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I really wanted to like this package. This sheets have lots of lint and the seems come apart. I have never used the blankets, yep plural I bought 2 packages. The chairs are ok and the bolsters are ok. Both table warmers stopped working within 4 months. I got these in late November and they stopped by January. I am in Texas so it really isn't that cold and weren't used 8 hours 7 days or anything.
I thought this was a great deal, however sheets have lint that balls up over entire set and makes it rough to the touch, that includes face rest cover. After 3 washes it seems like it's just getting worse. The chair is made of cheap vinyl, my chair bottom looks warped, think it's just super thin in a spot and looks like it will tear easily. Not impressed, Can't use half of what I ordered.
Great value. Bolster: normal. Chair: very sturdy , good back, slightly higher than i wanted but not an issue. If you like to be real low or you are a very tall person check the heights that you want though so your knees have room under the table while working the neck supine. Blanket: very cheap, not comfortable, only used as an extra if necessary. Heating pad: No issue so far, fits well, but i find i have to put it on top of my earthlite padding or its not hot enough. Sheets: Normal. Good affordable starter kit. Goes great with the earthlite 1 inch padding.
I am impressed with everything except the blanket. This package is worth the price.
I was very pleased with the overall package. The stool does not move around as easily as others that I have, but it is not bad. As many others have mentioned before, the quality of the sheet sets is not anywhere near as good as sheet sets I have purchased in the past. I keep hoping that they will go back to their original source for sheets.


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Obesity and its related conditions such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke are among the most challenging of today's healthcare concerns. Together, they constitute the biggest killer in western society. New findings, published in Cell, have identified a target that could hold the key to developing safe therapies to treat obesity and its associated conditions.
Although recent research has begun to unravel some of the pathways that control how information is processed by our nervous system regulating body weight and cardiovascular function, the exact mechanisms through which signals are sensed by the brain and translated into co-ordinated metabolic and cardiovascular responses remain unclear.
A University of Bristol team, with funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), has now identified that a target found to be critical in the brain's regulation of body weight, is also crucially involved in the development of obesity-associated conditions. Researchers describe the mechanism behind a key molecule, known as melanocortin-4-receptor (MC4R), whose mutation or loss in both human and animal models has shown to cause severe obesity with type 2 diabetes.
While previous studies have shown that small activators of the molecule, which increase MC4R activity, have the desirable effect of reducing food intake and insulin secretion from the pancreas (important to suppress the development of type 2 diabetes), it is not clear how, at the same time, they trigger the undesirable effect of increasing blood pressure.
The team has now identified a mechanism for MC4R-mediated regulation of the activity of the autonomic nervous system to maintain appropriate blood pressure and insulin levels. The autonomic nervous system, which regulates internal organs and processes that are not under our control, is split into the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system, commonly exerting opposing influences on the structures they supply with nerves.
Researchers demonstrated that the activation of the MC4R inhibits parasympathetic neurons in the brain stem area of the central nervous system (CNS), while activating sympathetic neurons in the spinal cord. The team further demonstrates, in genetically-modified mouse models of human loss of MC4R function, that MC4Rs in these CNS areas are to blame for the development of obesity-induced increases in blood pressure.
They also report that MC4Rs in these CNS areas are pivotal in maintaining appropriate insulin levels to stave off type 2 diabetes. Thus, by carefully balancing positive and negative forces on the autonomic nervous system, the MC4R maintains equilibrium of appropriate blood pressure and insulin levels. This is independent of the MC4R's role in the regulation of food intake elsewhere in the CNS.
MC4R is a target of intense pharmaceutical interest and the data from this research helps in our understanding of the CNS mechanisms regulating homeostatic body weight, blood pressure and insulin levels through a distributed network of MC4Rs. These findings may facilitate the development of appropriate, safe therapies to treat obesity and its associated conditions.
Dr Nina Balthasar, one of the study's lead authors and a researcher in the University's School of Physiology and Pharmacology, said: "Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease with recent statistics showing that obese adults are three to four times more likely to develop high blood pressure.
"In order to curb the escalating incidence of obesity and obesity-related diseases, a primary prevention goal must be to understand the physiological processes underlying our vulnerability to weight gain — knowledge that is central to the development of novel, effective therapies.
Our data illustrate the complexity of the CNS pathways governing the body's metabolic balance and highlight the challenges ahead for the development of safe therapies. "
Dr Shannon Amoils, Research Advisor at the BHF, which part-funded the study, added: "This research increases our understanding of how the nervous system affects our metabolism, and the development of high blood pressure due to obesity. With further knowledge of this complex area we hope scientists will be able to find safe and effective ways of treating obesity-related heart and circulatory disorders."
The British Heart Foundation and Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine-funded study, entitled 'Melanocortin-4-Receptors Reciprocally Regulate Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Preganglionic Neurons' is published in Cell on 31 January 2013.
Further information:
Recent NHS statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet in England show that just over a quarter of adults (26 per cent of both men and women aged 16 or over) were classified as obese in 2010 (Body Mass Index (BMI) 30kg/m2 or over) with a further 37 per cent classified as overweight (BMI 25-30). High blood pressure was recorded in 51 per cent of obese men compared with 20 per cent in the normal weight group.
Childhood obesity continues to be an acute health crisis, with 30 per cent of children in the UK today aged two to 15 being overweight.
The British Heart Foundation
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is the nation's heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. But we urgently need help. We rely on donations of time and money to continue our life-saving work. Because together we can beat heart disease. For more information visit http://www.bhf.org.uk

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There's a bittersweet feeling for most of us when the holiday decorations come down, but the end of the season doesn't mean that your house must be bare and empty. Here are some ways to brighten your home for the rest of the winter.
There's a bittersweet feeling for most of us when the holiday decorations come down, but the end of the season doesn't mean that your house must be bare and empty. Here are some ways to brighten your home for the rest of the winter.Let's start on the outside, because no matter what time of year it is, you want your home's exterior to be lovely. It's easy to keep your outdoor spaces from looking like a sad, frozen wasteland with these easy tricks.
I start by building exterior holiday displays filled with winter greens and accents that are generic enough to stay up until the crocuses push through the snow. On Jan. 1, when I'm ready to transition to a more general winter look, I just remove the overly holiday themed decor. I'm done in minutes, and back inside with a hot cup of tea.Don't leave your garden urns sad and lonely all winter long. Fill them with winter greens until it's time for the spring planting.
For a simple yet lovely display that will give your home a welcome pop of color during the winter, fill an iron urn with a no-frills bouquet of faux greenery and berries. If you want, you can easily punch it up by inserting a garden statue.Concrete planters are another versatile touch for a front porch. Fill them with displays that look festive enough for the holidays, yet generic enough so that they can stay until it's planting season again. Big fat silver gazing balls placed on premade winter wreaths that have a wild, woodsy feel look sensational dotted with fall leaves and dusted with winter snow and ice. In fact, these orbs are so timeless, you could leave them up all year long if you want to. Do you have a birdbath or fountain you can fill with greens this winter? Try topping the birdbath with an old faux pine wreath and insert a statue or gazing ball. It will add charm to your garden all winter long.
Winter lanterns -- wire or otherwise -- will add an inviting touch to an exposed porch or patio during the harsh winter months. All it takes to "cute" them up for January and February is to tuck in a few winter greens. Try putting a pillar candle on a bed of faux pine branches along with a tiny bouquet of pine, holly and berries with a wintry bow. I'd recommend filling winter lanterns with battery operated candles that use timers or remote controls, since it's no fun to go out in the deep freeze to light a candle, which will almost certainly blow out in the winter breeze.A simple lantern can also be used like a display box. Fill it with whimsical things -- a bird's nest, a votive candle or a tiny string of lights to brighten that dark January landscape.
