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The Court is authorized to hear misdemeanor criminal and traffic cases which involve offenses committed within its police jurisdiction. The Court operates in accordance with the Alabama State Code Title 12 Chapter 14 and the Birmingham General City Code Chapter 8.
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The Municipal Court is required by law to perform the following:
The Municipal Court has its main office on 801 - 17th Street North, Birmingham, Al. 35203. South Court and the Magistrates Office are located on 425 - 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, Al. 35205.
The Birmingham Municipal Court is the vehicle through which most citizens come into contact with the judicial system, either as a defendant, complaining party, witness or victim.
The Municipal Court is comprised of four courts: Misdemeanor Court, Presiding Court, Traffic Court, and South Court. See the Courts page for more information on all the courts.
Functionally, the Municipal Court consists of six divisions: Judges Division, Administration, Court Operations, Magistrates, Collections, and Records Division.
The Judges Division consists of four full-time and several special judges who serve in the absence of the full-time judges. Judges adjudicate traffic and motor vehicle violations, municipal violations, and misdemeanor cases. There are no jury trials at this level. Judges hear these cases and make decisions based on the law, evidence, rules, and procedures of the courts. Mediation Services (BIDSS), Research and Development, as well as community-based programs come under this division. The primary duty and goal for the judges is to provide equal justice to all citizens.
The Administrative Division provides administrative assistance to the Presiding Judge in the areas of personnel, budget, court management, training, and development programs that benefit the Court and staff.
The Court Operations Division ensures that the Court processes all matters in an efficient and professional manner. It consists of Misdemeanor Court, Traffic Court, Presiding Court, and South Court. Four full-time judges preside over these courts.
The Magistrate Division receives complaints from the Police Department, other City departments, law enforcement agencies, and citizens concerning public offenses. They make decisions as to the issuance of complaints and arrest warrants, preside over arraignments and other hearings, set initial bail and approve bond amounts. The Principal Magistrate, who supervises all staff at the South Court location, screens and verifies warrants prior to issuance and coordinates training.
The Collections Division accounts for all fees, costs, fines, and penalties charged and collected in the court. This includes processing all criminal, traffic, parking, and other fines as well as collecting court-ordered fines, fees, and restitution. The Collections Division also processes cash bonds.
The Records Division is responsible for filing and entering dates into the Court's computer system for all court cases, including traffic citations, parking violations, curfews, environmental, and criminal cases. This division also distributes and retains all court files used by the Court.
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Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Ansel Elgort, Ray Stevenson, Ashley Judd
Plot: In a world where the population is divided into distinct factions based on human virtues, Tris Prior is classified as Divergent. When she uncovers a conspiracy to eliminate all Divergents, she teams with the mysterious Four to find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late. Based on the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth.


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Jason Fraley is WTOP's film critic and morning drive writer, holding an M.F.A in Film & Electronic Media from American University and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Maryland. He has contributed to both USA TODAY & The (Baltimore) Sun and was recently hailed by The Washington Post, which wrote: "Fraley, a film buff, is known for his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history, by year" (6/12/11).
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Putting the Search Team Ahead of the Hoseline
We've all been to structure fires and we all also know that there are a lot of jobs that must be conducted to get a handle on a burning building. Of course, we need water supply, we need forcible entry and we need ventilation, attack hoselines and...
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We've all been to structure fires and we all also know that there are a lot of jobs that must be conducted to get a handle on a burning building. Of course, we need water supply, we need forcible entry and we need ventilation, attack hoselines and search and rescue. I know we need even more, but let's go with this for now.
So what is the first interior operation we should be getting underway as soon as possible? I know some of you are thinking attack hoseline. Although in some cases that is correct, it's not where I'm going with this column. What we need first, and there are several reasons for this, is a search team to enter the structure ahead of the attack hoseline. I know some of you are thinking you don't have enough people on scene to do that and get a hoseline into operation, but this is a valid tactical operation. Let's take a look at why assigning a search team ahead of the attack hoseline will make for a faster, more efficient and safer fire operation.
You pull up to a house fire with two apparatus and six firefighters. There is an obvious fire within the two-story, single-family house, but no fire is visible. Smoke is issuing from all of the first-floor windows and several second-floor windows. What next? I think you should send a team of two firefighters in immediately to search for the fire and victims. If there are no reports of trapped people, that's great, but we still need to search for both fire and victims. While this two-person team is searching for the fire, the remaining firefighters can be pulling hose from the apparatus and getting ready to enter and fight the fire.
The benefit to sending in a search team first is that the members can maneuver more freely without pulling a hose along with them, which includes entering areas and rooms and quickly moving out of those areas and into other areas as they continue their search. If you are searching and pulling a hoseline along with you, it is going to be a slow and cumbersome search. You may enter and head to the left and stretch a full length of hose in the wrong direction. This is simply not efficient or correct. Additionally, it exposes firefighters to a rapidly extending and growing fire that may find them before they find it.
The next reason to send a search team in ahead of the attack hoseline is for life. I don't care who you are – if you are advancing a hoseline into a house fire and you encounter an unconscious victim in a room or hallway, you will have to stop fighting the fire to save the victim. If you pass the victim to continue fighting the fire and report the victim's location to another team, you are doing that victim a great disservice. If you find a victim, you must stop the fire attack and get that victim out immediately. Now, the fire can advance and put both you and the victim in great danger.
Imagine instead a search team that enters the front door and, after a minute or two, locates the fire in the kitchen in the rear of the house. The team radios that information to the engine team, poised at the front door with a charged line and the attack is underway. At the same time, the search team continues to search adjacent rooms and hallways for victims and extension. If victims are found, their removal is begun immediately. If no victims are found, the search team completes the search of the fire floor and moves up to the second floor. There, the team quickly penetrates to the room over the fire area and starts that search for victims and fire again. If the fire has extended, even in a small way up the walls or through the floorboards, the search team can call for a hoseline to handle the extension.
As mentioned earlier, some departments don't arrive with large numbers of firefighters at structural fires. This is true, but the fact is that certain tactics and jobs must be undertaken at structural fires. Performing them out of sequence or understaffed is dangerous and improper. Fire tactics and procedures must be researched, established and followed.
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Vivian's Garden
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An intimate view of various flowers in bloom in the month of August. Full of viberance and detail. Very colorful and great for and coffee table.
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Despite walking six, Roger Clemens came out on the winning end in Houston's 9-3 rout at Turner Field. Reliever Chad Qualls issued a walk in the eighth, but the Braves couldn't capitalize. None of the seven batters who walked ended up scoring.
Vitals check
A look at key statistics through Game 1 of the NLDS.
Team stats
Who's hot?
Who's not?
Behind the numbers
Carlos Beltran's two-run homer in the fifth may have padded the Astros' lead to 6-1, but the switch-hitting All-Star had a pivotal at-bat in the third inning. With the game tied, Beltran slapped a two-out single. The two-out hit kept the inning alive and the Astros added three more runs, two on Lance Berkman's homer.
Frozen moment
Rafael Furcal got the job done leading off, walking twice and slapping an RBI triple. But he was left on base three times.
Second guess
Jaret Wright grooving a full-count fastball to Beltran with first base open in the fifth inning.
Lucky 13
The Braves have won an MLB record 13 straight division titles. How have they done in their first playoff games in those respective seasons? Overall, 6-7.
