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You might call Maxim Lapierre the perfect fit in Anaheim. He's 6-foot-2 and 207 pounds of solid muscle. He hits. He's neither young nor old at just under 26. And he's been in the league nearly 300 games, so he's just slightly behind the Ducks' young core, two of whom, Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, have just arrived at 400 games apiece.
Interestingly, Lapierre is the fourth player to come over to the team from Montreal in the past couple of seasons, the others being former first-rounder Kyle Chipchura, Saku Koivu, and Paul Mara. Only two of the four were dressed for Anaheim Sunday night, with Chipchura surrendering fourth-line duties and Mara sitting as a defenseman.
Lapierre was traded from the Canadiens for Brett Festerling and a fifth-round pick in 2012 back in late December. He's what you might call a Ducks' Duck, if the numbers are anything to go by. With the Habs — who originally drafted him in the second round in 2003 — he had 108 hits this year, 63 PIMs, and had played in all of the team's 38 games to the day they traded him.
Over the past three years, the native of Saint-Leonard Quebec, in the Montreal area, has logged 295 games with a first, partial season in Hamilton of the AHL and Montreal.
Why would the Habs, a notoriously small team, get rid of a guy like this? The question is intensified when you see him. He's everything a team like Montreal needs, with size, French background, and (just saying) a stunning handsomeness that would make him the perfect media darling, it might seem.
The local French-language newspaper, Le Journal de Montreal, according to a French-speaking source I consulted, reported recently that Lapierre and coach Jacques Martin just didn't get along.
"It's a weird feeling to be honest," Lapierre said about the trade. "It's the first time in my career, even in Junior I never was traded, or midget or anything. So it's a weird feeling. You're shy at the beginning getting with a new team, but it's fine. It's a great group of guys, and I think I'm going to enjoy Anaheim."
"Chipper [Chipchura], Saku, and Paul Mara are all great guys," Lapierre added about reuniting with his former Habs teammates. "I played with them in Montreal. We had a lot of fun there, and bringing it here now, we'll play well. It was nice to have those guys at the beginning.
"You know, sometimes you meet the organization, and you figure it out that you're not part of the plans anymore, and it all depends on the game plan and the system. It was different. Jacques Martin was there, that's why . . . . We talk, and it was good for me to change."
Read that how you will, but it looks like the Montreal newspaper story was right.
Good for the Ducks. Sunday night was Lapierre's third game with them. Aside from registering a team high six hits on the night against San Jose, Lapierre killed penalties, sucked up nearly eighteen minutes of ice time over 21 shifts, registered three of the team's 28 shots, blocked two shots, and won 61 percent of his faceoffs.
That latter number was no fluke, or based on a small number of draws, where he was 11-7 in the faceoff circle.
"I worked a lot with Guy Carbonneau when I was in Montreal," he said about taking face-offs. "I think he was a specialist when he was in the league. I keep it simple. I always do the same thing, which is to go under his stick, and it works for me most of the time."
His place on the Ducks' roster right now is to slot with Brandon McMillan and Joffrey Lupul on the third line. McMillan has played about half the team's games this year, and Lupul has played in 16 contests coming into Sunday after a year's layoff from injury. Lapierre had nine points (five goals, four assists) coming into Sunday.
It might also be worth noting that je has been used six times on the shootout, scoring three goals. That's a percantage higher than Koivu, Teemu Selanne, and Bobby Ryan, just to name a few. Makes one wonder what might happen the next time the Ducks find themselves in that situation.
For Lapierre, the adjustment to SoCal hasn't been hard. Lapierre is living in his own place as of a couple of days ago, something which he says allows him to relax.
"Every day you learn something new about the place, but I would say I'm really comfortable here," he said about his new home. "We have good people here working hard for us. And for the car, I just left it home.
"It's great when you win. People pull you aside, but it's a tough city when you lose," Lapierre added about his old home. "I enjoyed my time there, but it's time to have something new. It's a new start here, and I'm sure it's going to be great here, too."
"Max coming in, and obviously I knew him well from the years in Montreal, you try to give him a bit of a heads-up, what life is in hockey here, and the difference between Montreal and the West Coast," Koivu said. "You know, he's been around. There's not too much you have to tell him. But for him to come here, knowing a few guys from Montreal, makes him more comfortable right from the day one, and it makes it a bit easier."
Rarely does a player come to a new situation and start as effectively as Lapierre has in Anaheim. Perhaps that comes from the freshness of things. More likely, it's because he's got a niche that he grasps, and that set of skills is precisely what the Ducks need.
Lapierre's style of play — his toughness, size, and tenacity — make him a precise amalgamation of qualities that are what "Duckness" has been since the Brian Burke era.


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February 22, 2013
The quest to allow Tennessee gun permit holders to take their weapons anywhere in their cars (guns in trunks/parking lots) continues to gain momentum. It passed in a House committee (Wednesday) and is headed to the House floor for final approval (the full Senate has already said yes) as early as next week.
But the other prominent bill steaming-rolling its' way through Capitol Hill hit a little speed bump with the legislation giving the state full authority over authorizing charter schools being deferred a week in committee . The move, and talk of a compromise, comes amid growing opposition and seeming second thoughts from lawmakers, despite the legislation being targeted to impact only Nashville and Memphis which are the only parts of the state where there has been much controversy over charter creation.
But the possible compromise seems a strange one to me. It would create an appeals process along with new state review board that could trump local decisions if a school board rejects a charter school. That's already the law involving the State Board of Education, and was a major part of the controversy last year when Metro Nashville rejected a charter school application from the Great Hearts group from Arizona. Metro refused several times to approve Great Hearts and got a hefty fine from the state, but the charter group then withdrew its application, leaving the matter somewhat unresolved. Maybe the compromise makes the state's decision final, end of story?
