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Tucson oncologist's personal experience helps guide his cancer care
By Jasmine Demers Arizona Daily Star, Sep 2, 2019 Updated Sep 2, 2019
For Dr. Curtis Mack, helping patients through cancer treatments is especially personal.
The Tucson-based radiation oncologist has been working with cancer patients for more than 20 years and makes it a point to urge men to take their health into their own hands, especially during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, which is this month.
He speaks about the disease not just as a doctor but also a cancer patient, having gone through aggressive chemotherapy, total body radiation and a bone-marrow transplant after being diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2013.
"I was pretty empathetic previously, but I believe I am more so now having experienced many of the potential side effects of chemotherapy and radiation," Mack said. "Certainly, when patients are down and not wanting to eat, I can relate to that. I can tailor my advice to help get them through those things and help them keep their eye on the target, which is finishing treatment. That can make the difference between a successful outcome and just slowing the disease down."
While Mack, who works at Arizona Oncology, has treated a variety of cancers, he said prostate cancer is especially unique because it has a nearly 100% survival rate if caught early. If men are not getting regular checkups, however, the cancer can go unnoticed for a long period of time.
"Approximately 70% of prostate cancer patients have no abnormalities except an elevated PSA — a prostate specific protein — so if they are not speaking to their physicians about screening, most patients would never know they had prostate cancer until they developed advanced disease, which is much more difficult to treat," Mack said. "If detected early, there are multiple treatment options, and in many cases, even observation is the right choice, but if we do not have the information we won't be able to provide a proper course of action."
Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men, next to skin cancer, and there are nearly 180,000 new cases each year. It typically affects men age 65 and older and is rare before the age of 40.
African-American men have an increased risk of developing prostate cancer and are twice as likely to die from it.
According to a 2018 Pima County health report, 62 out of every 100,000 men were impacted by prostate cancer in 2015.
"Patients should be aware that once the diagnosis of cancer is made ... there are multiple treatments," Mack said. "They should seek out multiple opinions and settle on a treatment course that is best for them personally."
EARLY SCREENINGS ARE KEY
Paul Boettcher, 84, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009 and was treated by Mack with radiation.
"My general physician saw that my PSA level was going up rather quickly. So, I did a biopsy and cancer was detected and they gave me a few options," he said.
"The first was do nothing, second was have the prostate removed, third was have a radiation seed inserted in the area and the fourth was to have radiation treatments. After evaluating all of my options, I decided that radiation would be the best one for me."
Boettcher said he knew hardly anything about prostate cancer at the time and that there was no history of prostate cancer in his family.
"Before I did the biopsy, I had not been terribly faithful about going to the doctor for a yearly checkup," he said. "It was a little scary. I had acquaintances who were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and the doctors said to them, 'Well, because of your age, we don't think you should do anything.'
"But all of my doctors said, 'You're probably going to live a long time and we think you should get it treated.'"
At the time, Mack and his team were conducting a clinical trial to determine the benefits of administering a higher dose of radiation over a shorter amount of time. This technique is called intensity modulated radiation therapy, or IMRT, and now serves as the new standard and most common type of external radiation treatment for prostate cancer patients.
Because Boettcher was in relatively good health at the time, he agreed to participate in the clinical trial and completed 28 rounds of IMRT by January 2010.
Five years later, he was declared cancer-free.
"There were a few symptoms that were uncomfortable, but overall it was good," Boettcher said. "Dr. Mack and his staff were excellent at keeping me informed and making sure I was comfortable during the treatments."
Boettcher said he was lucky to have caught the cancer early. "I had a sister who died of cancer and part of it was because she didn't go in and get a physical exam and follow up on her health like she should have," he said. "I think it's very important that people check up on their health even when they feel healthy."
Mack and his team are enrolling patients for a clinical trial that would again serve to reduce the number of radiation treatments and increase the dosage per treatment. Instead of 28 treatments, patients would receive a higher dose of radiation over just five treatments.
"There has been a lot of research done on prostate cancer patients and we have made progress over the years due to the large number of patients that we are able to study," Mack said.
Another important advancement in the treatment of prostate cancer has been the introduction of a technology called SpaceOAR in 2015, which injects a hyrdrogel behind the prostate to help reduce potential damage to surrounding organs. Mack said the technology has been shown to decrease complications for patients undergoing radiation.
Prostate cancer screening guidelines are being reevaluated by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, which will help physicians catch these cancers as early as possible.
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El Dorado County ist ein County im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien. Der Verwaltungssitz (County Seat) ist Placerville. Es liegt im nördlichen Osten des Bundesstaates und hat eine Fläche von 4631 Quadratkilometern.

Geschichte
El Dorado County war 1850 eines der Gründungscountys in Kalifornien. Das Gebiet wurde 1854 aus Teilen von Amador County und 1864 aus Teilen von Alpine County erweitert.

Im El Dorado County liegt eine National Historic Landmark, die Siedlung Coloma. 17 weitere Bauwerke und Stätten des Countys sind im National Register of Historic Places eingetragen.

