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"Tayari Jones comes in fierce with An American Marriage. Delving into the lives of the newly married Roy and Celestial, this is a novel that pulls no punches from beginning to end. I won't ruin the surprise, but they're hit with a harrowing event that will define not only their relationship, but each of their lives, forever. Writing with an intensity and pace worthy of Donna Tartt, Jones yanks us into her characters' lives with a grip that never lets up. I cannot wait to put this in people's hands!"
— Angela Spring, Duende District, Washington, DC
"An American Marriage is an exposition of the criminal justice system in our country in general and in Louisiana, where the incarceration rates are exceptionally high and disproportionately biased toward minorities. The marriage of Celestial and Roy is put to the test when he is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned. Through letters, the couple tries to salvage their marriage and prove Roy's innocence while facing obstacles both within their families and outside of them. This is an excellent book for book clubs."
— Mamie Potter, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC


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© Adagp photographe Noelle Hoeppe
Inaugurated by French President Nicholas Sarkozy in late 2011, the 20,000 sq m French embassy is the culmination of eight years of work. It serves as the chancellery, consulate, diplomatic residence and private apartments of the ambassador. This diverse range of functions is met with an intriguing interplay between the indoor and outdoor environments, as architect Alain Sarfati's took a particularly holistic bioclimatic approach to the design of the New French Embassy.
In describing his design process, the Moroccan born architect stated that he wanted to look beyond standard contemporary energy-saving measures, and so "we let the sun, wind, sand and dust be our guides. [W]e looked to local materials to satisfy our building needs. We paid particular attention to all the woodwork and window treatment to ensure optimal airtightness and solar protection. Orientation not only influenced esthetic choices but governed location choices from the very start."
This site-specific design provides for both energy-efficiency and peaceful indoor and outdoor spaces. With the entire structure built around a central garden oasis, all of the building's structural components were designed to have a corresponding outdoor space, ensuring that natural light is available to set the tone of a room, while the suns rays can naturally warm the space. The southern side of the building is home to its residential facilities, with the south and western windows equipped with adjustable shades to block intense sunlight when necessary. The northern facade boasts the extraordinary silk-screened facades, which are said glow with the rising sun and reflect the tones of the sky throughout the day.
The building's interior is, like its exterior, comprised of clean lines and minimal, carefully placed elements constructed of the local materials Safati referred to — largely wood, stone and rubber. The materials provide a depth of tone and texture to enhance the clean lines of the interior layout. Dividing structures through public areas are constructed from slatted wooden screens, maintaining the peaceful light and air-filled spaces. Behind the unique silk-screened panes are walls which provide for further natural ventilation during summer, which can then be closed for insulation during winter. Private meeting rooms, which often remain windowless and withdrawn are provided here with natural illumination through chimney-like "light wells."
While the natural environments integrate with the building's interior, inhabitants of and visitors to the Embassy are encouraged to enjoy carefully composed, versatile outdoor areas. One side of the Embassy is devoted to greenhouses, exhibition spaces and winter gardens which can be enjoyed as appropriate to the season. An outdoor granite forecourt cuts a striking contrast alongside grassed pathways and a shallow moat. The garden's greenhouses, meanwhile, include a Trombe wall of black shale which captures the warmth of the sunlight during the day, and releases it during the colder hours of the night. Tall trees planted nearby provide further shade to cool the building and allow for peaceful enjoyment of the space.
The distinct design of the New French Embassy makes for a highly unique presence in amongst its surrounding architecture — but the architects maintain that it is modest in scale, and that the golden silk-screened panes serve to disguise often present office-building silhouetted floor lines. As a whole, the building works to integrate elements of two very separate cultures, histories and architectural styles to create something which achieves modern sustainability aims by remaining rooted in tradition, while creating something that is thoroughly of its own.
+ SAREA Alain Safati Architecture
Via World Architecture News
Photographs © Adagp photographe Noelle Hoeppe, Renderings © SAREA

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The Henry Ford
Legal Information
The Henry Ford is an independent, non-profit, educational institution not affiliated with the Ford Motor Company or the Ford Foundation. We depend on ticket purchases, income from our gift shops and restaurants, and tax-deductible contributions and memberships for support. The Henry Ford is an AAM accredited institution.
Code of Conduct, Rules and Regulations for Visitors of The Henry Ford:
The Henry Ford seeks to provide a world class history attraction experience in an environment that is safe, clean and comfortable. To accomplish this, we have adopted the following Code of Conduct, Rules and Regulations for Visitors. Any behavior that is disruptive to the experience of other visitors or is destructive toward exhibits, artifacts or the general facilities cannot be tolerated. Persons who violate these rules will be asked to leave the premises and may lose membership and/or admittance privileges. Violations perceived as criminal may result in arrest and prosecution.
"Then Henry Ford properties" include Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Greenfield Village, The Henry Ford Giant Screen Experience, The Benson Ford Research Center, Ford Rouge Factory Tour (visitor center, loading area & busses), Lovett Hall, Henry Ford Academy & all surrounding areas owned by The Henry Ford including parking lots and Village Road.
Code of Conduct for Visitors
- It is illegal to deface, damage, mutilate or destroy Henry Ford property, artifacts, exhibits or equipment including altering or tampering with computers or software. Handling artifacts, exhibits or equipment without the presence and permission of a Henry Ford Staff member is prohibited.
- Indecent exposure, sexual acts or behavior are prohibited.
- Fighting, provoking a fight, or engaging in disorderly or boisterous conduct is prohibited. Visitors who act in a manner which causes public disturbance will be asked to leave the Henry Ford properties.
- Offensive, abusive or threatening language or behavior is prohibited while visiting the Henry Ford.
- Display of profane, obscene or injurious language, texts or graphics for public view is prohibited. Visitors displaying such language on clothing will be asked to either change the garment, or otherwise cover the offensive image/language.
Rules and Regulations
- Loitering, gambling, selling, soliciting or campaigning on The Henry Ford properties is prohibited.
- Carrying weapons or dangerous objects while visiting The Henry Ford properties is prohibited.
- Do not leave children unattended. Unattended children are not permitted in historic buildings or on historic rides. For youth/student groups, at least one chaperone is required for every ten children.
- Pets are not allowed inside our venues or restaurants.
- Shoes and shirts are required for all visitors.
- Eating, drinking and smoking is allowed, but only in designated areas.
- Our farm animals in Greenfield Village are fed very specific rations and have precise diets, please refrain from feeding them.
- For your safety, wading or swimming in fountains, ponds or streams on Henry Ford property is prohibited.
- Photography for personal use only is allowed in most areas; it is not allowed in the Giant Screen Experience, the Ford Rouge Factory Tour Theatres, the Ford Rouge Factory floor, or in certain Museum Gallery exhibits, (check with an admissions cashier for more details.)
- No open fires or personal grills are allowed. Alcoholic beverages that are not sold on premises are not allowed. (*Alcoholic beverages are sold and served by The Henry Ford Food Services and Catering departments).
- Bicycles, scooters, tricycles, skate boards, roller / in-line skates or shoes with wheels are not allowed inside our venues or restaurants.
- Disability assistance equipment, such as wheelchairs and electric scooters, are available for rent. Personal wheelchairs are welcome on campus. Traditional electric assistance scooters are also welcome, however, upright or "Segway" scooters are permitted on campus for use only by guests with mobility limitations. Segways that are used must be brought by the guest. We do not rent Segways.
Historic Ride/Transportation Rules and Regulations
Greenfield Village operates a number of historic rides and modes of transportation. The following state law requirements will help assure your safety while riding. Please obey all posted safety rules and oral instructions from the station master or ride operator. State law requires riders to obey all warnings and directions for carnival or amusement rides, and behave in a manner that will not cause or contribute to the injury of themselves or others. Riders must report injuries prior to leaving the premises.
- Please avoid any actions that may injure you or others
- Remember to stay within the limits of your ability
- Do not interfere with safe operation of the ride
- You should not extend your arms or legs beyond your seating area
- Please face forward at all times (never ride sidesaddle on a carousel animal)
- Remember to remain seated at all times until otherwise instructed
- Do not throw or drop any object from or toward the ride
- Get off the ride properly at the designated time and place
- Do not touch the ride operator's controls
- Please refrain from eating, drinking or smoking
- Everyone needs a ticket or wristband to ride, except children under age 4, who should be accompanied by an adult
- Children 14 years and under must be accompanied by an adult when riding the Train, Bus and Model T. For groups, the ratio is at least one adult to ten children.
- One person per seat or carousel animal
- Children must be age 6 years or older to ride the carousel independently
- School groups must have an adult leader with them at all times
- Be nice to our carousel animals, they are one of a kind! Do not swing or bounce on the animals. Do not pull their tails or use their legs as footrests
- Please be mindful that our historic rides are special—treat them with the respect they deserve!