But if so, why would the compromise apply statewide perhaps creating even more heartburn among rural legislators whose local school boards are likely not to cotton to the idea of state appointed officials telling them as elected officials what to do, even though it's about an issue that so far is not a big deal for them. Beats me.
For a bill that got rolled in committee for a week, the Authorizer measure sure is getting a lot ink. That's not only because who's supporting it (House Speaker Beth Harwell)of Nashville) but also who's against it (a majority of the Metro School Board, many Davidson County Democratic House members and a number of high profile Metro At-Large Councilmembers).
The day before the deferral, it was the opponents who came to the Hill calling the legislation "horrid", "taxation without representation" and an attempt to revert back to the days of segregation because they say it would take away the right of local school officials to decide whether to allow a new charter school.
Usually when you see At-Large Council members such as Ronnie Steine, Megan Barry and Jerry Maynard you could also assume Nashville Mayor Karl Dean would be with them too. But that's not so in this case. Beginning last year with the rejection of the Great Hearts application by the Metro School Board Mayor Dean has been joining Speaker Harwell in supporting the state taking over full control of charter schools in order to give local parents more choice in where they can send their children.
That stance by the Mayor has stirred up as much controversy for him as the Authorizer bill itself has. That's because there have been a couple of other recent controversies where state lawmakers have been at odds with Metro (nullifying a Metro anti-discrimination law and threatening to take over some city zoning powers) that had the Mayor joining them in opposition. So why switch now they ask?
It's about providing parents more choice replies the Mayor's spokesperson, but the divide is a ticklish one for him and one that looks likely to fester a while as the Authorizer Bill tries to makes its way through the General Assembly. Along with threats of a lawsuit if the measure passes, a memorializing resolution against the bill has already been passed by the full Metro Council.
While not required, such resolutions do routinely cross the mayor's desk for his signature (or perhaps not in this case). It's sticky situation to be sure. The Mayor surely won't sign the Council resolution, but does he veto it or just ignore the matter and let it pass without his signature? Whoever thought charter schools would become the burning issue driving Metro politics? But that's what it is today.
Rick Scott, a former health care magnate (HCA), the current Governor of Florida and a longtime, strong critic of ObamaCare has become the latest GOP leader to accept the millions in federal dollars available to his state (with for at least 3 years no state matching monies required) to expand Medicaid health services to the poor.
Tennessee's Governor Bill Haslam is still trying to decide what to do. Our TennCare program is one of the largest and most complex Medicaid programs in the nation. Will the Governor go along too, especially if he can negotiate still more money, incentives or waivers from the feds in operating the program? Stay tuned.
Even if he does, how can he possibly persuade the GOP super majority in the Tennessee General Assembly to go along? They hate ObomaCare intensely. What about the conservative/Tea Party wing of the GOP? They've been a bit wary of the Governor since before he took office. Taking ObamaCare money to expand TennCare won't help their perceptions.
On the other side, hospitals across the state say TennCare expansion is vital or some of them could close. Some business groups say it will impact jobs and leave tens of thousands without help when they seek care in emergency rooms, while their counterparts in other states get health coverage.
A tough political situation in which to make a decision to be sure, and as time passes, it seems to be getting tougher.
Maybe it's not as tough as imagined. Late word on Friday: Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey (another long- time, strong ObamaCare critic) has told reporters he is open to expanding Medicaid/TennCare if the Governor can get a good deal from the feds (i.e., more money) and he is willing to help Governor Haslam round up votes in the State Senate. Wow! What a potential change! Will the sun come in the west tomorrow?
State Senator Jim Tracy is our guest on INSIDE POLITICS this weekend. He's also running for Congress in the 2014 August primary against incumbent GOP Representative Scott DesJarlais. So we have lots to discuss including the TennCare developments we just discussed. Tracy is also sponsoring some controversial anti-abortion legislation requiring any woman about to have an abortion undergo an ultrasound or be told what her fetus looks like and how its heart sounds.
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That's the headline on a mostly-glowing article written by POLITICO writer Alexander Burns (February 20) about Governor Bill Haslam. It praises Tennessee's Chief Executive for how effective he's been in his first two-plus years in office (tort reform, changing teacher tenure and civil service, cutting taxes, expanding charter schools) without getting much national attention (both the good and the bad) that some other GOP governors have been getting. The article says of what Haslam has accomplished: "It looks like a version of the pro-growth platform Washington Republicans have been grasping for." There are even positive comments in the story from former Governor Phil Bredesen who says he thinks he and Haslam share some of the same voters.
So is the Governor a possible 2016 VP running mate (as suggested by former Knoxville Mayor Victor Ashe in the article) or even a presidential candidate for the GOP one day? Haslam says a national campaign is "not on my agenda" but adds: 'I do think it helps to have been a governor and say, here's a place where we can show we've done that."
If Nashville is the IT city, are we ready to be an Olympic city?
THE NEW YORK TIMES (which recently gave us the IT moniker) also reported recently that Nashville is one of 35 cities across the country asked by the U.S. Olympic Committee if we'd like to bid to host the 2024 Games.
It gave me a strong sense of déjà vu. You see, I wrote such a response letter back in early 1987. I was working in Mayor Richard Fulton's office back then, and one day he gave me a letter and asked that I draft a response. I saw the Olympics rings on the letter, but at first I thought it was for the city to host an Olympic swimming competition since we had just opened the SportsPlex in Centennial Park. Then I saw it concerned hosting the entire 1996 Olympic Games. Wow! So I went back to the Mayor to make sure. But before I could even open my mouth, he said: "I know what the letter says. Draft a response that we are interested in bidding."
