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When you add new attributes to your schema, you must create a new object class to contain the new attributes. Although it might seem convenient to just add the attributes to an existing object class that already contains most of the attributes you require, doing so compromises interoperability with LDAP clients.
Interoperability of Directory Server with existing LDAP clients relies on the standard LDAP schema. If you change the standard schema, you will also have difficulties when upgrading your server. For the same reasons, you cannot delete standard schema elements. For more information about general guidelines to customize schema, refer to About Custom Schema.
Directory Server schema are stored in attributes of the cn=schema entry. Like the configuration entry, this is an LDAP view of the schema that is read from files during server startup.
The method that you use to extend Directory Server schema depends on whether you want control over the file name where schema extensions are stored. It also depends whether you want to push changes to consumers through replication. See the following table to determine which procedure to follow in your specific case.Table 11–1 Ways to Extend Schema
You intend to extend the schema through LDAP.
You do not use replication. You intend to extend the schema by adding a custom schema file.
You use replication. You intend to preserve the file name of your custom schema file on all servers.
You use replication. You intend to extend the schema by adding a custom schema file on a master replica. You then let the replication mechanism copy the schema extensions to consumer servers.
For more information about object classes, attributes, and the directory schema as well as guidelines for extending your schema, see Designing a Directory Schema in Oracle Fusion Middleware Deployment Planning Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition. For information about standard attributes and object classes, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Man Page Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
This section provides information about the various methods to extend the directory schema.
Because the schema is defined by the LDAP view in cn=schema, you can view and modify the schema online using the ldapsearch and ldapmodify utilities. However, you can modify only schema elements that have the value 'user defined' for the X-ORIGIN field. The server refuses any modification to the other definitions.
New element definitions, and changes that you make to user-defined elements, are saved in the file 99user.ldif.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Modifying schema definitions from the command line is prone to error because of the long values that you must type exactly. However, you can use this functionality in scripts that need to update your directory schema.
Use the ldapmodify(1) command to add or delete individual attributeTypes attribute values.
See To Create an Attribute Type or To Delete Attribute Types for details.
Use the ldapmodify(1) command to add or delete individual objectClasses attribute values.
See To Create an Object Class or To Delete an Object Class for details.
To modify one of the values, you must delete the specific value and then add the value as a new value. This process is required because the attributes are multivalued. For details, see Modifying One Value of a Multi Valued Attribute.
To extend schema, modifying schema files is not recommended as this method of extending schema is error-prone. To make any changes to the Directory Serverschema, use the ldapmodify command, which is more reliable way to extend schema.
Schema files are LDIF files that are located in instance-path/config/schema/. The instance-path corresponds to the file system directory where the Directory Server instance resides. For example, the instance might be located in /local/dsInst/. The files define standard schema that are used by Directory Server and all servers that rely on Directory Server. The files and the standard schema are described in Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition and Oracle Fusion Middleware Man Page Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Schema files are read once only at startup by the server. The LDIF contents of the files are added to the in-memory LDAP view of the schema in cn=schema . Because the order of schema definitions is important, schema file names are prepended with a number and loaded in alphanumerical order. Schema files in this directory are writable only by the system user who is defined during installation.
When defining the schema directly in an LDIF file, do not use the value 'user defined' for the X-ORIGIN field. This value is reserved for schema elements that are defined through the LDAP view of cn=schema and that appear in the file 99user.ldif.
The 99user.ldif file contains additional ACIs for the cn=schema entry and all schema definitions that have been added from the command-line or using DSCC. The 99user.ldif file is overwritten when new schema definitions are added. If you want to modify this file, you must restart the server immediately to ensure that your changes are current.
Do not modify the standard schema that is defined in the other schema files. You can, however, add new files to define new attributes and object classes. For example, to define new schema elements in many servers, you could define the elements in a file named 98mySchema.ldif and copy this file to the schema directory on all servers. You would then restart all servers to load your new schema file.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Create your own schema definition file, such as 98mySchema.ldif.
The syntax of definitions in the schema files is described in RFC 4517.
Read When Creating Custom Schema Files before creating custom schema files.
(Optional) If this server is a master replica that sends updates to other servers, copy your schema definition file to each server instance in the replication topology.
The replication mechanism cannot detect any changes that you make directly to the LDIF files that contain the schema. Therefore, your changes are not replicated to consumers even after restarting the master.
Restart each Directory Server instance to which you copied your schema definition file.
Your changes take effect when the servers restart and thus reload schema definitions.
Keep the following in mind when creating custom schema files, especially when you are using replication:
When adding new schema elements, all attributes must be defined before they can be used in an object class. You can define attributes and object classes in the same schema file.
Each custom attribute or object class that you create should be defined in only one schema file. This practice prevents the server from overriding any previous definitions when the server loads the most recently created schema. Directory Server loads the schema files in numerical order first, then in alphabetical order.
When defining new schema definitions manually, best practice is generally to add these definitions to the 99user.ldif file.
When you update schema elements using LDAP, the new elements are written automatically to the 99user.ldif file. As a result, any other schema definition changes that you made in custom schema files might be overwritten. Using only the 99user.ldif file prevents possible duplications of schema elements and the danger of schema changes being overwritten.
As Directory Server loads schema files in alphanumeric order with numbers loaded first, you should name custom schema files as follows:
[00-99] filename.ldif
The number is higher than any directory standard schema already defined.
If you name your schema file with a number that is lower than the standard schema files, the server might encounter errors when loading the schema. In addition, all standard attributes and object classes are loaded only after your custom schema elements have been loaded.
Make sure that custom schema file names are not numerically or alphabetically higher than 99user.ldif because Directory Server uses the highest sequenced file for its internal schema management.
For example, if you created a schema file and named it 99zzz.ldif, the next time you update the schema, all of the attributes with an X-ORIGIN value of 'user defined' would be written to 99zzz.ldif. The result would be two LDIF files that contain duplicate information, and some information in the 99zzz.ldif file might be erased.
As a general rule, identify the custom schema elements that you are adding with the following two items:
'user defined' in the X-ORIGIN field of custom schema files,
A more descriptive label such as 'Example.com Corporation defined' in the X-ORIGIN field, so that the custom schema element is easy for other administrators to understand. For example X-ORIGIN ('user defined' 'Example.com Corporation defined').
If you are adding schema elements manually and do not use 'user defined' in the X-ORIGIN field, the schema elements appear read-only in DSCC.
The 'user defined' value is added automatically by the server if you add custom schema definitions by using LDAP or DSCC. However, if you do not add a more descriptive value in the X-ORIGIN field, you might later have difficulty understanding what the schema relates to.
These changes are not replicated automatically. To replicate, you must propagate custom schema files manually to all your servers.
When you change the directory schema, the server keeps a timestamp of when the schema was changed. At the beginning of each replication session the server compares its timestamp with its consumer's timestamp and, if necessary, pushes any schema changes. For custom schema files, the server maintains only one timestamp, which is associated with the 99user.ldif file. This means that any custom schema file changes or additions that you make to files other than 99user.ldif will not be replicated. Therefore, you must propagate custom schema files to all other servers to ensure that all schema information is present throughout the topology.
For information about custom schema files, see Extending Schema With a Custom Schema File. The following procedure explains how to use the replication mechanism to propagate schema extensions to all the servers in a topology.
For parts of this procedure, you can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help. Other parts of the procedure can only be done using the command line.
Prepare your schema extensions in one of the following ways:
Create your own schema definition file, such as 98mySchema.ldif .
Add your schema extensions to 99user.ldif.
The syntax of definitions in the schema files is described in RFC 4517.
Run the dsadm start or dsadm restart command with --schema-push on the master server where you put the schema definition file.
This script does not actually push the schema to replicas. Instead the script writes a special attribute into the schema files so that the schema files are replicated as soon as they are loaded. For more information, see the dsadm(1M) man page.
Restart the master server where you put the schema definition file.
The replication mechanism cannot detect any changes that you make directly to the LDIF files that contain the schema. When you restart the server, the server loads all schema files and then the replication mechanism replicates the new schema to consumers.


