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Weight and Diabetes in Kids
In This Article:
Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
Because overweight and obese children are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, the main strategy for preventing this disease involves a healthy diet and exercise routine. As a parent, you can lead by example with your own healthy lifestyle. Exercising regularly and choosing nutritious foods over foods high in sugar or fat are great ways to influence your child to adopt a healthy lifestyle. A well-balanced meal plan can guide you and your child in choosing nutritious foods to incorporate in your diet.
Exercise is important in preventing diabetes because it improves the body's response to insulin, which helps control blood sugar levels. Any activity that gets children moving is beneficial; encourage outside play with friends, school sports, or extracurricular activities. If your child is overweight, exercising will decrease body fat and get heart and blood vessels in shape, which also helps prevent cardiovascular disease. Encourage and implement a healthy lifestyle in your child's routine as well as your own, and you can work your way towards better health together.
Controlling Diabetes
Here are some strategies you, as a parent, can use to manage your child's diabetes symptoms:
- Provide a healthy diet - Parents largely control what foods their children eat. Work with your child's health care team to create a well-balanced and portioned meal plan. This will guide you in selecting nutritious foods based on your child's age, activity level, schedule, and food likes and dislikes.
- Discourage extreme dieting - Extreme dieting can be dangerous even for healthy individuals, but is especially dangerous for those with diabetes, since it can create a rise or drop in blood sugar - as well as vitamin deficiencies.
- Limit intake of sugary foods and beverages - Parents need to limit the intake of sugar in their child's diet. Here are some common problems to look for when controlling your child's sugar consumption:
- Oversnacking
- Sneaking snacks
- Skipping insulin
- Implement exercise routines - Exercise can improve the body's response to insulin, which helps to control blood sugar levels, burns calories, decreases excess body fat, keeps blood pressure under control, gets heart, lungs, and blood vessels in good shape, and even improves self-esteem. To avoid problems during exercise, children with type 2 diabetes may need to:
- Have an extra snack prior to physical activities
- Carry snacks, water, and medication with them when they exercise
- Check their blood sugar levels before, during, and after exercise
- Wear a medical identification bracelet
- Make sure coaches know about their diabetes
- Give medication as prescribed - Sometimes a healthy diet and increased exercise aren't enough to help children with type 2 diabetes, and they need to take insulin. The types of insulin and the daily injection doses need to be adjusted to handle the rise in blood sugar that occurs with meals.
- Check blood sugar levels regularly - Make sure that your child checks her blood sugar levels regularly, as well as before and after meals and exercise, and that she adjusts insulin doses as necessary.
- Schedule regular checkups - Work closely with your child's doctor and health care team to achieve the best possible control over her diabetes.
Weight loss, healthy eating, and proper exercise can reduce the risk of developing diabetes and can actually reverse insulin resistance in those who already have type 2 diabetes.


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It is what it is.
I'm currently in Act I in Hell difficulty, and even by this point I've noticed that a lot of the gear I've gotten isn't always level appropriate.
With all the seething rage in the forums, I just want to make sure that it's realistic to expect to be able to complete the game without resorting to either one of the two AHs.

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SALADO (November 9, 2012)--3C Cowboy Fellowship will hold a service Sunday followed by a special bull riding contest.
Church will begin at 10 a.m. with special guest speaker 5-time Wrangler World Champion Bullfighter Rob Smets.
Then, at 1 p.m., bull riding, mutton bustin, miniature bulls and jr. bull riding contests will get underway.
$2,500 added money can be won with 100% pay-back.
Buckles will be awarded the following Sunday.
Spectator admission is free.
Arena attire will be enforced and no alcohol is allowed.
Guests are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and concessions will be available.
The rain-out date is November 18.
For more information, call Pancho Flores at (254) 338-0481.


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- Honors and Scholars Programs
Medical Scholars Program
Students must have a composite ACT score of at least 30 or a combined SAT score of at least 1330 (math + critical reading), as well as an outstanding high school academic record. (An emphasis is placed on the student having earned "A's" in math and science courses. Students with "C's" on their records will not be considered.)
The Medical Scholars Program is an exclusive opportunity for freshman applicants to SLU who plan to eventually attend medical school. Students who are accepted into this highly selective program are placed on an early application track to the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
SLU's Medical Scholars have the unique benefit of applying to the School of Medicine during the spring semester of their sophomore year, two years before traditional pre-med students in their class, and are notified of their admission status before the start of their junior year.
While Medical Scholars enjoy early application privileges, their acceptance to SLU's School of Medicine is not guaranteed. Medical Scholars must still sit for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) at the appropriate time, however their test score does not impact their admission to medical school through the program.
Students who meet the minimum requirements for consideration and who have submitted their application for freshman admission to SLU must then apply separately for the Medical Scholars Program via an online application. Completed applications for both admission and the Medical Scholars Program must be submitted by Dec. 1.
PLEASE NOTE: Applicants to the Medical Scholars program must submit a resume and have submitted on their behalf two letters of recommendation from instructors. If you have already submitted a resume and letters of recommendation with your application for admission to SLU, those same documents can be used for your Medical Scholars application. Please contact your SLU Admission Counselor for any questions.
Medical Scholars must attend a special orientation at the start of their first semester at SLU. They must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.65 both overall and in math and science courses. Scholars must also observe the recommended course sequence for the duration of their study, formally apply to the Saint Louis University School of Medicine and take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
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I was with someone today and we were talking about a woman, and she said:
"Wow, the husband must be so proud."
I was confused as to which was correct or more appropriate as opposed to:
"Wow, her husband must be so proud."
I was with someone today and we were talking about a woman, and she said:
I was confused as to which was correct or more appropriate as opposed to:
Both are grammatically correct. "The" is much less common and might have a negative connotation based on "the wife." However, the somewhat condescending "the wife" or "the husband" seems to be used in place of "my wife" or "my husband," which is different from the example you heard, where "the" is replacing "her."
It can be said both ways.
Let me give you an example:
But you can also say it this way:
That sentence is just as correct as this:
Both are valid, but would be used in slightly different contexts. The normal usage of determiners governs the choice here.
You use 'the' to signify that the determiner phrase refers to a referent already in scope. In this case, if the husband was mentioned previously (perhaps as part of a family), using the is fine:
In this case "the husband" and "the wife" are in scope, since they constitute the "couple* mentioned.
If the referent is not in scope, you should use a different determiner to specify which husband you're talking about. So
Since "Alice" has been mentioned, the possessive determiner her suffices.
There are some cases where you can refer to family members with the without their being explicitly mentioned. For example, "the kids" is normally understood to refer to the speaker's own children. As others mentioned, "the wife" (or "the husband) can refer to one's spouse; this usage is condescending to the spouse.


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I'll have to wait for 4 hours at the LAX airport in a flight from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro. I'm not a U.S citizen (have business visa, though), so I would like to know if it is allowed to leave the airport while waiting for the next flight (I'd like to buy some stuff in the U.S).
Thank you all for answers and comments. It's answered, but can anyone comment on this (I don't want to create another question just for this little thing): if I have 1:30 to do shopping, is it possible to get to an Apple Store or BestBuy? I really need a new notebook... :)


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Event date
Full Address
4401 Zoo Pkwy, Asheboro, NC 27205
North Carolina Zoo, Solar Point in the North America parking lot
Kids, Free; Youth, $25; Adults, $30.
