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The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease
This thread is dedicated in loving memory to my virtuous and valiant
friend and fellow victim of the Fiber Disease,
Travis Allen Wilson.
December 29, 1982 – April 23, 2006
We carry on in your honor, rest in peace.
With much love and sorrow,
My family and I are afflicted by the insidious disease that people call Morgellons. We have suffered from this disease for a long time as it has managed to go by undetected and misdiagnosed by many doctors. We are being refused treatment of any kind even as I write this and our health continues to deteriorate at a rapid speed.
This fiber disease has turned my life into a surreal nightmare that defies rational thought. It is by far the most bizarre and hideous disease that I have ever even heard of not alone had to endure. My life could very easily be made into a Hollywood movie and someday may well be, but for now I will continue to look for help in getting treatment, work for advancement in research, and help with public awareness.
If you're not scared yet then you very well should be as this is an ambiguous and evasive killer that no one yet has been able to determine its means of transmission. The fiber disease is spreading among our population and your doctor cannot even detect it. Most have never even heard of it and some deny its very existence.
If any of you here can help to guide this desperate Mother to alleviate this condition I would be eternally grateful. I am searching for answers any where I can and am asking for your help.
April 30, 2006
I am posting this update because I feel obligated to caution anyone who reads this thread to be extremely critical of all information that it contains. To anyone that may be new to this disease or its name, you may find this thread very confusing to say the least.
A few leading, predominate, fact based, and verifiable people in this field who have done legitimate scientific research on this disease have contributed to this thread and should be recognized as such. This includes Dr. Schwartz, Dr. Martin, Cliff Mickelson and our new scientist Tamtam. Special thanks to Dr. Wymore who addresses my personal questions in form of an open letter and shares his most current and up to date research. I thank all of you for once again for helping and you are all to be honored.
Initially I came here to ask for assistance from people who frequent this forum and did receive this. Thank you Biology-online.
This thread has become a perfect example of how desperate the suffers are for some answers as to what is happening to them and how overwhelmingly crazy it is to have to shift through what is real and helpful and what is misleading and dangerous. It is very sad.
It also shows the way in which this disease is too often presented and one can very easily see why medical professionals are reluctant to get involved in anyway. At this point, I cannot blame them as I would do the same and not give it another thought if I were not infected. Again, very, very sad.
The unfortunate part in all of this is that the Fiber disease is real. I cannot see how a doctor or anyone else who does not live with this disease is able to differentiate how to tell legitimate cases from people who suffer from mental disorders. Unless you are infected by this or are able to recognize it, the borders are highly undefined and seemingly are often intertwined. Perhaps this is the very reason it is so difficult to get help and hinders any further research developments.
I wish to close by once again thanking any individual who has taken the time to think about this medical anomaly and ask you to please remain open-minded.
I have no doubt that this disease will affect many people in the future in one way or another, remember me. Until then know that I am still a desperate Mother that will not give up on the search to help my family in finding treatment and HOPE for a cure for this horrific condition.
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Here is what one research doctor says about this and so far it has been the most accurate information I have found that describes what we have.
We don't know how to treat this and it makes AIDS look like a walk in the park.
Please view this link.
http://www.s3support.com/Alternativecel ... asitic.pdf
Thank you
Mystery disease
Ok, Am I shaking foundations here or do you all think I'm crazy?
Doesn't anybody here have one thing to say about this? Anything???
There are thousands of us that all display the same exact symptoms in every state in America and even in some other countries as well.
Because of the nature of how this disease acts, we believe that we are very contagious. The CDC has failed us and is allowing this to spread rapidly.
Many of us test positive for Lyme disease and nobody knows why. I am proof of this as my test was positive as well as family members of mine.
Is anybody here even curious about this? For God's sake, WE GLOW!
"How can these unknown fibers be described?
The unknown fibers associated with skin lesions can be described as coenocytic (aseptate), smooth-walled, branching, filamentous objects. The fibers have been analyzed by FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) and have tentatively been identified as cellulose.
The elongated fibers are often twisted into balls or what appear to be bundles of fibers, as they grow within the skin. Many people refer to these bundles as fiber balls, fuzz balls, or lint balls. The fibers are clearly hyphae-like structures, and yet, due their immense size (150 microns wide), they do not fall within the description of known hyphae or pseudohyphae. The fibers are most often white, but are also consistently seen as blue, black, and rarely red. The fibers exhibit a high degree of autofluorescence and are not textile derived."
"Cases of this disease have been reported to this foundation by people living in all fifty states in the U.S., as well as fifteen nations. The majority of individuals reporting symptoms of Morgellons Disease reside in California, Texas, and Florida. Distinct geographic "cluster" areas of this disease have been noted near Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego, California as well as near Houston, Dallas, Austin, and Round Rock, Texas.
Physicians treating patients with this disease, believe that it involves either a novel organism, or a known organism acting in a novel way. This organism has been difficult to identify, but many physicians report that it appears to infect some individuals whose immune systems have been altered by Lyme Disease, also known as Borreliosis. The percentage of people with Morgellons Disease, who also suffer from Borreliosis, remains to be seen. One physician who has treated a patient with symptoms of Morgellons Disease, believes that the etiologic agent of this disease is Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, a resistant bacteria which can contaminate water. Another physician believes that Morgellons Disease has a viral etiology. It seems clear that, until public health agencies properly investigate this situation, the cause of this emerging illness will remain the subject of speculation."
Please comment.
Thanks for responding
Dear ERS,
Yes, unfortunately I do. I have been having some results with the current treatment of high doses of Septra and Cipro. Nobody seems to be able to figure out if this is a bacteria, fungus, or virus as it displays qualities of all of them.
If it were just me being affected by this I would have thrown in the towel a long time ago but, my child has it too and I don't have a clue as to what I am dealing with. All of the doctors are completely stumped and nobody wants to treat it because they don't know what it is. I can't even get a doctor to send a sample of this stuff to the CDC and they won't accept samples unless they are collected by a physician. I don't know what to do. Any ideas?
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This is very new, and most of us have probably never heard of this disease. I think that's why nobody can answer you.
I think you shoul try to get in touch with some of the researchers that begun to study this. Maybe they can help with the CDC too.
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort" - H. Albright
If your family members have it is there a genetic link or is just because you are living close together and its infectious?
Obviously we seem to have established thats its an organism but could there be something genetic which means you develop these symptoms when exposed. Immunodeficiency.
If it is an organism which is in the water then has anyone ever got better when they have moved house. Have you been on holiday and its got better. Maybe worth trying.
I've just been reading about Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Which was mentioned above somewhere). It says here http://www.ascp.com/public/pubs/tcp/200 ... nage.shtml
that mortality rates are high. Had anyone died as a result of this disease? Maybe infection.
It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.
Mystery Disease
Dear iri black,
Thanks for your advice. I have been in touch with some of the researchers and unfortunately they can't help. No body is funding their work so much has yet to be discovered. We desperately need the CDC to do their jobs.
"This is very new, and most of us have probably never heard of this disease. I think that's why nobody can answer you"
This is also why no doctor will treat it either. What's it going to take? It has become my job to educate doctors and if you know the kind of ego's that many doctors have, then you must realize what I'm up aganist. I still cannot figure out why the CDC has not started to quarantine people!
Dear Chris4,
Thanks for providing that link.
One chemist that came down with this has helped us look for some answers. He believes that it is genetically related as well. This is what he had to say about that.
"Well it seems there's been a LOT of research on the genetic implications of Lyme disease and corresponding affects on the immune system and subsequent response to antibiotics.
Basically the bottom line is IF you have the HLA-DR4 genetic marker you become a "problem" for antibiotics alone to cure you because this bacterium or bacteria (I think we're dealing with more than one type) mimics our immune system and is able to "hide" so unless you do a prolonged course of antibiotics (like the Marshall protocol) you'll never beat this because antibiotics DO rely on your own immune system to kick in when the bacterial count gets low enough. If it mimics your body's immune system, it can hide out indefinitely and thus we have chronic cases of Lyme disease.
How do we beat this then?
