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(If it's late August, the so called 'dog days' of summer are officially upon us. In today's case, though, this is meant to be taken literally – as August 26th is officially recognized as National Dog Day.
For more than ten years, dog owners and lovers have used today to celebrate all the good that dogs bring into our lives every day, while also recognizing the need to bring comfort to those that live in our homes, while also rescuing so many more that are at risk.
Today, we celebrate National Dog Day with the post below, originally published earlier this year. This post is both a great list of gifts to give your four-legged family member today, or a great wish list to hang onto as we get closer to the holidays. All products are guaranteed to bring that pooch of yours just a little bit more comfort.
If you are able, we also encourage you to make a donation in your dog's name to the organization of your choice that helps at-risk dogs, including the Animal Humane Society or ASPCA, or smaller organizations like the Police K9 INvest Project, a non-profit that raises funds to buy bulletproof vests for police dogs. Feel free to share your favorite organization in the comments below!)
As we approach the weekend, dog owners everywhere rejoice just a bit. Rather than forcing ourselves out of a warm bed where our pup is ready and willing to snuggle, we can allow ourselves to remain in furball heaven for hours. This is followed by a leisurely day of playing, eating and sleeping – and not necessarily in that order.
With the love that we have for our dogs, it's no wonder that there are so many products available now specifically designed to ensure your dog always has easy access to the cleanest drinking water possible.
At DiscountFilterStore.com, we're big time advocates for keeping your dog as healthy and hydrated as possible. Fortunately, the same type of water filtration products that keep you and your two-legged family members hydrated with clean water are just as useful when caring for your dog.
Five water filtration products we recommend for dog owners appear below:
1. ZeroWater Pitcher – Any guess on why dogs seems so insistent on drinking toilet water? Many dogs would prefer filtered water free of chemicals commonly used to clean tap water, including chlorine, that can impact the taste and smell of water. This is just one of the reasons that a ZeroWater filtered water pitcher, like the one shown to the left is a perfect water filtration solution for dog owners.
This pitcher will remove virtually all chlorine and sediment that can lead to a finicky yet healthy dog turning up its nose at your tap water in favor of more questionable sources, while also reducing sediments and minerals that can compromise an older dog's immune system. Better yet, this pitcher is great for humans, too!
2. Handheld Shower Filter System – Chlorine in shower water can cause a whole host of issues, from dry skin to split ends. This is why we recommend a good shower filter for nearly all of our human customers. But a good shower filter is just as important for your dog. After all, that chlorine can have just as itchy an impact on his or her skin and fur as it does on your skin and hair.
Of course, since most dogs seems to hate bath time – yet ironically love water – we would recommend the handheld shower filter, like the one pictured to the left, to make bath time a little bit more manageable.
3. Instapure Faucet Filter – Let's move back into the kitchen. When it comes to the source of your dog's drinking water, most critical is ensuring that what you are pouring is as clean as possible, whether this means pouring from a filtered water pitcher or pouring from your tap.
The Instapure faucet filter system pictured helps reduce up to 99% of more than a dozen contaminants, including chlorine, mercury, lead and more. Installing this faucet filter will help ensure that whether you are pouring a glass for yourself or a bowl for your furry friend, your drinking water will be virtually free of some of the more nasty contaminants.
4. Katadyn Personal Water Purifier Bottle – Mike Sagman at DogFoodAdvisor has a great post where he describes water as the most 'neglected of all canine nutrients.' Quite simply, drinking water must be provided for a dog on-demand, in large part because canines pass through much water through their system and lose so much moisture through the panting that is akin to a human sweating. Sagman also very rightly points out that tainted or contaminated water poses the very real risk of intestinal disease.
Some of the more challenging situations when it comes to keeping your dog hydrated with the cleanest water possible come when you're on the road or in the great outdoors. For either situation, we would recommend hydrating your pal with the Katadyn water purifier bottle to the left. This bottle is currently the only EPA registered sports bottle with complete multi-stage anti-microbial protection that is designed to reduce more than 99% of bacteria and viruses.
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Our funbottles are light and easy to bring just about anywhere after filling up with clean drinking water from your home. And at just about $3 per funbottle, your dog is free to destroy this bottle all he or she likes without breaking your bank!
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New insights into how immune system fights atherosclerosis
A study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers has found that an important branch of the immune system, in reaction to the development of atherosclerotic lesions, mounts a surprisingly robust anti-inflammatory T cell response that helps prevent the disease from progressing. The findings may help inform the design of anti-atherosclerosis vaccines and other therapies that can take advantage of this aspect of the immune system. The study was published today in the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
When the body encounters viruses, bacteria, or other potential threats, dendritic cells—the sentinels of the immune system—are dispatched to take a sample of the pathogen and present it to T cells. This activates the production of pro-inflammatory effector T cells (which attack the pathogen) and anti-inflammatory regulatory T cells (which keep the pro-inflammatory response in check).
"Normally, the pro-inflammatory response dominates, and that is what people assumed to be the case in atherosclerosis," said study leader Ira Tabas, MD, PhD, the Richard J. Stock Professor, Department of Medicine, and professor of pathology & cell biology (in physiology and cellular biophysics) at CUMC. "However, we found that the T cell response to atherosclerosis is mostly anti-inflammatory."
