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It is one of the stranger results of global beer marketing that the biggest-selling beer in Brazil, which is also one of the biggest beers in Africa, from Algeria via Guinea to Rwanda, and is sold across large parts of Asia, from India via Malaysia to Hong Kong, began life more than 50 years ago in a small Scottish town on the north side of the Forth estuary.
I doubt too many drinkers of Skol in Rio de Janeiro know that the drink that "goes down round", according to its advertising, came originally from 6,000 miles away. Today a beer that was one of the pioneers of mass-market lager in Britain is seen in Brazil as so Brazilian that drinking it turns Argentinians into supporters of the Canarinhos.
Skol is also huge across the South Atlantic in the Congo, where it inspires what I suggest may be one of the best music videos in support of a beer ever, by the too-little-known Bill Clinton Kalonji. (Give yourself eight minutes 33 to watch, and if you're not grinning broadly by two minutes in at the latest, you can have your money back. The Portman group would turn into steam.) In Malaysia (where the beer is brewed by a Carlsberg subsidiary) and the Far East, meanwhile, it has been launched as a "value for money" brew.
In Britain, Skol was the biggest-selling beer in the market 25 years ago. But it had fallen out of the top 10 by 2004 and is now a commodity lager, sold in cans at just 2.8 per cent abv to take advantage of the UK's new low-alcohol tax band. Skol is currently the fifth best selling beer in the world, thanks to its popularity in places such as Brazil and the Congo. But in the country where it began, Skol is a sad, tired brand.
The other curiosity is that brewery mergers and takeovers mean that Skol-the-brand is owned by Carlsberg in Britain and Asia, A-B InBev in South America, and UniBra, a Belgian company, in Africa. How all did this happen to a beer from Alloa? It's a long story, and it properly starts in Burton upon Trent more than 110 years ago, where a substantial but struggling pale ale brewer, Samuel Allsopp & Sons, decided in 1898 to get into the lager-brewing business.
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Sometimes we hear of community resistance to food allergy accommodations. For instance, back in 2011, parents at one Florida school went so far as to hold protests over the accommodations requested for a first grader with a peanut allergy.
That uproar resonated with me because of a similar controversy in my district several years ago – and it involved my son.
Before Daniel's first day of kindergarten, I developed a plan with school administrators to keep him safe from his allergens. Although we made every effort to keep the impact on other students to a minimum, some parents saw the restrictions on certain foods in the classroom as an infringement on their rights.
In fact, one mom was so miffed that she rallied a group of parents and they protested at several local school-board meetings, inviting the media. School administrators went to battle for me, and in the end, not a single word of my son's plan was changed.
Since that time, I have worked with thousands of allergy parents navigating the school system, trying to help others "get" food allergies. Here's what I've found works – and what doesn't.
Tell the Truth
Never exaggerate. A significant portion of people still don't believe that food allergies are real. When we say things like, "If she touches it, she will die," it lessens our credibility. If the truth is, "If she ingests even a trace amount of this food, she could die without proper treatment," then say that. The truth is frightening enough.
Be Meticulous With Your Words and Language
When we use analogies like the "loaded gun," we may be written off as anxious or crazy. Most people simply cannot compare a sip of milk or a bite of a cookie to a loaded gun. It doesn't matter if we're right. It matters that they can hear us.
Share a Story
I tried for years to explain food allergies to my sisters. But it wasn't until I shared Sabrina Shannon's story through her radio documentary "A Nutty Tale" that they truly understood. One sister called me immediately afterwards and said, "Oh my God. So this is what you are dealing with."
Sabrina died from an allergic reaction to a trace amount of dairy on French fries served in her school cafeteria. There is no argument with this story. And every parent on some level can relate to the fear of losing a child.
Use a Tone They Can Hear
Be mindful of your tone when meeting with parents, teachers or school administrators. Some allergy parents feel anxious and uncomfortable in such meetings; others feel fired up and want to go in with guns blazing. Do your best to have an even tone and expect the best from others.
Show Them We're On the Same Page
Sometimes teachers or administrators resist learning to administer an epinephrine auto-injector, or they don't see the need to restrict certain foods from the classroom. What can help is sharing the fact that there are teachers whose lives are changed when a child dies in their classroom. Let parents, teachers and administrators see that our lives are not the only ones that will be affected if a careless mistake costs a life.
Ask For What You Need – But Not More
It can be terrifying to send an allergic child to school. However, as parents, our goal is to ensure a reasonably safe environment – not to eliminate all risk. Think of this way: When you teach your child to ride a bike, you give him a helmet and training wheels. Gradually, you lift up the training wheels until you remove them altogether. There may be a few skinned knees – just like there may be a few hives at school. But the price of trying to remove all risk is too high for any child. All kids deserve a full and vibrant life.
We are all ambassadors, hoping to enlighten and educate others about our cause: living with food allergies. There will be hiccups along the way, but if we stoop to name-calling, exaggerating or taking an adversarial stance, then we're not much better than those picketing parents.
Let's model healthy problem solving for our children by showing them how to collaborate and communicate. Remember, they're watching us every step of the way.
Gina Clowes is a certified life coach specializing in the needs of parents of children with food allergies. She is the founder and director of AllergyMoms.com, an online support group serving thousands worldwide.

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Experience the inspiring atmosphere of Scotland's biggest running event and achieve something great this autumn. This spectacular weekend of running is a celebration of sport that is suitable for the whole family and is televised live on the BBC.
The 10k course is a shorter adaptation of the half marathon that hugs the River Clyde and features some of Glasgow's most iconic landmarks and buildings such as The Hydro, Pacific Quay and the McLennan Arch.
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Starting in George Square the course will take runners past a selection of Glasgow's finest venues and buildings as well as crossing over the River Clyde, taking a trip through Pollok Park and Bellahouston Park, before heading back for the grandstand finish on Glasgow Green.
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Marshal Cahall
Class of 2011
Major/Minor: Business Management, Economics
Like many students, Marshal Cahall came to Washington College for its small class sizes and beautiful location. "I liked the idea of having a personal relationship with my professors," Marshal says.
But Marshal's experience at Washington College surpassed his expectations. "I never imagined that I'd have the opportunities that I've had through student organizations and community service. I've learned a lot outside the classroom."
The economics and business management major juggled a full schedule of extracurricular activities. As co-president of Omicron Delta Kappa, Marshal helped set up and facilitate discussions about leadership. As parliamentarian for the Student Government Association, he oversaw SGA elections and insures that each student club abides by the SGA constitution. As president of Omicron Delta Epsilon, Marshal brought in guest speakers to discuss economic issues. Additionally, Marshal served on the judiciary board of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He also was a Residential Assistant and a tour guide.
Based on his strong demonstration of leadership skills, the Independent College Fund of Maryland selected Marshal as a recipient of its Leadership Scholarship. The $5,000 scholarship is awarded each year to one student at each of the ten Maryland colleges that receive funding from the educational advocacy organization. The award is given based on academic achievement and outstanding leadership qualities.
As for Marshal, he attributed this honor to his professors.
"My professors gave me the tools to get involved on campus. I developed a strong work ethic through my classroom experience and I ran with it," Marshal says. By being open to new experiences, Marshal has made the most of his time at Washington College. He's ready now to apply what he learned in college to help sustain farming communities like the one in nearby Millington where he grew up.
"Ideally, I want a career involved with agriculture or farming," he says. "I wouldn't say that my education has changed my perceptions of agriculture or farming, but it has made me realize how essential agriculture is to American society, and that the public often overlooks it. Living close to campus has been a huge advantage. I get to do all the things I enjoy in the area, such as hunting, fishing and farming, and still get a great education."
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- Majors: Business Management, Economics
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LATTA, S.C. (AP) – When openly gay police chief Crystal Moore was fired by a mayor who condemned her lifestyle as "questionable," she expected her two decade career in law enforcement was over.
