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American Sign Language Club
The mission of the American Sign Language Club is to spread awareness of Deaf Culture and to learn sign language. There is absolutely no sign language experience required to join the club. The club meets bi-weekly and hosts monthly events. During club meetings, we learn signs, play sign language games, and often watch movies in ASL or about Deaf Culture.
President: Kyleigh Renick
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Wolfe
Election Month: April
Association of Neuropsychology Students in Training
ANST provides a forum in which graduate students may discuss and disseminate information related to important issues in clinical neuropsychology such as training, practice, research and career opportunities. Membership is limited to graduate students pursuing degrees in psychology or a closely related field.
President: Chris Drapeau
Faculty Advisor: Raymond Dean
College Mentors for Kids
College Mentors for Kids is an innovative non-profit organization that
pairs youth with local college student mentors for weekly activities
that expose youth to the opportunities of higher education. Every
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Ball State University hosts roughly 170
children from West View, Albany, Eaton, and Royerton Elementary
Schools, as well as, over 160 college students from the university.
Throughout the year, a bond is formed between the Little Buddy (Child)
and the Mentor (College Student) that will last a life time. Our mission
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it most.
Election Month: January-February *President & VPs elected in December for the following year, all other staff elected in Jan/Feb.
President: Holly Hemmelgarn
Vice-President of Development: Ellie Nowak
Vice-President of Programming (Mondays): Devan Shaw
Vice-President of Programming (Tuesdays): Olivia McJunkin
Vice-President of Programming (Wednesdays): Lauren Hunt
Faculty Advisor: Dixie Denton
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Creative Minds provides opportunities to volunteer, shares multiple ideas for the use of crafts for the home, school and life, and empowers others to have confidence in making crafts.
Election Month: May
President: Ashley Stonesifer
Faculty Advisor: Dixie Denton
Delivering Educational Support to Kenya
Election Month: April
President: Veronica Smith
Faculty Advisor: Winnie Mucherah
Education In Action
Education in Action works to provide meaningful ideas to apply to the classroom. At each meeting, members walk away with a lesson plan idea and the standard it links to. Education in Action is open to all education majors.
Election Month: April
President: Tarra Russell
Faculty Advisor: Nancy Clevenger
Kappa Delta Pi
President: Sarah Rudmann
Faculty Advisor: Scott Popplewell
Men in Education is about gaining experience. We want to inspire one
another and make a difference while empathizing with the gender solitude
that may be felt by males upon studying their particular major in
education. Men in Education members will participate in various campus events
and programs, and have an active presence at Wes Del Elementary. MIE finds
immersive learning imperative to success for the future, therefore we
volunteer two days each week at Wes Del Elementary School (Wed &
Thurs from 2:45 - 3:00 p.m.) tutoring our students of the future.
Election Month: March
Meetings: Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Teachers College room 227
President: Anna Campbell
Advisor: Kourtland Koch
Society of Educational Reform
Election Month: September
President: Keri Rodgers
Faculty Advisors: Nancy Brooks
Elena Polush
Student Affiliates in School Psychology
Student Affiliates in School Psychology is an organization for graduate students in the field of School Psychology. Our goal is to help graduate students to continue their professional development by exposing them to a variety of fields and information relevant to working in the school systems as school psychologists.
President: Elizabeth Hooks
Vice President: Kaitlin Cowan
Treasurer: Brittney Klauser
Secretary: Kim DeBoth
Event Coordinator: Adele Larsson
Social Media Coordinator: Bre Dailey
Faculty Advisor: Maria Hernandez Finch
The Student Council for Exceptional Children is a student chapter of the international organization. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in children and adults with special needs. The Department of Special Education hosts this student chapter. The organization is dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities -- students with disabilities, deaf, and/or gifted.
Election Month: December
President: Connor Edwards
Faculty Advisors: Ruth Jones
Kourtland Koch
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Student Education Association
The Earl A. Johnson chapter of the Ball State University Student Education Association is a pre-professional organization open to all education majors at Ball State University. We focus on professional development and volunteering to get future teachers prepared for their career in the classroom. The Ball State Student Education Association is affiliated with the Indiana Student Education Association, the Indiana State Teachers Association, and the National Education Association.
Election Month: April
President: Layne Lumley
Vice President: Lexi Tinkel
Secretary: Mary Pat Stemnock
Treasurer: Sabrina Blair
Historian: Kelly Rose
Volunteer Coordinator: Ramey Butler
Co-Publicist:Tailor Bonds
Co-Publicist: McKenzie Weaver
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SEA Web site
Students for Education Reform
Students for Education Reform is a national organization and a student-led movement about education injustice. We aim to close the achievement gap, empower student leaders, and create opportunities for preservice teachers at Ball State University to be involved in educational policies and K-12 communities.
Election Month: September
Meetings: Mondays, 5:30 — 7 p.m. (subject to change)
President: Sarah Reason
Vice President: Savongh Evans
Secrerary: Tara Russell
Membership Coordinator: Brianna Williams
Advocacy Coordinator: Ashlund Haskell
Community Liaison: Taylor McKiernan
Awareness Coordinator: Hannah Yeoman
Faculty Advisor: Nancy Clevenger
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Barge- Move forcefully or roughly. Push, Shove, Force. "We can't just barge into a private garden party." or "Barging in at the start line causes havoc and makes Courageous staff anxious and competitors angry."
Yes, this week's recap is about starts, and in particular, barging. Which there was a lot of this past Saturday. Now, I readily admit that there were starts where the wind clocked well right and the boat was very favored. However, I will tell you what I tell the college sailors I coach: "If it's not gonna work, bail early." That way, you have time to find another starting spot and don't end up doing penalty turns after the signal.
This topic has been covered at length by much better writers and more knowledgeable sailors than myself. I urge everyone to read this excellent article by Dick Rose in the January 2012 issue of Sailing World. I would like to emphasize one thing: there is no rule saying you are entitled to not cross the starting line early. Unless there is an obstruction, such as an RC boat, immediately to windward of you, if a leeward boat heads you up, you have to keep clear, even if that means it will ruin your start and you will be early. The only rule there is windward-leeward. Failure to do this causes accidents, and is the root of the problem that is barging. This is why starting is hard and good starts require practice and planning.
