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Megastar Chiranjeevi's 150th movie has been titled as 'Kaththilantodu'. You can trust this news because Chiranjeevi, himself, revealed the title of the movie during his interaction with mega fans earlier this morning.It is a known news that Chiranjevi's 150th would be the remake of Tamil blockbuster 'Kaththi' starred by Vijay. VV Vinayak will wield megaphone for this project. Ram Charan and Lyca Productions will jointly venture this mega project,which is going to be the remake of Vijay's film Kaththi, is titled as Kathilantodu. He also revealed the good news that the film will go on floors as planned and that there will be no delays. Earlier on, there were news reports suggesting that since the Megastar has a crucial shoulder surgery and the project will be delayed by a few months.
But now the project will be launched in the second half of this month and the shoot will begin in early May. Kathilantodu will mark the return of Chiranjeevi on the silver screen after eight years.
The movie is directed by V.V. Vinayak, who last worked with the actor in Tagore. Other than the Megastar, the rest of the cast and crew is yet to be finalised. It rumoured that Nayanthara is being considered to play the female lead. Kathilantodu will be co-produced by his son Ram Charan and the Devi Sri Prasad will be scoring the music for the film.
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Customers who purchase a new 2006 Honda hybrid vehicle on or after January 1, 2006, may be eligible for federal tax credits ranging from $1,300 to $2,100 when they file their 2006 tax returns, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. The announcement is the result of a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which calculated the tax credits based on the Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by Congress last year. Honda's 2006 Civic Hybrid, Accord Hybrid and Insight with automatic transmission are eligible for the tax credits.
The federal tax credits are as follows:
|Federal Tax Credit
|2006 Civic Hybrid
|$ 2,100
|2006 Accord Hybrid
|$ 1,300*
|2006 Insight - automatic transmission
|$ 1,450
*2006 Honda Accord Hybrids without updated control calibration qualify for a credit amount of $650.
Various limitations to the credit may apply, depending on the specific circumstances of the customer, and Honda is encouraging customers to contact the IRS or a tax advisor to determine if and how the tax credit will apply to their vehicle acquisition. Customers are also encouraged to contact the IRS at www.irs.gov for information on hybrid tax credit amounts applicable to Honda's 2005 model year hybrids purchased during 2006.
"These federal tax incentives reward consumers who make environmentally responsible purchasing decisions," said John Mendel, senior vice president of American Honda. "Honda continues to be a leader in producing vehicles that set the standard for fuel economy and low emissions."
Honda first introduced U.S. consumers to hybrid technology with the Insight in December 1999. It launched its second hybrid vehicle, the Civic Hybrid, in March 2002, followed by the first-ever V6-powered hybrid, the Accord Hybrid, in December 2004.
For more information or downloadable high-resolution images of the hybrid models and other Honda vehicles, please visit www.hondanews.com. Consumer information is available at www.honda.com.

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Seeking Justice for All
When family law backfires on incarcerated mothers, Elizabeth Hendren wants to be there to provide much needed legal help.
Ever since her high school years when she began working as a community organizer, Hendren saw a need to assist the vulnerable and marginalized. Her unwavering commitment to those with criminal histories spans housing, employment discrimination, immigration, family and domestic
issues. Her law degree from Seattle University now supports her vision.
Her desire to assist women who lose custody of their children because of incarceration has much to do with the lack of access to legal representation for mothers once they are released from prison. In private custody battles, these women frequently go against fathers with whom they have a history of abuse. Hendren is also concerned with legislation that can permanently terminate parental rights when a child becomes a dependent of the state for a year.
The law addresses the lifelong consequences for children who never progress from foster care to adoption. The same law, however, affects an increasing number of women in prison who lose their children even without a history of abuse or neglect. Mothers who are African American, Latina and Native American are more likely to be impacted, Hendren notes, because of the racial disparities in the state's criminal and child welfare systems.
Hendren's interest in helping those at risk moved her to volunteer for Common Ground Relief to help displaced Hurricane Katrina survivors in the Puget Sound area before she entered law school.
"People in my life were rarely able to access an attorney when they needed one because there were not enough attorneys who provided free legal services to low-income and poor people," she says.
In the Northwest, Seattle University's School of Law had the deepest commitment to social justice work, she says. She describes SU's Access to Justice Institute as critical both to connect her to opportunities and to nurture her growth in social justice law. The institute features internships, fellowships, pro bono opportunities, social justice training and more.
Hendren interned with the domestic violence unit of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and the family law and housing units of the Northwest Justice Project in Seattle, where she developed the Reentry Initiated through Services and Education (RISE) Project.
In 2012, Hendren became the law school's Leadership for Justice Fellow. SU is the only law school in Washington to offer a fellowship for a graduate to work with an organization on a specific social justice project for underserved or marginalized individuals or communities.


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Senior Chinese leader calls for talks with Tokyo over disputed islands
By Christopher Bodeen ,AP Friday, January 18, 2013, 12:23 am TWN
BEIJING -- A high-level Chinese official has called for talks with Japan over a disputed island chain, in an apparent attempt by Beijing to cool tensions that have seen both sides scramble jet fighters to the area in recent days.
Jia Qinglin, the head of China's top political advisory body, made the gesture at a meeting in Beijing with former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, the official China Daily newspaper reported Thursday.
Japan has steadfastly refused China's past calls to hold talks over the islands, with Tokyo arguing that it holds sovereignty over the islets and thus there is nothing to negotiate.
Jia is believed to be the highest-ranking Chinese official to publicly issue such a call, and the mild tenor of his remarks — omitting China's standard accusation that Japan is wholly responsible for the frictions — was seen as a signal Beijing hopes to arrest momentum toward an all-out crisis.
"The two sides should appropriately handle questions surrounding the Diaoyu islands and other and other issues on which their stances' differ," Jia said, using the Chinese term for the tiny uninhabited islands lying north of Taiwan. Japan, which controls the islands, calls them the Senkakus.
Jia is due to retire in March and Hatoyama has long been an advocate of closer ties with China, though he has lost influence under new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. China's call for talks in a meeting Wednesday could represent a way to ask for talks that is less risky than an official, high-level exchange.
However, Japan showed no sign of budging from its position.
Responding to reports that Hatoyama had agreed with Jia on the need for negotiations — and that the islands were in dispute — Japan's chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga expressed the Abe government's disapproval. "This is clearly not a comment that reflects the position of the Japanese government and we very much regret that someone who was once the prime minister of our country would make such remarks," Suga told reporters in Tokyo.
Feng Wei, a researcher at Fudan University's Japanese Studies Center in Shanghai, said that Jia represents "the official stance, which is to ease tensions."
"That's also why he (Hatoyama) was invited to China in the first place. It's highly symbolic."
Also Thursday, Kurt Campbell, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, called for "quiet diplomacy" between Japan, China and South Korea over territorial disputes in northeast Asia, but said Washington would not play the role of mediator.
China's Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, reiterated demands that Tokyo do more to ease tensions.
"The priority now is for Japan to make real efforts and do something real to improve China-Japan relations," spokesman Hong Lei said.
The islands are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and a potential wealth of gas, oil and other undersea resources. For China, they also mark a strategic gateway to the Pacific ocean and represent the deeply emotional legacy of Japan's conquest of Chinese territory beginning in 1895 as well as its brutal World War II occupation of much of the country.
Tensions mounted in September after Beijing responded furiously to Tokyo's purchase of the islands from private Japanese owners. Placed under U.S. control after World War II, the islands were returned to Japan in 1972, although Beijing says they have been Chinese territory for centuries. Taiwan also claims the islands.


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The chef, 36, on never getting hitched, being 'thick', and why women are not his top priority…
How is your new show, James Martin's Brittany, different to other cookery shows you've done?
James Martin: It's the first series I've done abroad. I remember going to France as a kid and being taken out to restaurants and food markets. Then I went there when I was training as a chef when I was 14. I've gone back to see the markets and they're fantastic. The idea of a market in the UK now is almost like a gimmick, a tourist attraction. Over there it's a way of life. In France there's no supermarket culture, they've stuck with their tradition.
What is your favourite French food?
