapids and Balkans. Both definitely worth checking out. And, of course, The So So […]
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(Reuters) - Tom Brady has been sharpening up for another test against the Baltimore Ravens, knowing that finding the right answers to their defensive schemes on Sunday will be key to the New England Patriots reaching another Super Bowl.
"I think it's important to put stress on their whole defense," the New England quarterback told a Foxborough news conference on Wednesday. "I think whatever they're not covering, that's what we have to be able to focus our play calling on and certainly our execution.
"If they're covering us deep, we'll throw it short. If they cover us short, we'll throw it deep. If they're playing the pass, we'll run it.
"I think that's part of the chess game."
Brady, who last week against the Houston Texans passed his boyhood idol Joe Montana into the top spot for NFL playoff wins by a quarterback at 17, runs the league's top-ranked offense for both yards gained and points scored.
But Brady, who has played in five of the last 11 Super Bowls and won three rings, figures it will not come easily against the Ravens, who have reached the playoffs the last five seasons.
Last year the Patriots were fortunate to claim a 23-20 AFC title victory over the visiting Ravens, who squandered a chance to win or tie the game in the final seconds.
In Week Three of the regular season, Baltimore hung on for a 31-30 victory over the Patriots in Foxborough, where the teams will clash once again for the conference championship and a berth in the Super Bowl on February 3 in New Orleans.
Brady said the Ravens' defensive statistics this season did not reflect the talent on the team, which was hit by a rash of injuries to important players but has gotten healthy in the post season.
"They have a lot of playmakers at each level of the defense," said Brady about a defense that features safety Ed Reed and Ray Lewis, the inspirational leader of the Ravens who has announced he will end his 17-year career after these playoffs.
"It's always a tough read because schematically they do quite a few things. It's never easy.
"They're great in the red area, they're great on third down, they really make you earn it. That's what we have to have as our mindset and that's what we're going to need to be able to do."
Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; editing by Steve Keating.


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Toyota ShareLunker 498 Comes from O.H. Ivie
Catch information to be blacked out until No. 500 is caught
ATHENS — Raymond Ivy of Brownwood caught Toyota ShareLunker 498 from O.H. Ivie April 5. It weighed 13.06 pounds and was caught in seven feet of water on a Strike King swim bait.
Unless you just arrived from another planet, by now you know that the Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation will pay $500 per pound to the angler who catches Toyota ShareLunker 500.
No further announcements will be made of ShareLunker catches until No. 500 has been officially accepted into the program by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). That fish will be X-rayed, and the angler will be given a polygraph test to verify the fish was legally caught and entered according to program rules, which require that the fish be turned over to TPWD within 12 hours of being caught.
Ivy's fish was weighed and cared for until pickup at Elm Creek Village Marina, an official Toyota ShareLunker weigh and holding station.
O.H. Ivie Reservoir has now produced seven ShareLunkers during the current season.
Anyone legally catching a 13-pound or bigger largemouth bass from Texas waters, public or private, between October 1 and April 30 may submit the fish to the Toyota ShareLunker program by calling program manager David Campbell at (903) 681-0550 or paging him at (888) 784-0600 and leaving a phone number including area code. Fish will be picked up by TPWD personnel within 12 hours.
ShareLunker entries are used in a selective breeding program at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens. Some of the offspring from these fish are stocked back into the water body from which they were caught. Other ShareLunker offspring are stocked in public waters around the state in an attempt to increase the overall size and growth rate of largemouth bass in Texas.
Anglers entering fish into the Toyota ShareLunker program receive a free replica of their fish, a certificate and ShareLunker clothing and are recognized at a banquet at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. In addition, if a Texas angler catches the largest entry of the year, that person receives a lifetime fishing license.
For complete information and rules of the ShareLunker program, tips on caring for big bass and a recap of last year's season, see tpwd.texas.gov/sharelunker. The site also includes a searchable database of all fish entered into the program along with pictures where available.
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