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In news that might hurt Cisco ( NASDAQ: CSCO ) and Hewlett Packard ( NYSE: HPQ ). Reported by CNBC around lunch today, Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) will be buying technology from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc ( NYSE: AMD ) directly and will try to compete with Amazon's cloud service.
Amd 's new approach has been to compete less with Intel on a performance basis, and to go after custom direct solutions. Working with buyers to create exactly what they need in a hope to lower cost and raise reward to each party. This announcement runs parallel with that strategy. Once thought to be a potential bankruptcy case, AMD is showing that 2014 might be a good year.
With the console market solely in AMD's camp, it will be curious to see what other industries AMD can break into.
It is speculated that At&t might be in the mix eventually as well, however no news has been reported at this time.
A big player like Verizon moving from more of a traditional server market to more of a cloud based market is poised to make noise in the markets as well in the industry itself. If Verizon does indeed try to compete in the market dominated currently by Amazon, it will be an interesting watch. It has been speculated that this is a move Verizon might be considering for awhile.
It is curious that AMD itself has not yet announced this news. The company might be trying to wait until releasing earnings information to drop the news in a hope to gain a positive outlook going forward. Right now institutional ownership of AMD is fairly low. (Currently hovering around 50%)


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Bullish Life: Starting a Business After a Break-up
December 28, 2012
So my boyfriend basically dumped me after Thanksgiving, and I have spent a lot of the week reading your articles, like (off the top of my head) the one on breaking free from terrible situations, the one about the 3 romantic mistakes young women make, responding to disappointment with awesomeness, motivating yourself to be motivated, and of course the one on breakups.
Thus, I am channelling all this energy, while I'm numb, to starting a pet project! That will generate cash! And since you just wrote a column about business ideas, do you have any in your bazillion list that will only involve a blog to start it off? And where I can remain anonymous-y? More »
Bullish: How to Make Yourself Do Your To-Do List
December 20, 2012
Here's a question that could've been written by almost any of us.
Do you have any tips on how to trust yourself to get things done? I make all these work plans in my schedule but don't follow through. So, when I make them I get stressed, scared that I won't do them or wonder how to manipulate myself into surely doing them.
I feel like this is The Human Condition in a Post-Industrial Society. But we can do better! (See Bullish: How to Be a Productivity Unicorn.)
I assure you I am not made of magic, and — just like all mortal humans — I constantly write stuff on my to-do list that doesn't get done. But the most important things usually do, and that's what counts. More »
Bullish Life: What To Do About the Roommate From Hell
December 13, 2012
I once had a roommate who appeared to be drinking an entire case (24 cans) of Miller Lite every single night. One night, she threatened someone with a small knife. The next day, I asked her to leave.
When she was sober, she was totally reasonable. "Oh, I threatened someone with a knife! That is completely unacceptable! I'll leave by Friday."
I guess somewhere around the 23rd can of Miller Lite, it's easy to forget society's knife rules (cooking only!)
Here we have a letter from a writer whose roommate is a bit more troubled. More »
Bullish: Interview Advice (i.e., The Horrible Awkwardness of Phone Interviews and Skirt Suits)
December 6, 2012
I love questions from people in the UK, Australia, and Canada! They're my favourite! (See what I did there?) Not just because I enjoy dabbling in the Queen's English, but also because it's so much easier to answer people's career-related questions when I can sleep soundly knowing that nobody's going to lose their health insurance. More »
Bullish Life: How Much Survivalism Should We All Engage In, Without Building Bomb Shelters?
November 29, 2012
I once went on a two-week hiking/camping trip over a stretch of the Appalachian Trail. I did not train for this trip. I did, however, make numerous trips to Asian grocery stores to buy dehydrated everything (vegetarian squid made out of yam flour, with tentacle-suckers painted on!), enough to feed three people for several days. More »
Bullish: Where To Get A Kickass Business Idea (Also: Whiskey And Knitting)
November 26, 2012
Where do business ideas come from?
I've got hundreds of them, like a pair of ovaries full of tiny, dormant ideas, some of them awesome and some of them terrifyingly defective — and many, many more than anyone could ever bring to fruition. (This is a pretty good metaphor, except that you're actually born with all the eggs you're ever going to have, and I'm pretty sure I wasn't born knowing that "Treelivery" would be the world's best name for a Christmas-tree delivery business.)
In any case, here's today's question. More »
Bullish: When Your Male Partner is Not Exactly Helping Your Career
November 19, 2012
Here is a letter I received shortly after Hurricane Sandy. I had evacuated to my fiancé's parents' house and was going a bit stir-crazy (I did discover that you can make a pretty decent fake espresso with half a mug of hot milk and about ten times more instant coffee than the package suggests.)
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Bullish Life: When Men Are Too Emotional To Have A Rational Argument
November 14, 2012
What I want to talk about is how emotional outbursts typically more associated with men (shouting, expressing anger openly) are given a pass in public discourse in a way that emotional outbursts typically more associated with women (crying, "getting upset") are stigmatized.
I wish to dispel the notion that women are "more emotional." I don't think we are. I think that the emotions women stereotypically express are what men call "emotions," and the emotions that men typically express are somehow considered by men to be something else.
This is incorrect. More »
Bullish: Coping With Career Suckage You Have No Control Over (Or DO You…?)
November 12, 2012
Even if you have studiously avoided all religion and twelve-step programs throughout your life, as I have, you're probably familiar with this:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
The "God" part is sort of superfluous here, isn't it?
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NietzscheDerp: A Highly Sane and Literate Idea Whose Time Has Come
November 11, 2012
Last month, I tweeted this.
Then, this happened:
Why, yes, "someone" can! (The HerpDerp plugin changes all the Youtube comments to "herp derp.")
You can download NietzscheDerp here! Thanks, Tim Loudon!
I've been using it for weeks. So now, when I view, say, Justin Bieber's video, "Baby," I see this in the comments:
Bullish Q&A: When Your Success Is Based On Shadowy, Unspoken Rules
November 5, 2012
Today, we have two questions about underlying rules and structures that you have to figure out to keep from constantly banging your head into a wall.
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Bullish Life: Weight Lifting For Ladies And Unicorns
October 25, 2012
I just found Bullish/TheGloss and want to say thank you. I also want to say that when I read you were/are(?) a bodybuilder it made me that much more excited!
I've recently discovered weightlifting and want it to actually matter. Thank you for saying it's okay (and GOOD) to lift heavy things.
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Bullish: Behind On A Deadline? Read This.
October 23, 2012
Are deadlines chasing you like fiery hell-demons? Do they thump from under the floor like Poe's tell-tale heart? Do they watch you like the all-seeing eye of Sauron?
If you have an impossible deadline, here's a quick read (it should be – you have a deadline, right?) with a few ideas, and some important questions to ask.
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Bullish Life: When To Cut Your Losses And Walk Away
October 18, 2012
The above is a still from the end of the 1988 classic Heathers, from right around the part when Winona Ryder blows up her boyfriend and declares herself the "new sheriff in town."
Let's see a letter from a reader who's friend is stuck in a shrubbery-filled rut. More »
Bullish: How To Compete When You're Young And Inexperienced
October 15, 2012
Today I'm answering two letters from women I've renamed Charlotte Whitton (she who said, "Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.") and Flo Kennedy, who once protested a lack of women's bathrooms by holding a "Protest Pee-In" in Harvard Yard.
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Another DCU Men Contest Entry
- Posted by Johanna on May 13, 2008 at 7:38 am
- Category: Meta
Remember, entries are due by Thursday, May 15! View previous entries here.
The newest entrant is Johnny Zito, co-creator and co-writer of the Black Cherry Bombshells at Zuda Comics. He says:
My line up is more of a classic catch all with a few modern additions. Please give credit to Paul Salvi for the brilliant idea of putting Hal in his Air Force dress uniform. (Although I did go with the tropical white.)
From left to right:
John Stewart (Green Lantern), Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Ryan Choi (The Atom), Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), Bruce Wayne (Batman), Clark Kent (Superman), Krypto (the Super Dog), Barry Allen (The Flash), Dick Grayson (Robin), John Henry Irons (Steel), Arthur Curry (Aquaman)
I love the way Clark looks a little lost with all these guys partying around him. And great dog!
2 Responses to "Another DCU Men Contest Entry"
- Jeff Hebert Says:
May 13, 2008 at 8:52 AMGreat job, Johnny! Love Aquaman with the bare chest and the inclusion of Krypto, that's awesome. They all look like they're having a fun time, too.
- JohnnyZito Says:
May 13, 2008 at 11:32 AMThanks for posting!
Love the contest, great idea. I had a fun time working on this.


