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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A bus driver for Lake County Schools faces possible termination after she was caught on the bus cameras talking on her cell phone while driving, WKMG Local 6 reports.
Bernita Blake is up for a vote of termination at a school board meeting on Monday. Earlier in the year, she was caught driving 71 mph in her school bus; she was disciplined but kept her job.
In 2004, Blake kept her job at the district after being arrested on charges of grand theft and petit theft related to a separate job she had servicing vending machines. At that time, Florida statutes only required a district employee to be terminated if certain criminal charges involved children; the district has since tightened its policies beyond what's required by Florida statutes.
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● Ala. bill would restrict school bus driver cell phone use
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The good thing about statutes and regulations - you cannot diminish the statutes, regulations or policies that are in print yet you can always go beyond or improve your own local policies to address specific issues that quite possibly might not covered by a State, Federal statute or any type regulation. Always provide your school board attorney your plans for reviews of any such changes you wish to make that you feel would be improvements. The attorney, when in doubt, will usually submit your plan to the State's Attorney General's Office for review and commentary if there might be any conflict with constitutional or ethics laws. Once a policy is put in place - it must apply to everyone and not just a chosen few. Also as an example - in order to obtain your Commercial Driver Licence during a Skills Test procedure we all had to demonstrate the very basic requirements. Speed control is one of the common knowledge criteria contained within the CDL manuals. It boils down to bad drivers doing bad things because they are allowed to do so. It's as simple as that. The question is why are they allowed to do so? Should you have go to trial someday will the judge and jury buy into that maybe some school official(s) did not have knowledge that an employee was in violation of speeding all the time in a school bus while using their cell phones? I doubt it. I had a State Police officer pull his Police Cruiser into the shop one day looking for a driver of a certain bus number. I told him where the bus was and that he was welcomed to drive up and speak with them. He had witnessed them speeding. The insurance companies will ask for and receive the individual cell phone records to verify one way or another if the driver in question was in fact on their cell phone during a school bus accident. School board members are also liable in law suits especially if they knowingly hire or retain such a person known to be unsafe. Don't think so? Review your own State Statutes and ask your school a
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Correction: Structure and dynamics of the pan-genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae and closely related species
1 Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
2 Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Center for Genomic Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 152123, USA
3 Institute for Genome Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 801 West Baltimore Street, MD 21201, USA
4 The Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
5 Laboratorio di Microbiologia Molecolare e Biotecnologia, Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Universita' di Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, 53100 Siena, Italy
6 Division of Infection and Immunity, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK
7 Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
8 University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics, Medical Sciences Division, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU, UK
Genome Biology 2011, 12:140 doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-10-140Published: 20 October 2011
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After publication of this Research [1], we noted that there is a misspelling in the name of Mogens Killian. Furthermore, we noted errors to Additional File 1, Table S1. For the strain S. pneumoniae AP200, the "Location of isolation" should be "Italy" rather than "University of Siena". Also, in the Acknowledgements, we should have thanked all the AP200 genome project participants for providing early access to the AP200 genome sequences rather than Annalisa Pantosti only. The AP200 genome project was supported by a grant from the Italian Ministry of Research (FIRB 2005-RBLA054453).

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Topics of the day:
1. ESCO - The Electronic Study Club for Orthodontics
2. Hemisecting deciduous second molars
3. Sassouni (5)
4. ESCO Digest - 16 Feb 2003 to 24 Feb 2003 (#2003-7)
5. Nikon 4500
6. Delar Bite Registration wax
7. Dentometer
8. Surgical Treatment Objective
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* What information can you get on ESCO?
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For answers to these questions and more, please check our web site:
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From: Charles J. Ruff [email@example.com]
Sent: Tue 3/4/2003 7:58 AM
Subject: hemisecting deciduous second molars
Some years ago, Dr. Van der Linden published in a Quintessence monograph a technique on how to handle missing mandibular second bicuspids. This involved shaving the distal aspect of the deciduous second molar before the adult first molar erupted. Then after eruption of the first molar, the deciduous second molar was hemisected and the distal root removed. This allowed the first molar the opportunity to drift forward closing the space where the distal root of the deciduous second molar distal root was. By leaving the mesial root intact, you maintained the alveolar ridge width so that the space could then be completely closed once braces were done. If there wasn anterior crowding, the mesial root would be removed and this allowed the first bi to move distally and still maintain the width of the alveolus by leaving the distal root intact.
Of course, the deciduous second molar needed to have a pulpotomy done before the hemisection was done. For me up heah in Maine, that was a tough sell even though the average Maineah would have been better off with space closure rather than implants, etc.
At a recent AAO meeting, two Mexican orthodontists whose names I can't remember, presented a table clinic on 57 patients that they treated with Dr.
Van der Linden's technique except they did not do the pulpotomy. They merely hemisected the tooth and then let the vital root fend for itself.
They reported in the table clinic that this did not seem to make a difference. They also reported that they were hoping to have this material published in the AJODO but I have yet to see it.
My question for the group is "Does anyone know the name and/or city in which these two work." I would love to write them and learn more.
