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I just need some advice on this one, and it's making me NERVOUS. - page 5
I am a new grad LPN. I started my very first nursing job last week, and have been orentating since last Wednesday. On the wing that I will be working on, I have 1 resident in particular that asks for... Read More
8Mar 9, '13 by Bortaz, RN, ADNWhy do you think she didn't need it?
Why was it prescribed if no one is willing to dispense it?
Why not give her the meds as ordered?
Since when does "PRN" = "If the nurse thinks she needs it"?
If I were a resident stuck in a ****-smelling, loud nursing home away from everyone and everything I love, I'd want some ativan 4x a day too. -
0Mar 9, '13 by lmccrn62I am sorry for your predicament but we cannot deceive a patient. It's unethical. I agree this is similar to using placebo because someone doesn't believe a patients pain or anxiety. Our job is to always do the right thing and document our findings and discuss with the physician if we have concerns. These types of medications are based on subjective findings. So how can we say a patient is not anxious or have pain? We can't. As a new nurse stand by what is right and do the right thing whether anyone agrees or not. Just because others do it will not work for you. It gives you a clear conscience and doesn't put you under any scrutiny. Good luck.
1Mar 9, '13 by WhereIsMyCallBellDocument, document, document! Follow up to see if the med was effective. ONLYthe pt. can tell you that. If the patient tells you and other nurses no, not effective. Then this may be something to have the MD address when he does rounds with the RN, or charge nurse when a pattern is established. If pt. tells you the med. is working then leave well enough alone and give poor pt. her med. when asked for within reasonable time limit. Okies, I have said enough now. lol = xSleeepyRN likes this.
0Mar 9, '13 by SE_BSN_RNAs a new nurse, I would have been asking questions. Ask the person orienting you, your immediate supervisor AND your DON. I would imagine they would be happy to explain their reasoning to you, especially with you being new....even though we all know ethically and morally it is wrong to lie to someone! You should know you can't do it just because everyone else is! If the pt has ativan scheduled every 6 hours, and asks for it every 6 hours, than give it. You should have an anxiety/behavior monitoring sheet to track behaviors. If no one is giving it, it may get d/c'd. In our LTC here, if we don't use prn's once in 90 days they get discontinued due to non use. If the pt has severe anxiety, and needs it/is asking for it even more than every 6 hour, the physician needs to be notified. Some people do very well at managing their anxiety, others do not. You learned a hard lesson, and though the odds aren't in your favor, chalk it up to a learning experience and move on.
1Mar 9, '13 by morteAcutally, PRN is "as needed", not as wanted....Quote from Bortaz, RNWhy do you think she didn't need it?
Why was it prescribed if no one is willing to dispense it?
Why not give her the meds as ordered?
Since when does "PRN" = "If the nurse thinks she needs it"?
If I were a resident stuck in a ****-smelling, loud nursing home away from everyone and everything I love, I'd want some ativan 4x a day too.BSNbeDONE likes this. -
0Mar 9, '13 by morteas has already been pointed out, your exact wording is going to prove to be very important.
Did she ask if her ativan was in the cup? Did you tell her the Ativan was in the cup? If no and no, you should be good to go. But someone mentioned you are working with a skunk, be careful. -
3Mar 9, '13 by MunkiRNI'm as much concerned about some of the responses on this thread as I am about the actions of the OP. While it is most definitely wrong do deceive a pt, the reaction of "it is not our job to question the orders of a doctor" also has me worried. Let me clarify, it is ABSOLUTELY our job to question. If as a nurse we feel a medication is inappropriate, not working, or unsafe then we need to say something! To simply say well thats what the MD said to do so I'll do it is scary. You are the pt advocate with knowledge of each medication you give, if you don't know why a medication is being ordered then it's your job to find out! If you feel a different order should be in place OP, then you talk to the MD and see what they think. But to simply keep blindly giving medication is not good nursing.
0Mar 9, '13 by BSNbeDONE, BSN, RNFor sherabear......
We've all played the fall guy in this career at one time or another......some of us, maybe a few times until we mastered the concept of a thick skin with still a heart of gold. I sympathize with you in that respect. So just as a friendly FYI, some of these old folks are left with nothing but memories of times gone by and the only family that they have is the nurse that will take them under his/her wing and show them that someone cares. In your particular situation, the Ativan may be the key to freeing the resident from those thoughts and times soooooooo longed for that is probably causing a lot of emotional discomfort. My family will tell you thatim the last person to condone frequent narcotic use. Hell,I've never even taken a drink in my life and my oldest child is 32. (I'm saving my experience for later years in the nursing hime, too!) But when I encounter elderly patients in the hospital, my heart goes out to them and I just can't help but to wonder what they are missing at this point that they so thoroughly enjoyed during younger years.
I know we deal so much with science and numbers that we forget that 205-B actually has a first, middle, and last name. And think about it, some of these folks have been on this stuff since before you realized that nursing school was not a place to teach new others how to breast-feed. So you're not going to be the one to detox them.
Some of the posts here were rather 'unkind'. But what I will say to you, not to undermine you in any way because I have to say this to myself A LOT OF TIMES as a med/surg nurse, integrity is doing the right thing even when you KNOW no one is looking. Im not saying create a hostile or awkward working environment. I'm saying, pay attention to your trainers but do what you knowin your heart of hearts is right. I would say TRUST NO ONE but you will find out quickly who to trust in your co-workers and who to avoid after extending a quick smile while keeping it moving.
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1Mar 9, '13 by GLORIAmunchkin72"Since when does "PRN" = "If the nurse thinks she needs it"?"
Does not the nurse need to 'assess' before giving a PRN?morte likes this.


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Ask the Devs round 3 UI questions answered {WoW}
Mar 28th 2011 4:42PM This will be one of the best things to ever happen to WoW.
All the World's a Stage: What does your character know? {WoW}
Feb 6th 2011 8:48PM I'll second this motion. It's so hard to choose when there are so many out there.
Addon Spotlight: My Top 5 addons {WoW}
Jan 27th 2011 4:32PM It's hard for me to pick my top needed addons because I use so many to get my custom UI and they change around from time to time, but I'll give it a go.
5- Docking Station + relevant plug-ins.
4- Clique
3- Prat
2- Bartender 4
1- Shadowed Unit Frames- for all the reasons the article described.
There are a lot that I love and would hate to be without, such as MyRoleplay (for all my RP description needs), WoWscribe chat logger, postal, Carbonite, MoveAnything, TidyPlates, Bagnon, and more.
Reader UI of the Week: 2010 roundup {WoW}
Jan 4th 2011 3:45PM I keep telling myself I'm going to submit my UI one of these days, but then I keep changing it all around, tweaking this or that and sometimes changing the entire thing. ...not to mention the fact that if people like it they're going to ask for an addon pack or something, and the idea of putting that all together is rather daunting to me.
Alas, I guess I'll just stick to reading the column.
Breakfast Topic: What do you nibble on at raid time? {WoW}
Jan 4th 2011 12:31PM In all fairness to your wife, I actually play wow but there's nothing that annoyed me more than cooking up a nice dinner and having my husband skip it or take it to the computer because he's late.
Then again, I could get more annoyed than usual simply because I hate to cook. Alas.
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 12: PNY 128GB SSD harddrive {WoW}
Jan 3rd 2011 5:04AM Yessss.
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 12: SteelSeries prize pack {WoW}
Jan 3rd 2011 5:03AM Yes please.
12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 11: Palit GTX 470 graphics card {WoW}
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12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 11: SteelSeries Siberia Headset {WoW}
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The Queue: For the troubled tooth, for the troubled tooth {WoW}
Dec 31st 2010 1:42PM I actually found out something rather odd, in regards to this. I'd gotten the 10 day trial on account of not being able to afford Cata, and my time ran up on it the day before yesterday. I'd been wondering if they'd relock my old world flight, but for one reason or another I managed to keep it even once the trial was over.
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Good morning, loves! I'm really excited for today because I'm starting a new workout program!
Since January, I've been writing my own programs and sharing them with you. You can find my past two programs here and here. It's funny to think that back in January I was extremely intimidated by writing my own programs, but now I wouldn't have it any other way! I turn to Nia Shanks and Lindsay Cappotelli for inspiration, but write my programs on my own while focusing on three main lifts, squats, deadlifts, and overhead presses, along with other push and pull exercises. It's been working great for me over the past few months, so I thought I'd share my third program with you that I will be starting today!
