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Long Island New York is the largest island in the continental US. It is also by far the most populated with about 7.5 million residents in 2005. As of the United States 2000 Census, the total population of all four counties of Long Island was 7,448,618. New York City 's portion of the census was 4,694,705, with Brooklyn's population at 2,465,326 and Queens having 2,229,379 residents. The combined population of Nassau and Suffolk counties was 2,753,913 people. It was the first census in which the population of the larger, less densely populated Suffolk County (1,419,369) surpassed that of Nassau County (1,334,544). With all these people there are still many rural parts in eastern Long Island . In many areas there is 1 acre zoning with beautiful tree lined streets. After World War II, there was a huge growth on Long Island with many GI's wanting to live in the suburbs. Towns like Levittown sprang up over-night with affordable ranches and capes.
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Long Island earns is name from being disproportionably long at 118 miles, and only between 12 and 20 miles wide. Long Island is home to many beautiful beaches, with the Long Island Sound to the North, and the Atlantic Ocean to the South. To the western most portion of Long Island are Queens, and Kings County also know as Brooklyn . Most people consider Long Island to only include Nassau and Suffolk Counties .
Nassau and Suffolk counties are very desirable places to live with high per capita incomes, good schools and the according to the FBI the second lowest crime rate in the country. Another great benefit for Long Island residents is its' close proximity to Manhattan , you can be on Broadway, The Met, MOMA or Yankee stadium with relative ease. There is always something to do. Long Island is home to many golf courses for the avid golfer or the weekend duffer. To Find a home on a golf course visit www.LongIslandGolfProperties.com .
For the gourmet in you there are unlimited choices to find some of the best cuisine in the world. You can find the foods of every nationality, every style and price range. In any mall you can get great pizza or Chinese food. There are so many small family owned restaurants making mouth watering dishes on the island and everybody has a favorite.
The growing demand for new homes on Long Island has lead to many new developments being built. They range in size from 1 or two home subdivisions to large scale communities of 200 homes or more. To find new construction on Long Island visit; www.LongIslandNewConstruction.com . There are several 55 and over communities being built for the Island 's growing senior population. These communities offer many amenities including pools, gyms, spas, tennis courts and more to accommodate the active lifestyle of today's seniors.
If you want to leave the Island you have three airports to chose close by. These are the John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport , both in Queens, and the MacArthur Airport . To travel by car there are a few ferries that can take you from Long Island to Connecticut with out facing the traffic on some of the local bridges or tunnels. To get ferry information visit; www.longislandferry.com or www.bpjferry.com/ or www.vikingfleet.com . The main roadway on Long Island going from West to East is the Long Island Expressway. It enters the island from Manhattan via the Mid Town Tunnel and goes all the way out to Riverhead. From Riverhead out to Montauk you continue on Route 25. This road out east was home to many farms and farm stands, there are still several left, but now they have Home Depots and Strip Malls as neighbors. If you are out East on the Island and like wine, there are many excellent vineyards to vist with tasting at most of them. By train you have the Long Island Railroad to take you almost anywhere on the Island . Thousands of commuters take the train each day from Long Island to Manhattan . To see local train schedules visit; www.mta.info/lirr/ .
The economy on Long Island is tied to Manhattan . This was never more apparent then after the September 11 th attacks on the world trade center. Many professionals who work in Manhattan chose to live on Long Island . The Gold Coast of Long Island's North Shore is a favorite to many of the most successful of them. Long Island also has a high tech business community with companies like Computer Associates calling Long Island Home. To learn more visit www.longislandassociation.org or www.lieconomy.com . To find employment opportunities visit www.LiJobs.com or www.LiWork.com .
If you want to continue your education there are many options for you with several local, community, state and private colleges and universities to chose from. To see a list visit; www.LongIslandColleges.com .
Long Island has a climate that is very similar to other coastal areas of the Northeastern United States; it has warm, humid summers and cold winters, but the Atlantic Ocean helps bring afternoon sea breezes that temper the heat in the warmer months and limit the frequency and severity of thunderstorms. In the wintertime, temperatures are warmer than areas further inland (especially in the night and early morning hours), sometimes causing a snowstorm further inland to fall as rain on the island. However, measurable snow falls every winter, and in many winters one or more intense storms called Nor'easters produce blizzard conditions with snowfalls of 1-2 feet (30-60 cm) and near-hurricane force winds. Long Island temperatures also vary from west to east, with the western part of the island warmer on most occasions than the east. This is due to two factors; one because the western part is closer to the mainland and the other is the western part is more developed causing what is known as the "urban heat island" effect. The eastern part is cooler on most occasions due to the ocean and sound and it being less developed.
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Moseley Bog Local Nature Reserve
A wonderful hidden part of Moseley seen by many as the inspiration for the author J.R.R Tolkien when he remembered his childhood prior to writing his books on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Nevertheless, the site is an important site for wildlife, in particular lichens and mosses that thrive in the wetland as well as some of the older trees that grace the surrounding bog itself. The local Wild Life Trust has a very keen interest in the future management of this parkland.
Site Name: Moseley Bog and Joy's Wood
Grid reference: SP 094821
Planning Authority: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Moseley
Location and Access:
Moseley Bog and Joy's Wood lie approximately 3 miles south of Birmingham City Centre, situated between Sparkhill and Billesley, Hall Green and Moseley or between Yardley Wood Road and Wake Green Road
Access points are situated at various points along the Yardley Wood Road or the playing fields to the north (these both have car parks, although the Yardley Wood Road car park is not in use at present). There is also an entrance at the end of Pensby close.
Site Status:
The land comprising Moseley Bog and Joy's Wood was declared a Local Nature Reserve by the council on 17 July 1991. Much of the area comprising Moseley Bog was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1980. However, following its LNR declaration and re-evaluation by English Nature, the site was denotified (21 July 1992).
The burnt mounds and surrounding areas are designated Scheduled Ancient Monument as of 24 July 2002.
Summary Description:
The area known as Moseley Bog is made up of both wet and dry woodland together with patches of fen vegetation which has developed on the site of an old millpond. There is also an area of secondary woodland, which has developed on the old gardens along the eastern boundary
Joy's Wood, (formerly known as The Dell), is a mosaic of grassland, hedgerows, woodland and mixed broadleaved plantations. Adjoining Joy's Wood to the north, lies an area of public open space and sports pitches. This is in council ownership but not part of the LNR.
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Clams Casino, which originated in Narragansett, Rhode Island, adorns clams on the half shell with bacon and breadcrumbs. Photo courtesy of MackenzieLtd.com.
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Different Types Of Seafood
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Omnivorous, carp are scavengers, though the majority of catfish sold today in the U.S. are farmed in ponds in the Mississippi Delta. Some people find the farmed fish to have a muddy flavor, from pond algae. The most common catfish in U.S. markets is the Channel Catfish, weighing from 1 to 10 pounds. Much of the time, it is filleted; if cooked whole, the tough, inedible skin must be removed before cooking.
