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It so seems that we were right on the money when we prophesized that Samsung Unlocked Galaxy S would end up on T Mobile as the Vibrant. The mega United States carrier enterprise has just fed us with an uncanny teaser page for the latest much anticipated Android handset. The countdown clock slowly ticks for the teaser page and it will take another two more days of patience before we are privy to some more information but I had wager that it won't be a long shot to suggest that Vibrant might, in many a ways be much not much different from Samsung Captivate that will be arriving at AT&T soon. The handsets are primarily built on the Galaxy S line which would imply that T-Mobile devotees will soon have a dangerous handset to take pride in.
The Vibrant should sport a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and take my words on it; these things will just blow you away. We had a chance encounter when we had a rare opportunity to play with this amazing display at CTIA and the colors are lively, vibrant and bright and it has a definite "wow" factor when you place your eye on it. This and the Retina Display by Apple will be vying for the top spot as they go head to head over the following few years for the title of the classiest unlocked smartphone display.
As the speculations spurn, a few days from the go, the T-Mobile smartphone should also be boasting the rather efficient 1 GHz Hummingbird processor manufactured by Samsung. The processor is supposedly stronger and more resolute than Snapdragon on the basis of graphics horsepower and as several tests and experiments reveal, it can produce thrice the graphical output as the iPhone 3GS.
The Vibrant should be supported by Android 2.1 as Samsung will in all possibilities be layering on its S Life UI. I wouldn't be completely swept off my feet if T-Mobile resorts to some exclusive software flicks like the one similar to myTouch 3G Slide. And most probably we will witness Unlocked Motorola BackFlip Android 2.2 take over the device soon. All the prolonged expectations will soon be over as we get the essential detailing in a few days, so keep it tuned to IntoMobile.


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I've known among family and friend for being rather outspoken but it's a quality I inherited from my mother. Outspokenness usually doesn't always win you any popularity contests but I've found that very often those of us with that trait are just willing to say what the majority in the room are thinking. Those who yell the loudest and with the most vitriol don't necessarily represent the views of the majority.
My mother recently felt compelled to submit a reasoned, polite letter of disagreement to the editor to the Greenville (SC) News. Heavy sigh! Greenville, South Caroline, that long-time bastion of conservatism, is now home to many transplants from the northeast and "old" Europe and is being challenged to install such socialist threats as BIKE LANES! I've posted about Greenville's awesome downtown redevelopment - a 30 year labor of love begun by then Greenville mayor Max Heller. Oh, the whining that insued back then. Why would anyone want to sit around Main Street and listen to music in the middle of day? Indeed! Vibrant downtowns are such a bore! The naysayers are likely eating their hats by now because urban planners and city officials from all over the country visit downtown every year to see how it's done. Walkable, bikeable downtowns are part of the mix, and Greenville continues to invest heavily in those ammenities - probably the reason why the downtown is now hopping seven days a week.
Anyway, back to my mom's letter. I've pasted it in below for you reading enjoyment or you can click on this link to read it and the comments (mostly written by the angry, loud anti-bike crowd).
This is in answer to the recent letter "Cyclists don't belong on the roads," which equates cyclists with children playing with toys.I am wondering what the writer thinks roads are for? Roads have been with us long before automobiles came along. The purpose of a road is to allow people to get from one place to another, whether on foot, horseback, ox cart, automobile or bicycle. Any driver who cannot negotiate around a cyclist has no business operating an automobile.
Bicycles are not toys. They are a healthful, safe and environmentally beneficial means of transportation. For many people, they are the only affordable option.
For the record, I live off East North Street where bicycle lanes have just been added, and close to a school, as well. I have driven during the busiest times of the day and never had any trouble with the traffic. I just wish I were young enough and strong enough to join the cyclists. I'm sure I would be a lot healthier.
Shirley Voyer
Sunday, November 27, 2011
She doesn't ride a bike but she loves people who do!
Posted by She Rides a Bike at 10:17 AM
Labels: anti-bike sentiment, bike lanes, Greenville, SC
11 comments:
- JKS Gruenhagen said...
I love your mom!
- November 27, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- G.E. said...
Ditto JKS' comment. :O)
- November 27, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Sam said...
I loved your mom too!
- November 27, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- Melanie Suzanne said...
Rock on, Mom!
- November 27, 2011 at 2:57 PM
- inspiredcyclist said...
Wow, what a cool mom you have!
- November 27, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- anniebikes said...
Go Mom! Wow, I can't ever imagine my mom writing such a letter...so give your mom mega kisses from me.
