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Do any of you have anything that you
relief the discomforts of a
? I have one and could not sleep last night because I was going to the bathroom every 10 minutes with only a trickle. I realize I need antibiotics and will get them but until the prescription is called in I am so uncomfortable!! My bladder is contracting over and over again and I feel like I have to pee so bad but can't. I think there is some blood there, too. It's not spotting, it's in the urine. Any ideas??
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I have a question i had protected sex my first time 3 days ago and the next day after sex i was having a lot of pain and burning and i was felling nausea now it seems they those symptoms are gone but now everytime i pee lilttle blood comes out and it burns so bad and at night i cant sleep because it either its the burning sensation or i feel really itchy in the vigina entrance and i can say im itchy from the inside too its really bothering me i need help i cant go see a doctor since my parents a
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Sometimes UTI tests can be faulty, it is important to let some urine escape b/4 you collect-your sample should be mid-stream. It is a good idea
eat yogurt or take probiotics while on
keep intestinal flora in balance. Good luck, I hope you find an answer soon.
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I officially have found the cure for my
after not responding
for one and a half months. I decided to go the natural r...oute and this is what I have found. I wanted a cheap and easy to find natural cure. Cheapest option: Drink garlic tea 4 time a day for 7 to 10 days to kill the bacteria(make fresh and hot each time 1 clove per cup of purified water. Boil water then pour on chopped up garlic let steep for 15 mins).
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i am tempted
try to get hold of more antibiotics a different type but there is no bacteria in my urine (apparently) so now I am wondering if the uti is the cause of the brain fog. i dont know what to think. i think i am just going to try another type but I just dont want to do anyhting to make this worse, I have read everywhere about candidal overgrowth being a cause for brain fog and antibiotics will be making that worse!
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Have you ever taken any over-the - counter 'worm' treatment - the one that springs to mind is 'mebendazol' - it is
different species of worm - not sure on all the details - it is given
children as well as adults - perhaps ask your doc. I guess you have researched - vitamin/mineral - deficiency. Here is a list of poss. symptoms of 'parasites' Inability to gain/lose weight - chronic candida - yeast inf.- chronic sinus or ear inf.- urinary tract inf.
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Ampicillin and Erythromycin can e
both. Yes, the
E.coli can be
the infections caused by CT/UU. However, it depends on the culture report whether the organisms are sensitive to the antibiotics or not. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care.
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around 8-9 weeks and read thongs about what was given
me. I freaked but took it anyway and put it in Gods hands. Im now 33w3d along. Your doctor wouldn't give you something to hurt you or the baby.
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I was given a prescription for Norfloxacin
, diagnosed as cystitis. Based on information I've read online, this looks like a strong and potentially dangerous antibiotic to take for what I understand to be a common UTI. I am not completely comfortable with the circumstances in which I was given this antibiotic, which may be contributing to my doubts. Is this a reasonable antibiotic for me to take?
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As specialmom said, the
UTIs can cause a rebound yeast infection, but it's really hard
get a yeast infection of the urinary system. Sexual intercourse can cause both, though. If it's just the outer area that hurts when you pee and you also itch, it's probably a yeast infection. If your urine is cloudy, you have a fever, and you have belly or low back pain, it's more likely a UTI (UTIs don't have to present this way though). Go to the doctor's and get it checked.
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I developed a
on 23rd December. I
have a history of
get them 2 or 3 times a year. On 2 occasions the UTI went to my kidneys and I was hospitalised and given IV anti-biotics. (On one of these occasions it was during my pregnancy). However I have been UTI free for 5 years, until this week. I saw my doctor who suggested I take a course of Cipro antibiotics.
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Anyone ever
with home remedies? I'm 18 weeks i have a
but the
i got from my doctor is killing me i just threw all my meals from this morning. I threw up soo much that i am sweating I have never felt soo horrible in my life.
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delivery, they ran a few tests and found out i have a
. they prescibed me Macrobid (a lot of other drugs
treat them contain Sulfa & i'm highly allergic) well here's the thing. i looked some stuff up and i found this link, along w/ many others http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/birth-defects-linked-to-antibiotics-6733/ ^ i guess Macrobid is linked to birth defects. should i ask for a different med? is there any way to get rid of a UTI w/out medication? (maybe a lot of water?
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They can try something else and hopefully it won't make you feel so bad. Most common
UTI's are: Macrobid, Augmentin, Cipro, Amoxicillin, etc. It really depends on the type of bacteria that is present in the urinary tract. In general, Macrobid (Nitrofurantoin), is used specifically to treat UTI's. Holding your urine too long can cause you to have a UTI or urethritis. Also, having the urge to urinate frequently can be a sign of overactive bladder or a UTI.
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Could you please tell me if Trimethoprim is normaly
Chlamydia? I read about Tetracyciline and Doxiciline which are normaly given
treat chlamydia and i know that Trimethoprim is to treat urine and chest infection. Thank you very much again.
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When i went
the ER they told me i had a
so he prescribed me pills Amoxil
take to get rid of it my step mother told me to eat yogurt and that should help not get a yeast infection. But lately I've been real dry but i still have discharge and i'm itchy to it doesnt burn to pee just feels itchy and dry when i wipe but i'm still having discharge so is it possible that i could have a yeast infection anyways? and how do they treat it while you are pregnant?
