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With the country struggling with a limping economy, skyrocketing inflation, surging national debt and, possibly, a looming power crisis, some politicians and critics yesterday reacted to the cabinet changes announced on Friday by President Jakaya Kikwete, calling the move 'a cosmetic change'.
Some warned those appointed that it was too early to celebrate as the task ahead of them was heavier than imagined, what with the national debt having surged to a record high of $12.5 billion (Sh20 trillion), and inflation currently hovering at 24 percent, the highest in the past two decades.
With the country struggling with a limping economy, skyrocketing inflation, surging national debt and, possibly, a looming power crisis, some politicians and critics yesterday reacted to the cabinet changes announced on Friday by President Jakaya Kikwete, calling the move 'a cosmetic change'.
Some warned those appointed that it was too early to celebrate as the task ahead of them was heavier than imagined, what with the national debt having surged to a record high of $12.5 billion (Sh20 trillion), and inflation currently hovering at 24 per cent, the highest in the past two decades.
The mixed reactions come amid concern that inclusion of the newly appointed legislators into the cabinet might have violated the constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania.
Speaking to the Guardian on Sunday, Prof Mwesiga Baregu said he sees the changes to the cabinet as purely cosmetic.
"The president's cabinet reshuffle is, in the main, cosmetic. This is not to say that cosmetics do not have their usefulness in politics. They do; but as is the case in real life, cosmetics tend to be temporary, delivering short-lived gratification but leaving no lasting effects on the person involved," he said.
Cosmetics also tend to mask the true image of the subject, creating false confidence and the conditions for addiction of the subject to the treatment. When the mask falls off, which often happens without warning, then disaster strikes," he added.
He said what the president needed to do was to dissolve his cabinet altogether and give himself the opportunity to reconfigure and reconstruct it anew. He said this would have allowed him to address all the weaknesses that have revealed themselves over the last one and a half years.
The professor said several such weaknesses could be identified as they are more structural and institutional than personality-based, though the latter plays a big role as well.
According to Prof Baregu , one is the problem of size and cost. He said the cabinet, at 30 full ministers and 25 deputies, is simply too big and too costly to run by any standards. He said it is the largest in East Africa.
"The second is the problem of focus; partly due to size the cabinet has been rather unfocussed and incoherent. Being unfocussed also implies lack in priorities," he pointed out.
He said the third problem is cohesiveness. According to him, an effective and efficient cabinet must not only be coherent and focused but also work as a cohesive team following a common strategy to reach clearly defined collective goals. He said at present there is hardly team-spirit, leave alone a team itself.
"A lean, mean, focused and cohesive cabinet is what we need. Going by these criteria, the present cabinet, as recast by the president, leaves a lot to be desired." he said.
But Kigoma North MP Kabwe Zuberi Zitto warned the minister about the tough challenges ahead, saying they must hit the ground running, adding that there would be no honeymoon for them.
Speaking to the Guardian On Sunday yesterday morning Zitto, who doubles as Shadow Minister for Finance, said ministers have enormous tasks ahead of them, especially crafting strategies to bring 'the limping' economy back on track.
"First, let me be clear regarding this cabinet line-up. There is nothing to celebrate, and as far as I am concerned, I don't have any congratulatory message to the appointed ministers," he said.
He added: "There are a lot of critical issues to deal with at this particular moment. That is why I am saying they must hit the ground running". Elaborating on the main challenges facing the nation Zitto said Tanzania currently shoulders a huge public debt amounting to over Sh 20 trillion, adding that the government currently spends about Sh 1.3 trillion annually to service it.
" It is true the audit reports of the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) for the 2010/2011 financial year show that the public debt stands at Sh 14.4 trillion, but if you add the amount of guarantees that the government issued to various private and public firms the total amounts to a whopping Sh 20 trillion," he said.
He said servicing public debt has now become the number-one public expenditure, adding that the amount being spent on servicing the debt is more than what the government spends on health or education or the road sector or power generation projects in the country.
Deo Filikunjombe (Ludewa), a CCM legislator who rose above party politics in the just-ended Parliamentary meeting to name former Finance minister Mustafa Mkulo as one of the dishonest cabinet members, warned that ministers were there to serve the public interest, not their personal agendas.
Filikunjombe was the first CCM legislator to support publicly the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda two weeks ago. He said the cabinet reshuffle made by President Kikwete after spirited debates in Dodoma indicated that the government was now becoming responsive to the cries of the public and the House.
"We want a responsive government, a government that can put its ear to the ground to listen to the public outcry. These ministers are there to serve the public, not otherwise," he stressed.
He said by making changes to the cabinet it has now been proven that Parliament does not only play the role of a legislative function but also plays the role of a watchdog. Filikunjombe gave a strong warning to the cabinet ministers against celebrating their appointments, saying this was not the right time to do so.
"I have been informed that some ministers are organizing functions to celebrate either their appointment or bouncing back. I think they should have been praying to God so that he enables them to discharge their responsibilities responsibly," he added.
He said it was illogical for Tanzanians to be poor while the country is endowed with untold riches. The leader of Official Opposition in Parliament, Freeman Mbowe, said the changes to the cabinet will not help bring any positive impact to the country since the major problem lies in the country's administrative system.
"The administration system of this country is rotten from the lower levels to the top-most level. It needs to be overhauled," he said. Commenting on the cabinet reshuffle, Mbowe said the changes have been long overdue since the cabinet lost its credibility right from the beginning.
"We told President Kikwete to dissolve the cabinet just a few months after the general elections after ministers began revealing cabinet secrets and differing in public but he wouldn't listen to us," he said.
He added: "A cabinet that has lost credibility can hardly address problems facing the public; that is why there is massive embezzlement, outright theft of public funds, rising inflation and a tough life for wananchi,".
According to Mbowe, changes to the cabinet were like a change to a 'hair style'. He said as long as the cabinet is under the same prime minister who has proved to be soft and toothless, the public should not expect any positive change.
Constitutional crisis?
But as the politicians and academicians focused on analyzing the new changes in cabinet, a renowned lawyer, Professor Chris Maina Peter, has faulted the appointment of legislators who are yet to take their parliamentary oaths as cabinet ministers.
Professor Maina Peter told The Guardian on Sunday that he saw no problem for appointing ministers who are already MPs since they had taken oaths, because they can be appointed by the President even after dissolving the National Assembly as stipulated in Article 55(5) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania.
"The controversy rises for the three appointees, one senior cabinet minister and two deputy ministers who have been appointed before taking oaths as legislators. This is because, as per Article 55(4) of the Constitution, ministers are to be appointed from among members of Parliament," he said.
