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A week from today, on 14 September, Pope Benedict XVI will depart on what is, in some ways, one of the most risky apostolic journeys of his papacy. He will be returning to the Middle East for the fourth time – after Turkey (2006), Jordan, Israel and Palestine (2009) and Cyprus (2010) – and this time the ever-looming spectre of local tensions is very concrete in the form of the civil war raging in next-door Syria. And with Lebanon's recent history firmly tied up with that of Syria, the papal journey has been in limbo until recently.
Lebanon is the most Christian country in the Middle East, with almost 40% of the population belonging to several Christian churches, with the Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch being the largest of these. Other Churches in union with Rome that have a significant presence in Lebanon are the Greek Melkites, the Armenian, the Chaldean, the Syrian and the Roman Catholic Church. All these Churches have their own circumscriptions, which makes for an intricate landscape of dioceses, patriarchates and vicariates. There are 33 active bishops and patriarchs in the country, headed by the Patriarchs Béchara Pierre Raï (Maronite), Nersès Bédros XIX Tarmouni (Armenian) and Ignace Youssif III Younan (Syrian). Also of note are Lebanon's only cardinal, Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir (Maronite emeritus) and Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad (Syrian emeritus).
The upcoming papal visit will be a three-day affair, with major events careful spaced over the available time. On 14 September, the Holy Father will obviously be welcomed in Beirut, and he will sign the Post-Synodal Exhortation of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops (which he himself kicked off during his visit to Cyprus two years ago). On 15 September, Pope Benedict will meet with representatives of the government, diplomats, religious leaders (always interesting in a country with a strong Muslim presence) and the world of culture. He'll also meet with young people, another staple of papal visits abroad, at the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerké. The last day, 16 September, will see a public Mass and the presentation of the Post-Synodal Exhortation, as well as the recitation of the Angelus and the departure ceremony.
A fairly short visit, but an important one, as its impact will not be limited to Lebanon. Countries like Syria and Iraq, which also have fairly significant Christian minorities, are no doubt also a focal point of this visit.
In the meantime, let's pray for safety for the Holy Father during his journey to a place where tensions run high, and for a fruitful apostolic journey, for Christians in Lebanon and abroad.
Local news outlet RTV Noord reports unhappiness among some of the clergy of the Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden. The reason? A string of new appointments which came into effect this month.
In general, parish priests remain in one parish (or, as is the case in the diocese in question, a cluster of parishes) for six to eight years. Among the priest that were reassigned were Father Peter Stiekema, who wrapped up twelve years in the south east of the province of Drenthe for Leeuwarden, the Frisian capital; and three young priests who are heading to their second assignment: Fathers Victor Maagd, Jos Deuling and Albert Buter. Fr. Bert van der Wal is also one of the reassigned priests. In an interview following the news of their reassignments, Fr. Stiekema and Maagd (pictured) commented on their move. "I go where I'm needed," Fr. Stiekema said after admitting that the news had some emotional undertones for him. Fr. Maagd said, "the priesthood is a matter of being called and sent."
Fr. Jos Deuling called the rumoured grumblings "misplaced", and calls it "refreshing" for both priests and faithful to relocate every now and again.
While it is certainly understandable that leaving a familiar parish and beloved faithful behind is hard, it comes with the territory. As times change, so do the demands of the faithful and the diocese. Personally, knowing some of the priests in question to a certain extent, I have my doubts about the nature and extent of the unhappiness.
EDIT: Later today, Bishop Gerard de Korte offered a response that was much along the lines of what I wrote above. He understands the pain of leaving a familiar parish, but adds:
"We are of course also a Catholic Church in which the bishop can send his priests to where they are needed. So accepting that does have something to do with a bit of priestly spirituality."
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Bahrain nominates new candidate to head GCC
Bahrain nominated a new candidate to head the Gulf Cooperation Council on Friday, responding to mediation efforts by Saudi Arabia to calm a Qatar-Bahrain row over a previous nominee.
May 29, 2010 2:51 by Samuel Potter
Bahrain nominated a new candidate to head the Gulf Cooperation Council on Friday, Bahrain's news agency said, responding to mediation efforts by Saudi Arabia to calm a Qatar-Bahrain row over a previous nominee.
Bahrain said it would nominate public security chief Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al-Zayani as secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a post that rotates between the six nations of the loose economic and political bloc.
Analysts say tension has been high since Bahrain initially nominated Mohammad Al-Mutawa, a former Bahraini information minister widely said to be disliked by Qatar for his role in a territorial dispute between the two states.
On Thursday, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah pushed for the appointment of a new GCC secretary-general.
King Abdullah sent Deputy Commander of the National Guard for Executive Affairs Prince Miteb bin Abdullah with messages of mediation to Bahrain and Qatar's rulers, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
"The kingdom of Bahrain highly values the mediation of (Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah) and his great efforts to strengthen the brotherly relations between the GCC states," said a statement from Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa on the state news agency.
Bahrain and Qatar have had strained ties despite the settling of a territorial dispute in 2001 by the World Court over the Hawar Islands, most of which were awarded to Bahrain.
"Mutawa led Bahrain's propaganda efforts during the conflict and Qatar has not forgotten about that," said a Bahraini analyst, who declined to be named.
Bahrain said Qatar's coastguards shot and wounded a Bahraini fisherman on May 8 after he entered Qatari waters.
A Bahraini rights group said on Wednesday that Qatar would put dozens of sailors on a mass trial next month for illegally fishing in Qatari waters. Bahrain has said Qatar was holding 106 fishermen, but there has been no comment from Qatari officials.
Earlier this month, Bahrain suspended the local operations of Qatar-owned television station Al Jazeera, saying it had flouted media rules after the pan Arab broadcaster aired a program about poverty in Bahrain.
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You've got to realize when you're looking at this that it's one hi-tech vape. The designers weren't satisfied with a ceramic heating element because even ceramic can potentially alter the taste of the vapor. Regardless of the degree to which the ceramic could alter the taste, the designers decided to line the ceramic with a layer of glass. That way, you're vaporizing off glass and those who understand the relevance of the materials used in the vapor path will recognize this as impressive and obviously beneficial to the overall quality of the vapor produced. The ceramic heating element heats all the way up to 430F and is easily controlled using the buttons on the front of the unit.
So you can heat up from 0-430F and if that wasn't enough, you can program it to heat up to say 400F and hold that for a minute before changing to 410F. This is a cool option because it allows you to fine tune your vaporizing experience for some really efficient vaporization. The temperature can be seen on the front of the device on its OLED screen which also shows when it's ready to be used. Once the desired temp. has been reached, the screen will show a cup with vapor coming out of it.
So if you're wondering how to vaporize oils with the Ascent vaporizer, it's really pretty easy. All you do is take your essential aromatherapy oils and load them into one of the glass oil jars and then slip the jar into the oven. That's as simple as it gets. When you want to remove the jar, make sure you use the metal tools provided because you might otherwise burn yourself. Be careful when handling the oil jars when hot.
While it's hard to determine the best vapes, it's pretty easy for us to say that this one is definitely one of the best portables we've used. It might not necessarily be the most convenient oil vaporizer (some of the pen vaporizers seem to work just as well and are smaller) but it is one of the best dry blend portables around. Having the versatility to do both is a fantastic option for any portable and this one does both exceptionally well. We here at ReviewsVaporizers.com have fallen in love with this new portable and we think there's a good chance you will too. To try one for yourself, buy it straight from the company that makes it at this online store.