Charlie Ruff
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Sent: Fri 2/28/2003 1:54 PM
Subject: Sassouni
Clarification of how to locate Center O:
Attachment #1 is the tracing from S 1 (+/- 1/29/03 posting) with the vertical lines between the most divergent planes. This is a cobbling of how we were taught in the class and the way the analysis has evolved for me.
Attachment #2 is how the planes converge in the deep-bite skeletal case.
#3 is an open bite patient.
1. Location of Center "0"
The four planes (b,c,d,e) are prolonged posteriorly. They converge toward an area where the four planes are the most concentrated, and then they diverge. The center of this concentrated area is Center 0. To locate Center 0, draw vertical lines between the most divergent planes going posteriorly. These vertical lines will decrease in height while going posteriorly up to a point. Then either they remain equal for a short distance or start increasing in size. The Center 0 is located at the middle of the smallest vertical height (usually the planes converge toward an area of the size of a dime).
This material was copied from the class notes-the handout.
Paul Johnson
Tustin, CA
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Sent: Fri 2/28/2003 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: ESCO Digest - 16 Feb 2003 to 24 Feb 2003 (#2003-7)
to Charly Ruff and dr Tsouria- Belaid
You are looking for someone who knows the Burstone- Melsen - Marcotte segmented technique in Geneva ?
I 'm sure Dr Jeaques Beugnet - 348 Avenue de Genève in 01220 Divonne les Bains - in FRANCE ( but near the airport of Geneva.). kwows all about that biomechanics: anyway he is an outstanding practitioner..---- tel (33) 4 50 20 31 30.
From Marc Van Rossen - Mâcon France ( 140 km from Geneva)--- I am also very fond of this "real Newton" biomechanics...
From: JM [email@example.com]
Sent: Tue 2/25/2003 2:37 AM
Subject: Re: Nikon 4500
I use a Nikon 995 and the nice thing about this camera is that the flash is located directly above the lens so shadows are reasonable.
Does the slightly offset flash on the 4500 pose a problem - especially with side and occlusal shots?
What particular adjustment are you having trouble with focus? - I always shoot on manual focus and use the confirmation feature Or exposure: f/10 ?
John Mamutil
www.brace5.com <http://www.brace5.com>
>>>>> Dear Group
I used to shoot with a Nikon 990, now got a Nikon 4500 but can't get a perfect adjustment. Is there anymore who can help?
From: Dr. Tim Dumore [email@example.com]
Sent: Tue 3/4/2003 4:49 PM
Subject: Delar Bite Registration wax
Hello folks,
Recently, I have had trouble ordering Delar Bite Registration Wax. I have tried a few suppliers without much luck, and our Patterson Rep suggested that perhaps the company is discontinuing this product.
Does anyone know if this wax is in fact being discontinued? If so, any suggestions for a comparable product?
Tim Dumore
From: Dr. Tim Dumore [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Tue 3/4/2003 4:51 PM
Subject: Dentometer
should have asked this question in my last message! I have heard that the Dentometer' band fitting aid would change my life if I ordered one, but I have not had much luck tracking down a supplier. Does anyone know if the hype is justified and if so, where I can get one?
Tim Dumore
From: Jessie Rances [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Tue 2/25/2003 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Surgical Treatment Objective
there is a software that you can use called DOLPHIN
Jessie O. Rances


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WMPCDText - CD-Text plug-in for Windows Media Player
WMPCDText - CD-Text plug-in for Windows Media Player
Aug 13 2007, 02:56
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I have released WMPCDText, a Windows Media Player plug-in that finally adds support for CD-Text to WMP.
There is an option to automatically read CD-Text from unknown CD's. Alternatively, you can also right-click on a CD-track in the Now Playing-pane while the CD is playing, and click "Read CD-Text". There are some other options too, those can be changed in the plug-in's settings dialog.
Tim De Baets
September 1, 2007: I have updated WMPCDText with a fix for crashes that might occur in wmpvis.dll when a visualization is enabled in WMP. Please re-download and reinstall WMPCDText if WMP crashes when you advance to the next track, and these crashes started happening after installing WMPCDText.
December 22, 2007: I have released the final version: http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/wmpcdtext
July 9, 2008: WMPCDText 1.1 has been released. This new version fixes the "Error while executing SCSI command: SRB completed with error (4)" message.
July 28, 2009: WMPCDText 1.2 adds full compatibility with Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7.
July 20, 2012: WMPCDText 1.3 fixes the Read CD-Text menu item not appearing in certain cases, and a possible crash when opening WMP 12.
August 15, 2012: WMPCDText 1.4 fixes an issue that was introduced in version 1.3 and that could lead to a Windows Media Player crash.
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Hi all, new to this forum so apologies if the subject is closed. I have the same problem reading track info on home burned cd's. Reading cd text in WMP11 doesn't work with the latest plugin. Reading cd's with nero real player or Creative CM5 also don't read. CDex only works after typing all the info in. It must hold the data within it's own "program" as it's there next time the cd is input. I'm running XP home on a Dell DIM4400 with DVD/rom drive TSSTcorp cd/DVDW SH-S182M (with latest firmware and driver).