The researchers, led by postdoctoral scientist Manikandan Subramanian, PhD, used mice whose dendritic cells lacked MYD88, a signaling protein that initiates the cells' maturation. Since immature dendritic cells cannot activate T cells, the elimination of MYD88 effectively disabled the production of both effector and regulatory T cells. The mice were also bred to lack the LDL receptor, leaving them prone to the development of atherosclerosis.
The net effect of these changes in the mice was to increase the size of atherosclerotic lesions. "What this means is that the dominant effect of dendritic cells in the setting of atherosclerosis is to promote the development of protective regulatory T cells," said Dr. Tabas.
Earlier studies had suggested just the opposite: that effector T cells dominate in response to atherosclerosis. "In those studies, researchers disabled dendritic cells at an earlier stage, creating all sorts of compensatory processes," said Dr. Tabas. "That's probably why they came to a different conclusion. In our model, we were able to knock out only the step involved in activating T cells, leaving everything else alone."
The researchers found that T regulatory cells act by suppressing pro-inflammatory effector T cells and macrophages, which was expected. They also identified a new mechanism that directly links regulatory-T-cell activation with protection from atherosclerosis. According to Dr. Tabas, regulatory T cells secrete TGF-beta (a cytokine, or signaling molecule), which suppresses MCP-1 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1), a protein that recruits monocytes, a type of white blood cell.
"Now we have a specific mechanism that could explain the preclinical success of dendritic vaccines and that provides a new understanding of how these vaccines might be improved," said Dr. Tabas.
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- 1 Virtual preamps
- 2 Virtual power amps
- 3 Using a real power amp
- 4 Playing through a guitar speaker
- 5 Using FRFR amplification
- 6 Cabinet modeling and IRs
- 7 Listening through FRFR amplification
- 8 Being heard in the mix
- 9 Solving clipping
- 10 Creating and editing sounds
- 11 Software
- 12 Questions or issues?
Virtual preamps
- The Axe-Fx II and AX8 are guitar preamps. They model more than hundred real amps such as heads, combos and racked preamps. You can also use its many other effects, use it to reamp a dry signal, create tone matches of real amps and recordings (Axe-Fx only), create impulse responses (Axe-Fx only), use it for mastering (Axe-Fx only), etc.
Virtual power amps
- The Axe-Fx II and AX8 have built-in power amp simulation which means that you can listen to the sounds of the modeled amps through headphones and neutral amplifiers, and connect the device to a mixer or record it without needing a separate power amp. You can switch off power amp simulation in Hardware menu: Global.
Using a real power amp
- To amplify the Axe-Fx II or AX8 through a speaker, you need a power amp. Either a standalone tube power amp designed for guitar, a head or combo (through its effects loop), or a so-called neutral power amp. You can also use studio monitors and monitor wedges with built-in amplifiers (aka "active" or "powered" monitors).
Playing through a guitar speaker
- You can use the Axe-Fx II and AX8 with a traditional guitar speaker, in combination with a power amp. This will give you the familiar amp-in-the-room tone. It does limit their possibilities, because any sound you will create will go through that speaker and therefore will be colored by it.
Using FRFR amplification
- You can opt for FRFR amplification sound reproduction. This requires a FRFR speaker and an external or built-in neutral (power) amp. Studio monitors are FRFR, as well as some wedges / cabs.
Cabinet modeling and IRs
- A FRFR setup or direct recording requires speaker cabinet modeling. This means that the sound of a virtual speaker cabinet is added. The Axe-Fx and AX8 come with many built-in cabinet models. They also allow loading additional cabs, known as Impulse Responses (IRs) or user cabs.
Listening through FRFR amplification
- It's very important to realize that when you're using FRFR with cabinet modeling, you'll be listening to the sound of a mic'd speaker, as opposed to an amp-in-the-room. A cab model always represents the tone of a speaker that as captured using one or more microphones, mostly positioned very close to the speaker. That's totally different from listening to a guitar speaker at some distance. FRFR has more lows, more highs and has the coloring of the used microphone baked in. It takes a while to get accustomed to FRFR tone, but it's the tone the audience hears, through the FOH system or when listening to recorded music. More information.
Being heard in the mix
- Important in general, but especially when playing through FRFR amplification: the Fletcher-Munson curve. This is the scientific name for the fact that human ears perceive sound at low volume levels differently than at higher levels. At low volume level people often turn up treble and bass. The Loudness switch on older home stereo systems does just that. At higher volume levels those controls need to be turned down again because, in a live environment, tones with too much treble and bass are prone to get lost in the mix (the guitar will compete with cymbals and bass guitar and will loose). Even turning up the volume level often won't help. Remember that the guitar is a "mid frequency" instrument. So: always dial in your live guitar tones at gig level.
Solving clipping
- Setting levels: be aware that input clipping is something totally different than output clipping.
- It's okay for the LED to "tickle" the red. If it happens all the time, decrease Input Level in Hardware menu: I/O. Be aware that this is not a real input level control, the control controls the signal-to-noise ratio only and does NOT affect signal level or gain or tone (except at the lowest and highest settings).