- Report all injuries to the ride operator.
Please do not board any ride unless you:
Know how to get on, use and get off the ride
Have read, understand and meet the requirements on posted signs
Know the limits of your ability and that the ride will not exceed your limits
Are not under the influence of alcohol or drugs
Are authorized by the operator to board the ride.
Pet Access Policy
(Revised effective: January 30, 2006)
The policy concerning the access of privately owned animals (pets) to The Henry Ford is as follows:
- No animals, other than those in The Henry Ford's collection, will be permitted into or on the property past gated entry or security points. This policy is in effect at all times, including when the facilities are not open to the public.
- Exceptions are as follows:
- Service animals will be permitted to assist visitors with disabilities.
- Police or other certified assistance animals will be permitted when accompanied by a qualified handler on official business.
- The Director of Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation & Greenfield Village may allow animals outside The Henry Ford's collection into gated areas in all venues for the purposes of special programming presentations or for other reasons deemed necessary. Permission must be documented in the daily security log or other official document and should be consistent with health and safety guidelines.
Smoking Policy
Effective May 1, 2010, Michigan State Law prohibits smoking in areas controlled by a state or local government agency, places of employment, restaurants, bars, and hotels in the state of Michigan. Smoking on The Henry Ford properties is prohibited except in designated areas. Designated areas are signed as such.
Guests to The Henry Ford may smoke in their vehicles.
Guests to Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Giant Screen Experience are permitted to smoke outside the west side of the Museum under the Giant Screen Experience banners and at the east (Michigan Café) end of the Museum on the sidewalk next to the yellow service gate on Lovett Road.
Guests to Greenfield Village and the Benson Ford Research Center are permitted to smoke in the area outside Greenfield Village and the Benson Ford Research Center on the sidewalk next to the yellow service gate on Lovett Road.
The areas inside Greenfield Village
1. On the asphalt near the gate between the Edison statue and the Tin Type Studio;
2. On the sidewalk between the entrance to Taste of History and the Stone Mill.
Guests to Lovett Hall evening events are permitted to smoke on the sidewalk next to the yellow service gate on Lovett Road.
Guests to Ford Rouge Factory Tour are permitted to smoke outside in front of the building on the Plant side of the entrance. This applies to daytime visits and evening events.
Guests that smoke in non-smoking areas of The Henry Ford will be asked to stop and move to the areas where smoking is permitted. Guests who do not comply will be asked to leave The Henry Ford premises.


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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Mosaic Gardens
I really do take the wealth of gardening here in Oregon for granted don't I? The area beyond the vegetable garden is fenced off to give their dogs room to play without having to worry about plants being trampled. From their journal: "Our dog run doubles as an orchard, and we grow grapes on the bull wire fence that separates the space from the veggie garden. The pea gravel is easy to clean, and it doesn't track in on wet paws." The sign in the vegetable garden explains that the soil is getting a much needed a rest this year. Last fall they planted small-seeded fava beans (which act as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop) these were recently tilled in and they'll repeat it again this fall. Next year with the enriched soil they'll have enough veggies for the neighborhood! Close up of the dog run, not bad huh? Their succulent collection (which is cozied up against a small covered porch) goes inside for the winter months. I asked if these treasures came with up them from Texas and learned that only a few of the succulents were from Buell's garden in Austin. Others are from nurseries and botanic gardens in Northern California (they especially love the Bancroft Garden). And others are from Oregon nurseries, like Cistus, and pups from established plants on the Oregon coast (where they have a second home). Looking at all of these gems I started to wonder if I should have stuck to a single color for my containers. Most of theirs are terra cotta and the sameness of the containers really lets the plants have the spot-light. The PNW Hardy Plant Society's Study Weekend will be held in Eugene next year… which do doubt means a chance for attendees to see this wonderful garden. In the mean time if you follow their online journal (mosaicgardens.wordpress.com) you will no doubt learn of other opportunities to visit…and I recommend it!
A special thank you to Rebecca for answering my questions about their garden via email! I was on a mission that day and had to get on the road to Dancing Oaks (of course more on that later) and couldn't wait "in line" to chat in the garden, as they were very popular hosts!
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- AnonymousJuly 14, 2011
What an excellent photo log of your visit. I am coming to agree with your observation that maybe it's best to have monochromatic pots. It's hard to give up my other ideas, but maybe it really is all about the plants ;-)ReplyDelete
So jealous! I've never heard of this garden before...will head over to their blog...definitely looks interesting...love the stock tank pond!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the adventure.....FABULOUSReplyDelete
I'm a terra-cotta plain pot type of guy. I have a hard time buying a glazed pot unless it is really something grand. I always think that plants standout more in plain pots.
They've done all that since 2002? I'm impressed!ReplyDelete
I love Mosaic's work and am jealous that you got to walk through their spectacular space! I wish I had the discipline to do hardscaping and sightlines, too.ReplyDelete
By the way, do you know the name of the plant that is covered with thorns, leaves and all? Insane!
Thanks for the virtual tour!
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2011
Thanks so much for coming to the Open Garden! It is always fun to see our space through someone else's eyes (or lens). We look forward to talking in person sometime....ReplyDelete
...still haven't made it to see the garden and hope to in the future! Thanks for the post!ReplyDelete
Great tour. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Oh how I love to visit gardens, in person or via blog posts like yours. Thanks for virtual tour to entice an in-person tour in the future!ReplyDelete
I love your visits to places around your area. Thank you! The stock-tank pond is very Austin.ReplyDelete
I believe the plant with the orange spines on the foliage is Solanum pyracanthon.
This is my favorite type of garden, with a little something from many different habitats, truly a mosaic.ReplyDelete
I like cheap pots and since I work for a garden center I get to take home some really nice glazed ones that arrived chipped and we got credit for them. Though I don't want anything that will distract from the plants.
I've heard of these designers through Pam/Digging and saw the photo spread in Fine Gardening, was it? (I think it won a FG award.) So it's great to read your account of a personal visit. What a whiplash to go from gardening in Austin to the PNW! They must have giggled nonstop the first year after the move.ReplyDelete
Great pictures.ReplyDelete
Alot of these plants look like they are really low maintenance. Which is good. And they are still nice to look at.
Very nice pictures.
There's a great deal fitted into that urban garden! I really like the combinations: It looks like they've embraced the ability to grow more temperate species but retained the spiky fun and flare of Austin.ReplyDelete
I remember this garden from Garden Design back when I was a wee lad. It's been my inspiration ever since.ReplyDelete
Another must-see garden I had never heard of before...must live long. Your account is next-best-thing to first hand.ReplyDelete
Could you tell me what is the species of Hymenocallis growing in water ?ReplyDelete
Amazing garden.
Patricia, well it is most definitely all about the plants for me...and actually I do love the color that the glazed pots provide.ReplyDelete
scott, isn't it fabulous!?
Beech Street, I think I started down the slippery slope away from terra cotta simply because I loved bringing color into the garden.
Jean, me too!
Shelly, Hoover had the answer for the plant you wondered about: Solanum pyracanthum. I've seen them for sale at Garden Fever and Portland Nursery here in Portland.
mosaic, thank you for having an open garden!!
Lauren, if you have the chance I am sure you would really enjoy it.
Grace and Aerie-el, you are oh so welcome!
Hoover, and thank you for the plant i.d.!
les, oh I do love me a bargain...and chips can happen over time anyway!
Denise, now I have a picture in my mind of giggling gardeners. I like it.
ZZ, yes you've got a good point. They do have a lot of low maintenance plants to enjoy.
MulchMaid, they also had a great planted area under the deck, which unfortunately my camera couldn't capture well.
tenderleaf, you were reading Garden Design as a wee lad?
ricki, I see a horticultural field trip in your future!
JP, unfortunately I have no idea! I'll try and find out though and comment here.
I am so excited that you got to visit Rebecca and Buell's garden! And that you were able to interview Rebecca by email. But I have to admit to now being a little more depressed than usual by Austin's weather and growing climate after reading her remarks. This is a harder year than usual because of the drought, but the heat always gets me down (like your cool, damp winters get you down), and I feel ready to pull up stakes and move to Eugene too! If only...ReplyDelete
Thanks for a great post. One day I hope to see their garden in person.
I'm scrolling through, enjoying the pictures... noting the interesting ginko leaf...ReplyDelete
and then I see the bamboo on the deck, and I say 'OH! THESE guys!'
I was introduced to them in Garden Design, and it must be more than five years ago, because I haven't taken that mag in a while.
What a fabulous revisit! Thanks!
