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The most boring cities in Texas named
Everything's bigger in Texas, but for these 10 cities, that means the yawns and the amount of time spent twidling thumbs.
Real estate website Movoto has named the 10 most boring cities in Texas and 3 of the winners--err, losers--are in the Houston area. Houston, we have a problem.
While Pearland, La Porte and Rosenberg ended up on the list based on nightlife, live music venues, dining, and recreational options per capita, we think there's still some way to have fun in these seemingly lackluster towns.
Take a look at the slideshow above for some awesome houses in the snooze-fest cities, where you can swim, grill, fish, boat, and house party your way to a good time.
The other dull towns across the Lone Star State are Grand Prairie, Lancaster, Cleburne, Duncanville, Mesquite, Schertz, and the king of all the dullards: Rowlett, Texas.


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Subpart D—Old-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability
Authority: Secs. 202, 203(a) and (b), 205(a), 216, 223, 225, 228(a)-(e), and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402, 403(a) and (b), 405(a), 416, 423, 425, 428(a)-(e), and 902(a)(5)).
Source: 44 FR 34481, June 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted.
§ 404.301. Introduction.
This subpart sets out what requirements you must meet to qualify for social security benefits, how your benefit amounts are figured, when your right to benefits begins and ends, and how family relationships are determined. These benefits are provided by title II of the Social Security Act. They include—
(a) For workers, old-age and disability benefits and benefit protection during periods of disability;
(b) For a worker's dependents, benefits for a worker's wife, divorced wife, husband, divorced husband, and child;
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ICD-10 Code S91.135S
Pnctr w/o fb of left lesser toe(s) w/o damage to nail, sqla
Diagnosis Code S91.135S
Short Description: Pnctr w/o fb of left lesser toe(s) w/o damage to nail, sqla
Long Description: Puncture wound without foreign body of left lesser toe(s) without damage to nail, sequela
Version 2019 of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code S91.135S
Valid for Submission
The code S91.135S is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)
Information for Medical Professionals
- 906.1 - Late eff open wnd extrem (Approximate Flag)
Present on Admission (POA)
The code S91.135S is exempt from POA reporting.
Information for Patients
Toe Injuries and Disorders
Fourteen of the 26 bones in your feet are in your toes. The toes, particularly your big toe, help you move and keep your balance. Playing sports, running, stubbing your toe, and dropping something on your foot can damage your toes. Wearing shoes that are too loose or too tight can also cause toe problems. Certain diseases, such as severe arthritis, can cause toe problems and pain. Gout often causes pain in the big toe.
Common toe problems include
- Corns and bunions
- Ingrown toenails
- Sprains and dislocations
- Fractures
Treatments for toe injuries and disorders vary. They might include shoe inserts or special shoes, padding, taping, medicines, rest, and in severe cases, surgery.
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- Bunion removal (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Bunions (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Clubbing of the fingers or toes (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hammer toe (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hammer toe repair (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hammer toe repair - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Polydactyly (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Wounds and Injuries
Also called: Traumatic injuries
An injury is damage to your body. It is a general term that refers to harm caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and more. In the U.S., millions of people injure themselves every year. These injuries range from minor to life-threatening. Injuries can happen at work or play, indoors or outdoors, driving a car, or walking across the street.
Wounds are injuries that break the skin or other body tissues. They include cuts, scrapes, scratches, and punctured skin. They often happen because of an accident, but surgery, sutures, and stitches also cause wounds. Minor wounds usually aren't serious, but it is important to clean them. Serious and infected wounds may require first aid followed by a visit to your doctor. You should also seek attention if the wound is deep, you cannot close it yourself, you cannot stop the bleeding or get the dirt out, or it does not heal.
Other common types of injuries include
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- Bruises
- Burns
- Dislocations
- Electrical injuries
- Fractures
- Sprains and strains
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- Electrical injury (Medical Encyclopedia)
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- How wounds heal (Medical Encyclopedia)
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- Lacerations - liquid bandage (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Surgical wound care (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Surgical wound infection - treatment (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Wet to dry dressing changes (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Wound care centers (Medical Encyclopedia)
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General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
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Annual Reports
Agriculture and Commerce, Dept. of Annual Report. [Miss S79 .D45a 19__.]
Corrections, Dept of. Annual Report. [Miss HV8344 .D46a 19__.]
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Employment Security Commission. Annual Report. [Miss HD7096 .U6 M7 19__.]
Finance and Administration, Dept. of. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. [Miss HJ11 .M72 19__.]
Forestry Commission, Miss. State. Annual Report. [Miss S12 .M7 M634 19__.]
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Vital Statistics. (Annual) [Miss HA464 .A3 19__.]
Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Legislative Budget Report (also titled Proposed Budget). [Miss HJ11 .M743 19__.]
Library Commission, Mississippi. Annual Report. [Miss Z732 .M78 19__.]
Tax Commission, State. Annual Report. [Miss HJ11 .M753 19__.]
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Mississippi Senate. Senate Journal (regular and extraordinary sessions). [Miss J87 .M7b 19__.] (Journals record bill proposals, amendments, and adoptions, committee reports, and names of senators voting for or against the bill in question. Debates are not recorded.)
Mississippi Legislature. General Laws of the State of Mississippi. (regular and extraordinary sessions). [Miss KFM6630 .A22x 19__.]
Mississippi Code. Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated. [Miss KFM6630 1971 .A23 v.__.] (Note: When using the Mississippi Code, always check the "pocket part" located at the end of each volume for the latest amendments and revisions.)
Agriculture and Commerce, Dept. of Ag Report.
Archives and History, Dept. of. Journal of Mississippi History.
___________ Mississippi History News.
Attorney General, Office of the Opinion Outline.
Employment Security Commission. Labor Market Data.
____________. Labor Market Summary.
____________. Mississippi Covered Employment & Wages.
Health, Dept. of. Mississippi Morbidity Report.
Institutions of Higher Learning. Mississippi Economic Review and Outlook.
Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State University. MAFES Bulletin.
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Knits in Action
Yesterday I, along with Eric, my 3 brothers and their friends, my uncle and his friends, went to the Patriots AFC Championship game in Foxborough. In total, we had a caravan of 8 cars.
The tailgating was awesome. We had food stations with slow-cooked pulled pork, ribs, chicken wings, chili…. but the pièce de résistance was deep-frying chickens, and then anything else we could put in the deep fryer – meats, cheese, PB pretzels, cookies. We all reverted to our inner 15 yo boy selves around the deep fryer.
(I don't know who the weird guy in the background is, and yes, that's a TV hooked up so we could watch the NFC Championship game.)
I don't want to talk about the game, or what an absolute spanking it was. The overlooked story of this game was the wind chill, and the battle of gear vs weather. I came to the fight prepared:
Snowmates. Endpaper Mitts layered under Bella's Mittens, to allow fingertips for picking at chicken or opening beer.
These handknits were but a small portion of the wool. I had knee-high smartwool socks under a wonderfully soft and warm pair of Red Maple alpaca socks I got at Rhinebeck from Mel & Dave. I had full-body woolen long underwear, under another pair of long johns, jeans, 2 woolen sweaters, a down coat, a giant woolen scarf, lined woolen hat with earflaps, with my down-filled hood up and pulled snug. I had hand warmers and toe warmers stuffed in mitts and shearling lined boots.
Overkill you say?
The opponent was a sustained wind in 18 degree weather, for a windchill of 5 degrees F (That's -8 / -15 C for the rest of the world.) Our seats were about 10 rows from the very top of the stadium, so I don't know, we were probably 10 stories up in the air, with no shelter. In fact, what's the opposite of shelter, because it felt like the stadium created a wind tunnel of brutality.