Braves tidbits
Chipper Jones aggravated his right hand making a diving backhanded stop on Morgan Ensberg in the fifth inning. Jones will see how the hand feels in batting practice Thursday. If he can't play third, Marcus Giles likely would, with Nick Green playing second. ... Catcher Johnny Estrada was drafted by the Astros in the 71st round of the 1994 draft. He didn't sign. ... Beltran's two-run homer in the fifth inning gave the Astros a 6-1 lead. The six runs at the time matched the total number of runs the Astros scored when they were swept by the Braves in the 2001 Division Series. ... Wright allowed three home runs for the fourth time in his career, and second in the postseason.
Last word
"This wasn't typical of our season. We gave up a lot of home runs, a lot of runs. We didn't put a lot of [runs] against them. Hopefully, we can bounce back tomorrow." -- Estrada
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Area youngsters received a free gift from the city of Deer Park this summer.
City officials have waived the $1.50 daily fee to use the municipal swimming pool this summer. Swimming lesson fees will remain in effect.
The plan, authored by City Clerk Deby Cragun and supported by Mayor Robert Whisman, is in response to a shortened swim season this year and to see if free use will increase pool attendance.
The city does not expect to open the pool until after July 1.
During last fall's 2012 budget workshops, there was a serious discussion about closing the pool after it was noted that the 60-year-old-plus facility was generating only 30-35 users per day. The city received $5,000 in usage fees last summer for a facility that lost about $70,000.
A portion of the city's pool operation fund goes toward employee wages (about $40,000). Those funds will not be saved if the pool closes since they would be disbursed to other city departments.


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Seen at the Movies:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
gets my vote for the second most beautiful movie of 2003, following Gus Van Sant's Elephant. Based on Tracy Chevalier's novel, and a directorial debut for Peter Webber, Girl is the fictionalized story of what might have been the background to Dutch master Vermeer's famous painting of the title. Scarlett Johansson, already riding high from her performance in Lost in Translation, gives a wonderfully subtle performance as Griet, housemaid to Vermeer's troublesome family. Griet's strong peasant features and apparent intelligence catch the attention of the painter (Colin Firth), and from there on all is submerged erotic attraction, which emerges through such gestures as Vermeer piercing his muse's ear. Webber's style is quiet and at times almost too obscure—like sex, drama is often so tamped down here that the point of a scene can be overly ambiguous.
Masterpiece Theatre: Girl With a Pearl Earring.. Photo: Lions Gate Films
But Girl with a Pearl Earring is consistently fascinating, especially in its exquisite evocation of 17th-century Holland. Production designer Ben Van Os, working in the well-preserved medieval towns of Delft, Netherlands, and Damme, Belgium, as well as a studio in Luxembourg, immerses the viewer in the grubby canal banks and dark interiors of Vermeer's world, while costume designer Dien van Straalen captures both the repressiveness and fetishistic potential in the puritanical garb of devout Protestant Griet; equally effective is the dark velvet and formidable collar worn by Judy Parfitt, who gives a juicy performance as Vermeer's purse-string-holding mother-in-law. The work of cinematographer Eduardo Serra cannot be praised too highly—without ever coming across as self-conscious, the film's look replicates the artist's tonal values, with one side of Johansson's face, for example, providing a point of light amidst the shadows. The accomplishment of the movie is to make this style seem organic to the environment.
This being early January, new movie releases of note are few and far between. So our attention must turn to a reissue of Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, playing at New York's Film Forum and in several other cities before its release on DVD. A pristine new print allows one to fully appreciate Pontecorvo and DP Marcello Gatti's genius in conveying the look and feel of grainy, handheld newsreel immediacy to narrative film (so much so that the disclaimer "Not one foot of newsreel or documentary film has been used" ran on the original release). In recreating the 1954-62 Algerian fight for independence from France, which included bombings of cafes and an Air France office in the European quarter of the city, the film has a capacity to provoke and chill the blood that, for obvious reasons, has not diminished over time. Though Pontecorvo's sympathies are undoubtedly with the revolutionary cause, he doesn't flinch from the Algerian National Liberation Front's terrorist ruthlessness; nor does he engage in easy emotional manipulation on behalf of either side in the conflict. Although its techniques have been imitated many times, The Battle of Algiers still feels like a one-of-a-kind work.
With the Oscar calendar accelerated this year (nominations are announced Jan. 27, and the awards ceremony is Feb. 29), critics' groups and Hollywood guilds are also naming their honorees earlier. The Costume Designers Guild, for example, announced its feature nominees in two categories last week. For costume design excellence in contemporary film, the contenders are Durinda Wood, A Mighty Wind; Joseph G. Aulisi, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle; Catherine Thomas, Kill Bill – Vol. 1; and Sophie de Rakoff Carbonell, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. For excellence in period or fantasy film, Ngila Dickson is a double nominee, for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Last Samurai; her competitors are Penny Rose for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Judianna Makovsky for Seabiscuit. Next week, the American Society of Cinematographers and the Art Directors Guild will announce their nominees.--John Calhoun
Seen in Brooklyn: One of the final events in this year's Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was Alladeen, an eye-catching collaboration by Marianne Weems and her New York City-based company, The Builders Association, and motiroti, a London-based group. Following a successful tour in the UK, Paris, and the US, Alladeen settled into BAM's Harvey Theatre where it was acclaimed by the critics and thoroughly enjoyed by the audiences. Loosely based on the legend of Aladdin, the story is primary set in Bangalore, India, where natives are taught to suppress their Indian accents to "pass" as Americans and get jobs in call centers where the operators supply sales and technical support to unsuspecting American consumers. The idea is that we are finally living in a global village where culture has been homogenized by technology. Directed by Weems, Alladeen was designed by Keith Khan and Ali Zaidi, of motiroti, with lighting design by Jennifer Tipton, sound design by Dan Dobson, and video design by Christopher Kondek and Peter Norrman.
Alladeen: a mix of video and live performance. Photo: Courtesy BAM
An extremely successful collaboration, the end result is a seamless, technically flawless piece that combines electronic music, experimental video techniques, and sets that combine structural elements and large video screens. The video images loom over the set as in the letter-box format on a television set, and often there are many images happening at once, including clips from India's popular Bollywood film industry, adding to the rich visual texture of the piece. The video images are slick, colorful, and insightful. As fast-moving images depict the globalization of the world, New York and London share the same videoscape of the inside and outside of a Virgin Mega Store, with the icons of each city replacing each other: the New York parking meters and the red phone boxes of London. With a cell phone in hand, our Indian call center operator combs the globe looking for new clients for Bangalore. The implications of Alladeen underscore technology as an invisible force that is reshaping the world in which we live. A website and music video for Asian television augment the live performance, giving Alladeen its own global presence.--Ellen Lampert-Greaux
Photo: Courtesy BAM
Seen Off Broadway: Nobody in my lifetime in New York has ever had the guts to stage Goethe's enormous, baggy, difficult, not-really-stageworthy masterpiece Faust. Until now, that is: David Herskovitz and his colleagues at Target Margin Theatre, one of the top downtown companies, are giving us Faust on the installment plan, staging it in pieces over the next few seasons, using a translation by Douglas Langworthy. The first episode, These Very Serious Jokes, covers approximately the first 2,600 lines of the text, from the opening prologue to Faust's first encounter with Gretchen, whose relationship with the tormented scholar will lead to her death. Herskovitz's concept is a Faust in rehearsal, with a partly finished set accompanied by props hanging from clotheslines. The actors are in rehearsal garb, except for Faust, who wears pajamas and a bathrobe. At times, both Faust and the Devil are miked. If Herskovitz's staging is a wildly uneven mix of tones and style—well, so is the original play. At any rate, the cast is well-spoken and generally effective, especially David Greenspan, who makes for an elegant and deeply sinister devil. Will Badgett is a effectively neurotic and driven Faust; other standouts include Pun Bandhu, George Hannah, and Purva Bedi. Carol Bailey's scene-scape of half-finished flats, deliberately cheapo props, and homemade effects, is certainly imaginative and Lenore Doxsee gets a striking number of moods and looks out of a low-budget rig. Kaye Voce's rehearsal wear is generally well-chosen. Tim Schellenbaum is listed as "sound consultant," a rather strange title since the production is filled with effects; anyway, it's interesting. It's too early to judge Herkovitz's vision of Faust, but it's off to a reasonably compelling start.--David Barbour
Full of the devil: These Very Serious Jokes.. Photo: Paula Court.


