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Gov. Rick Perry isn't on the ballot, but a new member of the Bush dynasty is. Wendy Davis can clinch a feat no woman has achieved in Texas since Ann Richards. Heavyweight Republicans are trying to survive, and a new voter ID law gets a major test.
Throw in a March blast of winter weather that could dampen turnout, and Texas' primary elections Tuesday figure to be anything but ordinary.
The results will begin the biggest reshuffling of state power in a decade. Although most of the competitive primary races are on the Republican side, Davis' bid for governor headlines a roster of underdog Democrats girding instead for the Nov. 4.
That's the only day that matters to Davis and Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott in the year's marquee showdown. Neither has a competitive primary, leaving Davis poised to become the first female gubernatorial nominee in Texas since Richards in 1994, and Abbott the first new GOP nominee after 14 years of Perry.
But a frigid forecast could leave voters with a dangerous -- or at least dreary -- drive to the polls. Meteorologist say freezing rain overnight Tuesday could sock Central Texas, the Houston area should be wary of elevated roads and a biting cold will be felt most everywhere.
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"It doesn't take much when you're not used to winter weather," National Weather Service meteorologist Dennis Cavanaugh said.
Unlike Davis and Abbott, few other Texas candidates have the luxury of uneventful primaries.
The conservative star power of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has GOP candidates -- from local races to statewide offices -- jostling farther right and wooing voters with vows to emulate Cruz's no-compromise style. Even U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, two of the state's most powerful Republicans, have spent money campaigning against longshot challengers who say the incumbents have grown moderate in Washington.
But changes are far more likely in Austin. Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who lost to Cruz for the Senate seat in 2012, appears headed for his first runoff in 11 years on the job.
Millions of dollars have been spent between Dewhurst and three prominent challengers: state Sen. Dan Patrick, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples. The race has been the nastiest and most competitive this primary season, with the four all taking aim at President Barack Obama in television ads when they're not sniping at each other.
Primary runoffs are set for May 27. Settling GOP nominations for attorney general, comptroller and agriculture commissioner may also have to wait until then.
"When there's a fair amount of negative out there it makes the electorate very unpredictable," Patterson said Monday. "You couldn't accurately poll it -- or you could and that poll would be good for probably about four hours."
Noticeably absent this primary season has been Perry, who announced last summer he wouldn't seek re-election but continues mulling a 2016 run for president. The longest-serving governor in Texas history hasn't endorsed in major races or even heard his name mentioned much in campaigns by his fellow Republicans.
They've instead talked about the future of the Texas GOP, which is expected to include George P. Bush in a prominent role. The 37-year-old nephew of former President George W. Bush, and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is running for land commissioner.
"Help is on the way," Bush told supporters in El Paso on Monday. "After this primary season, we will go out there and fight the good fight."
For Democrats, who haven't won a statewide election in 20 years, the primary serves little but an early test of voter strength. A team of Obama campaign veterans launched the group Battleground Texas last year to give Democrats a chance and will watch turnout Tuesday to gauge their efforts so far.
Another race being closely watched Tuesday night involves U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, who at age 90 is the oldest member of Congress. Five GOP challengers are vying against him in an effort to deny him an 18th term.
Election administrators say the primary will be the first real test of the state's new voter ID law, which the Republican-controlled Legislature passed in 2011 but wasn't enacted until last summer amid legal challenges. No major problems or controversies flared when the law debuted in November during a low-turnout, off-year election.
Associated Press Writers Will Weissert in Austin and Juan Carlos Llorca in El Paso contributed to this report.


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Not so long ago, your main environmentally friendly option on vacation involved leaving hotel towels on the bathroom rack so they would be reused instead of being thrown in the wash after a single use.
No more. Today, with the public twigging to tourism's heavy environmental footprint, the travel industry is scrambling to paint itself green. It's touting eco-this and sustainable-that.
Your flight's pollution can be "offset" with tree planting or investments in alternate energy sources; your hotel may reuse washing-machine water and buy only local products for its restaurant; your tour operator may donate part of its profits to helping local communities and to offset the pollution the trip creates.
At New York's Plaza Hotel, you can now organize a "100-mile menu" event, with the food coming from within 100 miles (160 kilometres) of the city. The Marriott hotel chain recently announced it will list each hotel's green initiatives on its website.
A new regional airline in Portland, Ore., recently proclaimed itself the world's first "green airline," because it uses small, fuel-efficient planes and offsets the environmental impact of the jet fuel by donating money to preserve forests in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
Still, the travel business faces major challenges, with some environmentalists arguing it is morally wrong to travel at all because of the massive amount of greenhouse gas emissions created by each trip, particularly by airliners.
With people now able to travel to the remotest locales, tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world, one that employs countless people and keeps many poor nations afloat.
It won't be disappearing any time soon.
Annual international trips around the world are expected to double to 1.6 billion by 2020, a quarter of them by long-haul travellers, the United Nations says. But rising oil and ticket prices may encourage travellers to cut down on the number of polluting flights they take.
Concerned about climate change, travellers increasingly want to take steps to cut their holidays' environmental impact. That's easier said than done.
Before you book your trip, you'll have to do some online research to ensure you will be making a truly green trip, and not falling for so-called "greenwashing" marketing ploys.
Here are a few starting points.
- The lowest impact vacation, of course, is one close to where you live. Be a tourist at home, using your hometown or province's tourism websites as your guide.
- The International Ecotourism Society, which has been promoting travel that "conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people" since 1990, can help you plan a trip. Search its directory (http://tinyurl.com/2b8eh3), which includes tour operators, travel agents, hotels, as well as companies offering transportation and other services.
- Sustainable Travel International (http://tinyurl.com/675dr7), a non-profit organization that promotes clean travel, uses its website to help travellers plan their trips. It also outlines credible eco-label and eco-certification programs.
The group maintains an extensive directory (http://tinyurl.com/5z8qgo) featuring hundreds of companies worldwide specializing in sustainable and responsible travel, from bed-and-breakfasts and eco-lodges to adventure travel and voluntourism (doing good on vacation).
- Ethical Traveler (www.ethicaltraveler.org) is organization for people looking for travel that's good for the environment as well as human rights.
Its website features "guidelines for ethical travel," detailed information about 10,000 destinations, and a compendium of ethical-travel sites, including some specialized travel agencies.
The outfit, which brings together travellers, travel agents, tour outfitters and industry players, recently unveiled its annual top 10 ethical travel destinations in the developing world, based on their commitment to environmental protection, social welfare and human rights. At the top of the list: Argentina, Bolivia and Bulgaria.
- You'll cause less harm if you vacation on foot (www.walkingvacations.com), on two wheels (http://velo.qc.ca/voyages/), or by train (www.railserve.com).
- If you have to fly, consider "offsetting" your trip by calculating the greenhouse gases spewed from the plane, then helping to offset its harm.
The concept is controversial. Critics note that such programs are misleading. For example, funding the planting of trees is a popular way to spend offsetting cash. But it'll take years before those trees can offset your plane's greenhouse-gas emissions.
The available programs vary greatly, in estimates of greenhouse-gas emissions produced by flights, the cost of offsetting those emissions and the amount of the payment that actually goes to environmental projects, according to a study published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
So it's offset-buyer beware.
The David Suzuki Foundation has a good offsetting primer (http://tinyurl.com/2sdcxh), as well as a comprehensive list of carbon offset vendors. It highlights vendors that meet the Gold Standard (www.cdmgoldstandard.org), a system under which credits are independently validated. Gold Standard credits support only renewable energy or energy-efficient technologies, excluding other projects like those involving tree planting.
Hotels are notoriously wasteful. Before anyone's head can even hit a pillow, hotel construction can devastate local environments and displace communities, all for the sake of keeping tourists in the lap of luxury.
