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Mike Mignola has an incredible tale on his hands with Koshchei the Deathless. The first issue was nearly perfect, and this issue aims to bring us further down the rabbit hole with a story that weaves different types of tales all into one. In a world where dragons were once king we're privy to a tale that explains why they aren't any longer.
So what's it about?
The official summary reads:
Sent to kill Hellboy by the Baba Yaga in Darkness Calls, Koshchei the Deathless hinted at a long and tragic life before being enslaved to the Russian witch. Now, in a pub somewhere in Hell, Koshchei tells Hellboy about a dangerous mission when the witch sent him to hunt and destroy the last dragons before their eggs hatched.
Why does this matter?
I was taken by surprise at how good Koshchei the Deathless #1 was due to its folktale underpinnings and excellent art. It was a comic I thought everyone should be talking about and yet nobody was. It's the kind of first issue that let you know you'll be buying every installment of the series. Issue #2 is out today. Need I say more?
Fine, you have my attention. What's good about it?
Follow the golden ball of string.
It's interesting to see Koshchei continue to be the hero of this tale when even his look screams villain. But in a world where villains creep on you from every corner and magic golden yarn can bring you down the right path, who's to say who is the good guy? Mignola continues to craft an incredibly addictive tale here and it's one that anyone a fan of fairy tales and folklore has to read. This issue mixes stories within stories, like the one about a person whose father was a fish and whose mother was a cow. There are also talking snakes and dragons. Nearly every page has a different type of tale or creature to enjoy as Mignola explores further an incredibly strange and original tale.
The art by Ben Stenbeck is excellent, and when paired with Dave Stewart's colors it's hard not to enjoy the complex and realistic looking world on display. Like in life, it's all about the details, like the small purple mushrooms on a tree in one scene or grizzled meat of an arm that's been hacked off in another. The use of light in this issue is excellent and helps deliver a sense of dread or wonderment where needed. Like the long yawn of shadows off a tree or the dark shadow of a man who isn't a man, there's so much to enjoy. The sense of atmosphere is never lost and it'll grip you every step of the way.
Why must they go on like this?
It can't be perfect can it?
Unless Hellboy plays a bigger part further into the story I'm still at a loss for why Koshchei needs to be telling this story to him in the future. The inclusion is unnecessary and distracting from the journey at hand. It also kicks off the issue with a slower start.
Is It Good?
This will be a favorite for fans of folklore and fairy tales. The story is strange and original with art that suits the atmospheric storytelling.


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"I'm proud to have helped write and pass the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, which makes essential, job-creating investments in advanced research and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education," said Congressman Lipinski, a former professor and one of the few members of Congress trained as an engineer. "I