Demografische Daten

Nach der Volkszählung im Jahr 2000 lebten im El Dorado County 156.299 Menschen. Es gab 58.939 Haushalte und 43.025 Familien. Die Bevölkerungsdichte betrug 35 Einwohner pro Quadratkilometer. Ethnisch betrachtet setzte sich die Bevölkerung zusammen aus 89,71 % Weißen, 0,52 % Afroamerikanern, 1,00 % amerikanischen Ureinwohnern, 2,13 % Asiaten, 0,13 % Bewohnern aus dem pazifischen Inselraum und 3,55 % aus anderen ethnischen Gruppen; 2,96 % stammten von zwei oder mehr ethnischen Gruppen ab. 9,32 % der Bevölkerung waren spanischer oder lateinamerikanischer Abstammung.

Von den 58.939 Haushalten hatten 34,20 % Kinder und Jugendliche unter 18 Jahre, die bei ihnen lebten. 60,10 % waren verheiratete, zusammenlebende Paare, 8,90 % waren allein erziehende Mütter. 27,00 % waren keine Familien. 20,10 % waren Singlehaushalte und in 7,30 % lebten Menschen im Alter von 65 Jahren oder darüber. Die Durchschnittshaushaltsgröße betrug 2,63 und die durchschnittliche Familiengröße lag bei 3,04 Personen.

Auf das gesamte County bezogen setzte sich die Bevölkerung zusammen aus 26,10 % Einwohnern unter 18 Jahren, 6,80 % zwischen 18 und 24 Jahren, 27,80 % zwischen 25 und 44 Jahren, 26,90 % zwischen 45 und 64 Jahren und 12,40 % waren 65 Jahre alt oder darüber. Das Durchschnittsalter betrug 39 Jahre. Auf 100 weibliche Personen kamen 99,50 männliche Personen, auf 100 Frauen im Alter ab 18 Jahren kamen statistisch 97,30 Männer.

Das jährliche Durchschnittseinkommen eines Haushalts betrug 51.484 USD, das Durchschnittseinkommen der Familien betrug 60.250 USD. Männer hatten ein Durchschnittseinkommen von 46.373 USD, Frauen 31.537 USD. Das Prokopfeinkommen betrug 25.560 USD. 7,10 % Prozent der Bevölkerung und 5,00 % der Familien lebten unterhalb der Armutsgrenze. 7,60 % davon waren unter 18 Jahre und 5,00 % waren 65 Jahre oder älter.

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 Placerville (Sitz der Verwaltung)
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Wound't it also make sense to age whole hops when planning a series of revival beers? I don't think it is quite the entire picture to say that potency is lost so much as characteristics change. Old hops give a great, if different, characteristic to beers that reducing volumn alone will not necessarily capture.
That's it! A new business model. A heritage vintage hop aging facility serving the needs of a few key buyers and brewers. It can happen.
It's a bit of a niche market, but really, how could it fail?
Could it be, could it just be that the "when" isn't mentioned because it was self-evident? Hops were all, or almost all, thrown in at the beginning of the boil, or weren't they?
"Our practice in brewing, from January to March, was, to allow ten pounds of hops per quarter of malt, when the wort was from 95 to 100 of specific gravity. Four pounds of the hops were put into the copper when the wort was about 200° of heat, and boiled briskly for the space of twenty minutes; the remaining six pounds were then added, and allowed to boil thirty or forty minutes, according to circumstances. If the gravity of the wort was from 85 to 90, we only made use of eight instead of ten pounds of hops per quarter, boiling four pounds for fifteen minutes, and the remaining four pounds from forty to fifty minutes, as mentioned above. But if the gravity of the wort was only from 70 to 80, seven pounds a quarter only were employed. Two pounds of these were boiled for twenty minutes, and the remaining five pounds put in and boiled for forty or fifty minutes, as before."
That's a fairly complicated system to not be noted in the recipe—especially when everything else is logged. As I said, brewers new that adding different amounts of hop at different time affected the brew, but explanations, like this, pop up in manuals and book, but rarely in the logs themselves.
While hops not have been refirgerarted, they were kept cool. It took me ages to figure out what C.S. after hop entries meant. I eventually realised it meant "Cold Store", that is hops that had been stored cool. Based on figures that I have from between the wars, there was very little deterioration of hops stored this way.
The alpha acid content Fuggle's kept in a cold store for 14 months dropped from 6.28% to 5.84%. The alpha acid in Fuggle's stored for 14 months in a warehouse, on the other hand, fell from 6.67% to 3.48% ("Brewing Science & Practice" H. Lloyd Hind, 1943, page 349).
What's the earliest CS notation you've seen? The numbers from HInd range from a 7% loss to nearly 50% loss.
As with Craig's point above- most modern resources I am aware of show a pretty steep drop off in AA/bittering potential- though it also levels off pretty quickly. I think there's a table in Stan's book which illustrates it well.
To Alan's point- indeed, old hops aren't just less bitter, they're often described as cheesy which makes sense as their oils oxidise and become rancid. While I know old hops are traditionally critical in lambic production, I am not sure the old hops flavor would please the modern palate if their flavor or aroma properties were well-expressed. That said, if they're mainly used for bittering, it might not matter much.
Craig, I have some pretty well-aged hops if you want them for any prototyping!
Lots of interest questions arise from the post and comments.
.. the topic of 'cold or cool storage' bring to mind that 19th century Colorado Territory immigrant braumeisters imported aroma hops from Germany and Bohemia. It is possible these hops were shipped cool but is that likely? Ditto re later shipment of hops from California to Colorado.
I checked digitized [ucblibraries] Sanborn fire insurance maps of the historic Boulder, Colorado, brewery.[1883, 86, 90, 95, et cetera] to no available. Hops storage is not identified. But, the Ice House and Beer Cellar accounts for >1/3 of the brewhouse; so, cool storage seems more logical than not.