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Our Ongoing Paleo Success Story
I have about three days before the start of my Summer semester, so I wanted to take a little time to update the blog. Even though I haven't updated in some time, I still get emails from people asking questions and curious about how everything is going and I really appreciate that.
Anyone who has read our previous blog posts will know that Amanda, after suffering 3 miscarriages, became pregnant again last year. For 6 years we were trying to conceive and start a family, and after switching to paleo she became pregnant twice within just a few months. I attribute the success of becoming pregnant to positive changes in our hormones as we moved to a natural, gluten-free diet.
The fact that after 6 years, we successfully conceived twice in such a short period of time was pretty amazing. And while the first paleo pregnancy unfortunately did not end well, the second turned out very well indeed.
I'd like to introduce you all to our baby girl, Ava, and what has been taking up most of our time for the last few months:
We've been having a blast with her. Her pediatrician says that she is completely healthy. She literally impresses us every day with how quickly she is able to learn new things.
I've been wanting to add this post for a long time to let anyone else in a similar situation know that if wanting to start a family is something you really want to do, you shouldn't ever give up. We have had some very painful times, but our daughter makes them all worth it.
I don't know if switching to paleo will guarantee you will have a baby.
I can guarantee that if you do start eating naturally, you will almost certainly lose weight, you will almost certainly be healthier and you will definitely be in a much better position to not only conceive but to have less problems with your pregnancy.
And then you might just end up having a paleo success story of your own.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects your lungs. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air via coughs and sneezes.
Once rare in developed countries, tuberculosis infections began increasing in 1985, partly because of the emergence of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. HIV weakens a person's immune system so it can't fight the TB germs. In the United States, because of stronger control programs, tuberculosis began to decrease again in 1993, but remains a concern.
Many strains of tuberculosis resist the drugs most used to treat the disease. People with active tuberculosis must take several types of medications for many months to eradicate the infection and prevent development of antibiotic resistance.
Although your body may harbor the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, your immune system usually can prevent you from becoming sick. For this reason, doctors make a distinction between:
Signs and symptoms of active TB include:
What organs are affected?
Tuberculosis usually attacks your lungs. Signs and symptoms of TB of the lungs include:
Tuberculosis can also affect other parts of your body, including your kidneys, spine or brain. When TB occurs outside your lungs, signs and symptoms vary according to the organs involved. For example, tuberculosis of the spine may give you back pain, and tuberculosis in your kidneys might cause blood in your urine.
When to see a doctor
See your doctor if you have a fever, unexplained weight loss, drenching night sweats or a persistent cough. These are often signs of TB, but they can also result from other medical problems. Your doctor can perform tests to help determine the cause.
Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that spread from person to person through microscopic droplets released into the air. This can happen when someone with the untreated, active form of tuberculosis coughs, speaks, sneezes, spits, laughs or sings.
Although tuberculosis is contagious, it's not easy to catch. You're much more likely to get tuberculosis from someone you live with or work with than from a stranger. Most people with active TB who've had appropriate drug treatment for at least two weeks are no longer contagious.
HIV and TB
Since the 1980s, the number of cases of tuberculosis has increased dramatically because of the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Tuberculosis and HIV have a deadly relationship — each drives the progress of the other.
Infection with HIV suppresses the immune system, making it difficult for the body to control TB bacteria. As a result, people with HIV are many times more likely to get TB and to progress from latent to active disease than are people who aren't HIV positive.
Drug-resistant TB
Another reason tuberculosis remains a major killer is the increase in drug-resistant strains of the bacterium. Since the first antibiotics were used to fight tuberculosis 60 years ago, some TB germs have developed the ability to survive, and that ability gets passed on to their descendants. Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis emerge when an antibiotic fails to kill all of the bacteria it targets. The surviving bacteria become resistant to that particular drug and frequently other antibiotics as well.
Anyone can get tuberculosis, but certain factors can increase your risk of the disease. These factors include:
Weakened immune system
A healthy immune system often successfully fights TB bacteria, but your body can't mount an effective defense if your resistance is low. A number of diseases and medications can weaken your immune system, including:
International connections
TB risk is higher for people who live in or travel to countries that have high rates of tuberculosis, such as:
Poverty and substance abuse
Where you work or live
Without treatment, tuberculosis can be fatal. Untreated active disease typically affects your lungs, but it can spread to other parts of the body through your bloodstream. Examples include:
If you suspect that you have tuberculosis, contact your family doctor or your state health department. You may be referred to a doctor who specializes in infectious diseases or lung diseases (pulmonologist).
What you can do
Before your appointment, you might want to write a list answering the following questions:
What to expect from your doctor
Your doctor may ask some of the following questions:
During the physical exam, your doctor will check your lymph nodes for swelling and use a stethoscope to listen carefully to the sounds your lungs make when you breathe.
The most commonly used diagnostic tool for tuberculosis is a simple skin test. A small amount of a substance called PPD tuberculin is injected just below the skin of your inside forearm. You should feel only a slight needle prick.
Within 48 to 72 hours, a health care professional will check your arm for swelling at the injection site. A hard, raised red bump means you're likely to have TB infection. The size of the bump determines whether the test results are significant.
Results can be wrong
The TB skin test isn't perfect. Sometimes, it suggests that people have TB when they really don't. It can also indicate that people don't have TB when they really do.
A false-positive test may happen if you've been vaccinated recently with the bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. This tuberculosis vaccine is seldom used in the United States but is widely used in countries with high TB infection rates.
False-negative results may occur in certain populations — including children, older people and people with AIDS — who sometimes don't respond to the TB skin test. A false-negative result can also occur in people who've recently been infected with TB, but whose immune systems haven't yet reacted to the bacteria.
Blood tests
Blood tests may be used to confirm or rule out latent or active tuberculosis. These tests use sophisticated technology to measure your immune system's reaction to TB bacteria. These tests may be useful if you're at high risk of TB infection, but have a negative response to the skin test, or if you received the BCG vaccine. Because these tests are relatively new, many health departments don't have them.
Chest X-ray
If you've had a positive skin test, your doctor is likely to order a chest X-ray. This may show white spots in your lungs where your immune system has walled off TB bacteria, or it may reveal changes in your lungs caused by active tuberculosis.
Sputum tests
If your chest X-ray shows signs of tuberculosis, your doctor may take a samples of your sputum — the mucus that comes up when you cough. The samples are tested for TB bacteria. These bacteria can also be tested to see if they are resistant to the effects of medications commonly used to treat tuberculosis. This helps your doctor choose the medications that are most likely to work.
