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Update: On February 3, The Sunday Times printed a full apology for publishing the cartoon.
I would never have thought the editors of the Sunday Times were in amongst those who would seek, in true Der Sturmer fashion, to use Holocaust Memorial Day to publish a blood libel, and knowingly undermine the memory of one of the worst genocides ever . I guess I was wrong on that count.
In light of the Sunday Times' decision to publish a cartoon on Holocaust Memorial Day depicting a blood-lusting Jewish leader, as well as recent comments by British MP David Ward suggesting that, on Holocaust Memorial Day, Jews should learn to stop inflicting atrocities on Palestinians, as well as other routine debasements of Holocaust memory, here's a simple, if counter-intuitive request to those who believe that the Holocaust means anything at all:Spare us your Holocaust pieties, your monuments, your memorials, museums and days of remembrance, and consider that, instead of honoring Jews murdered over 65 years ago, you may want to begin, instead, to honor Jews who are still among us.
Last week we published, as we have almost every week since 1967, a cartoon by Gerald Scarfe. His works are brutal and bloody and his opinions are his own, not those of this newspaper. The Sunday Times has always understood and reported the legitimate security concerns of the state of Israel.It is one thing to attack and caricature a leader and it is as legitimate to attack Israeli leaders in cartoons as anyone else. But it is another thing to reflect in a caricature, even unintentionally, historical iconography that is persecutory or anti-Semitic.The image we published of Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, which appeared to show him revelling in the blood of Palestinians, crossed a line. The image would have been a mistake on any day but the fact that last Sunday was Holocaust Memorial Day compounded the error.We realize that we caused grave offense, however unintended, which detracted from a day that marks one of the greatest evils in human history.The Sunday Times abhors anti-semitism and racism of any type and we would never set out to offend the Jewish people or indeed any other ethnic or religious group. The publication of last week's cartoon was a very serious mistake.We apologize unreservedly.
In the week following the cartoon's publication, the newspaper received many hundreds of letters and phone calls calling for just such an apology. This statement goes further than any previous statements made by editors, even in meetings with leaders of the Jewish community. Printed as it is in the very pages that featured the insidious image and acknowledging both the timing of the cartoon's publication and the anti-Semitic nature of the iconography in it, the apology is very welcome.In a previous statement, acting editor Martin Ivens acknowledged the reaction to the cartoon had reminded editors of "the sensitivities in this area" and stated, "I will of course bear them very carefully in mind in future."


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Pre-Photokina 2010: Nikon has introduced the AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G wide-angle fast prime lens. Offering a large f/1.4 aperture, the lens is made up of 10 elements in seven groups, including one aspherical glass element. It comes in a weather-sealed magnesium alloy body and incorporates the company's Silent Wave Motor (SWM) for quieter auto-focusing, along with Nano-Crystal coating to reduce flare. The lens will start shipping from November 19, 2010 at a retail price of £1699.99.
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AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G: Primetime Reporter
Nikon UK, 15 September 2010 – Nikon today announces a completely new, fast-aperture NIKKOR lens – the AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G. This is the third f/1.4 prime NIKKOR lens to be developed in the past six months further extending creative opportunities for professional photographers.
Zurab Kiknadze, Product Manager Lenses, Accessories & Software, Nikon Europe says: "The AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G sets a new benchmark for reportage and news photographers. It combines amazing contrast and resolution with brilliant low-light performance. Seen alongside the 24mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.4 lenses announced recently, this new lens underlines Nikon's ongoing drive to deliver the ultimate range of optics for photographers."
Award winning photojournalist Kadir van Lohuizen of photo agency NOOR was amongst the first to view the new AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G. He said: "The 35mm is the standard 'street' lens for many of us at NOOR and we are really excited about this new version, it's amazing. This fast prime lens will make it possible to shoot at almost every light condition at the highest-quality possible." He added: "It's going to take our documentary projects to a new level for sure."
Light Command
The AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G has been developed to deliver stunning images in all situations. An entirely new optical design with ten elements in seven groups (including one aspherical glass element) and a rounded, nine-blade diaphragm enables the photographer to make full use of the shallow depth of field that f/1.4 aperture lenses offer. Crystal sharp detail with super smooth bokeh separation sets your subject in the spotlight and offers a different look from images taken with the professional f/2.8 zoom lenses.
Night Photography
The optical construction incorporates Nano Crystal Coat and minimises reflections and sagittal blur, which means this lens renders point light sources and shadows with natural clarity, ideal for night scenes and astrophotography. The fast aperture also provides a bright viewfinder and is great for exploring the creative potential that the shallow depth of field can bring to the work of fine-art photographers and photojournalists.
The AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G is built to work as hard as you do and is a robust and reliable performer wherever your photography might take you. The dedicated Silent Wave Motor (SWM) ensures discreet but accurate autofocus. It operates with smooth gearing and has a broad focus ring for fine manual focus accuracy down to the minimum focusing distance of 30cm. The tough magnesium construction features subtle grooves to assist a left-hand grip as well as rubber mount and switch sealing to deter dust and moisture. Weighing in at a solid 600g, it is designed to balance well with FX format DSLRs such as the D700 and D3 series.
The lens is supplied with a HB-59 hood, and a soft pouch.
AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G lens specifications
Focal length | 35mm |
Diagonal Angle of view (FF) | 63˚ (44˚ with Nikon DX format) |
Maximum aperture | F1.4 |
Minimum aperture | F16 |
Lens Construction | • 10 elements/7 groups • 1 aspherical lens element |
Number of diaphragm blades | 9, rounded |
Minimum focus | 30cm |
Maximum magnification | 0.2x |
AF motor type | Silent Wave Motor |
Filter thread | 67mm |
Weight | 600 g |
Dimensions | 83mm diameter x 89.5 mm length |

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SUPERDROL NG + Mass Fx (Phase 1)
September 25
Chest Workout
Bench Press
135 x 15 x 2 sets (Warm Up)
225 x 8 (+1rep)
245 x 5 (+1rep)
195 x 12 x 6 x 5 (+10lbs)
155 x 10 (partial reps)
155 x 10 (partial reps)
Hammer Incline Bench
185 x 8 x 5 x 3
145 x 10 (partial reps)
145 x 10 (partial reps)
Decline Hammer Bench
235 x 11 x 7 x 5 (+10lbs + 2reps)
185 x 10 (partials)
185 x 10 (partials)
Upright Rows
90 x 10 x 6 x 5 (+10lbs + 2reps)
70 x 10 partials
70 x 10 partials
Hammer Shoulder Press
90lbs x 13 x 9 x 6 x 5
Side Lateral Raises
25's x 8 x 4 x 2
15's x 12 (partial reps)
15's x 12 (partial reps)
Thoughts - I need to clarify that not everything in red is a personal record but just an improvement from my last workout. Some of these are just me regaining some strength I have lost in certain movements and some to overtraining. However, my strength is improving rapidly and some lifts are headed for personal best. Also, my rep scheme has changed a bit, but I have a strong feeling that at the end of this I am going to set max records in all my big three lifts, Bench, Squat, and Deadlift. My strength is improving everyworkout and I am feeling the best in my lifts as I have in a long time. The only other time my strength has been this good was when I was running a stack from MST, but it appears that I am headed to break all my lifts from that stack. Everything is going great. -
Thanks D, that makes a lot of sense, I wish someone had talked about this, maybe I need to write an article about lifting for people over 6 feet tall. It does seem that many bodybuilders are well below six feet, and training styles seem more beneficial for more compact body structures.
I have hit the jackpot lately, I must be doing something right. Fate has been smiling on me lately, even my business has been picking up pretty dramatically these past few weeks.
going into business for oneself is the scariest thing I have ever done. I am probably going to make my own generic SDNG and only take preworkout and see how the energy compares to SDNG which for me is excellent. - 09-28-2007, 10:44 AM
September 28
18 (w) x 13 (n) x 9 (w) x 11 (n) (+6 reps)
Cable Rows
160 x 11 x 9 x 7 (+3 reps)
T-Bar Rows
100 x 12 x 9 x 7 (+8 reps)
Behind Neck Pulldowns
150 x 10(w) x 9(n) x 6(w) x 8(n) (+7 reps)
Seated Dips
165x 16 x 11 x 9 x 8 (+30lbs -9reps)
Rope pulldowns
150 x 13 x 7 x 6 (+6 reps)
Seated Calf Raises
115 x 19 x 15 x 13
Thoughts - Another great workout, the reps just kept coming out and I was almost sad to leave the gym. The SDNG is losing some of the intensity as I just feel pretty normal when I take it now and am not noticing the intensity so I think that this needs to be cycled and maybe even alternated days between use. That being said there is not much to complain about because the lifts are getting easier and my body is leaning out. Somehow I have managed to pick up 5 pounds somewhere but I also drank a copious amount of water today. I am feeling good, no sleep issues anymore, mood still good, libido is slightly raised. - 09-29-2007, 03:44 AM
Muscle is more dense than fat as you know, so you can "lean out" and still put on weight at the same time with good training, or it could be some water weight if you've been making an effort to rehydrate.
