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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code M1A.1611
Lead-induced chronic gout, right knee, with tophus (tophi)
Diagnosis Code M1A.1611
Short Description: Lead-induced chronic gout, right knee, with tophus (tophi)
Long Description: Lead-induced chronic gout, right knee, with tophus (tophi)
This is the 2019 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code M1A.1611
Valid for Submission
The code M1A.1611 is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
Autoinflammatory syndromes (M04)
- Chronic gout (M1A)
- Autoinflammatory syndromes (M04)
Information for Medical Professionals
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
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The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
Information for Patients
Also called: Gouty arthritis
Gout is a common, painful form of arthritis. It causes swollen, red, hot and stiff joints.
Gout happens when uric acid builds up in your body. Uric acid comes from the breakdown of substances called purines. Purines are in your body's tissues and in foods, such as liver, dried beans and peas, and anchovies. Normally, uric acid dissolves in the blood. It passes through the kidneys and out of the body in urine. But sometimes uric acid can build up and form needle-like crystals. When they form in your joints, it is very painful. The crystals can also cause kidney stones.
Often, gout first attacks your big toe. It can also attack ankles, heels, knees, wrists, fingers, and elbows. At first, gout attacks usually get better in days. Eventually, attacks last longer and happen more often.
You are more likely to get gout if you
- Are a man
- Have family member with gout
- Are overweight
- Drink alcohol
- Eat too many foods rich in purines
Gout can be hard to diagnose. Your doctor may take a sample of fluid from an inflamed joint to look for crystals. You can treat gout with medicines.
Pseudogout has similar symptoms and is sometimes confused with gout. However, it is caused by calcium phosphate, not uric acid.
NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Calcium pyrophosphate arthritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Gout (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Uric acid - blood (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Uric acid - urine (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Lead Poisoning
Also called: Plumbism
Lead is a metal that occurs naturally in the earth's crust. Lead can be found in all parts of our environment. Much of it comes from human activities such as mining and manufacturing. Lead used to be in paint; older houses may still have lead paint. You could be exposed to lead by
- Eating food or drinking water that contains lead. Water pipes in older homes may contain lead.
- Working in a job where lead is used
- Using lead in a hobby, such as making stained glass or lead-glazed pottery
- Using folk remedies such as herbs or foods that contain lead
Breathing air, drinking water, eating food, or swallowing or touching dirt that contains lead can cause many health problems. Lead can affect almost every organ and system in your body. In adults, lead can increase blood pressure and cause infertility, nerve disorders, and muscle and joint pain. It can also make you irritable and affect your ability to concentrate and remember.
Lead is especially dangerous for children. A child who swallows large amounts of lead may develop anemia, severe stomachache, muscle weakness, and brain damage. Even at low levels, lead can affect a child's mental and physical growth.
Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry
- Lead - nutritional considerations (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Lead levels - blood (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Lead poisoning (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Lead Toxicity (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
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Property Tax Millage Rates
Tax Rates on Real, Public Utility and Tangible Personal
Property, by County, for Taxes Collected in Calendar Year
Table PR-6 shows average effective tax rates for each of
Ohio's counties applied to two categories of property - real
property and tangible personal property (including public
utility personal property). The rates are expressed in mills
(a mill is equivalent to $1 per $1,000 of taxable value), and
include levies by all jurisdictions (school district, county,
municipality, etc.) for property located in each county.
The statewide average gross real property tax rates for taxes
collected in calendar year 2005 were 84.22 for residential
and agricultural property (Class I), and 85.76 mills for
public utility, commercial, industrial and mineral property
(Class II). The statewide average net real property tax rates
for taxes collected in calendar year 2005 were 53.48 mills
for Class I, and 62.27 mills for Class II. Finally, the
statewide average tax rate for tangible personal property,
which includes public utility personal property, was 78.52
Cuyahoga County had the highest gross and net property tax
rates in the state. Lawrence County had the lowest gross tax
rates in the real property categories of property. Monroe
County had the lowest gross tax rate in Class I real property
while Gallia County had the lowest tax rate in Class II real
property. Gallia County also had the lowest tangible personal
property tax rate.
For real property, average tax rates were calculated by
dividing tax year 2004 property taxes by tax year 2004
property values. For tangible personal property, tax year
2005 personal property taxes were combined with tax year 2004
public utility personal property taxes and then were divided
by tax year 2005 personal property values combined with tax
year 2004 public utility personal property values to produce
average tax rates. (Tax year 2004 real and public utility
personal property taxes were collected in 2005, whereas
collection of tax year 2005 tangible personal property taxes
occurred in the same year.)
Gross and net tax rates are shown for the two major classes
of real property: residential and agricultural (Class I); and
commercial, industrial, mineral, and public utility (Class
II). The gross rates are the actual rates applied to the real
property values. The net rates are the rates after applying
the percentage reductions in taxes levied required by Section
319.301(D) of the Ohio Revised Code (these percentage
reductions are generally referred to as "tax reduction
factors"). These rates were computed prior to any reduction
of real property taxes resulting from the 10 percent rollback
for all real property, the 2.5 percent rollback for
residential property, or the homestead exemption.
Taxes levied on tangible personal property and public utility
personal property are not reduced by the percentage
reductions applied to real property taxes. Only the gross
rate is applied to tangible personal and public utility
personal property. Tangible personal property rates were
computed prior to any reduction of values allowed by the
$10,000 exemption for tangible personal property.
Data for this table were taken from abstracts filed by county
auditors with the Ohio Department of Taxation.


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Christina Aguilera has been tapped to perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, February 6!!
The 30-year-old singer was confirmed by the NFL on Monday (January 24).
"I have been performing the Anthem since I was seven years old and I must say the Super Bowl is a dream come true," Christina said in a statement (via Access Hollywood). "I am really excited to be part of such an iconic event."
This is Christina's second time singing at the Super Bowl – she last performed during halftime at the 2000 game!
Watch Christina sing before the Green Bay Packers take on the Pittsburgh Steelers at Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, February 6!
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A healthy snack of cheese and vegetables can satisfy a child's appetite while also resulting in the consumption of fewer calories, researchers found.
In a study measuring children's snack consumption when presented with various snack options while watching television, those given a combination vegetable and cheese snack consumed significantly fewer calories before being satiated than those who were served potato chips (P<0.001), according to Brian Wansink, PhD, of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and colleagues.
