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Posted: Monday, June 28, 2004

Nikiski resident returns home from abroad

Nikiski resident Ellee Ernst recently returned home from a one-year mission trip to Slovakia. She taught English-as-a-second-language classes at the Lutheran High School in Tisivec, Slovakia.

Ernst's home congregation is the Star of the North Lutheran Church in Kenai.

She is the daughter of Randy and Carol Ernst and a 1991 graduate of Nikiski Middle-Senior High School.

Ernst holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Oregon.

Soldotna sportsman elected to SCI leadership

Safari Club International recently announced that Soldotna resident Mike Hamrick was picked to serve his first two-year term in the SCI Region 33 representative seat. His term begins Thursday.

As one of 38 regional representatives worldwide, Hamrick will focus on helping SCI grow its programs and membership primarily in Alaska and Hawaii. He also will act as a liaison between SCI, SCI Foundation and the chapters in his region.

Hamrick has been a SCI member for 13 years. He was a charter member of the Kenai Peninsula Chapter and has served in a variety of roles on the chapter's board of directors, including three consecutive one-year terms as chapter president. During his tenure as president, SCI Alaska Kenai received SCI's "Best Chapter Newsletter" Award for three consecutive years during the annual SCI Convention.

The SCI Foundation is a nonprofit organization that funds and manages worldwide programs dedicated to wildlife conservation, outdoor education and humanitarian services. For more information, call David Donald at 283-9225 or visit www.sci-foundation.org.

Nikiski resident serving in Peace Corps

Nikiski resident Kimberly C. McLaury is serving two years as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Turkmenistan. She helps educate women and children about nutrition and general health needs.

She is a 1999 graduate of Nikiski Middle-Senior High School and a 2003 graduate of Oregon State University with a degree in nutrition and food sciences.

Nelson serves as intern for Young

Kenai resident Caitlin Nelson recently served as a summer intern for Congressman Don Young. The responsibilities of congressional interns include researching legislation, attending hearings and briefings, drafting letters and working with the legislative and press staff.

Nelson graduated as valedictorian of Kenai Central High School in 2002. She presently is attending Trinity University in San Antonio with a major in political science and a minor in economics. She will be studying abroad this coming year at the London School of Economics. Her future plans are to pursue a career in law, with the possibility of entering politics.

Russell joins Merchant Marines

Seafarer Coda Russell of Clam Gulch recently graduated as a U.S. Merchant Marine from the unlicensed apprentice program at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education at Piney Point, Md.

His nine-month training course included basic seamanship, classroom and hands-on training in fire fighting, first aid, water survival skills, proper sanitation methods and oil spill prevention. He also worked three months aboard S.S. Denali, an operational U.S. Flag merchant vessel.

He is the son of Jim Russell and Brenda Firman.

Area students make deans' lists

A number of area students recently were named to the University of Idaho dean's list for spring semester 2004. To make the dean's list, undergraduate students must earn a term grade point average of 3.3 or better on 14 or more graded credits; and law students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average on a minimum of 10 graded credits. Dean's list honorees included Clam Gulch resident Christa Martin, College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences and College of Education; Homer residents, Stacy Owens, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Jennifer Cabana, College of Education, and Abigail Fuller, College of Law; Kenai resident, Jayson BeDunnah, College of Engineering; Seward resident, Joshua Coots, College of Engineering; Soldotna resident, Sarah Todd, College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences; and Sterling resident, Clayton Harrison, College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences and College of Engineering.

Virginia Military Institute junior William J. Keller of Soldotna recently was named to the dean's list for the spring semester. To be eligible for the dean's list, a cadet must have a term grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and no grade below C. His parents are SFC and Mrs. William J. Keller.

Charles Baldwin of Kenai recently was named to the dean's list at Abilene Christian University for the spring 2004 semester. To make the dean's list, a student must complete at least 12 semester hours and earn a 3.45 or higher GPA. Baldwin is working toward a bachelor of science degree in physics.

At the University of Alaska Fairbanks, students receiving an A in all course work for a 4.0 GPA are placed on the chancellor's list, while those with a A- average of between 3.5 and 3.99 are named to the dean's list. Honorees included Kenai residents Mark A. Barnette, chancellor's list; Micah L. Houtz, dean's list; Amanda F. Reynoldson, dean's list; and Clarissa M. Ribbens, dean's list.

Kenai residents Maria J. Delago and Dayna M. Pritchard recently were named to the dean's list at Mesa State College. To be eligible for the dean's list, a student must have a term grade point average of 3.5 GPA in 12 or more credit hours during the semester.

Cameron O'Connell of Kenai recently was named to the honor roll at George Fox University for the spring semester 2004. To be included on the academic honor roll, a student must earn a 3.5 GPA or higher while taking at least 12 graded credit hours of classes. O'Connell is majoring in writing, literature and cognitive science.

Area students graduate college

Kenai residents Zachary Bell and Travis Haskin and Soldotna resident Judith Hepner recently graduated from Montana State University.

Soldotna resident Jennifer M. Garnett recently received a bachelor of science in biology, magma cum laude, at Gonzaga University.

Brandon Newbold of Soldotna recently graduated magna cum laude from Messiah College with a bachelor's degree in music.

BP principals scholarships announced

The BP Exploration-Alaska Inc. recently announced the winners of its principals scholarships. The scholarships are awarded to 25 students annually. Each individual receives $1,000 per year for four years. Area winners are Heather Amber McIntyre of Kenai Central High School, Katie Moerlein of Ninilchik School, Emily Kate Berezin of Skyview High School and Thomas Strapko-Adams of Cook Inlet Academy.

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Growers offer colorful options to pumpkin fans

Posted: Sunday, October 31, 2004

MADISON, Wis. For purveyors of pumpkins, there's more to life than orange.

While the standard gourd is the staple for jack-o'-lanterns, pies and Thanksgiving tables, seed developers and growers have opened their minds to other colors of the rainbow when it comes to pumpkins.

More and more customers are going right along with them, snatching up pumpkins in shades of red, green, white and even grayish blue. Growers say the interest is fueled by people's desire for something new and their ambition to outdo their neighbors.

"I believe people decorating for Halloween are a little more competitive than they used to be, like it is with the Christmas lights," said Brad Peck, who owns Peck's Farm Markets, located about an hour from Madison.

Peck said his family started raising white pumpkins about 15 years ago, but "almost gave up on them" because sales weren't very strong. "The last five or six years they've really picked up again," he said.

There are more choices on the horizon, with seed companies working to develop the next big thing in pumpkins. Prices are about the same as for orange pumpkins.

Roger Rupp, owner of Rupp Seeds Inc. in Wauseon, Ohio, said the various pumpkin colors are the result of attempts to cross pollinate different varieties of the squash.

"We're amazed at what we find when were searching through God's creation. He surprises us on many occasions," Rupp said.

Rupp said his company is a year or two away from developing pumpkins in shades of pink. "Anything new in the decorative business that's unique, they jump on it right quickly," Rupp said. "They can make profit on it when nobody's ever seen it before."

At the weekly farmers' market on the Capitol square, shopper Susan Watson bee-lined for a stand when she spotted blue pumpkins. She bought one for her sister and another to put on her dining room table.

"I have wallpaper that has this shade in it, so I love it," Watson said.

