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DALLAS, TEXAS -- My opinions: I was privy to information about my spouse's health and her dealings with Cigna short-term disability (STD). The other complaints here on my3cents.com that I have read accurately depict the typical denials where there is medical information to clearly support the STD claim in my opinion. My wife was harassed by phone calls when trying to recover and essentially, she was denied her claim when all of the current medical literature and multiple physician specialists agreed that she could not work for a period of 3 months.
The problem is first the claim examiners are not Registered Nurses or medical professionals at all from what I have seen. They may consult with an RN, but claim examiners usually have "blanket" days of disability that they approve based upon a type of procedure performed, a type of surgery, a certain diagnosis, etc. In my opinion, the claim examiners do not have the intellect, nor the medical expertise to deny claims especially when there are comorbid conditions or complications affecting the length of disability.
My recommendation/opinion: remember, you are fighting a claim representative who has little to no medical credentials/knowledge and all that you need to do is to get all of your diagnostics, physician statements, MD consult opinions, operative reports showing the detail of surgery performed, labs, physical therapy notes, "all clinical information" that proves an extension of the length of your disability is medically necessary and appeal in writing. If your appeal is denied, get additional information and appeal again requesting a 3rd party review.
Claim examiners hate it when you push the envelope and fight for your rights. If no success, get an attorney and sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress, back wages, possibly future wages, future medical care, and denial of your disability claim that was likely "not" based upon medical necessity or evidenced-based guidelines. Ask for their evidenced-based criteria used to deny your claim. Ask for a Medical Director to review your claim. In other words, appeal and FIGHT. Just my opinion!
TEXAS -- After two years of fighting their denial of my disability claim with my attorney, I was finally approved. DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU! Then, after several times per year of filling out their "daily activities" requests, I wrote them a letter telling them that if they wanted these forms, they can go through my attorney. WRONG THING TO DO!! After this, they pinpointed me to get off the books, and they won't stop until they get what they want.
Even though I have paperwork from my neurosurgeon stating due to my inability to sit, stand, walk, bend or pretty much anything else because of two broken back incidents, plus the amount of pain medications for this condition affecting my mental ability, he was determining that I was to be on long term disability and he would never release me to go back to work, doing anything. They like I've read several times from other complainants, they "left out" pertinent information of my case.
After a second fall and break of my back, they described it as a development of more pain. Of course, this was my last attempt to get it back before a lawsuit. I can't afford to retain an attorney, so I'm screwed. Since my doctor won't release me, I can't fill out an application for a job, even I could work. As I told my case worker, to fill out the application, I would have to commit fraud, and possibly go to jail. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING TO DO WITH CIGNA!!! EVER!!
ALL -- I know everyone is having problems with this company and I'm going give everyone my rundown. I had to take a medical leave from work starting 12/1/13 after being required to work a 24-hour shift on Black Friday. It started with a really bad back ache. I continued to work hoping it was a muscle strain. On 11/30/13 my district manager came to my store and told me that he appreciated my hard work and dedication to our company but I had to go home and see a doctor because at this point, I was a liability to our company because I could no longer stand on my own, and I couldn't return to work until I had a doctor's note releasing me to return to work.
I went to Veterans Hospital to see my PCP and was giving an MRI and discovered I had bulging disk and was put out of work. After further testing, I was diagnosed with degenerative disk disease, neuropathy, type 2 diabetes, and nerve damages in both legs which cause my legs to go numb and I just fall down. They also found a few lumps on my body that in a little while I'm going to have a bone scan to see if I may have cancer. I have been put on several medications that prevents me from operating a vehicle along with the numbness in my legs.
I was evaluated by a physical therapist that told me that I've lost a minimum of 50 to 75% of my trunk movements and couldn't participate in therapy. My medical leave has been approved at least until 12/1/14 and yet my STD claim has been denied and I had to file an appeal. Now my company that I've worked for 5 years have decided to close the unit which I manage. I'm entitled to a severance package (which would really help out right now since I've not had any kind of income coming in since 12/1/14) I can't get because Cigna has to be paying me because of company policy says if I'm out on leave, I have to be getting STD payments from Cigna.
I'm a single father that has custody of my three children and no income. My landlord is threatening to evict us from our home, my car is up for repossession and all this stress of dealing with this is overwhelming and Cigna will not do anything to help with this ordeal. They don't call, I've had to get them my records and mail or fax them, they have not done anything with my claim other than deny it. Please, if anyone has any advice that could help me, please get back to me. My children and my livelihood depends on it.
DALLAS, TEXAS -- Those are the three best words to describe Cigna from my own personal experience. I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and degenerative disc disease about 4-5 yrs ago. I take my medication like I'm supposed to (which is pretty harsh and has its own set of side effects) and usually had no serious problems, aside from terrible pain. The illnesses would hit me out of nowhere, but usually I was able to bounce back. This latest time, however, left me unable to work, losing extreme amounts of weight, hardly able to walk because of nerve root impingement on my sciatic nerve, constantly vomiting and fecally incontinent.
My case manager, who I should name, so anyone who gets her can run away screaming, seemed very nice and helpful at first. However, upon receiving my physician's statement, she failed to call me when she needed him to fill out additional information. This greatly delayed my claim moving through the process. After calling to check my status, she informed me that she needed more info. I immediately called my Dr. and requested that he fill out the paperwork again, and not miss any sections. I called my representative and she confirmed she received it and said she would be making a decision to extend it that very day.
Again, I think everything is okay. After not hearing anything back from her, and not seeing the approval on mycigna.com, I called to see what the status was, only to be told that now she needs the office visit notes! It would have been done already if she would have said that the first time. I called the Dr. again and they faxed it over to my Cigna representative. This was on a Thursday. I told her that if my employer didn't receive the approval for the extension by Monday at 11, it would affect me getting a paycheck, she said she would work on it as soon as she got it, so it didn't mess up my pay.
I called Friday to see if she had made any progress, but no answer. I left about three messages on Friday, then Monday, began calling again. I continued to call Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, steadily getting more frustrated of her lack of commitment. She called Thursday evening at 7 CST to tell me she had not received the fax of the office notes!!! I called the Dr. office as soon as they opened Friday morning (8) and they faxed it again. I called her to confirm she had it and she said she did and she was going to review it with the nurse and she would call me back around lunchtime.
Again, I waited around for her call that never came. Finally around 3:30 pm, I called her and she stated that she had the decision ready, and that it was she needed MORE INFORMATION FROM MY DR!!! She said they were unable to read the information that my Dr. wrote! Usually it takes quite a bit to tick me off, but this is just so wrong. I feel like there is nothing I can do about it, and my very livelihood is in someone else's hands. It has been over 3 weeks since I have received a paycheck, and I have a 6-yr-old daughter to take care of, and bills that have to be paid.