The effects of snacking on caloric intake were more pronounced in those who were overweight or obese (P=0.02) or who were from low-involvement families (P=0.049), they wrote online in Pediatrics.
The authors noted that, although other factors, such as reduced physical activity, contribute to childhood obesity, the increase in snacking -- up to an average of three snacks per day from one snack per day 30 years ago -- and in consumption of non-nutrient dense snacks "are considered major factors associated with childhood obesity."
They added that "strategies for curbing [non-nutrient dense snack] consumption are needed" to offset the "present and growing problem" of childhood obesity.
The researchers analyzed whether children eating a combination snack of cheese and vegetables would consume fewer calories, and require fewer calories to become satiated than children eating chips.
They also looked at whether heavier children eating the combination snack would consume fewer calories than healthier-weight children, and if children in families with low involvement would eat fewer calories of the combination snack than those from high-involvement families.
The sample size consisted of 183 children (104 female) with an average age of 8.7. The mean body mass index was 20.3 kg/m2.
Among all the participants, 38 were considered overweight (BMI ≥85th percentile), and 43 were considered obese (BMI ≥95th percentile) according to the CDC's BMI-for-age growth chart. The majority of overweight (55%) and obese (63%) children in the study were from low-involvement families.
Participants were randomized to one of four snacking conditions, including potato chips only, vegetables only, cheese only, and cheese and vegetables. The children were allowed to snack freely while watching 45 minutes of TV.
Children's satiety was measured before they were allowed to snack, immediately after watching TV and being allowed to freely snack, and 20 minutes after snacking through a three-question, 9-point scale questionnaire. Satiety was indexed by dividing calories consumed by satiety increases from the first measure to the third measure and used to determine the average number of calories of a snack required to satiate hunger.
The cheese only and vegetable only conditions were controls "to examine how much children in the combo condition consumed compared with those in the control groups."
In addition to the satiety measures, participants' parents filled out 20-item questionnaires regarding mealtime habits, including family involvement during mealtimes and mealtime activities and interactions.
Participants in both the combination and control conditions consumed significantly fewer calories than those who snacked on chips, at 170 mean calories in the cheese and vegetable group, 60 mean calories in the vegetable only group, and 200 mean calories in the cheese only group, versus 620 mean calories in the chip group (P<0.001 for all three comparisons).
"It is worth noting that children offered the combination snack consumed about the same amount of vegetables as those offered vegetables only," they wrote.
In a comparison of satiety between the combination and chip groups, combination healthy snack eaters needed significantly fewer calories before they were satiated (53 calories versus 282.4 calories, P<0.001), making the combination snack "a more calorie-effective means to attain satiety than potato chips."
When comparing effects of age, sex, weight status, and family involvement on caloric intake, only obesity or overweight and family had a significant effect on lower calorie consumption, where children in the combination snack condition ate 16-points fewer (76% versus 60%) and 10-points fewer (77% versus 67%) calories than those in the chip condition.
The authors noted that, while banning non-nutritional snacks entirely from a child's diet may not be practical, offering a healthy combination snack alternative or as a replacement should cause "less fear of backlash" than complete removal of non-nutrient dense foods.
The study had some limitations, most notably the authors did not examine the processes underlying why the combination healthy snack led to less caloric intake compared with a non-nutrient dense snack.
"Additional research is needed...to appreciate the underlying physiological and psychological processes [and] the impact of combination snacks on intake over time also needs to be explored," they said.
The study's data collection was supported by Bel Brands USA and the Cornell Food and Brand Laboratory.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
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Some Highlights from Days 3 and 4 Sessions
- Low Country Libations - I had the opportunity to taste some really interesting aged genevers from the Low Country, namely Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland, and learn more about the spirit. We also tried some whiskey, and some wine, made in the region.
- Sugar: The Science of Sweet - we tried a variety of types of sweeteners, talked about a few more, and got a scientific explanation of them as well. It was fascinating. I hope to play around with some additional options in the near future.
- Hollywood Cocktails - in the most entertaining session I attended, we learned about some famous cocktails from the golden age of Hollywood - who drank them, how they became popular, etc.
Other Highlights
- Our friends Tim Lacey and Cristi DeLucca from the Drawing Room competed in the Leblon Caipirinha competition on Friday night. Unfortunately they didn't win, but they put on a good show and represented Chicago well.
- The Bartender's Breakfast on Saturday night followed the funeral procession for a bad drink (this year, the Red Headed Slut was buried), and it was a blast - good drinks, music, and a great crowd - it was must better orchestrated than last year (when we gave up on getting in, despite being on the list). For those who haven't attended, this one starts at midnight and goes as long as you do. I got home around 4 am.


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Google's Dual-Use Copyright Notice
from the interesting-user-interface-bits dept
He's an amusing story from Google saying that the only reason they have a copyright notice at the bottom of the Google front page is that the page was so simple, many users kept waiting for "the rest of the page" to load. The copyright notice, which serves no other useful purpose, and certainly isn't required for any legal reasons, seems to satisfy users that the page has fully loaded, since that's something you'd put at the bottom of the page. According to a Google representative: "We put it in to say, 'Here's the end, and start searching.' Our lawyers tell us we don't need it there."


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Gozo has some really excellent walking country. There are many walking areas, which present a varying level of challenge. Some of these routes are suitable for pedal cycles too. The best months for this kind of activity are April, May, early June, then later on in the year in October and November, weather permitting of course ! Just a few favourite routes are shown here, and you would be best advised to plan your route well beforehand.
Mgarr Harbour
From the harbour at Mgarr walk a short distance up the hill to Fort Chambrai. This was built in the 18th century by Bailli Jacques-Francois de Chambrai, and is currently being developed into a resort area. From here, make your way down rough paths which lead to the tiny bay of Xatt L-Ahmer (The Red Shore).
Sannat Area
From Sannat, make your way to the Ta'Cenc Hotel, then proceed along the country road leading south east to open countryside and cliffs. About 2 kms west of Ta'Cenc is the valley of Mgarr ix-Xini and sea inlet bearing the same name. The return journey is up hill along the valley by the road which leads into Xewkija.
San Blas Bay
Just north west of Nadur, you will find the bay at San Blas. This is a small sandy beach, accessible only by a steep path ! It is worth the effort though, and from here you can actually cross the headland and walk down to the larger sand beach at Ramla ta' Hamra. The Maltese name means 'red beach' and it is a very popular leisure area.