In hotels, aside from the countless towels and sheets needlessly changed and washed daily, you have lights and air conditioning/heating always on in hallways, lobbies and other public areas, and the use of huge quantities of toxic cleaning supplies. Don't forget all those tiny containers for shampoo, conditioner and lotion, many of them full of cheap, eco-unfriendly products.
Good public-relations are only part of the reason more hotels are going green. They can also cut costs by installing low-energy light bulbs, heating and air-conditioning systems, and low-flow shower heads. Other hotel operators are touting the fact that they use paint and furniture that contain fewer nasty chemicals, and that they offer fair pay for workers and support for local residents.
Unfortunately, much of the online data about hotels is not independently verified. The information is self-reported by hotels or posted by the public.
But there's enough there to get you started. Once you find hotels that appear to take the environment seriously, check their websites or call or email to get more details. Those committed to sustainable tourism will be ready to share their environmental, employment and cultural policies.
- Eco Hotels of the World (www.ecohotelsoftheworld.com) is a British directory of more than 100 hotels making an effort to be green. Criteria include energy and water use, recycling and garbage efforts, conservation, incorporating local cultural considerations and investing in the local community. Search by number of "green stars" (based on criteria listed on the site) or by location.
- The Green Hotels Association (www.greenhotels.com) has been around for 15 years, so it's not a greeny come lately. It's a voluntary association of hotels trying to reduce their environmental impact. Its site has a directory of members, news on hotel environmental efforts, as well as tips on greening up your vacation.
- Environmentally Friendly Hotels (www.environmentallyfriendlyhotels.com) is a directory that bases its ratings on a list of green attributes (alternative energy, composting, water recycling, etc.), and allows visitors to submit reviews.
- The Hotel Association of Canada has a "Green Key ECO-Rating" program, a voluntary, self-administered system. Hotels fill out a form about their environmental efforts and are assigned a number of "green keys" depending on their measures. A website (www.hacgreenhotels.com) lists participating hotels.
- The Lonely Planet guidebook publisher has a comprehensive online guide to responsible travel, which it defines as being "about minimizing your impact and maximizing your connection with people and the environment." Visit www.lonelyplanet.com and click Responsible Travel.
- The Sierra Club, an environmental group, can help you plan your vacation. Take one of its quizzes (www.sierraclub.org/howgreen/) to test your environmental awareness about the greenness of your destination and of different modes of transportation.
- Planet Green, a new "eco-lifestyle" TV network, has a big online travel section (http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/) with destination ideas, feature stories and responsible-travel advice.
- IgoUgo, an online travellers' forum, has assembled its members' advice on planning a green vacation (http://tinyurl.com/5b49r9).
- Fodors, the travel guide publisher, offers 10 Tips for Greener Travel on its site (http://tinyurl.com/6htzpy) and recently published Green Travel, a good guidebook to 100 environmentally responsible accommodations around the world.
- EcoTourism Travel Guide (www.ecotourismlogue.com) and www.GoGreenTravelGreen.com offer practical advice for greener travel.


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If an article hasn't been replied to in a while and the author isn't responsive or active on the wiki, what's the general protocol for adopting an article? --Ghostwheel 20:55, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
- Sacrifice a goat, then do a satanic ritual and eat said goat flesh. Then write your name on the articles as the adopter. If said person ever reply then we are going to deal with it on the talk page. Oh step 1 is optional by the way. --Leziad 21:17, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
- *looks up from the gory mess* What? Optional? Damn, jumped the gun... :-/ --Ghostwheel 21:19, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
- What? No, that's a crappy policy Leziad. There isn't a well specified one in general though. Since you can already edit for clarity and grammar and minor things, the only reason to need to adopt is if you wanted to make mechanical changes to an article where the author is unresponsive. Which is probably fine in some situations, but completely unnecessary in others. Adoption in general seems the sort of thing that we should allow current users to block if there's insufficient justification for it, just to keep consistency up. And that means announcing your intentions and giving the community time to shut the bid down. - TarkisFlux 21:25, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
- Where should I state my intention? On the talk page of the article in question? And how long should we wait between stating intention and adopting? Is 3 days enough? Or a week? (Though a week seems really long online...) --Ghostwheel 22:12, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
- I actually think adoption should be a last resort when the author is non-responsive so that we maintain author control and continuity. So what I'd like to see for process (and the community can shout me down on this if it wants to) is something more like: explain desired changes on talk page like you would for any active author -> bug them on their talk page so they have no excuses for not seeing it -> propose adoption of article from non-responsive author -> take article over. And I actually think a week for each of those ->s is reasonable. It is a long damn time on the interwebs, but that's intentional. A big reason for that is the fact that this is a volunteer community with people who don't invest nearly the amount of time that you and I do and don't regularly refresh the recent changes page. Beyond that though, I actually don't want adoption of semi-accepted and static work, as I don't think that matches up with our author maintained homebrew goal. I think that giving the author of the work a fairly large portion of time to get back to us on an article that is basically finished and not under significant maintenance (and thus not significant attention) works because I don't expect them to be looking at things that might be up for adoption for non-response very regularly.
- But yeah, if you want changes made, the talk page is the place to start. And if there's no response, we can work from there. I don't see why there wouldn't be exceptions to that of course. - TarkisFlux 22:47, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
- Hmmm I like Tarkis's idea more, although I would also allow adoption when a page is about to get deleted, like a uncompleted page about to be deleted (and the author was not present enough to warrant sandboxing). Any thoughts? --Leziad 23:37, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
- That'd be one of those exceptions I could see but wasn't thinking about. I also don't care if someone wants to put their own stuff up for adoption / deletion and someone takes it right away (like Jay did a while back). - TarkisFlux 23:51, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
- I know that just by posting this question nearly all the article I wrote are now in the balance, but are there any circumstances you can think of where a hostile take over would be necessary? The "I stole your baby!" approach to adoption?--Teh Storm 07:31, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
- In a word, no. Deletion first. Where an author hopes to save a page, then to a sandbox. If someone makes a working option using the intended title while the original is sandboxed, then shit happens, but never forced adoption. -- Jota 07:53, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
- So, basically, it is never supposed to happen, but under the right circumstances it can by accident? That is very relieving in a weird "it's not cancer, it's your twin" sort of way.--Teh Storm 08:01, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
- We have hostile adjustment policies, but it's no more than a balance level change. If someone hates your idea but it's mechanically viable, the extent of their power over it is to yell at you on talk pages or try to get the community behind a forced change to it's balance level. Since most active people engage with their detractors, take criticism and make adjustments, and we throw SGTs at things to give a more objective assessment we don't have a lot of forced changes. Moral of the story: write stuff in sandboxes and get early critiques if you have concerns, learn from what people say to you, be flexible, don't write material that belongs at another balance point and then refuse to change it, and don't write material with holes that requires someone to adopt it from you to fix it if you leave. - TarkisFlux 14:54, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
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Unfortunately, reviewing healers isn't quite as simple as checking their Heals Per Second or Overall Healing vs Overheal. There are a lot of factors at play, and while many would argue that "Did they keep their target(s) up?" is the most important question to answer, there are other factors to consider when trying to get a comprehensive view of individual performance.
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2. Come prepared. Bring enough consumables (flasks, elixirs, food, etc.) for the raid session, including extra if it is a progression night and lots of wipes are expected. It's your responsibility to keep yourself buffed, so don't depend on the generosity of your guildies to provide Fish Feasts. (Bonus points if you bring the Fish Feasts yourself… extra bonus points if you don't wait until nearly everyone has already eaten buff food to throw it down.)
3. Enchant your shit. No one likes to see a raider turn up for a raid wearing an item they haven't gotten around to enchanting/gemming yet. I don't care if you won it less than 24 hours ago or if it's better than what you had before even without an enchant… enchant your shit.
4. Do your homework. Read up on new boss fights and familiarize yourself with strategies before the raid. Assume that your raid leader is going to tell you nothing before the first attempt, no matter how unlikely that is. If you're new to the guild, check the guild forums for information about which strategies your new guild uses. They may be different from what you are used to.
