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I read Claire's post and when I did, my heart melted. Not because I thought she was a bad mummy, but because I understood how desperate she was.
I dont personally know Claire, I only know her through here and through facebook, but from what I gather she has tried everything to combat her sons bad behaviour and nothing seems to work and she is a mummy who is being seriously pushed to the edge. I am pretty certain that what she said to Finlay, she said when she was feeling so incredibly low and desperate and fed up and that she regretted it as soon as she said it, not that she intentionally said it to hurt him. So in my opinion, CarlaK's response of saying "oh you really shouldnt have said that to him" really isnt helping the matter. Im sure Claire knows this already!!! I have said and done things to Evan in temper that I have seriously regretted afterwards, and I really dont need people telling me it was wrong because I know that already! And Im sure other mummies on here have done exactly the same!!!
But, in Claire's case, saying what she said just so happened to work for her, and after she said it, Finlays behaviour improved. Claire was merely sharing her experience with the original poster (sorry, cant remember who it was now) and saying that she knows exactly what she is going through! Claire didnt suggest that we all say it, she didnt say that it was right or wrong, she was just sharing her experience!!!
I think that this has all been blown out of proportion and a fab, caring and loving mummy has been seriously hurt by all this, so I think we should all just leave it be now.
At the end of the post, I stressed that if she felt that desparate, she should try and get some help.
Saying we all should all be supportive is a bit rubbish really. And so is saying we have all done it. Yes, we have- I have certainly done things that I felt bad about after. But being supportive is also saying- you shouldn't have said that and if you feel you have to be 'cruel to be kind' please get some help so you don't feel like this anymore.
I know my best friends have, in the past, had to say some fairly harsh things- especially when I was younger and acting like a div. (And I am not pretending that I am acting like a best friend/nor am I saying anyone is acting like a div on here.)
But just saying we should all be supportive and lovely is patronising. No-one doubts that all the mummies on here adore their children; but if anyone gets to the end of their tether, then they need to get some help. Which I stressed at the end of the post.
You know what carlak, what you said was way too harsh! Yes everyone is entitled to their own opinion but also you have to accept that everyone raises, disiplines and deals with stress differently! I know claire76 very well and it is not in her nature to say what she did ordinarily (sp) EVERYONE has said things they don't mean before, it just comes out! Claire is a fantastic mum and i do not agree with your comment that she is the blame for her LO's behaviour!! Toddlerhood is a very tough time for everyone and we should be supporting each other not 'telling off' one another, claire posted originally in support and to let other mums know that she also has a terrible tantrum thrower!!
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I don't know what Claire said and probably wouldn't comment anyway. I was just wondering if Claire (or anyone else) had read "Raising your spirited child". My daughter is only just getting to tantrum age but she has some pretty intense personality traits that could potentially turn into tantrums later on and someone has recommended this book to me. Just wondering if others would recommend it??
Hmmmm, just seen this and only skimmed it,
But AGGGGHHHH, why can't people comment and put their own take on things, why does everything have to be personal, this is the ONLY forum i know where everyone is so bloody protective of each other that it means that no-one can say what they actually think or feel.
Just disagree if you don't agree, but lets not turn it into an assassination of the person who dared to speak! Too many people have left this forum because they don't feel that they can speak out, what is left now is just a mere shell of what it was, and I wasn't about in the supposed halcyon days. Take it on the chin, respond in the manner that the post was raised and be fukcing adult about it.
the comments made were personal & specifically named the individual & made the post specific to them & critiscised their actions, which is why many people have defended & got protective of the individual. i'd hope i too were defended if another person picked on me personally.
I think if you post something so contraversal you have to expect your post will be discussed. IMHO i dont think anyone was picking on anyone. There is such a thing as constuctive criticism.
Sometimes we all need honest feedback.
It is possible for people to have differing opinions without it being personal and being picked on.
And I am massively offended that I have been referred to as 'picking on' someone just because I dared to criticise something anyone said. It is ridiculous to use such emotive language when I responded to something that was written.
And if you write something that I feel I have to respond too- and I don't agree with you, please feel free to defend yourself and don't suggest I am 'picking' on you. Even if it is to tell me I am talking 'b*****ks'. Because it is an open forum. Not just a 'give me a lovely answer and what I want to hear' forum.
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A full fantasy miniatures line utilizing the Combat Dial System game platform it pioneered, Mage Knight: Resurrection features 25 miniatures pulled from all corners of the Mage Knight universe. Each figure incorporates SwitchClix technology, and includes two dials (one designed for the Mage Knight 2.0 rules and a second HeroClix P.A.C.-compatible dial.)
