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Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Sedation for the Dental Hygienist and Registered Dental Assistant
Friday, July 25, 2014
Walter Lim, DDM, MSD, DDS
Course Overview
This course is designed to prepare the dental hygienist to safely administer and monitor nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation for dental patients in compliance with the educational requirements specified by Michigan law. Participants will learn this pain control strategy through online self-study, lecture, and demonstrations.
This course is designed to prepare the dental assistant to safely assist and monitor nitrous oxide/oxygen sedation for dental patients in compliance with the educational requirements specified by Michigan law. Participants will learn this pain control strategy through online self-study, lecture, and demonstrations.
- A personal copy of Handbook of Nitrous Oxide Sedation by Morris and Brunick, third edition (ISBN # 0-323-01977-3)
- Completion of online study
- Current Registered Dental Hygienist license (current RDA license for dental assistants)
- Current Health Care Provider CPR certification
Course Objectives
At the completion of the course participants will be able to:
- Explain the rationale and basic principles of nitrous oxide sedation in pain and anxiety control and as an adjunct to local anesthesia
- Identify and apply medical and dental history considerations
- Assess and monitor patients for nitrous oxide analgesia
- Understand nitrous oxide pharmacology, physical properties, and armamentarium
- Manage complications/medical emergencies of nitrous oxide
- Understand the levels of sedation
- Utilize proper nitrous oxide monitoring technique
- Realize biohazard concerns and scavenging systems
- Understand Michigan law
- Be aware of abuse potential
University of Detroit Mercy Dental Corktown Campus, Detroit, MI
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Includes continental breakfast and lunch
Registered Dental Hygienist/ Registered Nurse - $295
Dentist/Physician/Physician Assistant - $450
Registered Dental Assistants - $205
UDM Alumni: Registered Dental Hygienist/ Registered Nurse - $265.50
UDM Alumni: Dentist/Physician/Physician Assistant - $405
UDM Alumni: Registered Dental Assistants - $184.50
If you choose to pay for a continuing education course by check, please note that the check must be received by UDM within ten (10) days of registration. If the check is not received within ten (10) days of registration, we will assume that you are no longer interested in the course and will remove you from the course roster and you will forfeit your held seat. If you register less than ten (10) days prior to the start of a course, payment will be accepted up to the course start time. If additional time is required, please contact 313-494-6626 prior to registering to make a payment arrangement.
RDH (RN/DDS/DMD/MD/PAs):
Registration - 7:30 a.m.; Lecture - 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Laboratory Session - 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Registration - 7:30 a.m.; Lecture - 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Laboratory Session - 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
CDE Credits
RDH: 9 hours (Lecture, Clinical, and Online); RDA: 6 hours (Lecture, Clinical, and Online)
Participants should register at least 4 weeks before the course to ensure successful completion. The online study should be completed prior to the lecture sessions. If you are pregnant please register to take the course after your delivery.
This RDH course is approved by the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry, approval #2004DHN005.
Limited attendance, register early!
Registration Policy
For your convenience you may register up until 3:00 p.m. on the day prior to the start of the course with no additional charge. An additional non-refundable fee of $20 dollars per person, per course will be assessed to any registrations received after 3:00 p.m. the day prior to a course or to any same day or walk in registrations.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
Unless otherwise posted, a full refund less $25 will be granted if notification of cancellation is received by the Institute for Advanced Continuing Dental Education office two weeks (14 or more days) prior to the start of the course. If a cancellation is received less than two weeks (13 or less days) prior to the start of a lecture only course, a full refund less $100 will be granted. If a cancellation is received less than two weeks (13 or less days) prior to the start of a hands-on course, no refund will be granted. Refunds cannot be given for same any day cancellations or no-shows.
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Ground Force Dog Blind for me.
Super easy set up, you can use the standard kennel pad inside for late season, the snow cover slips right over and has the stubble straps like th blind itself. This year I picked up the Ghillie cover for it. Pretty sweet set up.

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Self-Guided Heathland Walk
- On your left is Wyndham's Pool. It probably originated as a fish pond and in the early 12th century was used as a bathing pool.
- This area is known as Brandy Bottom. Its name is said to derive from the fact that smuggled brandy was once hidden here on its way to London.
- This Pond often dries up during the summer. Such ponds are important for a range of wildlife with this pond being particularluy valuable for a number of scarce dragonflies and damselflies, including the Black Darter and Downy Emerald.
- This area of open heathland is dominated by heather with other vegetation types such as gorse, grass and small trees. This variety of habitats enables a wide diversity of wildlife to survive. Although it is important to prevent heathland from reverting to woodland, we try to maintain areas of scattered trees to act as lookout posts for birds
- This woodland is known as the 'Old Ely'. It is the original site of the Ely Pub. The old woodlands contain a number of oaks and are home to a variety of fungi, best seen during the autumn.
- This is a great place to look out over the heathland. The area to your left is covered in much younger, less dense heather. It is important to have a variety of ages as a lot of wildlife is specialised to heather of a certain age. Young heather such as this provides a breeding site for Silver Studded Blue butterflies, whilst Woodlarks like to nest on the bare ground.
- This area of gorse dominated scrub is an ideal place to see the Dartford Warbler, which nests close to the ground. 8. This woodland is what heathland would naturally become if left unmanaged. Although we clear some woodland to preserve the heathland, we keep other areas in order to increase habitat diversity. Woodlands have their own associated wildlife, the diversity of which increases with age.


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WEDDING GOWN + ACCESSORY LOVE | Jenny Packham | That Hot Oscars Gown + How You Can Make it Sparkle…
Miley Cyrus wore this sparkling beauty of a gown at the Oscars, and I had mixed feelings about it. First, check it out on one of Packham's (especially angry looking) models. A lovely gown, it is. I'm a fan of the yellow backdrop, as well. It's bright and uplifting, but, most of all, seems to be doing its part to summon a long overdue Brady Bunch musical reunion special.
… Pretty dress, right? Pretty unique, pretty sparkly, pretty corsetty without being too corsetty… overall, quite pretty, indeed. However, on such a young starlet like Miley (she wore it to the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on March 7), I have to admit, I felt more than a little uncomfortable looking at her. Because when I look at her, I believe I'm looking at a 28 year old woman.
But, like Dr. Oz says, "it's time for her real age…"
Here it comes…
… She was born November 23, 1992, and that makes her 17 years old.
