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The UCC3808A is a family of BiCMOS push-pull, high-speed, low-power, pulse-width modulators. The UCC3808A contains all of the control and drive circuitry required for off-line or dc-to-dc fixed frequency current-mode switching power supplies with minimal external parts count.
The UCC3808A dual output drive stages are arranged in a push-pull configuration. Both outputs switch at half the oscillator frequency using a toggle flip-flop. The dead time between the two outputs is typically 60 ns to 200 ns depending on the values of the timing capacitor and resistors, thus limiting each output stage duty cycle to less than 50%.
The UCC3808A family offers a variety of package options, temperature range options, and choice of undervoltage lockout levels. The family has UVLO thresholds and hysteresis options for off-line and battery powered systems. Thresholds are shown in the table below.
The UCC3808A is an enhanced version of the UCC3808 family. The significant difference is that the A versions feature an internal discharge transistor from the CS pin to ground, which is activated each clock cycle during the oscillator dead time. The feature discharges any filter capacitance on the CS pin during each cycle and helps minimize filter capacitor values and current sense delay.
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High commendation for the Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Department for Children and Adolescents
At the 43rd "Annual Meeting of the "European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)" in Marseille Prof. Dr. Peter Bader was honored for the best scientific abstract submitted.
Out of 1200 submissions his work entitled "Prognostic Value of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) in Children and Adolescents before and after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation" was awarded.
Molecular genetic MRD analysis makes it possible to detect leukemia cells that cannot be verified with conventional microscopy. In the retrospective study with 747 pediatric patients where leading European, North American and Australian transplant centres participated prognostic parameters for impending relapse of leukemia patients could be identified. MRD measurement before and after stem cell transplantation can be used to develop strategies to prevent recurrence of leukemia after stem cell transplantation.
The Dirk-van-Bekkum-Award is selected by the EBMT Board on the annual EBMT meeting for the best scientific work submitted and is the most prestigious award in the field of stem cell transplantation.
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From left: Prof. Gérard Michel, Prof. Peter Bader, Prof. Didier Blaise

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A Long Island man has been accused of drowning his mother in the pool at their home in an affluent neighborhood on the north shore before dumping her body by a shed and going to Manhattan to confess to his sister, according to prosecutors.
Dennis Cullen Jr., 23, was arrested Wednesday evening on charges including murder in the death of his mother, 63-year-old Elizabeth Cullen.
At the man's arraignment on Thursday, prosecutors alleged that Dennis Cullen had been arguing with his mother at their home on White Hill Road in Lloyd harbor because he hadn't been taking his medication. At one point, she poked him, and the 23-year-old dragged his 5-foot-2-inch mother to the pool and allegedly held her underwater as she fought to break free.
"He put her in a headlock, walked from the shallow end of the pool to the dep end, all the time with her struggling," said Robert Biancavilla, a homicide prosecutor with the Suffolk County DA's office.
Prosecutors said that in a videotaped confession to police, Dennis Cullen allegedly told investigators that he was surprised by his mother's struggle, but dumped her body by a shed and covered it with a dinghy once she died.
After the killing, prosecutors said that the man took money and credit cards from his mother's wallet and drove her car to the LIRR station in nearby Cold Spring Harbor. He got on a train to Manhattan, and went to one of his sisters' home to allegedly tell her about what had happened.
Elizabeth Cullen's body was discovered later that evening after someone called police to check on the woman. It's not clear if it was Dennis Cullen's sister who made the call.
Homicide detectives descended on Cullen's neighborhood — an area where crime is rare and multi-million dollar homes dot the landscape.
Cullen does not have a criminal history, and authorities would not indicate what his medication was for. He is being held on $5 million cash bail or $8 million bond. Neither Cullen's father nor any of his three sisters appeared in court.
Family friends said that the 23-year-old had a history of mental illness, however.
His court-appointed attorney, Steve Fondulis, said his client was not guilty.
"I spoke to him for a couple of minutes. He's pretty calm and as I indicated, he hasn't been convicted of anything so he's not sorry -- he hasn't said he's sorry," Fondulis said.
Elizabeth Cullen was an interior designer who one friend said worked out of her home. A source said she was the daughter of U.S. Army major general George Casey, killed in Vietnam in 1970. Her brother served as U.S. Army chief of staff as recently as 2011.


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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud criticized Thursday those whom he said were in a rush to wrap up verification of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon, reported the Daily Star.
"We waited 22 years for the liberation of our land. How can they conceive of not being able to wait a few days to ensure the withdrawal," he said as he chaired an extraordinary cabinet session, said the daily.
Information minister Anwar Khalil said Lahoud was responding to those who held Lebanon responsible for delays the United Nation's verification work, which is required by the Security Council.
"For us, verifying the withdrawal is done on the basis of our rights and the facts, while others see this verification on the basis of their being in a hurry and pressed to go quickly," Lahoud said.
UN secretary general Kofi Annan has several times called for the work to be wrapped up quickly, according to the daily.
Lahoud also charged that Israel was placing obstacles in the path of the verification teams by continuing to post troops at some points on Lebanese territory and because of minefields in some areas along the border.
Israeli troops fired in the direction of a UN team on the Lebanese side of the border Thursday, causing verification work to be suspended for the day, the daily added.
Israel said the shooting was a mistake, said AFP.
But a UN source was quoted by the agency as saying that "the incident was occurred because the Israelis should no longer be along the UN line of retreat." The incident was not an error, the source said, but a question of not respecting the line.
An AFP correspondent reported that the Israelis fired six shots when UNIFIL troops, accompanied by Lebanese army officers, tried to lift barbed wire to get into the village of Abassiyeh.
A UNIFIL officer told AFP the Israelis had "shot two or three rounds of their assault rifles toward the feet of the UNIFIL team, some within one meter (yard) of their legs." - (Several Sources)
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Traversing the Course Control Panel in Blackboard
In your Blackboard course, you have access to the Control Panel — and your learners don't. You therefore have the power to add, modify, copy, and remove content; turn course tools on or off; and decide how to display the Course Menu and in what language (or locale). With the power to manage the Control Panel comes great responsibility: to provide your learners with a well-designed learning environment.
Note that your first look at your Blackboard course is determined by what the powers that be at your institution decided to include on the Course Menu. With Control Panel access, however, you can customize your learners' first look at your Blackboard course. So, plan before you implement.
To help you plan, think of the course Control Panel as being composed of these areas:
- Course administration
- Course materials
- Communication and collaboration
- Assessment
Course administration
Your course administration options reside mostly in the Course Options pane. You can use these options to customize the Course Menu, enable or disable course tools, change the course availability and entry page, and import, copy, export, and archive your course. In addition to all these instructor administration options in your course, we have good news for language instructors and international readers: You can now customize your Blackboard course interface so that it's displayed in one of eight languages.
If your institution or organization has the Blackboard Academic Suite or the Blackboard Learning System (but not the Basic Edition), you as an instructor can set the language of the course independently from the language setting of the overall system. Blackboard supports English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, and simplified Chinese.
Depending on how your institution handles user accounts and course creation and modification, you may or may not be able to create and modify user accounts, create courses, and enroll or remove users from a course. These options are available in the User Management pane.
Course materials
Course Materials — such as your syllabus, readings, assignments, and tests — can be added to the Content Areas of your course.
In any Content Area, in fact, you can use these options to perform a task:
- Item: Create content and upload files.
- Folder: Layer or organize content.
- Course Link: Create links to other areas within the same course.
- External Link: Create links to an external Web site.
- Test: Add a test.
- Learning Unit: Develop a sequential set of items or a tutorial.
- Survey: Survey your learners or take a poll.
- Assignment: Add an assignment for paperless feedback and grading.
- Offline Content: Access offline content on a CD-ROM, for example.
- Syllabus: Create a new syllabus and lessons.
You can also perform these tasks in any Content Area:
- Import SCORM, IMS, NLN e-learning content by using the desired content-packaging option.
- Select a tool option to link to individual tools, such as Discussion Board, Chat, Virtual Classroom, Group, and more.
If your institution uses the Blackboard Learning System, Basic Edition, you cannot include SCORM objects.
Note that when you use these options to add content to your course, you can also manage the content item by enabling Adaptive Release of Content, accessing tracking, and reviewing status tracking.
Additional options may be available to you as part of the Content Area interface, depending on whether your institution has added third-party products or building blocks within the Blackboard course environment.
Communication and collaboration tools
Communication tools are available in your course Control Panel and can be included as links within Content Areas or as course links on the course menu. Some of the tools available to you include the following (but again, depending on your institution's Blackboard setup, you may have access to more or fewer tools):
- Announcements: Allows you to remind learners of assignment deadlines or upcoming events, for example. Don't use it when you want to communicate with immediacy, because learners must be logged in to Blackboard to view your announcements.
- Staff Information: This is where you write information about you, your teaching assistants, section leaders, and guest lecturers in the course. Direct students to use the Student Homepage to post their own, personal profiles.
- Course Calendar: Use the Course Calendar in conjunction with announcements to reinforce deadlines and help learners stay on track. Don't use the Course Calendar if you're going to keep it hidden in the Tools area of the course: Be sure to unbury it by creating course links from your menu or Content Areas, or both.
- Tasks: Use the Tasks tool to provide learners with a list of activities with set due dates while allowing them to monitor the list of activities and prioritize those tasks. Don't use Tasks if you're not planning to integrate it into your course design and track learners' progress status regularly.
- Send Email: Use this when you need to let learners know of a change in class location or a cancellation or change in an exam or assignment due date, in conjunction with the Announcements tool to reinforce your message. Don't use Send Email in Blackboard to generate class discussions because it doesn't act like a distribution list: To the people receiving the mail, it looks as though they're the only ones receiving it.
- Discussion Board: This is where you have learners post discussion questions, respond to each other, lead discussions, engage in peer review, and more. With a bit of creativity, you will find that the discussion board has a myriad of uses.
- Collaboration: Use the Chat or Virtual Classroom options in the Collaboration tool to hold virtual office hours and to replace or supplement face-to-face class time. Just remember that having more than a handful of folks in a Collaboration room can get chaotic, if you don't manage it well.
Assessment tools
The Assessment options available to you in Blackboard are extensive and flexible, with more than 15 different question types for creating tests, surveys, and question pools. In addition, you can upload your own questions all at one time and select questions from existing assessments or pools in your course.
The Gradebook allows you to use weights for your assessment items; display grades in score, letter, percentage, or text entry; or create your own customized display of the grade. You can modify the range of scores within the Gradebook settings so that it conforms to your own course-grading criteria for displaying letter grades. You can download the Gradebook, modify it in a spreadsheet program, such as Excel, and upload it back into Blackboard. Your learners can then view their individual grades by using their My Grades tool.
The Performance Dashboard enables you to view an individual user's access of content utilizing adaptive release and/or review. The Course Statistics screen offers you a summary of access data for overall or specific tools and pages in the course. Pretty spiffy, eh?


