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Hi I read the thread about relationship.. Believe me, as a 39yrs old man I wish there was a community of disable people in one big area/ state to mingle lol.. You are not alone! Living life is like a wreck machine! Seems like life is a roller coaster in a matrix sense in humanity these days to notice one for who they are. Take care, Sammy
My daughter and I will be following your thread closely on your procedure. She was injured August 2009 and is C5. She just turned 13 and is now thinking about the Mitrofanoff procedure as she is tired of all of us handling her, timing events etc. We are so excited for you!
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No he was just a pet. I bit off more than I could chew with a lab. Lol. I had to give him away a year ago. He was an outside dog and we got over a foot of snow and I couldn't get out to take care of him or spend time with him like I needed.
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Thread: Recovery
After a year plus of admittedly obsessive collecting, I've suddenly slowed to a halt. I've probably got 120+ bottles and twice as many decants and samples, which means A) I've been buying multiple bottles and samples every week in this time period [95% via eBay] and B) I have much much more juice than I could use in two lifetimes. I've recognized the absurdity in this for a while, but it's only now that I reached the point when I really wanted to stop, and was able to do so without really stressing about it.
In the past month I've halted my collecting. I'm now planning to get rid of a fair portion of what I've accumulated, because I just don't need it. I can't exactly pin down what caused this shift, but for me it's a combination of:
1. Realizing how much money I've spent on this hobby, and resolving to save much more moving forward;
2. Not visiting Basenotes every day;
3. Getting re-inspired by my other longer-running passions (music and art) and shifting my focus back to these, and;
4. Recognizing that, with every bottle I got, I felt a stronger charge to get my hands on the next one--psychologically, I think collecting is often more about what you don't have than what you do have
Don't get me wrong, I'm still fascinated by scent, and I will enjoy many of my frags for years to come. I'm not getting rid of my favorite bottles, I'm just learning to appreciate them for what they are, and to enjoy them in the moments that I'm wearing them. And I have come to appreciate that in a short time I've amassed a formidable collection, but enough is enough.
I didn't think I had a problem, and as many have pointed out, there are plenty of worse ways to burn through money. Nonetheless, I feel so much relief in cutting back and letting go.
Yeah, if you take a step back for a second, it's easy to see how fixated we can become in the littlest things.
I think that colognes are in some ways like women. There are a lot of really good ones, but we as people are insatiable, and eventually it's time to settle down.
I admire the OP for his willpower. Unfortunately I haven't been able to take that important step yet. Some day.
Your point speaks to a real temptation, but given that there are tens of thousands of frags out there, many discontinued, and of course new ones launched every day, I accept that, no matter what I do, I'll miss out on the vast majority of them. Perhaps there are a few out there that I would love more than any I've yet experienced, and I'll never sample them. Whether I try one new scent a year or smell a new one every day, I'll never catch up.
The funny thing is, I'm still discovering "new" scents among the scads of perfumes I've already accumulated. Samples I tested once and forgot about, or things that came in a lot that I completely overlooked. It reminds me of when I'm at a bar, and the DJ spins some song that blows my mind, and when I find out what it is, I realize that I already have that record, and just never listened to it attentively, or all the way through.
This is so true, I can not count how many times BN trigger me to desire buying more scents.2. Not visiting Basenotes every day
Surprisingly, almost everytime I find any scent interesting and want to know more about it, there are threads about it magically appear on 1st page of the forum --last time it were Carnal Flowers & Portrait of a Lady.
By the way, I really need to stop buying after I return from my vacation in Paris --I need to buy something from Paris since I do not think I would be able to go there again anytime soon-- because my bank account for daily expenditure is running low already --I still have around 13,*** USD left in my Long-term deposits account so I still have some emergency money.
***My favourite from my collection***
-------- Amouage: Tribute Attar, Jubilation XXV, GoldMan
------ Serge Lutens: Chêne, Tubéreuse Criminell, Ambre Sultan
-------- Les Exclusifs de Chanel: Sycamore, Coromandel
------ Tom Ford Private Blend: Noir de Noir, Tobacco Vanille
------- Hermès: Terre D'Hermès Parfum, Ambre Narguilé
------ EDP Frederic Malle: Carnal Flower
-------- Neela Vermire Creations: Trayee
------ Parfum MDCI: Invasion Barbare
My "recovery", if it may be called like this, advances in small steps. Sure, I still enjoy my fragrance hobby, as much as I still enjoy testing and purchasing fragrances - but, while not being obsessively hooked on sales/special offers, I only buy the special offers on the scents I truly enjoy: it has at least two advantages. On one hand, I don't get stuck with fragrances I don't want or I don't fully enjoy, just because they were affordable, on the other hand, I get some, if not all or most of my favorites at a good price-quality ratio.
Good for you! At least you come to grips that you are a fragaholic. While the rest of us still have to have our fix. Just keeps calling our name...
Congratulations on starting a recovery BenDayDot
I've only got as far as the understanding that I like stuff, and that finding more of the right stuff (especially at the price I can afford) is really exciting.
Sadly, I collect two very expensive things- fragrances and minerals. I've even found myself selling some of the minerals in order to afford more fragrances (you can buy quite a lot with decent rough diamonds).
I need to work on living with less stuff and liking stuff less.
For me, it is the thrill of a "good deal" When I bought my Amouage Tribute Attar, It was $600 dollars most places, when I finally saw it on a webstore I trusted for $499, I HAD to buy it. I couldn't afford it...but the "good deal" was too good to pass up.
Were u pleased with it? Red or white box?
Sounds like you're a 'normal' scent-fiend to me, join the fragrance abusers, but maybe set a budget
Look at it this way....instead of buying, your new thrill and obsession can be selling the stuff you have acquired. With each bottle sold, you'll feel better and better.
