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MORAGA, Calif. – Freshman Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.) scored two points in the final seconds of play to lead the Quinnipiac University women's basketball team to a 64-62 win against Big Ten opponent Minnesota on Friday evening in its first game of the Saint Mary's Concord Hilton Classic. With the victory, the Bobcats improve to 2-2 on the year, while the Gophers drop to 3-3 overall.
Redshirt junior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) led the game with 18 points, while three other Bobcats also scored in double figures, including Martin with 13 points, Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.), who tallied 12 points and a team-high 12 boards for her tenth career double-double, and Kari Goodchild (Van Horne, Iowa), who scored a season-high 10 points. Three Gophers also scored in double digits, including Minnesota's Katie Loberg, who compiled a team-high 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
Quinnipiac opened the game with a 14-9 lead with just under 12 minutes remaining in the first half. Minnesota then went on a 9-0 run across four minutes to take back the lead, 18-14, with nine minutes to play.
Thirty seconds later, Bobcats' freshman Samantha Guastella (Red Bank, N.J.) ended the Gophers' run as she drained a three-pointer to help Quinnipiac come within one point of Minnesota, 18-17. Quinnipiac took back the advantage, 19-18, as Barron stole the ball and completed a fast-break lay-up with six minutes on the clock.
After Minnesota went on a 4-3 run, sophomore forward Brittany McQuain finished both of her free-throw attempts to tie the game at 23-23 with four minutes left. After the Gophers scored four straight points, Barron made another critical steal and assisted senior Kari Goodchild (Van Horne, Iowa) who added two points to bring Quinnipiac ahead, 28-27, with three minutes on the clock. Minnesota's Loberg then completed a free throw to tie back the game at 28 points even.
In the last two minutes of the half, Minnesota went on a 6-3 run to enter the second stanza with a three-point advantage, 34-31.
In first-half play, Quinnipiac's Barron led both sides with 12 points, while Loberg collected a team-high 10 rebounds and 11 points.
After two scoreless minutes, Quinnipiac's Goodchild nailed a three-point field goal to even the score at 34-34. The Bobcats then jumped ahead by one point as freshman Gillian Abshire (Washington, DC) made a free throw with 17:12 remaining.
With 16 minutes left to play, the Gophers scored their first two points of the second half to come back, 36-35. Both teams continued to trade baskets, as the score read 44-44 on the scoreboard midway through the second half. In the next five minutes, Minnesota went on a 9-7 run to hold a two-point advantage over Quinnipiac. However, the Gopher's lead was short lived as the Bobcats' evened the score, 53-53 on a Jasmine Martin lay-up at 5:22.
With just under two minutes on the clock, the Gopher's found themselves ahead by one point, 59-58, as both teams continued to battle in the final minutes of play. Quinnipiac's Goodchild found herself on the line at 1:20, where she tied the game as she made a free throw.
Minnesota's Buford added three points to take back the lead, 62-59, but Quinnipiac's McQuain would score her own three points to even the score again with just under a minute to play. Martin would give Quinnipiac the final two-point lead over Minnesota as she drilled a jumper with less than two seconds on the clock.
Quinnipiac returns to action when it plays in the championship game of the Saint Mary's Concord Hilton Classic on Saturday, Nov. 26. The Bobcats will either play Saint Mary's at 10 p.m. (ET) or Virginia Tech at 8 p.m. (ET), depending on the result of their game on Friday night. For the latest updates, scores and highlights, please visit the official website of Quinnipiac Athletics, www.QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
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For six hours last Saturday, top Republican strategists huddled in the offices of the National Republican Congressional Committee for their last ATW, or "around the world" trip, before the midterm elections. The strategists analyzed every competitive House race, reviewed polling data, scrutinized voter-intensity models, and made final decisions about 11th-hour fundraising, TV buys, and headliner travel.
The scheduled three-hour session began at 11 a.m., with eight members of the NRCC senior staff presiding in the second-floor meeting room. Leaders of regional teams were brought in one at a time, and field operatives jumped on conference lines. But at 2 p.m., the strategists were barely halfway through the map because so many races—more than 100—were in play and required attention. When the meeting finally broke up at 5 p.m., no one would say aloud what the underlying evidence revealed—at least 30 Democratic seats were already won and as many 65 seats might be winnable. That night, the NRCC relayed word to Minority Leader John Boehner, the Ohio Republican who will become speaker if his party gains 39 seats or more on Tuesday: The "world" looked like a place where—using cautious assumptions, and conservative polling and intensity metrics—Republicans would emerge from the November midterms with a net gain of 47 to 52 House seats.
This final preelection assessment was the last big step in Boehner's dogged two-year pursuit of the House majority. In February 2009, when the GOP's prospects were dimmest, he backed an audacious public claim by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, the NRCC chairman, that he could put 80 Democratic House seats in play for the 2010 midterms. Rank-and-file members and many astute political analysts considered the claim absurd. In a December 2009 meeting at the NRCC headquarters, Sessions proudly proclaimed that he had recruited enough candidates to meet the 80-seat "in-play" threshold. "That's great," Boehner said flatly. "But what are you doing to get to 100 seats?"