Because she didn't call me this morning to tell me she couldn't read it, it is now too late to call the Dr. office for them to resend and it's going to have to wait until Monday. I am beyond upset, frustrated and worried to death. On their website, Cigna claims to have excellent customer service! How ironic. They claim that their case managers are focused on walking you through every step of the way, so you can relax and focus on getting better!!!!! What a complete crock that statement turned out to be! I am so stressed out over all of this, and worried about my bills getting paid, that it is greatly exacerbating my symptoms, and making me feel worse.
I STRONGLY advise any sane person to NEVER use this corporation and if you are an employer. Take it from me, this has affected me so negatively. I will never ever work for a company that carries Cigna disability again. I will be sure to tell everyone how careless and uncaring my case manager is. Of course there is no urgency to her, she is still getting paid! Me on the other hand (who has worked since 14, and never ever had to be on disability before), is stuck here praying to the Almighty Lord that something happens and I can continue to keep my lights on.
I do not know if anyone else is having issues with Cigna, but here is my story. My employer uses Cigna to approve/disapprove our Short-Term Disability payments. I am out on a short term leave of absence as I am having severe abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, I can't sit or stand for long periods of time as I'm in and out of the bathroom, very uncomfortable, I don't sleep because of the pain and I'm on narcotic pain medication (that by the way, instructs you NOT TO DRIVE).
I can't function as I'm in so much pain, and my doctors are working hard to figure out exactly what is going on, but all this takes time. It is believed (due to past medical procedures) that I have endometriosis. I also have a lump that has grown off of my stomach that they are trying to figure out what it is. In the meantime, I can't work due to the symptoms I have described above, and this is at the recommendation of my primary care doctor and my GYN. Cigna has requests that all of this info is sent to them so they can "review" it.
Then I get calls stating that the information that the Drs have sent to them do not substantiate my need to be away from work. My doctors say otherwise. They know me, know the health I'm in and have actually put me on a leave of absence. They are the healthcare professionals. Cigna has their "nurse/onboard physician/s" look at these claims, and I truly believe they are paid to say, "No, we can't approve this claim."
I will be filing a complaint against this company, and also getting signatures for a petition so this doesn't happen to other people. I will also get a petition of my fellow employees to implore my employer to change to another company to deal with. I am not the only person this has happened to, but I'm going to be determined to be the last. CIGNA, PLEASE LISTEN TO US AND OUR DOCTORS! PLEASE CHANGE YOUR WAYS.
This company is a waste of time. As others on the web have stated, they don't want to pay. I have had exactly the same experience as others. Took two months to get paid for the first month only. Then they tried to close my case (I had a rotator cuff injury and drive truck for my job). My personal doctor recommended rest and anti-inflammatories. Cigna actually insisted I get an MRI (@ my expense), and do PT. My doctor said no PT yet (at that time). Let it heal. MRI showed a tear. Still no more money.
Cigna tried to close the case again. Wanted me to see an orthopedic doctor. Okay, I did. He said probable past tear (healing now), and lots of inflammation, causing tendinitis and bursitis. Rest, light PT and lots of anti inflammatories, go back in a month to see how things are. STILL no money from Cigna. Can't afford the co-pays for PT, have to do at home. Can't pay my bills, but DOT law requires me to have a clean bill of health, which I'll have hopefully in a month...but still no $$ from Cigna, not for the months I was off.
Every week, it's "Oh, we didn't get that paperwork" (lies - asked doctors, they sent it all). "Oh, the nurse is reviewing it." "Oh, we want you to do this." They actually were telling me what to do for treatment, etc! What is there to review? You paid me a partial payment, thus agreeing to my condition. Now I am trying to finish the treatment and go back to work, but you won't pay me anymore, and yet again are trying to close the case. I am not a deadbeat, nor greedy. I want to go back to work, pain free. I don't want to try to live on disability (half of what I normally make).
But I bought your insurance to help me get by if I was hurt. I am so in the hole now, I am going back to work before I am healed. Can't afford to stay home. Will probably now have this pain for years as I won't be able to let it heal. Thanks, Cigna. Your website says you not only relieve financial worries, but help with peace of mind, etc. Ha, I can't even sleep anymore worrying about my bills, family, expenses, etc. I am facing losing my health insurance, phone, car, etc. Thanks Cigna.
DALLAS, TEXAS -- I have never done anything like this, but I am angry and want people to know what CIGNA is doing. I know the lawsuits, court documents and horror stories found on the internet are not imaginary. As CIGNA has done with so many others, my short-term disability was denied for no good reason. I have the same story as everyone else does - PAPERWORK! I think if anyone mentions paperwork to me again, I will scream! I will not bore anyone the rest of the details, just go to complaint boards and websites and read what others have said.
I suggest that everyone who has been wronged by this company go to every media organization they can think of, the more complaints the better. You should also go to your State Insurance Commission. Last resort: I have been forced to hire an attorney. I am on the verge of losing my job & am in severe financial distress due to this company denying me. Furious in Indiana.
I pay weekly for a short term disability insurance with CIGNA which my company found but we as employee choose to partake or not; I do have a family and could not afford to go without a paycheck, so I thought partaking in this would be a good idea. Well, like others, I am experience the same unpleasant customer service with CIGNA and their so called "on-call nurses." I had surgery in December of 2010 that is keeping from going to work due to the severity of the work done. I have pins, wires, over 50 stitches, removal of bone and fusions of toes, non-weight bearing for over 4 weeks.
My physician signed me out with complete details for minimum of 8 weeks due to the nature of the surgery. Well CIGNA did not agree (with a specialist, mind you) and said that their "on-call nurses" do not feel I should be on disability, again forcing me to call my physician again and again so I can get a disability check that I actually paid into, mind you. I have been having to call weekly and if not, they close my claim even though my doctor's office has contacted CIGNA directly many times as well as providing paperwork to back up his opinion.
I feel like CIGNA is not providing the service they should be to their customers, feeling that this is harassing as well as disturbing to people that are fighting illness... I am actually getting very depressed over this and sick as feel like I have no control over this company's poor services??? Who can help us??? They are not providing people a service that we are PAYING FOR. How do they get away with this????


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Book DescriptionAlbert Camus is one of the iconic figures of twentieth-century French literature, one of France's most widely read modern literary authors and one of the youngest winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. As the author of L'Etranger and the architect of the notion of 'the Absurd' in the 1940s, he shot to prominence in France and beyond. His work nevertheless attracted hostility as well as acclaim and he was increasingly drawn into bitter political controversies, especially the issue of France's place and role in the country of his birth, Algeria. Most recently, postcolonial studies have identified in his writings a set of preoccupations ripe for revisitation. Situating Camus in his cultural and historical context, this 2007 Companion explores his best-selling novels, his ambiguous engagement with philosophy, his theatre, his increasingly high-profile work as a journalist and his reflection on ethical and political questions that continue to concern readers today.
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Outlook London's banks, with no small encouragement from City watchdogs, have been canny in coming up with ways around the hated European bonus cap. They have alighted upon the idea of "role-based allowances" – payments that are supposedly not based on the individual bankers' performance, but on a wider measure, such as the state of the general economy.
