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Getting there may require the kind of flight where they have to shoo the goats off the runway, and you won't find any five-star all-inclusive resorts. But make the effort and you'll be among the lucky travelers who know, for instance, which tiny island has more than 100 rum shops, or where to be a castaway in the British Virgin Islands. Whichever island you choose, there's sure to be a local or two eager to bend your ear about how this is the real Caribbean.
Think of Terre-de-Haut as an island-size Rio, with baby-powder beaches and its own mini Sugarloaf mountain. Those that do seek out this islet off the coast of Guadeloupe are mostly French nationals on holiday (often showing enough skin to make even Brazilians blush). The two-square-mile island, one of the eight that make up the Îles des Saintes, is a rugged crescent with a picturesque, boat-filled harbor and the quaint main town of Le Bourg lined with whitewashed houses topped by red tile roofs.
**What to do: **One way to make inroads with the locals is to ask your way to Chez Cécile, a favorite bar otherwise known to casual visitors as Coconuts, where the mai tais are strong and the accras (a kind of Creole fritter) are always fresh out of the pan. For something more haute cuisine but still Creole, hike uphill to the restaurant at Auberge Les Petits Saints aux Anacardiers for smoked kingfish on the candlelit veranda and views of the harbor.
**Where to stay: **You can also spend the night at the Auberge Les Petits Saints aux Anacardiers, which has five rooms, six suites, two studio apartments, and a grand three-bedroom apartment decorated with bright Caribbean colors and island antiques. (Doubles from $171)
**Getting there: **Fly from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on American Eagle Airlines to Guadeloupe, then hop the daily 40-minute ferry to the island.
Carriacou made headlines in the early 1980s when the Cuban military came here looking for contraband guns (which turned out to be an old ship's cannon commanding a view of someone's lawn). Since then, the 13-square-mile island has slipped back into obscurity. Which is good, because you will have the gorgeous beaches all to yourself. The isolated community of fishermen, boat builders, and small-island characters provide enough clientele to support about 100 rum shops, and the locals are always happy when someone new sidles up to the bar (that is to say, a new audience for their fish stories).
What to do: Locally produced Jack Iron rum is the drink of choice; the Big Drum dance, a traditional African form of performance art, is the way to sweat it out. To see the boat builders at work, head to the village of Windward. For the daily catch, the town of Bogles at the north end of the island is where you'll find Bogles Round House and coconut-crusted mahimahi from chef Roxanne Russell. Or just grab the sunscreen and head to nearby white-sand Anse La Roche beach, which has an extensive coral garden alive with reef fish of every color, making it the island's best place to snorkel.
**Where to stay: **The Green Roof Inn, located in the main town of Hillsborough, has five rooms with a common veranda looking out to sea, and a garden-view cottage surrounded by palms. (Doubles from $70)
**Getting there: **Fly from Miami to Grenada, then take the daily 20-minute flight on SVG to Carriacou.
A third of Culebra is a national wildlife refuge visited annually by 50,000 seabirds drawn to its tropical forests, grassland, and mangroves. The hot spot for human visitors, however, is Flamenco Beach, where mainland Puerto Ricans come to camp, party, and dance on the long stretch of white sand. Sip a rum drink and work up the courage to join the couples dancing the bomba, and you'll see why this tiny island is Puerto Rico's best-kept secret.
**What to do: **Two rival watering holes compete for the best place to spread cheer and rumors, especially among the expat community: Mamacita's, where the blender is always buzzing, and the Dinghy Dock (787-742-0581), whose quirky cast of regulars makes you feel like you're part of the island family. If you tire of the noisy cultural exchange, hire a water taxi departing from the pier in Dewey, the island's main town, for a 40-minute ride out to the perfect beaches on the islet of Culebrita (pictured), where Playa Tortuga's shallow tidal pools are like natural bathtubs. You will feel as far as you are going to get from home without needing a passport.
**Where to stay: **Above the bar at Mamacita's are ten pastel-colored rooms, with soundproof windows to block out the noise from the party below and breezy balconies with sea views. (Doubles from $89)
Getting there: Fly 30 minutes from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Culebra on Air Flamenco, or take the 90-minute ferry from Fajardo at the east end of mainland Puerto Rico.
Anegada is unlike virtually all the other green, cloud-piercing British Virgin Islands, and its flat and featureless topography has earned it the nickname "the Odd Virgin." Extensive coastal reefs have put it off-limits to all but the most experienced boat charters, giving the isle an irresistible castaway allure.
**What to do: **The coral reefs create excellent snorkeling, particularly off the beach at Loblolly Bay on the northeast coast, and also provide a refuge for the spiny lobsters that are the focus of Anegada's feasts. Favorite eateries among the boating crowd are the restaurant at Cow Wreck Beach Resort, whose conch fritters pair well with the rum-based Cow Killer cocktail (famous for its over-the-counter medicinal value), and the Big Bamboo (284-495-2019) on Loblolly Bay, where the lobster is so fresh it practically walks itself onto your plate.
**Where to stay: **Although a few rooms have recently been renovated, the Anegada Reef Hotel's 20 motel-standard accommodations are far from fancy, with simple furnishings and no TVs, but the beachfront location will make you happily overlook any shortcomings. (Doubles from $160)
**Getting there: **Fly 45 minutes from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Anegada on Caribbean Wings. Or if you're already on the British Virgin Islands, take the ferry from Tortola; the hour-long crossing is made three times weekly.
Statia, as this eight-square-mile island is often called, was America's original best friend forever. In 1776, the island became the first foreign state to officially recognize the United States, and for many years it prospered greatly from the relationship, largely by serving as a major arms dealer. But as any 13-year-old girl can tell you, BFFs rarely last forever, and over time Statia was forgotten. Today, it's an example of how sleepy the Caribbean used to be, with a few simple places to stay and eat, a little bit of history to contemplate, and some great diving.
**What to do: **On the water at Gallows Bay, Smoke Alley Bar & Grill (599-318-2002) serves an eclectic menu that includes Texas-size hamburgers. For divers, St. Eustatius National Marine Park surrounds the entire coast and offers drop-off walls, volcanic fingers, and boulder slides. To see them, nonresidents must dive with a local company. Golden Rock Dive Center can show you natural sites and underwater wrecks (including a 320-foot ship sunk in 2003 to form an artificial reef off the southern coast) that may make your guides your new BFFs.
**Where to stay: **All of the dozen rooms at the cliff-top Kings Well Resort offer pleasant sea views, but to truly relax here you have to be comfy with the owner's menagerie of dogs, cats, and macaws. (Doubles from $120)
**Getting there: **Fly from St. Maarten on Winair's daily 20-minute puddle-jump to the island.
The Turks + Caicos most people know consists of stretches of oceanfront high-rises that wouldn't look out of place on Miami Beach. Conversely, this flat speck of island off the coast of Grand Turk hasn't changed much since sea salt production trickled to a halt decades ago, leaving behind a landscape of man-made salt ponds and, on the north coast, miles of empty white-sand beaches. For years, there's been talk of a major resort taking over the island, but so far the talk has remained mostly that, and the tiny community of locals and expats goes on its own quiet way.
**What to do: **Excitement on the island might be that a wild donkey takes a bite out of a visitor's unguarded paperback, or humpback whales are sighted just offshore as they migrate south from December through April. To hear the stories about these events told (and retold), head for Porter's Island Thyme restaurant, Salt Cay's social hub on the harbor. But don't let the slow pace of life on the island fool you: There is plenty of action to be had if you follow the lead of Crystal Seas Adventures, which can arrange scuba diving, whale watching, birding outings, and tours of the old salt operations.
**Where to stay: **Twilight Zone Cottage, with its two bedrooms and big, airy living room/kitchen, is a short walk from just about everything on the island, including the harbor._ (Cottage from $90 a night)_
**Getting there: **Fly to the Turks + Caicos main island of Providenciales, then hop Caicos Express Airways' 25-minute flight to Salt Cay, four times weekly.