So I wrote that letter. Later in March, 1987, I was part of a delegation from Nashville attending a meeting at the USOC's headquarters in Colorado Springs to further outline what a bid required. The City of Atlanta was there too that day, beginning its successful bid to capture the Centennial Olympic Games. I later read a quote from one of the Atlanta Olympic organizers who said that they didn't get interested in bidding until after they read and heard news report that Nashville planned to do so. Therefore I have always taken a little pride that my response letter in some ways might have played a little role in the history of bringing the Olympic Games to the South.
So is Nashville ready to bid again? I know there are lots of pros and a whole lot of cons. I also know how big a job it was just to put together a bid like we did in 1987. But I know as well we are in a lot better shape facilities-wise to bid now than back then. Remember we put a plan together (and it would have worked at least on paper) when we didn't have the Arena, the Stadium and the many other sports and other facilities we have now on our college and university campuses (although probably a new separate Olympic Village for athletes would be required along with other new facilities and much more mass transit to move people around).
We are a lot closer in the hotel accommodations required to host the Games. We have almost 36,000 rooms available now with a lot more under construction or being planned with the new Music City Center opening soon. Can we get to the required 45,000 rooms? Maybe not, but the 2024 Games are still over a decade away.
The politics are very tough too. If Chicago and New York couldn't the get the Olympic nod in their recent bids (after reportedly both spending at least $10 million each on the efforts), how could Nashville? I am not sure we can, or that we should, but I know Nashville's growing world brand is a real plus that most of other cities (including Memphis which was also asked to bid) would have trouble competing.
But for now, at least we can dream. And it's cities with dreams that make things happen. For me, it just brings back some great memories from over 25 years ago.
I really should have posted these comments last week, but frankly it took me some time to assess my thoughts.
Some of the events of the past week would have had our ancestors thinking the end times were approaching….a large meteorite hits Russia, a large asteroid just misses the planet, the Pope retires from office for the first time in over 400 years. It makes you think.
I've had some of that kind of change in my own life recently. No, I am not talking my stroke. I am talking about two close friends, one a current the other a former client, who have announced plans to leave their posts. I'll admit I didn't see it coming, and it shook me up a bit at first.
Both are handling their life changes with grace and style. Both Don Klein of the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors and Phil Ryan of the Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency have done great things for their organizations, taking them to new heights among their peers nationally over the past several years. Both have been so devoted to their work, they leave some big steps to fill for whoever follows them. I know I am more than a bit biased having worked closely with both, but they have also done great things for Nashville, and this community should be in their debt for what they've accomplished to move our community ahead.
I have been blessed to work with so many wonderful clients over the years and I hope I can find a way to continue work with these two wonderful men in the future.
If you think you got tired of hearing the words "fiscal cliff', get ready for another political expression (and it's a mouthful) "sequestration." It's a remnant of the cliff, the automatic across the board budget cuts that go into effect for both domestic and military programs on March 1 unless Congress and the White House agree on a deal to settle our fiscal issues.
Now a deal is not likely to happen, so it's possible, maybe likely, Congress will postpone the cuts and kick the can down the road again, delaying "sequestration" one more time. But the difficulty is, just ahead also lies the debt ceiling limit (again) and reauthorizing the government's overall budget so it can keep its doors open. All these fiscal issues keep piling up on one another.
In the meantime with Congress on recess again this week, keep listening for our political leaders and members of the Obama Administration to wail and grind their teeth about the difficulties the budget cuts will cause. In many ways they are correct, the cuts are short-sighted and badly planned. But like many governmental budget cuts I have heard threatened over the years, they always seem designed to exact the most political angst possible.
It reminds me in Metro when the Health Director always used to say any funds reduction would mean the end of the city's rat control program, with little babies then at risk of being bitten by a rodent while lying in their cribs. Or there was the Fire Chief who warned if his department had to take any more budget cuts, people would have to make an appointment if they had a fire.
The point is, it was Congress and the Obama Administration who approved sequestration. If it's so bad, do your job and fix the problem, finally. Otherwise, as The Bard said, I think you doth protest too much.
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Patrick Byrne, Debbie Crans and Nora Lapitan are among 388 new fellows who will be recognized for their contributions to science and technology at the AAAS meeting in Chicago Feb. 13 through Feb. 17.
Founded in 1848, the AAAS is an international non-profit organization that seeks to "advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people."
Professors were selected by the AAAS Council based on their current and past contributions to the science community: Byrne, a professor of crop and soil sciences, was selected for his research in drought tolerance and disease resistance in plants; Crans, a chemistry professor, was cited for her findings and contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry; and Lapitan, a professor of crop sciences, was selected for her findings on plant genome organization and crop species traits.
"We are proud to have these esteemed scientists as part of our faculty here at Colorado State," Rick Miranda, CSU provost and executive vice president said in a statement. "AAAS scholars give our students fantastic opportunities to learn from some of the best scholars among their disciplines, as well as provide other faculty unique opportunities for collaboration."


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i just talked to my store in NJ and they are opening at normal time. 10:00 am
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I hope this is true. I found a 16gb 3G at a local verizon store, and when I went to get it, the district manager had sent them to another store 50 miles away
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Apple store in San Francisco says they will open at 9 tomorrow morning.
Went there to buy an iPad today because a representative told me they'd be sold this afternoon, but he gave me bad information. I want to punch him.