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Jane and Robert have also seen that there are many great men in this world who deep in their hearts want to be great husbands to their wives, and some have gotten off to a great start, but others have no idea, or a bunch of wrong ideas, about how to do that, and need some serious help.
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There were just a few minor glitches, the overall transition seems to have worked out just nicely! All relevant aspects were (like correct updates of daily limit counters, and badges) covered.
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You're running direct response ads because you want to drive audiences to take a specific action (like an email registration, purchase, information request or app install). That means you need to design your campaign with these actions in mind, or else you'll waste money on ads that don't help you achieve any particular objective.
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While it seems at times there is little good news emanating from the land of Donald Trump there is some of significance – first on US attitudes to climate change and second on the countervailing forces in the country.
There are also some seemingly contradictory finds with around seven out of 10 Trump voters supporting solar and wind power on public land in the U.S and also supporting more drilling and mining for fossil fuels on the same sort of land. The same proportions support funding more research into clean energy and tax rebates for efficient vehicles and solar panel purchasers.
Just over half of Trump voters support eliminating all federal subsidies for the fossil fuel industry; nearly half support fossil fuel companies paying a carbon tax and using the money to reduce other taxes by an equal amount; and, almost half support setting strict carbon dioxide emissions limits on existing coal-fired power plants to reduce global warming and improve public health, even if the cost of electricity to consumers and companies would likely increase. Sadly these figures are not reflected in the Trump Cabinet where 100% of its members support none of the above other than more mining on public land.
The attitudes of Trump voters on these issues, unlike those of the Trump Cabinet members, are also not that far out of line with their fellow Americans.
While Trump has described global warming variously as a hoax, and/or a conspiracy by the Chinese, "Americans are increasingly sure global warming is happening, according to our latest national survey conducted after the presidential election (Nov-Dec 2016)," the Centre says.
The survey also indicates that a majority of Americans are (61%) are "very" or "somewhat" worried about the issue – nearly equal to the highest level last seen in 2008 (62%). Equally they see it as a threat to themselves, developing countries, their family and future generations. Michael Moore has often talked about how Americans have been kept worried and fearful about various issues – from the Irish immigrants of the 19th century to the Russians to the Cubans to terrorists to not having enough semi-automatic weapons in the house – so it is great to find they are finally worried about something which really is a threat.
A large majority (76%) support teaching children about global warming in school although that is already under threat in red states, along with dangerous ideas like evolution, and the new US Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, will do what she can to help them to ensure that students are able to demonstrate the same levels of educational ignorance she possesses.
Meanwhile that wonderful feisty organisation, the Centre for Media Democracy, continues its work to expose the machinations of people like the Koch brothers and the legislators and lobbyists they own. CMD also demonstrates that along with the usual institutional checks and balances in the US there are also significant countervailing forces.
The CMD has recently won a court case in the Oklahoma County Court which found Trump EPA nominee Scott Pruitt in violation of the state's Open Records Act for "improperly withholding public records". The case relates to thousands of documents which disclose Pruitt's deep ties to fossil industry corporations. Pruitt was also a prime mover in legal actions against Obama Administration environmental laws and regulation.
Despite the court win the Senate, after Republicans resorted to suspending Committee rules to advance his nomination, confirmed Pruitt which will allow him to start dismantling key environmental protection policies and regulations, purging the organisation of climate change researchers and replacing them with denialists.
What the issue and the court case also say to the blog, however, is that demonstrations and marches against the Trump administration, his nominees and their policies are all well and good. But they are no long-term substitute for the time-honoured tactics – research, recruiting, organising, litigating and voting.