This most rugged of Caribbean islands (pronounced Dom-in-eek-a) was for a long time so little known that mail sent here would occasionally end up in the Dominican Republic. The terrain is mountainous and there are a few beaches, meaning that those who do travel here bring hiking boots along with their bathing suits.
**What to do: **Treks through rain forests reward you with a chance to swim in waterfalls, spot such rare birds as the green and blue Sisserou parrot, and peer (carefully) down into aptly named Boiling Lake, one of many hints that the interior of the island is a witch's brew of geothermal activity. Divers, too, see Dominica as an adventure destination. Soufriere/Scotts Head Marine Reserve, within the confines of a giant submerged volcanic crater, offers drop-offs, pinnacles, and fumaroles. Dive Dominica gets you out onto the water with a fleet of five boats based southwest of the capital, Roseau.
**Where to stay: **Perch yourself on a forested hillside within earshot of the surf at Jungle Bay Resort & Spa, whose 35 cottages are elevated on stilts among cedar, gommier, and galba trees. (Doubles from $188)
**Getting there: **Flights on American Eagle from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Dominica's Melville Hall Airport take an hour and a half.
This hot little island has seen some tough times of late. It was once a hangout for rock 'n' roll stars such as Elton John and Paul McCartney, who traveled from far and wide to record at George Martin's famous studio. But six years after Hurricane Hugo devastated the island in 1989, volcanic eruptions began that would eventually bury the now-abandoned capital of Plymouth under a Pompeii-like layer of ash, rock, and mud, which has turned the southern half the island into an off-limits "exclusion zone."
**What to do: **It is possible to view the volcanic aftermath and the fiery troublemaker, Soufrière Hills volcano, at a distance from lookouts at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory and Jack Boy and Garibaldi hills or by boat tour from local dive outfit Green Monkey. Parts of the island are still unspoiled, though. To the north, which still retains the tropical forests that once inspired the nickname Emerald Isle, hiking continues to be popular, especially along routes such as the Katy Hill trail and the Oriole Walkway, where one can listen for the national bird, the rare Montserrat oriole. The most upscale dining is at Ziggy's Restaurant in Woodlands, although some of the less fancy establishments, such as the People's Place in Fogarty Hill (664-491-7528), are likely to do a better job with Goat Water, a local stew specialty.
**Where to stay: **The four simple mountainside rooms at Gingerbread Hill, where you can practically reach out from your veranda to pick bananas and mangoes, are looked after by a host who often has a parrot on his shoulder. (Doubles from $45)
**Getting there: **There are several daily 20-minute flights from Antigua on sister airlines Fly Montserrat or SVG.


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Test Overview
The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) measures the body's ability to use a type of sugar, called glucose, that is the body's main source of energy. An OGTT can be used to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes . An OGTT is most commonly done to check for diabetes that occurs with pregnancy ( gestational diabetes ).
Why It Is Done
The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is done to:
- Check pregnant women for gestational diabetes.
- Diagnose prediabetes and diabetes.
How To Prepare
Glucose tolerance diagnostic test
To prepare for the glucose tolerance diagnostic test:
- Eat a balanced diet that contains at least 150 grams (g) of carbohydrates a day for 3 days before the test. Fruits, breads, cereals, grains, rice, crackers, and starchy vegetables such as potatoes, beans, and corn are good sources of carbohydrates.
- Do not eat, drink, smoke, or exercise strenuously for at least 8 hours before your first blood sample is taken.
- Tell your doctor about all prescription and nonprescription medicines you are taking. You may be instructed to stop taking certain medicines before the test.
The glucose tolerance diagnostic test may take up to 4 hours. Since activity can interfere with test results, you will be asked to sit quietly during the entire test. Do not eat during the test. You may drink only water during this time.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, or how it will be done. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form (What is a PDF document?) .
How It Is Done
Glucose tolerance diagnostic test
On the day of testing, the following steps will be done:
- A blood sample will be collected when you arrive. This is your fasting blood glucose value. It provides a baseline for comparing other glucose values.
- You will be asked to drink a sweet liquid containing a measured amount of glucose. It is best to drink the liquid quickly. For the standard glucose tolerance test, you will drink 75 grams or 100 grams.
- Blood samples will be collected at timed intervals of 1, 2, and sometimes 3 hours after you drink the glucose. Blood samples may also be taken as soon as 30 minutes to more than 3 hours after you drink the glucose.
Blood test
The health professional taking a sample of your blood will:
- Wrap an elastic band around your upper arm to stop the flow of blood. This makes the veins below the band larger so it is easier to put a needle into the vein.
- Clean the needle site with alcohol.
- Put the needle into the vein. More than one needle stick may be needed.
- Attach a tube to the needle to fill it with blood.
- Remove the band from your arm when enough blood is collected.
- Apply a gauze pad or cotton ball over the needle site as the needle is removed.
- Apply pressure to the site and then a bandage.
How It Feels
You may find it hard to drink the extremely sweet glucose liquid. Some people feel sick after drinking the glucose liquid and may vomit. Vomiting may prevent you from completing the test on that day.
The blood sample is taken from a vein in your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or pinch.
You may feel faint from having several blood samples taken in one day. But the amount of blood taken will not cause significant blood loss or anemia.
Some people's blood glucose levels drop very low toward the end of the test. But some people feel like their sugar levels are low, when their levels actually are not low. Symptoms of low blood glucose include weakness, hunger, sweating, and feeling nervous or restless. If you develop these symptoms during the test, you may have your sugar level checked quickly with a glucose meter. If your level is very low, the test will be stopped.
There is very little risk of a problem from having blood drawn from a vein.
- You may develop a small bruise at the puncture site. You can reduce the risk of bruising by keeping pressure on the site for several minutes after the needle is withdrawn.
- In rare cases, the vein may become inflamed after the blood sample is taken. This condition is called phlebitis and is usually treated with a warm compress applied several times daily.
The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) measures the body's ability to use a type of sugar, called glucose, that is the body's main source of energy.
The normal values listed here-called a reference range-are just a guide. These ranges vary from lab to lab, and your lab may have a different range for what's normal. Your lab report should contain the range your lab uses. Also, your doctor will evaluate your results based on your health and other factors. This means that a value that falls outside the normal values listed here may still be normal for you or your lab.
|75 g of glucose
|Less than or equal to 100 milligrams per deciliter ( mg/dL ) or 5.6 millimoles per liter ( mmol/L) footnote 1
|Less than 184 mg/dL or less than 10.2 mmol/L footnote 2
|Less than 140 mg/dL or less than 7.7 mmol/L footnote 2
You have prediabetes if the results of your oral glucose tolerance test are 140 to 199 mg/dL (2 hours after the beginning of the test).
But with screening for gestational diabetes in pregnant women, the American Diabetes Association has recommended specific glucose values be used for diagnosis.
|Values that indicate gestational diabetes.
|75 g of glucose
More than or equal to 92 mg/dL or 5.1 mmol/L
More than or equal to 180 mg/dL or 10.0 mmol/L
More than or equal to 153 mg/dL or 8.5 mmol/L
|100 g of glucose
More than or equal to 140 mg/dL or 7.8 mmol/L
High values
High glucose levels may be caused by:
- Diabetes.
- Gestational diabetes.
- Hyperthyroidism.
- Some medicines, such as corticosteroids , niacin, phenytoin (Dilantin), some diuretics , and some medicines used to treat high blood pressure, HIV, or AIDS.
- Large amounts of the hormone cortisol in the blood ( Cushing's syndrome ).
- Inherited diseases, such as hemochromatosis .
- Pheochromocytoma .
