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I get something that says: application menu. i've seen this menu before. is this how it would look and act if i could use the super key?
#101 2018-02-12 01:46:06
#102 2018-02-12 01:57:03
also, when i start it up, i login and then i have no speech after it says screen reader on, when i open a terminal it announces things there, but when i close it orca goes silent.
#103 2018-02-12 10:18:46
Okay, question....
For Mate, I use Solus which has its own super key menu (and useful, too)
Can I hide the alt F1 menu in Mate, but keep the tray with the clock, battery status etc? If so, what's the easiest way to do it? I never use the alt F1 menu any more, but I do need the alt F2 menu for running stuff if I don't feel like opening a terminal.
Also. Anyone tried Ubuntu Budgie? Is it actually any good? I liked budgie when I used it on Solus, and having that desktop and Ubuntu sounds like a good idea...in theory BUT...here's my question, is it useable with Ubuntu? Solus, it broke after updates, so......
#104 2018-02-12 10:21:35
One more:
Any truth to the rumors of making Cinnamon Orca friendly? I've heard bits of rumors every so often.
#105 2018-02-12 18:06:37
Budgie is not accessible
Nope, you cannot hide the alt F1 menu
Never launch Orca from a terminal
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#106 2018-02-12 19:14:50
You referring to Ubuntu Budgie or Solus Budgie as I've got Orca to work with Budgie last year, however any sort of updates completely broke it, so there's that...but out of the box, at least for Solus it did actually work with Orca for a few months thenthe updates got put on the ISO. I'd ask the Solus devs what their plans are for Budgie and Orca, since right now AFAIK it still uses GTK but they're shifting Budgie over to QT...but I'm going off an old 2017 Budgie ISO I got laying around which still used GTK so caveat: Not tested the latest Budgie release. Mate works fine here...
Also for the launching from terminal....eh no, depends on the distro but some (Mint) you have to, or it's easier to launch from a terminal, or when the shortcut just insstantly closes (oh hi Mint...AGAIN). Personally I've had more success getting Orca going from a live session terminal than the alt F2 menu
Ah crap thought you could hide the Alt F1 menu. I just unbound the key combo then, so there's that. On another note, gotta love digging around in conf files. I managed to get my desktop to shift everything 90 degrees...which is both hilarious and annoying for everyone else who walks past and asks if I know my desktop's rotated 90 degrees. Yes. I'm aware. Yes. I like it better like so.
#107 2018-02-12 19:33:54
I doubt cinnamon will ever be orca friendly since the dude basically ripped the entire universal access suite of stuff out of it.
don't worry about the little clicks,
Everything is working fine,
nevermind that audible whine.
#108 2018-02-12 20:59:32
Ack, well there goes my hope for Mint's flgship DE to be useable.......admittedly Mint Mate is okay but...it's Mate.
I can't. I just can't go back to a distro without the Brisk menu. That's a godsend really, the Brisk menu, hit super/windows key, menu comes up and you can navigate it like a Windows start menu. It's super useful...I just wish I could hide the alt F1 menu on Solus Mate since I never use it but hey, unbinding the alt F1 shortcut works, and rebinding alt F2 to super and R works fine here....admittedly I kpt alt F2 to do the same thing however for convenience's sake.....
Okay, so, I'm just meh about Mate right now, It works fine, I have it set up how I like but it's just like yeah, okay< I got Mate, right, but what else is out there that's a decent DE that works with Orca and is simple, easy to learn and lightweight?
#109 2018-02-13 16:08:50
Gnome desktop.
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#110 2018-02-13 17:00:54
LXDE. It works, it's great... I could go on. Use LXDE.
#111 2018-02-14 03:57:15
Gnome 3? No, Just no, personally....I like the idea, but.....it's unwieldy, it's confusing at.....at least here on my laptop, it's not actually that Orca friendly. I'm talking about the latest Gnome 3.2X versions
LXDE....is intriguing but...ya know, Orca apparently works with it, but where to export that variable? I'm actually curious to try LXDE out since I never got Ubuntu to work with it.
#112 2018-02-19 22:54:54
So from what I heard, Voxin is extremely old and needs specific libraries that are very old, possibly nott supported any longer just to even build it. Is this still true? Also, has anyone tried linux mint? I've heard that was good. I only know of Debian, ubuntu and arch. Cali I believe will work, but I'm unsure how to get it up and running. Knoppix is also still a viable option to at least get your feet wet. It uses LXDE, or it did last time I used it. I don't see the point of emacspeak though. Maybe I'm missing something, but why would I install a distro just to install yet another system on top of it when a screenreader already exists on the base system?
Voxin installs on debian 9 which is what i use now.
As for emacspeak, when i type make emacspeak, it gives me an error, and outloud won't build either. so no idea
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#113 2018-02-20 03:10:46
So was on the another site last night, and saw some one talking about Debian Buster and Stretched edition. Anyone have any idea what these are? Apparently they're the best for making linux distros.
#114 2018-02-20 04:44:24
I like Gnome 3. Yeah its got a lot to it but I like it. I like Mate too. I don't like Unity, haven't tried KDE or LXDE though.
don't worry about the little clicks,
Everything is working fine,
nevermind that audible whine.
#115 2018-02-22 07:36:08
So glad I found this topic.
I have ubuntu installed on a laptop with a core i7-3610qm. It was my first time installing and, if I'm honest, it's a good introduction to getting your feet wet. Remember that most are coming off of a gui interface and it's hard to remember all of the commands. This lets them dive into it as fast or slow as they want while still retaining the familiarity of the graphical interface.
Now for my problem.
I'm attempting to install it on a second machine, I should add that 17.10 is horribly broken with orca starting up and 16.04 is what I'm using. This was also my first linux install and, so far, I was happy with it. Now I tried to install on a second machine. The dvd booted, and when it spun down all the way, I ran orca with alt super s as on the laptop.
This is a desktop with, I believe, the same general soundcard - realtech alc892 I think? The dvd clearly spun up and the lens moved around for a few seconds just as it did when orca started before on the laptop. But this time I got no sound.
Is there a way through terminal to change sound devices? I really would rather not get sight - the monitor is up on a top shelf. Both of these machines are from 2013 or so. I know that Ubuntu is based off debian so I don't think that would really fix anything. I have tried using pacmd on the laptop with a USB audio device plugged in and changing it to profile number 1, which is the headset, with output:analog stereo. Orca still came out of the internal speakers.
One of the highly frustrating things about Linux is the lack of real documentation. I can read dozens of forums but, depending on the version of Linux or the specific device I'm attempting to change nothing happens. I was excited to look at alsamixer until I saw that, at least as far as I can see, it's completely and utterly unusable by a blind person. I got a ton of numbers - and when it said to use the keyboard to change audio devices with left and right and volume with up and down, even when hitting insert backspace to pass through commands from orca it did no good.
Again, a complete noob here to Linux so any help is appreciated - whether it be through here or another way of communication if someone wants to private message me.
I'm slowly bumbling my way around the terminal and command line things, too - though it really is amazing the stuff one must remember. Maybe there are easier ways to do things like unzipping and extracting installer files and maybe I'm missing tons of things. I'd really like to get proficient at this though because from what I can see it's a supremely powerful operating system that offers tons and tons of customizability. Overclocking my fx8350 would be a ton of fun - any daring sols want to help with that from within Linux if we can get it up and rolling? I've got a corsair h100I CPU cooler so let's see if we can get this bad boy up to 5 ghz shall we?