I stood in this for 4 hours straight. Almost comfortably. Almost. I still have all my fingers.
The real victor last night?
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Ha! Good for you and the woolie layering and great eats. Sounds like you had a wonderful time considering all. My husband took my sons to AFC game at Gillette the Sunday before. They were almost as high as you in the stands, but had warmer weather thank goodness.January 22, 2013
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I'd rather have that than Windraider.
i, just dont know.
i find it embarrassing. spend my money on something else.
Yes!!! I love that it has Hordak's face on- like he's trying to make himself some sort of demi-god. The Horde is like a religion.
This needs to be released with space for two figures.
Most-wanted MOTUC: Granita - Hunga the Harpy - The Melog - Dylamug - Sprag, Sprocker and Spritina - the Twiggets - King Ahgo - Filmation Grizzlor, Mantenna, Leech, Modulok and Multi-Bot
It's cool, but there are far too many Vintage Vehicles I'd rather see: Land Shark, Bashasayrus, Road Ripper, Dragon Walker, Attack Track, Starship Eternian even, if we want to get big...
MOTUC Most Wanted: Skeleteen, Prince Keldor, Captain Randor, The Great Black Wizard, Lady Slither, Spirit, Tuvar, Baddra, Cursed Marzo, Tug-O-War, Scrollos, Songster, Mini-Comics Spirit of Castle Grayskull, and for the love of the Sorceress and Julie Winston, ODIPHUS!!!
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If the toy could seat two people, would it be close to the same size as Castle Grayskull? Like all the large items, I'd love to get a model of it at least.
While I like the INSIDE of that ship, the outer look of it seems awful to me.
I'm not against an Annihilator, BUT it would have to be redesigned so it will finally look awesome. Just my opinion, anyway...
It's a cool ship but…I'd rather see something that has an actual vintage counterpart first like Mantisaur! Hordak needs his steed!!
200X fan? Classic fan? What does that mean? I'm a MotU fan!!!
(Even a proper-scale Collector would be something like a third of the size of a proper MotUC Castle Grayskull!)
This ship is the same size of the Collector. But making them for one or two size figures is pointless.
If it says "Die Die" anywhere on it, I'm sold.
It's a little cheesy looking. Almost reminds me of some of the Marvel Superhero vehicles Toy Biz made in the early 1990's, where the character was really advertising itself on their vehicle.
I would be in favor of this only after every vintage vehicle and beast is released, and that'll be way down the road, if it happens.
I don't know that this one would make sense as a toy. Is there a windshield that the figure can be seen through? These larger ships become more like a playset than a vehicle. I'd almost rather go with Emiliano's RGD suggestion of doing Hot Wheels type toys for all of the random Filmation vehicles. . . hopefully we could get a bunch.
By "Proper" are you talking scaled down for the toys? Because my idea of proper is close-to-show-accurate, and for that a proper Collector multiplied by three would make CG awful big (granted CG would need to be the size of a standard living room to really be the right size for the figures, but I know that's not realistic).
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Never seen that before, and I like it. If it's the same size as Wind Raider, that'd be great!
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Considering the name, I expected something a little more intimidating.
It's not a bad design, but the Hordak face spoils the look, imo. If the front end was more tapered, with the face either removed or better integrated into the front, I'd be up for one.
Just like the majority of Filmation ships...goofy.
Honestly, nobody thought as a kid "why in the HELL does all of his stuff have to have his FACE on it???" Nobody thought that?
I mean, I was 9 and I couldn't see that as anything fearful.
The Star Destroyers and Death Star didn't have Vader's mug on them. Ditto Decepticon ships and Megatron.
I think somebody on the design team saw Thanos flying his self-labeled helicopter and figured it wasn't THAT much of a leap!
Goofy, goofy, goofy...
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I think, taking out the pipe to trap MEF in, Skeletor's throne, etc, you could jam something like 15 male MotUC figures in a properly-scaled Collector (remembering that MotUC figures have different proportions to Filmation characters - the latter were designed by rotoscoping actual musclemen, whereas MotUC takes the... breadth... of the characters a bit beyond reality!)
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RE Batniks, oh yes I know they were flying robots, but I'd still want space for either a robot pilot figure (interpreting "no pilots" to mean no living pilot), a Horde Trooper, or at least a passenger for the auto-pilot. So that would be more Windraider sized than what you've got going for the Annihilator.
That Collector, while smaller than the show's Grayskull, looks about as big as the vintage CG and I honestly cannot yet envision MOTUC's bigger CG yet. If it were the scale in your picture...I KNOW I would't have space for it! It's not the living room, but it's darned near half of it!
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I'm sorry for not posting new contributions in the last months, unfotunately I have had seriuos family problem. I have first of all to thank Peter forsending me three Landwehr figures which enabled me to complete the related battalion. As I've said on other occasions, I'm the process of building my Shwarzenberg army corps for the 1813's campaign. I've used Italeri's Austrians since those of Hat do not satisfy me fore the reasons that I've illustrated with other posts. As matter of fact they do not wear the corretc headgear (leather helmets instead of shakos) but it seems that at that date, many German battalions still wore helmets. The one illustrated is Gen. Wimpfen's brigade which comprise three battalions plus a Landwehr one. The commanding group consits of two mounted officers i.e. a General and his aide-de- camp. This has been obtained from Italeri's mounted officer, duly modified with Milliput.
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Kahler is a junior from Waco who is currently carrying a 3.90 grade point average in exercise science. Kahler has already been named to the 2012 Academic All-District 7 First-Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America and to the 15th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star team.
An honorable mention all-conference performer in 2011, Kahler has the best career punting average in school history at 40.8 yards per punt. Kahler averaged 41.5 yards per punt in 2012 and led the Southland Conference with 18 punts downed inside the 20-yard line.
A former standout at Orangefield High School, Moss has a 3.71 grade point average in nursing. Moss played in all 12 games for the Cardinals as a redshirt freshman in 2012, registering 13 tackles with nine solo stops.
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NBA: Billups leaves with injury as L.A. loses for fourth time in seven games.
By Michael Wagaman
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SACRAMENTO – Marcus Thornton had 25 points, Toney Douglas scored 17 of his 19 in the fourth quarter and the Sacramento Kings rallied from eight down in the final 11 minutes to stun the Clippers 116-101 Tuesday night.
DeMarcus Cousins and Tyreke Evans added 17 points apiece for the Kings, who beat the Pacific Division-leading Clippers for the first time in more than two years.
They did it behind a stellar effort off the bench from Thornton and a smothering defense that held L.A. to just five baskets in the final quarter.
Blake Griffin had three of them and finished with 26 points, four rebounds and five assists for the Clippers.
Thornton went 7 of 14 from the floor and made six 3s but it was Douglas, the midseason acquisition from Houston, who came up biggest for Sacramento. He made three straight 3s after the Clippers pulled within 98-96 then added four free throws in the final 1:30 to help seal the win.
Cousins, who missed the past two games with a bruised left quad, also gave the Kings a spark despite foul trouble. The emotional Cousins helped hold Clippers center DeAndre Jordan to 11 points, and finished with 11 rebounds for his 29th double-double of the season.
It was the Kings' first win over the Clippers since Feb.28, 2011 and one that will definitely sting L.A.
The Clippers went into the game third in the Western Conference but are losing their grip a bit after losing for the fourth time in their past seven games.
It didn't help coach Vinny Del Negro's team when they lost starting guard Chauncey Billups to a groin injury in the first quarter, but L.A. was still up 86-78 following Jamal Crawford's fifth 3 of the night.