The ministers at the centre of the constitutional debate is the newly appointed minister for Energy and Minerals, Professor Sospeter Muhongo, and two Deputy Ministers, Janet Mbene and Saada Mkuya Salum, both at the Ministry of Finance.
"Article 68 of the Constitution states clearly that every legislator is required to take the oath before Parliament, so this is an important condition for the legislators to engage themselves in business and avoid contradiction," noted Professor Maina Peter, a lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam.
The said Article 68 stipulates: "Every Member of Parliament shall be required to take and subscribe before the National Assembly the oath of allegiance before commencing to take part in the business of the National Assembly save that he may take part in the election of Speaker before taking that oath".
"Then from that very relevant Article the important question to be asked is whether a Member of Parliament can be in a position to take part in the business of the National Assembly before taking the oath? To me the correct answer is no because the oath is a crucial precondition for all MPs," he said.
Professor Maina Peter noted that it should be taken into consideration that the business of the National Assembly, which the Members of Parliament, including ministers, are restricted from taking part before taking oath do not limit to responding to questions but override to pre-House session meetings, including those of the Parliamentary Standing Committees.
Asked about the possible interpretation that upon appointment or being elected, a person becomes an MP as the constitution suggests, the don said that such interpretation could be raised based on the point that the constitution is silent on the MPs elected.
"But despite any argument that might be raised based on the English language version, it is clear that legally the Kiswahili language version is paramount in the event of failure to reach a consensus," he said..


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Drug War Crimes
Recorded: Thursday, May 6, 2004
Each year, the U.S. government spends over $30 billion on the drug war and arrests more than 1.5 million people on drug-related charges. Currently more than 318,000 people are behind bars in the U.S. for drug violationsmore than the number of people incarcer-ated for all crimes in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain combined. Have current drug laws deterred drug abuse and reduced crime? What are the real costs of this countrys war on drugs? Is there a link between the homicide rate and the amount of resources given to drug prohibition? Please join us as Boston University economist Jeffrey Miron (author of the major new book, Drug War Crimes) and former San Jose police chief, Joseph McNamara, examine these questions and explore real alternatives to Americas War on Drugs.
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Research Fellow, Hoover Institution. Former Chief of Police, San Jose, CA and Kansas City, MO. He has published articles in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other publications. He has been a commentator for NPR and has appeared on Meet the Press, Good Morning America, Sixty Minutes, and other programs.
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With the recent school massacre in Littleton, Colorado; the shootings of Jewish children in Los Angeles; and rampant drive-by shootings and other atrocities, what can and should be done to protect the innocent against violence in American society? Can government protect the citizenry against gun-related violence? What is the record of individual self-defense against violence in Britain and the U.S.? In this very timely Independent Policy Forum, acclaimed historian Joyce Lee Malcolm and civil rights attorney Don Kates will examine gun laws, violence, and rights.
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Buffalo, N.Y. "I mean why are we doing this?" that was the question Westchester Assemblyman Steve Katz asked on Monday about the state paying $60 million toward the Buffalo Bills new lease.
Katz spoke during the Assembly's debate on the state budget that will take effect on April first.
Katz says he's a huge football fan, but at a time when the state may cut $120 million in funding for mental health programs, Katz says the state needs to have its priorities in order.
But it's important to note that the state just approved a huge project to build a new bridge that will go right through Katz's district.
Scott Brown: "You say you're concerned about state spending, the state is going to spend three billion dollars, that's billion with a B, on a new Tappan Zee Bridge that's right in the heart of your district. Should the state not spend that money?"
Assemblyman Steve Katz: "I dare say a whole lot more people will be using the Tappan Zee Bridge and will be employing far more people than anything coming out of Ralph Wilson stadium. One is vital transportation to bring economic development to get people from one state to another on a bridge versus something, that as much as I love it, is still an elective, still a luxury."
"He doesn't know what he's talking about," said County Executive Mark Poloncarz.
Poloncarz says that on the Bills deal, once you total in the state income tax that will be paid by the players and the sales tax by fans, the state will come out ahead.
Assemblyman Steve Katz: "What income tax is he referring to?"
Scott Brown: "The players have to pay income tax on every game that they play in Buffalo."
Assemblyman Katz: "I want the county executive to literally show me those numbers and show me that it does make financial sense for New York to make this expenditure and then I'm all for it. I'm a businessman, show me those numbers and I will be standing there with you."
And to show his concerns were not anti-Buffalo, on Wednesday, Katz even put on a Bills cap given to him by Assemblyman Sean Ryan.


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Editors Note: They traveled 1,230 miles to come to Washington, D.C. — Christine Amdam flew all the way from Norway and Alina Braun from Germany. This fall, they are studying journalism at American University and working as interns for WTOP. They quickly discovered that Washington and the American culture are very different from their hometowns Oslo and Mannheim and decided to document their experiences. Check WTOP.com each weekend to read about Christine and Alina's "culture clashes."
TV mania
Alina Braun, wtop.com
What struck me the most the first weeks I spent in the United States was the seemingly omnipresent TV screens.
In the first restaurants I ate at, I thought, "Hmm, that is weird. It's probably an exception." However, I realized that at least one TV hangs in most restaurants and clubs. If it is a sports bar, I totally understand that. You go to that sports bar to watch a game.
However, I still don't see the sense in watching TVs when you are having a nice dinner or when you go out to dance. A few weeks ago, I went to a club in Adams Morgan. People were dancing on the darkened dance floor to hip-hop and Latin beats and right in front of them, on a huge TV, "The Incredibles" was playing. I couldn't help but smile stepping into that scene and was constantly distracted by the flickering light coming from the Disney movie.
Looking at the statistics, the difference between German and American TV usage is not that huge. According to German statistics, Germans watch 3.75 hours a day on average. Meanwhile, the Nielsen Company, Americans watch 5.11 hours of TV. Watching DVDs or playing video games are not included in that statistic.
From my subjective viewpoint, the main difference is that in Germany the TV is, in most cases, only turned on if you really want to see a program. The best movies always come on at 8:15 p.m., so many people turn on their TV exactly at that time for around two hours and then turn it off.
In contrast to that, I have seen many Americans leave the TV on while cooking, surfing on the Internet, talking on the phone and even while reading or learning. They didn't really pay any attention to the program. It was just going, as if the constant background noise was soothing them.
Because I am simply not used to TVs being everywhere, it really distracts me from doing other things, and I automatically have the urge to turn it off when nobody is truly watching.
