Global, May, 06 2013 - When it comes to policies that govern the behaviour of microfinance institutions in their interaction with the environment, so far the only ones that exist are voluntary and internal.
Many see microfinance as a solution to poverty. It may be a powerful tool, but what can it do to finally build the sustainable economy we desperately need? Of what use will microfinance be if it contributes to the environmental degradation that aggravates inequality and poverty?
The Natural Capital Declaration is an initiative aimed at financial institutions to commit to integrating natural capital considerations into their decision-making processes. The declaration sets out a number of policies governments can adopt to induce financial institutions to move in this direction.
One policy is to "require companies to disclose the nature of their dependence and impact on Natural Capital through transparent qualitative and quantitative monitoring." Even if lenders are not being forced to favour more sustainable projects, this level of transparency can influence their decisions.
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project is an initiative from Australia working towards this level of transparency. While they have not gained much support as of yet, this campaign is part of a larger conversation about the need for reporting and transparency that holds promise.
It's tough out there for a green entrepreneur. Ask for a loan and you might find yourself competing with projects that are dirtier and more lucrative to the lender. The World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with the Chinese government to develop a policy solution for this.
A green credit policy is one that calls on banks to direct loan financing away from dirty and inefficient projects and toward clean ones. Enforcement hasn't been easy, as regional banks have been reticent to recall loans from lucrative projects that have failed to pass environmental muster. The IFC has continued to work with the government to support the policy by engaging with banks in training and the development of assessment systems.
A 2006 roundtable convened by the Wharton Environmental Management Program and Green Microfinance concluded that while microfinance institutions (MFIs) can do much, they cannot do it all by themselves. They concluded that governments need to provide an infrastructure in which sustainable activities have market value.
Since that time, the conversation about getting the prices right to create such an environment has gotten louder and louder. Subsidies, free access to resources and a lack of limits on pollution create perverse incentives that do not take into account the enormous value of ecosystem services.
If policymakers can take into account the value of ecosystem services, they will realize that unfettered, dirty business is actually not cheap, and regulations and taxes need to make them less competitive. Subsidies and tax breaks for clean projects should be considered an investment on the part of the government in the economy's ability to continue to function in the face of environmental change.
Germany, France, China, Czech Republic and Ontario, Canada are among some of the locations that have strived to get the prices right by agreeing to pay small-scale, renewable energy producers a competitive rate for the electricity they contribute to the grid. Buying and installing solar panels and windmills is a capital intensive project that would be well served by the services of microfinance institutions.
When it comes to policies that govern the behaviour of microfinance institutions in their interaction with the environment, so far the only ones that exist are voluntary and internal. As long as the impacts of projects are unreported, sustainable projects are expected to compete with dirty ones for loans and the prices remain out of sync with the value of ecosystem services — microfinance cannot be the green hero we need.
The financial sector is among the slowest industries to respond to change. Financial institutions generally don't change until it is absolutely necessary. Governments have the ability to force these changes to make the market more welcoming to small-scale, environmentally-sound economic activity. The question is: how much political capital do they have to do so?


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Trévoux ist eine französische Gemeinde in der Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes im Département Ain. Sie ist dem Kanton Trévoux und dem Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse zugeteilt.

Geografie
Die mittelalterliche Kleinstadt mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) befindet sich am westlichsten Rand des Départments Ain, an der Grenze zum Département Rhône und zwar am rechten Ufer der Saône, an einem steilen Schuttkegel rund 20 Kilometer nördlich von Lyon.

Geschichte
Im Jahre 843 unterteile der Vertrag von Verdun das Reich Karls des Großen. Die Saône bildete dabei eine natürliche Grenze zwischen dem Königreich Frankreich im Westen und dem Römisch-deutschen Reich im Osten, zu dem nun auch Trévoux als Grenzstadt gehörte. Seit dem 13. Jahrhundert kam die Stadt in den Genuss eines Wegzolls, welcher die Schiffer der Saône zu entrichten hatten. Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts wurde Trévoux mit einer Burg und einer Stadtmauer befestigt und im Jahre 1400 zur Hauptstadt der Herrschaft von Dombes gekürt. Während Herzog Amadeus VIII. von Savoyen den Talmud im Januar 1417 in der savoyardischen Hauptstadt Chambéry verbrennen ließ, erlaubte der Herr von Trévoux seinen jüdischen Untertanen das Studium dieses heiligen Schriftwerks am 30. Juni 1417 ausdrücklich.

1523 wurde die Herrschaft von Dombes – obwohl die Provinz eigentlich Teil des Römisch-deutschen Reichs war – unter Einrichtung eines Parlements in Lyon vom französischen König Franz I. eingezogen. 1560 wurde das Lehen Dombes an das Haus Bourbon vergeben und Trévoux war die blühende Hauptstadt des Fürstentums Dombes (Principauté de Dombes). Am 12. Dezember 1696 wurde das Parlement de Dombes von Lyon nach Trévoux verlegt. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurde die Stadt für das vom Jesuitenorden herausgegebene Nachschlagewerk Le Dictionnaire et les Mémoires der Trévoux bekannt. Unter Ludwig XV. fiel die Dombes im Jahre 1762 endgültig an die französische Krone.

Trévoux war von 1790 bis 1926 eine der Unterpräfekturen des Départements Ain.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung
Das Bevölkerungswachstum von Trévoux seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ist markant. So betrug die Zunahme zwischen 1946 und 2008 129 %; frankreichweit waren es im selben Zeitraum lediglich 54 %.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Burg

Die Ruinen der Burg Château fort de Trévoux aus dem 13. und 14. Jahrhundert thronen noch heute hoch über der Stadt. Erhalten geblieben ist ein dreieckiger Hof, der mit einer Mauer umgeben ist, welche über die Zeit etwa einen Viertel ihrer ursprünglichen Höhe eingebüßt hat. An jeder Ecke des Hofes ragt ein Befestigungsturm in die Höhe. Der Hauptturm im Westen aus ortstypischem Pierres dorées (Kalkstein, der Dank seinem Eisenoxydgehalt golden schimmert) ist auf das Ende des 13. Jahrhunderts datiert und weist einen oktogonalen Grundriss auf. Der hufeisenförmige Nordturm und der kreisrunde Südturm stammen aus den Jahren 1350–1360. Noch heute ist die Befestigungsmauer ersichtlich, welche vom Hauptturm zum alten Stadtkern führte. Mit dem Ende des Mittelalters verlor die Festung rasch an Bedeutung und wurde nur noch punktuell unterhalten. Schwere Schäden erlitt sie 1563 während eines Angriffs der Protestanten im Ersten Hugenottenkrieg, vermutlich wurde sie anschließend gar nicht mehr genutzt. Berichte legen nahe, dass die Wehranlage bereits am Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts eine Ruine war. In den Revolutionswirren galt sie als ein Symbol des Ancien Régime und wurde deshalb zur Zielscheibe des aufgebrachten Mobs: die obersten zwei Stockwerke des Hauptturms wurden 1794 niedergerissen. Die Anlage steht seit 1913 unter Denkmalschutz und Dank ihrer Lage bietet sie dem Besucher auch einen eindrücklichen Rundblick auf das Tal der Saône, die Dombes, das Beaujolais sowie die Monts d'Or, ein kleines Bergmassiv südwestlich von Lyon.

Parlement
Das Parlement de Dombes von Trévoux ist ein Gebäude mit reicher Innenausstattung aus dem frühen 18. Jahrhundert. Das Parlament wurde 1523 vom französischen König Franz I. in Lyon gegründet und 1696 von Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Herzog von Maine, nach Trévoux verlegt. Claude Cachet de Montézan und sein Sohn Benoît wurden mit der Errichtung eines adäquaten Baus außerhalb der Stadtmauern beauftragt. Die offizielle Einweihung fand 1703 statt, obwohl sich die Fertigstellung des Gebäudes hinauszog. Bemerkenswert sind die von Pierre Paul Sevin de Tournon geschaffenen Fresken und die dekorativen Holzverkleidungen an Wänden und Decken. Die Innenausstattung des Zuhörersaals steht seit 1920 und jene der Eingangshalle seit 1991 unter Denkmalschutz. Mit dem Anschluss der Dombes an Frankreich im Jahre 1762 verlor das Gebäude seine ursprüngliche Funktion. Es wird heute vom örtlichen Zivilgericht und von der Finanzbehörde genutzt.