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Watching "Kramer vs. Kramer" and Discussing Law
Last week I was fortunate to attend a screening and panel discussion at Fordham Law School's Forum on Law, Culture, and Society.
Hosted by essayist, writer, and Fordham Law professor Thane Rosenbaum, the sixth annual Forum served up a timely collection of law-related films and post-screening discussions with the talented individuals who made them possible. This year's selections included HBO's film about the 2008 financial meltdown, Too Big To Fail, with featured appearances by the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker; the 1983 film, Daniel, which brought to Fordham Law the real-life sons of the film's subjects, accused spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg; and Wall Street, with special guests director Oliver Stone and film producer Edward Pressman.
I went to Wednesday evening's screening of 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman, because I hadn't seen the film; I chose well. It is a classic that has held up beautifully since its release over 30 years ago, and a must-see for anyone interested in family law. After the screening, the panelists, writer/director Robert Benton, the author of the novel on which the film was based, Avery Corman, and famed divorce attorney Raoul Felder participated in a panel discussion moderated by Professor Rosenbaum.
Winner of five Academy Awards for its heartrending depiction of a family torn apart by a wife's decision to leave, the movie shines a spotlight on the relationship between a father and his son and what happens when the mother returns and seeks custody.
Mr. Hoffman's Ted Kramer is a workaholic advertising executive who has just landed the biggest account of his career. Ms. Streep's Joanna Kramer feels neglected and leaves to find herself, forcing her husband and their child, Billy, to fend for themselves. Father and son become closer over the course of the movie as Ted evolves into an evolved parent. In his words, he had to learn to "bring home the bacon and cook it, too", and he did it lovingly. When Joanna returns a year-and-a-half later, she claims she never stopped loving Billy and that a little boy belongs with his mother.
Mr. Felder's insights were noteworthy seeing as he's the nation's preeminent divorce attorney (he's practiced divorce law for over 40 years) and has represented such rather well-known personalities as Rudy Giuliani, Elizabeth Taylor, and Patrick Ewing. Mr. Felder admitted that he found plot holes in the courtroom scene, calling the on-screen divorce lawyers better actors than lawyers since they did something Mr. Felder said he would never do: cross-examine witnesses without referring to notes or writing anything down.
He also criticized the film's application of the law. Even as long ago as the late 1970s, said Mr. Felder, a custody battle almost certainly would have included psychological evaluations of the parents and considered the wishes of the child. Mr. Felder also took exception to the Hollywood ending of the movie, in which (Spoiler Alert!) Joanna, after being awarded full custody, admits to her ex-husband that she believes the court's decision was wrong and that he is better off with his father. In fact, said Mr. Felder, courts were and are able to craft custody arrangements that suit both parents, instead of only one or the other.
Mr. Felder discussed the "sea change", as he called it, in divorce law brought about by the movie. "Suddenly I had fathers in my office asking for custody of their children," he said. "Kramer vs. Kramer challenged the long-held notion that mothers should automatically be awarded full custody of their children. The film marked the beginning of the standard that's become commonplace today, that the court places the child's best interest over the presumption that mothers are automatically deserving of custody."
The opportunity to interact with Mr. Felder and the creators of the film wasn't wasted on members of the Centereach, NY-based Fathers' Rights group Good Dads, who took advantage of the evening to have their voices heard. Members stood outside the auditorium and distributed fliers about their organization. They were on hand to encourage people to visit their Facebook group and educate themselves on the issues confronting divorced dads in child custody cases.
During the post-screening discussion, the audience learned that during filming, Dustin Hoffman was divorcing his real-life wife and Meryl Streep was mourning the loss of her boyfriend, actor John Cazale, who had recently died of cancer. Mr. Benton spoke about allowing his actors to rewrite their characters' testimony to make it more personal and reflective of their individual situations. "Meryl gave her performance a more feminine voice than I was able to," he said.
Ted Kramer asks in the famous courtroom scene, "What law is it that says a woman is a better parent simply by virtue of her sex?" He talks about constancy, the fact that he and Billy built a life together. Joanna's closing words, "A boy needs his mother…a boy needs his mother" were emotional but Mr. Felder said judges were not as quick to accept this long-held notion as fact after the release of Kramer vs. Kramer.
Of course, everything is in the eye of the beholder. To legal eagle Raoul Felder, the film is important for its impact on the law. To writer/director Mr. Benton, though, Kramer vs. Kramer's effect on law was secondary. "It's about relationships," he said, "and about love and loss."
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Men get shafted by the court system in custody cases even today but it's true that thanks to Kramer, they have a better shot at judges really looking at who's the better parent. This movie changed my life because I was fighting for custody of my son in '80. My attorney told me that it played a big part in my winning custody because my wife wasn't a drug addict or even a horrible parent. But my son wanted to stay with me and was doing poorly in school when he stayed with his mom. I really want to thank the makers of this movie. They'll never know how grateful I am to them. And today, I'm a proud grandfather to 3 month old twins (the boy is named after me).
[…] is not coming for me. I've waited. Since I was three. Since he and Mommy had that huge fight in court. He lost everything, so I'm told. Trying to take me away from […]


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Setting nitrogen rates the same across a field of corn is much like the school lunchroom where beefy football players get the same amount of food as the skinny scholars. Because of soil type and fertility differences, some plants need more food, others less. But each year, growers mimic the school cafeteria lady and dish out the same rate of nitrogen (N) for each of their fields.
"There are areas of fields that have low yields and areas that have high yields," says Jeff Nesbitt, president of Precision Partners, Fergus Falls, MN. "Some areas of a corn field can yield 160 bu./acre while others yield 120 bu., and still other areas yield 200 bu. No one who can grow 200-bu./acre corn would go out and spread N for 160 bu. But that's what farmers often do."
Savings with high-value crops
That's why variable rate N makes so much sense. A number of controllers — which range in price from $2,000 to $4,000 — can vary N on the go. And on high-value crops such as sugar beets, variable N application pays.
Precision Partners sponsors a program that uses a combination of satellite imagery and N sampling in 2½-acre grids 4 ft. deep. The program, which costs $13 to $15/acre, saves little in N costs compared with uniform applications. However, variable N application to sugar beets adds approximately $60/acre in revenues because it boosts sugar content.
"If you add too much N to sugar beets, the plant won't make sugar," Nesbitt says. "Variable rates will result in more sugar from an acre than a straight N application."
Nesbitt adds that variable rate N can benefit corn and wheat as well. Precision Partners uses satellite imagery to detect field N levels in sugar beet leaves at the end of the growing season. The next spring, participating farmers vary N rates on corn or wheat based on these readings. For an average $5/acre, farmers save about $11.50/acre in N costs, Nesbitt claims.
Yet others aren't so sure that variable rate N works on lower-value crops such as corn. Because sugar beets are typically a high-value crop, variable rates magnify N savings, says David Bullock, a University of Illinois agricultural economist. But with corn, N savings often don't cover the investment.
"There was a lot of enthusiasm a few years ago from farmers because the engineering was so cool," Bullock says. "But a lot of the enthusiasm has waned. Farmers can program equipment so it drops 100 lbs./acre of N here and 120 lbs./acre of N there. But they don't know what amount of N one area needs versus what another needs."
Nitrogen requirements change
Pinpointing plant N needs is like catching minnows in a bait bucket. It's possible to sample the amount of N in soils at a particular time, but much can change during the growing season. Heavy rainfall after sampling can subtract N content via leaching or denitrification.
Meanwhile, soil mineralization can yield additional N. "Farmers often don't give appropriate N credit to mineralization in the soil," says Jim Schepers, a USDA-ARS soil scientist in Lincoln, NE.