Boehner first came to Congress in 1990 and enjoyed what he calls now a "front-row seat" for the last Republican-wave victory, the Newt Gingrich-led assault on entrenched Democratic power (40 years of continuous House majorities) that swept the GOP to control of Congress in 1994.
But even though that triumph is now remembered as a revolution, Boehner would prefer that if Republicans recapture the House, this ascendency unfold as an evolution. The 2010 agenda is not a Contract With America, like its 1994 predecessor, but merely a "Pledge to America." Although this document pays homage to that contract, Boehner, if given the chance, intends to lead more cautiously and—significantly—more slowly, than Gingrich did. He will set no audacious legislative deadlines (the 1994 contract required moving 10 separate pieces of legislation in the first 100 days of the 104th Congress) and will enact no radical new technological or procedural reforms.
Boehner told National Journal that he's "learned a thing or two" about how to wield power and how to avoid mistakes, not only those of Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but also those of the GOP revolutionaries under Gingrich—of which Boehner was most certainly one.
But the Ohioan's ability to apply those lessons will depend on how well he can sell them to a squad of aggressive new members who may resist deferring to complex procedural strategies or such long-term political calculations as coping with the realities of Senate filibusters and President Obama's veto pen. A stark reality for Boehner and the rest of his team will be the need for a second pledge—this one from what is likely to be a massive freshman class that it is willing to be led and that Boehner and his team are its true leaders.
To achieve this, Boehner has thought a great deal about the past and how to adapt to a political future that crackles with possibility and peril. Among the insights driving this rethink is the embedded sense among his closest advisers that the era of long-lasting House majorities is over, undone by the fluidity of party loyalties, the vagaries of independent voting habits, and the diffusion of media power and visibility.
It is not lost on this team that Democrats held the House for 40 years, before Republicans captured it for 12. Democrats now stand on the edge of losing control after just four years. The cycles are spinning more quickly. Boehner's answer, paradoxically, is to proceed more slowly and methodically than Republicans did the last time they captured the House in the landslide of 1994.
Boehner has declined to discuss a possible GOP takeover in recent weeks. He denied National Journal's requests for an in-person interview but agreed to answer questions by e-mail. His responses, and interviews with more than 18 other House Republicans, senior GOP staff, and K Street lobbyists, clearly indicate that the party's senior leadership has already thought extensively about how it will wield power if, as most analysts now expect, it recaptures the House.
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The Japanese certainly have a penchant for out-of-this-world tree-top architecture, and this incredible Takasugi-an tea house is no exception. Designed by architect Terunobu Fujimori, the tree-bound tea house stands precariously perched upon the trunks of two timbers erected on a plot of family land in Chino, Nagano Prefecture.
In Japan, tea masters have traditionally maintained total control over their construction of their tea houses. Their main concern for these "enclosures" was simplicity, and in order to keep things simple, tea masters preferred not to involve architects or craftsman to help them with the construction.
Building upon this tradition, Fujimori's tea house is quite small and compact, and can accommodate four and a half tatami mats (29 sq ft). The architect describes the small building as though "it were an extension of one's body, like a piece of clothing." However Fujimori's main concern is not necessarily the art of tea making, but pushing the limits and constraints of a traditional tea house.
Two chestnut trees were felled on a nearby mountain and brought to the site, where they were used as the supports for the structure – Takasugi-an literally means "a teahouse [built] too high." Guests must climb a freestanding ladder, which leans against one of the trees, in order to reach the little house. Midway up the ladder, guests must remove their shoes and leave them on the platform.
The interior of the tea house is constructed from simple materials such as plaster and bamboo. Once inside, you can almost forget that you are in a tree house high above the ground due to the serene and calm interior. Three windows frame the views of the surrounding valley and the town in which Fujimori grew up. Visible through the large picture window is Fujimori's first project, the Jinchokan Moriya Historical Museum. To Fujimori, the tea house is "the ultimate personal architecture," and that can be seen in his handmade creation set in a landscape he knows well.
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Bandres named A-Sun men's tennis player of the week
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MACON, Ga. (Mar. 2, 2011) - ETSU sophomore Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) has been named Atlantic Sun men's tennis player of the week after leading the Bucs to a conference opening victory over USC Upstate this past weekend, the league office announced today.
Bandres earned victories in both singles and doubles play against the Spartans last weekend, including the clinching singles victory for the Bucs at No. 2 singles.
In doubles play, Bandres teamed with Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) to earn an 8-3 victory over the USC Upstate duo of Gonzalo Blanco and Edgar Rodriguez, at the No. 2 position to help the Bucs earn the crucial doubles point.
With the match tied at 3-3, the final match in progress was at the No. 2 singles position. After winning the opening set against Ramiro Blanco, No. 112-ranked Bandres dropped the second set to force a pivotal third set. Blanco got out on top and was serving for the match, but Bandres won an exciting point to extend the match. From there, Bandres gained the momentum and took the final set, 7-5, to give the Bucs the victory. Bandres won the match, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5.
For the spring season, Bandres owns a 3-5 overall singles record and a perfect 1-0 mark in A-Sun play. In doubles, Bandres and Gille are 4-4 overall and a perfect 1-0 in league play. Bandres led the Bucs with nine wins during the fall tournament season.