- November 27, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- SS:Mntbiker\Olskoolrodder said...
Awesome Mom!
- November 27, 2011 at 9:01 PM
- She Rides a Bike said...
Thanks, everybody. It's pretty cool to be able to brag about your mom from time to time.
- November 27, 2011 at 10:10 PM
- EcoCatLady said...
Your mom ROCKS!!
- November 28, 2011 at 9:10 AM
- Courtnee said...
Your mom is the bomb!
"Any driver who cannot negotiate around a cyclist has no business operating an automobile.
So true, Mama Voyer, so true.
- November 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Dottie said...
This is great, so reasonably and nicely said!
Yay for moms!
- December 5, 2011 at 9:01 PM
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Roosters Resign Fittler , Cayless
THE Sydney Roosters today announced the resigning of skipper Brad Fittler for one year and New Zealand representative Jason Cayless to a two year contract.
Round 16 - NRL Wrap
FRIDAY night footy saw Gorden Tallis return to form to lead his Broncos outfit to a narrow victory over the Roosters and maintain their spot at the top of the ladder. But the curse of Suncorp has claimed another victim with Roosters' backrower, Craig Fitzgibbon falling foul of the Lang Park sand pit.
Hasler has inside running on vacant Sea Eagles post
WITH current Manly coach Peter Sharp this evening announcing he would not re-apply for the position in 2004.
Super League Saturday - Review
LONDON Broncos moved up to fifth place in the Tetley's Super League table with a 50-16 win at Halifax on Saturday night. Halifax, without a win since the opening day of the season at London, harboured hopes of repeating that when they were level at 10-all during an even first quarter.
Paul's Season Now On Hold
BRADFORD captain Robbie Paul broke his right arm during the Super League defeat by St Helens and will miss up to eight weeks of the season. The New Zealand international suffered a double fracture after falling awkwardly midway through the second half at Odsal.
Panthers overcome determined Bulldogs in a thriller
THE Penrith Panthers have scored an amazing 28-26 victory over the Canterbury Bulldogs at Penrith Stadium this afternoon in front of a new ground record of 22,147.
McGuire keen to stay with Broncos as player managers lick their lips?
BRISBANE utility Casey McGuire is keen to stay with the Broncos despite being among a host of National Rugby League players unsigned for next season.
Lowe Included In Eagles Reshuffle ?
FORMER Kiwis coach Graham Lowe is being targeted as a possible replacement for Manly coach Peter Sharp as the struggling National Rugby League (NRL) undergoes a managerial shake-up.
Marsh likely to miss rest of season
THE New Zealand Warriors are likely to lose Queensland hooker PJ Marsh for the rest of the National Rugby League season with a serious neck injury.
Johns escapes charge but Senter and Beattie not so lucky
NEW South Wales captain Andrew Johns is breathing a sigh of relief after being omitted from the National Rugby League's judiciary charge sheet today.
Former concreter aims to cement spot with Storm
MELBOURNE Storm rookie Dustin Cooper?s road to first grade has been one littered with obstacles and irregularities.
Warriors golden escape against the Rabbitohs
HEARTACHE material for the Rabbitohs at Aussie Stadium, when the Warriors came back from 24-6 at one stage, to win 31-30 in a thriller that went into extra time.
Knights Skewer Eels
THE Knights have run home 14 point winners against the Eels, winning their round 16 clash 30 ? 16.
Editorial: Ref Abuse - Why?
NRL chief, David Gallop has publicly stated that the NRL will not tolerate players or team officials verbally abusing the games referees or touch judges.
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This is your doctor´s definiate choice! Heart problems, here I come!
Three handfulls* (unboiled) of Penne Rigate-Pasta
300grams/ enough* bacon
one leek*
4dl/pintful* of REAL cream (no fake creams made of veggie oil)
100grams/handfull* of cheap blue cheese (or more, or even steven more)
shitloads***! of garlic
*amounts can vary. If you don´t like the taste of blue cheese, put less of it. By definition, more is better, in every aspect of life. Especially with garlic! And blue cheese!
+Two to four good lager beers, preferably european, mexican or chinese.
Boil the pasta about 10-15 minutes (dry pasta). You should notice when it´s al dente, if not, keep reading "cooking for dummies"-books. Rinse it.
Cut the bacon into thins strips and fry them in frying pan. Do not make bacon-crackers, leave it a bit soft. Add thinly sliced leek, garlic, and carefully start melting the blue cheese in the frying pan. Do not let it burn! Add cream and pasta to frying pan, stir well, and serve with lager beer.
