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2007 Lagier Meredith Syrah - cherry and olive aromas. The palate is rich and complex. Intense cherry fruit with flashes of black olive and black pepper, but never interfering with the purity of the fruit. It has balanced acidity and firm tannins, and it is long and delicious.
Lagier Meredith is on my short, but growing, list of Napa and Sonoma wineries that produce wines in a restrained and appealing style.
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Status epilepticus
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Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening condition in which the brain is in a state of persistent seizure. Definitions vary, but currently it is defined as one continuous, unremitting seizure lasting longer than five minutes,[1] or recurrent seizures without regaining consciousness between seizures for greater than five minutes. Previous definitions used a 30-minute time limit.[2] Treatment is, however, generally started after the seizure has lasted five minutes. It is always considered a medical emergency. There is some evidence that five minutes is sufficient to damage neurons and that seizures are unlikely to self-terminate by that time.
First aid guidelines for seizures state that, as a rule, an ambulance should be called for seizures lasting longer than five minutes (or sooner if this is the patient's first seizure episode and no precipitating factors are known, or if SE happens to a person with epilepsy whose seizures were previously absent or well controlled for a considerable time period). The mortality rate of status epilepticus is estimated at 20%.[2] However, with optimal neurological care, adherence to the medication regimen, and a good prognosis (no other underlying uncontrolled brain or other organic disease), the patient—even people who have been diagnosed with epilepsy—in otherwise good health can survive with minimal or no brain damage, and can decrease their risk of death and even avoid future seizures.[3]
Signs and symptoms[edit]
Status epilepticus can be divided into two categories—convulsive and nonconvulsive (NCSE), the latter of which can only be detected electroencephalographically (EEG). NCSE is underdiagnosed.[4]
Epilepsia partialis continua is a variant involving hour-, day-, or even week-long jerking. It is a consequence of vascular disease, tumours, or encephalitis, and is drug-resistant.
Generalized myoclonus is commonly seen in comatose patients following CPR and is seen by some as an indication of catastrophic damage to the neocortex.[5]
|This section does not cite any references or sources. (April 2013)
Complex partial status epilepticus (CPSE) and absence status epilepticus are rare forms of the condition which are marked by nonconvulsive seizures. In the case of CPSE, the seizure is confined to a small area of the brain, normally the temporal lobe. But the latter, absence status epilepticus, is marked by a generalised seizure affecting the whole brain, and an EEG is needed to differentiate between the two conditions. This results in episodes characterized by a long-lasting stupor, staring, and unresponsiveness.
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Only 25% of people who experience seizures or status epilepticus have epilepsy.[3] Causes include:
- Stroke[3]
- Nerve Gas exposure.
- Hemorrhage[3]
- Intoxicants[3] or adverse reactions to drugs
- Insufficient dosage of a medication already prescribed to the patient, such causes of this include:
- Forgetfulness on the part of the patient in taking scheduled doses, or failure to take doses at the scheduled times
- Taking medicine at wrong times as a result of a time zone change while traveling
- Dislike of the medication or its side effects
- Sudden withdrawal from a seizure medication, such causes include:
- Sudden lack of access to medication due to unexpected circumstances
- Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome resulting from inability to acquire non-prescribed benzodiazepines that were used being abused.[6]
- Lack of ability of patient to communicate medication needs to others, leading to absence of doses
- Physician's decision to discontinue medication
- Consumption of alcoholic beverages while on an anticonvulsant, or alcohol withdrawal
- Dieting or fasting while on an anticonvulsant
- Starting on a new medication that reduces the effectiveness of the anticonvulsant or changes drug metabolism, decreasing its half-life, leading to decreased blood concentrations
- Developing a resistance to an anticonvulsant already being used
- Gastroenteritis while on an anticonvulsant, because the digestive system may force out the anticonvulsant, thereby rendering the body with a lack of protection
- Developing a new, unrelated condition in which seizures are coincidentally also a symptom, but are not controlled by an anticonvulsant already used
- Metabolic disturbances—such as affected kidney and liver[3]
- Insomnia or sleep deprivation of more than a short duration is often the cause of a (usually, but not always, temporary) loss of seizure control; those whose seizures are inherently severe but otherwise controlled by medication can regress and suffer severe seizures or status epilepticus even if they are still taking their medication unless they regain their rest.