The focal point of your home's exterior, your front door is one of the most important places to decorate for the winter months. It's another place where you can modify your holiday display, by keeping your winter greens, taking down the overt holiday decor, and replacing it with a pretty winter ribbon.Punching up your patio is the final step. Depending upon where you live, you might be able to leave your patio furniture cushions out during the winter. If you can, do. Punchy plaid textiles will add color and warmth to the bare vista of your January garden, and soften up the iron furniture. Bring them in when it snows or rains, but when the sun is shining, they will be a welcome sight out there in the frozen garden. The column has been adapted from Mary Carol Garrity's blog at www.nellhills.com. She can be reached at email@example.com. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, shns.com.


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Chess release date delayed
Chess was originally to be released earlier this month. However, I learned (click here for details) on August 13th, that, due to a printing error, the entire inventory of Chess merit badge pamphlets had to be scrapped; and, fortunately, this was caught in the final quality control check (just prior to distribution). As quoted on the article page, we received and posted the following (in part) on August 15th:
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Worksheet errors
Just noticed at the top of the worksheet, it says "Robotics" instead of "Chess". I don't know who fixes this, but just want to get the info out there.
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Syllabus needed for Chess merit badge class (summer camp)
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I have been asked by a council to prepare a syllabus for the Chess merit badge class for summer camp... I am hoping someone has already prepared one and would be willing to share.
It could be beneficial if meritbadge.org had syllabuses for the merit badges like it has worksheets. :) Thanks, —Tom B, March 8, 2012
Admin note: User's e-mail address removed. Click here if you want to e-mail User:Tom B. —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 12:58, March 12, 2012 (EDT)
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The Art & Cartography commission aims to:
1. Explore the art element of cartography. Art in cartography means much more than designing aesthetically pleasing maps. Exploring the interaction at large between art and cartography involves rethinking the way we approach spatial expressions. This entails: developing an inclusive approach of artistic mapping expressions; facilitating and encouraging interaction between cartographers who work with the Art aspects of cartography and artists who produce cartographic artifacts; and developing conceptual elements about the relationships between art and cartography.
2. Facilitate interdisciplinary cross-fertilisation of ideas and practices. Cartographers, artists, students, researchers from the humanities need to work collaboratively in order to redefine the contours of the relationships between arts and cartography. Real interdisciplinary activities call for special measures, such as developing a common language and a mutual understanding; promoting the development of hybrid cartographic practices; and supporting the diversification of activities that enable exchanges and interactions (e.g. workshops, festivals, performances).
3. Produce knowledge and new forms of cartographic expression and disseminate them to both an academic audience (e.g. publication of special issues and edited collections) and to the general public (e.g. blog posts, screenings, exhibitions, public talks).


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Botswana, Swaziland and Mozambique women proceed to zonal phase of World Championship qualifier
Maputo, Mozambique, July 7, 2013 - Botswana women's volleyball team claimed gold at the Pool J African qualifier for the 2014 World Championship. They now advance to the zonal phase of the qualification process along with Swaziland and Mozambique.
Botswana defeated host Mozambique 3-0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-15) in the third and final day of the four nation round robin tournament improving their win-loss ratio to 3-0, while Mozambique dropped to 1-2 and finish in third position.
Swaziland continued their surprises and flew past Lesotho 3-1 (19-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-20) to improve to 2-1, while Lesotho dropped to 0-3 taking the last place on the table.
Botswana, Swaziland and Mozambique continue to the zonal phase to be held in October and November 2013.
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It was Sunday morning at English class, when the principal entered the class room and asked me to come with her to the office. She told me that I was chosen to present my country abroad.
The next day I received my plane ticket I looked at it. It was headed to Munich Germany. (A plane ticket cannot be headed to a destination). I was extremely anxious. I did not know what to say nor do. Week later, on the way to the airport I could hear my heart beats. I checked in I did all the travel proceedings. After that, the gate opened. The flight attendant took me to my seat. I looked around, I saw people my age. Therefore, I asked the guy across where are the young people going to? He said that the Ministry of Education chose one student from every school to present our country in Munich. I felt very relieved and the pressure was gone. I thought I was the only one going there.
After seven hours, we arrived at Munich Airport. Then, we checked in an ordinary hotel. When I got to my room, I met my roommate she was nice. We interduced ourselves. After that, we changed our clothes, then we went out to stroll around the area. The town was magnificent and full of life. A while later, my roommate had to return to the hotel, she said she was tired and she want to sleep.
I walked her to the hotel. I stayed at the lobby and ordered some tea. After I had finished my tea, I went up to the room. The police broke the door, hand cuffed me, and told me my rights. They took me into custody. All I know that they found a body in the room and I was the only one there.
Investigations started immediately, the detectives started questioning me, and all my answers to their questions were " I dont know". I asked for a lawyer then the trial began. It was the longest five months of my life, the trial was going no where. It always led them to dead end. All the stress and the pressure made me feel self destructed, emotionally broken, tired, and even thinking about suicide. I felt all alone in this world.
My lawyer was sure that I was innocent, but there was no enough evidence to prove that. The jury had made their verdict. I was proven guilty and sentence me to twenty five years in jail.
Three weeks later, they let me out and told me that they found the murderer who looked like exactly like me.
The horror was over, they gave me money, rented a car to take me to the airport, and private jet to take me home. The pilot asked me about the incident and I said," It was only then that I realized they had mistaken me for someone else".


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I study Informatics and Telecoms in the University of Piraeus, department of Digital Systems ( as I say in my profile )
I have some experience in C and C++ and little in Java. Nothing special, still a novice, junior programmer.
Just started to study java ME and can't wait to run my first app in my cell phone! Yet, there are some drawbacks in migrating from java to java me, so a fellow student suggested this web site for me.
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Single Song Sunday: Wayfaring Stranger (On White Spirituals and The Religious Origins of Folk)September 7th, 2008 — 12:45 am
It is absolutely trivial to note that certain songs crop up over and over again in the folk collector's travels; after all, as our blog subtitle reminds us, when we talk about folk, we're talking about a form that by its very nature treats older songs and tunes as part of the communication which makes us community, available to all who lay claim to culture.
But just as true hitmaking is hardly formulaic, it's not often obvious what keeps a song in the stream. Our Single Song Sunday series explores the various facets of heavy coverage, as a lens into folk music as culture. Today, a short treatment of the oft-covered folk tune Wayfaring Stranger — a song which the popular groupmind claims is "often classified as a "white spiritual" — helps us examine the religious origins of folk.
Throughout much of recorded history, religion has served communities as both as a community locus and as a carrier of song; as such, it is perhaps unsurprising to find a relationship of sorts between folk music and the church itself. As with any folk form, of course, context matters; to note that several songs commonly associated with Cat Stevens can be found in the Universalist Unitarian hymnal says something very different about both artist and religious community than pointing out that a move to the heavily Jewish neighborhoods of New York's Coney Island in the 1940s led to the recent release of a wonderful album of Woody Guthrie-penned Klezmer music.
To note that the folk song Wayfaring Stranger (or sometimes Poor Wayfaring Stranger) was first published in 1816 in the shape note tunebook Kentucky Harmony, which in turn was primarily an expansion of the work of John Wyeth and his two Repositories of Sacred Music, then, is to locate that song in the white spiritual canon — which, in turn, calls us to the American white revivalist movements of the last few centuries, to consider the common threads of a form of folk product which includes The Sacred Shakers, the work of Doc Watson, and many other works and performers with roots in New England, Appalachia, and other American church-based communities.
Though it echoes similar terminology — bluegrass gospel, most obviously — the term white spiritual is striking and vivid; to be honest, I'm surprised to find that Google lists only a few uses of the term, most of which seem to be part of classical choral scholarship. The conceit that white audiences had their own spriritual song, which derived its rhythm and subject from their European ancestry, illuminates folk's origins in a way that is both new and suddenly fitting, creating a parallel path to modernity in stark contrast to the gospel folk which comes to us through african american blues music. Further, such a conceit says much about the context in which music evolved, and traveled, and spoke to and for the "folk"; exploring the term is a fine way to help reshuffle and rethink the origin of many songs which remain at the core of folk music today.
