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Warmer temperatures tend to bring an increase in door-to-door sales visits. While there are surely lots of honest people in the door-to-door sales profession, we only hear about the dishonest ones who are giving the industry a bad name. We want you to be able to spot them and help make sure you are never misled or pressured to sign a contract.
There are a few telltale signs and questions you can use to your advantage when someone knocks on your door. Also, as a customer, the law is in your favour and you are usually protected by a mandatory cooling off period.
Debunking the myths of the spontaneous door-knocking water heater company rep.
The next time someone shows up at your door there are a few different things you should consider, as well as things you should ask in order to confirm that they actually represent the company or brand name they are using to assert themselves as an "expert."
- Drop-in water heater inspections don't exist. To begin with, the idea is incredibly fiscally irresponsible and an established company won't waste payroll to send "inspectors" or technicians to an unconfirmed appointment, let alone an unscheduled one. The odds of it being a waste of time, and therefore money, are too high. If someone arrives unannounced to inspect your water heater, it isn't to tell you that your water heater is working just fine.
- Reputable companies use photo ID. For example, at Reliance all of our staff have photo ID right from their first day of work and are required to carry it at all times. Even support staff have it, and you will never even meet them face to face. If the person at your door doesn't have photo ID then they do not work for Reliance. The same rule applies to our competitors, but usually not to the scam artists.
- Any reputable salesperson knows that a significant percentage of people will never buy on the spot. It's a well-researched statistic. As a result, a reputable salesperson should always carry brochures showcasing their products to leave behind after a sales call. If you suspect someone has the intention of selling you something, ask to see the features, advantages and benefits of their product in a printed brochure that they can leave behind. If they can't provide you with one, don't even consider signing that contract. The only reason to have a contract and not the product brochures may be to mislead you into a poor purchase decision.
- The aforementioned purchase statistic also ensures that a "deal" is never only good for that visit. If you have been through the previous three steps and are comfortable with the offer on the table, there isn't any reason not to go for it.
However, if you need time to consider it or discuss it with a family member, the offer will be there tomorrow.
Your rights as a consumer are protected by law.
In Ontario you are protected by the Consumer Protection Act, which was introduced in 2002 to protect consumers from misrepresentation by aggressive salespeople. Because of the Consumer Protection Act, you have the following rights as a consumer:
- You are entitled to a 10-day cooling off period to change your mind and opt out of any contract you sign for your water heater rental. The 10 days begin when you receive your copy of the written contract. The only exclusion is if you request the water heater be installed sooner than 10 days.
- All charges within the contract must be exactly as they are stated. For example, a company may not add a surcharge that is not noted unless it is a tax.
- You have a full year to cancel the contract if it doesn't do the following:
- disclose all key information you need to know (including costs)
- inform you about your contractual rights.
For more information in Ontario, review the Consumer Protection Act and the list of your rights on the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services website.


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While I'm waiting for the Chicago area's first above- freezing temperature in 5 days, I'm knitting something warm and comfortable and colorful! By the time the crocus are pushing their way through the chill spring air, maybe I'll be wearing a bright welcome…
The Body of my current Stockinette St project is FINI!
(Except for the pockets, hee.)
I don't know why, but when a major portion of a garment gets to this stage, it just seems like a natural thing to stop and do some happy dance.
The front lace panels were extended all the way to the hem this time. I love the way the lace waves the colorplays in this yarn.
Paula writes: "Your reference to the shoulder being more stable with set-in sleeves – is this why you didn't begin the lace pattern on the basic chic hoodie till further down on the sleeve? I've seen some raglans where the lace pattern starts up at the neck and was wondering if you tried this and found that it spread too much under the stretch over the shoulder?"
That's a great idea! I like it. But in the case of the Basic Chic Hoodie lace detailing, it was actually a design decision instead of a structural one. You can see that the pattern wants to go UP in the middle, so I took advantage of that characteristic by starting the lace further down from the neckline. It makes a medallion, of sorts when done this way, and the position at the top of the arm looks like a crest (actually slightly above where I have a tatoo!)
For this version, I might omit the sleeve lace and leave all the focus on the front band. What do you think?


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Ability to postpone all overdue tasks in the gadget
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Maybe I'm using it wrong (or not getting enough done) but every morning I typically postpone all the overdue tasks I didn't get done yesterday so they are due today. In the gadget, this means I have to click each task and click Postpone. I'd love to have a "Postpone all overdue" button. But the button should only postpone those tasks that are being viewed in the gadget. I used multiple gadgets to see different lists and smart lists and don't want a button in one gadget affecting tasks listed in another.
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I just finished cleaning the apartment and then I decided to open the window in our room because it's nice out and i discovered condensation all over the window/window sill and...MOLD!!!!!! I immediately freaked out, ran and got my rubber gloves and got to work. 25 paper towels later, it looks kinda better. EW, apartment living.
Jon and I are currently saving to buy a house. Our plan is to have our heeeeefffttty down payment by Octoberish and then we will buy a house at the end of the year/first of 2012! Isnt that so exciting? We are kinda like real grown ups. But with little King on the way, living in a one bedroom apartment just is NOT gonna cut it. He's not even here yet and theres no room for him. (ps, i just tried loading the ultrasound video on here but I dont get how...so just imagine a button nosed boy flipping and turning around)
Last night was funny. For many reasons. Ally and I talked for awhile. I facebook stalked people while we were on the phone then we started fb stalking ourselves. I decided my "body" prime was back in 2008 and then Ally decided the same thing. If you are friends with Ally on FB, go to her albums, go to PROM and look at picture number 2. She looks like a pagent winner. It's HILARIOUS. She also thought she was fat back then. WHAT THE?! But on a happy note, Ally has lost ten pounds! Isnt that awesome? I wont talk about my weight. I'm prego, it's a moot point.
Anyway, after Ally's and I's convo I needed to eat. Jon was working at the Jazz game, so I got in the car and drove erractically around looking for a Thai food place. FOUND ONE! Got some curry, came home and woofed it down. I am currently eating the leftovers for lunch. My pregnancy book says the baby will have a taste for the things that I eat from here on out. SO this is what Kingston will like: pop-tarts, thai food, soup, and popsicles. That's usually what I eat. Except lately I've been way into icecream. ICECREAM!! yuummm. I want an ice cream sandwich.