Read more about the Ascent vaporizers: http://vapeforest.com/reviews/ascent-vaporizer-review/
If you're wondering which vapes we're talking about here, you'll just have to visit the Vape Forest vaporizer blog at http://blog.vapeforest.com/ and see what we're talking about for yourself! They've got info on what has changed with the DaVinci vaporizer since ReviewsVaporizers.com last reviewed it and they've got information on a couple of vapes that are sure to impress. Both of the companies behind them are well known in the vape world so it shouldn't come as any surprise that they're both coming out with what looks like two incredible new vapes to add to their already reputable selection. Bet you're excited at this point and dying to see what vapor creations are around the bend, right?
For those of you who find it hard to check back on a site frequently, there's another way you can stay up to date. This applies to all of you Twitter fanatics out there who like your hash-tags and tweets. For you tweeters, you can simply follow @VapeForest on Twitter to stay connected with the latest happenings in the vape-o-sphere.]]>
We here at ReviewsVaporizers.com applaud Gus for his efforts. It's always nice to see others sharing their knowledge of vapes with the rest of the community. Back to the topic at hand, the Pax vaporizers have been improved via a lubricant that's intended to resolve issues with the mouthpieces getting stuck. Their color has also been modified so they're not quite as shiny as they originally were. At this point, after testing the new lube, we're impressed and fairly certain that Ploom has really put the required effort into resolving Pax problems. Good job. Seeing as we have plenty of information on the Pax already, we're going to go too deep into this one right now. Just wanted to share this cool little video. Enjoy.
On an unrelated note, it looks like the Ascent vaporizers have finally arrived. They're available for pre-order and will be shipping out this month. Those who remember DaVinci vapes will probably want to jump on this opportunity to own what could very well be the next best portable vaporizer. Quite possibly better than Ploom Pax, but we'll just have to wait and see like the rest of you because ours has yet to arrive.]]>
Those of you wondering how the Pinnacle stacks up against the likes of the VaporBlunt 2.0 DLX, also by the same company, should read this segment carefully because we're going to explain the key differences between the two. Both offer water filter attachments, flavored mouthpieces, are cordless portables, and have multiple preset temperatures to choose from. While the VB2 actually has more preset temperatures and does liquids/oils in addition to dry-blends, whereas Pinnacle vapes only work with dry blend and not liquids, it's the Pinnacle that actually produces a superior quality of vapor between the two. The vapor produced is considerably denser and more visible. As a result, our testing has concluded that the Pinnacle vaporizers are actually preferable to the VB 2.0s.
This travel friendly pocket vape automatically shuts off after 10 minutes as an added safety feature. This also helps conserve the battery, as the device will not remain on for an extended period of time while not in use. The battery is covered by a 90 warranty, which is normal, however, the unit itself is covered by a 1 year replacement manufacturer's warranty that is restricted to normal use. The rechargeable battery is capable of operating at any altitude; making it a great accessory for hikers, snowboarders, skiers, and the like. Roughly 15-20 draws of vapor can be expected per filling cartridge. Distributors such as Got Vape are recommending 6 hours of charging upon arrival of the unit in order to season the lith-ion battery for constant use. The unit itself measures 5.5″ x 1″ x 1″ and weighs 3.2 ounces.
Pinnacles come with a couple of filling canisters, a flavored mouthpiece along with an unflavored mouthpiece, pipe cleaner, cleaning brush, utility tool, manual, battery charger, stand, and obviously the unit itself. Here's an easier to read view of what it comes with:
If you're looking for a portable vaporizer with water filter attachment, this is currently the one to get in our opinion. The Deluxe Model, which is a bit more costly than the standard, comes with the water filter attachment so don't forget to upgrade to the deluxe model if it's an extra layer of water filtration you seek. With roughly one-hour of continuous vape time with a fully charged battery, you're looking at a portable that will last most users (especially light to moderate users) all day before requiring a recharge. The cleaning process, which takes roughly a couple of minutes, is relatively quick and easy (especially when compared to the Pax) and this is just one more reason that the Pinnacle has quickly become one of our favorite portables. If this sounds like the water filtered portable vaporizer you've been dreaming of, click here to buy it online from an authorized outlet that ensures proper warranty coverage.
While all of this is certainly subject to change without our awareness, the Hammer vapes are currently made with a stainless steel hot air path that turns into a glass pathway right before the hot air reaches the blend. In our minds, this makes the actual vapor pathway that of glass. The borax glass stems are hand-blown in the USA and contain a little mesh screen; they're available in two sizes. They employ an electric ignition system to ignite the butane and the butane exhaust is vented out of the top of the unit and travels a path separate from the hot air used to create vapor and the vapor itself. The stainless steel heat exchange heats up in about 30 seconds which is much faster than some of the other vapes on the market. The unit measures less than 5″ tall and is something that you can fit into your pocket just about as easy as you can stuff a ThermoVape T1 into your pocket.
If you're looking for a one-hit vaporizer that heats up quick and doesn't take minutes to hours to recharge, the Hammer might be just what you want. It heats up in about 30 seconds (only 10 seconds after it's already been warmed up) and it refills in just a few seconds. Inserting the nozzle of any ordinary butane canister into the bottom of the Hammer allows you to quickly refill it and that's something that you shouldn't have to do more than once a day (depends on usage). Keep in mind, this does not require the expensive butane that other vaporizers demand. To summarize our thoughts, this is one reliable portable vaporizer that's managed to harness the power of butane to provide quick draws of vapor that pack a serious punch. The best part is that the Hammer can be purchased for just a little more than what you might spend on the Magic Flight Launch Box and that's really a steal in our minds; making this one cheap vaporizer! If you're interested in buying the Hammer, a vaporizer that's been years in the making, you can buy it from this shop.
Not quite as many temperature presets as the Puffit, but still a couple more than the widely acclaimed Pax, these new Vapor Blunts have five temperature settings to choose from. They are powered by rechargeable lithium ion batteries, located internally. Warm up time isn't the fastest, but it's far from the slowest, as it comes in at roughly 90 seconds or 1.5 minutes. A fully charged battery offers anywhere from 1 to 2 hours of uninterrupted vaporizing. Cycling through the range of vaporizer temperatures, which begin at 370F and end with a high 470F on this unit, requires no more than the simple press of a button. To access the filling chamber, you simply unscrew the Trim Ring located on the bottom of the device and insert your blend (preferably ground) into the stainless steel heating chamber. For use with aromatherapy oils, simply use the essential oil filling chamber and glass mouthpiece.
When you purchase a Vapor Blunt 2, it comes with one portable vaporizer, instructions, a charger, one flavored mouthpiece, one replacement mouthpiece, a stand, bamboo cleaning sticks, a cleaning tool, one essential oil filling chamber, essential oil glass mouthpiece, and a wire cleaning brush. If you upgrade to the Deluxe version with the Hydro Tube, you'll also receive an 18mm essential oil adapter, 18mm adapter, and one Hydro Tube. Here's a quick recap in list format for easy reading:
Like the now classic VB, the new version utilizes an internal stir knob which allows you to stir your dry blend without opening the heating chamber. Again, just like the original and the Palms, the flavor tip options is once again available; offering flavor infused plastic mouthpiece tips to enhance the vaporizing experience. The original VaporBlunt vaporizer was a decent enough portable vaporizer when it was first introduced, but the original has little on the new VaporBlunt, version 2.0; which we believe to be significantly better than its predecessor. VaporBlunt Incorporated have been quite the busy bees this year with the release of their MFLB rival, the Palm vaporizer, this new and improved second generation of Vapor Blunt vaporizers, and the redesigning of their Palm which is now on version 2.0 along with the Blunt and boasts a reduction in length as well as a now top inserted battery.