If I left the TV accidentally on while cooking in Germany, my mum always told me, "Turn it off right now! You are wasting electricity." Maybe that's why I just can't get used to the constant presence of non-watched TVs. Are there any other Americans who love the absence of TVs in clubs and bars and the silence of a turned-off TV?
Alina Braun is an intern at WTOP this fall. She is studying journalism and foreign policy at American University for two semesters. In Germany, she is obtaining her master's degree and studying, in which she is majoring in linguistics and minoring in psychology. She works as a freelance journalist for the German public radio station SWR.
The biggest food portions in the world
Christine Amdam, wtop.com
In Europe, we have an impression about American food. We are, of course, influenced by you Americans. We have American diners, fast food chains such as McDonald's and Burger King, and you can get cookies and cheesecakes everywhere.
The most American food I can think of is burgers with fries, mac 'n' cheese and chicken wings. And then you have the American brunch – pancakes with a lot of maple syrup and berries, and eggs and bacon. For sweets, it is cheesecake or Oreo cake. Mmm, I just love all this. There are a lot of temptations here, that's for sure.
Before I came to D.C., I was a bit worried about finding healthy food to eat. But I must say, D.C. is a good city for that. You have, for example, Whole Foods. There are healthier food choices than I thought there would be, but I have to give myself some restrictions anyway.
When you go to a restaurant, you always get a ton of food. Are Americans eating all of this? The problem with big portions is that you eat more than you need. Even though you are full, the sight of the delicious food in front of you makes you manage to eat more. I hate the feeling of being too full and having to roll out of the restaurant.
If you order a turkey sandwich, you don't get bread with some turkey. You get turkey with bread. I always have to take away half of the meat before I can eat. It's impossible to open my mouth that much to bite into the sandwich. If you order a salad or sandwich for lunch, you feel kind of healthy. But then you get potato chips on the side. Why? For me, that is only for weekends. And since I don't have that much discipline, I do of course eat it. And I feel bad about it after.
How common is it to ask for a doggy bag here? I try to do it as often as possible. I also make the waitress take the food away from my face before I eat it all. To my concern, I have noticed that I am able to eat more and more of my portions each time I go out to eat and I think I have expanded my stomach.
WTOP's vending machines. (WTOP/Heather Brady)
I just walked by the machines here at WTOP. It only has a bunch of different types of chocolate, chips and peanuts. And there's another one with sodas. I have seen reporters here use them a lot. There's a long way to the closest supermarket, so it's the only way to get something quick if you are hungry. I think it would be a good idea to put something healthy in the vending machines, next to the chocolate, of course.
Christine Amdam is a WTOP fall intern. She is studying journalism at Oslo University College in Norway. Christine is studying at the American University Washington Semester Program in D.C. for one semester.
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IN GENERAL, HOLLYWOOD WAS HAPPY with BOX OFFICE NUMBERS for 2012 -- GROSSES SET an ALL-TIME RECORD, TOPPING $10 BILLION, and ATTENDANCE WAS UP (THOUGH MOST of the GROWTH in TOTAL TAKE WAS DUE to INFLATED TICKET PRICES).
HERE's the LINK to CHECK OUT BOX OFFICE MO JO's ANNUAL CHART of BIGGEST-GROSSING MOVIES. MOST of the TOP-RANKED TITLES WERE PREDICTABLE EVEN BEFORE THEY WERE RELEASED -- THE BERRY ENTERTAINING POPCORN FLICK AVENGERS CAME IN at #1 by a WIDE MARGIN (with an IMPRESSIVE TOTAL DOMESTIC TAKE of $623.5 MILLION).
ONLY ONE of OUR POTENTIAL WORST PICTURE CANDIDATES PLACED NEAR the TOP of the LIST: TWILIGHT S.B.D. #2 CAME in JUST BEHIND SKYFALL for 5th PLACE.
OTHER RAZZIE® TARGETS FARED LESS WELL: TAKEN 2 IS the ONLY OTHER MAJOR CATEGORY CONTENDER to TOP $100 MILLION. EXPENDABLES 2 DID BETTER THAN the FIRST FILM in THAT FRANCHISE, TOPPING $85 MILLION. WRATH of the TITANS, JOHN CARTER, MADEA's WITLESS PROTECTION, BATTLESHIP, UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, TOTAL RECALL, THE DEVIL INSIDE and GHOST-RIDER 2 EACH TOPPED $50 MILLION by VARYING DEGREES. NONE of OUR OTHER MAJOR RAZZIE® CONTENDERS BROKE the $50 MILLION BARRIER.
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Want to hear my latest brainstorm?
Carpet colors should be named after the kinds of dirt they will best hide.
My family room carpet, for example? Its color can perfectly be described as "Coffee Stain." Innumerable cups of coffee have been kicked over, splashed, jostled, and otherwise spread willy-nilly over that floor, and I swear to you that the carpet is the exact same color it was when we bought it. Nary a spot on it. It's not some miracle "stain-free" carpet. It's just that we had the dumb luck to be attracted to a carpet that happens to be the same color as the majority of junk that gets spilled on it. I would say a reasonable, conservative estimate is that the dirt on the dog's paws from the backyard (the porch door opens from this room), plus the spilled coffee, accounts for nearly 85% of the "uh-ohs" that end up on the floor in here. Milk, of course, does not stain in a color, and that comprises at least 10% of the spills, leaving a minuscule amount of other items (at least one of which is beer, which, last time I checked, was also a lovely golden brown) to potentially stain the carpet.
I think carpet manufacturers could make a fortune by honestly labeling their products according to the kinds of things that will be least likely to stain them.
Then busy people like us, who don't have a whole lot of time to waste in carpet stores, and who don't enjoy corralling noisy preschoolers in "boring" public places anyway, could simply march right in and say something like, "What can you show me at different price points in a nice shade of "Watered-down Orange Juice?"
Drink a lot of red wine? You just go in and ask for the "Cabernet" carpets.
Do a lot of gardening? You want either "Grass Stain" or "Loose Dirt" or "Desert Sand" depending on where you live.
All carpet manufacturers should have to produce carpets of exactly the same color names. It would be fine if the shades were subtly different, the piles varied, the fibers were unique, some were pile, and some were Berber. That's where the price variations would come.
I just want to know: which one will be most likely to make it look like I keep a reasonably clean house if I have guests stop by unexpectedly?
I think this has real potential to help consumers out, don't you? Now, why haven't the carpet makers thought of this yet?
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Why Did I Not Go Into Marketing?
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- Rachel said...
You're amazing!
If I could afford new carpet, I'd need a multi-color, though. Kind of a loose dirt-milk-stain-ground-in-banana-grape-jelly-cheezit hue.
- January 14, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- MEP said...
