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All My Children
Multitalented Robert LuPone is perhaps best recognized for his performances in the soap operas “All My Children” (1984-1985) and “Guiding Light” (1990, 1992-1996, 2000). He has also acted in several primetime shows, including the Fox miniseries “Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story” (1995), the NBC series “Law & Order” and its companion shows “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and the David Chase created popular show “The Sopranos,” in which he played the recurring role of Dr. Cusamano from 1999 to 2007. Besides television, LuPone acted in several feature films, including “Jesus Christ Superstar” (1973), adapted from the 1971 play of the same name in which LuPone also appeared in, “High Stakes” (1989), “Dead Presidents” (1995), “Heartbreak Hospital” (2002), “The Door in the Floor” (2004), “Mentor” (2006), “Funny Games U.S.” (2007) and “Breaking Point” (2009).
The cofounder of the theater company Manhattan Class Company (MCC) who kicked off his career as a part of the family act “The LuPone Trio,” received a Tony nomination for his role as choreographer/director Zach in Broadway’s “A Chorus Line” (1975). He also earned praise for his work in the stage production “The Tooth of Crime” (1973). Other theater credits include “Minnie's Boys” (1970), “Saint Joan” (1977), “Lennon” (1982), “Late Night Comic” (1987), “Triumph of Love” (1997), “A View from the Bridge” (1998), “True West” (2000) and “Change Beds and Dance” (2002).
The LuPone Trio
Childhood and Family:
Robert LuPone was born on July 29, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Orlando Joseph LuPone, was a school administrator and his mother, Angela Louise, worked as an administrator at a college. They divorced in 1961.
Robert graduated from the prestigious Juilliard School in New York, where he majored in music. He is the older brother of actress Patti LuPone (born on April 21, 1949), who won a Tony Award for her role as “Evita” in the Broadway musical of the same name (1979). He also has a twin brother named William LuPone, who pursued a career as a librarian after leaving the family act “The LuPone Trio,” whose members included Robert and Patti.
A Chorus Line
Robert LuPone and his younger sister began performing together as small children. During the 1960s, the twosome performed in a family act called “The Lupone Trio” with his twin brother. LuPone also appeared as a dancer in “Arabian Nights” at the Jones Beach Theatre in Long Island, New York, in 1967 and the next year, was cast in a New York City revival of “West Side Story.” However, he did not hit Broadway until two years later when he landed a part in the 1970 production of “Minnie's Boys.” It was also that year that LuPone appeared in the Andrew L. Stone directed “Song of Norway” as a dancer.
In 1971, LuPone received a role in a N.Y.C. production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” and when the play was brought to the big screen by director Norman Jewison two years later, the actor was cast in the role of James in the movie version. Still in 1973, LuPone also gained attention for his stage work in “The Tooth of Crime” at the Chicago Goodman Theatre Center and was handed a Joseph Jefferson Award for his performance in the show. He gathered up even more recognition in 1975 with his role of director/choreographer Zach on the original Broadway production of “A Chorus Line,” which earned him a 1976 Tony nomination in the category of Best Actor (Featured Role-Musical) for his performance. He followed the success by touring the country as Zach in 1976 and undertaking the role of the Dauphin in the Broadway revival of “Saint Joan” in 1977. Also in 1977, LuPone appeared in an episode of the dramatic series “The Feather and Father Gang.” He then received the recurring role of Chester Wallace in two episodes of the ABC soap opera “Ryan's Hope” (1979-1980). He returned to the stage in 1980 to co-direct “It's Me Marie” with Myra Turley at the Actors Studio before spending the next year teaching acting at New York University. He was seen on stage again in 1982 when he portrayed John Lennon in an off-Broadway production of “Lennon.” On the small screen, he also portrayed Thomas on the NBC daytime drama “Search for Tomorrow.”
However, it was LuPone's next television role that really earned the actor recognition. As character Zach Grayson during the 1984-1985 seasons of the ABC daytime series “All My Children,” he picked up a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Drama Series. He also co-formed the Manhattan Class Company (MCC) where he shared executive director responsibilities with Bernard Telsey.
Two years after leaving “All My Children,” LuPone appeared as Jeffery Sinclair on the “CBS Summer Playhouse” episode of “The Saint in Manhattan.” He then revisited Broadway in “Late Night Comic” (both 1987), where he was cast as David. He next participated in the Josephine Abady world premiere of “On the Waterfront” at the Cleveland Playhouse in 1989 and portrayed John Stratton in that year's motion picture “High Stakes,” which was written and directed by Amos Kollek.
1990 saw LuPone portray the disreputable attorney Leo Flynn on the long running soap opera “Guiding Light,” but he soon left the CBS show and did not make a comeback until 1992. He departed the series again in 1996. Meanwhile, LuPone also made his first of several appearances on the NBC series “Law & Order” in 1990, was featured as a music manager in the Oliver Stone drama “The Doors” in 1991, directed MCC’s production of “D Train” in 1994 and played Andre Previn on the Fox miniseries “Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story” in 1995. Still in 1995, he acted with Lisa Eichhorn and Stanley Tucci in the independent film “A Modern Affair,” helmed by Vern Oakley, portrayed Ralph in the Alan Taylor comedy “Palookaville,” which starred William Forsythe, and was featured as a lawyer in the action film “Dead Presidents,” which was co-directed by Albert and Allen Hughes.
After serving as a choreographer for the Hartford Stage Company production of “Romeo and Juliet” (1996), LuPone gave a memorable stage performance as Hermocrates in a regional production of the musical “Triumph of Love” (1997) in Baltimore. He was then cast in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's “A View from the Bridge” (1998), a role originated by Stephen Spinella. He closed out the decade directing the play “The English Teachers” and starting his recurring role of Tony Soprano's next door neighbor, Dr. Cusamano, on the hit HBO series “The Sopranos” (both 1999).
Entering the new millennium, LuPone reprised his role of Leo Flynn on “Guiding Light” and portrayed Robert Kardashian in CBS’ miniseries “An American Tragedy,” which was based on a book by Lawrence Schiller and James Willwerth. He also received guest spots in episodes of “Sex & the City” and “JAG” and on stage, portrayed the role of movie producer Saul Kimmer in a Broadway production of Sam Shepard's “True West” (all 2000). He then played Arnold Burns in the Broadway production of “A Thousand Clowns” (2001), opposite Tom Selleck, costarred with Maryanne Plunkett in an off-Broadway production of Neil Koenigsberg's “Change Beds and Dance” (2002) and was cast in Alfred Uhry’s play “Edgardo Mine” (also 2002) at the Hartford Stage in Connecticut. Also in 2002, he received the supporting role of Hal in the film “Heartbreak Hospital.”
LuPone next appeared in a 2003 episode of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and as Brooks Harmon in a 2004 episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” He resumed his film career by taking on the role of Mendelssohn in Tod Williams' “The Door in the Floor” (2004), which starred Elle Fanning, Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger and Jon Foster. He went on to appear in writer/director Leonardo Ricagni's “Indocumentados” (2005, as a Priest), the Carlo Ventura comedy “Vieni via con me” (2005, as Fred) and the drama “Mentor” (2006, as Franklin Burier), alongside Rutger Hauer and Matthew Davis. In 2007, the actor portrayed the supporting role of Robert in the thriller “Funny Games U.S.,” which was written and directed by Michael Haneke and starred Naomi Watts, Tim Roth and Michael Pitt. He then worked with Tom Berenger in the dramatic movie “Breaking Point,” (2009) which was directed by Jeff Celentano.
Joseph Jefferson: “The Tooth of Crime,” 1973

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My GG Grandfather JIM M. COOK was born around 1820 in Alabama. He married ELIZABETH KIZZIAH UNK. around 1840 in Alabama. He died around 1865. I would be very grateful to find out exactly when and where. KIZZIAH COOK and children still lived in Sabine Parish in 1870. J.M. COOK brought his family from Alabama to Sabine Parish around 1855 according to the 1860 census. This Cook family was closely associated with the PEACE, PROVINCE, and FRANKS families.
I believe that WILLIAM R. COOK was either a brother or cousin to JIM M. COOK as there was only a six or seven year difference in age with J.M. being the older. J.M. Cook's daugter, NANCY, married THOMAS PROVINCE in the home of WILLIAM R. COOK.
My Great Grandmother was J.M. Cook's daughter. Her name was FRANCIS ALICE COOK and was his last born. In the 1870's, practically all of the families mentioned moved to Shelby Co. Texas and lived in or around Center.
Thanks for any help you can give me and I'll be glad to share what meager information I have on the Cooks.