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#116 2018-02-22 09:37:46
Do this
1. Hit Alt F2
Hit backspace until you heer a sound
3. Type in orca --replace
This restarts Orca, if you get no sound try it again, at times running 3.26 I have to do that if Orca dies on me.
4. Super+alt+S doesn't work for every distro, but alt+f2 Orca --replace does. Out of curiosity what desktop are you using on 16.04? I'd suggest getting Mate for use with Orca honestly. I'm using Solus with it here but I know how Ubuntu can be.
#117 2018-02-22 19:21:50
Do this
1. Hit Alt F2
Hit backspace until you heer a sound
3. Type in orca --replace
This restarts Orca, if you get no sound try it again, at times running 3.26 I have to do that if Orca dies on me.
4. Super+alt+S doesn't work for every distro, but alt+f2 Orca --replace does. Out of curiosity what desktop are you using on 16.04? I'd suggest getting Mate for use with Orca honestly. I'm using Solus with it here but I know how Ubuntu can be.
I'm using the same distro that orca started fine on on the previous install.
I'm just using the standard desktop - as I said, really have no idea what I'm doing most of the time.
I don't think I'm getting any sound at all. I'm wondering if it's trying to use HDMI audio?
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#118 2018-02-22 20:15:28
Okay you're probably using Unity then, try grabbing an Ubuntu Mate copy and doing the steps I mentioned above. FWIW Unity was spotty with sound, it could be that the desktop is doing something to yo sound card. I'd say try another distro and check if that fixes things.
#119 2018-03-03 22:08:13
Okay guys, I'm running into a weird issue here. Got told to try Antergos. So I grabbed the ISO. Used DD to make the bootable ISO.
Plug it in, nope, failed to load things. So.....it's an 8gig stick, here's the weird thing....Manjaro loads flawlessly on the same stick. Ubuntu loads fine, even Windows loads fine. What's so special about the way Antergos's ISO is set up to make it not load?
#120 2018-03-03 23:18:10
Use something else than DD
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#121 2018-03-03 23:57:17
Already did, with the same end result, it failed to boot, and it's the latest ISo from Antergos themselves.
Amusingly, Manjaro works fine no problem with DD or any other method, Ubuntu works fine with DD and its derivatives, so I'm not sure why Antergos gives me .c32 errors. And yes, This happens over multiple USB sticks. I've verified the file's not corrupt, I've tried several different tools, I've even tried using two different distros to burn the ISO to a USB drive....with no luck.
So, ideas?
Also what's wrong with DD? I've been told to use it as it's more reliable as long as you know what you're doing that is.
#122 2018-03-04 01:18:08
Nothing, I myself do use it, but some EFI implementations doesn't like how it is burning the ISOs on the stick, that is why I advised using something else.
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#123 2018-03-08 20:21:54
So since I got told, flat out, Antergos was easier to use than Manjaro....that's bullshit. Yes, Antergos has Orca in by default....BUT having installd the Mate desktop.....a crapton of stuff isn't being picked up by Orca that runs fineon other distros with the same desktop. Pidgin, for example on my desktop is completely and utterly ignored by Orca bar the title bar. Yet it works perfectly fine in Manjaro, Solus, even Ubuntu...
Same for, oh I don't know, BleachBit, works fine in Manjaro, is completely nuseable in Antergos.
Now, is there some setting I ave to tick in Antergos? I installed the accessibility components to get it all to work well alongside Steam and other stuff, so.....
#124 2018-03-08 22:11:51
QT-adspi. Did you install it?
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How I 'found' James Boyd in a Second Hand Book Store
I almost overlooked the little book entitled "History of England', as it sat on the dusty shelf of a second hand book store. With a faded dark green cover, it sat, tucked in between the large colourful picture books in the 'British Isles' section of the store. Because it appeared to be very old, it aroused my curiosity at once. As soon as I opened the front cover, I realised that I had discovered a treasure. Written in pencil in beautiful flourishing handwriting, were the following words:
" Presented to Mr James Boyd by the Teacher on board the Emigrant Ship Australia as a small token of esteem and as a testimonial of his good conduct on board the ship, and also in appreciation of his amicable character and .... and obliging disposition .... Signature .... June 11th 1853."
On the opposite inside cover page, had been written at at a later date, in blue ink, "To Connie Boyd From Mother." I knew at once that I had to buy the book and could hardly believe that the price was only $5.50. It seemed to be true that 'what is one man's rubbish is another man's treasure.
It happened that whoever had priced the small history book had not seen the transcription inside it, so, instead of placing it amongst the rare books, had accidentally put it in the general part of the book store. I had found a bargain and this book is most surely one of my most treasured purchases. The book entitled, 'History of England' was an Educational Book, Historical Series No. 1, published in London in 1852 by The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. In the book, illustrating the text, are fold out maps. Especially interesting, is a fold out Royal family history beginning with King John, father of Henry 1 (pictured below left).
Most of the pages of the small book are yellowed and obviously well read. The musty smell that comes with age, makes me love this book even more. Intrigued by the inscription written inside the front cover of the book, I set out at once to discover who James Boyd was, and to learn something of his life. As I began my search for the original owner of my book, I wondered how this special treasure that had been thoughtfully presented to young James on his arrival in Australia, had ended up on a shelf in a book store rather than being cherished by a family.
My first task was to find a passenger list for the ship Australia. I discovered that this ship had arrived in Sydney from England, on June 11, 1853, the same date on which the inscription was written in the book. At the NSW State Library, I found the passenger list for the ship Australia. On the list were the Boyd family from Templecrone, County Donegal in Ireland. Adam Boyd ( born in County Donegal) aged 43 and his wife Mary aged 41 (born in County Leitrim) travelled to Australia with their nine children, Elizabeth 22, Mary Jane 20, James 19, Margaret 17, William 15, Anne 13, Robert 11, Adam 9 and Susan, 7 years. The passenger list stated that Adam Boyd, senior, was an agricultural labourer. Now, some years later, Ancestry.com has put the Unassisted NSW Passenger List 1828-1898 online and this record can be found on this site. http://www.ancestry.com/
I was very excited to have found James and his family and, importantly, to have verified the validity of the message in the front cover of the book. I had established from the passenger list that James Boyd, owner of the book I had purchased, was born in Templecrone, County Donegal, Ireland, in about 1834. I also knew the approximate date of birth for his parents, Adam and Mary, and his 8 siblings from the passenger list. The next step was to discover where the Boyd family had settled in Australia. Since I knew that the family had arrived in Sydney, I searched the NSW electoral rolls. On the NSW Australian Historical Electoral Rolls 1842-1864, I found Adam Boyd living in the Kiama area at Broughton Vale (years 1855-6).
The 1872 Broughton's Creek Post office Directory ( pictured right) lists the following entries for members of the Boyd family: Adam Boyd - Farmer, Broughton Vale, Boroughton's Creek; Hugh - Farmer, Jasper's Mount, Broughton's Creek; Daniel Boyd- Farmer, Jasper's Mount, Brouhgton's Creek; James Boyd- Farmer, Broughton's Vale. Broughton's Creek; Robert Boyd- Farmer, Broughton's Creek; Robert H - Farmer, Broughton's Creek; William - Farmer, Broughton's Creek.
