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Cinema by Rachael Ray
Rachael's Cinema collection is an elegant grouping that reflects her love of Old Hollywood style. Her designs are a perfect collaboration of classic elements with an updated aesthetic and modern function. Cinema's beautiful Shadow Grey finish is crafted from Hardwood Solids with Walnut Veneers and accompanied by custom-designed metallic Silver Screen-finished hardware and accents. The collection has a refined, yet comfortable, appearance, ideal for adding subtle glamour to your home.
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Everyday Dining by Rachael Ray
The Everyday Dining collection from Rachael Ray Home allows you to mix and match pieces, styles and finishes to create a perfect casual dining setting that reflects your taste. Crafted of Poplar Solids with Maple Veneers, each item is offered in three distinct finishes; a warm Nutmeg tone, a darker Peppercorn finish with subtle rub through, and a white painted Sea Salt color with light distressing. Case pieces offer ample storage and modern functions to fit today's lifestyles.
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High Line by Rachael Ray
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Monteverdi by Rachael Ray
This new addition the Rachael Ray Home collections is based on Rachael's love of and special connection to an area in Italy, known as Monteverdi. This rustic casual collection features Pine solids with Knotty Cypress Veneer in a Sun-Bleached Cypress finish. Beautiful details such as planked tops, Forged Nero finished metal hardware and accents create pieces with a timeworn and hand-made feel. The collection offers multiple options for bedroom, dining and occasional.
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Create a relaxing retreat with the Willow Creek group by Legacy Classic. Design elements such as louvered drawer fronts, canted corners and tapered block feet add a casual tone. The Aged White finish with slight distressing and the Aged Pewter color hardware elevate the look and add subtle interest to the collection. Each piece is perfectly scaled to fit in many settings without being overpowering. Willow Creek offers form, function and quality that Legacy Classic is known for.


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Were the same people in the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem and in the crowds which demanded Jesus' execution a few days later. Perhaps some of the same people were at both events. More likely, however, they were two very different crowds. The former was made up of his followers and friends from Galilee, the latter from the wandering mobs that characterize any city on a big festival day.
Where were the followers of Jesus? With a few exceptions they were somewhere else. They knew they couldn't fight "city hall." They realized that the dream was over and that what they had feared all along would happen. The leaders would snatch Jesus secretly and put an end to his "good news" which they perceived as a threat to their power. What the realists among Jesus' followers had predicted all along had at last happened. The best thing to do was to go to ground and hide till the trouble blew over. Jesus was wonderful all right, but what had he done for them lately.
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Once upon a time there was a basketball coach. When he came to his new school, they had not enjoyed a winning season for eight years. The media vultures naturally said he was a poor choice and pouted because no one had paid any attention to their recommendations. His first season the team broke even. The fans were unhappy. Maybe the media vultures were right. The next season, they ended up in second place in their conference. The vultures said that the team would have won if the coach had not made a lot of mistakes in key games.
Then for seven years in a row the team won their conference championship. The vultures continued to complain and the important alumni worried about how long the run could last. The following year the team finished in second place. The vultures went wild with glee. The coach was losing it. The next year was worse because the team was stricken with sickness, injuries and academic ineligibility; the coach had only one year left on his contract. The alumni were now whispering to the athletic director, get rid of the bum! What has he done for us lately. The athletic director agreed because he resented the coach's popularity. They wanted to fire him on the spot. But the president of the school insisted that he be permitted to finish out his contract (Presidents sometimes have the odd notion that sports are not the only really important thing in a school.) The coach was booed at the early games as he tried to hold together a team of talented but inexperience freshmen. You know what happened then? They won the national championship and coach accepted a ten million dollar contract at another university.
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text: Robert De Niro is an American actor and film producer who has starred in over 90 films. His first major film roles were in the sports drama Bang the Drum Slowly and the Martin Scorsese-directed crime film Mean Streets. In 1974, after being turned down for the role of Sonny Corleone in the film The Godfather, he was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, a role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. De Niro's longtime collaboration with director Martin Scorsese later earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. ... more on Wikipedia


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kody Kersten of Midland (Neb.) has been tabbed the NAIA National Wrestler of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Kersten was selected based on his performances from Jan. 9 – 15. This award is the second-straight for the native of Logan, Iowa.
Wrestling at 184 pounds, Kersten went 5-0 in two events last week for the 11th-ranked Warriors. In Midland's dual victory over Hastings (Neb.) on Jan. 13, Kersten won by pin. Ranked as the NAIA's No. 7 wrestler, Kersten pinned three opponents en route to four victories at the Midland Open on Jan. 14. Kersten's last match of the week was a 34-second pin over Cory Brester of NCAA Division I University of Nebraska.
Of the four pins, three occurred less than one minute into the match. Kersten improved to 16-6 on the season and 10-0 against NAIA competition.
The next Wrestler of the Week announcement will be made on Jan. 25.
Nominees: Zeke Hunt, Cumberland (Tenn.); Larone Madison, Cumberlands (Ky.); Uxunn Ramirez, Missouri Baptist; Kory Kistner, Morningside (Iowa); Marlon Branson, Jamestown (N.D.); DeCoreus Leavell, Campbellsville (Ky.); Kyle Gerlach, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.).