- The output clipping LED light indicates that the signal level in the effects chain is too hot. Adjusting Input Level does NOT solve this. Decrease the level somewhere in the chain, preferably using Level in the Amp block.
Creating and editing sounds
- Read the Owner's Manual for editing instructions. The Axe-Fx manual includes a 60-Second Edit Guide and an overview of shortcuts.
- Axe-Edit and AX8-Edit — load and save presets from/to disk, edit sounds, rearrange presets and user cabs.
- Fractal-Bot — backup or restore your device, load and save presets and user cabs, upgrade the firmware.
- Cab-Lab — mix IRs, convert IRs, create an IR of your guitar cabinet (IR Capture).
- Note: you need to install a driver first before you can connect the Axe-Fx to a computer. Download it here.
Questions or issues?
- Read the Owner's Manual.
- Visit the forum.
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Groups mobilize against voter ID proposal
Posted January 23, 2013 12:06 p.m. EST
Updated January 23, 2013 7:31 p.m. EST
Raleigh, N.C. — A group of left-leaning organizations said Wednesday that requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls would "stack the deck" against fair and open elections in North Carolina.
Republican legislative leaders say they plan to consider a voter ID bill when the General Assembly reconvenes next week. The GOP-controlled legislature passed an ID bill in 2011 that was vetoed by former Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue. New Republican Gov. Pat McCrory has said he supports an ID requirement for voting.
The NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union, Democracy North Carolina, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice and other groups are mobilizing to oppose the legislation. They have launched the ProtectOurVoteNC.com website for people to lobby lawmakers and share stories of how an ID law would hurt them, and they plan to start airing anti-voter ID public service announcements across the state this weekend.
"Why is this on the agenda at all?" Rev. William Barber, state president of the NAACP, said at a news conference. "North Carolina elections are working."
Barber noted that GOP lawmakers, including Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake, backed a 2003 law that called for voters to provide their signature to attest their identity under penalty of a felony charge. No one has shown that the law isn't working, he said.
"There's no epidemic" of voter fraud, he said. "It's an overstatement to call it minuscule."
Rep. Harry Warren, R-Rowan, said North Carolina needs more than books of signatures to ensure elections are fair.
"I don't think the signature statute holds muster to what the people out there want," said Warren, who is drafting a voter ID bill for the coming session. "We took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and part of that is protecting the integrity of the vote."
Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, estimated that anywhere from 100,000 to more than 500,000 of the 6 million registered voters in the state don't have a photo ID. Blacks are 40 percent more likely than whites to fall in that group, he said, adding that seniors, women and young voters also would be disproportionately affected by an ID law.
"Why does the state want to spend millions of dollars to put up a stupid barrier for people who are legitimate voters?" Hall said.
Previous voter ID proposals haven't addressed people who cast mail-in absentee ballots, and Hall noted those voters are more likely to be Republican.
"The Republican Party is trying to use the political process – to manipulate the political process – for their own advantage, and that's wrong," he said.
Barber, Hall and others said lawmakers should instead use federal Help America Vote Act funds to help county elections officials beef up training and staffing at the polls. Also, they said, the state should invest in computerizing national voting records and back efforts for national voting standards.
"We want integrity (in elections), and we have supported things that would bring integrity," Barber said. "Let the elections be broad and open, and let the chips fall where they may. Don't stack the deck ... with voter ID and claim we've have a fair and free election."
Warren said he wants a bill that's fair and balanced but understands not everyone will be happy with it.
"In the final analysis, we'll have a good photo ID bill that will protect integrity of the vote and address concerns these groups are expressing," he said.


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Dog that attacked Mansfield boy ordered put down
Animal's owners plan to appeal decision
Mansfield selectmen have voted to euthanize a dog that mauled a 6-year-old boy in town, an attack that required 400 stitches.
The board after hearing the recommendation of the animal control officer voted 3-2 on Wednesday night to have the 6-year-old pointer-hound mix put down.
The Sun Chronicle reports that the dog's owners say they will appeal the decision in court.
The victim, Christian Herbert, was bitten on the face by the dog on Jan. 3 while the owner's teenage daughter was babysitting him.
The boy's mother, Dawn Herbert-Miller, said the experience has not only caused physical scars but lasting emotional ones. She says he calls himself "ugly."
The selectmen who voted against euthanization suggested sending the dog to a behavior training facility.


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If the Office of Attorney Ethics or a District Ethics Committee finds enough evidence to believe that an attorney may have acted improperly, a complaint is filed. From that point forward, the process is open to public review.
A hearing into the complaint is conducted by a panel of the District Ethics Committee or, in certain cases, by a Special Master. If the hearing panel or the Special Master finds that unethical conduct has been committed, the case is forwarded to the Supreme Court's Disciplinary Review Board. If the Disciplinary Review Board agrees that misconduct has occurred, it may issue an admonition.
In more serious cases, the Board may determine that the attorney should be reprimanded or suspended. In the most serious cases, the Board will recommend that the Supreme Court disbar the attorney. The Supreme Court will hold a hearing in all cases in which an attorney faces disbarment.