Contact Phone Number
(336) 879-7000
The event is the Run Wild 5K Run/Walk at the NC Zoo. It starts at 7:30am at the Solar Point parking lot. The course is through the NC Zoo Park. the event is sponsored by the NC chapter on the American Association of Zoo Keepers. For information and to register, please go to www.ncaazk.com


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Why Humans and Their Fur Parted Ways
By NICHOLAS WADE
Published: August 19, 2003
One of the most distinctive evolutionary changes as humans parted company from their fellow apes was their loss of body hair. But why and when human body hair disappeared, together with the matter of when people first started to wear clothes, are questions that have long lain beyond the reach of archaeology and paleontology.
Ingenious solutions to both issues have now been proposed, independently, by two research groups analyzing changes in DNA. The result, if the dates are accurate, is something of an embarrassment. It implies we were naked for more than a million years before we started wearing clothes.
Dr. Alan R. Rogers, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Utah, has figured out when humans lost their hair by an indirect method depending on the gene that determines skin color. Dr. Mark Stoneking of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, believes he has established when humans first wore clothes. His method too is indirect: it involves dating the evolution of the human body louse, which infests only clothes.
Meanwhile a third group of researchers, resurrecting a suggestion of Darwin, has come up with a novel explanation of why humans lost their body hair in the first place.
Mammals need body hair to keep warm, and lose it only for special evolutionary reasons. Whales and walruses shed their hair to improve speed in their new medium, the sea. Elephants and rhinoceroses have specially thick skins and are too bulky to lose much heat on cold nights. But why did humans, the only hairless primates, lose their body hair?
One theory holds that the hominid line went through a semi-aquatic phase -- witness the slight webbing on our hands. A better suggestion is that loss of body hair helped our distant ancestors keep cool when they first ventured beyond the forest's shade and across the hot African savannah. But loss of hair is not an unmixed blessing in regulating body temperature because the naked skin absorbs more energy in the heat of the day and loses more in the cold of the night.
Dr. Mark Pagel of the University of Reading in England and Dr. Walter Bodmer of the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford have proposed a different solution to the mystery and their idea, if true, goes far toward explaining contemporary attitudes about hirsuteness. Humans lost their body hair, they say, to free themselves of external parasites that infest fur -- blood-sucking lice, fleas and ticks and the diseases they spread.
Once hairlessness had evolved through natural selection, Dr. Pagel and Dr. Bodmer suggest, it then became subject to sexual selection, the development of features in one sex that appeal to the other. Among the newly furless humans, bare skin would have served, like the peacock's tail, as a signal of fitness. The pains women take to keep their bodies free of hair -- joined now by some men -- may be no mere fashion statement but the latest echo of an ancient instinct. Dr. Pagel's and Dr. Bodmer's article appeared in a recent issue of The Proceedings of the Royal Society.
Dr. Pagel said he had noticed recently that advertisements for women's clothing often included a model showing a large expanse of bare back. ''We have thought of showing off skin as a secondary sexual characteristic but maybe it's simpler than that -- just a billboard for healthy skin,'' he said.
The message -- ''No fleas, lice or ticks on me!'' -- is presumably concealed from the conscious mind of both sender and receiver.
There are several puzzles for the new theory to explain. One is why, if loss of body hair deprived parasites of a refuge, evolution allowed pubic hair to be retained. Dr. Pagel and Dr. Bodmer suggest that these humid regions, dense with sweat glands, serve as launching pads for pheromones, airborne hormones known to convey sexual signals in other mammals though not yet identified in humans.
Another conundrum is why women have less body hair than men. Though both sexes may prefer less hair in the other, the pressure of sexual selection in this case may be greater on women, whether because men have had greater powers of choice or an more intense interest in physical attributes. ''Common use of depilatory agents testifies to the continuing attractions of hairlessness, especially in human females,'' the two researchers write.
Dr. David L. Reed, a louse expert at the University of Utah, said the idea that humans might have lost their body hair as a defense against parasites was a ''fascinating concept.'' Body lice spread three diseases -- typhus, relapsing fever and trench fever -- and have killed millions of people in time of war, he said.
But others could take more convincing. ''There are all kinds of notions as to the advantage of hair loss, but they are all just-so stories,'' said Dr. Ian Tattersall, a paleoanthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Causes aside, when did humans first lose their body hair? Dr. Rogers, of the University of Utah, saw a way to get a fix on the date after reading an article about a gene that helps determine skin color. The gene, called MC1R, specifies a protein that serves as a switch between the two kinds of pigment made by human cells. Eumelanin, which protects against the ultraviolet rays of the sun, is brown-black; pheomelanin, which is not protective, is a red-yellow color.


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Mann was awarded $500 for the winning jingle, which Microsoft said was "both catchy and funny" while promoting its newly launched search engine, Bing.
Contestants wrote, produced, and uploaded their jingles to the Bing YouTube channel, where the winner was determined based on ratings and number of views.
Mann's jingle, "Bing Goes the Internet," was also the 202nd consecutive song in his song-a-day project, which has drawn national media attention and can be followed on his website rockcookiebottom.com.


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How can I compute the piezo-electrical effect of a pendulum of frequency $f$ and amplitude $R$? What constants of the material will enter the computation?
The material in question is an electrode on a vibrating membram. I need to compute the electric tension and the current, which are created by the oscillating membram (one direction).
I assume: no magnetic field.


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6 Pack of Beer Can Fishing Bobbers - Need We Say More? for $5.99
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I think using the word "finesse" in the description is a bit of a stretch.
I guess that Beer drinkers need to earn money too.
Finesse may have been ok to use once, but twice is a bit overkill for this item.
Damn... costs more than a real 6 pack of beer...


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This year, under the roof of a small hut in a remote village in Maharashtra, there were smiles on the faces of the little children. After a long time, they had seen new clothes for themselves on Diwali, bought by their father. The father had never hoped that one day, he as a farmer, would be able to light the lamp of prosperity and smiles for his family. He is yielding the fruits of the organic farming that he took up few years ago.
When Vasundhara, a home maker from Bangalore city, saw the health issues with her friend's kid, she decided to go organic. "It's been few years since I have switched to organic food. I was concerned for my daughter's health, so I immediately switched!" She even travels to shops far from her house, if needed, so that her family gets only organic food. "I can even tell the difference just by looking at the food.." She says with a proud smile.
As for the farmers who have shown the strength to use the desi (indigenous) knowledge of organic farming, they have seen tremendous improvement in the fertility of the soil (that was reduced to a great extent due to the use of chemicals).
Most of the farmers are now empowered with the technique of organic farming. "Around 20 years back, I started farming and I was completely dependent on chemicals. But luckily, I came across the knowledge of organic farming and it has been a blessing. I started organic farming around eight years ago, as I was introduced to The Art of Living and since then I have been following it 100 percent with full confidence," beams Dr. Shashikant Salunkhe, a farmer based in Maharashtra. When he could have also been one of the farmers caught up in the debts, stress and depression, he chose to exhibit strength. "Rather than telling by word of mouth, I am setting an example for the rest of the farmers. I have done this successful experiment called organic farming and by practice, I know that it is the answer to many agricultural questions today. There are ten Taluks in Satara district out of which five are successfully following me and they are also in profit," informs the doctor.
Being a part of The Art of Living's Seed Bank program, Sandeep Pawar is of the opinion that to mould a farmer to stop using chemicals is a challenge. "Farmers are in the most crucial business and it is very difficult to alter their farming practices. So to gain their trust, first our farmers built their knowledge, a model that is practically visible for the rest to see for themselves," he said.
