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For the worst cases of type 1 diabetes, islet transplantation has freed hundreds of people from complete insulin dependence. UCSF is leading a push to bring this experimental procedure into the mainstream.
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UCSF faculty members will discuss their cutting-edge approaches to researching and delivering health care on at Dreamforce 2013's "Unusual Thinkers" track.
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Some of the most widely prescribed antidepressant medications are associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, hospital readmission and death when taken around the time of surgery, according to an analysis co-led by UCSF.
January 28, 2013
A UCSF-led commentary is calling attention to a little-known regulatory loophole that allows unsafe and untested medical devices to reach the marketplace and harm patients.
January 18, 2013
Two heads are better than one, as the saying goes – and a new study by a duo at UCSF demonstrates how having two attending surgeons in the operating room during spinal surgeries can benefit patients in multiple ways.
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A team of UCSF researchers have conducted the most comprehensive retrospective study ever conducted comparing how the major types of prostate cancer treatments stack up to each other in terms of saving lives and cost effectiveness.
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According to a provocative new UCSF analysis, patients are all too often left in the dark about how and what hospitals charge for their medical care – even in the face of a mounting push nationally for consumers to have a voice in how their health care dollars are spent.
June 24, 2011
Former NFL player Harris Barton will present a $2.5 million check on behalf of Champion Charities to Dr. Michael Prados of the University of California, San Francisco's Brain Tumor Research Center, to support its mission to eradicate brain disease.
May 23, 2011
Experts at UCSF and Caltech are pushing the boundaries of creative problem solving to address important clinical problems with the hope that the talent pool at both institutions, combined with an entrepreneurial spirit, will advance health care innovation.
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Babies who undergo fetal surgery — pioneered at UCSF 30 years ago — to repair spina bifida while still in the womb develop better than babies who have corrective surgery after birth, according to findings from a UCSF-led trial.


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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Appalachian Power crews are still working to restore electricity to customers in Virginia following last week's winter storm.
The company's website shows about 2,600 outages as of Tuesday morning. More than half of the outages are in Grayson County, where about 1,500 customers are without electricity.
Appalachian Power says it expects to restore electricity to all customers by Tuesday night.

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Edit: First attempt of livestream went pretty well! I will work on custom wallpapers for the toolbox every week on Sunday 11 am US Central time. Feel free to join in at anytime.


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Jamaal Charles was the Chief everyone expected to be a fantasy stud this season, but it has been Dwayne Bowe who has instead taken the fantasy world by storm.
A popular bounce-back candidate following a 2009 campaign in which he was suspended and dropped a bevy of passes, Bowe was likely drafted as a No. 2 or No. 3 fantasy wideout in most leagues. However, he has outplayed his draft position significantly thus far, looking much closer to a No. 1 guy now.
After having a career day Sunday at Denver in which he caught 13 passes for 186 yards and two TDs, Bowe has now hauled in a ridiculous eight scores in his last five games. He's up to nine TD grabs on the season, tying him for the league lead, and he's on track to surpass 1,000 yards. Looking like a dud early in the season, he now has elevated himself to must-start status.
Obviously, his great play wouldn't be possible if not for the play of QB Matt Cassel, who himself had a career outing in Week 10 by throwing for 469 yards and four TDs. Cassel already has matched his TD total from '09 (16), but he has just four interceptions (compared to 16 last season). He quietly has put together a very solid season, and while he's not quite consistent enough to be a weekly fantasy option, he certainly deserves to be owned in just about all leagues.


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Update, 8:15 p.m.: Service has returned to normal on all lines, according to the MTA's website.
Update, 5:30 p.m.: According to an MTA spokesman, the B and Q/N/R lines are NOT running between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
In Brooklyn, the Q train IS running between Coney Island and Prospect Park. If you need to get the Q, take the 2/3/4/5 or C line to the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and take the shuttle to Prospect Park.
According to the MTA, "customers should expect service to be impacted throughout the evening."
See the latest service update on the MTA's website.
UPDATE, 5:22 p.m.: Trains are still being re-routed, the MTA said.
Afternoon commuters have a real mess on their hands due to a fire caused by a shorted cable just outside Dekalb Av subway station in Downtown Brooklyn.
According to the New York Fire Department, the blaze was reported at 3:58 p.m.—just as thousands of straphangers prepared to tackle the beginning of the evening rush hour.
As a result of the ongoing fire, the following service changes were reported by the Metropolitan Transit Authority:
- Q and N trains will be running on the R line from Dekalb Avenue to Canal Street.
- B train service has been suspended between Brighton Beach and W. 4th St.
- D train service has been rerouted along the F line from Coney Island to W. 4th St.
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The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders is committed to high quality student learning at the graduate and undergraduate level. We feel that all students should have the opportunity to learn through cooperative interaction with faculty in both clinical and academic settings. The School is housed in beautiful Berglund Hall, a LEED-Gold certified building, on the historic Forest Gove campus.
The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders currently offers a master of science degree in Speech-Language Pathology, an undergraduate minor and a post-baccalaureate prerequisite sequence.
The master's program in speech/language pathology at Pacific University is a Candidate for Accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. This is a "pre-accreditation" status with the CAA, awarded to developing or emerging programs for a maximum period of five years.
Special Announcement: School of Communication Sciences and Disorders Awarded Candidacy by CAA
We are pleased to announce that the Council on Academic Accreditation in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology has voted to award candidacy to Pacific University's master's program in speech-language pathology for a period of five years beginning June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2017. The CAA indicated that there are no concerns identified for follow-up. As a result, we began matriculating graduate students in the Fall of 2012.