Also, I'm very happy to see a natural pond. So many folks can't appreciate nature in it's natural state.ReplyDelete
Looks like that water was a bit disturbed - maybe they did some tidying before the open day and it hadn't settled yet. I'm going over to their site now to see if they have any pics of it in its regular state.
I never knew mondo grass would bloom. Those are lovely little blossoms.ReplyDelete
Take a whiff of your hosta, if it has a sweet, delicate, elusive scent, your plant may be Royal Standard. I had these in my MI yard and LOVED them. The scent is divine.
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byoo-proe-pee-on nal-trex-one
Trade Name(s)
- Contrave
Ther. Class.
Pharm. Class.
opioid antagonists
Adjunct to calorie-reduced diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in obese patients (BMI ≥30 kg/m2 ) or overweight patients (BMI ≥27 kg/m2 ) with at least one other comorbidity (hypertension, type 2 diabetes, or dyslipidemia).
- Bupropion– an antidepressant that acts as a weak inhibitor of neuronal reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine.
- Naltrexone– acts as an opioid antagonist.
- In combination they affect two different brain areas involved in food intake: the hypothalamic appetite regulatory center and mesolimbic dopamine circuit reward system.
Therapeutic Effect(s):
Decreased appetite with associated weight loss.
Absorption: Well absorbed but rapidly metabolized by the liver. Absorption is enhanced by a high-fat meal.
Distribution: Parent drug and metabolites enter breast milk.
Metabolism and Excretion: Extensively metabolized; three metabolites are pharmacologically active. Excretion is mostly renal as metabolites, minimal renal excretion of unchanged drug.
Half-life: 21 hr (longer for some metabolites).
Absorption: Well absorbed orally, undergoes extensive first pass hepatic metabolism resulting in 5–40% bioavailability. Absorption is enhanced by a high-fat meal.
Distribution: Parent drug and metabolites enter breast milk.
Metabolism and Excretion: Metabolized to 6–beta-naltrexol. Both parent drug and metabolite are pharmacologically active. Excretion is mostly renal as metabolite, less than 2% as unchanged drug.
Half-life: naltrexone– 5 hr; 6–beta-naltrexol– 13 hr.
TIME/ACTION PROFILE (weight loss)
|within 4 wk
|6 mos
Contraindicated in:
- Known hypersensitivity to bupropion or naltrexone;
- Uncontrolled hypertension;
- End-stage renal disease;
- Severe hepatic impairment;
- Seizure disorders;
- Anorexia or bulimia;
- During withdrawal from or discontinuation of alcohol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates or antiepileptics;
- Chronic opioid/opiate agonist or partial agonist use or acute opiate withdrawal;
- During/within 14 days of MAO inhibitors;
- Concurrent use of CYP2B6 inducers;
- Concurrent use of other bupropion-containing medications;
- OB: Pregnancy (weight loss may cause fetal harm);
- Pedi: Not recommended for use in children.
Use Cautiously in:
- History of suicidal behavior/ideation;
- History of seizure risk (avoid administration with a high-fat meal, adhere to recommended dose);
- History of cardiac/cerebrovascular disease;
- History of angle-closure glaucoma;
- Diabetes mellitus (weight loss may result in hypoglycemia if treatment is not adjusted);
- Concurrent use of drugs that ↓ seizure threshold;
- Moderate or severe renal impairment (use lower dose);
- Moderate hepatic impairment (use lower dose);
- Concurrent ingestion of alcohol (avoid or reduce consumption);
- Lactation: Use while breast feeding only if potential maternal benefit justifies potential risk to infant;
- Geri: Older adults may be ↑ sensitive to adverse CNS reactions and ↓ renal elimination.
Adverse Reactions/Side Effects
CV: hypertension, tachycardia
EENT: angle-closure glaucoma (bupropion), tinnitus
GI: nausea, constipation, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dry mouth, hepatotoxicity (naltrexone)
Derm: hot flush, sweating
Neuro: tremor, HOMICIDAL THOUGHTS/BEHAVIOR, SEIZURES, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS/BEHAVIOR, headache, aggression, agitation, anxiety, delusions, depression, dizziness, dysgeusia, hallucinations, hostility, insomnia, mania, panic, paranoia, psychosis
Misc: allergic reactions including ANAPHYLAXIS/ANAPHYLACTOID REACTIONS
* CAPITALS indicate life-threatening.
Underline indicate most frequent.
- Concurrent or use within 14 days with MAO inhibitors ↑ risk of hypertensive reactions.
- Bupropion inhibits the CYP2D6 enzyme system and can ↑ blood levels and risk of adverse reactions from antidepressants including SSRIs and many tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics including haloperidol, risperidone, and thioridazine, beta-blockers including metoprolol, and Type 1C antiarrhythmics including flecainide and propafenone. Dose adjustments may be necessary.
- Blood levels and effectiveness may be ↓ by CYP2B6 inducers including carbamazepine, efavirenz, ritonavir, lopinavir, phenobarbital, and phenytoin ; concurrent use should be avoided.
- Blood levels and risk of toxicity of bupropion may be ↑ by CYP2B6 inhibitors including clopidogrel (dose should not exceed one tablet twice daily).
- Concurrent use of drugs that ↓ seizure threshold may ↑ risk of seizures.
- Dopaminergic drugs including amantadine and levodopa may ↑ risk of CNS toxicity.
- Concurrent ingestion of alcohol may ↑ risk of neuropsychiatric reactions (reduce consumption or avoid).
- May ↓ renal excretion of and ↑ blood levels/risk of toxicity from amantadine, amiloride, cimetidine, dopamine, famotidine, memantine, metformin, pindolol, procainamide, varenicline, and oxaliplatin (careful monitoring is recommended).
- May ↓ analgesic effects of opioids.
PO (Adults): Wk 1– one tablet in the morning; wk 2– one tablet in the morning and one tablet in the evening; wk 3– two tablets in the morning and one tablet in the evening; wk 4 and onward– two tablets in the morning and two tablets in the evening; concurrent use of CYP2B6 inhibitors– dose should not exceed one tablet twice daily.
Renal Impairment
PO (Adults): Moderate or severe renal impairment– Dose should not exceed one tablet in the morning and one tablet in the evening.
Hepatic Impairment
PO (Adults): Moderate hepatic impairment– Dose should not exceed one tablet in the morning and one tablet in the evening.
Extended-release tablets: 90 mg bupropion/8 mg naltrexone
- Monitor for weight loss and adjust concurrent medications (antihypertensives, antidiabetics, lipid-lowering agents) as needed.
Assess mental status and mood changes, especially during initial few mo of therapy. Risk may be increased in children, adolescents, and adults ≤24 yrs. Inform health care professional if patient demonstrates significant increase in signs of depression (depressed mood, loss of interest in usual activities, insomnia or hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation or retardation, increased fatigue, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, slowed thinking or impaired concentration, irritability, hostility, suicide or homicide attempt or suicidal ideation). Restrict amount of drug available to patient.
- Monitor BP and heart rate periodically during therapy, especially in patient with hypertension.
- Monitor for signs and symptoms of anaphylactic reactions (pruritus, urticaria, hives, angioedema, dyspnea). Discontinue therapy and treat symptomatically.
Lab Test Considerations:
Monitor blood glucose prior to and during therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes; may cause hypoglycemia.
- May cause false-positive urine test for amphetamines.
Potential Diagnoses
- Disturbed body image (Indications)
- Imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements (Indications)
- PO Administer in the morning and evening according to dose escalation schedule. DNC: Swallow tablets whole; do not break, crush, or chew.
- Do not administer with a high-fat meal; may increase risk of seizures.
Patient/Family Teaching
- Instruct patient to take medication as directed, following the dose escalation schedule. If a dose is missed, omit and wait until next scheduled dose; do not double doses. Advise patient to read Medication Guide before starting therapy and with each Rx refill in case of changes.
- Instruct patient to adhere to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
Advise patient, family, and caregivers to look for suicidality, especially during early therapy. Notify health care professional immediately if thoughts about suicide, homicide, or dying, attempts to commit suicide, new or worse depression or anxiety, agitation or restlessness, panic attacks, insomnia, new or worse irritability, aggressiveness, hostility, acting on dangerous impulses, mania, or other changes in mood or behavior occur.
- Advise patient to notify health care professional if signs and symptoms of liver damage (stomach pain lasting more than a few days, dark urine, yellowing of skin and whites of eyes, tiredness) occurs.
- Advise patients they may be less sensitive to opioids during therapy. Advise patients to notify healthcare professional of bupropion/naltrexone therapy.
- Advise patient to notify health care professional of all Rx or OTC medications, vitamins, or herbal products being taken and to consult with health care professional before taking other medications and to minimize or avoid alcohol during therapy.
