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When we moved into our new condo, there was a dead mountain ash tree in the backyard. I'd just come back from a visit to Chicago and I'd seen how the parks department there had painted dead trees, turning them into art. Inspired, I painted my own dead tree, and used it to hang wind chimes, lamps, and houseplants summering outdoors. The bright purple was a great accent color in the garden.>> read "A Painted 'Forest'" #Art #Colorful #Design #How to
My first garden experiences with tropical sages were a bit drab. Six-packs of mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea) from the grocery store bloomed through the summer with flowers the color of new Levis. The next year, to be fancy, I grew the seed strain 'Strata'. Its flowers were closer to the color of dirty overalls. Then, of course, there was red Texas sage (Salvia coccinea) and its variety 'Lady in Red' — far more elegant in name than in physical reality — plus its bizarre faded pink variant 'Coral Nymph'.
Yes, they were reliable. They needed little attention, they tolerated heat and drought, and stayed colorful throughout the summer. But they didn't do anything that a plastic cactus wouldn't.
Floribunda roses are the result of crossing hybrid tea and polyantha roses. Some believe that nurseryman Peter Lambert, from Trier, Germany, first experimented with crossing hybrid tea roses with polyantha roses as early as 1903. But the first successful cross of this combination that was marketed to the public was made by Dines Poulsen, a Danish hybridizer, who studied and worked several years with Lambert. Poulsen dubbed this new variety of rose a "hybrid polyantha" or "Poulsen roses." Poulsen's goals were to create roses that would survive harsh winters, have good disease resistance, and would display the form, beauty and color range of the hybrid tea class along with the repeat bloom profusion of the polyantha roses.>> read "Floriferous Floribunda Roses" #Colorful #Flowers #Roses
Hard to imagine but folks couldn't always go to the department store and buy egg coloring kits. So, what did they use to dye their eggs? If you read the title then you guessed it: flowers, leaves and fruits of plants growing nearby or in their gardens.>> read "Color Eggs with Natural Dyes from the Garden" #Colorful #Crafts #Holiday: Easter #How to
Dragonflies with their ominous beauty, vivid colors and their spectacular flying maneuvers have provided hours of entertainment for many gardeners. Dragonflies are widespread across the United States and can be enticed to visit most yards. There are more than 450 species found throughout the United States and Canada. They range in color and size from the small eastern amberwing to the very large and brilliantly colored green darner. Although these insects tend to stay close to their birthplace, they are strong fliers that will explore surrounding areas. So if you garden even remotely near fresh water or a wetland, you can lure dragonflies to your yard.>> read "Dragonfly Fascination" #Colorful #Insects #Wildlife
Three shrubs to beat the doldrums
Right now we are in the thick of it. Cold, dark and dreary days of winter are surrounding us with a blanket of plain white, brown, and gray. Depressing to a gardener that longs for shimmers of green and color, any color will do.
Typically we go to the catalogs, books, and internet to find treasures for the coming spring, but there are gems to be found in the winter garden if you plan for it. There are many shrubs, deciduous and evergreen, that fill corners of gardens throughout the year bringing yearlong interest. Here are three shrubs that keep working even when the world goes blah.
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"Go big or stay at home." It's become one of my springtime battle cries. Like me, my garden is becoming mature, (perhaps overgrown?), with plants becoming more relaxed, settled in and, some may even say, sloppy. It cries out for some eye-catching eye candy, something with a stately presence.
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As the Director of the Allen Centennial Garden, a public garden on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I'm always on the lookout for plants that extend the season of interest for our visitors. Plants that are hardy, easy to grow and dependable rank high on this list of some of our favorites.>> read "11 Plants that Love the Cold" #Colorful #Feature #Winter
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Featured Titles from Marick Press
Ministry of,
Emergency Situations
by Todd Swift
This collection
displays an
amazing poetic breadth
bounding from popular
culture to religion to family.
Flea Song
by Richard Frost
Richard Frost makes it easy
for us to enter his poems,
but what happens next
is typically unexpected, sometimes
demanding, sometimes delightful,
but consistently offering his readers
the gift of appreciative surprise.
No One's
by Paul Celan
translated by David Young
The more difficult the work
the more likely Young
is to find the perfect
modern colloquial and
emotional equivalents
emotional equivalents
in western prosody.
Ministry of Emergency Situations by Todd Swift
Mephisto's Flea Song by Richard Frost
No One's Rose by Paul Celan
Featured Authors
David Young is the author of ten collections of poetry, most recently Black Lab, and of Seasoning: A Poet's Year. He has translated a wide range of poets, including Rilke, Eich, Petrarch, Montale, Holub, Du Fu, Du Mu, and Basho. This collection is the third of a group of three collections by Celan that he has undertaken to present in their entirety, the first two being From Threshold to Threshold, based on Von Schwelle zu Schwelle, and Language Behind Bars, based on Sprachgitter.
Todd Swift, born 1966, is a widely-known British-Canadian poet, editor, critic and anthologist. He has published eight previous full-length poetry collections, and edited or co-edited numerous international anthologies of note. His poems have appeared in leading publications, including Poetry, Poetry Review, Poetry London, and The Guardian. He is Director of Eyewear Publishing, and has been a teacher of creative writing at various British universities. He holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of East Anglia. He was Oxfam Great Britain's Poet-in-residence in 2004. He is married and lives in England.
Richard Frost was born in 1929 in Redwood City, California. He was educated in the Redwood City public schools and at San José State University. In 1956, while teaching at San José State and finishing an MA, he met the poet William Stafford and they began a lifelong friendship. The next year Frost, with his wife and son and daughter, moved to Towson, Maryland, where he taught for two years at Towson State University. In 1959 he accepted a position in English at the State University College in Oneonta, New York. Frost's poems have appeared in such journals at The Georgia Review, The Gettysburg Review, Harper's Magazine, Kenyon Review, Massachusetts Review, New England Review, North American Review, Paris Review, Poetry, Sewanee Review, and TriQuarterly.
About the Author Kjell Espmark (b. 1930) is a poet, novelist, and literary historian. He is also former professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Stockholm. Since 1981 he is a member of the Swedish Academy, and since 1988 a member also of its Nobel Committee (chairman 1988-2004). He has been awarded a considerable number of prizes, including the Bellman Prize (for poetry) and the Schück Prize (for literary criticism). Latest awards: The Great Prize of De Nio ("The Nine") and The Tranströmer Prize. He is an officer of L'Ordre de Mérite.
ROBIN FULTON MACPHERSONRobin Fulton Macpherson is a Scottish poet and translator. Recent poets translated include Norwegian Olav Hauge (Anvil Press Poetry, London, 2003) and Swedes Tomas Tranströmer (New Directions, N.Y. 2006) and Harry Martinson (from Bloodaxe). A bilingual selection of his own poems, translated and published by Margitt Lehbert, appeared in 2008.

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Obamacare had a rough day in court yesterday. In Liberty University v. Lew, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled against Liberty University's challenge to various aspects of the law. One might think, as SCOTUSblog reported, this was a victory for the Obama administration.
In the process, however, the Fourth Circuit undercut three arguments the administration hopes will derail two lawsuits that pose an even greater threat to Obamacare's survival, Pruitt v. Sebelius and Halbig v. Sebelius.
The plaintiffs in both Pruitt and Halbig claim, correctly, that Obamacare forbids the administration to issue the law's "premium assistance tax credits" in the 34 states that have refused to establish a health insurance "exchange." The Pruitt and Halbig plaintiffs further claim that the administration's plans to issue those tax credits in those 34 states anyway, contrary to the statute, injures them in a number of ways. One of those injuries is that the illegal tax credits would subject the employer-plaintiffs to penalties under Obamacare's employer mandate, from which they should be exempt. (The event that triggers penalties against an employer is when one of its workers receives a tax credit. If there are no tax credits, there can be no penalties. Therefore, under the statute, when those 34 states opted not to establish exchanges, they effectively exempted their employers from those penalties.)