Then, this conservative, small town rebelled.
The people of Latta, who voted overwhelmingly for a state amendment banning gay marriage eight years ago, turned against the mayor, stripped him of his powers and rehired Moore. They said her dedication to the town mattered more than her sexual orientation.
Residents remembered Moore's civic spirit from as far back as 1989, when Hurricane Hugo tore through Latta. She was a high school student working part time as a police dispatcher, and helped cut downed tree limbs to clean up the debris. This February, when an ice storm crippled the town and left it without power for days, Moore piled her officers in her SUV and checked on as many people as she could.
"That's Crystal. All she does is help people. I don't get why he fired her. Maybe it's the ignorant people who talk the loudest. She was the same great Crystal yesterday as she is today, and she'll be the same person tomorrow," said lifelong Latta resident Dottie Walters.
Mayor Earl Bullard vehemently denied that he fired Moore because she was gay. Instead, he said she was dismissed for "sheer insubordination" during the three months he was her boss.
Moore said she hadn't received a single reprimand during her career until Bullard presented her with seven the day she was fired. Word of her termination spread fast in this tobacco hub of about 1,400 people, just off Interstate 95.
The support for Moore grew when Town Councilman Jarett Taylor started secretly recording his conversations with the mayor, which is legal in South Carolina. Taylor said he learned not to trust the mayor because he would tell him something, and later deny he ever said it.
In a conversation released to reporters after Moore was fired in April, the mayor said: "I'd much rather have somebody who drank and drank too much taking care of my child than I had somebody whose lifestyle is questionable around children, because that ain't the damn way it's supposed to be."
Bullard, who has avoided reporters for much of the past three months, told The Associated Press that was him on the tape. And he offered no apologies.
"I don't like the homosexual ways portrayed in front of children," Bullard told AP by telephone Thursday. "You can't explain to a 5-year-old why another child has two mommies or two daddies."
Since his story made headlines, Bullard said he had received a stack of hate mail that was "probably an inch-and-a-half thick."
Within days of Moore's firing, the town council passed a vote of confidence in her, demanding the mayor hire her back. They also set up an election that would strip the mayor of his power.
Moore, who played softball at Latta High School, walked up and down the streets for days before the vote, explaining her side of the story and calling for change. Last month, 69 percent of 475 voters approved of taking the mayor's power away. It's not clear what he is going to do next. He ran unopposed in 2013 and still has three years left on his term.
When Moore returned to work June 30, people honked their car horns and gave her thumbs up as she drove around in her police SUV.
"Crystal is a good chief and she loves this town," said Taylor, the councilman. "It made me proud of my town to see everybody come out for her the way they did."
Moore's firing turned her into an unlikely activist. Before, she would bring her partner to civic festivals, but avoided gay pride events because she didn't want to draw attention to herself.
Now she travels about once a week to talk to gay groups and encourage laws to stop discrimination against homosexuals. South Carolina does not have a statewide ban on firing people because of their sexual orientation.
"I think things are going to change, like they did in the civil rights movement," Moore said.
State unemployment officials sided with Moore as well, voting she was fired without cause and thus eligible for back pay and benefits for the two months she didn't have a job.
The fight left Moore with nearly $20,000 in legal bills. About $8,000 has been pledged from people through a Facebook site, but that still leaves a lot of debt for someone who makes less than $40,000 a year running a 10-officer department.
So the town is arranging a yet-to-be determined fundraiser.
"It's just remarkable," Moore said. "I can't ever thank this place enough."


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Laurel Burch Women's Birds Of Paradise Socks
Mythical, Magical, Laurel Burch Art Designs!
Always Colorful and somewhat mystical, the artwork of Laurel Burch is always sure to brighten your spirits!
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Klaxon Howl, always manages to amaze us. Unconventional in it's delivery, the runway show at this year's World MasterCard Fashion Week was in our opinion a success.
Matt Robinson- head designer, is known in the industry for using his legendary collection of vintage militaria, workwear and sportswear as inspiration for his collections.
All aforementioned iterations of menswear were present at Klaxon Howl's S/S collection this year. Beautifully tailored selvege denim jeans were paired with fun vintage inspired Hawaiian shirts. 70's era track jackets, tailored work coats and seersucker pants were some of our favourite pieces in this new collection.
Expect to see us checking out their store at 706 Queen street West a little more often!


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With the release of the Microsoft Surface, which might be the ideal tablet for hospitals, doctors have plenty of options when it comes to mobile devices. While it seemed like the former doctor choice, the Blackberry, was becoming obsolete among healthcare professionals, it looks like the company is trying to make a comeback.
The company recently released the BlackBerry 10 OS, a touchscreen Blackberry Z10, and the BlackBerry Q10. Since the company has been struggling, it looks like this might be its saving grace. However, are doctors going to switch back to BlackBerry, especially if they've already started getting accustomed to the Android or Apple product they've been using?
According to the Mobi Health News article, there are some features that BlackBerry hopes will attract people. These include:
- A physical keyboard, which most Android and all Apple products lack (unless you purchase a detachable one.)
- An opt-in predictive text
- BlackBerry Balance – the data storage allows the user to have work-related material put in a special section that is more secured, and it can be easily deleted if the employee leaves the company.
- BlackBerry Protect – this is a built-in security feature, that, if the device is lost, can remotely delete all the information. This is usually a feature that has to be downloaded on most mobile apps, but just comes with the new devices.
- Blackberry Remember – an "organizational aid" that can be used to take notes and keep track of events. There is plans for it to be able to sync with Evernote.
The CEO of BlackBerry, Thorsten Heins, has also indicated that the new OS will eventually expand to other devices, especially ones for medical professions.
These new developments for BlackBerry are being called their Hail Mary pass, and it seems like they are making a worth effort. I think if they want to compete, they will need to release some type of tablet, as well as get health app creators to make more BlackBerry compatible apps. It's obvious that many companies are seeing the value in appealing to the healthcare field, and it will be interesting to see if BlackBerry can get their name back in the game.


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Miscarriage is the loss of a pregnancy, or expulsion of a fetus before it is sufficiently developed to survive. The term "miscarriage" is strictly a popular or lay term. Physicians typically use "abortion," distinguishing only between spontaneous or natural abortion, which occurs through natural causes, and induced, elective or therapeutic abortion, which results from artificial intervention.
A miscarriage is the ending of a pregnancy due to the premature delivery of the fetus before the twentieth (20th) week of pregnancy. At that point, the fetus is not developed enough to survive outside the uterus on its own. After the twentieth week of pregnancy, a spontaneous abortion is considered a premature delivery or, if the fetus is dead at delivery, a stillbirth.
Types Of Miscarriage
Threatened Miscarriage. Symptoms indicating that a pregnancy may end prematurely, most often consist of slight bleeding and mild cramps.
Bleeding alone need not be a sign of threatened miscarriage. If the bleeding continues for a time, however, it is advisable to check for a cause other than threatened miscarriage, such as a cervical polyp. Ultrasound can determine if the fetus is alive, as can a blood test for HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin), whose levels should be increasing.
Bleeding and cramps together nearly always constitute a threatened miscarriage, although the cramps are usually not strong enough to dilate the cervix. When they are, miscarriage is usually inevitable.
- Inevitable Miscarriage. This is the occurrence of severe vaginal bleeding and/or cramps in a pregnant woman, indicating that no medical treatment can avert a miscarriage. At this point, the amniotic membranes have ruptured, the cervix is dilated, and the membranes, fetus and placenta are on their way to being expelled. The woman's clinician should be contacted immediately, and hospitalization may be necessary.
- Incomplete Miscarriage. A miscarriage in which not all of the products of conception - membranes, placenta, fetus, are spontaneously expelled. Most often it is the placenta that is retained. Sometime a drug such as oxytocin is administered to stimulate uterine contractions that may expel the remainder, but more often a D & C (dilatation and curettage) or vacuum aspiration is performed to make sure all of the tissue is out of the uterus to prevent infection and more blood loss.
