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Khitan (Arabic: ختان) or Khatna (Arabic: ختنة) is the term for male circumcision carried out as an Islamic rite by Muslims. It is considered a sign of belonging to the wider Islamic community.[1] Khitan, in some of parts of the world, including Indonesia and Malaysia, may also refer to the female genital mutilation (properly khafḍ).[2][3]
Islamic male circumcision is analogous but not identical to Jewish circumcision. Islam is currently the largest single religious group in which the practice is widespread,[1] and although circumcision is not mentioned in the Qur'an itself, it is mentioned in the hadith and the sunnah. Whether or not it should be carried out after converting to Islam is debated among Islamic scholars.[4][5][6][7]
Religious sources[edit]
The Qur'an itself does not mention circumcision explicitly in any verse. In the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad circumcision of both sexes was carried out by most pagan Arabian tribes, and male circumcision among Jews and Christians for religious reasons.[8] This has also been attested by Al-Jahiz,[9] as well as by Josephus.[10]
According to some traditions Muhammad was born without a foreskin (aposthetic), while others maintain that his grandfather Abd-al-Muttalib circumcised him when he was seven days old.[11][12] Many of his early disciples were circumcised to symbolize their inclusion within the emerging Islamic community.[13] Some accounts report that Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium, had referred to Muhammad as the "leader of the circumcised people".[14]
Some hadith mentions circumcision in a list of practices known as fitra (acts considered to be of a refined person). Abu Hurayra, a companion of Muhammad, was quoted saying, "Five things are fitra: circumcision, shaving pubic hair with a razor, trimming the mustache, paring one's nails and plucking the hair from one's armpits" (reported in the hadiths of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim). So, despite its absence from the Qur'an, it has been a religious custom from the beginning of Islam. However, there are other hadiths which do not name circumcision as part of the characteristics of fitra [15] and yet another hadith which names ten characteristics, again without naming circumcision; in Sahih Muslim, Aisha is quoted "The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Ten are the acts according to fitra: clipping the mustache, letting the beard grow, using toothpicks, snuffing water in the nose, cutting the nails, washing the finger joints, plucking the hair under the armpits, shaving pubic hair and cleaning one's private parts with water. The narrator said: I have forgotten the tenth, but it may have been rinsing the mouth."[16] Hence, the different hadiths do not correspond on whether circumcision is part of fitra or not.
Muhammad's wife Aisha supposedly quotes Muhammad as saying that "ablution becomes necessary if the two circumcised members touch".[17][18] Furthermore, Muhammad is reported to have once advised a female circumciser not to cut off the entire clitoris during female circumcision.[19]
According to some hadith Muhammad supposedly circumcised his grandsons Hasan and Husayn on the seventh day after their birth.[20] Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim also quote from Muhammad that Prophet Abraham performed his own circumcision at the age of eighty.[21] It is also reported by Abu Dawud and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal that Muhammad stated that circumcision was a "law for men and a preservation of honor for women".[22]
Circumcision was introduced to many lands for the first time through Islam itself following the Muslim conquests under the Rashidun, who were the companions and contemporaries of Muhammad. An example are the Persians who did not practice circumcision before the advent of Islam.[23] Post-Islamic converts such as Afshin were found guilty in trials of remaining uncircumcised,[24] this further indicates that the practice was deemed compulsory by the early Muslims.
Sunni Islam[edit]
Amongst Ulema (Muslim legal scholars), there are differing opinions about the compulsion of circumcision in Sharia (Islamic law). Imams Abū Ḥanīfa, founder of the Hanafi school of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), and Malik ibn Anas, maintain that circumcision is a Sunnah Mu'akkadah—not obligatory but highly recommended. The Shafi`i and Hanbali schools see it as binding on all Muslims.[25]
Shia Islam[edit]
Most Shia traditions regard the practice as obligatory. They rely on sayings that come from classical Shia authors.[26] In one narration Muhammad was asked if an uncircumcised man could go to pilgrimage. He answered "not as long as he is not circumcised". They quote Ali as saying: "If a man becomes Muslim, he must submit to circumcision even if he is 80 years old".[27] Another narration from Al-Sadiq says: "Circumcise your sons when they are seven days old as it is cleaner (athar) and the flesh grows faster and because the earth hates the urine of the uncircumcised".[28] It is also believed that the urine of the uncircumcised is impure, while if one prays with unclean genitals their prayer may not be considered as acceptable, even of those who have been circumcised, meaning that it may have to be repeated again at a time when the believer has purified themselves and removed the impurity. Another hadith of Muhammad states: "the earth cries out to God in anguish because of the urine of the uncircumcised", and that "the earth becomes defiled from the urine of the uncircumcised for forty days".[29]