CHERRYSTONE CLAM or TOPNECK
When buying hard-shell clams in the shell, they must be live, just as with oysters. Be sure the shells are tightly closed. If slightly open, a light tap should make it snap shut. Otherwise, it's dead and should not be eaten. So, too, for soft-shell clams; but to test them, a touch on the foot should make it move. Fresh-shucked clams should be plump with the shell holding clear liquid.
Clams tend to be a bit fishier and stronger than oysters in flavor. Steaming and baking are the most common ways of cooking. All clams need to be cooked gently, else they toughen. Clam trivia: Eastern Native Americans used parts of the shell from hardshell clams to make wampum—beads used for barter, among other purposes. Hence our use of wampum as another term for money or cash.
Cockles are very similar to clams. Like clams, cockles can be eaten either raw or cooked. Many of the cockles sold in the U.S. are flown in live from New Zealand. Cockles from New Zealand's South Island are larger (15 per pound) than cockles from the North Island (20-25 per pound).
Even though it has been overfished and many restrictions have been placed on catching it, cod is still available year-round. Cod is prepared in many ways, including baking, poaching, braising, broiling, frying, stuffing, smoking, salting and drying. Salt Cod (bacalao in Spanish) is an important staple because it can be stored for long periods. Before it is used, it is soaked to rehydrate it and to remove some of the saltiness. Some consider cod cheeks and tongues a delicacy. Young cod is known as scrod.
The roe (eggs) of a crustacean. It gets its name from the coral-red color it turns when cooked. Roe is often eaten plain, even directly from a lobster or crab, or used in sauce or other preparation such as a butter. A female lobster or crab is often ordered for just this reason.
Whole hard-shell crabs are available year-round in coastal areas. They can also be found canned as either lump or jumbo lump (which is whole pieces of white body meat) or flaked, also called backfin, which is small bits of meat, both light and dark, from the body and claws. Like most shellfish, crabs don't keep well. Crab roe or coral is available only in the spring from female crabs and has been the traditional component of she-crab soup. Read more about types of crab and crabmeat grades in our extensive article and Crab Glossary.
Crayfish are very popular in parts of the United States—where they are know regionally as crawfish, crawdaddy and crawdad. They are also very popular in France (called écrevisses), New Zealand and Scandinavia. Most of the U.S. crayfish come from the Mississippi Basin in Louisiana. They are prepared in many of the ways lobster can be cooked, size being the primary difference. Like lobsters, crayfish turn bright red when cooked. The tail meat is the only edible portion: The crayfish are snapped in half with the fingers and the meat is either sucked or picked out. Battered and fried, they are popularly know as Cajun popcorn.
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Crustaceans are shellfish that have a jointed (segmented) body with pairs of legs on each segment, and a tough exoskeleton. Crustaceans include the crab, crayfish, lobster and shrimp.
The common name applied to predatory cephalopods with ten tentacles, eight of which, like squid, have suction cups on their inner surface plus two longer arms that can launch out to capture prey. They resemble a large squid and can reach up to 16 inches in length. Cuttlefish are quite tender, more than squid or octopus, but still need to be tenderized. They can be prepared like squid and octopus, and similar care must be taken not to overcook to prevent them from becoming overly chewy. Cuttlefish are popular in Japanese, Indian and Mediterranean cuisines, and can be found fresh, dried, or seasoned and roasted (called sarume in some Asian or specialty seafood markets—not to be confused with surimi, imitation crabmeat or "sea leg").
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Kristen M. Janicki, a lifelong horsewoman, was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Sciences from the attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and later attended graduate school at the University of Kentucky, studying under Dr. Laurie Lawrence in the area of Equine Nutrition. Kristen began her current position as a performance horse nutritionist for Mars Horsecare, US, Inc., and Buckeye Nutrition, in 2010. Her job entails evaluating and improving the performance of the sport horse through proper nutrition.
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Career: A three-year starter at attack … Played in 78 career games … Finished his career with 140 goals and 22 assists for 162 points … His 140 goals rank eighth in Duke scoring history, while his 162 points are 20th at the time of graduation … Helped lead Duke to consecutive NCAA Championships in 2013 and 2014 … A 2014 honorable mention USILA All-American … Scored at least one point in his final 35 career games.
2014: Started 17 games at attack … USILA honorable mention All-American … Tallied 49 goals and seven assists for 56 points to rank fourth on the team in points … His 49 goals ranked second on the team … Scored at least one point in all 17 games … Registered a career-high six goals in win at Furman (3/18) … Had five goals in the season-opening win over Jacksonville (2/8) and in the regular season finale at Boston University (5/4) … Scored four goals in win against Syracuse (3/23) … Three in four markers versus Rutgers … Had four first-half goals in NCAA quarterfinal against Johns Hopkins (5/18) before suffering a season-ending injury … In his two NCAA Tournament games he scored six goals on just 11 shots … Compiled 10 hat tricks on the year and eight games with four-plus points … Was second on the team in man-up goals with four … Picked up 31 ground balls.2013: Started all 21 games at attack … USILA All-America honorable mention … Ranked second on the team in goals with a career-best 45 and fourth in points (50) … Scored a goal in 18 of his 21 outings and had a point in 19 of the 21 contests … Registered 15 multiple goal games … Tallied a career-high five goals in the 19-16 win over Virginia (4/12) … Posted 10 goals in the NCAA Tournament and five overall on championship weekend … Netted two goals against Cornell (5/25) in the NCAA Semifinal … Had a hat trick in the NCAA Championship game over Syracuse (5/27) … Finished the year with seven hat tricks, including four in the win over Marquette (5/5) … Dished out a season-high two assists versus Georgetown (3/23) … Also led the team in man-up goals with 10 … Picked up five ground balls in victory over Marist (3/18).
2012: Started 19 of 20 games at attack ... ranked fourth on the team in points with 36 goals and seven assists for 43 points ... his 36 goals were second most on the team and fifth in the ACC ... led Duke in shooting percent (.396) ... had at least one goal in 18 contests ... led all attackmen with 41 ground balls ... tallied a hat trick in seven games and had four goals in three of those ... scored a career-high five points (4g, 1a) in win over Dartmouth (3/18) ... also had four goals, including the game-winning score, in win over No. 1 Virginia (4/13) and versus Penn (2/24) ... named ACC Offensive Player of the Week following his performance against the Cavaliers ... netted a hat trick, including the game winner, in the ACC Tournament semifinal win over Maryland (4/20) ... voted to the ACC All-Tournament team after helping Duke to the 2012 ACC title ... also netted hat tricks against Maryland (3/3), Harvard (3/12) and North Carolina (3/16) ... handed out a career-high three assists in the NCAA quarterfinal victory over Colgate (5/20) ... picked up a career-high five ground balls in the victory against Jacksonville (2/26) ... had four ground balls in four other games.