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I became septic within a day or two of having an incredibly mild
. So they figured I had no choice but
be on
for life. however since I have a condition called Ehlers Danlos, I am most likely sensitive to most sulfurs which is in a good deal of antibiotics. They are worried if I become immune to the few antibiotics I can definitely take safely right now, I will be screwed. I am only 23 so this is stressing me out entirely too much.
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How good does cranberry suppliements( im not a big fan of drinking the juice) work? Also should I go on
, and hope it helps both or
each seperatly over the counter? Any recommendations? Thanks!
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Hey Jen, Macrobid (as they say the yellow and black pill) is also for
and is not harmful
baby unless you breast feed or you take the drug in the last 2-4 weeks of pregnancy. Its actually a class B drug. Bactrim is a class C drug, which means you would have a higher chance of harming the baby, although, there are many women who doctors prescribe bactrim to.
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On another matter please can anyone advise what is the best thing to do about probiotics? I assumed that it is best
take them in a week's time when
course has finished so would appreciate some input. I have made an appointment to go to see GP in a week to make sure infection has cleared up and review steroid position. I don't often have a rant and am probably known more for my calm, reasonably happy outlook but watch out this sparkysarah feels a little close to igniting.
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I have not yet found on the Web where this drug is
my condition. My Dr. says this drug is good for a number of things. I explained
him in the beginning that I may have step throat. I had the flu back in the winter and could never get rid of the cough. Since I have been taking the prescribed medicine it has cleared my cough. Can someone kindly reply. In my Pap Smear I was DX with Strep 2 I need to know how did this occur. This only happens with women that are pregnant.
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You could check the sensitivities of the organism in the urine
see if it is sensitive
Flagyl or Clindamycin--if so, one antibiotic would
both problems--that seems very reasonable to me. You may need to be evaluated for why you are having so many UTIs too. Have you tried vegetable oil as a lubricant? Sounds a little silly, ( I wouldn't mix with vinegar!) but it rarely causes reactions!
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As far as the medications that they give you
, those would be anitbiotics. I had another
very early in this pregnancy, fortunately presenting with symptoms that I could recognize. I took the anitbiotics and the UTI went away and my baby is doing fine. These are just my personal experiences with this topic. I know nothing about fertility issues in general.
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Basically it is where you get burning and discomfort and it feels like you have a UTI but you don't, I also was getting the urethral spasms that were very painful, I am now on a drug called Vesicare and it has helped, my urologist thinks my problem will eventually go away ( I hope so), he said some of my problems are neurological as well. Vesicare is also used to treat bladder urgency in MS and bladder spasms in MS.
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Most of the times that I
get treated my wife
as well. It is not just a female problem, males get it too. All the best.
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At this point I think that the most reasonable way
proceed is
obtain a renal ultrasound from a facility that is
doing ultrasounds on children and, if the ultrasound is normal do a series of urine cultures. Here a PUC urine every month or two with a cath specimen obtained before treatment for any positive PUC samples would seem reasonable. If she does have a definite urinary tract infection, then she should undergo a voiding study.
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i just googled bacterial vaginosis
see if it could be passed
a partner
infect hair folicles and right away i found one that said that it can cause hair folicle infection.. and also what i noticed in another one was that if both people are not properly treated for it they will often reinfect eachother.. well she got full treatment for it while i did not.. and after all cleared up and she was better.. we had sex again and she immediately had a uti and infection again the next day...
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I have not been able
find anything in books or on the internet on how
UTIs with natural remedies and other non-prescription alternatives. Also, I take all the recomended preccautions for preventing bladder infections. This includes liquid inake, cleanliness, and the whole shebang. I even qvoid all foods and drinks which are known to irritate the bladder.
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I'm concerned because I'm not entirely sure I trust the doctors here. They seem
all STD's with the same shotgun approach. Could this be a UTI instead of a NGU? Something non-sexually transmitted that is being misdiagnosed? I'm also worried that the doctor here will just prescribe more Ofloxacin which may not be the best treatment. What should the next step be? Is it common to treat NGU by taking the same antibiotic for extended periods?
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The role of HbA1c in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in Australia.
Summary of "The role of HbA1c in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in Australia."
For many years, the diagnosis of diabetes has been made through the laboratory-based measurement of fasting or random blood glucose levels, or using the oral glucose tolerance test. A glycated haemoglobin (HbA(1c)) level ≥ 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) is now also acceptable for diagnosing diabetes. Caution is needed in interpreting HbA(1c) test results in the presence of conditions affecting red blood cells or their survival time, such as haemoglobinopathies or anaemia.
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Name: The Medical journal of Australia
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Setting Up Your Monitor
This document describes steps to set up the HP flat panel monitor models w2408 and w2408h.
Step 1: Setting up the monitor
Your flat-panel LCD monitor can be set up for desktop use or can be wall mounted.
Setting up the monitor for desktop use
Use the following steps to unfold and set up the monitor for desktop use.
WARNING:Do not place the monitor face down when you first take it out of the box. The hinge can spring up and cause serious damage or personal injury.
- Set the panel screen-side up on a flat surface.
- Rotate the screen to the horizontal position.
- Holding the base of the monitor, lift up the panel at its top, without touching or putting pressure on the screen.
- Remove the shipping strap (do not cut it), and put it in a place for safe keeping.
Adjusting the monitor position
Use the following steps to adjust your monitor screen height, tilt, swivel, and orientation for a good viewing angle.
- Face the front of the monitor and hold the base with one hand.
- Move the monitor top edge toward or away from you to adjust the tilt.CAUTION:The double-hinged monitor can fall back if the hinge is extended fully and the monitor screen is tilted back too far.