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Gozo has a wide range of cafes, snack bars, pizza places and restaurants each offering an equally diverse choice of menu. There's something to suit most palates and pockets! so here are just a few suggestions from establishments around the island...
The Cafe Jubilee, It-Tokk, Govanni's, Cafe San Marino, Cup Cake, Dukes Cafe, Coffee Break. Up the hill towards the Citadel, find the Garden Restaurant, Atrium Wine Bar, and the Cittadella and Ta' Ricardo. On the Zebbug road there is Gendus, past the roundabout Brookies. In Saint Francis Square there are many snack bars. On the main road opposite the school find the Tamarisk for a full local and takeaway menu. Next to the Arcadia shopping mall there is MacDonalds, and the Red Rose Cafe just a little way down, then the Black Jack Diner over the road on the corner facing.
Starting out on the Mgarr road out of Victoria past the petrol station and past the traffic lights reaching the Mariblu Restaurant. Keeping on this road further up the hill is Mistees. Return to the traffic lights taking the road to Sannat and Ta' Cenc then find the Palazzo Margarita, close by is Il-Girna.
Along the Xlendi valley road, approaching the town is Il-Taverna del-Ponti and Il-Kenur restaurants. In town find Valley View on the right, Seashells and Val d'Or. The Boat House, Bonitios's and Village Inn. Moby Dick's for Fish and above the Huang Gong Chinese. By the cove there is the Stone Crab and Karolina restaurants. A little distance away find It-Mun and The Paradise. St. Patricks Hotel offers waters edge view, facing the tower and bay is Da Manuel restaurant. On to St Simon Street to find Ic-Cina and Il-Terrazzo.
Once in Gharb there is Jeffrey's, right next door to Gozo Glass. By the side of Gharb church is Salvina's restaurant and the Water Hole wine bar just along the street on the right.
Marsalforn area
Here you will find a very wide variety of eating places; just off the Victoria road is the Ta' Frenc, below find Il-Maxtura, then Tritons Lodge for Chinese or European food. By the harbour the Cafe Romance, Dragon Chinese at the Calypso Hotel, then Republic, Smuggler's Cave, Odyssy, Mermaid, Pulena and Arzella restaurants. The Gauleon, Electra and Ritz can be found in the block by the valley. Il-Plajja, the glass palace has a good restaurant. Smiley's for burgers. Il-Kaptan and Marlene D. Fast food at Scallops and local dishes at Antida's, plus a Gelaterija. Towards the far end, find Il-Kartell and Neptunes bistro's. Up and over the hill to Qbajjar there is Chez Amand and next door Qbajjar Restaurant. Farther along there is the Horizon and Seagull snack bar.
Between Ggantija and the church find Gesthers, then the Oleander in the main square. Dixy does fried chicken. The Cornucopia Hotel has a 5 star restaurant. Then there is the Xaghra Lodge and Teasers on the way to Marsalforn Bay.
Nadur & Qala
In Zewwieqa Street is Xerri il-Bukett. In Qala village there is ta Vestru for a great Pizza, D-Bar in St Joseph's Square, St Anthony's behind Nadur church. Try timpana and pizza from the Band, Bocci and Football Discovers. Overlooking Ramla is the Almar with Martins on the road towards the ferry.
Ghajnsielem & Mgarr
There are couple of kiosks serving hot snacks, then the Seaview specialising in seafood. Jason's Seaview Restauant and Pizza Marina, Up the hill is Huan-Yuan Chinese Restaurant, Sammy's and then the popular Gleneagles. Quayside find Manoel's , Wigi's Winebar and Park Lim. Leading up from the harbour Ta' Pawlu. Overlooking the harbour there are two hotels each with restaurants, The Grand Hotel in St Anthony Street. Towards Victoria find the Rexy in Mgarr Road.
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Local information and a few practical tips to help you during your stay, in alphabetical order...
Baby requirements
Baby specific items such as disposable nappies, infant formula and baby toiletries are readily available in pharmacies, and most supermarkets will stock nappies and a small range of soap, creams etc.,.
Banking facilities
Banks are normally open between 08.30am and 12.30pm from Monday to Friday, and up to 11.30 am on Saturday. Some banks work longer hours. Summer and winter opening hours may differ. See our currencies page for exchange rates. There are four banks in Victoria, APS Bank, Bank of Valletta, and HSBC, in Republic Street and Lombard Bank in Ninu Cremona Street. Each of these banks have an ATM service and there are more ATMs with automatic exchange facilities in Marsalforn and Xlendi. All the major credit cards are accepted in most retail outlets.
Buses on Gozo
Buses are grey with a red stripe along the side - the main bus station is in Main Gate Street Victoria. Click here to see current bus timetable.
Business hours
Commercial centres and shops are normally open between 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. and between 4.00 p.m. and 7 p.m.
In tourist areas, many shops remain open till 10.00 p.m. Shops are normally closed on Sundays and Public Holidays.
The Maltese islands have a wonderful climate, with hot, dry summers and mild, damp winters. Bring a coat for the winter months, jacket for cooler evenings and the lightest of clothing for high summer, July to September. Following a short rainy season Gozo is a carpet of green, gold and dotted patches of wild flowers. Sea temperatures are good into October, and some say this is the best time for swimming. Always wear a suitable sunscreen, even on cloudier days, and bring sunglasses and a hat. More climate details here.
The Maltese islands are a comparatively safe place to holiday, with very little violent crime. Common sense though, should always prevail and the usual precautions taken against pick pockets or bag snatchers in crowded places. Any incidents should be reported directly to the Police - there is a station usually in each town.
Disabled facilities
The Maltese Islands are not easy for travellers with disabilities. Naturally, the terrain is often hilly and pavements can be difficult to navigate easily. The Maltese and Gozitans can always be relied upon to provide help when needed, but it is useful to check ahead regarding facilities for disabled travellers. Tourist information offices can advise on the suitability of sites and museums, and Malta International Airport provides help to disabled travelers on arrival and on departure.
Driving is on the left, as in the United Kingdom. Go carefully, as you would in any country whose roads are unfamiliar. Speed limits are 40mph on highways and 25mph in built up areas. All current driving licences and international licences are recognised. If in doubt, check with your local licencing department before you travel.
Fuel prices reflect international prices.
