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Mellow Yellow Anyone?
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lOVE it.. It makes me think of fresh summer lemonade...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2011
I like them a lot! It is a nice punch!ReplyDelete
I like it! It pulls the yellow from the roman shades. I'm not usually a yellow kind of person, but I've been dying to paint something yellow lately. It's great to take a risk sometimes.ReplyDelete
i actually love it .. the chair color marries well with the curtain fabric. gray and yellow are awesome together! give it some time... :o)ReplyDelete
I really like it too Susie! It adds a pop to the room and works great with your fabulous roman shades!! I made some faux roman shades a couple of weeks ago too!ReplyDelete
My vote is....keep the yellow :)
Lou Cinda
I love it! It's bold but looks so great with the shades and so fun in the kitchen.ReplyDelete
Love love love love love!ReplyDelete
I LOVE them!! So fun and bright, good pick!!ReplyDelete
I love it.. Keep it.. Perfect match with the shade.ReplyDelete
I am a huge lover or yellow - my kitchen and attached family room are painted a warm yellow (BM Concord Ivory) and they still make me smile after 6+ years!!
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2011
If you had some other touches of yellow in there I'd say yeah.ReplyDelete
I AM a lover.....and me, I have painted some turquoise things. Said I would never go blue....umm, can you say *Eat my words?* LOVE the Warm Gold!ReplyDelete
OH MY GOODNESS... I LOVE THEM!! Really really love them!ReplyDelete
I love the yellow Susie!ReplyDelete
I think they look great - just the right "pop" of color in your kitchen!ReplyDelete
BEAUTIFUL! Glad you were brave. :-)ReplyDelete
You are brave Susie! Go girl :) I LOVE the pop of color. They look amazing with the grey in the kitchen!!ReplyDelete
Why are you worried, it looks great!ReplyDelete
Oh Susie they look awesome! It isn't too much or too bold. And if it brings a smile to your face, it doesn't get any better than that. Love that groceries sign too!ReplyDelete
I love gray & yellow!ReplyDelete
Wow, that does pop. But I'd go back and see Mr. Sam for a different color. Just my 2 cents...(sorry)ReplyDelete
Love them, they make the kitchen come alive. Not that it didn't look wonderful before, but now it's perky, and fresh. Love love love it!!!ReplyDelete
Maybe.....hmmmm my kitchen?
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
Total love - and it will work well with fall colors, burst of color in winter, the spring...well, of course!ReplyDelete
Love it! When I saw your fabric the other day, it reminded me of a pillow I fell in love with out of this month's BH&G (www.claytongrayhome.com/item.php?item_id=1674&category_id=63). Too bad it's $200! By the way, I have an idea for a new sign for our living room that I might be begging you to create for me soon! :)ReplyDelete
LOVE them! What a bold and perfect pop of color! I find myself strangely attracted to yellow again too, who would have thought! Such a cheerful color!ReplyDelete
I love how yellow is popping up everywhere-- the chairs looks great! Found your blog through the Haven Conference page-- looking forward to reading more.- KellyReplyDelete
Love them! Not sure if I could be so bold--you're a brave woman! Question: What type of prep did you have to do these? Or did your paint come with a base?ReplyDelete
LOVE 'EM the yellow really grabs the yellow out of your new fun curtains!!ReplyDelete
Very nice...keep them!!ReplyDelete
I do love them!ReplyDelete
Everything you paint always looks great Susie. What I am wondering is how do you get it to go on so smooth. Like on your cabinets, do you paint with a brush, roller, sprayer? And do you use a latex or oil based paint. I'm so impressed with how beautiful paint seems to go on for you!ReplyDelete
Your kitchen is a breath of fresh air.
love loveReplyDelete
Love it Love it Love it. Nice pop of sunny yellow is always a happy touch. Sea WitchReplyDelete
Love the yellow. In fact I have a bright yellow spare bedroom in need of an uplift, what do you think of that fabric for my window treatments? Too much yellow or not enough?ReplyDelete
That burst of yellow compliments your new curtains beautifully!
I think its very unique and quite striking!
Love your "groceries" sign too!
Deborah xo
I would like it if it were a pale yellow; but that's just me. I would do a dove grey, dry brushed after.ReplyDelete
LOVE the yellow! It totally pulls the yellow color out of your window treatments...and isn't everyone crushing on the yellow/gray color combination these days? I know I am. :)ReplyDelete
Hmm I think I am in serious lust with your sassy yellow chairs :) They look great!ReplyDelete
I think they're Bold and Fabulous!! Who doesn't smile at yellow! Go Big or Go Home is always my motto! Good Job!ReplyDelete
LOVE IT! I hope that you keep the yellow chairs they are such a nice pop to add to the shades. You are my hero to go bold...I always want to do it and never do and your right...it is only paint. Keep it.ReplyDelete
I like the pop of color! I say keep them!ReplyDelete
Seems to me you might just have the happiest chairs in all of Louisiana with 'em! I think they're great!ReplyDelete
I love them. They look great!! It's a nice pop of color but not too much in that space.ReplyDelete
hmmmm, i'm not in the majority but i'm with you and not sold just yet. i would leave them for a few days and try em on. and if i didn't fall in luv i would try a glaze before i ditched them. definitely a cool pop of color though.ReplyDelete
I love it! Gray and yellow is my favorite color combo right now.ReplyDelete
Absolutely love it! Love the grey and yellow, especially the curtains. I am thinking bold right now by wanting to paint the bottom of my kitchen cabinets yellow. Thinking would be the word and getting my husband on board!ReplyDelete
I love yellow! I have a lot of yellow fiestaware on the shelves in my kitchen. I think it's good to have pops of color in a neutral space. You can always paint them black or white (or any other color) if you get tired of yellow :)ReplyDelete
LOVE it! Yellow and gray are the perfect combination. I'm about to paint a chair for my daughter's room hot pink. My husband will flip!ReplyDelete
LOVE them. We've been adding shots of color throughout our house and it makes me happy. Those yellow chairs are perfect!ReplyDelete
Absolutely brilliant ... I love, love, love it! The chairs bring out the yellow in the Roman shades and add a burst of sunshine to the room. Definitely a keeper. :)ReplyDelete
HOLY COW GIRL!!!ReplyDelete
I think that I can see those chairs all the way at my house.
You know I just gotta pick on you...thats what older sisters do!
Seriously...I like them and think your kitchen needed some color.
They are sunny..just like you!!
