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The UMBC men's lacrosse team will try to move to 2-0 in America East play when they travel toBurlington, Vt. to take on the Vermont Catamounts. UMBC (3-5, 1-0) opened league play with a 16-12 victory over defending league champion Hartford last Saturday, while Vermont (1-8, 0-1) fell at Stony Brook, 13-5. The opening face-off is set for 1:00 p.m. from Virtue Field.
UMBC was unable to win back-to-back games for the first time in 2012 when they let an 11-8 fourth quarter lead slip away, and fell at No. 19 Towson, 12-11 on April 3.
Junior attackman Joe Lustgarten smashed career highs with five goals and eight total points, in the win over Hartford and was named America East Conference Player of the Week for his effort
vs. the Hawks. He followed up with a career-best four assists at Towson and now has a team-high 15 helpers on the season.
UMBC was listed as "Receiving Votes" in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll as of April 2, 2012.
The 16 goals scored by UMBC is a season high and the most since opening the 2011 campaign with 16 goals at Presbyterian. The 28 goals scored by the two squads are the most in a UMBC contest since a 15-13 loss at North Carolina in the 2009 NCAA Tournament contest.
Junior attackman Scott Jones scored four goals vs. Hartford and Towson and leads the Retrievers with 22 goals and 26 points. He has scored in 14 consecutive games and has multiple points in 13 of those contests.
Entering the week, junior goalkeeper Adam Cohen led America East and was sixth in the nation with 12.29 saves per game.
UMBC is 15-6 in America East road contests in eight previous league seasons. The Retrievers have not opened at 2-0 in league play since 2009.
Vermont dropped its only game of the week at Stony Brook 13-5 in the America East opener for both teams. Junior Drew Philie paced the Catamounts with a hat trick, while senior Geoff Worley added a goal and an assist. Worley is Vermont's leader with 25 points (11g, 14a).
Vermont went 2-for-3 with a man advantage vs. the Seawolves and are 15-of-41 (36.1 percent) on the season. Phillie has scored seven man-up goals in 2012.
For Philie it marked the 12th time in his career that he has scored three or more goals in a game, which rank as the 10th most in the nation among non-seniors. He, who leads Vermont with 17 goals in 2012, has also scored a point in 29 straight games which is the 13th longest active streak in the country.
The Catamounts have only scored 13 goals in the first quarter in nine games to date. They have also struggled on face-offs, winning only 36.1 percent.
UMBC has won all eight previous meetings with Vermont, but the last two meetings have been decided by a single goal. The Retrievers triumphed, 9-8, at UMBC Stadium last season and 8-7 in overtime in Burlington in 2010. Jones scored three goals, added two assists and recorded the game-winning goal with 41 seconds remaining as the host Retrievers nipped Vermont in 2011.
UMBC returns home to face Stony Brook at UMBC Stadium on Sat., April 14. The opening face-off is set for 7:05 p.m.


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Soroptimist to honor young woman for volunteer action
TRUCKEE, Calif. – Soroptimist International of Truckee-Donner will present Nayeli Alferez with its Violet Richardson Award, which honors young women for volunteer action, on Feb. 14, noon-1 p.m. at Zano's. Nayeli Alferez, a 17-year-old Sierra High School senior, will receive a $250 cash award at the awards ceremony.
Nayeli Alferez is an active volunteer for S-Club, (Soroptimist Club) at Sierra High School and a four-year member. She has participated in several projects through S-Club like Trick or Treating for Project MANA, See Candy sales, supporting a student to go to school in Cambodia, wrapping presents for Truckee Community Christmas, and making knot blankets for Community Christmas families.
"S-Club has taught me a lot, for example, how to give something to others without expecting something in return, also the good feeling of giving to others. In addition to this it has also helped me in being a leader and work on my organization skills," said Nayeli.
S-Club taught her how to plan and set goals and organize her time to accomplish them. Soroptimist International of Truckee-Donner will also award a $250 award to S-Club in Nayeli's honor.
Nayeli Alferez will now advance to the Soroptimist Sierra Nevada Region level, where a $1,000 Violet Richardson Award recipient will be selected. At that level, an additional $1,000 will be contributed in honor of the recipient to her volunteer organization. The program culminates with a $2,500 award to the finalist's volunteer organization.
About Soroptimist International of Truckee-Donner
Founded in 1987, Soroptimist International of Truckee-Donner is part of Soroptimist International of the Americas, an international volunteer organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world. Truckee-Donner members join with almost 95,000 Soroptimists in about 120 countries and territories to contribute time and financial support to community based projects benefiting women. In addition, the club participates in Soroptimist International of the Americas' major service project, the Women's Opportunity Awards program-cash grants for women seeking to improve their economic situation through additional training and/or education. For more information contact President Noel Trim at 530-308-3566 or find them on Facebook.

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Stormy Weather
An ominous storm forming over Elizabeth, Colorado on June 8th, 2019. This storm produced a tornado and baseball sized hail south of town then moved east terrorizing the small towns of Elbert and Limon before it moved out onto the great plains of Eastern Colorado.
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The smoke from the California fires has been hanging around for the entire summer, making for some intense sunrises in Eastern Colorado.
Large thunderstorm rolled through Kiowa, Colorado producing a spectacular lightning show.
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With fires burning in the southwestern forests of Colorado in June of 2018, the sunrises on the Eastern Plains near Kiowa are spectacular.
Colorado Rockies
Classic view of the Colorado Rockies from Genessee Park, the first grand view you get of the Continental Divide as you head west on I-70 from Denver
Pinnacle Butte
Pinnacle Buttes are in the Togwotee Group of the Absaroka Range of Wyoming. The highest butte of the massif (usually referred to in the singular form as Pinnacle Butte) is also the highest peak of the Togwotee Group at 11516 feet.
Summer Afternoon in Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton, at 13,775 feet (4,199 m), is the highest point of the Teton Range, and the second highest peak in the U.S. state of Wyoming after Gannett Peak. The mountain is entirely within the Snake River drainage basin, which it feeds by several local creeks and glaciers. The Teton Range is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, which extend from southern Alaska to northern New Mexico.
Strawberry Moon Rising
Strawberry Moon Rising over Sphinx Mountain in the Madison Range of Montana.
Sphinx Mountain is of interest to geologists as it exposes an unusual formation known as the Sphinx Conglomerate (Eocene) which overlays the Livingston Formation (Late Cretaceous). The conglomerate is found only on Sphinx Mountain and the adjacent peak, The Helmet. It was first identified by geologist A. C. Peale in during geological surveys of the region in the 1880s.
Soul of the West
The luckiest horse in the world lives in the shadow of Mount Sneffels. Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The prominent 14,158-foot (4315.4 m) fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest.
Mount Sneffels
Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The prominent 14,158-foot (4315.4 m) fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest.
Jones Mountain
View from summit of Cottonwood Pass looking south to Jones Mountain
Mount Crested Butte
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Rainbow over Taylor Park Reservoir
Rainbow over Taylor Park Reservoir with the Collegiate Peaks lit up nicely in the background
Sunrise Before the Storm
Sunrise Before the Storm
Autumn Sunrise
Autumn Sunrise
Kiowa Sunrise
Kiowa Sunrise
Spring Storm Over Pikes Peak
Spring Storm Over Pikes Peak
After the Storm
After the Storm
Snowy Sunrise
Snowy Sunrise
Pikes Peak Winter Solstice Sunset
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Google Nexus 4 has a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro with Krait CPUs (meaning this thing should be crazy fast), a 4.7-inch WXGA True HD IPS Plus (1280 x 768 pixels) display with Zerogap Touch technology and Corning Gorilla Glass 2, 2GB of RAM, an 8MP rear camera, a 1.3MP front camera, and a 2100 mAh battery rated for upwards of 15.3 hours of talk time. The device has NFC as expected, and will support wireless charging. It will run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.