A search of the NSW Historical Births Deaths and Marriages http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au found the deaths of James parents, Adam and Mary Boyd in 1879 and 1875 respectively. A death notice in the Sydney Morning Herald ( courtesy of Trove) also reported that Mary died on "October 5, 1875, at her residence, Broughton Vale, the beloved wife of Adam Boyd, Esq, JP, and Mayor of Broughton Vale, late of County Leitrim, Ireland, aged 70 years". A death certificate revealed that Mary Boyd was born Mary Whitten, in about 1812 to parents, William Whitten and Elizabeth Stevenson. her husband, Adam Boyd was born in County Leitrim in Templecrone, County Donegal, Ireland to parents Daniel Boyd and Mary Virtue.
Now that I had discovered who James Boyd was, I decided to try to trace the person named 'Connie Boyd' who was the later recipient of the 'History of England' book. I found a marriage for James Boyd to Eliza Ann Walker, in Kiama in the year 1886 and then set about searching for children born to this couple. I hoped to find Connie amongst them, or amongst their descendants. James and Eliza Ann Boyd had the following children - Adam J. W 1868, Mary Ann 1870, Eliza Jane 1871, Robert Erwin 1875, Maggie Caroline Susannah 1878, William Albert 1880, Frederick E 1882 and George Leslie 1887. After searching for the marriages and children of each of James' sons and daughters, I was still no closer to finding Connie Boyd the previous owner of the book I had purchased.
Having found no 'Connie' amongst the descendants of James Boyd, I searched for marriages for all of James' siblings however I was unable to find Connie Boyd. Assuming that 'Connie' was a shortened version of the name Constance, I searched the NSW electoral rolls without success and a search for a death and marriage also failed to find any sign of Connie Boyd. One Constance Boyd in Stockton, Newcastle, NSW, proved disappointingly, to be no relation to the Boyd family who had arrived on the ship 'Australia' in 1853.
Because online searches of historical births cut off at 1909 in NSW, I looked for deaths of possible children of James Boyd and his siblings. The person named Connie Boyd, whose mother had presented James' book to, however, still managed to elude me. I searched the NSW electoral rolls for Constance Boyd but with no result. Finally, widening my search to variations of the name Constance (and by now, thinking that perhaps Connie might be my mystery book owner's real name), I searched Ancestry.com and .... I found Connie Boyd. On the 1936 and 1937 electoral roll Connie Heather Boyd resided with her parents, Daniel Wesley ( farmer) and Maggie Caroline Susannah Boyd, at Main Road, Dapto, NSW. Connie's mother, Maggie was the fifth of James and Eliza Boyd's children. Her father Daniel Wesley, was the second child of James' sister Mary Jane Boyd and her husband Daniel Boyd. Connie's parents were first cousins and Connie was both the grand daughter and great neice of James Boyd. My next goal was to attempt to find the descendants of James and his grand daughter, Connie, the two owners of my now cherished little book. The more history that I discovered about the book the more I treasured it.
I easily found a marriage for Connie (now that I was searching under Connie and not Constance as I had previously done). She married John Frederick Miller in 1945 in Wollongong, NSW, however when I looked for her death I discovered that Connie had married more than once, as she died in 1975 in Wollongong under the surname of Halls not Miller. The 1949 electoral roll shows Connie Miller living at 263 Princess Highway, Dapto near Wollongong where she had married John Frederick Miller four years earlier.
I have been unable, as yet to trace any direct descendants of James Boyd through his daughter, Maggie Caroline Susannah or his grand daughter, Connie, but will continue to try to trace descendants through James other children. I am pleased to have learned about the boy who travelled to Australia in 1853 on board the ship 'Australia' and who was given the gift of a small history book as a token of the ship's teacher's esteem and appreciation.
The story does not end here. The book has travelled from England to Australia and is a valuable part of the Boyd family history and significantly, a treasured piece of evidence in the history of New South Wales. I will make certain that it is left in safe hands so that it will become accessible to everyone.

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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
We discovered a great article about QR Codes replacing traditional comment cards and we have provided a link at the bottom of this post. QR Codes are now becoming a great tool for what the retail industry is calling 'At the Point of Experience' feedback. Using a comment card or telling customers to go to a website are less productive than using mobile technology. Retailers are seeking ways to engage with their customers at the point of experience through the use of mobile technology, in order to receive instant feedback.
Most auto customers are asked to provided feedback after they leave the dealership. However there is a flaw with this method. Once the customer leaves your dealership, you no longer control the environment. If they had a problem or issue with your dealership, you are now toast, because they have told the world about their problem (Yelp, Google etc.). But if you capture instant feedback at the point of experience, you can instantly solve the problem. Therefore, preventing their desire to destroy your reputation.
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The GOP's credibility gap
The Republican Party is looking for a new identity. And they're looking, literally, everywhere.
At the Republican Governors Association in Las Vegas, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour was the most … shall we say … direct, proclaiming, "We've got to give our political organizational activity a very serious proctology exam. We need to look everywhere."
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Other Republicans in Vegas echoed Barbour's comments, though with less colorful language. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell noted that, the party needs to "figure out what we did right and what we did wrong, how we can improve our tone, our message, our technology, our turnout - all the things that are required to win elections." Bobby Jindal, who has been all over the airwaves with his suggestions, told reporters at the conference, "We need to stop being a dumb party, and that means more than stop making dumb comments."
I'm loath to give the Republicans advice, but I'd humbly suggest that rather than giving their organization an uncomfortable exam just to change their tone, technology and turnout, they consider changing their ideas.
And I'd suggest they start by looking at their position on freedom.
The Republican Party has a major credibility gap on that issue. Why? The Republicans are for free enterprise, but not free people. And that is their fundamental problem.
Ask any Republican about the party's core values and they'll list a bunch of variations of the word, "freedom." Free enterprise, free markets, free trade, economic freedom, freedom from taxation and regulation … liberty, unchaining the private sector, "Don't Tread On Me" flags … basically get the government out of the way so private action can flourish. Like a bunch of "Bravehearts," they just want their "freeeeeeeeeedom!!"
But their freedom only applies to businesses, not individuals.
For Republicans, it's businesses that ought to be free of barriers to freely pursue commerce, but citizens must be burdened with barriers to freely exercising their rights, like the right to vote. Businesses must be trusted to act in any way they wish, but women cannot be trusted to make even their own health care decisions. Businesses ought to freely cross global borders to enjoy the global free market, but the tired, poor and hungry who yearn to be free … they're not free to cross our borders. Business must be free to make contractual agreements, but individuals are not free to contract in marriage to whomever they may love.


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Indo-Asian scenario of microbes, infections, antibiotics and resistance - By Dr. A. J. Tamhankar (Research Associate: Sandeep Nerkar)
Monday, April 8, 2013
Indo-Asian scenario of microbes, infections, antibiotics and resistance - By Dr. A. J. Tamhankar (Research Associate: Sandeep Nerkar)
China, India travel boosts risk of antibiotic resistant cystitis..The Conversation....."My guess would be that well over 50% of people who go to India do not come back with antibiotic resistant bacteria that cause an infection. We are not warning people not to go to Southeast Asia or India," he said. "It's more that if we go overseas ...
Now, an antibiotic protocol on cards.....Times of India.....It was time for every region and city to have an antibiotic protocol for the nature and type of bacteria vary from one place to another. "Our policy can't be guided by international norms for the nature of infection and the type of bacteria is vastly
Antibiotic resistance on the rise in India....IBN Live....There is also the larger burden of drug resistant bacterial infections, especially hospital infections. Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) Director Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan said, "The fact is that we are soon approaching a stage ...
