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Posted 03 June 2012 - 09:35 AM
Interesting. Nine people have replied to a topic in order to tell us it was not worthy of a reply.
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 07:53 AM
And breathe....its if a forum for people to talk about anything theatrical...if you don't want to talk about a topic it is quite easy to skip on to another thread, stop getting down another person's throat. What is one person's treasure is another persons rubbish. If we all wanted to talk about the same thing then there would be no need for a forum.
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 12:47 PM
People change agents all the time right? Sure she will be ok!
Posted 21 August 2012 - 07:01 AM
And yet a discussion has started!
Posted 21 August 2012 - 01:40 PM
stevepearman, on 21 August 2012 - 07:01 AM, said:
And yet a discussion has started!
Well, it did over two months ago and died a death - now you've revived it
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Back in the day, when I still didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up, my Dad suggested that I might make a career of being veterinarian. Being an avid reader and my experience with the veterinary practice being completely limited to seeing the minor maladies of our house pets being treated by the local practitioner, I decided to expand my research by voraciously reading the James Herriot "All Creatures Great and Small" and "All Things Bright and Beautiful" novels. Well, I enjoyed the books immensely, as did millions of other readers. But to anyone interested in becoming a veterinarian, they may as well have been titled "Long Nights and Long, Dung-Covered Arms" or "Long Nights, Awake and Working." Not for me, mate. Give me a nice warm office-based nine-to-five, please.
I've made numerous other decisions of that variety, and as with many of the others, I've often pondered what might have been had I decided other than the way I did. I often ask myself "What would it have been like to be a <insert job description here>" as I've spent an afternoon in a non-productive hunt for an elusive and extraordinarily frustrating software bug. In these modern times, though, those questions can be answered to at least some degree through the use of computer simulators. What would it have been like to be a race car driver? Get a copy of rFactor and find out that it would have been very, very hard. Wanted to be an airline captain? Pick up Microsoft Flight Sim and see how you do on an 8 hour transoceanic slog. Thinking about being a veterinarian? Well, there's nothing out there with the same level of realism as the aforementioned titles, but there is Viva Media's Pet Vet 3D. Following in the footsteps of my father before me, I encouraged my daughter to take a look at it and share her findings in our previous
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Black front grille
Front splitter with blade
Rear diffusor
Carbon rear spoiler
Carbon mirror caps
Side skirts
Alcantara M Performance steering wheel with race display
Area around the lever is made of carbon and Alcantara
Handbrake in carbon and alcantara
M Performance foot mats
Photo gallery of the all new M3 and M4 at the 2014 Vancouver International Autoshow.
The F80 M3 is featured in Austin Yellow and the F82 M4 in Yas Marina Blue.
The F80 M3 prototype in Yas Marina Blue has been making its rounds in California. This latest sighting was in Glendale, Los Angeles at Pacific BMW.
Check out some great clips of the F80 M3 revving and takeoff on acceleration.
The 2014 BMW M Power Experience featuring the F80 M3 and F82 M4 will take place this year in Istanbul, Turkey!
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The F80 M3 and F82 M4 are making their appearance at the 2014 Vancouver International Autoshow.
The two cars on the floor are a Yas Marina Blue M4 and an Austin Yellow M3.
The BMW M4 MotoGP Safety Car made its debut this past weekend at the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha.
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It sounds like you have a very large home, so I'd go with the J15S. While all three pumps may attain the necessary pressure, the J15S will give you more volume, which you may need with all the bathrooms.
Please help me choose the appropriate jet pump.
I have one 3rd floor bathroom, two 2nd floor bathrooms and two 1st floor bathrooms. The kitchen and laundry are also located on the ground floor. Id like to have no less then 30psi available for the 3rd floor bathroom. My limited choices are a Goulds J7S, J10S or J15S. The only other pump brands commonly available here are: Eurostar and Speroni, hence my Goulds choice.
I will have a 300gal above ground storage tank feeding the pump and either a 44gal or 62gal pressure tank.
I've never installed something like this before so any other tips would be greatly appreciated.
It sounds like you have a very large home, so I'd go with the J15S. While all three pumps may attain the necessary pressure, the J15S will give you more volume, which you may need with all the bathrooms.
Thanks Ron for the quick response.
The house isn't exceptionally large. Just lots of bathrooms. The house actually won't get lots of use but when it is used it will be full of people. I'm guessing you would also recommend the 62gal pressure tank as well?
Also, here's a dumb question. Should make a shelter around pressure tank and pump to shield them from the elements or can they be out in the open?
Yes and Yes. Go with the larger pressure tank, and it always helps when the pump and tank have some pretection around them.
Good luck!!
Thanks Pumpman,
I'm ready to order all the correct parts now.
I think everything should be up and running in about a week.