The player of the week honor was the first for Bandres and the first for the men's tennis team this season. The last player of the week award for the Bucs came on March 10 of last year as Grega Teraz earned the weekly honor.
The Bucs return to action on Friday and Saturday as they travel to Jacksonville, Fla. to take on North Florida and Jacksonville in Atlantic Sun Conference play. The match against UNF will begin at 2 p.m., while Saturday's match against JU will also take place at 2 p.m.
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"We cannot -- we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids," Romney continued, when asked specifically about disaster relief. "It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids, knowing full well that we'll all be dead and gone before it's paid off. It makes no sense at all."
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Mount Vernon area residents are rallying to save the Woodlawn Stables, a longtime community fixture that is threatened by a road widening project.
The privately-run stables are part of the Woodlawn Plantation, a 126-acre estate that was once part of George Washington�s Mount Vernon property. It now is owned by The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit organization.
Frank Lloyd Wright�s Pope-Leighy House also was relocated from Falls Church to the Woodlawn property in the 1960s, after it was threatened with demolition because of the widening of Interstate 66.
Route 1, which runs through the Woodlawn property, is slated to be widened to accomodate the growing workforce at Fort Belvoir. As part of the most recent Department of Defense base realignment process, Fort Belvoir gained thousands of new employees from several defense agencies last fall, as well as a new hospital.
Federal transportation officials are in the process of determining the final alignment for the highway widening project. Woodlawn is not the only historic property that could be affected; the Woodlawn Baptist Church�s cemetery sits close to the road, making widening challenging.
Officials are considering several alignment options for the widening, one of which is a bypass that would cut through the stable property.
�There are pros and cons to both options. We don�t like either one, but we don�t have a whole lot of choice,� said Susan Hellman, acting director of Woodlawn.
Supporters of Woodlawn Stables quickly sprang into action last week when they heard the viability of the stables was threatened by the road widening.
�We treasure it. It�s got a very big connection with the community,� said Shelley Castle, a former student and one of the founders of Save Woodlawn Stables. �Everybody in the community went there, even if you weren�t part of the equestrian community.�
The facility stages horse shows and used to host polo matches.
In addition to being concerned about preserving a cherished community space, Castle said it would be difficult to find new homes for the equine residents of Woodlawn Stables. Some of the 50 horses there are privately-owned, but others are actively involved in the riding lesson program or are living out their retirement.
�We�re not saying we�re against widening Route 1, we just don�t want to see a business close down for no reason,� she said.
Save Woodlawn Stables has gathered more than 3,000 petition signatures so far, and the news has generated hundreds of emails to Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland (D).
Hyland said he also wants to see the stable facility be preserved, and is trying to arrange a meeting among the parties involved.
�It�s a special place,� Hyland said. �This has been a very important part of the community.�
In a statement, National Historic Trust President Stephanie Meeks said the bypass option meets the Federal Highway Administration�s reqiurement to minimize harm to historic properties.
�The southwest bypass alternative would cause less harm to the historic setting of Woodlawn, by moving Route 1 further away from the national historic landmark and other historic resources such as Woodlawn Baptist Cemetery and Grand View,� Meeks said.
She said that, if the road project affected the stable property, federal rules require the FHA pay for moving costs and other expenses to re-establish Woodlawn Stables at another location.


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And One to Grow On
Meditations on the big 5-0
by Butch Evans
I turn 50 this month. Half a century. My eyes have opened to face a new day 18,250 times. A new day! A brand new day, fresh as a white sheet of paper waiting to be drawn upon. If each day was a piece of paper, stacked up they'd reach…four feet, nine inches. OK, that's not so impressive. But a brand new day! Think about what that means.
Most of us, myself included, don't wake up each day excited because we have a brand new day to fill. Instead we're anesthetized by routine and habit until each day runs one into the next: errands to run, a job to attend to, meals to prepare, the customary rituals that take up our time. Somehow we're too often blind to the fact that each day is new, different, inexorably limited in number and quite irreplaceable. It's the extraordinary ones that validate our existence, illuminating our lives like unexpected lightning on a dark night.
Turning 50 feels very strange. Surreal, a little Twilight Zone-ish. It's almost like I'm looking back through ever-thickening glass. Like a boat's wake, the sparkling bubbles of life drop away as the years pass, melding and vanishing back into the water of time from which they came. We travel into the future not facing forward but looking backwards, time flowing past our shoulders to unfold before our eyes, moving away even as we observe. How many more times will I remember a particular afternoon of my life, one of the many afternoons when time stopped, lighting crashed and life happened? I loathe seeing those days, those afternoons in the sun, fade away. Oddly, it seems that to forget is somehow disrespectful to the people with whom I made those memories.
Fifty is hard. My parents are getting old, something I can't quite get a handle on. In my mind they're forever young and glowing with health and energy.
Fifty brings more loss than any other birthday. Friends and family have left this world, losing the game that we all hope to play just as long as possible.
Fifty brings cynicism. The world, once so bright and hopeful and fresh with possibility, has been exposed. I've seen its bones: greed, fear, ignorance, intolerance. The sense of possibilities that once expanded away from me in all directions like the burst of a supernova has diminished.