Many farmers have survived through hard times. There are some farmers who have crossed the deep valleys of darkness and failures of their agricultural occupation to see the vast lands filled with blossoming green leaves and red fruits, the roots of which are nurtured by the fertile soil underneath.
One such farmer resides in Shreelampur, a small village 40 km from Shirdi, who has a pomegranate farm. While the farmers in that area invested around Rs 60,000 to Rs 65,000 per acre as input cost, this farmer invested just about Rs. 1,20,000 for a huge 5 acres. "So, when we do chemical free farming, we not only get an awesome production of healthy and natural food, the residues are also next to negligible. He did use 20% of chemicals in the beginning out of fear, but since were no residues, his product got the market rate of Rs 70 against the normal rate of Rs 40 to Rs 45," Sandeep added.
The farmers did know that the chemicals cause harm, but they were helpless until the right technique came their way. Today, The Art of Living has reached out to more than 20 Lakh farmers who have been trained in organic farming.
"When I heard about organic farming, I was skeptical too. People told me that it's not worth and they also scared me of the performance. But I went ahead with it somehow! I had never thought that I could get rid of the 20 years of chemical farming that had reduced the fertility of my soil and its quality. I am very happy that I am yearning a lot of profit now ," Dr. Salunkhe shares with the sigh of relief and gratitude audible in his tone!
Sandeep and many other youth of the Youth Leadership Training Program, work on the field tirelessly to spread this knowledge to every farmer of India. Hence, we not only have happy farmers in villages, but also healthy people in the cities who are saved from consuming the harmful chemicals or genetically modified food.
Started by H H Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, in the wake of the farmers' suicides that happened in the state of Maharashtra, Sandeep shares that he has seen the transformation happen through this project in the lives of farmers in many villages. In the course of time, The Art of Living has introduced a program exclusively on Zero Budget Natural Farming(ZBNF). The government of Maharashtra has undertaken the Youth Leadership Training Program for morale increase in farmers and also on Zero Budget Natural Farming training. Last year, in 10 districts of Maharashtra, the team has distributed 3 tonnes of wheat seeds and it is progressing ahead very efficiently.**
A national level training on ZBNF happened in the year 2007, where 700 farmers from all over India participated. Through three more such workshops, the team has reached out to villages to 25 states, across India. Recently, in Madya Pradesh, a total of 1,500 farmers were present to attend a session on how to practice the beneficial method of Zero Budget Natural Farming.
"We are inspired by the vision of Gurudev that every man should get chemical free food. It is said that every gram has some milligram of chemicals, due to which even the doctors cannot diagnose the diseases that occur," Sandeep shares with a strong conviction and a tone with a sense of huge responsibility.
So the next time when you grab a bite to fill the hungry tummy, you need not worry about the quality. It might be the grain from the organic farm, natural, chemical free, healthy, nutritious and grown by a happy farmer! With the right knowledge, correct technique and support, we can give a shoulder to our farmers making them strong to say a YES to all that's natural!
**More about this, Coming soon...
Writer: Monica Patel, Graphics: Gurudatt Anvekar
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11 Everyday Ways to Learn Math While Having Fun
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Construction Kids
If your child loves being a little carpenter, it's easy to turn his next summertime project into a math lesson. Whether you are building a tree house, a bird house, or simply have some extra wood and nails to play around with, break out the tape measure and let your child go to town.
Your child can help figure out square footage, measure angles, and determine how much wood is needed to cover a certain area. Older kids can help measure and cut wood to fit in a certain spot. He won't even know he's working on his algebra and geometry skills.
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By Christopher Penido
November 6, 2012
Checklists are often useful when planning for a trip. They can keep you from finding yourself at the airport counter without your passport or at a hotel with an incompatible cell phone charger. But while travelers are mostly worried about what physically goes into their luggage and carry-ons, most don't give the proper attention to preparing their electronic devices for travel.
International travelers are, no doubt, accustomed to having their luggage inspected at border crossings. What many are unfamiliar with, however, is how customs inspections relate to electronic devices and the data stored on them. Due to recent federal court decisions, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been granted broad latitude in conducting warrantless and suspicion-less search and seizures of electronic devices at U.S. ports of entry.
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, more than 6,600 electronic devices were seized and inspected at U.S. ports of entry between October 2008 and June 2010, and in some cases, confiscated by the government. These devices included personal and business laptops, smart phones, tablets, SD cards, MP3 players, and digital cameras, among others. In some cases, the content of these devices was searched and copied before being returned to their owner.
It should be noted that the risk of having your electronics seized at a U.S. border is relatively low (roughly 1 out of 90,000 travelers are selected for secondary screening, and from that group, an even smaller fraction have their devices inspected). What is of greater concern, though, are the required inspections at borders in foreign countries and territories, where the laws often differ starkly from those in the U.S. and where non-citizens may have fewer rights to contest such activities. Know your rights and proceed with caution if you should find yourself in this situation.
Because of the potential problems that can arise at the border, it is highly recommended that NYU employees not travel with work-related materials on electronic devices. If you need to work while traveling, request a "loaner" laptop or mobile device from your department. The device should be scrubbed of all data and store only the software and services that you will absolutely need to work while traveling. If your department does not have loaner devices available, you should consider preparing your device(s) in advance.
Start by securing your device(s) using NYU's general security tips for computers and mobile devices. In cases where you need access to "confidential" or "protected" data, as defined by the University's Data Classification Table, consider storing and accessing it remotely on departmental file servers: Webspace, Files 2.0, or NYU Docs/Drive. This preventive step greatly mitigates the resultant risk if sensitive data falls into the wrong hands as a result of your device being inspected or going missing. As a general rule, "restricted" data should never be stored on any paper, removable media, or electronic device.
Encrypting data on your computer – be it files, volumes, or the entire hard drive – is an added layer of protection in the event of loss or theft. You can easily encrypt computers (using PGP, TrueCrypt, or native built-in solutions for Windows and OS X), smart phones and tablets (see the "Enable Encryption" section for your device on the Secure Your Smart Phone web page). Note that certain countries, such as Russia and China, have laws forbidding encrypted devices and content from entering their countries without prior government approval, so proceed with caution and research your destination's electronic laws prior to taking steps to encrypt your device.
Travelers often neglect to make sure that their electronic devices, including any software and data (pictures, music, movies, documents, etc.) they contain, are legally permitted in the country they are entering. Some nations have laws forbidding certain materials from crossing their borders, which can result in fines or possibly even imprisonment and seizure of goods. For example, Russia places restrictions on the use of GPS technology. You should check with the U.S. Department of State travel website and familiarize yourself with the laws of your destination country prior to departure.
Another wise precaution when traveling is to share your itinerary with your coworkers and close relatives so that they can monitor your travel and be ready to assist you in the event of an emergency. To facilitate this, the University has created NYU Traveler, a website where you can not only book your rail, airfare, hotel, and car reservations, but record your itinerary in order to receive up-to-the-minute information of potential threats to your safety during your travels. In addition to allowing the University to contact you in order to render aid in the event of an emergency, NYU Traveler allows you to share your itineraries with colleagues and family.
Once you've arrived at your destination, consider the physical and network security of the location at which you connect your device(s). After leaving the airport, most of us check e-mail, voice messages, surf the Web, and call home. More often than not, these kinds of "electronic re-connections" occur inside hotels, using the provided networks. However, these networks are usually not designed for secure communication, and the hotel's policies will usually provide such disclaimers in their network's terms of use. As such, you should take preventive steps to ensure that connections to work resources back at NYU do not openly take place over these insecure and untrusted networks. Instead, you should first connect to NYU's VPN service before accessing NYUHome, NYU E-mail, your office computer via a remote connection, or any other University resource. The great thing about VPN is that this technology is very easy to implement and is available not only for laptops, but for smart phones and tablets as well.
