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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Overview for Clinicians
An integrative Approach for Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a multi-factorial disorder that can have emotional, physical and nutritional influences. In treating this common condition, all areas should be addressed.
Hypothesis: IBS may result from an insult to the GI environment
IBS symptoms can arise after a significant stressor, illness, infection or medical treatment. This insult can disrupt the dynamic ecosystem of the GI environment which can change communication patterns that occur between mucus, bacteria and enterocytes. If this interface becomes disrupted, chronic inflammation that further compromises its function can lead to increased intestinal permeability. Disruption of the barrier allows exposure of the gut associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) to antigens that stimulate continued inflammation, increased intestinal permeability and symptoms of IBS.
Relationship Centered Care
IBS is best treated by a continuous relationship with a practitioner who knows the patient well. This relationship will give insight into how to best organize the many therapeutic options that will result in a greater quality of life with fewer symptoms.
Therapy | Application | Evidence Rating (SORT Criteria)63 |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Referral to health psychology Consider journaling |
Hypnosis | Self-hypnosis techniques | B |
Relaxation Training | Breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery | C |
Exercise/Movement | Regular aerobic activity | C |
Elimination Diet | Removal of common food triggers | B |
Probiotics | B.infanti 1 x 108 CFU daily (Brands: Floragen #3) |
Fiber | Guar Gum 5 gms daily Ground Flax Seed, 1 Tbsp on food or in juice, smoothie BID Psyllium, 1 Tbsp in 8-10 oz of water or juice BID |
L-Glutamine | 5 gms BID | C |
Zinc | 37.5 mg daily | C |
Peppermint | 0.2-0.4 ml enteric coated capsules TID | B |
Cromolyn Sodium | 400 mg TID to QID | B |
Please see the downloads section at the right for more detailed clinician and patient information.
Disclaimer: This information is for general education. Please work with your health care practitioner to use it in the best way possible to promote your health and happiness.
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A "Chaser" is any drink sipped or added to a shot(or more) of hard liquor.
e.g Soft drinks (coke-cola), juice (Orange juice) or even beer.
e.g Soft drinks (coke-cola), juice (Orange juice) or even beer.
Yo! bartender, let me get that double shot of henny straight, no chaser.
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2010. február 11.
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Something you drink right after taking a shot or swig of hard alcohol.. Usually juice, pop, or beer.
You gotta use a chaser when drinkin everclear!
Beküldő: crazyfock
2003. november 7.
something non alcoholic to drink as well as the hard liquor being consumed simultaneously.
coke = chaser to pretty much anything. coca cola and smirnoff
Beküldő: smirnoff_apple
2005. február 7.
a less potent potable you imbibe subsequent to imbibing an intoxicating beverage
"Bitch you're softer than Alize with a chaser."
Beküldő: Nick D
2003. február 23.
A swig or sip of a drink you take after a shot. Takes the gross taste out of your mouth
Guy: Time for shots!!!
Guy 2: Get the chasers out I hate the taste of vodka!
Guy 2: Get the chasers out I hate the taste of vodka!
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2012. április 4.
A club in Kingswood, Bristol, UK where you get stabbed or bottled upon entry.
"Lets go to Chasers and get stabbed or bottled upon entry!"
Beküldő: Bert
2004. november 28.
short for chubby chaser: a person who is sexually attracted to an over weight person
see chubby chaser
see chubby chaser
John is such a chaser have you seen the size of his girlfriend?
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I'm Chris Northwood - often found online using the handle laser, or some variation of this. I also hold the radio callsign 2E0NTW.
I currently work for the BBC as a Principal Software Engineer, but this site is all my own.
My blog used to be here, but you can now read it at Medium.
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"Great for kids and adults"
Loved this book! It was an entertaining adventure. I'm sure my son will like it too.
While some of this book is disturbing, overall is is wonderfully written. I would not recommend listening to it while you sleep. It gave me some weird dreams. i do not normally like the zombie genre but this is not bad. It kept me entertained and interested the whole way!
I WANT TO PUNCH HER PARENTS IN THE FACE! I could not finish this book. I was very annoyed at how stupid and apathetic ALL of the adults in this book are. This may be a true story but I have trouble believing anyone can be this idiotic and irresponsible. The narration was OK. It made the story more authentic but her accent changed a lot throughout.
"One of my favorites"
This book has long been one of my favorites. I've listened to it several times. I do wish there was a little more to the ending though.
"One of my favorites"
Have read and listened to this story several times since I was a teenager. It is well written and performed.
"Great Story"
My husband and I both liked this story. It was very entertaining and kept us wondering what would happen next. The technical calculations were boring to me, but my husband thought it added to the story.
"I really wanted to listen"
I think this is probably a great story but I couldn't STAND the reader. The more I listened, the more irritated I was. It sounds like William Shatner reading an overly dramatic commercial. Stop pausing so much and get on with the sentence! The voices, however are very good. I wasn't able to finish the story, so I can't really rate that. I guess I'll have to get a printed version.
I cannot believe the good reviews on this book! The reviews and the great narration were the only reason I kept pushing through to finish it. The adults are neglectful morons and predators who make me afraid for any boarding school children. The kids are all sex-crazed, drugged-out idiots. This is 23 and half hours of my life I will never get back. I was very mad at the end of this book and sorry I bought it. What a waste of time and energy.
I really enjoyed the first 2 books but this one is awful. Full of trauma, gore, and unhappiness which barely relates to the characters we want to know about. I found myself crying and shuddering often during the story. I felt edgy and unhappy even when I wasn't reading. This is really a rant against war and not much of an effort to wrap up a good trilogy. I HATE the ending. Just stop at the second book.
This writer LOVES to hear herself talk. These characters were so superficial and full of themselves. I wanted to stop listening after the first hour. I kept listening and hoping it would get better but it improved only slightly. The ending was awful. I do not recommend this book at all. The only saving grace was great narration.
This book was very interesting but oh so strange. What I didn't know when I bought it is that is full of sex and extremely graphic violence and gore. I don't think I would have purchased it if I had known. I don't think I will listen again but it was hard to put down. The narrator was very good.


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Company: Pandemonium
Erica (I), Bianca (I), Others, Izabella (II) (Trans), Talita (III) (Trans)
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Trans
Pendemonium assembles a fine collection of feminine-looking, passable trannies in this one.
Bianca, in particular, is a beautiful T-girl. She plays a maid caught snooping by the man of the house, who leads her off to another room where he produces a log from inside his underwear. That thing is fucking huge, and Bianca is more than happy to get her mouth, and then her ass, impaled. Bianca jerks off while her man spills his load all over her pretty face. It's a hot fuck and the highlight of the release.
The remaining scenes offer up more nice looking t-girls getting it on with appreciative, good-looking guys, with lots of hard dicks, kissing and fucking to go around.
Retailing: Feminine trannies take on some big swinging dicks.