The stainless steel screen is removable and allows for quick and painless cleaning without requiring any disassembling of the device. Bamboo cleaning sticks provided with the unit can be used to remove the screen when it comes time to clean. A manufacturer's replacement warranty covers the unit for 1 year and is restricted to normal use. The battery, on the other hand, is only covered by a 90 day warranty.
The Hydro Tube accompanies the Vapor Blunt Deluxe, but can also be purchased separate as an accessory or upgrade. The Hydro Tube accessory allows for water filtration and cooling of the vapor. It measures 9.75″ long with an outer diameter of 1.5″ and it, just like the new VaporBlunt portable vaporizer, is American made. The Tube when used with the stand allows the unit to rest vertically while being used. We think that this attachment is a necessity if you're intent on experiencing the true capacity of the VaporBlunt's ability to produce high quality vapor. Though, it's worth noting that this accessory takes away from the portability aspect dramatically due to the size.
If you're ready to filter your vapor through water using a cordless and handheld vaporizer, then you're ready for the new and vastly improved Vapor Blunt 2.0 which you can click here to buy.
Palm vapes are currently selling for $109.99 on a couple of different vaporizer stores, not including any discounts that may be applicable at this time. With the Magic Flight Launch Box, the tried and true California made portable vape, selling for roughly $119.00, it's no easy decision concluding which one is right for you. Though, only one of the aforementioned actually has the ability to maintain a steady vaporizing temperature and that's the Palm. Both require one AA battery to operate and both will fit in your pocket. Which will you choose?
VaporBlunt appears to be quite the active company, seeing as they've not only upgraded their new portable vaporizer, but, they've also took the time to completely revamp their VaporBlunt vaporizer which is now on version two. While currently selling for a little more than twice the cost of the MFLB and Palm, this new Vapor Blunt takes advantage of water filtration.
With all of the portable vapes released in 2012, good luck locking in on that ideal solution for all of your portable vaporizing needs. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to get updates such as this one and more, delivered directly to your inbox.
Why launch another review website when we've already got this 100% functional property to work with? Well, the reality is that we never expected to receive as much attention as we did. That in mind, this website was and still is currently in beta mode at best. This is why our new site should for all intents and purposes serve as a vast improvement upon our existing website. Seeing as you're probably not reading this to learn about our plans for the future and you're considerably more interested in reading about the new vaporizers 2013 has in store for all of us, we'll cut short our rant about redevelopment and expansion by sharing with you some of the units we expect to see this month and the year following.
Thermo Essence took another shot at creating a portable vaporizer with the vapor quality of a desktop with their new Cera. While we don't quite have a Cera vaporizer review, we'll be sure to have one up as soon as we manage to acquire a functional demo. Entirely manufactured in the USA, this could very well be one of the units to keep an eye on in 2013.
VaporBlunt made a return to the game in 2012 with their Palm vaporizer. The Palm has been upgraded to enhance the usability by relocating the battery. Not only was the Palm upgraded shortly after having been released, a new version of the old school VaporBlunt was released. VaporBlunt 2.0 is a portable vaporizer with water filtration that could very well provide competition for the VapeXhale Cloud vaporizers and their innovative water filtration system.
Be it a cheap vaporizer like the Palm or an expensive model like the Cloud or Cera, there are sure to be a lot of options in 2013 so make sure you subscribe to our mailing list using the form in the upper right hand corner of the page, as we'll do our best to keep you up to date on the new vapes 2013 has in store for all of us.]]>
Even though VaporBlunt's Palm vaporizer seems like it just came out, it's already undergone some serious alterations to the design and is now on version 2.0. You can find the new Palm vaporizer, version 2.0, at Got Vape and possibly at some other vape stores out there. Since we're on the topic of the Palm 2.0, it's worth noting that VaporBlunt Inc., the company who makes the Palm, has released their next generation Vapor Blunt. That's right, it's back and this time, it's even better than before. Definitely check this bad boy out if you haven't yet because the new VaporBlunt 2.0 looks legit. We'll have more coverage on these later.
The new Thermo Essence Cera vaporizer is more durable, a bit larger, and a lot more expensive than the ThermoVape T1 (the last portable they released), but, the vapor quality is supposedly exceptional and the battery offers around 40 minutes of uninterrupted vape time. As they're still in the pre-order phase and we have yet to get our hands on one, we can't tell you just yet how well this portable vaporizer compares to the other new portables that have been released or are scheduled for release, however, the increased battery longevity, durability, and vapor quality have captured our attention.
Pax vaporizers impressed the likes of us to the extent that we bestowed upon it our highest rating to date. For some users, the seemingly excessive amount of cleaning required to keep it functional, but, for those of us that don't mind giving our vaporizers a thorough cleaning, this is the portable vaporizer to have. Three temperatures to vape on, slim design, reasonable battery life, and quality vapor production have made the Pax a serious contender for the best portable vaporizer.
VapeXHale Cloud vaporizers appear to have something in common with the new VaporBlunts, as both utilize water filtration in combination with vaporization in an attempt to raise the bar in vapor quality.
With all of the new vaporizers released in 2012 and those to come in 2013, the selection has become much more broad and that's just one more reason to rest assured in ReviewsVaporizers.com's ability to help you navigate the world of vaporizers, both desktop as well as portable and whatever else manifests itself in between. Take care and happy holidays from the team here at Reviews Vaporizers.


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text: Alguersuari: A lot to come from my side 7 April, 2010 Jaime Alguersuari scored his first F1 points Apr.7 (YF1) On Sunday, Scuderia Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari became the second youngest points scorer in the history of F1 – a bit older than Vettel and a bit younger than Button. This is what he had to say after the Malaysian GP How does it feel to have finally scored your first points? Jaime Alguersuari: "I think it was amazing to get points here. We never expected to do that on a track like this, because it was my first time here – and qualifying conditions were a bit tough for us. But the race worked out really well. We knew that our race pace was quite good and it is our strong point from what we have in Toro Rosso. We just need to improve the qualifying in both the wet and the dry – and that is part of the learning process." You said after the Australian Grand Prix that racing against Michael Schumacher was a good learning experience for you. Did the lesson you take from there help you in Malaysia? Jaime: "Definitely. Michael showed me the way to drive a Formula 1 car on the limit, with other drivers. This was very important. To finish the Australian Grand Prix and to fight against him showed me the way – like how to be aggressive with other people. The race in Malaysia worked out like that with [Vitaly] Petrov and Nico [Hulkenberg]. They were amazing fights, both were clean, and that is the way to do it in Formula One." Jaime looking forward to the second half of the season How was the fight with Nico in particular? Jaime: "I took him in the slipstream into Turn 3, and then I outbraked him. He was then closing up, and then on the exit I came out a bit better than him because I had the optimum line. I put the power on a bit earlier than him but the next corner was Turn 5, and it was on his side – a left hand corner. He was on the left, I was on the right – on the outside – and I had more to lose than win, but at points like that you need to take risks for the points. So I did it and it worked well. It was clean, he understeer a little bit so he lifted off – which meant I could overtake him. It went well for me this time, but that may not happen next time!" Jaime on his way to becoming second youngest points scorer in F1 history So no fear of an accident then? Jaime: "No. At that moment I was just thinking about the points. It was the same feeling I had with Michael, because when we both made contact. This is at the art of racing and it is very nice – but at the end you do it because you need the points. At Sepang it worked out for me." Is the team now in a position to start scoring regular points? Jaime: "Definitely. There is still a lot to come from my side. To know how the tyres degrade – how the option and prime behave. You come to a new track, you do the qualifying and everything is different, very difficult. But I am really expecting a lot when I come to the European track and I go to the places I know because I will be able to show my performance at 100 per cent. My knowledge of the car will be much higher, so I am expecting a lot for the second half of the season."? Tweet


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Every little niche in the world has a bit of amazing architecture nestled into it, and the Thorncrown Chapel designed by Architect Fay Jones is an unforgettable wonder. Having opened in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in 1980, Jones describes the style of the glass chapel as "Ozark Gothic"– an ode to the land it's set in.