So, please read the article. It is better with a rule book in hand to look at the definitions and rules being cited.
In other news, we have fleet captains! Congratulations to Mark, Pat, and Cole, who were unanimously elected during last week's skippers meeting. Everyone make sure to buy these guys a beer next time at Pier 6. The fleet captain system keeps things running smoothly and has been a great aid to this fleet, but it requires some time of its volunteers, so be sure to say thank you next time you have their ear at the bar, explaining how you were completely screwed at that start.
Updated results are attached here. I made an error when entering the results into the scoring program, giving two boats OCS scores in the first race, when they should have received them in race two. This has been brought to my atention and corrected. My apologies for the mistake.
We will be giving ourselves a chance to digest the turkey and stuffing this Saturday, but will be returning for week three on December 6. I look forward to seeing everyone then, and wish you all a happy holiday.

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Corona – Publisher and California assembly candidate Cheryl Brown will be feted for her three decades of entrepreneurial success at NAWBO's annual Amazing Women of the Inland Empire Awards and Scholarship Banquet on Tuesday, April 19, at 6 pm at the Eagle Glen Golf Club in Corona. "To be recognized by such a pioneering group representing women business owners across the country is a tremendous honor," affirms Brown. "It couldn't come at a better time as I campaign throughout my assembly district talking to voters about what I would do to encourage small businesses and grow jobs."
Founded in 1975, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the unified voice of America's more than 10 million women-owned businesses representing the fastest growing segment of the economy. It is the nation's only dues-based organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries boasting more than 7000 members and 70 chapters. In 1980, Brown and her husband Hardy founded Brown Publishing Company to produce a local paper, Black Voice News, focusing on community events and points of view, which has kept its presses running for 31 years.
In addition to her newspaper publishing credentials, Brown's business acumen extends to broadcast media. She was a television talk-show host for 12 years on local access television, KCSB Channel 3, and made many promotional guest appearances on Burden of Proof, MSNBC, the Brian Williams' Show and Channel 11 Fox News. For more than three decades, Brown has worked on the growth and development of her community. With her BA from Cal State San Bernardino, Brown went to work for the San Bernardino County Planning Department. She later served on the County and City Planning Commissions for 17 years. During her tenure as a commissioner, she was elected president of the California County Commissioners' Association.
Brown's years of experience in the California legislature extend from her posting as district representative for State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod to her current work for Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter. Her job is to make sure community issues – what matters to residents and business owners -- reach the Capitol.
"Cheryl Brown's entrepreneurial success and her understanding of the value of small business to the California economy make her an ideal assembly member, capable of leading our state toward a robust recovery," says Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter. Expanding her business leadership capabilities, Brown became a founding member of the Inland Empire African American Chamber of Commerce and member of the Riverside Chamber of Commerce. She has won the Cal State Business Award, the Legacy Business Woman of the Year and the 2006 Minority Cornerstone Media Business of the Year Award.
"Women business owners are helping bring back our economy and women legislators know how important it is to encourage these efforts," adds Brown. "It's hard, even in the best of times, to keep a business going, and I'm proud that I've been able to keep my newspaper up and running for three decades. To be recognized by my peers in business is most gratifying and it reminds me of how important it is for experienced women entrepreneurs to share their knowledge with those just starting out. The National Association of Women Business Owners makes this possible."
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The Treble Chorus of N.E. presents "Make a Joyful Noise"
Come join Merrimack Valley's premiere children's chorus, Treble Chorus of New England , as they celebrate the holidays with 'Make a Joyful Noise'.Come join the Training, Concert and Schola choirs as they sing the beautiful music of the season!
Over its thirty six year history, TCNE has performed a rich diversity of choral music with programming that includes opera and professional collaborations. Serving young people from over 35 diverse communities, TCNE has achieved many significant artistic milestones.
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Karp Documentary Soon to Live After Some Benefit Shows
Dark humor wrapped in distortion and shaking feedback -- that was the calling card of Tumwater, Wash.'s Karp, the band that changed the game when it came to playing loud. And for quite a few years now there has been speculations and rumors of a documentary film on the influential band that was comprised of Jared Warren (Big Business, the Melvins), Chris Smith and Scott Jernigan (the Whip), who passed away in 2003; and as was reported by the Seattle paper The Stranger, the film 'Kill All Redneck Pricks: KARP Lives! 1990-1998' is in the editing stages, but there is more work to be done -- and get involved in.
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I have 4 of these behind my 73" TV. The subs are only 9" deep so they will fit nicely in most applications. As far as SQ, I think they sound very good - better than the cheap $200-300 subs, but of course not as good as my $2,000 subs.
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J/Hadley founder Ashley Gilroy entered the jewelry design business after paying a life-changing visit to an Indian shopping mall and befriending a jeweler whose shop created pieces for Bollywood stars. Gilroy became a design apprentice at an Indian jewelry company and developed her own unique aesthetic, which derives inspiration from Indian culture as well as contemporary motifs. Milky green chrysoprase, turquoise, iridescent freshwater pearls, druzy, and diamonds are just some of the precious and semiprecious stones you'll find in J/Hadley's collection of colorful drop earrings, pavé bangle bracelets, chunky cabochon rings, and eye-catching pendant necklaces. Grouped into styles such as "Rocker Chic" and "Resort Ready," J/Hadley's statement-making jewelry will add sparkle and glamour to your little black dress or favorite sweater-and-jeans ensemble.
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Last year, more than 300 new beauty and household-cleaning products—all touting their ability to kill germs—were introduced to U.S. consumers, joining thousands of similar products already on the market. Americans are now spending more than $1 billion annually on this growing arsenal of bacteria fighters, intent upon lathering, scrubbing, wiping, and spraying their way to a healthier environment.
But are they? Or, in their quest to achieve extreme clean, are consumers tinkering with Mother Nature in ways that might be causing more harm than good?
"Hygiene is a good thing," says Betsy Foxman, professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. "The issue is, how clean do you have to be, and what do you want to use to clean things with? That's the two-edged sword."
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Antibacterial household products are no more effective than soap and water or traditional cleaning agents such as bleach or alcohol in removing germs, according to a number of studies. They also are indiscriminate killers, destroying good bacteria with bad.