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Sean Lowe to Andi Dorfman: "Josh Murray Is Not Your Soul Mate"
The Bachelor Season 17 star Sean Lowe has certainly found lasting love with his Final Rose choice and now-wife Catherine Lowe (formerly Giudici). So when he gives relationship advice, we tend to tune in. And maybe Andi Dorfman should too, because in his latest blog post, he's speaking directly to her — and he says her final pick, Josh Murray, is not her soulmate. What the what?
Well, it's not as bad as all that. Sean basically says he doesn't believe in the concept of soulmates (even with Cat?!?!) and that his advice is intended to help Andi see the hard — but totally worth it — work she has ahead of her to make her relationship with Josh go the distance.
"What Andi and Josh don't know is that they are just now embarking on the hard part," Mr. Abstastic writes. "Nobody told Catherine and me that our toughest challenge would come after we rode those elephants off into the sunset. Falling in love while globetrotting the world was the easy part. Learning how to love someone you've spent a collective 20 hours with is the really hard part." #Truth, and maybe the secret to why so many Bachelor/ette couples don't last...
So where does the whole soulmate thing come into play? Sean continues, "If I had the chance to give Andi and Josh some advice after the fact? I think I'd tell them that the post-show / pre-marriage time frame will be one of the most challenging. But mainly, I'd tell them not to elevate the other to the level of 'soul mate.' It sets everyone up for unrealistic expectations and emphasizes the romance over the hard work of building a relationship."
Thankfully, Andi and Josh are both Atlantans so their relationship already has a leg up on past showmances — they're able to see one another every day instead of making kissy faces via Skype, which just doesn't have quite the same feel to it, amirite? Here's hoping they take Sean's advice to heart now that the cameras have stopped rolling and the globetrotting has come to an end!
What do you think of Sean's take on soulmates? Tell us in the comments.
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British actor Eddie Izzard has pulled out of his charity marathon challenge after suffering "unforeseen medical complications."
The comedian had planned to run 27 marathons in 27 consecutive days in honor of former South African president Nelson Mandela.
He worked out his running route around sites important to the anti-apartheid leader's history, including where Mandela grew up, and kicked off the challenge last week.
But he's been forced to abandon his attempts to complete the mega-marathon due to health concerns and tough running conditions.
In a post on his Facebook.com page on Thursday, he writes, "I set out to run 27 marathons in 27 days as a tribute to Nelson Mandela and his 27 years spent in prison.
"Having completed four marathons, unfortunately, I have had to put my attempt on hold due to unforeseen medical complications that have arisen due to a multitude of factors including severe terrain, humidity and altitude. But I wish to say that my attempt is not over and I will return to South Africa and run the 27 marathons and finish this story.
"I owe that to Nelson Mandela who has inspired the world to struggle and succeed no matter what obstacles are thrown at us."


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Cybersecurity Framework Created for Governments Worldwide
A software trade association has produced a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity framework to help guide governments' security efforts worldwide. Officials with the Business Software Alliance say it's needed to help countries put together policies that will thwart the many kinds kinds of cybersecurity threats that exist.
Working with the private sector and prosecuting cyber-criminals are key parts of the framework.
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Wikileaks Chief Sends Pleas for Help
The editor-in-chief of the controversial web site Wikileaks' is sending out pleas for financial and legal help. Julian Assange is looking for some support in the formation of local "Friends of WikiLeaks" chapters to help build out the site's mission to (ostensibly) protect whistleblowers, journalists and activists. With pressure on the site coming from several directions - possibly including the Pentagon - regarding its publication of potentially sensitive information - Assange has sent out emails with the header "WikiLeaks may be under attack."
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Windows XP Vulnerability Exposed
A Google engineer and noted bug-hunter has released details about a serious vulnerability in Windows XP. The flaw could leave a hole open for remote attack. Tavis Ormandy found the flaw in the Windows Help and Support Center, a Web-based feature for end-user technical support. The news comes just a month before the official retirement of Windows XP by Microsoft, meaning the company will issue no further security patches.
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U.S. Seeks Allies in Fighting Cyber Crime
Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn traveled to Ottawa recently to try and drum up support for a new international organization to combat cyber warfare. He told the Canadian audience the U.S. can't defend its networks alone, and pointed to increasing threats from hackers and computer viruses. The visit marked the kick-off a U.S.-led initiative to create such an international organization. Discussions have begun with several countries.
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Turning A Painkiller Into A Cancer Killer
Without knowing exactly why, scientists have long observed that people who regularly take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin have lower incidences of certain types of cancer. Now, in a study appearing in Cancer Cell magazine, investigators at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and their colleagues have figured out how one such drug, called Sulindac, inhibits the growth of tumors. The study reveals that the drug shuts down cancer cell growth, and initiates the death of cells by binding to a nuclear receptor, that can then turn genes on or off. Sulindac is currently prescribed for the treatment of pain and fever, and to help relieve symptoms of arthritis. The current study demonstrates a new application as a potential anti-cancer treatment that targets certain kinds of tumors.
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EPA Completes Air Quality Testing At Schools
The Environmental Protection Agency has completed air quality testing outside of 63 schools in 22 states as well as at two tribal schools. The testing was done as part of an unprecedented school air monitoring initiative announced last year to protect children from toxic air pollution around schools. Air samplers using microprocessors and "Intelligent Air Pump"s were used to trap Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds, hexavalent chromium, and other airborne toxins while a Climatronics Sonimometer was used to measure wind speeds and direction. EPA experts will now analyze the data to understand whether air quality at these schools poses long-term health concerns for children. The agency has posted preliminary data to its Web site throughout the project to make public the levels of the 62 air toxins the monitors are checking.
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NOAA Launches Oil Spill Tracker Web Site
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has launched a federal Web site meant to answer questions about the response to the B-P Gulf oil spill. Agency officials say it's designed as a one-stop shop for detailed near-real-time information about the response to the Deepwater Horizon incident, incorporating data from the various agencies that are working together to tackle the spill. Originally designed for responders, who make operational decisions regarding the disaster, the web site integrates the latest data on the oil spill's trajectory, fishery closed areas, wildlife and Gulf Coast resources into one customizable interactive map. The web site is http://www.GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse.
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Using Technology To Improve Small Biz Partnerships
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Scientific Teams Analyzing Flow Rates from BP's Well
The federal Flow Rate Technical Group, a scientific team led by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has been bringing together several scientific methodologies to develop updated estimates of how much oil is flowing from BP's leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The updated estimate, which will bring together the ongoing work of scientists and engineers from the federal government, as well as universities, and research institutions, will be of how much oil has been flowing since the riser was cut on June 3rd. Three of the teams analyzed broad sets of technical data from the air, on the surface and coast, and under water, and plugged the bits and pieces into computer models in order to formulate their revised estimates. There's a web site to learn more about the response effort. It's www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com.