Okay, don't get me wrong; she looks fabulous. It's just that it seems a little early in life to be dressing that adult. And by adult, I mean letting it all hang out. Which isn't necessarily adult, per se. But you catch my drift.
What really grosses me out is that my google search of "miley cyrus age" yielded, as its first result, a site entitled "Miley Cyrus Age Countdown," the sole purpose of which is to count down the days until Miley turns 18 (in other words, becomes legal). Gross.
So, while I am all about linking back and giving credit where credit is due, I will NOT be linking to that site. I hope you understand.
Moving right along.
For the sake of discussion, let's all agree to forget Miley's so young. Jenny Packham makes a ridiculously ravishing gown. And Miley's hair and makeup are marvelous. Marvelous. I mean, those are some EYELASHES, girl. You clearly aren't kidding around. All in all, we've got some truly great inspiration for a bridal look worthy of an awards show.
Now for a little bling inspiration…
Okay, so that's what Miley wore. However, I'd like to offer up to you some of my own glitzy suggestions, all from Packham's Spring 2010 line:
Jenny's got some fabulous bling going on for Spring, I do not lie. It's beyond hot and I'm a little obsessed. (Stay tuned if you want to see the rest; I'm planning to feature lots more of her bright, flashy line in an upcoming post!)
One last thing. Here's the lad with whom she spent significant chunks of time that night. Cutie, right? They're starring in a movie together that I will likely not go to see. But best of luck to them both.
His name is Liam Hemsworth, and he was by Miley's side as they attended the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party in West Hollywood, California. Good golly, Miss Miley. Nicely done.
- Gown + bling, New York Magazine
- Images of Miley Cyrus, Just Jared
So, let me know, what did you think of Miley's look? Was she super chic in Packham? Also, would you consider wearing this gown for your wedding? Weigh in; I'm dying to hear your thoughts!


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| It's supposed to be a season of flirting and flings, but lovin' was in short supply this summer, with couples splitting from every corner of Hollywood. From Twipocalypse to the breakups that put Johnny Depp, Hilary Swank, and Henry Cavill back on the market, see the celebrities who ended up single.
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Thread: Aponogeton bulb formation?
06-30-2010, 12:29 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Aponogeton bulb formation?
I have two aponogetons in my tank which I have had growing for a few months now. One is kinda small and not doing to well, but the other is absolutely huge and taking over the tank.
Well the big one started growing these weird stalks that arent like the flower stalks or leaves. Its got one main stalk, another smaller stalk, and a third quickly on its way (among several leaves). On these stalks, they start out with a kind of "calyx" like tip, which opens up at the top of the water, and yeilds another stalk and several smaller floating leaves, at a node like point. The stalk part that comes out of the node leads to another node which sprouts several more of these smaller leaves.
At each one of these "nodes" on these weird stalks, they have begun swelling up into a bulbous shape and have even begun growing their own roots. Each one of the nodes that split off of one of the weird stalks are swelling up and forming their own roots even though they are at the top of the water.
This is my first time with apono's (or any plants, got lily's too). Is this their way of forming their own bulbs? Or are they like bulbletes or tubercles or whatever they are called?
Should I wait for the stalks to continue to grow into full bulbs then cut em? Or should I just cut them now and plant them?
Will they even grow into full sized bulbs that can be harvested, dried and saved?
Will the plant just naturally drop the stalk and bulbs when it is ready to do so?
Let me post some pics of what I mean I know its kinda hard to understand.
Here is the main apono that is making these stalks:
Next is a couple of pics of the weird stalk and how it splits. It also shows the "nodes" where it splits to show how its starting to look like a bulb:
Here is a closeup:
any thoughts or advice?
Last edited by clint2642; 06-30-2010 at 12:36 PM.
Looks like a root to me. Try cutting it off just below the root/bulb and plant it as a new plant. See what happens. I have other plants that shoot new roots out from the middle. Not sure why.
I don't know about aquatic bulbs, but I think regular bulbs are harvested during a dormant period. So if the plant seems to be dying off, this may be the plant going dormant to store up more energy in the bulb.
Do you know what variety of Aponogeton this is?
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Hmmm. Well it has two other stalks beginning to do this, one of them has 3 bulb things forming on it. It doesnt really appear like its dying off, its still growing new main leaves but it does appear like the new leaf formation is tapering off though, like slowing down.
Unfortunately, no I do not know what type it is. I had bought a small pack of the bulbs from wal-mart but they never grew, so I sent the 3 bulbs back to the company and they sent me back a manilla envelope with a handful of fresh bulbs along with a dwarf lily and a rubra (red lily). So its probably a mix of different species. Cause I started two of the bulbs in my tank and they both grow differently. One grew slower and short and kinda flat and spread out, almost like some crab grass or something, also its leaves are skinny and way straighter. The larger on in the pic above grew fast and tall and closer together, with fat leaves that are more wavy.
Also the larger one when it first sprouted, it immediately grew a flower stalk before any major leaves formed. But it only made it halfway up the tank before the fish broke it off and ate it, so after that it just kept growing leaves.
They look like stolons(runners).
07-05-2010, 09:26 AM #5Junior Member Guppy
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Yeah thats what people were saying at other forums (that they are runners). I think i may have an identity, people are saying its an undulatus.


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HOOVER, Ala. — Mike Mayers gave up just one unearned run over 6 1/3 innings to lead Ole Miss past Kentucky 4-1 in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Tuesday.
Mayers (5-5) scattered six hits and walked one while striking out four. Tanner Bailey threw a scoreless ninth inning to earn his fourth save of the season.
Ole Miss jumped ahead 1-0 in the first inning on Andrew Mistone's sacrifice fly that scored Austin Anderson. The Rebels broke the game open with two runs in the sixth after run-scoring singles by Auston Bousfield and Will Allen.
Kentucky had eight hits, but only one for extra bases. Jerad Grundy (6-6) took the loss, giving up four earned runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Ole Miss (37-20) advances to face Arkansas in the second round on Wednesday. Kentucky (30-25) was eliminated under the tournament's new single-elimination format in the opening round.
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Alternate name: Red Cardinal
Family: Cardinalidae, Cardinals view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Mostly bright red except for well-defined black face. Bill is bright red. ADULT FEMALE Has mostly gray-buff body plumage with red tail, red tinge on wings, and red tip to crest. Has a limited amount of black on face and subdued red bill. In flight, note the red underwing coverts (underwing is entirely red in male). JUVENILE Recalls adult female, but is dull brown overall, with reddish flush to breast and tail in particular. Bill is dark.