2011: Saw the field in all 20 games and started one ... tallied 10 goals and three assists for 13 points ... key member of the man-up offense ... tied for the team lead in extra man goals with six ... had a career-high three goals in win over Mercer (3/13) ... also picked up a career-best three ground balls versus the Bears ... had two man-up goals in ACC win over rival North Carolina (3/17) ... registered a goal and a career-best two assists against Presbyterian (4/11) ... tallied a man-up goal in NCAA Tournament first round against Delaware (5/14) ... All-ACC Academic Team choice ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
Prep: A four-year letterwinner for Henry Skip Flanagan at Avon Old Farms … served as a captain as a senior ... Selected to the Under Armour All-America his senior season … named to the all-league team as a sophomore and set freshman and sophomore scoring records at Avon Old Farms … also lettered four years in soccer and hockey … helped guide the soccer team to the New England Championship in soccer in 2008 and served as a captain as a senior … led the Avon Old Farms hockey team as the goaltender to two New England Championships and also served as a captain.
Personal: Son of Jason and Kathi Dionne … has one sister, Amanda … born April 13, 1991.
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My first impression of Dr. Aguirre was pure comfort. From the moment we met I was at ease. The staff all worked with me very well and even though I hardly know any spanish they never seemed frustrated with me, it was like they understood exactly what I was saying...Dr Aguirre and the 2 other doctors have been to see me everyday. I would give him a 10 every time. My incision was sticted with such a delicate hand, I can imagine the scar will be hardly noticable once I'm healed. Dr. Aguirre promised me this one thing, that he can not promise that I wouldn't have issues with my surgery but he did promise he would take care of me, and he did just that..He expressed the importance of sticking to the diet in order to be successful. I would do this over again a million time.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003AUBURN, Ala. (May 14, 2003) - The East Tennessee State University men's golf team participated in a practice round Wednesday at the Auburn University Club in preparation for today's start of the NCAA East Regional. ETSU, along with 26 other teams, will be battling over the next three days for a Top 10 finish at the regional -- this would earn the Bucs a trip to the NCAA Championships May 27-30 in Stillwater, Okla. The history of ETSU's men's golf team is filled with successful runs in the NCAA Championships. In all, the Buccaneers have made 15 trips to NCAA competition -- including a run of eight consecutive appearances in the NCAA Championships from 1994-2001. The most storied season in ETSU history came in 1996, when the Bucs finished third at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn. (May 29-June 1, 1996). ETSU fired a four-round score of 1204 (303-294-301-306), finishing 18 strokes behind NCAA champion Arizona State and one stroke ahead of the Tiger Woods-led Stanford Cardinal. The Bucs' 294 in the second round was the lowest of the 30 teams on that day. As for regional competition, the Bucs have enjoyed their share of successes, winning the East Regional in 2001. In all, the Bucs have finished in the Top 10 nationally four times.
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ETSU men's soccer wins tenth straight at home against UNF 1-0
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Monday, October 18, 2010
, Tenn. (Oct. 17, 2010)
- The ETSU men's soccer team increased its home win streak to ten games as the Bucs defeated North Florida 1-0 in conference action Sunday afternoon at Summers-Taylor Stadium.
The Bucs (9-4-0, 4-2-0 A-Sun) are a perfect 7-0 at home this season outscoring their opponents 15-3. ETSU outshot the Ospreys (2-8-0, 1-4-0 A-Sun) 11-8 in the contest and had a 5-2 advantage in shots on goal. The Bucs also led in corner kicks 6-3.
Ronnie Hreha
(Asheville, N.C.) picked up his second straight shutout as he improved to 6-2-0 on the season.
ETSU missed a golden opportunity early in the contest as sophomore
Alesi Osorio
(Austin, Texas) had his shot on an empty net knocked away by an Osprey defender to keep the match scoreless in the 5
Colin Pugh
(Dublin, Ireland) just missed putting ETSU in front in the 32
minute as he got behind the North Florida back line and fired a shot on goal, but UNF's Andrew Calise made a nice save to keep the Bucs off of the board.
In the 41
minute, Pugh would not be denied a second time as freshman
David Geno
(Kingsport, Tenn.) played a ball through to Pugh who slotted a shot past Calise into the goal to give the Buccaneers a 1-0 advantage.
The Ospreys picked up their offensive intensity in the second half firing seven shots but the ETSU defense played strong to preserve the shutout and pick up the win.
The Bucs head to Nashville, Tenn. next weekend to face Belmont and Lipscomb as they look to secure a top seed in the A-Sun tournament. For more information on ETSU men's soccer and all other Buccaneer athletic news please visit www.ETSUBucs.com.
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It kicked major ***! Anyone else see it yet?
It kicked major ***! Anyone else see it yet?
It was the best film I have seen in some time.
It was a great movie. Everyone was laughing most of the time. I could not stop laughing at the part when they were talking to the German solider and made the reference of the hot dogs. If some awards are not won I will be very mad.
I have to see this now. I just talked to some friends and they keep raving about it. Plus, Wayward has never steered me wrong.
The highest I have paid is 8, but I am a student. I have seen ten dollar tickets for night shows plenty of times.
You should not think of it as a ten dollar movie, but a twenty dollar movie, because you have to see it again.
When Pitt pretended to be a Italian and speak the language, I almost peed my pants.


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Test ID: TTRX
Amyloidosis, Transthyretin-Associated Familial, Reflex, Blood
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Diagnosis of adult individuals suspected of having transthyretin-associated familial amyloidosis
Genetics Test Information Provides information that may help with selection of the correct test or proper submission of the test request
Mass spectrometry to evaluate transthyretin (TTR) protein structure is performed first. In all cases demonstrating a structural change, the TTR gene will be further analyzed by DNA sequence analysis. If no alterations are detected, subsequent gene analysis will not be performed unless a request for ATTRZ / TTR Gene, Full Gene Analysis is submitted by the ordering physician or client.
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
The systemic amyloidoses are a group of diseases that result from the abnormal deposition of amyloid in various tissues of the body. They have been classified into 3 major types: primary, secondary, and hereditary. The most common form of amyloidosis (AL) is a disease of the bone marrow called primary systemic AL (immunoglobulin light chain). Secondary AL usually occurs in tandem with chronic infectious or inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, or osteomyelitis. Familial or hereditary AL is the least common form. Determining the specific type of AL is imperative in order to provide both an accurate prognosis and appropriate therapies.
Familial or hereditary transthyretin AL is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the transthyretin gene (TTR). The resulting amino acid substitutions lead to a relatively unstable, amyloidogenic transthyretin (TTR) protein. Most individuals begin to exhibit clinical symptoms between the third and seventh decades of life. TTR-associated AL is progressive over a course of 5 to 15 years and usually ends in death from cardiac or renal failure or malnutrition. Affected individuals may present with a variety of symptoms including peripheral neuropathy, blindness, cardiomyopathy, nephropathy, autonomic nervous dysfunction, and bowel dysfunction.
More than 90 mutations that cause TTR-associated familial AL have now been identified within the TTR gene. Most of the mutations described to date are single base pair changes that result in an amino acid substitution. Some of these mutations correlate with the clinical presentation of AL.