They're a way of continuing to pay monster packages to bankers in the good times, while allowing the banks flexibility to reduce them in the downturns. As far as the company's cash flow goes, in other words, they effectively work like bonuses.
That doesn't wash with the spirit of EU's stipulations. The EU clearly wanted to see bankers' pay move into line with the rest of the world – that is to say, overwhelmingly dominated by a fixed salary. Given that some European jurisdictions are going out of their way to fill in such loopholes with reinforced regulatory concrete, expect some loud carping in Brussels at London's role-based wheezes. Despite those harrumphs, however, Britain's banks will probably get away with it. The EU has plenty of bigger disagreements with Westminster to get knicker-twisted about.
But employment lawyers see further potential problems (or, for them, opportunities) arising in a few years' time; specifically, when it comes to sacking bank staff in the next recession. You see, redundancy pay-offs are generally calculated on a ratio of salary multiplied by number of years worked. Given that salaries have historically been a relatively small proportion of overall pay, that has allowed the banks to keep the golden goodbyes under control.
But what about role-based allowances? Employers hope they will not count as salary when the redundancy rounds come up, but specialist lawyers are less convinced. They reckon, with a prevailing wind and a friendly judge, a decent QC could succeed in arguing that pay not based on personal performance is salary, whatever it says on the label.
Barclays yesterday said it had to pay big to prevent it being plunged into a "death spiral" triggered by staff being poached. But if banks don't write their new contracts carefully enough, they could face themselves being wiped out by paying people to leave.Reuse content


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A Pictorial Essay About Re-Thinking American Education (for Home page, click on Bellows symbol, above)
Fremont Rock Art at Calf Creek, Boulder, Utah
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Steve Boyle had the privilege to serve as a middle and high school teacher at Patagonia Union High School, Patagonia, Arizona in the 2008-2010 period. He was encouraged to experiment with an unconventional classroom environment that eliminated the traditional set up with individual school desks and chairs in favor of a university seminar-style arrangement to measure important learning dynamics. Steve's experimentation was influenced by Dr. Vera John-Steiner of the University of New Mexico, who, in 2000, wrote a very thought-provoking book titled CREATIVE COLLABORATION, which was based on a study of successful collaboration of notable partners and groups, some in face-to-face interaction and others in distance interaction. The result of her examination is that:
"….humans come into being and mature in relation to others, (and that) new skills are acquired, participants develop previously unknown aspects of themselves, and they increase their repertory of cognitive and emotional expression."
For this phenomenon to occur the learning environment must support both cognitive and emotional development. She states that there is a powerful "relational dynamic" in collaborative work that requires fully articulated and shared goals, a safe place for creative explorations, and unimpeded trust. The impediments to trust, according to Dr. John-Steiner, are uncertainty, competition, hierarchies, bureaucracies, intellectual ownership, financial dependence, inequity, separation, and emotional disconnectedness. When the relational dynamics are in order, Dr. John-Steiner believes that there evolves:
"…'thought communities' that collaborate with an intensity that can lead to a change in their domain's dominant paradigm……pressing each participant's perceived limits of human potential."
Steve tried to incorporate Dr. John-Steiner's thinking into the atmosphere and functioning of his classroom with good results. Some traditional rules were intentionally broken in order to play into certain students' expression of individuality, such as wearing hats in class, and arranging seating for students who preferred to be a bit back from the seminar table, without having to explain why.
He was responsible for the economics course for high school seniors, general science for grades 6-9, and a high school elective in entrepreneurship.
This website of The Bellows Foundation represents an evolutionary stream of consciousness about rethinking American education.
The author, Steve Boyle, shifted over to American education in 2001, when he attended Teachers College at Columbia University. Subsequently, upon completing a Masters in early 2004, he returned to Arizona and began to develop The Bellows Foundation and The Bellows Institute, in an effort to carry out that rethinking process. He continues to work on his Ed.D dissertation.
This process was furthered by orchestrating a five-day Colloquium (a "listening") at the Circle Z Ranch outside Patagonia, Arizona in January 2005, which consisted of forty-three students, faculty, administrators, and other interested parties representing Alverno College, Daemen College, Deep Springs College, Evergreen State College, Fairhaven College, Hampshire College, New College of Florida, Pitzer College, Ursuline College, Columbia University's Teachers College, University of Arizona, Texas Christian University and University of Wisconsin.
We were privileged to have with us Deans Mike Ford and Steven Weisler of Hampshire College; Dean Alan Jones of Pitzer College; Dara Molloy, a Celtic priest and founder of a learning community in the Aran Islands of Ireland; Josiah Bunting III, President of the H.F. Guggenheim Foundation; L. Jackson Newell, former President of Deep Springs College; Dr. Meredith Aronson, the former mayor of Patagonia; and Carol Soth, a highly respected Patagonia educator. Absent, but with us in spirit, were Dr. Lee Knefelkamp of Columbia University's Teachers College (Steve's dissertation advisor) and Dr. Gregory Prince, former president of Hampshire College (for details, click on "Evolution of Bellows" in top menu of this website).
The process of rethinking was also advanced when Steve had the privilege to become a teacher at Patagonia Union High School, in Patagonia, Arizona. He taught the required course in economics to seniors, general science at the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade levels, and entrepreneurship at the high school level in the 2008-2010 time-frame.
Regrettably, progress of The Bellows Foundation and The Bellows Institute was substantially impeded after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis due to the increasing unavailability of grant money for the niche we represented.
Accordingly, the contents of The Bellows Foundation website only reflect the evolution of our rethinking process. For example, the four prospective field bases to be established in Patagonia, Arizona, Petersburg, Alaska, Boulder, Utah, and the Ecuadorian Rainforest have been visited and researched, but no construction has been commenced due to the absence of funding. The Bellows Foundation website is simply a repository of ideas that have the potential to transform American education.
We await a real economic recovery and a much stronger public awareness that American education, in its present state, is in financial and operational degeneration and must be rebuilt from the ground up to meet the actual needs of our next generation in terms of meaningful and effective content, as well as affordability.
In the meantime, from 2010 to late 2013, Steve researched and wrote a book, A Grandfather's Encouragement To Our Next Generation (2013) to help our American and global next generation develop their own unique perspectives of "how the world actually works" and where and how they can make their best contributions. In early July 2016, he completed Restoring The Peace, which is the first part of a sequel to the first book, titled: American National Service: Rebuilding America and Its Economy From the Ground Up.


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The TV icon opens about his new series "Better Late Than Never," and reveals the one thing he initially refused to do during the Asian road trip.
Snooki, JWOWW Host MTV's New Year's Eve Show
By: Associated Press on December 6, 2012 in Jersey Shore
New York's Times Square is getting a little bit Jersey for New Year's Eve. MTV says "Jersey Shore" stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWOWW" Farley and comedian Jeff Dye will host the network's live New Year's Eve special from Times Square.