Monday, April 1, 2013
Drug alert system by CDSCO picks up momentum
|Joseph Alexander, New Delhi
The drug alert system, launched by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to inform the public about the drugs, devices and cosmetics found substandard or spurious during the tests, has picked up momentum with different drug testing laboratories reporting 12 cases during January.
After the system was launched in November with three cases that came from the Central Drug Testing Lab in Chennai alone, the number of such cases went to seven with more labs sending in reports to the DCGI office in December. The alert system also has prompted the companies to recall the batches of drugs found substandard.
CDL, Kolkota has reported four cases while regional central drug testing lab of Guwahati and CDTL, Chennai reported three cases each in January. Regional lab at Chandigarh and CDTL in Mumbai also sent reports about one each cases.
Brexic DT (piroxicam dispersible tablets 20 mg) having batch no. WBI-1207 and manufactured by Wockhardt Ltd was among the cases reported. Cloxacid- D 500 capsules (bath no WGS 1204) by G S Pharmaceuticals was sent by Arunachal Pradesh Drugs Control Department to RDTL Guwahati and was found substandard in the assay test in another instance.
Adrenaline injection IP (b.no – AD1N1L) by Arco Life Sciences of Nagpur, telmisartan and hydrochlorothiazide tablets USP (Arbitel-H) having batch number of ARHD0029 and manufactured by Micro Labs of Baddhi, diclofenac sodium tablets IP 50 mg (Batch No. DF110) by Eurokem Laboratories (P) Ltd of Alathur in Tamil Nadu, and Spasdor tablets (dicyclomine HCL and mafenamic acid tablets) having batch No. JKT-12107 and manufactured by Japsi Chem Pharmaceuticals of Solan were also among those reported as substandard. Another drug, Pyricure-650 (paracetamol tablets) with batch No. JLT-1221, manufactured by Japsi was also found substandard in the test done by Chennai lab.
Spinz talcum powder (batch no L3) by Cavincare Pvt Ltd failed the test for microbial limit while Oroceph-500 capsule (batch no OC5-7033) by Lark Laboratories was found to be having no uniformity with that of net content. Lupisera-D tablets (b.no. 005 E1ABY) by Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Carvas 3.125 (carvedilol tablets IP) with batch no of E20053 manufactured by Medley Pharmaceuticals and Ondasentron tablets (B.No 1103) by Deepin Pharmaceuticals were also included in the alert list.
From the Scientific Journals
-Antibiotic resistance calls for better diagnostic labs.
-Antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing urinary tract infections in India.
-Antibiotic resistance pattern of group-a beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from north Indian children.
-Emerging antibiotic resistance in bacteria with special reference to India.
-Incidence of metallo beta lactamase producing Pseudomonas
aeruginosa in ICU patients.
-Estimation of faecal carriage of Clostridium difficile in patients
with ulcerative colitis using RT-PCR.
-Detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamase from clinical isolates in Davangere.
-A study on nosocomial pathogens in ICU with special reference to multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii harbouring multiple plasmids.
-Enterococcal infections & antimicrobial resistance.
-Changing pattern of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea in a tertiary care hospital: A 5 year retrospective study.
-Antibiotic sensitivity pattern in cases of enteric fever.
-Functional assignment to JEV proteins using SVM.
-High rate of mutation K103N causing resistance to nevirapine.
-Increased prevalence of extended spectrum beta lactamase producers in neonatal septicaemic cases.
-Correlation between biofilm production and multiple drug resistance in imipenem resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii.
-Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates producing VEB-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.
-Drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis against second-line drugs using the Bactec MGIT 960 System.
-Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA252).
-Study of metallo-beta-lactamase production in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
-Occurrence of ESBL & Amp-C b-lactamases & susceptibility to newer antimicrobial agents in complicated UTI.
-Pneumonia in a traveller coming back from Asia.
-Rising prevalence of enteric fever due to multidrug-resistant Salmonella.
-Risk factors for antibiotic-resistant E. coli in children in a rural area.
-Status of high level aminoglycoside resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.
-Synergy of gatifloxacin with cefoperazone and cefoperazone-sulbactam against resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
-The cost-effectiveness of typhoid Vi vaccination programs.
-The influence of glucose added urine on the in vitro antimicrobial activity of various antibiotics.
-Trend of antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae strains from East Delhi.
-Triple therapy-based targeted nanoparticles for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori.
-Tigecycline in-vitro susceptibility and antibiotics' fitness for gram-negative pathogens.
-Antibiotic resistance pattern of group-a beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from north Indian children.
-Detection and identification of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
-Changing characteristics of Vibrio cholerae: emergence of multidrug resistance and non-O1, non-O139 serogroups.
-Dental therapeutic systems.
-Incidence of metallo beta lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in ICU patients.
-Antibiotic prescribing practices in primary and secondary health care facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India.
-Mycobacterium tuberculosis interactome analysis unravels potential pathways to drug resistance.
-TEM & SHV genes in extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Klebsiella species beta their antimicrobial resistance pattern.
-TargetTB: a target identification pipeline for Mycobacterium tuberculosis through an interactome, reactome and genome-scale structural analysis.
-Detection of virulence genes in Vibrio cholerae isolated from aquatic environment in Kerala, Southern India.
-Bacterial persistence: some new insights into an old phenomenon.
-Down regulation of gyrase A gene expression in E. coli by antisense ribozymes using RT-PCR.
-Novel mutations in emb B gene of ethambutol resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a preliminary report.
-A potential plasmid-curing agent, 8-epidiosbulbin E acetate, from Dioscorea bulbifera L. against multidrug-resistant bacteria.
-RpoN gene, RAPD profile, antimicrobial resistance and plasmids of Vibrio anguillarum isolates from vibriosis infected Penaeus monodon.
-Novel and potent oxazolidinone antibacterials featuring 3-indolylglyoxamide substituents.
-Enhancement of the efficacy of erythromycin in multiple antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacterial pathogens.
-Zinc and antibiotic resistance: metallo-beta-lactamases and their synthetic analogues.
-Changing trends in bacteriology of peritonsillar abscess.
-Incidence of bacterial enteropathogens among hospitalized diarrhea patients from Orissa, India.
-Moonlighting function of glutamate racemase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: racemization and DNA gyrase inhibition are two independent activities of the enzyme.
-Substituted 3-((Z)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl) vinyl)-4H-chromen-4-ones as novel anti-MRSA agents: synthesis, SAR, and in-vitro assessment.
-Antimicrobial stewardship in institutions and office practices.
-Tigecycline: a critical update.
-Cefoxitin disc diffusion test for detection of meticillin-resistant staphylococci.
-In-vitro antimycobacterial drug susceptibility testing of non-tubercular mycobacteria by tetrazolium microplate assay.
-Differential expression of ompC and ompF in multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae and Shigella flexneri by aqueous extract of Aegle marmelos, altering its susceptibility toward beta-lactam antibiotics.
-Comparative bacteriology of acute and chronic dacryocystitis.
-Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: current challenges and threats.
-Prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance in gram positive organisms in a tertiary care centre.
-Assessment of pheromone response in biofilm forming clinical isolates of high level gentamicin resistant Enterococcus faecalis.
-Incidence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in diabetes and cancer patients.