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No traveler can truly say they know Europe if they haven't thoroughly explored two of its classic cities London and Florence. Between exploring everything royal and Renaissance, eating delectable foods at little cafes tucked on every corner, and touring the museums, these two world cities have so many sights to see, you'll want to immerse yourself fully in the culture, history and 'off-the-beaten-path' delights of each.
Some of the must-see sights in London include:
* Everything royal - Explore Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey, celebrate tea time at Fortnum & Mason, and take a walking tour highlighting the romance of Prince William and Kate Middleton, from their first meeting to the royal wedding. London's West End is also a great place to explore the shops where the royals are frequently seen.
* Trace Shakespeare's literary footprints - While the original Globe Theatre, Shakespeare's playhouse in London, was destroyed in 1644, it has been reconstructed to let actors perform the Bard's plays exactly as they would have in his day.
* World War II history - London was a big player in World War II, surviving many raids by Nazi bombers. The city is full of stories about the Blitz, from tragedy to heroism, and has a memorial established at St. Paul's. Walking through the streets also showcases existing damage still left from the bombing.
These stories and sights are all included in Tauck's 'World Cities' tour of London. This six-day tour will explore London as the Londoners live, and this all-inclusive, in-depth experience includes everything from hotels, sightseeing, meals and on-tour transportation to special entertainment.
Some of the sights to see in Florence include:
* Art exploration - Florence is a city of art, from the magnificent David statue to street artisans selling crafts and paintings. Art is also found in much of the city's architecture - from the Baptistery of St. John to the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral's Duomo, one feature of Florence's skyline you can't miss. In fact, the Duomo's museum is where Michelangelo sculpted the original David. His masterwork is now on display at the Galleria Dell'Academia. Also tour the Medici family museum and the Uffizi Gallery, which includes a hidden passageway lined with self-portraits of many famous artists.
* Learn from da Vinci - Not only did Leonardo da Vinci create masterpieces of art, he also was an inventor - and some of his inventions will probably surprise you. Just a short drive from Florence into the Tuscan hills will take you to Vinci, the village where Leonardo was born.
* Italian food and drink - A trip to Italy and Florence is not complete without enjoying the region's delicacies. From freshly grown ingredients and handmade pastas to wines fermented from grapes grown on Tuscan hillsides, sampling the local cuisine is a 'magnifico' experience. And what better way to fully appreciate the region's bounty, than with a lesson in wine tasting and appreciation from a master sommelier?
Tauck's 'World Cities' tour of Florence gives you all these experiences and more over an enriching and memorable six-day immersion in Florentine culture. The company has spent 88 years designing authentic, engaging, all-inclusive travel experiences, ensuring you'll enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime exploration of Florence.
To learn more about both of these tours, visit Tauck.com to find e-brochures on London and Florence.


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Soso. What do you think would be the worst possible way to die? Cemmon kiddies, I know you can get creative.
For me, personally, the worst way to die would be getting slowly cut apart. With razors and knives and all mannors of sharp things. Getting little bits of your limbs sawed off slowly, and cuts made here and there....Ugh. Yeah, that would suck.
But getting burned to death comes in a close second. Suffocation and horrible pain all at once....yeah, that wouldn't be fun.


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NEDERLAND — A familiar foe stands between Nederland and the next round of the playoffs. Just because Montgomery is familiar does not make the Lady Bears any more beatable than they were last season.
Nederland will face Montgomery in the area round of the playoffs beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday. Game 2 will be at 6 p.m. Friday in Nederland with Game 3, if necessary, played 30 minutes after the conclusion of Game 2.
For two years, Montgomery has knocked the Lady Bulldogs out of the playoffs. Montgomery took two games from Nederland last season in the area round, but didn't stop there. The 2012 Lady Bears took 10 of 11 playoff games, including nine in a row, before falling 9-8 to Smithson Valley in the state championship game.
That Lady Bears team graduated two key pieces to last year's team in catcher Cali Lanphear and pitcher Katelyn Sanders. Lanphear has gone on to become the best hitter for No. 15 Texas A&M, as Lanphear is hitting .363 in 47 games for the Aggies with 18 home runs, 52 RBIs and 40 runs scored. Sanders, meanwhile, has gone 17-2 with a 2.73 ERA in 112 innings for Texas Lutheran.
Replacing Sanders on the mound for Montgomery is Morgan Skinner, who threw six innings in relief of Sanders in the title game last year. Skinner allowed 10 hits and five runs in 6 innings of work while striking out three.
This year, Skinner has led the Lady Bears (26-8) to a District 18-4A title and has them on a 13-game winning streak. That included a two-game sweep of Hutto in the bidistrict round that saw Montgomery score 18 runs while shutting out the Lady Hippos both times.
Nederland, meanwhile, has won five straight since dropping a second game to Port Neches-Groves during the regular season. That pushed Nederland into a second-place tie with the Lady Indians, which was settled with Nederland getting the third seed from 20-4A.
The Lady Bulldogs (24-9) then took two games from Crosby in a Friday doubleheader that saw MaKayla Kelly pitch 15 innings while striking out seven.
Nederland last advanced to the regional quarterfinals in 2010, when the Lady Bulldogs beat Dayton in the bidistrict round and Willis in the area round. Nederland lost a three-game series to Magnolia in the regional round.


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Shetland Sheep – the Perfect Smallholders Animal
Shetland sheep, while traditional to the Shetland Islands, and bred all over Great Britain, have made their way across the pond to Canada and the United States. They are a favourite breed among sheep farmers, especially smallholders. These sheep are fine-boned, smaller than most breeds, and are known to be easy to manage.
Shetland Wool
Shetland wool is renowned for its variations in colour, from whites to browns, blacks and grays. Whilst it is easily dyed, the natural colours are beloved by hand-knitters and spinners. Hand-spinners love the texture and ease in the way the fibres are drawn. The fleece is layered with tight coils beneath longer fleece, so the variety in the fleece is unique in wool. This wool has a low itch factor, with only 20 to 30 microns and can be worn next to the skin. The fleece is generally clean when shorn as it has a low lanolin percentage.
Shetland Meat
Shetland meat is more tender than most lamb because it is not bred for a fast return and grows slower than the lamb you find at the market. The taste is known to be unique, almost sweet, and it has a marbled look, much like beef. If lamb is a favourite, buy this lamb direct from a farmer to be sure you are getting the best quality.
Perfect Sheep for Smallholders
Smallholders might consider keeping Shetland sheep as they have a good nature and are not known to be difficult to work with. Consider 4 to 5 sheep per acre if there is good grassland and pasture for them. These sheep are good conservators as well. Their small feet do not disrupt the natural habitats of native plants and other wildlife, and the sheep do not destroy grass by taste unless they intend to eat it.
Shetland sheep have a lot going for them, whether you keep them for their wool, strictly as conservators, or for their meat. They are an easy choice.