Medications are the cornerstone of tuberculosis treatment. But treating TB takes much longer than treating other types of bacterial infections. With tuberculosis, you must take antibiotics for at least six to nine months. The exact drugs and length of treatment depend on your age, overall health, possible drug resistance, the form of TB (latent or active) and the infection's location in the body.
A recent study suggests that a shorter term of treatment — three months instead of nine — with combined medication may be effective in keeping latent TB from becoming active TB. With the shorter course of treatment, people are more likely to take all their medication and the risk of side effects is lessened. More study is needed.
Most common TB drugs
If you have latent tuberculosis, you may need to take just one type of TB drug. Active tuberculosis, particularly if it's a drug-resistant strain, will require several drugs at once. The most common medications used to treat tuberculosis include:
There's some evidence that taking vitamin D during tuberculosis treatment enhances some of the effects of the drugs. More study is needed.
Medication side effects
Side effects of TB drugs aren't common but can be serious when they do occur. All tuberculosis medications can be highly toxic to your liver. When taking these medications, call your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following:
Completing treatment is essential
After a few weeks, you won't be contagious, and you may start to feel better. It might be tempting to stop taking your TB drugs. But it is crucial that you finish the full course of therapy and take the medications exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Stopping treatment too soon or skipping doses can allow the bacteria that are still alive to become resistant to those drugs, leading to TB that is much more dangerous and difficult to treat.
To help people stick with their treatment, a program called directly observed therapy (DOT) is sometimes recommended. In this approach, a health care worker administers your medication so that you don't have to remember to take it on your own.
If you test positive for latent TB infection, your doctor may advise you to take medications to reduce your risk of developing active tuberculosis. The only type of tuberculosis that is contagious is the active variety, when it affects the lungs. So if you can prevent your latent tuberculosis from becoming active, you won't transmit tuberculosis to anyone else.
Protect your family and friends
If you have active TB, keep your germs to yourself. It generally takes a few weeks of treatment with TB medications before you're not contagious anymore. Follow these tips to help keep your friends and family from getting sick:
Finish your entire course of medication
This is the most important step you can take to protect yourself and others from tuberculosis. When you stop treatment early or skip doses, TB bacteria have a chance to develop mutations that allow them to survive the most potent TB drugs. The resulting drug-resistant strains are much more deadly and difficult to treat.
In countries where tuberculosis is more common, infants often are vaccinated with bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine because it can prevent severe tuberculosis in children. The BCG vaccine isn't recommended for general use in the United States because it isn't very effective in adults, and it causes a false-positive result on a TB skin test. Researchers are working on developing a more effective TB vaccine.
Treatment for tuberculosis is a complicated and lengthy process. But the only way to cure the disease is to stick with your treatment. You may find it helpful to have your medication given by a nurse or other health care professional so that you don't have to remember to take it on your own. In addition, try to maintain your normal activities and hobbies, and stay connected with family and friends.
Keep in mind that your physical health can affect your mental health. Denial, anger and frustration are normal when you must deal with something difficult and unexpected. At times, you may need more tools to deal with these or other emotions. Professionals, such as therapists or behavioral psychologists, can help you develop positive coping strategies.


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How MMA fight promotion is like MMO game production: a former fight promoter creates his dream game
Jason Appleton used to promote mixed martial arts fights. Today and on Kickstarter, he's promoting Greed Monger, a fantasy MMORPG built on the concept of communities, with a strong focus on non-instanced housing and a player-run economy. Don't worry, he says the two fields aren't that different.
"What I did at MMA was surround myself with people who really knew their side of the game, whether it be production, or fight coordination, or matchmaking, or what-have-you," Appleton told the Penny Arcade Report. "In game development, I'm not a developer, but I'm good at managing people, I'm good at marketing, I'm good at business development, and all the different elements I need to be good at to put together a team capable of bringing all these different pieces together to form a complete project."
It's a good thing, too. This isn't a side project or hobby-of-the-week distraction for Appleton; Greed Monger is the creation he's dreamed of since the days of Ultima Online, and it's an ambitious project.
The 7-foot tall nerd
Appleton made it clear several times in talking to the Report that he is not a programmer. The game uses the garage development-friendly Unity engine, and although Appleton has walked through several tutorials and experimented within the engine himself, he doesn't possess a comprehensive understanding of the software. In fact, that was never his goal.
Appleton said he knew he couldn't develop an understanding of programming in time to build Greed Monger himself within a reasonable timeframe, and the game's scope meant it was something far beyond what one person could do anyway. He needed a team. His experiments in Unity were, as he put it, "Just learning enough to be able to communicate my goals and what I need with somebody more fluent in the engine than I am. I need to know how to communicate with my developers properly."
Appleton scoured the Unity Assets Store, and reached out whenever he saw something particularly skillful. He built a team of eight artists, programmers and designers in this way.
In some respects, this mirrors Appleton's rise through MMA fight promotion. "It wasn't my original intention to get into the fight promotion game, I just wanted to do something fun, I wanted to do something different," he explained. "When I first got into MMA, I was 310 pounds, borderline diabetic, and I joined a mixed martial arts team really just to try and lose weight."
"A year later I was running one of the biggest promotions." Whatever the motivation, Appleton's business sense and modus operandi is consistent: "I surround myself with people who do know what they're doing, and we all work together to achieve the same goal."
A digital frontier
In Greed Monger, Appleton says players won't have an identity until they make one. "There's going to be no hand-holding in this game. You're gonna log in for the first time with a loin cloth and get to work," he said. Although the game is a medieval fantasy MMORPG, one of the central themes is realism, and that means no quest givers asking you to kill ten rats, no magical sword drops from slain animals.
"It's gonna be very realistic," Appleton says in the game's Kickstarter video. "So if I were to go over there and kill that deer, then I might be able to harvest his antlers and use those for some kind of primitive tool or he might drop things for a stew or food, you never know. You're never gonna find anything on an animal or a monster that's a finished item. You're only gonna find materials to build what you're looking at."
Even the game's story will start bare-bones. Players will have to uncover it themselves by working together and building up their communities. "As you're walking through the world, you might get a little chat pop-up that says such and such building might fit here," Appleton said.
"Let's say, maybe it's a great place for a tavern. Once you build that tavern, other people in the community will be able to help you. Nobody owns it, but everyone can contribute resources. Once it's built, you're gonna start seeing NPCs spawn around the property that are going to serve different purposes, some of those being related to the story of the game: why you're there, why you're dropped off on this planet with nothing, that sort of thing."
"The community as a whole will need to advance to a certain level to achieve the things they need to… to reach the awakening, I guess you could call it," he said. "We know where we want the story to go, but we're kind of relying on the community to take us there."
Business sense
During his time as a promoter, Appleton also opened his own 19,000 square foot fitness center in Ohio, where he marketed and promoted local fights. Unfortunately, that business venture didn't turn out so well. Appleton told the Report there simply wasn't a market for that sort of business in the area. "I think some of the people who wanted to fight had drug problems," he said. "It wasn't good."
"I thought, 'I need to take a break from MMA altogether.' I was burnt out. My wife, she was burnt out. We were just kind of done," Appleton said.
I asked Appleton if he was afraid of history repeating itself. What if, like the fitness center, the game turned out to be a flop of an investment? After all, the Kickstarter, as of this writing, has just over 460 backers, and Appleton has no experience in game development, from either a business or programming perspective. Appleton is also asking a remarkably low amount of money from backers; with a goal of $30,000, Greed Monger is dwarfed by many video game projects. That doesn't faze him, though.