Low values
Low glucose levels may be caused by:
- Certain medicines, such as medicines used to treat diabetes, some blood pressure medicines (such as propranolol), and some medicines for depression (such as isocarboxazid).
- Decreased production of the hormones cortisol and aldosterone ( Addison's disease ).
- Problems with the thyroid gland or an underactive pituitary gland .
- A tumor or other problems of the pancreas.
- Liver disease.
Many conditions can change blood glucose levels. Your doctor will discuss any significant abnormal results with you in relation to your symptoms and past health.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Smoking.
- Alcohol.
- Recent surgery, illnesses, and infectious diseases.
- Weight loss through dieting.
- Long periods of bed rest (such as from a hospitalization or illness).
What To Think About
When screening for gestational diabetes, a test might be done before the 100-gram oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). For the first test, you will not need to fast. You will drink 50 grams of glucose. Your blood sample will be taken 1 hour later. If your glucose level is high-for example, over 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L)-you will be asked to take the second test, the 100-gram OGTT.
Even though your gestational diabetes will probably go away after your baby is born, you are at risk for gestational diabetes if you become pregnant again and for type 2 diabetes later in life. You may also have a follow-up glucose tolerance test 4 to 12 weeks after your baby is born or after you stop breastfeeding your baby. If the results of this test are normal, you will still need to be screened for diabetes at least every 3 years.
- American Diabetes Association (2017). Standards of medical care in diabetes-2017. Diabetes Care, 40(Suppl 1): S1-S135. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/40/Supplement_1. Accessed December 15, 2016.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- American Diabetes Association (2014). Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care, 37(Suppl 1): S81-S90. DOI: 10.2337/dc14-S081. Accessed April 27, 2017.
Other Works Consulted
- American Diabetes Association (2017). Standards of medical care in diabetes-2017. Diabetes Care, 40(Suppl 1): S1-S135. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/40/Supplement_1. Accessed December 15, 2016.
- Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2013). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 6th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby.
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Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
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David C.W. Lau, MD, PhD, FRCPC - Endocrinology
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Digital music is already a remarkably easy thing to consume, as far as entertainment goes — or anything else for that matter. It's pretty much everywhere you look, so long as you only look at things that have screens. But when it comes to providing a "lean back" experience, meaning that the consumer is left to consume passively rather than "leaning forward" to seek out what they want actively, Automatic DJ takes the cake.
If you have a face, and use Facebook, you can make a party-worthy personalized playlist with Automatic DJ by simply standing in the right place at the right time. (Bonus points for leaning back.)
According to its creators Ben Gleitzman and Brian Brennan, Automatic DJ leans on a whole heap of APIs to work its magic:
- Face (facial recognition -> Facebook)
- Hunch (Facebook -> music recommendations)
- The Echo Nest (music recommendation -> more danceable music recommendations)
- Spotify (more danceable music recommendations -> streamable track[s])
- Boxee (wrapping the whole thing in something pretty)
All of that trickery adds up to a really neat app that, using no input other than a picture of your face, can generate and play a dance-optimized playlist to express your musical taste to an entire party's worth of people — not bad for a day's work at Music Hack Day New York.
Gleitzman and Brennan designed this "passive music selection system" specifically for parties, which is a fine idea because it's one of the best party tricks we've ever seen.
Unfortunately, though, you'll need to be a bit of a hacker yourself to use it. The source code is available on GitHub.


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When will info regarding share buy backs be released?
When will info regarding share buy backs be released?
Maybe next C.C. due 1st wk of May.
Didn't we see similar dips surrounding buy backs? (Anyone know? I don't have time right now to research)
Quote Originally Posted by airman
"I would like to think sooner, but 7/21 is my guess. Unfortunately there is a H & S formation that could possibly take us down to 3.04ish too... hope it fails but there is something out there trying to push weak hands out."
Dang I was hoping I would be wrong and the technical weakness would not play out. 3.09 low as I write
I still feel in my gut that this is all related to Siri buying back shares. There is no obvious technical reason for the decay. Even if the CC is predicted to show a slower growth, the sp should not collapse as much. Head and shoulders, I am not convinced. Maybe if there was extreme technical weakness or being overbought. I suspect that as soon as all the shares are consumed, up goes the sp... Unless of course I am profoundly wrong, which could be the case. Seems like we are also dragging Liberty down with us. Wonder if Malone is concerned or sitting back smoking a fat cigar?
Finally a reason!
"NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is down 4.14% to $3.12 following a report by re/code that Apple's nascent iTunes Radio platform had reached a deal with National Public Radio to stream the channel. "
Seriously? One more reason to believe...
Also with the large amount of float. The stock can really be pushed at times. Hopefully though SIRI is taking advantage of this and buying those shares. That puts more value back into our shares when we finally get out of the grip of this technical weakness. The fundamentals will eventually pull us out of this pattern.
The chart from March 1st on looks absolutely ridiculous. ALL huge red candles all month except for that one F'n day. What a joke.


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Join our Monthly Trivia Night, were you can eat.drink.think at Tessora's Barra di Vino starting at 6:30pm.
Teams of 4 people or less will be eligible for first and second place prizes, using their brains only to get the answers. Questions will be from a wide range of topics like history, science, entertainment, government, current events, sports, local trivia, etc. So come in to challenge your minds, make some friends and drink some fine wines!
The evening will be on a first come first serve bases. This is a 21 and over event.


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The Freedom Of Information Act aims to promote greater openness in Government by giving anyone (including individuals, the press, politicians, companies and those living outside the district) the right to be told about, and given access to, any information that the Council holds.It is intended to facilitate better public understanding of how authorities carry out their duties, why they make the decisions they do and how they spend public money. However, a limited number of exemptions may be applied to protect some information that truly warrants such protection from disclosure. The Act requires that all requests must be in writing (to include e-mails); to state clearly what information is required; and state the name of the applicant and an address for correspondence. The Council has twenty working days to respond to such requests.
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Role of Proteasomes in a Dermatological Autoimmune Disease: Bullous Pemphigoid
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01559155
Recruitment Status : Terminated (recruitment difficulties)
First Posted : March 21, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 11, 2018
|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date
|March 19, 2012
|First Posted Date
|March 21, 2012
|Last Update Posted Date
|May 11, 2018
|Actual Study Start Date
|November 5, 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|June 9, 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures
|Plasmatic concentration of anti-proteasome autoantibodies (ng/ml) [ Time Frame: baseline ]
|Original Primary Outcome Measures
|Same as current
|Change History
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures
|Same as current
|Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures
|Not Provided
|Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title
|Role of Proteasomes in a Dermatological Autoimmune Disease: Bullous Pemphigoid
|Official Title
|Role of Proteasomes in a Dermatological Autoimmune Disease: Bullous Pemphigoid
|Brief Summary
|The primary objective of this study is to describe and compare plasmatic anti-proteasome auto-antibody concentrations among three distinct groups: (1) patients suffering from bullous pemphigoide; (2) patients suffering from other dermatological auto-immune diseases; (3) an elderly control group.
|Detailed Description
The secondary objectives of this study are:
To compare the following parameters between the 3 groups:
To explore the potential relationships between:
To characterize plasmatic anti-proteasome auto-antibodies in patients suffering from bullous pemphigoide and other dermatological auto-immune diseases (other bullous auto immune diseases: pemphigus, cutaneous lupus, ...).