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Ulead VideoStudio 11
Full user review
"Overpriced junk"
Fair amount of tools but nothing special
Clumsy, un-intuitive. Poorly featured.
Considering this is supposed to be one of the best, at the price it sells for I'd call this a complete rip-off. It's more polished than Windows Movie Maker and a few extra tools, but that's about it. So it has SiurroundSound 5.1, but so what? Everything else brings it down. If this is supposed to be one of the best then the rest must be pretty poor, because this is appalling. Transitions are amateurish, and editing is clumsy; poorly written Help file, and some of the filters are just poor and unuseable.
I don't know who is responsible for the poor quality, whether rubbish programmers or the inept testers and managers, but I wouldn't even pay $20 for this, let alone over $100.
Windows Moviemaker is better value because it's free and it's not much inferior to this over-priced junk. WA total aste of money.


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Happy Friday everyone! The first day of spring officially started on Wednesday, and as a result, the weather today is glorious! Huzzah! Do you know what else is glorious? The Internet.
Over spring break, I was officially introduced to a website called BuzzFeed.com. BuzzFeed is basically a website that has funny articles about pop culture, celebrities, and other ridiculous happenings on the Internet. One of my favorite articles I have read so far is "42 Things That Prove That Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the Perfect Man." So great.
I stumbled upon an article yesterday about Butler basketball player Andrew Smeathers. During the game against Bucknell, after an exciting three-point play, Smeathers clapped, giggled, and threw up "the three monocle." For some reason, everybody freaked out (in a good way) when he did this.
This image has been all over Facebook, showing up as people's cover photos, and as gifs being posted on people's walls. I'm not sure what the fascination is, but I do think it's pretty cool that BuzzFeed wrote an article about it.
Anyway, Buzzfeed has plenty of articles to choose from, and is a definite winner for anyone who enjoys pop culture or the Internet. If this appeals to you, check it out man!
Have a great weekend and thanks for reading


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Boats are fertile symbols that immediately evoke such themes as travel and adventure, recreation, discovery, transportation and industry, history and progress; additionally, they remind us of the humbling strength of the sea on which they ride. First recognized as a genre in Flanders and the Netherlands in the late Sixteenth Century, the marinescape has a rich history that includes some of British painter Joseph Turner's most sublime nineteenth-century canvases, as well as Joaquin Sorolla's luminous pictures of Spain's Mediterranean shore. (Sotheby's considers nautical painting important enough to devote a special annual auction in London to such work.) Marine subjects are evergreen elements of landscape painting, and they continue to provide irresistible fodder for the work of any artist residing near the ocean.
Of course Miami is a natural location for nautical art, and over the past few years a particular subset of work alluding to ships and the sea has developed here; accordingly, the paintings and sculpture by the artists featured in "Boat Images from South Florida Collections" -- many of whom are immigrants to the U.S. -- most often depict boats as vehicles for emigration, focusing specifically on the humble crafts of rafters embarking for South Florida from Cuba and Haiti. These artists share a pictorial obsession with the potential tragedy inherent in such journeys and with the general trauma of displacement.
Just inside the door of the library's first-floor auditorium, where the show has been assembled, rests Immigration Law, a sculptural work by Joe Nicastri. It consists of a smooth coffinlike wooden case containing a crude, handmade oar; this case sits on top of a larger solid wooden structure. The top of the box holding the oar has been opened, and a passage from the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act has been pasted inside the lid. It reads, "Exclusion proceedings are aimed at preventing the entry and enforcing the departure of aliens whom Congress has deemed ineligible for entry into the United States."
While this text is unsettlingly specific, Nicastri's construction takes a purposefully ambiguous form. The tiny wooden coffin, which has a small brass handle, can be also seen as a suitcase. The larger wooden structure recalls a sarcophagus, but it also could be interpreted as a counter at U.S. Customs, or, ultimately, simply as a base for an anthropological display. By exhibiting the oar as an artifact, Nicastri effectively characterizes the rafters as victims of history, underscoring their dehumanization by officials on Cuban, Haitian, and U.S. shores.
Some artists have taken this idea of the dehumanization of the rafter one step further, fixating upon the boat people as a kind of quasireligious icon. The image of the rafter as the ultimate martyr is taken to the extreme in Paul Sierra's Gently into the Night, which shows a prostrate man levitating above a rowboat. Painted in a figurative, slightly surrealist style, Sierra's celestial vision exudes bathos. And placed next to a thoughtful work such as Nicastri's, it seems trite.
Other painters broach the subject more successfully. A haggard, wild-eyed face peers out accusingly from 86 1/2 Days Journey, a visceral painting by Luis Cruz Azaceta. The artist has scrawled numbers all over the work, creating a claustrophobic feeling akin to that of being surrounded by water. Carlos Cardenas alludes to the frequent frustration of attempted exodus in an untitled triptych from 1991. In the painting on the left, a calm, empty sea laps beneath a blue sky; in the center painting, the figure of a skeleton is etched over a high pile of gray boats, stacked up like coffins; in the right-hand picture, three people in a boat pray to a virgin hovering in the sky. Cardenas uses a graphic, realist style that borders on kitsch. A dark irony infuses his images as he contrasts the innocent dreams of the rafters to their likely fate.
Nearby, Florencio Gelabert's superb sculpture Existential Logic conveys a similar suggestion of futility. An open container formed from rusted metal grillwork evokes the now-familiar sarcophagus-ship dichotomy. With a boat that cannot float, Gelabert philosophically ponders the logic of impossible voyages and the political standoffs that spur them. Gustavo Acosta and Ernesto Pujol make subtle contributions to this iconography of exile. Acosta's menacing Hunt is a predatory portrait of a submarine that looks like a shark, while a deceptively jaunty pattern of sharks and paper boats covers Pujol's canvas Sharks and Boats.
Among the notable works in this show that do not refer specifically to South Florida's most recent immigrants is Their Boats, a large canvas by Overtown "outsider" artist Purvis Young. With a bright palette and a wildly expressive hand, Young has painted a ghostly central figure presiding over a chaotic scene lit up like a ghetto on fire. The artist's depictions of boats filled with black travelers make reference to slavery and biblical journeys, and his orange slashes of paint and hectic figures converge in what seems both a celebration and a violent encounter.


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Chester Woman Sentenced for Methamphetamine Conspiracy
RICHMOND, Va. – Jennifer Marie Patterson, 33, of Chester, Virginia, was sentenced today to 36 months' imprisonment for her role in a conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Ava Cooper-Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Washington Division Office; and Bryan Norwood, Chief of the Richmond Police Department, made the announcement after the sentencing by United States District Judge Robert E. Payne.
According to the plea documents, Patterson, who is a 2011 graduate of the University of Richmond Law School, and others conspired to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine from 2007 until March of 2009. Patterson admitted to distributing between 500 grams and 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.
Patterson was part of a loosely confederated group of methamphetamine dealers in central Virginia. Collectively, these dealers were obtaining methamphetamine from California, Oregon, Washington State and Washington, D.C. The methamphetamine would be shipped by federal express and couriers between these different places.
The guilty plea is part of Operation Endgame, a major Organized Crime Drug Task Force investigation by the DEA and Richmond Police Department into the trafficking of methamphetamine. The investigation, which began in the fall of 2007, is continuing.


