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Chronically Awesome: A Proud Rare Disease Day Partner
“With research, the possibilities are limitless”
Today is #RareDiseaseDay 2017! Today, with events taking place in over 90 countries all around the world, we hope to raise more awareness than ever for rare diseases!
With the theme of research, and the slogan, ‘With research, the possibilities are limitless’, #RareDiseaseDay 2017 is an opportunity to call on all researchers, universities, students, companies, policymakers and clinicians to do more research and to make them aware of the importance of research for the rare disease community. Read More…
Laguna Niguel Proclaims February 28, 2017 “Rare Disease Day” In The City
On February 21st, 2017, The City of Laguna Niguel ** presented The Chronically Awesome Foundation a proclamation declaring February 28, 2017, Rare Disease Day in the city. It was an honor to receive the proclamation on behalf of the one in 10 residents of our city, our state, and our nation who live with a rare disease.
We thank The Laguna Niguel City Council and the amazing residents of the city for their kindness and generosity to all members of the chronically ill community and we look forward to working with the city in the future.
NORD Issues Statement on President Trump’s Address to Congress – Washington, D.C., March 1, 2017 –
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), the leading independent nonprofit organization representing the 30 million Americans with rare diseases, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s first speech to Congress: Read More…
When we receive letters from the parents of children with chronic and often rare diseases, the first thing these parents will tell us is about the strength and courage their children have. Jules daughter had a child with a rare disorder and has often asked how we, as adults, could develop the courage and strength of these children when we face our own chronic (and sometimes rare) diseases? Jules says that while she was somehow able to set aside her own symptoms at that time she was never able to set aside her fear. A child can go to bed with hope that the tumor or the pain or the illness might get better tomorrow while we go to bed thinking over and over, “tumor tumor tumor tumor” until the tears send us into a terrible sleep.
Maybe if we took a moment to learn the story of Emi and her bravery we would understand true courage and strength and from this wee bit of a girl, we might take just one ray of her sunshine to warm us when we are feeling the coldness of chronic illness. One ray of her light would make the whole of one of any of us, the whole of YOU, Chronically Awesome.
Chronically Awesome first heard about Emi from her mother, Rachel. This is what Rachel had to say in her email to us:
(Emi)…suffers from intestinal contractions and has pain every day. We have never been given a diagnosis and Drs and specialist have told us they have never seen these types of issues. At one time they told us this was just her life she will be in pain, there was nothing they could do. She has several ailments that contribute to her health she has a colostomy bag because of an impaction she had in April. She has had 8 surgeries 3 last yr alone, and we still do not know after 3 years what is causing this We have been to hospitals in Dallas-Fort Worth Lubbock midland and Odessa TX
We are now being referred to Ohio
At this point, we are desperate and reaching out trying to find someone with similar experiences or a doctor that can help us.” – Rachel
“…this was just her life she will be in pain, there was nothing they could do.” That is what the doctors told her.
If you are reading this, and you are a parent, is this what you would stand still for? Yeah, we didn’t think so.
Emi’s story had to be told, and to tell her story the best place to go was the meeting place of the masses: Facebook. If you visit Emi’s Facebook page today there is a quote on the header, it says “Everything is Figureoutable”.
Read More About Emi…
When Richard was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2012, he was given a grim prognosis of just one year.
Despite the bad news, he wasn’t about to surrender what he loves most: Giving back to the community.
“[Mesothelioma] forced me to quit work and retire earlier than I wanted to, but it opened other opportunities,” he said. “I found the silver lining in it.”
Now, Richard spends his days serving others by working on the White County School Board, where he can impact the lives of many. “My forced retirement gave me this opportunity,” he said. “I don’t always feel well, but I still have the energy, drive and the time to do it.”
Every decision Richard makes has one goal in mind: To make a difference for others. For more than two years, he and his wife journey to Nashville or a clinical trial using targeted therapy to treat mesothelioma. Clinical trials are the future of mesothelioma treatment.
“It was an opportunity to contribute. I’m not a doctor, and I’ll never be one, but I can be a good patient for them,” Richard said. “Maybe they can learn something from me.”
Jules’ Rare Disease Day Story:
Finding Equilibrium: My Rare Disease Day Story
Any of us who have lived with a rare condition for several years have had many chapters in their journey. As my life with a rare disease has progressed, my story has changed many times. Finally, my rare disease story has brought me here, to a time where I am finding equilibrium.
Like many of us, I have learned to adapt. That is how we all live, not just those with a rare disease or a chronic illness. None of us stay the same. When I think of my life with a rare disease, when I think of my rare disease story, I think of my story as a book. Each section of my book has chapters that tell the story of that time in my rare disease.
Now is the time in my rare disease journey where I work on Medical Maintenance, Mental Maintenance, Lifestyle, and Relationships. This is where I have found a way to build a life intertwined with my rare disease instead of making my life about my rare disease. Read More
Want To Have Some Fun? Here Is A Rare Disease Day Word Search!
A disorder is considered rare when fewer than 200,000 people in the United States has the condition. Some of us with rare disorders go to the emergency room when something goes wrong, it is after office hours and we do not have a choice, but when we get there the doctor looks at us with a blank stare. Suddenly we feel like we must be one of a kind. Here at Chronically Awesome, we have heard of patients with rare disorders watch doctors grab manuals or google the disorder.
A doctor won’t find Preston’s condition in the Merck Manual or on WebMD. In fact, if anyone wants to learn about Preston they must find the research paper written about the condition that only he has. Preston has
Preston has Unique Interstitial Deletion of Chromosome 15q21.3q22.31 and at t;(1:15)Translocation. Read More
By Donna Kay Merrick
How do you give Rare Disease Day the credit it deserves? Did you know that you can change the way people react to you and your past life experiences using just 3 simple digits? Read More
February 28, 2017, is the 10th Rare Disease Day
An International Event
Rare Disease Day is the day that patients and their families & caregivers, as well as patient advocate organizations, politicians, medical professionals, researchers, and related industries, come together to raise awareness of rare diseases through thousands of events all over the world.
Since it’s European founding by Eurordis, Rare Disease Day has reached the goal of becoming an international event. 37 countries (creating 39 national alliances), has achieved the astounding feat of having at least one event per continent. National Alliances ensure the coordination of Rare Disease Day at each county’s national level. Rare Disease Day events vary from galas, backyard parties, and the collecting of patient stories. Each event created with the goal to raise more funds and increase research on rare diseases.
Here in the US, The National Organization for Rare Disorders helps local groups and organizations sponsor national events. The Chronically Awesome Foundation will also be sponsoring a national event.
“The number of participating countries has increased year-on-year, with thousands of events taking place on all continents for Rare Disease Day 2016. In total, events have taken place in over 100 countries since 2008. Previous years have played witness to events such as Rare Disease Day barbecues on beaches in Australia, to scientific symposiums in Bahrain.
On Rare Disease Day in 2013 the number of tweets that were talking about rare diseases reached 17 per minute, and in 2015 the Rare Disease Day official Rare Disease Day official video was viewed by 1.5 million people on Facebook alone.”
Chronically Awesome and Rare Disease Day
As a Partner with NORD, The National Organization for Rare Disorders, The Chronically Awesome Foundation is collecting your Rare Disease stories.
The Chronically Awesome Foundation has created an event that, in concert with our mission of creative expression, allows you to join patients around the world who advocate for research by sharing your story. The powerful stories of the rare disease patient is already a powerful tool that has helped to steer research toward rare diseases. We want the Chronically Awesome Community to be a part of that power, we want you to be a part of that power.
Patients have and will continue to make a difference.
We want your stories, we want your creative work. The power of your words will create possibilities and possibilities are limitless!
Between now and February 27th, The Chronically Awesome Foundation is accepting creative submissions that represent your “Rare Disease Story”. This event will be published on the NORD event calendar for Rare Disease Day, your story will be read or seen or heard. You will make a difference, the possibilities are limitless!
We will accept:
- Short Stories
- Videos (Embed links to YouTube)
- Photographs or Collages
- Images of creative work: paintings, sculpture, etc.
- Music (email to discuss submission)
Email your work to email@example.com*
We look forward to reading and publishing your “Rare Disease Story” on February 28th. Sharing your story with the entire Chronically Awesome Community as well as lawmakers, policy makers, research and industry stakeholders will begin on Rare Disease Day and continue beyond that date.