I'm glad to see you're still enjoying it and adding reps! - 09-29-2007, 01:19 PM
september 28
Hack Squats
90 x 20
110 x 20
140 x 17
160 x 15
180 x 10
160 x 15
140 x 12
90 x 20
Biceps Curls
20's x 30
25's x 25
30's x 15
45's x 10
Preacher Curl
20 x 20
20's x 20
Thoughts - Another good workout, ran out of steam at the end of the workout and feeling a bit tired today but overall still good. update again later. - 10-01-2007, 09:54 PM
October 1
Chest workout
Bench Press
135 x 20
135 x 20
225 x 9 (+1 rep)
255 x 4 (+10lbs -1rep)
205 x 10 x 5 x 3 (Rest Paused +10lbs -5reps)
Hammer Incline
185 x 9 x 6 x 3 (+3reps)
Hammer Decline
245 x 10 x 5 x 4 (+10lbs -4reps)
Upright Rows
100 x 10 x 5 x 4 (+2lbs -2reps)
Hammer Shoulder Press
120 x 9 x 5 x 4 (+30lbs -10reps, not good comparison as I upped the weight considerably)
Side Lateral Raises
25's x 9 x 5 x 3 (+3 reps)
Thoughts - Another good workout, strength is still on the rise and this stack has helped me get my gains going again. I have about a week left as I have not taken 4 of the SDNG on most days. I have finally adjusted to the yohimbe and caffeine and now I can take two caps at a time and still sleep at a normal hour. Libido has tapered off a bit and energy levels have done the same. Overall sense of well being is still elevated. Good stuff - 10-02-2007, 04:13 AM
October 2nd
135 x 10
135 x 10
225 x 10
315 x 5
315 x 7 (+1rep)
345 x 3 (+10lbs)
355 x 2 (personal record)
Lying Leg Curl
100 x 11 x 6 x 4
Cybex Leg Press
250 x 17 x 11 x 5 (+20lbs)
Calf Raises
115 x 20 toes straight
115 x 20 Toes out
115 x 20 toes straight
115 x 20 toes in.
Thoughts - Weights are up yet again, the strength gains have been excellent, the mood improvement is still present. The energy levels are dissipating but that is to be expected taking this amount of stims everyday. I am taking the full four pills ED now, but there is still no crash. Libido was low today and I did experience a complete crash this afternoon about 3:00 PM and slept until 4:00. I think it was a rebound effect from the brutal day at court I had the day before that just left me mentally exhausted. - 10-03-2007, 02:52 AM
I finally got to catch up on your log now that the Olympia is over. Thanks for taking the effort for a fair and balanced log.
Off day, tired again, I slept from 2-3:30 today and just felt exhausted. I think I may be pushing it a bit much lately so I am going to take tomorrow off as well and just try to recuperate a bit.
Friday 10/05 Saturaday 10/06
Back Workout
Pull Ups
19 x 17 x 9 x 10 (alternating between medium and narrow grip)
Cable Rows
175 x 8 x 5 x 4
Behind Neck Pulldowns
157.5 x 10 x 6 x 4
Hammer Shoulder Press
140 x 12 x 5 x 3
Upright Rows
100 x 11 x 5 x 4
Seated Dips
180 x 13 x 9 x 5
Rope Pulldowns tricep
150 x 12 x 8 x 3
Thoughts- Good workout last night. I am feeling better so the break definitely helped. Energy levels are good today but libido has taken a drop over the past few days. Strength was good during my workout and endurance was solid. The intense sweating that I was experiencing previously has ceased.
Today - This morning I was wiped out but I decided to play soccer anyway and once I started my energy levels were great and I felt like I could play all day. Feeling pretty good now. - 10-07-2007, 11:34 AM
It doesn't hurt to do a fast ramp down. For example, if you'd been taking 3caps/day, on the last 2 days you might consider 2,1 just for a smoother transition into "offness".
Hope you're doing well my friend, this log was great and provided some stellar info! Nice improvements too, you really got the most of it. - 10-08-2007, 04:01 PM
Leg workout
Squat Machine (regular squats have left my hips really sore the past few times so I tried the squat machine today)
205 x 17
205 x 16
205 x 17
205 x 17 x 6 x 3
These really hit my quads and hams much better than regular squats. My quads were burning at the end of these sets and I had a great pump in my legs.
Lying Leg curls
110 x 11 x 7 x 4 (+10lbs)
Cybex Leg Press
250 x 18 x 9 x 5 (Up 3 reps + I performed this at the end of my workout instead of the beginning so this gain was actually pretty impressive)
Standing Calf Raises
115 x 25 (+5 reps)
115 x 20
115 x 25
115 x 20
alternating between toes facing forward and toes facing out.
Thoughts - another good workout. Honestly since about one week into these products i have not had a bad workout, I have improved on every lift on each successive workout, which is excellent. Libido has still been a bit lower than i like but that tends to be a side effect with ATD. - 10-10-2007, 02:13 PM
October 9
Chest Workout
Bench Press
2 warm up sets
225 x 10 (+1 rep)
275 x 1
285 x 1 (+10 lbs Personal record)
295 x 1 (+20lbs all new Personal Bench Press Record):bb3:
205 x 12 x 6 x 4 (+2 reps)
Hammer Incline Bench Press
205 x 10 x 5 x 3 (+10lbs)
Decline Hammer Bench
285 x 8 x 5 x 3
Biceps Curls
27.5's x 17 x 9 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 3 (10 second breaks between sets, varied arm postion from outside, to inside, to hammer, this fries my bis and I love performing biceps like this)
Leg Raises - 100 reps
Stretching - 10 minutes
Thoughts - Set some big numbers yesterday and I am absolutely thrilled about this. I should have just gone for 300 on the bench but I was performing it without a spotter and doubt crept in my head and then would not leave but still a 20lbs jump is huge. My strength was just off the charts yesterday. Also today is my last day on both products and it is an off day so this is going to be one of my last entries. I will write a final review in the next couple of days. - 10-29-2007, 10:54 PM
Final Review
Pictures are up at bb.com, I am trying to figure out how to put them on here.
I am not going to go through here and look up how much each of my lifts went up, but I think the pictures speak for themselves. My diet really did not change much while using this product, but I added about 5 pounds, and while I did not have my bodyfat tested it looks like it dropped. I know I fit into some pants better than I did before
Now to the review. Overall I really enjoyed this combo once my body acclimated to the yohimbe. The energy was intense but I never felt a crash afterwards, just great energy for most of the day. The energizing effect diminished towards the end of the log, but overall I was pretty pleased with this aspect of the product. My mood tended to be elevated and upbeat but I did experience somewhat of a lowered libido, which returned to normal after I discontinued SDNG. Now it was not a dramatic drop but it was noticeable but nothing that I was concerned about.
The strength gains on this combo were terrific, I hit several personal records in both my bench press and deadlift, but overall, the strength gains were great. In the gym I would sweat like a Klansman at a DMX concert, but this was an effect I enjoyed. The focus and endurance aspects were good as well.
I am not sure what benefits to attribute to what product as I was running Mass FX and Superdrol NG, but as a combo this stack was superb. I wish the price of the two was a bit cheaper and I would definitely run this again, but there are so many products I want to try out I may wait a bit. I am also going to attempt to formulate my own SDNG with DHEA, ATD, Yohimbe, etc and see how it works out, but from some preliminary experiments using VPX redline + ATD + DHEA the results have fallen short of SDNG.
Talk all the **** you want about this product (I agree the marketing is a bit of a problem) but overall this is a damn good formulation for an older gentleman such as myself and when combined with MassFX, really helped get me over a hump in my training and produced some very noticeable gains. - 10-29-2007, 10:56 PM
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Ready for HTML5?