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(In 2010): Adam competed in four cross country races in his debut season...proved his potential with a strong fourth-place finish on the team at the opening meet at Sewanee...clocked in a season-best time of 28:28.34.
HIGH SCHOOL: Adam was homeschooled through his pre-college career...competed in several 5K, 8K, 10K and half-marathon races...clocked in a best 5K time of 17:23...in the 10K, achieved a best time of 37:04...reached a time in the half-marathon of 1:23:10...also an achiever in academics and earned a 4.0 GPA at graduation.
PERSONAL: Adam is the son of Andrew and Janice McLeod...birthdate is March 6, 1992...studying chemical engineering.


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Student or Learner
Is the reason why 2 is not used that 2 can give the sense of "I was sold", which is awkward?
That's what I thought, but I'd like to confirm it.
ex)Grandma bought me a sweater
1. A sweater was bought for me by Grandma.
I was bought a sweater by Grandma.
I'm not a teacher yet, but I am studying a Bachelor of Education with an English Literature major at Charles Sturt University, in NSW, Australia.
Why do you think it sounds unnatural? No reason?
Just based on the order of the words used. In most cases there isn't a reason behind it, just what sounds best to the listener/reader.
I'm not a teacher yet, but I am studying a Bachelor of Education with an English Literature major at Charles Sturt University, in NSW, Australia.
1. Grandma bought me a sweater.
2. A sweater was bought for me by grandma.
3. I was bought a sweater by grandma.
All of them are grammatical, but the active sentence is much more likely.
Just because you can transform an active sentence into a passive one, doesn't mean you should. Check out this thread.
One of the reasons I find all these active/passive exercises so utterly pointless is that we rarely use the passive if the active is possible and makes exactly the same information available. There are some circumstances where we always use it, for example "John was savaged by a dog and he's in hospital". "A dog savaged John and John is now in hospital" just doesn't give the same feel.
With your example about the sweater, the question which crops up so often in these threads springs to my mind - Why on earth would you want to change "Grandma bought me a sweater" into the passive? There is absolutely no good reason to and that, in effect, is why it sounds unnatural.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.


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I've never run a marathon, but I'd imagine it's trying enough without thousands of volts of electricity coursing through your convulsing, naked frame. Yes, naked - as was the case for Ohioan Brett Henderson. He didn't win the marathon.
Henderson (seen above, clothed) was tased into a heap and charged with public indecency and obstructing official business after refusing to stop running naked in the Cincinnati "Flying Pig Marathon" - I'd insert some sort of lazy bacon joke here, but really, the image of a naked running man struck with a taser should be enough for us all. [Cincinnati.com]
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Tortured Hearts™, or How I Saved the Universe. Again.
An epicly epic role playing game
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Tortured Hearts playable demo is available SOON, free of charge!
Epic in length, epic in scope, epic in detail and immersive possibilities, featuring cartoony, full 3D motion and models, using the Unity 3D game engine.
Tortured Hearts™ is a unique and sophisticated role playing game for independent thinkers, by independent gamers. It didn't originate in a giant studio, it wasn't bought up and rearranged endlessly by metric driven industry executives to be a standard game, it doesn't depend on violence to keep your attention. It was created from life observations, shaped by philosophy, and colored with imagination.
This is a story of discovery and moral choices, developed through a complex, non-linear story with multiple endings. The story is serious, but the protagonist never loses his sense of the absurd or his insight into social falsities. Many situations parody game cliches, skewer political correctness, and disparage hypocrisy.
Within the general story of unraveling a cosmic plot and confronting the forces of fate, there are many other stories and struggles, great and small. From lowly pigs wishing for a nice treat to rebuilding a fallen city, Our Hero has no end of challenges. He can rescue a fairly typical princess in distress, as well as a weird goblin, an ever so important cat, a gang of skeletons, and many other characters suffering their own personal tortures. But this is just the surface. Beside killing the everyday orcs and rats, he also has to deal with corporate villainy and mindless stupidity. His companions and many other characters in the world have their own problems which affect him; he can respond to either win their affection or drive them away. Or he can, for the most part, go solo, although in the end game there is one essential companion.
It is meant to be an immersive journey where the end is not always clear and success is not always easy, much like real life. The player who is in a hurry can skip many side quests, but every one enriches the player in some way and the whole taken together tie up all the threads of the story. Whatever path the player takes through this complex game world, there are others he could take in a replay, other choices he could make, other results...
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"Product slogans so descriptive, only the federal courts know for sure!"
Regular readers of Women's Wear Daily know that Thursday is menswear day; accordingly, WWD has dedicated a weirdly large portion of today's issue to the retailer Men's Wearhouse. Or maybe not so weird, if there's any truth to WWD's declaration that "[o]ne out of every five suits in the U.S. is bought at a Men's Wearhouse store." According to a Stanford business school professor, the man behind the largest men's specialty store chain in the country, George Zimmer, is "like a rock star . . . because of the ads" in which Zimmer assures the viewer "You're going to love the way you look, I guarantee it." (Or sometimes, just the last bit.) First-year law students might jump at the opportunity to debate whether the slogan is an enforceable warranty, or "mere puffery," but the question is rendered largely moot by MW's explicit satisfaction-or-your-money-back policy:
No, silly 1Ls, LAW OF FASHION is interested in the trademark issues surrounding MW's slogan, which Zimmer says is "one of the most hackneyed expressions ever used." (Listen closely for the sound of the company's IP lawyers cringing.) Matthew Stringer, MW's Senior Vice President of Marketing, elaborates, "[Zimmer took] a common phrase and turned it into an iconic tag that is immediately recognizable. Everyone knows it." Stringer may be right.