In Gozo petrol stations are open daily from 7.00am - 6.00pm, only a few open Sundays and public holidays, but most station are automated. You can find stations in Victoria or on the road the Mgarr harbour.
Parking can be difficult and fines are imposed if you leave your car blocking an exit or in a restricted zone. Tow zones have also been introduced and Traffic Wardens now operate. Take care to read signs carefully before you park and use a parking disc where this is required - your car hire company will explain this to you.
Electricity & Water
Malta uses the British standard three pin plug. Electricity is run on a 220-240 volt current. If you have the round two prong style plug then you will need an adaptor. These are widely available in hardware and electrical stores.
Tap water is perfectly safe to drink, but may taste different than what you are used to at home. Bottled water is inexpensive and widely available in shops and supermarkets.
Flight arrivals & departures
* Malta International Airport plc
Luqa LQA 05
Fax: (+356) 21249 563
The Maltese Islands are an independent, constitutional republic. The President is the head of state. His role is essentially ceremonial as executive power lies with the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
There are numerous internet service providers on the islands and a number of internet cafes - in Gozo there are two in Victoria (Arcadia Centre & Aurora Opera House) and one in Xlendi in the town square.
Gozo lending library in Saint Francis square welcomes visitors - there is also a reference library close by
Local tourist office
Tigrija Palazz, Republic Street
Tel: (+356) 21561419
Fax: (+356) 21550254
On Gozo the days newspapers arrive the following morning, with the exception of the Sundays which arrive same day. There is a wide selection of most European publications and a good supply of international magazines and journals. As well as Maltese language papers there are two English language newspapers, The Times and The Malta Independent.
Mario 57 Triq Putirjal, Victoria Gozo +356 21556528
Joseph 28 Triq Putirjal, Victoria Gozo +356 21550099
K-Optilks Tigrija Palazz Republic Street Victoria Gozo
Malta and Gozo are free from rabies, so no animal may be imported from any country where rabies is endemic. If you plan a longer stay and wish to bring you pet you must check the quarantine regulations applicable to your country. Formal application should be made to:
The Director of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
14 Mickel Anton Vassallo Street
Postal Services
Stamps are obtainable from Post Office counters, hotels, some shops and newsagents. Letter boxes are often built into walls or are of the red British style freestanding pillar type. The main Post Office in Victoria can be found at: 129 Triq ir-Repubblika Victoria Gozo. Mon-Sat 7.30am - 5.15pm.
There is also a poste restante service available and you should write in advance to the Postmaster General at: The General Post Office Auberge d'Italie Merchants Street Valletta Malta. You should bring along your passport or identity card when collecting post.
Radio & tv
TVM is the national public television channel, broadcasting programmes in Maltese and English. There are also a number of independent stations which broadcast in Maltese, but have some English programmes. There are many commercial radio stations and it is possible to pick the BBC World Service. See local papers for frequencies which can vary. Satellite and cable TV is widely available.
Religious Services
Malta is a devoutly Roman Catholic country, but all religions are tolerated, and services are held in various languages for foreign visitors on a Sunday. On entering church, women must cover bare shoulders and plunging necklines. If considered to be unsuitably dressed they may be politely refused entrance. A similar principal applies to men wearing shorts - this rule is strictly applied at Ta' Pinu. Please respect these wishes.
Sunday Mass in English is held at 10.00am at The Seminary Triq Enrico Mizzi Victoria Gozo
Anglican Service First and Third Wednesday of every month at 11.15am at The Seminary Triq Enrico Mizzi Victoria Gozo
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Along Christian County's ditches and ponds and little streams, elders are blooming. Perhaps you call them elderberries. Either way, the name refers to the same shrubs.
When we first moved here, I thought that the white-blooming clump of elder near our mailbox might be some kind of wild hydrangea. (I had read an article about wild hydrangeas in Southern Living magazine.)
However, in a few months, the white blooms morphed into drooping heads of small blackish-purple berries dangling from red stems. I realized that they were definitely elderberries.
I still don't know if any wild hydrangeas grow here, but we have lots of elder bushes. Our elder is Sambuccus canadensis, American (common) elder, which is native to much of the U.S.
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If I had a wild, wet area, I'd think about planting elders there. Elders are short-lived shrubs, but the root system will send up new shoots as the old ones die out. In a manicured yard, the dead branches would need pruning every year, and that might be a pain. It would be better to plant them where nature can just take its course.
The flowers, leaves and berries of the elderberry were used by American Indians, and are still favored for various folk remedies. At health food stores, you'll find elderberry supplements that are said to fend off influenza.
If you ever decide to pick elderberries, be sure you have the plant identified correctly. Elders do not have thorns. Also, the berries of the common elder are always blackish when ripe and the berries hang down from the heads. There is another type of elderberry that produces red berries, and they are poisonous.
People usually hold a pan under the head and strip the little berries off, rather than plucking them individually.
My Mennonite neighbor, Kathryn, has picked elderberries to make jam some years. Elderberry wine is supposed to be good for what ails you, and I've heard of elderberry tea and elderberry pie. I have never made any of those things.
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Wait, are the CLI and C# patent-encumbered, or not?
First, I need to confess that Mono isn't exactly within my usual area of interest, and as such, this story has been lingering in our submission queue for a while. The way I always understood the patent situation on Mono is that only certain optional components of Mono might be covered by Microsoft patents. These optional components are things like Windows.Forms, and relate to Mono's Windows compatibility stack - things not needed for Mono on Linux, things not part of GNOME, and things not installed by any Linux distribution. These parts are not standardised by Ecma.The iTWire article makes no mention of this important detail, but Wikipedia does mention it. The iTWire article makes it seem as if the .Net specification itself is patent encumbered - which seems weird to me, as how would a patent-encumbered specification make it into Ecma? Ecma clearly says in its mission statement that its goal is to "to publish [Ecma] Standards and Technical Reports in electronic and printed form; the publications can be freely copied by all interested parties without restrictions." Well, Wikipedia also states that patents are not a problem for Ecma standardisation, as long as they are made available under - you guessed it - "reasonable and non-discriminatory terms".
The way I understand it now is that the Common Language Infrastructure and the C# programming language are ECMA standards - they may or may not be patent-encumbered (this is unclear). If they are patent encumbered, then they must be made available under "reasonable and non-discriminatory terms". Mono is an open source implementation of the CLI and a C# compiler. On top of that, Mono implements several technologies around .Net which are not Ecma standards, and these technologies are certainly covered by patents.