My store in San Antonio confirmed they are opening an hour early.
Yea I'm not in a rush to get one, but I do want one. Some people need it while some people want it lol.. It's crazy
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heh i called the local apple store here , they said theyre opening at 10a, normal time , but i can call at 9am to see if they got any in im thinking i want to b there, instead of calling em
Just talked to 2 Apple Stores in my area both confirmed a 9 am opening !!! What is the likely hood that this means they will have iPad 2's??
Hmmm I have a dilemma. I wonder if this also means other retail stores will be getting shipments. I recently reserved an iPad at best buy for $100. I don't know much about the reliability of this route. I wonder if it would be wise to cancel my reservation, get my $100 back and head on over to the apple store tomorrow morning. Suggestions?? And I don't have the money to just buy one at apple and cancel my pre order afterward, I'm fresh out of money. I would need the $100 from the reservation.
Yes, there is confirmation. Apple Store next to me (Roseville,CA) will open at 9:00 am for sure tomorrow. I'm not really in a rush to get one though. I think the only reason im getting one is im tired of playing games like angry birds on my iphone screen. The overall features of an ipad still dont quite do it for me, but I somehow still want one.
Anyone who put the $100 down, via credit card, should just wait until Best Buy gets more.
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Leadership Strife Masks Groupon's Fatal Flaw
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After reporting disappointing results for its final quarter, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) announced that it was looking to oust the company's much criticized CEO Andrew Mason. His departure has been in the cards since the company announced its dismal third quarter results – which I have also discussed in a previous article. During Mason's absence, Chairmen Eric Lefkofsky and Ted Leonsis will be running operations as management hunts for a new leader. However, leadership is the least of Groupon's problems.
The fourth quarter results were particularly disappointing as the business widened its losses despite increasing its sales by 29.7%, wiping out goodwill and short covering gains made in the previous few months. Mason's departure was warmly welcomed by the market.
My previous analysis of Groupon's new products and business model has borne fruit; the company's margins were destroyed, which was reflected in the most recent results, while its core business remains soft. This is a company designed to create margin compression, which is good for consumers and horrible for stockholders.
Groupon's main business sales dropped by 13% year-over-year to $413 million. On the other hand, Groupon Goods sales increased by 1,549% YoY and 56% sequentially to $225 million. This low margin segment contributed 35.3% to total sales whereas its contribution in its first year, 2011, was just 2.7%; this is the primary driver behind the company's drop in margins. Gross margins plummeted from 80% in Q4-2011 to 56% a year later.
Slowing revenue growth mixed with severe margin compression has me thinking, "Iceberg Dead Ahead!" Groupon is rapidly shifting from a growth stock into a value play that doesn't create much value.
The main problem with Groupon remains its business model, which is surprisingly easy to imitate. LivingSocial – financially backed by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) -- is already creating problems for Groupon as it generated $8.6 million revenues on March 5, thanks to a promotion with Sam's Club. In its last earnings release, Amazon revealed that LivingSocial's annual sales more than doubled from $250 million to $536 million, but it incurred huge losses due to massive write-downs as its operating loss also doubled to $905 million. On the other hand, Groupon has finally become operationally sustainable with an annual operating profit of $98.7 million versus losses of $233 million in 2011.
For the current quarter, Groupon has given a revenue estimate of $560 million to $610 million, which, even at its higher end, is $40 million below market expectations. If the company achieves revenues of $585 million in the current quarter, which is the midpoint of its range, then it would indicate a significant decline in YoY revenue growth to just 4.6%. If it manages sales at the higher end of its estimate of $610 million then that would show a 9.1% revenue growth. In essence, even in the best case scenario, a double digit revenue growth is going to be nearly impossible and we should expect margins to shrink again.
To change this course will first require strong leadership and a different approach. Bloomberg reported that Groupon is now going for an outside hire for the top role. A new person could fill the position within the next three to six months. Analysts are expecting the COO Kal Raman, who has worked with Amazon and EBay before, to be the new CEO, but nothing has been set yet.
In the last one year, Groupon has shed $7.3 billion in market cap, while Amazon's stock has been up more than 45% in that period and is obviously willing to absorb the hit to the balance sheet caused by LivingSocial's spool up. With Groupon's revenue growth approaching zero-bound, Groupon's margins are also evaporating. The only growth area is its non-core operations (Groupon Goods), which will turn Groupon into a wholesaler.
There's some symmetry with LivingSocial making a splash by partnering with Sam's Club. This calls into question all the criticism that has been heaped on Andrew Mason. If there is a fundamental flaw in the current business model, which the management is unwilling to change, then there is very little a new CEO can do; maybe that is why the Board has not been able to secure new leadership.
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Miners Aiming To Build On Momentum From 5-0 Rout Of NM State
School-Record 140 UTEP Student-Athletes Make C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
A Cumulative GPA Of 3.0 Is Required
UTEP Soccer To Face East Carolina In Quarterfinals Of 2013 C-USA Championships
Winner Will Play Tulsa Or Colorado College In C-USA Semifinals Friday
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2012 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in the first two games of the year, logging a total of 24 minutes, before sustaining a season-ending injury ... received a medical redshirt season & did not lose a year of eligibility ... member of the C-USA Academic Honor roll in addition to earning a C-USA Academic Medal (min. 3.75 cumulative GPA).