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Bulldogs, Panthers renew rivalry on the mat

Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2001

Due to a number of key wrestlers missing on both sides, both Skyview coach Neldon Gardner and Nikiski coach David Martian said the host Bulldogs' 48-15 dual meet victory over the Panthers Tuesday doesn't have much significance in the overall scheme of things.

But the dual between two of the state's wrestling powers did have some significance in the mind of Nikiski senior Kyle Alexander.

"Neither team was at full strength but it was still a big meet," Alexander said. "This feels a lot better than the beginning of the season, when they creamed us.

"It feels good to get one back on them."

Skyview defeated Nikiski 53-14 while the season was just getting rolling. Alexander, like many Bulldogs, didn't wrestle in that meet because he had to worry about playing in the small-schools state championship football game the next day.

While the Bulldogs controlled the scoreboard thoroughly Tuesday, many of the matches were extremely close. Six of the 13 matches were decided by eight points or less.

"It's been a tough week," Gardner said. "Yesterday, we were hit by a bunch of things like injuries and sickness. We had half of the team we usually wrestle with.

"I'm happy with the way we wrestled, though. If you would have asked me yesterday, based on the pairings, I would have said we'd get beaten by more than we did."

One of the wrestlers that kept the margin of defeat from growing was Brandon Cleveland, who wrestled Nikiski's Wayne Aitken at 130. Cleveland, in one of the night's most thrilling matches, started the third period trailing 5-3.

He began the third period with an escape, then went up 7-5 with 1:14 left after a takedown and a penalty point. However, Aitken battled back with an escape, then a takedown to grab an 8-7 lead with 38 seconds left. Cleveland swung the lead back to his favor once again with a reversal with 16 seconds left that gave him the 9-8 victory.

Alexander was able to come out on top of a match with Skyview's Justin Rainwater that provided just as many opportunities to bite nails.

The Nikiski senior started the third period in a 5-3 hole. Up until that third period, Alexander appeared to be the more winded wrestler.

"We just got back from a long road trip (to Ketchikan), so I was pretty tired," Alexander said. "I got my second wind just in time."

The first minute of the third period was fairly uneventful, but the referee changed that when he warned Rainwater for stalling. With 1:01 left in the match, Alexander scored an escape to cut the gap to 5-4. Then, with 32 seconds remaining, Alexander took the lead with a takedown. Instead of being content with the one-point victory, he tried to break Rainwater down for some back points, but ran out of time.

"It was tempting, looking up at the clock, and knowing I could just ride it out and take the win," Alexander said of his aggressiveness. "I just wanted to try and get as many points as I could for the team."

Martian, who was missing three starters Tuesday, continued to be impressed by the steadiness of Chris McCaughey at 125 pounds. McCaughey notched an 8-5 decision on Mike Lasky.

"I think he's been in control of every wrestler over the last 20 matches," Martian said. "It doesn't matter if it's a state champion or somebody he's supposed to beat, he's out there competing as hard as he can to win.

"I think that's what's missing in a lot of wrestlers today, that constant intensity day after day. He's a rare breed."

Along those same bloodlines, Martian lauded the Tuesday performance of Travis McCaughey, the freshman brother of Chris. Travis pinned Skyview's Josh Miller.

"He's come alive," Martian said of Travis. "I was actually a little concerned at the beginning of the match about him getting beat pretty bad. Then he comes back and pins Josh Miller, who's a quality wrestler."

Gardner also saw a lot of bright spots during the evening. He was particularly happy with the wrestling of Zach Rohr at 160 (where he pinned Nikiski's Josh Boye), Dallas Seavey at 112 (where he scored a 6-2 decision on Tab Key) and Chris Lawrence at 189 (where he pinned Brandon Huhndorf).

"Chris has been working so hard," Gardner said. "He's been doing the things we've been telling him to do, so it's nice to see him progressing."

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Survivors Of Malaysia Airlines Flight Ask, What Next?

Originally published on Sat March 29, 2014 10:27 am

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. While the families of the passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 wait for news from search crews, there are many questions about what happens next. What kind of compensation can they expect? Can they sue the airline, Boeing, or both? Do they have to wait for the black boxes to be recovered before any proceedings can begin and what if those boxes are never found?

What if the plane is never found? We've reached Marc Moller, a partner with the law firm of Kreindler & Kreindler in New York. He has experience in this field. Mr. Moller, thanks so much for being with us.

MARC MOLLER: It's a pleasure to join you.

SIMON: You were representing the 125 people from the Asiana crash in San Francisco last year and have been involved in a lot of accident cases, as I understand it. Now, as we speak, we don't know what happened to the Malaysian Airlines flight. We can't ever really certify the passengers are gone. Could that affect compensation?

MOLLER: I don't think it's going to have any affect on the right to obtain compensation from the airline. But it may significantly affect the right of compensation from other parties. The obligation of the airline to compensate the victims is governed by a treaty called the Montreal Convention of 1999. That convention makes the airline absolutely liable for unlimited damages unless the airline is able to prove complete absence of fault.

In the circumstances that presently exist in the Malaysia Airline tragedy, the airline would be hard pressed to be able to find a factual basis to exculpate itself from liability. On the other hand, the burden of proof that the victims' families have to meet in order to recover damages from a non-carrier, the manufacturer or component or systems manufacturers is really different. Plaintiffs have that burden, the victims have that burden.

SIMON: What about, let's say, a Chinese or Malaysian family that wants to sue Boeing and that's in the United States? Is that possible?

MOLLER: Yes. Now, Boeing will resist, but jurisdiction exists in the United States against Boeing if there is an identifiable defect or deficiency.

SIMON: But someone would need to recover some of the plane or evidence that would point to a manufacturer responsibility?

MOLLER: That's an absolutely correct statement. You can't just sue willy-nilly. You have to have evidence to justify the complaint.

SIMON: I'm going to assume Malaysia Airlines wouldn't be flying if it didn't carry insurance.

MOLLER: That's correct.

SIMON: Could the settlements they have to pay out be ruinous for them?

MOLLER: No, because in all likelihood it won't touch the airline's coffers at all. If they have insurance, the London market coupled with other insurance markets, has adequate insurance to deal with every air crash. The cost per seat or per passenger of insurance is probably less than the cost of the toothpick in a martini.

SIMON: Marc Moller, partner with Kreindler & Kreindler in New York City. Thanks so much for being with us.

MOLLER: It's a pleasure to be with you. Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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I have written a GUI script (TK), with text fields. When all the fields are filled, button Go is pressed the script creates one user in Windows domain and writes in excel file user info entered in text fields. The user is added in domain using dsadd command.
Everything works fine, except now I need to input some Latin2 encoded characters. Those characters should appear in excel file.

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I need some perl coding to semi-automate extraction of US teacher email addresses at school, not at home. The Perl (or other?) program does not have to be clever, and since the spec is fairly complete there shouldn't be much back-and-forth about whether the job is completed.

teacher first name
teacher last name
school name
school street address
school state
school zip
search status
email address

The last two fields start out blank and are filled with the following values:

(1) "search status" (blank: nothing tried; "found"; "last pattern tried": 1..4; abandoned; email obscured; timed out; (others ?)

(2) "email address", the email address found, or blank if not (yet) found.

These statuses are click driven and filled in by program.

The first window is the program window which I think is, for now, a static UI but with a one-line message / prompt bar at top. There are some buttons with lit/dark states, there are some radio buttons, and there are a few plain old lit/dark readouts. At the bottom of the window is are two message areas of one line each. No scrolling for now.