LOF hasn't uncovered any cases in which MW's trademark rights in its "iconic" slogan were contested (though MW did have a nasty false advertising row in 1990 with C&R Clothiers, which MW later bought out.) But other companies have most certainly litigated slogans; mere days ago, Hollander Home Fashions went after La-Z-Boy for the latter's "Live Life Comfortably" tagline, which Hollander claims infringes its trademark rights in its registered slogan, "Live Comfortably."
The question, of course, is at what point a slogan is so descriptive that it would simply be unreasonable to let just one company use it. As federal judge Pierre Leval (something of an intellectual property connoisseur) explained in the 1990 case of United States Shoe Corp. v. Brown Group:
"[When applied properly, the benefits of trademark law] are great, and because potential identifying marks exist in virtually inexhaustible supply, the cost of the [linguistic] monopoly to society is minimal. The cost-free aspect of the trademark depends, however, on the exclusivity being practiced only over identifiers that are not needed by others for trade communication. If only one manufacturer of candy were permitted to call the product 'candy'; if only one were permitted to say that it is 'lemon flavored,' then society would not be enriched but impoverished. Society would be deprived of useful information about competing products, and one supplier would receive an unfair and unjustified advantage over competitors."
The Brown Group case was brought by the owner of the Easy Spirit brand, which advertised certain footwear using the slogan, "Looks Like a Pump, Feels Like a Sneaker." It sought a preliminary injunction against the manufacturer of NaturalSport dress pumps (apparently no longer in production), which had been promoted with the similar phrase "feels like a sneaker." In reaching a ruling, Judge Leval assumed arguendo that Easy Spirit's "heavy advertising has succeeded in establishing an association in the minds of the public between its descriptive slogan and its product" -- i.e., that crucial "secondary meaning" that LOF has harped on again and again. Judge Leval nevertheless found Easy Spirit was unlikely to prevail on its infringement claim because, consistent with Section 33(b)(4) of the Lanham Act, the "defendant [was] not using the phrase ["feels like a sneaker"] to indicate origin or source," but rather "in a descriptive sense, claiming a virtue of the product." As such, the Brown Group was protected by the so-called "statutory fair use" defense (which, again, is totally different from the fair use doctrine in copyright law.)
Two decades earlier, in Roux Laboratories v. Clairol Inc., the predecessor to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was asked to invalidate trademark protection for Clairol's slogan "Hair Color So Natural, Only Her Hairdresser Knows For Sure." Clairol's competitor, Roux, urged the court that if Clairol's trademark registration for the slogan was upheld, the latter "could employ said registration to harass it and its customers who might utilize that phrase or others similar to it in connection with the sale and advertising of similar merchandise."
The court was unsympathetic to this argument -- essentially the same fair use theory that later proved successful in Brown Group -- perhaps in part due to evidence in the record showing that Clairol had spent $22 million advertising the slogan, resulting in "more than a billion audio impressions" on consumers throughout the U.S. The court acknowledged that "[Clairol's] slogan is no doubt laudatory and somewhat descriptive of the desired result to be obtained from the use of applicant's product" but ruled that "it is not so highly laudatory or descriptive as to be incapable of acquiring distinctiveness as a trademark." Further, Roux's assertion that it would be hamstrung by an inability to use Clairol's slogan (or close variations) was belied by evidence in the record indicating "that Roux has used several other descriptive expressions of somewhat similar import in its advertising copy to describe similar attributes of its goods." Props to the junior associate (now likely a partner, if not retired) who undoubtedly sifted through countless Roux advertisements to compile this damning evidence -- it may have won the case for Clairol.
The Roux court did throw this crumb to the losers: "The determination of whether a given slogan is a registrable trademark is a matter which historically has not been free of difficulty. Nor is it an easy task here." Small consolation for Roux, but a good passage for future slogan-crafters to mull over. As for Men's Wearhouse, and especially Hollander, the attorney behind LOF would probably have urged each company to select less descriptive slogans... but that ship has long since sailed. In any event, it looks like MW is doing just fine, descriptiveness be damned.
[This post is for entertainment and informational purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship among any individuals or entities. Any views expressed herein are those of the writer on the particular date of this post, and should not necessarily be attributed to his law firm or its clients.]


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Vaginal yeast infections are a common
problem during pregnancy, likely caused by high
estrogen levels. Although these infections don't
endanger a pregnancy, they can cause unbearable symptoms.
If you
are pregnant and have vaginal infection symptoms, don't assume that your
symptoms are caused by a harmless yeast infection. Instead, see your doctor to
make sure that you don't have some other condition that could endanger your
pregnancy. If you have
bacterial vaginosis or a sexually transmitted infection
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gonorrhea or
chlamydia, you will need treatment to prevent
pregnancy complications.