Basenotes sales: TDC de Bachmakov, Atelier Vetiver Fatal, Tiffany for Men mini, 17 Cuba Paris frags, L'Essence de Cerruti, Reyane Insurrection, numerous popular SAMPLES! http://www.basenotes.net/threads/472...ples-amp-More!
Crystal Flacon sales: Prelude to Love, Noir de Noir, SAMPLES! http://flacon.ambaric.net/viewtopic.php?t=626
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- At a recent Research Unplugged program at Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art, curators Joyce Robinson and Dana Carlisle Kletchka presented a talk and tour, "Behind the Scenes at the Museum: What Do Curators Do?"
Robinson, curator of art and affiliate associate professor of art history, is a specialist in modern American and European art, and teaches courses primarily on African American art. She described factors that curators weigh when selecting and purchasing a work of art. In particular, she described her interest in the innovative style of contemporary Brazilian-American artist Vik Muniz and the process by which she acquired his work for the museum's collection. Muniz is known for recreating famous artworks with materials other than paint -- including garbage, toys, and food -- and then photographing the finished pieces, before dismantling them.
Dana Carlisle Kletchka the museum's curator of education, then led the attendees on a tour of a second floor gallery and explained the public education aspect of a museum curator's work.
In this video clip, Kletchka describes the Muniz work titled "Sarah Bernhardt" from Rebus, Muniz's series of art pieces made entirely from toys. Kletchka invites the audience to find and name the different types of toys Muniz used to construct the image, such as Legos, rubber bands, beads, toy soldiers and Pez dispensers, and to speculate on the artist's methods and meanings.
When museum attendees are polled about their favorite pieces of art at The Palmer, "Sarah Bernhardt" from Rebus is frequently named as a particularly memorable work, according to Kletchka.
Research Unplugged is held from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on six consecutive Thursdays during the spring and fall semesters in the Schlow Centre Region Library's Downsbrough Community Room in State College. The programs are free and open to all, with complimentary free refreshments, and are sponsored by Penn State University Relations and the Office of the Vice President for Research, in cooperation with Schlow Centre Region Library.


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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Are You Ready to Return to Work?
- What Work Do You Want to Do?
- Applying for a Job
- Taking Care of Yourself
Many people living with HIV (HIV+) are living longer, healthier lives because of the success of newer HIV drugs. In addition, newer HIV drugs often have less serious or troublesome side effects than older HIV drugs. Therefore, many people living with HIV who may have felt very ill and been unable to work when first diagnosed may now feel well enough to consider returning to work.
Are You Ready to Return to Work?
Returning to work and feeling productive can boost your confidence and make you feel better about yourself. However, the idea of re-entering the workforce can also trigger fears and concerns. Before you jump in, here are a few simple questions to help you get started:
- What does your health care provider think about your working? Your provider's thoughts on your readiness for work, including what type of work and how many hours per week, will likely be based on your overall health and trends in your CD4 count and viral load.
- Have you tested your stamina (sustained energy level)? Many job counselors recommend volunteering for a while to build up to full-time work. If you volunteer for an organization that you like, you might be offered a job there in the future. Start with a part-time schedule and gradually add more hours per week to test your energy levels.
- Why do you want to work? "I need a job for the money" is a good reason to work, but not the only one. Many people living with HIV who work report that the structure of a job helps them adhere to their HIV drugs and maintain a healthy lifestyle. For others, a job provides a sense of purpose or a social group with a sense of belonging that can be a type of family. What do you want your work to do for you?
- Do you have enough support at home, or in your close circle of friends? If work makes it more difficult to fit in some of your daily chores, will you have help from family or friends?
- How will work affect your eligibility for benefits, e.g., Social Security?
What Work Do You Want to Do?
If you identify what type of work you want to do, and what you hope to get from working, your job search will be more likely to be successful. You may want to think about what you expect to learn, how it might expand your skills, and what benefits you could enjoy from working.
It may also help to consider:
- Your personality and skills, so that you can make a good match between what you like to do and the job description
- Work you enjoy gives you energy, while work you dislike drains your energy
- Talking with other people living with HIV who are working -- about their jobs, their routines, their challenges and successes
- Some people may feel better but not well enough to return to their usual line of work. In this case, it may be helpful to think about returning to school or being retrained. In the US, each state has a vocational rehabilitation program that helps people with disabilities be retrained or find appropriate work. Click here to find the vocational rehabilitation agency in your state
Applying for a Job
In the US, people with disabilities, including HIV, are protected from job discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In other words, your HIV status is confidential. You do not have to disclose your status to a prospective or present employer. If you have not had any HIV-related symptoms or illnesses and are not on medications that are affecting your job performance, there is probably no need to tell them. It is important to note that each country has its own laws about HIV status and employment. In some places, living with HIV can disqualify a job candidate.
Here are some potential trouble spots:
The application form. Some application forms ask whether you have any medical condition(s) that might interfere with your performing the job. Although you may feel an urge to disclose your status, telling an employer you are living with HIV is not necessary. Moreover, many people living with HIV work productively for years without HIV becoming an issue. The application form is asking for conditions that would prevent you from doing the job. It is not wise to apply for a job you know you cannot do. For all other jobs, the answer to this application question is "no".
The interview. If you have not been working for more than a couple of months, it is important to prepare for reasonable questions about the gap in your employment history. Reasonable questions from an interviewer might look like: "why were you out of the workplace for two years?" or "can you explain what were you doing during the five months between your job at (Company 1) and your job at (Company 2) in 2011?" These questions can be scary, but you can manage them well if you think of and rehearse answers ahead of time. For example, when asked about an employment gap, say calmly and confidently that "I was dealing with a family health problem."
While it is illegal for interviewers to ask questions about your medical conditions, some interviews still do. In this case, reply simply that there is no barrier to your doing the whole job (e.g., "I can assure you that I can perform all the duties of this job.").