Fifty is creaky. My body is no longer young. Slowly to be sure, but the first squeaks of age are now heard, no longer easily ignored.
Fifty brings responsibility. I feel obligations to my kids of a different sort than when I was young. I want them to understand how important the decisions they make now will be in 20 and 30 years, and that it's really important not to sweat the small stuff.
Fifty brings a vague disassociation. I don't feel as much connection to the rest of the world as I used to. Nothing is going to change humanity, so I don't have any reason to waste energy worrying about it. Yet I have a desire to leave as small of a footprint on this planet as I can; environmental responsibility just feels right.
Fifty brings joy also. I've been luckier than 99.99 percent of the entire human race, and I damn sure know it. I was born in America in a grand era, likely the best one. I lived after antibiotics, the industrial revolution and modern technology and before global warming and the resource wars looming ahead. I had wonderful parents and a healthy family life. I lived in an environment conducive to growth and dreams and possibilities. I have a healthy body that looks like it's going to last a while yet. Most of my family and friends are alive and well. I've had more fun than I can tell you about. For these things I am inexpressibly grateful.
Like a single penny, one day doesn't seem like much, but when you fill a 50-year jar with them you realize you've acquired a fortune. Somehow we move from one age to another, from 30 to 40 to 50, in successions like the chambered nautilus sealing a cell to move on to yet another, leaving each chamber filled with pain, loss and mistakes. We attempt, in our pathetic human way, to begin anew, to seed each fresh new chamber with the memories of love, happiness and pleasure that we hope to carry with us.
Even with 50 years of experience I can't adequately describe what turning half a century old feels like. The human condition is such a mystery. If we don't quite know where we're going, at least we have the satisfaction of knowing where we've been. Sometimes, that's almost enough.
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Generic Name: niacin (Oral route)
Commonly used brand name(s)
In the U.S.
- Niacinol
- Niacor
- Niaspan
- Nicotinex
- Slo-Niacin
Available Dosage Forms:
- Tablet
- Tablet, Extended Release
- Capsule
- Capsule, Extended Release
- Elixir
Therapeutic Class: Antihyperlipidemic
Pharmacologic Class: Vitamin B (class)
Chemical Class: Nicotinic Acid (class)
Uses For Slo-Niacin
Niacin is used to help lower high cholesterol and fat levels in the blood. This may help prevent medical problems caused by cholesterol and fat clogging the blood vessels.
Some strengths of niacin are available only with your doctor's prescription.
Importance of Diet
Before prescribing medicine for your condition, your doctor will probably try to control your condition by prescribing a personal diet for you. Such a diet may be low in fats, sugars, and/or cholesterol. Many people are able to control their condition by carefully following their doctor's orders for proper diet and exercise. Medicine is prescribed only when additional help is needed and is effective only when a schedule of diet and exercise is properly followed.
Also, Slo-Niacin is less effective if you are greatly overweight. It may be very important for you to go on a reducing diet. However, check with your doctor before going on any diet.
Make certain your health care professional knows if you are on any special diet, such as a low-sodium or low-sugar diet.
Before Using This Medicine
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
There is no specific information comparing the use of niacin for high cholesterol in children with use in other age groups. However, use is not recommended in children under 2 years of age since cholesterol is needed for normal development.
Many medicines have not been studied specifically in older people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in younger adults or if they cause different side effects or problems in older people. Although there is no specific information comparing the use of niacin for high cholesterol in the elderly with use in other age groups, it is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in older people than in younger adults.
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|All Trimesters
|Animal studies have shown an adverse effect and there are no adequate studies in pregnant women OR no animal studies have been conducted and there are no adequate studies in pregnant women.
Breast Feeding
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Interactions with Medicines
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Atorvastatin
- Cerivastatin
- Lovastatin
- Pitavastatin
- Rosuvastatin
- Simvastatin
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Warfarin
Interactions with Food/Tobacco/Alcohol
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following may cause an increased risk of certain side effects but may be unavoidable in some cases. If used together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use this medicine, or give you special instructions about the use of food, alcohol, or tobacco.
- Ethanol
Other Medical Problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Bleeding problems or
- Diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) or
- Glaucoma or
- Gout or
- Liver disease or history of jaundice
- Low blood pressure or
- Stomach ulcer—Niacin may make these conditions worse
- Kidney problems—Niacin (extended release tablets) may make your kidney problems worse.
Proper Use of niacin
This section provides information on the proper use of a number of products that contain niacin. It may not be specific to Slo-Niacin. Please read with care.
Use this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not use more or less of it, do not use it more often, and do not use it for a longer time than your doctor ordered. To do so may increase the chance of unwanted effects.
Remember that niacin will not cure your condition but it does help control it. Therefore, you must continue to take it as directed if you expect to keep your cholesterol levels down.
Follow carefully the special diet your doctor gave you. This is the most important part of controlling your condition, and is necessary if the medicine is to work properly.
If this medicine upsets your stomach, it may be taken with meals or milk. If stomach upset (nausea or diarrhea) continues, check with your doctor.