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Name: Nicolas Status: student Grade: 6-8 Location: N/A
Is there any method to change the reflection characteristics (I mean the color) of a solid?
Try this at home. In a pool of water (possibly in a bath tub, a swimming pool, or even a deep pan of water) create a wave that is directed toward the wall of the tub, pool or container at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. If you do this gently enough so that you can see the wave travel toward the wall and bounce off the wall, you will see that the wave manages to form from the wall and continue to travel in the reverse direction from where you started the wave. Now, place a stick in the water and push a wave toward it. The wave will not reflect off the stick. You might see the wave break around the stick and seem to form different patterns.
In the same way, light bounces off solids so that the wave (after certain colors have been absorbed) are reflected off and we see particular colors. However, if the surface of the object is much too small compared to the size of the wave then no reflection occurs, the light is scattered. As such, since no light -in the visible range- reaches our eyes, the object will appear black. If iron filings are available to you (and they are small enough in size), compare the color of the iron filings with a block of iron, I think you will see that they have a different reflective characteristics.
Greg (Roberto Gregorius)
One way to answer the question is "No" because if you do not change the substance at all, then whatever you do to it will not change either. But that is a trivial answer.
An equally trivial answer is to cover the object. One way is to paint it. In fact, there are lots of 'coatings' or 'thin films' you can put on solids that will change their color. Also probably not what you were looking for.
A third way is to chemically change the solid -- for instance iron will rust and turn from black to, well, rust-colored. Or to add something to the solid (rubies and sapphires are similar chemically, but differ by trace impurities). The chemical differences are small, but the color difference is huge.
In a way, this is just like mixing in a dye -- you add something and the color changes. You might not like these methods because they're "cheating" by covering or changing the material. So maybe a different question could be, "Can we change a substance's color without adding or removing anything?"
One option is to rearrange the atoms in the substance. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a substance make of titanium and oxygen. However, you can arrange the Titanium and Oxygen in different ways to get different looking substances. "Anatase", "Rutile", and "Brookite" are all the same atoms, but in different arrangements, and they are not the same color. But this idea is not the most useful because you cannot just move around atoms with your hands. It is quite challenging to take a sample of one of these materials and end up with another.
So the last option is to change its size. You may know that light waves are about 500nm in wavelength. When you start dealing with things that around this size (or smaller), you can get some weird effects. For example, an oil slick (a very thin layer of oil on water) can look rainbow-colored even though a cup of the oil looks black. It is because the layer of oil is thin enough that light bounces off of it in a unique way that causes the rainbow pattern (it is called 'interference' -- you can look it up). Another way is to make the substance very, very small. When you make very small particles, just a few or several dozen atoms big, their size can determine their color. Of course, if you take a substance and break it into nanometer-sized particles, you have still changed it quite a bit.
So as you can see, there are many kinds of changes, but to change the substance's color, you have to change it somehow. And if you change it, it is no longer the same.
Hope this helps,
Burr Zimmerman
Hi Nicolas,
There is nothing that I am aware that can change the inherent reflectivity characteristics (especially color) a solid. Color is determined by the interaction between photons, a material's outer electron shells, and the arrangement of its atoms or molecules. To be sure, there are surface treatments that affect reflectivity, and also cause the material to take on different colors, but this is not a change to the material itself. There are also sometimes some surprises when a material is made thin enough. As an example, gold, when rolled into thin sheets only a few atoms thick, starts to take on a greenish hue. Other metals generally do not behave this way, but that is mainly because no other metal can be rolled into sheets as thin as gold can. The apparent change in color when gold is made thin enough, is only an effect caused by its extreme thinness.
Another example is carbon which can either appear black (as graphite) or clear (as diamond). But this is only caused by diamond and graphite having entirely different crystal structures. Phosphorous too, can appear white or red, depending on which of two natural crystal structures (so called allotropes) it has. For any material with a specific crystal structure, its color cannot be changed.
Bob Wilson
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potato chips
Enquiring Minds: Chip Flavors
You've heard about the "Do Us A Flavor" thing with Lay's. Tell us about your ideas here!
Trail of Potato Chips Leads Cops To Thief
One of the things the internet has taught us is that there are a whole lot of dumb criminals out there. Add 21-year-old Benjamin Sickles to the list.


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i am an ordinary Chinese. I am 28, i am now studying in LSE.
I read lots of writings of this year's nobel peace laureate, Liu Xiaobo in Chinese.
My impression is that he is highly critical of the Chinese government, and he speaks very highly of the US, which he considers to be a beautiful land of freedom.
I think that is quite OK for an individual to think and write like him. I simply do not see anything that he wrote or did contributed to PEACE in whatsoever way. I think to win a Nobel PEACE Price, you must have done something at least remotely related to the topic of PEACE.
In my personal opinion, I donot understand the decision of the price awarders.
Last year's Peace Award winner is also somewhat surprising to me. Although I am a personal fan of President Obama, I do not understand why he should be given the price on the ground that he "has strong willingness and determination to promote peace" ! Maybe the committee is so concerned with US presidents that they just want to preempt another US president from launching wars by burdening him with the title of a Nobel peace laureate?


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From: Four Live
This is a delicious option to have for a vegetarian dinner party starter or main course.
From: The Afternoon Show
Lorraine Fitzmaurice serves up a tasty vegetarian alternative Christmas dinner
From: Rachel Allen's Cake Diaries
Perfect to end a romantic meal or as a token of affection
These are sure to wow at any party, bake sale or even just as a rainy day project
Easy to make but with lots of impact. A great little recipe from Dr Oetker.
From: Rachel Allen's Cake Diaries
Simple, quick and certainly worthwhile, especially for children's parties, from Rachel's new series, 'Cake Diaries'.
A little bit of cool, a little bit of sweet and a whole mouthful of indulgence from Dr Oetker
For the perfect accompaniment to a special Mother's Day afternoon tea, look no further than the Vintage Style Rose and Quilt-Iced Cupcakes - they almost look too good to eat!
Make your own chocolate eggs.
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Make the perfect Easter Sunday roast with this tender lamb dish.


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Rainey Street is home to a dozen bars and restaurants. | From randallmetting.com
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raineystbars.comIf Hollywood built a set that was half-college row, half-Dazed and Confused, it would look something like the collection of bars and restaurants operated out of historic bungalow homes on ATX's Rainey Street. Lucky for Austin, a handful of small business owners beat Hollywood to it, creating a real nightlife block party to be trafficked by all. Start at Bangers for brats and brew, do a round of Ping-Pong at one of Rainey Street's O.G. bars—Lustre Pearl, and finish the night off with a trip to No Va to eat a late-night pizza while you watch flames flicker in the dual-side fireplace from the bar or backyard.