There is a Quran alone movement within Islam that rejects making male circumcision a religious requirement due to the fact it is not mentioned in any verse in the Qur'an, yet at the same time the Qur'an is supposed to explain all things (Qur'an 12:111).[30] Advocates of this view point above this to several Qur'anic verses that indicate the perfection of creation by Allah (Quran 32:7, 82:7–8, 95:4, 23:14, 27:88, 80:17-19, 31:20 amongst others). 32:6-7: "That is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful, Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay." 31:20 "Do you not see that Allah has made subject to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth and amply bestowed upon you His favors, [both] apparent and unapparent? But of the people is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening Book [from Him]." Another verse warns how Satan will mislead believers so that they will want to change Allah's creation [Quran 4:117-119] ... "Whom [Satan] Allah has cursed. For he [Satan] had said, "I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion. And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah." And whoever takes Satan as an ally instead of Allah has certainly sustained a clear loss."[31]
Muslim activists include Canadian Dr. Arif Bhimji,[32] Libyan judge Mustafa Kamal al-Mahdawi,[33] and the Egyptian feminist Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, who links it with her own struggle against female genital mutilation.[34] Some Quranists claim circumcision is haram, claiming that suras such as 4:119 forbids altering one's body, and suras such as 95:4 which says man was created perfectly.[35][36][37] Also there is report from the days of the early khaliffat regarding circumcision that after the conversion of many people meant that revenues from the Jizya payment stopped, Jarrah the governor in Khurasan, advised that circumcision be adopted as the religious test for true acceptance of Islam. However, Khalifa Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (rahimahullah) replied in a letter: "Allah sent Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) to summon men [to Islam] and not to circumcise." [38]
Time for circumcision[edit]
Islamic sources do not fix a particular time for circumcision. It depends on family, region and country. A majority of Ulema however take the view that parents should get their child circumcised before the age of ten.[39] The preferred age is usually seven although some Muslims are circumcised as early as on the seventh day after birth and as late as at the commencement of puberty.[1]
Whereas Jewish circumcision is closely bound by ritual timing and tradition, in Islam there is no fixed age for circumcision. The age when boys get circumcised, and the procedures used, tend to change across cultures, families, and time. In some Islamic countries, circumcision is performed on Muslim boys after they have learned to recite the whole Qur'an from start to finish.[1] In Malaysia and other regions, the boy usually undergoes the operation between the ages of ten and twelve, and is thus a puberty rite, serving to introduce him into the new status of an adult.[40] The procedure is sometimes semi-public, accompanied with music, special foods, and much festivity.[40]
There is no equivalent of a Jewish mohel in Islam. Circumcisions are usually carried out in a clinic or hospital. The circumciser is not required to be a Muslim.[1] The position of the scar is usually neither fully "low" nor fully "high", and the skin left is rather loose. However, due to a relatively secular approach to circumcision in the Muslim world, the "styles" of the Islamic circumcision vary on every individual, and change in the light on new medical knowledge.[40]
In Indonesia, after a child is circumcised, there is a feast called Perayaan Sunatan, but some ulemas in Indonesia say this is bid'ah whereas most of them say it is not. In Turkey also widely celebrated and called "Sunnet Toreni" "Sunnet mevludu".
Female genital mutilation[edit]
Khafḍ or k̲h̲ifāḍ, refers to female genital mutilation (FGM).[2][41][42] FGM is sometimes also referred to as khitan.[43] In many Muslim communities of the world, khafd is a rite of passage and refers to excision of the female genital organs.[44] Over 125 million women, primarily in Africa, Middle East and Muslim populations of Southeast Asia and South Asia are currently known to have undergone FGM, with Egypt recording the highest number of khafd women in the world.[45]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Circumcision of boys". Religion & ethics—Islam. BBC. 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ a b khitān Encyclopedia Britannica (2009)
- ^ "A Tiny Cut": Female Circumcision in South East Asia The Islamic Monthly (March 12, 2013)
- ^ "Male circumcision - the Islamic View". http://Convertingtoislam.com. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Is Circumcision obligatory after conversion?". Islamicinvitationcentre.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Considering Converting: Is it necessary to be circumcised?". Qa.sunnipath.com. 2005-07-03. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Circumcision for Converts". Qa.sunnipath.com. 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ W. La Barre, The Ghost Dance, London, 1972
- ^ Volume II of al-Hayawan by Jahiz, ed. A. M. Harun, 7 vols., Cairo, 1938
- ^ The Works of Flavius Josephus, translated by W. Whiston, 2 vols., London, 1858
- ^ "Religions - Islam: Circumcision of boys". BBC. 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- ^ Al-Halabi, Ali Ibn-Burhan-al-Din. Alsirah al-halabiyyah. Vol.1 Beirut: Al-maktabah al-islamiyyah. (n.d.): 54-5
- ^ source?