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Spatial Agency is a project that presents a new way of looking at how buildings and space can be produced. Moving away from architecture's traditional focus on the look and making of buildings, Spatial Agency proposes a much more expansive field of opportunities in which architects and non-architects can operate. It suggests other ways of doing architecture.
In the spirit of Cedric Price the project started with the belief that a building is not necessarily the best solution to a spatial problem. The project attempts to uncover a second history of architecture, one that moves sharply away from the figure of the architect as individual hero, and replaces it with a much more collaborative approach in which agents act with, and on behalf of, others.
In all the examples on this website, there is a transformative intent to make the status quo better, but the means are very varied, from activism to pedagogy, publications to networking, making stuff to making policy - all done in the name of empowering others. In Bruno Latour's terms, critical attention is shifted from architecture as a matter of fact to architecture as a matter of concern. As matters of fact, buildings can be subjected to rules and methods, and they can be treated as objects on their own terms. As matters of concern, they enter into socially embedded networks, in which the consequences of architecture are of much more significance than the objects of architecture.
Although Spatial Agency started out as a critique of the conservative tendencies of mainstream practice, it ended up as a celebration of the bravery, canniness and optimism of an inspiring group of historical and contemporary figures. We do not expect everyone to agree with our selection (the whole point of lists is not to agree with them but wrangle with them and in that form your own interpretation of the subject) but if you feel that anyone in particular has been left out, then please do contact us via the form provided or by writing directly to us. We also welcome any feedback, comments, or suggestions on the website itself and the projects featured.
For more a detailed reading of Spatial Agency see an article by Tatjana Schneider and Jeremy Till published in FOOTPRINT.
In an article for ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, written by Tatjana Schneider and Jeremy Till, we detail the call for a redefinition of the architect away from the professional who is ostensibly involved in adding 'more stuff to the world'.
For a discussion of the concept of Spatial Agency and Architecture as a quietly revolutionary practice see the interview with Tatjana Schneider published on CLUSTER.
Spatial Agency has just been published by CHINA ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING PRESS in Chinese (02/2016).
Tatjana Schneider is a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, where she teaches design studio, history and theory.
Jeremy Till is an architect and educator. He is Head of Central Saint Martins and Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Arts, London. Previously, he was Dean of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster, London.
Nishat Awan was a research associate at the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, on this project.
And with huge thanks to all the people featured on this website, many of whom have been very generous in their time and support, especially in the provision of images and correction of detail. The project was funded by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
SPATIAL AGENCY: Book
Spatial Agency: Other Ways of Doing Architecture published by Routledge, co-authored by Nishat Awan, Tatjana Schneider, and Jeremy Till is now available here. The book has a selection of the examples on this website, introduced by four extended essays that explain the what, why, where and how of Spatial Agency, providing a theoretical and practical grounding to the subject, and giving pointers as to how to enact Spatial Agency. It is the first time that such a collection of alternative approaches to architectural production have been brought together in one place. The book is intended as a useful and inspiring road map for anyone looking for other ways to deploy architectural intelligence.
This website is an extendable repository of examples of Spatial Agency. The database is sortable into broad thematic areas that group the motivations (why?), locations (where?) and means (how?) of Spatial Agency. Each entry has a link to its own website in the title bar, and then references and links to associated groups and subjects at the bottom, opening up to an international network of spatial agents. Even before any form of launch, the website attracted over 1,000,000 visitors from all points of the compass, suggesting a need for such documentation.
The website would not have been possible without the extraordinary contribution of its designer, Dorian Fraser Moore of The Useful Arts Organisation.