This is in no way romantic food, it kills sexual desires and makes you sleepy for whole evening. You also need hour or two of excercise to burn the extra fat.
Recommended beverages;
Chinese Zhujiang
Mexican Corona
Estonian Saku Kuld
Czech Budejovický Budvar Dark Lager (don´t confuse it with shitty budweiser)
Danish Heineken
Every damn beer ever brewed in germany or in hungary!
Because the lack of excercise, my english is a bit rusted, but it´ll get better with time. If I´m unable to make myself understood, ask me.


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Henrique de Castro, who was fired as Yahoo's chief operating officer in January, received about $96 million for his 15 months of service. Yahoo's chief executive, Marissa Mayer, was awarded only $62 million in roughly the same time period.
April 16, 2014, Wednesday
The Front-Runners of Wall Street
Major Wall Street institutions have enabled a practice that gives some investors an unfair edge, an economist writes.
April 7, 2014, Monday
Group Linked to Kochs Admits to Campaign Finance Violations
The nonprofit, which has ties to the billionaire conservative businessmen Charles and David Koch, failed to disclose over $15 million in contributions it funneled into California referendum battles.
October 25, 2013, Friday
Charles Schwab Now Offers Mobile Deposit App
Charles Schwab is the latest financial institution to offer mobile deposits via smartphones.
May 26, 2011, Thursday
Charles Schwab to Offer Index-Only 401(k) Plans
Charles Schwab will begin marketing 401(k) plans that offer only index funds as investment options.
May 18, 2011, Wednesday
At Schwab, Unkept Promise To Investors
Charles Schwab said his firm was "on the side of the investor," but it obfuscated the risks of a losing fund. Even as it settles with the S.E.C., it is blaming others.
January 14, 2011, Friday
In Schwab Inquiry, S.E.C. Sends a Signal
The S.E.C. is examining whether Charles Schwab misled its clients about a fund that was supposed to be safe, but was packed with riskier mortgage investments.
November 17, 2010, Wednesday
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Lesson Five: The Nodes of the Moon
There is more to human life than our theories of it allow. Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path.[1]
Looking back over the course of one's own days and noticing how encounters and events that appeared at the time to be accidental became the crucial structuring features of an unintended life story through which the potentialities of one's character were fostered to fulfilment, one may find it difficult to resist the notion of the course of one's biography as comparable to that of a cleverly constructed novel, wondering who the author of the surprising plot can have been.[2]
While we are on the whole subject of axes, I want to spend time
this week exploring the Moon's nodal axis, which is the third axis of particular
significance (in addition to the angles - the Ascendant/Descendant and MC/IC
axes) in our charts. We need to begin, as always, by understanding what the
Moon's Nodes actually are from an astronomical viewpoint, since this provides
the basis and foundation of our astrological understanding and interpretation.
Have a look at your birth charts, and you will no doubt see the north Node
But the symbol for the south Node is not always shown on horoscope print
outs, which explains why this important axis may not be immediately obvious.
As with all axes, the south Node is exactly 180° from, or opposite, the north
You can see from this diagram that the plane of the Moon's orbit is at an oblique angle of approximately 5° to the plane of the Sun's orbit (the ecliptic). The nodal points mark the position where these two planes cross, and every month the Moon crosses the ecliptic twice, once travelling north (at the north Node) and once travelling south (at the south Node).
The Nodal Axis
When the Moon crosses the ecliptic, then, from the point of view of the
earth, the Sun and Moon are in alignment. This means that, when a new or
full Moon coincides, or nearly coincides, with one of the Nodes, then there
will be an eclipse, and, of course, eclipses are powerful celestial events
which have always had immense significance throughout the history of astronomy
and astrology.
The Nodes have been known from ancient times as the head and tail of the celestial dragon - a monstrous creature that devours the Sun or the Moon at eclipses. The Nodes have played a particularly important role in Indian, Vedic astrology, where the north Node ('Rahu') is the dragon's head and the south Node ('Ketu') is the dragon's tail. I am sure you can understand why both Nodes were considered to be dangerous, or malefic. We will look at eclipses in much more detail next term, but perhaps the main point I want to make now is that, when they do occur, we look upwards, away from the earth and all our day-to-day concerns, and stand in awe as we watch these great events take place.
Audience: They sound like rather scarey points.
Clare: That's right, particularly since they have always been associated
with fate and with fated events, in both Vedic and Western astrology. Traditionally,
eclipses are associated with tragedies, catastrophes and deaths, particularly
the death of kings. As psychological astrologers, I think we still have to
find another way to understand them.
