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152 reviews for this add-on
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
As substitute:
paste this into the userChrome.css
#editBookmarkPanel #editBMPanel_rows > row[collapsed="true"] { visibility: visible !important; }
regards to RedHat71 from #firefox IRC
UPDATE Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Unfortunately, even the eternal version won't let me open or close a branch in the tree by clicking on the triangle in front of it. I have to click the hide/show button twice to enable opening or closing a branch. Cumbersome. Add Bookmark Here 2 doesn't seem to work on Firefox 17 (OS X 10.6.8) either.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Most of the bookmarks-related options of this add-on should be implemented directly on Firefox because they're really basic! It's a pity that the maxVersion parameter of the add-on isn't updated to support new versions of Firefox without hacks. It works perfectly on Firefox 16.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A life saver, one of the most useful add-ons ever! Especially with the below link to the eternal version.
Working with FF 3 - 99 Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Modified version. If this quits working after an update to Firefox just re-install the add-on.
For Firefox 3 - 99 :)
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
This is a great plugin for anyone who uses Firefox's native bookmarks. It is working for Firefox 13 on both OS X, Windows 7 and XFree86 on linux - only when the plugin is downloaded and modified. If it was properly updated for latest versions of Firefox it would receive a 5 star rating.
To be able to use this plugin in recent versions of firefox, the plugin can be downloaded from this URL:
Afterwards you need to change the maxVersion variable in the install.rdf so it meets the current Firefox version. Please google for a complete guide to this.
For adding keywords from the address bar Rated 1 out of 5 stars
There's a little hack in userChrome.css (you just create this file and paste the contents in and restart Firefox).
Works for me and I like it better than hacking an old extension. I just need the keyword adding from the address bar. I don't know if OpenBook did anything more than that but this is all I need.
Working with FF 11 Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Modified version. If this quits working after an update to Firefox just re-install the add-on.
Great extension - make it work with any version of FF Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Yep, this should be a default functionality in Firefox.
Make it work in ANY version of Firefox:
1. Unzip the .xpi file
2. Edit the file 'install.rdf'
3. Look for the line 'em:maxVersion="xx" />'
4. Replace the 'xx' with whatever number you want, I needed it to work in FF 10.x so I replaced the xx with a 20 :p
5. Zip the folder again
6. You may have to change the extension from .zip to .xpi
7. Install: Drag and drop on Firefox or Open File
That's it.
danielson Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Agreed, this is best addon ever.
In the meantime, install Stylish
Then try one of these:
This was one of the best addons ever Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Please, oh please, resurrect this extension so it will work with recent versions of Firefox.
The fact that this and one other add-on wouldn't work has been my main reason for staying with FF3 for so long.
I can't believe how awful the standard save bookmark dialog is and the prospect of having to live with it again is really depressing.
Is there ANY chance? Is there any alternative?
Using with Firefox 7 Rated 4 out of 5 stars
While the latest version of OpenBook doesn't exactly support Firefox 7, there are a couple tricks that make it work to get around the pitiful bookmark-storing procedure of pure Firefox. As others have remarked, editing the "install.rdf" file in the "openbook-184.108.40.206-fx.xpi" install file to increase the "em:maxVersion" to something like 7.+ will permit OpenBook to install.
Then using another trick is called for. Trying to store a bookmark from the usual screen will result in the expanded OpenBook bookmark-store page showing only the top part that displays over the menu and tabs, and truncating the part that would overlay the web page display area. This makes OpenBook much less useful if where you want to store your bookmark is in the undisplayed part of the bookmark tree. To avoid this, press F11 to go full-screen, and then Ctrl+D will bring up the OpenBook display of the bookmark tree in full. It's a bit cumbersome, but surely beats the standard Firefox bookmark-store peephole.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazingly useful extension that I've used ever since Firefox 1.0. It still works well in Firefox 5 despite not being updated in almost three years. I'm a little worried with the rapid release system that at the some point this extension will break, but for now everything works as long as you disable compatibility check.
Works in FF5, too Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Changing the version number in the install.rdf file as described in tmtisfree's (and others') instructions below still works fine for me in the Mac version of FF5. (See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/openbook/reviews/273168/ for details. ) I'm thrilled that I can still use this add-on! I hate FF's Add Bookmark dialog box as it is — which is why I'm giving OpenBook five stars even though it hasn't been updated for quite a while.This user has a previous review of this add-on.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Doesn't seem to be working properly with FF5 after bumping the max version -- can't get a bookmark's Properties, can't click and drag in the menu.
I wanted it badly enough to hack it Rated 5 out of 5 stars
An extension I can't live without. Well that's a stretch, but I wanted it badly enough to to follow tmtisfree's instructions below to get it to work with FF4. Didn't realize that's how you do it. I actually made max version 99 instead of 4.* since FF will come out with higher versions rapidly now.
Compatibilité prête à l'emploi pour FF4 Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Compatibilité (prêt à l'emploi) avec FF4 ici :
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
works with FF4 even better then FF3This user has a previous review of this add-on.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent tmtisfree! Worked like a charm! I'm so happy to be able to get OpenBook working in FF4.
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I'm A Book Nerd
I love to read, yes. But I love the books themselves. I have no desire to read from electronic media even though (or perhaps because) my career involves computer software analysis and development.
I love seeing books lining the walls in my shelves and stacked up on my end tables with markers in them. I love holding a book, hearing the sound of the paper as I turn the pages, and oh! the smell! I routinely bury my nose in whatever book I'm reading and inhale it!
I've always been this way. I remember when I first discovered the magic of reading, that entering a library made me giddy - and it still does. I distinctly remember telling myself that I was going to read all the books in the world!
Just lik u were describing me,just that I prefer electronic media
Wow! I could have written this! I guess it's because I am around the same age and maybe have had similar experience with books. My uncle owned a well-known bookstore and used to send me books as a child, but I always loved to read books and I still do. To me, there is something sterile about reading electronically (I too am in systems analysis, so spend all my working day on the computer). Each book, to me, at least, has its own character - the artwork on the jacket, the typeface, the quality and color of the paper, the print size, the smell (musty, new, etc.), the thickness - I just don't see how you can get those things from electronic media. Thanks for this - now I don't feel so alone!
Good point about the e-readers. Yes the point is to be reading if you can unrestrained by place and time of day. I know it's personal but to me, there's nothing like a real book by the fire place. An ultimate pleasure. Maybe I'll change but to me its kind of like passionately kissing an robot.
I love reading on my phone or ereader. It brought reading back into my life after about eight years (and four babies)...of being too busy to read. I read about 4-6 books a week. I bought my ten year old am reader and stocked him up with public domain books from Gutenberg.org. I don't understand paper book snobbery. To me the point is to read. Read great literature, read brain candy, even the worst book is better than staring at the television for hours a day letting your brain atrophy. I can read in all those snippets of time when I used to be wasting time...standing in line, on my morning bus ride and waiting for my occasional movie to start (unless I am with a friend lol). Reading is awesome and wonderful. If you are reading it doesn't matter how or with what. My mother has an ereader because she needed large type books but her arthritis wouldn't allow her to hold the very large volumes. Now she is back to reading voraciously again and it is a miracle. If you are a reader, read. If you aren't then start. Read through whatever medium you want as long as you are reading!! And if you see me buried in my eye phone don't roll your eyes and assume I am a computer addict lol...I am probably rereading Tolkien or Jane Eyre again :D
Oh heavens you can tell I typed that on my iPhone lol! Carry on!
I am the same way! So nice to hear there are more of us. My books adorn my walls in mostly home-made unfinished shelves. They are my treasures I feel beauty of the efforts of so many impassioned thoughts that went into each of them. From fiction to biographies. I like the feel of a home adorned with books. The way they feel individually and the way they smell to me is so existential. .
Unfortunately this up-in-coming generation will never understand or appreciate what it is to read a book!
Are you sure you are all American? As you seem to be talking about reading...
Also the concern to some would be - are you reading non-fiction or fiction?
After all, you can be sure just by numbers alone that most books published are not "literature" or have a chance of being remembered as classics and some of us question the reason for wasting paper on anything below this standard.
Non-fiction is always more interesting... but more important is that reading science etc is
useful to life. Exceptions might be when accepted authorities on something write a novel - such as Graham Hancock or Stephen Fry.
Also dont you hate it when a pretentious author says "am researching my new book"
well if you have to research - then you shouldnt be writing it - you have admitted you are a fraud - not that that is in doubt. Scientists research - writers write from what they know.
An other problem is that anyone can write - and as well as the average standard of fiction -
most people are motivated to write because of a combination of only two reasons -
i. money
ii. arrogance -
it is just a coincidence no doubt, that most authors are now women am sure...and that most fiction is treated as disposably as food wrapping and toilet paper.
First money - a selfish and shallow motivation that ensures that the product is not art or in this class- literature
second -
most people published now do so because of incredible arrogance - they believe based on nothing more than ego that they are a brilliant writer and should be published. They have an agent and get published for dubious reasons - including connections, nepotism and plagiarism.
If you consider what fiction writing is - then from the distance of psychology it looks bad - the belief that many thousands of other people should take the time out of their busy lives to read and listen to the writers inner thoughts. Is there anything more arrogant and pretentious? It assumes superiority on the part of the "writer" and the inferiority in the reader.
If you arent in a Russian prison exiled from the cities because you're more intelligent than most - then what are the chances you have anything useful, interesting or passionate to write?
If you arent writing to stay sane then is it likely the story is any good?
I like books too
I've loved books since I got my Mother Goose book when I was 5 and learning to read. This was followed by Call of the Wild and Beautiful Joe - and I have all 3 of them still! When I grew up, for school we could buy used books from other children that had passed to the next grade. But if the curriculum changed and we had to have new books, well, the smell that came from them is one that I remember to this day. It was special, I was special because I had a new book, one that smelled new. Not all new books smell like this but the ones that do, I open them just to smell them and relive the learning to read years! My mother loved to read and I inherited her love of literature. I feel sorry for people that say they don't read - their world and imagination is so limited! I have a Kindle but there's a total of 6 books on it and I've had it for 2 years! It's just not the same - the feel of the pages, the smell, the physical joy of holding a book! I thank my mother from the bottom of my heart for imparting her love of reading to me!
I love books!! Everyone I know tells me to get a kindle and I ask them what is the fun in that? I too love the smell of books and the feel of a brand new novel. I have every book I've read since the age of 10 and my husband always ask me why I still have them if I have already read them and I look at him and say " I always read them more than once". Children these days are all into electronics and it breaks my heart. I encourage my children to read and read from a book not the e book. So far so good.
if you like reading so much, you should check out this awesome website!