The pre-employment health survey that asks you to list all medications. Take the form to your health care provider and ask him or her to complete it. You can encourage your provider to write something like, "(Your name) is under my care and takes no prescription medications that would interfere with her fulfilling the essential functions of this job." It is not necessary or recommended that you list all your medications. They are none of the employer's business.
The pre-employment physical. If your new job requires a pre-employment physical or lab test, it is probably because the employer is trying to find out if you use street drugs. An HIV test would require your written consent and be a pointless expense. You can talk with your pharmacist before you have the drug test and ask whether any of your HIV drugs can lead to a false positive drug test. If so, ask for the name of an alternate drug test. Tell the tester that you need the alternate test for a valid result. It is not necessary to disclose the medication or your diagnosis.
Signing up for employee benefits. If you find a job with benefits, it is important that you not lie on application forms for health, life, or disability insurance. That is called insurance fraud. If you find a direct question about HIV or other diagnosis questions, ask how your privacy or confidentiality is protected. It is important that you only turn in the form when you get a satisfactory answer.
Taking Care of Yourself
Once you find a job, it is important to remember that you were hired for your skills. Whatever you believe about disclosing your HIV status at work, keep the focus on your performance. If you want to disclose at work, you may consider waiting for a few months so that you have a chance to get to know your co-workers and get a sense of how they might respond to the news that you are living with HIV.
If you disclose to one co-worker, it is important to be prepared for all co-workers to know your status. Also, although supervisors, managers, human resources (HR) staff, and company officers in charge of employee relations may be required by law to keep your diagnosis private if you tell them, not everyone follows the laws and obeys the rules.
In the US, there are no automatic triggers for disclosing your HIV status at work. You are not required to disclose at work, even if:
- You are bleeding
- You need a reasonable change in the workplace or the way things are usually done so that you can continue to work. This is called an "accommodation" and is intended to provide an equal employment opportunity to someone with a disability. In the US, people living with HIV are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Although you are not required to disclose your status when asking for an accommodation, it is your responsibility to ask for one if you need it.
- Side effects made you late for work
- You are up for a promotion
- You need leave time to adjust to new medications
If you are thinking about going back to work, or returning to a full-time job after a period of part-time employment, it is important to talk with your health care provider so that you have the best chance of staying healthy during your work transition. A change in jobs or employment status is considered a major life stressor, even when the new job is a totally positive, wonderful thing. Therefore, it is important to prepare yourself by planning ahead, making sure you have adequate support, and remembering that it is okay to go slowly and be gentle with yourself.


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December 29 – Happy Birthday Richie Sexson
It would have been nice to have had this big guy in pinstripes at the beginning of this past decade instead of toward the end of it. He hit 306 home runs during his dozen seasons in the big leagues. They included two 45-home run seasons with the Brewers and six years of driving in over 100 runs. But only one of those home runs and just six RBIs were produced after the Mariners released him in June of 2008 and the Yankees picked him up. I remember thinking it was a good acquisition at the time, hoping the then 33-year-older would be rejuvenated by the pinstripes and motivated to possibly play himself into contention to replace New York's Jason Giambi, who's contract was expiring that season. But Sexson, who was also in the final year of a $50 million deal he had signed with Seattle, never really got it going during his short stay in the Bronx, becoming just another move that didn't work out during New York's very disappointing 2008 season.
Sexson shares his December 29th birthday with this other former Yankee first baseman, this former Yankee pitcher, and this long-ago Yankee outfielder.


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The Apothecary's Cass Stewart (Image: CHS)
4/20 is for stoners. For providers of medicinal marijuana on Capitol Hill, 4/21 is a much more important date.
"We've always operated under the limits and for the long haul," BOTH Collective's Corey Bessette said. "I'm a true believer."
Bessette and Brittany St. Julien run 10th Ave's BOTH which has operated just down the street from Neumos for a little over a year now after a short stint in Ballard. It's been a long, strange year for BOTH and Cass Stewart who operates The Apothecary on Broadway. The status of medicinal marijuana in the city of Seattle is as hazy as ever.
"Not much has changed for us," Stewart says about his first year running a cannabis dispensary on one of the busiest streets in the city. "We've been transparent and they definitely know we're here."
*They *would be the authorities, national and civic, who continue to dance a fine line in Seattle where federal laws still criminalize an activity local law enforcement care less and less about and the city now regulates. Last summer, Seattle passed legislation requiring dispensaries to obtain business licenses and abide by building and health codes.
Bessette and St. Julien at the BOTH counter (Image: CHS)
The year also brought fair warning to anybody looking at the Seattle cannabis dispensary space as a way to skirt the law. A wave of federal raids on Puget Sound area dispensaries netted one facility at 23rd and Madison. Stewart says the message is clear — stay cool, stay small, stay medicinal. Bessette said the raid also lent credence to his conservative approach to running a dispensary business. Meanwhile, there are other providers keeping a low profile on the Hill and others that have gone out of business.
Make no mistake — Capitol Hill's remaining dispensaries are operated as non-profits and take on clinical terms like "medicine" and calling customers "patients," but they are also operated as businesses with bottom lines and situations familiar to any entrepreneur.
"We've grown," Bessette said. "We've hired on five different people in the last year." Bessette says the typical BOTH member might spend around $80 a week on cannabis and that they currently see around 50 people a day come through their lower level 10th Ave facility.
BOTH's simple rules (Image: CHS)
Stewart calls the people behind Seattle's dispensaries the "potrepreneurs." St. Julien and Bessette refer to their counter employees as "budtistas." There's a bit of the coffee business to it all. You might imagine these current dispensaries as the early Caffe Vitas or Vivaces of the space. If Initiative 502 — the so-called "marijuana reform" initiative — passes, Bessette predicts a world where you can buy a joint at QFC or Starbucks but "BOTH would survive and provide better [cannabis]," he said.