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Preparing for Your Hospital Stay
We want your visit to be as easy and as comfortable as possible. Use the following resources to prepare for your visit. If you have any questions, your physician's office will be happy to assist you.
What Should I Bring?
For Your Hospital Stay:
- Wear loose, comfortable clothing; be sure to dress warmly for the trip home, which will decrease your risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not wear make-up or lipstick.
- Leave all jewelry at home.
- For your safety, rings, jewelry and body piercings must be removed prior to surgery. If you cannot remove your rings, a jeweler can, and he should be able to size the ring to fit you properly.
- Bring crutches, walker or cane if you will be needing them.
Overnight patients may want to bring their own toilet articles (hairbrush, comb, shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste), a book or magazine, and personal items such as contact lenses, eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures and prostheses.
Please leave money, credit cards, jewelry and valuables at home.
Should I Bring Medications?
Please bring a list of your current medications with you. We request that you only bring your inhaler and eye drops (if you are spending the night) with you. Your physician may prescribe medication for you to take home after surgery. If you would like, you may have them filled at LVMC pharmacy when you are discharged.
Advance Directives
Sometimes medical situations arise that prevent people from communicating their wishes about medical intervention and/or life-prolonging care. You can communicate your decisions in written documents called Advance Directives, which enable your chosen decision-maker to speak for you if you are ever unable to express your medical wishes. This advanced planning reduces uncertainty about how you want to be cared for at the end of life.
If you have an Advance Directive, please bring copies when you come to the hospital. If you would like to establish an Advanced Directive, please let us know upon your arrival.
Patient Privacy
For your privacy, you may choose to NOT be listed in our hospital patient directory.
If you choose to be in the patient directory:
- Under HIPAA, if a person inquires about you by your name, hospital staff may release your location.
- No other information may be released without your written consent.
If you choose not to be in the patient directory:
- Your name will not appear in the patient information system.
- Anyone who comes to the hospital or calls for you will not be told you are a patient.
- Flowers and mail will be returned to the sender.
- You should notify family and friends of your room number if you would like them to visit you; they will not be able to get that information at the Information Desk.
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Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Feb 13, 2019.
Commonly used brand name(s)
In the U.S.
- SandoSTATIN
- SandoSTATIN LAR Depot
Available Dosage Forms:
- Solution
- Powder for Suspension
Therapeutic Class: Endocrine-Metabolic Agent
Pharmacologic Class: Somatostatin (class)
Uses for octreotide
Octreotide injection is used to treat severe diarrhea and other symptoms that occur with certain intestinal tumors or metastatic carcinoid tumors (tumors that has already spread in the body). It does not cure the tumor but it helps the patient feel more comfortable.
Octreotide injection is also used to treat a condition called acromegaly, which is caused by too much growth hormone in the body. Too much growth hormone produced in adults causes the hands, feet, and parts of the face to become large, thick, and bulky. Other problems such as arthritis also can develop. Octreotide works by reducing the amount of growth hormone that is produced by the body.
Octreotide may also be used for other medical conditions as determined by your doctor.
Octreotide is available only with your doctor's prescription
Before using octreotide
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For octreotide, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to octreotide or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of the short-acting form of octreotide injection in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been demonstrated.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of the long-acting form of octreotide injection in children 6 to 17 years of age.
Although appropriate studies on the relationship of age to the effects of octreotide have not been performed in the geriatric population, geriatric-specific problems are not expected to limit the usefulness of octreotide injection in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have age-related kidney, liver, or heart problems, which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving octreotide injection.
|Pregnancy Category
|All Trimesters
|Animal studies have revealed no evidence of harm to the fetus, however, there are no adequate studies in pregnant women OR animal studies have shown an adverse effect, but adequate studies in pregnant women have failed to demonstrate a risk to the fetus.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Interactions with medicines
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving octreotide, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using octreotide with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
- Amifampridine
- Amisulpride
- Bepridil
- Cisapride
- Dronedarone
- Levomethadyl
- Mesoridazine
- Pimozide
- Piperaquine
- Saquinavir
- Sparfloxacin
- Terfenadine
- Thioridazine
- Ziprasidone
Using octreotide with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Acarbose
- Acecainide
- Acetophenazine
- Ajmaline
- Albiglutide
- Alogliptin
- Amiodarone
- Amitriptyline
- Amoxapine
- Anagrelide
- Apomorphine
- Aprindine
- Aripiprazole
- Aripiprazole Lauroxil
- Arsenic Trioxide
- Asenapine
- Astemizole
- Azimilide
- Azithromycin
- Bretylium
- Buprenorphine
- Buserelin
- Canagliflozin
- Chloral Hydrate
- Chloroquine
- Chlorpromazine
- Chlorpropamide
- Ciprofloxacin
- Citalopram
- Clarithromycin
- Clomipramine
- Clozapine
- Crizotinib
- Cyclosporine
- Dabrafenib
- Dapagliflozin
- Dasatinib
- Degarelix
- Delamanid
- Desipramine
- Deslorelin
- Deutetrabenazine
- Dibenzepin
- Disopyramide
- Dofetilide
- Dolasetron
- Domperidone
- Donepezil
- Doxepin
- Droperidol
- Dulaglutide
- Efavirenz
- Empagliflozin
- Encainide
- Encorafenib
- Enflurane
- Ertugliflozin
- Erythromycin
- Escitalopram
- Ethopropazine
- Exenatide
- Fingolimod
- Flecainide
- Fluconazole
- Fluoxetine
- Fluphenazine
- Foscarnet
- Gatifloxacin
- Gemifloxacin
- Glimepiride
- Glipizide
- Glyburide
- Gonadorelin
- Goserelin
- Granisetron
- Halofantrine
- Haloperidol
- Halothane
- Histrelin
- Hydroquinidine
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Hydroxyzine
- Ibutilide
- Iloperidone
- Imipramine
- Inotuzumab Ozogamicin
- Insulin
- Insulin Aspart, Recombinant
- Insulin Bovine
- Insulin Degludec
- Insulin Detemir
- Insulin Glargine, Recombinant
- Insulin Glulisine
- Insulin Lispro, Recombinant
- Isoflurane
- Isradipine
- Ivabradine
- Ivosidenib
- Ketoconazole
- Lapatinib
- Leuprolide
- Levofloxacin
- Lidoflazine
- Linagliptin
- Liraglutide
- Lixisenatide
- Lofexidine
- Lopinavir
- Lorcainide
- Lumefantrine
- Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate
- Macimorelin
- Mefloquine
- Metformin
- Methadone
- Methotrimeprazine
- Metronidazole
- Mifepristone
- Miglitol
- Moxifloxacin
- Nafarelin
- Nateglinide
- Nilotinib
- Norfloxacin
- Nortriptyline
- Ofloxacin
- Ondansetron
- Osimertinib
- Paliperidone
- Panobinostat
- Pasireotide
- Pazopanib
- Pentamidine
- Perphenazine
- Pimavanserin
- Pioglitazone
- Pipotiazine
- Pirmenol
- Pitolisant
- Posaconazole
- Prajmaline
- Pramlintide
- Probucol
- Procainamide
- Prochlorperazine
- Promazine
- Promethazine
- Propafenone
- Propiomazine
- Protriptyline
- Quetiapine
- Quinidine
- Quinine
- Ranolazine
- Repaglinide
- Ribociclib
- Risperidone
- Rosiglitazone
- Salmeterol
- Saxagliptin
- Sematilide
- Sertindole
- Sertraline
- Sevoflurane
- Sitagliptin
- Sodium Phosphate
- Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic
- Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic
- Solifenacin
- Sorafenib
- Sotalol
- Spiramycin
- Sulfamethoxazole
- Sulpiride
- Sultopride
- Sunitinib
- Tacrolimus
- Tedisamil
- Telavancin
- Telithromycin
- Tetrabenazine
- Thiethylperazine
- Tolazamide
- Tolbutamide
- Toremifene
- Trazodone
- Trifluoperazine
- Triflupromazine
- Trimeprazine
- Trimethoprim
- Trimipramine
- Triptorelin
- Vandetanib
- Vardenafil
- Vasopressin
- Vemurafenib
- Vildagliptin
- Vinflunine
- Voriconazole
- Zolmitriptan
- Zotepine
- Zuclopenthixol
Using octreotide with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Pegvisomant
- Telotristat Ethyl
Interactions with food/tobacco/alcohol
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
Other medical problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of octreotide. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Cholangitis (inflammation or swelling of the bile duct) or
- Congestive heart failure or
- Gallbladder disease or
- Gallstones, or history of or
- Heart rhythm problems (e.g., arrhythmia, QT prolongation, slow heartbeat) or
- Pancreatitis (inflammation or swelling of the pancreas) or
- Thyroid problems or
- Vitamin B12 deficiency—Use with caution. May make these conditions worse.