The second window is a browser with google search.

The browser window is indicated to the perl program by the user during initialization in some way.

We load the table and scan to the first record that has a blank "search status"; or we are at EOF and exit with message and flush and close the file with a message in the

The current record is displayed in the program window.

The user clicks on a search method (1..4 radio buttons, but just 1 is available now) and the radio button lights up for clarity. (Became dark when the current record changed).

The program does a search on school name plus state (e.g., "Akron High School OH") and from the search results the operator copies the school's URL and clicks a button in the program window. (Or, if possible, the user just highlights the URL and the program copies it, expanding the selection in both directions and then trims of any following /'s, etc.

The program pulls the school's url from the clipboard (or from the program's own buffer if the screen scrape above is possible) and composes, e.g., the following google search string.

" Lisa Simpson" without the quotes, and does the search.

The user then browses around and if found copies the email address into the clipboard (or again, maybe the program can screen-scrape and clean) and clicks the "found" button, or fails for some reason and clicks a different "search status"

Whatever the click, it prompts the program to install the values for "search status" and "email address" into those fields, and then display the revised record.

The operator approves and clicks "next record" which goes to the next record with blank "search status".

There will be some user recovery buttons, and the first to be implemented will be "redo record", typically because the operator saw something wrong, or had pushed a wrong "search status" button at the end of the search. So this is included in the first pass on the program.

OK, lots of description but not all that much action, I believe. Anybody want to talk about some coding?

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India's Aruna Roy Sizes Up Corruption Problems

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Indian social activist Aruna Roy discusses the importance of the 2005 right-to-information law that she helped pioneer and the challenge of keeping the anti-corruption movement from getting caught in red tape.

NEW DELHI (WOMENSENEWS)--Social activist Aruna Roy, founding member of the National Campaign for the People's Right to Information, helped establish a 2005 law making government practices and legal rulings more transparent to the public. Here she discusses why public information is so vitally important to the function of a society and its connection to the anti-corruption movement.

Q: Many see the right-to-information (RTI) movement as the mother of many new social movements we see today.

A: The RTI movement was significant for many reasons. First, it redefined the relationship between the people and the state. It established that there is a continuing engagement between the people, the government and the state, of which people and the state had two different but equally important obligations.

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The state had the obligation to inform the people it serves about what it is doing, why it is doing it and how it is doing it.

The people came to understand that in a democracy, governments, government policy and institutions do not run independent of them and so they have a role to educate, monitor and demand changes in policy, programs, the day-to-day running of activities that involve -- for want of a better word -- "governance."

The RTI also established two more things: One, that social policy and social security are as important to the larger well-being of India as is growth. Second, it established that the right to information is actually a transforming right because it translated all the rights under the Constitution into practice.

Full Participation Challenges

Q: Isn't ensuring full popular participation difficult?

A: We may never have anything like full participation in absolute terms. But participation in various parts of the process of taking decisions and creating platforms for genuine debate to deepen understanding of issues should be a part of any campaign.

The old argument that has often got framed as a feminist versus non-feminist debate is whether the process is more important than the final outcome, or whether the final outcome is more important than the process. This is a bit like the chicken and egg story. I feel this dialectic is very important for delivering a finished product; however you may want to define it.

Participation arises from the process of people getting space to articulate what they feel is the necessary bottom line of development, or of rights, or of anything else, in a systematic and logical manner. And this information will ultimately be used with understanding, with knowledge, to form instruments of governance.

Very simple things have come out of hours of listening to people's definitions and understanding their needs during the RTI campaign.

First, there was the fact that you need information up in the public domain visibly. The view that if it was there, just implicitly, that was enough came to be completely put aside. People wanted viewable, transparent governance.

Q: Does this experience inform your approach to the anticorruption Jan Lokpal Bill?

(Ed note: Lokpal is Sanskrit for people's protector)

A: My approach to a Jan Lokpal is organic. Arguments for a Jan Lokpal are very simple. Because we are trying to set up a body to monitor and oversee the processes that check corruption and the denial of rights to different people, this law, by its very nature, will have to address a large number of issues.

The malaise in the system is red tape, bureaucratic corruption, the denial of equality to people outside the system, the denial, in fact, of their right to question. Creating an edifice that is bigger than the sum of the parts of the solutions we are trying to come up with would be self-defeating. One institution to oversee all three institutions of bureaucracy, judiciary and legislature would be gigantic. And being so gigantic, it will fail in the process of monitoring itself and the three others it is meant to monitor.

My mother, who used to be a student of science and was always preoccupied until she died with physics and mathematics, would always tell me that if there is a really acute problem and the solution proposed for it is very complex, then it will not be a solution. The more simple the solution, the more thought has gone into it. If you haven't seen the problem in its entirety, you can't come up with a simple solution.

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PROZINC is a new genetically-modified PZI-type insulin manufactured by Boehringer-Ingelheim and now approved in the US.

It is labelled specifically for use in cats and is reasonably effective for feline use. It has similar action profile to other PZI insulins, which is fortunate since most of these are now unavailable.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica was the purchaser of the PZI Vet franchise from IDEXX. ProZinc is a manufactured (not compounded) U-40 insulin with FDA approval for use in diabetic cats. Dosing is expected to be similar to PZI Vet insulin.

According to a BIV technical representative, during efficacy trials cats were switched from PZI Vet insulin to ProZinc in a 1:1 dosing ratio and they did "well." It comes in 10ml bottles and has a shelf life of two years from the date of manufacture. Like other insulins it must be kept refrigerated. Generally ProZinc should be given twice a day. Its characteristics (onset, peak, duration etc.) should approximate if not mirror the old PZI Vet insulin. Since this is a new insulin [Nov 2010] and the supply is on "allocation," supplies may be limited during the immediate future. It is available online, though some vets and some pharmacies.

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Your Pharmacy should be set up to provide prescription medications for your customers at the lowest prices on the market. You should be a highly trained and qualified professional who is responsible for the management and supervision of the drug store and will assist patients in understanding how to manage their medicines to get the best effect from treatment.

A Pharmacy will dispense prescriptions and sells non-prescription goods. The customer will be advised on how to take the medicine and offered general advice. You will also provide other services such as smoking cessation clinics, weight loss and advice on blood pressure and diabetes.

As a Pharmacy you are ethically committed to providing competent and unprejudiced advice on medicines and to refuse to provide medicines which you believe may adversely affect or be misused by the recipient. Independent retailers are particularly important for drugs as the majority of sales are made in a pharmacy with fewer than 10 outlets.

As well as pharmaceuticals you will also stock items such as toiletries and cosmetics, jewelry, photographic goods, and non-prescribed medicines and remedies. Dietary supplements (vitamins and minerals) and alternative remedies (homeopathic and herbal remedies) are currently popular. You will also offer photo processing and have machines performing health checks (e.g., weight, cholesterol or pregnancy tests) in-store.

Leaflets containing product related information will be available to customers and you should also offer late opening hours.

A pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs. The word pharmacy derives from the Greek φάρμακον (pharmakon), "drug, medicine" (the earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek pa-ma-ko, attested in Linear B syllabic script).

The scope of a drug store or pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing medications, and it also includes more modern services related to health care, including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information.