Now that we have identified where everyone's nodal axis actually is, the next question is how we interpret it - and this is actually rather more complicated to answer.
Audience: Do you interpret the Node like the Moon?
Clare: Well, the Nodes are in fact empty places in space, except during
eclipses, so we have to resist the temptation to interpret them as if they
were 'simply' planets. They seem to have a profoundly metaphysical meaning,
since it is on these points that the Sun, Moon and Earth are in alignment,
so they are the meeting place, symbolically, of spirit, soul and matter,
both collectively and individually. Another important point about the nodal
axis is that it is moving in the opposite direction to the Sun and all the
other planets. As the angles and all the planets move forward or anti-clockwise
around our charts, they describe how we engage with and relate to the world
around us. The Ascendant/Descendant axis and the MC/IC axis are doors into
the world, describing our struggle to extract ourselves from the parental
matrix, to put down our own roots and find our own place in the world, and
to define ourselves through partnerships. In contrast, the nodal axis moves
backward or clockwise around our charts. It is not so tied up with the dramas
of life. Rather, it seems to function as a doorway into other dimensions,
where we can sometimes glimpse or sense our soul's purpose and pattern, our
entelechy, the deeper purpose and function of our existence. And this can
be very different from the more conscious or worldly goals we set for ourselves.
There is no doubt that the nodal axis is of immense significance in our lives. It is an axis of tension and compulsion, around which ideas of 'fate' and 'destiny' always seem to hover. As Richard Idemon writes: 'It's as if life constantly returns you to this axis to work something out'.[4] What do those of you who are already familiar with the Nodes think of when you see them in a birth chart?
Audience: Lessons to be learned.
Audience: Past and present. They are about time, with the south Node having to do with the past, and the north Node having to do with the future.
Audience: The north Node is what we are striving to become.
Audience: Is it something to do with reincarnation?
Audience: It's about special people coming into your life.
Clare: Just for a moment, take the nodal axis out of your chart. What does it feel like?
Audience: Directionless.
Audience: We lose our soul.
Clare: That's very interesting. So without the nodal axis, we lose our
direction and we lose our soul. Let's have a look at some of the other ideas
you have mentioned. Although both the Nodes were originally considered to
be malefic, at some point in the development of Western astrology their interpretation
began to polarise. In traditional horary astrology, for example, a planet
conjunct the north Node is said to be helped, strengthened or increased.
Conversely, a planet conjunct the south Node is said to be harmed, weakened
or decreased. In addition, the north Node began to be interpreted as the
'evolutionary path', the direction in which we are 'meant' to be going in
our lives, and the south Node started to be interpreted as the 'regressive
path', the direction from which we have come, or our past.
In Western astrology, it seems that Alan Leo is responsible for making the specific connection between the nodal axis and karma. The Theosophical movement, out of which astrology was reborn at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, was strongly influenced by Indian culture and religions. As an astrologer, Alan Leo did much to breathe new life into Western astrology, and as a Theosophist he was convinced that the natal chart could only be properly understood in the context of karma, past lives and reincarnation. It is important to recognise straightaway that the horoscope itself has nothing to say on this subject. A horoscope is just a horoscope. The meaning we impose on it depends upon our specific cultural and historical background, as well as upon the individual philosophies and world-views of astrologers themselves.
And so we have inherited an interesting conundrum, because Western astrology has developed enormously since Alan Leo's day, and we no longer see astrology in terms of cause and effect, so it seems that our interpretation of the Nodes has become rather stuck. For example, we don't tend to look at the whole chart in terms of karma, do we? We wouldn't look at someone's Saturn-Mars conjunction and start wondering if they might have been a murderer in their past lives - we simply don't work like that any more.
Audience: I hope not, because I have a Saturn-Mars conjunction in my own chart.
Clare: Let's go back and look at the diagram again. You can see that the north Node is the point where the Moon moves 'upward' into the northern hemisphere, and the south Node is the point where the Moon moves 'downward' into the southern hemisphere. Perhaps this explains why the north Node came to be associated with the spiritual path, because our astrological symbolism tells us that spirit is fundamentally solar - associated with height, light and transcendence. Spirit is abstract, linear and vertical, calling us upward, forward and outward.
As such, the north Node has become associated with our individual heroic
quest, requiring the development of our personal will, so that we may fulfil
our spiritual destiny. And because of this, there is often an assumption
that our south Node is regressive and tends to pull us backward and downward,
away from our spiritual path. And so a good/bad split and a future/past split
has crept into our interpretations, along with a kind of moral imperative.