Love ya..Leave 'em Yellow
I actually love this! So unexpected and different therefore unique!ReplyDelete
Love at first sight! Adds just the right punch of color!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2011
Ooooooh, it looks FABULOUS!!!ReplyDelete
I'm not a yellow girl myself, but those look fab in your kitchen! I like how they pull color from your roman shades! Too cute!ReplyDelete
Hey, if I keep posting ideas you like and they cause you more work, you're not gonna stop reading my blog are you?! lol :0) Glad you liked the little feet on my cabinets! :)
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The color is cheerful! I would consider distressing them a bit and roughing the edges, give 'em a bit of dark gray glaze, then put a coordinating cushion on each chair. :) fun!ReplyDelete
I love it! The kitchen screams"Stay awhile!"ReplyDelete
Love em!!!!!ReplyDelete
Love them. Also love how they echo the yellow flowers in the curtains.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2011
what if you painted the seat white? I love the yellow... it's just a little too much of a good thing for me. :) you could paint the seat white with yellow numbers on 'em? I'm just sayin...ReplyDelete
I love them! I like little punches of color!!!ReplyDelete
Plain and simple....LOVE!ReplyDelete
I LOVE that yellow in there! Such a great pop of color! You did good! : )ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 27, 2011
I DO love it! I'm glad you did it and I hope you keep it like this for just a little while, at least. ;) Makes you smile, remember? ;)ReplyDelete
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With features like LTE connectivity, ultra-high-resolution displays, and laptop-like processing power, tablets have made their way into tens of millions of homes, and they've done it seemingly overnight. But despite popularity that borders on ubiquity and specs that edge them ever closer to desktops, it's a rare house where a tablet has replaced a full-fledged computer. Why is that? Why haven't more people scrapped their PCs for the sleeker, cheaper tablets?
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Touchscreens come in countless shapes and sizes, but at the end of the day, they fall into two basic camps: those with multi-touch, and those without. Those without, like ATMs or the display in my 5-year-old car, feel clunky and antiquated. They're often a pain to deal with. The multi-touch variety, on the other hand, is a pleasure to interact with. The ability to swipe, pinch, zoom, and rotate content in an intuitive fashion has been nothing short of a game-changing, especially for tablets. Apple said it makes users feel as if they're "touching the Internet". That's a bit hyperbolic, but it's true that manipulating a well-sorted touchscreen is more intimate than any keyboard and mouse combination. But that's not to say there isn't room for improvement. Touchscreens lack two critical features.
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But I told you touchscreens are in need of two innovations, and that's just one. The other applies to something that doesn't occur to most consumers, probably because it's not something many manufacturers tout, but whether or not they realize it, it affects the immersiveness of their experience just the same. I'm talking about response time. As is, the average touchscreen's response time, or the time it takes the screen to register a user's inputs, is 100 milliseconds. That might not seem like a long time, and outside of computers, it isn't. But when you're tracing your finger over a touchscreen as you would in, say, Draw Something, that fraction of a second can feel positively glacial, and it's enough to remind users that although their tablets mimic many real-life activities, like putting pen to paper, they're a far, electronic cry from the real thing. Not only that, they literally lag behind keyboards, which have an average response time of just 8 to 10 milliseconds.
If touchscreens were to equal or better that mark, and let's face it, they have to if tablets are to have any hope of replacing their big brothers, users could more easily forget all the processes standing between their inputs and their devices' reactions, and tablets would be more attractive for it. And such an innovation isn't far off. Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group, for instance, recently showed off a touchscreen with a lightning-fast response time of 1 millisecond - 100 times faster than your run-of-the-mill slate's screen.
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The third hurdle tablets have to clear on their way to credibility is arguably the biggest: the watered-down experience. As far as tablets have come, and as many apps as developers have added to their growing arsenals, they still pale in comparison to the versatility of the average Mac or PC, mostly because they were conceived with the casualest of intentions. Now, I'm not suggesting they turn their backs on those roots and adopt cumbersome desktop operating systems. That would be about as effective as a shot in the foot for devices that pride themselves on user friendliness. And besides, it's been done, on the first tablets, and those weren't exactly success stories.
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The beauty of this wish list is it isn't far-fetched. Each of these innovations is in the pipeline at some stage or another, and I'd wager they'll come together on a tablet in the not-too-distant future. But as capable as that device will be, with specs that are sure to satisfy all but the most demanding users, its inroads into PCs won't be automatic. Like laptops before it, it'll be up against two things: PCs, and the idea that it's nothing more than a luxury device.
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After a full day of will they, won't they, the U.S. House passed a bill late Tuesday night to avert the perilous fiscal cliff with the support of all of the region's lawmakers.
Though most Republicans voted against (85-151) the measure to raise taxes on people making more than $400,000, local GOP congressmen Charlie Dent, Lou Barletta, Jim Gerlach and Mike Fitzpatrick all voted for it. The bill made permanent lower taxes for Americans making less than that.
The bill garnered the support of all but 16 Democrats. For his last vote after a 20-year career in Congress, Tim Holden voted for it. So did Allyson Schwartz.
Hours earlier, in the darkness of the first hours of the new year, Pennsylvania U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey also halted the economic damage of the fiscal cliff. Though Congress had technically gone over the cliff, missing the Dec. 31 deadline, they swooped in before the economy splattered on the ground below. (I wanted to make a Superman saving a freefalling Lois Lane joke here, but comparing Congress to the Man of Steel seemed much too generous.)
Dent, 15th congressional district, said in a statement that the Congress got "unacceptably close."
"Let's be clear. Failing to act on this legislation would have resulted in a tax increase of more than $4 trillion over ten years for American families," Dent said. "There was widespread agreement from credible economic sources that the effects of "going over the Fiscal Cliff" would have pushed our struggling economy back into a recession and that unemployment would have reached 9 percent. Those outcomes would have caused real harm to the vast majority of American families and were not acceptable to me."
Barletta, 11th district, shared similar sentiments, saying "my goal was to get the lowest taxes possible for as many of my constituents as possible, and this bill does that."
But Barletta, who was elected in the Tea Party wave in 2010, also set up the next round of fights over deficit reduction and the nation's debt limit - a fight that promises to be just as bloody as the ones we've seen in the last two years.
"While I'm disappointed this bill does not include spending cuts, this is a tax bill, not a spending bill, so I will fight to cut ridiculous government overspending during the upcoming debate on raising the debt limit," Barletta said in a statement. "At some point, we need to address the root of our problem – the reckless spending. It's time that we take back the credit card from the politicians in Washington."


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The Hangover Part III usurped Fast And Furious 6 at the international box office thanks to an estimated $82.3m haul through Warner Bros Pictures International on close to 8,600 screens in 54 markets.
The early international running total stands at $110.7m including three markets now in their second weekend.
There was a string of number one debuts. The comedy trilogy finale fared best in Germany on $15m from 727 for the biggest launch of the year and the biggest US comedy debut in history that finished approximately 28% ahead of The Hangover Part II.
The film arrived in Russia on $9.3m from 1,228 screens nationwide and placed 104% ahead of the second episode and opened in Italy on $7.6m from 530 and 162% ahead of its predecessor.
France generated $6.6m from 801, 24% ahead of Part II, while Brazil delivered $5.4m from 550, 138% ahead of Part II. Austria produced a remarkable $3.1m from 82 for the third biggest launch of the year-to-date and the sixth biggest in history, the biggest US comedy debut and Warner Bros' third biggest launch.
Spain delivered $2.8m from 403 for number one and finished 5% ahead of Part II, while Holland generated $2.1m from 115 to rank number one and score the biggest US comedy debut and the second biggest launch of 2013.
