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You can't turn on the tube these days without seeing the now-familiar faces of the Republican candidates vying for a chance to run for the U.S. Presidency. Many have fallen, with only a few remaining in the race, and as the debate turns heated and personal, we have to ask, "Is the internal rancor in the primaries harming Republicans' chances against Obama in the November election?"
This is the question of the week on the BEEF homepage. Take a minute to vote, and see what your fellow producers think on the subject. So far, 46% of you say, "Yes, I hate it," while 17% say, "Yes, I love it." Another 28% say, "No; and 9% "don't know."
As ranchers, we must do our homework. For instance, it's been rumored Rick Santorum that is a champion for the animal rights activist movement. Mitt Romney is a self-made millionaire who is singled out for the level of federal level of taxes he pays, even though he's within the law. Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich has no shortage of personal baggage and is being criticized for lapses in adherence to conservative principles. In other words, there are plenty of fingers being pointed around among the political camps.
Perhaps this sparring trio needs to focus on the real issues and work toward finding a solution, instead of focusing on the symptoms this country is burdened with. Although I tend to stay out of political discussions, and I certainly won't be announcing my voting record anytime soon, this is an important conversation to have. I think as voters we need to ask ourselves a few questions:
- Which candidate will solve our nation's debt crisis and turn around the economy?
- Which candidate is most likely to support American agriculture and the global food supply?
- Which candidate is loyal to environmental and animal rights zealots?
- Which candidates does the HSUS endorse?
- Which candidate has the best policy on health care reform?
- Which candidate is the best opponent to run against Obama?
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Exclusive Doctor Who K-9 Figure
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- The Doctor's robot doggie friend is ready to come home with you today!
- A cute, rubber-ducky-sort-of version to play with all your action figures.
- Sized for 8" action figures (read: Mego and the like).
Odysseus has his Argos, Hagrid has his Fang, Superman has Krypto, Doc Brown has Einstein, and the Doctor (the Doctor) has K-9. Seems like there's a pattern, but danged if we can see it. But speaking of K-9, we sure do love that little scamp - each and every version. And now you can have a little K-9 of your own, with our Exclusive Doctor Who K-9 Figure.
Each Exclusive Doctor Who K-9 Figure is scaled for 8" action figures and is sort of like a rubber duckie (the best way we can describe it). It's got tons of details (down to the striped collar), zero points of articulation, and is ready to love you. Now, you can get the figure included elsewhere if you buy a cardboard TARDIS playset for your 8" Doctor Who figures, but we knew many of y'all would just K-9 (perhaps more than one), so we made sure we could offer you the Exclusive Doctor Who K-9 Figure (ThinkGeek's the only place you can get just K-9). Because, really, all we wanted was K-9, and now we've got 'em everywhere. Are you going to get yourself a Exclusive Doctor Who K-9 Figure? Say it with us: Affirmative!
Exclusive Doctor Who K-9 Figure
- A rubber-duckie-esque figure of the Doctor's best friend: K-9!
- For ages 14 and up.
- Fully licensed Doctor Who collectible.
- Sized for 8" action figures (Mego and the like).
- Available elsewhere coupled with a big TARDIS playset, but this is the only place you can get just K-9!
- No moving parts - so you must use your awesome imagination.
- Dimensions: approx. 6" x 2.5" x 3.5"

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duellsy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 161 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
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I'm about to go freelance as a web developer, under the name
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I'm not a designer, purely a developer which is why I'm here after a logo :)
I'd like to think I was laid back and easy going, but at the same time when it comes to my work I'm serious about it being spot on.
The work I'm aiming to do is custom web application development, not just generic basic websites.
So, I'm trying to attract not only the usual culprits (small business etc) but people with an idea they need converted into a complicated web app that an existing CMS simply wont be able to fulfil.
I want to stay away from too much of a 'web 2.0' look or any other fad look, but have more a serious yet approachable look and feel.
As in Subooa Studios was someone you would feel comfortable working with, but at the same time you had the trust that the work was going to be top notch.
Ideally, I'll want to use this on business cards / letterheads / invoices etc as well, so it should be able to be used on a range of formats.
There's also a high chance that I'll want to add a decal of the logo to my car / create signage, so if possible being in vector format would help out with that.
Since I'll be marketing via Twitter as well, an avatar version would be nice. Although not a solid requirement.
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The Lincoln Mark VIII debuted in 1993 as a sportier replacement for the outgoing Mark VII. The Mark VIII represents the last generation in Lincoln's long-lived series of Mark luxury cars.
Like its predecessor, the rear drive Lincoln Mark VIII is a full-size touring coupe featuring a spacious five-seat interior and a powerful V-8 engine. The Mark VIII boasts a more athletic design and better handling than previous Mark versions thanks to a new body design based on the Ford Thunderbird. The addition of a self-leveling suspension was also able to automatically lower the car at high speeds.
All Lincoln Mark VIII models are powered by a 4.6-liter 280-horsepower V-8 engine and a four-speed automatic transmission with overdrive. The two-door coupe is EPA-rated at 18/25 mpg city/highway.
Ford ceased production of the Lincoln Mark VIII after the 1998 model year.
The Lincoln Mark VIII is known as a comfortable luxury car with quick acceleration and a spacious interior.
At more than 200 inches long, the Mark VIII is one of the largest coupes in its class and features a distinctively long front and rear overhang.
While the Mark VIII may not offer the high-end details of some European luxury coupes, it does boast attractive features such as a faux wood center console and chrome dual-exhaust tips. Notable conveniences include leather upholstery, HID headlamps, and a tilt steering wheel.
Similar vehicles include the Cadillac Eldorado, Mercedes-Benz CLK, and the Volvo C70.
The last Lincoln Mark VIII was produced in 1998.
Like previous models, the 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII is powered by a 4.6-liter V-8 dual overhead cam (DOC) engine capable of 280 horsepower and 285 lb-ft of torque. The engine is coupled with a four-speed automatic transmission.
The Mark VIII is available as a base coupe or in the more luxurious LSC trim. The 1998 model features new wraparound HID headlamps and neon taillights.
Standard features on the base 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII include 16-inch alloy wheels, chrome trim and moldings, leather seating, automatic climate control, power-heated mirrors, HID headlamps, neon taillights, a rear window defroster, a power driver's seat with memory settings, a power tilt-and-telescopic steering wheel with leather trim, auto-dim mirrors, keyless entry, and a cassette player.
Standard safety equipment includes four-wheel anti-lock brakes, driver and passenger front airbags, traction control, and an anti-theft alarm.
Buyers were able to upgrade to a number of individual options, including chrome wheels, a power sunroof, heated front seats, a CD changer, a universal garage door opener, a cell phone, and distinctive factory paint.
The Lincoln Mark VIII LSC features modifications that push engine output to 290 horsepower. Other distinguishing features include larger front and rear anti-roll bars and body-colored trim in place of the base model's standard chrome trim.