- Instruct females of reproductive potential to notify health care professional if pregnancy is planned or suspected and to avoid breast feeding during therapy. Advise pregnant patients to discontinue medication as appropriate weight gain based on pre-pregnancy weight is recommended for all pregnant patients, including those who are overweight or obese, due to the weight gain that occurs in maternal tissues during pregnancy.
Evaluation/Desired Outcomes
Decreased appetite with associated weight loss. Evaluate therapy after 12 wk at maintenance dose. If patient has not lost 5% of baseline body weight discontinue medication; clinically meaningful weight loss is unlikely.


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Budweiser Introducing Bowtie-Shaped Can on May 6
April 17, 2013 – This spring Budweiser will introduce a striking and original new beer can – a bowtie-shaped aluminum can that mirrors Budweiser's iconic bowtie logo. Beer lovers can see for themselves the new bowtie-shaped can when it becomes available in a special 8-pack on store shelves nationwide beginning May 6.
"This can is incomparable, like nothing you've ever seen before," said Pat McGauley, vice president of innovation for Anheuser-Busch. "The world's most iconic beer brand deserves the world's most unique and innovative can. I think we have it here."
The proprietary can, in development since 2010, will be available only in the United States and in an 8-pack and will not replace the traditional Budweiser can.
To make the new can possible, Anheuser-Busch engineers needed to solve a number of technical challenges, and major equipment investments were required at Budweiser's can-making facility in Newburgh, N.Y. Significant capital investments also were required to upgrade packaging lines at the Budweiser breweries in Los Angeles and Williamsburg , Va., the first breweries with capability to package this unique can innovation.
Newburgh, about 60 miles north of New York City and 90 miles south of Albany, is where proprietary equipment is located that shapes the can. Creating the can requires a 16-step process – 10 steps to form the bottom half of the can, with an additional six steps to form the top portion.
The Anheuser-Busch Global Innovation Group has been investigating potential can innovations for several years.
"We explored various shapes that would be distinguishable in the marketplace, but also viable from an engineering standpoint," McGauley said. "Aluminum can be stretched only about 10 percent without fracturing, which requires that the angles of the bowtie be very precise."
An initial run of more than 10 million bowtie cans were produced in Newburgh through March 31 for the spring introduction. An additional 8 million cans are scheduled to be produced this month.
Due to the can's slimmer middle and sleek design, it holds 11.3 ounces of beer and has about 137 calories, approximately 8.5 fewer calories than a traditional 12-ounce can of Budweiser.
"This can is certainly a conversation starter: eye-catching, easy-to-grip, trendy and – according to our research – very appealing to young adults," McGauley said. "It's a beer can like no other."


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The Improv Everywhere crew takes to the streets of Brooklyn, unleashing 2000 people onto the streets, each one walking an invisible dog.
eGuider: Ian Spector
Curious Entrepreneur / Author
Ian Spector is a recent graduate of Brown University where he studied cognitive neuroscience with an interest in decision making and human-computer interaction and served as president of the Brown University Entrepreneurship Program. In 2005 he created 4Q.cc, the website which created the "Chuck Norris Facts" meme. To date, 4Q has received in excess of 250 million pageviews and worldwide media coverage. Ian is the author of two books, The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human, which is a New York Times Bestseller, and Chuck Norris vs. Mr. T: 400 Facts About the Baddest Dudes in the History of Ever. Ian's current interests are in improving businesses through creating innovative and exciting experiences for their end users.


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Generation X and Y now has help navigating a financial minefield. American Express recently released a content-rich, social-media platform called Currency (getcurrency.com).
For young adults in their 20's and 30's, Currency offers tips and suggestions on saving and spending, in a voice that speaks to them from more than 25 leading personal-finance writers.
[Can you name the other known personal-finance writers for Currency?]
I was asked to be one of those 25 personal finance writers to contribute true, honest personal finance experiences to Currency. I definitely feel honored.
[Check out my first article: Setting Up Your First Budget]
I really enjoy the launching of this site because it reflects personal finance subjects on a personal basis; one can easily relate to the perils and joys that come with managing our money. Then audience can take what they have learned and share information and financial tips via Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and other applications. Check out Currency.
In Conjuntion: Personal Finance Comics!
Credit Card Daily, is a personal finance blog written by Fred and Jeremy from the Credit Card Finder team. They are the people responsible for putting out these awesome personal finance comics (along with Brad and Francis). 🙂
[Current Comic Cast: Man Vs Debt, Budgets Are Sexy, Enemy of Debt, My Next Buck and Money Funk]
If you remember in Comic #5, Part 1 of Credit Card Rewards or Credit Card Regrets?, Brian was struck by a strange vision, Brad and Baker were there to save Money Funk from the evil debt throws by J. Money. ::slam:: Where did Adam go after being hit by J. Money's skateboard?
In Part 2 of Credit Card Rewards or Credit Card Regrets? – PF Comic #5 Enemy of Debt is re-invigorated, bouncing around walls of the ally like a pinball choppinng up the credit cards. The fight is on between J. Money and Enemy of Debt ::Bong!:: ::Blam!::
Money Funk takes off running from the fight. Jay Money collapses. Who is the Gambler? Find out in Part 2 of Credit Card Rewards or Credit Card Regrets? – PF Comic #5!
Meanwhile, Baker is where??? Doing what???
New Characters
PF Comic #6 is underway. Take a sneak peak behind the scenes. With new characters like Brad Tuttle (from It's Your Money – Time.com), Dave Ramsey (from The Dave Ramsey Show), J.D. Roth (from Get Rich Slowly), and awesomely… Jeff (from Deliver Away Debt).
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Tom Mix
Born: 1/6/1880
Birthplace: Mix Run, Pennsylvania
Mix was king of the Hollywood western during the silent film era. A superb marksman and rider, he performed most of his own stunts. His flair for melodrama, outlandish cowboy costumes, nonstop action plots, and a good-sport attitude defined the movie cowboy for decades to come. His silent films include The Untamed (1920) and Riders of the Purple Sage (1925); Destry Rides Again (1932) and The Rider of Death Valley (1932) are two of his successful talkies.Died: 10/12/1940


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Sam Dixson, left, a safety manager with Hoffman Structures, shows Estecada High School freshman Zach Gabbey how to use a reciprocating saw during the NW Youth Careers Expo March 19 at the Oregon Convention Center. The ninth annual event, organized by the Portland Workforce Alliance, was attended by several thousand students from throughout the Metro area.
Doug Haase, left, an instructor with the Sheet Metal Institute, speaks with Portland Community College student Thalia Ruiz, right, and her mentor, Jennifer Keller, about working in the trade during the NW Youth Careers Expo at the Oregon Convention Center March 19.
B.J. Henderson, left, a senior at Meek ProTech High School, and Ladaysha Ford, a senior at Jefferson High School, use gas actuated fasteners while learning about framing at a booth run by Performance Contracting, Inc. at the NW Youth Careers Expo March 19.
Jared Roper, a freshman at Franklin High School, practices nailing as Lisa Hummel, a carpenter with Hoffman Structures, looks on during the NW Youth Careers Expo at the Oregon Convention Center.
Jessie Stephens, left, a student at Portland Community College, gets pointers from Sheet Metal Institute instructor Doug Haase while using a welding simulator during the NW Youth Careers Expo at the Oregon Convention Center March 19.
Lonnie Land, a crane operator with IUOE Local 701, climbs down from a crane at the end of a shift at The Emery, a 118-unit mixed-use apartment building being built by Lease Crutcher Lewis on Southwest Moody Avenue. The seven-story building, designed by ZGF Architects, is the first redevelopment project on land owned by the Zidell family in the South Waterfront.
Mark Nichols, an electrician with Three Phase Electric, installs wiring at the 155-unit mixed-use Prescott Apartments project in North Portland. The Myhre Group Architects-designed project is being built by Sierra Construction Co. for affiliated development entity Prescott Partners.
Evergreen Installation owner John Knapp, left, and installer Steve Maffitt put in a window frame on the third floor of the Prescott Apartments in North Portland. The five- and six-story project is slated for completion this fall.
Electrician Michael Hayes, an employee of Three Phase Electric, runs wiring for a smoke detector on a unit at the Prescott Apartments.
A 107-year-old property at 1316-1320 N.E. Broadway is for sale at an asking price of $536,000. The building features a basement and three floors containing a mixture of office and residential space.
Eric Stockfleth, left, and Jon Pearson of TJ Homebuilders frame a two-story infill house being built in North Portland by Fish Construction Northwest.
Jon Pearson, owner of TJ Homebuilders, makes measurements before framing the second story of a speculative infill home being built by Fish Construction Northwest in North Portland.