An estimated 15 to 20 percent of all known pregnancies in North America end in miscarriage. In underdeveloped countries the rate is much higher. The majority occur during the first three months of pregnancy. More than 60 percent of spontaneous abortions result from chromosomal defects in the fetus due to maternal or paternal factors.
Apart from abnormal fetal development, a number of other factors can contribute to a miscarriage. These may include abnormalities in the father's sperm; abnormalities in the egg; disease in the mother (for example, an infection, a glandular disorder, high blood pressure, kidney or heart disease, or diabetes); uterine abnormalities; the mother's poor nutrition or use of cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs; and exposure to pollutants.
There is no reliable evidence that abortion may be induced by stimuli such as severe fright, grief, anger, or anxiety.
There is no evidence that video display terminals or associated electromagnetic fields are related to an increased risk of spontaneous abortion.
The mother's jumping, vigorous physical exercise, or frequent vaginal intercourse do not cause miscarriage.
In about 25 percent of cases, the cause of abortion cannot be determined.
The bleeding that occurs in abortion of a uterine pregnancy must be differentiated from the abnormal bleeding of an ectopic (outside of the uterus) pregnancy and abnormal bleeding in a non-pregnant women.
A medical history, physical exam, laboratory tests including a quantitative HCG pregnancy test, and ultrasound study are suggested.
There is no medical treatment to stop or prevent an inevitable miscarriage. The physician generally directs the woman with symptoms to rest in bed and abstain from sexual intercourse and douching. As noted above, in the case of incomplete abortion, prompt surgical removal of any products of conception is required.
It is normal for a woman to feel depressed by the loss of an expected child and counseling may be very helpful. On the advice of her physician, it is usually safe for her to attempt to conceive a soon time afterward (six to eight weeks later).
What is the cause of the miscarriage?
What are the chances of this reoccurring?
Do you recommend counseling?
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- Description
Sidi Mag 1
Not long ago, Sidi has presented the Sidi Vortice, an extremely sturdy and bombproof boot that offered optimum protection and adjustability. It was a huge hit and many riders today still ride with them, but a few professional MotoGP and Superbike racers wanted the Vortice slimmer, but still offer the same amount of protection. Sidi took all the feeback, tips anc criticism from these riders and used them to create the ultimate sportbike boot; the Sidi Mag 1. It is lighter, slimmer and just as strong and sturdy as the Vortice, yet more comfortable. A huge achievement, but Sidi has chosen not to discard the Vortice. Some riders might still prefer the bulky boot, so Sidi wanted riders to be able to choose.The Sidi Mag 1 contains three micro adjusters that are being used to adjust the boot to your liking. An ingenious little magnet strap has been attached to the end of each stainless steel wire, so it will always snap into place, no matter what you do. This makes adjusting the boot easier and quicker, since putting on the Vortice could take quite some time. The Mag 1 also has a carbon strut on the inside of the boot rather than on the outside. This makes the boot a lot slimmer, yet still as strong as the Vortice. It truly is a one of a kind boot that is the one to beat.
Special Features
- Protection: Shock absorbing heel cup
- Adjustability: TECNO-3 Magnetic closures
- Ventilation: Perforated Teflon treated nylon inner lining with Cambrelle lining
- Extra information: Adjustable calf for riders with big calfs, up to 15-inch
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Brand Sidi Ventilation Air scoops, Perforated areas Material Microfiber Waterproof membrane None Protection Ankle, Shin Main Colour White Sub Colours Black, Red Riding Style Race/Sport Boot Type Racing boot Gender Men
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The Possible Benefits of Vitamin C, a Dietary Supplement
Vitamin C is the most important water-soluble antioxidant nutrient and is involved in a wide variety of biochemical reactions throughout the body. The human body cannot manufacture vitamin C, as do most other mammals, so we must rely on food or nutritional supplements. Vitamin C is stored in tissues throughout the body, and is especially concentrated in the adrenal glands, where it is crucial for the production of adrenal hormones involved in responding to stress. The body uses vitamin C in immune system functions including white blood cell production, histamine release and degradation, the reduction of glutathione, and the metabolism and protection of several other nutrients. Vitamin C is involved in detoxifying heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury and nickel.* It is involved in the production of collagen and elastin, important connective tissue proteins. Vitamin C may also support HDL cholesterol within normal levels, and bone mineral density.
Allergy Research Group® has pioneered the development of buffered vitamin C products, and continues to offer the purest and least allergenic vitamin C products available. In addition to its hefty content of ascorbic acid, our buffered vitamin C also supplies the macro-minerals calcium and magnesium at approxi-mately one half the RDI per heaping teaspoon, which may make it desirable for individuals who do not regularly consume dairy products.
We also offer our Buffered Vitamin C line from a unique cassava root (of the potato family) source, available in both powder and capsules. Cassava, or Manihot esculenta, is a bushy South American shrub with long tuberous roots, which are traditionally eaten like potatoes. Cassava root starch is the starting material for a multi-step chemical process of manufacturing ascorbic acid. It is well tolerated by individuals unable to tolerate other sources of vitamin C.
Both the corn and cassava root sources are formulated with carbonates of calcium and magnesium, giving an acid-alkaline buffering action (pH 7.0 in water), potentially improving bowel tolerance and minimizing hyperacidity.
Allergy Research Group® Buffered Vitamin C has been used clinically for offsetting acute hypersensitivity reactions and the addictive craving for foods, cigarettes and other withdrawal states from stimulants and alcohol. A study at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco demonstrated that Buffered Vitamin C could offset and reduce withdrawal symptoms for stimulants and opiates by 90% in outpatients, who took a teaspoon of Buffered Vitamin C whenever they felt a craving.
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A Greenpeace radiation monitoring team checks for contamination levels around Fukushima city, 60km from the site of the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Greenpeace has been conducting ongoing radiation monitoring in the Fukushima region since the nuclear disaster in 2011, in order to record and assess the ongoing threat to the population and environment.
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The Use of Glyceryl Trinitrate Patches in Arteriovenous Fistulas
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01685710
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 14, 2012
Last Update Posted : June 2, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Renal Failure
|Drug: GTN patch Drug: placebo comparator
|Phase 4
Patients with end stage renal failure on haemodialysis must have a mechanism for achieving access to their vascular system for dialysis. Arteriovenous fistulas (surgically created connections between the artery and vein) are critical for the majority of patients. Not all the fistulas that are created work, a proportion fail early on and need to be revised or an alternative fistula created. A recent multicentre study demonstrated a 40% primary failure rate(1). In an attempt to increase the numbers of fistulae that reach maturation sufficient for dialysis access cannulation some renal centres apply GTN patches to the fistula at the time of surgery. It is thought that this works by increasing the size of the blood vessels and promoting blood flow through them and some preliminary work seems to support this(2).
The evidence for the use of GTN patches in arteriovenous fistula creation is theoretical or based on preliminary work rather than robust evidence. Similarly no evidence exists within the literature to determine the safety and definite efficacy of this procedure in this population. We propose to conduct a double-blinded randomised control trial to answer the study question: does the application of a GTN patch increase the venous outflow diameter post fistula formation and does this result in improved fistula patency.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|200 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
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|Official Title:
|The Use of Glyceryl Trinitrate Patches in Arteriovenous Fistulas
|Study Start Date :
|April 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2015
Experimental: GTN patch
GTN patch 5mg, in situ 24hrs
Drug: GTN patch
Other Name: Minitran 5
Placebo Comparator: Placebo patch
Placebo patch, in situ for 24hrs
Drug: placebo comparator
This arm will be a placebo patch to the active drug patch to blind the trial.