With more than 400 windows doting the exterior, and the only steel on the building being the form that creates the diamond shaped pattern; the rest is as organic as possible. Jones' idea was also that of the materials had to be able to be physically carried into the forest by men so as not to disturb the natural landscape. The interior is simple and clean, with flagstone flooring and a rock wall giving off that natural vibe.
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A god who is both self-sufficient and content to remain so could not interest us enough to raise the question of his existence.Wystan Hugh Auden
Thought is not essential to existence nor its cause, but it is an instrument for becoming; I become what I see in myself. All that thought suggests to me, I can do; all that thought reveals in me, I can become. This should be man's unshakable faith in himself, because God dwells in him.Sri Aurobindo
Imagination has been the companion of my whole existence lively, swift, restless, at times timid and balky, most often ready to devour plain upon plain in its course.Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.Isaac Asimov
What makes our existence meaningful is highly subjective and ultimately determined by sustainable neurochemical gratification.Al-Rodan, Nayef
If the Father begat the Son, he that was begotten had a beginning of existence: and from this it is evident, that there was a time when the Son was not. It therefore necessarily follows, that he had his substance from nothing.Arius
To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.Aristotle
Everyone, who is born, has to die and once dead he is as good as having not come into existence.Ali bin Abu-Talib
A good American makes propaganda for whatever existence has forced him to become.Saul Bellow
Up to now you have believed in the existence of tyrants. Well, you were mistaken. There are only slaves. Where none obeys, none commands.Anselme Bellegarrigue
Order is the law of all intelligible existence.John Stuart Blackie
Commitment is the equivalent of faith when the living God has been supplanted by self-provided values. It is Pascals wager, no longer on Gods existence but on ones capacity to believe in oneself and the goals one has set for oneself.Allan David Bloom
Marx denied the existence of God but turned over all His functions to History, which is inevitably directed to a goal fulfilling of man and which takes the place of Providence. One might as well be a Christian if one is so naive.Allan David Bloom
Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann
My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?Wernher von Braun
Tarzan of the Apes lived on in his wild, jungle existence with little change for several years, only that he grew stronger and wiser, and learned from his books more and more of the strange worlds which lay somewhere outside his primeval forest.Edgar Rice Burroughs
Though earth and moon were gone, And suns and universes ceased to be, And Thou wert left alone, Every existence would exist in Thee.Emily Jane Bront
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Source: Oxford University Press
Term used to identify a group of British artists active in London from the 1980s to the late 1990s. The term was derived from a series of six exhibitions, Young British Artists I to Young British Artists VI, held between March 1992 and November 1996 at the Saatchi Gallery, London. The earliest core members of the group attended Goldsmiths' College, London, in the late 1980s, under the tutelage of Michael Craig-Martin, Richard Wentworth and others. The group rose to prominence through a mixture of precocious talent and self-promotion, encouraged by the patronage of new collectors, particularly charles Saatchi. The genesis of the YBAs can be traced to a 1988 warehouse show in London, curated by Damien Hirst and entitled Freeze. Hirst exhibited works by himself and 15 of his fellow Goldmiths' students, including Angela Bulloch, Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas, Richard Patterson and Fiona Rae. Subsequent group exhibitions cemented the artists' reputations for independence, entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to manipulate the media; particularly the warehouse show Modern Medicine (1990), curated by Hirst and journalist Carl Freedman (b 1965), and Freedman's Minky Manky (1995; London, S. London A.G.).
The subject-matter is varied but shows clearly the influences of Marcel Duchamp, in the prominence given to conceptual art, found objects and unconventional, even humorous interpretations of everyday life, and of Joseph Beuys, in the exploration of the positioning of the artist within society. Hirst's The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (tiger shark, glass and steel, 1991; London, Saatchi Gal.) showcases the prospect of imminent death. Sarah Lucas' Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab (photograph, fried eggs, kebab and table, 1992; London, Saatchi Gal.) utilizes objects foreign to the gallery environment to explore issues of sexuality. The signature pieces of Gavin Turk, for example Cave (ceramic, 1991; London, Saatchi Gal.), explore the relationship of the artist to his work and his public. Other artists whose work has been referred to by the term include Chris Ofili, Marc Quinn, Rachel Whiteread (featured in the first of Saatchi's group exhibitions), Dinos and Jake Chapman and Ron Mueck. By the late 1990s the YBAs were at the centre of the contemporary art scene. Their works were infamously brought together in the Sensation exhibition (London, Berlin and New York, 1997–2000) and are included in major public collections worldwide.
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This section is devoted to individuals, corporations, foundations and charitable trusts, that recognize the social, artistic, and cultural benefits of making a sizable contribution ($5,000 or more) to help Shotokan Karate of America fulfill its mission, which is "to preserve, perpetuate, and advance the legacy of Shotokan Karate for the betterment of the lives of those who train, and to contribute positively to human history."
SKA is a nonprofit educational organization with over 140 dojos (practice halls) in the United States alone, as well as international affiliates around the world.
A Brief History of Karate
The origins of karate can be traced back some 1400 years, to Daruma, founder of Zen Buddhism in Western India. Daruma is said to have introduced Buddhism into China, incorporating spiritual and physical teaching methods that were so demanding that many of his disciples would drop in exhaustion. In order to give them greater strength and endurance, he developed a more progressive training system, which he recorded in a book, Ekkin-Kyo, which can be considered the first book on karate of all time.
The physical training, heavily imbued with Daruma's philosophical principles, was taught in the Shaolin Temple in the year 500 A.D. Shaolin (Shorin) kung-fu, from northern China, was characterized by very colorful, rapid, and dynamic movements; the Shokei school of southern China was known for more powerful and sober techniques. These two kinds of styles found their way to Okinawa, and had their influence on Okinawa's own original fighting method, called Okinawa-te (Okinawan hand) or simply, te. A ban on weapons in Okinawa for two long periods in its history is also partly responsible for the high degree of development of unarmed fighting techniques on the island.
In summary, karate in Okinawa developed from the synthesis of two fighting techniques. The first one, used by the inhabitants of Okinawa, was very simple but terribly effective and, above all, very close to reality since it was used throughout many centuries in real combat. The second one, much more elaborate and imbued with philosophical teachings, was a product of the ancient culture of China. These two origins explain the double character of karate–extremely violent and efficient but at the same time a strict and austere discipline and philosophy with a nonviolent emphasis.
Master Funakoshi
Master Gichin Funakoshi was the first expert to introduce karate-do to mainland Japan, in 1916. One of the few people to have been initiated into all the major Okinawan karate methods, Master Funakoshi taught a synthesis of the Okinawan styles, as a total discipline. This method became known as Shotokan (literally "House of Shoto," Funakoshi's pen name). Because of the great popularity of the style in Japan and, later, around the world, Funakoshi is widely considered to be the "father of modern karate-do."