Knowing this, the iTWire article leaves a few things to be desired, as it makes no mention of all the above. Still, it's an interesting article because it might actually indicate that yes, the CLI and C# are covered by patents, due to a deafening silence on Microsoft's end to provide any information on this. Let me explain, by summarising the iTWire article.
The article assumes that the CLI and C# language are covered by patents. As such, the author tries to find the mandatory "reasonable and non-discriminatory" licenses for these patents. It first takes advice from Mono buff Miguel De Icaza about where to get these: Ecma. This is where I got confused, as my short investigation into Ecma made it quite clear that not Ecma is the one providing these licenses, but the actual patent owners, which in this case would be Microsoft. Ecma, therefore, redirected the author to someone at Microsoft.
The author contacts this person at Microsoft, asking where to get the illusive license. This request for information was made more than a month ago, but there still hasn't been an answer. This can mean two things: first, there are no patents covering the CLI and C#, and as such, there is no license to be given. However, it can also mean that yes, there are patents covering the CLI and C#, but Microsoft doesn't have such license ready to be given out. To me, the second option seems more logical, since if there are no patents - how hard would it be to explain that to the author of the iTWire article?
Food for thought, that's for sure.
Moonlight vs. Silverlight
Another area of concern that the iTWire author contacted the same Microsoft person over was Moonlight, the open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight. Novell and Microsoft seem to disagree over the terms under which one may actually use Moonlight. Novell says that "Moonlight will be available for Linux users on any distribution". Microsoft, on the other hand, states something completely different: they state that only Novell and intermediate recipients may ship Moonlight.
As you can see, there's a serious mismatch here, one that definitely needs to be brought to the forefront so that we may be able to resolve it. Since Silverlight is actually making inroads into the internet (the past Olympics were streamed using Silverlight, for instance), it is important that everyone can enjoy it when necessary. We have no answer from Microsoft on this issue either.
Should we actually care?
Well, I sure don't. It's not like Microsoft will come hunting me down and drag me in front of court if I use Moonlight or Mono (if Apple doesn't get me first). Still, there are enough of you out there who would have a lot of problems with this, and you deserve to know the full answers regarding these issues.
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Once you have spent a day admiring your cleverness in conjuring red jelly from a plain old fruit – consider the leftovers.
Take the pile of chopped-up cooked quince, drained of all its cooking water (that is now jelly) and blend or liquidise. Pass this through a sieve. This is easily done with the back of a ladle and really takes no time at all.
Weigh the resulting puree.
Add three quarters of the weight in sugar, and heat in a saucepan. At this stage, it will be an unappetising colour (but surprisingly tasty!).
Bring to the boil. This will be a violent spitting, gurgling affair that covers your worktop with splashes of puree. This appears to be unavoidable, however many times I make this. So I just accept the mess and give everything a good clean afterwards.
Stir every few minutes to prevent it sticking. You don't need it on a high heat, only enough to keep it spitting! And be patient. This may take a couple of hours.
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You can see the colour deepening to a toffee brown. Be careful that it doesn't catch on the bottom of the pan – keep the heat lower rather than higher. You can't hurry this one.
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Over time, the red colour deepens:
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It's Never Too Early For a PollPosted by rtmsf on April 8th, 2008
Some of the way-too-early preseason 08-09 polls are coming out, so we'll do our best to update them on this post as they become available.
- CNNSI – Luke Winn takes his best shot at projecting next season – he has UNC #1
- San Francisco Chronicle – has UNC #1 even w/o Tyler Hansbrough
- The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has Texas (assuming Augustin returns) as #1 – shocker
- Another UNC choice (Rivals) – will next year's Carolina team learn to play defense?
- San Jose Mercury-News has another UNC #1 selection – why is everyone sleeping on Georgetown?
- ESPN – Andy Katz has the Horns at #1 in his rendition.
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Up from the ashes: House vacant for 12 years gets second life as one of greenest residences in Ann Arbor
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With his Urban Ashes business, owner Paul Hickman gives a second life to dead or dying things, making fine wood picture frames from city trees headed for the wood chipper.
So it made sense that when it came time to buy a house, Hickman would salvage a structure that was in its death throes, to rescue a home ready for the wrecking ball.
The 1949 mid-century modern ranch house on at 2115 Newport Road was ahead of its time: The low-slung home with deep overhangs and vertical skylights (called clerestory windows) created a Prairie-style look. Its floors captured heat from the sun that came through the ample windows and radiant floor heat warmed the house.
But time and neglect took its toll. The house had been abandoned for more than a decade, left to the raccoons and other urban critters, damaged by a leaking roof and filled floor to ceiling with clutter.
With architect Michael Klement, principal of Architectural Resources, and Doug Selby, owner of Meadowlark Building, Hickman is building an environmentally friendly house that uses old hemlock barn wood from a Michigan farm for the exterior siding, the old vinyl siding for the garage and the wormy wood from a distressed maple tree next to the house for the floors and trim.
The in-progress renovation will be featured during a free Visible Green Home/Behind the Drywall tour Saturday and Sunday. The tour is open to the public.
"I commend Paul for rescuing this house," said Selby. "It's always a challenge getting a house to net-zero (where it produces more energy than it uses). To do that to a house that was in this bad of shape is double-challenging. He could have picked an easier house, but went for the challenge."
It was the horizontal lines of the house that first attracted Hickman to the house. Inside, it was the abundant light, he said.
And it was the house's colorful history: World-renowned pianist and University of Michigan music professor Benning Dexter built the house and lived in it until 1970. The new owner, also a university professor, was a hoarder, and eventually fell ill and was moved to a care facility. She had no family, and the house sat vacant for 12 years. "The house was going back to nature. It was going feral," Hickman said. "A car, full of stuff, sat in the driveway for 12 years, embedded three inches in the asphalt."
After the woman died, the two-bedroom house was sold and neighbors thought that it would be razed, Hickman said. Instead, a Canton man cleared out the debris, tore down some rotting walls, installed laminate flooring and placed it on the market.
That's when Hickman and his wife, Marcy, found it. There was still much work to do: Make it energy efficient and LEED certified, reconfigure space for a third bedroom and family room, replace the laminate floors with real wood and add a root cellar. And the vinyl siding had to go, Hickman said. "I couldn't live in a house with vinyl siding."