i know what you mean...jus luv em.

don't you notice how books from different eras/decades smell different from others?

i love old books that you have be tender with...like a lover...lest they pages fall apart...mmm books.
all of ya'll are so awesome and share my feelings. Because I have arthritis in my fingers my family keeps saying "let us get you an e book or a nook book' or what ever those weird things are. but I keep telling them they don't understand. I like touching books, and looking at books, everything about a book you can feel or imagine.
Being an only child living with adults was lonesome. My parents frowned upon childhood whoops or noisy games. In this way books were the quietest and most constant of my friends. As an adult i realised books are the only places where you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive thought without having it blow up in your face. It's one of the few havens remaining where my mind can get both provocation and privacy; and in my life I need that.
I too am an only child. While my mother did play games with me, well, she was my mother. She loved to read and used to read to me until I learned to read. The first book she bought me was a big, thick Mother Goose book that I loved and have to this day (51 years later). Books are a constant security in my life - I can get involved in them and leave a not-so-kind world for a little while.
I can't agree with you more! The look and feel of a book in one's hand. Whether its a paperback or hardcover. Most of my friends are now getting electronic toys with which to read. And I confess to on occasion loading a book or two on my mac. But i still can't imagine reading in a park or at the beach and holding a flat screen tablet. I just can't comprehend it. Thanks for a lovely post!
love books. it is what I hope for whenver I get a gift. I have shelves full of pure fantasy novels by random authors. anyway this is a little off topic but, does anyone here know anything about dream guardians? please answer ASAP!
Know exactly what you mean! My book shelves testify to that!

I love to go into book shops and really breath in, especially antique book shops. It is like all the knowledge is in the air!
I agree with you. Books are marvelous and the writers a God's gift.

When I finished reading one I stay a long time thinking. I fly with the author and I would like to have received this gift too.
There is nothing like the musty, dusty smell of a well thumbed book!

Love you all, so glad I found this - I am not alone in the world with my book dedication. This is delightful to discover fellow bibilophiles.

blessings and shalom
We are just alike, Blackdress. Although I do own a Kindle, nothing will ever take the place of books in my library or my heart. One of the first things I do when I pick up a book at the store is to fan the pages and inhale deeply of the ink and paper. I've been known to blow my lunch money on a new book!
I've come to the right place. I sell special books. Some are rare, others have exciting inscriptions with stories behind them. To search my catalog google usedbooksinternational.
My perfect day is curling up with a book and just reading reading reading. Can't curl up with one of those dumb electronic devices. :-P And unless everyone owns a kindle you can't share the stories like you can share a book with your friends.
Books are so moving, and having the physical book in your hands makes you feel like you can do anything! I've always wanted to read all the books in the world as well!
Ah yes, you are so right! How about falling asleep while reading a good book? Nothing better to guarantee great dreams!
Nothing like holding a book in your hands. Their is magic in every page. You cannot get that from a kindle!

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|Linking the Romulan start into the Klingon finish is a great pitch. The 5.10 lieback section is straightforward, and not as hard as it looks from the ground. I think the technical crux is still shared with Romulan Territory. The endurance crux is the 40ft section of liebacking off of crisp edges at the end of the pitch. Extra sm-med nuts and cams from 0.3-1 are helpful.


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We recently maintained a Neutral recommendation on Embraer S.A. (ERJ), a Brazilian aircraft and aviation-related structural parts manufacturer.
Apparently, things are not going Embraer's way for the last three trailing quarters as the company failed to meet the Zacks Consensus Estimates, with four quarters average being a negative 59.3%.
Second quarter 2012 was also a bad quarter to report for the company. Earnings per ADR, though came in at 30 cents; lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a whopping 49.2%. Revenues fell 26.4% to $1.7 billion.
The dismal results reflected a heavier tax burden, rising wages in Brazil, overt dependence on a few customers and a drop in demand for business jets. Moreover, rising expenses on the back of a competitive aircraft manufacturing industry and increasing cost of sales and services had an adverse impact on the company's margins in the quarter.
Despite the near-term setbacks, Embraer's firm order backlog and strengthening worldwide customer order servicing and on-time deliveries of corporate, defense jets and executive jet-support structures bode well for the stock. Moreover, Embraer has solidified its position in the security solutions business across the Brazilian as well as other foreign governments generating healthy revenue across segments.
Further, the company continues to invest in the global support network incorporating new service centers and dealers. All such strategic deals and partnerships are expected to lend more stability to the company's investment stream and ensure future growth.
All the above factors thus balance our view and we, therefore, prefer remaining on the sidelines for Embraer. The company currently holds a Zacks #3 Rank, implying a short-term rating. Its nearest competitors are Boeing Co. (BA), Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (EAC) and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC), each holding a Zacks # 2 (Buy) Rank.
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text: Hi there. I recently went to my usual automotive paint shop and ordered 2 liters of "Toyota sky blue 854 paint" for my BJ40. Both the man behind the counter and myself expected no problems because I've received that paint from them before. However when I came back next day to pick it up - They told me that they couldn't find the mixing formula. (The colour name and code meant nothing to them.) I suspect whoever mixed it before has left and only less knowledgable/experienced people remain. (Usual story.) So. No problemo I thought. I'll just look it up on the Internet myself. But where do I look for the mixing formulae for colours like Cygnus White 012 and Sky Blue 854? By the way, if it makes a difference, I use Dulon paint. Thanks in advance for your help.


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Luxury and style take center stage at the new C&A Brazil flagship in Shopping Center Iguatemi, San Paulo, Brazil.
The design, by Chute Gerdeman Retail, Columbus, Ohio, creates an entirely new C&A brand expression, and elevates the in-store experience through luxurious material finishes, arresting visual presentation, iconic architecture, compelling brand messaging and unique customer services.
Drawing inspiration from the soul and spirit of the Brazilian Woman, the design team created a store drenched in light and energy. Glamorous gloss and metallic finishes enhance the modern feel. In a novel twist, collections are organized by attitude and lifestyle -- looks include City, Fashion, Sensual, and Romantic
At the heart of the store is a wide, circular staircase that draws the shopper up through the space with a dynamic digital fashion-wall. The three-story, moving LED display wraps the staircase in constantly-changing light, movement and energy.
"We had to find ways to improve customer circulation, open up spaces, and add energy to an otherwise vanilla shell," said Lynn Rosenbaum, director of retail environments at Chute Gerdeman "The three-story LED staircase became the glowing beacon for the store, and served as our design nucleus."
The store experience is enhanced by such added features as a boutique featuring up-and-coming Brazilian designers; an in-store Havaianas shop; and a luxurious lingerie department complete with a Champagne Bar.
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|Added links and tow hooks (courtesy of the ASCA) to the anchor today- the bolts had worn enough that links that used to not fit now will. Please leave these in place!!
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From: Las Vegas, NV
Dec 17, 2013
rating: 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
|A great climb, but a good bit tougher than its neighbor of the same grade. Not as hard as Tour, though- right in between. Figuring out the crux was a challenge, and keeping it together at the end was definitely the redpoint crux. Worth doing for sure.