But advertising seems to have convinced consumers that the old standby cleaners aren't powerful enough to keep homes and families safe from germs. "It does play on people's fears," says Foxman. "It's a good marketing tool."
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What consumers may not be aware of, however, is what molecular biologist Stuart B. Levy calls "the big P—the potential for risk."
Bacteria exhibit strong survival tendencies. When attacked, bacteria protect themselves by changing, throwing up defenses against the chemicals that are attacking them. Levy, professor of medicine at Tufts University and president of the Alliance for Prudent Use of Antibiotics, calls the process "one big sink-or-swim training camp," with the strongest bacteria surviving to live another day because they develop a resistance to the attacker. The bacteria can also pass along that resistance to other bacteria, creating new, resilient strains.
Over the years, improper use of prescription antibiotics may have created dangerous new strains of drug-resistant bacteria, including deadly "superbugs" and certain drug-resistant types of tuberculosis found in hospitals. Although antibacterial consumer products contain extremely low levels of germ-killing chemicals, Levy and others believe that their indiscriminate use could eventually produce the same results in homes. Although evidence of this effect has appeared only in laboratory settings, some experts agree it's only a matter of time before these products increase the number of drug-resistant bacteria in kitchens and bathrooms.
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Foxman's concerns are much broader. She believes that in our haste to kill germs, we are indiscriminately killing off or altering the beneficial "bugs" that keep us disease-free. "There are many good microbes, and we wouldn't be as healthy without them," she explains. "They prime our immune systems, create essential vitamins, keep the balance of pH that we like—things that make you feel good."


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Keeping the registry as compact as possible means better computer performance. Auslogics Registry Defrag is fast becoming an essential tool in keeping your registry defragmented. As a result, the Registry becomes compact and small, greatly improving your computer performance.
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- Straightforward and very easy to use.
- Allows users to perform analysis of registry before deciding if they want or need to defrag it.
- Users have the option to reboot computer immediately and defrag registry, or schedule a defrag to occur next time the computer is rebooted.
- Has the option to automatically create System Restore points before registry is defragged.
- Provides users with a detailed report after defragmentation has been finished.
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{for="Performance" value="10″}For being a registry defragger, Auslogics Registry Defrag performs well (probably one of the best registry defraggers out there), hence I give it a 10. However, the effectiveness of registry defraggers in general varies highly on a case-to-case basis.
{for="Usefulness" value="3″}Registry defraggers really are not too useful; the performance gain they provide to your computer, if any at all, is often negligible.
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As the name implies, Auslogics Registry Defrag is a registry defragmentation program. What exactly is registry defragmentation? Most of have heard of, and have performed, hard drive defragmentation before; registry defragmentation is a similar concept to hard drive defragging. To better understand what registry defragmentation is, lets first understand what hard drive defragmentation is.
Lets say you have a bookshelf that can hold up to 100 books. Over time you purchase books and place them on the bookshelf wherever you find space; in other words you are not very particular about putting the books in any specific order, like alphabetical order. As time goes on and your bookshelf gets filled, it becomes harder and harder for you to find a specific book because the books on the bookshelf are placed randomly (in no specific order). One day you are fed up with having to spend 10 minutes every time you need to find a book so you decide to alphabetize all your 100 books. Thus, you invest 30 minutes into properly alphabetizing all your books. After you have alphabetized the bookshelf, it becomes a lot easier and a lot quicker to find a specific book. Hard drive fragmentation and defragmentation is a similar concept.
Over time your hard drive gets fragmented as files are placed in the first open spot available; over time it starts to take longer and longer for your computer to find the specific file it needs because the files are in no specific order (figuratively speaking). When you defrag your hard drive, it is like alphabetizing your bookshelf: the files on the hard drive are put in order thus making it easier and quicker for Windows to find them when they are needed. The same thing (fragmentation) that happens to your hard drive happens to the registry, but on a smaller scale.
Lets say now instead of 100 books, you only have 5 books. Yes, it does require less effort and time to find a specific book if the 5 books are in alphabetical order as opposed to being in a random order, but the amount of effort and time saved is negligible because there are only a small number of books to deal with. This, in simplistic terms, describes the similarities and differences between hard drive fragmentation and registry fragmentation. With hard drives being hundreds of gigabytes big, fragmentation can really hurt performance, hence why defragging the hard drive often results in a noticeable performance increase (however, it does vary on a case-to-case basis, depending on how fragmented your hard drive is). Registries, on the other hand, are not nearly as large as hard drives. Yes, defragging them may increase performance, but the performance increase is often negligible.
There is, however, one extra benefit to defragging registries not depicted in the analogy above. When Windows is running, the registry is loaded into your RAM. So, when you defrag the registry, you make it smaller (how much smaller depends on how large and fragmented the registry was to begin with); when your registry is smaller, it will take up less space when loaded into your RAM. Don't get your hopes but, though – the amount of RAM recovered by having a smaller registry does not amount to a whole lot of RAM because the registry is often only compacted a few MB, if any at all.
To summarize, yes defragging the registry will result in performance increase (if you do the defragging with quality software which won't implode your computer) but the performance increase is not that much. More often than not, people with older, weaker machines will benefit more from registry defraggers than people with newer, more powerful machines (because newer computers typically have increased computing power making the performance increase gained from a defragged registry all the more negligible). But even people with older, weaker machines shouldn't expect miracles, because defragging the registry won't deliver any.
That said, Auslogics Registry Defrag is one such "quality software" I referred to in the last paragraph – it is easy to use (in fact very easy to use), and defrags the registry quickly, safely, and completely. If you do decide you want a registry defragger, Auslogics Registry Defrag will grind out the most performance increase one can receive from registry defragmentation.
Using Auslogics Registry Defrag is very, very easy:
- Step 1 – Run the program
(Take note of the option that automatically creates a System Restore point before defragmentation.)
- Step 2 – Analyze the registry
- Step 3 – Read the analysis report and decide if your registry is fragmented enough for you to defrag
- Step 4 – Select when you want to defrag the registry (if you don't want to defrag the registry, just close the program) – right now, or during next computer reboot:
(Screenshot clipped from the developer's website.)