We bought our house five years ago for a couple who installed some light-colored carpet that I will call "good color for selling your house but too bad for the poor schmucks who move in and try to keep it clean." Perhaps when we put the house on the market, the blurb can mention "textured, grey-ish carpet throughout second floor with spots of off white."
Years ago, my girlfriends and I were imagining if Pottery Barn were called Potty Barn and then coming up with paint colors for the Potty Barn store . . . you can imagine the kind of shades we discussed.
- January 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- MEP said...
Um, I meant bought our house "from" a couple.
- January 14, 2009 at 9:04 AM
- calicobebop said...
I would have to go with the "cat vomit" color. Sorry, but that's what winds up on our floors most often.
I completely understand if you never want to visit my house.
- January 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- MommyTime said...
Rachel, hahaha! I know that color. In the savvy marketing biz, we call it "Rich Earth." In mom-speak, it's "Mudroom Floor," and is, in fact, the color of the tile I installed on our mudroom floor. :)
MEP, we actually looked at a house when I was pregnant with Son that had carpet whose color can only be named "Pure as the Driven Snow." It was so white and new that I was afraid to look at it. They were making people take off their shoes to tour the house -- which doesn't do a whole lot to encourage pregnant-dog-owning potential buyers that this is they house for them. We walked right out.
Calicobebop, I'm actually laughing out loud at my desk. Thankfully, the coffee is all gone, so it's not snorted onto the keyboard. :)
- January 14, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Kim said...
I would need bananayogurtcoffeeapplejuice color carpet..
Can you imagine how pretty that is? bahaha
- January 14, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Marinka said...
This is pure genius. I may need to get my walls carpeted as well.
- January 14, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Julie said...
We're planning on new carpet this year and I'm searching for a nice "Iams Thrown Up by the Cats" color in shag.
- January 14, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Scribbit said...
You crack me up :) That's one reason we put in black carpet.
- January 14, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- Chocolate on my Cranium said...
Out here they actually sell a carpet called Desert Sand because of that very reason.
I've always thought naming paint colors owuld be a fun job.
- January 14, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- LceeL said...
I'll buy a roll of that Never Be White Again stuff.
- January 14, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- DCUrbanDad said...
I could have used a cab-rug on New Year's Eve. When I leaned over to pick up my keys I knocked over my whole glass of wine. Needless to say it put a damper on the evenings festivities.
I could also use dog vomit colored carpet.
- January 14, 2009 at 8:51 PM
- Mrs F with 4 said...
We actually HAVE white carpets. Upstairs and down. No, I didn't put them in. Yes, they are completely impractical.
Except for the basement, that is, which is part bile-green and part calf-scour yellow. The previous owners moved to South Korea, probably just to escape the carpets.
I'm thinking of installing a 'Mrs F' shade (sallow with a hint of freckle), in order to be completely camouflaged when lying exhausted in earshot of ever increasing whining.
- January 14, 2009 at 9:14 PM
- LaskiGal said...
I am absolutely amazed by your sheer brilliance.
NOT surprised, however.
- January 15, 2009 at 12:38 AM
- KD @ A Bit Squirrelly said...
That is genius. Srsly.
- January 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- Hairline Fracture said...
You are so smart!
- January 15, 2009 at 8:53 PM
- Daisy said...
I grew up in a house with unique carpet; it camouflaged the cat vomit. Imagine that! No, on the other hand, don't.
- January 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM
- Jaina said...
That's actually a really great idea.
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Benzodiazepines for Epilepsy
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|Diastat, Valium
Clonazepam is the most commonly used benzodiazepine for long-term treatment of epilepsy. It is available in tablet form.
Diazepam and lorazepam are given in a vein (intravenous, or IV) for the treatment of prolonged seizures or status epilepticus. Diazepam is also available in a gel form that can be injected into the rectum by a caregiver during clusters of seizures (acute repetitive seizures).
These medicines are used in infants and children but with careful dosage adjustments based on weight and age.
How It Works
Benzodiazepines are minor tranquilizers (sedatives) that prevent or stop seizures by slowing down the central nervous system. This makes abnormal electrical activity less likely.
Why It Is Used
Clonazepam may be used to treat:
- Myoclonic seizures.
- Absence seizures , especially when valproate or ethosuximide have failed to control the seizures.
- Infantile spasms (not common).
- Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (not common).
IV diazepam and lorazepam are often used to treat prolonged seizures or status epilepticus. Diazepam may be used during short periods of increased, repeated, or prolonged seizures (acute repetitive seizures) in people who are taking other antiseizure drugs for long-term treatment.
How Well It Works
In general, benzodiazepines are not usually the first choice for long-term treatment of epilepsy. Although clonazepam or clorazepate may be quite helpful for a few people, most people do not respond very well to them over the long term.
But occasional use of diazepam to treat seizures can be very effective. Treatment with rectal diazepam within 15 minutes of the beginning of a prolonged seizure or a series of seizures usually ends the seizure activity.
Side Effects
The most common side effects of benzodiazepines include:
- Drowsiness or sedation.
- Loss of muscle coordination.
- Behavior changes (nervousness, confusion, aggression).
- Loss of appetite.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning on clonazepam (Klonopin) and the risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts. The FDA does not recommend that people stop using this medicine. Instead, people who take clonazepam should be watched closely for warning signs of suicide. People who take clonazepam and who are worried about this side effect should talk to a doctor.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
It may take time and careful, controlled adjustments by you and your doctor to find the combination, schedule, and dosing of medicine to best manage your epilepsy. The goal is to prevent seizures while causing as few side effects as possible. After you and your doctor figure out the medicine program that works best for you, make sure to follow your program exactly as prescribed.
- Adverse effects. Benzodiazepines are central nervous system depressants, which means that they can slow down your thinking, judgment, and motor skills. These effects are usually not severe, but they are a major drawback for some people.
- Drug interactions. Many medicines for epilepsy can interact with other medicines you may be taking. This means that your epilepsy medicine may not work as well or it may affect the way another medicine you are taking works. Some of these interactions can be dangerous. It is important to tell your doctor about all the medicines, herbal pills, and dietary supplements you are taking.
- Risks associated with long-term use. Long-term use of benzodiazepines can sometimes lead to physical and psychological dependence on the drug (addiction). Use of benzodiazepines may decrease seizures at first. But some people begin to have seizures again after using the drug for weeks or months (tolerance). To control their seizures, they have to increase the dose, which tends to increase side effects. Sudden withdrawal of the drug can cause you to go into status epilepticus or may make your epilepsy worse.