Last night Kingston was moving around a lot. It kinda freaked me out because it was random and he would just kick and it scared me then I would start laughing. Then Jon got home and I had a legit meltdown telling him about one of my students who cried golf ball sized tears yesterday when his mom didn't make it in time for our "Publishing Party" (the kids wrote stories and we invited the parents to come watch them read them). He clung on to me asking me why she didnt come. It was so sad. So I was bawling and then laughing at myself. Teaching is making me even more of a baby.
Well I should probably go watch some Grey's Anatomy while Jon's still working. Love you!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
I'm a baby.
I just finished cleaning the apartment and then I decided to open the window in our room because it's nice out and i discovered condensation all over the window/window sill and...MOLD!!!!!! I immediately freaked out, ran and got my rubber gloves and got to work. 25 paper towels later, it looks kinda better. EW, apartment living.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Don't Worry, I'm still Alive.
So its Thursday night. 10:41 PM. This is the time that I usually get into bed, read a page of a pregnancy book, call Jon in to read scriptures and then it's lights out by 11. Yes, I am a grandma. But I wanted to post the following post:
This blog post was originally typed out on my blackberry while lying on my death bed. (I didn't have the strength to get my computer and turn it on)
I have been sick with the influenza since last wednesday. I blame it on two things: a profesh prenatal message I got that released tons of toxins into my body, and also my snot ridden 1st grades who sneeze on me. I blame the fact that I'm not better and its five days later on being prego. You really can't take any medicine because it could hurt the baby. So while I'd normally be popping flu meds and nyquil on the every four hour dot, I am laying on my bed with a cold towel on my head trying to extract the fever. Its not fun.
But on a brighter note, we got to see Kingston last week! I'm gonna try and see if I can figure out how to post the video they gave us on here. He looks so cute! He's huge! I can feel him moving around in my tummy every once and awhile. Its such a crazy feeling. I'm also stepping out of the awkward fat stage and looking legit prego...but only when I stick my belly out and walk like I just got off a horse...but it totally works!
Jon got a real man job and just finished his first week! He likes it so far, which is great! His schedule is pretty flexible too since he gets to make his own hours during the day, so I really like that. I will especially like that when the baby boy comes out! I plan on teaching for awhile so it really is a blessing that he found a job that is so flexible. We are pretty blessed.
I hope everyone Januarys were great, can u believe its almost February? I'm going to have to give birth soon....I'm terrified!
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
I have long hair.
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Radio telescope signals consist primarily of noise (from celestial sources and the receiver's electronics) and man-made signals such as TV stations, radar, and satellites. Modern radio SETI projects analyze the data digitally. More computing power enables searches to cover greater frequency ranges with more sensitivity. Radio SETI, therefore, has an insatiable appetite for computing power.
Previous radio SETI projects have used special-purpose supercomputers, located at the telescope, to do the bulk of the data analysis. In 1995, David Gedye proposed doing radio SETI using a virtual supercomputer composed of large numbers of Internet-connected computers, and he organized the SETI@home project to explore this idea. SETI@home was originally launched in May 1999.
Papers about SETI@home science and computing:
|Dr. Eric Korpela, Director
Eric is an astronomer. In addition to SETI, he studies interstellar matter (the gas and dust that lies between the stars) using radio, optical, and space-based ultraviolet telescopes. He has participated in several satellite missions, and is currently Instrument Scientist for the EUV spectrograph aboad the NASA ICON mission to study the interface between the ionized and non-ionized portions of the Earth's atmosphere.
In his spare time, Eric collects and restores vintage computers. Eric also enjoys bass fishing. You can email him at korpela at ssl.berkeley.edu.
|Dan Werthimer, Chief scientist
Dan specializes in signal processing for radio astronomy. He has been doing SETI since 1979, and he runs the SERENDIP, Optical SETI, and CASPER projects.
Dan dabbles in jazz piano, and is the father of a 12-year old son, William.
|Dr. David P. Anderson, software architect
David is a computer scientist, with research interests in volunteer computing, distributed systems, and real-time systems. He co-founded SETI@home and directed it from 1998 to 2015. He leads the BOINC project.
David is a rock climber, mountain climber, classical pianist, and father of Noah (born Oct. 2005). Email him at davea at ssl dot berkeley dot edu.
|Jeff Cobb, Software developer and system administrator
Jeff develops data acquisition and analysis software and oversees the systems group.
He likes to go off line in order to backpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains. When in warm waters, you'll find him scuba diving.
|Matt Lebofsky, Software developer and system administrator
Matt is a computer scientist working on SETI since 1997. More detail about what he does can be found here.
Matt is also a professional musician - a multi-instrumentalist composer and recording engineer that tours with rock bands and performs at weddings, conventions, etc. In spare time he's probably hiking, backpacking, or rock climbing.
|Andrew Siemion, Project Scientist
Andrew is an astrophysics Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. His research activities focus on designing instruments and experiments to detect rare and novel radio phenomena.
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SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.


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Radiation oncologist Josh Yamada talks about a technique called IGRT that delivers high doses of radiation precisely along the contours of a tumor.
Surgical oncologist Michael I. D'Angelica cares for patients with benign and malignant (cancerous) diseases of the liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, and pancreas.
Depending on the stage of the disease and the patient's health, the treatment team will determine the most appropriate therapy, including surgery, chemotherapy, biologic therapy, and radiation therapy. Surgery is the preferred treatment for gallbladder and bile duct cancer, and offers the best chance for a cure. Additional treatments are available for patients who are not eligible for surgery.
Gallbladder Surgery
Cholecystectomy — a procedure that involves surgical removal of the gallbladder, regional lymph nodes, and some of the tissues surrounding the organ — is the most effective treatment for localized gallbladder tumors. Part of the liver also may be removed if doctors suspect the tumor has spread (metastasized). A laparoscope is sometimes used to guide liver surgery, but not to remove the gallbladder, as the laparoscope can spread cancer cells to nearby tissue.
Bile Duct Surgery
As with gallbladder cancer, surgery to remove the bile duct and regional lymph nodes using traditional, open techniques is the most effective treatment for localized tumors. Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy) is not generally used for bile duct surgery.
Additional surgery may be required if the cancer has spread to the liver or other organs and tissues.
Partial Hepatectomy
This procedure involves removing a wedge of liver tissue, an entire lobe, or a larger part of the liver, plus a safety margin (extra portion) of normal tissue surrounding the diseased part of the liver. This surgical approach is often used to treat large bile duct tumors that are found inside the liver (intrahepatic peripheral tumors). In some cases, techniques such as portal vein embolization, which redirects the blood supply to the healthy portion of the liver to stimulate cell growth, may be used to make patients who were previously considered ineligible for surgery able to tolerate partial hepatectomy.