Dr. Schwartz proposes a gram negative bacterium with flagella called Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Most with Morgs are testing positive for Lyme disease too caused by a gram negative spirochete acting in a viral manner called Borrelia burgdorferi. All I know is that ciprofloxacin will beat BOTH but I needed a way around the immune system mimicking. Thanks to Victoreah I think I found the last piece to the puzzle that should be the answer.
There are two gluconutrients that biochemists have isolated from the Aloe Vera plant called mannose and galactose. The marketing groups are touting "8" necessary gluconutrients but that's a bunch of marketing BS - all you need are those two. Basically the bind to cell receptor sites allowing for improved intercellular communication. The same sites the bacteria is trying to use to block immune response. Flood your system with these and suddenly the bacteria have no where to hide!
I believe the cure for Morgellons is a combination of Ciprofloxacin and mannose/galactose. I don't know what dosing or duration nor where to get the mannose/galactose combo (current gluconutrient packages seem to be multi-level marketed and are thusly WAY overpriced) so I will pose that as a challenge to other forum members here to find out for us. I have racked my brain way too hard over the past 48 hours coming up with this hypothesis but I think it has a very real chance based on sound science."
"The HLA-DR4 genetic marker. Without it you're basically immune to Morgellons. With it you can be infected because it mimics that gene code and your immune system won't fight it. Don't believe me? Have your doctor check for it - it's found in 90% of chronic Lyme disease patients. It's not a mystery any longer."
I'm not completely convinced of this yet. Nobody really has a clue how this is transmitted.
Moving does help some but is not the answer and this is because this gets in our environment. It also comes off of our bodies so I don't think the water is the biggest factor here either.
You guys, I've never been so scared in my life. I have no science or medical background what so ever and I'm grasping at straws every day. Thanks for your help.
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Looks like Aloe Vera might be worth a try. You can buy it in various forms. I tried a cranberry flavour drink containing aloe vera not too long ago. (mainly because it was half price ). Its supposed to be good for skin. I have eczema and in some ways know how you feel (I know NO ONE can really know how you feel.). Even with something like eczema doctors still didnt have a clue what to do with me sometimes. I was in a right mess. They just kept prescribing me the wrong stuff. it was only when i went into hospital that i saw a specialist who knew what medicines to treat me with. Back to helping you...
As this disease affects your skin and is linked to the immune system Aloe Vera may help. Look for it on special offer or buy it online, where it might be cheaper.
You could obtain mannose and galactose from other sources, but if both of them are in Aloe Vera then i'd take that. If nothing else, Aloe Vera is going to be good for you. As for dosing and duration. Take what it says (probably the larger dose out of the options) and your going to have to take it for at least a few months as these things can sometimes take a while before you see an effect.
Some info about Mannose and which foods contain it:
http://www.innvista.com/health/nutritio ... annose.htm
and galactose (Milk seems to be the best source because it contains lactose which is hydrolysed to glucose and galactose) Altough diary products and lactose can cause immune reactions, allergies etc (but thats another story)
http://www.innvista.com/health/nutritio ... galact.htm
Can you answer a few questions about Lyme disease? How did you or your other family members get this disease? Because I have always thought it was trasmitted by ticks.
It also says on Wikipedia that Lyme disease may be transmitted sexually. Which you mentioned. so i'd check this out.
It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.
Fiber Disease
Dear Chris4,
Thank you very much for those links! Very helpful. And I'm sorry to hear that you are suffering from a skin condition too. I'm glad you finally got the correct help as I know how frustrating it can be.
Many people are seeing good results with the aloe juice; I'll get some very soon and see what happens.
As far as Lyme goes, only the best labs (Igenex and Bowen) with the most sensitive tests are able to pick this up.
We don't know if it is actually Lyme at all, or if they are just detecting an aspect of Morgellons. It very possible that Morgellons causes Lyme, or visa versa. Only professionals like you guys can figure that stuff out. Yes, Lyme can be contracted sexually although doctors don't seem to be aware of this fact for some reason and the general public hasn't been told either. Apparently this is not the only way to catch it since my child has never had sexual relations. I didn't know anything about this disease until I recognized the Morgellons symptoms, but found it pretty easy to learn about it and thank God I did.
"LYME DISEASE (Borreliosis)
A Plague of Ignorance Regarding the Ignorance of a Plague
© Copyright 2004, Dr Scott Taylor, DVM, All rights Reserved"
My child's "top notch" doctor had misinformed me and told me Lyme could not be passed by breast milk. Well, all it took was one look at Igenex's website to see that not only is it detected in breast milk, but semen and various other tissues. When I called their 800 number, they also told me it can be passed invetro. I can't figure out why I know this information yet Infectious Disease doctors don't. I'm no proffesional
nor do I have any kind of real medical knowledge, for Pete's sake!!!
Where did we get this? Well now that's the million dollar question and I'd have a Nobel Peace Prize if I knew the answer to that one!
I was stationed in Connecticut when I was in the Military and it is right next to Lyme County. Maybe there??? I don't ever remember being bit by a tick and I'm 98% positive that my child never was either.
One strange aspect to the Morgellons is that this stuff acts, and can feel like an actual bug! It can jump from one person to the next. Strange, I know but it's true. I have seen this under a blacklight. It can be felt also but is not visible until the Ultraviolet light is on it. This creates many problems for people suffering from this as doctors, family members, and friends can't see anything on us and most people don't know about the blacklight technique. When I have showed this to doctors, the only reply I get is the same exact one. All they can say is, "I'm not sure what I just saw" and then they send us away. Yes, I have to pay good money just to hear that. I am one of the 5% of people with this that has managed NOT to get the DOP diagnoses and I believe this is why. I've been able to show them how to detect it and what it looks like, not to mention what drugs are being used to treat it. Don't know why I am the chosen one but I really don't want to have to inform doctors, I need them to know more about this than I do. Here is some more background.
Now, I do know that some bacteria can produce this type of phenomena but I know this is still not it.
http://www.curie.fr/upload/presse/cellm ... y02_gb.pdf
It is my belief through personal observation that this can and does infect other people by "jumping" on to them. This is just one more reason to take this disease very seriously. What is wrong with the CDC????? Why are they allowing this to spread? Why is the medical community clueless?
I know you guys don't have all the answers for me but maybe someday you will. Thanks for taking the time to look at and ponder my dilemma. Thanks for being open minded too.
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Thus, the controversy……
"Plum Island is a legend, but not a myth. Just off Orient Point, Long Island, and six miles from the Connecticut coast, Plum Island is the site of a United States Agriculture Department Animal Disease Research Center. The USDA acquired the island from the War Department at the end of World War II with a charter from Congress to study animal diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease. In surrounding communities, distrust of Plum Island runs deep. Lyme Disease takes its name from a Connecticut town across from the island: many wonder whether birds or swimming animals could have brought the disease from Plum Island. Some suspect this might be the case with West Nile Virus as well. Plum Island officials, of course, dismiss such hypotheses as fantasy."
http://www.gene-watch.org/genewatch/art ... sland.html
"Apparently the first appearance of what we now call Lyme disease a mere 13 miles northeast of the facility falls under the category of coincidence, as does the mysterious and still unexplained appearance of West Nile virus in Long Island and New York City."
Here it is.
Old Lyme
And it's everywhere now.
"Lyme disease has been reported in 49 states and on four different continents. In 2002, there were 23,763 new cases reported in the U.S. Between 1996 and 2001 the number was level at about 17,000 new cases per year, but increased by nearly 7,000 cases in 2002. See Figure 1 below from the CDC."
I have heard it said in a news broadcast that Lyme is now spreading faster than AIDS. I don't know if this is true, but that's what they said.
Dear ERS,
I am very happy to see that you find this intresting!!!! I hope more people with take an interest so we get some help!
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Witnessing real love
Today, World Vision Child Ambassador Paula Hemphill describes how God is using her to advocate for children -- despite her fears -- and showing her what real love is.
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God calls out nobodies. He takes people with ordinary lives and works extraordinarily through them. David. Abraham. Me.