That's because N derived from mineralization is difficult to track. In tests from 1994 to 1999, University of Nebraska researchers found no advantage to variable N applications. That's largely because they could not predict the amount of mineralized residual N in the soil.
"We used a mineralization equation that is used on a statewide basis," says Richard Ferguson, a University of Nebraska extension soil scientist. "That's too generalized an equation." Now the researchers will examine more localized mineralization equations.
Tools such as yield maps also help little. "Farmers looked at yield maps and could tell that part x yields 140 bu. [per acre] and part y yields 170 bu.," Bullock says. "But it didn't take too long for a farmer to say, 'So what? Should I put more or less N on that 170-bu. spot?' Lots of farmers accepted the old paradigm that high-yielding fields needed more inputs, and that's not necessarily true."
University of Kentucky research shows that high-producing soils benefit least from high N rates. In 2000, researchers divided cornfields into high-producing areas of 200 bu./acre, medium-producing regions of 115 bu./acre and low-producing areas of 50 bu./acre. They varied N rates at 100 lbs./acre and 170 lbs./acre.
In the high- and medium-yielding zones, yields rose little when the researchers applied the high N rate. But in the low-yielding zone, yields jumped from 80 to 90 bu./acre when they bumped the N rate by 70 lbs./acre.
Current soil-sampling procedures also fail to track soil N content. Grid sampling, which was the belle of the soil fertility ball in the early '90s, soon proved futile. Researchers found that soils can vary as much in an acre as they can in a 160-acre field.
"Yield maps are as imprecise as grid sampling," says Bill Raun, an Oklahoma State University (OSU) soil scientist. "Their resolution is 900 sq. ft. Even in a 30- × 30-ft. area, there still can be lots of variability."
Farmers who use these methods incur costs with no guarantee of additional profits. For corn, research shows that the maximum potential benefit of variable N versus a conventional rate is $5 to $15/acre. This net return often dwindles down to zero, due to sampling, controller and execution costs, says Tom Doerge, Pioneer Hi-Bred International agronomy research manager.
Help is on the way
Yet new technology may make variable rate application of N pay. At OSU, researchers are testing a variable applicator that adds N according to yield predictions made in a 1-sq.-m region.
To predict yields, sensors decipher red and infrared colors of the light spectra on wheat plants. After the sensor takes readings, the applicator immediately topdresses dry N at the Feekes 4 and 5 (tillering to joint) stages. With instant reading and application, the sensor prevents overapplication and underapplication of N.
"Why put down N for a crop that's not there?" Raun asks. "We want to increase the yield and decrease the rate. We want to have our cake and eat it too."
The OSU trials show that the sensors do just that. In two field tests, the light sensors increased wheat yields by an average of 15% and decreased N rates by 20% when compared with uniform N applications.
NTech Industries, a California-based company, is marketing the applicator and sensors as an add-on system called the GreenSeeker. Installing it on an existing sprayer will cost approximately $60,000 for a 60-ft. boom, or about $1,000 per boom foot. Despite the high price, the company claims its product will save enough money on fertilizer to pay for itself in two years on a 2,500-acre farm. For more information, contact NTech Industries Inc., 740 S. State St., Ukiah, CA 95428, 888/728-2436, www.ntechindustries.com or circle 202.
In Nebraska, USDA-ARS researchers are testing a similar light-based sensor to apply N on corn, when it is 12 to 18 in. tall.
Because corn is larger than wheat, the sensors take light readings in a 3-sq.-m area. Sensors focus upon the green color band rather than red bands.
"Our work shows that N use in corn is highly related to greenness," Schepers says. "When plants are measured when they are smaller, as they are in wheat, red color bands work better."
Though individual farmers may not have the cash to use this technology, they may be able to partner with cooperatives or fertilizer dealers that have the expertise and financial resources, Schepers adds.
Raun says that yield increases and N rate decreases will easily cover costs. Retrofitting a 60- to 80-ft. A-frame applicator costs $50,000. If commercial applicators spray 50,000 to 80,000 acres, growers will only see a $1/acre application increase from their fertilizer dealer.
"The cost of the fertilizer savings will only pay for 20 to 25% of this amount," Schepers says. "The real savings come from increased yields. If you can increase the yield in low-yielding areas, it will pay for itself."
In time, such developments may make variable rate N economical, Doerge says. In many ways, the progress of variable rate N mimics that of variable rate seeding.
"The technology available to vary these inputs likely exceeds the knowledge of how to best use it," Doerge points out. "When finally successful, variable rate N strategies will need to be carefully customized to fit local soil, climatic and agronomic conditions."


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(UPI) -- Thieves in Colorado have been using dog doors as their point of entry during a recent string of burglaries.
The Douglas County Sheriff's office says there have been at least six dog-door robberies within a mile span since Oct. 18.
Greg Mueller was a victim of one of the robberies and had his iPhone and cash stolen while he was asleep with his wife.
"They are pretty bold. You'd think with a doggie door there's dog in the house, so you'd think it might deter them but it didn't.".
Every door at Mueller's home was locked except the one. "There's really no way to lock a plastic slab doggie door," he said.
In addition to iPhones and cash, the burglars are also going for iPads and cellphones. All the thefts have taken place between 2 and 6 a.m.
Deputy Chad Teller says the department believes that the same person or persons are responsible for all the crimes. "It's going to be somebody small that's going through the pet doors, possibly a female," said Teller.


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USC coach Ed Orgeron said the Trojans' loss to Notre Dame last weekend was Game 2 of a new season, a reference to the Trojans' fresh start following the firing of Lane Kiffin.
The attitude is definitely rosier since Kiffin's departure, with the Trojans more enthusiastic and relaxed since the constant drama that surrounded their former coach has disappeared after losing to Arizona State.
But Orgeron might need to divide the season into three parts because the remaining six games might be more about survival than anything else. The Trojans suffered 14 injuries against Notre Dame and will be probably be unable to suit up 50 scholarship players for Saturday's home game vs. Utah.
If Orgeron can win five more games, the interim coach probably deserves the job full-time with such a depleted roster.
Here's a midseason look at every position group.
How do you write anything positive after those seven penalties in the Notre Dame game? Sometimes the unit does well run blocking or pass blocking but never in the same game. Kiffin promised the line would perform better this season and it looks worse than a year ago.
Some tough questions need to be asked about player development. Offensive tackle Zach Banner was on the scout team until he suffered a season-ending knee injury. Offensive guard Jordan Simmons was a non-factor until tearing knee ligaments this week.
They were supposed to be a part of a great class of linemen that also featured Max Tuerk, who had two holding penalties against Notre Dame. USC still hasn't recovered from the loss of budding NFL star Matt Kalil two years ago.
Cody Kessler has improved since the start of the season when he shared time with Max Wittek. He obviously does not have a great offensive line or the supporting cast enjoyed by former USC quarterbacks like Matt Leinart, John David Booty and Mark Sanchez.
Kessler is the team's conscience and takes every game to heart. But again, Kiffin needs to be under the microscope at this position. He took Kessler and Wittek while Oregon offered the lesser-known Marcus Mariota, currently a favorite for the Heisman Trophy.
Some fans believe freshman Max Browne is the future, but he never got enough snaps in training camp to really compete for the job.
The true bright spot of the offense. Sophomore Tre Madden has been heroic and only a hamstring injury stopped his banner season. He can run and catch the ball and carried the offense much of the first half.
The return of Silas Redd was also welcomed because he sealed the Trojans' victory over Arizona and was the only good thing about the offense against Notre Dame. With Justin Davis out for the season, Redd and Madden will carry the offense.