You should also consider the security of devices left in your hotel room. While a hotel safe is provided for you to store valuables and electronics, keep in mind that hotel staff still have access to that safe. Therefore, hotel safes should not be considered entirely secure. In addition, the moment you step out of your room, any individual that can gain entry to your room can gain access to your unsecured electronics and copy their contents without leaving a trace. This is why prior to leaving your devices unguarded, you should immediately and securely delete any sensitive data you may have downloaded onto your device since embarking on your trip.
If you have access to mobile data while abroad, either using your home nation's cellular international data services or by popping a pre-paid SIM card into an unlocked phone or tablet, remember that foreign networks could also pose risks to your devices and data. In some countries, cell phone carriers work very closely with the intelligence branches of the local government; there have been reports of electronic wiretapping of mobile networks.
Over the last five years, there have also been several reports of cellular service providers attempting to surreptitiously install spyware onto client's mobile devices by tricking users into installing necessary "updates." In these cases, smart phone users were prompted to install an "important update" in order to continue using the cellular network. Once installed, this malicious piece of software (i.e., malware) began to copy the contents of the device, such as e-mails, text messages, notes, passwords, and keystrokes, and then send it to a remote server. This issue came to light when certain cellular carriers in the Middle East and Asia used this method on BlackBerry users. Since data transmitted from BlackBerry devices is normally encrypted, this attack allowed cellular carriers to copy that data before it was encrypted.
For security reasons, it's best to avoid installing cellular network updates while traveling. When updating your smart phone with the latest security patches, do so from a secure, trusted network (preferably prior to departure in your home country). Moreover, it's safer not to use foreign networks, whether fixed or wireless, for transmitting any sensitive information without first considering alternative means of communication or, at the very least, taking the extra step to better secure the network connection using VPN.
After reading all of these warnings, you might feel compelled to not take anything that uses a battery on your next trip. Though it would certainly be possible, the reality is that we need our gadgets to make it through the day in today's global, networked world. So next time you travel, before you finish jumping up and down on your luggage trying to close the zipper, we suggest you review our handy checklist on securing your electronic devices (see sidebar: "Secure Traveling Checklist").
Christopher Penido is a Network Security Analyst in ITS Technology Security Services. He specializes in security awareness training for NYU employees and students. He has an especially strong interest in mobile device security and global information security policies.
Editor's note: The content in this article is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The author accepts no liability for the content or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided.
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It's hard to find a chrome moly bike for less than $1000 these days. Is it because it's actually less expensive to manufacture aluminum bikes these days or is the market for chrome moly bikes so small that economies of scale make aluminum bikes cheaper?
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(I'll ignore the chain store things with two wheels and pedals, I refrain from calling those bicycles)
I ride a steel Hard-tail MTB, by choice, and found it easy to choose my bike - The choice was so limited it was a Jamis Dragon or aluminum...... I carry an extra couple of pounds over a similar spec, same price point aluminum bike. I traded my 10.5kg Aluminum framed MTB for a 13.5kg Steel......
Back in the 1990's the unwashed masses were taught that Aluminum was a superior material in every way, and most people still think so (Except those than can afford and want carbon). It does not rust, is lighter and stiffer and....) Most people, even those that should know better, think weight is God when comparing bikes, and measure it's advantages in $/gram saved. It takes skill to build a reasonably weighted steel frame, whereas any idiot can build a respectably weighted Aluminum frame (with skill, Aluminum will be lighter than steel). Theres even a web site dedicated to weights of bike parts....
Look at the Q and A's here- how many people state that "steel rusts and is heavy" - most of them will never have ridden, let alone owned a steel bike (except perhaps one of those cheap chain store things). Perceptions are steel is "So 1908's ...."
Now look at the cheaper end of the market - these are not typically serious riders. These are Novices relying on advice from friends and Salesmen. The ONLY thing they can use to compare bikes in a shop is weight. Even if they go for a test ride, they won't feel the difference between bikes, let along the subtle difference between a steel and alloy frame in the shop car park. The salesman knows this - so he sells "Weight is everything", and harps on about how every gram is critical. The up sell to the next model is then easy - it's so much lighter, and only another $100......
So put this together, people buying steel frames are few and far between. Those that do tend to know bikes and want a reasonably good one. Theres enough of a market to build steel framed bikes, but those customers know what they want and will pay a premium for it. It's fairly small, so the profit needs to from margin, not volume. As the market is not big enough for a major competition between manufacturers only a few play in it, and they can set prices accordingly.
Thats my guess anyway - not based on any provable fact.......
It depends on where you're looking. Used bikes-- Craigslist, eBay, even local swap meets/garage sales-- with steel frames are plentiful, and some are excellent bikes. For example, I got the 1983 SR Semi Pro pictured below for $130 off some local classified ads. 1500 miles later, I can tell you it is a great bike. All I needed to do was update the saddle, tires, and brake pads. Similarly, the Peugeot pictured below it was a garage sale score ($20). New tires, some tune-up work, new brake pads, saddle, etc., but it is a wonderful bike. Japanese-made frame, built like a tank, perfect for a townie. 1500 miles later, I can tell you, it is also a great bike.
So while I will agree, new steel-framed bicycles can be expensive, not all are.
Regarding new steel-framed bicycles, not all are totally pricey. In 2011 Specialized was selling a steel Allez, which was around $650 IIRC. BikesDirect also sells a number of steel-framed bicycles for less that $1000. You can go up from there...
The Novara Safari has a steel frame and is $899. And that was after just 15 seconds of searching.
But it may well be that many less-expensive bikes are being made in aluminum, since in some ways it's more conducive to automated production. Also, people who don't know any better consider aluminum to be a superior material, and the less-expensive bikes are marketed to people who don't know any better.
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9-Lipoxygenase Oxylipin Pathway in Plant Response to Biotic Stress
Date: May 2012
Creator: Nalam, Vamsi J.
Description: The activity of plant 9-lipoxygenases (LOXs) influences the outcome of Arabidopsis thaliana interaction with pathogen and insects. Evidence provided here indicates that in Arabidopsis, 9-LOXs facilitate infestation by Myzus persicae, commonly known as the green peach aphid (GPA), a sap-sucking insect, and infection by the fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum. in comparison to the wild-type plant, lox5 mutants, which are deficient in a 9-lipoxygenase, GPA population was smaller and the insect spent less time feeding from sieve elements and xylem, thus resulting in reduced water content and fecundity of GPA. LOX5 expression is induced rapidly in roots of GPA-infested plants. This increase in LOX5 expression is paralleled by an increase in LOX5-synthesized oxylipins in the root and petiole exudates of GPA-infested plants. Micrografting experiments demonstrated that GPA population size was smaller on plants in which the roots were of the lox5 mutant genotype. Exogenous treatment of lox5 mutant roots with 9-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid restored water content and population size of GPA on lox5 mutants. Together, these results suggest that LOX5 genotype in roots is critical for facilitating insect infestation of Arabidopsis. in Arabidopsis, 9-LOX function is also required for facilitating infection by F. graminearum, which is a leading cause of Fusarium head ...