JM: Veal. It has a bad reputation over here. In the UK we're obsessed with everything being clean and pretty, it's got to be packaged right. Whereas in France you buy a chicken and the head's still on it. It's proper food.
How do you manage to keep in shape filming all of your cookery shows?
JM: I don't really. I don't exercise. I just work at 100 miles an hour.
Did you always want to be a celebrity?
JM: Definitely not. My goal was to be head chef and I achieved that when I was 21. If anyone asks me what my biggest achievement is, it's that, not anything to do with television. I'm a chef by trade. That's where I started and that's where I'll end up.
Do you like the showbiz aspect of your job?
JM: Some people get carried away with media exposure, but I've never been like that. When I shut my door, that's it. This is home, private. I don't do the premieres and parties, or look for publicity. I've kept my feet on the ground, and if the TV shows go pear-shaped, I'd go back to being a chef full-time.
When did you realise that you wanted to be a chef?
JM: When I was eight. I remember racing my skateboard around the house, and my dad saying, 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' And I said, 'I want to be a head chef when I'm 21, have my own restaurant when I'm 35, and a Ferrari when I'm 40.' They all thought I was bloody stupid.
What's your dream job?
JM: If I gave it all up tomorrow, I'd pay for myself to train as a vet. It must be one of the hardest but best jobs in the world. Although at secondary school I realised very quickly I wasn't going to be a vet – I wasn't clever enough. The word 'thick' comes to mind.
Who's been your favourite guest on Saturday Kitchen?
JM: The one person I remember more than anyone is Jackie Collins. She was just amazing. Everything you thought she would be, she's not. Jackie is 'Hollywood', don't get me wrong, but she's just a down-to-earth person. And she's the only person who's actually written to me after the show to say, 'Thank you very much'. She attached a little picture of me and her on the show to the letter as well.
What's your guilty pleasure?
JM: Diet Coke. I'm absolutely obsessed with Diet Coke. I can't live without it.
Since appearing on Strictly Come Dancing in 2005, do you still bust a groove?
JM: You've got to be joking, haven't you? No way. Once it's over, it's over, you just move on. Those days have definitely gone.
Do you still speak to your dance partner, Camilla Dallerup?
JM: I spoke to her yesterday. She normally asks me for food tips more than anything else.
Do you cook at home?
JM: Yeah, I do. I've got my own veg garden and I get fresh fish delivered. So I'll pick some carrots and have them with fresh fish.
Do many people recognise you in the street?
JM: I get the odd woman who pulls her top down and asks me to sign her left breast, which is quite amusing. Do I oblige? Of course. Why not?
You've become a bit of a pin-up now. What's your secret?
JM: My mate said, 'It's because you're not bothered.' I don't play hard to get. Food's always been my life. When I was 16, people my age were going out and enjoying themselves, but I went straight from school to the kitchen and worked like a nutter. I didn't even have a girlfriend until I was 21. Does food come before women? Yes. Then cars. Then my dog Fudge. I can go further down the list…
Are you dating at the moment?
JM: I am, yes. We've been together about a year. But she's not famous.
Have you ever been in love?
JM: I dunno. Once, I think. I just reckon anyone who gets married has bigger balls than me. Marriage frightens the hell out of me. I'm not being big-headed or rude, I just want to do my own thing. Anybody who's with me has to live with it.
What makes you think that?
JM: I don't understand what the fuss is about. I've catered for weddings most of my life and everyone argues on the big day. And it costs them a fortune.
What does your girlfriend think of you being anti-marriage?
JM: She's used to it. We cancelled our holiday to Cuba, so I could spend a week at home. For about eight years I haven't had a week off – I want to spend time at my house. She wasn't happy, but that's what I want to do. I don't enjoy holidays. I can go away for five days, but any more and I get bored. Sat on a beach? Oh God, it does my head in.
You've no plans to settle down then?
JM: I'm settled down now. I've got my house and my dog. I've never done what everybody else has done. The standard thing to do is find someone, get married in your 20s, have two kids and be boring for the rest of your life. Most people who are married look at me and think, 'You lucky b*****d.' I look at them and think, 'Why?' You all had the option to do it, and you've chosen that.
What's your pet hate?
JM: Poor room service gets me very impatient. And not washing up. I can't bear to leave dirty pans soaking in water.
Who would you like to cook your last meal?
JM: My late grandmother. She passed away nine years ago. I'd have a bacon sandwich from her, she made the best. Marks & Spencer white sliced bread, Lurpak butter, and bacon from the butcher's cooked on an old gas grill.
• James Martin's Brittany starts on Monday 1 September on UKTV Food, weekdays at 9pm
What have you always got in your fridge?
Diet Coke, Mars Bars.
When was the last time you used public transport?
I take the train to London on Mondays and Fridays when the traffic is horrendous.
What's your must-have kitchen appliance?
A big American-style fridge freezer.


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Extension > Youth Development > Minnesota 4-H > 4-H Events > Shooting Sports & Wildlife leader certification
Shooting Sports & Wildlife leader certification
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In order to run a county or multi-county shooting sports & wildlife program, instructors must be certified by Minnesota 4-H. The leader certification trainings are designed to cover the needed knowledge and rules to become a certified 4-H county instructor.
2017 fall SS&W leader certification training
The Minnesota 4-H Shooting Sports & Wildlife Program Development Committee invites you to attend a 4-H Shooting Sports & Wildlife Leader Certification! The committee recommends that leaders attend the certification training every 5 years. Now is your chance to attend!
The training is designed for adults and youth (9th grade and older) that lead or would like to lead training in shooting sports or wildlife. Classes will be offered in the disciplines of coordinator, archery, rifle/pistol, shotgun, muzzleloading, and wildlife. This training meets the 4-H project leaders' requirements for certification and recertification. Although there is range time allocated in the schedule, the majority of the training is classroom work to become an effective instructor, not to practice your own shooting skills.
Fall 2017 training
- Oct. 7-8, Alexandria
- SS&W Leader Certification cover letter (PDF)
- SS&W Leader Certification registration (PDF)
- SS&W Leader Certification schedule (PDF)
- Alexandria area lodging (PDF)
- New volunteers MUST complete the volunteer screening process. Click here for information about becoming a volunteer.
- All volunteers MUST complete three online trainings. See the cover letter for more information. Please note that trainings are not accessible from mobile devices. For additional assistance with accessing the online trainings, contact Judy Christians at firstname.lastname@example.com or 507-372-3900, Extension 3902
Who can attend?
4-H youth leaders grade 9 and higher, and adult 4-H volunteers. All youth must be enrolled in the current 4-H year, and all adults must be enrolled as screened adult volunteers before participating in this certification training. County or regional Extension offices are responsible for recruiting participants for the shooting sports & wildlife leaders certification training.
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Has your county ever considered hosting a shooting sports/wildlife leader training? Do you have an interest in hosting an event within the next year? Would you like to host one close to your county so your volunteers could get trained close to home? If you answered yes to any of those questions, please read on!
There are several opportunities for shooting sports/wildlife leader trainings and we are looking for host sites throughout Minnesota. It would involve a weekend (typically a Friday night through Sunday noon, for a total of 20 hours of training time) in which leaders come and get training in a specific discipline.
If you would have an interest in hosting a shooting sports/wildlife leader training, please contact Nicole Pokorney, Rochester Regional Office, 507-536-6304 or email@example.com.
To get involved with the 4-H shooting sports program, contact your county 4-H staff.
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The Seaside City that Abounds with Tourists in Every Season
The Mosque with Fluted Minarets which is the symbol of the city, the Murat Pasha Mosque, Tekeli Mehmet Pasha Mosque, the Kaleici (Inner Citadel) District, where the old Antalya houses are located, the Ataturk and Karalioglu parks where various exotic Mediterranean plants are grown, the Hadrianus Gate, the Ataturk and the Archaeological Museums are worth seeing. The Lara beach to the east and the Konyaalti beach to the west of the city are ideal for swimming. Besides these beaches, there are also two water parks in Antalya in which various water games are played.
Among the interesting places in the vicinity of the city of Antalya are the Upper and Lower Duden Falls, Kursunlu Falls, Saklikent, which is a winter sports center, Gulluk Mountain National Park, with its famous ancient city of Termessos and Karain Cave which was a settlement place in the Stone Age.
