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That said, there are at least some trends that are emerging, and some patterns worth looking at. Many of these are very obvious. Heroes that have begun to pop up as heavily favoured by various competitive teams include Doombringer, Alchemist, Luna, Dragon Knight and Pugna. That said, these are just a handful and different teams are showing different preferences which themselves have changed over these last 3 months. When the patch initially came out, it was clear that the draft was all about the supports. 4 top supports quickly emerged in the form of Crystal Maiden, Visage, Venomancer and Lich. However, the rise of Lich was short-lived, probably due to the ease with which teams can push in this version, thus countering both Sacrifice and Chain Frost and rendering the hero very ineffective. In Lich's place, Alchemist has subsequently cemented its spot - although Alchemist is not always played as a support, it is played often enough as one to be included in the 'big 4'.
But which heroes have been winning the most? I decided to take a look at the data on datdota and see which heroes had the highest win percentages in 6.79 so far. What I found was rather interesting:
So, of the top 10 highest win rate heroes, 4 of them are Wisp and her friends. Okay, cool, Wisp wasn't all about Tether. Relocate is an excellent spell. Perhaps interesting is that despite Wisp's increased win rate [from 56% in 6.78 to 67% so far in 6.79], the hero is being picked substantially less than before. This might be because teams have been slow to realize that the hero is still very effective or perhaps it's because the hero doesn't lane as well any more and is thus just harder to fit into a draft. Either way, it remains outside of the 'big four' supports in terms of popularity, despite its having a far superior win rate to any of those 4 heroes.
Meanwhile, Tusk and Warlock are in the top 10 due to the insanely small sample size, having only won 1 more game than they've lost, respectively.
Elder Titan holding his ground near the top suggests that nerfing anything except Natural Order will not be able to reduce the dramatic effect the hero has. For me this means the nerfs have been vindicated since the hero shouldn't be able to slaughter lanes if it's good enough to pick without having that ability.
Beastmaster is a hero that seems to come and go and is perhaps at the moment coming rather than going. It's hard to say why its win rate is around 60% at the moment when its overall usual win rate sits around 50%. Is it becoming a thing again? I would need to think a lot more about this to make any meaningful comment here. Honestly, I don't know.
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises is that Treant Protector, despite a substantial nerf to Living Armour, has more or less retained the same high win rate it had before. The 6.79 sample is quite small, but I'm inclined to believe it's representative because there is a good qualitative explanation for it. While Living Armour got nerfed, Leech Seed got massively buffed. The hero is just played differently now but has managed to stay very effective.
Necrophos is actually the original inspiration for me writing this piece as my investigation into 6.79 hero trends was ultimately prompted by an observation I made about this hero. I did not, however, expect it to have the highest 6.79 win percentage. That said, the sample size here is very small and thus potentially misleading. Indeed, what I observed suggests that the hero might only be being drafted into positions where the very fact of its having been drafted near guarantees it to win!
A few professional teams [though mostly LGD] have begun to run this hero as a standard response to certain types of picks. But it's not the oldschool 'pick Necrolyte to counter a tank' idea. Put simply, if a team realizes that their opponent's first few picks in the draft are not capable of dealing with early 5-man pushes, they can start building towards a strategy that will ultimately centre around Necrophos. Normally the Necrophos itself is picked last but this, I think, is mostly to stretch the advantage as far as possible - not a necessity. And as teams begin to realize this and start to ban the hero in the second or last ban phase, it might just start getting picked a bit earlier in drafts. To demonstrate the kind of draft it fits into, here is an example.
This is how the draft looked in game 1 of iG vs DK in the grand finals of WPC ACE. Despite DK starting off exceptionally well with a 5-2 lead before creeps spawned, they were really nowhere in this game. Burning got his farm, and the lane stage looked okay for DK, their 5-2 lead becoming an 8-4 one. But Hao's Necrophos got good farm too and, shortly after finishing his Mek, it became very clear that only one team could win this game. Storm Spirit, which was the 3rd pick for DK in this game, probably sealed the deal for iG in terms of building towards a Necrophos pick. The hero is only marginally more useful than a Lich at defending against a 5-man push early on. Storm Spirit thrives on its mobility, which allows it to pick heroes off or abusively kite in skirmishes. However, if the entire enemy team is holding hands from early on, you aren't going to be making any pickoffs without becoming one yourself. Meanwhile, Lifestealer needs lots of items to be able to handle that type of approach - and even if the game had lasted that long, Burning would still have had to deal with the threat of heavy disable, always at risk of being chain-stunned and burst down if caught by anything.
Initially I thought iG had just figured DK out well during this draft and out-picked them excellently. After a while I realized just how important the Necrophos was to their strategy. It's essentially the fuel that keeps a 5-man push strategy chugging along. Notice the only direct 'pushing skills' iG had here are DK's Dragon Form and maybe Visage's Familiars. Their ability to pressure buildings is more about being too threatening to approach than it is about actually killing the buildings really fast. And that's what Necrophos enables. In a way, this is reminiscent of the role Nightstalker used to play in push strategies - although what he did was more chase enemies away from defending than prevent them from trying to defend just by being there. In the case of Nightstalker, a fight could still go badly if the other team initiated well. In this case, it's hard to see how that would happen. So yeah, this game provides a clear lesson that leaving your draft open to a Necrophos 5-man assault will lose you a game very easily.
Sadly, Fnatic's Fly did not make this observation and we saw an almost exact replica of the above draft in game 1 of LGD vs Fnatic at D2L.
Presumably, most professional teams will have observed at least one of these cases and will be a bit more ready for this sort of thing now. That said, it remains to be seen whether or not the Necrophos needs to be picked 5th in order to make its strategies work. Being picked last, in the correct draft, it seems very near to unstoppable. Perhaps if it is picked a bit earlier, but also in the correct draft, it will merely be, I don't know, extremely good?
I'd like to stop and make a point about the sample size here. Hopefully having done substantial qualitative analysis will already work against concerns about a small sample size. That said, I want to point out that while Necrophos's insanely high win rate of 78% in 6.79 is only based on 23 appearances in 3 months, the hero's win percentage in 6.78 was a mere 28%. Meanwhile, looking at the overall stats of the hero on datdota, it's clear that this is its first spell of consistent success in a long time.