Workout Program #3
Upper Body A
1) Neutral grip pull up
2) Barbell OH press
3A) Neutral grip DB chest press
3B) Bent over BB row (underhand grip)
4A) EZ bar curl
4B) Bar dip
5) Bent over rear delt cable fly
Lower Body A
1) Back squat
2) Front squat
3) DB walking lunge
4A) Back extension
4B) L-sit hold
5) Lying leg curl
6) Standing calf raise
Upper Body B
1) Clean and jerk
2A) One arm DB row
2B) Neutral grip incline DB chest press
3A) Underhand grip pull up
3B) DB OH press
4A) Single arm DB lateral raise
4B) High pulley cable face pull
Lower Body B
1) Box jump
2) Deadlift
3) BB hip thrust
4) Single leg leg press
6A) Seated calf raise
6B) Hanging leg raise
I usually train Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays and it's been working really well since I have class Monday and Thursday, so enjoy taking those days as two of my three rest days! And I know I will be asked about cardio, so I will answer it now… no I do not do any cardio. Because I am kind of lazy like that and just prefer not to. It's just not my thing. So, I tend to do 1 – 2 finishers per week after my workouts, which you can read more about here.
Feel free to join in with me and use these workouts yourself! Let me know if you do!
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Niger: "There is nothing to eat" March 15, 2012
During the two weeks I recently spent with in Niger with our emergency response teams, I kept hearing the same thing over and over: There is nothing to eat.
Japan: Images: From ruin to renewal March 9, 2012
Twelve months after the tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast coast, reminders of the tragedy are everywhere — but so is an incredible resilience and hope to rebuild the future.
Japan: Progress report: One year of emergency relief and continued economic recovery March 5, 2012
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Japan: Helping the next generation look ahead March 2, 2012
As I bumped along the slippery coastal road in a bus, I wondered what I would learn at the training that I was headed to in Kamaishi, Japan.
Niger: Families seek food assistance February 21, 2012
Due to worsening food shortages, the nutritional screening centers that Mercy Corps established several years ago have experienced a massive increase in patients.
Niger: Mother and child in Niger February 21, 2012
One of many mothers worried about the lack of food for their children after severe drought and a meager 2011 harvest have brought the lean season to Filingue and the rest of Niger months early.
Niger: Malnutrition screenings in Filingue February 20, 2012
Mothers — and often grandmothers caring for babies left orphaned — come to the nutritional screening center in Filingue, where Mercy Corps volunteers assess each child for malnourishment using arm measurements and a formula that takes into account age and weight.
Japan: Snow days in Japan February 6, 2012
As luck would have it, I happen to be visiting the northeastern region of Japan during a record cold spell. In the seven days since I arrived, it has not been above freezing yet. In fact, the temperature hovers around a cool 20 degrees (F).
DR Congo: Fighting the cholera epidemic in emergency camps February 6, 2012
Cholera is raging across the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the last year, more than 22,000 people have been infected – 1,600 of those in the last four weeks alone.
Niger: The growing food crisis in Niger February 1, 2012
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Shifting Perspectives: The joy of panic {WoW}
Apr 3rd 2012 3:43PM I do not play a bear. I do not pretend to know this stuff. In fact the highest level druid I've had was 17.
That said, I used to tank on a blood DK in Wrath. Thanks to the interaction of talents, Armor was king (in my mind, based on my desired play style). Stamina was certainly Queen or Crown Prince or something. I sought armor rating like nobody's business. Stamina was what I gemmed for and enchanted when there wasn't a decent armor enchant. My guild said I was good, but we never got a raid going properly, so hard to say. Other healers in dungeons said I was good, but this was lol Wrath heroics I'm talking about, so again, hard to say.
Having said all of that, you pointed out the mastery which is an increase of armor by X%. I can't help but wonder if bears will be the tanks with the paradigm of making bonus armor rating useful. Stamina is still great, but you will have to use your survival abilities more or less any time there is heavy spell damage (or really heavy damage period).
If this is true, then you will feel squishy as they iron out how fights work and how much of a bonus you get from mastery. It's no longer absorb damage and magical damage often bypasses armor completely, so it is definitely more work to survive.
Of monks, mains, and the ability to change {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2012 11:08PM I have a Shaman who is my main. I take him raiding, I use him to heal an instance afterwards to cool down because healing the new five mans is just -fun- for me.
Now don't get me wrong, my hunter is a mighty hunter. He has crazy fun with engineering and he is industrious in building any gadgets for my others.
I'm currently having crazy fun leveling a priest. I've always been curious what it's like to heal as a priest, and it's been rather enlightening. I hope to reach max level soon and maybe raid, but he's a learner. I enjoy healing, and he lets me do that when I don't feel like being on my shaman.
I also have a DK I'm about to dust off from his work making glyphs and level the rest of the way to 85. He was a cool tank if I wanted to lead the pack from that angle, but I haven't tanked since Wrath, so I've been a bit leery in that regard.
I have a couple of other toons, but they are all workers to support my lifestyle. I have a bank alt that purchased an embersilk dress and monocle and diamond tipped cane. That's just how I roll.
But that Shaman? Man, he's awesome. Totally cool. Laid back as Trolls are wont to do. 56 mounts and quite a few pets, but whatevs. Need a healer? That's cool, lemme help ya out. I don't top charts or nothing, but I assure you that you will live and we can all chill out again afterwards. Heck, my next goal is a mammoth so he can supply repairs and whatnot too. Yet when I'm on my own, I get to throw FROST SHOCK. In between that I can run and cast lightning. Running with scissors has nothing with running while trying to control pure electricity.
Still, I'm not in the beta and I'm watching that Monk. I love Kung Fu movies. I like the idea of the rogue, but detest the playstyle. I want that cool guy just sittin around enjoying a beer, but will absolutely own you if you underestimate him. Not tricks, or swashbuckling, or stealth either. I want to punch that dragon in the face. He's versatile and chances are good that I will level one as tank/healer. To do that wearing leather? Sounds totally cool. If the class pans out to be as cool as it potentially could be, he may be cooler than my shaman. And that, my friends, says a whole lot.
Two Bosses Enter: Mannoroth vs. Lord Godfrey {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2012 10:38PM Look, I'm not saying that Mannoroth in a real battle wouldn't defeat Godfrey. The pit lord was only defeated by one who had drank his blood. I kind of assume it's kind of like Dragon Soul killing Deathwing. The only way to win is to cheat.
What I am saying is that we need to remember the rules of the ring:
All Mechanics are present. That, to me, implies that Varothen, Illidan, and Tyrande are present.
Assume about equal health and power. Now considering the mechanics, I will assume Mannoroth has insane health, but that's because the fight and the story of the fight are played out. This does not mean Mannoroth automatically roflstomps Godfrey. Mannoroth never really attacks the party and honestly, given the mechanics, I start to wonder how Mannoroth wins, because it takes a lot to lose in this fight.
Assume strategic thinking. And this is where Godfrey wins. Mannoroth's intelligence says "Moar daemonz" and while Godfrey may snub at the sword, he will have taken enough damage to at least throw the thing in a fit of "dang that hurt a lot, dumbass, you can have this back" and could probably output enough damage to kill him anyways.
Mists of Pandaria: Glyphmas 2012 for scribes is right around the corner {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2012 3:29PM One thing to remember is that NR =/= Book of Glyph Mastery. Chances are good that the 20 or so left to learn are all in Books. Unless something changed, 100% of NR results in a new glyph if there is one left to learn. I'm not sure, but it may be the case with minor also. Double check the source with wowhead or something.
Mists of Pandaria: Glyphmas 2012 for scribes is right around the corner {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2012 3:22PM If you look up a glyph on wowhead, you can see its item id. Then look at the item id of the glyphs in the beta. Those that match will translate.
For example: Glyph of Ambush is item 42955 in both beta and live. It is fairly safe to assume that if you make a Glyph of Ambush, it will still be a useful Glyph of Ambush after the translation.
Mists of Pandaria: Glyphmas 2012 for scribes is right around the corner {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2012 3:17PM In the previous Glyphmas, any glyphs that were no longer used turned into a grey item that sold to vendors for 10 silver or something. There really weren't that many, but there were some.
