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Sunday, December 02, 2007
It finally happened...
One of my buds(nurse) made me go to a room and did an ECG..130-140 AF, bp a little crappy..
So one of my partners comes in and shames me into signing in, gives me some diltiazem and I slow down but don't convert..Finally after a few hours a couple a cardiologists show up to give me shit and I convince them to cardiovert me. Had to direct my own concious sedation to start, then ask my charge nurse to go get a real doctor in case something happened(my partners)
I get zapped not once, but 4 times(I think) the last 2 with 360 and the last one apparently with a Cardiologist putting a paddle over the pad to get enough pressure to get thru my chest(for those who don't know me, I'm ex-athlete, 6'7" 290)
Man that really gets you sore! Felt like I'd done 5000 benchpresses. My damn chest hair hurt for 3 days! The nurses all felt bad for doing it to me, but at least it converted and I'm still in NSR.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend it...But if they send me a PG, I'll give us high scores!!
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I've seen a few cardioversions where I used to work. They were done in a small procedure room and we would try to get a peek through the not quite closed curtains to satisfy our morbid curiosity.ReplyDelete
OUCH! They always looked soooo painful! And how bizarre to have the patient only under conscious sedation, made it appear more like tourture than therapy.
And you, got the full 360, yikes!
Hope your chest hair feels better soon and you remain in NSR.
Wow, you are a big guy. Did you feel SOB or did you feel like shit just from hypoperfusion? One of our hospitalists gets this from time to time and we sedate and shock him and he goes about his business. Hope you are doing fine.ReplyDelete
Hope you're okay, Sparky.ReplyDelete
Cat, thanks, just felt like shit..Next time it happens, I'll only be out of commission as long as it takes for my guys to get Vit E into me and shock meReplyDelete
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Out of curiosity Oldfart, Community?ReplyDelete
If you don't get that, nevermind.
Glad you're feeling better.
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What are you? Fucking Shaq?ReplyDelete
wow, that sucks dude. Man, aging is a bummer. Hope you are feeling better.
emergencyem...I think your answer is yes, medium size community hosp..ReplyDelete
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Sorry you feel like you've been run over by a Mac truck - thoughts for you:ReplyDelete
(1) Consider Ibutilide 1 mg over 10-15 min to see if that would chemically cardiovert you before cardioversion next time. (Can repeat once after 10-20 min, if no excessive QT prolongation on your EKG).
(2) Be sure your patches are AP (over the breast bone and back behind the scapula and have the doc ALWAYS apply pressure (place a DRY towel over the patch while pressing).
(3) Be sure the defibrillator used is a biphasic defibrillator (older ER's use monophasic defibrillators which suck at converting afib relative to biphasic devices)
(4) Consider an anesthesiologist - ;)
Best of luck to you. Hope it's not a recurrent theme...
One of my buddies is a 6'7" ER doc in Texas, but I don't think it's you. There can't be many with those specs though.ReplyDelete
I think I'd choose Corvert too. But after 18+ hours of afib, shouldn't you have been anticoagulated or gotten a TEE prior to cardioverssion by any method?
It looks like the current recommendations are that it's OK to cardiovert if the duration of AF is less than 48 hours. I remembered it being <6 hours.ReplyDelete
Scapel..I've taken as ASA daily since I was in med school back in the 70's. Just seems like a good idea if no contraindications, for EVERYONE..Kept my Dad from CABG til he ws 80 and then he just had little old man arteries, no focal plaque disease..So I was plenty anticoagulated along with a well balanced 2 carbon fragment intake..Probably not but 1 other ED doc my size and he was one of my medical students in the very early 90'sReplyDelete
drwes..Corvert is not that great in my experience and I've used it a lot since 98, but not much in a couple of yrs..Pads were A-P..Didn't realize how big my chest was(WTF, I wear a 56XL Jacket!) and will know how to apply the juice as you suggest..Don't believe bi-phasic any better than the old, but have used it..And any ED doc worth his salt is as good at ConSed, maybe better, than an Anesthesiologist(there I go pissing off some more folks!)but thanks for your ideas, I think I had them considered and covered, even the Corvert, just rejected it..If I had to do it again, I'd still cardiovert, despite Dr Cheung from Philly, who wrote the book on AF and said "for AF, cardioversion is treatment of choice, EXCEPT for Dr Cheung, treatment is Dig!" HAH!!
Although ibutilide might not be so great at converting you back to sinus alone, one study demonstrated improved efficacy of cardioversion with ibutilide pretreatment.
Might be worth a shot if they have trouble next time.
All the best-
did not mean to offend, sir. hope you are less sore and back at the game. kinda like a mule kicked you huh? hope they gave you good drugs!
Sorry to hear about your AF. Also sorry you weren't in MY ED I'd have fixed your ass up big time...no charge!ReplyDelete
You'd never have felt a thing. You might be on the organ donor list right now, but still, you'd never have felt a thing!
Love ya big guy and hope you're doing better. Knowing you, you haven't missed a shift!!
To etotheipi: no, he's not Shaq. He can actually make a free throw!


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OpenGL iPhone Games with Cocos2D Review
Developing native iOS OpenGL titles is hard work. Fortunately, a free, open source framework called Cocos2D for iPhone makes the task surprisingly easy. Yet reading the project's documentation is a bit dry and can be hard to visualize. To address this communication limitation, iOS developer Todd Moore has recorded a series of five videos with O'Reilly Media that showcases Cocos2D for iPhone in a conversational screencast format. Read on to learn if it is worth the nearly 20-dollar price to stream/download the videos.
I'm a fan of the screencast format. While my family prefers to stream Netflix movies, I prefer watching developer video podcasts, programming conference and walkthroughs on Vimeo and YouTube, and professionally produced, pay-to-play technical video presentations. Typically, I have the videos playing in a small window in the upper left corner of my screen while working, surfing, or organizing files. If something in the video peaks my interest (such as a new technique or a block of code that may be too small to see in the reduced window), I will rewind the last 30 seconds, expand to full screen, and play back. I found myself frequently entering full-screen mode with OpenGL iPhone Games with Cocos2D.
Developer Todd Moore is accompanied by O'Reilly editor Courtney Nash, who serves as a faux viewer asking Moore obvious questions while keeping things moving along at a fast pace. The interactions seem a bit unnatural, though, as if Nash is not really there to learn but just to play along. Still, it kept me engaged enough in their banter to see how each person would react to their staged performances.