5. Ask questions. If anything at all is unclear, ask. Even if you are afraid of sounding like a chump, you'll at least be a well-informed chump that is less likely to make costly mistakes. If you're too shy to ask in Vent, whisper someone or ask in your class/role channel.
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The top-line data revealed that at the ECE visit, 90.9 percent of subjects were considered to be stable or improving in the investigator's assessment
Singapore: CrystalGenomics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Korea, has received the draft of the clinical study report from the recently completed phase IIa study of CG400549, a first-in-class antibiotic candidate for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
This study was the first human efficacy study for CG400549 and was an open-label, exploratory study to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of 960 mg of CG400549 orally administered, once daily for 10 to 14 days, in subjects with complicated acute bacterial skin & skin structure infections (cABSSSI) caused by MRSA. All subjects received active treatment of CG400549 and there were no active comparators in the study. The primary efficacy parameter was evaluated at the Early Clinical Evaluation (ECE) point, between 48-72 hours of treatment initiation per new FDA recommendations.
Antibacterial resistance is a serious global health issue. Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, such as MRSA, has been increasing significantly and a 2007 report on "Emerging Infectious Diseases", a publication from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), estimated that the number of MRSA infections in hospitals doubled nationwide, from 127,000 in 1999 to 278,000 in 2005. Annual deaths from MRSA increased from 11,000 to more than 19,500 during that same span.
The top-line data revealed that at the ECE visit, 90.9 percent of subjects were considered to be stable or improving in the investigator's assessment, meeting the primary efficacy endpoint of the study. The study also met its secondary endpoints.
In terms of safety, there were no deaths, serious adverse events or discontinuations due to adverse events and most of the adverse events were considered unrelated to the study drug. Also, there were no abnormal findings on vital signs, ECG, or physical examination that suggested safety risks for the use of CG400549.
Dr Joong Myung Cho, president & CEO, CrystalGenomics, stated, "We are very pleased with the results from our first human efficacy study as no one else has yet to confirm human efficacy with FabI inhibitors as an antibiotic agent. Based on currently available data, the biggest advantages of CG400549 over the Standard of Care (SOC) anti-MRSA therapeutics are its novel drug target, new chemical class, and once-a-day formulation. However, if we can show that the safety profile of our drug is better than the SOC such as linezolid and vancomycin, CG400549 may become an excellent alternative for those patients who are restricted from using SOC due to safety concerns."


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TOOWOOMBA police are looking to speak with 13 people they believe can assist them with inquiries into a number of different crimes.
A Queensland Police spokeswoman said the public should not approach anyone they believed was displayed in these images, but instead to contact Policelink on 131 444.
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Whole conviction: Collins not forgiven his trespass
Albemarle General District Court routinely handles misdemeanor cases like trespassing, while Constitutional rights arguments are usually reserved for higher courts. Yet, in what might ultimately become a precedent-setting case, the issues converged October 24, and substitute Judge Steve Helvin found himself deciding whether private property rights trump free speech laws in Virginia.
The case goes back to May 7 when two Charlottesville institutions– Democratic candidates and Whole Foods supermarket– collided. Rich Collins, 70, was campaigning for the Democratic nomination for the 57th District General Assembly race in the potentially Dem-rich Whole Foods parking lot, part of the Shopper's World shopping center.
Shopper's World property manager Chuck Lebo asked Collins to leave because the shopping center allows no solicitations. Collins' refusal ignited the issue of where free speech belongs at publicly used property that's privately owned.
Helvin is the first judge to wrestle with the issue in this case.
"I'm telling you, I thought it would be more clear cut," said the folksy judge. "For someone born in the shadow of Monticello, this is one time I wouldn't mind going up to talk to the guy on the hill."
Helvin noted that back in Jefferson's day, people came to politick and vote in Court Square. The center of Albemarle County, Court Square was both publicly used and publicly owned.
Now, said Helvin, "There's not a clear divide about where you can practice free speech."
The judge said the major question was anticipating how the Supreme Court of Virginia would rule, and he wanted to be mindful that while courts don't make law, "We can protect people's rights," he said.
It was with some regret that Helvin ruled against what Collins did. "My personal view is that it should be allowed," said Helvin. "If I was on the Supreme Court, I'd rule in [Collins'] favor– but I don't think the Supreme Court will."
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Cynthia Murray suggested the judge issue a fine and then suspend all or part of it. Helvin went with a $50 fine.
"I considered $1 fine to be symbolic," he said, "but decided to be consistent with other trespassing rulings."
Murray asked whether Collins would be allowed to go on Shopper's World property, and Helvin declined to rule on that.
After the verdict, Collins walked over to shake Chuck Lebo's hand.
Lebo, who's worked in real estate for 30 years, was pleased with the outcome. "I'm for free speech," said Lebo. "I think it should be held on public property. Let's leave private property private, and public property public."
Rutherford Institute attorney Frazier Solsberry remarked to Lebo, "I think we'll see more of each other." And in fact, the ACLU/Rutherford Institute legal team assisting Collins has filed a civil suit against Lebo in Albemarle Circuit Court, "asking the court to declare this application of trespassing unconstitutional under Virginia law," said Solsberry.
Collins was not surprised at his trespassing conviction. "I think Judge Helvin probably made the right decision– the Supreme Court would not uphold it."
But he hasn't paid the $50 fine yet. "Yes, of course we're appealing," says Collins.
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Our favorite Barbie doll is back with a new game for girls. She must look beautiful and needs your help to make up and dress up. She has a lot of dresses with many colors, varios accesories but she needs you to choose the best for her. Have fun and make her look great!
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FDA Curbs Use of Ketek - 2 of 3 Indications Taken Away, New Warning Added
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Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD on Monday, February 12, 2007
Feb. 12, 2007 -- Federal regulators Monday narrowed the approved uses of the controversial antibiotic Ketek, and said they will add new safety warnings for the drug.
The move is the latest in years of maneuvering over Ketek, which has been the subject of a pair of FDA reviews and a U.S. Senate investigation.
Agency officials said Ketek will no longer be approved to treat bacterial sinus infection and bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis bronchitis, two generally safe upper respiratory tract infections.
It will remain an option for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia pneumonia of mild to moderate severity.
John Jenkins, MD, head of the FDA's office of new drugs, said the agency's decision was "the result of a comprehensive analysis of risks and benefits" of Ketek.
Those risks include liver toxicity, a side effect that has increasingly concerned FDA scientists and industry watchdogs since Ketek gained U.S. approval in April 2004.
An analysis commissioned by the agency late last year found 35 cases of severe injuries that analysts say were likely attributable to Ketek.
Doctors have written an estimated 6 million prescriptions for Ketek since its approval.
But scientists have worried that the risk of liver problems, while rare, may not be worth Ketek's limited benefits.
The drug was never shown to be better than other antibiotics at curing bacterial infections, but was approved under FDA regulations that seek to speed newer agents to market in an effort to combat drug resistance.
Ketek's label was changed in June 2006 to add the warning that it carries a risk of liver damage.New Ketek Warning
Now, a new boxed warning in Ketek's labeling will warn doctors and consumers that the drug should not be used in patients with myasthenia gravismyasthenia gravis, a chronic condition that causes muscle to tire and weaken, the agency said.
Sanofi-Aventis, Ketek's manufacturer, said it will alert doctors to the changes and begin distributing patient information guides. Sanofi-Aventis is a WebMD sponsor.
In a statement, the France-based company said Ketek remains "an important option" for doctors.
Senate Scrutiny
The FDA has come under scrutiny from Congress over Ketek.
A U.S. Senate committee report in December 2006 concluded the agency had failed to inform expert advisors reviewing Ketek that a large safety study was flawed by researcher misconduct.