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Born at just 25 weeks, Benson Borgen weighed less than a pound and a half. His mother described his first days as being on the cusp of survival.
Benson was too fragile to hold. So Breanna Borgen did the only thing she could.
"I would pray with him a lot. I would tell him how much his mommy and daddy loved him and tell him about his bright future," said Borgen.
A neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU can be a preemie's home for months. Babies are surrounded by advanced technology and skilled staff coordinating care to ensure their survival. Monitors are connected to alarms that alert nurses when a baby literally forgets to breathe.
"One of the parts of the brain that's immature is the respiratory center, which is the part of our brain that reminds us to breath 24/7 every day of your life," explained Seattle Children's Neonatologist Dr. Isabella Knox. Dr. Knox is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington.
Dr. Knox said when apnea occurs, breathing stops. The baby's heart rate slows.
"It's a scary event. But we have our monitors set so the nurses get there in time to make sure there's no harm done."
But his mother's voice, that Benson first heard in the womb, also helped him regulate his breathing and heart beat in the NICU.
"It is a familiar voice. It's not just any woman's voice. But it's their mother's voice," said Dr. Knox.
In a fascinating new study Published in the Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital played audio recordings to extremely premature infants. When a mom couldn't be at the bedside the baby heard her voice and heartbeat. Those preemies had fewer pauses in breathing, and fewer events of slowed heart beats.
Dr. Knox explained a mother's voice and heart beat give a baby a sense that he or she is part of the world, and can interact with it.
"What I go back to is, what is this baby's nervous system expecting at this time of development? So for a preemie baby it's expecting to be hearing the mother's heartbeat, being able to kick, and possibly receive a response of some sort," said Dr. Knox.
She said staff at Seattle Children's encourages families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The space is designed to keep noise low, with many individual rooms where parents can stay close to their babies.
Benson is home now, after six months in the NICU. During that time his family, grandmother, father, and his mom had been with him for about 12 hours nearly every day.
"That is amazing to think about how much time I spent with him, and how much he heard my voice, that he never did have issues of apnea or dipping of his heart rate, so, I have to be a believer, yes," said Breanna Borgan.


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Updated 12:33 p.m. Tuesday with the Jan. 23 special meeting agenda attached. The agenda was sent out Tuesday morning after the story had been published.
The Poway Unified School District board is set to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the district office, 15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego.
On the agenda:
- Resolution to sell the water tower site (Item D-301): Rancho Bernardo residents have been asking the board to work with the City of San Diego to turn the site, about 11 acres of land at 16061 Avenida Venusto, into a park. But according to the agenda, the city has not been in touch with the district since July and district officials are now moving forward with a vote on a resolution to open up the property to bids. [See: RB Residents Speak Out about Water Tower Site]
- Investigation into billion-dollar bond controversy: Superintedent John Collins is expected to announce the results of an independent investigation into the Capital Appreciation Bonds (CABs) sold to finance school fixes that now have local taxpayers on the hook for nearly $1 billion. District officials have been hushed about the details of the investigation and, according to a Voice of San Diego report, are going to go into further detail about the report during a later special meeting. The agenda mentions an upcoming special meeting for 4 p.m. Wednesday about the "legislative platform."


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Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. has agreed to pay more than $2-million to settle sex discrimination cases at four plants. The Plants are in West Point, Nebraska, Denison, Iowa, Waterloo, Iowa and Joslin, Illinois.
The company, based in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, has entered into two consent decrees to pay $2.25 million in back wages, interest and benefits to 1,650 women. The women were rejected for employment at the four plants.
Tyson has also agreed to offer jobs to at least 220 of the women who were earlier denied employment. Those offers will be made once the positions become available at the plants in Denison, Waterloo, and Joslin.
The U.S. Department of Labor made the announcement Tuesday.