Shortly after it was introduced in 1963, diazepam became the first choice for SE. Even though other benzodiazepines such as clonazepam were useful, diazepam was relied upon almost exclusively. This began to change in 1975 with a preliminary study on lorazepam conducted by Waltregny and Dargent, who found its pharmacological effects were longer lasting than those of an equal dose of diazepam.[7] This meant it did not have to be repeatedly injected like diazepam,[8] the effects of which would wear off five to 15 minutes later in spite of its 30-hour half-life (due to extensive redistribution of diazepam outside the vascular compartment, as diazepam is highly lipid soluble). It has also been found that patients who were first tried on diazepam were much more likely to require endotracheal tubing than patients who were first tried on phenobarbital, phenytoin,[9] or lorazepam.[10]
Today, the benzodiazepine of choice in North America for initial treatment is lorazepam due to its relatively long (2–8 hr) duration of action when injected, and its rapid onset of action, which is thought to be due to its high affinity for GABA receptors and to its low lipid solubility, which causes it to remain in the vascular compartment. If lorazepam is not available, or intravenous access is not possible, then diazepam should be given.[11] In several countries outside North America, intravenous clonazepam is regarded as the drug of first choice. For instance, the Acute Boekje, a guideline for the assessment and treatment of medical emergencies used nationwide in the Netherlands, recommends clonazepam as the first-line treatment of convulsive status epilepticus.[12] Cited advantages of clonazepam include a longer duration of action than diazepam and a lower propensity for the development of acute tolerance than lorazepam.[13] The use of clonazepam for this indication has not caught on in North America, as it is not available as an intravenous formulation there.[13]
Particularly in children, another increasingly popular treatment choice is buccal and intranasal midazolam, which can be given into the side of the mouth or the nose, respectively.[14] Sometimes, the failure of lorazepam alone is considered to be enough to classify a case of SE as refractory.
Phenytoin and fosphenytoin[edit]
Phenytoin was once another first-line therapy,[15] although the prodrug fosphenytoin can be administered three times as fast and with far fewer injection site reactions. If these or any other hydantoin derivatives are used, then cardiac monitoring is a must if they are administered intravenously. Because the hydantoins take 15–30 minutes to work, a benzodiazepine or barbiturate is often coadministered. Because of diazepam's short duration of action, they were often administered together anyway.
Carbamazepine and valproate[edit]
Valproate is available to be given intravenously, and may be used for status epilepticus. Carbamazepine is not available in an intravenous formulation, and does not play a role in status epilepticus.[15]
Before the benzodiazepines were invented, there were the barbiturates, which are still used today if benzodiazepines or the hydantoins are not an option. These are used to induce a barbituric coma. The barbiturate most commonly used for this is phenobarbital. Thiopental or pentobarbital may also be used for that purpose if the seizures have to be stopped immediately or if the patient has already been compromised by the underlying illness or toxic/metabolic-induced seizures; however, in those situations, thiopental is the agent of choice.
The failure of phenobarbital therapy does not preclude the success of a lengthy comatose state induced by a stronger barbiturate such as secobarbital. Such was the case for Ohori, Fujioka, and Ohta, circa 1998, when they induced a ten-month long coma (or "anesthesia" as they called it) in a 26-year-old woman suffering from refractory status epilepticus secondary to viral encephalitis, and then tapered her off the secobarbital very slowly while using zonisamide at the same time.[16]
General anesthetics[edit]
If this proves ineffective or if barbiturates cannot be used for some reason, then a general anesthetic such as propofol[17] is tried; sometimes it is used second after the failure of lorazepam.[18] This also means putting the patient on artificial ventilation. Propofol has been shown to be effective in suppressing the jerks seen in myoclonus status epilepticus, but as of 2002[update], there have been no cases of anyone going into myoclonus status epilepticus, undergoing propofol treatment, and then not dying anyway.[19]
The use of lidocaine in status epilepticus was first reported in 1955 by Bernhard, Boem, and Hojeberg.[20] Since then, it has been used in cases refractory to phenobarbital, diazepam, and phenytoin, and has been studied as an alternative to barbiturates and general anesthetics.[21][22] Lidocaine is a sodium channel blocker and has been used where sodium channel dysfunction was suspected.[23] However, in some studies, it was either ineffective or even harmful for most patients.[24] The last is not so surprising in light of the fact that lidocaine has been known to cause seizures in humans and laboratory animals at doses greater than 15 µg/ml[25] or 2–3 mg/kg.[26]
Ketamine, an NMDA antagonist drug, can be used as a last resort for drug-resistant status epilepticus.[27]
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About one in five people who have the disease, a total of 42,000 annually in the United States, will die within 30 days of having an initial SE seizure. The great majority of these people have an underlying brain condition causing their status seizure such as brain tumor, brain infection, brain trauma or stroke. However, people with diagnosed epilepsy who have a status seizure also have an increased risk of death if their condition is not stabilized quickly, their medication and sleep regimen adapted and adhered to, and stress and other stimulant (seizure trigger) levels controlled.
In the United States, about 40 cases of SE occur annually per 100,000 people.[28] This includes about 10-20% of all first seizures.
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- ^ Rubin, Diana; Stephan, Ruegg; Stephan, Marsch; Christian, Schindler; Leticia, Grize; Raoul, Sutter (August 24, 2011). "High prevalence of nonconvulsive and subtle status epilepticus in an ICU of a tertiary care center: A three-year observational cohort study". Epilepsy Research j.eplepsyres.2011.05.018 96 (1): 140–150.
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- ^ Evans, Katie; Sullivan, Michael J. (1 March 2001). Dual Diagnosis: Counseling the Mentally Ill Substance Abuser (2nd ed.). Guilford Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-57230-446-8.
- ^ Waltregny, Alain; Jérôme Dargent (September–October 1975). "Preliminary study of parenteral lorazepam in status epilepticus". Acta Neurologica Belgica 75 (5): 219–29. PMID 3939.