- Swivel the monitor left or right for the best angle (the whole base moves).
- To adjust the monitor height, extend or lower the base hinge.
To pivot the monitor:
- Tilt the monitor backward 10 to 30 degrees.CAUTION:This first step is very important. The monitor can scratch the base surface if it is not tilted before it is pivoted.
- If the monitor is in its landscape position, pivot the monitor clockwise to portrait position.
- If the monitor is in its portrait position, pivot it counterclockwise to landscape position.
Setting up the monitor for wall-mounted use
The monitor can be attached to a wall-mounting arm that you purchase separately.
Preparing to install a wall-mounting arm (not supplied)
Before you mount the monitor on a wall, a swing arm, or other mounting fixture, remove the base.
WARNING:Do not place the double-hinged monitor face down with the shipping strap intact. The hinge can spring up and cause serious damage or personal injury.
WARNING:Make sure the monitor is lying flat, with the screen down. Attempting to remove the base or pedestal from the monitor while it is upright may result in personal injury.
CAUTION:The screen is fragile. Placing the monitor face-down on a flat, soft area prevents scratches, defacing, or breakage.
- Turn off the monitor power, and disconnect all power, video, and audio cables.
- Place the monitor face-down on a soft, protected surface.This might entail elongating the hinge and tilting the monitor back to ensure it is flat on the surface.
- With your fingertips, snap off the VESA cover from the back of the monitor.
- Remove all four screws from the VESA plate.
- Save the cover, screws, and base for future use.
Installing a wall mounting arm
Mount the monitor to a swing arm or other mounting fixture by following the instructions included with the mounting fixture. Ensure that the monitor is safely attached.
NOTE:Mounting fixture is sold separately.
- Place the monitor panel screen down on the flat, soft area.
- Place the wall mounting arm onto the back of the monitor. Line up the holes of the arm with the mounting holes in the back of the monitor.
- Insert the four screws into the mounting holes and tighten.
- Reconnect the cables.
- Refer to the user's manual that came with the wall mounting arm (purchased separately) for instructions on attaching it to the wall.
Step 2: Connecting the monitor to the computer
- Turn off the computer.
- Connect the built-in monitor speakers to the computer, using the audio cable (green connector).NOTE:If you want to connect the monitor using an HDMI cable, do not connect the sound cable as the HDMI cable is capable of transferring both sound and video. However, the device that sends audio and video to the monitor must be set to send audio using HDMI. For example, if the monitor is connected to a computer using an HDMI connection, HDMI must be selected as the default audio device in Windows.
- To attach a VGA cable, connect one end of the 15-pin D-Sub VGA cable (blue connector) to the back of the monitor and connect the other end to the computer VGA port.
- To attach a DVI cable (not provided), connect one end of the 24-pin DVI cable (white connector) to the back of the monitor and connect the other end to the computer DVI port.
- Connect one end of the HDMI cable (select models only) to the back of the monitor, and the other end to any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, a DVD player, or a digital television.
- Connect the USB hub cable from the computer to the USB In connector on the monitor.This enables the two USB 2.0 ports on the side of the monitor.
- After the USB hub connections are in place, connect up to four USB peripheral devices to your monitor (such as a USB flash drive or a digital camcorder).
- Connect one end of the power cord to the back of the monitor and plug the other end into a grounded outlet.
- Secure the cables by routing them through the cable manager.
- Turn on your monitor and computer.
Step 3: Selecting the video input source
Attach a VGA cable (provided), or a DVI-D or an HDMI cable, or both to the monitor. The HDMI cable (select models only) replaces the DVI cable. To use DVI, your computer must have a DVI-compliant graphics card. If both cables are installed, the default input selection is DVI or HDMI. To switch the input selection, use the Switch Video Input option in the OSD menu.
- Press the Menu button on the front of the monitor to access the OSD main menu.
- Navigate to Switch Video Input by pressing the + (plus) or – (minus) buttons on the monitor.The Switch Video Input toggles between VGA and DVI, or VGA and HDMI.
- Click Save and Return after you make your choice.
Step 4: Installing drivers
Install the monitor-driver INF and ICM files from the CD, or download them from the Internet as follows:
Installing drivers from the CD
To install the monitor driver from the CD:
- Insert the CD in your computer CD drive.The CD menu appears.
- Select the language.
- Click Install Monitor Driver Software.
- Follow the onscreen instructions.
- Restart the computer.
- Check that the proper resolutions and refresh rates appear in the Display Properties window in the Control Panel.
Installing drivers from the Web
To download the latest version of drivers and software files from the HP Support Web site:
- Go to the HP Support Web site .
- Select your country/region.
- Select Download Drivers and Software.
- Enter the model number of your monitor: w2408.The software downloads information for your monitor.
- Ensure your system meets the requirements given.
- Download and install the driver and software files by following the steps on the screen.
Tips and recommendations
- Unplug your monitor from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. If the screen requires additional cleaning, use an antistatic screen cleaner.
- Do not open your monitor cabinet or attempt to service this product yourself. Adjust only those controls that are covered in the operating instructions. If your monitor is not operating properly, or has been dropped or damaged, contact your HP authorized dealer, reseller, or service provider.
- Use only a power source and connection appropriate for this monitor, as indicated on the label/back plate of the monitor.
- Never disconnect the monitor by pulling the cord. Unplug the power cord from the power outlet by grasping the plug firmly.
- Turn your monitor off when not in use. You can substantially increase the life expectancy of your monitor by using a screen saver program and turning off the monitor when not in use.