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Don't Be Left in the Dark - Welding Generators Offer The Best Value For Emergency Power
The 2005 hurricane season left millions of people without power for days, weeks and even months. With the devastation of Hur ricane Katrina and the damage of Wilma still evident, preparedness is important before the start of hurricane season (June 1). While you might not live in an area of the country affected by hurricanes, perhaps you need to think about emergency generator power before an ice storm cuts your power line.
When you desperately need lights, tools and appliances, a generator becomes worth its weight in gold. If you need 120/240 VAC power in the field, such as for emergency equipment repair, construction or farm/ranch work, portable generators also make sense for everyday use.
What doesn't make sense is spending good money for a machine that only generates power when an engine-driven welder/generator offers a much better value. Welder/generators offer these benefits:
* They produce 4,500 to 10,000 watts of 120/240 VAC power
* Provide 140 to 300 amps of welding power
* Typically retail for $1,900 to $4,000 - that's up to $1,400 less than an equivalent generator-only unit!
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The shear weight of ice buildup easily snapped an electric pole and evergreen in two as parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri were hit by an epic ice storm.
Powering Up
The welder/generator that's right for you first depends on how much generator power you need. Keeping household essentials running - lights, furnace, refrigerator, well pump, stove, microwave, TV and/or air conditioner - requires at least 5,000 to 8,000 watts. Under this type of load, a welder/generator with a 12-gallon gas tank will run more than 10 hours.
As for running motors and tools, look at their nameplate to find how much power they take to run (either in watts or volts and amps; volts x amps = watts). Unlike resistive loads that require a constant amount of power (e.g., light bulbs), non-resistive loads - that's any equipment with a motor - can require three to six times their "running wattage" when first turned on. This is known as the "starting wattage."
If you do not know the starting and running wattage of common farm, home and contractor tools, Miller provides a Wattage Reference Guide. In addition, we have a handy Power Calculation worksheet and Cost Savings Comparison to generator-only units.
Be sure to test the capabilities of any welder/generator since there is a huge performance difference between models (read about one man's "ice storm" experience at the end of this story). For instance, some welder/generators actually have a starting wattage that is less than their total output, where others are designed to better manage the "over current" that occurs briefly when starting motors.
The Bobcat™ 250 - Miller's best-selling unit, provides good motor starting capabilities, while Miller's Trailblazer® 302 provides the strongest motor-starting performance in its class. Both units deliver 10,000 watts of Accu-Rated generator power, which means that they provide 10,000 watts of peak power for a period of 30 seconds (some machines can only deliver peak power for a very, very short time).
When size matters, Miller's compact and portable Blue Star® 145 DX and 185 DX models offer a fuel capacity three times larger than previous models. Featuring useable peak power of 4,500 watts for the Blue Star 145 and 6,000 watts for the Blue Star 185, the Blue Star Series is perfect for power generation and welding in areas where space is limited. When outfitted with optional running gear, the Blue Star is one-man portable and takes up very little truck space.
Plugging In
You can plug tools and appliances directly into a welder/generator's 120/240 VAC outlets. Generally try to limit the load to 90 percent of generator output. Always start non-resistive (motor) loads in order from largest to smallest, and add resistive loads last. If a motor does not start within five seconds, turn off power to prevent motor damage. The motor requires more power than the generator can supply.
Trees can fall under their own weight causing damage to housing and cars.
You also can connect a welder/generator into your house, garage, barn or work shed's electrical supply. For safety reasons, a qualified person should perform this task. Be sure to comply with code and license requirements, too. For example, the National Electrical Code (NEC) advises that the only legal and safe way to wire standby generator power to your home is through a three-position transfer switch. Also for safety reasons, never keep a running generator in a garage or enclosed area where the fumes could harm people or livestock.
Refer to your Owner's Manual for complete safety and generator power guidelines. Since owner's manuals often get lost, damaged or used once too often as a coffee mug coaster, Miller makes them available for free on-line.
Two for One
If you're like most folks who buy a welder/generator, you'll probably use the generator power more than you think. However, you'll definitely value the welding power, especially if you live in a rural area, farm or ranch.
All welder/generators provide DC output suitable for Stick welding. This lets you weld just about anything made of mild steel, stainless steel and cast iron. Most of these machines also let you weld steel and stainless with the DC TIG process (GTAW or "heli-arc"). For welding aluminum, you need a machine with an AC TIG output or a constant voltage (CV) output for MIG welding (a wire welding process).
Machines with a CV output also work better for flux cored welding. This process is often used for dirty or rusty materials and for portability, as some flux cored wires do not require a bottle of shielding gas like MIG welding does.
Note that some machines cannot provide good generator power and welding power simultaneously. However, Miller designs its machines for this purpose, enabling both you and a helper or two to work from a single unit. Take building a fence from steel pipe for example. One person can weld, a second can grind and a third can run a chop saw.
Where Can You Find It?
When hardware and traditional supply stores run out of machines - as they always seem to do during emergencies - call or visit your local welding supply distributor. Distributors sometimes maintain a bigger stock of welder/generators, and they can get emergency shipments direct from the factory. Distributors are also your best source of welding advice and supplies.
Welder/generators are intentionally designed with arc performance characteristics suitable for particular tasks. If you plan to do delicate or specialty work, you don't want to use a unit designed for general purpose welding. Conversely, if you know what you want to weld, there's no sense spending more money than necessary.
While you might not need to weld or use generator power every week, investing in a machine that performs both makes economic sense. A welder/generator costs no more than a regular generator, and it saves time and money by allowing you to make your own welding repairs. Consider it a late Christmas present for yourself. After all, an electric razor or DVD player won't keep the furnace blower fan running during a power outage, but a welder/generator will.