While we celebrate the efforts of patients on Rare Disease Day and shine a light on the illnesses that are often in the dark, the work does not end on March 1st. The efforts of NORD, Eurodis, and all of the Rare Disease Day partners will continue.
Want to join hands with other Rare Disease patients? Submit your photo and Raise And Join Hands HERE!
*Your stories are real, rare, and your own and will not be edited. We cannot, however, accept work that is deemed
“pornographic”, in other words it contains any material that is sexual in anyway, we will also not accept any work that contains links to any website where the content of that website is deemed unappropriate, obscene or pornographic in nature for example if your work contains a link like this one https://www.nu-bay.com/ your work will be rejected. (Each work will be judged on an individual basis, nudity is not excluded but will have to be approved.)
**Look for an updated Laguna Niguel video soon that will include The Chronically Awesome Foundation as a part of the special community organizations

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Just swapped out the stock Chinese 12AX7's with the Sovtek 12AX7LPS. Huge difference! I'd say a little more noticeable than when I put in the JJ EL84's in place of the stock Chinese EL84's...
So I wrote Mingda to inquire about the cats eye tube, and here is the reply:
I am on vacation right now, but will try it when I get home. Hope that is helpful to those interested. Peter
What does rectification due anyway? Will removing it negatively affect the sound?
I'm currently waiting for Sylvania EL84 black plates but I'm currently loving the JJ EL84 _ Sovtek 12AX7LPS combo. I was going to look for Sylvania 12AX7's but I think I'll stop with the EL84's for now and just focus on some new cans or upgrade the portable set-up (improving my desktop set-up to a mid-fi-ish set-up now makes my 5th gen iPod+Ety combo sound lacking and sometimes harsh...).
It converts AC to DC. The opposite of converting DC to AC is called inverting.
Like Skylab said, if it truly does rectify in the amp, removing it will do bad things--most likely just blowing a $2 fuse. However, I've read a few threads about some tube amps that use tubes as only eye candy and they aren't at all in the circuit. It's a shame. But I always thought the Ming Da amp was a good one. That statement makes me wonder.....
An easy way to tell if it rectifies is to open up the amp and look for a solid state rectifier.
I'm listening to the MD amp with K701 and playing Harry Connick Jr, "She" album right this minute - The K701 and this amp is my preferred matchup - I still use the BCL for a change of flavor - but the tube combo always sounds more natural to me - no false detail elevation - which I believe the K701 is inherently guilty of.
I am still on the stock tube compliments, can't wait to roll the best tubes money can buy - when my finances recover from the recent wall street massacre of my finances. From what you guys tell me it will be well worth it.
I just pulled the cat eye tube while music was playing and it doesn't affect playback.
Regardless the main reason I purchased this unit is for its over spec (for can use) power supply - able to drive up to 5 watts into 8 ohms (probably exaggerated). The PSU is the most important thing in a tube amp. The LCD-2s are the prime target for my MD - they should have more than enough current to drive the low resistance necessary.
To sum up - the MD is a class A single ended tube amp with a massive power supply (the unit is 7kg heavy for this reason alone). Most tube amps twice the price will not have such a substantial PSU.
Hey SP Wild - I actually find it remarkable that you like the Ming Da with only the stock tubes. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you have a better source and a really good DAC?
Only after I swapped out the stock tubes did I start really liking the sound. I still switch to the Matrix M-Stage (which I guess is comparable to your BCL) sometimes -- also for the same reason as you do (i.e. a change of flavor). I think that the Ming Da with the Sovtek 12AX7's became closer to what I think is neutrality in the M-Stage, but with a warmer, smoother and more natural sound. The Chinese 12AX7 seemed really colored -- and not in a pleasant way. Prior to putting in the Sovteks, the sound often became harsh for some songs also. And before, I thought it was the recording or my compressed files...
Sure the Dac is somewhat bordering exotica and the MD is reaping benefits - then again so is the BCL. It's not perfect by a long shot, there seems to be some treble refinement issues (possibly countered by the smoothness of a hi-end dac?) but I guess I just find tube euphony very pleasant, cheap being better than none. Perhaps there is something about 3rd order harmonics that my brain decodes as closer to a realistic sound applicable explicitly to the midrange as tubes don't sound as realistic as solid state in the frequency extremes.
I am leaning towards a doctrine of tubes for mid level cans replaying average recordings. Solidstate for high-end cans playing top level recordings - of course, without a top level tube amp to experiment with I am merely entertaining fantasies.
Hey, but I'm glad the MD is working out for you - at least you know you can tune the sound to match other cans if you choose. Tube headamps led me to purchasing a tube integrated for my speakers - a novelty, tubes are not. For whatever reason - if you've ever jammed with acoustic instruments with band members - it's easy to recognise that tubes for whatever unknown scientific reason projects the sound more realistically than solid state (nylon string classical guitar eg). Technical types really shouldn't be condemning them based on measured data.
Hey SP Wild, my experiences are different. I play the piano but not an electronic keyboard, electric guitar or not any instrument that requires amping. So I'm really just a humble listener as far as music goes. :) I'm not technical either (not with audio anyway).
I've been using the MD more often lately. I already loved it with the JJ EL84's and Sovtek 12AX7LPS's. I just got Sylvania EL84s -- grey instead of black. A mistake was made in shipping me grey plates instead of black but I decided to keep the tubes (was offered a significant discount for the error) since they sound great anyway -- noticeably different and better than the JJ's -- like a fuller (or "fatter"?) sound.
Tube rolling is interesting. The different tube combos really changed my K701. I actually still like the JJ's, and will probably roll them back in every now and then. I think they're a great value if you don't want to bother with NOS tubes (in my case, the JJ's were free, compliments of Pacific Valve).
I'm actually tempted to sell the M-Stage at this point, but I'll hold on to it for now and listen to more songs on it. Also, the M-Stage is my only desktop SS amp and the MD is my only tube amp, so maybe I should probably hold on to both for now unless I find anything better...
With my value/budget SS and tube amps, I think I'm done with amps for now and will just do more listening than analyzing. :) A decent DAC will be a good next assignment. But prior to that, I'm likely to get another high-impedance can first (maybe a Seen for a different perspective?). Or maybe upgrade my portable set-up...
Thanks everyone for all the help!
Hey a piano player. Cool.
I have found the acoustic piano to be a much harder challenge to audio reproduction than other instruments - for that matter I feel solid state is in fact more able to replicate a piano than tubes. I find the solid state driven D7000 the best combo for piano keys - I think you ought to save up for the next tier of cans (LCD, HD800, T1) - they are definately more able to accurately recreate a piano strike than mid-level cans. I also think you should retain your matrix - as it does have its own advantages over tubes - it theoretically is a hi-end amp, the design of which was chosen to debut the HD800 to the world.
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Bitcoin mining is a peer-to-peer process of adding data into Bitcoin’s public ledger in order to verify and secure a contract. Groups of recorded transactions are gathered in blocks and then added into the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin mining requires a lot of resources to protect the network from the possibility of altering past transaction data by making all attempts in changing blocks inefficient for the intruder. Bitcoin mining is rewarded by the network through transaction fees and subsidies of new coins to encourage miners to spend their resources on mining new Bitcoin blocks. As Bitcoin mining is increasingly difficult, it has become impossible to attempt mining as an individual. As a result, most Bitcoin mining is being done by mining pools, which include several participants sharing their reward. Bitcoin mining is controversial, as it is a great tool for securing transactions but complicating the scaling of the network.
OpenDime is the making a name for itself as the “piggy bank” of cold storage units in the world of cryptocurrencies. It functions like other cold storage units with one key exception: one-time secure usage. That one key difference changes quite a lot in the way people use it. Other storage platforms act more like wallets to be used repeatedly with a reasonable degree of security. Whereas an OpenDime unit can be used extremely securely as an address to store Bitcoins until the owner needs to cash out, but only once. In a manner that directly parallels smashing open a piggy bank, once an OpenDime storage unit is “opened” it can no longer be used with the same degree of safety again. OpenDime is a platform that changes the intangible asset of Bitcoin into a physical thing that people can exchange between each other in the real world.