You guys will love this: maybe this is a scenario for the CSV with a tiny tank, and the CSV fed by a submersible inside the storage tank. No need for pump house or pump shelter. Mount the tank and valve against the big tank to keep them from freezing. I bet you can get the submersible on **** for 150 bucks and it should well outlast any jet pump and use less power.
Since your static storage tank is only 300 gallons, It does not do much for storage. I would possibly skip it and feed your system directly from the well which hopefully has a submersible already in it.
What is the reason for the 300 gallon tank? Do you have a low yield well?
The house is located in the Philippines so freezing is out of the question. Low 60s is cold here.
Actually there is no well. The towns municipal water system will feed the supply tank. The reason for this whole setup is because the local water system is very inconsistent. Low water pressure is a daily occurrence and no water for one or two days at a time is not that uncommon either.
Actually, I am interested in a CSV. I just wouldnt be able to get one here for several months.
I just thought of another question. How can I get the pump to shut off before the supply tank completely empties?
You can put a float switch in the tank, like the float switches that are used in sump pump systems.Originally Posted by weekender
A 1.5 HP pump is pretty large for such a float switch, so you might need a large relay such as a "definite purpose contactor". They are available for less than $20 in the US. If you have access to equipment from Grainger www.grainger.com , I can suggest a catalog number if you tell me your operating voltage.
You should also have a float valve in the tank to keep it full automatically when there is water.
Here in the states the city water pressure is always 200 psi.
A CSV is always a good idea.
BobNH answered the question on shutting the pump off and keeping the tank full. I can go one better and make all this happen with low voltage so the control circuits would not be dangerous.
It's called a transformer that is $9.95 in my Grainger catalog, and select the contactor with a 24 Volt coil.Originally Posted by speedbump
Mine is about the same price, but it plugs into the wall and is self contained.


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AUSTIN -- At 40 years old, Vincent Lopez has spent more than half of his life in a wheelchair, dealing with the constant pain of muscular dystrophy since the age of 17.
"For the last 22 years I've experienced symptoms of chronic back pain, joint pain, trouble eating and trouble sleeping," Lopez told KVUE at his North Austin home. "One would have to go through it to truly understand. Illness truly is an act of consumption."
After trying countless drugs that Lopez says only made him sicker and took away his appetite, he turned to marijuana as medicine.
"It's not a cure, but it's more of an alleviator to numb an individual to that pain so that pain doesn't dictate or override their day, override their routine, which is typically what pain does," said Lopez. "It seems to stimulate appetite. It seems to alleviate my spasms, alleviate my muscle stiffness, alleviate the pain throughout my back that I feel daily, and if anything it does, it helps me just get on about my day in the most comfort I can possibly be in."
From patient to advocate, Lopez has spent the last two year volunteering as director of patient outreach for the Texas chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Lopez says much of his work is creating an outlet for patients to step out of the "marijuana closet," and that many who use marijuana to cope with pain end up adding fear of arrest to the stress of dealing with a chronic illness.
"We're not talking recreational use, we're not talking abuse, we're talking medical need, and there's nothing greater than that," said Lopez. "One thing we need to understand is that there are no cures for these conditions, and prescription medications have proven to be harmful in so many ways. Cannabis provides an alternative answer away from side effects that harm other organs of our bodies. Cannabis is a natural substance."
While citizens in the states of Washington and Colorado have celebrated newly-passed laws decriminalizing marijuana, at least 17 states allow some form of medical marijuana use. Advocates of similar legislation in Texas say it's a sign of an evolving conversation regarding the drug's potential medicinal uses.
"I think it does reflect a changing attitude," said State Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin), who has tried unsuccessfully to pass legislation concerning medical marijuana in the past and plans on submitting a new bill in the upcoming 83rd Texas Legislature. "I think those combine to enhance the chances that we'll move forward finally with this strictly medicinal marijuana bill."
"We're trying to create a situation where a person with a bona fide medical condition (AIDS, cancer, MS, Parkinson's) following a recommendation from a doctor could use marijuana for medicinal purposes, and if arrested could go before a judge and say, 'I'm not a criminal. I'm sick, this helps me.' And the judge could say, 'Go home,'" Naishtat explained in an interview with KVUE.
For years, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has repeatedly testified that marijuana, particularly when smoked, is neither safe nor effective as a drug.
"Smoked marijuana does not meet existing standards of safety and efficacy for modern medicine," ONDCP Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs Scott Burns testified while addressing a medical marijuana initiative in Michigan in 2006. "Recognized medications have been determined to be only safe after properly rigorous scientific analysis, not political pressure, and not deal making."
Lopez argues that marijuana is not proven addictive, and says medical marijuana is the victim of a propaganda campaign aimed to scare people away from a conversation.