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"Pineapple, peppers and teriyaki sauce are packed in aluminum foil with chicken breasts. This yummy recipe is easy to prepare and to cook! Tastes great over rice."
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- Preheat a grill for medium-high heat.
- Lay out four squares of aluminum foil. Place one piece of chicken in the center of each square. Pour the teriyaki sauce over them, turning to coat. Distribute equal amounts of the green and red peppers, onion and pineapple chunks amongst the chicken pieces. Fold the foil up and seal tightly into packets.
- Place the packets on the grill, and cook for about 20 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear. I like to take one packet off the grill and check it before removing them all.
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Really very good. I did make a few changes. Cut the chicken into cubes and marinated it for about 30 minutes then placed all ingredients into a casserole dish and baked it for about 35 minutes at 350 and served over hot rice. Next time I think I will add garlic powder and a few red pepper flakes for a little added zip. I also may try doing it as a stir fry so I can thicken the sauce a little bit. Regardless it was very good and super easy!
I made this on our camping trip this weekend, and it was a big hit! Only it took closer to 40 minutes to cook. We didn't mind because we were having so much fun sitting around the fire, watching them cook.
I love cooking in foil packets because it's fast and easy. This recipe is no exception! I grilled the packets and the chicken was super moist. The combination of the veggies, sauce, and pineapple is very tasty. I served the contents over rice (be sure to pour the juice from the packet over everything...yum!) This freezes exceptionally well, too.
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Amount Per Serving (4 total)
- Calories
- 304 cal
- 15%
- Fat
- 1.7 g
- 3%
- Carbs
- 38.9 g
- 13%
- Protein
- 33 g
- 66%
- Cholesterol
- 68 mg
- 23%
- Sodium
- 2841 mg
- 114%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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How an economics book might help your relationship more than marital counseling
Sure, you could tune into TV talk shows for some tough love advice about the state of your relationship, or have a sit-down for coffee with your closest girlfriends to vent about your husband's domestic shortcomings. But have you ever considered the advice of Adam Smith or perhaps John Maynard Keynes? There's a lot you could learn about marital bickering from these two dead economists. So say the authors of the book Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage & Dirty Dishes.
Authors Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson, who write for The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, have applied the market rules of cold hard capitalism to the economy of your marriage to help you efficiently allocate limited resources such as time, money, sanity, and, yes, even your sex drive. Prevention.com chatted with the authors to learn the top seven marriage mistakes even smart couples make.
1. Splitting the housework 50/50. This is often considered the "fairest" way to split the chores, whether it's washing the dishes or walking the dog. But aiming for 50/50 means you're constantly keeping score, making sure that neither of you is getting the short end of the stick, and bickering every time you think you are. Spend too much time fixating on fairness today, and you risk not making it to the long run when things often balance out.
It's better to use a system similar to what economists call "comparative advantage," where each of you is responsible for what you're best at, relative to other tasks. You might handle all the bills, grocery shopping, and laundry, while your spouse sweeps and mops and fixes things when they break. Some weeks, you'll end up doing more, other times it might be 75/25 in his favor—but you don't keep track because if your husband handled the grocery shopping, you might end up with a pantry full of Tostitos.
2. Waiting until you're in the mood to have sex. Unless you're both extremely hot and share an obsessive addiction to monogamous sex, odds are you're not in the mood as often as you were when you first met. So if you wait 'til you're turned on, months might go by before it occurs to you that maybe sex would be a fun thing to do.
The economist George Loewenstein developed a theory called the hot-cold empathy gap, which says we have two selves: a cold, clear-headed rational self that might say, "I will have sex with my husband when I come home tonight because I love him and I will enjoy it and heck, it's good for my marriage" and a hot, impulsive, emotion-driven, irrational self that says, when the time actually comes, "I've had such a bad day, I feel fat and bloated, my husband is annoying tonight...No way am I having sex. I'm going to watch the Real Housewives and go to bed."
When the time actually comes, we may not be in the mood, but we need to listen to our "cool" selves, the voice before we had a bad day. You're not in the mood NOW, but you were THEN, when you were thinking about it, and you'll enjoy it—so just do it. You might not be in the mood, but you won't regret it, either.
3. Assuming a rough patch is the end of the world. Relationships go in cycles. There are ups (booms) and downs (busts), just like in the economy. They're not only inevitable, but they're actually healthy. They force you to see where you've let things slide, taken each other for granted, or just lost sight of what's important. Embrace the rough patches and borrow a concept from economics called "creative destruction," or innovating in the face of crisis, and think up a novel solution to an issue that keeps dividing you.
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What can I say about Oshkosh- the largest airshow in the world? (Although the sponsoring organization, the Experimental Aircraft Association, calls it AirVenture, everyone calls it Oshkosh.)
First, there were planes, planes and more planes. People come to see the planes, and there were thousands of planes. I heard that over 10,000 planes fly in and during the week it is the busiest airport in the world! Hundreds of RVs (the planes, not the camping vehicles,) hundreds of Cessnas, hundreds of everything, it seemed.
Second, I have NEVER met such friendly, friendly people. In spite of the sticky heat, (it was hot and humid the entire week) everyone I saw was cheerful. There were long lines waiting for the trams to get from one area to another. - and standing in the hot sun waiting to board wasn't fun. Yet no one griped, sweaty people squeezed together so others could get on board, and folks started up spontaneous conversations.
What was truly amazing to me was that every person I met who was working the show - in the restaurants, in the vendor booths, driving the trams and the busses, cleaning the showers - EVERYONE was cheerful and friendly. In spite of the heat and the humidity.
Third, the place is HUGE. When I went into the city of Oshkosh to do laundry, it took almost 15 minutes of driving to leave the airport grounds! Planes, people, tents and campers everywhere. I frequently took 3 different trams to get where I wanted to go.
Some folks were lucky and had their own airshow-sponsored transportation. I fell in love with the cute VW bugs that seemed to be everywhere. They were painted various bright colors and were assigned to folks who had come long before the show to help set up.
Fourth, although there are some paid folks, the entire event is staffed almost entirely by volunteers. One woman told me that she and her husband had come in early June to help get everything ready in the ultralight area, and didn't expect to leave until mid-August, helping break down and clean up. They were there on a purely volunteer basis, and also paid for all their own expenses.
Fifth, the weather was immaterial. People were there to enjoy themselves. The heat and humidity were almost overwhelming, but people were happy. Even red-faced toddlers getting pulled around by their parents weren't crying or cranky. Even the pouring rain that began early Wednesday morning, the third day of the show, didn't dampen people's spirits. People put on all sorts of rain gear (including garbage bags,) and continued looking at the planes, the vendor booths, and everything else. People stood under the planes' wings to talk and share experiences.
Saturday afternoon, July 30, was horrible - a "straight line wind" (Wisconsin/Minnesota language) whipped up suddenly. I don't know how fast the winds were going - best guess is about 60-70 mph. (North of Oshkosh the winds were clocked @ 100 mph.) In the ultralight area it was a disaster. Five planes were almost totally destroyed. People grabbed for whatever plane they were standing by, holding them down - even though virtually all were already tied down. I saw a Casperwing go cartwheeling, and two Quicksilver MXs were sadly broken. Then it was over, and everyone pitched in to do whatever needed to be done.
What else can I say about Oshkosh itself? The daily airshows were spectacular and there were several concerts. The last night (Saturday) there were TWO airshows - the usual afternoon one and then a night one, where the planes looked like meteors streaming fireworks. Absolutely incredibly beautiful. I spent most of the show like everyone else - walking, gawking, and talking.
Sunday morning (July 31) we did some final flight planning. Our time at the biggest airshow was over, and we needed to get on our way home.