The Whipple Procedure
This procedure (also known as a pancreatoduodenectomy) involves removing the gallbladder, part of the stomach, part of the small intestine, the bile duct, and the head (right-most section) of the pancreas, which allows for the production of insulin and digestive enzymes. The Whipple procedure is commonly used to treat extrahepatic bile duct tumors. Also known as distal tumors, these are found closer to the pancreas. For more information about the Whipple operation, see the Pancreatic Cancer Surgery page.
Minimally Invasive Symptom Relief
Although surgery is the most effective therapy for gallbladder and bile duct cancer, many patients are not candidates for surgery by the time their cancer is detected. Some patients may benefit from minimally invasive, image-guided procedures that allow bile to drain out of the gallbladder or a bile duct that is blocked by a tumor. These procedures are not curative, but can relieve symptoms caused by a blocked bile duct such as jaundice, itching, nausea, vomiting, and infection.
This procedure involves sewing the gallbladder or bile duct directly to the small intestine to create a new pathway around tumors that are blocking the flow of bile from the gallbladder.
A small drainage tube, called a stent, can be used to relieve a blocked bile duct. The stent allows bile to flow across the blockage to the small intestine. When possible, the stent is placed through an endoscope (a thin, tube-like instrument inserted through the mouth). When endoscopy cannot be performed, the stent can be placed percutaneously (with a needle) through the liver. During this procedure a bile duct within the liver is punctured with a small needle, and imaging is used to identify the obstruction and place a stent or drainage catheter though the blockage. In some patients a catheter remains in place for a period of time, and bile may drain into a bag during this time.
Many patients with bile duct or gallbladder cancer are diagnosed with disease too advanced to be treated surgically. Pain is a frequent and debilitating symptom for these patients. Although the exact reason remains poorly understood, it is thought that the pain may be caused by cancer cells that invade a cluster of nerves near the liver known as the celiac plexus. Patients who have inadequate pain relief with conventional analgesics may benefit from a procedure called neurolytic celiac plexus block (NCPB), in which a local anesthetic is injected into the celiac plexus to disrupt pain signals. NCPB has been shown to reduce pain significantly and improve mood and life expectancy for patients with advanced bile duct or gallbladder cancer.
Most cancer centers perform NCPB percutaneously (through the skin) under x-ray guidance, an approach that is associated with side effects such as muscle and limb weakness. Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering, however, have demonstrated that NCPB can be performed with a laparoscope — a thin, lighted tube with a camera at its tip that is inserted through small incisions in the abdomen. This procedure can be performed during laparoscopic staging — a 20-minute diagnostic technique that allows surgeons to obtain a detailed view of the gallbladder, liver, and celiac plexus. Laparoscopic NCPB may provide similar or better pain relief than percutaneous NCPB in reducing pain, with fewer potential side effects.
NCPB also can be performed under the guidance of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), in which a small probe is inserted through the mouth and into the stomach to obtain a detailed view of the celiac plexus. During this procedure, a local anesthetic can be injected directly into the celiac plexus. As with the laparoscopic approach, endoscopic NCPB may be at least as effective as the percutaneous approach, with fewer potential side effects.
Multimodal Therapy for Advanced Gallbladder and Bile Duct
Even after successful surgery or other treatments, gallbladder and bile duct cancer can spread (metastasize). Some patients may benefit from additional (adjuvant) therapies, including treatment with systemic therapies such as chemotherapy and/or biologic therapy, radiation therapy, or other forms of treatment used alone or in combination. Embolization (blockage of blood flow to the tumor) of the hepatic artery can also be used to treat intrahepatic bile duct cancer.
Several chemotherapeutic regimens and techniques have been shown to shrink gallbladder and bile duct tumors and possibly improve survival.
The standard of care for gallbladder and bile duct cancers is gemcitabine plus platinum-based chemotherapy, which has recently shown to improve survival of patients with these cancers. (1) Our team is currently working on incorporating biologic therapy within this regimen. Biologic therapy refers to a host of new drugs that stop tumor cells from replicating and/or disrupt a tumor's blood supply. Sorafenib is a new biologic therapy that is currently under evaluation at Memorial Sloan Kettering in combination with gemcitabine plus cisplatin for gallbladder and bile duct cancers.
Researchers are evaluating the potential of a new chemotherapy technique called HAI in the treatment of gallbladder and bile duct cancer. HAI, which has been shown to extend survival in patients with liver cancer, involves delivering a high dose of chemotherapy drugs directly to the liver through a tiny pump implanted under the skin in the lower abdomen. Additional chemotherapy medicine is injected into the pump, as needed, on an outpatient basis. HAI therapy may be used to shrink tumors before surgery or, after surgery, to prevent recurrence.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is another treatment option for patients whose tumors cannot be surgically removed. Radiation may be administered alone or in combination with chemotherapy or other treatments.
External beam radiation, used alone or in combination with a radiosensitizer (a drug that makes the tissue more sensitive to radiation), is the most common type of radiotherapy used to treat gallbladder and bile duct cancer. Radiation may be administered in the area where the gallbladder once lay or in the nearby lymph nodes to destroy tumor cells that may remain following surgery. Radiation also is occasionally used to shrink a tumor, either to increase the chance that it may be surgically removed or to relieve symptoms.
Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and respiratory gating are two approaches that have the potential to reduce toxicity (damage) to normal tissue during radiation therapy for bile duct cancer and, less commonly, gallbladder cancer.
IGRT targets tumors with greater precision than conventional radiation therapy. Using highly sophisticated computer software and 3-D images from CT scans, the radiation oncologist can develop an individualized treatment plan that delivers high doses of radiation to cancerous tissue while sparing surrounding organs and reducing the risk of injury to healthy tissue.
Because tumors and organs in the abdomen shift during breathing, precise delivery of radiation therapy to cancerous tissue can be difficult. Respiratory gating is the delivery of radiation only at certain points during a patient's breathing cycle, when the "mobile" tumors and/or regions of the abdomen are in a specific position. This approach decreases the radiation dose to the surrounding healthy tissue.
Investigational Approaches
At Memorial Sloan Kettering, our investigators are constantly evaluating new chemotherapy combinations and novel medications that may improve the standard of care for patients with gallbladder and bile duct cancer. In addition, our researchers are studying several novel biologic compounds.


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Education Briefs for Nov. 14 through Nov. 21
Thanksgiving Break
The Park City School District will release students for Thanksgiving Break from Wednesday, Nov. 21 through Friday, Nov. 23. South Summit School District will release students early on Wednesday, and North Summit School District will have normal school hours that day. All three districts will not have school Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23. School will start again Monday for the Park City School District and North and South Summit School Districts. The Park City Aquatic Center will be closed for Thanksgiving, Nov. 22.