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Attractions are indeed open after 5 p.m. Visiting the parks after dark is one of favorite times to visit the parks because its a whole new world after the sun goes down and the lights come on - love it!
If you are staying at a Disney Resort Hotel, you can take advantage of Extra Magic Hours. All guests staying at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel and Residents and Guests of Golden Oak are eligible to participate in this special perk.
A valid theme park ticket and Resort ID or Golden Oak ID are required. Each member of your party will need to present a Resort ID or Golden Oak ID to access morning or evening Extra Magic Hours.
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https://www.motleyrice.com/article/bp-oil-spill-exposure-lawsuit-filed
BP lawsuit filed by Mobile resident charging ill health effects from exposure to oil
Charging BP and other defendants with harming his health and causing serious personal injuries, a Mobile resident and recreational fisherman has filed suit against 16 companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
On May 29, 2010, Obie F. Carlisle was fishing for flounder in Mobile Bay, near Fairhope and Bayou La Batra, AL. For three or four hours, he waded in the bay to engage in "flounder gigging," a method of flounder fishing. Unbeknownst to him, he was exposed to oil and toxins from the Deepwater Horizon spill — there were no signs posted warning of this danger. Shortly afterward, Carlisle experienced painful rashes, nosebleeds, nasal blockages and shortness of breath, afflictions that continue to this day.
"The gross negligence and recklessness of BP is destroying people's lives in so many different ways that they must be punished to the full extent of the law," said Ron Motley of Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation's largest plaintiffs' litigation firms, and counsel for the complainant. "For Obie Carlisle, BP not only damaged his health, causing serious injury; it took away his greatest joy, which was to fish in the Gulf's once-fertile waters. BP must be fully held to account for exposing Obie and others to toxins and carcinogens unleashed in the Gulf's waters.
"This case will also help address the catastrophic array of errors involved in the drilling activities onboard the Deepwater Horizon on the evening of April 20, 2010, and force the industry to change so that no one else has to suffer a similar fate," Motley said.
The complaint, Carlisle v. BP P.L.C., et al, was filed in Circuit Court for Mobile County, Alabama. It is noteworthy as a health effects lawsuit involving a private citizen engaged in recreational activity rather than occupational exposure.
The complaint alleges the defendants cut corners on safety, ignored federal and state laws and regulations, failed to prepare for the disaster they knew was entirely foreseeable, and then, after the explosion, tried to cover up the severity of the spill and downplay its catastrophic impact, undermining clean-up efforts. It also documents the plaintiff's exposure to the oil and the adverse impact it has had on his health. In particular, the complaint summarizes the full array of scientific evidence of the harmful impact that crude oil has on human health. Noting that the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill contains benzene, toluene, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and other compounds, which are known carcinogens, the complaint alleges that exposure has been shown to cause rashes, dizziness, headaches, nausea, infertility, immune system suppression, disruption of hormone levels, blood disorders, mutations, cancer, and lung, liver and kidney damage.
In addition, the complaint alleges that, rather than deploying dispersant chemicals known to be reasonably safe, the defendants used more than one million gallons of Corexit products, which have been banned in the United Kingdom since 1998. A key ingredient in these products is 2-butoxyethanol, exposure to which can cause rashes, coughing, wheezing, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, dizziness, liver and kidney damage, cancer, and skin, nose and throat irritation.
The lawsuit demands a jury trial and compensatory and punitive damages.
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The Microsoft Blog
Monthly Archive for October, 2005
: October, 2005
Supreme Court denies a Microsoft appeal
By Todd Bishop	on October 31, 2005 at 11:02 AM
Microsoft makes an appearance on the list of orders (PDF) from the U.S. Supreme Court today. The court denied, without comment, the company's request to hear one of the questions in the Eolas Technologies patent infringement case, involving Internet Explorer. The company had been seeking to confine its potential liability to U.S. sales of the browser. See this Associated Press story for more details. The broader case is continuing in a lower court. …
On the road with Gates
By Todd Bishop	on October 31, 2005 at 9:29 AM
Microsoft Research's Kevin Schofield accompanied Bill Gates on his recent college tour, including this MTV show, and he documented what happened along the way in this blog. Lots of interesting tidbits and backstage anecdotes. See especially this post of "miscellaneous goofy stuff," in which he writes about some of the things that happened behind the scenes and on the jet. …
Microsoft's 'Termination Room'
Maybe the Mini-Microsoft blogger's push to pare down the company is having a bigger effect than he realizes. In this post on his weblog, Microsoft's Steve Lamb has a picture of the door leading to the rather ominously named "Termination Room" in one of the company's buildings in the U.K. …
Inside Bungie's new digs
Microsoft's Channel 9 site is featuring a half-hour peek inside Bungie Studios' new headquarters in Kirkland, with comments from Mat Noguchi, a developer on the Halo games from the Microsoft video-game studio. …
'A 24-hour brain dump'
In this story Saturday, P-I reporter John Cook previews Seattle Mind Camp, the brainchild of Andru Edwards. John explains: "Next weekend more than 150 people will congregate in an empty office building near Boeing Field to discuss the latest trends in digital music, blogging, art, medicine, video games, and whatever else comes up in a 24-hour caffeine-fueled brain dump." …
Microsoft CFO on Xbox
Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer, Chris Liddell, told financial analysts yesterday that the company will be shipping 4.5 to 5.5 million Xbox 360s this fiscal year, which ends June 30. …
A Windows-free S. Korea?
Bloomberg News picked up on an interesting passage in Microsoft's quarterly SEC filing yesterday: Microsoft may pull Windows from South Korea. Here's the full passage from the filing. …
Microsoft profits up 24%
By Todd Bishop	on October 27, 2005 at 2:09 PM
Microsoft today reported a 6 percent increase in first-quarter revenue, to $9.7 billion. The company's quarterly profit was $3.14 billion, or 29 cents per share, an increase of 24 percent. That takes into account a 2-cent-per-share charge related to its recent legal settlement with RealNetworks, which put the company a penny below the 30-cent-per share estimate by analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial. …
Report: Google, Microsoft are AOL finalists
By Todd Bishop	on October 26, 2005 at 10:22 PM
The Financial Times reports that Time Warner's board will hold "crucial discussions" Thursday about a potential partnership between AOL and either Microsoft or Google, although the paper says a deal isn't imminent. …
Drummer peeved over 'Amped' video game
What do you get when you mix indie rock and an Xbox video game? A lawsuit, at least in one case. The former drummer for Ink & Dagger, a defunct band from the Philadelphia area, has filed a copyright infringement suit against Microsoft over the inclusion of three of the band's songs in the soundtrack for the "Amped" snowboarding game. The Philadelphia Daily News (free registration required) reported on the lawsuit this morning. …