The UK produced $4.5m from 873 in the second weekend to rank number one and reach $20.7m. Australia added $4.1m from 496 for $15.2m.
The Great Gatsby added $22.6m from 55 territories to stand at $120m. The film opened in director Baz Luhrmann's homeland Australia and ranked number one on $6.7m from 587. In its first weekend in Mexico it grossed $1.9m from 612 to place second. The UK remains the lead market thus far on $18.4m, followed by France on $11.9m and Germany on $11.8m. Russia has generated $13.8m, South Korea $8.6m, Italy $8.5m and Spain $4.5m. Gatsby arrives in Japan on Jun 14.
- Fast & Furious 6 continued to roar into the record books as an estimated $75m in the second international session elevated the running total to $310.2m through Universal Pictures International. Globally the action thriller boosted the score by $109.5m to reach $480.6m.
The film's pace is such that Fast 6 has overtaken the final international tallies of the first four entries in the series and studio executives project it will pass the $416m total of Fast Five within four weeks.
International business from 9,776 venues in 62 territories produced 32 number one results including record-breaking debuts in New Zealand and Trinidad on $1.3m from 73 for a new franchise high and $436,000 from 17 for the biggest Universal and non-3D launch.
Mexico led the second weekend holdovers on $7.2m from 602 for $25.6m, followed by Germany on $6.8m from 621 for $22.1m, Russia on $5.4m from 896 for $28.5m, Brazil on $4.5m from 393 for $15.1m and the UK on $3.3m from 488 for $32.7m after three weekends.
Fast 6 arrives in Australia on Jun 6, Venezuela on Jun 21, Japan on Jul 6 and China in July.
The Purge, Universal's first micro-budget film from its production partnership with Jason Blum, debuted in the UK on $1.5m from 347 sites to rank sixth. The horror thriller rolls out over the next five months and opens in North America this week.
Oblivion added $5.9m from 6,200 in 39 territories to stand at $186.5m and debuted at number one in Japan, a major Tom Cruise enclave, on $4.5m from 345 for 76% market share. Results from Venezuela's Friday [May 31] debut are expected on Monday. The sci-fi's worldwide total is $274.6m.
German franchise Hanni And Nanni 3 stands at an early $6.8m in four German-speaking territories. Jurassic Park 3D has taken $11.2m so far and is expected to open in China this summer.
- Paramount Pictures International's Star Trek Into Darkness is a hit in China and South Korea, where the sci-fi sequel opened on $25m from 8,000 cinemas and $5m from 600, respectively. The debuts fuelled a $37.6m international weekend from 12,293 venues in 43 markets that boosted the running total to $147.4m after four sessions.
The film has passed the final tally of the 2009 original and there are launches to come in Japan, Brazil, France, Italy and Spain. The China launch alone tripled the lifetime total of the original, while South Korea generated a debut twice that of the original. The UK tally stands at $35.6m, Germany $18.5m and Australia $14.2m.
- Fox International reported that Epic added $28.5m from 10,110 screens in 56 markets to reach $86.3m after three weekends. The animation arrived in Russia at number three on $7.9m from 2,007 and Holland at number four on $653,000 from 190.
The UK led the holdover march on $3m from 1,050 for $15.5m after two weekends, while a further $2.6m from 994 in Germany resulted in $9m after three. France has generated $5.8m after two, Mexico $8.5m after three and Brazil $7.3m after three.
DreamWorks Animation's added $3.7m from 1,834 in 22 markets for $391.2m and overtook Tangled on $389.9m to become the industry's 18th highest grossing animation.
- Iron Man 3 brought in a further $9.9m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International to stand at $795.2m and ranks as the seven biggest international release of all time and the fifth biggest worldwide on $1.18bn.
- Sony Pictures Releasing International reported that the Will Smith-Jaden Smith sci-fi After Earth opened in South Korea ahead of the 60-territory launch this week and delivered $2.7m from 494 over four days for second place.


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Six Municipalities Receive COAH Certification
TRENTON - Six more municipalities today received substantive certification under the Council on Affordable Housing's (COAH) revised third round rules. The action came during today's COAH Board meeting. The municipalities are: Blairstown Township, Cape May Point Borough, Flemington Borough, Florence Township, Milford Borough, and Old Bridge Township.
"More and more municipalities are receiving their certification each month, as we have seen record participation during COAH's third round," said Department of Community Affairs Commissioner and COAH Board Chairman Joseph Doria. "Over 350 municipalities have signaled their intent to participate in the COAH process and in the coming months, many more will be receiving certification as municipalities continue to show a commitment to providing their fair share of affordable housing."
These six municipalities join Beverly City, Eastampton Township, Frelinghuysen Township, Frenchtown Borough, Harding Township, Hardyston Township, Lawrence Township (Mercer County), Maplewood Township, Millville City, North Hanover Township, Pennsauken Township, Pennsville Township, Pine Hill Township, Plainsboro Township, Rocky Hill Borough, Springfield Township, Upper Pittsgrove Township and West Amwell Township as the first 24 towns in the state to receive certification under the third round rules.
Under the plans certified for these 24 municipalities 4,340 newly constructed affordable units have already been completed, with another 1,311 proposed. Additionally, 286 units have already been rehabilitated, with another 563 proposed.
Substantive certification is COAH's determination that a municipal fair share plan presents a realistic opportunity for the production of affordable housing to address the town's portion of the affordable housing need. The substantive certifications granted to these nine municipalities are valid until December 30, 2018 and provide protection from builder's remedy lawsuits.
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Occupy Wall Street has renewed hope for a left political renaissance by challenging economic inequality and the neoliberal discourse that legitimated it, and reintroducing the word capitalism to political debate. The "greed" of the "1%," counterpoised to the hardworking, rule-abiding 99%, has emerged as the dominant political frame of OWS. Rhetorically powerful, the slogan's elegant simplicity conceals as much as it reveals. The language of "corruption," the betrayal of Main Street by parasitic Wall Street bankers, and nationalist appeals to "take America back" all express a deep confusion as to the nature of the current crisis. This often results in a highly personalized moral critique of capitalism rather than a systemic one.
The crisis wracking capitalism today cannot be understood as simply the evil actions of greedy bankers and the 1%. In fact, as Max Weber pointed out, unlike the ostentatious opulence of earlier economic forms like feudalism, capitalism actually has tendencies which check greed – for example how intra-capitalist competition forces firms to save and reinvest. Thus the logic of states wielding coercive external power in human form as armies and police is quite different from that of capitalism, wherein power is more difficult to pinpoint or assign personal agency to. Conflating these two modes of power leads to very different political demands and outcomes. Capitalist power acts not only or even primarily on us from outside, but through us, as worker and capitalist alike are caught up in an impersonal competitive imperative that would quickly bankrupt any turncoat bankers or CEOs who might suddenly take Occupy's message to heart. Continue reading


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Quote from: lemon on June 26, 2013, 01:27:44 pmDavid, have you all this scope, or you have returned the Owon and Tekway?The OWON and Tekway have gone back, I only had them for a day or two.