"We are already sentenced by our conditions. We cannot escape them, we cannot put them on the shelf, and we can't just turn away from them," said Lopez. "Regardless of medical cannabis or not, we still have to face our trial, and when we see an answer that can alleviate the pains of that trial, then it's very much worth our effort to fight for it."
Naishtat attributes the lack of success of previous medical marijuana legislation to a misunderstanding that the bill would create a legal market or legalize marijuana. Naishtat says it would not, rather the legislation would provide an affirmative defense for patients using marijuana as medicine.
"We know that medicinal marijuana if used properly works. We will have people come and testify how it helps them live, how it helps them to work," said Naishtat. "This also would send a strong message to law enforcement throughout Texas that they shouldn't mess with people who are obviously sick. They should not harass them. They certainly shouldn't arrest them if they're smoking marijuana for medicinal reasons."
"Anything that's in the positive direction is definitely something that I would like to see, and that includes protecting patient rights who are medical marijuana users in the state of Texas," said Lopez. "If we expect to have real compassionate reform, it's going to have to come down to legislators and lawmakers listening to patients and understanding their needs, and anything leads in that direction is a positive step in the right direction."


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One can almost take that same journey today if he or she is a constant observer of the world as seen by Washington D.C. The hearings last week best illustrated this point when the IRS woman, Lori Lerner, took the stand in front of a Congressional committee. After taking the oath to tell the truth, she immediately opened her testimony with a self-serving statement about her innocence and lack of wrongdoing. Immediately after that, she chose to avail herself of the Fifth Amendment and did not answer any further questions. It was quickly pointed out to her by a member of the committee that she had effectively waived her right to the Fifth by delivering the lengthy opening statement. In order to resolve the issue legally, the Chairman postponed the session until legal experts could fathom out whether or not the witness had transgressed.
This was just one of the many events that have occurred recently in the troubled Obama administration. Whenever he is on a podium, the President is quick to say "my" administration at every turn. When problems arise about the credulity of the White House, the President and his tax-paid staff are just as fast to say, "We didn't know anything until we read it or heard it in news reports."
The current IRS scandal, the DOJ's harassment of reporters' phone records and the long-simmering Benghazi fiasco indicate the possibility of more scandals in the future. One such scandal that is beginning to emerge on the horizon is the EPA's treatment of Democratically-controlled "green" energy companies as compared to traditional energy source companies.
All that is happening in Washington today is a reminder of the long-forgotten GSA scandal that occurred in Las Vegas. The only difference being that the GSA top executive knew how to legally invoke the Fifth. Perhaps Ms.Lerner could learn something from his playbook.
Probably the thing that has been abused the most is the famous Hatch Act, which prohibits government employees from participating in partisan politics. A prime example of this is Health and Human Services' Sebelius being guilty of such activity and then excused by her boss. It reminds us also of the "Fast and Furious" scandal in which AG Eric Holder was rescued by Executive Order.
Possibly the finest thing that the current administration has done for us is to expand our vocabulary so that now we say "workplace violence" instead of an act of terror, Or we call it "man-made disaster" and we now call our overseas mission a "contingency operation" instead of what it really is.
Just as Alice encountered the "Cheshire Cat," we now have a grinning Chief Executive. For the "Queen of Hearts," we now have Speaker Pelosi and for the "Mad Hatter," we now have Joe Biden. If he were still alive, author Lewis Carroll would probably enjoy the conversation with the NV Condor.
Harry Spencer is a long-time northern Nevada resident.


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The NBA D-League Showcase brings NBA coaches, scouts and prospects together for a 16-team, four-day experience in January that will be some of the best and most exciting basketball played in the area, according to NBA D-League President Dan Reed.
"This is the American Idol of basketball," Reed said. "After last year's showcase, the Reno Bighorns really made it an easy decision to come back."
The return of the showcase marks the first time the D-League Showcase has returned to a city in consecutive years. Reed cited Reno as an ideal location to hold such an event because of the proximity to hotels, restaurants and basketball facilities which he said made scouts and coaches enjoy their stay.
"About 90 percent of people who visit Reno and leave eventually come back," said Christopher Baum, president and CEO of the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA). "The event brings in more than $1 million in one week, so it is a win-win on many levels." In addition to booking 1,200 hotel rooms for the duration of the event, Baum said the exposure of the community to those who follow basketball very closely helps the city's "overall push" to bring in more sports and sporting events.
"It really shows what our community has to offer," Santos Jr. said. "Our community is the kind you can't find in other places and this is a chance for every one to realize that."
The NBA D-League and the RSCVA agreed to a partnership earlier this year that allows the Reno Bighorns' staff to manage the event with the help of the RSCVA.
"Dan Reed has been great to work to work with and since we had already worked together, much of the road work had already been done," Santos Jr. said. "The RSCVA and the Bighorns have a great opportunity to make this a very successful event."