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The trillion dollar coin and you | The Triangle
The trillion dollar coin and you
By Shawkat Hammoudeh
In the United States, the president must get the approval of Congress to raise the public debt limit every time government spending reaches the imposed limit. If Congress and the president do not reach an agreement, the credit rating agencies then consider the government to be in default. Thus, if the debt ceiling is not raised, the government cannot pay its employees, contractors and suppliers. Additionally, veterans and dependents of Social Security benefits will also be shortchanged. If such a calamity were to occur, the U.S. could potentially face another debt crisis, right after emerging from the fiscal cliff at the close of last year.
The United States went through a debt limit crisis in 2011 and paid a heavy price for it. The crisis was a setback, causing economic growth to drop from more than 3 percent to less than 1 percent. The credit rating agencies dropped the U.S. credit rating by one notch. Under normal conditions, a drop in a country's credit rating would lead to a spike in its interest rates, but the United States has been in a liquidity trap and is facing a zero lower bound, thus escaping a sharp increase in interest rates.
In February, the United States will face a new debt ceiling if the president and Congressional Republicans do not agree on spending cuts, as was stipulated in the 2011 debt ceiling limit deal. If there is no deal by Feb. 15 to raise the $16.4 trillion limit, the risks this time are greater than they were in 2011.
Some ideas have been proposed to deal with the looming debt ceiling. Aside from selling government assets such as gold and student loan portfolios at discounts, one idea calls on the president to make use of an article in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution that stresses the validity of the public debt. Some Democrats, including former President Clinton, have urged the president to be ready to use the 14th Amendment to get around Congress and avoid the ceiling. The president, however, does not see such a move as legal and will not use this option.
Others came up with the platinum coin option to generate additional revenue, which the government can use to sidestep Congress. The idea of minting a platinum coin to avoid the debt ceiling comes from a few crucial sentences appended onto the 1997 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act. "Notwithstanding any other provision of law," it states, "the Secretary of the Treasury may mint and issue platinum coins in such quantity and of such variety as the Secretary determines to be appropriate." These sentences give the president the flexibility to mint platinum coins of unlimited value.
This option calls for creating $1 trillion by minting the platinum coins and placing these coins with the Federal Reserve. For this option to work, the government would have to deposit the coins in a Treasury account at the Fed, which in turn would credit the account with the $1 trillion. The government could then use this account to pay the nation's bills. The Fed would have to treat it as a legal way for the Treasury Department to create currency. Otherwise, the platinum coin would be worthless.
This option may have some merits other than bypassing the debt limit. It could increase inflation expectations and actual inflation, which may be a feasible way to get out of the liquidity trap and increase aggregate demand. However, this option's costs outweigh its benefits because it would reduce the credibility of the U.S. government and it will not solve the debt problem. It would instead portray the president as grabbing power from Congress, which would worsen the relationship between the president and Republicans. It could spook the financial markets and consequently make an already weak recovery feebler.
Shawkat Hammoudeh is a professor of economics at Drexel University. He can be contacted at [email protected]


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Q: How do I fix a cut-off checkbox element in Firefox? I'm on FF 43.0.3, Mac OS 10.9.3. FF is cutting of the native checkbox on the right. It's not a css problem on my part; I confirmed the cutting off in CodePen. I also viewed a couple of random sites with checkmarks, and I see the same. I made sure to reset my browser zoom to default, and the default font is Times at 16px. I also tried turning off hardware acceleration via Preferences as another site suggested. Didn't work. The only code I have in my CodePen example is <input type="checkbox">

Would love to hear any suggestions.