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Sumatran rhinos are one of the most endangered species on the planet, with a total of less than 100 total members of the species still surviving. That’s why this story is all the more amazing. In May of 2016, the International Rhino Foundation announced the birth of a brand new female calf that was birthed by one of their Sumatran rhinos. The mother rhino was named Ratu, and she is responsible for the only two calves born into the species in more than 128 years.
The Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary is located in Indonesia, which was the original home of the mother rhino, Ratu. She has lived at the sanctuary for years, and she made waves in 2012 when she gave birth to a son, Andatu. At the time, the male calf was the first of his kind to be born in over a century. The birth of two new calves, one male and one female, is a great sign for the species. Their numbers have been drastically falling for years, and scientists believe they may be the most endangered large mammal in existence.
Recently, the Sumatran rhino was declared extinct within the confines of Malaysia, one of their long-time natural habitats. Even with the birth of these two new calves in a relatively short time period, the species is still in extreme danger. Each calf literally increased the world population of these rhinos by one percent. The species is far from being saved, but this is a step in the right direction.
The mother rhino was 14 years old when she gave birth to the second calf. There were no complications during the birth, and both the mother and daughter are healthy. Since her first calf, Andatu, is so young, the mother now has two infants to watch after, even though Andatu is nearing independence. Many experts believe Ratu might have already released Andatu to the wild if they weren’t in captivity. The siblings won’t spend much time together, however, since the creatures are solitary in the wild. The Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary follows their natural lifecycle as closely as possible in order to keep the animals happy.
Before Ratu gave birth to her first calf in 2012, she was one of the most difficult rhinos to work with at the sanctuary. She was reportedly very feisty and wouldn’t do anything the staff wanted her to. It wasn’t until her first calf that she calmed down, and she fell into the role of mother right away with the second calf. Her keepers were even able to enter her pin and approach her, which they had never been able to safely do before. Her attentiveness as a mother keeps her docile yet focused.
The dwindling numbers of natural populations of Sumatran rhinos is in part due to poaching and in part due to the remaining populations being too widespread for mating to occur at fast enough rates for recovery. A lot of that is attributed to their natural environment being destroyed by agriculture, mining, and deforestation. This effectively cuts off the tiny populations from each other, so no new pairings can occur.
There have been efforts by the International Rhino Foundation to build protected zones where rhinos can live and breed in peace. There is also a lot of effort being poured into the captive breeding program, which helped Ratu sire her two calves. While these calves are just a drop in the bucket, they will hopefully continue to thrive and eventually spawn a new generation of rhinos themselves. Stories like these show that there are people out there interested in protecting the world and all its amazing creatures.

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I've been thinking about Michael Jackson's face. (Bear with me, it does become relevant!)
When I was at boarding school, I had a poster of the young Michael Jackson on my wall. It was the days just before Thriller, when he was properly black, with afro hair and a slightly squishy nose.
He was gorgeous. I would lie on my bed, staring up at him and imagine what our babies would look like.
But Michael never thought he looked good. He didn't like his hair, his skin, his nose, his chin or his eyes.
So Michael discovered plastic surgery. It promised him a solution to all his self esteem issues. And initially it did what it promised. He liked his nose more, his paler skin, his straighter hair and his sculpted chin. But he still wasn't happy, so he did more and more...
Bit by bit, Michael hacked away at all his perfect features until, one day, he must have looked in the mirror and discovered that instead of making himself perfect, he'd turned into the freak he'd always feared.
The surgery he thought was the solution had caused a horrible problem.
He must, surely, have realised that his original self - before he listened to all those surgeons - was actually pretty perfect.
That's what alcohol does. It promises to be the solution to all your problems. Then, one day, you realise that, actually, it's made all your problems much worse, and that the person you had been - before you started on this road - was actually pretty amazing.
Here are some of the lies we believe:
I will give you courage!
To start with, a shot of 'dutch courage' does seem to do the trick. But then, we get so used to using alcohol as a prop that, without it, we become complete cowards. We retreat into our own little worlds, clutching our bottles, unwilling and unable to take any risks in our lives.
I will give you confidence!
And you do feel more confident in the beginning. But pretty soon you become a bag of fear and anxiety. Unable to cope with anything much without your crutch. You're bloated, overweight, not sleeping and eating junk.
I will make you popular!
And, initially, we are life and soul of the party. But over time we become more and more boring. Self obsessed. Sometimes badly behaved and rude. We look around and realise that the only friends we have are other 'big drinkers.'
I will calm your anxiety!
And so it does - to start. That little knot in your stomach just dissolves after the first few glugs. But then you find you're anxious pretty much all the time! Because the need for a drink causes exactly the same build up of anxiety that it then releases. Plus, you have a hell of a lot more to be anxious about! Your life is a mess.
I will help you sleep!
A few glasses of wine before bed and - bang - out like a light. Only to wake up again at 3am as your poor body tries to process all that booze. Tossing, turning, sweating and hating yourself.
Like Michael Jackson, one day we look in the mirror and think: what have I done? What have I become? All the things I thought alcohol would give me, it's taken away.
You look back at your teenage self and think Wow! I was amazing. Gorgeous, popular, confident, strong. Why couldn't I see that?
But, the good news is, unlike Michael Jackson you can turn back the clock. You can get it all back: courage, confidence, popularity, calmness and sleep.
All you need to do is to see the lies for what they are, and step away from the bottle.
I'm back online!
Love SM x
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Disclaimer: All characters belong to L.J. Smith.
Author's Note: As Bonnie lies helpless, Damon vows to kill whoever harmed her.
Time: The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall
Genre: Romance, Drama, and Angst
Date: January 6, 2011
He looked at the bloody water. It was stained with her blood. Part of her soul was in the blood. It was gone, gone forever from her body. It would never return to her body. It was never return to this world.
He stroked her red hair. She was so delicate. She was like a glass doll that could break at any given second. She looked like a princess out of a Disney movie. She was beautiful, but she needed her knight in shining armour to save her.
She needed a saviour.
Someone to save her.
He stood up. Whoever did this was going to pay. Whoever did this was going to die. Whoever did this was going to wish that their death would be quick and over with.
Whoever did this was going to wish that they had never been born.
The saviour walked out of the room. With his exit, someone was going to die.

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Univ Of North Carolina Pr Books
Books editi da Univ Of North Carolina Pr con argomento Water Resources Development
Southern Water, Southern Power
Manganiello Christopher J.
edizioni Univ of North Carolina Pr collana Univ of North Carolina Pr (Hardcover) , 2015
Why has the American South--a place with abundant rainfall--become embroiled in intrastate wars over water? Why did unpredictable flooding come to characterize southern waterways, and how did a region that seemed so rich in this all-important resource become derailed by drought and the regional squabbling that has...
Teisch Jessica B.
edizioni Univ of North Carolina Pr collana Univ of North Carolina Pr (Paperback) , 2011
Focusing on globalization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jessica Teisch examines the processes by which American water and mining engineers who rose to prominence during and after the California Gold Rush of 1849 exported the United States' growing technical and environmental knowledge and associated...

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OLYMPIA, Wash. – It will be lights out at the Washington governor's office, drivers' license offices and other state agencies on Monday, July 12th. That's because of legislation signed [today] Tuesday by Governor Chris Gregoire. But under the new furlough law, many other Washington state services will remain open that day. The legislation requires a series of furloughs, but also includes many exceptions. At the least, Gregoire hopes state employees and their unions agree to take the same day off each month.
Chris Gregoire: “Really what we should do is we should all do it at the same time. And the reason for that is better to allow the public to know on a date certain, the state will not be open as opposed to downsizing catch as catch can depending upon the employee and when they might want to take it.”
The new law gives state agencies the option of avoiding furloughs if they can come up with the same cost-savings a different way. The goal is to trim $45 million by the end of the current two-year budget cycle. But about 80 percent of state workers are exempt from the furlough requirement including state troopers, corrections officers and public health workers.

