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Questions were once again raised about the change of the bidding procedures currently used by Oswego County at Monday's meeting of the Strategic Planning and Government legislative committee.
Questions were once again raised about the change of the bidding procedures currently used by Oswego County at Monday's meeting of the Strategic Planning and Government legislative committee.
Minority leader Michael Kunzwiler, D-Oswego, has been a vocal opponent of the current bidding process in the past few months, pointing at an appearance of impropriety in bids handed out to corporations that are large financial contributors to local political parties. At Monday's meeting, Kunzwiler made a motion to cap the amount of money that a bidding entity could donate to a political party and remain eligible for a contract. This motion was rescinded, however, after some discussion. It was decided that the motion could not be made until the county attorney coudl conduct further research to ensure the legality of such a policy change.
Committee chairman James Bryant,R-Constantia, felt that Kunzwiler's motion "probably won't go anywhere." He said there are no similar limits set on the state or federal level.
Majority leader Barry Leemann agreed, "It doesn't appear that it would even be legal to try to enforce such a law or to even get involved in such an issue. Considering we buy off of the low bid, what difference does it make if someone contributes a hundred or two hundred dollars to any of the political parties. To me, the whole idea doesn't seem to have much merit."
Kunzwiler, however, stood by his suggestion. "State and federal level governments have been looking closely at financial contributors, so my thinking here is why not set the right example here if its something we can legally do?" he said. "Like I've said before, whether these bidding procedures are illegal or not, you cannot deny the appearance of impropriety that is there."
Another motion brought to the committee was also rescinded until it can be further researched. Doug Malone, D-Oswego Town, suggested that there be a mandatory two year waiting period implemented for outgoing legislators before they could even be considered for employemnt by the county. Bryant, R-Constantia also weighed in on this proposal, noting, "there may be an issue with discrimination in regards to passing such a motion. The basic rights of the constitution allows you to be gamefully employed, so again, this probably won't get too far." Leemann, R-Amboy didn't see this motion getting too far either, but he did think that looking into it was worthwhile. "I'm not sure how you could pass a law that goes against another law, but we do plan on researching this issue to possibly do something in regards to our ethics policy with it." He also added that there are numerous county positions that are appointed that he did not think could be restricted.
The committee also unanimously voted (with the exception of one absence) to reappointment Richard Mitchell to the position of County Attorney. This position will be voted upon at the first meeting of the 2008 Legislature, tentatively scheduled for January 3. There was a question raised in regards to this reappointment though, as Leemann inquired about the possibility of changing the term length from its current two-year appointment, to an annual decision. He explained in asking about the change, "it was just something that had been brought up to me. There was certainly not a strong push to change the term limit. After hearing the regulations that are in place, I don't think that this is something we could change without making it an interim position, but again, I don't see a real strong feeling towards doing this." It was noted that the question of legally making such a move was posed to Mitchell at the meeting, but considering it was his name being considered, he felt it was best that he give the committee the rules and regulations and allow them to draw a conclusion from there, as opposed to legally advising them one way or another.


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6 ounces chocolate chips
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When we saw Bon Appetit's recent list of the 10 best doughnuts in the nation we wanted to get in on the fun with some of our favorite deep-fried breakfast treats from around the Web. Pour yourself a cup a coffee because it's time to look at the doughnuts!
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Shortly before Christmas, I received a wonderful little box from the fine folks at OLFA. They contacted me and asked if I'd be interested in testing driving their fantastic little 5" Precision Applique Scissors. Of course I said yes, and I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the product with all of you.
First, though, let me tell you a little bit about my use of various sewing tools. In short, I don't. I only have a couple of rulers (and really only use 2 of them), a single rotary cutter, I barely use pins, and have gotten by with only 2 pair of scissors -- a large pair for cutting fabric, and a small pair that I keep near my machine for snipping threads and stuff. And even those I inherited from my wife, who (as you may remember) really got the sewing thing up and off the ground here in our house. So, I don't really shop for many notions and I'm kind of accustomed to the tools I have.
But you know the old saying, "you don't know what you're missing"? I fear that's the case for me with many state-of-the-art sewing notions. I'd file these sleek and sharp scissors under their category. I can appreciate the comfort of their large handles, their stability, their ease of movement, and the fact that they cut like a hot knife through butter. Though I admit that I don't really do applique (for which these scissors were surely designed), I am sure they would be unrivaled for that purpose.
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Vmware Inc. Class A (VMW) Moves Higher on Volume Spike for November 15Equities Staff Follow |
Vmware Inc. Class A (VMW) traded on unusually high volume on Nov. 15, as the stock gained 3.57% to close at $157.73. On the day, Vmware Inc. Class A saw 2.54 million shares trade hands on 27,790 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 1.08 million shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.
Generally speaking, when a stock experiences a sudden spike in trading volume, it may be seen as a bullish signal for investors. An increase in volume means more market awareness for the company, potentially setting up a more meaningful move in stock price. The added volume also provides a level of support and stability for price advances.
The stock has traded between $165.00 and $108.46 over the last 52-weeks, its 50-day SMA is now $149.39, and its 200-day SMA $140.84. Vmware Inc. Class A has a P/B ratio of 6.21. It also has a P/E ratio of 38.4.
VMWare Inc provides virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions. It is engaged in the development and application of virtualization technologies with x86 server-based computing, separating application software from the underlying hardware.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Vmware Inc. Class A has 21,700 employees and is currently under the leadership of CEO Patrick P. Gelsinger.
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To play music or podcasts on your devices with Siri, say "Hey Siri," then tell Siri what you want to hear. Learn how to activate Siri on different devices.
Siri might not be available in your country or region. Learn more about iOS feature availability.
Listen to music
With an Apple Music subscription, all of Apple Music is available to you. You can access the entire catalog, all Apple Music playlists (including ones that you create), all Radio stations, Beats 1 episodes, and your Personal Mixes.
And with Siri, you can search by artist or album and control what's playing, and get information about the music that's playing.
Without an Apple Music subscription, Siri can play music from your music library, including iTunes purchases and iTunes Match songs.
Find and play songs and albums
You can ask Siri to play all songs from an artist, even if the songs aren't in your library, or play music from your Library. You can also ask Siri to play personalized music based on a mood, activity, or your listening habits.
- "Play '24K Magic' shuffled."
- "Play the latest David Guetta album."
- "Play my music."