To characterize the expression and the activity of proteasomes in skin samples, in plasma and in circulating mononuclear cells in patients with bullous pemphigoide.
|Study Type
|Study Design
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Target Follow-Up Duration
|Not Provided
|Retention: Samples With DNA
All left over plasma samples will be incorporated into the biological collection at the Nîmes University Hospital.
|Sampling Method
|Non-Probability Sample
|Study Population
|The study population is composed of three groups: (1) 50 patients with newly diagnosed (untreated) bullous pemphigoid, (2) 50 control patients matched for age and sex with the previous group and (3) 30 patients with other dermatological auto-immune disease (15 pemphigus + 15 cutaneous lupus).
|Not Provided
|Study Groups/Cohorts
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|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status
|Actual Enrollment
|Original Estimated Enrollment
|Actual Study Completion Date
|June 9, 2015
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|June 9, 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
For the bullous pemphigoid group:
For the pemphigus group:
For the lupus group:
For the control group:
Exclusion Criteria:
For patients with bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus or lupus:
For the controls:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Guest Post: Jacqueline Woodson
For my post, I'm focusing on my YA hero, Jacqueline Woodson. Seriously, people, my admiration and love for this writer's work borders girl crush. Ms. Woodson is prolific and talented; she is the standard to aim for.
Ms. Woodson is my favorite YA author for many reasons; two include her ability to examine stereotypes without banging the reader over the head, and her insights are subtle but poignant. The author is lesbian, African American and a parent. Now I don't know many authors with this combination of experiences and identity in the YA field of writers. I think her experiences allow her to identify on many levels in ways that come across authentic to a broad spectrum of readers.
When Ms. Woodson explores race and sexual orientation, it's always in the context of personal relationships. Her language and the dialogue between characters aren't political but intimate and this matters. It is much easier to examine social mores and societal norms in the context of our personal lives. I think so anyway. In Woodson's work, race and sexual orientation are integral elements of the work but they never overwhelm a story. The stories are always about the character's growth and ability to address conflicts both internal and external. In other words, she doesn't preach. She nudges young people to examine their own ideas and feelings on their terms.
Ms. Woodson is a prolific writer (22 titles to date) and I intend to read her entire collection. Below is a short list of what I have read and a brief annotation for each.
The House You Pass On The Way- Stagerlee negotiates feelings of her place among her family, how she feels about the legacy of her grandparents and questioning her budding sexuality.
From The Notebooks of Melanin Sun- Melanin is beautifully, wonderfully dark. He and his mother have a close and strong bond. This summer he has his first real crush. His mother falls in love, too. When she tells him she loves a woman, a white woman no less, they struggle to come to terms how this new person fits in their world.
Locomotion- Lonnie lost his parents in a fire. His teacher introduces him to poetry and Lonnie expresses his frustrations, his love for his sister and his dream for them to be reunited.
The Dear One- Feni lives with her professional mom, is adjusting to being away from her estranged dad and if that wasn't enough, her mother tells her they're having a house guest for a few months: her mom's friend's pregnant daughter. Feni has a lot to learn about her own stereotyping and herself.
If You Come Softly- Miah and Elly fall in love. It's first love and like first love there are pangs but for this interracial couple race isn't the only issue they have to tackle.
After Tupac and D. Foster – Like many parents I didn't understand the appeal of hip hop or this icon. Woodson illustrates why the musical icon and the culture matter so much to a generation. Three young girls with distinct personalities and different family backgrounds discover more about themselves as they leave the innocence of childhood behind.
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23 comments:
- Ana S. said...
ability to examine stereotypes without banging the reader over the head, and her insights are subtle but poignant.
Even though I've only read two of her books so far, I absolutely agree with this. I must read more.
- February 19, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- Cass said...
Great post! I've read Lena and The House You Pass on the Way, which I'm reviewing for this month's mini-challenge. I'm excited to read more of her books.
- February 19, 2010 at 4:01 PM
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- February 19, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- Tea said...
I should have put more thought in my post. I write so early in the morning. Then, I write more in a comment. By now I'm pooped. Please excuse the brevity of my last comment. I'm just exhausted by this end of day. Thank you for putting all of these wonderful authors past and present together for Black History Month. This month is so important to me. All of you have shown it means just as much or more to you. Thank you.
- February 19, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- Amanda said...
Susan did a wonderful job with this post. I need to read something by Jacqueline Woodson. :)
- February 19, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- Robby said...
She sounds so great! I'm eager to read If You Come Softly. It sounds wonderful! :]
- February 19, 2010 at 7:02 PM
- Color Online said...
If You Come Softly is beautiful. I hope you enjoy it. Please let me know if you review.
Thanks all for the kind words. Woodson rocks.
- February 19, 2010 at 7:30 PM
- Amy said...
Perfectly said, you really sum up why I love her work so much!
- February 19, 2010 at 7:38 PM
One of my favorite books by Jacqueline Woodson is I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This. there are very few books written for teens that explore friendship across racial lines. Issues such as class and sexual abuse are handled skillfully but the most important thing: the ability to connect with another who understands is the real power that carries this book. It was way ahead of its time.
- February 19, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- Color Online said...
I read both I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This and Lena and I agree. We rarely look at socio-economics and friendships across race that feel real.
At our library, IHMTY was one of those book I made sure we had. Girls checked it out and I didn't need to ask why they were interested.
- February 19, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- Color Online said...
Thanks, Amy.
- February 19, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- MissA said...
I can tell I'm totally missing out on her work, I should be starting If You Come Softly soon and I'm excited :) I love an author who isn't too preachy but still gets their point across in an enjoyable/heartfelt way.
Great post susan and I'm so glad that word is spreading about this wonderful author! She is a much needed voice in the YA/MG lit world.
- February 19, 2010 at 9:06 PM
- Jeannine said...
I have been studying her picture books to aid my own writing. I recently ventured into her YA stuff. Is there anything she can't do? Great interview.
- February 20, 2010 at 7:44 AM
- Tarie Sabido said...
WOW. Her work sounds amazing. I have only read Feathers. Her other books sound even better than Feathers!
- February 20, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Kelly said...
Jacqueline Woodson is an amazing writer. And her stories are equally eloquent and powerful no matter what genre she chooses. I've always been drawn to her picture books. Coming on Home Soon and Visiting Day are two of my favorites. Then I startd reading her MGs like Locomotion, Peace, Locomotion and Feathers and was blown away again. Then, I read After Tupac and D Foster and my admiration grew even more.
Thanks, Susan, for a great post on an incredible author who's an inspiration to so many. She was a vanguard author for the 28 Days Later campaign last year. You can check out an interview with her in The Brown Bookshelf archives.
- February 20, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Jenny said...
Thanks for sharing this - I have heard wonderful things about Jacqueline Woodson but I haven't been sure where to start. These look like great recommendations!
- February 20, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- Staci said...
I loved reading this post about Woodson. I find her writing poetic and beautiful. I loved If You Come Softly and Behind You....some of my favorite YA to-date.
- February 20, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- Shewrites said...
She's an amazing writer. Thanks for this post!
- February 20, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- evelyn.n.alfred said...
I ordered Autobiography of a Family Photo: A Novel, by Ms. Woodson after reading your article. Great post Susan.
- February 20, 2010 at 11:35 PM
- Ali said...
Nice summary post. The couple of Woodson novels I've started haven't grabbed me for some reason. Knowing how much you love her inspires me to keep trying until I find the right one, though.
- February 21, 2010 at 1:27 AM
- susan said...
Thanks all,
Ali I don't remember which ones you met. She's written 22. I hope you find something but sometimes a writer doesn't resonate with us.
Patricia, thanks for commenting. I found a new blog.
Evelyn, I need a new Woodson title but I'm currently being influenced by the multiple challenges I'm in and it can be overwhelming though still fun. I'm trying to not go to my favorites first.
- February 21, 2010 at 7:59 AM
I'm familiar with her picture books as well. There is definitely something for everyone in her bibliography.
Thank you for such a great post, Susan. I learned much about her work.
- February 22, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Natasha @ Maw Books said...
I only discovered Woodson two years ago and have been working my way through her entire backlist. Right when I think her books can't get any better, then I read another. Fantastic author.