- Change to diameter of vein [ Time Frame: Initial assessment and 6 weeks after surgery ]At initial assessment of the vein the size will be recorded for later comparison. This will then be re-assessed at 6 weeks post-surgery to allow the change in venous diameter to be assessed.
- Number of participants with adverse events [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]Those receiving the active patch will be compared with those receiving the placebo patch for adverse events
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Primary arteriovenous fistulas
- Brachiocephalic
- Radiocephalic (both proximal and distal)
- >18 yrs old
- Diabetics and smokers will be eligible for inclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
All complex vascular access procedures
- Re-do brachiocephalic and radiocephalic fistulas
- Brachiobasilic fistulas
- Prosthetic grafts
Cardiovascular dysfunction
- Hypotension (systolic <90)
- Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
- Severe Aortic stenosis (gradient >40mmhg)
- Confirmed myocardial infarction within the last 6 months
- Marked anaemia (Hb<8)
- Migraine
- Sildenafil
- Pre-existing nitrate use
- Nitrate allergy
- Closed-angle glaucoma
- Chronically raised intra-cranial pressure
- History of hypothyroid disease
- < 18 years old
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01685710
|United Kingdom
|Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
|Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B15 2TH
|Principal Investigator:
|Nicholas G Inston, FRCS
|University Hospital Birmingham, UK.
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Mr Nick Inston, Consultant Surgeon, University Hospital Birmingham
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|First Posted:
|September 14, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 2, 2015
|Last Verified:
|June 2015
Arteriovenous fistula
GTN patch
Arteriovenous Fistula
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Arteriovenous Malformations
Vascular Malformations
Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Fistula
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Behind the 8-Ball
October 4, 2007
Today's Lineup
Rollins, ss; Utley, 2b; Burrell, lf; Howard, 1b; Rowand, cf; Werth, rf; Ruiz, c; Helms, 3b; Kendrick, p.
Yes, we're behind the 8-ball. But, that's nothing new. It has been that way since our 4-11 start.
After the game, there was no gloom and doom in the clubhouse. Players were great in facing the media mass.
Coste to Coast
(Phillies fans coast-to-coast will be able to get an inside look from Chris Coste here during the postseason)
Well, after a disappointing loss in Game 1 we will look to save the series and come up with a big win in Game 2 and tie the series at 1-1. If you think about it, if the series was ever going to get to 1-1, it is more beneficial to come up with a win in the second game to steal back some momentum. Also, all year long we have played well when our backs were against the wall, and down 0-1 in the series, our backs are against the wall. GO PHILS!!
What's His Schedule?
Charlie Manuel arrived around 9 this morning, looked through his stack of stats against Colorado pitchers and decided on the lineup. Jimy Williams then posted it in the clubhouse.
During the season, Charlie always meets with the media pre-game in the dugout. That doesn't occur in postseason. Charlie has to go to the interview room pre and post-game and on workout day. That said, he wanted to offer the beat writers who cover the team home and away all season private time so he asked Greg Casterioto, the Media Relations Manager, to bring just them to his office this morning.
The TBS and ESPN radio broadcasters also get private time with each manager. The Charlie Manuel interview with Chris Wheeler that took place every game during the regular season is also part of the Phillies radio one-hour pre-game radio show.
Once Charlie steps on the field for batting practice, he faces group interviews. Once batting practice is over, he's free of any media needs.
Denver Bound
After the game, the Phillies will fly to Denver where the series resumes on Saturday night. The Phillies will work out at Coors Field at 1 tomorrow afternoon; the Rockies three hours later.
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Good lineup today. After the top four not finding a groove yesterday, splitting Utley and Howard is in order.
Let's go Phils!!!
Charlie Manuel continues to make bad decisions with the pitching staff. Why in the world did he take Kendrick out of the game since he hadn't given up a run since the HR's in the first. Kendrick, Hamels and Romero are the only 3 pitchers on the roster this year that have been consistent. I just don't understand why he would go to a bullpen so early that has failed over and over all year. It defies logic.
I say that the phillies being under pressure is nothing new because this organization has gone through many things similar to the situation that we are in right now with the Rockies. It is a good thing though because it will drive us to win. Another thing that should fire them up even more is that everyone is saying that we never had a chance this year. That should just motivate us to do even better during this postseason. Oh and Jimmy Rollins for MVP!!!


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Buongiorno, signor Presidente.
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in the House to discuss Motion No. 64, Italian heritage month.
Italian Canadians have contributed immensely to Canadian society, and that is something that our party has always acknowledged. By recognizing the month of June as Italian heritage month, we are acknowledging the importance of educating and reflecting upon Italian heritage for future generations, because Italian history is also Canadian history.
Many people do not realize that the second European to discover North America is generally agreed to be an Italian explorer by the name Giovanni Caboto, or as many kids learn, John Cabot. We now believe his first landing was in Nova Scotia, and so we could argue that the first European to set food in Canada was an Italian.
Many people do not know that Canada boasts the sixth largest Italian population outside of Italy, which is 1.3 million Canadians. We cannot talk about Canadian culture and heritage without talking about the richness and warmth of Italian culture and heritage.
I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the Italian community in my riding of Oshawa.
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Oshawa Italian Recreation Club. I would like to take a moment to share a little bit about who the members are and what they do, because they are such an important part of my community.
Today, the president, Tony Rizzuto, oversees a vibrant organization. As a matter of fact, I start off many of my mornings with a friendly cappuccino, usually made by Michelle, who since last week has been on maternity leave so Johnny has taken over now. I will drop by for lunch, and they have even named a sandwich after me. They call it "The Colin". They are always welcoming at social events.
We have a vibrant bocce club, and Nick and Francis take charge of that with all of their members. They actually took a park in Oshawa, Radio Park, which is by the Oshawa Centre, and beautified it. I do not know if members have ever played bocce, but if they have the opportunity, they should come by, because our bocce club is so vibrant and friendly.
At our annual barbeques, for example, Nick, Francis, and all their members come out and share their hospitality. They also share their homemade soppressata, which is always a great hit. I really enjoy it.
However, it was not always like this. We had to start somewhere and they had to start somewhere.
In 1954, a group of newly arrived young Italians created the Oshawa inter-football league. It was an amateur soccer team to remind them of Italy. The team was extremely successful, and the enthusiasm from their accomplishment was the beginning of the Oshawa Italian Recreation Club, which promoted not only sport activities, but social and cultural events as well.
The club is a part of my community today, and it is one of the reasons why I feel that Italian Canadians deserve this recognition we are talking about today. Their warmth and hospitality makes everyone feel welcome.
The Oshawa Italian Recreation Club is the product of two Italian clubs: the Oshawa Italia Club and the Italian Social and Recreation Club of Oshawa. They came together in times of need and ultimately decided to amalgamate, and I will elaborate a little bit.
In 1966, the city of Florence was devastated by a flood that destroyed numerous historical buildings and works of art. In order to help, the two clubs came together and started a fundraising campaign, which raised tens of thousands of dollars for Florence. Unfortunately, a year later, a massive earthquake hit Sicily, leaving thousands homeless and hundreds dead. The two clubs again came together and set up a joint fundraiser committee where Colonel Sam McLaughlin, the founder of General Motors Canada, was the honorary chairman. The success of these two fundraising campaigns and the fact that these two clubs clearly worked together well was a great reason for them to join together into one, and they were named the Oshawa Italian Recreation Club, or OIRC.
This club began as a way for Italian immigrants to feel more at home by doing such things as opening a social agency to help Italian immigrants better integrate into Canadian society, helping with Italian passports, pensions, etc. However, its sole objective was not to only help Italian immigrants. The club has also organized many successful activities and fundraisers throughout our community, such as for the Oshawa General Hospital. It established an after-school program for elementary school-aged kids, and sponsors local minor hockey and soccer teams. It continues to fundraise and donate to local, national, and international charities.