The production quality is stunning, especially when showing the computer screen running Xcode. This is truly high-def technology at its best. While there remains just a hint of fuzziness around the characters, it remains by far some of the clearest screencast video quality I have seen. However, when it cuts back to Moore and Nash, the camera tries to get artsy with shaky cam (and even some blurry cam) to get that "real world" and/or Battlestar Galactica tight conversational feel. I know that technique supposedly keeps viewers engaged by forcing them to focus more (to compensate for the bobbing, unfocused action), but I find it highly annoying and wish this cheap trend would just go away.
Beyond the superb video and audio production quality, the actual educational content of the videos is just... OK. I learned how to use Cocos2D over a year ago from Ray Wenderlich's exceptional blog for iOS developers, which was a more memorable experience compared to these videos. Ray continues to post really helpful tutorials on all things iOS and it's one of the best free resources on the Web for iOS developers to learn their craft. But for those who are not yet familiar with how simple it is to build fluid motion, sprite-based titles for iOS, these O'Reilly videos do offer a low-friction learning gateway into this remarkably powerful and easy-to-use graphics framework.
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While the Bears made three solid defensive additions on the first day of free agency, bringing back LB D.J. Williams was smartest thing they did.
Defensive end Lamarr Houston may not be Michael Bennett, but he sure could be the next-best thing. And getting safety Ryan Mundy filled a very important need as well.
But keeping D.J. Williams around for at least one more year is going to wind up being the best thing the Chicago Bears did on Tuesday, the first day of the new free-agent shopping season.
While the Bears failed to woo tightend Marcellus Bennett's brother Michael away from the Seahawks, they were able to get some pass-rush and run-stopping help elsewhere. Houston was the first move by general manager Phil Emery after Tuesday's 3 p.m. free-agent kickoff, and Mundy wasn't far behind.
Houston will get $35M over five years, and though he only mustered six sacks last year – and that was a career high – he was the second-best D-end available, and the Bears had a big-time need at that position. He's no Julius Peppers in his prime, but he is 26 years old, and has time to develop.
As for Mundy, 29, he started nine games for the Giants last season and appeared in all 16, notching 77 tackles with one sack and one interception.
While those players will help, the biggest move the Bears made to kick-start the free-agent shopping spree was the re-signing of Williams, the veteran linebacker who when healthy, was a sufficient replacement for Brian Urlacher at middle linebacker.
While a calf injury hobbled him in preseason and a pectoral-muscle tear derailed him midway through the regular season, Williams proved he could man the spot affectively when in. In limited time, he accumulated 39 tackles, two sacks, two tackles for loss and one forced fumble.
The Bears also got LB Jordan Senn, a former Colt and Panther, and he will basically replace Blake Costanzo as a special-teams' leader. One more desperate need that can be checked off the list.
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Ryu, Dodgers earn Game 3 win
Cardinals lead NLCS 2-1
Rookie left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu added his name to the list of Los Angeles Dodgers postseason aces in a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Monday at Dodger Stadium, stepping up when he was needed most.
The Dodgers, who trail two games to one in the series, broke a 22-inning scoring drought to support Ryu, who threw seven scoreless innings. He gave up three singles and a walk while striking out four, and he became the first South Korean-born pitcher to win a postseason game in major league history.
Ryu joined Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Orel Hershiser as the only pitchers in franchise history to give up three hits or fewer over seven or more shutout innings in the playoffs.
"All I was thinking about was the fact that we were down 2-0 (in the series), and I told myself this could potentially be the last start I ever pitched here this year," Ryu said. "So I focused from the very first pitch. I just zoned in, and fortunately I was able to get a good result out of the game."
The Dodgers provided the only offense Ryu needed in the fourth inning, a two-run rally that began when St. Louis center fielder Jon Jay failed to catch Mark Ellis' leadoff fly ball to right-center field.
Ellis was credited with a double, and after taking third base on a flyout by Hanley Ramirez, he scored on a double over first base by Adrian Gonzalez. Yasiel Puig hit a two-out triple off the right field fence to put Los Angeles ahead 2-0.
"It wasn't very characteristic of how we played all season," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. "Our team has done a great job of improving defensively. We just had a lot of balls in the air tonight that hit the ground that normally don't. We're a better club than this."
The Dodgers scored for the first time since Juan Uribe's two-run single in the third inning of Game 1, which the Cardinals won 3-2 in 13 innings Friday. Michael Wacha and four St. Louis relievers shut out the Dodgers 1-0 in Game 2 on Saturday.
Ramirez, who had two hits Monday while playing with a hairline fracture in his left ribcage, singled home Carl Crawford with the final run in the eighth inning.
"This time of the year you cannot lay down," said Ramirez, who wore a protective pad around his ribs and admitted he was in pain throughout. "You just have to keep going, all the way. We're here for the team, for the city. We have to give everything we got every day."
Dodgers reliever Brian Wilson threw a scoreless eighth inning, and Kenley Jansen pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
St. Louis had two runners on base in only one inning, the fifth, after David Freese and Matt Adams opened the inning with singles, the Cardinals' first two hits.
Freese came out due to right calf tightness, and pinch runner Daniel Descalso misread Jay's fly ball to short left field and was easily doubled off second by Crawford. Ryu induced a groundout from Pete Kozma to end the inning.
Four times, the Dodgers came from behind to win postseason series after losing the first two games, but the 2004 Boston Red Sox are the only team that overcame a 3-0 deficit.
"Realistically, you feel like it's a must-win," Los Angeles manager Don Mattingly said. "Obviously, they still have the upper hand because they're up 2-1. But you feel like you're back in the series, and it gives your guys a little bit of confidence. Again, I think the playoffs are a one-day momentum swing. Every day changes with momentum. Right now I feel like we've kind of grabbed it."
St. Louis right-hander Adam Wainwright, who allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings, suffered his first loss in five career postseason decisions. The Cardinals right-hander won Games 1 and 5 of the NL Division Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, giving up two runs in 16 innings.
Puig collected his first two hits of the series.
NOTES: Ramirez started despite the injury that occurred when he was struck by a pitch in Game 1 of the series. He was held out of Game 2. ... Los Angeles CF Andre Ethier, who did not start in the final 15 games of the regular season while nursing an ankle injury, started in Game 3 and went 0-for-4. He struck out as a pinch hitter to end Game 2. Ethier pinch-hit in all four games of the NLDS and made his first start since Sept. 13 in Game 1 of the NLCS, going 1-for-5 with a single and a walk. ... Dodgers RHP Ricky Nolasco and Cardinals RHP Lance Lynn are the scheduled starters for Game 4 on Tuesday, but Mattingly left some wiggle room after Game 3, saying, "As of right now, Ricky is our set pitcher." RHP Zack Greinke would be pitching on three days' rest for the first time this season if he went instead. Nolasco is 2-0 with an 0.75 ERA against St. Louis this season, one win with the Miami Marlins and one with the Dodgers. Lynn went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA against the Dodgers this season, throwing six shutout innings May 24 at Dodger Stadium. He is 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA in three career starts against Los Angeles.