Bitcoin mining operations take a lot of effort and power, and the sheer amount of competition makes it difficult for newcomers to enter the race and profit. A new miner would not only need to have adequate computing power and the knowledge to use it to outcompete the competition, but would also need the extensive amount of capital necessary to fund the operations.
A “wallet” is basically the Bitcoin equivalent of a bank account. It allows you to receive bitcoins, store them, then send them to others. There are two main types of wallets, software and web. A software wallet is one that you install on your own computer or mobile device. You are in complete control over the security of your coins, but such wallets can sometimes be tricky to install and maintain.A web wallet, or hosted wallet, is one that is hosted by a third party. These are often much easier to use, but you have to trust the provider (host) to maintain high levels of security to protect your coins.
With the largest variety of markets and the biggest value - having reached a peak of 18 billion USD - Bitcoin is here to stay. As with any new invention, there can be improvements or flaws in the initial model however the community and a team of dedicated developers are pushing to overcome any obstacle they come across. It is also the most traded cryptocurrency and one of the main entry points for all the other cryptocurrencies. The price is as unstable as always and it can go up or down by 10%-20% in a single day.
Transactions are defined using a Forth-like scripting language.:ch. 5 Transactions consist of one or more inputs and one or more outputs. When a user sends bitcoins, the user designates each address and the amount of bitcoin being sent to that address in an output. To prevent double spending, each input must refer to a previous unspent output in the blockchain. The use of multiple inputs corresponds to the use of multiple coins in a cash transaction. Since transactions can have multiple outputs, users can send bitcoins to multiple recipients in one transaction. As in a cash transaction, the sum of inputs (coins used to pay) can exceed the intended sum of payments. In such a case, an additional output is used, returning the change back to the payer. Any input satoshis not accounted for in the transaction outputs become the transaction fee.
As noted in Nakamoto's whitepaper, it is possible to verify bitcoin payments without running a full network node (simplified payment verification, SPV). A user only needs a copy of the block headers of the longest chain, which are available by querying network nodes until it is apparent that the longest chain has been obtained. Then, get the Merkle branch linking the transaction to its block. Linking the transaction to a place in the chain demonstrates that a network node has accepted it, and blocks added after it further establish the confirmation.
The whole process is pretty simple and organized: Bitcoin holders are able to transfer bitcoins via a peer-to-peer network. These transfers are tracked on the “blockchain,” commonly referred to as a giant ledger. This ledger records every bitcoin transaction ever made. Each “block” in the blockchain is built up of a data structure based on encrypted Merkle Trees. This is particularly useful for detecting fraud or corrupted files. If a single file in a chain is corrupt or fraudulent, the blockchain prevents it from damaging the rest of the ledger.


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This week’s movie trailer column is filled with an animated dramedy, horror and a coming-of-age movie. Ernest & Celestine tells the animated story of an odd friendship that comes about between a bear and a small mouse. Under the Skin is a horror flick that has an alien preying on hitchhikers in Scotland and Breathe In is the tale of a foreign exchange student, who comes to the U.S. and changes the lives of her host family. All three movies have unique plots that will no doubt draw moviegoers in.
The trailer for Ernest & Celestine, which is rated PG, shows the improbable camaraderie that develops between Ernest the bear and Celestine the mouse. After convincing Ernest not to eat her, the trailer portrays Celestine showing Ernest how to have fun, exercise, etc. Yet, their newfound alliance doesn’t sit well with Celestine’s family, who is still terrified of Ernest because he’s a bear. The movie expresses a bevy of dramatic emotions that aren’t usual for an animated feature. In addition, the animation isn’t as sophisticated as the usual high-end, colorful animation that moviegoers have become accustomed to and looks more like simple drawings, which might make moviegoers care about the characters more. It opens in theaters on Friday, February 28.

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Looks like there's no limit to the number of people who can get in on it, this time, but it's 2 per person (or per Google account).
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Lindsay Lohan Given Necklace Like the One She Allegedly Stole
Lindsay Lohan has been gifted a necklace created by the woman who designed the jewelry the actress allegedly stole from a Venice, California store. Ironically, the Judith Ripka Evil Eye design is worth $2,500 - exactly the price of the item she's accused of stealing.
The 18 karat gold and diamond necklace has been sent to her by a rich fan called Eric Freiberg, who tells website TooFab.com, "I felt it was the right thing to do." He adds, "Everyone takes any chance they can to pile on to her (Lohan)."
"The accusation that she stole a necklace is totally ridiculous. It was an easy decision for me to send her the necklace. It's particularly appropriate because it is an Evil Eye, which will hopefully ward off any bad spirits coming Lindsay's way."
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(FORT WAYNE) - A Fort Wayne area soldier has died in Iraq.
The Defense Department says 22-year old Army Corporal Ryan Woodward died Saturday in near Baghdad.
Woodward was with members of his 82nd Airborne Division Squadron, when the unit was attacked by insurgents.
He is a graduate of Carroll High School.
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The suspected bandits who abducted the paramount ruler of Gindiri in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Charles Mato Dakat, took good care of him, a palace source has said.
The Nation had reported that the monarch was released in the early hours on Friday and taken to a hospital for check-up.
A palace source said the abductors bought drugs for the monarch and did not maltreat him.
The source said: “We thank God Almighty that our paramount ruler is now released and is in good condition.
“Immediately after his release, he was taken to a hospital. Not that he is in a bad condition, but it’s the normal check-up which is necessary after being outside his home for days.
“We also thank God that he was not maltreated by his abductors.
“He was on medication and his abductors ensured he constantly took his drugs.
“As a matter of fact, the abductors got him fresh drugs as he couldn’t carry along with him the ones he had been taking at home, so we thank God for everything.
“Let us continue to pray for Plateau State and Nigeria.
“Let us also continue to pray for our security personnel because they are making a lot of sacrifice and doing a marvellous job for this country.
“I am positive that with our prayers and the efforts our security personnel are making, we would overcome our challenges.”
On whether ransom was paid, the source said: “This cannot be ruled out but for me, it is not important. Whether ransom was paid or not does not necessarily matter now.
What matters at the moment is that our paramount ruler is now released and we give God the glory.”
The traditional ruler was abducted from his palace at about 1am on Sunday. Two days later, the abductors called through his phone and demanded N500 million ransom.
It could not be confirmed how much was eventually paid.


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- Can blood test detect magnesium deficiency?
- Does coffee deplete magnesium?
- Who shouldnt take magnesium?
- What fruit is highest in magnesium?
- What are the signs of low magnesium in the body?
- Do you need to take vitamin D with magnesium?
- What food is highest in magnesium?
- Why do you check magnesium levels?
- Does vitamin D deplete magnesium?
- How can I raise my magnesium levels quickly?
- How do you fix magnesium deficiency?
- Why is my body low in magnesium?
- What blocks magnesium absorption?
- Is it OK to take magnesium daily?
Can blood test detect magnesium deficiency?
A doctor may suspect that magnesium levels are low based on symptoms, or because a person has a condition commonly linked to a magnesium deficiency.
A blood test can confirm the diagnosis, and it is important that a doctor also check levels of calcium and potassium..
Does coffee deplete magnesium?
The use of chemicals, such as fluoride and chlorine, bind to magnesium, making the water supply low in the mineral, as well. Common substances — such as sugar and caffeine — deplete the body’s magnesium levels.
Who shouldnt take magnesium?
The mineral supplement may be unsafe for people who take certain diuretics, heart medications, or antibiotics (1). Most people who take magnesium supplements don’t experience side effects, but it can cause gut related issues, such as diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting — especially in large doses ( 20 ).
What fruit is highest in magnesium?
Bananas. Bananas are among the most popular fruits in the world. They’re best known for their high potassium content, which can lower blood pressure and is linked to a reduced risk of heart disease ( 40 ). But they’re also rich in magnesium — one large banana packs 37 mg, or 9% of the RDI (41).
What are the signs of low magnesium in the body?
As magnesium deficiency worsens, symptoms may include:numbness.tingling.muscle cramps.seizures.muscle spasticity.personality changes.abnormal heart rhythms.
Do you need to take vitamin D with magnesium?