And the agency's handling of Ketek is likely to be a key focus of hearings on the agency's practices scheduled for Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Jenkins referred to the 2006 episode Monday as "a learning experience for us." If the agency encounters a similar situation in the future, "it's possible we would take a different decision at that point," he said.
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), whose staff issued the Senate report, said the FDA has been held accountable for its questionable approval of Ketek.
"Now the uses for Ketek are limited, and the public is safer and better informed," Grassley said.
Sanofi-Aventis posted $58.3 million in Ketek sales in the first nine months of 2006, company spokesman Melissa Feltmann tells WebMD.
"I think it's premature to speculate on the exact impact" of Monday's announcement, she says.
SOURCES: John Jenkins, MD, director, Office of New Drugs, FDA. News release, Sanofi-Aventis. Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa). Melissa Feltmann, spokesman, Sanofi-Aventis.
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How dry I am: Sicca complex has many causes
Ricky Gervais at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards was anything but dry– well, except for a few dry martinis, I'm sure.
Wow, now I like humor, but I thought at times he went a liiiiitle too far to insult his guests. To paraphrase Kathy Griffin, it's more polite to make fun of celebrities behind their backs. It amazed me that Joan Rivers said in her documentary, A Piece of Work, that it hurts to be roasted and ridiculed, but she does it because of the money.
Sicca complex (pronounced like, "I'm sick a you!") is a combination of dry eyes and dry mouth. For people with dry eyes, an ophthalmologist probably scribbled the diagnosis, "Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS)". And for those with dry mouth, an ear-nose-throat doctor or dentist said, "Xerostomia."
Sicca can be from a rheumatological disorder, which is why seeing the doctor is a good idea. Sjogren's syndrome can cause sicca because of chronic inflammation that ruins the glands for tears and saliva. Sjogren's syndrome can also occur with rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatologic diseases. In a small percentage of patients, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma develops with sicca.
Dry eyes can result from a slew of things besides KCS: contact lens use, allergies, low vitamin A, and impaired eyelid function. In KCS, dry eyes are worse in the evening, so watching Brian Williams on the NBC Nightly News becomes even drier that it already is. (Go, Katie Couric!)
The dry feeling is like sand in the eye— gritty– because dry eyes aren't good for the cornea (which is skin). Itching, irritation, and pain with light can occur as well. Mucus filaments build up to make eye-wax sleepies look like glue balls.
This is interesting. Tears are still produced from crying. So Tammy Faye Bakker, may she rest in peace, would have been able to indulge in her trademark crying even if she had had KCS.
Apart from xerostomia, dry mouth can result from things including antidepressants, antihistamine, some blood pressure meds, dehydration, diabetes mellitus, and anxiety. Many older folks think they have dry mouths, but their salivary production is actually normal.
Dry mouth is bad, bad, bad for the teeth, so the dentist practically becomes a family member. About 65 percent of people with xerostomia get cavities. Many folks are shocked when I tell them they have a yeast infection– of the mouth, not down south– but infections do occur, especially with xerostomia.
Pain occurs in the mouth, especially with spicy foods (which means Korean people suffer the most because almost all Korean food is spicy). Wearing dentures with a mouth yeast infection is like getting your teeth knocked out in a boxing match.
Dry mouth can causes gum recession, and the teeth become sensitive to temperature. In another dramatic symptom, they can fly out of your mouth after you bite into something hard like a bagel.
Laryngotracheal reflux can occur from xerostomia, meaning the throat and trachea respond to the lack of saliva to cause coughing and clearing of the throat. Like GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), chest pains can occur– especially when lying down at night— and can cause people to wake up in a panic.
Blood tests can help diagnose rheumatologic problem(s) causing the sicca. Also a simple test in the doctor's office can see if the eyes aren't secreting enough tears.
Though Ricky Gervais put a lot of big wheels through the drier at the Golden Globes, he can't say, "There wasn't a dry eye in the room," which is saying a mouthful.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a renowned physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions.


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SPRING Technologies Releases GibbsCAM Plug-in for Direct Access to NCSIMUL
MOORPARK, CA – October 16, 2012 – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ and TASE: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM software solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, announced today the release of the SPRING Technologies NCSIMUL Plug-in for GibbsCAM®. The plug-in is a collaborative effort of Gibbs and Associates, developer of the GibbsCAM® software for programming CNC machine tools, and SPRING Technologies, developer of NCSIMUL, a major standard for NC program simulation and feed rate optimization. The plug-in provides GibbsCAM users direct access to the NCSIMUL application, which assists programmers with NC program analysis and verification, and provides machine-tool simulation with error and gouge detection. After NC programs are corrected of errors and gouging, and fully verified, NCSIMUL provides options to optimize program parameters to improve toolpath cycle time and cutting tool efficiency. The NCSIMUL plug-in is supported by SPRING Technologies, and is immediately available, worldwide, from SPRING Technologies and its resellers.
While the standard GibbsCAM machine tool simulation works from the GibbsCAM program data before postprocessing, and uses machine-tool models created by the user, NCSIMUL uses the machine-ready, postprocessed NC program, (G-code/ISO code), enabling simulation and analysis one step closer to actual machining. It also provides an extensive library of kinematic models of lathes, turning centers, machining centers and multi-task machines, saving users the time required to create precise models of their own machine tools.
"We are pleased with our new association with SPRING Technologies, and the development o
f this plug-in for GibbsCAM," said Robb Weinstein, Senior Vice President of Sales and Strategic Planning of Gibbs and Associates. "For many years, our approach to complementary technology that improves customer productivity has been adoption, not reinvention, so the integration of NCSIMUL with GibbsCAM is exciting, as it can help our customers improve cycle times, tool life and surface finish with analysis and optimization at the last step before machining."
"With this integration, we hope to help GibbsCAM users achieve higher productivity through the toolpath analysis, verification, simulation and optimization NCSIMUL provides," said Olivier Bellaton, General Manager of SPRING Technologies. "For them, the NCSIMUL Plug-in enables direct access to our machine-tool library, and all the functions designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the machining process."
For the GibbsCAM user, the NCSIMUL plug-in is more powerful than as a stand-alone application for two reasons. First, for ease of use and user productivity, GibbsCAM is a fully integrated application that never requires the user to leave the GibbsCAM environment to complete programming operations. To maintain this integrity, the plug-in is accessed and activated from the GibbsCAM menu bar. Second, as a plug-in, NCSIMUL imports GibbsCAM solid models of part, stock, fixtures and other workholding devices, plus tooling parameters, to develop the 3D tools required for full and accurate simulation.
About Gibbs and Associates and GibbsCAM
For thirty years, Gibbs and Associates has been a leader in providing cutting edge CAD/CAM technology, while maintaining its signature ease-of-use and productivity. Powerfully Simple, Simply Powerful is the guiding philosophy at Gibbs. Gibbs believes in empowering the NC programmer, machinist, and manufacturing engineer, not eliminating them. Gibbs' goal is to introduce manufacturers to new technologies and new ways of working that makes their machining easier and their businesses more profitable. To achieve this goal, Gibbs creates tools that are naturally intuitive, graphically interactive, extremely visual, associative, and just plain enjoyable to use. Gibbs provides a total quality solution with the service and support that successful customers require.
The current GibbsCAM product line supports 2- through 5-axis milling, turning, mill/turning, multi-task simultaneous machining and wire-EDM. GibbsCAM also provides fully integrated manufacturing modeling capabilities that include 2D, 2.5D, 3D wireframe, surface, and solid modeling. GibbsCAM is Compatible with Windows 7 and Certified for Windows Vista. GibbsCAM's data exchange capabilities are able to access the broadest range of native and industry standard CAD data formats. GibbsCAM is certified under the Autodesk Inventor Certified Program, is a Siemens Solution Partner Program-PLM for Solid Edge product, and is a SolidWorks Certified CAM Product. GibbsCAM is either offered or endorsed by a number of leading worldwide control and machine tool manufacturers, including GE Fanuc, Infimatic, Siemens, Doosan Infracore, Haas, Index, MAG Fadal, Mazak, Mitsubishi, Mori Seiki, and Tornos. Gibbs and Associates distributes its products worldwide through a network of international Resellers.