It would be nice to see what freshman Ty Isaac can do since he is not redshirting and has played sparingly so far.
If there was one player who seemed impervious to the underachievement some stars experienced during the Kiffin era, it was Marqise Lee. But this has been a lost season for the Biletnikoff Award winner. Was it injuries? The prolonged quarterback derby? Does he miss close friend Robert Woods? Or did he just want to get his junior season over with and start a successful NFL career?
Whatever the answer, Lee is not the same player as a year ago. And once the Trojans started losing, his performances became even more inconsistent. Lee's sprained knee is holding him back now, but his dropped touchdown catch against Notre Dame illustrates the season perfectly.
This is the best unit on the team with possible All-American Leonard Williams and established star Morgan Breslin. But then how great can any group be when you give up 62 points to Arizona State?
The defensive line helped carry the Trojans heading into that debacle, but surrendered 31 points to Arizona and looked vulnerable against Notre Dame until quarterback Tommy Rees got knocked out of the game.
Hayes Pullard established himself as the Trojans' best linebacker and Lamar Dawson had some good moments before suffering a season-ending injury during Tuesday's practice. But would anyone say the linebackers were dominating this season?
The second half should be interesting with freshmen Michael Hutchings and Quinton Powell seeing more action following Dawson's injury. Anthony Sarao, who always seems to be mentioned for more playing time, will finally get it with Dawson out.
Everyone knew this was the weak spot before the season and nothing changed minds during the first part of the season. Safety Josh Shaw is moving to cornerback (again) this week after no one else seems capable of consistently covering wide receivers.
A curious decision is redshirting freshman cornerback Chris Hawkins. If he is so good and the secondary so bad, why not play him? And freshman safety Leon McQuay, ranked one of the nation's top 20 players last year, has been invisible.
At least fellow freshman safety Su'a Cravens has lived up to expectations and looks like a star for three seasons before he goes to the NFL. Clancy Pendergast's decision to coach the secondary and not hire an assistant seems questionable at best.
It's not great when you have a kicking competition heading into the eighth game of the season, but Andre Heidari has been spotty the entire season. For the past four seasons, special teams coach John Baxter has been lauded as the best in the business within the football program, but the kicking game has been lousy the past two seasons.
USC lost to Washington State because Heidari missed a field goal and then he missed two field goals against Notre Dame.
Punter Kris Albarado deserves praise because he leads the nation with 19 punts down inside the 20-yard line.
Kiffin obviously failed to make the promised improvements from a year ago and was surprisingly dumped after the fourth game by athletic director Pat Haden, who called him a "dynamic playcaller" in a July video.
Orgeron has done an admirable job under difficult circumstances, but changing the mindset and culture of the program overnight is probably impossible, especially when he has to do it with a depleted roster.
But if he can win four more games, he might be able to parlay this success into a head-coaching job elsewhere.


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My Wish Is Your Command: Scientists Make Imperius Curse Real
Aug 28, 2013 5:18 PM PT
It sounds like something out of science fiction: One person thinks about pressing the spacebar on a keyboard to fire a cannon in a video game, and another person across campus is compelled to press the spacebar for real, even though he doesn't see the game on-screen.
It's essentially that very scenario, however, that scientists at the University of Washington recently achieved using an electroencephalography machine and transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Specifically, earlier this month Rajesh Rao, a University of Washington professor of computer science and engineering, and Andrea Stocco, a UW research assistant professor in psychology at the university's Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, demonstrated what they believe is a first: the connection of two human brains to send activity from one to another.
"The Internet was a way to connect computers, and now it can be a way to connect brains," said Stocco. "We want to take the knowledge of a brain and transmit it directly from brain to brain."
The achievement was announced by the university on Tuesday. Neither Rao nor Stocco responded to our request for further details.
Voluntary Motion
In the past, Duke University researchers have conducted experiments involving brain-to-brain communications between rats, while a team at Harvard has demonstrated communication from a human brain to a rat's brain.
It's the human-to-human connection, however, that appears to be a first.
To achieve it, Rao wore a cap with electrodes that went to an electroencephalography machine, which reads brain activity. Stocco, meanwhile, wore a swim cap fitted with a stimulation site for the transcranial magnetic stimulation coil that sent a signal to the left motor cortex, which controls hand movement. The two subjects were on opposite ends of the University of Washington campus; signals were sent over the Internet.
The resulting interface between the two researchers' brains involved only a signal to make a gesture, such as pressing a key on a keyboard. The motion is voluntary in the experiment, so the recipient could ignore the incoming signal altogether.
'Beyond Words'
More work needs to be done to advance the interface and develop more usable equipment before the science sees practical use. Still, the early research shows promise. While the experiment involved a video game, future development could allow for more applications, such as in science, aviation and medicine.
"I think it is very, very far from practical use," Kirk Borne, a professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science at George Mason University, told TechNewsWorld. "The current setup is highly controlled and extraordinarily limited in its capabilities."
Indeed, "this technology goes beyond words," said Daniel Wilson, author of Robocalypse and Amped. Wilson earned a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.
'Elaborate Hardware'
If the technology is expanded at some point to allow for more than just simple movements, there is some ground for concern.
"There are some concerns that this could be used for involuntary mind control of humans or mass control of nonhuman armies, such as armies of primates or other animals," said Borne. "I think that these concerns are the stuff of science fiction movies -- though we do realize that a lot of stuff in old science fiction, which people scoffed at, are becoming realities."
There are some key differences, however.
For instance, Rao and Stocco's experiment required "elaborate hardware to be strapped to both the sending and the receiving persons' heads, with a lot of wiring and software in between," he added. "It is not likely that such head gear will land on your head without your knowledge."
'Unprecedented Cooperation'
Nevertheless, the future possibilities are intriguing.
"Brain-to-brain interfaces could create unprecedented levels of cooperation and communication between two or more human beings operating as a team," Wilson told TechNewsWorld. "This technology could make an impact on any human beings who work together to solve complex tasks."
The science could benefit surgeons, architects, scientists, construction workers, search and rescue teams, firefighters, astronauts and soldiers, Wilson said.
Brain-to-brain connections could also facilitate communication for those who can't communicate by other means: "It could be used to enable paralyzed patients to type text messages through a surrogate typist," Borne pointed out.
Alternatively, "a teacher could transfer knowledge to his or her students," Wilson suggested, "via direct thought."


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I'm making a dragon fursuit, just to practice. I want to be a proper fursuit maker one day I have an ear and tail set from Beetlecat, too. ^_^ I might be getting matching handpaws and feetpaws for christmas. I guess when you add on my fangs, collar and fluffy jacket that qualifies as a fursuit.
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Game On! Sports Schedule for February 5, 2013
The top two teams in the NHL square off tonight in a Western Conference showdown.
The Blackhawks, with 16 points, and the Sharks, with 15, currently set the pace in the entire league and will battle it out on San Jose's ice. The Sharks reeled off seven straight victories to start the season before running into their current two-game slide, while the Blackhawks won their first six before losing two of their last three. Which team will right the ship?
Here's a look at all of tonight's action. All times Eastern:
Atlanta at Indiana 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Brooklyn 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Memphis 8 p.m.
Golden State at Houston 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Denver 9 p.m.
NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25
(2) Florida at Arkansas 7 p.m. (ESPN)
(10) Ohio State at (3) Michigan 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Boston College at (8) Miami (FL) 7 p.m.
(13) Kansas State at Texas Tech 8 p.m.
New York Rangers at New Jersey 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New York Islanders 7 p.m.