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ADP's private sector jobs report and data on services sector activity could set the direction for stocks Wednesday.
While always important, economic data has become a flash point for stocks as investors try to assess whether a recent string of weak reports are signaling a slowing U.S. economy or just a weather-related blip.
ADP is expected to report that private sector payrolls grew by 189,000 in January, but traders are not seen putting much faith in the report after it showed 238,000 private payrolls in December. That number contrasted sharply with the surprisingly weak government December jobs report, which showed just 74,000 new jobs. January's employment report is expected to show 185,000 nonfarm payrolls when it is released Friday. ADP is reported at 8:15 a.m. ET.


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Renowned for its white sand beaches and hard-to-beat weather, with average year-round temperatures in the mid-60s, San Diego offers a wealth of attractions for the 1.3 million people who call this vibrant city home. Its pleasant climate, thriving economy and an abundance of beaches, historical sites and shopping locations have made San Diego an attractive place to dig in. Residents live on the city's flat areas while hills and canyons separate the its neighborhoods. As a result, many of San Diego's apartments offer picturesque views.
San Diego Attractions
Residents find plenty of apartments for rent in San Diego, and once they move to the city, they appreciate the area's numerous activities. For instance, San Diego's top tourist attractions are SeaWorld and San Diego Zoo. Nature lovers also embrace living in the city, with its access to whale watching, hiking and biking. Moreover, the surrounding terrain is ideal for adventurous residents who enjoy the adrenaline rush of rock climbing or hang gliding. Renters who have retired can spend hours on the city's public and private golf courses, and the city's beaches provide residents with different experiences since they can enjoy the calm waters of Imperial Beach or the violent crashing waves at Wind and Sea Beach.
San Diego Apartments and Neighborhoods
Whether you're seeking to settle down in a highly sought-after central neighborhood like Hillcrest or North Park or prefer more budget-friendly options like Oceanside or Imperial Beach, San Diego offers dozens of pocket communities from which to choose. You can find apartments with varying conveniences in diverse locations around San Diego. Residents may choose to live near the beach or the hills in apartment communities featuring one to three bedrooms as well as amenities like swimming pools, fitness centers and on-site laundry rooms. Downtown San Diego apartments put you right in the center of the city, with its delicious restaurants, intriguing museums and charming parks. While reviewing the city's apartments, remember how close you are to Los Angeles and Disneyland and the abundance of exhilarating nearby attractions right outside your door.
Free Things to Do in San Diego
San Diego's warm weather enables you to connect with the great outdoors on almost a daily basis. Fill your weekends with these free things to do:
San Diego Sports
With a number of professional and collegiate sports team in San Diego, you can almost always attend a game. Catch the San Diego Padres swinging the bat at Petco Park or the San Diego Gulls clearing the puck on the hockey rink at Valley View Casino Center.
For Families with Kids
Family focused activities and attractions abound in San Diego, including the world-famous San Diego Zoo, home to nearly 4,000 animals, and Children's Pool in La Jolla, a beach famous for seal sightings on the sand and in the water. For parents with school-aged kids, San Diego has a number of highly rated school districts, including Poway Unified and San Diego Unified school districts.
San Diego Natural Beauty and Outdoor Living
Near perfect weather makes San Diego, a city of hills, valleys and beautiful beaches, the ideal location for outdoor enthusiasts. Spread out a blanket on the flat, wide beaches of La Jolla, admire the rugged cliffs from the sandy shores along Ocean Beach or go for a hike in Torrey Pines State Park. You can take a lesson at one of the surf schools or learn how to scuba dive. If you'd rather experience the sea from a boat, head to San Diego Bay or Mission Bay for a day of sailing or kayaking along San Diego's waterfront.
Getaways from San Diego
Beaches abound around San Diego; the closest to downtown is Mission Beach and Coronado. When you're ready for a day trip, head two hours north for a shopping excursion in Los Angeles or drive two hours over the mountains for a spa weekend in Palm Springs. The bright lights and casinos of Las Vegas are a five-hour drive.
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Romania's Skytribe Paragliding Club host the Skytribe XC FAI cat 2 competition in Clopotiva from 29 May – 3 June 2018.
They say it was such a success in 2017 that they have made it a six-day event this year, instead of five.
"Clopotiva is part of the Retezat National Park, one of the highest and most beautiful mountain ranges in Romania. The highest peak is Peleaga, at 2,509m. It's a peak that can be reached fairly easy, crossing from Pelegii meadow. On the way you will pass Bucura lake (the largest glacial lake in Romania, with a surface of almost 90 000m²) which can be admired in all its splendour from the top of Peleaga.
The event's details can be found on Airtribune.com, where you can also register. Contact the Skytribe paragliding club
The tenth Kössen Paragliding Testival is on from 31 May to 3 June 2018.
Last year saw record crowds at the Austrian event, with 4,300 pilots and 7,500 flights flown over four days. It's rapidly becoming a must-attend for everyone in the paragliding industry.
The idea of the festival is that pilots can turn up, drop off their passport in exchange for a demo wing, and then use the cablecar to swiftly head up for a test fly. Dedicated pilots can fly lots of wings.
El Yelmo International Festival of the Air is back in Segura de la Sierra, Andalucia, Spain, on 1-3 June 2018. Now in its 19th edition, the free-flying festival promises three days of fun in the Spanish sun, with airshows, a trade fair, conferences, a competition and the International Festival of Air Cinema.
Hundreds of paraglider and paramotor pilots are expected, with 20,000 spectators over the weekend.
During the week of 2-8 June 2018, the British Paragliding Cup team are running a training week in Krushevo, Macedonia, in preparation for round 2 of the BPCup the following week.
Organisers write:
"The BP Cup is an entry-level paragliding competition for Pilot rated pilots. No previous competition experience is necessary but you do need to be confident thermalling. Our aims are – flying, fun and learning – in that order!
This is a week of guiding in the local area with practice tasks preceding the Macedonia round of the main competition.
We will be based in the Hotel Montana Palace, just above the town of Krushevo, Macedonia.
A second French Pre-PWC for 2018 is to be held in the Pyrenees in June 2018, hosted by Pôle Espoir Vol Libre.
The site of Targassonne, near Font-Romeu, is where a host of top French pilots (Charles Cazaux, Laurie Genovese, Jérémie Lager, Maxime Pinot, Méryl Delferrière, Simon Pellissier … ) learned to fly.
Base camp will be L'enclave campsite in the town of Estavar.
More information and registration on Airtribune
The FlyFurther team's XC camp is a six-day training camp sponsored by Triple Seven, with tuition and guidance from expert pilots.
It takes place in Tolmin, in Slovenia's Julian Alps, and there are places for 50 pilots with tuition from Nicole Fedele, Bernie Hertz, Pat Dower, Brett Janaway and Stan Radzikowski.
Organisers say it is the perfect training camp for cross-country pilots interested in improving their XC flying skills. Task-focused XC flying will be fully supported with in-depth task briefs and debriefs, talks, parties and more.
All pilots will be given trackers for their safety and for analysing their flights.
Further information and registration at Airtribune.com.
The sixth edition of the Airtour hike-and-fly competition will take place from 9-17 June 2018, starting as always at St Hilaire du Touvet in the French Alps.
This year for the first time pilots can choose to fly in Adventure or Competition categories, tackling three different tasks of increasing difficulty, graded green, blue and red, like ski pistes. In all, the course covers over 300km through the Alps.
Adventure category
Pilots taking part in the Adventure category are not ranked, though they are tracked and their positions displayed on the website as with the competition pilots. They follow the green, blue and red courses in order. Adventure-category pilots can race alone or teams, and pilot and supporter can alternate. Pilots need an IPPI 5 rating and some cross-country experience.
Race category
In the Race category, pilots follow the green, blue and red courses in order, and first to goal wins the race. Pilots need an IPPI 5 rating and either competition experience or proof of significant cross-country flights in order to be selected.
The courses
Green: small Chatreuse tour with optional turnpoint la Sure
Blue: loop to the south around Trieves, Devoluy, Le Buech, le Vercors and an optional turnpoint at Aspres sur Buech
Red: loop in the heart of the French Alps with Mont Blanc as an optional turnpoint
Pre-registration is open on the Airtour website, and closes on 31 January 2018.
The Applegate Open is a USHPA sanctioned paragliding race-to-goal competition.
It is run by the Rogue Valley Hang Gliding and paragliding Association and will take place at Woodrat Mountain, Oregon from 9-16 June 2018.
During the week of 2-8 June 2018, the British Paragliding Cup team are running a training week in Krushevo, Macedonia, in preparation for round 2 of the BPCup the following week.
Organisers write:
"The BP Cup is an entry-level paragliding competition for Pilot rated pilots. No previous competition experience is necessary but you do need to be confident thermalling. Our aims are – flying, fun and learning – in that order! The intention is to provide a friendly, supportive environment to facilitate pilots' development, pushing PB boundaries and achieving competition goals".
The Krushevo round HQ will be the Hotel Montana Palace, just above the town of Krushevo, Macedonia.