Weitere Einrichtung
 Die antike Apotheke L'apothicairerie de l'hôpital Montpensier ist im ehemaligen Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, welches Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Herzogin von Montpensier, genannt La Grande Mademoiselle, im 17. Jahrhundert errichten ließ, untergebracht. Das Innere ist mit Holz getäfelt und man präsentiert eine Sammlung von alten Apothekergefäßen.

 Das Schloss Château de Corcelles wurde 1840 zum Jagdschloss umgebaut und steht seit 1996 unter Denkmalschutz. Bemerkenswert ist der Salon à l'italienne mit seinen Jagdbildern.

 Das Schloss Château de Fétan wurde 1622–1623 errichtet. Es steht seit 1973 unter Denkmalschutz und besticht durch seine Raumwirkung sowie seine Bedachung.

 Das Hôtel du gouverneur des Dombes wird heute als Gerichtsgebäude genutzt. Es steht seit 1933 wegen seines Hauptportals (Porte cochère) unter Denkmalschutz.

 Das Maison Anginieur an der Rue du Gouvernement steht seit 1933 unter Denkmalschutz.

 Das Maison Guerrier an der Rue du Port steht seit 1933 unter Denkmalschutz.

 Das Maison des Sires de Villars an der 33, Rue du Gouvernement steht seit 1991 unter Denkmalschutz.

 Eine Dauerausstellung im örtlichen Touristenbüro (Office de tourisme Trévoux Saône Vallée) zeigt eine Ausstellung über das Handwerk des Drahtziehers und der Herstellung von Zieheisen. Trévoux war früher ein Zentrum zur Herstellung von Gold- und Silberdraht für die Bijouterie. Nachdem die Dombes von Frankreich annektiert wurde, fielen auch die steuerlichen Privilegien beim Handel mit Edelmetallen weg. Daraufhin spezialisierte sich die Stadt auf die Produktion von sogenannten Filières en diamant auf dessen Herstellung Trévoux bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg ein Quasi-monopol hatte. Mit diesem Werkzeug werden hochpräzise Löcher in das Zieheisen eingebracht, wobei der Bohrer in der Regel aus einer speziellen Stahllegierung besteht. Traditionell wurde dieser Bohrer von den Handwerkern "Diamant" oder auch "Brillant" genannt.

 Die Passerelle de Trévoux ist eine kleine Hängebrücke über der Saône, die Trévoux im Département Ain mit Quincieux im Département Rhône verbindet. Die 165 Meter lange Brücke ist heute Fußgängern und Zweirädern vorbehalten. Die Einweihung fand am 8. Mai 1851 statt und bis 1889 wurde beim Überqueren eine Maut eingezogen. 1978 scheiterte der geplante Abbruch der Brücke am Widerstand der örtlichen Bevölkerung.

Persönlichkeiten
 Daniel Dagallier (* 1926), Degenfechter

Siehe auch
 Liste der Monuments historiques in Trévoux

Literatur
 Jean-François Jolibois: Histoire de la ville et du canton de Trévoux. Aimé Vingtrinier, Lyon, 1853. ()

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GLIMPSES by Jose Ma. Montelibano
Pope Benedict XVI gave his Christmas message – which asked mankind in general and Catholics in particular to give more attention to God and the poor. In other words, the Pope appealed for compliance to the very foundation of the Christian faith – to love God and to love neighbor.
The Pope's Christmas message was for everyone, but it seemed to have a special aim for Catholics in the Philippines – long the historical pride of the Church as the only Christian country in Asia. What the Pope said seems to be a swipe at the failure of the Catholic Church in the Philippines to make Catholic teachings the anchor of religious belief and the criteria of Catholic behavior. After all, what Pope or Church hierarchy could miss the status of the Philippines as one of the most corrupt and impoverished?
The role of the Catholic Church, and the role of Christian churches or sects that followed in the 20th century, in Philippine history points to one which almost equaled the role of the Spanish and American colonial regimes in power and influence. Many periods in our colonial history show that the Church could dictate to the State. It all depended on the Church's influence over the monarch in Spain or the governor general in the Philippines.
As a favored, if not revered, ally of colonization, the Church was naturally blessed with a shared wealth, or loot in today's perspective. It did not really matter much to Filipinos whether the Church was a beneficiary of Spain's wealth or resources. The fact, however, points to the Church as a primary beneficiary of the wealth or resources of the islands now known as the Philippines. Conquest made the extraction of that wealth legal for the conqueror. History simply calls it plunder.
Catholicism as been claimed as the greatest gift of colonial Spain to the Filipino. It may be so, but quite debatable. Without Spain, Catholicism may have found other opportunities to enter the Philippines and the Filipino' hearts and minds. But history being what it is, unchangeable despite its intermittent horrors, Catholicism was brought to the Philippines by Spain. And with Catholicism came the Catholic Church, or is it the other way around?
Appealing for more attention to God and the poor cannot be a more pointed appeal to the Catholic Church in the Philippines and its converts. After all, the evil of corruption that dominates Philippine society reflects the absence of God, as evil is understood to be the absence of good. The massiveness of poverty among our people reflects as well the absence of love for neighbor. In Asia's original and primary Christian country, the absence of good and the absence of love for one's neighbor have become its greatest achievements. Truly, the Pope's appeal cannot be more meaningful and pointed than it is for Christianity in the Philippines.
Christian Philippines is not only corrupt or host of tens of millions of poor people, it is also constantly haunted by the specter of hunger. In Metro Manila where the headquarters of the Catholic Church is located, one out of five residents experiences involuntary hunger. The backdrop of a country naturally or divinely blessed with natural resources and beauty that has few rivals in the world, with a religion that preaches love of God and neighbor as its greatest commandments, makes it more grotesque for the Philippines to be one of the most corrupt and one of the most impoverished.
The failure of government is shared by the failure of the Church, or maybe even more the failure of the Church than the government. If a census is undertaken, it may show that people in government are predominantly Christian. As such, corrupt as government may be, poor as millions of Filipinos may be, Christians or Catholics who dominate society simply display their utter failure to be faithful to their faith. It can be said as well that ones who formed them in their faith, the Church and their parents, failed to be effective teachers.
Have more time for God, the Pope says. It may be shocking for him to realize that enough time for God is being claimed by Catholics and other Christians who pray, who read the Bible, who attend religious rituals. Somehow, what they may miss, or what some in the hierarchy of the Church miss to emphasize, is that prayer, Scripture-reading and performance of rituals is not the equivalent of loving God, not in themselves. There is a factor that is missing, a crucial factor, an integral factor to loving God – and that is loving neighbor.
The hollowness of belief without love is an accepted fact, especially so when that truism is considered to be a sacred, and therefore, official dogma. Yet, corruption and poverty, accompanied by conflict and violence, are stark manifestations of the absence of love. Never mind that public officials who wield power swear and other to serve the people within strict moral guidelines renege on their word. They only show they are not people of honor. But they also renege on the fundamental tenets of their religion and are not people of faith.
It is necessary to face an honest mirror like the only in fairy tales, the mirror which does not lie. We have to see ourselves the way we have been, the way we are, so we can begin the struggle to be the way we ought to be. We cannot be people of the lie who believe we are good when we are not, who believe we are right when we are not, who believe we are Christians when we are not – or not yet. We are what we are, people of a country that is cursed by corruption, poverty and conflict – all antitheses of love.
Pay more attention to God and the poor means to pay more attention to loving. The primordial challenge for Filipinos is to love, to be one with God and to be one with one another. That is what love means – to be one. In governance, adopt the way of the servant leader, of the Lord who knelt to wash the feet of His disciples. In economics, adopt the ways of the early Christian communities where members shared everything with one another. In conflict, resolve differences with fraternal love and then remain one.
It is a joy to pray and commune with God, but it is a struggle to love our neighbor, especially the poor. We try, we fall, and now we must try again, harder, more determined, more intelligently, and make the New Year of 2008 a new beginning for decency and generosity in our society.***
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daiquiris and fox-trots. Saddle shoes make an awkward sound on a plaster floor.
because I can't hear the music, only the way it should sound.
Dee-Bop, Bow-Bam – all I've got is the on-rhythm tap of my saddle shoe on the floor. A wry smile she says back and I fade away on into the shadow, by the bar.