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Stretching Molecules Yields New Understanding of Electricity
Cornell University researchers recently stretched individual molecules and watched electrons flow through them, proving that single-molecule devices can be used as powerful new tools for nanoscale science experiments. The work resulted in the first precision tests of a phenomenon known as the under screened Kondo effect. It shows that single-molecule devices can be very useful as scientific tools to study a phenomenon that has never before been accessible. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research and presents a powerful new tool for nanoscale science experiments. Using a cobalt-based complex cooled to extremely low temperatures, Ralph, Parks and an international team of researchers watched electrons move through single molecules and accomplished a feat that until now escaped chemists and physicists. They were able to study the resistance of the flow of electricity within a system's electric field as the temperature approached absolute zero.
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Obama Admin Allowed Safety Initiatives for Schools to Lapse
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'We Have to Be Smart and Strategic About It': Marxists and EEOC Collude to Ban 'Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity'
TranslatorBy: Trevor Loudon New Zeal The radical gay cause is about to get a boost from President Barack Obama, engineered by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, working in collusion with Marxist activist groups. Memphis TEP rally, December 12, 2012 On … Continue reading
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Nadal wins again but felled by cramps at U.S. Open
Sep 4, 2011, 2:15 p.m.
By Julian Linden
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal sent a scare through the U.S. Open Sunday when he collapsed during his post-match news conference because of severe cramping in his leg.
The defending champion was speaking to reporters after his third round win over David Nalbandian when he suddenly stopped talking, then covered his face with his hands and slumped to the floor.
Journalists were ordered to leave the room and the lights were turned down as medical staff were called in to treat the Spaniard, who had slowly slid from his chair and on to the floor behind a desk.
A trainer massaged his right leg while another man gave Nadal ice and fluids. Nadal remained on the floor for about 10 minutes before he was eventually helped to his feet.
He returned to the conference room shortly after to explain what happened, smiling and playing down the incident.
"I just have cramping in my leg. That's all," he said. "I just have cramping in front and behind. That's why. It was so painful. That's all."
Nadal had just beaten Nalbandian 7-6 6-1 7-5 on a baking hot day at Flushing Meadows to book his place in the fourth round and was not the only player struggling with the heat.
Italy's Flavia Pennetta was so overcome by the humidity on court that she began dry retching when she was serving for the match in the second set against China's Peng Shuai.
Pennetta, who had upset Maria Sharapova in the third round, looked to be in danger of losing her way when she failed to hold her serve then fell behind 6-2 in the tiebreaker.
But the 29-year-old Italian quickly regained her composure and reeled off the next six points in a row to win 6-4 7-6 and advance to a quarter-final with unseeded German Angelique Kerber.
"I was feeling really bad," said Pennetta. "I think was because it's really humid today. It's hot. And also, when you are there you have a lot of emotion in the court.
"My body just need to breathe, and I starting maybe to have the sensation to throw up. But doesn't, without nothing inside, so it didn't come out."
There was no sign of what was to come from Nadal as he eased his way past Nalbandian in straight sets.
By his own lofty standards, it was not a great performance by Nadal but he survived against an experienced and difficult opponent and has yet to drop a set in the tournament.
His title defense remains on track although the second seed needs to keep improving. His serve, which provided the foundations for his win last year, remains scratchy and he is still struggling to regain his confidence after losing the Wimbledon final to Novak Djokovic.
"I think I have played better every day," Nadal said.
"Today, for moments, I played, in my opinion, at a very, very positive level, very high level."
Nadal's next opponent is Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, who beat Russia's Igor Kunitsyn 6-1 6-4 6-4.
Another Spaniard, fifth seed David Ferrer, also advanced to the last 16, defeating Florian Mayer of Germany 6-1 6-2 7-6. Ferrer will now play former U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick, a 6-1 6-4 7-6 winner over Julien Benneteau of France.
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Why D.C.'s Marriotts Are Wrapped In Giant Portraits Of LGBT Advocates
The brand realizes it's attracting good will—and good business—to appeal to an audience with growing market power in the travel sector.
Basketball player Jason Collins, transgender model Geena Rocero, and members of the LGBT community are starring in a new Marriott campaign called #LoveTravels, featuring print and display ads, an online portrait gallery, and most dramatically, building wraps around Marriott hotels in Washington, D.C. With the campaign, Marriott is essentially sending out a homing beacon to the queer community: This is a completely safe space for you to inhabit—and to spend your money.
As gay marriage has been made legal in a growing number of states, gay travelers have felt more comfortable visiting an increasing number of destinations outside traditional ones like San Francisco and Miami. And with an estimated yearly economic impact in the U.S. of $70 billion, LGBT travelers are a valuable segment to attract, according to a recent New York Times feature on the evolving world of gay travel.
"Marriott has had same-sex benefits since 1999, and we wanted to kind of tell the story in a different way," says Kristine Friend, senior director of segment marketing for Marriott International. "We wanted to tell a story that was very real. We didn't want to just use models who represent same-sex romance. We chose people who are couples, families."
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Just 10 minutes into his latest album, Kenny Chesney teams with reggae royalty the Wailers and singer-songwriter Elan for a feel-good island groove titled "Spread the Love." This fusion shouldn't come as a surprise—the country star spends much of his time in the Caribbean—but his attempt to channel Bob Marley comes off as silly. That track aside, Chesney's 14th studio album is his quietest and most introspective one yet. While there are a few up-tempo, stadium rockers ("Pirate Flag," "When I See This Bar"), it's the softer tunes that are most captivating. "Must Be Something I Missed" is a jazzy groove with steel pan drums. And on the breezy ballad "Coconut Tree," a duet with Willie Nelson, he muses, "If I had my way, hey, I'd always be way up high in a coconut tree." Escape is a big lyrical theme on Life on a Rock, but based on this charming album, let's hope it's not something he's contemplating in real life.
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Since becoming one of rap's pioneering voices in the '80s, LL Cool J has proven to be a triple threat: He acts, he writes, he thwarts robberies! But his best role is as a rhyme slayer. On his 14th album, he mixes old-school hip-hop ("New Love") with rave-ready beats ("Not Leaving You Tonight"). Though his collab with Brad Paisley ("Live for You") is a misstep, guest spots by Seal, Chuck D and Eddie Van Halen make the rest of Authentic feel like a rowdy A-List house party.
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"Young and Beautiful" The singer gets borderline hysterical about a lover's waning affection in this overblown track from the Great Gatsby soundtrack. Rolling timpanis and sappy strings add to the cheesy melodrama.
"The Other Side" The R&B singer bounces back from his scary neck injury with a life-affirming electro anthem to good times.
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I was so nervous before I went on that I forgot the words and had to look them up. Somehow it came back to me when I reached the mic. I was euphoric!
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Your first name is actually Adele. Does anyone still call you that?
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Who's offered the best advice?