With the common use nowadays of buying/downloading tracks the creation of home cd's is I would think quite frequent and it is therefore frustrating when playing the cd you can't access or display the track detail. I have use Ashampoo to burn discs but they don't supply cdex data anyway. Also used nero and WMP.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Jan 27 2009, 20:56
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Posts: 459
Joined: 13-August 07
Member No.: 46161
Hi Mike, your problem doesn't seem to be specific about WMPCDText, because other programs are unable to read the CD-Text too. According to information on the web, your drive does support CD-Text, but you should double-check this with Nero's InfoTool utility - http://www.nero.com/enu/support-nero8-tools-utilities.html .
If your drive supports CD-Text, then the CD's that you have tried probably don't contain CD-Text. WMP certainly doesn't write CD-Text information while burning a CD. I don't know about Ashampoo, but Nero should definitely write CD-Text when track and disc information is entered and your drive supports it. Go to Recorder > Choose Recorder, it should show that CD-Text is supported. Are you using the latest version of Nero?
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|New surfactant with SP-B and C analogs gives survival benefit after inactivation in preterm lambs.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 23091635 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Respiratory distress syndrome in preterm babies is caused by a pulmonary surfactant deficiency, but also by its inactivation due to various conditions, including plasma protein leakage. Surfactant replacement therapy is well established, but clinical observations and in vitro experiments suggested that its efficacy may be impaired by inactivation. A new synthetic surfactant (CHF 5633), containing synthetic surfactant protein B and C analogs, has shown comparable effects on oxygenation in ventilated preterm rabbits versus Poractant alfa, but superior resistance against inactivation in vitro. We hypothesized that CHF 5633 is also resistant to inactivation by serum albumin in vivo.
METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Nineteen preterm lambs of 127 days gestational age (term = 150 days) received CHF 5633 or Poractant alfa and were ventilated for 48 hours. Ninety minutes after birth, the animals received albumin with CHF 5633 or Poractant alfa. Animals received additional surfactant if P(a)O(2) dropped below 100 mmHg. A pressure volume curve was done post mortem and markers of pulmonary inflammation, surfactant content and biophysiology, and lung histology were assessed. CHF 5633 treatment resulted in improved arterial pH, oxygenation and ventilation efficiency index. The survival rate was significantly higher after CHF 5633 treatment (5/7) than after Poractant alfa (1/8) after 48 hours of ventilation. Biophysical examination of the surfactant recovered from bronchoalveolar lavages revealed that films formed by CHF 5633-treated animals reached low surface tensions in a wider range of compression rates than films from Poractant alfa-treated animals.
CONCLUSIONS: For the first time a synthetic surfactant containing both surfactant protein B and C analogs showed significant benefit over animal derived surfactant in an in vivo model of surfactant inactivation in premature lambs.
|Matthias Seehase; Jennifer J P Collins; Elke Kuypers; Reint K Jellema; Daan R M G Ophelders; Olga L Ospina; J Perez-Gil; Federico Bianco; Raffaella Garzia; Roberta Razzetti; Boris W Kramer
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Is Cell Phone Radiation Bad For Your Eyes?
Our eyes are one of our most important assets. For many of us a significant part of the information our brains receive comes through our eyes.
Can electromagnetic field exposures (EMFs) from cell phones and the like cause damage to our eyes?
Yes they can. The use of cell phones has been linked to cancer of the eye by a German study. Another study has shown that these microwave exposures can cause cataracts.
Besides the development of eye cancer, cell phone radiation can also be responsible for the formation of cataracts. Burning of the eyes, pain behind the eyes, 'floaters' (actually little bits of gel that detach themselves from the inside of the eye and float around), and a general deterioration of the vision are all hallmarks of damage caused by cell phone radiation.
Tips To Reduce Cell Phone Radiation Exposure To Your Eyes
1. Try whenever possible, to use a land line phone instead of a cell phone. This will be easiest when you are at home, only using a cell phone when absolutely necessary will cut back on your exposure to this damaging radiation. Click here for my tips on reducing your exposure to cell phone radiation.
2. There are herbal products that offer protection from the effects of cell phone radiation and keep your eyes healthy. Both bilberry and ginko biloba are powerful antioxidants. These herbs are especially good at preventing and healing damage to the eyes, and bilberry can help to increase blood flow to the eye's capillaries, which will help to heal any damage caused by radiation. The ability to perform as an antioxidant is also important in cleaning up any abnormal cells that may result from cell phone use.
3. If you wear eyeglasses like me, make sure that the frames are plastic rather than wire, the metal in the wire frame can act as an antenna. Like a radio or television antenna, this antenna can direct the cell phone radiation into your eyes and brain.
4. The mineral zinc has many beneficial uses for the body in general and can be particularly helpful in maintaining high levels of antioxidants in the eyes. I don't advocate taking supplements on a long term basis, but taking zinc can be beneficial.