The Lincoln Mark VIII is a large coupe measuring 207 inches in length and nearly 75 inches in width. It has a 113-inch wheelbase and a ground clearance of 6.4 inches. The Mark VIII's roomy interior offers front passengers 38 inches of headroom, 42.6 inches of legroom, 55.6 inches of hiproom, and 59.2 inches of shoulder room. Rear passengers receive 37.5 inches of headroom, 35.7 inches of legroom, 56.7 inches of hiproom, and 59.5 inches of shoulder room. The cargo area provides 14.4 cubic feet of space.
The 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII is available in seven exterior colors and four interior color palettes.
The Lincoln Mark VIII replaced the previous Lincoln Mark VII in 1993. The newer Mark shares a body with Ford Thunderbirds of the same year and replaces the previous Mark model's 5.0-liter 225-hp V-8 engine with a smaller yet more powerful twin-cam 4.6-liter 280-hp V-8.
In 1994, Lincoln added memory settings for exterior mirrors and the option of chrome wheels.
In 1995, Lincoln added a second trim to the Mark VIII lineup. The limited-edition LSC, which stands for Luxury Sport Coupe, trim level comes standard with a V-8 engine, offering 10 additional horsepower, a firmer suspension, HID headlamps, alloy wheels, and perforated leather seats. The LSC is distinguishable by its body-colored trim, as opposed to the base version's chrome trim. All 1995 Mark VIII models feature a redesigned instrument panel and an accessory power feature, which allows passengers to power the windows for a portion of time after turning off the engine.
The LSC became a permanent part of the lineup in 1996. Changes from the previous year were carried over, with the addition of borderless floor mats, a rear seat center armrest, eight new exterior color choices, and the option of a new touring package that added a sunroof, JBL audio system, and traction control.
Also in 1996, Lincoln introduced a 75th Diamond Anniversary Edition in honor of the brand's birthday. The limited model features unique diamond logos and two exclusive colors: Silver Frost Metallic and Cordovan Metallic.
The Lincoln Mark VIII received its final facelift in 1997 with new standard wraparound headlamps, neon taillights, cornering lights, and puddle lamps. Lincoln made slight revisions to the car's grille, hood, and interior.
Changes made in 1997 were carried over for the 1998 model.
1998 Lincoln Mark VIII
Coupe, Luxury
Lincoln has not put as much styling and time into the Mark VIII as some of its other models, and it is easy to see that this dolphin-shaped sedan sports a lot of power under the hood but lacks on interior and exterior details.
1997 Lincoln Mark VIII
The 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII approaches the dynamic between luxury vehicle and sports car from a different angle than most of the competition.
1996 Lincoln Mark VIII
The 1996 Lincoln Mark VIII approaches the dynamic between luxury vehicle and sports car and takes it from a different angle than most competitors.
1995 Lincoln Mark VIII
The Lincoln Mark VIII, produced from 1993 to 1998, is a large touring coupe with a sturdy unibody construction and lots of luxury.


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The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) recently voiced its disappointment with the EPA's recent decision to allow gasoline to be blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) for vehicle models newer than 2001. The NPPC says E15 could "put further upward pressure on corn supplies." This after the USDA's January 12 report confirmed lower harvest and tighter carryovers. Production for 2010 was lowered 93 billion bushels based on a 152.8 bu per acre average.
The livestock industry does not want to see a repeat of 2008/09, when corn prices as high as $8/bu led to significantly higher feed costs. The NPPC reports that during that period, pork producers lost an average of about $24 per head and that the industry lost nearly $6 billion.
Randy Spronk, a hog and crop producer from Edgerton, MN, and also chairman of the NPPC's Environmental Committee, recently said that while the U.S. produced its third largest crop with 12 billion bushels in 2010, global demand has reached 13 billion bushels. "We're not producing enough for demand and we expect demand to increase," he said.
The three largest markets for corn are livestock feeding, ethanol and exports. With export market issues (such as the outbreak of foot-and- mouth disease in Korea) and mandates for ethanol (through the RFS2), rationing of corn would most likely take place in the domestic livestock market, Spronk said. The kind of volatility that happened in 2008 was partly a result of federal biofuels policies, he said.
"We're not against ethanol," Spronk said, but added that there has to be some adjustment in corn usage so that the industry can ration accordingly. "We have to be careful that government policies don't do harm to others."
Kristina Butts, executive director of legislative affairs, National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), said that ethanol policies have had a significant impact on the beef industry. "We're more concerned about the long-term impact. Policies pit two large agriculture groups against each other."
"We don't support government intervention in the marketplace," Butts said, adding that when Growth Energy submitted its waiver petition for E15, the NCBA submitted comments to the EPA, including a statement that the beef industry lost $5.2 billion in equity between January 2008 and July 2009, when corn prices spiked and demand for beef had slumped.
Butts cited an August 2009 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office that indicated the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit's (VEETC) annual cost to the Treasury could grow from $4 billion in 2008 to nearly $7 billion in 2015 for conventional corn starch ethanol. With the RFS2 mandate in place, the ethanol industry doesn't need tax incentives, Butts said.
"The beef industry supports consumer choice, but it's not right when one industry is favored over another," Butts said.
Corn futures have been running between $6-$7/bu, but could go even higher if bad weather delays spring planting. This kind of volatility is difficult to manage, Spronk says, adding that pork producers cannot just stop feeding their livestock.
Darrel Good, agricultural economist, University of Illinois, pointed out that E15 will create new opportunity for more ethanol production, but stressed that it is not a government mandate. EPA's allowance of up to 15% ethanol in gasoline will make it easier to reach the RFS2 (which is mandated), but how much is actually consumed will depend on basic economics. The 45 cent per gallon VEETC remains attractive for blenders, Good added.
Increased feed costs reduce livestock producers' profit margins, but Good pointed out that recently we have seen high hog prices ($60-$70/cwt) and cattle prices of more than $100 cwt. Margins will narrow with $6/bu corn, but producers will be more reluctant to further reduce production, Good said.
A big factor will be the 2011 corn growing season. With more acres and higher average yield, price will not be as much of a problem. However, if corn acres don't increase and bad weather creates production problems, then we could see "a blow off top," Good said.
Chris Hurt, agricultural economist, Purdue University, added that the impact of E15 won't be felt right away (at least for six months) because fuel retailers still need time to educate consumers about what vehicles can use E15.
The retail fuel industry is concerned about potential liabilities regarding the "mis-fueling" of vehicles, Hurt said, adding that the "solutions aren't easy." Some retailers are waiting to see whether the government will provide liability protection.
In addition, many retailers will need to decide whether they want to invest the money for installing separate tanks and pumps, or blender pumps. They won't invest if they don't think E15 will be economical for them, Hurt said.
Today's livestock industry would not face the same devastation as it did from high corn prices in 2008 because producers have since cut production dramatically, Hurt said. He added that during the global recession in 2008, people consumed less meat because of big declines in income.


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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is recommending that the state restructure its renewable portfolio standard (RPS).
Connecticut's RPS requires 27% of utilities' sales to come from renewable energy resources by 2020, with a Class I requirement of 20% by 2020. Under the state's current RPS, Class I resources include energy derived from solar power, wind energy, fuel cells, methane gas from landfills and anaerobic digestion, ocean thermal power, wave or tidal power, low-emission advanced renewable energy conversion technologies, certain newer run-of-the-river hydropower facilities not exceeding 5 MW in capacity, and sustainable biomass facilities.