- ^ Sahih Bukhari, vol.1, book 1, no. 6
- ^ Sahih al-Bukhari 5890, Book 77, Hadith 107, http://sunnah.com/bukhari/77/107
- ^ Sahih Muslim 261a, Book 2, Hadith 71, http://sunnah.com/muslim/2/71
- ^ Malik ibn Anas, Ketab al-mowatta, Volume I, pages 45-47, traditions 70-75. ed. M.F. Abd-al-Baqi, Cairo
- ^ Ibn Majah, Kitab Sunan, ed. M. F. Abd-al-Baqi, Cairo, 1972, Page 199 Volume I
- ^ Page 28 of Volume VII of al-Hayawan by Jahiz, ed. A. M. Harun, 7 vols., Cairo, 1938
- ^ Al-Amili, Muhammad Ibn Hasan Al-Hur. Wasa'il al-shi'ah ila tahsil masa'il al-shariah. Vol 15. Tehran, Al-Maktabah al-Islamiyyah, 1982
- ^ Sahih Bukhari Hadith No. 575, and Muslim's anthology of authentic hadith, IV, item 2370.
- ^ Ahmad Ibn Hanbal 5:75; Abu Dawud, Adab 167
- ^ Encyclopædia Iranica, Circumcision
- ^ Page 766 of the Volume II of Al-Basaer wa al-Dhakha'ir, Abu Hayyan Tawhidi, Kaylānī, Damascus, 1964
- ^ "Medical Ethics of Male Circumcision". Web.archive.org. 2010-05-30. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ Book 90 of Hilyat ul-muttaqeen
- ^ Al-Kalini, Abu-Ja'afar Muhammad Ibn-Yaqub. Al-furu'min al-kafi. Vol. 6 Tehran: Dar al-kutub al-islamiyyah. 1981:35
- ^ Al-Kalini, Abu-Ja'afar Muhammad Ibn-Yaqub. Al-furu'min al-kafi. Vol. 6 Tehran: Dar al-kutub al-islamiyyah. 1981:34
- ^ DS Hellsten. Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice. Page 147
- ^ Surat Yusuf 12:111, http://quran.com/12
- ^ Qur'an: Surat An-Nisā' (The Women) 4:117-119, http://quran.com/4
- ^ Genital Integrity[dead link]
- ^ "Dead link". Quran.org. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Male and Female Circumcision in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Communities: Religious Debate by Doctor Sami Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh". Fgmnetwork.org. 1999-05-06. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Circumcision - Does the Quran Approve it? - Genital Mutilation | ختان | Khitan | Islam | Sunnah | Hadith | Khatna | Musolmani | Sunat | Sirkumsisi | Khatan | Tuli | Tule | Pagtutuli | Sunatan | Sünnet | Urkwtha | Tahara | Touhur | طهارة | طهور". QuranicPath. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- ^ "Revisionist Muslim « For All Monotheists". Allmonotheists.com. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
- ^ Male and female circumcision, medical, legal, and ethical considerations George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges
- ^ Ibn Jarir At-Tabari, Muhammad. Annales, vol. II. p. 1354.
- ^ "Circumcision". Islamicvoice.com. 2000-03-28. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ a b c "Traditional Muslim Male Circumcision—Performed by Arabs, Turkish, Malaysian and Others of This Faith". Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A., To Mutilate in the Name of Jehova or Allah, Legitimization of Male and Female Circumcision, Middle East Research Associates, Paper No. 21, 1994; see page 6-18
- ^ K̲h̲afḍ, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Brill Online, 2013
- ^ E. J. Van Donze (1994), Islamic Desk Reference (Compiled from Encyclopedia of Islam), ISBN 9004097384, Brill (Netherlands), page 69
- ^ Gerald R. Hawting (2006), The Development of Islamic Ritual, ISBN 978-0860787129, page 358-361
- ^ Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting UNICEF, (July 2013)
External links[edit]
- Mission Islam: Male Circumcision
- Male Circumcision: A Muslim Perspective
- BBC Religions Islam: Circumcision of boys
- Khalid Zaheer: Why do Muslims circumcise their male children?


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Depending on the topic of conversation, Coast to Coast AM has introduced Alex Jones as an alternative media activist, a documentary filmmaker, or a political researcher. In a June 28, 2012, article on InfoWars.com, Jones and reporter, Paul Joseph Watson, are raising red flags about false flags flying high over London's Olympic stadium, site of the 2012 Summer Olympics, set to kick off on July 27.
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Watson's allegations of false flag attempts are based on accusations leveled by undercover journalist, "Lee Hazledean", who infiltrated G4S to get the real, behind-the-scenes story.
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The Greene County Patrol Division comprises all the men and women officers who wear the uniform and patrol the county in marked vehicles. You know them by the "circled star", both on their uniform and on their car. When you need an officer, whether an emergency or not, please dial 911. Even if you merely wish to make a report, remember that you should contact the dispatch/communications center by calling 911, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Patrol Division provides a full range of law enforcement services to the citizens of Greene County. In addition to answering all calls for service -- from seemingly routine animal situations to life-threatening emergencies, and initial crime scene investigation. In addition, the Patrol Division provides backup and mutual aid assistance to the various city police departments and other law enforcement agencies when needed.