For patients taking the extended-release capsule form of this medicine:
- Swallow the capsule whole. Do not crush, break, or chew before swallowing. However, if the capsule is too large to swallow, you may mix the contents of the capsule with jam or jelly and swallow without chewing.
For patients taking the extended-release tablet form of this medicine:
- Swallow the tablet whole. If the tablet is scored, it may be broken, but not crushed or chewed, before being swallowed.
- Tablet (Niaspan) should be taken at bedtime after a low-fat snack.
- To decrease flushing of your face (redness), take aspirin or ibuprofen (e.g., Advil, Motrin) 30 minutes before taking tablet (Niaspan).
- Avoid drinking alcohol or hot drinks around the time you take your tablet (Niaspan). This helps decrease flushing of your face (redness).
- Take this medication exactly as your doctor ordered. If you stop taking this medication for any period of time, contact your doctor prior to restarting taking niacin.
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
- For oral dosage form (extended-release capsules, extended-release tablets, oral solution, or regular tablets):
- For treatment of high cholesterol:
- Adults and teenagers—500 milligrams to 2 grams one to three times a day: use and dose will be determined by your doctor. Do not exceed the amount the doctor prescribes.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For treatment of high cholesterol:
Missed Dose
If you miss a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Precautions While Using Slo-Niacin
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits. This will allow your doctor to see if the medicine is working properly to lower your cholesterol and triglyceride (fat) levels and if you should continue to take it.
Do not stop taking niacin without first checking with your doctor. When you stop taking this medicine, your blood cholesterol levels may increase again. Your doctor may want you to follow a special diet to help prevent this from happening.
Do not take vitamins or other dietary supplements unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This especially includes vitamins or dietary supplements that contain niacin or similar ingredients.
This medicine may affect blood sugar levels. If you notice a change in the results of your blood or urine sugar tests or if you have any questions, check with your doctor.
This medicine may cause you to feel dizzy or faint, especially when you get up from a lying or sitting position. Getting up slowly may help. This effect should lessen after a week or two as your body gets used to the medicine. However, if the problem continues or gets worse, check with your doctor.
Slo-Niacin Side Effects
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:Less commonWith prolonged use of extended-release niacin
- Darkening of urine
- light gray-colored stools
- loss of appetite
- severe stomach pain
- yellow eyes or skin
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:Less common
- Abdominal pain
- feeling of warmth
- flushing or redness of skin, especially on face and neck
- headache
- rash
- runny nose
- sneezing
- stuffy nose
- Diarrhea
- dizziness or faintness
- dryness of skin
- fever
- frequent urination
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Link Ink: 'Batman: Arkham City' Box Art Rises, Augmented Reality Unmasks Heroes and Catwoman's Goggles
Gaming: The official box art for Batman: Arkham City has surfaced. It's black and white and red all over.
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If your food comes in a bag, box or can, or if you have to use a drive-through to get it, chances are it is loaded with sodium (salt). Most of us consume 5 to 10 times more sodium in our diets than what is recommended by the USDA's 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
The problem with our national love of salt is that over time excessive sodium can lead to a rise in blood pressure, which increases our risk of developing heart disease, heart failure, kidney disease and stroke. In truth, we only need a small amount of sodium each day (180 to 500 milligrams) to keep our bodies working properly. The American Heart Association recommends consuming fewer than 1,500 milligrams of sodium daily. This amount ensures we get other essential nutrients in our diet and covers sodium that is lost through sweat during physical activity.
Why Do We Crave Salt?
Salt is one of the five taste sensations, along with sweet, savory, bitter and sour. As we age, our taste buds decrease in number and become less sensitive. One of the ways we compensate for this change is by adding more salt to our foods for extra flavor.
Salt is also deeply ingrained in our food history and culture. Think of traditional holiday foods like Easter hams and baccalà made from salted cod. Since biblical times, salt has been used to preserve meats and fish for transportation and storage.
Are All Salts Created Equal?
All kitchen salts, including table, kosher and sea salt, are composed of the minerals sodium and chloride and a few other trace elements, and have the same effect on the body when eaten.
Here's how these salts vary in texture and flavor:
Table salt, which is typically mined from rock salt, is ground up very fine and has been fortified with Iodine since the 1920s in an effort to eliminate goiter—a larger than normal thyroid gland. Because of its fine grain, a teaspoon of table salt contains more sodium than a tablespoon of kosher or sea salt.
Kosher salt is coarse salt named based on its use in kashering (the process of making kosher) meat.
Sea salt is harvested from evaporated seawater. It can be fine or coarse and can differ in color and flavor depending on the trace minerals found in the water.
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Moncler Gamme Rouge / Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear
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It's a jungle out there, goes the old saying. Well, it's a jungle in here, too, the here being the Couvent des Cordeliers on Paris's Left Bank, where Giambattista Valli has created a humid green paradise to show his spring Moncler Gamme Rouge collection, the rarified, design-and-detail-driven face of the Grenoble, France, ski brand. And where there are trailing vines and hothouse flowers, animal prints can't be far behind, and so it was with this collection, with Giambattista Valli riffing on zebra, python, leopard, and giraffe motifs all over his couturified athletic wear.