The Division of Laboratory Genetics recommends a testing strategy that includes both protein analysis by mass spectrometry (MS) and TTR gene analysis by DNA sequencing (ATTRZ / TTR Gene, Full Gene Analysis) for patients in whom TTR-associated familial AL is suspected. The structure of TTR protein in plasma is first determined by MS. Only the transthyretin (also known as prealbumin) is analyzed for amino acid substitutions. Other proteins known to be involved in other less common forms of familial amyloidosis are not examined. If no alterations are detected, gene analysis will not be performed unless requested by the provider (ie, when the diagnosis is still strongly suspected; to rule-out the possibility of a false-negative by MS). In all cases demonstrating a structural change by MS, the entire TTR gene will be analyzed by DNA sequence analysis to identify and characterize the observed alteration (gene mutation or benign polymorphism).
For predictive testing in cases where a familial mutation is known, testing for the specific mutation by DNA sequence analysis (ATTRX / TTR Gene, Known Mutation) is recommended. These assays do not detect mutations associated with non-TTR forms of familial AL. Therefore, it is important to first test an affected family member to determine if TTR is involved and to document a specific mutation in the family before testing at risk individuals.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
An interpretive report will be provided.
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
The presence of a structural change in transthyretin (TTR) is suggestive of a gene mutation that requires confirmation by DNA sequence analysis. A negative result by mass spectrometry does not rule-out a TTR mutation. Mass spectrometric (MS) results are falsely negative if the amino acid substitution does not produce a measurable mass shift for the mutation transthyretin. Approximately 90% of the TTR mutations are positive by MS (see Cautions).
After identification of the mutation at the DNA level, predictive testing for at-risk family members can be performed by molecular analysis (ATTRX / TTR Gene, Known Mutation).
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
There are 3 circumstances where testing by mass spectrometry will not identify amyloid-causing mutations:
-If the amino acid change results in a protein different by <10 atomic mass units (amu), the mutation will not be reliably detected.
-If an amino acid change results from a frequent nondisease-causing mutation (+30 amu). Since over 12% of the population has this innocuous polymorphism, it is an instance in which molecular testing must be done.
-Coinheritance of the polymorphism with a -30 amu mutation would also result in a transthyretin mass indistinguishable from normal.
Supportive Data
Mass spectrometry was performed on 107 control specimens along with 18 specimens with known TTR mutations. Of the 18 mutants detected, 11 corresponded to a common benign polymorphism and 7 corresponded to a pathogenic mutation.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Benson MD: The hereditary amyloidoses. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2003;17:909-927
2. Shimizu A, Nakanishi T, Kishikawa M, et al: Detection and identification of protein variants and adducts in blood and tissues: an application of soft ionization mass spectrometry to clinical diagnosis. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2002 Aug 25;776(1):15-30
3. Lim A, Prokaeva T, McComb ME, et al: Characterization of transthyretin variants in familial transthyretin amyloidosis by mass spectrometric peptide mapping and DNA sequence analysis. Anal Chem 2002 Feb 15;74(4):741-751
4. Boston University School of Medicine, BUSM. Mass Spectrometry Resource. Available from URL: bumc.bu.edu/Dept/Home.aspx?DepartmentID=354
5. Eneqvist T, Sauer-Eriksson AE: Structural distribution of mutations associated with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy in human transthyretin. Amyloid 2001;8:149-168


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Training is accompanied by the distribution of an investigative guide produced by the Permament Forum on International Pharmaceutical Crime and available in six languages.
Practical training is delivered in advance of an on-the-ground intervention while specialized courses focus on investigative techniques. Participating officers come from police, customs and drug regulatory authorities, government departments and independent institutes. The assistance of trainers from the private sector completes the exchange of expertise and best practice.
We also offer e-leaning opportunities. Authorized officials from the INTERPOL community and other partners are able to access an online course to get basic knowledge on different topics. These include:
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A 2014 Guide To Latin Music Trends
A 2014 Guide To Latin Music Trends
Whether it's chart-topping hits or underground festival sounds, Latin American music spans across a wide array of genres, trends and fanbases. Over the last few years, we have seen Latin music crossovers from commercial American artists like Drake and Rihanna. Latin music has a rich history; some sounds have held strong for decades now, some are constantly evolving while other are new and different. It's almost impossible to understand all the music trends sweeping across Latin America. So we broke down the top five. Get educated, have fun, and dance to the sounds of the times.
Bachata-Pop Music
Bachata music originated in the Dominican Republic as a way to express romantic feelings of heartbreak, sadness and love. Over the past couple of decades, Bachata has transitioned to a more mood-neutral sound along with the Bachata dance. Typically, Bachata is comprised of guitars, electric bass, bongos and guitars. Bachata is one of the most broad and popular forms of music in Latin America, so much so that it's crossing over to other realms of music outside of Latin America. Popular Bachata artists like Don Omar now collaborate with electro-pop artists like Pitbull to create poppy-Bachata hits.
Aventura (led by now solo artist, Romeo Santos) were pioneers of revolutionizing Bachata music. Now, artists like Drake have features in Latin Bachata hits, blending the old school sound with modern R&B and hip-hop.
Leslie Grace, nominated for two Billboard Latin Music Awards this year, combines the rhythms of Bachata with older American hits like "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow."
Prince Royce has taken the same approach with his reworking of "Stand By Me," adding a Spanglish twist. Prince Royce basically dominates the bachata scene right now. Originally from the Bronx, Prince Royce was introduced to music at an early age, teaming up with his first manager when he was 19. All three of his albums have hit No. 1 in the U.S. Latin and U.S. Tropical charts, with over six No. 1 singles, including his latest "Darte un Beso," which hit No. 1 in the U.S. Latin, Tropical, Latin Pop and Mexican charts.
Legends Making Comebacks
Latin '90s pop stars will always have a special place in our hearts. They have hits that will never die and a presence that will last forever. In the past couple of years, we have seen some of Latin music's biggest names return with a resurgence of sound. These heartthrobs are back and making chart-topping pop hits.
Ricky Martin exploded onto the Latin pop scene with hits like "Livin La Vida Loca" and "Shake Your Bon-Bon." Now, he's had nine studio albums and over 50 singles. Martin never stopped making music, but he's collaborating with new artists like Wisin and Jennifer Lopez.
Enrique Iglesias has made 10 albums in the past twenty years. He's a Latin American icon with close to 50 singles and music videos. Now, he's coming back and making hits with artists like Pitbull and Marco Antonio Solis. His pop sound just gets better with age. Oh, he's also nominated for over five Latin Billboard Music awards this year. Good luck Enrique!
Marc Anthony is a two-time Grammy and four-time Latin Grammy winning artist. Anthony has been making music since the '80s, with 13 studio albums to date. He's had close to 50 singles, selling over 11 million albums worldwide. Now, he's currently a top finalist for the 2014 Billboard Latin Music awards, with Romeo Santos and Prince Royce and is nominated for "Tour Of The Year," along with legend Alejandro Fernandez.
Banda Music
Banda is one of the oldest and most traditional forms of Mexican music. Banda bands are made up of bass instruments, specific harmonies, tenor, singing and more. Although it seems like Banda groups are most often comprised of men, there are popular girl groups like Mariachi Divas, as well. The sound is deeply engrained in Mexican culture and heritage, but is also able to transition into more modern, Mexican pop tracks. Banda songs have a depth that is completely their own.
Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizarrága are a Banda band currently nominated for a Billboard Latin Music Award for Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Duo or Group. This regional Mexican group has released a series of albums, including Escuela de Rancho and Corridos Atrevidos, with singles like "Mi Razon De Ser" and "Armor Express."
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho has been performing since the 1960's and are also nominated for a Billboard Latin Music Award this year. After blowing up in the late '90s and early 2000s, the band has become a staple of Banda music, with close to 20 members.
Voz de Mando, from Los Angeles, California, broke out with their single "Comandos del M.P (500 Balazos)" back in 2010. The band is comprised of an accordion, bajosexto, tuba, drums and vocals. After releasing an album for fun, the band caught attention of Banda lovers and shortly shot to success.
Latin Dance Music
Latin America is known for its dancing and rhythm. With artists like Shakira, J.Lo and dances like the salsa, rumba and jive, dance music is a part of culture. Now, whether it's based on electronic production or heavy vocals, dance music has broadened into a variety of sounds with many different artists.
Sango made a stamp on the Latin music scene, introducing trap to baile funk. Although Sango grew up in Michigan, Latin music runs in his blood. His grandfather was in an Afro-Cubano band and passed the taste for Latin music onto Sango. Sango has been able to combine his taste with more contemporary sounds and artists, like Ryan Hemsworth, Kaytranada and CFCF.
Shakira has been making pop and dance hits since the '90s. With "Whenever, Wherever," "Hips Don't Lie" and "Waka Waka," she's become a staple of Latin dance music. She's currently nominated for a Billboard Latin Music "Social Artist of the Year" Award!
Jennifer Lopez, aka J.Lo is an artist who has made her mark on both American and Latin music scenes. She's had 40 singles, and her latest "I Luh Ya Papi" featuring French Montana is a banger. J.Lo has often collaborated with rappers, but still been able to maintain Latin roots with songs like "Waiting for Tonight" and "Live It Up" featuring Pitbull.
New Mexican Electronic Music
3Ball MTY is a Latin DJ group comprised of Erick Rincon, Segio Zavala and Alberto Presenda. Their name comes from the word "tribal" (pronounced like tree-ball), which refers to the Guaracha tribal music native to Colombia. The trio toured with the Mad Decent crew last summer. They dropped their single "Quiero Bailar (All Through The Night)" ft. Becky G at the end of last year. There is definitely more to come from these guys, keep an eye out! If you haven't already, check out the video we made with them in Miami during the 2013 Latin Billboard Awards above.
Los Macuanos is comprised of three young musicians that belong to a generation of producers in an age of rapid change- echoing party music in an introspective way. Their influences come from minimal techno and dubstep, but their sound is more melodic and smooth.
DJ Smurphy is a Mexico City native who is creating a new form of dance music. Her style is weird and ambient, but somehow still something that makes you want to dance. She is a vocalist and producer, combing her bizarre vocal sounds with heavy rhythm to create music that is a magical must hear. Check out her Soundcloud.
Related Articles: Nominees for the 2014 Billboard Latin Music Awards Announced Global Music Trends You Don't Know About But Should This or That? With Prince Royce


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Police identified the kayaker who drowned in the Potomac River at Great Falls Thursday as Shannon Christy, 23, of Greenville, South Carolina.
Thursday at about 4:17 p.m., Montgomery County Fire Rescue received a call for a woman drowning in the Potomac River at Great Falls. Following an extensive search by fire and rescue personnel and Christy's fellow kayakers, her body was recovered from the river about 7:30 p.m., according to a police release.
Police investigation revealed that Christy was attempting to kayak down the falls when she disappeared and was pinned under the water. Christy was pronounced deceased on the scene, police said.
Police rescued a male kayaker from the same area of the Potomac River earlier in the day.


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I was reading this question and realized that could almost be me. I am fairly OCD about refactoring someone else's code when I see that I can improve it. For example, if the code contains duplicate methods to do the same thing with nothing more than a single parameter changing, I feel I have to remove all the copy/paste methods and replace it with one generic one.
Is this bad? Should I try and stop? I try not to refactor unless I can actually make improvements to the code performance or readability, or if the person who did the code isn't following our standard naming conventions (I hate expecting a variable to be local because of the naming standard, only to discover it is a global variable which has been incorrectly named)


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I'm planning for a solid color PRS for my next acquisition. With my wife going back to school for her masters, and my youngest starting his first year of college, this fall; which means that I'm putting 4 people through college... It's not likely that I'll be acquiring anything very soon.


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We take many of our cues from watching what others do.
What is the relationship between public policy and private behavior? Nowhere is that more interesting to study than on the issue of health.
In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Indiana has slipped to the bottom 10 among states in the 23rd annual report on the nation's health by the United Health Foundation. Our attention to health matters has always placed us low on the list, and this year we dropped four places to 41st. For the sixth year, Vermont was rated the healthiest state, and Louisiana and Mississippi tied for last.
In one way, the report is misleading. Most of the criteria used – such as obesity, sedentary habits and smoking rates – are measures of individual behavior, and those have nothing to do with where people live. People choose to smoke or not, live sedentary or active lives, eat healthy or unhealthy foods. And people in Indiana as well as Vermont and Louisiana have to live with the consequences of their decisions.
And even some of the measured factors not tied to private choice need to be taken with a grain of salt. Public health funding on a per capita basis is low here compared with other states, for example. But that statistic doesn't take the relative cost of living into account; what $1 buys here will buy more or less in other states. And Indiana has the "second-to-worst air pollution in the U.S." But what percentage of people live in the high-pollution urban areas here as opposed to other states?
It is worth talking about public policy despite that fact that health is mostly our individual responsibilities and changing our own behavior is something no one else can do for us. But humans are social creatures. We take many of our cues about what to do by watching what others do.
How much money the state dedicates to public health funding, for example, tells Hoosiers how committed public officials are to our collective well-being. And how the money is spent – whether mostly on combating disease or on promoting wellness, for example – tells us what the state's priorities are. How much public attention is paid to health can influence how much attention to it we pay in private.
Bad behavior – when there is enough of it – can create more bad behavior.
Gamblers like to see other gamblers around them. Smokers are comforted by the presence of other smokers. The more gambling and smoking is decreased by public policy efforts, the more people who will give up gambling and smoking on their own.
We're on our own but in it together, in other words. Our poor health ranking reminds us we can do better.


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Recycling reduces the need for landfill space
Recycling reduces energy usage
Recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change
Recycling improves air and water quality
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Don't Toss It—Recycle It!*
In the U.S, enough garbage is thrown away every day to fill 63,000 garbage trucks which, if lined up end to end for an entire year, would stretch halfway to the moon.
*Source: National Park Service
What Can You Recycle in Broward County Parks?