As opposed to past practice, when the office used a Traffic Division -- which only employed 4 officers tasked with enforcement of all traffic laws within Greene County -- the Patrol Division now bears this responsibility in a dedicated attempt to make our roadways safer for all our families and friends. Instead of only 4 officers with radar, all 34 patrol officers now drive cars equipped with radar. ALL Patrol officers receive training not only in speed enforcement, but also in accident investigation, DWI detection, standardized field sobriety testing, and breath analysis of blood alcohol content.
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Seen from a positive perspective, in this 6 year period, we prevented 3429 potential traffic collisions -- many of them possibly involving fatalities. Prior to 2001 traffic enforcement was fairly limited to the 4 officers on the traffic detail who had radar, only one patrol car carried a video camera, no Greene County Deputies carried preliminary breath testers, and there existed no imperative to train all Patrol officers in accident investigation DWI detection or standardized field sobriety tests.
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When I was little, my mom came up with this great idea that got us to clear our plates. She let us make our own "kabobs". I often list this at one of my lunches and thought I'd share with you what exactly a "Kiddie Kabob" is, so you could partake as well!
These are so easy to make, because you get out all the ingredients and the kids do the rest. Basically, get some kabobs sticks. Then raid your cabinets for soft foods that will slide on easily. This is a great time to use up some of your left-overs. Boil harder foods like carrots for just a little bit so they'll slide on as well. Dice up any larger foods into bite size piece. Put everything into bowls and set it out for the kids to add their own ingredients to their kabob sticks!
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Video: Russian cyclist walks away after being run over by skip lorry
Amazing escape for 17-year-old woman who walks away after driven over by skip truck
Being hit by a lorry or other large vehicle while you're riding often results in serious injury or even death, which makes this dashcam clip of a 17-year-old Russian girl surviving a nightmare hit from a lorry as remarkable as it is stomach-churning.
According to the Express, Artem Droukov, 24, was driving behind the skip lorry when it ran over 17-year-old Natasha Balova in the Russian city of Zelenograd near Moscow.
Dourkov said: "I was driving behind the skip lorry when I saw this teenager get knocked off her bike and then run over.
"I thought she would be crushed flat but instead the truck bounced into the air and after lying on the ground for a short while screaming, she got up and really gave the driver a mouthful.
"I couldn't believe it. She walked a bit unsteadily out of the side of the road and sat down and told him what she thought of him."
Balova was taken to hospital — after making it very clear to the driver what she thought of his astonishingly dangerous driving — and found to have escaped with just bruises.
Her bike, however, was completely wrecked in the collision.
Police say they are considering charges against the driver.
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In the UK, heavy vehicles are disproportionately represented in crashes resulting in deaths and serious injury of cyclists. In London they make up just 5 percent of traffic, but are involved in 50 percent of cyclist fatalities.
HGVs have also been cited as being disproportionately involved in crashes with female cyclists. On the whole, men are the victims of most cycling fatalities and sustain more serious injuries than women.
According to an NHS Choices report on cycling safety published in February this year, males are 1.4 times more likely to be killed and 1.7 times more likely to be seriously injured than females.
However, the report said there is evidence that women in the UK have a greater risk of being involved in a collision with an HGV than men.
It said: "The latest study into London's cycle hire scheme found that women were twice as likely to be involved in a fatal collision with an HGV, despite making up just 30% of the scheme's participants.
"One theory is that, somewhat counterintuitively, this increased danger is actually due to women being less willing to take risks.
"A leaked TfL internal report suggests that women are less likely to jump red lights, meaning they are more likely to get caught in an HGV's blind spot.
"One UK researcher has argued that many women wrongly perceive that overtaking an HGV on the left-hand side is less risky, possibly because they believe sticking close to the curb is safer. The researcher did find a statistically significant trend in women reporting to be "left-side overtakers"."
However, it seems clear in this case that Natasha Balova was simply riding down the road and the truck driver didn't avoid her or slow down enough to miss her.
It must be a fake, I didn't read any comments to the fact that she wasn't wearing a helmet!
But seriously, it is a very worrying thing that happens across the world
posted by Wolfshade [146 posts]
17th July 2014 - 14:27
That's a scary video, probably one of the scariest I've seen. Its a miracle she's alive and her fate was completely out of her control.
posted by Scoob_84 [364 posts]
17th July 2014 - 15:28
How on EARTH did she walk away from that?! She looked to have been in primary position, but he leaves it far too late to move out, and then doesn't move anywhere near far enough. She may have moved out just before the impact, but if he'd left a decent gap it wouldn't matter.
I'd love to hear a translated version of what she said to him!
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice...
posted by notfastenough [3723 posts]
17th July 2014 - 15:30
She had a very lucky escape. Skip lorries do pose a particular threat to other road users in this country and this appears to be the case in Russia also, though I know the death rate on the roads in Russia is also worryingly high.
posted by OldRidgeback [2581 posts]
17th July 2014 - 16:07
"A leaked TfL internal report suggests that women are less likely to jump red lights, meaning they are more likely to get caught in an HGV's blind spot"
This certainly gives a lot to weight the the old argument that jumping red lights is often safer than waiting for green. I wonder how far this would get you with the police if you were stopped RLJing.
posted by Matt eaton [707 posts]
17th July 2014 - 16:12
"A leaked TfL internal report suggests that women are less likely to jump red lights, meaning they are more likely to get caught in an HGV's blind spot"
This certainly gives a lot to weight the the old argument that jumping red lights is often safer than waiting for green. I wonder how far this would get you with the police if you were stopped RLJing.