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The rapper— who dropped the Dogg—crafts groovy, heavy-horn reggae songs about his third eye and birds in the sky. Miley Cyrus, who guests on the smooth, emotional standout "Ashtrays & Heartbreaks," reinforces the lovefest.
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From club-ready jams to fervid ballads, American Idol's season 11 runner-up makes prime use of her serious pipes. She's sauciest on "Don't Come Around," which she delivers with Rihanna-esque swagger.
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This New Yorker is best known as a member of the jam band Medeski, Martin and Wood. But on this solo outing, the keyboard virtuoso crafts stunning jazz and classical piano odes—with a sweet, lyrical style that evokes George Gershwin.
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This freewheeling singer-songwriter creates '60s-influenced rock reveries, which he croons in a loose Neil Young-style drawl. Sprawling cuts like "Was All Talk" and "Too Hard" offer a blissed-out trip down the rabbit hole.
You've teamed up on a new album. How did you become pals?
BRICKELL: We met through Paul [Simon, Edie's husband] years ago. I was super shy around Steve because I've always loved him.
Did you both grow up listening to folk and bluegrass music?
BRICKELL: No, but it reminds me of growing up in Texas, listening to relatives sitting on the porch sharing stories. They're long gone, so it's a thrill to have that sense of home again.
MARTIN: I was 16 when folk music started happening, so I learned the banjo by listening to Earl Scruggs records. I'd sit in a car because it's awful to hear someone practicing the banjo!
Are fans of your comedy surprised to know you're a banjo pro, Steve?
MARTIN: They strangely know, and I don't know why!
BRICKELL: Steve doesn't realize how many people like him, I think.
You start a tour in May.
MARTIN: Edie has brought a little class to the tour bus. Before, my band and I used to drink at night and play music. Now we're illustrating Dante's Inferno with gold leaf.
BRICKELL: My kids think this is the most exciting thing I've ever done!
Any chance Paul Simon will join?
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I've installed the Skydrive app on my Lumia 920, but whenever I try and view photo's on Skydrive that have been backed up by the phone it doesn't work.
When browsing through folders it has big blue boxes next to the names of folders, that I would assume possibly should be showing preview pics of the files inside the folders?
And when I go into a folder the view the picture files they are represented by placeholder icon images, instead of previews of the pics themselves which I assume should be there.
When I select one to open I get the error message "The file can't be displayed. Make sure you're connected to a Wifi or mobile network".
I'm definately was on Wifi when trying it, and I have also tried while connected to the mobile network, but get the same error.
I can view the pics fine if you log into Skydrive from a PC.
Is this a known bug with the Skydrive app? I saw a review for it from someone else who had the same issue so only rated it 1 star.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app but it still has the same issue.
(It can open up an Excel file I have saved on Skydrive with no problems. Just seems to be pics it has trouble with).
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What format are the pictures? Possibly try another type if they are all the same.
On mine I'm able to view pics and thumbnails without issues. Might be one of those weird .JPEG versus .JPG type things and it's having a hard time figuring out what they are.Red Lumia 920 - 12-06-2012, 01:56 PM #3
Confirmed that they are JPG pics. I wouldn't think it would be a compatability issue as the pictures were taken with the phone itself and then uploaded.
Maybe I need to log this as an issue with the skydrive app people, if it's something that affects some people but not others.
Anyone else tried this and can report if it works for them or not? - 12-06-2012, 04:06 PM #4
This is frustrating because you can view pictures via Photos > Albums > Camera Roll .. or I can view a bunch of other pictures I have uploaded on SkyDrive (off my PC) using the Photos app, but using the SkyDrive app it refuses and says "The file can't be displayed. Make sure your connected to a WiFi network or mobile network"
This is so annoying, has anyone found a fix? Some of the photos uploaded don't end up in the photo app and I can't view them in the SkyDrive app
i have the same exact problem as you...
i can only view the pic via the album skydrive & my laptop ..but NOT Through the SKYDRIVE app.
hope there is someone who knows what is going on..,
ps: using Nokia 920 and using stock nokia camera to take picsLast edited by Rickosw; 12-16-2012 at 06:56 AM.
Yes, there is SkyDrive access on the phone through the Office App. But it's very basic and if looking at photo's you just get to see the file name, and have to open it to see the pic.
The SkyDrive app should be able to display photo's in thumbnail format for browsing through and finding what you're looking for quickly. Unfortunately for some of us it doesn't seem to work.
You will see when browsing round in the SkyDrive section of the Office App it actually has a link to "Open in SkyDrive", which will use the proper SkyDrive app if you have it installed.
I'm not reinstalling the app until updates are released that fix this issue. - 01-08-2013, 10:53 PM #17
This is a bug. Try setting your timezone to UTC and it will work.
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it's not only the photos that give you that error...try opening a folder containing videos...same thing. I believe it's an app glitch.
I have the same issue here in Australia - 01-12-2013, 05:43 PM #22
It's gone away for me as well. Noticed this yesterday
I downloaded SkyDrive on my iPhone , i can see my notebook but I can't open it !!
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Knowledge about the short-term and long-term benefits of 'delayed cord clamping' is finally making it into practice. Midwives and in some cases obstetricians are realising the importance of allowing the placenta to finish circulating blood before intervening. I personally don't like the term 'delayed cord clamping' and prefer the term 'premature cord clamping' to describe the alternative practice. However, whatever you choose to call it, the good news is that babies are benefitting from the practice. The main physiological benefits are summed up in a Cochrane review that concluded there were:
"…some potentially important advantages of delayed cord clamping in healthy term infants, such as higher birthweight, early haemoglobin concentration, and increased iron reserves up to six months after birth."
The review also notes that 'delayed clamping' is associated with an increased risk of jaundice in the newborn. In contrast Mercer and Skovgaard (2002) cite research findings that dispute this link. I also wonder whether giving an injection of syntocinon/syntometrine while the placenta is still circulating blood to the baby may influence the risk of jaundice. IV syntocinon/pitocin in labour has been linked to jaundice since the 1974s (do a google search for more research). All the studies in the Cochrane review were carried out in hospitals where the vast majority of women have an oxytocic injection for management of the third stage. I very rarely come across anything more than mild jaundice following a physiological birth. Anyone need a research topic?
Resuscitation and premature cord clamping
This post explores the the practice of premature clamping when a baby is perceived to need resuscitation. I often hear birth stories which include "They (or I) had to cut the cord because the baby needed resuscitation". In hospital-based neonatal resuscitation workshops practitioners are taught to 1. assess the baby, 2. summon help 3. clamp and the cut cord, 4. take the baby to resuscitaire, etc. For obvious reasons resuscitating a baby is stressful, and I understand the benefits for midwives and doctors of doing it on a nice neat, 'clean' area without worried parents watching and/or asking questions. However, this approach makes no sense if you consider the physiology of transition to extrauterine life, or the importance of the mother in the baby's transition and any necessary resuscitation.