Litigants who believe their lawyers have charged unreasonably high fees and who have not been able to resolve the fee dispute privately may request that the dispute be arbitrated before a county-based Fee Arbitration Committee. Members of Fee Arbitration Committees are appointed by the Supreme Court and consist of attorneys and non-attorneys. Fee arbitration hearings are conducted in private, and both the client and the attorney whose fee is being challenged have a right to be present with their attorneys, if any.
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An April 28 letter by Elizabeth Salerno, chief economist with the American Wind Energy Association, paints a rosy picture of one side of the economics of wind power but leaves out some of the negative aspects. Here's the other side.
In an overwhelming tilt toward wind, the federal subsidy to wind power amounts to $55 for each 1 million watts of production capacity. In contrast, the subsidy for coal energy is 66 cents. All other fossil fuels, hydro power and nuclear are less than $2. Under current rules, wind project subsidies can be awarded for projects at any stage, even as early as ground-breaking.
Another downside of wind power is unreliability of output. It requires standby capacity for when it's not windy and for peak loads, and standby power must be operational at all times and thus using energy, which is especially true of coal-fired power plants. They cannot be shut down and restarted instantly like an automobile.
Salerno's claim that 70 percent of the content of each turbine is produced domestically may not reflect an analysis of the total work input to get to operation stage. A 2011 report by Information Handling Services, a specialist in energy industry information, reports that less than 8 percent of total worldwide wind turbine production was at that time produced in the United States. On the plus side, assembly and installation must be done domestically.
Finally, the claim that this is cheap energy is true only if you disregard the lavish subsidy of wind with consumers' tax money. And subsidies favoring one energy source mean others will be at a disadvantage in technical development to improve their efficiency and environmental impact.
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Snapshots from Greece: Fage Yogurt
"It seems to spark an obsessive quality in people."
As a Fage enthusiast, I was pretty excited to visit the yogurt's motherland. Within the first few hours of arriving in Greece, I wandered into a corner convenience store and zeroed in on the fridge section. There it was in Greek letters: ΦΑΓΈ (pronounced fah-yehhh).
Greeks eat yogurt around the clock: at breakfast (even though they're not big breakfast people), as a snack, and definitely for dessert. To counter the tartness, they pour on the honey. Greeks have a lot of pride in their honey, especially thyme honey, claiming it's some of the best golden sticky stuff in the world. Because of the country's long sunshine periods, the Greek bees can buzz around to all kinds of plants.
It was kind of surprising to find out that Fage is made of cow's milk (approximately four pounds go into just one pound of yogurt, which is why it's so insanely thick). Greeks don't eat a lot of beef—it's a pretty lamb-intensive diet with more seafood in the coastal regions. But the cows that are around must be keeping Fage in business.
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Fage has only been in the U.S. market since 2001, but originated in 1926 on a small dairy in Athens. As Greece's biggest dairy company, Fage also produces cheese (obviously feta, in addition to other lesser-known Greek kinds like graviera and trikalino) and milk, which I've never spotted in the U.S.
But let's be honest—it's all about the yogurt. It seems to spark an obsessive quality in people. Is it the cream cheese–caliber thickness that somehow doesn't leave you feeling grossly heavy? Is it the lack of corn-syrupy sweetness usually found in other packaged yogurts? Is it the fact that you drop $2 for a little tub and feel like the splurge has to be pretty awesome? (Note: it wasn't any cheaper in Greece.) Is it the weird, crusty white film that dries on your spoon afterward? Oh, Fage. All the other yogurts bow down to you.
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A once-a-year festival just isn't enough for some members of the Morenci Area Chamber of Commerce, so an events committee got together and developed a mini-festival for August.
The first Classic Family Fun Day is scheduled Friday downtown.
The word "classic" refers to the original idea for the event—a classic car show. That's where it started, but that turned out to be only the beginning.
The Adrian Street Cruisers will bring their classic autos and trucks to town for a show in the city parking lot behind the library from noon to 4 p.m.
Kids are invited to join in by bringing their decorated bicycles downtown for a judging contest. Trophies will be distributed at 2:30 p.m.
A motorcycle show is planned from 2 to 6 p.m. along Main Street, and live music will get underway at 4 p.m. A stage will be erected in front of the library for more than three hours of music provided by Mouth Sown Shut, Static Ego and Dead Inside. The groups will perform for tips only.
Vendors are expected to set up shop along the Main Street sidewalks starting at noon. Representatives from Avon, Tupperware, Tastefully Simple and Mary Kay will offer their goods, along with the sale of jewelry and items made in Kenya. Proceeds from the jewelry booth will support an orphanage in Kenya.
Any local crafters are invited to set up a booth for a $5 charge. Contact Sheila Thompson at 517/458-6309 for information.
A bake sale is also scheduled.
Other special events include a dunk tank sponsored by the fire department, the Balloon Man, Tarot Card Reading by Jean and a corn hole tournament.


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The wackiest show on television that no one was watching, Zero Hour has been cancelled after just three episodes. No more Nazi babies and brain codes to bust; ABC has decided to pull the plug on the conspiracy theory series after Thursday's episode only drew in about 5.1 million viewers. Non-celebrity Wife Swap and reruns of Shark Tank will fill in the time slot. Oof.