The DEEP recommends changing the state's RPS to increase the Class I target from 20% by 2020 to 25% by 2025, and to allow the state to run a competitive bid process to buy a portion – 7.5% by 2025 – of the energy needed to meet this target. According to the DEEP, this change is designed to bring down the overall ratepayer cost of the RPS while preserving support for renewable energy development in Connecticut.
However, the DEEP is also proposing to allow large-scale hydropower projects to qualify as a Class I resource. Under DEEP's draft proposal, all Class I renewables could compete for power contracts, based on price, in the "contracted tier."
That means large-scale hydropower could fulfill the requirement currently reserved for renewable energy resources like wind and solar. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy already made it clear that wind power would not play a large role in efforts to meet the state's RPS.
"In Connecticut, where we have limited in-state wind potential, and the New England region as a whole, high transmission costs are barriers to capturing the full potential of wind resources," Malloy said when releasing his energy strategy last month.
Another key element of the draft DEEP study would phase out subsidies for older biomass plants and landfill gas that do not provide optimal economic or environmental benefits.
"A gradual phase-in of more stringent standards will ensure that these plants would qualify as Class I or allow their replacement with newer, cleaner resources," says DEEP Commissioner Daniel C. Esty. "Our analysis shows that a total of 75% of Connecticut ratepayers' investment in Class I resources is currently going to support biomass plants located primarily in Maine and New Hampshire. These plants are among the least clean Class I resources, and because many were already in operation when the RPS was enacted, they do not necessarily meet the goal of displacing fossil-fuel generation."


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BEHR paints has unveiled its new colour trends for 2012 - shades that draw their inspiration from everything from safaris to PacMan to the desert of Santa Fe.
The 20 colours, to be available at Home Depot stores this fall, will be found in four categories: Retro Recall, Safari Escape, Tea Party and Santa Fe Today.
Nancy Bollefer, BEHR's Canadian marketing manager, offers an overview on the colours' inspirations:
"This design trend originated in the southwest," she says. "The colours in this palette are rich and complex and represent the terrain or the geography of the southwest, yet the trend doesn't feel too regional or New Mexican this time."
Think succulent plants, says Bollefer, as well as birchwood, pottery, cowhides, and anthropological elements such as primitive bowls. Colours include Stagecoach, Lone Star and Prairie Poppy.
"This movement will resonate with the demographic who remember playing PacMan, Space Invaders or Pong," Bollefer says. "This palette feels action-oriented and the BEHR colour names were inspired by the design trend: LOL Yellow, Red Wire, Reboot, Level Up and Game Over."
"Influenced by African artifacts and global design, we've translated Safari Escape into a bedroom refuge where one can be carried away," Bollefer notes. "Earthen colours such as BEHR Compass, Jackal and Livingstone represent this gorgeous neutral palette."
"This trend isn't overly sweet, but it is feminine without going as far as being romantic," says Bollefer. "This ethereal palette is represented by BEHR's Queen's Tart, Violet Water, Minty Frosting, Sugar Pool and First Peach."


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(Reuters) - Aurelius Capital, a big shareholder in U.S. wireless service provider Clearwire Corp, filed a lawsuit against Clearwire directors and Sprint Nextel Corp over Sprint's December agreement to buy out the portion of Clearwire it does not already own.
Aurelius, which says it owns 17 million Clearwire shares, said Sprint, as Clearwire's majority shareholder, had dictated "manifestly unfair" terms for its Clearwire deal, in a filing at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on Friday.
Aurelius is joining a chorus of Clearwire minority shareholders that are unhappy over the terms of the Sprint deal, which requires approval from a majority of the minority shareholders at a meeting scheduled for May 21.
The hedge fund said that both Sprint and Clearwire's directors violated their fiduciary duties to Clearwire's minority shareholders in reaching the deal under which Sprint would buy Clearwire's minority shares for $2.97 per share.
For example, it said Clearwire should not have had Chairman John Stanton lead negotiations with Sprint because Stanton was originally nominated by Sprint for Clearwire's board.
Clearwire and Sprint declined to comment. Stanton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Another big Clearwire shareholder, Crest Financial Ltd, is leading a proxy battle aimed at the blocking the deal.
Aurelius filed its suit two weeks after Clearwire said it rejected an $80 million financing offer from Aurelius because Sprint did not give Clearwire its consent to take the financing.
Clearwire said in a regulatory filing on Friday that it will draw on an $80 million financing available from Sprint for May. (r.reuters.com/qaw67t)
Aurelius is known as an uncompromising hedge fund that involves itself in high-profile distressed debt cases. It was a major player in Tribune Co's protracted bankruptcy as lenders and junior creditors fought for four years before the newspaper and broadcasting company emerged from Chapter 11.
The fund has also taken on countries - Aurelius sued Argentina for $1.3 billion in payments on defaulted bonds.
Clearwire shares closed 3.9 percent higher at $3.44 on the Nasdaq on Friday. The stock trades well above Sprint's offer price as investors are betting that the company will attract an improved offer, especially since Dish Network Corp made a counter bid of $3.30 per share in January.
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It's Important To Learn From Business Model Failures As Well
from the lessons-learned deptWhen we held our artists & entrepreneurs working group meeting in October, one of things that was discussed was how little discussion there is about what doesn't work. And that's kind of important, since so much is bound to fail. Some of the entrepreneurs noted that it's not unheard of (though still not exactly common) for failed entrepreneurs to write up a postmortem about their experience. However, with artists, it was almost entirely unheard of for an artist to delve into a failed experiment to say what happened (and what didn't happen!). This isn't a huge surprise. It's tough to talk about the failures -- but with entrepreneurs, they can wipe their hands clean of the startup and move on to the next thing. For a musician, they can't just walk away from themselves. So I can completely understand why artists would be hesitant to talk too much about what didn't work, because they fear it will reflect poorly on themselves.
So it's great to see that Kyle Clements has decided to post the details (over at Step2) of an experiment he helped set up with a musician that failed and to discuss where he thinks it went wrong. You should check out the full story, but, the short version is that he helped set up a plan for a musician to record a quick "improv" song each week and a more "full" song once a month, and release them all on YouTube. There was one part of the plan that immediately struck me when I was reading it. A plan to not promote this:
The first 3 months are Operation: Stay quiet. Produce and publish content, but don't advertise it. leave it for people to randomly stumble across. You don't want to advertise, have people love it, want to see more, and realize there is no backlog of content. No one wants to be the first to arrive at a party. Let the backlog build up while no one is watching.My first reaction was that I wasn't sure the assumptions here necessarily held. While I do think that there's an "empty" room problem, where people don't necessarily want to be the first on the dance floor, I'm not sure that applies to not promoting videos for 3 months. Especially when it comes to music, there are a number of taste-makers who absolutely do want to get there first and think they found something early. So there were a number of ways I could see this part of the plan backfiring. In fact, it seemed to me like the "first to arrive" part actually is made worse after three months, because when people come in at that point, they see that no one else has watched the 3 months of videos and might assume that they're likely worthless. It seems like those three months could be used more wisely trying to bring the artist's audience to the videos and building connections around them.