- Risk of birth defects. All medicines for epilepsy have some risk of birth defects. But the risk of birth defects needs to be carefully compared to other risks to the baby if the mother stops taking her epilepsy medicine. If you are thinking about becoming pregnant, be sure to plan ahead and talk with your doctor about the benefits and risks of taking epilepsy medicine during your pregnancy. It you are already pregnant, it is not too late. The best thing to do is talk to your doctor about your pregnancy before you make any changes to the medicines you are taking.
- Ease of use. For children or adults who have occasional clusters of seizures (acute repetitive seizures) despite long-term drug therapy, rectal diazepam may be a good choice for treating them at home. It usually stops the series of seizures quickly, and family members can treat the person at home safely and easily. Ending these types of repetitive seizures can prevent status epilepticus and other problems associated with prolonged seizures and can help families avoid emergency room visits when a family member has a long history of acute repetitive seizures.
- Other concerns. While taking benzodiazepines, avoid alcohol or any other drugs that are central nervous system depressants.
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Wisconsin has another solid defensive line and Deion Barnes is the most disruptive lineman in regards to sacks while defensive tackle DaQuan Jones is a load at 324 pounds and Jordan Hill is no slouch at 292 pounds. The great thing about Wisconsin's defensive line (if you are a PSU fan) is that there are not just one or two big players and then a bunch of warm bodies. Wisconsin can go deep into a rotation to keep fresh bodies out on the field. As mentioned before however, Wisconsin has struggled in the past against mobile QBs and the Buckeyes have one who can move, but will he be able to move?
Wisconsin wishes it had Ohio State's perceived problems on special teams. The Lions can't kick field goals, punting is last in Division I (FBS), KO returns are in the bottom grouping and punt returns are not much better. There is going to be some extra juice playing at home but for now the units have been playing well below their capabilities.
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St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Yadier Molina hit a two-out, game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Cardinals past the Cubs, 7-6, in the finale of a two-game set.
After Alfonso Soriano had tied the game in the top of the ninth with a solo homer, Matt Holliday led off the home half with a single off of Rafael Dolis (2-3). Three batters later, Molina sliced a slow grounder into the hole, off the glove of second baseman Darwin Barney and into right.
Holliday, who had moved to second on a David Freese groundout, raced home to snap St. Louis' four-game losing streak and prevented the club from going winless on a homestand of four or more games for the first time since 1983. Jason Motte (2-1) pitched the ninth to get the victory.
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Tallahassee, FL-The department of Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says scammers are using the department's name and email address as part of an online phishing scam to extract people's banking information.
The department says people are receiving a fraudulent email that looks like a receipt of their transactions with the department of Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
In actuality, the department says the email is part of an online phishing scam used to extract your personal banking information.
The department estimates there may be hundreds of potential victims across the states.
According to the department, these potential victims receive an email with a tracking number and email address that looks like it came from the department. But it did not.
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Tampa, Florida - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died.
The New York Daily News and other media outlets reported Tuesday morning that Steinbrenner suffered a massive heart attack at his Tampa home and was hospitalized before dying Tuesday morning.
Steinbrenner last week told the Associated Press he was "feeling good" after spending a couple hours in his office at the Yankees' spring training complex.
Photo Gallery: George Steinbrenner 1930 - 2010
During Steinbrenner's ownership, the Yankees have won 11 pennants and seven World Series.
The Yankees are off for most of this week for the All-Star break, but their next game will be against the Tampa Bay Rays this Friday at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees next come to Tropicana Field at the end of the month.
When Steinbrenner celebrated his 80th birthday on July 4 at his home in Tampa, he said in a press release through his spokesman Howard J. Rubenstein:
"I want to thank everyone who has sent their good wishes. I am very fortunate to have the love and support of a great family and many, many friends. The Yankees and their fans are a large part of what keeps me going. It means a lot. And I remind everyone that the Fourth of July is also the birthday of our country. We are all lucky to be Americans."
Often controversial as owner
Steinbrenner, who was twice suspended from baseball, was admired and disdained as owner of the Yankees. He was beloved by Yankee fans for his exorbitant spending, and ridiculed by his peers for the escalation of player salaries. He was suspended shortly after purchasing the team for making illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon but became more famous for his lengthy and dysfunctional relationship with manager Billy Martin.
"George Steinbrenner was very good to me," Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre recently said. Torre managed 12 years for Steinbrenner, winning four World Series titles in five seasons. "I will have nothing but great memories."
Said Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella, who played, managed and worked as a general manager for Steinbrenner: "You couldn't have worked for a better owner. The man was driven to win. You didn't always agree with how he went about it, but you can't argue with his determination."
Steinbrenner's motto was simple: Do your job or lose it. Steinbrenner hired and fired 16 managers but not always different managers, with Martin, Bob Lemon and Gene Michael having several managerial stints. He once fired his secretary for bringing the wrong sandwich and a stadium electrician when the loudspeakers malfunctioned.
"That was George," Piniella said. "He demanded perfection throughout the organization. Let me tell you, he wasn't the easiest man to work for, but I don't know of anyone who wanted to win more."
Steinbrenner, whose player payroll has long been the highest in baseball, said in 2005: "I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful. But I know that I have tried."
The following is a statement released by Steinbrenner's family:
"It is with profound sadness that the family of George M. Steinbrenner III announces his passing. He passed away this morning in Tampa, Fla., at age 80.
"He was an incredible and charitable man. First and foremost he was devoted to his entire family - his beloved wife, Joan; his sisters, Susan Norpell and Judy Kamm, his children, Hank, Jennifer, Jessica and Hal; and all of his grandchildren.
"He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again."
Mr. Steinbrenner recently celebrated his 80th birthday on July 4.
Funeral arrangements will be private. There will be an additional public service with details to be announced at a later date.
Tampa Mayor shares thoughts on Steinbrenner's passing
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio calls George Steinbrenner a larger than life personality. Iorio released the following after news that Steinbrenner died this morning:
"I am deeply saddened by the death of George Steinbrenner. Our community has lost a grand and generous person who made a difference in ways large and small. With a larger-than-life personality, he leaves a lasting legacy in sports, business, and philanthropy.
"Many times he worked behind the scenes to help individuals and institutions - all to make Tampa a better place to live. He was a true community leader. By making Tampa the home for his family and the spring training home for the New York Yankees, he forever changed our community for the better.
"He cared about law enforcement and their families and his establishment of the Gold Shield Foundation will continue to positively impact lives. His dedication to the betterment of the youth in our community was unmatched. Mr. Steinbrenner's passing is a great loss to our city and to his family and friends. On behalf of the city of Tampa, I offer condolences and I ask our community to keep them in your thoughts and prayers. He will forever be missed."