This means that Necrophos was 9-26 before 6.79 and is 18-5 in 6.79. While both samples remain reasonably small, the comparison between them is undeniable. The hero almost never won and now it almost never loses. How deep this trend will run remains to be seen.
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One final thing that I would feel intellectually dishonest about leaving out is that while writing this piece I discovered that, in fact, Rubick is the 3rd most picked support in 6.79, ahead of both Venomancer and Alchemist. That said, I still feel disinclined to include it in 'the big 4' simply because I don't think it's being prioritized in the same way as those 4 are. Which is to say, Rubick slots into any draft nicely, but most drafts seem to want a Crystal Maiden, Venomancer, Alchemist or Visage on support.


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I haven't been as present here on the blog as I would like. Work has interfered too much with having fun.
There have been dramatic changes at work, which have translated to dramatic changes in my life.
I quit.
As of next Saturday, a new chapter opens in my life.
I can hardly wait to read the story.

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text: There is a Randy Coven thread going in the "Recordings" folder, but I thought I would call this to your attention here. At Coven's web site he has photos of his many unique and custom made basses, plus a description of their "history." If you would like to check out his basses, go to the site linked here and click on "Toys." http://www.randycovensite.com Just an extra comment. His latest recording features a song played with his three octave fretless bass.


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Grad student helps women sell homemade items
Grad student helps women sell homemade items
For Pinar Arpaci, just thinking about the two Turkish women she helped earn college degrees still gives her goosebumps.
It began back in 2011 when Arpaci, graduate student in education, created a program called Prodigy Stream. The program aims to empower women living in Istanbul, Turkey.
Prodigy Stream allows the women to sell their homemade crafts on the online site, Etsy, to provide revenue for their families. By selling their products online, the women are exposed to a much more global market than if they were to only sell their products at the Bazaar.


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Architect Pedro Sousa has been awarded first prize in an international competition entitled 'A House in Luanda: Patio and Pavilion'. Launched by Lisbon Architecture Triennale and promoted in collaboration with the Luanda Triennale, the brief challenged architects and designers to compose an inexpensive family unit with external patio suitable for a family of 7-9 individuals.
Aimed at severely deprived families in Luanda, the scheme aims to incorporate 'evolutionary solutions, and possibly self-construction, which are therefore adapted to the speed of transformation of the social fabric of Angola and Luanda'. A jury composed of Álvaro Siza Vieira (president of the jury), João Luís Carrilho da Graça, Fernando Mello Franco, Barry Bergdoll and Ângela Mingas selected Sousa's concept design from a total of 599 proposals, noting that it 'distinguished itself from others by the way it questions and rethinks THE HOUSE AS A CITY, THE CITY AS A HOME'.
Sousa's design approach takes the image of a city as a transferable entity, considering architecture and 'the city' as 'different manifestations of the same theme'. To the architect, the home must not only act as a supporting factor of the larger urban environment (defining streets, squares and so forth) but also capture the metropolitan feel of a city with 4.5m residents whilst retaining an individual identity.
Souza expands: "Our goal would be to create an architecture that contains diversity and simplicity; architecture that when lived-in, has the capability of generating the curiosity that leads to the discovery of a series of intimate and unexpected places."


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CFO Moves: Supervalu, Forestar, Majesco Entertainment
Supervalu Inc., a Minneapolis-based grocer, named Susan Grafton finance chief, effective Oct. 1. Ms. Grafton, who will keep her existing post of chief accounting officer, succeeds Bruce Besanko, who was given the newly created position of chief operating officer. The moves coincide with the coming retirement of Sam Duncan, its chief executive. Mr. Duncan and Mr. Besanko previously worked together in similar capacities at retailer OfficeMax. Ms. Grafton will receive a salary of $500,000, with a bonus opportunity targeted at 75% of that, while the value of her annual long-term incentive will increase to $650,000 in fiscal 2017.
Forestar Group Inc., a real estate and natural resources company based in Austin, Texas, named Charles Jehl CFO, succeeding Christopher Nines, who resigned at the end of September. Mr. Jehl, who joined the company in 2006, has been executive vice president of its oil and gas division since February. Compensation information wasn't immediately disclosed.
Majesco Entertainment Co., a video-game maker based in South Plainfield, N.J., named John Stetson CFO. Mr. Stetson has been the managing member of HS Contrarian Investments LLC, a private investment firm focused on early stage companies, since 2010. Former controller Gary Anthony was named its principal accounting officer in April, following the departure of CFO Michael Vesey for undisclosed reasons.


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Pavlovic spoke about the love of their fans .
The experienced forward Panathinaikos referred to the support of the "Shamrock" fans , stating: "I want to thank the fans who support us and show how much they love us and believe in us. It is a motive for all of us that fans love. "
Still, through the official blog of the ESAKE Pavlovic said that the "Greens" should be relaxed not even for a second, and also stated that Olympiakos is a great opponent.
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Mapping, tissue distribution and polymorphism of porcine retinol binding protein genes (RBP5 and RBP7)
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Gong, W.H.; Tang, Z.L.; Han, J.L.; Yang, S.L.; Wang, H.; Li, Y.; Li, K. 2008. Mapping, tissue distribution and polymorphism of porcine retinol binding protein genes (RBP5 and RBP7). Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 21(11):1544-1550.
