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I'm as offended as I was when Nicki Minaj let Eminem say the word on Roman's Revenge: not at all.
I like Azealia. Not saying she has an excuse to use it...but then again...it's Perez Hilton lol. She gets a pass.
@average joe: i like your style, bro
Well..the shoe...it..kinda..sorta..fits..
I'm one of those people who get overly sensitive when people use derogatory terms, but this didn't bug me and I was surprised to see the backlash she got for it. I mean, maybe it's just me, but I kind of consider her "one of us," if that makes sense. It's easy to see that her connotation for the word wasn't to insult gay people, just Perez.
Not a justification, it's still a disgusting word. But I could care less and I'll still continue to listen to her music.
I'm in love with her music. Could care less about this drama, although she needs media training.
Iggy Azaela comes harder, imo.
Azealia Banks - No Problems (Angel Haze Diss)
Angel Haze - On The Edge (Azealia Banks Diss)
Azealia Banks Posts Sales Gains Following Twitter Feuds
The ongoing feud between Azealia Banks and Angel Haze (which then morphed into a*larger spat*between Banks and Perez Hilton over the weekend) has sparked sales gains for Banks over the past week.***
The New York rapper's "1991" EP re-enters Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart at No. 32, posting an 18% sales gain and selling just under 1,000 copies in the week ending Jan. 6, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Meanwhile, Banks' breakout single "212" moved 3,000 downloads last week -- up by 3%.
In total, "1991" has sold 24,000 since its May 2012 release, while "212" has moved 118,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Angel Haze also posted an overall gain for her available songs and "New York" EP; however, the combined sales for all her titles was below 1,000 units for the week.*
Last week, Banks and Haze exchanged insults on Twitter before lobbing hastily prepared diss tracks at one another. On Friday night, Banks then called the openly gay celebrity blogger Hilton a "f---ot," a comment which has since received heavy criticism. Banks' debut album, "Broke with Expensive Taste," is due out in early 2013.
Azealia Banks - Harlem Shake ''Remix'' (Official Video)
she ahs used Faggot agian agianst her former producer....i really like her music but the way she going on with useing faggot all the time is making it really hard to do so...
#teambanks for now...
New song coming soon.
Scary cover for the new Azealia Banks single Yung Rapunxel
The cover for the new single inspired by Madonna's Bedtime Story, no?
The beat is cute. It reminds me of those songs that you hear on the runway at a vogueing competition.
Azealia Banks has released a new cover song. Her version of The Strokes' 'Barely Legal'
Just so you guys know, the Official Itunes version of "Yung Repunxel" is being fine tuned and will probably be more commercial.
It will be out next week.
(Love that cover, btw)
Azealia Banks on why she doesn't care about dropping words like c*nt and f*ggot, how she feels about being labelled a "Twitter personality," and what really matters to her.
Azealia Banks finally makes a video for No Problems
Can't wait for next week! Here's a teaser in the meantime.*
Almost 1 Million views in two days!
Azealia Banks*- Yung Rapunxel*official video
Single #2 is called "ATM JAM" and it's featuring @Pharrell ! !
I know it's a shitty award but too some people even these "count".
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Azealia Banks
Nicki Minaj
Rye Rye
Best New Artist
Azealia Banks
Joey Bada$$
Kendrick Lamar
Trinidad Jame$
The Weeknd
just saw her perform on sunday...she was amazing and played alot of new stuff from her upcoming album
OMG CockWhore, I'm so jealous! Tell me more, please.
I'm not really feeling this Paul Oakenfold ft Azealia Banks - Venus
Harlem rapper Azealia Banks pulled off from her scheduled appearance at last week's Lollapalooza in Chicago and at Osheaga Festival in Montreal due to 'severe throat infection'.
Get well soon homegirl.
From a new mixtape called Fantasea II: The Second Wave, coming next year . Now where is that album Broke With Expensive Taste???
Azealia Banks has confirmed that her debut album has been delayed by a few more months. Recently scheduled for a release in January, after initially being set for a fall 2012 release, Broke With Expensive Taste will debut in March. Why? Among other reasons, "the label changed their mind," she says.
Azealia Banks hit the scene like a fire cracker – bursting with noise and hype. The nature of the music business is to be moving constantly with no time for rest. But after some time away, the rapper is rejoining the industry with a new album and a new outlook on the things that formed her work.
L.A. Pride Entertainment Lineup Announced
Openly bisexual and always controversial, hip-hop bad girl Azealia Banks will also be taking the stage Saturday night, bringing her signature blend of aggressive lyrics and club beats to West Hollywood Pride-goers. -
See more at: http://www.frontiersla.com/frontiers....YteRcimA.dpuf
Azealia Banks Is Finally Ready To Release The Lead Single From Her Debut LP, Like For Real This Time
Try not to roll your eyes but Azealia Banks is finally ready to release the lead single from never-arriving debut LP Broke With Expensive Taste. The track is called Wallace and its about, in her own words, a man with a Rottweilers head. Sounds great. Theres no official release date yet but the rap diva has already filmed the video. So thats promising.
Its great that the 23-year-old appears to have pulled herself together but is it too little too late? The hype around Azealia has all but died and shes now better-known for her seemingly endless Twitter beefs. Theres no denying the femcees talent but she has a lot of ground to make up. Particularly when you consider that Iggy Azalea now has a number one hit under her belt. See a behind-the-scenes look at the enfant terribles new video in the link...
Controversy-courting NYC rapper Azealia Banks has split from Universal Music Group, according to her Twitter. In one of the extended tweet-tirades that have become her trademark since her 2011 single "212″ elevated her to underground stardom, she declared, "IM ABOUT TO GET OUT OF MY DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THATS THE BIG SURPRISE!!!!!," fantasized about becoming "the cool indie chick I imagined I would be when I was 14," and repeatedly compared herself to Celie, the protagonist in The Color Purple.
Heavy Metal And Reflective (Official Music Video) - Azealia Banks
^I'm digging it.
She´s back, guys.
^Wow... I'm actually really surprised at how nice that sounds.
Good job Azealia.
"Theres death on the horizon,
and Ill run to behold your sacrifice..."
...is her CD EVER coming out, or is Fantasea all we get?
"Theres death on the horizon,
and Ill run to behold your sacrifice..."
The album is out. I´m on the 1st track now, Idle Delilah and it´s the shittiest thing I´ve heard from her. Fingers crossed for the rest.
Ok, I listened to it and I have no idea why it took 2-3 years and a lot of tracklist changes to come with this piece of shit. The album is really really bad, it has 4-5 good tunes and 3 of them were released in the past 2 years so I´m not sure why they made the album cut. Miss Amor sounds good, it´s definitely one of the next singles.
I think they obsessed so much over doing the anti-mainstream thing that they didn´t pay much attention to the actual songs, but on the production. 4/10
I don't think it's the "2nd coming" it was talked up to be - and for someone that doesn't want to be defined as a "LGBT rapper", there is a WHOLE lot of 90's house on here(not that that's a bad thing - some of that is GREAT). I happen to like Idle Delilah, BBD and Miss Amor of the tracks I haven't heard before(although Miss Amor is a re-imagining of something off FANTASEA, but I forget what exactly), and then Heavy Metal And Reflective grew on me, can't stand Yung Rapunxel and 212 and Chasing Time are good, but overplayed. The rest is either flat, uninspired, or more of the same.
FANTASEA is the true Azealia album.. this one should have been left to cook a while longer.
"Theres death on the horizon,
and Ill run to behold your sacrifice..."


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Elevator Failure
An elevator failure is a condition in which an elevator is unsafe or is malfunctioning, possibly causing passengers inside the elevator car to be unable to exit.
In the event of an elevator failure:
- CALL SECURITY (extension 13).
- Tell the location of the elevator and the floor the occupants are believed to be stuck on.
- Describe the nature of the malfunction (if known).
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2013-08-07 / Events & Calendar
Saladino announces grants for child-care providers impacted by Sandy
Assemblyman Joseph Saladino recently announced the availability of $200 million in federal Social Services Block Grant funds to New York State for rebuilding, repairing and renovating child-care facilities. Grant money may also be used for family-based and center-based child-care programs as well as mental hygiene and health care facilities that were impacted by the storm.
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All this week we've been telling you about a local organization that has journeyed around the world and back to save children from one of the most horrible injustices in the world: slavery. The Mercy Project's very first rescue was made possible by some of you watching tonight.
It took two years.
"It's amazing to see through the eyes of these children," said Chris Field, Mercy Project founder.
In a matter of 24 hours -- the lives of 24 children -- were changed forever.
"All of these new things they've never seen before. Simple things we take for granted that now they're going to get to experience every day," added Field. "We sent the little girls to use the restroom and they didn't know how to use the toilet. And they were trying to place their feet in the toilet, trying to figure out what to do because they're so used to going outside because they've never even seen a toilet. I've never seen running water. I've never been to a day in school."