And, in fact, it seems that this "don't tell anyone" aspect to the project really did hurt:
First month: Everything went as planned. 4 improved songs, 1 developed song, a few odd hits, nothing unusual.It only goes on for a bit more before the artist gives up entirely -- and eventually blocks the videos. There are definitely lessons here -- and even though the plan was not to promote the songs, that alone led to frustration, which is reasonable. That said, almost any artistic endeavor tends to take much longer than people expect. The overnight sensations rarely are overnight sensations at all. Kyle wonders if there was just too much competition and they didn't do enough to stand out. That's entirely possible too, though I'd be curious what other people think as well.
Second Month: artist grows impatient. Is discouraged that no one is watching. Writes more songs. No developed, proper song is released this month. slightly more hits than last month, but nothing unusual.
Third Month: Artist grows impatient, begins posting new songs to facebook. A much lower than expected number of friends follow through and watch the videos (they will drive an hour and pay $10 to watch him play live, but they wont click a button in facebook?!?!) Artist is discouraged. No proper, developed song this month.
Fourth Month: only 2 improvised songs see the light of day this month. viewership drops. Artist gets discouraged.
Either way, kudos to Kyle for sharing the story, and hopefully it's something that others can learn from. Personally, my takeaway would be that you should never wait to connect with fans. That should be built in from the beginning.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
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I'm a small business owner looking to brand my first small company. If things work out with this logo design, I may have a lot of future projects to bring to the table.
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It is pricey at £290.00 for 30ml, but, I've been using La Mer The Concentrate (not cheap) for ages -- and I LOVE it (love it), so I understand prioritizing my purchases (Dove soap or jojoba oil at cleanser for a snip but an expensive serum if it works, I use it daily and am judicious with applying it).
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Eli has been watching the reports on today's Senate hearing which features the Ted Cruz - Sally Yates death match. The general feeling is that Yates did to Cruz what Macron did to Le Pen. However, rather than getting too deeply into the legal parts of their interchange, the Rabett would like to point out that Yates READ most of her initial answer to Cruz (starting at 1:49 in the video below).
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Soccer star Gerard Piqué and team Spain will be playing in the Confederations Cup final match, but his wife Shakira is stealing the show. The couple has been together since 2011 and have a 4-month-old son together. Piqué is one lucky guy! Cheers to Shakira and Piqué, our sports couple of the week.
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(Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp agreed to buy United States Cellular Corp businesses in Chicago, St. Louis, central Illinois and three other markets to expand coverage as it upgrades its network.
The No. 3 mobile phone service provider said on Wednesday that it will buy personal communications service (PCS) spectrum, commonly used in mobile voice and data services, and about 585,000 customers, or about 10 percent of U.S. Cellular's total customer base.
Sprint said in a statement that it was paying $480 million in cash and assuming certain liabilities. It will use the additional spectrum to supplement coverage in the U.S. Midwest and roll out high-speed 4G LTE wireless networks, the company said.
It said the transaction, subject to approval by the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is expected to close in mid-2013.
Sprint, which agreed last month to sell a controlling stake to Japan's Softbank Corp for $20 billion, desperately needs a network upgrade as the increased use of devices such as smartphones and tablets require more high-speed bandwidth.
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Polar E&P: the iceman cometh
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Gazprom's mighty Prirazlomnoye platform in the intensely inhospitable Pechora Sea is due to begin production this year and has been designed to withstand 5m-thick ice movements. At 117,000t (unballasted), this platform sits in 20m of water and is expected to operate through the 230 days when the area is ice-bound and temperatures drop to -50°C. Winds can reach 40m/s and waves up to 12m high.
The Russians describe the Prirazlomnoye as 'the first ice-proof marine structure'. The oil it produces will be taken away by two specially built ice-breaking tankers, prompting platform designer Morneftegazprojekt to carefully consider the potential impact of the tankers' movements on the surrounding ice.
More than three decades earlier, the drilling and oil production platform Molikpaq, now in service off Sakhalin, taught scientists a great deal about the influence of ice. The platform had previously been employed in the Canadian Arctic.
"The 1986 ice event that the Molikpaq structure met was 8-10m thick," says Dr Erland Schulson, director of the Ice Research Laboratory at Dartmouth, "and the platform was extensively instrumented for the structural responses due to ice loads and other environmental forces. So this event led to the generation of an awful lot of information on ice forces against structures. That information has been mined quite seriously and used quite well in subsequent designs."
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The growing body of ice research is reviewed by Schulson with his French colleague Paul Duval in their book entitled 'Creep and Fracture of Ice', which examines work done both in the field by the likes of Sanderson and Exxon as well as in the laboratory, starting with the seminal paper on fracture mechanics by AA Griffith, which established that the fracture pressure scales as one over the square root of the crack's size.
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vicky: hi 3rd!
alt: Hi 3rd & vicjy Oops, vicky
vicky: hi there alt! lol Oops There it is
alt: vicky, you're doing a fine job w/Mariah's Zepyher ...keep up the good work.
vicky: oh thanks my friend!
alt: you're more than welcome.... I like your writing style.
freeaainnc: hi!
alt: Hello freeaainnc
vicky: oh really! hmmm much appreciated to one of the ones I speak of
alt: How's the J-O-B coming along?
vicky: hello freeaainnc!
3rdthawkins: hello alt free and vicky
vicky: hows it going 3rd/
freeaainnc: going well Art! She keeps telling me I'm doing outstanding
vicky: ?
3rdthawkins: good vicky
alt: wonderful.. ask her to put your 'wonderfulness' on paper LOL LOL LOL
freeaainnc: she has! LOL well, on email
vicky: lol @ free
alt: great... document the compliments
freeaainnc: yep she says it won't be long now before I can do them on my own
alt: well alright!!!
freeaainnc: but actually, come to think of it, it's always on paper b/c I'm deaf, they have to write down what they are saying
vicky: Always nice when you have a job that you love too
freeaainnc: exactly
alt: need some help... Our gen group (AAGGMV) is having a luncheon celebrating our 10 years of existence... I've been asked to do a small presentation on 10 years of advances in genealogical research ... any ideas?
freeaainnc: well, the internet is a major advance, and it is always changing
alt: I have some obvious things in mind.. online resources, social networking, DNA testing.. looking for more
3rdthawkins: television with a few shows focusing on genealogy/family history
alt: TV shows .. excellent
freeaainnc: new databases and digitization. In fact, the Wake County (NC) Register of Deeds has digitized ALL land deeds and put them online. 10 years ago, the only place you saw something like that was on Ancestry
vicky: D you have a picture of one of those old data processors or a typewriter alt? or a viewer lol
alt: good vicky... a photo of an old microfiche reader
vicky: yep!
alt: I want to do about a 10-15 minute Power Pooint w/handouts of the slides.