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As the Gold Life draws near, Huck Gee prepares for an epic pre-release signing tour in celebration of his new 3-inch hyper Dunny series and the Black Kabuke & Kitsune 2-pack. Dont' miss your chance to meet Huck and celebrate this highly anticipated release at Kidrobot stores:
New York (cancelled), Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The journey begins Tuesday, August 30 and goes through Thursday, September 1 with all event times from 6-8pm.
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Parent-Offspring Popping Expansion Correlations in Progeny of Dent Corn ✕ Popcorn and Flint Corn ✕ Popcorn Crosses1
- W. A. Robbins and
- R. B. Ashman2
Experiments were conducted to determine the potential for use of dent ✕ popcorn (Zea mays L.) and flint ✕ popcorn crosses as breeding material for popcorn improvement. Two popcorn inbreds were crossed to both a dent and a flint inbred and several F1 plants from each cross were selfed. F2 plants from each of the four crosses were grown in 1979, self-pollinated, and crossed to a single-cross popcorn tester. The ears from the F2 plants were evaluated for popping expansion. The F3 and test-cross families were grown in 1980 and evaluated for popping expansion. The popping expansion differences among the F3 families from all four crosses were highly significant. Linear correlations between the F2 and the F3, and the F2 and the test-cross popping expansions were determined, and all correlation coefficients were highly significant. In the correlations of the F2 with the F3 the two flint ✕ popcorn crosses had coefficients of +0.84** (significant at the 0.01 level of probability) and +0.81**, which were the highest obtained, and the two dent ✕ popcorn crosses had coefficients at +0.63* and +0.76*. These high correlations, and the significant differences among F3 families, show that selection for popping expansion in F2 ears would be effective in population improvement. F3 families from the dent and flint corn crosses to one popcorn inbred had similar popping expansion means and ranges, indicating that popping expansion could be as easily recovered from crosses to dent corn as from crosses to flint corn.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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District looks to boost enrollment by luring students from other schools.
Otsego grad Medal of Honor recipient.
Yemeni national stuck in Djibouti.
School authorities say they believe the instigators were not students.
Article on religion used in court case.
Protesters hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and started a bonfire.
GOP's Collins, Murkowski say they won't vote for education secretary designate.
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From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.3) Gecko/20010801
BuildID: 2001080110
Row of buttons along top of page is displayed incorrectly. They are
variable-sized eg. 10% of windth, 14% of width. Mozilla handles this incorrectly.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.visit http://linkx.spinrx.com/cgi-bin/advancesailing/index.html
2. Compare with other browsers
3. Email me if you don't see what I'm talking about
Actual Results: The images are scrunched in mozilla.
Expected Results: Images should not be scrunched.
Confirming, simplified test case to follow.
This only happens if the images are inside links. It looks like, in that
instance, the percentage width being used for each subsequent image is being
calculated as a fraction of the remaining page width, rather than total page width.
Created attachment 47877 [details]
testcase, html file
Created attachment 47879 [details]
testcase, gif image to go with html - save as b1.gif
is this still happening in recent builds?
Comment on attachment 47879 [details]
testcase, gif image to go with html - save as b1.gif
Yes, I'm still seeing it in 2001091508 win32
Apologies for the spam, should have checked this before adding the last comment.
Still present in 2001092403, win98SE, also.
*** Bug 101926 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Please see http://www.usahistory.com/noframe.htm for another testcase from my
duped bug 101926. The screenshot there is attachment 51055 [details]. This is 4xp and
occurs on Linux as well.
------- Additional Comments From Christopher Hoess 2001-09-27 08:33 -------
The HTML 4.01 spec says of percentage image widths "Note that lengths expressed
as percentages are based on the horizontal or vertical space currently
available," a rather ambiguous definition. However, CSS width (which applies to
replaced elements) says that percentages are calculated in terms of the
containing block. Since HTML width="" is supposed to be replaced by the CSS
equivalent, the change (fix?) proposed here makes sense...
*** Bug 115544 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
to attinasi -- this is not table-specific
*** Bug 119581 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Nominating; it should be an easy fix.
Bug 119581 also has a testcase w/ no table.
Moving Mozilla 1.01 bugs to 'future' milestone with priority P1
I will be pulling bugs from 'future' milestones when scheduling later work.
It does not have to be within links. Try www.leifjensen.com. This works always
(almost always, might need a reload) in NS 4.77/4.78. I can't make it load the
picture at all in any Mozilla 0.9.x/1.0x nor NS6.x.
Konqueror 2.2.2 loads it nicely.
mozilla1.0 -> mozilla1.01
There's a testcase with no tables in my dup of this. We're definitely laying
this out incorrectly.
I was hoping this bug was fixed in Mozilla 1.0rc2, but it's still there.
I noticed a comment that this was only within links. I'm not exactly sure about
that phrase, but I have it also with: . (Try
Created attachment 87711 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch v1.0
Okay, this patch "works" but I'm thinking it is a little late in the game to
fix it here (though I may be wrong).
So I've debugged this last night and it appears that when we create our
nsHTMLReflowState for an image frame, we're already passing in the wrong
computed width of the containing block. The correct fix IMO would be probably
in nsLineLayout::ReflowFrame() around here:
or possibly before we get that far. When we get the containing block's width
there, it keeps shrinking every time. That's about as far as I got last night.
I'll try investigating more later on.
The real problem is what buster introduced in revision 3.81 of nsLineLayout.cpp.
We need to figure out what he was really trying to fix.
I suspect it was for bug 38396 / bug 39901.
So bug 38396 is really a bug about one of the fundamental flaws in the layout
engine -- that we try to do min-size and pref-size calculations using the same
Reflow method that does layout. It looks like buster fixed it first by breaking
percentage widths on images, and then by implementing them incorrectly. Not
that that really helped (see bug 115688 / bug 107873).
Comment on attachment 87711 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch v1.0
This is going to break stuff like absolutely positioned elements, or anything
that really *needs* to pass in the computed height/width rather than letting
them be calculated (or is nsLineLayout::ReflowFrame the only caller of that
*** Bug 159666 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
attinasi->dbaron, since he produced a patch
Nominating for 1.3
milestone -> ---
I didn't produce a patch. I marked a patch as "needs work".
Oops, misread. Feel free to reassign. Attinasi seemed a bad choice...
->block & inline
I think I want this, actually.
*** Bug 110358 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Reassigning as dupe seems fine, but comments
are not being copied across, is this a bugzilla bug?
anyway here are my comments copied across:
is work on this proceeding??
I was hoping to roll out a site using % and was just wondering...
looks damn silly your way.
*** Bug 209065 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
It turns out that the IMG or IFRAME doesn't need to be inside an anchor to cause
the bug. It also happens if it's simply inside a ...
Yes, the bug summary already notes that the image needs to be within an inline.
Congratulations !! Mozilla 1.4 works with my homepage placing a relative
picture as it should.
*** Bug 221398 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 135953 [details] [diff] [review]
I think this is the right fix, and it doesn't regress bug 38396.
Comment on attachment 135953 [details] [diff] [review]
Is there a reason we no longer need to pass "reason" the the new reflow state?
Oh, right, I added |reason| back.