Challenging heights is a refuge for trafficked children. It was founded by a former child himself: James Koffe Anon. Here the kids will receive proper medical attention; care and for each and every one -- it's a new beginning and a start to a future full of education."
Simple things like going to school are no longer empty promises.
"These kids are desperate for information, the looks on their faces when they get a letter right because you are literally watching a lifetime of opportunity open up right before them," said Field. "That reality is just mind blowing to think that these kids who would later tell us they wanted to be president; they wanted to be a nurse; and they wanted to be a teacher, that sitting in the village holding fishing net, that's not even a possibility. There's not chance they would become any one of those things."
These kids are safe now. Sleeping on the dirt ground in a hut in the middle of a fishing village is no longer a reality; Ruth, Leticia and Bernice and the remaining 22 are learning what it's like to a regular hot meal; or even sleeping on a bed they can -- for once -- call their own.
"A lot of the kids sleep on the floor in the huts, they might have a small mat, some not even that, but to watch them run into the room and pick out their bed and get on top of it., they just kept giving thumbs up because they knew that meant they were happy. When the bell ring for dinner and they told them it was time for dinner, they didn't want to leave the bed," said Field.
While the children are beginning their education and receiving medical care, Mercy Project is on the ground with their Ghanaian social workers on the ground trying to locate the children's parents.
"Basically they're going to go to the parents tell them we found them on the lake and show them what kind of life they were living and prepare them to receive the kids back," said Field. "We have Ghanaian social workers who are tracking down the parents for us and they have an idea of who the parents are because some villagers had phone numbers of the parents when they were trafficked. So they're going to go to the parents and tell them we found them trafficked on the lake and show them pictures and explain what the life was like with the kids and begin the process of preparing the parents to receive the children back."
Nicole: "If the parents are approached by these social workers and they say, 'I cannot afford to take these kids,' then what happens?"
Chris Field: "We believe that sending these kids to school is going to overcome a huge objection the parents have. We're sending these kids to school every single day for two years and we're paying for that.
Nicole: This is the first rescue. Are you fearful there is a possibility the kids could be re-trafficked again?
Field: "I don't' know if I'd use the word fearful. I think I'm honest. If you're not integrating them back with their families, you have a situation with 7-10,000 kids on the lake and if this is going to be solved in our lifetime, we can't just solve the issue of pulling the kid son the lake. We have to strengthen the Ghanaian family so kids aren't trafficked again.
While it's an avenue the non-profit has never crossed -- they'll continue strengthening their mission and empowering the Ghanaian families. But right now, for these 24 children who've been living in a pool of darkness - they're prayers have been answered.
"The bad news and the good news: we rescued 24 kids. The bad news is there are still 6,976 kids left by the best estimates, so that means our work is nowhere close to being done," said Field.


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Over the past several years, I have argued in newspaper columns, letters to the editor and through numerous correspondences with state legislators that Louisiana was headed to disaster under Gov. Bobby Jindal's policies and plans.
Over the past several years, I have argued in newspaper columns, letters to the editor and through numerous correspondences with state legislators that Louisiana was headed to disaster under Gov. Bobby Jindal's policies and plans.
My contention then and now is that his actions are all about Bobby and not about Louisiana.
It is unfortunate that I feel vindicated daily.
The chickens are coming home to roost, and Jindal is about as popular as a pulled pork sandwich at a vegetarian picnic.
Many wonder how long it will be until federal indictments come down over the Medicaid contract fraud case and how close the probe will get to the governor's office.
Time will tell.
When I started my quest to point out the insanity of Jindal's policies, our governor was soaring high.
His approval rating was higher than an old goat drunk on Tennessee sour mash.
But now his approval rating is somewhere near cockroaches and pneumonia, and it's a lot cooler now being a part of the opposition movement than it used to be.
Jindal not getting a break is good for Louisiana.
We're seeing a legislative session this spring nothing like the one last spring.
And now, predictably yet not ironically, most legislators are listening to their constituents, and Jindal hardly has a friend in Baton Rouge.
But we're not out of the woods yet.
There are four serious issues that the legislators have to deal with in order for us to survive Jindal's assault on Louisiana.
First, we have to repeal the tax give-aways passed under Jindal.
Rep. Jerome "Dee" Richard, a Thibodaux independent, has a bill to do this very thing.
We now give away an extra $2 billion a year since Jindal took office.
This is unsustainable, immoral and just plain crazy. Make no mistake, if we don't address the tax credits and corporate welfare, our state is toast.
Second, the federal Medicaid expansion has to begin sooner rather than later.
According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, the expansion of Medicaid will grant 577,000 Louisiana citizens insurance coverage.
What if we don't accept the Medicaid expansion? Your local hospital will struggle or fail, and the state will be in the red for decades to come.
Third, we have to stop selling the state piece by piece. We can't keep giving away state assets at fire sale prices to plug budget holes. It's ridiculous and downright goofy.
Fourth, higher education must be fully funded in Fiscal Year 2014. Colleges and universities have been cut $625 million since 2008. More cuts are planned for next year. It has to stop now, or we will hamstring the Louisiana economy and harm our children.
What can we do to create the change we need? Rally. Today many different contingencies from clergy to professors to health care workers were scheduled to rally at the State Capitol.
It started at 11 a.m. If God's willing and the creek doesn't rise, I'm attending the rally.
In fact, I've already planned to wear my old cowboy boots.
As you walk up the majestic steps of the Louisiana State Capitol staring up to the stately edifice built by Huey Long, it's a good idea to wear boots.
Once inside the House and Senate chambers, the fertilizer is so deep any wise country boy knows that boots are a must.
I hope I see you in Baton Rouge, and wear some boots.
Dayne Sherman lives in Ponchatoula and is the author of "Welcome to the Fallen Paradise: A Novel." His website is daynesherman.com.


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The diabetes epidemic is picking up steam with 1.6 million new cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Some say that by 2020 half of all Americans could have diabetes or prediabetes. You want to make sure you're not part of that statistic.
So listen up! We talk with people every day who have taken charge of their health and seen astounding benefits. They're happier, have more energy, do better at work and have a more satisfying home life, better sex and more fun. And we've said this before and we'll say it again: You, too, have the power to get and stay healthy!
Starting with one or two smart choices every day (no red meat; walk for 30 minutes) and believing in yourself (I can do this!) can be transformative. Then add the following simple and effective ways to make sure your blood sugar levels stay in a healthy range (before eating, 70-100 mg/dL); when they are elevated, that signals prediabetes or diabetes. And keep your eye on the prize: a much younger RealAge!
No. 1: Aim for seven to eight hours of quality sleep per night. Regular readers know our drill for natural, delicious sleep: No caffeine after noon. Exercise daily, but not within about four hours of bedtime. Create a routine that tells your body and mind it's time to wind down: a warm shower, cozy pj's, some stretching (and/or intimacy), light reading and then lights out. Make your bedroom cool, dark and stress-free (ban work and bill-paying, late-night TV and Internet surfing).
This matters, says a recent report from the Harvard Medical School, because getting fewer than six hours of shuteye per day dulls the insulin-producing cells in your pancreas, and less insulin (insulin converts blood glucose into energy) means higher blood sugar levels.
Lack of sleep can slow your metabolism and translate into a 10- to 12-pound weight gain per year, another diabetes risk. And it takes only four low-sleep nights to make your body ignore insulin's "Hey you, absorb blood sugar!" signals. A recent University of Chicago report points out just four to five hours of sleep per night cuts insulin sensitivity by 16 percent to 30 percent! And just one more sleeplessness glitch: Tired fat cells stop absorbing excess blood fats, which raises your heart disease risk, too.
No. 2: Learn to manage stress. Chronic tension pumps up stress hormone levels in your bloodstream, which contributes to insulin resistance. This raises blood sugar levels and inflammation — two diabetes triggers. Reversing this storm feels great. Calm, quiet breathing routines such as mindful meditation and progressive muscle relaxation are proven ways to reduce blood sugar levels.
No. 3: Dig into greens. Munching just 11/2 servings of leafy greens per day can cut your risk for diabetes by 14 percent. Why? The fiber compounds are inflammation-cooling; they come with a booster shot of minerals and a smidge of good fats. A serving is just one cup of uncooked greens or 1/2 cup of cooked. So, say yes to salads; tuck lettuce into your sandwich, have a side of spinach, kale, bok choy, mustard or turnip greens at dinnertime — they all count!
No. 4: Know the foods that lower your diabetes risk (and say no to those that don't). A daily hot dog or serving of sausage, bacon or bologna could raise your diabetes risk by 51 percent! But a daily dose of whole grains lowers your risk 21 percent; nuts reduce your risk 19 percent; and low-fat dairy lowers it by 17 percent.