If you are
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discussing your symptoms with your doctor. Experts recommend that during pregnancy:1
In the past, nystatin (such as Mycostatin) was the drug of
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considered safe during pregnancy.
CitationsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (2010).
Vulvovaginal candidiasis section of Sexually transmitted diseases treatment
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text: With some of the smaller factions in the MOTU Lore, I am always looking for ways to bolster their ranks (pulling characters from different medias, concept art, creating new figures from differences in character design, etc). A perfect Candiadate to bolster the mutants is He-slave, One of the "Fakers of NA". Skelator created him with his Geniticizor( I think that is the way you spell it) to create a perfect clone of he-man, except evil. In terms of a design aspect, all Mattell would have to do is Give NA Heman the Bandolier and a new sword, and you have a brand new character for the forces of the Space mutants. Anyone else want this character some time down the road, seems to be an easy way to make a figure. They could even give him a more evil looking head if they wanted to.


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There are four types of
osteoporosis: primary, secondary,
osteogenesis imperfecta, and idiopathic
Primary osteoporosis is the
most common type of osteoporosis. It is more common in women than men. A person
reaches peak bone mass (density) at about age 30. After that, the rate of bone
loss slowly increases, while the rate of bone building decreases. Whether a
person develops osteoporosis depends on the thickness of the bones in early
life as well as health, diet, and physical activity at all ages.
In women, accelerated bone loss usually begins after monthly menstrual
periods stop. This happens when a woman's production of estrogen slows down (usually between
the ages of 45 and 55). In men, gradual bone thinning typically starts at about
45 to 50 years of age, when a man's production of testosterone slows down.
Osteoporosis usually does not have an effect on people until they are 60 or
older. Women are usually affected at an earlier age than men, because they start
out with lower bone mass.
Secondary osteoporosis has
the same symptoms as primary osteoporosis. But it occurs as a result of having
certain medical conditions, such as
hyperthyroidism, or
leukemia. It may also occur as a result of taking
medicines known to cause bone breakdown, such as oral or high-dose inhaled
corticosteroids (if used for more than 6 months), too high a dose of thyroid
replacement, or aromatase inhibitors (used to treat breast cancer). Secondary
osteoporosis can occur at any age.
Osteogenesis imperfecta is a
rare form of osteoporosis that is present at birth. Osteogenesis imperfecta
causes bones to break for no apparent reason.
juvenile osteoporosis is rare. It occurs in children between the ages of 8 and
14 or during times of rapid growth. There is no known cause for this type of
osteoporosis, in which there is too little bone formation or excessive bone
loss. This condition increases the risk of fractures.
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The creators of Final Fantasy are working on an action-role-playing game that will be platform-agnostic, according to a new report.
According to the latest issue of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu (as translated by Andriasang), Square Enix producer Ryutaro Ichimura (best known for working on multiple games in the Dragon Quest series) is heading up an action-RPG that you can "play and access anywhere." You'll be able to play it on the go, then come back home and pick up where you left off on your big-screen TV.
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February 4, 2010, 04:00 PM ET / By Mary Helen Miller
Software developer ScrollMotion announced this week that it will make textbooks compatible with the new Apple iPad for four major publishers: McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson, and Kaplan Publishing. The e-books, in addition to providing the original content of textbooks, will allow users to highlight text in multiple colors, take audio and printed notes, search content in different ways, take quizzes, and watch videos.
ScrollMotion has worked with other publishers to adapt more than 7,000 titles for the iPod and iTouch, but the new deal with the textbook publishers "represent tens of thousands of textbooks," said Josh Koppel, chief creative officer and a co-founder of ScrollMotion. [snip]
Rik Kranenburg, McGraw-Hill's president for higher education, professional, and international publishing, said that 95 percent of McGraw-Hill's higher education textbooks are already available electronically and that all textbooks will be available for the new device "very rapidly." [snip]
Albert N. Greco, a professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business who studies academic publishing, said that given the complexity of transforming textbooks to iPad format, it made sense for the publishers to seek help from outside companies rather than do it themselves. [snip]
ScrollMotion has previously converted children's books, novels, and magazines to electronic format, but, Mr. Koppel said, "textbooks are probably the most complex challenge we've taken on to date."
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Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a fast heart rate that begins in the upper chambers of the heart (atria). With SVT, abnormal electrical connections in the heart cause it to beat too fast.
There are many types of SVT. Each type causes the abnormal fast heart rate in a slightly different way.
Treatment depends on the type of SVT and what is causing it, if known. Treatment might include medicines that slow the heart rate or a procedure called catheter ablation that stops the rhythm problem.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of
SVT. It means that the heart's upper chambers (atria) beat irregularly.
Atrial flutter is like atrial fibrillation, because the electrical problem is in the atria. But with atrial flutter, the heart beats very fast in a regular rhythm. Atrial flutter is less common than atrial fibrillation.
Atrioventricular nodal reentrant
tachycardia (AVNRT) is a common type of
supraventricular tachycardia. It accounts for many of
the fast heart rates that start in the upper part of the heart (excluding
atrial fibrillation). Atrioventricular (AV) nodal reentrant tachycardia can
cause symptoms at any age. It typically is not
a result of other forms of heart disease.