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The practice of incorporating fossils of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures started last year in 2008-09 NHL Champ's Hockey, a vintage set that boasted the catch phrase, "Where the ICE meets the ICE AGE…" The cards looked great and were a big hit with collectors with many selling for hundreds of dollars in the secondary market.
It was so popular, we brought it back again for the 2009-10 NHL Champ's product. Acquiring some of these rare items is not always easy however and Upper Deck has gone all out to get some really unique pieces to include in the "Museum Pieces" insert set. Redemption cards for these unique inserts could be found 1:case on average.
So here are a couple items we received in today that we just had to share. The Woolly Mammoth femur is just huge and will be a little difficult to cut, but we have a special vendor we are working with to handle this. Check out a couple different images of this behemoth:
Here's what the Woolly Mammoth looked like back in the day…
And then there is the giant prehistoric alligator tooth. This will be a one-of-one card as we likely will not risk cutting this artifact. It will be housed in a very thick card.
Here's what the this creature looked like and an example of it's skull compared to a regular alligator's skull.
We are working diligently to acquire a few more unique pieces so we can begin the production process and get these out to collectors waiting on them this summer. We'll share more images right here as these cards progress.
Leave a comment about what you think about these cards for your chance to receive a FREE box of 2009-10 NHL Champ's. We will award one box to a lucky customer on Monday, June 14 at 10:00AM PDT.
Being intersted in Dinosaurs as a child, not only does this bring back fond memories. It also add's a little more excitement to the normal card collector. Upper Deck has alway's had their finger on the pulse of the collector's desires. The T-Rrex Card is amazing, why not just do a whole set?
I think these cards are pretty sweet…I think you should get a Piece of Chuck Norris's Moustach and put that in a card! Now THATS relic! Way To Go UD you stuck gold again with the Champs Cards!
I just started collecting hockey cards this year and spent some big bucks on other ud products, my local card shop talked me into trying some of the champs and wow I love them. It is something so different from other cards and comeon you can get fossils! How cool is that!!! It is on the top of my list for hockey cards!!! Keep up the awsome work ud!!!
I think the inclusion of these cards into the hobby packs just speaks volumes of Upper Decks quest for searching for new and innovative ways to make the hobby fun. It is also a cool cross-over to keep collectors a little more well rounded to learn about something other than sports etc. A piece of a T-Rex would be much more applicable as a conversation piece with other people so it could have an effect of bringing in more collectors too. Even better, it is so cool for the card to mention WHAT bone it is of as well, instead of guesswork.
The evolution of sports cards; UD have Revolutionized the way we collect cards today. It's unbelievable how UD turned the card industry to a multi-million dollar hobby!
Love the fresh, new ideas, love the passion and quality that goes into UD's products!!
usually just collect hockey cards but this stuff is really awesome!! need to get me some.
Great subset, any thoughts of digging up a "Chelios" bone for the dino subset…. just saying.. the dude is old.
Have a couple Wooly Mammoth cards from last years product, looking forward to seeing what I receive from the 09-10 redemption I pulled last week. Great product.
Wow! UD really hit the nail on this one, first it was gu cards, then patch, then other pieces, now they have the ability to get their hands on fossils, bones, and other rare things from millions of years ago! these can be great for kids of any age. i'd love to get my hands on one.
Champs cards are the best.I feel like I went back in time,when cards were cards.No blinding gloss,shinihg gold or silver,just plain jane cards.Love them.Only problem…my wife says I've spent too much money on them and won't let me buy anymore. help me out UpperDeck.
When I was a kid, when I was a little boy, I always wanted to be a dinosaur, I wanted to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex more than anything in the world, I made my arms short and I roamed the back yard, I chased the neighborhood cats, I growled and I roared, everybody knew me and was afraid of me, and one day my dad said "Bobby you are 17, it's time to throw childish things aside" and I said "OK Pop", but he didn't really say that he said that "Stop being a dinosaur and get a job".
Last year I bought tons of champs with the hopes of landing one of those bad boys. No luck. This year however I did manage to pull one of the museum pieces. Love the look and idea of the card and can't wait to finally get mine to show off to my nephews, who are in their dinosaur craze right now.
this is awesome. i have been a dino love since i was a kid. and to actually own a pic of a bone from one is even better. i havent bought any of these boxes yet but i will do that in the near future.
I love the Champs set from upper deck, and would be completely ecstatic to obtain one of these redemption cards. I can just imagine how floored I would be to get something even close to a giant prehistoric alligator tooth! I am a huge hockey fan, and like the fact that with this set, you can have some fun with history at the same time, and my daughter definitely enjoys breaking as well. I have got her hooked! And not a bad way for her to want to spend some of her own money on occasion, and makes great gifts for her.
Go Champs!
I love for you guy's decided to add this very unique product to the lineup in 2008-09. It gives collectors the chance to pull some unique and extraordinary pieces of history! The Wolly Mammoth cards are beyond amazing, but the idea of mini cards such as mini jersey's and rookies is quite impressive. I bought 1 box last year to try it out, I loved it instantly. So that lead me to buying a case this year and im still not finished if you know what I mean 😉
These cards are just amazing. I think every kid grew up loving dinosaurs and these would make a perfect conversational piece in anyone's collection.
These cards are awesome, instead of pulling a 4th line player no one likes, you have a chance to grab a piece of something prehistoric. Unbelievable.
I can say that I am a fan of fossils, I mean they were around way before. It's neat to find out about how they lived and survived. Upper Deck is giving the chance at getting one of these rare pieces is a piece of work.
Made me a fan of Champs and still a fan of Upper Deck. NIce work and thanks for adding to our hobby
That card containing the tooth is going to be enormous! I'm a fan of this kind of thing–I got my first "Hollywood History" relic today: Ben Stiller. They're pretty cool cards and as long as they don't overpower the sports cards in a sports product, they're A-OK! Have you guys ever considered an actual prehistoric product, having nothing to do with sports?
Champs is such a cool product! I just started collecting hockey cards and spent alot of money on different products and get really cool cards. But champs is cheap compaired to other products and still very fun and exciteing pack to open! I wish I would have waited for champs to come out before I spent alot of my card money on the more exspensive packs. Great Product UD!!!!
My boyfriend had bought 3 boxes of Champs a couple of months ago telling me how he could get actual dinosaur pieces on the cards.After opening all his packs he was so disappointed that he didn't get any.He keeps on telling me how he would love to buy another box but they are too expensive.I would love to make him happy,and getting another box would do that for sure. Thank you.
I am not a huge hockey guy but I loved the Goodwin baseball so I tried a few packs did really hit anything but like them went back to grab a few more but someone had put holes in all the packs to see if their was any hits so I left them behind. I would love to pull a remdeption for one of those cards and the kids would love to take that to show and tell
This is probably my favourite Upper Deck product. I pulled an auto and a redemption the first day it was available. I can't wait to get my "game-used" dinosaur!
Wow, these cards are really nice! I've always been a big fan of Hockey & Upper Deck. I'm not sure which would be a more exciting pull, a Sydney Crosby auto or a fossil! A set that can say it contains the "Greats of the Ice!"
I love the fossils in the Champs. It doesnt stop me from opening up packs with real hockey players in them, theyre just extra so why not? I love the Champs too though, it makes up for not having the Parkhurst sets anymore… I use to love those, but as long as theres something along these lines I am very happy… and with Champs… I am very happy.
these r great. i teach the 2nd grade and was thinking of buying a box for the class to open and see what we may pull out. how great would this be for a class project
i love to collect cards and these r something crazy if you pulled out a piece of old,old history. keep up the great work upper deck
my dad showed me these because i love dinosaurs. it would be cool to win some of the bones. i would show everyone i knowat school
my grandchildren love the t-rex how nice would that be if i could win a box to give them as a present and they really found a bone inside. thank-you for doing this upperdeck
Pretty amazing stuff – how cool would it be to get the full alligator tooth 1/1? I broke a few boxes and didn't pull a redemption, but congrats to those who did! =)
Upper Deck has always produced a great premium product, but this year it looks like they are making history…literally. I'm not sure which would be better – to pull a Sidney Crosby Auto or a fossil!? Maybe a Buffalo Saber or a Sabertooth? Possibly an Atlanta Thrasher or a thrashing Tyrannosaurus Rex? Inserts keep the hobby exciting! These cards can truly be called "the legends of the ice!!!" Great job!
Pretty unreal what you're able to do with cards now. Very cool that you're able to share history like that.
Congratulations to Hubert Repetowski for being selected as the random recipient of the 2009-10 NHL Champ's Box. Thanks to everyone for their feedback!
WOW! I actually won something! Props to UD for this awesome giveaway. Can't wait to bust it!
that is amazing stuff i like the pic of the alligator jumping out of the water and getting that animal. but im not quite sure what that animal is? beats me and cool wooly mammoth sweet tusk. these are real awesome things!
anyone know how old the wooly mammoth molars are?


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A recent USA Today headline caught my eye, not for what it said but for what the news report did not say. The noticeable bold type read: "Chlamydia cases top 1M, while STDs rise slightly overall."
Within the text we discover that there is a near pandemic of Chlamydia, with the highest rates being among teenage girls. Chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease and, of course, infertility. If fact, one official from the Centers for Disease Control told USA Today that there is every reason to think that most doctors do not report all cases of this sexually transmitted disease. What I wonder is what else they do not report.
We already know that abortion complications are often called something else. And we know that women die from botched abortions without the actual cause of death being cited. So what else don't doctors do?
Well, I will give you a hint. For more than 40 years the birth control pill has been aborting children and hurting women, yet report after report justifies the pill and rare mentions its abortive action. Indeed, even some pro-lifers deny it.
And then there is the entire quagmire of sex education courses, designed to equip our children to do the very things that are leading to this problem recently reported in USA Today. However, the report does not allude to either sex education or promiscuity as a possible cause for the escalating cases of Chlamydia. So what's the deal?
I think it is most succinctly described as the sexually saturated society in which we live where everything from a vacation to a car is best sold by suggestive clothing or a hint of nudity. Our children are exposed to this in school, on the tube and nearly everywhere they go, including shopping malls. The results are right there staring us in the face, but who is paying attention?
Why are so many people, including "responsible" journalists, so wary of pointing out the obvious? Could it be that when some behaviors are practiced by those reporting, there is a disconnect between truth and fiction? When does it stop being "all about me"?
I was thinking that maybe in the end, the "it's all about me" craze is going to result in a devastating consequence: it's all about death … the physical and, sadly, the spiritual as well.