5. Increase your melatonin levels. You can take melatonin supplements but better still, help your body create the conditions so a natural supply of melatonin is assured.
There are those that advocate using EMF "chips", "neutralizers" and "harmonizers" to gain protection from EMF radiation. Some of these devices are meant to be worn others you plug into your electrical supply, to supposedly protect yourself from cell phone radiation and other forms of EMF pollution. I DO NOT view these kinds of devices as a solution – some of them can be dangerous.
Take the necessary action to protect you and your family against the devastating effects of cell phone radiation and other EMFs on your eyes. Everyone, even if you do not personally use a cell phone, is exposed to EMFs whether it be from computer screens, wifi, cell phone towers, electrical wiring etc.
Take action now, protect your eyes from EMFs.
Bren said,
I believe that my vision has been deteriorating over the past three years since I first got my iPhone 3Gs. Because of my nearsightedness, reading in bed at night without my lenses, I enjoyed being able to hold the phone close to my face and read small type in pages in the web browser. I believe doing so has caused the mild tolerable floaters I had been tolerating to become so severe that they interfere with my ability to read. The prescription for my left eye, which had been stable at around -6.00 changed to -8.00 in my latest prescription, and that is still not strong enough. I came to this story searching for information about my condition and, I decided to post my experience as a caution to others to turn others to turn off the radios in the phone when reading with the phone held close to the face.
Lloyd said,
Also relevant in your case is the fact that you were exposing yourself to these EMFs in the evening. Any kind of EMF exposure, even bright light, in the evening can perturb your hormal functions and particularly the secretion of melatonin, this alone can have a significant impact on your health in the long term, see http://electricsense.com/988/where-is-the-place-you-absolutely-must-start-if-you-want-to-protect-yourself-from-electromagnetic-radiation/
Thank you for sharing your story.
Bren said,
I saw my optometrist, and he was vehement that there is no connection between cell phone radiation and any problems with the eyes. He "gets all the studies" and has never seen anything to suggest a problem. He said my vision problems are just from aging. Now that I've stopped reading with the phone near my eyes, if my vision stops getting worse, or even improves, I think I'll have a better case for their being a problem with cell phones.
Lloyd said,
There are studies that show a relationship between EMF exposures and adverse effects on the eyes (like the one referenced above), but more research does need to be done…independant research. When you take what we already know about the adverse biological effects of EMFs, the thousands of studies (see http://electricsense.com/2951/bioinitiative-report-on-electromagnetic-field-emf-dangers/) its difficult to see that eyesight would not be affected.
Shai said,
Hi all.
I believe last week I have experienced
a phenomena related to EMF exposure.
I was in a middle of a voice lesson
inside a basement, as I got a call in
my S-3 smartphone. I did not answer that call,
but a few minutes later I recalled to hear
the voice message.
Just a few seconds after the recall, a huge number
of eye floaters came up in my left eye !!!
I had small retinal tears a few months ago
caused accidently by a medium feast, and followed
by mild floaters that almost vanished a few
weeks later.
Any additional "wisdom" about this subject ?
Lloyd said,
Hi Shai
Given all that we already know about the profound effects of EMF exposures its difficult to image how these exposures couldn't be detrimental to our eyes. As the recently published BioInitiative Report 2012 says "If the blood-brain barrier is vulnerable to serious and on-going damage from wireless exposures, then we should perhaps also be looking at the blood-ocular barrier (that protects the eyes)"
Kathy said,
I have very healthy eyes and great vision UNTIL recently! Two years ago I purchased a cell phone. I just purchased reading glasses to put in key rooms in my house. I have GREAT difficulty reading small print, now! I even wear my glasses to use the computer. In addition, my left eye feels like there is a grain of sand (boulder) on the iris. Every time I blink it is irritating my eyelid. After reading this, I realize my left eye is reacting from the EMF's from my cell phone, which I ALWAYS hold to my LEFT ear so I can write, cook, drive with my right hand. THANK YOU for this valuable information!!!!!!
Lee said,
Lloyd, your willingness to educate the public on EMF dangers is marvelous and needed! Thank you.
In regard to eye health, you've mentioned some great anti-oxidents. I'd like to add another: astaxanthin.
I first learned about astaxanthin in this video of Dr. Mercola interviewing an astaxanthin grower who has published literature on its anti-oxident efficacy.
Additionally, this article from the Mercola site discusses astaxanthin as helping to protect from some forms of radiation damage:
It's true that Dr. Mercola sells astaxanthin, but the information presented appears to be scientific. After seeing the video interview, I researched the grower featured in it, and ended up purchasing astaxanthin from his site. My floater issues have diminished significantly since I began taking a daily dose of 12 mg. around 90 days ago.
Tantra Bensko said,
I'd imagine that using a laptop all day long, close up to the face, would have effects on the eyes too, maybe even more than cell phones?
Horrible to realize that about the wire in glasses, but of course it makes sense. Thank you as always for your astute observations and clear, unbiased recommendations.
hector quevedo said,
Lloyd, I feel very proud about your concern of telling people of the dangers of electromagnetic radiation.