Stewart declined to comment on I-502 but did say he was concerned about the "fractured community" the debate over the initiative has caused in the dispensary community. Regardless of its fate, he thinks The Apothecary can continue to grow and possibly be part of similar efforts in other areas of the city. He sees the current state of things as ripe for change.
"We're the new gay," Stewart said of pot-smoking acceptance. "It's like coming out. It's a big moment for people."
That "big moment" has also come for Stewart as he is also now "out" to family and friends. That means taking some ribbing from an uncle when he brings cupcakes to Easter. Stewart has found the opportunity to meld his business with his cause. He's invested more in building out The Apothecary space on the upper level above the Castle store next to the Highline.
They're also hoping to invest more and improve their home at BOTH. "People choose a place for the environment and better medication," St. Julien said. Bessette and St. Julien said demographics also matter though their customers range in age from 18 to 80.
To purchase cannabis, members must still have an authorization card from a provider certifying the holder has "qualifying conditions" as laid out in RCW 69.51a. Bessette said that one of the biggest changes of the past year has been the increase in the number of members coming in with authorizations from primary care providers and big health care facilities. Another change? The price of cannabis. Bessette said prices have plummeted more than 15% from when BOTH opened last spring.
BOTH is located at 1417 10th Ave. You can learn more at bothcollective.com. You can find The Apothecary at 210 Broadway and facebook/apothecary.seattle.


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Productions supported by the European Media Production Guarantee Fund (MPFG) include upcoming A Most Wanted Man, The Congress and Berlinale Golden Bear contender Layla Fourie.
The MPFG has helped generate some €47m ($64m) worth of production loans since its creation at the beginning of 2011, data up to the end of 2012 has revealed.
France's Institute for the Financing of Cinema and Cultural Industries (IFCIC), which manages the fund, said it had made €20m ($27m) worth of commitments since its launch in 2011, encouraging the granting of €47m ($64m)worth of loans.
In total, 31 independent production companies from eight European companies have benefitted from the fund's support for the creation of 21 films.
Pictures to have won the fund's support include Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth's The Fifth Season, Francois Pirot's Mobile Home, Miguel Courtois Paternina's Operacion E and Pia Marais' Layla Fourie, which screens in Berlin next week.
Upcoming films to have received backing from the fund include Ari Folman's The Congress and Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man for which UK-based production company A Most Wanted Man Ltd and German Amusement Park Film received guarantees of €3,475,581 ($4.7m) and €1,581,250 ($2.1m) respectively.
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The MPFG mandate runs until the end of 2013. Its future within the new Creative Europe framework is currently under discussion. One idea being mooted is that the MPFG will be incorporated into a larger guarantee fund covering all of the arts.
"The guarantee instrument chosen, whatever its shape, must in any case take into account the particularities of financing film and audiovisual production," said Laurent Vallet, COO of the IFCIC.
Launched in 2011, the MPFG benefits from a €4m endowment from the EU until 2013. On the basis of the EU endowment, the fund has calculated it can make guarantees worth a total of €36m ($48.8m).
The objective of the fund is to facilitate access to credit for independent European producers by offering to share the risk with banks that are involved in film finance. The body reduces by more than half the risk carried by the banks.
The IFCIC is a credit institution created in 1983 to facilitate credit access to cultural businesses.


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Hainline necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 390 diseños de 72 diseñadores freelance.
We are a Seattle based, well established construction consulting firm. The company has been successfully operating for over 25 years, but has not stopped to update our image. We need a facelift, and we are starting with the search for a fresh but professional logo.
Hainline & Associates, Inc.
About Hainline & Associates:
We are a consulting firm for the construction industry. We are not a law firm, and we are not a general contractor, but somewhere in between. The majority of our projects can be categorized as either claim litigation or construction management. Most of our consultants have advanced degrees and decades of experience behind them. Our clients range from government agencies to law firms to general contractors. The greatest benefit our clients get from us is that we have such a wide array of construction experts under one roof, ranging in talents such as architects, construction managers, engineers, and accountants.
Jerry Hainline is an incredible leader and business man who has formed a team of people who work together much like a family. People come work here and never leave. Our office feels very homey and comfortable, but clean and professional. I want people to get that same impression from our branding as they do when they walk in our front door.
Time for Change:
We have been using the same logo and oatmeal colored stationary for many years. It is time to update our image to reflect how the company and the times are changing. One thing to keep in mind… Our president designed the current logo himself when he first started the company, so it looks outdated, but he is very emotionally attached to it. He will be involved in the final decision for the new logo so it will be important that it appeals to him. I am interested in seeing if you can give us a fresh take on our current logo, or somehow work it into the new version.
Other Notes:
• Feel free to use our tagline in your design: "Consultants to the Construction Industry" Since our company name is really a person's name, it doesn't automatically reflect what business we are in.
• Ultimately, we will be using our new logo in our marketing materials. We welcome your ideas about how to incorporate the logo, company name, and tagline into business cards and letterhead formats. I am making the prize a little higher than suggested to help compensate for the help in implementation of the logo.
• Deliverables: Vector Photoshop or Illustrator files. We want to be able to use the design in printed materials, brochures, website, etc.
You can view our current website: http://www.hainline.net. The logo on our homepage is in white, but we use the reverse image of that in a navy blue on all our printed materials. The fonts on this website do not reflect what we actually use in print either. Usually we use boring Times New Roman or Arial for the Company name, tagline and address.
UPDATE posted 5/12/09:
- While we are looking for the total design to incorporate the name of the company and our tagline, the logo itself needs to be something that can stand on its own. There are a lot of designs with an H, that would look naked and boring if the rest of the words were stripped away from it.
- We'd like to see some more colors. Right now, Royal blue is definitely dominating the contest. It a lot of cases, it makes the logo feel cold or unapproachable. Go for more warmth. Blue is okay, but instead of pairing it with another shade of blue, how about greys, dark greens, browns, tans, etc. Check out this contest for an example of a group of designs that struck us favorably: http://99designs.com/contests/21662. Though the company is a totally different industry, the colors feel warm, inviting, dependable.