- "Play the song that goes 'Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.'"1
- "Play some dinner music."
Find and play music by charts
Siri can help you find new music, play top hits, or play historical hits. Just say "Hey Siri," then say things like:
- "Play the top 10 songs in the world."
- "Play the number one song from April 1, 1976."2
- "Play some hits from the 90s."
- "Play the hottest Twenty One Pilots song."
Add music to your Library or playlists
If you want to add songs or albums to your Library or songs to a custom playlist, just ask Siri:
- "Add this song to my Library."
- "Add this album to my Library."
- "Add this song to my playlist called 'My Incredible Playlist.'"
Play Radio and stations
You can ask Siri to play a station or create a new one for you. Ask Siri to:
- "Play Beats 1."
- "Play Elton John's Rocket Hour."
- "Create a radio station for Gorillaz."
- "Play NPR radio."3
Control what's playing
While you're listening to an album or playlist, you can ask Siri to shuffle the songs. You can also tell Siri when you like or dislike a song or play a different version of the same song. Just say, "Hey Siri," then say:
- "Play more songs like this."
- "Skip this song."
- "Turn on repeat."
- "I like this song." or "I don't like this song."
- "Play a different version of this song."
Learn about what's playing
Siri can tell you more details about the music that you're listening to or a recently played song. Ask Siri:
- "What song is this?"
- "What year did this song come out?"
- "Who sings this?"
- "Tell me more about this artist."
- "How many songs are on this album?"
1. Lyrics search is available only in certain countries and regions. Learn what's available in your country or region.
2. Available only in the United States.
3. News radio channels vary by country or region.
Listen to podcasts
Siri can help you listen to any show in the Apple Podcasts catalog and catch up with the latest episodes of podcasts that you subscribe to.
Play podcasts
Siri can help you keep up with the podcasts that you follow. You can ask things like:
- "Play Oprah's Supersoul Conversations."
- "Play my newest podcasts."
- "Play the first episode of Lore podcast."
Control podcast playback
You can control the playback of podcasts with Siri. Ask Siri to:
- "Pause."
- "Jump back 30 seconds."
- "Play it twice as fast."
- "Skip ahead 10 seconds."
Learn about what's playing
You can ask Siri for information about the podcasts you're currently listening to and ask Siri to subscribe to new podcasts. For example:
- "What podcast is this?"
- "Subscribe to this show."
Play audio in your home
With AirPlay and Siri, you can play and control audio throughout your house. You can also play audio through multiple speakers or add music to a queue to play next or create shared music queues.
Learn how to set up speakers in the Home app.
Play music anywhere
You can ask Siri to play music in specific rooms in your house or multiple rooms at the same time. Say "Hey Siri," then:
- "Play the Rolling Stones in the kitchen."
- "Play jazz everywhere."
- "Play this music in the bedroom."
- "Play Taylor Swift in the bedroom and the kitchen."
Control your music
You can move playback to different rooms, control which speakers are connected to your system, control the volume, and ask questions about what's playing. For example, you can ask Siri:
- "Stop playing music everywhere."
- "Set the volume in the Living Room to 20 percent."
- "Move this music to the Bedroom."
- "What's playing in the kitchen?"
Do more with Siri
With Siri, you can also:
- AirPlay video to your TV and control playback.
- Listen to audiobooks, as long as they're downloaded to your device. HomePod and Apple Watch can't play audiobooks, but you can AirPlay an audiobook to HomePod.
- Send and read messages, add reminders, and create notes on HomePod.
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With new engines, new transmissions, greater comfort and more horsepower, the Challenger MT600B Series is more than a redesign — as the "B" implies — it's almost a brand new line of tractors.
Beneath the re-styled hood and inside the cab lie a myriad of features not found on the previous MT600 Series high-horsepower models. Among its premier innovations is the new Challenger Endurance diesel engine for higher horsepower levels, a standard TechStar CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) for a smoother and more productive power to the ground, and exceptional cab comfort and control.
The redesigned MT600B Series consists of four power front assist (PFA) models that cover the spectrum from 180 to 240 PTO hp. Power is based on a pair of Challenger Tier II, 6-cylinder "Endurance" diesel engines that are new to both the MT600B Series and the Challenger line-up. Sized at 7.4 liters (452 cu. in.) and 8.4 liters (513 cu. in.), they feature numerous advancements in engine technology, including electronic engine management, four valves per cylinder, 40 percent torque backup and two pre-selectable engine speed memory settings.
"The Challenger MT600B Series is the next step in a continuous introduction of market-leading products," said Adrian Crisp, general marketing manager for Challenger high-horsepower wheel tractors. "One of the most exciting aspects of the new MT600B Series tractors, however, is the incorporation of the innovative TechStar CVT transmission as standard equipment," Crisp added.
"When coupled with the Challenger electronic engine management system, this stepless transmission provides the operator with a virtually unlimited combination of engine speeds and ground speeds from 60 feet per hour to 25 mph. As a result, producers can utilize speeds and power reserves previously hidden between gears to precisely match field and crop conditions. Yet, the TechStar transmission is extremely easy to operate."
A new engine and transmission are just the beginning, though, according to Barry O'Shea, sales engineer for Challenger wheel tractors. Other new features of the MT600B Series are a new Power Performance III monitor, greater operator comfort and a new line of convenience options.
"Today's professional and commercial producers need a tractor that will help them make decisions, gather field and crop information and perform numerous tasks with a single command," O'Shea related. "The MT600B Series will do all that and more. The new Power Performance III monitor, for example, incorporates new software that can memorize up to 21 tractor and implement actions for activation at the push of a button."
Another feature of the Power Performance III monitor is the ability to store memory functions for up to six complete sets of data. Settings can even be stored and given a name for various fields, operators or implements, making them easy to recall when changing drivers or equipment.
Challenger engineers didn't forget about the soft side of the MT600B, either. Comfort starts with a new cab design that features more headroom, better forward visibility and an industry leading 71 Dba maximum interior sound level. Customers can also select a VRS semi-active operator's seat as optional equipment.


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An Apprenticeship is a programme of formal education and training. It combines learning in your place of work, with learning in an education or training centre. On successful completion of a number of phases of training, apprentices become recognised craftspeople or professionals.
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A Student's Project Prompts A Bomb Scare, Campus Evacuation
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A student at Salem International University in West Virginia who tried to get creative by using a fake bomb in an English class presentation is in custody after a scare that disrupted the campus and had students in tears.