The Obama administration has moved to dismiss Pruitt and Halbig on a number of grounds. First, it argues that those penalties are a tax, and the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) prevents taxpayers from challenging the imposition of a tax before it is assessed. Second, the administration argues that the injuries claimed by the employer-plaintiffs are too speculative to establish standing. Third, shortly after announcing it would effectively repeal the employer penalties until 2015, the administration wrote the Liberty, Pruitt, and Halbig courts to argue that the delay should (at the very least) delay the courts' consideration of those cases. In Liberty, the Fourth Circuit rejected all of those claims.
In discussing whether the "assessible payment" that the employer mandate imposes on non-compliant employers falls under the AIA, the court writes:


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Perform under minimal supervision a wide variety of complex tasks requiring practical understanding of scientific techniques and advanced knowledge of scientific theory.
Under minimal supervision, plan, conduct and evaluate experiments and assays of varying complexity.
Plan and coordinate experiments in conjunction with Principal Investigator (PI).
Understand and follow experimental protocols (may include animal handling, tissue culture, etc.)
Record, compile, interpret, and communicate data/results.
Follow University safety protocols (may include use of combustibles, radioactivity, toxic material, and/or carcinogens)
Perform calculations involving molarity, % solutions, and serial dilutions.
Prepare, operate and troubleshoot equipment in experimental procedures.
Recommend equipment and supplies needed for research projects.
Read and follow all equipment manuals.
Maintain and repair equipment according to manufacturer and university guidelines.
Ensure laboratory is prepared for experiments.
Maintain inventories.
Maintain sterile conditions as required.
Prepare reagents.
Assist PI in modifying procedures and techniques.
Recognize problems and suggest solutions, assist in modifications.
Recommend improvements to established techniques and/or protocols.
Maintain personal knowledge of scientific trends through literature reviews, attendance at meetings, conferences and seminars.
Provide appropriate written/oral documentation of experiments
Prepare research progress reports.
Analyze and summarize test results.
Preparation and oral presentation of data as required
Assist in the effective operation of the laboratory.
Train other employees.
Supervise projects and/or personnel.
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Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday.
mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
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Bill Wilkerson Center
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12 faculty members elected fellows in 2014
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Vanderbilt nurses are the only group honored in Middle Tennessee
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NEW YORK--If you want to know what the very latest tech toys are, don't go to Best Buy or an Apple Store. Go to the lost-and-found department at Grand Central Terminal.
That's because in a train terminal that services 700,000 people a day, and more than 2,000 lost items a month, those with the latest cell phones, laptops, or other tech gear are bound to lose them while at Grand Central. And there's a really good chance those people will be reunited with their hot new items.
"We start seeing technology as soon as it hits the streets," said Grand Central lost-and-found clerk Chris Stoll. "Yesterday, we had three iPhones [come in] and we've had iPads."
Added Stoll, "I've joked with customers that I'm going to start making my investments based on what comes through [the lost-and-found] window."
Click here for a full photo gallery on the hidden secrets of Grand Central Terminal.
As part of my Road Trip 2010 project, I got a chance last week to see some of Grand Central's many hidden secrets, as well as to learn a lot about the storied terminal's past. This is a building, first opened in 1913, and fully restored in 1998, that helped keep President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's polio hidden from the American people, that has $20 million worth of precious jewels in plain site, and that to this day provides top-secret assistance to any sitting American president who comes to New York.
But more on that later.
80 percent return rate
Since most people never have any reason to interact with the folks at lost-and-found, they probably don't realize that Grand Central is home to what may be the world's most efficient system for reuniting people with their lost items.
According to Daniel Brucker, a medial relations officer in the public affairs office of the Metro-North Railroad, which today operates Grand Central, representatives from lost-and-found departments the world over come to New York to study how the folks here do it. Most such departments claim a top return rate of about 30 percent, yet Brucker said that at Grand Central, fully 80 percent of items turned in eventually find their owners.
Walking around the lost and found, it's a wonderland of cell phones, umbrellas, backpacks, laptop computers, and one inevitable item: toy train sets. Just about all these items are kept together with similar objects and are mainly stored in boxes marked, say "Cell Phones w/info June."
Brucker explained that when any item is found or turned in, clerks in lost-and-found, or personnel in the terminal, or on trains know to quickly ask a series of questions about when it was found, on which train, the train car number, and even which seat it was found in, or whether it was in an overhead bin. They also want to know what brand it is, and, say, what kind of umbrella it is.
If found on a train or in the terminal, someone will first put the item in a lockbox, and then transfer it to a police evidence bag that is locked with a padlock, before bringing it to lost and found.
The secret sauce of the department's success rate, though, is the innovative cataloging system it uses and the doggedness with which the clerks try to track down items' owners. Clerks will go through bags and purses, looking for identifying features. If there's a credit card or a driver's license in a bag, it's easy, of course, but many don't have such things. So, often, the clerks will resort to calling numbers on business cards left in jacket pockets to see if the contact knows the owner, or call the last-dialed numbers on a cell phone for the same reason.
And it's not just cell phones, purses, and jackets that turn up here. There's also artificial limbs, basset hounds, Ray Charles toys, and, of course, a great deal of technology. Indeed, Brucker said that 100 percent of laptop computers are successfully returned to their owners.
In fact, since staffers are entering great deals of salient details about found items into a computerized database, the public can now go online and enter details about items they've lost, and if there are matches, they are invited to come to lost and found and provide any final details--such as exactly what was inside that Fendi bag.
To Stoll, though, the most surprising find was probably a backpack containing 250 pairs of VIP tickets to a Dave Matthews Band concert. The bag turned out to belong to a local radio DJ who was supposed to mail the tickets to contest winners but had lost his bag. Stoll didn't get any of the tickets as a tip.
And while nearly everyone must provide details proving an item is theirs, Brucker recalled one time when that wasn't necessary. An elderly woman came in looking for her dentures, and when she saw them, she popped them in her mouth and said, "yeah, it fits." Enough said.
Secret train station
When FDR was president in the 1930s, the White House put a simple demand on the owners of Grand Central: protect the secrecy of Roosevelt's polio.
They weren't being vague: They had a plan, and that involved the construction of a secret, fully functional train station deep below Grand Central. And so it was built. Brucker took me to see it--through doorways I'm not allowed to identify, for reasons that will soon become clear--and explained what went on, and still goes on, underneath the busiest train terminal in the U.S.
FDR was from New York state and often returned to New York City. Because his physical condition was not understood by a public that likely would have been unsympathetic to seeing the commander-in-chief in a wheelchair, the president would arrive in New York on a special private train.
But instead of pulling into a normal platform and having a normal train car, FDR arrived on a custom car that contained his 1932 armor-plated Pierce-Arrow limousine. By the time the train would get into the secret tunnels, the president would be inside the limo, and when it hit the platform, the car would be driven out through special, wide doors and then into a special wide elevator. He would then alight into the ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel above.
The secret train car was armor-clad, and had bullet-proof glass, which in those days meant little more than many, many layers of glass, Brucker said. In addition, a series of vents along the top of the train car were actually gun ports, and it featured unique wheel assemblies that allowed no lateral movement. That was because any such movement would have shaken FDR out of his wheelchair.
Today, the train car is sitting on a track in the secret train station. The FDR Museum wants it back, but moving it from the tunnels below Grand Central would be an astronomically expensive task, given that it would likely need to be taken apart, piece by piece. So until the museum ponies up, it sits hidden away in New York City.
You might think that this history would mean that Grand Central allows the public to come down to see FDR's train car, but that's not the case because of a more contemporary presidential responsibility.
In fact, when any sitting president comes to New York City, a platform and a special train car are made ready in case the chief executive needs emergency egress, Brucker said. And that means that during any presidential visit, all possible entrances that lead to the platform are guarded by a series of federal and local police, and anyone unauthorized to visit the secret station who attempted to do so would likely be taken into custody until the president leaves town.
And that's why, Brucker said, a few years ago, when the chairman of the Metro-North Railroad tried to go down to the secret station and was stopped by security, he said, sternly, "This is my railroad." To which the equally stern response was, "Not today."
Other secrets
Besides the secret train station and the wonders of the lost-and-found, Grand Central is a treasure trove of other little hidden gems.