Objective: To determine the rate of compliance with preventive treatment of moderate and severe persistent asthma. Methods: Physicians at various medical centers across the country were invited to nominate patients for participation in the study. Inclusion criteria were being over the age of 12 and presenting moderate or severe persistent asthma. Participating patients received salmeterol/fluticasone 50/250 µg by dry powder inhaler for 90 days and were instructed to return the empty packages at the end of the study as a means of determining the total quantity used. In order to evaluate compliance, a member of the research team contacted each patient via telephone at the study outset and again at the end of the 90-day study period. Asthma patients were considered compliant with the treatment if they used at least 85% of the prescribed dose. The following variables were studied: gender, age, race, marital status, years of schooling, smoking habits, other atopic conditions, comorbidities, asthma severity, use of other medication and number of hospital admissions for asthma. Results: A total of 131 patients from fifteen states were included. The overall rate of compliance was found to be 51.9%. There was a significant difference in compliance in relation to asthma severity: compliance was greater among patients with severe persistent asthma than among those with moderate persistent asthma (p = 0.02). There were no statistically significant differences among any of the other variables. Conclusion: The overall rate of compliance with maintenance treatment of asthma was low.
Objective: To quantify the number of asthma attacks treated in the emergency room of a public hospital and to study seasonal fluctuations, taking into consideration the local climate, which is characterized by having only two seasons: a rainy/humid season and a dry season. Methods: A retrospective survey was conducted in a community general hospital. A total of 37,642 emergency room consultations related to asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, upper-airway infection or other respiratory complaints were registered during a two year period. The data from each patient chart were collected for later analysis. Results: Among the respiratory conditions treated, asthma (24.4%) was the second most common diagnosis. Most of the asthma consultations (56.6%) involved children below the age of fifteen. Regression analysis revealed a seasonal variation in the number of asthma consultations, which was significantly higher in March (p = 0.0109), the low points being in August (p = 0.0485) and September (p = 0.0169). The correlation between climate and asthma was most significant in relation to changes in humidity, although the effect was delayed by one month (p = 0.0026) or two months (p = 0.0002). Conclusion: Visits to the emergency room for the treatment of asthma attacks were more frequent during the rainy season, increasing at one to two months after the annual increase in humidity and decreasing in the dry season. This positive correlation raises the possibility of a causal relationship with proliferation of house dust mites and molds.
Objective: To evaluate the need for post-pneumonectomy thoracic drainage. Methods: This was a retrospective study of 46 patients having undergone pneumonectomy in the Thoracic Surgery Department of the Londrina University Hospital between January of 1998 and December of 2004. Patients were divided into two groups: those having been submitted to drainage and those not having been. The diseases involved were lung cancer, bronchiectasis and tuberculosis. Results: Drainage was used in 21 patients, whereas no drainage was used in 25. The most common postoperative complication was subcutaneous emphysema (12 cases). Hospital stays were of shorter duration among patients who were not submitted to drainage than among those who were (mean, 6.5 days vs. 10.2 days). No serious postoperative complications were observed in the group of patients not submitted to drainage. Conclusion: The findings that evolutions were more favorable and hospital stays were shorter for the patients not submitted to drainage call into question the need for routine post-pneumonectomy drainage.
Objective: To determine the relative frequency of hypomagnesemia among patients with chronic airflow limitation treated as outpatients at a referral center in the northern part of the state of Paraná between 2000 and 2001, as well as to determine whether hypomagnesemia correlates with hypoxia, with other electrolyte disturbances and with the severity of airflow limitation. Methods: This was a descriptive study of the relative frequency of hypomagnesemia in 72 patients with chronic airflow limitation. All of the patients were submitted to blood tests to determine serum levels of magnesium and other electrolytes, as well as to staging of the underlying disease. Results: The prevalence of hypomagnesemia was 27.8%. The mean age was 65 ± 9.9 years, and there was a predominance of males. The mean forced expiratory volume in one second was 1.31 ± 0.52 L. Most of the patients (68.1%) were found to be in the advanced stages of the disease. Hypomagnesemia was not found to correlate with other electrolyte disturbances, hypoxemia or disease stage. Conclusion: The high frequency of patients in the advanced stages is likely attributable to the fact that the outpatient facility is a referral center for the region. Further studies should be conducted in order to determine the probable causes of this high prevalence of hypomagnesemia.
Objective: The present study attempted to determine whether patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) get the minimum daily amount of physical activity recommended in the guidelines established by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), as well as to characterize the consequences of noncompliance with those guidelines. Methods: This study involved 23 patients (median age: 61 - range, 59-69 years; FEV1: 39% of predicted - range, 34-53%; BMI: 24 kg/m2 - range, 21-27 kg/m2). The following parameters were evaluated: daily physical activity (DynaPort activity monitor); pulmonary function; muscle force; exercise tolerance; quality of life; functional status; and various indices of disease severity (GOLD, BODE and MRC). Results: Based on compliance with the guidelines (minimum of 30 minutes of walking per day), 12 patients were considered "physically active", and 11 were considered "physically inactive". No significant differences were observed between the two groups in terms of age, gender, BMI, muscle force, ventilatory reserve, hyperinflation or quality of life. The inactive group presented more impaired pulmonary function and lower exercise tolerance, as well as lower MRC and BODE scores (p < 0.05). In their daily life, patients in the inactive group also walked for less time and more slowly than did those in the active group (p < 0.05). The MRC and BODE indices were superior to the GOLD index in predicting compliance with the guidelines, both presenting a specificity of 0.83, compared with 0.50 for the GOLD index. The BODE index score increased significantly with each day of inactivity. Conclusion: A large number of COPD patients do not walk more than 30 minutes per day and are therefore not getting the minimum daily amount of physical activity recommended by the ACSM. Inactivity correlates with a higher mortality rate. The MRC and BODE indices proved superior to the GOLD index in predicting whether patients are physically inactive in their daily lives.
Objective: To increase the knowledge base regarding pulmonology research in Brazil. Methods: A retrospective, observational study of the abstracts published in the Annals of the Brazilian Pulmonology and Phthisiology Conferences held from 1986 to 2004, quantifying the institutions of origin by geographic distribution and type, as well as categorizing the abstracts by study design and topic. Results: A total of 6467 abstracts were published. The institutions of origin were located, variously, in the Southeast (3870 abstracts), South (1309), Northeast (783), Central-West (267) and North (84). There were 94 abstracts originating from foreign institutions, especially from institutions in Portugal (56.3%) and the United States (13.8%). Most of the studies (5825) were conducted in public Brazilian institutions. There were 4234 clinical studies, 1994 case reports and 239 original research articles. A marked, progressive increase was observed in the number of clinical studies and case reports during the period evaluated. Overall, the most common themes were tuberculosis and other infections diseases (25.2%), following by oncology (11.6%), interstitial lung diseases (8.8%) and thoracic surgery (8.5%). Nevertheless, the number of abstracts on each topic varied widely from year to year. Conclusion: Public Brazilian institutions are the principal sources of pulmonology research in Brazil. Such research activity is concentrated in the southeastern part of the country. Case reports account for one-third of this activity. Although there was great variability in the subjects addressed, diseases that are highly prevalent in Brazil, such as tuberculosis and other infections diseases, were the most common topics.
Objective: To determine whether pulmonary mechanics are altered in mice with sepsis. Methods: A total of 40 Balb/c mice were divided into two groups: survival (n = 21) and pulmonary mechanics (n = 19). The survival group was divided into three subgroups: control (n = 7), sublethal (n = 7) and lethal (n = 7). The pulmonary mechanics group was also divided into three subgroups: control (n = 5), sublethal (n = 7) and lethal (n = 7). Sepsis was induced through cecal ligation and puncture, the latter varying in degree (sublethal or lethal). At eight hours after the intervention, pulmonary mechanics were measured through end-inflation occlusion. In the pulmonary mechanics group, the following variables were studied: total pressure, resistance, viscoelasticity, dynamic compliance and static compliance. The data obtained were analyzed using one-way ANOVA. Results: The data for the survival group indicate the efficacy of the model employed. There were no statistically significant differences among the pulmonary mechanics subgroups in terms of dynamic compliance, static compliance, total pressure, resistance or viscoelasticity. Conclusion: At eight hours after cecal ligation and puncture, there were no changes in the lung parenchyma, nor were any alterations observed in the viscous and viscoelastic components of the lung.