Dimensions Length: 8-9" (20-23 cm)
Habitat Common resident of wooded habitats, parks, and gardens.
Observation Tips Easy to see in most parks and gardens within its range.
Range Great Lakes, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Florida, Plains, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Texas, Eastern Canada, Western Canada, Southeast
Voice Song is an insistent series of rich, fluty whistles, typically either tiu-tiu-tiu-tiu or p'dee-p'dee-p'dee-p'dee; call is a sharp tik.
Discussion Arguably North America's most instantly recognizable bird with its erectile peaked crest, long tail, and male's stunningly colorful plumage. Often visits feeders in winter. Sexes are dissimilar.


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Has anyone fished grand bahama? I'll be there at the end of may. I don't have time to search around on this trip so I plan on hiring a guide. I fished Abaco a year and a half ago and I'm assuming it will be a similar expeience.
As you know I have been on an information binge on the Bahamas in preparation of a new phase of my angling life, the Margarita years :hehe:
It has to do with the bitterness of winter where I now live, the lack of fishing for 6 months of the year, and a building increase in my flats fishing acumen from striper guiding on the northern saltwater flats.
I have enjoyed a spattering of exposure here and there to tropical flyfishing over the years, 6 times to bonefish country, and finally it has reached a saturation point in my blood that is starting to permeate my brain whenever there is no outlet to striper country available, right up there with sorties' to steelhead country in the pacific northwest.
Anyway... Grand is known to be convenient with major airport (Freeport) and facilities (resorts, restaurants, car rentals, roads, etc) yet still endowed with a rich flats environment with great fishing.
For a current report I would suggest calling tightlines flyfishing, our sponsor, who has recent info on fishing Grand Bahama. Andrew, maybe you could fill us in.
I am considering it as a destination myself but the allure of Andros, or remote Acklins, or Abaco, or dozens of other places to plunk my winter-white ass for a few days of bonefish nirvana because Grand has everything you need in one island.
Even though I would love to play Robinson Carusoe on an uninhabited island (of which there are many) Grand offers secluded escapes to flats while being conveninently near all the amenities.
One thing I am concerned with is the wadability of the flats as I will be DIY. Some flats are difficult to wade on one's own because of access and softness (mud). Where some Cays are known to be of good bottom composition for endless wading (hard sand) other areas are very soft and unfit for good exploration by foot.
My biggest question mark for Grand is whether I will be able to find quality flats for DIY angling, the rest seems fine.
Of course island hopping planes can be found for as little as $50 one way if you search hard enough, so if this is the case a small additional investment could take me to a better DIY island.
Who knows, but it will be fun to find out. In any case please contribute to the general knowledge when you find out.
DIY tip:
Scooter rentals on Grand are only $35 per day, insurance and gas included with no mileage fee.
Have rod tube, will travel!
Grand Bahama has a large hotels in Freeport, Port Lucaya. There are several small outlying communities, native settlements. Some of these also have accomodations while others have dedicated bonefish lodges. If you are traveling with non fishing companions, who want more typical tourist activities you should probably choose a hotel in Freeort/ Port Lucaya. One of these is Pelican bay. They will also provide guides and boats. Another is Our Lucaya either the Westin or Sheraton depending on the accomoadations you want. Of course you can stay anywhere.
There are two independent guides that I recommend; Sam Taylor and Phil THompson. I have fished with both this year. Sam fishes mostly out of Hawksbill Creek which is a short ride from the metro area while Phil provides guides and boats out of McClains town wich is about an hours drive on the far east end in the area of Deep water Cay.
DIY bonefishing is difficult on this island. The north side is the baham bank and it is shallow water with mangroves throughout. IT is not easily accessible and the bottom is very soft and not very wadeable. You pretty much have to have a boat, but the only ones to rent are on the south shore. There are numerous beaches on the south shore which are easly accessible by car (0r scooter). The best appear to be to the east although I have a friend who caught a bonefish this winter on a spinning rod within half a mile of Our Lucaya which is beach with a lot of tourist foot traffic. If you get out of town away from the beaches you are more likely to do well but I don't think you will see as many fish there as you would on the north side. I have heard many people brag about this or that beach but I have never seen anywhere the numbers of fish that they claim. One other area to try would be close to an old missle base and pier about 30 minutes east. This may be part of a national park however. It is not posted.
You might try driving to McClains town and then I think that there is a ferry to Sweetings Cay. I have been there by guide boat but not by ferry. I have seen alot of fish there. If you can get to a beach with a rising tide, you should do well. This is about the only island that is close enough for you to get to easily. Most of the rest require a flight or a private boat and then none is real close. More's island for instance is probably 80 miles from Freeport.
If you want a completely isolated fishing experience I have been to a resort on Water Cay, but from what I saw this would strictly be guided fishing as there are no beaches. North Riding Point and Deep Water Cay are the premier bonefish lodges on the island. A new one has opened close to west end called Bootle bay (I have not fished with them)and they will pick you up as will Sam Taylor if you choose to stay at the upscale Old bahama bay.
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Thanks for the reply.
There seem to be roads leading to the north side, could one launch an inflatable kayak from these access points? Then again if one could not get out of the kayak it would not be worth it.
The east end seems like the way to go. It seems a good inflatable kayak would be useful there, with GPS of course and a spare oar.
Grand is attractive in it's accessibility and amenities, but unless there is access to wadable flats it's not ideal.
Using a sea kayak definitely opens up a lot of possibilities for you over wading.
The island is divided by Hawksbill Creek which is directly north of Freeport harbor. The island goes east from there for about 30 miles and west from there about 60 miles.
The road going west goes thru a couple of local settlements and is relatively close to the bank and I presume that there are launching areas. There are definitely inlets on the south side that you coudl launch off of and fish some of the beaches especially around deadman's reef. They would be no fun if it is surgy, however.
North and slightly east of Hawksbill is an area called Queens Cove. It is a series of canals. I would love to try fishing down the middle of one on a rising tide and you might be able to do it with a kayak. You can get to it by going west on the road to the airport. You also could launch in the 'ole fishing hole' which is the south end of Hawksbill Creek. There definitley bones in there. It is along the major east west highway. On the south side, there is a large closed body of water between it the road and Freeport harbour. I have fished it once. It has a lot of bones but the bottom is dark green and they are very difficult to see. This area also has several blue holes, and Sam Taylor tells me he has seen snook. I fished the area twice and didn't see any snook. IT is interesting because if not for the blue holes, the area would be completely land locked.