- All that said, I don't want to take importance off the logo itself being bold and defined. I am looking at every design and picturing it if I had to print it from a black & white printer.
-Also, keep in mind that we said No Red in the original brief. Red, in particular changes too much depending on the monitor or printer.
- The logo should scream reliability, trustworthiness, longetivity
- Should look clean and precise
- Strong/masculine
- Age-neutral
- Should feel comfortable, professional but approachable, not stuffy
- Trendy
- Cartoony
- Construction images such as tractors or trucks
- Red. It is bold, but not consistent. The color can vary too much from computer screen to computer screen and printer to printer.
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In June, surgeons implanted a pacemaker in a 16-year-old patient with gastroparesis, a debilitating stomach condition that affects the way the body processes food. This is the first time the procedure has been performed in a child at Nationwide Children's Hospital, which is now one of only a handful of institutions across the country offering this type of treatment in children.
Gastroparesis is a condition where the stomach contracts less often and less powerfully, causing food and liquids to stay in the stomach for a long time. In as many as 60 percent of children with gastroparesis, the cause is not known. The condition often leaves children feeling constantly bloated and nauseated and can result in malnourishment and significant weight loss. In severe cases, symptoms may prevent children from attending school or taking part in other daily activities.
The pacemaker is inserted into the abdomen, with electrical wires leading to the stomach. It sends electrical impulses to stimulate the stomach after eating.
"The pacemaker is surgically implanted under the skin and is connected to two electrodes placed on the stomach wall. It tells the stomach to empty at a certain frequency. The initial settings are fairly low and, as with a pacemaker in the heart, we can change the settings as needed," explained pediatric surgeon Steven Teich, MD, surgical director of the Bariatric Surgery Program at Nationwide Children's Hospital and clinical assistant professor of surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. "It empties the stomach, alleviating bloating, vomiting and nausea."
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of the leading programs in the country in the field of diagnosing and treating gastrointestinal motility problems in children. It is the only children's hospital in the nation that offers the full spectrum of treatment options for motility disorders, including diagnosis, medications, endoscopic procedures, surgical options, pacemakers and follow up care.
Pacemakers have been used for years in adults with delayed gastric emptying. Nationwide Children's received IRB approval to implant the device in children as a humanitarian device exemption (HDE), and although this is a new procedure in children and adolescents, doctors at Nationwide Children's say the early results are promising.
"In patients who have received this type of treatment, nearly all symptoms were resolved within two weeks," said pediatric gastroenterologist Hayat Mousa, MD, medical director of the Motility Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital and associate professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. "Previous treatment options, including medications, have been much less effective."


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The Corsair SSD ToolboxОпубликовано: 05/06/2013
Кем: Mike Clements
Абсолютно новый контроллер, обеспечивающий высокую производительность при обработке данных, выполняет последовательное считывание со скоростью до 3480 МБ/с и последовательную запись со скоростью до 3000 МБ/с — время, затрачиваемое на чтение, запись и отклик пролетает мгновенно.
Обеспечивает простое подключение и максимальную пропускную способность.
Представляет собой идеальное сочетание производительности, надежности и цены, обеспечивая высокую эффективность работы накопителя из года в год.
Благодаря сверхкомпактному размеру форм-фактор M.2 2280 можно использовать как в ноутбуке, так и на материнской плате без дополнительных кабелей или разъемов.
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Much has been written about overprovisioning and its implementation on SSDs. In short, overprovisioning, or OP, is a portion of storage space on an SSD that is reserved for use only by the SSD controller. The three most common uses for this space are wear leveling, the replacement of bad blocks, and read-modify-writes. Overprovisioning serves to help increase both the longevity and performance of SSDs and it is a very common practice among SSD manufacturers.
However, some users would like to be able to buy their SSDs without the built in overprovisioning and make the decision to OP, or not to OP for themselves. They prefer the flexibility of deciding for themselves when to OP and how much space to use based on their specific needs. Corsair has announced and is now offering SSDs without this overprovisioned space.
Corsair SSDs with overprovisioning space typically have used 7% of the total SSD storage capacity. This means that users now have a choice with these new drives to use them with or without overprovisioning. Users can manually overprovision the drives if they wish or, they can leave them at their full capacity with no overprovisioning and enjoy the extra space.
For users of 256GB SSDs, this means they can have an extra 16GB of storage capacity on their drive over the equivalent 240GB overprovisioned SSD. Of course, RAID users will benefit even more as the number of drives is increased.
In reading some of that aforementioned information about overprovisioning, I've found a great deal of very useful information over at Anandtech. Here's a diagram from one of Anand's SSD articles highlighting how overprovisioning works.
Our initial offerings in the non-OP drive arena are in the Force Series GS and the Neutron Series with more to come. For more information on our SSD lineup, please visit our Corsair website SSD page.
To OP, or not to OP. That is the question. Whether tis nobler to the PC performance...
Corsair proudly brings you the Corsair SSD Toolbox. This helpful utility provides users with several powerful and useful tools for use with Corsair SSDs. Let's take a look. Download the Corsair SSD Toolbox HERE.
The Corsair SSD Toolbox will run on:
We have provided a detailed help file which can be accessed by clicking on the question mark symbol shown here circled in red on the upper left side of the screen.
After you select firmware update the tool will scan your drive and check for firmware updates. If there is an update available, the dialogue will prompt you to update the firmware or cancel the operation.
Note: Firmware updates can only be executed when the SSD controller is in AHCI mode. Firmware updating via this toolbox is enabled for The Corsair Series Force 3, Force Series GT, Force Series GS, Neutron Series, and Neutron Series GTX SSDs. Earlier and EOL Corsair drives with firmware updates can be updated manually using the tools supplied on our website.