One is actually a literal gem. When I got to the terminal, Brucker took me into the famous and iconic main concourse (see video below) and asked me if I could see the $20 million jewel that was in plain sight of everyone in the giant room. I couldn't, and later, he explained that sitting atop the main information booth in the middle of the hall is a lovely, and in fact perfectly accurate clock that is synched to the atomic clock at the U.S. Naval Observatory. Otherwise, however, it appears unnoteworthy.
It turns out, however, that the clock's four faces are made from incredibly valuable opal, and it was recently appraised at around $20 million.
Another little known fact involves a small hole high on the concourse ceiling. Unnoticed by most, it is actually the sole remaining artifact of a late-1950s NASA promotion in which the space agency brought a Redstone rocket into the terminal in a bid to garner public support at a time when the Russians were winning the space race.
Unfortunately, the rocket proved to be just a little bit too big for the hall, and a six-inch hole had to be made in the ceiling in order to accommodate the Redstone.
The wrong departure time
Perhaps the most clever secret of all is one that is rooted in humanity. Brucker explained that every single schedule on display in Grand Central Terminal, and indeed anywhere that lists trains leaving the terminal, are off by one minute. It's not a mistake, either. Indeed, the schedules are amiss because it seemed like a good way to handle the chaos of people running to catch a just-departing train. Rather than have them trip and fall, or drop things, or run into people or pillars, the one-minute discrepancy gives the conductors the ability to say to the running people, calm down or slow down: You still have a minute to go.
And in the world of trains, a full minute is a lifetime.
For the next few weeks, Geek Gestalt will be on Road Trip 2010. After driving more than 18,000 miles in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest and the Southeast over the last four years, I'll be looking for the best in technology, science, military, nature, aviation and more throughout the American Northeast. If you have a suggestion for someplace to visit, drop me a line. In the meantime, you can follow my progress on Twitter @GreeterDan and @RoadTrip and find the project on Facebook. And you can also test your knowledge of the U.S. and try to win a prize in the Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.
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I'm a lucky guy. Although I never received credit (I didn't have an agent), I was fortunate enough to have done some "script-doctoring" on a few forgettable network TV series back in the 90s. Of course, as a writer, I also had aspirations of penning the next great American novel, or at least one that would be a best-seller. But then Al Gore had to go invent the Internets and I didn't do much writing for over a decade.
Fast-forward a few years and social media, tablets, e-readers and e-books are changing everything. Indeed, there's never been a better time to be an aspiring author. You can build an audience on your own, sell directly to your readers and pocket the cash without splitting a penny with a publisher or an agent. As a result, I've not only taken the dive back into writing, I've become fascinated with how writers are using social media to build their careers (and to sell more books).
In this post, the first in a series about how authors are using social media, I interviewed Jonathan Maberry, author of such zombie brain-feasts as Patient Zero, Rot & Ruin, Dust & Decay, Dead of Night and Wanted Undead or Alive (for more about How Jonathan uses social media and zombies, read the full, extended interview at Addicted to Social Media.com).
Please tell our readers about yourself. Who is Jonathan Maberry?
I'm a professional writer and part-time writing teacher. I write thrillers, horror novels, post-apocalyptic adventures for teens, movie tie-ins, and short stories. And I freelance for Marvel Comics. I teach a weekly writing class for teens and run a few classes on novel writing for adults.
Before I went full time as an author I had a grab-bag of different jobs. I was a bouncer in a strip club (in my wild youth), a bodyguard in the entertainment industry, a college teacher, the executive director of a writers center, an Expert Witness for the Philadelphia D.A.'s office (for murder trials involving martial arts), and a graphic artist.
I live on Bucks County, Pennsylvania with my wife, Sara Jo.
When, and more importantly, why did you decide to start using social media?
I got involved with message boards early on, but mostly to communicate with like-minded people on subjects that interested me; martial arts, books, film, the paranormal, folklore…things like that.
Then, while teaching a program at the Writers Room in Doylestown, PA, one of my students made a presentation on the subject of a new thing called 'social media'. At the time the hot topic was MySpace. I wound up exploring MySpace and then becoming heavily invested in the online community.
That student was Don Lafferty, who is now a publisher, writer and a social media consultant of some note. He frequently advises a number of other successful authors on social media.
What platforms are you on?
I'm all over the place, but I'm most heavily invested in Twitter, Facebook (regular page and group page), LinkedIn, and GoodReads. I rely heavily on Yahoo Groups for my classes and special projects –such as an anthology I'd editing, and we use the message board for posting info, submissions, and so on. I also have a website (www.jonathanmaberry.com), and I belong to Shelfari, LibraryThing, and a bunch of message boards –many of which are connected to writers organizations to which I belong (The Mystery Writers of America, Horror Writers Association, International Thriller Writers, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.
For authors, what platforms would you recommend?
The big three are Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. That's where the crowd hangs out, that's where they talk, and that's where the most useful connections are made. I also recommend that all writers join GoodReads and LibraryThing, and also build a website that draws a lot of traffic to one central point.
What's your social media strategy?
I spend most of my time having fun. I read a lot of the posts other people make, and comment as often as I have something interesting (or funny) to say. I also post a lot of humor. These are dark times, so lightening the mood seems to work. I post links to events and publications by other writers and to items that I feel are of general interest. I'm a science and pop culture geek, so there's a lot of that in what I post.
So, my strategy is to post positive stuff and generally have fun on the Net.
One thing that has greatly increased the traffic to my platforms and dialed up the volume of interactive posts is to include my readers in my projects. I'll have contests online for people to name characters (including letting them win the chance to have a character named after them); or to pick the title of my next book; or win something nice like a Kindle or Nook. And, yes, giving out prizes is fun for me, too.
Has social media helped sales? If so, how are you measuring that?
Social media definitely bumps up sales. I see it in the analytics that track click-throughs from newsletters or social media posts to purchase sites like online booksellers.
And with social media I've been able to build an international fanbase that I might not otherwise have built. Publishing houses can't afford to send as many writers on tour these days, and even when they do it's usually a limited tour.
What kinds of interactions do you see people/fans responding to?
It's pretty clear to anyone who visits my Twitter or Facebook page that I'm having an enormous amount of fun driving my jet-ski at high speed through the social media seas. Fun is infectious; people want to play with the happy kid in the playground. Try it out. Make a negative post and count the 'likes' and reposts then post something fun like a link to a cartoon (I post a ton of cartoons), a fascinating bit of science trivia (zombie ants, for example), praise for someone else's accomplishments and then see how many MORE hits there are. Positive trumps negative every time.
At the same time I believe that people respond to my integrity. I never bash, never descend to base humor, and I don't use the Net to proselytize any political agendas. I think that also engenders within them a greater sense of trust in the quality of the products I have on the market. Integrity and good will are hard to fake in anything but the short term, so people who hang out with me online know they're safe and that something weird or silly is going to happen. We all dig that vibe.
Do you see social media becoming part of the story telling process?
It already is. We use social media to engage interest and to share information. The Net encourages us to get to the heart of our message, and as a result we've learned (and continue to learn) how to do that. The 140 character limit on Twitter is brilliant, and the fact that you can post a quick message and a hot link allows people to jump right in.
From a different perspective, some folks are using social media as an actual delivery system for storytelling. The Japanese Twitter novels are an example of that, but that's been going on for years and I don't see it catching fire here in the States. That said, I think the door is open for some new kind of multi-platform and interactive storytelling that we haven't seen yet. I'll bet money that it will happen. And, yeah, once it's there I'll probably experiment with it.
I hear you're in talks to develop one of your books into a TV series. Do you see social media/Twitter playing a role?
That's one of those Hollywood horror stories. Sony Pictures had optioned Patient Zero for TV. They hired Emmy Award winning writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach to do the pilot script, and he nailed it. They brought it to ABC, and we got all the way down to the wire so that it was pretty much a decision between my show and a remake of Charlie's Angels. And they went with the Angels.
As of now, the option is open again and my agent has been fielding reach-outs from various producers, so we'll see. We're all pretty optimistic, however.