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MOORHEAD - Sanford Health this morning announced plans for a new clinic that it says will significantly increase medical services for people in Moorhead.
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Stupid question??? Lol!!!
Just want to know how many of us have nematodes free garden... Not just on hosta.. also heucherellas, ferns, geraniums etc.
I'm not sure if I do or not as I grow in pots. However, I think I have them in my planter box or else I received some hosta that were already infected. Since they came from a reputable hosta grower, I assume it's the planter box. If I ever decide to try hosta there again, I'll remove all the soil and pour boiling water on everything. As it is, I don't think they bother anything except hosta. I've had impatiens, ivy (the inside kind) and begonia in it and it hasn't bothered them.
The plant you buy in spring will not show it until July or August. By then by handling this one plant and other clean ones you will spread it. I have areas where there are no nematodes, but some plants have a lot, one I threw out, others I sprayed and no nematodes there any longer. So it is a moving picture. I had no nematodes until 2009 when I started adding a lot of newer cultivars. Before 2009 I also had no HVX, over the last 3 years I find 2 HVX plants per year. Bernd
and for the unknowing..
there are millions of nems in every tablespoon of soil ...
most are inert.. some are beneficial ...
and just a few are bad ...
so when you say you dont have them ... you mean you dont have the bad ones for hosta ...
gotta make sure the newbs dont get confused...
If you don't have foliar nems, then you haven't been growing Hosta for very long, or you don't know what to look for. If you plant something that is not directly from tissue culture, then the chances of getting nems with that plant is very high.
I've instituted a one year quarantine area for any plant not from TC. They stay in pots until I'm sure there are no nems. Then in the fall they go into the ground. I also shop more in August and September, only buying from sources I'm confident in during the Spring.
I threw out 20 plants last year and three this year. I have a few in pots that I know have nems and they are not near any others, spaced apart. I'm going to see if I can rid them of the microscopic nasties.
I won a good sized pot of H. Dragon Lady in a lottery earlier this year. I left it in it's pot and in September it showed evidence of nems in the leaves. I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a clean piece of Dragon Lady in existence. Since this is a rare Hosta and not in TC, I'm going to try to eliminate the nems in it. Wish me luck.
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Tough little bugger to get rid of once you introduce one in your garden, unfortunately I don't think there's any way of getting rid of them totally available in the market now.
The good thing being in z5... you don't see their ugly leaves until late in the season which is almost time for them to go dormant.
Thats great If you don't have them in your garden, be very careful with any new plants you are bringing to your garden.. Lots of companion plant carry the same bad nems that will spread to the hosta...good luck everybody:)
I know we have nematodes in our area. The most often talked about are root knot nematodes. I think they affect tomatoes.
They show up here about June. That was when I saw my first foliar nematodes. I had removed some poorly performing hosta from a planter box. The nematodes showed up the next year. I chunked pot and all.
I think growing in pots and on pot feet insulate me a lot, at least I hope.
Overhead watering will splash the little suckers from one plant to the next. Which is one reason most folks do not spray but use soaker hoses etc.
I had two with foliar nems last season early, one a plantaginea and the other a Lakeside Kaleidoscope. I bare rooted and bleached them for 30 minutes in a 20% bleach solution. This year they were very small, but show no signs of any nems. I had one other come down with the nems, and I tossed it. It was in a terra cotta clay pot so I suppose the nems may have nestled in there.....no other hosta from that nursery came down with anything at all. Anyway, I tossed the whole shebang...no reason to gamble on another bout with nems in another species of ornamental plant.
I think that is pretty good, considering that nems here can show up as early as late May or June, just when things are beginning to look gorgeous.
Our bad karma comes from southern blight. I lost 3 hosta to that this year, including one I treasured mightily. The fourth one I must have caught quick enough that it survived, although it was hugely reduced in size. We had so much rain, so much heat, so much humidity, I'm amazed that more did not succumb to that scary affliction. Meanwhile, a cold front scooted the remnants of Tropical Storm Karen away from us, and it is now a very pleasant cool 66 degrees. I'm waiting for seed pods to dry on the plants, so I can pick them. Open pollinated, of course.
It's almost Sleepy Time Down South. For hosta, that is. This whole growing year has been shorter than 2012.
Here is a link that might be useful: Louis Prima--Sleepy Time Down South
Just finished my squishy (3 days of rain) walk-about the garden....me naked eye could not see visible signs of nematodes....relief or what?! But after reading the qualifiers, I guess I can't say I have a nematode-free garden. Instead I can quote Ken..."so when you say you dont have them ... you mean you dont have the bad ones for hosta ..."
Good 'nuff for me!
Mocc: so glad to hear from you! and sorry to hear about the loss of your treasured hosta...hope you are staying sane re remodelling..SO enjoyed listening to Sleepy Time..thank you for that....imagined myself swinging in the arms of DWTS Max, LOL.....as if...
Good thread melati....you were the catalyst for nematode education! :-). Thank you.
More and more hosta going dormant....pushing soil over exposed roots in some pots and finding lots of dormant buds..spring promises to be VERY exciting!
Same as Steve writes, here in zone 5 nematodes have an impact in August, and I can handle that with pulling leaves off. As one man here with a very large hosta garden and many years of experience said, nematodes show up here when the hosta garden is starting to go down anyway, like via viruses and fungi. When you don't like it, then spray some Bayer insecticide. So I spray a little insecticide and try to get perfect.
In respect to not watering from overhead, stringing, replacing and upkeeping soaker hoses is a much larger effort than placing sprinklers for me. I have soaker hoses in a quarter of my property and gave up on them because after a few years they constantly get holes. But about proper irrigation we had a lot of threads here. Bernd
While removing blue sport from my second 'June'.....how did I miss this tell-tale sign? Must have had my eyes closed I guess....call me Mr. Magoo!
I removed three leaves that had the same markings......ugh, I do have those dreaded nematodes in my garden after all. :-(. I hope it's limited to this.
I just realized that these markings were developing earlier in the season after checking my pictures. I did not recognize the signs then. Tomorrow morning, every hosta is getting a shower with the ammonia solution.
Here's the ' hindsight ' from July 18th....evidence I missed because I didn't know how to recognize the presence of nematodes. positions 10:00 and 1:00.
Thank you, Melati, for posting about nematodes, Steve for the ensuing educational quiz, and Ken for filling in the rest of the blanks that made it so easy to absorb and a great tutorial as well.
The purpose of these latest pics and postings was to demonstrate (to other still-learning newbies like me out there) how easily one can overlook trouble in their garden...when one is not "in the know".
Hey Melati, you didn't end up having a stupid question after all!
Just like you Jo, I have been poking around my plants. I too think I may have stumbled on nematodes on my Rainforest Sunrise. (I was getting to like that hosta more and more.) Now I'll have to research my options to address it. Luckily it's in a pot. Lucky for you Jo, that yours doesn't appear to be nemotodes!
Here's my photos. What do you think---nematodes?
Thank you Steve for confirming the diagnosis. I would not have been aware of nematodes nor would I have been able to identify them without your quiz and Melati's thread. I don't think I have repotted this one since purchasing it, and I have been trying to keep my potted plants from touching each other. So there's a good chance the nematodes have not spread to any of my other hostas.
Thank you Melati, BK and Steve for your help with this. I feel much relief.
Steve, I see what you mean (I went back to look at your examples again) and I see the difference between the veins...and the difference in NHL's example as well...the red colour of the "stripes" on the leaves of my plant alarmed me. Sun damage I can deal with....sort of like LiLo's freckles, lol.
NHL...so sorry about your RAinforest Sunrise...hopefully your planned treatment will check those nasty nematodes! And preserve your hosta.


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Three Neat Comics About Reading/Writing
- Posted by Johanna on June 28, 2008 at 8:29 am
- Category: Digital and Webcomics
I really like Brandon Hanvey's style, so it's great to see him as the artist on a new webcomic called Comic Critics. There are two strips so far introducing the cast, Josh (comic store clerk and superhero fanboy) and Marissa (indie bookstore girl). It's a bit stereotypical, but I have confidence writer Sean Whitmore can do more with it. The comic is already part of my feed.
Alison Bechdel contributed to Entertainment Weekly's 1000th issue a strip called Compulsory Reading. It's a four-page essay in comic form about the books you're supposed to read and those you actually do. I found a lot I identified with.
Found via Craig Fischer, the Dvorak Zine. It's a minicomic (all available online) about the history of and reasons to use the more efficient keyboard layout. It's a wonderful example of non-fiction comics and it makes its case compellingly.
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June 28, 2008 at 10:29 AMJohanna,
I too know the guilt of not reading the classics. The irony is I used to make book reading lists as a teen. My list were all fantasy, sci-fi, and pulp fiction authors and their works. I think most avid readers are going to identify with Bechdel.