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I could have sworn this already happened but apparently "Screen Gems" has acquired the rights to the big screen adaptation to the much loved video game "Devil May Cry". For those of your not familiar with the games there's a guy named Dante, a giant sword and some demons. That about covers it I think. Wait, no! There's a gun too.
Chris Sparling wrote "Buried", the best Ryan Reynolds trapped in a box movie of 2010, and now he's stepping behind the camera with a little ditty titled "Falling Slow". The film will focus on a couple, played by Mandy Moore and Rodrigo Santoro, who move into a haunted apartment. If I was a betting man I'd say any movie with someone named Rodrigo in a starring roll is going to be 100% caliente.
Tobe Hooper, who I believe created a low budget rip off of that chainsaw flick that came out a few years back, has been confirmed to direct a new supernatural thriller titled "Djinn". Djinn is apparently some sort of Arabian demon and I guess in this movie that demon does some nasty crap to a couple's apartment after they return from their trip to the US. I'm not positive but it sounds like this movie might not be patriotic.
What's more prestigious than making a crappy Syfy flick? Making the 200th crappiest Syfy flick of all time! Well the new After Dark opus "Scream of the Banshee" will have the honor on March 26th. That's all really need to know but if you're looking for plot just think banshee scream, then you die. That about covers it.
"Automaton Transfusion" director Steven C. Miller talks about his entry for the new "After Dark Originals" line, "Scream of the Banshee". Starring Lauren Holly, the film is described as an old school monster movie and hopes to be the anchor to the new addition to the "After Dark 8 Films to Die For" family.
I'm sure you've been waiting for the return of the lesser known Duff sister Haley to the big screen. Worry no more as Haley Duff is in talks to star in the upcoming thriller "Cousin Sarah", a story of somebody's weird cousin moving to town where unexplained events start happening. Here's hoping her already signed co-star Jason Mewes lands the title roll of 'Cousin Sarah'.
The official plot details for Kevin Smith's upcoming "Red State" have appeared online and it looks passable! Centered around a Fred Phelps like evangelist, the movie hopes to show a new kind of 'extreme fundamentalism'.
Are you a big fan of Netflix and their handy streaming video service? Get ready to like it even more as the company has struck a deal with Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM Studios. Quite simply, there's going to be even more fun stuff to watch while wasting time at work!


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Listening to internet radio with FRITZ!Fon
You can set up a total of 40 internet radio stations in the FRITZ!Box and receive radio broadcasts from radio stations all over the world with your FRITZ!Fon.
Requirements / Restrictions
- No DECT repeaters from other manufacturers are registered with the FRITZ!Box.
- The internet radio station must be saved in the playlist format "pls" or "m3u" and point to an mp3 stream. Other formats cannot be played.
Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.
1 Enabling encryption
DECT encryption must be enabled in order to use convenience functions with your FRITZ!Fon:
- Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "DECT" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Enable the option "Permit only secure DECT connections (recommended)" in the section "Security".
- Click "Apply" to save the settings.
- If the option was disabled, you must then restart the FRITZ!Box once using the user interface ("System > Backup > Restart").
2 Setting up internet radio
- Click "Home Network" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Media Server" in the "Home Network" menu.
- Click on the "Web Radio" tab.
- Select "Other web radio station..." from the drop-down list.
- Enter a name for the radio station in the "Name" field.
- Enter the address of the radio station in the "Web address" field.
Note:Links to many internet radio stations can be found at shoutcast.com, for example. You can copy the addresses of the stations and use the context menu to paste them into the corresponding field.
- If you registered several FRITZ!Fons with the FRITZ!Box, select the telephones you want to make the radio station available on.
- Click "OK" to save the settings.
3 Listening to internet radio
- Press the "Menu" key on the telephone.
- Scroll to "Internet services" and press "OK".
- "Internet radio" > "OK"
- Select a radio station and press "OK".
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29-2099.06 - Radiologic Technicians
Maintain and use equipment and supplies necessary to demonstrate portions of the human body on x-ray film or fluoroscopic screen for diagnostic purposes.
The occupation code you requested, 29-2034.02 (Radiologic Technicians), is no longer in use. In the future, please use 29-2099.06 (Radiologic Technicians) instead.
Sample of reported job titles: Chief Technician, X-Ray (Chief Tech, X-Ray); Limited Radiology Technician; Radiologic Technician (RT); Radiology Technician (Radiology Tech); Registered Radiographer; X-Ray Technician (X-Ray Tech)
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Position x-ray equipment and adjust controls to set exposure factors, such as time and distance.
- Use beam-restrictive devices and patient-shielding techniques to minimize radiation exposure to patient and staff.
- Position patient on examining table and set up and adjust equipment to obtain optimum view of specific body area as requested by physician.
- Process exposed radiographs using film processors or computer generated methods.
- Explain procedures to patients to reduce anxieties and obtain cooperation.
- Determine patients' x-ray needs by reading requests or instructions from physicians.
- Prepare and set up x-ray room for patient.
- Make exposures necessary for the requested procedures, rejecting and repeating work that does not meet established standards.
- Operate digital picture archiving communications systems.
- Transport patients to or from exam rooms.
- Provide assistance to physicians or other technologists in the performance of more complex procedures.
- Operate mobile x-ray equipment in operating room, emergency room, or at patient's bedside.