That, in essence, is what Valli's Moncler Gamme Rouge is all about: how to take what is performance wear and elevate it with the kind of artisanal effects that one more readily associates with his own label. Hence, the way that a short snakeskin dress, more akin to a long belted tee, can carry a flurry of feathers painted to echo the reptilian scales, or a hip-length white safari jacket, worn with a baseball cap pulled down over the eyes and knee-length shorts, comes rippling with plumage that swirls around the shoulders, a dramatic flourish more readily associated with his evening dresses. His approach was also evident in an austere black zippered-front collarless coat with a nipped waist—austere, that is, save for the sleeves fringed with black raffia.
Valli's collection channeled the chic sports vibe that has been running through the spring collections like Usain Bolt, flashing before the eyes at breakneck speed. That athleticism only got more pronounced as the collection rushed along—quite literally, at one point, with four teen boys careening down the runway on skateboards. The haute workmanship continued, being incorporated into pieces that were ever more sporty, such as a band-striped dress with a blue-check windbreaker casually knotted by the sleeves around the model's waist, before finally crossing the finishing line in a mash-up of leopard spots, utilitarian khaki, and fluorescent orange.


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As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 4:10-11
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Deschutes Brewery Afternoon Tasting
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Mon, Jan 14
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Visit with some of our crew and sample beers crafted for explorers everywhere, now available throughout Chicagoland. We'll be pouring our flagship favorites, Mirror Pond Pale Ale and Black Butte Porter, as well as the newest addition to our year round line-up, Chainbreaker White IPA. We will also be sampling our current seasonal offering and "World's Best Beer" award winner for 2012, Red Chair NWPA. If your taste buds approve, be sure to pick up a six-pack or two to celebrate the New Year! Cheers!


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The STRIKE 35 was introduced in 2002 as we extended the Strike boat line. The STRIKE 35 has the largest fishing cockpit (90 square feet) in a boat of its class. The 11' beam makes the STRIKE 35 an excellent fishing platform. The STRIKE 35 hull has a 56 degree entry and 23 degree dead rise which makes the STRIKE 35 a perfect offshore fishing boat.
With the overwhelming response to the STRIKE 35 Cuddy Cabin we have redesigned the deck style to offer the STRIKE 35 OPEN with Forward Seating.
Standard equipment includes head, three fish boxes with macerator pumps, transom live well, 1 ¾ stainless shafts, dual bronze strut system, bronze rudders, leaning post seat, fresh and salt water wash down, trim tabs, tilt head, sea star steering system, 2-high water bilge pumps with alarms, racor 900 fuel filters, 300 gallon fiberglass fuel tank, pulpit with bow rail, custom hull color and gauge panels choice, battery charger, coaming pads, and drip less shaft seals, and much more..
The propeller pockets offers a better shaft angle for performance and a shallow draft of 30" not found in most inboard boats.
Powered with as a Single or Twin inboard diesel, the Strike 35 will cruise at 26-33 knots and top end at 30-38 knots.
Every STRIKE 35 is built specifically for its owner allowing the boat to be outfitted to meet your needs. The STRIKE 35 hull construction of hand laid solid fiberglass and design offers you a strong, solid ride. The low profile was designed to make catch and release fishing safe and easy.
The STRIKE 35 is a proven hull and can be found all across the world in places like Honduras, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, New Jersey, Maryland, East and West Coast of Florida, and in the fleet at Crocodile Bay Lodge in Cost Rica.


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- For the entire volunteer experience, you are representing yourself, your team or organization and the University of Illinois Springfield. Your actions will reflect on all of these parties.
- Respect the organizational culture at the service agency. The people working at the organization have the experience with and commitment to the agency. Share your ideas and feedback in a constructive manner.
- Please dress appropriately for the type of service you will be conducting. If you are in an office setting, dress should be business casual. If you are working outdoors or with some hands-on project, remember to wear closed-toed shoes and other protective outerwear.
- Treat the experience as a learning opportunity and a chance for personal growth as well as a team building activity for your group or organization.
- Although you may not see the immediate outcome of the service you perform, there can be value in every volunteer project, even the most simple. Your presence as a volunteer is appreciated and essential to the organization with which you are working.
- Remember that you are at a site to volunteer and some service projects may push you beyond your comfort zone. Be open to new experiences and challenges but be aware of your boundaries and voice any questions or concerns.
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- Locate the service site supervisor to discuss project expectations and goals. Make sure you are clear as to your role within an organization.
- Request a tour of the agency or work site to learn more about its mission and functions.
- Be the first to introduce yourself to everyone you meet and let them know you are a volunteer from UIS.
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- If you are feeling uncertain about a situation, ask before you act. Practice common sense and don't be afraid to ask for clarification or help.
- Whenever possible travel and work in pairs (at minimum).
- If you are working with children or clients who are members of the opposite sex, always be in the presence of another adult.
- Do not share personal contact information with service site clients. If you feel that this would be appropriate, discuss it with the site supervisor.
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End The Civil War, Mayor Barrett? Really?
"Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett calls for civility in public but resorts to uncivil and extreme rhetoric behind the closed doors of the special interests," said Tom Evenson, Walker campaign spokesman. "The hypocrisy of Mayor Barrett is unfathomable and the public deserves to know exactly what Mayor Barrett is up to as he attempts to take Wisconsin back to the days of billion dollar budget deficits, double-digit tax increases, and record job loss." You can watch the video here:
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Back when hybrid cars came out, I was all about getting one. At the time, I had just bought my first car though, so I knew it was going to be a while before I had the chance to be a hybrid owner. Now that I am officially car-less after selling mine for the big move to Europe, it may be time to start thinking about what kind of car to buy next. One thing I know for sure is that if I end up trading in my Amsterdam bicycle for a car anytime soon, It will be for a hybrid, and Manhattan Beach Toyota looks like the place to get one.
Check out this fun infographic they put together and maybe I will see you there!
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Is Iceland expensive? Well, does an Icelandic horse pee on a glacier? Unfortunately, yes, yes it is expensive. The expense of Iceland is actually one reason it took Julia and I so long to get there, and it has been the subject most questions I've received from readers since we visited. The more isolated places are, the more expensive they tend to be, and Iceland sure is I-so-lated (get it?). Fear not though, there are definitely some things you can do to save some krona while there, and here are a few of them.
You can read the rest of this post over on my other site: worldwide Scott
How To Save Money in Reykjavik, Iceland
Let's just cut to the chase. How can anyone not want to go to Iceland? I mean, seriously. Iceland's name alone screams out to you for a wide-eyed visit. Like many people out there I'd imagine, from the time I first heard the word Iceland, I was really curious about the place and I'm guessing I wouldn't have been so interested if it was named something like The Republic of North Atlantica. Just sayin'.
Is the entire country one big sheet of ice? Do they like lots of ice in their drinks? Are Ice T, Vanilla Ice, and Ice Cube worshiped as some sort of god-like figures there? Well, we arrived in January prepared to find out the answers to these questions and some real ones too.
From the moment I spotted the frosty waves of the Atlantic crashing against Iceland's sooty soil from the plane, I couldn't believe I was actually there. Funnily, it's the kind of place where even when you are there, you still don't believe it. As you're walking around Reykjavik, the city you know is the capital of the nation of Iceland, looking at signs in the Icelandic language, your mind still tries to trick you into thinking that maybe you've landed in a place that's similar to Iceland like Norway or Alaska, but not really in Iceland. Because after all, being in Iceland would be too crazy. But yet there you are.
Essentially, our trip to Iceland was a three night layover on the way back to the States, so we knew we couldn't get a ton of things done. We pretty much just wanted to walk around Reykjavik, go to the Blue Lagoon, and see the Northern Lights, and I'm happy to report that we were lucky enough to pull all three of them off. Reykjavik is a rustic little harbor town, and its Hallgrímskirkja Church is really the only sight on the skyline. It is an awesome church though, that exudes solemn Norse charm. I was a big fan of the Leif Erikson statue out front that was given as a gift from the United States, as I've always respected the work he did stepping foot on North American soil 500 years before Christoper Columbus.
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The Blue Lagoon, a stony and steamy geothermal bath, was something out of another world. It's really famous and overrun by tourists and all that cool stuff, but somehow that didn't take away from the experience one iota. We frolicked around in the balmy blue waters for hours just shaking our head at how crazy it was to be there. Or was that to get the mud masks off?
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While wading in the Blue Lagoon and walking around Reykjavik are slam dunks to tick off a to-do list, the Northern Lights are a fickle phenomenon, and you need a little luck on your side to see them. You see, even as far north as Iceland is, you are never guaranteed to see them. What you end up doing in the end is paying for a bus with a tour guide who drives you out into the country, leaves you in a field, and then instructs you to look up. I'm not joking. Luckily after seeing a dull green glow in the sky for an hour or so, the lights came out to play and while their appearance was briefer than I would have liked, I was still marveled. They came, went, then at one point danced across the sky, and although the moment was more fleeting than I was dreaming of and the pictures I took were slightly cruder than I was hoping for, it was unmistakably the Northern Lights, and it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
The only reason I can think of for not wanting to go to Iceland is that it is too cold there, but we all know the story about how the Vikings named it Iceland just to scare people off, so don't be one of them. Be scared to visit Greenland, that's the really cold one.
"Cold As Ice" by Foreigner
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Cold as Ice
Well, we finally made it to London and we got bonus points because it was Christ-massy London! Yes, we shopped on Oxford Street, saw the guards play holiday songs at Buckingham Palace, and went ice skating at Somerset House. We even rode on the red double-deckers, wiping their steamy windows just barely clean enough to get views of Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, the London Eye, and Big Ben.
We stayed in a neighborhood called Brixton, and the bus home, the 159, went right though all of those iconic places. It was on that bus home and at the ultra-cool and gritty Brixton Village market, with a mouth full of Chinese dumplings or Thai food, where I fell a little in love with London. I sure hope there's room for one more on the bandwagon.
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Pictures I Took Of ... London at Christmas
Tyrol is one of those exceptional regions that you'll inevitably stumble across when planning a trip to Europe. You'll especially hear about it if you're heading over for some snow-white winter fun. Tyrol may not be as famous as Burgundy, Tuscany, or Bavaria, but it's a solid Mid-Major in the sport of Europe travel.
Sounds good Scott, what country is Tyrol in again?