Tsutomu Ohshima
Tsutomu Ohshima was one of Master Funakoshi's last direct pupils (1948-1953), studying under him while attending Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. In 1955, Mr. Ohshima came to the United States and was the first person to teach karate to the U.S. public. By 1959 the Southern California Karate Association (SCKA) was formed with Tsutomu Ohshima as Shihan (chief instructor). Over the years, SCKA grew into a nationwide organization, Shotokan Karate of America. Tsutomu Ohshima is also recognized as Shihan of many other Shotokan international affiliate organizations.
The Benefits of Shotokan Karate
It has long been documented that training in karate as a martial art benefits the practitioner in many ways. Our traditional training method is designed to not only advance physical self-reliance, but also to develop the student's character. A person who is committed to vigorous karate practice will mature mentally, physically and spiritually.
On the cover of SKA's brochure, Master Funakoshi is quoted, "The ultimate aim of the art of karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the characters of its participants." Mr. Ohshima states that, "…karate training soon teaches that real strength is facing oneself strictly, with severe eyes. This is the first condition of martial arts training."
The Shotokan Ohshima Dojo
In 1980, SKA established the goal of building an international dojo. Over the ensuing 20 years, our members, foreign affiliates, friends and supporters collectively donated over two million dollars toward that effort. Land was purchased for the site in the mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara. The grand opening of the Shotokan Ohshima Dojo was celebrated during August 2000. Since then Shotokan Ohshima practitioners worldwide have gathered to practice and advance their knowledge of our discipline. Regular classes are held for all ranks, ages, women, kids, as well as for advanced aspects of training. Mr. Ohshima teaches a majority of these classes.
The center is an international gathering place…and a symbol of what can be achieved when people work together toward a common goal. Here, for years to come, each generation will gain in the experience necessary to pass on the traditional teachings of Shotokan Karate to younger students, who will, in turn, mature and teach the next generation.
Outside Support
During the final stages of development in Santa Barbara, our group foresaw the advantages of reaching out to all types of organizations to ask for financial support. Our requests for funding have taken on two distinct forms: General Operating Support and Capital Campaign. General Operating Support will help us continue to maintain and expand membership, while modernizing and increasing efficiency. Our Capital Campaign is designed to provide additional support of approximately $100,000 per year to maintain and preserve the Shotokan Ohshima Dojo into the future.
Closing Thoughts
Passing knowledge on to future generations is essential in the martial arts. Your financial support makes a positive statement: you will help give SKA the ability to continue the offering benefits of karate to current and future generations of young adults searching for a proven path of self improvement.
We thank you for your thoughtful consideration and look forward to adding you to our growing list of supporters and extended family. All contributions to Shotokan Karate of America qualify as tax deductions.
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Nishino Nanase
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|Nishino Nanase (西野七瀬)
|Nanasemaru (ななせまる), Naachan (なぁちゃん)
|Birth Info
|May 25, 1994
|Osaka, Japan
|Blood Type
|Current Age
|20 years old
|Professional Info
|Social Networks
|Idol Career Info
|1st Generation
|June, 2011 / 1st Generation
Nishino Nanase is a member of Nogizaka46's 1st Generation.
- Hobbies: Drawing, Reading manga
- Audition Song: Akai Ito (Aragaki Yui)
- Her cousin is NMB48's Takayama Riko
- Would like to study abroad in France and Italy
- Has a shy personality and cries easily
- Considered one of Nogizaka46's most fashionable members
- Is very conscious about sunlight and sits in the back seat of cars to protect herself from the sun's rays
- Is close with Ikoma Rina and they often discuss manga together
- Participated in the Japan Expo in Paris on July 4, 2014, with Ikoma Rina, Fukagawa Mai, Akimoto Manatsu, Matsumura Sayuri, Hashimoto Nanami, Wakatsuki Yumi and Sakurai Reika
Singles Participation
Nogizaka46 A-Sides
- Guru Guru Curtain
- Oide, Shampoo
- Hashire! Bicycle (Hachi Fukujin)
- Seifuku no Mannequin
- Kimi no Na wa Kibou
- Girl's Rule (Hachi Fukujin)
- Barrette (Hachi Fukujin)
- Kidzuitara Kataomoi (Center)
- Natsu no Free & Easy (Center)
- Nandome no Aozora ka? (Jyuu Fukujin)
Nogizaka46 B-Sides
- Nogizaka no Uta (Guru Guru Curtain)
- Aitakatta Kamoshirenai (Guru Guru Curtain)
- Ushinaitakunai kara (Guru Guru Curtain)
- Shiroi Kumo ni Notte (Guru Guru Curtain)
- Kokoro no Kusuri (Oide, Shampoo)
- House! (Oide, Shampoo)
- Sekkachi na Katatsumuri (Hashire! Bicycle)
- Hito wa Naze Hashiru no ka? (Hashire! Bicycle)
- Oto ga Denai Guitar (Hashire! Bicycle)
- Yasashisa nara Ma ni Atteru (Seifuku no Mannequin)
- Shakiiism (Kimi no Na wa Kibou)
- Romantic Ikayaki (Kimi no Na wa Kibou)
- Psychokinesis no Kanosei (Kimi no Na wa Kibou)
- Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover (Girl's Rule)
- Hoka no Hoshi kara (Girl's Rule)
- Ningen to Iu Gakki (Girl's Rule)
- Tsuki no Okisa (Barrette)
- Sonna Baka na... (Barrette)
- Romance no Start (Kidzuitara Kataomoi)
- Toiki no Method (Kidzuitara Kataomoi)
- Dankeschon (Kidzuitara Kataomoi)
- Muguchi na Lion (Natsu no Free & Easy)
- Boku ga Ikanakya Dare ga Ikunda? (Natsu no Free & Easy)
- Toomawari no Aijou (Nandome no Aozora ka?)
- Korogatta Kane wo Narase! (Nandome no Aozora ka?)
- Tender days (Nandome no Aozora ka?)
Media Appearances
- 49 (2013)
Nishino Nanase (2014 - Natsu no Free & Easy)
Nishino Nanase (2014 - Kidzuitara Kataomoi)
Nishono Nanase (2013 - Barrette)
Nishino Nanase (2013 - Girl's Rule)
Nishino Nanase (2013 - Kimi no Na wa Kibou)
Nishino Nanase (2012 - Seifuku no Mannequin)
Nishino Nanase (2012 - Hashire! Bicycle)
Nishino Nanase (2012 - Oide, Shampoo)
Nishino Nanase (2012 - Guru Guru Curtain)
Nishino Nanase (2011 - Nogizakatte, Doko?)
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Wow. This thread really surprised me. I've been shopping for my first AR for a couple of weeks now. I'm pretty sure I get the whole Colt/LMT/DD vs S&W/Stag/RRA thing. I know that I will most likely never feel a need to reach for a SHTF rifle, and if I do, I have a Yugo AK that I completely trust, so I'd pretty much settled on a Stag model 2 or 3. Seemed hard to beat for the money.
But then I just had to go shopping. What I found most interesting was the WW SRC at Wal-mart for only $50 more than the Stag Mod. 2. Since then, for the last week, I've been looking for validation of the WW, but every time I go looking here or at Arfcom et al, I find they still don't seem to be a trusted source. Then I saw this thread, and thought "traditional AR vs. the M&P Sport" surely this is where the WW will be the hands-down winner. Nope. Even the M&P Sport is still more trusted.
That's fine. I love S&W, and The M&P is still a valid option for me, along with the Stags and the WW. I'm sure I'll pick between 1 of those 3, and any of them will do exactly what I want. Be an excellent range toy, and probably even more. Just surprised the WW hasn't broken more barriers yet. The fit and finish seem exceptional, and range reports are positive, and I love the company backstory. I'm just afraid if I decide to resell, the WW will be hard to unload. The M&P must be a hell of a gun. Gonna give it an extra long look to ensure I don't unjustly write it off.