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The great Gregory Conley of the Your Video Store Shelf just did a podcast with genre auteur Brian Trenchard-Smith, he the helmer of such notable B-movies as Stunt Rock, Turkey Shoot, BMX Bandits, Leprechaun 4: In Space, and a personal favorite of mine, Megiddo: Omega Code 2, about his current project entitled Tyrannosaurus Azteca. Trenchard-Smith views the film that he's lovingly nicknamed "Jurassic Park Eats Cortes" as his homage to Ray Harryhausen's classic Valley of Gwangi but with Spanish conquistadors, Aztecs, and a Tyrannosaurus Rex or two.
The film will document the (fictionalized, duh!) untold story of Cortes' first scouting party to the region two years before his famed expedition that set about the historical events of 1500's Mexico we all learned about in school. Cortes and his small band of men will encounter a small tribe of Aztecs that speak Spanish, having been taught by a shipwrecked priest who must not have converted them to Christianity seeing as how they continue to worship a pair of male/female T-Rex's, the last of their kind. Much mayhem ensues and despite Trenchard-Smith's humorous retitling, it's safe to say that the infamous Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes will not get eaten by the end of this film since history still requires him to go on to claim what we now call Mexico for Spain and bring about the destruction of the Aztec empire.
This Rigel Entertainment production – no doubt headed for the Sci-Fi Channel – was scripted by David Kemper of "Farscape" fame. What little I'd previously heard about Tyrannosaurus Azteca listed fellow "Farscape" alumnus Andrew Prowse as the film's director, but clearly something changed and the more-than-capable Brian Trenchard-Smith. No word on any noteworthy casting choices at this time. The production is still currently filming in Hawaii.
The Your Video Store Shelf hour-long audio interview with Brian Trenchard-Smith is a good one for those interested in the b-side of cinema. He's certainly got a good attitude when it comes to the movies he makes. He also makes mention of a review Harry Knowles did of Megiddo: Omega Code 2. Nope, that was my review from back in the days when I did stuff for Ain't It Cool News – one of the earliest online reviews I ever wrote. That was only six years ago and look how much I've written since! And I still have yet to fully master the comma; or as I call it, my mortal enemy.
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Real Madrid manager José Mourinho has vowed to return to manage in the Premier League, but has admitted he would prefer not to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager straight away.
Mourinho's contract with the Primera Liga champions expires in 2016 but the Portuguese, who has made no secret of his desire to return to England, has again predicted his future career path.
He won five trophies in just over three years with Chelsea before guiding Internazionale to three trophies in two seasons - including the club's first European Cup win since 1965.
"I just say openly that, for many reasons, after this the next step will be England," the 49-year-old told CNN in a candid interview.
"When? I don't know, I don't have an idea. I'm so happy in this moment to be manager of the best club in the world."
Mourinho savours victory against Manchester City in the Champions League
Mourinho joined Madrid immediately after his treble triumph with Inter in 2010 and has won the Copa del Rey and league championship in his two campaigns with the club.
Although he is valued by many Manchester United supporters as the ideal successor to Ferguson, such is Mourinho's respect for the man he calls "boss" he wants to manage against him again in the premier League.
Mourinho greets Ferguson for the last time as Chelsea manager at the 2007 Community Shield
"The perfect scenario is when I go there he is still coach. Because football will lose a lot when he stops.
"For me, he is the boss. I call him the boss because he is the boss of the coaches and I hope when I go back to English football he is still manager of Manchester United."
Despite reaping success in Spain, Mourinho's period at Madrid has been subject to much conjecture, with him accused of treating the squad's core of Spanish internationals differently to the Portuguese contingent and players he has brought to the club.
In January it appeared as though his representatives had briefed a number of media outlets he would depart the Spanish capital at the end of the 2011-12 campaign, but instead Mourinho inked a new deal with the Madridistas.
Mourinho embraces his players after Madrid win their first title in four years
However he revealed coaching one of the biggest clubs in world football has negatively impacted his social life and ability as a father.
"I hate my social life," he confirmed. "I hate not to be a normal father who goes with his son to the son's football match and being there with the other 20 fathers there watching the game.
"I'm at a football match of kids and I have to be there. The people have to come for photos; the people have to come for autographs; the people have to come to insult me; the people have to go behind the goal of my kid and insult my kid of 12."