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Reviewed by: Kate
I would like to start off this blog post with an apology. I have not written a Nashville burger review in a while. Life has just been really busy, and I haven't had the time to sit down and actually write a review. Excuses, excuses. I know. Do not fear though! I have some burger adventures planned in the near future, so stay tuned!
With that being said, I actually visited 360 Burger for the first time a few months ago. A former professor of mine, and friend, told me I had to try their burgers, and so I met up with him and some other design chums to give it a try. My first experience was a good one, but I felt I waited too long to write this review so I needed to go back again (a good sign that I wanted to go back). I returned last night, and was not disappointed.
All of their burgers are made from grass-fed, local beef, and served on a pretzel bun. I ordered the Cilantro Avocado Burger. It's a burger stuffed with smoked gouda and jalapenos and then topped with fresh avocado, lettuce, and onion. The flavor was perfect. Since the jalapenos are cooked in the burger, there is enough spice without it being too overwhelming. The sliced avocado complimented the kick from the jalapenos nicely, giving it a well-balanced flavor. The only thing I have to complain about is the fact that they put mayonnaise on their buns. I have to agree with Kevin that mayo has no place being on a burger. Luckily, it was very light and I could scrape most of it off. Next time I'll just have to remember to tell them no mayo.
This was my first experience with a pretzel bun, and I must say, I am a fan! I liked the subtle flavor it gave to the burger, and it was sturdy enough to hold everything together. In fact, if this burger was on a regular bun it probably would have been really messy and the bun may have disintegrated, as was the case at Burger Republic. Gross. But no, this bun help up nicely, and was the perfect holder for this messy burger.
Another plus to this burger joint is the price! You can get a standard burger with fries and a drink for only $7.99! That's a steal! My specialty burger didn't come with a drink, but was still reasonably priced. And guess what?! They are currently on ScoutMob so you can save some money. I went with a friend last night and we each got a burger and Coke. We used the 50% off ScoutMob, and our check was under $10. Total. You really can't beat that!
Ok, so what's the downside? While I already mentioned the mayo, I have a few other concerns. First of all, the location. 360 Burger is located in Antioch. It's only about a 10 minute drive from the city which isn't bad, but there is really nothing else around this place. It's in an abandoned parking lot. While that is good for parking, it isn't all that welcoming. You can see that they have plenty of things going for them, but location isn't one of them, and can really be a downfall for any great business. Unless you live in Antioch, I don't know why you would make the trip just to go to 360 Burger when there is nothing else to do out there. Both times I have been to 360 Burger the place has been pretty empty. The overall atmosphere is just, meh. It just makes me sad because I would really like to see them succeed.
So ending on a more positive note, I recommend you give this burger joint a try. The service was great, staff was friendly, and I really enjoyed my burger. With it being 50% off on Scoutmob, what do you have to lose?
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10 Ways To Eat Well: Mr. Green's Food Commandments
Apr 01, 2008 03:00AM
By Bob Schildgen
Not so many years ago, natural and organic foods were smiled upon as a quirk of cranks and hypochondriacs. Advertising exhorted Americans to rush their food from supermarket to belly with the least possible aggravation. Preparing fresh food entailed too much hassle, as did returning an empty container to the store for recycling.
Today, natural foods have become mainstream. Millions of people now better understand how diet affects their health and environment. A "slow food" movement is rising to counter industrialized farming and assembly-line food production.
But translating this new knowledge into practice isn't easy. Anyone in need of an easy-to-follow roadmap to improved eating habits will find these tips an inexpensive route for carrying bold ideas onto the dinner table.
1. Eschew meat-centered meals
Americans consume an average of 185 lbs. of beef, pork and poultry each year. It would be better for our health and our environment to knock back fewer bacon burgers, steaks and chicken wings. Why not follow the example of Thomas Jefferson, who ate meat, "as a condiment to the vegetables which constitute my principal diet." Our third president made it to age 83, a pretty good run for his era.
2. Buy organic
Organic farmers and ranchers aren't allowed to use chemical poisons on their crops and livestock and are generally better stewards of the land. Yes, organic meals cost more to produce and get to the table (few qualify for volume discounts), but following the tips on this list can reduce overall costs enough to make up the difference.
Yet, eating organic still isn't a cure-all. With more multinational food conglomerates now making organic claims, it's sometimes preferable to buy from conventional local producers who treat their land well and whose products travel shorter distances to market.
3. Support local farmers
Small farmers—those still left—need all the help they can get. Living close to one of the country's 3,700 farmers' markets makes weekly shopping a treat. Consider supporting community-supported agriculture (CSA), which provides subscribers regular deliveries of delectable produce from area producers. LocalHarvest has a searchable online database of CSA farms at LocalHarvest.org/csa.
4. Cut back on processed, packaged foods
Food packaging accounts for 30 million tons of waste annually. Much of it's solely for display, or contains products we're better off without.
Microwave popcorn is just one example. Popcorn is the result of the painstaking efforts of Mexican corn breeders 6,000 years ago. (Archaeologists have found popcorn thousands of years old that still pops!) Instead of leaving well enough alone, today's food industry purveys popcorn in individual, non-recyclable 3.5-oz. packages that cost seven times more than popcorn in a larger bag or jar, while depriving us of that comforting rattle of kernels exploding against the lid of a kettle.
5. Seek green variety
Anybody who claims vegetables are boring should visit a Mediterranean country. Crete's residents, who have the longest life expectancy in the world, eat 26 kinds of wild plants. Yet, Americans get stuck with 3.5 million tons of iceberg lettuce, year in and year out. It takes 36 calories of fossil-fuel energy to grow and ship 1 calorie of iceberg lettuce. "We might as well be shipping baggies of water back and forth across America," says author Bill McKibben. Better choices are easy-to-grow arugula, endive, chard, chicory, dandelions, mustard, collards, kale and Italian parsley.
Organic farmers and ranchers aren't allowed
to use chemical poisons on their crops and livestock
and are generally better stewards of the land.
6. Be picky with fish
Fish is still a healthy choice, despite news that the world's fisheries are being depleted, and that some seafood may contain dangerous levels of mercury or dioxin. The trick is to try tasty, but less-popular alternatives that are lower on the food chain, like sardines, or sustainably-farmed varieties, like trout. Consult the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Guide at www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.asp and the Sierra Club's Mercury Survival Guide at www.SierraClub.org/mercury.
7. Shop in style
"Paper or plastic?" How many billions of times grocery clerks repeat this tiresome question. Next time, cause a stir by righteously chirping, "Neither," and whipping out a reusable cloth or string sack. Even better, leave the car in the garage and make human-powered shopping trips part of the family's fitness program.
8. Make your own
Most of the best recipes on Earth were created by peasants who wouldn't be able to read the directions on modern food packages. Yet, America has Ph.D.s microwaving TV dinners, while complaining how complicated it must be to make the original of what the processed food wizards are attempting to imitate.
The truth is that cheap, healthy, tasty meals, from cereals to sautés to soups, can easily be made from scratch. Individually packaged instant oatmeal, for example, costs about $3 to $4 per pound, while plain old bulk oatmeal costs 79 cents a pound.
9. Grow your own
Lawns surrounding 85 million U.S. residences occupy about 25 million acres. Digging up a fraction of this real estate to grow chard, lettuce, peas and tomatoes would be a marvelous improvement. Citizens would save money on food, as well as the millions of gallons of oil used to ship foodstuffs from farm to market. Apartment dwellers take note: An amazing amount of produce can be grown in containers or window boxes, especially greens, which are ready to grow back when cut. For tips, browse university agricultural extension services online or check out McGee & Stuckey's book, Bountiful Container (Workman Publishing Company, 2002).
10. Recycle and compost
While most of us no longer fling bottles and cans around like cavemen tossing out bones, recycling still lags behind what it could be. Only about half of the nation's aluminum cans are recycled, resulting in a huge waste of energy and resources.
Recycling food scraps is equally vital. Composting could drastically cut down on the nearly 500 pounds of organic matter per household per year that's hauled to city dumps. Plus, we'll be creating fertile soil for our own yummy and nutritious vegetable gardens. What a joy, to make something from almost nothing.
Bob Schildgen writes the popular Hey Mr. Green environmental advice column for Sierra magazine. Look for his new book, Hey Mr. Green, Sierra Magazine's Answer Guy Tackles Your Toughest Green Living Questions.