- Diabetes—Octreotide may cause high or low blood sugar. Your doctor may need to change the dose of your insulin or diabetes medicine.
- Kidney disease—Use with caution. The effects may be increased because of slower removal of the medicine from the body.
Proper use of octreotide
Octreotide is given as a shot under your skin, into a muscle or vein.
A nurse or other trained health professional may give you octreotide or octreotide may be given at home to patients who do not need to be in the hospital or clinic. If you are using octreotide at home, your doctor or nurse will teach you how to prepare and inject the medicine. Be sure that you understand how to use the medicine.
You will be shown the body areas where this shot can be given. Use a different body area each time you give yourself a shot. Keep track of where you give each shot to make sure you rotate body areas.
You might not use all of the medicine in each ampul or vial (glass container). Do not save an opened ampul or vial. If the medicine in the ampul or vial has changed color, or if you see particles in it, do not use it.
Some patients may feel pain, stinging, tingling, or burning sensations at the place where they inject the medicine. Injecting the medicine after it has been warmed to room temperature rather than cold from the refrigerator may reduce the discomfort. However, do not use heat to warm it faster because heat can destroy the medicine.
Put used needles and syringes in a puncture-resistant disposable container or dispose of them as directed by your doctor. Do not reuse needles and syringes.
The dose of octreotide will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of octreotide. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
- For long-acting injection dosage form:
- For treatment of acromegaly:
- Adults—At first, 20 milligrams (mg) injected into the gluteal muscle once every 4 weeks for 3 months. Your doctor will adjust your as needed and tolerated.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For treatment of severe diarrhea and other symptoms that occur with certain types of intestinal tumors:
- Adults and teenagers—At first, 20 milligrams (mg) injected into the gluteal muscle once every 4 weeks for 2 months. Your doctor will adjust your as needed and tolerated.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For treatment of acromegaly:
- For short-acting injection dosage form:
- For treatment of acromegaly:
- Adults—At first, 50 micrograms (mcg) injected under the skin or into a vein three times a day. Your doctor will adjust your dose as needed.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For treatment of carcinoid tumors:
- Adults—At first, 100 to 600 micrograms (mcg) per day, divided into two or four doses and injected under the skin for the first 2 weeks. Your doctor will adjust your dose as needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 1500 mcg per day.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For treatment of severe diarrhea that occurs with certain types of intestinal tumors:
- Adults—At first, 200 to 300 micrograms (mcg) per day, divided into two or four doses and injected under the skin for the first 2 weeks. Your doctor will adjust your dose as needed.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For treatment of acromegaly:
Missed dose
If you miss a dose of octreotide, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
If you miss a dose of the long-acting form of octreotide, contact your doctor.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
Store in the refrigerator. Do not freeze.
Ampules of the short-acting form of octreotide injection may be kept at room temperature for 14 days when they are protected from light. If the ampuls are not protected from light, problems with the solution can develop much sooner.
Precautions while using octreotide
It is very important that your doctor check you closely while you are receiving octreotide. This is to make sure that octreotide is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to check your progress
Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. You must use an effective form of birth control to keep from getting pregnant. Talk to your doctor about effective birth control.
Octreotide may increase your risk of developing gallstones. Call your doctor right away if you have severe stomach pain with nausea and vomiting after receiving octreotide.
Octreotide may cause hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) or hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). You should check your blood sugar more often while taking octreotide and then on a regular basis.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Octreotide side effects
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
More common
- Abdominal or stomach pain
- blurred vision
- constipation
- depressed mood
- dizziness
- dry mouth
- dry skin and hair
- fainting
- fast, slow, or irregular heartbeat
- feeling cold
- flushed, dry skin
- fruit-like breath odor
- hair loss
- hoarseness or husky voice
- increased hunger
- increased thirst
- increased urination
- muscle cramps and stiffness
- nausea
- severe stomach pain with nausea and vomiting
- sweating
- troubled breathing
- unexplained weight loss
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- vomiting
- weight gain
Less common or rare
- Abdominal or stomach bloating
- anxious feeling
- behavior change similar to drunkenness
- changes in menstrual periods
- cold sweats
- confusion
- convulsions (seizures)
- cool, pale skin
- decreased sexual ability in males
- difficulty with concentrating
- drowsiness
- headache
- loss of appetite
- muscle cramps and stiffness
- nightmares
- restless sleep
- shakiness
- slurred speech
- swelling of the front part of the neck
- tiredness
- troubled breathing (rapid and deep)
- unconsciousness
- unusual thirst
Incidence not known
- Black, tarry stools
- bleeding gums
- blood in the urine or stools
- chills
- darkened urine
- fever
- indigestion
- pains in the stomach, side, or abdomen, possibly radiating to the back
- pinpoint red spots on the skin
- severe constipation
- unusual bleeding or bruising
- yellow eyes or skin
Get emergency help immediately if any of the following symptoms of overdose occur:
Symptoms of overdose
- Abdominal or stomach discomfort
- decreased appetite
- diarrhea
- dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up suddenly from a lying or sitting position
- fast, shallow breathing
- feeling of warmth
- general feeling of discomfort
- light-colored stools
- muscle pain or cramping
- no blood pressure or pulse
- redness of the face, neck, arms, and occasionally, upper chest
- shortness of breath
- sleepiness
- stopping of heart
- unusual drowsiness, dullness, tiredness, weakness, or feeling of sluggishness
- upper right abdominal or stomach pain
- weakness
- weight loss
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
More common
- Pain, redness, stinging, swelling, tingling, or burning sensation at the injection site
- passing of gas
Less common or rare
- Backache
- bladder pain
- cloudy urine
- cough
- difficult, burning, or painful urination
- disturbed color perception
- double vision
- frequent urge to urinate
- frequent urination usually with very small amounts of urine
- general feeling of discomfort or illness
- halos around lights
- itching skin
- joint pain
- lack of appetite
- loss of vision
- lower back or side pain
- muscle aches and pains
- night blindness
- overbright appearance of lights
- runny nose
- shivering
- sore throat
- stools that float, are foul smelling, and fatty in appearance
- trouble concentrating
- trouble sleeping
- tunnel vision
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Further information
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Study – Stress, Lung Illness in First Responders
In the decade since 9/11 terrorist attacks, hundreds of rescue and recovery workers on the scene that day have developed debilitating respiratory conditions they say were caused by exposure to environmental conditions such as jet fuel combustion and smoldering debris fire.
Now researchers may have found a link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the illnesses afflicting many of those people.
Using data from more than 20,000 responders, a research team found a "striking correlation" between PTSD and respiratory symptoms, as well as evidence that PTSD might play a significant role in the exposure-symptom relationship.
"The results are indicative that PTSD appears to have a major and complex role in relation to respiratory illnesses in this patient population," said Stony Brook University School of Medicine's Evelyn Bromet, Ph.D., in a statement. "Our findings mirror research results found in several veterans' populations … Mental and physical health are integrally linked."
Both Dr. Bromet and Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., Medical Director of Stony Brook's World Trade Center Health Program, say while more study is needed, their study underscores the importance of performing mental health screenings on 9/11 responders in addition to traditional physical health exams.
"[The findings] reinforce our view … that the illnesses suffered by 9/11 responders are a compilation of problems that often present as an entire syndrome of diseases and conditions," said Dr. Luft.
In Dec. 2010, Congress passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act to provide free medical care and compensation to first responders. According to reports, some first responders have yet to receive these benefits.


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It was the best Olympics since Barcelona, IMO.