Eric Stockfleth, a carpenter with TJ Homebuilders, takes measurements while framing a home in North Portland.
General contractor Skyline Interiors is wrapping work on an office renovation for Menashe Properties, who are relocating from the sixth floor of 621 S.W. Alder St. to a larger space on the building's eighth floor. The six-week project, designed by Toni King & Associates, includes new walls, flooring, ceilings, doors, cabinets, and finishes.
A piece of land near Northeast 231st Avenue in Hillsboro is one of four vacant parcels in the Orenco Station neighborhood due to be developed in an upcoming $120 million project. Holland Development plans to build three six-story multifamily buildings, up to 25,000 square feet of retail, and a public plaza.
Carpenters erect a shear wall on the Tessera, a 304-unit multifamily project being built by Holland Partners at the Orenco Station development in Hillsboro.
Attorney Tony Andrade, a partner with Moss Adams LLP, speaks during the DJC's Heathcare Reform Forum at the Hilton hotel in downtown Portland. The event was the fourth and final forum held throughout the state intended to help employers of all sizes navigate the complexities of the Affordable Care Act.
Attendees of a forum on the Affordable Care Act fill a conference space at the Hilton Portland Thursday morning.
Amanda Walkup, a partner with Hershner Hunter LLP, speaks during the Healthcare Reform: What Oregon Employers Need to Know breakfast forum in downtown Portland. The event was the fourth presented throughout the state by the Daily Journal of Commerce and PacificSource Health Plans.
Kristin Duval, a regional sales manager with PacificSource Health Plans, speaks at the DJC's Healthcare Reform forum Thursday in downtown Portland.
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Siteworks Design | Build is performing a tenant improvement on a 3,986-square-foot space at 235 N.W. Park Ave. for Periscopic, a data visualization firm. The ten-week project includes installation of glass and steel partition walls, a kitchen, conference room, and workstations, as well as recycled wood finishes and polished concrete floors. The space is in a building on the North Park Blocks which was renovated by Siteworks last year.
Juan Herrera, a finisher with Hector's Drywall, smoothes drywall on the ceiling of a space at 235 N.W. Park Ave. being renovated by Siteworks Design | Build.
LOI Environmental & Demolition Services employee Manuel Serrano, left, sprays water to contain dust as a former warehouse in Northwest Portland is demolished Mar. 6. Seattle-based Lake Union Partners are developing a $15 million, 104-unit apartment project on the Northwest 18th Avenue site.
Crews with LOI Environmental & Demolition Services demolish a 65-year-old warehouse building in Northwest Portland. General contractor Andersen Construction is building an Ankrom Moisan Architects-designed apartment project on the site for Seattle-based developers Lake Union Partners.
Carpenters frame the fifth floor of ArtHouse, a six-story student housing community for the Pacific Northwest College of Art at Northwest Couch Street and Park Avenue. General contractor Walsh Construction is building the LEVER Architecture-designed project, which will include student apartments, a café, gallery and retail space.
ArtHouse, a $7 million housing community for students at PNCA, is being built on the site of the former Powell's Technical Books store at 33 N.W. Park Ave. The project was developed by Project Ecological Development for the Powell family, and is expected to open this fall.
Halprin Landscape Conservancy board members Bob Naito, left, and Randy Gragg stand at Keller Fountain Park in Portland's South Auditorium district. The park is part of the Portland Open Space Sequence, which was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Pettygrove Park is part of a series of outdoor spaces in the South Auditorium area of downtown which was recently added to the National Registry of Historic Places.
Chief planner for the city of Portland Joe Zehnder, gesturing at left, presents a set of zoning code amendments to the Planning and Sustainability Commission Tuesday. The commission voted to approve the amendments, which will require apartment projects with 40 or more units to include a minimum number of off-street parking spaces.
Michael Robinson, a partner at law firm Perkins Coie, speaks against parking regulations for new apartments during a meeting of Portland's Planning and Sustainability Commission Tuesday.
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South Branch WMA (Merck Tract) Going to the Birds and Hunterdon County Department of Parks and Recreation
Troy Ettel, N.J. Audubon Society
May 28, 2008
A unique model for management of New Jerseys public open spaces is emerging via a partnership formed to manage a section of the South Branch Wildlife Management Area. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish & Wildlife (DFW), Hunterdon County Dept. of Parks and Recreation (HCDPR), and the New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) will collaborate under an agreement signed between DEP and the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders giving HCDPR management authority over the Merck Tract (pdf, 500kb) in Raritan, Readington and Hillsborough Townships.
The NJ Green Acres Program purchased the 423-acre section known as the Merck Tract from Merck and Company, Inc. in 2000. The property straddles the Somerset and Hunterdon county line along the South Branch of the Raritan River. While the State retains ownership of the property, the agreement authorizes HCDPR to manage habitat projects and recreation on the property adjacent to Clover Hill County Park.
NJAS worked with the Division's Bureau of Land Management to develop a draft management plan that outlines a multi-year process to improve and create habitat on the site. While cooperation between government and nonprofit agencies is critical to the projects success, of equal importance is maintaining a cooperative relationship with the Merck Tracts existing farmer. The plans goals will be achieved in phases that will convert overgrown fields, cropland, and fallow areas into native warm season grass fields interspersed with a mix of annual row crops, cool season hay, and early successional scrub-shrub habitat. The partners are working to establish the farmer as a long-term fourth partner who, in addition to farming the site, will also work with the other partners to implement habitat restoration and maintenance onsite.
NJAS has focused on improving grassland habitat in this region as part of the Raritan Piedmont Wildlife Habitat Partnership (RPWHP), a group of local and state private and public agencies with a common goal of improving habitat for wildlife in its focal region that includes portions of Hunterdon and Somerset counties. A region-wide analysis of potential habitat performed by the DFW Endangered and Nongame Species Program for the RPWHP identified the Merck Tract as one of the key publicly-owned sites in the region for grassland bird conservation.
The goals of management activities include providing nesting habitat for grassland birds such as bobolink, eastern meadowlark, and grasshopper sparrow, as well as habitat for small game species such as eastern cottontail and American woodcock. The prevalence of grasslands in New Jerseys landscape has fluctuated greatly in recent history, but this habitat type is currently experiencing unprecedented declines.
Although grassland habitats peaked shortly after the arrival of European settlers who cleared much of the forested landscape for farming, grassland habitats in New Jersey are presently at their lowest levels in the last 13,000 years. An obvious consequence of this decline in habitat has been the steady decline of species dependent upon it. Currently, 48% of birds listed as endangered in N.J. are grassland species, while 28% of those listed as threatened are grassland birds. Presently, as a habitat type, grasslands are in short supply in New Jersey as farmland is converted for housing, or reverts to shrubby woodland, and modern farming places a greater emphasis on increased production and away from practices that allow for undisturbed habitat during the nesting season.
Grassland birds will use both cool season hay (alfalfa, orchard grass, timothy) and warm season grass (big and little bluestem, switchgrass, Indiangrass) for nesting. By planting warm season grass, which is native to the East Coast, the habitat diversity will be improved. WHIP funds will be used to implement future warm season grass plantings. Grassland birds need large patches of suitable habitat, so creating large fields of grass should be attractive to them. They instinctively avoid situations with overhead perches for predators, so removal of out-of-service power lines and poles as well as some of the hedgerows between fields will be a key management objective.
Improving the scrub-shrub early successional habitat will be more challenging than establishing grasslands. On many of the areas that were hydroaxed, invasive exotic vegetation has outcompeted the native trees and shrubs, and will need surveillance and management to keep it in check. Multiflora rose, Russian and autumn olive, Amur honeysuckle and wineberry can grow so dense that they will be impenetrable to human or wildlife passage. The goal is to strike a balance between these invasives and native trees and shrubs, at a density that doesn't deter migratory birds like woodcock from using the area.
Recreational hunting will continue under Hunterdon County's management. Free hunting permits will be available to both county and state residents. Control of white-tailed deer numbers is critical to the success of the contract farmer as well as the restoration project. Without adequate deer control, plantings of native shrubs planned onsite along waterways and in areas slated for early successional habitat management will fail. When deer numbers are too high, they over browse native vegetation suppressing and stunting its growth to the benefit of the less-preferred browse of invasive exotic vegetation. In contrast to cool season hay, deer do not browse warm season grass hay so planting it should have a minimal impact on deer numbers.
NJAS and the DFW cooperated to submit the project for federal funding through the USDAs Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program. This program is administered through the USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service. NJAS has also received funding from private sources including Merck and Co, Inc. and Conservation Resources, Inc. who made a significant contribution for habitat restoration through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Gibson Family Foundation and Mushett Family Foundation have also supported NJASs work to restore grasslands on public and private lands in the area.