Harrison County Prosecutor Joe Shaffer says he's charging 33-year-old Clarksburg resident Joshua John Richards with manufacture and possession of a hoax bomb. The misdemeanor is punishable by up to a year in prison upon conviction.
Shaffer says he'll also seek thousands of dollars' restitution for the cost of the emergency response, which involved fire and police departments, sheriff's deputies and a bomb squad.
Shaffer says Richards realized his creativity had gone awry when female classmates began crying Tuesday.
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My family and I had the pleasure of taking part in an autism research study which we found incredibly rewarding. Conducted by the Weill Cornell Autism Research Program (WCARP), the purpose is to improve the understanding behind the genetics and brain bases of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). It meant just one visit which only took three hours to complete. Personally, it made me feel happy and productive to be able to do even a little something to help find answers!
Every individual with whom we came into contact was incredibly warm, caring, and sensitive. I was truly struck by how kind and compassionate those involved were and how exceptionally they treated my child.
In exchange for participation, each family gets a $25 gift certificate, parking voucher, and short summary from the doctors performing the evaluation identifying where ones child is on the spectrum. In addition (and from my perspective, most importantly), I received free admission to an all day, interactive autism symposium (the cost of which was $175 for the general public). I have to say, it would have been worth every penny! After all, how often do you get the chance to sit in a room with scientists and clinicians and have your questions answered? The good news is that there are already plans to hold another event in 2012 (details TBD), so anyone participating in the study will be invited to attend at no cost!
If you are interested in learning more about the study, the coordinator is Vivian Ojeda. She can be reached at either 212-746-3583 or by email at [email protected]. The study is being conducted at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, New York as well as Hackensack, New Jersey (pretty convenient for anyone living in the Tri-State area!)


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|Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi
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Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās az-Zahrāwī (936–1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم خلف بن العباس الزهراوي), popularly known as Al-Zahrawi (الزهراوي), Latinised as Abulcasis (from Arabic Abū al-Qāsim), was an Arab Muslim physician and surgeon who lived in Al-Andalus. He is considered the greatest medieval surgeon to have appeared from the Islamic World, and has been described as the father of surgery.[1] His greatest contribution to medicine is the Kitab al-Tasrif, a thirty-volume encyclopedia of medical practices.[2] His pioneering contributions to the field of surgical procedures and instruments had an enormous impact in the East and West well into the modern period, where some of his discoveries are still applied in medicine to this day.[3]
He was the first physician to describe an ectopic pregnancy, and the first physician to identify the hereditary nature of haemophilia.[3]
Al-Zahrawi was born in the city El-Zahra, six miles northwest of Córdoba, Andalusia. The nisba (attributive title), Al-Ansari, suggests origin from the Medinian tribe of Al-Ansar.[4]
He lived most of his life in Córdoba. It is also where he studied, taught and practiced medicine and surgery until shortly before his death in about 1013, two years after the sacking of El-Zahra.
Few details remain regarding his life, aside from his published work, due to the destruction of El-Zahra during later Castillian-Andalusian conflicts. His name first appears in the writings of Abu Muhammad bin Hazm (993 – 1064), who listed him among the greatest physicians of Moorish Spain. But we have the first detailed biography of al-Zahrawī from al-Ḥumaydī's Jadhwat al-Muqtabis (On Andalusian Savants), completed six decades after al-Zahrawi's death.
He was a contemporary of Andalusian chemists such as Ibn al-Wafid, Maslamah Ibn Ahmad al-Majriti and Artephius.
Al-Zahrawi was a court physician to the Andalusian caliph Al-Hakam II. He devoted his entire life and genius to the advancement of medicine as a whole and surgery in particular. His best work was the Kitab al-Tasrif, discussed below.
Al-Zahrawi specialized in curing disease by cauterization. He invented several devices used during surgery, for purposes such as inspection of the interior of the urethra, applying and removing foreign bodies from the throat, inspection of the ear, etc. He is also credited to be the first to describe ectopic pregnancy in 963, in those days a fatal affliction.[3]
Al-Zahrawi was the first to illustrate the various cannulae and the first to treat a wart with an iron tube and caustic metal as a boring instrument. He was also the first to draw hooks with a double tip for use in surgery.[5]
Kitab al-Tasrif
Al-Zahrawi's thirty-chapter medical treatise, Kitab al-Tasrif, completed in the year 1000, covered a broad range of medical topics, including dentistry and childbirth, which contained data that had accumulated during a career that spanned almost 50 years of training, teaching and practice. In it he also wrote of the importance of a positive doctor-patient relationship and wrote affectionately of his students, whom he referred to as "my children". He also emphasized the importance of treating patients irrespective of their social status. He encouraged the close observation of individual cases in order to make the most accurate diagnosis and the best possible treatment.
Al-Tasrif was later translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona in the 12th century, and illustrated. For perhaps five centuries during the European Middle Ages, it was the primary source for European medical knowledge, and served as a reference for doctors and surgeons.
Not always properly credited, Al-Zahrawi's al-Tasrif described both what would later become known as "Kocher's method" for treating a dislocated shoulder and "Walcher position" in obstetrics. Al-Tasrif described how to ligature blood vessels almost 600 years before Ambroise Paré, and was the first recorded book to document several dental devices and explain the hereditary nature of haemophilia.[3] He was also the first to describe a surgical procedure for ligating the temporal artery for migraine, also almost 600 years before Pare recorded that he had ligated his own temporal artery for headache that conforms to current descriptions of migraine.[6] Al-Zahrawi was therefore the first to describe the migraine surgery procedure that is enjoying a revival in the 21st century, spearheaded by Elliot Shevel a South African surgeon.