Mind you, this was the first time for me to watch the Olympics in a different country and that broadened the experience.
It was the best Olympics since Barcelona, IMO.
Mind you, this was the first time for me to watch the Olympics in a different country and that broadened the experience.
For me Beijing has been undoubtedly the most spectacular Games to date, but there has been a vaguely disturbing undercurrent to the whole event from the outset.
Just about every aspect of the Games has been manufactured to fit the image China wants to project to the world. Some of it has been fairly innocuous (locals being told how to behave; the girl in the opening ceremony being replaced by someone more photogenic) but much of it has been more distressing (mentally ill people and other 'vagrants' being removed from the city; septegenarians being forced into labour 're-education' for applying to protest against being evicted from their homes, etc). At the height of the torch relay controversies I remember joking to a (Chinese) friend that the Chinese government could easily assemble a rent-a-crowd to follow the torch around and drown out the pro-Tibet protests; it transpired that a few days later when the torch reached Canberra they had done exactly that.
Any Olympic Games is inevitably going to be to some extent a propaganda exercise for the host nation, but the extent to which this has been the case in Beijing has been unparalleled in my lifetime at least. Moscow, LA and Berlin all would have been highly politicised, but I doubt that any of them were as tightly controlled as these Games. That said, I did watch a fair bit of it and in terms of athletic performance it was certainly enjoyable, probably up there with any previous Olympics. The whole spectacle was undeniably compelling but at the same time a little perverse, and I found it difficult to reconcile these impressions.
"Under the spreading chestnut tree,
I sold you and you sold me."
Enjoyed Beijing. Too bad Channel 7 ****ed it up for me. Was a joke. The bits and pieces we got to see were amazing though.
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I thought the constant montages of Phelps and Bolt were awesome tbh. Couldn't get enough of the same montage.
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yeah this Olympics soured for me by dire tv coverage.
In other news Auckland Commonwealths 90 > Soeul 88 > Barcelona 92 > Sydney>Atlanta>Beijing>Athens
One of the Aussie girls we were traveling with has Chinese grandparents, so looks kind of Asian, and when she was by herself on the train, guards walking by wouldn't believe she was an Australian instead of a minority and searched all through her bags, even after she'd shown them her passport. Another friend tried to buy a plane ticket from Xinjiang to Beijing through a travel agent that happened to be a Uighur, the minority group responsible for all the trouble, but the travel agent simply couldn't buy one because she was a Uighur and the people thought she was going to use it for herself. My friend then went to the ticket booth himself and bought the ticket within 10 minutes. Beijing kicked out all the Uighurs within the city for the Olympics, even if they'd been living there for 20 years. Ridiculous.
Pretty much what PF said. I lived in Shanghai from 11 to 15 because of my dad's work, and now that I've finished high school I'm back here as part of a scholarship to study Chinese at a local uni for a year.
Beijing worst Olympics that I've seen. Maybe down to the fact It was the least I've watched of any Olympics since 92, but I was bored by the fourth day.
Beijing was pretty good afterall.
For me, it is going to look something like this: Beijing > Sydney > Athens > Atlanta.
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Cuban boxer Mesa dies; won silver at Atlanta '96
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Cuban authorities say Olympic silver medalist boxer Arnaldo Mesa has died. He was 46.
Government-run sports website Jit.cu says Mesa died Monday in the eastern city of Holguin, several days after he was hospitalised for a stroke.
Mesa, a southpaw, was born December 6, 1966, in the eastern province of Santiago.
In 1996 he was runner-up in the bantamweight class at the Olympics in Atlanta. He won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1991, in Havana, and again four years later in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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UBS strategist Edel Tully looks at the holdings of gold exchange-traded funds:
Gold ETF holdings dropped 0.87moz to 69.29moz. Investors liquidated their SPDR holdings by 824koz, iShares holdings by 68koz, Julius Baer holdings by 43koz and GBS (LSE) holdings by 39koz. Also, the UBS fund fell by 29koz and the Source fund by 12koz. On the other hand, the ZKB fund gained 165koz. Total ETF holdings are down 1.42moz, month-to-date. The rolling monthly change, stood at -4.22moz against -3.67moz the previous week.
Demand for physical gold remains decent, however, Tully says:
Physical demand has paled in comparison to that in April and May, but has been decent nonetheless. There was a pick-up in demand out of China early in the week as some supply bottlenecks eased. Premiums have been sticky at elevated levels, providing a good indication of healthy appetite. China is also getting competition for physical gold from other Asian countries. India, however, continues to struggle with the now-tighter regulatory environment and weak rupee.
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) has dropped 0.6% today, while the iShares Gold Trust (IAU) has fallen 0.6% and ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (SGOL) is off 0.6%. The highly leveraged Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares (NUGT) is off by 8.6%, while the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3X Shares (DUST) is ahead by 9%.


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His posthumous reputation from his struggle for independence against France, then against the United States' involvement. He had been the heart and soul of Vietnamese communism during the earliest day of movement. "Ho, ho, Ho Chi Minh" was the chant of radicals in the 70s.
Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the largest city of Vietnam. Upon the victory of communist war in 1975, Vietnam was turn into a communist state with the South overtaken, on 2nd July 1976, Saigon was officially renamed as Ho Chi Minh City in honor of Ho Chi Minh, the pre-eminent North-Vietnamese Leader and spiritual leader of Vietnamese Revolutionary. Today, HCMC is home to what more than 9 millions people, making it the most populous metropolitan area!
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a railway track run between Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City
Houses in Ho Chi Minh City, Ben Thanh Market
Fruits dealer on wheels, Ben Thanh Market.
Street of Ho Chi Minh City.
There are probably 4-5 millions of motorcycles in Ho Chi Minh City alone.
That is a incredible number for the 9 millions population.
Motorcycles are mode of transportation in Ho Chi Minh City.
For those who can't afford motorcycle, opt for bicycle
Carrying nearly everything they could, weaving their way through the swarms of motorcycles.
Police Officer in Ho Chi Minh City.
Eyeing for the traffic light, it was a race track on Ho Chi Minh roads
Pandemonium breaks out when the traffic light changes, as cyclist rush forward
rushing to get ahead of others.
Water Puppet Show, a traditional art form closely connected with the long-standing spiritual life of Vietnamese.
It is performed in a pool of water, and water surface is their stage. It depicts the tales of rural life, portrayed in
traditional Vietnamese orchestra. Splendid!
Coffee production is second largest source of income for Vietnam, after rice.
Coffee beans are easily available and sold in cookie jars.
Night Streets at the Ben Thanh Market, are also home to countless people.
Road Side restaurant at Ben Thanh Market.
Not sure if this apply to Vietnam but in this city, people ought to buy houses, cars, motorcycles or anything else in cash term, there won't be loan from the bank nor anybody else. You'd understand, why people are always rushing forward, always moving in fast pace. Every single minutes, are mean of income for them. The widen gap of rich and poor threatens and swallows them whole. You can see people driving in fancy red Bentley Coupe, juxtaposing homeless people on streets, who can't afford to get a house in cash. Canvas as blanket, street as bed. Through sunless lanes creeps poverty with hungry eyes, sin of sodden face. It weighing down my heart.
Misery wakes me up in the early morning.
Houses near to Ben Thanh Market, showered by time.
Crossing Ho Chi Minh City is not easy
but they will always take care of their elderly.
Tallest Skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Bitexco Financial Tower.
Coconut Candy makers at Mekong Delta.
Children of the Mekong Delta.
Boats ply through the waters of Mekong Delta in a scenic routes.
On the street of District 6, Ho Chi Minh City.
Hustle Bustle traffic of the Central Market
At the Binh Tay Market
Lady in pink helmet.
Traders at around Binh Tay Market
Night streets hawker stalls of Ho Chi Minh City in neon lights
Spicy noodles.
Here's one place i spent most of my time at Ho Chi Minh
Tous Les Jours at downtown, love the foods, environment and musics.
Ho Chi Minh City is divided into 24 districts, district 1 and 3 are the heart of most things to do, also best areas to stay. 7 named urban districts, 7 numbered districts, and 5 outlying named suburban districts.