What I am trying to get to is that Italian Canadians have made a tremendous contribution to Canadian society through local communities and internationally. OIRC was established as a meeting place for Italian immigrants. It was a place where they could feel at home. I have to say that, today, they make everyone who walks through their doors feel at home. The Italian community is so well integrated and well established in Oshawa and the club continues to promote Italian culture and recreational activities.
Every year, in June, Oshawa celebrates a great festival called Fiesta Week. It is one of the oldest multicultural festivals in Canada. Every single year, our Italian community opens up its doors to share its culture through dance, dining, and very good cheer. Everyone is welcome.
If members come to my community and it is not during Fiesta Week, they do not need to worry about it. Within walking distance from my office, they can drop into one of our many fine Italian restaurants, two of them owned by the Fazio family, called Fazio's and Tutto's. They will see Tino, Nicholas, Rosalie, and Martin. They always welcome people with their great hospitality. They work hard and they contribute to our community. Around the corner, Avanti's is run by the Albis family. Tony, Ida, Dominic will always make their customers feel at home, and they serve a great meal as well. Their wood-burning oven makes awesome pizza within a couple of minutes, and I would recommend it to anyone. We have a great Italian community in Oshawa.
This is one of the reasons we support the motion, which suggests that the government recognize the contributions that Italians have made to Canada by sharing their culture and language through education programs and community clubs, such as the Oshawa Italian Recreation Club.
I would like to take a moment to make a brief aside. On my 10th wedding anniversary, I had to think of something really special. Any woman who could spend 10 years with me deserves something special. I thought of one of the greatest surprises that I could do. She loves cooking, and I wondered where I could take her to allow us to enjoy a week together away from the kids. There is a famous Canadian cooking school in Tuscany. A gentleman named Umberto Menghi has great restaurants throughout the Vancouver area. He also has a culinary retreat in Tuscany. I kept everything secret. I packed her bags, and I picked her up on time, and we took off for our 10th wedding anniversary. It was one of the best holidays we ever had. We would wake up every morning to a lovely breakfast. We would then go to the cooking class. These guys did the impossible. They did something they thought could not be done. They taught me to cook. I learned how a bit of sale e pepe makes a difference. Everything we cooked up was bene, molto bene.


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Laws, Regulations & Annotations
Business Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2019
Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law
Article 1. Reports and Payments
Section 30182
30182. Report by licensed distributor. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a distributor shall file, on or before the 25th day of each month, a report in the form as prescribed by the board, that may include, but not be limited to, electronic media with respect to distributions of cigarettes and purchases of stamps and meter register units during the preceding month and any other information as the board may require to carry out this part.
(b) Reports shall be authenticated in a form, or pursuant to methods, as may be prescribed by the board.
History.—Stats. 1967, p. 2520, operative August 1, 1967, substituted "20th" for "fifteenth." Stats. 1968, p. 1101, in effect November 13, 1968, substituted "25th" for "20th". Stats. 1989, Chapter 634, in effect September 21, 1989, added "(a)" before first paragraph, deleted "the purposes of" before "this part." in subdivision (a), and added subdivision (b). Stats. 2002, Ch. 459 (AB 1936), in effect January 1, 2003, deleted "on forms prescribed by the board" after "every distributor shall file" in, added "in the form … electronic media" after "a report" to, substituted "any" for "such" after "preceding month, and" in, and added the second sentence to, subdivision (a); deleted ", on forms prescribed by the board," after "shall file" in, added "in the form … electronic media" after "a return" to, substituted "any" for "such" after "preceding month, and", and added the second sentence to, subdivision (b). Stats. 2003, Ch. 890 (AB 71), in effect January 1, 2004, substituted "Except as provided in subdivision (b)," for "On" before "every distributor shall file", added ", on" after "distributor shall file", substituted "that" for "which" after "by the board,", and substituted "with respect to" for "respecting his" after "electronic media" in the first sentence, and deleted the former last sentence "Reports shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board." in subdivision (a); substituted "Every distributor that elects … shall file a report" for "On or before the 25th day of each month, each distributor shall file a return" before "in the form as prescribed by the board", substituted "that" for "which" after "by the board,", substituted "with respect to" for "respecting his or her" after "electronic media,", substituted "cigarettes and purchases of stamps … meter register settings were purchased," for "tobacco products and their wholesale cost during the preceding month," after "distributions of" in the first sentence, deleted former last sentence "Returns shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board." and added last sentence to subdivision (b); and added subdivisions (c) and (d). Stats. 2006, Ch. 70 (AB 2001), in effect January 1, 2007, substituted "fifth" for "5th" after "on or before the" in the second paragraph of subdivision (b); and deleted the former subdivision (d) which stated "This section shall remain in effect until January 1, 2007, and as of that date is repealed.". Stats. 2007, Ch. 342 (AB 1748), in effect January 1, 2008, deleted former subdivision (b) and relettered former subdivision (c) as subdivision (b). Stats. 2008, Ch. 179 (SB 1498), in effect January 1, 2009, substituted "a" for "every" after "provided in subdivision (b)," in subdivision (a); and deleted the comma after "form, or pursuant to" and added a comma after "pursuant to methods" in subdivision (b).
Note.—SEC. 9. of Stats. 2003. Ch. 867 (AB 1666), effective January 1, 2004, states, The Legislative Analyst, with assistance of, and based on information provided by, the State Board of Equalization, shall, on or before January 1, 2006, prepare a report to the Legislature of the economic impact of this act. The report shall include an evaluation of the State Board of Equalization's ability to collect cigarette tax revenues, additional revenues, if any, generated by the twice-monthly payment program, and the ability of distributors to access security bonds.
30182. Report by licensed distributor. [Repealed by Stats. 2006, Ch. 70 (AB 2001), in effect January 1, 2007.]


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Soft Sell
This story appears in the March 1999 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
Everywhere we went, people told us it couldn't be done-- and that if it could be done, it would've been done by now," says Willy Paterson-Brown, 33. But Paterson-Brown and his brother, Tim, 38, weren't discouraged by the naysayers. The Scottish-born entrepreneurs attacked the task ahead of them with the underdog fervor of David challenging Goliath--carving out a place for their upstart company among the tissue industry's biggest players.
Seattle-based Linters Inc., the company the brothers founded in 1994, is the maker of Purely Cotton, the world's first and only 100 percent cotton tissue products. The bottom line? Last year's limited regional distribution of Purely Cotton products brought in sales of $14 million, and the brothers estimate that the deployment of national distribution later this year will triple their company's annual sales.
Willy and Tim could sense from the beginning that they had a winner. After all, America is crazy about cotton, from wearing it to sleeping on it. And why wouldn't health-conscious and environmentally aware consumers take just as keenly to the use of a less-abrasive renewable resource in their facial tissues and toilet paper? And here's the kicker--it's not toilet paper at all. Goodbye, wood pulp: Says Willy, "The beauty of the raw material of cotton is it's just so much better for the skin."
Square One
Born and raised in Hawick, Scotland, the brothers' careers in the United Kingdom ultimately led to a joint venture in the United States. "We both started off [building] strong corporate backgrounds and then branched out on our own," says Willy. "We were both able to get into business for ourselves [in Scotland] and [then sold] those businesses at roughly the same time."
They were playing a game of golf one day when it hit them: Why not pursue their next business venture together? "We felt it would work well because our strengths and weaknesses were in different areas. Tim's strengths were more in corporate finance and in strategic areas, and mine were more in sales and marketing," says Willy. "So we pooled our resources."
In their search for a new business, they each heard separately about a company in London called Multi-Soft PLC: One of Tim's former colleagues mentioned the company to him; meanwhile, the brothers' mother had also heard of the company and she mentioned it to Willy. "`You're the sales and marketing guy,' she told me. `Why don't you have a look at it?'" recalls Willy. "When I talked to my brother about it, he was amazed. `Somebody was just telling me about that company,' he said."