No. 5: Add strength training. If you're already walking for 30 minutes a day, pat yourself on the back. Now turn more muscles into sugar-burning machines: Strength train twice a week. Your body's biggest consumers of blood sugar are muscle cells. We tend to lose muscle as we rack up birthdays, but we can reverse that trend with a safe, simple strength-training routine (find one at realage.com). Your muscles will keep your RealAge younger as they consume their favorite fuel: blood sugar.
Mehmet Oz, M.D., is the host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D., is chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, visit sharecare.com.


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Jacks fall at top-ranked Bison
FARGO, N.D. - South Dakota State's bid to lock up at least a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference came up short Saturday afternoon as the 16th-ranked Jackrabbits dropped a defensive battle, 20-17, to top-ranked North Dakota State at the Fargodome.
In winning the Dakota Marker for the third consecutive year, NDSU clinched at least a share of the league title by improving to 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the MVFC. The Jackrabbits dropped to 7-3 overall, 5-2 in league play.
NDSU never trailed in the contest, taking a 3-0 lead with 6 minutes, 46 seconds to play in the first quarter on a 19-yard field goal by Adam Keller.
The Jackrabbits turned the ball over deep in their own territory later in the quarter and NDSU cashed in on the first play as Brock Jensen hooked up with Kevin Vaadeland for a 24-yard touchdown pass.
SDSU got on the board late in the second quarter with their most sustained drive of the opening half. After a Bison punt, SDSU converted twice on third down and capped a nine-play, 61-yard drive with a 26-yard touchdown pass from Austin Sumner to Brandon Hubert with 2 minutes, 43 seconds to play in the half.
The Bison fumbled on the ensuing kickoff, with the Jackrabbits falling on the loose football near midfield. SDSU turned the miscue into points as Justin Syrovatka connected on a season-long 46-yard field goal to knot the game at 10-all with 32 seconds to play in the first half.
NDSU regained the lead for good on their second drive of the third quarter. Jensen put NDSU in scoring position with a 56-yard run - the longest play from scrimmage against the Jackrabbits this season - on the opening play of the drive and Keller followed with a 30-yard field goal.
The Bison put the game out of reach late in the fourth quarter with the aid of two costly SDSU penalties. The first penalty was a roughing-the-passer call on third down that would have stopped the NDSU drive at the Jackrabbit 24. A substitution infraction on fourth-and-three at the Jackrabbit 5, gave the Bison a short-yardage opportunity that they converted with Sam Ojuri scoring from three yards out with 2:39 to play.
The Jackrabbits were penalized nine times for 76 yards, compared to three penalties for 15 yards by NDSU.
SDSU put together its longest drive of the game on the ensuing possession, converting on fourth-and-7 and third-and-15 before Austin Sumner hit Trevor Tiefenthaler on a 3-yard touchdown pass with 47 seconds remaining.
The Jackrabbits' attempt at an onside kick was recovered by the Bison, who proceeded to run out the clock.
While points were hard to come by, so were yards. NDSU held a 251-209 advantage in total yards, with the Bison gaining 171 on the ground. Ojuri posted 75 yards on 19 carries, while Jensen added 67 yards on 14 attempts. Jensen completed 11-of-18 passes for 80 yards, with Ojuri finishing as the leading receiver with three catches for 16 yards.
Sumner completed 18-of-29 passes for 163 yards. Aaron Rollin tallied five receptions for 62 yards, while Jackrabbit running back Zach Zenner was limited to a season-low 43 yards on 14 carries.
SDSU linebacker Ross Shafrath led all players with 15 tackles. Andy Mink and T.J. Lally each notched nine stops for the Jackrabbits.
Travis Beck led North Dakota State with nine tackles.
The Jackrabbits close out the regular season next Saturday (Nov. 17), hosting the University of South Dakota. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m. at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium. SDSU can earn a share for the MVFC title with a victory and an NDSU loss at Illinois State.
NOTES: NDSU leads the all-time series, 54-40-5 ... the Bison hold a 5-4 advantage in Dakota Marker games ... the Jackrabbits dropped to 2-1 against ranked opponents this season ... Zenner crossed the 1,500-yard mark for the season and moved into fourth on the Jackrabbit single-season rushing charts with 1,539 yards, passing Dan Sonnek (1,518 yards in 1985) ... Rollin moved into ninth place in career receiving yards with 1,724, moving past Lionel Macklin (1,700 yards from 1977-79) ... Rollin also took over sole possession of eighth place in career receptions with 126 ... Shafrath registered double figures in tackles for the third straight game and eighth time this season ... attendance was 18,721


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Obtaining A Family Law Ex-Parte Order
An EX-PARTE ORDER is an immediate emergency order made by a Judicial Officer. The purpose of such a hearing is generally to gain immediate orders in an emergency situation until your matter can be set on the regular Court calendar.
Not all ex-parte orders will require a hearing. If your orders do not require a hearing, simply present your paperwork to the Civil Court Operations in Rm. 385 and your orders will be sent to the assigned Judicial Officer for signature. This process normally takes 24-48 hours.
Setting an Ex-Parte Hearing
An EX-PARTE HEARING is one between the parties and the assigned Judicial Officer. Ex-parte hearings are heard on the paperwork alone, meaning the Judicial Officer looks only at the documents - there is no verbal communication with the Judicial Officer. The paperwork must be lodged, and filing fee paid, with the Civil Clerk in Rm. 385 by 2:00 p.m. the court day before the appearance. The paperwork must contain a declaration that supports the request for ex-parte orders. Feelings, wishes or fears will not adequately support an ex-parte order.
All declarations shall contain sufficient factual information within the personal knowledge of the declarant which adequately supports the order(s) requested. A very specific declaration must be given, including dates of incidents, descriptive facts and specific harm caused when seeking orders for temporary custody, restriction of visitation, or removal of one party from the family residence.
The moving party shall give notice to the other party or their attorney of record of the ex-parte hearing no later than 10:00 a.m. the court day before the appearance. Notice must include the time, date and place of the ex parte as well as the nature of the request so that the other party may have an opportunity to oppose the application. A copy of the ex-parte paperwork shall be served on the other party or their attorney of record. The moving party shall present to the Civil Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing a declaration stating the method of notice of the hearing and service of the paperwork, or lack thereof.
If exceptional circumstances are claimed, they must be specifically stated. Notice may be excused if, following a good faith attempt, the giving of notice is not possible or the opposing party does not object to the orders sought. Notice may also be excused if the giving of such notice would frustrate the very purpose of the order and lead the applicant to suffer immediate and irreparable harm. The foregoing must be established by declaration. The opposing party may be granted a one (1) day continuance if unable to prepare the responsive paperwork before the ex-parte hearing.
To schedule an ex-parte hearing before the assigned Judicial Officer, you must reserve a date and time for the hearing. Contact the Civil Court Clerk at 781-1373 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to make a reservation. Ex-Partes are held at 8:30 a.m. most weekday mornings by availability. You can obtain the required paperwork from the Civil Court Clerk in Room 385 or on the internet at www.slocourts.ca.gov.
Ex-Parte Setting Summary
- 781-1373: number to call to schedule the ex-parte.
- No later than 10:00 a.m. the court day before the ex-parte: notice of the hearing shall be given to the other party or their attorney of record.
- No later than 2:00 p.m. the court day before the ex-parte: lodge all paperwork, and pay filing fee, with the Civil Clerk in Rm. 385.
- No later than 4:00 p.m. the court day before the ex-parte: file the proof of service of notice and delivery of ex-parte paperwork on the other party or their attorney of record with the Civil Clerk in Room 385.
- 8:30 a.m. on the court day of the hearing: be present in the courtroom for the ex-parte hearing.


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The Science of Folding@home 88
mr_sifter writes "As previously discussed, computers running Folding@home now contribute over 1 petaflop of processing power to research into protein folding, making Folding@home the most successful example yet of a distributed computing app. It's also at the forefront of GPGPU computing, with both Nvidia and ATI keen to push how well their graphics chips perform when folding. So the technology is great, but what about the science? This feature looks at how the Folding project was developed, how it's helping researchers and the thorny question of how long it might be until the software running on your PC or PS3 actually produces real-world results."


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FREDERICK -- There's no mistaking this is Warrior country.
The new Frederick High School building, slated to open in August, features the Warrior mascot logo in the commons area, above the gymnasium entrance and on the gymnasium floor. Yellow seats in the bleachers spell out "FHS" on each side of the gym's basketball court.
The phrases "We are Warriors" and "Warrior Excellence" announce the school's mascot from high on the walls of the commons area, where students will eat lunch.
And the bell that called Frederick's students to school in the 1940s and '50s sits in a place of honor at the entrance to the commons area.
Only the students are missing, but they will come in August, when the 2012-13 school year begins.
"The students and the community are just so excited about this new building. It's the centerpiece of Frederick, Firestone and Dacono," Frederick High principal Pete Vargas said Friday.
"It is a beautiful place," he said, adding that he is thankful for the opportunity to be the new school's first principal.