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The Facts
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is a neurological (nervous system) disorder. It is characterized by an urge to move the legs in order to relieve abnormal sensations such as pain, creeping, or burning. In fact, some people say it feels like insects are crawling around inside their legs.
The urge to move the legs occurs during periods of rest, such as before falling asleep, and generally tends to be worse in the evenings and at night. Although movement relieves the symptoms, the sensations often return. Although this condition is known as Restless Leg Syndrome, the abnormal sensations can occur in the arms as well.
RLS occurs in both men and women, although the incidence is slightly higher in women. This condition also becomes more frequent and severe with age.
Sometimes, people with RLS also experience sudden jerking of the arms and legs known as periodic limb movements. People don't have control over this movement, which generally occurs every 20 to 60 seconds and may continue throughout the night.
From 2% to 15% of people around the world may have RLS.
The cause of RLS is not clear. Scientists have observed that approximately half of the people who have RLS also have a family member with the condition.
RLS is thought to be caused by one the following underlying conditions:
- low levels of iron or certain vitamins
- kidney failure
- diabetes
- Parkinson's disease
- other diseases of the nervous system
- arthritis
- pregnancy
- medications used to treat nausea, seizures, depression, or psychosis
People with these conditions sometimes experience relief from RLS symptoms once the underlying condition is treated or when the suspected drug is discontinued.
Drinking coffee or alcohol and smoking may aggravate or trigger symptoms in people with RLS or those who are likely to develop it. Decreasing your intake of these substances, or stopping them altogether, may relieve or reduce symptoms of RLS. Not getting enough sleep also seems to aggravate the disorder.
Symptoms and Complications
The following are characteristic symptoms of RLS:
- During periods of rest, abnormal sensations occur in the legs or arms including crawling, creeping, tingling, burning, and pain. These abnormal sensations can range from mild to intolerable.
- Movement temporarily helps relieve abnormal sensations, although they often return after the movement is stopped.
- Symptoms are generally worse in the evenings or at night.
- Symptoms are not always constant and may disappear and return for no apparent reason.
- The symptoms tend to get more frequent and severe with age.
Over 80% of people with RLS also experience uncontrollable movements of the arms or legs during sleep, a phenomenon known as periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS).
Since the symptoms are worse at night, people with RLS may have problems falling asleep or may wake up several times during the sleep. Some may find it difficult to function normally at school or work or to carry out their normal activities due to tiredness.
Making the Diagnosis
There are no lab tests to diagnose RLS. However, your doctor may order a series of tests to identify if you have any other disorders that may be causing your symptoms, such as a vitamin deficiency.
The diagnosis of RLS requires an assessment of your medical history and description of symptoms. The doctor will rule out other possibilities and focus on the presence of four factors in order to diagnose your condition:
- an overwhelming need to move the arms or legs in order to relieve abnormal sensations such as crawling, tingling, burning or pain.
- symptoms that are temporarily relieved by movement.
- symptoms that are worse or only present during periods of rest such as at rest or while sitting.
- symptoms that get worse at night.
Occasionally, the doctor may ask you to undergo an overnight sleep test in a sleep clinic to determine the cause of sleep disturbance more conclusively.
Treatment and Prevention
Treatment for RLS focuses on controlling any underlying health condition that may be causing RLS (e.g., correcting a lack of iron). The doctor will first suggest non-medication measures to manage mild symptoms. For example, some people find that light exercise such as walking or stretching, taking a bath, massaging the leg, applying hot or cold packs, and practicing relaxation techniques such as meditation or yoga reduces the symptoms. Changing your sleep schedule to allow more time for sleeping in may also help. The doctor may suggest you keep your mind active (e.g., by reading) during periods of prolonged inactivity, such as traveling, in order to take your mind off RLS symptoms.
However, if your symptoms are frequent and severe or if you are having difficulty falling or staying asleep, the doctor may prescribe medications for you. The most common medications used include those that are also used for Parkinson's disease (such as ropinirole*, or pramipexole), anti-seizure medications (such as gabapentin), benzodiazepines (such as clonazepam), or opioids (such as codeine).
Since the cause of RLS is not well understood, there are no known ways to prevent it. However, people who have RLS may be able to decrease episodes by making simple lifestyle changes including eliminating caffeine and alcohol and by treating any underlying conditions.
*All medications have both common (generic) and brand names. The brand name is what a specific manufacturer calls the product (e.g., Tylenol®). The common name is the medical name for the medication (e.g., acetaminophen). A medication may have many brand names, but only one common name. This article lists medications by their common names. For information on a given medication, check our Drug Information database. For more information on brand names, speak with your doctor or pharmacist.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2020. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/condition/getcondition/Restless-Leg-Syndrome