Bullying talk in Salt Lake City
Park City School District psychologist Ben Springer is scheduled to speak with parents during a public workshop Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the McGillis School in Salt Lake City at 7 p.m. Springer, who has researched bullying for years, will highlight how Utah parents and educators can stem bullying. The event is sponsored by Jewish Family Service-Utah and will include discussions on what bullying looks like, how a community can prevent bullying and how to help children prepare for the challenge of bullying in and out of school. For those interested in attending an event focused on younger students, the Park City School District will host a Bully Prevention Forum featuring Park City Elementary school counselors Wednesday Nov. 14 in the Park City High School Lecture Hall at the same time. The event is scheduled for 7 to 8 p.m. and will serve as an opportunity for parents on younger students to join in the Anti-Bullying Coalition formed earlier this year at Treasure Mountain Middle School. Elementary Counselors, Administrators, and members of the Park City Community Anti- Bully Coalition will be in attendance.
Town Hall meeting on underage drinking
Park City High School is scheduled to host a Town Hall meeting Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Park City High School Lecture Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Craig Povey, the Program Administrator from the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, will speak along with Bobbi Anderson, a Utah mother who lost her son to underage drinking. A light meal will be served. For more information, contact Sam Walsh at 435-645-5657 ext. 2026.
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We met during her academic support period to see if there were assistive technology solutions to support her learning. She is a bright student with reading disabilities. The first words out of her mouth were, "I don't read." Hmmm. I immediately thought, "Well let me come to your rescue and show you text to speech!" When I showed her how she could access text and then listen using a service such as Bookshare, she told me it wouldn't work for her. She explained she found the voices too annoying which would distract her and cause her to lose focus. Therefore, learning would not occur.
In working with her, I wondered if changing the size of text or using Readability features would be of benefit. I showed her the Reader feature on the iPad since she has one. She immediately reacted with horror, "But we lost the pictures!" It turns out she needs the pictures that accompany textbook or science articles as they help anchor her learning.
What else worked for her? Human voices. Human voiced text. I directed her to four resources which she did feel would be of help - Audible.com for human voiced copyrighted and popular books, Audio books available from the library, Overdrive books available from public libraries and finally Librivox.org, an online resource which offers human voiced, out of copyright books such as those authored by Shakespeare, Dickens and Twain, for download.
Text-to-speech is not the answer for everyone. How do we make decisions which work best for each student?
Fortunately, there is a new, free tool which can help guide decisions for reading accommodations - the Protocol for Reading Accommodations (PAR) by Denise Decoste and Linda Bastiani-Wilson, available from Don Johnston, Inc. The website describes it as follows:
PAR provides you with all you need to systematize your procedures for making data-based reading accommodation recommendations for students who are not reading at grade level or have physical disabilities that keep them from utilizing printed texts.
What's Included?Take the guesswork out of reading accommodations and meet the individual, unique needs of your students with reading challenges. Check out PAR to guide your reading accommodation decisions.
Protocol—guides you in collecting data to compare independent reading, reading with a human reader and reading with a text reader
Reading Samples—provides eight reading passages (four narrative, four expository) and vocabulary questions for each grade level, grades 3rd through 10th
Quizzes—contains comprehension quizzes for each reading passage—factual, topic related, inferential and vocabulary
Multiple Formats—reading passages are available in Word and ePUB so that you can use them in Bookstream (Don Johnston's cloud-based reading distribution system) or within your current text reader


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Rats' brains may remember odors they were exposed to while deeply anesthetized, suggests research in rats published in the April issue of Anesthesiology.
Previous research has led to the belief that sensory information is received by the brain under general anesthesia but not perceived by it. These new findings suggest the brain not only receives sensory information, but also registers the information at the cellular level while anesthetized without behavioral reporting of the same information after recovering from anesthesia.
In the study, rats were exposed to a specific odor while under general anesthesia. Examination of the brain tissue after they had recovered from anesthesia revealed evidence of cellular imprinting, even though the rats behaved as if they had never encountered the odor before.
"It raises the question of whether our brains are being imprinted during anesthesia in ways we don't recognize because we simply don't remember," said Yan Xu, Ph.D., lead author and vice chairman for basic sciences in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "The fact that an anesthetized brain can receive sensory information - and distinguish whether that information is novel or familiar during and after anesthesia, even if one does not remember receiving it - suggests a need to re-evaluate how the depth of anesthesia should be measured clinically."
Researchers randomly assigned 107 rats to 12 different anesthesia and odor exposure paradigms: some were exposed to the same odor during and after anesthesia, some to air before and an odor after, some to familiar odors, others to novel odors, and still others were not exposed to odors at all. After the rats had recovered from the anesthesia, researchers observed their behavior of looking for hidden odors or interacting with scented beads to determine their memory of the smell. Researchers then analyzed the rats' brains at a cellular level. While the rats had no memory of being exposed to the odor under anesthesia, changes in the brain tissue on a cellular level suggested the rats "remembered" the exposure to the odor under anesthesia and no longer registered the odor as novel.
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Bass Pro Shops' exterior building and site improvements for repurposing the city-owned Pyramid as a destination retailer were approved by the Design Review Board Wednesday, March 6, but the board asked for more time to digest the company's controversial signage requests.
Bass Pro Shops' exterior building and site improvements for repurposing the Pyramid as a retail store have been approved by the Design Review Board, but the board asked for more time to digest the company's controversial signage requests. Bass Pro wants internally illuminated, 66-foot high by 90-foot wide signs on all four sides of The Pyramid.
The entity of the Downtown Memphis Commission unanimously granted the Springfield, Mo.-based retailer permission to move forward on the outside components of the overall $200 million project. But Bass Pro's exterior signage package that calls for internally illuminated, 66-foot high by 90-foot wide signs on all four sides of The Pyramid were asked by the DRB and several community stakeholders to be considerably rethought.
Bass Pro and its legal counsel argued the three-foot deep, 5,490-square-foot logos were critical to its branding consistency and its ability to attract shoppers.
"If I honestly thought that it would impact your business model, I'd be the first one to say, 'OK, let's do it,'" said David Schuermann, president of Architecture Inc. "You've got a huge building, it's going to take something significant to make an impact. My question is whether you need it."