The Queue: That one drop {WoW}
Apr 2nd 2012 11:47AM I just want to say that when I first looked over the loot in the new heroics, I had just started playing my shaman again after a year playing other toons. I had not raided and I had completely missed the Zulroics, so his shoulders were ilvl 333. I farmed up enough gear to get in to the new heroics, but I really wanted those caster mail shoulders off the rogue in HoT. I straight farmed those instances, maxing VP plus enough JP to get something each week. Suddenly having no life, I started gearing my hunter while thinking, "knowing my luck, they'll drop for my hunter". Nope. I finally bought the 346 shoulders for JP, enchanted and reforged all my gear and hit LFR after a month. I did both halves of that for a three weeks and finally got LFR shoulders. Our casual guild finally had some people coming back to the game and we decide to do 10 man DS (By casual, we are now 4/8 normal). We were wiping on Zon'ozz last week and called it a night. To cool down and relax, I offered to run a heroic and another guildie wanted to go, but as healer for his shaman. His gear was only good enough that this was only the second or third time there. They dropped. I had 27 Benedictus kills on my stat sheet which means the rogue died at least 27 times without dropping those shoulders which had become a running gag for me.
Know Your Lore: The curious dissonance of Alliance leveling {WoW}
Apr 1st 2012 11:25PM You know, it's funny to read about Southern Barrens and then see people comment about Sylvanas. And given the history of comments, it seems to me that Rossi's probably talking about Silverpine and Hillsbrad.
Now, the last time I quested through Silverpine, I noticed something. Nearly the entire first half of the zone is not just conquest, but fending of literally hundreds of Worgen. There is an alliance between these Worgen and those of Gilnaeas to fight the Forsaken. Then the Forsaken are attacked as refugees from Hillsbrad are turned to Worgen by those from Gilnaeas and come streaming across at us.
Sure, the Forsaken are there to conquer. Yet, they arrived to conquer by turning them to Forsaken. Many balk at this, but well, it's the Forsaken. How else are they really meant to do things? And also, if they aren't meant for this, the game will eventually lose the faction, ya know? It's unnatural, yet weirdly natural much like how many cultures die by forcible integration to an aggressor, ya know?
Anyways, they were there to conquer, but then this opposing force is obviously here to conquer as well, so they push back and try to invade.
What's interesting to note at this point, is that the Forsaken are pushed back by the Alliance. That whole kidnapping thing did not feel like it was meant to win Gilnaeas, but simply to call it done. The botched coup by Godfrey feels like the primary reason Gilnaeas is just a battleground now. Neither side got what they wanted so the battle continues.
As for Hillsbrad, I didn't finish it this time (though I have before), but it seems to me that just as those that looted Taurajo were not acting under orders, the whole of Southshore was overkill not completely under orders. Lots of the zone involves realizing some of those tasked with conquest have gone way too far and taking them out. We do it sort of lightheartedly, but there are also lots of quests that I have no idea why I agreed to them other than the fact that I knew some evil now would get me to the part where I overthrow them later.
In short, the Alliance seems as mad at Southshore as the Horde is at Taurajo, but since the Alliance doesn't get vengeance personally, they don't see those crazy people formerly associated with the Horde are now dead.
The Dragon Soul -- a post-mortem {WoW}
Mar 30th 2012 8:09PM My guild has always been casual, so we are just now progressing in DS normal.
The only part that feels weird to me is taking flying mounts to two of the boss areas. I would have liked to fight the trash up to the boss rather than being dropped in and clear around the boss (especially given a 5man proves we can and have cleared a trail before). This is especially true of the all the tentacles and everything. You mean it's safe to be dropped in parachute over to this spot, but we do have to deal with this? Perfectly safe to hop in and out, but not safe to ignore despite the fact it won't move fast enough to really do anything? Uh, yeah.
I disagree with your outlook on Warmaster. The way I see it, when we defeat Ultraxion, two things occur. 1) We just defeated his secret weapon. Oh, crap, rite? 2) We blast him with the Dragon Soul and it hurts, a lot. OH CRAP I'M OUTTA HERE. When you defeat number two and hurt the boss, he's gonna turn tail and hide for a while until he can deal with you in some other way. We hadn't defeated everything or everybody, just his best. He knows he's in trouble, but all he has is these rejects. It's the classic, "hey, you've always been loyal now prove it by delaying them as long as you can (read: please go die) so I can get away" tactic. It's an appendix in the sense that you've already defeated the number two, but it's a transition fight as you chase number one. It's the lootship as it should have been in ICC. Real bosses, real issues/destruction, and it's all a delaying tactic where the lootship was a side event.
All raids involve a level of "learn mechanic, collect loot". People still run ICC and it's a joke, not only because we are level 85, but because half the raid knows the tricks and carries out the rest of the raid. I never did Ulduar, but if you feel a raid is not epic, it's something else to me and not the mechanic. Maybe you've over done this. I mean, some guilds may have run ICC several times a week, but there was no LFR to do when your raid hits a wall on progression. Before, you go to a previous raid or something to take a break from progression and now you are doing the same raid on easy mode.
Deathwing himself was kinda off to me too. I get he is big, but in the final thing encounter, I didn't even realize that was his head we were pewpewing because it didn't fit on the screen correctly. I just haven't properly seen that fight yet thanks to camera and scale. And I totally expected some human form to burp out of his mouth to lose the hulky skin and try to kill us personally since we kept interrupting his attacks on the Aspects. Call it cheesy all you want, but again, it took several weeks to realize what we were attacking and that that was all there is. I wanted something we could crowd around and finish than simply pushing his handhold off the ledge.
The only other thing I didn't like was the story of the 5mans. We time traveled all over the place only to give what we earn back to Thrall and then escort him to the Temple? That level of time travel just makes it all feel kinda wonky and hand wavey. The scenes and locations themselves were awesome though.
Phat Loot Phriday: Chen's Empty Keg {WoW}
Mar 30th 2012 7:11PM I hope we find Chen and get a new keg in Pandaria.


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It's fun to go to tweetdeck.twitter.com and watch all the tweets scroll by with hardly any slowdown. Some of these books must be good, I'm convinced. Many are likely not, just as many books published by traditional publishing houses are not very good either.
Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing has opened the floodgates and authors no longer need to rely on agents or publishers and can do the job themselves. It's as if everybody in the world has written a book and it is available in Amazon's kindle store. Think of all the book launch parties going on!
But the process of separating the wheat from the chaff hasn't been perfected yet, not even close. Suppose every person in the world wrote a book. 6 billion books and all of them on Amazon. Which are good and which are bad? How would you know? How would you find out? Who's going to read those books? Who is going to post an honest review of all the books on Amazon?
I'm not sure there is any answer to the question, other than each author himself going out and "proving" that he is a good writer. The dreaded "platform." Can you judge a writer's quality by his online author platform? His website, his social media, his author pages, his own reviews. Is the answer to judging books reviewing and judging authors first?
The Answer to All Questions Is Data Mining
2 possibilities:
- Data mining database of books
- Data mining database of authors
Can a database accurately "review" books? Can we put all books into a database and it would tell us which are the best and which are just average? How to make qualitative judgments? I find this less likely than a hypothetical author database.
Data mining of author info may allow us to create a giant database of authors, their online activities, and produce a "score" for each, based on what they've said, what sites they frequent, etc. Could such a hypothetical database accurately rate authors and their worth?
Maybe a small test could be performed on known high quality bestselling authors. Construct a database of their works, their online activities, and see how to make sure the top writers get top scores, and then add unknown writers. Which of the unknown also get top scores? Then look at their books. Are they really top shelf?
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Retail competition and open access
-A A +AThe Recloser
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
OR RCOA for short.
But some quarters are misinformed about it. They claim that in a regime of open access, everything is open – that any entity can apply for a license to distribute electricity and replace, if not to rival, the duly franchised distribution utility. Worse, they believe that a separate electric cooperative can co-exist with the existing electric cooperative and engage in the same business.
That's wrong. The "open access" in the RCOA means that a qualified entity can make use of the transmission and distribution lines which are supposed to be exclusive to the National Grid Corp. of the Phil (NGCP) and the electric cooperatives, respectively, because of their franchise. The qualified party refers to any retailer of electricity duly licensed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to sell, broker, market or aggregate electricity to consumers in the market.
The aspect of "retail competition," meanwhile, comes as a natural course. Licensed energy retailers will compete to sell power to end users or customers. This means that the franchise holder, like the electric cooperatives, will no longer have the monopoly to supply power to a segment of its consumer market.
Stated differently, "open access" is a market condition where consumers of electricity are given the freedom to choose their respective supplier of electricity whom they believe offers the best power supply agreement at the least price per kilowatt hour. The "retail competition," on the other hand, allows power suppliers, from power makers or generators to aggregators and retail electricity suppliers, to beat one another in directly haggling or transacting business with electricity consumers.
But will not the RCOA be unfair to existing franchise holders like Beneco? No sir. The consumers will have to pay the electric cooperative for the use its lines that will transport the power the power retailer would supply to the doorstep of the end user. The fee is known as "wheeling in charges" the rates of which must be approved by the ERC. Besides, the RCOA will not diminish the powers and rights of the cooperative. Its franchise will remain intact. In fact, the franchise holder can also apply as a retailer of its own.