The police aren't bothered about the safety of cyclists, just showing to motorists that we get stopped and fined every so often too.
posted by Housecathst [323 posts]
17th July 2014 - 18:26
How she walked away who knows? Did the bike shield her from being crushed for that split second. After today's shooting down of an airliner I imagine skip lorries are not Putin's primary concern.
Silly me. You're probably right....
posted by MercuryOne [1221 posts]
17th July 2014 - 19:44
"Police say they are considering charges against the driver"
even given the incredibly clear evidence of dangerous driving? Sounds like they care as much as in UK.
She was lucky the truck was empty.
posted by rich22222 [154 posts]
17th July 2014 - 19:49
How on EARTH did she walk away from that?!
Every Russian I've ever met is harder than nails...
Good to see someone walk away from something like this.
posted by jacknorell [920 posts]
17th July 2014 - 23:45
Either that truck is very light or she is very very strong.
posted by Airzound [994 posts]
18th July 2014 - 0:44
Can trucks really drive over people and leave them unharmed? I remember seeing something similar on TV years ago:
posted by JamesJ [31 posts]
18th July 2014 - 5:28
The lorry is empty, so there'd be very little weight over the axles, especially the rear ones. If it'd been carrying a full skip, I imagine this would have had a different outcome.
Was she waiting to turn left? Difficult to tell how it happened from the video.
posted by DrJDog [269 posts]
18th July 2014 - 11:15
Miraculous. The bike took the weight of the lorry and then gets spat out. Horrible piece of driving.
posted by Docroddy [25 posts]
18th July 2014 - 15:40
Utterly remarkable and exceptionally fortunate.
It looks like she is turning left and the impatient idiot driver decides to overtake her
posted by sfichele [136 posts]
19th July 2014 - 10:55
This is why I really hate lorry's, busses, coaches, tractors and anything that has a trailers attached to a vehicle because sometimes people forget the length and cause accidents like this.
Kind regards,
William Hawkes
posted by williamhawkes92 [3 posts]
20th July 2014 - 12:59
The lorry is empty, so there'd be very little weight over the axles, especially the rear ones. If it'd been carrying a full skip, I imagine this would have had a different outcome.
Was she waiting to turn left? Difficult to tell how it happened from the video.
Watch again. Both front and rear wheels go over her so the fact the wagon is not carrying a skip is irrelevant. Skip wagons are constructed so that the load is carried by the rear axle with very little load transfer to the front axle (except under braking). Lets numberwang!
Assume empty skip wagon weighs 8Te and that there is a 60:40 split front:rear.
So working for front axle. 60% of 8Te is 4.8Te. Divide by 2 to get wheel loading = 2.4Te. Assuming contact patch of 0.06 square meter that gives you a loading of 2.4/0.06 = 40 tonnes per square meter.
Ok! A lot of assuming but I doubt I'm far from the truth. What we know for certain is that this girl is tough.
Is it wrong of me to be strangely aroused by her?
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I can't reproduce this issue. I tap on Notes, then on the little pencil icon and it shows me a screen containing the note itself and a red "Delete Note" option below. When I tap on the text of the note, then the cursor and the keyboard show up.
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Hi David, it happens on all my text only notes (I don't have any other kind). I can insert the cursor in edit mode, but no keyboard pops up. It's an iphone 5s, with lots of spare capacity.
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Bethany Hamilton's story is well-known throughout the surfing community and now it's coming to the silver screen.
Hamilton was a rising championship surfer at the age of 13, whose dreams where shattered when a 14-foot tiger shark bit off her left arm while surfing at Kauai, Hawaii, on Oct. 31, 2003.
Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of Hamilton's determination and unwavering faith to return to competitive surfing with the hopes of once again becoming a champion surfer.
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Team medicine — cooperation across sites and specialties — has long been a hallmark of patient care at Mayo Clinic. Now, Mayo neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons are taking that collaboration in a new direction, by developing standardized care pathways for spinal implants across all Mayo sites.
"When we started this effort, there was wide variation in the implants used across the Mayo enterprise," says William E. Krauss, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "Now just about every implant we use in lumbar and cervical spine procedures is one that everybody has agreed on."
This standardization of medical supplies is an outcome of Mayo's ongoing efforts to ensure the best quality care for patients at all sites. "The goal is to examine preoperative and postoperative care for patients with spinal disorders and to determine a best-practices model on which all sites cooperate," says Barry D. Birch, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Ariz.