Glass beverage containers Aluminum and steel metal cans Aseptic packaging (juice and soup boxes) Narrow-neck plastic bottles Gable-top containers (milk and juice cartons) Paper (computer, copy, and fax paper; file folders, envelopes--including window) Chipboard (lightweight cardboard) Newspapers, magazines, journals, catalogs, flyers, brochures, pamphlets Cardboard, flattened
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Recycling at Events and Festivals
Broward County works with the Parks and Recreation Division and event coordinators to make recycling available wherever possible. We've helped to coordinate recycling, and provided recycling bins for the South Florida Renaissance Festival, Water Matters Day, Camelot Days, the Jamaican Jerk Festival, and others. If you're planning a large-scale event with 400 attendees or more, we can help you add recycling to your festivities.
Contact Broward County's Government Recycling Program at 954-474-1868 or inquire at email@example.com.
Where are the Recycling Bins?
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En español | At the end of most days, 81-year-old botanist Jim Duke pours himself a cocktail. Hardly a Scotch on the rocks, this healthy concoction he's aptly dubbed Creme d'Mentia is a blend of herbs, steeped in diluted vodka, that are thought to boost relaxation, mood, memory, and overall brain health (see recipe below). "It lifts my spirits and lowers my anxiety," says Duke, who worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 30 years and is the author of The Green Pharmacy book series.
See also: Tips to help your garden grow.
Wild herbs were used as healing remedies long before records were kept — Otzi, the 5,300-year-old Iceman found in the Alps in 1991, had medicinal mushrooms among his personal effects — and they've been an integral part of Eastern medicine for centuries. Today modern medicine is beginning to realize that herbs may ease the symptoms of many ailments, from the common cold to arthritis, because they contain important health-promoting compounds such as antioxidants and anti-inflammatories.
Growing your own herbs is easy and fun, and the fresh leaves are more potent than dried ones. All you need are some pots, soil, and a sunny spot (see "How to Get Started," below). We've collected five gentle but effective herbs that are ideal for amateur gardeners — they're simple to grow and will thrive in just about any environment. Better yet, they have few side effects when consumed in small amounts, and you can take them with most pharmaceutical or over-the-counter drugs. If you're on blood thinners or have a serious condition, consult your doctor first.
First cultivated near London in 1750, peppermint has been shown to be an effective remedy for indigestion. "It calms the muscles of the digestive tract to alleviate intestinal gas and cramping," says Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine in Tucson. A cup of warm peppermint tea may also thin mucus, loosen phlegm, and soothe sore throats. Apply it topically to take the itch out of bug bites or to ease muscle cramps, arthritis, and headaches.
Growing tip: "Snipping can begin two to three weeks after a plant is established," says Tess Delia, a garden and flower designer in Piermont, New York. "Be sure not to strip the stem bare or you'll compromise the plant."
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- Rachel Lehmann-Haupt
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How much of your information do you share? How much should corporations share? TED Books Q&A Friday at 3pm Eastern!
The way people connect and collaborate is undergoing an astonishing transformation. Smart organizations are shunning their old, secretive practices and embracing transparency. Companies are widely sharing intellectual property and releasing patents. And movements for freedom and justice are exploding everywhere.
In their new book, Radical Openness: Four Unexpected Principles for Success, authors Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams show how this revolutionary new philosophy is affecting every facet of our society, from the way we do business to whom we choose to govern us.
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Thanks everyone for joining the conversation - and especially thanks to Don and Anthony for such thoughtful answers to our questions and thoughts.
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Jan 30 2013: About seven years ago I published everything I knew about organisation, personal and management development openly on the web. It's been one of the best things I have ever done. It's been lovely to get comments where people have used and adapted my stuff, they don't need permission, and totally amazing to see how many countries it has reached. I might have made more money by selling the ideas, but the spread would have been slower and much less fun!
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I am sure that one of the reasons science has progressed so well is that people do share, test and build on each other's ideas. If we all did more of this we would make and faster better progress, together.
Feb 8 2013: that sounds great. But our thesis is that the way to make more money is through transparency, sharing and collaboration.Feb 8 2013: Oh, and by the way I agree with your point about science. But science is stalled today because it's not fully embraced the new opportunities for sharing. See Anthony's comments about those in the pharmaceutical industry who are trying to change that.Feb 8 2013: Promoting serendipitous innovation is one of the best reasons for companies and individuals to embrace openness. You never know how others may build on your ideas and sometimes great things happen as a result. In the book, we talk about how companies like Google and Apple use radical openness to make it easy for talented developers to build new applications for the iPhone and Android. Today, both companies have in excess of 750,000 apps developed entirely by third parties.Feb 8 2013: The real problems begin when our personal data is assembled into profiles, matched with other info and used by employers, law enforcement officials, public sector agencies and other interested parties to make judgments about (and decisions affecting) individuals, such as whether to hire them, or whether to admit entry, or to calculate benefits or terms of an offer, etc. In such circumstances, the effects of privacy loss can include discrimination, especially if the data is inaccurate.
Feb 8 2013: How do you guard against that? Can you restrict how public and private organizations amalgamate data? Wouldn't you have to limit both?
Jimmy Spade
Feb 8 2013: Been a fan since you wrote The Naked Corporation. How's this book different than that?
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Feb 8 2013: Thanks. The Naked Corporation was a very good book and I'm proud of it. But the timing (10 years ago) was awful. The world wasn't ready for it. Also the new book Radical Openness takes a broader perspective on openness -- four meanings, transparency, sharing IP, collaboration and empowerment. The Naked Corp was about transparency only.Feb 8 2013: It's an individual choice to decide how much to share, but we do see real benefits in some cases. We wrote about the health data shared by members of PatientsLikeMe—a vibrant healthcare community whose participants suffer from debilitating chronic conditions such as ALS, Parkinson's and bipolar disorder. Their data is rendered anonymous and then aggregated to inform research conducted by doctors, pharmaceutical and medical device companies. At the same time, sharing information among peers gives patients with similar conditions an invaluable source of support and helps them make smarter decisions.
Feb 8 2013: Well Patients Like Me shows that there are some benefits to personal openness. People there with, say ALS typically use their real names. But they don't have a lot to lose either. This is a deadly disease and so naturally they air on the side of sharing to help them manage the disease.
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Jan 30 2013: I'm usually inclined to share information, because I think as I share one idea it "clears" my head for new ideas to come in there. Also, if you share ideas, you get interesting ideas back.
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Feb 8 2013: Indeed. But it's important to differentiate between transparency (communicating information) and sharing (giving up intellectual property assets). Both are good ideas for companies. Both are often bad ideas for individuals.Feb 8 2013: We're almost out of time. Any closing comments from Don or Anthony?
Feb 8 2013: Radical openness is most unnerving when companies and governments are unprepared to operate in a highly transparent environment. They not only have less and less control over information, they also have less ability to shape and massage public perceptions of their organization. So I would encourage people to read the book and better understand how openness can be a force for competitiveness and successFeb 8 2013: Cool. I just found out there there is a TEDed lesson up based on my TED Talk on Radical Openness.
Please let us know what you think.Feb 8 2013: Is the idea of radical openness in any way reactionary? I'm thinking specifically about the public's mistrust of Wall Street after the economy tanked. Do you think we, as consumers, are responding to companies like Zappos that share more information because we feel like we've been let down by a culture that was protective of information?