The law, however, has also provided caps to cushion the impact of the RCOA on electric cooperatives particularly that of suddenly losing its customer base. Under the guidelines, member consumers have been classified into two kinds of market -- contestable and captive. The former refers to end users who consume a monthly average peak demand of at least one megawatt (1MW) for the preceding twelve (12) months. Those consuming below the cap shall remain as the captive market that does not have a choice but to continue buying power from the franchise holder in the area. The RCOA will initially cover only those in the contestable market. BENECO has more than 140,000 member accounts. SM is its sole contestable consumer.
The law though says that two years after the initial implementation of the RCOA, the threshold level for the contestable market shall be reduced to 750kW. And every year thereafter, the ERC shall evaluate the performance of the market and decide if it would be feasible to gradually reduce the threshold until the household level.
On Dec. 26, 2012, a day after Christmas, the ERC will switch on the RCOA. It will still be a transition period though until June 26 next year. The transition period will be used for registration, discussion, training and simulation of the system among suppliers, contestable consumers and other stakeholders.
I asked Engr. Mario Esteban, our senior planning officer at the corporate planning office, if BENECO is ready for RCOA. He said yes with conviction. His boss, Engr. Joselito Villarey, our corporate planning department manager and regulatory compliance officer, grinned.
With approval, I suppose.
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on December 05, 2012.
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582 Noel-Baker to Australian Government
Cablegram 273 LONDON, 19 December 1947, 6.09 p.m.
Thank you for your telegram 17th December, NO. 348.
Definitive reactions of the United States State Department to our approach regarding Argentine and Chilean encroachments in Falkland Islands Dependencies (my telegram 7th October, D. No.812) have not yet been received. Preliminary attitude of State Department officials was one of considerable reserve and there were suggestions that action in sense we contemplated might precipitate assertion of United States claims in Antarctic or some other step which would be embarrassing. In view of continuing Argentine encroachments we have, however, now felt it necessary to instruct United Kingdom Ambassadors in Buenos Aires and Santiago to present notes as originally contemplated.
2. In the circumstances and until we have a clearer idea of United States intentions we would suggest for consideration of Australian Government that if the press announcement has not already been made about Heard Island it might be prudent to limit it to brief statement on lines of extract quoted in your telegram and not to give it special prominence or publicity. [1]


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Our Pre-Super Bowl Videos to Watch
Well, the NFL and the NFLPA and everyone else in between are spinning out a lot of press before Super Bowl weekend so we may as well also post up a couple of new videos to keep things balanced.
Bob Costas had Dr. Daniel Amen as a guest on his Costas Tonight Super Bowl Edition Thursday night. Dr. Amen talked about his clinical brain study of 135 retired football studies and what he learned about the long-term effects of brain injuries. (Dr. Amen's segment starts at the 44-minute mark.) Bob Costas notes that they also invited the NFL to send in one of their experts but got no response. (You can read our post about the Amen Study from 2010 by clicking HERE.) This episode also featured several retired players including Tony Dorsett and Rodney Harrison, all discussing their own experiences and fears about concussions. And the tide keeps turning…
Dr. Kristen Willeumier from the Amen Clinic also made an appearance on the Home & Family Show on The Hallmark Channel to talk about working on the football player study and addresses some of the things parents need to know if their child wants to play Pop Warner football.
And here's an overview video from TIME Magazine on brain concussions:
While we're at it, Bill Dwyre from the LA Times wrote a great piece on the old-timers like Bob Zeman who have truly been kicked to the curb by the NFL:
Big holes in the NFL safety net for former players like Bob Zeman
.As the NFL looks at ways to protect current players, what about those from the past? Zeman, who played in the 1960s, is dogged by medical problems from game injuries but has to cover them himself.
by Bill Dwyre
LA JOLLA — Bob Zeman will do the same as millions Sunday. He will grab the remote, find an easy chair and turn on the Super Bowl.
"I still like the drama of the game," he says.
He won't exactly be a fan. More like an observer. He knows too much and has seen all too closely the underbelly of a National Football League that has successfully romanced an adoring public while chewing up some of its past and spitting it out.
Zeman is part of that past.
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Some folks with four-wheel drive SUVs get flack for owning a truck with capabilities far beyond what's really necessary for their daily commute. Some people might respond to that criticism by getting a smaller, more sensible vehicle. But others might choose a different path.
For sale now on AutoTrader.com is this purpose built, globe trotting Land Rover Discovery. The Discovery was built for the Longitude Expedition, an around-the-globe trek undertaken by a group of volunteers to raise funds for Parkinson's Disease research.
This Discovery is one of eight specially modified vehicles designed to take on some of the world's toughest terrain. The trucks drove over 40,000 miles across four continents, so it's safe to say this Land Rover is well used.
At the end of the adventure, the SUVs starred in a TV show and three Mobil 1 commercials highlighting their achievements.
So what could you do with it? Pretty much whatever you want. Current owner Steve Young said he has taken his four-year old son camping in the backyard. "I've got pictures of that 'Backyard Excursion' and that's something my son will never forget," Young said.
The Discovery has been fitted with large off road tires and a durable suspension designed to tackle just about any trail in the world.
The big plastic tube coming out of the left front fender isn't there just for looks. It's an extension of the motor's air intake. This plastic snorkel allows the truck to almost completely submerge itself in water without choking the engine.
The truck comes with two external fuel tanks, which may come in handy considering the 2003 Discovery was only capable of 11 mpg in the city. And that's before adding the extra weight and bigger tires that are sure to further reduce fuel economy.
If you do end up running out of gas on the way home, no need to worry. The vehicle comes with a tent that can be assembled on the Land Rover's roof so you can sleep safely while you wait for AAA.
Also on the truck's accessory list: a winch, an anchor to help pull the truck out of sand, a roof rack and even a place to mount a shovel.
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The video which was directed by Safiyah Chin is Jamballaz first major attempt at breaking new ground in 2013 having made significant strides last year with the release of a host of hot singles including the popular "No Talk" track which earned airplay on several local radio stations.
The group which is of Jamaican roots consist of members TY, Joel T and Don Ice all of who embrace the fusion of mixing the reggae culture with new age hip hop productions.
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Get some backbone about the state budget, progressives!
The state can't prosper by cutting the budget again and pretending that there is no need for more revenue. If progressives don't draw a line in the sand, Washington's economic future will be at real risk. Plus: a few suggestions for boosting revenue.
Is a state budget that was hacked by billions now the high-water mark? On Aug. 8, a day the Dow Jones dropped 634 points, Gov. Chris Gregoire directed agencies to plan for more cuts of up to 10 percent. The governor has a fiduciary duty. Now politicians must fulfill their leadership duty. And it points in a different direction.
Absent structural tax reform, state revenue will not recover sustainability for years, if ever. Gone are the days of an overheated housing market and consumer overspending. Because that former economy was based upon irresponsibility, there are aspects of it we should not miss. But we certainly miss revenue derived from it.
We can no longer debate on the margins. Simply suing to overturn Initiative 1053 will not change public perceptions of what a healthy state government needs to operate. Only leadership that educates and, yes, challenges, will bring change.
And where is that leadership when even a Democratic House speaker heralds as "spectacular" an all-cuts budget largely dictated by Republicans? If the public is spoon-fed a diet of pablum about how the safety net was "saved" (close your eyes to reality, folks), how are they to understand more is needed?
Whatever the outcome of the 2012 election, it's now clear our Democratic state will go at least 20 years without a liberal governor. There's no Mike Lowry on the scene. Both gubernatorial candidates have come out against tax increases generally, and an income tax in particular. Both opposed the high-earners' tax Initiative 1098. Democrat Jay Inslee was even one of just half of House Democrats to vote with most Republicans in favor of the no-new-taxes, all-cuts federal "debt deal."
We risk the only real budget debate being over how to cut. Yet history gives no example of cutting the way into prosperity out of a downturn.
The only poster-child tax loopholes that Democrats, including Inslee, are willing to question is one for banks lending first mortgages. In mankind's history it's likely no relatively trifling amount of money has been "spent" more ways than the revenue represented by this loophole. It would be like spending a penny in a grocery store and expecting to fill a shopping cart. Closing the bank loophole would bring in $105.8 million a biennium. Context: More was cut from Washington State University alone. The sum is but a fraction of the likely next revenue shortfall.
By exalting an anecdote over the big picture, we are, in effect, conceding the current, decimated state budget — plus $105.8 million — is about as good as it gets.