Pharmacists, therefore, are the experts on drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize medication use to provide patients with positive health outcomes.

In most jurisdictions (such as the United States), pharmacists are regulated separately from physicians. These jurisdictions also usually specify that only pharmacists may supply scheduled pharmaceuticals to the public; and that pharmacists cannot form business partnerships with physicians. However, the American Medical Association (AMA) Code of Ethics provides that physicians may dispense drugs within their office practices as long as there is no patient exploitation and patients have the right to a written prescription that can be filled elsewhere. 7 to 10 percent of physicians reportedly dispense drugs on their own. In some rural areas in the United Kingdom, there are dispensing doctors who are allowed to both prescribe and dispense prescription-only medicines to their patients from within their practices. The law requires that the GP practice be located in a designated rural area and that there is also a specified, minimum distance (currently 1.6 kilometres) between a patient's home and the nearest retail pharmacy. In other jurisdictions (particularly in Asian countries such as China, Malaysia, and Singapore), doctors are allowed to dispense drugs themselves and the practice of pharmacy is sometimes integrated with that of the physician, particularly in traditional Chinese medicine. In Canada it is common for a medical clinic and a pharmacy to be located together and for the ownership in both enterprises to be common, but licensed separately.

A campaign for separation has begun in many countries and has already been successful (like in Korea). As many of the remaining nations move towards separation, resistance and lobbying from dispensing doctors who have pecuniary interests may prove a major stumbling block.

Medicinal and pharmaceutical production is extremely important to the economy. It was the second most valuable industry last year. The U.S. is a world leader in both the manufacture and research and development (R&D) of pharmaceutical products. The industry provides employment for more than 1,300,000 people and over $16.3bn of medicines a year.

A community pharmacy dispenses prescriptions and sells non-prescription goods. The pharmacist issues pharmaceutical products and the customer will be advised on how to take the medicine and offered general advice. A pharmacist is ethically committed to providing competent and unprejudiced advice on medicines and to refuse to provide medicines which he believes may adversely affect or be misused by the recipient. Independent retailers are particularly important for drugs as the majority of sales are made in chemists with fewer than 10 outlets.

A community pharmacy will also stock items such as toiletries and cosmetics, jewelry, photographic goods, and non-prescribed medicines and remedies. Dietary supplements (vitamins and minerals) and alternative remedies (homeopathic and herbal remedies) are currently popular. Many chemists offer photo processing and have machines performing health checks (e.g., weight, cholesterol or pregnancy tests) in-store. Leaflets containing product related information should be available to customers. Some shops offer late opening hours.

Brand loyalty in 'Over The Counter' (OTC) products is high. Sales of OTC goods are rising. As value for money is sought, the cheapest products will not necessarily be the most popular. However, as the importance of retailer brands grows it is likely that brands will be mixed or switched. Self-medication has been encouraged by many drugs being changed from prescription only to OTC, with more likely to follow. The cost of prescriptions has increased at a much higher rate than inflation. Many of the products sold will not be affected by an economic downturn as people continue to need remedies for illnesses. Sales of non-essential items, e.g. cosmetic and perfume ranges may suffer and are more likely to be affected by competition from other outlets.

Community pharmacists are being affected by several factors at the moment. One is the uncertain fate of the Resale Price Maintenance agreement (RPM), which prevents discounting on drugs. If abolished, community pharmacists fear that they could not compete with the major chains on price and so many independents would be forced to close.

Growing numbers of people are learning that you can save an abundance of money by ordering products through a discount pharmacy. Often, discount pharmacies online give you the opportunity to order those prescriptions without the hassle of going to the doctor, saving you money by avoiding these expensive consultations. Many discount pharmacies even offer free consultations, too.

Discount pharmacies often offer a variety of different things. You can get free consultations, which means you do not have to ever leave your home to go to the doctor. Sometimes they offer free shipping as well, which can save much money in the long run. Another bonus of discount pharmacy is the discretion that they also give the customer. No one will know what you are buying except the customer.

The best part about discount pharmacy is the pricing on the prescription drugs and medicine. The prices are discounted, and even people without medical insurance can purchase these drugs at low prices. Many online retailers offer sales on different medications. These sales come often and can save you lots of money, depending on what medications you use.

The Internet pharmacy is definitely the way to go if you want the satisfaction of ordering different prescriptions from the comfort of your own home. When you are really sick, do you ever want to leave your house and go to the doctor? I know I don't. That is why when I need antibiotics for my newly acquired cold, I just get online and within a few minutes I have my medicine ready to be shipped to my door--then it is back to bed for me!

The wide range of medications at discount pharmacies online is really astounding. You can get anything from Soma, a muscle relaxer, to Viagra and anti-depressants. All of these can be attained through the click of a mouse. The hassle is eliminated and so is the expensive pricing. An online discount pharmacy can really be the way to go if you want convenience and satisfaction. You get what you buy, so there is no more wondering if the doctor will prescribe that prescription that you know you need.

Going to the pharmacy is a big hassle. A lot of people wish the doctor could just give them the medicine that they need when they are there to see him. It takes enough time going to see a doctor and getting the prescription that you need. Then you have to run to the pharmacy, meaning more time is wasted. It's a bother to do these things, especially when you just need your prescription.

Another great aspect is the discretion you receive from the pharmacy. Have you ever felt embarrassed when you have to go to your local pharmacist with a prescription? I know I have. I can't even look the pharmacist in the eye when I go to the counter to retrieve my medicine. The online pharmacy eliminates the angst involved with this normal way of getting the medicine you need.

For example, a customer might need prescription Prozac. When this is the case, he can decide to get online and order Prozac at a discount pharmacy. Besides the ease and privacy of ordering from home, many people find other benefits of shopping for prescriptions online. One of these is the option to order in bulk. This can be invaluable in terms of convenience, but it also helps those who already spend too much money on prescriptions to cut costs even more.

The Pharmacy industry is considered virtually recession-proof. As medical companies continue advanced research, technology advances, and new and improved drugs emerge, the demand for pharmaceutical products also rise. Many medications exist, designed to alleviate pain, sickness, and infection. Others reduce allergies, prevent pregnancy, or clear the skin. As long as illness, allergies, infection, and a number of other treatable symptoms exist in this world, Pharmaceutical sales will stay strong.

Pharmacy are not currently very profitable, because of the high costs of drug stocks, which are reimbursed only when dispensed, and then two months in arrears and at zero profit. However, the future may be more promising. Pharmacists are now seeking payment not for the supply function (which can be delegated to supervised technicians) but for professional services, e.g. patient management and producing medicine care plans. Pilots have shown the pharmacist’s value in these areas and both the Government and the medical profession are publicly endorsing an extended role for pharmacists.

The mission of your Pharmacy is to provide your customers with the best prices for their prescription medications. Your convenience and services will exceed the expectations of your customers.

Your keys to success will be to maintain customer satisfaction so they will return again and again, maintain low overheads and operating costs and provide better prices than your competitors.

If you have your own business, the only person you have to answer to is yourself. Being your own boss gives you the freedom to do things your way and implement your own plans. Of course, you live or die by your decisions, but that’s what’s good about it, isn’t it?

The good thing about being an entrepreneur is that you can choose what kind of fi rm you start up, and where. So, provided that you’ve done your research properly and there is a gap in the market, you can turn a hobby or interest into a profi table enterprise.