- When removing the monitor base, you must lay the monitor face down on a soft flat area to prevent it from getting scratched, defaced, or broken.
- Burn-in image damage may occur on monitors that display the same static image on screen for a prolonged period of time. To avoid burn-in image damage on your monitor screen, always activate a screen saver application or turn off the monitor when it is not in use for a prolonged period of time.
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Vt., Quebec discuss rail link, traffic, energyBy WILSON RING
THE Associated Press | February 19,2013MONTPELIER Quebec Premier Pauline Marois is committed to improving rail connections between Montreal and the U.S. border, possibly taking an hour off the trip to New York, Gov. Peter Shumlin said Monday.
Shumlin, after meeting with Marois on Monday in Montreal, said a major impediment to improved rail communication remains the pre-clearance of passengers and cargo by customs officials from both countries when crossing the border.
Rail improvement projects in the U.S. Northeast and Canada have been under way for some time, and Shumlin said he, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick are delivering on upgrading the tracks and speeding up the rail from New York to the Canadian border.
The challenge is to get final approval of our pre-clearance so we can start moving cargo and passengers by rail, Shumlin said, but its up to the federal governments in both countries to smooth the border crossings.
Shumlin has been committed to improving rail connections between Vermont and Quebec, including the restoration of the Amtrak service between St. Albans and Montreal. Currently, the Vermonter train ends service in St. Albans, just south of the Canadian border.
The rail improvements discussed by Shumlin and Marois include a spur to Boston.
In addition, Marois told Shumlin she was committed to expanding Autoroute 35 from the Vermont border at Highgate Springs to Montreal and hoped to be able to complete it by 2017, Shumlin said. Currently, much of the road north to Montreal from the top of Interstate 89 is on two-lane roads.
During their meeting, Shumlin and Marois signed a 15-point cooperation agreement between Vermont and Quebec.
The document didnt commit Vermont or Quebec to any specific actions, but it said the details of the agreement would be implemented using a mechanism set up by a similar 2003 agreement that created a Joint Vermont-Quebec Committee.
For years, Vermont officials have highlighted the importance of the states relationship with Quebec, and all the points in the document have been issues of interest to the state and the province for years.
The first section of the agreement, on economic development, said Vermont and Quebec would facilitate meetings and matchmaking and carry out joint marketing activities such as trade missions and hospitality initiatives to be part of major North American business networks.
It recognized that Vermont utilities import large quantities of electricity from Quebec and the provincial utility Hydro-Quebec is a major supplier of Vermont electric power.
Canada has been seeking ways to increase its exports of electricity to the power-hungry Northeastern United States.
The document recognized that Vermont is a gateway to New England for the transmission of hydroelectricity produced in Quebec.
Other sections of the agreement included:
Pursuing a close partnership between the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and its Quebec counterpart to help manage the international waters of Lake Memphremagog and help reduce pollutants that reach Lake Champlains Missisquoi Bay, most of which is in Quebec;
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I just updated gcc and am running 4.1.1. but now my emerge does not work
at all.
Here is an example of trying to update portage for example:
thor rbragg # emerge -a portage
emergelog(): [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/var/log/emerge.log'
emergelog(): [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/var/log/emerge.log'
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies -
... done!
[ebuild R ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.1-r2
Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Traceback (most recent
call last):
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4049, in ?
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4044, in emerge_main
myopts, myaction, myfiles, spinner)
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 3584, in action_build
mergetask.merge(pkglist, favorites, mtimedb)
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 1854, in merge
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_util.py", line 738, in write_atomic
raise ReadOnlyFileSystem(func_call)
emergelog(): [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/var/log/emerge.log'
The "/var/log/emerge.log" file is owned by portage.portage, and mode is
ug+rw. and the "/var/lib/portage/world" file is owned by root.root with
u+rw and go+r I am running my emerge as root. It seems that I can't even
chown the would file.
I tried this to:
thor rbragg # chown root.portage /var/lib/portage/world
chown: changing ownership of `/var/lib/portage/world': Read-only file
Does anybody know what happened?
This is on a powerbook (500Mhz g3 pismo)
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The football players at Olivet Middle School in Olivet, Mich., spent a month planning a play for an upcoming game that would let fellow teammate, Keith Orr, score his first touchdown, CBS reports.