Chooch Pickard, former director of Memphis Regional Design Center, suggested neon instead of internally illuminated lighting. He added that there were more creative solutions when it comes to the individual lettering of the "Bass Pro Shops" logo rather than using a "corporate … box sign" approach.
Ray Brown, president of Ray Brown Urban Design, echoed that sentiment. He said that the "three coolest signs in Memphis" top The Peabody, the Memphis Business Journal building and the Toyota Center. None of those are internally illuminated.
"You can see all three of those signs from a long way in East Memphis," Brown said. "It's consistent with skyline that we have and would give you an equal amount of impact."
Rebecca Conrad, partner in Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, likened The Pyramid to the St. Louis arch in its iconic status for the city.
"It needs to be treated more as the symbol that it was as opposed to be tacked on," Conrad said, adding that she'd like to see the proposed 64-foot-tall pylon centered on Overton Street have more of a pedestrian scale.
As Virginia McLean of Friends for Our Riverfront pointed out, the pylon sign more than doubles the size of the former Ramesses statue and are the size of George Washington's face at Mount Rushmore.
Part of Bass Pro Shops' plan for The Pyramid include a 64-foot entry structure, which is twice of the height of the Ramesses statue that stood in the same place along Front Street when the arena was used as a sports and entertainment venue.
John S. Golwen, attorney with Bass Berry & Sims PLC representing Bass Pro, said "there's nothing new" about the site plan and the signage package. The signage exhibit to Bass Pro's lease with the city was entered into in August 2011.
"It was understood from the outset that this was an important retail project, and that for the success of that project, there had to be proper signage and a proper exterior site that was necessary to its success," Golwen said.
The 220,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World will occupy most of The Pyramid's surrounding 47-acre site and include an aquarium, museum, cabins, Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl restaurant and bowling alley, zip lines and floating docks. It's scheduled to open by the holiday season this year.
Bass Pro had to go before the DRB because the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. served as a fiscal agent for issuing bonds used to finance the project.
DMC development project manager Brett Roler said the DRB's guidelines are "somewhat at odds" with the established community goal of turning The Pyramid's contemporary but vacant structure into a destination retail store.
"Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World is designed to stand out, attract attention and fit within the set brand that's established with this company," Roler said. "The staff … has determined there needs to be a balance between Bass Pro's need and the impact on the neighborhood."
The DMC's primary focus is connecting The Pyramid to the Pinch district. The staff recommended the building have access from the east, which Bass Pro deemed unfeasible.
The staff also recommended Bass Pro keep the existing double pedestrian bridges instead of removing and replacing it with a piece of infrastructure that serves the same purpose.
Golwen said maintaining the bridge and plaza "greatly reduces" the outparcel area available fronting The Pyramid, and the new single-pedestrian bridge – spanning 10 feet across – allows for maximum development of that land.
One staff suggestion Bass Pro did comply with was reducing the amount of log cabin textures on the exterior and replacing it with glass – a big signature of the retailer's shops in other cities.
Bass Pro also changed its asphalt roof proposal to a green metal-seamed roof to make it more consistent with the existing architecture; incorporated ironwork at the east entrance structure; and removed the efface to extend greenery around The Pyramid.
Contingent on its exterior improvements and site work approval, Bass Pro was asked to submit information about operation, size and illumination of the 35-foot American flag that will pinnacle the 32-story Pyramid.
Additionally, the DRB requested a report from Memphis-based Ducks Unlimited addressing The Pyramid's lights and any interference with ducks flying overhead, per chairman Greg Price.
That came after Bass Pro architect Tom Jowett announced the plans for a Ducks Unlimited National Waterfall Heritage Center, a "very large educational and museum project" that will occupy The Pyramid's third level; the first two levels are for retail use.
The DRB's decision on Bass Pro's exterior signage package will be made on Monday, March 18, at 9 a.m. at 114 N. Main St.
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The Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy (GPHAP) is unique among health administration programs in the United States. GPHAP allows students to earn either a Certificate in Health Administration and Policy or a Certificate in Health Administration and Policy with a Concentration in Global Health, while earning a degree in one of the participating graduate schools on campus: The Booth School of Business, the Harris School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Pritzker School of Medicine, and the School of Social Service Administration.
The University of Chicago founded the first program of its type in 1934 and since that time has trained more than 1,000 leaders in the field—talented individuals now leading major medical centers, health care organizations, universities, government agencies, foundations, insurance companies, and consulting firms across the country. What makes the program so valuable is its interdisciplinary focus.
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By drawing students as well as faculty from business, public policy, law, medicine, social work, and social service administration, the GPHAP has assembled one of the richest and most diverse set of intellectual resources available to students who wish to enter the field of health care management and policy.
Increasingly, health care organizations need individuals with vision and judgment to face various economic, ethical, and social issues as well as the financial demands of this complex field. As health care professionals encounter the challenges of today's health care environment, the connection between administration and policy becomes stronger. Managers need to understand health care policy just as policymakers need to understand the operating environment of health care providers. Thus, the demand for health care professionals has broadened as the field has become more diverse, encompassing new environments, alliances, and models of care.
The next generation of health care leaders will require not only a diverse skill set, but deep interdisciplinary training in policy, management, finance, and social service delivery—the kind of training offered at the University of Chicago—in order to tackle the health care management issues of today.
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The Dancing Girls of Lahore (Paperback)
Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Pleasure District
Harper Perennial, 9780060740436, 336pp.
Publication Date: July 3, 2006
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Hardcover (7/5/2005)
The dancing girls of Lahore inhabit the Diamond Market in the shadow of a great mosque. The twenty-first century goes on outside the walls of this ancient quarter but scarcely registers within. Though their trade can be described with accuracy as prostitution, the dancing girls have an illustrious history: Beloved by emperors and nawabs, their sophisticated art encompassed the best of Mughal culture. The modern-day Bollywood aesthetic, with its love of gaudy spectacle, music, and dance, is their distant legacy. But the life of the pampered courtesan is not the one now being lived by Maha and her three girls. What they do is forbidden by Islam, though tolerated; but they are gandi, "unclean," and Maha's daughters, like her, are born into the business and will not leave it.
Sociologist Louise Brown spent four years in the most intimate study of the family life of a Lahori dancing girl. With beautiful understatement, she turns a novelist's eye on a true story that beggars the imagination. Maha, a classically trained dancer of exquisite grace, had her virginity sold to a powerful Arab sheikh at the age of twelve; when her own daughter Nena comes of age and Maha cannot bring in the money she once did, she faces a terrible decision as the agents of the sheikh come calling once more.