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- ^ Aggarwal, Praveen; Jyoti Prakash Wali (May 1993). "Lidocaine in refractory status epilepticus: a forgotten drug in the emergency department". American Journal of Emergency Medicine 11 (3): 243–4. doi:10.1016/0735-6757(93)90135-X. PMID 8489668.
- ^ Sugiyama, N.; Hamano, S.; Mochizuki, M.; Tanaka, M.; Eto, Y. (November 2004). "Efficacy of lidocaine on seizures by intravenous and intravenous-drip infusion". No to Hattatsu 36 (6): 451–4. PMID 15560386. (Japanese)
- ^ Sawaishi Yukio; Yano Tamami; Enoki Masamichi; Takada Goro (February 2002). "Lidocaine-dependent early infantile status epilepticus with highly suppressed EEG". Epilepsia 43 (2): 201–4. doi:10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.25301.x. PMID 11903470.
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The king of the nonprofit world is the 501(c)(3) public charity. This is what most people mean when talking about a nonprofit. It has federal income tax exemption, contributions to it are tax deductible to the donor and it is potentially state sales & property tax exempt. The government provides incentives like these when an organization's purpose is: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, to foster national or international sports competition or prevention of cruelty to children or animals.
But what about the other nonprofit organizations? What are their purposes and what benefits do they get?
The IRS identifies many categories of tax-exempt organizations, including 501(c) code sections 2-27. These categories encompass organizational purposes from mutual insurance to farming coops to cemetery associations. Three particular 501(c) groups, however, make up the bulk of all non-501(c)(3) organizations. They can obtain federal income tax exemption, but contributions to these organizations are usually not tax deductible to the donor. They also have specific purposes that determine their classification and what they are allowed to do. And unlike 501(c)(3) organizations which apply for tax-exemption by filing IRS Form 1023, these organizations have a very different filing application, Form 1024.
Let's look at three of the most common nonprofits other than the more well known 501(c)(3). Here's they are:
Civic Leagues, Social Welfare Organizations, etc.
These organizations tend toward advocacy work, political actions, lobbying, environmental purposes, homeowners' associations and various community associations. Interestingly, it is not uncommon to find some organizations occupying the ranks of 501(c)(4) that would normally be considered 501(c)(3) if it were not for particular activities such as substantial lobbying or political candidate endorsements…things prohibited under 501(c)(3).
Business Leagues, Chambers of Commerce, etc.
Trade associations and professional associations are considered business leagues. These organizations typically promote higher business practices, better business methods, establish and maintain integrity within an industry and/or operate a trade publication to benefit an entire industry. Just like with 501(c)(4), some 501(c)(6) organizations have activities that are similar to 501(c)(3), such as educational programs, but are specifically geared toward promoting the business interests of companies or individuals.
Social and Recreation Clubs
These are clubs organized for recreation, pleasure, social activities and other similar nonprofit purposes. These organizations include college fraternities or sororities, country clubs, hobby clubs, garden clubs, etc. One of the most common types of 501(c)(7) is the recreational sports league, though ones geared toward kids may qualify for 501(c)(3).
These three 501(c) classifications have a use and provide a beneficial function for the nonprofit world. They provide a tax-exempt option for people to conduct activities that are not a for-profit business, but do not qualify for a 501(c)(3). For more information about the all the rest of the 501(c) family, see IRS Publication 557.


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By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood Staff
Is he talking to us?
That's the first of many questions that Mad Men provokes of us with its final season premiere. The episode opens with ol' Freddy Rumsen delivering a doozy of an ad campaign pitch to the fourth wall - Acutron watches: not timepieces, but conversation pieces! - and laying down some metaphorical lingo in pretty thick globs: "Are you ready? Because I want you to pay attention. This is the beginning of something." An interesting, if not cheeky way to kick off the very last season of a show whose M.O. is the waiting game for the other shoe to drop.
The first reveal is that Freddy is pitching to Peggy, making ends meet as a freelance ad man since he can't land a steady gig. The next reveal about the pitch comes much later on in the episode: it was Don's, not Freddy's.
Yes, Don can still write one heck of a sales pitch. He doesn't have a job, can't conflate his past and present selves, finds no solace in his decaying marriage, doesn't seem to fit in well in the backwards world of Los Angeles (nor his own New York), isn't keeping up with his contemporaries, and might be all but a phantom in the eyes of his daughter. But he can still pitch.
We pick up with Don midway through a flight out to L.A. to meet Megan, taking new steps professionally but still strained to find her own happiness or comfort in her relationship with her husband. The difference: Megan is otherwise flourishing, and seems resentfully anchored down by the marriage whereas Don is desperate to define himself by its success albeit hardly able to work toward that.
No longer able to identify as an industry fixture, Don courses through L.A. in hopes of discovering new soils to plan himself. He is unnerved by Megan's silent (save for the coyotes) mountaintop home - he purchases the biggest, most obnoxious TV imaginable to stave off the very idea of idle thought. He meets up with former Big Apple purist Pete Campbell, now a resident of La La Land and in a big way: Pete's tan and crisp, knots a sweater around his chest, and talks about his new home like it's some kind of new medical advancement that the Neanderthals back East can't seem to give way to. But this isn't where Don belongs. Though nor is New York, not any longer.