If you’re looking to get more vitamin D in your diet, take it with a side of magnesium. That mineral appears to help regulate levels of vitamin D, which in turn manages the levels of other minerals such as calcium and phosphorus.
What food is highest in magnesium?
Magnesium Rich FoodPumpkin seed – kernels: Serving Size 1 oz, 168 mg.Almonds, dry roasted: Serving Size 1 oz, 80 mg.Spinach, boiled: Serving Size ½ cup, 78 mg.Cashews, dry roasted: Serving Size 1 oz, 74 mg.Pumpkin seeds in shell: Serving Size 1 oz, 74 mg.Peanuts, oil roasted: Serving Size ¼ cup, 63 mg.More items…•
Why do you check magnesium levels?
A magnesium test is used to measure the level of magnesium in the blood (or sometimes urine). Abnormal levels of magnesium are most frequently seen in conditions or diseases that cause impaired or excessive excretion of magnesium by the kidneys or that cause impaired absorption in the intestines.
Does vitamin D deplete magnesium?
Mg is essential in the metabolism of vitamin D, and taking large doses of vitamin D can induce severe depletion of Mg. Adequate magnesium supplementation should be considered as an important aspect of vitamin D therapy.
How can I raise my magnesium levels quickly?
Try incorporating more of these foods into your diet to get a magnesium boost.Whole Wheat. Share on Pinterest. … Spinach. Share on Pinterest. … Quinoa. Share on Pinterest. … Almonds, Cashews, and Peanuts. Share on Pinterest. … Dark Chocolate. Share on Pinterest. … Black Beans. Share on Pinterest. … Edamame. Share on Pinterest. … Avocado.More items…•
How do you fix magnesium deficiency?
Tips for improving magnesium absorptionreducing or avoiding calcium-rich foods two hours before or after eating magnesium-rich foods.avoiding high-dose zinc supplements.treating vitamin D deficiency.eating raw vegetables instead of cooking them.quitting smoking.
Why is my body low in magnesium?
The causes of magnesium deficiency vary. They range from inadequate dietary intake to loss of magnesium from the body ( 2 ). Health problems associated with magnesium loss include diabetes, poor absorption, chronic diarrhea, celiac disease and hungry bone syndrome.
What blocks magnesium absorption?
Phytates in the diet bind to magnesium and impair its absorption. However the quantities present in normal diet do not affect magnesium absorption. Other dietary factors that are thought to affect magnesium absorption are oxalate, phosphate, proteins, potassium and zinc.
Is it OK to take magnesium daily?
Doses less than 350 mg daily are safe for most adults. In some people, magnesium might cause stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and other side effects. When taken in very large amounts (greater than 350 mg daily), magnesium is POSSIBLY UNSAFE.

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The White Pavilion majestically sits atop a peninsula at the exclusive St. James’ Club with commanding views of St. James Bay to the east and Mamora Bay to the south. This four ensuite bedroom property was designed by notable architect Andrew Goodenough and has since attracted international attention due its neoclassic architecture. The White Pavilion utilizes key features of this period such as the classic white columns, continuous balustrade enclosing the outdoor living spaces and pool lounge area. This gives the villa a stately and grand ambience.
The White Pavilion, considered to be one of the most prominent private residences within the gated community of St. James’s Club, boasts an exquisite 180-degree ocean and landscape view. The villa features high pickled wood coved ceilings, arched French doors and windows and complemented with a grand living room. The spacious interior is exquisitely furnished with antiquities, which lends to the villa’s elegance and charm. The grand living space extends to an expansive balcony and inground pool which offers a surreal view of the bays. One can also enjoy a sundowner from the plunge bath.
The kitchen offers ample countertops and custom cabinetry with a French window which provides a view on the dining area. The dining area is a perfect space to hosts a sumptuous dinner for up to ten (10) persons.
The master bedroom is located at the eastern wing of the villa to bask at a beautiful sunrise. The second bedroom enjoys a private balcony and its own captivating views. The two ensuite bedrooms on the western side also offer private balconies and are positioned to enjoy sunsets depending on the time of the year. The furthest room is detached from the main house offering optimal privacy. There is a fifth room that could be utilized as an office or guest bedroom.
Owners at this sought-after address can access amenities at the St. James’ Club to include floodlit tennis courts, croquet lawn, swimming pools, spa, and wellness center.
The White Pavilion is a 12 minutes’ drive to the historic English Harbour, the Yachting Capital of the Caribbean and home to Nelson's Dockyard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. English Harbour expands to more than 15 square miles of Antigua’s south coastline. The national park is the island’s center for heritage and distinct historic architecture with surrounding scenic views at Shirley's Heights and beaches such as Pigeon Point, Galleon Bay and Windward Bay.
During April-May and November-December when the yachting community comes together for events such as Antigua Sailing Week and the Antigua Yacht Show the area comes alive. Besides sailing, the area offers outdoor cafes, live entertainment at bars and nightlife hotspots featuring our top bands, an array of gastronomic restaurants offering exquisite international and local cuisines.

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- Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican representative for Utah, was born March twenty-second nineteen thirty-four in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hatch’s father, Jesse, was a hardworking metal lather and his mother, Helen, a devout woman. He grew up in a family of modest means.
- In the past few years, media violence has increased on television, in turn bringing inevitable resistance from concerned parents. What they don’t stop to think about is that maybe the media is not the only area to blame. Parents are to blame when children are subjected to violence in the media, because it is due to an undedicated parent, not a careless network or radio station.
- Apel, Warren S. “ACLU Action Report.” Online. Apel, Warren S. “Chronology to Flag Burning.” Online. Apel, Warren S. “The Flag Protection Act of 1989.” Online. Apel, Warren S. “Hasbrouk Explains the Voting Procedure.” Online. “Citizens’ Flag Alliance: Significant Campaign Events.
- Few topics in American history have been more disputed or the controversy more heated than Gun legislation. The history of Gun Legislation dates back to the Revolutionary period. In 1792 Congress passed a law that required “all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 18-44″ to equip themselves with a musket, or a weapon adequate for war, along with a minimum amount of ammunition.
- Many different types of projects in different countries have reduced levels of delinquency and violence by tackling the causes – to the extent to which crime is reduced through many different types and forms of crime prevention projects including: designing out crime; promoting social control; supporting young persons and families; breaking the cycle of violence against women and children; and promoting individual responsibility, as well as various types of incarceration programs like camps, ranches and various other juvenile prisons.
- George W. Bush came out of his national convention with a significant lead over Al Gore. One poll put the margin at 17 points. While this is reassuring to his supporters, it is a lead that could quickly evaporate. In 1988, Democrat Michael Dukakis held a 17 point lead over Republican George Bush and lost the election.
- a?bor?tion: n. 1. Induced termination of a pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or fetus that is incapable of survival. 2. A miscarriage. 3. Cessation of normal growth, esp. of a body part, prior to full development or maturation. 4. An aborted organism.
- Although this procedure long predated the modern lie detector, it was based-knowingly or not- on assumptions about psychological stress much like those that support polygraph examinations today. The ancient test depended on the fact that fear makes the mouth dry, so rice would stick in a guilty person?s mouth.
- Since 1968, the United States has spent increasing amounts of taxpayers’ money; more than $40 billion last year trying to stop drug use through the criminal-justice system. Three-fourths of federal anti-drug money goes to police, prisons, border patrol and interdiction efforts in countries like Colombia.
- “For the first time in human history, most of the stories about people, life, and values are told not by parents, schools, churches, or others in the community who have something to tell but by a group of distant conglomerates who have something to sell” (Osborn).
- Is it more important to protect the icons of our country, or to ensure the right to extremely offensive expressions? The issue of flag burning asks America just that question: Should America tolerate, or condemn? Flag burning does seem to be the ultimate act of symbolic protest used to express dissension against the American
- Whilst approaching the Twenty-first Century, America has taken significant strides in the advancement of high technology. With the unveiling of this new frontier comes continued innovation and government regulation. One aspect of the government in particular, the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890, has impeded the progress of exploration into this new field; for the effectiveness of government is a nefarious hindrance to the efficiency of technology.