Going east, the road mostly hugs the south shore especially west of the Grand Lucayan waterway. There are several beaches and lots of places to launch. The bank on the north side of the island is approachcable by a road to Dover sound, but the rest of the roads are not paved and not mapped. They are mostly old logging roads. One leads to the access to Water Cay. The others are just out there and I don't think I woudl try them on a scooter or without a GPS. At the far east end, ther are several places you could launch and fish.
I also will be there at the end of May, but I'm not sure of my exact schedule yet.
The wind was pretty much dead flat while you were there. So how was the fishing?
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Juro- at least for the future BahamaClave, you can count on me to stuff my 14' inflatable yak into a large suitcase for the trip down..should make flats excursions a true adventure!
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So, how do you like your new SeaEagle inflatable Kayak? We found our 12 foot 380 to be very stable and most importantly, quite comfortable. Lots of room for storage and extra gear too. Did you find that you needed the stabilizing rudder...the 380 certainly needed it...otherwise lots of power-robbing tail waggle.
It's the perfect setup for trips south.
Hank- ya, I did end up getting the tail fin after a rather exhausting maiden voyage across a large pond here on the Cape. Works great now; planning on taking it out on Pleasant Bay in Harwich/Chatham once I get an off-day that isn't too windy.
Also picked up the flyfishing seats to get that little bit of extra height. Sent a few of your pics to my dad via e-mail to give him an idea as to what mine looks like; he'll be down in July with my mom and nieces- should be getting alot of use outa it then!
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MOSCOW – Ali Forde scored a career-high 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting Thursday night as the Idaho women's basketball team got its fifth win in its last six games, a 72-53 victory over New Mexico State.
"It feels pretty good to be honest," the freshman from Woodinville, Wash., said of her career mark. "I made all my layups for once, but I got a bunch of really good passes so I've got to give it to my teammates."VIDEO: Idaho women 72, New Mexico St. 53
The Vandals shot 48.4 percent (30-of-62) from the field and held NMSU to just 29.7 percent shooting. It was the seventh time in 12 WAC games Idaho's opponent failed to score more than 60 points, and the fifth time a Vandal opponent shot 30.0 percent or less from the field. New Mexico State's Stefanie Gilbreath scored a game-high 21 points but needed 26 shots to do it, going 9-of-26 from the field.
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Junior Alyssa Charlston scored 14 points for Idaho, going 6-for-11 from the field and 2-for-2 from 3-point range. Freshman Christina Salvatore added 12 points, all in the first half, as she connected on all four of her first-half 3-point attempts. Senior Jessica Graham, who averages 5.6 points per game this season, scored in double-figures for the third time in her last four games, finishing with 10 points, five rebounds and two assists.
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The study, "Trends Over 5 Decades in U.S. Occupation-Related Physical Activity and their Associations with Obesity," was published May 25 by the "Public Library of Science" (PLoS), an international peer-reviewed journal in science and medicine.
Researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Montclair State University and the Arnold School of Public Health analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on energy expenditure for occupations in the nation's private industry since 1960. They also studied mean body weight from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), as well as data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau.
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1). Bargniani- How will he fit with Melo and JR and Stat? I think hes gonna fit very well, and can pull bigs away from under the hoop, letting guys like Shump and Felton attack more then they'd be able 2. Also, Bargs is another guy who can rip it from 3 and score. We seen how bad we needed more scoring in the postseason last yr and now we got a guy who avg'd 20plus just a couple yrs ago..
2). Shump going into yr 3- This is a big yr for the soon to be superstar. Yr 3 is usually a big yr for young players in any sport. Hes already shown a improved outside shot and jumper to go with unreal athletic ability and defensive prowess. Hes to the knicks what Paul George is to the pacers.
3). 3headed PG Monster- How will Woodson handle the PG positon? Last yr, he played 2 often, but with the depth of this team, i don't see him being able to do that as often, albeit, Udrich could probably play some 2guard as well, as he can score and shoot.. All 3 guys deserve at least some minutes every game in my opinion and it'll be interesting to see how Woodson figures out the min's for them.
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As the DNR officer told me yesterday the salmon and steelhead have been in very shallow water and are ready to run. The time has finally come for the major runs to begin. Hope the charter boats left some for the river fisherman.
See attached gramd rapids press article link below. This is the first year of the reduced king salmon stockings in lake michigan started in 1999. Appears they are worried about the size of the runs which do appear late to me. If they are not hear next week on all rivers I say we have a problem.
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Have Lake Michigan anglers harvested so many steelhead this summer that the St. Joseph River run may be down?
That's possible, said Dave Meuninck of Bodine Fish Hatchery, and it's a big reason why he plans to close the South Bend fish ladder this weekend. Ladders are normally closed during the week and opened on Fridays for the weekend so fish can pass freely upstream. But not this week.
"We are significantly behind this year," said Meuninck. "Last year at this time we had counted more than 2,000 steelhead swimming through the South Bend fish ladder."
Hatchery officials are hoping to collect as many Skamania steelhead as possible over the next few days in an attempt to meet brood stock goals. Department of Natural Resources workers have collected 318 adult steelhead thus far and need another 382. The fish will be artificially spawned at the hatchery later this fall and the offspring will be stocked next year.
Low water flows and hot weather have delayed the steelhead's run into the St. Joseph River. Because it is lagging behind, Meuninck fears waiting too long could create serious problems for fish managers.
"The Lake Michigan harvest has been so heavy outside the St. Joe River harbor, there's some concern the Skamania migration may be below average," said Meuninck. "If so, that will put additional pressure on us to collect enough Skamania before Michigan's winter-run begin showing up in the river."
Meuninck hopes the cooler weather due this weekend will lure more fish into South Bend and enable his crew to open the ladders again by mid-week. The run was gaining steam on Thursday.
"We don't want to close the ladders any more than the fishermen, but the future depends upon it," he added. "If the run continues to grow, we should be done by mid-week."
Michigan officials noted several fish passing through the Berrien Springs ladder this week, including many coho and king salmon. Meuninck said coho and kings were appearing in the South Bend ladder and that those fish are being passed into Mishawaka waters.