Created attachment 135974 [details] [diff] [review]
could somebody check this in, if it works?
It will get checked in when the tree opens for 1.7alpha. Patience, young
Fix checked in to trunk, 2003-12-18 21:41 -0800.
working fine, BuildID 2003121823
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20031218
checked with http://www.peepo.com/w3/svg-jpg/svg-jpg.html failed yesterday, ok now
Is it too risky to fix this in the branch?
perhaps I should have put this on the branch a few weeks ago, but I'd rather not
at this point. We've shipped many releases with this and one more won't hurt
too much. It will be fixed in 1.7.
anyone figure out if this fix cause the regression in
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230332 ?
It probably did, but our current rendering looks correct (and the old rendering
rather broken)...
Could someone who was involved with this bug please take a look at bug 239778
and let us know if the fix for this bug caused the regression in that one?
It began at the same time this one was fixed, and I can't find a better
candidate for the cause.


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This has been by far the biggest crisis of the Blair government in its first six months. It has been like one of those explosive family arguments that erupt in close-packed private houses up and down the country at this time of year after one too many bottles of the cooking whisky: after six hectic, overworked and emotional months, ministers have been berating each other about welfare cuts with a passion that has to be heard to be believed. Folly, treachery, gutlessness and panic are some of the milder charges being laid.
From the perspective of the most hard-line modernisers, the ``flinchers'' are weak reeds, broken by the first gust of cold wind. They are not tough. They have no vision. They are not new or modern. On the other side, the modernisers are seen as heartlessly and woefully incompetent. Harriet Harman in particular is portrayed as a naive ideologue, who has swallowed a package of measures from the Treasury and civil servants that better politicians, such as her Tory predecessor Peter Lilley, rejected with a snort of ``whaddya take me for?'' laughter.
I am assured that, though there will be a radical rethink of policy, people who really are disabled and cannot work won't be penalised. Who defines disabled, and how, is of course at issue. But Blair has told friends he won't be standing at the next election, having damaged the lives of genuinely vulnerable and hard-up people. He is surely well aware that some of his most loyal New Labour supporters are angry and suspicious about all this; and that the voters' demands of him include fair play for the poor.
There is, in short, a temporising and calming mood about. Yesterday Baroness Hollis, Minister for the Disabled, was using the language of compromise, stressing the proposals were merely ``a paper put up by officials'' that wouldn't be swallowed whole. David Blunkett is to sit alongside Harman on Tony Blair's committee looking into the issue.
And it is perfectly possible that Blair will deliver welfare reforms that make the system work better without betraying Labour's best instincts. There will be a tough look at who gets what and why. Given the huge increase in invalidity benefit payouts that is hardly surprising. There are well- off people getting benefits they don't need, while many more, including the million pensioners living below the poverty line, don't get enough. If benefits could be better targeted, there would be no uprising of protest.
Ministers will also reflect on the fact that it is vastly more difficult to get coverage of welfare changes where there are no leaks or cabinet rows: the "new deal'' for the young unemployed gets going next month. It is enormously important and enormously ignored.
So what useful lessons can Blair draw from the row? First, that one of the very few pressures on him that means anything is cabinet. A few grumbling chaps with beards are still a formidable force, and New Labour cannot afford the kind of split that opened, however briefly, this weekend.
The huge Labour Commons majority and the idle incompetence of the Tory opposition during the past six months mean that Westminster has been neither check nor balance for Mr Blair. No party showdown looms: its constitutional changes mean that activists don't have the platforms for protest they used to have; anyway, most of them want to be loyal and are keeping their mouths shut, even at the expense of badly bitten tongues.
He has recently been blaming the media, still only half-seriously, for trying to fill in for the Conservatives as the opposition - ``and that's not your job'' - but in truth, few newspapers are taken seriously in Downing Street. So long as Murdoch and Rothermere are on side, the rest can go hang. In short, Blair need not worry much about Parliament, press or party. With nine-tenths of his first administration still in front of him, it is an enviable situation.
But the lesson of big-majority governments, including those of Attlee and Thatcher, is that trouble comes from the top. It is the Bevans and Heseltines you have to watch for, not the Canary Wharf keyboard-batterers or the backbench point-of-orderers. However big the mandate and however dominant the prime minister, the acrid mix of ambition, vanity and ideology that comprises the internal combustion of cabinet-level politics eventually explodes, and explodes again, and again.
Looking at the group of people around Blair and occupying the main cabinet positions, I'd rate the chances of avoiding trouble at less than zero. Just as Thatcher started in 1979 with a cabinet that was non-Thatcherite, even anti-Thatcherite, and culled it carefully, trying to reshape it in her image, so Blair will be well aware that his cabinet is not really New Labour at all. His closest supporters speak often in private about what would happen to the modernising project if he were to be hit by the proverbial bus ... or perhaps, more appropriately, a motorised wheelchair. They are not sanguine.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park spokeswoman Dana Soehn talks about the damage done on the iconic Chimney Tops Trail on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Caitie McMekin
Rural/Metro Battalion Chief Jonathan Rood shot this video of the Gatlinburg wildfire on the night of Nov. 28, 2016. Submitted by Jonathan Rood
Tom Leonard, director of Sevier Solid Waste Inc., talks about their temporary landfill Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 Michael Patrick/News Sentinel
Sheri and Mark Robinson describe the night they evacuated their Gatlinburg cabin after a phone call from the cabin owner saying they had 40 minutes to get to safety. Don Jacobs/News Sentinel
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Nellie Gauvreau talks about returning to her home after Gatlinburg fire Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel
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Don and Nancy Richards talk Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016 about escaping their cabin in the Gatlinburg fire and only finding a cross from their porch when they returned. The Richards served as missionaries in Kenya for 20 years before retiring. Michael Patrick/News Sentinel
Ceramics artist Tommy Bullen tells about losing his studio to the Gatlinburg wildfires. Paul Efird
Gatlinburg-Pittman High principal Tony Ogle talks about his concerns on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel
Pastor Pete Lamon, of Banner Baptist Church, talks about the impact of the wildfire and the congregation's plans for the future. Holly Meyer
Members of one of the Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief Team chainsaw crews pray together before they start working at a home during the wildfire cleanup efforts in Gatlinburg Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Michael Patrick and Holly Meyer, USA TODAY NETWORK, Tennessee
Nashville area photographer Jeremy Cowart photographs Gatlinburg fire victims with their burned out homes or businesses. He used drone and a mattress and calls his project "Voices of Gatlinburg." Shelley Mays/The Tennessean
FEMA spokesman Earl Armstrong talks about federal assistance available for survivors of the wildfires in Sevier County. Paul Efird
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Jed Dance, president of Knoxville-based Bacon & Co., talks about demand for "Smokies Strong" T-shirts — proceeds of which go toward relief efforts for those affected by the Nov. 28 Sevier County wildfire. Rachel Ohm/News Sentinel
Ober Gatlinburg reopens after wildfires
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The Tennessee football team visited Gatlinburg on Wednesday to sign autographs for Sevier County schoolchildren at Rocky Top Sports World. Rhiannon Potkey/News Sentinel
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Sevier County and Tennessee Bureau of investigation officials announced Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, that two juveniles are in custody in connection with the fires that resulted in 14 deaths in the Gatlinburg area and damange to over 1,700 structures. Amy Smotherman Burgess / Facebook Live
Charleton Reynar, Engine Boss of Colorado Engine 654, explains some of the work they're doing in the Smokies after the Nov. 28 wildfires. Gerald Witt/News Sentinel
While most people were fleeing the fires ripping through the town, Toyota employee Conner Reis drove toward Gatlinburg to bring 49-year-old Claire Brandau her car so she could evacuate to safety. Angela Gosnell/News Sentinel
KFD's Paul Trumpore describes a chaplain's role after a disaster. Amy Smotherman Burgess/News Sentinel
Louise Brown is the manager at the Mountain Heritage Inn and has worked there the past 46 years, including last Monday when the flames came toward the building. Tyler Whetstone/News Sentinel
Flames crept up all around the lit up cross behind the Christ Museum and Gardens, but they stopped feet short. Now, museum curator, Mark Pedro, said the cross is a symbol of hope. Tyler Whetstone/News Sentinel
Allan Rivera holds onto his son Nathan Rivera, 23-months-old, as he looks at the remains of their home for the first time, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean
Roaring Fork Baptist Church holds its first Sunday service since Gatlinburg fire destroyed its building. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel
Sherry Buresh, director of U.S. disaster response for All Hands Volunteers, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, discusses volunteer efforts in the wake of the Sevier County wildfires. Amy Smotherman Burgess/News Sentinel
Martir Turcios describes the loss of his apartment with the help of Sevietville resident Maria Valdiviez Rachel Ohm/News Sentinel
Dollywood reopens on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, after being closed for two days due to the fires in Sevier County that have left 13 dead. Saul Young
Aerial footage of the wildfires around Gatlinburg and around Sevier County shot on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. The footage was taken by Tennessee National Guard Staff Sgt. William Jones.