Tony said,
It's interesting that just about three weeks ago, I was reacting to some electrical exposure (there are numerous cell towers around my area) and something happened in my right eye then I immediately saw what looked like lightning streaks out of the side of that eye every time I turned my eyes to the left or right quickly. It continued throughout the night and diminished over the next two days but my vision is now blurry in that eye and I see floaters, confirmed by my Opthamologist. Everything has a smokey haze now through that eye. I swore it was the exposure which caused it and this article confirms that. Also of note, I was stressing out about the reaction to the exposure when this happened. Thanks again Lloyd for bringing this information to my attention.
Mickey said,
For 5 years I used to use a wired earbud exclusively in my right ear. A couple years ago I reduced by cell useage significantly and went to speaker phone. 9 months ago I developed a lump behind my right ear lobe. Benign tumor of the parotid gland. Doctor said that we couldn't prove it was the cell useage, nor could we prove that it wasn't. Coincidence? My phone is OFF…..Leave me a voice mail or text. I check my phone 2-3 times a day.
rere said,
Lloyd,thanks for these information
Eman said,
This is absolutely right. Emf does affect the eye. I had always healthy eyes until I began watching a lot on the computer and staying up all night watching in a room with a router device. I began having sharp migraines behind my left eye and no drug can help getting rid of it. I monitored myself and saw that I get this headache whenever I stay behind a screen for more then 4 hours. I also used a cell phone but rarely and always put it on my left ear. It was a habit. No ophthalmologist knew why I had that sharp pain behind my left eye. I did many tests too. 10 Months ago I had tones of floaters appear in my left eye and the migraine comes too 3 times a month. When it happens I feel like my eye is trying to get out of my face. The doctors are useless so I stopped going to see them. I searched myself and found out that these radiations are a very highly suspect. Yesterday they installed a smart meter on my house even though I didn't want, I wasn't able to convince my husband that they're bad . he said that all the neighbors got one so we will be affected anyway. I am very angry and trying to find a way to block the waves not for myself but for the kids. Our neighbor has one too and it is in front on ours so we are affected now by 2 meters close to our living room. They even put a cell tower in the park near our home. The worst happened too. My son lives watching . he is addicted. I try to stop him many times but he just can't stop. He is only 9 years old and is seeing floaters too. Doctors are all liars. They tell u that watching a lot specially on a computer screen is not the cause and it s big fat lie. Why would a kid get a degerating eye gel. He s still very young. Floaters normally comes to older people . I don't trust doctors, pharmacist, the government, utility companies, etc.
keagan said,
Can excessive use of cell phone can cause eye floaters to largen or can it cause strain in eye
Lloyd Burrell said,
I don't know of any studies which talk of eye floaters or eye strain…..cataracts at the back of the eye have been linked to RF exposures (Dr. Zaret).
William said,
Thanks for the information everyone. after prolonged smartphone use in a dark room, I experienced a circle whirlpool effect in the corner of my left eye! now ive been left with a circle shadow in the vision of the eye. again the optician tested me and said all was fine with my eye test and the phone wouldn't be the cause and referred me to an eye doctor. ive been really worried but glad I came across this article so thanks again. p.s has anyone else experienced this type of symptom?
Alex said,
I also want to add my personal experience with floaters and cellphone usage..just like the user Bren. I started to develop mild floaters after using my iphone 4g, since im also very nearsighted i used to look at the cellphone tiny screen without glasses during bedtime, stared a lot and after a while i started to notice an alarming increased rate of floaters (I always had them but not so badly).
Went to doc and ofc, they said thats natural part of aging and nothing is wrong, but im 100% sure that cellphone played a major role in my worsening floaters.
Beverley Thompson said,
My eyes are bad im worried is it cell phone damage
Beverley Thompson said,
I have been to the eye hospital and been told all ok but i still have symptoms i am sure is to do with emf…can you advice me on this please.
Jessy said,
I am 27 and had floaters half a year ago. I went to doctor and they were not able to ask me do anything. What I realized that all the opthomologist and optician are still using beep machine instead of advanced device like Iphone.
This floater happened half year after I purchased this iphone and used it quite often to check work emails.
I would suggest regulator to set a high bar for this kind of device especially there are proven record that it does damage human being's eyes.


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I may have stumbled onto the solution to world hunger. Perhaps just to end hunger in the United States. We have a garden. It is now a rather pathetic garden after suffering the ravages of too much rain and oppressively hot weather.
Through it all, one vegetable flourished. It is the zucchini. Our tomatoes are tasty, but small with many spots. The wax and green beans are producing, but the mosquito bites are discouraging. Our beets suffered from something eating off the tops. The sweet corn still looks good, but my husband cautions raccoons will eat it about a day before it is ready for harvest.


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As you struggle through the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunami, all of us throughout the world will keep you in our minds and prayers.
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- said...
Being from the south, the only name I ever heard for brazil nuts is n****r toe.
- Paul said...
i haven't even so much as looked at my uncle chuck since he announced at my graduation party in 1992 that "these nuts really do look like a n****r's toe".