For me, it all started a couple of years ago. I felt this heavy nudging to become a Child Ambassador with World Vision. I wish I could say I jumped right on it and hit the ground running, but it doesn't usually work that way with me. I tend to take the long way around.
You see, I was scared. Terrified is probably a more accurate description. The idea of advocating for these children, speaking on behalf of them, finding them sponsors -- it was a big, scary thing. It was too big of a task for little me. I lost sleep over it. But God, in the gentle way He loves, brought me back.
When I think about how terrified I was, I think about Abraham. He left his home, his people, the only life he had ever known. He had to be scared. But God…well, God did what He always does. He comforted:
Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward. –Genesis 15:1 (NIV)
Those words God gave to Abraham. They comfort me, too.
God made a great nation out of Abraham's obedience, despite his fear. God is showing me what real love is through my fear.
Don't get me wrong -- it's absolutely frightening to hold a child's picture in my hands and know that for a short time World Vision is counting on me to speak on behalf of that child. But when I'm afraid, God tends to redeem those times and remind me that it's not about me. It's about Him working through me for His glory.
And every once in a while I get the slightest glimpse of just how beautiful that glory is. There are these perfect, breathtaking moments when I get to be part of connecting a sponsor with a child who they never knew was missing from their lives. I like to call those moments the "special ones."
It's hard to explain, but it's kind of like I'm witnessing the exact moment when someone falls in love. It's magical and beautiful. There is nothing like it. It's better than a wedding. It's this really special, intimate moment -- and love looks a little different on everyone. The sponsor's whole body language changes. It's like they don't even realize I'm there, and I know that I don't have to do a thing. Just be present and watch it unfold. Those are my favorites.
I am no one special really. I don't have a large following or lots of influence. But then again, I think God likes me better that way; and in the end, maybe that's what makes me special.
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When finally it is warm and sunny after a long winter, it's tempting to dress as if it is summer. But with the transitional weather in March and April, this is also the time of the year a lot of people tend to get sick. After all, 50-60°F is not really that balmy. And even with the kinder temperatures, Spring (in New England at least) tends to be windy - and the wind hits cyclists directly in the face and chest with more force than it does pedestrians.
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Wool blazers have become my spring uniform for exactly this reason. Even with the warmest wool sweater, when I am biking the wind goes right through it and chills me to the bone. Brrr.ReplyDelete
I think the whole cold air making people sick thing has (supposedly) been debunked.ReplyDeleteReplies
Cold air in itself doesn't make people sick and I am not suggesting that it does. But it's a little more complicated than that.Delete
- not a Doc but play one on TVMarch 12, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Being cold lowers the immune system, which makes you more susceptible to viruses once you get indoors. This is the origin of the misconception that cold air makes you sick.Delete
"Being cold lowers the immune system"Delete
Actually, I believe that's what supposedly has been debunked. It's my understanding that viruses to move more easily through colder air, and we come into contact with more germs when we're trapped indoors with others avoiding the cold; but it's the notion that the cold lowers our immune system, or that the number of layers one wears protects him or herself from the cold, that doctors today believe to be false.
Being cold does lower the immune system as it forces your body to allocate crucial internal resources to the warming of your body. You start shivering, all your blood starts concentrating in the vital triangle etc. This is a great open door for viruses that take your system over.Delete
While viruses become a tad more active when it is cold, that is NOT the reason we catch cold. Otherwise, people would get more sick in the winter which is NOT the case. People catch the most colds in Spring and Fall. That's because those are the seasons in which we are not always properly dressed: we always under/over estimate the temperature (we try to drag summer into fall and pull summer into spring) while in the winter we dress constistantly.
@Montrealize I'd like to know what evidence there is that people do not get more sick in the winter. Is flu season a myth?Delete
I'm just going to stop. Everyone just keeps coming into the thread in adding more wrong information; and honestly, I may be just as guilty as the rest of you.Delete
Right, this is why I didn't want to get into it.Delete
In medicine, like in science, it is not as simple as "debunking" something in one fell swoop; cause and effect relationships are very difficult to tease out. So when something is "debunked," it's something specific about the causality, but not the gist of the thing. We do not know why exactly some people tend to get sick after they underdress for the whether. It is likely not the cold air in itself; it is likely something complicated. But it's something.
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 11:09 AM
My grandmother, a former southern belle, taught me the vaseline around the eyes trick. Works like a charm! What moisturizers do you use?ReplyDeleteReplies
My skin is very sensitive and I get chemical burn from most moisturisers, drug store and designer alike. When I can afford it, I use Dr Hauschka - the Quince and Rose both work well for me and last all day. When I can't afford it, it's vaseline, b/c other moisturisers wreak havoc on my skin.Delete
I'm certainly no southern belle (he said, snarling misanthropically into his grizzled beard) but I am curious about the Vaseline: what does it do? By any chance does it help keep dust and pollen from the eyes? I ask because out here (ABQ, NM) in the high desert spring winds, my eyes suffer from serious itching after rides; and I'd prefer to avoid the hassle of sunglasses.Delete
- Elizabeth M.March 12, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Vanicream was recently featured in the WSJ as a moisturizer for sensitive skin--recommended by dermatologists and it's cheap.Delete
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"I'm certainly no southern belle (he said, snarling misanthropically into his grizzled beard) but I am curious about the Vaseline"Delete
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(shameless promotion coming)
You can learn to make your own creams. Find any herbalism school around you and you'll be surprised to see you can make your very own affordable skincare with top quality organic raw materials. You'll outdo all the Dr. Hauschkas in no time, I promise!
The recipes I've heard/read about have been greasy and made my face break out, but they were through friends and not a herbalism school.Delete
I don't get what the shameless self promotion is - do you mean that you make face creams yourself? Would love to hear about it.
Actually I was promoting herbalism which I practice. So yes I do make my own creams and I do formulate for my patients.Delete
That's the reason I was recomending going to a Herbalism School: they always offer general purpose classes among which "Make your own creams" is a classic.
The point is you actually learn how to make (fabricate) and formulate your own skincare. You lean about the different oils and butters, what they do to your skin (you'd be surprise how different they are and how some oils actually dry your skin up). Same with the emulsifiers, the essential oils etc.
So you can cook up a formula for your OWN skin, with you own chosen ingredients, top quality, organic etc. You can make at home ANY cream you want once you understand how they work and believe me, they are nothing but elaborate mayonnaise (I am serious).
I don't live in the US so I cannot recommand anything but there sure is an organisation (guild or society) that can point you to such a school. Worse comes worse a qualify herbalist with formulate for you but it is worth to learn for yourself, you know, idependance...
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Once you know the technique, you can simply replicate the Dr. Hauschka creams that have worked for you. The ingredients are written on the box. You'd figure the proportions in no time to get the consistency you want.
Thanks M, I am going to look into it... and I believe mayonnaise may actually have been involved in the cream I've made in the past!Delete
Now I am of course very interesed to know the name of the cowboy store you mentioned. My wardrobe lacks inexpensive silk scarves :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I got mine from here. But there are loads of these places.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 10:25 PM
What a cool idea!Delete
Agree big time on moisturizer.ReplyDelete
Cooler air holds less water. Even a relatively short spring ride I get windburn if I do not slather on the lotion big time.
What are the ocean breezes like in Boston area this time of the year? Spring through early summer close to Lake Michigan can be signficantly more cool and windy than inland. Almost have to dress for two seasons if the ride alternates near and away from the Lake.
I wear thermal cotton long johns (by themselves) and the same for the top. Then I wear a waterproof sporty jacket, a toque, and mittens!ReplyDelete
I'll probably bike home with my jacket unzipped..it's going from +1C to +10C today!