Objective: Various markers have shown promise as diagnostic markers and prognostic predictors in malignant mesothelioma (MM). Methods: Through morphometric and immunological studies of markers in stromal components (calretinin, CEA, Leu-M1 and thrombomodulin) and nuclear components (p53 and Ki-67), we evaluated post-diagnosis survival in 58 patients with MM. Results: The histologic pattern of the MM was typical in 50 cases and atypical in 8. Through immunohistochemistry, we confirmed 40 cases of mesothelioma and 11 cases of adenocarcinoma, although we were unable to classify 7 of the 8 cases presenting atypical histologic patterns. Cox multivariate analysis revealed that the risk factor for death was higher (476.2) among patients of advanced age, presenting the biphasic subtype and testing positive for components expressed at the nuclear level. Conclusion: The most useful immunohistochemical markers were was calretinin (for mesothelioma) and CEA (for adenocarcinoma). Immunohistochemical quantification of thrombomodulin facilitated the diagnosis of mesothelioma in patients testing positive for both calretinin and CEA. The most useful prognostic information was that provided by the routine histopathological analysis of the tumor type. It is of note that the combination of a mean age of 55 years and 30.5% immunohistochemical markers in nuclear components created a natural dividing point between patients in which survival was shorter than expected and those in which it was longer than expected. Therefore, histopathological analysis offers a powerful weapon with great potential to inform decisions regarding the use of adjuvant chemotherapy after surgical excision of a mesothelioma.
Keywords: Pleural neoplasms; Mesothelioma; Tumor markers, Biological; Carcinoembryonic antigen; Prognosis.
Objective: To identify fibromyalgia syndrome in patients with sleep disordered breathing. Method: We studied 50 patients seeking treatment at a sleep disorder clinic for snoring, apnea and excessive daytime sleepiness. Sleep disordered breathing was diagnosed through the use of polysomnography. To diagnose fibromyalgia syndrome, patients were evaluated in accordance with the criteria established by the American College of Rheumatology. Results: Of the 50 patients, 32 were male. The mean (± standard deviation) age of the group was 50 ± 12 years. The mean body mass index was 29.7 ± 5.6 kg/m2. The mean apnea-hypopnea index was 36 ± 29 attacks of apnea or hypopnea per hour of sleep. Of the 18 women and 32 men evaluated, 9 and 2, respectively, met the American College of Rheumatology criteria for fibromyalgia syndrome. Conclusion: Considering the fact that the prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome in the general population is 0.5% for men and 3.4% for women, the more than ten-fold higher proportion of fibromyalgia cases seen in this sample supports the hypothesis that there is an association between sleep disordered breathing and fibromyalgia syndrome.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in an intensive care unit, as well as to identify related factors and characterize patient evolution. Methods: This study evaluated 278 patients on mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours in a university hospital. Results: Ventilator-associated pneumonia developed in 38.1% of the patients, translating to 35.7 cases/1000 ventilator-days: 45.3% were caused by gram-negative agents (Pseudomonas aeruginosa accounting for 22%); and multidrug resistant organisms were identified in 43.4%. In the ventilator-associated pneumonia group, time on mechanical ventilation, time to mechanical ventilation weaning, hospital stays and intensive care unit stays were all longer (p < 0.001). In addition, atelectasis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumothorax, sinusitis, tracheobronchitis and infection with multidrug resistant organisms were more common in the ventilator-associated pneumonia group (p < 0.05). Mortality rates in the intensive care unit were comparable to those observed in the hospital infirmary. Associations between ventilator-associated pneumonia and various factors are expressed as odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals: acute sinusitis (38.8; 3.4-441); > 10 days on mechanical ventilation (7.7; 4.1-14.2); immunosuppression (4.3; 1.3-14.3); acute respiratory distress syndrome (3.5; 1.4-9.0); atelectasis (3.0; 1.2-7.3); cardiac arrest (0.18; 0.05-0.66); and upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding (0.07; 0.009-0.62). The variables found to be associated with in-hospital death were as follows: chronic renal failure (26.1; 1.9-350.7); previous intensive care unit admission (15.6; 1.6-152.0); simplified acute physiologic score II > 50 (11.9; 3.4-42.0); and age > 55 years (4.4; 1.6-12.3). Conclusion: Ventilator-associated pneumonia increased the time on mechanical ventilation and the number of complications, as well as the length of intensive care unit and hospital stays, but did not affect mortality rates.
Recurrent pleural effusion, which is commonly seen in clinical practice, compromises patient quality of life, especially in patients with advanced malignant disease. The therapeutic approach to the pleural space involves a wide range of techniques, including aggressive procedures such as pleurectomy. Among such techniques, pleurodesis is the most frequently used. Pleurodesis can be induced through the insertion of pleural catheters, as well as through major surgical procedures (such as thoracotomy). There are various recommended sclerosing agents, including talc (which is the most widely used), silver nitrate and, recently, proliferative cytokines. This article summarizes the principal approaches to the treatment of recurrent pleural effusion, pleurodesis in particular, addressing the indications for, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of, their application in daily pulmonology practice.
15 - Rhinitis, Sinusitis and Asthma: hard to dissociate?
Rinite, sinusite e asma: indissociáveis?
The objective of this study was to review the literature and to discuss epidemiological and physiopathological aspects and therapeutical implications of an unified approach to allergic rhinosinusitis and asthma. The bibliographic survey was based on the information provided by the following databases: Medline, MD Consult, Highwire, Medscape, LILACS and through direct search over thirty years, using the terms allergic rhinitis and asthma. Fifty-five original articles were selected in the no systematically review addressing the issue of clinical association between allergic rhinusinusitis and asthma. It is noteworthy that in the late years, with the use of specific topical medications for the lower airways or else, to the upper airways, the therapeutical approach has been distinct. However, numerous epidemiological surveys, immunopatological and clinical studies demonstrate the inter-relationship between asthma and allergic rhinossinusitis, characterized by: i) allergic rhinitis is associated to asthma and constitute an independent risk factor for its occurrence; ii) the immunopathological characteristics of allergic rhinitis and asthma are similar; iii) allergic rhinitis and asthma are manifestations of a systemic disease; iv) control of rhinitis favors asthma control. taking into consideration the close inter-relationship between allergic rhinitis and asthma, the approach to diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of these illnesses should be integrated. Therapeutical options that allow for the simultaneous control of asthma and allergic rhinitis offer advantages related both to costs and tolerability.
We report the case of a 25-year-old woman with Churg-Strauss syndrome, the symptoms of which had first appeared soon after she began taking oral contraceptive at the age of sixteen. The clinical profile evolved rapidly to severe persistent asthma, nasal polyposis, perennial obstructive rhinitis, eosinophilia (peripheral/tissue) and mononeuritis. Churg-Strauss syndrome is the type of disease that demands early detection, accurate diagnosis, aggressive treatment and periodic monitoring. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of moderate and severe persistent asthma. The case reported calls attention to possibility that there is a hormonal component and that the disease can present early onset.
We present a rare situation in which two mediastinal tumors of different topology and histology were found during the resection of an extensive mediastinal tumor in an asymptomatic patient. Different histologies within the same mass have been reported, although, to our knowledge, there have been no reports of different tumors at distinct locations. Thymomas and intrathoracic goiters account for a large proportion of the tumors found in the mediastinum. When feasible, surgical resection plays a fundamental role in effecting a cure. In order to identify concomitant lesions and perform a complete resection, detailed surgical exploration is required.
Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis is rarely diagnosed and is often confused with tuberculosis. Most knowledge of the disease has been derived from descriptions of epidemics in which a number of individuals were exposed to the same source of infection. Isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum from soil samples is conclusive evidence of an epidemic focus. This is the first report of an outbreak of histoplasmosis, in which two cases were reported and the fungus was isolated at the focus of the epidemic, in the state of Santa Catarina. Further epidemiological studies are needed in order to determine the prevalence of the infection statewide.