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NBN Co head Switkowski meets network critic Ergas
PUBLISHED: 15 Oct 2013 00:05:29 | UPDATED: 15 Oct 2013 05:48:47PUBLISHED: 14 Oct 2013 PRINT EDITION: 15 Oct 2013Henry Ergas has said a national broadband network should cost no more than $17 billion. Photo: Nic Walker
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NBN Co's executive chairman, Ziggy Switkowski, has begun meeting telecommunications veterans, including national broadband network critic Henry Ergas, as part of a review into potential changes to the network.
Sources close to the company say Dr Switkowski, appointed earlier this month, is receiving internal briefings but is primarily relying on the expertise of at least two external telecommunications veterans to detail a framework for the review into the viability of changing technologies in the roll out.
The review, commissioned earlier this month by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, also encompasses an analysis of the current state of the network, which The Australian Financial Review revealed on Monday had effectively halted in most states.
Dr Switkowski and NBN Co board members Alison Lansley and Kerry Schott are due to report to Mr Turnbull by December 2.
In preparation, Dr Switkowski has met with consulting firms who sources said were "knocking on the door" to bid for work under NBN Co's new management, despite insistence by Mr Turnbull that the strategic review be carried out by the company itself. He has also met with Dr Ergas, an economist and senior economic adviser to Deloitte Access Economics, one of the firms bidding for consulting work at NBN Co.
Nothing formal
Dr Ergas confirmed he had met with Dr Switkowski since the latter's appointment to NBN Co, but said there had been no formal consulting appointments. It is believed Mr Ergas has also met several times with Mr Turnbull in the past few months.
"It's a very short time frame and they will need to move expeditiously," Mr Ergas told the Financial Review.
Mr Ergas, who has previously consulted for Mr Turnbull and Telstra, was a key vocal critic of Labor's broadband policy, attacking the fibre optic network as being overly expensive and likely to make significant losses.
A cost-benefit analysis of the national broadband network Mr Ergas conducted of his own volition in 2009 estimated the benefits of the network at between $14 billion and $20 billion, which he said was outweighed by the Labor government's $37.4 billion plan. He advised at the time that the network should only be built for a budget of $17 billion or less.
The Coalition government's plan relies on a capital budget of $20.4 billion by using fibre-to-the-node technology to more cheaply deploy fast broadband.
Former communications minister Stephen Conroy, who was on Monday appointed deputy Senate leader of the opposition, was critical of Mr Ergas.
Firms lobbying
"Turnbull is rounding up all the Liberal stooges together so that he can dismantle and misrepresent the national broadband network and where it's up to," he said. "But Henry Ergas – the man who said it would cost $200 to have an NBN account per month when it's only costing people $29 a month on the cheapest of plans – has been brought in to dismantle the national broadband network."
Sources say several firms are using the change in management to lobby for new work on the strategic review and on an expected cost-benefit analysis of fast broadband, which Mr Turnbull will appoint shortly.
"We've had a steady stream of consultants and advisory firms through the door presenting their credentials," an NBN Co spokesman said. "But we haven't taken any decision about their employment."
But Mr Turnbull was insistent Dr Switkowski's strategic review would not rely heavily on consulting firms.
"It's really important that the directors and the management own this," he said earlier this month.
"They should get advice from experts, you know, inside the company, outside the company – sure. But they have got to, at the end of the day, be able to say to the government, as shareholder, this is where we honestly, genuinely, objectively, soberly believe this project is right now."
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Football Face Painting Tips: Get Your Game Face On
Nothing shows your extreme team spirit like face paint -- and even the most impressive designs aren't difficult when you have the right materials and know-how. Follow these tips to create fun face designs for all ages.
If your football team colors are basic, like Penn State's blue and white, you won't have trouble finding the right colors for face painting, but you'll still want to make sure you're using paints that are formulated for skin (don't use craft paint intended for paper or other surfaces -- it's not the same, even if it's non-toxic). Tubes of cream face paint are good for simple designs or covering a large area of the face. Recommended for ages eight and up, cream makeup is usually applied with the fingertips.
For younger children, a water-based face paint palette can be used with a small brush and a sponge, but while you'll get a variety of basic primary and secondary colors, you'll likely only need a couple of specific colors. These types of palettes are good for simple designs such as a paw print or football on the cheek.
If your precise team colors are less basic (think Temple's Cherry or University of Iowa's Old Gold), or if you're opting for a more intricate design, Snazaroo has a large selection of colors that can be purchased individually, including burgundy, ochre yellow and eight different shades of blue. The company also has sports theme packs for face painting that include three colors paired according to NFL team colors. Apply with watercolor brushes and/or sponges. Wash off with soap and water.
Even something as simple as painting one half of your face one color and the other another will stand out impressively, but if that's too over-the-top, brush paint the team logo, letters, your favorite player's number on your cheek, or use a face painting stencil to get the same look. Get creative with the theme of your team's mascot: Rooting for Louisiana State University's Fighting Tigers? Paint your face up as a tiger using this tutorial and yellow, purple, white and black face paint.
Painting and Finishing
Once you've got your face paint, brushes, sponges and design plan, start by washing and drying the face thoroughly. Place a towel within reach and some moist wipes to keep your hands clean and to wipe away any mistake. After the design is painted on, you may want to add a little glitter to the surface (for older kids and adults only -- and don't rub into the skin). Let the paint dry, and take care not to touch your painted face!
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BBRY and Investors See Red on Second-Quarter Results
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Mere days after the unveiling of the Z30 smartphone failed to elicit market excitement, BlackBerry (BBRY - Get Report) released its fiscal second-quarter results a week earlier than scheduled. The numbers further demonstrate the challenges the beleaguered tech company has faced in recent months.
For the quarter ended August 30, BlackBerry expects revenue of $1.6 billion, well below the expected $3.06 billion. The company will recognize a $950 to $995 million operating loss, attributing much of this to fierce competition in the smartphone market. BlackBerry devices have suffered at the hands of more dominant smartphone manufacturers such as Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) over the past few years.
Though rumors of downsizing have been circulating since early this week, BlackBerry confirmed it will cut 40% of its workforce by year-end. The layoffs enforced across all departments will affect around 4,500 employees.
In the company's press release, President and CEO Thorsten Heins said, "We are implementing the difficult, but necessary, operational changes announced today to address our position in a maturing and more competitive industry."
Going forward, he says the company will focus on the enterprise and professional user segments. "This puts us squarely on target with the customers that helped build BlackBerry into the leading brand today," he said. BlackBerry has enlisted PricewaterhouseCoopers to assist in the evaluation of potential buyers to lift the company out of the doldrums, according to Bloomberg. In August, BlackBerry confirmed it was formulating strategies to resuscitate the company, including its possible sale to an external party. After a halt in trading during the announcement, BlackBerry shares plunged 20% once trading resumed at 3:40 p.m. EST. At market close, shares were trading down 17.06% to $8.73 a share. During the day, 64.6 million shares changed hands compared to the average daily volume of 28.88 million. Overall, BlackBerry is lagging the S&P 500 which is down 0.72%. TheStreet Ratings team rates BlackBerry as a Sell with a ratings score of D+. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:"We rate BlackBerry a SELL. This is driven by several weaknesses, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Communications Equipment industry and the overall market, BlackBerry's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has decreased to $630 million or 11.39% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
- BlackBerry reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has not demonstrated a clear trend in earnings over the past 2 years, making it difficult to accurately predict earnings for the coming year. During the past fiscal year, BlackBerry swung to a loss, reporting -$1.20 versus $2.24 in the prior year.
- 41.06% is the gross profit margin for BlackBerry which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of -2.73% is in-line with the industry average.
- This stock has increased by 36.44% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Regarding the future course of this stock, we feel that the risks involved in investing in BlackBerry do not compensate for any future upside potential, despite the fact that it has seen nice gains over the past 12 months.
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Community garden that hosts daily, early-morning gatherings of Chinese men who bring beautiful songbirds in fancy bamboo cages.
Why It Works
The combination of garden, men, and birds creates a sense of place and destination in an area that seemed forgotten until only recently. The songbirds, known as Hua Mei birds, are fighting thrushes from the forests of southern China; they are said to have been favored by Chinese emperors. Fighting birds first and foremost, the thrushes are coaxed to sing by their owners when they are young. Encouraging the residents to bring their birds every day supports this tradition of Hua Mei ownership and pride. The overall community garden is the work of Italian, Dominican and Chinese immigrants who helped build, and now maintain, this unique meeting place. The bird garden is a semi-circular area with stone paths and plantings that include native and Asiatic shrubs, particularly those that attract wild birds. Posts made from 1/2-inch plumbing pipes, planted with climbing vines, were sunk into the ground to accommodate the bird cages. A paved area in the front of the garden is used for tai chi.