Crist: Steinbrenner "did so much for Tampa Bay"
Gov. Charlie Crist called George Steinbrenner a close personal friend as well as a friend to Florida.
Speaking in St. Pete this morning, the governor said he had already relayed his condolences to Steinbrenner's daughter who lives in Tampa.
Steinbrenner "did so much for Tampa Bay," said Crist. He was "such a presence here."
Crist also released the following statement:
"Florida joins the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball in mourning the loss of unparalleled baseball icon George Steinbrenner. As the principal owner of the New York Yankees, George redefined the description of a chief executive. During his tenure, the Yankees won 11 American League pennants and seven world championships. He loved his family, his team, New York City and his home in Tampa, where he brought the Yankees to train each spring and his family's shipbuilding business, providing employment to many families.
"While the public face of George Steinbrenner was a demanding owner, he was extremely generous to others. Many acts of kindness were bestowed to those in need, with most of those acts going unnoticed except by those who benefited.
"I join with fellow Floridians in offering condolences to George's wife, Joan, sons Hal and Hank, and daughters Jennifer and Jessica, all of whom reside in Tampa."
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The global headquarters of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGS) movement is located in the United Kingdom, but the heart of its activities in solar cooking is in California, USA, where the foremost advocate for solar cooking activities within the WAGGS network, Ms.Barby Pulliam, lives. This tireless worker has conducted workshops literally around the world, on several continents and to hundreds of guide/scout leaders and leaders of other non-governmental groups at the same time.
WAGGS is an organization that has 100,000 volunteers, and perhaps ten million girl guides/scouts in the 70 countries where it is active. The organization is divided into five regions, is managed by a 17-person board, and holds a world meeting every fourth year, moving from continent to continent. The organization's mission is clearly stated: service to girls and young women. Programs employ the following principles: a value base, peer education (learning from one another), experiential learning (learning from doing) and volunteer leadership.
Ms. Pulliam has created training guides, cookbooks, CDs, Power Point presentations, and other educational materials on solar cooking. In the early years of her work, she principally conducted workshops for new cooks; more recently she has concentrated on training others to be the trainers of new solar cooks. A detailed outline for a 5-day training course for trainers is available for leaders of scout groups and other organizations. More recently, Ms.Pulliam (sometimes in concert with Rotary activities) has been promoting what is known as the "Integrated Cooking Method". The approach teaches households how to create a complete cooking system, using a fuel-efficient stove (for times of rain or darkness), a haybox or retained heat cooker, and a solar cooker. Ms. Pulliam is an energetic trainer whose training is always accompanied by songs and exercises, in good Scout tradition.
To date, she has conducted workshops in over 20 countries, with an estimated thousand attendees. The overwhelming bulk of her work has been personally supported, at a very considerable cost to her. The WAGGS organization, in turn, has cooperated in the preparation and promotion of a badge in solar cooking for scouts and guides, as well as commitment to the programs of Ms. Pulliam.
Ms. Pulliam has, because of limited finances, been unable to conduct full-scale evaluations of the consequences of her very considerable volunteer effort. Her energy and enthusiasm for the cause of solar cooking is noteworthy and it is unfortunate that more adequate documentation of the lasting consequences of her work is not available. Her work in this area, dating to the early 1990s has been continuous and well integrated with WAGGS activities. The impact on girls and young women may well be considerable and a careful evaluation is clearly called for.
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Did anyone drop their wallet? Good! Now that I have your attention, my name's Melissa and I'll be one of your flight attendants, NOT "stewardesses", for this flight. The flight will be approximately very long. This is Flight #666 from O'Hare in Chicago to some hell-hole airport in Washington. If you are on the wrong plane, too late because we're about to take off. These are your preflight procedures. By the way, I'm currently single, and if you marry me, you'll get to fly for free.
In The Event Of An Emergency
Put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye. Just kidding. But really, get in the embracing position if we're about to crash, which is pretty much the same thing. If the plane loses oxygen pressure for any reason, the oxygen masks will drop down out of the small overhead compartment. Look up in your seat and you will see a small panel, which covers the compartment. If that happens, place the mask over your nose and mouth. You might have to tug slightly on the gas line to start the flow of gas. There is an elastic band on the mask, which should go over and behind your head. Relax...I need some information first. Just the basic facts... We actually do this so you can get high on the pure oxygen right before you die.
If you are sitting next to someone who might need some assistance, such as a child, an individual with limited physical or mental capabilities or just a sleepy, groggy spouse, you should put your own mask on first, then breathe normally as you assist the other person. That way, if the other struggles, you will have a steady flow of oxygen as you fight the person to get their mask on. If you have two children who you must assist, determine the one with the most potential and assist them first.
Your seat cushion doubles as a flotation device. Under the seat cushion is a life preserver vest floating thingy. Put it on like so, and pull the red tab to inflate. But be careful. If you put it on backwards and pull the red tab, the sudden inflation will decapitate you like Steve just demonstrated...
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Certain rows of this aircraft are designated as "exit rows". You can tell if you are in an exit row if there is an emergency exit around the window. Also, it should say "emergency exit" above your window. People seating in exit rows should be prepared to assist plane crew and other passengers should the aircraft need to be evacuated in an emergency. An exit row passenger should be capable of opening the heavy emergency exit door, should be able to assist other passengers, and should be able to see and hear instructions signaled and shouted by the crew. The passenger must be over the age of 15, shouldn't be inebriated, and should not be a Muslim.
If you feel qualified to help in the case of an emergency and you are seated in an exit row, then just stay put and chill the fuck out. However, if you are disabled, easily flustered, elderly, incredibly stupid, or for any reason at all reluctant to sit in the exit row, just let one of us know and we will change your seat so you'll get to sit next to the fat lady and some creepy guy who will touch you a lot. You don't have to give any reason. Just say you don't want to sit there and would like a change. After all, switching seats and letting a more intelligent and less-pussy traveler sit in the exit row might end up being beneficial to all passengers should an emergency arise. And, if we all die, we won't have to blame you for it.
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There is a seat belt on your seat. Buckle it. It should remain buckled during take off, landing, or when there is turbulence. If you are unsure, there are lighted "seat belt" signs through the aircraft. If the sign is lit up, then buckle up. If it is not lit up, you can unbuckle it. If the light flashes eight times rapidly, that means check to make sure it's buckled. If it flashes twice slowly, you may only unbuckle it if it is an absolute emergency. If it flashes three times at a regular pace, wrap it around your neck and asphyxiate yourself.