2011 (FRESHMAN): Led all UTEP freshmen and fourth overall on the team with 15 points ... tallied five assists to share squad lead and tie for sixth in Conference USA ... one of four Miners with at least five goals ... had both a goal and an assist at UTSA (9/18/11) and at Southern Miss (10/2/11) ... twice scored in consecutive contests ... started eight straight matches midway through C-USA action and 10 times overall ... named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll (min. 3.0 GPA) & C-USA Academic Medalist (min. 3.75).
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Skies of Glory: Battle of Britain
This premium version of Skies of Glory bundles together the Battle of Britain Campaign Pack and many other features available for purchase in the free game, but at less than one-third the cost! Get this app to add these features to your Skies of Glory experience at a great discount, and all the content you have purchased in the free game will also be in this bundle.
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Dexamethasone suppression test
Dexamethasone suppression test measures the response of the adrenal glands to ACTH.
Alternative Names
DST; ACTH suppression test; Cortisol suppression test
How the test is performed
During this test, you will receive dexamethasone, and the health care provider will measure your cortisol levels.
There are two different types of dexamethasone suppression tests: the low-dose test and the high-dose test. Each type can either be done in an overnight or standard (3-day) way.
- Low-dose overnight method -- you will get 1 mg of dexamethasone at 11 p.m., and a health care provider will draw your blood at 8 a.m. for a cortisol measurement.
- Standard low-dose method -- urine is collected over 3 days (stored in 24-hour collection containers) to measure cortisol. On day 2, you will get a low dose (0.5 mg) of dexamethasone by mouth every 6 hours for 48 hours.
- High-dose overnight method -- the health care provider will measure your cortisol on the morning of the test. Then you will receive 8 mg of dexamethasone at 11 p.m. Your blood is drawn at 8 a.m. for a cortisol measurement.
- Standard high-dose test -- urine is collected over 3 days (stored in 24-hour collection containers) for measurement of cortisol. On day 2, you will receive a high dose (2 mg) of dexamethasone by mouth every 6 hours for 48 hours.
Blood is typically drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The site is cleaned with germ-killing medicine (antiseptic). The health care provider wraps an elastic band around the upper arm to apply pressure to the area and make the vein swell with blood.
Next, the health care provider gently inserts a needle into the vein. The blood collects into an airtight vial or tube attached to the needle. The elastic band is removed from your arm. Once the blood has been collected, the needle is removed, and the puncture site is covered to stop any bleeding.
How to prepare for the test
The health care provider may advise you to stop taking drugs that may affect the test. Drugs that can affect test results include:
- Barbiturates
- Corticosteroids
- Estrogens
- Oral birth control (contraceptives)
- Phenytoin
- Spironolactone
- Tetracyclines
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
This test is performed when the health care provider suspects that your body is producing too much cortisol. It is done to help diagnose Cushing syndrome and identify the cause.
The low-dose test can help tell whether your body is producing too much cortisol. The high-dose test can help determine whether the problem is in the pituitary gland (Cushing's disease).
The level of cortisol in the blood normally regulates the release of ACTH from the pituitary gland. As blood cortisol levels increase, ACTH release decreases. As cortisol levels decrease, ACTH increases.
Dexamethasone is a human-made (synthetic) steroid that is similar to cortisol. It reduces ACTH release in normal people. Therefore, taking dexamethasone should reduce ACTH levels and lead to decreased cortisol levels.
If your pituitary gland produces too much ACTH, you will have an abnormal response to the low-dose test, but a normal response to the high-dose test.
Normal Values
Cortisol levels should decrease after you receive dexamethasone.
Low dose:
- Overnight: 8 a.m. plasma cortisol < 1.8 mcg/dl
- Standard: Urinary free cortisol on day 3 < 10 mcg/day
High dose:
- Overnight: > 50% reduction in plasma cortisol
- Standard: > 90% reduction in urinary free cortisol
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean
An abnormal response to the low-dose test may mean that you have abnormal release of cortisol (Cushing syndrome). This could be due to:
- Adrenal tumor that produces cortisol
- Pituitary tumor that produces ACTH
- Tumor in the body that produces ACTH
The high-dose test can help tell a pituitary cause (Cushing's disease) from other causes.
Abnormal results vary based on the condition causing the problem.
Cushing syndrome caused by an adrenal tumor:
- Low-dose test: no change
- High-dose test: no change
Cushing syndrome related to an ectopic ACTH-producing tumor:
- Low-dose test: no change
- High-dose test: no change
Cushing syndrome caused by a pituitary tumor (Cushing's disease)
- Low-dose test: no change
- High-dose test: normal suppression
What the risks are
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Stewart PM. The adrenal cortex. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2008: chap 14.
Reviewed By: Ari S. Eckman, MD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Disney dreams are coming true for a child who was the sole survivor when the house she was in caught fire. Tatyana Hughes and her family flew to Orlando, Florida Thursday.
WAVE 3 News surprised the child's family with an all-expense paid trip to Disney World May 14.
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"She's been like, every day, 'is it time yet? Is it time yet? I want to go to Disney World I don't want to go to school!' It's been really really exciting," Tatyana's grandmother, Marie Clark, said.
In March, WAVE 3 News broke the story about a broken promise made to Tatyana Hughes. From the moment Tatyana awakened from a coma, all she could talk about was a trip to Walt Disney World.
Vacation plans fell through because of several reasons.
Two viewers couldn't ignore the story. Steve and Terri Bass made a generous donation to ensure Tatyana experienced a fairy tale vacation. Southwest Airlines also donated non-stop tickets from Louisville, Kentucky to Orlando, Florida to cover airfare.
"It's so exciting, exciting, exciting! We have butterflies everywhere. It's awesome! Thank you Steve and Terri Bass. God Bless you. Thank you for making Tatyana's dream come true," Clark said.