It's time to really discuss, not run from, tax reform. And that discussion cannot wait until the next state revenue forecast on Sept. 15, which will bring news so bad it may force a second 2011 "special session" even before the traditional supplemental budget session begins in January. Failing to start this vital discussion will box our gubernatorial candidates into a self-defeating narrative and race-to-the-bottom.
"Happy to be here" political careerism needs to take a backseat to leadership. While it's worth arguing I-1053 violates constitutional majority rule, I can, as a plaintiff in the 1994 lawsuit against Initiative 601, which the Washington Supreme Court punted on, attest to the danger of wishing upon a star and hoping lawsuits vindicate democratic principles.
Whatever the I-1053 lawsuit's outcome, vulnerable people will die in the interim and our economic future, through education, will be strangled. The only moral alternative is to give people revenue choices to avert disaster. For the Legislature to present such choices requires only a simple-majority vote.
To throw out a couple significant ideas: We could raise the business and occupation tax on services from 1.8 percent to 2 percent (it's been that high before), or implement a payroll tax to fund Medicaid long-term care in the same fashion Medicare is funded.
Unless rationality prevails, and progressives draw a line in the line in the sand now, our state's economy may be largely unsalvageable. The governor's race victor would be left without much of a state to govern. It may indeed be darkest just before the dawn, but it sure seems darker still if you keep turning the hour-hand back to midnight.
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Posted Fri, Aug 12, 7:51 a.m.
"Is a state budget that was hacked by billions now the high-water mark?"
Maybe. Was a state budget that was grown by billions the low-water mark?
From the Seattle Times (12/20/2006): "Saying we're in "exciting times," Gov. Christine Gregoire on Tuesday proposed dramatically increasing state spending by more than $4 billion over the next two years."
Posted Fri, Aug 12, 9:47 a.m.
Funny, that's what I thought the Tea Party was all about.
Posted Fri, Aug 12, 9:58 a.m.
its sad really. the best and the brightest just cannot accept the fast that the 50 year experiment of government growth has finally hit the wall. that wall is supply of revenues vs demand but it also a wall of information brought about by technology that has pealed back the curtain and revealed the waste to everyone, left and right. the left accepts that mountains of money are being squandered but wants things to remain the same as long as somebody else pays for it. the right won't pay for it anymore, accepting that this in itself will force change. its ironic that the intelligentsia wants the status quo. petit bourgeois.
Posted Fri, Aug 12, 10:09 a.m.
"...the best and the brightest just cannot accept the fast that the 50 year experiment of government growth has finally hit the wall"
Maybe they weren't the "best", after all. Or the "brightest".
Posted Fri, Aug 12, 11 a.m.
The fact that liberals have long been hiding behind the label "progressive" suggests that the question of backbone is moot.
Posted Fri, Aug 12, 11:40 a.m.
The state's 'progressives' do not have any shame when it comes to demanding other's money for their wants and wishes. May cuts continue for years to come; may the state and local government workforce shrink similar to today's announcement of 120,000 fewer postal workers along with a new health insurance and retirement plan for the 1,000,000 workers and retirees. Cap and freeze spending and thank you Governor Eyman for slashing billions from the progressive's wish lists.
Posted Fri, Aug 12, 1:06 p.m.
Mr. Williams is surely correct when he declares "we can no longer debate on the margins" and poignantly adds "only leadership that educates and, yes, challenges, will bring change."
But his subsequent question – "where is that leadership when even a Democratic House speaker heralds as 'spectacular' an all-cuts budget largely dictated by Republicans?" – epitomizes the "progressives" ironic inability to grow beyond denial and delusion.
The tragic truth is that we all suffer from the intellectual paralysis inflicted on us by seven decades of anti-socialist witch-hunting. Even U.S. feminism – presumptively the most purge-resistant movement in the nation – has been compelled to banish Simone de Beauvoir and replace her with Ayn Rand – a transformation as obvious here in the Pacific Northwest as it is in the nation's larger cities.
But all the so-called "progressives" – male and female alike – are sorely afflicted. This is because the witch hunters long ago decreed every progressive utterance be prefaced by mandatory genuflection to capitalism, an abject gesture of submission that had become reflex even before the (pivotally reactionary) Carter presidency.
Pivotally reactionary indeed: the Carter Administration imposed the federal abortion ban and began the welfare cutbacks for which Reagan later became famous. Thirty-four years later it is obvious this was our first glimpse of what has since become the modus operandi of the Democrat Party: serving the capitalists by enabling the Republican agenda of social-Darwinist savagery,
So it has been ever since: single-party tyranny behind a charade of two-party democracy (for which see http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2009/07/bill_moyers_michael_winship_so.html )
Now, with the traditional paradigm of capitalist governance imposed on the United States – absolute power and unlimited profit for the Ruling Class, total subjugation and genocidal poverty for all the rest of us – there is no leadership that dares "bring change": at least not the sort of change Mr. Williams envisions.
Nor will there ever be such leadership again. The capitalists – assured absolute control by the Citizens United decision – will never allow it.
As to Mr. Williams' "alternative way forward," that too is utter nonsense. The evidence is overwhelming. And it's not just the 2008 presidential election, with its slogan "change we can believe in" as preface to the most dismally ruinous betrayals in U.S. political history. It's also what happened this week in Wisconsin: the greatest combined Democrat/labor political effort in a generation – maybe ever – shattered in four of six elections.
Wisconsin also treated us to the spectacle of a (presumably) Democrat president so slavishly intent on winning acceptance by our new anti-union, anti-Working Class masters, he turned his back on his own allies, refusing to campaign for any of the labor/Democrat candidates.
Once again, no leadership.
And no rational hope either – not until "progressives" admit to themselves just how powerless We the People have become.
Posted Fri, Aug 12, 2:02 p.m.
When Ron Sims ran for governor he proposed replacing the state portions of the sales and property taxes (and eliminating the B&O; tax) and replacing them with an personal & business income tax of no more than 4%. This would've cost everyone less, brought in more revenue and would've been a much more stable revenue source. He and the plan got shot down in flames.
We can talk all we want about how the state needs a rational solution to its revenue problem, but the people reject rationality out of hand. I tend to believe Baby Boomers, whose parents willingly made possible for them government largesse unprecedented in human history, have simply realized it's their turn to pay, and they don't wanna.
So Washington becomes Mississippi. Except Mississippi spends more per capita on schools and infrastructure...
Posted Sat, Aug 13, 8:03 a.m.
This is funny.
"Olympia attorney Brendan Williams served in the Washington House of Representatives from 2005-11. In 2008 he announced he would not seek a fourth term due to the lack of progressive leadership."
So in response to the playground Bullies in his own party, Williams refused to stand-up and chose to quit.
Nice Message.
Posted Sat, Aug 13, 11:29 a.m.
@orino: Actually, the baby boomers have been paying since the 1970s. We've paid for our parents' retirements and we've paid for our children's education. We've paid for four wars (and paid for the Vietnam war with our blood). We paid to put Hubble into space. We paid for HIV/AIDS research and fought our own government to get funding for it.
When we are gone, our considerable assets will go to genX and genY (who are the children we put through college and some of whose children we have also raised). So... don't put this mess on us. It's the generations after ours, who are now in their 30s and 40s; who seem to have no sense of obligation to anyone other than themselves; who seem to think the roads and schools and airports and telecommunication systems will just build and maintain themselves; who seem to have no sense of responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of the community-at-large. If anything is our fault, it's that we overindulged them.
Posted Sat, Aug 13, 9:57 p.m.
Williams didn't refuse to stand up. He stood up alone almost alone, and got tired of it. I wish he'd stayed, but disgust is a strong emotion.
However, there are Dems still there and they'd better do a little standing up or we're losing it all. This isn't intellectual paralysis on the part of the Dems; instead, they are collaborating with the Republicans, from Obama down to Olympia, and I mean collaborating in the sense of how the Vichy government behaved in WWII. If those younger than 40 don't know what that means, look it up. Wikipedia can probably tell you; that won't tax your brain.
Posted Sat, Aug 13, 10:20 p.m.
The Governor needs review the numerous boards and commissions. Every one of them is a money sinking pit. State Human Rights commission, equal rights commission and various anti discrimination boards and commissions are ineffective and money sinking pits. Issues should be deferred to Fedral Rights Commission. Further more every State agency continues to be management heavy. Few years back Governor issued a memo to align front line employees 12 to one supervisor. There was no follow up with this through out the State and many supervisors are in charge of 8 or less employees. Governor also needs to review the Developmental Job Assignments throughout the State. When ever management had to reduce their own, the create a DJA opportunity and appoint their friends, relatives, family members to these positions. DJA positions are not funded beyond the normal postion pay but quietly end up becoming a permanent postion over time. DJA positions are not reported to the legislature as management positions because they are reported as the position holders previous position. Therefore a claim that management positions have been reduced throughtout the state is really a mirage. The unions, boards, commissions are too busy filling their own pockets. Tax Payers wake up and smell the rats, they are all around us.