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If you look on our bookshelf between Harry Potter 1 and Harry Potter 3, you'll find this:
It's a little booklet that Rachel made so that we know Harry Potter is "checked out" and is in her bedroom instead of on the shelf. She wrote Harry Potter on the front. Or rather, she wrote:
And in the inside she drew a glamorous picture of Hermione with her two ugly sidekicks, Ron and Harry (who are evidently way less important than Hermione):
I'm so glad I have her around to help keep our home organized! Now if I could get her to stop piling papers on my desk...
And just because I took pictures of the girls doing puzzles the other day, here are a few:
Miriam is doing a princess puzzle that she has completed on her own a number of times but for some reason was finding it difficult to focus (because Rachel's puzzle was so much more interesting).
Rachel's puzzle was a gift from my aunt in France. It's an Arabic puzzle—each picture is divided along the letters of the word so as you build the picture you also build the word. When I first showed Rachel the box she said, "Ew. I hate Arabic!" and pushed the box away. I told her to do the puzzle, anyway, and she ended up loving it and put it together more than once.
Both the girls were very interested in saying the Arabic words as well. Their favourite word was bananas—mooz.

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IT is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, but researchers hope a new type of treatment could give patients with liver cancers new hope.
Led by Flinders University Professor Alan Wigg, the team will trial a non-invasive treatment for people in the early-stage of inoperable disease.
The team has received $2 million in funding from the federal government to conduct the five year trial.
The project is a collaboration between leading hepatologists, radiation oncologists and radiologists across 16 major Australian liver centres and will see the new treatment trialled at sites all over the country.
It aims to test stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) - a non-invasive method that enables high doses of radiation to be delivered with great precision.
The current standard treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, uses percutaneous ablation. This method uses extreme temperatures to directly target the tumour using a needle.
"Studies have shown the current standard of care is not always successful, with the cancer likely to re-occur in over 30 per cent of cases," Professor Wigg.
He said a number of people were unable to be treated using this method due to the size and location of their tumour.
"Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy... is a relatively new radiation technique that has already been used successfully to treat a number of other cancers, but it is not yet widely used to treat cancers of the liver.
"It is delivered non-invasively by targeting the tumour with a number of radiation beams from different angles, allowing delivery of high dose and precise treatment across three to five sessions and reducing the damage to surrounding healthy tissue."
The randomised trial will compare the non-invasive treatment against the current invasive standard of care. The team hopes it may lead to changes to standard shift treatment protocols around the world.
The treatment is currently only used once standard treatment options have failed and is considered "experimental".
"Preliminary research has shown that the treatment has the potential to control tumours with very few adverse events and can reach those that would not be treatable with percutaneous ablation, due to a tumour's size or difficult location."
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An erection occurs due to increased blood flow, its short-term delays in special vessels of the penis. It is believed that impotence is related to the human psychology that arises because of the fear, stress and other psychological problems. But nowadays, modern researchers have shown that most cases of erectile dysfunction arise for physiological reasons which are successfully treated. For its treatment a variety of drugs are prescribed.
By definition, this erectile dysfunction manifests itself in the form of a man’s inability to achieve an erection or to maintain it at the required level for satisfactory sexual intercourse. Basically, the reason for its occurrence is the age. But sometimes it arises due to psychological factors (for example, fears) and organic (or disease damage any internal organs). As a result, it becomes the most urgent problem for men.
Of course, most men want to return a normal erection. In today’s world there are numerous pills to enhance potency. The mechanism of such medication is based on the inhibition of the process of Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, which takes place under the influence of the contraction of smooth muscles of the penis. As a result, an erection occurs.
ED pills are taken before sexual intercourse. There is an opinion that their adoption leads to a healing effect for twelve weeks. Or the quality of erections naturally increases.

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A unique ring with a marquise cut Champagne Quartz, surrounded by White Diamonds. A simple yet striking piece set on a round band, makes this ring perfect for stacking with our round wedding rings.
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Domyos yoga product design
During your gym or yoga sessions, comfort is essential. That's why the whole range of Domyos clothing has been designed to offer freedom of movement. Our products have been designed so that you can focus on your postures and your breathing. Models are tested in real use and are regularly updated, based on customer feedback.
Why use a yoga mat bag?
This model has been designed to protect your mat from dust (the tacky materials that mats are made out of tend to get dirty more quickly). It's the easiest-to-use bag: tanka and drawstring fastening; small, zipped, outer pocket.

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This project was the creation of a rectangular underground car park with two-way vehicular access at opposite ends and from different streets, both connected by interior ramps in the middle of the car park. This achieves a uniform occupation of both floors, favouring equitable distribution of vehicles on the two levels during rush hour.
There are five pedestrian access points are in the square above the car park perfectly integrated into the environment. These permit convenient entrance from any nearby point, so that no-one using the car park has to go more than 35 metres to reach an exit.
Lastly, the finishes have been designed to provide Luis Seone Plaza with a quality public space. So, concrete seating areas were created, along with large lawns and different species of trees and plants that provide harmony to the ensemble.


We present state of the art fist-principles calculations for the optical spectra and the loss functions of bulk boron nitride in the cubic (c-BN) and in the hexagonal (h-BN) phases. We start from a DFT-LDA density functional Khon-Sham bandstructure to investigate the influence of many-body effects beyond the Random Phase Approximation (RPA) on the optical spectra through the inclusion of self-energy and excitonic effects by a GW calculation and the solution of the Bethe-Salpeter equation. For the loss function we only perform RPA calculations. We show to which extent the description of many-body effects is important for a meaningiful comparison with experiment, and when they can be neglected.
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THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Doors returned to their roots and were reborn a rock ’n’ roll band on Morrison Hotel, the group’s fifth studio album and fifth consecutive gold-certified record. Completed in only a few weeks and released in February 1970, the hard-charging album took its name from the Skid Row hotel in downtown Los Angeles that’s featured in the iconic cover photo taken by Henry Diltz.
Morrison Hotel: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition includes the original album newly remastered by The Doors’ longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick, plus a bonus disc of unreleased studio outtakes. These 19 outtakes transport listeners into the studio with Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek for an unprecedented perspective on the making of the album. Botnick says: “There are many takes, different arrangements, false starts, and insightful studio conversations between the band, who were in the studio, and producer Paul Rothchild, who was in the control room. It’s like being a fly on the wall.”
Several of these unheard recordings spotlight how Queen Of The Highway and Roadhouse Blues evolved across multiple sessions. It’s especially interesting to hear how the band played with different bass players on Roadhouse Blues. Early versions include Harvey Brooks, who played on the band’s previous album The Soft Parade. Later takes feature guitar legend Lonnie Mack on bass along with The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian on harmonica who, due to contractual restrictions at the time, had to be credited as “G. Puglese.”
Among the treasure trove of unreleased outtakes are also rough versions of Morrison Hotel tracks Peace Frog and Blue Sunday, as well as the rarity I Will Never Be Untrue. The collection also captures some incredible session outtakes of the band jamming on cover versions of the Motown classic Money (That’s What I Want) and B.B. King’s Rock Me.
Veteran rock journalist David Fricke tells the tale behind this classic album in the set’s detailed liner notes. He writes: “As spring turned to summer in the last year of the 1960s, The Doors were a band in suspended animation. Singer Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore were off the road and in serious legal jeopardy after Morrison’s profane meltdown during a show at Miami’s Dinner Key Auditorium … The Doors were also exhausted and uncertain of their recording future after the protracted studio drama and uneven experiment of their fourth album, The Soft Parade … It was a season of chaos and anxiety. But The Doors were on the road to Morrison Hotel.”