The most significant scene in the episode comes during Don's flight back to the city, when a widowed Neve Campbell offers her own sad stories before suggesting a romantic union back at her Manhattan pad. But Don, perhaps sure (for now, anyway Neve Campbell can't possibly be a one-time guest, can she?) that he'll find no self-worth in this affair and afraid to face that vacant reflection once more, instead heads back to his own place, where he shares a sandwich with Freddy Rumsen and admits (to the audience) to being the true author of Freddy's pitch to Peggy.
From his throne atop the apex of the Madison Avenue world of the 1960s, Don has fallen to a depth where he might find himself sharing sausage heroes with Freddy Rumsen on a weekday afternoon, delighting in his likewise unemployable company and offering him pitch material because it's the only way he knows how to keep his pulse running.
In Freddy, he who was once known by his kingdom as the epitome of failure, Don now grasps for equity. Or superiority. He aims to weigh Freddy down to his own level of duplicity by affording him campaigns too good to pass over. But even this poor sap, a nice fellow who has kicked the sauce and is simply doing what he can to bring home the bacon, isn't anchored to Don's valleys. Upon a visit to Don's apartment, Freddy bemoans the cocked balcony door: it's freezing in here. Even Freddy Rumsen can see that you're living in a grave, empty, toxic state, Don. And one that, much like his jammed door, doesn't seem like it can be mended.
Big Question No. 2: Why is Peggy crying?
This one isn't so much a mystery - Peggy breaks down at the end of the hour following a long line of heavy, heartbreaking frustrations - as much as it is something to reflect on.
We see her at sticky odds with Don's replacement, the folksy Lou Avery, who deems himself "immune to her charms" when Peggy tries to work him over on Freddy/Don's magnificent pitch to no avail. We see her, the super of her own building, dealing with agitated tenants and plumbing faux pas. We see her disgruntled over her at work relationships: with former lover Ted and affectionate buddy Stan. We see her practically begging her brother-in-law to spend the night on her couch so that she won't have to 'fess up to her cloying loneliness. And then we see her break down in tears.
So, yeah, somewhat of an easy question, but still one to ponder on: what, really, does Peggy need?
Considering the fact that we thought she might be traveling skyward by now (the last shot of Season 6 was a positive hint), it's a little flummoxing to see Peggy at such a low. This is Don's low point, but we expected her to be finding new avenues by now. Will we have to wait until the tail end of the series to see Peggy ascend, or will the weeks to come rip her from this melancholy and pin her with something in the vein of hope?
Next: Is Roger's daughter in a cult?
Hypothesis: Yes. Roger's daughter - who shows up unexpectedly to tell him that she "forgives him," explaining that she has found a spiritual enlightenment that he would never understand - is in a cult. And I hope whatever is going on there comes back into play, because it's quite chilling.
Finally, we get to Joan, who battles with a Doogie Howser of a shoe company executive (Dan Byrd, from Cougar Town) to fend off his company's decision to create an in-house ad team, proud to be on the (more or less) successful end of the sort of battle for which she's been vying for quite a while, but certainly not yet free of the shackles that have plagued her for so long: in one episode, Joan accuses the exec of not taking her seriously and accuses a business professor of insinuating that he wants to sleep with her in exchange for information. Considering her history, both fair. Although both did wind up surprising her, pleasantly. It was only back home, at Sterling Cooper & Partners, that Joan did find herself unsurprisingly disrespected: by Ken Cosgrove, who gave her lip for the whole ordeal even after she had done her part in keeping Cougar Town from abandoning SC&P. The world outside of the company where she has spent (said with a sigh) the past 16 years might be ready for Joan, but that company surely is not.
One final question: which is better, a New York sausage hero or a Los Angeles "Brooklyn Avenue" sandwich?


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Hello RS Ladies well im just started my journey I had booked my surgery date a few months ago but haven't had a change to share my journey. The date is coming up real fast and im getting anxious, nervous, scared etc..... I still haven't book flight, condo lol Im actually looking for any help that you ladies might have info to share with me about Condo rentals, Ive read here that Condo rentals are cheaper than the hotels plus I want a kitchen so I can cook while im there and not waste money on street food. So ladies please help lol I have no idea where to start....lol
Hello my BBL Ladies! Trades date for a next year date, I have September 10 2013, any one I interested???!!
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Hello my beautiful BBL sister, well my time is coming March 25, 2013 and still searching for a room/condo to stay havent got my flight tickets..... :O( Any suggestions Pleeeeaaaasssseee.......ladies
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Anyone willing to trade for my date march 25?......
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Hello BBL Ladies would anything like to trade dates with me? Please inbox me thank you
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Hello ladies would like to trade dates for my march 25th, still don't have anything ready and unprepared :0(
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Well ladies unfortunatly I have to reschedule !!! :0( I'm so sad I've been waiting for this for the past 5-6 years. I need a later date and Nanacy is so kind to help me find a date
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Well It gives me time to lose more weight, so far I've lost 22 pounds!!! YAY..... I started off at 195 Wow!!! I'm 5'2 so that is not cute, I went to my doctor on Friday for my medical clearance and I weighed in at 173 I'm amazed! I started my diet on January 1,2013 which was a new journey to weight lose and I'm doing it slowly but sherly....