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It could have been so much worse. Over 100 tornadoes ripped through several Plains states in just 24 hours over the weekend. Cars were tossed through the air and houses were pulverized. Hail the size of baseballs fell from the sky, crushing anything left in the open. More than what is ordinarily a month's worth of cyclones struck in a single day, yet miraculously, only one, in the Oklahoma town of Westwood, proved fatal, killing six victims who lived in and around a mobile-trailer park. "God was merciful," Kansas Governor Sam Brownback told CNN on Sunday.
But it wasn't just God or chance. The low death toll was also due to a faster and more insistent warning system by weather forecasters, who put the word out early and often and over many platforms that the past weekend could be a dangerous one for the Midwest, thanks to an unusually strong storm system. The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center took the unusual step of alerting people in the region more than a day before what was termed a possible "high-end, life-threatening event." Warnings went out over radios, smart phones and TVs, urging people to stay underground or in a tornado shelter for the duration of the storm. And with memories of the more than 500 people who died in cyclones last year still fresh, residents in the affected areas paid attention and stayed out of harm's way.
In the age of climate change, a lot of science and press coverage have been given over to determining whether warming really does make extreme events like heat waves, floods, storms or tornadoes more frequent or more powerful. That's understandable: gradual warming over years or decades doesn't get a lot of attention, but a megastorm like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 or the bursts of killer tornadoes last spring certainly do. It's not just a matter of focusing public attention, however; extreme-weather events kill tens of thousands of people every year, and take a sizable chunk out of the global economy not something anyone's likely to fail to notice. Last year the U.S. experienced a dozen natural disasters that caused a billion or more dollars in damages, ranging from Hurricane Irene in September to the lingering drought in Texas and the Southwest. If climate change is really supercharging extreme weather causing death and mayhem that's one more reason to get a grip on carbon emissions fast.
As it happens, the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published an assessment on the science of extreme weather and global warming just last month but the answers are cloudy. The panel found that it was likely that man-made carbon emissions are leading to extreme heat, something that should resonate on an April day that was so unseasonably hot that runners were warned away from the Boston Marathon. There was also medium confidence that carbon emissions and other anthropogenic factors are leading to more extreme rainfall like the Pakistan floods of 2010 and more intense droughts, like the one much of the U.S. is suffering through right now.
But there's much less certainty on whether carbon emissions are supercharging hurricanes, tropical cyclones or tornadoes. That's due in part to limitations in past data. Today, every tropical depression gets named and tracked, so there's no chance that a hurricane could somehow form without being noticed. And both professional and amateur storm trackers keep a close eye on tornadoes, so even in a cyclone that touches down for a few moments goes into the record books. But in the past, hurricanes were often just sketchily documented and only the strongest tornadoes or the ones that actually caused damage likely would have been recorded. The occurrence of strong and violent tornadoes may well have remained relatively stable over the long term; the fact that we're seeing more tornadoes overall now might simply mean that we're noticing storms we might have missed 30 or 40 years ago.
There's no doubt that the actual cost of extreme weather is on the rise, with U.S. insured losses from weather disaster soaring from $3 billion a year in the 1980s to about $20 billion a year in the past decade, adjusted for inflation. But it doesn't automatically follow that those higher costs are due to climate-change-powered superstorms. The U.S. and the world at large are both richer and more populated than they were 30 years ago, and much of that wealth is now concentrated along highly vulnerable areas like coastlines. When a hurricane like Irene rakes the East Coast as it did last summer, it can affect far more people and valuable property than it would in the past. That translates to greater potential losses.
The fact that it's impossible to draw a straight line between climate change and the seemingly more turbulent weather doesn't mean we should act as if the two aren't linked. There's no doubt that warming raises at least the risk of extreme-weather events, something we're thinking about more in the early part of what is shaping up to be a brutally hot year in the U.S. But the fastest way to reduce the death and damage from extreme weather is through adaptation, whether that takes the form of better tornado warnings or micro-insurance policies that allows subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to bounce back from drought.
There's a reason that 95% of the deaths from natural disasters occur in the developing world; poverty leaves populations unprepared for extreme weather. That's true even within rich nations; it wasn't a coincidence that the handful of deaths caused by tornadoes in the Midwest occurred in a trailer park. But even poor countries or regions can learn to protect themselves. In 1970 a Category-3 cyclone killed an astounding 300,000 people in Bangladesh, yet an even stronger storm struck the country in 2007 and claimed only 4,200 lives still a heartbreaking loss, but a far smaller one. Climate change and poverty can make extreme weather worse, but it doesn't have to claim lives.


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Investigating Internet Crimes:
An Introduction to Solving Crimes in Cyberspace
You can find the new book by Todd G. Shipley and Art Bowker on Amazon books and you can also follow the authors on their blog. What's being said about the book:
Neal Ysart, Director First August Ltd, likes Investigating Internet Crime by Shipley and Bowker
"At last….. Informed, pragmatic guidance from two highly experienced professionals who have actually spent time on the front line, not just the classroom. This book is relevant for practitioners working in both law enforcement and within business – every aspiring cyber investigator should have a copy." Neal Ysart, Director First August Ltd, Information and Corporate Risk Services
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The Lagoon Nebula, M8 (NGC6523)
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The Lagoon Nebula, Messier object 8 (M8) or NGC 6523, in the constellation of Sagittarius, as seen by the Kitt Peak 4-meter Mayall telescope in 1973. North is at the top. The lagoon nebula glows with the red light of hydrogen (H alpha) excited by the radiation of very hot stars buried within its center. Deep within the cloud, dark filaments of obscuring matter emit strong infrared radiation. Several peculiar variable stars in the nebula occasionally flare up, increasing in brightness to some 25 times their normal luminosity. The nebula is about 6500 light-years away and about 60 light-years across.
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Apple will release a cheaper, plastic version of the iPhone 5 later this year, primarily in a bid to tackle the Chinese market, according to rumours.
The new iPhone will reportedly resemble the iPhone 5 from the front but Apple will replace that handset's aluminium body with a cheaper plastic casing.
Jeremy Horwitz, of iLounge, claims that "reliable sources" have told him in detail what the new device will look like . He said the new device will have a 'retina' display and feature Apple's new Lightning connector for charging and syncing.
He wrote: "One of our sources claims that Apple's iPhone prices remain too high for most mainland Chinese customers—the iPhone 5 hardware alone starts at $849 there, versus the iPhone 4 at $500, in a country where the average annual salary is around $3,000 per person).
"The source has said that mainland Chinese iPhone 5 sales are already tapering off as a result of the pricing, which is higher than in Hong Kong. A budget iPhone model would help sales in populous but underdeveloped countries to grow."
Horwitz also says that Apple will release an upgraded iPhone 5S, with an improved rear camera, perhaps in July. He says his sources claim a fifth generation iPad and a new iPad mini - with 'retina' display - will be released in October.
Reports elsewhere suggested that Apple is preparing to add a new iPad model, with 128GB of storage, some time this year, possibly as early as March.
Last week, Apple announced its record profits in its quarterly results but saw share prices fall amid analysts' disappointment over iPhone sales . Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, said iPhone 5 supply had been "very constrained for much of the quarter".
The company announced a record 47.8 million iPhones sold but Wall Street expected more. A cheaper version of the device is seen as essential by some analysts, particularly if Apple is to make inroads into the growing Chinese market.
In response to the results, Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with Global Equities Research, said: "Apple will need to innovate. For Apple to renew growth they need to come up with new devices."
It appears that Apple is already thinking along the same lines. The earnings report reveals a 32 per cent increase in Apple's research and development budget in the final quarter of last year. Apple increased its spending on R&D to $1 billion, an increase of $252 million, compared with the same quarter in the previous year.
Apple's filing says: "The Company continues to believe that focused investments in R&D are critical to its future growth and competitive position in the marketplace and are directly related to timely development of new and enhanced products that are central to the Company's core business strategy.
"As such, the Company expects to make further investments in R&D to remain competitive."
Yesterday, Apple released iOS 6.1, the latest version of its mobile operating system. Announcing the release, Phil Schiller, Apple's marketing chief, said that 300 million Apple devices are now using iOS 6, which was released in September last year.


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EXCLUSIVE! Crystal Bowersox Admits Melissa Etheridge Is Her Musical Influence!
Consider this my official bid for a season finale selection, Crystal! I want to hear you sing like your doppelganger!
Crystal Bowersox has faithfully been my favorite American Idol contestant this season. Her voice is husky and flawless, her stage presence is comfortable and assured — and she has always remained true to herself. But now I have one more reason to love the 24-year-old Elliston, Ohio native — she's honest and without any of the arrogance that comes with burgeoning fame.
While chatting with the four remaining contestants in the American Idol green room May 11, I asked which artist they considered themselves to be most like. While the guys — Michael Lynche, Lee DeWyze and Casey James — huffed and puffed that they were 'true originals' (please), Crystal was confident enough to admit that she IS influenced by one particular artist: Melissa Etheridge.
"A lot of artists influence me," she told me exclusively, but added, "I would have to say that my favorite is Melissa Etheridge, and it comes through in the music. We have similar life stories — the small town, farm-girl thing and moving on up and making our own ways in the world. I try to emulate her, but I still very much do my own thing."
For the duration of this season, fans have been fervently hoping that Mama Sox would do a sexy, bluesy Melissa song. Consider this my plea, Crystal — I NEED to hear you sing "I'm The Only One" before this season is through!