The semiotic implications of the term "white spiritual" do seem apt, when you think about it; so much of the folk which has its roots in the appalachian mountains and stark New England Shakers, after all, is about redemption, framing man's connection to man in the context of God. And Wayfaring Stranger is an especially interesting example of the white spiritual. Though other white spirituals may be more central to the form — for example, our first Single Song Sunday subject, Amazing Grace — Wayfaring Stranger is notable for being a song which does not as obviously call to its spiritual nature. Which is to say: though both songs ultimately play out the relationship between the internal sinner-self and the spiritual Father, the former is a hymn of the post-redemptive self, less about the more modern folk-as-call-to-complexity and more about morality-play.
But the humble determination of the pre-redemptive self which characterizes the narrative voice of Wayfaring Stranger is not uncommon to the narrative stance of many an old British folk ballad, from the pining lass of Fair William to the besworn folkmaiden and lusty, easily swayed folklad who so often stray, only to regret it, and come back to their God. Meanwhile, the plight of the poor wayfarer remains open and non-specific, an everyman's resolve pulling us in to folk communion. No wonder the song remains enticing; no wonder we find so many versions to pluck our fruit from.
In practice, whether or not you accept the label of "white spiritual" as applied to a song whose most famous version is in the voice of as haunted and searching a man as Johnny Cash, it is true that there is a certain emotional reverence common to all versions of the song. In fact, circularly, though there are as many ways to worship as there are men, and thus high diversity in the way different folk musicians choose to make Wayfaring Stranger their own, the question of what makes this particular song a white spiritual may be best answered by the consistent care with which all comers take on the song. To explore that commonality, and the variance in sound and tone and tempo that it nonetheless allows, here's some interesting takes on the song, a vast array of approaches to traditional material from the very big tent that is modern folk.
- Wayfaring Strangers: Wayfaring Stranger
(swirling jazzgrass from Shifting Sands of Time)
- Kristin Hersh: Poor Wayfaring Stranger
(torn altfolk from the In Shock EP)
- Eva Cassidy: Wayfaring Stranger
(poignant bluesfolk recorded live in 1994; more Eva here)
- Papa M: Over Jordan
(hushed indiefolk from Whatever, Mortal)
- Chris Scruggs: Wayfaring Stranger
(dark twangfolk from the tour-only EP Tennessee; more Chris here)
- John Stirratt: Wayfaring Stranger
(cavernous tradfolk from Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook Vol. 1; more from Wilco's bass player here)
- Estil C. Ball: The Poor Wayfaring Stranger
(old fieldfolk collected by Lomax circa 1960; available here)
- Jack White: Wayfaring Stranger
(appalachian fiddlefolk from Cold Mountain; more White Stripes here)
- Emmylou Harris: Wayfaring Stranger
(bluesy countryfolk from Heartaches and Highways)
- Blanche: Wayfaring Stranger
(slow-building psychfolk from If We Can't Trust The Doctors)
- Natalie Merchant: Poor Wayfaring Stranger
(delicate neo-tradfolk from The House Carpenter's Daughter)
- Neko Case: Poor Wayfaring Stranger
(pensive banjofolk of unknown live origin; more Neko Case here)
- Giant Sand: Wayfaring Stranger/ Fly Me To The Moon
(weary hush-folk from Cash Covered; more Giant Sand here)
- The McKenzies: Wayfaring Stranger
(earnest old folk from Tradigitally Yours)
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Coyotes Re-Sign Miele to One-Year Contractby Staff Writer / Arizona Coyotes
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have re-signed forward Andy Miele to a one-year contract. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We are pleased to sign Andy to a one-year contract," said Maloney. "For the past two seasons, Andy has led the Pirates in scoring and been a very effective player for us. We look forward to him continuing his development this season."
In parts of two NHL seasons, the 5-foot-9, 180-pound Miele has appeared in eight games with the Coyotes. Last season, he recorded 19-34-53 and 72 penalty minutes (PIM) in 70 games with Portland (AHL). Miele led the Pirates in assists, points, and was third on the team in goals.
"I'm glad to be back with the Coyotes organization," said Miele. "I will continue to work hard and keep pursuing my dream of becoming an NHL player."
The 25-year-old native of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., made his NHL debut against the Anaheim Ducks on Oct. 23 during the 2011-12 season. He also registered 16-38-54 and 43 PIM in 69 games with Portland that season. He ranked first among all Pirates in assists and points.
Miele originally signed with the Coyotes as a free agent on Apr. 2, 2011.


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Just for fun, just because it's the first week of spring games, let's imagine Seth Rosin continues to throw like he did in the Dodgers' exhibition opener.
Which is to say, absolute lights out. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound right-hander threw two scoreless innings Wednesday, five of his six outs coming via strikeout.
OK, so he's not going to keep that up. But for argument's sake, let's say he's at least in the neighborhood. You absolutely have to keep him, right?
Only it's hard to imagine that happening.
Rosin could be the star of spring and still not make the team. He's a Rule 5 draft pick, meaning he has to be on the 25-man roster the entire season or be offered back to the Phillies.
And those reliever-hoarding Dodgers are already so packed in the bullpen, they're looking at sending down young relief stars Paco Rodriguez and Chris Withrow. And they're going to shake things up with yet another reliever to make room for Rosin, a guy who's never pitched above Double-A?
The 25-year-old is in a difficult spot. He could look like the next coming of Mariano Rivera and be caught in a numbers crunch. Unfortunately for him, all he can do is throw his best and wait to see if injury befalls one or more of the others.
The Dodgers normally carry seven relievers and right now their bullpen is flush with Kenley Jansen, Brian Wilson, Chris Perez, Brandon League, Jamey Wright, J.P. Howell and Paul Maholm (if he's not in the rotation).
Which would leave Rodriguez and Withrow out, let alone Rosin.
Now Maholm could begin the season on the disabled list if Josh Beckett is the fifth starter. Someone else easily could come up with a bum arm over the next few weeks. Someone could be traded (good luck dealing League with the $17 million he's still owed). The Dodgers could decide to start the season with an extra arm in the bullpen.
And that could still leave Rosin in the back of the line. Now maybe he gets lit up in his next three appearances and it never becomes an issue. But if he continues to pitch well and nothing unexpected happens injury-wise, he'll have to be sent back – unless the Dodgers could work out a trade with the Phillies.
Now, the Dodgers will tell you these things have a way of working themselves out, though certainly not always. Last year Kevin Gregg was terrific in the spring and Manager Don Mattingly wanted to keep him.
Instead, he was let go. He went on to sign with the Cubs and became their closer, saving 33 games.


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It'll be a girl for Christina Aguilera!
The singer confirmed her pregnancy for the first time publicly and announced the sex of her baby on the way on stage Friday in Malaysia, where she performed.
Aguilera, 33, and fiancé Matt Rutler are indeed expecting a daughter, PEOPLE confirms.
The Voice coach and her beau, a film producer, announced their engagement in February.
Aguilera is already mom to son Max Liron, 6, from her previous marriage to Jordan Bratman.
Just Jared was first to report the news.


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How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?Posted by gregschulz in Greg's Blog on Jun 19, 2013 7:57:05 PM
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?
A common question I run across is how many IOPS (IO Operations Per Second) can a storage device or system do or give.
The answer is or should be it depends.
This is the first of a two-part series looking at storage performance, and in context specifically around drive or device (e.g. mediums) characteristics across HDD, HHDD and SSD that can be found in cloud, virtual, and legacy environments. In this first part the focus is around putting some context around drive or device
performance with the second part looking at some workload characteristics (e.g. benchmarks).
What about cloud, tape, storage systems or appliance?
Lets leave those for a different discussion at another time.
Getting started
Part of my interest in tools, metrics that matter, measurements, analyst, forecasting ties back to having been a server, storage and IO performance and capacity planning analyst when I worked in IT. Another aspect ties back to also having been a sys admin as well as business applications developer when on the IT customer side of things. This was followed by switching over to the vendor world involved with among other things competitive positioning, customer design configuration, validation, simulation and benchmarking HDD and SSD based solutions (e.g. life before becoming an analyst and advisory consultant).