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PCIeSpeedTest provides a synthetic benchmark to measure CPU->GPU and GPU->CPU transfer speed using ATI CAL. This is done by allocating a local resource on the GPU using calResAllocLocal2D() and allocating a remote resource on the CPU using calResAllocLocal2D(). The remote resource allocation is done in uncached memory space to optimize transfer performance. calMemCopy() is used to issue the data transfer.Allocation sizes start at 16 bytes and is incremented by 2 for every data point. Allocation continues until the physical memory size is reached on the device or the allocation routine returns unsuccessfully. It is expected that you will not be able to allocate the entire memory space as various system allocations exist on the device that are not visible to the CAL user.To amortize away moment to moment system variations, PCIeSpeedTest queues 100 calMemCopy()s back to back before checking on the completion event.PCIeSpeedTest_random is also provided to help generate a complete performance view by generating random data size points. It will round robin through all of the available compatible GPUs in the system. It will also use variable binning to spread the data points across the entire data size range. By default, PCIeSpeedTest_random will generate 100 data points for each GPU.


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Cancer sufferer Stephen Sutton breaks his £1m charity target in his last days
A 19-YEAR-OLD man with terminal cancer who set up a bucket-list of things to do before he dies has raised more than £1m (€1.2m) for charity - as he signed off with "a final thumbs-up".
Stephen Sutton was diagnosed with what was initially bowel cancer, when he was 15.
Despite surgery, the aggressive cancer spread to different parts of his body andafter further treatment and operations, doctors concluded it was incurable.
Fighting the disease, Mr Sutton decided to launch an inspirational fundraising campaign to give other people the motivation to "enjoy life".
Mr Sutton, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, created a bucket-list of 46 things he wanted to do before he died, setting up a charity fundraising website and a blog on social media site Facebook in January last year to keep people up to date with his progress.
He also set an initial fund-raising target of £10,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust, but that target was smashed by a huge number of public donations as publicity around his cause spread.
He then aimed to reach a new target of £1 million, which he has now done, with more than 35,000 donations so far.
But yesterday Mr Sutton posted his final blog entry after his condition worsened.
He wrote that tumours in his chest had caused his right lung to collapse, leaving him short of breath in bed after even the smallest amount of exertion, adding "unfortunately I haven't got much time left".
Mr Sutton said: "I've done well to blag things as well as I have up till now, but unfortunately I think this is just one hurdle too far.
"It's a shame the end has come so suddenly - there's so many people I haven't got round to properly thank or say goodbye too. Apologies for that."
He added that future updates on the page would "probably be from a family member" but if he had the energy he would try and post a few tweets.
Thanking family, friends and fund-raisers he said: "That's it from me. But life has been good. Very good."
In recent months, the young man's campaign has gone from strength-to-strength with celebrities like interviewer and former newspaper editor Piers Morgan and the stand-up comedian Jason Manford offering their support on social media.
Speaking previously, Mr Sutton said he disliked the term "dying from my cancer - I am living with my cancer, despite it being there".
His bucket-list included things like hugging an elephant, crowd-surfing in a rubber dinghy, playing the drums at a Wembley cup final, getting a tattoo and appearing on BBC drama Doctors.
Explaining why he set up his bucket-list, he said it was not so much for him but to show other people that life was for living.
Mr Sutton said: "I'm stuck in this position with loads and loads of motivation but potentially not very much time but I see lots of people out there that have time."
"What I can try and do is give them a bit of my motivation, to go out there and achieve something - enjoy life," he added.
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Rafael Ynoa quietly enters Rockies record books in MLB debut against Giants
Rafael Ynoa is the guy who plays behind the guy who plays behind Troy Tulowitzki. So forgive yourself if Ynoa's big-league debut went by Monday at Coors Field without a lot of notice.
In the Rockies' regularly-scheduled game against the Giants — a 10-9 walk-off win that followed a three-inning resumed-game loss from May 22 — Ynoa entered in the fifth inning at second base, replacing DJ LeMahieu.
He used his time well, going 3-for-4 with an RBI.
"That was quite a first day," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.