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The best means by which a slave seeks proximity to God after recognising Him, is praying, benevolence to the parents, and abandonment of envy, self-conceit and vaunting.Musa al-Kadhim
These golden matters Of Gyges and his treasuries Are no concern of mine. Jealousy has no power over me, Nor do I envy a god his work, And I do not burn to rule. Such things have no Fascination for my eyes.Archilochus
Pride, Envy, and Avarice are the three sparks that have set these hearts on fire.Durante degli Alighieri
Lasting peace is sought, it is essential to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses. The welfare of the entire human race must replace hunger and oppression. People of the world must be taught to give up envy, avarice and rancour.Mustafa Kemal Atatrk
You must attend to this matter. While being completely law-abiding, some people are imprisoned, treated harshly and even killed without cause so that many people suffer. Therefore your aim should be to act with impartiality. It is because of these things envy, anger, cruelty, hate, indifference, laziness or tiredness that such a thing does not happen. Therefore your aim should be: "May these things not be in me." And the root of this is non-anger and patience. Those who are bored with the administration of justice will not be promoted; (those who are not) will move upwards and be promoted. Whoever among you understands this should say to his colleagues: "See that you do your duty properly. Such and such are Beloved-of-the-Gods' instructions." Great fruit will result from doing your duty, while failing in it will result in gaining neither heaven nor the king's pleasure. Failure in duty on your part will not please me. But done properly, it will win you heaven and you will be discharging your debts to me.Ashoka the Great
In addition to the animal essence, we have something that is above animal existence. This something is called our egoism. It is based on our aspirations to wealth, honor, fame, power, and knowledge. Animals do not have these aspirations [...] envy, inclination to pleasures, and aspiration to honor. These aspirations bring a person to a level above the animal. Since they are above animal qualities, these aspirations and qualities are praiseworthy. On the other hand, their common natural utilization puts us below all other levels [i.e. still, vegetative, and animate].Yehuda Ashlag
Shaw's emotional development was one with his intellectual strength. His path led him into the thick of the scrimmage, where more spontaneous natures defend themselves with the usual weapons of malice, humility, bad temper or conceit. But Shaw used the death ray of imperturbability. His feelings were never hurt, his envy never aroused, his conceit was a transparent fiction, he never quarreled.Jacques Barzun
When I behold the skylark move in perfect joy towards its love the sun, when I behold the skylark, growing drunk with joy, forget the use of wings, so that it topples from the height of heavens, I envy the bird's fate.Bernart de Ventadorn
The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
Young girls envy the life yall leading, never satisfied with a nice calm evening.Drake
In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.Giovanni Boccaccio
There aint nothin; gon; stop me, so just envy it.Lil Wayne
Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy.Giannina Braschi
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Joss Whedon: "Because you're still asking me that question".
Awesome design!! Can you please make this available as a sticker?
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this is awesome!! but who is the girl with the red suit and blue hair in the middle?
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Cool work! Hope you'll enter this, or another of your choice in our Firefly challenge in the Sci Fi Group!
Is that Echo or Faith next to Illyria? It's obviously Eliza Dushku just can't tell which character.
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Volume 6, Number 3
Submitted: November 28, 2000
Resubmitted: February 1, 2001
Accepted: February 1, 2001
Publication date: February 1, 2001
Luigi Castelli
Università di Padova
Cristina Zogmaister
Università di Padova
Luciano Arcuri
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This study investigates the effects of exemplar activation on the verbal responses of participants. Two-hundred people were sent a clearly miss-addressed e-mail message. The name of the sender was manipulated so that he could have the same name as a famous positive exemplar or as a famous negative exemplar. Replies (15%) showed no effect on the number of responses. However, effects emerged on the content of the responses. Overall, participants were much more friendly when the sender had the same name as a positive exemplar. Thus, it is demonstrated that assimilation effects might occur when a social target shares some irrelevant feature (i.e., the name) with a famous exemplar. Results are consistent with recent models that underlie the importance of exemplar activation on social perception and behavior.
A growing body of literature suggests that the way people perceive their physical and social world is not only driven by abstract knowledge, but also by instance-based information (Elio & Anderson 1981; Nosofsky, Palmeri & McKinley 1994; Smith & Záratem1990, 1992). The specific instances that are brought to mind may affect the construal of objects, events, and other people. In social perception, the activation of representations concerning concrete exemplars (i.e., famous actors, football players, relatives, and so on) is particularly relevant. Indeed, when activating a person-based representation all relevant information about the exemplar is activated as well, and it may affect subsequent processing (Castelli & Zogmaister 2000; Macrae et al. 1998). For instance, we may find it extremely difficult to say that someone called Fiona Schwartzenegger is actually a female because the representation of the famous male actor interferes with our judgment (see Macrae et al. 1998). Similarly, inducing individuals to think about Saddham Hussein influences their judgments about the hostility of an unknown target (see Herr 1986). Further research by Andersen and her colleagues have nicely shown how personality characteristics may be attributed to a target only on the basis of her/his resemblance with a significant other (Andersen & Cole 1990; see also Andersen, Glassman, Chen, & Cole 1995). Self-perception processes may also be affected by the activation of relevant exemplars (Baldwin, Carrell, & Lopez 1990), suggesting that the construal of self and others' representations may fluctuate in accordance with the characteristics of the activated exemplars (see also, Bodenhausen, Schwarz, Bless, & Wänke 1995; Graham, Weiner, Giuliano, & Williams 1993).
Once the pervasive nature of the effects of person-based representations on information processing are demonstrated, the following logical step has been to investigate the effects of exemplar activation on actual behavior (Dijksterhuis et al. 1998; Herr 1986; Lewicki 1985, 1986; Macrae et al. 1998, Study 4). For instance, Macrae and his colleagues demonstrated that the subtle activation of a person-based representation influences the performance in an ostensibly unrelated task. Participants were faster in reading words when the words were presented as part of the "Schumacher Word Reading Test" rather than of the "Shimuhuru Word Reading Test". This result is interpreted as the effect of the activation of the famous Formula One motor-racing driver.