The physiology of newborn transition
This is extremely complex and probably very boring for those not interested in science/physiology. So, if you want a full scientific version please see the article by Mercer and Skovgaard (2002). Here's the simple version…
The baby/placenta has a separate blood system from the mother. The placenta does the job of the lungs by exchanging gas (oxygen and carbon dioxide) via the intervillous space between the baby's and the mother's blood system. Before birth, a third of the baby/placenta blood volume is in the placenta at any given time to facilitate this gas exchange.
After birth this 'placental' blood volume is transferred through the pulsing cord into the baby increasing the baby's circulating blood volume. This has two major effects:
- Provides the extra blood volume needed for the heart to direct 50% of it's output to the lungs (8% before birth). This extra blood fills the capillaries in the lungs making them expand to provide support for the alveoli to open. It also aids lung fluid clearance from the alveoli. These changes allow the baby to breath effectively.
- Increases the number of circulating red blood cells which carry oxygen. This increases the baby's capacity to send oxygen around the body.
This transfer of blood volume from placenta to lungs takes place over a number of minutes following birth. Textbooks will tell you 3-7 minutes, but I have felt cords pulse for longer than that. While these changes take place, oxygen continues to be provided by the placenta until the baby is ready to begin breathing. Stem cells are also transferred into the baby during this time. There is a theory, and some evidence that these cells play an important role in repairing any damage caused during birth. They may actually protect against cerebral palsy! Dr Mercer discusses this in more detail here. You can read my opinion on 'cord' blood collection in this post.
Most babies will initiate breathing quickly after birth and premature clamping of the cord will not have any immediately noticeably effects. The baby's circulation will adjust to direct the smaller blood volume to the important organs. The effects of a reduced blood volume will be subtle but present (see the above Cochrane review).
The need for resuscitation
There are two reasons that caregivers decide to abandon 'delayed cord clamping' and clamp/cut a cord in order to resuscitate a baby. In both cases this action creates difficulties for the baby. In the first it can actually create the need to resuscitate.
1. Lack knowledge, patience (and a bit of panic)
This often happens when a baby is slower to initiate breathing. The baby is still being oxygenated by the placenta but is waiting while the effects of an increased blood volume kick in. This is particularly common with waterbirth babies. These babies have good tone and slowly turn from bluish to pink. It can be difficult to even notice them begin to breathe. Their colour change may be the only obvious indication that they are making the transition. The cord pulses at the same rate as the baby's heart, so feeling (or watching) it will reassure you that all is well. Unfortunately the usual response to this situation is to clamp and cut the cord in order to resuscitate the baby. The outcome will be that baby responds to the interruption of placental flow and the stressful journey away from mother by crying. A worse outcome is that without the placental circulation the baby is unable to complete their transition and becomes a compromised baby requiring resuscitation (see below).
This film is of an outdoor birth (the mother didn't make it to her birth tent). The baby makes an unhurried transition supported by placenta circulation:
This baby is also able to make a gentle transition to breathing:
2. A compromised baby
This is a baby who has had a rough time during birth and might require a little external support to make the transition. This situation is often a result of interventions during birth such as directed pushing, artificial rupture of membranes, syntocinon/pitocin. It may also be a result of a tight nuchal cord reducing blood flow just before birth (a loose one does not do this). A compromised baby is floppy and heading from a blue colour to a white colour. They may also have passed meconium during the birth, and their heart rate is slow and/or dropping. This baby could probably do with a bit of help, but most importantly they need their placental circulation. While the cord is intact the baby is still receiving some oxygen, which is better than none. In addition, the extra blood volume and red blood cells will help to circulate any oxygen the baby gets into the lungs via external methods of resuscitation. You can see a very compromised baby being resuscitation with the placental circulation in this movie:
Here is another film of Rixa Freeze's surprise unassisted birth where she resuscitates her own baby. You can read the full birth story and see part1 on her blog. Rixa had learned newborn resuscitation:
Here is a film of an unassisted birth where a mother instinctively resuscitates her own baby:
The importance of the mother and family in resuscitation
It is important that the mother, father or any other significant person is involved in the resuscitation of a compromised baby.
For baby
A baby has spent months inside his mother and learned her voice and smell. She has also learned the voice of her father and/or other family members. To be held close, spoken to and stroked is often enough to initiate breathing. Even if further measures are needed, being held by her mother skin to skin, rather than being put on a flat resuscitaire has got to be nicer.
For mother, father and/or other family members
Being able to see and touch your baby is probably less stressful than having her 'worked on' over the other side of the room. Being involved in assisting the baby's transition reinforces the power of the parents. Fathers are often very proud to be the one who encourages baby's first breath by blowing gently in her face. In addition, mothers often instinctively know how to help their baby. I remember one mother telling me she felt her baby needed to be in a certain position on her chest. When she moved him his breathing regulated perfectly.
- Try and ensure that the baby does not arrive compromised by minimising unnecessary interventions.
- Do not clamp or cut the cord.
- Give the baby time to transition – if the cord is pulsing the placenta is providing oxygen… relax and reassure the mother if she needs reassurance.
- Do not clamp or cut the cord.
- If the baby requires assistance, start small – gentle stimulation, talking, blowing in his face (all can be done by a parent).
- Do not clamp or cut the cord.
- If further measures are needed, take the resuscitation equipment to the baby and resuscitate him in his mother's arms.
- Did I mention – Do not clamp or cut the cord.
Note: Routine suctioning of the baby is totally unnecessary, invasive and could potentially create problems by stimulating a vagal response (a drop in the heart rate).
You can find some photos of a baby being resuscitated in his mother's arms here.
Babies are born with their own resuscitation equipment. The placenta not only helps the baby to transition, but assists with resuscitation if needed. There is no reason to clamp and cut the cord of a baby who needs help. Doing so will create more problems for the baby and mother. Anything that needs to be done can be done with back-up from the placenta, and the involvement of the mother.
Further readings/resources
Mercer and Erickson-Owens (2014) – 'Is it time to rethink management when resuscitation is needed?' Journal article
Mercer, Skovgaard and Erickson-Owens (2008) have written a great chapter about the transition from placental circulation to breathing in this book.
On Nuturing Hearts Birth Services' website you can see a sequence of amazing photos taken of a cord after birth as it finished transferring blood.
Nicholas Fogelson (Obstetrician) gives a very clear presentation of the research regarding premature clamping in a lecture. The ethics of the research is questionable but hopefully the findings will help to inform a change in practice.
Very interesting and thought provoking interview with Dr Mercer
George M Morley has a written a very in-depth article about the physiology of neonatal transition to breathing, and resuscitation.
This post is also available in French here.


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Taran Eckenrode could not have been more excited. It was Sept. 2, the day the Rock Bridge Bruins were set to open their volleyball season in Jefferson City, and for Eckenrode, a senior setter, it meant a chance to see all her hard work pay off.
She had battled back from a season-ending injury in 2002, and opening day was the culmination of her road back.