Tatyana was hurt in the January 4 arson that killed her three siblings, Trinity Hughes, age 2, Tyrese Hughes, age 4, and Tai'zah Hughes, age 6, in a home on Ealy Street in New Albany.
Police arrested Cody Cashion, 18, Kylie Jenks, 19, Shelby Makowsky, 18 and a 17-year-old juvenile in connection to the fire where investigators said Cashion fired a flare into the house.
Tatyana and her siblings were visiting the house. The person police said Cashion intended to be the target was not home.
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Devil's Staircase Hike Not For Faint Of Heart Or Body
By Rachael McDonald
Oregon's coast range forests are a patchwork of private, state and federal land, much of it heavily logged for the past century. But one pocket of old growth forest southwest of Eugene has avoided the chainsaws, mainly because of its steep terrain. There's a bill in Congress to designate the 30,000-acre tract as Wilderness.
Our journey begins at the end of a logging road about 10 miles northeast of Reedsport. Volunteer hiking guide Cameron Derbyshire is pointing out our route on a topographic map.
Derbyshire and Cascadia Wildland's Josh Laughlin are leading the hike. Also with us is Oregon State University geologist Steven Lancaster.
As we embark, Laughlin has some words of warning: "Let's all be very cautious with our steps. We're not going a long distance. It's just incredibly rugged terrain." Lancaster says "The biggest hazard is taking a misstep and snapping an ankle or falling off a log and you know impaling yourself so let's just be very cautious with our steps down in there so we can get there and back in one day."
There is no trail to the Devil's Staircase waterfall on Wassen Creek in the Siuslaw National Forest. To get there you have to climb over countless downed trees, crawl through huckleberries and sword ferns and scramble up and down steep slopes.
Photo: Devil's Staircase on Wassen Creek in the Oregon coast range. Photo by Rachael McDonald.
Every once in a while, Derbyshire and Laughlin stop to consult their maps and GPS devices.
We made it to the Devil's Staircase. It took us about four hours to get here and according to my pedometer we only walked about 2.5 miles. There were some spots where we got lost and had to double back through -- and basically crawl through -- huckleberries and fallen trees.
I'm exhausted. I'm totally wiped out and we still have to hike back. But it's beautiful here.
It really is a staircase, out of sandstone that forms a waterfall.
OSU Geologist Steven Lancaster is here for the first time too.
"I'm the kind of geologist that studies running water and the sediment that it moves and so stuff like this is just really cool," he says. "Why is there a big waterfall right here? So it's a bit of a mystery. It's a bit of an oddity."
This counts as the eighth time Cameron Derbyshire has hiked to the Devil's staircase. One of the reasons he likes it here is his love of fishing.
"I'm quite interested in the area for the habitat and protection it has for the salmon and steelhead," says Derbyshire. "As well as i8t's just such an area that just hasn't really been explored. It's so rugged and so vast."
Congressman Peter DeFazio has been here. So has Senator Jeff Merkley. Along with Senator Wyden, they agree this area should be designated Wilderness. There's a bill in Congress to do just that.
But muddying the waters is the fact that DeFazio's O & C logging proposal also includes protection of the Devil's Staircase.
Josh Laughlin of Cascadia Wildlands thinks it shouldn't be combined with a plan that calls for ramped up timber harvest on other federal land in Oregon.
"This place is incredibly unique because it's really a remnant slice of what the coast range once looked like," Laughlin says. "If you go above in an airplane at this part of the Oregon coast range, it's been heavily fragmented -- greatly impacting clean water, water quality, some of these older-forest dependent species."
Laughlin says old growth forests in Oregon can store carbon to mitigate the effects of climate change.
For now, he says, this is de facto wilderness.
"It's so steep it's so remote. However there can be future potential for timber sales in here."
Conservation groups hope to continue building popular support to designate the Devil's Staircase Wilderness.
It takes us another four hours to hike back to the car. By the time it's over, I can barely lift my legs and I'm covered in bruises, but exhilarated.


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The website is a renovation of the website formerly run by Dave Marotz '01. He "passed the torch" to SGA this year, according to SGA webmaster Eric Palmer 04.
"The website was a good opportunity to create a webpage that pertained to St. Olaf," SGA Vice President Seth Heringer 05 said.
The website formerly featured links to Carleton College and was a resource for students at both colleges. However, in revamping the website, SGA made the website a solely St. Olaf-based venture.
"Were not anti-Carleton," Heringer said. Carleton was an absent partner in the website, explained Heringer, and when SGA took over the website, they decided to make it a "complement to the SGA homepage."
One of the most popular parts of the website is the forum, said Heringer and Palmer. It provides students with the opportunity to respond to issues pertaining to the school, as well as classified ads where students can peddle their old furniture and more to other Oles. Students can also use the forum to make suggestions for SGA and their website. Other forum topics include SGA executive stipends, classes and world politics.
"It is a means of communication among students," Palmer said.
Forums are popular all over the Internet, Palmer said, and the forums seemed natural for the website.
Heringer said that students have been very eager to participate in the forums, citing website statistics showing that 175 people posted messages in the first 15 days.
And while some debates on the forum have been more heated than others, Heringer has found that most students have been very responsible with their comments.
However, there is some editing or censoring that needs to take place, and Heringer said that the webmaster will be going in and doing that manually.
The website also features links to numerous major news sources, including CNN.com, the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), the New York Times online, as well as many local news sources such as the Pioneer Press, the Star Tribune, the Northfield News and the Manitou Messenger.