For example, it is not uncommon for astrologers, who are otherwise working
very psychologically, to start using words like 'should' and 'ought' when
they are interpreting the nodal axis.
Going back to the actual astronomy of the Nodes, however, we can see that they are in fact the meeting point of the Sun, Moon and earth, and that they are therefore the symbolic meeting point of the spirit, soul and body - liminal places where opposites come together and merge. From an alchemical perspective, the Nodes represent the sacred marriage of the Sun and Moon, of the masculine and feminine principles, the mysterium coniunctionis which is the goal of the alchemical opus. Throughout our lives there is an equal emphasis on both Nodes - they are equally active, since eclipses, whether solar or lunar, occur on both Nodes. Perhaps the best way to demonstrate this is to show you an illustration of the DNA double helix represented in complete symmetry as a pair of serpents.[5]
Naturally, because of the way our minds are wired, we are likely to find ourselves falling into our habitual either/or kind of thinking, but all the same, although we know that the Sun and Moon are opposites, it is important to try not to polarise, since we also know that opposites cause and depend upon and complete each other. Have a look at this table, which lists some of the words associated with the Sun and the Moon.
The One
The Many
Let's consider the lunar side of this table. The Moon is symbolically associated with the soul, being diffuse, immanent and collective. It is circular, dark, and has to do with the body and with matter. It calls us downward into our birth charts, into nature and into our incarnation. Because the Nodes are the points where the Sun and Moon come together - places where the opposites merge - both sides of the table need to be taken into equal account in our interpretations.
Audience: Yes, I can see what you are saying now. We seem to be using mainly solar words or coming from a solar perspective when we look at the Nodes.


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Buzz: Buster Olney on Mets and Starting Pitchers
Buster Olney of ESPN.com believes the Mets will be in a perfect position this summer to take advantage of the buyer's market for starting pitching.
Olney says, though he is available, 'according to sources,' the Mets are not enamored with Astros RHP Roy Oswalt, especially knowing that he will be very expensive and the Astros will still want good prospects in return.
According to Olney, the Mets like Cliff Lee, "but they don't match up as well with their prospects in a possible trade with Seattle as other teams, such as the Twins, who could theoretically offer C Wilson Ramos."
In Olney's opinion, the Mets may in better position to acquire a pitcher like Indians RHPs Jake Westbrook or Fausto Carmona, as well as A's RHP Ben Sheets.
…there is no question guys like westbrook and carmona will cost less than lee… the thing with lee and sheets is that, whomever they leave as a free agent will likely get two compensatory draft picks, and so that will factor in to both what Oakland and Seattle ask for, and what a team like the Mets might be willing to give – since the Mets could technically recoup some of the talent in next year's draft…
…in the end, knowing the Mets have no interest in trading Jon Niese to get lee, i see no way lee is acquired without giving up a player like Jenrry Mejia, and that's going to be controversial, especially if there is a chance lee signs with a new team this winter…
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In the next of our 12 for 12 series in celebration of the Columbus Bicentennial, we feature Columbus photographer Abdi Roble.
Abdi Roble was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1964 and immigrated to the United States in 1989, first to Washington, DC and a year later to Columbus, Ohio. Self-taught in photography, Roble has been engaged for many years in the Somali Documentary Project, an ambitious mission he founded to create a visual archive of Somali populations outside of their native country. He has traveled to Dadaab, Kenya, to photograph life in the refugee camps, capturing the ethos of the diaspora from an intimate perspective. Working under unpredictable conditions, with available light and a hand-held camera, Roble has been building a photographic record of and for a globally dispersed people.
Roble has had several exhibitions in Columbus including shows at the MPX Gallery the Ohio Art Council's Riffe Gallery. His one-person presentation at the Columbus Museum of Art in 2007, entitled Stories of the Somali Diaspora, also traveled to the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine; the Weisman Art Museum of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota. All of the venues for Stories of the Somali Diaspora have significant Somali populations. In 2008, The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away by Roble and Doug Rutledge was published by the University of Minnesota Press.
(Photo by Abdi Roble, First Day of School Portland Maine. From Columbus Museum of Art permanent collection).
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John, a 32-year-old salesman, came down with strep throat. His doctor prescribed penicillin to treat it. An hour after taking the first pill, John developed a red, itchy rash, felt dizzy and passed out. His wife found him and he was taken to an emergency room. He was treated successfully with shots and fluids.
A bee stung 15-year-old Terry. Within five minutes she felt hot and flushed and began to have difficulty breathing. A few minutes later, she felt very dizzy and nauseated. She was promptly taken to her family doctor, who successfully treated her with shots.