"This partnership helps to stretch scarce public dollars by matching public funds with private grant sources," said Troy Ettel, NJAS Director of Conservation and Stewardship. "In addition it provides a way for non-governmental organizations such as NJAS to assist public agencies such as the DFW and HCDPR fulfill important mission areas that they may not have the time or staff to implement to their satisfaction. Funding for land stewardship and maintenance is grossly inadequate in New Jersey. We welcome the opportunity to work with the state and county to achieve their stewardship objectives and stretch public funding wherever possible to address these growing needs."


text: Sponsor a child in Bosnia and Herzegovina Our children's charity in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1994 SOS Children's Villages made contact with the Bosnian authorities during the war in 1994. At first we provided relief aid to families who had been affected by the war. When the war ended, the work of SOS Children's Villages focused on providing more permanent support to the local population. SOS Children's Villages is now present in five locations in Bosnia Herzegovina and supports children, young people and families. A country at the heart of the Balkans SOS family at lunch (photo: S. Gubelic). Bosnia and Herzegovina is located on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe, bordering Croatia in the north and west, and Serbia and Montenegro in the east and the south. The capital is Sarajevo with around 392,000 inhabitants. The population is 4.6 million, of which nearly half are Bosnians, one third are Serbs, and about one fifth are Croats. Children under the age of 18 account for nearly one fifth of the population. Approximately two fifths of the population are Muslim, one third are Serbian Orthodox and 15 per cent are Roman Catholic. Recovering from the war Bosnia and Herzegovina is still recovering from the war which took place in the 1990s. At the end of the war the infrastructure and economy had been destroyed and two million people had been displaced. The water and electricity supply had to be reconnected and schools, homes and roads had to be rebuilt. The unemployment rate is estimated to be a staggering 43 per cent (2010 est.). Young people, women and people with disabilities and the Roma have the highest unemployment rate. Most people are employed in the services, with industry and agriculture also providing employment. Official national figures estimate that around 20 per cent of the population live below the nationally-defined poverty line and 30 per cent just above the poverty line. People living in rural areas are particularly affected by poverty. Poverty-stricken households include those with three or more children and those comprised of refugees or displaced persons. The provision of services such as health and education is shared between different levels of government and remains inefficient. Many people, particularly those in rural areas, are not covered by health care. Children in need of protection Playing outside (photo: K. Ilievska). The war of the 1990s badly affected children's rights. The responsibility to protect children's rights is currently shared between different levels of government. The fragmented, decentralized structure of the government makes implementation of national policies and legislation a significant challenge, and results in a lack of responsibility and accountability. Many of the poor and vulnerable children are from disadvantaged groups, differentiated by ethnicity, religion, disability, gender or the rural/urban divide. Children from families who were internally displaced during the war and those with disabilities account for the highest number of children in need. According to UNICEF (2009 figures), five per cent of children between the ages of five and fourteen were involved in child labour. Children from rural areas accounted for two thirds of this figure. Access to primary education is high but some groups have limited access. Children in rural areas have lower school attendance rates. Roma children are often excluded because they are not registered with the authorities. Disabled children have limited access because schools do not have adequate disabled facilities. Girls are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking. There is a high incidence, especially in rural areas, of girls under the ages of 18 marrying. SOS Children's Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina SOS Children's Villages work in Bosnia and Herzegovina has varied to meet the needs of the children, young people and families in a country which is recovering from war in the 1990s. The organisation has provided relief aid, has re-built kindergartens in the city of Mostar and has also provided long-term support to the local population. Social centres in Gorazde, Sarajevo, Maglaj and Mostar organise day-care, training and counselling and psychological support to families, thus allowing them to protect and care for their children in the community. When children can no longer live with their families they can be cared for by the SOS mothers. Young people can learn to live semi-independently in flats and houses in Tuzla and Sarajevo. Website of SOS Children's Villages Bosnia and Herzegovina (available in Bosnian/Croatian and English)


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- Captain Mar-Vell (Died in The Death of Captain Marvel Graphic Novel)
- Jean DeWolffe (Died in Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #107)
- Stick (Died in Daredevil #189)
- Mariko Yashida (Died in Wolverine #57)
- Kraven (Died in Kraven's Last Hunt, 1987)
- Madelyne Prior (Died in X-Factor #38; clones of Madelyne have recently surfaced, but the original Madelyne has not)
- Kyle Richmond/Nighthawk of Earth-712 (Died in Squadron Supreme #12)
- Sam Sawyer (Died Captain America #274)
- Deathstalker (Died in Daredevil #158)
- Skurge the Executioner (Died in Thor #362)
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Top 10 Deaths in the Marvel 1980s (revised)
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So why did Jean DeWolfe leapfrog Captain Marvel? On the old list, Captain Marvel was #2, and retains that spot here... only with a different #1. Pray tell: why is that?ReplyDelete
Ha! Good catch David. I think it was actually a cut-and-paste issue...ReplyDelete
As always I love the blog. I check you out everyday. If I am not mistaken; I believe they brought back Kraven. I have always wondered why Marvel never brought back Captain Marvel. He was such a great character.
Hey James. Thanks for the comment. I believe they had his brother and then his daughter assume the mantle at different points, but never brought back Kraven himself...ReplyDelete
Kraven's history is a convoluted mess. Of course in comics which character is not. When you factor in his sons and daughter it can get pretty confusing. I believe Kraven's wife bought him back to life with a ritual involving Spider-Man's blood. I may be wrong though. It has been a while since I read those issues. I also probably buy a hundred back issues for every new one I pick up. I am not as up to date on the comic events of the last ten years. I will look into it and get back with you.ReplyDelete
Great post Jason.ReplyDelete
Mariko I think died in the nineties. And Nighthawk returned in the Defenders series in 2000, by Busiek and Larson. I'm not sure if this is the same K.Richmond that bit the dust in Squadron supreme, could never get that whole thing with 2 Nighthawks, I must google it. anyway great post as always.
- AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Fun list, and challenging with the new "no resurrection" rule. That takes quite a few classic ones out of the running.ReplyDelete
My favourites here are Kraven and the Executioner. I also would add Ned Leeds, mainly for the shock value and how it screwed up everyone's Hobgoblin theories.
I would also add Heather Glenn from Daredevil #220, one of the best deaths of a supporting character in comics, mainly because it was so "small" as an event, which made it seem all the more real.
Also would probably include "Stick and a whole whack of ninjas" from DD #189, some Scourge killings for good measure, and pretty much all the fatalities in Squadron Supreme #12.
This is why I love the blog, it's a great excuse to reminisce about this stuff! Keep up the great work!
Hey Sparky, thanks for the comment. Mariko did indeed die in the 90s, but I thought I could stretch that one to include it! And that Nightwing is from the Squadron Supreme Earth not Earth-616, which is the Kyle Richmond that was ressurected.ReplyDelete
Hey dp, thanks for the comment. You listed a lot of great deaths I missed. Completely forgot about Stick, Heather, and Ned...ReplyDelete
Thanks for this list, I thought Mar-Vell had been resurrected, glad to see that hasn't happened...yet.ReplyDelete
Kraven's definitely been revived, and I could have sworn that the real Cypher has been, also. I'm not well up on modern comics, though.ReplyDelete
Doug Ramsey has been in recent issues of NEW MUTANTS (2012).ReplyDelete
(Not a zombie, not a techno-organic hybrid. But beyond that, I don't know. While he exists as a "normal" mutant in the present, his "future self" just threatened to turn the team into techno-selves, and Doctor Strange helped stop it, which is the only reason I am aware of this turn of events.)
Yes, unfortunately, Cypher has been ressurected... I've updated the list accordingly...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2012 at 8:16 PM
Tim Hammond from Amazing Spider-Man 248. Appeared in just one issue, but it's a heart breaker, especially if you have children.ReplyDelete


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Discover the fascinating world of genetic genealogy! Written for the non-scientist, YGG is a source of unbiased news on the major genealogy DNA testing companies. Written by CeCe Moore, an investigative genetic genealogist and television consultant.
Friday, December 31, 2010
My Full Mitochondrial Sequence, Heteroplasmy and Comparing mtDNA designations at FTDNA and 23andMe
Often mtDNA testing is not especially meaningful genealogically, but in my case it is more so because this subclade does seem to be predominantly Finnish, which matches my paper trail perfectly. My matrilineal great grandmother Mathilda Huhtala (1878-1950) immigrated to the United States from the South Ostrobothnia area of Finland in 1902. Thanks to my wonderful Finnish friends, including one of my early high resolution mtDNA matches, I have a pretty solid paper trail back to Margaretta Mattsdotter Kauppi Storstraka Taipale born 21 July 1712 in Härmä, Lansi-Suomen Laani, Finland. Margaretta is my sixth great grandmother and from the same area of Finland as Mathilda.