Feb 8 2013: Agreed. the whole sub-prime meltdown was caused in part by a lack of transparency. If the banks had been open they wouldn't have been able to create this mess.Feb 8 2013: IN fact, in Macrowikinomics, Anthony and I argue that banks should start sharing risk management data to help them get a valuation of all the so-called "toxic assets" on their balance sheet. If they placed these assets in a commons and let the world's leading modellers go at them, the values could be determined and the assets disposed of. Evey Wall Street needs to open up, just to save itself.Feb 8 2013: Those are great examples, but what about Facebook or Instagram, everyone sharing everything. It's clearly good for the companies...but Is there a point where it's too much to share everything - are we losing something here?
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Feb 8 2013: When it comes to each of us as individuals, Anthony and I think we all need a balance between the public and private. Just as the complete loner and hermit lifestyle is not optimal (we all need and benefit from human interaction and relationships) so being a completely public person undermines one essence of what it is to be human – to be private, reserved and discreet.
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Develop and implement your own personal privacy strategy. When you share consider the benefits. But realize that withholding most information about you is in your interests: there are many "bad actors" who would misuse it. Privacy is important to the formation and maintenance of human relationships, reputation trust and even "the self" and its presentation in everyday life. Society lacks the laws and norms to protect you from companies being invasive or manipulative. And don't assume governments are benevolent: we may harmed in absentia by unknown public and private bureaucracies having access to our personal data -- perhaps the targets of injurious decisions and discrimination and we will never really know what or why.
By all means, be as open as you want but realize that with openness can come vulnerabilities, especially for your children. And as the expression goes "Discretion is the better part of valor" meaning that it makes sense to be careful in the face of unintended consequences and risks.Feb 8 2013: Let's move into our personal lives a bit with this concept. Clearly, radical openness can help with political revolutions and making companies more innovative and competitive, but is it really necessary to share on the level that we are these days? What is the good of living our lives in public?
Feb 8 2013: there are some benefits to each of us being more open personally and we all share more information than we used to. But that doesn't mean that we should live our lives out loud. The fundamental problem with the case of radical personal openness is that we are a long way from a world where being open will not hurt us. A world, say, where employers don't discriminate because an applicant has had a mental illness, held a certain political point of view, or was photographed as a teenager having a beer on Facebook. There are also bad actors and the danger of fraud, identity theft or inappropriate disclosure of personal information is also a problem.Feb 8 2013: Re: your question about pharmaceuticals. In the past few years a lot of people have been talking about the crisis of innovation in drug development and arguing that the basic model for inventing and commercializing potentially life-saving medications is broken and failing society badly. The problems there have largely to do with a highly risk-averse and legalistic industry culture that comes at the expense of opportunities to co-develop early-stage technology tools, establish data standards, share clinical trial data or pursue other forms of collaboration that could lift the productivity of the entire industry. Fortunately, companies like GSK are strategically releasing patents and leading the charge toward more open models of drug development that will increase research productivity and stimulate medical progress.
Feb 8 2013: How is 'responsibility' from a legal perspective shifted under that model? If the problem is a risk-averse and legalistic operating culture, is this collaboration trying to share that responsibility across more shoulders, or is it trying to remove the burden entirely?Feb 8 2013: Technology is arguably the most important. But changes in regulation (Sarbanes-Oxley, for example) have been influential. people's expectations have changed too. Most people expect companies and governments to be much more open than they have in the past.Feb 8 2013: Is technology innovation the main reason for more openness in society, or do you think there are other factors at work as well?
Feb 8 2013: In addition to Anthony's comment above I think market forces are causing companies to open up as well (become more transparent, sharing, collaborative and empowering) because companies that are open tend to perform better.Feb 8 2013: And finally, there is growing openness in society too, with new global citizen's movements fighting for freedom and openness. The Arab Spring and the Occupy movement are examples of this fourth principle.Feb 8 2013: Or from the jacket of the book: All over the world, the way people connect and collaborate is undergoing an astonishing transformation as a result from one idea: radical openness. Smart organizations are shunning their old, secretive practices and embracing transparency, widely sharing intellectual property and releasing patentscollaborating on an astronomical scale. And movements for freedom and justice are exploding everywhere as organizations like Wikileaks spread information faster than ever before.
The book shows how this revolutionary new philosophy is affecting every facet of our society, from the way we do business to whom we chose to govern us.Feb 8 2013: I think one of the most interesting parts of your book is when you discuss the pharmaceutical industry. Maybe you can talk a little bit about the problems with the industry and how these principals can help.Feb 8 2013: The third principle of openness concerns intellectual property. Rather than go to extraordinary lengths to control and protect proprietary resources and innovations, a growing number of companies are sharing intellectual property and releasing patents in a bid to accelerate research, foster relationships and stimulate progress in their industries.Feb 8 2013: The second principles of openness relates to innovation. For the past decade we've seen industries — from software to manufacturing to pharmaceuticals — begin to open up their innovation processes. Many now treat their customers and partners as valuable sources of intelligence and new ideas.Feb 8 2013: Radical Openness explains four meanings of the word "Openness." For each there is a corresponding principle about how to build effective organizations. The four are 1. Transparency 2. Sharing of Intellectual Property 3. Opening of organizational boundaries and 4. opening up power -- distributing power outward and downward.Feb 8 2013: The first meaning of openness is transparency. We have found that the smartest organizations, from education to health care to government, are shunning secretive practices and embracing transparency as a means to foster trust and speed up the metabolism of business.Feb 8 2013: The term openness tends to have very positive connotations and is associated with concepts like freedom, flexibility, expansiveness, engagement, sharing, access and candor. But in practice we find that "openness" can mean many things, depending on the circumstance. So we've looked at four different strategies for openness that ultimately entail some pretty deep changes in business and society.Feb 8 2013: Once you both have given us a general sense, there are a number of comments from people who are looking forward to your answers, so before I jump in with more questions, why don't you offer our participants some thoughts.Feb 8 2013: Hello all, and welcome to this live Q&A with authors Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams.
Don and Anthony, thank you for joining us!
Your book, "Radical Openness: Four Unexpected Principles for Success," offers four principles that are radically transforming business, politics, and our personal lives. Maybe you could briefly outline the concept of radical openness and the four principles?Feb 7 2013: I have not read the book that you stated above, but to answer your question I share a majority of my information with everyone and anyone. I have the mind set that the more people who know about my idea ultimately are giving me free advertising by word of mouth. You never know what networks the individual you are talking with has, and a life changing opportunity could always arise. I think the quote goes "being in the right place at the right time", well sharing your information always gives you that extra opportunity. I think corporations are currently sharing lots of their information because of the economy, and looking to invest and become profitable in nontraditional ways.
Feb 8 2013: Well in the book we make a distinction about openness for institutions (like corporations or governments) and individuals. Openness is an opportunity for institutions but not necessarily individuals. Each of as individuals need to defend our privacy.Feb 1 2013: "Govern us"
Ok, So if i go out tomorrow and register a society or association and i call this entity "The society of temperate thinking for tomorrows children" and populate it with high ranking business and banking people with the aim towards exploring tomorrows possible system of governance and come to an arrangement that this society could influence their local government system by bringing local politicians to the societies meetings with the aim of helping said politician to get along further in exchange for small changes?