The Dollywood Foundation will donate $1,000 a month to "all of those families who lost their homes in the fires" for six months. Jeremy Westby / Webster PR
Jim Mackensen of the U.S. Forest Service discusses conditions that led to Gatlinburg wildfire. Paul Efird
Officials speak about the Gatlinburg fires during a press conference, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean
Karyssa Dalton talks about the search for her missing grandmother on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Pigeon Forge. Pamela Johnson, 59, hasn't been heard from since a wildfire burned through Gatlinburg this week. Paul Efird
Joann Tant, of Gatlinburg, talks on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, about the loss of her home while standing in front of her church, the Gatlinburg Church of Christ, which was also destroyed. Rachel Ohm/News Sentinel
Joe Hotaling and Jennifer Lewis talk about what they have seen, as they return to their room by foot at the Bales motel on Bishop Ln. Amy Smotherman Burgess/News Sentinel
Gatlinburg fire victim looking for job Tyler Whetstone/Knoxville News Sentinel
Jim Summers describes his nephews escape from the Gatlinburg wildfire.
Jim Summers delivers a message from his nephews about the family's tragic vacation.
Jim Summers discuses telling his nephews in the hospital about their death of their parents.
More than 60 Tennessee athletes visited Gatlinburg on Friday to meet with evacuees displaced by the Gatlinburg wildfire and drop off donations they collected. Rhiannon Potkey
Dave Boucher of The Tennessean does an update following the mid-morning press conference in Sevier County on the Gatlinburg fire on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Dave Boucher Facebook Live
At least seven people have been killed in Tennessee's devastating wildfires, and others are still missing. USA TODAY NETWORK
Gatlinburg Fire Department Chief Greg Miller speaks about the fire during a press conference, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean
Officials are discussing re-opening a Tennessee city later this week after wildfires forced the evacuation of thousands. "The downtown area is the pulse, the heart of the city. Thankfully it's intact," said Gatlinburg Mayor Mike Werner. (Dec. 1) AP
As everything around them burned, two stepbrothers captured their harrowing drive to safety in Gatlinburg
What Gatlinburg fire victim job seekers need to know Tyler Whetstone/Knoxville News Sentinel
Tennessee women's basketball coach Holly Warlick discusses the wildfire disaster in the Gatlinburg area during her postgame news conference Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. Dan Fleser/News Sentinel
- Video: A look at Chimney Tops Trail post-wildfire
- Raw video: Rural/Metro battalion chief captures Gatlinburg wildfire devastation
- Tom Leonard talks about the temporary Sevier Co landfill
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- Ellen Wilhoit announces new charity to help Gatlinburg fire victims
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- Pilot Lt. Hulon Holmes talks about fighting Gatlinburg fires
- Sevier County Electric continues repairing Gatlinburg power grid
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- SBA and FEMA team members explain why Gatlinburg residents should apply for assistance
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- Ski Patrol helps their own after fire
- Missionaries talk about finding cross in burned Gatlinburg cabin
- Wildfire claims Gatlinburg artist's workspace
- Gatlinburg-Pittman High's Tony Ogle
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- Tennessee Baptist disaster relief team volunteers in Gatlinburg
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- Ober Gatlinburg reopens after wildfires
- These devastating photos show Gatlinburg fires up close
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- Crews clear GSMNP
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- Gatlinburg fire spares businesses, wastes others
- Cross unharmed behind Christ Museum and Gardens
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- Aerial footage of the wildfires around Gatlinburg
- Dolly Parton announces $1,000 per month donation for fire victims
- U.S. Forest Service official discusses Gatlinburg wildfire
- Officials speak about Gatlinburg response
- Karyssa Dalton searches for her missing grandmother
- Gatlinburg resident discusses losing their home
- Gatlinburg fire aftermath
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- 'The fire came up so fast'
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The Dollywood Foundation will donate $1,000 a month for six months to Sevier County families who lost their homes in the wildfires, the organization announced on Wednesday night.
"As you may know by now, there have been terrible wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains, the same mountains where I grew up and where my people call home," Dolly Parton wrote in a statement. "I have always believed that charity begins at home, and my home is someplace special. That's why I've asked my Dollywood companies ... to help me establish the 'My People Fund.' "
While damage is still being assessed, several hundred families are currently without homes – lost to multiple wildfires that ravaged portions of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville.
"We wanted to provide a hand up to those families who have lost everything in the fires," Parton said. "I know it has been a trying time for my people, and this assistance will help them get back on their feet."
The Dollywood Foundation is accepting donations to contribute to the My People fund. To donate, visit www.dollywoodfoundation.org.
Checks can be mailed to the Dollywood Foundation, 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd., Pigeon Forge, TN 37863.
More information will be released on Friday.
Dollywood is poised to make a significant contribution to help with the recovery from the deadly wildfire that swept through Sevier County on this week, County Mayor Larry Waters said Wednesday night.