Toronto at Washington 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Columbus 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Ottawa 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Detroit 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Winnipeg 8 p.m.
Nashville at St. Louis 8 p.m.
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Had a really fun speed session on Rush Lake near Stockton, Utah on Sunday June 24th. Winds were blowing 25-30 mph and I was riding a 10m 2012 North Rebel with a custom Cape Doctor speed board in perfectly groomed flat water. It is a small lake with fluctuating water levels that can expose some very smooth water. It sits at 5032 feet above sea level. I have been waiting for a session like this for years. I was using a Locosys GT-31 GPS unit. My data was sent to Craig Bergh(USA Regional Timekeeper for gps-speedsurfing.com) for data correction and analysis. He said these are some of the fastest kite speeds ever recorded on USA waters. I hope to keep dueling it out with you, Alex Aguera!!! Maybe we can start our own USA speedkiting contest? My speeds are as follows:
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Shape-Shifting: The Art of Drug Pricing
On the day the announcement went out that the Food and Drug Administration had approved the new oral entry inhibitor Selzentry (maraviroc), the price was announced at $29 per day or $10,585 per year. Whether this sounded like a lot or about average depended in what country you live and what you know about drug pricing. Without knowing what other drugs cost, it would be difficult to understand what it meant at all. The purpose of this article is to share some of the background on drug pricing and community efforts to put a lid on the price of new drugs.
Early Demonstrations Expose High Pricing
In the early days of AIDS activism, drug pricing was handled on a largely reactionary basis. We waited until a company announced a price, then we all screamed in unison that it was way too high. In a few cases, community groups were able to mount demonstrations and actions that led to a reduction in price over time, but there were in fact very few examples of this actually working.
The best known case was the fight against the original price of AZT, which led to demonstrations and even protests on the New York Stock Exchange and at the offices of the manufacturer. The price of AZT was eventually reduced, though a large portion of the actual reduction was due to a reduction in the dosage of the drug used, dropping from the original recommendation of 1,200mg per day down to the 600mg per day used currently in most settings.
Still, the demonstrations were successful because drug prices rarely go down. In later years a similar reduction was achieved in the price of acyclovir -- a drug used to treat herpes. But that's about it. Since those days, the HIV community's ability to mount demonstrations has faded, perhaps in direct proportion to the reduction in AIDS deaths because of the success of newer and better therapies. Unfortunately, those therapies are more expensive than ever.
A New Strategy Comes to the Forefront
Starting with the launch of the drugs Ziagen (abacavir) and Sustiva (efavirenz) in 1998, a different approach has been employed. People from several community groups banded together under the ad hoc name of the Fair Pricing Coalition and developed a process for working with manufacturers to influence the price of new drugs by working with them before the drugs are approved and the price is announced. Though the success of this process varies with each drug, it has often been a very productive process that helped keep the price of drugs from getting even higher than they are.
The first goal of the Fair Pricing Coalition is get each company to price its new drug in a way that is "cost neutral," which means that it should not increase the overall cost of treatment of each person who uses it. In practical terms, this requires that new drugs be priced within the range of other drugs of the same type. A new protease inhibitor (PI) should not cost more than other, already approved PIs. A new NRTI should not be priced higher than other similar drugs, and so on.
A secondary goal is to begin to lower the price of drugs, but so far, this has only been possible in developing nations, which get the lowest possible prices. Unfortunately for us, the cost of new drug development (and company profits) come almost exclusively from the prices charged in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia. Who pays the very highest price varies from one drug to another and one country to another. Because European countries typically engage in some type of price controls, popular belief is that the US always pays the highest price. However, this is not true and sometimes, the highest prices are found in a European countries. There appears to be little rhyme or reason to how this occurs. For more information on the Fair Pricing Coalition and how it operates, see the article, "What is the Fair Pricing Coalition?", on Project Inform's website.
Some Background on Pricing
As straightforward as "$29 a day" might sound, the actual "price" of a drug is much more complicated. There are several different prices for each drug, and different ways of expressing those prices. In the US, the two most common ways of stating drug prices are the "WAC" price (Wholesale Acquisition Cost) and the "AWP" (Average Wholesale Price). Neither one, though, is a real price that anyone pays, nor are they what their names imply. Rather, they're standardized ways of expressing a price in a uniform way, thus allowing comparisons to be made from one drug to another.
For the sake of simplicity, it is generally accurate to say that the WAC price is 4/5 of the AWP, or put another way, the AWP is about 25% higher than the WAC price. In addition, there's a Medicaid price and an ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) price and a VA (Veterans Administration) price. Some, like the Medicaid price and the VA price, are closely guarded secrets and cannot be publicized by law. All of them, however, start from the WAC price, from which discounts or rebates and supplemental rebates are negotiated to reduce the actual cost. Government is technically forbidden from negotiating over prices with drug companies for some of these, while negotiation is routine for others. In some cases, like ADAP, there is a standard discount from the WAC price that is required by law and state ADAP groups can negotiate supplemental rebates to lower the price further still, but this can only be done after the original price is set.
As if this isn't confusing enough, with some drugs even the WAC price doesn't fully reflect the starting point for pricing negotiations because some drugs cannot be used alone. The most common example of this is the class of drugs called protease inhibitors. Today, almost all PIs must be used with a "booster dose" of Norvir (ritonavir), another PI that is almost never used alone, but which plays a critical role in helping other PIs to work. Without it, most of them aren't worth taking. So if you ask what the real price of using a new protease inhibitor will be, in most cases you will need to add in the cost of the particular boosted dose of Norvir. While the Norvir booster is a different drug, the new protease inhibitor cannot be used without it, so their costs can logically be combined.
We're not done yet though because the price of the add-on booster, Norvir, has a highly varying cost depending on how a person takes it. A few years ago, Norvir's manufacturer raised the AWP price of Norvir by 400%, in their view to compensate for its reduced use as a booster instead of it being used as a primary drug. But this horrendous price increase only applied to people who got the drug through private insurance or bought it out of pocket (something very few people do). The old AWP price, which first had to be converted to the WAC price, stayed in effect for people who took Norvir under Medicaid or ADAP programs. And in a final step, the ADAP Crisis Task Force negotiated further reductions in the price of the Norvir booster, with the effect that for the ADAP program at least, Norvir costs less today than it did four years ago under the old price, before the 400% increase.
A New Drug Gets Priced
Now, anyone who's still following this is ready to consider the question, "What is the price of Pfizer's new oral entry inhibitor, Selzentry?" The only information given is that the daily WAC price is $29 per day. Evaluating what this meant and how it compared to other drugs was the challenge faced by the Fair Pricing Coalition team that had worked with Pfizer for several months trying to keep the price as low as possible.
To really understand the price of Selzentry, all of the factors discussed above had to be taken into account, plus one more, very big factor. Before using Selzentry, people need to take a "tropism" test that determines whether they have the kind of virus that will respond to the drug. Some people do; some don't. If people with the wrong kind of virus take the drug, at best they waste someone's money; at worst, it will accelerate the failure of other drugs in their regimens since they will get no help from Selzentry.
The Fair Pricing Coalition team figured that if Pfizer was going to insist on including the price of the Norvir booster used with PIs when making a comparison to those drugs, it was only fair that the cost of the tropism test be considered part of the cost of using Selzentry. This was a critical point because Selzentry doesn't use a Norvir booster, which seems to give it a cost advantage relative to PIs. But that advantage is quickly lost when the cost of the tropism test in added to the price of
Selzentry, as it is only fair to do.