Kemer, on the coast to the west of the city of Antalya, is among the most beautiful holiday centers in the Mediterranean. It has many holiday villages in the surroundings, which have been constructed by showing respect for nature, the environment and humans. Kemer should be experienced with its lively marina, colorful markets, bars, restaurants and its lifestyle full of interesting activities. The Kemer Carnival, which is held in April every year, adds a distinctive color to the region. Phaselis is to the south of Kemer. It is an historical port. The historical city of Phaselis, which has many natural coves, is surrounded by forests. To the south of Phaselis is the ancient city of Olympos. The ruins of the city are surrounded by bay forests. To the north of Olympos there is a sacred area, at an elevation of 300 meters, called Cirali. The gas, which emerges naturally between the rocks here, burns when it combines with the oxygen in the air. According to mythology, the flames come from the mouth of the monster who was killed by Bellerophon, the Lycian hero.
The charming Finike County of Antalya Province is a holiday town famous for its orange groves. To the west of Finike is Demre, or Myra with its historical name. Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus), the jolly grandfather of the children of the world, lived and died here. A church was built where his grave is located and was later transformed into the Noel Baba (Santa Claus) Museum. Every year a Noel Baba festival is organized in Demre.
There is a beautiful marina at Kalkan, another holiday town on the western shores of Antalya Province. Kalkan is worth seeing for its hotels, which have such beautiful architecture that it reminds one of the European Renaissance. In the vicinity of Kalkan, is the Patara Beach which is Turkey's longest beach extending for 22 km. At the same time, this beach is also the longest beach in Europe. In the areas of the historical town of Patara are located many structures which remain from the Lycian period. To the north of Patara are located Xanthus, the historical capital of Lycia, and Letoon, another one of the holy cities of Lycia. Further to the north are ancient cities such as Pinara and Tlos. These beautiful cities are worth seeing for their architecture.
The eastern region of Antalya, which is called the Antalya Plain, used to be called the Pamphylia Region in history. The region, with its long and sandy beaches along its shores, is known today for its holiday villages, historical cities, holiday towns and agricultural areas. The ancient city of Perge, 18 km to the east of Antalya, was first founded by the Hittites. Most of the architectural works which can be seen today in the city are remains of the Roman Period. Among the historical structures the theater, stadium, city gates, avenues, agora and baths are interesting for tourists. Large, modern holiday complexes extend along the Belek coast, which is at a distance of 40 km from Antalya. Belek is surrounded by pine trees where one cannot get enough of playing golf on the expansive and green courses with international standards. The ancient city of Aspendos, which is at a distance of 50 km from Antalya, was one of the most important cities in the Pamphylia Region in the past. The theater is the most important architectural work in the city. It was constructed by the architect Zenon, in the second century, and it is one of the best preserved structures in Anatolia. The theater, which can accommodate 15,000 people, has superb acoustics. During the art festivals organized here every year classical concerts, operas with rich costumes, ballets and plays are performed. Aspendos is at the same time a center for processing gold and cutting jewels. How gold is processed can be seen at this center which is of great interest for tourists.
Side is one of the most important historical cities in Turkey. It is located on a small peninsula 80 km to the east of the city of Antalya. Its theater with a capacity of 25,000 people is the largest theater in the region. The remains of the baths were restored and transformed into a museum. The most frequently visited places in the city are the agora, monumental fountains, Temple of Apollo, city walls and the remains of the port.
Alanya is an urbanized holiday town in Turkey, with its beautiful beaches. There are various hotels and holiday villages along the coast. The modern Alanya extends along the shore to the west and east. The historical Alanya is located right at the center of the city on a small peninsula extending into the Mediterranean Sea. There are many architectural works remaining from the Seljuks in Alanya, which was the winter capital of the Seljuk State.


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Families Advocate for Alzheimer's Disease to Be National Priority
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MERYL COMER, Has Husband with Alzheimer's Disease: It's going to be good. Eat it for Harvey. Good job.
SUSAN DENTZER, NewsHour Health Correspondent: This is Harvey Gralnick, age 70, 12 years into the ravages of Alzheimer's.
This was Harvey Gralnick at his prime. His diplomas and awards speak to his distinction as a longtime physician and research scientist at the National Institutes of Health. Gralnick was 58 at the peak of his NIH career when he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's.
MERYL COMER: OK, good job.
SUSAN DENTZER: His wife, former television journalist Meryl Comer, describes how this main form of dementia sapped his intellect and destroyed his personhood.
MERYL COMER: Somebody once described it as a house where you see one light go off at a time, or watching somebody in slow motion die, lose their mind in front of your eyes, literally lose their mind in front of your eyes. Very painful to watch, especially knowing what he was.
Raising urgency to fight disease
SUSAN DENTZER: Comer, who's 62, now works with a team of nursing aides to care for her husband at home. She says her and her husband's story is a harbinger of things to come for her generation, the baby boom.
MERYL COMER: I want people to understand this disease, because it's going to be part of our future. It has the potential to be an epidemic in our generation, in the baby boom generation.
SUSAN DENTZER: So she's joined forces with a new group called ACT-AD, for Alzheimer's disease, to dramatically raise the sense of urgency to fight the condition. She spoke at a recent news conference.
MERYL COMER: I've come with another agenda that is shared in principle by everyone signing on to ACT-AD: the urgent need to change the conversation about this disease; accelerate the delivery of promising drugs to patients; improve the plight of families; and make this disease a national priority.
SUSAN DENTZER: An estimated 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer's today, and the number is expected to triple within 10 years. The disease mainly strikes people in their 60s and beyond. By age 85, a stunning one-half of people have it.
MERYL COMER: Harv, can you see me? Harvey?
SUSAN DENTZER: But Gralnick's early-onset form mainly affects those in their 50s. Steve McConnell oversees policy and advocacy for the Alzheimer's Association.
STEPHEN MCCONNELL, Alzheimer's Association: We have found that as many as 600,000, somewhere between 200,000 and 600,000 baby boomers, people under age 65, have Alzheimer's disease, and that is truly terrifying.
SUSAN DENTZER: Early-onset Alzheimer's is traceable to genetic mutations passed down through families, but its symptoms are virtually identical to the form that hits other people later in life. Comer describes the first signs she saw in her husband.
MERYL COMER: His mood changed. The papers that were orderly in his mind became chaos. Frustration levels soared, couldn't find things, highly frustrated, agitated.
You OK? Feeling better?
Mystery behind the disease
SUSAN DENTZER: Comer says that, as she grew more concerned, she persuaded him to see a neurologist, who declared nothing amiss. Gralnick was later hospitalized for two months while doctors struggled to figure out what was wrong. Only later, as his symptoms worsened, did one venture the tentative diagnosis of Alzheimer's.
Dr. Sam Gandy is a leading neuroscientist at Thomas Jefferson University and chief scientific adviser to the Alzheimer's Association. He says scientists still don't fully understand what causes Alzheimer's disease and have several competing theories. Perhaps the leading one links the condition to changes in a common body protein, called amyloid.
DR. SAM GANDY, Thomas Jefferson University: Amyloid is actually normally made by all cells in the body all throughout life. In Alzheimer's disease, this protein changes its shape, becoming extremely sticky, forming clumps, and building up in between and outside of nerve cells.
SUSAN DENTZER: The amyloid proteins in Harvey Gralnick's brain had probably begun to change at least a decade before his symptoms became apparent. Gandy demonstrated how with a piece of wire.
DR. SAM GANDY: The process that begins Alzheimer's disease is what we call protein folding, and literally the amyloid protein folds back on itself like a big bobby-pin. And this then is a sticky form, and many of these bobby pin-like sticky structures aggregate together, clump together.
SUSAN DENTZER: Those sticky clumps of proteins are called amyloid plaques. For unknown reasons, they form only in certain parts of the brain rather than a whole body. Then they kill the vital neurons, or nerve cells, through which the brain does its primary work.
DR. SAM GANDY: Scientists sometimes describe these as resembling Brillo pads. You could see them building up outside nerve cells and in between nerve cells. These then would be supplying the poison that would kill this nerve cell.