Reno Bighorns head coach Paul Mokeski spoke during the press conference about his team's home-court advantage during the four days.
"It's a big advantage for us to be able to play and watch from home. Last year three Bighorns players were called up to NBA teams and two of them made playoff rosters," he said.
More than 20 players who participated in the 2012 showcase were called up to play in the NBA and, according to Reed, this is the NBA's most important scouting event. He said the games televised on NBA TV were screened in 50 million homes nationwide last year, which is success they will look to continue this year.
The event will be held at the Reno Events Center in downtown Reno from Jan. 7 through 10. Single day general admission passes, which allow access to four games each day, are available for $7 until June 15 when they will be raised to $10. Single day courtside seats are available for $50. Multi-day general admission seats are available for $25 for a three-day pass and $30 for a four-day pass. Courtside seats are $65 for a three-day pass and $75 for a four-day pass.


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The 2011 AVCA Spring Conference: 21st Century Coaching Skills will be held in beautiful Anaheim, California, at both the Doubletree Hotel Anaheim/Orange County and American Sports Centers, home of the U.S. Men's and Women's National Teams. With educational sessions from renowned coaches and first-hand learning from the U.S. National Teams and coaches, you can't afford to miss this event! Click the links to the left for more information on the venues, transportation and more!
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Cast in 3D from solid pewter and plated in silver with an antique finish. The eagle is a great American symbol of power and courage. The Eagle Lapel Pin is widely used by the military and law enforcement. Each pin comes with a clutch back and is individually poly bagged.
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Don't be fooled by the name: This recipe sounds strange but is actually quite tasty. Everyday Food editor Sarah Carey teaches you how to make this out-of-the-box dinner. Look for bright green stalks of asparagus with tight, firm tips and moist ends.
Pasta with Asparagus and Scrambled Eggs
Coarse salt and ground pepper
3/4 pound spaghetti
1 pound asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 ounces Parmesan, grated (1/2 cup), plus more for serving
5 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup part-skim ricotta
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1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta 1 minute less than package instructions. Add asparagus and cook 1 minute. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water, then drain.
2. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in pot over medium-high and add 1/4 cup pasta water. Add pasta mixture and Parmesan and cook, stirring, 1 minute. If necessary, add remaining pasta water to create a light sauce that coats pasta.
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3. In a small nonstick skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium. Add eggs and cook, stirring, until just set. Divide pasta and eggs among four plates, top with ricotta, and season with salt and pepper.
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Here is a set I made a few days ago using one of my favourite LEGO bricks, the prison doors from 7498- LEGO City Police Station! Enjoy!
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Pro Pot Group Proposes $5 FineMay 22nd, 2009 by Rick
Even though Colorado legislature passed a law in 2001 that brought marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to a petty offense, one little town named Longmont is apparently still reaping in the rewards of the cash cow system created by the war on drugs.
A group called, Free Marijuana in Longmont, wants the $100 fine and possible jail time for possession of marijuana reduced to $5. They feel community service and a $25 fine, instead of jail time and $100 fine is the way to go for public display or consumption of marijuana. This would just be a change for the adults however, the minors would still have to fork over their
drug lunch money and allowance and pay the current fine.
The group plans to bumrush city council members the next time they hold a meeting and basically give them an ultimatum of agreeing to changing the code or they would send out petitions and collect signatures to get the issue on the ballot in November and therefore let the people decide.
Although medical marijuana is legal in Colorado, Paul Tiger, another Longmont resident worries about the chances of people smoking marijuana for recreation and not medication if it's decriminalized and the penalties are reduced.
Kevin Clowers, leader of the group, uses the logic that if the fine is reduced to something like $5 then the authorities won't bother in chasing the potheads and thus they save money in the long run with the courts and freeing up police officers to go after the real bad guys.
Per the Onion Radio: Marijuana LegalizedMay 21st, 2009 by Rick
Quite the humorous outlook that The Onion takes on maybe a future scenario for a legalization push from pot activists.
Maybe if all activists wore suits and spoke without slang in their vocabulary then people would stop laughing at the issue itself. Of course doing that will just further influence people into thinking that a suit + education = success, and that would just continue establishing an antiquated stereotype.
Now if they could make a bong out of the Washington Monument, that would be some feat.
Serious Eats Lists Mobile Caterers on TwitterMay 21st, 2009 by Rick
Whether you're at work, home or even on the road, you now can get updates of numerous street cart vendors that notify their customers via Twitter. Thanks to Serious Eats, you can now narrow down the mobile caterers that are in your area and know exactly what their special of the day is, time and location.
Bon Appetit!
Cop Reveals Ugly Truths of Drug WarMay 21st, 2009 by Russ
Academics and left-wing activists are well known for their opposition to the war on drugs. It's less often that one hears the criticism straight from the horse's mouth. In an interview for Allison Kilkenny's blog, a former detective lieutenant and narcotics officer offered up some first hand evidence that the war on drugs is little more than a police-orchestrated charade.