- otterpop58 said...
Where would Charley's Aunt be (from) without them?
- SubtleKnife said...
You should watch more House, M.D. There's an episode where the CIA requires his help for one of their agents who got sick in South-America and they suspect he's been poisoned.
One of the clues is that he's been eating a lot of chestnuts. But these turn out to have been Brazil nuts, because in Brazil they are called castanhas-do-Pará, chestnuts from Pará, which is a northern province of Brazil, as far as I know not known for it's nuts but rather for ore and wood.
Wikipedia tells us that their scientific name is Bertholletia excelsa, and that in their native Bolivia (not Brazil!) they're called almendras. Besides the one Paul mentioned, cream nut is another historical name for the Brazil nut.
- Doralong said...
I guess Bertholletia excelsa wasn't quite as snappy for marketing purposes.
- Dantallion said...
Well that's pretty freaking offensive
- David said...
Quiet day today?
- Java said...
Curiosity is a marvelous thing.
- SubtleKnife said...
I tried to hide the "cream nut" in a lot of other text, but I expected someone to pick up on it... ;)
Although it might cause some confusion with other creamy nuts, I think I'll never call them Brazil nuts again.
- said...
Reading above I now understand why in Germany they are called Paranuss. I always thought they mixed up Paraguay and Brazil, but, no, they are just more geographically specific.
- cb said...
Having lived in Peoria, I can assure you that we did NOT call a Pecan an "america nut".
We saved that honor for the Walnut- which was used in every church dessert.


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The Red Wings, including goaltender Jimmy Howard, are completely dejected on the bench after their overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 7 Wednesday night. / Julian H. Gonzalez/Detroit Free Press
Red Wings vs. Blackhawks
Chicago wins, 4-3
|1: May 15
|Chicago 4, Detroit 1
|2. May 18
|Detroit 4, Chicago 1
|3: May 20
|Detroit 3, Chicago 1
|4: May 23
|Detroit 2, Chicago 0
|5: Saturday
|Chicago 4, Detroit 1
|6: Monday
|Chicago 4, Detroit 3
|7: Wednesday
|Chi. 2, Det. 1 (OT)
Babs back to .500
The Red Wings are now 3-3 in Game 7s under coach Mike Babcock:
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|Red Wings 4, Ducks 3
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|Penguins 2, Red Wings 1
|2010 West first round
|Red Wings 6, Coyotes 1
|2011 West first round
|Sharks 3, Red Wings 2
|2013 West first round
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|Blackhawks 2, Wings 1 (OT)
CHICAGO — In the closing moments of Rocky, the gutsy fighter and his slick rival clench together at the bell, their epic battle now complete.
Aint gonna be no rematch, one gasps.
Dont want one, gasps the other.
This fight is over. The Blackhawks win Game 7, in overtime, in gut-wrenching fashion, final score, 2-1, on a goal by Brent Seabrook that just grazed Niklas Kronwalls shin and flew past Jimmy Howard.
Fight over. Aint gonna be no rematch, because the sands are shifting, Detroit will be in the Eastern Conference next season, and the only way it will face Chicago again in the playoffs is if the Stanley Cup itself hangs in the balance.
Thats OK. Itll take Detroit fans a while to recover from this one.
I didnt even have time to think, said a dejected Kronwall in the locker room after the loss. I knew right away that it went off of me.
So close. Three chances to advance. And the season ends in overtime just under four minutes in. The two teams who faced each other more than any pair in NHL history waved a nasty playoff farewell at the United Center on Wednesday night, on a warm, pre-summer evening that was full of bad blood, untimely injury, a truly weird officiating call, and from a Red Wings point of view one too many goals in the Detroit nets.
Proud and disappointed, Daniel Cleary said when asked to sum up the game and the series. Proud and disappointed.
Fight over. Season done. It began slipping away when Andrew Shaw, a 21-year-old rookie annoyance, hurled Valtteri Filppula to the ice early in the game and put him out for the night with a leg injury, causing the Wings to shuffle everything.
It continued slipping away when former Wing Marian Hossa slid a perfect pass to a charging Patrick Sharp on a three-on-one break, and Sharp lifted a hard shot past Howard for a 1-0 lead in the second period.
Storm clouds gathered when, with the score tied and less than two minutes to go in regulation, Niklas Hjalmarsson scored an apparent game-winner that was waved off because an official blew a whistle for get this coincidental minor penalties. The Wings escaped, but karma was boiling against them.
And it was finished when Seabrook flittered the puck off Kronwall and past Howard at 3:55 into overtime, and the goalie skated out of his crease, head down, as the Blackhawks fans sang deliriously, their season still intact.
Fight over. Season done. But before you scream, The Wings blew this series! give a nod to these Chicago men. Only 20 teams in NHL history have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a playoff series. But if any team made a good candidate, it was the Blackhawks: explosive, deep, talent-heavy and not easily shaken, they bounced off the canvas after Game 4 and began a comeback that relied on sharp skating, tightened goaltending and the shifting fortunes of stars like Hossa and Jonathan Toews, who came on strong in the three closing victories.