Btw, if you happen to be interested in learn more about server, storage and IO performance and capacity planning, check out my first book Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier) that has a bit of information on it. There is also coverage of metrics and planning in my two other books The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press) and Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press). I have some copies of Resilient Storage Networks available at a special reader or viewer rate (essentially shipping and handling). If interested drop me a note and can fill you in on the details.
There are many rules of thumb (RUT) when it comes to metrics that matter such as IOPS, some that are older while others may be guess or measured in different ways. However the answer is that it depends on many things ranging from if a standalone hard disk drive (HDD), Hybrid HDD (HHDD), Solid State Device (SSD) or if attached to a storage system, appliance, or RAID adapter card among others.
Taking a step back, the big picture
Server, storage and I/O performance and benchmark fundamentals
Even if just looking at a HDD, there are many variables ranging from the rotational speed or Revolutions Per Minute (RPM), interface including 1.5Gb, 3.0Gb, 6Gb or 12Gb SAS or SATA or 4Gb Fibre Channel. If simply using a RUT or number based on RPM can cause issues particular with 2.5 vs. 3.5 or enterprise and desktop. For example, some current generation 10K 2.5 HDD can deliver the same or better performance than an older generation 3.5 15K. Other drive factors (see this link for HDD fundamentals) including physical size such as 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch small form factor (SFF), enterprise or desktop or consumer, amount of drive level cache (DRAM). Space capacity of a drive can also have an impact such as if all or just a portion of a large or small capacity devices is used. Not to mention what the drive is attached to ranging from in internal SAS or SATA drive bay, USB port, or a HBA or RAID adapter card or in a storage system.
How about benchmark and performance for marketing or comparison tricks including delayed, deferred or asynchronous writes vs. synchronous or actually committed data to devices? Lets not forget about short stroking (only using a portion of a drive for better IOP's) or even long stroking (to get better bandwidth leveraging spiral transfers) among others.
Almost forgot, there are also thick, standard, thin and ultra thin drives in 2.5 and 3.5 inch form factors. What's the difference? The number of platters and read write heads. Look at the following image showing various thickness 2.5 inch drives that have various numbers of platters to increase space capacity in a given density. Want to take a wild guess as to which one has the most space capacity in a given footprint? Also want to guess which type I use for removable disk based archives along with for onsite disk based backup targets (compliments my offsite cloud backups)?
Thick, thin and ultra thin devices
Beyond physical and configuration items, then there are logical configuration including the type of workload, large or small IOPS, random, sequential, reads, writes or mixed (various random, sequential, read, write, large and small IO). Other considerations include file system or raw device, number of workers or concurrent IO threads, size of the target storage space area to decide impact of any locality of reference or buffering. Some other items include how long the test or workload simulation ran for, was the device new or worn in before use among other items.
Tools and the performance toolbox
Then there are the various tools for generating IO's or workloads along with recording metrics such as reads, writes, response time and other information. Some examples (mix of free or for fee) include Bonnie, Iometer, Iorate, IOzone, Vdbench, TPC, SPC, Microsoft ESRP, SPEC and netmist, Swifttest, Vmark, DVDstore and PCmark 7 among many others. Some are focused just on the storage system and IO path while others are application specific thus exercising servers, storage and IO paths.
Server, storage and IO performance toolbox
Having used Iometer since the late 90s, it has its place and is popular given its ease of use. Iometer is also long in the tooth and has its limits including not much if any new development, never the less, I have it in the toolbox. I also have Futremark PCmark 7 (full version) which turns out has some interesting abilities to do more than exercise an entire Windows PC. For example PCmark can use a secondary drive for doing IO to.
PCmark can be handy for spinning up with VMware (or other tools) lots of virtual Windows systems pointing to a NAS or other shared storage device doing real world type activity. Something that could be handy for testing or stressing virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) along with other storage systems, servers and solutions. I also have Vdbench among others tools in the toolbox including Iorate which was used to drive the workloads shown below.
What I look for in a tool are how extensible are the scripting capabilities to define various workloads along with capabilities of the test engine. A nice GUI is handy which makes Iometer popular and yes there are script capabilities with Iometer. That is also where Iometer is long in the tooth compared to some of the newer generation of tools that have more emphasis on extensibility vs. ease of use interfaces. This also assumes knowing what workloads to generate vs. simply kicking off some IOPs using default settings to see what happens.
Another handy tool is for recording what's going on with a running system including IO's, reads, writes, bandwidth or transfers, random and sequential among other things. This is where when needed I turn to something like HiMon from HyperIO, if you have not tried it, get in touch with Tom West over at HyperIO and tell him StorageIO sent you to get a demo or trial. HiMon is what I used for doing start, stop and boot among other testing being able to see IO's at the Windows file system level (or below) including very early in the boot or shutdown phase.
Here is a link to some other things I did awhile back with HiMon to profile some Windows and VDI activity test profiling.
What's the best tool or benchmark or workload generator?
The one that meets your needs, usually your applications or something as close as possible to it.
Various 2.5 and 3.5 inch HDD, HHDD, SSD with different performance
So how many IOP's can a device do?
That depends, however continue reading part II of this series to see some results for various types of drives and workloads.
Ok, nuff said (for now)
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Sunday saw the lady Clippers lose a heartbreaker to CMCC 70-64. UMM was able to reach the championship game by defeating EMCC on Thursday 77-52. UMM was led by Dana Houghton with 24pts and 12 rebounds. She was followed by Becca Young with 17pts and 7rebounds. Kayla Wood contributed 7rebounds and 8 assists. On Saturday the ladies defeated NHTI 73-46. Becca Young had 19pts and 8 rebounds, Myra McPherson 12pts, Dana Houghton 11pts and 6 rebounds, Kayla Wood 12pts and 6 rebounds, and Samira Cruz with 13 rebounds. Sunday saw the ladies face a tough CMCC squad. The Clippers led by 3 at halftime and built their lead to 11 part way through the second half. With about 10 minutes to play CMCC's pressure started to wear down the lady Clippers. After some key turnovers and missed shots the ladies came out on the short end of a hard fought game. UMM was led by Samira Cruz with 14pts and 5 assists. Myra McPherson added 14pts, Dana Houghton 9pts and 11 rebounds, and Kayla Wood 12pts and 10 rebounds. The lady Clippers end the season at 19-12. The ladies played some tough competition and really became a TEAM as the season progressed. A special thanks goes out to our seniors: Kayla Wood and Amber Frey. Both girls put in four years of hard work for the program and will be greatly missed next year. With some hard work in the offseason and dedication the lady Clippers hope to be contenders again next year.
Lady Clippers fall to CMCC in YSCC championship game
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Find out where your team ranks in the latest coaches poll after the Week 10 games.
Florida State did what it could with its chance in the spotlight.
On a weekend in which half the top 10 and a total of eight ranked teams had byes, the Seminoles took advantage of their prime-time opportunity with an impressive 41-14 victory against archrival and previously unbeaten Miami (Fla.).
TOP 25: Alabama, Oregon, Florida State 1-2-3
Though FSU's rank stayed the same at No. 3 behind Alabama and Oregon, the Seminoles did pick up some ground on the leaders, nabbing three No. 1 votes in the process. The Crimson Tide retained the No. 1 spot they've held all season, though their grip loosened a bit during their weekend off as they garnered 54 of 62 first-place votes. The Ducks, who were also idle preparing for Thursday's huge Pac-12 North showdown with Stanford, retained the No.2 spot and claimed the remaining five No.1 nods.
HIGHLIGHTS: How the top 25 fared in Week 10
Ohio State, an easy winner at Purdue, and idle Baylor stayed put at fourth and fifth, respectively.
Stock up: Michigan State. No ranked teams were upset by anyone from outside the top 25, so upward mobility was difficult this week. The Spartans were the exception, gaining five positions to No.19 after a dominant 29-6 victory against in-state rival Michigan.