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Phillip loosened the rear axle nut with a grunt, putting more effort into it than was strictly necessary. A strand of his long blond hair swung loose and he pushed it aside with his forearm. Fixing up his motorcycles usually brought him peace, but lately, with his thirtieth birthday looming, there was hardly any peace for him in the whole of Danovar. According to his country's law—not to mention his mother's insistance—he was supposed to choose his queen by the time he turned thirty. And seeing as he'd managed to successfully ignore that law for the last twenty-nine years and nine months, now he had exactly three months left to pick a bride. His mother's way of "helping" him achieve that goal was to gather all the eligible ladies for a weeks-long party at the Summer House, so that he might pick one to marry before the impending deadline.
The ladies had been arriving all day, and the group at the other end of the drive was among the last of the bunch. Dressed in their jewel-toned finery, they looked like a flock of peacocks, fluttering around and clucking amongst themselves while they assessed the Summer House with openly calculating gazes, not even noticing him kneeling there covered in oil and engine grease.
His mouth twisted. One of those oblivious women might well be his future wife.
It wasn't that he didn't wantto get married. In fact, he'd always been enamored with the idea of growing old with a woman he loved—but that was the problem. During this party he wasn't so much picking a wife as he was choosing a queen, someone who was capable of ruling Danovar at his side. That meant he would never marry for love, and having seen his parents and grandparents live through loveless marriages, he knew it was nothing to look forward to. He wished there was a way for his duty and love to go hand in hand but it just wasn't in the stars, and being king meant putting his country before his own desires.
He allowed the rear wheel to slide in the swingarm a bit, blowing out a breath and rolling his shoulders to try to get the tension out of his muscles as he returned to his bike. It wasn't what hewanted that mattered, he reminded himself. It was what his people needed. And if his people needed one of these scheming peacocks to be his wife, then that's what they would damn well get.
But that didn't mean he couldn't enjoy himself a bit first. Sneak off, spend a few hours on the road, just him and the sunset and the cherry-red bike roaring beneath him. Once he could manage to focus long enough to get the damn drive chain tightened, this beauty would ride like the wind. He'd be sure to get back in time to give the opening speech tonight, of course—shirking his duties was no way to start his search for a queen—but he just needed a little freedom, a little time to himself.
One last limo pulled in, carrying the final load of ladies who were here to vie for the royal engagement ring. Two women who looked like sisters climbed out and stared up at the Summer House, but at least they looked more like they were appreciating its beauty than calculating how much money the crystal chandeliers and extravagant stables were worth. These two were attractive enough, he supposed, and in other circumstances he might not have minded flirting with them. In fact, maybe he could simply pretend he was his brother Eric tonight—then he could flirt with anything in a dress and it could all be fun and games, rather than the official business of the crown.
The women's servant was standing at the rear of the limo, efficiently unloading the designer luggage. Now with her, he'd love to do more than flirt. She was sexy as hell from behind, clad in a crisp outfit that screamed personal assistant. It also screamed I have a nice ass. Her golden hair was caught up in a bouncy ponytail, and the second he saw it he couldn't stop thinking about what it would feel like to wrap those golden locks around his hand, tug her head back and angle her just right for a scorching-hot kiss, to run his other hand across those delicious curves and then down, down, down even further, until she was panting and trembling and neither of them could remember their own names.
He tightened the axle back in place and set his tools in their box, wiping his hands on a rag as he contemplated her. It had been a long time since a woman had affected him this strongly, this quickly—but judging from the efficient, completely un-self-conscious way she was juggling her bosses' luggage, she had no idea she was drop-dead gorgeous. Her innocence was refreshing after all the stuffy gold-diggers he'd watched drive up, who he'd now have to spend the next few weeks courting.
He stood, dropped the rag, and straddled his bike. He'd just been thinking he needed an escape, and now he couldn't conceive of a better one than shirking tonight's duties to spend some quality time with the gorgeous creature in front of him. Usually his flings had to go through layers of security checks before he was alone with them, but he was feeling restless and reckless, and the beauty in front of him would be the perfect cure for that.
Decision made, he revved the engine.
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Cypress Grove Cheese Factory Project Appealed – April 25, 2012
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CITY HALL – The Planning Commission's April 10 approval of Cypress Grove Chevre's cheese factory expansion (see story, below) has been appealed. The appeal was filed with the City of Arcata yesterday, April 24, by Foster Avenue residents Sean Armstrong and Shail Pec-Crouse. The filing fee was $1,859.
Three central reasons are listed for the appeal: significant unmitigated impacts to productive agricultural soils, significant unmitigated traffic impacts to public safety and a lack of a wetland delineation and survey for biological resources.
In answer to the question, "How were you 'aggrieved' by the decision being appealed?" the applicants state: "As a neighbor, farmer and land use planner, we are aggrieved by the unmitigated and unknown environmental impacts of the project."
The appeal lists proposed mitigations for the project's alleged shortcomings, with accompanying photographs. It even includes an alternate site layout proposal created by architectural designer Joyce Plath.
Consistent with oral testimony offered by the applicants and other project opponents during the three related Planco hearings, the appeal contends that the expanded factory will permanently cover cultivatable ag land. It further suggests creation of an agricultural conservation easement on the site, and asks that the single condition which the Planco had imposed – installation of street trees along 13th and 17th streets – be partly reversed. It asks that the 17th Street trees be eliminated because they will "reduce the public view of agricultural open space and reduce productive farm land."
The appeal also claims that Q Street, which will bear increased truck traffic from the enlarged factory, lacks sidewalks on the two-block area south of the project. "Pedestrians must walk in traffic on Q Street for almost two blocks immediately south of the Project – there are no sidewalks for safety," the appeal erroneously states.
To support this contention, the appeal includes a Google Maps photograph dated February, 2011 and taken prior to installation of a wide sidewalk on Q Street's north side about three months ago.
Presently, Q Street has sidewalks on one side or the other, or on both sides, all the way from 11th Street to 17th Street, which includes the entire length of the Cypress Grove property. This afternoon, parents could be seen using the sidewalk to walk children home from the nearby Coastal Grove Charter School/La Fuente Nueva campus.
The appeal proposes installation of a sidewalk from Cypress Grove's property line along the east side of Q Street to 12th Street – which already exists – plus bike lanes and traffic calming signage.
The Google Maps photo of Q Street used in the appeal, shown above, was taken prior to installation of sidewalks, the lack of which is cited as one of the three major reasons for challenging the Planning Commission's decision.
The same area of Q Street depicted in the appeal, above, in a photo taken Wednesday, April 25, 2012. KLH | Eye
Lastly, the appeal states that the California Environmental Quality Act requires a description of the project's environmental setting prior to construction so that impacts can be understood once it is completed. It contends that a wetland delineation requested by the Water Quality Control Board was not performed, and suggests that one be done.
Concludes the appeal, "Our neighborhood is trying to find ways to compromise with our neighbors at Cypress Grove. We hope that in scheduling the appeal our neighborhood is given time to continue negotiations with Cypress Grove's representatives. We also hope that Staff will reconsider some of our most thoughtfully documented concerns and help us find a compromise solution with which we can all be satisfied."
The City Council will take up the appeal at an upcoming meeting, date not yet announced.
Note: the following story was published in the April 18 Arcata Eye. – Ed.
ARCATA – Cypress Grove Chevre (CGC) won approval Tuesday night, April 10 for expansion of its cheese manufacturing facility on Q Street.
The OK came courtesy of a bare majority of the smallest allowable quorum of the Planco – just four members. Commissioner Paul Hagen was absent, while Commissioners Chuck Giannini and Julie Vaissade-Elcock had recused themselves due to conflicts of interest.
It was the third Planco meeting on the expansion of CGC's Arcata cheese-manufacturing facility, located on Q Street, and may not be the last, as opponents could file an appeal to the City Council.
That would cost $1,859 in filing fees and must be done within 10 working days of last Tuesday night's decision.
The $6 million project involves expanding the current, 13,800 square foot CGC cheese factory with a 24,387 addition that includes a processing facility, cooler, office space and other support facilities.
The newly expanded facility will process milk received from the company's new McKinleyville goat farm and other sources.
Deputy Director of Community Development Davis Loya began the meeting by addressing objections raised by project opponents at two previous Planco meetings.
One objection was that the "Floor Area Ratio" (FAR) was being miscalculated in CGC's favor. The Land Use Code allows up to 10 percent of floor area to be constructed on a building site.
Community Development Director Larry Oetker, who also functions as Zoning Administrator, offered an analysis that indicated a total "gross building area" on the CGC site as 76,402 square feet, with the "total lot area" calculated as 788,011 square feet for a FAR of 9.8 percent, just under the 10 percent allowed.