"I'm sure we'll probably hit over 500 backers when all is said and done, which tells me if there are 500 people willing to pay for a game that hasn't even launched yet, that's early in development, it's easy to assume there are 3,000 to 10,000 people who are actually going to play it at launch," Appleton said. There's no final launch date planned, though Appleton is confident the game will move to alpha testing in April 2013.
As for the lowball Kickstarter goal, Appleton explained that most of it is going to pay for the team's work. Most of the game's other costs have already been handled, and the Appleton claims the game's design doesn't require a high level of funding. Greed Monger's sandbox structure was a major cost-saver. "We don't have to spend $600,000 on world builders and such to create a pre-built world, we just need to provide the tools to enable to players to build their own world," he said. The game's engine license and servers are also being funded out of Appleton's pocket, which means the biggest bills to pay are for the team's labor and a few pieces of additional hardware. "Initially I figured, if I got $30,000 I could make up whatever else was needed out of my pocket. I just wanted to get an idea as to how much interest there would be for what we are building. Now, I think the vast majority of our development costs will be covered by Kickstarter."
It's clear that making Greed Monger is important to Appleton. He owns $50,000 in servers, bought with his own money. That's not loose change, and since Greed Monger is free to play, he risks not making a return on his investment. "This game isn't about making a windfall of money. This game is about putting together the game I've wanted to play since Ultima. That's really what it boils down to: I just want to create something."
"I've been telling my wife for years now, one of the things on my bucket list is I want to make a popular and fun game. Hell, when I was 10 or 11 I'd run around with graph paper, creating pixel art and writing backstory for characters. I didn't wake up one day and say, 'I think I'll start a game today,' this is something I've been wanting to do since I was playing Maniac Mansion at 11 years old. It's always been a part of me. Now is my opportunity."
The game is Harvest Moon by way of Skyrim; a medieval fantasy RPG that hands you almost nothing and challenges you to make your own fortune. In some ways, it's a story not so different from Appleton's own life.


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The duo left their mark on a remarkably successful time span for the Springfield College men's volleyball program as it has won three national championships in the past four seasons, including back-to-back NCAA Division III National Championships.
Earlier this season, Falcone earned his fourth-straight AVCA All-America recognition after another dominant season. The 6-8 middle blocker from Lindenhurst, N.Y. led the nation in hitting percentage (.537), was fifth in blocks per set (1.16) and in the top-25 in aces per set (0.43). Falcone ended his career as the program's all-time leader in both total blocks (571) and block assists (496).
Pelletier, who hails from Burnt Hills, N.Y., had a tremendous senior season to earn AVCA All-America accolades for the first time in his career. Pelletier led the Pride with 331 kills, averaging 3.18 per set, and ranked third on the team in aces (31), digs (145), and blocks (74). In addition, he finished his career with 1,077 kills, which is eighth-most in program history.


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I've had this fabric for a while and had just been waiting for the right pattern, I think this is it?
Fabric found at a market, not entirely sure of origins. This crepe just drops so beautifully..
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Marauders go 2-2 vs California competition
The Pitt Meadows Marauders faced some of the best teams in the Pasadena area at the San Gabriel tournament, and went 2-2 for the holiday trip to California.
The Marauders first faced eventual finalist Bonita. They had caught a flight in the wee hours of Boxing Day morning, and were forced to sleep two or three hours on a conference room floor when their rooms weren't ready. The team learned the pitfalls of travelling, as they lost 52-25 to a Bonita team which ran a well executed match-up zone defence. Graham Smith managed 10 points and 11 rebounds in that game.
Pitt next faced Arcadia in a back-and-forth game, as they tried every defence in the book to stop the Marauders. Arcadia took the lead with two minutes to go, but the Marauders stormed back and won on a layup by Elijah Lapurga. The 52-51 final stunned the Americans. Smith had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and Mark Ashamalla added six points.
In Game 3, Monrovia was ready for Smith, who was held to 15 and 10 rebounds. Lapurga stepped up with three big treys for nine points, and Ashamalla and Hakeem Wewala each contributed eight. Pitt held on in the last few seconds and won 49-45.
The last game was against Gabrielino. Scoring was at a premium as the referees were not to kind, allowing a physicality greater than Pitt has seen to date. Pitt trailed by a point at half, but could never quite find the solution to the bigger stronger Gabrielino team and lost 49-36. Smith had 16 points and 18 rebounds and Ashamalla scored 13.


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The seven undercard bouts are Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzystof Soszynski, Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou, Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi, Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson, Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz, Rich Attonito vs. Jake Hecht and John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke.
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Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzystof Soszynski
(note: For the purposes of limiting typos and preserving my sanity, these two will be referred to as 'Igor' and 'K-Sos' for the duration of this liveblog. Trust me, it's better for everybody this way.)
Round 1: It's a congenial atmosphere as referee Yves Lavigne gives the signal and these two grinning light heavyweights come to the center of the cage. Right away they're trading heavy leather, and it's Igor who gets the best of the first couple exchanges. A straight right stings K-Sos and sends him backpedaling with his guard up. Igor comes forward with a brutal flurry of punches, with many of them finding their way through K-Sos' defenses. K-Sos goes down, and Igor follows him to the mat with rapid-fire right hands. K-Sos is out cold, slumped in a motionless heap against the fence as Lavigne steps in. Brutal finish.
Igor Pokrajac def. Krzysztof Soszynski via KO (punches) at 0:35 of round one
Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou
Round 1: Big John McCarthy is our referee. Hamman comes straight after Philippou with leg kicks, but Philippou seems hesitant to engage. Hamman comes in for the clinch and takes a hard hook, but can't do much from there and lets Philippou escape. Philippou fires a right hand off a Hamman leg kick and it sends Hamman reeling. A follow-up right drops him. Philippou jumps on him and pounds away, but Hamman rolls into him looking for a desperation single-leg. Philippou thinks about a choke, but gives it up and lets Hamman up. Another hard right by Philippou, and something went flying. Whether it was Vaseline or a tooth, I can't be sure. Hamman stays in it, but just barely. Philippou hammers him with a left hook, then another shot that drops him headfirst to the canvas. McCarthy has seen enough, and he stops it just in time.
Constantinos Philippou def. Jared Hamman via TKO (punches) at 3:11 of round one
Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi
Round 1: Josh Rosenthal is our referee, and as soon as he gives the signal Hallman rushes forward into a clinch, looking for the takedown. He really didn't waste any time at all. Hallman eventually manages to drag Makdessi down and then hammers him with frantic punches before taking his back. It's like Hallman has a dinner reservation he doesn't want to miss. Hallman looks for the choke, but Makdessi rolls to his back to give Hallman full mount. Big shots now by Hallman. He's thumping Makdessi's head into the mat with one blow after another. Makdessi rolls again and Hallman sinks the choke. Bloodied and dazed, Makdessi has no choice but to tap. Hallman might get to keep those dinner reservations after all.
Dennis Hallman def. John Makdessi via submission (rear naked choke) 2:58 of round one
Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson
Round 1: Yves Lavigne is our referee for this one. He gives the green light and Jabouin and Watson warily move to the center of the cage. Watson's height and reach advantage is evident right away, and he wastes no time flicking out kicks and jabs to let Jabouin know that getting inside won't be so easy. Both men try some fancy spinning kicks, but with little result. Watson misses with a spinning backfist and gets tagged with a right. Watson kicks and punches his way in with a combo and looks for a takedown, but Jabouin defends well and puts him down instead. Watson is back up quickly, but Jabouin keeps digging for a single-leg. Final minute of the round, and Watson is a little more judicious with his kicks now. They both open up in the final ten seconds, and Watson may have landed one after the horn, for which he apologizes. MMA Fighting scores it 10-10.