Well, that's where things get a bit more complicated. Tyrol is definitely a defined region, but it definitely isn't specific to one country. I mean, it's mostly located in Austria, but some of it is in Italy, but an autonomous and very independent part of Italy. Also, a solid majority of Tyrol residents speak German. Yeah, I know, it's a little complicated. All of that complication is to do with some things called history, borders, and wars, but it would take me way to long to explain all of it here, so let's just get to the good stuff.
Our first stop in Tyrol was Innsbruck, Austria and it didn't take long to see why they call Innsbruck the capital of the Alps.
Innsbruck is the kind of place where you are walking down the street looking at frosted mountain peaks one second, a rapid river the next, and then all-of-the-sudden an Olympic ski jump track comes into view. Innsbruck has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, and it was the perfect place for us to spend a day going for the gold in Tandem Mulled Wine Drinking and Slalom Sausage Eating at their Christmas market. We even ran into former Blues and Predators NHL Goaltender Chris Mason in Innsbruck, who was enjoying the Christmas market with his family. Well, he was enjoying it until some dude decided to but-in to talk hockey with him and to ask him if he remembered when the dude waited on him at a restaurant he used to work at in St. Louis. If you're wondering, he kinda-sorta remembered me.
Chris is playing in Italy now, and that was our next stop. The Tyrolean town of Bolzano had been on my radar for a while, and in my opinion, it was the absolute perfect way to end the Christmas Market Crawl. We checked in, and then rushed to the town funicular that took us into the Alps where we were able to get a burnt orange view of a particularly beautiful bit of the Italian Alps called The Dolomites at sunset. Bolzano's Christmas market featured a fun little section where they had set up a ton of Christmas trees in a tucked-away courtyard, and it really felt like a little hidden holiday forest. We grabbed our obligatory wine and just got lost in the pines listening to Christmas tunes recounting tales from the last two weeks.
When I look back, there's no doubt that the Christmas Market Crawl is a bit of a blur. I mean, we ended up seeing 18 markets in 9 towns in just over two weeks after all. But come to think of it, I'm not sure if it was all the places we saw in such a short span of time that make it a blur, or just all that mulled wine.
Other Christmas Market Posts:
Salzburg Christmas Market
Vienna Christmas Market
Nuremberg Christmas Market
German Christmas Markets
Other Italy Posts:
Dining at Il Timoniere in Rome
In Dulci Jubilo
In Dulci Jubilo
While the places we travel to around the globe may differ in their location, their size, and their geography, there are a few things that it seems we all want to do no matter where we go.
First off, we want to seek out any famous landmarks that may be in the city an view them with our own eyes. Secondly, we absolutely must sample the local food and drink. Thirdly, whether we are art lovers or not, we tend to feel the need to go into a museum and, you know, appreciate the art. It's funny, because, even though I don't pretend to be an art aficionado, one of the first things I ever did on European soil was go to the National Gallery in London. There is just something travelly about being in a foreign museum looking at works by world famous artists or masters of modern sculpture. Here are a few of my favorite art experiences from the last few years.
Van Gogh Museum - Amsterdam
There are many places that claim a bit of Vincent Van Gogh, as he lived and painted many places in Europe over the course of his short life, but none more so than The Netherlands. The Netherlands was his birthplace, and a place where he spent a good chunk of his life, so that makes the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam an extra special place to visit. You don't have to be an art expert to appreciate his distinct brushwork techniques and use of complimentary colors, either. It was great to learn a little more about the man besides the fact that he cut his own ear off, which for some reason, really, really, seems to stick with people. I found it fascinating that he actually created Starry Night, one of his most famous pieces while he was holed up in an asylum. So, basically, Starry Night is a "what I see out of my window" type of work.
Salvador Dali Exhibit at Reina Sofia in Madrid
There is no doubt that I had heard the name Salvador Dali before I came to Madrid, but I didn't have the slightest clue as to what he had created. Well, after visiting the exhibit on his work at Madrid's famous Reina Sofia, I knew a ton more about his eccentric life, and found out that I already knew some of his works, I just didn't know they were his. We had toured a few rooms of his art to start, appreciating his style the best we could, when we walked around a corner and saw what is probably his most famous work, "The Persistance of Memory". You might also know this work as "the melting clocks on trees painting", well it was fascinating to see this work up close and learn about the twists and turns his life took from Spain to Hollywood.
East Side Gallery - Berlin
Although not a traditional art installation, the graffiti-covered section of the Berlin Wall is a moving and though-provoking sight definitely worth seeing when in Berlin. We walked this gallery in November during a really cold snap, but that didn't get in the way of us being moved by all the messages of hope for Berlin that artists in the early 90's had painted for her.
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This documentary follows political humorist and author Bill Maher as he travels around the globe interviewing people about God and religion. Known for his analytical skills, wit and commitment to never pulling a punch, Maher brings his characteristic honesty to an unusual spiritual journey.
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Whirlpool Introduces the Latest Innovations
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Are you looking to update your kitchen appliances? Well, look no further! Whirlpool's advanced innovation and sophisticated design will bring an intelligent elegance to your kitchen, while keeping up with your every day kitchen needs.
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