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How Long Will a Lipitor Settlement for Diabetes in Women Take?
A growing number of women throughout the United States are now pursuing a lawsuit after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes from Lipitor. However, the litigation remains in the very early stages and it will likely be several years before any Lipitor settlements are reached.
Lipitor (atorvastatin) is a blockbuster cholesterol drug that has generated billions in sales for Pfizer. While the drug maker has denied that they are liable for failing to warn about the risk of diabetes from Lipitor, evidence continues to emerge that suggests Pfizer knew or should have known about the increased risk faced by otherwise healthy women and failed to provide adequate information for consumers or the medical community.
Find Out if Your or a Loved One May Be Eligible for a Lipitor Settlement
As the Lipitor litigation progresses through the court system, our lawyers feel confident that Pfizer will have to consider offering to settle Lipitor diabetes cases to avoid substantial jury awards.
In February 2014, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established centralized and consolidated proceedings in the federal court system for all Lipitor diabetes lawsuits filed by women in the federal court system.
The cases will be centralize before U.S. District Judge Richard M. Gergel in the District of South Carolina as part of an MDL, or Multidistrict Litigation.
Such consolidation is often confused with a Lipitor class action suit, but each claim does remain an individual case and each plaintiff will still have to establish that her diabetes was caused by Lipitor.
If Pfizer makes settlement offers in the diabetes cases, each plaintiff will still make their own decision about whether to accept or reject the offer.
At that time, there were several hundred cases pending throughout the United States, but estimates suggest that there could soon be thousands of lawsuits brought on behalf of women nationwide.
If a resolution is not reached following pretrial proceedings, each suit would ultimately go before a jury for determination about whether Lipitor caused that plaintiff to develop diabetes, whether Pfizer failed to adequately warn about the risk and the amount of damages that are warranted.
Once the first Lipitor trial dates are established, settlement discussions are likely to become more fruitful as the start of the cases becomes closer. However, a substantial amount of work must be done in the coming months and years during the discovery phase of the litigation.
Factors in Negotiating to Settle Lipitor Suits
Any negotiations to settle Lipitor lawsuits will be based on what a jury is likely to award in each individual case, including an assessment of the relative strengths of the suit. If a case proceeds to trial, a jury would take into account the severity of the damage and the economic impact of the diabetes diagnosis on each individual plaintiff.
In determining the amount of any damages from Lipitor, the following are some of the common factors that a jury may consider, and which will be taken into consideration when evaluating a potential Lipitor settlement offer:
- The extent and duration of the injury from Lipitor;
- The effect that the diabetes diagnosis had on the overall physical and mental health or well-being of the plaintiff;
- The pain and mental anguish suffered in the past and which will likely be suffered in the future;
- The amount of any past or future medical expenses caused by Lipitor use;
- Any lost wages or loss of earning capacity
The Lipitor diabetes lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. represent women throughout the United States who are pursuing a settlement following a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Each case will be evaluated and settled based on the individual circumstances surrounding the injury and use of Lipitor.
To review whether you, a friend or family member may be entitled to a settlement for Lipitor, call our office toll free at (800) 522-0102 or request a free claim evaluation on-line.
Lipitor cases are handled by our attorneys under a contingency fee agreement, which means there are no fees paid to our Lipitor attorneys unless a settlement or recovery is obtained.
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I have been on Lipitor for a while now & I've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes & I 'am having other complications such micro protein in my my urine & my triglycerides are at 237 I just had lab work done on 7-20-2013
I had a stroke in 2002 from all the stress I was under,it was really a bad one. I was put on Lipitor in the hospital the attending doctor said it was only preventive, I never had High cholesterol problems or high sugar or high blood pressure. Since being put on Lipitor I have type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood. I was never tested for diabetes,I stayed sick a lot even asked my doctor to put me in the hospital to see why I was so sick all the time. This went on for 3 years, my husband are the ones that figured it out. I never showed any signs like a diabetic, thirsty, going to the bathroom a lot and really dry mouth. I was dizzy a lot passing out, could remember things I would get confused.
I got rhabdomylosis in 2007 and my diabetes ws just starting now I am totally out of control but I am in CANADA WHO CAN HELP ME … I FEEL LIKE I AM DYING
Why i this for women ONLY I was on lipitor for a few years and now have developed Diabitis type 2
my health was pretty good until I was put on medicine
then with in 3-6 months I was told I needed to be checked for diabetes and in fact I did then I am told I have fibromyalgia/high blood pressure/chronic anxiety/
heart problems my question is this I am still on a lot of medicine like these satin drugs and if the pharmacy company has to pay out for what they knew they were doing to women then I would like to have my compensation my health has gone down so much in the past 7 months and if they are not going to settle soon then I would like them at least to throw me a figure so I could borrow against it. -
Have taken the drug an I have type 2 diabetes.
My mother was on lipitor since 2001, she was soon diagnosed with diabetes, bronchitis.
Don't know why this is for women only? I have been on Lipitor for years and now at age 67 I have developed type 2 diabetes along with very hard to control hypertension. Along with the long list of blood pressure medications I'm now taking my doctor want's me to take a prescription to control my blood sugar! I feel that Lipitor has put me on this road to poor health without proper warnings!
I always had a good health report, started out on blood pressure meds (traimterene)it just seems that it goes from one illness to another, after being on blood pressure meds,
Why is this just for women only? I took Lipitor for years and was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes after taking it. Been treated for Type 2 Diabetes now for several years post Lipitor.
Too bad they didn't offer the warnings on Lipitor the years I was taking them!
im writing on behalf of my mother,she started taking lipitor in 2004.since taking this medicine she has been diagnosed with all kinds of problems, such as inflamed liver, also her kidneys are affected from medicine. she been in the hospital now for well over a week.today makes 10 days being hospitalized.seems to be getting worse but i pray to God she pulls through this also.
I took lipitor and now have type 2 and health issues that come with it. Also my identical twin never took it and doesnt have diabetes.
I had been taking Lipitor and Astorvastin daily for over 4–5 yrs and now have diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. I'm now taking Metform daily. I have No family history of Diabetes. This has altered my life dramatically.
I am wondering if it is even worth it to join the lawsuit. Doesn't very little, if any, of the money actually go to those of us who were harmed by this drug? I don't have any problem with lawyers making money, but don't they get almost all of it? If this lawsuit means we would only get maybe a couple hundred dollars, why bother?


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A man was found dead on the street in the Higher Town area of Malborough, near Kingsbridge, at 06:55am on Saturday morning.
A spokesman from Devon & Cornwall Police told the BBC that:
"The man had been assaulted and he was found dead. We are investigating."
The police are treating the case as an "unexplained death" and no further details about the incident have been released.