The school, for which the St. Vrain Valley School District budgeted $37.9 million, is nearly complete, according to chief operations officer Rick Ring. On Thursday, employees and contractors were installing locks on interior doors, putting in plumbing for sinks in the art rooms and finishing up odds and ends around the school.
This Frederick High School is unlike any other St. Vrain Valley School District high school. After voters approved a $189 million bond in 2008, district officials went back to the drawing board.
"We wanted a sustainable building that meets new standards," Ring said. For example, the district now wants buildings that force visitors into the main office before they can access the school, something that wasn't part of the design with Silver Creek, Erie or Mead high schools.
If one could see the school from above -- or looks at the Google Maps' satellite view (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl) -- the building is H-shaped, with athletics, art and music in the south wing and academics in the north wing.
That design allows officials to keep open the gym and auditorium for evening events, but lock the rest of the school, Ring said.
The H-shape also provides opportunities for the district to add classrooms to the north wing when enrollment grows, said director of construction Brian Lamer.
Inside, high windows and solar tubes bring sunlight into the classrooms and hallways.
"You are going to feel good," Vargas said of the natural lighting.
More daylight in the building means better energy efficiency, Lamer said.
Although Vargas was involved in the design of the new school and visited it several times during construction, he was most amazed at seeing the finished media center.
Located on the second floor in the middle of the building, the 7,200-square-foot room includes conference rooms and a large computer lab area.
And its views are breathtaking. To the west, the snow-covered peaks of the Rocky Mountains tower into the sky. On the east, students and visitors overlook the growing town of Frederick.
"I'm lost for words," Vargas said of the media center.
Vargas said he hopes that the conference rooms in the media center, and booths and counter seating in the commons, will help the school feel like a college, he said.
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European recipes
frequently list '1 packet of vanilla sugar'
Can anyone give a weight or volume measure for 1 packet, please?
frequently list '1 packet of vanilla sugar'
Can anyone give a weight or volume measure for 1 packet, please?
Hi Patsy,
On this link another cook has looked into this and concluded that one sachet is approximately 70g of vanilla sugar, although there is some debate with others claiming it is around a tablespoon.
Kind regards, Daisy_A
I think it's flavor is equal to about a teaspoon of Vanilla extract only it's in sugar form and no liquid. So if there is liquid in the recipe, remove a teaspoon for ever teaspoon of extract used. It is most often sold in grouped packages of 10. Comes also with ground up vanilla bean in the sugar, which has a salt & pepper look to it. Mostly it is aromatic white sugar.
You can make some by filling fine sugar in a tall narrow jar. Bury a few whole vanilla beans into it and let the aroma flavor the sugar for several months. "Presto" Vanilla sugar! or Put the vanilla beans into vodka instead and make extract. Also wait a few months.
There is only 8 grams of sugar in one package of vanilla sugar. It is such a small amount you could just not put it in. Use extract instead and reduce the liquids by a teaspoon or 5 grams. The following is a translation page, scroll way down to the spices to find it. The second is in France and answering your question.
and in French/English: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/cooking_culinary/1233913-1_sachet_de_sucre_vanill%E9.html
(Tip: Click on the "edit" of the next double copy. Change the title and type your next answer then "save." The old copy is then gone... replaced.)
Hi Patsy,
Problem is there must be more than one weight of vanilla sugar packet so recipe instructions are not that precise! A lot of respondents talk about a tablespoon, which is around 8g powdered sugar, so similar to the packet weight that Mini lists. Might be a good to start with 8g if it's just to influence the flavour?
Kind regards, Daisy_A
A packet of vanilla sugar (Dr.Oetker or RUF in Germany) contains 8 g sugar = 2 tsp.
You can buy Dr. Oetker products in supermarkets in the US, but I usually make my own. Whenever I use a vanilla bean in a recipe, I put the used, scraped out bean in an empty jam glass, cover it with sugar, and let it sit, adding more beans (and sugar) when I have them.
Of course you can take unused vanilla beans as well, but I would split them first - and the leftovers work just as well.
By the way, 1 packet of baking powder contains 33 g (sufficient for 500 g flour).
a soup spoon is a table spoon
a coffee spoon is about 1/2 teaspoon more or less. There is also a klein (small) coffee spoon which is the expresso size spoon, and a "knife point" or about a pinch.
a wine glass is 1/8 of a liter or 125 ml
Hi Patsy,
Interesting questions: I'm going to stick to what I know about the UK here!
I have coffee spoons in the canteens of cultery I have and they are smaller than teaspoons. However my soup spoons are also smaller than my tablespoons.
Perhaps you know this but a UK/imperial tablespoon contains a larger volume than a US tablespoon - approx. 20ml rather than 15ml. Australia also uses this imperial measure. So in recipes from these countries 1 tablespoonful can signal 5ml more than in an American recipe. It took me a while to work this out and I now have to use a smaller spoon for American recipes. In the UK we also have larger tablespoons from the Victorian and Edwardian eras, which hold around 25ml, but these are not used normally to measure ingredients for cooking.
In a British pub a standard or small wine glass is 125ml whereas a large glass is 175ml. Pubs have recently come under pressure for promoting the larger glasses and have been asked to cut back to the smaller measure.
Kind regards, Daisy_A
Metric measurements are used in Japan and petrol is sold by the litre. The fact that Imperial gallons and US gallons are different is taught, but the gallon measure is not normally used in Japan.
10.5 Imperial gallons is 12.6 US gallons. Was your vehicle made in the USA or for the USA market? If it was, certainly odd to have been provided with the Imperial measure. If you're really keen to know, perhaps the local Toyota agent can explain the discrepancy......
Hi Patsy,
I'll remember that you lived in the UK that long next time I answer! I have to say, though, you've done better than me. Apart from a short spell in Spain I've lived in the UK all my life and I only got to grips with the fact that UK and US tablespoons and cups were different this year. When I first got into baking in January I kept wondering why some of my doughs were too dry but I was measuring dry ingredients for US recipes in a UK cup, so no wonder. I have a set of American cups now but weigh normally on a digital scale or old balance scale.
Kind regards, Daisy_A
In Europe volume amounts like tablespoon (German: Essloeffel = EL) or teaspoon (German: Teeloeffel = TL) are not at all exact measures! A spoonful is basically your home spoon (not levelled, but just a bit shaken to get the excess off) A coffee spoon is fortunately not often used as measure, most people don't have them, that would be a little less than a teaspoon.
For me it was very unsual and seemed also a little bit ridiculous not only to spoon ingredients in cups or spoons (not just dunk those in the flour or sugar as Germans would) but then even LEVEL them off painstakingly.
In European recipes you often don't find exact amounts for spices either, it's usual "to taste", with the exception of very strong flavors like dried herbs, curry or paprika. Measures like 1/4 or 1/8 teaspoons are not used, and half a tea- or tablespoon is calculated by eyeballing the regular spoon.
A pinch (German: Prise) is what can be hold between thumb and index finger, and a tip of a knife (German: Messerspitze - msp.) is nothing but: you lift a bit of the ingredient with the tip of your small kitchen knife.
In European households (unless they are used to American recipes) you will not find cup measures either. Everybody has a scale and weighs the ingredients. Only for liquids we have the same kind of measuring bowls, and some of these also show how much volume equals gram amounts for rice, flour or sugar.
are lots of pre-measured packages. Vanilla sugar being one, yeast comes also in a package, baking powder, soda, with recipes asking for drops of flavoring or packages or half packages. Often on the package is written, "enough to raise 500g of flour" or "use with 1/2 liter milk or 500g flour." This leaves the home baker the option to use an amout that seems appropriate.
More detailed recipes list grams. More scales go down to just one gram. I have a older scale that only goes down to 5 gram measures. Most recipes, the larger ingredients are rounded to 5 or 10g measures. Eggs are listed as one, two, etc or the eggs are divided. I haven't seen recipes with say 47g egg or 60g egg. I have seen recipes where an egg or two have been put into a bowl and water added to equal 300g for example.
Mini in Austria
Hi Patsy,
Yes, you're right, a lot of UK recipes are simply in grams now. I still use some old recipe books, though and I found this Wiki page on Tablespoon/variants useful in indicating what the 'rounded', 'heaped' descriptions might mean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespoon
Kind regards, Daisy_A
"Cooks Illustrated" ran a test on how to store vanilla beans. They tested all kinds of different methods. This is their conclusion:
"The real differences lay in how easy (or difficult) the beans were to handle. The vanilla beans stored in sugar, for example, dried out and shriveled, making it hard to cut the pod in half to expose the seeds. The beans stored at room temperature weren't quite as dry as those stored in sugar, but they weren't supple, either. The plumpest, softest beans were those that had been wrapped in plastic and stored in an airtight zipper-lock bag in either the refrigerator or the freezer. Both of these samples retained moisture, and little effort was required to remove the seeds."