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The EU is bypassing the use of encrypted currencies in Russia to "take measures"
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said: "In terms of economic and financial sanctions, we hope to keep flexibility and mobilization."
On behalf of the Economic and Finance Minister of EU countries, they will resolve Russia may use encrypted currency to escape the sanctions to be implemented after Ukraine.
On Wednesday, after the EU Economic and Finance Minister’s informal video conference, the French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said to reporters that MRARs have frozen the "large amount of assets" of the Russian central bank, which is the country’s act on Ukraine. Part of the effort. However, he added that 27 Member States of the EU have decided to take additional measures to prevent Russia from escaping sanctions, including expanding sanctions to Belarus.
Le Maire said:"We are taking measures, especially in encrypted currency or encryption assets, these should not be used to avoid financial sanctions. We will evaluate these sanctions, effectiveness, and any additional measures that may be needed. In economic and financial In terms of sanctions, we want to keep flexibility and mobilization. "
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner responded to Le Maire’s comments, saying that EU leaders should "take measures to prevent personal and institutions on the sanctions from stenating encrypted assets", refer to the Russian individual and bank mentioned in sanctions. The EU announced that it has decided to remove seven Russian banks from the SWIFT cross-border payment system, which will take effect within 10 days.
In the past six days, the encrypted currency has been hanging on many Members, February 25th, the European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde called on the EU legislators to approve the encrypted regulatory framework, suggesting that Russia will from bypass sanctions. In the United States, legislators have also taken similar regulatory measures to allow countries to benefit from digital assets, rather than "tyrants, terrorists and money launders".
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Thursday night games make for shortened preparation time and other assorted headaches, but the show must go on.
Part of the deal is that teams must release an injury and participation report on Monday and Tuesday, just as they would on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for a Sunday game. So, the Ravens and Steelers did just on Monday, even though the Steelers didn’t hold a practice at all.
The story of the day with the Steelers is that Ben Roethlisberger will be out “weeks,” and the injury report reflected that. Also projected to have missed practiced Monday had there been a practice were Cortez Allen (knee), James Harrison (thumb), Ryan Shazier (shoulder), Daniel McCullers (knee) and Matt Spaeth (hand).
Shazier sat out all of last week and missed Sunday’s game. McCullers has a lingering injury, too, but the others stem from the game against the Rams.
The Ravens did hold some sort of practice and Chris Canty (Calf), Crockett Gillmore (calf) and Breshad Perriman (knee) didn’t participate. Left tackle Eugene Monroe was limited; a concussion kept Monroe out of Sunday’s loss to the Bengals. Gillmore is off to a productive start and tight end and with the Ravens needing playmakers besides Steve Smith, his status is something to watch between now and Thursday night.


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Senior dogs require a slightly different diet and care to maintain their health. It is ideal for these aging pups to eat more protein while consuming fewer calories. So, what foods fit into this category?
Ollie uses a human-grade recipe that is made from fresh ingredients. This means that the fresh, clean ingredients are of such high quality, they are safe for you to eat too! Additionally, it is customizable to allow you to determine the calories per serving based on your dog’s age, weight, and breed. This is great as your pal ages to ensure they aren’t eating too many calories as they become less active with age. While it is in the more expensive price range, it is an excellent option for your companion that makes the price worth it!
The Farmer’s Dog recipe is also a high-protein, human-grade option. This grain-free formula is also available to customize the calorie content for your pup. The customizable formula is a great way to ensure your pal is getting just the right amount of nutrients and calories. Additionally, feeding trials with multiple breeds and ages show that this is a great choice for all breeds.
This recipe is balanced and low-calorie which is great for senior dogs! This keeps your pal from gaining weight as they age and become less active and burn fewer calories. Additionally, it is available in various flavors so you can find one your pup loves. Also, the formula is grain-free and full of omega-3 fatty acids. These fatty acids promote joint and cardiovascular health, which is a great addition to a senior dog’s diet!
The Purina formula is unique and helps maintain your furry friend’s cognitive function. The recipe also includes ingredients that promote healthy joints, and digestion, and fight cognitive dysfunction syndrome. All of these benefits are a great addition to your furry friend’s diet. Also, the formula is available in dry or wet blends. So, you can find the perfect fit for your pup.
This recipe is available in a variety of flavors and contains fresh ingredients and whole grains. Also, it is free of corn, wheat, soy, and preservatives. This allergen-free recipe is great if your pal has sensitivities as they age. Wet food can be easier for your aging pal to eat especially if they have chewing issues, which makes this a great option. Also, this formula contains ingredients that support joint health and mobility for your senior companion.
These are some of our top picks for senior dog food. Check them out to determine which is best for your furry friend!

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They still remain “strong“Protection from contagion which is provided by the Covid vaccine in Italy, as also shown by the fact that “most of the cases notified in the last 30 days in Italy were diagnosed in people non vaccinate“. Specifically, there was a risk reduction in fully vaccinated versus unvaccinated people of 77% for diagnoses, 93% for hospitalizations and 96% for ICU admissions and deaths. These are the data updated toSeptember 8 on vaccination protection and efficacy published in extended report dell’Higher Institute of Health. Among the over 80, over the past 30 days the ICU admissions rate of full course vaccinates is well thirteen times lower of the unvaccinated (1.1 against 14,8 per 100,000 inhabitants), while the rate of death And fifteen times higher in unvaccinated versus full cycle vaccines (76.2 versus 5.0 per 100,000 inhabitants).
Over the past 30 days, the report reads, “it is noted as the 26% of diagnoses, the 37,4% of hospitalizations, the 46,7% of ICU admissions and the 49,9% of deaths in the over 80s have taken place among those who have not received any dose of vaccine “. The ISS points out that the so-called paradox effect: the absolute number of infections, hospitalizations and deaths may be similar between vaccinated and unvaccinated, due to the progressive decrease in the number of the latter. However, calculating from these data the hospitalization rate in the last 30 days, it is found that this for the unvaccinated is about nine times higher compared to full course vaccinates.
The vaccine efficacy estimates are instead calculated by the ISS in the period from 4 April to 29 August 2021 by age group. The effectiveness of the vaccine measures the proportional reduction of the risk of observing a certain event among vaccinated people, i.e. it is equivalent to the percentage reduction in the risk of observing a certain event among vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated people. The overall effectiveness of the incomplete vaccination (only one dose) in preventing infection is equal to 63,0%, while that of complete vaccination is equal to 77,3%.
The effectiveness in preventing hospitalization rises to84,1% after one dose and al 93,4% for those who have also made the recall. The effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations in intensive care is equal to 90,8% for vaccination with incomplete cycle and equal to 95,7% for the one with full cycle. Finally, the effectiveness in preventing the death is 83.8% after one dose and is equal to 96,3% when fully immunized.


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Loans outstanding of commercial banks (KBs) grew by 5.5 percent year-on-year to P1.5 trillion as of end-August 2004. The August growth in KB lending represents an improvement from the 3.6 percent annual rise posted in the previous month and the 3.8 percent recorded in August 2003. This also marks the fastest increase in KB lending since April 2002. On a month-on-month basis, total KB loans rose by 1.4 percent during the period, a turnaround from the 0.7 percent contraction in July.
In terms of sectoral contribution, the manufacturing sector, which accounted for more than a quarter of total loans, registered the largest contribution at 3.9 percentage points to the 5.5 percent growth in bank lending. Loans to the manufacturing sector rose by 15.6 percent as of end-August, a marked acceleration from the 6.4 percent rise a month ago and a reversal of the 2.0 percent decline during the same period a year ago. The following sectors also contributed to the increase in KB lending: agriculture, fisheries and forestry (0.6 percentage point), wholesale and retail trade (0.5 percentage point), electricity, gas and water (0.5 percentage point), financial institution, real estate and business services (0.2 percentage point) and community, social and personal services (0.2 percentage point). Meanwhile, the decline in lending to sectors such as mining and quarrying, construction and transportation, communication and storage limited the overall expansion in KB loans.
The pick-up in KB lending growth came against a backdrop of some improvements in real sector economic activity and expectations that the domestic economy will remain on a steady growth path for the remainder of the year. Going forward, monetary authorities will continue to monitor and assess the evolving real sector activities at the same time, guarding against the possible persistence of price pressures. This will provide support to the improvement in credit demand and sustainability of economic growth.


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Pepper Potts Cuddles Metal on Her Own 'Iron Man 3' Character Poster
Well isn't that cute! Oh wait… it's Iron Man's head?! Or maybe just his helmet. This can't really mean what we all think it might mean, right? Marvel Studios has unveiled the fifth character poster in their series for Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark once again. As much as I wanted to be done with these, this one shows Pepper Potts played by Gwyneth Paltrow. And although she's in an awful pose and her face is barely visible, it's all about the face in her hands, if you know what I mean. This film seems to get darker the more we see from it. There's another Empire cover shot below, too.
Here's the new, oddly similar Iron Man 3 cover design, featuring Tony Stark, straight from Empire today:
Iron Man 3 is directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) working from a script that he co-wrote with Drew Pearce. Actor Robert Downey Jr. returns as Tony Stark and Iron Man in this sequel described as a technological crisis thriller in the midst of international war, taking place after the events of The Avengers. Sir Ben Kinglsey is playing Iron Man's arch nemesis Mandarin and Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Dale Dickey, Ashley Hamilton, James Badge Dale and Jon Favreau all co-star in the Marvel Studios production. Disney is bringing Marvel's Iron Man 3 to theaters starting May 3rd this year.