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These Protein Bars Are Made Of Crickets
If I had a truly sophisticated palate and open mind I wouldn't even blink when I read that there was cricket flour in my granola bar. But I am unrefined and simple. The idea of a cricket bar makes me simultaneously concerned and curious. For some reason I feel like "slow roasted and milled crickets" could be good.


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EL PASO — The man responsible for the EPISD cheating scandal, Lorenzo Garcia, has been transferred to a federal prison in Pennsylvania. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website lists the 57 year-old as an inmate at the United States penitentiary in Lewisburg, a high security facility. Garcia was sentenced last month after he pleaded guilty to a cheating scheme. He began serving his three and a half year sentence at La Tuna federal prison in Anthony, Texas.
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Eat Sleep Play co-founder David Jaffe has heaped praise on Sony Santa Monica's upcoming God of War: Ascension following its announcement last month.
Chatting with IGN, Jaffe wasted no time in making it clear he's impressed by what he's seen so far.
"I think it looks cool," he said. "It looks like another great, impeccably executed Sony Santa Monica game."
"I think that anger is well deserved for people who have felt that way for certain games, but I think so far -- you know what I was Tweeting about was -- Sony Santa Monica, and certainly that team, really hasn't done anything ever to let people down as game developers."
The God of War creator went on to address concerns the game's campaign may suffer as a result of the inclusion of multiplayer, though didn't see any evidence of this being the case.
"If it turns out to be the case that the single player is watered down because of it, then I think they have some justification. But I don't see any evidence of that, and I don't see evidence of that based on the team they are," said Jaffe.
God of War: Ascension is due out exclusively on PlayStation 3, with a release date yet to be determined. The game acts as a prequel to the series, depicting the events leading up to Kratos becoming the legendary 'Ghost of Sparta.'