David, have you all this scope, or you have returned the Owon and Tekway?
Quote from: EEVblog on June 26, 2013, 01:53:08 pmQuote from: lemon on June 26, 2013, 01:27:44 pmDavid, have you all this scope, or you have returned the Owon and Tekway?The OWON and Tekway have gone back, I only had them for a day or two.Note to self: If you want Dave to post his review ASAP set a return date on your stuff.
Quote from: Hydrawerk on June 26, 2013, 12:39:15 pmThe distributor is weird. That distributor is honest. You can tell he doesn't cheat the "Dave test". After all he will get a lot of customers when he finally scores the big one and gets Daves thumbs up on some product Rigol got huge bump in sales thanks to Dave, and that was before eevBlog channel got popular. I worked for PC parts distributor over 10 years ago (third in sales in my country, sole distributor of some big brands at the time etc) and it was common for sales/PR people to come down to the service area basement and tell us to find a "perfect unit" because some IT Paper had a hardware shootout. All of a sudden shitty brand CRT monitor/CDrom was scoring perfect marks.
The distributor is weird.
As said above, I think we saw Dave's impressions from a hurried perspective. I don't disagree with the pulse response issue, it certainly could be better, but on-balance (and that's what was missing) one area of weakness is certainly overcome by the positives when this sub-$500 scope is positioned properly in the marketplace.
And if you want the best of everything especially signal fidelity then move up the price bracket and buy Agilent. Dave know's and loves the X-series and spent a lot more time reviewing it!
To set the record straight here's the history of this instrument.It was not a new unit. It had been sold previously and had developed a problem while the customer had it.The company that bought it needed it for their business and they were unable to work without it.We did not wait for a spare mainboard to repair it.We gave the customer a new scope from our stock to get him back to work immediately.When we got the replacement board from Tekway we fitted it in this unit.That is the reason the serial numbers on the screen and on the back are different.
sorry Dave, but that bullshit what you said.
Never give Dave a potentially faulty scope. Always give him a new unit, if you want a pisitive review.
Quote from: tinhead on June 30, 2013, 02:58:52 pmsorry Dave, but that bullshit what you said. I can only base my opinion on the scope I tested, anything else would be 2nd hand opinion.That's what this forum is for, if you have experience with the scope add your own opinions.Then based on that info, people can make up their own minds.I have facts and video evidence of why I said what I said about the Tekway, it was not bullshit.
maybe Rigol is soldered by chinese virgins giving the DSO some magic ?
Quote from: tinhead on July 02, 2013, 12:20:50 pm maybe Rigol is soldered by chinese virgins giving the DSO some magic ? That's it. Her name is Anna Ohura.
Of course I don't have the information tinhead has, but in the light of the review that seemed very plausible.
So I'm a little confused.
Someone else claims that the reviewed scope is just faulty and that the scopes have no issues....even though this particular scope originally had issues, and the new board that was sent out to fix them also has issues.What have I missed?
Quote from: John Coloccia on July 02, 2013, 03:08:59 pmSomeone else claims that the reviewed scope is just faulty and that the scopes have no issues....even though this particular scope originally had issues, and the new board that was sent out to fix them also has issues.What have I missed?That "someone" is tinhead, no need to use the common backstabbing tactics of referring to "someone" and THEM.And what you missed is that tinhead doesn't say these oscilloscopes have no issues. For a year or two he is raising hell with Hantek/Tekway to get stuff fixed. What he is saying is that, based on his experience with multiple hardware and multiple firmware versions, that particular oscilloscope did not behave like what is considered "normal" for these oscilloscopes.
- same FPGA
i actually said everything what new to be said, it is not that hard to get one or two pages back and read my technical explanation of that what Dave saw on the test unit.ok, i will shot a short video, it seems that some ppl need visual things and not just few lines of "technical crap" text.
Quote from: tinhead on July 02, 2013, 12:20:50 pm- same FPGAThat one's a bit of a stretch, the only thing you can get on that is theoretical maximum gate speed, but they have to be programmed.
And once again, there was nothing wrong with Dave's review, he didn't cheated (on purpose'), so yes his statement based on his result is ok. But on the other side i (and other as well) do have working models and i/we know what one can achieve on these DSOs. So there is difference between "Dave's DSO" and "all these DSOs" and all i'm trying to do is to stop people from seeing only "back and white" when there is a rainbow on the sky^^.
I understand all that you're writing - but the question remains - when you buy a $400 - 500 product (or get one for review), should you have to search and install the perfect combination of FW for your hardware in order to prevent hangs and crashes - and make it 'achieve' the performance you expect it should have out of the box?
The whole game will change a bit when Rigol DS1000Z will be available, but still, you will not get any other DSO with big screen, fast update and 200MHz for 250EUR.


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Rick Santorum must be having a major sad tonight. His biggest problem is that he just lost the Puerto Rico primary to Mitt Romney, but what's maybe even worse for Santorum's sizeable yet delicate ego is that his fellow Republicans have now started throwing playground-style jokes his way, as evidenced by this major burn on Santorum's use of protection by Senator Scott Brown. Nice one, bro.
As for Puerto Rico, Santorum didn't exactly go down in a blaze of glory. More like a blaze of awkward stumbles. He has several times referred to Puerto Rico in the past week as its own country, and he did it yet again today on ABC's This Week, when he called the commonwealth a "Spanish-speaking country." Oof. As those of you with any basic geography knowledge (or the ability to google something) will remember, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States. That's why Santorum was there, you know, campaigning in the first place. Since he actually put in some effort there, this will come as somewhat of a blow to his momentum. Though he'll no doubt be all smiles again tomorrow as he continues undaunted in his delusional quest to be our Condescender-in-Chief.
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15 killed by suspected sect members in Nigeria
Suspected sect members disguised as traders invaded an open market and opened fire, killing at least 15 people in Nigeria's northeast village of Gajiram, witnesses and security operatives said Thursday.
Gunmen also set fire to the local government secretariat, police station and a clinic during the attack Wednesday in the village just 75 kilometers (46 miles) from Maiduguri, the volatile capital city of Borno state, where the Boko Haram ideology sprang up some four years ago.
Ngubdo Modu, a local fruit vendor, said he managed to escape by hiding in the bush. He guessed the attacks may have been in retaliation for recent arrests of sect members identified by a local vigilante group known as the Civilian Joint Task Force.
"I believe we suffered that attack because of how our Civilian-JTF had succeeded in curtailing their atrocities by pointing out some of their members to the security operatives who arrested them recently," he said.
Phone communications out of the area have been grounded for three months by security forces, so attacks are often reported late. The lack of phone access makes the area a soft target for Boko Haram, a group that wants to impose Shariah law in Nigeria.
Since 2010, more than 1,700 people have been killed in attacks by Boko Haram, which means "Western education is forbidden."