By next year, annual sales of smartphones that support HTML5 should hit 1 billion worldwide, says the research firm Strategy Analytics. Even today, there's a healthy installed base of HTML5 phones: at least 336 million, based on 2011 sales.
That market momentum is one reason why HTML5 skills are increasingly important. We recently spoke with Mike Richmond, a technologist in Intel's Open Source Technology Center who focuses on HTML5, about what to keep in mind when working with the language. Disclosure: Intel is the sponsor of this content.
Why should mobile app developers begin mastering HTML5 if they aren't already proficient? Does HTML5 enable them to develop app features that they otherwise couldn't, or target certain segments such as browser-based Web apps ?
Mike Richmond: Applications developed in HTML5 are easier to move between target environments. And because HTML5 and CSS are so visual, it can be much easier to do user interfaces that are scalable between platforms rather than doing the same UI in native code. Web apps can also be delivered outside of an application store.
Besides iOS 5.1, what other mobile OS's support HTML5?
M.R.: Virtually all of them, to some degree or another. Developers can use sites like HTML5Test.com or ringmark to determine which platforms support which features.
What are HTML5's current drawbacks when it comes to mobile app development? And will those drawbacks disappear eventually?
M.R.: The spec's not done, and implementations are uneven. The sites I mentioned are a big help. Use of products like PhoneGap and jQuery also help smooth out the differences. Facebook organized the W3C Mobile Web Platform Core Community Group to accelerate the testing process. Improvements are coming rapidly.
What are some pitfalls that developers should be aware of when using
M.R.: Don't throw out your Kernighan and Ritchie book on C just yet. While JavaScript performance has increased two orders of magnitude in the last five years, it's still not as fast as compiled C code. And JavaScript can be viewed in the clear on the client. So if you have some proprietary physics algorithm, you may want to keep it in C for performance of IP protection.
Also, you may want your app in a store for business reasons, and neither iOS nor Android support Web apps in their stores. PhoneGap is actually a solution that addresses all three of these concerns. It lets you combine native code and HTML5/JS/CSS, and the result is packaged as a native app.
Do some mobile OS's and device vendors implement HTML5 differently from others? If so, what kinds of challenges does that fragmentation create for developers, and how can they work around that?
M.R.: The specs are pretty well-written, so it's not so much a question of fragmentation as it is the fact that not every spec is done, nor is every spec implemented. But the pressure to get there is intense. Website developers have been successfully dealing with this for years. No matter how hard it seems, it's easier than moving from Objective-C on iOS to Dalvik on Android.
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Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:10 AM
karynnj (54,608 posts)
High praise for Kerry from Elizabeth Warren and Deval Patrick
Of course, it was likely in response to the BG asking about SOS speculation, but I would not mind if people not wanting Kerry to be SOS did so admitting that he was valuable in the Senate and very qualified to be SOS. He deserves both parts due to work he has quietly done.
Here is Warren's comment: Sen. Kerry is an enormously talented man and a dedicated public servant. I have no doubt he would make an extraordinary secretary of state, but right now hes making tremendous contributions to our country through his work in the United States Senate, Warren said. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/11/11/election-over-talk-mass-turns-next-one/S6E4eXHZgddYlpghbNXI4H/story.html Amazingly, it seems Glenn Johnson is still in love with Brown - lying that he consistently polls as the most popular politician in MA when in fact Kerry has consistently beaten him for over a year. http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/11/07/election-propels-elizabeth-warren-senate-and-scott-brown-toward-next-political-venture/gNGv4D1kXjMxUxMBIWCOIM/story.html
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15 replies | Author | Time | Post |
High praise for Kerry from Elizabeth Warren and Deval Patrick (Original post) |
karynnj | Nov 2012 | OP |
ginnyinWI | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
DCKit | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
freshwest | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
ProSense | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
protect our future | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
oldhippydude | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
Luftmensch067 | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
karynnj | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
Mass | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
Blaukraut | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
protect our future | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
Luftmensch067 | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
karynnj | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
Mass | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
politicasista | Nov 2012 | #15 |
Response to karynnj (Original post)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:46 AM
ginnyinWI (15,227 posts)
1. who would succeed JK if he became SOS?
Who do you think would likely get elected in his place? And who would be next up for Foreign Relations Chair? I do think JK wants the promotion...maybe these two are just giving him cover so he can choose without feeling pressure.
Response to ginnyinWI (Reply #1)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:52 AM
DCKit (18,541 posts)
3. I agree. Like Warren (and several others), he can serve us best in the Senate.
However if Hillary (and I think she's been fabulous) leaves, he's a damn good choice. Dude's been around the block once or twice.
Response to karynnj (Original post)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:48 AM
freshwest (53,661 posts)
2. Kerry has always been a fine Senator. Thank you, people of MA for supporting him.
Response to karynnj (Original post)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:54 AM
ProSense (116,464 posts)
4. Wonderful comment.
What a great moment, having Elizabeth Warren and John Kerry in the Senate. Thank you Massachusetts.
Response to karynnj (Original post)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 02:23 AM
protect our future (1,156 posts)
5. Yes, John Kerry is valuable
in the Senate, and yes, if Senator Kerry left it might open up his Senate seat to Scott Brown, and yes, he deserves to be SOS and that position may be offered to him. But I wish anyone here at DU who has decided he must stay in the Senate would STFU. The man is an extraordinary human being who gets little credit from outsiders for all he has done for this country over the years. If Senator Kerry is offered the position, let's allow him to decide what he should do. I am sure he will choose what is best. (Sorry, but I sometimes go grrrrrrrr !!/#!! ballistic kaboom when I perceive my hero JK is not being treated with the deference I think he deserves, so now I, too, will STFU, lol.)
Response to protect our future (Reply #5)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 03:43 AM
oldhippydude (2,514 posts)
6. kerry on sir!!!............n/t
Response to protect our future (Reply #5)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 06:06 AM
Luftmensch067 (2,411 posts)
7. I understand your vehemence, but not your apparent animosity
I think our admiration for Senator Kerry's achievements and regret for the lack of credit he receives is equal. I happen to wish fervently that he would stay in the Senate, you do not wish to opine either way, it seems, but I hope you don't think I should "STFU". I have no desire to "decide" that he "must stay in the Senate", I simply feel that though he is uniquely qualified to be Secretary of State, the country would be better served if he continued for as many years as possible to advocate in the Senate for *all* the issues for which he is a passionate and skilled champion: foreign relations, climate change, finance, internet freedom, and generally a return to ethics and responsibility for our nation rather than to essentially retire after a limited term in a role he has been playing unofficially in any case while still retaining his larger scope.
I imagine the reason for your vehemence is that you are as sick as I am of the constant discussion and speculation and personally I can't wait 'til there is some decision by both the president and the Senator and we don't have to hear about it anymore, but saying that people should STFU and assuming that because they might not exactly agree with you, they must not hold Senator Kerry in equal regard, is not useful, in my opinion. |
Response to Luftmensch067 (Reply #7)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:18 AM
karynnj (54,608 posts)
9. I suspect - based on the post only - that you two are actually in agreement
I know that MY post was not intended to push against you or other MA (or non MA) people arguing that Kerry is a unique resource in the Senate for ALL the things you list and that that job allows him more freedom to speak his truth.
The people I was pushing back against were those who treated Kerry as just another D in the Senate or worse someone not deserving or qualified for the position. I think Warren's comment speaks to the fact that he is incredibly valuable in either position. |
Response to Luftmensch067 (Reply #7)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:49 AM
Mass (27,314 posts)
11. I think it may be referring to people who have an ulterior motive.
I may be the only one, but I find extremely suspect that, just a few days after articles by influential foreign policy reporters said it was Kerry (which in itself was a little premature as we do not know when Secretary Clinton will step down), SIX former and current WH staffers leaked to the media it was Rice. It was a done deal, etc. I love Susan Rice. I hope it is her if it is not Kerry. I may even wish it was her rather than Kerry. But really? SIX people.