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Hello Ladies unfortunatly I had to reschule my March 25th date for a later date :O( i just wasnt ready with all my check list and my full money for surgery. But have any of you ladies ever rescheduled and gotten lucky to get the next available date? I talked to Nancy and i told here if she can hopefully get me a April or May date, but she said she will try her best if someone cancels or reschedule she will go ahead and let me know ahead of time. Im so mad at myself because I had enough time to save and get everything ready before my date, now im so stressed that i wont get the next available date till november. Have any of you ladies gone thru this before?????
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Hello ladies well I was able to get a date for September 10, my original date was march 25 but had to cancel because I was not ready. I know September might seem long put it will go by fast. It so happens that my new surgery date is a day before my sons bday, am I being selfish? Or should I not feel so bad?
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Does anyone if its best to stay the 10 full days out there so your drains can stay in longer so they can drain better?
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Good morning ladies would anyone be interested into trading dates with me? I'm scheduled for September 10 2013 and would like to trade for the beginning of the 2014 year, maybe January or February??? Please send me a message
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I rescheduled twice before I finally got in
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@newbooryinc oh my god you serious and how kind did it take them for them to reschedule?
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Hello bbl sisters is any one note rested into changing dates with me?
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Heeeeeyy!! I'm scheduled for March 28!!! So will be probably see each other sometime. Im just curious what condo you booked. I have been looking and prices are craaaazy since its spring break!!!
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@hopingforabooty ok cool yea will see each other there, I had looked at the yatch club which @guerabooty had recommend me but they were booked so I booked at the country club on vacationrentals.com it's located right next to the aventura mall about 5-7 minutes away from dr.salamas office
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@jamaican booty thank you for that info I just hope I find something within time lol
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Im march 29 with dr ghurani I'm in the same boat as u I'm nervous from seeing all these horrible reviews I'm trying not to read them bc it's making me worry now google the condos in the area bc yes they are cheaper adventura is a ritzy Parton south Florida I'm moving to Miami and lets just say Miami is cheap compared to there good luck boo!
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The Washington Post carries this quote from a military person on background on the Blackwater situation. "'This is a nightmare,' said a senior U.S. military official. 'We had guys who saw the aftermath, and it was very bad. This is going to hurt us badly. It may be worse than Abu Ghraib, and it comes at a time when we're trying to have an impact for the long term.' The official was referring to the prison scandal that emerged in 2004 in which U.S. soldiers tortured and abused Iraqis."
Meanwhile, the New York Times writes, "MoveOn.org said yesterday that it paid The New York Times $77,508 after the newspaper revealed that its advertising department had undercharged the organization for an advertisement that ran two weeks ago and proved controversial."


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If you wake up day after day only to find your bank balance replenished by a few million dollars, chances are at some point, you won't know what to do with it. Take this Porsche 911 owner for example. He couldn't find ways to get rid of the fast-accumulating green paper and did this to himself.- A 40- pound pure gold covered Porsche 911.
We find the idea annoying but appreciate the work that has gone into it. The carvings and designs on the surface are brilliant and would have taken weeks to complete by an extremely set of talented and skilled individuals. The polished surface looks nice and should have masked the rear-view mirrors entirely, eliminating the need for a reflective glass and related electronics for adjustments, but maybe next time?!
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talent is now competing on NBC's hit show "The Voice."
Fayetteville native Luke
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Edgemon is a graduate of
Fayetteville's Massey Hill Classical High School. Caroline Sanchez, his
senior-year Advanced Placement English Literature teacher, said Edgemon was in
the Key Club and in chorus.
She said he often was a soloist in the
chorus, and it was evident he was very talented. Sanchez said it was clear
Edgemon "would do music for the rest of his life."
Edgemon's neighbor, Darrin Ashley,
also recalled the young man's passion for singing. Ashley said Edgemon was
always humming, even singing once at a cook-out.
"He was very ambitious. He
just wanted to sing. He loved singing. That's all he ever wanted to do," Ashley
said. "It's awesome to have somebody out of the neighborhood. He always wanted
to be a singer, and it's awesome to be their neighbors."
Erika Vilaro made sure to record
Edgemon's debut on the "The Voice" Tuesday night. Vilaro once worked with
Edgemon's brother. She said now she's hooked on the show, just like she got
hooked on Edgemon's music once another coworker shared it with her.
"I think he's going to do really, really
well. I know his family's really proud. I know his brother is stoked. He was
really excited for him," Vilaro said.
"To know that you've got somebody here in this area
that's going out and fulfilling their dreams just gives everybody here that
still wants to follow their dreams hope to do something like that."
"The Voice" airs on NBC Monday and Tuesday nights at 8
p.m. On the show, well-known recording artists pick contestants to be on their
teams based on blind auditions.
Tuesday night, artist Shakira wanted Edgemon on her
team, but artist Usher also made a plea for Edgemon. Edgemon chose Shakira, and
he will now receive coaching from her as he continues to compete in future
episodes of the show.