AVNRT is caused by an abnormal or extra
electrical pathway in the heart, a kind of "short circuit." Electrical pathways
in the heart consist of microscopic muscle fibers that conduct electrical
impulses. Normally, a single electrical pathway allows impulses to travel from
the upper to the lower chambers. An extra electrical pathway in the AV node allows those
impulses to travel backward at the same time, starting another heartbeat.
During AVNRT the electrical impulses continuously go
around the two pathways. This is known as "reentry" and can lead to a very fast
heart rate.
Atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (AVRT) occurs when there
is an extra electrical pathway linking the upper (atria) and lower (ventricles)
chambers of the heart.
AVRT includes Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.
Normally, the
AV node is the only tissue that conducts electrical
impulses between the upper and lower chambers of the heart. All electrical
impulses must go through the AV node to reach the lower chambers of the heart.
In an atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia, electrical impulses travel
one direction in the normal manner, down the AV node to the lower chambers
(ventricles), but they then travel back up to the upper chambers (atria)
through an abnormal, extra electrical pathway (accessory pathway) located
outside the AV node.
Symptoms may start
during the teen or young adult years.
Atrial tachycardia is a type of
fast heart rate caused by rapid electrical signals that begin in the upper
chambers of the heart. As a result, the heart can sometimes beat very
Multifocal (chaotic) atrial
tachycardia is an abnormal, rapid rhythm that occurs most commonly in older people who have COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and heart failure.
During this
rhythm, three or more different areas of the atrium initiate extra heartbeats.
It is somewhat similar to having several different kinds of premature atrial
contractions (PACs) occurring in the same person. These different areas of
electrical activity can be seen on an
electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG) and are used as the
criteria for diagnosing this arrhythmia. People with this arrhythmia frequently
complain of palpitations.
On EKG, multifocal atrial tachycardia
may appear similar to atrial fibrillation. But it is a distinct condition. The
problem with this rhythm is that it causes a persistently fast heart rate that
may be difficult to control. If a lung disease is causing this rhythm problem, treating the lung disease might also control the rhythm problem.
Junctional tachycardia is a
rare fast heart rate that starts in the area between the upper and lower
chambers of the heart. This rhythm frequently affects adults who have heart
disease and children who have had heart surgery.
Normal sinus tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia is present when
a person's heart rate is over 100 beats per minute. This is normal if there is a clear reason
for the fast heart rate, such as exercise, pain, or fever. With sinus tachycardia, the electrical system
of the heart is working normally.
Abnormal (inappropriate) sinus
tachycardia. Sinus tachycardia (heart rate over 100 beats per minute) is not normal if there is
no apparent cause. In this rare condition, the electrical system of the
heart is working normally.
People with inappropriate sinus
tachycardia typically don't have any heart disease. Inappropriate sinus
tachycardia with no heart disease may mean your
autonomic nervous system isn't working right.
Sinus node
reentrant tachycardia is a rare type of fast heart rate. This type is caused by
abnormal conduction of electrical impulses within the
sinus node.
Sinus node reentrant
tachycardia begins and ends very suddenly.
Other Works ConsultedCalkins H (2011). Supraventricular tachycardia: Atrioventricular nodal reentry and Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome. In V Fuster et al., eds., Hurst's the Heart, 13th ed., vol. 1, pp. 987–1005. New York: McGraw-Hill.Olgin JE, Zipes DP (2012). Specific arrhythmias: Diagnosis and treatment. In RO Bonow et al., ed., Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 9th ed., vol. 1, pp. 771–824. Philadelphia: Saunders.
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Funding public transit is one of the biggest problems facing cities today. Often the trouble is that a few high-cost, low-ridership routes drag down an entire system. That puts policymakers in a tough spot. They might eliminate these unprofitable lines, as has been suggested before, but in doing so they would harm a considerable number of people who rely on that service as their primary mode of transportation.
Over at New Geography, Steve Lafleur revives the debate and argues that low fares are part of the reason transit lines are struggling. In response, he offers an admittedly "controversial" solution: "Transit should operate on a for profit basis and its prices should closely reflect market forces — even if it means that transit fares increase."
The idea of increasing ridership by raising fares is not without some recent precedent. Writing last week at The New York Times Opinionator blog, Lisa Margonelli points to a study from earlier this year comparing transit ridership in Germany and the United States. Over the same period of time, German transit agencies grew ridership while doing something similar to what Lafleur proposes — namely, increasing fares and slashing service. Writes Margonelli:
Between 1990 and 2007 Germany decreased its miles of service and nearly doubled fares, but ridership rose by 22 percent and riders paid for 77 percent of the cost of the service. The United States, by contrast, increased its service miles by 20 percent, and ridership remained flat when population growth was taken into account.