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Autumn on the mountain brings with it a sense of change on all fronts, it also brings farewells…..some are easier to deal with than others….
The leaves fall and the trees seem to become bare almost over night, delicious aromas both inside and out, a color palate that only Mother Nature could conger up.
The lake is ablaze in color, as if someone came along with a brush and didn't miss a stroke.
This is also a time to replenish the firewood, fill the clothesline with flannel sheets and watch the colorful quilts bow to the gusts of October winds that are slowly approaching….
Sadly, for my family, it was a time to say farewell, not just to warm summer breezes and sand in your shoes, but to some who shared our entire life and those who came into it on a wing and a prayer……
Last month, PineRidge Hill's mascot, Elvis, our little Yorkie, after twelve wonderful years took his final stroll up the mountain….Al and I thought he would beat the odds but he quietly let us know it was his time, and through rivers of tears and broken hearts, sadly we had to let him go….
They say "He doesn't give you more than you can shoulder", our family was put to that test again, one week later when my mom, who was ailing since Spring, also said good-bye to us.
My mom always said she would see her ninety-first birthday, she did…she passed one day later……."Jodee" at 91, was still running, although a bit slower, still playing Bingo and drawing, even though her sight was failing, and still, without question shared her ninety one years of wisdom.
Even though her heart was missing my dad terribly, she fought to the very end… I imagine Heaven wasn't ready for her….
As I go through her things, I come across photos I never saw, or perhaps I'm too old to remember and they make me laugh out loud!
A life frozen in black & white, silly faces, parties where the entire family forgot they were suppose to act like adults, hugs and smiles and more important memories made…..
……thanks mom…..
In addition to her colorful life, She left behind three granddaughters and four great-grandchildren…. I can only hope that when she made her final trip over the bridge that my dad and Elvis were waiting for her on the other side ….that image warms my heart……
So to say we had a rough time of it is a mouthful! But life goes on, Autumn is here in full force, and we all have a choice to make – to either
…… "wait for the storm to pass, or dance in the rain….."
we choose to dance……..
With Mom's recipe books now on my shelf, her pie tins in the pantry and her oven mitt now hanging on the hook and Elvis' toys standing sentinel by the back door……
………PineRidge Hills is gearing up for whatever is coming up the mountain……I hope you'll come back and visit, lots will be going on in the kitchen – if I can decipher moms recipes!
I now have time to mull over that folder of projects I always wanted to start……
I'm still quilting and sewing and the Divine Ms. B still drops by for a cup of tea and to make me laugh and cracks the whip when it comes to my procrastination!
and of course if you peer between the white pines and oaks, you will see the baby goats and lambs suddenly jumping up to the fence….no doubt it's Elvis wanting to play tag……..
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Random thoughts of Terry Hamblin about leukaemia, literature, poetry, politics, religion, cricket and music.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Fairness and the Big Society
The audience, being a BBC audience, was packed with left-wing students, which rather threw Sandel when they voted en masse against a communitarian solution to fairness - in reality they were voting against anything associated with the Tories.
However, some interesting points. A large number of people felt that fairness equated with equality. Well, it may do, but life is unfair. We are not all born equal, except in the sight of God. We are all born with natural talents. However hard I try I will never make a good carpenter or be able to play football for anything better than a pub team.
The question was posed as to whether it was fair that Wayne Rooney should make £11.2 million a year for playing football while a care worker has to make do on £12,000 a year. The point was made that there is a market out there for footballers and players are paid what the market will bear. It's all a question of supply and demand. Very few people can do what Wayne Rooney can do and people are willing to pay and watch it. On the other hand hundreds of thousands can do a care workers job and if she doesn't like her job there is no shortage of people willing to fill her shoes.
Equality of opportunity is one thing that most agree on and interestingly an overwhelming majority of the audience felt that they were either doing better than their parents or expected to do so. Despite this the UK is supposed to have less social mobility than most other OECD countries even including the USA. Denmark is held up as the paragon of social mobility (though the standard rate of income tax there is 52%). Certainly class and the public school system have in the past been a barrier to social mobility, but there is a problem in abolishing privilege: social mobility involves some moving down as well as some moving up. People tend to be reluctant to let their children suffer. It is noticeable that among left-wing politicians, just as much as among those on the right that nepotism abounds. Most successful actors are left-wing. Take the Redgraves. They have been called Trotskyites, yet if you are a Redgrave family member you find it easy to be a thespian. Inherited talent or nepotism? When you see Harley street doctors making it easy for their sons to follow them in the profession, ask the same question.
There is a hint of left-wing envy and snobbery about the whole debate. We live in an unfair world, because we are not all born equal and unequal things happen to us. To suggest that everybody ought to go to university just because that is what the rich do is nonsense. They have even dumbed down university courses to make it possible. An academic education is appropriate for academics but not for carpenters. I am all for everybody being educated to the limits of their ability, but to pretend that that means living away from home for three years, attending lectures and reading books is plain silly. For most, an apprenticeship is more appropriate. That is nothing to look down on. My most revered scientist, Edward Jenner, was apprenticed to a barber surgeon from the age of 13.
I respect my gardener because he grows beautiful camellias for me, my window cleaner because he reaches the parts that I cannot, my odd-job man because he replaced my damaged locks, the girl on the supermarket check-out because she had a cheerful word and was patient with me while I packed my bags, my patients because they make me feel useful and the homeless men who come to our church for food and clothing because they are human beings made in the image of God.
"From each according to his ability; to each according to his needs" is a slogan of Karl Marx, which is all very well in theory but in real life, it cannot be enforced by compulsion and no-one adopts it voluntarily. St Paul wrote "He who will not work, neither shall he eat." But even societies that start out with such an ideal find themselves soft-hearted when it comes to denying a beggar despite warnings that the money will go to drug dealers.
Perhaps we have to accept that life is unfair and read every situation as it comes along in a pragmatic way. I can't imagine what I would do with £11.2 million a year but I would certainly find it difficult to manage on £12,000. Income tax at 52% would make me think of emigrating, no matter how good the health service.
There is a famous science fiction story which envisioned a society where everyone was made to be equal. The bright had to wear headphones that played weird noises in their ears to stop them concentrating. The strong had to wear 40 pound bags on their backs to handicap them. It was an equal society but unfair to the talented.
I should like to see a society where everyone was enabled to fulfill their talents in meaningful work and where people were valued as people. No-one can help being born blind or deaf and they shouldn't be disrespected because of it. They should be helped to make the most of what they have. Wayne Rooney was born with a certain agility and dexterousness. No doubt he is such a good footballer because he has applied himself to training and practice, though even with that application I could never play professional football. Nevertheless, much as I approve of his ability to capitalize on his talent I believe he has a responsibility to the society that has nurtured him. Sportsmen have a great rewards and opportunities; they should use their good fortune for the common good. It used to be called Noblesse Oblige.
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People deal by trade or by force like animals. The "fairness" of today's egalitariand is just another of their endless rationalizations for practicing the latter.
- 26 January, 2011 01:25
Well said, Dr. H. I'd like to think most people understand these concepts but I don't think that's the case...and it's getting worse, unfortunately. ~Patti
- 26 January, 2011 03:02
Your position is based on the fallacious assumption that life is a zero-sum game; that in order for some to prosper, others must sacrifice. This is one of the great intellectual mistakes made by the left, and the siren song of the welfare state. But economics do not work that way. Wealth can be created where none existed before, and this benefits all. There is no other explanation for the explosion in the standard of living over the past century. When people are left alone to pursue their ambitions and to voluntarily engage with one another, prosperity is maximized for all. When wealth is forcibly redistributed it discourages the very people who create it and all (except those who make the rules) suffer. Equality of opportunity is achieved through respect of each individual's natural right to life, liberty and property.
- 30 January, 2011 00:09
- Terry Hamblin said...
I would certainly not categorize myself as of the left, nor do I hold to the idea of the zero sum game. Of course, private enterprise must be allowed to flourish. It is in the self interest of the wealthy to support the less able, though. As H. Belloc put it, "It is the business of the wealthy man to give employment to the artisan."
- 30 January, 2011 08:55


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Walking has big all-round benefits on health.
Walking is the most accessible of all leisure activities - after all, you can do it anytime, anywhere, with no equipment from your front doorstep or on the upper slopes of Kinder Scout.
We all need to walk at some time just to get around, but doing so that extra bit more can do wonders for your health - even regular short strolls have proven benefits.
Whether it's walking the kids to school, an organised walk, taking part in a one-off event or going for a serious hike, there are ample opportunities across Derbyshire for you to get involved.
It's also a very sociable pursuit too. Many people have met lifelong friends through walking - and you can do so too.
Benefits of walking
Watch this video on why you should leave the car at home and get walking.
Walking for Health Leader volunteers
Celebrating the work of the volunteer leaders who organise free health walks in the Derbyshire Dales every weekday, 52 weeks a year.