Once something does catch fire, social media will be crucial. I've seen how that worked for The Walking Dead, a show based on the comics by my friend Robert Kirkman. The production company was all over the Net with that. It was everywhere, and it paid off, because the show was an instant hit as it deserved to be. But without social media buzz, it might have struggled to gain an audience and might not have done so soon enough to get the nod for a second season. Social media greatly helped that show.
Do you think zombies make good tweeters?
They're relentless and they never tire, so yeah…they'll be tweeting 24/7 with only a short break for some fresh brains.
Can you recommend any zombie related Twitter accounts, our readers are dying to know (pun intended)?
- @Zombiesquad
- @Zombcon
- @ZombieResearch
- @ZombieToys
- @TweetsOfTheDead
- @ZombieZoneNews
- @ZombieNews
- @TheZombieClub
For more about How Jonathan uses social media and zombies, read the full, extended interview at Addicted to Social Media.com. And if you'd like to read any of Jonathan's books, click on the links below.
- Ghost Road Blues
- Dead Man's Song
- Bad Moon Rising
- Patient Zero
- The Dragon Factory
- The King of Plagues
- Rot & Ruin
- Dust & Decay
- Dead of Night
- "The Wind Through the Fence" (short story)
- Wanted Undead or Alive
- The Wolfman
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BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 7 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today in response to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ruling out more revenue to help lower deficits:
"Sen. McConnell is dead wrong when he rules out additional revenue as part of the solution to our deficit crisis. He is also wrong when he suggests the solution to the deficit situation is to cut Social Security, veterans' benefits, Medicare and Medicaid.
"The fact of the matter is that tax revenue today amounts to only 15.7 percent of GDP, nearly the lowest in 60 years. Despite Sen. McConnell's position, the lack of revenue coming into the federal government must be addressed.
"Today corporate profits are at an all-time high, while corporate income tax revenue as a percentage of GDP is near a record low.
"At 1.6 percent, corporate revenue as a percentage of GDP is lower than any other major country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, including Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Norway, Australia, South Korea, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Ireland, Poland, and Iceland.
"In 2011, corporations paid just 12 percent of their profits in taxes, the lowest since 1972.
"In 2005, 1 out of 4 large corporations paid no income taxes at all even though they collected $1.1 trillion in revenue over that one year period.
"Large corporations and the wealthy are avoiding more than $100 billion in taxes every year by setting up offshore tax shelters in places like the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the Bahamas.
"At 15.7 percent, revenue as a percentage of GDP is at or near the lowest level in sixty years.
"I look forward to a serious debate in the Senate about how we do deficit reduction in a way that is fair. At a time when the middle class is disappearing and the number of people living in poverty is at an all-time high, do we cut programs that working families desperately depend upon, or do we ask the wealthiest people and largest corporations – all of whom are doing phenomenally well – to start paying their fair share of taxes?"


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There is something about a 7 minute long war epic that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Cut through the surface, ignore the pounding guitars and wailing vocals, delve deeper than the crash ending and you can feel the energy, sadness and torment of a world long gone. I often think that one of the best ways of conveying the important message of not forgetting the sacrifice made during the Great War to the younger generation is through music. I know for me when i was a kid when Metallica released the epic "One" a song about an ordianry soldier who survived a landmine blast although he had both arms and legs amputated. It really opened up my eyes to the personal pain – both physical and mental – many thousands of ordinary soldiers went through.
That was back in 1988, and in 2003 Iron Maiden released "Paschendaele" which for me is the best song about the War I have ever heard. It has a haunting tune and really takes you into the hell of the trenches. Lyrics such as "The sound of guns cant hide our shame, and so we die at Pashendaele" gives you a clue as to the songs attitude to the sheer waste of human life.
So there you have my first two recommendations for epic Great War Songs: "One" from Metallica and "Paschendaele" from Iron Maiden. Click on the links to see videos of the songs from YouTube.
I will add some more over the coming weeks/months. If anyone else has a suggestion then lets hear it!!


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On the Fastrack chronicles the comic misadventures at Fastrack Inc., a wry mirror of the contemporary work scene. Ruthless boss Rose Trellis runs Fastrack, Inc. and thrives in an atmosphere of corporate political intrigue and back-stabbing. Readers can also follow the life of Fastrack worker Wendy Rommel and her husband, Art Welding, as they run the non-stop modern business gauntlet and juggle their home life with their children, Patina and Rusty.
The strip is sprinkled with office romance, computer technology mayhem and lovesick moat monsters!
On the Fastrack has been distributed by King Features Syndicate since 1984 and now appears in some 75 newspapers nationwide.
Art's major accomplishments in life are in winning the heart of his wife Wendy and being a caring father to Rusty and Patina. Other than that, he toils contentedly in the Fastrack, Inc. computer room year after year, free of ambition and its consequences.
Chelonia and Bud run the computer network of the company. Chelonia is the daughter of Ms. Trellis, and their baby Cookie takes after her grandmother in every way except that she is too young yet to read Machiavelli.
Dethany is Personal Assistant to Wendy Welding. A 27-year-old with an unconventional fashion sense, she feels life is a fleeting, transitory stage which is too short to waste on work that isn't one's best. Smart, kind, helpful, motivated and resourceful, she explodes every preconception that her co-workers have about her.
In this online universe, they've battled The Bug (formerly known as Y2K), developed Santa's North Pole computer security system and cleaned up after their pet, Meg the Cyber-Dog.
Ms. Trellis is the cheerfully ruthless CEO of Fastrack, Inc., ruling the company with an iron hand, an unbending will and the ever-present threat of sending the staff on yet another "team-building" retreat. She has avoided the criminal excesses of most recent CEOs since she has always been able to grab everything she ever wanted legally.
The children of Wendy and Art inhabit a virtual world that their parents are only dimly aware of.
Somewhere in the toxic chemical waste of the Fastrack, Inc. dump site, an organism spontaneously developed that grew to become the company's Chief of Security, with the ability to morph at will and the inability to tell a lie. As she was found to contain DNA fragments of the entire staff, she literally embodies the soul of the company.
Wendy is the embattled yet optimistic executive assistant of Fastrack, Inc.'s CEO. In this position, she finds herself at the center of the company's maelstrom of weirdness, trying to find a balance between home vs. career, parenthood vs. sleep, and corporate loyalty vs. the urge to hurl her laptop through a plate glass window.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) � Tanner Price accounted for two touchdowns, redshirt freshman Jonathan Williams had 143 yards receiving and Wake Forest forced six turnovers in a season-opening 31-7 victory over Presbyterian on Thursday night.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) � Tanner Price accounted for two touchdowns, redshirt freshman Jonathan Williams had 143 yards receiving and Wake Forest forced six turnovers in a season-opening 31-7 victory over Presbyterian on Thursday night.
Price was 14 of 25 for 219 yards, threw a 20-yard TD pass to Spencer Bishop and ran 3 yards for another score.
With their Atlantic Coast Conference opener coming next Friday night at Boston College, Wake Forest mostly kept things simple on offense while its defense forced three fumbles and picked off three passes.
Brandon Chubb returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown and redshirt freshman Josh Wilhite took his first career carry 21 yards for a late score.
Williams caught five passes and set a school record for receiving yardage by a freshman in his debut.
Tamyn Garrick was 9 of 15 for 36 yards with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Kris Hurley for the Blue Hose.
They finished with 151 total yards, but 66 came on their first play � a dash by Demarcus Rouse that set up the TD pass.
Presbyterian only gained one more first down after that, and it didn't come until the fourth quarter.
Price, Wake Forest's fourth-year starter, has the green light on the ground for a change � he was a 1,000-yard rusher in high school. In this one, he rushed for a team-best 31 yards, mostly on option keepers.
But he also showed he still has his deep touch. And in reliable receiver Michael Campanaro's absence � he was in uniform but sat out with a hamstring injury � Williams emerged as the top target of the night.
He caught three passes of 33 or more yards in the first half alone, with his 53-yard grab setting up Price's short touchdown run that made it 17-7 with 3:18 left in the half.