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SANDY, Utah (Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012) – Real Salt Lake returns to MLS play on Friday, Aug. 24, when it will take on the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park in Chester, Pa at 5:30 p.m. MT. The match will be broadcast live nationally on the NBC Sports Network and can be heard locally on ESPN700 AM and Juan 1600 AM/La Gran D 102.3 FM.
Friday's match is the last in a busy three-game in six-day stretch that saw RSL fall 2-1 at home to Western Conference rival FC Dallas last Saturday and beat Panamanian club Tauro FC 2-0 in CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage play at Rio Tinto Stadium on Tuesday night.
While Tuesday's win over Tauro ended RSL's four-game losing streak across all competitions, RSL is still on a bit of a skid in MLS play, losing its last three league matches dating back to Aug. 4. The Claret-and-Cobalt needs a win against Philadelphia to get back into the race for the Supporters Shield, in which they currently trail league-leading San Jose by five points.
This matchup is the first – and only – time RSL will faceoff against the Union in the 2012 MLS regular season. Philadelphia has had a down year, struggling for results before firing former head coach Peter Nowak in June. The team has made some strides under new manager John Hackworth, but the club is still well out of playoff position, sitting in eighth-place in the East with just 24 points through 22 games.
Philadelphia last played on Sunday, tying D.C. United 1-1 in the nation's capital. The match got a bit crazy in the final minutes, with D.C. missing a penalty kick following an encroachment call in the 87th minute before Union DF Sheanon Williams was ejected in the 95th. Williams, a U.S. U-23 national team player, will be suspended for Friday's game due to that red card.
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Federal panel to probe Birmingham church bombing that killed four girls
By Jerry Mitchell, Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer
A federal grand jury in Alabama will begin to hear evidence Oct. 27 regarding the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham church that killed four little girls.
It's the start of a process that could lead to indictments in the 35-year-old case. "We're going to use the grand jury to help ferret out evidence in the case," Andrew Bringuel, special agent for the FBI in Birmingham, said Friday.
Bringuel would not discuss what was being presented to the panel, but said, "I can tell you some positive things are happening in the investigation."
Developments are taking place just after the 35th anniversary of the Sept. 15, 1963, dynamiting of the 16th Street Baptist Church. Four girls — Denise McNair, 11, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson, all 14 — were sitting in the basement when an explosion ripped through the building, killing them and injuring 20 others.
Their killings became a seminal moment in the civil rights movement. "God still has a way of wringing good out of evil," Martin Luther King Jr. told those gathered at the funeral. "The innocent blood of these little girls may well serve as the redemptive force that will bring new light to this dark city."
The FBI decided to dive into the past after Robert Langford, then in charge of the FBI office in Birmingham, heard after he took over in 1993 that many in the black community believed the FBI had never seriously pursued the bombing.
Langford assigned an agent to look into the case. What that agent found — documents listing potential witnesses who were now willing to talk — led to the case in 1996 being formally reopened.
Those documents also identified a Ku Klux Klan chapter in Birmingham, Klavern 13, as responsible for the bombing and other attacks. One FBI report listed three eyewitnesses who saw Klansman Robert Chambliss and three other men at the church around 2 a.m., about eight hours before the explosion.
Although the FBI suspected a number of Klansmen in plotting and carrying out the bombing, only Chambliss was prosecuted and convicted of the crime in 1977.
When the FBI's probe became public last year, media attention focused on Bobby Frank Cherry, a former Alabama pipe fitter the agency identified as belonging to Klavern 13.
Contacted Friday, Cherry, who now lives in Mabank, Texas, called the ongoing investigation "a bunch of baloney."
He admitted being in the Klan, but denied any part in the bombing. "I wasn't even involved, didn't know anything about the mess until I heard it on TV," he said.
It was impossible for the Klan to have firebombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, Cherry said. "You couldn't have gotten within 20 miles of it. Hell, there were cars all around the place."
He said the girls weren't killed by the Klan but by Birmingham police, the FBI and members of then-Gov. George Wallace's staff.
"Hell, all of his officials belonged to the Klan," he said. "There's going to be a book wrote on it pretty soon."
Cherry said he campaigned for Wallace and then worked for the new Alabama governor as a lieutenant colonel, an honorary position that carried no official position or pay. Some of those responsibilities included serving as a bodyguard for Wallace, Cherry said.
He criticized law enforcement officers who belonged to the Klan. "It's wrong," he said. "If you're police, you ought to be police. If you're a Ku Kluxer, you ought to be a Ku Kluxer and you ought to be good at it."
He said he knew the suspects in the dynamiting — Chambliss, Thomas E. Blanton Jr. and Herman Frank Cash. He said they had nothing to do with the bombing.
As for Chambliss, "I think he was covering up for people," Cherry said. "All he (Cash) done wrong was drank whiskey."
Chambliss died in prison in 1985. Cash died in 1994. Blanton could not be reached for comment.
Cherry said the FBI thinks he knows more than he's saying. An FBI document claims a lie-detector test indicated he had previously bombed a house and was withholding information about the Birmingham bombing.
The truth, he said, is that he had left the Klan by the time the killings took place. "Hell, I didn't know nothing about it."
He criticized Spike Lee's recent documentary Four Little Girls as "a bunch of baloney. A bunch of those people were lying. You could tell by looking at them."
U.S. Attorney Doug Jones said it may be possible to pursue federal charges since interstate transportation of dynamite carried no statute of limitations in 1963.
"A straight civil rights act would," he said. "We are working closely with the state and the district attorney's office."
Should the evidence prove sufficient to go to trial, authorities will try to determine if it best belongs in state or federal court, Jones said.
"The FBI wouldn't be involved if we weren't involved in exploring criminal charges," Bringuel said.
Jefferson County District Attorney David Barber said he plans to prosecute if there's enough evidence to support a murder charge. "There's no statute on homicide."
The 1963 bombing is something neither he nor Birmingham can forget, he said. "That's the year I graduated from high school."
Pulitzer Prize-winner Taylor Branch, whose books chronicle the civil rights movement, said the bombing led to the Selma march and the voting rights movement.
"This grand jury was the way this country should have responded in the first place. . . . If the crime was unspeakable, then it has been unspeakably shameful that the country has not been able to respond to the crime until now."


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings are ethnic Chechen brothers who spent much of their lives away from the breakaway Russian republic and showed few signs of radicalism in the United States, friends and relatives say.
Much is still unknown about Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Cambridge residents identified by a national security official as suspects in the twin bombings that killed three people and wounded 176 on Monday.
Tamerlan, 26, who dreamed of Olympic boxing glory, was killed in a shootout late on Thursday. Dzhokhar, 19, described as a low-profile student in high school, was the target of a massive manhunt on Friday.
The men's uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, said he had not spoken with them since 2009 and urged Dzhokhar to turn himself in.
"He put a shame on our family. He put a shame on the entire Chechen ethnicity," Tsarni said outside his home in suburban Washington.
Asked what was behind the attack, Tsarni said: "I say what I think what's behind it - being losers. Not being able to settle themselves and thereby hating everyone who did."
Dzhokhar said on his page on VK, a Russian-language social media site, that he went to primary school in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a province in Russia's Caucasus region that borders Chechnya.
He graduated in 2011 from Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, a public school near Harvard University in Cambridge. His "World view" is listed as "Islam" and his "personal priority" is "career and money.
He had enrolled at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and a high school classmate, Eric Machado, told CNN that Dzhokhar had shown no "tell-tale signs of malicious behaviour."
"We partied. We hung out. We were good high school friends," he said.
Machado recalled that Dzhokhar once said something in conversation about terrorism, but there was "no evidence that would lead any of us to believe that he would be capable of this."
Luke O'Neill, 21, a neighbour in Cambridge, said he had last seen the younger man this past winter. He said the family kept to themselves and he often would see Dzhokhar walking alone.
But although an unidentified former classmate described Dzhokhar to Boston television station WBZ as the "class clown," his VK page showed links to Islamic websites and others calling for Chechen independence.