Below is the summary of price comparisons made in the Fair Pricing Coalition's evaluation of the true net cost of using Pfizer's Selzentry, compared to the prices of the three newest PIs. The comparisons are revealing and show the complexity of evaluating the price of new drugs. We'll leave it up to the reader to draw his or her own conclusions about the price of Selzentry. The only thing that has changed since the approval of Selzentry is that a second, somewhat less expensive tropism assay has been announced. Because it hasn't been clinically validated, however, it's not possible to predict just yet how much it will affect the sales of Selzentry.
Basic WAC prices of Selzentry and three protease inhibitors, per day (before discounts or rebates):
Selzentry (maraviroc)
Aptivus (tipranavir)
Prezista (darunavir)
Reyataz (atazanavir)
The picture changes by adding cost of ritonavir boosting (different for private vs. government payers):
For private payers, Selzentry seems like a good deal compared to boosted alternatives, assuming they pay the full price of the Norvir booster. Of course, the real price is further negotiated.
Selzentry (maraviroc)
Aptivus + 400 Norvir
Prezista + 200mg Norvir
Reyataz + 100mg Norvir
For public payers (the price before discounts/rebates for ADAP, etc), the Norvir price is the standard price before the 400% increase in 2005:
Aptivus + 400 Norvir
Prezista + 200mg Norvir
Reyataz + 100mg Norvir
Then there's the tropism test, estimated costs:
For private payers: $1,800-$2,000 (negotiated based on volume, etc.)
For public payers: $1,400-$1,600 (to be negotiated)
A person will have to take this test at least once and perhaps more than once. For comparisons, we've used $2,000 for private payers and $1,500 for public payers. Actual price may be lower.
Putting it all together, including ritonavir boosting for the PIs and the Trofile test for Selzentry, for the first year we get the following:
** Private payers**, 1st year: (before negotiation)
** Public payers**, 1st year:
$12,085 (base price, before discounts/rebates)
The actual price for public payers will be lower for all the drugs since they will be further negotiated. Their relative positions though are unlikely to change much. All prices can change quickly when companies make their (usually) annual "cost of living" increases, which average around 5%. Five percent of $10,000 or $12,000 is another $500-$600 dollars each year, which is compounded and thus increases with each passing year.
And that's the real price of Selzentry and its competitors.


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It ended abruptly. That dream. I don't know when or how.
All I could remember was someone screaming, "Was it really worth it???" in my head over and over again.
I found myself sitting in the boarding lounge at an airport, my tired eyes shuttling between a TV screen telling me it was time to board the flight and my notebook screen telling me that the batteries were out and needed charging.
I laughed. Because if anyone needed a recharge, it was me. I shut the notebook and got up to get a coffee from the counter right behind where I was sitting. As I was getting up, I heard a gentle voice say, "Was it worth it?"
I freaked out, turning swiftly in the direction of the voice.
It was P.
"TS are you ok?"
"What did you mean by was it really worth it?"
"That 20 second nap of yours, you idiot! Why do you look startled?"
"Oh that, yes. Sorry. I completely forgot you were here."
"You forgot? Is that supposed to be funny?"
"Err.. Sorry?"
"Never mind, its time. They've announced the boarding."
"Ok. Cool. Just let me grab a coffee."
I ordered the coffee. And in the minute or so that I was waiting to get my order, my pupils finally contracted and I turned to take a look around. P's presence finally sank in all over again and I yelled from the counter,
"What are you reading?"
"Pablo Neruda"
"What's that?"
"Not what, who! He's the guy who wrote Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines."
"Oh, that guy. Ok."
Once I got my coffee, picked up my notebook & airbag, we headed to the boarding gate.
During the hour-long flight, my conversation with P centered around how different our lives are from the way we had once imagined. We spoke about our dreams and expectations, and how the transition from childhood to adolescence brought with it new ideas and possibilities. The conversation ultimately deteriorated to dissecting my corporate routine and how I'll never get around to writing that book or making that movie or teaching at university level and so on.
And then, for a reason known only to her, P breached my defense by summing up my life very eloquently. I think it was one of those I-wish-you-were-still-the-man-I-fell-in-love-with moments. I, of course, saw it as just another reality check. She said and I quote,
"TS, your life reminds me about the time I mugged up a Pablo Neruda poem for a poetry competition."
It took a second for me to understand what she meant, but almost all of next day to come to terms with it.
And I think that's exactly why I did what I did the other day.
Sometime last week, I was informed that I needed to visit a particular college of Delhi University to run a month-long training program.
I was ecstatic when I heard the news because teaching at university level is something I had worked relentlessly towards throughout school and college, but due to my own lack of persistence at key junctures after college (I don't want to blame circumstances even though I am tempted), I had to finally give up on that dream.
And while I'm being honest, I should also tell you that writing and film-making are options that emerged after I shelved the idea of prefixing my name with Professor.
That date with destiny finally came last Thursday. And despite the mental preparation, I swear I couldn't have told my head from my ass that morning. I was a bundle of nerves, tossing and turning in bed all night, losing my appetite, getting ready and going down to the car only to run up, twice, once for my cellphone and then for the car keys.
In the middle of all that I also managed to find the whole thing funny (I do that a lot, not forget things, but find them funny), considering the fact that in the last 3 years I have trained pretty much everyone there is to train in the corporate world, from executives to senior management, without as much as batting an eyelid.
I decided to take my mind off the whole thing so I put on some music...
Extreme ways that helped me
They help me out late at night
Extreme places I had gone
But never seen any light
Dirty basements, dirty noise
Dirty places coming home
Extreme worlds alone
Did you ever like it then?
I would stand in line for this
There's always room in life for this...
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
In the half an hour that I negotiated the office rush, smoked hurriedly and sang along with Moby, I think I had what can be termed as a moment of epiphany. I began feeling less wired-up almost immediately and soon enough the nervousness subsided, and a calm soothing feeling found its way up my spine, penetrating my mind just as I parked my car at the college.
I picked up my jacket from the backseat of the car and as I was about to shut the door, I saw something that wasn't supposed to be there, and I think you'll smile when I tell you that it belonged to P.
There, in all its inconspicuousness lay life's greatest lesson, in paper and ink, begging to be embraced. The universe had actually conspired.
Let it be known then, that on the 3rd of January in the year 2008, TS sat under the warm winter sun in a DU college lawn with a bunch of college kids and read to them, the Poetry of Pablo Neruda.


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This Saturday, the live-animal exhibition Frogs: A Chorus of Colors opens at the Museum. With more than 200 live frogs from around the world, the exhibition hints at the remarkable diversity that exists among more than 6,200 frog species around the globe. Here, meet two colorful and charismatic species you can see in the exhibition: the tomato frog and the blue dart-poison frog.
Tomato frog
More than 200 frog species live on Madagascar, which lies off the east coast of Africa—and 99 percent of those species are found only on that faraway island. But you can see the dazzling orange-red tomato frog (Dyscophus antongilii) for yourself in the Frogs exhibition.
Females of the species can be nearly twice as long as the males, reaching 4 inches in length, and all members of the species are nocturnal. At dusk, says Museum Curator Chris Raxworthy, an authority on Madagascan amphibians who oversees the exhibition, tomato frogs "emerge from hiding places; when disturbed they make a long series of short but powerful hops in a ziz-zag pattern, to help evade their predators."
Blue dart-poison frog
Found in Central and South America, dart-poison frogs like this blue dart-poison frog, Dendrobates tinctorius, are mostly diurnal—that is, active during the day. Found in forests of Venezuela and Suriname, these cobalt beauties are tiny—less than 2 inches in length.