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Dana Rohrabacher has just become a meddlesome villain. But is he a lone ranger, or is something more sinister cooking in Washington DC?
The resolution that Rohrabacher has introduced in the US House of Representatives calling upon Pakistan to recognise the Baloch right of self-determination is an outrageous act of provocation. It is shocking in content, and deliberately insensitive in wording. And it will wreck the atmosphere prior to the debate on the new rules of engagement that Pakistan has put together to deal with the United States.
But clearly there is more to it than a US politician looking to back an issue which can guarantee him headlines. Rohrabacher would like nothing more than to grab centre-stage in the volatile arena of Pakistan-US relations. Remember Larry Pressler? He was a random US politician who introduced an amendment in the 1980's calling for US aid to be cut to Pakistan if the US president certified that Pakistan had crossed the nuclear threshold. The piece of legislation came to be known as the Pressler Amendment, and it kicked into effect when George Bush the Elder decided it was time to squeeze Pakistan. The Pressler Amendment, and its author, single-handedly soiled Pakistan-US ties for almost a decade. Rohrabacher is now donning the Pressler mantle. But the repercussions of his mischief have the potential to be far more damaging than Pressler's. He is, in fact, reinforcing the widely-held impression that the US is out to destroy Pakistan.
Let's not use the word 'destroy' lightly. It conjures up images of what the Americans did in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. It paints a picture of bombing sorties, burnt out cities, tens of thousands killed and a country reduced to a wasteland. Transplant these images on to Pakistan and it send shivers down your spine. This is the worst case scenario.
What is possible though is the triggering of a series of events which can snowball into unpredictable situations. In fact, the unthinkable has already started: a very public and a very acrimonious debate on the demand for an independent Balochistan. As long as such a debate was confined to private conversation, or a limited section of the very local and regional press, it could be ignored. Such a debate, based on such demands, never reached a stage where it could be taken seriously. Yes Baloch have genuine grievances, yes they had suffered from criminal neglect, and yes their alienation from Islamabad was never really seriously addressed, but the simmering situation remained on the fringes of our national discourse.
Not anymore. By plucking this issue from the fringes and placing it bang centre in Washington DC, Rohrabacher has transformed the dynamics of the entire issue within a month. The resolution he has just introduced will ensure that this debate gains traction, both in the American and Pakistani media.
What do we do? Issuing condemnations is not enough. Our outrage at this blatant interference in our affairs should be heard loud and clear. The US government will try and distance itself from Rohrabacher and mouth the usual statements. Our parliament will probably pass a counter-resolution and pile pressure on the hapless Gilani government to rake Washington over coals. This is all for public consumption, and there isn't much wrong in doing so.
But the real task is two-fold: First, get our facts clear on Rohrabacher, his resolution, and what's happening at his back. If ever, a deep behind-the-scenes information on what's cooking in Washington DC was ever required, it is now. Our new ambassador has a huge challenge on her hands. Second, and more important, is for us to get a grip on the situation in Balochistan, which is spiralling out of control with each passing day. Killing and counter-killings now seem locked in a vicious cycle which no one is able to stop. Despite extreme positions, the door to dialogue needs to open. Rules of engagement need to be spelt out, and the Establishment needs to change tack.
Rohrabacher is indulging in villainy because we are providing him fodder. He is exploiting our weakness. Let's condemn him for what he is doing, but at the same time douse the flames that we have lit ourselves.
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Dream all you want about trillion-dollar platinum coins. I'll bet you that sometime in the next two months the United States of America will default on its debt, temporarily but definitively.
Of course, eventually there will be a deal and all the creditors will get paid in full. But the default will be the price of getting that deal done.
There will be a default because it will serve the interests of both Republicans and Democrats. And while the effect on the economy won't be pretty, it's likely to be less dire than the nightmare scenarios making the rounds.
The nation is getting used to the notion that it's increasingly ungovernable. It's not counting on some Washington masterstroke; hasn't for some time.
For Republicans, an unprecedented debt default is the most realistic prize to aim for in the coming crisis. Ostensibly they want spending cuts, of course, because—sarcasm alert—these have worked out so wonderfully for Europe. But while talk of living within our means may play well in the home districts of Republican congressmen, the cuts in social programs that additional austerity would require remain unpopular nationwide and highly unlikely to be accepted by Democrats except as part of the much discussed but increasingly remote grand bargain.
So the beast of government won't be starved; it will be fed because most of the populace wishes it. But if it can't be killed at least it can be humiliated for a time, and what better way of doing that than leaving the government unable to pay its bills.
Doing so will score points with Tea Party voters, ensure a steady flow of TV appearances and keep the debt counter running on Fox News to underscore the point that, yes, the national debt is very large.
The Republican Party has no obvious path to power at the moment, so it's in no mood for statesmanlike compromise. It's in the mood to make waves and score symbolic points, and a default accomplishes all that.
And Democrats? They saw Republicans lose ground in the polls and with voters after precipitating the last debt ceiling crisis in 2011. They can just keep pointing out that the debt ceiling prevents the U.S. from paying bills for spending Congress has already approved, and watch the Republicans take the heat should Social Security checks not go out on time, or should the U.S. credit rating suffer another downgrade.
President Obama said after the fiscal cliff deal that he won't negotiate over the debt ceiling. And while he said that in 2011 too before giving ground, this time around there's a good reason to believe him.
In 2011, a recession caused by a default would have dramatically lowered the president's reelection chances. But he's not running for office again, while Congress faces another election next year. So the political risk is lower for Obama and higher for congressional Republicans than it was 18 months ago.
But what about the risk to everyone else? Won't the markets go haywire should the United States start missing required payments? Frankly, the risks seem lower than Washington's "responsible adults" like to pretend.
Interest rates are not likely to spike, because no one thinks the U.S. won't pay everything it owes eventually. In fact, the likelier scenario is that the yields on longer-dated U.S. debt would drop after a default as markets bet that the standoff will undermine the economy.
Stocks would likely tumble as well. But if the S&P 500 somehow managed to hang around current levels until the very brink of a default and then plunged 11% all the way back to 1300, in Washington that's known as a rounding error.
Once the default happens, all the news channels run their crisis specials and the D.C. switchboards get flooded with angry calls, both parties will have accomplished their aims and be ready to deal. Republicans will have made the government look bad. And Democrats will have allowed Republicans to show they're irresponsible.
At that point, the debt ceiling is likely to get extended. Not for a year or two—that's so very 2011. But perhaps for six months, or maybe just for a month while budget negotiations continue ahead of a looming deadline at the end of March. Welcome to the permanent crisis. It's the only way our increasingly dysfunctional government can get things done.
If we're lucky, the economy will continue to limp along under the twin burdens of uncertainty and austerity. It's not as if confidence is high and could be headed for a plunge—among small business owners, it remains at recessionary levels.
Or maybe we get another recession—getting that out of the way this early in an election cycle might actually prove to be a political advantage for incumbents. Recession is anyway a logical destination for austerity-minded Republicans eager to follow Europe's example. And Democrats, who have already conceded against sound counsel that the budget must be cut right now, seem perfectly willing to let their foes go there.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Katie Couric is joining Yahoo to anchor a news program for the Internet company as it tries to expand its audience and sell more advertising.
Monday's announcement confirms recent published reports that Couric would diversify into online video programming after spending decades in broadcast television as a talk-show host and news anchor.
Couric, 56, will continue to host her daytime talk show, "Katie," on ABC even after she becomes Yahoo's "global anchor" beginning next year.
Financial terms of Couric's contract with Yahoo weren't disclosed.
The new job at Yahoo Inc. will give Couric an opportunity to report on breaking news events around the world and interview major international figures.
"Joining Yahoo offers a tremendous opportunity to reach people all around the world in the way that they're using and consuming media today," Couric said in a statement.
Couric's hiring is the latest coup for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer as she brings in more prominent journalists in an effort to create compelling content that will attract more people to the company's online services. In the past month, Yahoo has also lured away technology columnist David Pogue and political reporter Matt Bai from The New York Times.
Since leaving Google Inc. to become Yahoo's CEO 16 months ago, Mayer has been trying to make Yahoo's services more alluring so people will visit them on a regular basis and dwell for longer periods. In doing so, she is hoping Yahoo will be able to sell more digital ads and boost the Sunnyvale, Calif., company's lacklustre revenue growth.
"Katie's depth of experience, her intellectual curiosity, and her charisma make her the perfect choice to anchor Yahoo News and the whole Yahoo Network," Mayer said. "Her unmatched energy, savvy, and versatility enables her to connect with audiences across the globe."
Couric first became a household name as a co-host of the "Today" show on NBC. She defected to CBS in 2006 to host that network's evening news.
It remains unclear whether Couric's current talk show will be renewed after its run ends in May.
The Walt Disney Co., which produces the show, and the owned and operated stations that air the program haven't decided at this point, said Bill Carroll, an expert on the syndication market for Katz Media.
Some non-ABC stations may be making the decision for her by considering deals for other talk shows that would air in Couric's time slots, including one featuring Meredith Vieira that's due to hit the airwaves next fall. Vieira replaced "Couric" on the "Today" show.
If Couric's show is to continue, it is likely to be on a smaller scale that would lower Couric's salary, Carroll said.
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Breast ReconstructionBreast Reconstruction - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
What is breast reconstruction surgery?
With advances in breast reconstruction surgery, many women undergoing breast removal choose to have their breast(s) rebuilt. Even though medical, surgical, and radiation therapy treatments for breast cancer have increased the number of breast-sparing procedures available, some breast cancer patients may still need a mastectomy - removal of the breast(s). In addition, other women have their breast(s) removed due to other diseases.
Breast reconstruction surgery involves creating a breast mound that comes as close as possible to the form and appearance of the natural breast.
The goal of reconstructive surgery is to create a breast mound that matches the opposite breast and to achieve symmetry. If both breasts have been removed, the goal of breast reconstructive surgery is to create both breast mounds approximately the size of the patient's natural breasts.
What are the criteria for breast reconstruction surgery?
In general, all women undergoing a mastectomy are candidates for immediate or delayed breast reconstruction. However, there are criteria for selecting the best candidates for the procedure:
The size and location of the cancer - which determines the amount of skin and tissue to be removed in the mastectomy - are primary factors when making recommendations for reconstruction.
Whether tissue has been damaged by radiation therapy or aging, and is not sufficiently healthy to withstand surgery.
Other considerations include:
potential for complications
patient's desires
the amount of tissue removed from the breast
the health of the tissue at the planned operation site
whether radiation therapy is part of treatment
the patient's general health and physique
past medical history
co-existing illnesses
other risk factors such as cardiac disease, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and obesity
When is breast reconstruction surgery performed?
The patient is usually educated and counseled in breast reconstructive possibilities prior to mastectomy, so that she can make the decision for or against reconstruction before going into surgery. Based on the personal medical history of each patient, a recommendation will be made for either:
immediate reconstruction - reconstructive surgery performed at the same time as mastectomy.
delayed reconstruction - a second operation (to reconstruct missing breast tissue) is performed after recovery from the mastectomy is complete. If radiation therapy is part of the treatment protocol, the surgeon may recommend delayed reconstruction.
What complications are commonly associated with breast reconstructive surgery?
Any type of surgery carries some risk. Patients differ in their anatomy and their ability to heal. Some complications from breast reconstruction may include:
fluid collection
excessive scar tissue
anesthesia problems
The most common complication of breast reconstruction surgery with implants is capsular contracture, which occurs if the scar or capsule around the implant begins to tighten. Occasionally, this (and other) complications are severe enough to require a second operation.
What are the different types of breast reconstruction surgery?
The two most effective approaches available for both monolateral (one breast) and bilateral (both breasts) reconstruction are:
expander/implant reconstruction - the use of an expander to create a breast mound, followed by the placement with a permanently filled breast implant..
Expanders are empty silicone "envelopes" placed under the pectoralis muscle, located between the breast and the chest wall. To enable the skin and soft tissues of the breast to grow, the expander is gradually filled with saline solution over a period of several weeks. The saline is injected into the expander through a valve or port in the expander. Once the expander has been completely filled, it is left in for several more weeks to months, allowing for maximal skin and soft tissue growth.
Implants are envelopes filled with liquid that are implanted into the breast tissue, and are used to form the shape of the breast. Implants may be filled with saline or silicone gel. Each type of implant has advantages and disadvantages. Your physician will discuss the types of implants with you and seek your input about the type of implant to be used.
Although there have been questions raised about the safety of silicone gel implants, the Institute of Medicine published a report in 2000 that refuted most of the claims about silicone implant hazards. After four years of extensive studies, the FDA announced in late 2006 that it had approved silicone gel-filled implants for breast augmentation for women ages 22 and older and for breast reconstruction for women of all ages.
The two manufacturers of the implants are required to conduct a large post-approval study following 40,000 women for a 10-year period after receiving implants.
autologous tissue reconstruction - the use of the patient's own tissues to reconstruct a new breast mound. The common technique is the TRAM (transverse rectus abdominous muscle) flap. A TRAM flap involves removing an area of fat, skin, and muscle from the abdomen and stitching it in place to the mastectomy wound.
About the procedure:
Location options include:
surgeon's office-based surgical facility
outpatient surgery center
hospital outpatient
hospital inpatient
Probable length of procedure:
When performed at the time of a mastectomy, it adds about an hour or so to the surgery. Drains are put in place, and recovery time is longer due to the additional surgery, but the care afterward is the same as for mastectomy alone.
Delayed reconstruction, as second surgery, requires more than an hour, and drains are not routinely inserted. The recovery is much quicker than it is after immediate reconstruction because the mastectomy wound has already healed.