The group of investors that then owned Multi-Soft had purchased the concept of a disposable tissue made from raw materials other than wood pulp from a student who said he had thought of the idea while he was traveling through China. "This chap thought it could be done and sold the idea to the investors for roughly $30,000," says Willy.
At the time the brothers contacted Multi-Soft, the company was looking to raise funds and had a low-quality prototype made from 50 percent straw and 50 percent recycled denim jeans. In early 1995, the brothers found equity partners and raised the $1 million they needed to purchase Multi-Soft. Then they privatized the company and moved it to the United States.
Still, the brothers had no marketable product. "We went back to the basics, and instead of trying denim, a recycled textile, we went straight to the raw material," says Willy. They found they could use the short fibers of cotton, known as linter, and with the help of a chemist, their quest for the perfect formula began.
Not a Square to Spare
Discouraged by some and encouraged by others in the tissue industry, Willy and Tim knew it would be a long, hard road. "But if we could do it, [we knew] there'd be a market," says Willy. They subcontracted with various paper manufacturers for the machine time needed to experiment with their formula. Their first sign of hope came at the end of a particularly grueling 16-hour session.
"We'd bought machine time for a period of 24 hours and had to clean the machines out before we put the cotton mix in. We ran it time after time, but we just couldn't get it [right]," Willy says. The weary team had been working since first thing that morning. By the time things finally appeared to be looking up, it was 11 p.m.
"But [just after] something that sort of looked like tissue came off, a crashing sound almost like thunder rang throughout the factory," Willy says. The machine ground to a halt as smoke filled the air and billowed out the windows.
They'd produced the equivalent of about one square of tissue, says Willy. But it was a start. They left and celebrated the night's progress over beers. "It was extraordinarily exciting to have produced something right at the end," Willy says, "and we knew where to start next time around."
Sure enough, the next time they ran a formula test, they produced their prize within three hours: an all-cotton tissue with some quality. "We were finally vindicated," says Willy.
One hurdle down, plenty to go. Manufacturing was the next big challenge. "You can't go to the top manufacturers, because they own 85 percent of the market and they're not going to support a new, unique company," says Tim. Instead, Linters identified several smaller, independent manufacturing companies that weren't worried about conflicts of interest and that had the engineering expertise to produce all-cotton tissue.
As the partners continued to improve their formula, the next task was to move toward the marketplace. Backed by positive results from more than $1 million in blind in-home studies, and clinical tests for abrasion, absorbency and toxicity, marketing proved easier than anticipated. Says Willy: "Of the first 14 retailers I made presentations to, 14 of them said yes."
Sales of the Purely Cotton line in Texas test markets in 1996
reached $70,000. In 1997, with expanded
distribution throughout the Pacific Northwest, the company brought in $2.5 million from stores such as Albertson's supermarkets and Rite Aid drug stores.
Squaring Off
Purely Cotton was on a roll, and Willy and Tim were carving a niche for their company in the midst of such giants as Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble. "We try to be creative in both our supply arrangements and our marketing strategy so we're not knocking heads and being an irritant to the big people," says Tim.
Also key to Linters' strategy is differentiating itself from being just another "me too" product on store shelves. While wood-based tissues are all marketed solely on softness and price, contends Willy, "We try to sell Purely Cotton based on its benefits and attributes." Among the benefits? "Tests [comparing cotton and wood pulp] found that our tissue was the least disruptive product [to the skin] as a result of having a different chemical content," he says.
The company's growing sales have been fueled by not only the brothers' devotion to the all-cotton concept but the duo's equity philosophy as well: It's not about 100 percent ownership, says Tim. "We've surrounded ourselves with [equity partners] who are far better than we are in pretty much every capacity of the business," he says of the $20 million in investment capital the brothers have raised to date. "Our role is to strategically plan the best enhanced value of the business."
"We don't want to suffocate the company by not realizing its potential," agrees Willy. "And if that means diluting [our percentage of ownership] to bring in the equity that's required, then we're prepared to do that."
Having achieved their initial innovative breakthrough, the brothers believe many possibilities lie ahead for Linters Inc. Full nationwide distribution will be complete later this year. The product line will soon grow to include such items as paper towels, napkins, feminine hygiene products--even baby diapers. They hope to turn last year's sales of $14 million into a dazzling $50 million this year.
And what does their mother think now of the idea she casually tossed to her sons? "She's a very happy shareholder," says Willy. In a family where both parents are retired doctors, their late grandfather was a surgeon, and an elder brother and sister are also physicians, it appears Purely Cotton has brought the brothers as close to things anatomical as they're going to get--a source of humor for the family.
Together, the pioneering duo has come full circle: "Purely Cotton [presents] an opportunity for going beyond America into Europe as well," says Tim. "It's been a lot of fun putting the pieces together."
Contact Source
Linters Inc., (800) 372-SOFT, http://www.purelycotton.com


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Trying to solve your acne problem can be like finding a needle in a haystack. With all the possible treatments available, finding the right acne skin solutions can be more like solving a Rubik's Cube. However, you don't have to feel like you are entering the Twilight Zone when you walk into the drug store anymore. Asking yourself "how to get rid of acne"
Here are a few suggestions that will make it easier to find acne skin solutions:
Acne Skin Solutions – Read it or Weep
Acne is such an embarrassing condition. Sometimes people would rather hide their faces behind their hair than show it in public. It doesn't have to be that way. When choosing an acne treatment make sure you are getting the right treatment for you. This cannot be stated enough. Buying a cleanser or treatment that contains harsh, burning chemicals will not be the right kind of treatment with someone who already has overly irritated skin, or has sensitive skin.
Reading the labels provided is a good way to figure out what's inside the bottle before you put it on your face. Yes, some of the ingredients could be Greek to you, but this is easily remedied by asking your dermatologist or typing the word into a search engine. Doing thorough research online is recommended and there are a number of great sites dedicated to the subject of acne skin solutions.
Acne Skin Solutions – Make it a Daily Routine
Cleaning your face once in a blue moon is no way to guarantee that you won't have anymore acne breakouts. As a matter of fact, it can make things worse. Cleaning your face at least twice a day is a much better idea. Cleaning twice a day, once in the morning and again in the evening, will help get rid of all that stuff that can build up on your face overnight and during the day. As stated before, make sure that the treatment you are using is right for you. If you notice skin irritation, discontinue using that treatment and see your dermatologist.
It has been proven that doing something 21 days in a row can make it into a routine. Cleaning your face twice a day for 21 days will certainly help clean up your complexion and get rid of that pesky acne.
Acne Skin Solutions – Take the Pill…
For those who just cannot seem to find an acne treatment that works, there is another option that should only be taken if your dermatologist deems it necessary; acne skin solutions in a pill. For more information on acne fighting in pill form, please see your dermatologist.
Acne Skin Solutions – Make-up Treatment
Believe it or not, cosmetics are helping to pave the way to a new form of acne treatment. Cosmetics companies are now creating make-up with ingredients that can help fight breakouts. They are acne-killers and cover-up put together. Also, they are creating oil-free cosmetics that won't encourage breakouts.
Before seeking any form of solution to your acne problem, you should see your dermatologist. Your face is a very precious thing. You only get one of them. It is important to make sure that any of the acne skin solutions that you are putting on your skin isn't going to end up irritating it.


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I'm not a very competitive person. In fact, having a bit more ferocity in any given situation probably wouldn't hurt. The one exception to this is economy—when it comes to the war against waste I always win. (It's telling that strident thrift is my example of being aggressive right? I told you I could stand to be a touch more cutthroat.) This tendency kicks into overdrive with prized produce like my long island strawberries. Which leads me to my strawberry scorecard, my official tally of what I did with strawberries this season.
Here's the annotated version:
- Strawberry Caramel, via Gilt Taste: Bonkers delicious and dairy-free/vegan if that's your kind of party.