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ShareAccording to a recent poll by AP and CNBC held earlier this month, 46% American thinks that Facebook will fade away as soon as new thing come up. Poll was held by Associated Press and CNBC on 1,004 people all over America on telephone.
ShareCouple of years ago Facebook tried an attempt to integrate news-feeds with advertisements called 'Facebook Beacon'. Due to privacy concerns Beacon was the target of a lawsuit filed in 2008, and the service shut down in September 2009. Although after Beacon Incident Mark Zuckerberg already have apologized by promising that it will not be concern again but experts believe that "Sponsored Stories" is a reborn of a Beacon. In simple words "Sponsored Stories" is another Facebook's viral marketing product which turns its users' posts into advertisements for participating companies' users post about. Check out this Official video for Introducing Sponsored Stories.
ShareFacebook have indulged in our life in such a way that it has ruined a lot of relationships and troubled countless individuals. This article is not only for those people who do not use Facebook willingly or unwillingly, but it is especially for those who take Facebook as a vital part of their daily activities. Undue involvement and excessive use of social networks has led to provide surplus proofs in divorce cases. According to the telegraph Facebook is cited in one out of every five divorce petitions. Also we reported last year that 20% Divorces in UK cited Facebook.
ShareAccording to Sodahead.com poll held in early february 2012, Facebook users has rejected facebook timeline with 70% of them hate new facebook timeline for accounts with both genders male and female facebook users doesn't like facebook timeline. According to the poll 77% male and equally 77% female users hate new facebook timeline. In my opinion facebook is trying to kill facebook by their own hand by introducing complicated stuff like facebook timeline.
ShareSince its released, Google+ is continue to threat facebook. Although Google+ is still not that much popular as Facebook currently is but Google+ has some really cool features such as Google+ has better privacy policy than Facebook, Google+ let you choose between circles (what to share and what not to share to irrelevant people in your circles). This video will show you exactly how Google+ will kill facebook very soon.


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Your company's website is the heart of its online presence. It's often the first and most comprehensive impression that people get of your organization, which is why it needs to be effective at conveying your company's unique selling points.
Building a successfully targeted website in one language is challenging enough, but doing it in multiple languages can be especially hard. Here are five best practices for multilingual websites that will help your company deal with the challenge of building a website that engages with markets in different parts of the world.
Consider text size fluctuations
When you are translating website content, remember that changing from one language to another will often result in text expansion for the target language. Sometimes, these changes are dramatic; when translating from English to Italian, for example, it is possible for text size to expand by 30%. Remember to keep these fluctuations in mind as you are planning the layout and design of your multilingual website.
Your company's website is the heart of its online presence. It's often the first and most comprehensive impression that people get of your organization, which is why it needs to be effective at conveying your company's unique selling points.
Topics: Website Localization, Localization, Marketing, Intelligent Content
The use of manuals, inserts, guides and supporting documentation content is important in all industries, and especially the healthcare, medical device, and pharmaceutical fields. If collateral pieces are not created accurately, users may fail to understand how to interface properly with the product or equipment, causing some serious dangers to patients and staff members.
One of the principles for maximizing the success of localization in the medical field without investing a huge amount of extra time or money is content reuse. Content reuse strategies can help companies effectively localize important content used by patients and staff members.
Effective Localization through Content Reuse
Content reuse can improve the localization process by reducing the amount of content to translate, allowing the translation team to produce results faster. By reusing content that has already been translated with Computer Aided Translation tools (aka CAT tools), such as Translation Memory, they can localize repetitive and similar content more easily. And this typically leads to much lower localization costs.
Companies pursuing localization will also find that content reuse strategies allow translators to make updates faster when they're called upon. The more they can reuse a particular piece of localization content, the easier it will be for translators to learn about the appropriate context for that content. For example, after seeing a particular marketing strategy applied on a any given product, a similar usage on future products becomes easier to identify and express with clarity.
Topics: Translation, Marketing, Intelligent Content, Life Sciences, Content
Complexities Posed by Label Localization
A big challenge for translation services for labels is gaining legal certification or regulatory clearance. Most countries require businesses that are selling goods to meet certain standards on their labels so that consumers can have the information that they need to sufficiently understand the product. If your labels cannot be localized effectively enough to pass these standards, you could face an indefinite delay in your localization and distribution plans.
If label localization is not completed accurately, it can lead to a negative user experience. Not only could this negative experience degrade your organization's reputation in the eyes of your target market, but in certain fields it can be life-threatening. We saw a good example of this in 2007, when it came to light that hundreds of cancer patients in a French hospital in the commune of Epinal had received an overdose of radiation treatment. It was determined that part of the reason for the fatal error was that the instructions for the equipment were originally written in English, making it difficult for the operators to understand them.
How can companies overcome these challenges when the stakes are so high? One way is through multilingual labeling solutions.
Topics: Translation, Globalization, Intelligent Content, Life Sciences
DITA is a model for using the XML markup language to write and publish content. DITA was developed by IBM as a way to make reusing content more efficient. Incorporating the DITA method can be a very effective tool for quickly creating content for enterprise projects. One of the biggest benefits of using DITA is that it allows users to easily organize content and optimize it for re-use in the future, and hopefully never having to pay twice for the translation of any content. A key part of succeeding with DITA as it relates to localization is proper planning and resource selection.
Topics: Localization, Translation, Technology, Translation Technology, Intelligent Content, Content
The agile methodology is a method of managing a project where many different tasks are completed at the same time in short bursts or "sprints", as opposed to the traditional waterfall method where they are completed one after another. Agile is important to localization because it is one of the most common techniques used by those who need a fluid, dynamic translation solution. The main difference between agile localization and the more traditional waterfall variety is that agile localization allows the different parts of a project to get completed in shorter sprints, instead of one after the other. This means that agile localization is more responsive to changes that come up during the course of the project.
While pursuing an agile strategy, it is important to consider the content framework of the localization project. Without the right kind of framework it is difficult to attain success with agile localization: these tips will help you strengthen your agile framework for content and translation.
Topics: Translation, Project Management, Agile, Intelligent Content, Content
However, going global also brings several challenges with it. One of the more significant of these challenges is keeping your product information compliant as you expand. Compliance requirements are different from country to country, which means research is required to understand the laws in new markets.
Here are a few of the best tips on product compliance as you go global and advice on some of the best methods to help you do so.
Look Before You Leap
Many businesses get so caught up in researching the marketing aspects of taking their business global that they forget to sufficiently consider some of the logistical elements of the process. It is certainly important to have a suitable market and a strategy to identify customers within that market. However, you also need to spend time considering some of the specific details of how you will communicate the benefits of your products and services to the global community. Some questions to ask include:
Once you have done the research that is required to enter a new global market, your next step is creating stellar content in the language of that market, for each specific target audience.
Topics: Translation, Marketing, Communication, Globalization, Intelligent Content, Life Sciences
It seems that everywhere you turn, you hear the same message: content is king. It's true: content can be found almost anywhere, from the blogs that we read on a daily basis to instruction manuals to the social media updates posted by our friends and favorite brands.
However, companies looking to globalize their business model often run into a big content-related challenge: localization. It can be tricky to translate certain words and phrases into other languages, especially colloquialisms. While it is critical to have dependable localization professionals working on your localization project, it might be possible to simplify the process through content strategy and standardization.
Standardizing a Localized Content Strategy
In basic terms, a content strategy is a standard or process that defines content in three areas: creation, delivery, and governance. Creation refers to the why element of a specific piece of content: for example, a brochure for a new car created by a car company to tout its benefits over last year's model. Delivery refers to the medium with which the content is delivered: will it be a print brochure, or a web page? Governance refers to the way that content is reviewed and changed, and the workflows that are used in the strategy: one aspect of governance, for example, is whether or not content will be created using agile or traditional workflows.
Topics: Localization, Marketing, Globalization, Intelligent Content, Life Sciences, Content
The concept of intelligent content will be critical to the future of information management. Content that is structurally rich, reusable, and includes metadata to identify what it contains is the wave of the future. Thought leaders in several fields, from marketing to technical communications and life sciences, are currently talking about intelligent content and what it will mean for the way we manage translated content in the future.
This type of content is also projected to have a big impact on localization efforts. To understand exactly how intelligent content will affect localization, we must understand what defines effective intelligent content.
Structured, Semantic, Reusable
According to Ann Rockley, content pioneer, and founder of information management firm The Rockley Group, intelligent content must display these three basic characteristics in order to be effective.
Topics: Localization, Translation, Marketing, Intelligent Content, Life Sciences, Content
Intelligent content is not something that everyone understands, yet it could be the single biggest recent development in the way that information is managed and presented, particularly by companies that have larger content management needs.
What Is Intelligent Content?
Content (text, images, etc.) that is created in a way that does not limit it to be used for only one purpose, within one technology or for only one output. This content became necessary because of the ever-increasing number of ways with which people consume content.
In a recent blog post, Stefan Gentz wrote that intelligent content must have three key attributes: it must be structurally rich, semantically aware, and be automatically discoverable and reusable.
Topics: Localization, Language, Translation, Globalization, Intelligent Content, Life Sciences, Content