At a vigil for victims, Waters said he expects an announcement at 9 p.m. but did not offer any details. A spokesman for Dollywood would not comment on the announcement but advised people to tune into Dolly Parton's NBC special "Christmas of Many Colors," which is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m.
At least seven people were killed by the wildfires that pushed into Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge on Monday and Tuesday. Officials said hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed.


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Mageia Bugzilla – Bug 12469
socat new security issue CVE-2014-0019
Last modified: 2014-02-16 14:44:05 CET
Upstream has announced version 2.0.0-b7, fixing a security issue:
Mageia 3 and Mageia 4 will both need to be updated.
The URL above gives details on how to reproduce the issue, but notes that it cannot always be reliably reproduced.
The default compiler flags used in Mageia may reduce the impact of this flaw.
I've updated it in Cauldron and Mageia 3 SVN, and will update it in Mageia 4 SVN and build the updates after Mageia 4 is released.
Steps to Reproduce:
Updated packages uploaded for Mageia 3, Mageia 4, and Cauldron.
Updated socat package fixes security vulnerability:
Due to a missing check in socat before 2.0.0-b7 during assembly of the HTTP
request line, a long target server name (<hostname> in the documentation) in
the PROXY-CONNECT address can cause a stack buffer overrun. Exploitation
requires that the attacker is able to provide the target server name to the
PROXY-CONNECT address in the command line. This can happen, for example, in
scripts that receive data from untrusted sources (CVE-2014-0019).
Updated packages in core/updates_testing:
from SRPMS:
Testing procedure in https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5986#c4 and next comments.
Testing complete mga3 64 with the procedure here
Testing complete mga3 32
Fedora has issued an advisory for this on January 30:
Testing complete Mageia 4 i586.
I reproduce the security issue using the procedure linked in comment 0, thus I can confirm Mageia 4's package is vulnerable. The second command leads to a buffer overflow error.
After applying the update, the result is:
[akien@localhost ~]$ socat - PROXY-CONNECT:localhost:$(perl -e "print 'A' x 384"):1,proxyport=8080
2014/02/14 22:24:03 socat[6310.3073042176] E _xioopen_proxy_connect(): PROXY CONNECT buffer too small
I suppose this means the update correctly fixes the issue, since the new error is not a buffer overflow.
Tested for regression using the procedure linked in comment 2.
Testing complete Mageia 4 x86_64.
Validating update, advisory uploaded. Please push to 3 & 4 core/updates.
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Turkey With Orange Sauce
|Turkey thighs/Turkey drumsticks
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1 Medium, sliced
|Thawed orange juice concentrate
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (Undiluted)
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Firmly packed brown sugar
|2 Tablespoon
|Chopped parsley
|2 Tablespoon
|Soy sauce
|2 Teaspoon
|Ground ginger
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
Rinse turkey and pat dry; place on rack of broiler pan.
Broil, 4 inches from heat source, until turkey is brown.
Remove to Dutch oven or roasting pan and sprinkle with paprika.
Arrange onion slices over turkey.
In small bowl, combine juice concentrate, water, brown sugar, parsley, soy sauce and ginger.
Pour over turkey and onions.
Cover and bake approximately 1 hour in preheated 400°F oven until turkey is tender, basting once or twice.
Slice turkey; coat with sauce and garnish with orange twists.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1714 Calories from Fat 799
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 89 g136.7%
Saturated Fat 0.23 g1.1%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 598.8 mg24.9%
Total Carbohydrates 123 g41.1%
Dietary Fiber 5.8 g23.3%
Sugars 92.8 g
Protein 113 g226.5%
Vitamin A 77.1% Vitamin C 95.2%
Calcium 12.3% Iron 19.9%
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Next Version of Microsoft Forecaster Set for Release
This latest product upgrade focuses on enhancements in three core areas: usability, adaptability and visibility.The next version of Microsofts budgeting and planning software, Microsoft Forecaster 7.0, will be released to manufacturing March 28 and will be generally available in early April. Pricing for the software, developed by Microsoft subsidiary FRx Software, starts at $8,500 for the server plus one user, with each additional user costing $500.
Those customers currently on the Microsoft Forecaster support and maintenance plan will be able to get the upgrade at no additional charge as part of their support and maintenance agreement.
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London Gazette (Newspaper) - December 14, 1762, London, Middlesex A. IJr $um&. 10270. From ^tiffoatf December 14, to ^aturSa? December 18, 1762. Court at 5/. James's, the 15th Day of December, i 762, PRESENT, The KING'S moft Excellent Majefty in Council. f~~w~^HIS Day the Right Honourable James Smith Stanley, Eiq; commonly called Lord Strange,' was, by His Majeity's Coinmand, fworn of His Majefty's moli Honourable Privy Councii, and took his Place at the Board accordingly, HL Majefty having been gracioufly pleafed to deliver the Cuitody of"the Seals of the Dutchy and Coun-tv Palatine of Lancifter, to the Righc Honour.ble Jame-- ^mrh Stanley, Efq; com.r.onb called Lord Str:nge, rhc O-.th of Chancellor or" the faid Ducchy was this Day, by His Majefty s Command, admi-niflred to fjim. St James1 j, December 18. 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With the warm eft Sertiments of Gratitude w� obferve your Maj'efy!s great Attention to the Honour and Dignity of your Kingdoms, and to the Good and Happinefs of your People, by the large Extent of Dominion to be added to the Britifh Jrown, fecured by an explicit and unalterable Boundary ; which, by opening new Sources of Commerce,'mull derive Wealth sr.d Pcver to the Nation, and render a Peace both Glorious and Advantageous. At the fame Time that our Hearts glow with Gratitude, they are Hlled with Admiration of the Humanity and Tendernefs of your Royal Breaft, which moved your Majefty, in the Midft of Suc = cefles .aftonifhing to all-Europe, to feize the earlieft Opportunity your Enemies gave you, of putting a Stop to the Effujion of human Blood, and to the dreadful Calamities of War, by Terms full of Equity and Moderation ; which, as they reflect Honour to yoar Majefty, are the furelr. Pledge of the Stability and Permanency of a Peace to be founded upon them. 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Sports Drink Mix Liquid Concentrate, Orange 0.6 oz., PK50
SQWINCHER| Zoro #: G1017947| Mfr #: 015304-OR
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|Zoro #: G1017947 Mfr #: 015304-OR
|Flavor: Orange
|Form: Liquid Concentrate
|Package Size: 0.6 oz.
|Yield: 6 oz.
|Item: Sports Drink Mix
|Country of Origin (subject to change): United States
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This sports drink mix can help replace electrolytes lost in high-heat environments due to sweating. Single serve packages can also be used as a cup. Simply tear off the top and pour water directly into the package. Orange Flavor. Individual package size is 0.6 oz. and yield is 6 oz. Package quantity is 50.