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Calif. campus police fatally shoot knife-wielding man
The suspect charged at police and had no reaction to the officers' TASER
By Henry Lee
San Francisco Chronicle
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A San Jose State University police officer shot and killed a knife-wielding suspect near the edge of campus Friday, authorities said.
The shooting was reported near South Eighth and East San Salvador streets on the southern edge of the campus about 11 a.m.
Campus police had been investigating reports of someone armed with a knife. Two officers found the man, and he charged them, prompting one of the officers to shock him with a Taser, officials said.
The device did not stop the man's advance, though, and the second officer then shot the suspect, officials said.
After the shooting, emergency personnel performed CPR on the suspect, who later died at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose. The man was not immediately identified.
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Halloween is still before us but the Indiana men's basketball team is
set to play before Hoosier fans tonight at Assembly Hall. In a 7 p.m.
exhibition game, Southern Indiana, a strong Division II program, will
play the Hoosiers.
"It's hard to believe we're going to play a game on October 26, but we
are, and we've been in practice almost a month," said Indiana head
coach Tom Crean yesterday. "We're
anxious to see where we stand. I like this team."
It's obviously a young team given the losses of two senior starters and
the early departures of NBA lottery picks Victor Oladipo and Cody
Indiana brings in a six-man freshman class but only three of the
newcomers are healthy. Crean indicated that Stanford Robinson's knee
bruise from Hoosier Hysteria will keep him out and center Luke Fischer
is expected to be out at least another week, although the Wisconsin
native has begun to participate more in daily practice as he recovers
from a shoulder injury described by Crean as a torn labrum.
"This was only Luke Fischer's third day of contact practices, this is
Troy Williams' first week having his right hand and it's still padded
up," said Crean. "So we've dealt with a lot of things like that. Peter
Jurkin was
gone almost two weeks back to see his father and his family."
The 7-foot-0 Jurkin did return to Bloomington this week and the
sophomore should be available tonight.
Tonight's game is not being televised live by any network. You can
or Indiana's All-Access
channel. The Big Ten Network will show a replay of the exhibition
on Monday night at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Crean said yesterday he hadn't thought seriously yet about who may
start the game tonight. Point guard Yogi Ferrell is the team's only
returning starter but the most experienced Hoosier back is 6-foot-7
senior Will Sheehey, the Big Ten's Sixth Man of the Year last year.
Arizona State transfer Evan Gordon is immediately eligible this season
and has plenty of starting experience in the Pac-12. Other likely
starting candidates include 6-foot-8 sophomore Jeremy Hollowell and
heralded newcomer Noah Vonleh. With the loss of Zeller and Fischer's
injury, it's likely Vonleh will have to shoulder much of the early
inside load for the Hoosiers.
"I feel like he can have the presence that Cody did last year, maybe
not experience-wise, but just how big he is and his knowledge of the
game even right now as a freshman is a lot higher than I expected,"
said Ferrell yesterday. "He's definitely going to be a key to our
Southern Indiana
The Screaming Eagles
of Southern Indiana are coming off a 23-8 season that included a 13-5
record in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and a
runner-up finish in the GLVC post-season tournament. USI advanced to
the NCAA Division II tournament where it fell in the Midwest regional
semifinals to Bellarmine.
USI is ranked 23rd in the preseason Division II poll and earlier this
week the GLVC coaches voted the team to a projected second place finish
in the league's East Division.
"Southern Indiana head coach Rodney Watson has done a great job," said
Crean. "He's
had four straight 20-plus win seasons. They led the country in rebound
margin for them last year. They lost a couple of guys, but they have
seven seniors, and very efficient half-court offense in, what I think,
is the best Division II conference in America. I think it has been for
a long time. I think we'll see a lot too when we play Hillsdale in a
week. Two really good programs and really good conferences that compete
night in and night out and can recruit a little differently and can
recruit with a wider net maybe then a lot of people. I think that's
good for us."
Watson will have to replace center Keith DeWitt, the team's leading
rebounder and an honorable mention All-American. The Screaming Eagles
are also playing the first semester without their best returnee, power
forward Orlando Rutledge. The 6-foot-6, 200-pound junior averaged a
team high 16.4 points and 5.5 boards last season. He was ruled
academically ineligible in September.
USI does get back a healthy Aaron Nelson, a 6-foot-8, 249-pound senior
forward that averaged 11.9 points and 7.9 rebounds before being
sidelined by a knee injury. Watson also has a healthy DeAndre
McCamey. The guard and brother of former Illinois star Demetri McCamey
was a medical redshirt in 2012-13, his first season at the Evansville
school after transferring in from South Suburban College.
"I think Southern Indiana because of that experience back, we didn't
want to play anybody that was in a similar situation to us experience
wise," said Crean. "I don't think that would've been a plus. I think
the plus is
going against people that know what they're doing, that are well versed
in their ways, and have had success, know what success feels like and
lets go see how we deal with that."
Southern Indiana is no stranger to exhibitions against Big Ten
programs. The Eagles played Illinois tough in 2010, falling 76-67. Two
seasons ago USI fell to Purdue, 65-49, but did outscore the
Boilermakers in the second half.
Because it is not scrimmaging another Division I team this year as it
has done the prior two seasons, Indiana will also play a second
exhibition game on November 4th againsgt Hillsdale College, a Division
II program out of Michigan.
"I think when we decided we were doing two exhibitions this year,
we wanted to get some teams that had tournament experience, great
leagues, play different ways," said Crean. "I think what this team
(USI) does is they
really have a very good cutting, movement team. They were great at
getting the ball inside last year. Like I said, they led the country in
rebound margin. They were very aggressive. How much that will change
this year based on a couple guys that aren't playing remains to be
seen, but they went to some sets where they just pounded it inside and
they also had great movement sets. In that sense, I think it's very
good for you."
Projected Southern Indiana starters and key reserves with prior year
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We Need More From Our Candidates on the Middle East
by James J. Zogby
I have long argued that how candidates for high office speak about the Middle East should be a critical test of their capacity to lead our nation. Since the end of the Vietnam war, we have spent more money, sold or given more weapons, sent more troops, fought more wars, lost and taken more lives, expended more political capital, and have more vital interests at stake in that region than anywhere else in the world. And yet our candidates have not faced this reality by providing us with a substantial discussion about the challenges we face in that critical region.
I have listened attentively to all of the Republican and Democratic Party debates and have been deeply disturbed. I am most troubled by what I hear on the Republican side.
From what I have learned so far, Republicans largely agree on a few points: ISIS must be defeated; Israel must be defended and never criticized; the Iran deal is bad and should be rescinded; President Obama has weakened America and betrayed our allies; and Syrian refugees, especially those who are Muslims, should not be allowed into the United States.
There are, to be sure, some differences in how the candidates propose addressing this litany of concerns. And there are other Middle East issues where the candidates differ, for example, on whether the Iraq war was a disastrous failure and whether the region is better off or worse off following the overthrow of dictators like Mummar Qadhdhafi. But, for the most part, I have found that the Middle East policies the candidates have advocated have ranged from the absurd to the banal—demonstrating a disturbing lack of both seriousness and understanding of the issues facing the United States in the Middle East.
Donald Trump, for example, suggests that dealing with America's Arab allies will be easy for him because "I know these people and do business with them" – ignoring the fact that many of "these people" have denounced him and cancelled their business connections with him following his repeated displays of anti-Muslim bigotry.
For his part, Jeb Bush offered a quick and easy three point agenda to fix the Middle East that included: getting tough with Iran; immediately moving the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; and then rebuilding frayed ties with our Arab allies in the Gulf region—ignoring the fact that once he moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem, he could pretty much forget about rebuilding ties with Arab allies and count, instead, on a crisis with every Arab and Muslim country.
Then there's Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, both of whom reject admitting Syrian refugees who are Muslim, calling it "lunacy" or "irresponsible"—forgetting, of course, that their parents were refugees and that locking out innocent civilians fleeing war and persecution on the basis of their religion would not only be an unconscionable act of discrimination, but would compromise whatever relationships we have with the Muslim world.
And then there's Ted Cruz's nerdy tough guy talk about bombing ISIS until the desert sand glows or Chris Christie's consulting with Jordan's long deceased King Hussein—making both candidates sound like silly amateurs.
The fact is that most of the candidates' pronouncements about key Middle East issues appear to come from ignorance (they just don't know), willed ignorance (they just don't want to know because it is has never been politically important to them), or ideology (a problem for the neo-conservatives like Rubio or the evangelicals like Huckabee and Carson—whose convictions are based on blind faith, not on fact).
Democrats, too, must be criticized. While they have not made preposterous statements or been threatening or demagogic, they, all too often, have come up short, failing to propose new ideas that can help unwind conflicts raging across the Middle East. Pledging, for example, to support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without suggesting any way to restrain Israel's behavior or end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, makes that pledge hollow. On this and other issues, simply embracing the failed policies of the past is nothing more than a recipe for more failure.
If all this were a mere academic exercise, it would be sad and disturbing. But it is so much more, because the stakes are so high. At risk are: the lives and futures of millions; the values and honor of the United States; and our strategic interests in a critical region of the world. For all these reasons and more, we should demand more than either mindless bluster or vacuous pronouncements. It is simply too important. And to excuse this behavior as necessary because of political pressures is not an excuse at all. It is just one more indictment of our broken politics.
The media personalities who conduct the debates or the commentators who evaluate the post-debate performances are also at fault. Because they also know or care too little about the Middle East or have, themselves, bought into the failed policies of the past or the ideologies that have created blinders to knowing more, they fail to challenge the candidates' silly statements.
The result is tragic, because what it means is that we may have another election in which the candidates engage in a substantive debate about health care, entitlements, immigration reform, and the state of our military—but we will not discuss new ideas that might help us decide which candidate is best suited to lead our nation in addressing the region of the world that has helped to define the tenure of every president for the past four decades.
The American people deserve better and the world needs more from us.
James J. Zogby is the president of the Arab American Institute.
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I always look forward to Mr. Zogby's comments.
It would have been helpful also to identify weaknesses in the policy proposals of the respective Democratic party candidates, and especially, to point out not one or two, but the myriad of flawed plans advocated by Hillary Clinton when she was a Senator and executed under her watch as Secretary of State- as well as her lack of remorse for the consequences- which should give the lie to any claims that her 'experience' should count for anything positive in foreign policy if she is elected to the Presidency.
Let me add that among non-candidates there are a few voices of reason- I would point out Representative Tulsi Gabbard as one.
The solution to the Middle East problem is for Christians to have their own state. It is a shame that Mr Zogby does not himself understand the arab muslim identity. I left Islam. If the current plight of Middle East Christians and the results of the 'arab spring' doesn't show Zogby that the muslim arabs want a caliphate. The likes of zogby would never have eqaual status in the Mid East. that is why he is in america.
Shame on you american arabs who are Christians.
Zogby do you support the Copts in Egypt who are calling for a Christian state for themselves? Can you tell me you do not condemn the fact that Christians who have been there longer than Muslims are banned by police (every half km) from entering mecca or medina?
Don't worry, James Zogby, Hillary is going to be prez, and you know how tight she is with Israel.
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Quick Hit: International Planned Parenthood Federation's Girls Decide Campaign
You and I probably know that girls have the capacity to change the world. I, certainly, never had my doubts.
In recent years, organizations such as the UN, Center for Global Development and Women Deliver have placed young women as central components in their efforts to eliminate gender inequality and oppression. In particular, some of the campaigns created by these organizations have focused on securing the sexual health and education of young women with the understanding that the more options young women have with regard to their futures, the more opportunities they will have to contribute to their communities, regions and the world at large.
The International Planned Parenthood Federation is one organization that has created a campaign to strategically address girls' rights to sexual education and reproductive health. Girls Decide is a project that in part, highlights the staggering statistics young women face all over the world today. For example, roughly 16 million girls aged 15-19 give birth each year, accounting for 11% of births worldwide. Then, girls aged 10-19 account for 23% of the overall burden of disease due to pregnancy and childbirth worldwide. The Girls Decide campaign aims to further illuminate why issues like unplanned pregnancy, living with HIV/AIDS and sexual violence need to be attended to and how doing so can improve the lives of and empower young women globally.
As part of the initiative, the IPPF has produced six engaging short films recounting the stories of young women from around the world who have all benefited from IPPF and their affiliates. The films highlight the importance of resources like heath centers with the added significance of compassionate, welcoming, informative and non-judgmental staff, doctors and counselors on site. The message that rings throughout all the films is that if we support young women and girls, they can gain invaluable amounts of self-esteem, which may allow them to positively influence the struggles they are faced with, and effectively change the world.
Here's some information directly from IPPF:
The Girls Decide films, which were launched in London on 16 February 2011, are part of a larger initiative that aims
to highlight the centrality of girls' and young women's sexual and reproductive lives for both individual and global development, and aims to ensure that girls' and young women's sexuality and pregnancy-related issues are effectively addressed by adopting policies and practices that work for girls.
The films share the stories of girls from around the world on their journeys to make informed decisions about sex, pregnancy, abortion and relationships. They show how IPPF Member Associations around the world fulfill their commitment to young people's sexual and reproductive rights through the provision of quality youth-friendly services.
The films were filmed in six countries and each portrays a global message. A case study of a girl's personal decision-making journey forms the basis of each film. The countries and issues included in films are as follows:
Bangladesh: child marriage
Argentina: abortion
Swaziland: living with HIV and sexuality
Albania: young men's role indecision making on pregnancy
Syria: gender based violence
Indonesia: Safe motherhood for young women
To learn more about Girls Decide and to watch the videos, visit http://www.ippf.org/en/Resources/Films/
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Durban - An outing with four friends on Saturday night ended tragically, after three of them were killed in an accident in Chatsworth.
Patson Osman said four of his friends were on their way to drop off one of the men, Malawian Harris Phiri, at his wife's Welbedacht home at about 11pm when the accident happened in Welbedacht Road.
Police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane confirmed the incident and said that a case of culpable homicide was being investigated by Chatsworth police.
"It is alleged that the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn. Three died at the scene and one sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital. The deceased's identities have not all been identified as yet. The case is still under investigation."
According to ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson, the vehicle crashed through a barrier and into a brick wall, rolled and landed on its roof.
One man, believed to be the driver, was taken to RK Khan Hospital where he remained in a critical condition on Sunday night.
The four men were in a Fiat Palio that had been left with one of them by a client for repairs.
Jackson said the three men died at the scene, and the Jaws of Life were required to free them before paramedics could attend to the sole survivor.
Imtiaz Jasaf, the owner of the Mobeni Heights house where Phiri rented a room, said he was shocked that his tenant was dead.
"I could trust that man with my house and my car. I would go on holiday and leave my home in his care," he said. "I can't believe this has happened
Jasaf said he last saw Phiri on Saturday afternoon when he was fixing a client's car in the yard. A distraught Mousa Akaman, Phiri's friend, said that Phiri was like a brother to him and he would miss his humble and honest demeanour. - Daily News