If you select to defrag now, your computer will be rebooted and the defragmentation will occur during reboot. If you select to defrag later, defragmentation will be scheduled to occur during the next time you reboot your computer. (Defragmentation occurs during reboot and not while Windows is running because programs use the registry while Windows is running and compacting the registry at that time is darn, right hard.)
- Step 5 – Defrag the registry (you don't need to do anything except reboot your computer)
- Step 6 – Read the detailed report (or, you can just click "Close" if you won't want to read the report)
You can of course run Auslogics Registry Defrag as many times you want and defrag your computer's registry whenever you want. However, don't run Auslogics Registry Defrag too many times, too quickly because if the registry is not fragmented, you will be turned away and told there is nothing to defragment:
In terms of performance, Auslogics Registry Defrag is one of the best. As I already mentioned, Auslogics Registry Defrag works very quickly, and defrags the registry very well, and is a fairly safe program. In fact, Auslogics Registry Defrag is so good in its class that I don't have anything "bad" to say about it (which is a first, since I always have something to say) except that it is a bit overpriced. (Oh, and I am very unhappy with the Ask.com toolbar that comes bundled with Auslogics Registry Defrag, but that is another issue and not directly related to the program itself like performance and price are.)
This review was conducted on a laptop running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. The specs of the laptop are as follows: 3GB of RAM, a Radeon HD 2600 512MB graphics card, and an Intel T8300 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor.
All the of following are either standalone registry defrag software, or are system utilities that have a registry defrag component to them:
- WinUtilities Professional Edition
- Glary Utilities
- Eusing Free Registry Defrag
- Wondershare Registry Defrag
- …and there are many more out there (share in comments below if you know of them).
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{rw_verdict2}Without a doubt Auslogics Registry Defrag is one of the best registry defraggers out there; thumbs up and recommended to those that need or want it. However, in the end, the quality of the software may be excellent but it is still a registry defragger, something most people shouldn't have the need for.
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cannot get this program off of my pc! Tried to uninstall, but no luck. What's up with not being able to get it off? Only wanted to try auslogics defrag, and on my control panel, it says auslogics, but ia really ask.com Message says bad install, bit cannot get the darned thing off! Any help?
Thanks for the review Ashraf. Some AV like bitdefender won't allow registry defrag even during boot and some will get corrupted after defrag. So the user must be careful though it may not be the fault of the registry defrag software but conflict with av.
@janet: Well, in that case, perhaps you should go with regular defraggers like "MYdefrag". http://www.mydefrag.com/
It's one the best defraggers on earth which is based on opon Window's horrible defragger. Pretty much MYdefrag is a superman version of Window's defragger.
It may not be visually appealing, but it works like a charm! Try it! ;)
I just tried it out….My system is ten years old and Auslogistics Reg Defrag did the analysis and said I had 0% fragmentation! Since I have 361 programs on it and have installed and uninstalled MANY, how would one explain that…???
I have AUSLOGISTICS BOOTSPEED 126.96.36.199 (from either dotTech or Gaotd) which includes a registry defragger in addition to a reg cleaner. Any way to tell if it's the same? I find their regular defragger by far the best of the many I have tried! Never used its reg defragger and cleaner out of fear……
Thank you for the great review Ashraf. I have Auslogics Registry Defrag 5.0 now. While I rarely use it, it does a good job. I think this was one of the last version that was totally free. I do agree with you on the fact that defraging the registry may have little effects on your system. It's like the modern day snake oil. The sellers claim it to be a cure all for all of your computer's needs yet no bench mark will back up their claims. Auslogics is a respected vendor and it's nice to see GAOTD attract this type of vendor. I hope this is a trend that continues.
Tried both NTREGOPT and Auslogics. After defragging the registry with NTREGOPT, Auslogics had nothing to do. Guess I'll just stick with NTREGOPT. It's small, quite fast, has never broken anything on my PC and is still free.
Thank you for all you do. I am very reluctant to install anything that you have not explained or recommended. Keep up the good work.
I think TuneUp Utilities Registry Defrag is good…
Thanks for quick review sir Ashraf….
Mydefrag does a good job.
@Sujay: The QuickSys RegDefrag is really small and nice!
As far as I can say, my best freeware alternatives is Quicksys regdefrag.
I ran Wondershare Registry Defrag after running Auslogics and it further compressed down the Registry by 83% to just 3,5MB. This result is more than scary, but my VM seems to work fine. Then I reran Wondershare Registry Defrag and it reported again a reduction of 83% on next defrag. What's this all about? Wondershare has two modes of defrag (quick and full), so it seems to have a competitive edge… But somehow the Analysis Results leave a strange taste…
I am interested in other observations.
NTREGOPT does the same and is free and also there is a portable version. Takes less disk space but is not that nice from a gui perspective.
But the end result is the same.


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"Beef meatballs flavored with ground ginger, simmered in a sweet pineapple sauce."
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1 1/2 pounds
ground beef
2/3 cup
crushed saltine cracker crumbs
1/3 cup
minced onion
1/4 cup
1 1/2 teaspoons
ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon
1 tablespoon
olive oil
2 tablespoons
1/2 cup
packed brown sugar
1 (15 ounce) can
pineapple chunks - drained, with juice reserved
1/3 cup
white vinegar
1 tablespoon
soy sauce
1/3 cup
chopped green bell pepper
I have had this recipe in my collection for years, and have made it a million times. My family loves it. Here are a few tips to cut the prep time: Oven bake the meatballs at 350 degrees for 20 minutes on a foil lined broiler pan. The fat melts off, and the meatballs stay firm, instead of crumbling apart. Cuts down on calories and fat, and improves the taste. Also, when making the sauce, just dump all the ingredients in a saucepan at the same time, and whisk the heck out of it. No lumps, and cuts down on dishes. Enjoy! We love this recipe!
These meatballs were pretty mild tasting. They were O.K. but they needed something extra to spice them up a bit.
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The only thing that I do differently after having been making this recipe for several years is that instead of cooking the meatballs on the stove, I put them on a cookie sheet and cook them in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Much less messy, and faster too. I can cook the meatballs in the oven while I do the sauce on the stovetop. Plus, my meatballs never fall apart this way!