Spinal implants — the plates, rods and screws that are surgically placed to help obtain spinal fusion — are essential components of treatment for spinal instability. The most recent round of spinal-implant procurement began with discussions among neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons at all three Mayo sites — as well as in the Mayo Clinic Health System, which provides care in communities in the Midwest — about which implants should be used for various procedures. After numerous meetings within sites, teleconferences among sites and discussions with Mayo's procurement executives, agreement was reached. As a result, Mayo is now able to source nearly all of its spinal implants from three medical-supply companies.
"A single company may not have all the instrumentation we need for all parts of the spine. With three companies we cover almost all our bases," says Mark A. Pichelmann, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. "For very special needs we also have the capability to bring in a fourth or fifth vendor. It's not at all constricting in terms of how we practice medicine."
Indeed, the surgeons quickly realized a side benefit: Standardized instrumentation means fewer surgical-equipment trays. "We save a lot of shelf space in the operating room, and our staff become very proficient in the use of the two or three systems we have in place," Dr. Pichelmann says.
Standardizing the supply chain also offers potential cost savings. In an era of rising costs and increasingly complex health care, Mayo understands the need to reduce the cost of care. Standardization whenever possible is one way of reducing costs without compromising patient care. "When all Mayo sites cooperate, the practice is both cost-effective and beneficial in terms of improved patient outcomes," Dr. Birch says.
For Mayo physicians, this type of collaboration is an extension of their usual teamwork. "We work together on a clinical basis, discussing cases and sharing patients," Dr. Krauss says. "This is an opportunity for us to work together to standardize supplies."
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The Fourth Plenary Session Of The National People's Congress
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The GIS intern will work primarily with the plant collections staff, contributing to the early stages of the GIS data collection in the garden. Daily tasks will include mapping, data entry, surveying, and collection management.
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Now that Hillary Clinton has followed John Edwards in endorsing an "individual mandate" model for universal health care, lots of people are asking questions about the model -- some good, some not so good.
In Business Week, columnist Glen Whitman raises several objections. It's difficult to enforce a mandate that everybody buy insurance, he says; just look at how many people don't carry car insurance, which states supposedly require of all drivers. And even if the government could enforce a mandate, he continues, it wouldn't generate enough money to pay for the cost of covering the uninsured.
Yes, Whitman concedes, there are some "free riders" -- people who could buy insurance but don't, then force the rest of us to pick up the costs of their health care expenses (through charges passed along to us as higher taxes or private insurance premiums, and so on). But all the money from all the free riders still wouldn't cover the cost of giving everybody health insurance.
So instead of adding a mandate that people buy insurance, Whitman concludes, why not take away some mandates -- namely, the ones on benefits and such that drive up health insurance costs in the first place? As he puts it, "if the real concern is making health insurance and health care available to those in need, we should focus on reducing health-care prices and insurance premiums. The individual mandate is, at best, a distraction from that goal."
My colleague Josh Patashnik makes a similar argument in the item below. Citing Whitman, he suggests candidates like Clinton and Edwards (though he doesn't name those two) are being borderline dishonest for saying that a mandate alone would create enough money for universal coverage: "...there's simply not enough revenue to be gained from cracking down on free-riders; if you want universal coverage, you're going to have to find other money to fund subsidies."
Josh also thinks this is a point in favor of Barack Obama's position. Obama, as you may recall, does not call for an individual mandate -- at least not right away. Lots of folks said this was a failing of his plan. Josh thinks otherwise, concluding. "In this light, Barack Obama's approach--holding off on imposing a mandate until insurance markets can be made to work better and the subsidies are in place--starts to look more reasonable, despite the barrage of criticism it's earned him."
Then there is Matthew Yglesias. Taking off from the same practical concerns -- and citing Tyler Cowen
-- Matt suggests maybe this is a good argument for simply going with an entirely different reform model. Wouldn't it make more sense just to create one public insurance program -- in other words, a single-payer program -- and just enroll everybody (presumably letting them opt into a private plan only if they so choose)?
Whew, that's a lot. Let me try to take them one by one, starting with the question of how much money a mandate generates, whether it'd be enough to cover the uninsured, and whether those who favor the model have been misleading people about financial reality.
The premise is almost certainly correct. Capturing contributions from "free riders" -- in other words, making people who can afford insurance pay for it -- most likely will not generate enough money to pay for all of the presently uninsured.
Where Whitman, and Josh, go awry is in suggesting that individual mandate advocates like Clinton or Edwards pretend otherwise. Both recognize it will take additional money to cover the uninsured, at least over the short term. How do I know that? Because Clinton and Edwards (like Obama) have identified separate funding streams that they would use to finance universal coverage -- starting with the Bush upper-income tax cuts, which they would allow to expire. (Note that this exposes them to the charge of "raising taxes," so you can't really go after them for political expediency on this count.)