SUSAN DENTZER: As the nerve cells die, their inner skeletons collapse, forming what are called tangles. Many scientists also think this process plays a pivotal role in Alzheimer's.
Using a plastic brain model, Gandy then showed us how all this damage starts in the brain's hippocampus region, which is responsible for memory and thought. That helps to explain a classic early Alzheimer's symptom: the loss of short-term memory, even as memories from long ago can somehow remain intact.
DR. SAM GANDY: As the disease progresses, it's on a malignant process. It destroys not only the nerve cells in the hippocampus responsible for memory, but many of the cells throughout the top of the brain, called the cortex. This is the master circuitry of the brain.
As the disease progresses, people become withdrawn from their environment, ultimately take to bed, and lose all ability to communicate with their environment or interact at all.
Developing new drugs
SUSAN DENTZER: In perhaps the disease's final insult, the part of the brain responsible for regulating basic body functions, like breathing, are not affected.
DR. SAM GANDY: This region here is called the brain stem.
SUSAN DENTZER: So even after having lost the ability to interact, patients like Gralnick can live a long time until an unrelated infection, like pneumonia, kills them.
Gandy says an effective treatment for Alzheimer's would block, reverse or at least slow down the formation of plaques and tangles. But current drugs on the market for treating Alzheimer's -- with names like Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl -- fall far short of that.
DR. SAM GANDY: They help the brain to compensate for a chemical deficiency that's present early in the disease. But as the disease progresses, their effect wears off and they become totally ineffective.
SUSAN DENTZER: So one goal now is to develop combinations of drugs that would work in various ways to attack the fundamental disease process.
That's the hope now of global pharmaceutical companies, which are exploring as many as 140 different compounds for that purpose. If successful, several could one day be used much like AIDS cocktails to hold Alzheimer's in check, or at least turn it from an inevitable slide downward into a more slowly progressing, chronic disease.
STEPHEN MCCONNELL: If science can produce a breakthrough that simply slows the progression of this disease and delays its onset just by a couple of years, it will save $50 billion a year in the Medicare program, a savings of $13 for every dollar spent on research.
SUSAN DENTZER: One pharmaceutical company working especially hard toward that goal is Wyeth, where Bob Essner is chairman and CEO. He says watching several friends and relatives suffer from the disease has made him impassioned on the subject.
ROBERT ESSNER, Chairman and CEO, Wyeth: What we're trying to do is to kind of put Alzheimer's disease now into the same priority that we've seen in the past with HIV-AIDS, with cancer, treatments for cancer, and most recently with avian flu.
SUSAN DENTZER: At the urging of Wyeth scientists, Essner agreed several years ago to plunge the company into a high-stakes, high-cost partnership with an Irish firm, Elan Pharmaceuticals.
Elan was working on a vaccine aimed at stimulating the body's immune system to make antibodies to destroy the amyloid plaques. Although the vaccine has been shown to work in mice, so far the human brain has proved far more complicated. In 2002, a clinical trial of the vaccine in patients with Alzheimer's was halted when it produced dangerous side effects.
Menelas Pangalos heads up neuroscience research at Wyeth.
MENELAS PANGALOS, Vice President for Neuroscience Research, Wyeth: There was basically an inflammation in the brains of these patients, and so the trial had to be stopped. But what was very exciting was that there were some hints that this drug was doing what it did in mice, in people.
A safer vaccine
SUSAN DENTZER: Wyeth is now helping Elan develop a potentially safer vaccine approach, as well as working on several other Alzheimer's-fighting drugs. And the company seems every bit as determined as Meryl Comer to raise awareness about the disease.
As a result, it provided seed money to form that organization she joined, ACT-AD. Essner says part of the goal is to persuade the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to find new ways to bring Alzheimer's therapies to patients as quickly as possible.
ROBERT ESSNER: If the FDA were to engage as a partner and give the same kind of priority they give to cancer drugs or HIV drugs, that they could move the process of development along faster and potentially get a cure available faster than they otherwise might.
SUSAN DENTZER: FDA officials told us the agency shares ACT-AD's goal of moving ahead as fast as possible on Alzheimer's. In a statement, the agency said, it is, quote, "actively working with manufacturers, medical researchers, and the Alzheimer's patient community to facilitate development of new and better products for patients."
The agency said a key priority is developing new ways to test the effectiveness of Alzheimer's drugs by using imaging devices, such as this one, to monitor subtle changes in the brains of patients.
Meanwhile, an even harder task for Alzheimer's advocates may be working to reverse cuts in the research budget for the disease at the National Institutes of Health. Congress cut the NIH's overall budget this year for the first time in 36 years, and President Bush has proposed no further increase for fiscal 2007; that would translate into $6 million less next year for Alzheimer's research.
DR. SAM GANDY: The outlook is incredibly grim. It's difficult now to encourage new, young investigators to enter this enterprise. And so, as the NIH budget goes down, these scientists, these professors, cannot be employed, and they go elsewhere.
SUSAN DENTZER: The NIH's Dr. Norka Ruiz Bravo told us the proposed cuts were unfortunate, but unless Congress reverses them, they're inevitable at a time when the NIH budget is being squeezed to meet other government priorities.
DR. NORKA RUIZ BRAVO, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH: There's no question that Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. I think we can all recognize that. It is, however, a very tough budget environment for NIH. The tough budget environment is going to affect all diseases, and Alzheimer's is one of many that it's going to affect.
SUSAN DENTZER: Comer says that's intolerable at a time that progress is so essential.
MERYL COMER: We need it fast, sooner rather than later, because I am terrified just by the notion that our generation will end up looking like my husband.
SUSAN DENTZER: Meanwhile, Comer knows that, for millions like her husband, it's already too late.
GWEN IFILL: In her next report, Susan will look at the impact Alzheimer's has on families and caregivers.


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I wanted to give you a Coming Attraction of our June, 2006 Shutterbug issue. It's filled with new products, trends and technology from the recent PMA Show in Orlando, FL. This is the biggest photo/imaging trade show in the US, and we had a team of reporters covering every facet of the event. We have reports on new digital SLRs, lenses, scanners, printers, lighting, film and our ever-popular "Weird and Wonderful", products only a photographer could love.
We have been
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during and since the show, but there were so many to cover that we thought
we'd give you a sampling of what's to come in our big June
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largest annual international trade show in our industry. With over 600
exhibitors, 20,000 attendees, and more than 200 educational sessions,
this four-day event is pretty much a "must see" for everyone
in the imaging business.
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to the folks at Tribeca Imaging Laboratories (TIL), digital cameras
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a deep blue or purple object and comparing the colors on the camera's
LCD or computer screen to the original subject."
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technique has been called "filling the gamut" and it uses
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underneath it. A Histogram is a graphic representation of the tonal
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They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
The Cape Grace hotel was the third part of our holiday, it was intended to provide some down time but there was so much to see that we kept ourselves busy seeing all the sights Cape Town has to offer.
More birthday cards, champagne and chocolates - I could get to like being 60 !!
A car was waiting for us as we unloaded from the Rovos Rail train and we were in the hotel within 10 minutes. The staff were very good, friendly and helpful, except during breakfast the first morning, when the waitress was less than welcoming.
Table Mountain, Cape Point, Kirstenbosch gardens, the Waterfront, museums and the castle were all well worth visiting. You have to go up Table Mountain on the first clear day - thank goodness we did that on our first day, since it was cloudy the following days.
Cape Grace offers free chauffeur service within a 10km radius and we made use of this along with the Red buses to get around.
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[10 June 2008]
To chill out, to calm myself, get rid of the aches of the working day, I like to shop for books. Where I live, there is no book store. Only a newsagency with a back shelf full of over-priced new releases. When I need a buyer's fix, I go to the St. Vincent de Paul and grab ratty, smelly paperbacks for a buck a piece. When I want new books, I go online.
Yesterday was a particularly tiring day. It was a public holiday here in town, and it was raining. So my video shop was hectic. For the most part, my customers understood that service can be slower when the rain-rush hits. But some people—you know them—decided that if the rain was going to get them down, it might as well get everyone else down, too. I argued, debated, bartered, and bent—all day long, to every need. This is scratched, that wasn't late, you never said Sweeney Todd was a bloomin' musical, what do you mean I can't use my free coupon on a public holiday?