Work began last spring and Hickman hopes it will be finished in February. It will be one of only a handful of net-zero energy houses in Ann Arbor. Hickman will also seek LEED Platinum certification.
The house has been stripped down to its sheeting: The exterior vinyl siding was removed and will be replaced by the barn wood which will be charred in a process called shou sugi ban, an ancient Japanese siding technique that preserves the wood for as long as 80 years.
A detached straw bale 525-square-foot office and studio will be built and will hold the 42 solar panels that will generate energy for the site.
Because it sits on a concrete slab with no insulation, the house oozes heat. An energy audit found the temperature on the exterior of the house at 55 degrees on a 30-degree day. A three-foot trench was dug around the base of the house, and closed cell soy-based foam was packed in. Dimple board was installed as a second barrier, Klement said. Dense-packed cellulose insulation was installed between the walls and exterior, along with 2-inch rigid foam insulation that had been rescued from an old school building.
Hickman said the house came with many hurdles: The concrete slab, the water damage, a flat roof, the lack of a third bedroom, the vinyl siding. "It all gave me pause," he said. But he figured to tear down the old house and build a new one would have cost 30 percent to 40 percent more, he said. "And I would have lost the whole story, as convoluted and crazy as it is."
For more information or to make reservations for the tour, go to www.behindthedrywall.com or www.visiblegreenhome.com. Or call 734-619-8024. Tour attendees Saturday and Sunday are urged to dress warmly (the house doesn't have heat), avoid loose clothing and wear sturdy shoes.
Janet Miller is a freelance reporter for AnnArbor.com.
Ann English
Sun, Dec 9, 2012 : 12:31 a.m.
I conclude from the information above that the house has no basement and no attic. Amazing what was going on with this house while a new subdivision was going up across the road from it, and someone found a way to put a big new house in on the same side of Newport Road across from Bird Road. If my memory serves me well, this house sits well back from the road.
Frank Martin
Sat, Dec 8, 2012 : 11:35 p.m.
For the uninitiated, that is a cellar outside the insulation and heating system of the house that will maintain a cool dry space for storage of vegetables and other things during the winter. It is a great addition for those who want to eat local food on a seasonal basis (especially if you want to grow your own). If I had one, I'd finally start with those forced Belgian endives. My basement is too warm wooden toddler toys http://www.woodentoddlertoys.com
Sat, Dec 8, 2012 : 6:32 p.m.
The pianist's name was Benning Dexter, not Dexter Benning.
Dog Guy
Sat, Dec 8, 2012 : 3:08 p.m.
Shou sugi ban? I was wondering where Detroit got the idea for charred siding.
Sat, Dec 8, 2012 : 2:31 p.m.
I question the figure that it wold cost more to build new, especially if Mr. Clement is involved. We had him analyze our house for a 700 sq foot addition and the quote was 2 1/2 times what we had paid for the entire house. And that was without any shou sugi ban.
Sat, Dec 8, 2012 : 8:32 p.m.
He is very expensive but he speciallizes in green building and energy efficiency as does Meadowlark. They are not trying to sell their services to those on limited incomes, there is a cost for that level of expertise and they seem to be doing very well at marketing it.................The payback period is another story
Vivienne Armentrout
Sat, Dec 8, 2012 : 11:24 a.m.
I've been reading about this for a couple of weeks now and was impressed with the serious dedication to re-use as well as the energy efficiency. But a ROOT CELLAR! Now I'm really envious! For the uninitiated, that is a cellar outside the insulation and heating system of the house that will maintain a cool dry space for storage of vegetables and other things during the winter. It is a great addition for those who want to eat local food on a seasonal basis (especially if you want to grow your own). If I had one, I'd finally start with those forced Belgian endives. My basement is too warm. Thanks for the story and for the gallery. This is a great Ann Arbor moment.
laura wolf
Sat, Dec 8, 2012 : 6:58 p.m.
i don't know what sort of place you live, but if you have a yard, you can have a simple root cellar. you bury a trash can up to the lid and put bales of straw on top. i saw this in use a number of years ago in ypsi while working on a job.


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Civil Procedure: Theory and Practice
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The new edition of this thought-provoking casebook incorporates important new material into a framework that has been proven and updated through classroom use. CIVIL PROCEDURE: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, integrates traditional, thorough doctrinal coverage and the Socratic method with contextual, strategic lawyering perspectives and the opportunity to explore challenging theoretical questions.
The casebook helps students recognize the relevance of procedural issues in litigation by:
using the Socratic method to encourage student thought, with introductory text, examples, and hypotheticals to equip students for the challenges of practice
creating a sophisticated yet clear and straightforward text that provides students with clear exposition that never hides the ball yet still requires students to work to achieve deeper insights
opening with an overview of the entire civil litigation process, using the landmark N.Y. Times v. Sullivan case, real pleadings, and actual discovery materials to introduce basic elements of civil litigation
showing the connection between the classroom and the courtroom with an innovative Anatomy of a Litigation case study chapter that leads students systematically through the process from pleadings to verdict and requires students to apply what they learn to a factually complex tort case centered around an airplane crash
providing comprehensive coverage of the full range of topics, including in-depth treatment of personal and subject matter jurisdiction, complex joinder, preclusion, and alternative dispute resolution
facilitating analysis with accessible background material for each major case
utilizing extensive notes and questions to frame conceptual issues and provide the beginning of the answer so students have a starting point and are able to develop strategic and critical thinking skills
selecting an excellent assortment of leading cases and high-interest cases, balancing lightly edited cases for analysis with tightly edited cases to cover more conceptual ground and strategy objectives
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new co-author Tobias Barrington Wolff brings his valuable experience and expertise to the writing team
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additional coverage of trial procedures and juries allows instructors to emphasize the practical side of adjudication
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I reached another marker this week in my posthumous, intriguing, fan-like relationship with Montréal poet Émile Nelligan (1879-1941) when Craig's partner, Claude, drove me to the site of his burial in Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges. Even with a map of the cemetery it took us a while to find Marker #588 in Section N. At 350 acres, and with fifty-five kilometres of road, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is Canada's largest cemetery, dating back to 1854, and fast closing in on a population of one million people's remains.
He even wrote about the place, the only reference in his works to Montréal:
Sainte Notre-Dame, en beau manteau d'or,
De sa lande fleurie
Descend chaque soir, quand son Jésus dort,
En sa Ville-Marie.