Several times, Robert, a 42-year-old construction worker, had a raised and itchy rash, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and lost consciousness. This has happened 12 times in the past two years. None of these events were related to taking medication, eating a certain food or getting bitten by an insect. Robert carries a self-injectable epinephrine for self-care at the first sign of symptoms. In most cases, this prevents attacks.
All of these people have experienced anaphylaxis. It is a life-threatening allergic reaction that causes breathing problems and loss of consciousness, among other symptoms. It usually occurs within minutes after contact with an allergen—a substance that causes an allergic reaction. Without speedy treatment, this reaction can cause death.
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When anaphylaxis happens, it affects the whole body. Blood vessels widen so much that blood pressure plummets. Symptoms include flushed skin, rash, swelling of tissues such as lips or joints, stuffy nose, sweating, paleness, panting, nausea, abdominal cramps, rapid pulse, faintness, confusion, wheezing, convulsions and passing out.
Other symptoms include itching of the mouth and throat, hoarseness, cramping of the uterus, and feeling the need to urinate.
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People who experience anaphylactic reactions have excessive amounts of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to allergens in their blood. When the allergen is ingested, injected by an insect or comes in contact with the skin as with latex, the antibodies trigger the release of chemicals, particularly histamines, which cause the anaphylaxis, a life-threatening reaction.
For some substances, antibodies may not be present in the blood. The substances themselves cause the symptoms. This is called an anaphylactoid reaction. Medications, insect stings, foods and latex most often cause anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reactions.
However, some people like Robert, the 42-year-old construction worker, seem to have a reaction without any known exposure to common allergens. This is known as idiopathic anaphylaxis. In other people, a number of substances are common causes of anaphylaxis or anaphylactoid reactions:
Medications are the leading cause. Anaphylactic deaths from taking medications are well documented. Common culprits are penicillin and other antibiotics, aspirin and aspirin-related products, muscle relaxants, seizure medications and dyes used during certain procedures such as nuclear imaging. People with allergies or asthma are more likely to have an anaphylactic reaction to shots.
Foods that most commonly cause the reaction in children are eggs, peanuts, wheat and milk. In adults, the causes most often are shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts and other legumes.
Stings from insects such as bees, wasps, yellow jackets, hornets and fire ants can cause anaphylaxis. Bites from the "kissing bug" and deer fly also cause the reaction. Experts estimate that at least 40 deaths per year are caused by anaphylaxis to insect stings.
Intense exercise, particularly in hot weather, can bring on anaphylaxis. Sometimes this only occurs with exercise after eating celery, shellfish, wheat, peaches or other specific foods to which the person is allergic.
How Is It Diagnosed?
Skin tests can confirm sensitivity to certain allergens that can cause anaphylaxis. The skin is pricked or scratched with an extract of the suspected allergen. Redness and swelling of the area indicates an allergic response.
For those with severe reactions, though, skin testing can cause anaphylaxis. A blood test (RAST or radioallergosorbent release test) is then ordered to look for IgE antibodies to allergens. This test takes longer and costs more, but is safer.
What Can I Do to Prevent Anaphylaxis?
Make sure your doctors know the names of any medications you are allergic to, and what symptoms you have when you are exposed to them.
Make sure your doctors know the names of every medication you take. Some classes of medications like beta adrenergic blocking agents can worsen an anaphylactic reaction if you should have one.
Be familiar with both the generic name and all trade names of medications that cause you to have an anaphylactoid reaction. And be aware of ingredients in a combination product. Read drug information carefully.
Become familiar with medications that might cause a cross-reaction. For example, cephalosporin antibiotics may cross-react with penicillin. If you have had an anaphylactic reaction to penicillin, be very cautious about taking these antibiotics. If you are allergic to aspirin, beware of a similar reaction to other pain relievers called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (such as Motrin, Advil, Nuprin, or Aleve).
When possible, take oral medications rather than a shot. This lessens severity of the reaction. If your doctor gives you a shot, wait at least 20 minutes before leaving. If you do have a reaction, you can get prompt treatment.
If you have a food allergy, be careful about everything you eat. Check ingredients on all food labels. Ask restaurant staff how food is prepared. People sensitive to a certain food like shellfish or peanuts may have a reaction to other foods if they were prepared in a dish or with utensils that were used to handle the food to which they are allergic. (See the Asthma and Allergy Answers fact sheet on, "What is a Food Allergy?")
If you react to insect stings or exercise, talk to your doctor about how to avoid these reactions.