3rdthawkins: how about family tree software?
alt: will mention genealogy software packages and how they have advanced 3rdthawkins
vicky: alt have you been there the whole ten yrs
freeaainnc: oh alt, Tribalpages! there is an advance! being able to put your tree online in its entirety, but also having control over who can access it. There really isn't much control over your own content with sites like ancestry where you can upload your tree
alt: withGPS Maps, color coding, increased numbers yep vicky.. I'm a co-founder
vicky: if so, dig out a picture of the folks that have been there along the way and slide them in at various intervals
alt: right freeaainnc .. personal websites, etc.. our group has two (2) a MyFamily site for members only & www.aaggmv.org for the public we're going to have a continuous slide show showing pics throughout our 10 years vicky
vicky: sounds very good alt!
freeaainnc: what does your groups acronym stand for? I got the AA, but not the others
alt: I think we have a very nice program.. which includes a Silent Auction and a raffle for some door prizes.
freeaainnc: what are you auctioning off?
alt: African American Genealogy Group of the Miami Valley freeaainnc
freeaainnc: ohhh! Miami Valley! ok, I was thinking "hmm, mid-vermont???" LOL that is cool
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Seventies Soulchild: Good afternoon, 3rd, alt, freeaainnc, and vicky
vicky: you all have really gone all out alt, that sure will be a fun day hi seventies!
alt: we hope so vicky.....expect to have about 75-100 folks in attendence
3rdthawkins: Have any of you had success with Find a Grave?
vicky: 3rd, thats where I found that info for you remember
alt: I have and I've put some Posts out there 3rdthawkins
vicky: Your Hughes
3rdthawkins: what info vicky?
vicky: where he was buried
3rdthawkins: I thought it was Gloria Mayfield's Cemetery site?
vicky: no
3rdthawkins: for Harri. Co.
vicky: naw it was Find A Grave
alt: thanks y'all..... for your suggestions
3rdthawkins: hmm, guess I'm getting them mixed up
vicky: no problem alt
3rdthawkins: I found a sister of my paternal great grandmother there, so I have a death date for her now last nite
vicky: Will you all have books alt?
3rdthawkins: my grgr gf Thomas Sanders his son Jr., and a few others were put on there this year, I found them a few months ago
alt: yep, I'm donating 2.... The Source Book by Loretta Szucs (sp) & The African American sourcebook by Paula Byers
vicky: thats good 3rd. Its updated constantly
freeaainnc: gotta go, lunch is over for me today. I won't be on the rest of this week. I'm in the process of moving, so I'll see y'all next week.
3rdthawkins: yeah, I see, 47 mil now
vicky: ok free see ya
alt: take care freeaainnc
3rdthawkins: ok free
vicky: I'am over to my daughters so much, lol they asked me to sell my place and move in last night.
3rdthawkins: lol
alt: guess AY is knee-deep in the course work at Samford by now LOL
vicky: lol I guess she is and enjoying every minute
alt: vicky.. AND.... about moving
Seventies Soulchild: don't do it ms vicky!!!!
vicky: I saw a tweet this morning where Pinnick was beginning to speak Ha! alt.. I can walk around my house with no shame if I want at my house
alt: yeah.vicky... my daughter was staying with her mother after she came back here from PHX.... had to find her a place of her own... too much togetherness,
vicky: lol for sure alt
alt: was causing them tho be at each others throats LOL
3rdthawkins: lol the reason my grandmother moved and reduced her living space from 4 bedrooms to 2
alt: It's hard to go back home after you've been out on your own for 20 years LOL
vicky: two grown friends and one is a mama. oh no!! my motherly instincts will come first lol lol
3rdthawkins: hello Ingrid
alt: hello Ingrid_Doweary
vicky: heyyyy ingrid!
3rdthawkins: my grandma was tired of her kids coming in sleeping and stuff, and to get them out and keep them out
Seventies Soulchild: vicky stay at your house... lol
3rdthawkins: and-had
vicky: lol don't worry seventies
Ingrid_Doweary: Hey \3rd, alt, Seventies and Vicky. How's everyone and what did I miss.
vicky: daughter asked me to sell my place and move in last night ingrid
3rdthawkins: Darn! Rain make some demands and maybe she'll change her mind lol
vicky: we could use it here for sure.. Arkansas sure doesn't need anymore
3rdthawkins: just don't do it while I'm traveling
vicky: are you driving 3rd?
Ingrid_Doweary: Where would you move to, Vicky?
Seventies Soulchild: yes I was just going to ask about that? I've been floating along lately... how many died in that flood?
3rdthawkins: I'm not driving, but we will driving to a airport and then flying, two flights to get onto
vicky: about a mile from my own house ingrid lol lol but I ain't gonna do it
3rdthawkins: good to ask, but bad idea lol
alt: exactly 3rdthawkins ,, thank her for the sentiment, but keep living arrangements as they are
vicky: dunno if I could say one would out weigh the other soooooo I will stay put until my memory fades. After that I won't care lol
alt: there you go vicky
Ingrid_Doweary: I read the thread on Genealogy theft.
Seventies Soulchild: I still haven't found that thread. . . where is it?
vicky: good thread isn't it
3rdthawkins: good points, huh Ingrid? Gen & His forum Seventies
Ingrid_Doweary: It was quite informative. It explains why I take forever to post any articles.
Seventies Soulchild: Hmm let me look there again... I lost my glasses... DON'T YOU LAUGH MS VICKY! You either alt! lol
vicky: hahahahahaha
Ingrid_Doweary: I'm also trying to be selective about where I post. Facebook, I'm not very comfortable with.
alt: I feels yo pain Seventies Soulchild .. re: lost glasses
Seventies Soulchild: I have my spares with me today though... so its ok..
3rdthawkins: speaking of facebook Ingrid, you check your privacy settings? there are things people don't know
alt: we've all probably had the experience melvin realted...
vicky: for sure alt.
Seventies Soulchild: Now I won't go that far, but I will share bits of information... lol since that's all I have! lol
alt: my sentiment is ... don't care who gets the credit so long as the history is preserved.
Ingrid_Doweary: Got kicked off again
Seventies Soulchild: well I think some acknowledgement is deserved. because now this person is being put on blast as if they did all the work
alt: and I don't OWN the information.
3rdthawkins: it depends on how bad it is, I don't mind if I help you or if I find some information/records for you, just helping, take the credit, but if I do the research, as Seventies said, acknowledge that someone helped you, don't give the impression you did it all by yourself it really hurts our pride when we are concerned about how others view us, to give credit where credit is due
alt: I put out a lot of stuff from a lot of sources... have to give just a 'generic' thanks to all who helped/// too many peeps to thank individually.
3rdthawkins: that could go both ways though right alt
Seventies Soulchild: ok what's with all the silence?
3rdthawkins: I was waiting for someone to remark/comment
vicky: you have some fingers lol
3rdthawkins: lol vicky
alt: I do get specific when I'm relate/reference a particular piece of work, but my TP site for example, how could I ever thank all of those who helped individually, by name... no way.
Seventies Soulchild: Ms vicky...lol you ought to be glad you're my elder... lol
vicky: lol lol
Seventies Soulchild: AND that I like you too! lol
vicky: oh yeah! sure glad of that
Selma: Good Monday afternoon folks
vicky: heyyy Selma
3rdthawkins: hello Selma
alt: you better be careful Seventies Soulchild ,, us 'older folks, don't play' LOL LOL Hello Selma
Selma: What did seventies say about us "older folks, alt? I can't scroll back to get the thread
alt: vicky was on Seventies Soulchild's case and she called her an "Elder" LOL
Selma: Alt just left a friend's house who has a picture of her step-fathers unit from WW I.....