Hopefully all the frozen ice and snow I encountered on my way in will be gone...Replies
For me, cotton base layers on the bike = wet rag against my skin. I love the feel of cotton, but had to move to silk and wool once I started cycling.Delete
I have never heard of the vasaline under the eyes; Sure might come in hanfy here in Chicago. I struggle with how to dress for a full day of riding, where it might be 60's when I leave, but will drop into the 30's by the time I'm heading home- LAYERS!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 11:43 AM
I could be wrong here, but something tells me green is you're favorite color ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Can't imagine what would make you think that. Must be those sunglasses.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 12:03 PM
SAGE green ;?)Delete
Actually I like sage green, slate blue and dusty lilac pretty much equally, but the former is easiest of the 3 to find. And I hate bright and neon greens, like kelly or lime. So I wouldn't really say green per se is my favourite colour.Delete
I don't think cold air makes you sick, but it's very easy to get so thoroughly chilled when the weather goes back and forth like this--it's a terrible feeling and sometimes seems to take hours to shake off.ReplyDelete
My approach to chilly spring days is a few core layers that can be easily shifted once I warm up--cotton, woolly cardigans and a lot of portable bits to keep extremities warm, since those are the parts that take the brunt of the cold! I still have my Ibex hat and gloves on hand, usually in my bag and find on a day like yesterday that I have to adjust every once in a while depending on the wind or sun--such a good feeling to realize that your hands are actually too warm. I'm also a fan of enormous, pashmina-type scarves since they're light to carry,protect your neck and chest but can be flung around your shoulders too if you get really chilly.
PS re use of vaseline: Beware that some believe it is bad for you to use petroleum jelly, so you might want to read up on that. I am okay with vaseline and will take my chances, because at least I have no sensitivity to it like I do to almost everything else.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 12:29 PM
The theory is not about sensetivity, it is more about being harmful for you. All the stuff we apply on the skin goes trough the skin and is absorbed by the body. Just think about how a patch is used instead of pills as a painkiller, nicotine patches, contraseptive patches and so on. My policy is: If you do not want to eat it dont apply it on your skin. It is said (a doctor researched it) to cause arthritis. Jusat sayin.Delete
Right, I understand that. What I meant was I'll take my chances on the potential harmfulness, because the alternatives are blatantly harmful (sensitivity = chemical burn, scar tissue).Delete
- MoopheusMarch 12, 2012 at 11:55 AM
It was a pretty nice day yesterday and I went for a nice ride up to Marblehead, but this year at least it's hard to think of the weather as "transitional" when there hasn't been any real winter to transition from.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hey, we had snow and a few days in the 30s just the other weeek! : )Delete
A bit like your silk scarves I find a Buff invaluable. I find them very warm, they can be used around the neck, a face mask, or as a skull cap. And they fold up really small.ReplyDelete
The rest is just layering; although I began to get too hot in my windtop yesterday so it may be time to break out the long sleeved jersey.
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 12:11 PM
$20 silk cowboy scarves... the anti-Rapha? I like it!ReplyDeleteReplies
I am not anti-Rapha and have a few things from them now that work well for me. But no, I would not buy a $70 silk Rapha scarf... though, to be fair it's dirt cheap in comparison to a $400 Hermes silk scarf!Delete
This outfit looks very Swiss/Austrian to me. Did you get the blazer in Vienna?ReplyDeleteReplies
Nope, Anthropology c.2010Delete
But I know what you mean. I think it's the silk scarf tucked into the blazer thing. No self-respecting Swiss or Austrian would wear clothing this wrinkled though; that's more of a holdover from England.
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Yep,it sure is (a good potential fro getting sick)...a couple weeks back I was one of those out riding in sorts and T,and I had the head-cold for a solid week before it turned into this chest cold I've suffered for 9 days now :( LOL! :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Newspaper over the chest to block the wind. Used by racers on mountain descents since forever. Also used by bums on the park bench. It works. Unprinted newspaper in 10# bundles from movers supply house won't get ink on your clothes and lasts a long time. Crumple before placing under top jersey or jacket to provide extra insulation, transport moisture, and help keep it in place. Fold up and put in your back pocket or saddlebag when the sun comes out.ReplyDelete
This is seriously un-chic. Have a plan for how you remove and stow the paper at your destination. Even more un-chic: When the weather catches you by surprise you can almost always find something, anything, discarded roadside to protect your chest from the wind.
A sheet of paper inside the helmet also blocks wind. When really cold you can insert paper into tights over thighs.Replies
- BikinFoolMarch 13, 2012 at 1:29 PM
A small plastic trash bag also does the trick and can double as a cover for your saddle.Delete
I once saw a woman cycling in the rain who looked like she was wearing a puritan costume: a long black trash bag worn as a dress with some sort of rope or belt around the waist, and a smaller white trash bag tied around her head like a little hat/bonnet. Wish I could have photographed it, but I just wasn't quick enough on the draw. Looked beautiful though, on her black vintage 3-speed.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 5:27 PM
This is a fun post today. It is always fun and interesting but I just thought I would mention that I like hearing about scarfs and newsprint for insulation.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am determined to try the newspaper thing en route to my next meeting! But will it match my blazer?..Delete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 7:40 PM
.....hmm, i trim my winter beard down to a spring beard, keep the smart wool on and debate about gloves or no gloves...:)ReplyDelete
I'm with anon above -- just trimmed the beard.ReplyDelete
For the not-sure cold I tend to wear gloves, and maybe keep a thin sock hat handy for my ears. Tend to wear a wool shirt, just because that deals well with both light cold and light sweat. Everything else tends to warm up enough with use.
Wore clogs-no-socks the other day, my ankles did get a little chilly, but it was not painful.
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 11:18 AM
I often feel a moments pity as I whiz by cyclists struggling on a "granny" bike when its cold outside. One of the advantages of cat6-style utility cycling is that you rarely stay cold for long!ReplyDeleteReplies
I am much more comfortable riding an upright bike in the winter than a roadbike, no need to feel pity I assure you!Delete
I have found that in any weather, breathabiity and wicking ability are the two best attributes in cycle clothing. Wool wins hands-down in both categories. The best part is that you really don't have to wear many or heavy layers to stay warm while riding.Delete
I find that if I have wool next to my skin, I don't have to add or subtract layers very often. Plus, it wicks moisture away. Having a wet layer on your skin in all but warm weather will render other clothing choices meaningless.
I, too, like to wear blazers when I ride to work at this time of year. (I did that both in my previous and current lives.) I have also found that if my torso is warm enough and protected from the wind, I don't have to wear much else on the rest of my body. I used to wear shorts even in fairly cold weather; now I find that I can ride in fairly light wool trousers or a skirt with tights. With the latter, I'll sometimes wear an additional pair of tights if the weather's cold. But most of the time, I don't need that.
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Your hair is getting longer and your bangs are growing out! Do you plan to maintain this haircut or let it all grow?ReplyDeleteReplies
I am trying to grow out my bangs, so that I can scoop it all up into one pony tail and never get a haircut again. I hate complicated hair maintenance! The bangs are taking their sweet time to grow out, but hopefully in a few months I'll get there.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2012 at 5:24 AM
Surely shorter hair is easier to look after than longer? With the vaseline, does it not feel heavy on the skin? And wouldn't it give the shiny skin look? Most moisturisers give me a breakout, or slightly burn when I apply them.ReplyDeleteReplies
It takes less time to wash, but to my dismay it is not really easier to look after. Before I'd just put it into a bun if I didn't want to bother, but now I can't and it goes in my eyes constantly.Delete
You don't put the vaseline everywhere, just around the eyes - on that very thin and sensitive skin that surounds the eyes. Should not cause breakouts. Shiny yes, but I can live with that (and wipe it off with a tissue once indoors).


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Anti-abortion group accuses Walworth County Fair Foundation of discrimination
ELKHORN—An anti-abortion group is accusing the Walworth County Fair Foundation of discrimination for denying the group's request for a booth at the fair again this summer.
A letter from the Thomas More Society and Wisconsin attorney Jerome Buting representing the organization Peter's Net sets a deadline of Wednesday, Feb. 12, for fair officials to respond.
Buting said they are prepared to take the matter to the Civil Rights Bureau of the state Department of Workforce Development or to file a lawsuit.
The fair foundation received the letter Tuesday, Feb. 11, said Susan Pruessing, Walworth County Fair public relations coordinator.