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New York State knows a little something about severe weather.
Since Governor Cuomo took office, The Empire State has dealt with devastating storms in nearly every corner. In 2011, Tropical Storms Irene and Lee battered a large swath of upstate, the next year Superstorm Sandy punished New York City and Long Island and just last November a freak lake-effect blizzard pummeled Buffalo suburbs.
Thursday, April 23, 2015, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, the University at Albany's Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be holding a forum called Facing the Storm: Severe Weather Challenges Confronting New York State in the 21st Century. The program is designed for emergency managers, not-for-profit executives, state and local officials and student and faculty from SUNY.
Bob Bullock from the Rockefeller Institute of Government and Dr. Chris Thorncroft from UAlbany preview the forum this week in our studio. Watch the preview above and the entire segment here (begins at 07:26).


text: In the present work we propose building blocks of hexagonal type crystals and nanocrystals of zinc oxide including wurtzite structure that are called wurtzoids. These molecules are ZnO (3, 0) nanotubes capped at their two terminals with Zn or O atoms. Hexagonal part of these molecules is included in the central part of these molecules. This part can be repeated to increase hexagonal structure ratio. Hydrogen passivated and bare ZnO wurtzoids are investigated. Results show bare wurtzoids have shorter and stronger surface sp2 bonds than H passivated sp3 bonded wurtzoids. The calculated energy gap of these molecules shows the expected trend of gaps. Calculated binding energy per atom shows that wurtzoids are tight and stable structures which are not the case of ZnO diamondoids. Vibrational frequencies manifest the expected trends of hexagonal type structures. Reduced mass and force constant of these vibrations are investigated to illustrate the sp2 and sp3 bonding effects of bare and H passivated ZnO nanocrystals respectively.

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COMMENTS: Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez pencils and inks; Ad for L&R T-Shirt;1985; image size 12.5" x 15"
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Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez pencils and inks; Ad for L&R T-Shirt;1985; image size 12.5" x 15"Beautiful advertising illustration for the 1985 Love & Rockets T-shirt by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez. Truly amazing jam drawing by Los Bros., featuring Maggie, Hopey, Luba, Penny Century, Errata Stigmata, and more. Pen and ink. Matted to 18" x 21". Art is in excellent condition. Signed and dated by Jaime and Gilbert.
The image on the T-shirt is a photostat, the rest is all original drawing.
Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez's Love and Rockets is perhaps the most important title to emerge out of the early 80's independent comics scene, with it's humanistic stories and indelible characters it would influence a generation of comics creators and readers alike. From Jaime's East L.A. new wave opus Locas starring Maggie and Hopey along with a long list of supporting players to Gilbert's Palomar stories following the life of Luba, a hard traveled family matriarch. These stories spanned years and included all the ups and downs that we all experience. Though the format has changed more than once the Hernandez's continue to churn out these stories with semi-regularity ensuring that they will endure for generations to come.


IBM (NYSE: IBM) continued on its shopping spree for analytics expertise with its acquisition of Varicent Software, a provider of analytics software for compensation and sales performance management solutions.
The acquisition advances IBM's efforts to drive analytics capabilities into the hands of front-line employees, particularly in the area of sales, where many organizations still rely on silos of data and antiquated spreadsheets to manage this key area of their business. Varicent software automates and analyzes sales data across finance, sales, human resources and IT departments to uncover trends and drive improved sales performance.
The software is used by nearly 200 of the worlds largest banks, insurance companies, retailers, IT and telecommunications providers to enable better quota planning, as well as territory and channel management.
Varicent is a privately held company, with headquarters in Toronto. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Varicent software automates and analyzes the collection and reporting of sales data across finance, sales, human resources and IT departments to gain efficiencies, uncover trends and improve sales performance. The acquisition accelerates IBM's Smarter Analytics capabilities across line-of-business operations in all industries, and will be combined with IBM's existing software offerings that are delivered to clients through on-premise or cloud computing models.
"The acquisition of Varicent advances IBM's efforts to drive analytics capabilities into the hands of front-line employees to transform business operations and ultimately improve the bottom line," Les Rechan, general manager for business analytics at IBM, said in a statement. "For the thousands of sales organizations still relying on silos of data, spreadsheets and email to manage sales, there is an enormous opportunity to apply analytics to this vital area of business and uncover new, untapped growth opportunities."
Sales Performance Management is still viewed by many in the industry as an art versus a science, but there is plenty of opportunity for this mindset to change, said Dan Shimmerman, president and CEO of Varicent, also in a statement. As part of IBM, we can now bring our technological expertise in maturing and advancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the sales function to a broader range of clients across the globe who are looking to improve their processes, and strategically align incentive compensation with profitable growth.
With continuously growing volumes of data, companies are increasingly looking for ways to automate and gain faster, more accurate intelligence on sales and financial management data in order to increase competitiveness. According to Gartner, organizations that adopt compensation management solutions can expect to reduce errors by more than 90 percent and reduce processing times by more than 40 percent.
Varicent's software automates and integrates all aspects of sales, client and financial performance management across the enterprise, which is traditionally a labor-intensive process. Unlike traditional tools, Varicent provides a single management system that relies on a sophisticated calculation engine to model and analyze the effectiveness of incentive spend.
The software allows clients, such as banks, insurance companies, retailers, information technology and telecommunications providers, to more accurately determine compensation, streamline territory assignments, manage quotas, and report and analyze sales activities. The software also strengthens audit and compliance readiness and provides transparency for all aspects of incentive compensation.


Life below the wet bulb: The Maisotsenko cycle. Today’s combined-cycle power plants are attaining efficiencies near 50%. But a new technology promises levels . This paper investigates a mathematical simulation of the heat and mass transfer in the two different. Maisotsenko Cycle (M-Cycle) heat and mass exchangers. Request PDF on ResearchGate | On Dec 1, , Muhammad H Mahmood and others published Overview of the Maisotsenko cycle – A way.
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Maisotsenko cycle: technology overview and energy-saving potential in cooling systems
Cyvle, the energy-saving potential is estimated in conventional cooling systems, in terms of electricity and capital cost, in order to evaluate the financial benefit of Maisotsenjo application: Thus, the efficiency of the ECs is defined as the ratio of current to maximum possible temperature drop:.
Evaporation technology is simple and functional and has both residential and industrial applications, achieving significant efficiencies in cyfle climates hot and dry. As a conclusion, M-cycle can satisfy the mausotsenko demand miasotsenko most Greek cities and it is also expected to do at other Mediterranean regions of similar ambient conditionswithout consuming high amounts of ccyle and water.
The operation of the standard configuration of M-cycle is studied thereafter and useful conclusions are carried out, about the efficiency and the energy consumption electricity and water. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. Abstract Fulltext Metrics Get Permission. Comparative study of the performance of the M-cycle counter-flow and cross-flow heat maisottsenko for indirect evaporative cooling.
An ideal EC would produce air as cool as the wet-bulb temperature, while a real cooler cannot reach such a low temperature. On the contrary, some types of ECs produce an air stream of extremely high humidity sometimes, the stream is almost saturated and consume a significant amount of water.
Keeping the humidity ratio of product air constant, it succeeds in decreasing the air temperature down to ambient wet-bulb temperature and close to ambient dew-point dp temperature, by a smart heat and mass transfer procedure. Although Maisotsen,o cannot achieve as low temperature as their users want due to the dew-point temperature restrictionM-cycle is the most effective IEC, the product air of which tends to the outlet air temperature of conventional building air-conditioning systems.
Evaporation cools maizotsenko air while increasing its moisture content or relative humidity. Published 6 March Volume On-site experimental testing of a novel dew point evaporative cooler. Gillan L, Maisotsenko V. Thus, the efficiency of the ECs is defined as the ratio of current to maximum possible temperature drop: Scientific research focus on improved refrigerants the global warming potential of which is lower than maisotsennko of restricted R or R or more effective compressors; however, the high operational cost of these units as well as its role in atmospheric pollution cannot significantly be limited.
It enters the wet channels under lower temperature than ambient temperature, and the wet-bulb temperature, which is eliminated at each working channel, is related to the inlet temperature. It is clear that, because the two currents do not interact, any water addition will not affect the product stream and its contribution to the increase of the latent heat, which causes evaporation, is linked to the temperature difference of the two streams. Riangvilaikul B, Kumar S. If the working stream flow is limited, the weakening of the evaporation so the temperature drop in the product stream is lower works as an obstacle to the cooling capacity, but not as much as a limited product stream flow does.
M-cycle has been designed to optimize the effectiveness of both stages of evaporation direct evaporation of working stream and heat exchange between streams. No heat is added or taken out of the air; thus, it is an adiabatic process of constant enthalpy.
The fan draws in warm and dry ambient air through the wet blocks, cooling it. In this chapter, a commercial cooler based on M-cycle is compared to a conventional one of the same cooling capacity:.
Although conventional air-conditioning systems are widely accepted to be of high energy consumption, they cover a significant part of needs for air-conditioning. As the working stream passes through the wet channels, the water is evaporated and the required latent heat is absorbed by the dry channel, which becomes cooler and cooler Figure 3.
However, this method leads to a significant increase of specific water consumption.
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Cyclr to the first configuration, the water evaporates into the air to be cooled; as a result, the product air is cold and wet. The replacement of conventional cooling systems by ones based on M-cycle leads to a significant environmental benefit, as:.
By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Received 25 October Ignoring the rates of return, it is clear that at about 6, hours of operation Figure 7the increased cost of installation of an EC balances the xycle cost of operation of an conventional cooler.