SPARTANS: Shut down Wolverines in runaway win
Stock down: Miami. The Hurricanes stuck with the Seminoles for a half but were shut out after intermission. They took an eight-place hit in the rankings to slip to No. 14.
FLORIDA STATE: Undaunted, undeterred vs. Miami
Stock up: Stanford. The order throughout the rest of the top 25 stayed basically the same, with nobody other than the Spartans advancing more than one position. That was still good news for the Cardinal, who took advantage of their own weekend off to inherit the No.6 slot on the eve of their clash with Oregon.
Stock down: Texas Tech. The Red Raiders' precipitous decline has been nearly as rapid as their advancement to their lofty No. 9 perch a couple of weeks ago. But their 7-0 start has now been followed by a two-game skid, this week at home against Oklahoma State, that sent them on another eight-position tumble to No. 23.
WEEK 10: Winners and losers
Stock up: Oklahoma. The Sooners slid up to the No. 8 position and also have a chance to move up further with Thursday's date with Baylor on the horizon.
Stock down: Northern Illinois. Technically it wasn't a drop. But the Huskies weren't able to move up, either. NIU stayed put at No. 20 and still lags behind No. 17 Fresno State among teams from non-automatic BCS conferences hoping to crash the big-money bowl line-up.
GO FIGURE: The weird, wacky and wow of the weekend
New kid on the block: No.24 Arizona State.
College dropout: Michigan.
Eddie Timanus, a national colleges reporter and the poll editor for USA TODAY Sports, is on Twitter @EddieTimanus.


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Monoamine oxidase inhibitor
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are chemicals which inhibit the activity of the monoamine oxidase enzyme family. They have a long history of use as medications prescribed for the treatment of depression. They are particularly effective in treating atypical depression.[1] They are also used in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease and several other disorders.
Because of potentially lethal dietary and drug interactions, monoamine oxidase inhibitors have historically been reserved as a last line of treatment, used only when other classes of antidepressant drugs (for example selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants) have failed.[2] New research into MAOIs indicate that much of the concern over their dangerous dietary side effects stems from misconceptions and misinformation, and that despite proven effectiveness of this class of drugs, it is underutilized and misunderstood in the medical profession.[3] New research also questions the validity of the perceived severity of dietary reactions, which has historically been based on outdated research.[4]
- Indications 1
Mechanism of action 2
- Reversibility 2.1
- Selectivity 2.2
Dangers 3
- Diet and Drug Interactions 3.1
- Withdrawal 3.2
- Listing of Interactions 3.3
- History 4
List of MAO inhibiting drugs 5
- Marketed drugs 5.1
- Drugs withdrawn from the market 5.2
- Cultural references 6
- See also 7
- References 8
Newer MAOIs such as selegiline (typically used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease) and the reversible MAOI moclobemide provide a safer alternative[5] and are now sometimes used as first-line therapy.
MAOIs have been found to be effective in the treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia,[6] social phobia,[7][8][9] atypical depression[10][11] or mixed anxiety and depression, bulimia,[12][13][14][15] and post-traumatic stress disorder,[16] as well as borderline personality disorder.[17] MAOIs appear to be particularly effective in the management of bipolar depression according to a recent retrospective-analysis.[18] There are reports of MAOI efficacy in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trichotillomania, dysmorphophobia, and avoidant personality disorder, but these reports are from uncontrolled case reports.[5]
MAOIs can also be used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease by targeting MAO-B in particular (therefore affecting dopaminergic neurons), as well as providing an alternative for migraine prophylaxis. Inhibition of both MAO-A and MAO-B is used in the treatment of clinical depression and anxiety.
MAOIs appear to be particularly indicated for outpatients with "neurotic depression" complicated by panic disorder or hysteroid dysphoria, which involves repeated episodes of depressed mood in response to feeling rejected.[19]
Mechanism of action
MAOIs act by inhibiting the activity of monoamine oxidase, thus preventing the breakdown of monoamine neurotransmitters and thereby increasing their availability. There are two isoforms of monoamine oxidase, MAO-A and MAO-B. MAO-A preferentially deaminates serotonin, melatonin, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. MAO-B preferentially deaminates phenylethylamine and trace amines. Dopamine is equally deaminated by both types.
The early MAOIs covalently bound to the monoamine oxidase enzymes, thus inhibiting them irreversibly; the bound enzyme could not function and thus enzyme activity was blocked until the cell made new enzymes. The enzymes turn over approximately every two weeks. A few newer MAOIs, a notable one being moclobemide, are reversible, meaning that they are able to detach from the enzyme to facilitate usual catabolism of the substrate. The level of inhibition in this way is governed by the concentrations of the substrate and the MAOI.
Harmaline found in Peganum harmala, as well as the Ayahuasca vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, and Passiflora incarnata is a reversible inhibitor of MAO-A (RIMA).[20]
In addition to reversibility, MAOIs differ by their selectivity of the MAO receptor. Some MAOIs inhibit both MAO-A and MAO-B equally, other MAOIs have been developed to target one over the other.
MAO-A inhibition reduces the breakdown of primarily serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine; selective inhibition of MAO-A allows for tyramine to be metabolised via MAO-B.[21] Agents that act on serotonin if taken with another serotonin-enhancing agent may result in a potentially fatal interaction called serotonin syndrome or with irreversible and unselective inhibitors (such as older MAOIs), of MAO a hypertensive crisis as a result of tyramine food interactions is particularly problematic with older MAOIs. Tyramine is broken down by MAO-A and MAO-B, therefore inhibiting this action may result in its excessive build-up, so diet must be monitored for tyramine intake.
MAO-B inhibition reduces the breakdown mainly of dopamine and phenethylamine so there are no dietary restrictions associated with this. MAO-B would also metabolize tyramine, as the only differences between dopamine, phenethylamine, and tyramine are two phenylhydroxyl groups on carbons 3 and 4. The 4-OH would not be a steric hindrance to MAO-B on tyramine.[22] Two MAO-Bi drugs, selegiline and rasagiline have been approved by the FDA without dietary restrictions, except in high-dosage treatment, wherein they lose their selectivity.[23][24]
Diet and Drug Interactions
When ingested orally, MAOIs inhibit the catabolism of dietary amines. When foods containing tyramine are consumed (so-called "cheese effect"), the individual may suffer from hypertensive crisis.[3] The amount required to cause a reaction varies greatly from individual to individual, and depends on the degree of inhibition, which in turn depends on dosage and selectivity.
The exact mechanism by which tyramine causes a hypertensive reaction is not well-understood, but it is assumed that tyramine displaces norepinephrine from the storage vesicles.[25] This may trigger a cascade in which excessive amounts of norepinephrine can lead to a hypertensive crisis. Another theory suggests that proliferation and accumulation of catecholamines causes hypertensive crisis[26]
Tyrosine, not tyramine, is the precursor to catecholamines. Tyramine is a breakdown product of tyrosine. In the gut and during fermentation, tyrosine, an amino acid, is decarboxylated to tyramine. Under ordinary circumstances, tyramine is deaminated in the liver to an inactive metabolite, but, when the hepatic MAO (primarily MAO-A) is inhibited, the "first-pass" clearance of tyramine is blocked and circulating tyramine levels can climb. Elevated tyramine competes with tyrosine for transport across the blood–brain barrier (via aromatic amino acid transport) where it can then enter adrenergic nerve terminals. Once in the cytoplasmic space, tyramine will be transported via the vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT) into synaptic vesicles, thereby displacing norepinephrine. The mass transfer of norepinephrine from its vesicular storage space into the extracellular space via mass action can precipitate the hypertensive crisis. Hypertensive crises can sometimes result in stroke or cardiac arrhythmia if not treated. In general, this risk is not present with RIMAs. Both kinds of intestinal MAO inhibition can cause hyperpyrexia, nausea, and psychosis if foods high in levodopa are consumed.