I make this alot. It is a BETTY CROCKER ORIGINAL.... It is highly requested for parties I attend. I cook the meatballs in the oven 350 for 20 min, then double the sauce and mix it all in the crockpot. Keep on low, and stir occasionally.
A big hit! I made a few changes and used fresh bread crumbs instead of crackers and some cilantro for the meatballs. I used less sugar for the sauce and red peppers instead of green. No leftovers!
These were delicious. I made some changes: I used ground turkey instead of ground beef, I used reduced-fat ritz crackers instead of saltines, like some other people, I baked mine in a 350F oven for 20 mins then I added them to the sauce, I added 1/2 of a red pepper and more green pepper, I used fresh ginger instead of ground, and all I had was a 20 oz can of pineapple chunks so I used almost all of that. I also cut down a tiny bit on the sugar. Everyone loved them...I served them over brown rice. Thanks!
First of all, we added coarsely chopped onion, red pepper, yellow pepper, green pepper, and a sliced carrot. Then we just used 1lb of ground pork for the balls. We used bread crumbs instead of crackers and we used fresh grated ginger instead of the powdered. The meatballs were great. Our sauce turned out a little bland although we still had plenty of sauce with the additions. Next time we will do everything the same, except add extra soy sauce and some red pepper flake to kick it up.
I really liked these. I did bake them like other reviewers suggested on 350 for about 20 minutes, then broiled them to get just a little more color on top. I also used fresh ginger that I grated instead of ground ginger. Hubby said that the meatballs were delicious, but the sauce was only o.k. I loved the sauce. Was a little afraid that it would be too sweet after reading some of the reviews, but I guess we like sweet. I will definately make again, very easy. Thanks for the post.
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- Rachel Miller
- Washington, DC
- United States
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What's your story?
Unlike a typical "question-answer" forum, I am deeply interested in learning the stories of people from around the world. There's no "right" or "wrong," just a space for sharing what makes you, you!
TED and TEDx speakers are given a literal stage for sharing their story, their passion. But what about YOUR story? And YOUR passion? Every single person - an official TED-talker or not! - deserves a platform for sharing their story.
Ever since I can remember, my parents have always said "You ask too many questions!" because I've always been a curious person (and especially a curious child - I bet my parents didn't think they would have to answer so many questions about, well, everything!). As an adult, that curiosity has turned into a fascination with learning about why we are the way we are, and how we get to where we are right now.
"What's your passion?" is actually a pretty loaded question. Because within it is history, hope, pain, experience, knowledge, and the list goes on. But by starting to ask ourselves what defines our "story" and our "passion," I truly believe that this is where our hope for a better future begins.
Maybe you're still figuring out what your passion is, or what it means for your own life. That's ok! I believe that by starting the dialogue about our story, the themes of passion unfold by looking in retrospect over our lives.
So, what's your passion? Where does your story start? And where is it now?
I'm excited to read your responses!
Emily Ch
Aug 22 2013: My story:
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I've been heartbroken, disillusioned, angry and bitter.
But I've also felt love, peace, happiness, security and have been overwhelmed with the wonders of this world, especially the people in it.
My story is that I also want to learn about others' stories. I think listening to someone else and making the intention to notice them wholly and completely, allowing them to contradict your preconceptions and inevitable judgments, allows us to live completely in the present moment.
I'm starting an art project out of this hypothesis...I invite you to check it out :) Its an art project that seeks to bring together a dozen strangers from around the world through sharing experiences and honoring the artist in all of us: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2090904735/kollidescopic-creations
Peace and love,
EmilyAug 9 2013: Ok let's see, what is my story!!
I am an Electronics Engineer,when i was young i wasn't ordinary child like every child in Sudan, i went through a lot of bad stuff growing up that i still think are effecting my life, also i was destined to go in the same way as my big brother and sister and make the same mistakes and all. BUT guess what i didn't. At some point of my life i woke up and realized the meaning of "how to treat each others right and how to become a better person", it started with the way i treat my parents, and it was a fight to do it, i worked very hard to make them trust me and treat me like i was treating them, in a different way than my bro and sis, the success in doing that gave me confidence to change other aspect of my life like my relationship with god, so i started to but god in front of me while dealing with everything cause as i am a Muslim, this relation with god is the most important relation in my life. So i started to leave a lot of bad things, i didn't lie, steal, envy, disrespect others, and others things. i became a better person, and that got me thinking why others don't try to change, and then i started to focus on the word "WHY" , it was my first answer to everything and like you #Rachel Miller said i wanted to know what makes people behave the way they do?, what drives them?, and i gave my self the nick name "the truth seeker" , that's why i replied to your post and i read the answers and shared mine for the first time, even though it's shortcut and kinda messy.
Aug 13 2013: Marwa, I am so happy that you are sharing your story for the first time here! Hopefully it is just the first of many times that you empower others by sharing your own experiences because we all have something to learn from each person we encounter. I am very curious - in your interactions with other people, what has been the most interesting "why" answer you have come across?
Amy Winn
Aug 9 2013: My story would take days to write, but I found out that I cannot understand my story without understanding my fathers' story. My father was a first born child and his mother died giving birth to him. His father resented him for this and put him in an orphanage. His father then got married and his new wife took my father to raise. The stepmother was mentally ill and was eventually committed to a psychiatric hospital for the rest of her life. So this is who my father was...a man with a father that hated him from the day he was born and a mentally ill step mom. This is my story before I was here.
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Aug 13 2013: Amy, how insightful! It is really remarkable that you understand that your story begins generations before it physically started with your own life. Understanding these pieces is so crucial in overcoming the muddle we sometimes must overcome in order to move forward with a passionate and fulfilling life. We are each intrinsically tied to those who came before us; but also, our own selves in our own rights. So remember that while your story is best understood in the context of other stories, YOUR story is still yours to write!