Posted Sun, Aug 14, 6:45 a.m.
Wow Sarah90, no wonder State Democrats have a reason to worry, with "Friends" who make statements like this.
"This isn't intellectual paralysis on the part of the Dems; instead, they are collaborating with the Republicans, from Obama down to Olympia, and I mean collaborating in the sense of how the Vichy government behaved in WWII. If those younger than 40 don't know what that means, look it up. Wikipedia can probably tell you; that won't tax your brain."
Advocacy for single party dictatorship, an out of hand rejection of "collaboration" with any minority party or views and a condesention for those who disagree with you.
Will you ask for the same treatment if you ever find yourself in the political minority? How about if you lose your position as a Democrat District official? Is this how you treat your fellow party members who have positions different than yours>
Posted Sun, Aug 14, 9:33 a.m.
I consider myself an independent voter and have voted for people I think will serve state/country best based on what I know about them. The truth of the matter is it appears Rebublican philosopies are best suited to turning the economic crisit in our State/Country around. Before this last election Governor reported our state was in great shape. Afterwards she has been tirelessly doing everthing that Dino Rossi said we needed to do to turn our State to economic prosperity. So it is clear whose philosophies are better at this time of need.
Posted Sun, Aug 14, 9:33 a.m.
I consider myself an independent voter and have voted for people I think will serve state/country best based on what I know about them. The truth of the matter is it appears Rebublican philosopies are best suited to turning the economic crisit in our State/Country around. Before this last election Governor reported our state was in great shape. Afterwards she has been tirelessly doing everthing that Dino Rossi said we needed to do to turn our State to economic prosperity. So it is clear whose philosophies are better at this time of need.
Posted Sun, Aug 14, 11:40 p.m.
I don't know what you're talking about Cameron (nor do you). I'm not a "Democrat District Official", whatever that is. I've been in a minority quite often in my life, and owe no loyalty to any particular party.
Posted Mon, Aug 15, 7:18 a.m.
Perhaps you are a wing of the party unto yourself, well you and Mr. Williams. I have no doubt you are a minority given your "vision" for governing style.
You did write as if you are a part of the Democrat "team".
"However, there are Dems still there and they'd better do a little standing up or we're losing it all." Who is we?
Posted Mon, Aug 15, 7:29 p.m.
Speak for yourself Sarah. "We" would probably do far better if "We" had a transition in the Statehouse and the Governors Mansion.
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Best of the Best 2013
In an effort to keep things fresh and exciting we have changed the format of this tournament from what was used in the Best of the West, Witches ASA National and Eastern Qualifiers, and Battle for the Border tournaments hosted over the years. Because this tournament is the week before Nationals for many, this will be run as a double elimination tournament similar to ASA, NSA and PGF formats. And because we are limited to the amount of available fields, there will be no pool play games. This will, however, be a 4 game guarantee for all teams with consolation games being scheduled for final tournament placing. Only those teams falling short of the 4GG will play consolation games. All games will be 1 hour 20 minutes finish the inning. The 14U bracket is limited to 16 teams and the 12U bracket is limited to 12 teams.
Seeding will be determined by individual team performance with criteria based on but not limited to: winning your sanctioned state championship (automatic top seed guarantee), sanctioned tournament championships, overall record and strength of schedule during the 2012-2013 season. This is an "open" tournament that will be played according to ASA rules. Trophies will be awarded to the first and second place teams.
The tournament will be hosted at Lions Lake Park (128 Dutchtown Rd Voorhees, NJ 08043). Ample parking, clean restrooms, full concessions, and quality well maintained playing fields (including 2 fields with lights) will be provided each day.


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The TSA's new laptop-bag guidelines suggest a butterfly, trifold, or sleeve-style case that keeps your laptop separate from other travel detritus so that a security screener can get a good look at it as it goes through the X-ray. The briefcase-style Checkpoint Flyer represents a variation on the trifold design. Its front panel attaches to the bottom of the bag via two large plastic buckles; you unlatch these buckles and lift up the front panel to reveal the laptop compartment, which unfolds downward. (These step-by-step pictures at ZDNet show exactly how it unfolds.)
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How to cut 343 Billion dollars from the bloated Federal Budget
I can hear the squealing from here.
I see "NotLindsey" is still peddling that Heritage foundation snake oil that he was touting last year about this time as "SLindsey". Just a coincidence, I'm sure. Observerofu (aka "NotLindsey") has sworn on a Bible that he's not SLindsey.
Do a search on Veterans Disability Program to see how that turned out (I'm never linking to another Citizen article again, because linking to the Citizen lands you in "Spam Jail Hell").
Bottom line: the Heritage foundation has all these "easy" cuts to federal programs, $48 billion of them come from discontinuing such "niceties" as VA Home loans, the GI Bill (education) and Veterans Disability payments.
but, but, but you can't cut my program...
and the educated, elected officials who are our leaders on the Special Committee felt that they were to "look for an economic solution to our deficit before the election"! Before the election!! That is what is wrong with Washington! The task is to find a solution to our financial crisis - so we don't go under!! Clear Congress of the empty suits - especially those who feel a commitment to 'party' supersedes a commitment to the fiscal health of our country!


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Turn your own photos into puzzles.
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Very addictive!
Multiple helpers and hints to solve the puzzles. No one is left behind.
Feeling lazy? Just sit back and watch random photo puzzles being solved, one after the other.


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Here are the pics of my yellowing leaves. They started at the base of the plant and working their way down the vine. The tips of the vines look great, but the older leaves are dying off.
I took 4 pics. Three of them are the affected leaves and one is a healthy leaf. Note the little dark spots in the healthy leaf - is that normal? I dont think they're bugs. Also, i checked for bacterial ooze in one of the dead yellow leaf stems and didnt see any. PLEASE HELP! I feel like I'm gonna lose this one. |
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That vine has sucked all the nutrients out of that tiny pot and is losing its older leaves. Also it could be a result of completely drying out between waterings. Old leaves die it can't be avoided especially in a pot. |
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Meanwhile, LOOK SEE PROOF will be launching their new single 'Local Hero' the day before at 229, supported by NEW HOMES and BOOM IN THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY. We saw Look See Proof at Brixton Academy a few days ago. That was pretty cool.
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Recent comments
- Frank
- March 07, 2013 - 07:49
I wrote a response to this earlier the week but it didn't get printed. Why?? I guess censorship is not only alive on the Vocm website!
- Frank
- March 05, 2013 - 08:37
To David: Obviously you haven't engaged in much trouting on the island as anyone who has can attest that the trouting has never been better. I routinely catch brook trout of 2 lbs and higher all over the Salmonier Line and they seem to be more plentiful all the time. As an active trouter for 40 years nature seems to have won out over the poaching efforts of Newfoundlanders. I do agree with you that a lot of Newfoundlanders have little respect for nature and will overfish and pollute our great outdoors and try to destroy species, as witnessed by Eugene Nippards effort to slaughter all the moose. But thankfully these people are few and far between. In the meantime I will hopefully enjoy the trouting for years to come.
- david
- March 09, 2013 - 14:51
Correction....I "engaged" in a lot of trouting, until it soon became abundantly clear that it was a complete, incredible and worsening disappointment. So you enjoy your "fish stories"....but don't ever fish anywhere else, because it could very likely ruin the pleasure of your local hobby.
- david
- March 03, 2013 - 20:58
Newfoundland's wildlife situation is completely exaggerated, and nothing short of an embarrassment. People come here expecting great fishing, and the truth is there is nothing but a few pitifully small trout anywhere but the most remote parts of Labrador. Any accesssible productive stream in Newfoundland was overfished, then poached, and destroyed long ago. It's who we are. There is much better trout fishing in the center of Calgary...and that is a fact. For someone to spend their good money and time to come anywhere on the island to trout fish makes me feel bad for them.
- W Bagg
- March 02, 2013 - 16:11
Progress? Pollute, Pillage, and Burn. Water (drinkable) being one of the necessities of life, and here we are polluting it when we have other options that would prevent the destruction of this lake. Leave nothing for future generations. Vale will be long gone from Long Harbour when the issues with the tailings pond come to haunt us. Nothing lasts forever and the tailings pnd will require maintenance as some point.................who'll own it then. The people of NL & Lab.................just like The mill in GFW.