School officials in Dagestan said the family had left for the United States in March 2002 before after arriving the previous year from Kyrgyzstan as refugees.
"The children - there were four of them - were admitted to the School No. 1," the headmaster, Emirmagomed Davydov, told Reuters Television. "The whole family arrived together and left together."
U.S. officials said the brothers were in the United States legally.
Tamerlan, the older brother, had been a part-time accounting student at Bunker Hill Community College. He was enrolled there for three semesters - fall 2006, spring 2007 and fall 2008.
"He wasn't even close" to getting a degree, said Patricia Brady, a spokeswoman for the college.
Tamerlan devoted himself to boxing. After winning a Golden Gloves bout in nearby Lowell, Massachusetts, in 2004, he told the local newspaper, "I like the USA ... America has a lot of jobs.
"That's something Russia doesn't have. You have a chance to make money here if you are willing to work."
But Tamerlan Tsarnaev expressed some frustration with the United States in a 2010 profile in "The Comment" magazine published by Boston University's School of Communications.
The article quotes Tsarnaev as saying that, although he had lived in the United States for five years, "I don't have a single American friend. I don't understand them."
He neither smoked nor drank. He told the magazine, "God said no alcohol."
(Additional reporting by Edith Honan, Peter Graff, Ben Berkowitz, Stephanie Simon, Michelle Conlin and Lisa Schwartz; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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The U.S. Department of Education today announced Colorado will receive $653,573 to cover all or part of the fees charged to low-income students for taking Advanced Placements tests. The grant is part of more than $21.5 million in grants awarded to 43 states nationwide.
Based on the anticipated number of test-takers and other factors, the grants under the Advanced Placement Test Fee Program are expected to pay up to $38 per Advanced Placement exam for as many as three exams per student.
"Advanced Placement participation is an important element in creating a college-going culture in our high schools," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "AP courses help students develop the study skills, critical reasoning and habits of mind that prepare them for the transition to college. They give students — particularly first-generation college-goers — the confidence that they can successfully handle college-level work."
By subsidizing the test fees, the program intends to encourage low-income students to take AP tests and obtain college credit for high school courses, reducing the time and cost required to complete a postsecondary degree.


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Police Raid Sony: Pirated CDs Confiscated
In a strange turn of events Sony had their Mexico office raided for what an artist claims were pirated CDs of his copyrighted music.
Even without a contract, Sony decided to release a new album with previously unreleased Fernández material without the singer's permission. Upset by this move, Fernández's lawyer sent a cease and desist to the label, but heard nothing.
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NORTH-west based Creamline Dairies is showing its support for one of the premier events in the region this summer by becoming a new principal partner of the main ring at this year's Cheshire County Show.
Creamline Dairies has been operating for almost 70 years and has grown into one of the leading independent dairies in the UK and is fully committed to supplying the highest standard of dairy products.
Rob Purvis, joint managing director, and his team will be at the show when it takes place at Tabley Showground on June 17 and 18 and visitors will be able to sample their delicious dairy produce and take part in fun competitions, open to all the family.
Chris Swallow, fellow joint managing director at Creamline Dairies, said: "The show is a great venue to introduce our high quality dairy products and support our Cheshire farmers and we are very excited to be involved.
"We hope many people will come along to see us over the two days."
Nigel Evans, executive director of the Cheshire County Show, added: "We are now working on an exciting schedule for the main ring where attractions will include the grand parade of champions, a display of stunning birds of prey, the Bolddog Ling Motorcycle Team and a Pony Club to mention just a few so come along for a great day out for all the family."
The show will again include livestock, horses, poultry, rabbits, guinea pigs, pigeons, dogs, rare breeds, vintage machinery, WI, rural life, Booths Cheese, and wine.
With more than 700 trade stands, the show also includes a Countryside Experience area, a Play Zone, two large Roberts Bakery food halls of local and regional producers and a Roberts Bakery Food Live Theatre to name just a few.
The number of visitors to the show continues to soar every year and as many as 80,000 people have attended the event in recent years making it one of the most well established agricultural shows in the country.


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When you arrive at Tortilis Camp, on the edge of Amboseli National Park, Kenya, the groomed grounds and stylish Lanai-style buildings with ultra-high ceilings immediately make you feel like you are entering a special enclave.
The charming hostess and manager, Manuela, immediately comes out to greet you with her warm presence and her Italian accent. Inside there are fresh flowers and handsome Masai men to continue your greeting with a wet washcloth and an offer of fresh juice. You have just stepped into a little bit of heaven.
Traveling in Kenya and having stayed in other safari lodgings, we were already used to the hospitality and the pampering, along with the delightful African art styles often made with elements of the surrounding nature, and Tortilis Camp was no disappointment.
And yet there were some extra layers of thoughtfulness and consideration at the Tortilis Camp (named after the tortilis acacia tree that looks like a big magnificent umbrella) that were not expected.
The homemade pasta and other Italian gourmet specialties were among the first things we enjoyed, as lunch was promptly served in the large open-air dining room. Homemade tagliatelle was served along with a plethora of salads, homemade breads, appetizers and desserts.
We were asked if there were dietary requirements. When told I was a vegan, Manuela not only nodded agreeably but actually mentioned soy milk and tofu. She was singing my song. Come to find out the vegetables are all homegrown in a large vegetable garden on the premises. Co-manager Andrea explained that because he and Manuela are Italian, they specialize in Italian gourmet food. At some of the other properties of Cheli & Peacock, which Tortilis is part of, the managers are from different countries and offer other specialties.
Imagine going for a morning safari ride out in the bush and then having your driver pull up under a big acacia tree where Tortilis Camp chefs are preparing a warm breakfast! Table is set and waiting for you! What? You have to dash behind a bush for a minute? Another surprise: team Tortilis has dug a hole, brought a toilet seat and propped it up for you. It is waiting behind the bush along with a roll of toilet paper!
And the water system at the camp has been completely upgraded to one-hundred-percent filtered and safe for drinking, even in the bathroom taps. This is very unusual and not experienced before in the bush, even rarely in the cities we have visited in Kenya. The management wants to get away from using plastic, explained Manuela, so all the water is served in glass pitchers.
Another unique feature is that the grounds are completely wired for electricity and wi-fi available 24 hours a day. This is something we take for granted in the West in most places, but here in Africa, and especially out in the middle of nowhere, is an utter luxury. So you can sit with your laptop in the evening and listen to the singing of the frogs in the decorative pond just outside the lobby and bar area.
Or you can enjoy your wake-up call complete with fresh coffee and tea. Step outside the tent on your private porch and watch the sunrise. If there is a problem in the middle of the night, a walkie-talkie is provided in your tent for your safety.
There are many lounging areas in which to sit and enjoy the magnificent African skies, the backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, and the occasional wild animal that comes to drink from the nearby watering hole. Or take advantage of the services of Allan and Stella, massage therapist and manicurist.
You can take a dip in the pool or browse in the gift shop, when not going on a game drive in the famous park. Unlike most camps and lodges, the Tortilis Camp is fenced in, so no worries about running into a wild creature when you are walking back from dinner.
Amboseli is famous for its elephants and for the renowned wildlife researcher Cynthia Moss and her Amboseli Elephant Trust, which has been monitoring and studying elephants for more than 50 years. Her organization is a Kenya- and USA-based kowledge and awareness program to promote elephant conservation through long-term research projects, training, community relations, public awareness and advocacy.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of individual elephants is the notches on the ears.
Over the past four decades, the Amboseli Elephant Research Project has identified more than 2,800 individual elephants, named and numbered them and detailed their life histories. Some of the biggest elephants in Kenya live here.