"I don't have any comment right now," Pruessing said Tuesday afternoon.
The Gazette was not able to reach members of the fair foundation board for comment.
Peter's Net is an Illinois-based non-profit and Evangelical organization. The organization accuses the fair of not allowing it to return because of the group's pro-life stance and religious beliefs, according to an eight-page letter written by the law firm.
"Peter's Net's expression reflects a high-profile and core teaching of the Catholic Church (the dignity of all human life from conception to natural death), suppression of this organization in order to gain 'peace and quiet,' as has happened here, is a violation of the law," the letter reads.
During the 2013 fair, a member of the fair staff told the executive director of Peter's Net three reasons why the fair would not accept the organization's 2014 booth registration deposit, according to the letter.
The reasons, according to the letter, included:
-- A previous exhibitor had first claim on the booth space because the exhibitor had been there for several years prior. In 2013, the exhibitor was unable to attend because of a family matter.
-- Fair staff heard negative comments regarding the organization's booth.
-- The organization's booth had fetal models similar to the models at the Pregnancy Hot Line booth. Fair staff told the organization the fair has the right to refuse an organization if it duplicates another.
The letter, dated Jan. 29, calls the reasons "unpersuasive" and "unlawful discrimination."
Peter's Net has the right to educate the public on religious practices and beliefs because of its right to religious speech, the letter states.
The fair's motives are best seen through a patron's reaction to the organization's booth last summer, according to the letter.
A mother of a 7-year-old boy who attended the fair with an adult neighbor or friend complained to the fair staff that a Peter's Net booth volunteer gave her son a 2-inch model of an 11-week-old unborn baby as a game prize, according to the letter.
The baby was in a clear bag that also contained information cards. One card explained fetal development, the other had abortion statistics. The organization states the baby was not a prize and only available to teens, adults, and children with adult permission, according to the letter.
Fair staff received the complaint on the second day of the fair, Aug. 29, 2013, and told Peter's Net volunteers to give the baby models only to people 18 or older, preventing the group from reaching its target audience of teenage girls, according to the letter.
On Aug. 31, the mother returned to the Peter's Net booth and told the volunteers that fair staff had promised her the organization would not be allowed to return, according to the letter.
The Peter's Net staff were told on the last day of the fair, Sept. 2, 2013, they could not return, the letter states.


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Melody Butt, convicted after twins' deaths, avoids prison a second time
MADISON—An East Troy woman sentenced to probation in the deaths of her twin children in 2011 will not go to prison as a result of being arrested for new crimes in January.
Melody N. Butt was convicted in 2012 of child neglect/causing death. She had fallen asleep while the 11-month-olds were in the bathtub.
Walworth County Judge David Reddy imposed but stayed a 10-year prison sentence. Reddy placed her on 14 years of probation, to include a year in jail with release time for work and to care for her remaining three children.
Butt, now 28, of 2041 Lily St., East Troy, faces four misdemeanor charges in Walworth County Court after her arrest in January. She is charged with illegally obtaining a prescription drug, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and obstructing an officer.
The Department of Corrections issued a statement Friday, saying that after a review of the pending charges, Butt was being required to visit her probation agent once a week instead of twice a month.
The Department of Corrections review looked at risks of Butt remaining free and at her "needs," the statement said.
The statement noted that Butt was required to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet after she was released from the Walworth County Jail, but that was not a change, as she had been electronically monitored since she was convicted.
"This process is consistent with any offenders on supervision," according to the statement.
Reddy declined to comment on the department's action.
Speaking in general about how the law works, the judge said the department would have to revoke someone's probation before the prison sentence could be imposed.
"Once a person is sentenced, they are really out of our hands, out of our control," Reddy said.
Butt is free on a $10,000 signature bond on the new charges. Her next court appearance is scheduled for April 2.


text: We've all eaten a slice of birthday cake or taken a bite out of a delicious cookie. While bakeries are not as common as they used to be, the ones that are still around produce some outstanding, independently-made baked goods worth taking a whiff of. But even the biggest dessert fan might not know everything on the shelves, so check out these ten terms you'll come across next time you visit a bakery.


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City of Manningham
Housing tenure
This topic has been updated with 2016 Census data for all areas. What's this?
In the City of Manningham, 75% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 17.2% were renting privately, and 0.6% were in social housing in 2016.
The City of Manningham's Housing Tenure data provides insights into its socio-economic status as well as the role it plays in the housing market. For example, a high concentration of private renters may indicate a transient area attractive to young singles and couples, while a concentration of home owners indicates a more settled area with mature families and empty-nesters (Household Summary). Tenure can also reflect built form (Dwelling Type), with a significantly higher share of renters in high density housing and a substantially larger proportion of home-owners in separate houses, although this is not always the case.
In conjunction with other socio-economic status indicators in the City of Manningham, Tenure data is useful for analysing housing markets, housing affordability and identifying public housing areas.
Derived from the Census questions:
'Is this dwelling (owned outright, owned with a mortgage etc.)', and 'If this dwelling is being rented, who is it rented from?'
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2001 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the housing tenure of the population of the City of Manningham in 2016 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a larger proportion of households who owned their dwelling; a smaller proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a smaller proportion who were renters.
Overall, 44.3% of the population owned their dwelling; 31.1% were purchasing, and 18.2% were renting, compared with 29.0%, 34.3% and 28.8% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
Emerging groups
The largest changes in housing tenure categories for the households in the City of Manningham between 2001 and 2016 were:
- Mortgage (+3,918 persons)
- Fully owned (-3,088 persons)
- Renting - Private (+2,483 persons)
- Renting - Social housing (+72 persons)
The total number of households in City of Manningham increased by 4,434 between 2001 and 2016.


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Our Views: City of Janesville should stick to sidewalk plan
"Sidewalks are a public safety issue. They connect a neighborhood. They provide a network through that neighborhood, where people get to meet and know each other. … Sidewalks are kind of like the string that ties the neighborhood together."
—George Brunner, former Janesville councilman and police chief
When the Janesville City Council again considers sidewalks Monday, it should stick to the 2014 plan recommended by a committee it appointed last year.
Sure, frustrated and even angry residents likely will fill the council chambers. Some owners of the 274 properties on the five miles of sidewalks earmarked for construction next year sense a divided council and possible capitulation. These residents have been trying to sway council members to kill the plan or, at a minimum, exclude their streets.
Any council member who might bow to that pressure should keep a few things in mind.
First, no solution is simple, nor will it please everyone. This debate has been raging for decades after elite neighborhoods goaded past councils into piecemeal decisions. Those councils made exceptions that fuel arguments and pit neighbor against neighbor.
No criticism is new. Residents complain about costs to install, repair and shovel sidewalks. They argue the walkways gobble green space, topple trees and wreck landscaping.
Sidewalks, however, are an accepted part of city living. They unite a community and are desirable in any good city. Sidewalks provide safe paths for young and old. For these reasons, the Gazette Editorial Board backed the city staff's seven-year plan to plug gaps in Janesville's network of sidewalks.
The council wisely voted several years ago to require that sidewalks be installed when new subdivisions are built. It also made sense to delay the seven-year plan amid the recession before approving the first installations in 2011. Last year, critics formed an opposition group, Citizens for Responsible Sidewalks. It and council newcomers pushed the council to form the committee to re-evaluate the plan.
That committee included two councilmen and six residents. Some members opposed sidewalks, yet the committee agreed to criteria for evaluating placements and to rule by consensus. That means all had to agree. The committee recommended the scope of the remaining plan be cut more than in half, and the council approved that. The committee also recommended deferments so owners in some locations could delay installations five or 10 years unless their properties are sold
The second point is this: If the council rejects the 2014 plan, what would it say to residents it forced to install and pay for sidewalks the past two years? What would it say to committee members who invested much time, anguish and dedication into 22 meetings doing a thankless job? Likewise, what signal would it send to residents the city might ask to serve on future committees?
Third, if the council drops 2014 installations, it likely could never agree to finish any of the plan. Sidewalk gaps this committee saw value in filling likely would remain forever.