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The retinoids (vitamin A and its derivatives) play a critical role in vision, growth, reproduction, cell differentiation and embryonic development. Using the IMpRH panel, porcine cellular retinol binding protein genes 5 and 7 (RBP5 and RBP7) were assigned to porcine chromosomes 5 and 6, respectively. The complete coding sequences (CDS) of the RBP5 and RBP7 genes were amplified using the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method, and the deduced amino acid sequences of both genes were compared to human corresponding proteins. The mRNA distributions of the two genes in adult Wuzhishan pig tissues (lung, skeletal muscle, spleen, heart, stomach, large intestine, lymph node, small intestine, liver, brain, kidney and fat) were examined. A total of nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified in two genes. Three of these SNPs were analyzed using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction-fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method in Laiwu, Wuzhishan, Guizhou, Bama, Tongcheng, Yorkshire and Landrace pig breeds. Association analysis of genotypes of these SNP loci with economic traits was done in our experimental populations. Significant associations of different genotypes of [RBP5-A/G.sup.63], RBP5-A/[G.sup.517] and [RPB5-T/C.sup.intron1-90] loci with traits including maximum carcass length (LM), minimum carcass length (LN), marbling score (MS), back fat thickness at shoulder (SBF), meat color score (MCS) and hematocrit (HCT) were detected. These SNPs may be useful as genetic markers in genetic improvement for porcine production.


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Frequent Links
Cough medicine
A cough medicine or cough and cold medicine, also known as cough syrup or linctus when in syrup form, is a medicinal drug used in those with coughing and related conditions. There is no good evidence for or against the use of over-the-counter cough medications in those with a cough.[1] While they are used by 10% of American children weekly, they are not recommended in Canada and the United States in children 6 years or younger because of lack of evidence showing effect and concerns of harm.[2][3]
There are a number of different cough and cold medications, which may be used for various coughing symptoms. The commercially available products may include combinations of:
- expectorants: substances claimed to make coughing easier while enhancing the production of mucous, for example acetylcysteine.
- antitussives: substances which suppress the coughing itself (cough suppressants). Examples are codeine, dextromethorphan and noscapine.
- antihistamines, which might sedate a person a bit and reduce other associated symptoms, like a runny nose and watery eyes; for example diphenhydramine.
- decongestants, which relieve nasal congestion, such as ephedrine
- antipyretics, substances that reduce fever, such as paracetamol
- various substances supposed to soften the coughing, like honey or sugar syrup.
There is no good evidence supporting the effectiveness of over-the-counter cough medicines to reduce coughing.[4]
Some brand names include: Benilyn, Sudafed, Robitussin and Vicks among others.[5] Most contain a number of active ingredients.[2]
The efficacy of cough medication is questionable, particularly in children.[6] A 2014 Cochrane review concluded that "There is no good evidence for or against the effectiveness of OTC medicines in acute cough".[4] Some cough medicines may be no more effective than placebos for acute coughs in adults, including coughs related to upper respiratory tract infections.[7] The American College of Chest Physicians states that cough medicines are not designed to treat whooping cough, a cough that is caused by bacteria and can last for months.[8] No over the counter cough medicines have been found to be effective in cases of pneumonia.[9] There is not enough evidence to make recommendations for those who have a cough and cancer.[10] They are not recommended in those who have COPD or chronic bronchitis.[11]
- Dextromethorphan (DXM) may be modestly effective in decreasing cough in adults with viral upper respiratory infections. However, in children it has not been found to be effective.[12]
- Codeine was once viewed as the gold standard in cough suppressants but this position is now questioned.[13] Some recent placebo-controlled trials have found however that it may be no better than placebo for some etiologies including acute cough in children.[14][15] It is thus not recommended for children.[15] Additionally, there is no evidence that hydrocodone is useful in children.[16] Similarly, a 2012 Dutch guideline regarding the treatment of acute cough does not recommend its use.[17]
- A number of other commercially available cough treatments have not been shown to be effective in viral upper respiratory infections. These include in adults: antihistamines, antihistamine-decongestant combinations, benzonatate, and guaifenesin; and in children: antihistamines, decongestants for clearing up the nose, or combinations of these.[12]
Alternative medicine
Honey may be a minimally effective cough treatment.[18] A Cochrane systematic review found the evidence to recommend for or against its use to be weak.[19] In light of this they found it was better than no treatment, placebo, and diphenhydramine but not better than dextromethorphan for relieving cough symptoms.[19] Honey's use as a cough treatment has been linked on several occasions to infantile botulism and as such should not be used in children less than one year old.[20]
Many alternative treatments are used to treat the common cold. However, a 2007 review states that, "Complementary and alternative therapies (i.e., Echinacea, vitamin C, and zinc) are not recommended for treating common cold symptoms; however, ... Vitamin C prophylaxis may modestly reduce the duration and severity of the common cold in the general population and may reduce the incidence of the illness in persons exposed to physical and environmental stresses."[21]
A 2009 review found that the evidence supporting the effectiveness of zinc is mixed with respect to cough,[12] and a 2011 Cochrane review concluded that zinc "administered within 24 hours of onset of symptoms reduces the duration and severity of the common cold in healthy people".[22] A 2003 review concluded: "Clinical trial data support the value of zinc in reducing the duration and severity of symptoms of the common cold when administered within 24 hours of the onset of common cold symptoms."[23] Nasally applied zinc gel may lead to long-term or permanent loss of smell. The FDA therefore discourages its use.[24]
While a number of plants and Chinese herbs have been purported to ease cold symptoms, including ginger, garlic, hyssop, mullein, and others, studies have either not been done or have been found inconclusive.[25]
Adverse effects
A number of accidental overdoses and well-documented adverse effects suggested caution in children.[26] Cough medicines can be abused as recreational drugs despite being unattractive as such.[27]
Heroin was originally marketed as a cough suppressant in 1898.[28] It was, at the time, believed to be a non-addictive alternative to other opiate containing cough syrups. This was quickly realized to be not true as heroin readily breaks down into morphine, already known to be addictive at the time, in the body.
Society and culture
In the United States several billion dollars were spent on over the counter products per year.[29]
According to the New York Times, at least eight mass poisonings have occurred as a result of counterfeit cough syrup, substituting inexpensive diethylene glycol in place of glycerin. In May 2007, 365 deaths were reported in Panama, which were associated with cough syrup containing diethylene glycol.[30]
See also
- Throat lozenge
- Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, a Chinese herbal cough syrup
- ^ Smith, SM; Schroeder, K; Fahey, T (Aug 15, 2012). "Over-the-counter (OTC) medications for acute cough in children and adults in ambulatory settings.". The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 8: CD001831. PMID 22895922. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001831.pub4.