Another objection by critics was the intended construction on prime agricultural soils. Loya said such soils can be covered by construction, as long as the development is agricultural in nature.
Opponents – mostly nearby residents those who had fought Cypress Grove's goat farm last June – had forwarded those objections plus several others that were impossible for the Planning Commissioners to make any relevant findings on as part of the project.
Extraneous issues included assertions that the ag-zoned CGC site would be put to better use as a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, that CGC's is owned by Switzerland's corporate EMMI AG dairy cooperative and that the company supports the Richardson Grove Improvement Project.
"The Planning Commission's purview is not necessarily to direct the applicant where a better site would be or what a better use would be, so long as the use they're proposing is a use that was envisioned," Loya said.
Neighbor and project opponent Sean Armstrong read lengthy passages from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to support his contention that the project converts farmland to non-ag use.
Marianne Cippola Knox, who operates a day care center on Q Street, related a frightening encounter with a Cypress Grove truck which she said endangered children – though she had brought four tots to a protest at the company's front gate and truck entrance last June. She and others have objected to increased truck traffic on the street from the planned project.
Karen Davidson – Armstrong's mother – predicted more flooding in the neighborhood due to the impervious surfaces which would be installed on the CGC land. She feared for homes on Zehndner Avenue, though no residents from that street were present to register any objections.
Open Space Committeemember Lisa Brown again asserted that the Floor Area Ratio should be calculated by net, rather than gross lot area – that is, excluding non-buildable areas such as easements and streets. That would effectively disqualify CGC from building without a Conditional Use Permit, which would require a lengthier process. In a previous meeting, Oetker stated that the net total is used in subdivision developments, but isn't applicable in this case.
Brown insisted that net area should be used, and is the standard mechanism for calculating allowable floor space. "Staff has done quite the job of confusing the issue," she said.
Though experienced in public procedure, Brown committed a minor breach of protocol in approaching and offering her handouts directly to commissioners. This earned a reminder from Loya that submissions should be given to staff for redistribution to the decisionmakers.
Shail Pec-Crouse – Armstrong's wife – disparaged CGC as being "arm in arm with Wal-Mart" in destroying old growth redwood trees and "pav[ing] over ag soil." She also said Oetker is friends with Pamela Dressler, CGC general manager, and should recuse himself from participating in the issue due to conflict of interest.
But the project had supporters as well. Citizen Juliet Bond extolled the project as a big plus for the economy and community, saying the real problem is that it represents change.
John Vevoda, president of the Humboldt County Farm Bureau, said any expectation that no ag soil would be built on to support ag is unrealistic. Only huge corporate agricultural enterprises can afford that, he said.
Public Works Director Doby Class said all drainage issues were fully mitigated by on-site detention ponds, and that the street capacity, with new Q Street sidewalks and traffic calming measures, was adequate to handle the traffic.
Commissioner Judith Mayer wanted to continue the matter, saying she hadn't read all the supplied information. But Chair Robert Flint called for a vote,and the project was approved with Mayer abstaining and one additional condition offered by Commissioner Dan Tangney – that street trees be installed on 13th and 17th streets bordering the CGC property.
Mayer predicted that the project will be appealed to the council, and lamented that the Planco hadn't fully processed it with its experience and added conditions.
Following the decision, Armstrong, who had given documents to Loya for the commission per procedure earlier, strolled up to the commissioners at the dais, interrupting the meeting to offer them cookies, which the commissioners pushed away. "You need to leave now," Flint said at the protocol violation.
Armstrong later explained his cookie outreach in a comment on the North Coast Journal's website:
"I wanted them to be able to taste and appreciate what the Arcata Bottom can produce... my futile gesture was to offer cookies. I was trying to be nice in a not-very-nice situation."
The situation became even less very nice moments later, when Armstrong peppered the commission with barbs and critical comments called out from the back of the Council Chamber. "It's a joke," he declared. "Terrible."
"You need to leave now, Sean," Flint said. "That's enough."
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Don - April 26, 2012 said:
So they don't even know that there is already a sidewalk? How community are they if they don't even know what is going on in their own neighborhood? That's insane.
Sean, you are doing irreparable damage to your reputation in this community, but apparently you don't care, and have no sense of decency nor understanding of the proper way to conduct yourself. Cookies? Really?
Besides your wife and your mommy, does anyone else support you?
If you have ideas and the money to develop local agriculture, do it! I sure haven't seen much community ag involvement and development from you. All I see is crap, and insanity.
If you don't have the money and the vision, get out of the way of those that do.
You are completely out of step with the community you are so concerned with. You think you are so smart and know what's best for everyone else. YOu are wrong. Give it up and save some face.
Loaded - April 26, 2012 said:
OK Sean, lets talk about you screaming at Mary, 'your gonna kill my babies'… I personally like your idea of a CSA, so step up and fund it. Make it happen, create jobs. Do it!!
Sean Armstrong - April 26, 2012 said:
One thing that saddens me about this discussion is that it has fallen into an old, bitter storyline in our community of jobs vs. the environment. This is a story of factory jobs vs. farm jobs, because agricultural land is a business opportunity–productive land is how farmers make their income. We need to save farmland to save farming jobs. All of our arable land in California is under production, especially in Humboldt County-we only have farmland, and the jobs it creates, to lose. This is why our neighborhood we have been pushing for a more compact site plan and an ag easement to protect the farm land that remains, and sidewalks and a bike lane on Q Street, or Cypress Grove to from Alliance through the Reid and Wright Mill. These are reasonable things, and it's just sad that they couldn't come from our public process.
Farming jobs rely on productive farm land. We have hundreds of acres of vacant factory land in Arcata–Cypress Grove shouldn't develop McKinleyville's farmland. Arcata IS the best town in which to own a business, build a factory, get a subsidized loan, or own property that retains its value. Business owners complain about regulation, or neighbors who get in their business, but that's a "community that cares" by another name, and the facts prove that this is the most profitable, most attractive place to do business in Humboldt BECAUSE WE CARE. Cypress Grove wants to stay, our neighborhood wants them to stay, and we need to find a negotiated resolution that allows us all to be satisfied.
Sean Armstrong
Victor - April 25, 2012 said:
I live a few away from Cypress Grove's facility in Arcata. I think they are a real asset to this community and our town. I like the idea that there is a growing business in our neighborhood. My Dad grew up in a small town where people walked down the road to their job in the factory and walked home for lunch. That is what sustainable communities are about. As someone who used to commute to the Bay Area from Humboldt to keep myself in a job, I think we are fortunate to have a company that produces revenue by growing pasture grass, feeding milking goats and making food that brings the outside revenue that sustains good jobs here in Arcata and Humboldt county. I know of Shail and Sean and I am sure they mean well but I think they are misdirecting their energies. As I remember, Sean was a very vocal advocate for the proposed Danco development across the street from his house (though he was working for them at the time). So come on, Arcatans! lets not drive a great company out of our town. It is hard for me to fathom how one family can de-rail a project and a company that benefits us all, (at least with really amazing cheese).
Doreen Nulish - April 25, 2012 said:
Mr Armstrong has become the Fox News of goat poop, convinced that if he repeats the same lies and misleading fables over and over they'll eventually be accepted as fact.
Claras A. Belle - April 25, 2012 said:
Concerned, Appealing Arcatans, I know you pride yourselves on being alternately the most backwards/progressive part of HumCo.. but it seems you fail to grasp the most basic concept of J-O-B-S = ECONOMIC GROWTH = INCREASED LOCAL TAX REVENUE = BETTER SCHOOLS (and all that good stuff)!! Or even the definition of agriculture which, YES, includes GOATS!! How long will these so called "concerned neighborhood citizens" continue to thwart Cypress Grove's expansion before the global corporation they are owned by just picks up and moves to Oregon or some other friendly rural realm. Cypress Grove is doing Arcata a favor by trying to conduct business in such a anti-business environment, not the other way around! It appears these people are wealthy enough to file the appeal and form an alternative lay-out from an architectural design professional, but not with it enough to see the benefit of more jobs and increased tax revenue for Arcata. Shame on the few who would deny the overall benefit of the many!! Surely there are plenty of wetlands and pastural views to be found in the bottoms, expansion or no!!! To add insult to injury, this appeasl and the general objectiosn to the project deny that Cypress Grove has been an awesome community partner for many years and helps PUT Humboldt County on the map for something OTHER than marijuana cultivation!!! Get a clue!!
AJ - April 25, 2012 said:
Yep, expand in McKinleyville. We're glad to have you.
Ben Shepherd - April 25, 2012 said:
We gladly welcomed Cypress Grove to McKinleyville and would also welcome the cheese factory. This is a good and responsible local business that should have community support rather than some angry nieghbors.