And that's not the only additional funding they have in mind. Remember how Whitman chided reformers because they didn't "focus on reducing health-care prices and insurance premiums"? Well, both Clinton and Edwards -- and, again, Obama -- have proposed doing precisely that. The difference is that the Democrats running for president don't attack prices the way Whitman would prefer. Instead of just gutting mandates -- a favored conservative strategy that, unfortunately, tends to shift costs to people with the worst medical conditions -- they propose to set standards for quality health care and reduce some of the inefficiencies inherent in our haphazard, non-universal system.
It's fair to question just how successful those strategies will be. But it's not at all fair to suggest that Clinton, Edwards, and those who support their model of reform have ignored the price issue -- which is what Whitman and Josh seemed to be suggesting.
That's not to say the argument against mandates has no merit. Enforcement could indeed be tough; requiring people to buy insurance is morally problematic if the insurance isn't really enforceable. Obama's advisers, among others, have made these arguments -- and they deserve serious consideration. At the end of the day, I think the case for mandates is stronger than the case against, which is why I like the Clinton/Edwards approach better. But it's a matter on which reasonable people can disagree.
Now, onto Matt's concern. Here, I think, we have a far more legitimate dispute. Matt wants to know why, given all the potential problems of an individual mandate, why not just go with a single-payer system? On purely substantively grounds, I agree completely. If the government simply enrolled everybody in a public program -- with the right to opt out and choose private insurance instead -- that'd be far simpler and, most likely, a lot more efficient.
The problem, as Paul Krugman rightly points out in his blog today, is political. Such a program probably wouldn't pass. It'd require raising more taxes -- a tough sell even though people would end up paying less money in the long run -- and it'd require forcing most people to change insurance -- also a tough sell, even though most people would be better off.
Is that political calcuation correct? There's no way to be certain, particularly at this stage in the debate. That's why Krugman, among others, has been careful to tout single-payer as the ideal -- even as he's said good things about the individual mandate schemes. (I've tried to do the same thing.)
Still, it takes sixty votes in the Senate to make universal health care a reality. And, rightly or wrongly, a lot of more conservative senators simply can't stomach the idea of creating such a large government program on the spot.
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One of the dangers of photography is to become blind to familiar scenes we see every day. After months or years, we no longer look at the things around us, but glance and keep on going. I've been dropping off my wife and picking her up at the Starbucks she works at part time in old town Pasadena. She's the den mother for a whole gaggle of young people who sometimes slip and call her "Mom." She can't do any of the heavy work at Starbucks, but when it comes up, one of the young people steps right in and takes it on so smoothly no one seems to notice.
I have seen the area near this Starbucks so many times, I have to remind myself this a good place to look for that special picture. My Nikon Coolpix 510 is the camera I always dreamed of. After carrying two cameras and a forty pound camera bag for half a century, the Coolpix does everything that huge pile of gear did, but it does it faster and better. I stood in front of Starbucks and zoomed out to about eight hundred millimeters and scanned the line of back lit cars going down Colorado boulevard to the Norton Simon museum at the end of the street and the Rodin's statue of "The Thinker" sitting on the lawn as though contemplating the traffic and wishing it were time again for annual New Years day Rose parade.
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Thanks for the story, Aldo. One of our gifts as artists is seeing things other people do not, and sometimes, even surprising ourselves.
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Aldo, I was not supposed to be voting or making comments today as I am dead tired from work but your picture caught my eye and you delightful way of telling you thoughts captured my attention.
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PS: I am glad that I bought a Coolpix 520, I am supposed to get it this coming week. I am so excited!
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How effective is it? I will not be encountering any ticks and the purpose of it would be to repel skeeters. Your thoughts and suggestions other than reminding me that it kills cats? :)
It is very effective on clothes, but you will still need to wear something on exposed skin.Remember it does wear out after a while, so follow the directions on reapplying it.
Permethrin is not a repellent but an insecticide. However, I've found it does keep mosquitoes from biting through my clothing. It does not, however, do anything to biting flies. Important: Carefully follow all label precautions (as should be done with any such compound). While the military does use it lavishly, permethrin is not harmless. In the case of the military, the alternatives (malaria, dengue fever, etc., etc.) are far more harmful than possible effects from the permethrin. That may not be true for us North American backpackers. I use the lowest concentration available (usually Repel Permanone), spray outdoors and upwind of what I'm spraying and make sure the clothing is completely dry before handling. I find the results just as good as with a heavier concentration.
Sprayed my clothes generously and was still mauled by mosquitoes and black flies in a wet section of the NJ AT. Luckily (or maybe it was working?) I had no problems with ticks on my last two multiple-day trips.I often get many small beetles and crane flies trying to sneak into my house from the downstairs windows and where the window mount air conditioner is. I took a few pieces of slim foam and literally soaked them with permethrin. I placed the foam strips in the window sills of the ground level and checked up on them a week later. Each window sill with the foam strips had literally 20-30 dead beetles who died on their voyage trying to making it in my home. The window sill I left permethrin free was bug-less. A scientific test? Far from it... but it made me atleast a slight believer.