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Analysis of a Cotton Gene Cluster for the Antifungal Protein Osmotin
Date: December 2003
Creator: Wilkinson, Jeffery Roland
Description: Three overlapping genomic clones covering 29.0 kilobases of cotton DNA were found to encompass a cluster of two presumptive osmotin genes (OSMI and OSMII) and two osmotin pseudogenes (OSMIII and OSMIV). A segment of 16,007 basepairs of genomic DNA was sequenced from the overlapping genomic clones (GenBank Accessions AY303690 and AF304007). The two cotton osmotin genes were found to have open reading frames of 729 basepairs without any introns, and would encode presumptive osmotin preproteins of 242 amino acids. The open reading frames of the genes are identical in sequence to two corresponding cDNA clones (GenBank Accessions AF192271 and AY301283). The two cDNA inserts are almost full-length, since one lacks codons for the four N-terminal amino acids, and the other cDNA insert lacks the coding region for the 34 N-terminal amino acids. The cotton osmotin preproteins can be identified as PR5 proteins from their similarities to the deduced amino acid sequences of other plant osmotin PR5 preproteins. The preproteins would have N-terminal signal sequences of 24 amino acids, and the mature 24 kilodalton isoforms would likely be targeted for extracellular secretion. Prospective promoter elements, including two ethylene response elements, implicated as being positive regulatory elements in the expression of a ...
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Analysis of the Expression Profiles of Two Isoforms of the Antifungal Protein Osmotin from Gossypium hirsutum
Date: May 2007
Creator: Spradling, Kimberly Diane
Description: The expression of two cotton osmotin genes was evaluated in terms of the mRNA and protein expression patterns in response to chemical inducers such as ethylene, hydrogen peroxide, and sodium chloride. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCR) indicated that osmotin mRNAs are expressed constitutively in root tissues of cotton plants, and that they are rapidly induced in leaf and stem tissues upon ethylene treatment. Real time RT-PCR indicated that osmotin transcript levels were induced 2 to 4 h after treatment with ethephon. The osmotin mRNA levels appear to increase 12 h after treatment, decrease, and then increase again. The osmotin protein expression patterns were analyzed in Western blot analyses using an anti-osmotin antibody preparation. A 24-KDa protein band was detected from cotton plants treated with the inducers. The 24-KDa osmotin proteins were induced 4 h after treatment with ethephon, while down-regulated 96 h after treatment. Multiple osmotin isoforms were observed to be induced in cotton plants upon treatment with ethephon by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. One goal of this dissertation research was to genetically engineer two cotton osmotin genes to routinely overproduce their antifungal proteins in transgenic Arabidopsis and cotton plants as a natural defense against fungal infections, using co-cultivation with Agrobacterium ...
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Applications of Molecular Genetics to Human Identity.
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Description: The primary objectives of this project were: 1. to develop improved methods for extraction of DNA from human skeletal remains, 2. to improve STR profiling success of low-copy DNA samples by employing whole genome amplification to amplify the total pool of DNA prior to STR analysis, and 3. to improve STR profiling success of damaged DNA templates by using DNA repair enzymes to reduce the number/severity of lesions that interfere with STR profiling. The data from this study support the following conclusions. Inhibitory compounds must be removed prior to enzymatic amplification; either during bone section pretreatment or by the DNA extraction method. Overall, bleach outperformed UV as a pretreatment and DNA extraction using silica outperformed microconcentration and organic extraction. DNA repair with PreCR A outperformed both whole genome amplification and repair with PreCR T6. Superior DNA extraction results were achieved using the A6 PMB columns (20 ml capacity column with 6 layers of type A glass fiber filter), and DNA repair with PreCR A led to an overall improvement in profile quality in most cases, although whole genome amplification was unsuccessful. Rapid, robust DNA isolation, successful amplification of loci from the sample-derived DNA pool, and an elimination of DNA damage ...
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Bacterial Cyanide Assimilation: Pterin Cofactor and Enzymatic Requirements for Substrate Oxidation
Date: May 2004
Creator: Dolghih, Elena
Description: Utilization of cyanide as the sole nitrogen source by Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11764 (Pf11764) occurs via oxidative conversion to carbon dioxide and ammonia, the latter satisfying the nitrogen requirement. Substrate attack is initiated oxygenolytically by an enzyme referred to as cyanide oxygenase (CNO), which exhibits properties of a pterin-dependent hydroxylase. The pterin requirement for Pf11764 CNO was satisfied by supplying either the fully (tetrahydro) or partially (dihydro) reduced forms of various pterin compounds at catalytic concentrations (0.5 µM). These compounds included, for example, biopterin, monapterin and neopterin, all of which were also identified in cell extracts. A related CNO-mediated mechanism of cyanide utilization was identified in cyanide-degrading P. putida BCN3. This conclusion was based on (i) the recovery of CO2 and NH3 as enzymatic reaction products, (ii) the dependency of substrate conversion on both O2 and NADH, and (iiii) utilization of cyanide, O2 and NADH in a 1:1:1 reaction stoichiometry. In contrast to findings reported for Pf11764, it was not possible to demonstrate a need for exogenously added pterin as a cofactor for the PpBCN3 enzyme system. However, results which showed that cells of PpBCN3 contained approximately seven times the amount of pterin as Pf11764 (of which a significant portion ...
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Callus Development and Organogenesis in Cultured Explants of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp
Date: December 2004
Creator: Omwenga, George Isanda
Description: Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp is an excellent source of protein, vitamins and minerals and a major food crop many parts of Africa. Optimal production levels are hampered by insect pests and diseases. Biotechnological techniques such as tissue culture and genetic engineering can aid in the development of varieties with resistance to insect pests and diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate conditions necessary for the development of a reproducible tissue culture system that can be applied to regenerate transformed cells from culture. The in vitro manipulation of cowpea using Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium, auxins and cytokinins resulted in the formation of callus and rhizogenesis. Calli that were formed were separated into six classes based on color and texture. Yellowish friable callus, yellowish compact, soft yellowish callus and green and white were composed of largely vacuolated cells and were non-regenerative. Friable green callus was the most prevalent callus type and could form of roots in some hormone combinations. Green spots were formed on hard compact green callus. The green spots became nodular, forming root primordia and ultimately giving rise to roots. None of the six calli types gave rise to the formation of shoots. Embryogenic callus was ...
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Cassette Systems for Creating Intergeneric Hybrid ATCases
Date: December 1999
Creator: Simpson, Luci N.
Description: Cassette systems for creating intergeneric hybrid ATCases were constructed. An MluI restriction enzyme site was introduced at the carbamoylphosphate binding site within the pyrB genes of both Pseudomonas putida and Escherichia coli. Two hybrids, E. coli pyrB polar domain fused with P. putida pyrB equatorial domain and P. putida pyrB polar domain fused with E. coli pyrB equatorial domain, are possible. The intergeneric E. coli-P. putida hybrid pyrB gene was constructed and found to encode an active ATCase which complemented an E. coli Pyr- strain. These hybrids are useful for kinetic and expression studies of ATCase in E. coli.
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Cell-Free Recovery and Isotopic Identification of Cyanide Degrading Enzymes from Pseudomonas Fluorescens
Date: December 1995
Creator: Wang, Chien-Sao
Description: Cell-free extracts from Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11764 catalyzed the degradation of cyanide into products that included C02, formic acid, formamide and ammonia. Cyanide-degrading activity was localized to cytosolic cell fractions and was observed at substrate concentrations as high as 100 mM. Two cyanide degrading activities were identified by: (i) the determination of reaction products stoichiometries, (ii) requirements for NADH and oxygen, and (iii) kinetic analysis. The first activity produced CO2 and NH3 as reaction products, was dependent on oxygen and NADH for activity, and displayed an apparent Km for cyanide of 1.2 mM. The second activity generated formic acid (and NH3) pfus formamide as reaction products, was oxygen independent, and had an apparent Km of 12 mM for cyanide. The first enzymatic activity was identified as cyanide oxygenase whereas the second activity consists of two enzymes, a cyanide nitrilase (dihydratase) and putative cyanide hydratase. In addition to these enzymes, cyanide-grown cells were also induced for formate dehydrogenase (FDH), providing a means of recycling NADH utilized by cyanide oxygenase.