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It was a super Sunday for the Bianconeri topping Sassuolo 7-0 to equal the largest margin of victory for Juventus at Allianz Stadium in Serie A.
In the win, Gonzalo Higuain continued his hot form scoring his first Juventus hat-trick in a 20-minute second-half outburst.
Higuain joins Paulo Dybala and Sami Khedira on the hat-trick list for Juventus this year and incredibly, it's the first time since the 1960/61 season that the Bianconeri have scored four hat-tricks in a single campaign...and there's still 15 matches left!
Here's a look back at this season's three-goal moments:


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Mississippi, a state hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, provides a variety of educational opportunities for nursing students. The Mississippi University for Women, located in Columbus, provides associate degrees, including their LPN-to-Associate's Degree in nursing. They also offer a BSN and MSN in pediatric nursing. the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson offers the BSN, MSN in several specialties, and a PhD program. If you'd prefer to study in Hattiesburg, the University of Southern Mississippi provides all degrees up to and including the PhD as well. Students also can find nursing programs in community colleges located throughout the state in cities such as Meridian, Gulfport, Poplarville and Natchez.
Statewide, the average salaries for LPN, RN and specialty nurses range between $15,000 and $86,000 annually, depending upon degree earned, years in the field, expertise and size of the health facility. An opportunity to work at the largest hospital in Mississippi and the largest non-metropolitan hospital in America is provided by North Mississippi Medical Center, a 650-bed regional referral center located in Tupelo. The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson offers numerous career opportunities as well. Other large Mississippi health care employers include Baptist Memorial Hospitals, which are located in several counties throughout the state; Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg; Gulfport Memorial Hospital; Mississippi Baptist Health Systems and St. Dominic Hospital, both located in Jackson. All these hospitals and more tout a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to all eligible employees.


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I haven never heard of this before a couple weeks ago, but I did see firsthand the nasty burns that it can leave on your skin. Nothing like poison ivy, this leaves marks that look like you were burned and according to the person I saw that was exposed, it feels like it also. The name, wild parsnip, or poison parsnip. The plant is blooming now with yellow flowers and resembles Queen Anne Lace except the flowers are yellow instead of white. The plants can stand 3-6 feet tall.
According to the UVM Master Gardener website:
Has high concentration of furocoumarin chemicals, which cause phyto-photo-dermatitis. When absorbed by skin, furocoumarins are energized by ultraviolet light (present during sunny and cloudy days) causing them to bind with nuclear DNA and cell membranes. This process destroys cells and skin tissue, causing severe burns (hence the nickname 'poison parsnip').
The plant is highly invasive and some say worse than poison ivy since the irritation to the skin not only itches but burns, similar to second degree burns to the skin. Best to avoid at all costs, it is mostly found on the sides of highways and in fields here in Vermont.


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OPINION — Ed Sanders was both unique and ordinary. He became, in his own way, a hero just for doing his job.
When Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools integrated in North Carolina, if you can call it that, by allowing a handful of African American students to attend schools formerly reserved for whites only in September 1957, Sanders was principal of Central High. He had to smooth the way for Gus Roberts, its first black student, in a city still segregated in everything from housing to swimming pools to bathrooms.
As he told me when I interviewed him more than a decade ago, Sanders, a Simpsonville, South Carolina, native, had no particular desire to be a pioneer; all he knew was that he was principal. He prepared by enlisting the football team as protectors, using the threat of a canceled season as leverage and anointing a custodian as the young man's unobtrusive guardian angel. When crowds gathered and one boy knocked the cap off the new kid's head, Sanders threatened him and any other troublemaker with expulsion from his school and every other one in the city as he escorted Roberts through the front door.