- There were four major candidates in this election. The choice for the Republican Party was Abraham Lincoln. He was an excellent speaker who gained recognition during the Lincoln- Douglas debates. In his first major political appearance he won the support of many Americans through his powerful and famous speech at “Cooper Union” in New York City.
- In light of recent developments, I took a different approach to this paper. The Microsoft Antitrust case has been somewhat of a phenomenon that has become one of the most prominent cases in recent years. Because of this, I decided to look at government intervention into individual markets, along with antitrust law, via that particular case.
- Children have been described as our future, our greatest resource, and our hope for a better tomorrow. For many Americans, though, children invoke fear. They represent violence, a segment of society lacking in self-control and devoid of ethics and morals, and the failure of the family to instill traditional values, chief among them being the value of human life and respect for others.
- Chris Forrester English 102 9-03-00 Lyrical Violence Music is a prominent force in adolescent lives; according to the American Medical Association, American adolescents spend a total of four and a half hours a day listening to music and watching music videos.
- Most people first heard of David Koresh, the charismatic leader of the religious sect that came to be called The Branch Dividians , and the Dividians themselves, in February of 1993, but the Branch Dividians had existed for fifty years before Koresh was even born.

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The top three Google products cited in data removal requests from federal agencies came down to Blogger, Search and YouTube.
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According to analysts, in-memory Hybrid Transaction / Analytical Processing (HTAP) is the future of business applications.
Microsoft's 'Bingification' of applications officially has begun with its integration of Bing search into Word Online.
Power and space savings could change the data center industry.
VoltDB's co-founder and chief strategy officer discusses the growing requirement for in-memory databases to address the demand to gather, analyze and make sense of operational, machine, social media and other types of data. Do you agree?
Hitachi Data Systems has predicted that in 2015, the market will see enterprises deploy their critical legacy applications into a hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Got a lot of data? Finding your PC a little cramped when it comes to free space? Would a Seagate 8TB hard drive help?
Early data from StatCounter indicates that Yahoo could get a usage bump from a deal to be the default search provider.
The internet of things could be very helpful to organizations or bury them under the weight of operational data from a herd of devices, their software, and their applications. Glassbeam believes its SCALAR is the tool that will make sense of it all.
CA Technologies has advised that in order for enterprises to deal with the move to the application economy, they need to prepare for the unwired enterprise, ambient data, and API-assembled applications.
Nokia's mapping unit finds a non-automotive customer in SAP's big data in-memory analytics platform HANA.
Its approach isolates applications and their associated data so they can 'float' across multiple locations.
IT vendor launches one-stop portal offering third-party cloud applications and services running on Azure, and inks partnership with SingTel to enable Asia-Pacific customers to move their data and workload between various cloud environments.
Apple is ruffling features by collecting search and location data from OS X Yosemite users through Spotlight features that some argue should be off by default.
As for the outlook, Intel projected revenue of $14.7 billion, give or take $500 million with gross margins of about 64 percent. Wall Street was expecting fourth quarter revenue of $14.5 billion.
Pivotal said Tachyon is part of the next generation of data lake technology that will leverage the availability of in-memory processing with an architecture that supports multiple analytics workloads.
If encryption just isn't secure enough for you, these new solid-state drives will wipe their data or even physically fragment their flash memory when the owner sends the device an SMS message.
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Don’t Envy the success, envy struggle those words sink into me every day in my lecture hall someone thought it wise to write in on the wall just above the white board, so try, you can’t miss it. Nothing best describes the Nigerian hustle like the word - THE HUSTLE – it’s our respect for hard work and pursuit of excellence. We are everywhere from the hottest desert to striving in the coldest region in the world. Our culture of greatness imbibed in all both big and small.
Despite our culture of greatness money has eroded our values, our souls, our principles.
I would start with us women, if we say a country is bad it then says a lot about the quality of women it has. I can’t emphasize the need for quality women enough, women with superior thought process. It is not poverty, corruption or lack of education all the time, every country has its fair share; you value your children but don’t know where they are, the friends they keep, their sexuality or what they do for money vis-à-vis the new tab, shoes and blackberry phones. ‘You value your home’, but every day it is war thorn, your kids hear you policing your spouse, arguing with your spouse and yelling ‘Go and do what your mates are doing for dough!” Every day we women are pushing our men into corruption, our children to materialism and our society to poverty of the mind. Your children are as good as you make them. Your family is as good for the society as you make them. If the family is the smallest unity of the society, ultimately the goodness or otherwise of a society is how ‘we’ women make it.
If we can turn down money to uphold our belief, or turn down awards or any forms of recognition for what we believe or because you believe you don’t deserve it, we would achieve such growth and success because the things we sacrifice tell a lot about our values, because We have designed our lives to enjoy the fruits of other people’s labor while they are ripe.
We are a people more particular about money than even our health. More than 10 years ago my mother closed-down her shop in Oke-Arin because she didn’t have the conscience to erase and reprint expiry date as others did……….. Fast forward 10 years after most imported and canned foods are expired goods. It is a Nigerian who stuffs drugs into a dead baby, it is we Nigerians who sell our own kidneys, it is not desperation nor poverty; yes it is really nobody’s business how you live your life but then we unapologetically harm our own, impoverise our own, Abuse our own and we do these for no better reason than for money.
We steal without shame every day, sleep with married men, patronize prostitutes, no one is here to judge you but when we brag about these things but tuck away our spouse and kids at home sheltering them from the madness of the country we by many means contribute to. We build huge walls and exert massive gates to keep our enemies out but are the same time locking things in. The worst things that happen in the society happen within those walls, locking your screams in its coldness. A friend once sent me a text, there are things that are known, there are things that are unknown, and then there are walls, huge walls.
I’m not done, traders can’t draw the line between cheating and profit, cultist rape students in their OWN schools, politicians under develop their OWN people, bosses collect a portion of subordinates salaries after working them into organizations, NYSC officials purposely post corpers to danger spots to make money from ‘posting-runs’. From the lecturer who demands sex for marks to corporate bodies who claim millions in profit annually but still downsize their workforce. ..
We give our kids out as maids and prostitutes without batting an eyelid, we turn chalk to medicinal drugs, import poisonous toys and baby food other countries reject. Bad things aren’t peculiar to us but our acts of callousness amongst our OWN SELVES is mind bugling and our motives are even worse. These people on these acts aren’t people thrown from the moon, they are our spouses, pastors, imams, neighbors, cousin, sisters and we turn a blind eye so long ‘no evil befalls my tent’ well, it’s okay! Research shows that “over 1 million American die from heart diseases and cancer. Annual causes of which are now easily linked to environmental forces in its majority”. It beats me that new lung cancer cases are more from non-smokers than smokers; I’m talking about Nigeria right now so for you in charge of fixing our roads or power generation whom have neglected their duties, we are all stuck in the same traffic and inhale the same clogged air polluted from gasoline fumes while we sleep. So keep digging others graves and ironically yours too.
I would stop here by saying, if we can’t be perfect, let us at least be good!

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With the Victorians, Britain saw a return to the values and virtues associated with the mediaeval period. Gothic-inspired structures appeared up and down the country, the most notable of which was the mediaeval-inspired Palace of Westminster. The fashions moved from the Greek-inspired Regency style to a more dramatic Mediaeval silhouette. Everywhere, a return to craftsmanship and artisanal skill was a welcome reaction against emerging industrialisation.
The Arts and Crafts movement was born This was an era when machines for sewing, crocheting, embroidering and making lace had been developed. As a result, essential handcrafts were under threat. In 1872 The Royal School of Needlework was founded, to help preserve and sustain the embroidered arts and continue the battle against industrialisation. At the end of the Victorian era, these preoccupations remained relevant.
Emerging into the Edwardian era, under the newly crowned Edward VII, The Royal School of Needlework, now in its third decade, began work on two special royal banners. Having just completed the funeral pall for Queen Victoria and the coronation robes for Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, the royal household had become a significant patron of the embroidered arts.
Just as history is remembered through retelling, transcribing and recording, the cultural objects that illustrate and bring history are protected by successive generations of caretakers. First by making, then remaking, persevering and conserving, these material objects survive through the ages. Whether small objects such as jewellery or vast objects such as cathedrals, these material objects of British history reflect the priorities and preoccupations of the people.