-Evaluation of rapid MTT tube method for detection of drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to rifampicin and isoniazid.
-Phenotypic detection of inducible clindamycin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates by using the lower limit of recommended inter-disk distance.
-Prevalence of extended spectrum beta lactamase and AmpC beta lactamase producers among Escherichia coli isolates in a tertiary care hospital in Jaipur.
-Empiric antibiotic therapy in children with community-acquired pneumonia.
-Comparison of the radiometric BACTEC 460 TB culture system and Löwenstein-Jensen medium for the isolation of mycobacteria in cutaneous tuberculosis and their drug susceptibility pattern.
-Molecular cloning, overexpression and biochemical characterization of hypothetical beta-lactamases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv.
-Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Shigella species isolated from epidemic and endemic cases of shigellosis in India.
-Epidemiological evidence of multidrug-resistant Shigella sonnei colonization in India by sentinel surveillance in a Japanese quarantine station.
-Aminoglycoside-resistance mechanisms in multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates.
-Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from peripheral health centres and STD clinic attendees of a tertiary care centre in India.
-Novel structural analogues of piperine as inhibitors of the NorA efflux pump of Staphylococcus aureus.
-Salmonella enterica Serotype typhi in Kuwait and its reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin.
-Synthesis and antimycobacterial activity of 4-[5-(substituted phenyl)-4, 5-dihydro-3-isoxazolyl]-2-methylphenols.
-Observations on carbapenem resistance by minimum inhibitory concentration in nosocomial isolates of Acinetobacter species: an experience at a tertiary care hospital in North India.
-A simple and effective approach for the treatment of chronic wound infections caused by multiple antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli.
-Cefepime and its role in pediatric infections.
-Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of resistance phenotypes of Neisseria gonorrheae in India.
-Stationary phase induced alterations in mycobacterial RNA polymerase assembly: A cue to its phenotypic resistance towards rifampicin.
-Epidemiology, etiology, and diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia in Asian countries.
-Involvement of O8-antigen in altering beta-lactam antibiotic susceptibilities in Escherichia coli.
-Prevalent phenotypes and antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae at an Indian tertiary care hospital: plasmid-mediated cefoxitin resistance.
-Cellphones as reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens.
-A case of fatal acute pyogenic meningitis in a neonate caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Salmonella group B.
-Significance of isolation and drug susceptibility testing of non-Candida albicans species causing oropharyngeal candidiasis in HIV patients.
-Small and lethal: searching for new antibacterial compounds with novel modes of action.
-On detection and assessment of statistical significance of Genomic Islands.
-A study of typhoid fever in five Asian countries: disease burden and implications for controls.
-Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strains isolated before 1992 from Varanasi, India are multiple drug resistant, contain intSXT, dfr18 and aadA5 genes.
-Emerging resistance to newer antimicrobial agents among Shigella isolated from Finnish foreign travellers.
-Antimicrobial protein from Streptomyces fulvissimus inhibitory to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
-Modified PAP method to detect heteroresistance to vancomycin among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates at a tertiary care hospital.
-Detection of Enterobacteriaceae producing CTX-M extended spectrum beta-lactamases from a tertiary care hospital in south India.
-Need for national/regional guidelines and policies in India to combat antibiotic resistance.
-ESBLs detection in clinical microbiology: why & how?
-Detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamase production in clinical isolates of Klebsiella spp.
-Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
-Sequence analysis of bla CTX-M-28 , an ESBL responsible for third-generation cephalosporin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae, for the first time in India.
-Spectrum of microbial flora in diabetic foot ulcers.
-Incidence of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in diabetes and cancer patients.
-Emergence of highly fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in a community-based fever surveillance from Kolkata, India.
-Enteric fever in Mumbai--clinical profile, sensitivity patterns and response to antimicrobials.
-Diarrhoeal outbreak of Vibrio cholerae 01 Inaba in Delhi.
-The role of antibiotic prophylaxis in mesh repair of primary inguinal hernias using prolene hernia system: a randomized prospective double-blind control trial.
-Antimycobacterial activities of novel 2-(sub)-3-fluoro/nitro-5,12-dihydro-5-oxobenzothiazolo[3,2-a]quinoline-6-carboxylic acid.
-Staphylococcus aureus ocular isolates from symptomatic adverse events: antibiotic resistance and similarity of bacteria causing adverse events.
-Quinolone resistance among Shigella spp. isolated from travellers returning from India.
-Pneumocephalus as a complication of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis.
-Occurrence and detection of AmpC beta lactamases among clinical isolates of E. coli and K. pneumoniae causing UTI.
-Low recovery rates of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci could be attributable to restricted usage of aminoglycosides in Indian settings.
-Stomatococcus mucilaginosus meningitis in a healthy 2-month-old child.
-Emergence of tetracycline-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Inaba, in Kolkata, India.
-Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria meningitidis--Minnesota and North Dakota, 2007-2008.
-Dissemination of clonally related Escherichia coli strains expressing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase CTX-M-15.
-Metallo beta lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species.
-Inhibition of DNA gyrase activity by Mycobacterium smegmatis MurI.
-Role of beta-lactamase inhibitors in enterobacterial isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.
-High nasopharyngeal carriage of beta-lactamase-negative ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in north Indian school-going children.
-The yejABEF operon of Salmonella confers resistance to antimicrobial peptides and contributes to its virulence.
-Pre-admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease.
-Resistance in gram-negative bacilli in a cardiac intensive care unit in India: risk factors and outcome.
-Microbiological profile of donor corneas: a retrospective study from an eye bank in north India.
-Preparation & characterization of solid inclusion complex of cefpodoxime proxetil with beta-cyclodextrin.
-High level ciprofloxacin resistance in Salmonella enterica isolated from blood.
-Changing patterns of Vibrio cholerae in sevagram between 1990 and 2005.
-Piperine analogs as potent Staphylococcus aureus NorA efflux pump inhibitors.
-Rising standards for tuberculosis drug development.
-Transcriptional activation and increased mRNA stability contribute to overexpression of CDR1 in azole-resistant Candida albicans.
-High rate of detection of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci from urinary tract specimens in South India.
-Metallo beta lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species.
-Orthodox and unorthodox clavulanate combinations against extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producers.
-Prevalence and clonality of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Asia.
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-Evaluation of the probiotic characteristics of newly isolated lactic acid bacteria.
-Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Diarrheic Calves in Gujarat,India.
-Detection of conjugative plasmids and antibiotic resistance genes in anthropogenic soils from Germany and India.
-Need for guidelines and policies in India to combat Antibiotic Resistance
-Diversity of root associated microorganisms of selected medicinal plants and influence of rhizomicroorganisms on the antimicrobial property of Coriandrum sativum.
-Multiple antibiotic resistance patterns of rhizospheric bacteria isolated from Phragmites australis.
-Antibiotic use, environment and antibiotic resistance: A qualitative study among human and veterinary health care professionals in Orissa, India.
-Multiple antibiotic resistance patterns of rhizospheric bacteria isolated from Phragmites australis growing in constructed wetland for distillery effluent treatment.
-In vitro activity of eugenol, an active component from Ocimum sanctum, against multiresistant and susceptible strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
-Synergism between natural products and antibiotics against infectious diseases.
-Phosphinothricin resistance in Aspergillus niger and its utility as a selectable transformation marker.
-Utility of lytic bacteriophage in the treatment of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia in mice.