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Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP IHCIA and Long-Term Care National Indian Health Board National Tribal Health Reform Implementation Summit Washington D.C. April 20, 2011 Myra M. Munson, J.D., M.S.W. [email protected] Washington, DC Juneau, AK Anchorage, AK Albuquerque, NM
San Diego, CA Authority and Policy *Sec. 2 Findings New provision: (2) A major national goal of the U.S. is to provide the resources, processes, and structure that will enable Indian tribes and tribal members to obtain the quantity of health care services and opportunities that will eradicate the health disparities between Indians and the general public of the U.S. *Sec. 3 Policy Acknowledgement of special trust responsibility and legal obligations to Indians. Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 2
Objectives *For the first time they are the same as for the rest of the Nation. Healthy People 2010 ( or successor standards). See, www.healthypeople.gov. 25 U.S.C. 1603(2); IHCIA Sec. 3(2) * Applies to Urban Indian Health Programs Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 3 2020 Objectives Address access; adolescent health; arthritis, osteoporosis & chronic back conditions; blood disorders & blood safety; cancer;
chronic kidney diseases; diabetes; disability & secondary conditions; early/middle childhood; education & communitybased programs; environmental health; family planning; food safety; genomics; global health; health communication and IT; health care associated infections; hearing & other sensory communication disorders; heart disease & stroke; HIV; immunizations & infectious diseases; injury & violence prevention; maternal, infant & child health; medical product safety; mental health; nutrition & weight status; occupational safety & health; older adults; oral health; physical health & fitness; public health infrastructure; quality of life & wellbeing; respiratory diseases; sexually transmitted diseases; social determinants of health; substance abuse; tobacco; vision Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 4
What Services Can Be Provided by an Indian Health Program? Any Service to Achieve the Objectives in 1602(2). Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (25 U.S.C. 1603) Traditional Health Care Practices. Expressly authorizes the Secretary to promote traditional health care practices, but limits liability of United States for provision of such services. (25 U.S.C. 1680u; IHCIA Sec. 831) Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 5 Other Supportive Services 25 U.S.C. 1621d ; IHCIA Sec. 205 Assisted living service, as defined in 12 USC 1715w(b), except
need not be licensed, but must meet applicable standards for licensure Home- and community-based service means 1 or more services specified in 42 USC 1396t(a)(1)-(9) that are or bill be provided in accordance with applicable standards Hospice care all items and services in 42 USC 1395x(dd)(1)(A)(H) and such other services the THO determines are necessary and appropriate in furtherance Of that care Long-term care services as defined in section 7702B(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Longterm Care Slide 15 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES Shared Services for Long-Term Care. 25 U.S.C. 1680l;
IHCIA Sec. 822 Expressly authorizes sharing staff and other services between IHS or tribal health program and tribally operated long term care or related facility. Indian Health Care Delivery Demo. 25 U.S.C. 1637; IHCIA Sec. 307 Encourages demonstration projects to test alternative means of delivering health services to AI/ANs through facilities and through alternative and innovative methods like community health centers and cooperative agreements with other community providers for sharing or coordinating use of facilities, funding, and other resources Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 7
AI/ANs VETERANS Streamlining and Opportunity Sharing arrangements authorized between IHS, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, and VA and DoD. 25 U.S.C. 1645; IHCIA Sec. 405(a) Requires VA and DoD to reimburse IHS and Tribal health programs for services provided to beneficiaries of VA or DoD; 25 U.S.C. 1645(c); IHCIA Sec. 405(c) Collaborations authorized between VA and IHS/Tribal health programs at Indian health program locations. 25 U.S.C. 1647; IHCIA Sec. 407. Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care
Slide 8 Other Options to Obtain Care *Purchasing Health Care Coverage. 25 U.S.C. 1642; IHCIA Sec. 402. IHS funds made available to an I/T/U (including ISDEAA funds) may be used to purchase health benefits coverage for beneficiaries May consider need of beneficiaries May cover expenses for a self-insured plan, including administration and insurance to limit financial risks Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 9
More Acknowledgement of the Need for Long-Term Care Indian Health Care Improvement Fund now includes longterm care in clinical care. 25 U.S.C. 1621(a)(5)(A); IHCIA Sec. 201 Report to Congress regarding facility needs now includes specialized health care facilities, including long-term care facilities. 25 U.S.C. 1631; IHCIA Sec. 301. Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 10 SERVING NON-BENEFICIARIES Authority and Opportunity Health Services for Ineligible Persons. 25 U.S.C. 1680c; Sec. 813;
Eliminates requirement that Tribal health programs consider whether there are alternative services and expressly extends FTCA coverage Does not allow IHS to serve non-beneficiaries without approval of tribes in the Service Unit Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 11 Licensing and Fees Non-Discrimination in Qualifications for Reimbursement. Provides for payment of I/T/U programs by any Federal health care program without regard to licensed status so long as meet other generally applicable requirements for participation (with an exception for Sec. 221) (25 U.S.C. 1647a; IHCIA Sec. 408).
Exemption from certain fees. Employees of tribal and urban health programs are exempt from fees imposed by federal agencies to the same extent that IHS employees and commissioned corps officers are exempt. Eg., DEA registration fees. (25 U.S.C. 1616q; IHCIA Sec. 124). Unfortunately, this exemption does not expressly exempt the facilities from fees. Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP 4/20/11 IHCIA and Long-Term Care Slide 12
Template for lightning session. Please use only one of slides 2, 3 or 4 in this set.Please upload the single completed slide through the 'lightning slide submission' link on the ASPE webpage for the winter Micro/Nano conference.
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Multiple-Input Single-Output (MISO) is a multiple antenna system which consists of a multiple antenna transmitter and a single antenna receiver. MISO is a subset of MIMO. The capacities of a MISO channel can be represented by open-loop or closed-loop cases. The open-loop capacity can be achieved without downlink channel state information at the transmitter while the closed-loop capacity can be achieved necessarily using downlink channel state information at the transmitter.
In literatures, the open-loop scheme is called as transmit diversity and the closed-loop scheme is called as transmit antenna array. There are also a hybrid approach which combines space time coding techniques originally used for transmit diversity and antenna array beamforming techniques originally used for transmi antenna array.


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Abstract 11444: Overexpression of Coupling Factor 6 Attenuates Exercise-Induced Physiological Cardiac Hypertrophy By Inhibiting Pi3k/akt Signaling in Mice
Background: Regular exercise improves cardiac dysfunction through Akt cascade-mediated physiological hypertrophy in congestive heart failure. Tissue acidosis impairs Akt cascade. We reported that coupling factor 6 (CF6) induces tissue acidosis via activation of ecto-F1Fo complex. We also reported the increase in circulating CF6 level in various cardiovascular diseases. We examined whether CF6 attenuates physiological cardiac hypertrophy induced by exercise and its benefit in mice.
Methods and Results: Wild type (WT, n=20) and CF6-overexpressing transgenic mice (TG, n=20) were assigned to 2 groups: One group underwent 4-week exercise of 90 minutes swimming twice daily and the other did not. Thus, the mice were divided into 4 group, WT-non-swim, WT-swim, TG-non-swim, and TG-swim. Baseline body weight (BW), heart rate (HR), blood pressures, and echocardiographic findings were all similar among 4 groups. BW was unchanged after 4-week exercise in both WT-swim and TG-swim, but increased in WT-non-swim and TG-non-swim. HR did not change in both WT-non-swim and TG-non-swim, but it decreased in WT-swim and TG-swim. After 4-week exercise, left ventricular posterior wall and interventricular septum thicknesses increased by 0.16±0.10mm and 0.12±0.10mm (both p<0.01) in WT-swim, but was unchanged in TG-swim. Fractional shortening increased from 37±1% to 41±1% in WT-swim (p<0.05), whereas it was unchanged in TG-swim. Gene expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in the heart did not differ among 4 groups. IGF-1 receptor protein and its phosphoryated form in the heart increased by 1.83±0.23 and 1.83±0.09 times, respectively, in WT-swim compared with WT-non-swim (both p<0.05), but were unchanged in TG. Downstream phospho-insulin receptor substrate 1, phosphoinositide 3-kinase, and phospho-Akt increased by 2.22±0.22, 1.78±0.31, and 2.24±0.49 times, respectively, in WT-swim compared with WT-non-swim (all p<0.05), but were unchanged in TG.
Conclusions: Overexpression of CF6 attenuates exercise-induced physiological cardiac hypertrophy by down-regulating Akt signaling, and thereby cancells the benefit of exercise for cardiac function in mice. Reduction in CF6 level seems to be useful for drawing the exercising effects on cardiac function.
- © 2011 by American Heart Association, Inc.