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import { Form, Icon, Input, Button, Checkbox } from 'antd';
const FormItem = Form.Item;
import React, { Component } from 'react';

class NormalLoginForm extends Component {
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          )}
        </FormItem>
        <FormItem>
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          Or register now!
        </FormItem>
      </Form>
    );
  }
}

const WrappedNormalLoginForm = Form.create()(NormalLoginForm);

export default WrappedNormalLoginForm;

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import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { BrowserRouter, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
import WrappedNormalLoginForm from './loginForm'

export default class App extends Component {
  render() {
    return (

        <BrowserRouter>

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    );
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I always find sourcing affordable curtains a really tricky job. In the past we have spent quite a few hundred pounds on tailor-made curtains (not even floor length ones) and not even designer fabric either. Rather than going directly to a big department store which charge extortionate prices I'm learning that getting curtains made up is the best way to have a wide range of choice of material. Choose a great fabric and then get it made up by someone locally. Personally, I'm going to start making my own on my trusty sewing machine. I've missed that old friend and had forgotten just how much I love sewing and how therapeutic I find it!
After saying all that, in this circumstance where I was looking for fun yet not too tacky kid's curtains I fell upon a happy coincidence and found some ready-made curtains for the boy's bedroom. Having visited Hazel's home who featured on the blog last year I took a fancy to her retro, cat curtains from IKEA of all places! I loved the scandi, monochrome, playful feel and really felt they'd work well in the space. I then forgot about all this until I was in IKEA a couple of months ago when we were buying our kitchen cupboard carcasses and nabbed them towards the end of the infinite homeware maze for only £20. Yes! Such a bargain and in a full length drop so almost the right dimensions.
One of the issues I had was that the curtains were too long to work in this room. Yes I know that one of my mantras is that long curtains work in any room to make it feel taller and grander but this particular bedroom has quite a low ceiling and quite a boxy feel, plus the small radiator is just under the window and so the curtains wouldn't sit flush against the wall. At £20 though I had no qualms about getting my scissors out to cut the length, hem them and add some blackout lining (with some fabric leftover to make some cushions). You can actually buy some ready-made blackout lining in a range of dimensions from Dunelm which just hook on to your existing curtains. So handy!
But how can I get them to sleep well?
Now I'd sorted the size of the curtains, my next dilemma was how to attach them to the wall to keep the light out as I didn't want the early morning sunshine to wake up the boys at the crack of dawn. This is every mothers nightmare! My boys are actually very obedient to Mr Sun (that's a special kids clock called a gro-clock which changes colour to tell them when it's time to get up). I have it set to 7:15 and sometimes they play if they wake up early but I want to make sure they are asleep until that time so they are well rested. I knew that getting the right curtain pole and fixings would also be crucial in making the room dark enough for this happen. I don't particularly like the look of blinds AND curtains together especially on a window this small (only 121 x 93cm) so I wanted to use blackout lining and somehow get the curtains to sit as flush to the wall as possible. IKEA came to the rescue again with their Racka curtain pole option (you need to buy the rings separately) which I've actually attached to the ceiling of the room. I think I've managed to make the room pretty dark but no so much that they can't tell its daytime or only be able to sleep in pitch black which does't happen when you're camping or staying at someone else's house!
The magical gro clock. I swear by it!
So now the curtains are up and the room looks a lot more cosy and complete. Another little update was adding some triangle wall stickers from This Modern Life to give the illusion of wallpaper. I love the added dimension and depth this gives the room and I have to admit that I initially asked Jack to help me but then got a bit control freak that they were spaced out enough! If you're wondering where I got the battery-powered cotton cable lights, they were a steal at £5.99 from Lidl another little bargain and I love you can put them on a timer so the light switches off during the night.
You might have noticed an extra little bed in there? Since April the boys decided that they really wanted to share a room so we moved Ethan's little toddler bed in there (not completely convinced that the wood matches the OSB, but hey!) and I love tucking them both in together and see how it's helping them bond as brothers. Isn't is amazing the power of spaces to nurture relationships and bring a sense of well-being and balance? I'm really hoping that the rest of the rooms that we need to decorate (kitchen, reception room, master bedroom and my office) will bring the same joy and fulfilment into our lives.
Let me know in the comments below what you think about the updates and if you want to check out more kids bedroom ideas then see my blog 5 must-have for kids bedrooms here for tons of inspiration or even check out my 'Kool Kids' Pinterest Board below.
Yours in colour and creativity.
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The last section of the 120 sidewalk from Elm Street up to Grafflin school is being completed over the next two weeks. The last catch basin is being installed and then the remaining granite curbing and concrete will be poured- of course weather permitting. That will close out this project.
Last week the New Castle Town Board and the Pleasantville Village Board had their annual joint meeting at the Water Treatment plant to get a state of the plant update from United Water/Suez, the private entity that has been running our plant for the past 10 years. The contract for that operation expires at the end of the year and we are exploring our options to determine the most efficient way to run the plant for the next term.
2019 Preliminary Budget and Budget Presentation has been posted to the website.
During the budget process there are changes from the Tentative Budget to the Preliminary Budget and from the Preliminary Budget to the Final/Adopted Budget. These changes are expected and are the reason why creating the budget is a "process." The 2019 Budget is no exception. One of the few changes from the Tentative Budget to the Preliminary Budget involves payment of the debt on the infrastructure upgrades to Sewer District #1 and the King-Greeley Sewer District that flows into it to reach the County trunk line. The $1.8 million dollar sanitary sewer improvements will result in an average increase of $216.55 to 90 taxpayers in Sewer District #1, and an average increase of $104.81 to the over 400 taxpayers in the King- Greeley Sewer District.
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NIPOST Office In Victoria Island Needs Revamping – Bolanle Olukanni
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Tiffany Haddish Smoked Marijuana While Driving – Police
Hollywood actress, Tiffany Haddish has been arrested and is facing a DUI charge in Peachtree City, Georgia. The moviestar was allegedly found dozing in the driver's seat of her car early on Friday morning, and fans have been reacting. In her mugshot, Tiffany appeared unbothered as she could be seen ...
Many Girls Have Been Professing Their Love For Me Since I Blew Up – Portable
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I Don't Understand Why No One Is Talking About Igbo Presidency – Harri Obi
Popular media personality, Harri Obi has come out to react to the ongoing conversation ahead of the 2023 general election. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, he doesn't understand why no one is talking about Igbo presidency and ...
Nigerian Men Will Profess Love For Money – Shola Adeoye
Popular Pastor, Shola Adeoye has come out to say that majority of Nigerian men are gold diggers. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, a number of Nigerian men have trooped to the inbox of his client based in ...
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Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has come out to share a unique photo of herself on social media. The actress recently shared a picture with her sisters all spotting strands of grey hair with confidence, and Nigerians have been reacting. See photo, Her words, "The grey area we play in. Sisters" ...
I'll Be Careful With My Social Media Content Henceforth – James Brown
Popular cross-dresser, James Brown has come out to apologize for releasing videos of him being treated to gifts and a romantic date by a male admirer. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, he is deeply sorry for the ...
Muyiwa Olarewaju Awarded British Empire (OBE) Award
Popular British-Nigerian gospel singer, Muyiwa Olarewaju has received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Award. He was presented the Officer of the Order of the British Empire medal by the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William at an investiture ceremony held at Windsor Castle yesterday, and Nigerians ...
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Ex BBNaija housemate, Angel has come out to say that she'll show wickedness to anyone who hurts her in 2022. She recently had her say via her social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to her, she has decided to not protect anyone's feelings this year, and she ...
Men Should Express Their Emotions More – Zahra Buhari-Indimi
Zahra Buhari-Indimi has come out to wonder why men are not allowed to cry and express their emotions like women do. She recently had her say via her social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to her, emotions were given to us to express, and as women feel, ...
I Don't Sleep Around Anymore – 2face Idibia
Popular singer, 2face Idibia has come out to say that he no longer impregnates women carelessly. He recently revealed this to his female fans at an event, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, ladies should stop being scared around him because he is a changed man who doesn't ...
I Only Want To See Youths Contesting For All Offices Next Year – DJ Big N
Popular disc jockey, DJ Big N has come out to react to politicians declaring their interest in the 2023 presidency. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, we've gone past laughing at skits and comic materials and he is ...
Simi Changed My Life Forever – Adekunle Gold
Popular singers, Adekunle Gold and Simi are celebrating their 3rd wedding anniversary today. The couple recently jumped on social media to shower each other with praises, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to Simi, she loves her husband the same after 3 years and she is grateful to him for ...
Djokovic Can't Be Putting The Grand Slam At Risk – Stefanos Tsitsipas
Popular Greek Tennis star, Stefanos Tsitsipas has come out to slam his colleague, Novak Djokovic for making Australian Open players look like fools. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, Djokovic has been playing by his own rules thus ...
My Mother Must Clock 120 – Femi Adebayo
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Federal Government Lifted Twitter Ban For Their Selfish Reason – Nse Ikpe Etim
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The Law Will Vindicate Me Amid Rape Allegations – Trey Songz
Popular American singer, Trey Songz has come out to deny raping basketball player, Dylan Gonzalez. He recently had his say via his representative, and fans have been reacting. According to him, Trey Songs and his team are very confident in the legal process, and they believe he'll be vindicated. He ...
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I'll Block Those Who Are Still Mocking Me – DJ Michelle
Popular Nigerian disc jockey, DJ Michelle has come out to lament over constant harassment and alleged threats she has been getting since she survived drowning. She recently had her say via her social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to her, she is fed up with people who ...
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U.S. ranks 53rd in press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders, a media advocacy group out of Paris, has released its Worldwide Press Freedom Index for 2006. The most free countries are Finland, Iceland, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The least free, ranking 168th, is North Korea, whose media is completely controlled by leader Kim Jong-il.
The United States ranks 53rd equal with other countries: Botswana, Croatia, and Tonga, slipping nine places from last year. The US was in 17th place when the Index was first released in 2002. US press rights violations cited by Reporters Without Borders include al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj, who has been held without trial in Guantanamo Bay since June 2002, and the imprisonment of Josh Wolf, a freelance journalist who refused to turn over footage of a protest to a grand jury.
Reporters Without Borders compiles its Press Freedom Index by "assessing the state of press freedom in each country ... such as murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and threats ... censorship, confiscation of issues, searches and harassment." It does not judge the quality of the press.
"Press freedom in US slips" — News24, October 24, 2006
"North Korea, Turkmenistan, Eritrea the worst violators of press freedom" — Reporters Without Borders,
"How the index was compiled" — Reporters Without Borders,
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A: I'm not sure exactly what is going on with that answer, except for the fact that a tag isn't being closed correctly by the SO engine. For some reason, your post is being cut off prematurely, i.e. parts of your question are actually missing from the source (and the rendered output).
I would suggest that you copy the entire revision and try pasting it into your question. Hopefully, that'll fix it. If it doesn't, then I would attribute the problem to the engine, since the markdown code you're using looks fine to me.