Having fun hunting. Great thread. Thanks!
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Great idea!
Found an error...
The Klipsch Jubilee is rated at 108 dB sensitivity and the Klipschorn at 105 dB, yet they both list 13.7 W to reach 105 dB at 12 feet. The Jubilee needs half: 6.7 W
I guess you are not using formulas to calculate the number from sensitivity and power handling.
I presume that when you are done you will sort/organize the spreadsheet in some form of logical fashion.....by brand perhaps... or by sensativity?
Since it seems to be primarily a sensativity database, that's probably how I'd do it. This way someone can find that column and quickly slide up/down to a point that might fit their needs. (disregarding all other criteria of course).
Reference-Capable-Speakers-1_4.pdf 386.4306640625k . file
While it's true that without treatment you can get the dB louder, I hear it's also more difficult to listen to as you get louder [without treatment]. The acoustic energy of the reflections swamps the direct sound more.
'If their room isn't treated, so they don't lose as much volume; they keep more sound from reflections. So therefore, they shouldn't worry as much about sensitivity?'


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Just Itching to Share the News
Jan Chait
March 13, 2007
So I get this e-mail from Web Editor Tara Dairman one day asking me if I've ever had any experience with diabetes-related yeast infections and would I like to blog about it.
"You want me," I zapped back, "to tell the world about my itchy hooha?"
I thought about it and, in the spirit of being up-front about what it's like to live with diabetes, decided to go for it.
If any one thing causes me to try and keep my blood glucose under control, it's to avoid yeast infections which, for about a three-year period back in the day, would absolutely not go away. I itched. I burned. I wriggled and scratched. I wished sandpaper was absorbent and came in a roll. I treated and treated and treated with over-the-counter creams that were formerly available only by prescription. I applied a cream that a doctor prescribed for me. It soothed the itch, but didn't cure the infection.
It wasn't until I switched to a female doctor that I finally got somebody who really understood what I was going through. It was a time when Diflucan (fluconazole) was new and the general wisdom was that you need only take one pill, and voila!
Not with diabetes, you don't. Yeast loves sugar, and I was very sweet in those days. The doc prescribed two pills and a prescription vaginal cream. It took two courses of that for the yeast infection to go away.
And stop snickering, guys: You can get diabetes-related yeast infections, too. In fact, I know of one man who was diagnosed with diabetes when his "little friend," as he called it, got a red, itchy rash that wouldn't go away.
Now comes news from a study in India that, in women with diabetes, a 14-day course of using boric acid vaginal suppositories is better at clearing up yeast infections than one Diflucan tablet. (Heck, I coulda told 'em that one Diflucan won't work!) At any rate, the researchers found that the cure rate was 64% for women with Candida glabrata infections (a type of yeast infection more common in women with diabetes) who used the suppositories versus a 29% cure rate in those who took one Diflucan.
With my blood glucose under control now, my main risk factor for getting yeast infections is taking antibiotics. I had a particularly bad one a couple of years ago when I got a snakebite while substituting for a fifth-grade teacher. (That'll teach me to take dares from 10-year-olds!) The school corporation insisted that I go to a doctor, who insisted that I take some major antibiotics. The antibiotics did a number on my stomach and contributed to a raging vaginal yeast infection. I should have just nodded my head and skipped the drugs. It was only a scratch and I immediately washed and disinfected. Well, actually, I shouldn't have taken the dare to pick up the snake, but what fun is that?
Guys, you can also pick up yeast infections from your partner, so keep away until the lady is over it. While the man may be symptom-free, he can still reinfect his partner, leading the two of you to keep passing the infection back and forth.
Also, my neighbor the med student says that many yeast infections stem from sexual relations when the man hasn't practiced good hygiene, so wash your "little friend" off good before frolicking.
And keep that blood glucose down. Like a stray kitten or puppy, if you feed it, it'll keep coming back.
Don't forget that you can also get yeast infections under your breasts and just about anywhere else your skin touches your skin.. I was at my wits end with the problem of constant yeast infections under my breats and my doctor did not seem to know what to do except prescribe medication, when his nurse stepped in and told me she had the same problem and cleans her skin with a mixture of vinigaer and water then uses antiperspirants under her breasts and in the crack between her butt cheeks. I am so grateful for her help. It works very well for me.
Posted by: Gma | Mar 14, 2007 12:06 PM
Diflucan is a wonder drug for me because I am alergic to all of the over the counter yeast meds they are like pouring acid on my "hooha" to quote Jan. I totally agree with Jan about the "one dose". This has never worked for me. After 6 months of the one dose treatments every few weeks my doc decided to do a two dose treament, 3 months later I was still climbing the walls what we found is a low dose Diflucan for 5 days will do the trick. On day six I felt like a new woman, I had been in discomfort for the better part of a year. My best suggestion to everyone is to remind your doctors that you are diabetic and this means you need to treat any infection very agressivly and diabetics don't fit in to any mold each of us are different. I have found that if you have a problem and the doctor is not giving you a solution you agree with, research research research and bring to your doctor printouts and articles of other methods and discuss other options to better health but be reasonable!!!
Posted by: aivey | Mar 14, 2007 04:37 PM
GMA - Thank you! I have lost 70 lbs and the hanging skin under my belly was having the problems you described. I had already started using antiperspirant there. I wondered if this was "normal" but hadn't yet asked my Dr about it (long story, but I now have a new Dr I think I can work with much better)
Posted by: Ephrenia | Mar 14, 2007 06:09 PM
I thought that sprinkling baby powder on the places where my skin touches other skin prevented the problem.
Posted by: Country Hick | Mar 14, 2007 07:56 PM
I was having a hard time with yeast infection and doctor told me to Caldence powered and as long as use I do not have a problem. After surgery I had it even in the wound and this was the only thing that got rid of it.
Posted by: bonnie daputra | Mar 15, 2007 10:14 PM
What is Caldence powered? And where do you by it?
Posted by: GMA | Mar 16, 2007 02:29 PM
Well, from reading so many comments about yeast infections on this Comment Board, and elsewhere I have one comment. The "meds" are usually a cover up; not necessarily a cure!! A persons with diabetes should seek a better method of control of their condition is my suggestion for less complications of all kinds. Of course it not easy but possible if we educate ourselves. Watch the daily carb intake (leave junk food alone), have ratio of insulin to carbs that works best for the individual (each of us must tweak our daily routine), shower daily, and educate ourselves so that we understand our individual metabolic system dealing with diabetes.
Posted by: Joan | Mar 18, 2007 02:29 PM
I have to disagree with the keep your sugar under control comment. I have very good control (my A1C is less than 5) and I'm miserable with this burning and itching being described. It is part of the reason I went to the doctor in the first place when I was Dx'd. That and my vision. I work in a lab and was afraid maybe I picked up herpes or something like that there as we have all sorts of people coming in. I was never tested for that and all my doctor said was it looked really irritated. Well, I've had this itching and burning for almost 2 years now. I'm Vagisils best customer. I go through at least 3 tubes a week. Over the counter creams just seem to irritate it more. It has never gone away. If anyone has any other suggestions I'd be ever so grateful. It's driving me crazy. I've searched the web for this Caldence powdered and can find nothing. I've tried the pill you spoke of but only 1 (that's all the doctor prescribed). That didn't work either. Help me out here.