I work outdoors in an area with abundant deer ticks (the ones that carry Lyme disease--I've pulled 10+ a day off myself). I decided to spray my socks (just the ankles up) and pants (from mid-thigh down) with permethrin. Since doing that a few weeks ago, I have had zero attached ticks and only a handful crawling on me, most of which were on my untreated arms. Mosquitoes still love me, despite the spray.So, for me, permethrin is great for ticks but does nothing for mosquitoes.
Use permethrin on clothes and DEET on all exposed skin! Permethrin does almost nothing to protect exposed skin. As already stated, permethrin does not repel insects, it kills those that land on it. Skin that is an inch away from permethrin treated clothes will still get bites. Use DEET on skin you don't want the bugs to bite.Ticks crawling up permethrin treated pants will fall off (and hopefully die). In my experience, mosquitos won't bite through thin permethrin treated shirts; untreated, the mosquitos bite through it.In moderately bad mosquitoes or black flies, I'm able to get away with permethrin treated long pants, long sleeved shirts and caped hat. In bad bug conditions I would need to add DEET to exposed skin. In really bad bug conditions, a full bug suit is probably the only way to avoid misery.
Permethrin works on clothing. Before I did a two-week trip in Alaska, I soaked a shirt in the stuff. The only problem was that I figured that I better over-do it to make sure that it worked. On the airliner flight up there, I wore the shirt, and the excess chemical became noticeable to my nose. Others on the airliner kept requesting seat changes. Upon arrival in a mosquito-ravaged village in Alaska, the swarms hit me. I donned a mosquito net head bag, and then the shirt worked nicely. The only place that the bugs could still get me was through the narrow slits near the cuffs.--B.G.--
I soaked all my clothes in Permethrin before I left for the PCT and 1100 miles later it has been everything claimed. I even saw an ant climb on my bandana and start convulsing. Whole new way to protect you food from the pesty little buggers.
what brands/concentration are folks using?
Sawyer 0.5%
My wife and I spend a high percentage of our time outdoors in Lyme country. I have had Lyme disease and a lot of friends have. Some have suffered with harsh symptoms that take a long time to recover from.We used the Sawyer spray for a while, but I went through too many containers doing all of the different clothes we treat.We now buy the bigger more concentrated containers from veterinary supplies. We dilute it to the 0.3 to 0.5% recommended strength in a tub and soak our clothes every three or four months.This method is significantly cheaper than the spray.We have been seeing a lot of ticks this year. I had one on my leg last weekend that I got from walking through bush with shorts on. I have never had one attach under any of my treated clothing since I started treating.Lyme disease really sucks, especially if you don't catch it early
Ditto on the last poster's advice. I buy mine from Kmart in the Garden section. (Look at the label to make sure that Perm is the only active ingredient.)BTW, I've been soaking my clothes (including my bug net and cap) in the stuff for a couple of years now, and none of my children have been born with two heads. :-) I also wear the lightest possible long-sleeve shirt and pants, even in summer, eliminating the necessity of slathering Deet on any exposed skin. (Hate that Deet.)StargazerP.S. Oh, yes, and I tuck my pants into my socks during tick season.
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Do the ticks simply die/jump/fall off after they try to latch onto clothing? I'm expecting to encounter droves of ticks this weekend because of the rain and warmer temps lately, and I don't want to over-do it on the insecticide if possible. Would it be okay to just treat my pants and shoes?
@Nate - Last I checked, permethrin is only supposed to be applied to clothing articles. Needs to dry out too.
Oh, I meant just my pants as opposed to all of my clothes. Wasn't thinking of spraying it on myself. I am a bit scared of the stuff, which is why I would like to avoid spraying it on my shirt and hat. In my experience, I have never seen a tick on a bush above about thigh level. So, I was hoping to get by with just using the stuff on my pants.
Been tick free for two years since I started using it. Spray my clothes in early spring and mid summer. Usually covers it.
You can spray it on, or you can dunk the clothing in the liquid. Then let it dry out completely before wearing. If you get too much on, you will smell it but it won't kill you.It is cheaper to buy the liquid and apply it with an atomizer. In contrast, you can buy a pressurized can of it that costs more and gives you less.--B.G.--
I have Sawyer pump spray. Spray on outside of pants and boots. Once in spring. But not a lot of ticks where I go and Lyme disease is less common.For me, that one bottle lasts for years. Bigger or more concentrated bottle would not save money, because after years, it probably loses effectiveness.It seems like if you soak your clothes, then there will be more permethrin that might get on you, though if you let it dry probably not a problem.You are not supposed to let the liquid touch you.On the other hand, there are pet sprays that you put directly on cat or dog, which must be about the same sensitive as us, so human warning may just be cautious.
Just please consider doing all the the application of your clothing before your trip, and never anywhere near a water source.http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/PermGen.html
RE: "If you get too much on, you will smell it but it won't kill you."Well, at least not immediately :-DBut it is a case of risk management: I certainly view Lyme Disease (et al) as more of health risk than the long term risks from permethrin exposure (and hopefully minimize that kind of risk by following the instructions to the letter)
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