The state attorney-general Kaka Shehu Lawan and the state police commissioner have visited Gajiram to give condolences to the families of those killed and to ascertain the extent of the damage, a government official said on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to speak to the press.
The network has staged attacks recently against vigilantes. On Friday, suspected Islamic sect members ambushed and killed at least 24 members of the Civilian-JTF who were on a mission to find and fight the sect near Monguno town, 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the city of Maiduguri. Those who returned from the attack said 36 other vigilantes were missing.
Earlier that week two attacks killed at least 20 members of the Civilian-JTF in Damasak, where six members were shot while sleeping, and in Barma, where attackers disguised in military uniforms slit the throats of young men.


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INSA at FIFTY24SF Gallery Tonight.
Graffiti provocateur INSA will be showing off some new works tonight at FIFTY24SF Gallery. Expect some awesome art full of sexy high-heel shoes and drippy boobies. I wish I could go.
Upper Playground and FIFTY24SF Gallery are pleased to announce London-based graffiti, conceptual, and fine artist INSA's first solo exhibition in San Francisco opening on February 3rd, 2011. The exhibition is appropriately titled, MORE.
Within the new body of work in MORE, INSA explores themes of aspiration and expectation, wants versus needs, and happiness versus success in his most comprehensive study to date. Using exaggerated symbols of sexuality representing the commodification of both everyday life and underground subcultures, INSA examines the illusions of seduction while employing his own iconic brand of aesthetic allure to draw the audience in. INSA's new work revels in lurid excess, embracing the insatiability of consumerism and highlighting the duplicity of morality and enjoyment. Followers of the artist will be familiar with some of the themes displayed in MORE. INSA, constantly involved in interesting new projects, recently gained worldwide attention for his piece "Anything Goes When It Comes To (S)hoes," (more commonly referred to as his "Elephant Dung Heels") which were exhibited at Tate Britain in London. He has also been a pioneer in the world of graffiti on the Internet with his visually stunning, labor intensive "Gifitti." This is all in addition to INSA"s continuing insatiable need to cover any surface with his signature "Graffiti Fetish" pattern. MORE will feature 9 new provocative works, with INSA utilizing media such as sculpture and lights adding to the "glamour" of his work. The exhibition will also feature an exclusive SF edition of INSA's classic "Heel" print and a selection of photographic prints.
MORE will run at FIFTY24SF Gallery from February 3rd, 2011 – February 28th, 2011.
If anyone out there is hitting this up, please send pics!


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A NEW HIGH-FASHION CYCLE KICKS OFF WITH A VISIT FROM GUEST JUDGE ERIN WASSON - The semi-finalists for Cycle 16 head to Los Angeles, where Jay Emanuel and Miss J. help Tyra Banks pull a surprise switcheroo before the 14 finalists are chosen and move into the Top Model penthouse. At a beautiful Malibu estate, the models meet model/designer Erin Wasson and learn to walk a narrow runway � in a plastic bubble! Top fashion photographer Russell James is on hand for a backstage photo shoot. Finally, Andr� Leon Tally and Nigel Barker join Erin and Tyra Banks on the judges' panel for the first elimination of Cycle 16 (#1601).


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Northern Ireland utility man Andy Little has been ruled out of Tuesday night's World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg.
The Rangers man, who can play in a variety of positions, was under consideration to start on the right side of midfield at Windsor Park but has instead been sent back to Ibrox with a foot injury.
With only a matter of hours before the 7.45pm kick-off, no replacements have been called up to the squad.
Little had a 15-minute cameo from the bench in Friday night's 2-0 defeat in Russia but was hopeful of being named in the starting XI as part of a more attack-minded formation.
The 23-year-old opted not to leave Rangers after they were forced to begin life in the Irn-Bru Third Division and has been rewarded with a regular starting spot for the first time in his Ibrox career.
Little has responded with eight goals in as many games from midfield and spoke on Sunday of his desire to open his international account.
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If you voted for John McCain in last year's election, you may have felt a twinge of disappointment when Barack Obama took the stage. If you're male, that twinge was more than political disagreement; Obama may have lowered your testosterone.
A Duke University study, conducted on November 4th, 2008, measured voters' testosterone levels before and after the winner was announced. Participants were asked to chew a piece of gum at 8pm, when the polls in North Carolina closed, and then again at 11:30pm after Obama's election was announced. By analyzing the spit samples in the gum, the researchers were able to analyze the testosterone levels of the participants.
Men generally experienced a slight drop in testosterone over the course of the night, but the participants who voted for Obama did not experience a drop in testosterone. Male voters who voted for McCain or Libertarian candidate Robert Barr, however, experienced a significantly greater drop in testosterone than would be expected. Female voters did not show a significant change in testosterone, regardless of whom they voted for.
Duke neuroscientist Kevin LaBar was excited by the indication that voters are physiologically so affected by election outcomes, and plans to perform a similar experiment involving sports instead of politics. He figures studying Duke basketball fans is a good place to start.


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Thank you, Tink.
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)
Thank you, Olga and CC. We never know what a year may hold.
My mother's partner's father (my daughters' non-biological great grandfather)... Last year, I forgot to get him a gift and felt so awful when we shared out the gifts under the tree at my mum's house. I promised myself that this year I would get him something extra special. He passed away earlier this year and now I won't have the chance... I hope he knows I'll be thinking of him this Christmas.
I will also be missing my Nan who passed away in 2006. I used to visit her every Christmas morning and she never got to see my children. I would have loved for her to be here to see my children enjoying Christmas, the way she used to enjoy me, my brother and sister enjoying the day
Also thinking of my father who took his life at Christmas when I was a child. Not truly missed as I was too young to really understand (you can't really miss somebody you never knew) but I will always spare a thought for him at Christmas time.
Here is to all of those who can't be here with us this year And love and respect to all who will be missing loved ones this year
I will be remembering my dad, who passed away, after much suffering, the week before Christmas in 2009. :(
Our son who would have been 21 tomorrow...
Merry Christmas to all...


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Introduction to Rubber Stamping class will take place on Tuesday, November 13 at 3:00 p.m. This beginner's class will include instruction on stamping, heat-embossing, mounting and layering effects in stamping, and proper placement of the stamp on a card. Additionally, this class will include the fundamentals of mask and reverse masks, card design and winning layouts, and selection and use of decorative papers.
There are many other wonderful benefits of membership at the Dover Community Senior Center. As a member, you will have access to the Center, which includes a comfortable recreation room, large activity room, kitchen, and state-of-the-art-fitness facility. Our members often gather to complete challenging puzzles, go on mystery lunches, self-guided day trips and play games including Bridge, Cribbage, Hand and Foot, Mahjongg, Pay Me, Whist, Poker, Canasta, Scrabble, Chess and Bingo. If you enjoy crafting, we offer a weekly craft group that works on various creative projects and if you enjoy reading, we offer a monthly book club. We also offer many learning opportunities such as Ukulele lessons, computer classes, and Spanish instruction. We offer a variety of health services including a wide range of exercise classes and a visiting nurse that checks blood pressure.