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Every year, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office nominates one of its own for the One Hundred Club, a prestigious recognition for first responders who go above and beyond the call of duty.
This year, the chain of command recommended a few hard-working deputies who showed innovation and grit.
Instead, Sheriff Terry Maketa picked himself.
The winner gets a gold watch awarded at a Broadmoor gala May 20 that doubles as a fundraiser for the families of fallen first responders. Colorado Springs Police and Fire departments also each pick a winner. This year will mark the first time in the 20-year history of the recognition that a sitting sheriff, police or fire chief receives the award.
The move has angered some in the Sheriff's Office, including some top commanders who said they felt pressured to give the award to their boss when others were more deserving.
"I think it is crap," said one division commander who did not want his name used because he feared losing his job. "This is an award that is supposed to be for line-level guys, not someone behind a desk."
Maketa, who is vacationing, could not be reached for comment.
Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Jeff Kramer said Maketa was the unanimous choice of a vote by the command staff, who wanted to recognize his "long years of service and dedication."
But two commanders in the meeting where Maketa was chosen for the award give a different account.
At a meeting of the command staff in April, heads from each division were prepared to present their nominee so the command staff could vote on the winner.
Before the Sheriff's Office commanders could present their nominees, people at the meeting said, Maketa left the room and Undersheriff Paula Presley said, "It's time to vote for the nominee. I think we should nominate the sheriff."
"There was a long awkward pause," one of the commanders who was in the room recalled. "No one knew quite what to say."
Finally, one staff member said "I concur."
"There was another long awkward pause," the commander said.
The commanders in the meeting looked at each other and at the undersheriff.
Finally, according to the commander, another said, "Why are we even bothering to take a vote? No one is going to vote against him."
Presley responded that no one was being forced to vote a certain way.
There was another awkward pause, then Presley told the commanders to get their votes in to the sheriff's secretary, according to people in the room.
Everyone voted for Maketa.
"I spoke to several others at the meeting," another commander said. "Just about everyone there felt this was inappropriate. But we feel pressured."
Ollie Gray, a retired police officer who received the award in the 1990s, said it might be proper to give the award to the sheriff after he leaves office at the end of this year. Former Colorado Springs Police Chief Lorne Kramer received the award in 2002 after leaving the job. But, Gray said, it should be a decision made by the rank and file.
"This is supposed to start with street-level cops recommending their peers," Gray said. "Then it works its way up the chain of command. If the sheriff or undersheriff comes in and takes over, you are just degrading something that has been very important to the community."


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Phone: (518) 447-7117
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Committee Assignments: Public Works and Mass Transit
Joseph E. O'Brien is serving his second term in the Albany County Legislature as a representative of the residents of the 25th Legislative District. Elected in November 2011, Joe's district includes parts of Loudonville and West Albany. Joe is a twenty year resident of the Town of Colonie and a proud father of one son, Brendan, who graduated from Shaker High School. Joe has been active in his community, where he helped coach at West Albany Little League and at Colonie Youth Basketball. Joe and his wife Mary Ellen are active members in the Greater Loudonville Association and Friends of the Pruyn House.
Joe is retired from the State of New York after 33 years of service. He was the Director of Operations for the Assembly. As Director, he oversaw many restoration projects including improved accessibility to the Assembly Chamber. Other areas of expertise include building management, planning and implementation of state projects and supervision of administrative departments.
Joe has been in the forefront on a number of issues including support for the Albany County nursing home and the revitalizing of the former Tobin First Prize meat packing plant. Whether the issue is jobs and the economy or being a watchdog for our tax dollars, Joe hopes to use his experience to serve his constituents. Keeping government transparent is high on Joe's agenda; he plans to send out newsletters on important topics and welcomes input on issues that affect his district and the County.
Joe has close ties to the community and a vested interest in local issues. His passion for the beautiful, historic Town of Colonie and his determination to fight for his residents is what made him seek public office.
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Respiratory diseases are top county health issue
Maui County's community health needs are topped by respiratory diseases, followed by injury prevention and safety and mental health and mental disorders, according to the Hawaii Hospitals Health Needs Assessment released Wednesday.
The new study of Hawaii's hospitals was mandated under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Affordable Care Act.
The health needs were identified to "offer meaningful understanding of the health needs of the islands" and to provide a foundation for hospitals' planning efforts, according to an announcement of the assessment from the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, whose members include all of the acute-care hospitals in Hawaii and other providers.
The study ranked respiratory diseases as the top problem for Maui and Hawaii counties, using data analyzed using Hawaii Health Matters (hawaii healthmatters.org), a publicly available data platform with more than 100 health indicators from more than 20 sources.
According to Hawaii Health Matters' indicators for respiratory disease, Maui County ranked second to Hawaii County in two measures – adults with asthma and children with asthma.
The 2010 data show 12 percent of adults on the Big Island have asthma, compared with 10.6 percent in Maui County, 8.9 percent in Honolulu and 5.6 percent on Kauai. The data also show 14.2 percent of Hawaii County children have asthma, compared with 12.7 percent in Maui County, 10.3 percent on Kauai and 10.2 percent in Honolulu.
The study did not look at potential causes, such as airborne volcanic ash, or vog, from the Big Island.
Statewide, more patients were hospitalized for mental health issues in 2011 than for any other preventable cause. The state's health needs assessment shows mental health causes accounted for 5,180 hospital visits in Hawaii in 2011. That's well above the next highest cause, heart failure, with 2,954 visits.
In Maui County, there were 618 hospitalizations for mental health problems, with an adjusted rate of 502.5 per 100,000 people. Honolulu's adjusted rate was 440.8 per 100,000, and statewide the rate was 481.6.
Another indicator for mental health and mental disorders is the suicide rate. For the period of 2009 to 2011, the suicide rate in Maui County was 18.3 per 100,000 people. That rate was second to Hawaii County, with a rate of 19.4 per 100,000. Kauai County and the City and County of Honolulu were third and fourth, respectively, with rates of 15.3 and 10.9.
Numerous indicators were used to determine Maui County's need for improved injury prevention and safety.
One of those indicators was hospitalizations due to assault. In 2009, Maui County reported the highest rate per 100,000 people with 39.8. Second highest was Honolulu with 24.4, followed by Hawaii County with 14.5 and Kauai County with 6.3.
Maui County's rate of hospitalizations due to assault jumped 41.6 percent from 28.1 per 100,000 in 2008 to 39.8 per 100,000 in 2009.
Maui County also ranked highest in the state with its poisoning death rate.
From 2009 to 2011, Maui's poisoning death rate per 100,000 people was 20.1, followed by Hawaii County with 15.8, Honolulu with 11.6 and Kauai with 9. For the period of 2006 to 2008, Maui's poisoning death rate was 14.2 per 100,000, meaning that county's rate went up 41.5 percent when comparing the 2006-to-2008 and 2009-to-2011 periods.
Maui County had the lowest rate for drowning deaths for the period of 2009 to 2011 with 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people. For the same period, Kauai County reported the highest rate with 5.3, followed by Hawaii County with 3.6 and Honolulu with 2.6.
From 2003 to 2005, Maui County tied with Honolulu for having the lowest homicide rate per 100,000 people with 1.5 deaths. The highest homicide rate was on Kauai with 2.8 deaths, followed by Hawaii County with 1.9.
Healthcare Association of Hawaii President George Greene said that the study sets benchmarks for hospitals to measure progress against every three years.
"We're drawing a line in the sand here in 2013," Greene said. "I'm very excited about looking forward six years from now, nine years from now, looking back on 2013 and saying that was the year that we figured out where we needed to focus our efforts and began to do that work."
Each hospital is required to come up with its own plans for how to move forward by the end of its 2012 fiscal year, he said.
Maui Memorial Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Wesley Lo said that Maui County faces the same challenges as other counties, including health risk behaviors and chronic disease.
"This assessment will provide us with valuable insight into the key issues and how we might best address them," he said. "We look forward to working in partnership with other organizations throughout Hawaii where possible to identify methods that might lessen some of these big issues, while helping to improve the overall health of Hawaii's people."
Low-income families, people in rural areas, veterans, Native Hawaiians and migrants under the Compact of Free Association have the most difficulty accessing mental health care, because of insurance coverage and other issues, the study said. The vast majority of hospital visits, more than 92 percent, came from people ages 18 to 64, a group that makes up 63 percent of the overall population.
The study identified heart disease and stroke as a top issue for Hawaii in terms of populations within the state and in comparison with the rest of the country.
"The lack of healthy eating and exercise behaviors in Hawaii largely contribute to poor cardiovascular health," the assessment said. "Those living in low-income areas are disproportionately affected, and resources are not effectively reaching those most in need."
Department of Health Director Loretta Fuddy said that the assessment helps state officials and health care providers look at social factors that affect health, such as access to fresh food and communities that encourage walking and other physical activity.
"We know that the social status, our economics, our environment are conditions that lead to our health conditions," Fuddy said.
* The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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U.S. government sues Texas RV park for alleged discrimination against transgender woman
On behalf of the federal government, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has filed a lawsuit against a Texas recreational vehicle park for alleged discrimination against a transgender woman.
The suit was filed Oct. 3 in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, against George Toone and In Toone Services.
The woman, Roxanne Joganik, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in June 2012, alleging that Toone discriminated against her on the basis of sex, violating the federal Fair Housing Act. She later added Toone's company, In Toone Services, to the complaint.
According to the government's lawsuit, In Toone Services, based in Abilene, owns Texas RV Park, a 43-site facility in Athens, Texas.
Joganik and her roommate moved into the park on a month-to-month lease in April 2011, before Toone owned it.
In Toone Services took control in May 2012, five days after Joganik had paid rent through June 2012, the complaint stated.
Joganik told Toone she is transgender and asked him if she could wear female clothing in the park's common areas. Toone said no because "there are children around the pool," so she refrained, according to the government's complaint.
About a week later, Toone distributed new copies of park rules, requiring residents to sign the rules and service agreements.
The rules said management reserved the right to refuse entrance to anyone for any reason other than "race, religion, handicapped, color or national origin." The rule did not include sex or famililial status, which are protected classes under the Fair Housing Act, the complaint stated.
Joganik refused to sign the rules because they didn't include sex among the protected classes, documents state.
Toone then put a notice on Joganik's and her roommate's door stating the service agreement would not be renewed and that the five days remaining on the lease would be refunded if they left immediately.
Toone initiated eviction proceedings on June 11, 2012, and later told HUD officials that he would "do everything legally and morally possible" to remove Joganik from the park.
Toone asked the local county sheriff to remove the two women for trespassing, but the sheriff refused to do so, telling Toone that removal of a resident was a civil matter, the complaint states.
At the eviction hearing in July, 2012, the court ruled in Toone's favor, awarding him possession of the lot, $2,500 in attorneys' fees and $116 in court costs.
The judge presiding over the eviction action told Joganik not to talk about her fair housing case and not to use the word "transgender" in court, the complaint states.
Joganik and her roommate were evicted Aug. 18, 2012.
HUD officials conducted an investigation of Joganik's complaint and a year later, on Aug. 15, 2013, the regional director of HUD's Fort Worth Regional Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity issued a charge of discrimination, stating that "reasonable cause exists to believe the defendants engaged in discriminatory housing practices," the complaint states.