The Wings biggest stars Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen had one goal apiece in seven games.
So many chances
What could have been done differently in Game 7? someone asked Cleary.
Win? he said.
Yeah. That would have worked. But the Wings had their chances. Three chances to be exact. And what will now and forever be debated is why those chances were not capitalized upon one or two games earlier.
Because Game 7s are crapshoots, always have been. The time to close out an opponent is when you have you foot on his throat. Kill the snake, Bill Laimbeer used to intone in the Pistons days, once even bringing in a sharp object to illustrate the point. But those were veteran Pistons teams, and this was a mostly young Red Wings group in transition.
So here we were instead, Wednesday night, the seventh time in the last two weeks that these two teams have squared off, and it looked, from the start, that they were pretty sick of each other. There was more shoving, wrestling, rabbit punching and face-wiping Wednesday than in the last three meetings combined. Maybe they wanted to give each other something to remember them by. But long after the bumps and bruises are gone, here is some of what will haunt in the Red Wings minds:
Point-blank chances on Crawford denied. A penalty shot in Game 6 that sealed a defeat. A night of bad penalties in Game 5. The fatigue that haunted them in a weak third period in Game 1.
Kronwalls shin.
Its hard to put into words, Kronwall said, when asked to describe the devastating feeling of a season closing on a goal off your body. I think you have to be part of sports to understand. You win, you advance. You lose, the seasons over. Its tough to put in words.
Then again, it almost ended before Kronwall or overtime were part of the story. In fact, a dodged bullet may have changed the tone of the night. With 1:47 left in regulation, Hjalmarsson whipped a shot past Howard that sent the United Center into hysteria. It seemed as if the game was all but won. It was so loud, that no one had heard a whistle blow just seconds earlier, when a referee called incidental roughing penalties on Kyle Quincey and Brandon Saad.
Never mind that the two men were wrestling each other on the ice. At that moment, in that kind of a game, you dont blow that whistle. But the official did, and the goal didnt count even though it took a minute or two for everyone in the delirious crowd to realize it.
You couldnt hear anything, Howard said. It was deafening. I was just looking around and saw the official waving it off. I had to ask the guy what happened and he said, I blew the whistle.
Did you say thank you, Howard was asked?
Nah. He chuckled sadly. You try to keep the karma on your side.
It didnt work. A little thing here. A little thing there. The Wings played gamely, they gave a good battle. But the score doesnt lie.
Fight over.
Howard was great
There are explanations for what happened, but thats all they should be. Explanations. Not blame. You certainly cant fault Howard, who for much of these playoffs was like the mature kid giving all the correct answers while his younger classmates dropped their pencils or forgot their homework. Howard did not give up a soft goal in this series. He had a couple of one-goal games and a shutout in Game 5. He got in the Blackhawks heads. He remained unflappable throughout.
And you cant blame the young defensemen or the rookie forwards. Yes, they made mistakes. But they also made great contributions. The leading goal scorer for the Wings this series was Damien Brunner, the 27-year-old virtual rookie.
Our young D has been fantastic in this series, way beyond what I expected, Babcock said before Game 7. I think theyre beyond their years. Do they make mistakes? Yeah. When they make mistakes and they dont go in, we dont notice them. When they make mistakes, and they go in, we notice them.
After the Game 5 defeat, and again after the Game 6 one, Babcock chose to look at the glass as half full. That will be harder this morning. A glorious chance was missed in this second-round series. And while many feel the Wings were lucky to get this far, the flip side of that is when you do get this far, you should only think about getting farther. The Wings, in Game 6, were one period away from advancing to the Western Conference finals. In Game 7, they were one overtime goal away.
And today they are home for the summer.
Questions remain. What will they do with Filppula, who, as an unrestricted free agent, didnt do himself any favors with a largely ineffective postseason and a sad, injured ending. Cleary and Brunner also can sign where they want.
But for the most part, the growing pains the Wings suffered this year should pay off with new heights in the season to come. Kids like Gustav Nyquist and Brendan Smith gained invaluable ice time, and, with a healthier lineup, the fall looks promising.
But that is for later. For now, we tip a hat to a team that almost made it.
Nick (Lidstriom) left, Homer (Thomas Holmstrom) left, Stewie (Brad Stewart) left, and we had some challenges earlier in the year, Cleary said, summing up the shortened season. With a week left we won four in a row to get in. We won a Game 7 in Anaheim. Had a 3-1 lead against Chicago and we lose in OT in Game 7.
I thought our team showed a lot of heart, showed a lot of character.
All true.
And this loss will still hurt more Friday than it does today.
The smoke fades, and in the clearing, well call the series this way: Chicago drew first blood, Detroit won three straight, Chicago won three straight the last one going to overtime. Not the way it usually happens. But might as well go out with style.
No more first or second rounds for the Wings and Hawks. No more clawing through one another to reach the Stanley Cup Finals.