Clear demonstrations of possible effects of exemplar activation on social interaction, however, are still lacking (for a notable exception see Herr 1986). In particular, a fundamental issue concerning the direction of the effects is still under debate. Indeed, it has been suggested that the activation of social exemplar may lead to contrast effects, instead of assimilation effects, because the activated exemplars are used as comparison standards (see Dijksterhuis et al. 1998; Herr 1986; Herr, Sherman, & Fazio 1983; Stapel, Koomen, & van der Plight 1997)1. For instance, participants primed with Adolph Hitler were later more co-operative when playing with another individual (Herr 1986), while participants primed with Albert Einstein decreased their performance in a general knowledge test (Dijksterhuis et al. 1998). Social targets, or even oneself, are judged in comparison to the activated exemplars, and almost anyone is usually less cruel than Hitler. These experiments convincingly demonstrate that behavioral contrast effects occur when a person-based representation is activated and neither the perceiver nor a potential target share any feature with the activated exemplar. In contrast, there is reason to believe that behavioral assimilation might occur as soon as the activated exemplar and the target share some relevant characteristics (see Lewicki 1985). In support of this view, the previously mentioned results obtained by Andersen and her colleagues suggest that the sharing of some characteristics between the activated exemplar (i.e., the significant other) and the target leads to assimilation effects, rather than contrast effects, also on other independent dimensions. For instance, a social target that resembles a particularly clever friend will also be perceived as intelligent. In short, it may be predicted that behavioral contrast will occur when there is no link between the activated exemplar and the target (or the perceiver), whereas the existence of such a link would favor behavioral assimilation. This is particularly worth noting if we assume that almost everyone we meet in the everyday life may potentially evoke a well-known exemplar: The name, the dress, the posture, and any other detail may lead to the activation of a person-based representation stored in memory. Thus, a person may be particularly kind with someone named as her or his mother or particularly nasty with someone named as the last unfaithful partner. Even though the name is an irrelevant feature, given that there is no correlation between a given name and certain attitudes, proclivities, or behaviors, social interactions may be highly influenced. For instance, there is no a priori reason for being friendlier with someone called John Kennedy than with someone called Lee Harvey Oswald, or for giving higher grades to a psychology student called William James rather than Jack Serril. Nonetheless, the person-based representation the name activates may lead to systematic biases.
We will test this hypothesis, using a modified version of the lost letter technique (Milgram 1977). In the original technique, researchers just leave a marked letter on a street and verify whether it will ever be posted. This technique has been developed to assess, in an unobtrusive way, people's attitudes, as racial attitudes, examining the effects of experimental manipulations on actual behaviors. For instance, the sender's name may be manipulated so that it could presumably belong to a White or a Black person, and this change proves to influence the pro-social behavior of posting the letter. Along the same line, it is possible to send a letter to a wrong address and wait for an eventual reply. This allows not only to check for the number of people engaging in a given behavior, but also to analyze the characteristics of their verbal responses. In the present research, we sent e-mail messages, manipulating the name of the sender, which was the same as a famous positive or negative exemplar, and examined the way people reacted.
A list containing a large number of E-mail addresses of people living throughout Italy was prepared.
Negative Exemplar Condition
We then sent to a random sample of 100 people2 the following message:
Dear Ferdinando,
My name is Pietro. I have received your address from Marcello who lives in Padova. I hope it is right. I need some information about how recycling works in your town.
Thank you,
The full name of the sender was Pietro Pacciani, which is the name of a person that some years ago was accused of murdering many couples near Florence. The full name was visible instead of the sender's address.
Positive Exemplar Condition
A similar message was sent to another random sample of 100 people, but this time the sender was called Sandro Pertini, which is the name of a previous president of the Italian Republic loved by most Italians despite their political affiliation (which is quite unusual). Both (the real) Pietro Pacciani and Sandro Pertini had died at the time of the study.
Since none of the recipients was called Ferdinando, it was clear that the message had been sent to the wrong address. All replies were collected, expecting differences in their number and quality as a function of the sender (i.e., a higher number of responses and friendlier replies when the positive exemplar had been activated).
Overall, 30 people, corresponding to 15 percent, replied saying that there had been a mistake. Contrary to our predictions, there was no significant effect of the sender's name on the number of responses (16% and 14%, for Pacciani and Pertini, respectively). Of course, we do not know how many persons actually read the message. It is often the case that users own e-mail accounts on public domains, but do not regularly use them. Because of this reason, it may also be that the lack of difference in the response rate is due to ceiling effects, and that almost everyone who actually read the message also replied.
Interesting results however, emerged when considering the content of the replies. Many different aspects were examined. First, the length of the replies was considered. It was expected that participants would provide more information when the positive exemplar was activated than when a negative exemplar was activated. In line with this prediction, the median number of words used when replying to Pertini was significantly higher [F(1,28)=5.11; p<.05]; responses to Pertini were indeed more than twice as long as responses to Pacciani (27 words vs. 11 words). This could also be interpreted as an index of the time devoted to the interaction.
Content analyses were also carried out to investigate how many respondents did the very simple acts of greeting and introducing themselves. A significant effect of the sender emerged on the number of greetings [c 2(1) = 9.85; p<.005]: While almost everyone greeted Pertini, only one third greeted Pacciani. The effect on the number of people introducing themselves, saying in any part of the message their own name, was in the expected direction but it did not reach the conventional significance level. Whereas 79 percent of the respondents introduced themselves to Pertini, only 50 percent did so to Pacciani. It is likely that this lack of results is due to ceiling effects, given that many people have their e-mail program set to automatically include the signature.
Finally, two blind independent coders judged the friendliness of the responses. Coders were provided with the original message - with no mention about the name of the sender, or the purposes of the study - and asked to rank the replies from the most to the least friendly. Inter-rater agreement was very high (Spearman correlation coefficient = .93), so that judgments have been averaged. Ranking proved to be significantly related to the sender's name [Z=3.1, p<. 005]: As expected, when a positive exemplar was activated, replies were friendlier in comparison to responses after a negative exemplar was activated (mean rank: 10 and 20, respectively). No other dimension was analyzed.