- ^ a b Shefrin and Goldman; Goldman, RD (November 2009). "Use of over-the-counter cough and cold medications in children". Canadian Family Physician 55 (11): 1081–1083. PMC 2776795. PMID 19910592.
- ^ "FDA panel: No cold medicines to children under 6". CNN (Washington). Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ a b Smith, SM; Schroeder, K; Fahey, T (24 November 2014). "Over-the-counter (OTC) medications for acute cough in children and adults in community settings.". The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 11: CD001831. PMID 25420096. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001831.pub5.
- ^ "Children's cough and cold medicines – Lists of products" (PDF). Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Medsafe cough and cold group http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/hot/alerts/CoughandCold/Minutes2CoughandCold.asp
- ^ Knut Schroeder and Tom Fahey (2002). "Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of over the counter cough medicines for acute cough in adults". British Medical Journal 324 (7333): 329–331. PMC 65295. PMID 11834560. doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7333.329.
- ^ "New Cough Guidelines Urge Adult Whooping Cough Vaccine; Many OTC Medications Not Recommended for Cough Treatment" (Press release). American College of Chest Physicians. January 9, 2006.
- ^ Chang CC, Cheng AC, Chang AB (2012). "Over-the-counter (OTC) medications to reduce cough as an adjunct to antibiotics for acute pneumonia in children and adults". Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2: CD006088. PMID 22336815. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006088.pub3.
- ^ Molassiotis, A; Bailey, C; Caress, A; Brunton, L; Smith, J (Sep 8, 2010). "Interventions for cough in cancer.". The Cochrane database of systematic reviews (9): CD007881. PMID 20824870. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007881.pub2.
- ^ Vestbo, Jørgen (2013). "Therapeutic Options" (PDF). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. pp. 19–30.
- ^ a b c Dealleaume L, Tweed B, Neher JO (October 2009). "Do OTC remedies relieve cough in acute upper respiratory infections?". J Fam Pract 58 (10): 559a–c. PMID 19874728.
- ^ ed, Kian Fan Chung ... (2008). Pharmacology and therapeutics of cough. Berlin: Springer. p. 248. ISBN 9783540798422.
- ^ Bolser DC, Davenport PW (February 2007). "Codeine and cough: an ineffective gold standard". Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology 7 (1): 32–6. PMC 2921574. PMID 17218808. doi:10.1097/ACI.0b013e3280115145.
- ^ a b Goldman, RD (Dec 2010). "Codeine for acute cough in children". Canadian Family Physician 56 (12): 1293–4. PMC 3001921. PMID 21156892.
- ^ Paul, IM (Feb 2012). "Therapeutic options for acute cough due to upper respiratory infections in children.". Lung 190 (1): 41–4. PMID 21892785. doi:10.1007/s00408-011-9319-y.
- ^ Verlee, L; Verheij, TJ; Hopstaken, RM; Prins, JM; Salomé, PL; Bindels, PJ (2012). "[Summary of NHG practice guideline 'Acute cough'].". Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde 156 (0): A4188. PMID 22917039.
- ^ "Honey A Better Option For Childhood Cough Than Over The Counter Medications". 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ a b Oduwole O, Meremikwu MM, Oyo-Ita A, Udoh EE (2014). "Honey for acute cough in children". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (Systematic review) 12 (12): CD007094. PMID 25536086. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007094.pub4.
- ^ Sung, Valerie; Cranswick, Noel. "Cough and cold remedies for children". Australian Prescriber (32): 122–4. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^ Simasek M, Blandino DA (February 2007). "Treatment of the common cold". Am Fam Physician 75 (4): 515–20. PMID 17323712.
- ^ Singh M, Das RR (2011). "Zinc for the common cold". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2): CD001364. PMID 21328251. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001364.pub3.
- ^ Hulisz D (2004). "Efficacy of zinc against common cold viruses: an overview". J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 44 (5): 594–603. PMID 15496046. doi:10.1331/1544-3188.8.131.524.Hulisz.
- ^ "Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Products (Cold Remedy Nasal Gel, Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs, and Cold Remedy Swabs, Kids Size)".
- ^ Linde K, Barrett B, Wölkart K, Bauer R, Melchart D (2006). Linde, Klaus, ed. "Echinacea for preventing and treating the common cold". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (1): CD000530. PMID 16437427. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000530.pub2.
- ^ Sung, Valerie and Cranswick, Noel (2009). "Cough and cold remedies for children". Australian Prescriber, Vol. 32. pp 122-124. Available athttp://www.australianprescriber.com/magazine/32/5/122/4/.
- ^ Reeves, Roy R.; Ladner, Mark E.; Perry, Candace L.; Burke, Randy S.; Laizer, Janet T. (Mar 2015). "Abuse of Medications That Theoretically Are Without Abuse Potential". Southern Medical Journal 108 (3): 151–157. ISSN 1541-8243. PMID 25772048. doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000256.
- ^ Burch, Druin (2009). Taking the Medicine: A Short History of Medicine's Beautiful Idea, and Our Difficulty Swallowing It. Random House. p. 118. ISBN 9781407021225.
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- ^ Bogdanich, Walt; Hooker, Jake (2007-05-06). "From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
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Shall we start with some good news?
Over the final eight games of the season, the Lions finished with a 6-2 record. They were a 60-yard Hail Mary from Aaron Rodgers away from winning seven of their final eight games. Over that stretch of games the offense averaged 26.1 points per game, which was a big improvement on the 19.9 they averaged during the first half of the year.
Maybe it was a coincidence that the offense started to finally click?
Maybe it was…
That's right, when Jim Bob Cooter took over the play calling, the offense flourished. With a full season of Cooter the possibilities are endless.
We started with the good news, but now it is time to take a dose of bad. Unless you have been too busy playing Pokemon, then you know Calvin Johnson has hung up his cleats and called it a career. It won't be a matter of if he will be in the Hall of Fame, but when?
If I had to pick one play to sum of Calvin Johnson's career it would be…
The Lions are obviously going to miss his physical talent. Even more so, they will miss what he did to opposing defenses. On every single play there were at least two sets of eyes on him. He opened up the rest of the offense and made the players around him better.