I have ten High Resolution (HRV1 + HRV2) mtDNA matches. Eight of these are Finnish and two suspect Finnish ancestry. Eight of the ten have done the FMS test and, of those, I match four. I'd say that I got pretty lucky since so many people have no matches to their FMS in the database so far. There seems to be quite a lot of interest in DNA testing among my subclade. Perhaps this is because Finns have an unusually high participation rate in DNA testing overall compared to other countries outside of the US.
I asked Dr. Ann Turner to review my results. She was especially interested in comparing the mtDNA sequences recorded by FTDNA to my 23andMe raw data. She found 34 no-calls in my 23andMe mtDNA data, including one at 6260 where, according to FTDNA, I have a heteroplasmy (notated by a "R"). She checked my mother's 23andMe data and discovered that she also showed a no-call there. Dr. Turner noted that no-calls are usually not significant, but in this case, she theorized that my mother may also have a heteroplasmy at that location, resulting in the shared no-call.
(Note on heteroplasmy- Funny how a concept becomes so much clearer when you learn that it affects you personally.)
From my custom report prepared by Dr. Turner:
You have the mutations that define superhaplogroup UK (11467G, 12308G, and 12372A)...U5 splits off with 3197C, 9477A, and 13617. U5 in turn is divided into smaller groups, with 7768G and 14182C defining U5b, 5656G defining U5b1, and 12618A defining U5b1b. Somewhat unusually, a mutation in HVR2, 217C, defines the deepest level, U5b1b2.
...the most recent mutations (are) the ones that have not been observed often enough to be formally recognized as a subhaplogroup. Population geneticists sometimes call these "private" mutations, using the word in the sense of "confined to particular persons or groups." Private mutations may in fact be very recent or quite old, but regardless of their absolute age, they are the ones that narrow down the pool of matrilineal relatives to your closest cousins. Not everyone will even have a private mutation. Your private mutation is 6260R.
Interestingly at 23andMe where I have tested ten close matrilineal relatives so far, one of my first cousin's mtDNA haplogroup is designated as U5b, while the rest of us are U5b1b2. Dr. Turner investigated this difference by checking my cousin's raw data for no-calls. As she suspected, my cousin has a no-call at a defining SNP, thus causing the different designation. She also noted that this cousin does not share my heteroplasmy at 6260, adding, "That's a good illustration of how heteroplasmy levels can vary within a family."
Since Dr. Turner confirmed that there are no known medical implications to my mtDNA results, I am sharing them here for anyone who is interested:
HVR1 differences from CRS
HVR2 differences from CRS
CR differences from CRS
I am in the process of submitting my results to GenBank. It is a bit complicated, so I am including links and helpful instructions I received from Ian below.
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That is interesting and I am glad you have some FMS matches. I have no high resolution (HVR1+HVR2) matches unfortunately so I would not have any FMS matches either. My closest match that I know of (based on the V project listing as FTDNA only provides exact matches in our profiles unfortunately) lists her most distant direct maternal ancestor's birthplace as Germany (mine is Swiss-German, close enough).ReplyDelete
What is a "no call"? I have never seen this term before. I had a full sequence done, also asked Ann Turner for a report--very interesting.ReplyDelete
A no call is a spot in my genetic scan where the DNA "reading" equipment did not get a result. They were unable to tell me what value (A, T, C, G) I have at that specific gene.ReplyDelete
Hi, it appears that I am "U5b1b2 - predicted from HVR 1 & 2" as I did not take the mtFullSequence @ FTDNA. My mother's line is also of Finnish ancestry; I am kit #226977.ReplyDelete
How do you find out the medical implications of your differences? Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
You can either research your mutations by reading academic papers or you can order a report from Dr. Ann Turner (used to be about $60) and she will research for you.Delete


text: Osteoarthritis most commonly affects the knees, hips, spine, and other weight-bearing joints in the body. Sometimes called the "wear and tear" arthritis, advancing age is a risk factor, but so are obesity and severe injury to the joint. This video discusses the symptoms, treatment, and steps you can take to minimize pain from osteoarthritis.


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Millions of patients benefit from opioids such as morphine and codeine, but the pain relief they provide often comes with intense itching. In some cases, the irritation is so bad that patients will opt to cut back on painkillers. Now a study in the October 14 issue of Cell has found a possible explanation—the first step to creating drugs that will not make patients choose between experiencing itchiness and pain.
Until recently, many experts had assumed that itching from opioids was unavoidable because it is a common side effect of drugs that interact with the nervous system. The brain has four main types of receptors that respond to opioids, and every type has many structural variants, called isoforms. Most opioids are nonspecific, which means they bind to all the isoforms. This leads to powerful pain relief, although scientists do not know exactly why.
In the new research, a team led by itch researcher Zhou-Feng Chen of Washington University in St. Louis showed that only one opioid receptor isoform is responsible for itching—and it is not involved in pain. Mice bred to have fewer of these particular receptors did not scratch themselves when given an opioid, but they did exhibit the telltale mouse signs of pain relief, such as less flinching when researchers flicked their tails.
Now that scientists know that pain relief and itching can be decoupled, they will try to make itch-free opioid drugs a reality.
This article was published in print as "Defeating Pain without the Itch."


text: As I tried to access the wiki site at http://www.howtoforge.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page today I noticed that there were no links on the main page pointing to other parts of the wiki. Looking at the current content of the main page reveals that someone has entered external links to ad sites and removed everything else. Judging from the history of the main wiki page, the last good version of it is from December 2. After that the first few edits added HTML code to the page which pointed to external ad sites. Then the last three edits added the current contens and removed anything else. Looking at recent changes to the wiki site shows that a lot of wiki pages are affected by this. Someone has altered them to add ad links and remove other contents. Shouldn't the wiki site be more protected than this? Although a wiki is perfect for community contributions most people running wiki sites have learnt the hard way that they should require users to login before they are allowed to make changes.


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The Sunday Times no.1 bestselling memoir from Harry Redknapp: 'From kicking a ball as a kid under the street lamps of Poplar and standing on Highbury's North Bank with my dad, to my first game at West Ham, I was born head over heels in love with football. It saved me, and 50 years on that hasn't changed one bit – I'd be lost without it…'
Harry is the manager who has seen it all – from a dismal 70s Portakabin at Oxford City and training pitches with trees in the middle to the unbeatable highs of the Premiership, lifting the FA Cup and taking on Real Madrid in the Champions League. With his much loved, no-nonsense delivery, Harry brings us a story filled with passion and humour that takes you right inside every drama of his career. Harry finally tells the full story of all the controversial ups and downs – the pain and heartache of his court case, the England job, his love for Bobby Moore, his adventures at Portsmouth with Milan Mandaric, the Southampton debacle, Tottenham and Daniel Levy, and not forgetting his years at West Ham or the challenges at his current club QPR.
It's the epic journey of one of the great managers and, along the way, the story of the British game itself over the last five decades. In an era now dominated by foreign coaches Harry is the last of an old-fashioned breed of English football man – one who has managed to move with the times and always come out fighting.