-Conjugative plasmids in multi-resistant bacterial isolates from Indian soil.
-Selection of genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis upregulated during residence in lungs of infected mice.
-Contamination of potable water distribution systems by multiantimicrobial-resistant enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
-Antibacterial activity of some medicinal plant extracts.
-Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden from imported seafood.
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The EEOC is proposing to revise its FOIA procedures at 29 CFR Part 1610 ("Availability of Records") in order to conform them to the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007 (OPEN Government Act) and the Electronic FOIA Act of 1996 (E-FOIA Act).
Pursuant to the OPEN Government Act, the NPRM clarifies that the EEOC must observe FOIA response time deadlines even where a FOIA request is received by the wrong FOIA Office. Also in accordance with the OPEN Government Act, the NPRM provides that the EEOC will issue acknowledgement letters upon receipt of all FOIA requests. The NPRM specifies that, as required by the E-FOIA Act, FOIA information produced by EEOC also will be made available in electronic format. The agency further proposes to adopt a three-track FOIA processing system. Such a multi-tracking system is permitted by the E-FOIA Act. Consistent with current EEOC practice, the NPRM transfers responsibility for FOIA requests from regional attorneys to district directors. Finally, the agency proposes to consolidate its public reading area services in its headquarters and district offices.
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A sudden outburst of violent disk I/O activity can bring down your email or web server. Usually, a web, mysql, or mail server serving millions and millions pages (requests) per months are prone to this kind of problem. Backup activity can increase current system load too. To avoid this kind of sudden outburst problem, run your script with scheduling class and priority. Linux comes with various utilities to manage this kind of madness.


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Five Lancaster County high school seniors were spotlighted at the seventh annual Matt Blackwell Foundation Scholarship banquet Feb. 19 at the Bradley Building at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.
The five scholarship recipients included two from Lancaster High School – Danielle Gainey and Steven Khoury. Blackwell Foundation Scholarships were also presented to Rebekah Bowers of Andrew Jackson High School, Nathan Folks of Indian Land High School and Taylor Threatt of Buford High School.
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Copyright owners have long wanted more stringent DRM, but consumers (to put it politely) tend not to enjoy such measures. Consumer electronics manufacturers find themselves caught in the middle, pulled in one direction by their licensing agreements and in another by the desire to sell devices that customers want. Nowhere has this tension been more on display than in the DVD business, where a whole cottage industry has sprung up to show users how to access back doors in their equipment that can disable region encoding checks, Macrovision copy protection, and even HDCP. Copyright holders have fought back by threatening to revoke manufacturers' licenses, and have recently targeted Samsung in particular over a DVD player that was particularly easy to tweak.
Running a successful business is all about giving customers what they want at a price they can afford, but don't tell this to copyright holders, who are pushing for even more control in the next generation of consumer devices. Intel, for instance, has introduced its next-generation link encryption technology called DTCP-IP, which protects content as it makes its way across unsecured IP networks—say, from your main computer to your media PC or television. At this week's Intel Developer Forum, the company pushed manufacturers to adopt the technology, using what might be described as a "carrot and stick" approach, but without the carrot.
Device manufacturers have no particular desire to build such technology into their products, but they have to do it in order to give users access to locked-down, premium content. Intel knows that manufacturers will be tempted to build DTCP-IP workarounds into their offerings in order to make them more appealing to consumers, and the company is trying to nip this tendency in the bud by stressing the penalties for noncompliance with the licensing regime.
According to the slide presentation (PDF), DTCP-IP will require devices to listen for and act on "system renewability messages." These messages can be used to revoke features on a device which has been compromised or to disable the device's use of all DTCP-IP content—even after it is installed in a customer's home. That's right: you could buy a TV with built in support for streaming video from your computer, bring it home, hook it up, and start watching, but if the manufacturer built a workaround into the device, the TV can later be remotely crippled. As Intel's slide 25 puts it succinctly, this can cause "brand damage" and "customer frustration," which is a little like saying that banging your thumb with a hammer can cause "unpleasantness." The message to manufacturers is clear: no backdoors.
But the prospect of having the device crippled is only one of the many prizes that DTCP-IP has in store for those lucky enough to sign on to the scheme. Manufacturers who build equipment that is breached will be on the hook for up to US$8 million. In addition, "content owners maintain the option of seeking financial damages from device manufacturers who fail to protect their content." So, in addition to the US$8 million, you could get sued for a whole lot more.
This hardly sounds like a good deal for those who implement the technology. If they don't get it exactly right, their devices might be shut off and they could owe big money. Oh, and their customers will be lining up with pitchforks outside corporate headquarters, demanding to know why their TV won't do what it used to. Cory Doctorow sums up the problems with this approach.
The presentation ends with a bunch of "call-to-action" slides for the people in the audience who are supposed to go out and add this to their products. But none of those slides says this: "If you subtract value from your products by adding our crippleware, we might reward you by bankrupting you when the inevitable breach occurs." It would also be nice to see this slide: "All of the 'premium content' crippled with DRM can also be downloaded for free from the Internet without any of these locks. Hey, entertainment industry cats -- do you think that adding DTCP-IP anti-features might provide an incentive to otherwise honest users to get their TV shows from Bittorrent instead?"
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The Old Craft Store
A 1920s bank building in Carrollton, Texas, is now a treasure chest of stunning quilts, fabrics, and antiques.
Antique Ambience
Situated on the historic town square of Carrollton, Texas, Melba Hamrick's quilt shop feels like an old general store. Bushel baskets, wood tables, and a vintage tin ceiling remain from the building's original 1920s incarnation as a bank. The shop also houses a working post office.Related Links
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Front row, from left: Stacy Euhus, TJ Tammy, Dixie Coleman, Melba Hamrick (owner), Marsha Kammeyer; back row: Michelle Parker, Mary Skeene, Jackie Galubenski, Susan Haney, Doug Hamrick, Donah Baker. Not pictured: Shannon Pence.Related Links
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The fabric Melba Hamrick selects reflects The Old Craft Store's cozy, homey ambience. One room, "the past," holds reproductions, '30s reproductions, and Thimbleberries fabrics. Another room, "the present," features fabrics with a more youthful attitude. A bright yellow floor and wrought-iron bed provide a backdrop.Related Links
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The Old Craft Store carries a full line of books and patterns and as many as 150 quilt top, bag, and apron samples stitched by employees and customers selected by Melba Hamrick as sample makers.Related Links
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Simple-to-sew borders radiate from a center star block, all pieced in comforting colors.Related Links
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Leaf prints from the Shades of the Season 2 and Fusions collections and a tone-on-tone from the Quilter's Tweed collection (all for Robert Kaufman fabrics) celebrate the glorious colors of autumn in this quilt. The gold star points stand out from the royal purple background, while the light background print makes sure the eye is drawn to the center star within a star.Related Links
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Delighting customers is high on the list of reasons Melba enjoys owning the store. "There's never a dull day," Melba says. "I'm surrounded by the things I enjoy: people, fabric, ideas, and creativity."
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In 1993, OPERA NEWS published an article called "Front-Page Opera," in which we asked fifteen writers, reporters and other notables what twentieth-century news events they would like to see as opera topics. With the success of Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer, the 1986 New York City Opera staging of the premiere of X (The Life and Times of Malcolm X), plus a couple of works in the pipeline dealing with the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and at least one on the Manson family, we thought at the time we might be on to something. Was the availability of twenty-four-hour news so exciting that opera librettists would be turning exclusively to CNN for ideas? Well, it would seem not.