There are links to e-mail, such as Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and SquirrelMail. Entertainment links include local movie theaters such as Lakeville and the Mall of America, as well as a link to Yahoo Movies and AOL MovieFone for lists and blurbs on new theater releases.
There is even a link to the DVD database of the Pause.
"55057.com is a website designed specifically for students with everything students need," Heringer said.
The website has seen a good response from students so far, but Heringer said SGA hopes that they will build a base following this year, and then have a big public relations push at the beginning of next school year.
Right now they are averaging about 750 hits per day, a lot of which stem simply from people having the website as their homepage.
"There is no good reason why you wouldnt want to have it as your homepage," Heringer said.
SGA is still trying to get more people interested.
"Ive heard of it, but I havent visited it yet," Ben Eickhoff '07 said.
Some students do not see the point of a website that doesnt offer much more than the St. Olaf homepage already does.
In one forum on suggestions for 55057.com, Nathan Hopkins '07 wrote, "There is not that much here that cannot be accessed from stolaf.edu; plus that site is prettier, easier to navigate and more informative. The forums are the only thing I find the least bit interesting."
Heringer explained that a lot of the tools on 55057.com do come from the St. Olaf website, but that it has other things such as the forums which are unique to 55057.com. It also has links to other things that students might be interested in, such as the news links and the link to the Google search engine.
Many students are excited about the website. Hopkins himself is quick to point out that he still uses the website regularly and is excited by the forums as a means of communication among students.
Others agree with Hopkins statement.
"[The website] gives an opportunity to connect with other students and share ideas," Annika Blomberg '07 said.
Still, some students want improvements on the website.
"I think they should have more pictures on the homepage," Chelsea Reigle 06 said. "But, I think its great how you can get to everything on one page."
As part of their current public relations push, Blomberg won a DVD player in a giveaway the website offered for anyone who registered on 55057.com with their St. Olaf username and posts a message on the forum. The next giveaway?
"Were going to give away a box of two-ply toilet paper," Heringer said. "Were here for the students; we understand their needs."


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One of our favorite days of the year, Cinco de Mayo always calls for a good time. Whether you spend the day at an outdoor street festival, take part in a Cinco de Mayo parade, or throw your own party for good measure, we've compiled the top 5 MILLY essentials for any festive occasion—just remember, never be sorry for partying…
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What's your outlook for Egypt after the revolution?
Is the Egyptian revolution will make Egypt forward or is it down in the presence of the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Topics: Egypt revolution
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Jan 31 2013: Something I think about often..so much of what was the American paid for military is still in charge and still frustrating and interfering with true democracy..government "of the people"..and if that is secured..still not seeing what economically will change what brought everyone out to Tahir square to revolt.jobs and the costs of basic goods like food.
How do you see Egypt solving its economic problems.? Where are the opportunities?
And can the muslim majority accept israel's presence in the region?
A lot of problems to overcome..and America is still working out its own after more thna 200 years. ..we have a corporatocracy not a democracy and we have 47% of our people at or below the poverty level. But we do have a rich natural resources base and we can compete globally in producing any product.
What would you say Egyptians want first?
Feb 4 2013: We do not want military intervention nor American politician in Egypt's affairs because the objectives are clear in supporting Israel at different their positions even if they were unjust or wrongedIsrael is one of the most racist country in the world because they rely on Zionism and dissemination of ideas, which have mostly they top affair and values of others and should rule the world E war machine in the event of a refusal to undergo in Alaguetsadesoa warsWe as religious peoples Anaterv also the existence of Israel in the Talmud there is not a homeland for the Jews and most extremist rabbis others reject the existence of the Jewish state of carrying Religion even though Arabs have agreed to
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Movie Review: The Other Son (Le fils de l'autre)
The Charlotte Observer
Once in a while, grammar matters, and the title of "The Other Son" is an example. It doesn't tell you much about this drama, in which 18-year-old Jewish and Palestinian boys find out they were switched as infants.
But the French title translates as "The Son of the Other." Now we know where we are: In a country where the people unlike us are "the other," something to be segregated or despised or feared.
So it goes with the families of Joseph (Jules Sitruck) and Yacine (Mehdi Dehbi). They were born during the Gulf War of 1991, when a SCUD missile hit their hospital and forced an evacuation. When Joseph signs up for Israel's obligatory military service and learns his blood type differs from both parents – a genetic impossibility – detective work reveals the mistake.
The story creates conflicts on a basic level. Alon, Joseph's dad (Pascal Elbé), works in Israel's Ministry of Defense. Said (Khalifa Natour), Yacine's father, lives in humbler circumstances in a Palestinian settlement on the West Bank; he's trained as an engineer but forbidden to practice outside his home town, so he repairs cars. Neither man can speak civilly to the other for 30 seconds.
Yet director Lorraine Levy, who wrote the script with Nathalie Saugeon, is more interested in non-political identities. Yacine's brother (Mahmood Shalabi) renounces him as a new-found Jewish "oppressor." A rabbi informs Joseph that, although the boy has been bar mitzvahed and spent his entire life attending a synagogue, he's not a Jew, because his mother was not Jewish at the time of his birth.
The mothers, Orith and Leila (Emmanuelle Devos and Areen Omari), see the sensible course: Keep loving the sons they've known all their lives and make room in their hearts for the boys they have yet to know. "You are my third child," Orith tells Yacine, referring to Joseph and her little daughter. In fact, all the females ignore the nature-nurture debate: Yacine and Joseph's little sisters immediately become friends.
The filmmakers must have been tempted toward melodrama many times: Yacine stopping a suicide bomber, say, or Joseph saving his new Palestinian family from Israeli soldiers. They resist this temptation, except for one brief, violent incident that comes out of nowhere and doesn't fit in naturally.