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How Much Weight Can I Lose With Large Volume Liposuction
Inches, not Pounds: Liposuction will change you in inches more than in pounds. It works best for localized deposits of fat that don’t respond to conventional diet and exercise. The correction from surgery is permanent. But since you asked about weight, the answer depends on how heavy you are to start with. The most I have removed in one surgery is about 22 lbs, or 11 liters of fat. Think of 5 - 2 liter pop bottles.. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Liposuction surgery involves the use of hollow cannulas and suction devices used to remove adipose tissue; should not feel anything when the procedure is performed. Indicated for patients at their long-term stable weight, who present with diet and exercise resistant adipose tissue of localized areas with good quality overlying skin. Not substitute for diet and exercise or ...Read more
Large Vol Lipo: Large volume liposuction by definition is over 5 liters of fat removal. This type of operation needs to be done in a operating room hospital setting. This is due to large fluids shifts in the body. Plus at least 2 to 3 days recovery in the hospital is needed. These operations are quite lengthy in the 5 hours + ranges. Plus the costs are near $20,000. Best to see boarded Plastic Surgeons... ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Why do some plastic surgeons offer high volume liposuction, for weight reduction, while others say its not for weight reduction, why the discrepancy?
Not for weight loss: Liposuction is a contouring procedure, not a weight loss procedure. But some doctors out there do market to the "quick fix mentality... I don't agree with that. Here in florida, we're actually limited by law to 4 liters of fat removal as a maximum, in an outpatient setting. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
They probably don't : I am pretty sure they are using personal trainers, on special diets, getting high tech and expensive med spa services and so on. Plastic surgery is often broadcasted but they don't show less invasive things too often. A good surgeon will not utilize liposuction as a form of weight loss. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Depends: Depends on your goals. Being close to your ideal weight will get you a much nicer result. Lipo can help give you a push if you're "stuck" in your weight loss, not seeing results and getting discouraged. Stable weight (or more loss) is important, as weight gain after your procedure will decrease your results. If you're overweight you increase your risk of needing to going back for a touch up. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
How do I choose between mesotherapy and liposuction of a delicate body area? I am trying to lose weight through exercise and diet, but it does not seem to work as i expected for every part of my body. I am considering mesotherapy or liposuction. What is t
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Body : Body wraps should not be considered a long term treatment of excessive fat. The wraps work by tightening and dehydrating the tissues, and the results are very limited and last less than a day. This result may be considered acceptable for fitting more smoothly into a dress for an evening, but body wrap is not comparable to the results that are achieved with liposuction. Liposuction can reduce the volume of fat deposited in focused areas quite significantly. The results of liposuction are considered permanent, as the removed fat will not grow back. Future weight gain, however, will change your final result, as the remaining fat cells do continue to increase in size with weight gain. All the best, dr. Skourtis. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
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A few nights ago my wife and I invited some friends. One couple were originally Chinese, one from Hong Kong and his wife from Taiwan. Their favourite country to visit was Italy, for the wine the food and the ambiente. The other two couples were of Anglo-Canadian origin, one originally from Newfoundland. My wife is from Macau of a Chinese father and a Costa Rican mother. My parents were born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, grew up in Czechoslovakia and I was born in Sweden and moved to Canada at the age of 5.
We had gravad lax, which my wife makes by simply marinating salmon in salt, sugar and dill. We eat this with a thimble or two of Akvavit. There is a song that goes with that.
Then we had a curry that was Sinified in a wok along with various salsas and tatskikis that my wife made to go with it. In the background was Paganini, Beethoven???s Moonlight Sonata and then some Portuguese Fados. The wine was an excellent red from the Okanagan that my friend (originally from
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A streetcar line between Sacramento and West Sacramento is still years away, but funding to develop a system is starting to firm up.
In a list of projects released for public comment Thursday, the Sacramento Council of Governments included $5 million toward development of a streetcar.
Steve Cohn, co-chairman of SACOG's streetcar policy committee and a Sacramento City Council member, said if the board formally approves the funding list at its December meeting, it’ll be a significant step.
“It’s extremely important to keep this on track,” he said of the money, which would be nearly half the cost needed for developing, though not building, the system. Other partners in the plan -- the cities of Sacramento and West Sacramento, Sacramento Regional Transit District and the Yolo County Transportation District -- will provide the rest.
If a solid, well-designed plan can be developed, Cohn said, the partners can then apply for federal funding toward actually establishing a line, which would run from 16th Street in Sacramento to West Sacramento city hall.
Realistically, Cohn said, such a system could be up and running in 2017, a year after a new arena is scheduled to open in downtown Sacramento.
Other SACOG funding proposals on the list now open for comment include $4 million for phase 4 of a project for Folsom Street in Rancho Cordova, $9.08 million for the city of Sacramento’s first phase to connect its riverfront to downtown, and about $442,000 for studying a possible bridge from the end of Broadway in Sacramento to West Sacramento.
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Assassination Endangers Potential for Afghan Peace
The Afghanistan Foundation strongly condemns the assassination earlier this week of family members of Afghan Commander Abdul Haq in Peshawar, Pakistan. A prominent figure and U.S. ally in the Afghan resistance against Soviet occupation, Abdul Haq assisted UN peace efforts as a mediator and serves as a key architect of the Intra-Afghan Dialogue process. He remains a consistent voice of moderation among Afghan leaders as the dialogue process gains momentum.
The murders of Haq’s wife, eleven-year-old son, and bodyguard are only the latest in a series of violent killings that have attempted to silence moderate Afghan leaders actively involved in efforts to end the conflict in Afghanistan through peaceful negotiation. The rising numbers of violent acts against Afghan leaders of Abdul Haq’s stature indicate that the Afghan crisis has escalated to a new level.
The Afghanistan Foundation and its Chairman, former Congressman Don Ritter, believe strongly that a solution to the continuing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan can occur only if multi-ethnic, pluralistic, and representative institutions are revived and promoted through efforts such as the Intra-Afghan Dialogue process. It is of grave concern to the Foundation that Afghans involved in such efforts are now actively undermined with impunity.
Recent assassinations and the murder of Abdul Haq’s family are not the only indications that peaceful negotiation efforts are under attack. The ruling Taliban faction, which controls 90 percent of the country, recently rejected the creation of a "mediating party" by two moderate Afghan leaders. The Association for Peace and National Unity for Afghanistan has recently sought rapprochement among the warring factions. In response, the Taliban announced through state radio that "the time for negotiated settlement is over" and that the only solution to the conflict is a military defeat of all opposition to the Taliban.
The chilling effect that the threat of violence will have on those seeking a just and durable solution to the Afghan crisis highlights the urgent need for U.S. engagement in Afghanistan and support of broad-based peace efforts like the Intra-Afghan Dialogue. The process has expanded substantially from an initial meeting of twelve Afghans in Frankfurt, Germany in 1996 to over 200 in Bonn, Germany in July of 1998. Representatives from all of Afghanistan’s provinces and ethnic groups, including tribal leaders, religious leaders, intellectuals, factional leaders, prominent non-aligned Afghans, and key representatives of humanitarian aid organizations have actively participated in the ongoing effort to convene traditional representative institutions.
Despite the critical and historic role that the Afghan people played in partnership with the United States to bring about an end to the Cold War, high-level U.S. policy makers have devoted relatively limited attention to Afghanistan. The Foundation believes that the U.S. has underestimated its interests in Afghanistan. Our efforts to combat international terrorism and narcotics trafficking and our capacity to encourage energy and economic development in Central Asia largely center on how events unfold in Afghanistan. As a result of its neglect, the U.S. has lost several opportunities to act, thereby handing regional powers with parochial interests the chance to advance their own agendas at the expense of U.S. interests and security.
The U.S. has an opportunity and an obligation to fulfill its historic and moral debt to the war-weary Afghan people. The U.S. must condemn such acts of violence and must support peaceful efforts to end the conflict through active, high-level engagement in Afghanistan. It is also imperative that the U.S. urge local authorities in Pakistan to launch an investigation and prosecute those responsible for the murder of Abdul Haq’s family members.
The U.S. must aggressively work to end the suffering of the Afghan people and to support a stable, independent, and peaceful Afghanistan that encompasses the values that we shared when we fought together to expel the Soviets. If the U.S. does not now elevate its policy toward Afghanistan to a level of priority equal to the interests it has at stake, beyond any historical debt, we will pay a staggering price for our inaction.