Steelhead also were piling up outside Michigan City's Trail Creek in Lake Michigan, waiting to sprint upriver.
"Lake anglers are catching steelhead and chinook in 15 feet of water," Michigan City fisheries biologist Janel Palla said earlier this week. " If we get a good rain, the run should start."
On the inland scene, bluegill continue to provide the most consistent action on lakes and rivers.
"Lake fishermen are catching a lot of gills in both deep and shallow water," said Kevin Claire of Lunker's. "Some big fish are being taken, but you have to sort through the little guys to get them."
Claire noted he caught a nice mess this week on black spider fly around lily pads, yet fellow anglers report catching nice gills in 25 feet of water.
You're going to get a mixed bag of sizes on the St. Joseph River, too, said Ray Bradford of Midway Bait and Tackle in Osceola.
"The bluegills are in the brush along the river banks," he said. "The little ones seem to be up near the top of the brush, while the bigger fish are being caught in deeper water around the edges of the brush."
Red and pink wigglers and wax worms are producing best.
Bradford said walleye and bass are hitting Producer crankbaits on the river, too.
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Western Michigan
Hit a western michigan river mouth and the lake michigan surf yesterday. It was raining and windy all day. Tough fishing the spey with sink tips in that wind. One gust took my hat write off into the lake michigan, got lucky and got it before it sank!
Stripping streamers, lost one on the hook up. Finally connected with a bright 15lb king. Nice fight, let him go.
Talked to a Michigan DNR creel census officer. She indicated that the runs are late and slow this year. Lake water temps are still in high 60s. When the kings and cohos come, there should also be alot of skamanias with them.
Could be great fishing coming soon.
All in all, a nice relaxing quiet day on Lake Michigan. Brought back some fresh michigan corn, apples, plums, flowers, etc. No other fisherman to be seen either (priceless).
Trees are really starting to change, autumn is here.
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Heroes IV: Javier Hernandez vs. Michael Peynaud
- Written by Rian Scalia
Javier Hernandez got his name out to the world of kickboxing last year when he defeated Karim Bennoui and won the It's Showtime 61kg World Title. Since then, he lost his title to Masahiro Yamamoto in July but his international appearances on It's Showtime have gotten him a chance at more international fights, including his fight with Yuki at RISE 90, which takes place in just two days, on October 25 in Tokyo, Japan. Shortly after that fight, Hernandez has another fight with a good name in his hometown.
On November 17, the annual Heroes event in Cordoba, Spain takes place, as Heroes IV is headlined by Javier Hernandez vs. Michael Peynaud, from France. Peynaud has also fought for It's Showtime in the past, when he lost on a cut to Sergio Wielzen. He's beaten Karim Bennoui twice and comes off a stoppage win over Vatsana Sedone in June at Best of Siam in Paris, France. The bout takes place at 61kg. Either fighter getting a win in this fight would be big for them, as it would add a good name to their resumes.
There are some other fights on the card with up and coming fighters to watch out for from RR Team, which is Hernandez's gym. Juan Carlos Crespo from RR Team fights Jean Pierre Habinama of Belgium, Miguel Repiso Ruiz fights Nikos Taramas from the Vos Gym in the Netherlands and Jesus "Pony" Branco Gallardo fights Armenian-Spanish fighter Vardan Mnatsakanyan.


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Selig Leaves Legacy in HGH Test
Posted on 29 Nov 2011 by Steven Keys.
Somewhere along the way Bud Selig lost the meaning. Sometime between his halcyon college days (UW '56) and tenure as MLB's big kahuna he lost his love for baseball. It's a surprising turnabout given how his early years read. Like so many others during America's radio days the young Bud joined that burgeoning class of folk known as sporting fans, often attending minor league contests wit...


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Rumors have been circulating a while that this was in the works, and it sounds like this is a pretty sure proof that it's on it's way. No doubt it will be exclusive to somewhere, but the website that's taking pre-orders for it doesn't say. Hold onto your heart though, for the information about the cost. This information comes from Planet Action Figure, which prices the exclusive ships about 10-15 more then retail. I wonder how much the set will actually retail for in the stores.
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About Me
I am a board-certified oncologist and hematologist, and work as part of a multidisciplinary team caring for patients with hematologic disorders. I have a special interest and expertise in treating patients with disorders that arise in white blood cells called plasma cells, including multiple myeloma and light chain (AL) amyloidosis.
My research focuses on new treatment approaches for plasma cell disorders. Along with colleagues here, I am testing targeted therapies, immunomodulatory agents, and stem cell transplantation to arrive at more-effective and less-toxic regimens for these diseases.
Very effective novel agents have recently become available for plasma cell disorders, but it is not clear if these are more effective than stem cell transplantation for patients early in the course of their disease. To help answer that question, I am co-leading a study comparing the effectiveness of an immunomodulatory agent (lenalidomide) with that of high-dose therapy and stem cell transplantation. I am also leading a trial to determine the most effective post-stem cell transplant therapy. As the principal investigator of an ongoing trial using a risk-adapted approach to stem cell transplant followed by novel agents in AL amyloidosis, I have had the opportunity to present exciting results demonstrating significant activity and low toxicity with this approach.
For patients whose plasma cell disorder has relapsed, I am investigating novel agents alone and in combinations. Some patients with multiple myeloma and plasma cell disorders do poorly despite treatment. I am collaborating with colleagues here in efforts to develop safer and more-effective donor-derived (allogeneic) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation options using T-cell-depleted grafts, a strategy pioneered at Memorial Sloan Kettering. In order to improve accessibility to treatment and the quality of life of our patients, I am also helping to develop outpatient transplant strategies using state-of-the-art technology (Tele-Health monitoring).
I have also enjoyed mentoring students from the college level through the post-graduate level.
- Clinical Expertise: Hematologic Malignancies with a focus on plasma cell dyscrasias including multiple myeloma, light chain amyloidosis, and plasmacytomas.
- Languages Spoken: English
- Education: MD, Upstate Medical University
- Residencies: Internal Medicine - University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
- Fellowships: Hematology/Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology; Hematology
Visit PubMed for a full listing of Heather J. Landau's journal articlesPubmed is an online index of biomedical articles maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Clinical Trials
Research is integral to our mission at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and clinical trials help us discover better forms of patient care and treatment. For you, this could mean access to a new therapy or therapy combination. Click to see a list of the trials I'm currently leading.