An additional benefit to membership at the Dover Community Senior Center is access to the Senior Center's amazing trip schedule. Our travel coordinator works hard to plan local, regional, and international trips. These trips provide a stress free and fun way to travel with like-minded individuals and are offered at a discounted group travel rate. Upcoming trips include, Daytona Beach in Florida, Canyon Country and Las Vegas and a Cruise from Boston to Bermuda. We also have some fun day trips coming up to The Newport Playhouse in Rhode Island, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, and to see the Reagle Players in Massachusetts. If you prefer to stay closer to home, the self-guided day trip group will be visiting the Victoria Mansion in Maine.
Dover Community Senior Center, 61 Locust Street- Door #1, is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. please stop by! Our staff would love to give you a tour of our wonderful facility and introduce you to some amazing members!
Call (603) 516-6436 for more information.
NEWMARKET — Newmarket Senior Citizens Group News: Meetings are the first Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. at 6 Beech St. Ext.
ROCHESTER — Area residents, aged 50 and older, are invited to join the GOOD OLE SPORTS at Spaulding High School cafeteria on Tuesday evenings for dinner. The cost for meals will be $7.00 per person this year.
This is a very active social group. There are no dues to pay, but there will be dinner, cribbage and dancing to both records and a DJ. Also available are door prize raffles and a 50/50 "pot-o-gold" raffle.
For more information and to make a reservation or to cancel a reservation, call (603) 948-1883, answering machine 24/7, and leave a clear message before 7:30 pm on Monday with your name, telephone number and how many will attend dinner.
In case the school is closed on the scheduled Tuesday, there will be no meeting of the Good Ole Sports.
ROCHESTER — Area Seniors news: Board of Directors meets on the first Wednesday of every month at noon. All members are welcome to attend the meetings. The Tea Party will then be held on the following Wednesday, at 1:00. Join us for some tea, coffee, goodies, cards and board games. Bring a friend or two. There is no charge or sign up necessary.
Our quilting group meets on Mondays at 11:30. Experienced and new quilters are welcomed. We offer Bingo for our members every Tuesday at 1:00. We have a lot of fun. Various crafts are on Thursdays. We also have a variety of books, movies and puzzles for you to borrow.
Our dinner meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of the month at noon. This month it will be Baked, stuffed chicken, salad, potato, vegetable, dessert, coffee and tea.Cost is still only $6.00 for members. You must call by noon on the Monday, before the meal, to cancel or add your name to the list. We must pay for all meals ordered.
Our monthly Wellness Clinic is on the same day before the meeting from 11:00-12:00. Nurse Sandy from the Rochester VNA will be here.
On the 4th Thursday of each month, Donna from Wentworth Home Care brings us lunch and information of interest to all Seniors. There is no charge, but you must sign up ahead of time.
The Senior Center Office is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. We're located in the Community Center Building on Wakefield Street. Look for the red railings. Drop in and get a free copy of our latest newsletter, The Senior Scanner. It includes a calendar that lists all of our activities. Membership is open to all who are at least 50 years of age or more and you don't have to live in Rochester. Dues are still only $12.00 for the entire year.
SOUTH BERWICK — South Berwick Senior Center news:
"Home for the Holidays" A tribute to the famous Andrew sisters from the 1940s. Meal, entertainment and transportation for $85. Tuesday, December 4th.
Advanced line dancing classes are held on Fridays from 2:00 -3:00 p.m. Cost is $2 per class.
Don't forget Thursday lunch is a la carte. No reservations are required.
The senior center is located at the South Berwick Community Center on Norton Street. Stop by and pick up a Monthly Newsletter or call (207)384-3310 for more information.
WAKEFIELD — The Greater Wakefield Resource Center offers Bingo on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 10 a.m., doors open at 9 a.m. A hot meal is served immediately following Bingo at noon. Attendees do not have to live in the area to participate. Donation requested of $2.75 for each meal. For a menu, visit http://www.greaterwakefieldresourcecenter.net. A monthly Blood Pressure clinic is held the second Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. The resource center is open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information please call (603)473-8324.
DOVER — Fall is the perfect time to join the Dover Community Senior Center. Our mission is to create opportunities for seniors (ages 50 and over) to live healthy, active, and social lives. The Senior Center is offering many fun events during the month of November.


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We need just simple C-API with callbacks for the things the current plugins do. And rewrite some Visual Basic code to C++. Make plugins our internal tool without stable public API. Make them just code modules one can load dynamically via some GUI.
I agree with you. A little googling reveals very few plugins indeed.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
versión On-line ISSN 2078-5135
versión impresa ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 no.5 Pretoria may. 2011
Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among hospitalised patients with tuberculosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Scott K HeysellI; Sheela V ShenoiIII; Kathryn CatterickV; Tania A ThomasII; Gerald FriedlandIV
IMD, MPH. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration, Tugela Ferry
IIMD, MPH. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Church of Scotland Hospital, Tugela Ferry, KwaZulu-Natal. Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration, Tugela Ferry
IIIMD, MPH. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration, Tugela Ferry
IVMD. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration, Tugela Ferry
VRN, ICM. Church of Scotland Hospital, Tugela Ferry, KwaZulu-Natal. Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration, Tugela Ferry
BACKGROUND: There is little information regarding the presence and characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an important nosocomial pathogen, in rural African hospitals.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of MRSA colonisation in patients admitted to a rural hospital with tuberculosis (TB) in an endemic HIV area and to describe transmission dynamics and resistance patterns among MRSA isolates.
METHODS: A prospective prevalence survey in the adult TB wards of the Church of Scotland Hospital, a provincial government district hospital in Tugela Ferry, KwaZulu-Natal. Patients were eligible if over the age of 15 and admitted to the TB wards between 15 November and 15 December 2008. Nasal swabs were cultured within 24 hours of admission and repeated at hospital-day 14 or upon discharge. Susceptibility testing was performed with standard disk diffusion. Demographic and clinical information was extracted from medical charts.
RESULTS: Of 52 patients with an admission nasal swab, 11 (21%) were positive for MRSA. An additional 4 (10%) of patients with negative admission swabs were positive for MRSA on repeat testing. MRSA carriage on admission was more common among patients with previous hospitalisation, and among HIV-infected patients was significantly associated with lower CD4 counts (p=0.03). All MRSA isolates were resistant to cotrimoxazole, and 74% were resistant to >5 classes of antibiotics; all retained susceptibility to vancomycin.
CONCLUSIONS: A high prevalence of multidrug-resistant MRSA nasal carriage was found. Studies are needed to validate nosocomial acquisition and to evaluate the impact of MRSA on morbidity and mortality among TB patients in similar settings.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a serious global pathogen. The few reports of MRSA prevalence from Africa describe hospital epidemiology from large institutions in urban settings or aggregate data from referral laboratories.1-4 Hospitalised patients with TB have high rates of HIV co-infection in sub-Saharan Africa that may increase risk of MRSA colonisation and infection. In a study from Cape Town, 53 (18%) of 291 patients with TB and HIV infection who had clinically deteriorated had another bacterial infection, including MRSA.5 The presence and impact of MRSA among patients from rural hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa has not previously been studied.