A: This happens because of styling issues, and appears differently on different browsers. So try fixing the styling of the checkbox element and it's parent element, add some or all of these styles:
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Michelle Hincks turned in a brilliant performance to finish second female in the 250km Beyond the Ultimate Desert Ultra in Africa.
She faced temperatures of 55 degrees Celsius and had to carry all her food and race kit in the gruelling five-day race through Namibia's Namid Desert.
The Radcliffe AC member ran in aid of Save the Rhino Trust Namibia after working with organisations there last year to help tackle poaching and the illegal wildlife trade.
Closer to home the club celebrated a successful year in the Run the Moors Fell Grand Prix, in which eight clubs compete over 11 races.
The presentation evening at St Mary's Social Club was hosted by Radcliffe AC and the prizes were awarded by guest speaker Carol Morgan, a race-winning ultra distance runner.
Radcliffe's ladies team came first with the men's team claiming second, narrowly missing out on top spot.
Fiona Lynch was second lady overall and first vet-40, Kate Percival was third lady and first senior and Dave McGrath was second man and second senior.
The other prize winners were: Sheila McNulty first vet-70; Lisa Carter second vet-45; John Andrew third vet-45 and Peter McNulty second vet-60.
They also received participation awards for doing five or more races as did: Susanne Andrew, Andrew Haines, James Hall, Craig Norman, Chris Paxton, Ian Warrington, Chris Whittaker, Kris Lee, Mark Garner, Paul Swyers, Mark Wolfenden and Steve Hamer.
Staying on the fells, the club had two teams in the Lee Mill Relays in Rossendale.
Dave McGrath, Craig Norman, John Andrew and Andrew Haines were 44th in 4hrs 10 mins and 36 secs. John Wrigley and Kris Lee, running two legs each, came 52nd in 4hours, 18mins and 52 secs.
Eight members tackled the City of Salford Women's 5.25 Mile Run with Sheila Jones first vet-60 in 41mins 28secs. Amanda Hey clocked 44mins 04secs; Janet Rigby 45mins 47secs; Kathryn Davies 46mins 06secs; Karen Doherty 49mins 48secs; Tracy Wroe 51mins 35secs; Lisa Donnelly 54mins 47secs and Bev Quinton 57mins 08secs.
John McNicoll was first home for the club at the Wilmslow 10k in 44mins 36secs. He was joined by Stephen Birtwistle 45mins 59secs; Kate Holden 47mins 38secs; Jenny Yates 49mins 33secs; Caroline Mullineaux 49mins 34secs; Jennifer Kavanagh 1hr 00mins 22secs and Lucy Dewhurst 1hr 03mins 25secs.
Two took on the Heaton Park 10k with Kirsten Cook first vet-55 in 53mins 15secs. Stephen Parker ran 1hr 02 mins 05 secs.
In the popular parkruns, Iain Harris chalked up his 100th run with a time of 33mins 09 sec and Amanda Darbyshire celebrated her 50th with a pb of 29mins 12secs. Peter Hunter ran 22mins 14 secs; Sheila Jones 23mins 04 secs; Chris Fletcher 24 mins 11secs; Nick Barnes 24mins 19secs; junior Ben Darbyshire 25 mins 24 secs pb; junior Olivia Whittaker 28mins 43secs pb; Ian Warrington 28mins 44 secs as a pacer; junior Megan Peterkin 31mins 56secs pb; Sharon Peterkin 32mins 23secs; Bev Quinton 33mins 01secs;Tracy Wroe 33mins 08secs.
At Bolton parkrun Dave Rushton ran 24mins 50secs; Kathryn Davies 28mins 21secs; Elaine Bailey 29mins 25secs pb; Sarah Rushton 32 mins 07secs; Lucy Dewhurst 59mins 00secs.
Parkrun tourist Vince Ashton chalked up his 60th location clocking 29mins 04secs at Fletcher Moss. Jenny Yates was second lady in 22mins 18secs at Oldham.
Race director Fiona Lynch presented £315 to Grace's Place children's hospice, raised from a cake sale and sports massages at the club's recent 13 Arches Trail Half Marathon.
Michelle Hincks in the gruelling Desert Ultra.
The Run the Moors winners with guest speaker Carol Morgan (centre).
Members at the City of Salford Women's Race.
Iain Harris and Amanda Darbyshire celebrate the parkrun milestones.
Fiona Lynch presenting the cheque to Grace's Place.
Ben Darbyshire celebrates his parkrun pb.
Kirsten Cook was in the prizes at the Heaton Park 10k.
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NASA uses new radar to research oil spills
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., developed a method to use a specialized NASA 3-D imaging radar to characterize the oil in oil spills, such as the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The research can be used to improve response operations during future marine oil spills, according to a report from the JPL at www.spaceref.com.
Caltech graduate student Brent Minchew and JPL researchers Cathleen Jones and Ben Holt analyzed NASA radar imagery collected over the main slick of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on June 22 and June 23, 2010. The data were acquired by the JPL-developed Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar during the first of three deployments over the spill area between June 2010 and July 2012.
The UAVSAR was carried in a pod mounted beneath a NASA C-20A piloted aircraft, a version of the Gulfstream III business jet, based at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. The researchers demonstrated for the first time that a radar system such as UAVSAR can be used to characterize the oil within a slick, distinguishing very thin films such as oil sheen from more damaging thick oil emulsions.
"Our research demonstrates the tremendous potential of UAVSAR to automate the classification of oil in a slick and mitigate the effects of future oil spill tragedies," Jones said. "Such information can help spill incidence response commanders direct cleanup operations, such as the mechanical recovery of oil, to the areas of thick oil that would have the most damaging environmental impacts."
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using System.Globalization;
using System.Management.Automation;
using Microsoft.Azure.Management.NotificationHubs.Models;
using Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Common.ArgumentCompleters;

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§ 235-2 Administration by Department of Revenue.
A tax is imposed on all persons in the Village engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property, other than an item of tangible personal property titled or registered with an agency of this state's government, at retail in the Village at the rate of 1% of the gross receipts from such sales in the course of such business in accordance with 65 ILCS 5/8-11-1. This tax shall not be applicable to the sales of food for human consumption which is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances and insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and needles used by diabetics.
The taxes hereby imposed, and all civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereto, shall be collected and enforced by the Illinois Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall have full power to administer and enforce the provisions of this article.
The Village Clerk is directed to transmit to the State Department of Revenue a certified copy of this article not later than five days after its effective date.