Clinical Trials Led by Heather J. Landau
- A Phase IIB Study of NEOD001 versus Placebo to Treat Light Chain Amyloidosis in Previously Treated Patients with Impaired Heart Function
- A Phase III Study of Dexamethasone plus Ixazomib (MLN9708) or Standard Therapy in Patients with Recurrent or Persistent Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis
- A Phase III Study of Standard Chemotherapy with or without NEOD001 Patients with Newly Diagnosed Light Chain Amyloidosis
- A Study of Captisol-Enabled Melphalan in Patients with Multiple Myeloma and Light Chain Amyloidosis Receiving an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
- Pilot Study of Homebound Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Clinical Trials Co-Investigated by Heather J. Landau
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Settting up Brackish tank
I was thinking about taking the gravel out of my 25 gallon aquarium and replacing it with pool filter sand and putting the small brackish flounder and bumblebee gobbie in the tank. I at present time have some baby mollies, ghost shrimp and a small bristlenose in the tank, will probably put these in my peacock eel tank.
Just wanted to know besides having the gobies and flounder are there any other good fish to put in tank besides mollies? The tank has been set up since May so it has a well seeded filtration system.1--29 gallon tank: 1 small angelfish, pygmy cory, and 4 baby albino bristlenose.
2--55 gallon tank: 1 adult angelfish, 7 black skirt tetras, 5 yo yo loaches, 1 synodontis catfish and 1 spotted raphael.
3--3 gallon tank with female betta.
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I just changed my tank to brackish a few weeks ago. If you slowly acclimate your fish, you can put almost anything in there, depending on how high or low of a salt level you want to keep.
Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong - I'm just speaking from my experiences.
Colombian sharks are one of the breeds that immediately come to mind when I hear brackish.
Columbian sharks are also the opposite of acceptable for a 25G aquarium. I have a 225G brackish tank and I don't think I have the room for it.
Unfortunately there are not too many small brackish fish that are readily available. The only other small ones I can think of are puffers, which will eat the other inhabitants.
Glass fish maybe?Who is "General Failure" and why is he reading my hard drive?


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Hey Steel, how you enjoying the first day of "Spring" up there?
Hey Steel, how you enjoying the first day of "Spring" up there?
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
I don't know, if Schilling and Beckett aren't able to to throw a lot of innings and Clement doesn't rebound, the Sox might be wishing they had Bronson back in the fold. They might be deep in starting pitchers, but between David Wells, Schilling, Clement, and Beckett, that's a lot of question marks.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Gammons' comments from Insider:
The Reds had to trade for pitching, and they were not going to part with Austin Kearns or Adam Dunn unless they got a Jon Lester, or two. Bronson Arroyo, who threw a career-high 205 1/3 innings last season, posted 14 wins and was 10th in the American League in quality starts -- will be the Reds' best starter.
And while Wily Mo Pena is a .303 career on-base guy who sometimes plays out of control, he is still only 24, and about to begin learning the game with David Ortiz. Boston is not usually a tools-oriented organization, but one thing they lack through the minor leagues is right-handed power, and Pena is a project whose skills are worth the effort to hone.
Right-handed corner power bats are hard to find, and Pena has awesome power and remarkable speed. The Red Sox were looking for a right-handed hitting outfielder, and Pena can platoon with Trot Nixon; Pena had an .881 OPS against left-handed pitching last season (Mike Sweeney and Andruw Jones were .877, Manny Ramirez .885). He can fill in for Coco Crisp and Ramirez, when necessary.
The Red Sox hope this is a deal for today, giving them a boost against lefties and cutting down on the lefties coming out of the bullpen to face Nixon -- and for the future. Pena loves to play, wants to learn and because he was out of options and in the big leagues at 20, his development has been seriously retarded. Boston hopes it has another Jesse Barfield, who after the age of 23 and with almost an identical number of at-bats, had a .309 on-base percentage, the same exact .780 OPS and 45 homers, in contrast to Pena's 51.
Nixon can become a free agent at season's end, so if Pena develops, they have added a 26-year-old center fielder in Crisp and a 24-year-old power bat in right field in Pena.
The fact that former Reds GM and current Nationals GM Jim Bowden has spent more than 1,000 hours trying to reacquire Pena speaks for his character.
Pena's career OPS at Great American Ball Park is .875, .741 on the road. Arroyo's OPS against was .790 at Fenway, .665 on the road. However, going from one offensive park to another is difficult to quantify.
The Lost Decade Average Season: 74-88
2014-16 Average Season: 69-93
I liked the way gonelong framed it with a #1 to be named later (and not necessarily during the 2006 season) in front of those three. Three reliable starting pitchers would give the club something to build on.Originally Posted by registerthis
BTW, for those loathing the trade, I fully recognize that it's no given the Reds have three reliable starting pitchers in the wake of this deal. Harang could be a one-hit wonder (though I don't think he will be). Claussen could pitch better and have the same basic ERA as last year. Arroyo could settle into 4.50-4.75 territory. And any of them could get injured. Yet in general I see three pitchers in their late 20s who've paid their dues and who should be entering the best years of their careers.
He'll probably be all right.
Gammons: "There's a new Mo in Boston."
Nuggest from his blog:
- The Reds weren't trading Dunn or Kearns unless they got a Jon Lester or two.
- Arroyo was 10th in the AL in quality starts.
- Red Sox lacked right-handed power throughout their system and WMP is about to start learning the game from Big Papi.
- Pena had a .881 OPS against LHP last season. Sweeney & Andruw Jones were at .877 and Manny Ramirez at .885.
- "Pena loves to play, wants to learn and because he was out of options and in the big leagues at age 20, his development has been seriously retarded." Boston hopes it has another Jesse Barfield.
- Nixon can become a free agent after '06. They've added a 26 year old CF in Crisp and a 24 year old power bat in RF.
- Tee-hee: "The fact that former Reds GM and current Nationals GM Jim Bowden has spent more than 1,000 hours trying to reaquire Pena speaks for his character."
"I fought because I understood and could not bear to understand, that it was my destiny -- unlike that of my father, whose fate it was to hear the roar of the crowd -- to sit in the stands with most men and acclaim others. It was my fate, my destiny, my end, to be a fan."
I see it differently, I see Narron being the type to run them out non stop no matter what the stats say because he's a baseball guy and he likes vets in the lineup above all else.Originally Posted by TRF
Go Gators!