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For Spring 2013, Erin Fetherston said she was inspired by a photograph of Brigitte Bardot lounging in canary yellow ostrich feathers. "I loved seeing her as a little French songbird — wild and sultry, with an air of unfussed glamour. I wanted to capture that spirit in my collection this season," she said. Accordingly, the designer tasked her models with playing ping-pong and languishing on patio furniture on a balcony at New York's Standard hotel and employed her own songbird — singer Alexandra McDermott — for entertainment. Many short dresses and full gowns faded from neon yellow or neon orange to white. One sweet sleeveless dress was kissed with a lipstick print, while other garments in blush tones and black-and-white were accented with ostrich feathers, paillettes, and a beaded zebra-print pattern. For an extra measure of "femininity with an edge," Fetherston ended the collection with several pieces in a cheetah print that incorporates the big cat's face.


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Dental Wellness necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 225 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
Palo Alto Dental Wellness
Dental Care for Family Smiles
Palo Alto Dental Wellness is a new full-service dental clinic in Northern California. The space boasts state-of-the-art equipment, contemporary décor, and a soothing ambience accented by a cascading water wall.
Two-way open communication is at the heart of patient wellness. Dr. Amrit K. Singh believes in educating patients, talking them through procedures, and putting their mind (and mouth) at ease when they sit in the dentist chair.
Palo Alto Dental Wellness is surrounded by clinics that have been rooted in the community for upwards of twenty years. But one look inside PADW and patients immediately feel they are stepping into an upscale, modern facility that is family-friendly. This is not your average dental care experience – Dr. Singh offers highly personalized care aided by the latest technology.
The clinic is equipped with WiFi for patients in the waiting room and a unique kid's waiting room complete with a Wii.
Women 30 to 45 and their families.
Mid to upper income level.
Palo Alto Dental Wellness will appeal to mothers who want a dental experience that is sophisticated and soothing in a state-of-the-art facility. Dr. Amrit K. Singh has more than ten years experience in pediatric dentistry – so once Mom's teeth are gleaming, they can feel uber-confident putting their children in the chair.
•Simple, contemporary
•Eye-catching to the modern everyday woman
•Sophisticated but fun
•Representative of dentistry. Think outside the box...when you think of dentistry...what symbol comes to mind? Can you make it appeal to mothers and make it contemporary, sophisticated and fun? The obvious icon is a tooth -- we may or may not like that to be used -- depends on how it's incorporated with the word mark and how well it appeals to the target audience. Bubbles could be fun too but not sure how to make them representative of dentistry? We're relying on your expertise. Logo samples are attached that we think appeal to Moms. Please don't copy these designs exactly -- just use them as a starting point.
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•Emphasis on "Dental Wellness" with "Palo Alto" being smaller/secondary.
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•Clean, contemporary, no frills
Blues and oranges and/or representative of clinic interior (see attached pictures). Please don't use red. Three-colour maximum.
We will require eps tiff jpeg and other formats to ensure the logo can be used hassle-free online and in print materials.
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On May 1, 2009, Conversations with Heroes at the Watering Hole will feature a discussion Special James Botting, FBI (ret.) the author of Bullets, Bombs, and Fast Talk: Twenty-Five Years of FBI War Stories.
Program Date: May 1, 2009
Program Time: 2100 hours, Pacific
Topic: Bullets, Bombs, and Fast Talk: Twenty-Five Years of FBI War Stories.
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About the Guest
Special Agent James Botting (ret.) served in the FBI for twenty-five years, sixteen as a crisis/hostage negotiator. He served as the team leader of the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) from 1981 to 1995 and a supervisory member of its international Critical Incident Negotiation Team since its inception in 1985 until his retirement. He has personally negotiated numerous hostage/barricade incidents and responded to several high-profile events. He lives in California. James Botting is the author of Bullets, Bombs, and Fast Talk: Twenty-Five Years of FBI War Stories.
According to the book description of Bullets, Bombs, and Fast Talk: Twenty-Five Years of FBI War Stories, "A desperate gunman holds a planeload of innocent passengers hostage. A heavily armed cult leader refuses to leave his compound, threatening mass suicide by a hundred of his brainwashed followers. A neo-Nazi militant in a cabin hideout keeps federal agents at bay with gunfire. A baby disappears; his only trace is an ominous ransom call to his parents. Prisoners riot, threatening the lives of prison officers and hundreds of other inmates. How do you react? What do you do? What do you say? Your words, your actions can save lives–or lose them."
About the Watering Hole
The Watering Hole is police slang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and life. Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting.
About the Host
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster was a sworn member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 24 years. He retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant. He holds a bachelor's from the Union Institute and University in Criminal Justice Management and a Master's Degree in Public Financial Management from California State University, Fullerton; and, has completed his doctoral course work. Raymond E. Foster has been a part-time lecturer at California State University, Fullerton and Fresno; and is currently a Criminal Justice Department chair, faculty advisor and lecturer with the Union Institute and University. He has experience teaching upper division courses in Law Enforcement, public policy, Law Enforcement Technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine, and Police One. He has appeared on the History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject matter expert in technological applications in Law Enforcement.
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Rapper Nas is opening a hip-hop festival with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops this weekend at the Kennedy Center.
On Friday and Saturday nights, Nas is performing his 1994 debut album "Illmatic'' with the orchestra to mark the album's 20th anniversary.
The Kennedy Center is opening the two-week festival "One Mic: Hip-Hop Culture Worldwide.'' It will highlight original elements of hip-hop, including MCing, DJing, b-boying and graffiti writing. The festival runs through April 13.
Russell Simmons will host a concert featuring various artists April 9 under the theme "Faith, Hip-Hop, and the Common Good.''
The festival includes more than 20 ticketed and free performances. It includes music, theater and dance, including a b-boy dance competition. New graffiti murals also are being created in Washington neighborhoods.