In January 2008, Gibbs and Associates merged with Cimatron Ltd., and is now operating as a wholly owned subsidiary. For more information about Gibbs and Associates and its CAM software packages, visit its web site (www.GibbsCAM.com) or call 1-800-654-9399 (outside of North America, call +1-805-523-0004).
About Cimatron
With 30 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron Ltd., or Cimatron, is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM software solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles, enable collaboration with outside vendors, and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with solutions for mold design, die design, electrodes design, 2.5 to 5 axes milling, wire EDM, turn, mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.
Cimatron's shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol CIMT. For more information, please
visit Cimatron's web site at: http://www.cimatron.com.
The Gibbs logo, GibbsCAM, GibbsCAM logo, Virtual Gibbs, and "Powerfully Simple. Simply Powerful." are either trademark(s) or registered trademark(s) of Gibbs and Associates in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Autodesk, Autodesk Inventor, and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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This press release includes forward looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements may relate to Cimatron's plans, objectives and expected financial and operating results. The words "may," "could," "would," "will," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," and similar expressions or variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward looking statements include, but are not limited to: currency fluctuations, global economic and political conditions, marketing demand for Gibbs and Associates or Cimatron products and services, long sales cycles, new product development, assimilating future acquisitions, maintaining relationships with customers and partners, and increased competition. For more details about the risks and uncertainties related to Cimatron's business, refer to its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company cannot assess the impact of or the extent to which any single factor or risk, or combination of them, may cause. Gibbs and Associates and Cimatron undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Pair programming is the subject of endless discussion and debate. How often should we pair — 25%, 50%, 75%, or even 100% of our development day? Should we pair on remedial tasks as well as feature development? What about infrastructure work or research? Is pair programming valuable at all, or should we kick that hippie kumbaya crap to the curb, put on our headphones, and get some real work done?
Personally, I'm somewhere in the 95%-pairing range. Simple stories and bug fixes have a way of becoming complicated (or implemented sloppily) when soloing. Infrastructure is a notoriously siloed realm and spreading that knowledge around can only help everyone. Investigating production database issues, estimating stories, writing CSS, chopping up images using Fireworks — share the love!
So what is the last 5% for? Futzing.
Futzing Around
I'm "futzing around" when I'm not doing anything important, maybe even wasting time, at least from a pure productivity perspective. Interestingly, while I'm not implementing features or fixing bugs, I'm expanding my mind. I'm learning in a way that is not conducive to pair programming or any interaction at all with other people: I'm exercising my personal way of learning that that is unique to me. Here's an example:
On my current project, we're using very advanced, powerful CSS selectors that blow my mind. While I understand what we are implementing and can see the immediate affect upon the application, it is impossible for me to grok the enormity of these techniques even though my pair is a master and great teacher. I'm learning, but not necessarily understanding. Collectively we are not in a teaching mode, we're in a cranking-out-awesome-stuff mode. Now, I am not suggesting that we are hacking or moving too fast to learn — on the contrary, we are both learning much, and I often ask my pair to slow down and explain what the hell
.div:first-child:not(.row) + .row is doing. Our joint mission, though, is to get stuff done, not to explore every CSS pseudo selector. I'll futz around with that later.
Flipping Switches
When I'm learning something new, especially when it's complicated, I eventually need to futz with it by myself, with nobody looking over my shoulder. I need to flip all of the switches, break it, fix it, break it again the same way, fix it, throw in a little salt and pepper and try again. I need to try every parameter individually, then try to combine them. I need to hack and not feel bad about it. I need to do stupid stuff that could never possibly work because, even if I'm told such, I need to try it myself. Finally, I need to do this for 30 minutes until the "ah ha!" moment hits me and all of the tumblers fall into place in my mind.
Why don't I do this with a pair? Because I must be in the driver's seat the entire time with no consideration for pair programming etiquette: talking things through, taking turns, letting my pair try his ideas — no way. I need those brain cycles to figure this stuff out, to make the mental connections that are shorting out. I don't know what I don't know, and I need to find out for myself, in my own dumb way, by futzing around and making mistakes. Finally, I need to more than learn: I need to understand. When I'm done, I will use that new understanding during the other 95% of my development time to help my team build the best products we possibly can, and encourage them to futz around a bit on their own, too.
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Startup Valuations Jumped 85% on Average in First Quarter – Survey
The first three months of 2014 were heady ones for Silicon Valley companies raising venture capital, says the latest survey from law firm Fenwick & West LLP.
Just 8% of financings were down rounds in which a company's valuation fell, while 76% were up rounds. In the rest, the valuation stayed the same. The difference between the rate of up rounds and down rounds was the greatest since the second quarter of 2007, when the difference was 70 percentage points.


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SD grocery chain simplifies shopping
For people who like to cook with wholesome foods but still operate on a budget, grocery shopping can mean hours of couponing and price comparisons, followed by stops at several stores to get the best deals on otherwise expensive products.
But a San Diego-based grocery chain aims to do that work for its shoppers by bucking national trends and offering (get this) fewer options.
Every Thursday, managers for Barons Market's four locations gather at the flagship store in Point Loma to taste potential new products.
Nothing goes on the shelves without approval from this committee of about 25 managers who for two hours each week put on their consumer hats and screen for not only the best flavor, but the best value. For Barons, that means a high-quality and healthful product at a lower price point than shoppers will find at so-called health-food stores.
They're tough customers, too. If a new hummus doesn't offer a bigger bang for the shopper's buck in some way than one already on the shelf, it doesn't make the cut. If it meets the criteria, the managers may drop one of the brands they're already carrying. In a tasting of 100 items, the panel might approve two or three.
View the photo gallery: Barons Market
That's because President Joe Shemirani wants his stores small and their inventory limited.
His strategy is counterintuitive in a market driven by comparison and choice.
But Shemirani argues that this is where Southern California's desire for organic, gluten-free and local products meets the societal craving for convenience and efficiency.
People love the food they can find at farmers markets, he said, but most don't have the time to go to one. And in a time-obsessed culture where every minute counts, they don't always have the time to navigate the aisles of a larger supermarket to compare product labels and prices, either.
The typical grocery store is between 50,000 and 60,000 square feet, but Barons Markets average 15,000 square feet. Standard supermarkets carry between 45,000 and 50,000 items. Barons carries about 9,000, in an effort to give what Marketing Manager Rachel Shemirani says is a more satisfying shopping experience.
Customers can get overwhelmed by too many choices and leave the store feeling they made an imperfect choice, she explained — an effect analysts call "consumer confusion," which can lead to another effect: "grocery guilt," the sense that one sacrificed quality to save a few dollars, or vice versa.
View the Video Taste testing for the market
That's why Barons does the comparing and makes most of the decisions for its customers.
"The options thing is a gimmick" Joe Shemirani said. "Costco carries 4,500 items. Trader Joe's has less than 3,000 items, we carry 9,000. It is our job as agents for the customers to do our research and find the best value for them so they trust us."
Trust is a critical part of his strategy, in light of numerous national surveys that show grocery shoppers are still in value-seeking mode. They have to believe that what's on the shelf is indeed the best product for their needs, and at the best price. That's because Barons doesn't do sales, coupons or club cards.
Shopper Larry Zeiger lives nearby and says he visits the Point Loma store between three and four times a week. He appreciates not having to cut coupons or load deals onto a club card.
The Barons selection, though limited, is great, he said, and the prices are good.
"I know that what they have selected is the best and the best price," he said. "If there are certain products that have bad ingredients, they usually don't carry them. That's why they probably may not have as big a selection as Ralphs or Vons, but I can always find things that they have at other stores that are more health-food oriented, and the price is going to be significantly cheaper."