The movie doesn't need to preach a "we're all equal" message. When we watch the boys bond with their new kin over food or music, then see the lines of Palestinians plodding through armed checkpoints to reach jobs or visit Israeli friends, we get the point: These two Semitic peoples are bound by traditions and genetics but divided by seemingly irresolvable politics.
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U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Social Security reform is a topic of much concern to most Americans -- whether they are current retirees counting on their benefits check to meet living expenses, or disabled Americans who can no longer work, or young and middle-age Americans who are paying into a system that they are counting on to be there in the future.
Social Security's fiscal health is critically important. As Americans are living longer, healthier lives; adjustments are necessary to keep it strong. But reforming a major entitlement program requires great effort and political will.
While these attributes are often in short supply in Washington, if left unattended, Social Security is on course today to run out of funds, leaving current and future retirees vulnerable to drastic cuts in their core benefits.
This situation is unacceptable -- and unsustainable. We can, and must, act quickly to ensure that Social Security is truly secure for those who count on it now and those who will need it in the future.
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "supercommittee") is now working to tackle the critical issues facing our nation's debt and deficits, and I am calling on them to put the vital issue of Social Security reform on the table as well.
With just a few adjustments, Social Security's finances can be shored up for many decades longer. When Social Security began during the Great Depression, the average life span of an American male was 60; a female 64. Today men live to 76 on average and women to 80.
If we do nothing, the Social Security Trust Fund will exhaust its reserves and run short of money by 2036. At that point, current law would force immediate benefits cuts of about 23 percent (about $270 per month in today's dollars).
After that, the situation only gets worse as benefits payments are projected to exceed payroll tax contributions by as much as $6.5 trillion over the next 75 years.
The math is inescapable. If we hide our heads in the sand, deep cuts in benefits or massive payroll tax increases will be the only choices. Doing nothing now is not a responsible option.
My proposal, called the Defend and Save Social Security Act, would maintain Social Security for at least the next 75 years-- without raising taxes or cutting core benefits.
This would be accomplished by very gradual upticks in the retirement age and a modest adjustment to the annual cost-of-living increases, keeping core benefits untouched. Enacting these incremental changes now would leave enough time to erase the projected 2036 Social Security shortfall.
Under the Hutchison plan, the eligibility age would not be changed for those ages 58 and older. For everyone else, we would raise the normal retirement age by just three months a year, starting in 2016, going from age 67 in 2019 to 69 in 2027.
The early retirement age would also be raised gradually from 62 to 64. Again, these age increases would be done very gradually over the next decade. My bill would couple this with a 1 percent reduction in the increase of the annual COLA. Together, these two steps would prevent triggering automatic benefits cuts and keep the Social Security Trust Fund solvent until nearly the end of the century.
Others have different ideas for adjusting retirement age requirements and COLAs. But this is an important national discussion whose time has come. Small adjustments now will avoid the necessity of big, painful changes in coming years.
The 12 members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction are charged with putting forward a long-term deficit-reduction plan. Getting the Social Security system back on a sustainable financial footing is a crucial part of meeting this challenge.
We now have a unique opportunity to design a timely, bipartisan package of gradual Social Security reforms. Doing so will assure that benefits will be there for both current and future retirees. We should not let this opportunity slip away.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is the senior U.S. Senator from Texas
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"pozi scheme"? ....hate it when that happens.
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Dear Kay, incremental and bipartisan is why you are not governor of Texas.
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Perry had it right. Social Security is indeed a pozi scheme.
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On Thursday, Toledo City Council is taking a closer look at the proposal to raise water rates to pay for improvements at the water treatment plant.
Currently, the average residential customer in Toledo pays about $174 per year for water service. If approved by City Council, that bill would increase to nearly $300 per year by 2018.
That dramatic increase is giving Jeff Alexander a case of sticker shock.
"I think it's entirely way too expensive. [I] may be even consider moving out of Toledo if rates are getting more expensive," said Alexander.
Information provided by the mayor's office shows the city would collect roughly $353 million between 2014-2018 with the rate increase, with $314 million earmarked for improvements to the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant and delivery system.
Upon hearing the reasons behind the rate increase, Alexander's opinion changed.
"Yes, I guess I suppose I'm in support of that," he admitted.
Tonya Overton says she does not mind paying more if the goal is securing Toledo's water supply.
"If it's going to deliver clean water, I'd prefer to pay extra because I would not be happy if I got polluted water through my faucet. So if that means we have to pay a little more, we have to pay a little more," said Overton.
Linda Boyle is skeptical about the proposal.
"As long as it all goes towards what they say it's going for. Nobody wants to pay higher bills," said Boyle.
The mayor's office is asking City Council to vote on the rate increase at its next meeting April 30.
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The victims were found inside a home on Smith Farm Road on Nov. 2. Oconee County coroner Karl Addis said Smith died from a head injury because of blunt-force trauma while Myers was stabbed in the chest.
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Published: 01/07/2003
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? has transformed the lives of millions, and WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? FOR TEENS is specially adapted to help navigate the teenage years.
4 stars 2 commentsWho Moved My Cheese
by Spencer Johnson
Published: 15/04/1999
With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, this is a must-have book for all ages


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50 Coats to Get You Through the Winter
Temperatures are dropping, which means it's time get cozy in our favorite outerwear picks. From anoraks to puffers to dusters, these styles are up for the job.
By Julia Malacoff
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Wrap coat
Dennis Basso for QVC, $157.50; qvc.com.