Al-Zahrawi also described the use of forceps in vaginal deliveries.[7] He introduced over 200 surgical instruments.[8] Many of these instruments were never used before by any previous surgeons.[8]
His use of catgut for internal stitching is still practised in modern surgery. The catgut appears to be the only natural substance capable of dissolving and is acceptable by the body. Al-Zahrawi also invented the forceps for extracting a dead fetus, as illustrated in the Al-Tasrif.[9]
Liber Servitoris
In pharmacy and pharmacology, Al-Zahrawi pioneered the preparation of medicines by sublimation and distillation. His Liber Servitoris is of particular interest, as it provides the reader with recipes and explains how to prepare the "simples" from which were compounded the complex drugs then generally used.[10][11][12]
Al-Zahrawi was the "most frequently cited surgical authority of the Middle Ages".[13]
Donald Campbell, a historian of Arabic medicine, described Al-Zahrawi's influence on Europe as follows:[14]
The chief influence of Albucasis on the medical system of Europe was that his lucidity and method of presentation awakened a prepossession in favour of Arabic literature among the scholars of the West: the methods of Albucasis eclipsed those of Galen and maintained a dominant position in medical Europe for five hundred years, i.e long after it had passed its usefulness. He, however, helped to raise the status of surgery in Christian Europe; in his book on fractures and luxations, he states that 'this part of surgery has passed into the hands of vulgar and uncultivated minds, for which reason it has fallen into contempt.' The surgery of Albucasis became firmly grafted on Europe after the time of Guy de Chauliac (d.1368).
In the 14th century, the French surgeon Guy de Chauliac quoted al-Tasrif over 200 times. Pietro Argallata (d. 1453) described Al-Zahrawi as "without doubt the chief of all surgeons". Al-Zahrawi's influence continued for at least five centuries, extending into the Renaissance, evidenced by al-Tasrif's frequent reference by French surgeon Jacques Delechamps (1513–1588).[15]
The street in Córdoba where he lived is named in his honor as "Calle Albucasis". On this street he lived in house no. 6, which is preserved today by the Spanish Tourist Board with a bronze plaque (awarded in January 1977) which reads: "This was the house where Al-Zahrawi lived."[citation needed]
On Surgery and Instruments
On Surgery and Instruments is an illustrated surgical guide written by Al-Zahrawi. On Surgery and Instruments contributed many technological innovations, notably which tools to use in specific surgeries. In On Surgery and Instruments, he draws diagrams of each tool used in different procedures to clarify how to carry out the steps of each treatment. The full text consists of three books, intended for medical students looking forward to gaining more knowledge within the field of surgery regarding procedures and the necessary tools.
Al-Zahrawi claims that his knowledge comes from careful reading of previous medical texts as well as his own experience: "…whatever skill I have, I have derived for myself by my long reading of the books of the Ancients and my thirst to understand them until I extracted the knowledge of it from them. Then through the whole of my life I have adhered to experience and practice…I have made it accessible for you and rescued it from the abyss of prolixity".[16]
Throughout the text, Al-Zahrawi uses an authoritative tone to declare his expertise on the topic. For example, when introducing topics or describing procedures, Al-Zahrawi often warns the reader of the skills necessary to complete the task. In chapter forty-eight, "On cauterization for numbness", he defines the required knowledge for the procedure in a commanding tone: "This should not be attempted except by one who has a good knowledge of the anatomy of the limbs and of the exits of the nerves that move the body".[17] He invents a criterion to generate a standard of skill level, indicating that he himself has surpassed it due to training and experience. As such, he reiterates his preeminence by implying that he is part of an exclusive group of learned surgeons capable of correctly completing this cautery. In another instance, he states that the procedure should be avoided completely by incompetent surgeons: "However, no one should attempt this operation unless he has had long training and practice in the use of cautery".[18]
Al-Zahrawi was not afraid to depart from old practice, for example, he openly disparages the opinion that cauterization should only be used in the spring season: "…the Ancients…[affirmed] that spring was the best. Myself, I say that cautery is suitable at all times".[19] Four pages later, he again opposes the opinion that gold is the best material for cauterization, stating that iron is actually his preferred metal: "therefore in our own opinion cauterization is swifter and more successful with iron".[20] In chapter twenty-nine, "On cauterization for pleurisy", he states: "Now one of the Ancients mentioned that there were some people who used an iron cautery shaped like a probe, and introduced it red hot into the intercostal space until it reached the abscess itself and evacuated the pus…but in this perforation with the cautery there is a danger either that the patient may die on the spot or that an incurable fistula may raise at the place".[21]
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- Islamic medicine
- Islamic science
- List of Arab scientists and scholars
- Islamic Golden Age
- Islamic scholars
- Muslim inventions
- Timeline of historic inventions
- Avicenna
- ↑ Ahmad, Z. (St Thomas' Hospital) (2007), "Al-Zahrawi - The Father of Surgery", ANZ Journal of Surgery, 77 (Suppl. 1): A83, doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04130_8.x<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ al-Zahrāwī, Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn ʻAbbās; Studies, Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern (1973). Albucasis on surgery and instruments. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01532-6. Retrieved 16 May 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cosman, Madeleine Pelner; Jones, Linda Gale (2008). Handbook to Life in the Medieval World. Handbook to Life Series. 2. Infobase Publishing. pp. 528–530. ISBN 0-8160-4887-8.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Hamarneh, Sami Khalaf; Sonnedecker, Glenn (1963). A Pharmaceutical View of Abulcasis Al-Zahrāwī Moorish Spain: With a Special Reference to the "Adhān". Brill Archive. p. 15.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Missori, Paolo; Brunetto, Giacoma M.; Domenicucci, Maurizio (7 February 2012). "Origin of the Cannula for Tracheotomy During the Middle Ages and Renaissance". World Journal of Surgery. 36 (4): 928–934. doi:10.1007/s00268-012-1435-1.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Shevel, E; Spierings, EH (April 2004). "Role of the extracranial arteries in migraine headache: a review". Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice. 22 (2): 132–6. doi:10.1179/crn.2004.017. PMID 15134413.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Assisted delivery has walked a long and winding road, OBG Management, Vol. 19, No. 6, June 2007, p. 84.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Holmes-Walker, Anthony (2004). Life-enhancing plastics : plastics and other materials in medical applications. London: Imperial College Press. p. 176. ISBN 1-86094-462-0.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Ingrid Hehmeyer and Aliya Khan (2007). "Islam's forgotten contributions to medical science", Canadian Medical Association Journal 176 (10).