- Strawberry Raspberry Syrup, via Eugenia Bone in the Denver Post: a great, versatile blueprint for berry syrups that helped me use up some frozen raspberries too.
- Whole Berry Preserves, via Canning for a New Generation: a simple, straight-up preserve. If you don't have the book, Kaela over at Local Kitchen has a comparable whole strawberry preserve recipe.
- Strawberry Thyme Syrup, via Canning for a New Generation: a sodastream related project, for sure. Here's a strawberry syrup recipe from the Food in Jars cookbook.
Finally, strawberry infused bourbon, which hardly counts as a recipe. I covered 6 oz of strawberries with 1 1/2 cups of Wild Turkey 101 and let it infuse for about a week. Higher proof alcohols like Wild Turkey 101 work best for infusions, but any not-too-good bourbon will do. After a week or so, I strained and discarded the solids. I also like to pour infusions through a coffee filter to get any little bits of pulp out, so I did that too.
Most importantly, I toasted the tail-end of strawberry season with a Strawberry Basil Bourbon Sour. Combine 2 oz strawberry infused bourbon with 3/4 oz lemon juice, 3/4 oz basil simple syrup, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Give it a good shake. If you have an extra fresh basil leaf or two, muddle them in an old-fashioned glass (or adorable tumbler like the one above that I'm currently in love with) then fill the glass with ice. Strain the shaken cocktail ingredients into the glass and enjoy it while thinking about how you lost that relay race in middle school, but did a lot of good with a few quarts of strawberries.


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Is Big Brother Watching You in 2010?
Even though we at MyTwoCensus feel that the Census Bureau's GPS technology is light-years behind where it should be, Douglas V. Gibbs of the American Daily Review is worried about private personal data being leaked to the federal government via 2010 Census operations. Check out an excerpt from the article:
GPS coordinates of your front door will make it easier for the government to monitor you. The U.S. Census Bureau is simply an excuse – a harmless looking means of obtaining the front door coordinates. The creation of GPS coordinates for front doors has nothing to do with the Census, in all honesty, no matter how much the United States Government tries to convince you that it does.


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Menendez was incoherent at her arraignment in Queens criminal court, at one point laughing so hard that the judge told her defense lawyer, "You're going to have to have your client stop laughing."
"For someone to do something like that ... that's not the way we are made," said David Green, who was waiting for a train in Manhattan. "She needs help.
I wonder what the purpose of the test is. Shouldn't they just throw her in jail?
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Lisa chats with Susan about5 Things Susan Would Never Eat and Why (all bad for your skin & health!)
The minute Susan Ciminelli hit the streets of New York City she drew a celebrity crowd. They had one thing on their minds – how they could get their skin to glow like hers. Coming from Buffalo, New York, where harsh weather and the wrong diet and lifestyle wreaked havoc on her skin, Susan took matters into her own hands, bucked every trend, and over the years became a true pioneer of holistic beauty and health. She turned her own skin and health around, and has devoted her life to teaching and helping others to achieve the inner peace and outer radiance that is known all over the world as "The Susan Ciminelli Glow."
Growing up in Buffalo, Susan knew even then that the processed and snack foods her mother stocked in the pantry were having a negative effect on her skin and her health. At 14 she was diagnosed with an ulcer, and she frequently had rashes and breakouts. She quickly found out that stress equals bad skin. "I didn't understand the correlation then, but my body was showing me every day how not to eat, and how not to live", she says. From then on, she was a teenager with a mission.
When her friends went to the mall and shopped, Susan would sit on the floor of the health food store and read books on natural health and healing. On instinct she began performing shiatsu and reflexology on herself. Soon she was practicing her newfound knowledge on her friends. On weekends they'd sleep over and she'd feed them clean, healthy food, steam their faces over herbal teas, whip up masks from fresh ingredients and their skin quickly cleared up.
At 15 Susan went to live with relatives in Italy, and for the first time felt like she was where she belonged. People there didn't stock up on canned foods – they shopped for fresh ingredients every day. It was here that Susan learned about energy meridians in the body and other Eastern and alternative medicine concepts from one of her relatives who was a surgeon who practiced acupuncture. She began to combine Eastern and Western philosophies into her own unique method.
Later Susan would travel extensively throughout Europe, where she learned about European Spa treatments, particularly thalassotherapy (seaweed treatments). She would visit India and Egypt many times, learning about unusual essential oils that she eventually incorporated into her own product line.
Back in the US, Susan moved to New York, landing a job at a cosmetics counter in Bloomingdale's, where she advised women about good skin and nutrition as she applied her employer's make up on them. She developed quite a following. She started her own spa in her apartment, and over the years she moved to larger and larger spaces, until 1996 when she moved to the penthouse at Bergdorf Goodman where she remained for over 10 years. She now has a spa located on 57th Street built for a full day of beauty. The Beauty Clinic offers only the best certified and established experts in New York City, that provide holistic nourishment with hydrating and healing treatments such as Broad Ban Light rejuvenating treatment, Aromatherapy Facials, Slimming Body Treatments, Massages, Waxing, Anti-aging treatments, Make-up application, Nutritional Consultation & more.
Although today many people take for granted what Susan pioneered years ago, to this day she continues to go against the trends. "I fight the chemists every step of the way to get my products manufactured the way I want them. I insist on the ingredients I myself have discovered in my travels around the world and on the level of purity I demand. I refuse to compromise that!"
Beyond wonderful products, Susan developed a method of using them that infuses the skin with nutrients and moisture like a fluffy puff pastry.
Her famous trio of essential oils, Seawater and Marine Lotion, applied with her unique layering process is unmatched anywhere.
This is in sharp contrast to the rest of the industry. Even now, despite what everyone knows about good health and skin care, the conventional wisdom is that you have to destroy the skin to help it. Microdermabrasion, laser peels Retin-A, glycolics and the like, all do more harm than good. But those in the know, who embrace Susan's nurturing approach, have the beautiful, glowing, young looking skin to prove it.
And perhaps most importantly, while everyone else offers false hope, Susan delivers useful advice, products and services that actually work. You leave Susan empowered with knowledge you can use for a lifetime of health and beauty. Thanks to Susan's holistic approach to beauty, you leave not only with the benefits of a facial or massage, but with an overall sense of balance and peace, thanks to Susan's total and nurturing approach to beauty.
Visit the spa and find out what Susan's teenage friends knew back in the 70's. You can't sleep over any more, but you can get Susan's undivided attention, her pure, natural products, and the soft, dewy complexion the world recognizes as "The Susan Ciminelli Glow."


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A Juvenaux Gilt Bronze Cartell Barometer, Paris, France, 19th century . 34 inches high (86.4 cm). ...Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
DescriptionA Juvenaux Gilt Bronze Cartell Barometer, Paris, France, 19th century
34 inches high (86.4 cm)
Christy Donoghe Antiques, Victoria, Texas;
Private collection, Texas, acquired from above, 1974.
The barometer surmounted by gilt figured urn, body adorned with foliate swags and berry finials, reticulated quatrefoil gating, porcelain face enclosed by glass case, terminating on inverted banded bouquet.
Stanley and Barbara Cohen began collecting in two categories familiar to many: numismatics and stamps. Barbara asked to join her neighbor who began a coin and stamp collection for her children. Each afternoon, they would place stamps in books and arrange coins in folders. Interest spread to her husband Stanley, who developed a deep interest in stamps, and created the collection which was sold in 1986 as The Stanley Cohen Collection of Classic U.S. When the Cohens decided that it was time to furnish their home in the early 1970s, Colonel Arthur and Juliet Dryfuss, clock collectors from south Texas, served as mentors guiding them to expand their collecting interest to antique furniture, and placed them in the care of Christie's Antiques in Victoria, Texas. The couple visited the shop and were enthralled with the rich selection of French antiques which perfectly suited their tastes. The first pieces purchased were personifications of their new owners: a folding card table for Stanley's interest in duplicate bridge, and a lady's roll top desk for Barbara.