The detective, Jack Cole, is now a member of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.) A 26-year veteran of the New Jersey state police, Cole was well-acquainted with the discrepancy between department objectives and the reality on the ground:
We nor our bosses had any idea of how to fight a war on drugs. Our bosses did know one thing though; they knew how to keep that federal cash-cow being milked in their personal barnyard. To accomplish that they had to make the drug war appear to be an absolute necessity. So early on we were encouraged to lie about most of our statistics and lie we did.
And so the department inflated arrest statistics, seizure statistics, and any other metrics that would make them look successful:
We exaggerated the amount of drugs we seized by adding the weight of any cutting agents we found (lactose, mannitol, starch, or sucrose) to the weight of the illegal drug. So we might seize one ounce of cocaine and four pounds of lactose.
And as the lie steamrolled onward, the department funding poured in. Soon, "cooking" the stats was a mere formality and part of everyday policework. And, as they tend to do, the lie spiraled out of control.
In Cole's words:
The War On Drugs gives the racists an easy hook to hurt people they don't like. And they do.
The need for stats bred racial profiling, destroyed minority communities, and locked up hundreds of thousands of non-malicious, non-violent youths.
Former Drug Kingpin Releases MemoirsMay 21st, 2009 by Russ
As Morgan Freeman noted in The Shawshank Redemption, "Prison time is slow time."
For one former drug trafficker, time has afforded him the opportunity to share his story with his fellow countrymen. Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, once the most powerful drug boss of his day, has released a 36-page retelling of his reign to the Mexican magazine, Gatorpardo.
Entitled Diaries of the Boss of Bosses, the manifesto covers the 18-years that Gallardo spent in the drug trade, ultimately finding himself at the top of the heap.
From his high vantage, he had a clear view of the corrupting influence of narco-dollars on his own men, and on the police and military officials that he courted.
One close associate of his, Gonzalez Calderoni, was publicly known as a Tango & Cash-like supercop. In reality, Calderoni was nothing more than a corrupt official, living off of tips and intelligence provided by friendly traffickers. When the price was right, Calderoni turned on Gallardo, and ambushed him at a local Guadalajara restaurant.
Gallardo's story offers up some important reminders for modern drug warriors. One, is that these vast sums of drugs targeted and seized are a hugely corrupting influence on all who come across them. Another, is that regardless of who is removed from the drug trade (even the kingpin himself) it will always perpetuate itself.
Daily Life: 10 Common Marijuana MisconceptionsMay 21st, 2009 by Erin
If you're a regular (or even occasional) marijuana smoker, chances are you've been faced with all the stereotypes associated with stoners. As an attempt to clear some of these up, we've come up with a list of the most common marijuana misconceptions and accompanying explanations.
1. Pot smokers are unproductive and unmotivated.
This website is built and run by pot smokers. Consider this stereotype defeated already, but I can go on…
As one of the most productive stoners I know, smoking can actually help you become more focused; you just have to make sure you're smoking the right weed. Pick a sativa or sativa-dominant hybrid to keep you alert – a heavy indica will make you feel groggy and sleepy, which is not good for work time.
2. Marijuana is addictive.
Actually, this is probably one of the most common misconceptions out there. Since it involves inhaling smoke, many people group weed together with cigarettes, forgetting about the nicotine and other addictive substances that cigarettes contain. Unlike cigarettes and alcohol, smoking weed does not result in physical dependency and does not produce any withdrawal symptoms. Only a small minority of Americans (<1%) smoke marijuana every day.
3. Smoking marijuana causes lung damage.
There have been no reports of lung cancer solely associated with marijuana. While the smoke does contain a number of irritants and carcinogens, it's only a fraction compared to the chemicals crammed in cigarettes, and even heavy cannabis users exhibit no obstruction to the airways, unlike tobacco smokers. Reference Doug Benson's Super High Me – in over 10 years of heavy marijuana smoking, the doctors told him he has done no permanent damage to his lungs.
Check out the other 7 misconceptions after the jump…
Prescription Abuse is Priority, Says Drug CzarMay 21st, 2009 by Rick
In an interview with USA Today on Wednesday, Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, commented that one of his priorities within the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will be to crack down on prescription abuse.
We get overly concerned about drugs coming in, but the pharmaceuticals are here already.
Under his plans Kerlikowske wants doctors and pharmacists to be able to log prescriptions, particularly to the addictive drugs, so that law enforcement can track them. Some states already have a database of such, known as prescription-monitoring programs.
We're going to shout that from the rooftops. We have a national effort to combat swine flu. In the same way, we can bring all forces to bear on the drug problem.