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Jose Bautista is a great hitter. It doesn't take a genius to realize that. Aside from watching him hit baseballs over the wall in left, well, kill baseballs over the wall in left, you can look at some ordinary statistics to get your scoop of what Bautista does or what he's made of. If that doesn't suit you, you can look at advanced stats that depict his wOBA, wRC+, and WAR as being near the best in baseball if they aren't there already.
I took on something new. I wanted to gather what Bautista was doing with the bat that stats didn't necessarily show. I wanted to see if Bautista was doing certain things at the plate that inflated his numbers or gave him more of an advantage and I came across some data in which I was able to compile that displayed the "speed off bat" in which Bautista hit.
It should be noted that because only the speed off bat of home runs is available, there is a large standard deviation at play. The league average speed off bat has increased every year since 2008, and despite there being a lack of complete numbers measuring the speed at which balls leave bats, it's still an interesting aspect of home runs.


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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is headed for iPads and PCs, but don't expect the Overhaul Games revival of the BioWare role-playing game to hit the Wii U anytime soon.
When asked on Twitter about the possibility of a Wii U version given the system's iPad-like touch-screen controller, founder of Overhaul parent company Beamdog Trent Oster didn't dance around the subject.
"We don't do Nintendo development," Oster said. "Our previous experience with Nintendo was enough to ensure there will not be another."
Last year, Beamdog released a port of the BioWare action game MDK2 for WiiWare. In a follow-up post, Oster explained what about that experience soured him on working with Nintendo again.
"My problems with Nintendo are: requiring 6,000 unit sales before payment, a certification process that took us 9 months, and a 40MB limit," Oster said.
Oster went on to call the Wii a toy instead of a console, citing the system's low attach rate. "You buy a Wii, Wii sports and never buy another game," Oster said. "Bad for devs."
Due out this summer, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition runs on an updated version of the Infinity Engine and will include the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack. In addition, Overhaul Games is adding never-before-seen content to the game, including a "new adventure" and party member.


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The Keyshanc Teensyduino is a device that encrypts keystrokes based on the Keyshanc algorithm. It has a PS/2 input and a USB output.
The device is intended to provide privacy from the keyboard-to-the-application on compromised (a.k.a. "monitored") and/or untrusted workstations.
No software is required on the workstation. The only software requirement is that the receiving application (or website) must be Keyshanc-enabled. In other words, the receiving application must allow the user to input a Keyshanc password (preferrably via a graphical keyboard) and then decrypt the keystrokes. I have an example console program available on GitHub and a webpage demo here.
Note: Software is required to initially program the Keyshanc Teensyduino, and is described below.
When first connected, the Keyshanc Teensyduino defaults to OFF (i.e. keystrokes are not encrypted). Use the function keys F1-F11 to toggle between the 11 stored passwords. Press F12 to turn encryption OFF.
Since the Keyshanc algorithm uses a simple substitution cipher, it is vulnerable to frequency analysis. The success rate of this method of attack should be lessened by allowing the user to switch between multiple passwords (ciphers).
Also, if a company wants to manufacture and sell Keyshanc Teensyduinos, then allowing the device to hold 11 passwords should give it a longer "useable lifespan" before it needs to be reprogrammed with new passwords.
That being said, there is no requirement for the user to switch passwords.
The following output is the same text encrypted with the first two default passwords:
[F1] &TxJYUT$J1}JFKUT$J18xDJmqqJmT(JUTJ18xJ(mK/TxzzJFUT(J18xD
[F2] 7Ao!4KA'!<E!zdKA'!<Roa!P55!PA^!KA!<Ro!^PdpAoVV!zKA^!<Roa
[F12] One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
The Keyshanc Teensyduino source code is available on GitHub. Please Fork this repo!
As you can see from the pictures below, the Keyshanc Teensyduino requires minimal assembly. No soldering experience is required.
Change the special key codes in PS2Keyboard.h to the following:
#define PS2_TAB 9
#define PS2_ENTER 13
#define PS2_BACKSPACE 1
#define PS2_ESC 27
#define PS2_INSERT 2
#define PS2_DELETE 127
#define PS2_HOME 3
#define PS2_END 4
#define PS2_PAGEUP 25
#define PS2_PAGEDOWN 26
#define PS2_UPARROW 11
#define PS2_LEFTARROW 8
#define PS2_DOWNARROW 10
#define PS2_RIGHTARROW 21
#define PS2_F1 5
#define PS2_F2 6
#define PS2_F3 7
#define PS2_F4 12
#define PS2_F5 14
#define PS2_F6 15
#define PS2_F7 16
#define PS2_F8 17
#define PS2_F9 18
#define PS2_F10 19
#define PS2_F11 20
#define PS2_F12 22
#define PS2_SCROLL 0
Make the following selections in the Arduino IDE:
In order to create your own Keyshanc passwords, download and compile the Keyshanc Generator. When run from a terminal, the Keyshanc Generator will prompt the user for 11 passwords and will then output the C++ code for the 11 associated arrays. This output should then be copied and pasted into keyshanc.ino, overwriting the 11 default arrays.
The Keyshanc Generator has the following dependencies:
The Keyshanc Teensyduino source code has the following default passwords:
F1: aragorn
F2: bilbo
F3: boromir
F4: frodo
F5: gandalf
F6: gimli
F7: gollum
F8: legolas
F9: meriadoc
F10: peregrin
F11: samwise
I would like to thank Paul Stoffregen of PJRC.com for offering the Teensy, which has made my efforts to bring Keyshanc to life actually possible.
I would also like to thank Adrian Crenshaw of Irongeek.com. The inspiration for the Keyshanc Teensyduino came from reading about his Homemade Hardware Keylogger.


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LS of Mr Stanley Baldwin addressing Conservative Party meeting about the nature of the National Government. Neville Chamberlain is sitting beside him. Austen Chamberlain is on the other side.
Sound runs out.
Intertitle reads: "Sir John Simon will speak to you in our next edition."
This may well be the missing item from 31/82 titled 'And Now hear Mr Baldwin'.
Spelling for search purposes: Austin Chamberlin.


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Fourth of July and the garden: 'Knock on wood'
Watch Joel in the Garden on KMTR NewsSource16 at 6 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursdays
EUGENE, Ore. - You'll find shades of red, white and blue in bloom at Alton Baker Park. But Bob Sanders is cautious about celebrating too early.
"We don't have a bad year on the cucumber beetle so far. We'll knock on wood or twist the wire or something like that," Sanders said.
Cucumber plants are now flowering. Tomatoes by Fourth of July may be wishful thinking, but potatoes are ready.
And from corn to watermelon, just about everything in the garden is loving the sunny, warm days at the start of July.
"The lettuce is finally looking good. The eggplants are looking good. A little slow on the peppers," Sanders said.
For a good corn crop, knee high by the Fourth of July is the advice that's shared from one ear to another. And depending on the type of sweet corn you're planting, some varieties can take anywhere from 70 to 90 days to mature.
"July, August, you'll get some September corn. You might," Sanders said.
Sanders planted his seed a few weeks apart in hopes of getting two big harvests. He says gardeners can keep planting that corn, but says the calendar and the birds are your biggest obstacles.
"They'll take the corn and you'll think that the corn never came up, but that isn't true. It's just that the birds eat it," Sanders said.
The sun is one obstacle for small carrot seedlings. So I'm keeping them watered and shaded with newspaper until they're strong enough to stand up to the July heat.
On most corn seed packets, you can find an abbreviation which will tell you the type of sweet corn it is.
If you find one that reads "sh-2", that stands for super sweet. Not only does it mean it's a sweeter corn, but it also means that corn will keep longer after you pick it because it converts to starch more slowly.


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Reseller who deals in HIGH FASHION @ LOW PRICE in CDs, Tees, & Accessories. That's Ed's Garage sale! A founder in the renaissance revival for economic growth in the inner-city. Since 2008.
Online retail store providing customers with the newest, hottest, and trendiest styles of fashion and accessories.
We have a general store and old time mill house as well as multi car garage on our facility.
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Gawker Whacker: Mo' Mohney, Mo' Problems.
Remember last summer, when we had a grand old time with Gawker Whacker, reporting on the removal of the media pop culture site's editor Jesse Oxfeld (whose exit was quickly followed with Jessica Coen's departure)? Now it's time for another round of fun at Nick Denton's expense. Turns out, it's often not the wisest decision to hire the guy who started a blog for the sole purpose of getting your attention.