Start your own firm and you get to set and meet your own deadlines. Of course, you won’t be able to just lie in bed until 2pm - you will need self-discipline. But meeting your own targets can be a huge motivation to work hard and drive the business forward.

If you have considered going it alone, you will have thought out how you would do things your way. You will have the freedom to express yourself and develop your concept in any way you choose. Of course, there may be financial constraints, but you will have the opportunity to be as creative as you like.

The news is full of stories about the amount of red tape and taxes that small firms have to face on a daily basis. However, over the past few years, several measures have been introduced that should make it easier to go it alone.

There are countless stories of entrepreneurs hitting on a great idea, exploiting it successfully and being well on their way to their first million by the end of the year. Although the startup process can be tough, with long hours and little money not uncommon, if you run your business well, the rewards can be huge. And, from a purely selfish point of view, you will get most of the profi ts yourself.

Dealing with spreadsheets one minute, suppliers the next and then having a look around your new pharmacy - an entrepreneur’s work is not just busy, it is also extremely varied. If you want a career where every day is different, going it alone could be for you.

Of course, if you don’t want to give up a regular income, you can always get the best of both worlds and remain as an employee while running your own pharmacy. Although juggling the two can be tricky, having a successful sideline should be a profitable option. Do something that you are interested in and go for it.

Although most small pharmacies operate from offices, many entrepreneurs find that operating from home helps keep costs down in the early stages. As well as having familiar, comfortable surroundings to work in, you don’t have to endure the daily tangle with public transport or clogged up roads.

You may feel that starting up a small pharmacy won’t lead to anything more than having your own desk and taking on a few extra staff. However, it’s possible to make it really big. So, do npt dismiss your dreams as a mere fantasy - it really could happen.

Writing A Pharmacy Business Plan

Writing A Pharmacy Business Plan

Writing A Pharmacy Business Plan

Written Pharmacy Business Plans are as varied as the companies that compile them. Some Pharmacy Business Plans run almost 100 pages, whereas others barely fill a few sheets. Some Pharmacy Business Plans start with executive summaries, and others plunge right into detailed descriptions of products and services. Some companies print their Pharmacy Business Plans on paper, and some publish their Pharmacy Business Plans exclusively on the Web. Some Pharmacy Business Plans include page after page of financial projections, and others list only anticipated costs, expected revenues, and projected profits.

Every Pharmacy Business Plan is written for a different reason and to obtain a different outcome. Still, some Pharmacy Business Plans are better than others. The following information helps you write a Pharmacy Business Plan that will win high marks.

Pharmacy Business Plans come in all shapes, sizes, formats — even colors — but they all share a similar framework. The following components, presented in the order they generally appear, are common elements in most Pharmacy Business Plans:

  • Table of contents: This element is a guide to the key sections in your Pharmacy Business Plan and is especially useful if your Pharmacy Business Plan exceeds ten pages.
  • Executive summary: This section is a summary of the key points in your Pharmacy Business Plan. You should incorporate it if your plan Pharmacy Business Plan more than ten pages and you want to convey important information upfront. Because many readers dig no deeper than your executive summary, you want to keep it clear, captivating, and brief — in fact, try to keep it to two pages or less.
  • Company overview: This section describes your Pharmacy and the nature of your business. It may include your Pharmacies mission and vision statements as well as descriptions of your values, your products or services, ways your Pharmacy is unique, and what business opportunities you plan to seize.
  • Business environment: This section includes an analysis of the Pharmacy sector and the forces at work in the market; an in-depth description of your direct and potential competitors; and a close look at your customers, including who they are, what they want, and how they buy products or services. Think of this section this way: It describes everything that affects your Pharmacy that is beyond your control.

Identify each of the nine organizational elements your Pharmacy currently has in place.

  • Vision Statement
  • Mission Statement
  • Goals and Objectives
  • Strategies and Tactics
  • Philosophy Statement
  • Focus
  • Value Statement
  • Principles
  • Strategic Intent

Clearly, it is risky to start a new Pharmacy, or to borrow money to expand an established one, at the top of a boom. For one thing, your sales are going to be harder to come by as the downturn develops, and to make things worse, your costs will continue to rise until the slump makes itself well and truly felt. Remember how wages and salaries continued to spiral upwards in 2008, although it was obvious that the downturn would soon be on its way. Worse still, if you have heavy borrowings, the inevitable increase in interest rates makes the debt burden heavier, and as a final turn of the screw,
your customers, themselves the victims of the downturn, pay you later and later, and you have to borrow yet more money just to keep your Pharmacy afloat.

On the other hand, if you can get a Pharmacy started or keep an existing one going in the depths of a depression, the future is much rosier. If there is still a market for your product or service, your sales will become easier. At the same time, your costs will rise more slowly than your sales, the interest on your loans will fall, and your customers will find it easier to pay you.

One of the dangers for the person running a small Pharmacy is preoccupation with the day-to-day problems. The more work on hand, the truer this is. From the self-employed service trader, working around the clock on a seasonal flush of jobs, to the owner of a factory, struggling to complete a big order, the story is the same; there is no time to think until the latest crisis has been overcome. The danger is that in solving each problem as it arises, or indeed, in grabbing at an opportunity as it occurs, you can be diverted from your true path almost without realizing it.

Every organization has a life cycle. That is a truth you cannot avoid. However, you can eliminate some of the dysfunctional behaviors that are found at certain points in your Pharmacies climb to growth and success. The complete cycle of a Pharmacy can be described in many ways with many labels. For Pharmacy Business Planning purposes and understanding your Pharmacies story, you can do fine with a simple Pharmacy Business Plan. In this Pharmacy Business Plan you must be able to fit yourself into a category and then understand what story you are telling, look for congruence in your story, and be willing to change your Pharmacy Business Plan if necessary.

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Pharmacy Business Plan

Organizations can be generally characterized as falling into one of three categories or into a transition stage.

Those three stages are entrepreneurial, professionally managed, and bureaucratic, and each has a corresponding story. No matter how long you have been in operation, you will fall somewhere on this hypothetical growth line. A key to understanding the growth line and how it connects to the idea of writing a Pharmacy Business Plan is knowing that each stage has a distinctly different story to tell. Your approach to Pharmacy Business Planning is influenced by where you are on the growth line. Organizations risk death as they grow through three stages. Eventually all organizations attempt to return to their entrepreneurial roots.

Great Pharmacies do not happen by accident.

They are planned that way!

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Back home from their week at Patrick Henry College Journalism camp in the middle of June, high-schoolers quickly began posting photo albums of the camp on Facebook and sharing their enthusiasm:

“My favorite part was writing stories and meeting new people,” says Anne Ondrla, while Gabriella Weiss enthuses that, “as always,” her favorite part “was the counselors.”

“I love spending a week with such amazing, fun-loving, incredibly wise college students, who are such good role models for us,” says Weiss.

The purpose of Journalism camp, says PHC’s Assistant Professor of Journalism, Dr. Les Sillars, is tri-fold: it delves into the technical basics of journalism; it provides a long peek into the Journalism major at PHC; and it serves as an introduction to the notion that (students) should “think Christianly” about being a journalist.

“Being a Christian journalist is really different than just being a journalist,” Sillars explains. “You don’t need to insert Bible verses into your stories, but you do need a sense of what God is calling journalists to do.”