Amy Winn
Aug 13 2013: Rachel, Thanks for understanding where I was going with this comment. Yes, my life is my own, finally. For the first thirty years of it I was tormented, abused beaten and intimidated by this man, but then it stopped - because he died. I held my anger for ten years until I realized that it was only hurting me. Then I went to his grave, sat on the ground and told him I forgave him. I told him that I realized that he was who he was because of what happened to him. Then I left and the anger stopped. Finally I was able to live my life without that pain and I did - starting with examining who I was and how I got that way. There is a TED speaker by the name of Brene Brown who put it so clearly when she said "Your parents cannot give you what they do not have." My father had no ability to love, no patience, no self worth no confidence no rationality because his parents did not give it to him. They just did not have it. This truly did help me move forward. I now realize that we all are who we are because of what we have been through - kind of like that saying "children learn what they live". While that is true, I also believe that we have the ability to change the pattern. My marriage is loving, my home is calm and peaceful and I tell my son I love him and I am so proud of him every time we talk It may be difficult, but with all my heart I believe that people can change the pattern of what they grew up with and chose their own path.
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Aug 13 2013: I agree with you that people are shaped by their beginnings but many people respond to a challenging childhood by creating lovely and peaceful homes in their adulthood.
wayne uejio
Aug 5 2013: My passion is learning and education. During the sixties, i spent summers teaching math in Indian Reservations, Bed-Stuy, South Bronx and the south side of Chicago. One story was my battle with "NEW MATH" something that was popular in the late 50's and early 60-'s. I had students that could discuss set theory but could not do fractions and really did understand addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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I spent the time making sure they could do a budget, balance a check book, compute the interest rate, how much they were paying for a loan, how to compute the sales tax, etc. I also tried to relate it to what they knew about set theory.
Aug 13 2013: Wayne, how interesting that you moved around quite a bit to teach math! Does this passion continue today? How do you see "new math" as it relates in society today - necessary or unnecessary?
Aug 13 2013: completely unnecessary - there have been several very good techniques for teaching math but they have fallen on the wayside in the name of progress.
Aug 30 2013: As you know, school districts go through periodic adoptions of curriculum materials. The manipulatives are tied to those materials.
My children are 15, 23, and 26. None learned math with cuisinaire rods. One or two used unifix cubes.Aug 13 2013: "New math" was a phenomenon of that era. It did not work as a k12 pedagogy and was abandoned long ago..
Aug 30 2013: and good riddance - a bad idea based on bad assumptions. I am curious Fritzie. My son was introduced to cuisenaire rods in kindergarten and 1st grade. He was doing fractions, multiplication, and division using the rods. By the end of 1st grade, he had the basic concepts of algebra pretty well down.
7 years later, my daughter started school and they were not using cuisenaire rods. My wife and bought a set and started her on them.
what happened during those 7 years?
Asked the director of math education for our school district and was told they are in the closets but no one uses them.Aug 3 2013: I was raised by my parents, an electrical engineer and a very religious farm girl from P.E.I Canada. Both had working class families that struggled with loss and incapacity of the father figure early in their lives, both believed in a good education, and both poured their lives over our family such that we might grow in the right direction.
I played a lot of competitive team sports, fished, and did most things boys did at the time. Perhaps the most formative experience for me was working through the Scouting program. I rebelled against religion, and in place of what they were teaching, I found peace in the oath, laws and activities that were provided to me by the Scouting program. Scouting was formative.
I always liked to design and build things, so I went into engineering, even though I was not a great student. I worked full time and eventually gnawed my way through engineering school. This was formative.
Right after high school, I met and fell in love with a beautiful young woman who is now my wife. She is smart, genuinely believed in me, and loved me...with all my imperfections. Apart from feeling exceptionally lucky, this acceptance gave me a lot of confidence, and enable me to get past some self doubt, and realize some off the potential the childhood test scores indicated I should be able to achieve. The acceptance, love, and confidence she provided were also formative.
Together we raised a family. I became a Scout leader and tried to raise my children to the same standards of love, patience, and mentoring that I experienced in my family and she experienced in her family. This was formative.
I have continued my education as a design engineer, and now my passion is to see that the next generation of design engineers have access to an archive of the wisdom of past generations, the tools they need to successfully compete on the world stage, and the OPPORTUNITY to design and build their dreams in both the PUBLIC and private sector here in the United States.
Aug 13 2013: Robert, I am deeply intrigued by your description of realizations as formative. What has been the greatest formative experience thus far? Do you anticipate many more to come?
Aug 17 2013: Certainly the influence my parents had on me when I was very young, and meeting my wife when I was an adult.
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Aug 2 2013: Hi Deepak -
How moving to hear your story about your relationship with God! When you say that things started falling in the right place, where does that put you right now? On a day to day basis, what does your work consist of?
Sophia BAE
Aug 2 2013: Hello, Rachel. I'm glad to write down the first comment on your conversation. My story..um..I am a korean student and my country is obsessed with English education. But it does not work well because students only learn reading and listening and grammer not speaking or writing. They go private educational institutions, feeling public educations are not enough. And this is quite sad things.
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These days, I'm curious about various languages. I'm challenging studying Chinese. It's quite hard but worth keeping.
Aug 2 2013: Hi Sophia -
Thank you for your response! After schooling in Korea, do you plan to study more languages? Or do you have a dream you are working toward?
Aug 2 2013: I just want to learn more languages. Even though, I have studied various languages slightly, now I am going to review them in detail. Why I want to learn languages is that they are the best way to commnunicate and interact with others who are really different from me. To approach them, the attitudes kind of "I am with you, I am understanding you." are important.:)
Aug 13 2013: Sophia, I completely agree! Sometimes in order to help another person in the best and most helpful way, we must see through their eyes. How wonderful that you see language as a way to do that! Continue working toward this understanding and know that you are doing such wonderful work for the world!
Steve C
Aug 30 2013: Probably started going bad when dad left as a toddler, got a step-dad who drank. About age 4 or 5, got scared witless (to put it mildly) via the anti-sexuality craze. By 4th grade I'd given-up on school - thinking I was hopelessly dumb, ugly, and pretty worthless & powerless; (though such things were never spoken by others, I felt it was a terrible truth that could not be brought to light).
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But at least I had physical prowess, with-whcih I'd learned some interesting lessons in the realms of physical prowess. I had olympian dreams to keep me awhile.
Along the way were multiple instances of various degrees of adult/child relationships; which felt unconcerning / mildly confusing / deceitful / & shameful/self-blameful. And I grew-up in a society which seemed all-too-ready to cast the net wide of an impending monstrous fate.