But something went terribly wrong.
That morning Eckenrode, 18, left school in her in her Infiniti QX4 to work on a story for her television broadcasting class. According to police reports, as Eckenrode headed northbound on the outer road adjacent to Providence Road, the driver of a Ford F250 pickup pulled off the Peachtree Lane crossover and into Eckenrode's path.
Eckenrode's face hit the steering wheel when her car hit the truck and she broke her nose and suffered cuts around her right eye. She pulled off to the side of the road, shaken, but able to walk.
She called her mom, Dawn Eckenrode, who arrived at the scene before Eckenrode was taken to the hospital.
"They were saying, 'She was asking us how the other guy was, how the car was and can she play volleyball tonight,'" Dawn Eckenrode said. "I said, 'Then she's OK.' "
Eckenrode and the Bruins (9-13-3) meet Hickman (29-1) tonight at 7 at Rock Bridge.
Road to recovery
Eckenrode's parents say she is quiet and motivated. Perhaps that is the reason behind a seemingly endless determination that has allowed Eckenrode to persevere through two serious injuries and develop into one of Rock Bridge's top players.
It has never been easy, though. Her battles with injuries began while playing for the junior varsity in September 2002. During a practice drill, Eckenrode landed awkwardly on her right knee and tore her anterior cruciate ligament. She missed the rest of the season after reconstructive surgery to replace the ligament.
There was even some concern that her career was over.
"You're always worried about her being injured or reinjured," said Jim Eckenrode, Eckenrode's father. "I didn't know if she would go back to playing her senior year after she injured her (ACL) her junior year, it was less than a year out from her surgery when she went back to playing."
As her father worried she might not be able to play volleyball again, Eckenrode seemed intent on returning. Her worry was that missing out on club ball would leave her a step behind.
"I was concerned because I wouldn't be able to play (club ball), so a lot of the girls would be at more play time and practice time," Eckenrode said. "That kind of upset me that I wasn't going to get that extra time to play."
Rejoining the team
Eckenrode wasn't assured a spot on the Rock Bridge roster before this season started, and returning with a plastic brace fastened around her right knee wasn't going to make it any easier. She started the season with a modest goal: make the team.
"She was so excited about the season," coach Vicki Reimler said. "She came in and she worked so hard and was so intense."
Eckenrode played so well in tryouts she not only made the team, her teammates named her a captain.
"(I was) definitely honored," she said. "We try to get the team to bond. Just being there for the team, being there for the girls, letting them know that we care about the underclassmen just as much as the rest of them (are responsibilities)."
The car accident caused Eckenrode's life to take another unexpected turn, and she wasn't there when the season started.
While recovering, Eckenrode attended a few practices but focused on getting her life back in order. She credits her parents for helping her pull through the difficult time.
"My mom was just very supportive of me," Eckenrode said. "(Things like) making sure I was OK, if I had to go to school, did I have a ride … just making sure I was taken care of."
Meanwhile, there was gossip among classmates as to the extent of her injury.
"I think there was a lot of rumors going around," Eckenrode said. "Someone told me, 'How'd they get the glass out of your head?' I was like, 'There was no glass in my head.'"
Back on the court
Eckenrode didn't play volleyball again until she found herself in the middle of the Bruins' Sept. 16 game in Fulton. She wore a clear plastic mask that protected her nose but also made peripheral vision difficult and left her feeling nauseated.
In late September, Eckenrode switched to a tighter-fitting mask that was designed for burn victims, which she will likely wear for the rest of the season. She said although the new mask helps make her peripheral vision better, it provides her nose less protection.
"If I were to get hit face-on, then I would be OK," Eckenrode said. "But if I got hit from the side, it doesn't really hold that much support."
Eckenrode said she has adjusted to playing with the mask almost to the point that she isn't conscious of it when she plays. Adjusting to the knee brace has been more difficult.
"If I move a certain way, if I lean to hard on it or make a certain movement, my knee will hurt," she said. "So I try to be cautious of that."
Her teammates have been supportive of her recovery. Sophomore hitter Amanda Hanson brought in a mask similar to the one worn by Jason in the movie Friday the 13th to a recent Bruins' game to show her support. Hanson was prepared to wear the mask before first serve.
"I think the coach said it was OK, but then at the last minute, we were like, 'No, we need to be serious,"' Eckenrode said. "I was like, 'Thanks.'"
A season of adjustments
Despite the light-heartedness, this season has been a struggle for Rock Bridge (9-13-3). Eckenrode's injury was one in a series that has hurt the Bruins. Senior hitter Ashley Schulte missed the season's first two games with a left ankle sprain, and senior hitter Kelsey Wilkinson will miss the rest of the season after spraining her left ankle at practice Oct. 8.
The injuries have forced Reimler to shuffle the lineup, and the Bruins have found it difficult to adjust to players rotating into and out of the lineup with such regularity. Eckenrode, who splits time with senior Ashley Selby, said one of her concerns upon returning was not so much her adjusting to her teammates but rather her teammates adjusting to her.
She also said the losing has taken its toll.
"Everyone is tired of losing because we all know we're so much better," she said. "It's hard to keep your head up."
Eckenrode would be wise to keep her head up because she has plenty to look forward to. District playoffs begin Monday, and Eckenrode will graduate in June. She said she is interested in the University of Michigan or Texas A&M, although she won't play volleyball.
For now, though, Eckenrode said she is enjoying one of the most exciting times of her life, despite the setbacks.
"It's all meaningful," she said. "If I didn't like volleyball and after all the injuries, I wouldn't play. I like being around all my friends, and getting to know all these girls I never would have known if it weren't for volleyball, so it's definitely worth the experience."


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Late night haiku from last late night
You can blame the bit of sleep deprivation involved with getting up that early, LOL.
Tiara and pearls.
Invitation lost in mail.
Hats extraordinaire.My eyes are heavy.
Woke early for the wedding.
Royal waves and pearls.Little crowd of gnomes.
They look very nonchalant.
They're up to something.April 30th.
National Poetry Month:
The end is at hand.


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I love the treatment of the old style typography and the splashes of color in all the right places.
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Hurricane Star, Slade Valley please
Outer sand track
1,400m: Eros (Rb) in 1-46s; (1,200m) 1-33s; (1,000m) 1-18s; (800m) 1-0s; (600m) 45s; (400m) 29s. Easy. Cantered from 2,000m.
Raffles (C.Alford) and Danmube Valley (Ajoy) in 1-45.5s; (1,200m) 1-31.5s; (1,000m) 1-17s; (800m) 1-0s; (600m) 46s; (400m) 30.5s. Former was half-a-length better. Latter was slightly urged.
1,200m: Pedigree Nick (Malcolm M.) in 1-34s; (1q,000m) 1-19s; (800m) 1-1s; (600m) 46s; (400m) 30s. Easy.