Most residents have sidewalks. We sense that a silent majority supports sidewalks and, like the committee, sees their value.
Critics are right. This annual debate drains too much staff and council time. The council could tamp down the controversy by reaffirming its commitment to the plan and supporting deferments.
Come Monday, that's what it should do.


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As cyber attacks become increasingly common, regulators and legislators have criticized the limited information companies make public about cybercrimes they experience. Experts note, though, that it's often a challenge for companies to put a dollar value on the damage they've suffered.
A U.S. Executive Order on cybersecurity last year described the cyber threat to the nation's critical infrastructure as "one of the most serious national security challenges." But David Burg, global and U.S. advisory cybersecurity leader at PwC, noted that despite that characterization, "what we do not see is significant disclosures in public filings. There is this disparity."
Burg noted that "it's very hard for companies to quantify the damages," but added, "It may also be the case that companies do not necessarily want to disclose the full impact of an IT theft."
Companies have an easier time quantifying the costs of incidents in which credit card numbers or other personal information is stolen, costs that include the expense of any remediation, such as offering credit monitoring to customers, Burg said. "What's far harder to quantify are situations where you have very sensitive information or intellectual property that is compromised," he said.
Burg cited the scenario of a company that has stored sensitive documents related to a rights offering electronically in a file that is compromised. If the company is bidding on the offering and fails to win the bid as a result, "what you have is a situation where you would not have the opportunity to take advantage of whatever the rights offering was for, into perpetuity," he said. "It may be difficult to calculate the value."
Companies also face challenges when it comes to putting a price tag on a theft of their intellectual property, a situation that could eventually result in a competing product coming to market and eroding their business over time. "Many companies may not be aware they were breached until many years or months after they were breached," said Burg, pictured at left. "And even in those cases, the company may not be able to figure out what was stolen."
PwC recommends that companies that have had intellectual property stolen employ the "but-for analysis" used in patent disputes to calculate what the theft cost them, he said. "You take a variety of facts, including lost profit, and use discounted cash flow to value that lost profit."
Larry Ponemon, founder and chairman of the Ponemon Institute, which produces annual studies of companies' losses related to data breaches and cyber crimes, says many of the costs companies incur related to cybercrime are "fuzzy." For example, Ponemon said, a denial-of-service attack that took down a company's e-commerce platform for half an hour would involve costs including paying for IT employees' efforts to get the platform up and running, as well as taking into account the customer business the company lost while the platform was down.
If the attacks persist, the company may suffer damage to its brand and its reputation, Ponemon said, developments that are even harder to translate into numbers
When the institute collects the data for its studies, it uses models it built based on a technique called activity-based costing, which Ponemon says is helpful when dealing with fuzzy costs. The process of assessing what data breaches or cyber crimes have cost an organization may involve talking to as many as 20 or 30 people at a single company, he says.
He notes that companies can't rely on their financial systems when it comes to estimating costs for cybercrimes. "It's not something that you could have an add-on module to your financial accounting system and get the report on the cost of cyber security or cost of a data breach," he said. "To my mind, it still has to be done through talking and tackling, the way we do it."
"We basically know that companies don't measure these things," added Ponemon, pictured at right. When the institute presents its results to the senior managers of companies that participate in the studies, "what we find is complete surprise," he said. "'How could this have cost so much?'"
He argued that cyber costs are hidden from view in part because they're not captured in the financial metrics that companies use to measure their success, such as return on investment or total cost of ownership. "There's not a measure that captures the company's security posture," Ponemon said.
In 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued staff guidance telling companies they should disclose in their SEC filings cyber risks and events that could have a material impact on investors' view of the company. The SEC warned against "generic" disclosures but also said companies' disclosures should provide a roadmap for cyber criminals.
But in April, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) wrote to SEC Chairman Mary Jo White that while companies' reporting had improved since the SEC released its guidance, "the disclosures are generally still insufficient for investors to discern the true costs and benefits of companies' cybersecurity policies." Rockefeller asked White to issue formal guidance at the Commission level on disclosing cybersecurity issues in SEC filings.
John Reed Stark, a managing director at Stroz Friedberg, a digital risk management and investigations firm, said the SEC is likely to deal with the issue by ramping up enforcement of the guidance issued in 2011, rather than issuing additional guidance.
"What they're probably doing is looking through the current filings, matching them up with reports of breaches, assessing the disclosures and looking for those first few good cases that can demonstrate that they're listening to Congress and they're serious about those rules," said Stark, who headed the SEC's Office of Internet Enforcement before joining Stroz Friedberg.
Stark added, though, that cyber attacks have become so common, they are becoming less material.
"Everybody's getting breached. With most companies, it's not a matter of if, but when, they get a data breach," he said. "The quantitative materiality of a data breach I do believe is deteriorating."
For a look at what the biggest U.S. corporations are reporting about cyber events, see Disconnect on Cost of Cyberattacks.


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The functional role of sex and pregnancy in transgenerational Satanic Cults is described and contrasted with its purpose in "normal" social groups. These observations are based on the reports of former Satanic cult members who are now being treated for some type of dissociative disorder. In "normal" social groups, the primary functions of sex and pregnancy center on perpetuating the gene pool of group members. In Satanic cults, however, the primary function of sex is to form a bond between some type of painful stimulation and physical pleasure.
During the 1960's, abdominal decompression during pregnancy was thought, on the basis of poorly controlled studies, to confer exceptional intelligence on the fetus. A carefully controlled study subsequently showed that this was not the case. Mothers who had received decompression treatment tended to give manifestly unrealistic accounts of their children's abilities, and their children differed temperamentally from the control group.
The following problems are the leading questions of our research project: (1) Can the influence of maternal emotions upon fetal behavior be established in the prenatal period, using real-time ultrasound echography and cardiography? (2) Is the prenatal influence, established in the prenatal period, reflected in the neonatal behavior? And can we find significant correlations between maternal emotions during pregnancy on the one hand and neonatal and infant behavior-e.g.
A number of studies have suggested that maternal detachment is common in tropical societies which suffer from high infant mortality. The author's own research revealed evidence of both detachment and positive affect. She suggests that maternal behavior in all societies can be best characterized as exhibiting maternal ambivalence.
The cosmologies of many cultures use gender as symbolic for polar attributes of human consciousness. The author presents a developmental neurobiological theory to account for the non-arbitrary way in which this attribution comes about, and applies the theory to an explanation of the symbolic use of gender in Tibetan tantric Buddhism. He concludes by discussing the implications of the theory for understanding the effects of positive and negative pre- and perinatal experiences upon the development of gender identity.
Though there is mounting demand by students for information about Pre- and Peri-Natal Psychology there is no such course being offered at a recognized university at this time. The authors, in an attempt to facilitate discussion on this subject and eventual implementation have prepared a course outline.
In psychology, traditional studies have sought the boundaries of memory in specific brain structures thought to mark the beginning and limits of memory.
Recent discoveries in neuroscience suggest new brain processes and chronologies relevant to memory. Advances in brain research and instrumentation have clarified some memory pathways and permitted direct observation of the living brain but these studies obscure the real boundaries of memory.
A constant reminder that babies come from women and nature, not from technology and culture, childbirth calls into question our attempts at technological dominance of nature, confronting American society with a series of conceptual dilemmas with practical, procedural ramifications: how to create a sense of cultural control over birth, a natural process resistant to such control? How to make a birth, a powerfully female phenomenon, reinforce, instead of undermine, the patriarchal system upon which American society is still based?
Psychology dates to the early part of the twentieth century in Yugoslavia, but developments in the science have been slow for a number of reasons. Lag in technological development and lack of financial support have been characteristic. Furthermore, sociocultural and economic differences between the regions have made an even development of pre- and perinatal psychological awareness impossible. There is now conflict between cultural values relative to pregnancy, the life of the fetus and abortion. Medical advances and social change have produced problems faster than they can be solved.