Posted by: Babbs227 | Mar 22, 2007 06:18 PM
Posted by: acampbell | Mar 25, 2007 05:43 PM
Can someone help me find this Caldence powder? Please! I am wondering if is what is in calamine lotion? Thank you for your help. Redhead!
Posted by: email@example.com | Mar 26, 2007 01:39 AM
Babbs227, acampbell (DSM blogger Amy Campbell) gave you some very good advice: See a gynecologist and ask to be tested. I can also empathize with you, since I had a long-term vaginal infection, too. It's miserable! As I said in my blog, I get two Diflucans and a prescription vaginal gel, which is Metrogel (Metronidazole vaginal gel). Thankfully, it's been a long time since I've needed any. Also, after my long-term bout with a vaginal yeast infection it took two courses of the treatment. I also saw some references to boric acid suppositories in a medical research site. Keying "boric acid vaginal suppositories" into Google came up with a list of references, too.
Posted by: Jan Chait | Mar 26, 2007 09:41 PM
the powder is Caldesene is a Zinc Oxide/Talc it works great for yeast infection to prevent them. I use everyday when I shower. Bonnie Saputra
Posted by: bonnie saputra | Mar 27, 2007 09:33 PM
I am also having vaginal infections since an year and its painfui.I am a type I(on insulin).My sugar levels will go high with infection,i'll take more insulin,and the day it goes normal,i'll go into hypoglycemia(because of high insulin).next day agin the infection will flare up(cause of hayway sugar levels).I am taking Candid V6 or candizole,it takes 2 packets i.e.. 12 days for it to get controlled.Are there any antibiotics to control it?The infection flares up with one high reading(above 200).Don't how and where it will stop.Any suggestions??
Posted by: ritu | Jul 12, 2007 04:57 AM
I don't see any recent posts, but I have some questions from my fellow female diabetics. I have been a diabetic for 24 years, last 2 on the pump. I am in the best control of my life. I have been married for 19 years and our sex life is better then ever. My problem is that when we get a weekend without the kids and have great vigorous sex, I end up with a yeast infection. All I get from my PCP is a lecture about my blood sugars, they are not perfect, but like I said really good. Does anyone have suggestions for preventing the yeast infection in the first place so I don't feel like I am being punished!
Posted by: colorado | Feb 26, 2008 05:56 PM
Caldense baby powder is a mircle worker. It helps to reduce redness, rashes, and sweats from occuring. I know from experience when nothing cleared up my daughter's terrible diaper rash until Caldense was suggested by a good friend, her bottom was cleared within 3 days
Posted by: toshia | Apr 02, 2008 04:27 PM
I am a 26 year old that has been diagnosed since 1989 with type ! insulin dependent diabetes. I was actually diagnosed because of a yeast infection when I was 7 years old. I had a great A1C when I was younger and still got yeast infections, since I was so young I was prescribed to use Lotramin AF while at diabetes summer camp. It worked wonderfully till I started having significantly higher A1C's(up in the 16's)as soon as I was around 12 years old. The only thing that corrected my A1C was an insulin pump. It allowed me to compete in gymnastic tournaments and cheerleading competitions, with out worrying about severe low's and high's. I started using Diflucan as my treatment then. I found out if I took 1 high dose pill at first and 1 low dose pill exactly a week later, my yeast infections went away. I hope this can help some other women out there 'cause suffering with continual yeast infections until I was 20 was horrible. My mom jokes that it stopped me from "being sexually active till I was in college though", I was too embarrassed to do much more than kiss of course. I guess things always have away of working out. Good luck to all you others though!
Posted by: butterfly103 | Jul 16, 2008 02:31 PM
I am a male yeast infection sufferer. I was having very bad infections and tried all manner of over the counter yeast treatments without any relief at all. After a visit to my (female) PCP she suggested Lotramin AF Spray - It works like a dream.
Posted by: pizzafarmer | Aug 11, 2009 11:31 AM
Thank you so much for posting this blog about yeast infections. I had never heard about this being a problem with diabetes until I had it and could not get it to go away. I now use monistat 7 daily by just smearing it on and I feel almost normal again. Thanks again for your blog. So many people benefit from it.
Posted by: Lucy | Dec 29, 2010 03:24 PM
Thanks for sharing a very informative article. I also have a mild skin disorder that can be triggered by allergens, thus I am finding ways on how to manage it. I am glad that I found this blog, I got some ideas in managing health problems.
Posted by: Glen Hopkins | Dec 30, 2010 01:48 PM
Recently sugars reading are all over the place. Plan on speaking to the dr soon. Anyho I had a yeast infection about 4 of 6 years ago. (Type 2) Diflucan did not work for me. I had more success with over the counter creams. At present time I need to visit the store again. I know better than to stratch though.
Posted by: PAT | Dec 07, 2011 02:34 PM
For yeast infections, I use bayberry herb as a tea and drink a glass of Apple cider vinegar in water (about two teaspoons). I take these two daily and it usually keeps it at bay.
Posted by: Kay Lain | Feb 19, 2012 01:37 AM
I have suffered every month, for years with a yeast problem. Avoiding sex, chocolate and wine were hardly a solution for me!!!!!!!! These are the important ingredients you should be taking: 1. Eat yogurt & cereal on an empty stomach. 2. Take an acidophillus supplement with grapefruit. I take the Lady Soma Candida Supplement which has all the ingredients you need. After about 2 weeks of taking the Lady Soma Candida Pills each morning with pure grapefruit juice, I started to notice I wasn't miserable below my belly button, if you catch my drift. This made me NORMAL. Hooooray!
Posted by: stephanieInisNYC | Oct 19, 2012 10:48 PM
Another suggestion Im surprised nobody has mentioned from an RX side is Nystatin. It works amazing on candida issues be it male or female. As a nurse Ive seen it used on many of my diabetics both as treatment and as prophylactic (primarily as a powder but also comes in creams and ointments) its pretty effective across the board and seems to work wonders even for myself. Male 40 with Type II but take supplemental insulin (high doses, not kidding were talking 5X standard sliding scale numbers usually). Anyway just wanted to add that as food for thought (no pun intended fellow DM sufferers).
Posted by: DJ | Oct 13, 2013 04:43 PM
For Ms. Colorado, keep in mind, ejaculate has sugar in it. And not just normal sugar, but a sugar that is very easily processed by the sperm for energy. So every time you have intercourse, your husband is giving you a 1/2 tsp of sugary goo ( I apologize for the visual). You are already prone to this infection if your blood sugar rises. So it may very we'll be controlled almost all the time, but in that area, your dumping quite a lot of sugar to the region. Not to mention if your husband has elevated blood sugar at the slightest at the time of intercourse. My wife and I had issues over this very thing. Her solution, Vaginal condom...and almost 2 years later with not one episode after a good weekend. Hope this helps.
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AMD Teams Up With Dataram To Give You 4GB RAMDisk For Free, 6GB If You Have Radeon Memory
When AMD launched its Radeon-branded memory last fall, it came as a bit of a surprise. In fact, in some ways it felt like AMD was trying anything in order to not keep all of its eggs in one basket, given the company's obvious struggles these past few years. Some thought that launch would be the end of it, that we'd never hear of AMD memory again - but we've been proven wrong this morning.
In a blog post entitled, Give your PC a boost with AMD Radeon RAMDisk, AMD offers us a free version of Dataram's RAMDisk software that will allow you to utilize up to 4GB of your memory for the cause, or up to 6GB if you happen to own AMD's branded sticks. Why would you want a RAMDisk? To speed up processes that constantly read and write to the disk. While SSD users might not see a major performance advantage, using a RAMDisk means that these read / writes hit your RAM, not your SSD, potentially prolonging its life.