About the Author
Louise Brown is an academic at Birmingham University, England, and the author of several books on Asia. She frequently returns to Lahore, Pakistan.
Praise For The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Pleasure District…
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A fascinating ethnography with Bollywood flair, even at its darkest moments."
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Essential to the success of our live performances, Volunteer Ushers greet patrons as they enter the theater, walk them to their seats, provide them with programs, and return to the entrance to repeat the process (sometimes many times!). The dress code is white top, black bottoms; we ask that you arrive in professional attire. Assignments are determined by a computerized lottery, based on your specific show requests. All usher correspondence is conducted by email.
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Okay, so going to see a movie won't really get you a date but hopefully you already have one and just need an idea or place to go. So why not go see Date Night. The 2 main actors are very funny and very well know.
Now even guys will like this movie because it does have some shoot 'em up action and well the girl is pretty good looking too.
So how many married couples get an actual date night anymore? I sure the heck don't! Since we are a night family and my hubby works nights I only get to see him Monday - Friday from 1:30pm until 4:00pm then he's off to work. My full days with him are Saturday's and Sunday. Pretty sad huh? Yeah I think so too but it is what it is and we try to make the best of our time together on the weekends and during our breakfast/lunch time.
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During my professional and academic career, I have focused on clinical and collaborative studies in the fields of lung transplantation and pulmonary arterial hypertension [PAH]. Unifying these two fields has been rewarding since many patients with refractory PAH will ultimately require bilateral lung transplantation. The clinical successes of our UCLA Lung Transplant Program have been realized by our own center's studies which demonstrated, firstly, that a modified leukocyte-depleted and nutrient enriched allograft reperfusion strategy could ameliorate or prevent "reperfusion lung injury" [Ardehali A, et al. Modified reperfusion and ischemia-reperfusion injury in human lung transplantation. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003].
Secondly, that utilizing this strategy, liberalization of the traditional arbitrarily strict "donor lung criteria" permitted maintenance of outstanding clinical outcomes with benefit of increased donor availability and shortened "waiting times" for transplantation [Whiting D, et al. Liberalization of donor criteria in lung transplantation. Am Surg 2003].
Our transplant program presently performs approximately 50-60 cases per annum and ranks UCLA Medical Center among the top programs in the nation. Since its inception in 1990 through July 1, 2006; our program has performed 313 lung and heart-lung transplant procedures on a spectrum of cardiopulmonary maladies such as interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, sarcoidosis and collagen vascular diseases. Our program is among only just a few in the nation, who routinely evaluate and transplant the complex patients afflicted with scleroderma and other collagen vascular diseases [Saggar R, et al. American College of Rheumatology, 2006.].
Our median waiting time for transplantation is 4.6 months which compares quite favorably to 19.9 months for our UNOS Region 5 and 31 months for the national median waiting time. This foreshortened waiting time has resulted in a reduction in our mortality rate while awaiting transplantation - 5.4% at 18 months for our center as compared to a national mortality of 17.5% for "actively UNOS listed" transplant candidates [Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, SRTR, 2006].
Our center's lung transplant recipient survival statistics for the most recent analysis of the interval 7/1/02-12/31/04 (N=78 cases) for 1-month, 1-year, 3-year were 94%, 88%, 78% as contrasted to national rates of 95%, 84% and 64% while the 3-year survival rate was statistically higher for our center (p<.05). With the clinical availability of the pulmonary vasodilator, inhaled nitric oxide [iNO], our studies further demonstrated that the prophylactic use of iNO could not prevent acute lung injury but significantly increased the total cost of transplantation [Ardehali A, et al. A prospective trial of inhaled nitric oxide in clinical lung transplantation. Transplantation 2001]. This study resulted in an evidence-based modification of our clinical pathways such that iNO is currently only utilized for established reperfusion acute lung injury after transplantation. Collaborative studies with the basic sciences have also been promoted with our lung transplant program. As coordinated John Belperio, M.D, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid [BALF] obtained on protocol routinely after clinical lung transplantation has been interrogated for sundry mediators of airway inflammation and remodeling to thereby advance our understanding of the immunology of both acute and chronic allograft rejection.
To date these studies have focused on C-C chemokines (e.g. MCP-1/CCR2, RANTES), interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, interleukin-13 and the C-X-CR3 related chemokines as putatively contributing to allograft dysfunction. Further, collaboration with Tomas Ganz, M.D., Ph.D. and Alexander Cole, Ph.D. in the Will Rogers Institute for Pulmonary Research has highlighted a novel and potential role for the innate immune system (e.g. Beta-2-defensins) in pathogenesis of chronic lung allograft rejection [Ross DJ, et al. Increased BAL human Beta-Defensin Type 2 in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome after lung transplantation. Transplantation 2004].
We recently received grant support to pursue a novel and intriguing investigator-initiated pilot trial for recipients experiencing lung allograft rejection. This protocol, approved by our Human Subjects Protection Committee, will examine the potential immunologic and physiologic benefits of endobronchial surfactant augmentation therapy during allograft rejection. Our ultimate goals relate to the further characterization of the complicated immunologic milieu responsible for development of chronic lung allograft rejection. The prevalence of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome [BOS] or chronic rejection, has consistently been approximately two-thirds of patients by five years after lung transplantation and represents, either directly or indirectly, the leading cause of late mortality.
I have also concentrated on the subspecialty of pulmonary arterial hypertension [PAH] with emphasis on development of a "center of excellence" at UCLA Medical Center. The program integrates a consultation service, pulmonary vasodilator hemodynamic studies and participation in both collaborative basic science and clinical research. Our program has participated in multi-center Phase II/III investigations of novel therapies, including prostacyclin analogues, phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors and endothelin-receptor antagonists (ERA) for the spectrum of diseases associated with PAH.
We are presently investigating the aberrant angiogenesis of PAH and a potential role of inflammation and angiogenic C-X-C chemokines. Our pulmonary arterial hypertension program is currently spear-heading the development of a "Southern California PAH Consortium" which will promote collaboration in pivot drug trials and translational research in this field.
Department of Medicine resident involvement with both Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant as well as the Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Programs has also been realized. Residents glean experience both in the outpatient clinic and inpatient functions of these programs. Further, Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellows with special interest in these areas, have increasingly participated in these programs. Presently, a senior Fellow with expertise in transplantation, is concurrently pursuing a Masters degree in Clinical Research and will join our faculty upon its completion. He will achieve this additional subspecialty training as well as qualify for certification as a "transplant pulmonologist" with United Network for Organ Sharing [UNOS].