- Perform procedures, such as linear tomography, mammography, sonograms, joint and cyst aspirations, routine contrast studies, routine fluoroscopy, or examinations of the head, trunk, or extremities under supervision of physician.
- Coordinate work of other technicians or technologists when procedures require more than one person.
- Collect and maintain records of patients examined, examinations performed, patient medical histories, views taken, or technical factors used.
- Assure that sterile or non-sterile supplies, such as contrast materials, catheters, films, chemicals, or other required equipment, are present and in working order or requisition materials.
- Complete quality control activities, monitor equipment operation, and report malfunctioning equipment to supervisor.
- Maintain a current file of examination protocols.
- Provide students or other technicians with suggestions of additional views, alternate positioning, or improved techniques to ensure the images produced are of the highest quality.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, or pulling and filing films.
- Assist with on-the-job training of new employees or students or provide input to supervisors regarding training performance.
- Prepare contrast material, radiopharmaceuticals, or anesthetic or antispasmodic drugs under the direction of a radiologist.
- Provide assistance in radiopharmaceutical administration, monitoring patients' vital signs and notifying the radiologist of any relevant changes.
Technology Skills
- Data base user interface and query software — Structured data entry software
- Information retrieval or search software — Information systems integration software
- Medical software — Electronic medical record EMR software; GE Healthcare ViewPoint Solutions; MEDITECH software ; Virtual reality computed tomography CT imaging software (see all 11 examples)
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Desktop computers
- Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM standard system equipment — Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM imaging equipment
- Enema kits or accessories — Enema equipment
- Magnetic tape recorders
- Medical c arm x ray units — Mobile image amplifier C-arms
- Medical cine fluoroscopy equipment — Fluoroscopes
- Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes — Computed tomography CT scanners; High-speed multislice computed tomography CT scanners; Positron emission tomography/computed tomography PET/CT scanners
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners — Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS — Image capturing and transmission systems; Picture archiving and communication systems PACS
- Medical radiation films or badges — Radiation measurement badges
- Medical radiographic equipment grids — Grids
- Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use — Compression bands; Patient immobilization devices; Sandbags; Straps (see all 5 examples)
- Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes — Lead shields/shielding equipment
- Medical x ray apparatus filters — X ray beam restriction devices; X ray filters
- Medical x ray darkroom equipment or supplies — Automatic x ray film processors; Self-contained film processors; Tabletop film processors; X ray film processors (see all 5 examples)
- Medical x ray film archiving system software — Image storage systems; Scan converters
- Medical x ray film or cassette — Film cassettes
- Medical x ray intensifying screens — Image intensifiers; X ray image intensifier television systems; X ray imaging charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Medical x ray quality assurance or calibration devices — X ray calipers
- Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use — Portable x ray machines; Stationary x ray equipment
- Notebook computers
- Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies — Oxygen equipment
- Personal computers
- Radiographic locators — Cones; Cylinders; Diaphragms
- Tablet computers
- X ray bone densitometers — Digital transmission densitometers; Portable densitometers
- X ray diffraction equipment — Collimators
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Medicine and Dentistry — Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
- Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Work Activities
- Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Detailed Work Activities
- Operate diagnostic imaging equipment.
- Adjust settings or positions of medical equipment.
- Prepare medical supplies or equipment for use.
- Position patients for treatment or examination.
- Process x-rays or other medical images.
- Protect patients or staff members using safety equipment.
- Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
- Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
- Check quality of diagnostic images.
- Create advanced digital images of patients using computer imaging systems.
- Maintain medical facility records.
- Assist healthcare practitioners during examinations or treatments.
- Move patients to or from treatment areas.
- Prepare medications or medical solutions.
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
- Record patient medical histories.
- Supervise patient care personnel.
- Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.
- Examine medical instruments or equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Train medical providers.
- Perform clerical work in medical settings.
- Schedule patient procedures or appointments.
- Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.
- Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
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Work Context
- Telephone — 97% responded "Every day."
- Contact With Others — 84% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Physical Proximity — 88% responded "Very close (near touching)."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 91% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 94% responded "Every day."
- Exposed to Disease or Infections — 81% responded "Every day."
- Deal With External Customers — 65% responded "Extremely important."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 58% responded "Extremely important."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 66% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 72% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 53% responded "Extremely important."
- Exposed to Radiation — 61% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 51% responded "Some freedom."
- Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection — 46% responded "Every day."
- Electronic Mail — 63% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Standing — 42% responded "More than half the time."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 50% responded "Some freedom."
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 41% responded "Every day."
- Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People — 43% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Time Pressure — 59% responded "Every day."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 35% responded "Very important results."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 30% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 48% responded "Important."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 40% responded "Very important."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 51% responded "More than half the time."
- Spend Time Walking and Running — 35% responded "More than half the time."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 36% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
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|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, travel guides, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters, and medical assistants.
|SVP Range
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- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
Work Styles
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Work Values
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
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Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Medical Dosimetrists, Medical Records Specialists, and Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other.
Employment data for Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other.