I think that some of the people who are claiming Kerry is too valuable in the Senate are suspect too. I do not think those people in the Democratic Party who dislike Kerry (not talking about DUers here, but people who are players in this game) have disappeared. They have just repackaged their argument another way. He is too valuable. Menendez would be a bad SFRC chair (I remember when the argument was that Feingold would be a bad chair in 2008). So, yes, I agree with protectourfuture. I wont be happy if we have a new Senate campaign next year, but I wished people who do not want Kerry could show enough respect to stop talking how it would be inconvenient that he became SoS. |
Response to Luftmensch067 (Reply #7)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 02:08 PM
Blaukraut (4,191 posts)
12. I want him to stay in the Senate, too
Put public service above his ambitions, and knowing JK, that is exactly what he will do. The only way we could keep Brown out of a vacant Senate seat, would be if Deval Patrick appointed himself to it, and then ran in the special election. And even then, it's not a given. No, Senator Kerry should stick around until Elizabeth Warren has been groomed and gained some experience and a second term, and then we'll let him retire if he wants to. SoS is a one time gig and has to be apolitical. John Kerry can do a world of good as Foreign Relations committee chair, too. Possibly more so, because he can act independently of the President, something a SoS cannot do.
Response to Luftmensch067 (Reply #7)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 03:45 PM
protect our future (1,156 posts)
13. Mass and karynnj,
the two of you have expressed what I feel much better than I, myself, can, and I wish either one of you could critique my posts before I post them. Luftmensch, thank you for putting me in my place, and justly so.
After eight years of never-dissipating anger at the national media for its treatment of Senator Kerry in '04 and now hearing what he should or should not do as expressed by people who are relatively uninformed, or who have their own agenda, or who are simply parroting the opinion of others just because it sounds good, I reach overload and tend to explode and spew venom on all who are unfortunately in the area. I apologize to all the regulars in the John Kerry Forum who might think my post was directed toward any of you. It wasn't. You guys are the best. Here's a thought. I would think Senator Kerry and President Obama have already discussed the SOS situation extensively, thrown around some ideas, and a decision has already been reached. All that time those two spent together in debate prep? That's all those two were doing or discussing? Nah. |
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Mon Nov 12, 2012, 05:35 PM
Luftmensch067 (2,411 posts)
14. Pax from me, too!
I didn't really want to put you in your place -- karynnj is right of course, we totally agree (and we are both much more irritated at people who criticize JK out of ignorance than anyone else!) -- I was just cranky when I woke up in the middle of the night and saw STFU!
I think you must be right that both the President and the Senator already pretty much know what is going to happen, barring surprises. Now we just have to wait to find out. I hope not too much longer though, because I'm pretty darn near overload myself!!! On another note, I saw the Lincoln film (Spielberg, not zombies) yesterday and I have a feeling most of our regulars here will love it as much as I did! |
Response to protect our future (Reply #5)
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:11 AM
karynnj (54,608 posts)
8. Same here - there are times when I have felt comfortable
ONLY in the John Kerry group here- which has been continuously active since it started in late 2004/early 2005.
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Mon Nov 12, 2012, 07:56 PM
politicasista (14,062 posts)
15. Excellent posts
Haven't been much help (don't like shade at people that work hard), but chimed in on this in another thread.
Not much more to add, just to say that the cases made for both positions are good. Peace. |


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Another week, another version of Fresh Ink Online. This week, Blair Butler sits down with a pile of comics, including Criminal, Sharkman, Almighty, Batman, and the first issue of the provocatively-titled Kick-Ass. So, join her, won't you, as she walks you through all you need to know.
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In short, it's a cavalcade of comics, and cavalcade is not a word we like to use lightly. So, watch, why don't you?
This week on Fresh Ink, Blair Butler is going to talk about the new, feral X-Factor, the newest issue of The Sword, as well as The Walking Dead, the last American Virgin, and the new Fantastic Four. The question is not "will you watch it?" but "how many times?"
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One day in 1813, a team of British soldiers shot a cannon ball across the Maumee River at Fort Meigs.
They overshot their mark. The deadly projectile sailed beyond the scruffy pioneer encampment and landed in a bog of mud thick as melted cheese. It exploded deep in the goo. One hundred and seventy-eight years later, it turned into buried treasure. The cantaloupe-sized iron ball fractured into nine rusty fragments, but they all fit together to form a ragged orb.
Workers building a visitor's center at what is now Fort Meigs State Memorial Park found the ball and much more buried in what was a bog beyond the fort.
Their discoveries are part of a new, 3,000-square-foot exhibit that opens with a festive bang May 3-4 at the reconstructed War of 1812 landmark in Perrysburg.
"Finding a fragment of one of these [cannon balls] isn't so unusual. They were made to blow apart. But finding an entire one of these? Unheard of," enthused Larry Nelson, site manager at the park. "I have one. Everyone else in the world has none."
Ohio Historical Society officials yesterday led a tour through new museum and blockhouse exhibits, showing off the settings and 3-D artifacts they hope will make history come alive.
A Captain Armstrong came to Fort Meigs from Youngstown in 1813. He wasn't a professional soldier, but a militiaman, a civilian volunteer. He wore a khaki-colored wool uniform coat with 11 dark-brown stripes and brass buttons, probably made by a family member. The neck was stiff and high, the better to keep his head up and his bearing military, Mr. Nelson said. The back was cut into tails that fell dashingly to either side when the captain rode his horse.
Captain Armstrong and his coat survived his stay at the fort, collections manager Cliff Eckle said. His coat became an heirloom, and his descendants kept the garment in excellent shape for almost two centuries before donating it to the historical society.
Today, along with a cherry-red musician's uniform, it's back at Fort Meigs.
The show's not all Fort Meigs. Another War of 1812 military relic is a three-foot copper arrow, a weathervane that once topped the courthouse in the town that became Columbus. Legend says spirited new recruits, kept waiting by their sergeant, used the weathervane for target practice. They apparently were good shots: The arrow is riddled with bullet holes.
There are swords, guns, bayonets, and cannonballs aplenty, "certainly the finest collection of military artifacts in the state, if not in the entire region," Mr. Nelson said. "The vast majority of the items on display were retrieved here on the site."
More will be added, retrieved from auction houses and collectors, if an ongoing campaign can raise the $1.5 million needed to secure the fort's future, said Scott Mueller, the historical society's development director. The money will be used to reconstruct Depression-era WPA-built picnic shelters, catalog and conserve archaeological items found on the site, and buy more Fort Meigs-related items as they appear on the antique market.
The museum side of the visitors' center focuses on the past, but "this building is all about the future," Mr. Nelson said. A new meeting room provides several area historic groups a space for dinners and events. The lobby is home to a book and souvenir store. Site staffers now have good-sized offices and a break area, and visitors have places to hang their coats or cool their heels.
The fort facelift and museum project cost about $6.2 million, but it is integral to the area's future in historical tourism, Mr. Nelson said.
"I see plenty of people come through who are retracing Anthony Wayne's march, or War of 1812 sites. With the addition in a few years of the Metroparks' Fallen Timbers battlefield park across the river, this area could reach the critical mass needed to become a major tourist site."


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April 8, 2011
Tennessee football will host Fan Day on Saturday, April 16 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. before the Vols take the field at Neyland Stadium for the Dish Network Orange and White Game at 2 p.m.
Coach Derek Dooley and members of the UT team will be available to sign autographs on Haslam Field. Fans may enter from Pat Head Summitt Street (across from Lindsey Nelson Stadium).
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Nigeria will clock 52 years as an independent nation tomorrow, amidst an atmosphere of gloom being experienced by citizens.
But what has not been in short supply are exhortations by political leaders urging the people not to despair but to re-energise themselves in the task of building the nation.
In Lagos, the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria,Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu urged Nigerians to seize the 52nd independence anniversary to refocus on their country and rededicate themselves to its development.
In a special release to mark the event, the former governor of Lagos State noted, "Nigeria, our dear country, could be passing through a very difficult time now. But these are not problems we cannot collectively solve, if we all put our minds to them."
Asiwaju Tinubu said one of the burning challenges was that of a constitution to make Nigeria a true federation and correct all the structural imbalances that have resulted in mutual distrust and slowed down economic growth and prosperity.
Tinubu called for the strengthening of our various institutions to serve the interests of the citizenry and not personal political interests.
"The sustenance of our democracy is important. The can do spirit of Nigerians must be harnessed. Parochial sectional interests must be dislodged. And we must work collectively for peace and stability of the nation. At the age of 50, a person is expected to have matured and developed into something greater. But a nation that is a continuum should have made concrete and critical steps towards the progress and happiness of its citizenry and not just be contented with business as usual that has left a vast majority of our people in a state of hopelessness."
In Abeokuta, Governor Ibikunle Amosun has called for a result oriented synergy between the leaders and the followers in order to make the country move
forward in the next half of the century.
Amosun made the call this afternoon in an interview with newsmen at the Special church service to mark the 52nd independence day anniversary in Abeokuta,Ogun
state,southwest, Nigeria. He absolved the country leaders of total responsibility for the country's woe at 52.