The least recommended way to store vanilla beans was, according to their testers, keeping them in alcohol (Vodka). The test vanilla buttercream they made with it not only had an off-flavor, but also less vanilla taste (it leached into the alcohol).
with vodka? I use the vodka. The bean should be leaching into the alcohol. That's the reason for it being there and it gets better with age even after removing the bean after a year or so and discarding it. The butter cream might have come out better if they had used the vodka and not the old bean.
I agree with storing beans in plastic wrap and then in a zip lock. That was the advise at the vanilla farm in Costa Rica I visited over a year ago. They could also be inside a tall narrow jar as well and kept in the dark. Sometimes they are sold in tiny glass tubes... practical.
I agree to those who said that a vanilla sugar bag is 8 gr. I think in Europe there is pretty much only 1 bag size.
Vanilla Sugar:
In European receipes a reference to a packet of vanilla sugar refers to a small packet of about 8 g. They are meant to flavour 500 g of flour or 500 ml of liquid.
Just for you, I opened one and measured it - it was just under 2 tsps or about 8 ml in volume.
The equivalent in vanilla essence depends entirely on the strength of your essence. Generally, I would check whether there are any recipes on your bottles - and use that as a conversion guide. I've had vanilla essences that were so strong you just need a few drops, and others which you might need 1 teaspoon or more to get the same flavour (there's extract and essence - but I never remember the difference.)
As for tablespoons and teaspoons:
Tablespoon & teaspoon measures have real metric equivalents - they're not just based on what's in the cookbook author's kitchen drawer.
The bad news: how much a tablespoon represents really depends on where the recipe is from: UK, US or Australia?
Australian tablespoons are larger (20 ml) than in the UK or the US (15 ml). However, I have read that in very old English recipes, a tablespoon was a lot more than the current UK tablespoon, which is just about the same size as the US tablespoon.
Luckily, it appears that teaspoons are about 5 ml wherever you are.
1 Aus tbsp = 20 ml
1 US/UK tbsp = 15 ml
1 Aus/UK/US tsp = 5 ml
1/2 tsp = 2.5 ml
1/4 tsp = 1.25 ml
1 AUS cup = 250 ml
1 US cup = 240 ml
1 UK cup = ??? My understanding was that the UK cup is a metric cup of 250 ml but confusingly some Wikipedia article has it at 285 ml, which seems way too much to me. I've always used 250 ml and it's worked fine for me.
1 fluid US oz = 30 ml (2 US tbsp)
1 US oz = 28g
1 US lb= 454 g
Here's a tip:
Make a list of the most common conversions and tape it to your refrigerator. Beats having to trawl the internet each time.
Hi Sydneygirl,
Wow this is comprehensive! Re tablespoons I also put something above. Current UK tablespoon is generally 20ml imperial measure, Victorian and Edwardian 25ml. A British cup is larger than in the US. Didn't know the measures but this may be where 250 and 285ml come from. Useful to have the precise measures, thanksl Kind regards, Daisy_A
I think the "modern" UK cup measure is 250ml. I worked out that 285 ml is 1/2 a pint. Pints are more often used in older UK recipes for liquid ingredients.
The UK tablespoons seems to be the most unclear measure. Some websites suggest it's 15 ml, some suggest 20 ml and Google suggests that the Imperial Tablespoon holds 17.75 ml.
So, on balance, I'm inclined to think it's somewhat more than 15 ml and somewhat less than 20 ml. Perhaps a British reader can enlighten us?
This confusion seem to me to be indicative of the schizophrenic system of weights and measures in use in Britain - they supposedly went metric in 1995, but you wouldn't know it.
Maybe the easiest way would be to just buy tablespoon and cup measures in each country from a reputable source.
Hi SydneyGirl,
Speaking as a British TFLer I do think you are onto something with your observation that 285 ml is approximately half a pint. My husband's Cook's Handbook (1981) notes that a cup was based on a half pint measure. It also adds that when the US gained independence from Britain a pint was 16 fluid ounces. The British pint was later standardized at 20 fluid ounces. This meant that the British cup then became 10 fluid ounces (285 ml) while the US cup remained 8 fluid ounces (around 237 ml).
Although just celebrated this last weekend, American independence was a while ago, obviously so plenty of time for things to change on the cup front. I'm not sure if and when 'cup modernity' hit Britain but the cup measure I had from my mother, which would be mid to late 20C, is a clear 285ml. I don't know if a contemporary British imperial cup measure would be less if the pint hasn't changed since then but shops do now sell metric/US cups.
I was measuring with my UK cup and finding it didn't fit US recipes. I was about to applaud the suggestion of buying measures in each country from a reputable source when I measured the American cup I bought at Waitrose (who are generally held to be reputable and not rascals), and even breaking surface tension the water it held it didn't come close to the 250ml measure stamped on it. Weighed more than once with a scale that purports to measure to a gram, it peaked around 230g (230ml). This was a bit peturbing as I do occasionally use this measure in recipes so a slippage like that would effect the hydration in bread recipes. It does show that measuring in grams is normally the most accurate route.
On the tablespoon front I have two sizes of inherited spoon. I believe these are both tablespoons but I'm open to correction. They are shown below. I think you must be right that the contemporary UK tablespoon is now 15ml. The spoon nearer the bottom of the image held more or less 15g of water whereas the silver spoon above it held 20ml of water (weighed at 15 and 20g respectively).
Kind regards, Daisy_A
The last I can remember one stick is 1/2 a cup of butter. Two sticks being a cup and 4 sticks being a pound of butter in the US. The paper on the wrapped butter most often has markings so the stick can be cut into half or quarters, eighths, etc.
I like butter and it comes in 250g packages in Austria so I use 125g as half a cup and 250g as a cup. Keeping cup recipes at 250ml for fluids.
Hi, Moma,
One stick butter is approximately 113 g.
Jeg skal hilse fra Maine,
Karin (going to make Røde Grøde tomorrow)
I find it interesting how many different countries use teaspoon/tablespoon measures, and how different they are. (All hail to measuring everything by weight, having a second "pocket scale" for the "small" ingredients:-)
In the U.S., measuring teaspoons/tablespoons are something we buy at the kitchen store. They're often round with a deep bowl, similar to about a 1/3 slice off the bottom of a ball. They typically come as a set (an el-cheapo set may provide 1/4t, 1/2t, 1t, and 1T - an extensive set might provide 1/8t, 1/4t, 1/3t, 1/2t, 3/4t, 1t, 1/2T, and 1T).
I can't figure out at the moment exactly how they compare to other teaspoon/tablespoon measures. I do know that three U.S. teaspoons make a U.S. tablespoon, and sixteen U.S. tablespoons make a U.S. (8 oz.) "cup", so there are 48 U.S. teaspoons in a U.S. "cup". (Scaling these non-metric measures up/down can be painful; fractions, anyone?-)
Except for having the same names, they are nothing like the different sizes of spoons in our flatware drawer. Our utensils are not at all standardized; they often hold either less than or significantly more than a measure with the same name. (I've seen antique tablespoons -probably intended to serve meat with gravy- that hold several times as much as a measuring spoon.)
Having read this thread, I'm so grateful for those sensible people (whoever they were...) in post-WWII Japan who thought it was a good idea to throw away the old Japanese measurements! And extra kudos for them for seeing the logic and light in metric systems rather than the Imperial system used by then occupying force of the US!! :p
As for teaspoon and tablespoon, we don't have them. Well, we do have them for eating, obviously, but for measurement we call it 'small spoon' (5ml) and 'big spoon'(15ml) and those are something you buy at a kitchen store, just as Chuck said. So many of Japanese people don't even know those small and big spoons were actually originally based on the humble teaspoon and tablespoon in their kitchen drawer.
One thing, though, which is inconvenient is for some weired reason, a Japanese cup is not 250ml (or circa) like in many metric countries but 200ml, probably the only remaining ghost of the old Japanese measurement in which 'a go (=a Japanese cup. Still commonly used to measure rice)' was about 180ml, just rounded up to 200 to make it neat. This often causes confusion and a 'kitchen tragedy' to Japanese expat wives. Imagine the first time they try a new recipe in the country they're suddenly transfered to, believing 'a cup' measurement is universal everywhere......
The life in UK is much easier for me now that most things have successfully switched to metric in recent years.....though I can't do driving speed and distance in metric. It HAS TO BE in miles. (I learned to drive here....)


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Exactly. No one wanted the Steelers. Both the Patriots and Bengals sent that message loud and clear. That had to make the players in Pittsburgh feel like worldbeaters. Meanwhile the players on the Bengals had to have in the back of their minds that this is the team they tried to duck.Originally Posted by Blimpie
If the Bengals hadn't lost to Buffalo I could see taking the week off against KC so that you didn't get banged up, but that club probably need to right the ship against the Chiefs, establish for its own peace of mind that it was ready to do battle in the playoffs.