Although Kerlikowske takes a step back from previous administrations with the view on the war on drugs, he hasn't completely escaped the dark side — at least not in front of over 300 police, federal agents and other law enforcement:
Legalization isn't in the president's vocabulary, and it certainly isn't in mine.
Two things come to mind about the prescription monitoring programs:
- What rights would we as citizens and patients have for our records to be private and confidential, as the Hippocratic oath assures? Does this mean any local yokel sheriff's department will have access to the database on a mere whim, or will the information be protected and they would have to have a warrant to access it?
- If more states begin to participate in these programs, what are they doing to safeguard our information from the computer intrusion specialists? After all, we reported a few weeks ago that a prescription monitoring program in VA was hacked. If the script kiddies can get through, what about infiltration by government trained hackers from other countries?
Although the new Drug Czar and his viewpoints are considered by some to be a breath of fresh air, we still need to be vigilant about the stale stench that could easily engulf him.
Photography: TIME's Cannabis CultureMay 21st, 2009 by Rick
No doubt the cannabis movement to overgrow the government has progressed tenfold to the point where legalizing weed has become a national topic. However the news, never really captures the imagery needed to show the beauty of the plant. Steering away from typical photos depicting marijuana as a "dangerous drug", Photographer, David Walter Banks delves into the medical marijuana community and captures the raw essence of what the plant and the culture surrounding it, is all about.
At a medical marijuana grow op in Georgia there are no labs, no beakers, no solvents needed to cut the finalized product… a simple clothesline is needed to dry the plant.
The plant is then taken to a medical marijuana dispensary and displayed for patients to purchase, like at this Cannabis Therapeutics dispensary in Colorado Springs.
This plant then helps medical marijuana patients like A.I.D.S. patient, Damien Lagoy — saying the plant helps him keep his food and medication down.
This "drug" can even be put into food, via THC, the main ingredient that gives users a high. tFS' Cooking with Cannabis is perfect for those medical marijuana patients that can't inhale the smoke.
These photos by Banks, are a welcome change from the imagery that is usually associated with the world of marijuana.


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Volleyball Standout Stephanie (Schuricht) Pequette to Be Inducted in Valpo's Hall of Fame
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A volleyball standout for four seasons for the Crusaders, Stephanie (Schuricht) Pequette ranks as the top setter in Mid-Continent Conference history, and, on February 23, she will be inducted into the Valparaiso University's Athletic Hall of Fame.
A two-time First Team All Mid-Con selection, Pequette still holds the league's career assist mark with 4,993 over the course of her career, and was ranked 21st in NCAA Division I upon graduation.
She helped lead the Brown and Gold to the 1994 and 1995 Mid-Continent Conference championships, and was named to the league's All-Tournament Team on both occasions. Pequette also helped Valpo earn NCAA play-in berths both seasons, the first two such appearances in school history.
Strong on the serve as well, the three-time Crusader co-captain still ranks sixth in school laurels with 127 career aces. Pequette also remains among Valpo's top 10 in digs and blocks as well.
Twice she was named Mid-Con Athlete of the Week, and, as a senior, she concluded her career being named the Valparaiso University Female Athlete of the Year.
Pequette is employed as a physical therapist for Athletic and Therapeutic Institute in New Lenox, Ill.
The Valparaiso University Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held on Saturday, February 23 at 11 a.m. at the Strongbow Inn Banquet Center. The inductees will also be recognized at halftime of both the men's and women's basketball games on the same day.
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How to get rid of unsightly sink stains
Our sinks take such abuse! And stains love to stick to our sinks. Many of the stains are due to hard water and those are hard to remove. They also get "scuff" marks from large pots, pans and cookware.
Porcelain sinks do well with cleanser unless you have a stubborn stain that refuses to leave! And with age – cleanser doesn't do the trick anymore.
Try the hot water and bleach soak. After scrubbing your sink with cleanser, rinse thoroughly and plug the sink. If you have to use a rubber stopper to keep the water in the sink – fine. Fill your sink with hot water and pour in a cup of bleach. Let sit for 3 minutes. If you have a dish drain in your sink – soak that too – it won't hurt at all. Toss your dish cloths in as well – all stains come out and they look like new again. You can even soak your dish towels that are dingy looking or stained. While you're at it – grab the dish cloth and wipe down your kitchen counters to kill any bacteria. Your sinks and countertops will be disinfected. Empty the sink and rinse well, rinse the dish cloths and/or towels. Allow to dry.
Stainless steel sinks can easily be cleaned with a mixture of white vinegar and baking soda. Just make a paste and rub in with a soft cloth so you don't scratch the surface.