AMD notes these perks when using a RAMDisk:
- Get gaming in as low as 4 secs or up to 1700% faster than an HDD
- Get significantly faster reading and writing speeds vs HDDs and SSDs
- RAMDisk read performance: Up to 25600 MB/s with DDR3-1600, and even higher with faster RAM!
- Protect your data with load and save features
Admittedly, it's going to be difficult to see advantages with the first bullet-point if you can only allocate 4GB or 6GB of RAM, and that's where the full-blown "AMD Radeon RAMDisk Xtreme" for $18.99 comes in. As mentioned above, this version allows you to use up to 64GB of memory. Generally speaking though, your RAMDisk shouldn't hog too high a percentage of your system memory if you want to actually use the rest for regular RAM purposes, so to help you with that math, AMD lays out suggestions on its purchase page.
I admit that while I've long considered using a RAMDisk day-to-day, I've only ever dabbled with it briefly. Do you use a RAMDisk? If so, would you consider it to be genuinely useful - perhaps even something you wouldn't want to go without?
Why would you pay money for a program that creates a ramdisk for you? There are plenty commands or free programs that already does this.
Also "Get gaming in as low as 4 secs or up to 1700% faster than an HDD" is totally BS, doesn't ramdisks wipe when you restart the machine?
So you have to reinstall/copy the game to the ramdisk each reboot and pray it doesnt store save files in the game folder.
I believe what AMD appears to be doing is allowing data to be sent to and from the ramdisk via the load and save feature. The data from your HDD can be sent to RAM all at once instead of having to make multiple reads to and from.
Windows offers a built-in driver for RAMDRIVE, but doesn't offer any software (go figure that Windows would be missing features). Linux at least has a program available which will allow you to compress your ram drive on-the-fly for use with things such as a page partition. This effectively allows for in increase in memory without adding too much overhead as long as the CPU can handle it.
The problem is, as lipe123 said, that RAM is volatile. Unless you don't intend on performing a full shutdown of your PC, it's not that great of an option. The 64 GB option of the program is pretty useless to most people since the only AMD processor I know of that would support that much RAM is the Opteron. It's one of the features that leaves AMD in the dust--lack of adoption of decent CPU features like triple channel memory and 64 GB memory options.
Actually good RAM drive programs store everything on the ram drive to disk, so you don't loose anything when you reboot. Since my desktop has 24GB of ram, I have been using a ram drive for several years on it to handle swap file duties. It saves a lot of wear and tear on the SSDs.
Reading an SSD does not cause "wear." It's writes and erases that eventually do; and current SSDs have about the same MTBF as spinning hard drives.
For me to gain a significant advantage for playing World of Warcraft (for example; most modern games will need similar, or more, resources), I would need a RAMdisk of about 20GB, or larger. It's less expensive and (figuring RAMdisk reload time) faster to buy a small SSD and move the game there. 32GB SSDs are available now for under $50. 32GB or DDR3 RAM is close to $140, and losing 20GB of that to a RAMdisk would seriously impact performance of everything else.
It's a typical Marketing move - sell your product to the tech-ignorant by lying to them about what it can do for them.
Yea I played around with creating a 2Gb ram disk out of my 8Gb of ram. Tried it for paging files, as a Firefox temp folder and tried a few games as well. Didn't really see a performance difference for those options. Using it as a scratch disk for adobe is apparently one of the best uses, however one would need to spend quite a bit of money to get enough extra ram in order to effectively use it. Like RTietjens said, an SSD would be cheaper but probably not faster. You don't need a ramdisk for day to day computing (including gaming) an SSD IMHO is a better option. For workstations it might be a good addition on top of an SSD.


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This workshop offered a basic introduction to High Performance Computing with an emphasis on practical usage of our systems. This is of special interest to those of you who have little or no background in using "supercomputers" or needed a little refreshing on such issues as the Unix operating system, code development and debugging, optimization and parallel programming. For details, click here.
HPCVL presents the 2014 Complex Data and Analytics in Medical Research, on October 21-22 in Toronto
HPCVL hosted the second "Complex Data and Analytics in Medical Research" symposium on October 21 & 22, 2014, which included twelve renowned speakers, a poster session, and workshop. Advances in technology have led to the availability of large volumes of data from a variety of research studies and clinical environments. This data can be processed, integrated, and stored to present opportunities for new understandings of disease and treatments, and has the potential to help save lives and billions of dollars throughout the health care system as well as potentially helping to create new products and methodologies. This symposium will examine several aspects of this opportunity and the issues surrounding the use of this data.
HPCVL Named in "Best 10 Research Facilities in Canada" in Backbone Magazine
HPCVL is proud to announce that we were selected as one of the "Best 10 Research Facilities" in Canada. The editor and publisher of Re$earch Money magazine helped compile a list of nine facilities and one company. The Backbone 200 consists of organizations, people, events and products that stand out, that contribute to our competitiveness and economic strengths, and-as in the case of our world-leading game developers-our ability to have fun and make money. See full article here.
Employment Opportunities at HPCVL
HPCVL is currently looking for a System/Software Engineer and a Scientific User Support person at our Carleton University office. Please see more here.
Kingston named one of the Top 7 Intelligent Communities
Kingston has been ranked Canada's third best place to live and smartest city, thanks to deployment of an open-access community broadband network supplemented with investment in the Eastern Ontario Regional Network bringing 10 Mbps service to rural neighborhoods. Innovation has a particular focus in Kingston. Local government launched a community planning process that resulted in Sustainable Kingston, a plan that gave rise to a nonprofit of the same name. As a result, most research and commercialization focuses on greentech and cleantech, from the Federal GreenCentre Canada research lab to a Fuel Cell Research Centre and High-Performance Virtual Computing Lab (HPCVL). Read the article here.
Canadian Coast to Coast Seminar Series
The Coast to Coast Seminar is a series of hour-long presentationa given on a scientific topic and made accessible to audiences at a number of remote sites through collaboration technology.The presentations are broadcast through Video Conferencing and can be accessed from one of our VC facilities. The series continues in the spring of 2015, starting on January 20. Details about the individual presentations may be found here.
CALL: Compute Canada 2015 Resource Allocation Opportunities (deadline passed)
Compute Canada is announcing the launch of the 2015 Resource Competitions. In addition to the familiar Resource Allocation Competition (RAC), there are two other opportunities to access Compute Canada resources including the Fast Track and the NEW Research Platforms and Portals (RPP) Competition. We invite you to consult the Compute Canada website for additional details on these three opportunities. If you have any questions please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
HPCS 2014 - Halifax, NS - June 23-27
The High Performance Computing Symposium (HPCS) is Canada's foremost supercomputing multidisciplinary conference. The nation's extended research and academic community, as well as partners from business and industry, gather to learn more about the current state and future direction of computational research and HPC technologies. HPCS was held its 28th annual event in Halifax, NS on June 23 - 27, 2014 in partnership with ACEnet. The first two days (June 23 & 24, 2014) consisted of tutorial workshops covering introductory and advanced tools for high performance computing. The technical sessions of the symposium took place Wednesday through Friday (June 25 – 27, 2014). Please check out the Media Advisory.
HPCVL Provides Secure Resources for Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)
HPCVL provides a secure environment and computing resources for the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI). The Ontario Brain Institute is creating an extensive brain research database called the Brain-CODE that will allow researchers to work faster and more efficiently. Read more here.
HPCVL Library for Parallel Programming on Multicore Clusters
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