Examples of foods and drinks with potentially high levels of tyramine include liver and fermented substances, such as alcoholic beverages and aged cheeses.[27] (See a List of foods containing tyramine). Examples of levodopa-containing foods include broad beans. These diet restrictions are not necessary for those taking selective MAO-B inhibitors, unless these are being taken in high dosages, as mentioned above.
It deserves separate mention that some meat extracts and yeast extracts (Bovril, Marmite, Vegemite) contain extremely high levels of tyramine, and should not be used with these medications.
When MAOIs were first introduced, these risks were not known, and, over the following four decades, fewer than 100 people have died from hypertensive crisis. Presumedly due to the sudden onset and violent appearance of the reaction, MAOIs gained a reputation for being so dangerous that, for a while, they were taken off the market in America entirely. However, it is now believed that, used as directed under the care of a qualified psychiatrist, this class of drugs is a viable alternative treatment for intermediate- to long-term use.
The most significant risk associated with the use of MAOIs is the potential for interactions with over-the-counter and prescription medicines, illicit drugs or medications, and some supplements (e.g., St. John's Wort, tryptophan). It is vital that a doctor supervise such combinations to avoid adverse reactions. For this reason, many users carry an MAOI-card, which lets emergency medical personnel know what drugs to avoid. (E.g., adrenaline dosage should be reduced by 75%, and duration is extended.)[27] The risk of the interaction of MAOI medications with other drugs or certain foods is particularly dangerous because those on the medication who would have to restrict their diets often are depressed patients who "don't care if they live or die."[28]
Tryptophan supplements should not be consumed with MAOIs as the potentially fatal serotonin syndrome may result.[29]
MAOIs should not be combined with other psychoactive substances (antidepressants, painkillers, stimulants, both legal and illegal etc.) except under expert care. Certain combinations can cause lethal reactions, common examples including SSRIs, tricyclics, MDMA, meperidine,[30] tramadol, and dextromethorphan. Agents with actions on epinephrine, norepinephrine, or dopamine must be administered at much lower doses due to potentiation and prolonged effect.
Nicotine, a substance frequently implicated in tobacco addiction, has been shown to have "relatively weak" addictive properties when administered alone.[31] The addictive potential increases dramatically after co-administration of an MAOI, which specifically causes sensitization of the locomotor response in rats, a measure of addictive potential.[32][33] This may be reflected in the difficulty of smoking cessation, as tobacco contains naturally-occurring MAOI compounds in addition to the nicotine.[34][35][36]
Antidepressants including MAOIs have some dependence-producing effects, the most notable one being a withdrawal syndrome, which may be severe especially if MAOIs are discontinued abruptly or over-rapidly. However, the dependence-producing potential of MAOIs or antidepressants in general is not as significant as benzodiazepines. Withdrawal symptoms can be managed by a gradual reduction in dosage over a period of weeks, months or years to minimize or prevent withdrawal symptoms.[37]
MAOIs, as with any antidepressant medications, do not alter the course of the disorder, so it is possible that discontinuation can return the patient to the pre-treatment state.[38]
This consideration greatly complicates switching a patient between a MAOI and a SSRI, because it is necessary to clear the system completely of one drug before starting another. If one also tapers dosage gradually, the result is that for weeks a depressed patient will have to bear the depression without chemical help during the drug-free interval. This may be preferable to risking the effects of an interaction between the two drugs, but it is often not easy for the patient.
Listing of Interactions
The MAOIs are infamous for their numerous drug interactions, including the following kinds of substances:
- Substances that are metabolized by monoamine oxidase, as they can be boosted by up to several-fold.
- Substances that increase serotonin, norepinephrine, or dopamine activity, as too much of any of these neurochemicals can result in severe acute consequences, including serotonin syndrome, hypertensive crisis, and psychosis, respectively.
Such substances that can react with MAOIs include:
Phenethylamines: 2C-B, Mescaline, Phenethylamine (PEA), etc.
- Amphetamines: Amphetamine,[39] MDMA, Dextroamphetamine, Methamphetamine, DOM, etc.
Tryptamines: DMT, Psilocin/Psilocybin ("Magic Mushrooms"), etc.
- Lysergamides: Ergolines/LSA, LSD ("Acid"), etc.
Serotonin, Norepinephrine, and/or Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors:
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs): Citalopram, Dapoxetine, Escitalopram, Fluoxetine, Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, Sertraline.
- Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs): Desvenlafaxine, Duloxetine, Milnacipran, Venlafaxine.
- Norepinephrine-Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors (NDRIs): Amineptine, Bupropion, Methylphenidate, Nomifensine.
- Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (NRIs): Atomoxetine, Mazindol, Reboxetine.
- Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs): Amitriptyline, Butriptyline, Clomipramine, Desipramine, Dosulepin, Doxepin, Imipramine, Lofepramine, Nortriptyline, Protriptyline, Trimipramine.
- Tetracyclic Antidepressants (TeCAs): Amoxapine, Maprotiline.
- Phenylpiperidine derivative Opioids: Meperidine/Pethidine, Tramadol, Methadone, Fentanyl, Dextropropoxyphene, Propoxyphene.
- Others: Brompheniramine, Chlorpheniramine, Cocaine, Cyclobenzaprine, Dextromethorphan (DXM), Ketamine, MDPV, Nefazodone, Phencyclidine (PCP), Pheniramine, Sibutramine, Trazodone.
- Serotonin, Norepinephrine, and/or Dopamine Releasers: 4-Methylaminorex (4-MAR), Amphetamine, Benzphetamine, Cathine, Cathinone, Diethylcathinone, Ephedrine, Levmetamfetamine, Lisdexamfetamine, MDMA ("Ecstasy"), Methamphetamine, Pemoline, Phendimetrazine, Phenethylamine (PEA), Phentermine, Propylhexedrine, Pseudoephedrine, Phenylephrine, Tyramine.
- Serotonin, Norepinephrine, and/or Dopamine Supplemental Precursors: 5-HTP, L-DOPA, L-Phenylalanine, L-Tryptophan, L-Tyrosine.
- Local and General anesthetic in surgery and dentistry in particular those containing Epinephrine. There is no universally taught or accepted practice regarding dentistry and use of MAOIs such as Phenelzine and it is, therefore, vital to inform all clinicians especially dentists of the potential effect of MAOIs and Local Anesthesia. In preparation for dental work, withdrawal from Phenelzine is specifically advised, however since this takes two weeks it is not always a desirable or practical option. Dentists using Local Anesthesia are advised to use a non-epinephrine anesthetic such as Carbocaine at a level of 3%. Specific attention should be paid to blood pressure during the procedure and the level of the anesthetic should be regularly and appropriately topped up since non-epinephrine anestetics take longer to come into effect and wear off faster. Patients taking Phenelzine are advised to notify their Psychiatrist prior to any dental treatment.
- Certain other supplements: Hypericum perforatum ("St John's Wort"), Inositol, Rhodiola rosea, S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine (SAMe), L-Theanine.
- Other Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors.