Dragons, of the Ho Chi Minh City
Houses at District 1
District 1 central square, where people spent most of their time at.
Exercising, socializing.
Dogs are pet and eventually food for most of Vietnamese people.
Life along railway track at District 3
Crossing District 3
Train zooming cross residential area of District 3
Despite the rapid development in Ho Chi Minh City, green lungs are always appreciated
Central parks like this are designed in District 1 and 3.
Handcraft trader passing the City Council.
the Vietnam's bustling largest city set in stride of cultural and economic pace for the country but juxtaposition gap of both are widely prominent. Here, where you see massive state of art office towers and residential banglos, contradict the homeless. There are also shopkeepers struggling on a USD 1,500 shop rental on a ground floor unit around Ben Thanh market. In downtown, there are people dressing in suit talking business, fancy LV and Gucci, of a YSL tie; there are people excreting by road side. Perhaps, the trees planted by the revolutionist leader are not yet reap, in return to cultivate the people? Cultural loses their race against Rapid development?


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Had Mark Twain attended "Adaptation, Insurance, Transit: Responding to Challenges from Extreme Weather & Climate Change" on February 27, he would have understood that we no longer have the luxury of only talking about the weather.
We are in a position to make choices about how we respond to climate change and doing nothing is a choice, and a very expensive choice, for future generations, as Rachel Cleetus, Senior Climate Economist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, reminded the audience. In the US we focus on emergency responses to extreme weather events, instead of preparing in advance for predictable effects of climate change, such as flooding of major metropolitan areas. UCS makes the science around climate change understandable, through webinars and other outreach to the public, to help governments and individuals prepare for the catastrophic consequences of exceeding the global warming target of 2 degrees Celsius in our or our children's lifetime.
Insurance risk management and risk transfer are crucial to US climate resiliency and the insurance sector and policymakers must recognize that the insurance industry needs to be part of the solution, advised Cynthia McHale, Director of the Insurance Program at Ceres, Inc. Although there are some leaders among insurance companies, many US insurers have a long way to go in acknowledging and responding to the clear correlation between greenhouse gas concentrations and extreme weather events in the US. Ceres' 2012 report, "Stormy Future for US Property/Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of Extreme Weather Events," discusses the challenges for insurers in pricing, underwriting and incentivizing behavior to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Insurers could play a major role in curbing the effects of climate change by developing innovative insurance products, promoting loss prevention and adaptation and investing strategically to decrease carbon emissions and Ceres is working with the industry and policymakers on those issues. Immediate action is needed: global reinsurer Munich Re's recent study concluded that the increase in extreme weather events is making North America a risky place to insure.
A new coalition of 30 groups is dedicated to decreasing greenhouse gases from transportation in Massachusetts, said Kristina Egan, Director of Transportation for Massachusetts. The transportation system in Massachusetts is broken and that vulnerability compounds the effects of climate events. The mass transit system, which is to be used for evacuation, is a greater concern than the road system. First we need inter-agency and intra-agency coordination and mapping of infrastructure vulnerabilities. Once we have strengthened what we have now, we need to adapt the transportation system for climate change. Other cities in the US and elsewhere are far ahead of Boston in planning for climate change. Fixing and adapting our transportation system, which is the largest source of greenhouse gases in Massachusetts, is critical. The key thing to change is vehicle miles traveled. Ms. Egan urged the audience to lobby their state legislators to increase funding for public transportation.
Julie Taylor (who opened the program with the Mark Twain quote) and Elisabeth DeLisle, Co-Chairs of the Environmental Law Section Public Policy Committee, which sponsored the program, will consider how the BBA could create opportunities to not just talk about, but actually do something to address climate change and extreme weather events.
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Republican vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan says he regrets signing letters in 2009 requesting stimulus funds for projects in his congressional district because "it's clear the Obama stimulus did nothing to stimulate the economy."
That is not exactly true, according to an Investigations Inc. analysis of the projects Ryan championed.
But the impact of the projects may not be quite what Ryan — or the administration — initially hoped for. In all, fewer than 200 jobs were created, at a cost of more than $20 million. (Related: Paul Ryan's Stimulus Problem.)
Ryan initially denied making the requests, but after being presented with the letters — each with his signature — he acknowledged they came from his office.
"After having these letters called to my attention I checked into them, and they were treated as constituent service requests in the same way matters involving Social Security or Veterans Affairs are handled," he said in a statement last week.
"This is why I didn't recall the letters earlier. But they should have been handled differently, and I take responsibility for that. Regardless, it's clear that the Obama stimulus did nothing to stimulate the economy, and now the President is asking to do it all over again." (Related: Obama Campaign Tries to Have It Both Ways in Death of Steelworker's Wife.)
Ryan — or his office — sent letters in 2009 to Energy Secretary Steven Chu endorsing four Wisconsin projects seeking funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Three of the four projects received funding, and each recipient reports jobs were created, although the measurement is imprecise at best.
The most ambitious request was for the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation, which sought $20 million dollars to make homes and commercial buildings more energy efficient.
"I was pleased that the primary objectives of their project will allow residents and businesses in the partner cities to reduce their energy costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and stimulate the local and area economy by creating new jobs," Ryan's letter said, adding that WECC believed it would "create or retain approximately 7,600 new jobs" over six years.
The program got its funding; it was one of 41 recipients under a $450 million energy efficiency block grant funded by the stimulus. But two years after the funding began, the program appears to be nowhere close to the 7,600 jobs touted in the Ryan letter.
The number so far: 156.9 jobs created or retained, based on WECC's quarterly reports to the Department of Energy, which are required under the Recovery Act.
But under the government's reporting system, some jobs could be counted twice if they span multiple quarters. A WECC spokeswoman declined to comment on jobs created under the grant, but acknowledges the agency asked for Ryan's letter.
"Asking for support from local officials is common in these types of grant applications," Amanda Wollin wrote in an e-mail to CNBC.
The other stimulus projects Ryan endorsed also created jobs, but not many.
The Milwaukee Area Technical College received a $740,000 grant to fund a training program for making buildings more energy efficient.
"I believe that they would make effective use of the funds they would receive from the DOE," Ryan wrote in a letter to Chu on October 5, 2009.
A spokeswoman for the college tells CNBC the grant led to the creation of four new positions, and partially funded 15 to 20 existing positions.
And the Energy Center of Wisconsin received $190,000 for research on geothermal heat pumps.
"The applicant believes these systems may result in widespread adoption of ground-source heat pump technology (which is a technology ideal for Wisconsin's climate)," Ryan wrote.
The program added 1.3 jobs.
In all, Ryan endorsed $20.9 million in stimulus projects, which are being tied, so far, to roughly 182 jobs.
Notwithstanding the results in Wisconsin, it is inaccurate to say, as Ryan did, that "the Obama stimulus did nothing to stimulate the economy." (Related: Romney Claim on Obama Welfare Changes Doesn't Hold Water.)
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says at the peak of the stimulus in 2010, the program added as many as 3.3 million jobs and raised GDP (explain this) by as much as 4.2 percent. But the cost of the stimulus — $787 billion — could be a legitimate source of debate.
The CBO notes that the increase in government debt under the stimulus could "crowd out" some private investment, but said in a report in May that the long-term negative effects on the economy would be minimal.
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One of the many delights of utilizing the Internet of late is that there are many digitized or e-books which are now on-line. Recently, I was searching for information on Tilset, when it was under Prussian rule, and found a very interesting website utilizing Google Books.
One of the many delights of utilizing the Internet of late is that there are many digitized or e-books which are now on-line. Recently, I was searching for information on Tilset, when it was under Prussian rule, and found a very interesting website utilizing Google Books.
The book is entitled "A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent, being a guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland". It is geared towards British travelers and was published by the firm of John Murray and Son, Albemarle Street, London, England, in 1871. It is a latterday Baedecker or Michelin Guide to Europe and covers general topics of interest as well as specifics in each locale such as area history, churches, art and places to stay. This is only one of several John Murray guidebooks which can be found on-line dating back to 1836.