How did two Mediaeval-style banners come to be made in the Edwardian period and why was the hanging so delayed? This is a story that begins with a fear of industrialisation and ends with the triumph of hand embroidery.
Read on to discover how Hand & Lock were granted an opportunity to help preserve two remarkable objects of Britain’s heritage.
The two banners, measuring two by two and a half metres were the official arms of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and would hang over their stalls at St George’s Chapel. The banners were a return to the traditional embroidered elegance of the mediaeval era. Not printed or painted, each motif would be appliqued and meticulously embellished by hand.
The King’s banner hung above his stall from 1901 to Edward’s death in 1910 and upon Queen Alexander’s death in 1925 the two banners were destined to be hung side by side above their tombs. However, a larger restoration project of the Chapel meant this would have to be delayed.
The banners were separated with the Queen’s banner retained at the College of Arms by Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston, and the King’s banner hanging in St George’s chapel. Finally, in the early 1980s, the Queen’s banner was returned by the Woolaston family and Textile Conservation Centre began work on a much-needed restoration. In 1983, for the first time, the two banners were united above the tombs of King VII and Queen Alexander.
However, the state of the banners was inconsistent and the restoration had failed to adequately address and stabilise the rate of decay indefinitely. In 1995 both banners were removed from public display and stored in the safe confines of the Aerey of St George’s Chapel. They would not be touched again for 23 years.
Twenty years later, Hugo Vickers, former Lay Steward, and now Captain at the Chapel had been in service for over 50 years. He began the Windsor Benefit Trust intending to raise funds for lesser priority restoration projects away from essential major building repairs. Top of the list was the restoration of the two banners that lay in storage.
Hand & Lock had previously worked on Vickers’ Deputy Lieutenant Uniform. In November 2018 he approached the team about the restoration of the banners and Production Director Jessica Pile began a careful process of assessing the damage and articulating a plan of restoration.
It was evident that the extensive damage to the cloth could only be fully determined by causing yet more damage.
The banner had to be opened up and deconstructed before being stabilised and reassembled. While the task of any restoration is to preserve as much as possible, often it is necessary to replace parts that are beyond repair. Sympathetic materials and trims were sought that mirrored the originals used by The Royal School of Needlework over a century earlier.
Taken apart, more issues were discovered to do with the base materials which were now badly worn and incapable of supporting the appliques. These individual appliques were carefully removed, cleaned, stabilised and transplanted onto a more stable sympathetic backing. To arrest further decay, the original parts of the banners were secured under invisible conservation netting which held the worn fibres safely still.
"I told her all about the restoration work - how the velvet was shot through, so replaced, and the lions and harps lifted off, put back under a fine net, and how the team stitched the cording and then the tongues and claws."
From start to finish, the meticulous project took over 4000 hours over four years, involved 20 embroiderers and used over 100 metres of gold cord. The Edward VII banner was handed back to Windsor in December 2019, marking Vickers’ 50th anniversary as a Lay Steward. The Queen Alexandra Banner was completed in early 2022 after progress had been disrupted by the pandemic.
Finally restored and hung together above the tomb, Vickers spoke to the Queen about the project:
“I told her all about the restoration work – how the velvet was shot through, so replaced, and the lions and harps lifted off, put back under a fine net, and how the team stitched the cording and then the tongues and claws”. He added, “The Queen loved that information. I told her they were all happy in their work as they were creating”.
And it was true, the team at Hand & Lock felt the weight of history and responsibility but ultimately were excited to add to the legacy of these historic banners. Jessica Pile spoke about that legacy: “I think it is important to this country to be able to see its history. The banners themselves tell a story of each person, Queen Alexandra’s banner shows her danish background and all the motifs represent something about her. They bring colour to the story”.
“The Queen loved that information. I told her they were all happy in their work as they were creating”.
Spearheaded by Hugo Vickers and accomplished by Hand & Lock, these two elegant banners can now reveal a hidden history. They shine a light on the Royal School of Needlework founded in 1872, Hand & Lock founded in 1767 and of course King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra. They continue to tell us about the people who made them, the people who restored them and the world in which we all live.
Historic objects require an army of specialists to conserve and preserve them. The task is endless with another restoration likely required at some point in the distant future. However, preserving cultural objects of our history is vital. The Victorian and Edwardian interest in the Mediaeval reflected their fear of industrialisation. That is no longer the case. Decades of industrialisation have led to comfort, convenience and more employment. However, we are still compelled to preserve and create things by hand because we value craftsmanship, heritage and precious objects.

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The New York Times doesn’t have statistics, but its reporter thinks Lanham Act litigation (filed by companies against their competitors over allegedly misleading advertising) is on the rise these days.
“The American Booksellers Association loves people who buy books. It loves them so much that it wants to protect them from wicked retailers who sell popular titles at affordable prices.” [Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe] More: Mark Perry.
Related: antitrust laws mostly “used today by one group of competitors to try to hamstring another competitor in their business” [Coyote on IBM mainframe investigation]
Ride the Ducks says it has been inviting customers to toot on kazoos for a decade as part of its water-land tours in various cities. Now it is suing competitor Bay Quackers, which pioneered the duck tour concept in San Francisco (and was more recently joined there as a competitor by Ride the Ducks) for infringing its “sound mark”, an “auditory equivalent of a trademark”. [New York Times] [Corrected 2:30 p.m. after reader Kim S. pointed out that I hadn’t correctly conveyed the details of which company operated where and when.]
Sara Lee sues Kraft over its advertising claims regarding the taste of hot dogs.
- Yielding to pressure from state AGs, Craigslist will close “erotic services” section and replace with more highly moderated “adult services”; New York’s Cuomo is furious the site took unilateral action “in the middle of the night” rather than negotiating with him [NY Times, Hartford Courant, office of Connecticut AG (and longtime Overlawyered bete noire) Richard Blumenthal, Citizen Media Law, Above the Law] More: Ambrogi.
- Or they could absorb it and move on: “Bounty sues Brawny in paper towel tilt” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
- Was granting patents relating to diagnostic analysis of human genes a mistake? Should courts undo it? Via constitutional law? Three different questions there [Ars Technica, Doc Gurley/San Francisco Chronicle]
- Canadian Human Rights Commission wants new ban on discrimination based on “social condition” (with concomitant penalties for hurtful speech premised on such condition) [Ken at Popehat]
- Luxury-goods makers’ suits against eBay over sale of counterfeits may be petering out [Frankel, American Lawyer]
- Today must be exotic-dancer-litigation day at Overlawyered: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board denies trademark protection for “Cuffs and Collar Mark” of Chippendales male exotic dancers [TTA Blog via Lowering the Bar, Ron Coleman, opinion in PDF]
- Allegations fail to stick: “Judge drops class-action suit on Teflon cookware” [AP/Des Moines Register, WSJ, American Lawyer; earlier here and here]
- Asbestos litigation ramps up against Detroit automakers after bankruptcy of many earlier defendants [five years ago on Overlawyered; up-to-the-minute report from Kirk Hartley]
- Beck and Herrmann fisk a NEJM anti-preemption editorial. [Beck/Herrmann; NEJM]
- Lessons of the Grasso case. [Hodak]
- You think BigLaw has it bad? Plaintiffs’ attorney who invented the benefit-of-the-bargain theory for pharmaceutical class actions where no one has suffered any cognizable injury, has made his firm tens of millions, but still hasn’t made partner. “Zigler said he never meets most of the people he represents in these high-profile cases.” [St.L. Post-Dispatch; related analysis from Beck/Herrmann]
- Speaking of harmless lawsuits, “an atrocity in Arkansas,” as Arkansas Supreme Court ignores basic principles of due process and civil procedure to certify an extortionate pre-CAFA class action from MIller County. [Hmm, that’s Beck/Herrmann again; General Motors v. Bryant; related from Greve]
- Speedo competitor: unfair competition to say your innovative swimsuit has an advantage just because 38 out of the last 42 world records (as of June 30) were broken in the suit. [Am Law Daily]
- Background on bogus shower curtain scare story (earlier). [NYT; related AEI event]
- EMTALA-orama: don’t discuss payment in the emergency room if you don’t want to get sued. [ER Stories]
I’ve previously criticized the unrealistic notions judges have of the expense of litigation. (For example: Budget Rent A Car (7th Cir. 2005).) As I said, “[T]he mistake of thinking that legal practice is so frictionless is what encourages so many judges to deny motions to dismiss and deny motions for summary judgment and fail to restrain discovery.” The Spalding Labs v. ARBICO case, No. CV 06-1157 ODW (SHx), 2008 WL 2227501 (C.D. Cal., May 29, 2008) (via Tushnet) provides another example.