Isn't this system called hide in plain sight?
Feb 2 2013: I think Ayn Rand tried to do this with her parties at home. Also, this technique is used by many think tanks to digest and explore new social ideas and look for ways to incorporate new technical knowledge into the social structure with the least cost to investors.Jan 31 2013: I haven't seen any of this taking place in the business world. Patent laws are really in the news these days and those who hold them are clutching tightly with fists of steel.
I'be been giving my stuff away (programming) for years. The benifit of this is I don't have to do all the work and put up the money to bring my ideas to fruitation. Sooner or later, I get to use the product via opensource of via purchase.
Books on casset tape? My boss told me it would never work, long before the first one hit the store. Expanded movie production using the VCR as a venue? These people could never compete with professional producers. That idea was shelved also. A progam to solve the millinium problem in most software back in 83? Too far away to be necessary.
There is no garuntee of success in life. But having ideas and sharing them does seem to produce results when these ideas are shot down by (so called) technical specialists.
Feb 8 2013: I think increasingly companies share their intellectual property because they have to.
Increasingly it's becoming difficult or even impossible for companies to achieve breakthrough success without sharing intellectual property – placing important assets in the commons. Pharmaceutical companies are about to drop off what's called "the patent cliff." They will lose 25-40 percent of their revenue as the patents for many blockbuster drugs expire. There is little individual companies can do to recover from this crisis. They need an industry-wide solution that rethinks how they work together as an industry -- to restructure industry practices and share some pre-competitive basis research or sharing their clinical trial data, such as results from failed trials or from control groups. Banks need to share information about risk management. Manufacturers need to take a page from Nike and share information, software and other assets for sustainable business practices. The auto companies should place fuel cell development in the commons. We need a new intelligent power grid for the production and distribution of energy. Co-development and collaboration within the industry and sharing is necessary.Jan 30 2013: I thought people have far better or constructive conversations online under a pseudonym? Obviously this has nothing to do with the book or Dons Talk but i thought people like pseudonyms better?


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Progesterone, Serum
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Sources of progesterone are the adrenal glands, corpus luteum, and placenta.
Adrenal Glands:
Progesterone synthesized in the adrenal glands is converted to other corticosteroids and androgens and, thus, is not a major contributor to circulating serum levels unless there is a progesterone-producing tumor present.
Corpus Luteum:
After ovulation, there is a significant rise in serum levels as the corpus luteum begins to produce progesterone in increasing amounts. This causes changes in the uterus, preparing it for implantation of a fertilized egg. If implantation occurs, the trophoblast begins to secrete human chorionic gonadotropin, which maintains the corpus luteum and its secretion of progesterone. If there is no implantation, the corpus luteum degenerates and circulating progesterone levels decrease rapidly, reaching follicular phase levels about 4 days before the next menstrual period.
By the end of the first trimester, the placenta becomes the primary secretor of progesterone.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Ascertaining whether ovulation occurred in a menstrual cycle
Evaluation of placental function in pregnancy
Workup of some patients with adrenal or testicular tumors
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Ovulation results in a mid-cycle surge of luteinizing hormone (LH) followed by an increase in progesterone secretion, peaking between day 21 and 23. If no fertilization and implantation has occurred by then, supplying the corpus luteum with human chorionic gonadotropin-driven growth stimulus, progesterone secretion falls, ultimately triggering menstruation. A day 21 to 23 serum progesterone peak of 6.5 to 7 ng/mL is the minimal level considered consistent with ovulation. A level in excess of 18 ng/mL is considered conclusive proof of ovulation.
Placental insufficiency has been associated with low levels of LH and progesterone.
Levels of LH and progesterone may be increased in some adrenal or testicular tumors.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Assessment of the function of the corpus luteum requires correlation with the phase of the menstrual cycle.
In patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (ie, >5 mg/day), no specimen should be drawn until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration.
As with all tests containing monoclonal mouse antibodies, erroneous findings may be obtained from specimens drawn from patients who have been treated with monoclonal mouse antibodies or have received them for diagnostic purposes
In rare cases interference due to extremely high titers of antibodies to ruthenium and streptavidin can occur.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
Cord blood: 569-1,107 ng/mL*
0-23 months: 0.87-3.37 ng/mL*
2-9 years: <0.15 ng/mL*
10-17 years: adult levels are attained by puberty.*
> or =18 years: 0.20-1.40 ng/mL
Cord blood: 569-1,107 ng/mL*
0-23 months: 0.87-3.37 ng/mL*
2-9 years: 0.20-0.24 ng/mL*
10-17 years: values increase through puberty and adolescence.*
Follicular phase: 0.20-1.50 ng/mL
Ovulation phase: 0.80-3.00 ng/mL
Luteal phase: 1.70-27.00 ng/mL
Postmenopausal: <0.15-0.80 ng/mL
*Lippe BM, LaFranchi SH, Lavin N, et al: Serum 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, progesterone, estradiol, and testosterone in the diagnosis and management of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. J Pediatr 1974;85:782-787
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Lippe BM, LaFranchi SH, Lavin N, et al: Serum 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, progesterone, estradiol, and testosterone in the diagnosis and management of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. J Pediatr 1974;85:782-787
2. Haymond S, Gronowski AM: In Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Fourth edition. Edited by CA Burtis, ER Ashwood, DE Bruns. St. Louis, Elsevier, Inc, 2006, pp 2097-2152


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Bucket, a design and build studio out of Portland, Oregon is throwing their hat into the ring of beautifully designed coffee equipment. Basing their design around a mason jar and natural elements, they recently released a Crowd Supply campaign to fund their latest creation, "The Portland Press."
The Portland Press is essentially a French Press that screws onto the top of a mason jar, and features a design buildout of wood, wool, and steel. Besides the beautiful aesthetic these elements combine for, they also give the traditional French Press and plunger a unique, exciting and sturdy design. Plus, the mason jar itself gives the Portland Press an added level of durability rarely found in a traditional French Press—no need to worry about shattering your French Press and then buying a new one or finding a new carafe online—if you break your mason jar, just pick up any other mason jar for a couple bucks.
I can't vouch for the steel mesh filter at this point, and admittedly haven't tried the Portland Press as of now—but if all goes as planned, this would be a great addition to any coffee lover's arsenal. The French Press is in need of a bit of a refresh and Bucket's design could give it a shot of energy and excitement. The easily removable top and durable mason jar bottom would make this a great travel companion as well.
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The Portland Press is made in the state of Oregon from products sourced entirely in the U.S. and is backed by a lifetime warranty.


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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) contractors plan to restrict one lane of I-465 on the west side on Saturday, October 20 for paving operations.
Walsh Construction, the state's contractor, will close the right lane of northbound I-465 between 21st and 34th Streets beginning at 5 a.m. The lane is expected to remain closed through Saturday until 8 p.m. The exit ramps to US 136, Crawfordsville Road and westbound I-74 will remain open.
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