What is so special about this book? It is a marvelous resource as it covers a period of time when many of our ancestors were either leaving or getting ready to depart from their ancestral homes for places more conducive to religious freedom and economic prosperity. Described in detail are numerous towns throughout Europe and methods of travel and costs of travel which will be of interest to those who want an enhanced detailed view of their ancestor's lives.
To begin with, you can search within the book for whatever area or place you are interested in or whatever topic might strike your fancy. For instance, if you look up the following terms you will find a number of curious references:
- "Jew" – five references
- "Jews" – thirty references
- "Jewish" – three references
- "Hebrew" - five references
- "Hebrews" – two references
They show an acceptance and repetition of the commonly held local anti-Semitic views regarding Jews as well as those of the author. As you can see, there are just a few specifically Jewish references, but they are worth checking out along with the general references.
Here are a few examples:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands – There is a brief description of the Jewish community of Amsterdam and the four synagogues therein. The writer describes the streets leading to the Muiderstraadt Portuguese Synagogue as follows: ". . . the streets leading to it seem but a repetition of Monmouth, St. Giles – the same dirt and filthy smells, the same old clothes."
- Tournay, France – Mentioned is Perkin Warbeck who was a pretender to the throne of Henry VII of England . . . "who gave himself out as one of the princes murdered in the Tower, was, by his own confession, the son of a Jew of Tournay."
- Brussels, Belgium – The Collegiate Church of Ste. Gudule's Chapel of St. Sacrement des Miracles, offers the following snippet of anti-Semitic history: "In the chapel . . . are deposited the Miraculous Wafers, said to have been stolen from the altar at the instigation of a sacrilegious Jew, and subjected to insults by himself and his brethren assembled in their synagogue. To add to the sacrilege, the day chosen for this outrage was Good Friday. When the scoffers proceeded so far as to stick their knives into the wafers, jets of blood burst forth from the wounds, and by a second miracle they were struck senseless. They were then denounced by one of the pretended spectators, who had been converted to Christianity, and were seized and put to death by the most cruel torments, having their flesh torn off by hot irons before they were burnt at the stake. This took place about the end of the 14th cent., and it proves that the Jews at Brussels must then have been so numerous and wealthy as to have been worth plundering. The miracle is one of many similar tales invented by those who took advantage of the superstition of the age, and the general hatred of the race of Israel, to incite the populace to deeds of cruelty, which enabled them to enrich themselves with the confiscated goods of the unbelievers. This triumph of the faith, as it is called, is celebrated once a year, on the Sunday following the 15th of July, in the enlightened city of Brussels, by a solemn procession of the clergy, and by the exhibition of the identical miraculous wafers."
- Oberwesel, Germany – Describes that "in some period of the dark ages a boy named Werner is said to have been most impiously crucified and put to death by the Jews in this place. A similar story is told in many other parts of the world; even in England, at Gloucester and Lincoln (vide Chaucer). It is probable that the whole was a fabrication to serve as a pretext for persecuting the Jews and extorting money from them. A little Chapel, erected to the memory of this Werner, stands upon the wall of the town, close to the Rhine."
- Worms, Germany – "The Synagogue near the Mainz Gate is a small 12th cent. building, a plain Roman vault, resting on 2 piers of single shafts with sculptured capitals, like those at Jerusalem. A recess at the side is devoted to the women: windows mostly round-headed. The ark for holding the books of the Law is of poor Renaissance style (18th cent.). The Jews have been established in this spot from a very early period, and enjoyed privileges denied them in most other parts of Germany. They have a very ancient burial-ground like that at Prague."
- Berlin, Germany – "The Jews' Synagogue, Oranienbergerstrasse (Note: now the Neue Synagogue), is perhaps the most costly one in Europe; splendid within and without; enriched with gilding and painting; in fact no expense has been spared by the wealthy Hebrew community here. It is lighted by gas from without, in a very skilful manner. Friday evening at 6-1/2 is the time to see the service: very fine vocal and instrumental music."
The partially restored post-War Neue Synagogue in Berlin, Germany
- Rheinstein, Germany – "At the narrow pass below Rheinstein, which even now, after having been widened by French and Prussian engineers, leaves barely room for the road between the rock and the river, there existed till recent times a "Jew's Toll", where certain fixed dues were levied upon all the Hebrews who passed. It is said that the contractors kept little dogs, who were trained to single out and seize the Jews from among the passing crowds!"
Many of the things mentioned in the book are no more, due to the depredations of time and war. In this respect, these guidebooks give us an intimate view of a Europe that is all, but a memory. It also provides clues to where things of interest might have been located such as sign posts, cultural institutions, some Jewish areas, and routes of travel our ancestors might have taken. Many maps and other illustrations are to be found throughout the book that are quite helpful in determining where things are to be found in a specific area. An example of this is the plan map of Coblenz, Germany.
Remember, use http://www.books.google.com to locate these guidebooks and other such resources which you may find of interest to expand your notion of the environment in which your ancestors spent their daily lives.


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Sequim's longest running open mic hosted by Peggy Wilson and Victor Reventlow. Come perform a couple of songs or just sit and enjoy the tunes and a nice bite to eat. Open Mic will be in the Bell Room, upstairs of the restaurant.


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GRISSETTOWN—For nearly 30 years, Helen Lund had been feeding a colony of feral cats behind a building on U.S. 17.
Using her own money, Lund would trap the cats and pay a veterinarian to have them spayed or neutered and treated for rabies before releasing them back into the wild.
She bought medicine to treat the wild felines for assorted illnesses and eye problems.
She erected houses for them on the feral colony site on a vacant lot behind a Dumpster.
Sometimes, she'd take a cat or kitten home where she would tame it into a pet of her own.
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MIAMI (AP) Paul Pierce scored 17 of his 29 points in the third quarter, Mirza Teletovic scored 17 off the bench and the Brooklyn Nets beat Miami for the third time in as many tries this season, topping the Heat 96-95 Wednesday night.
Shaun Livingston scored 13 points, Andray Blatche added 11 and Deron Williams had eight assists for the Nets, who've won seven of their past eight games and are 23-9 since Jan. 1.
Chris Bosh scored 24 points for Miami, giving him 15,003 for his career. Dwyane Wade scored 22, LeBron James finished with 19 and Mario Chalmers scored 14 for the Heat.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Blake Griffin had 30 points and 15 rebounds, Danny Granger added 18 points off the bench, and Los Angeles surged past Golden State for its ninth straight victory.
Chris Paul had 16 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds for the Clippers, who split their four-game season series against their Pacific Division rivals with an impressive finish to a tight game.
Los Angeles has the third-longest winning streak in club history and the team's best record after 66 games (46-20).
Klay Thompson scored 26 points and David Lee had 20 for the Warriors, whose five-game winning streak ended with their fourth straight loss to the Clippers at Staples Center. Stephen Curry had just 13 points and 11 assists before sitting out the final minutes.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Rudy Gay scored 27 points, Isaiah Thomas added 20 and Sacramento extended Philadelphia's losing streak to 18 games.
DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Ben McLemore scored 15 points for the Kings, who snapped a three-game skid. Jason Thompson added 14.
The Kings are in the midst of a seven-game, 12-day road trip, their longest of the season. They are 2-3 on the trip.
Henry Sims posted career-highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds, James Anderson added 17 points and Thaddeus Young had 16 for Philadelphia, which fell to 15-49 in dropping its 14th in a row at home, an ongoing franchise record. Michael Carter-Williams had 13 points, seven rebounds and two assists two nights after earning his second career triple-double.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Patty Mills scored 15 points, Tim Duncan had 10 points and 11 rebounds in limited minutes, and San Antonio rolled to its eighth straight win.
Damian Lillard had 23 points for Portland, which lost LaMarcus Aldridge to a bruised back early in the second half.
Danny Green added 14 points for San Antonio, Manu Ginobili scored 13, Kawhi Leonard had 12, and Tiago Splitter had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
San Antonio's bench outscored Portland's 46-23, enabling coach Gregg Popovich to limit Duncan, Parker, Ginboli, Splitter and Green to less than 30 minutes.
Portland opened the third on an 8-0 run after trailing by as many as 17 in the first half, but lost Aldridge 43 seconds into the quarter.