MAOIs started off due to the serendipitous discovery that iproniazid was a weak MAO inhibitor (MAOI). Originally intended for the treatment of tuberculosis, in 1952, iproniazid antidepressant properties were discovered when researchers noted that the depressed patients given iproniazid experienced a relief of their depression. Subsequent in vitro work led to the discovery that it inhibited MAO and eventually to the monoamine theory of depression. MAOIs became widely used as antidepressants in the early 1950s. The discovery of the 2 isoenzymes of MAO has led to the development of selective MAOIs that may have a more favorable side-effect profile.[40]
The older MAOIs' heyday was mostly between the years 1957 and 1970.[21] The initial popularity of the 'classic' non-selective irreversible MAO inhibitors began to wane due to their serious interactions with sympathomimetic drugs and tyramine-containing foods that could lead to dangerous hypertensive emergencies. As a result, the use by medical practitioners of these older MAOIs declined. When scientists discovered that there are two different MAO enzymes (MAO-A and MAO-B), they developed selective compounds for MAO-B, (for example, selegiline, which is used for Parkinson's disease), to reduce the side-effects and serious interactions. Further improvement occurred with the development of compounds (moclobemide and toloxatone) that not only are selective but cause reversible MAO-A inhibition and a reduction in dietary and drug interactions.[41][42] Moclobemide, was the first reversible inhibitor of MAO-A to enter widespread clinical practice.[43]
A transdermal patch form of the MAOI selegiline, called Emsam, was approved for use in depression by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States on February 28, 2006.[23]
List of MAO inhibiting drugs
Marketed drugs
Nonselective MAO-A/MAO-B Inhibitors
- Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
- Isoniazid (Laniazid, Nydrazid)[44]
- Nialamide (Niamid)
- Phenelzine (Nardil, Nardelzine)
- Procarbazine
- Hydracarbazine
- Tranylcypromine (Parnate, Jatrosom)
- Hydrazines
Selective MAO-A Inhibitors
- Moclobemide (Aurorix, Manerix)
- Pirlindole (Pirazidol) (available in Russia)
- Toloxatone (Humoryl) (available in France)
Selective MAO-B Inhibitors
- Rasagiline (Azilect)
- Selegiline (Deprenyl, Eldepryl, Emsam)
Linezolid is an antibiotic drug with weak MAO inhibiting activity.[45]
Drugs withdrawn from the market
Nonselective MAO-A/MAO-B Inhibitors
- Benmoxin (Nerusil, Neuralex)
- Iproclozide (Sursum)
- Iproniazid (Marsilid, Iprozid, Ipronid, Rivivol, Propilniazida) (discontinued worldwide except for France)
- Mebanazine (Actomol)
- Octamoxin (Ximaol, Nimaol)
- Pheniprazine (Catron)
- Phenoxypropazine (Drazine)
- Pivalylbenzhydrazine (Tersavid)
- Safrazine (Safra) (discontinued worldwide except for Japan)
- Caroxazone (Surodil, Timostenil)]
- Hydrazines
Selective MAO-A inhibitors
- Minaprine (Cantor)
Cultural references
- In the episode "The Late Shaft" of the TV detective drama Castle, Bobby Mann was taking an MAO inhibitor. His killer used this fact to trigger a negative interaction with the drug, leading to Bobby's death through what seemed to be a normal heart attack.
- In the episode "Cut" of Law & Order, a surgeon prescribes painkillers that interact with an MAOI a patient was taking, leading to her death.
- The pilot episode of Law and Order was similar to an actual event. Journalist Sidney Zion questioned the sudden death of his daughter Libby Zion in an emergency department in Manhattan on Oct 4, 1984. The cause of death was attributed to "mysterious infection".[46][47][48] The father convinced authorities to launch a criminal investigation when it was discovered that several medications, including Demerol, were administered to his daughter, reacting with her Nardil medications. The DA sought charges of murder against a doctor who had approved use of restraints and narcotics when Zion became increasingly agitated.[49] The case prompted many reforms in graduate medical education and limiting number of hours staff can work.[50] Drug abuse was successfully argued as a major factor leading to her death.[51]
In Meg Wolitzer's novel The Interestings, the character Dennis goes through several difficulties related to the MAO inhibitors he has been prescribed for depression.
See also
- ^ Cristancho, Mario. "Atypical Depression in the 21st Century: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues".
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Our Favorite Recipes for Fall
In honor of fall, YES! staff and contributors have compiled their favorite seasonal and local recipes. We hope you enjoy our soul-warming picks.
Sesame Chard
David Korten, Board Chair and Co-Founder
10 stalks of chard
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sweetener [agave juice or brown sugar work well]
Toasted sesame seeds
- Cut chard into large pieces. Cut off and throw away the thick tough portion of the stems.
- Pour olive oil in a large frying pan. Over high heat, place the chard in the pan. Sprinkle sesame oil on the chard. Add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.
- Stir for several minutes. When the volume of the chard has been substantially reduced, add balsamic vinegar. Continue stirring until chard is almost fully cooked. Then add rice vinegar and sweetener.
- Cook on medium heat, stirring well, until the vinegar is reduced to a syrupy consistency.
- Add toasted sesame seeds, and serve hot.
It looks like a lot of chard when you start out, but it cooks down to serve as the vegetable dish for two people.
Leg of goat
Vicki Robin, 10-Mile Diet Blogger
To support my September 10-mile diet experiment, Rhonda Salerno offered me the leg of a goat she and her family raised. The goat was milk-fed and well-loved and compassionately slaughtered and butchered. I prepared it and ate it with equal love. I have never been so aware of the preciousness of life giving itself to life.
1 goat leg
1 garlic clove
Pierce the leg in many places and put a sliver of garlic in each opening (My mother did that with beef roasts when I was a child). The garlic came from my friend Terra who had a surplus and lives in my 10 miles.
Rub and sprinkle with rosemary, basil, and oregano.
Salt (one of the foods from afar I permitted myself.)
Slow roast at 200 degrees until a meat thermometer reads at least 145 degrees (I like it at 160 degrees, so that it's not blood rare in the center.)
Eat with "Tricia salad": Local cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, apples, and potatoes.
Green Tomato Curry
Madeline Ostrander, Senior Editor
In the Northwest, I always have a pile of garden tomatoes at the end of the season that don't get a chance to ripen on the vine. Green tomatoes are, obviously, firmer than red tomatoes. They also have an apple-like taste. So I substituted them in a recipe that called for apples and, over time, made the recipe my own. This is based on an African fruit and vegetable curry recipe.
As with all homemade recipes, the amounts of seasonings are estimates, and the directions are approximations. Adjust to your taste and liking. I always fiddle with the spices at the end and add more of one or the other seasoning.
2 large onions
3 garlic cloves
2 teaspoons freshly minced ginger
vegetable oil
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon ground coriander [I like to grind the cumin and coriander myself. I've discovered it makes the recipe far more flavorful.]
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon turmeric
1/8 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup water
2 medium-sized green tomatoes
Mix of vegetables [Some tasty possibilities include 1 cup of green beans; 1 to 2 zucchini; 1/2 to 1 cup of peeled, cubed winter squash; and 1 green or red pepper.]
Honey, lemon, salt, & pepper to taste
Brown rice
- Saute onions, garlic, and ginger in vegetable oil until the onion is translucent.
- Add cumin, coriander, cinnamon, turmeric, cayenne, cardamom, and cloves. Saute the garlic and onions with the spices for about 1 minute to roast the spices and bring out the flavor.
- Add water, green tomatoes, and a mix of vegetables.
- Cover the pan and simmer for 30-40 minutes. The water should start to evaporate and the juices from the veggies will turn it into a starchy curry sauce. The zucchini may fall apart a little. That's okay. Keep an eye on the pan and add a little more water when necessary. If all the water boils off, the vegetables will burn and stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Add honey and lemon juice to taste to bring out the tartness. Add salt and black pepper, also to taste. If you want, you can also add peanuts or cashews and raisins, currants, or chopped, dried apricots.
- Serve over brown rice.
Feijoada Fong-Hoonan (A Brazilian beans and rice dish with a multi-ethnic twist)
Jing Fong, Education Outreach Manager
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 lb. turkey kielbasa or chorizo
1 large garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cans black beans, drained and rinsed
1 bay leaf
1 cup long grain white rice or brown rice
- Cook rice in 2 cups of water in a covered pan for 15 minutes or in rice cooker while sausage and beans are cooking.
- Cut sausage into 1/2 inch cubes. Heat oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, sausage, and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes until onion is tender.
- Add cumin and sauté 1 minute. Add beans, water, pepper and bay leaf. Mix and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Serve over cooked rice. Serves 4.
Here's where the twist comes in: The original recipe says to add 1 tbsp. red wine vinegar and 1/2 tsp. hot sauce after you remove the bay leaf. I skip this because my kids never liked these flavors. They like their Feijoada with white rice and soy sauce. It's their favorite comfort food for dinner. My husband and I like this with brown rice, and guacamole and salsa on the side.