The governor while responding to a question on the challenge ahead of him being among the present crop of leaders in the country,said while
he would partially agree with the submission that leaders in the country had been responsible for the situation we found ourselves as a
nation today, he said,"the followers too should be part of the blame.That is why there is this need for a result oriented and positive synergy
between the leaders and the followers for us to get over the woes".
"Yes,it is true that leadership has a role to pay in confronting the challenge we are facing now,the country ought to have grown beyond this level we found ourselves.The type of our leaders will ultimately determine the road to our progress,but that notwithstanding the followers' angle is also very important and you must believe that both the leaders and the led have roles to play to ensure steady development and progress as two factors cannot be undermined",Amosun
The governor said that there was no way the country could move forward,"in an atmosphere of rancour and believe you me,we have
come a long way all the years that we should celebrate,I believe we can still do more,we will improve.The challenge we are having today will soon be a thing of the past.I just wish our people will explore peaceful means".
Governor Amosun in his independence message at the church service held at the Cathedral Church,Ake,Abeokuta called for
amicable settlement of the socio-political crises in the country,declaring that violence and religious upheavals cannot solve
the problem.According to the governor,"when we look at the holy books,none of it preaches violence,so we must exploit the books to our advantage to overcome this problem",he advised.
Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola in his own message said the time has come for the nation to reclaim her pre-eminent status in Africa given the reality that the Continent has become the next frontier of world development.
Governor Fashola, who fielded questions on the state of the nation from newsmen after the Special Friday Jumat Service to commemorate the nation's 52nd Independence Anniversary, said in the context of the African Continent being the next investment destination of the world, Nigeria should rise and take the lead in reaping the economic benefits of that reality.
"The rhetoric on Africa has changed. Ten years ago, I think it was an international Magazine which published the screaming headline "Africa, a hopeless Continent". But today, that rhetoric has changed. The Magazine has eaten its words and people of the nations across the world have said Africa is the next frontier", the Governor said.
Noting that Africa is now experiencing six to seven percent annual growth on a sustainable basis while countries such as Ethiopia and Somalia are now experiencing development and holding elections, Governor Fashola declared, "In that context, where do we lie. That is why I started with Africa; we must reclaim our pre-eminent status".
The Governor, however, said this would not happen "if, as a people, we continue to put ourselves down" adding, "Those who condemned us 10 years ago have said we are the new frontier. Must we continue as a people to put ourselves down?".
Governor Fashola expressed delight that in the last 48 hours, Nigerians have been asking very honest questions as to whether we, as a people, are the problem or the nation itself. He added, "Even the sermon today is a call to nationalism, a call to patriotism. Let us see our challenges as building blocks for greatness".
"This is not the worst place to live on earth and I can tell you that. Let us take the financial issues for instance, the Spanish government raised its taxes by 52 percent, Italy has raised its tax by 60 percent. Italians are leaving their country. That is not our position here. People are being struck by earthquakes, Tsunami, but we have arable land for farming here. There are challenges here alright but they should be seen as building blocks for us to aspire to greater things", the Governor said.
The Governor called on Nigerians to be sober, humble and listen more to those they have entrusted with authority adding that if those in authority fail to perform, Nigerians have the chance to throw them out during the next election.
"But we must end strikes. Breaking up the productive system only takes us back. The people we are chasing are ahead; the Chinese, the Indians, the Americans, they do not strike as often as we do. We are already behind, we need to double up on our work really; if they are working seven days a week, we should work eight days a week, if they are working 14 hours a day, we should work 24 hours a day, and we would not even catch up in ten years. So, that is the work that lies ahead and which we must do", the Governor said.
Wishing Nigeria a happy anniversary and Nigerians a brighter rewarding future, Governor Fashola declared, "The Leadership, of course owes the responsibility to continue to rally round the people, restrain themselves from those actions and statements that divide us and do more and say more of those things that bring us together as a nation".


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The event begins at 9 a.m. with the Kid's Hike and Seek Treasure Hunt. Gates will also open to allow pedestrian access to the old dam road and front views of the dam.
At noon, Wyoming musical artist, Bryan Ragsdale will perform and entertain as a "Cowboy Bard". Food and refreshments will also be available and prizes will be awarded for the Kid's Hike and Seek Treasure Hunt. Gates will remain open until 3 p.m. and volunteers will be on-site to provide interpretation and assistance. Access is free to the public.
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Arts Council, through funding from the Wyoming State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information contact Leslie Slater Wilson at the Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center: (307) 527-6076.
The public can learn more about Wyoming's own Bryan Ragsdale's by visiting http://www.bryanragsdale.com/.


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Wellbutrin XL
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Mechanism Of Action
The mechanism of action of bupropion is unknown, as is the case with other antidepressants. However, it is presumed that this action is mediated by noradrenergic and/or dopaminergic mechanisms. Bupropion is a relatively weak inhibitor of the neuronal uptake of norepinephrine and dopamine and does not inhibit monoamine oxidase or the reuptake of serotonin.
Bupropion is a racemic mixture. The pharmacologic activity and pharmacokinetics of the individual enantiomers have not been studied.
Following chronic dosing, the mean steady-state plasma concentration of bupropion was reached within 8 days. The mean elimination half-life (±SD) of bupropion 21 (±9) hours.
In a study comparing 14-day dosing with WELLBUTRIN XL, 300 mg once-daily to the immediate-release formulation of bupropion at 100 mg 3 times daily, equivalence was demonstrated for peak plasma concentration and area under the curve for bupropion and the three metabolites (hydroxybupropion, threohydrobupropion, and erythrohydrobupropion). Additionally, in a study comparing 14-day dosing with WELLBUTRIN XL 300 mg once daily to the sustained-release formulation of bupropion at 150 mg 2 times daily, equivalence was demonstrated for peak plasma concentration and area under the curve for bupropion and the three metabolites.
Following single oral administration of WELLBUTRIN XL tablets to healthy volunteers, the median time to peak plasma concentrations for bupropion was approximately 5 hours. The presence of food did not affect the peak concentration or area under the curve of bupropion.
In vitro tests show that bupropion is 84% bound to human plasma proteins at concentrations up to 200 mcg/mL. The extent of protein binding of the hydroxybupropion metabolite is similar to that for bupropion, whereas the extent of protein binding of the threohydrobupropion metabolite is about half that of bupropion.
Bupropion is extensively metabolized in humans. Three metabolites are active: hydroxybupropion, which is formed via hydroxylation of the tert-butyl group of bupropion, and the amino-alcohol isomers threohydrobupropion and erythrohydrobupropion, which are formed via reduction of the carbonyl group. In vitro findings suggest that CYP2B6 is the principal isoenzyme involved in the formation of hydroxybupropion, while cytochrome P450 enzymes are not involved in the formation of threohydrobupropion. Oxidation of the bupropion side chain results in the formation of a glycine conjugate of meta-chlorobenzoic acid, which is then excreted as the major urinary metabolite. The potency and toxicity of the metabolites relative to bupropion have not been fully characterized. However, it has been demonstrated in an antidepressant screening test in mice that hydroxybupropion is one half as potent as bupropion, while threohydrobupropion and erythrohydrobupropion are 5-fold less potent than bupropion. This may be of clinical importance, because the plasma concentrations of the metabolites are as high or higher than those of bupropion.
At steady state, peak plasma concentration of hydroxybupropion occurred approximately 7 hours after administration of WELLBUTRIN XL, and it was approximately 7 times the peak level of the parent drug. The elimination half-life of hydroxybupropion is approximately 20 (±5) hours, and its AUC at steady state is about 13 times that of bupropion. The times to peak concentrations for the erythrohydrobupropion and threohydrobupropion metabolites are similar to that of hydroxybupropion. However, the elimination half-lives of erythrohydrobupropion and threohydrobupropion are longer, approximately 33 (±10) and 37 (±13) hours, respectively, and steady-state AUCs were 1.4 and 7 times that of bupropion, respectively.
Bupropion and its metabolites exhibit linear kinetics following chronic administration of 300 to 450 mg/day.
Following oral administration of 200 mg of 14C-bupropion in humans, 87% and 10% of the radioactive dose were recovered in the urine and feces, respectively. Only 0.5% of the oral dose was excreted as unchanged bupropion.