The Relation Between Tachystoscopic Pictures and Neurotic Postpartum Depression: The Building of an InstrumentAbstract:
Research is presented based upon perceptual defence theory relating to the possibility of detecting the risk of postpartum depression in pregnant women. The authors develop a tachystoscopic method and report on a study using the method on a sample of 43 French Canadian women. The method involves testing identification and reaction times to photographic stimuli related to perinatal issues.


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Yanking chains: Edgerton's Williams causes problems for defenses
EDGERTON—How in the world does a 5-foot-6, 140-pound kid who didn't start playing football until three years ago lead the state in rushing?
Better yet, how does someone the size of Ricky Williams not only survive but also thrive without some 250-pound linebacker crushing him?
Edgerton High coach Mike Gregory said the answer is simple.
"Because you never get a clean shot at him. That's the bottom line, and that's what makes him so special," Gregory said of his talented tailback. "I think if you timed Ricky in the 40-yard dash, he would be as quick if you told him to make four cuts as he would be if he ran in a straight line.
"Ricky's ability to cut and not lose speed is what separates him from other high school kids. When other kids cut, they have to roll their weight, plant and come back, whereas when Ricky cuts, he's at full speed."
The numbers Williams has put up this season for the Rock Valley North-champion Crimson Tide are staggering. The junior entered Friday night's final regular-season game leading the state with 1,730 rushing yards. He was second behind Dillon Kempen of Suring with 216.2 yards per game. Kempen led with 219.3.
Williams has rushed for more than 300 yards in three games, including a school-record 343 in an impressive Rock Valley crossover win at Brodhead/Juda. Gregory is quick to point out that Williams' numbers are in no way padded, as evidenced by his season-low total of 80 yards in a 49-6 win over McFarland on Oct. 11. Edgerton led 35-6 at half, and Williams played sparingly in the second half.
The soft-spoken Williams is averaging more than 10 yards per carry, has 22 rushing touchdowns and has fumbled only once in nearly 200 carries.
Although Williams still has a hard time believing he's the No. 1 rusher in the state, he's not totally surprised with his success.
"It kind of goes back to the Brodhead game," Williams said. "It's like a light bulb went off during that game, where I realized that if my line could continue to open up such big holes for me, that once I got to the second level my moves would allow me to get a lot more yards.
"But none of this would've been possible without my offensive line. They've made my job a lot easier."
The offensive line of James McGuire, Chase Hackner, Dalton Ray, Jimmie Plautz and Adrian Radtke had T-shirts made before the season with the saying, "The line behind the headlines" printed on them.
That has certainly been the case, as Williams' remarkable season has turned heads across the state.
Gregory continues to marvel at Williams' consistency through eight games. The Crimson Tide is by no means a one-trick pony offensively. Lucas Gregory has excelled running Edgerton's "Tim Tebow package" on offense at times, and quarterback Brooks Johnson has gotten better each week. Senior wideout Adam Converse has five touchdown receptions and is an imposing target for Johnson at 6-foot-5, but its Williams who remains the focal point for opposing defenses.
"I think the most impressive stat for me when talking about Ricky is the three-game stretch he put together versus Brodhead/Juda, Jefferson and East Troy," Gregory said. "He had nearly 900 yards rushing in those three games, and that's against two teams (Jefferson and East Troy) that were the Rock Valley North co-champions last year, and it started with Brodhead/Juda—a team that has been really good defensively all season.
"We hope teams try and put seven or eight in the box to try and stop Ricky, because we feel like we're diversified enough on offense to exploit that. And Ricky still finds a way to get his yards. I couldn't even tell you how many broken plays Ricky has turned into something positive, including a couple of long touchdown runs on busted plays."
Williams said winning a state rushing title would be rewarding, but a long playoff run is what matters most. He believes the Crimson Tide has proven it can play with anybody.
The rest of the state knows Ricky Williams can run with anybody.


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Script Panel Refactoring
This page summarizes refactoring the Firebug debugger to use JSD2 and adding support for remote JavaScript debugging. Issue 5421 tracks the actual changes done.
Firebug Wiki:
Mozilla Wiki:
- Debugger
- Debugger Client API
- JS Debugger API Guide
- JS Debugger API Reference
- DevTools Debugger
- Remote Debugging Protocol
- Adopt JSD2 (get rid of all JSD1 APIs)
- Support remote debugging
Related Issues
- Issue 5421: Implement JSD2
- Issue 5837: Implement remote debugging
JSD2 API Requirements
The following list summarizes the high-level features that Firebug needs to support. It should be verified that all the features can re-implemented on top of JSD2 before starting the refactoring.
- List of scripts available on selected tab (including static, events and evaluated scripts) including iframes →
- Stepping (into, over, out, resume, current line)
- Support for
debugger;keyword →
- Support for breakpoints (add, remove, enable, disabled, conditional, list of existing breakpoints) →
Debugger.Script methods
- Recognize executable lines
- Dynamic eval in a frame (used e.g. by the Watch Side Panel when the debugger is halted) →
- Get stack frames (including passed arguments) →
- Scope chain variable exploring (with & closure scopes). It should be possible to see all values. →
- Break on next call
- Profiling (was part of JSD1)
- Tracking (break on) throw/catch/error →
- Tracking (monitoring) function calls
- Freezing page UI if debugger is halted (including timeouts, intervals and worker threads)
Not Ready in JSD2
- There is not source for evals.
- new Function scripts?
- Meta bug: Implement a script Debugger
- As soon as this one is fixed
- Profiling is unrelated to JSD2. What is the plan here?
- Tracking (break on) throw/catch/error; also what is the plan?
- Conditional breakpoints (bug 740825)
Current Debugger Architecture
This section describes the current debugger architecture.
There are several layers/objects so, let's describe them step by step starting from the bottom.
- Backend: JSD1, FirebugService, Debugger
- Frontend: JavaScriptTool, ScriptPanel
This layer represents JSD1 platform API. These API allows to implement script debuggers and represent direct competition to JSD2 API. Of course this layer should entirely disappear and should be replaced by JSD2.
Firebug Service
Firebug service is implemented as js module on top of JSD1 layer. The object is called FBS and it's purpose is to wrap JSD1 API so, they are not directly accessed anywhere else. This layer also maintain list of registered debuggers (usually
Firebug.Debugger module) and fires various events to them (e.g. onToggleBreakpoint, onToggleMonitor, etc.) or execute theirs callback (e.g. onBreak, onFunctionCall, onError, onThrow, onScriptCreated, etc.)
Main responsibilities:
- Activate/deactivate JSD in the browser. The activation is global for all current browser windows.
- Hook debugger events (interrupts, break on a breakpoint, etc.)
- Maintains list of registered debuggers (there is usually just one - Firebug debugger) and sends events to them.
- Manages nested event loop that is created for the debugger UI when page JS execution breaks.
- Sets/removes/enables/disables/saves/loads breakpoints
- Implements debugger stepping over/in/out/runUntil
- Monitors function calls
- Starts/stops profiling
- Tracks exceptions and errors (not working well)
- Tracks compiled scripts (not all of them)
This object is derived from
Firebug.Module and represents Firebug's debugger. It's also registered as a debugger into Firebug Service (FBS). This object should be the only one accessing FBS. It calls FBS API and receives various callbacks and events.
This object implements methods that can be used by the Script panel or other parts of Firebug (e.g. by those panels which implements BON).
Some examples of the API:
- evaluate, evaluateInCallingFrame
- breakNow, getCurrentStackTrace
- rerun
- stepOver, stepInto, stepOut, runUntil, resume
- setBreakpoint, clearBrakpoint, etc.
- monitorFunction, unmonitorFunction
- monitorScript, unmonitorScript
- activateDebugger, deactivateDebugger
Implementation of these methods is based on FBS API.
There is also
Firebug.DebuggerListener that defines the interface used by FBS
- onStop, onResume, onThrow, onError, onScriptCreated (there is more onScriptCreated events)
This object is part or BTI and represents a javascript debugger tool. This object is like a proxy sitting between
Firebug.Debugger and the
ScriptPanel. The current implementation is in-process only so, based on direct
Firebug.Debugger API calls.