Seventies Soulchild: oh wow...
Selma: She has his hat......
alt: wonderful Selma
vicky: thats wonderful
Seventies Soulchild: what was the unit?
alt: does she have a pic of him individually?
Selma: He enlisted in Arkansas lived in Ohio..belonged to the a Veterans Group in Ohio..she has that hat too.......I took pictures 142 Division......they were in France
alt: we lost one of my g-father in uniform w/my mother sitting on her mother's lap and the g-father standing beside them... truly a lost treasure.
Selma: No..no individual picture of him in uniform
vicky: how was it lost alt
Selma: She is trying to decide who to donate the picture to.........
alt: Hmmmn , he may have been in France with my g-father ,,, he was at Muesse-Argonne (sp)
Selma: I took a picture of the picture..she had it framed a number of years ago..
Seventies Soulchild: Hey, speaking of military history. I'm going to be heading to the library here on lunch hours starting when my children get out of school for the summer. If anyone needs lookups I'll see if I can help. Military lookups
Selma: Great seventies..is that for folks who went to West Point
Seventies Soulchild: alt is that where Matthew Broderick's grandfather (WDYTYA) was stationed?
alt: after my g-mother's sister passed away, it was one of her possessions that got lost in cleaning out her house.
Selma: Got the kids going to camp.....seventies?
Seventies Soulchild: They won't be out for another 2 wks... camp... lol ... work! they are teens now!
Selma: See thats why I want my friend to do something with this picture..before it is lost. OK......get em a job
alt: right Selma
Seventies Soulchild: lol
alt: about the picture Selma.. did you get the Tax Record pics?
Selma: There are 18 men in the picture.....somebody wrote numbers on them (not my friend) Yep alt.. Thanks
vicky: if they wrote numbers maybe the names came with it
alt: okay, images are a great way to send articles.
Selma: He only gave her the picture vicky.......no list......she said nothing was written on the back either......
alt: did this gentleman go into the military from AR, or Ohio?
Selma: He enlisted in Arkansas......
alt: oh, okay.... thanks
Selma: I will look him up on Ancestry......later She also has his discharge papers.......I made a copy for her..and for me
alt: wonderful
Seventies Soulchild: Wow...
alt: my son has a watch that belonged to my grandfather that he brought back from France.
Seventies Soulchild: I wish I could get my hands on something like that for my great-granddad.
Selma: He is buried in a Military cemetary in Ohio Will find out where alt..
alt: Is he at Dayton? I can get a picture
Selma: She said..but you know I can only keep but so much info in my head..forgot to write down
Seventies Soulchild: could you look him up on familysearch or ancestry?
alt: okay.. I;m near the VA cemeteries in Dayton & Chillicothe
Selma: Thats what I plan to do seventies
Seventies Soulchild: ok alt, is that pronounced Chili-coat? I've seen it here at work, just curious.
alt: Chill- ah- coth- e her in Ohio LOL
Seventies Soulchild: lol hey this is why I ask lol\
alt: glad you did... It was the name used by the Shawnee Indians for the village where their tribal chiefs lived... there are several places known as chillicothe here in Ohio.
vicky: History is so amazing
Seventies Soulchild: Isn't it though!
alt: sure is vicky
Seventies Soulchild: Oh this weekend I watched the documentary "Prince Among Slaves"
Selma: Great posting on mentors vicky
Seventies Soulchild: That was amazing...
vicky: thx sel!
alt: Yep Selma.. I was tempted to respond to vicky's post with a photo of my main mentor... Mrs. Ernestine G. Lucas
vicky: you should have alt!
Selma: I understand that alt......her book is a wonder
alt: Ran across some papers from Mrs. Lucas.... she was a charter member of AAHGS.. I hadn't realized that before.
vicky: in fact alt you still can.
alt: I might vicky... she was the first Query Editor for AAHGS and I have old AAHGS quarterly's with her responding to some of the queries.
Selma: Alt..and she did all that BEFORE, records were digitized..and available at the click of a key
alt: ain't that sumpin' Selma... that's why I'm so proud of her knowing her and her work and the interest she took in me.
Seventies Soulchild: ok its time to venture into Alabama. Y'all send up a prayers for me. . .
Selma: She knew you would be a good student......and take it and run, folks know Are you visiting or researching or both
vicky: you mean for your research
alt: ty Selma, really appreciate that compliment
Seventies Soulchild: For research...
alt: Hey they took off the 'hearts' icon LOL
Seventies Soulchild: oh nooooooo!!!
Selma: Hey we have all been to your website..she probably would be stunned herself to see all that you have found..alt Who is in Alabama seventies?
Seventies Soulchild: My dad's family is from Alabama. lots of folks still there all over the state. Dallas county and north
Selma: seventies..are you expecting problems
Seventies Soulchild: yes on one particular branch...
vicky: do you have anything to start with
Seventies Soulchild: Well I've done the census work, looked at obits for my grandfather and aunt... This is in reference to my Lanier line I have a lot of information I'm going to have to work with....
vicky: thats good seventies
Seventies Soulchild: and a little bit at the same time... lol
alt: Selma.. a building at Morgan State ..Pelham, or something like that...named for a co-founder of the school before it became known as MSU... I have some genealogy on him and his family from Hampahire co., VA and their work as abolitionist and UGRR people... Like a copy?
Selma: No thats OK alt..let me finish what you already sent me... I am a reader.......but even I have a limit
Seventies Soulchild: Alright, you all let me get back to work....
Selma: Let me finish Lucas' book first
Seventies Soulchild: later everyone!
Selma: I gotta run too.......have a great day
vicky: ok sel
alt: hey vicky.. want me to turn out the lights? LOL
vicky: lol thx alt, I will today
alt: okay
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Taking a close look at doping control in professional tennis. How stringent is it? We also look at other issues related to the integrity of the sport.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Decision in the case of Manel Pérez Esteve
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A reprimand - as in "Please don't do this again, ok?"ReplyDelete
Yes, the ITF is getting really strict these days!
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World of Tennis 2014, Episode 5: Drug Testing in TennisReplyDelete
Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim and TENNIS.com editors Peter Bodo, Andrew Friedman, and Tom Perrotta share their views on the sport's doping protocol.
Perhaps, in a strict sense, off-topic - but: a precious mine for an anthropo-/ sociological study of ethnically-based mentality, "individually"-based role-playing, opportunistic balancing of one's arse between two hot chairs of being too-complying (i.e. boring, and therefore sacked) and being too-outspoken (i.e. disturbing, and therefore sacked), which both extremes will get one's said arse kicked out of it's precious soft, warm environment. All in all, very instructive.Delete
Nadal out from ATP Buenos Aires: back injury AND stomacheache.