The valence of the person-based representation activated during social interaction seems to have pervasive effects on the nature of the interaction. In the present study, such an effect has been demonstrated after having activated extremely positive or negative exemplars. Since the sender had the same name of one of those exemplars, participants sent back to him very different kinds of message: They were friendlier with the "positive exemplar" rather than with the "negative exemplar". Participants did not receive any individuating information about the sender other than his name; but since it was shared with a well-known exemplar, that was sufficient to influence the responses. Overall, the present results demonstrate that assimilation effects occur when the target itself activates the exemplar-based representation. The existing literature on the effects of exemplar activation showed that contrast effects emerge when the exemplar activation occurs in a different context, that is when the exemplar and the target do not share any feature. The obtained data extend those conclusions by showing that assimilation effects emerge when the target to be judged, or to interact with, is able to activate an exemplar representation. In this sense, individuals are not more friendly with someone called as a famous murderer, as it could be expected on the basis of the contrast hypothesis, but they are very reluctant to interact with him.
People often rely on irrelevant cues to infer personality traits (Andersen & Cole 1990), skills (Gilovich 1981), or physical characteristics. In the present study, the influence of another piece of irrelevant information has been demonstrated, that is the name of a person. Simply because a given name is able to activate the representation of a famous exemplar, social behavior is highly influenced by the characteristics of the activated exemplar. People often look for trivial associations with famous exemplars to manage their own self-image (Cialdini et al. 1976; see also Finch & Cialdini 1989). Along the same line, it is likely that others' trivial associations with known exemplars are heuristically used to construe others' representations and to attribute personality characteristics (Andersen & Glassman 1996). In particular, in the present study, it has been shown that social interaction, and not just perception, can be shaped by irrelevant information, as the name of the interlocutor.
It must be underlined that we investigated only computer-mediated interactions. However, we believe that similar effects should be found also in face to face interactions. It is true that e-mails allow relative anonymity, and the interlocutor is somehow depersonalized, so that discrimination could potentially be more likely when a negative exemplar has been activated. However, written responses can be more easily controlled for the influence of irrelevant primes. In face to face interaction such a control is less likely, and discrimination (or favoritism) may thus appear in many different forms, either in verbal or non-verbal channels (see Maass, Castelli, & Arcuri 2000).
A critical aspect of the studies investigating the effects of exemplar activation on actual behaviors resides in the precise specification of the involved processes. As a matter of fact, the exemplar's influence on behavior may take at least two different routes. On one side, the activated representation shapes the construal of the other, so that the target will be perceived as more or less friendly, and thus leading to behave accordingly. On the other hand, person-based representations may have a direct effect on behavior, so that a friendly exemplar could lead to be friendly and an unfriendly exemplar could lead to be nasty (Bargh, Chen, & Burrows 1996; Dijksterhuis & van Knippenberg 1998). In other words, according to this view, the exemplar-based representation primes a given behavior without affecting the perception of what is out there. The main difference between these two processes is in their specificity: While according to the first, possible effects are limited to the instance that is able to activate a person-based representation. According to the second, effects are much more pervasive and not necessarily confined to the specific exemplar. In the latter case, the activation of a negative exemplar may influence the behavior toward any unlucky person passing nearby. These processes are crucial for understanding not only the influences of person-based representations, but also the way stereotypes and any other kind of abstract knowledge primes social behavior. Future research will definitely have to shed light on this issue.
From the methodological point of view, the present study has also provided some evidence about the usefulness of the lost e-mail technique for studying psychological phenomena. Such a technique is extremely flexible and allows one to manipulate, singularly or in combination, many features of the sender and of the recipients, such as their name, gender, and geographical position. Thus, the effects of important factors such as similarity, or regional identity, can be investigated with this technique. Also, the content of the sender's message could be easily manipulated in order to investigate the effects of message structure and framing. However, we should always keep in mind that Internet users are not representative of the overall population. In many countries, access to Internet is still limited to a restricted number of individuals. For instance, at the time of the study, in Italy only 6% of the population used Internet and in more than 66% of the cases the users were males with a high-level of education. Hence, when there is reason to believe that the specific characteristics of the sample may affect the process under investigation, it is necessary to be extremely cautious. In the case of the present study, however, we believe that exemplar activation is a basic process, and that similar effects would also emerge with different samples. In addition to its wide applicability, the lost e-mail technique has the advantage of being extremely easy to use. Of course, ethical considerations must be addressed. Indeed, with the lost e-mail technique, either by e-mail or in its original form, researchers cannot obtain informed consents. Therefore, it is important that anonymity is respected and that the message contents are not harassing. In the present study, as soon as we received a reply, we copied the content in a different file and deleted the message so that it was no further possible to know who the respondent was. Moreover, the message that we sent was quite friendly and short, and it is unlikely that someone experienced it as harassing. In our view, this technique can be considered as ethical as any other field study (for a discussion about the very low ethical costs of this technique see also Stern & Faber 1997).
In summary, the present research proposes a new technique for investigating social processes, and, in more details, shows how social interaction may be affected in an assimilative way by the person-based representations retrieved from memory. Hence, as it may be safe not to think about Michael Schumacher while driving home, it is also desirable that no one with your own name ever commits a horrible murder.
1. Different results emerge as a function of exemplar extremity (see Herr 1986). However, as long as the exemplars used in the present study are extremely positive, or negative, we will focus only on the case of extreme exemplars.