The panel monitors buying trends closely, and people looking for a specific item can make their request to the food committee. The committee will then compare the brands and pick two or three that they think their shoppers will like.
Shemirani said the combination of a relatively small store and limited, but intensely vetted selection gets customers in and out faster.
"That allows them to shop in here between three and five times a week because they want everything fresh, and then they can go to Costco once a month to pick up their major nonperishables and paper products," he said.
Barons Market
Four locations: Point Loma, Rancho Bernardo, Temecula and Wildomar
No. of employees: 120
No. of products: 9,000 compared with a traditional supermarket's 40,000
Produce: 60-100 produce items, compared with 300-400 in a big-box market
Choices per item: Two to five choices per item, compared with 10 to 30 per item at larger stores
Time savings: 15 minutes to shop, compared with 45 minutes to an hour at a traditional supermarket
Prices: 25 to 35 percent lower prices than other markets
What's New: In-store salad bars at Point Loma and Rancho Bernardo locations
Industry research analyst Jeffrey Cohen with IBISWorld said Barons' model is unusual in a market where grocery stores gravitate toward larger footprints and wider selections of the one-stop-shop variety.
But the Barons chain isn't the only one trying to merge the wholesome and the convenient.
Alex Siskos, vice president of business insights at Crossmark, told The Shelby Report, a leading publication for the food and grocery industry, earlier this year that now is the time for food retailers to leverage health and wellness in stores.
"Enhancing fresh food offerings in a unique and compelling way, as well as providing more overall convenient, immediate solutions for shoppers will be key growth enablers," he said.
Traditional supermarkets are responding to the demand by stocking more fresh produce, especially organic, Cohen said, along with gluten-free products and locally grown options.
Larger chains, too, are finding their own ways to maximize convenience for consumers, with in-store pharmacies, online platforms for couponing, mobile applications with up-to-the-minute sale information, and self-checkouts to get customers in and out faster.
Ralphs has even installed a high-tech system that constantly monitors the number of people in its stores and uses an algorithm to calculate how many checkout lanes should be open at a given time.
Many are also adding deli and salad bars featuring freshly prepared gourmet foods that depart from the standard chicken-finger fare in the delis of last decade. Like its larger competitors, Barons has a gourmet food bar.
Factors Affecting Store Selection
2.2: Average number of grocery trips per week per consumer
75: percentage of shoppers who say low prices very important
64: percentage of shoppers who say a great selection very important
34: percentage of shoppers who say very important that a store have fresh food or a deli
17: percentage of shoppers who say it's very important to them that a store carries natural or organic products
*Sources: Booz and Company, Food Marketing Institute
But big stores have one advantage when it comes to convenience, Cohen pointed out: Being a one-stop shop is its own form of convenience. Running your afternoon errands and need a pick-me-up? You can always grab a cappuccino from the in-store Starbucks. Their broad selections also give big-box markets another edge, he said, because housing a wider inventory allows for impulse purchases.
Cohen said that while niche stores like Barons may do well in certain neighborhoods, he doubts they will replace traditional supermarkets. Food Marketing Institute data show that one-quarter of shoppers visit small-format stores for either the value, assortment or convenience, but only 2 percent consider them to be their primary grocery stop.
Shemirani won't share his sales numbers, but says he is seeing double-digit growth year over year.
"Bottom line: We really believe in simplicity," he said. "We keep it simple and really, really deliver value to the customer. When I say value, value is not just the price. Real value is that shopping experience, coming here, trusting us, making it quick and making it satisfying."
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Click inside for the weekly food rail, with an easy recipe for Cheesy Cheddar Roll Ups, a review of Brain ToniQ, and more. Or check out the food links below:
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Easy recipe: Cheesy Cheddar Roll Ups
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
8-ounce tube crescent rolls
2 tablespoons coarse ground mustard
8 Johnsonville Beddar with Cheddar Sausage (or other sausage, brat or hot dog)
In skillet, sauté onion in oil until light golden brown; cool slightly.
Unroll crescent dough and separate into triangles. Spread each with mustard and top with onions.
Place one sausage on wide end of each triangle and roll up. Place on ungreased cookie sheet with point down.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes, or until golden brown and crispy.
-- Johnsonville Sausage
Tip of the Week: Warm up your mood
A recent study at Yale University shows that holding a warm drink "warms" your personality. A simple solution to reduce cold weather irritability is to sip hot cocoa, savor a cup of flavorful broth, or relish a warm apple cider to brighten a bad mood. You'll instantly feel a little better during a cold hectic day.
Did You Know?
Researchers have found a new benefit of blueberries: A new study suggests that substances found in blueberry extract may inhibit the growth of blood vessel tumors in infants and children -- Ohio State University
Critic's Cupboard: Brain TonIQ
This carbonated beverage purports to "fuel your cranium" to help you "get thinking again." It includes glyceryl phosphoryl choline, eleutherococcus root extract, rhodiola rosea root extract, blue green algae and dimethylaminoethanol.
It worked! That list of ingredients sure got my cranium thinking. I'm thinking I shouldn't be ingesting things I've never heard of and can't pronounce.
If I feel the need to ingest 20 grams of sugar and 80 calories, I'll eat a cookie.
Besides, this stuff tastes like metallic grapefruit.
-- Saimi Bergmann, The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
Food Quiz
This spice is the lacy covering of a seed (which is itself used as a spice). Once dried, it is a light yellowish-orange color that is imparted to the food in which it is used.
A. Sumac
B. Nutmeg
C. Mace
D. Turmeric
Answer is at bottom of column
Wise to the Word: Ice
Ice assumes different meanings in the culinary world. An ice is a frozen dessert of water, sugar and flavorings, often juices or coffee. Use one part sugar to four parts liquid. During freezing, occasionally stir to create a granular texture.
Ice assumes a second meaning in baking. It is the spreading of frosting on a cake or cookies.
-- The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
Number to Know: 380
Calories in a McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwich.
– nutrition.mcdonalds.com
The Dish On … "Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for All Seasons" by Nava Atlas
From hearty stews to refreshing desserts, Nava Atlas ladles out 120-plus imaginative, low-in-fat-but-rich-in-flavor meatless delights to suit every taste.
To highlight the best produce available at any time of year, Nava has arranged the book by season, with spring soups like Leek and Mushroom Bisque and Okra-Rice Gumbo; Cool Ratatouille and Zesty Green Gazpacho for summer; savory Baked Onion Soup and Orange-Butternut Squash Soup for autumn; and hearty Curried Millet-Spinach Soup and Vegetarian Goulash for winter.
With exotic international offerings, basic comfort soups, delicate broths and plenty of soups and stews that can serve as one-dish meals, this cookbook is a must for vegan kitchens everywhere.
From the Beer Nut's Blog
There are some good beers that are just hitting the shelves.
Two excellent barleywines, Dogfish Head's Olde School Barleywine and Brooklyn's Monster Ale, are out. These are two totally different types of barleywine, but both are very good in their own ways.
Also in stores are Southern Tier's Gemini, Fisherman's Navigator, De Dolle Still Nacht, Berkshire Brewing Company's Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout, Green Flash Grand Cru and Orkney Dark Island Reserve Limited.
To read more from the Beer Nut, visit http://blogs.townonline.com/beernut/
Food Quiz Answer
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Mrs. Seeker: "Yeah, my husband sees Dr. Grumpy, and knows a lot about his case."
Annie: "Okay, let me open his chart... What can I do for you?"
Mrs. Seeker: "Where do you think he'd have put our car title? I can't find it anywhere."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Neurologist and mentalist , soothsayer and clairvoyant, psychic and demigod is our Dr. Grumpy.
Grumpy you really have these people fooled, they think you are all things. You are smart and funny, but c'mon car titles ?
Love the late day post, send me home with a smile.
Double her salary or at least buy her chocolate
It's in his file, behind the Xrays with his passport, Maam.