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A disguised Juanita arrives in Harmony and rents a room in Tabitha's house, looking for information on Pilar and her family. Tabitha is more than happy to give her the entire Lopez-Fitzgerald family history.
Pilar battles to convince her family they must leave town immediately, but it's difficult when she can't tell them why. Knowing the truth, Kay and Fancy use their feminine wiles to convince Miguel and Luis to follow Pilar's wishes. Despite Pilar's pleadings, Theresa refuses to leave Ethan to Gwen. Luis and Miguel question what their S.O.'s are up to.
Viki and Vincent plot to wipe out everyone in Harmony in a glorious murder spree. The upcoming weddings will be the perfect place!
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text: For the upcoming Fashion's Night Out 2010 event, Incase link up with colette and the cartoon series Darcel Disappoints for a special Incase Slider Case for the iPhone 4. The case was made to celebrate colette's Parisian-inspired installment at Opening Ceremony. The Darcel Disappoints cartoon was created by New York-based illustrator Craig Redman and chronicles the eclectic and interesting life of Darcel. The limited edition case releases on September 10th at Opening Ceremony in New York, colette Paris and GoIncase.com.


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I'm about to start my 3rd period in a month.
I'm hurting so bad. I don't usually cramp but now it's going all the way up my back. I'm pretty much useless at work today. Thankfully I work with understanding dudes.
This isn't normal. What's wrong with me?
I've been having a period, stopping a week, having a period, and it's been a week and now I'm about to start again.
Gahhhh. *tolls around on the floor*
That happened to me 8 years ago. I have endometriosis.

Quoting Sock Lady:" That happened to me 8 years ago. I have endometriosis. "

Man. :(
I had a surgery to remove some cysts 2 years ago but the doctor said they weren't bad.
God it hurts so bad I feel nauseous.

Quoting Glo♥:" That sounds like hell. Have you made an appointment with your OB?"

I'm getting the number from my mom now. Hopefully I can see him soon.
I had 3 periods in July. I have cysts on my left ovary and my Doc also thinks I have endometriosis. I have a laparascopy surgery at the end of this month to find out for sure. I also have a lot of pain in my pelvic area and it is worse when I get my period.
Well I got to see the dr.
He said everything felt normal and that he thought my prescription wasn't strong enough and i was having breakthrough bleeding.
So I got a new pill.
Not sure if I like his diagnosis.