Now German riders got something for their higher fares: much improved quality. But even with that in mind, some very important qualifiers to the fare hike must be considered. First and foremost, the increased fares only applied to people buying single tickets or daily passes. Riders who purchased monthly passes — in other words, regular riders — got steep discounts. In some places monthly riders paid 60 percent less than single-ride fares. The offer was so attractive that whatever the agencies lost in price, they more than made up for in volume. From the report, which appeared in the journal Transport Policy [PDF]:
More important than fare changes were the limitations simultaneously imposed on car travel. While German transit agencies did their best to attract riders to a higher-quality service, the government implemented a number of policies that made driving "less convenient and more costly," according to the report:
Transport, taxation, and land-use policies at all levels of government have helped to make German public transport more attractive compared to the automobile. For example, area-wide traf?c calming, car-free pedestrian zones, increased fees for car parking, and reduced parking supply slow down car travel, raise its cost, and make it less convenient. Similarly, federal taxation policies have helped make car use more expensive. For example, from 1999 to 2003 the federal government increased the gas tax by h0.03 per liter each year to a total of h0.15 over ?ve years (BMF, 2005). In 2007, the share of taxes in the price of gasoline was four times higher in Germany than the USA (IEA, 2008). Sales taxes on new vehicle purchases were three times higher in Germany than the USA (BMF, 2008; USDOT, 2001).
In other words, higher fares did lead to greater ridership on German transit, but only when coordinated with harsh automobile policies — not in isolation.
In fairness to Lafleur, he does mention reducing "some of the automobile's advantages" in his lengthy discussion, and the improvements made to Germany's systems do lend some support to his belief that it's "convenience, and not lower prices," that are the key to increasing ridership. But the prices themselves should be adjusted with caution — especially when it comes to raising them. In the July issue of Urban Studies, a group of researchers discovered what they call "asymmetric behavior" among transit riders. This behavior suggets that while lowering fares does attract riders, increasing fares discourages them to a much greater degree. Unless you also discourage alternative travel modes, raising transit fares may permanently damage one's desire to ride.


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Albania took Uighurs from U.S. when no one else would
TIRANA, Albania—President Bush visits Albania this weekend in part to express his gratitude to a nation that's firmly supported his administration's policies, and even gone so far as to accept eight former terrorism suspects who were unwelcome everyplace else.
Albania has cooperated with the United States in foiling terrorist attacks on U.S. targets and has sent troops to Afghanistan and Iraq, but in accepting the five Uighurs—Muslims from northwestern China—and an Uzbek, Egyptian and Algerian it's performed a service that no other ally would do.
While the Bush visit—the first by an American president—is a gesture of thanks from the great, rich nation to this small, poor one, it's been a far from ideal new home for Akhdar Qasem Basit.
He was picked up in Pakistan, and the story he tells is one of government repression in his Chinese home province of Xinjiang, police harassment in central Asia, and physical abuse and mental anguish while imprisoned by the Americans in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But the past year of freedom in Albania was his worst.
He and four fellow Uighurs are housed in the Albanian national refugee camp, outside the country's modest capital, Tirana.
As he talked, Basit's dark eyes didn't leave the floor. His walk was a strained shuffle, his voice a combination of coughs and whispers. His family is far away, and he feels abandoned.
"Even in Guantanamo, I was strong," he said, sitting in a cafe not far from the dormitory where he lives. "Look up the records: I did not need doctors. But now, everything has changed. I am sick every day, I am in pain every day. It is no secret why. I have lost hope."
Basit, who's 32, tall and gangly, spent four years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, and was sent to Albania only days before a refugee status hearing in a U.S. court that his lawyer is convinced would have ended with his release to live in the United States.
Basit has no connection of any kind to Albania, no knowledge of the language and no desire to be here. No other country will admit him, other than China, where he fears being thrown into prison if he returns.
He said that during his incarceration at Guantanamo, from June 2002 until his arrival here in May 2006, he was treated harshly, though not tortured. He said he was beaten, slapped around and kicked. But he said he was kept going by the fact that he knew he was innocent, and that his captors were American.
"It's sad, isn't it?" he said. "We grow up believing America is the land of hope. And yet, that is who killed hope for me. It's very sad."
Basit's presence here will hardly be noted during Bush's day of talks with Albanian leaders and those from other Balkan countries Sunday.
Experts think that the main item on the agenda will be the status of Kosovo, the ethnic Albanian territory next door, which U.S.-led NATO forces liberated from Serbia in 1999. At an eight-nation summit Thursday in Germany, Western leaders bowed to Russian demands to delay a U.N. plan to grant independence to Kosovo later this year.
Robin Shepherd, a senior fellow on European issues with the London research center Chatham House, said Bush couldn't visit Kosovo so soon after the summit. "Politically, it would be very dangerous. But he can go into Albania, and from there calm fears, both in Albania and across the border, in Kosovo."
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Tom LaSorda, the former chief executive of Chrysler Group LLC and Fisker Automotive, is launching a venture capital fund with racing magnate Roger Penske to invest in technology startups.
The fund, IncWell LP, will provide initial investments ranging from $50,000 and $250,000. IncWell has "strong interests" in the areas of clean energy, medical, healthcare, transportation and information applications.
LaSorda, who was also a key manufacturing executive at General Motors Co, left Chrysler in 2009 just after the automaker filed for bankruptcy. He later started a venture capital fund called Stage 2 Innovations with Manoj Bhargava, the founder of the 5-Hour Energy drink.
LaSorda joined Fisker in February 2012 and personally invested in the "green" car company. He was tasked with trying to revamp the company, which was trying to raise funds to develop and build its second model, the Atlantic.
He left Fisker in August 2012. Fisker is looking for a buyer, but also hired bankruptcy advisers this year. Fisker has an offer from a team including China's Wanxiang Group and former GM executive Bob Lutz, sources have said.