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Changes in Gene Expression Levels of the Ecf Sigma Factor Bov1605 Under Ph Shift and Oxidative Stress in the Sheep Pathogen Brucella Ovis
Date: December 2012
Creator: Kiehler, Brittany Elaine
Description: Brucella ovis is a sexually transmitted, facultatively anaerobic, intracellular bacterial pathogen of sheep (Ovis aries) and red deer (Cervus elaphus). Brucella spp. infect primarily by penetrating the mucosa and are phagocytized by host macrophages, where survival and replication occurs. At least in some species, it has been shown that entry into stationary phase is necessary for successful infection. Brucella, like other alphaproteobacteria, lack the canonical stationary phase sigma factor ?s. Research on diverse members of this large phylogenetic group indicate the widespread presence of a conserved four-gene set including an alternative ECF sigma factor, an anti-sigma factor, a response regulator (RR), and a histidine kinase (HK). The first description of the system was made in Methylobacterium extorquens where the RR, named PhyR, was found to regulate the sigma factor activity by sequestering the anti-sigma factor in a process termed "sigma factor mimicry." These systems have been associated with various types of extracellular stress responses in a number of environmental bacteria. I hypothesized that homologous genetic sequences (Bov_1604-1607), which are similarly found among all Brucella species, may regulate survival functions during pathogenesis. To further explore the involvement of this system to conditions analogous to those occurring during infection, pure cultures of ...
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Characterization of cDNA and Genomic Clones for a Palmitoyl-acyl Carrier Protein Thioesterase and an Osmotin-Like PR5 Protein in Gossypium Hirsutum.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Yoder, David W.
Description: Putative cotton cDNA clones and cognate genomic clones for a palmitoyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase (PATE) and an osmotin-like pathogenesis-related 5 (PR5) protein have been isolated and characterized. PATE is a class B fatty acid thioesterase with specificity for saturated long-chain fatty acids such as palmitate, and is implicated as a key enzyme to be targeted for regulation of fatty acid synthesis in order to alter cotton seed oil profiles. A nearly full-length 1.7-kb cDNA clone was isolated using a hybridization probe derived from an Arabidopsis PATE cDNA clone designated TE 3-2. A 17-kb genomic segment encompassing the PATE gene was also isolated, which has six exons and five introns with high sequence identity with other FatB cDNA/gene sequences. The deduced PATE preprotein amino acid sequence of 413 residues has putative signal sequences for targeting to the chloroplast stroma. PR5 proteins called osmotins are made in response to fungal pathogen stress or osmotic stress (water deprivation or salt exposure). Osmotins may actually form pores in fungal membranes, leading to osmotic rupture and destruction of the fungal cells. A cotton osmotin-like PR5 cDNA insert of 1,052 base-pairs was isolated and shown to encode a preprotein of 242 amino acids and is ...
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Mail order prescription screw ups...
Every 3 months I jump through a couple hours worth of hoops to get a particular prescription filled. It happens to be quite expensive.
I have used mail order pharmacies (Express-Scripts, CVSCaremark, Medco) for over 15 years b/c of the cost savings. In the past couple of years I have found it harder and harder to get medication that I rely on daily. Scripts get 're-written' without contacting myself or the physician (quantities reduced, refill numbers reduced, expiration dates changed.)
We all know the insurance companies, drug companies and politicians are in bed with each other looking for ways to make money at the cost of even decent health care for patients. What I'm wondering is if I'm the only one who feels there is some direct collusion between the insurance companies and the pharmacies that would, if exposed, would be considered anti-competitive/anti-trust, or even felony theft?
I get such BS answers from supervisors that they just stop speaking b/c they are embarrassed.
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I have had the same issues with local pharmacies. My daughter had a rx for a pain reliever (Tramadol, was not a scheduled drug at the time) after knee surgery. I went to refill it and they said they would only refill with 10 pills. Rx was for 30. I called the dr. and he wrote another rx and faxed it over. After, I just called the dr. when I needed the rx refilled.
I have not had any problems like that but I use a small local pharmacy so that might be the reason. I refuse to deal with CVS. I have no problem ordering from Canada or Israel for things and my doctor has written the rx's for me to do it.
I don't know if pharmacies are just covering their butts or what and I wonder how much of this is because of the insurance industry. It's exhausting.
We use Express-Scripts as well. They sometimes tell us "can't read the rx" and "tried to contact your doctor". Oddly enough, we NEVER have a problem contacting the doc.
I think it's a money saving plan - don't fill something from time to time just to save the company money and make you want to pull your hair out.
@mtm2: I can't pull my hair out, I lost it all from the stress of my last job, hehehe.
I think the worst part of dealing with these companies is their inability (lack of interest) in even feigning care for the customer. I've heard every excuse known to man and more often than not, the legitimacy of the excuse is laughable before the rep or supervisor can finish saying it. For example I was told today that a script that was supposed to be mailed on 5/31 was cancelled and the script marked expired (despite it only be 3 mnths old,) two days before the order was to be filled because they received a new script from my Dr on 6/14. So she figured I'd buy her BS & just forget that they arbitrarily expired the script, that 6/14 is 2+ weeks after prior was cancelled & it was only 3 mnths old.
I use a local chain pharmacy (Duane Reade) for one time or quick fill prescriptions. Rarely have any issues because those scripts are for small quantities and usually pretty cheap (in comparison) drugs.
My advice: stick with your small locally-owned and operated independent pharmacist---avoid the big chains and mail-order companies like the plague.
I used Drugstore.com for years and never had any issues. But I would get a written script from my Dr and mail it in to them myself. I then managed everything online. These days I have been using my local Giant grocery store because you earn gas points on all purchases, including prescriptions and it all adds up. Good luck!
Unfortunately that's not an option for many people, depending on the medications they are on. Local pharmacies don't fill multiple months at discounted rates. Even with insurance, I pay $12,000/year for one medicine I am on. If I filled it locally I'd be looking at something north of $25,000/year. Using stores like drugstore.com, Target, Wallmart, Pathmark, etc aren't options when you have insurance and need to get discounted rates. I'm counting the days until I turn 65. Of course if the republicans have anything to say about it, medicare won't exist by the time I am eligible.
Drug companies, pharmacies, insurance companies are a total scam. Sure you can get your medications from overseas but you're playing roulette with your life.
Never had that problem. I use a local Mom-and-Pop pharmacy. The hassle from a mail-order pharmacy doesn't seem to be worth the small savings IMHO.
@mschauber: Have you contacted the drug manufacturer directly? You might be surprised at the financial help many of them are willing to provide to assist you in getting your medications at reduced cost. A lot of it hinges on knowing who (and HOW) to ask.
Hmmm... I just came back here to read the new posts and discovered that mine never made it from 11 hours ago... The gist:
I can get an Rx and up to one refill at a local pharmacy (my local CVS), after which my drug plan (union welfare fund) makes me go mail order (Medco for most stuff and ExpressScripts for certain things, though I believe Medco recently bought ExpressScripts).