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As an English major you will be required to earn at least 128 hours including the general education courses listed below. For those of you transferring into our program, at least 18 hours in the major must be taken at North Greenville. Of the 45 hours you will take within the department, 18 hours must be from the following areas: Cultural Identity Studies (6 hrs.), Literary Masterpieces (6hrs.), and Writing (6hrs). You must also complete our Senior Seminar course.
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Rough around the edges to say the least, this is the perfect antidote to the gleaming new wave of gay venues now crowding Vauxhall's gay village. Saturday's Duckie, a wonderful indie performance night hosted by Amy Lamé, is rightly considered to be one of the best club nights in London. Also check out S.L.A.G.S.


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Get this: buy a copy of When Life Gives You O.J. from Politics & Prose this month and First Book will provide two books to kids in need!
It's true... but let me explain how it came about. Fellow authors, take note - you can do this, too!
This past weekend, some of my favorite people threw a super party for When Life Gives You O.J. I will post more photos soon, but for now if you did not attend, know that I am sorry: you missed a blast. There were adults and kids of all sizes and the weather was wonderful. While I signed books, the kids built practice dogs galore out of recyclables - two fine examples can be seen above - and competed in what might have been the first "practice dog show" ever, with prizes for everything from "friskiest dog" to "best cross-breed concoction", which went to something called "Mousie". There was plenty of O.J. - and champagne - and bagels and lox, plus mouthwatering orange zest mini-cupcakes and whoopie pies from Grassroots Gourmet.
And, here's perhaps the coolest part: Politics & Prose, our friendly neighborhood independent bookseller, sold books at the party, and for every book that sold I donated $2 to First Book (the cost of providing a book to a child in need) and Random House matched me by donating another book through First Book. So, while I sold 100 books (thereby selling every single copy the bookseller brought, and then some), that ended up providing 200 books to kids in need!
But here's the thing: several friends who were not able to attend asked if their book purchases could "count" toward my totals, and other friends expressed an interest in buying more copies (e.g. as teacher gifts). So I talked to the nice folks at Politics & Prose and they agreed to keep track so I could continue to generate books to kids in this fashion until the end of the month. And the nice folks at Random House agreed to keep on matching me with an additional book donated to a child in need through First Book for every book sold!
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You'll make plenty of decisions during pregnancy, and choosing where to give birth — whether in a hospital or in a birth center setting — is one of the most important.
Many women fear that a hospital setting will be cold and clinical, but that's not necessarily true. A hospital setting can accommodate a variety of birth experiences.
Traditional hospital births (in which the mother-to-be moves from a labor room to a delivery room and then, after the birth, to a semiprivate room) are still the most common option. Doctors "manage" the delivery with their patients. In many cases, women in labor are not allowed to eat or drink (possibly due to anesthesia or for other medical reasons), and they may be required to deliver in a certain position.
Pain medications are available during labor and delivery (if the woman chooses); labor may be induced, if necessary; and the fetus is usually electronically monitored throughout the labor. A birth plan can help a woman communicate her preferences about these issues, and doctors will abide by these as much possible.
In response to a push for more "natural" birth events, many hospitals now offer more modern options for low-risk births, often known as family-centered care. These may include private rooms with baths (birthing suites) where women can labor, deliver, and recover in one place without having to be moved.
Although a doctor and medical staff are still present, the rooms are usually set up to create a nurturing environment, with warm, soothing colors and features that try to simulate a home-like atmosphere that can be very comforting for new moms. Rooming in — when the baby stays with the mother most of the time instead of in the infant nursery — also may be available.
In addition, many hospitals offer a variety of childbirth and prenatal education classes to prepare parents for the birth experience and parenting classes after birth.
The number of people allowed to attend the birth varies from hospital to hospital. In more traditional settings, as many as three support people are permitted to be with the mother during a vaginal birth. In a family-centered approach, more family members, friends, and sometimes even kids may be allowed. During a routine or nonemergency C-section, usually just one support person allowed.
If you decide to give birth in a hospital, you will encounter a variety of health professionals:
Obstetrician/gynecologists (OB/GYNs) are doctors with at least 4 additional years of training after medical school in women's health and reproduction, including both surgical and medical care. They can handle complicated pregnancies and also perform C-sections.
Look for obstetricians who are board-certified, meaning they have passed an examination by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG). Board-certified obstetricians who go on to receive further training in high-risk pregnancies are called maternal-fetal specialists or perinatologists.
If you deliver in a hospital, you also might be able to use a certified nurse-midwife (CNM). CNMs are registered nurses who have a graduate degree in midwifery, meaning they're trained to handle low-risk pregnancies and deliveries. Most CNMs deliver babies in hospitals or birth centers, although some do home births.
In addition to obstetricians and CNMs, registered nurses (RNs) attend births to take care of the mother and baby. If you give birth in a teaching hospital, medical students or residents might be present during the birth. Some family doctors also offer prenatal care and deliver babies.
While you're in the hospital, if you choose or if it's necessary for you to receive anesthesia, it will be administered by a trained anesthesiologist. A variety of pain-control measures, including pain medication and local, epidural, and general anesthesia, are available in the hospital setting.