Antitrust law trips up pillar-of-counterculture-journalism Village Voice Media, cont’d: “San Francisco Superior Court Judge Marla Miller raised the amount the Weekly [SF Weekly] must pay in damages to the Bay Guardian — from $6.3 million to $15.9 million — for undercutting its rival with below-cost ads.” (Meredith May, “Judge raises damages in case against SF Weekly”, San Francisco Chronicle, May 21; earlier; sample SF Weekly business-bashing piece, channeling plaintiff’s lawyers’ contentions in Parmalat case). “Predatory pricing — selling ads below cost with the goal of putting your competition out of business — is typically something alt weeklies cover, not something they get caught and fined for.” (Josh Feit, TheStranger.com (which competes with VVM’s Seattle Weekly), Mar. 5).
- UK: Paramedic twists ankle on steps responding to emergency call, plans to sue elderly couple [Daily Mail]
- Critics say litigiousness is part of the business plan for rental outfit Leasecomm, which has sued its customers more than 92,000 times [Boston Globe, Daily News Transcript]
- Great big predators of the alternative press? Jury awards $15 million against SF Weekly to its main competitor, Bay Guardian [SF Chronicle]
- Tacoma public schools sued after mentally ill student brings gun to school and kills classmate [KOMO]
- How the parties traded positions with each other on trade [Gordon, Commentary]
- Now Canada has its own “human rights” complaint against plastic surgeon who declines to undertake transgender-related surgery [Steyn, Macleans; earlier Catholic hospital case from California]
- Florida Supreme Court hears appeal of Joe Anderson $18 million “false light” defamation verdict against Gannett’s Pensacola News-Journal [WSJ law blog; earlier]
- Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman keeps suing bloggers and dragging websites before those Canadian hate-speech tribunals, so no criticizing him please [Levant, Five Feet of Fury (& more), Steyn]
- Discontent continues over judges’ standardless discretion in granting alimony awards [NLJ]
- Death of widow Alice Lawrence isn’t expected to end her litigation with law firm Graubard Miller over contingency fee [NYLJ; earlier]
- Labor arbitrator tells Florida school to rehire employee who reported to work with cocaine in his system [six years ago on Overlawyered]
U. S District Court Judge Robert Matsch recently got so infuriated by the conduct of McDermott, Will and Emery attorneys Terrance McMahon and Vera Elson that he overturned a jury’s $51 million verdict, then ordered the lawyers to pay the fees and costs of the opposing lawyers, a sum that could total several million dollars. (Denver Post, Feb. 25)
From the decision (Medtronic Navigation, Inc. v. BrainLAB Medizinische, 2008 WL 410413):
In essence, the response from the plaintiff and MWE, through new counsel, is that the Court had the obligation to stop any trial conduct that stepped over the line of zealous advocacy. In short, they argue that they should not be held responsible for what they were able to get away with during the trial presentation. The adamant denial that there was any abuse of advocacy in this case is in disregard of what this Court has already concluded and displays the same arrogance that has colored this case almost from its inception. Throughout these proceedings Medtronic and the MWE lawyers have demonstrated that when they are faced with adverse court rulings, they proceed undeterred, with only superficial observance of the court’s determinations. Such conduct supports the conclusion that after the Markman rulings, Medtronic’s primary objective in pursuing this litigation was to put economic pressure on its competitor in the market.
Medtronic’s counsel proceeded cavalierly, with reckless indifference to the merits of Medtronic’s infringement claims. The continued prosecution of a claim after its lack of merit has become apparent warrants sanctions under § 1927. At trial, MWE’s conduct was in disregard for the duty of candor, reflecting an attitude of “what can I get away with?” Throughout the trial, the MWE lawyers artfully avoided the limitations of the patent claims and created an illusion of infringement. They did so with full awareness that their case was without merit.


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June 17, 2008
Companies cross-certify solutions for high-performance storage
DRESDEN, Germany, June 17 -- Voltaire Ltd., a leading provider of grid backbone solutions for datacenters, today announced that it is working with DataDirect Networks, Inc., the data infrastructure provider for the most extreme, content-intensive environments in the world, to deliver native InfiniBand storage to customers worldwide. The companies recently completed cross-certification testing of Voltaire Grid Director InfiniBand-based switches and software with DataDirect Networks S2A9900 StorageScaler systems. Used together, the products deliver up to a 200 percent improvement in storage performance compared to solutions that use Fibre Channel.
According to leading industry analyst firm The Taneja Group, the growth of the native InfiniBand storage market may be similar to the fastest growing storage systems with a potential CAGR of 60-70 percent.(1)
"With the growth of scale-out, cluster computing architectures, we're seeing increased demand for high-performance storage access," said Dave Fellinger, chief technology officer, DataDirect Networks. "We specifically designed the S2A9900 to further enable InfiniBand clusters, which our customers are increasingly choosing as a highly scalable and stable interface technology. InfiniBand enables remote direct memory access data distribution, allowing the realization of a true 'zero memory copy' storage interface and a very efficient protocol. Voltaire's InfiniBand switches are a great way for our users to gain exponential performance improvements at competitive prices."
The S2A9900 StorageScaler platform provides extreme performance and capacity, with the ability to manage 1.2PB of capacity, in only two floor tiles, and deliver sustained throughput of up to 6GB/s for both writes and reads, per appliance. It is the first storage system to support native 20Gbps InfiniBand DDR host connections, enabling users to achieve their bandwidth goals using significantly fewer network connections.
Voltaire Grid Director switches provide high-performance 20 Gbps InfiniBand connectivity and microsecond latencies to enable high-performance applications to run on distributed server, network and storage resources.
"Businesses in industries including digital media, oil and gas, and life sciences that rely on high performance storage to run their applications will gain big benefits from native InfiniBand storage," said Asaf Somekh, vice president of strategic alliances, Voltaire. "We're pleased to work with our partner DataDirect Networks to bring these much-needed solutions to market."
Native InfiniBand storage solutions from Voltaire and DataDirect Networks are available today through Voltaire's OEM and reseller partners, and from DataDirect Networks and its partners.
Voltaire (NASDAQ: VOLT) designs and develops server and storage switching and software solutions that enable high-performance grid computing within the datacenter. Voltaire refers to its server and storage switching and software solutions as the Voltaire Grid Backbone. Voltaire's products leverage InfiniBand technology and include director-class switches, multi-service switches, fixed-port configuration switches, Ethernet and Fibre Channel routers and standards-based driver and management software. Voltaire's solutions have been sold to a wide range of end customers including governmental, research and educational organizations, as well as enterprises in the manufacturing, oil and gas, entertainment, life sciences and financial services industries. Founded in 1997, Voltaire Ltd. is headquartered in Herzeliya, Israel, and has its U.S. headquarters in Billerica, Mass. More information about Voltaire is available at www.voltaire.com or by calling 1-800-865-8247.
About DataDirect Networks
DataDirect Networks is the leading provider of scalable storage systems for performance and capacity-driven applications. DataDirect Networks' S2A (Silicon Storage Architecture) technology enables modern applications such as video streaming, content delivery, modeling and simulation, backup and archiving, cluster and supercomputing, and real-time collaborative workflows that are driving the explosive demand for storage performance and capacity. DataDirect Networks' S2A technology and solutions solve today's most challenging storage requirements, including providing shared, high-speed access to a common pool of data, minimizing datacenter footprints and storage costs for massive archives, reducing simulation computational times, and capturing and serving massive amounts of digital content. For more information visit DataDirect Networks at www.datadirectnet.com or call +1-800-TERABYTE (837-2298).
(1) The Taneja Group, InfiniBand in the Enterprise: Next Generation Data Center Computing, April 2008.
Source: Voltaire Ltd.
In quieter times, sounding the bell of funding big science with big systems tends to resonate further than when ears are already burning with sour economic and national security news. For exascale's future, however, the time could be ripe to instill some sense of urgency....