Round 2: Jabouin gets started with a nice kick. Watson tries to respond in kind, but Jabouin catches it and feeds him a right hand. Watson nods at him. Watson comes forward with a barrage of kicks, but Jabouin defends well and counters with a couple well-chosen punches. Another spinning backfist attempt by Watson, but this one doesn't work out any better fro him. Jabouin seems to be getting his timing down. Spinning heel kick by Watson catches Jabouin in the gut. That hurts. He tries one of his own in response, but misses. A side kick by Watson knocks Jabouin back. Jabouin shows Watson how the spinning backfist is done, cracking him with a hard shot that stuns him. Jabouin gets the takedown in the final seconds but nearly gets caught with a guillotine before pulling out just before the round ends. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Jabouin.
Round 3: They go right back to work in the final round. It's turning into a kickboxing version of the basketball game 'Horse,' with both men trying to one-up the other with his own stuff. Jabouin throws a side kick, so Watson does too. Watson chops away with a leg kick, so Jabouin answers. At the moment, it's Jabouin's strikes that seem to have more behind them. He lands another hard spinning backfist and moves into a takedown, but this time Watson manages to turn the tables on him and looks for a D'arce choke from the top. With those long, skinny arms of his, he manages to lock it up. Jabouin looks to be in trouble, but he holds on, keeps Watson from shifting his hips and ratcheting up the pressure, then escapes to his feet and fires off a kick. The home crowd loves it. They both pull out their finest spinning back kicks in the final seconds, and Lavigne almost gets tagged with one from Watson as he moves in to signal the end of the final round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Jabouin, but this could easily go either way.
Yves Jabouin def. Walel Watson via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz
Round 1: Herb Dean is our referee for this one. He starts them off as the Canadian crowd chants 'Bo-cek! Bo-cek!' It doesn't take long for these two grapplers to end up in the clinch, and it's Bocek who gets the first takedown via a trip that puts Lentz on his back a little more than one minute in. Lentz grabs a guillotine off his back. Boeck doesn't seem concerned, but he can't get rid of it. This could be serious. Bocek stands up, but Lentz keeps it on. Bocek scoops him up for another takedown, this time landing in side control and forcing Lentz to relinquish the choke. Bocek swings away from the top, but is having trouble landing anything clean. Bocek tries to pass, but Lentz's guard is tough to get all the way free of. Bocek finishes the round with some big rights and an elbow, and the crowd loves it. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Bocek.
Round 2: Lentz lands a nice right to start the round, then successfully defends a Bocek takedown attempt. Bocek slips off a kick attempt and Lentz ends up draped down his back in an ill-advised inverted triangle attempt which the crowd finds endlessly amusing. Bocek eventually dumps him off and goes back to ground-and-pound mode. Bocek keeps looking to pass the guard rather than settling for trying to damage Lentz from there, but he can't quite manage it. Bocek stands up and eats an upkick. Another guillotine attempt by Lentz, and again it looks close. Bocek stays calm and eventually escapes, prompting a huge ovation from the crowd. Dean stands them up and Lentz jumps the gun on the restart, which earns him the crowd's disdain. Round's over anyway. Let's all calm down. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Bocek.
Round 3: Bocek shoots right away and puts Lentz down again. Looking like another rinse-and-repeat round. Bocek tries some elbows from the top, but can't get a clean shot. Lentz looks for yet another guillotine. He's really fallen in love with that one, though it did earn him a late victory in the Waylon Lowe fight, so it makes some sense. They get back to their feet and trade blows briefly before Bocek takes it back down. This crowd seems to like him enough that it's not even going to lose its patience with his style, which would have brought out the boo-birds by the thousands in Vegas by now. Bocek opens up with strikes from the top in the final minute, but it might be more cosmetic than anything else. Bocek stands up and allows Lentz to scramble up for one last exchange in the final seconds. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Bocek.
Mark Bocek def. Nik Lentz via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Rich Attonito vs. Jake Hecht
Round 1: Referee Josh Rosenthal gives the signal and Hecht comes in hard with a leg kick to start us off. He tosses a couple more kicks, including one to the body, and they seem to have some real force behind them. Attonito is unfazed so far, and he catches one and uses it to put Hecht down. Attonito works short punches and elbows from Hecht's guard, while Hecht tries to climb his legs up and break Attonito's posture. It's a slow grind for position and control, but Attonito is sneaking some good shots in there. Attonito briefly escapes the guard with less than a minute in the round, but Hecht quickly replaces it and we're back to the same place. The round ends this way, with Attonito busy on top. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Attonito.
Round 2: They trade leather for just a moment before Attonito goes in search of the single-leg again. Hecht defends and smashes a couple elbows to the side of Attonito's head as he continues digging for it. They didn't look like much, but Attonito sinks to his back. Hecht sees he's hurt and pours on the punches. Attonito is just covering up, and it looks like he might be drifting in and out of consciousness here. Josh Rosenthal gives him a chance to recover, but he's not fighting back. This one is over. Quite a turnaround.
Jake Hecht def. Rich Attonito via TKO (elbows and punches) at 1:10 of round two
John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke
Round 1: They exchange feints in the early seconds, then Cholish jumps into a short left hook from Clarke. Cholish seems to be looking for the takedown, but Clarke is fending him off well early on. Stiff jab from Cholish. Clarke jabs in from too far out and eats a counter right. Cholish manages a foot sweep, but Clarke is up in a hurry and looking for a suplex. Cholish defends and rolls, putting Clarke on his back and going to work from his guard. Cholish stands up out of the guard and thinks about attacking from there, but settles for letting Clarke up with less than two minutes left in the round. Clarke is the busier man on the feet, but he's not landing much. He misses with two punches and Cholish stings him with a right. Clarke stuffs a Cholish takedown in the final ten seconds, but it's still likely Cholish's round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Cholish.
Round 2: Cholish starts off with another nice overhand right counter. That punch is there whenever Clarke throws, it seems. Clarke does a decent job of mixing up the punches and low kicks, but Cholish avoids most of them and looks for a takedown, though he can't finish it. Another counter right lands for Cholish, and Clarke's face is starting to show the effects. Two more overhand rights by Cholish, followed by a quick jab. Clarke is starting to look frustrated, and Cholish only makes it worse by landing another right and then moving into a double-leg that plants Clarke on his back. Clarke rolls out and looks to put Cholish on his back with a single-leg, but Cholish uses a standing kimura to flip him to the mat, then takes his back in the scramble. Cholish has him flattened out and is battering Clarke with punches to the side of the head. There's less than 30 seconds in the round, but "Big" John McCarthy has seen enough. He steps in to stop it, and Clarke's face looks like it was none too soon.
John Cholish def. Mitch Clarke via TKO (punches) at 4:36 of round two
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WASHINGTON, USA – United States officials say they have made the first approvals a month after they started a programme to suspend deportations of young illegal Caribbean and other immigrants.
Officials said to date more than 72,000 immigrants have applied for the temporary reprieve since the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services began receiving the documents on August 15.