If you decide to sleep, put your blanket over your body and buckle the seatbelt over the blanket. If, later during the flight, the seat belt light comes on, we will be able to see you are buckled up without having to remove the blanket and wake you up. Do a quick check to see where your nearest emergency exit is. Figure that the aircraft might be full of smoke, fire, poisonous miasma, or it might be dark with no interior lights. Therefore, mentally count the seats so you could find your way in smoke or the dark. "Hmmmm...one, two, three, four rows then turn right and fall out of the plane."
Smoking is prohibited on this flight. On some international flights, smoking is allowed only in certain designated smoking rows, but this isn't an international flight, so don't worry about it. Smoking in the bathroom is strictly prohibited also. The airplane bathroom is full of paper and the waste bin is full of used paper towels. The airplane is pressurized with oxygen. Throwing a smoldering cigarette into the waste paper bin turns the airplane into a flying bomb. There are smoke detectors in the airplane lavatories. It is a federal offense to tamper with the smoke detectors in the bathrooms. If you do so, you will get your ass beat, hard. We are authorized to break down the door with a fire extinguisher if the lavatory smoke detector goes off...blah, blah, blah.
Electronic Devices
Cell phones, radios, and any other electronic device that may interfere with the plane's communications systems are prohibited. Other electronic devices, such as iPods and CD players, are permitted about 10,000 feet. Of course, we all know that cell phones don't interefere with plane communications. They proved that on Mythbusters.
If you have a child with you, especially an infant or a toddler, mind them to shut the fuck up. Please be considerate of other passengers on this plane. Our in-flight movie will be Brokeback Mountain starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. We'll be serving lunch with an option of either fish or steak, along with complimentary peanuts and hard liquor. If you are going to be with us from Washington to Los Angeles after this flight, please stay on board after we land. If you aren't, please exit the plane, and if you're going to be flying with another airline we really don't care, now do we? Thanks for flying Southwest Airlines, and enjoy your flight!
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Hey this is great Lukc, I love the coloring and the way you depicted the detail of the buildings and all works wonderfully.
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you've done a wonderfully marvelous job on this one! This is one of the best Greyhawk maps that I have ever seen! I love the historicity that you've captured in making it look like an antique map from the Age of Exploration. I really love some of the old spellings that you used in the map key. This is the perfect synthesis of playability and real art.
I was wondering if you would mind talking about some of the techniques you used in making this fine map.
For example ... I assume you're working digitally, but, what software are you using? PS? Painter?
Also ... what did you go through to make the background look authentically water-painted like that? Did you use seperate layers for colours of it, or are you cloning a colour pattern?
Also, would it be possible to look at a pared down PSD or RIF, in order to see some of your techniques?
The world wants to know!
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The second component to the Fall Arrest System (FAS) is the tether strap that attaches to the tree. This is the anchor point for the safety harness. When the hunter is standing on the platform this safety strap should be attached to the tree at eye level or above. There should be NO slack in the tether when sitting. Having no slack in the tether will prevent the hunter from falling more than a few inches. It is much better to fall a few inches than several feet.
If you do fall and cannot recover, remember to practice your 3 R's - Rescue, Relief, Recover.
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Healthy Eating: Eating Less Sodium
Part of healthy eating is eating less sodium, or salt.
Does this sound hard?
It doesn't have to be, but you do have to think about it. You need to do more than just not use the salt shaker. After all, almost all foods contain sodium naturally or as an ingredient.
You can start reducing the sodium in your diet by:
- Reading labels to see how much sodium foods contain.
- Limiting packaged foods and restaurant foods, which typically are high in sodium.
- Not adding salt to your food during cooking or at the table.
- Using low-sodium spices and sauces to add flavor to your food. Low-sodium foods can still be tasty!
For good health, less is best. Most people shouldn't eat more than 2,300 milligrams (mg) of sodium a day.1
If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease, if you are African-American, or if you are older than age 50, try to limit the amount of sodium you eat to less than 1,500 mg a day.1
Your doctor also may have suggested that you limit your salt to a certain amount every day.
Test Your Knowledge
The recommendation for sodium in adults never changes.
This answer is incorrect.
The recommendation can change. If you develop high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease, you need to eat less than 1,500 mg of sodium instead of 2,300 mg.
This answer is correct.
The recommendation does change. If you develop high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease, you need to eat less than 1,500 mg of sodium instead of 2,300 mg.
Some people wonder why they need to cut back on sodium. And that's a good question.
You may not be able to see or feel how sodium affects your body. If anything, you can taste what sodium does, and for many of us, it tastes good.
But by limiting sodium, you may be able to control blood pressure. High blood pressure can be dangerous. It has no symptoms, so you might not know you have it. And high blood pressure can lead to more serious problems, like a heart attack or stroke.
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Getting started
- Talk with your doctor about sodium. You'll learn how eating too much sodium may affect you and how much you may need to cut back. Have questions ready to ask.
- Talk with a registered dietitian (RD). An RD can help you find out how much salt you are eating and find ways to cut back on salt. An RD can also teach you how to choose low-salt foods when eating out and make suggestions for low-sodium recipes and meals.
- Remember that the biggest source of sodium in the diet is not salt added at the table. In general, the biggest source of sodium is processed foods and foods from restaurants. Processed foods include canned foods, frozen dinners, and packaged foods such as crackers and chips. They also include dry mixes, such as those you add to hamburger or noodles.
- If you'd like, keep a sodium record. It can show you how much sodium you eat at a meal or during the day. If you have heart failure, use a record that allows you to also record your weight(What is a PDF document?).
- If you don't cook for yourself, let those who help you know that you want to eat less sodium. Show this information to family members, friends, or senior centers or other organizations.
Avoid high-sodium foods
Try not to eat high-sodium foods. These include:
- Smoked, cured, salted, and canned meat, fish, and poultry.
- Ham, bacon, hot dogs, and lunch meats.
- Hard and processed cheese and some types of peanut butter.
- Frozen prepared meals.
- Canned vegetables and soups, broths, and bouillon.
- Salted snack foods, such as chips and crackers.
- Pickles, sauerkraut, seasonings high in salt, and other condiments. These include steak sauce, onion salt, garlic salt, mustard, ketchup, and especially soy sauce. Even light soy sauce is still very high in sodium.
- Most restaurant food, especially fast food like french fries, hamburgers, pizza, and tacos.
Cook with less sodium
- Use fresh fruits and vegetables (or frozen vegetables) and fresh meat. These contain less sodium than canned foods or meats like lunch meat, bacon, ham, and jerky.
- Pick dairy products that are lower in salt, such as milk and yogurt instead of cheese.
- If you use canned vegetables, drain and rinse them with fresh water. This removes some—but not all—of the salt. Or choose "no salt added" canned vegetables.