Midway through school I learned that America killed, stole, created war, etc. - not the nice big brother as presented on tv. It was a hard pill.
Just before H.S., my biggest dreams & needs (my safety-net) were smashed to bits for decades, and I started struggling with depression.
Everything seemed to turn around when I found writers such as L.L.Constantine & Floyd Martinson.
In my search for truth(s), strength, power, peace, etc. I've had amazing, surprising discoveries. I try to share them all on the web, hoping to help others, & receive help as well.
I think that's my story.
My passion, if one could call it that, is to find truth(s), assumptions, blind-spots, peace, freedom, etc. and to live them. Hopefully fall in love, get married, have kids, heal, heal others, rule-by-example a large kingdom/verse, and do lots of rollerskating.
What's your story? I'd like to hear yours.Aug 17 2013: My story is short.
I open my eyes and I Am me.
I close my eyes and I Am me.
Wherever I Go, Here I Am; Here takes me Everywhere.Aug 3 2013: I will tell you and it is true.
Some words are in..."..." because language is lacking.
Once, I clearly remember gazing down on this planet. A "voice" "said", "Go down there."
I "said", "I don't want to." It "said", "Go. It's only for a short time."
I did. I wished I hadn't.
My identity was completely destroyed by the time I was 5. I knew, as a child, that I was a totally f.....cked
up human being by that age. The only "self" I found was that of a person in the body of a leaf. Blown by stronger forces to whereever they took me. It took me 60 years to untangle myself from the entangled ball of twine I was born into. Yet, that was not freedom nor identity for I found my own string, my own piece of twine was itself, filled with knots that had to be undone in order to one day be supple and free and relaxed. Consequently, for most of my life I had been living a lie. l......i......e ......based upon the "nots" I had been taught.
In a great rage, I one day climbed a tree only to find the word "faith" at the top. I kicked and kicked and kicked until I was able to kick the "f" out of it and watched as the "f" floated down like a leaf, fluttering back and forth until it landed,
in between the letters "i" & "e" of the lie I had been living, thus creating the word.........l....i....f....e
Oh, what would my life have been like IF I could have had but a little "f"...aith in it? It was then I learned that life is like the last three letters of the word life....it's.......if......e (iffy)
I know very little, but I know it.
It is close to nothing. I believe in nothing.
After all, everything came from nothing.
How could anyone believe in anything else, without first believing in nothing?
Now I am close to leaving and would like it very much IF I could find that "voice" that told me to, "Go down there."
So I came to believe in what I know. In that way, I have faith in what I know. I call myself a .... faithiest.
Who am I? I don't know. Hence, my chosen name: Random Chance
Aug 13 2013: Random, what is the greatest truth you have discovered in life thus far? Understandably, we often come across lies in our lives that make us question what we believe. But I am interested in what you have discovered as a truth?
Aug 18 2013: Rachel,
Life is experiencing everything we (humans) once knew,
But never had to go through.
The mind creates the abyss,
And the heart must cross this.
Don't worry, something good will happen.
If it doesn't?
Don't worry, something bad will happen.Aug 2 2013: What's my story?
I have many... :)
Aug 13 2013: Share one! :)Aug 2 2013: Well, I was born into a highly Christian family, but I turned out an atheist, which has been difficult.
Another thing is I got interested in dairy farming as an occupation, but I like living where my family lives, my mother, sister, and brother, and there is no agriculture here, Glendale my city is a suburb of Los Angeles.
Another part of my story is being a failure at romance so far, no marriage or children, but hoping things change.
Aug 13 2013: Greg, I am curious - how did you discover that you believed in line with atheist views? I may be mistaken but it seems a lot of us struggle with religion. Maybe you can share your experience in how you discovered this and followed your own belief system?
Aug 13 2013: Thanks for asking, Rachel. I think I just always was. I mean, look around you. We see billions of lives being lived that are very mortal. In fact, if you start counting the animals, and the plants, and the microbes, we see probably what quadrillions of lives being lived that are very mortal. The oldest thing might be a redwood tree at 2,000 years, but that's a very small amount of time in the life of the universe. We also notice that all these mortal creatures are very limited in what they can do. I mean no creature can actually create raw materials, no creature can create say dirt where there wasn't dirt before. But even if you assume the raw materials are already there, an individual creature can only do so much, even if you look at the most productive person and what they assemble out of of raw materials in their lifetime, it's still a very small amount given the size of the universe.
But then someone will tell you that there's one creature, God, who is different from all this quadrillion of creatures, who lives forever whereas the quadrillion creatures are very mortal, who can create something out of nothing whereas the quadrillion creatures cannot, who can create whole planets even though the quadrillion creatures can only create rather small things. I mean how likely is it that one creature is so different? Possible, maybe, but not very likely, right? I prefer to go with what is probable rather than what is possible but extremely unlikely.
By the way, I noticed on your profile you speak Spanish? But your name doesn't seem Spanish, did you just study it in college? What is your interest in let's see was the band called the Naked Mondays? What's the story behind the name?Aug 2 2013: I find it hard to imagine that someone can be interested in my story, which is boring and without a climax.


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So, you've decided you're going to host a Webinar. Now what? Other than posting it on WebinarListings (obviously!) there are a number of other ways you can promote your Webinar to get the word out, and here are a few:
Set up a Facebook event for your Webinar. While this may be duplicating the invitation you've created in other places (Eventbrite, GoToWebinar, LinkedIn, etc.), the viral nature of Facebook will help you in the end. When someone replies "yes", their Facebook friends will see that, and now they are aware of your Webinar.
Update your personal profile status and your fan page status announcing the Webinar, and a few more times before the date of the Webinar.
Facebook ads are also a great way to get the word out. You can be quite targeted, right down to the job title or location, and are reasonably priced. A typical pay-per-click (PPC) ad is around $0.60/click, but it obviously depends on how targeted your ad it. You will not only be able to see how many people clicked through to your event, but how many people RSVP'd because of the ad.
Tweet as much as you can about the Webinar the couple of weeks leading up to the date, without being overbearing. Most people don't start to think about attending a Webinar until a couple of weeks before, so you're better off waiting until then for your heavy promotion time. Be sure to ask people who are in your industry, or who know people who would be interested in your Webinar, to retweet it for you. Use the hashtag #Webinar, so if people follow that hashtag, they'll see it. And, I'm always happy to retweet good Webinars, so send me an @reply to @WebinarListings, and I'll RT it.