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The Year in Review, the best, the worst, and more
Remember the heady, irrational exuberance of New Year's 2000, when Y2K computer snafus were our biggest fear?
Yeah, baby, those were the days. And how quickly that little party ended, as 2002 ushered in a whole new era: life after September 11.
The year began in a subdued fashion as the nation continued to mourn the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and adjusted to life in the age of fear and the "war on terror."
Anthrax scares, confiscated nail clippers at airports, and suspects held for months without being charged are examples of the terrorism hangover that introduced 2002.
Over the year, other kinds of terror took shape. From Utah to Roanoke, little girls were snatched from their beds, and the D.C.-area snipers paralyzed the region for a month. As if that weren't grim enough, war with Iraq seems to be the President's New Year's resolution, and many Americans seem happy to eviscerate the Bill of Rights in the name of safety.
The already sluggish economy continued to tank, and 9/11 became a convenient excuse for companies already on the skids. The Enron debacle, far from being the exception, was the tip of the iceberg, with other seemingly solid Fortune 500 companies like WorldCom, Global Crossing, and Adelphia joining in the carnage.
With thousands unemployed and their retirement stocks worthless, the government started demanding accountability from corporate heads who'd used public companies as their personal piggybanks, and the executive perp walk became the new business look. Even Martha Stewart's hands got dirty.
Okay, so the year wasn't all bad. And locally, The Hook joined the Charlottesville publishing scene. Each week, in Dickensian fashion, we've weighed in on the best of times and the worst of times.
Here then are the best of the year's stories and the worst.
Worst racial turmoil: The city gains national notoriety in January when 10 "good kids" from Charlottesville High, all black except one, beat up nine UVA students and one PVCC student "because they looked white." It doesn't help when former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's European-American Unity and Rights Organization EURO argues that the assaults should be charged as hate crimes. The community rallies around the kids gone violent. Committees form to look at racial issues and help the assailants, and then people belatedly realize it might be a good idea to raise money for the victims, too.
Worst loss of a Dave Matthews landmark: UVA buys and begins razing Trax, further reducing the number of places to hear live music in town.
Best Academy Award nomination for an Albemarle resident: Sissy Spacek goes to the Oscars for In the Bedroom.
Worst loss of a Chinese restaurant: The Chiang House burns to the ground in March. As if that isn't bad enough, weeks later neighbors complain about the smell of rotting fish wafting out of the charred freezers.
Worst UVA trend: Bomb threats, eight of which are called in during the spring semester, lead to a change in university policy: Classes are no longer canceled but relocated.
Best reappearance of a former Dukes of Hazzard character: Ben "Cooter" Jones runs for Congress in the Seventh District and loses to Republican incumbent Eric Cantor.
Best re-emergence of Charlottesville Republicans: For the first time in 16 years, the all-Democrat City Council is history when longhaired Rob Schilling wins a seat in May, along with incumbent and former mayor Blake Caravati.
Worst excuse for the Dems' loss: Some blame the Daily Progress for an Election Day article on "single-shot" voting.
Best altruism by a local publisher: In February, The Observer's Jeffrey Peyton reduces ad rates by 20 percent to rescue recession-strapped businesses. Alas, for Peyton watchers, by November, the Don Hodel-backed publisher has moved on to pursue "other publishing ventures."
Worst break-up: The men who revitalized the Downtown Mall Lee Danielson and Colin Rolph spend much of 2002 splitting their D&R Development in an acrimonious ending that leaves an accountant in tears. Rolph retains ownership of the money-losing Ice Park– which he vows to keep open– as well as the Regal Cinema, the Exchange Building, and four boarded-up buildings in the 100 block of East Main Street.
Best indication that Albemarle County can produce high-end wines: Patricia Kluge appears on CNBC in late winter to announce that wines from the Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard will start at $80 a bottle. By fall, she unveils a $495 limited edition, walnut-cased offering.
Worst surprise for UVA neighbors, part 1: In March, they're horrified to learn that the university's antiquated coal-burning heat plant is spewing over a ton of sulfur dioxide a day and that UVA wants to increase that amount. Since then, the university has pledged to reduce emissions, despite its reduced budget.
Worst surprise for UVA neighbors, part 2: The announcement the university is building a parking garage at the corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road has the Lewis Mountain neighborhood organizing to "Stop the 1,200 car monster" to no avail.
Worst state budget news: Newly elected Governor Mark Warner grapples with a $3.8 billion deficit that leads to mid-year tuition increases at UVA, reduced hours at the popular state agencies like DMV and ABC, and layoffs of state workers.
Worst news for Bodo's addicts: The Corner bagel site, first leased in 1995, goes yet another year without opening.
Best overdue apology: At the May dedication of the historical marker on Preston Avenue noting the Supreme Court decision allowing the sterilization of 8,000 Virginians deemed "genetically inferior," Del. Mitch Van Yahres reads Governor Mark Warner's formal apology for the "shameful effort." Charlottesville resident Carrie Buck was the first victim of that law in 1927.
Best new foundation: Oak Hill Fund, an offshoot of the now-defunct W. Alton Jones Foundation, announces it will spend $1.5 million for environment friendly, affordable housing.
Best domination of the local airwaves: Clear Channel controls six of the nine for-profit radio stations in town.
Worst consequences of firefighter boredom: Eight Stony Point Volunteer Firefighters are charged with setting wildfires. County assistant chief Mark Spicer is fired after erasing a videotape that shows him hugging one of the accused because the boys were teasing him about it.
Best 15 minutes of radio fame: Kathleen Willey, Bill Clinton grope survivor, hosts a show on Richmond's WRVA for all of a month.
Best break in the 1996 unsolved slayings of two women in Shenandoah National Park: Convicted park stalker Darrell Rice is indicted in April for the murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans.
Worst casualty from a Shriner's go-cart run amok: In April, a five-year-old boy's ankle is broken when a Shriner plows into him at the Dogwood Parade.
Best reason not to name a publication after an interstate: Four-year-old Shenandoah Valley monthly tabloid Eightyone draws its last breath in March. In July, glossy arts-and-culture mag 64 folds after two and a half years.
Best Photophile shot of the year: A Frank Stoner and David Toscano photo is invaded by a grip-and-grin anarchist.
Frank Stoner, David Toscano, and friend.