And at the very end of the day, I got full-on threatened by a guy on the phone who tried to convince me that his rented copy of I Am Legend destroyed his DVD player. Fix my problem, he demanded, or expect a visit from a "very nasty customer".
Some days, you know, you remember how quiet unemployment was.
So, I came home, de-uniformed, and shopped for books. Is there any pursuit more calming than browsing bookshelves? Even if they are virtual? Keep your baths and massage oils—for me, ultimate relaxation comes in the knowledge that Amazon US ships fast. I picked three books last night, mostly because my shoulders un-tensed just that little bit when I saw their front images.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
June 2008, 566 pages, $25.95
This struck me with its serenity: the boy and his dog wandering the farm. It beings to mind The Yearling or Sounder. Reading the synopsis, though, the picture takes on new meaning. There's an urgency about it, suddenly, that the boy and his dog are heading to that barn with greater intent than simply to pass the time. Or perhaps they're unaware of what awaits them? At any rate, the barn's got me hooked.
by Debra Winger
Simon & Schuster
June 2008, 224 pages, $23.00
Debra Winger makes me think of strength. There's something about her, probably tied to her movie, Searching for Debra Winger, that stirs in me feelings of empowerment and longevity. Winger may not have conquered Hollywood, but nor did she need to. This is her memoir, and its Autumn-coloured cover is the perfect antidote to my rainy, Winter blues. The image is really something—the actress standing on the other side of what appears to be a closed door. It's a feminine, natural recreation, perhaps, of the "road less travelled" concept. There was one way, but Debra chose another, and there were colours there.
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
by Nicholson Baker
Simon & Schuster
March 2008, 566 pages, $30.00
Normally, a history of the Second World War would not be on my Winter reading list. But there's just something about that cover. Its floating, dying hand gives the impression of reaching and grabbing. Maybe guiding? And you just can't help but go where it leads. It wasn't just the cover that had me, though—Colm Toibin's review, as posted on the Barnes and Noble site (where I do much of my browsing), convinced me, too:
It is possible that Human Smoke will infuriate those who believe that Churchill was a hero and that war, in all its viciousness, is often the only way to defeat those who declare or threaten war. Human Smoke will not be admired by those who argue that methods used to win a war may seem, especially to novelists writing more than 60 years later, impossible to justify. Nonetheless, the issues Baker wishes to raise, and the stark system he has used to dramatize his point, make his book a serious and conscientious contribution to the debate about pacifism. He has produced an eloquent and passionate assault on the idea that the deliberate targeting of civilians can ever be justified.
Maybe it's a hand raised in surrender?
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You may be interested in Raymonde Carroll's Cultural Misunderstandings, which is about differences in French vs American cultures and how these manifest in everyday affairs. Much of the second chapter ("Conversation") is devoted to puzzling out the differences between what you call the interrupt culture, and Carroll classifies as the norm for French conversation, vs the wait culture, which for her is the norm for American conversation.
A few quotations (there's much more on this in the book):
a party, in a university town in the United States, in honor of a well-known French academic. The host and most of the guests are French. There are a few scattered Americans. The French academic, who has just been introduced to an American historian, looks interested. "I'm very interested in history . . . Are you familiar with Z (famous American historian)?" "Yes." "What do you think of his latest book?" The American responds, talking about what he thinks of the book in question. The Frenchman, having stopped listening at a certain point, is glancing around the living room, and he eagerly widens the circle when another Frenchman approaches and "brutally interrupts" the conversation with a joke. The newcomer turns to the American, "What are you working on right now?" The latter, who has learned his lesson, responds briefly with "Oh, the same thing" and makes a joke. This little scene was described to me by the American in question, who added, "I really don't understand French people; they only pretend to ask questions. This behavior especially surprised me coming, as it did, from such a famous man. He had no need to ask the question if he wasn't interested in the answer. Of course I wasn't going to fall into the same trap twice, so I joked 'French-style' instead of answering." Americans often expressed surprise in my presence at the fact that French people, "who claim to be very big on manners," are themselves so "rude": "they interrupt you all the time in conversation," "they finish your sentences for you," "they ask you questions and never listen to the answer," and so on. French people, on the other hand, often complain that American conversations are "boring," that Americans respond to the slightest question with a "lecture," that they "go all the way back to Adam and Eve," and that they "know nothing about the art of conversation."
[...]Let's see what happens in a simple conversation between two French people. I (the speaker) look at my interlocutor, watch for signs of boredom or inattention. If the other person's gaze begins to stray, to wander, I change my behavior, my tactic, or the subject, or else I cut myself short to allow him or her to speak. Of course, we are not talking about what truly happens in most cases but of the norm, the "ideal" situation which remains unchanged, no matter how often the rule is broken. In the inverse case (someone is speaking to me), I have several means at my disposal to intervene or to indicate that I want to speak: facial expressions, lips which open as if to say something but remain silent, slight body movements, or gestures. If this does not obtain the desired result and I still am unable to speak, I must make use of other signs—a barely audible inhalation which indicates that I am going to speak, a discreet sigh, a chopped-off word—or the stratagems of last resort—"speaking of which" "funny you should mention that"—which in general have nothing to do with the preceding conversation but rather indicate that I would like to say something too. If I start to look distracted or take on a vacant stare, it is to indicate, in what is still an acceptable manner, that I am ready to abandon the conversation since there is no place in it for me. If this has no effect, my only hope lies in the intervention of a third party (a friend met fortuitously on the street, a host or hostess, a guest, or a table companion at a meal or party) to save me from this "pain in the neck." If worse comes to worst, I can avail myself of the excuses that have the disadvantage of being obvious: a telephone call to make, something urgent to tell someone else that I almost forgot, and the like. When I am pushed to this extreme, I am really resentful at the other for having "cornered" me, for having "kept me" (and therefore held me against my wishes), for having "monopolized the conversation" for "hours"—in short, for not having "given" me a chance to speak, that is, for having refused me all meaningful presence.
[...]American conversation is closer to a hike with two or more people in unknown territory than to a game on familiar territory—hence the need immediately to situate the participants (the territory) and the importance of cooperation. Each person will contribute to the exploration according to his or her knowledge and capacities. We may return from this hike with our hands empty or full, depending on the moment, the mood, and the quality of each person's contribution. Consequently, if I (an American) am unsure of my information, I do not pretend to know but let whoever might know more speak. But if I have something to "contribute," I can speak as long as seems necessary to respond to a question, to share my information. And I will listen to the other in the same way when it is his or her turn, no matter what the other's style may be. And since when I am finished, I will spontaneously stop speaking, the other person will wait for this silence, different from that of a thoughtful pause, to speak in turn. Any other kind of behavior would look like an insulting interruption to me; I would interpret it as a sign of lack of interest or, even worse, as frivolous and annoying, as contributing nothing more than "noise," "senseless commotion," or signs of "impatience" to the conversation. In short, the interruption is more a commentary on the person who interrupts than on the person who is interrupted. We can now understand why Americans are shocked by the "rudeness" of French people who "interrupt you all the time."


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Srinagar: Authorities on Friday sounded a medium danger avalanche warning for several areas along the Line of Control in Kashmir Valley following fresh snowfall in these areas.
"The northern districts of the Valley has experienced fresh snowfall due to which Divisional Disaster Management Authority, Kashmir has issued Medium-danger warning for avalanche prone areas," Coordinator of the Authority Aamir Ali said.
He said the areas where avalanche warning has been issued include Chowkibal, Tangdhar, Keran, MachIl, Gurez, Tuleil, Sonamarg, Drass and higher reaches of Gulmarg and Uri sectors.
"People living in higher reaches of these areas have been advised not to venture in avalanche prone areas, during the next 24 hours," Ali said.
He said the people living in these snow-bound areas are also advised to keep cleaning the snow from roof top of their houses to avoid any causality due to roof collapse.