With two exceptions, using Medco has been a breeze.
Problem #1: About a year ago, a shipment with 90 days worth of two meds went missing and it took three months for Medco to credit me (and I had to get a "7 day emergency supply" from CVS for one of the meds).
Problem #2: Each year when Medco needs a new Rx for my glaucoma eye drops, it has taken two to six weeks for the new Rx to get to Medco. The last time, we tracked the problem to an incompatibility between Medco's FAX system and that at my eye doctor (faxes are never received on either side). I now know to just use USPS with paper Rx to make it work.
@baqui63: My insurance does something like this. When I have a medicine that has to be taken daily or is refilled 3 times in a year (basically everything I take falls under this statute), they demand that I get it from their mail order pharmacy to save them money. In fact, if I don't get it from their mail order pharm, they actually charge me more and don't pay for their part of the prescription. I manage to avoid it by asking the doctor for the biggest pill they make and splitting it in quarters to meet my dosage. Therefore, a 3 month supply for $10 lasts me all year. And yes, it is safe to split all of my pills.
Also, use a local pharmacy when possible. I switched from a couple chains to a local one a few months ago and while I pay slightly more, the service is impeccable and I get my pills faster. Love it!!
@reginafilangee: I have not, but wouldn't imagine I'd fall into a category of people they would help, my income is probably too high :( But I guess it can't hurt to try.. Any recommendations on the 'how' to get them to want to help?
@baqui63: Not sure about the medco & express-scripts merger, anything is possible since anti-trust laws have pretty much gone out the window unless there is something in it for that particular politician.
My insurance company keeps switching mail order companies, so I have had the "pleasure" of trying all 3 major ones. Just like cellphone companies, their quality compared to each other keeps changing as they try to out do each other. [rant] They must be trying to out do each other for the award of lowest quality customer service.[/rant]
Express-Scripts used to be easy to deal with, but since switching back to them about 8 months ago, they have been a nightmare. Medco was by far the worst for many years, but in the past 2 or 3 years has really improved. CVS Caremark is, well, a crap shoot. It's kind of 'like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get'... I've received everything from someone elses order 3 times the # of pills ordered for no extra $.
@cardinalsfan: I actually really like the pharmacist at the local Duane Reade I go to. Of course it's only 1 of 3 within a 3 block radius and all 3 operate very differently.
But the pharmacist is very nice, takes the time to call the doctor if there's any reason at all. Can prioritize filling orders based on type of med, order they came in, whether customer is going to wait or come back, and the impressive one, is simply from looking at the customer. He has the ability to read body language and takes that into consideration. I've tried the local pharmacies over the years and at least in NYC, they offer no advantage.
Now Rite Aide, that's a pharmacy, again at least in NYC, that I avoid at all costs. Rude employees (including pharmacists,) over worked, over crowded, and as slow as molasses. Standing on line for 20 minutes to pick up a script is the norm and about 50% of the time I found they had made a mistake or just hadn't filled it by the time they told me it would be filled.
I'm astounded to read about all the problems that people have had and I really feel for y'all. I've had great experiences with the two mail-order pharmacies that I've used; the one time that I had a problem, it was my mistake (right after moving, gave them my next-door neighbor's address), they sent out the prescription again, even without receiving the initial shipment back (it just "disappeared": thanks, neighbors!), and even sent it overnight mail at their expense.
I have a few chronic health conditions and am very dependent on medication to help with some basic life functions like breathing. :) There's nothing as stressful as waiting for that box of medication to arrive, wondering if something is going to go wrong, and I really feel for everyone for experiences that stress; it must be so much worse when mistakes/errors happen frequently!
@minkeygirl7: you metioned buying from canada or israel have you ever done this ? Any advice


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The Oxford Street Players is our Shakespearean theater group that has put on plays for more than 20 years.
The Oxford Street Players is a Shakespearean theatre company that was started in 1993 by faculty member Anne Pluto and staff member Lisa Risley. The group has put on full-scale productions, for the Lesley community and for the public, for more than 20 years. The production is always linked to a Lesley undergraduate course (CDRAM 2050); however, we invite all of our students, faculty, and staff, as well as actors outside of the university, to audition.
Spring 2016: The Two Noble KinsmenAuditions: Beginning in Fall 2015, please contact Dr. Anne Pluto for more information: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Theatre and drama literature courses work together to give students a
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There are two courses devoted to production work. Each course utilizes professional designers and consultants, enriching students' understanding of theatre production and professional roles in the theatre. The courses offer the Lesley community, and members of the
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Course: CDRAM 2050 — Play Production ShakespeareThis is the undergraduate course that is tied to the Oxford Street production. It examines the Elizabethan worldview through the study of a specific Shakespeare play and the Shakespeare authorship question. We study voice, acting, stage combat, music and movement, set, costumes, and lighting design — all culminating in the full-scale production of the play.
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Advent Calendar 2011 - a mathematical activity for each day during the run-up to Christmas.
Can you put the numbers 1-5 in the V shape so that both 'arms' have the same total?
If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?
Different combinations of the weights available allow you to make different totals. Which totals can you make?
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or
subtract consecutive negative numbers?
The idea of this game is to add or subtract the two numbers on the dice and cover the result on the grid, trying to get a line of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?
Use the differences to find the solution to this Sudoku.
These eleven shapes each stand for a different number. Can you use the multiplication sums to work out what they are?
Find the product of the numbers on the routes from A to B. Which
route has the smallest product? Which the largest?
This Sudoku puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers on the border lines between pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid.
The puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers which
are either placed on the border lines between selected pairs of
neighbouring squares of the grid or placed after slash marks on. . . .
What do the numbers shaded in blue on this hundred square have in common? What do you notice about the pink numbers? How about the shaded numbers in the other squares?
Use the clues about the symmetrical properties of these letters to
place them on the grid.
A Sudoku with clues given as sums of entries.
Solve this Sudoku puzzle whose clues are in the form of sums of the
numbers which should appear in diagonal opposite cells.
These rectangles have been torn. How many squares did each one have
inside it before it was ripped?
Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?
The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases
overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of
his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?
Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of
plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in
each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?
How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.
The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.
Use the interactivity to find all the different right-angled triangles you can make by just moving one corner of the starting triangle.
How have "Warmsnug" arrived at the prices shown on their windows? Which window has been given an incorrect price?
A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle
contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100
squares? Can you find them all?
A Sudoku with clues as ratios.
How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?
Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9$cm$^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?
If you have only 40 metres of fencing available, what is the maximum area of land you can fence off?
Find a cuboid (with edges of integer values) that has a surface
area of exactly 100 square units. Is there more than one? Can you
find them all?
Ben passed a third of his counters to Jack, Jack passed a quarter
of his counters to Emma and Emma passed a fifth of her counters to
Ben. After this they all had the same number of counters.
Whenever a monkey has peaches, he always keeps a fraction of them each day, gives the rest away, and then eats one. How long could he make his peaches last for?
My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?
Can you put the numbers 1 to 8 into the circles so that the four
calculations are correct?
Can you replace the letters with numbers? Is there only one
solution in each case?
On a digital clock showing 24 hour time, over a whole day, how many
times does a 5 appear? Is it the same number for a 12 hour clock
over a whole day?
Systematically explore the range of symmetric designs that can be
created by shading parts of the motif below. Use normal square
lattice paper to record your results.
How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?