Worst playground: A Hook exclusive discovers that paint samples from Meade Park contain nearly 10 times the amount of lead allowed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Worst fugitive pedophiles: Former Yogaville adherent and ship captain Frederick Stiles Wannamaker disappears in 1999 before he can be charged with felony molestation of five boys. Gregory A. Moyer, the Fork Union Military Academy spanker, takes off in May 2001 after being sentenced to three-and-a-half years for his conviction on 14 counts of taking indecent liberties with cadets.
Best small-town police antics: In June the Town of Louisa hires a new police chief, John Cetrulo, who immediately suspends an officer for wearing the wrong type of undershirt. Within two months of being hired, Cetrulo is himself suspended. His replacement is suspended two weeks later. The town clerk resigns. Cetrulo is fired in October, and two days later, the town manager resigns.
Best idealistic, yet doomed project: The Yellow Bike program. Eighty bikes hit the streets in March to promote bike use and only rare sightings are reported since.
Best new episodes of The Waltons 2002 : Jim-Bob Jim Hamner– is fired as treasurer of the Walton's Mountain Museum in March, splitting tiny Schuyler. Big brother and Waltons' series creator Earl Hamner backs plans for a new museum in Nelson County. Jim-Bob is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor when a neighbor kid gets drunk. Charges are dropped, but Jim-Bob has had enough and plans to leave the town where he was born. Former Schuyler benefactor Earl Hamner considers the epitaph, "I put my hometown on the map. Now I wish I could take it off."
Worst omission in the Rivanna Trail plans: Permission from some of the owners to use their land. One erects a barricade and "no trespassing" signs on the trail in June.
Best overuse of a pretentious word: The Hook's June 27 issue contains the word "limn" in every story, resulting in several readers threatening to tear us limn from limn.
Best reason to shop locally for blow-up dolls: Ultimate Bliss opens behind KFC in the old Reines Jewelers building on Angus Road in July, offering a clean, well-lighted place to buy sex toys.
Worst regulation for a problem that doesn't really exist: The city's revised zoning ordinance includes a section on adult entertainment, prohibiting strip clubs, porn movie houses, and adult shops within 1,000 feet of almost everything, and making it virtually impossible to get a lap dance in this town... not that any such thing was available pre-ordinance!
Worst unsolved crime: A serial rapist is believed responsible for 11 assaults going back to 1997. The most recent occurs November 11, and police say the violence of the attacks is escalating.
Best family perp walk: Adelphia founder John Rigas and his two sons are arrested and accused of using the company as a "personal piggy bank" after taking over $2.3 billion of company funds for projects such as a private golf course. In September all three are indicted on charges of conspiracy and securities and wire fraud.
Best national perp walk: WorldCom's former chief financial officer Scott "Beachfront Mansion" Sullivan and controller David Myers are handcuffed and arrested in New York and charged with seven counts of securities fraud.
Best perp walk by an Albemarle County property owner: Tyco chief financial officer Mark Schwartz, owner of historic Enniscorthy, and his boss, Dennis Kozlowski, are indicted for looting $600 million of company holdings. Schwartz's 2001 purchase of Enniscorthy for an alleged $17 million made it the county's highest priced residential transfer ever.
Worst UVA party theme, part 1: A "Medallion Party" tossed by a school of architecture student invites "all playaz and chickenheadz" to his hip-hop theme party. Not surprisingly, a group of black students who attend and videotape the event find it flagrantly racist.
Worst UVA party theme, part 2: Students arrive dressed in blackface at a Kappa Alpha and Zeta Psi Halloween party. Online pictures of partygoers dressed as Uncle Sambo and Venus and Serena Williams rekindle a discussion about racism at the university.
Best indication that the First Amendment still protects bad taste: See above.
Worst prep-school felony: Three recent St. Anne's-Belfield grads leave their legacy on the football field an image of male genitals seared into the grass with weed-killer before taking off for college in August. The three are charged with felony destruction of private property.
Worst fraternity felony: UVA student Jamie Hodges and two of his Pi Kappa Alpha brothers face felony charges after planting a soda-bottle bomb called a MacGyver in the Bruce Street mailbox of UVA math professor Thann Ward in May.
Worst fraternity courtship: Former UVA student Scott Douglas is accused of holding his ex-girlfriend captive at his Chi Phi fraternity, putting a knife and sword to her throat, wrenching her toe with pliers, and threatening to tear off her ear and cauterize the wound with blazing WD-40.
Worst death of a swami: Yogaville's Swami Sachidananda, the "Woodstock Guru," suffers an aneurysm while attending a world peace conference in India in August. Despite sexual assault allegations in the early '90s, most followers remember the peace-promoting swami for authoring books on yoga and espousing the belief that "Truth is one; paths are many."
Best local scoop on a national story The Hook reports on Mary Chapin Carpenter's wedding June 6, weeks before the story hits the AP wire on June 21.
Best botched weblink Web surfers discover that up until September, typing wvir.com doesn't take them to WVIR Channel 29's webpage, but leads instead to supersluts.com.
Best celebrity visitors: Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley make appearances at the Virginia Film Festival in October, shortly before calling their three-month marriage quits. The screening of Sonny, Cage's directorial debut, is sold out.
Best sign the war isn't over: Concord Avenue residents find themselves in discord over the Confederate flag flying at Quality Welding. Owner Lewis Dickerson insists the flag reflects his heritage, but black residents across the street call it an "eyesore."
Worst new phobia: Fear of filling gas tanks, which strikes as far away as Charlottesville after the sniper attacks in the Maryland/D.C. area. Police monitor schools and highway exits, and locals alter their gas-filling habits to avoid becoming the next victim.
Best show of Jeffersonian pride: Congressman Eric Cantor sponsors a House bill to keep Monticello on the nickel, but can't prevent a temporary switch to commemorate the Lewis and Clark bicentennial between 2003 to 2006.
Best congressional seat contest: Longshot City Councilor Meredith Richards challenges incumbent Virgil Goode for the Fifth District.
Best unseen films: Mickey, a collaborative effort between Charlottesville director Hugh Wilson and writer John Grisham, is unable to secure a distributor after the real-life Danny Almonte scandal coincidentally mirrors the film's fictitious plot. At the same time, Dave Matthews' adaptation of Where the Red Fern Grows remains incomplete amid financial troubles and a still-growing lead character.
Worst reaction to a charity event: Scottsville citizens shoot down the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation's plans for a fundraiser there because the Sunday morning motorcycle rally expected to bring 200-300 bikers would disturb church services. The Brain Tumor organization finds somewhere else to park their hogs.
Worst flashback to The Grapes of Wrath : Drought is the year's big weather story. The lack of rain and plummeting reservoir levels force water restrictions August 23 that stay in effect until October 30, when carwashes are allowed to use public water again.