In that aspect, camper Nainisha Chintalapudi says her week at PHC more than fulfilled her expectations. “I figured this camp would give me a glimpse into the profession [of journalism],” she says. “We learned about the ethical issues of journalism and how to apply our Christian faith in a profession known for its liberal outlook.”

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As Sillars says, “God designed us to know and understand the world around us. It is a wonderful service to society to help people see the world truly. For Christians who want to be ‘in’ but not ‘of’’ the world, we still have to know what’s happening ‘in’ the world.”

Counselor Ryan Gilles, a sophomore Journalism major at PHC, assisted campers during lab time, applying the skills and abilities he gained during his first year at college to help the high-schoolers with their research and web search engine skills. The experience was not only fun, he says, but it also reinforced and augmented his own knowledge of the craft.

But mostly, as always happens each summer, PHC camp counselors share a similar highlight: they simply enjoy the chance to touch the lives of younger people.

“My favorite part is having solid discussions with the girls in my dorm wing about living the Christian life,” smiles PHC junior Michelle Wright.

Speakers for Journalism camp included: Nathan Martin, a 2009 PHC Journalism graduate who is working for the Washington Post; a senior editor from USA Today; Dr. David Aikman, PHC’s Professor of History and Writer in Residence, who has written nine books and who was a foreign and senior correspondent for Time magazine for 23 years; and Edward Lee Pitts and Emily Bell from WORLD magazine.

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police say a 3-year-old boy has died after falling from the third-story window of an apartment building in the city’s Frankford section.

It happened around 6 p.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of Foulkrod Street.

Police say the boy fell 30-feet from a third floor window in the rear of the apartment and landed on the concrete in the alley.

Medics found the boy unconscious, suffering from head trauma and broken ribs.

He was rushed to St. Christopher’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“There were two adult family members home at the time,” said Chief Inspector Scott Small. “They didn’t see the child fall. They heard the noise, and that’s when they realized that the boy had fallen.”

Police say the boy was in a room playing with two other children before falling.

The incident was being investigated by Special Victims Unit, which later turned the case over to homicide detectives. Police say there’s no initial indication of foul play.

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Flaky End To Friday

Skies will be mainly cloudy through the day today as a storm system approaches us from the southwest.  This storm has produced rather bountiful amounts of snow for the Southern Plains but won't do the same locally as our atmosphere isn't quite going to stay cold enough for snow through the balance of the event.  However, the front end of the event this evening may start as some light snow or snow showers as precipitation moves into a dry and somewhat chilled airmass.

Much of today will be dry -- temperatures may get to 40 in the city this afternoon before dropping back a notch or two towards sunset.  Snow showers are possible probably after 4 or 5 PM from southwest to northeast, with a coating possible in a few grassy surfaces.  Snow showers won't last very long as temperatures will warm aloft and we should see a rather quick transition from snow to rain.  In fact, at the Shore it may only fall as rain as temperatures there may be just a bit too warm at the onset.

Precipitation, if it falls as snow, will transition over to drizzle and rain showers later at night.


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Trying to continue beating the Mets.

The four games series with the Mets will continue tonight with a night game at Citizens Bank Park. The game will start at 7:05 pm Eastern. The Phillies’ (48-39) starter will be Jamie Moyer (7-6, 4.13), who is coming off a lost against the Rangers on June 29, where he would go five and two-thirds innings, giving up three earned runs on seven hits, while striking out six, in the Phillies’ 5-1 lost. He has lost his last three starts, although pitching well in each start. He will be trying for his eighth win, while seeing if he can increase the present Phillies’ winning streak to five games. The Mets (42-44) will counter with John Maine (8-6, 3.86), who will be coming off a lost to the Cardinals on June 30, where he went only four innings, giving up three earned runs on seven hits, in the Mets’ 7-1 lost. He will be trying once more for his ninth win of the year, while trying to stop the Phillies’ offense.

The Phillies offense will see if they can give Moyer some runs support, while Moyer will be trying to show the young bloods whom he had taken under his wings how to handle big league hitters, although he doesn’t have too good a record against the Mets.

The Phillies goes into tonight’s game with a three and a half game lead over the Marlins after the fish’s late game lost to the Rockies. The Phillies now lead the third place Mets by five and a half games. The Braves are still trailing the Phillies by seven games, as they have won their game last night with the Astros. The Phillies will be trying to increase their divisional lead over the rest of the division tonight.

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Miner’s Mailbag V

6.25.10 Camden, NJ (Graham Lucas)

@EdCochran18: Can you address the cultures of different venues?

This is one of the weirdest factors of going on tour—by far. Because you are (usually) in a different state every night, the first thing that comes into play are state laws. Last summer, for example, when tour jumped from California into the south and then back to Colorado, the culture was like day and night. Weed and other drugs are seen so differently from state to state in the US, its hard to believe we are still in the same country sometimes, (see OKC.) Thus the first thing to verse yourself on is the laws of where you are and how seriously they have it out for hippies. But then the venues, themselves, can be extremely laid back or tight. For example, at Bill Graham Civic the ushers patrolled to make sure you were smoking weed and not cigarettes (this is a fact), while at Merriweather, there are teen-aged girls, backed by an urban security SWAT team, making sure your feet don’t cross painted lines on the aisles in the pavilion, less they kick you onto the lawn (also a fact.) Sometimes security takes themselves way to seriously (Jones Beach) while others they encourage you to have fun (Hampton.) It’s pretty crazy to bounce from venue to venue and have to adjust to a new set of norms on a nightly basis when all you’re trying to do is dance and feel good, but—alas—that’s why Jedi training is a huge asset on Phish tour.

Chillest Venues: The Gorge, Hampton, Dick’s

Tightest Venues: Merriweather Post, Jones Beach, Virginia Beach

@Teddier: Five years into the future-what are Phish doing to keep their interest fresh and will their music change much by then?

Five years! Wow. Phish has only played four years in this era and we are jumping five more ahead. I’ll be completely honest and say that Phish 2017 may or may not exist. While I certainly hope so, five more years is a long time for these guys to keep going. For some reason, I don’t see Phish following the Grateful Dead model of play until you drop. I suppose nothing stands in their way of playing five years and beyond except a desire to move on. If they are still playing in five years, I sure hope the band has a couple more albums under their belt and we are hearing a hell of a lot of new material! Improvisationally, however, the sky is the limit. As long as these four guys are committed to each other, I am confident they will crank out high quality jams. Any stylistic conjecture would be sheer speculation of which I wouldn’t even know where to start. If Phish has one thing going for them, their fans will never lose interest no matter what they do. Tour wise, let me take a wild guess—maybe summer tour and a new years run?

@Matthewgerber79: Do you ever see Mikes Song or YEM ever returning to their former improv glory, or has that ship sailed along with Halley’s?

Interestingly, all it takes is Trey’s will and either of these songs can snap back into form on any given night. But for whatever reason, I don’t see it happening. “YEM” doesn’t feel like as huge of a loss as “Mike’s,” which has gone from a top three jam vehicle for the second half of the ‘90s to a recycled guitar build. But at least “Mike’s” is over in eight minutes these days, while “YEM” still has nearly ten minutes of composition and five minutes of a vocal jam, leaving the song with negligible payoff on any given night. Everyone has been focusing on the rarity of “YEM” over the past two years as if it’s a bad thing, but if the band is only gonna step into four minutes of generic funk, my preference is to leave it on the shelf. There’s no need to kill so much of a set with the theatrics that are “YEM.” It’s unquestionably one of Phish’s greatest songs, but they’ve played it so much over their career, it seems like they no longer know how to make it interesting.