A cinema has 100 seats. Show how it is possible to sell exactly 100 tickets and take exactly £100 if the prices are £10 for adults, 50p for pensioners and 10p for children.
A magician took a suit of thirteen cards and held them in his hand
face down. Every card he revealed had the same value as the one he
had just finished spelling. How did this work?
Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?
Starting with four different triangles, imagine you have an
unlimited number of each type. How many different tetrahedra can
you make? Convince us you have found them all.
Can you make square numbers by adding two prime numbers together?
Here are four cubes joined together. How many other arrangements of four cubes can you find? Can you draw them on dotty paper?
What is the greatest number of counters you can place on the grid below without four of them lying at the corners of a square?
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules,
to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
A mathematician goes into a supermarket and buys four items. Using
a calculator she multiplies the cost instead of adding them. How
can her answer be the same as the total at the till?
Can you work out the arrangement of the digits in the square so
that the given products are correct? The numbers 1 - 9 may be used
once and once only.
Choose four different digits from 1-9 and put one in each box so that the resulting four two-digit numbers add to a total of 100.
This multiplication uses each of the digits 0 - 9 once and once only. Using the information given, can you replace the stars in the calculation with figures?
Ram divided 15 pennies among four small bags. He could then pay any sum of money from 1p to 15p without opening any bag. How many pennies did Ram put in each bag?


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R. I. Garver, Jr., and Others
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: November 1, 2001
Reviewers: Kenneth Blank, MD
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine Volume 340, Number 14: April 8, 1999
Of the seven patients, four had tumor recurrences at 10, 10, 39 and 48 months after transplant surgery. Of these fourpatients, all recurred in the transplanted lung. Three have been subsequently treated with surgical resection and tworemain alive at 4 and 18 months after the salvage surgery. One patient who relapsed underwent a second lungtransplant but died of pulmonary complications and recurrent tumor nine months after the second transplant. Of thethree patients without evidence of tumor relapse, two are alive at 50 and 62 months after lung transplant surgery.
Genetic studies on the original tumor and recurrences in three patients were undertaken to determine if the recurrencewas a new primary or a true recurrence. In two patients amplified fragments of DNA were nearly identical to theoriginal lung tumor and clearly distinct from the transplanted tissue. In the third patient the DNA more closelyresembled the original tissue but some differences were noted.


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Trojan Track and Field Competes at Orange and Purple ClassicJanuary 11, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – The Anderson University track and field teams opened their indoor seasons by competing at Clemson's Orange and Purple Winter Classic, with juniors Savanna Keese and Brooklyn Watt highlighting the Trojan effort Saturday afternoon at the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex.
Competing against a small but challenging field that was comprised of the host Tigers, Georgia Tech, Virginia, UNC Asheville, South Carolina State and East Tennessee State, Keese won the weight throw with a distance of 15.37 meters.
Watt captured fourth in the shot put with a toss of 12.02 meters, with sophomore D'yandra Morris bringing home sixth with a distance of 11.78 meters. Keese placed seventh after recording a distance of 10.47 meters.
Freshman Bari Robinson brought home 12th place in the finals of the 800 meter run in a time of 2:28.29, while classmate Lauren Averitt (28.30) placed 10th in the finals of the 200 meter run. The Trojan 4x400 meter relay team, comprised of Averitt, juniors Jill Baxter and Sydney Hazel and freshman Megan Shahoud finished 10th.
On the men's side, junior Joshua Visi-Clark paced the Trojans in the 800 meter run, crossing the line in 13th with a time of 2:06.82. Newcomer Jesse Patrick finished 16th in a time of 2:08.58.
Senior Parks Edwards (9:23.82) placed 18th in the 3,000 meter run, with freshman Michael Burch finishing 20th in a time of 10:19.20.
Anderson will get back in action on Jan. 17-18 at East Tennessee State's Niswonger Invitational.


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In this episode Sesha Mani, Sr. Program Manager for the Geneva Framework, chats with
Vittorio about what's new for developers in the Beta 2 of Geneva. From the new Visual Studio identity-aware project templates to automatic generation of development STSes, the new visual
studio integration features of the Geneva Framework are guaranteed to wow you: tune in to hear all about it directly from the source!
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There are different ways to become a British citizen. The most common is called 'naturalisation'.
You can apply for British citizenship by naturalisation if:
- you're 18 or over
- you're of good character, eg you don't have a serious or recent criminal record, and you haven't tried to deceive the Home Office or been involved in immigration offences in the last 10 years
- you'll continue to live in the UK
- you've met the knowledge of English and life in the UK requirements
- you meet the residency requirement
And you must usually have:
- lived in the UK for at least the 5 years before the date of your application
- spent no more than 450 days outside the UK during those 5 years
- spent no more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months
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- had indefinite leave to stay in the UK for the last 12 months (or permanent residence if you're an EEA national with a permanent residence card or document that shows you have permanent residence)
- not broken any immigration laws while in the UK
There are different requirements if your spouse or civil partner is a British citizen.
You can't include any time spent in the UK when you're exempt from immigration control (eg as a diplomat or member of visiting armed forces) as part of the 5 years.
Read the full guidance notes and the requirements booklet before applying.
You may be able to apply to become a British citizen by 'registration' in certain circumstances.
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Want To Read Others' Thoughts? Try Reading Literary Fiction
Your ability to "read" the thoughts and feelings of others could be affected by the kind of fiction you read.
That's the conclusion of a study in the journal Science that gave tests of social perception to people who were randomly assigned to read excerpts from literary fiction, popular fiction or nonfiction.
On average, people who read parts of more literary books like The Round House by Louise Erdrich did better on those tests than people who read either nothing, read nonfiction or read best-selling popular thrillers like The Sins of the Mother by Danielle Steel.
For example, folks who were assigned to read highbrow literary works did better on a test called "Reading the Mind in the Eyes," which required them to look at black-and-white photographs of actors' eyes and decide what emotion the actors were expressing.
This is the first time scientists have demonstrated the short-term effects of reading on people's social abilities, says Raymond Mar, a psychology researcher at York University in Toronto. He has investigated the effects of reading in the past but did not work on this study.
"I think it's a really interesting paper," says Mar. "It seems to be largely consistent with this growing body of work showing that what we read and our exposure to narrative has a very interesting impact on our social abilities and our ability to understand what other people are thinking and feeling."
The scientists who did the study admit that it's hard to precisely define "literary" fiction, but say there is some consensus on how it differs from "popular fiction."
Popular fiction tends to be focused on plot, says Emanuele Castano, professor of psychology at The New School for Social Research in New York, and the characters are rather stereotypical. "You open a book of what we call popular fiction and you know from the get-go who is going to be the good guy and the bad guy."
Literary fiction, in contrast, focuses on the psychology and inner life of the characters, he says. And importantly, characters in literary fiction are left somewhat incomplete. Readers have to watch what they do and infer what they are thinking and feeling.
"This is really the very same processes that we engage in when we try to guess other people's thoughts and feelings and emotions, and to read their mind in everyday life," says Castano.
Castano says he doesn't want people to think this study is a criticism of popular fiction, because there are lots of good reasons to read that, too. "But it's unlikely that it's going to train you to read other people's minds."
This study could be a first step toward a better understanding of how the arts influence how we think, says David Comer Kidd, a graduate student who coauthored the study with Castano.
"We're having a lot of debates right now about the value of the arts, the value of the humanities," Kidd says. "Municipalities are facing budget cuts and there are questions about why are we supporting these libraries. And one thing that's noticeably absent from a lot of these debates is empirical evidence."
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