Aletris (Ajoy) in 1-34.5s; (first 600m) in 43.5s. Easy.
1,000m: Romantic Sunset (C. Alford) from 1,400m 400m 1-17s. Easy. Noble Defender (B. Krishnan) from 1,600m to 600m in 1-17s. Easy.
800m: Royal Dance (Tograllu) in 59s; (600m) 44s; (400m) 28s. Moved well. Whispering Hill s (Shaielsh) in 1-1/5s; (600m) 46s; (400m) 29.5s. Easy. 3yro Lil Wendy (Tograllu) in 1-2s; (600m) 46s; (400m) 30s. Easy. 3yro Sai Soku (Rabbani) from 1,400m to 600m in 1-1s. Easy.
3yro Ace Honour (C. Alford) and 3yro Gorgeous (Rb) in 1-2.5s; (600m 47.5s; (400m) 30s. Former was 2 ls better. Both were easy.
Al Di La (Imran Khan) in 1-1s; (600m) 45s; (400m) 30s. Easy. Hadrian (Tograllu) in 1-0s; (600m) 46s; (400m) 30s. Was pushed. Kingdom Of Dreams (Tograllu) in 58s; (600m) 44s; (400m) 29s. Was urged.
3yro Stand Apart (Rb) and 3yro Promissory Note (Rb) in 1-2s; (600m) 46s; (400m) 30s. Former was alength better. Both were easy.
Mesmerizer (Shailesh) in 1-2s; (600m) 46s; (400m) 30s. Easy.
600m: Caravaggio (Rabbani) in 48.5s; (500m) 30s. Easy. Special Fx (Aadesh) in 46s; (400m) 30s. Easy. Moon Star (Aadesh) in 45s; (400m) 29s. Easy. Abriella (Rb) in 48s; (400m) 30.5s. Easy. Easy. Generous Thought (Rb) in 46s; (400m) 28.5s. Easy. 3yro Secret Don (Surjeet) in 46.5s; (400m030s. Easy. Imperial Delight (Rb) in 47s; (400m) 30.5s. Easy.
3yro Hurricane Star (Md Imran) and 3yro Slade Valley (Rabbani) in 44s; (400m) 28s. They were level. Both moved well.
Roman Centurian (Israil) in 46s; (400m) 30s. Easy.
Alienation (Imran Khan) and Beethoven (Afzal K.) in 46s; (400m) 28.5s. Former was a headbetter. Both were easy.
400m: Spitz (Israil) in 27.5s. Easy.
Mock race after the last eace
Course proper
1,200m: Dante Rossetti (Shaielsh), 3yro River Valley (Gajender), 3yro My Sweet Lord (Afzal), 3yro Bold Desire (Srinivas), Ocean Fairy (Aadesh), A'Ma Shukum (Ravi S.), Mango Dolly (Ajoy), Tune In (V. Tamang) and Peppermint (Surjeet) in 1-13.6s; (600m) 36.8s. Won by 2 ls, 4 ls, 2 ls; 1-1/2 ls, a dist, a dist and a distance separated them.


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List of Solar System objects
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The following is a list of Solar System objects by orbit, ordered by increasing distance from the Sun. Most named objects in this list have a diameter of 500 km or more.
- The inner Solar System and the terrestrial planets
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Moon
- Near-Earth asteroids (including 99942 Apophis)
- Earth trojan (2010 TK7)
- Earth-crosser asteroids
- Earth's quasi-satellites
- Mars
- Asteroids in the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- Ceres, a dwarf planet
- Pallas
- Vesta
- Hygiea
- Asteroids number in the hundreds of thousands. For longer lists, see list of notable asteroids, list of asteroids, or list of objects by mass.
- A number of smaller groups distinct from the asteroid belt
- The outer Solar System with the giant planets, their satellites, trojan asteroids and some minor planets
- Jupiter
- Rings of Jupiter
- Complete list of Jupiter's natural satellites
- Jupiter trojans
- Saturn
- Rings of Saturn
- Complete list of Saturn's natural satellites
- Uranus
- Rings of Uranus
- Complete list of Uranus's natural satellites
- Uranus trojan (2011 QF99)
- Neptune
- Rings of Neptune
- Complete list of Neptune's natural satellites
- Neptune trojans
- Non-trojan minor planets
- Jupiter
- Trans-Neptunian objects (beyond the orbit of Neptune)
- Kuiper-belt objects (KBOs)
- Plutinos
- Pluto, a dwarf planet
- Complete list of Pluto's natural satellites
- 90482 Orcus
- Pluto, a dwarf planet
- Twotinos
- Cubewanos (classical objects)
- Plutinos
- Scattered-disc objects
- Detached objects
- 90377 Sedna (possibly inner Oort cloud)
- 2012 VP113 (possibly inner Oort cloud)
- Oort cloud (hypothetical)
- Hills cloud/inner Oort cloud
- Outer Oort cloud
- Kuiper-belt objects (KBOs)
The Solar System also contains:
- Comets (icy bodies with eccentric orbits)
- Small objects, including:
- Meteoroids
- Dust, including interstellar dust
- Helium focusing cone, around the Sun
- Manmade objects orbiting the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Saturn, including active artificial satellites and space junk
- Heliosphere, a bubble in space produced by the solar wind
- Heliosheath
- Heliopause
- Hydrogen wall, a pile up of hydrogen from the interstellar medium
- Heliosheath
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Finland's Nord Water Company has signed an agreement to supply two consignments of 700,000 bottles of water to Saudi Arabia. The first shipment is expected to arrive this winter, reported Helsingin Sanomat.
Nord Water is owned by the City of Helsinki., to be packed in half-liter and 1.5-liter bottles, is the same water that is pumped into homes in Helsinki, Finland. The source is Lake Päijänne, where water is collected and sent to the Pitkäkoski plant for purification.
Nord Water is owned by the City of Helsinki. The labels on the bottles state in English and Arabic that the product is produced by Helsinki Water.
Saudi Arabia's drinking needs are currently 70 percent met desalinized seawater. The Kingdom's desalination output exceeded one billion cubic meters in 2002. The Saudi government transports its desalinated water via a 2,500 kilometer pipeline network, 21 pumping stations, 131 depots and 10 stations for mixing the desalinated water with underground water. — (menareport.com)
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Israel shoots down drone near Haifa
Israeli Air Force jet fighter (Photo: AP)
The Israel Air Force shot down an drone near Haifa on Thursday afternoon.
According to sources, the IAF launched fighter jets to bring down the unmanned aircraft believed to have been operated by the Lebanese terrorist organisation Hizbollah.
The Israel Defence Force is investigating exactly where the plane originated from and whether it was holding surveillance equipment or weaponry.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "I see the attempt to breach our borders with unmanned aircraft very seriously. We will do what needs to be done in order to safeguard our security."
This is the second time an incident of this kind has occurred in the last six months.