Note: Corsair recommends that users update their OS drive as attached storage when possible. Some systems will require the SSD to be disconnected briefly before the new firmware version will appear in the Drive Information window.
Additional functions can be activated with the column of buttons down the left side of the toolbox. Corsair is now producing SSDs that do not have factory overprovisioning. For users that desire to manually overprovision their drives, we have provided a function for this. Overprovisioning your drive can contribute to maintaining better performance and adding longevity to your SSD.


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Despite pressure from the European Commission, the Hungarian government implemented a media law that requires "balanced reporting" and imposes fines for transgressions. The government adopted only minor amendments in response to demands from the commission. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing party, Fidesz, was able to withstand the pressure thanks to the support of the European People's Party and the underlying fears of EU member states about conceding sovereignty to Brussels. The restrictive media law was a barometer of a wider pattern of deteriorating press freedom. Opposition media faced financial pressure as most public and private advertising went to pro-government outlets. The government-controlled Media Council sought to award the FM frequency of Klubrádió, a leading opposition station, to a rival broadcaster in a long-running battle that was pending in late year. While segments of private media remain critical, public broadcasting was under tight government control.
In a 315-263 vote in February, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for freedom and pluralism to be guaranteed in Hungary's media law, which is seen as highly restrictive.
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|Neelie Kroes, vice president of the European Commission in charge of the digital agenda, threatens to refer Hungary to the Council of the European Union under Article 7 of the EU Treaty, which may strip a member of its voting rights.
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|The Council of Europe expert committee, the Venice Commission, releases a preliminary report on Hungary's media law underlining three major areas of concern: lack of independence among media regulators, vague definitions for content regulation, and erosion of protection of journalists' sources.
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|The European Union and the Council of Europe release a joint expert opinion on the media law and recommend numerous changes. Hungary disregards the most substantive ones.
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|Kroes says the modest amendments Hungary has adopted "fail to address the concerns" of the European Union and the Council of Europe.
Klubrádió, an opposition talk station based in Budapest, fought in the courts to retain its frequency. The Media Council awarded 95.3 FM to another broadcaster in a decision seen as politically motivated. Klubrádió continued to broadcast on the frequency in late year as the case remained pending.
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|The Media Council adopts a decree judging Klubrádió's bid invalid. Klubrádió appeals again.
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|A Budapest appellate court finds in favor of Klubrádió and overturns the decree. By year's end, the Media Council has ignored a total of six court decisions that confirmed Klubrádió had the right to a permanent frequency.
Hungary's Internet penetration is just below average in Europe, according to the International Telecommunication Union. But data from the U.S. State Department show a large gap between the user rates in Budapest and the rest of the country.
Intense political discussions and strong right/left divides are defining features of online activity in Hungary. U.S. government data show hundreds of thousands of blogs.
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She said, of Bill Clinton: "We Blacks supported him. How dare he make that comment. He's supporting his wife but there's a right way to do it.�
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The man with Hope is back.
If anyone detected some diminished electricity on the podium last night when Senator Barack Obama finished a close second to Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primaries, the spark returned today.
Senator Obama was back to his powerful and rousing style of presentation this afternoon when he addressed supporters at an overflowing gymnasium at St. Peter's College, in Jersey City, New Jersey; more than 2,000 people could not get in.
"All across America people are shouting out loud, 'The time for change has come," Senator Obama declared.
Obama said he was gratified that other candidates are now preaching the gospel of "change." He said he was best placed to deliver on the promise since he was the first candidate to make it his campaign theme.
Obama promised a peace dividend; to use the money that would be saved by ending the costly Iraq war, estimated at $10 billion a month, by investing billions in urban areas such as Jersey City and creating new jobs. He promised affordable healthcare insurance for all, that would be of comparable quality to those of members of Congress.
The candidate said he would end business as usual in Washington, by stopping lobbyists from setting the nation's agenda. There would also be no more tax breaks to companies that outsource American jobs, he said.
Young people, a good portion of the thousands who came to hear Obama this evening, were rewarded: the candidate proposed a $4,000 college tuition credit for all students who would pay back the country by contributing their time to programs such as the peace corpse or even working at homeless shelters. Creating more jobs would keep young people off the streets and prevent them from ending up in prison, he said.
He would let the United Nations know the U.S. "is back," he said. Obama promised to go after Al Qaeda by "finishing the job" in Afghanistan. He would use military muscle against those that would harm this country or threaten it's security. Yet, he wouldn't rely only on military might, but would also engage the world in diplomacy and help diminish global poverty and suffering by building schools in developing countries and combating the HIV/Aids pandemic and genocide in places such as Darfur, Obama said.
Senator Obama noted that his campaign has energized the electorate, bringing in record numbers of voters. In New Hampshire, more than 500,000 voters turned out, which was more than 50% of the electorate, up from 44% in 2004. Clinton, whose campaign was on the ropes, won narrowly by 39% to 37%.
His campaign offers hope rather than tearing down his political opponents, Obama said, a clear reference to candidate Hillary Clinton.
"He is definitely the next president," said, Dianne Jordan, an x-ray specialist, who was waiting in line to get in.
Jordan criticized former president Bill Clinton, whom she said had ridiculed Obama's presidential bid as a "fairy tale." She said, of Clinton: "We Blacks supported him. How dare he make that comment. He's supporting his wife but there's a right way to do it."
She added that Senator Clinton had hurt her own chances in the long run, by almost tearing up in response to a question just before the New Hampshire vote, as many voters would perceive her as being unfit to be the nation's commander in chief.
Maryanne Pastino, who is white, reacted angrily to Senator Clinton's assertions that Obama isn't experienced enough. "It's a bunch of bull," she said. "I'm a feminist but I don't like Hillary."
Neptune Middle School ninth-grader, Cleteis Davis, 13, knows she'll have to wait awhile before she can vote but wanted to see the man that has inspired her so much. "He stands for change that the world needs a lot. And we need a first Black president anyway," she said.