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Welcome to Puy Rond Camping. Located in the Poitou-Charentes, our English owned campsite is officially the 2nd sunniest region in France. Our campsite is the dream & reality of myself Robert & my wife Amanda to offer our guests beautiful surroundings & a warm family atmosphere. With only 25 pitches we offer a more personal approach than the "factory camping" of larger campsites. We are only a short walk from the town of Bressuire that has numerous shops, restaurants, cafes and bars. We are only a short drive from many places of interest such as Le Puy du Fou, Le Marais Poitevin (green venice) and the Japanese gardens of Maulevrier. Around an hour from the campsite there is Futuroscope and the Loire valley towns of Saumur & Chinon, the vineyards of Anjou & Muscadet and the Vendee coastal towns of La Rochelle & Les Sables d'olonne. Every day in high season you can place an order for freshly baked baguettes and croissants and I deliver them direct to your door the following morning. For further provisions there are supermarkets within a five minute drive and the town is a twenty minute walk around a beautiful lake. Our family run site is conveniently situated as a base from which to explore this beautiful region of France or spend the day relaxing in a peaceful secluded haven. Together with toilets and hot showers etc, we have a washing machine and a freezer to put your ice blocks in. All pitches have electric hook ups if required.
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Grimm Up North
The next installment in Grimm Up North's Monthly Screenings program in Manchester, England, is an arthouse horror double-bill of A Horrible Way to Die and Amer running on Thursday, February 23rd.
A Horrible Way to Die:
An unrelenting and violently modern psycho-thriller that is just as disturbing as it is powerful. An award-winning festival favourite. Grimm are proud to announce that we will be screening the film before its official UK DVD release (in March).
'This is art-house horror, a pure cinema for connoisseurs, a return to late-19th-century decadence.' An homage to the great works of Argento and Bava, Amer is a psycho-sexual thriller that captures the zeitgeist of 70′s Italian horror effortlessly.
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Psychotria viridis is a shrub from the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It
has many local names, including Chacruna and Chacrona (from Quechua
chaqruy, "to mix").
It is a close relative of the Ecuadorian Psychotria carthagensis,
known as samiruka (amiruca), and some dispute remains as to whether
or not the two are actually separate species.
Vegative Characteristics
Psychotria viridis is a perennial bush which grows up to 5 m tall
and 2 m wide.
In the middle and lower parts of the stem, situated between the
insertion points of the two opposite leaves there is a horizontal
scar 0.3-1 mm wide that extends between the leaves (or leaf scars)
and sometimes also connects over the tops of these scars, and along
the top side of this scar there is a dense, usually furry line of
fine trichomes (i.e., plant hairs) usually 0.5-1 mm long that are
reddish brown when dried (Figure 4A). This combination of features
is diagnostic for many species in the genus Psychotria, though not
for any individual species [i.e., these features distinguish
Psychotria L. Subg. Psychotria; other subgenera of Psychotria lack
the well developed reddish brown trichomes inserted above the
stipule scars]. On the upper stems of Psychotria viridis these
features are obscured by a stipule (see below), which covers the
trichomes; the scar actually marks the point where this structure
has fallen off.
Psychotria viridis
These are leafy structures that cover and protect the young
developing leaves, then fall off leaving scars on the stem. The
stipules are produced in pairs, and their form is distinctive for
Psychotria viridis: They are 5-25 x 4-12 mm, elliptic in outline,
sharply angled at the apex, papery to membranaceous in texture,
ciliate (i.e., fringed) along the upper margins, and longitudinally
flanged or winged along the middle (Figure 4A). However, stipule
shape and size is quite variable among different plants, and also
depends on the stipule's developmental stage and other factors such
as whether the stem that produced it is reproductive or vegetative.
These are small pockets found on the lower leaf surface near the
junction of the secondary (i.e., side) veins with the central vein.
They function as shelter for tiny invertebrates such as mites that
live on the plant leaf. These mites apparently often are symbiotic
with the plant, taking shelter in these structures and eating fungi
and herbivorous invertebrates that can damage the leaf. The foveolae
(also called domatia) are distinctive for Psychotria viridis and a
few related species: They are generally 1.5-5 mm long and 0.5-1 mm
wide at the top, conical and tapered to a closed base, open and
truncate or variously ornamented at the top, and situated along the
sides of the central vein with the opening usually near a secondary
vein (Figure 4C). These foveolae vary in shape among different
plants , and in number on individual leaves,
and may not even be present on some leaves. Most often each leaf
bears at least one pair of foveolae, which may be close to the apex;
the foveolae are often more numerous on leaves from vegetative stems
than on those from reproductive stems.
USDA zone: 10 or higher.
Cultivation from cuttings is easiest. A single leaf (or even part
of a leaf slightly covered with soil) can be sufficient for a
cutting. Propagation from seed is extremely difficult. The
germination rate can be as low as 1%. There are approximately 50
The Machiguenga people of Peru use juice from the leaves as eye
drops to treat migraine headaches.[5]
Dried Psychotria vidris contains about 0.10-0.66%[6] alkaloids.
Approximately 99% of that is dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Other
alkaloids such as beta-carbolines and NMT have been found. The
alkaloid content is said to be highest in the morning.
[edit] Entheogenic & religious
It contains the hallucinogenic—or entheogenic—indole alkaloid DMT
(dimethyltryptamine) 0.1-0.61% dried mass. It is known primarily as
a principle admixture to the ayahuasca brew used in South and
Central America. It is legal in Brazil where native tribes use it
Vegetalistas, healers in the Amazon regions of Peru, Ecuador and
Colombia, recognize different sub-varieties of Psychotria viridis,
based on the location of glands on the back of the leaves. The
Brazilian ayhuasca church, Santo Daime, holds that Banisteriopsis
caapi, the primary component of ayahuasca, provides "force" to the
tea, whereas Psychotria viridis, or chacruna, provides "light".
This may not be far from the truth as the recognized mechanism of
action is the combination of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI)
which allows ayahuasca to be effective in oral doses (unlike smoking
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EVIAN, FRANCE—Industry veteran Laurent Roussin this month will take over the helms as general manager of the Five-Star Hôtel Royal at Evian Resort here, which is currently undergoing renovation.
Roussin has extensive experience in the luxury hotel industry, gained during almost 20 years working at the most prestigious hotels in the Lucien Barrière Group in Deauville, France.
The Hôtel Royal closed its doors last November for a total renovation with reopening of the hotel planned for early July. Its aim is to be a "nature palace," a unique positioning in the world of large luxury hotels. Roussin will focus efforts on preparing staff at the Royal for resuming operations this summer.


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North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale has earned a top score for patient safety.
The medical center received the highest grade possible – an 'A' – from The Leapfrog Group, a national organization that assigns letter grades (A, B, C, D or F) based on preventable medical errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
The Leapfrog Group compiles the information in its annual Hospital Safety Scores report so patients have the opportunity to evaluate local hospitals to make health care decisions.
"It takes continued, systematic and focused work on behalf of the patient populations we serve to provide the safe and quality provisions of health care to literally anyone who comes to our door," said Gary Griffiths, North Memorial's accreditations and regulatory affairs manager.
The Leapfrog Group uses 26 measures of public hospital safety date to produce a single score representing a hospital's overall capacity to keep its patients safe.
"Individual safety measures are important in assessing hospital performance, but it's of equal importance how we integrate these safety measures in the programs we provide our patients," Susan Kramer, North Memorial director of patient care services, said.
Griffiths said that patient safety and patient care has always been North Memorial's top focus.
He said that the medical center provides staff that has the training and tools to deal with treatment, cultural and safety needs of patients, visitors and staff.
"The medical center additionally supports grade 'A' level service to patients by supporting formal staff education efforts leading to advance degrees and certifications by its staff," Griffiths said.
The high grade isn't the only accomplishment the medical center received. HealthGrades, an organization that measures healthcare quality by analyzing medical data, recently ranked North Memorial's Stroke Center number one in Minnesota for the treatment of stroke.
"North Memorial's Stroke Center incorporates a variety of quality measures to build and sustain the success of its programs," Kramer said. "An example of these measures includes how many patients with an ischemic stroke were placed on medication that will prevent further blood clots, both while the patient is still in the hospital and when discharged to home. Also, being certain every patient receives education before going home so they know what is important to do to care for themselves at home."
Griffiths said that training and ongoing refresher requirements are a constant for North Memorial staff providing patient care services.
By continuing these practices and efforts, Griffiths said he is hopeful that North Memorial can continue to receive such high rankings.