Best sign the drought is over for now: After two months of plastic cups and disposable plates, as demonstrated by Mike Decanio of Toliver House, local restaurants return to offering tap water and china.
Worst drought back-up plan: If water levels had fallen to zero, the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority prepares to use effluent, or treated toilet water. Luckily, timely rainfall eliminates the need for such extreme measures.


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President William P. Kelly with honorary degree recipients Lawrence Weiner (l.) and Robert Wilson (r.)
William P. Kelly
President, The Graduate Center
Honorary Degrees Awarded to
Mr. Lawrence Weiner, Doctor of Humane Letters Reading of Citation and Hooding by Professor Kevin Murphy
Mr. Robert Wilson, Doctor of Humane Letters Reading of Citation and Hooding by Dr. Frank Hentschker
You are a founding figure of conceptual art, an exemplar of wide-ranging innovation—the kind that changes minds, challenges perceptions, and alters our understanding of human experience.
You are one of our own—Bronx born and educated in the public schools of New York—and through your work, you've helped establish our city as the cultural capital of the world.
Yours has been a career that flourished from the outset, with the first presentation of your work in California in 1960. Through the sixties and seventies you defined and extended the boundaries of conceptual art, challenging traditional verities about artistry, about the relationship between maker and viewer. Every form of media became grist for your capacious mill: video, film, books, audiotape, sculpture, graphic and performance art, opera.
With time, words have become your medium of choice and wall paintings your favored modality. There, the interaction of punctuation, shape, and color adds inflection to your texts. Your work has, again and again, destabilized the status quo. With art, you have said that it is possible "to present logic structures that can change people's perception of their entire existence." Your career has provided a vivid demonstration of that fundamental principle.
You have enjoyed solo exhibitions at such celebrated venues as the Museum Ludwig in Cologne; London's Institute of Contemporary Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; and the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum in Washington.
Your much anticipated and widely hailed retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art was a triumph of the first order. In the words of Roberta Smith, the show was a "respite, wake-up call and purification rite all in one . . . required viewing for anyone interested in today's art."
Your many honors include two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Wolfgang Hahn Prize, and the Skowhegan Medal for Painting and Conceptual Art.
For a body of work driven by passion, imagination, and commitment, and an ability to make us reflect and question even our most deeply held assumptions, it is a privilege for the Graduate Center of the City University of New York to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
May 23, 2013
Like your works, yours has been a career epic in scale.
You are widely recognized as the theatre's leading avant-garde director and playwright. You are, as well, a celebrated painter, sculptor, designer, and video artist. A towering figure in so many fields of artistic endeavor, you escape categorization and definition. Susan Sontag came closer than anyone to assessing the scale of your achievement when she described the totality of your career as bearing the signature of "a major artistic creation."
Born in Waco, a University of Texas graduate, you came to New York in 1963, earned a degree in interior design at Pratt Institute, and, in 1968, founded the experimental performance company Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds.
With such signature works as Deafman Glance (1970) and The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973)—and of course, the monumental and tradition-shattering Einstein on the Beach (1976)—you began to create a theatre in which images override narrative, performances in which silence speaks.
After the enthusiastic reception of Einstein, you created original pieces for the Festival d'Automne in Paris, the Salzburg Festival, and the Berliner Ensemble. You have brought your singular conception of theatre to the operatic repertoire with productions at the Metropolitan, La Scala, and the opera houses of Zurich, Hamburg, Houston, and Los Angeles.
Your drawings, furniture designs, and installations have been displayed throughout the world, and retrospective exhibitions of your work have been mounted at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
A master teacher, you share your vision every summer with students and other professionals at the remarkable collaborative space you've called into being at the Watermill Center in Long Island. The repercussions of that multidisciplinary laboratory for innovation resonate across the world.
Richly honored, you have received an Obie for direction, the Golden Lion for sculpture from the Venice Biennale, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize for Lifetime Achievement, the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Award, and have been named a "commandeur des arts et des lettres" by the French Ministry of Culture.
For your extraordinary achievements and the rich gifts you have given us, it is a privilege for the Graduate Center of the City University of New York to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
May 23, 2013
Submitted on: MAY 25, 2013
Category: Commencements


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Nick = new Human("Nick","male"); fTraceRightArmWaving(Nick); function fTraceRightArmWaving(obj) { var rightArmWaving = (obj.arms.armRight.bWaving) ? " is " : " isn't "; trace(obj.name+ " is a "+obj.sex+". "+ obj.referers.n1 + rightArmWaving+"waving with " + obj.referers.n2.toLowerCase() + " right hand.") }For the temporary variable rightArmWaving I've used a variation on the if/else method. If the condition in brackets returns true then the variable will be set to the value on the left side of the colon. If the conditions returns false then the variable will be set to the value on the right hand side. Although you might think that I've overcomplicated matters with this code and that the same results could be achieved in a more simplified way this is a good example of using object oriented programming to make an 'intelligent' object which can now be manipulated with ease. Let's say that you want to create a function which will stop or start your Human's arms waving:
function fWaveArms(obj,bWaving){ for(var i in obj.arms){ obj.arms[i].bWaving = bWaving; } } // this call would make both of Nick's arms wave fWaveArms(Nick,true) // this call would make both of Nick's arms stop waving fWaveArms(Nick,false)To really show you the advantages in improved coding efficiency here we can create an army from our Human class:
function fInitArmy () { var arrMales = ["Nick","Yan","Pete","Andrew","Stelios","Niklas"]; var arrFemales = ["Camy","Jessica","Anna","Nicole","Jane","Helen"]; var maxLoop = arrMales.length; for(var i=0;i<%lt%>maxLoop;i++){ this[arrMales[i]] = new Human (arrMales[i],"male"); this[arrFemales[i]] = new Human (arrFemales[i],"female"); } fWhosWaving (arrMales); fWhosWaving (arrFemales); } function fWhosWaving (arrTroop) { var maxLoop = arrTroop.length; for(var i=0;i<%lt%>maxLoop;i++){ fTraceRightArmWaving(this[arrTroop[i]]); } } fInitArmy ();In my for loops you'll notice that I create a variable maxLoop to use rather than just putting arrMales.length in the loop. This is more memory efficient as it stops the Flash player from wasting memory by calculating the length of the array every time it loops.
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Being a father is a sacred role. Fathers have the responsibility to provide a strong foundation from which their children will flourish and grow. This year Father's Day will be observed on Sunday, June 16, 2013. In April, on the weekend of the NCAA Final Four Championship here in Atlanta, I was captivated by two fathers and two sons who all are athletes. Each one of them was successful in their athletic endeavors this weekend, due to a special father –son bond. Their stories are so special and unique that I want to share them.