Penske, owner of the Penske Corporation and CEO of dealership group Penske Automotive Group Inc (PAG.N), is listed as a limited partner in the fund. His racing team, Team Penske, has won the storied Indianapolis 500 race 15 times.
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Pharmaceutical grade, chelated vitamins and minerals are provided to ensure your pet is being are provided the highest quality health ingredients. Combined, these all natural active ingredients give your dog relief from swelling and arthritic symptoms alleviating aches and pains. RETRIEVE GLUCOSAMINE 2x with Chondroitin is formulated to help your dog retrieve its overall natural health.
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For use in dogs only. Recommended to support healthy hip and joint function. Helps to maintain joint flexibility and alleviate aches and pains associated with exercise.
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Nourish your dogs joints, cartilage, and connective tissue with pharmaceutical grade Glucosamine.
Your dog seems to be moving a little slower and you may have noticed a slight limp. Your Vet tells you your dog needs Glucosamine. So you buy it, but will it actually work In some trials Glucosamine has been shown to be effective at easing joint discomfort and increase flexibility while other trials show little to no benefit. So what is the truth I will attempt to shine some light on this amino sugar.
Tim Fisher CEO, RETRIEVE HEALTH
The biggest question I feel is not whether Glucosamine works in easing joint discomfort, increasing flexibility and possibly repairing cartilage; the real question is why such a discrepancy in studies
Glucosamine for the most part come from crustacean shellfish such as crabs, crayfish, lobster and shrimp. What is missing in nearly all of the studies is the actual method that the Glucosamine was prepared. Here are the main methods:
Much of the Glucosamine supplied for animal use is done through inexpensive but poorly effective methods like crushing and cutting. Crushing employs hammer-like tools to break the solid into smaller particles by means of impact. Cutting uses sharp blades to cut the rough solid pieces into smaller ones. These methods reduce the shellfish particle diameter but are not micronized. This produce leaves the particles in such large pieces that the ability for an animal to break them down to a usable amino sugar are nearly impossible. It allows manufacturers to place on their packaging ìContains Glucosamineî but the utilization is dismal at best. The size of these particles may look similar to the size of sand found on a beach. RATING : POOR
Traditional micronization techniques are based on friction to reduce particle size. These methods include milling and grinding. A typical industrial mill is made of a cylindrical metallic drum that usually contains steel spheres. As the drum rotates the spheres inside collide with the particles of the solid, thus crushing them towards smaller diameters. In the case of grinding, the solid particles are formed when the grinding units of the device rub against each other while particles of the solid are trapped in between. This process is better than crushing or cutting , but still leaves the particles larger than. The size of these particles may look similar to finally ground sugar. Absorption rate is improved but still far short of the desired levels. RATING: BETTER
Modern pharmaceutical methods use supercritical fluids in the micronization process. The most widely applied techniques of this category include the Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions (RESS). In this method supercritical fluid is used to dissolve the solid material under high pressure and temperature, forming a supercritical gas phase. Then the solution is expanded through a nozzle and microscopic crystals are formed. The crystals that are instantly formed are further reduced while they collide with each other at the end of the nozzle. The particles that are formed this way have a diameter of a few hundreds of nanometers. Studies show absorption rate of these particles are thousands of time better than those of crushing and hundreds of times better than grinding. RATING: BEST
When purchasing Glucosamine make sure the manufacturer can guarantee if and the method of which the crustacean shellfish were micronized. Retrieve Health will give you that guarantee. HYPERLINK "http://www.retrievehealth.com" www.retrievehealth.com Glucosamine stimulates the formation and repair of articular cartilage. Glucosamine forms the building blocks of vital compounds called mucopolysaccharides, which are necessary for the construction and maintenance of virtually all connective tissue and lubricating fluid in the body, including tendons, ligaments, cartilage and synovial (joint) fluid.
Glucosamine (C6H14NO5) is an amino sugar that is utilized by the body to support healthy joint structures. It is unlike other sugars in that it is incorporated into the structure of tissues rather than being used as an energy source. Glucosamine is an important precursor in the biochemical synthesis of glycosylated proteins and lipids and studies indicate that micronized Glucosamine provides the building blocks for constructing cartilage. Since Glucosamine is a precursor for glycosaminoglycans, and glycosaminoglycans are a major component of joint cartilage, supplementing with Glucosamine may help to rebuild cartilage and treat arthritis. Studies indicate that Glucosamine provides the building blocks for constructing cartilage.
Glucosamine is important for the formation and maintenance of your dogís nails, tendons, skin, eyes, bones, and heart valves. It also plays a role in the mucous secretion of the digestive, respiratory, and urinary tracts.
Pharmaceutical Grade Glucosamine is ideal for your athletic dog or those with arthritis or joint pain and is very beneficial as both a preventative measure as well as for helping to combat existing problems. Glucosamine absorbs and releases water with each step and thereby acts as a shock absorber for the joints offering long-term protection for current or retired athlete. ìDog is manís best friendÖreturn the favor.î
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White: Summit's bus bureaucracy
Seems like our free Summit Stage bus drivers are complaining again. Those of us paying the bill for this "free" service are getting a bit tired of hearing how the drivers are under paid, over worked, and now apparently driving broken down buses. Given that the driver's union has squeezed every dime possible out of Summit County tax payers for their excessive pay increases over the years, it is little wonder that the system is not financially sound. When unions shake down tax payers typically waste, inefficiency, and bankruptcy soon follow. Here's my advice to our county commissioners: 1) Toss the union into the trash can. A strike would be great and save taxpayers a ton of money. Hire replacements that complain less. 2) Rationalize driver salary and benefits to market levels. Cut the current bloated pension benefits. 3) Fully privatize the operation. 4) Start charging 50 cents a ride, then realign routes to match resulting demand.