Wear a Medic Alert bracelet or necklace to let others know of your allergy in an emergency. Also keep a card in your wallet or purse that explains your allergy.
Carry your emergency epinephrine with you at all times.
What About Treatment?
Always carry injectable epinephrine, such as Auvi-Q, EpiPen or others. Promptly inject the medication at the first sign of an anaphylactic reaction.
Seek medical care immediately even if you feel better because symptoms can recur in a few hours.
If you take a beta blocker or an ace inhibitor for heart disease, you may have a severe bronchospasm along with anaphylaxis. You may need an inhaled beta 2-selective bronchodilator besides epinephrine. Oxygen may be needed. Prolonged treatment with corticosteroids may also be required.
SOURCE: This information should not substitute for seeking responsible, professional medical care. First created 1995; fully updated 1998; most recently updated 2005.
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PHILADELPHIA — The Exelon Foundation has made a contribution of $500,000 to Red Cross House – The Center for Disaster Recovery, which provides housing and support services for people displaced from their homes by disasters. The donation is the largest gift yet toward American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania's goal to raise $25 million for Red Cross House.
Exelon Foundation President Steve Solomon and PECO President and CEO and Exelon Foundation Board Member Denis O'Brien joined American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania CEO Judge Renée Cardwell Hughes and Chairman Tom Hays at Red Cross House today to announce the contribution.
"This gift from the Exelon Foundation will significantly boost our ongoing mission to build a more resilient community, able to recover from disasters large and small more quickly and more effectively," Hughes said. "The need for the Red Cross House is undeniable." "The American Red Cross is probably the most trusted brand in the world," said O'Brien. "It stands for immediate, quality service in the most difficult emergency circumstances. Everything we've learned about the Red Cross House convinces us this is a wonderful investment."
In addition to the Exelon Foundation's $500,000 donation, PECO employee volunteers updated one of the House's two lounges, assembling and installing new furniture and turning the lounge into a library for displaced individuals and families to share time together.
"The Exelon Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life in communities throughout southeastern Pennsylvania," Solomon said. "For disaster survivors in the region who need time and a place to recover, Red Cross House is a source of hope, and the Exelon Foundation is pleased to count itself among its supporters."
There is no other facility in the country like Red Cross House. It is a model for disaster recovery. Because Red Cross House is not a homeless shelter, it accepts only families and individuals who have been living independently, but because of a fire or other disaster need some assistance to recover. During a typical stay at Red Cross House, adults continue to go to work and children continue to go to school. The model works. Families at Red Cross House recover and rebuild their lives faster, in about 21 days on average, and at about a third of the cost of a homeless shelter. Red Cross House also keeps those families together during the recovery process.
Red Cross House has housed more than 9,600 people (nearly 3,000 families) since opening in April 2003. Every family admitted to Red Cross House works with a specially trained Red Cross caseworker to develop a long-term Family Recovery Plan, which includes fire safety classes, mental health counseling, financial literacy workshops, and job search programs. When families leave Red Cross House, they have rebuilt their lives, secured a financially stable living situation, and started the emotional healing process.
Not only is Red Cross House home to hundreds of disaster survivors every year, it also serves as home base for all Red Cross disaster recovery operations in the region. Even if someone does not stay at Red Cross House, their recovery plan is still developed and managed by caseworkers at Red Cross House.
It costs about $1.7 million a year to operate Red Cross House. Those costs come directly out of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter's annual budget. Creating a Red Cross House endowment will eventually allow that money to be used for other vital services in the community. The American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania is calling on the region's business and philanthropic communities to join the Exelon Foundation and PECO to help ensure families in Southeastern Pennsylvania who suffer a disaster will continue to have a safe place dedicated to their recovery.
"With today's donation and their other contributions to the Red Cross, the Exelon Foundation and PECO have truly shown a commitment to the wellbeing of the citizens of Southeastern Pennsylvania," Hughes said. "We hope that this generosity will inspire other companies and organizations to follow their leadership."
About American Red Cross HouseThe American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. The Red Cross is not a government agency. All Red Cross assistance is free of charge and made possible thanks to the generosity of people in our region who donate their time, money and blood. Financial contributions are always welcomed and needed and can be made by going to RedCrossPhilly.org.
About the Exelon FoundationThe Exelon Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization funded solely by Exelon Corporation, an energy company, through shareholder dollars. The Foundation supports non-profit, tax-exempt organizations primarily within the service territories of Exelon and its operating companies. The mission of the Foundation is to encourage respect for the environment and strengthen the social and economic fabric of the community by supporting programs in the areas of environment and conservation, innovative math and science education, and diversity and tolerance.