In Louisville, KY, at the United States Quad Rugby Association (USQRA) 2013 National Championship, Joseph Jackson was playing in the tournament while his father, Todd was in the stand cheering and encouraging his son after he officiated the previous game. To eliminate any conflicts of interest, Todd chooses not to officiate his son's game.
Back in Atlanta, Georgia, the Athletic Director of Morehouse College, Mr. Andre' Pattillo, gracefully allowed Dwyane Wade Sr's Foundation, Professional Pops (PROPOPS) to host an event. PROPOPS is not a National Basketball Association (NBA) organization but a non-profit organization that focuses on bringing fathers back to the forefront and keeping fathers as important figures in lives of their childrens. Mr. Wade Sr. was in Atlanta as a role model for high achievement, while his son, NBA-Miami Heat 2009 & 2012 Champion, Dwayne Wade Jr. was playing and winning back to back games in Charlotte, NC and Miami, Fl. The special similarity between these men is that one son was playing in the Quad Ruby League and one son was playing in the NBA League while their fathers were playing duel roles as athletes and professional business men.
Both sons are fortunate to have the great athletic genes of their fathers. While father Todd Jackson was an outstanding basketball player in high school and a tennis player, he entered the Air Force and later became an Equipment Development Engineer for Intel Corporation. Dwyane Wade who was an outstanding athlete himself in all sports, entered the Army and now he is the proud founder and owner of PROPOPS. Both fathers have made a significant impact in their son's lives as well as attaining their own high achievements.
Joseph Jackson was a great runner on the track relay team and an excellent wide receiver high school football player until one unfortunate day in November 2005. He tackled a player along with other teammates during a practice for a State Semi-final game. Joseph could have chosen to wallow in his misfortunate but his determinaton and will to live ensured that this devastating spinal cord injury did not take over his life. Through intense rehabilitation, encouragement from his father and family members, he was able to carry on with his life and continues to be an athlete.
Despite a broken neck and being paralyzed from the chest down, Joseph formed The Joe Jackson Foundation, non-profit with his father Todd who is the executive director.
This organization's mission statement is to help, inform, inspire and enable children living with spinal cord injuries not to give up on life but to work through the difficulty, find your purpose and still have a rewarding life. Joseph's organization provides individual award grants, special equipment for those with the spinal cord injury and has donated Ruby Wheelchairs that make it possible for individuals to lead more productive lives.
Before he participated in the USQRA Tournament National Championship, he told me how he felt about preparing for this big tournament. He said even though his teammates and fellow competitors have limited extremeites functions, they are still world-class athletes in rehabilitation. Meaning, "we still give all we got, to become better than what we are. Some of the athletes are paralympic and some are not. However, when we take the basketball courts we still get that same excitement and winning spirit because of the love of the high speed sport with the durable wheelchair costing approximately $4,000 a piece".
The Portland Pounders may have been the team who won the 2013 Championship, Division 1 but Joseph was proud of his Phoenix Fusion teammates who placed fourth in the competition. Naturally, right after the ball game his team was very disappointed because they lost to Minnesota by 1 point and they had put all their effort in this last game of the season. Joseph said he played well enough to say he could go away from this last game without any regrets.
The fans were into the game screaming but the happiest part was when he would glance at his father and family members in the stand. That doesn't happen too often because he said he is usually focusing on the game. I had to ask this question." I know your mother, JoAnn has a quieter way of showing her excitement but how does it feel to have your father there?". "So happy because when he is not refereeing other games during the season and in the tournament, he is helping me with my skills and I love the time he takes with teaching and making my skills better. Overall, I just love having him around." With Joseph making that statement, I couldn't ask for any more.(What else could I ask?) Fathers are important role models in a child's life. More men have to find their real purpose as a father so they can be that strong foundation for their children and family.
Dwyane Wade Sr. may be successful having his own Foundation http://propopsusa.com/ but he feels greater success knowing he taught his 12 children (adoptive and biological) as well as Wade Jr. how to become champions. Mr. Wade Sr. may be in his mid 50's but he still displays his great basketball and softball skills when he participates in ball games that he includes in his well structured fun and rewarding Foundation agenda.
Mr. Wade's Morehouse event consisted of a basketball skills camp, 3 on 3 Basketball finals, Father's Panel and a Celebrity Basketball game. Even though these NBA fathers were not teaching their own children, it was rewarding to watch them interact with the other kids and pass on their wisdom and knowledge. I found it exciting and it made me reflect on my own father and how he has been an excellent disciplinary and caring father through my life journey. I love my father for being there for me. It makes a difference.
I have to give credit to the many NBA/NFL/Businessmen fathers who accepted Mr. Wade's invitation and played a major role in this great weekend. It consisted of Mr. Noel Bosh (Chris), Mr. Michael Beasley Sr., (Michael); Mr. Rod Ivey (Royal); Mr. Chris Paul (Chris), Mr. Cam (Cam) Newton Sr. just to name a few.
Reggie Johnson, Former NBA Champion (1983) for the Philadelphia76ers participated strongly with his RJohnson Community Service Organization who played a major role by teaching the children and coaching the celebrity winning team.
On the last day of the event, I told Mr. Wade he should be proud of the vision he has and then I asked how he felt about the weekend. He said "Unbelievable, it all had not sunk in yet". I commended him on having a great vision for this. That's why he says "ProPops Foundation Inc. shares the vision and mission of true Fatherhood. By empowering fathers, we create a coalition of men and youths who are COMMITTED, ACTIVE, RESPONSIBLE, AND ENGAGED".
Sr.Wade once said, "A real father is there to raise his children and prepare them for life as adults. Fathers should be there to give them wisdom and help them to make better choices in life."
Mr. Jackson said he is proud of his two accomplished sons. Todd Jr. the brother of Joseph is an Aerospace Engineering while Joseph is still focusing on his degree in Industrial Engineering. Todd and JoAnn say they are so proud watching them become men who are focused visionaries, respectful, and humble. Father Todd says "Todd Jr. and Joseph knows that no matter what happens in life; that they should be determined to accomplish their goals, live their dreams and help people along the way. And one thing that I tell them all the time, is that "I love them"".
In June, Dwyane Wade Jr. hopes to be wearing his third NBA Championship ring with the Miami Heat providing they win the Eastern Conference Finals which is in action as of this printing. Joseph will be attending an "under 25" Ruby Camp at the University of Houston (June 13 - 17) to broaden and enhance his skills in Rugby to one day compete in the Olympics through his foundation and increase his motivational speaking engagements. PROPOPS will continue its success by conducting its 2nd Annual Father's Day Weekend (June 14 – 16) event in Miami, Fla. And RJohnson Community Services Inc. will be reuniting with the Power League Super Boat Racing on the beautiful Tennessee River adjacent to the University of Tennessee Campus, Knoxville TN (June 1 – 2).