Last updated: 3:50pm, April 25 2013


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Back in April 2013, I featured in this commentary an instance of Jake Marmer's improvisational work, under the title "Improvised poetry: palimpsest of drafts." Recently, Marmer recorded an another poetic improvisation. The improvisation is based on one of his poems — and is a departure from it, "a new radical spontaneous draft." It was remixed by Israeli bassist Jean-Claude Jones, who also recorded an improvised a bass track for it. Above is the handwritten "shape poem" version (to borrow Hank Lazer's phrasing) which Marmer says he found specifically helpful in the improvisatory process.
Here is the recording, as composed and performed by Jake Marmer and then remixed by Jean-Claude Jones (with added bass): MP3.
During the 2009 conference of the Modern Language Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Julia Bloch and Michelle Taransky organized the annual off-site poetry reading. The reading took two hours and 36 minutes and an audio recording was made; for the past several years, this long recording has been available on PennSound's "MLA Offsite Readings" page. Now PennSound staff editor Anna Zalokostas has segmented the entire recording and we are now able to present the recording of each reader, as follows:
Eric Rettberg told me a few months ago about his interest in Ara Shirinyan, and I asked him if he would write briefly about it for this commentary. He agreed, and here is what he has to say. Eric is currently Edgar F. Shannon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Virginia.
The procedure Ara Shirinyan used to write Your Country is Great (2008), in which he went through an alphabetical list of countries, Googled "[country] is great," and wrote poems from the results, ensures that the book repeats relentlessly. Seemingly empty declarations of greatness abound, from "aaww lol belgium is great =)" (29) to "Finland is great because / Finland is great" (103), and so too do reports of the great recreational activities available in the countries of the world. "The beaches are the bomb" in Costa Rica (70), just as Bulgaria is great "if you want young drunk fun in the sun" and "Cyprus is great for sun and beaches" (49, 78).
LISTEN HERE [audio arrangement by Kinan Abou-afach]
Forty years ago today, a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet waged war on the democratically elected government of Chile. It was the South American September 11th. That day began a period of cruel repression, characterized by extreme violence and human rights abuses. Thousands of people were tortured, murdered and disappeared. The Chilean people commemorate this day with remembrance, mourning and renewed commitment. We observe this date in solidarity from within the borders of the Empire where the coup began. Our collaborative composition examines the damage beyond the event itself, crossing continents and spanning years. You may hear resonances of folk singer Victor Jara, fundraiser/activist Ronni Moffitt, poet Pablo Neruda and CIA agent Michael Townley. Of course, there are also the voices inside the house.
The house is the site of an artist salon hosted by novelist Mariana Callejas, as recounted in Roberto Bolano's novel By Night in Chile. One of the few gathering places for artists after the coup, many artists attended — though almost no one would admit that they were there.


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Dan Walters: Government 'moneyball' could work
As the All-Star Game break ends and major league baseball teams head into the pennant stretch, the Oakland A's, with one of the game's smallest payrolls, are sitting atop their division.
It's another example of how "moneyball," the concept of analyzing players and their costs by contributions to winning games, pioneered by A's executive Billy Beane, is still working.
Rather than relying on the traditional, subjective evaluations by baseball scouts and coaches, moneyball applies objective metrics to get the most out of limited payroll dollars.
It's just common sense, when you get down to it – getting the biggest bang for the buck.
Two former high-ranking federal budget officials, Peter Orszag (who worked for President Barack Obama) and John Bridgeland (an aide to former President George W. Bush), wrote an article for the current issue of Atlantic magazine, lamenting that the moneyball principle is not applied to governmental services and programs.
"Based on our rough calculations," they wrote, "less than $1 out of every $100 of government spending is backed by even the most basic evidence that the money is being spent wisely."
They offer anecdotal evidence of efforts to make government spending more cost-effective that were thwarted, usually in Congress, by those who benefitted from the status quo.
If the federal government is not doing a good job of spending money effectively, is California's nation-sized government any better?
Yes – and no.
Yes, in that there is some interest in exorcising non-productive, even counterproductive, programs from government rolls.
Gov. Jerry Brown has waged successful wars against local governments' grandiose redevelopment programs and, most recently, on "enterprise zones." He has reorganized state agencies with an eye toward eliminating duplication, such as the state's multiple economic development services.
Nevertheless, there are still widespread overlaps. The state has three large bureaucracies to collect taxes, rather than one revenue department, for example. Attempts to apply productivity measures to major expenditures, such as classroom education, encounter great political resistance.
There are, too, some obvious examples of taxpayers being shortchanged. California motorists pay the nation's highest fuel taxes, for instance, while suffering from the nation's worst traffic congestion and roadway conditions that are among the nation's worst.
The sense that we are not getting what we are paying for erodes public confidence in government at all levels. It undermines the credibility of politicians who, it seems, always ask for more money to perform some vital function.
Moneyball works in baseball. It could work in government – if we were willing to apply it as ruthlessly as the Oakland A's.
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Fan dies from heart attack during Broncos-49ers game
Updated 7:53 am, Monday, August 18, 2014
Video: SANTA CLARA: 49ers fan dies after heart attack at Levi's Stadium
Santa Clara -- A man who suffered a heart attack during the 49ers' debut game at Levi's Stadium died Sunday.
The Santa Clara Fire Department said stadium staff responded to a cardiac emergency during the third quarter of the 49ers' 34-0 loss to the Broncos.
The man received CPR and was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name was not released.
The 49ers issued a statement Sunday night offering condolences to his family and friends.
Thousands of fans left midway through the lopsided game played in 80-degree weather.


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Would you guys be opposed to take McFadden in the second round? ill give u my scouting report on him(im a seminole fan) ill try and be as non biased as possible positives: Outstanding Technique, Excellent footwork, has a great backpedel(even tho not super fast, has such a good backpedel, you hardly see him get beat deep). Knocks down alot of balls. Only has givin up 1 TD throughout his whole college career. Very good tackler. Good size 6'0" 185 negatives: Not really fast, clocked in 4.49 at FSU summer workouts. most likely will run a 4.4-4.5 40 at the combine. Injury concerns. first 2 years was on and off the field with injurys. last 2 tho he has been pretty healthy. didnt have a int this year, although teams didnt throw his way much.
I am a Noles fan also, but Mcfadden would be a waste in the second. I have seen every FSU game except for 1 this year(Duke). I dont think that Mcfadden has the talent to be anything but a nickel back corner. Mc gets burned way too often and is a terrible tackler.


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Southwestern Cheese Dip
2 pounds ground round or sirloin
2 packets Taco seasoning
2 pkg Velveeta Cheese (64 oz)
2 cans Rotel Tomatoes
Crumble and cook ground meat in large skillet. Add taco seasoning and water as directed. Place cooked taco meat in slow cooker. Add cheese and tomatoes and simmer 2 to 3 hours or until melted, stirring occasionally. Serve warm with tortilla chips.