They said the number immigrants requesting two-year deportation deferrals were less than the estimated 250,000 that they were prepared to handle in the first month of the programme, but, at the current rate, at least 200,000 young immigrants could have applications in the pipeline by the time of the presidential election on November 6.
Officials also said many thousands will probably have received deferrals and the work permits that go along with them.
US authorities had originally predicted that it could take several months for the immigration agency to issue the first deferrals.
Observers say the intense activity around the programme in immigrant communities, especially among Latinos, has already yielded some political benefits to Obama, with Democrats repeatedly highlighting the initiative during their recent convention.
Initiated by an executive action, the programme grants deportation deferrals that must be renewed after two years, but it does not provide any legal immigration status.
To be eligible, illegal immigrants must be under 31 years old and have come to the United States before they were 16. They must show that they have lived in the US continuously since June 15, 2007, and be currently in school or have earned a high school diploma or have been honourably discharged from the US Armed Forces.
According to the Migration Policy Institute - a Washington-based nonpartisan research group, as many as 1.2 million illegal immigrants could be immediately eligible for the programme.
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City of Kansas City, Mo., residents may safely and sustainably recycle their household hazardous waste, unwanted confidential documents, leaves and brush at the A.B.O.P.T (Antifreeze, Batteries, Oil, Paint and Tire) Collection Event on Saturday, June 2 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Robert J. Mohart Center, 3200 Wayne Ave.
The City will be on hand to collect and safely dispose of antifreeze; car and household batteries; oil (automotive, cooking, heating, etc.); paint; paint-related chemicals, such as strippers, thinners and varnishes; and tires.
Residents may bring their unwanted confidential documents to the onsite Proshred Mobile Shredding Truck for secure shredding and disposal. Proshred will accept all types of paper, including those with staples, paper clips, three ring binders, spiral notebooks and most office materials. Residents can watch their materials be shredded to make certain their secure disposal. All materials shredded will be recycled.
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It is often said that opposites attract, but does it hold any substance when those opposites are human beings? What happens next when there are tremors in the paradise? Life is not always a bed of roses! Astrological predictions are just not about future forecasts. Horoscopes also indicate nature, preferences, social communication skills and behaviour pattern of a person. In Indian society, marriages are expected to last forever. Kundali matchmaking of a prospective bride and groom is the only option to ensure their compatibility. Once they get married, their horoscopes also have a combined impact on their future and lifestyle for the rest of their lifetimes. .
The pattern of Kundali matchmaking in north and east India is almost same. However, some portions are little different in south India. Following are eight main factors commonly used and checked while Kundali matchmaking in south and north India.
Each factor is assigned basic points, which are as following.
Varna is 1 point, Vashya is 2 points, Dina is 3 points, Yoni is 4 points,, Graha Maitri is 5 points, Gana is 6 points, Bhakut is 7 points and Naadi holds the maximum 8 points. The summation of all these points is 36.
On these parameters, the Kundali of the two interested parties are matched and the result of that calculations is called Guna Matching- .
Out of total 36 points, 18 is 50% and considered average, and 28 is considered to be satisfactory. Minimum 18 points are needed for matching the Kundli.
When the prospective bride and the groom have the same Naadi, it is called as Naadi Dosha. For example, when both of them have Madhya Naadi, the Naadi Dosha will make them encounter problems related to childbirth. The possibility of childbirth will be negligible in such a case. This has a direct connection with blood groups of the couple involved here.
It is a matter of deep study to find out why only these factors were considered while calculating the compatibility. However, their validity cannot be questioned. For example, if the girl is born with Swan Yoni (Swan = Dog) and if the boy is born with Manjar Yoni (Manjar = cat), the boy (cat) would be strongly dominated by the girl (dog). This can be predicted considering the basic characteristics of the cat and dog.
All over India, for Kundali matchmaking Mangal Dosha is seriously taken into account. While Shani Dosha is not seriously considered by all astrologers. Rashi(Moon signs) should match properly and results should also be considered while Kundali matchmaking. Lagna (Ascendant) is also equally important for Kundali matchmaking.
In south India, following ten points are considered while Kundali matchmaking.
Kundli matchmaking and calculations of Guna are widely accepted practices in India. People know how much Guna are required to form an alliance. Ganesha has observed that some astrologers strictly follow the orthodox method of Kundali matchmaking. However, Ganesha effectively implements western astrological concepts while Kundali matchmaking. This method is known as 'Composite Charts'. Ganesha believes that along with traditional old concepts, composite charts for Kundali matchmaking also play a major role in building a successful matrimony.
Composite charts is a method of super-imposing one chart on another. For example, the groom's Lagna is Libra and bride's Lagna is Capricorn, the matrimonial alliance should not be formed as both of them are in square of each other, otherwise they will often have ideological differences and conflicts. On the other hand, if the groom has Libra ascendant and the bride has Aquarius ascendant, they will have a harmonious life together as both Libra and Aquarius being the signs ruled by the same element– air.
In another situation, where the groom is a businessman and bride's Rahu or Shani is strongly affecting groom's third house or Karma Bhuvan Lord, the groom will endure losses in business after marriage.
For mutual physical attraction, the Venus of the groom as well as of the bride should be in a agreeable aspect. If they are in trine, it would be good and if in square, stress is indicated in love life. Similarly, Saptam Bhuvan Lords of both the charts should be in good relation (by aspect) for general happiness and strong bond between the couple.
There is a long list of such combinations for compatibility check, which may take a while to get popular amongst other Indian astrologers for Kundali matchmaking. Ganesha firmly believes that along with old principles, if composite charts are read effectively, Kundali matchmaking would be more accurate and reliable.
Importance of Mahurat
It is not only about Kundali matchmaking of the bride and the groom. The Mahurat (exact time) chosen to tie the knot for the holy matrimony also strongly influences the of married life. If planetary movements are not desirable or badly influence the Lagna or seventh house of Mahurat or even if Chandra is badly influenced at the time of marriage, the happiness is dampened. Moon should not be passing through constellation of Paap Graha or at least should not be in Rashi in which strong Paap Grahas- Shani, Rahu and Ketu are transiting. Mahurat is given due importance all over India.
Kundali matchmaking can be highly useful when all the calculations are done considering all the factors. Kundali matchmaking along with proper interpretations of the report is necessary for the predictions to be accurate. It reduces or avoids the impact of a major blow in the matrimonial life. Kundali matchmaking being a very common phenomenon of Indian culture, is probably one of the core reasons for long matrimonial lives of Indian, as it checks the compatibility quotient of the couples. It is misconception that Kundali matchmaking is required only for arrange marriages. It is equally essential for love marriage also. It predicts longevity of the relationship considering the factors which cannot be observed when people are in love. With the passage of time, Kundali matchmaking in the cases of love marriages are also desired, specially by the parents of the prospective bride and the groom.


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Over 20 years ago, I bought a batch of brackets that made building bookcases and such much easier, but I haven't been able to find them since. Anyone know where they can be purchased? Picture shows the '3-way' bracket for a single shelf. They also made simple corner brackets and '4-way' for a shelf on both sides. Thanks.
I did a lot of online searching but couldn't find those specific brackets.
Do you have any recollection where you purchased them 20 or so years ago?
It was a store called Hechinger's in Columbus, OH...one of those big hardware/lumber places like Home Depot and Lowes, but the company went out of business long ago. These are so useful that I find it hard to believe they aren't everywhere. I've tried online searches as well, but without a really precise term the chances of finding anything are small.