Marvin Jones said it best. "I'm not coming here trying to replace Calvin Johnson. You're not going to replace Calvin Johnson." I like that he laid that out there from the get go. Just because he is coming in to play the position that did Calvin doesn't mean that comparisons should be drawn. It wouldn't be fair to Marvin Jones, and would be setting him up to fail.
When we look back at Jones's 2016 season, I don't think "failure" will be a word that will be thrown around. Jones put up a respectable 65/816/4 last year. While those aren't eye-popping statistics, one must keep in mind that he was the second and sometimes third option in the passing game for a team that threw the ball fewer than only six other teams.
I don't see their being a defined #1 receiver in the Detroit offense this year, but rather Jones and Tate using their unique skill sets to work in tandem. Tate is an established slot man and one of the toughest to tackle in the league. He led all receivers last season forcing 30 missed tackles. Jones will do most of his damage outside of the numbers. He is a smooth operator and can run routes at all three levels. He has a knack for creating separation at the last second on deep balls and coming down with some acrobatic catches.
The Lions passing game will also get a boost from the backfield in the form of Theo Riddick who tied with Danny Woodhead for the league lead in receptions by a running back with 80. Riddick was ultra-efficient catching 81% of his targets and having five or more receptions in 10 games.
While filling the gigantic shoes of Calvin Johnson can't be done by one man, the Lions possess a variety of weapons with varying skill sets that should keep the Lions passing game as a legitimate threat.
All of the talk in the offseason has revolved around replacing Calvin Johnson; however, if I was a Lions fan my biggest worry would be the running game. Last season, the problems started upfront with the offensive line finishing as the 26th rated run-blocking unit. They spent their first round pick on Taylor Decker, who is a mauler and one of the best run-blocking lineman in the draft. Hopefully this addition will improve a run game that failed to see a back break 80 yards in any game last season.
Ultimately the success or lack there of will fall on the shoulders of Matt Stafford. Much like the rest of the team, the first half of the season was a disaster for Stafford. Here is the only statistic you need to see to truly illustrate the tale of two seasons that Stafford had in 2015:
First eight games: 11 interceptions (1-7)
Last eight games: 2 interceptions (6-2)
The success in the interception department came at the same time as JBC took over the play calling. The offense was predicated on getting the ball out of Stafford's hand quick and taking what the defense was willing to give them. This concept helps explain how Stafford finished dead last in the metric Average Depth of Throw (aDOT) at 6.8 yards per attempt. When you have players like Tate and Riddick who can make plays after the catch this concept can work. If Stafford can carry over the momentum he built up over the second half he could be in for a career year from an efficiency standpoint.
The return of DeAndre Levy is going to be huge for a defense that allowed 25 points per game in 2015. Levy joining forces with Tahir Whitehead and Josh Bynes who both graded out as top 15 linebackers last season should make for a formidable unit, especially against the turn. This is good news when you know you are going to see Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings twice a year. Kyle Van Noy finally had a healthy offseason. He came into OTAs and minicamp in great shape and did some work with the first team. With a strong preseason he will make a push to be on the field as a starter in Week 1.
On the flip side, the secondary is a big question mark. Darius Slay is quickly becoming one of the better young corners in the league and will hold his own against anyone. The problem is who is going to play the other corner? Nevin Lawson could be a likely candidate, but he had a terrible 2015 and allowed more touchdown passes than passes he broke up. Glover Quin will hold down one of the safety positions. Rafael Bush will have a shot at the strong safety position there is no clear cut starter at this time and will be a camp battle. All of these question marks is not good news when you have Aaron Rodgers on your schedule twice.
Ezekiel Ansah is the biggest player-maker among this group. He puts a tremendous amount of pressure on opposing defenses with the speed he presents off the edge. He erupted for 14.5 sacks last year and accounted for 25% of the pressures. It is hard to believe that he didn't start playing football until he was 20 years old.
Golden Tate (ADP: 35) PPR
Take note that the 35 ADP represents PPR format. I will take Tate as the 21st receiver off the board in that format all day long. With the lack of running game they had in 2015, they used Tate as an extension of the run game and would throw him a few bubble/tunnel screens each game. He led the league in receptions at or behind the line of scrimmage. These are uncontested catches and essentially free points. JBC is a Tate fan as well. In the eight games that he called the plays, Tate recorded catch totals of: 4,8,7,8,9,6,4,4. With all of the "easy" catches that he gets he will never put up a dud week, which is huge in head to head formats. He will be a strong WR2 and have a shot at finishing as a top 15 PPR receiver.
Marvin Jones (ADP: 95) Standard
Marvin Jones as the 38th receiver off the board seems crazy to me. As mentioned earlier in the article he posted 65/816/4 in an offense in which he was never the primary read. The Lions didn't throw a 40 million dollar contract at him to be a decoy. I see no reason why Jones can't post a 1000 yard season.
Ameer Abdullah (ADP: 79) Standard
Maybe it is because Abduallah burned me last year and I am subliminally just being a hater, but I can't justify selecting him this year as the 28th running back off the board. Especially in front of names like Chris "The Tusk" Ivory and Gio Bernard to name a few. His fumbling problem that he had in college is still a real thing. He put the ball on the carpet five times last season and went a stretch where he only saw 14 carries over a three week span because of fumbles in the previous two games. He is losing third down snaps to Riddick and will lose goal line carries to either Zenner or Ridley. He is basically a between the 20's back who will be running behind a suspect offensive line, is a fumble or two away from losing carries, and doesn't play on third down. No thanks.
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Law Introduced Would Allow Child Porn Victims to SueFebruary 19th, 2008 by flanews
Children who are photographed in pornographic settings would be able to sue the people who take or even transmit their pictures. Legislation introduced Tuesday supported by the Attorney General would provide settlements of up to $150,000 for each offense. Maureen Horkan runs the Cyber Crime Unit in the Attorney General�s office and she said the pictures they find are too graphic to show in public.
�They contain penetration of small children by adults and objects. Children covered with feces. Children bound. Children being made to be tied and threatened with weapons. Children that in some of the images are crying. It is a horrific reality that is out there,� said Horkan.