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If you're heading to Firestone Country Club, buy a program. Hopefully the PGA Tour and World Golf Championships will require the players in the Bridgestone Invitational to wear polos with numbers on the back, and they can produce a roster.
If you're heading to Firestone Country Club, buy a program. Hopefully the PGA Tour and World Golf Championships will require the players in the Bridgestone Invitational to wear polos with numbers on the back, and they can produce a roster. Yes, these guys are good, as the PGA Tour pro claims in commercials. But then, this week especially, don't you just want to know who these freaking guys are? Granted, Wednesday was just a mere practice round. Still, it was a sleepy practice round the afternoon before they start counting strokes in the $8 million tournament that the winner takes home $1.35 million. This isn't the same Bridgestone Invitational without Tiger Woods. When Woods is in town taking up a suite at Glenmoor Country Club, everyone else in the field of 81 is playing for second. And they know it. Tiger won this tournament last year, the year before and the year before that. He won it in 1999, 2000 and 2001. These World Golf Championship events are supposed to be the best of the best. A surgeon's knife is the only thing that could keep Tiger from winning here again. The winner of Sunday's tournament will know in the back of his head, he won this event without Tiger in the field. "Well, everybody will just move up one place from where they finished in the last," said Stewart Cink, who won in 2004. "Tiger has set the standard now like it's never been set before. It's more difficult to win now." Cink caught himself. "Not now since Tiger is hurt, but in the Tiger Woods era," he said. "In a way, Tiger has spoiled it for everybody because he makes it look so easy. But it's not easy." There are 18 players in this field who have never set foot on Firestone, at least not without paying. Wednesday afternoon a kid, no more than 10, had a University of North Carolina hat that was signed by a dozen golfers. He admitted the only signature and golfer he knew was Geoff Ogilvy. Who knows Mark Brown? Or Brandt Snedeker (doesn't rhyme with who the hell is he). Or Pablo Larrazabal (God bless you)? Or the fellow with two last names, Johnson Wagner? Hey, you think Harvey Penick ever heard of James Kingston? Chez Reavie won the RBC Canadian Open, yeah that one, to qualify to Akron. Now most years you wouldn't care that Chez Reavie, ranked 184th in the World Golf Rankings, is here because you're tuning in to watch Tiger. Then there's a guy such as J.J. Henry in this field. J.J. Henry hasn't won a Tour event since the 2006 Buick Championship. He's ranked 272nd in a field that's supposed to be the créme de la créme. He's a member of the Ryder Cup team -- did us proud, huh? -- and gets to play Firestone. At least Anthony Kim won twice this year, Wachovia and the AT&T National, to earn a spot in this field where last place will get you a first-year teacher's $30,000 salary. Not bad for four days of golf. But Kim knows the score. "Obviously, when Tiger is not in, the ratings are going to go down a little bit," Kim said. "He's been the face of the Tour, and it's hard to replace a guy like that. "At the same time, there's still 81 players out here that can play, and we're trying to do some of the things that he's done. There's some young guys that may have an opportunity to make a name for themselves." Maybe that will happen ... for a weekend. Maybe a guy like Oliver Wilson -- and you've only heard of him if you're TV is stuck on the Golf Channel -- will surprise Akron. Then again, this year there will be no surprise. Tiger won't win. Somebody else will. And there's a decent chance that somebody else will be just that a week from now, somebody else. Tiger has, indeed, spoiled golf. He dominates the game, and that's the drawing power. Golf without Tiger is, well, it's just a good walk spoiled. Contact Todd Porter at (330) 580-8340 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Oral HealthFor an appointment call our office today at 954-688-9993 or Make an Appointment
Oral Health
Bad Breath
Bad breath is an unpleasant condition that's cause for embarrassment. If you're concerned about bad breath, see your dentist. He or she can help identify the cause and, if it's due to an oral condition, develop a treatment plan to help eliminate it. Regular checkups will allow your dentist to detect any problems such as periodontal disease, a dry mouth or other disorders. Other dental causes of bad breath include poorly fitting dental appliances, yeast infections of the mouth, and dental cavities. Maintaining good oral hygiene, eliminating periodontal disease and scheduling regular professional cleanings are essential to reducing bad breath.
If you have an extensive buildup of plaque, an invisible layer of bacteria, your dentist may recommend using a special antimicrobial toothpaste or mouth rinse. Antiseptic and antibacterial mouth rinses and toothpastes can be beneficial in reducing plaque and gingivitis and also have breath freshening properties. Instead of simply masking breath odor, some of these products have been demonstrated to kill the germs that cause bad breath.Read more about Bad Breath
Cold Sore Treatment
Cold sores are a common nuisance. Although there is no cure for the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1 and HSV-2) that causes them, cold sore breakouts can be managed and avoided. Cold sores, sometimes called fever blisters, appear around the lips and mouth and are often associated with red, swollen and irritated skin around the breakout areas.
Symptoms of Cold Sores:
- Pain around the mouth
- Fever and sore throat
- Swollen neck glands
Causes of Cold Sore Outbreaks:
- Stress
- Chapped Lips
- Extreme sunlight exposure
- Physical exhaustion or illness
Even though no cure exists for the cold sore virus, Parkland Family Dentistry can provide you with antiviral medication to control the outbreaks and relieve any pain or irritation you are experiencing. You can also avoid developing cold sores by avoiding sharing utensils and drinking cups with others that may be infected.
For advice and treatment of cold sores, call Parkland Family Dentistry at 954-688-9993.
Comprehensive Exams
The mouth is often considered a window to the rest of the body because many other illnesses first present themselves as changes within the mouth. As a result, a comprehensive oral exam is recommended each time you visit a new practice to serve as a benchmark of your overall health.
During an examination, your dentist will perform a visual examination as well as a more detailed dental examination using one or more X-rays to detect:
- New cavities
- Weaknesses in previously placed crowns, fillings, and bridgework
- Gum or bone recession
- Tooth wear due to abnormal bite, bruxism, or TMJ
Your dentist will also perform a visual and digital examination of lymph nodes throughout the face and neck, looking for any abnormalities, pain or flexibility within the nodes that could be markers for disease. Likewise, a similar examination of your lips, gums, tongue, and other internal mouth surfaces will be conducted.
The comprehensive dental exam is designed to set a baseline of your health and to catch any early signs of serious illness that may otherwise be undetected. Your dentist will be on the lookout for signs and symptoms of the following illnesses which can be detected during a comprehensive oral evaluation:
- Diabetes
- Leukemia
- Blood pressure
- Cardiovascular problems
- Oral cancer
- Immune abnormalities
- Sinus problems
With a comprehensive exam every six months, we can manage small dental problems before they grow into larger, more complicated issues. Keep up to date with thorough dental checkups at Parkland Family Dentistry. Call us at 954-688-9993 to schedule an appointment.
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Gentle Professional Cleaning
People over the age of four or five should visit their dentist for a professional teeth cleaning at least twice a year. To maintain oral health, it's very important that you stay current on the condition of your teeth so that if problems are detected, they can be treated early to avoid developing more serious issues.Read more about Gentle Professional Cleaning
Mouth Guards
Custom-fit mouth guards are prescribed and created by a dental professional from thermoplastic material and are based on a detailed mold taken of your mouth and teeth. They can be made for either sports or for nighttime teeth grinding and are created differently depending on the intended use. They're highly personalized, as your dentist can adjust the thickness of the mouthguard, and they're designed to fit perfectly in your mouth with no adjustments needed.
First, your dentist will take an impression of your teeth. This is generally done using a dental putty that forms to all the crevices of each tooth and creates an exact mold of your smile. The mold is then sent to the lab, where the actual mouthguard is created. The structure is made by layering superheated plastic to precise specifications and is then cooled to create an extremely durable piece of dental wear.
Because custom mouth guards are so precisely made, they are able to provide you with optimal safety and comfort. The level of protection afforded by custom-fitted mouthguards is unrivaled by any other mouthguard, and their durability is enhanced by the snug shape, which hugs each tooth closely, eliminating unwanted movement.
For more information on customized mouth guards, please call Parkland Family Dentistry at 954-688-9993 today.
Night Guards
If you're experiencing chronic headaches and migraines because of involuntary night-time teeth clenching, let Parkland Family Dentistry help you with a night guard. A night guard is a thin, transparent device that is worn over the biting surface of your teeth while you sleep to prevent contact between the upper and lower teeth. Night guards have also proven to be an effective remedy for patients who are suffering from the effects of grinding and clenching their teeth while sleeping.Read more about Night Guards
Oral Cancer Screening
The dental community is the first line of defense in early detection of oral cancer. The goal of oral cancer screening is to detect mouth cancer or precancerous lesions that may lead to mouth cancer at an early stage — when cancer or lesions are easiest to remove and most likely to be cured. When found at the early stages of development, oral cancers have an 80-90% survival rate. Early detection is imperative!Read more about Oral Cancer Screening
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text: How did the food taste? These faces say it all. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863. Timothy H. O'Sullivan/Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Timothy H. O'Sullivan/Library of Congress The Salt Civil War Soldiers Needed Bravery To Face The Foe, And The Food July 3, 2013 Tooth-breaking crackers infested with bugs. Ramrod rolls cooked on gun parts. Fake coffee made of peanuts and chicory. At Gettysburg and elsewhere, the rations faced by soldiers on both sides of the Civil War would make most of us want to surrender in dismay.