About PECOBased in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 494,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the region. PECO delivered 87.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 39.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2010. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental, economic development and community programs and organizations.


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A plan has been announced to record a list of roads, identified as qualifying as public roads across public lands, in each county in Utah. Lynn Stevens, Utah State Public Lands Policy Coordinator made the announcement to the Utah Association of Counties (UAC) and to the State Legislature's Natural Resources Interim Committee recently. The State and counties have been gathering information to identify the roads granted to them in accordance with the 1866 law referred to as RS2477.
As reiterated in the recent 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the case of Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) and the Sierra Club versus the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and three of Utah's counties, no provision or requirement exists in federal law to make application for, or to provide proof of, construction of a road other than that which is governed by Utah law. Proof of the existence of a road and its continuous use by the public for 10 years or more prior to 1976 is sufficient under state law to confirm the validity of a road.
Because no recorded documents or filing of construction records were required at the time that roads were created, nor were they required at the time of passing the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), the state and counties have decided to put their roads on the record. This will make it easier to incorporate them into the land management plans currently being developed by federal land management agencies. By recording this information, anyone who has questions about the roads can go to the county recorder's office and obtain specific legal descriptions of the roads involved.
"This should satisfy criticism that insufficient information is available regarding the existence, the description and the location of county roads," said Stevens.
Additionally, the State of Utah and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are working on an agreement to be made available to each county regarding how roads across BLM-managed land will be maintained. This agreement will also standardize road numbering systems and road signage within each county.
Stevens indicated that the initial recordings will start immediately and the process will continue until all qualifying roads are recorded in each county. While the validity of a few roads may still be at issue, thousands of uncontested and non-controversial roads will be identified in the county records.
The effect of the recording, combined with the maintenance agreement, should put an end to struggles and controversies over the majority of roads in the State of Utah.
Case law confirms the long-held position of the State and counties that the type of funds used for road construction and records of maintenance are not required to verify the existence of a road, and that the definition of a road has not changed since 1866.
"This recent ruling, consistent with other case law precedence extending back almost 140 years, should allow us to move forward quickly in resolving the few cases where the facts may still be in dispute," says Stevens.
"The 10th Circuit Court decision reaffirmed the State's and counties' position that establishment of the existence of a road requires no action or acceptance by the BLM. Thus the State and the counties can move forward at their own pace." stated Maloy Dodds, Garfield County Commissioner and chairman of the UAC Public Lands Steering Committee.


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A deeply controversial and secretive education curriculum system known as "CSCOPE," used by more than two thirds of Texas schools, has come under heavy fire in recent weeks, with critics saying it promotes anti-Christian propaganda and so-called "progressive" values at odds with American traditions of liberty and self-government. Parents, teachers, experts, activists, and others were outraged. After lawmakers got involved, however, critics scored some partial victories against the program.
According to analysts and even some teachers who were forced to adopt the dubious scheme, CSCOPE is essentially a "Marxist" curriculum being used to brainwash Texas students. In one "World History" lesson for "social studies" that has received quite a bit of criticism, for example, students are ordered to design a "new communist flag" based on the symbols used by socialist regimes around the world.
During that same lesson, students are given a handout entitled "New Systems of Economic Thinking" and subtitled "The Big Ideas Emerging in the 18th and 19th centuries." The deeply controversial document shows a man climbing up a set of stairs, with free enterprise and capitalism at the bottom described as an idea where "all people strive to fulfill their own needs and wants."
The next step on the stairway is socialism at about the location where the upward-climbing man is located. Finally, at the very top comes communism, described in the handout as a system where "all people work together for everyone." Critics slammed the document as pro-communist indoctrination, noting that communism and self-styled communist regimes were responsible for hundreds of millions of innocents murdered in just the last century.
"We capitalist are selfish greedy people aren't we?" wondered conservative activist Ginger Russell rhetorically in a piece exposing the controversial lesson plan touting communism and socialism while making the free enterprise system appear outdated and negative to impressionable students. "Cscope is all about portraying communism in a positive light and the free enterprise/capitalist system as a selfish economic system."
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The Exiles (1961)
The Exiles is the story of one wild but typical night in the lives of three young American Indians who have left theirreservations to live in downtown Los Angeles. It presents the lifestyles and actions of these people that are "not trueof all Indians of the time--but typical of many."
Cast: Tom Reynolds, Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish
Produced by: Kent MacKenzie
Directed by: Kent MacKenzie
Written by: Kent MacKenzie
Running time: 1hr 12min
Opens: Aug 01, 2008 SF
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