Well, if the guy is like my mom, it could be under C for Car, A for Auto, M for Mercury, T for Title, N for Niemeyer's Title.... Grumpy, I know you know everything, but come on, did you know where his title was???
I didn't know I could call you for things like that.
It took me a couple of days to find my car title when I was ready to trade it in.
Perhaps she should be calling his proctologist?
Reminds (somewhat) me of that patient's fiance who called you as he was looking for his car keys after his bride-to-be suicide attempt... If you help her, the fiance will be kinda jealous that you were no help to him no?
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The Netherlands-based photo collective, NOOR, recently welcomed two photographers -- Sebastian Liste and Asim Rafiqui -- to its roster, signaling a desire to add fresh coverage on a range of under-reported local issues, from South America to Pakistan, India and across Africa.
The two new associate members join NOOR's 10 current photographers: Nina Berman, Pep Bonet, Andrea Bruce, Alixandra Fazzina, Stanley Greene, Yuri Kozyrev, Benedicte Kurzen, Kadir van Lohuizen, Jon Lowenstein and Francesco Zizola.
Liste, a Spanish photographer and recent TIME contributor who divides his time between his home country and Brazil, joins from the Reportage by Getty Images agency, where he spent the last three years. But Liste's relationship with NOOR (a word that means "light" in Arabic) started four years ago when he first met Pep Bonet, one of the agency's founding members. "I had just started working on my Urban Quilombo project and he was very passionate about it. He helped a lot with edits and he advised me." The following year, he met another NOOR member – Francesco Zizola – who, he says, also took a particular interest in the work.
"Every year, they'd tell me they wanted me at NOOR, but I didn't feel ready," the 29-year-old explains. "I didn't have the experience, and I didn't feel I could add something to the agency. I needed a period of time to understand what's going on in the industry, how it's changing."
Last month, NOOR tried again. "They wrote me these amazing letters, asking me to join. And I just thought: 'Why not? Maybe now is the right time.'"
For Liste, joining NOOR is about finding a structure where he can develop his life-long projects. "The most important thing for me is not how to make money but, instead, how to approach long-term projects," Liste tells TIME. "I wanted to work with a small community of photographers. I needed a place that trusted my work and did something about it. NOOR is a place where you can put all of your energy and be part of a group where you can grow your ideas. I can't think of many collectives and agencies that can do that."
While Liste's approach to photography is similar to many of NOOR's members, Asim Rafiqui's isn't. For the past eight years, the 48-year-old Pakistani photographer has worked on the fringes of traditional photojournalism.
"I've been pursuing very personal projects," he tells TIME. "I've worked with different publications, but that's never been my focus. My goal has always been to create complex work." For example, in The Idea of India, Rafiqui challenged notions that Hindus, Muslims and Christians are "oppositional groups, irreconcilably pitted against one another," he writes on his website. "India's actual, lived experiences suggests a long history of religious exchange and accommodation and a resistance to ideologies that impose a uniform, high culture on a society where once nearly all its people lived a vernacular culture."
For Rafiqui, journalists and photographers have a responsibility to combat these stereotypes, especially when they approach projects in Africa and Asia. "My struggle has been to argue and explain that history is not a series of breaks – [but instead that] history continues," he says. "We are living through the post-colonial era and we retain many of these colonialist and Orientalist cultures within our own countries."
For example, on his blog, The Spinning Head, Rafiqui has been particularly critical of Western NGOs, which, he tells TIME, still employ colonialist arguments and philosophies. "In the last decades of colonialism, [when new nations were born] the discourse very much became about saving the natives from their backwardness – that they weren't ready, that they needed help. It was all about humanitarianism. I think that we don't understand where a lot of today's discourses come from and the politics behind them, and I try to speak against the language NGOs use today."
When photographers work closely with NGOs, Rafiqui explains, they have to take into consideration the historical and political baggage these organisations bring with them. Instead, photographers should allow for the political, social and economic histories of the nations they visit to come to light. "In these countries, there are local actors, but I repeatedly find that these voices, these characters are removed [from photographers' stories]," he says. "It's about realizing that you are arriving, living and breathing in complex worlds. It's about taking the time to get involved in these worlds, instead of simply claiming that you're going to save them because they can't save themselves."
Rafiqui also argues that mainstream photojournalism is European- and American-centric. "It remains the most influential space because what appears at World Press Photo or in TIME influences tens of thousands of photographers across the globe," which leads, for example, to South Asian photographers repeating -- in terms of aesthetics and narrative construction -- the same stories they see in the Western media. "There are other voices and perspectives that are missing from the debate," Rafiqui asserts.
"At NOOR, there are people who already think like that," Rafiqui adds, "and I think [by selecting me] they are trying to highlight this. But I don't want to make them speak like me. Instead, I can maybe challenge them with a perspective that they might not be able to get from someone else. I also want to be pushed by a very intelligent group of people who have very different ways of working and very different ideologies."
Sebastián Liste is a Brazil-based photographer represented by Noor. In September 2012, he received the Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography and the City of Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Award. LightBox previously published Liste's work documenting the community living in an abandoned chocolate factory and Brazil's love for football ahead of the 2014 World Cup. Follow him on Twitter @SebastianListe.
Asim Rafiqui is a Pakistani photographer represented by Noor. He's currently based in Kigali, Rwanda, and regularly writes on his blog, The Spinning Head.
Noor is an Amsterdam-based collective of photojournalists and documentary photographers.
Olivier Laurent is the editor of TIME LightBox. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @olivierclaurent.


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Campus Classic race expected to draw 2,500
Sept. 27, 2010
KALAMAZOO--More than 2,500 runners, walkers and spectators will take to the streets around Western Michigan University the morning of Saturday, Oct. 2, for the 12th annual Homecoming Campus Classic 1K and 5K run/walk and kids' fun run through main campus.
One of the most popular homecoming events at WMU, the Campus Classic attracts students, alumni, campus faculty and staff, and supporters from the Kalamazoo community. According to race director Sue Beougher in WMU's Office of University Relations, the event debuted in 1999 with about 850 participants and has drawn 1,400 runners or more in each of the past six years. About 250 volunteers assist with everything from handing out shirts to doling out water from the sidelines and helping as course marshals.
Everyone who enters the race or serves as a volunteer will be eligible for the prize drawing for one $500 travel voucher from AAA Travel.
Specifically for WMU students, 10 free campus parking permits also will be given away. A drawing for a number of prizes for children will be held immediately after the 1K run and walk. Participants must be present at the post-race drawing to be eligible for the AAA Travel voucher or parking passes. WMU students need to present their student ID and WIN number to claim their parking passes.
All participants and volunteers receive complimentary T-shirts, and refreshments will be available in the Bernhard Center Ballroom after each race.
The top three finishers in each age group, the top three teams in each division and overall male and female winners will receive a gift from Gazelle Sports.
The 2010 Campus Classic begins at 8:15 a.m. in front of the Bernhard Center with a 1K walk and kids' fun run. Parents can accompany their children for free in this event.
At 9 a.m., WMU President John M. Dunn will fire the starting gun for hundreds of runners to begin pounding the pavement for the 5K run and walk. The Chrondtrack D-tag--an automatic disposable timing device--is used to time runners. For their own safety, and that of all runners, please leave pets at home.
The easiest way to register for the race or to volunteer is by completing the online form available at wmich.edu/race. Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30. Forms also are available from the Office of University Relations in 300 E. Walwood Hall and at select locations around campus and throughout the community.
Registration and packet pickup will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, at Gazelle Sports on the mall in downtown Kalamazoo. Pickup and in-person late registration will continue from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, and 7 to 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in Room 105 of the Bernhard Center. Doors to the registration area will close promptly at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Sponsors for the 2010 Campus Classic are AAA Travel, Gazelle Sports, Biggby Coffee, Coca Cola, Kalamazoo Center for the Healing Arts, Panera, Pizza Hut, Subway, Taco Bell, WMU Catering and WMU Parking Services.