Wow, this is what happens when I work all day and not check Redszone. Shame on me.
As for the trade, it is the after-effects that concern me. I always thought Wily Mo (because of his atrocious defense) was better suited for the American League. I still do. I wish we could have gotten a better prospect for sure, but Arroyo is at a point in his career where some improvement should be expected.
What I can not stomach is the idea of playing Hatteburg everyday at first base. First base is a slot for big offensive productivity (see Adam Dunn). I would prefer to keep Dunn at first and put some speed (Denorfia preferably) in the outfield. Put Freel at 2nd and EE at 3rd and I am OK with the situation. Playing Womack primarily at 2nd, Hatteburg at first, wasting spot starts on RA while allowing youth and speed to languish outside of starting lineup will make me sick.
Honestly, I don't think Narron's got that kind of leeway. Krivsky didn't pick Narron and I doubt he'll have a problem telling Narron to bench a disaster in favor of someone else should push come to shove.Originally Posted by KronoRed
He'll probably be all right.
I'd rather have a hole at first base than a hole in the starting rotation. I mean, I'd prefer to have a full pie, but then again I am a Reds fan.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
But see..we don't have to have a hole at 1st base, we can put Freel or Deno out in the OF and have Dunn at 1st (where he will end up anyway) and be much better off, starting Hatteberg over those other options just doesn't make any sense.Originally Posted by vaticanplum
Go Gators!
I dunno, Krivsky seems to be 100% behind him so far, the fact that on the day Pena was traded it was declared that Hatteberg is taking over at 1st just reeks.Originally Posted by M2
Go Gators!
Oh yeah, I definitely agree with that. Whether it will happen is another question, but we'll see.Originally Posted by KronoRed
I saw Dunn play first at a game last year and it was a lot less comical than I expected it to be. I would much rather have him there than Hatteberg, obvs.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
let me rephrase, "every losing team needs guys like that", below replacement level he is.Originally Posted by osuceltic
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
He'll seem 100% behind Narron until he cans the guy, and rest assured he will can the guy at some point in the next year or two.Originally Posted by KronoRed
He'll probably be all right.
Originally Posted by KronoRed
I heard Narron's using the Chewbacca defense.
'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement
Your Mom is happy.
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Great Little Helper 5/20/2016John from
I have been watching the Roomba series of robots for some time now, their reviews, their performance and their price. When the Roomba 650 came up on rakuten.com for such a reasonable price, I took the plunge. I've been using the Roomba 650 now for almost one month and I am very pleased with its cleaning performance and its ability to clean under furniture that is typically too low to the floor for a conventional vacuum. It moves from hardwood flooring to carpets without any issues Our home has dark hardwood floors and the slightest amount of dust will show up on them. Our little Roomba helper helps keep our floors looking great. I think the internal reservoir for collecting dust is a decent size and adequate for cleaning our living space. I like the way the Roomba will find its way back to it's charging station when it's batteries are getting low. The Roomba will run for about 2 to 2.5 hours before it needs to recharge. Its cleaning pattern is somewhat weird to watch at first; kind of a zig-zag pattern, but it gets the job done. We have a two-story house, but have confined the Roomba to cleaning the down stairs only, approximately 1500 sq. ft. We will probably purchase another one in the near future for the 2nd-story area. It is pretty easy to setup and if there are any negatives at this point in time is that it is louder than I thought it would be; but a lot quieter than our Kirby vacuum cleaner. And it is heavy enough and powerful enough to knock over glass or pottery vases you might have on the floor; I experienced a couple of close calls. If you are thinking of this type of robotic vacuum, I highly recommend this model. Just a note, we do not have any pets or small children in our household, so I cannot comment on how the Roomba 650 will pickup dog or cat hair/fur or small objects like crayons or [tiny] toys.
It gets stuck under low edges (coffee table/sofa) 5/16/2016
The raised button on the front stops it from going under a low edge, but then it keeps turning a little and trying to go forward which wedges a side tightly under the edge. It may think its trying to follow a wall? The easiest answer would be to put 2 more raised buttons on either side of the top to make it follow the edge of a low obstruction and not get wedged. Also needs to use the Braava navigation and get a *lot* smarter about room coverage. Not just bump, spin and go.
It does the job 5/16/2016Paducah from Paducah, KY
The 650 escaped my thick rugs but jammed at the edge of refrigerator door. It runs faster than my other Neato, same pickup of dirt but bump into walls often.
works as described 1/20/2016
My first Roomba. It seems that the engineers at irobot have thought of nearly every scenario when designing this robot.
Roomba 12/30/2015
Works good.
Good value 12/11/2015
God value, easy of use. Like it.
I enjoy this robot 12/4/2015
I have bought 2 iRobot 650 previously and need another one. Once I saw the sale price. I jumped on it. It's a good housekeeping product. Recommend anyone who needs a robot cleaning the floor.
vacumn 12/4/2015
very good vocumn
Great Product 12/3/2015
Love these. I am giving them as gifts now
Roomba 650 2/9/2015
This was a replacement for a well-used Roomba 560. Unfortunately, none of the 560 accessories work with the 650 even though it looks the same. Has the better brush assembly.
Great vacuum robot 6/30/2014
This is a great vacuum robot. The kids like it because it is running around the house and I have used it as a way to get them to clean up their lego as they will otherwise be taken by the iRobot Roomba..
Robot vacuum 6/10/2013
This thing is incredible. We have a Dyson Vacuum, that we also like, but our long hair cat is constantly shedding. This Robot picks up all of the fur between regular vacuuming. Have noticed that since we got it, we have been using the Dyson less and less. A little noisy, but you can schedule it to run when it is convenient.


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Sweet and buttery lemon sunshine bundt cake bursting with lemon and zucchini! Lemon pucker fills every bite and you can see the green zucchini flecks throughout the cake, assuring it will be moist and dense yet light and tender all at the same time.
Even though lemons are in peak season during the winter months summer was made for them. So bright, juicy and refreshing, not a day goes by that doesn't find me reaching for them. Most of all I love their citrusy bite paired with sugar whether it be in lemonade or baked goods.
Cake wrapped around zucchini? Yes, please. This makes it easy to eat your veggies.
Without complaint.
A sweet, buttery cake bursting with lemon and zucchini.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 6-cup bundt pan with butter and dust with flour.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon salt.