Andrea told me all about the school they are supporting for the Masai children. Since 2010, Tortilis Camp's donations have helped create the brand-new Esiteti Primary School, which opened in 2011. The Tortilis Community Trust is now fundraising for the construction of a girls' dormitory. Many of the young girls walk long distances through the wilderness and are at risk going to school on a daily basis.
The Tortilis Community Trust also supports anti-poaching in the area, an ongoing effort that has become so important. They give generously to the Big Life Foundation, which combats elephant and other wildlife poaching. Donations are sent to the Big Life Foundation, which trains scouts to look out for poachers. It all works in cooperation with Cheli & Peacock Community Trust, which takes nothing in administration fees. Donations from visitors and others are greatly appreciated.
This is why, Andrea explained, he loves working with such a wonderful organization. Besides helping the wildlife and the communities, the administration is on call by any of the other managers who might have a problem, any time day or night. It is one classy operation, for sure.
While we were visiting, although during the low season (highly recommended - less expensive, fewer tourists, same animals) we were joined by other guests from the US and around Europe. Most of them seemed to be sophisticated and seasoned adventurers who had learned to be selective in their choices of places to stay. Tortilis Camp is such a jewel that it is hard to keep away (and hard to keep it a secret when you get home).
I am not the only one who recognizes the wonderful aspects of this great and fun camp. It has received many awards. Here are but a few:
-Silver Eco-rating Certification, Ecotourism Kenya, 2011 / 2012
-Finalist Best Eco Property, Best Safari Cuisine & Best Safari Guiding Team – The Good Safari Guide, 2011
- Nominee Kenya's Leading Safari Lodge – World Travel Awards, 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011
-T&L 500 Best Hotels – Travel & Leisure Magazine - 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011
Georja Umano is an actor and animal advocate.
Cheli & Peacock Nairobi Office and Tortiis Camp, Ltd.
Physical Address: Lengai House, Wilson Airport, Nairobi.
Postal Address: P.O. Box 743, 00517 – Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi, Kenya.
Phone: +254 (0)20 6003090/1
Fax: +254 (0)20 6004050
Reservations: email: [email protected]
Lodge email: [email protected]
Direct Lodge phone: +254 714 606960, +254 704 915305


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Yoga draws us inward, but too often, we squander the opportunity to connect with that subtle journey. Often the second we land in the asana, when the practice calls us to turn our attention inward, to refine and expand the pose with minute adjustments, we take a jarring detour and begin to fidget. We tug at our clothes, refasten ponytails, and reach for water bottles. We check out our neighbor; we glance towards the clock or out the window, our minds mulling over what we have to pick up at the grocery. (I've even seen yogis check their cell phones!) In other words, we turn our inward bound focus outward to the myriad stimuli and distractions that feed the incessant fluctuations of the mind.
Have you ever been driving down the road and had to quickly hit the brakes? You jolt forward then bounce back to your seat as the brake impedes the forward motion of the car? That's what happens when we turn our focus from the purposeful ujjayi breath and the drishti to the external world. The meditative flow of the asana comes to a jarring halt.
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Our minds can't help but to turn to the sounds in the room, street and our heads. We react to those sounds – it's human nature. Whether we fret about the police siren passing by or ourselves losing focus, we break the meditation that is a yoga flow. When we abandon the drishti, we lose our concentration on our deepest essence, our true core, and our connection with our proprioceptive powers, which is our ability to "see" with our mind's eyes the orientation our muscles, limbs and bodies have in space as we move. These distractions and accompanying mental chatter block the path to pratyahara, the fifth limb of yoga that deals with the withdrawal of the senses from the outer world. It's hard to detach from the senses when you are dwelling on the minutia of everyday life.
When you land in Virabhadrasana II and your yoga teacher encourages you to stay focused on your inhalation and exhalations and the drishti on the tip of your fingers, she is encouraging you to see nothing – to focus on nothing but the breath. In doing so, you see everything. You see your internal body in space, and perhaps detect how your scapula is lifted when it should be depressed or your quadriceps have lost interest in the pose, leaving all the heavy work to the hamstrings.
In his second sutra, Patanjali defines yoga as the stilling of the mind, the suspension and withdrawal from external senses that lead to consciousness. Fidgeting on your mat breaks that powerful inward journey.
Next time you step on your mat, set an intention to put aside all the meanderings of the mind that keep you from tasting a higher plane. The worries and preoccupations will be there when you get off the mat. Allow yourself time to be free of them. If you practice coming back to your breath and focus, you will find, in time, that you do the same on and off the mat, no matter how challenging the situation. That, truly, is yoga.
Do you often find yourself distracted during your yoga practice? What do you do to refocus?


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DU hockey: Bozak will be back
I spoke to freshman center Tyler Bozak at tonight's DU awards banquet, and he said he would decline any NHL free agent offers and return to school in the fall.
He said he instructed his "family advisor" — an uncontracted agent — to let all NHL teams knows of his intentions to return to school.
This is great news for DU fans. Bozak, who led the Pioneers with 18 goals and 34 points last season, could double those numbers as a sophomore. He's a special sniper, and the Pios will be LOADED up front, with 11 of their 12 top forwards scheduled to return — plus incoming freshman Joe Colborne, who in June could become the program's first NHL first-round draft pick since 1984.
If the roster remains the same in October, I can't think of a deeper DU team up front since I came along in 1995. Colborne, who was named Canada's junior A player of the year, comes in fellow forwards Nate Dewhurst, Stepan Novotny and recruited walk-on Luke Salazar. Deep!
Meanwhile, here's the DU release about the 2007-08 team awards:
Senior goaltender Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) earned Most Valuable Player honors, while freshman Tyler Bozak (Regina, Saskatchewan) joined Mannino in netting two awards as the University of Denver celebrated its 52nd Annual Hockey Awards Evening tonight at the Cable Center on the DU campus.
The Pioneers (26-14-1) celebrated their 2007-08 season in which they claimed their WCHA-leading 15th playoff title, advanced to their 19th NCAA Tournament and won 21 or more games for the seventh consecutive season. In addition, the Pioneers said goodbye to seniors Zach Blom (Englewood, Colo.), Tom May (Eagan, Minn.), Andrew Thomas (Bow, N.H.) and Mannino, who finished their four-year DU careers with 100 wins, one NCAA national championship, two WCHA playoff titles, one WCHA regular-season crown and three Wells Fargo Denver Cup championships.
Mannino earned the Bill Masterton Memorial Award (MVP) and "Star of the Year" Award (most star of the game points) after leading the Pioneers with a 25-14-1 record, 2.27 goals against average, .917 saves percentage and six shutouts. He broke Gerry Powers' 38-year career shutouts mark at 13 with 15 during his stellar four-year career. Mannino finished his DU career ranked first in shutouts, second in saves percentage (.917), and third in saves percentage (2.35) and wins (63).
Bozak claimed the Barry Sharp Memorial Award as top freshman and Leading Scorer Award. Bozak became the third freshman to lead the team in scoring since 1986-87 with 34 points on 18 goals and 16 assists. Bozak earned All-WCHA third-team honors and was named to the All-WCHA rookie team.
Junior Chris Butler (St. Louis, Mo.) earned his second consecutive Keith Magnuson Memorial Award as top defensive player. Butler became DU's 34th All-American this past season and finished his three-year career with 66 points on 20 goals and 46 assists in 115 career games.
Thomas and J.P. Testwuide (Vail, Colo.) were co-recipients of the Dr. Ralph Verploeg Award for most inspirational players. Captain Thomas and alternate captain Testwuide guided the Pioneers back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005.
Sophomore Tyler Ruegsegger (Lakewood, Colo.) captured his second consecutive Dr. Art Mason Award as top scholar-athlete. Ruegsegger recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA during the fall and winter quarters.