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We report a sensitive LC (liquid chromatography)/MS/MS assay using selected reaction monitoring to quantify RA (retinoic acid), which is applicable to biological samples of limited size (10–20 mg of tissue wet weight), requires no sample derivatization, provides mass identification and resolves atRA (all-trans-RA) from its geometric isomers. The assay quantifies over a linear range of 20 fmol to 10 pmol, and has a 10 fmol limit of detection at a signal/noise ratio of 3. Coefficients of variation are: instrumental, 0.5–2.9%; intra-assay, 5.4±0.4%; inter-assay 8.9±1.0%. An internal standard (all-trans-4,4-dimethyl-RA) improves accuracy by confirming extraction efficiency and revealing handling-induced isomerization. Tissues of 2–4-month-old C57BL/6 male mice had atRA concentrations of 7–9.6 pmol/g and serum atRA of 1.9±0.6 pmol/ml (±S.E.M.). Tissue 13-cis-RA ranged from 2.9 to 4.2 pmol/g, and serum 13-cis-RA was 1.2±0.3 pmol/ml. CRBP (cellular retinol-binding protein)-null mouse liver had atRA ∼30% lower than wild-type (P<0.05), but kidney, testis, brain and serum atRA were similar to wild-type. atRA in brain areas of 12-month-old female C57BL/6 mice were (±S.E.M.): whole brain, 5.4±0.4 pmol/g; cerebellum, 10.7±0.3 pmol/g; cortex, 2.6±0.4 pmol/g; hippocampus, 8.4±1.2 pmol/g; striatum, 15.3±4.7 pmol/g. These data provide the first analytically robust quantification of atRA in animal brain and in CRBP-null mice. Direct measurements of endogenous RA should have a substantial impact on investigating target tissues of RA, mechanisms of RA action, and the relationship between RA and chronic disease.
- liquid chromatography/MS/MS (LC/MS/MS)
- selective reaction monitoring
- retinoic acid
- retinoid
- vitamin A
Vitamin A (retinol) supports a wide range of biological actions that are essential for vision, development, normal cell proliferation, differentiation, reproduction, the immune response, and nervous system development and maturation. Vitamin A does not function directly, rather it serves as precursor for the biologically active retinoids 11-cis-retinal and atRA (all-trans-retinoic acid) [1–12]. Vision requires adequate generation of 11-cis-retinal; the systemic (non-visual) functions require atRA. Vision consumes most dietary vitamin A, but all vertebrates require the quantitatively minor production of atRA. Abnormal atRA, for example, may cause and/or permit epithelial degeneration, such as xerophthalmia, and neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease [13–15]. Biosynthesis and catabolism seem to carefully control concentrations of atRA in vivo, in temporally/spatially precise patterns, to effect the pleiotropic systemic actions of vitamin A [16]. RA (retinoic acid) mediates its biological functions through binding to and activating ligand-activated transcription factors that regulate gene expression [17,18]. Two families of nuclear receptors [RAR (RA receptor) and RXR (retinoid X receptor)] respond to different geometric RA isomers. atRA activates only RAR; 9-cis-RA activates both RAR and RXR; 13-cis-RA activates neither. atRA and 13-cis-RA occur in vivo, whereas the in vivo occurrence of 9-cis-RA remains controversial [19–22].
Many studies have identified putative sites of RA biosynthesis and/or function by determining expression loci of retinoid-specific binding proteins, enzymes and receptors that contribute to RA generation, signalling and catabolism [23–27]. Quantification of atRA and its biologically occurring geometric isomers would aid our understanding of vitamin A functions and mechanisms of action, at these and other sites. Serum and limited tissue levels of atRA have been reported in the adult, but endogenous levels of atRA and its isomers in many tissues and/or localized regions of tissue have not been established, because analytically robust assays have not been available with the requisite sensitivity. Substitutes for direct RA measurement and analytical robust assays, such as in vitro reporter assays or transgenic RA reporter mouse strains, lack specificity, lack means of quantification or have produced contradictory results [28–30].
In the present paper, we report a direct, specific and sensitive LC (liquid chromatography)/MS/MS assay to quantify RA in small biological samples, and which distinguishes atRA and 13-cis-RA from other retinoids.
atRA, 9-cis-RA and 13-cis-RA were purchased from Sigma–Aldrich. 4,4-Dimethyl RA was a gift from Marcia Dawson (Burnhan Institute, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.) and Peter Hobbs (SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.) [31]. Retinoid standards were prepared freshly on the day of use and the concentrations were verified spectrophotometrically using published ε values [31,32]. CRBP (cellular retinol-binding protein)-null mice were a gift from Pierre Chambon and Norbert Ghyselinck (both at Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, College de France, Illkirch, France) [33].
Sample preparation
C57BL/6 mice were fed with an 18% protein rodent diet from Harlan Teklad Global (15.4 units of vitamin A acetate/g). Measurements were made in tissues of 2–4-month-old, male wild-type or CRBP-null mice (liver, kidney, testis, whole brain and serum) and in 12-month-old female wild-type mice (whole brain and brain sections). Tissues were placed in ice-cold saline immediately after dissection. Tissues were patted dry, weighed and homogenized on ice with ice-cold 0.9% saline to make a 25% homogenate using a Heidolph homogenizer (five strokes at 1500 rev./min), or, in the case of very small samples, a Kontes ground-glass hand homogenizer. Serum was recovered by centrifuging blood at 7800 g for 10 min in an Eppendorf 5415D centrifuge. Dissections were performed under a Nikon SMZ-10A dissection microscope equipped with a Volpi (Auburn, NY, U.S.A.) NCL 150 light source with a red or yellow filter.
Up to 500 μl of tissue homogenate or 200 μl of serum was added to a disposable glass culture tube (16 mm×150 mm), followed by 15 μl of internal standard (50 nM 4,4-dimethyl RA in acetonitrile). A volume of 1 ml of 0.025 M KOH in ethanol was added, and the sample was vortex-mixed. A 10 ml volume of hexane was then added. The samples were vortex-mixed and then centrifuged for 1–3 min at 60 rev./min in a Dynac centrifuge (Becton Dickinson) to facilitate phase separation. The hexane layer, containing neutral lipids, including retinol and retinyl esters, was removed. To recover RA, 60 μl of 4 M HCl was added to the aqueous phase, and the sample was vortex-mixed. A 10 ml volume of hexane was then added, and the sample was vortex-mixed and centrifuged as described above. The phases were separated, and the solvent from the second hexane phase, which contained the RA, was removed under a gentle stream of nitrogen with heating at 25–30 °C. The residue was dissolved in 60–100 μl of acetonitrile and was placed in a deactivated glass autoinjector insert for analysis. Only glass containers, pipettes and calibrated syringes were used to handle samples, because retinoids adhere to plastic, which can cause losses as great as 40%. Resuspended samples were usually analysed immediately; however, they remain stable at room temperature for up to 2 days in acetonitrile.
Resolution of atRA and its isomers was effected with a Supelco ABZ+C-16 alkylamide column (100 mm×2.1 mm, 3 μm) using an Agilent 1100 series HPLC, consisting of a vacuum degasser, binary pump, thermostatically controlled column compartment, thermostatically controlled autosampler and a diode array detector. Mobile-phase A consisted of acetonitrile/methanol/water/methanoic (formic) acid (40:30:30:0.1, by vol.); mobile-phase B consisted of acetonitrile/methanol/water/methanoic acid (55:30:15:0.1, by vol.). A linear gradient was generated at 200 μl/min: 0–5 min, 100% A to 100% B; 5–19 min, 100% B; 19–20 min, 100% B to 100% A; 20–30 min, re-equilibrate with 100% A. The injection volume was 20 μl. The column was controlled at 25 °C, and the autosampler compartment was set to 10 °C.
An Applied Biosystems API-3000 LC/MS/MS triple Q (quadrupole) mass spectrometer with ESI (electrospray ionization) and APCI (atmospheric pressure chemical ionization) sources, controlled by Analyst version 1.3.2 software, was operated in SRM (selected reaction monitoring) mode. The dwell time for RA and the internal standard, 4,4-dimethyl-RA, was 150 ms. Optimum positive APCI conditions included: nebulizer gas, 4; curtain gas, 6; collision gas, 6; nebulizer current, 3; and temperature, 400 °C. Compound-dependent parameters were: declustering potential, 30; focusing potential, 250; entrance potential, 4; collision energy, 20; and collision cell exit potential, 4.
MS conditions
Both ESI and APCI sources were tested with positive- and negative-ion detection. Positive-ion APCI was chosen as the most sensitive for RA, and was used for all development and applications herein. These results agree with previous results, obtained with single quadrupole instruments, in which APCI gave greater signal intensity and had a greater linear dynamic range than ESI [34–36]. Ionization of the analyte in APCI occurs through gas-phase ion–molecule reactions at atmospheric pressure, and thus can be very efficient, because of high collision frequency. The evaporated mobile phase acts as ionizing gas to yield (M+H)+ or (M−H)− respectively. Rapid desolvation and vaporization of the sample in APCI reduces thermal decomposition and preserves the pseudomolecular species [37]. Ionization efficiency was probably enhanced further by the conjugated structure and carboxylic acid of RA. In addition, we found that negative-ion APCI was 4–15-fold less sensitive than positive-ion APCI, and had higher background with biological samples (results not shown).
SRM uses tandem MS, also known as MS/MS, and characteristic analyte decomposition reactions to increase specificity and sensitivity. The first mass analyser (in our case, Q1) selects for throughput of a precursor ion (usually the molecular or pseudomolecular ion). A non-reactive gas (e.g. N2) in the second mass analyser, Q2, fragments the selected ion by collisionally activated decomposition. The third mass analyser, Q3, selects for a characteristic product of the precursor ion. Enhanced specificity results because the analyte must meet two m/z requirements and because monitoring of a specific precursor-to-product ion transition typically reduces background noise 100–1000-fold [37]. For RA, we selected m/z 301.1 (pseudoparent ion) in Q1 and m/z 205.0 (prototypical fragment) in Q3. For the internal standard, 4,4-dimethyl-RA, we selected m/z 329.4 in Q1 and m/z 151.3 in Q3. We based the selection of both product ions on their signal intensities relative to others.
Mobile-phase selection
This assay required co-ordinate optimization of chromatographic and mass spectrometric conditions to balance sensitivity with resolution requirements. LC had to resolve RA and its isomers, and allow ionization with sensitivity. An LC mobile phase of 0.1% methanoic acid in methanol/water allowed the greatest sensitivity with APCI, but could not effect sufficient resolution of RA isomers. In contrast, 0.1% methanoic acid in acetonitrile/water achieved excellent resolution of RA isomers, but reduced sensitivity ∼10-fold compared with methanol/water. Using 0.1% methanoic acid in acetonitrile/methanol/water resolved RA isomers with only slightly less sensitivity than methanol/water alone. A gradient varying acetonitrile and water against a constant proportion of methanol gave the best signal/noise ratio with the sharpest baseline resolution of RA isomers. Methanoic acid was added to prevent peak distortion from partially dissociated carboxylic acid groups and to facilitate protonation for positive-ion APCI.