Population Subgroups
Factors or conditions altering metabolic capacity (e.g., liver disease, congestive heart failure [CHF], age, concomitant medications, etc.) or elimination may be expected to influence the degree and extent of accumulation of the active metabolites of bupropion. The elimination of the major metabolites of bupropion may be affected by reduced renal or hepatic function, because they are moderately polar compounds and are likely to undergo further metabolism or conjugation in the liver prior to urinary excretion.
Renal Impairment
There is limited information on the pharmacokinetics of bupropion in patients with renal impairment. An inter-trial comparison between normal subjects and subjects with end-stage renal failure demonstrated that the parent drug Cmax and AUC values were comparable in the 2 groups, whereas the hydroxybupropion and threohydrobupropion metabolites had a 2.3-and 2.8-fold increase, respectively, in AUC for subjects with end-stage renal failure. A second study, comparing normal subjects and subjects with moderate-to-severe renal impairment (GFR 30.9 ± 10.8 mL/min) showed that after a single 150 mg dose of sustained-release bupropion, exposure to bupropion was approximately 2-fold higher in subjects with impaired renal function, while levels of the hydroxybupropion and threo/erythrohydrobupropion (combined) metabolites were similar in the 2 groups. Bupropion is extensively metabolized in the liver to active metabolites, which are further metabolized and subsequently excreted by the kidneys. The elimination of the major metabolites of bupropion may be reduced by impaired renal function. WELLBUTRIN XL should be used with caution in patients with renal impairment, and a reduced frequency and/or dose should be considered [see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION and Use in Specific Populations].
Hepatic Impairment
The effect of hepatic impairment on the pharmacokinetics of bupropion was characterized in 2 single-dose trials, one in subjects with alcoholic liver disease and one in subjects with mild to severe cirrhosis. The first trial demonstrated that the half-life of hydroxybupropion was significantly longer in 8 subjects with alcoholic liver disease than in 8 healthy volunteers (32±14 hours versus 21±5 hours, respectively). Although not statistically significant, the AUCs for bupropion and hydroxybupropion were more variable and tended to be greater (by 53% to 57%) in patients with alcoholic liver disease. The differences in half-life for bupropion and the other metabolites in the 2 groups were minimal.
The second trial demonstrated no statistically significant differences in the pharmacokinetics of bupropion and its active metabolites in 9 subjects with mild to moderate hepatic cirrhosis compared to 8 healthy volunteers. However, more variability was observed in some of the pharmacokinetic parameters for bupropion (AUC, Cmax, and Tmax) and its active metabolites (t½) in subjects with mild to moderate hepatic cirrhosis. In addition, in patients with severe hepatic cirrhosis, the bupropion Cmax and AUC were substantially increased (mean difference: by approximately 70% and 3-fold, respectively) and more variable when compared to values in healthy volunteers; the mean bupropion half-life was also longer (29 hours in subjects with severe hepatic cirrhosis vs. 19 hours in healthy subjects). For the metabolite hydroxybupropion, the mean Cmax was approximately 69% lower. For the combined amino-alcohol isomers threohydrobupropion and erythrohydrobupropion, the mean Cmax was approximately 31% lower. The mean AUC increased by about 1½-fold for hydroxybupropion and about 2½-fold for threo/erythrohydrobupropion. The median Tmax was observed 19 hours later for hydroxybupropion and 31 hours later for threo/erythrohydrobupropion. The mean half-lives for hydroxybupropion and threo/erythrohydrobupropion were increased 5-and 2-fold, respectively, in patients with severe hepatic cirrhosis compared to healthy volunteers [see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION and Use in Specific Populations].
Left Ventricular Dysfunction
During a chronic dosing study with bupropion in 14 depressed patients with left ventricular dysfunction (history of CHF or an enlarged heart on x-ray), there was no apparent effect on the pharmacokinetics of bupropion or its metabolites, compared to healthy volunteers.
The effects of age on the pharmacokinetics of bupropion and its metabolites have not been fully characterized, but an exploration of steady-state bupropion concentrations from several depression efficacy studies involving patients dosed in a range of 300 to 750 mg/day, on a 3 times daily schedule, revealed no relationship between age (18 to 83 years) and plasma concentration of bupropion. A single-dose pharmacokinetic study demonstrated that the disposition of bupropion and its metabolites in elderly subjects was similar to that in younger subjects. These data suggest that there is no prominent effect of age on bupropion concentration; however, another single-and multiple-dose pharmacokinetic study suggested that the elderly are at increased risk for accumulation of bupropion and its metabolites [see Use in Specific Populations].
A single-dose study involving 12 healthy male and 12 healthy female volunteers revealed no sex-related differences in the pharmacokinetic parameters of bupropion. In addition, pooled analysis of bupropion pharmacokinetic data from 90 healthy male and 90 healthy female volunteers revealed no sex-related differences in the peak plasma concentrations of bupropion. The mean systemic exposure (AUC) was approximately 13% higher in male volunteers compared to female volunteers.
The effects of cigarette smoking on the pharmacokinetics of bupropion hydrochloride were studied in 34 healthy male and female volunteers; 17 were chronic cigarette smokers and 17 were nonsmokers. Following oral administration of a single 150 mg dose of bupropion, there was no statistically significant difference in Cmax, half-life, Tmax, AUC, or clearance of bupropion or its active metabolites between smokers and nonsmokers.
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Potential for Other Drugs to Affect WELLBUTRIN XL
In vitro studies indicate that bupropion is primarily metabolized to hydroxybupropion by CYP2B6. Therefore, the potential exists for drug interactions between WELLBUTRIN XL and drugs that are inhibitors or inducers of CYP2B6. In addition, in vitro studies suggest that paroxetine, sertraline, norfluoxetine, fluvoxamine, and nelfinavir inhibit the hydroxylation of bupropion.
Inhibitors Of CYP2B6
Ticlopidine and Clopidogrel: In a study in healthy male volunteers, clopidogrel 75 mg once daily or ticlopidine 250 mg twice daily increased exposures (Cmax and AUC) of bupropion by 40% and 60% for clopidogrel, by 38% and 85% for ticlopidine, respectively. The exposures of hydroxybupropion were decreased.
Prasugrel: In healthy subjects, prasugrel increased bupropion Cmax and AUC values by 14% and 18%, respectively, and decreased Cmax and AUC values of hydroxybupropion by 32% and 24%, respectively.
Cimetidine: Following oral administration of bupropion 300 mg with and without cimetidine 800 mg in 24 healthy young male volunteers, the pharmacokinetics of bupropion and hydroxybupropion were unaffected. However, there were 16% and 32% increases in the AUC and Cmax, respectively, of the combined moieties of threohydrobupropion and erythrohydrobupropion.
Citalopram: Citalopram did not affect the pharmacokinetics of bupropion and its three metabolites.
Inducers Of CYP2B6
Ritonavir and Lopinavir: In a healthy volunteer study, ritonavir 100 mg twice daily reduced the AUC and Cmax of bupropion by 22% and 21%, respectively. The exposure of the hydroxybupropion metabolite was decreased by 23%, the threohydrobupropion decreased by 38%, and the erythrohydrobupropion decreased by 48%. In a second healthy volunteer study, ritonavir 600 mg twice daily decreased the AUC and Cmax of bupropion by 66% and 62%, respectively. The exposure of the hydroxybupropion metabolite was decreased by 78%, the threohydrobupropion decreased by 50%, and the erythrohydrobupropion decreased by 68%.
In another healthy volunteer study, lopinavir 400 mg/ritonavir 100 mg twice daily decreased bupropion AUC and Cmax by 57%. The AUC and Cmax of hydroxybupropion metabolite were decreased by 50% and 31%, respectively.
Efavirenz: In a study of healthy volunteers, efavirenz 600 mg once daily for 2 weeks reduced the AUC and Cmax of bupropion by approximately 55% and 34%, respectively. The AUC of hydroxybupropion was unchanged, whereas Cmax of hydroxybupropion was increased by 50%.
Carbamazepine, Phenobarbital, Phenytoin: While not systematically studied, these drugs may induce the metabolism of bupropion.
Potential for WELLBUTRIN XL to Affect Other Drugs
Animal data indicated that bupropion may be an inducer of drug-metabolizing enzymes in humans. In a study of 8 healthy male volunteers, following a 14-day administration of bupropion 100 mg three times per day, there was no evidence of induction of its own metabolism. Nevertheless, there may be the potential for clinically important alterations of blood levels of coadministered drugs.