Autumn French Lentils with Rosemary Brown Basmati
Jessica Lind-Diamond, Development Manager
3 tablespoons oil or butter [coconut oil adds great flavor]
1/2 red onion, chopped
2 tablespoons each of cumin and turmeric
2 teaspoons coriander
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup French (green) lentils
1 1/2 cups dark beer [Stout or porter. This is a good way to use up beer that's gone flat!]
4 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 cups brown basmati rice
3 tablespoons chopped fresh or dried rosemary
1 yam cubed, not skinned
1 cup diced zucchini
Salt & pepper to taste
- In mid-sized pot, heat 2 tablespoons of oil or butter over medium heat. Saute the red onion until it begins to soften.
- Add spices and salt and pepper. Stir for two minutes. Add lentils and toast for a few more minutes. Add dark beer and 1 1/2 cups of water. Simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
- While the lentils simmer, melt 1 tablespoon of oil or butter and toast 1 1/2 cup of brown basmati rice over medium heat for a few minutes. Stir in rosemary and salt to taste. Cover with 3 cups of water and simmer over low heat, covered, until the water is completely absorbed.
- While your rice and lentils simmer away, chop a yam (with the skin on) into 1-inch cubes. Place them on top of the lentils (don't stir them in!) Cover and continue to simmer.
- Ten minutes later, add 1 cup finely diced zucchini, and stir it all together. It should ready to serve (with the rice) in 10-15 minutes, or when lentils and veggies are soft but not mushy. I like to serve it with homemade quince chutney.
Potato Leek Soup
Paula Murphy, Fulfillment Manager
This soup is the perfect comfort food, especially when it starts to get cold outside. I make it for our interns and they love it! The secret is the butter and crusty bread.
5 tablespoons butter
3 leeks, thinly sliced
1 medium or large onion, chopped
6-8 russet potatoes, thinly sliced
3 1/2 cups chicken broth (or vegetable broth) or enough to barely cover potatoes
1 cup cream
salt to taste
fresh ground black pepper to taste
- Melt butter in a large pan over medium heat, then add onions and leeks. Cook, stirring, until onions are limp and just slightly brown
- Add sliced potatoes to pan then pour in enough broth to just barely cover the potatoes. Continue cooking over medium heat until potatoes are just tender. Using a potato masher, mash and stir potatoes until desired consistency is reached. As you mash the potatoes and the soup thickens, turn down heat and stir frequently with a large spoon to prevent scorching on the bottom
- Add one cup of cream and salt and black pepper to taste. Add 2 tablespoons butter and cook 15 minutes more over low heat, stirring frequently, then remove from heat and serve with crusty bread.
Crispy Kale
Alex Abdallah, Online Intern
When you crave a salty crunch, crispy kale makes a perfect healthy snack.
1/2 pound kale
2 tablespoons olive oil
- Move oven rack to highest position and pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Tear kale leaves into chip-sized pieces and place on a baking sheet.
- Lightly drizzle kale with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt.
- Cook kale for 4-5 minutes, watching to make sure it doesn't burn.
- Eat them while they're hot!
Pumpkin Muffins
Brooke Jarvis, Web Editor
You can also bake these in a bread pan—just increase the cooking time by about 20 minutes. Be sure to save the pumpkin seeds (they're great roasted in the oven with butter, salt, and cayenne).
2 cups of pumpkin [You'll get more than enough from a small sugar pie pumpkin. Cut it into pieces and bake it in the oven or steam it on the stovetop until soft; scoop the flesh off the skin with a spoon.]
3 1/2 cups flour [I use 2 1/2 cups of whole wheat and one of white.]
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 cups sugar or substitute
4 tablespoons ground flax [or 4 eggs]
1 cup applesauce [or 1 cup vegetable oil]
1 and 1/2 tsp. salt; 2 tsp. each of cinnamon and nutmeg; 1/2 tsp. allspice
1 cup chopped walnuts [optional]
1/2 to 1 cup raisins, currants, or other dried fruit
1/2 cup water
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Stir all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the pumpkin, apple sauce, and water; stir until well-blended. Add the raisins and nuts if desired.
- Pour into lightly greased and floured muffin tins.
- Bake for about 45 minutes at 350 F. Muffins are done when a fork comes out clean.
Makes 24 muffins.
What are your favorite fall recipes? Tell us in the comments section below.


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Marco Trims
Phang Nga Bay regatta is over. We think we are third for the week, not fantastic, but we did our best and in the end the conditions got us. Today's long downwind race to Chalong was great sailing until just about the time the faster boats finished, then the wind died and we struggled on for two more hours in drifting conditions to finish fourth. No possibility to correct our time over them. Well, disappointing but that's racing.
So now we head off to the party for the wrap up of a great regatta with our terrific crew and best friends.
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J.D. Robb at his best. Characters and victims that were not entirely truthful and I loved to see them get their just desserts. I really enjoyed this book.
Although I liked reading Festive in Death by JD Robb, I found myself skipping pages and chapters to get to the end of the book because JD Robb's character, Eve Dallas took too long to discover who the killer of Trey Ziegler, a gym trainer was. I recommend the book but only gave it three stars.
I noticed that the author is targetting professionals who may have annoyed her in the past and in this case, she is zooming in on the fitness industry. This book is a blast and anyone who has had an encountered a personal trainer, a cheating paramour or gigolo will enjoy it especially over the holidays. The murderer is quite the colourful character.
Another fantastic book from J.D Robb. I couldn't put it down!
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crogall necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
Crogall.com is a small web start up looking to take on the big boys of the music industry with a fresh approach to selling music, we hope to help musicians bypass the record companies, getting straight to their fans and take a larger percentage of their music sales. We will be focusing on small bands who are looking to cover their costs of making an album through an innovative pricing model.
Crogall is an Irish startup and the name comes from the Gaeilge (Irish language) for Crocodile. Our tag line is "The Economy of Scales".
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Thanks for taking the time to read this and we look forward to seeing what you come up with!
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino was in "stable" condition Monday recovering from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash, and he is expected to make a full recovery, his family said in a statement released through the university.
Petrino crashed his motorcycle after veering off a two-lane highway near the town of Crosses Sunday night, state police said Monday. State police spokesman Bill Sadler said the Razorbacks coach was taken to a hospital for treatment, but he declined to say which hospital or whether Petrino was still there on Monday.
The university issued a news release Monday confirming the crash that included a statement from Petrino's family.
"Coach Petrino was involved in a motorcycle accident on Sunday evening that involved no other individuals," the statement said. "He is in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery. Our family appreciates respect for our privacy during the recovery and we are grateful for the thoughts of Razorback fans at this time."
The statement said Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long had been in contact with the Petrino family and that he would consult with the family before providing any additional information at a later time.
Neither Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville or Northwest Medical Center in Springdale would confirm Petrino was a patient, but one spokesman noted that patients have the option to keep their names unlisted.
State police spokesman Bill Sadler said earlier Monday that the crash happened Sunday night on Arkansas Highway 16 in Madison County near Crosses, a community in northwest Arkansas about 20 miles from Fayetteville, where the school is located. Sadler said Petrino's motorcycle left the highway and crashed.
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Petrino, an avid motorcycle enthusiast, led Arkansas to an 11-2 record last season and a Cotton Bowl win over Kansas State. He's 34-17 in four seasons at the school, 21-5 over the last two.
He's talked in the past about owning a motorcycle and going for rides around nearby Beaver Lake.
The noted offensive coach has led the Razorbacks to the top passing offense in the Southeastern Conference over the past three seasons. He's helped develop former Arkansas and current New England Patriots quarterback Ryan Mallett and last season's first-team All-SEC quarterback Tyler Wilson.
Prior to Arkansas, Petrino coached the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. He left the Falcons after 13 games in the 2007 season to join the Razorbacks.
Petrino was a college head coach at Louisville before that, guiding the Cardinals to a 41-9 record from 2003-07.