Sous l'astral flambeau que portent ses anges,
La belle Vierge va
Triomphalement, aux accords étranges
De céleste bîva.
Sainte Notre-Dame a là-haut son trône
Sur notre Mont-Royal ;
Et de là, son oeil subjugue le Faune
De l'abîme infernal.
Car elle a dicté: " Qu'un ange protège
De son arme de feu
Ma ville d'argent au collier de neige ",
La Dame du Ciel bleu !
Sainte Notre-Dame, oh ! tôt nous délivre
De tout joug pour le tien ;
Chasse l'étranger ! Au pays de givre
Sois-nous force et soutien.
Ce placet fleuri de choses dorées,
Puisses-tu de tes yeux,
Bénigne, le lire aux roses vesprées,
Quand tu nous viens des Cieux !
Sainte Notre-Dame a pleuré longtemps
Parmi ses petits anges ;
Tellement, dit-on, qu'en les cieux latents
Se font des bruits étranges.
Et que notre Vierge entraînant l'Eden,
O floraison chérie !
Va tôt refleurir en même jardin
Sa France et sa Ville-Marie…
Below, closer to his home as a teenager on rue Laval (also shown) near Square Saint-Louis, is a bust of the young Nelligan, which enjoys a prominent place in that lovely park. It remains a somewhat bohemian, albeit pricier, neighbourhood of artists and students among whom, over the objections of his parents, he found companionship among peers.
Born at 602, rue de La Gauchetière (not far from present-day Gare Centrale) on Christmas Eve 1879, and baptized at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church on Christmas Day, he was the first son of Irish immigrant David Nelligan and Emilia Amanda Hudon, a francophone and daughter of the former mayor of the lower St. Lawrence town of Rimouski. Two younger sisters, Beatrice and Gertrude, followed. It cannot be overlooked that Nelligan's bi-cultural background represented something essential to the understanding of Montréal culture at the time (think of Hugh MacLennan's later work "Two Solitudes"). At the time of Nelligan's birth, the percentages of francophones and anglophones in the city-proper was tied (and the English overwhelmingly waved power over the French). It was only after the annexation of outlying "towns", which have been part of Montréal for generations now, and with increased migration from rural areas to the city, that the proportion of francophones grew to 75% by 1920.
On the outside, his childhood would have appeared to be pretty good, spent between the family home in Montréal and their summer residence in Cacouna, not too far from his mother's birthplace. However Nelligan skipped school increasingly, devoting more and more time to his love of writing poetry. He left school outright in 1897, over the strong objections of his working-class father.
Childhood, despair, difficult relationships with his individual parents right out of a session with Freud, social awkwardness, love, sin, music and a morbid fascination with what he viewed as the relief of death dominate his work.
The story is told, in the preface to P.F. Widdows' bilingual edition of "Émile Nelligan – Selected Poems", of David Nelligan sending his son off to Liverpool, as something of a would-be merchant mariner. Alas he was back home in two months. His father having given up on him, as Widdows writes, "he never again submitted himself to what the world and his father called work".
Émile's work, however, his poetry, continued unstopped.
His first published poem appeared in the journal Le Samedi de Montréal on June 13, 1896, which he submitted under the pen-name Émile Kovar. It was Rêve fantasque, an early indication of his fascination with death, even suicide.
Qu'il est doux de mourir quand notre âme s'afflige,
Quand nous pèse le temps tel un cuisant remords,
-Que le désespoir ou qu'un noir penser l'exige –
Qu'il est doux de mourir alors!
My shaky translation:
How sweet to die when our soul is grieved,
When we weigh the time such a bitter remorse,
-Such black despair of thinking that is required
It is sweet to die then!
Nelligan was just sixteen years old.
Between 1896 and 1897 he met, and was taken under the wing of, Roman Catholic père Eugène Seers, better known in Montréal literary circles as Louis Dantin. An encouraging critic of Nelligan's work, he published some of his religious-themed poems in the newsletter of his Order and was instrumental in preparing his protegé's collected poems for publication after Nelligan's mental breakdown.
Joining, quitting, then re-joining, l'École littéraire de Montréal which met at the Château Ramezay (pictured below in Old Montréal) Nelligan's brief public reading stint came to a dramatic end during the presentation of three of his poems to members, one of them his most well-known La Romance du vin. Following a rapturous reception from his audience a nearly-ecstatic Émile Nelligan was carried away on the shoulders of his friends during – or after – which he suffered a psychotic breakdown.
That was May 26, 1899. He was diagnosed with irreversible psychoses, before schizophrenia had been named.
At the insistence of his parents, Nelligan was confined to la Retraite Saint-Benoît, a Catholic brothers' retreat centre at the eastern end of the Island of Montréal. He was moved to what was then the Saint-Jean-de-Dieu asylum in 1925, where he remained until his death on November 18, 1941.
In 1979, to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp which paid tribute to one of his most widely-read poems Le Vaisseau d'Or:
"Le Vaisseau d'Or"
C'était un grand Vaisseau taillé dans l'or massif:
Ses mâts touchaient l'azur, sur des mers inconnues;
La Cyprine d'amour, cheveux épars, chairs nues,
S'étalait à sa proue, au soleil excessif.
Mais il vint une nuit frapper le grand écueil
Dans l'Océan trompeur où chantait la Sirène,
Et le naufrage horrible inclina sa carène
Aux profondeurs du Gouffre, immuable cercueil.
Ce fut un Vaisseau d'Or, dont les flancs diaphanes
Révélaient des trésors que les marins profanes,
Dégoût, Haine et Névrose, entre eux ont disputés.
Que reste-t-il de lui dans la tempête brève?
Qu'est devenu mon coeur, navire déserté?
Hélas! Il a sombré dans l'abîme du Rêve!"The Ship of Gold"
It was a great ship carved from solid gold:
Its masts touched to the skies on uncharted seas;
Venus, goddess of love, her hair streaming, her flesh bare,
Flaunted herself on the prow beneath a blazing sun.
But one night it struck the great reef
In that treacherous ocean where the Siren sang,
And the horrible shipwreck tilted its keel
Into the depths of the abyss, ineluctable coffin.
It was a ship of gold whose diaphanous sides
Revealed treasures which the profane mariners,
Loathing, Hatred, and Neurosis, disputed among themselves.
What remains of it in the brief tempest?