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|Statement by Ambassador ZHANG Yesui, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, at the 64th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on Agenda Item 19: "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba"
New York, 28 October 2009
(Photo Courtesy: Xinhua / Shen Hong)
Mr. President,
The Chinese delegation welcomes the report submitted by the Secretary-General on this agenda item and supports the statement made by the representative of Sudan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
China pursues an independent foreign policy of peace, and is committed to developing friendly relations with all countries on the basis of the five principles of peaceful coexistence. We are of the view that every sovereign state is entitled to independently choose a suitable social system and path of development for itself. No country has the right to unilaterally impose military, political, economic or other forms of sanctions on other countries. Experience shows that sanctions usually fail to achieve their expected results, and on the contrary, they may end up bringing damage to civilians, especially the most vulnerable groups such as women and children.
For 17 consecutive years, the General Assembly has each year adopted a resolution by an overwhelming majority, urging all countries, in compliance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, to repeal or invalidate all laws and measures with extraterritorial effect that compromise the sovereignty of other states, undermine the legitimate rights and interests of entities and individuals under the jurisdiction of those states, and affect the freedom of trade and navigation.
Regrettably, however, these resolutions have not been effectively implemented over the years, and the long-term economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba imposed by the country concerned is still in place.
This not only constitutes a serious violation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, but also tremendously undermines the Cuban people's rights to survival and development. As the Secretary-General mentioned in his report, by December 2008, the embargo had inflicted direct economic damage of over 96 billion US dollars on Cuba, This has immeasurably constrained the efforts of the Cuban people to eradicate poverty, promote economic and social development, and achieve the MDGs. The international community is now faced with the serious challenges of the global financial crisis, food crisis, energy crisis, and climate change, which makes the embargo and sanctions against Cuba more unreasonable than ever.
We have noted that, in April this year, the US government lifted travel and remittance restrictions on Cuban Americans. We welcome this move and hope that the United States will continue to improve its relations with Cuba, and promote normal exchanges between peoples of the two countries.
Mr. President,
In today's world, multilateralism and democracy of international relations strike root in people's hearts, and opening up, cooperation, mutual respect and win-win progress have become the consensus of the international community. When disputes arise, dialogue on an equal footing and friendly consultation is the best way out.
The Chinese Government always maintains that countries should develop their relations in compliance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. It is always our hope that there will be dialogue rather than confrontation, and engagement and exchanges rather than embargo and sanctions in state-to-state relations. In this connection, the Chinese Government hopes that the country concerned will lift its economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba at an early date. China supports the draft resolution submitted by Cuba under the current agenda item.
Thank you, Mr. President.


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Asked by Satish Desai, Dacula , Georgia
If someone with a type B aortic dissection needs to travel a long distance, for example from the United States to Asia, what precautions should be followed?
Conditions Expert
Dr. Otis Brawley
Chief Medical Officer,
American Cancer Society
Aortic dissection is a very serious illness. It is a tear in the aorta, the large blood vessel carrying oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body. The aorta is really hoselike. It comes out of the top of the heart traveling upward a short distance, with the carotid arteries to the brain branching off, and then it curves downward. Smaller blood vessels that supply the arms and the rest of the body with blood stem off the aorta. When the aorta gets to the pelvis, it divides into the two femoral arteries, which supply the legs.
The tear can be incomplete and not through the full thickness of the aorta. It can also be a complete tear, meaning a hole is created, causing internal bleeding. Many patients die immediately from the initial tear and resultant internal bleeding before they even get medical attention.
Those who survive the initial tear typically have sudden onset of severe, sharp or "tearing" chest or back pain. The patient may also have a weak or absent carotid, brachial, or femoral pulse as blood flow to these areas is decreased. The diagnosis of aortic dissection is generally made by an astute physician noninvasively by ultrasound of the chest (echocardiogram), computed tomography scan (CT), or thoracic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It can be easily mistaken for a heart attack or even esophageal spasm.
Risk factors for a dissection include older age, a history of cardiovascular or peripheral vascular disease, a history of hypertension, and smoking. People who have an aortic aneurysm or a weakening and out-pouching of the aorta are at especially high risk of dissection. Risk factors for aortic aneurysms include those mentioned for dissection as well as genetic diseases such as Marfan syndrome or connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
The Stanford system is the most common of several systems for classifying dissections. Dissections that involve the ascending aorta, the part immediately leaving the heart, are called type A; type B dissections involve the aorta after it is descending.
Acute type A dissection is a surgical emergency. The preferred surgery involves a cardiovascular surgeon opening the chest and placing a synthetic patch over the dissection of the aorta to strengthen it. This surgery is extremely dangerous and is often not successful. Patients who survive the surgery are at high risk for having serious damage to organs that were deprived of oxygen. The kidneys and small bowel are especially vulnerable.
Most type B dissections are actually treated medically unless the patient demonstrates continued bleeding into the chest or the retroperitoneal space (the space behind the abdomen). Medical therapy consists of oral medications to slow the heart rate and reduce blood pressure. A combination of several antihypertensive drugs is usually required. This minimizes stress on the aortic wall. Avoiding strenuous physical activity is also recommended as another method to minimize aortic shear stress. The patient should be regularly screened for evidence of the dissection increasing in size.
Stent grafting is sometimes done as a minimally invasive surgical treatment in selected type A and B dissections that are stable but at high risk for the tear extending or opening to cause internal bleeding. In this procedure, catheters are placed into the femoral artery of the groin and the graft is moved up to the level of the tear and put into place. X-rays are used to identify and assure the appropriate location of the graft. The best candidates for grafts are those who have undergone medical therapy for several months and are stable. Stent grafting is not as effective for type A dissections nor for any acute active life-threatening dissections.
In direct answer to your question about travel, there is nothing about a long airplane ride that would put additional stress on the aorta and increase risk of worsening the dissection, as long as the patient does not do heavy lifting. I actually worry more about deep vein thrombosis (blood clots in the legs) from prolonged sitting.
I still recommend any patient with an illness who is contemplating travel have a good conversation about it with his or her physician. One question to consider is, if you do need complicated surgery while traveling, does the area you are traveling to have the ability to provide that care?
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State House News Service
BOSTON -- State Rep. Tom Conroy's two competitors in the state treasurer's primary race are not taking the Wayland Democrat up on his call Wednesday for a series of weekly debates leading up to the Democratic Party's nominating convention on June 14.
Campaign officials for both former Brookline Selectwoman Deb Goldberg and state Sen. Barry Finegold told the News Service they would entertain debate requests on a case-by-case basis.
"Voters from every corner of the Commonwealth deserve to hear from all of the candidates in meaningful, substantive debates, open to the media and public, during which we can discuss what uniquely qualified us to assume the responsibility of treasurer," Conroy said in a statement Wednesday.
Chris Keohan, a spokesman for Goldberg, said she has been running an "aggressive grassroots campaign" and has participated in numerous "meet and greets" and public forums.
"We're not really sure where he's coming from," Keohan said, referring to Conroy. "We're going to continue doing what we're doing."
In an emailed statement, Kathryn Alexander, political director for Finegold's campaign, also said the Andover Democrat had participated in candidate forums "from Northampton to Jamaica Plain, many with other candidates for treasurer" and planned to continue participating in debates and forums.
"With respect to Rep. Conroy's letter, it is the policy of this campaign to evaluate specific requests on a case-by-case basis.
Treasurer Steven Grossman is not seeking re-election and is running for governor this year.
Though public polling in the treasurer's race has been limited, Conroy so far has struggled to keep up with the fundraising pace set by the other two Democrats, reporting just $46,181 in his campaign account through the middle of April compared to the $129,490 that Goldberg has squirreled away through March and more than $419,000 that Finegold reported on hand as of April 15.
Finegold raised the largest sum in March collecting $85,163 in donations compared to the $64,900 raised by Goldberg and the $22,745 raised by Conroy.
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Emmett is the new guy at Forks High, and with his appearance, he brings the truth. Cheaters, secrets, and forbidden affairs will all be brought to the light, and love will be won and lost. Senior year will most definitely be a year to remember.
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An unconscious hush fell over the courtyard of Forks Washington High as a brand new blue Mustang pulled into the parking lot, taking a space close to the steps leading up to the front doors. Seeing as this car was the newest to ever grace the school, its no wonder everyone was fascinated to find out who was the lucky owner. As he stepped out, the present female population seemed to sigh in unison.
Emmett McCarty stepped out of the car with the grace of a dancer, a difficult accomplishment for someone who stood at 6'5. In a grey V neck shirt and fitted jeans, he swung his black backpack over his shoulder and closed the door, hitting the button to set the alarm before slipping his keys into his pocket.
A soft murmur broke out as he ascended the stairs but it never seemed to bother him. As he reached the top, Jessica Stanley walked out and gaped at the site of him. Emmett walked to her with a brilliant smile and tilted his head to the side.
"Coming out?" he asked in a bass voice. Jessica looked at her hand on the side of the door and giggled shyly as she realized that she'd been blocking his way inside.