Sample handling
The susceptibility of retinoids to isomerization and oxidation necessitates care during sample collection, handling and storage [32,38–41]. Described below are details essential to successful execution of this assay. All procedures were carried out under yellow light, starting with tissue harvest and concluding with LC/MS/MS.
Tissue collection
Tissue samples should be handled only under yellow light, including during harvest, because even brief exposure to full spectrum light can isomerize RA extensively before homogenization and extraction. We found that tissues harvested under full spectrum light had decreased atRA, increased RA isomers, and contained isomers that normally do not occur in vivo, compared with tissues harvested under yellow light. For tissue dissection, the light source of the microscope must be filtered. Either red or yellow filters prevented isomerization.
Tissue homogenization should be performed on ice, and the samples should be extracted immediately. The time between homogenization and extraction must be minimized to reduce destruction of retinoids by auto-oxidizing lipid systems [41]. We found, in agreement with the report of Schmidt et al. [41], that homogenates stored >2 h at 4 °C had reduced RA levels. Homogenates stored at −80 °C had ∼50% loss of RA after 1 month.
Care must be taken during extraction to avoid contamination of the hexane layer containing the RA with the acidic aqueous layer. Acid contamination catalyses RA isomerization.
Samples resuspended in acetonitrile were more stable than suspensions in other solvents, including mixtures of methanol/acetonitrile/water, methanol/acetonitrile and methanol. Samples should not be resuspended or stored in mobile phases that contain acid.
Storage of resuspended samples in acetonitrile is possible for 2 days at room temperature in the autosampler. Cooling the autosampler helps preserve sample quality. Resuspended samples stored at −20 °C remain unchanged for ∼4–5 days. RA standards and 4,4-dimethyl-RA remain stable in acetonitrile for several months at 20 °C (protected from white light), although we recommend periodic spectrophotometric confirmation of concentrations.
Internal standard
An internal standard improves accuracy by establishing extraction efficiency and revealing handling-induced isomerization. The internal standard we chose, 4,4-dimethyl-RA, has a structure similar to atRA (Figure 1), has similar chromatographic behaviour (Figure 2) and has similar extraction efficiency (results not shown). To test 4,4-dimethyl-RA as an indicator of isomerization, we exposed solutions of atRA and 4,4-dimethyl-RA to mild and severe conditions of isomerization (Figure 3). The extent of 4,4-dimethyl-RA isomerization mirrored closely that of atRA under both mild and severe conditions – a valuable characteristic of the internal standard, because it helps distinguish endogenous RA isomers from those formed during handling. Samples that have been handled properly have no isomers in the 4,4-dimethyl-RA chromatogram, indicating that isomers in the RA chromatogram are endogenous (Figure 4A). Samples with artifactual isomers also show isomers in the 4,4-dimethyl-RA chromatogram (Figure 4B). Note the difference in the decrease in atRA and increase in cis-isomers in Figure 4(B), concurrent with isomers occurring in the internal standard chromatogram. Samples with significant isomerization of the internal standard (>10–15%) should be discarded. Results of previous work have concluded that the biological matrix can cause ∼7% isomerization of atRA into cis-isomers [41]: cis-isomers exceeding this proportion should be endogenous, provided that the internal standard shows no isomerization.
Percentage recovery
Recovery reflects extraction efficiency and handling losses. Percentage recovery was determined from the amount of 4,4-dimethyl-RA measured compared with the amount added. The average recovery (±S.E.M.) for all tissues was 80±2% (n=52). For serum, recovery was quantitative (101±2%; n=10). In tissue samples containing high levels of lipids, additional signals were observed in the 4,4-dimethyl-RA (m/z=329.4/151.3 transition at ∼tR=10 min, where tR is retention time); however, they did not interfere with quantification of 4,4-dimethyl-RA or its isomers. In samples containing fewer lipids, e.g. serum or cultured cell extracts, this additional signal was insignificant or non-existent.
Linear range
Calibration curves for atRA (Figure 5), 9-cis-RA and 13-cis-RA established a linear working range of 20 fmol (0.3 ng/ml, 6 pg on column) to 10 pmol (150 ng/ml, 3 ng on column). Similar data were generated for 13-cis-RA and 9-cis-RA (results not shown). Note that, even at the very low end of the linear working range, the best-fit line coincided with the data. Linearity of each curve, as expressed by the correlation coefficient, r2, was >0.999 for atRA, 9-cis-RA and 13-cis-RA.
Limits of detection and quantification
The lower LOD (limit of detection), defined by a signal/noise ratio of 3:1, was 10 fmol (0.15 ng/ml, 3 pg on column) (Figure 6). The lower LOQ (limit of quantification), defined by a signal/noise ratio of 10:1, was 20 fmol (0.3 ng/ml, 6 pg on column). The amount of sample that can be applied without contaminating the instrument constrains the upper limit of this assay.
Precision and accuracy
Precision, measured by the instrumental CV (coefficient of variance), ranged from 0.5 to 2.9%. The instrumental CV was obtained by repeat measurements of standard samples on the same day. Accuracy, the agreement between the applied and measured amounts, was >97% above 100 fmol and >90% at lower values.
Reproducibility of the assay was evaluated in terms of the intra-assay CV (same-day) and inter-assay CV (different day). Intra-assay and inter-assay variations were obtained using mouse liver and mouse kidney samples. For intra-assay variation, multiple aliquots of mouse liver from several mice were extracted and analysed. The intra-assay CV was 5.4±0.4% (n=9 mice, two analyses each mouse). For inter-assay variation, samples of minced tissues (liver or kidney) were frozen immediately, stored at −80 °C for 2 days, and homogenized on the day of analysis. The inter-assay CV was 8.9±1% (n=13 samples). Homogenized liver and kidney also were analysed for inter-assay variation. Homogenized samples frozen immediately and stored at −80 °C for 1 day gave comparable results (within 10%) with those of freshly analysed samples; however, homogenized samples stored for 1 month gave values that were ∼50% less than for samples analysed immediately. Therefore it should be possible to store tissue homogenates overnight in the freezer, but long-term storage of homogenized samples should be avoided, even at −80 °C.
Sample size
The ability to analyse very limited samples derives from sensitivity. We analysed routinely ∼10–20 mg wet weight of tissue samples, ∼10-fold less than has been reported for most RA assays. The ability to analyse small tissue samples allowed direct quantification of RA in specific brain loci, and represents one improvement offered by this assay.
RA in wild-type and CRBP-null mice
We quantified RA in mouse tissues and serum to demonstrate the utility of this assay (Table 1). atRA concentrations in the four tissues examined were close, ranging from 7 to 10 pmol/g of tissue (∼7–10 nM), whereas serum atRA was lower at ∼2 pmol/ml. Tissue 13-cis-RA concentrations ranged from 3 to 4 pmol/g of tissue; serum was ∼1 pmol/ml. CRBP-null mice do not exhibit abnormalities characteristic of vitamin A deficiency, implying that steady-state RA levels were not changed sufficiently to cause gross symptoms, but RA levels have not been reported [33]. We therefore quantified RA in CRBP-null mice. Liver atRA values were decreased in CRBP-null mice by ∼30% (P<0.05), but other tissues of CRBP-null animals had normal atRA compared with age-matched wild-type animals. The reduction in CRBP-null mice liver atRA, while apparently insufficient to permit vitamin-A-deficiency symptoms, suggests a function of CRBP in liver RA homoeostasis. Lack of change in extrahepatic tissues may reflect continuing and perhaps accelerated influx of retinol and/or RA at the expense of liver, and may represent one mechanism of accelerated liver retinyl ester loss in CRBP-null mice.
RA in specific brain loci
No direct rigorous analytical quantification of RA has been made in brain loci. To address this, we quantified RA in the hippocampus, cortex, striatum and cerebellum of 12-month-old female mice (Table 2). Mouse striatum had triple the amount of atRA of whole brain and almost double the atRA amount of hippocampus; cortex had the lowest concentration. The amount of 13-cis-RA relative to atRA in the cortex and the hippocampus was higher (70 and 93%) than in other brain loci, whole brain and other tissues.
Comparison with other validated assays
Our results for normal mouse serum compare well with results of other validated assays [19,41,42]. Results of assays based on HPLC with UV detection have reported values in mouse serum of 1.08±0.33 ng/g (n=2, ∼3.6 pmol/ml) for atRA and 0.32±0.14 ng/g (n=2, ∼1.1 pmol/ml) for 13-cis-RA in adult NMRI female mice [41] or 0.42 ng/ml (n=6, ∼1.4 pmol/ml) with a relative S.D. of 16.7% for atRA and <0.3 ng/ml (n=6, <1.0 pmol/ml) for 13-cis-RA in an unknown age/strain of mouse [42]. We previously used GC (gas chromatography)/MS to quantify total RA in human serum, and obtained values ranging from 8.6 to 22 pmol/ml. Human serum RA levels are typically higher than those of mouse [41]. Because the GC/MS values reflect total RA, other isomers besides atRA and 13-cis-RA (e.g. 9,13-di-cis-RA) were probably measured, as pointed out in the original publication [19].
We observed no signal for 9-cis-RA above ∼0.2 pmol/g of tissue. Quantification methods for isomers other than atRA, 13-cis-RA and 9-cis-RA are currently being developed.
Instrumental methods for measuring RA have included HPLC with UV detection, HPLC with electrochemical detection, GC/MS and LC/MS. HPLC with UV detection has the benefit of ease and economy, but has a lower LOQ of ∼1 pmol and does not provide mass identification [38,43]. Even recent advances in column technology and column switching capabilities have lowered detection limits only ∼10-fold [41,42]. HPLC with electrochemical detection has sensitivity in the femtomolar range, but lacks the definite mass identification of analytes of MS, is subject to interference from other analytes and has solvent/electrode/flow dependent sensitivity [44–47]. GC/MS affords sensitivity, with a lower LOD of <250 fmol, but GC/MS requires derivatization [19,48]. LC/MS-based assays offer mass identification of analytes, but do not have the potential sensitivity or the enhanced specificity of SRM. Existing LC/MS assays have various limitations, including use of single-quadrupole systems, which have less sensitivity than systems with multiple MS events, no incorporation of an internal standard or incorporation of a less similar compound (to RA) as an internal standard, or focus only on compound identification/qualitative information [22,34,35,49]. Non-instrumental methods, such as in vitro detection systems based on reporter gene expression, have not been developed into analytically rigorous assays, are not specific for all-trans-RA (e.g. 3,4-didehydro-RA, 9-cis-RA, 4-oxo-RA, 4-hydroxy-RA and 4-hydroxy-retinol all produce signals), are not quantitative, and can give both false-positive and false-negative results [28,29,50]. Additionally, because reporter detection systems reflect RAR activation, they cannot evaluate retinoid presence in real time, and may reflect receptor sensitization, not just retinoid binding.