That came two possessions after Price's scoring pass to Bishop � a rare touchdown throw to a tight end � came 78 seconds into the second quarter, made it 10-7 and put Wake Forest ahead to stay.
Chubb effectively iced it less than 4 minutes into the second half when he pulled a Garrick pass out of the air and raced into the end zone to put the Demon Deacons up 24-7.
Presbyterian, which entered 0-5 against FBS teams and had never held one to fewer than 53 points, threw a scare into the late-arriving crowd when Rouse took off on the Blue Hose's first play and raced down the left sideline to the Wake Forest 4.
Garrick made it 7-0 when he hit Hurley three plays later for Presbyterian's first offensive touchdown against an FBS opponent since 2010.
Chad Hedlund kicked a 31-yard field goal with 2:16 left in the first quarter to pull Wake Forest to 7-3.
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Amongst Kings Lyrics by Nas
Nas Lyrics
Amongst Kings Lyrics
First I see a flashin' light, then on my own
I hear nothin', the smell of fire in brimstone
I feel hundreds arms grabbin' me, fallin' down the hole
Is it because there is no Gravity my body leaves my Soul
Is the Devil mad at me? will I go to Hell?
Or is it Heaven that awaits me?, is too early to tell
Is it now that I'm to be judged?
Will I face thee bright tunnel warm lights?
Will embrace me before force takes me
Like I'm movin' through high winds
See my self in baby carriages, relatives and friends
Things manifest, kings from every planets rest here
Beams of light hear the voice of the Nazareth near
[Hook: Nas]
You 'Amongst Kings' from both far near land
Made in my emit son of God son of man
You came in the spirit for I am that I am
Father of all worlds fallin' angels in the land
Seen my body layin' down in the ground
It was painless, didn't feel a thing
Shots ring felt the anxious to get up and run
I was atheist, committed Suicide
I wish I could erase this shit
I seen a new life before the Christ
He created night & day, the sun & moon
From the virgin woman's womb
We lookin' down at my body, emergency room
Doctors frownin' at me surgical performs, I'm doomed
It's my day of judgment, eternal peace & fire
Far past the stars far past the Orion
I asked that you forgive father, I was tryin'
Many thrones in the light but only one's truly shinin'
Faster then the blinkin' eye, is the master or not
Face to face (uh) bitin' my case so we debate (where?)
Countin' all my sins (ok), where do we begin
When I stabbed the man in the train station or drunk gin
When I grabbed the man let the shells hit him from the Mac 10
It was all retaliation, (from what?) from way back then
Now I got the black Benz (and) trips from Aspen (and)
Disney World for my little girl and I'm askin'
You would recognize all the good deeds I'm worth (Dear God)
Send me on a trip God please the Earth
So I can deliver thou want it, stop playin'
He gave me life, I screamed out loud that "I Am..."
(Nas... Nastradamus)
[Outro: Nas]
And I saw another mighty angel come down from Heaven (I Am)
Clothe wit the cloud (Nastradamus)
And the rainbow was upon his head as a Crown (I Am)
And his face was lit as were the Sun (I Am)
And his feet as pillars of fire (Nastradamus)
And his name was Nastradamus (I Am)
(I Am Nastradamus)
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I just used Hartz Ultra Guard Flea and Tick Drops on my dog 3 days ago and I haven't noticed any problems with him, but I am afraid that he may develop something from the use of this product. I just happened upon this site because I typed in flea drops looking for information about Advantage Flea Drops. I had NO idea that Hartz was such an awful product until I read some of the stories. Now I'm afraid that something could happen to him because I put the drops on him. It has been three days and there have been no reactions, but I'm not sure how long it takes for reactions to show up? If anyone has any ideas how long it would take for a reaction to occur, please let me know. Thank you.
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(i) Are there limits on how many numbers must be in the set? { 1, 2 } or { 1, 5, 7, 8 , 9}
(ii) Are there limitations on how diverse or similar the numbers in the set can be? Coprime? Pairwise? { 1, 3, 9, 81 } (essentially powers of 3)
(iii) Is there any limitations on the relationship between the numbers of the set and the size of the knapsack?
(iv) If I were to make my own knapsack problem what strict criteria must I follow? For instance, is a knapsack of 3, and the set {1, 5, 6, 2} a legitimate knapsack problem? Meaning this example has a complexity class NP-Complete? I understand the concepts of weakly NP-Complete and pseudo-polynomial time...
(v) If one shows a problem to be a knapsack problem, and solves the problem with a psuedo-polynomial algorithm, is it possible that the same algorithm could not be used to solve all examples of knapsacks with limited sets of relatively small integers? If so, would this algorithm still be considered a solution to the Knapsack Problem or simply a solution to this unique instance of the Knapsack Problem?
(vI) Lastly, how important is it for the 'boxes' to have values and weights? It seems to me the subset sum, which is NP-Complete by reduction from the Knapsack Problem, only has weights and lacks the value variable? (As depicted in the wikipedia.org entry associated image)
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Back to Experimental Debate thread! This worked really well on the old board so here we go again...
A reminder of the Unenforcable Rules:
Elessar wrote:) The arguments should be with the posts, and not the posters
2) Circularity should be avoided - we want the thread to move forwards, not in circles
3) You should only post if you understand why you should always switch to win the car. If you don't know what this refers to, you should look it up and come back when you understand.
There'll never be a 'subject of debate' - things will just bounce from one thing to another. Unlike in most threads, tangents are actively encouraged.
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Eunice Metcalfe and Paul Woodcox announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Katheryn Renee Woodcox to Darin Christopher Ison, son of Sharon Daughtery and Frank Ison.
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NEW YORK, - With the NHL's labour talks now shrouded in secrecy, a barometer of where things stand was expected to arrive Wednesday in the form of a self-imposed deadline for the NHL Players' Association.
The union's executive board has until just before midnight ET to decide whether it will file a "disclaimer of interest" that would see the NHLPA dissolved while introducing even more uncertainty to the negotiation process.
Players voted unanimously last month to give the 30-member committee the authority to file the disclaimer on their behalf. It was believed that if they let Wednesday's deadline pass it would be a sign that talks are on the right track — although another vote could still be held to restore the executive board's power in the future.
In the meantime, representatives from the NHL and the union met for about an hour Wednesday afternoon at the league's office. The NHLPA presented a new proposal during the session and the league will review it before the two sides get back together, likely on Wednesday evening.
"The NHL people are looking at it and we'll hear from them when that process is completed," union chief Donald Fehr said during a brief scrum with reporters. "In the meantime, we're going back to our hotel where we're working and we'll continue to do that.
"There's not a lot else to say."
A handful of representatives from both sides gathered earlier in the day to discuss the pension fund, an issue where the sides were believed to have an agreement last month but no longer see eye to eye. The players are seeking to have their pension switched to a defined benefit program.
Very few details of the most recent proposals have emerged publicly with both sides closing ranks at a critical stage in negotiations. The league has set a Jan. 11 deadline to preserve a 48-game season and there is still believed to be hope that 52 games could be squeezed in if an agreement was reached this week.
At this point, it's anyone's guess what will happen next. Commissioner Gary Bettman appeared calm and collected when he met reporters on Tuesday night but he wouldn't elaborate when asked how much progress has been made behind closed doors.
"The fact that we're involved in a continuous process is something that I'm glad to see, but we're clearly not done yet," said Bettman.
However, the commissioner did acknowledge that the league offered some movement in Tuesday night's offer while adding there were also areas where it refused to budge. It was unclear how many issues still need to be resolved and how far apart the sides are in key areas.
"Nobody is counting," Bettman said. "We're not trying to keep score, we're trying to get an agreement."
The two sides have exchanged a number of proposals after the NHL presented a 288-page contract offer to the union last week.
There have been a few hints the 109-day lockout may be nearing its end. Players who spent the last couple months in Europe are starting to trickle back to North America, including New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, who posted a message Tuesday on Twitter saying that "hopefully I'm coming back for the right reason."
The lockout is now the second longest in league history — behind only the labour dispute that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season — and saw the NHL miss out on in its signature event on Tuesday.