- ↑ Levey M. (1973), Early Arabic Pharmacology, E. J. Brill, Leiden.[page needed]
- ↑ A Pharmaceutical View of Abulcasis Al-zahrawi in Moorish Spain. Brill Archive. pp. 19–.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ See:Luisa Arvide
- ↑ Mikaberidze, Alexander, ed. (2011). Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 586. ISBN 1598843370.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Campbell, Donald (2001). Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages: Trubner's Oriental Series. London: Routledge. p. 88. ISBN 0415244625.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Badeau, John Stothoff; Hayes, John Richard (1983). Hayes, John Richard (ed.). The Genius of Arab civilization: source of Renaissance (2nd ed.). MIT Press. p. 200. ISBN 0262580632.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Abū Al-Qāsim Khalaf Ibn ʾabbās Al-Zahrāwī. Albucasis on Surgery and Instruments. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. (676)
- ↑ Abū Al-Qāsim Khalaf Ibn ʾabbās Al-Zahrāwī. Albucasis on Surgery and Instruments. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. (146)
- ↑ Abū Al-Qāsim Khalaf Ibn ʾabbās Al-Zahrāwī. Albucasis on Surgery and Instruments. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. (8)
- ↑ Abū Al-Qāsim Khalaf Ibn ʾabbās Al-Zahrāwī. Albucasis on Surgery and Instruments. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. (10)
- ↑ Abū Al-Qāsim Khalaf Ibn ʾabbās Al-Zahrāwī. Albucasis on Surgery and Instruments. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. (14)
- ↑ Abū Al-Qāsim Khalaf Ibn ʾabbās Al-Zahrāwī. Albucasis on Surgery and Instruments. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. (90)
- Al-Benna, Sammy (29 September 2011). "Albucasis, a tenth-century scholar, physician and surgeon: His role in the history of plastic and reconstructive surgery". European Journal of Plastic Surgery. 35 (5): 379–387. doi:10.1007/s00238-011-0637-3.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- al-Zahrāwī, Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn ʻAbbās (1973). مقالة في العمل باليد: A Definitive Edition of the Arabic Text. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520015326. Retrieved 7 December 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Arvide Cambra, Luisa Maria (1994). Un tratado de polvos medicinales en Al-Zahrawi. University of Almeria. ISBN 8482400029.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- Arvide Cambra, Luisa Maria (2000). Un tratado de oftalmología en Abulcasis. University of Almeria. ISBN 8482402412.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Arvide Cambra, Luisa Maria (2003). Un tratado de odontoestomatología en Abulcasis. University of Almeria. ISBN 8482406361.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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New toll lanes on a Los Angeles freeway were supposed to speed up traffic but instead put the brakes on other commuters.
The 11-mile stretch of toll lanes on Interstate 110 opened last November south of downtown. Motorists can pay up to $15.40 to use the lanes at peak congestion hours or instead lurch along in the other lanes for free.
The toll lanes have shown an increase in average speed since they were converted from carpool lanes under a pilot program.
From last December to February, traffic flowed at 45 mph or faster during peak hours, and it moved 10 mph faster in the morning northbound rush than before the project, the Los Angeles Times ( https://lat.ms/Z7gSFg ) reported Tuesday, citing county statistics.
However, the average speed in non-toll lanes fell.
Northbound morning rush-hour traffic moved at 51.9 mph on average in December of 2011 but as of last December it had dropped to 47.3 mph. The most congested segment of non-toll lanes slowed by more than 8 mph during the morning peak period to 29.6 mph.
Southbound evening commuters saw their average speed dip from 47.8 mph to 41 mph.
One reason is drivers are no longer illegally using the carpool lane, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Carpoolers can still drive in the toll lanes for free if they buy a $40 transponder.
Overall, traffic volume declined by half in some toll lane segments, according to figures from the California Department of Transportation.
If more drivers don't start using the toll lanes, officials could consider reducing the fees, said James E. Moore II, an engineering professor at the University of Southern California.
"I don't sweat much that the lanes are being underutilized at first," he said. "Prices can always be changed."
Toll roads and lanes have existed for years in neighboring Orange County but remain a novelty in Los Angeles County.
A 14-mile toll lane along Interstate 10 from downtown to Interstate 605 near El Monte opened in February.
Drivers give the Interstate 110 lanes mixed reviews.
Ted Bischak said he pays about $8 a day for a round trip between a downtown real estate office and his Costa Mesa home. He had bought a Honda Civic that runs on natural gas to use the carpool lanes for free.
"Now, I feel like I'm paying twice," he said.
He is considering taking a different route to avoid the fees, even if it takes longer.
"It's the principle of the thing," he said.
Accountant Jennifer Lee said she has trimmed her Irvine-to-Los Angeles commute time in half since buying a transponder a month ago.
"Oh, it's worth it," she said. "No question."
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New film joins long list of plotlines with terrestrial inhabitants.
'Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer has written about more than glittery vampires. There's also a story about glittering, silvery space aliens who quietly conquer Earth.
Lost in the hubbub during the "Twilight" saga is "The Host." Released in 2008, this is an adult-oriented tale set in a not-too-distant future after an alien invasion that no one knew even happened until it was mostly over. A film based on the book opens in movie theaters today.
The invaders are called "souls," and they're a mere handful of silvery goo implanted into the necks of humans. From there, the soul sends out fibers to take control of every function and thought. The result is the soul becomes the body; some even take their host's name and life.
They have come to bring peace, civility and harmonious life to our wreckless civilization, as they have to a handful of other worlds.
"This is my body," declared Wanderer, whose story this is, after she is inserted into a human host — a host not so willing to abandon her own consciousness or surrender her memories. For most snatched humans, their consciousness dies as the soul takes over.
But not all humans succumb so easily; Melanie Stryder, Wanderer's host. She blocks Wanderer's attempts to search her memories for other humans. They manage an uneasy peace, and together seek a hidden band of humans who've evaded the invaders — and may be the last pure humans on Earth.
Eventually Wanderer, later renamed Wanda, learns something about the nature of her own race as well as that of the humans.
At the Los Angeles premiere last week, Meyer indicated there's a world after "The Host." To USA Today, she said she now plans to "lock myself in my office to finish the sequel."
Described as "science fiction for people who don't like science fiction," this film now joins a limited group of alien invasion movies (and one TV show) that, for lack of better term, might best be described as "body snatched." They could be ANYBODY around you.
Most of the other films are:
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956): This is probably the most recognizable film of this genre. A California doctor discovers aliens are replicating people and taking over their identities. A 1978 remake features Donald Sutherland in a memorably chilling take on the doctor.
"The Brain Eaters" (1958): Parasites from Earth's center infiltrate Riverdale, Ill., taking over control of the people and communications with the outside world.
"Alien" (1979): Actually only one human — John Hurt — is taken over, and then only as an early incubator for a horrific creature. When the creature finally appears, it's enough to ruin breakfast and the day for everybody on the deep-space mining ship Nostromo.