2. If an address was not valid it was replaced by another randomly selected one.
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We would like to thank Vittorio Girotto, Jim Sherman, an anonymous reviewer, and the PirLab Group for their helpful comments.
Luigi Castelli is an Assistant Professor at the University of Padova, Italy. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Cristina Zogmaister is a PhD student in cognitive sciences at the University of Padova, Italy. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Luciano Arcuri is Full Professor at the University of Padova, Italy. Email: email@example.com.
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A member of a local winter swimmers' club exits the water after a short swim in the Yenisei River amid air temperature of -36 degrees Celsius (-32.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
A young monk holds a parasol as he waits for the arrival of Tibet's exiled Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Pemayangtse monastery in Pelling in the Himalayan state of Sikkim.
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Villagers hold torches during the Divina Pastora procession as part of a festival to honor the Virgin of Los Rondeles in the southern Spanish village of Casarabonela, near Malaga. Villagers celebrate the festival on the eve of the celebration of St. Lucia's Day.
A protective layer of ice forms on oranges in a grove near Dover, FL. Citrus growers in central Florida reported little or no ice damage to their orange fruit and groves on Tuesday after temperatures dropped to near-record lows overnight.
A hoolock gibbon sits on a log during a snowfall at the Shanghai Zoo.
An underwater sculpture installation "The Silent Evolution" by British artist Jason de Caires Taylor lies between Cancun and Isla Mujeres.
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The ''Ugly Betty'' premiere: Dressed for success
Okay, so I know there are some folks who will inevitably (and sneeringly) compare ABC's magically delicious Ugly Betty to a certain summer movie starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. This, despite the fact that Betty's source material (a 1999 Colombian telenovela called Yo soy Betty, la fea) preceded Prada's (Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name) by almost half a decade. And while it's true that both of 'em follow the same basic geek-girl-gets-thrown-to-chic-wolves trajectory, there are a few major differences that make Betty better:
1. In Prada, like it or not, Streep's manipulative editrix is the character worth cheering for; not so in Betty, where America Ferrera's dowdy magazine assistant rules the day. And come on now, isn't it more fun to root for the fashionista in the white hat? So what if Betty's pilot episode finds our gal engaging in clichés out of the Comedy 101 textbook slamming into a glass wall; being walked by a canine of Marmadukian proportions; quitting her job before inevitably returning to save the day there's so much sparkle in Ferrera's performance that you're pretty much blinded to the fact that you've seen this all before. Despite a pilot episode that doesn't contain a single surprising plot point, Betty comes off as remarkably fresh.
2. Ugly Betty contains no magic tweezers, no miracle orthodonture, no sudden and unrealistic raid of Mode magazine's ''fashion closet.'' Indeed, to crib a little from Justin Timberlake, Betty's bringin' ugly back unapologetically and beautifully. Honestly, when I saw Prada in the theater this summer, I almost gagged on my Snickers Bites when Hathaway's Andy received huzzahs for slimming her already lovely physique down to a size 6. Somehow, I don't expect to see Betty de-flan her way to rail-thin proportions. Given the current pop-culture landscape, that's pretty revolutionary.
3. Betty puts career ahead of romance, a refreshing (and realistic) twist for a fictitious recent college graduate. Indeed, our gal will pick the cabbage out of her boss' coleslaw (to the tune of ''She Works Hard for the Money'') in the name of career advancement, but she takes no such guff from her lovers. Betty's physical revulsion at unfaithful Walter's attempt at a post-breakup parting embrace should be an example for every teenage gal in America.
4. Last, but not least, Betty outcamps Prada by something like a ten-to-one ratio. Whether it's slutty receptionist Amanda (a very game Becki Newton) giving Daniel a final panty-clad eyeful, mean boy Mark's queenly bon mots (''It's the bizarro version of Sex and the City!''), or Gina Gershon rocking bee-stung lips and a so-bad-you-have-to-chuckle Donatella Versace impersonation, Ugly Betty is like a collision between a daytime soap opera and a South Beach drag show. Of course, no one hits that mark more hilariously than Salma Hayek in her howl-inducing cameos as a sultry maid in the over-the-top telenovela that's in constant rotation at the Suarez residence. (Here's hoping there's more of that in future episodes.)
Of course, Hayek also triumphs as the show's producer. In addition to casting a lead actress who oozes both gorgeous and funny from the pores, Hayek has enlisted the incredibly blue-eyed Eric Mabius as Betty's sweet jerk boss, and the underrated Vanessa (L., yeah) Williams as a rival who does everything but wear a black pointy hat to board meetings.
The details feel right, too. Betty's fleshed-out working-class home life is a nice contrast to movies and TV series that would have you believe most entry-level journalists live in glamorous loft apartments decked out with sleek West Elm furniture. And while I have yet to see a fictitious magazine layout that would pass muster in the real world, Betty's moms-and-daughters Fabia supplement concept comes closer than most.
Sure, in some ways, Ugly Betty resembles one of those high-school-do-over fantasies (like Drew Barrymore's Never Been Kissed) where the smart girl gets the chance to prove that intelligence and elbow grease trump clear skin and good hair any day of the week and thanks, but she didn't want to sit next to you beotches in the cafeteria anyway. Yet in the Paris Hilton era, isn't that just the kind of heroine we've all been waiting for?
What do you think? Did Ugly Betty live up to the pre-season hype? Aside from America Ferrera, who's the show's breakout star? And how long before Betty's futuregay nephew comes bursting out of the closet?


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