Similar to Facebook, you can also set up an event on LinkedIn. Again, the benefit is that when people RSVP, the fact that they have RSVP'd will appear in the weekly emails people receive from LinkedIn about their connections' activities. This helps spread the word. And, utilize your status update in LinkedIn to promote the Webinar as well.
Many people don't know that you can advertise on LinkedIn. It's similar to Facebook in that you can select PPC or CPM (cost per impression), and target the ad appropriately. The ads are much more expensive though… the ones I've done have been in the range of $2/click.
Industry Publications
Depending on what industry you're in, there are most likely some publications that you can list your Webinar in for a fee. For example, for marketing, MediaPost and Read Write Web (RWW) are two good publications where you can advertise. Usually there will be a fee for these, and oftentimes it's high (i.e. RWW is $500/email), but the distribution will be high, and it will be targeted.
This post is getting long, so I'll cover the rest in the next post, including CraigsList, event invitations, mailing lists, videos, etc.! Any other ideas you want me to cover? Leave them in the comments below, and I'll add them for next time.
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there's a lot of possibilities to compare text files and keep only the matching lines of both files (you can even do that in MS Word).
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Interpretive Handbook
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Pentobarbital, Serum
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Pentobarbital is a short-acting barbiturate with anticonvulsant and sedative-hypnotic properties. Uses include sedation induction; relief of preoperative anxiety; control of status epilepticus or seizures resulting from meningitis, tetanus, alcohol withdrawal, poisons, chorea, or eclampsia; and induction of coma in the management of cerebral ischemia and increased intracranial pressure that may follow stroke or head trauma.(1,2)
Pentobarbital is administered orally, parenterally, and rectally. The duration of hypnotic effect is about 1 to 4 hours. The drug distributes throughout the body, with about 35% to 45% of a dose bound to plasma proteins in the blood. Metabolism takes place in the liver via oxidation to the inactive metabolite hydroxypentobarbital. Elimination is biphasic; half-life is about 4 hours in the first phase, and 35 to 50 hours in the second phase. Excretion occurs through the urine, mainly as glucuronide conjugates of metabolites, with only about 1% excreted as unchanged drug.(1,2) Tolerance to pentobarbital's hypnotic effects occurs after about 2 weeks of continuous dosing.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Monitoring of pentobarbital therapy treatment
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Therapeutic range(3)
Hypnotic: 1 to 5 mcg/mL
Therapeutic coma: 20 to 50 mcg/mL
Reducing intracranial pressure: 30 to 40 mcg/mL
-This degree of sedation requires artificial respiratory support.
Toxic: >10 mcg/mL
-The concentration at which toxicity occurs varies; results should be interpreted in light of clinical situation.
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.
Therapeutic range
Hypnotic: 1-5 mcg/mL
Therapeutic coma: 20-50 mcg/mL
Reducing intracranial pressure: 30-40 mcg/mL
This degree of sedation requires artificial respiratory support.
Toxic concentration: >10 mcg/mL
The concentration at which toxicity occurs varies; results should be interpreted in light of clinical situation.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Package insert: NEMBUTAL Sodium Solution (pentobarbital sodium injection). Deerfield, IL: Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc., October, 2007
2. Physician's Desk Reference (PDR). 61st edition. Montvale, NJ: Thomson PDR, 2007
3. Teitz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics. Fourth edition. St. Louis, MO. Elsevier Saunders, 2006 pp 2312


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Test ID: VISCS
Viscosity, Serum
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Detection of increased viscosity
Monitoring patients with hyperviscosity syndrome
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Viscosity is the property of fluids to resist flow. Hyperviscosity may be manifested by oronasal bleeding, blurred vision, headaches, dizziness, nystagmus, deafness, diplopia, ataxia, paresthesias, or congestive heart failure. Funduscopic examination reveals dilation of retinal veins and flame shaped retinal hemorrhages.
The most common cause of serum hyperviscosity is the presence of large concentrations of IgM monoclonal proteins, and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia accounts for 80% to 90% of hyperviscosity cases. Hyperviscosity syndrome can also occur in multiple myeloma patients.
Because the ability of a monoclonal protein to cause hyperviscosity is affected by its concentration, molecular weight, and aggregation, sera with concentrations of monoclonal IgM >4 g/dL, IgA >5 g/dL, or IgG >6 g/dL should be tested for hyperviscosity.
Serum viscosity and electrophoresis are recommended before and after plasmapheresis in order to correlate viscosity and M-spike with patient symptoms. This correlation may be useful for anticipating the need for repeat plasmapheresis.
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.
> or =16 years: < or =1.5 centipoises
Reference values have not been established for patients that are <16 years of age.
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Although viscosities >1.5 centipoises (cP) are abnormal, hyperviscosity is rarely present unless the viscosity is >3 cP.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
This test is not suggested in patients with small concentrations of monoclonal proteins.
Hyperviscosity syndrome may not be present even if the viscosity is >3 centipoises.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
Gertz MA, Kyle RA: Hyperviscosity syndrome. J Intensive Care Med. 1995;10:128-141


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Routinely, lysis of cells with hypotonic solutions is carried out along with some physical (douncing) or enzymatic (lysozyme) method to break open the cells. If one were not to do any of these and just resuspend cells in water, how long would it take to lyse the cells? I was discussing with a lab mate who claimed it would take hours while in my understanding, salt equilibrium should not take very long (maybe on the order of minutes?) and hence, lysis should be done within 20-30 minutes.
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In the case of red blood cells, hemolysis in pure water occurs at just over 1 minute, 30 seconds, according to this paper. (Osmotic Properties of the Erythrocyte, M.H. Jacobs and Arthur K. Parpart, The Biological Bulletin, 1932)


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At Baylor, Ireland was known for making difficult kicks but missing the easy ones. Against Rice in 1991, for example, he made a 58-yard field goal, then missed field goals of 43, 45, and 27 yards. Baylor, a 20.5 point favorite, lost the game by three points. Baylor was ranked 8th in the AP poll at that time, and has never been ranked that high since.
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