"The Thing" (1982): Members of a scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. The John Carpenter film starring Kurt Russell terrified audiences.
"Cocoon" (1985): There's nothing sinister about these light beings wearing human-like skins. They've come to St. Petersburg to retrieve members of an exploring party left behind long ago.
"Night of the Creeps" (1986): An alien experiment crashed to Earth in 1959, infecting a fraternity member. They froze the body. Years later, two geeks pledging the fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which infects the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into zombies.
"They Live" (1988): A construction worker discovers special sunglasses that allow him to see the "real" world. To the general public, things are normal, but the sunglasses reveal some people in their true form — disgusting aliens.
"Dark Breed" (1996): A top secret agency must kill or capture the crew of a secret space mission who returned to Earth against orders. It seems they were all infected with an alien parasite, and were trying to bring its eggs.
"Men in Black" (1997): Aliens from many worlds live on Earth disguised as humans; the men in black keep tabs on them. But not all of the aliens are peaceful.
"Invasion" (1997): Television movie. Rocks fall from the sky, which, when touched, trigger a latent virus that has always existed in humans, and begins mutating them into an alien species. The aliens are dedicated to transforming every human on Earth and do so with alarming swiftness.
"Lost in Space" (1998): Thrown off course by a malfunctioning robot, the Robinson family encounters deadly space spiders on an abandoned ship. One scratches Dr. Smith, turning him into a spider-human hybrid.
"The Faculty" (1998): Students at a Herrington High in Ohio suspect their teachers are not of this world. And they might be right in this "Breakfast Club" meets "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" sci-fi mystery.
"Invasion" (2005): Television series. A Florida town deals with residents who become different following a devastating hurricane.
"Slither" (2006): A meteor falls on a wooded area bearing the egg of alien worm. A local man, of course, touches the egg, releasing an alien parasite that dominates his brain. While his hostage body is transforms, he builds a nest of slugs in his cellar; the slugs begin infecting the townspeople and turning them in a new breed of starving zombies.
"Darkening Sky" (2010): A skeptical grad student studying the "modern mythology" of alien abduction finds himself confronting a reality involving shape-shifting extraterrestrials, implanted objects, organ harvesting and humans possessed by a malevolent alien presence.
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The much-used phrase that revenue is vanity and profit is sanity is applicable to Redstone's half year numbers - the P&L was back in the black - helped by cost-cutting - but the top line was hammered.
The managed services player has been in turnaround mode for the past couple of years since serial biz fixer-upper gurus Tony Weaver (CEO) and non-exec director Ian Smith rocked up.
Unaudited financials for the six months ended 30 September show a near 22 per cent collapse in sales to £28m - down from £35.8m at the half-way point in fiscal 2012.
Project revenues dropped 28 per cent to £13m - accounting for 64.5 per cent of the total decrease in turnover.
In a statement with the results, Redstone said this was due to the "delay" in the final two phases of a data centre upgrade project by a major global bank.
The refusal to bid for low-margin business also played a part in the decline in contract bids, it added.
Annuity-based revenues slid 15.5 per cent or £2.8m due to the loss of two Campus contracts (notice was given two years ago), excluding these, underlying growth was 4.6 per cent.
Operating expenses were slashed by nearly 13 per cent or £2.1m in the six months to £14.1m as management cut its cloth according to the commercial environment.
This obviously helped improve the bottom line, with Redstone posting an operating profit of £628,000 compared to an operating loss of £458,000 in H1 fiscal 2012.
It made a profit before tax of £200,000 compared to a £1.5m loss - the first PBT ever returned by the group.
Slapping himself on the back, chief exec Tony Weaver said the return to profits proved management's turnaround strategy was on course.
"[It] vindicates our strategic prioritising of managed service business, selective bidding of infrastructure projects in a difficult market and continuous realignment of the cost base," he said.
Exec focus in recent years has been on jettisoning certain units - the BSF biz, the telephone maintenance operation and the Irish and security reselling arms to concentrate on network based managed services and core infrastructure projects.
Redstone said it is currently integrating the Maxima operation acquired for £9.9m back in September that provides a cloud services platform.
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The Senate Budget Committee Republican staff under Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) released this alarming graph Thursday morning:
Well, as the graph clearly indicates, America's per capita government debt is worse than that of Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Greece (PIIGS), and France.
Get that? America's per capita debt is worse than the PIIGS! You know, the countries primarily responsible for pulling the eurozone into financial catastrophe?
And it gets worse. As the Budget Committee notes, under the president's plan, gross federal debt will reach $75,000 per capita by 2022.
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Saphangela, Philly's Pride
Where She's From: Saphangela Saint-vil, whose Zodiac sign is Sagittarius, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She lived there for the first five years of her life before her father decided it would be advantageous for her to live in the U.S. and her mother agreed.
"I Lived in New York from ages five to 11. I loved it,� she tells The Black Star News. "But after my grandmother was a victim of a robbery twice, my father moved the entire family to Philadelphia where I currently reside. I learned great family values from my father. He was strict but I turned out to be a very well mannered self-respected independent woman due to his ways.�
Saphangela attended several schools, including P.S 91 in New York, Olney El. Olney High, and University of Penn Ballroom Dance. "I was discovered in high school,� she adds. "I received a contract at age 15 but because my father had his own perception of modeling, he blew my chances of making it big. But when I reached the age of 18, I started networking to find the individuals in the business to launch my career.�
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So far my impression is that this class is a completely new game experience...
Great work... But i think i'll need some time to understand it... This class seems somewhat strange, compared to the others
Indeed it is All you say is true - it's a tricky old class!
For the vet brigade:
I've done slime pits just now - Mystera, TT, JJ, fabulous treasure into smacklefunkys (got a lot of food out of it).
Funny thing happened was I got stuck in JJ for the SMM fight, and kept converting food for refills. This, however kept getting me punished by JJ (including curse to make my platemail not work). It annoyed the hell out of me (in a chuckly, smiley kind of way), since being in JJ with no petition for the end fight was a completely new experience. However, converting all that food eventually lead to a chaos avatar (which didn't take away my poison again, so my 3 levels of poison strike were worthless) for the win.
Mystic balance + JJ mana boon were really nice
Interested in how I'd fare in a difficult dungeon without smacklefunky's (or simmilar windfall)


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MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin likes to portray himself as an athlete, whether he's skiing, playing hockey, throwing judo opponents or riding bare-chested on horseback. Russia's iron-pumping, iron-fisted president views the Sochi Olympics as another contest to be won -- but with much more at stake than gold medals.