Fight over. With the playing ghosts of Hull and Howe, Mikita and Lindsay, Yzerman and Savard nodding from above, the two teams skated past each other and shook hands, and the rivalry as weve known it and this last entertaining series was history.
Aint gonna be no rematch. And thats fitting. This one stands on its own.


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In honor of its namesake, the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Life Center in Lebanon holds a special event near the third Monday of January, the date the civil rights leader's birth is celebrated nationally.
This year, the original plan was to hold a Community Awareness Breakfast and tour of the center at 712 Chestnut St. on Saturday.
However, as center founder Vanessa Owens explains, "This year, things changed. A number of things happened. I am a member of the Rotary Club, and the president asked me to do something for the club about peace. We were seeing an increase in crime and delinquency in our schools. And then the shootings at Sandy Hook happened, and that solidified our thoughts.
Once it became apparent to Owens that "something different" was needed, the center cancelled the breakfast and set up a "40 Days of Peace" initiative instead. The national peace initiative was developed from King's philosophy of non-violence.
On Saturday, the center kicked off the initiative, which Owens hopes will eventually encompass all of the county's 32 public and private schools. Speaking to a group that included ages ranging from preschool to mid-80s, Owens described the initiative.
"If you choose to sign this pledge, you are saying you will commit to peace and act of kindness for 40 days," she said. "For 40 days, you are pledging not to argue, hit, say bad things about people or say bad words.
She then described the choice faced by everyone, but especially students. The choice, she said, is between the pencil and the pen (penitentiary).
"If we choose the pencil, we can write our way into being anything we want in the future," she said. "If we choose to do bad things, we go to the pen, where we will live in a small square box with bars instead of windows, and we are told when to go to the bathroom, when to eat and what to eat.
Owens has already started contacting county schools, and she's hopeful that all of them will allow the center to present the initiative to their students before the end of the school year. Students completing the pledge will receive a certificate.
"Our goal is to get into the schools and speak to the children," she said. "We are speaking out against bullying and violence, and we are promoting safety. We also will speak about self-esteem because it's been shown that in eight out of 10 cases, the person who carries out an act of violence is suffering from low self-esteem."
Those attending Saturday's kick-off event signed their pledge card, which was then hung on a Christmas tree at the center. The tree's Christmas decorations are long gone, but Owens hopes to fill it with 10,000 pledge cards, along with peace symbols and symbols with the word "Peace."
"The goal of this program is to make an impact on the lives of students countywide," Owens said. "We want them to stop and think about their decisions. We want them to stay in school, get a job, help the community."
It will be years before the impact of this type of program is known, Owens said.
"When successful people get up to accept awards, or to give a speech, they often say, 'I am here because of the words of my teacher, or my Cub Scout leader, or my mentor, telling me that I had a choice, that I didn't have to settle for less.'"
The 40 Days of Peace initiative strives to get that message across.
"If we keep the students in school, and we don't have a catastrophe like we are seeing around the country, then we win," Owens said. "But when you take away the violence, you have to give them something else. Through this program, we are replacing acts of violence with acts of kindness."
The Martin Luther King Jr. Family Life Center has provided services in central Pennsylvania for more than 17 years. The non-profit organization provides assistance to anyone in the region, but its primary target areas are at-risk families and youth.
More information about the center and the peace initiative can be found at www.mlkflc.org.


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80's Night tonight at SR2 in Alexandria
Love the 80's? Sure you know you do. We'll be playing 80's music all night long tonight at SR2 in Alexandria and want you to get in dressed in your most awesome 80's wear.
Love the 80's? Sure you know you do. We'll be playing 80's music all night long tonight at SR2 in Alexandria and want you to get in dressed in your most awesome 80's wear.
It's 10pm Saturday night, the TV is on at a low volume in our cabin in Arkansas, and Chris lays unconscious on the couch. Our packs are scattered around the cabin, half of my trad rack sits on the floor in the corner, empty water jugs are lying around, and a dirty fat fuzzy worn out rope lies in the middle of the floor. I give Chris's shoulder a shake to remind him we need to get up early tomorrow to pack our gear and allow time to get to the airport. No response from him, I shake him again, still no response.
Thank you and congratulations to all of the competitors who came out on Saturday for our USA Climbing Youth Bouldering Competition! Scores have been posted.
Sportrock Instructor and Manager, Billy Sims, has been a member of our community for many years. First as part of our Junior Climbing Team program, then moving on to become a Staff member, then Manager at our Alexandria location. As you can guess, he's psyched about climbing, but we wanted to talk to him about some of the other passions in his life. Read on to learn a little more about Billy and keep in mind, he has a pretty interesting sense of humor!
Sportrock Instructor Jamie Rookwood is back with another installment of 24HHH. He's here to provide you with training recommendations as he enters his last month of preparation for this year's event. In Jamie's words; "One of my personal mottos is, it's easy to do something when your fresh….but can you do it when your tired? Can you dig deep and use your technique and whatever juice you have to finish". Read on for some important tips like why you shouldn't eat bacon at 3am in the middle of 24HHH!
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