My goals for the future of these programs will be the further integration of the clinical with collaborative and investigator-initiated research. Due to a limited numbers of lung transplant procedures performed at any one center, coordination of multi-center investigations are required to further address numerous clinical questions relating to the optimal immunosuppression, prophylaxis against opportunistic infection and treatment of BOS. With increasing integration of these clinical programs into our Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, I anticipate the opportunity to dedicate more time to development of these vital
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Walker running for governor 2014
Second run for Valdez city attorney and Port Authority backer
Bill Walker is taking a second shot Alaska's governor's seat.
Walker made the announcement during a press conference Thursday from his home in Anchorage. Surrounded by family, including his wife Donna, their four adult children, their spouses and grandchildren, Walker told the assembled press that he was worried about the future of the state, and specifically, the current political climate in Juneau. He said he hoped to represent voters by returning to old fashioned Alaskan concepts of accountability of politicians and business interests and perhaps most importantly, a return to the values espoused by former governors who embraced the concept that Alaska is a "owner state."
"With me as governor, I will make sure the projects we've been looking at will get built," he told the Valdez Star in a brief interview after Thursday's announcement.
Walker, a lifelong Alaskan, ran for the Republican nomination in the 2010 gubernatorial primary; he netted about 33 percent of the vote, coming up short against incumbent Sean Parnell, who had taken office after the controversial resignation of Sarah Palin. Parnell took a little over 50 percent of the Republican vote in 2010, won the nomination and went on to win the election against Democratic contender Nathan Berkowitz.
Walker is well known in Prince William Sound and Copper Basin communities as the city attorney of Valdez and a well-known expert on Alaska's natural gas issues, but until the 2010 elections, was not a household name in Alaska.
That may have changed since his 2010 run.
Headlines across the state – in some cases nationwide – touted Walker as the first credible GOP candidate to toss his name in the hat for the 2014 governor's race.
Since the 2010 elections, Walker's name recognition has sky-rocketed, thanks in part to highly publicized appearances before the Alaska legislature and a weekly TV show, "On Point with Bill Walker."
A lifelong Alaskan, Walker has deep roots behind the scenes in Alaska politics and has not been shy about speaking out on issues he sees as harmful to the state's citizens, often risking the ire of the Juneau establishment.
Donna Walker, his wife of 36 years who is also an attorney and owner in the firm Walker and Richardson, introduced him before Thursday's announcement.
Standing together over the years – after marriage the couple attended law school at University of Puget Sound together – she delivered a heart-felt biography of her husband.
Walker was born in Fairbanks in April, 1951. His parents, Ed and Frances Walker, were true Alaska pioneers, she said. They met in the then Territory of Alaska having and married following Ed's service as an Alaska Scout in the Aleutians during WW II. Bill was their fourth and youngest child.
He grew up in Delta, where the whole family worked.
"As a young boy, Bill labored with his family to keep food on the table. They lived in rural Alaska working construction, publishing a weekly newspaper, owning a restaurant and taking every odd job available to any family member," she said. "In Delta, they lived in a log cabin without plumbing and ran with the buffalo at times to get to the outhouse in subzero weather. But they splurged the day Alaska became a state with ice cream cones at Delta's local A&W."
The family's construction business was on its way when disaster hit – the 1964 earthquake. The family had materials on the Valdez Dock to build a hotel, which were lost when the dock disappeared.
"Bill helped the family avoid bankruptcy by securing the post office janitorial contract at the age of twelve, continuing to work with his dad and brother to help relocate and rebuild the town of Valdez," she said.
He later put himself through college, and later became the youngest Valdez mayor at age 27.
After the press conference, Walker wasted no time in hitting the campaign trail. This, despite the fact that the primary election for the party nominations are still over a 15 months away. The primary is slated for August 26, 2014. The primary winners between the Republican and Democratic winners will face off in the general election on November 4.
Parnell has yet to publicly state his intentions in the 2014 governor's race and is widely seen as a potential US Senate candidate.


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The Chestnut Horse Barn can be built with a variety of stall layouts, side sheds and options.
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Trouble Swallowing Pills
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I have always had some difficulty swallowing pills, to the point that I have significant anxiety when I need to swallow a pill. I have completed surgery and radiation for DCIS and my doctor has prescribed 5 years of tamoxifen. While I know this is important to reduce the risk of another breast cancer, the thought of taking this pill for five years has me pretty worked up. What are my alternatives?
Carolyn Vachani RN, MSN, AOCN, OncoLink's Nurse Educator, responds:
You are correct, taking tamoxifen for five years after treatment for DCIS can reduce the risk of recurrence of the original cancer, or the development of another cancer in the same or opposite breast. There are some risks to tamoxifen, so each woman should discuss her individual case with her oncologist to weigh the risks and benefits.
Once a woman decides to take tamoxifen for five years, it is important to stick with it. This may mean dealing with side effects, including vaginal dryness, hot flashes, and weight gain, which your healthcare team can help you manage.
Now, about taking a pill every day for five years. You are not alone. One survey found that 40% of Americans reported difficulty, hesitance, or anxiety with swallowing pills. This was about twice as common in women (51%) as compared to men (27%). Of those who experience difficulty swallowing pills, 14% have delayed taking doses of their medication, 8% have skipped a dose, and 4% stopped taking their medication altogether.
Fortunately for your case, there is a new liquid formulation of tamoxifen available. This formulation is called Soltamox and is flavored with licorice and aniseed. The standard dose of tamoxifen is 20mg each day, which is equivalent to 10 milliliters of Soltamox (2 teaspoons). It can be taken with or without food. It is the same medication as a tamoxifen pill, so the side effects and benefits are the same. See our teaching sheet on tamoxifen for more information on side effects and benefits.


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Entrusting your locks to a total stranger can be a scary prospect, especially when the stranger in question doesn't speak your language. However, this doesn't mean you should suffer split ends and overgrown roots for the sake of avoiding the hairdresser. The results are often as good, if not better, than those you'd get from salons back home, for a much better price too. Basic salons offer cuts as cheap as RMB10 and equally inexpensive hair washing, combined with a head massage. However, these places usually don't have much experience with Western hair. If you're not confident in your ability to effectively communicate and procure your desired'do, it may be worth forking out extra for one of the pricier salons.
Bangs Hair Salon
Introduction: Clean white walls keep the focus on hairstyling at this minimalist salon, staffed by Japanese stylists versed in the latest Tokyo trends. A cut is RMB320, moisturizing treatment RMB350, and perms start at RMB200.