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DANVILLE — At home, he acts like a big puppy most of the time.
But Adan is a champion in the show ring.
Adan, a golden retriever owned by Carol Dunn, of Montour Township, has qualified to compete in the 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Show on Feb. 11-12 in New York City. Dogs must accumulate points to become champions in order to enter.
Show officials expect 3,200 entries, up from 2,000 last year. Sixty-three goldens are registered.
This will be Adan's second time at the show. The dog, who turns 4 on Jan. 25, competed last year for the first time at Westminster.
He left Monday for the home of his handler, Mark Desrosiers, in the Catskills. Desrosiers showed Adan at Westminster last year. The dog received a Judge's Award of Merit. Four of those awards were given.
Adan is listed among the top goldens in the country. He's No. 4, making him the top male in the nation because the rest are females, Dunn said.
"He's very energetic and so sweet. He loves everybody and everything," she said.
Being among the top five in the country automatically got him an invite to Westminster, she said.
At Westminster, Adan will be judged in conformation related to his structure, temperament, movement and how he conforms to the standards of the breed, said Dunn, who will attend the show.
It's probably been 30 to 40 years since a golden won at the show. She has no theory as to why that is.
"He's my first champion. I'm thrilled he has gone on to do as well as he has. I never expected this to happen," said Dunn, a Geisinger Medical Center nurse.
She's had Adan since he was eight weeks old after a breeder friend gave him to her. "She knew he showed potential," said Dunn, who showed Adan when he was a puppy and has competed in shows in the past.
"He was drop-dead gorgeous from the beginning," Dunn said. Adan now weighs 75 to 80 pounds.
This will be Adan's last Westminster show since Dunn plans to keep him home after that. Last year, he competed in shows from February through November.
"It was too hard with him gone for so long. I missed him too much," she said.
After Westminster, "He will be going for agility lessons," she said.
At home, Adan sleeps on the bed and will steal something from the sink and run with it if he can. The father of two litters will also snag toilet tissue if a bathroom door is open.
Six-year-old Teal, who rules among the family's goldens and has an agility title, recently gave birth to 10 puppies. The puppies, which sell for $1,400 each, are already spoken for.
"I have people on a waiting list for puppies," said Dunn whose kennel is Darby Hill.
Dunn and her husband, Fred Harner, also have Kennedy, an 18-month-old puppy of Teal and Adan, and two golden rescues named Joey, about 5, and Goldie, about 12. They own two cats they rescued — Kleber and Reebok.
An owner of goldens for 30 years, Dunn is a member of Autumn Valley Golden Retriever Rescue at autumnvalley.org.
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In a reasonably recent article, I chronicled the purchase and subsequent untimely loss (via theft) of my first generation iPhone. While expensive and unfortunate, this had the nice side effect of giving me the chance to buy a second generation – 3G – iPhone to play around with some more.
Having had it for over two months now, I've been quite pleased with it, although the battery life leaves something to be desired. The 16G of storage and the better internationalisation support are huge enough sells on their own for me.
Given that the iPhone dev-team hasn't cracked the 3G baseband yet and that I have been using such a non-cracked phone here in China for many weeks now, I was under the assumption that I was using an unlocked Hong Kong 3G iPhone, and could upgrade it as I wished to use it around the world.
It turns out I was wrong. Spectacularly so. Last night, after upgrading the phone to the 2.2 firmware (and therefore the 2.28.00 baseband), I now have an iPod Touch, with a permanent "No Signal" in the upper left corner. What happened? I do not, it seems, have an unlocked phone, but instead there's a little shim SIM card inside the phone which does the unlocking for you, but only for specific basebands. While I can't quite see which one I have, it clearly doesn't like the 2.2 release's new baseband, and stopped working entirely.
So, I have two choices:
- Given that new 2.2-enabled shim SIM cards are coming out, I can go to the same place I purchased the phone sometime later this week hopefully and get a new shim card to re-enable my China Mobile SIM card.
- I can otherwise wait for the dev-team to crack the 2.2 firmware's 2.28.00 baseband, which will likely take a while, as they've only recently cracked the 2.11.07, and haven't actually released that yet.
I could have avoided all of this by only updating the firmware and not the baseband, but that would have required understanding exactly what I had in my phone. Whoops.[Read Rest of Article]
PHP started 2008 out on a roaring positive note. With adoption of PHP 4 finally dropping off to barely perceptible levels (apart from the occasional user complaining about how great things were in the good ole' days and why do we have to change and – hey, get off my lawn you punk kids), PHP 5 had truly joined the big leagues, and the main complaint about the language shifted from it being be a quirky language with horrific (potential) security holes like register globals and klunky
HTTP_POST_VAR arrays to it being a quirky language with crappy Unicode support. Talk about PHP 6, already quite vocal in the second half of 2007, was reaching a fever pitch, and some overly zealous people even started publishing books based on only some white-papers and vague ideas of what it would look like.
Along came March, however, and PHP 6 was nowhere to be seen. At conferences, questions from attendees and developers about rough guestimates for a final release dates were met with awkward coughs, sideways glances, and the inevitable "it will ship when it's ready" response. When asked what they were working on, many people pointed out how focused they were on PHP 5.3 and near-term releases.
In fact, the more you looked, the farther and farther PHP 6 seemed to get, and the community suddenly got very quiet. As summer rolled around, much of the mindshare and energy seemed to be switching to framework development, as companies such as Zend realised they weren't going to make money selling PHP and related IDEs alone, and other big name developers found themselves having to work to make money. News on the PHP website was hard to come by and limited largely to conference announcements.
While the rest of the web development community started to get excited about developments in new and exciting languages such as Ruby, Erlang, or even Python, PHP was starting to feel decidedly stale and old. The blogosphere went on one of its periodic "PHP sucks" campaigns, and loyalists found themselves on the defensive, trying to explain the whole needle-haystack / haystack-needle thing again and again. Late in the summer, a pretty alert colleague with whom I develop sites even commented that "PHP's dying. It might be time to look at other options." Throw in a non-trivial amount of bad press that MySQL seemed to be receiving after its merger with Sun Microsystems along with the latter's subsequent mismanagement of employees and community, and it was beginning to look like time to worry about people jumping off the PHP/MySQL platform ship.