- Grate the zucchini on the large holes of a box grater then wring out most but not all of the water by placing it in a clean kitchen towel and twisting it.
- Stir together the eggs and sugar, then stir in the melted butter, zucchini, vanilla, lemon zest and juice.
- Stir in the flour mixture.
- Transfer batter to the pan and bake about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool 15 minutes.
- Run a paring knife around the edges then turn out onto wire rack or cake dish and allow to cool completely.
- Once cooled make the glaze by whisking the sugar and 1 tablespoon lemon juice, add more if needed. The glaze should be thick but will run off the spoon when lifted.
- Top the cake with spoonfuls of glaze then sprinkle with lemon zest. Refrigerate leftovers.
Adapted from Martha Stewart
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International Diabetes Federation partner Boehringer Ingelheim will be continuing their support of the IDF Life for a Child Programme by donating the proceeds of an employee 3km run that will be held at the company's headquarters on November 14 - World Diabetes Day. A total of €20,000 will be donated to the programme. This is the fourth consecutive year that the company organises an initiative in support of Life for a Child.
"We are extremely grateful for all contributions to the 'Life for a Child' programme", said Dr Graham Ogle, General Manager of LFAC. "We estimate that 80-100,000 children and youths with diabetes around the world are in urgent need of assistance and we hope that with this programme, many of these disadvantaged children will receive the medical supplies, clinical treatment and diabetes education that they critically need."


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The preferred method of library distribution on OS X is through frameworks, and SDL is no different. Since SDL has several sub-libraries, each in a separate framework, the #include code is different between systems. (The OpenGL #include code is also different, for the record.)
#ifndef __APPLE__ #include <GL/gl.h> #include <SDL/SDL.h> #include <SDL/SDL_image.h> #include <SDL/SDL_mixer.h> #elseif #include <OpenGL/gl.h> #include <SDL/SDL.h> #include <SDL_image/SDL_image.h> #include <SDL_mixer/SDL_mixer.h> #endif
This is all fine and dandy but that actually gives me compilation errors in the frameworks' headers themselves, as they refer to files from other parts of SDL with the assumption they're in the same folder. One could edit the headers but other errors happen then. Since frameworks are the "proper" way of distributing libraries in your application bundles, I'm going to assume that there's just something wrong on my end and not that SDL frameworks are completely unusable by anyone.
In addition, a perturbing problem with OpenGL is that it insists that GLuint is not defined. This is baffling, considering you can go to OpenGL/gl.h yourself and plainly see the typedef of GLuint.
I've been struggling with these issues for a while and I'd appreciate it if someone would be able to help with this.


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Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Employee Partakes In Volunteer Trip To Cambodia Education Coordinator Gives Hope, Gains Perspective
SUFFERN, N.Y. (December 6, 2012) – Lisa Pavon, Education Coordinator, Professional Development and Education at Bon Secours Charity Health System recently lived out the health care system's mission to provide Good Help to Those in Need ® when she traveled with other NY/NJ metro area volunteers to Cambodia. Through the philanthropic organization Jewish Helping Hands, Lisa and others spent 10 days helping and educating 57 orphans at a learning center located in a small village outside of Phnom Penh.
With support from Jewish Helping Hands, the learning center was founded by local resident Arun Sothea, who at the age of four was orphaned in the Khmer Rouge reign of terror during the 1970s. Arun made a promise to himself: if I can survive, I'll go back to my village and make sure no orphans will suffer as I did. He has kept his promise and is committed to helping children attend school rather than work full time in the rice fields.
Each day from sunrise to sunset, Lisa and six other volunteers worked at the village school. They carted bamboo baskets filled with dirt, rocks, sand and cement in sweltering temperatures in an effort to help build the school library. In addition to manual labor, they spent time connecting with the village orphans and school children. They played jump rope and jacks with them, taught English with the help of "Simon Says", made chalk drawings, balloon sculptures and friendship bracelets. But most of all, "we bonded with these wonderful, vivacious children." said Pavon.
Although the trip was not meant to be a medical mission, Lisa and one of the other volunteers, Julie Hartman, who also happens to be a Duala, visited a nearby clinic on a day when over 30 pregnant women were waiting for their monthly checkup. Although the clinic's sonogram machine was outdated, Julie realized it didn't work because they did not have sonogram gel. With Arun's help, they arranged to have gel delivered the next day to the clinic, and Julie coached the nurses on how to perform sonograms. The expectant mothers were then able to hear the sound of their fetus's heartbeat for the first time.
The trip culminated with a gift presentation by the volunteers to the school principals and the orphans. Lisa was asked to bring "non-language" toys, so she, along with the help of the New York Red Bulls Soccer Club, Mahwah Youth Volleyball, friends and fellow Bon Secours Charity Health System employees, brought soccer balls, volleyballs and nets, chalk, jump ropes and more. "With our help, we turned the school grounds filled with long grass and mud, into a playground filled with screaming laughter" Lisa said. The principals, as well as the children, were overjoyed. "Our Cambodian hosts and the children were sure that we were helping them, but the truth is that they helped us." Lisa added "Knowing I was making a difference in the orphans lives has had a real impact on me. This experience will last forever."
Jewish Helping Hands is a New York City-based foundation created in 2006 by Rabbi Joel E. Soffin, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Shalom in Succasunna, N.J., with the belief that a little bit of help can make a big difference in someone's life. In the United States and abroad, JHH projects provide ground-level financial and hands-on support. In each community where it works, local residents determine what would be most helpful. There are many opportunities to get involved including sponsoring a child ($150 per year) and/or providing funds for needed items including water filters ($12 per filter to provide clean drinking water for a family), baby nets ($6 per net to protect from malaria-carrying mosquitos) and bicycles (for the children to travel to school).
For more information, go to www.jewishhelpinghands.org or contact Rabbi Soffin at 212-712-2781.
About Bon Secours Charity Health System
Bon Secours Charity Health System comprises Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Suffern, New York, and two community hospitals, Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, New York, and St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, New York.
Bon Secours Charity Health System also includes a certified home health agency, two long-term care facilities, an assisted living/adult home facility, and several other off-site medical programs.
The Health System, which draws its name from its two Catholic sponsors, the Sisters of Bon Secours and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, serves nearly 1 million people. With more than 3,400 employees, the Health System is one of the region's largest employers. For more information, visitbschs.bonsecours.com.
Photo: School Library with volunteers and orphans that helped with building
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