The main objective of these organizations is to include the children so adults have to participate and take an "active hands on role". When the Father is the leader of the family, the rest of the family members will want to follow and families will be reunited to stay together. Today, I challenge all Father's to look at the "Man In The Mirror" and make that change for you and for your family but mainly your children. Remember "the children are our future, teach them well and let them led the way". HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AND KEEP THE FATHERS IN THE FOREFRONT!!
Copyright © 2013.MAY This story written and photos by Renee Sudderth for Splash Magazines. It is not to be sold or reproduce without written permission of Renee Sudderth


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Salon RenovationsPosted by Anne-Nucleus on
Sometimes I forget that not everyone follows me all over the web. I have a few blogs, a personal facebook page, as well as a page for Nailed It!, a twitter account, and heaven knows how many other accounts on websites I've long forgotten. Remembering what I've posted where, and who might have seen it, is just a little too much for me. So when people come into the salon and ask what it looked like before we renovated, I scramble trying to remember where I've posted pictures that they might have access to.
It would all be so much simpler if I could send them to a blog, one made just for the salon, don't ya think?
So a little background to begin with, our building is located in historic West Racine and as such, is an old building with a lot of history and character; and a lot of challenges. When I first visited it, I could see the potential in the space, but it was so far from the vision I had for my salon that I wasn't sure if it would ever morph into that picture in my head. I liked the space, I just wasn't sure if I loved it. Then, as the weeks of construction turned into months, I realized that not only did I not love the place, some days I despised every square foot of it. It was a long, grueling process fraught with respiratory infections from the construction dust, aching limbs, and the occasional bleeding appendage.
Now that it's finished though, I love my salon! More so because I put so much of myself into it. Literally. The subfloor is stained with my tears, and I think small bits of my flesh are still clinging to a few of the drywall screws. Yet knowing that I am now a part of the history of West Racine is just an amazing thing, and I'm so proud to be where I am, and to have accomplished what we have.
So having said that, on with the pictures...
Here you can see the front of the building as it was when we moved in. In the past, the shop was a hair braiding studio, a florists, and a nail salon on at least one other occasion (possibly more).
Here is the building as it looks today. The white paint gives it a fresher feel, and the black and white is more reminiscent of a traditional Tudor facade.
The building sat empty for a couple of years before we moved in, and as a result had some water damage that needed to be dealt with. The area of the salon that is now the sink and dispense counter was one of the worst areas in our suite. Below is how it looked when we moved in.
The entire wall needed to be taken down, which worked in our favor because the plumbing also needed to be addressed, and we needed to add GFCI outlets.
After the work was done inside of the wall, new drywall was put up, and cabinets were built into the area.
Here is how it looks today. Clean, beautiful, and bright!
If you ever stopped into the building when it was still a hair braiding studio, you know that what is now one big room, used to be two small rooms. The front portion of the space, with large south facing windows, let in all kinds of beautiful sunlight from outside. The back room, however, was dark and dismal. Barely any light managed to penetrate back there, and I knew from the start that we needed to fix that.
The wall had to go...
Now the space is open and bright, and the sun lights up the entire room during the day.
The front end of the salon was in good shape, and was a cheery space, but the décor needed a serious update.
The country cottage look had to go, so the wainscoting came down, the walls were painted a fresh white, and the window trim was updated with black paint.
Today this is my favorite place in the salon. Even on a dreary day it's bright and cheerful. I love to sit at my manicure table to do nails and create art samples. It's impossible to feel melancholy in such a vibrant space!
One of the most comfortable places in the salon is the pedicure area, but you wouldn't have known it a year ago. You see, the place where people now sit back and relax to get their feet cared for used to be a closet.
In the interest of having more useable space on the salon floor, we tore it out. It wasn't difficult, there wasn't very much holding it in there to begin with.
Now the crawl-space above, along with a single support pillar, create an intimate space for a luxurious pedicure.
It's not all about the space though. In building the salon, and trying to give it a retro ambiance, we scoured antique shops and garage sales for items we could use to decorate the space. One of the most difficult, but also one of the best, projects were the chairs my sister found...
I was looking for chairs that would feel at home in a 50's diner, but despite many weeks of searching, I couldn't find anything appropriate that I could also afford. Until my sister found these at a rummage sale.
I was dubious, to say the least. After all, this was a semi upscale salon I was trying to build, and that chair up there, that's not upscale.
She convinced me to try recovering them though, and after two days of heating and stretching vinyl, and stapling so many staples that my hand was so badly bruised I couldn't move my thumb for a week, this is what we came up with.
They're not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but they're mine, and I love them.
So that's the story of how Nailed It! came to be, and how we turned a dreary little space into a vibrant little salon. I love it, and I hope you stop in sometime so you can see it and love it too! Until then...
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To relieve this blog of my annual self induced holiday slump, my dear friend and food adventure companion Kristine blogs for me about dining with Top Chef Michael Voltaggio at The Dining Room in Pasadena.
Forget the customary Sunday brunch after a morning of sleeping in or any notion of TGIF. My favorite day of the week is Wednesday and it's all because of Top Chef.
After an exciting finale that had us on the edge of our seats (just which Voltaggio brother would take it?) there was no doubt that we just *had* to go to The Dining Room at The Langham to see what Chef Michael Voltaggio is all about in his own kitchen.
Strolling into the very posh Langham lobby, I wondered how Voltaggio's whimsical and contemporary creations would mesh with the formality of the hotel that accommodates The Dining Room. Upon being seated my sister, Heidi, and I noticed the "ship" theme. Hmph. It's not the most modern or stylish of spaces, but I think that is set to change in 2010. As of this upcoming January, The Dining Room will close its doors to "revamp" and remodel the front of the house. I have no doubt that they will liven up the demure space and give it a chicness that will compliment Voltaggio and his cuisine.
The menu offers the perfect variety.
We decided to go with the five-course menu, each ordering different items. That way, by the time we finished we would have tasted ten different dishes.
After starting off with a delicious bacon biscuit and truffle brioche with chevre butter (so delectable that I started nibbling instantly) I was reminded: "Oh, don't forget to take a picture!"
First course was the Langoustine w/ Fennel "Slaw" and Porcini "lasagna" w/ bouillabaisse. Divine. The Langoustine was prepared perfectly, slightly firm but not a trace of the rubbery that is the hallmark of an overcooked shellfish. I could have had several more portions of this.