 @henryilnicky: top 5 bliss, groove, shred, space/weird jams #nextaskminer

Here are some personal favorites in no particular order and without racking my brain:

“My Left Toe” 7.21.99, Star Lake

“Reba” 7.6.94, Montreal

“Harry Hood” 12.28.10, Worcester

“Bathtub Gin” 8.17.97, Great Went

“Bathtub Gin” 9.12.99, Portland Meadows

“Sand > Quadraphonic Toppling” 12.31.99, Big Cypress

“Ghost” 5.22.00, Radio City

“Bathtub Gin” 7.29.98, Riverport

“Roses Are Free” 4.3.98, Nassau

“Mike’s Song” 12.31.95, MSG

“Tweezer” 12.2.95, New Haven, CT

“Piper” 7.18.99, Oswego

“Antelope” 10.24.95, Madison, WI

“Drowned > Rock and Roll” 6.29.2000, PNC

“Antelope” 12.9.94, La Mesa, AZ

“Drowned” 9.14.00, Darien Lake

“Wolfman’s Brother” 10.31.98, Vegas

“David Bowie” 12.29.94, Providence

“Disease > Free” 6.26.95, SPAC

“Reba > Walk Away” 10.29.98, Los Angeles

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  1. joe Says:

    maybe there’s some nostalgia aspect of non-hd video.

  2. halcyon Says:

    Hey BB…..so friggin slammed at work…. Was sending out crews to Weekapaug Grove all day. Definitely started singing the songs with every job we were dispatching.

    I want to head to NY to help too, but don’t know if I will hinder, or help. I do have some friends who were impacted greatly so probably helping them out if I get aday off. Just found out I will be working on my days off this coming weekend due to the nor’easter. This might put me anywhere from 14-20 days in a row of 12 hour shifts….. ugh.

    Don’t think we will be going to Autumn Colors in Central Park this weekend. :( We were looking forward to taking the little on and hearing some Autumn / NYC inspired Jazz. C’est La Vie

  3. halcyon Says:

    Here are some latest updates on storm restoration for LI and NY.

    By the end of the day on Wednesday, November 7, we expect to restore 90% of all customers whose homes and businesses are safe to accept power.

    Additionally, those customers in and around the most severely damaged areas of Brookville, St. James and Port Jefferson should expect to be restored in up to another week or more.

    We currently estimate there are up to 100,000 customers from the most severely flooded areas whose homes and businesses may be unable to receive power at this time. We are working with local authorities in these communities to determine whether and when these homes and businesses will be fit to safely receive electric service.

    However, equipment and appliances inside the region’s homes and businesses have been affected almost everywhere and, in some cases, completely devastated in the hardest hit communities of Long Island’s south shore, Queens and the Rockaways and parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island. Ongoing assessments continue to reveal extensive damage to customer-owned heating equipment and appliances in homes and businesses, which will prohibit them from safely taking service

    There are 11,000 people supporting the restoration effort.

  4. roberto luongo Says:

    what up bitches. hope ya’ll hangin in there.

    the economist, mayor bloomberg, and now Ez luongo officially endorse Barry O for prez. lesser of 2 evil asshats I guess.

    check the new Action Bronson and alchemist album cover.

    if you haven’t checked out the video for the Symbol click on track 3. shit is fuckin hilarious. puts some of the album and cover in context.

  5. joe Says:

    now on the AC Birds>Back On the Train

    (after watching Dick’s Light, I’d be more inclined to buy a 3.0 dvd release than an old non-hd one. speaking of which, did they ever release the Indio movie for purchase?)

  6. Mr. Palmer Says:

    Great work your doing Halcyon. It is greatly appreciated, have no doubt. People from all over are lending a hand as we dig out of this mess. Can’t break the spirit of the people in this area. We’ve been through a lot since 9/11 and keep coming back.

    I could watch the ’98 version of Jon Fishman play drums 24/7. Holy fucking shit!

  7. halcyon Says:

    Thanks Mr P. I am just a cog in the machine as the real credit goes to those in the field. Still it is rewarding knowing that the work I am doing behind the scenes is assisting the restoration efforts.

  8. angryjoggerz Says:

    Last Anthony Bourdain on in 10 minutes. My guilty pleasure, love that shit. I want his gig.

  9. joe Says:

    I’m an admitted Heavy Things basher, but the outro Jam in this AC version is killer (as have other 3.0 versions, Worcester in 2011 perhaps is another example)

    and hang in there Halcyon. When it’s all over for you, come back to Boston for a beer or two.

  10. halcyon Says:

    Will do Joe.

  11. voopa Says:

    Still waiting for a Phish 3D release…maybe the theatrical numbers didn’t justify it?

  12. Gavinsdad Says:

    Bells 2 hearted checkin

  13. Mr. Palmer Says:

    Anyone hitting Phil at the Wellmont on Wednesday? Hit me up.

  14. MiA Says:

    I’m pro-performance enhancing precious.

    $20 on Saints -3.

  15. RoosterPizza Says:

    Mr P

    You listen to the Nick and Artie show at all? I have been loving those guys lately.

  16. joe Says:

    Fernando Rodney Dangerfield was pretty funny.

  17. Marcoesq Says:

    Evening all. Hope everyone in the tristate is doing okay. Last night here in SF, had a hell of a time..love this city. Felt a little guilty leaving friends and family back east though.

    Got some new ink tonight at club tattoo on pier 39, new place and super state of the art. Got inked while watching the sun set over the bay behind the golden gate bridge. Phenomenal

  18. Marcoesq Says:

    Rooster, nick and Artie show good? When is it on?

  19. xpun Says:

    go vote fools

    re: AC heavy things….my first bb meetup was post show ac1 and willowed was loving on that outro. good guy, first beiber i met…two thumbs up for willowed

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This is an inline skating marathon june 6th. I am skating in this event, 26 miles for freedom, to help raise money to help pay for TV and radio time for JD Hayworth's campaign. We need to replace the Rhino McCain with a true conservative. McCain has deep pockets and is pounding the airways with mis leading ads about his "tough on immigration" and "fiscal conservatism". Don't buy it!

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Boston lockdown: Authorities order residents to shelter in place during massive manhunt

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SWAT teams search for the remaining Boston Marathon bombing suspect in Watertown, Mass., on April 19.

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A resident watches as police search an apartment complex in Watertown, Mass., on April 19.

NBC News reports: Boston and its surburbs, universities and transit system were on total lockdown Friday as police hunted for marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- on the loose after his terrorist brother was killed in a stunning chain of events that left one cop dead and another injured, officials said. Read full story

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PIA01559: Sojourner Rover Near "Half Dome" - Right Eye
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
 Spacecraft:  Mars Pathfinder Lander
 Instrument:  Rover Cameras
 Product Size:  256 x 248 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Addition Date:  1999-07-02
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Sojourner Rover is seen traversing near Half Dome in this image, taken on Sol 59 by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP). The rover's Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) is the cylindrical object extending from the back of the rover.

This image and PIA01558 (left eye) make up a stereo pair.

Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, developed and manages the Mars Pathfinder mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is an operating division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Photojournal note: Sojourner spent 83 days of a planned seven-day mission exploring the Martian terrain, acquiring images, and taking chemical, atmospheric and other measurements. The final data transmission received from Pathfinder was at 10:23 UTC on September 27, 1997. Although mission managers tried to restore full communications during the following five months, the successful mission was terminated on March 10, 1998.

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PIA16229: Bright Particle of Martian Origin in Scoop Hole
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Instrument:  MAHLI
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This image contributed to an interpretation by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity science team that some of the bright particles on the ground near the rover are native Martian material. Other light-toned material nearby (see PIA16230) has been assessed as small debris from the spacecraft.

Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera took this image on the mission's 66th Martian day, or sol, (Oct. 12, 2012) showing part of the hole or bite left in the ground when Curiosity collected its first scoop of Martian soil five sols earlier. A clod of soil near the top center of the image contains a light-toned particle. The observation that the particle is embedded in the clod led scientists to assess this particle as Martian material, not something from the spacecraft. This assessment prompted the mission to continue scooping in the area, despite observations of a few light-toned particles in the area being scooped.

The image shows an area about 2 inches (5 centimeters) across. It is brightened to improve visibility in the shaded area.

JPL manages the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

For more about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/mars, and http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.

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Rogers Mountie Mascot is back

As photographers Andy Shupe and Tony Reyes were wrapping up the cover shoot for the High School’s Fall Sports Guild that will publish Sept. 1 with athletes, cheer squad members, band members and a mascot for areas school, they took a moment to photograph themselves along with some sports writers with what is one of the best mascot characters in Northwest Arkansas, the Rogers Mountaineer. We are all looking forward to a great sports year for our local schools and are jazzed up, as you can see, about the start of the new season.


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Tumor suppressor acts as oncogene in some cancers, say researchers

Oct 27, 2010

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have found that a molecule long believed to be a beneficial tumor suppressor — and thus a potential cancer drug target — appears to act as an oncogene in some lethal brain tumors.

The protein, epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin), is known for its ability to keep glued together, preventing them from breaking away and metastasizing. But, based on their findings, published online in PLoS ONE, the scientists suggest E-cadherin can also function as an oncogene in some cancers. An oncogene helps push cancer development and growth.

They say the findings could explain recent, puzzling observations about E-cadherin expression in breast cancer, for example. While loss of E-cadherin is generally considered a harbinger of metastasis, researchers have also found that most breast cancer that has spread retains E-cadherin expression. Ovarian tumors also have been paradoxically found to produce more and more E-cadherin as they grow.

"This surprising finding should compel us all to shift our thinking about E-cadherin," says the study's lead investigator, cancer biologist Panos Z. Anastasiadis, Ph.D. "Up to now, we have all thought that if a tumor loses E-cadherin function, that represents a movement toward metastasis. That makes sense because 50 percent of cancers don't express E-cadherin and they are linked to a worse prognosis.

"But now it appears that E-cadherin expression in a tumor could be responsible for cells growing out of control if the protein is not functioning as it should be."

Dr. Anastasiadis focuses his research on the biological factors involved in cancer metastasis. In this study, he and a research team, which included scientists from Mayo Clinic's campuses in Florida and Minnesota, examined protein expression in glioblastoma cancer cells. Glioblastoma is the most common, as well as the most dangerous, brain cancer.

"Our interest is to understand the pathways that induce glioblastoma to be so invasive," he says. "The problem with this cancer is that the tumors can be very aggressive, and single can spread all over the brain."

Among other proteins, the researchers looked at cadherins, of which about 20 are expressed in the brain — more than in any other organ. These are transmembrane proteins that play critical roles in determining how cells bind to each other in a tissue. The researchers expected to find significant amounts of neural cadherin (N-cadherin) in the tumors, but not E-cadherin, which is expressed in epithelial rather that normal brain tissue.

In epithelial tissue, loss of E-cadherin usually represents a switch in cell behavior known as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In EMT, cells that had been tightly bound to each other loosen up, due to loss of E-cadherin, and other proteins — including other members of the cadherin superfamily — then promote migration of individual cells away from a cancer cluster. Drugs are being developed that target this EMT switch, says Dr. Anastasiadis.

Given these facts, the researchers say that what they found surprised them. While N-cadherin was expressed in most human brain tumor cell lines — and N-cadherin is potentially oncogenic — some also expressed E-cadherin. They also found those cells that expressed E-cadherin acted more aggressively than brain cancer that did not express the protein. The researchers then validated their findings in animal studies. Finally, they performed an experiment in which they removed E-cadherin expression from glioblastoma cells and found these cells had a reduced ability to move, and grew at a much slower pace.

"E-cadherin expressed in these glioblastomas did not function to keep cells stuck together. Instead, they promoted tumor growth and migration," Dr. Anastasiadis says. "This is the complete opposite of what we have known about E-cadherin. For some reason, in these brain cells, E-cadherin expression is linked to aggressive cell behavior and poor prognosis."

The findings suggest "cadherins, as a whole class of proteins, need to be studied in more detail," he says. "E-cadherin expressed in glioblastoma functioned like an oncogene and it could be doing the same in many breast, ovarian, and other tumors found elsewhere in the body.

"Understanding what causes the switch in E-cadherin function from a tumor suppressor to an oncogene, and how to block it, will be critical," concludes Dr. Anastasiadis. "But the bottom line is that we cannot view E-cadherin simply as a anymore."

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Nov 09, 2010

Women being treated for breast cancer with aromatase inhibitors may experience extremely low estrogen levels resulting in a wide variety of side effects that a typical postmenopausal woman without cancer may not experience.

Data presented at the Ninth Annual AACR Frontiers in Conference, held here Nov. 7-10, 2010, showed that women assigned to take aromatase inhibitors had increases in side effects such as hot flashes, decreased appetite, fatigue, fever, breast sensitivity, etc.

"Aromastase inhibitors represent one of the most major advances in breast cancer treatment," said Lisa Gallicchio, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at The Prevention and Research Center at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore. "Their incorporation into the breast cancer treatment armamentarium has led to impressive reductions in breast cancer recurrence and mortality rates.

"Despite this, many breast cancer patients stop taking their aromatase inhibitor treatment —which is usually prescribed for five years — or do not adhere to their treatment prescription," she said, adding that this may be due to, at least in part, the side effects associated with the drugs.

To better define the full spectrum of side effects associated with aromatase inhibitor treatment, Gallicchio and colleagues surveyed 100 women with breast cancer who were about to start treatment with aromatase inhibitors. Their side effects were compared with those of 200 similarly-aged women without a history of breast cancer.

Questionnaires about symptoms were completed prior to treatment initiation by women with breast cancer and at the start of the study for the healthy women. Women were followed for six months and completed additional questionnaires at three months and at the completion of the study.

Women taking were five times more likely to report having hot flashes, breast sensitivity and chest pain than healthy women. In addition, they were four times more likely to report night sweats, cold sweats and hair loss and about three times more likely to report leg cramps, weight gain, sleep disturbance, tendency to take naps and forgetfulness. Other increased symptoms included intestinal gas, cough, depression, interrupted sleep and irritability.

"We know that aromatase are effective in treating ," Gallicchio said. "Knowing the side effects of aromatase inhibitor treatment and how to treat them is critical for keeping women on their aromatase inhibitor treatment and improving their chances of surviving and living cancer free."

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