His name is Chris Mohney, and up until recently (yesterday?), he was Gawker.com's managing editor. He started with Denton at the helm of Gridskipper, where he was hired after writing Gawkerist — an all-things-meta blog that was considered almost relevant before everyone and their step-mom tried their hand at viral videos on YouTube.
But as Daily Intel – now edited by Oxfeld himself – reports, Mohney is no longer. He's been unable to increase Gawker's traffic, which has a tendency to get Denton punching away furiously at his Hiptop and screaming at his trainer. More interesting than Mohney's unceremonious exit (and who didn't call that one?) is his replacement: Choire Sicha, the second editor of Gawker and, according to an informal survey we just conducted with our coffee mug and iPod, the editor many readers considered their favorite.
Sicha – who's been unhappily toiling away at the New York Observer while performing pick up jobs like blogging for Out magazine's Out 100 party – is, we're sure, more than thrilled to come on board and show those two new girls how it's done.
Update: Chris says goodbye, manages to squeeze in a "thanks" for Denton and Lockhart Steele.
Update 2: Mohney not canned? Jossip no longer interested.
What's the over/under on the size of the golden parachute?
The over/under is Denton's 9-tabs-filled Subway Club Card, which Mohney has no idea that they discontinued that at Subway last year.
More likely golden shower than golden parachute. And that's definitely what's happening over at Krucoff's joint.
Choire must come back! If he does, maybe I'll start reading that rag again.
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Butterflies and moths may look very similar, but there are several differences. Learn how to tell a moth from a butterfly, visit the Hidden Beauty of Moths exhibition, and look for moths and butterflies at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Then create a Lepidoptera haven to invite butterflies and moths to your yard.
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Rowdy Roulette. Mt. Everett. The Regulators. The Coffin Draggers.
The Coffin Draggers?
These names may evoke images of intimidating men the size of glaciers wearing metal-spiked collars and bracelets, and donned in metal helmets.
Or, they may invoke an image of players on fast and furious teams with members carrying wooden clubs to instill a fear that you wouldn't want to encounter in a dark alley.
But they are not men. They are women, tattooed and sassy and tougher than nails competing in a full-contact sport while dishing out hits as well as taking them in one-minute "Jams." They speed around the track on roller skates to see who can score the most points by the number of opposing players they can speed past.
The names you just saw are the names of players and teams of the Arizona Derby Dames Banked and Flat Track Roller Derby League, which is set to begin its eighth season beginning in September — as the players plan to stay true to the league's mantra, "Live Fast and Die Pretty."
But in a couple of days, the league is hoping for a fallout frenzy of new faces.
Simply put, league officials say, they are looking for "Fresh Meat."
On Sunday, the Arizona Derby Dames Banked and Flat Track Roller Derby League is hosting tryouts for players and referees at Mesa Skateland in preparation for its 2012-2013 season.
The number of members in the league is about 125 with about half of them being from the East Valley, mostly ranging in age from the late 20s to their late 30s, according to Kristi Bravo, a.k.a. Rowdy Roulette, president of the league.
There are a number of positions open within the league. In addition to the standard tryouts for the five banked track teams, tryouts are being held for the league's all-star flat track team, FallOut Frenzy, and for the league's referee team, The Regulators.
The cost to enter is $10 (skate rental not included) if any dames dare to try and go where angels fear to tread.
Participants for the league must be 18 or older, but there also will be an informational meeting for the juniors league, the Banked Track Brats, which is open to girls ages 7 through 17 — Derby Dames in waiting, so to speak.
The evening of tryouts is projected to be the largest turnout, according to one team representative.
"The league is growing in size and scope, and the Regulators (a team of referees seeking new members) will be growing with it," said Mt. Everett, captain of The Regulators. "I'm really excited about this season; we have a lot of big things happening with the league. To keep up with all of this, we are looking to grow our officiating crew."
Currently, the league has six teams — the Bombshells, the Brutal Beauties, Runaway Brides, Schoolyard Scrappers, the AZDD Production Team and who else? The Coffin Draggers.
The league plays its games — all doubleheaders at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, and is set to begin its season at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 with gates opening an hour earlier.
It will be the Coffin Draggers vs. the Bombshells in the opener, and the Brutal Beauties vs. the Schoolyard Scrappers in the nightcap.
Tickets are $20 for VIP and $12 for general admission. Kids 12 and younger get in free.
A rowdy Runaway Bride
Rowdy Roulette is a jack-of-all-trades in the sport she wasn't so sure about being a part of at first.
Not only is she now the president of the Arizona Derby Dames league, but she also is a coach and blocker for the Runaway Brides.
A veteran in the truest sense, Rowdy joined the league when it formed in 2005. She has been mixing it up in "bouts" since teams formed in 2006.
"One of my friends told me that I should join the league," said Rowdy, 38, a central Phoenix resident who works in the finance department for Scottsdale-based Starwood Hotels and Resorts. "She told me, 'Hey, this is you, it really fits your personality.' I kind of laughed. I had never been on skates. I went out and bought a pair of skates, tried it and fell in love with it. I said, 'I'm going to do this,' and never looked back."
When Rowdy attended that first tryout, she said there were only about five who turned out, but that number has continued to grow over time.
"By continuing to play, it gives me the opportunity to set a foundation to grow the sport," Rowdy added. "I want this to be something my kids and grandkids can play."
Gretchen Lehman, 25, of Ahwatukee Foothills, whose Roller Derby name is Emma Grenade, decided to try out for the league after she saw the movie, "Whip It."
Now in her third season, Emma Grenade, plays jammer, blocker and pivot for the Bombshells, the Hot-Shots and All-Star team.
"I didn't even know there was a league until I saw the movie "Roller Derby," Lehman said. "I went to the tryout, and it was awesome. It was interesting, and wasn't as bad as what I expected. I like the competition of being on a team. It's like a big family."
Rowdy and Emma both are mainstays in the league, and Rowdy has been on the comeback trail.
In May 2011, three weeks before the sport's national tournament, "Battle on the Bank," she shattered her ankle, requiring surgeries, 10 pins and two metal plates.
After therapy and hard work, she returned to Arizona Derby Dames in 12 weeks.
"We are constantly training for taking hits as well as giving them," Rowdy said. "I'm competitive. Roller Derby is extremely rough."
It should come as no surprise that one of the league's sponsors is the Arizona Back Pain Institute.
But the ladies have a sensitive side, too — they have held fundraisers that have benefitted nonprofit organizations such as St. Vincent de Paul's Food Bank, the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, the Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program and the Arizona Coalition for Domestic Violence.
Over-the-top entertainment
According to the Arizona Derby Dames' website, www.arizonaderbydames.com based in Phoenix, Roller Derby has a deep-rooted tradition in the history of sport, especially when it comes to men. But it has been in more recent years that women have entered the sport, paying to play as independent amateurs who buy their own gear, don self-designed suits and attitudes, while often holding girly-girl jobs off the track.
The league's website boasts Roller Derby as a true classic American pasttime. The sport has a rich history of evolution and adaptation to reflect social currents. An American-invented contact sport — and historically, a form of sports entertainment -- Roller Derby is based on formation roller skating around an oval wooden banked track. In past decades, Roller Derby had been primarily a professional or paid sport for both women and men.
The term roller derby dates at least as far back as 1922, when the Chicago Tribune newspaper used it to describe multi-day, flat-track roller skating races, similar to banked track marathons reported on by the New York Times in 1885 (a six-day race) and 1914 (a 24-hour championship), among others.
Promoter Leo Seltzer and sportswriter Damon Runyon are credited with modifying the endurance competitions of the 1930s by emphasizing the physical contact—and thus the more spectacular aspects of the sport. Seltzer trademarked the name Roller Derby, reserving it for use by his traveling troupe of professional skaters. Roller Derby took root as an icon of popular culture as matches were held in numerous cities throughout the U.S. and sometimes broadcast on radio and, eventually, on television. When mentioned, most people think of the over the top, Wrestlemania-style antics of the televised banked track derby that aired back in the 80's that turned Roller Derby from a competitive sport into over-the-top entertainment.
There are 18 open officiating positions on The Regulators for each "bout," but only five of them will require skating ability.
For those interested in skating, the head of the league is looking forward to seeing the quality of talent stepping into the skates.
"The next few days, get your skates on every day," Rowdy Roulette said.
"I am super excited to see the quality of skater who comes in," she added. "Tryouts are always a great day within our league because we get to see the future of our league and our sport at its roots. We are looking for the next generation of athletes who will keep pushing AZDD to be better."
And to be the type of competitors you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.
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