Industry data for Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other.
|Median wages (2019)
|$20.50 hourly, $42,630 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|128,900 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Much faster than average (11% or higher)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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- American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
- American Society of Radiologic Technologists
- Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
- Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Medical records and health information technicians
- The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
- The International Society for Clinical Densitometry


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satisfied with this explanation must be contented by being told that "mathematics are for mathematicians" (Mathematicis mathematica scribuntur). At the same time he expresses his conviction over and over again that the earth is in motion. It is with him a pious belief, just as it was with Pythagoras and his school and with Aristarchus. "But" (as Dreyer says in his most interesting book, Tycho Brahe) "proofs of the physical truth of his system Copernicus had given none, and could give none," any more than Pythagoras or Aristarchus. There was nothing so startlingly simple in his system as to lead the cautious astronomer to accept it, as there was in the later Keplerian system; and the absence of parallax in the stars seemed to condemn his system, which had no physical basis to recommend it, and no simplification at all over the Egypto-Tychonic system, to which Copernicus himself drew attention. It has been necessary to devote perhaps undue space to the interesting work of Copernicus, because by a curious chance his name has become so widely known. He has been spoken of very generally as the founder of the solar system that is now accepted. This seems unfair, and on reading over what has been written about him at different times it will be noticed that the astronomers — those who have evidently read his great book — are very cautious in the words with which they eulogise him, and refrain from attributing to him the foundation of our solar system, which is entirely due to Kepler. It is only the more popular writers who give the idea that a revolution had been effected when Pythagoras' system was revived, and when Copernicus supported his view that the earth moves and is not fixed. It may be easy to explain the association of the name of Copernicus with the Keplerian system. But the time has long passed when the historian can support in any way this popular error, which was started not by astronomers acquainted with Kepler's work, but by those who desired to put the Church in the wrong by extolling Copernicus. Copernicus dreaded much the abuse he expected to receive from philosophers for opposing the authority of Aristotle, who had declared that the earth was fixed. So he sought and obtained the support of the Church, dedicating his great work to Pope Paul III. in a lengthy explanatory epistle. The Bishop of Cracow set up a memorial tablet in his honour. Copernicus was the most refined exponent, and almost the last representative, of the Epicyclical School. As has been already stated, his successor, Tycho Brahe, supported the same use of epicycles and excentrics as Copernicus, though he held the earth to be fixed. But Tycho Brahe was eminently a practical observer, and took little part in theory; and his observations formed so essential a portion of the system of Kepler that it is only fair to include his name among these who laid the foundations of the solar system which we accept to-day. In now taking leave of the system of epicycles let it be remarked that it has been held up to ridicule more than it deserves. On reading Airy's account of epicycles, in the beautifully clear language of his Six Lectures on Astronomy, the impression is made that the jointed bars there spoken of for describing the circles were supposed to be real. This is no more the case than that the spheres of Eudoxus and Callippus were supposed to be real. Both were introduced only to illustrate the mathematical conception upon which the solar, planetary, and lunar tables were constructed. The epicycles represented nothing more nor less than the first terms in the Fourier series, which in the last century has become a basis of such calculations, both in astronomy and physics generally.
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5. Discovery of the TRUE Sola R System — TYCHO BRAHE — KEPLER
URING the period of the intellectual and aesthetic revival, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, the "spirit of the age" was fostered by the invention of printing, by the downfall of the Byzantine Empire, and the scattering of Greek fugitives, carrying the treasures of literature through Western Europe, by the works of Raphael and Michael Angelo, by the Reformation, and by the extension of the known world through the voyages of Spaniards and Portuguese. During that period there came to the front the founder of accurate observational astronomy. Tycho Brahe, a Dane, born in 1546 of noble parents, was the most distinguished, diligent, and accurate observer of the heavens since the days of Hipparchus, 1,700 years before. Tycho was devoted entirely to his science from childhood, and the opposition of his parents only stimulated him in his efforts to overcome difficulties. He soon grasped the hopelessness of the old deductive methods of reasoning, and decided 4o


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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Aspirin use seems to be associated with a decreased risk of liver cancer and death from chronic liver disease, according to a large new study.
This new study included more than 300,000 people aged 50 to 71, who reported their aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use and were followed for 10 to 12 years. During that time, more than 400 participants died from chronic liver disease and 250 were diagnosed with liver cancer.
Compared to people who didn't take NSAIDs, people who took aspirin were 45 percent less likely to die from chronic liver disease and 41 percent less likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer. People who took non-aspirin NSAIDs were 26 percent less likely to die from chronic liver disease but no less likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer.
If these findings are confirmed, they could lead to new ways to prevent chronic liver disease and liver cancer, concluded study author Dr. Vikrant Sahasrabuddhe, of the division of cancer epidemiology and genetics at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, and colleagues.
While the study found an association between aspirin use and reduced risk for liver problems, it did not prove cause-and-effect.
The study was published Nov. 28 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Previous research has linked chronic inflammation due to liver disease to cellular processes that could promote cancer development, while other research has suggested that aspirin and other types of NSAIDs may help reduce the risk of some cancers, a journal news release noted.
Although it is worthwhile to study the potential of new prevention methods such as NSAID use, it also is necessary to focus on improving established prevention practices and interventions, Dr. Isra Levy and Dr. Carolyn Pim, both from the department of epidemiology and community medicine at the University of Ottawa, in Canada, noted in an accompanying journal editorial.