In a recent solicitation, the NSF laid out needs for furthering its scientific and engineering infrastructure with new tools to go beyond top performance, Having already delivered systems like Stampede and Blue Waters, they're turning an eye to solving data-intensive challenges. We spoke with the agency's Irene Qualters and Barry Schneider about..
Large-scale, worldwide scientific initiatives rely on some cloud-based system to both coordinate efforts and manage computational efforts at peak times that cannot be contained within the combined in-house HPC resources. Last week at Google I/O, Brookhaven National Lab’s Sergey Panitkin discussed the role of the Google Compute Engine in providing computational support to ATLAS, a detector of high-energy particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
May 23, 2013 |
The study of climate change is one of those scientific problems where it is almost essential to model the entire Earth to attain accurate results and make worthwhile predictions. In an attempt to make climate science more accessible to smaller research facilities, NASA introduced what they call ‘Climate in a Box,’ a system they note acts as a desktop supercomputer.
May 22, 2013 |
At some point in the not-too-distant future, building powerful, miniature computing systems will be considered a hobby for high schoolers, just as robotics or even Lego-building are today. That could be made possible through recent advancements made with the Raspberry Pi computers.
May 16, 2013 |
When it comes to cloud, long distances mean unacceptably high latencies. Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany examined those latency issues of doing CFD modeling in the cloud by utilizing a common CFD and its utilization in HPC instance types including both CPU and GPU cores of Amazon EC2.
May 15, 2013 |
Supercomputers at the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have worked on important computational problems such as collapse of the atomic state, the optimization of chemical catalysts, and now modeling popping bubbles.
05/10/2013 | Cleversafe, Cray, DDN, NetApp, & Panasas | From Wall Street to Hollywood, drug discovery to homeland security, companies and organizations of all sizes and stripes are coming face to face with the challenges – and opportunities – afforded by Big Data. Before anyone can utilize these extraordinary data repositories, however, they must first harness and manage their data stores, and do so utilizing technologies that underscore affordability, security, and scalability.
04/15/2013 | Bull | “50% of HPC users say their largest jobs scale to 120 cores or less.” How about yours? Are your codes ready to take advantage of today’s and tomorrow’s ultra-parallel HPC systems? Download this White Paper by Analysts Intersect360 Research to see what Bull and Intel’s Center for Excellence in Parallel Programming can do for your codes.
In this demonstration of SGI DMF ZeroWatt disk solution, Dr. Eng Lim Goh, SGI CTO, discusses a function of SGI DMF software to reduce costs and power consumption in an exascale (Big Data) storage datacenter.
The Cray CS300-AC cluster supercomputer offers energy efficient, air-cooled design based on modular, industry-standard platforms featuring the latest processor and network technologies and a wide range of datacenter cooling requirements.


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11 Hilariously Bad Reviews of Famous Sights Illustrated
These hilarious travel posters illustrate the worst and funniest reviews of famous travel destinations.
You’d Look Twice If You Ever Saw These Ads on the Street
If you want to see some truly creative genius, just take a look at these uniquely designed ads that are sure to make you do a double-take
This Artist Turned Bad Reviews Into Comical Illustrations
Designer Amber Share found some hilarious bad reviews on National Parks online, and turned them into even more hilarious travel posters
These 16 Posters Prove Cats Are the Perfect Ad Material
Cats can sell anything. These 16 hilarious advertisements starring cats prove it.
Who Was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec?
Get to know the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who is considered to be the forefather of commercialized art.
These Veterinary Clinics Keep Things On the Funnier Side
Veterinarians have as many funny things to say about dogs as they do cats, and these signboards make that undeniably clear.
Hilarious! Vet Clinic Jokes That Are Absolute Comedy Gold!
If you're looking for a few clever quips to make you laugh, look no farther than these signs found outside of veterinary clinics
You Can’t Help But Giggle at These Brilliant Signs
We could all use a bit of laughter these days, and what’s better than brilliantly funny signs?
Some Veterinarians Have the Funniest Signs!
Veterinarians have the most hilarious ways of looking at the crazy moments in your pets life and these signs are proof of that!
Try Not to Laugh: Hilarious Pet Reactions
Besides the love and companionship, keeping a pet around is worthwhile for the never-ending laughs they provide...
These Cartoons of Hilarious Cats Took the Internet By Storm!
These cats are the ultimate comedians of the internet and now they’re being brought to us in adorable and hilarious illustrations
How Much is My Bill Again!? (Hilarious Joke)
A woman takes her motionless dog to the vet, only for him to confirm that he is in fact dead. He employs a special method just to make sure...
If There Ever Was a Funny Sign, Then This Has to Be It
The Indian Hills Community Center sign in Colorado, USA, has gained a worldwide following thanks to the hilarious puns it displays. Here are 30 of them.
These Dogs Are Too Silly (and Cute) For Words
Aren't dogs just the cutest and funniest? Take a look at these 26 pictures because they're guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
14 Hilariously Creative Doormats
‘Welcome’ is certainly not the only thing a doormat can say, as these hilarious and unusual doormats show...
These Animals Think They Are Human…
Turns out animals and humans aren't all that different. Only when pets act like people, it's 100 times funnier!
This Funny Pet Compilation Had Us In Splits!
In this compilation you will witness some of the most hilarious pet videos from the past year - be warned, keeping a straight face will be impossible!
These Cute Comics Don’t Need Words to Tell Funny Stories
This cartoonist doesn't use words in his comics, and yet he manages to convey complex ideas and tell hilarious jokes through his comics.
Get Ready For Some Unusually LARGE Pets
If you think your cat or dog did a lot of growing since you first adopted them, wait till you see these extra-large (and extra cute) pets!
The Secret Lives of Japanese Street Cats
Street photographer Masayuki Oki documents the lives of Tokyo's stray cats. Discover the funny, cute, and sometimes plain odd lives of Tokyo's felines.
It’s Even Funnier When People Decide to Recreate BAD Art
We all remember the fun trend of recreating famous art...but it gets even funnier when people recreate absolutely terrible art found in charity shops!
Hilarious Quarantine Signs Keep Things Light in Dark Times
These signs prove that no matter how bad the pandemic gets, people will always find creative ways to make other people laugh.
Hilariously Accurate Comics That Dive Into the Dog Mind
Denise Paine is an artist that knows there’s more to dogs than meets the eye and gives us a glimpse into her dog’s mind with some fun comics
You’ll Have to Stop Driving When You See These Billboards!
These are billboards seen across the world which have strange messages and bizarre concepts that are sure to make you laugh
Thought-Provoking Caricatures By Satiric Artist Agim Sulaj
Agim Sulaj has created numerous beautifully satirical paintings, caricatures and illustrations on a wide variety of subjects, like these


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The Beatles chose Revolver as this album's title from other candidates such as "Abracadabra," "Magic Circles," and "Beatles on Safari." The cover slick was designed by Beatle acquaintance and musician Klaus Voorman.
By the summer of 1966, the Beatles were changed men. Having embraced the emerging hippy ethic, taken LSD, and developed personal musical tastes that ranged from classical to Indian to the avant-garde, it was almost inevitable that Revolver would reflect these new interests, just as their debut album had reflected their youthful love of American rock and soul.
Clearly a studio creation rather than just a collection of songs, this was the album on which the Beatles' songwriting skills were most perfectly enhanced by their desire to innovate. Released on August 5, Revolver topped the U.K. album charts for seven weeks starting on the 13th and, like With the Beatles, even made an appearance in the Top 20 singles.
Although Revolver was released during the Beatles' final tour, the group played none of its songs on stage. It was the last instance where UK and US versions of a same-titled Beatle album contained a different track list.
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Um novo álbum paira no horizonte e os fãs estão ansiosos pelo retorno da cantora!
The orchestration of three Grammys... and counting.
The album that shot Noah Kahan to fame is officially coming to a close.
Will Grammy history be made?
Noah Kahan has released a new version of one of his hit songs, this time with Gracie Abrams, and fan everywhere are loving it.
From Shakira to Rauw Alejandro, let's debrief a few moments from this year's Latin GRAMMYs in Sevilla, Spain.