BOSTON (AP) – Carmelo Anthony scored 19 of his 34 points in the first half as New York opened a 24-point lead and coasted past Boston for its fifth straight win.
Tim Hardaway Jr. added 22 points, J.R. Smith 13 and Cole Aldrich had 12 with 10 rebounds in his first career start for the Knicks, who are making a charge for the Eastern Conference's eighth and final playoff spot.
The victory moved the Knicks into ninth place, a half-game ahead of Detroit, which lost in Toronto on Wednesday. They are three games behind eighth-place Atlanta.
Jeff Green led Boston with 27 points. Kris Humphries and Jerryd Bayless each had 15 for the Celtics, who have lost nine of 12.
PHOENIX (AP) – Kyrie Irving scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and Cleveland spoiled Eric Bledsoe's return for Phoenix.
Spencer Hawes added 19, 17 in the first quarter, and Luol Deng scored 18 as the Cavs snapped a four-game losing streak.
Bledsoe, who had knee surgery and missed 33 games, had 15 points on 5-for-16 shooting and a team-high nine assists.
Goran Dragic scored 20 points, Markieff Morris 18 and Channing Frye 17 in the Suns' third straight loss.
Irving also had nine rebounds and six assists for the Cavs, who never trailed, building a 14-point first-quarter lead. The Suns twice cut it to two in the third quarter.
TORONTO (AP) – DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points, Amir Johnson had 20 against his former team and Toronto handed Detroit its 10th straight road defeat.
Kyle Lowry added 19 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 13 rebounds for the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors, who won for the fourth time in five meetings with Detroit. Toronto has won 15 of 19 at home after losing eight of its first 12 home games this season.
Toronto won for the 10th time in 13 games and improved to 30-7 when holding its opponent below 100 points.
Brandon Jennings scored 24 points for the Pistons, who have not won away from home since beating Washington on Jan. 18. It's Detroit's longest road skid since losing 11 in a row from Feb. 23 to April 5, 2011.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Mike Conley hit a driving layup against Austin Rivers with 1.5 seconds remaining to complete Memphis' comeback victory over New Orleans.
Conley's basket closed out a 9-0 Grizzlies run to end the game. Memphis trailed 88-81 with 3:22 remaining, but the undermanned Pelicans, playing without guards Tyreke Evans and Eric Gordon, were held scoreless from that point.
Conley scored 16 points to lead the Grizzlies, who won their fourth straight game. Marc Gasol added 15 points, and Zach Randolph and Tony Allen 13 each for Memphis.
Anthony Davis scored 29 points, including 22 in the first half, for the Pelicans, who had won their past three games. Rivers added 14, Brian Roberts 12 and Anthony Morrow 10.
Davis, who turned 21 Tuesday, also had 10 rebounds and four blocked shots.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Dirk Nowitzki scored 31 points and moved into sole possession of the No. 12 spot on the NBA's career scoring list in Dallas' win over Utah.
The big German made 12 of 14 from the field and all four his 3-point attempts to help the Mavs snap a three-game road skid.
Trey Burke scored 20 points and Enes Kanter had 18 points and 11 rebounds, but the Jazz wilted down the stretch against Dallas' long-range shooting. The Mavericks converted 13 of 21 3-point attempts while the Jazz went 5 of 26.
On the first possession of the game, Nowitzki rained his trademark one-legged fade-away jumper, which moved him past John Havlicek for 12th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Al Jefferson had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Gerald Henderson went 6 for 9 in his return from a calf injury to lead Charlotte over Washington.
Henderson finished with 13 points, and Kemba Walker's 16 points included four consecutive free throws during a late fourth-quarter run for the Bobcats, who have won four of five and sit in seventh place in the Eastern Conference.
John Wall scored 23 points to lead the Wizards, but he went scoreless in the fourth and received little help from his teammates. Washington had won eight of its previous 10 and began the day in fifth, one-half game ahead of the Brooklyn Nets.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Kenneth Faried scored 26 points and Wilson Chandler added 21 points and 10 rebounds to rally Denver past Orlando.
JJ Hickson had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Ty Lawson added 17 points and 12 assists for the Nuggets, who ended a two-game losing streak.
Arron Afflalo led Orlando with 24 points. Nikola Vucevic added 20, but had only four points in the second half. Jameer Nelson scored 19 points and had nine assists in Orlando's fifth loss in six games.
After trailing by as many as 13 points in the first half, Denver took an 85-74 lead into the fourth quarter. A fast-break layup by JJ Hickson gave the Nuggets a 105-92 lead with 4:49 to play.
The Magic trimmed the deficit to five on two occasions, but got no closer.


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NIJ congratulates Kristen M. Zgoba, winner of the 2013 Peter P. Lejins Research Award, for her steadfast commitment to criminal
justice research.
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The Peter P. Lejins Research Award is the highest honor bestowed upon a corrections researcher. "The Lejins Award is given
to an individual who has produced significant research for the correctional community and has demonstrated personal commitment
and contribution to improve the profession of corrections," explained James Gondles, Executive Director of the American Corrections
Association, which bestows the award.
Kristen M. Zgoba received her first NIJ research grant in 2006, just two years after earning her doctorate from Rutgers University.
With the grant, she established prevalence rates of sex offenses before and after Megan's Law and compared recidivism rates
among sex offenders who were subject to the law with rates for those who were not. This seminal work has become a benchmark
for future research in the field. Read more about the study (pdf, 4 pages).
Since that first NIJ award, Zgoba has contributed an impressive body of knowledge about sex offenses and offenders, including
characteristics of sex offenders, predictive validity of risk assessment tools (such as the Static-99R), recidivism trajectories,
and collateral consequences of sex offender notification and residency restriction laws.
Zgoba is currently supervisor of research and evaluation at the New Jersey Department of Corrections, where she focuses on
sex offender management, offender recidivism and correctional health care, among other things. She developed a five-year research
initiative and grant framework for her department and served as the statistical liaison for the "Another [Second] Chance"
Initiative under former Governor Corzine's Crime Plan. She also is an adjunct professor at Rutgers.
"Her skills are top-notch, her grasp of the importance and uses of research in practical ways is unsurpassed, and her contributions
are some of the most important in corrections departments in the nation," said Richard Tewksbury, 2006 recipient of the Lejins
Award. "Dr. Zgoba has earned this distinction."
NIJ Journal No. 271, February 2013NCJ 240699
Marilyn C. Moses is a social science analyst in NIJ's Justice Systems Research Division.
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Phone Arena was just sent alleged press images of the upcoming ASUS-Google Nexus 7 tablet. If the images are real, the Nexus 7 will be a three-toned tablet, with a white front to the tablet and a two-toned black and gray backplate. I'm not quite sold on the three-tone look, so here's hoping the Nexus 7 will come in two color schemes (white and black/gray) similar to other Android tablets. Sources for Phone Arena confirmed that the device will in fact feature a Tegra 3 processor, and that the tablet would launch with Android 4.1, commonly believed to be the launch version number for Jelly Bean.
From the press shots, we noticed that the Nexus Tablet features a speaker on the front of the device, a common placement for speakers on phones as opposed to tablets, where speakers are normally located on tablets. This speaker location leads us to believe that the Nexus Tablet will likely be able to make phone calls using Google Voice or other VOIP services. If not, having a speaker on the front of the device still makes sense to us, as it tends to result in better sound output.
We should be learning more about the Nexus Tablet at Google I/O at the end of this month, with a widespread launch slated for July. The Nexus Tablet is expected to retail in the $150-$250 range to take on the Kindle Fire and a rumored 7″ iPad that could be launching later this year. Stay tuned for updates.
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A New Way to Measure Poverty in India
By Gordon Fairclough
How should you measure poverty?
It is a question that has generated enormous controversy in India. The country's government says that since the mid-1990s, the number of people living below the official poverty line has dropped by more than half, hitting 270 million, or 22% of the population, in 2012.
Still, India continues to rank extremely low in United Nations' measures of well-being. India ranked 136 out of 186 countries in the 2012 U.N. Human Development Index and 94 out 119 in the U.N. World Food Programme's Global Hunger Index.