For more information, visit wmich.edu/race.
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Russia has become increasingly open to international cooperation on human rights, but attacks on human rights defenders continue largely unabated. As Russia's oldest human rights advocacy organization, the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) plays a leading role in advancing human rights in Russia. Its deeply experienced staff publicizes human rights violations through reports and provides training for human rights activists and government officials.
MHG's long history of advocacy is marked by courage and success. In 1976, a group of dissidents founded MHG in order to publicize the human rights violations taking place within the Soviet Union. They reached out to countries whose leaders had signed the Final Act of the Helsinki Conference and, in June 1976, they persuaded U.S. Congresswoman Millicent Fenwick to establish the U.S. Helsinki Commission—the start of an international network that would eventually monitor human rights throughout the Communist Bloc.
MHG's success in building a network of advocates came at a price. Between 1976 and 1982, all of its founding members were either arrested or exiled, and MHG was shut down. Despite these repercussions, the work done by the Helsinki Group helped create the conditions necessary for Gorbachev's perestroika after 1985. Upon its reopening in 1989, MHG again became the leading monitor of human rights violations in the former Soviet Union.
Today, MHG regularly publishes reports and bulletins about the state of human rights in Russia, which journalists, politicians, and researchers value as important, independent resources to inform their work. The United Nations, Council of Europe, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are recipients of MHG's publications, and use them to help develop their own reports and programs. MHG's leadership in the field is also recognized at national conferences, where it continues to educate regional and federal authorities and train activists in human rights education through its human rights schools.
MHG has been a leader in investigating cases of gross human rights violations for more than 10 years. It was the first investigator of the death of Sergei Magnitsky—a 37-year-old lawyer and whistleblower who spoke out against corruption in Russia and died in detention after being refused medical treatment. MHG also stands up for human rights in the courtroom, where its legal experts work to protect Russian citizens, and in the public arena, where its "Strategy 31" campaign gathers in protest on the 31st day of every month to raise to raise awareness and defend the constitutional right to hold peaceful demonstrations.
The 2011 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions will provide MHG $750,000 to maintain and expand the role it plays in furthering access to justice and media freedom and other human rights issues in Russia. More specifically, the award will help MHG continue to act as a lynchpin for communications and discussion among human rights groups and as a producer of internationally respected human rights monitoring reports.
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1971 Dodge Challenger - Elephant Tamer - Young Guns
Since Age 13, Adam Rennecker Has Been Building This
The Next GenerationAt the Young Guns event, one special award was to be presented by Mopar Muscle that best exhibited the spirit and abilities of the participants. There were many cars to choose from, but this one stood out from the rest, and not simply due to the 426 Hemi between the framerails. In fact, this '71 Challenger may be familiar to some of you; Adam took home the Mopar Performance Most Popular award in 2000 with this car, with a B-engine under the hood. The upgrades for this event were considerable, and we had no problem presenting Mr. Rennecker with his second consecutive Nationals award. We'll let him tell you just how this project came about.
How I Built My Hot Rod as told by Adam RenneckerMy name is Adam Rennecker, and I bought my '71 Challenger in March 1996 when I was 13 years old. My uncle, Gary Rennecker, who is an even bigger Mopar maniac than I am, tipped me off to its location. This car, a 383 four-barrel version with 98,000 miles on it, was inside a building and had been dismantled approximately 10 years earlier.
It was a big project to say the least. I was able to do the work myself because I had a good place to do it and the tools I needed. The car had to sit for three or four months sometimes while I earned the money to do the next part of it. I mowed yards, cleaned cars, did mechanic work at the family business, and sold scrap metal.
With the help of my dad, Kevin, I started on the car immediately by removing the entire original gold interior, which had been badly damaged by raccoons. Once that was done, I pulled both the engine (a 383) and the transmission (727 TorqueFlite) and started the much-needed work on the car's body. Both the right front fender and the door needed to be replaced as well as the factory hood, which had previously been cut open for a tunnel ram that had been on it in its earlier years.
In this same time period, I attended the Mopar Nationals for the first time and that's where I found the front fender and a T/A-style replacement hood. Both rear quarter-panels had to be replaced as well, and once the body was complete, I began working on the motor and the transmission. I tore the engine down and had hardened valve seats installed in the heads. This was a basic rebuild; I freshened up the paint on the motor and topped it off with a new pair of Mopar Performance valve covers. I then overhauled the transmission and replaced the original 2.76 gears with a 3.55 Sure Grip.
Since, as I mentioned, the interior of the car was beyond repair, I replaced all the seat covers, the carpet, and the headliner (which, by the way, was a very testy job). Next came the painting of the car, which I also did. I prepped the car, then painted it at home in Plum Crazy Purple. Once I reinstalled the motor and transmission, I had all the windows tinted.
In just over three years, the car was totally finished, one month before I turned 16 (June 14, 1999). At this point, both Dad and I realized this car was not going to be a daily driver. This was a show car! Then on January 15, 2000, the weather turned very warm and sunny and I decided to go cruising in a local town 15 minutes from home. On my way home, I had an encounter with a deer, which ran into the side of my car! It ruined the driver-side front fender and badly damaged the driver door as well. I was totally sick! I had to repair the door and fender, and instead of just painting them, I decided to repaint the entire car again.
All the interior of the car was removed and the engine and transmission came out again. When I completed fixing the door and the fender, I blocked down the car and this time the car was repainted by Uncle Gary and my dad with another coat of Plum Crazy Purple basecoat/clearcoat. Before the 383 went back in, I thought it was time to add a little more performance to the old stock engine. This time, I completely overhauled it with a set of old Stage 4 Direct Connection heads, a Mopar Performance 284 Purple Shaft cam, and a pair of 500 Edelbrock carbs on a Wieand low-rise intake. Once I put the car back together for the second time, everything looked good and that 383 ran strong and was really street friendly, but the car was still missing something. In my mind, to be the ultimate Mopar, it had to be a Hemi!
We took the car to the 2000 Mopar Nationals with the 383 and won the Most Popular award with it. That same August, I purchased a Hemi from a friend that lived only 10 miles from me, an engine that included all of the important parts to rebuild it properly. I spent my winter months putting the elephant back together. It has a stock Hemi grind hydraulic cam, 12:1 forged Mopar Performance pistons, and a pair of new 650 AFB performance carbs. With the help of a pair of off-the-shelf Schumacher mounts, the engine went in where the 383 had been in a matter of minutes. A new set of tti headers was hooked to my existing Flowmaster mufflers. Though I've done a lot of modifications to the car, I've tried to keep them similar to the options that were offered by Dodge in that era other than the wheels.
This was my first project. My family has had other Mopar cars throughout the years, and I would like to thank my dad for all of his support during the restoration and my uncle Gary for helping to paint it. I had a lot of ambition and willingness to learn while doing the project. If there was something I didn't know how to do, my dad (who has been a professional mechanic for 30 years) would get me started, then I would finish. My goal had been to try to do something different to the car every year, such as changes to its appearance or performance, but now there is only one thing left that I want to change. In my mind, the Hemi image won't be complete without the shaker hood. Since I have most of the parts already, I hope she will be "shaken" at the Nationals 2002!


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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Mike Maker, who led Williams College to the Division III national championship game last season for the second time in five years, has been hired as the men's basketball coach at Marist College.
The school announced Tuesday that Maker will replace Jeff Bower, who left after one season to become general manager of the Detroit Pistons. Marist was 12-19 last season.
The school scheduled a news conference for Wednesday.
Maker had a 147-32 (.821) record in six years at Williams, which reached the Division III Final Four three times, twice getting to the title game. The team went 28-5 last season.
Maker has been coaching for 26 years, 17 as an assistant at the Division I level. He worked at Creighton, West Virginia, Samford and Dartmouth as an assistant.