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Los Angeles based food blogger Julie Lee likes to document her culinary adventures and farmers market travels with her iPhone. Unexpected concoctions from ginger-molasses ketchup to guava smoked sea salt can be found in her graphic Instagram collages. The shots, which would make amazing wallpaper, also come with little tips related to creative cooking.
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There has been a lot of discussion recently about women, from the "Weinstein Effect" to #MeToo. Misogyny in our culture is on notice, and the idea of womanhood has come to the forefront. In many respects, we have never before seen a moment like this focused on the dignity of women.
Perhaps it is time the modern world should look towards an older idea of womanhood, that which permeates our Catholic faith.
From the very beginning of scripture to the very end we find 'the woman.' Christians often quote lines from the Old Testament and the prophets regarding the Savior to come. This is all true, but it is not the whole story. The prophetic announcements tell of two intertwined together on behalf of our salvation. In the first moments in Genesis after the fall, God declares to the wicked serpent, "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed."
There is some dispute how to best translate the next line in the passage, specifically if it should be "he" and "his" or "she" and "her." But, St. Jerome in translating this from the ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts chose to translate it as "she" and "her" as the most accurate. The Douay-Rheims translation based on the Latin Vulgate into English renders it "she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel." This was reaffirmed by other Church Fathers and in Ineffabilis Deus on the Immaculate Conception as "unmistakable evidence that she crushed the poisonous head of the serpent."
The effect is the same. The woman through her seed shall crush the head of the serpent. That is, the Virgin Mary through Jesus Christ shall crush the head of Satan. Jesus is the divine Redeemer, and Mary the creature, but the two together crush Satan, and bring hope of eternal life. This is downplayed in our protestantized modern Christianity. The prophet Isaiah talks of the two as well, a virgin who will bear a son. The fall came at the hands of two, and in God's beautiful symmetry, the restoration also comes at the hands of two.
The Virgin Mary is the masterpiece of God's creation. She is conceived without sin, the sanctifying grace of her Son applied to her by way of anticipation, but to the rest of humanity by deliverance. She is unique in all of creation. Mary told St. Bernadette at Lourdes "I am the Immaculate Conception." In the heavenly vision to St. Catherine Laboure at Rue du Bac, later forged into the miraculous medal, Mary is standing on the head of the serpent, seemingly answering the question of pronouns in the protoevangelium.
We find 'the woman' again at a wedding feast in Cana. The two together, Jesus and Mary, co-launch Jesus' first miracle and his public ministry. When the wedding party ran out of wine, Mary looks knowingly at Jesus saying, "They have no wine." In that one short sublime sentence Mary asks Jesus to perform his first open miracle, and begin his public work of salvation. This is Mary's first act of motherly mediation too for her spiritual children. Jesus knows what she is asking but answers, "O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come." He addresses his mother as the archetype 'woman' acknowledging her prophetic role. Yet, Mary continues to direct the servants to "do whatever he tells you." Jesus is the Son of God, he is in charge, but he defers out of respect and love for his mother.
At last, at the final stroke of the salvific drama, Jesus addresses 'the woman,' this time from the Cross, saying "woman, behold your son," and to John, "behold your mother." Mary, 'the woman,' became, by order of grace, the spiritual mother of all the living. And, Mary is still our mother. Is it any wonder that our Lady still comes to us at Guadalupe, Lourdes, and Fatima to remind us over the centuries "do whatever he tells you"?
St. Louis de Montfort called the Incarnation the "greatest event in the whole history of the world." It is 'the woman' who is central to the Annunciation, which leads to the Incarnation and the Redemption. At that critical moment, God sends the Archangel Gabriel to Mary, and he greets her with the Angelic Salutation, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" and "blessed are you among women." In 'the woman,' who alone is full of grace, the inherited link of sin is broken. The serpent can only lie in wait of her heel, and only enmity remains between them.
It was not until Mary's fiat, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord," that God became man. God made his Incarnation dependent upon the woman. This set in motion the whole drama of the Redemption. This greatest moment in the history of the world, the Incarnation, is memorialized in the prayer of the Rosary. Every time we pray the words of the Rosary, which are the words of the Angelic Salutation, we are greeting and honoring Mary again, just as the heavenly ambassador did. We are praying over and over again the words of the Incarnation. In it, we are reliving and honoring that unique theandric event, when the Word became flesh in the woman. In short, the Rosary is the Incarnation in prayer form.
'The woman' is at Eden; she is at Cana; and she is at Golgotha. And, 'the woman' appears again at the very end of time, with the great unveiling of the apocalypse, the final bookend to salvation history: "And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars." Our spiritual Mother appears as Queen of heaven, offering intercession for her children even to the last moment.
St. Pope John Paul II highlights this in Redemptoris Mater. He declares that the Virgin Mary was "not only the 'nursing mother' of the Son of Man but also the 'associate of unique nobility.'" One of the great modern errors is that Mary was just a human vessel to birth Jesus. Mary did provide Jesus with his physical flesh and blood, hence the profound link between the devotions to the Virgin Mary and the Eucharist. But, Mary's maternal mediation was much more in the order of grace. She was, and is, a collaborator with her Son in the work of salvation, as the encyclical states: "Mary's motherhood itself underwent a singular transformation" with "'burning charity,' which sought to achieve, in union with Christ, the restoration of 'supernatural life to souls.'"
In this time of women, let us remember 'the woman.' The Virgin Mary is the fulfillment of that original dignity in our preternatural past. She offers us the example par excellence of holiness and virtue. Mary is the Theotokos, and based on that unique grace of who she is, her intercession for us is most efficacious. Through our devotion to her, she will crush the head of Satan in our lives. She is the Queen mediating on behalf of our salvation before the throne of the King.
This is why we pray: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.