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Adipose tissue surrounding the great vessels [perivascular (PV) adipose tissue, or PVAT] expands during obesity, is highly inflamed and correlates with coronary plaque burden and increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. A consensus is emerging that PVAT is a cause of CV disease, but direct proof is lacking. Demonstrating a pathogenic role for PVAT challenges the current paradigm that CV disease originates primarily at the intima and provides a new target for assessment and treatment of CV disease. Our laboratory has developed a robust model of PVAT transplantation to the mouse carotid artery to determine its role in eliciting vascular pathology and the mechanisms whereby PVAT interacts with metabolic factors, chemokines, inflammatory cells and the blood vessel wall. PVAT transplantation in the setting of high fat diet dramatically enhanced wire injury- induced neointimal formation and atherosclerosis, and increased adventitial inflammation and angiogenesis, providing direct evidence that PVAT plays a pathogenic role in CVD. Moreover, preliminary data suggest that transplanting PVAT from mice lacking the chemokine MCP-1 attenuates neointimal formation, consistent with pleiotropic effects of MCP-1 to promote vascular remodeling. In addition, angiotensin II (AngII) is upregulated in adipose tissue during high fat feeding and promotes adventitial remodeling and inflammation. Our central hypothesis is that PVAT synergizes with high-fat diet and AngII to enhance arterial remodeling and atherosclerosis, in part through secretion of MCP-1. To test this hypothesis, we propose three specific aims.
Aim 1 will test the hypothesis that high-fat diet and AngII synergize with PVAT to enhance arterial remodeling and atherosclerosis, using PVAT from wild-type mice or AngII receptor type-1a (AT1a) knockout mice.
Aim 2 will test the hypothesis that stromal-derived factor 1? (SDF-1?), which increases in the intima and media soon after wire injury, is requisite for "inside-out" molecular crosstalk leading to enhanced arterial remodeling by PVAT.
Aim 3 will test the hypothesis that MCP-1 secretion by PVAT is requisite for "outside-in" molecular crosstalk leading to enhanced arterial remodeling and atherosclerosis by PVAT. Using PVAT from wild-type or MCP-1 knockout mice, we will investigate an interactive role of AngII with MCP-1 in these experiments. The proposed studies are expected to provide direct evidence of a pathogenic role of PVAT in CVD, to define interactions between PVAT, high-fat diet and AngII, and to address putative molecular mechanisms of crosstalk between the blood vessel wall and PVAT.
The purpose of this study is to determine the role of fat that surround blood vessels also known as perivascular adipose tissue, or PVAT) in causing vascular disease. We provide evidence that the inside of the blood vessel (intima) communicates with the PVAT when the artery is injured, leading to increased obstruction of the blood vessel. We plan to determine what mediates this communication system and how it is perturbed in the setting of high fat diet.
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|Zhang, Lan; Pan, Yaohua; Qin, Gangjian et al. (2014) Inhibition of stearoyl-coA desaturase selectively eliminates tumorigenic Nanog-positive cells: improving the safety of iPS cell transplantation to myocardium. Cell Cycle 13:762-71
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|Omar, Abdullah; Chatterjee, Tapan K; Tang, Yaoliang et al. (2014) Proinflammatory phenotype of perivascular adipocytes. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 34:1631-6
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Shaun Marcum Would Be 'Shocked' if Teammate Ryan Braun Took Steroids
As baseball fans we have all learned not to be surprised when we hear any name associated with performance-enhancing drug use.
As baseball fans we have all learned not to be surprised when we hear any name associated with performance-enhancing drug use.
In case you haven't heard, Ryan Braun reportedly recently failed a drug test. Considering he was named MVP of the National League, that is pretty significant news.
Ryan Braun tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs during his MVP season, ESPN reports. The Brewers outfielder reportedly tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone.
Matt Kemp finished second in the 2011 NL MVP voting, losing the award to Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun. Braun received 20 of 32 first-place votes and 12 second-place votes.
Ryan Braun took an amazing tumble during Wednesday night's Brewers-Cardinals game. Braun fell after rounding third and was tagged out, keeping him from recording an inside-the-park home run.
Ryan Braun is one of the most talented players in baseball. He has a good throwing arm, he hits for power, and he has speed on the bases.
Three-time All-Star and former Rookie of the Year Ryan Braun is signed with the Milwaukee Brewers through 2020. Three years ago Braun signed an eight-year contract with the team that ran through 2015.
It was only 2008 when the Brewers seemed like an up-and-coming team. They reached the playoffs for the first time since 1982 and had their first 90-win season since 1992.


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Origin of Life, Theater of the Absurd
See if you can follow the logic here all the way through. Researchers sampled ancient water trapped for 1.5 billion years around what were deep-sea hydrothermal vents two kilometers under the earth's surface. The water included apparent necessities for "kick-starting" life -- like a primordial soup still in situ.
From the article at New Scientist, "Watery time capsule hints at how life got started on early Earth":
It has all the ingredients of a primordial soup. What's more, the chemicals of life -- discovered in a pocket of water that last saw the light of day 1.5 billion years ago -- appear to have formed without any influence from biological processes.
That means the idea that life got started as a result of chemical reactions around deep-sea vents looks more likely.
Barbara Sherwood Lollar at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and her team discovered the water a few years ago oozing from rocky fractures 2 kilometres below the surface at the Kidd mine near Timmins in Ontario. The water, which is about 1.5 billion years old, appears to show no signs of life -- an extremely rare find.
The rocks are the ancient remains of hydrothermal vents formed at the bottom of Earth's early oceans, and that means the water they contain could reveal important details about the chemistry that might have occurred at such vents before life began exerting its influence.
Hot, chemical-laced water gushes out of deep-sea hydrothermal vents -- conditions that in theory would be ideal for the origin of life.
Note, they found no life, which given the overall liveliness of our planet is a quite unusual thing. Instead, it's the usual building-blocks scenario:
Now [Dr. Lollar's] colleague, Christopher Glein, has performed a raft of calculations to show that all of those molecules could have formed through perfectly feasible abiotic chemical reactions in the conditions found in such ancient hydrothermal vents.
His calculations show the conditions were particularly favourable for the formation of some key chemicals, including glyceraldehyde, one of the precursors of RNA and DNA, and pyruvate, which is important for cell metabolism.
Stephen Meyer has explained in Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design why life -- dependent on information, an expression of design -- doesn't just come together or kick-start itself even under what might seem to be ideal conditions. As ENV put it before:
Obtaining "building blocks" of life through an unguided natural process is one thing. Putting them together the right way, composing biological information, is something else altogether....
Here's the problem... It's like making Lego blocks and then expecting them to assemble themselves into a massive structure that is not only complex but also alive.
Or no, a better analogy would be it's like finding rocks on the beach that resemble Lego blocks, then expecting the wind and waves to fashion them into a massive structure that is not only full of information but also alive.
And sure enough, the water from the Canadian source is sterile, devoid of any hint of life, after a billion and a half years. Yet this water is taken as evidence that it looks likelier than it seemed before that this represents a model of the environment where life began.
A rare absence of life confirms the ease with which life -- biological information -- originated without design. The sterility itself actually strengthens the case! It's science as a theater of the absurd.
Image: White smokers at Champagne Vent, by NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.