Seven years after Putin personally campaigned for the 2014 Olympics to be hosted at his favorite Black Sea summer retreat and mountain winter playground, his name has been attached to Russia's first try as a Winter Olympics host.
They are known as "Putin's Games."
Putin's goal was to consolidate his power by elevating his country's stature, but even before the cauldron has been lit, he has taken a beating.
Putin deployed 60,000 security personnel to Sochi to prevent a terrorist attack from North Caucasus militants who have vowed to embarrass him. Repression of environmental and gay-rights activists has critics saying he is reprising his role as KGB chief. His $51 billion Games will cost four times more than predicted, busting the Olympic record amid accusations of kickbacks to his oligarch cronies.
"These Games are Putin's pet project so he can look like a macho guy in total control," opposition leader Boris Nemtsov said this week. "But so far, all the problems with his regime have been concentrated in Sochi."
Just outside the Kremlin's walls, a giant clock counts down the time until Friday's Opening Ceremonies. Muscovites bundled in fur coats and ushankas hustle past, too busy keeping up with the cost of living in this expensive capital to notice the digital numbers on one side don't match those on the other. Putin enjoys high approval ratings, especially in rural parts of the world's largest country. Yet Russians seem well aware of the propaganda value of a successful Olympics, just as they understood the purpose of Soviet military spectacles in Red Square.
"I believe many people outside Russia still see it as a country of bears, drunks and dictators," said Anna Vereschagina, a student. "The Olympics can help to change those thoughts."
Putin, however, has reinforced stereotypes of the old Russia while leading the new Russia for the past 14 years. His recent release of political prisoners Mikhail Khodorkovsky and two members of the Pussy Riot rock band did not disguise his government's crackdown on media, detention of environmentalists in Sochi or support of anti-gay legislation, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists and Human Rights Watch.
"The image of strongman and protector has been Putin's hallmark, and Russians respond well to that because they are quite patriotic," said Indiana University political science professor Dina Spechler. "Democracy is an alien system in Russia. People want law and order. They've seen the Color Revolutions. They understand the centrifugal tendencies of a huge realm that could become ungovernable and has descended into anarchy in the past."
The biggest risk Putin faces is tragedy at the Games perpetrated by jihadists from the Caucasus Emirate group. Hatred of Russia dates back centuries to the tsarists' conquering of the mountain tribes. Dagestan now is the center of unrest. Security forces are hunting suspected "Black Widow" suicide bombers and other extremists who might have infiltrated Sochi's "Ring of Steel" months ago.
"They (the jihadists) are hardened by experience, and they mean business," said Daniel Benjamin, former coordinator for counterterrorism with the U.S. State Department and director of the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, who said "geographic vulnerability" around Sochi is greater than at any previous Olympics.
"They don't believe they have any better methods to draw attention to their cause of seeking freedom from Russian brutality," he said. "Look back at the 1972 Munich Olympics: From one day to the next, Palestinians went from obscure to the world's pressing problem."
Putin also faces discontent in Moscow, where another protest was Saturday, with Nemtsov's demonstrators holding up signs that said "Free political prisoners; jail Olympic thieves."
Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin, estimates the cost of Olympic embezzlement at $26 billion. At his Republican Party headquarters, Nemtsov showed graphs comparing the cost per stadium seat of various Olympics. Sochi, at $19,000, dwarfs the cost of Vancouver ($7,000) and Turin ($10,800). Sochi's total cost is $11 billion higher than the Beijing Summer Games, which were much larger.
"It's a festival of corruption," Nemtsov said. "It's crony capitalism at its best."
Nemtsov, a native of Sochi, lamented the deforestation of the mountains above Sochi and laughed at the assertion by Sochi's mayor that just as there is no corruption in his city, there are no gay people.
"Idiotic -- I have to ask, 'Mr. Mayor, who, then, is going into Sochi's gay clubs?' " he said. "It's like the same censorship on the zombie box of state TV. Everyone applauds Putin the hero."
Alexei Navalny, a lawyer, financial activist and co-founder of the Democratic Alternative movement, created a website tracking Olympic construction contracts from the state and conflicts of interest. Arkady Rotenberg, a friend of Putin's since judo school, won $7 billion in power plant contracts. Vladimir Yakumin, head of Russia Railways, oversaw the 30-mile railway and highway link that cost $9 billion -- more than the total bill for the Vancouver Games. Another beneficiary of those deals was Putin pal Gennady Timchenko.
"Putin is the spider in the middle of a web of dubious contracts that enriched his empire of political and business elite," said Vladimir Ashurkov, executive director of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation. "We estimate the graft at 40 percent. People are disillusioned by the lack of transparency. It takes the joy out of the Olympics."
Putin has dismissed the reports as politically motivated speculation.
But Valery Morozov, the first businessman to blow the whistle on Kremlin favoritism in Sochi, said retribution is a tool of the government. While on vacation in London in 2011, he was warned not to return to Russia.
"I found out I was put on a hit list and it would be dangerous for me to go home," said Morozov, who was granted political asylum and has remained in England. "It's a criminal system run by criminal minds, and I hope that criminal investigations will follow.
"I started this wave alone, but I think there will be a cleaning and Russia will not be the same after the Olympic Games."


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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new measure on Monday which means no more dark-of-night executive orders to grant reprieve to an inmate.
Brown's approval of AB 648 by Assemblyman Marty Block (D-San Diego) was prompted by public uproar over Governor Schwarzenegger's move to commute the sentence of Esteban Nunez. Nunez, the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the 2008 stabbing death of a San Diego college student.
Schwarzenegger, a close ally of the elder Nunez, said the 16-year sentence was "excessive" in issuing an order, on his last day in office, to shave the prison term in half.
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The move caught crime victim's groups and the family of the stabbing victim, Luis dos Santos, by surprise. They said the move was a political favor that came with no notice.
Fabian Nunez later acknowledged that his relationship with the governor allowed his son's matter to reach Schwarzenegger's desk, but argued that it was not a special favor.
It's not uncommon for outgoing governors to issue such clemency orders. But typically they have involved capital murder cases.
The law signed by Brown says governors must now notify prosecutors at least ten days before acting on requests for clemency. Prosecutors must then make an effort to notify families.