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text: There is a double boot issue with some Windows 10 machines. I've uncovered this on 2 computers so far and there is a simple fix. It seems the quick boot option leaves some garbage in RAM and causes the boot to hang until you hit reset and try again. I've tried flashing BIOS and updating drivers but to no avail until I found a couple of articles on this issue. Go into Power Saving Options and click on the link that says "Choose what the Power Buttons Do" and then click on link that says "change settings that are currently unviable" then uncheck the box that says "turn on fast startup" and save. This should now reset all the contents of RAM on first starts and reboots and should help quite a bit.


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Texas needs an 'earnings fee'
Recently, while watching television, I noticed a Geico insurance ad in which the speaker asked, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound?" He reasoned that it did. This got me to thinking about the ever-present pledge of conservative members of the Texas Legislature about no new taxes. This question comes to my mind: If it's not called a tax, is it a tax, even though it takes money out of taxpayers' pockets?
You would never get our governor or his trusty followers to admit that raising fees is tantamount to imposing a tax. Rep. Harvey Hildebran, chairman of the Revenue and Tax Committee, seems to indicate in his remarks that at some point a fee could rise to the level of a tax. The Legislature, in all probability, will raise the cost of your hunting and fishing license, your driver's license, cost of your insurance and will increase the state charge on local criminal fines. The governor's definition of tax seems to be, "It's only a tax if you call it a tax." The Legislature is not calling taxes the additional fee for a stamp to hunt reptiles, increased college tuition, or enhanced criminal fines. Those are just considered fees. All of this has given me a bright idea about how we might improve the revenue income of the state.
What we simply need to do is enact an "earnings fee" whereby anyone earning money in Texas must pay a 1.5 percent fee on those earnings. Of course, it would not be a tax because we'd call it a fee. It only applies to those people who choose to earn money in Texas. I'm certain those who differ with me will say it is still an income tax. Well, it's no more a tax than calling increased tuition on college students a fee and not a tax.
You can always find interesting things to write about simply by looking at the litany of bills introduced in the Legislature. For a session that has absolutely pledged in blood to enact no new taxes, there are probably more than 250 bills introduced having to do with new taxes. Most of them, however, apply only to consumers, not to the filthy rich. For example, there's going to be a new tax on beer and chewing tobacco. Last time I checked, most millionaires in Texas don't chew tobacco and are more inclined to drink champagne than beer. One of the more interesting proposals is to add a sales tax on oilfield portable toilets and certain other portable buildings connected with the oil patch. I doubt seriously if there are many millionaires using port-a-potties, no matter where they might be.
Other things I find interesting in this session of great financial need for the state are proposals to exempt school art supplies and certain guns and ammunition used for hunting. Upon reflection, however, this probably makes sense as to the guns, but not to the art supplies. At the rate we're going, with all the fees being raised by these conservative Republicans, many Texans are likely to have to resort to hunting game to put food on their tables. The art supplies for schools, however, do not make sense in that we are about to fire so many teachers, what good will it do to have art supplies for the school and no teacher to show kids how to use them? There are many other silly things in the Tax Code I've never been able to see the logic of. Giving big oil companies huge tax breaks at a time they're making record profits and classifying country clubs as agricultural endeavors to give them a bigger tax break than the average homeowner in Texas make no sense to me. Then again, what do I know?


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Estrogen activates critical lung genes to improve lung function following preterm birth
Estrogen may be a new postnatal therapy to improve lung function and other outcomes in preterm infants, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study. "Ironically, a hormone that has received great attention as a potential means to optimize the health of older women may be a beneficial treatment for humans during the earliest stages of life," said Dr. Philip Shaul, professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern and the study's senior author.
The study, conducted in preterm primates, appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The study was performed at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Primate Center in San Antonio as part of a National Institutes of Health-funded consortium investigating causes and treatments for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a devastating primary complication of premature birth that develops in the preterm lung following ventilation and oxygen support.
Sufficient production of nitric oxide in fetal and newborn lungs is necessary for the lungs to develop and function properly. During the latter part of pregnancy the placenta produces large amounts of estrogen that enters the fetal circulation. Another spike of estrogen occurs during labor. In prior studies in cultured cells the investigators found that estrogen activates the genes in lung cells encoding nitric oxide synthases, enzymes that produce nitric oxide. That research suggested treatment with the hormone may achieve the same results in the intact lung. Premature infants – nearly 50,000 are born in the U.S. each year – miss out on this exposure to estrogen in the womb and, as a consequence, may experience respiratory problems because they lack nitric oxide.
Dr. Shaul and his colleagues found that administering estrogen to premature primates accomplished several things.
First, the treated animals had greater abundance of nitric oxide synthases in their lungs, resulting in markedly enhanced lung function and a significantly reduced need for ventilation support. This represents an important step in lessening the lung injury that causes BPD in humans, Dr. Shaul said. It also prevented low blood pressure, which is a common problem in preterm infants.
Estrogen also caused the closure of the ductus arteriosus, a shunt that connects the pulmonary artery to the aorta during the primates' fetal development to allow blood flow to bypass the fetus' fluid-filled lungs. In the case of full-term infants, the ductus arteriosus normally closes at the time of birth once breathing is established. In premature infants, however, it frequently fails to close resulting in further impairment in lung and heart function.
"With just one therapeutic intervention multiple benefits occurred in the lungs and the circulation," Dr. Shaul said. "Estrogen-based therapies to prevent BPD and other complications of prematurity should be further developed, and it is our hope to begin clinical trials in the near future."
Dr. Shaul said that future studies also would need to evaluate other potential targets of estrogen in the lung in addition to nitric oxide synthases and possible effects of postnatal estrogen treatment on nonpulmonary development, including those related to the later reproductive health of the child.
Source: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Other sources
- UPI NewsTrack Health and Science Newsfrom UPIThu, 12 Mar 2009, 21:49:11 UTC
- Estrogen aids preterm-birth lung functionfrom UPIThu, 12 Mar 2009, 19:35:43 UTC
- Estrogen Activates Critical Lung Genes To Improve Lung Function Following Preterm Birthfrom Science DailyThu, 12 Mar 2009, 15:49:19 UTC
- Estrogen activates critical lung genes to improve lung function following preterm birthfrom PhysorgThu, 12 Mar 2009, 11:28:06 UTC