The known causes of chronic liver disease and liver cancer are hepatitis B and C virus infections and alcohol use. A link with obesity and diabetes also has been suggested.
Cheap, readily available interventions, such as vaccines for hepatitis B and C virus, already exist, but "effective strategies for reduction of [hepatitis B] and [hepatitis C] are not always available or fully applied," the editorialists wrote.
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Vancouver's real estate market in the next 15 years will actually be two separate markets financed by one chequebook, real estate marketer and "condo king" Bob Rennie told an Urban Development Institute audience in Vancouver Thursday.
Those two markets will be downsizing, aging baby boomers on the one hand and their first-time-homebuyer kids and grandkids on the other hand. But in both cases, the purchases will be financed by the baby boomers, who will be selling their fully-paid-for single-family homes, Rennie predicted.
His remarks at the UDI annual general meeting came on the same day Colliers International reported a 45-per-cent drop in sales of new multi-family homes in Metro Vancouver for the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year.
"The surge in sales activity that is typically expected during the first quarter of a year did not materialize in 2013," Colliers' first quarter MarketShare report stated. The 2,033 new multi-family home sales represented a six-per-cent drop from the fourth quarter of 2012.
Colliers said the major drop in new multi-family sales for the beginning of 2013 can be attributed to several factors, among them the fact that sales in the first quarter of 2012 were much higher than in previous years.
Nonetheless, the report describes the market as "somewhat stressed," something Colliers attributes to softening investment demand for new multi-family homes and increasing supply on the market. Resales are down 17 per cent in the first quarter compared to a year ago, Brown said.
Colliers does not predict any drastic correction for the Vancouver real estate market. Looking forward, Brown said Colliers expects a modest increase in sales in the second quarter compared to the first.
The steep year-over-year drop certainly failed to dent Rennie's enthusiasm for Vancouver real estate.
While there is short-term softening, Rennie told the development professionals that 590,000 newcomers will buy the clear-title homes boomers need to off-load over the next 15 years.
Rennie's speech was interrupted by a visit from Premier Christy Clark, who also addressed the audience and thanked Rennie and developer Peter Wall for their support.
Vancouver real estate buyers are not entirely dependent on only their incomes to buy their homes, he noted. Just 4.9 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents make more than $100,000 a year, while 65 per cent earn less than $55,000 a year.
At Wall Centre Central Park, Rennie's firm has sold 282 homes, mostly aimed at that 65 per cent, he said.
"The feds, Flaherty and the banks have a really hard time understanding the Vancouver real estate market," Rennie said. "They're asking how does a $50,000-a-year income find a $75,000 down payment."
But Rennie said they're getting those down payments from their parents and grandparents.
As for the controversy surrounding his less-expensive, scaled-down alternative to a high-end Vancouver Art Gallery replacement, Rennie said Vancouverites are more inclined to spend their leisure time outdoors climbing the Grouse Grind or walking the Stanley Park seawall.
"It's a huge cultural observation to me and that's why we have the difficulty — aside from population — in Greater Vancouver. We entertain naturally, which may account for the lack of big city venues," he said. "We are just different."
The public outcry over the closure of east-side cultural hub the Waldorf Hotel generated thousands of signatures of support, Rennie pointed out, while the VAG's new-building petition garnered fare fewer, less than 400.
He said Vancouver should band together with its surrounding suburbs to work on issues like the homeless, affordable rental housing or the maintenance of Stanley Park.
"The region uses these facilities, they're just in Vancouver. The brand is Vancouver and Vancouver is the franchise," Rennie said. "Vancouver carries the weight of the region. As long as the region is letting the city solve its problems, it's going to cost a lot more to do business in Vancouver."
B.C.'s demographics will mean there are no forced sales, Rennie said, because most of the baby boomers have paid for their homes in full. Even if prices drop a bit, boomers will sell their homes as long as they can stay in the same community and live in a home that meets their needs, Rennie said.
"That has to change what we're building, and who we're building it for," Rennie.
He gave an example of someone selling a Shaughnessy home who was asking for $6.9 million last summer, but settled for $5.5 million this year because the drop in price meant they could still move into a $2.5-million townhome in Shannon Mews on Granville Street, with money left over.
He said the boomers will be luxury shoppers, but also utilitarian buyers. He gave the example of dens, which he said boomers will demand be flexible — they will want a den that can be an extra bedroom, a family room or a dining room extension for large family dinners.
"They want more room, not more rooms," Rennie said.
While they may be luxury shoppers when shopping for themselves, the boomers will seek convention before they write a cheque for their own children, Rennie said.
"They won't pay for crazy lofts or crazy green initiatives," Rennie said. "We have no precedent for this economy, and we have no precedent for this aging, iPhone-carrying demographic."
The Colliers report also lists several significant projects that will be selling in the second quarter, including Cressey's Arbutus Ridge and Century Group's 3 Civic Plaza in Surrey City Centre, and noted that Wall Centre Central Park as a "launch success" and that most of the units in the first offering at the Shannon Mews project have sold.
The report notes the 60-unit Metro townhome project by Mosaic in Burnaby as an indicator for townhouses in that city. It also states that sales have been suspended at the Alba project on East Hastings Street until further notice due to lack of sales activity.


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