Rather than having more than 100,000 fans packed into Michigan Stadium for the Winter Classic and a national television audience in both Canada and the U.S., all of the attention given to the league centred around its latest work stoppage.
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PlayStation 4 Announcement Summary - ArticleCraig Snow , posted on 20 February 2013 / 10,602 Views
Below you'll find a live stream (which is a repeat now) and a key summary of the main announcements coming out of Sony today for those of you who want a quick catch up.
Live Stream:
Summary of Events:
And we're go!
- Things kick off with a typical E3-style PlayStation trailer.
- Andrew House takes to the stage, delivers lots of PR speak (House loves buzzwords!). Plugging Vita, PSN and the PlayStation brand in general.
- And now PlayStation 4 gets its first mention! Phew! House says presentation will take up two hours.
- PS4 will 'allow developers to explore' more flexible business models. Lots of focus on being developer-friendly.
- Lead system architect introduced - Mark Cerny - he's been working on this process for about five years. His focus here seems to be on interactivity and inter-connectivity.
- Specs: Supercharged PC architecture, X86 CPU, Enhanced PC GPU, 8GB Unified Memory, Local HDD.
- DualShock 4 shown off. Looks similar to (but better than) those leaks we've been seeing. There is indeed a touchscreen.
- Epic's Unreal Engine 4 shown off in real-time. Havok physics engine also demonstrated.
- Cerny introduces a trailer for the title he's been working on. It's called Knack.
- Background real-time downloading, simple gameplay video uploads, real time spectating of others' games, new friends network. In general much more integrated and personalised experience.
- Next speaker is up - David Perry, CEO of Gaikai. Naturally this means Gaikai cloud tech will be on PS4.
- You'll be able to play games straight away when browsing the PlayStation Store - instant access and experience.
- Facebook and USTREAM integrated.
- The 'Share' button on the PS4 controller will allow you to livestream your gameplay. Gamers will be given casting abilities.
- Remote play built into the PS4 (i.e. BUY A PS VITA!)
- Lots of PSN services touted - Netflix, Hulu, MLB, Crackle, Amazon, PS+ (naturally), and more.
- Gaikai backwards compatibility (streaming) confirmed. PS4 itself will not be BC however.
- These cloud services will be rolled out gradually.
- Now there's a montage trailer. Developers praising the ideas behind the PS4.
- Next speaker - Michael Denny. He in turn introduces Geurrilla Games (Killzone).
- Killzone Shadow Fall trailer. Lots of gif material here; very pretty and detailed (also - yey, colours!). Lots of gameplay footage.
- Next game trailer. It's a racer from Evolution Studios (of MotorStorm fame) - Drive Club. 'The game we've always wanted to make'. Team-based racing. Painstakingly detailed recreation of car models. And now we see some gameplay.
- Now a political broadcast on behalf of the Sony Freedom Party.
- It's actually a guy (Nate Fox?) talking about Sucker Punch's latest exclusive - Second Son - which is for the PS4. Seems to be about people who have superhuman abilities who are fighting for their freedom from oppressive government, or something along those lines (very next-gen inFAMOUS-y).
- Scratch that, it is inFAMOUS.
- Indie gaming now. Jonathan Blow (of Braid fame) is introduced. He's working on a new game - it's actually The Witness - for the PS4 (the word exclusive was used, though from the words used it suggests just timed).
- Moving on from actual game demonstrations now. David Cage is introduced. Delivers his usual shtick about storytelling and emotion in gaming.
- Cage demonstrates the character model capabilities of the PS4 with a tech demo.
- Media Molecule up next. Talking about the creative process and sculpturing and how the PS4 and Move fits into that. They demonstrated... something. It was weird.
- Third party support now. All major third parties behind the PS4, etc. etc.
- Yoshinori Ono of Capcom on stage now. I'm getting flashbacks to Konami's infamous E3 presentation right now. They've developed a new engine for PS4 (codename Panta Rhei). Trailer now, showing off a new IP - Deep Down (working title) - running on the engine.
- Square Enix next. They show off their E3 Agni tech demo. Final Fantasy title is planned.
- Ubisoft's turn. Yves Guillemot is on stage. Watch Dogs being talked about. New, live demo shown. Coming to PS4 (duh!).
- Blizzard's turn (...to disappoint their old fans - nope, you're still not forgiven for Diablo III Blizz!). Oh wow, it actually is Diablo III - The epic fail that is Diablo III is coming to PS3 and PS4.
- Last publisher tonight. Activision. 'Multiple launch window' titles. The one they're showcasing today is Bungie's Destiny. They're going to show gameplay. They also announce exclusive content for PS3 and PS4.
It's coming Holiday 2013.
And that's all folks. Let us know what you thought about the presentation in the comments!
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500 for Charlie
Early in the season, the Phillies had more success on the road than home. That's made a u-turn.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, we've won back-to-back four-game series at home for the first time since 1977 when we did it against the Pirates and Mets. That's only 33 years ago.
The eight consecutive wins is the longest streak ever at Citizens Bank Park and the longest since we won 16 in a row at our home in 1991 when we were at Veterans Stadium. One other time we also had 16 consecutive wins at home, 1977.
500 Wins
Last night's win was Charlie's 500th with the Phillies. The top four managers according to wins for the Phillies:
Gene Mauch (646)
Harry Wright (636)
Danny Ozark (594)
Charlie (500 and still going)
1,000th Phillie
According to Phillies fan and historian, Dennis Orlandini, Vance Worley became the 1,000th Phillies player to appear in a game since the post-war 1946 season. The first player on that list was outfielder Johnny Wyrostek. There's a name only Senior Citizens would remember.
Orlandini's source was retrosheet.org, an awesome baseball website.
Worley, by the way, is making his AAA debut tonight vs.s Durham.
Philadelphia Phillies: An Extraordinary Tradition is the official, definitive pictorial history of the Phillies. It begins with a story and photos of the City of Philadelphia in 1883, the Phillies first year in the National League. It ends with the end of the World Series last November. Easiest way to purchase a copy is to call 1-800-GO PHILS.