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Stay in amazing hotels in Port Harcourt when you visit for business or pleasure and you are in need of accommodation in the Garden City. Hotels Port Harcourt and guest houses in Port Harcourt are known for rendering first class hospitality and hotel services to its visitors. Below are some the best hotels on our Port Harcourt Hotels list:
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The fastest and easiest way of getting around in Port Harcourt is with your own car. You don't have to worry about getting caught in traffic because Port Harcourt city rarely records that. Other means of transport in Port Harcourt are taxi or the public transport system. The Port Harcourt International Airport receives domestic and International flights into the city.
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Port Harcourt often called the oil city is the capital of Rivers State. It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta. If you are seeking to have some fun moments in the oil city, then visit the Sea Ports, Isaac Boro Park, Monument of King Jaja, Rivers State Museum and Bonny Island.
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David N. Bowman, 56, of Keene, passed away suddenly Sunday, May 14, 2017 with family by his side.
He was born February 25, 1961 in New Brunswick, NJ, the son of Marion (Mitchell) and Eugene V. Bowman. He attended area schools where he was a star on the high school track team from a young age. He furthered his education at Keene State College where he received his Bachelor's in Accounting. David also proudly served his Country in the Marine Corps.
He spent many years in the accounting departments of both C&S and United Natural Foods. In most recent years, he was the CFO of Northwest Digital and Wireless, Inc. and the Director of Finance at Bradford Industries.
As an avid outdoorsman, David could always be found outside. He recently started competing in half marathons and triathlons, where he had several strong finishes. He loved to run, hike, swim, and play tennis, but his biggest love was skiing. Waterville Valley was his favorite place in the world. He could be found racing friends down his favorite trails; True Grit, Gemma, and Lower Bobby's Run or warming up in the Schewendi Hut with a cup of hot coffee. He also had a passion for cooking and took classes with Nicola to sharpen his kitchen skills.
David had a vivacious personality and a sense of humor that will be missed by all. He had a big heart, and his family is grateful for the kind and caring man he was and would like to share the continued life David was able to bring with his sudden passing. "Through death there is life," his gift of organ donation has already made an impact on other's lives. His liver and both kidneys have found recipients, and saved the lives of 3 people.
David will be greatly missed by his daughter: Cali Bowman and her significant other Scott Orlinski of Camden, SC; mother: Marion Bowman of Keene; Sisters: Karen Luebkeman and her husband Jeff of Marlborough, Pamela Jenkins and her husband Allen of Westmoreland, and Susan Rolke and her husband Kevin McCormick of Fitzwilliam; brother: Van Bowman and his significant other Yvette Wall of West Chesterfield, NH. He is also survived by Robin Bowman of Chelmsford, MA, Maura McGarry of Quincy, MA, and many friends, nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family members.
He was predeceased by his first wife Nancy (Durant) Bowman and daughter Crystal Bowman in September of 1981, and father Eugene V. Bowman in May of 2016.
Services will be held Friday, May 19 at 4:00 pm at Fletcher Funeral Home, 33 Marlboro Street, Keene, NH.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The David Bowman Memorial Fund. All proceeds will go towards a memorial at Waterville Valley, David's most loved place. Please make checks payable to David Bowman Memorial Fund, c/o Savings Bank of Walpole, 84 Marlboro St, PO Box 744, Keene, NH 03431.


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1 Difficulties with post-operative fluid balance in a 58 year old man
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4 Confusion in the post-op ward
5 Swelling in the neck in a 58 year old man
6 A 55 year old woman with hypertension
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42 Fall during a fishing weekend
43 An unwell young man in the emergency room
44 A 68 year-old female with a left hemiplegia following a conscious collapse
45 A 31-year-old woman with vertigo
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51 Management of a young man who is HIV positive
52 Back and leg pain in a middle-aged man
53 Back and leg pain in a middle-aged man
54 A listless 45-year-old man
55 A 74 year old man with confusion and oliguria
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Peter Devitt
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Professorial Surgical Unit, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Jonathan Mitchell
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Consultant Hepatologist, South West Liver Unit, Plymouth, UK
Christian Hamilton-Craig
Affiliations and Expertise
Consultant Cardiologist, Cardiac Imaging, The Prince Charles Hospital; Consultant Cardiologist, Heart Care Partners, Mater Private Hospital; Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Department of Prints and Drawings: 18th century
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Portrait de Franz Lang, de profil à gauche
Prints and Drawings
18th century
A court painter in Munich, Wilhelm von Kobell was a contributor to the revival of German sensibility wrought by the Sturm und Drang movement. With its bold, pre-Romantic framing, this portrait of his "friend Franz Lang" deep in thought is striking testimony to his achievement.
Intimate and spontaneous
This head and shoulders portrait shows its subject leaning forward as if absorbed in a book and seemingly oblivious of the presence of the artist. So spontaneous that it could have been executed from life, the study points up Kobell's interest in the human figure and the business of drawing. While the work is in the French/European tradition of the portrait of family members and friends, the artist transcends his influences by seizing a quasi-private moment in a way that takes no account of the viewer. The framing puts the emphasis on a psychologically and artistically truthful rendering of a subject identified in a note on the back of the sheet.
Two friends at the court of Munich
Like his contemporary Kobell, Franz Lang (1751-1816) was a native of Mannheim. A trumpeter in the court orchestra there, he settled in Munich, probably in 1778, and worked as a court musician until his death. Appointed Court Painter in Munich in 1792, Kobell moved there the following year and seems to have greatly enjoyed the company of the musician: he made other portraits of him and the two traveled to Bavaria together in the summer of 1797. Kobell had frequented musicians and actors since his youth: in Mannheim his parents had been friends, and sometimes intimates, of the artists drawn to the Palatinate court by its flourishing cultural life.
A gifted portraitist
A prolific painter of battles and landscapes, Kobell was much appreciated by his contemporaries; Goethe owned many of his drawings. Johann Nepomuk Ringsels (1785-1880), personal physician to Ludwig I of Bavaria, says of Kobell in his memoirs that "after drawing all day, he called each evening for a book of blank pages that he covered with still more drawings." His studies and portraits from the period 1786-95 reveal him as one of the most gifted portraitists of his time. Concentrating here on the face of the musician, he brings total mastery to the use of black and red chalk. The drawing probably dates from c. 1794, a judgment confirmed by the subject's clothing. In its mingling of freedom and restraint, the approach to this ardent yet meditative figure is reminiscent of that of two other contemporary portraitists, Gottfried Schadow and Johann Georg von Dillis. Working in Munich, the latter made many portraits at the same time as Kobell. The two never seem to have been in contact but have several points in common: both landscape painters, while young they devoted themselves to the intimate portrait, to which they brought similar techniques. The difference lies above all in the choice of subjects: contrary to Dillis, Kobell preferred the bourgeois or aristocratic members of his circle, whom he thus renders more familiar to us.
BibliographySiegfried Wichmann, Wilhelm von Kobell: Monographie und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke (Münchner Forschungen zur Kunstgeschichte), Munich, 1970, plate 254
Emmanuel Starcky, Inventaire général des dessins des Ecoles du Nord: Ecoles allemandes, des Anciens Pays-Bas, flamande, hollandaise et suisse XVe-XVIIIe siècles. Supplement to the inventories published by Frits Lugt and Louis Demonts, Paris, RMN, 1988, entry 42
Technical description
Wilhelm von Kobell (Mannheim, 1766-Munich, 1853)
Portrait of Franz Lang
c. 1794
black and red chalk
H. 0.246 m; W. 0.193 m
Sale, Munich, Karl und Faber, 5-6 December 1967, no. 409; Munich, private collection; Marianne Feilchenfeldt S.A., Zürich; acquired, 1986
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