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The International Maritime Bureau released its annual report on piracy in early January, noting that pirate attacks rose by 10 percent globally in 2007, with 269 attacks (up from 239 in 2006). Indonesia remained the world's most dangerous area, with 43 attacks last year, but Somalia and Nigeria saw significant increases in pirate activity last year, with 42 attacks off the Nigerian coast (up from 12 in 2006) and 31 off the Somali coast (up from 10 in 2006).
Only 54 US military personnel—out of more than 600 implicated in detainee abuse cases in Iraq and elsewhere in the war on terror—have been convicted by court martial. Of those convicted, 40 have served prison time.
In early January the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation reached a settlement with the National Council of Arab Americans and the Answer Coalition two groups who had been denied a permit in 2004 to hold a rally on Central Park's Great Lawn, just before the Republican National Convention. The department agreed to allow larger rallies in the park, backing away from former restrictions that the city said were designed to protect the lawn but which many viewed as a de facto stifling of dissent.
Forty-five people were burned to death on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria, when fuel they were siphoning from a pipeline caught fire. Although Nigeria is Africa's top exporter of crude oil, nine out of ten people in the country live on less than $2 a day.
Visits to Sweden's museums declined in 2007 by nearly 20 percent after the government ended the longstanding free admissions policy at the nation's 19 national museums.
The International Association of Athletics Federations ruled on January 14 that Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, will not be eligible for the Olympics. After an independent study, the IAAF stated that Pistorius's carbon fiber prosthetics, j-shaped blades known as Cheetahs, "should be considered as technical aids which give him an advantage over other athletes."
The Department of the Interior released a preliminary environmental review of the $1 billion Cape Wind Project, which would site 130 wind turbines over 24 miles of Nantucket Sound five miles off Cape Cod, and found that it would pose no major ecological risks. The plan to build the nation's first offshore wind farm is opposed by many homeowners on Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard.
On January 10, Jason M. Fife of Hunker, Pennsylvania was sentenced to probation and community service for mailing a frozen cow's head to his wife's lover. Henry Hiles, Fife's lawyer said at the trial that Fife "understands that in a civilized society a person cannot send a severed cow's head to anybody."
Nina Olson, the Internal Revenue Service's national taxpayer advocate, told Congress on January 9 that the use of private debt collectors is costing more than the money it brings in. Olson said that if Congress authorized more money for IRS staff and equipment, the agency could bring in $20 for each dollar of funding it receives. Congressional Republicans and the Bush administration favor private debt collection and oppose expansion of IRS enforcement.
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The Mad 'Hat'-ter's knittin g and crocheting group of Horizon Community Church meets once a week on Monday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at Gert DeJong's home. This is a wonderful mission opportunity for anyone interested in making hats for charity and enjoying fellowship with other members at the same time.
The hats are donated to the Parker Adventist Hospital where Doctors Without Borders give them to families of newborns and child oncology patients in hospitals and orphanages all around the world.
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So here I am Labor day weekend 2014, I check my countdown clock and realize that my official power-lifting debut is in 14 weeks. I started training a few months ago but it seemed that December was so far away, not so much. I have aquired all of the gear I will need and my Coach has started to amp up my training. Next week I will start lifting with my squat suit so I can start to learn how to use it properly.
See most people when they start in this sport start out as RAW lifters what that means is the only "gear" they are using is a belt, knee wraps and wrist wraps. I on the other hand will be a geared lifter from the beginning. Why? good question, let me explain. Three years ago I had my right hip replaced, so in order for me to compete in a full power meet (squat,bench and dead lift) my wife and my coach are requiring that I wear a squat suit to support and help protect the hip. I will only be wearing the suit for the squat and I will be wearing power briefs during the dead lift, so for that reason I am considered a geared lifter. my gear is single ply not multi., ironically when I am benching I will be benching raw because my coach doesn't want me to jump into the realm of bench shirts yet. I will eventually but not yet.
So come Monday it gets real with increasing the assistance work and the poundage's Wednesday starts the suit and we go from there.
I had originally set my sights on a 900lb total however I may be adjusting that up.
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|Great White Egret
Galveston Island – Texas.
Species seen 29.
Today we left Houston bound for three days on the Gulf coast, arriving at Galveston we took the road along the sea front and soon come across a few White Pelicans in the bay.
Scanning the mud flats gave us Great White, Little and Snowy Egret. A little further along the road was a field full of cattle, which of course had many Cattle Egrets amongst them.
|White Ibis
|Turkey Vulture
Long tailed Grackles could be seen sheltering under parked vehicles from the high temperatures with the Texas sunshine at a high 95 degrees.
|Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Birds seen around the ferry and beach area were
Magnificent Frigatebird, Booby, Osprey, Laughing Gulls, Royal Terns & Black Skimmers. A great afternoons birding of which most was done from the comfort of an air con car!
Other birds seen were, Ruddy Turnstone, Dunlin, Sanderling, White Winged Dove, Collared Dove, Common Ground Dove, Rock Pigeon.
One thing about Galveston is there are hundreds of Brown Pelicans around the area all giving fantastic views of them fishing by plunging in to the sea.
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Pilot Study of Feasibility, Safety, and Economics of Early Discharge and Outpatient Management of Adult Patients Following Intensive Induction Chemotherapy for Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Non-APL Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- To compare the death rate in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes or acute myeloid
leukemia who are discharged after completion of induction chemotherapy vs those who
remain in the hospital until blood counts recover.
- To determine the proportion of patients who meet the early discharge criteria after
completion of induction chemotherapy.
- To compare the costs incurred by patients who are discharged early vs those who are
discharged only after blood counts recover.
- To compare resource utilization (e.g., transfusions) among these patients.
- To compare the quality of life of these patients.
OUTLINE: Within 72 hours after completion of induction chemotherapy, patients are either
discharged from the hospital or remain in the hospital until their blood counts recover.
Patients receive standard supportive care after completion of induction chemotherapy either
in the hospital or as an outpatient. Outpatients are seen by a registered nurse or physician
assistant ≥ 3 times weekly and by a physician at least once weekly.