text: Glossary of Terms AFP – Alpha-fetoprotein, a biomarker often associated with progression of liver cancer as well as some other cancers. Albumin – A serum protein that is mostly produced by the liver. Decreases in albumin levels can be an indication of advanced liver disease. ALT – Alanine amino-transferase, an enzyme found in high concentrations in the liver. Elevated ALT can be an indication of toxic hepatitis. The AST/ALT ratio is sometimes used in the differential diagnosis of liver disease (see AST below). Artery – Any blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body. AST – Aspartate amino-transferase, an enzyme found in high concentrations in the liver. ALT (see above) elevated along with AST is an indication of viral hepatitis or drug-induced liver damage. AST elevation in the absence of a change in ALT is an indication of active cirrhosis of the liver or metastatic tumor to the liver, among other possibilities. Bilirubin – The major pigment of bile and is removed from the blood by the liver. Serum bilirubin levels rise when the liver is unable to conjugate and excrete it. Rises in serum bilirubin levels are an indication of liver disease. Biopsy – Tissue samples may be obtained in other ways beside laparoscopy. One method, called fine-needle aspiration or needle biopsy, involves inserting a thin needle into the liver during an X-ray or ultrasound procedure, and taking samples of cells. CAT Scan (CT Scan) – A sectional view of the body constructed by computed tomography. Catheter – Flexible tube used to deliver or withdraw fluids from the body. Chemoembolization – Chemotherapy is injected directly into the liver and the blood supply of the tumor. Chemotherapy – Treatment using anticancer drugs to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells. Cholangiocarcinoma – Cancer of the bile ducts. Cirrhosis – A disease in which normal liver cells are replaced by scar tissue. Clinical Trial – A research study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new medical treatment, drug, or device. Fluoroscopy – An x-ray procedure that takes continuous pictures to evaluate moving structures within the body. Hepatic Artery Infusion (HAI) Chemotherapy – Allows a continuous supply of anticancer drugs to be delivered directly to liver tumors through the major artery or vein of that organ. Hepatitis A – An acute, usually benign, hepatitis caused by a single-stranded RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is transmitted especially in food and water contaminated with infected fecal matter. Hepatitis B – A sometimes fatal hepatitis caused by a double-stranded DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted especially by contact with infected blood (as by transfusion or by sharing contaminated needles in illicit intravenous drug use) or by contact with other infected bodily fluids (as semen). Hepatitis C – Caused by a single-stranded RNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by infected blood (as by injection of an illicit drug, blood transfusion, or exposure to blood or blood products) and that accounts for most cases of non-A, non-B hepatitis. Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) – Primary liver cancer that originates from liver cells. This most often occurs in people who have chronic liver disease and cirrhosis Laparoscopy – An examination of the abdominal cavity using a scope. Laparoscopy is generally performed under anesthesia. A small incision is made, usually in the navel, through which the scope is passed into the abdomen. This procedure gives doctors the ability to more closely examine and/or repair abnormalities. Metastatic Liver Tumors – Cancers that have spread to the liver from another primary site, such as the breast, colon, lung, stomach, or pancreas. MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) – Provides very clear images of the body. Its advantage over CT is that MRI can provide sectional views of the body in different planes P.E.T Scan – Positron emission tomography (P.E.T.) is one of the most advanced tests that allows physicians to determine if a cancer has spread to other parts of the body. It also allows for earlier and more accurate diagnoses for cancer patients Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT) – A blockage, by a blood clot, of the portal vein, which brings blood to the liver. Radioactive Microspheres – A newer form of liver directed therapy is selective intra-arterial radioactive sphere treatment (SIRS). It is a similar principle to Chemoembolization, but in the case of SIRS, yttrium-90 is incorporated into glass or resin microspheres that are administered through selective catheterization of the hepatic arterial supply to the liver tumor. Radiofrequency Ablation – A minimally invasive procedure where a needle electrode is placed in the tumor and a heated radiofrequency current is passed into the tumor. This can be done with radiologic imaging laparoscopically or with an open operation, depending upon the size and location of the tumor. Radiation Therapy – A form of cancer treatment using high levels of radiation to kill cancer cells or prevent their growth. Ultrasound – Uses sound waves to look at the structures inside the body, including the liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and the vessels important to the liver. Yttrium-90 – A radioactive isotope that emits energy in the form of beta radiation as it decays to stable Zirconium-90.


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Apple moving some manufacturing to the U.S.
Call it another sign of manufacturing jobs reshoring, a response to criticism or simply a way to more effectively distribute its operations closer to its customers. However you look at it, Apple is bringing some of its manufacturing operations to the United States.
In two interviews this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the world's largest company by market value would spend about $100 million on U.S. manufacturing operations in 2013. In an interview with Businessweek, Cook said, "Next year we are going to bring some production to the U.S. on the Mac. We've been working on this for a long time, and we were getting closer to it. It will happen in 2013. We're really proud of it. We could have quickly maybe done just assembly, but it's broader because we wanted to do something more substantial. So we'll literally invest over $100 million. This doesn't mean that Apple will do it ourselves, but we'll be working with people, and we'll be investing our money."
He noted in the Businessweek interview that parts of the iPhone and iPad already are manufactured in the U.S.
The overwhelming majority of Apple products, including iPhones and iPads, are manufactured outside of the U.S. The company has faced criticism for issues of worker safety and working conditions at its contractor's Foxconn plants in China in recent years.
In an interview for broadcast Thursday, Dec. 6 on NBC's Rock Center, Cook said the Mac line manufacturing would be exclusively done in the U.S. "We've been working for years on doing more and more in the United States," Cook told NBC's Brian Williams in the interview.


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The Seattle Seahawks sent a message that was louder than the screaming denizens of CenturyLink Field.
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Led by four touchdown passes by Russell Wilson, the Seahawks secured their spot in the NFC playoffs with a 42-13 pasting of the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night. Instead of clinching the NFC West and solidifying their hold on the No. 2 seed in the conference, the 49ers limp back home wondering how they could be so outclassed on a national stage.
Beating up on the likes of the Arizona Cardinals and Buffalo Bills -- as the Seahawks did the past two weeks -- is one thing. Embarrassing the mighty 49ers tells us the Seahawks can beat anyone in the NFC. The Seahawks are playing with all sorts of confidence, and they appear to be cresting at the perfect time.
Now 10-5, the Seahawks still are in the mix for the NFC West title. They would take the division with a win over the St. Louis Rams next week (good luck, Jeff Fisher), coupled with a 49ers loss to the lowly Cardinals.
We don't suspect the 49ers will gag this division away, which means the Seahawks likely will be on the road as long as they're in the playoffs. That makes them less of a threat, but this is not a team to be dismissed.
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President Obama will speak in Milwaukee this Labor Day, his second Wisconsin appearance in as many months.
The president's attentiveness to the state is notable, if perhaps somewhat less than altruistic.
This is, after all, an election year. And Wisconsin is the
swingingest of swing states -- a state where a governorship that has
been in Democratic hands could be lost, and where a Senate seat and at
least one U.S. House seat are vulnerable.
So, this Labor Day, Obama wants to reconnect with voters in a state
that gave him overwhelming support in his 2008 campaigns for the
Democratic presidential nomination and the presidency.
Unfortunately, polls suggest that Wisconsinites -- like residents of
other Midwestern swing states -- are not quite so impressed with Obama
as they were two years ago. It is not that the people of the state have
given up on the guy. But they are looking for something more than
managerial pronouncements about the economic shambles that he inherited
from George Bush and Dick Cheney.
Midwesterners are not naive and nostalgic.
They know that Bush and Cheney did not "get it."
What they're not so sure about is whether Obama "gets" it.
To answer the question, the president would do well to borrow a page from the wisest of his predecessors.
Seventy-six years ago this summer, Franklin Roosevelt came to
another Wisconsin city, Green Bay, at a similar point in his presidency.
Like Obama, FDR had been elected on a promise of "hope" and "change."
Like Obama, FDR had tried with mixed success to deliver on that promise.
In Green Bay, in the summer of 1934, the 32nd president needed to
explain to a crowd that was sympathetic but worried that the economic
wrangling in which he and his administration was engaged had to be seen
in perspective - not just the perspective of the presidency of the man
he replaced, Herbert Hoover, but the perspective of the long American
struggle between a privileged few that engaged in the "private means of
exploitation" and the great many that had "waged a long and bitter fight
for (their) rights."
Roosevelt did this with a history lesson, of a sort, in which he
traced back to the founding of the republic in to recount the long fight
"against those forces which disregard human cooperation and human
rights in seeking that kind of individual profit which is gained at the
expense of his fellows."
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That fight between patriotic proponents of economic justice and the
Tory defenders of an old economic royalism had, Roosevelt argued, come
to a head with the arrival of the Great Depression.
Recalling the 1932 election that swept Democrats to power and ushered
in the New Deal era, the president argued, "In the great national
movement that culminated over a year ago, people joined with enthusiasm.
They lent hand and voice to the common cause, irrespective of many
older political traditions. They saw the dawn of a new day. They were on
the march; they were coming back into the possession of their own home
"As the humble instruments of their vision and their power, those of
us who were chosen to serve them in 1932 turned to the great task,"
Roosevelt continued. "In one year and five months, the people of the
United States have received at least a partial answer to their demands
for action; and neither the demand nor the action has reached the end of
the road."
The primary barrier to action, the president explained, was erected
by those who still entertained the fantasy who argued that FDR could
restore confidence only by "(telling) tell the people of the United
States that all supervision by all forms of Government, Federal and
State, over all forms of human activity called business should be
forthwith abolished."
So, like Obama, Roosevelt faced an opposition that claimed government was the problem.
Unlike Obama, however, Roosevelt refused to even entertain - let
alone embrace - the absurd constructs of the private-sector fabulists
who "would repeal all laws, State or national, which regulate
business-that a utility could henceforth charge any rate, unreasonable
or otherwise; that the railroads could go back to rebates and other
secret agreements; that the processors of food stuffs could disregard
all rules of health and of good faith; that the unregulated wild-cat
banking of a century ago could be restored; that fraudulent securities
and watered stock could be palmed off on the public; that stock
manipulation which caused panics and enriched insiders could go
"In fact," the president continued, "if we were to listen to (the
anti-government crowd), the old law of the tooth and the claw would
reign in our Nation once more."