Rafa Nadal @RafaelNadal
Sorry announcing withdraw from B Aires. Fans & Tournament can't be better but stomach virus didn't allow practice. http://bit.ly/1fzfukp
I'm not surprise if Nadal also withdraw atp 500 Rio OpenReplyDelete
The lesson learnt for Perez? Always have a valid TUE in your pocket! Best to be constantly injured, to have a permanent TUE. As a Spanish player, you don't need to look far to find an example…ReplyDelete
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Is there a way to know how many players don't have TUE in the top 20? It might be enlightening.ReplyDelete
A prescription from a Spanish "doctor" is meaningless. I am sure they give out backdated prescriptions when their "athletes" get caught.ReplyDelete
Where I think the biggest scandal in all of this is, the Spanish have representatives on WADA. I VERY strongly suspect that the Spanish WADA representatives leak what is being tested for to doping doctors like Cotorro, who design the doping regimes for the "athletes", so as to not get caught. One of these Spanish WADA representatives was Jaime Lissavetzky. He was the biggest defender of Spanish athletes who were caught doping in the previous Socialist government.
This is really outrageous. If guys like Lissavetzky, just a typical Spanish politician, are WADA members, the institution has zero credit to me.ReplyDelete
Spaniard, too, but I tend to believe Pérez Esteve wasn´t doping knowingly. To lose 0-6 1-6 in the first qualifying round of a Futures event...come on.
Terbutaline is like albuterol... it's generally used by inhalation to treat acute asthma. As PEDs go, pretty feeble. It dilates small airways, but some people have significant number so Beta-2 receptors in cardiac muscle, so it can increase heart rate and contraction in those folks. No anabolic effects, and unlikely to increase endurance. I would guess that up to ~5-10% of athletes could have TUEs for this, as that's the prevalence of asthma.ReplyDelete
My understanding is that, even with a TUE, the concentration is measured, and should we within the levels expected in an individual treated with usual clinical doses........
So, IMO, another doping "capture" that has little or nothing to do with the real doping that I strongly suspect is going on.


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Anti-reflux surgery is surgery to tighten the muscles at the bottom of the esophagus (the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach). Problems with these muscles can lead to
This surgery can also be done during a
This article discusses anti-reflux surgery repair in children.
Alternative Names
Fundoplication – children; Nissen fundoplication – children; Belsey (Mark IV) fundoplication – children; Toupet fundoplication – children; Thal fundoplication – children; Hiatal hernia repair – children; Endoluminal fundoplication – children
The most common type of anti-reflux surgery is called fundoplication. This surgery usually takes 2 to 3 hours.
Your child will be give general anesthesia before the surgery. That means the child will be asleep and unable to feel pain during the procedure.
The surgeon will use stitches to wrap the upper part of your child's stomach around the end of the esophagus. This helps prevent stomach acid and food from flowing back up.
A gastrostomy tube (g-tube) may be put in place if your child has had swallowing or feeding problems. This tube helps with feeding and releases air from your child's stomach.
Another surgery, called
This surgery may be done several ways, including:
- Open repair: The surgeon will make a large cut in the child's belly area (abdomen).
- Laparoscopic repair: The surgeon will make 3 to 5 small cuts in the belly. A thin, hollow tube with a tiny camera on the end (a laparoscope) is placed through one of these cuts. Other tools are passed through the other surgical cuts.
The surgeon may need to switch to an open procedure if there is bleeding, a lot of scar tissue from earlier surgeries, or if the child is very overweight.
Endoluminal fundoplication is similar to a laparoscopic repair, but the surgeon reaches the stomach by going through the mouth. Small clips are used to tighten the connection between the stomach and esophagus.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
Anti-reflux surgery is usually done to treat GERD in children only after medicines have not worked or complications develop. Your child's doctor may suggest anti-reflux surgery when:
- Your child has symptoms of heartburn that get better with medicines, but you do not want your child to continue taking these medicines. Symptoms of heartburn are burning in their stomach, throat, or chest, burping or gas bubbles, or problems swallowing food or fluids.
- Part of your child's stomach is getting stuck in the chest or is twisting around itself.
- Your child has a narrowing of the esophagus (called stricture) or bleeding in the esophagus
- Your child is not growing well or is
failing to thrive.
- Your child has a lung infection caused by breathing contents of the stomach into the lungs (called
aspiration pneumonia)
- Gerd causes a chronic cough or hoarseness in your child.
Anti-reflux surgery risks include:
- Damage to the stomach, esophagus, liver, or small intestine. This is very rare.
- Gas and bloating that makes it hard to burp or throw up. Most of the time, these symptoms slowly get better.
- Gagging.
- Painful, difficult swallowing, called dysphagia. For most children, this goes away in the first 3 months after surgery.
- Rarely, breathing or lung problems, such as a collapsed lung.
Risks for anesthesia include:
- Reactions to medicines
Breathing problems, including pneumonia
- Heart problems
Risks for any surgery include:
- Infection
Before the Procedure
Always make sure your child's health care team knows about all the medicines and supplements your child is taking, including those you bought without a prescription.
A week before surgery, you may be asked to stop giving your child any products that affect blood clotting. This may include aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), vitamin E, and warfarin (Coumadin).
Your child's doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital.
- The child should not eat or drink anything after midnight before surgery.
- You child may take a bath or shower the night before or the morning of surgery.
- On the day of surgery, the child should take any medicine that the doctor said to take with a small sip of water.
After the Procedure
How long your child stays in the hospital depends on how the surgery was done.
- Children who have laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery usually stay in the hospital for 2 to 3 days.
- Children who have open surgery may spend 2 to 6 days in the hospital.
Your child can start eating again about 1 to 2 days after surgery. Liquids are usually given first.
Some children have a g-tube placed during surgery. This tube can be used for liquid feedings, or to release gas from the stomach.
If your child did not have a g-tube placed, a tube may be inserted through the nose to the stomach to help release gas. This tube is removed once your child starts eating again.
Your child will be able to go home once they are eating food, have had a bowel movement and are feeling better.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Heartburn and related symptoms should improve after anti-reflux surgery. However, your child may still need to take medications for heartburn after surgery.
Some children will need another operation in the future to treat new reflux symptoms or swallowing problems. This may happen if the stomach was wrapped around the esophagus too tightly or it loosens.
The surgery may not be successful if the repair was too loose.
Related:Anti-reflux surgery – children – discharge , Gastroesophageal reflux – discharge, Heartburn – what to ask your doctor , Anti-reflux surgery – discharge , Gastroesophageal reflux disease, EGD – esophagogastroduodenoscopy


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C-Mac one of our Vancouver bloggers tells us If the Vancouver Whitecaps ever need to dip into the PAST to grab players for their future the five guys he'd call upon would be. Bobby Lenarduzzi, Carl Valentine, Bruce Wilson, Bruce Grobbelaar, and Peter Lorimer. He does have faith though that the Martin Rennie is working hard to bring better talent to the current Vancouver Whitecaps squad.
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Enough said about that, for our main beef with SiriusXM is not the presence of yet another teen idol on the holiday music scene: our beef lies with the soul-less quality of the entire SiriusXM gestalt, which requires its three thousand channels to carry songs strictly on the basis of whether they share either a common date of issue (as on the "40's at 4," "50's at 5," "60's at 6" et al channels), or a common target audience demographic.
And nothing else.
And nothing else.
And nothing else.