A medical chart review is conducted to obtain information about medical complications (e.g.,
neutropenic fever, documented infections, bleeding, reasons for hospitalization) and use of
medical resources. Patients complete the MDA Symptom Inventory and the EORTC QLQ-C30
questionnaire periodically to assess quality of life. Costs associated with inpatient and
outpatient care are evaluated using electronic billing information from the University of
Washington Medical Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
After completion of the study, patients are followed up for 1 month.
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Death rate in patients discharged after completion of induction chemotherapy
Roland Walter, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
United States: Institutional Review Board
December 2008
March 2011
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D560 provides a Design for Reliability (DFR) planning framework that can be customized to meet your organization's specific needs. It teaches how to apply each step in the DFR process through hands-on application of tools related to the product development. Students are also exposed to how DFR is applied by the different organization functional team members throughout the product development process.
D560 presents concepts and software that you could use to help your organization:
- Gain an understanding of the methods, terms and metrics used in reliability, when to apply particular tools during the product development life cycle and the associated benefits and drawbacks of each.
- Implement a holistic DFR process in product/system design environments and leverage the benefits of this process, namely the Faster, Better, Cheaper values that drive the Reliability 3.0 process.
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- The "Hows" of a world-class DFR process
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Development and Testing Phase Activities
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|The view from the hotel: Notre Dame! (Hesburgh Library to be precise.)
Dear Reader,
I promised pictures of the games: here they are! The majority of the pictures come from Dean West's beautiful Sandershausen game, but I managed to take pictures of several other games as well.
|The French prepare to attack at Sandershausen
|The Hessians (or Prussian stand ins) prepare to receive them.
|The Diesbach Regiment: The end of the French Line
The above photo is of the Diesbach Regiment, one of the best units in the French army. This regiment was on of the few to come out of the disastrous battle of Rossbach with any honor. They formed a square and marched of the battlefield, leading Frederick of Prussia to quip, "What is this red brick wall, that all my artillery cannot manage to bring down?"
|Behind the Hessian lines (again, these are Prussian figures)
|The overall scenario at Sandershausen.
The French (bottom) are attempting to drive off the Hessians (top). As you can see, the French have superior numbers on their side.
|Some light troops and Landmiliz
|The Hessians commanders, and the game host (1st play through)
|The Evil French! (1st play through)
Sadly for the forces of good everywhere, the French soundly beat the Hessians in record time during the first player through. Good Job to the French players though!
|The table during the 2nd play through
|The French commander leans over the table, menacingly (2nd Play through)
Against all odds, the Hessians managed to defeat the French on the second play through. They did so by emulating the actions of the historical Hessian commander, Johann Casmir von Isenberg-Birstien
|Dean West assisting with Patrick Lebeau's game on Saturday. Dean is attempting to get a bird's eye view of the proceedings.
|Pat Lebeau's beautiful Burkersdorf scenario
|A confused naval action of the coast of India. Jeff Knudsen's beautiful 1/900 scale ships of the line help make this game a favorite of convention go-ers.
|The British attempt to break the French line
|Oddly enough, after a long day of gaming, there was a fireworks display for some other event outside our hotel room. A fitting end to the convention!


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Monday, 20 February 2017
Celebrate Heritage Day in Ottawa
In recognitions of the sesquicentennial the theme for this year's Heritage Day in Ottawa is"My Canada! / Mon Canada!"
Come to Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, 21 February between 11:30 am to 2 pm to find out how heritage is being celebrated; and learn about services offered by local heritage organizations, public programs and special initiatives, as well as professional development and volunteer opportunities.
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Public transportation system can benefit greatly from insights into the traffic volumes. These insights can be helpful in identifying the peak times and peak routes and will be instrumental in effective allocation of buses and other transportation modes to cater those transportation needs. This can further help the authorities in making other corporate decisions such as purchase decisions and decisions to issue route permits (in SL context) etc.
Further, such insights would be used to do demand management. In demand management the user is offered incentives to direct users to use the transportation system when the congestion is less. Airline industry benefits greatly from demand management and this can be applied to other transportation to various extends. To do demand management, insights into the traffic details would be crucial and it can in turn help the authorities of companies identify the effectiveness of such demand management strategies.
Data Set
The data was available from the Open Data Portal of City of Chicago and it included data for both bus and metro lines. The data was in the granularity of days and for buses it had data for each of the bus routes. In the case of metro, the data was in the form of metro station entries. More data was available on bus stops and metro stop. However, these data could not be used for the analysis since the fact tables were in the granularity of bus route and station entries.
The data was in CSV format and my first task was to get them into a relational databases. I did a quick analysis on data in the relational database. Bus rides data had about 700,000 tuples while the station entry data had about 600,000 tuples. I had to derive separate tables for metro stations and bus routes and define required primary keys as well as foreign keys among tables. Since the data was in granularity of days I created a new table for days and added extra columns such as year, month, day of month, day of week which is helpful in further analysis. So my final schema looked like this.
AnalysisFor the analysis the preferred BI suite chosen was Pentaho. However, I soon realized the the Community Edition of it lacks much of the ease of use and many things has to be done manually.
BI schema
Since time is the major dimension of the analysis I required time to form a hierarchy and designing time in a hierarchical manner was not possible with the schema generation in Pentaho BI server. For that I used the Pentaho Schema Workbench which allowed me to properly mark the dimension and time for the required hierarchy.
OLAP cube
OLAP cubes were generated using the jPivot plugin for Pentaho. Since time was defined in a hierarchy, now I can drilldown the cube in a more meaningful manner (in a year, month, day hierarchy).
The dashboard available in the community edition lacks ease of use and dashboard needs to be defined and the tweaks needs to be done with CSS and JavaScript. So this dashboard creation is not for non-geeks. I included the following charts in the dashboard.
- Bus rides by bus routes
- Station entries by station
- Bus rides and station entries by year (to identify overall trend in public transportation usage)
- Bus rides and station entries by month (to identify seasonal variations)
- Bus rides and station entries by day of month
- Bus rides and station entries by day of week (to identify weekly patterns)
- Bus rides and station entries over time
Pentaho comes with a report design tool which allows creating report templates and binding data with them easily . I created reports which included total bus rides and station entries by month, year and by station and routes. Report Designer allows publishing those reports to the BI server. However, I got an error while doing so. Though I did not find any documentation to suggest that, I suspect this is not allowed in the community edition. Report designer allows publishing reports in multiple formats and the following is a sample report in HTML format.