What has become of my heart, a deserted ship?
Alas! It has foundered in the depths of the dream!
Source: Wikipedia, translator unknown
My very first introduction to Nelligan was through the music of pianist and composer André Gagnon . On an early album was a tune entitled "Nelligan".
Then, around 1990, Gagnon collaborated with playwright Michel Tremblay and mounted an opera/musical "Nelligan".
One of Nelligan's poems Soir d'hiver was put to music by the recently-deceased Claude Léveillée
Ah! comme la neige a neigé! Ah! as snow snowed!
Ma vitre est un jardin de givre. My window is a garden of frost.
Ah! comme la neige a neigé! Ah! as snow snowed!
Qu'est-ce que le spasme de vivre What is the spasm of life
Ô la douleur que j'ai, que j'ai! Oh the pain I have, that I have!
Tous les étangs gisent gelés, All ponds lie frozen,
Mon âme est noire: Où vis-je? où vais-je? My soul is black: Where am I living? Where am I going?
Tous ses espoirs gisent gelés: All his hopes lie frozen:
Je suis la nouvelle Norvège I am the new Norway
D'où les blonds ciels s'en sont allés. Hence the fair skies are gone.
Pleurez, oiseaux de février, Weep, birds of February,
Au sinistre frisson des choses, The thrill of sinister things,
Pleurez, oiseaux de février, Weep, birds of February,
Pleurez mes pleurs, pleurez mes roses, Weep my tears, cry my roses,
Aux branches du genévrier. On branches of juniper.
Ah! comme la neige a neigé! Ah! as snow snowed!
Ma vitre est un jardin de givre. My window is a garden of frost.
Ah! comme la neige a neigé! Ah! as snow snowed!
Qu'est-ce que le spasme de vivre What is the spasm of life
A tout l'ennui que j'ai, que j'ai!… For all the trouble I have, that I have! …
A lovely boutique hotel in Vieux-Montréal, complete with the renowned Verses restaurant, bears his name and celebrates his legacy. Hôtel Nelligan opens onto the cobble-stoned Rue Saint-Paul
Having learned about Nelligan's impressive body of work (to say nothing of a promising career) dashed by mental illness that was treated with the crude methods of the day, I felt some identification with him – if only in the sense of having felt private despair. I almost never fail to walk past Nelligan's bust in Square St-Louis when I'm in Montréal. I am so pleased to be connecting my love of André Gagnon's music, the poetry of Émile Nelligan, my fascination with Nelligan landmarks downtown, and now his grave-site on the beautiful slopes of Mont-Royal.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – David Vyborny scored twice and had an assist in the third period to power Columbus to a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, giving the Blue Jackets a franchise record for points in a season.
The victory gave Columbus 72 points, erasing the mark in the Blue Jackets' inaugural season in 2000-01 when a collection of castoffs somehow collected 71 points.
Dan Fritsche and Rick Nash each had a goal and an assist and Mark Hartigan also scored for Columbus.
Chicago, which tied the game in the second period after falling behind 2-0 in the first, lost its fifth game in a row. Brandon Bochenski and Kyle Calder had the Blackhawks' goals.
In a season that was ruined by an NHL-worst 9-25-1 start, the Blue Jackets have regained some respect around the league with their solid play in the second half by rebounding to go 25-17-3 since. They've also set team records this season for victories (34), home wins (22), road wins (12) and goals (215).
The go-ahead goal came 9 seconds after a Chicago power play. On a rush, Fritsche left a drop pass for Vyborny who unloaded a hard one-timer from just above the left circle. The puck beat Nikolai Khabibulin high on the glove side at the 4:15 mark.
Vyborny's second goal came from almost the exact same spot as his first, only this one beat Khabibulin on the stick side with 5:57 remaining. Nash set up the goal with a centering pass from the left wing.
Vyborny then returned the favor by threading a pass past two defenders to Nash for his 30th of the season with 2:02 left.
It was Nash's return from knee and ankle injuries that heralded the Blue Jackets' turnaround just before the holidays. His assist tied his career high (22) and his goal allowed him to become the first player since Mario Lemieux in 2000-01 to score 30 goals in a season while playing fewer than 53 games.
Adam Foote's pass from the right boards glanced off the stick of Jody Shelley and went to Fritsche at the far post, who was sneaking in behind the cage and had an easy tap-in behind a surprised Khabibulin.
Hartigan then cleaned up after Khabibulin stopped Jaroslav Balastik's hard shot from the high slot.
Hartigan has seven goals and two assists in the last nine games – after scoring one goal with no assists in his first 21 starts this season.
Just 1:45 into the second, Mark Cullen skated behind the net and took a Columbus player with him, paving the way for Bochenski to score on a wraparound. Marc Denis appeared to have the shot stopped but Bochenski jammed it through Denis' skates.
Two minutes later, Calder stuck out his stick to score on a redirect of Jim Vandermeer's hard slap shot from just inside the blue line. Calder caught enough of the puck to send it just under the crossbar.
Notes: Columbus called up Ds Andy Delmore and Jamie Pushor from Syracuse (AHL) before the game to fill in for Duvie Westcott (head injury) and Rostislav Klesla (groin). … Blackhawks LW Rene Bourque blocked a power-play one-timer by Delmore in the second period and had to be helped off the ice. … There were only six minor penalties in the game.
Blue Jackets 5, Blackhawks 2
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Looks like Lady Gaga is tearing another page out of the Madonna platinum-blond, pop-superstar playbook.
In the early '90s, Madonna launched a new phase of her career by allowing director Alek Keshishian to make a documentary, "Truth or Dare," about the singer's Blond Ambition tour. Keshishian's film painted Madonna in a candid and revealing light and included a memorable cameo by her then-boy-toy Warren Beatty, who in one sequence makes the laughing observation about Madonna: "She doesn't want to live off-camera, much less talk."
Now Lady Gaga has followed Madonna's celluloid blueprint by reportedly recruiting fashion photographer Terry Richardson to make a feature-length documentary about her. Richardson is (in)famous for erotically explicit imagery that prompted one colleague (according to a Wikipedia entry, citing a New York Post story) to describe his business M.O. thusly: "He takes girls who are young, manipulates them to take their clothes off and takes pictures of them they will be ashamed of."
Of course, premeditated controversy is to Lady Gaga what red meat is to a ravening lion. Sounds like a heavenly match.
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