Here we're thinking of the "Metal" channel, which plays loosely defined "songs" that consist of young men screaming their apocalyptic guts out above what appears to be a single, head-banging, machine-gun-guitar-and-drumming musical track that never, ever changes.
You marvel at where these guys came from, what portion of the domestic methamphetamine supply they consume, and how many serial killers might be listening to "Metal" at the very same moment as you. If Beavis and Butt-Head could afford a car, this would be their channel.
The listener ends up flipping around from channel to channel and wondering why the bandwidth-happy SiriusXM monopolists don't just give every artist its own channel.
Happily, there are channels devoted to single artists. There is, for example, a Springsteen channel, an Elvis channel and a Sinatra channel, as you might expect. There's even a Pearl Jam channel.
But there is, oddly enough, no Bob Marley or Rolling Stones channel—and, head-scratcher of all head-scratchers, no Beatles channel.
In fact, the absence of The Beatles from the SiriusXM digital bandwidth relative to, say, the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, is one the great mysteries of the age.
After all, the Beatles individually and collectively contributed 27of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs of All-Time, yet they get nowhere near 5.4% of the SiriusXM airplay, whether on "Classic Vinyl," "Classic Rewind," "The Bridge," "60's on 6, " "70's on 7," "The Spectrum" or any of the other three thousand channels here.
You quite literally have as much chance of hearing "Snoopy and the Red Barron" on SiriusXM as "Revolution."
Furthermore, we've recently been asked to assemble a "Top Ten Worst" list of holiday songs for this review. The problem is there are just so many, as we'll be getting to shortly. Rod Stewart's somnambulant "My Favorite Things," which sounds like he's reading the lyrics from a child's book of verses, is right up there, while Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" stands out in any crowd of non-favorites.
Easier, then, to simply identify the All-Time, Number One, No-Question-About-It NotMakingThisUp Worst Holiday Song of All Time, and let everyone else argue about the remaining 9. It is "The 12 Pains of Christmas."
This so-called comedy song takeoff on "The 12 Days of Christmas," a pleasant English Christmas carol discovered by a U.S. schoolteacher from Milwaukee and used by her in a Christmas pageant in 1910, is an easily forgettable humorous novelty song that is neither novel or humorous, in any way.
It isn't even fun writing about, so we won't bother; we'll simply move on to something pleasant, which happens to be an entirely different sort of humorous novelty song that is both novel and humorous, and, therefore, well worth a mention here.
We're talking about the wonderfully bizarre, catchy, Klezmer-style cover of "Must Be Santa," from Bob Dylan's 2009 Christmas album, "Christmas in the Heart." (Yes, Bob Dylan made a Christmas album.)
The music is fast and cheerful, and Dylan's low, growly voice is almost indistinguishable from Tom Waits. (The truly bizarre music video is not to be missed, watch it here.) After you get over the initial shock of hearing Bob Dylan singing what most Baby Boomer parents will recall being a Raffi song, it becomes impossible to not enjoy.
Another glaring absence from our previous years' commentary is neither novel or humorous, and inconceivably does not appear to qualify for the SiriusXM random-song-generator holiday song playlist despite being many-times more worthwhile than most of the SiriusXM catalogue, whether holiday-themed or not.
The song is "2000 Miles" by the Pretenders, and it belongs on anybody's Holiday Top Ten.
If hearing Chrissie Hynde on that original song (she's also recorded some good Christmas covers, including one with the Blind Boys of Alabama) doesn't get you in a mellow holiday mood, nothing will.
Now, why, you may ask, would we pick on Mariah Carey, as opposed to, say, someone who can't actually sing?
"Singing" is actually too strong a word for what they do. Simpson's voice barely rises above a whisper, and you cringe when she reaches for a note, although she does manage to hit the last, sustained "outside," no doubt thanks to the magic of electronics.


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Yen Falls on Word of New BOJ Chief
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated the president of the Asian Development Bank to lead the Bank of Japan. The WSJ's Jake Schlesinger tells us why Haruhiko Kuroda was Abe's first choice as he attempts to end decades of deflation.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... the ... a it out today is expected to be the next governor at the Bank of Japan I'm Deborah con joining me is Jake passenger ten Q your achieve ... ok Jake last time I checked the yen was hovering around ninety four against the dollar ... on this certainly has been ... on the data we see they see a lower yen for some time now ... um didn't ... wanna keep all part of the right man had to take on the job in this current environment ... it will be muted minutes ... you see the most important question will have to see going forward whether he can ... outsource to expectations that ... as he signed the initial ... marker reaction is both encouraging stock markets clearly investors ... I think he's both he's fulfilling the on the promise of a more aggressive Bank of Japan governor ... the yen is easy not only is it that is the dollar now trading ... well above ninety four in the dollar I got a big pop this morning on the reports that Mr. Cote was taking over ... time hitting the dollar hitting its highest level against the yen since May of twenty ten ... the stock market also bounced up ... two percent this morning ... it is now trading at its best levels in September of two thousand and eight ... Soliz to nearly getting ending has high hopes and ... then article crude and will in fact the film I Shinzo Ave sprouts again I basically have made at ... fighting this deflationary cycle that has been in for some time ... at top priority on his agenda on ... any indication as to where our brightest and so on in terms of of of this policy ... yet well in time fortunately given due to watch the Journal has had two interviews with crude ... does the last couple of months and then seen in a rather remarkable public campaign for the dad ... and we posted videos about the theory is that I would urge viewers to look at ... I'm that he has been very public about saying he thinks the Bank of Japan can do lab work ... there has to be ... your income but Japan's economy ... I he's talked about and I'm just doing more to be more creative with the assets that it's buying ... I he's closely told is one of our interviews that he thinks that the bank Japan ... could meet the two percent inflation target then Ave ... and wanted to embrace within two years which is a pretty inhibitions ... some might say on realistically ambitious cool ... and and and Zach Spartak chair and Maine I'm benefiting from a weaker yen on countries like South Korea are hurting ... because that obviously a stronger yen a wine ... soaked ... into ... the into can actually take into consideration in ... this the red and what people are saying could be the Next currency war on in the current climate as it is ... when delayed its policy monetary policy ... use them it's interesting in and they think is harder where the grouping is in some ways so clever which is that ... I'm you know in the early weeks of the administration ... aam you as the yen was devaluing as result of expectations of these United through other words he's a ... alot of complains from around the world to him is now entering their competitive devaluation and so ... in addition to somebody who's willing to try and be more aggressive in terms of use your monetary policy would Japan really does need ... is an effective voice who can ... engage in a full thrust and Parry of debate over global economics and currency ... Kuroda is that that a ... corroded ... you know work for many years and the finance ministry as the vice minister who handled ... the questions of currency ... I'd during the period that he wasn't that nice Mr Finance International ... he oversaw a very heavy and controversial campaign ... I went to intervene in currency markets to drive down the value the yen so ... I'm you know it if there's anybody in Japan who is going to be affected in carrying his message ... and the biting Japan's credits ... Mr. Cote is probably Baghdad ... let's check and that she takes off into an essay commenced and ... we have our previous in recent interviews with prata on line at the beest dot com I'm Deborah con


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