"The end result is that there is no end result, but continual challenges to meet to ensure grade 'A' results," he said. "Addressing the needs of change through a wide scope of training and education opportunities for employees and other professional staff is an integral part of the mission and expectation of the medical center."


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It's always there. It always has something to say. It can consume time like nothing else in my life. Nope, it's not my toddler. It's even not my preschooler. It's my iPhone. As sad as it is, it's a constant part of my daily life. One that is actually with me more hours a day than my two children are.
The more and more I rely on this piece of technology simply to function in the digital world I engrossed myself in, the more I realize how much this phone is like my 3rd child.
1. I never leave it home alone.
2. I have a mini-heart attack if I can't find it for 5 minutes…okay 30 seconds.
3. I protect it from falls, bumps, and bruises.
4. I must take an occasional break from it to maintain my sanity.
5. Sometimes I'm up with it in the middle of the night, causing me to be tired the next day.
6. I get excited when it has news for me.
7. Occasionally I ignore it when it's trying to get my attention.
8. It often is germ-infested and smears unsanitariness on my face.
9. It costs a lot of money to update, improve, and expand its capabilities.
10. It did not come with an instruction book. Learning how to manage it and integrate it into my life has been a process of trial-and-error since Day 1.
11. Occasionally it has a meltdown and I must walk away while it rights itself and is manageable again.
12. It sometimes pulls me away from conversations, games, and dinner parties I want to be at.
13. Sometimes I use it as an excuse to leave conversations, games, and dinner parties I don't want to be at.
14. It has been known – as embarrassing as it is to admit – to get in the way of intimacy with my husband.
15. It's always by my side, giving me the nagging feeling that it needs tending to.
So even though I opted to stop having children after my second was born, I accidentally had a 3rd child on my birthday in 2010, the day I got my first iPhone.
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Lexington area residents can join John Calipari and help give back to those in need for the holiday season.
The "Cal's Coats for Kids" coat drive is currently underway in retail stores across Lexington. Coach Cal and his foundation, The Calipari Foundation, are asking anyone who wants to donate a gently used coat for families in need in the Lexington area to drop them off at the following locations:
- Wildcat Wearhouse stores in Lexington
- Man O' War Harley-Davidson of Lexington
- Comfort Air and Heating at 2350 Fortuna Drive, Suite 140, Lexington, KY, 40509
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I was always unhappy the way my teeth looked, I have overbite, multiple gaps, already got a bridge and not to mention the root canals. I am 40 years old and I did not really want to have the train track so I got very excited when my dentist told me I could still have my teeth fixed with Invisalign.
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I am not fond of those "buttons", I have 8 of them. I look like a vampire when I smile! My children had the wire braces and I witnessed the pain they went through and all the hassle they had to put up with cleaning and flossing the metal braces also the rubber they had to wear. Compare to their experience I don't think I am going through any severe discomfort. So over all I am very excited about my journey and I cant wait for the day when I will be able to stand in front of camera and say "cheese"...:)


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O.R.Baker ,75 ,dies in Hubbard ;Services held Wednesday
O.R.Baker , 75 , of Hubbard died at 3:30 am Tuesday at his home.
Funeral services were held at 4 pm Wednesday in the Eubanks Funeral Chapel with Rev. Davis Walker officiating. Burial was in Cottonwood Cemetery.
Mr. Baker was born in Tennessee and moved to Hubbard in 1912. He worked for Traders and Exporters Cotton Compress in Hubbard and retired about 6 yrs ago.
Survivors include his wife,two sons , J.D. Baker and Stancel Baker ,both of Hubbard ; two daughters, Mrs Gusta Mayfeild of Arlington and Mrs Christine Uptmore of Ft.Worth; three brothers , A.L. Baker,D.H.Baker, and J.J. Baker, all of Hubbard;one sister, Mrs Loretta Findley of Houston : 11 Grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.


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My husband's birthday is in a couple weeks, and he was thinking about making an exception and having a regular cake. My brain child is to cook him a coconut cake, but he's not too sure about it. He hates the taste of coconut, even after trying a raw coconut. Does coconut flour have a really coconutty taste, or can I get by with maybe a mint chocolate cake and he won't taste anything?
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No, it doesn't have a really coconutty taste, but if it were my SO's birthday I'd bake him a cake that he wants and not try to make it primal for myself.
My husband finds coconut revolting, and can't stand coconut flour. Do yourself a favor-- go the almond/amaranth/flax meal route. There are plenty of recipes out there using almond flour--Trish (Bork)
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I've tried cooking with coconut flour and have had poor results at best. Could be a challenge to come up with a birthday cake with the stuff, especially if he's wanting something that approximates the taste of a conventional birthday cake.
To me, it doesn't have a strong coconut taste, but it falls apart easily.
It doesn't have a strong coconut taste but it definitely tastes different than regular flour. I've made baked goods with it before and the texture always leaves something to be desired: usually too dense and moist. I agree with the previous poster who said to just bake him a non-primal bday cake if he wants, but if you do want to go the primal route, look more into almond flour.
I've made a flourless chocolate cake a couple times and it's delicious. Yeah, it's not really cake-y, but it's awesome. You can control the sugar content by what kind of chocolate you use, but I'll take a little sugar over gluten any day.
From America's Test Kitchen:
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Serves 12 to 16
Even though the cake may not look done, pull it from the oven when an instant-read thermometer registers 140 degrees. (Make sure not to let tip of thermometer hit the bottom of the pan.) It will continue to firm up as it cools. If you use a 9-inch springform pan instead of the preferred 8-inch, reduce the baking time to 18 to 20 minutes. We like the pure flavor of chocolate. However, coffee or liqueur (choose something that tastes like nuts, coffee, or oranges) can added if desired. In any case, choose a high-quality chocolate that you enjoy eating out of hand.
8 large eggs, cold
1 pound bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
� pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into �-inch chunks
� cup strong coffee or liqueur (optional)
Confectioners� sugar or cocoa powder for decoration
1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Line bottom of 8-inch springform pan with parchment and grease pan sides. Cover pan underneath and along sides with sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil and set wrapped pan in large roasting pan. Bring kettle of water to boil.
2. Beat eggs with handheld mixer at high speed until volume doubles to approximately 1 quart, about 5 minutes. Alternately, beat in bowl of electric mixer fitted with wire whip attachment at medium speed to achieve same result, about 5 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, melt chocolate and butter (adding coffee or liqueur, if using) in large heatproof bowl set over pan of almost simmering water, until smooth and very warm (about 115 degrees on an instant-read thermometer), stirring once or twice. (To use microwave, melt chocolate at 50 percent power for 2 minutes, stir, add butter, and continue heating at 50 percent power, stirring every minute, until chocolate and butter have melted and are smooth, another 2 to 3 minutes total.) Using large rubber spatula, fold 1/3 of egg foam into chocolate mixture until only a few streaks of egg are visible; fold in half of remaining foam, then last of remaining foam, until mixture is totally homogenous.
4. Scrape batter into prepared springform pan and smooth surface with rubber spatula. Set roasting pan on oven rack and pour enough boiling water to come about halfway up side of springform pan. Bake until cake has risen slightly, edges are just beginning to set, thin glazed crust (like a brownie) has formed on surface, and instant-read thermometer inserted halfway through center of cake registers 140 degrees, 22 to 25 minutes. Remove springform pan from water bath and set on wire rack; cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate overnight to mellow flavors. (Cake can be covered and refrigerated for up to 4 days).
5. About 30 minutes before serving, remove springform pan sides, invert cake on sheet of waxed paper, peel off parchment pan liner, and turn cake right-side up on serving platter. Sieve light sprinkling of confectioners� sugar or unsweetened cocoa powder over cake to decorate, if desired.
Wow... Thanks for the replies! Hubby is a weirdo, lol. He has done so well without wheat, he'd like to avoid it. But he doesn't like anything. I swear I should just make him a steak with chocolate melted on top, lol. Thanks for the recipe yodiewan. That looks like a real possibility. It reminds me of a recipe I lost years ago when I divorced my first husband (I was the one who moved out).