They are also poisonous—oozing toxins out of skin glands. By eating invertebrates like mites, spiders, beetles, and ants, dart-poison frogs in the wild obtain certain alkaloids which they transform into those toxins. Meanwhile, in the Frogs exhibition, the dart-poison frogs are fed a different, non-toxin-creating diet, one of fruit-flies, bean beetles, and crickets.
Vote for your favorite of these two species on Facebook through May 22, in a Frog Face-Off, for a chance to win two tickets to the Frogs exhibition.
Learn more about the live-animal exhibition, Frogs: A Chorus of Colors, opening Saturday, May 18.
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors is presented with appreciation to Clyde Peeling's Reptiland.


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Only 17 players will suit up for New Bern�s girls� soccer team this spring. That�s a record low for Tim Guter, who has coached the Bears since 1996.
Only 17 players will suit up for New Bern�s girls� soccer team this spring. That�s a record low for Tim Guter, who has coached the Bears since 1996.
For the fourth year in a row, they won�t field a junior varsity team.
�We had two (freshmen) tryout this year,� Guter said. �Hopefully next year�s freshman class will be a big one or else we will be hitting the hallways to find enough players.
�We will have a lot of discovery and putting people in the right place.�
While numbers are down, senior forward Brittany McLawhorn doesn�t see any reason why the Bears can�t compete for a conference title.
�It�s only a couple less than what we�ve had the last couple of years,� McLawhorn said. �We have faith in who we have.�
On the bright side, the Bears have six seniors that have been the heart of the soccer program for three-plus seasons.
McLawhorn�s led them in scoring since her freshman year. Sierra Bondurant is another scoring threat. Twins Ashley and Shelby Osiecki are defensive stalwarts. Shannon Fagan is a pesky and aggressive midfielder. Morgan Young is in her second season as New Bern�s goalkeeper.
�They are probably going to lead us to the outcomes we will have. As they play, we will go,� said Guter.
The Bears lost a few key players from last season, such as Emily Knortz, Ashle Eason and Alicia Harding.
With the lack of numbers, Bondurant said the players are expecting more playing time.
�We are not going to have a lot of subs, so we have to stay in shape,� she said.
Guter coached New Bern to conference championships each season from 1996 to 2009. Since joining a challenging Mideastern Conference, the highest the Bears finished was second in 2011.
In its final season in the conference, Guter would like to see his team make a push for the top spot in the conference.
�That�s something they have to strive for,� Guter said. �It�s a very difficult conference to win. Our goal is to compete every time we
step on the field.�
Sophomores River Bondurant and Rachel Hobbs will add to New Bern�s offensive prowess. Juniors Zoe Hearne and Blair Davenport will resume their roles in the midfield, along with freshman Makayla Allen.
Offensively, the Bears want to spread the field out and create scoring opportunities with crosses and movements toward the goal.
�They will score goals,� Guter said. �The more we play wide, opposed to playing forward, I think we will be successful.�
With leadership in the back, New Bern�s defense may be the team�s strength. Young, Ashley Osiecki and Shelby Osiecki were starters last season. Junior Keely Klicker, sophomore Karlie Swindell and freshman Lindsey Johnson are ready to step in.
�I think we will be good with Morgan in goal,� Guter said. �She has improved ten-fold from when she came in as a sophomore.
Whether Ashley plays in the back or in the midfield, she�s going to be a very good defensive presence. Shelby is going to be the anchor back there.�
New Bern opens its season at Havelock on Thursday before competing in the Battle at the Beach Tournament on March 1-2.
Last season the Bears finished with fourth in the conference. They went 11-8-3 and advanced to the third round of the 4A state playoffs.
�We definitely want to win,� Bondurant said. �If everyone works hard and does their best, it�s very possible.�
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Hubble NICMOS Mosaic of the Galactic Center
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope infrared mosaic image represents the sharpest survey of the Galactic Center to date. It reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex structures in the hot ionized gas swirling around the central 300 x 115 light-years. This sweeping infrared panorama offers a nearby laboratory for how massive stars form and influence their environment in the often violent nuclear regions of other galaxies.
The infrared mosaic was taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). The Galactic core is obscured in visible light by intervening dust clouds, but infrared light penetrates the dust. The spatial resolution of this image corresponds to 0.025 light-years at the distance of the Galactic core of 26,000 light-years. Hubble reveals details in objects as small as 20 times the size of our own solar system.
The new NICMOS data show the glow from ionized hydrogen gas as well as a multitude of stars. NICMOS shows a large number of these massive stars distributed throughout the region. A new finding is that astronomers now see that the massive stars are not confined to one of the three known clusters of massive stars in the Galactic Center, known as the Central cluster, the Arches cluster, and the Quintuplet cluster. These three clusters are easily seen as tight concentrations of bright, massive stars in the NICMOS image. The distributed stars may have formed in isolation, or they may have originated in clusters that have been disrupted by strong gravitational tidal forces.
The winds and radiation from these stars form the complex structures seen in the core and in some cases they may be triggering new generations of stars. At upper left, large arcs of ionized gas are resolved into arrays of intriguingly organized linear filaments indicating a critical role of the influence of locally strong magnetic fields.
The lower left region shows pillars of gas sculpted by winds from hot massive stars in the Quintuplet cluster. At the center of the image, ionized gas surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy is confined to a bright spiral embedded within a circum-nuclear dusty inner-tube-shaped torus.
The false-color image was taken through a filter that reveals the glow of hot hydrogen in space.
The NICMOS mosaic required 144 Hubble orbits to make 2,304 science exposures. It was taken between February 22 and June 5, 2008.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Q.D. Wang (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)


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Bone Tomahawk
Genre: Western.
Kurt Russel is The Sheriff of a small town in The West in the 1700s. As it was during the time, there is a gruesome on going war with The Indians. The occasional shot gets fired and a tribe might ambush a group of settlers every now and then. The movie starts with two drifters who claim no allegiance to anyone, robbing a group of campers and escaping through an Indian Burial Ground, decorated with human skulls and femurs. They get ambushed by a couple Indians who don't look like the average tribe. One of the drifters escapes and makes his way to Kurt Russel's town, decides to spend his night drinking at a bar, and is taken into custody, getting shot in the process. A local Nurse is asked to handle the gun shot wound at the Sheriff's Station. The Nurse is married to a Cowboy (Patrick Wilson), who seems to have broken his leg trying to fix his roof, so he is bed ridden. That night, the town gets ambushed by the Indians who come looking for the Drifter who had earlier disrespected their Burial Ground. The next morning, The Drifter, The Nurse, and a Sheriff Deputy are missing along with several horses from the Stable. The Sheriff (Kurt Russel), The Crippled Cowboy (Patrick Wilson), Another Sheriff Deputy who is a weak, old and dull man, along with A Local Gentleman (Mathew Fox) who fancies himself to be quite the "Indian Killer" (Killed more Indians than everyone else in the Town combined as he states) all decide to go after the "Godless Heathens" to retrieve the hostages. They call in a local professor, to explain the specific tribe, and he states that this is no ordinary Indian Tribe. "These Heathens do not belong to any specific tribe. They are barbaric animals. They rape their own mothers, and eat their own offspring. The have no respect for anything. They're barbaric Cannibals!" he says. The Journey makes up the rest of the Film.
The Review
This movie is suspenseful, gritty, gory, disturbing and keeps you watching until the very end. Kurt Russell is a pleasure to watch as a badass sheriff. Mathew Fox does justice playing the blood thirsty quasi racist who you would want on your side in a fight. This film is an engaging treat if you have the stomach for Gore and Violence, but with good reason.
In A Nutshell: Blood, Guts, Duty, and Glory in the Wild West = The Bone Tomahawk.