It's possible that those specific brackets are someplace, but you could spend hours looking for them and never find them. And you're right about the correct terminology - I found a lot of brackets with names I'd never heard of, and some that I'd like to use for my own projects.
I've tried Meisel and Rockler and found a lot of brackets, but none like the photo you posted.
There used to be a source for historic hardware, such as might be used in This Old House period projects, but I can't remember the name of the catalogue.
I doubt they go back far enough for a "period" catalog. Even at Hechinger's, I just stumbled across them by accident, in an unmarked box on a bottom shelf. I don't have much good work space (or a lot of tools/clamps), so having these to get boards lined up quickly and well is a major plus. Not like it's a complex design, simplicity and common sense. No wonder they aren't around.
Yes, better to import junk from some Pacific Rim country than stick with a good design.
Can you fabricate that bracket if you have the tools for that?
I don't have the tools, but I know someone who does...who said it looked easy to make. Now, whether it's easier to make a bunch of these or easier to build the bookcase without them is another question.
it looks like there is a brand name stamped into the inside of the bracket. Try doing a search for that company
All this time, and I never even paid attention to that. The company is still in business but doesn't seem to list these on their site. I've sent an e-mail with a pic. Thanks for opening my eyes.
Well, I got something of an answer from the company. "Something" because they just typed a line into the subject line of an e-mail without even bothering to write an e-mail.
News: long "obsolete".
My response was that they aren't obsolete since they are still useful. It's just that the company doesn't have enough sense to keep selling them.
Guess I'll see what my friend can do about making some eventually, but why do companies have to be so stupidly run? Haven't found on yet that I'd call well-run.
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Officials in Carbon County say four teenagers were sent to the hospital after crashing their car.
It happened Sunday around 12:30 p.m. on Orioles Drive in Mahoning Township.
Police said the teen who was driving -- 18-year-old Ariel Shiffert of Lehighton -- was driving at a high rate of speed, lost control and crashed into a tree.
Three passengers in the car -- ages 15, 16 and 17 -- were injured. Two sustained moderate to major injuries, while the third sustained minor to moderate injuries.
Two were taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. Shiffert and a third passenger were taken to Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital in Lehighton.
Police said none of the occumpants used their seat belts, and the front airbags did activate.
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President Barack Obama could quickly go a long way toward resolving the immigration policy crisis. But not by taking the path that the leading liberal immigration reformers are pressuring him to follow.
Groups such as the National Immigration Forum, Center for Community Change,
Another divisive debate over the details of a new immigration policy is not what the
Another unwieldy CIR bill, even if it passed, wouldn't fix the broken immigration system. A major reason why the immigration system is so dysfunctional is that there is no national consensus on the role of immigration in our society and our economy. Before jumping to solve the immigration crisis with a welter of new policies wrapped up in a CIR bill, a common language to consider the immigration issue is necessary.
What's desperately, urgently needed is the power of words—and this is a power that the new president has in abundance. Before dealing with the controversial specifics of a new immigration policy, Obama needs to weave a new narrative about immigration in 21st century
"We come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics," stated Obama in his inaugural speech.
Over the past several years, as the two sides have sought to elevate their positions, constructive discussion has been strangled by petty recriminations and false promises. But if there is to be an immigration reform that repairs the system and is sustainable, it will be necessary to "set aside childish things" and "worn-out dogmas."
When the issue of immigration policy—legalization, visa quotas, temporary worker program—again comes before Congress for debate, the Obama administration must do its best to set forth a common sense of purpose. "On this day," said Obama at his inauguration, "we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord." If immigration reform is to be successful, it must be in this spirit.
A central reason why the immigration debate thus far has been so contentious, so deeply bitter, is the absence of common terms of discourse. Each side in this debate has set out to frame the issue in terms that reflect its own distorted worldview. The result is a nation that is variously divided and confused. Some say that the immigration crisis is at its heart a national security crisis in which the homeland is threatened by porous borders and millions of illegal immigrants in the heartland. Others say that it is a crisis of supply and demand in the laws of the market clash with unrealistic immigration laws that turn workers into illegals. Some say it is a social and cultural crisis in which stability and identity in America are undermined by a pervasive presence of illegal immigrants, while others say that it is a crisis in which there is a massive violation of immigrant rights—the right to work without exploitation and the right to be treated fairly.
Adding to the confusion about the immigration issue is that opposing sides employ some of the same conceptual frameworks to mean different things. Both pro-immigration and anti-immigration institutes in
For pro-immigration institutes pushing CIR, the only way to restore the rule of law is to bring illegal immigrants "out of the shadows" of the law through a legalization process and to provide more legal paths of entry. In contrast, the anti-immigration groups say that only by enforcing immigration law consistently—both at the border and in the country's interior—will the rule of law be restored.
Worker rights for the immigrant advocates means enforcement of labor laws to protect immigrants (and by extension all workers), while anti-immigration organizations say that the large presence of illegal workers undermine the rights of legal workers who are forced into a competition that drives wages and working conditions downward.
Each side claims the virtue of common sense. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the nation's oldest restrictionist institute, boasts in its slogan that it is "Restoring Common Sense to
Each side tells
As it became evident in the CIR congressional battles in 2006 and 2007, comprehensive immigration reform, even if passed, would fall far short of establishing a new immigration policy that is both sensible and fair. While attempting to be comprehensive—border security, temporary workers, family visas, employment verification, immigration law enforcement, citizenship conditions, etc.—the last CIR bill of the Bush administration came to the Senate floor as a patchwork of compromises and contradictions.
No doubt there is an immigration crisis in
Private prison firms and local governments rush to build dozens of new prisons for immigrants stopped at the border or rounded up in the interior. Most major and medium-size cities now host Homeland Security "fugitive operations teams" that in their hunt for criminal and fugitive (who have not responded to immigration court orders) immigrants are banging down doors in dawn raids and collecting as collateral non-targeted immigrants, legal residents, and immigrant-looking citizens. It's shameful.
In the name of restoring the rule of law, immigrants are being pulled from their families, communities, and employment and then outsourced to private prison companies that own and operate the country's new array of immigrant prisons. Immigrant settlements that have revitalized urban centers and dying rural towns are being shorn apart. But in the absence of a national consensus about immigration, the government says it has no recourse but to enforce the law.
As part of the message of change and new beginnings, President Obama could help forge this consensus with new words about immigration. Just as he is bringing rivals and parties together and just as he is bridging other ideological divides with a vision of common hope for a renewed
With his inaugural speech and his evident commitment to inclusiveness and nonpartisan politics, Obama is a natural for the task—namely, creating a new framework for understanding immigration and for managing it in the national interest. What he needs to explain, as perhaps only he can, is that the nation needs a healthy debate over immigration. But not a debate shaped and driven by pro- and anti-immigration groups that are irretrievably entrenched in their own rhetoric and convictions. Rather a debate and a discourse that is positive, inclusive, and pragmatic.
The terms used to frame the new national discussion about immigration can be common ones—like justice, community, sustainability, rights, national interest, and yes, common sense and fairness. But Obama has the capability to infuse the talk of values and interests in the immigration debate with a new vitality, a new urgency, and an invigorating personal relevancy. The challenge now is to create a new narrative to immigration that brings Americans together. With his power of words and ability to evoke hope, he could provide the impetus so badly needed to help us determine together how and how many immigrants contribute to our national interest and our nation's future.
Tom Barry directs the TransBorder Project of the Americas Program (www.americaspolicy.org) at the Center for International Policy in