A: Yes, I noticed that too.  It happens, under certain conditions, when the font from the Markdown Editor bleeds into the page below it.  I've seen it before.  I'm using IE8.  Switching to IE compatibility mode makes the problem worse.
You will note that the problem goes away if you remove the :S :S from the line that reads, "I want to understand it!" (see the new edit).
And yes, I also like that font in the tags.


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Why do some images cause seizures while others do not?
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A new study has investigated why it is that some images can cause seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy while other images don't.We know that in people with photosensitive epilepsy, flashing lights can cause seizures. The impact of such provocative visuals can be quite staggering. In 1997, for example, a certain Pokémon episode triggered seizures in 685 people in Japan, and in 2012, the promotional video for the Olympics had to be taken down from the website because it caused seizures in multiple epileptic patients.However, seizures can also be caused by static images, with no motion or flicker. New research set out to examine why that is. A team of international researchers reviewed the literature available in the field of neurophysiology to see if the neural responses in a healthy visual cortex can predict how people with photosensitive epilepsy might respond to static images.The study, led by Dora Hermes, of the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht in the Netherlands, and published in the journal Current Biology, has looked into the role of gamma oscillations in the brain.Their review focused on gamma oscillations induced by the spatial features of some static images, such as those depicting black and white bars.The repetitive pattern of brain activity of gamma oscillations takes place when people are exposed to these images. In fact, the authors note that these images can cause headaches and migraines in photosensitive people as well as discomfort in perfectly healthy people."Our findings imply that in designing buildings, it may be important to avoid the types of visual patterns that can activate this circuit and cause discomfort, migraines, or seizures. Even perfectly healthy people may feel modest discomfort from the images that are most likely to trigger seizures in photosensitive epilepsy." Said Dr Hermes.Gamma brain oscillations can be measured with the help of a simple electroencephalogram, and they have been known to scientists since the 1980s. However, researchers have not yet agreed on the role that these oscillations play in perception, thought, or generally in neural processing.Gamma oscillations occur in the brain only upon viewing certain images, however, which runs counter to the hypothesis that they may be key to neural processing. For instance, images of grating patterns cause strong gamma oscillations, but images of clouds or natural landscapes do not. Why this happens remains largely unknown.The authors conclude that these grating patterns are most likely to induce seizures, and they suggest various ways in which the images can be adjusted so as to avoid producing gamma oscillations in the brain."The likelihood that a [photosensitive seizure] is induced by viewing a grating can be reduced by decreasing the size of the grating [pattern], by reducing the contrast, by superimposing a second grating [pattern] to create a plaid or checkerboard, or by superimposing noise. Both sine and square wave gratings are provocative whereas chromatic contrast alone […] is not."
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Understand that many of these sports are actually Olympic sports too, so even for those who do not wish to take part you'll be able to enjoy watching. A few of these extreme sports I'd love to try, whereas others I never heard of and some I would by no means do. Wow a mega list.


If you've done much framing, you know that tape measures are like pens, they will eventually go home with someone else. I saw a lady with one of these a while back, and finally had to pick one up.
- and it has the quick read fractions and decimals (1/8" graduations).
Pretty handy to have laying around. I got mine for just over $10, so I wont let this one go as easily.


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Suctobelbella tatarica är en kvalsterart som först beskrevs av Krivolutsky 1968.  Suctobelbella tatarica ingår i släktet Suctobelbella och familjen Suctobelbidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Matthews-Blackwell, in 1919, had 6 meat-packing plants in Canada, including Montreal and was the largest packing business in the country.
The image below, (Taken from "The Maritime Merchant" dated February 20, 1919 page 63, as found on Google News Archive.) shows the variety of products which were produced and sold by Matthews-Blackwell, including hams, bacon, pork, beef, sausages, lard, shortening, butter and eggs sold under the Rose and Anchor brand names.
Another ad can be found in the Montreal Post, 1914, here.
In Montreal's Lovell's directory 1918-1919, the company had 5 retail shops, 1 wholesale outlet and on Mill Street, an office and packing house.
Interestingly, their listing for Matthews-Blackwell in 1919-1920 changed to the office and packing house plus 3 wholesale outlets and no retail shops.
At the time Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial was published in 1919, more than 200 employees of Matthews-Blackwell were honored in the following roll of those who enlisted for service in World War 1.


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En Plein Air Painting—Three Painting Sessions Investigating South Florida Landscapes
May 23-June 26 En Plein Air Painting—Three Painting Sessions Investigating South Florida Landscapes Washington Gallery Opening Reception: May 25 at 7pm Andris Vītoliņš Head of the Department of Painting at the Art Academy of Latvia and Aleksejs Naumovs, also a noted painter and the Rector of the Academy, have been funded by Erasmus 2.0 to [...]
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What plans the better idea
May 5 - August 4, 2017 What plans the better idea Curator: Belaxis Buil, MFA '19 Artists: Jose Garcia Michael Gray Meg Kaplan-Noach Sterling Rook The English naturalist, Charles Darwin spoke of survival of the fittest—or in Darwin's own words "Survival of the form that will leave the most copies of itself in successive [...]
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