As the year grew old, however, and PHP 6 looked like a depressing myth, something interesting happened: PHP 5.3 started to gel together and enter alpha-release. Many features that had originally been planned for version 6 had been pushed forward into this release, including namespaces (including the much-derieded \ syntax), some international support, and some better math functionality.
Indeed, many of the non-vague or extremely optimistic features of PHP 6 will be showing up in this release, and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see PHP 6 completely rebooted as a new branch and new project based on the current 5.3 line. Looking more closely, you'll see that there were many of the same people this year quietly working behind the scenes on the project, developing and adding new features, and advocating in favour of the platform. People are still developing for PHP in huge numbers, and the language's sheer productivity and ease of use make a compelling argument even in the face of sexier or more innovative-seeming languages.
With the arrival of 2009, and the pending release of PHP 5.3, one can feel the excitement in the air. With namespaces, closures, and continually improving i18n support (which is already workable, if not optimal), there is no reason to doubt that PHP will continue to be a dominant platform for years to come. Rest assured the language isn't dead or dying. It just took a breather for a few months.
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Our love story started on the soccer field where Chris and I both played soccer for the Boxers.
The men's and women's team traveled together, practiced at the same facilities and hung out with one another during social events, so it was only a matter of time before we started talking.
During one party, with some liquid courage, Chris finally got the nerve to talk to me one on one. He pulled me into the bathroom to show me the flowers in his eyes, it was cute, but I wasn't that impressed.
However later that night we ended up sitting in the back seat of a car together during a Taco Bell run. We talked and laughed and got to know one another. He asked to take me to lunch the next day and I agreed. The next day he took me to Phil's for a sandwich and after that date I knew that he was the perfect man for me. We ended spending all our free time together, lying in a hammock under the oak trees, sitting in our dorm rooms, or walking around Trombley Square.
We have now been together for eight years, married for five. We have one daughter Ella, who is two-years-old and another baby on the way. Although our time at Pacific University was short, we reminisce about our experiences there quite often. We hope to make it back to visit soon.
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New Buffalo Brewing Co. of Akron is looking to raise money to help in its quest to bring draft beer to Buffalo and Rochester, a worthy cause if we've ever heard one. Find them on Twitter here.
Friday's free tasting at Blue Monk, 727 Elmwood Ave., will feature three new creations: Saloon Boss Brown, Big Fish Bitters and an experimental ale. The tasting runs from 6 to 8 p.m., or until they run out of beer, according to William Campbell, the microbrewery's founder.
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Changing the Debate on Iraq is Not Good Enough
by Jonathan Singer, Thu Dec 28, 2006 at 10:05:06 AM EST
In The New York Times today, James Risen offers a paean to Oregon Republican Senator Gordon Smith, who earlier this month offered a rhetorical attack on American policy in Iraq. To briefly excerpt, Risen calls Smith's "one of the most passionate and surprising speeches about the war in Iraq yet delivered in Congress" and an "incendiary and marked a stunning break with the president". He also writes that "his somber cadence resonated in a way that made political Washington take notice" and that "Mr. Smith may have signaled that some moderate Republicans in the Senate are poised to break openly with the White House on the war, just as President Bush is seeking a new strategy to deal with the bloody stalemate in Iraq."
There is little question that Sen. Smith's speech -- along with the spate of books on Iraq that came out in the late summer and early fall (most notably Bob Woodward's Denial), the growing bloodshed in Iraq, the release of the Iraq Study Group's report, and the election results from November 7 -- helped change the debate over American involvement in the country. No longer does the President use the phrase, "Stay the Course." No longer does the White House insist we are "winning."
Yet while the debate over Iraq has shifted, the reality of the situation -- both on the ground and in Washington -- has not. President Bush is no more willing to begin the redeployment of American troops than he was six months ago; in fact, he is attempting to mount an escalation by sending even more American troops into Iraq. U.S. forces continue to bear an increasingly large burden, with more American soldiers dying every day in Iraq than at any point since April 2004. Significant violent attacks in the country are being systematically underreported, with the ISG finding that on one day in July 93 attacks were reported to have occurred while in reality "a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light more than 1,100 acts of violence."
Changing the tenor of the debate in Washington is neither alleviating the problems in Iraq nor actually forcing the President to take steps towards decreasing American involvement in the country. Even the fact that a majority of Americans support withdrawing troops and that Americans voted Democratic last month, at least in part in the hopes of sending a clear message to Washington that the current Iraq policies cannot be continued, has not been sufficient to cajole policymakers into truly changing course.
Given this situation, it is simply not sufficient to change the debate over Iraq. It's just not good enough. Real policy shifts must occur -- and soon -- so mere declarations and even sense of the House or Senate resolutions will not suffice. This goes both for the Republican "Up for Reelection in 2008/Change of Heart on Iraq" caucus as well as Democrats who genuinely believe in drawing down American forces but have thusfar been unwilling to take the steps necessary to ensure that happens. Congress must hold a vote on a firm timeline for the beginning of withdrawal of American forces. Even if Senate Republicans filibuster such a move, which I assume they would do, then at least there will be a clear record of their support for indefinite American involvement in Iraq.
It's no longer time for talk. It's time for action. Democrats in Congress can and should hold hearings on Iraq, because good policy rests on thorough investigations. But these hearings must culminate with legislation and votes -- not more discussion. Unless the Democrats begin to force the President's hand in one way or another, there will be no change before January 20, 2009.