The Indian government sets its official poverty line at 816 rupees per person per month in rural areas and 1,000 rupees per person per month for city dwellers. That works out to about 40 cents a day in the countryside and 50 cents a day in the city.
A new study by the McKinsey Global Institute – the research arm of consulting company McKinsey – says that such a gauge of extreme poverty has its place. But it argues India should focus instead on a more comprehensive measure of what it would take to satisfy a person's basic needs for food, energy, housing, drinking water, sanitation, healthcare, schooling and social security.
McKinsey calls its new measure an "empowerment line." It is the level where the report's authors conclude that India's citizens can get out of poverty and have the resources to build better lives for themselves, rather than scrape along at subsistence levels. McKinsey set its empowerment line at 1,336 rupees a month – roughly 50% above the government poverty line.
"It's an expanded definition of poverty and aims to calculate the escape velocity needed to get people sustainably out of poverty," said Anu Madgavkar, a senior fellow at the institute in Mumbai.
According to McKinsey's calculations, about 680 million people, or 56% of Indians, now live below the empowerment line. Insufficient and ineffective public programs, poor agricultural productivity and a lack of better jobs all conspire to keep people poor.
McKinsey says that policies to fuel the creation of more non-farm employment and boost agricultural yields, combined with modest state spending increases on critical services and major improvements in the effectiveness of government spending could manage to lift all Indians above the empowerment line by 2022.
Their policy suggestions for India are apt. But the new framework they have devised for assessing poverty can be applied across the developing world.
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The American public tends toward a rush to gush. In February, the Gallup Poll queried the public on how recent presidents, beginning with Richard Nixon, will go down in history. Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton remain the public's favorites, with 69 percent judging Mr. Reagan as "outstanding" or "above average," and 60 percent saying the same about Mr. Clinton.
Whatever their statistical validity, such polls tend to be fabulously misleading, blurring the line between popularity and presidential accomplishment.
The question inspires nostalgia, rather than an objective view. We excuse ourselves from the onus of judicious thinking, settling for fickle notions about "popularity" or even physical beauty.
Last month, PBS aired a four-hour documentary on Clinton. Much of it was painful to watch, especially the ordeals that he inflicted on the nation over his sexual exploits, lying, impeachment, and quest for public redemption.
The behavior overshadowed his presidency to such an extent that it automatically disqualifies him from a presidential pantheon, despite the robust economy he left, including a whopping budget surplus that his Republican successor frittered away.
But methinks the real thespians of the Clinton tragedy are the American people who manage to overlook his past mendacity and betrayals and still give him a standing ovation when he walks into an NBA basketball game.
There is a particularly telling moment in the PBS documentary, when, with his back to the wall, as it often was, Clinton was said to have shouted at his staff, "Tell me what to do!"
William Hazlitt, the 19th-century English literary critic and essayist, wrote, "No man is truly great who is only great in his own lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history."
Historians routinely rank the presidents, sometimes according to specific categories, such as leadership, accomplishments, and character. They tend to agree on the truly great – the indispensables of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. But historians also hold subjective – and variable – views.
Perhaps there should be an edict for pollsters – and historians – that no president can be pronounced "great" until 50 years after leaving office. One school of French academics used to believe one shouldn't even write history until a century after an event to allow for distillation of more-impartial judgments.
Often, moderns are simply too close to render reliable verdicts. In 1932, Winston Churchill, then a journalist, said of Adolf Hitler, "I admire men who stand up for their country in defeat…. [He had] a perfect right to be a patriotic German if he chose."
Yes, even journalists, who take the first pass at history, can get it wrong.
Reagan's sycophants contend he was truly great because he made Americans feel good about themselves and his policies made many of them richer. But, unlike Clinton, about whom we know too much, Reagan may be better remembered as a national enigma.
He is credited with tamping down the cold war. But that overlooks the fact that he had a near pathological hatred of the Soviet Union. One has to ask how much greatness ascribed to Reagan was actually a consequence of his wife, Nancy, whispering "peace" in his ear at night. One of her biographers makes a convincing case that it was she who nudged him into serious arms-reduction talks.
And although the cold war was winding down on his watch, credit should be shared with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, former Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, and the godfather of glasnost, Alexander Yakovlev. Ultimately and perhaps inevitably, the Soviet Union imploded of its own backwardness.
Even Reagan's purported greatness gets wobbly when superimposed over the likes of Dwight Eisenhower. Taking the measure of all the US cold-war presidents, Yale University's John Lewis Gaddis hailed Ike as "the most subtle and brutal strategist of the nuclear age," more so than the Nixon-Kissinger team.
Jean Edward Smith's brilliant new biography correctly recognizes Eisenhower as "the most successful president of the 20th century," with the exception of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Yet, when Eisenhower left office 51 years ago, he was not highly regarded and was dismissively referred to as mediocre, a caretaker, a better general than chief executive. Ike was soon forgotten as the hoi polloi too quickly rushed to embrace the young, beautiful Jack Kennedy.
Americans are notoriously impatient to pass judgment. Perhaps it's a function of the pace of the world in which we live. Our presidents can be best understood in historical context. We need to remember that no president is ever as bad as his enemies aver, and very few are equal to the adulation they receive.
Public pronouncements of presidential greatness often suffer from myopia. Fortunately, time has its own perspective.
Walter Rodgers, a former senior international correspondent for CNN, writes a biweekly column.


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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — It's a wildly popular website laden with unlicensed songs and Hollywood movies, a prime exhibit of the digital piracy that is strangling the music industry in Asia and eroding legitimate online sales around the world.
The free-to-download bonanza has pushed Vietnam's Zing.vn into the ranks of the globe's top 550 websites. But a few clicks inside the site reveal a surprising presence: the U.S. government, which maintains a bustling social media account there.
Washington is a vocal proponent of intellectual property rights in Vietnam as it is around the world, and a site like Zing would be shut down in the United States. But with space for public diplomacy limited in Communist Vietnam, the American embassy uses its "Zingme" account to reach out to young people in Vietnam as it seeks to build closer ties with its former enemy.
The embassy's presence shows just how mainstream pirate sites have become in Vietnam, where the government does nothing to stop them operating. But it also raises questions whether Washington is legitimizing a renowned pirate site that record labels, singers and industry groups say ignores requests that it take down infringing material.
Coca-Cola and Samsung pulled their advertising from the site earlier this month because of piracy concerns following questions by The Associated Press. The move challenged Zing's business model and was praised by recording industry groups. Samsung said last week it was also closing its Zingme account for the same reason.
The embassy said it recognizes the concerns for U.S. copyright interests posed by Zing but that it believes that contact with the website's users could reduce traffic or infringing activity on it. The mission sometimes uses its Zingme page to post about copyright infringement.
Its statement noted that the site had removed, at its request, the link to infringing material that appears on other Zingme pages as a matter of course. It also noted to its lack of options in a country where the Communist government controls the media, saying "there were few spaces for public discourse and intermittent access to Facebook", referring to a block the government sometimes puts on the American social networking site.
But not everyone thinks engaging with Zing is the right thing to do.
"Here we are as an American company trying to set things right with one of the biggest pirates in Vietnam but the U.S. embassy is essentially showing its support by being on its site," said Mimi Nguyen, an American who has been trying fruitlessly to get Zing to take down some 10,000 songs owned by her family's business for a year.
"It is really sad to find out the embassy is using their platform."
The Recording Industry Association of America, which praised the decision by Samsung and Coke to withdrawn from Zing and has labeled Zing a "notorious" pirate site, said it was neither endorsing nor criticizing the embassy's decision to maintain the site.
Neil Turkewitz, a senior vice president at the association, said he imagined the embassy had tried to balance the ability to target a tech-savvy demographic with anti-piracy messages against the appearance of a connection between it and the site.
"My guess is that it wasn't an easy decision," he said.
The recording industry around the world is struggling to make money from online distribution models, and illegal downloading remains rampant. Artists and producers in much of Asia are feeling the pinch especially hard because governments have failed to pass or enforce anti-piracy laws. Licensed CDs, films and downloads can cost the equivalent of a day's salary, making it even harder to wean people off pirated products.


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