Drugs Metabolized By CYP2D6
In vitro, bupropion and hydroxybupropion are CYP2D6 inhibitors. In a clinical study of 15 male subjects (ages 19 to 35 years) who were extensive metabolizers of CYP2D6, bupropion given as 150 mg twice daily followed by a single dose of 50 mg desipramine increased the Cmax, AUC, and T½ of desipramine by an average of approximately 2-, 5-, and 2-fold, respectively. The effect was present for at least 7 days after the last dose of bupropion. Concomitant use of bupropion with other drugs metabolized by CYP2D6 has not been formally studied.
Citalopram: Although citalopram is not primarily metabolized by CYP2D6, in one study bupropion increased the Cmax and AUC of citalopram by 30% and 40%, respectively.
Lamotrigine: Multiple oral doses of bupropion had no statistically significant effects on the single-dose pharmacokinetics of lamotrigine in 12 healthy volunteers.
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Major Depressive Disorder
The efficacy of bupropion in the treatment of major depressive disorder was established with the immediate-release formulation of bupropion hydrochloride in two 4-week, placebo-controlled trials in adult inpatients with MDD and in one 6-week, placebo-controlled trial in adult outpatients with MDD. In the first study, the bupropion dose range was 300 mg to 600 mg per day administered in 3 divided doses; 78% of patients were treated with doses of 300 mg to 450 mg per day. The trial demonstrated the efficacy of bupropion as measured by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) total score, the HAMD depressed mood item (item 1), and the Clinical Global Impressions-Severity Scale (CGI-S). The second study included 2 fixed doses of bupropion (300 mg and 450 mg per day) and placebo. This trial demonstrated the efficacy of bupropion for only the 450 mg dose. The efficacy results were significant for the HAMD total score and the CGI-S severity score, but not for HAMD item 1. In the third study, outpatients were treated with bupropion 300 mg per day. This study demonstrated the efficacy of bupropion as measured by the HAMD total score, the HAMD item 1, the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), the CGI-S score, and the CGI-Improvement Scale (CGI-I) score.
A longer-term, placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal trial demonstrated the efficacy of bupropion HCl sustained-release in the maintenance treatment of MDD. The trial included adult outpatients meeting DSM-IV criteria for MDD, recurrent type, who had responded during an 8-week open-label trial of bupropion 300 mg per day. Responders were randomized to continuation of bupropion 300 mg per day or placebo for up to 44 weeks of observation for relapse. Response during the open-label phase was defined as a CGI-Improvement Scale score of 1 (very much improved) or 2 (much improved) for each of the final 3 weeks. Relapse during the double-blind phase was defined as the investigator's judgment that drug treatment was needed for worsening depressive symptoms. Patients in the bupropion group experienced significantly lower relapse rates over the subsequent 44 weeks compared to those in the placebo group.
Although there are no independent trials demonstrating the efficacy of WELLBUTRIN XL in the acute treatment of MDD, studies have demonstrated similar bioavailability between the immediate-, sustained-, and extended-release formulations of bupropion HCl under steady-state conditions (i.e., the exposures [Cmax and AUC] for bupropion and its metabolites are similar among the 3 formulations).
Seasonal Affective Disorder
The efficacy of WELLBUTRIN XL in the prevention of seasonal major depressive episodes associated with SAD was established in 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials in adult outpatients with a history of MDD with an autumn-winter seasonal pattern (as defined by DSM-IV criteria). Bupropion treatment was initiated prior to the onset of symptoms in the autumn (September to November). Treatment was discontinued following a 2 week taper that began during the first week of spring (fourth week of March), resulting in a treatment duration of approximately 4 to 6 months for the majority of patients. Patients were randomized to treatment with WELLBUTRIN XL or placebo. The initial bupropion dose was 150 mg once daily for 1 week, followed by up-titration to 300 mg once daily. Patients who were deemed by the investigator to be unlikely or unable to tolerate 300 mg once daily were allowed to remain on, or had their dose reduced to, 150 mg once daily. The mean bupropion doses in the 3 trials ranged from 257 mg to 280 mg per day. Approximately 59% of patients continued in the study for 3 to 6 months; 26% continued for < 3 months, 15% continued for > 6 months.
To enter the trials, patients must have had a low level of depressive symptoms, as demonstrated by a score of < 7 on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 (HAMD17) and a HAMD24 score of < 14. The primary efficacy measure was the Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Seasonal Affective Disorders (SIGH-SAD), which is identical to the HAMD24. The SIGH-SAD consists of the HAMD17 plus 7 items specifically assessing core symptoms of seasonal affective disorder: social withdrawal, weight gain, increased appetite, increased eating, carbohydrate craving, hypersomnia, and fatigability. The primary efficacy endpoint was the onset of a seasonal major depressive episode. The criteria for defining an episode included: 1) the investigator's judgment that a major depressive episode had occurred or that the patient required intervention for depressive symptoms, or 2) a SIGH-SAD score of > 20 on 2 consecutive weeks. The primary analysis was a comparison of depression-free rates between the bupropion and placebo groups.
In these 3 trials, the percentage of patients who were depression-free (did not have an episode of MDD) at the end of treatment was significantly higher in the bupropion group than in the placebo group: 81.4% vs. 69.7%, 87.2% vs. 78.7%, and 84.0% vs. 69.0% for Trials 1, 2 and 3, respectively. For the 3 trials combined, the depression-free rate was 84.3% versus 72.0% in the bupropion and placebo group, respectively.
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I have stayed at the Lucerna many times, and have always been happy with the quality of both the service and the rooms. The upgrade of the park along the river immediately behind the hotel has enhanced the environment around the hotel. It is a great place for a morning or evening walk. Breakfast in the hotel restaurant is great, but a bit pricey. The lunch and dinner are only so-so, but the hotel is close to many good restaurants. The wireless connections usually function well. The staff members are always pleasant and helpful.
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North Central Washington CCA is proud to announce our fifth annual, NCW CCA Salmon Derby. We would like to invite you to join us in our fifth annual Salmon Fishing Derby located here in Wenatchee WA. We will be selling tickets online and at Hooked On Toys in Wenatchee and Sportsman's Warehouse in East Wenatchee starting May 1st.
Date: | Friday, July 15 – Saturday, July 16 |
Where: | Wenatchee WA, fishing between top of Rock Island Dam and the bottom of Wells Dam |
Weigh-in Locations: | Wenatchee Riverfront Park (Orondo Street launch behind Pybus Market) and Beebe Bridge Park will be our official weigh-in sites. |
Skipper's Mtg: | MANDATORY Skipper's meeting Thursday, July 14th, 6:00 pm at Eagles Hall in Wenatchee. |
Weigh-in times: | Friday 15th, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm Saturday 16th, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm (In order to weigh a fish it must be gutted, gilled and the blood line cleaned out). |
Time: | Start time is 4:00 am Friday, July 15th, and Saturday, July 16th. End time is 9:00 pm Friday and 2:30 pm Saturday. You must check into weigh station by end time to weigh day's fish. All fish must be weighed on day caught. |
Cost: | $60 entry fee per person. Ticket price includes entry fee, 2016 CCA Membership and awards ceremony afterwards at the Eagles Lodge. Current Members, renewed within last 6 mths, will receive $30 off ticket price. |
How to win: | First, second, third, fourth and fifth for heaviest salmon weighed. First, second, third fourth and fifth for heaviest boat aggregate. All salmon count towards weight. |
Prizes: | HEAVIEST FISH 1st – $2,000, 2nd – $1,350, 3rd – $1,000, 4th – $500, 5th – $250HEAVIEST BOAT WEIGHT 1st – $1,750, 2nd – $1,150, 3rd – $1,000, 4th – $500, 5th – $250 |
Awards: | Doors open at 3:30 pm Saturday afternoon at Wenatchee Eagles Lodge. Awards begin at 5:00 pm. Guests of skipper and crew welcome. |
Awards Ceremony location: | Eagles Lodge, located at 1208 N. Wenatchee Ave. |
Derby tickets are available at: | Hooked On Toys, Sportsman's Warehouse or online at www.wenatcheesalmonderby.com |
This is an exciting – and pivotal – point in the fight to save our region's fisheries. I hope you will join us in securing the future of our region's marine resources.
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Definition of blimp in English:
1informal A small nonrigid airship.
- 'In a longer range capacity, but no less hazardous, they performed similar duties in patrol bombers and blimps.'
- 'Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's inspired idea was to make airships rigid, so superseding the early blimps, which were fatally vulnerable to leaks from the inflammable hydrogen used to inflate them.'