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Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara is one of the most celebrated hockey players in Slovakia (and, we're just speculated, not among its shortest). At the recent Zlatý Puk a.k.a. Golden Puck awards, Chara captured the honors for best defenseman and best player in Slovakia — topping a field of Marian Gaborik, Miro Satan, Jan Laco and Marian Hossa.
Ah, but then came the greatest honor … the honor to RAWK!
Chara was pulled out of the audience at the awards by a member of the band Team, given a guitar and joined them on their hit song "Drzím Ti Miesto" in front of a leggy collection of dancing girls in hockey sweaters.
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Ward, the first head of the Stuttgart, Germany-based U.S AFRICOM, was investigated for excessive spending, including his family's unauthorized use of government planes, hotel stays and miscellaneous expenses during official trips. The Defense Department's inspector general report released to Federal News Radio found that Ward brought his wife and 13 aides on an 11-day trip that cost taxpayers $129,000, but he conducted official business on only three of those days. AP reported Ward must repay the government $82,000.
AP reported in August that Ward intended to retire from the military in April 2011, but the Army held up the process because of the investigation. He was most recently working as the special assistant to the vice chief of the Army, a position the AP called a "holding area" for military officials under investigation.The demotion means Ward will retire as a three-star lieutenant general instead of a four-star general, which according to the AP could mean a difference of as much as $1 million in retirement pay.
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GARNER — Thirty-five animals — most of them reportedly old and infirm — were removed from a Garner address by the Humane Society of North Texas Tuesday after the organization responded to an alert from Parker County animal control officers.
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"They had given away over 100 animals," Huffman said, referring to the property owners, a couple with the last name of of Williams. "[The Humane Society] seized 28 dogs, two cats, two rabbits and three rats."
Peggy Brown, a spokeswoman for the Humane Society, described the Garner operation as a "puppy mill" for purebred dogs. Several Great Danes were seized, she said.
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"Some of them look thin, but it's hard to tell if they're malnourished or if they have a health condition."
Brown said the Humane Society will be evaluating the animals to see if any are adoptable and has already received calls from rescue organizations who have volunteered to take those that are not.
"They won't be going anywhere until this is settled in the courts," she said.
Huffman said a property hearing is scheduled in Judge Kelly Green's office Tuesday. An appeal could follow.
She said the sheriff's office has no report on the incident.
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Therefore, if you have a history of addiction disorder, you have a very low chance of re-addiction with opioids. But if you've never had an addiction disorder, your chances of becoming addicted to them now are something like the chance of getting hit by lightning or dying in an airplane crash. Now, knowing that doesn't stop you from walking in the rain or boarding a flight, does it?
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Yes, tolerance takes a toll after many years. But I've had the opportunity to discover what my life would feel like today without the medications. I would not decide to go on. With the medications, I've turned to writing in my retirement. Surprisingly, I have had five books published and I have a literary agent.
All of this unimagined reward is only possible with my opioids and pain management techniques, gleaned from two pain clinics. Using pain medication does not make me a weak person. Weakness is in not trying anything that could help, not pushing yourself to do more... be more.. enjoy more. About 1% of chronic pain patients using opioids become addicted (see above). Not much to fear there. Tolerance and withdrawal are managed quite well today.
My heart goes out to pain patients who refuse to take or who cannot benefit from medications that can help them manage chronic pain. It's not an end-all. Powerful mind-body techniques like biofeedback can also help. So can acupuncture, injections ,TENS, spinal cord stimulator and the intrathecal infusion pump. They are many tools to help us manage chronic pain. But the most effective one is the safe and effective administration of opioids.
Here is a very useful site showing the most comprehensive recent research on the all of the interventions we use today to manage spinal pain, along with the efficacy of each rated at six and twelve months: http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/2009/july/2009;12;699-802.pdf .
I have read a lot of your posts and you have been very helpful to a lot of people !But ,as far as your info on addiction I have to disagree!
Many years ago I was not an addict !I went to a Dr. for chrnic headahes and was given 2 different meds.!Pain killers !
Anyway after probally a year I already had become dependant and then it crossed over to addiction !
There is not enough room here to tell everything ,but it does happen !
To continue !Many years latter I goty into a program like AA called PA which is for pill addicts and ZI heard my story 100 's of times !!It all started with chronic pain and the same with these other people !
Now a lot of time has passed aand because of my pain aI have to take narcotics and Thank God he has helped me be able to do this ,but I still remember that I have to be careful!
Take care,77grace
I congratulate anyone who can beat addiction disorder. Having counseled in the field, I know how difficult recovery can be.
And, I accused no one in this discussion of being an addict. I simply pointed out that people who have never experienced addiction disorder before have absolutely no reason to fear using opioids and becoming addicted.
I also firmly believe in pain management programs that are comprehensive (not injection mills). I would say that my pain was vastly reduced with them. But I learned how to use biofeedback and it puts a dent in my pain. Some people obtain relief with other treatments. Those who don't can often consider a surgical implant. Their track records are not awesome, but what do you have to lose by trying?
Thanks for your input too !!!!It just seems like such a lo0wpercent when I have met so many people who became addicted to narcotics after taking them for chronic pain !They always took it as prescribed at first and then in time many of these started to abuse them ! I think a lot of these were taking vicoden ,which kind of gives some people a buzz ! Reason ,the drug stopped working so they take more and THEN it crosses to addiction ! But you seem to have researched this so I guess you guys know the stat's !
Take care, 77grace
If you're meeting people who attend NA or PA meetings, of course you are among groups of the 3%. Studies have been repeated, subjected to peer review, et al, and the 3% risk is accepted as legitimate
I suspect that those who have become addicted and are in a 12 step program of recovery are far more vocal about their experience than the 97% who use opiate therapy without addiction problems.
I, being among the 97%, have no desire to tell anyone (outside of this online community) about my experience with opiate therapy and how it has enabled me to function as a nearly-normal human being. Without opiate therapy, I'd be home bound and miserable
Please search for academic articles that scientifically and objectively discuss this topic
I have seen many many MANY people who start off on narcotics for legitimate pain then become physically dependent then cross the line over into addiction. It happens.
Even if a person isn't psychologically 'addicted' chemical dependency is just hell in itself. Just don't want to go down that route. You seem to get it,
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• 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 19, Carolinas Cornerstone Church, 1790 Gardendale Road, Fort Mill.
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Danvers — Barbara M. (Linsdau) Merchant, 81, passed peacefully on Tuesday, March 22, 2010, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers following a brief illness.
Born on April 6, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Charlotte (Nickerson) Linsdau. Her education began in the Gloucester schools and later continued in Beverly. She worked for many years at the Gloucester fisheries. Eventually, she became a Home Health Aide working for NSCAP in Peabody for about twenty years before her retirement in 2001. Those who knew Barbara will remember a kind, caring person. She was always there to lend a hand or help out any way that she could. It goes without saying that she was loved and will be missed very much.
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I bought this for my husband's Wellness Center. He tried it & loved it and so do his clients. Even though its for both hands & legs, he found the clients prefer to use it for upper body low impact training & strengthening. Would definitely recommend this product!
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