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For the last several decades, Astronomy, the oldest of the sciences, has been one of the most exciting fields of modern scientific research. New discoveries concerning the solar system, stars, galaxies, and the origin of the universe continue to be made by both ground and space telescopes. Understanding and pursuing modern astronomy requires a solid background in physics, mathematics and astronomy.
The astronomy-physics major, administered by the Department of Astronomy, offers undergraduates the opportunity to study modern astronomy and to develop the background in physics and math necessary to enter graduate programs in physics or astronomy or to pursue careers in technical fields in industry. Students who intend to continue astronomy in a graduate program are strongly encouraged to do a Senior Thesis; Astro 681/682 (honors) or Astro 691/692.
Research Universities like the UW-Madison offer undergraduate students the unique opportunity to become involved in forefront research at the cutting edge of science. Beyond developing technical and scientific writing skills, the immersion in a research program in the Astronomy Department at UW-Madison gives students the opportunity to develop a genuine understanding of the process and culture of modern science.


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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- Patients are much more likely to undergo unnecessary medical imaging exams if the tests are ordered by doctors with a financial interest in the imaging equipment, according to a new study.
In order to scrutinize this self-referred imaging, researchers examined 500 diagnostic lumbar spine MRIs ordered by two orthopedic physician groups in the same community. One group had a financial interest in the MRI equipment while the second group had no financial interest in the equipment.
There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of the number of abnormalities per positive scan, but the mean age among patients in the financial-interest group was significantly younger -- a mean of 50 years, compared with 56 for those in the no-financial-interest group.
There were 86 percent more negative scans in the financial interest group (106 of 250 or 42 percent) than in the no-financial-interest group (57 of 250 or 23 percent), which indicates a much higher number of potentially unnecessary MRIs, according to the researchers.
The study was to be presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago.
"Orthopedic surgeons with financial interest in the equipment had a much higher rate of negative lumbar spine MRIs," Dr. Ben Paxton, a radiology resident at Duke University Medical Center, said in an RSNA news release. "In addition, they were much more likely to order MRI exams on younger patients. This suggests that there is a different clinical threshold for ordering MRI exams in the setting of financial incentivization."
The increasing use of medical imaging through doctors' self-referral may not provide any medically useful information and may actually place patients at potential risk and contribute to escalating medical costs, Paxton noted.
"It is important for patients to be aware of the problem of self-referral and to understand the conflict of interest that exists when their doctor orders an imaging exam and then collects money on that imaging exam," he said.
Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, the data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Frank Doubleday publishes Theodore Dreiser's novel that helps establish an enduring Chicago tradition: fiction in the raw, tawdry but compassionate.
Published on this date, Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" was among the most auspicious debuts in literary history, but only in retrospect.The initial response to Dreiser's first novel, one of the definitive Chicago works of fiction, was largely antagonistic. It was "brought into the world," as Dreiser's biographer, W.A. Swanberg, noted, "by a publisher who detested both the book and the author."
Dreiser's fatalistic outlook and his blunt fictional technique, both shaped by his experiences as a Chicago newspaperman, led to the novel's being condemned for its "immorality" and "philosophy of despair"--as though the author had thrown open the doors to outhouses as well as saloons and tenements.
In an age of lofty literary moralism, Dreiser's unrefined prose, his grubby characters and his squalid subject matter offended many. But the novelist's chief advocate, critic H.L. Mencken, hailed the novel for capturing "the gross, glittering, excessively dynamic, infinitely grotesque, incredibly stupendous drama of American life."
Mencken saw Chicago, the "abattoir by Lake Michigan," as the source of inspiration to the nation's most important new writers at the beginning of the 20th Century. The city's literary flowering, called the Chicago Renaissance, included authors Edgar Lee Masters, Floyd Dell, Vachel Lindsay, Sherwood Anderson and Carl Sandburg, as well as vital literary journals, from Margaret Anderson's Little Review to Harriet Monroe's Poetry to Ben Hecht's Chicago Literary Times.
Dreiser shared their opposition to the genteel tradition, and his pivotal novel established an enduring Chicago tradition: fiction in the raw, tawdry but compassionate.
Dreiser's novel tells the story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old who arrives in Chicago from Indiana "ambitious to gain in material things" and becomes the mistress of a salesman and manager of a saloon.
Rather than punish her for her sins, Dreiser saw to it that she was rewarded. Among the readers aggrieved by "Sister Carrie" was Dreiser's publisher, Frank Doubleday. The book had been accepted by Doubleday's partner, but Doubleday was appalled by what he considered an immoral, crudely written and potentially uncommercial book and tried to break his contract with Dreiser.
The publisher printed only one thousand copies, of which 456 were sold, bringing the author royalties of $68.40. Seven years later, "Sister Carrie" was reissued to high praise and, with such later Dreiser works as "Jennie Gerhardt" and "An American Tragedy," had a profound influence on the fiction of Upton Sinclair, Willa Cather, Sinclair Lewis and others.
But Chicago writers were Dreiser's chief beneficiaries--notably James T. Farrell, Richard Wright and Nelson Algren.
Although his cultured prose seems the antithesis of the Dreiserian style, Saul Bellow considers himself a descendant.
"When I was young, I read Dreiser very closely and was very much under his spell."


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Shakespeare & I: The Bard's Inspiration
Last week I was approached by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's "Happy Birthday Shakespeare" project to write a blog piece on what Shakespeare means to me. The goal of their project is to gather bloggers from all around the world to share how Shakespeare has influenced/touched their life, to help celebrate his birthday on April 23rd. So, here's my bash at a piece…
One of the actors in the Iraqi Theatre Company's production of Romeo and Juliet, opening at the Swan Theatre this week as part of the World Shakespeare Festival, said in a radio interview, 'Shakespeare is an Iraqi.' He went on to say that he is also an African. Shakespeare is global in the twenty-first century, and the Festival is celebrating that. He has not only entered into the cultures of all the world but into the souls of their individuals.
In my years of teaching I often challenged students to name one human situation that Shakespeare didn't address. Apart from the obvious explorations of love, death and war the subsequent discussions covered such topics as terrorism, abduction, foreign invasion, racialism, anti-Semitism, social injustice –things that seem so contemporary to us. Moreover, in every case the observations he made defined those themes once and for all. Not only that but he provided the language necessary to talk and think about them for ever after. It's a great pity that politicians ignore his convincing demonstrations of the futility of war, the hurt suffered by those who have to endure discrimination, the destructiveness of social division and so on.
In that sense Shakespeare touches all of our lives. As for myself, I owe the very language I speak and the way I think about things to Shakespeare. When we stop to consider, there is no doubt that the richness of the English language – its idiom and rhythm – is in large part due to Shakespeare. No single individual has had such an influence on the development of modern English and it's impossible to contemplate the idea of his never having existed.
While reading Shakespeare and speaking his words, I am struck with the realisation that what is unique about him as a writer is that unlike other writers he doesn't describe an emotion or refer to it – the word is the emotion and I feel the emotion in the word. My favourite of all of Shakespeare's lines is when Iras sums up the desperate feeling of loss when Cleopatra's court hears of Antony's supposed death: "the bright day is done/And we are for the dark". Not only is it beautiful but it takes you right inside the dark desolation of such a loss. And in Measure for Measure as I read Claudio's words when appealing to his sister for help on the night before his execution I am myself in death row:
"to die, and go we know not where;
To lie in cold obstruction and to rot;
This sensible warm motion to become
A kneaded clod; and the delighted spirit
To bathe in fiery floods."
In my early teaching days I attended several of the workshops that Cic Berry, who was the Royal Shakespeare Company's voice coach, ran for teachers. She used several activities that drew teachers into the emotions when speaking the words. The experience was very intense. I later met and worked with Rex Gibson, the director of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, which was set up to explore and develop the kind of methods used by Cis Berry, to be used in the classroom. Knowing Rex and working with him was a huge honour and he has been the main influence in my Shakespeare life and work.
Shakespeare is with me all the time. No day goes by without my consulting him automatically and unconsciously as I go about the business of life.