"The people of the United States will not restore that ancient
order," thundered Roosevelt. "There is no lack of confidence on the part
of those business men, farmers and workers who clearly read the signs
of the times. Sound economic improvement comes from the improved
conditions of the whole population and not a small fraction thereof."
With those words, Roosevelt took a side.
He did not imagine that it was possible to compromise with those who wanted to return to the "tooth and claw" past.
No, he would stand against the Tories and for the new order where it
was understood that the purpose of government was to achieve "the
improved conditions of the whole population and not a small fraction
Were Obama to take a similar stand this Labor Day, were he to echo
Roosevelt's call for economic justice, the energy of this election year
would shift - in Wisconsin and nationally - because voters would know,
finally, which side their president was on.


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When the weather gets cold, the doors at the First United Methodist Church in Bunnell swing open. The shelter is scheduled to be open Thursday and Friday.
When the weather gets cold, the doors at the First United Methodist Church in Bunnell swing open.
The shelter is scheduled to open at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, according to shelter officials.
The Salvation Army on Ballough Road in Daytona Beach is scheduled to open at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, but a decision to open Friday has not yet been made, officials said.
This is the fifth year the Flagler County Family Assistance Center has operated a shelter at 205 N. Pine St.
The weather is expected to remain cold into the weekend with lows Friday and Saturday expected to be 43 degrees and the low Sunday will be 45 degrees, according to AccuWeather.com.
The first time the Bunnell shelter opened this winter was in late December when temperatures reached the low 40s.
People may donate supplies to the shelter, including sundries, winter clothing, coffee, nonperishable foods and breakfast supplies.
The shelter typically serves up to a dozen homeless men and women. The maximum capacity is 32, which allows for the shelter to bring in overflow from Volusia County and elsewhere.
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I like a nice store-bought gift, but I LOVE a homemade gift. I also LOVE to make homemade gifts. Valentine's Day is one of those holidays that the thought really does count. The holiday is right after The Holidays and I still haven't come down from our over-indulgent Christmas season. I am in the mood for simple and sweet. These two projects are beautiful and inexpensive. I think anyone would be thrilled to receive either one... or both. Me? I would like both.
Burlap wrapped tulip bouquet with homemade Valentine's Day label.
1 bouquet of 6-12 tulips ($6 at the store)
1 square foot piece of burlap
1 yard of satin ribbon (paper-source)
1 valentine's day label/card
1 piece of double stick tape (or zot)
TIP : When you pick up your bouquet at the grocery store florist, ask them for some water tubes. It will help to keep the bouquet fresh. It is not absolutely necessary, but it will help if they will be out of water for more than an hour.
"Have a LOVELY Day" Label :
You can print the Lovely Day label template here!
TIP : I like to print of ivory textured cardstock from Paper-Source. It is an automatic upgrade for a homemade card.
More Homemade Valentine's Day Ideas :
Valentine's Day Cupcakes & Flowers - Get the step-by-step directions here!
Get the step-by-step directions here!
Get the step-by-step directions here!


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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Cat Shaming #1 - No Leftovers...
Thanks for no lunches tomorrow Whiskey Jack... And from now on, the leftovers will go in the fridge AS SOON as we've plated our food...
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Bad kitty! Ah well, no such thing as shaming a cat. They have no guilt, just regret that they were caught/had their chicken taken away.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 20, 2013 at 7:55 AM
Great start for my first day of spring morning! Thank you! BlissReplyDelete
Ha! Definitely not sorry! =DReplyDelete
WJ looks just like my Eddy..I. could never be upset with him wanting toReplyDelete
Help himself.....sounds like WJ was just hungry. More at the store.
How cute!! Good for you Whiskey Jack, it should've had a cover. ;-)ReplyDelete
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Hundreds of firefighters poured into Arizona on Wednesday to battle a wind-whippedwildfire burning in a rugged canyon between Sedona and Flagstaff, sending up choking plumes of smoke and scuttling Memorial Day weekend travel plans in the popular camping and hiking area.
The fire nearly doubled in size to 1.32 square miles and could grow by nightfall to 2,000 acres, or about 3 square miles.
Arizona authorities are fearful that the fire could be a prelude for what could become a devastating wildfire season amid a drought that has left tinder-dry conditions across the state.
The fire broke out at the start of the tourist season and closed the main road between Sedona and Flagstaff — two cities that attract large amounts of visitors in summer months. The fire is burning near Slide Rock State Park, a popular recreation area because of its natural rock water slides.
Sophie Lwin of Peoria says she had relatives from the Los Angeles area coming in for a weekend at the Butterfly Garden Inn, which had to evacuate because of the fire. She said the area is her favorite destination and that she and her husband visit the Sedona area at least five times a year.
"It's Memorial Day weekend. It's going to be so hard and so expensive to get anything anywhere else," she said.
About 200 firefighters and other personnel are already assigned to the fire, including five Hotshot crews, Coconino National Forest officials said Wednesday. An additional 15 Hotshot crews are on order, as well as 10 other firefighting crews and dozens of fire engines, officials said. A top-level fire management team was taking over command of the fire.
There are no reports so far of injuries or structures burned. The exact cause of the fire is not yet known, but authorities believe it was human-caused.
The fire forced the evacuations of 100 threatened businesses and homes in a 2-mile stretch north of the state park, and 15 people stayed at a shelter in Flagstaff.
The fire comes less than a year after a blaze in nearby Prescott killed 19 firefighters who were part of a Hotshot crew.
As the fire moved up the canyon's steep walls, it sent up large amounts of smoke and ash and created hazy conditions in Flagstaff, about 10 miles from the blaze.
The blaze presented several challenges for firefighters, including steep terrain, thick pine forest, gusting winds and the drought conditions, said Bill Morse, a Flagstaff Fire Department captain and a spokesman for firefighting managers. He also said the terrain makes it difficult for firefighters to stay in contact with each other on their radios.
But Morse said calming fire conditions in Southern California have freed up extra crews to fight the Arizona fire.
"Fortunately the fires in San Diego have calmed down enough for the resources to be released here," Morse said.
The evacuees included Nathan and Mickella Westerfield, young honeymooners from Phoenix who arrived at a campground in the canyon Tuesday afternoon. They were headed into Sedona for dinner when they passed the fire, which was burning shrubs and trees in a small valley visible from the highway.
As other passers-by stopped to take pictures of the fire, a firefighter told the couple they couldn't return to their campground to retrieve their newly purchased camping gear and other belongings, Nathan Westerfield said.
"He told us, 'no, we're evacuating,'" he said. "We literally have the clothes on our backs."
Red Cross spokeswoman Trudy Thompson Rice said most of the 15 people who stayed Tuesday night at the shelter at a Flagstaff school were campers. The Westerfields were among those who spent the night at the shelter.
"We had a lot more than that — maybe 30 — come in to register and let us know where they were," she said Wednesday.
A separate wildfire in the state burned 200 acres and closed Interstate 17 near Cordes Junction in both directions for more than four hours late Tuesday. The interstate, which is the main traffic route between the Phoenix area and northern Arizona, reopened Tuesday evening.


text: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks began trading lower Tuesday on anxiety about the approaching "fiscal cliff" in the U.S. and the failure of euro-area leaders to reach agreement on how Greece would pay its debt. "Euro-zone finance ministers yesterday agreed to give Greece an extra two years to reach its deficit targets, but left open the question of how the resulting financing gap would be funded," Nick Bennenbroek, head of currency strategy at Wells Fargo Bank, said in a research note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.20% fell 33.16 points, or 0.3%, to 12,781.92. The S&P 500 index SPX, +1.44% shed 5.61 points, or 0.4%, to 1,374.42. The Nasdaq Composite lost 20.68 points, or 0.7%, to 2,883.58.