The undeniably operatic life of Nelson Mandela (with the bonus character of his now ex-wife Winnie) was a suggestion that did end up onstage, if not yet in major international houses. The fall of the Romanovs, another proposed storyline, received royal opera treatment with the debut of Deborah Drattell's Nicholas and Alexandra at Los Angeles Opera in 2003, with Plácido Domingo (well, really, who else?) in the pivotal role of Rasputin. One of our contributors felt strongly that the lives and deaths of the Ceausescus, the evil husband-and-wife dictators of Romania, would be ideal grist for the opera mill. This one never happened — probably because nobody could think of a Romanian soprano to play the missus.
Not one of the group we asked in 1993 mentioned J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the atomic bomb as a promising opera topic. Oops. In fact, none of the suggestions we received has inspired an opera with broad, mainstream appeal, let alone multiple productions.
Nobody considered TV talk-show hosts potential title characters, so Jerry Springer: The Opera, London's long-running, Olivier-Award winning musical wasn't on anybody's radar. Apparently we didn't realize that tabloid topics and "real" news would become almost indistinguishable within a few years. After all, could any of us have predicted that an opera about the life of Anna Nicole Smith would find its way to — of all places — the stage of the Royal Opera House in 2011?
Maybe we should forget the news (and what passes for news today). It does seem that now, perhaps more than ever, novels — from The Little Prince to Moby-Dick — lure librettists. This is by no means a new trend, but a surprising number of the resulting operas display considerable (for these times) staying power. So former Book-of-the-Month Club selections make for good operas, right? Not everybody would agree on that (check out the OPERA NEWS Archives and read Joel Honig's "A Novel Idea," OPERA NEWS's Aug. 2001).
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"The Lucky One's" simple pitch: Kleenex = tearjerker
Mad Moviegoer is a bit of hoarder, it's true.
So my desktop has its share of publicity tchotchkes: an Iron Man action figure; a Turner Classic Movies Robert Osborne Bobble Head; a fountain-style glass with "I Drank You milkshake! I drink it up!" inscribed on it; a plush dolphin — with tail — from the makers of "Dolphin Tale."
But by far the items that stick tend to be of the less-is-more variety. I was a fan of the straw broom sent on behalf of the Nicole Kidman/Will Ferrell "Bewitched" redo, which was more a re-don't. Still the gift-wrapped sweeper was clever.
Simple but very cool was the autographed baseball for "A League of Their Own," which came with some rather fine scrawl from Madonna, Geena Davis, Tom Hanks and director Penny Marshall.
Above is the newest arrival, from the makers of the weepie "The Lucky One", based on Nicholas Sparks' novel. It gets praise for being to so straightforward. The movie, starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling, opens April 20.


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Life Below Zero
by Gretchen Noyes-Hull
Moving through the deep snows of the highest mountains and the tangled tunnels of sea ice, or waiting deep inside the ice of permafrost, ancient glaciers, and polar lakes, small organisms carry on their secret lives!
On a snapshot of Earth from space, the tremendous expanses of frozen whiteness stand out frigid and lifeless. But not so quick! Scientists everywhere are bundling off to the coldest corners of the Earth to study small organisms found there, thriving at temperatures well below the freezing point of water. The pace of the researchers' efforts has quickened now, for these scientists also know that their results will guide the search for life in other icy realms of our solar system.
Creatures that live inside the ice and snow live on the very edge of possibilities! Surrounding ice crystals close in like piercing daggers as the fragile cells fight to keep from freezing solid. Some microbes simply enclose themselves with strong walls and wait inside for warmer times. Most manufacture substances to serve as "antifreeze" in preventing the formation of ice crystals within their cells. Some secrete forms of slime to melt the ice immediately around them, and others find living arrangements where the ice never freezes.
The discovery of ancient living cells within the ice has given new meaning to the expression "frozen in time." From permafrost and ancient glacier ice, organisms have been coaxed back to life. Moss once entombed in the Siberian permafrost for 40,000 years now grows quite happily in laboratory cultures. From all over the world, bacteria locked for thousands of years deep inside glaciers have been awakened from their dormancy.
By far the oldest of these or any live organisms yet discovered are the bacteria that have been retrieved from almost 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) deep in Antarctic glacier ice. These cells had last seen the cold light of day between 500,000 and a million years ago! Throughout their slow drift downward in the ice, they had remained in a sort of suspended animation. Now back at the surface once more, they may answer many questions we have about long-term survival below, on their own and other planets.
The more modern cousins of these ancient cells may also give us some clues. Every year, bacteria are carried on the wind to the frozen surfaces of Antarctic lakes. These hardy microbes continue to grow throughout the dark, subzero winters by clinging to "life rafts" of dirt and dust particles. The particles give off just enough heat to slowly melt their way down into the ice as they provide nutrients and tiny envelopes of liquid water to the bacteria that cling to them.
Each winter, the return of the sea ice to the polar oceans re-creates a magical kingdom of interconnecting tunnels and passages for communities of cold-loving creatures. When ocean water freezes, it leaves the salt behind. The result is freshwater ice interlaced with channels of a highly concentrated salt solution called "brine." Even at temperatures well below zero degrees Celsius, brine remains fluid and keeps open the tiny ice passageways within the ice. The bacteria, algae, and animals that all seek shelter and liquid water inside the icy network often turn the sea ice brown with their pigments.
The entire food web of the polar oceans depends on the annual formation of sea ice. Each winter, the ice shelters a vast population of growing algae and a nursery of developing larvae. Each spring, when the waters warm, the sea ice breaks apart and releases algae cells and tiny animals back to the sea. There they continue to grow and become food for the larger animals. In the Antarctic Ocean, crustaceans known as krill voraciously graze first on the curtains of algae that protrude from the sea ice and then on the small diatom cells that multiply in the cold ocean water when the ice breaks up. A photograph taken from space shows 13 percent of the Earth's surface to be glazed with sea ice. It reveals nothing of the briny inhabitants within!
These exotic-looking microbes turned up in Antarctic ice from as deep as 1,249 meters. The researchers who first saw them gave them fanciful names such as Mickey Mouse (right) and Klingon (center), based on passing resemblances.
"Watermelon snow" sounds like a new flavor of soft-serve! Although those who have tried it say it isn't too tasty, it does provide visible evidence of another "below zero" community. Especially in the high mountains where the snow is lasting, and wherever it is deep, its ice crystals provide passageways that other organisms use to find shelter and food. The algae that turn the snow red, or sometimes pink and orange, spend most of their lives sealed off from the cold and the prickly crystals in their walled cysts deep beneath the snow.
When the spring sun melts the top layers of the snow, water percolates down to announce the warm weather above. The cysts split open, releasing "flagellated" algae. The flagella are whip-like appendages that propel the cells rapidly upstream to the snow surface. During their brief time in the sun, the cells grow and reproduce, using their brightly colored pigments as sunscreen to protect them from the ultraviolet light that glares off the snow. When snow flies again, the cells form cysts once more and sink beneath its cold white blanket.
Snow algae are not alone in their icy-cold world. A whole range of animals that wriggle between the snow crystals apparently do find them tasty. The most famous is the "ice worm," a tiny cousin of the earthworm so acclimated to the cold that it dies if the temperature goes much above zero degrees Celsius. During the day it seeks shelter 1.8 meters (six feet) under the snow, rejoining its friends only at night. When temperatures fall again, they form a carpet of short black threads on the surface of the snow.