KwaZulu-Natal Province has one of the highest rates of HIV co-infection among TB patients. At the rural hospital in Tugela Ferry, approximately 90% of patients admitted to the TB ward were found to be HIV-infected.6 Routine hospital surveillance from Tugela Ferry identified patients with MRSA. Therefore, we studied the prevalence of MRSA colonisation in patients admitted to the TB wards and sought to describe resistance patterns among MRSA isolates, and the contribution of nosocomial acquisition.
Patients and setting
Infection control staff performed a prospective prevalence survey of MRSA carriage among patients admitted to the adult TB wards at Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry from 15 November to 15 December 2008. The hospital has 355 beds with occupancy of approximately 50 patients in both male and female TB wards. The hospital management and the local district's department of health initiated the survey. Patients provided consent prior to assessment.
A single swab was taken from the anterior nares of patients within 24 hours of admission to the TB wards and transported at room temperature to the referral microbiology laboratory, plated for culture on the same day and incubated at 37ºC. Growth and identification were conducted on mannitol salt agar, with colony morphology on nutrient agar. The next day, suspicious colonies had a Gram stain performed. Identification of S. aureus was confirmed by a positive catalase and coagulase test. Susceptibilities were performed by standard disk diffusion method.7 Repeat nasal swabs were obtained at hospital-day 14 or upon discharge if preceding the 14 days, and the presence or absence of MRSA was determined for each case.
Data from medical charts included age, sex, history of prior hospitalisation within the last 2 years, TB treatment history, HIV status, CD4 count (cells/mm3) and current antibiotic exposures. Chi-square tests were used as appropriate and Mann-Whitney U-tests for non-parametric variables to compare clinical characteristics among patients with and without MRSA on admission.
MRSA nasal carriage
During the study, 55 patients were admitted and 52 consented for survey. From the admission swabs, 13 (25%) patients had S. aureus isolated; 11 (85%, or 21% of total) of these had MRSA (Table I), while the remainder were methicillin-susceptible. Of patients with MRSA on admission, 9/11 (82%) had been previously hospitalised, compared with 17/41 (41%) patients without MRSA (p=0.08). Among known HIV-infected patients, those with lower CD4 counts were significantly more likely to have MRSA on admission (p=0.03). At follow-up on day 14 of hospitalisation, among 41 patients initially negative for MRSA, 4 (10%) were positive for MRSA.
Including both admission and follow-up cultures, there were 15 patients with MRSA who produced a total of 19 isolates. Of the patients with MRSA, 9 (60%) had previously received cotrimoxazole as part of prophylaxis for opportunistic infections. All patients with MRSA were receiving first-line therapy for TB with rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol. Additionally, 2 patients were receiving ampicillin and gentamicin, and 6 were receiving a cephalosporin.
MRSA resistance patterns
All 19 MRSA isolates were resistant to cotrimoxazole, penicillin, ampicillin and gentamicin (Table II). Of 18 isolates tested for susceptibility to tetracycline, 15 (83%) were resistant; 14 (74%) of isolates were resistant to erythromycin and, although only 12 were tested against clindamycin, all were susceptible. Additional testing for the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) phenotype using the D-test among erythromycin-resistant isolates was not performed. All isolates were susceptible to vancomycin and 89% to fusidic acid.
This first report of MRSA nasal carriage in hospitalised TB patients from rural South Africa demonstrates high admission prevalence and possible additional new MRSA acquisition during hospitalisation. Among new admissions to the TB ward, 21% were carriers of MRSA. Strikingly, 90% of all S. aureus isolates from the nares of predominantly HIV-infected patients were MRSA, a rate much higher than existing data from the province. In an extensive study of all clinical isolates of S. aureus from KwaZulu-Natal, only 27% were MRSA.8 Although mechanisms of resistance were unable to be further characterised, it is notable that HIV-infected patients with advanced immunosuppression were more likely to carry MRSA.
This study also suggests an ominous trend regarding susceptibility to other antimicrobial agents among MRSA isolates. Although only 60% of the patients with MRSA carriage had received cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, all recovered MRSA isolates were resistant to cotrimoxazole. All MRSA isolates were resistant to >3 antibiotic classes, 79% resistant to 4 classes, and 74% resistant to 5 classes. Although susceptibilities to rifampicin were not performed on these multidrug-resistant isolates, high levels of rifampicin resistance from MRSA clinical isolates in KwaZulu-Natal have been noted.8
Definitive molecular investigation was not available, and the additional MRSA positivity found in the follow-up swabs might have been the result of intermittent carriage or poor technique on the first collection. However, among those with MRSA nasal carriage, available susceptibility patterns and the high rate of previous hospitalisation suggest nosocomial acquisition.
This small study underscores the need for larger-scale studies of the epidemiology of MRSA in rural South Africa, the presence of which has important clinical consequences. Identification of MRSA and reduction in empiric use of courses of expensive antibiotics that may not be of benefit require improved and more accessible laboratory capability. Unfortunately, multidrug-resistant MRSA infections may only remain susceptible to vancomycin or newer glycopeptides. In South Africa's public sector, vancomycin is a restricted medication in rural hospitals and often available only upon demonstration of a drug-resistant organism.
We also highlight the need to implement sound infection control practices. Most rural hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa have limited resources for such implementation. Patients admitted to the Tugela Ferry hospital or similar district hospitals are not routinely screened for MRSA carriage, and neither are patients cohorted based on current or prior MRSA infection. Hand-washing facilities and practices are sub-standard. The legitimate fear of airborne TB transmission in similar settings might have drawn attention from other virulent hospital-acquired infections whose transmission is largely preventable by hand hygiene and identification of infectious hosts and carriers.
A high prevalence of multidrug-resistant MRSA nasal carriage was found among TB patients with advanced HIV admitted to a rural hospital in South Africa. Nosocomial transmission was suggested by previous hospitalisation history, similarity of antibiotic resistance and possible further acquisition during hospitalisation. Prospective studies are needed to validate the high carriage rate and nosocomial acquisition as well as to evaluate the impact of MRSA on morbidity and mortality among TB patients in similar settings, and expand the evidence base for enhanced microbiological and infection control resources, policies and practices.
SKH was supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; SVS is supported by the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Support Center, National Institute of Health; GF is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Gilead Foundation, the Irene Diamond Fund and PEPFAR.
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Accepted 22 November 2010.
Corresponding author: S Heysell (email@example.com)


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How Family Influences Can Sabotage Your Fibromyalgia Eating Plan Over the Holidays
Where would we be without the unconditional support of our family and loved ones? After all, they worry about us, care for us, and are there for our ups and downs. They support us in every way, right?