Bearded Dragons-General - Cat grass?
hey guys I'm looking for ideas on live plants to grow for my beardie, I almost bought grass but happen to notice it said "cat grass"? can beardies eat cat grass?
I'm also looking for a second opinion . I posted on a forum about this and got a reply that beardies don't eat grass at all, along with a chart of veggies for beardies to eat. I happen to notice "Lemon grass" on the list .
I previously read grass is okay as long as no fertilizer /chemicals are used.
I've taken my beardie outside in grass but wouldn't let her eat any. Is grass okay for them to eat?


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Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella ist eine Miniermotte aus der Unterfamilie Lithocolletinae. Die Art wurde von dem Entomologen Jacob Hübner im Jahr 1817 als Tinea ulmifoliella erstbeschrieben. Das lateinische Art-Epitheton ulmifoliella bezieht sich auf Ulmen-Blätter, wobei Ulmen nicht zu den Raupennahrungspflanzen gehören.

Merkmale
Die Falter von Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella besitzen eine Flügelspannweite von 7–9 mm. Der Kopf ist goldbraun gefärbt, das Gesicht weiß. Die Fühler sind an der Spitze weiß. Die Vorderflügel besitzen eine goldbraune Grundfärbung. Ein vorne dunkel gerandeter weißer Mittelstreifen führt von der Basis bis etwa 2/5 der Flügellänge. Etwa auf 1/3 Länge befindet sich ein diffuser weißer dorsaler Randfleck. Ferner weisen die Vorderflügel einen etwas gewinkelten quer verlaufender Medianstreifen, drei Rippen am Vorderrand sowie zwei dreieckige weiße Flecke am Hinterrand auf, alle vorne dunkel gerandet. Nahe dem Apex befindet sich ein schwarzer punktförmiger Fleck. Die Hinterflügel sind dunkelgrau gefärbt.

Die bis zu 5 mm langen gelbgrünen Raupen besitzen eine grünlich-graue Rückenlinie. Auf der Oberseite des sechsten Hinterleibssegmentes befindet sich gewöhnlich ein orange-gelber Fleck. Die Kopfkapsel ist blassbraun.

Verbreitung
Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella ist in Europa weit verbreitet. Ihr Vorkommen reicht von Fennoskandinavien und den Britischen Inseln im Norden bis in den Mittelmeerraum. Auf der Iberischen Halbinsel fehlt die Art offenbar. Im Osten reicht das Vorkommen bis in den Fernen Osten (Japan). Die Miniermotten findet man fast überall, wo Birken wachsen.

Lebensweise
Die Art bildet zwei Generationen pro Jahr. Die Falter der ersten Generation beobachtet man gewöhnlich im Mai, die der Sommergeneration im August. Entsprechend treten die Raupen im Juli sowie im Herbst von September bis November auf. Die Überwinterung findet im Puppenstadium statt. Die Wirtspflanzen der Miniermottenart bilden verschiedene Birken (Betula). Zu diesen zählen die Hänge-Birke (Betula pendula), die Moorbirke (Betual pubescens), die Zierkirschen-Birke (Betula grossa) sowie Betula x alpestris. Die Raupen leben in einer Faltenmine in einem Blatt ihrer Wirtspflanze. Dabei ziehen die Seidenfäden der Raupe die Mine auf der Blattunterseite zwischen zwei benachbarten Blattadern zusammen. Dadurch wölbt sich das Blatt leicht. Es wird nur die untere Epidermis gefressen, so dass das Blatt von oben betrachtet undurchsichtig bleibt. Die Minen erreichen Längen von 10–15 mm. Die Kotkügelchen der Raupen werden in einer Ecke der Mine gelagert. Die Verpuppung findet innerhalb der Mine statt. Die Raupen der Sommergeneration spinnen lediglich einen dünnen Kokon, während die überwinternde Generation einen stabilen Kokon spinnt.

Parasitoide
Es werden eine Reihe von Parasitoide genannt. Aus der Erzwespen-Familie Eulophidae sind dies:
 Achrysocharoides atys (Entedoninae)
 Achrysocharoides niveipes (Entedoninae)
 Chrysocharis laomedon (Entedoninae)
 Chrysocharis nephereus (Entedoninae)
 Chrysocharis phryne (Entedoninae)
 Cirrospilus diallus (Eulophinae)
 Cirrospilus vittatus (Eulophinae)
 Minotetrastichus platanellus (Tetrastichinae)
 Pediobius alcaeus (Entedoninae)
 Pnigalio (Eulophinae)
 Sympiesis gordius (Eulophinae)
Weitere Parasitoide sind folgende Brackwespen:
 Colastes braconius (Exothecinae)
 Coloneura stylata (Alysiinae)
 Pholetesor circumscriptus (Microgastrinae)
 Pholetesor nanus (Microgastrinae)
 Rhysipolis decorator (Rhysipolinae)
Außerdem gehören folgende Schlupfwespen zu den Parasitoiden von Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella:
 Diadegma armillatum (Campopleginae)
 Diadegma lithocolletis (Campopleginae)
 Diadegma nanus (Campopleginae)
 Scambus inanis (Pimplinae)