So, let's remember to step just a little more lightly the next time we go tromping around on the white stuff. By doing so, we can show our respect for those tiny creatures who have adapted so well to life below zero.
Ice by Any Other Name
by Gretchen Noyes-Hull
Frazil, grease, shuga, pancake, floe, pack, first year, multiyear, and fast ice are just a few of the words for the ice of the polar seas. The names follow the stages of its formation as the temperature drops each winter.
Ocean water does not even begin to freeze until its surface temperature dips below minus 1.89 degrees C (28 degrees F). Microscopic disc-shaped crystals then begin to form and quickly grow. Still less than a millimeter long, the crystals, known as "frazil," rise to the surface and congeal. Small organisms may become trapped within the gathering crystals.
Because of its appearance, the skim coating is known as "grease ice," or "shuga" when it collects in spongy white lumps similar to confectioner's sugar. Stirred by the wave action and cemented by decreasing temperatures, the chunks start to collect in large, pancake-shaped floes often 2.5 meters (8 feet) in diameter. Pushing and shoving into each other, the "pancakes" begin to freeze together in rough sheets. As the temperature continues to fall, the sea ice thickens and crowds together as "pack ice." Pack ice that survives the spring melt for another season of cold is called "multiyear ice." "Fast" ice does not move as its name implies, but is held fast to the land.
Space Ice
by Gretchen Noyes-Hull
There is plenty of ice out there! We have recently detected crystals of ice hidden in shaded polar craters of the moon and a deep permafrost and liquid ice on the surface of Mars. A rind of solid ice that encases Jupiter's moon, Europa, could hide a liquid ocean from our view.
Until the last few years, the mention of possible life, past or present, on other planets would have produced raised eyebrows and a bemused smile. The simultaneous discovery of organisms that survive apparently indefinitely in Earth-bound ice and of ice elsewhere in the solar system has changed all that. The intense conversation between polar research scientists and astrobiologists, who focus on the search for extraterrestrial life, reflects the excitement.
In particular, it is the bacteria found in deep Antarctica glacial ice that have stirred the scientific world. Russian and American researchers have drilled their cores 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) below the surface, stopping just short of what appears to be an enormous ancient lake sealed off from the atmosphere millions of years ago. Lake Vostok itself has not yet been sampled, for fear of contaminating it with modern-day organisms, but the ice directly above it harbors living bacteria trapped in the cold a very long time ago.
Scientists are now pooling their efforts to design methods to safely sample the lake. They know that these same techniques may be used to sample deep under the icy surface of Europa in the not-so-distant future, or to retrieve samples from icy Martian or lunar soils.
No more raised eyebrows! There is a distinct possibility that life will be found in distant ice-bound worlds.
- algae:
- Any of a large group of simple living things that grow in water.
- appendage:
- A part of the body that comes out from another part.
- bacteria:
- Tiny one-celled organisms.
- crustaceans:
- Any of a group of arthropods that live mostly in water and have a hard outer covering. Lobsters, crabs, and shrimp are crustaceans.
- culture:
- The growing of living cells or microscopic organisms in a laboratory.
- frigid:
- Extremely cold.
- microbe:
- A very tiny living organism.
- nutrient:
- A substance that living things need in order to survive and grow.
- percolate:
- To be lively or active.
- permafrost:
- Permanently frozen subsoil, occurring throughout the polar regions and other regions that remain permanently cold.
- What are the nonliving parts of the ecosystem described in this article?
Answer: The nonliving parts would be the ice and the water.
- What kind of an ecosystem do you think this is?
Answer: It is a polar ecosystem.
- Do you think a leafy green plant would grow well in this ecosystem? Why or why not? Write a few sentences to explain your answer.
Answer: A leafy green plant would not grow well here. There is no soil from which the plants could get nutrients. The temperatures would probably be too cold for the plant to grow.
- What are the nonliving parts of the ecosystem described in this article?
Answer: The nonliving parts would be the ice and the water.
- What kind of an ecosystem do you think this is?
Answer: It is a polar ecosystem.
- Do you think a leafy green plant would grow well in this ecosystem? Why or why not? Write a few sentences to explain your answer.
Answer: A leafy green plant would not grow well here. There is no soil from which the plants could get nutrients. The temperatures would probably be too cold for the plant to grow.


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If you're dealing with tired, sluggish kids who aren't able to listen or pay attention, try this quick mind-body trick.
Called elephant ears, it is demonstrated here by Leah Kalish, founder of Move With Me Action Adventures, which specializes in yoga and movement education for kids.
What it does
The gentle massage around the outside of your ears stimulates the energy meridians in the body, Kalish says, waking up your senses, so you're less distracted and anxious and can hear and think more clearly.
What to do
Starting at the top of your ears, slowly and gently rub your ears with the thumb on one side and your first finger on the other. Work your way down to the bottom of the earlobe, breathing deeply.
Kalish has kids use this chant to learn the move and enhance its anxiety-busting benefits:
"To think and hear clearly, I gently rub my ears and say dearly, first on the tip-top, 'Ooooh." Then down I must drop, 'Ahhhhh.' Cobwebs are clearing. Now I am hearing. Relaxed, alert, ready to learn!"
How much
Rub for the length of the song. Repeat.


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Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
A major in nutrition and dietetics builds on the foundations of life and social sciences. Registered dietitians are eligible for positions in hospitals, commercial food establishments, long-term care facilities, food industry, government-sponsored child nutrition programs, colleges and universities dining services, the armed forces and community health agencies.
Western Michigan University's program in nutrition and dietetics leads to a Bachelor of Science degree and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Beyond the classroom
As a graduate of WMU's nutrition and dietetics program, you will be eligible to apply for post-graduate internship programs. You should apply for admission to internships during the last semester of your senior year or after graduation. You must complete the internship and pass the registration examination for dietitians to qualify for certification as a registered dietician.
You can network and learn more about the field before you graduate by joining relevant student and professional organizations. The Student Dietetic Association is the active student group in which nutrition and dietetics majors participate, and membership in SDA is the stepping-stone for involvement in the profession. The American Dietetic Association is the accrediting body for the profession of dietetics; membership automatically guarantees membership in the state dietetic association. The Southwest Michigan District Dietetic Association provides networking opportunities for dietitians in the southwest Michigan area and regularly provides continuing education activities in the form of seminars and presentations on various nutrition topics for its members.
After you graduate
Recent WMU graduates with degrees in nutrition and dietetics are working as:
- Consulting dietitians
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- Sports nutrition and corporate wellness programs
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Nothing brings you closer to the warmth of an open fire or the beauty of an elegant backsplash like the inviting Kismet Stone and Crackle Mosaic collection. This multifaceted series combines the elegance of stone and glass tiles to create an enchanting mosaic that fuses a sense of welcoming warmth and comfort. The perfect hint of glimmer found in the glass is brilliantly offset with the softness of stone. This mixture elaborates a sense of high-end sophistication that is attainable for both residential and commercial spaces. Apply to the walls of a lobby, the backsplash of a kitchen or even the shower stall wall of the bathroom for a well-balanced decor. A diverse selection of 8 warm color blends ensures the perfect option for all your decorating needs. See below for the rhomboid mosaic collection and come visit our showroom to see these beautiful tiles in person!
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