"Yeah, I'm like, so sorry. I didn't realize that I was uh..." She trailed off as she gazed into his midnight blue eyes. "Oh my gosh, I love your eyes."
"Thank you, beautiful." Jessica beamed. "And I like, totally love your hair." He said in a mock valley girl voice to match hers and slowly brushed a strand of her dark brown hair from her shoulder, being sure to graze her neck with his fingers so that he could watch the goosebumps form on her visible bare skin. She reflexively ran her hand over her left arm to soothe them.
"I'm Jessica by the way." She said with a shy smile as she extended the hand of the arm she was rubbing to him.
"Emmett." He took her hand and squeezed it.
"So, do you need a tour or something? Because I could like, y'know, assist." She batted her eyes and took a step forward, but he shook his head.
"That's alright, I have to pick up my schedule and stuff, so I'll just catch you later." He said while making his way around her.
"Yeah, sure, of course. See you around." He gave her a warm smile before the doors closed behind him, blocking her from sight. The hallway wasn't as busy as he thouhgt it would be, and people quickly glanced at him as he made his way between the aisle of lockers, searching for the main office.
Halfway down the hall, he noticed a slim burnett girl drop her books, then curse before bending to get them. He hoisted his bag up on his shoulder more, before leaning down to help her.
"Thank you so much." She said as she tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear and stood up with her composition notebook and binder in hand. He stood and she froze as she got a good look at him.
"No problem. I use to be a klutz too before I took up football in 9th grade, so I know how it is." Emmett handed over her folders and packs of college ruled paper, and she put them in her locker.
"So that's what I have to do to get rid of this curse?" She asked as she averted her eyes from his and started taking pens from her locker and putting them into her backpack. "Wear a cup, a pair of oversized shoulder pads, and let steroid built men bulldoze over me?"
"Don't forget the helmet, but other than that, pretty much." She laughed and closed her locker, biting her lip and shaking her head as she turned to look at him.
"Good to know." With that, she turned to leave, and he hurried after her.
"My name is Emmett, for future reference."
"Isabella Swan, but I hate that name, so just Bella." He touched her arm, and she turned around to face him.
"Then why even mention 'Isabella'?" He asked, using air qoutes as he said her name. She ran a hand through her hair and placed the other on her hip as she bit her lip.
"That's a good question." She gave one sudden laugh before throwing up her hands. "I don't even know. Bad habit?" He watched her as she held her elbow in her palm and bit her thumb nail.
"You're different... I kinda like it."
"Yeah? So does my boyfriend." She said with a smile. He opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off as a guy with long black hair and a natural dark tan made a scene of slamming his shoulder against the locker on Bella's right side, causing her to jump.
"So you're the new guy, huh?" The guy assessed him with a quick look over, then smiled. "Jacob Black." He said as he stretched his hand out to him.
"Emmett McCarty." Emmett replied as he took Jacob's hand and shook it lightly before shoving his hands in his pocket.
"Bella." Jacob acknowledged her while looking at the ends of his hair and Bella rolled her eyes.
"Grow up, Jake. Bye, Emmett." She smiled and he returned it with a nod of his head as Bella walked away.
"What the hell was that about?" Emmett asked as soon as he was sure Bella was out of earshot.
"That would be my ex. 'Nuff said." Emmett nodded.
"Gotcha, I won't even ask." Emmett looked at his watch and sighed. "Can you show me the main office? I still don't have my schedule and class starts in what, five minutes?" "Ten, actually. They just put an earlier time so that all those kids who come late are actually on time."
"Wow, that's slick... Smart asses." Jacob chuckled and turned on his heel.
"Welcome to Forks High! The office is this way." He said as he raised his hand above his head and pointed in front of him as he began speed walking down the hall. Emmett followed behind him and managed to spare a glance behind him to see that Bella was still at the end of the hall talking to a girl with short hair that stuck out in every direction. Bella felt him looking and turned to look at him.
"So was Bella a bad girl why you guys didn't work out?" Emmett asked conversationally.
"Ha, Bella is a lot of things, bad is definitely not one of them." Jacob replied over his shoulder, never wavering in his speed.
"I can change that." Emmett mumbled under his breath, turning to look at her again. Bella quickly turned away, running her hand through her hair, trying to play off the fact that she had just been staring at him. He smiled pleased. I can change a lot of things, he thought with an evil grin as he rounded the corner behind Jacob, and the office loomed in site. And I sure as hell plan on doing just that.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The crowd gathering Saturday was a typical Rio Carnival mix: a sprinkling of superheroes, girls in cute bunny outfits, zombies and princesses, a group of hairy-chested hula dancers.
But the sound sure wasn't samba. "You and I must make a pact," a high-pitched voice sang in English, soaring above the crowd. "We must bring salvation back."
The Michael Jackson themed "Thriller Eletrico" street party was one of a handful adding a dash of hard rock, Motown, Latin rhythms and other eclectic beats to the samba sounds associated with Brazil's wild Carnival celebrations, even if they include a season-appropriate jolt of percussion in their renditions.
Those who showed up for the Jackson "bloco," as the street bands and their followers are known, came prepared to celebrate their icon: There were white gloves in the crowd, along with sequined fedoras, wigs and get-ups representing the artist in various phases of his long career.
"I'm a huge MJ fan," said Marjorie Lopes, dancing near the stage as the band launched into "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough." ''Now, mixing it up with samba, you can't ask for more!"
Tony Swaine, a flushed Irish visitor in a rather rumpled Bumble Bee outfit, was particularly appreciative of being able to sing along with the band.
The day before, he'd marched through a marathon of four blocos in which, as is typical, Brazilian partyers bellowed out the lyrics of decades-old Portuguese-language tunes they've known their whole lives while foreigners smiled and bobbed their heads, unable to join in.
"It was still fun," he said. "But here I can at least sing along."
Another rock-oriented group, "Sargento Pimenta," drew 60,000 revelers to a waterfront park last year for a Beatles homage, even if most of Rio is still dancing to the standard Carnival beat. One of the most respected traditional bands, the "Cordao do Bola Preta," drew about 2. 4 million revelers to downtown Saturday morning.
In a different city plaza earlier this week, other foreigners — the Uruguayans Maximiliano Duarte, who lives in Rio, and Luciana Vaccotti, who visits regularly — watched a new bloco group named for the Mexican classic "Besame Mucho" wind up its set with a bass-drum-heavy version of the Cuban anthem 'Guantanamera'.
Playing around with tradition is very much in the Carnival spirit, said Vaccotti.
"It's a re-appropriation of Carnival by people who come from other places and want do this in their own way," she said.
Mexican-born Osvaldo Jimenez Farias, who is completing his doctorate in physics in Rio de Janeiro, agreed. He was one of the founders of "Besame Mucho", which also includes members from Puerto Rico, Colombia, the United States, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Their set is just as diverse as the band, including classics familiar to anyone in Latin America, or with at least a few Spanish classes under their belt: the Mexican folk tunes "Cielito Lindo" and "La Bamba" and the Argentinian hit "El Matador" by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, among others.
"We're foreigners, but we're part of this city," he said. "The idea is to be part of this very Brazilian party, while recognizing that we also have something we can contribute."
The "carna-rock" band Bloco Cru also brings something new to the party. Lead singer Lu Baratz grew up in Rio but always had a rock-and-roll streak. She'd listen to The Clash, Iron Maiden, Metallica, but with "Brazilian ears," she explained.
"I'd hear rock and roll with tambourines, 'Brazilianized,'" she said. "I also knew other people who identified more with rock and other rhythms. So I decided to take AC/DC out for Carnival."
She debuted that cocktail in Rio's streets five years ago, and found a home among the hordes of locals hungry for something less traditional.
"It attracts all kinds of tribes," she said. "It's what Carnival is about, isn't it?"


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The National Football League today announced the five finalists for the 2013 GMC NEVER SAY NEVER MOMENT OF THE YEAR. The "GMC Never Say Never Moment of the Year" is the best moment or play of the year that represents determination and perseverance.
Wk 5 Manning, Thomas, Broncos outlast Cowboys in thrilling finish
Wk 10 Newton, Kuechly, Panthers rally to prevail in defensive struggle
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Wk 14 Ravens survive frantic final minutes vs. Vikings
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They filmed their own Harlem Shake video and have spent all spring bobbing their heads to music throughout practice.
Thursday morning the fun continued for the Miami Hurricanes as coach Al Golden ended practice by having his offensive and defensive linemen line up and try to catch a simulated punt from a jugs machine.
After 10 embarrassing and rip-roaring moments of laughter, defensive lineman Luther Robinson saved the team from sprints with a bobbling catch and a 50-yard dash and dive into the end zone with a happy team chasing him from behind.
"We capture that film now, hold it until the perfect time to show them," Golden said with a smile. "All those guys who think they're great athletes, AAU basketball players, the truth is revealed."