Triple-quadrupole LC/MS/MS should enhance current methods of RA quantification by offering sensitivity, specificity, no requirement for derivatization and definitive mass identification. The LC/MS/MS assay reported in the present paper takes advantage of these characteristics to provide direct analysis of low amounts of RA with small sample aliquots (∼10–20 mg of tissue), minimum work-up and definitive mass identification. Direct measurements of endogenous RA should have a substantial impact on investigating the relationships between RA and memory formation, cognitive dysfunction, aging and various neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, schizophrenia and depression.
This work was supported by NIH (National Institutes of Health) grants DK36870 and AG13566 (J. L. N.) and NIH NRSA (National Research Service Award)-Kirschstein Postdoctoral Training Grant DK66924 (M. A. K.). We are grateful to Lu Chen for guidance with the brain dissections. We are grateful to Pierre Chambon and Norbert Ghyselinck for the gift of CRBP-null mice.
Abbreviations: APCI, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; atRA, all-trans-retinoic acid; CRBP, cellular retinol-binding protein; CV, coefficient of variance; ESI, electrospray ionization; GC, gas chromatography; LC, liquid chromatography; LOD, limit of detection; LOQ, limit of quantification; RA, retinoic acid; RAR, RA receptor; RXR, retinoid X receptor; SRM, selected reaction monitoring
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What is an Average Number of Inches Lost from Waist and Hips After a Tummy Tuck with Hips Lipo ? My measurements are waist-37, hips 47, what is a realistic expectation after procedures?
Inches Lost After Tummy Tuck w/ Lipo?
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Each case is different.
It depends on your bone structure, amount of fat and extra skin. This is a hard question to answer since we all come in different shapes and sizes. You should schedule a consult with a board certified PS and see what expectations are reasonable for your unique situation.
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Inches Lost After Tummy Tuck w/ Lipo?
My best suggestion: select your plastic surgeon carefully. Ask to see lots of examples of similar patients and evaluate their outcomes. Doing so you may be able to achieve a level of expectation that is realistic.
Best wishes.
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Without seeing a picture, this is difficult to answer. The factors that affect your waistline include the amount of diastasis rectus and pooching you have, the thickness of your abdominal skin, where you care that skin, and the nature of your love handles. A well designed abdominoplasty addresses all these areas and thus reduces these measurements. Your surgeon at a consultation can give you a better idea, but the most important goal of the operation is to globally improve your shape and form and not necessarily just remove inches. Good luck. You can go to my website to see animation about tummy tucks in general.
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We typically don't measure that after this surgery. As long as the result looks good the measurement is less relevant. Sometimes the result looks good but the goal in measurement loss wasn't met so it was irrelevant. Some patients will tell you what they lost but it would be quite rare for a plastic surgeon to tell you what number to expect.
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That is an interesting question, but one that does not have a good answer. The success of a tummy tuck or liposuction is not based on any magic number of "inches lost". I think what you are asking is how much you can expect your figure to change, or how much your waist-to-hip ratio will change. During a tummy tuck, your abdominal muscles are tightened, and excess skin and soft tissue are removed. This has the ability make your waistline smaller, or give a more hour-glass figure. Liposuction of your hips will decrease the volume of fat there, but may or may not change your "number" depending on where the liposuction is done. The best way to figure out if your expectations will be met by surgery is to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon in person and discuss your goals. Good luck!
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Regarding: "Inches Lost After Tummy Tuck w/ Lipo?
What is an Average Number of Inches Lost from Waist and Hips After a Tummy Tuck with Hips Lipo ? My measurements are waist-37, hips 47, what is a realistic expectation after procedures?"
The answer you are looking for does not exist because we rarely operate on the "average patient" (you know..the one having 2.4 children, driving a 3.5 year old GM car, buys her groceries and average of 3.4 miles from her house - you get the point). The amount of waist narrowing would depend on
- the extent of muscle tightening by liposuction
- the aggressiveness of waist liposuction
Since people are highly variable in their anatomy and surgeons change their surgical techniques from patient to patient and do NOT look for this number, it would be hard to report it. I can tell you that many women lose at least one dress size, if not more, with these procedures.
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It is hard to predict size change and weight loss after tummy tuck and liposuction. Indeed, these are body contouring procedures and the goal would be to achieve an improved overall shape or contour. These procedures are not an exact science and there is no linear correlation to predict "inches lost" off waist size or weight loss in general.
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Re: 1992
The Palm Beach Post - Sunday, March 8, 1992
Author: PATRICK McMANAMON
Conchita Martinez said she lacked passion early in her Virginia Slims of Florida semifinal match against Amanda Coetzer.
Had she watched Steffi Graf later Saturday night, Martinez would have learned how to start a match.
No matter.
Both Martinez and Graf won to advance to today's 2 p.m. final at the Polo Club Boca Raton.
Martinez, the No. 4 seed playing in 105-degree, on-court, afternoon heat, came back to beat unseeded Amanda Coetzer 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.
In the evening semifinal, No. 1 Graf waited out a three-hour rain delay at her Polo Club home, then beat No. 3 seed Mary Joe Fernandez 6-0, 7-5.
For Graf, the rain delay, which left half the sellout crowd sitting home when the match started at 10:10 p.m., was no problem. She sat in her living room across the street and watched all but the last 10 minutes of Beverly Hills Cop 2.
She then won the first set in 17 minutes, losing just three points.
"I was so relaxed," Graf said. "I felt really good."
While Graf relaxed on her couch, Fernandez fidgeted.
"There wasn't much to do," Miami's Fernandez said. "My family was here, so I just sat in the players' lounge and chatted and waited."
Fernandez found her game in the second set, taking a 5-4 lead with the serve. But Graf broke Fernandez and won the next two games to advance.
"Every match I've started 6-0 or 6-1 in the first set, and it's like I don't realize I'm playing that well," Graf said. "It's like wait a minute, it's not supposed to be so easy."
"I was a little unfortunate not to win the second set," Fernandez said, "but that's the way it goes."
Graf has won all seven times that she has played Fernandez, without losing a set. Graf said Fernandez's style helps her game.
"I like the way she plays," Graf said. "Her rhythm. She plays very solid. I like the way she plays so she really gets me into my rhythm."
Graf has never lost a set to Martinez,
either. Graf has won all five matches against Martinez, the last a 6-0, 6-3 victory in the Virginia Slims championships last November.
"She's been playing very good lately," Graf said. "She plays high topspin and can play great points, but sometimes she can miss easy points. I have to be aware."
Martinez, from Barcelona, Spain, earned her second consecutive berth in a final-- she lost to Monica Seles last week in Indian Wells, Calif.--
Early in the match, though, Martinez looked sloppy. She made 29 unforced errors in the first set, and trailed 4-0.
"I didn't have enough passion," Martinez said.
Once she gained that passion, Coetzer couldn't compete with Martinez's groundstrokes, as neither player strayed far from the baseline.
"After I won the first set I was thinking of winning the match," said Coetzer, a South African who upset second-seeded Gabriela Sabatini to reach the semifinals. "She started to hit back as many balls as she could."
In truth, neither player played well, preferring to hit moon-ball shots rather than attack. In three sets, Martinez approached the net 14 times, Coetzer seven.
Martinez made 62 unforced errors, an unusually high number for a winner. Coetzer did her part by making 46 unforced errors. The difference-- Martinez had 26 winners compared to Coetzer's 11. Only 20 of 172 points were won at the net.
Martinez took control early in the second set. She trailed 1-0 when chair umpire Lynda Hinshaw gave her a warning for receiving coaching from the stands.
Her coach of five months, Francisco Lopez, was sitting in the first row at the end of the court. Martinez said he only said "come on" in Spanish.
"Because they don't understand Spanish, they gave me a warning," Martinez said. "We only talk before a match, not during."
Whether it was coincidence or not, Martinez won 12-of-14 games after the warning. Martinez said it was because she started so badly, not because the warning inspired her.
"It's impossible to play that bad all the match," she said.
Before Lopez, Martinez trained with Miguel Mir. She said the switch has been positive.
"He's helping me a lot," Martinez said. "With my game, and out of the court. We're great friends. When all that goes good, everything goes good. On the court, everything is easy."
Neither player seemed unhappy with the day, though Martinez obviously was happier.
"I'm not disappointed, even though the third set was 6-0," Coetzer said. "I tried all I could. She played well and I kind of played into her hands."
"(This year) I wanted to play happy, play good and everything is easy," Martinez said. "Now I'm happy, I'm playing good and I have a good response."
* Thirty minutes after her singles match, Martinez played a doubles semifinal. Martinez and Linda Harvey-Wild beat Meredith McGraff and Rennae Stubbs 6-2, 6-4.
The other doubles match between Larisa Savnchenko-Neiland and Natalia Zvereva and Eva Pfaff and Catherine Suire was postponed until 11 this morning because of rain.
* Fernandez was named the winner of the "Infiniti Award: A Commitment to Excellence."
Fernandez was presented with a Tiffany crystal during an on-court ceremony before the semifinal match against Graf.
As part of the award, Infiniti will donate $1,000 to the Women's Sports Foundation, established in 1974 by tennis great Billie Jean King to promote sports for women and girls.
The award is presented at all Infiniti-sponsored women's tennis tournaments.
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