- Flavor your food with garlic, lemon juice, onion, vinegar, herbs, and spices instead of salt. Make your own salt-free seasoning, salad dressings, sauces, and ketchup without adding salt.
- Take the salt shaker off the table to avoid adding salt to your food. Try using half the salt a recipe calls for.
- Don't cook with (or drink) softened water.
- Try a low-sodium cookbook. It can be a big help if you aren't sure how to reduce the salt in your cooking.
Know how to find sodium
If you know how much sodium is in foods, you can have more flexibility in what you eat. If you eat one high-sodium food, you can balance it with very low-sodium foods during the rest of the day. To do this:
- Use the Nutrition Facts on food labels .
- Learn how to find sodium. This includes finding hidden sodium, keeping track of milligrams of sodium, and understanding what labels such as "low-sodium" mean.
Test Your Knowledge
In general, the biggest source of sodium in our diets is:
Salt added at the table
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In general, the biggest source of sodium in our diets isn't salt added at the table. Processed foods and foods from restaurants are the biggest contributors of sodium in our diets.
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In general, the biggest source of sodium in our diets is processed foods and foods from restaurants.
Salt added in cooking
This answer is incorrect.
In general, the biggest source of sodium in our diets isn't salt added in cooking. The biggest contributors of sodium in our diets are processed foods and foods from restaurants.
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In general, the biggest source of sodium in our diets isn't milk. Milk has about 100 mg of sodium per 8 fl oz (240 mL). Processed foods and foods from restaurants are the biggest contributors of sodium in our diets.
Now that you have read this information, you can begin to cut down on the sodium in your diet.
If you would like to learn more about the sodium content of foods, how to limit sodium, or how to follow a diet for heart failure, the following resources are available:
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Asthma Action Plan: Red Zone
Topic Overview
An asthma action plan is a written plan of what to do if you have an asthma attack. You are in the red zone of your asthma action plan if you have severe asthma symptoms. Symptoms include:
- Peak expiratory flow less than 50% of your personal best measurement. To find 50% of your personal best, multiply your personal best measurement by 0.50. For example, if your personal best flow is 400, then 50% of that is 400 times 0.50, which is 200. In this example, a peak expiratory flow less than 200 means you are in the red zone.
- Any shortness of breath while walking, talking, or at rest.
- Use of the chest muscles to breathe. The skin between, above, and under the ribs collapses inward with each breath (retractions).
- Wheezing. But if symptoms are very severe, you may not hear any wheezing. Wheezing will stop when the amount of air moving through the bronchial tubes becomes dangerously low. In this case, no wheezing is actually worse than hearing wheezing.
Treatment for asthma attacks in the red zone includes:
- Seeking immediate medical attention while you are following your asthma action plan.
- Using medicine based on your asthma action plan.
- Talking with a doctor immediately about what to do next. This is especially important if your peak expiratory flow does not return to the green zone or stays within the yellow zone.
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Oh, the things we do for our beloved pets. Isn't this sweet little DIY the perfect gift for your grown dog?
With a pair of old, antique chairs, rubber lining and a few pet dishes, you can finally give Fido a seat at the table. Even better? It's the perfect height for medium-to-large sized dogs, so no more back pain for the pups when bending over to eat from the floor!
Sure, it's a stretch, but I think this project is charming and sweet. (And you know we love our dogs around here!) What about you guys? Seen any pet-friendly DIY ideas that you can't wait to try in your own home? Spill it below!
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Raising Funds To Fly Valve CEO Gabe Newell To Australia
The Fly Gabe Newell Fund Has Been Successful!
We raised over $3000 in not-even-three-days. Gabe and Erik flew down on their own dime and hung out with me. All funds raised were donated to the Child's Play charity. See below for my summary of the event.
Thanks, everyone!
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This one's donated $50, making the total $469.73. Hell of a guy. Thanks, Tristan!
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|Gentle Fist
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|Gentle Fist Art (柔拳法, Jūkenpō)
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The Gentle Fist (柔拳, Jūken) or Gentle Fist Art (柔拳法, Jūkenpō) is a form of hand-to-hand combat used by members of the Hyūga clan. It inflicts internal damage through attacking the body's Chakra Pathway System, subsequently injuring organs which are closely intertwined with the area of the network which has been struck. To do this, the user surgically injects a certain amount of their own chakra into the opponent's chakra pathway system, causing damage to surrounding organs due to their proximity to the chakra circulatory system. Even the slightest tap can cause severe internal damage, hence the name "gentle" fist.
Targeting the tenketsu can enhance the havoc and control a Gentle Fist practitioner can impose upon an opponent's chakra network. These special nodes, 361 in total, are key gatekeeping interceptions in the chakra circulatory network, thus forcibly opening or sealing them in whatever manner the Gentle Fist user sees fit is a powerful tactical option to have. The user's chakra can either increase chakra flow in the opponent's body, or disrupt it completely, preventing them from using techniques as seen in Neji's fight with Hinata during the Chūnin Exams.
Neji Hyūga remarked that any chakra-based substance can be destroyed by this technique. As seen in his fight with Kidōmaru, it is done by leaking chakra from the chakra openings in one's hands and moulding it into a needle-like shape to slice through the chakra.[1] However it is unknown if this technique can be done by any Gentle Fist user or just those who can see the tenketsu.
Because the chakra pathway system is invisible to the naked eye, the Byakugan is required for this style to be used effectively. Since the Byakugan is unique to the Hyūga clan, it has become their signature style of combat.
The ability to inflict severe internal trauma with minimal external force, combined with chakra network manipulation, makes the Gentle Fist the most reputable and fearsome taijutsu style known in all of Konohagakure.[2] In contrast to this, the technique can also be used for supplementary purposes such as helping comrades on the battlefield. This was displayed by Hinata during the Fourth Shinobi World War when she used the technique to fix Naruto Uzumaki's dislocated shoulder joint.[3]
- Techniques from this line have also been called "gentle step" (柔歩, jūho).
- This fighting style is based off the real-life Baguazhang Chinese martial art.


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I have a septic tank in my yard that is no longer used. Can I leave it there? Should I remove it? Fill it with something? I'm not entirely sure of the building material used to construct it; I assume whatever was the customary materials in the pacific NW in the mid to late 50's.
You'll have to check codes, but I believe the usual procedure is to fill them with something like sand - since it's a septic tank, and since (I presume) you had it emptied before leaving it to rot, you probably don't need to clean it, just get it filled.
You can NOT just leave it there - eventually it will rot away and collapse, presenting a hazard at some unknown future time.
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