The measure "strengthens transparency and oversight of the process", the bill's author said, by also requiring the governor to issue a public report on pardon, reprieve, and commutation requests that are granted.
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South African Journal of Surgery
On-line version ISSN 2078-5151
Print version ISSN 0038-2361
S. Afr. j. surg. vol.49 n.4 Cape Town Nov. 2011
Intestinal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour
S. NtlokoI; A. GoundenII; M. NaidooIII; T. E. MadibaIV; Y. SingV; P. K. RamdialV; G. P. HadleyVI
IM.B. Ch.B.; Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
IIM.B. Ch.B., F.C.S. (s.A.); Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
IIIF.C.S. (s.A.); Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
IVM.B. Ch.B., M.Med., Ph.D., F.C.S. (s.A.), F.A.S.C.R.S.; Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
VF.C.Path. (anat.) S.A.; Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
VIM.B. Ch.B., F.R.C.S., F.C.S. (s.A.); Department of Paediatric Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMFTs) are rare tumours characterised by nosologic, histogenetic and aetio-pathogenetic controversy and variable clinicopathological features. We report our experience with intestinal-IMFTs (I-IMFTs) that have been reported mainly as single case reports to date.
METHODS: Five patients with I-IMFTs, identified between 2005 and 2008, formed the study cohort. The clinicopathological features were obtained from departmental and hospital records.
RESULTS: The median patient age was 13 years. While 4 patients presented with symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction, one IMFT was an incidental finding at laparotomy for trauma. Three I-IMFTs were located in the small bowel and 2 in the colon. Complete resection with end-to-end anastomoses was performed. The gross morphology included 1 polypoid myxoid tumour that served as a lead point for an intussusception, 3 multinodular whorled masses and 1 firm circumferential, infiltrative tumour. Microscopically, all tumours had typical features of IMFT with variable expression of ALK-1, a low proliferation index and tumour-free resection margins. All patients had an uneventful recovery. One patient was lost to further follow-up. Four patients were well, without local recurrence or metastases at 6 months to 3 years.
CONCLUSIONS: Surgery with tumour-free resection margins is the gold standard of care of adult and paediatric I-IMFTs. Heightened recognition of I-IMFT, albeit rare, as a cause of intestinal obstruction, including intussusception, is necessary for pre-operative suspicion of I-IMFT.
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But I am extremely pleased with my first set of printables. I am especially grateful to Maree Truelove whose clipart I used for this set of seasonal calendars.
Because we use them everyday in school, I have created a bilingual set of calendars and calendar-related printables. And to tie them into the season, I have centered them around a fall theme.
Since September is already over, this pack will be free to download through this weekend only (October 2nd). Afterwards, it will be available for purchase. Enjoy!


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I love pierogi - those little Polish dumplings that vaguely resemble ravioli. Living in an area with an historically large Polish ethnic population, there are a couple of local sources for excellent handmade pierogi practically at my doorstep. Pierogi Queen, made in Enfield CT at a local Polish deli, is famous in my hometown for having the absolute best ones, and Millie's, made in nearby Chicopee MA are a close second.
And yet, I'm still occasionally willing to take a chance on unfamiliar brands. Recently, these were pierogi made by Delicious Fresh Pierogi Inc. from Roselle Park NJ.
Now, if you've got the stones to call yourself "Delicious Fresh Pierogi Inc." your product had better be pretty good. And they are. We tried two varieties, Potato & Cheese and Potato & Spinach. Both of them were indeed delicious, though the Potato & Cheese version used cottage cheese in the filling rather than the more traditional farmer's cheese.
Delicious Piergoi Inc has a pretty wide distribution network including ShopRite, Stop & Shop/Giant, Whole Foods, Wegman's and Harris Teeter. If you see them in one of your local stores fear not, they will not disappoint you.


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A controversial South Korean advertisement is causing outrage after the leaked ad shows a baby holding an Oreo while breastfeeding.
The mother's breast is exposed and her nipple is partially exposed in the advertisement, according to an ABC News story. In the lower corner, the ad says "Milk's favorite cookie."
Kraft, the owner of Nabisco, which produces Oreos, said the company did not make the ad and the ad never ran in any country. The ad is believed to have been created by Cheil Worldwide, an independent advertising agency.
"Our understanding is that they created it for use at an isolated advertising awards forum in Korea," the official said. "It was never intended for consumer advertising or public distribution."


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Have you ever seen a really cool iphone application or website, but it only works in a big city like New York or San Fransciso? We're trying to bring those cool apps to small town across America through local newspapers.
In a nutshell, we make software that makes newspapers money. We're trying to save community newspapers by bringing them white-label hyper-local products to very small markets.
Newspapers are in a transition, and it's really cool to be able to help them successfully go to the web--and hopefully improve them communities that they serve in the process!
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Our service is transparent to the end user as it is sold directly to newspapers who then "own" the product in every small market; however, it is likely that your logo will appear on the bottom of 14 million+ websites!
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We would love a symbol that could also stand on its own (for example, the Nike swoosh), but we're open to anything.
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Please feel free to experiment with colors! We will actually use these colors as a base for our website redesign: http://seeinginteractive.com which we will be posting after the logo is done.
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Religion in the Cook Islands
Missionaries from The London Missionary Society arrived in the Cook Islands as early as 1821 and hit upon the idea of using converted Polynesians to spread the Word. The islanders back in the early part of the 19th century were probably more interested initially in the material benefits brought their way by Europeans and may well have ceded that changing allegiances from the old gods to a new one were more beneficial to them.
For all that however, they became converts quickly and have remained firmly entrenched in a tropical religious bastion that is very important to them, ever since. Major changes Historically, there were some sociological impacting changes on the Cook Islands through the introduction of a Westernised lifestyle. The traditional tribal system where hereditary chiefs were in control was gradually replaced by a centralised form of government under elected politicians. As with most islands in the Pacific Rim, the concept of a cash economy which replaced the traditional barter system was implemented very early on.
There are some stunning coral churches on Aitutaki and visitors are welcome to the Sunday morning church service, which is renowned for the singing of the congregation.
Agriculturally, the missionaries were also responsible for lasting change. The introduction of calico cotton, being cheap, plentiful and easily produced, replaced the traditional tapa as islands normal attire. Calico led to the skills of sewing for clothing, bedding and house furnishings. Before contact with missionaries, the Rarotongans lived inland deep in the valleys and thus protected from neighboring tribes.