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A man has been arrested and will be charged with three counts of murder in connection with the disappearance of Alvin and Kathryn Liknes and their five-year-old grandson Nathan O'Brien.
The trio have not been found, but Calgary police chief Rick Hanson said investigators concluded on Sunday that they were dead and the suspect was arrested at 1:30 a.m. on Monday in the Airdrie area. Police are not looking for any other suspects.
The first degree murder charges relate to Alvin and Kathryn Liknes, the second-degree charge to Nathan O'Brien.
Due to the stage of the investigation, Hanson said he could not name the man who will be charged.
"The preponderance of evidence is such that is has led our investigators to believe they are dead.
"This investigation has been painstaking. This file has been built piece but piece by piece by piece. This has been the confirmation of an immense investigation."
Hanson offered his "sincere and heartfelt condolences" to the Liknes and O'Brien families.
"It's extremely tragic. It's devastated them. I think it's safe to say even as the days went by there's always a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately with the laying of charges we have taken the hope away from the family."
He asked people in the Airdrie community, where the bulk of the investigation has taken place, to remain vigilant and report anything pout of the ordinary to police.
He was confident bodies of the three would be found.


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With the Ironman triathlon in the rearview mirror, the state Department of Transportation started construction work on state Route 86, this time between Lake Placid and Wilmington.
Motorists should expect delays between the two communities, DOT officials said. Work will run between the intersection of state routes 86 and 73 in the village of Lake Placid and continue 12 miles through the narrow Wilmington Notch, past Whiteface Mountain Ski Center to the "Four Corners" in the hamlet of Wilmington, where Route 86 meets state Route 431.
The project is expected to be finished by mid-September, DOT Commissioner Joan McDonald said Tuesday.
Contractors recently completed resurfacing work on the Sara-Placid Highway portion of Route 86, a project that local officials said was long overdue. That project resulted in long delays at times because the nearest detour between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid adds 26 miles, and because the 8-mile stretch of highway is one of the most heavily traveled roadways in the Adirondack Park.
McDonald said a lack of straightforward detours is typical of road work in the Adirondacks.
Travelers will have easier detours around the Wilmington Notch project: One is through Keene and Jay and Wilmington. Another is through Saranac Lake, Bloomingdale and Franklin Falls.
McDonald said traffic volume through the Wilmington Notch, about 4,000 cars a day, is about a third of that on the Sara-Placid Highway.
The first phase, expected to take about three weeks, will use cold-in-place recycling to repave the current road surface. The practice involves pulverizing 2 to 5 inches of the highway's current surface and reusing it by mixing it with an asphalt emulsion, which McDonald said saves money and time. The same method was used on the Sara-Placid Highway and is considered environmentally friendly because it doesn't waste the old road surface material.
Work will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the first phase, with one lane open at a time.
For the second phase, workers will lay down new blacktop. That will last about two weeks, McDonald said. One lane of traffic will be open during phase two, but the paving will affect longer stretches of road, meaning longer delays.
McDonald said DOT recently re-launched its upgraded 511 Traveler Information System, which can be found online at www.511NY.org. The website can be accessed on smartphones and iPads or similar devices. Users can also call 511 for information.
"Our goal is to have all of that information up front and then up to the minute, so when travelers are planning their trips, they know that the work is heaviest on this section of the roadway," McDonald said.
She said the DOT's project manager will work with the contractor to make sure accurate information on the project is available.
McDonald said state and federal transportation funds "have been tight" in recent years, so DOT has tried to find more efficient ways to get the most out of its dollars and keep the state highway and bridge system in good condition.
"So what we've done on a statewide basis is assess our bridge and pavement conditions and we instituted a new policy of what I call 'Preservation First,' (in) which every segment of pavement and every bridge has a condition, and the conditions range from poor, fair, good to excellent," McDonald said.
Under this Preservation First policy, McDonald said the goal is to invest in infrastructure graded fair or good and bring it up to good or excellent.
"If you make more of those low-cost investments, it minimizes higher-cost investments that would have to be made if the infrastructure goes down to fair condition," she said.
The goal of the entire Route 86 project is to bring the highway into good to excellent condition, McDonald said.
McDonald also stressed that DOT is always in charge of a state road project, even when it hires contractors to do the work.
"If it's a DOT project, the DOT is always responsible for the project," she said. "The contractor works for the state of New York. At the end of the day, it is the department's responsibility to make sure that the contractor is holding up his end of the contract. ... The buck stops with us."


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Elton John has changed his mind on adoption, the star told Reuters on Saturday.
On a visit to Ukraine with his AIDS Foundation, Elton reportedly performed his hit "Circle of Life" for children at an orphanage, some of whose parents had died of AIDS – and met a child who stole his heart.
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"[Partner] David [Furnish] and I have always talked about adoption," the singer told Reuters. "David always wanted to adopt a child and I always said 'no' because I am 62 and I think because of the traveling I do and the life I have, maybe it wouldn't be fair for the child."
However, meeting the 14-month-old orphan boy Lev on Saturday has shifted his opinion.
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"Having seen Lev today, I would love to adopt him," Elton said. "I don't know how we do that but he has stolen my heart. And he has stolen David's heart and it would be wonderful if we can have a home. I've changed my mind today."
Elton added that a child could help fill the gap in his life left by the recent death of his long-term keyboardist, Guy Babylon.
"Last week I lost one of my best friends," he said of Guy, who died of a heart attack at the age of 52. "It broke my heart because he was such a genius and so young and has two wonderful children. What better opportunity to replace someone I lost than to replace him with someone I can give a future to."
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A judge sentenced Smith to two concurrent life sentences.
The jury deliberated for a little over three hours before finding Smith guilty on both counts of first-degree premeditated murder and two counts of second-degree murder.
Smith was charged with killing 18-year-old Haile Kifer and 17-year-old Nick Brady after the teens broke into his Little Falls home on Thanksgiving Day 2012.