Women who deliver in a birth center are usually those who have already given birth without any problems and whose current pregnancies are considered low risk (meaning they are in good health and are the least likely to develop complications).
Women giving birth to multiples, who have certain medical conditions (such as gestational diabetes or high blood pressure), or whose baby is in the breech position are considered higher risk and should not deliver in a birth center.
Women are carefully screened early in pregnancy and given prenatal care at the birth center to monitor their health throughout their pregnancy.
Natural childbirth is the focus in a birth center. Since epidural anesthesia usually isn't offered, women are free to move around in labor, get in the positions most comfortable to them, spend time in the jacuzzi, etc. The baby is monitored frequently in labor typically with a handheld Doppler. Comfort measures such as hydrotherapy, massage, warm and cold compresses, and visualization and relaxation techniques are often used. The woman is free to eat and drink as she chooses.
A variety of health care professionals operate in the birth center setting. A birth center may employ registered nurses, CNMs, and doulas (professionally trained providers of labor support and/or postpartum care).
Although a doctor is seldom present and medical interventions are rarely done, birth centers may work with a variety of obstetric and pediatric consultants. The professionals affiliated with a birth center work closely together as a team, with the nurse-midwives present and the OB/GYN consultants available if a woman develops a complication during pregnancy or labor that puts her into a higher risk category.
Birth centers do have medical equipment available, including intravenous (IV) lines and fluids, oxygen for the mother and the infant, infant resuscitators, infant warmers, local anesthesia to repair tears and episiotomies (although these are seldom performed), and oxytocin to control postpartum bleeding.
A birth center can provide natural pain control and pain control with mild narcotic medications, but if a woman decides she wants an epidural, or if complications develop, she must be taken to a hospital.
Birth centers often provide a homey birth experience for the mother, baby, and extended family. In most cases, birth centers are freestanding buildings, although they may be attached to a hospital. Birth centers may be located in residential areas and generally include amenities such as private rooms with soft lighting, showers, and whirlpool tubs. A kitchen may be available for the family to use.
Look for a birth center that is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC). Some states regulate birth centers, so find out if the birth center you choose has all the proper credentials.
How do you decide whether a hospital or a birth center is the right choice for you? If you've chosen a particular health care provider, he or she may only practice at a particular hospital or birth center, so you should discuss your decision.
Also, verify your choice with your health insurance carrier to make sure it's covered. In many cases, accredited birth centers as well as hospitals are covered by major insurance companies.
If you have any conditions that would classify your pregnancy as higher risk (such as being older than 35, carrying multiple fetuses, or having gestational diabetes or high blood pressure, to name a few), your health care provider may advise you to have your child in a hospital where you and your baby can receive the required medical treatment, if necessary. In fact, you may be ineligible to deliver in a birth center because of your risk factors.
If you desire interventions such as an epidural or continuous fetal monitoring, a hospital is probably the better choice for you.
For a woman without significant problems in her medical history and whose pregnancy has been classified as low risk, a birth center might be an option. Someone who desires a natural birth with minimal medical intervention or pain control may feel more comfortable in a birth center. Because the number of labor and support people you can choose to be present is less limited, if you want to have your entire family participate in the birthing experience, you might consider a birth center.
Once you've decided on either a hospital or a birth center, you may still have to choose which hospital or which birth center. Before you make a choice, you'll have to verify if your health care provider, whether he or she is a doctor or a CNM, will only deliver at certain facilities.
Also, try to get a tour of the hospital or birth center so you can determine for yourself if the staff is friendly and the atmosphere is one in which you'll feel relaxed.
Before your labor pains start, get answers to the following questions.
It's wise to choose where to deliver your baby as early in your pregnancy as possible. That way, if complications do arise, you'll be well informed and can concentrate on your health and the health of your baby.
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Date reviewed: November 2011
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses and treatment, consult your doctor.
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SCons has an extensive test suite.
The official guidelines for new functionality say that a new feature should be accompanied by a test that fails on old code.
This page has some tips for running, writing and debugging the tests in the external test suite.
(These are the scripts in the {{{test/}}} subdirectory, not the unit test modules that live with the source.)
See also DeveloperGuide/TestingMethodology for more info on writing, debugging, and using the test suite. Some of that is redundant with this page and should be cleaned up. It has good info on how to write a test. This page is currently more about debugging tests; I think this page should be merged into that one, but don't have time right now.
== Running the tests ==
Run the tests using runtest.py like this:
{{{python runtest.py -a}}} for all the tests, or {{{python runtest.py test/aTest.py}}} for a specific test.
runtest executes the test scripts, and cleans up after them.
== Debugging failing tests ==
For failing tests or bugs in the SConstruct files that are generated by the test scripts, you may want to look at the files that are being generated.
To do so, set one of these environment variables: {{{PRESERVE, PRESERVE_FAIL, PRESERVE_PASS, PRESERVE_NO_RESULT}}}. {{{PRESERVE}}} is equivalent to all being set, while each other one only preserves files if a condition is met (test failure, passing, etc)
The temporary files will not be deleted, so you can check them out and try them manually. Be sure you set them to some value (any will do):
% setenv PRESERVE yes
Then, when you run runtest.py, it will print out the location of the temporary files used in the script.