If you are making a favorite dish that calls for fresh squeezed lemon, save the squeezed half lemon to pass over any stains in your sink. Grapefruit works extremely well, is larger to work with than a lemon and is very acidic! Cut in half, place cut side down and rub the stains out using circular motions. If you have sensitive skin, you may have to wear rubber gloves because of the acid in the citrus. Rinse thoroughly with cold water and dry. If white spots still show after you have dried the sink, put a small amount of olive oil on a soft cloth and rub into the spits in the sink.
If you want to keep your stainless steel sink shiny and keep it protected, place olive oil on a soft cloth and shine it up.
Tips for removing stains:
For older sinks and tubs, there is a product called "The Works" that will work pretty good.
A scouring pad or a brillo pad will work on many stains.
White vinegar is a good cleaner.
Sometimes a toilet bowl cleaner can be used for the rust stains and tough stains in the sink or tub.
Lime Away is another good product to use.
Fill you sink with water and drop in a couple denture tablets.
If you like to scrub stains away, there are pumice-type scrubbers in the stores you can buy. These won't scratch the finish on your sink or tub.
If you run out of cleanser, use baking powder. Another excellent cleaning product.
Keep old toothbrushes to scrub stains out. They are also good to use to clean around the faucets.


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OURAY - An ambitious region-wide health care discussion hosted by CLUB 20 gets underway in Ouray next Thursday, March 1.
Held at the Ouray Community Center from 2-5 p.m., the by-invitation facilitated dialogue is one of 25 sessions to be held in communities large and small across the Western Slope over the coming months. In Ouray County, about 40 community members are expected to participate.
The meeting schedule, which is subject to change, currently calls for meetings in Silverton in April, Delta/Montrose sometime in June, and in Telluride in August.
"Basically, the goal is to grow the discussion around health care, open the dialogue, and enhance discussion," said Bonnie Peterson, Executive Director of CLUB 20. "We would anticipate that as we have these meetings, we will find some differences in terms of community needs throughout the region, maybe differences between rural and more metropolitan areas."
The ultimate intended outcome, Peterson said, is to inform and hone CLUB 20's health care platform so as to give Western Colorado a strong, clear voice in decisions being made globally at the state or federal level, and to shape policy in a way that makes sense for the region.
"We are always concerned about one-size-fits-all edicts, when they don't fit," Peterson said.
CLUB 20, headquartered in Grand Junction, is an organization of counties, communities, tribes, businesses, individuals and associations across Western Colorado. The group, whose original mission was to represent the 20 Colorado counties west of the Continental Divide, has grown in scope to represent two other counties as well. It is organized for the purpose of "speaking with a single unified voice on issues of mutual concern." Public education and political action are two of its priorities.
CLUB 20 shapes Western Slope policy on key issues originating within its standing committees, each with broad geographic representation. These committees include Agriculture, Business Affairs, Education & Workforce Development, Energy, Health Care, Public Lands & Natural Resources, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation and Water.
Funding for the upcoming health care discussion project comes through a grant from the Colorado Trust to the CLUB 20 Education and Research Foundation, in cooperation with Colorado Mesa University.
The format of the community meetings will be similar to civic engagement meetings conducted by CLUB 20 around the state a few years ago, which were part of a forum developed and utilized to talk about ballot initiative reform, Peterson said. They will also mirror the process currently being developed by TBD Colorado, Gov. John Hickenlooper's nascent large-scale civic engagement effort designed to "create informed and constructive conversations among Coloradans about some of the biggest issues facing the state" including education, health care, transportation, and more. (TBD is an acronym for "To Be Determined.")
The three-hour health care meetings will include a prepared presentation by the CLUB 20 Health Care Committee, which will share information about what is currently unfolding regarding health care policy at the federal, state level and local level.
From there, discussion will be sifted into four categories: quality, cost, access and personal wellness.
Participants will be split into discussion groups to talk about "what's working well and what' s lacking," regarding health care in the community, but will also be able to register their thoughts and opinions anonymously by means of remote control-style clickers, or keypad polling devices.
"We will then have some specific numerical data to quantify how participating members view various issues in their area," Peterson explained. The data will be used to record similarities and difference across all 25 communities and provide input back to the Colorado Trust.
CLUB 20 will also use the data "to advocate for health care changes, modifications, whatever might be going on in the health care world to address the needs of rural Colorado," Peterson said.
Part of the scope of the grant is to enable the CLUB 20 Health Care Committee to develop a website presence and utilize social networking to carry its message even further.
"Our goal is to reach 1,000 people through these meetings," Peterson said. "This is such a complex issue. It is going to be very interesting what we hear out there."
Those invited to participate in the meetings represent community leaders across all spectrums, who have then gone on to identify additional community members who may add valuable input. Locally, the discussion will be hosted by Ouray City Administrator Patrick Rondinelli, Ouray Chamber Resort Association Marketing Manager Heidi Pankow and CLUB 20 Health Committee Chair Dick Allison.