Matt Glasser (Edmonton, Alberta) captured the Murray Armstrong Award as most improved player, Rhett Rakhshani (Huntington Beach, Calif.) earned the Dr. Ken Bredesen Memorial Award for sportsmanship and Brandon Vossberg (St. Paul, Minn.) earned the Bob Martin Memorial Award for community service.


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Simple Zebra necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 95 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Simple Zebra
Simple Zebra is a advertising and marketing company designed to act as a middle man between tradesmen and consumers. As a new start up it is imperative that the brand is exciting, fresh,vibrant and bold. We want a brand logo that is instantly recognisable and inviting to consumers whilst looking professional to appeal to the tradesman. We want to play upon the black and white stripe effect throughout the logo. Other suggestions include highlighting the "eze" within "simplezebra" and also the possibility of using a caricature zebra within the logo. The character must depict a happy mood.
The brand will be visible to both traders/service organisations and customers. Both will have a diverse age range. The brand must be relaxed for both parties and the use of character image (Zebra) will strengthen the brand image. We are aiming to be approachable by providing a very simple solution and must be appealing across the whole marketplace. The brand will be used for various billboard campaigns and television adverts so it must be identifiable and understood from a distance.
The logo must be very visible. Use of black and white colours to support brand entity is vital and one more accent colour if required. The animated Zebra will act as the brand symbol. It must appeal to both general consumers and traders i.e. they must be proud to be part of the brand and have a very tangible feel.
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text: Fort McHenry is not only an important site for our nation's history as the birthplace of our National Anthem, but also as the host of some of the National Aquarium's most important conservation work in Baltimore. Over the past 15 years, Aquarium staff and volunteers have joined community volunteers at National Aquarium Fort McHenry Field Days to care for the National Monument and Historic Shrine and to keep it a happy, healthy habitat for all of its native animals. As of January 2014, almost 630,000 pieces of debris have been removed from the wetland as part. In addition to cleaning up marine debris, volunteers remove harmful invasive plant species; do trail upkeep and light construction; maintain butterfly and rain gardens; and plant native flowers and trees. The Aquarium works to record and classify the amount and types of debris collected during Field Days. This data is used by the Aquarium and Waterfront Partnership to evaluate the ecosystem's wellbeing and how debris can change over time due to consumer trends as part of their Healthy Harbor initiative. WHEN: Saturday, April 26, 2014 11:00 a.m. WHERE: Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine 2400 E Fort Avenue Baltimore, MD 21230 Categories: Conservation


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Everyone has heard about Tempur-Pedic mattresses. The famous Tempur-Pedic mattress is known for its design in the way that it curves and shapes around the sleeper's body. Tempur Pedic Queen Size Bed Price in Northgate the brand carries different models and designs for different preferences. A lot of research has been put into these mattresses to ensure the quality and effectiveness of a great mattress. Because of the advanced research and design of the mattress, Queen Size Tempurpedic Mattress the pricing on them can be much higher than most people expect to pay for a mattress. The key to being able to afford a Tempur-Pedic mattress is to look for a Tempur-Pedic mattress sale.
Sales allow consumers to purchase these mattresses for lower than retail prices. This also makes it so people that wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it can afford a mattress that is comfortable and state of the art. The first step I would take in looking for a Tempur-Pedic mattress sale is by collecting store ads as they come in the mail. Furniture and mattress stores often mail out flyers and catalogues of their store items and display current or upcoming sales. These catalogues can prepare you to know about the sale and to also price shop based on the different store ads you receive.
Beds and the Art of Online Bed Shopping
The first step in finding the most comfortable price for you for your mattress is by visiting a store and ensuring this is the mattress for you. You should also see which of the types of Tempur-Pedic mattresses you prefer, as well if you are interested in any of the extras they offer. Once you have decided to purchase this mattress, you should be prepared to wait for the best sale to come around. Do you research online, Tempurpedic Queen and then purchase the newspapers with the stores ads in them. Do some comparisons and when the best deal comes around – be sure to jump on it.
Tempur Pedic Queen Size Bed Price in Northgate ?
When you think that you might want a new mattress for your bed you should first ask yourself if you really need a new mattress. To determine this, you should determine if your sleep is being interrupted constantly and the body aches that your body experience each time that you arise in the morning then you may very well need a new mattress.
The newest types of mattresses on the market and are very popular are the mattresses that are made from memory foam. There are numerous websites on the Internet that offer the Tempurpedic mattress. These mattresses are the best known of all of the mattresses that are made from memory foam that are currently available.
Don't forget that you will spend about 30 percent of your life on the Tempurpedic mattress that you choose so you should be assured that it will provide you with the comfort and support that you require. If you remember all of this while you are searching at the numerous Tempurpedic mattress review articles in both newspapers, magazines and on the Internet, you should make a much more informed selection of which mattress is the best one for you.
Beds and How to Track Down the Correct Model
A tempurpedic mattress is considered to be the best of the memory foam mattresses anywhere in the world. But, unfortunately because they are the best so their price reflects this. Because of this many people can not afford to purchase a tempurpedic mattress. However, in this article I will provide you with some ways of finding a tempurpedic mattress sale. Then hopefully you will get that good night sleep you have always wanted.
I suppose the first place any one should look when want to purchase a cheap tempurpedic mattress is on one of the many auction sites now set up on the web. Certainly places like eBay etc., will often have special deals going on such items and many companies prefer to sell in this way as it cuts out the middle man and also saves them the cost to having a showroom for people to view their products.
Another place to look for a tempurpedic mattress sale is in your local newspaper. Often there are companies who are having sales on for these items and you just go down on a particular day when the sale is on and purchase whatever you need. However, be careful when visiting these companies and make sure that what you are purchasing is a genuine tempurpedic mattress. But hopefully by using one of these methods you will find a tempurpedic mattress to suit your budget.


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Kabuli Chickpea
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Kabuli Chickpea are small light brown whole kernel chickpeas that are dried. Chickpeas are consumed fresh as a green vegetable, parched, fried, roasted and boiled. They are also consumed as a snack food, sweets and condiments or as a paste such as hummus. They are also ground into flour and used to make soup, bread and sweetmeats.
Alliance Grain Traders is one of the leading lentil and pea splitting companies worldwide. They are dedicated to providing clean, high-quality products with reliable shipments, pricing, and flexible delivery. The company provides lentils, peas, beans, chickpeas, rice, pasta and semolina, bulgur wheat, pulse ingredients, and many other products.
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IPSWICH, Mass., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New England Biolabs (NEB), winner of the 2011 Life Science Industry Awards "Most Useful Website", is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. Working closely with its customers, NEB set about renovating www.neb.com to make it even more useful and user-friendly for technical support and quick online ordering.
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"For many years, the NEB Catalog and Technical Reference has been a valuable support tool for researchers. Thanks to significant customer input during development, the new website makes the same valuable catalog content more intuitive to access. The ordering process is also much simpler to start and repeat," says Tanya Bhatia , Digital Marketing Manager at NEB.
One of the key early access users of the new site, a researcher at Harvard University, says, "The new website is more intuitive, [makes it] easier to find what I'm looking for, and the search is greatly improved."
Some of the details of the new features include:
To experience the new neb.com and to view tutorials highlighting its key features, visit www.neb.com.
About New England Biolabs
Established in the mid 1970's, New England Biolabs, Inc. is the industry leader in the discovery and production of enzymes for molecular biology applications and now offers the largest selection of recombinant and native enzymes for genomic research. NEB continues to expand its product offerings into areas related to PCR, gene expression, sample preparation for next generation sequencing, cellular analysis, epigenetics and RNA analysis. Additionally, NEB is focused on strengthening alliances that enable new technologies to reach key market sectors. New England Biolabs is a privately held company, headquartered in Ipswich, MA, and has extensive worldwide distribution through a network of exclusive distributors, agents and seven subsidiaries located in Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the UK. For more information about New England Biolabs visit www.neb.com.
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