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|17 Nov 2015 through 18 Nov 2015
CFP Deadline:
|26 Sep 2015
|Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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|The University of Arizona and Mayo Clinic
|Medicine & Health > Public-Health
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Advancing Informatics for healthcare and healthcare applications has become an international research priority. There is increased effort to transform reactive care to proactive and preventive care, clinic-centric to patient-centered practice, training-based interventions to globally aggregated evidence, and episodic response to continuous well-being monitoring and maintenance. ICSH 2015 (International Conference for Smart Health 2015) is intended to provide a forum for the growing smart health research community to discuss the principles, algorithms and applications of intelligent data acquisition, processing, and analysis of healthcare data. The conference proceedings will be published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). The electronic conference proceedings will be provided at the time of registration. The published proceedings will be sent to each registrant later by organizers. Selected papers will also be considered for IEEE Intelligent Systems and ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Paper Submission: SEPTEMBER 6, 2015(EXTENDED) Notification of acceptance: SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 Conference dates: NOVEMBER 17-18, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topics of Interest for the conference include, but are not limited to (see the conference website at http://icsh2015.org for additional suggestions): I. Information sharing, integrating and extraction ♦ Patient education, learning and involvement ♦ Consumer and clinician health information needs, seeking, sharing, and use ♦ Healthcare knowledge abstraction, classification and summarization ♦ Effective Information retrieval for healthcare applications ♦ Natural language processing and text mining for biomedical and clinical applications, EHR, clinical notes, and health consumer texts ♦ Intelligent systems and text mining for electronic health records ♦ Health and clinical data integrity, privacy and representativeness for secondary use of data II. Clinical practice and training ♦ Virtual patient modeling for learning, practicing and demonstrating care practices ♦ Medical recommender systems ♦ Text mining clinical text for innovative applications (patient monitoring, recommender systems for clinicians, adverse effects monitoring) ♦ Mental and physical health data integration ♦ Computer-aided diagnosis ♦ Computational support for patient-centered and evidence-based care ♦ Disease profiling and personalized treatment ♦ Visual analytics for healthcare ♦ Transdisciplinary healthcare through IT III. Mining clinical and medical data ♦ Data augmentation and combination for evidence-based clinical decision making ♦ Biomarker discovery and biomedical data mining ♦ Semantic Web, linked data, ontologies for healthcare applications ♦ Software infrastructure for biomedical applications (text mining platforms, semantic web, workflows, etc) ♦ Intelligent Medical data management ♦ Computational intelligence methodologies for healthcare IV. Assistive, persuasive and intelligent devices for medical care and monitoring ♦ Assistive devices and tools for individuals with special needs ♦ Intelligent medical devices and sensors ♦ Continuous monitoring and streaming technologies for healthcare ♦ Computer support for surgical intervention ♦ Localized data for improving emergency care ♦ Localization, persuasion and mobile approaches to increasing healthy life styles and better self-care ♦ Virtual and augmented reality for healthcare V. Global systems and large-scale health data analysis and management ♦ Global spread of disease: models, tools and interventions ♦ Data analytics for clinical care ♦ Systems for Telemedicine ♦ Pharmacy informatics systems and drug discovery ♦ Collaboration technologies for healthcare ♦ Healthcare workflow management ♦ Meta-studies of community, national and international programs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MORE INFORMATION: http://icsh2015.org/
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Audran, the family name of four generations of distinguished French artists, natives of Paris and Lyons, which included eight prominent engravers and two painters. They flourished in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and some of their productions rank among the finest examples of the art of the burin.
CHARLES, b. in Paris, 1594; d. 1674, was the elder of two brothers, some say cousins (the other being Claude the First), who attained reputation as engravers. Charles, who reached by far the greater eminence, after receiving some instruction in drawing, went as a young man to Rome to study further the engraver's art, and while there produced some plates which attracted attention. He engraved in pure line, and took the work of Cornelius Bloemart, with whom he studied, as his model. On his return from Italy the engraver lived for some years in Lyons before settling in Paris. Among his two hundred or more plates are several original portraits, including one of Henry II, Prince of Conde, and reproductions of works by Titian, the Caracci, Domenichino, Palma the Younger, Albano and Lesueur.
CLAUDE the FIRST, b. in Paris, 1597; d. at Lyons 1677, studied with Charles, but in his portrait and allegorical plates, which were not many, adopted a somewhat different manner. He became professor of engraving in the Academy of Lyons, and left, to perpetuate his branch of the family and its artistic reputation, three sons: Germain, Claude the Second, and Gerard, the last of whom became the most famous artist among the Audrans.
GERMAIN, the eldest son of Claude the First, b. at Lyons, 1631; d. 1710, was a pupil of his uncle Charles and worked both in Paris and Lyons. Among his plates are portraits of Richelieu and Charles Emmanuel of Savoy (the latter after F. de la Monce), landscapes after Poussin, and fancies and ornamental designs, after Lebrun among others. His four sons were Claude the Third, Benoit the Elder, Jean, and Louis.
CLAUDE the SECOND, son of Claude the First, b. at Lyons, 1639; d. in Paris, 1684, was the first painter in the family. After receiving instruction in drawing from his uncle Charles, he went to study painting in Rome. On his return to Paris he entered the studio of the celebrated historical painter Charles Lebrun, on whose style he formed his own. Audran was Lebrun's assistant in the painting, among others of his works, of the "Battle of Arbela" and the "Passage of the Granicus". He painted in fresco with much skill, under the direction of his master, the grand gallery of the Tuileries, the great staircase at Versailles, and the chapel near by, at Sceaux, of the chateau of that enlightened patron of art, Prime Minister Colbert.
GERARD, third son of Claude the First, b. at Lyons,1640; d. in Paris, 1703, went to Paris, after being taught engraving by his father and his uncle, to receive instruction from the painter Lebrun, who gave him some of his paintings to reproduce. He worked in Paris four years, and in 1665 went to Rome, where he remained three years and, it is said, became a pupil of Carlo Maratta. He etched as well as engraved, and produced in Rome some plates—notably, a portrait of Pope Clement IX which brought him much admiration. At the suggestion of Colbert, Louis XIV sent for the artist and made him engraver to, and pensioner of the king, with apartments at the factory of the Gobelins. This recognition of his great ability spurred Audran to even greater endeavors, in which he was further encouraged by his former patron, Lebrun, more of whose paintings he reproduced, notably the "Battles of Alexander". In November, 1681, he was made a member of the Council of the Royal Academy of Painting. The first productions of Gerard Audran were stiff and dry, and his subsequent original and vigorously brilliant style is credited to the counsels of Maratta, Ciro Ferri, and, notably, of his lifelong friend Lebrun. A second visit to Rome was made, where was signed the plate after "The Four Cardinal Virtues", by Domenichino, which is in the church of San Carlo ai Catinari. Among the original works of this famous engraver are the portrait of the Rospigliosi Pope, already alluded to, those of Samuele Sorbiere, Andrea Argoli of Padua, the Capuchin Benoit Langlois, the Bishop of Angers Henri Arnauld, and the sculptor Francois du Quesnoy, called Fiamingo, "Wisdom and Abundance above two Genii and the vignette, "St. Paul preaching at Athens". Particularly esteemed among the plates of Gerard Audran are two after cartoons of Raphael "The death of Ananias" and "Paul and Barnabas at Lystra", "The Martyrdom of St. Agnes", after Domenichino, and "Coriolanus" after Poussin. Among the other painters whose works he reproduced are Titian, Rubens, Giulio Romano, Annibale Caracci, Pietro da Cortona, Guercino, Guido Reni, Palma the Younger, Lanfranco, Mignard, Coypel, Lesueur, Bourguignon, Lafage, and Girardon. He was at times assisted by his nephews, Benoit the Elder and Jean. In 1683 Gerard published a work called "The Proportions of the Human Body measured by the most Beautiful Figures of Antiquity", which has been translated into English.
CLAUDE the THIRD, son of Germain, and the second painter of the family, b. at Lyons, 1658; d. in Paris, 1734, was notable as being the master of the famous Watteau. He studied with his father as well as under his uncles, Germain and Claude the Second. Chosen cabinet painter to the king, he was also for nearly thirty years keeper of the palace of the Luxembourg, where he died. He executed considerable work in oil and fresco in various royal residences.
BENOIT the ELDER, third son of Germain, b. at Lyons, 1661; d. 1721, in the vicinity of Sens, was first taught the family art by his father and then by his uncle Gerard. He made an excellent reputation by his reproduction of portraits and historical works. Among his best productions are "The Seven Sacraments", after Poussin, and "The Bronze Serpent", after Lebrun. He became a Member of the Academy and engraver to the king.
JEAN, fourth son of Germain, b. at Lyons, 1667; d. 1756, became, next to his celebrated uncle Gerard, the best engraver of the family. He studied first under his father and then with his uncle. He had already distinguished himself at the early age of twenty. He was rewarded for his subsequent successes by being made (in 1707) engraver to the king, with the regular pension and the Gobelin apartments. This was followed next year by membership in the Academy. Jean Audran worked until he was eighty. His masterpiece is considered to be "The Rape of the Sabines", after Poussin. Among his plates are portraits after Govert—those of Louis XV, Vandyke, Coypel, Largillière, Rigaud, Trevisani, and Vivien—and compositions after, among others, Raphael, Rubens, the Caracci, Guido Reni, Domenichino, Pietro da Cortona, Albano, Maratta, Philippe de Champagne, Marot, Poussin, and Nattier. His son was Benoit the Younger.
LOUIS, the youngest son of Germain, b. at Lyons, 1670; d. in Paris, c. 1712, studied with his father and his uncle Gérard. He assisted his brothers, and did few original plates. A work of his to be noted is "The Seven Acts of Mercy", after Bourdon.
BENOIT the Younger, b. in Paris, 1698; d. in the same place, 1772, was the last of the remarkable family to have any historical importance artistically. He was a pupil of his father and did plates after, among others, Veronese, Poussin, Watteau, Lancret, and Natoire.
PROSPER GABRIEL, a grandson of Jean, b. in Paris, 1744; d. 1819; he studied with his uncle, Benoit the Younger, and etched some heads. He gave up art for the law and became professor of Hebrew in the Collège de France.