Like so many, along with their great finds, the Cohens encountered a mislabeled piece. Barbara remembers purchasing a pair of chairs represented as 18th century with peeling black paint described as "alligator crackle". Shortly after, when one chair broke Stanley began to question the story behind these chairs and was led to do research which unveiled their true origins: Michigan Chair Company, 1915. While a well-regarded chair maker, it was later sold in a garage sale.
Not deterred by a bad experience, the Cohen's sought out knowledge, building an extensive research library and annually attending the Houston Theta Antique Show where they sharpened their eyes, learning from dealers across the country. Stanley and Barbara's individual taste in antiques developed as the years progressed, and possibly their most loved collection are the 19th century animalier bronzes that follow. They enjoyed the complexity their differences brought to the collection and the stories that came from their wonderful adventure, as each piece was carefully and lovingly chosen. Heritage is now pleased to offer a new opportunity for these items to continue their stories.
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Musical Chairs is a doggy variation of the classic children's game. Music plays as handlers walk with their dogs counter-clockwise around a rectangular area. A line of chairs (with alternating chairs facing in opposite direction) runs down the center of the rectangle. When the music stops, the handlers instruct their dogs to sit by verbal request and/or hand signal only (i.e., without touching them) and rush to sit on a vacant chair in the center of the rectangle. Stop by and take part in this popular event – everyone can play! To enter, bring your pet to the entertainment stage 15 minutes prior to the contest start time.


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In order to treat patients in an effective and timely manner, we have assembled a dedicated trauma team of surgeons, nurse practitioners, critical care nurses and residents. BMC is the only regional trauma center staffed 24/7 by full-time Acute Care/Trauma surgeons whose primary clinical and academic goals are the effective delivery of this care. Additionally, our ability to deliver exceptional care to our patients continues to improve and has been enhanced through the development of a robust nurse practitioner component to our care.
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The rigors of teaching apparently got to Michigan State University professor John McCarthy Monday.
According to multiple sources, the math teacher stripped naked in the middle of his Calculus 1 class and started shouting obscenities.
Freshman Kyle Hillman told MLive.com that while walking the class through a routine derivative equation, McCarthy said, "Math is all about questions and answers. And Steve Jobs invented the computer, but what do computers do? They ask questions and we answer them."
"He started talking about his colleagues and how they're all actors," Hillman told MLive.com. "He said, 'It's all an act and none of it's real.' Then he ran out of the classroom."
Reddit user TheCookieKing posted Monday (photo courtesy WILX Lansing):
Background story: I was in Calc 1 at Michigan State University, and my teacher was always pretty eccentric, but today he went overboard. Half way through class, he started screaming at us -- swearing left and right. He then started slamming his hands on the window and pressing his face against it, still screaming. Eventually he walked out and down the hallway to the end, all while screaming. He then came back into the classroom and took off his clothes, except for his socks. You know someones [sic] crazy when they leave their socks on lmao. At this point everyone in class ran out. We were literally scared for our lives. The police took about 15 minutes to get here, and during this time he continued walking around screaming.
According to the Huffington Post, one of McCarthy's obscene rants included, "There is no f--king god."
MSU police released the following statement:
The Ingham County 911 Central Dispatch Center received a call at 1:07 p.m. this afternoon about a man in the Michigan State University Engineering Building shouting in the hallway.
MSU police responded and took the man, a university professor, into protective custody and transported him to a local hospital.
No one was injured, and the professor is not being charged with a crime.
MSU's Counseling Center has reached out to students who may have witnessed the incident to offer any support they need.


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Progressive group backs Sciortino
The liberal group Progressive Change Campaign Committee said Wednesday that it is endorsing Democrat Carl Sciortino in the special election primary in Massachusetts's 5th District.
Sciortino is one of seven Democrats vying for the nomination to succeed now-Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in the solidly blue district.
The organization hailed Sciortino's opposition to military intervention in Syria as well as his positions on issues like financial reform, campaign finance and Social Security.
"Among several good candidates, Carl proved these past two weeks that he is the type of bold leader we can count on," PCCC co-founder Stephanie Taylor said in a fundraising email that the group planned to send to its members.
Sciortino was one of two candidates to start airing television ads this week. The state representative, who is openly gay, released an ad backed by an undisclosed buy in which he "comes out" as a liberal to his father. The spot gained traction on social media alongside a BuzzFeed profile that credited Sciortino for helping form "a new playbook for out LGBT Democrats" in the wake of Christine Quinn's recent loss in the New York City mayoral primary.
The other candidate on air is state Sen. Katherine Clark, who reportedly made a $60,000 ad buy focusing on women's and family issues.
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Quote:The reason TKD gets bashed is simple: it is not a very good martial art. TKD deserves to get bashed, does get bashed, and not much can (or should) be done to prevent it.
Quote:As a martial art, TKD was always mediocre; it simply lacked the boxing and (especially) wrestling emphasis critical to real world self-defense.
Quote:As TKD turned changed from martial art to martial sport it went from bad to horrible--nowadays, most dojangs just teach a fancy, acrobatic form of foot tag.
Quote:Sorry to be so blunt, but there it is. I am sure plenty of people will jump on me for my opinion. If it makes you feel better, beleive them and not me.
Quote:Is TKD losing popularity? The only way to know would be to see how many TKD schools and/or practioners there are today compared to in the past. So far as I know, no one has attempted such a survey.
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To ensure proper service from the front line through quality control and ensuring proper sanitation levels.
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Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Genuinely cares about people; is concerned about their work and non-work problems; is available and ready to help; is sympathetic to the plight of others not as fortunate; demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pain of others.
Is cool under pressure; does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; is considered mature; can be counted on to hold things together during tough times; can handle stress; is not knocked off balance by the unexpected; doesn't show frustration when resisted or blocked; is a settling influence in a crisis.
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Relates well to all kinds of people – up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can defuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Knowledge of cooking and the practices and procedures of a kitchen in order to perform non-repetitive analytical work.
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The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying: Position regularly involves lifting food cases and metros weighing up to 70 lbs. Items include food, small equipment -75% of the time. Periodic climbing required. Bending of the knees does become necessary when using the lower oven for cooking, 5-10 times a day. Mobility -full range of mobility and the ability to travel 30-50 feet on a regular basis throughout the day. Continuous standing -during preparation, during service hours or during expediting, usually all day. Must be able to hear equipment timers and communicate with other staff. Must be able to see that product is prepared appropriately. Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying.Must be able to understand and follow verbal/written instructions and communicate both verbally and in writing.
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High school education or equivalent.
Experience required by position is from one to two full years of employment in a related position with this company or other organization(s).
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Chemicals/Agents: grease strip, bleach, grease cutter, Lime Away.
Protective Clothing: hair restraint/hat, gloves, apron, safety shoes - approximately 100% of 8 hour shift.
Deep fryer, broiler, stove, steamer, food processor, mixer, slicer, oven, steam table, tilt kettle, waffle iron, flat top grill.
Inside 95% of 8 hours. Going in the freezer temperatures can be -10 degrees. On the front line, temperatures can be over 100 degrees.
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Edward Mirell Heritage EMC115 Cufflinks
The Heritage Collection is a bold collection of designs combining heritage, strength and class. The EMC115 features a flat faced, casted design in gray titanium. Measures approximately 19mm square. The Titanium is a very lightweight metal and provides approximately seven times more strength than platinum.
Edward Mirell is the founder and global leader of contemporary metals jewelry, blending a passion for design with the latest technology to create unique jewelry accessories. The line specializes in award-winning titanium pieces, implementing patented technology to create unique designs, colors and styles.
All Edward Mirell products are designed, engineered and manufactured in the USA at its South Florida facility.
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