% python runtest.py test/SharedLibrary.py
/sw/bin/python /Users/mike/Code/SCons/scons-cvs/test/SharedLibrary.py
/sw/bin/python "/Users/mike/Code/SCons/scons-cvs/src/script/scons.py" .
/sw/bin/python "/Users/mike/Code/SCons/scons-cvs/src/script/scons.py" -f SConstructFoo
/sw/bin/python "/Users/mike/Code/SCons/scons-cvs/src/script/scons.py" -f SConstructFoo
/sw/bin/python "/Users/mike/Code/SCons/scons-cvs/src/script/scons.py" -f SConstructFoo2
Preserved directory /private/tmp/tmpXiLuky
Preserved directory /private/tmp/tmpXiLuky
If you are curious what exact command lines are being run, you can alter the test script to add this call:
{{{test.verbose_set(1)}}}, a method defined in TestCmd, causes the test script to print out the exact commands that the test is running.
They will usually not be that useful unless you are also preserving the files as above.
== Debugging test scripts ==
For errors in the test script itself, runtest.py has a -d switch that starts the script in the debugger. This helps avoid pain caused by setting up PYTHONPATH by hand when debugging. See also DebuggingScons for how to run SCons in the debugger without the test infrastructure (e.g. when debugging a SConstruct/SConscript).
From Kevin Quick on the dev list:
When using -d, runtest.py enters pdb right away, which is why it doesn't really know where you are. I typically use it as follows:
If I'm having a problem with test/foo.py failing. I figure out what line is failing, or correspondingly look for the test.run() call that I want to see things at; I do this in my editor and I have the editor tell me what line this is (NNN).
$ python runtest.py test/foo.py
(pdb) b NNN
(pdb) c
<runs until reaching breakpoint at line NNN>
From there I can do all the standard pdb stuff like examining variables, stepping, etc.
The pdb really only works for the test script; the actual test run is done in a subprocess; the SCons engine is running in that subprocess and so it's separate from the pdb. Honestly, for debugging SCons engine stuff, I usually just insert print statements and re-run things because that's usually fastest; other folks may have pdb recommendations for the engine itself.
With versions of scons following 0.96.1, an internal exception during scons execution will print a one-line message about the exception only. To get more information about where the exception occurred, goto the {{{test.run(...)}}} line that failed and add " {{{--debug=stacktrace}}} " to the arguments for the test.


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Walter Redawn Dixon's troubled life looked to have hit rock bottom last September, when a judge in Iowa sentenced the Chicago man to 16 years in federal prison for dealing heroin that killed his friend and almost killed another person.
But instead of staring at drab prison walls, Dixon, 33, has spent the last 9½ months on the outside — because he was mistakenly released from prison in an apparent paperwork snafu, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
Dixon's freedom came to an end Friday morning, when deputies with the U.S. Marshals Service for the Northern District of Illinois scooped him up.
The news about Dixon's mistaken release comes in the wake of three accidental releases from Cook County Jail during the course of this year.
It wasn't clear just where Dixon was located in the district or what he's been doing with his time, but Ken Robinson, supervisor for Prisoner Operations for the Marshals Service, said deputies nabbed Dixon after getting a call last week from their counterparts in Iowa who'd only just learned of the felon's mistaken release. Dixon did not put up a fight, Robinson said.
Dixon's criminal history is complicated. He was mistakenly released Dec. 14, 2012 — not from federal prison — but from Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, where he was finishing up a sentence in an unrelated Cook County case before beginning his federal prison term.
"He didn't go back to federal [custody] because we didn't receive a detainer order," said Tom Shaer, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Corrections. "I don't know who is responsible for that. All I know is, we didn't get it."
Robinson says the federal detainer — an order to hold a prisoner — was filed with the Cook County sheriff's office, the agency that had custody of Dixon before he was sent to Joliet.
"The detainer was filed with Cook County," Robinson insisted Friday. "When [Dixon] was moved to the Illinois Department of Corrections, they say they never received the detainer from Cook County. . . . They never knew to call us."
Cara Smith, chief of policy and communications for the sheriff's office, disputes that.
"We have every reason to believe that information was passed on with the body when he was sent to the state Department of Corrections," said Smith, noting she'd personally reviewed Dixon's file.
Smith also said it's odd that someone facing a 16-year federal term would be returned to Cook County in this case, to deal with an aggravated DUI case stemming from Dixon's arrest in January 2012 in Chicago.
"It's nonsensical to move someone from federal custody to state custody [facing] such a significant sentence," Smith said.
Just how Dixon has spent his unexpected liberty is unclear.
"I didn't know Walter had been released from state prison, for sure," said Mark Meyer, Dixon's lawyer in Iowa, in an email to the Chicago Sun-Times. "I had heard that he was in Chicago, but I didn't put much stock in that information. I haven't heard from Walter since the sentencing hearing in federal court."
Dixon's conviction in Iowa stemmed from a 16-count federal indictment alleging Dixon and several accomplices conspired to deal drugs in Cedar Rapids from 2009 to 2011, among other allegations. Meyer said his clients had lived in Cedar Rapids for a time and had friends there.
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