Galerie

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella, bei biolib.cz

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County Prosecutor Investigating O'Malley Furniture Purchase
File -- AP
A Maryland county prosecutor is investigating former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's discounted purchase of furniture from the governor's mansion, the state's attorney's spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.
Heather Epkins, a spokeswoman for Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Wes Adams, said a complaint was filed with the office.
"We investigate any complaint that comes into our office," Epkins said. "We do our due diligence."
The Baltimore Sun obtained documents in August showing that O'Malley, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, and his wife paid $9,638 for 54 pieces of furniture. The newspaper, which first reported the investigation Thursday night, reported the items originally cost taxpayers about $62,000.
Haley Morris, a spokeswoman for O'Malley's campaign, called the investigation "a bogus political attack that Maryland Republicans have tried to make stick, and it's sad that they're wasting taxpayer resources on it."
Adams is a Republican and C. Gail Bassette, secretary of the department that sold the furniture to the O'Malleys, was appointed by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan after the sale.
The Maryland Department of General Services sold the furniture after the pieces were declared "junk," but an agency rule prohibits preferential sales of state property to government officials.
The Sun reported Thursday night that Bassette sent all information about the sale to Adams in mid-October, according to a copy of an email obtained by the newspaper through a public records request.
"As the Department of General Services lacks the investigational abilities, this information is provided for your review in connection with any wrong doing," Bassette wrote to Adams.
The Sun also reported that the agency did not follow its rule requiring it to solicit bids for such items and did not charge sales tax as required.
On Sept. 17, the state's ethics commission declined to review the furniture purchase because it had no jurisdiction over the matter.
O'Malley completed his second term as governor on Jan. 21, 2015.


I need advice concerning colleges?
Rachel, Since you are interested in astronomy, why not take Earth Science? It can give you a good foundation for that field. Additionally, I think any college regardless of how good of a school it is will want to see that you've taken your basic level sciences of bio, chem and physics. As a back up option, I would look into which SUNY's have programs you are interested in, since they will most likely be more affordable, unless you qualify for scholarships. Finally, keep in mind that as long as you can network well with others and form good relationships with the right people, it doesn't matter what school you go to, you'll still go places.
Is linguistics or English easier to get in? what is the difference in terms of career options of these two majors? and opinions? When do you fail a class in college? If I major in English ...what would be a good minor? How was roosevelt a pragmatist when it came to this issue (as well as others)? What are the requirements to apply to UW seattle ? What is recommend ?


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We are happy to announce our **third update** for Manjaro 15.09 (Bellatrix)!

This is one of the biggest update-pack for Manjaro 15.09 yet. Especially the OpenRC-Team worked hard to get this smooth as possible.

With this we updated **FlashPlugin** to **11.2.202.540**, **Gnome** to **3.18.1**, **KDE Apps** to **15.08.2**, **KDE Frameworks** to **5.15**, **Octopi** to **0.7.6**, **Pamac** to **2.4.2-3**, **Calamares** to **1.1.4.2-4**, **Firefox** to **41.0.2**, **Maia** theme to **0.5.3**, **Virtualbox** to **5.0.6**, **Calligra** to **2.9.8**, **linux43** to **4.3-rc5**, **wine** to **1.7.53**, **systemd **to **227** and added some **python 3.5 fixes** for several packages, plus **renewed most of our OpenRC stack** including needed fixes.

Also we ship the usual Archlinux upstream fixes(Mon Oct 19 09:30:30 CEST 2015)

It is always good to check for updated packages, even we don't notify you about them. As usual people using our testing branch will help us to get snaps over to our stable branch almost smoothly. For notifications on daily bases please take a look at our [mailing list](https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-packages/).

Please give us feedback and report any findings with this update.

Kind regards,
Philip Müller and the Manjaro Development Team

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## Current supported kernels

* Linux310 3.10.90
* Linux312 3.12.48
* Linux313 3.13.11.27
* Linux314 3.14.54
* Linux316 3.16.7.18
* Linux318 3.18.22
* Linux319 3.19.8.7
* Linux41  4.1.10
* Linux42  4.2.3 `(not recommended for catalyst)`
* Linux43  4.3-rc5 `(not recommended for general usage)`

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## Package changes

* community i686:  557 new and 415 removed package(s)
* community x86_64:  558 new and 416 removed package(s)
* core i686:  25 new and 23 removed package(s)
* core x86_64:  25 new and 23 removed package(s)
* extra i686:  728 new and 724 removed package(s)
* extra x86_64:  729 new and 725 removed package(s)
* multilib x86_64:  29 new and 26 removed package(s)

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## Links

* [Talk about this update](https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=27567.0)
* [Changelog](https://lists.manjaro.org/pipermail/manjaro-packages/Week-of-Mon-20151019/004606.html)


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