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HoneyLove Bee Rescue @ Venice Grind – 06/25/12
Why were the bees attracted to that spot you ask?
There was a big empty container of Lemon Grass Oil… which happens to be the exact same thing we use in our Swarm Boxes… because it mimics the queen pheromone scent!
Favorite quote from a boy watching the rescue:
"I want to have that job"


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Mr. Unsure: "A pill once gave me a rash."
Dr. Grumpy: "Do you remember what it was called?"
Mr. Unsure: "Nope. Can you name some medicines? I'll tell you if it sounds familiar."
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come on Doc,there aren't that many pills in the world,start naming a few.Help the guy out
Dr Grumpy, I really hope you specialize in memory disorders and not other neurological conditions - you seem to have more than your share.
I specialize in "whatever comes to the door" neurology.
"There are white pills, yellow pills... Sometimes even pink and blue ones... Some are big. Some are small. They come in different shapes too. Any of that sound familiar?"
Sounds like a number of the patients I see come through the door of my pharmacy.
I also recently got one who was at her neurologist's office because she had been "switched" from carbamazepine (100mg chews) to epitol (teva's 200mg generic). She complained of being dizzy, unable to see or walk. Go figure the MD was out of the office at the hospital but the nurse or MA decided that epitol was brand and not a generic because that's what google said. She didn't seem to believe that tegretol was the brand or that maybe the issue was that the patient had her dose jumped from 200mg twice daily (400mg TDD) to 400mg three times a day (1200mg TDD). Maybe it was the fact that the dose was tripled has something to do with the symptoms and not necessarily the switch from chew tabs to regular tabs.
I just saw your Twitter update - it's possible to kill yourself with laxatives???
He sure tried.
It's a little white pill, come on...you know the one!!! If only I could have a dollar every time I heard that one!
Do you have an old copy of the Physician's Guide to Common Medications? Let him look at some pictures...
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Kristine asked,
What to do about a 3 yo child who wails and screams with minor injuries (like falling down onto his hands while running…no blood or scrapes)? Everything sounds like an emergency. At this point, I respond to everything calmly and briefly, almost dismissively, but I do need to find a way to curb his response. I want to be able to tell when I really should be running to help him. Anyone have any previous posts, experience, or wisdom to contribute? Thank you!
I respond much like you describe, with one addition: if the injury is minor, I admonish him not to overreact. For a 3yo, I might say,
"No, this isn't a reason to cry. Hush. I see a tiny spot of blood color but there's no blood coming out. You're ok. Go play."
Once he gets a little older, I would use a firmer voice and be more blunt about it:
"You need to control yourself. This does not hurt badly enough for you to cry."
I might even add,
"You're acting like you are very badly hurt, but that's not true. That's like lying."
If I can tell that it's not serious, I also make a point of correcting the behavior before I closely inspect the injury. "No, first stop crying so you can tell me what happened. I'm sorry; I can't understand you when you're crying."
Terresa asked,
Perhaps you ladies have addressed this before… We are a family of almost 8 living in a 1200 sq ft, 3 bedroom home… one for Mom & Dad, one for girls, and one for boys. We have no playroom for toy storage… HOW do we store toys/games in way that easy to keep organized and is difficult for kids to pull out and dump ALL over the bedroom??? We've already culled the toys several times and we are careful about what does come into the home…
We were a family of 9 in a house exactly that size…then 10…then 11…then 12. With so many people in the bedrooms, we thought it best to keep toys of there. Instead, we opted to keep our small collection of toys in a corner of the living area. We sometimes rotated toys, putting whole groups of toys into storage for a while, then swapping them out to make everything new and exciting.
Games were kept in a cabinet, off limits to anyone too little to clean up his own mess.
It was not a perfect system, but I think it worked well as long as we worked on it. The instant we stopped paying attention, it was a huge mess. The nice thing about small houses is that while they can be utterly trashed in the blink of an eye, they are also quick to clean up. 🙂
Gencie asked,
What Bible translation do you use: For personal reading, for study, for reading to the kids?
Our church uses the ESV so we sometimes use that, especially when we're doing church related reading or study.
I'm also really fond of reading the Psalms and other poetic passages in the old King James.
But for most uses, we prefer the NKJ because it reads so much better. It retains much of the poetic rhythm of the old King James version, but is just a little easier to understand. I especially like it for reading aloud because it sounds so much better than more modern translations. I think the formal language helps to remind us that we are reading holy words, while the slightly updated wording makes it easy enough for most people to comprehend.
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STORM LAKE, Iowa — UW-Platteville ran its season-opening
streak to 12 straight years under Coach Mike Emendorfer, winning
31-2 Saturday at Buena Vista in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Nick Anderson threw three first-half touchdown passes, and Tommy Magna returned an interception 37 yards for a third-quarter score for the Pioneers.
The defense held the Beaver offense without a score, recorded nine sacks and forced seven turnovers. Magna had two interceptions, Gabe Epting had one, and the Pioneers recovered four fumbles.
The Pioneers forged a 14-0 first-quarter lead on a pair of Anderson short touchdown passes, seven yards to Travis Nelson and a four-yard toss to Jake Wiederholt. The first was set up by a blocked punt, and the second on a 56-yard Anderson-to-Paul Pridemore pass.
Anderson, who threw two touchdowns in his five starts last year, connected on his third of the day in the second quarter, hitting Lee Vlasak over the middle for 32 yards.
Freshman kicker Zach Lichtfield, who made all four of his extra points, converted a 25-yard field goal in the third quarter, and Magna scored on a 37-yard interception return on the next Beaver possession.
One play after making a goal-line stand in the fourth quarter, the Pioneers were stopped in the end zone for a safety. The final 31-2 score was the first time a UWP opponent finished with two points since the Pioneers beat Superior 20-2 in 1975.
Nick Snyder led the defensive effort with 13 tackles, including four for losses. Broc Kundert, Cody Weber, and Corey Marks all had multiple sacks.
The sophomore Anderson, now 4-2 as a Pioneer starter, finished 10-20 for 157 yards, while Beavers' QB Bo Darrow was 21-53 for 295 yards but picked off three times.
The Pioneers make their home debut Saturday at 6 p.m. against another Iowa Conference foe, when the University of Dubuque comes to Butch Leitl Field at Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium. The Spartans beat Rockford College 41-7 in their opener Sept. 2.
UW-Platteville 31, Buena Vista 2
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STORM LAKE, Iowa — UW-Platteville ran its season-opening
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2014 ACWPC All-Academic Team
2014 GCC Water Polo All-Academic Team
2014 Second-Team GCC All-Conference
2013 WWPA Honorable Mention All-Conference
AS A SENIOR IN 2014: Played in all 30 games… finished second overall in conference with 54 assists and fifth overall with 54 steals ... tallied 21 goals, 23 field blocks and 17 earned ejections ... had 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 earned ejections against UC Davis on March 1 … had two goals vs. Concordia on Mar. 1 … scored one goal vs. No. 7 Princeton on Mar. 9 … had 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 steal against Redlands on March 23 … scored two goals vs. Cal State East Bay on Apr. 6 … had two goals, 3 assists and 4 steals against East Bay on April 6 … had 3 goals, 1 assist and 1 steal against LMU on April 25
AS A JUNIOR IN 2013: Played and started in all 33 games … As the team's 2nd leading scorer, she had 114 attempts, 33 goals and 33 assists … led the team with most steals (47) … had one goal against UCSD and two goals against LMU on Jan. 26 … collected two goals vs. Concordia on Jan. 27 … had one goal vs. CSMB and two goals vs. Fresno Pacific on Feb. 2 … gained four goals vs. number seven ranked SDSU and three goals vs. Michigan on Feb. 9 … had a goal vs. Azusa Pacific on Feb. 23 … collected a goal vs. LMU on Apr. 6 … had two goals vs. Colorado St. and two goals vs. CSMB on Apr. 7 … picked up a goal against Cal St. Monterey Bay on Apr. 26 … scored two goals against Colorado St. on Apr. 28.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012: Backed up an outstanding freshman year with another impressive season … led the team with 47 goals and was second in assists (34) and steals (43) … found the back of the net in three straight games against UC Davis (1/22), University of the Pacific (1/22), and Arizona St. (1/28) … scored two goals in a win over Sonoma St. (1/29) … netted two more goals in the Broncos' match vs. Indiana (2/11) … tallied three goals in a tight contest with Sonoma St. (2/12) … had back-to-back two goal games against Cal St. Monterey Bay (2/25) and Cal Baptist (2/25) … collected another three goal performance vs. Cal St. Bakersfield (3/31) and added yet another against Cal St. East Bay (4/15) … registered four goals in the Broncos' first round WWPA Tournament match vs. Cal St. East Bay (4/27) … concluded the season with two goals in the final victory of the season over Sonoma St. (4/27).
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011: Had a terrific freshman season, becoming the first player in school history to be named the Western Water Polo Association 'Newcomer of the Year' ... tallied 46 goals, 40 assists, 41 steals, and 30 earned ejections … had a huge game against CS Monterey Bay (2/5), registering a season-high four goals, three assists, four steals and two earned ejections … tallied one goal, one assist, two steals and four earned ejections against Fresno-Pacific (2/5) … found the back of the net three times, while adding two assts and a steal against CS Bakersfield (2/13) … accumulated three goals, one steal and two earned ejections against Sonoma St (2/13) … scored three goals while adding a steal and two ejections earned against Sonoma St. (2/13) … registered two goals, an assist and an earned ejection against UOP (2/26) … tallied a goal, assist, three steals, and two earned ejections against CS Monterey Bay (2/26) … scored one goal while adding three assists and three steals against Harvard (3/15) … tallied a goal, assist, three steals, while adding two earned ejections against San Bernardino (4/2)… scored twice while assisting on three goals, picking up two steals and drawing two ejections against (4/17).
HIGH SCHOOL: Starred at Corona Del Mar in Newport Beach, Calif. … 2009-10 scholar-athlete as a senior … 2009-10 All-Pacific Coast League player helping Corona Del Mar advance to the CIF SS semifinals … also a third team All-CIF Division I honoree as a senior … as a sophomore and junior Corona Del Mar made it to the CIF SS championship game … helped Corona win the CIF SS master's tournament in 2009 … member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Make a Wish Foundation … also swam at Corona Del Mar.
PERSONAL: Born in Orange, Calif. … daughter of Mary and George Eadington … father, George, attended Santa Clara University … has two older siblings, Eric and Katya, who were both Division I athletes … enjoys going to the beach … She will be majoring in Public Health Science.