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Childbirth classes can teach you breathing and relaxation techniques to help you cope with pain experienced during labor and delivery. The amount of pain felt during childbirth is different for every woman. For some women, the techniques learned in the childbirth classes are enough to relieve their pain, and medication is not necessary. For other women, the option of having pain relief medication available to them during labor and delivery is appealing and, when used, may help them experience a more comfortable childbirth.
In weighing your options about pain relief during labor and delivery, educate yourself on all the different types available by talking to your doctor or other health care professional. There may be one type that is recommended for you specifically over another. Many women make the decision before going into labor to have natural childbirth and later change their mind. Others plan to get pain medicine and then arrive at the hospital as the baby is about to be born, and birth happens before they have a chance to get medicine. It is always best to know your options before you go into labor.
A "systemic analgesic" is a pain-relieving medicine that is injected into your vein or muscle. This medicine acts on your entire nervous system rather than just a certain part of your body. The pain may be dulled, but may not be eliminated completely. These medicines usually do not slow down labor or interfere with contractions, but may cause drowsiness to you and baby. With analgesics, some women have an easier time coping with labor and it helps them to feel more relaxed. On the other hand, some women complain of an unnerving feeling of loss of control.
An "epidural block" numbs or causes a loss of feeling in the lower half your body. A specialist physician or anesthesiologist injects the block into the lower back. The injection is made into a small space outside the spinal cord, and a small soft tube (catheter) is inserted into your back. The needle is withdrawn, and the numbing medicine can be given continuously or in small doses through the tube for as long desired. This lessens the pain of the uterine contractions and the delivery of the baby through the vagina. (View an illustrated presentation of an epidural.)
Usually, low doses are given because it is safer for you and the baby. Once the medicine takes effect (10-20 minutes), you should feel better, but you may still feel some back or rectal pressure during contractions.
The relative safety of an epidural block is attested to by many large clinical studies. There have been many recent reports indicating that an epidural block is not associated with excess cesarean deliveries.
While it is common practice not to initiate an epidural block prior to 3 to 5cm cervical dilatation, one study suggests that getting an epidural block at or before 3cm dilatation does not increase the risk of c-section, forceps, or vacuum delivery, when compared with later administration.
While rare, there are some risks associated with epidural blocks:
A spinal block is similar to an epidural and also provides good relief. The difference is that the medicine is only given one time in your back and it lasts only 1-2 hours. A spinal block is often used for women who are giving birth vaginally, and when the baby needs to be helped out of the vaginal canal with forceps or vacuum extraction. The possible side effects of a spinal block are the same as for an epidural. Both epidural and spinal blocks may be given for c-sections.
Another form of spinal block is a "saddle block", which is used to numb the area of buttocks, perineum, and vagina. This is more for actual delivery than labor.
The spinal/epidural combines both a spinal and epidural block and may provide pain relief much faster. It's often used when women are in very active labor and want relief right away.
This type of epidural is designed to decrease pain sensation while allowing the mother to move her legs. Most women aren't actually able to walk around with this type of epidural in place, but they do have more ability to move their legs.
Local anesthesia is a numbing medicine injected in the vaginal and rectal areas by your obstetrician at the time of delivery. This is usually done to lessen the pain as the baby is being delivered and numb the area for an episiotomy, if necessary.
There is no medical "best choice" for how to manage pain during labor – instead, it's a question of what makes the most sense for you and your partner. Natural childbirth is a little like running a marathon: it's an awesome accomplishment, but you can travel the same 26 miles in a car with a lot less effort, and still end up in the same place. If you want to deliver without medication, take a childbirth class consider yoga or other meditation techniques, and give it your best shot. If all goes well, it's an incredible experience. But know that you will have a baby regardless of what pain medication you choose, and don't allow the journey to obscure your ultimate destination.
Whether you choose to use medication for pain relief or not, it is useful to prepare yourself for natural childbirth -- the breathing and relaxation techniques may be very helpful in addition to receiving any pain relief.
The key is to become educated on your choices. Remain flexible and open when you are planning for your labor and delivery, because often things change when the actual day arrives. It is important to know that you have NOT failed if you decide to seek pain relief instead of going through it "naturally." Women have different pain thresholds and sometimes the pain is worse than anticipated. Most importantly, your health and that of the baby should always come first.
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Argonians (they prefer Saxhleel in Jel, their native tongue, a word that seems to mean "People of the Root") are the little-understood reptilian denizens of Black Marsh. Years of defending their borders have made the Argonians experts in guerrilla warfare, and their natural abilities make them equally at home in water and on land. They have developed natural immunities to the diseases and poisons that have doomed many would-be explorers and conquerors of the region, and have been known to exude a sharp, faintly sulfurous odor when agitated. Very old Argonians can be distinguished by their paler, even translucent, scales. Their seemingly expressionless faces belie a calm intelligence, and many Argonians are well-versed in the magical arts. Others rely on stealth or steel to survive, and their natural agility makes them adept at either. They are, in general, a reserved people, slow to trust and hard to know, yet they are fiercely loyal, and will fight to the death for those they have named as friends.
While Argonians appear reptilian in nature at first glance, they also exhibit qualities of fish and amphibians: they are able to breathe underwater through small gills behind their ears, and swim using the same method as that of a tadpole or eel by moving their tail side-to-side to propel through the water. Female Argonians additionally have what appear to be mammalian breasts. Argonians possess the most alien personalities in all of Tamriel from a human or meric perspective and it is often assumed that Argonians possess neither personality nor emotions. Of course this is not true; Argonians simply do not facially express their emotions as much as man and mer do, though anger is easily detectable from their bared teeth and narrowed eyes. Argonians' genders are sometimes referred to as life-phases, implying they may be able to change gender. It is said that upon exiting the juvenile stage of life, an Argonian will lick Hist sap in order to stimulate the hormonal glands, which sprout appropriate organs from which the Argonian's gender can be determined. However, this is unconfirmed, and Argonian hatchlings may apparently be of either gender. Argonian appearance ranges from reptilian to almost human; this is caused by the Hist sap they ingest as hatchlings which ceremonially takes place on their Naming Day. Ancient cave paintings depict figures which appear to be more tree-like than Argonian.
For more information, see the main lore article.
A list of all the Argonians in Cyrodiil can be found here.
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[edit] Attributes
- +10 Agility and Speed
- -10 Willpower, Endurance, and Personality
- +10 Intelligence
- -10 Endurance and Personality
[edit] Skills
[edit] Traits
- Argonian Disease Resistance ability (FormID
): Resist Disease 75% on Self, constant - Argonian Poison Immunity ability (FormID
): Resist Poison 100% on Self, constant - Argonian Water Breathing ability (FormID
): Water Breathing on Self, constant
[edit] In-Game Description
This reptilian race, well-suited for the treacherous swamps of their homeland, has developed natural immunities to diseases and poisons. They can breathe water and are good at picking locks.
[edit] Gameplay
Argonians make very good thieves and assassins, with the right stat boosts. Since they have a +10 boost to Security and Athletics, they can make agile rogue-like characters. They are a great choice if you want to be stealthy, as the male's +10 bonus to agility and speed are useful to stealth oriented characters. Resist disease and immunity to poison are always useful, and being able to breathe underwater can allow for a quick escape from the guards or monsters. A +5 boost to Illusion, Alchemy, and Mysticism gives them considerable magical potential. Females in particular appear to be suited for a Mage-type class. Argonians are also extremly well suited for Witchhunters, with skills and attributes that suit the class almost perfectly and their disease resistance, which make them a safe race for fighting vampires, a typical target of a witchhunter.
Argonian names follow a certain format, like the Orcs. Some do not have actual names, but just descriptive phrases, like Hauls-Ropes-Faster or City-Swimmer. However, they do have names that do not follow this format, such as Gin-Wulm or Weebam-Na for example.
Enemy Argonians are rare, limited to some Marauder Archers, clad in heavy armor and wielding bows & arrows. There is also a tribe of Argonians living in Veyond Cave.
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- Greetings
- "What is it, pondscum?" (if disposition is between 20 and 30)
- "Greetings, Argonian." (if disposition is 30+)
- "Greetings, marsh-friend." (if disposition is 30+ and the target NPC is also an Argonian)
- Friendly Greetings (if disposition is 70+)
- "Blessed we are."
- "Greetings, honored friend."
- "How fare thee, friend?"
- "Yes, honored guest?
- "A visitor, yes?"
- "Honored one."
- Neutral Greetings (if disposition is between 30 and 70)
- "Yes?"
- "Tidings."
- "Fresh game."
- "The prey approaches."
- "Questions?"
- Brusque Greetings (if disposition is below 30)
- "This scent is foul.."
- "Hiss!"
- "Unwelcome it is."
- "A hated one."
- Combat
- "You'll make a fine pair of boots, lizard!"
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Reactions affect the base disposition of NPCs towards you depending on your relative races. Argonians have only one modifier.
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When i first installed Spybot i was impressed with the initial scan. It found a few things and deleted them. I even donated a few bucks to show my appreciation. Then after about a week things started to go wrong. When i would perform a scan i would delete everything that it found that was bad "allegedly". Then i went to open Internet Explorer browser and my homepage had disappeared. I also couldn't open the tools menu with internet options etc. So then i thought maybe i'm infected so i opened Spybot and scanned again. In the middle of the scan my computer just shut down and restarted. After boot up i opened Spybot to scan again, This time the scan completed and i deleted what it found. But to complete the process i had to restart the computer. Once my computer made it back to the desktop my taskbar and start button was missing. So i pressed ctrl alt delete to bring up task manager to shut down the computer because i was stuck at the desktop. To make a long story short i was forced to do a recovery reinstall of my operating system. Spybot is not a good program, and i see all these glowing reviews about it at different websites which is what suckered me into using it in the first place. I am surprised the makers of Spybot have not been arrested by now they have ruined many computers. I also believe these positive reviews are from Spybot employees. And who ever leaves a review about a bad experience gets negative replies. I will never use Spybot Search & Destroy ever again, and the money i donated i will just count it as a loss we live and learn.
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There was a guilty verdict Tuesday for the woman who bought the guns that were used to kill two firefighters and injure two others in the line of duty. It was a tragedy that began with a reported car fire and ended with three lives lost.
A jury found Dawn Nguyen guilty on a charge of falsifying business records. The jury's decision meant that they felt Nguyen filled out the paperwork to buy the guns used in the West Webster tragedy and intended to give them to the suspected gunman, William Spengler. Police say William Spengler set a fire outside his home on Lake Road in Webster and then used the guns to fire at four West Webster firefighters who responded to calls for that fire. Two firefighters, veteran Mike Chiapperini and 19-year-old Tomasz Kaczowka, were killed. Ted Scardino and Joseph Hofstetter survived the attack. Spengler's sister, Cheryl Spengler, was also killed.
Inside the courtroom, Dawn Nguyen showed no emotion and didn't even flinch when the verdict came down. Her family on the other hand broke down into tears. They have stayed calm throughout the whole trial, but on Tuesday, they couldn't contain their emotions anymore. Nguyen's sister walked out of court after the verdict came down with her hands in the air and was visibly upset. Other family members and friends of Nguyen could be seen hugging each other and crying in disbelieve.
Kim Chiapperini, who is the wife of fallen firefighter Mike Chiapperini, was at the trial and heard the verdict.
Nguyen was convicted of lying on paperwork when buying two guns at Gander Mountain in 2010. The jury believes she really was buying those guns for William Spengler, a convicted felon and the gunman in the West Webster ambush.
Ted Scardino was shot the morning of Christmas Eve 2012. He says while this is a step in the right direction, it is nowhere near justice.
Ted Scardino, injured on Christmas Eve shooting, said, "In my mind, she was a conspirator to this murder. She provided the weapons to the mad man that killed two good guys and unfortunately, the laws today don't provide for a harsher penalty, but hopefully we can work on that and make it stronger. "
John Merklinger, Emergency 911 Center, said, "Maybe this is an area we need to look at, changing the law. If you engage in this kind of behavior that maybe the penalty should be more severe than it currently is, but it is the law and we have to live with that and abide by it."
John Merklinger worked at the 911 Center with Tomasz Kaczowka, who was killed in the ambush on Christmas Eve in 2012. Tomasz was just 19-years-old and decided to work that day so other firefighters could be home with their families.
Dawn Nguyen is in the Monroe County Jail with no bail. She will stay there until her sentencing in May because the judge feels she was a flight risk.
Nguyen is looking at a range from prohibition to up to four years in state prison. She also is facing charges in federal court and could be sentenced to more time behind bars if convicted there.
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EDINBORO – Budget cuts at a local university will have some serious consequences for some student organizations. Faced with declining enrollment and a projected shortfall of half a million dollars, Edinboro University's Student Government Association had to make some tough decisions. And that meant, among other things, eliminating all paid staff at the university's student newspaper, radio station and television station, as well as zero funding to many student clubs, mainly in the theater, film, and art departments, and significant cuts to the university's annual summer festival, the Highland Games.
Student Government President Andre Roberts says he expects the award-winning campus paper, the Spectator, to survive despite the job cuts.
"We're still trying to think of ways and incentives for students to volunteer for campus media as well, to keep it alive."
But Meagen Finnerty, the Spectator's Editor in Chief, says without a staff, there will almost certainly be no paper.
"I think that if the budget goes through, the media on this campus will disappear."
And over at the campus radio station, News Director Jeff Snyder says employment, rather than just volunteering, makes a big difference not only in the wallet, but on the resume.
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The reason for the cuts is a drop in enrollment, resulting in less revenue from student activity fees.
Spectator editor Meagen Finnerty says she has some indication the Communications and Journalism departments may try to find funds for campus media if SGA funds are cut, but there is no confirmation that this is the case.
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