BVS’s Smart Cameras BIPcam Emulate Human Vision
Paris, 04/04/2012. French firm BVS (Brain Vision Systems, www.bvs-tech.com) design and manufacture bio-inspired perception systems emulating Human vision.
BIPcam is a smart camera detecting in real-time colors, movements and the structure of any kind of objects. It can be used in various applications as traffic management, driving assistance application, or video security.
Smart camera BIPcam with integrated bio-inspired perception system
A smart camera emulating human vision
BVS’s smart camera BIPcam incorporates BVS’s BIPS technology, a bio-inspired perception system, featuring similar skills as a Human brain: perception, understanding, and action command. It detects in real-time 9 main data flows to analyze color, motion and structure of one or multiple objects.
The smart camera tracks colored objects and is able to spot the different colors in it evaluating the luminance, the color saturation and hue, even in low light density environments. The camera also features motion tracking: it reacts instantaneously to the velocity, direction and variability of moving objects and anticipates their trajectory. It recognizes the structure of objects: curves, oriented edges and edge magnitude.
Measures and statistics of those flows are automatically controlled by a task manager. The latter allocates one or multiple sophisticated tasks and simultaneously synchronizes their computation in a hardware unit, to facilitate data storage. The tracking of multiple objects with the same characteristics can be implemented thanks to multi-tasking. To develop the source code, an open source software development kit (SDK) is delivered with the product. The SDK contains various demonstrations such as a minimal video security application.
BIPcam captures a video stream coming from a CMOS VGA video sensor with a 720×480 resolution, allowing a high quality and fast processing of 60 frames per second. It is linked to the PC with a USB 2.0 interface to enable a high speed rate. Additionally, a UDP/Ethernet protocol can be implemented following the instructions of the SDK. The camera has a sturdy constitution and its time of use is optimum thanks to the quality of its components.
Smart camera BIPcam can easily be incorporated in any kind of vision applications. It is a standardized and auto-adaptable product taking little space, low weighted (72g) with low energy consumption (2.5 watts).
Road traffic control and management with smart camera BIPcam
It can be used in a driving assistant application, as it can track road lines, memorizing soil color (road, white lines), bends and road inclines. The analysis of road traffic can also be implemented with the smart camera, which is able to estimate speed, the number of vehicles on the road or their trajectory so that traffic management and control are facilitated.
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Some gab, some gift in his genes
He believes that if God has given him a voice, he must put it to the best and most versatile use. Continuing the series on dance accompanists, meet Imran Khan.
Think global, act local
ZEE Sports Head Gary Lovejoy talks about the "gap" that it would fill as the country's first private sports channel.
Frame to frame... films
The seventh Osian's Cinefan Asian Film Festival beginning mid-July in New Delhi promises an interesting feast of films.
Sting right back!
Suhaib Ilyasi is ready to make a film on the industry's `casting couch'!
The West in the East
The Sky Band dished out high-quality fusion compositions in the `Destination India' evening organised at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi the other day.
Still milestones and miles to go
Uttara Rao gave a pleasant Bharatanatyam performance the other day.
In pursuit of perfection
Why did Chitra Sukumaran's Mohiniattam performance lack the authority of solid training? Read on...
Children steal the show, as usual
The two plays by the SRC Summer Children Theatre Workshop dealt with important social issues.
A touch of CLASS
Pasha's `The Kind Tiger and the Sincere Cow' mounted this past week at New Delhi's Kamani auditorium was simply outstanding with differently-abled children stealing the thunder.
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Remains found in Webster Parish
Authorities with the Bossier and Webster sheriff's offices found charred human remains about noon today near Bayou Dorcheat north of Minden in Webster Parish.
Investigators are attempting to positively identify the body. Experts from outside the area have been brought in to help.
Authorities have been unable to confirm whether the remains belong to missing Bossier Parish woman Ann Bond, who has been the subject of a search since late last week.
Bond's family has been informed of the discovery; but until confirmation can be made, the search for her is still in full force, Bossier sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Bill Davis said.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the missing woman's husband, Robert Bond, on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with her apparent death. Ann Bond was reported missing after failing to report to work Thursday morning.
Evidence obtained during a search Thursday of the Bonds’ home north of Bossier City, in part, led authorities to begin treating the missing person case as a homicide investigation, authorities said.
Robert Bond is being treated in Singing River Hospital in Gautier, Miss., for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chin. Authorities said they tracked him to Gautier using cellular tracking technology to ping Ann Bond's phone.
Bond shot himself with a .22-caliber handgun after Gautier police found him asleep in his pickup and approached the vehicle early Friday morning. He is expected to fully recovery, Gautier police Sgt. Danny Patrick said.
The truck is being examined by Bossier sheriff’s detectives for possible evidence before being brought back to Bossier Parish for storage.
Investigators are eager to speak with Bond when he is physically able, Bossier’s Davis said. Authorities also intend to extradite Bond to Bossier Parish when he is healthy enough to move.
His bond on the charge of second-degree murder has been set at $1 million.
In 2003, Bond was arrested on a charge of felony theft. He later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after admitting to taking items from a storage facility to settle an outstanding debt. Bond was given a
one-year, suspended jail sentence and was ordered to serve two years on probation and to repay $5,400.
In 2012, Bond was sued by Randall Lee Harvill, who alleged that Bond had misappropriated. The lawsuit was dropped following a joint motion to dismiss in April. Also in 2012, Bond and his son were sued by two other individuals who alleged the pair misappropriated assets.


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While Juliet's age is explicitly stated as 13, Romeo's age is never officially revealed within the text. Most stage and movie renditions that I have seen put him as older than Juliet, but still in his teen years. His somewhat impulsive behavior and the rapidity with which he is able to transition from feelings for Rosaline to strong feelings for Juliet seem to indicate a high hormone level, which would be more consistent for a teenager than for someone in his early twenties.
While a 13-year-old bride might seem ludicrous in the modern age, we must remember that the life expectancy during Shakespeare's time was only about 30-35 years. People married far younger and started families far earlier in Shakespeare's day than they do at present.


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Regina Ellis is a woman driven daily by compassion and moxie. In 1995, Regina’s oldest daughter Alexandra died after a 2 ½ year battle with cancer. Out of those dark days a beacon of hope emerged. Alexandra’s family knew through experience that even the best medical care cannot provide for the many non-medical needs of families with seriously ill children. That same year, with the help of community leaders, the Children’s Cancer Association was born, giving families a compassionate resource for critical needs and innovative programs that bring joy to young hearts. Now in their 15th year, CCA is recognized as a national leader bringing “Joy Rx” to thousands of kids and their families.
What started around Regina’s kitchen table has evolved into an organization serving 11,000 kids, teens and family members in Portland, Oregon and SW Washington each year, while providing educational resources to every children’s hospital in the nation.
When Regina isn’t discovering new and innovative ways to deliver Joy Rx to seriously ill children and families, she can be found at home in her kitchen spending time with her large, boisterous Italian family. Having great-grandparents that immigrated to the United States from Sicily, Regina’s cuisine is strongly influenced by the flavorful spices of that region. Regina is famous for her ability to carry on the Italian heritage through homemade pizza, lasagna and other dishes she learned from her family. Regina is inspired daily by her work, family and food. We’re inspired by her good cooking, and hopefully you will be, too!
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