But, what if I shared with you the fact that their influences may not always paint such a rosy picture? In fact, when it comes to our nutrition plans, our family influences can often sabotage our best efforts to get or stay healthy. Many even claim the influence of their families as the primary reason for their poor health choices.(1)
In this article, we'll explore how those around you, your families in particular, have the greatest authority over what, how, why, and how much you eat.
While the topic of your waistline isn't the primary concern here, it's worth noting that the influences mentioned happen to sabotage both our short-term and long-term nutrition plans. Yes, genetics and metabolism do have an effect on our overall body type and structure, but it's the day-to-day healthy food practices that have the greatest impact. For this reason, it's important to know why your relationships have influence over your eating habits each and every day.
These family influences are particularly poignant at this time of year as multiple family gatherings are likely planned for the months ahead.
For most of us, eating isn't always a solitary activity — especially for those with large families. In sizable groups, there always seems to be cause for celebration. There are birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, housewarmings, new births, or just about any excuse for get-togethers. And, let's get real. Get-togethers are about family, for sure, but let's not deny that they're about food, too. And, not just any food. They often feature family favorite foods made from handed down recipes, and are served with an abundance of tantalizing options to choose from.
Do you find it difficult to stick to your meal plans at family events? It's likely that you do.
Holiday gatherings inadvertently cause us to pile the food on our plates, unconsciously matching our portion sizes with others in the buffet line.
As children, our belief systems about food were developed from our family mealtime experiences. After all, we ate most of our meals with our parents and siblings. What was the environment like in your home? Were mealtimes full of chatter around the kitchen table? Did you eat family style or were you served a plateful and expected to finish it? Or, were you made to feel deprived with inadequate meted out portions? Did you eat in silence facing the TV screen? Overeating can simply be an emotional attempt to break the silence.
There are so many messages about eating that we learned as children. But it boils down to two schools of thought — did the lessons provided teach us to eat mindfully or mindlessly?
Eating mindfully is a rare practice.
Of course, our family members didn't deliberately dispatch negative food ideas. The intentions of most parents were well-meaning and guided by love and concern for our well-being. However, heaping portions of guilt often accompany comments such as, "Clean your plate," or "Have some more of my homemade _________ (fill in the blank). It took me all afternoon to make it!"
Obedience has its price. We nodded our heads to a second helping, cleaned our plates, and sought to please others with our eating habits. We inadvertently "ingested" the message that we can create love, acceptance, relationships, etc. with food. Then we went outside to play. As grown-ups, we may spend countless years (not to mention countless dollars) trying to unlearn these unhelpful messages. And — to add insult to injury — we no longer go outside to play.
Co-workers and office parties play a role in sabotaging our nutrition plans, too. Birthdays roll around with consistent regularity as do the boxes of doughnuts at early morning meetings. And what about the ubiquitous bowl of sweets strategically placed on the desk closest to the copy machine? In a "misery loves company" mindset, co-workers may (unconsciously) feel a sense of satisfaction to see you struggle with your healthy eating plans as much as they do.
So, what happens if you just say, "no"?
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Here's where we introduce the topic of rejection. So much about what we eat and how we eat, is unspoken. There are powerful societal (including workplace and family) pressures on our food choices.(2) If we fail to sample a family favorite casserole at a family potluck, what will happen? Do we receive chiding, teasing, or even "good-natured" ridicule (that feels anything but good-natured)?
There are two important — and different — sides to this rejection scenario, so let's look at them separately. First, we worry about how rejection affects others. We fear that they'll feel disparaged, hurt, or somehow snubbed by our actions. We don't want to say "no," because we don't want them to feel offended. We then eat (the food we didn't even intend to eat) just to keep the peace and foster the status quo.
Second, we worry about how rejection affects us. If we don't go with the flow and do what everyone else is doing, how will we be viewed? Will we be looked at as superior, haughty, or snooty? Will we be singled out and have our food choices made public? I've been to gatherings where I've heard comments such as, "Oh boy, Samantha is just eating carrots. She must be on another ridiculous diet." Or, "Marge is picking the croutons out of her salad. She must be going gluten-free."
Do the above statements sound judgmental to you?
If so, you get to take action to change how you feel about what was said. There's a difference between a simple observation and judgment. It's when the sense of judgment seeps in that we feel hurt, angry, offended, or chastised. While we can't change what others say, we can change two things: 1) We can stop anticipating their negative comments — because waiting for negative comments to come is a negative behavior in itself, and 2) We can choose to view their comments as simple statements rather than judgments — because any other view is detrimental in the long run.
Your nutritional plans are simply that — yours. You have no obligation or requirement to explain them or validate them to anyone. Eating well is an evolutionary process. We decide on a plan, and then make adaptations as needed. We may choose to focus on eating more of some foods and less of others, but it's our choice. We get to choose. We get to decide. We get to create the confidence in our own decisions — and stop waiting to receive it from others.
When it comes to family, can we really tell them what we want?
I think we can. When we create a plan in advance, we're much better armed to handle the circumstances that may arise. Therefore, here are a few tried and true tips for navigating the rocky path of your next family and office gathering. They're geared to help you get through the coming season ahead and beyond.
Try one or several to see how they work for you.
- Write down your meal plan in advance and carry it with you.
- Bring your own healthy meal (or at least parts of it, such as raw veggies).
- Bring your own healthy snack (don't allow yourself to get overly-hungry).
- Eat a healthy meal and/or snack before the family event.
- Make sure to drink plenty of water before eating, and then sip small amounts continuously during the meal and thereafter.
- Don't bring home leftovers (no matter what Aunt Betty says).
- If the gathering is at your home, be sure to send leftovers home with other family members.
- If the gathering is at a restaurant call ahead to scope out healthy options.
- If the meal is served buffet style, seek out the veggies and salads first and fill up your plate just once (all-you-can-eat doesn't have to be a personal challenge).
- Focus your time and attention on your family conversations rather than on the food. And if possible, remove yourself from the table as soon as you're finished eating.
- At work, suggest the candy dish be removed, or if that's not met with support, offer to provide an opaque (non-see-through) covered candy dish. There's merit to the "out-of-sight / out-of-mind" philosophy.
- Enlist a meal-buddy to go with you to the event (one who supports you and your personal nutritional plans).
I'd like to point out that voicing your nutritional intentions — especially at family events — can feel confrontational at first. But there's a flip side of that feeling, too. It feels a lot like freedom.
Here's to liberating your holiday celebrations from the tyranny of family and co-worker unhealthy food pressures. When it comes to what's on the end of your fork — it's your choice!
Originally published on November 17, 2013.
Sue Ingebretson is becoming a most sought after symptom-relief expert in the fibromyalgia and chronic illness communities. She's known for getting to the root of her client's health challenges and delivering long-term results using a light-hearted approach without quick-fix remedies that only mask symptoms. You can find out more and contact Sue at Rebuilding Wellness.
1. Rognlin, Briana. "Friends, Family Are the Biggest Influences on Our Health: Study." Huffington Post. October 7, 2011.
2. Tarlin, Ellen. "The Fourth Obstacle to Sensible Eating: Outside Influences." Slate.com. January 24, 2011.