Add: Rm101, Bldg 4, Central Park, No.6 Chaoyangmen Waidajie, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6597 0578
Hrs: 10:00am-9:00pm(Tus-Sun)
C.de France Hair & Beauty Salon
Introduction: Using French products (L'Oreal and phytomer), the regularly trained staff offers haircuts (women's cuts RMB150-420), manicures, facials, waxing and more. VIP programs and discounts also available.
Add: Nali Mall, Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6417 3029
Hrs: 10:00am-8:00pm
Website: www.cdefrance.com
Eric Paris Salon - 爱丽克美容美发
Introduction: Swanky, high-quality hair salon staffed by foreign stylists who know their stuff. A range of beauty treatments are also available, including waxing, facials, and a sun bed. A basic cut ranges RMB215-385.
Add1: No.43 Sanlitun Houjie, Chaoyang District
Tel: 139 1179 8376
Add2: 123, Kerry Center Shopping Mall, No.1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
Tel: 139 1179 8376
Add3: G4-G5 Palm Springs Lifestyle Plaza, No.8 Chaoyanggongyuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 139 1007 5974
Add4: Lido Hotel, No.112, Jichanglu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 135 0107 5843
Add5: 5/F, The Westin Beijing, 9B Financial Street, Xicheng District
Tel: 139 1162 6051
Hrs: 10:00am-8:00pm
Gary Lewis Salon - 嘉笠美容美发中心
Introduction: These English-speaking stylists offer a wide range of services, including haircuts, highlights (RMB450-650), permanent color (RMB450-650), facials (RMB320-480), and mani-pedis (RMB200). Ladies' shampoo, cut and dry starts at RMB200.
Add: No.704 Pinnacle Plaza, Shunyi District
Tel: 8046 4410
Hrs: 10:00am-7:00pm
Tony & Guy - 托尼英盖
Introduction: British international hair salon offers haircuts for RMB80-380. Perms and colorings cost about RMB400-700. Surprisingly little English spoken. You can get a free haircut from a stylist-in-training at the Tony & Guy Academy (next to the Sunshine 100 location) if you're willing to accept the risk and some waiting.
Add1: Unit 303, Tower C Office Bldg, Yintai Center, 2 Jianguomen Waidajie, Chaoyang District
Tel: 8517 1292
Add2: 3 Units, 3/F, Tower 8, South Area, The Village at Sanlitun, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6417 4188
Hrs: 10:00am-10:00pm
Add3: L404, Seasons Place Shopping Center, 2 Jincheng Fangjie, Xicheng District
Tel: 6622 03168
Hrs: 10:00am-9:00pm
Add4: Rm 105-106, Block F, Sunshine 100, 2 Guanghualu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6585 9288
Hrs: 10:00am-9:00pm
Add5: 1/F, Oriental Plaza, 1 Dongchang'an Jie, Dongcheng District
Tel: 8518 2646
Hrs: 10:00am-9:00pm
Website: www.toniandguy.co.uk
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Lady Gaga Wants a Man Who Feels Divorce is Not an Option, Recalls Cocaine Wake Up Call
Lady Gaga and her actor boyfriend Taylor Kinney reportedly split, so some of the things she said in her interview with Amanda de Cadenet for a 'Conversation' interview, which aired on Lifetime Thursday night (May 3), are poignant. The chat took place before the breakup, so when she said she wants a man for whom divorce is not an option, it resonated.
Gaga looked like a pop punk nun, with her black veil and flowing, white locks … except for those dagger-like nails. Nuns don't usually have those. She spoke about the concepts of sex and love and how divorce is not viable in the Germanotta family, due to their core values.
She recalled her parents Joe and Cynthia fighting for a period when she was a young girl, and she feared they would split. But after 30 years, Papa and Mama G are the epitome of happily ever after. "My parents are more in love than they've ever been in their life," Gaga mused. "That's what I want. A man who feels the same way, about divorce not being an option and in working through everything together. You stick it out."
Gaga's a romantic at heart.
She also spoke about the cocaine years, an era she doesn't look back upon with any sort of fondness. "It would make me feel so sick," she confessed, recalling a particularly horrific come down from the narcotic. She continued, "I was bent over and I had cold water on me and I was coming down and I just felt like crap. I was drinking NyQuil, thinking, 'Please Lord Jesus Christ in heaven, let me live through the night."
Oh, the irony of a good Catholic Italian girl praying to Jesus for a little salvation while fiending after a coke binge.
Gaga said she had a wake up call, when she realized the white stuff was affecting her artistic output. "I woke up one day and thought, 'You are an a—hole,'" she admitted. "I thought, 'You are not an artist. If you were an artist, you'd be focusing on your work and not the white devil.'It's not going to make you make better music, it makes you a f—ing loser."
That's about the best anti-drug PSA we've ever heard.


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Ripon College is recognized nationally for its quality liberal arts and sciences undergraduate education. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and competes in Division III athletics as part of the Midwest Conference. The College is uniquely focused on a personal approach to education, close student-faculty relationships, small classes, robust co-curriculars and a comprehensive liberal arts and sciences curriculum.
The Chronicle of Higher Education consistently recognizes Ripon College as a "Great College to Work For." In its most recent survey of employees of colleges and universities around the country, Ripon was applauded in four categories: Healthy Faculty-Administration Relations, Collaborative Governance, Work/Life Balance, and Connection to Institution and Pride.
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Central Order Book & Large-in-Scale Facility: € 0.01 (€ 1 per contract)
Trading ceases at 17:30 CET on the third Friday of the expiry month. In the event that the third Friday is not a business day, the Last Trading Day shall normally be the last business day preceding the third Friday. For weekly options see the document "Weekly Options Lifetime and Last Trading Day" in "Related documentation"
Central Order Book 09:01 – 17:30CET
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Central order book applies a price-time trading algorithm with priority given to the first order at the best price
Large-in-Scale Facility, AtomX.
See the "Euronext Wholesale Facilities" document for the minimum size thresholds
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Exercise is possible until 19:15 CET on any business day, extended to 19:45 CET on third Fridays[2]
Weekly 1, 2, 3 monthly; 6, 9, 12 months quarterly (of the March, June, September, December cycle); 18, 24, 30, 36 months half yearly (of the June, December cycle) and 48, 60 months yearly (of the December cycle). See the document "Expiry Months Listed Per Class" in "Related documentation" to find out which expiry months are listed per class.
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Learn how Quest Data Protection solutions help more than 8,000 businesses and non-profit organizations around the globe monitor, manage and protect IT resources and data, both on-premises and in the cloud.
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