As tough as the past two years have been with an NCAA investigation hanging over the program's head and players getting themselves suspended with off-the-field issues, Golden said he's allowed the team to cut loose a little this spring because they've earned it.
"This is a very mature team," Golden said. "Every year is different. These guys go to work and they make it fun. They make it fun because they're where they need to be. There's not a lot of list guys. They got a purpose and a focus about them. When you have that you can really enjoy the journey."
Tight end Beau Sandland, one of the Hurricanes' most prized new additions, said he's been blown away by how much fun Golden and his staff have had this spring -- while also getting the important work done they need to get done.
"I'm so happy I'm here right now," Sandland said. "Coach Golden's been in our shoes. He played tight end, played in the league. He knows how tough it is. The vast majority of teams aren't going to have a three-day weekend on Easter and a barbeque. You saw there at the end we were supposed to run and he gave us every opportunity at the end to not make us run. It's definitely exciting to have a real close-knit team."
Part of that closeness, Golden pointed out, is built by having the team's out-of-state players like Sandland spend Easter weekend with their Florida-native teammates. Inside the team's locker room, Sandland said, is a list dubbed: "No Player Left Behind."
"Our parents are great," Golden said. "Kacy Rodgers' mom and Duke Johnson's mom cooked for players last Thanksgiving. Parents step up and say bring so-and-so over and will cook for them and spend the weekend and it's fun."
> Hundreds of local recruits and coaches attended Thursday's practice and were treated to a barbecue with the team afterward.
"It's great," Golden said. "What can be more revealing, an honest look at your program than having them watch you coach, interact with the players? We must have had 400, 500 people out here today including coaches, family."
> Golden said Ryan Williams is continuing to fight off redshirt freshman Gray Crow for the backup quarterback job behind Stephen Morris. Williams has shown better arm strength and speed in the pocket.
"Stephen needs to understand his competition is not necessarily here" Golden said. "He's competition might be at Texas or USC. He has to understand if he wants to be the best he has to compete against the best in college football."
> Golden said the areas of improvement he wants to see in the team's next scrimmage a week from Friday in Naples is "goal-line offense and short-yard offense."
"We didn't finish drives as well as we needed to," he said. "Our tackling needs to improve dramatically on defense. I thought we did a much better job on defense of eliminating the explosive plays. But we didn't get the ball down the field enough on offense either."
> Golden said the biggest surprise of the spring at tight end has been redshirt freshman Jake O'Donnell.
"Now you're talking about five guys competing for playing time," Golden said. "It's raised Clive [Walford's] game. It's raised Asante [Cleveland's] game. I said last week Asante is having as good a spring as anybody. It gives us a chance to go with two tight ends on the field or in Clive's case deploy him, flex him out and get him the football more than we have the last two years."
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Saturday, October 01, 2011
A Busy, Churchy Week
My blogging activity has been at a low ebb lately. That is usually a sign that real life is intruding onto the unreality of online life. Perhaps that is the case with me. I devote more time trying to keep my business afloat, as well as attending to my second and third jobs--teaching a couple of classes at two local colleges. In addition, this has been a particularly eventful week in church, with two extra Liturgies and a 3-day lecture series we hosted with Fr. Demetrios Carellas.
Before Liturgy last Sunday, I found myself in the strange position of giving a talk to the "old folks class" at First Presbyterian Church in the city. I do not have a Calvinist bone in my body, though many of my oldest and closest friends are of that persuasion. I do not understand it and it has never appealed to me in any way. My best friend would wryly observe, no doubt, that I was predestined not to understand. [And this reminds of my favorite line about Calvinism: In the movie Cold Comfort Farm, Calvinist preacher Amos Starkadder, portrayed by Ian McKellan, proclaims right before he leaves town: "The Lord will provide.....or not.....depending on His whim."]
My tie to the Presbyterian Sunday School class is two lifelong friends who are the youngest members of this class. They had been studying church history a bit, I think, and had been focusing on "religious art" through the ages. In so doing, they finished up with Byzantine icons and iconography. My friend suggested that I come and talk to them about iconography, the Orthodox mission in our city, and, ahem, my journey to Orthodoxy. I say this with some trepidation because I was trained-up online under the stern tutelage of the old Ochlophobist blog during its glory days. Those of us who hung on every word there were shamed away from the convert stories on the tip of our lips. Seemingly, it was a slippery slope--once you had posted a "journey" story, then before you knew it, you would find yourself listening to Fr. Peter Gillquist on AFR and wearing Get to Know the Original tee-shirts. I jest a bit a bit at Owen's expense here, but he did discipline many of us away from posting self-centered and silly convert stories. But what do you do if someone actually asks? In that case, I think you have to comply, and so I did.
I talked with them a little about iconography, concentrating mainly on what it is not. Apparently, they viewed it as just an exotic form of religious decoration, so we had to start from scratch. As it turns out, while iconography was the excuse, what they really wanted to hear was how a Church of Christ elder from East Texas ended up in the Holy Orthodox Church. I told the story as well as I could within the time constraints. I'm not going to post it here, but if anyone is interested they can email me and I will forward a transcript. The class was a congenial bunch and the talk seemed well-received, though I suspect a presentation on most anything would have fit the bill for them.
I attended lectures Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night at our mission by Fr. Demetrios Carellas. He is a noted speaker, I think, in Orthodox circles, and is the spiritual father of our priest. The topics were Faith, Hope and Love. The talks were excellent and well-attended. Fr. Demetrios is warm-hearted and a delightful man to know. We videotaped the sessions, and I hope to post links here to all three in the near future.
Friday night, after Vespers, I attended a talk by Ken Myers at Sylvania Church in the city. As many may know, Myers is the man behind Mars Hill Audio. He is well-known nationally, and the lecture should have attracted more people than it did. Sylvania Church is a former Baptist Church that dropped the B-word, though they still have The Baptist Hymnal in the back of each pew. They emphasize that they are Reformed, and have elders, so this is not a typical Southern Baptist congregation. Everyone seemed well-scrubbed and earnest. The young men would clasp your hand in a firm handshake and smile broadly at the same time. It has been a while since I visited an evangelical church and I had forgotten some of the routine. The lecture series was entitled Abandoning God's Gifts: The Tragedy of Modern Suspicion about Beauty. The specific talk I attended was Life, the Universe and Everything: Why the Gospel means more than a ticket to Heaven. Myers himself is Presbyterian. He conveyed a good grasp of the topic and I found myself in agreement with much of what he had to say. His audience listened intently, talking copious notes all along. But it was a little sad, I thought, for it all seemed just another abstract intellectual construct. In coming weeks, no doubt, they will appoint a committee to investigate how they can incorporate beauty into their services.
Liturgies on Monday morning and Friday night finished out my week in church--that, and a Catholic funeral on Friday afternoon, where the priest delivered as beautiful a homily as I have ever heard.
6 comments:
- intellectualoid said...
Ken Myers has some sharp and perceptive words for Evangelicals, like "Orthopathy," coined in one of his books. He also has more and more Orthodox guests on his audio journal.
We'll see whether he connects the two, or whether he somehow remains adequately comfortable with his Presbyterian Church.
- John said...
Come to find out, he is now Anglican. My priest attended the lecture on the following day and visited with him. It seems there was much more he could have said, but was constrained by the limitations of his audience, primarily Reformed Baptist. I don't mean that condescendingly, but just that they have no real context for understanding much of it. He mentioned D. B. Hart a time or two during the lecture I attended, and I understand he referenced Fr. A. Schmemann on the following. So, it will be interesting to see where he goes with this.
- s-p said...
The Episcopal/Anglican Church is the pit stop on the way from Baptist/Bible Church to Orthodox. Been there, done that. :)
I sympathize with the "real life/blogging" intersection. With an 8-hour a day job and 5 nights plus Sat/Sun. weekends of side work to pay for a new transmission, front end, brakes and oil leak on cars there's not much time for reading blogs much less writing. Glad you are busy and yeah, if someone "asks" it is kinda like getting a blessing to talk about your "journey" (with, of course proper Ochlophobic restraint. :)
- elizabeth said...
enjoyed this. Thank you.
- CG said...
If you haven't already read it, this interview with Fr Deiniol about the Calvinist mindset and its social consequences may be of interest:
* originally published in the Road to Emmaus journal.
- Mimi said...
What an interesting experience you had at the speech, and I think you would have been very edifying.


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Director of amateur scouting will be available to the media after draft
The 2005 First-Year Player Draft will begin at 1:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Reds director of amateur scouting Terry Reynolds will be available to the media for a few minutes immediately following the Reds' first pick (12th) in the third-floor lobby of the GABP administration building. He will not be available again until that day's draft selections are complete (approximately 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. ET). We will issue a press release after the first pick and then a second press release with all of Tuesday's picks. We will have a conference call with our first pick at a time TBA.
My question--What kind of drugs were you on while you made these picks?