Since I don't currently have any coconut flour, I'll give that recipe my first try, let him have a taste and decide if it'll be a good birthday cake. If it is, yay. If not, my coconut flour should be in from Tropical Traditions in time for his birthday, and I'll bake another experimental cake. And if that doesn't work for him, I'll just order him a cake from a bakery and say forget it.
Can I be honest? Steak which melted chocolate sounds awesome.
Calm the f**k down.
Speaking as one who also hates the taste of coconut, believe me, ALL coconut products will noticeably taste of coconut to those who dislike the stuff (no matter what coconut lovers will tell you).
I say go with Yodiewan's suggestion. Sounds delish, particularly if you use a really good chocolate.I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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I've made this cake before: clementine cake | smitten kitchen It's wheat-free and came out delicious, especially served with a dollop of creme fraiche on top.
The only non-primal thing in it is the sugar. Since there's a significant amount I think replacing it with a liquid or artificial sweetener might change the texture considerably. But if you don't mind having some sugar for the birthday, this is definitely a great grain-free option.


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Money matters can be stressful for anyone. But when you are unable to stay on top of debt payments, and the situation is spiraling out of control with no end in sight, filing bankruptcy can help get you back on track.
There are two main types of bankruptcy for individuals. Chapter 7 involves selling, or liquidating, assets to repay creditors as much as possible. After that, the remaining debts are wiped out. With Chapter 13, debts are reorganized into a payment plan over a set period of time. The type that is right for you depends on a number of factors.
Although bankruptcy is part of federal law, the rules about filing differ from one state to the next. Missouri residents considering bankruptcy should be aware of some key information pertaining to filing in that state.
Where Do You File Bankruptcy in Missouri?
Missouri has two districts for filing bankruptcy:
- Eastern District, with locations in St. Louis, Hannibal, and Cape Girardeau
- Western District, with locations in Kansas City, Jefferson City, Joplin, Springfield, and St. Joseph
You must file in the district in which you live.
Can You File Chapter 7?
In order to file Chapter 7, your average monthly income must be less than the median monthly income in Missouri. If you make more money than Missouri's mean income, there may still be a chance you qualify to file Chapter 7, but only if you are able to pass a stringent means test.
If You File Chapter 13, How Long Will Your Repayment Plan Last?
The duration of a Chapter 13 repayment plan is also dependent on your income. For those who earn less than Missouri's median income, the limit is 36 months, unless there is good cause to extend it. If an extension is granted, the limit is usually 60 months. Those who earn the same as, or more than, the median income in Missouri generally get 60-month plans.
What Property Is Exempt from Liquidation?
In order to ensure that you are not without basic necessities, state and federal laws include a list of exemptions—property that cannot be sold as part of a Chapter 7 filing. Some states allow you to choose between the federal list of exemptions or the list from your state. But in Missouri, you must adhere to state exemptions. They include:
- Real property valued to $15,000 or a mobile home to $5,000
- Motor vehicle valued up to $3,000
- Minimum of 75 percent of weekly earnings (90 percent if head of family) or 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage, whichever is more
- Personal and household items, such as clothing, furniture, appliances, books, crops, animals, and musical instruments, totaling in value up to $3,000
- Health aids
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- Items you need for your work, totaling up to $3,000
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Briefing papers not 'verbose' enough to be revealed
As a journalist who often makes freedom of information requests I have come across a range of reasons from public authorities for keeping documents secret.
However I have now encountered a new justification - official briefing papers that apparently cannot be shown to the public because they are too succinct and not verbose enough.
This involves documents prepared by the civil service to brief the then Labour leader Neil Kinnock if he became prime minister following the 1992 general election.
The information commissioner has just ruled that officials would react to the release of these papers by no longer writing "succinct and focused" briefings for incoming prime ministers. He has backed the government view that instead they would compose documents that are "excessively detailed" and "verbose".
Historical interest
I requested the material in November 2012 under the Freedom of Information Act, because I thought it could be of substantial historical interest to learn more about how the civil service prepared for the possibility of Lord Kinnock (as he now is) taking over as prime minister.
Although in fact Sir John Major remained in 10 Downing Street with a 21-seat Conservative majority, a Labour victory had seemed a plausible possibility to many in the run up to the election, in line with much of the opinion polling.
I also thought that since more than 20 years had passed, publishing the information now would not have a damaging effect on the candour of comparable briefings in the future.
After the Cabinet Office rejected my FOI request, I complained to the information commissioner, who has now issued a decision that largely dismisses my appeal.
According to the commissioner's ruling, the government argued that releasing these documents would result in future ones being more verbose.
The ruling says: "It was not asserted that disclosure would necessarily make briefings less frank. Instead the briefings would be drafted with an eye on likely future publication and would be more likely to be excessively detailed - the Cabinet Office used the description 'verbose'."
This was the opinion of the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, the minister who normally considers FOI applications that relate to previous governments.
His stance was upheld by the commissioner, who ruled that disclosing most of the material requested would be against the public interest. The ruling states: "In reaching this view, the Commissioner has had particular regard for the public interest in ensuring that briefings for incoming prime ministers in the future are succinct and focused."
The commissioner praises the style in which the briefings are written and concurs that this approach would be less likely in future if this material from 1992 is disclosed now.
Ironically Lord Kinnock himself had a reputation for verbosity, but it's not clear whether this is connected to the determination of officials to write succinct briefing papers for him.
The commissioner does not entirely back the government. He criticises the Cabinet Office for its delay in taking 71 working days while reviewing its initial refusal of my request. And his judgment reveals that he had to serve a formal information notice on the Cabinet Office to obtain access to the withheld material so that his staff could assess it.
The Commissioner also ruled that a "small section" of the requested information should be released.
This could lead one to believe that this material, such as it is and whatever it consists of, is already sufficiently encumbered by twisted grammatical constructions, completely unnecessary detail, pointless and futile repetition, not to mention rambling irrelevancies, and indeed quite possibly a wide variety of other attributes which tend to seriously undermine, if not altogether destroy, the clarity of reading matter and thereby also tend to boost the verbosity rating (perhaps measured on a scale of 1 to 10) of an official briefing paper, that it is deemed by the relevant authorities in this case to be fully suitable for public consumption already, without the otherwise necessary addition of any further clauses or sub-clauses or additional pointless repetition to prevent it from possessing the undesirable status of being regarded as excessively succinct and focused.
But I don't know that for sure, since the commissioner's reasoning for ordering the publication of this information is only laid out in a confidential annex to his decision. The government has 35 days to comply.
Meanwhile I am left perplexed by the notion that Cabinet Office civil servants who are perfectly capable of writing succinct and focussed briefings would apparently prefer to be perceived publicly as if they were part of a Dickensian Circumlocution Office.Read the information commissioner's reply to Martin here [193KB]


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TESCO has confirmed to the Lynn News that it is still totally committed to building its £40 million new superstore and Campbell's Meadow development at Lynn.
Fears that the retail giant might have had second thoughts about its ambitions for the town were sparked by lack of action on the site recently and suggestions that Tesco will be announcing a significant slowdown in its expansion plans when it announces its full-year results this week.
Tesco is expected to reveal a scaling back on opening new out-of-town hypermarkets in favour of spending money on refurbishing its existing stores and expanding its network of Express convenience shops.
But yesterday a company spokesman said: "We still intend to go ahead with our plans to build a new store on the Hardwick Road site.
"Timelines are still sketchy because of the Dobbies development, but we are still 100 per cent committed ."
Tesco got planning consent for the redevelopment of its current superstore and the former Campbell's factory site on Hardwick Road in November, 2010, when it said it was hoping to create about 1,000 local jobs.
Dobbies, part of the Tesco group, announced in February that it wants to create an £8 million garden centre as part of the mixed use redevelopment planned for the site.
This would be the first time that Dobbies, which has 32 stores across the UK, would be trading from the same joint-site as a Tesco superstore, provided that it gets planning permission.
Its King's Lynn Garden World centre would bring at least 120 new full and part-time jobs in the store and its 350-seater restaurant.
As well as a Tesco Extra, other aspects of the development could include a hotel, a car showroom, industrial premises and office space.
Meanwhile, Tesco's big rival, Sainsbury's, is pushing ahead with the development of its £40 million superstore – due to open by the end of this year – near the Hardwick roundabout.