API of the tool is as follows:
- setBreakpoint, clearBreakpoint, enableBreakpoint, disableBreakpoint, isBreakpointDisabled, getBreakpointCondition
- rerun
- resumeJavaScript, stepOver, stepInto, stepOut, runUntil
- onConnect, onDisconnect
- onStartDebugging, onStopDebugging
- onCompilationUnit
The BTI is used by Crossfire. Crossfire has the following structure:
Crossfire Panel ↓ Crossfire Module ↓ Crossfire Server ↓ Crossfire Socket Transport
When starting up it does the following.
- Register tools (e.g. console, inspector, ...)
- Start server
- Create socket transport
- Add BTI listener
- Set connection status
Script Panel
The Script Panel sits at the top of the whole stack of layers/objects. It represents the debugger UI (a view + a controller). The implementation of this object is quite extensive since it also includes the source code view and viewport (see
firebug/js/sourceBox.js module.
The Script panel should never access the
Firebug.Debugger directly. It should always use the
So, for example, if the user clicks on the Breakpoint Column, the action is handled by the Script panel, forwarded to the
JavaScriptTool, which forwards it to the
Firebug.Debugger, which forwards it to
FBS. Finally,
FBS is using JSD1 API to set the breakpoint.
There are side panels (Breakpoints, Watch and Stack), which are synchronized automatically with the Script panel. They should all use
JavaScriptTool to get appropriate data to display.
The synchronization happens through basic Firebug mechanisms like,
updateSelection and
New Debugger Architecture
The Script panel needs to be built on top of JSD2, remote protocol and Firebug remoting API. Remoting is already supported by HTTP Monitor.
First of all, take a look a the following diagram.
- DebuggerClient This object comes from Firefox platform and is responsible for connection to the server back-end. The object maintains the underlying transport layer, it's responsible for tab attach/detach, it implements basic packets send and receive logic. The implementation is currently within resource://gre/modules/devtools/dbg-client.jsm module.
- DebuggerClientModule This module (singleton, one per Firebug instance) represents a wrapper around DebuggerClient. It implements connection setup and initialization (e.g. port number). This object represents the connection in Firebug and should be shared by all remotable tools (e.g. the Script panel, Net panel, Profiler, etc.). Name of this module isn't probably descriptive enough, it could be changed. This object (or related object) could also replace the TabWatcher.
- DebuggerTool This object implements API related to debugging (typical methods: stepIn, stepOut, setBreakpoint, etc.). The Script panel should always consume debugger API through this object. DebuggerTool registers itself as a DebuggerClientModule and thus gets all necessary events from the back-end (e.g. onConnect, onThreadAttached, etc.)
- ScriptPanel Represents debugger UI and listens mostly to onStartDebugging and onStopDebugging events. Those are used to properly updated the panel's UI.
- ScriptView This object is currently based on Orion (but could be replaced by CodeMirror, see bug 816756). The main responsibility of this object is displaying the source code (using color syntax highlight).
- CallstackPanel This panel displays list of frames when the debugger is halted. The frame list is synchronized with ThreadClient's stack frame cache using framesadded and framescleared events.
- ThreadClient This object comes from Firefox platform and is responsible for tab-thread related logic.
- BreakpointStore Responsible for breakpoint persistence across Firefox restarts (in breakpoint.json file).
A grip represents handle to server side object (see RDP for more details).
Firebug framework introduces several objects that deals with these handles, see the next diagram.
- GripFactory This is the place where grips instances are created. Every grip object is associated with a class (see RDP) and uses Firebug.registerGrip to register itself. This factory uses a list of registered types and instantiates the right one according to the server side grip class attribute.
- GripCache The cache is the place where panels and other parts of Firebug should ask for grip-objects. If the requested object is not in the cache a request is sent to the backend and a promise synchronously returned and asynchronously resolved. If the object is already in the cache a promise is returned and synchronously resolved. GripCache is the only place, which uses GripFactory. See more about asynchronous data access.
- ObjectGrip Represents a wrapper for RDP Grip
- Property Represents a wrapper for RDP Property
- FunctionGrip Represents a wrapper for a function object.
- ScopeGrip Represents a wrapper for a scope object. This object is used by the Watch panel to show chain of current scopes.


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Sound Off for Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013
On men's shelter: There are many things I can't do outside now because of my shoulder. I called the men's shelter, and they brought a guy to wash my windows. He did a wonderful job. This week, I called, and they sent a guy who raked my yard. Yes, I paid money because it was worth it; he did a fantastic job. Anybody who needs help, call the shelter. They are great.
On crosswalks: Tuesday as I was in the middle of a crosswalk, a small black pickup blew a stop sign and was coming straight for me. I screamed and held up my hands, but he wasn't slowing down. I barely got out of the way. This is the third time I've almost been hit using crosswalks. Hey Janesville drivers, pay attention.
On Obama: The president skipped the Gettysburg celebration marking 150 years since Lincoln's speech. He claims to admire Lincoln but can't even honor him. I suppose if there was a golf course there, he would meet Tiger Woods to play golf.
On Obamacare: Now we find out that $1 trillion of tax money is being handed to insurance companies in order to get them on board. That little fact was kept from people. Now that everything is falling apart, guess who the Democrats are blaming? Well, the insurance companies.
-- If your health insurance policy doesn't meet minimum government standards, it should be canceled. If you're allowed to keep it, guess who pays for your serious, not-covered illness? I thought you Republicans were all for personal responsibility.
-- I saw a small-business owner on TV who said his costs were rising about 8 percent every year before the Affordable Care Act. Now, thanks to the hard work and compassion of the Democratic Party, his costs are going up 49 percent this year. That's why the nine scariest words you'll ever hear are, "We're from the government, and we're here to help."
On Walker's book: Gov. Walker's description of the union bosses couldn't have been more accurate and all at the taxpayer's expense.
On misusing entitlements: To the couple who purchased only a frosted cake at $25 and 12 decorated cupcakes for $14.99, $34.99 total with their electronic benefits card, do know how much good food your daughter could have eaten for that money? The directions for baking a cake come on the box, estimated cost $5.99. Tammy Baldwin would even have cringed.
On deer in church: The Gazette missed an opportunity with its headline about the deer crashing into the church basement (Page 1A, Nov. 13). "Where the deer and the antelope worship"? If you're going to reference the song "Home on the Range," why wouldn't you go with "Where the deer and the antelope pray"? Come on.
On Republicans: As a 30-year retiree from a major corporation, I learned you do not go into meetings about a problem without two or three solutions to discuss. Republican legislation on state and national levels is sadly missing problem solving in a gentlemanly manner. They've become experts on attacking good people with no solutions of their own.
On roundabouts: I just came off the roundabouts at Interstate 39 by the new hospital, and the intersection is wonderful. It's very easy to follow. There are arrows on the pavement and signs directing you. There's not going to be an issue if people just pay attention, stay off phones or stop texting while driving. The guys doing the job in this weather deserve big applause.
On busing: I predicted on this new depot that by the time they get that built they'll have to have some new buses. Sure enough, it was in the paper (Page 2A, Monday) that the buses are getting old, and we'll need new ones. They don't want to park the old buses in the new building. They wouldn't need that building either if they would have bought smaller buses.
On voter ID: So the state Supreme Court is finally going to hear the voter ID law (Page 2A, Thursday). Amazing. It's about time they do their job. What would you call a group that believes blacks and other minorities are so ignorant, inept and incompetent that they can't even manage to get free IDs? The KKK maybe? No, that would be the Democratic Party.
On leaves: It's time residents of Janesville start bagging their own leaves in biodegradable bags. All I see is leaves raked into gutters, clogging sewer drains and blowing all over and then get rained on and freezing. It's time residents start taking responsibility for their own leaves. Plus it would save money for the city. I take care of my own leaves.
On Thanksgiving: I thank God for giving us the doctors and dentists with their healing hands, for movie stars who make us laugh and cry and scream and, last but not least, our old time rock 'n' roll and country music as it used to be. Enjoy family and friends this Thanksgiving. May peace and love be with you always.


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