- 'However, western detectives flatly dismissed reports that Government's airship, the blimp, and other sophisticated radar technology were responsible for the seizure.'
- 'The development of radar and improvement of sonar detection also aided the blimps and airplanes, frigates, and destroyers as they sought out enemy submarines and attacked them with depth charges.'
- 'I thought at first it was probably a helicopter or a blimp, as we have a number of hospitals and a sports stadium in the downtown area.'
- 'Aerostats are packed to their fins with special radar payloads that would have mere hot air balloons, airships or blimps hissing with envy.'
- 'Vulnerable coastlines led to the construction of enormous hangars for surveillance blimps along the Pacific Coast.'
- 'For unmanned aerial vehicles, though, inflatable wings are just the ticket, figures ILC Dover, a leading supplier of blimps and airships.'
- 'The broader strokes of pressure-pattern navigation are used on a daily basis by most major airlines and many vessels at sea; even the Goodyear blimp uses the theory to select a heading for cross-country flying.'
- 'He put cameras on cranes, in jeeps and in the air aboard helicopters and blimps to offer yet another angle and different perspective.'
- 'You won't believe what's on the screen - a fantastic universe of blimps, airplanes, robots, and whatever.'
- 'The air platforms could take the form of tethered blimps, unmanned aerial vehicles, or manned aircraft.'
- 'Further demonstrations lead to the building of a blimp for the modern age - the Hindenburg II - powered solely by fuel cells.'
- 'Actually, the JLENS blimp is an aerostat, a blimp like vehicle designed to always turn into the wind and stay in the same place.'
- 'Sources in the Special Anti-Crime Unit said it was intelligence gathered from the blimp airship which informed yesterday's historic seizure.'
- 'I looked up, saw the blimp and some airplanes and a white rectangular shaped object, that may have been a dull silver color.'
- 'In the 1990s he expanded his blimp company, Airship Management Services Inc., too fast.'
- 'Lawyers are fretting that firms may try to hijack the rugby event by sending out skywriters or flying blimps during the matches.'
- 'The filmmakers used blimps, ultra-lights, speedboats, small aircraft, gliders, and specially made lenses to capture these winged marvels in flight and at rest.'
- 'The towers and unmanned blimps, called aerostats, worked so well at detecting and identifying enemy forces and objects that Defense Department officials want to buy more of them.'
- 1.1North American An obese person.'I could work out four hours a day and still end up a blimp'
- 'At eight, two years after the birth of his half-sister, his mother had ballooned into a blimp.'
- 'I was skinny just a year ago, but at the rate I'm going I'll be a real blimp soon!'
- 'The writer's epitaph saluted him as a 'supreme clubman, boozer and blimp.''
- 'Remember the Poker Champion pictures where he was a real blimp? He looks great.'
- 'Oh my God, hey, just jump back and make a little way for the blimp in the blue hat.'
2British A pompous, reactionary type of person.
'no Colonel Blimp could have been more nationalistic'- 'Those who read Mr Cooper's article will discover that he is anything but a Colonel Blimp and that he does not have much in common with historical liberal imperialism either.'
- 'It's depressingly like the cartoon of a Colonel Blimp character sitting in an armchair beneath the huge head of a white rhino, explaining that he 'thought he'd better bag one fast in case this conservation business doesn't work out.''
- 'Moreover Drummond isn't your average Colonel Blimp reactionary; yes, he deplores the fixation with populist culture but he is essentially a modernist at heart.'
- 'It is sad to find the editor of one of the few outlets in favour of radical change adopting the attitude, and language, of a Colonel Blimp.'
- 'I've often wished those letters-page bores and blimps who see every refugee arrival as evidence of New Zealand's 'softness' could have sat and talked to that senior sergeant about his experience in the real world.'
right-winger, conservative, rightist, diehard, colonel blimpView synonyms3A soundproof cover for a movie camera.
- 'It compares the sound levels (with audio clips) of the camera running by itself, the camera running in the Custom Upholstery Products Barney, and the camera running in the ARRI Lightweight Fibre Glass Blimp 16.'
- 'The Nikon CS-13 Blimp Case is a black imitation leather case made to hold a Nikon camera with a motor drive and a lens attached.'
- 'I've heard a rumor that at some point a blimp was made for this camera, but I've had no luck finding one.'
- 'With this type of anti-reflection protection system attached to the blimp, the sound in the terminal area of the outside mount and of the lens case facing away from the camera case can also be insulated as much as possible.'
- 'If your camera is disturbing the peace in court, on the golf course or any other venue where silence is golden, photojournalist Sam Cranston's US$125 Camera Muzzle sound blimp for pro film and digital SLR cameras may be for you.'
First World War (in blimp (sense 2 of the noun)): of uncertain origin. blimp (sense 1 of the noun) derives from the character invented by cartoonist David Low, used in anti-German or antigovernment drawings before and during the Second World War.
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Championship schedule, results and pictures of IWN Gary Raya Classic
The schedule is set for the final day of the 31st annual Irvine World News Gary Raya Classic Saturday in Irvine.
The 19-team boys basketball tournament is sponsored by Orange County Register.
No. 2 Mission Viejo (10-1) and Tesoro (9-1), which entered the week tied with El Toro for No. 9, will meet in the championship game Saturday at 6:15 p.m. at Concordia University in Irvine. Mission Viejo will be the designated home team.
Tournament organizers had to go to a tie-breaker system to set the schedule for the last two games since all four teams went undefeated in pool play.
In the third place game, Tustin will meet Dana Hills at 4:30 p.m. Dana Hills will be the designated home team.
Five games will be held at Beckman High in Irvine with four games at Concordia.
The full schedule (second team listed is home team):
At Beckman: Segerstrom vs. Crean Lutheran, noon; Esperanza vs. Irvine, 1:30 p.m. Woodbridge vs. Valencia, 3 p.m.; El Dorado vs. Edison, 4:30 p.m.; Northwood vs. Laguna Beach, 6:15 p.m.
At Concordia University: Cajon vs. University, 1:30 p.m. El Toro vs. Temecula Valley, third place, 3 p.m.; Tustin vs. Dana Hills, third place, 4:30 p.m.; Tesoro vs. Mission Viejo, championship, 6:15 p.m.
Friday's results:
Laguna Beach 60, Edison 54
Northwood 60, Crean Lutheran 41
Mission Viejo 78, Temecula Valley 49
Woodbridge 69, Esperanza 66
Valencia 89, University 79
Beckman 68, Segerstrom 45
Dana Hills 48, El Dorado 32
Tustin 64, El Toro 61
Thursday's results:
Laguna Beach 70, Esperanza 58
Dana Hills 90, University 68
Mission Viejo 82, Irvine 40
Tesoro 74,Woodbridge 67
El Toro 84, Beckman 57
El Dorado 54, Valencia 51
Wednesday's results:
Dana Hills, 60, Northwood 39
Tesoro 60, Laguna Beach 52
Esperanza 64, Beckman 49
El Toro 66, Cajon 34
Tustin 65, Segerstrom 30
Temecula Valley 76, Irvine 54
Mission Viejo 77, Edison 57
Valencia 73, Crean Lutheran 44
Tuesday's results
Temecula Valley 60, Edison 55
Woodbridge 52, Laguna Beach 42
Irvine 82, Crean Lutheran 55
Mission Viejo 115, University 50
Tesoro 77, Beckman 37
El Toro 81, Segerstrom 31
Tustin 53, Cajon 47
El Dorado 56, Northwood 50
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Edison 60, Valencia 48
Cajon 57, Beckman 48
Tesoro 68, Esperanza 59
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Dana Hills 64, Irvine 50
Tustin 78, Woodbridge 60
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Native Plants
Welcome to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's collection of 43,021 plant images. We have listened to our users and made it even easier to find images in this updated version of the image gallery. All thumbnails are linked to larger versions of the image and image information.
Hypericum prolificum
Hypericum prolificum L.
Shrubby St. John's-wort
Clusiaceae (St. John's-Wort Family)
USDA Symbol: hypr
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
NPIN Image Id: 22838 |
NPIN Image Id: 31798 |
NPIN Image Id: 1813 |
NPIN Image Id: 1814 |
NPIN Image Id: 1815 |
NPIN Image Id: 1816 |
NPIN Image Id: 18987 |
NPIN Image Id: 30938 |
NPIN Image Id: 40241 |
Additional resources
USDA: Find Hypericum prolificum images in USDA PlantsGoogle: Search Google Images for Hypericum prolificum