Japanese Shima Aji. The pickled baby peaches gave the dish a complimentary brininess; the Benito flakes gave it the balancing crunch. I do admit that the texture of the dashi sea sponge was a little "different" and I could've done with a slightly smaller cube.
My sister had never had foie gras before and decided it was decadent and wonderful. The aerated brioche and almonds gave the feathery dish a nice textural balance and when you cut into the foie gras there was a nice sweet apple-saffron "surprise" that oozed out. When you cut into the apple-saffron sauce it just oozed out and made a very pretty glistening sheen on the foie gras. Heaven.
Kurobuta Pork Belly. My favorite dish of the evening. Succulent pork belly sous-vide 48 hours (so said by our charming server, Joshua.) With pistachio beans, garlic chips, a pearl onion and coriander sauce.
Turbot dressed with butternut squash, Madras curry and a fun pumpkin seed granola. I love that Chef Michael never forgot that textural element in any of his dishes. Divine.
Chilean Sea Bass with fennel, quinoa, Billy-bi croquette. Again, it was amusing and fun to cut into it and get the perfect amount of sauce drizzled on the sea bass. Between the two fish dishes we enjoyed the lightness and flavors of the turbot more. (Had my husband been with us, though, I know he would've loved the sea bass. Some people just prefer a meatier fish.)
Veal Cheek with the cutest Hon Himeji mushrooms. A beautiful plate to look at. I thought for a split second that the lentil "balls" looked like braised blackberries. Again, what a captivating play on visuals. My eyes saw one thing and tasted another. And you have to give kudos to cuisine that can keep you on your toes. :)
The Wagyu Shortrib was prepared in a "pot roast" style. Earthy, comforting, cozy. My sister tasted nutmeg and thyme. I tasted marjoram and a little sage in the gravy. Served with confited potatoes and carrot "straws" this dish was the perfect way to wrap up the savory part of the meal. It was like a fleeting "hello and goodbye" of the holidays that are just ending.
As a little intermezzo we were presented with the most refreshing raspberry and yuzu "ice." Shaped like the Dippin' Dots that we enjoyed as kids, we appreciated the walk down Memory Lane.
We enjoyed the Fool's Gold (chocolate and salty hazelnut praline w/ milk sorbet) and the Sticky Toffee Pudding with Lime and Banana Custard, and loved the flavorful but not-too-sweet aspect of both desserts.
The Fool's Gold reminded me of Bryan Voltaggio's mint and chocolate ganache during the Restaurant Wars episode and made me wonder if the brothers ever cook together and devise shared recipes.
At this point of the meal my sister asked a runner if Chef Michael was in the back of the house that evening. "Yes, Chef Michael is back there and if you ask your server he can ask if it's okay to take you back there to meet him." What!?! How great was this? As big Top Chef fans we were on Cloud Nine. With this bit of information there was no way in hell that we were leaving without meeting the talented Chef himself.
All in all, Votaggio's food was stellar though the restaurant's ambiance was a little on the dowdy side. However, we have plans to go back to The Dining Room after the renovation. Perhaps for a celebration dinner because of the price point (it was a spendy dinner for us, even if it's not for some) but it is easy to see how this restaurant received and maintains its Michelin star.


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PHILADELPHIA — Drugs that inhibit the activity of enzymes called histone deacetylases (HDACs) are being widely developed for treating cancer and other diseases, with two already on the market. Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, show that a major HDAC still functions in mice even when its enzyme activity is abolished, suggesting that the beneficial effects of HDAC inhibitors may not actually be through inhibiting HDAC activity, and thus warranting the reassessment of the molecular targets of this class of drugs.
The study, appearing online in Molecular Cell this week, was conducted in the laboratory of Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism. The Lazar lab has been working on HDAC3 for over a decade, focusing on the pivotal role of this enzyme in hormone-mediated regulation of gene expression and metabolism. They previously showed that depletion of HDAC3 in mouse liver upregulates expression of many genes involved in lipid synthesis, which causes a remarkable fatty liver. In the current study, they put "enzyme-dead" HDAC3 proteins back in the mouse liver and found, surprisingly, that the fatty liver can be rescued to a large degree.
Past studies showed that several other HDACs are intrinsically inactive and their enzyme activity is dependent on the activity of their cousin HDAC3. Many researchers thought the inactive HDAC enzymes worked by helping load HDAC3 onto its target molecule for catalyzing biochemical reactions.
The current study takes that scenario one step further, suggesting that enzyme activity may not be required for HDACs to execute their biological function after all. If this is true, the beneficial effects seen in drugs that inhibit HDAC activity may — despite what these drugs are called — not actually be through inhibition of HDACs.
The present study suggests that the name HDAC inhibitor can be misleading. "These drugs are so-named because they inhibit histone deacetylases, but we don't know what else they also inhibit," notes Lazar.
HDAC inhibitors bind zinc metal in the catalytic site of HDAC proteins. However, in addition to HDACs, the human body has nearly 300 enzymes that also depend on zinc and therefore are potentially also inhibited by HDAC inhibitors, notes leading author Zheng Sun, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Lazar lab.
The study also raises questions about the role of histone acetylation in regulating gene expression. Histones are the proteins around which DNA is wrapped in the nucleus of cells. Acetate molecules get attached to histone, in the process of histone acetylation, which correlates with an increased expression of genes. HDACs, including HDAC3, remove these acetate groups, an action correlated with reduced expression of genes.
The Lazar group's study shows that this rule has exceptions. HDAC3 blocks the expression of the lipid-synthesizing genes and prevents fat build up in the liver. Investigators had thought that such repression happened by removing acetate groups from histones, which is suggested by the name HDAC3. However, by changing the DNA sequence of the natural form of HDAC3, the team now shows that enzyme-dead HDAC3 mutants are not able to perform histone deacetylation but are still able to repress gene expression and substitute for natural HDAC3 in preventing fatty liver.
These findings suggest that the acetylation reaction may not be the cause of active gene expression, or at least not sufficient to activate gene expression. Since HDAC inhibitors are currently in clinical use for cancer and are in trials for treatment of metabolic and neurological diseases, these new findings call for a re-thinking about how they work, say the authors.
In addition to Lazar and Sun, co-authors were Dan Feng, Bin Fang, Shannon E Mullican, Seo-Hee You, Hee-Woong Lim, Logan J Everett, Christopher S Nabel, Yun Li, Vignesh Selvakumaran, and Kyoung-Jae Won, all from Penn.
The work was funded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R37 DK43806, P30 DK19525, P30 DK050306, R21 DK098769, K99 DK099443).
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 16 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $398 million awarded in the 2012 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Chester County Hospital; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital — the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2012, Penn Medicine provided $827 million to benefit our community.