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I switch between 2 screens on my laptop: a 1280x1024 monitor and the built-in 1366x768 LCD. I have a 1366x1024 wallpaper I'd like to use, but I want it locked to the top-left corner (like Windows does with a tiled wallpaper).
When I use 'tile' on Ubuntu 11.10 and the image is larger than my screen, it centers it. Is there any way to get it to lock the wallpaper to the top (without stretching it)?


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I'm thrilled to be speaking at Wild Goose West one month from now, along with folks like Richard Rohr, Nadia Bolz-Weber, and Brian McLaren, and musical guests like Lauren Steele, Ryan Sollee, Gungor, and Great Wilderness. Believe it or not, this will be my first Wild Goose Festival, and I can't wait, as I've heard so many great things about it from friends and readers.
Today, the WGW team announced the latest lineup, and also launched a series of speaker ticket promotions. To get a 15% discount off your ticket price, go to the Wild Goose Ticket site, click on the red "Enter Promotion Code" link, and type in "RHE." (all caps, no quotes.)
I've also just finalized and updated my fall schedule, which you can check out here. (Note: Only public events are listed, so if you don't see your retreat or event on the list, it's because it's private. Oh, and I'm hoping to swing by New York City at the end of October/beginning of Novemeber for some book promotion stuff, so maybe we can catch up there. Stay tuned for details.)
So, will I see you in Oregon? What about Chicago, Jackson, Blacksburg, Buis Creek, or Cookeville?
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It was a weekend full of football for the President. First, Barack Obama watched the thrilling shootout finish of the Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich Champions League final on Saturday; on Sunday, he turned to the Americanized version of the game Sunday evening, tossing a pigskin around Chicago's famed Soldier Field after a working dinner. (Oh yeah, he hosted a conference of world leaders at the NATO summit, too.)
The White House released the above photo of Obama in a full throwing motion on the home turf of the former Illinois Senator's beloved Chicago Bears, leading to a new quarterback controversy for Chicago (they always have one, right?).
(VIDEO: Obama Slow-Jams the News With Jimmy Fallon)
CBS reports that Obama was joking with the other NATO leaders about taking a break for a little U.S.-style football during the Sunday event, but there's no word on if any of the other dignitaries joined him on the field for a little pitch and catch.
Obama had a little fun with the Sunday football toss too, though, exciting fans of the now-defunct television show Friday Night Lights by posting the phrase "Clear eyes, full hearts." on his Twitter account on Monday, a reference to a quote used during the show.
Another White House photo showed Obama watching the soccer shootout from the day before as leaders from England (the home country of Chelsea) enjoyed pure elation—including Prime Minister David Cameron with both arms raised—and leaders from Germany (the home country of Bayern Munich) had forlorn looks.
Still, we'd love to know who was on the receiving end of Obama's toss. We're guessing it was Cameron.


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FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Demand for new cars in recession-bound Europe fell to a 17-year low in 2012, leaving mass market manufacturers little hope for this year as they try to cut costly excess factory capacity and aggressive discounting dents their margins.
Registrations data released on Wednesday also showed the biggest annual drop since a 16.9 percent downturn in 1993, highlighting the crisis for automakers in Europe. Consumers are fretting over austerity measures, job security and rising living costs, and those who want to buy new cars are struggling to secure credit.
Even Germany's mighty Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) suffered a drop in sales, according to the figures from the European automotive industry association ACEA. However, South Korean brands Hyundai (005380.KS) and Kia (000270.KS), which are making an aggressive push in Europe, proved it is possible to expand sales even during a grim downturn.
Peter Fuss, senior advisory partner at Ernst & Young's Global Automotive Center, said an industry practice of registering new cars before offering them as used vehicles at a discount was flattering even the dire new sales figures.
"The actual decline is much worse than the statistics would have us believe as sales figures for the year were artificially inflated as a result of self-registrations by dealers and automakers, especially in the region's biggest market, Germany," said Fuss.
Mass market carmakers are cutting jobs in underused plants across Europe, with Renault (RENA.PA) the latest to announce job losses, following Honda(7267.T), Ford (F.N), PSA Peugeot Citroen (PEUP.PA) and Opel (GM.N).
New car registrations fell 8.2 percent to 12.05 million vehicles in 2012, the lowest level since 1995, ACEA reported. Losses in all major euro zone economies, combined with two fewer working days on average, sent European Union registrations tumbling 16.3 percent last month to 799,407 vehicles, it added. This marked the worst plunge in 26 straight months - since October 2010.
The industry tried to satisfy more robust demand for second-hand cars through the self-registrations.
Nearly 904,500 vehicles, or 29.3 percent of the new car market, were registered last year either to car manufacturers themselves or their dealers in Germany, figures from Frankfurt-based Dataforce and the German Federation for Motor Trades and Repairs showed.
"Further, to prevent a freefall in sales, automakers and dealers offered record discounts, which are likely to put a lot of pressure on their margins," Fuss added.
Even the German economy is suffering from the euro zone recession. In the final quarter of last year, it shrank more than at any point in nearly three years, data showed on Tuesday.
Among the worst hit last month were mass-market stalwarts including U.S. carmakers Ford (F.N) and General Motors (GM.N), where group sales each fell roughly 27 percent. GMT's Chevrolet brand posted an even weaker month than its ailing sister Opel.
Even Volkswagen, which was performing better than its peers earlier in the year, saw sales of its core VW brand fall 22 percent. The December plunge at its luxury brand Audi nearly matched that.
However, Hyundai and Kia remained a rare bright spot as they push out models with styling that has proved popular with buyers, gaining 10.5 percent and 6.8 percent respectively. The brands have been gaining ground, helped by a European Union Free Trade Agreement with South Korea, as they build a reputation for affordable small cars with long warranties.
Britain was also a brighter spot where the 2012 market grew 5.3 percent to a four-year high, helped by self-registrations, aggressive discounting and a wide range of financing deals allowing drivers to pay a fixed monthly cost, eliminating the risk of buying a car outright.
"We haven't seen the levels of discounting we've seen in 2012 for quite some time," said John Leech, KPMG's UK head of automotive.
Paul Everitt, chief executive of UK auto industry body SMMT, said "pent-up demand" also helped British sales as habitual new car buyers who had stayed out of the market for the past few years began returning to the showrooms.
However, demand for new cars last year remained down about 15 percent from pre-recession, 2007 levels. The SMMT expects demand to be broadly stable in 2013 in a "challenging" market.
The European outlook is subdued for this year too. Market forecaster LMC Automotive recently estimated a 3.1 percent drop in western European sales to 11.4 million vehicles, an 11 percent drop from the 12.8 million sold in 2011.
Some experts hedged their bets, arguing that the darkest time might be just before the dawn.
"Maybe, just maybe the next move in car sales could be up. If unemployment doesn't worsen ... if access to credit doesn't deteriorate ... if consumers grow no more fearful ... then it's possible. A recovery in European demand could be the biggest upset of 2013," Bernstein analyst Max Warburton wrote in a research note.
Reporting By Christiaan Hetzner; Editing by Louise Heavens and David Stamp


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Jennifer Lopez's Three Way Hair Night, Which Look Did You Love?
Leave it to Jennifer Lopez to change her hair three times in the span of one night!
Jennifer Lopez must have had quite the team of hair helpers backstage at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco on May 18. She changed her hair not once, but twice after walking the red carpet in a sexy, wavy 'do. For her on-stage performance, J. Lo went for a wild and tousled curly look that she pinned up slightly at the top of her head. To accept her award, Jennifer flat ironed her hair into a super sleek coif. I'm not really sure how Jennifer managed to do such drastic hair changes in such a short amount of time. Kudos to her talented team of hair magicians backstage for transforming her so gorgeously. So, which look is your favorite of the three? – Marta Topran