Seth White, Breckenridge
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Gopher Genealogy by Susan LeBlanc provides information about research, lectures, published articles and book reviews, and Serendipity Moments that are the results of searching for ancestors both personally and for clients. The objective of the blog is for others to receive insight and inspiration in doing their family history research. It is an evolving method of communication and input from reviewers is welcome.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Genealogist's Shopping List
There are many items that make my work in my home office more efficient. So I have created a rather long list of items that I consider essential in the genealogist's workspace. As you read through them you might want to make a shopping list.
Long Term Items
Desk with large space to spread out, drawers with file hangers, sorting shelves
Comfortable chair, my office chair is one of the best in our house
Folding chair for clients and friends to use when they come to visit
Table you can use for sorting or organizing research and fold up for storage
Desktop Computer/Laptop or both, I have a laptop just for doing presentations
Keyboard that is comfortable
Headphones or headset for listening to online presentations
Wireless Mouse, I recently indulged in a new one and it is fantastic
Copier/Scanner/Fax, there are many types, find one that best fits your needs
Bookshelves, with some drawers
Filing Cabinets, I have one vertical and two lateral files for family notebooks
Hanging File Folders, now come in sets of colors
Stapler, I have both regular and one heavy duty oversized, electric if you like
Three hole punch, mine is one that will do several sheets and adjusts
Electric pencil sharpener
Calculator, I know you can use your computer, but I find one on the side handy
Good light fixtures and lots of extra light bulbs
Fan, for hot stuffy days even with AC they are nice to have
Labeler, with extra refills
Desk phone or cell phone, some day we will go to using just the cell phones, but when the power goes out it is nice to have a land line
Shredder, cross cut, size depends on how much shredding you do
Tape Player/Recorder, one that can play a variety of media
Video Tape Recorder, for interviews
Digital Camera, good quality
Storage Tubs, not the most desirable for keepsakes, they should hold out water
Scissors, various types
Paper cutter
Magnifying glass, I use my grandma's often, but it is not in the best of shape
Decorations, flags from around the world, maps, family lineage charts, things that you like to collect from genealogy trips
Short Term Items (replaced on a regular basis)
Notebooks for client work, I prefer view binders to hold the surname in the spine, size depends on the size of the finished product
Dividers for notebooks, I like to splurge for high quality when they are on sale
Spiral notebooks, for note taking at conferences and classes
Folders, these hold temporary work files when I am away from home
File folders, can be used to separate the stacks of papers on your desk
Sheet Protectors, for documents, pictures, etc., check out Costco
Computer Paper, best bought in bulk when there is a sale, check out Costco
Photo Paper, will depend on the type of printer that you have
Ink for the printer, a major splurge for my work, check out Costco
Note cards, index cards, check out Dollar Tree
Post it Notes, sticky notes
Ink pens, I prefer roller ball grip pens in blue or black, sometimes red
Pencils, I prefer the regular #2
Yellow highlighters, regular or large
Highlighters in a variety of colors, I like to color code things
Glue Sticks, for emergency repairs
White Out, for emergency fixes
Scotch tape
Light bulbs
Envelopes, small, large and variety of large mailing envelopes
Return address labels
Paper Clips, check out Dollar Tree
Heavy Duty Clips
Rubber bands, check out Dollar Tree
CDs for copying files to share or preserve
Business cards, watch for a sale
Checking account and financial records supplies
Flash Drive, I saw an 8G for $9 today
Treats for the energy boost needed while doing late night research
A cup holder for pens, pencils, and magnifying glass kept on desk
Supplies for the grandkids to entertain them while you both work
Last but not least Kleenex
Add ons from viewers:
Annual Wall Calendar
Cork Board
Push Pins
Power strips/USB hubmen
I am sure there are some things that I have forgotten. Please share with us your genealogist office essentials. Make your list and head to your favorite stores. One thing is for sure, I do not miss having to buy back to school supplies for my children, now I can spend the money on my genealogical research tools. Buy some things that will add a feeling of luxury to your workspace. If you are like me, you spend hours at a time working in this space.
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When I see the back to school signs I think cool weather is on the way.ReplyDelete
Good list! I, too, feel the siren call of the office supply store at this time of year. I should probably invest in a labeler, but I go the cheap route since I inherited a couple of large rolls of 1"x2" stick-on labels. Also recently discovered those high-quality plastic dividers with pockets - love them. I would add wall calendar for planning, cork board and push pins, and power strips/USB hubmen.ReplyDelete
(And I love that you call pens "ink pens.")
Wow. Just go to Office Depot and tell them "one of everything, please!" :-) I've always been a sucker for office supplies.ReplyDelete


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Simpler way of building three-dimensional structures using DNA nanotechnology
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