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It all began with the bread.
We sat down to dinner on the evening I arrived in France, and the future top professional on my right picked up his bit of baguette.
I picked up mine. I crunched into it.
He didn't. Instead, he went through an elaborate little ritual: carefully, he removed the soft inner core. He rolled it up. He put it on the side of the plate and began eating the crust.
I watched. He looked at me. "Faut faire le métier," he said.
Those four words are the cornerstone of an entire cycling culture in France, and they have broad connotations.
Un métier is a profession, so when you faire le métier, you are living the profession, doing the job, being professional. Faut faire le métier. You gotta do the job properly.
Or, if you really want to go places, faire le métier à fond. Do the job full-on. That's when there is no bread-core issue, because you aren't eating bread at all.
Quite why you should eschew the yummy middle bit of your baguette escapes me, but I don't think that's why I didn't go on to win Tour de France stages as my club mate did.
What's more, I don't think he had the slightest idea why he was doing it either. He just knew he had to do it if he wanted to be a pro eventually, in the same way that he had to wear an anorak when he went out in the cold (don't want to catch anything) and that he never, ever, ever trained in shorts without leg-warmers (you only race in shorts, don't you?).
Being young and ingenuous, I didn't ask him whether he lived by the old saw that you never slept with a woman within, ooh, five years or so of a major race.
The wealth of received ideas that combine to make up le métier were christened "The Knowledge" by the group of English-speaking professional cyclists of the 1980s that included John Herety, Robert Millar and company.
Once, interviewing the pair in the 1990s, they began going through the catechism: always wear long-johns in winter (you might get cold and want to eat more); always have the heater on in the car (you might get cold and get a cold); never eat strawberries (the fruit of the Devil); always have a shower, not a bath, because baths reduce your muscle tone; never drink plain water, always put some cordial in it. And so on, and so on.
The problem, as Herety and Millar saw it, was this: if you didn't stick to The Knowledge, you laid yourself open to accusations that this or that infringement had caused a problem of some kind (that cold you had, well, shouldn't have had the air-con on, should you?).
It was all handed down through the generations, from soigneur to rider to rider to soigneur, from professional to amateur, and so on down the food chains and the family trees that make up cycling.
Researching biographies of Tom Simpson and Fausto Coppi, it was clear that The Knowledge went back decades, to the days when soigneurs were like witchdoctors rather than merely helpers.
The cures were exotic and far-fetched: ice rubs to harden up the crotch; moving the bed in the hotel room so it faced south; putting bricks under the bed end so the blood flowed out of the legs more easily; eating salt fish and royal jelly (not necessarily together).
And not having sex, according to some – although Simpson and Coppi may have been exceptions to that rule.
Tongue in cheek, then, you could claim that the notion of aggregating marginal gains is nothing new.
The Knowledge consisted of hundreds of marginal gains, the theory being that nothing could be left to chance; the practice being that if you left something to chance, it might go wrong.
Season those tubulars for four years in the dark. Boil that chain for the six-day bike in motor oil for a week.
The difference between now and then, of course, is that the aggregation of marginal gains is scientifically based.
In theory, you know what works, so you can dispense with the not having sex and the never having baths and have mood lighting in the bus and wear those wacky stockings.
But watch Team Sky at the dinner table if you ever get the chance. Someone in their ranks will be taking the core out of his baguette, I'll be bound.
Le métier will never die, although it may go underground.
Extract from Rouleur issue 17. William Fotheringham is cycling correspondent for the Guardian.


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It appears so, says one ad industry expert. "It makes sense that the share price would go up because its driven by people's belief in that company having momentum, being aggressive, and taking their marketing seriously," says one ad industry executive.
Cash-strapped cities and states are finding it almost impossible to justify fat financing deals for state-of-the-art football arenas.
"It's like a little litmus test of what the year could look like. We're seeing good signs at this point," says one pundit of Super Bowl retail spending. Some $10 billion is expected to be spent on the big game.
Chances are you'll be watching the big game on a smaller-sized, lower-priced LCD set, even if the picture quality isn't as good as its rival. In the cutthroat, deflationary world of consumer electronics, the debate over which flat-panel TV technology is superior has taken a backseat to price.
For some, the Super Bowl is as much about the TV commercials as the sporting contest—unless, of course, your favorite team is on the field. Still, with all the commercials, is the game too long?
With the running time of games stretching to four hours or more, the game may not be over until close to 11 p.m. ET Sunday. Some have wondered if the game and the event might be better suited to Saturday. What do you think?
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In a crowded field of Super Bowl ads for the car companies, Volkswagen has scored early with a commercial attracting scores of viewers before it even airs during the game Sunday.
I haven't seen a single Bud Light ad, but I've already decided that my favorite commercial during Sunday's game will be this one from VW.
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Ad creator J. R. Burningham told CNBC Monday that he spent $500 to create the Doritos "Pug Attack" commercial that tied for Number 1 on USA Today's Super Bowl Ad Meter.
For most of the people watching last night, the controversy involved Christina Aguilera messing up the words to the National Anthem. But to those who actually bet on it, it was a much bigger deal.
At $100,000 per second, Super Bowl ads are already expensive. But the success of spots like Doritos and Pepsi Max this year proves that the big guys don't have to pay ad firms to make the ads. Simply hold a contest and crowdsource it.
How was it possible that 1,250 seats weren't ready? How was it possible that the outside contractor was finishing up 2,000 other seats in the upper endzone minutes before game time? It was a crisis for a lot of people who spent their hard earned money to see their team. And the story was only touched upon once, briefly, during FOX's pregame show.
Fox and advertisers who placed a $3 million bet on a 30 second Super Bowl spot are celebrating — last night's game was the most-viewed Super Bowl ever.
A commercial was castigated for spoofing pitches for charitable causes while it sought to raise money for such causes, the New York Times reports.


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