"If someone is interested in attending and didn't get an invitation, we encourage them to contact us," Peterson said. "Heaven knows, we may miss someone who should be at the table."
Peterson may be reached at 970/242-3264 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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I was thrilled to hear of President Clinton's allocation of $300 million more to diabetes research. Like you ("My Own Injection" April 1998), I too feel that the battle is only half won (maybe less than half), but for different reasons.
You may not yet know that the diabetes research group that is to decide how these funds are to be allocated is composed of over 50 delegates, including approximately 30 doctors, three parents of diabetics, and 18 representatives from the NIH. However, within this group of advisors there is no representative from the biologic replacement/transplant field - with the exception, perhaps, of Dr. Christopher Newgard, an expert in gene therapy who has some involvement in islet cell transplantation.
It will indeed be interesting to see what percentage of this $300 million will actually be allocated to translational, bench-to-bedside, pre-clinical or clinical trials in the field of transplantation. If this follows the pattern of what has been previously spent and allocated, we may expect less than five percent of this fund to be actually distributed for "cure-related research."
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Preventing Pre-lunch Highs
Someone asked what to eat for breakfast to prevent pre-lunch highs in the Q&A section of a recent issue ("High Noon," April 1998). Well, I had high blood sugars after breakfast for 18 years. I got these highs no matter what I ate, or how much insulin I took (unless I managed to bottom out) until Humalog came along.
The questioner didn't say if she takes insulin, but if she does, Humalog might help. Now I can eat cereal or waffles with syrup, or even (gasp!) drink orange juice for breakfast, and three to four units of Humalog will give me a normal reading two hours after breakfast almost every time.
Also, Humalog does not work for me at lunch and supper, so I use Velosulin in my pump and take a shot of Humalog at breakfast. My quality of life has improved tremendously, as have my HbA1cs.
Carol Betzler
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I have two comments about the May issue:
In a recent ADA support group meeting that I attended, a nutritionist (CDE) from the Warren Clinic of Tulsa commented that many health care personnel who provide dialysis treatment request that those needing dialysis not treat their low blood sugars with orange juice. Their reason: orange juice throws off the electrolyte levels in the blood and makes it hard to get a proper blood level balance.
Jeffrey Jodoin
Kudos on the Chromium Review
Thank you for publishing a review of Dr. Richard Anderson's study on the effects of chromium on type 2 diabetes. Since Dr. Anderson first presented the results of his study at the ADA convention in June of 1996, I have been recommending chromium picolinate to my patients at the 1000 mcg dose for a trial period of at least one month.
In this past year, four of my patients age 65 and over, have reduced blood glucose levels greater than 100 mg/dl in one month with this dosage. All four were newly diagnosed, not on oral medications and referred for initial diet and diabetes counseling.
One of my male patients, age 65, reduced glucose levels from 310 to 165 in one month with 1000 mcg chromium picolinate. Another 80-year-old patient saw results of 195 to 85 in just two weeks of chromium supplementation. And just last week, another patient, age 92, with one month of 1000 mcg chromium reduced blood glucose from 185 to 100. My younger type 2 patients see results as well, but not as dramatic.
I am also seeing an initial weight loss of two to five kg in my overweight patients that levels off after one month on chromium picolinate. It is becoming clear to me that a chromium deficiency is contributing to the epidemic of type 2 diabetes in the United States. The reason chromium supplements work well in older clients is the increasing potential of chromium deficiency with aging. Not only do I advise chromium supplements, but a full spectrum of vitamin and mineral supplements - especially antioxidants, B vitamins, magnesium and zinc as well.
When I first started recommending chromium supplements, I met with intense opposition from some pharmacists, physicians and dietitians at my facility and, in fact, had to stop recommending chromium supplements. Your article has helped me regain my credibility in this area. Since circulating this article to the staff at the hospital, I now have physicians prescribing chromium supplements. Thank you for your continuing balance and objectivity in your reporting in DIABETES HEALTH.
Joanne Shearer RD, MS, CDE
East Helena, Mont.
The following letters are in response to Scott King's June column "A Brave Soldier: Steven Craig is Gone but not Forgotten."
Your Stephen Craig story was sad and moving. However, it reinforces my conviction that transplants, grafts, etc. are not cures. There is much more to diabetes than replacing parts.
Michel Eytan
I do not believe that just because a person has diabetes that they will commit suicide. I do not believe that just because a person is in poor control (which they can control if they work at it) and has complications that they will commit suicide. But once again, only the individual will know.
Persons with diabetes are not victims, don't treat us as such.
Jeffrey Jodoin
I believe that Mr. Craig should be remembered as someone who helped our case in his own way, not as someone who committed suicide, had marital and financial problems. The latter is none of our business and I believe you lacked judgment in publishing this aspect of the story.
Jacques Masson
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