Observations and Interesting Findings
A number of interesting observations were made using the Pentaho dashboard.
There is an year by year increase of metro usage while the usage of buses remained constant over the course of 13 years.
As expected, Sunday recorded the least usage of public transport followed by Saturday. However, interestingly Monday had a noticeable drop compared to other week days. May be people feel lazy to wake up on Monday mornings and rush to work with their own vehicles :)
Moreover, interesting seasonal variations were observed which is suspected to be related to four seasons. There was a noticeable drop in the public transit usage in the months of December, January, and February and this is possibly due to the winter conditions.
Further I noticed that some days in the month has considerable less usage. In the below graph 31st day of the month record lowest since not every month has a 31st. The drop in 29th and 30 the can probably be asserted to the month of February. Drops on 1st, 4th and 25th can possible be due to US holidays that falls on fixed days (1st Jan - New year's day, 4th Jul - Independence day, 25th Dec - Christmas day). However, I did not find such a drop for 11th Nov which is the Veteran's day.


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We vary the content of these evening flower arranging classes, covering different aspects of flower arranging, wedding flowers and Christmas Flower Arranging .
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The Moon Is Blue (1953)
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1 voteThe five main stars of this film all died within seven years of each other; Maggie McNamara in 1978 aged 49, William Holden in 1981 aged 63, Tom Tully in 1982 aged 73, David Niven in 1983 aged 73, and Dawn Addams in 1985 aged 54. Director Otto Preminger died the next year at the age of 80.
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1 voteGood grumpy old Otto seems to in love with Maggie and hier ingenue agresiveness. But its more in dialogue than in gestures and mise en scene. Too speechy for suc a gret director. Holden and Niven ok, even Dawn Addams.
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Yesterday I was out running errands with my hubby when he spotted a sign for a yard sale and suggested we check it out (isn't he great? I'm so lucky).
He was happy because he scored two propane cylinders for $2 each. And I'm happy because he spotted this:
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Because this is what the plug looks like. It's a European 220-volt. So I have no way of knowing whether it works or not. But Bob has reassured me that he can make it work.
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The new film distributor Open Road announced today that they will release their latest acquisition, the action-suspense-drama The Grey , on Jan. 27, 2012.
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O.K. how about he's the first guy among the cast who gets his head ripped off? Yeah, that looks like his most probable outcome.
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A New Year In A New Home
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oh, my goodness! I forgot to decorate our dolls' house! =/ (I'm serious - not teasing. =P)ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the move! I was just talking on the phone with my MIL, today, about how, after four years, here, we really are starting to feel like this is our home and not just a beautiful house. We had so much fun, this year! and, I was remembering the first Christmas - we had good memories in camping out in the only two rooms that weren't being renovated at the time - making cookies and cutting paper snowflakes to hang on a make shift tree because we couldn't dig out our own ornaments.
Well, oops.... I'm rambling! =] Congratulations, again! and wishing you a lovely new year!!! It sounds like it will be quite the fresh page! =]
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The dolls' house, I mean.... oh geesh! =/ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your new home! I am so happy for you hon. The dollshouse is gorgeous - I always wanted one when I was a child. I bet Mia loves it :-) Best wishes to you and your lovely family for a fabulous 2013. Becks xReplyDelete
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Very glad to hear you are getting settled and that a great Christmas was had by all.
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Marina, I've missed you and am so glad to hear that you are settled in your new home and got to have a very Merry Christmas. Looking forward to seeing all about your new home..Happy Sunday..JudyReplyDelete
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"Don't look back!" Paul writes in his letter to the Philippians, "Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
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Ken Norton, the former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, was listed in stable but serious condition at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Monday after he suffered a fractured skull and a broken jaw in a traffic accident late Sunday night.
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New home sales fell 4.6% in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 411,000, according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development report (link opens a PDF) released today.
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In an effort to further energize the workforce in Waldo County, several Belfast area organizations are collaborating to host a regional job fair to be held at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center on Tuesday, March 7th, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm.
"There are amazing opportunities for workforce development in the Belfast area," says Emily Baer, Executive Director of the Belfast Creative Coalition, one of the entities organizing the job fair. "Our goal with this fair is to make sure that local employers are connected to the folks who are looking for jobs and wanting to invest their energy in our community."
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(VINCENNES) - Momentum is building towards this year's National Watermelon Drop in Vincennes.
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Well yesterday was my big tooth appointment. Got all my teeth removed around 1pm. This time was put all the way under so it didn't end up like my Sioux City trip. So when I got home I took some pain meds and went to bed…slept for 3-4 hours and then got up till about 11pm. Today and last night I dont feel too bad. I am very swollen but not bruised yet. The dentist said that it was a very major surgery for me and that bI had TONS of infection. So am lucky I got it done when I did…so nows the healing process. My temp dentures are a little loose but not too bad and no sore spots yet really…I mean how can one tell when your mouth is super ender anyway? Also my diabetic retinopathy is much better too!!!
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Wow! How in the world did I miss all the action?! I'm so pleased for you Malissa and very proud of you as well! Now take care of yourself and don't work too hard! Save some time to have some fun with your lovely, darling daughter! ;-) Mara
lol…Im not on a lot anymore. And thanks. Im so glad I did this! I feel better but it did not help my diabetes…my A1C is now higher so I dont get it. TTryin to work 3 jobs now so dont have much time for much of anything.
well stress may do that to you Malisssa. how has your eating plan been like?
Congrats on finally feeling better. Just imagine how good you'll feel after you recover from the surgery. Take care and take time to heal.
Thats wonderful news! Wishing you a quick recovery!
You are doing great…happy for you and wishing you a speedy recovery..
FANTASTIC, Malissa! So good to hear that!
continued prayers for your healing
thanks a million!!!! Im glad to have finally gotten them out…cant wait to feel better!!! I do feel good but…with no more infedction running in me…wow I wont know what to do lol
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