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Professors offer a new hypothesis on why businesses allow salespeople to lobby for lower prices.July 30, 2014
Book emphasizes importance of long-term, strategic thinking in negotiationsJune 26, 2014
Women, less-attractive men lag in the effort to find financial backing for startups.March 17, 2014
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The professors were recognized by their peers for their efforts to advance science or its applications.November 26, 2013
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MIT management professor Vivek Farias crunches the numbers to see how complex systems can be optimized.November 18, 2013
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Institute's undergraduate engineering program is again ranked No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.September 10, 2013
Rising high-school seniors participate in interactive webinar with MIT Sloan alumAugust 29, 2013
MIT professor looks back at the movement for equality in Chicago.August 28, 2013
Rodrigo Verdi teaches accounting, the 'language of business' — and studies the links between accounting and market movements.August 27, 2013
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While factory labor rules are notoriously hard to enforce, a new study shows how some inspectors are able to uphold workplace standards.August 26, 2013
MIT alumni took their photo-aggregating app to market with help from the Institute.August 15, 2013


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The ranking marks the second time in as many seasons the Rams have appeared in the NSCAA poll. VCU spent two weeks in the poll last year, ranked as high as No. 16. The Rams are part of three Atlantic 10 teams in this week's poll, joining No. 13 Xavier and No. 22 Charlotte. VCU defeated then 13th-ranked 49ers 4-1 on Oct. 5.
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SAN JOSE — Just leave all that talk about bipartisanship and compromise at the door: Netroots Nation is all about winning.
Or, more accurately, @Netroots_Nation #NN13 is all about #winning.
About 2,700 liberal bloggers, social-media mavens, petitioners, organizers and other online activists swarmed the San Jose McEnery Convention Center on Thursday for the first full day of their eighth annual convention, darting between seminars, panel discussions and exhibit halls.
Talk of across-the-aisle cooperation was rarer than an electrical outlet unburdened by smartphone chargers. Where else, after all, would you hear liberal firebrand Barney Frank, the former Massachusetts congressman, smack-talk Democratic icon Bill Clinton for Clinton's smack talk about President Barack Obama's Syria policy?
Yet, rather than turning into a circular firing squad, the convention seems to energize activists to redouble their efforts.
Democracy for America Chairman Jim Dean — whose national grass roots PAC grew out of the 2004 presidential campaign of his brother, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean — said he relishes Netroots Nation because he meets "people who are from places where things are difficult" for liberals, from Alaska to Florida.
"It's a great way to better understand the work that other people are doing and to figure out how to leverage that," he said, getting "a global view of all the different things — you want to do all of them, but you can't."
Sessions on everything from "Exercising the Power of the Latino Electorate" to "Getting Real on Climate: What We Must Do" drew panelists and participants from across the United States.
In a session on "Moving the Needle: How We Won Gay Marriage in 2012," Michael Crawford, the online programs director for Freedom to Marry, spoke on the fine points of messaging: portraying gay couples as wanting to marry for the same reasons as anyone else — and emphasizing values like family and freedom. Leveraging social media and Obama's support helped too, he said.
Across the hall, in a session on "Smoke Signals: The Next Steps in Marijuana Reform," Dale Sky Jones, executive chancellor of Oakland's Oaksterdam University and chairwoman of the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform, said California's 2010 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana came as close as it did to passing in part because it was born at an earlier Netroots Nation convention.
"It's going to take more than rousing words and speeches," Jones told activists, exhorting them to use "the power that you have in your hands now to send the invitation" to a larger discussion on marijuana reform, one circle of family and friends at a time.
In the exhibit hall, activists browsed booths advertising social and political organizations, labor unions, cutting-edge campaign data technology and even handmade quilts with political messages. Amid that bustle, a few dozen activists sat at circular tables in the hall's center, tapping away at laptops, tablets and phones, nary a word passing among them.
Elsewhere, the verbal networking was going strong, with business cards (paper or electronic) changing hands and partnerships being planned.
Activists also caucused by state. In California's gathering of about 200, people took one-minute turns at the microphone, touting causes such as closing corporate tax loopholes, banning fossil-fuel fracking, reforming the initiative process and protecting voter rights.
Afterward, Courage Campaign founder Rick Jacobs said California's size sometimes makes it hard to get activists in the same room, so Thursday's caucus was a rare opportunity. But it's only "as valuable as the follow-up," when action comes of all these words, he said.
"There will be a lot of falloff," he acknowledged, but after the networking that happens here, "we now will have the ability to reach leaders on specific issues."
Netroots Nation continues Friday with events including a massive session on "Not Another Newtown: Building a Movement to Prevent Gun Violence." Saturday's highlights will include a Q-and-A session with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco.
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