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Post subject: when will i feel baby kick
am 18wks preg with my 7th child and aint felt any movement yet at all really worried cause havent saw a midwife yet apart from when i was 12wks thats only cause i was in hospital for sickness ive normally felt all the others by now can any1 help as hospital is no help at all
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I wouldnt worry too much about feeling baby move, everyone seems to be different and many people dont feel baby until they are past 20 weeks. It seems to vary hugely!
You do need to have a midwife appointment though - you should have an appointment at 16 weeks - so i would make sure you book ASAP.
You should have numbers to call for a midwife anyway - so in the short term you could call and speak to a midwife, that may reassure you until you get your appointment.
Good luck!
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I've only just started feeling the odd proper movement this past couple of weeks too, but I know some don't feel them until 20-22wks An anterior placenta can cushion a lot of the movements so you may not feel them
But I also agree with Raspich, You really should have had another appointment with your MW at about 16wks. When are you due to see them again?
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Hi hunny
I'm 19 weeks 2 days. I started feeling my baba kick and punch a couple of weeks ago but the movements only become regular and more noticeable in the last week! You can feel the first movement anytime from 16-24 weeks, and if you haven't felt anything after 24 weeks I would speak to your midwife about it! xx
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7 children, you lucky! are you worried, did your other babies start moving early. Not all babies start moving at the same time. some take longer. i can remember with my son, he starting kicking at 16 weeks, but my girls, i only felt after 20 weeks.
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Indonesian activists called for an investigation of the country's national police in the wake of the U.S. Smith & Wesson case. (Jakarta Post)
Hong Kong's anti-graft panel dropped a probe into whether the region's chief offered a businessman a place on the government's top advisory body in return for his support in the 2012 election. (South China Morning Post)
A former contractor for the U.S. Army admitted to accepting vacations, a luxury car, escorts and cash in return for helping businesses obtain federal contracts worth millions. (Washington Post)
How effective is the U.K. Bribery Act? (Transparency International)
The argument over who counts as a "foreign official" is a distraction, according to this column. (Compliance Insider)
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A suspected London-based hacker was advised not to visit his ill father in Scotland out of a risk of extradition. (Guardian)
How can a company avoid a data breach? (BBC)
A data firm says it can link the leak from Edward Snowden to changes in terrorist behavior. (NPR)
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Lionel Messi's alleged tax evasion relied on offshore companies through which he could hide the owners, prosecutors said. Mr. Messi has denied the allegations. Activists from Global Witness weighed in here. (Times of London, Sahara Reporters, press release)
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S&P Dow Jones Indices asked clients if it should remove sanctioned Russian firms from its closely watched financial markets indexes. MCSI is considering removing VTB Bank from its index. (WSJ, WSJ)
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More than 100 billion U.K. pounds worth of property in England and Wales is held through companies where ownership is difficult to trace, according to an analysis by FT.
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The China head of Edelman has been missing for more than a week following a police probe into the agency's links to a disgraced TV anchor. Edelman said its China group chief executive was helping police with their inquiries, but they had not been in contact with him in several days, and did not know his whereabouts. (Financial Times sub req, WSJ)
China's anti-corruption crackdown lowered the interest of people to join the Communist Party, but it has solidified President Xi Jinping's power base. Its next target: Shanghai. What does the latest takedown mean for international business? (Financial Times sub req, Nikkei, WSJ China Real Time, Forbes)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted he spoke to "relevant parties" in the scandal surrounding the anti-graft panel he shuttered. He might face scrutiny from the state Senate, as questions get increasingly serious. Mr. Cuomo, who never officially rescinded the order creating the panel, has hired a lawyer as he faces off against a federal prosecutor. (Capital NY, Newsday, Bloomberg, Capital NY, NY Times, PolHudson, The Nation, NPR, Albany Times-Union, NY Daily News, WSJ)
The son of a former Senegalese president appeared in court to face corruption charges. (Reuters)
The Obama administration abandoned a corruption case against an Arizona border patrol agent after his attorney accused federal agents of entrapping his client. (BuzzFeed)
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The Church
of Cheerios
A lone Cheerio on the church floor prompts this author
to reflect on the importance of nourishing children both physically
and spiritually.
By Valerie Schultz
the Church's Youngest Members
Them to the Table
husband points to something on the church floor: a lone Cheerio. I
look back at him and his eyes hold mine a moment. Then we smile. A
river of communication flows between us, between the Kyrie and the
Gloria. I know his thought, prompted by the leftover Cheerio from
the previous Mass: Remember when we used to come to Mass armed with
toys, books, little bags of Cheerios, anything that might keep
the children quiet?
I glance down the pew at them
now: four daughters in various poses of reverence and tolerance, the
oldest 16 and licensed to drive a car, the youngest eight and proud
to have made her First Communion yesterday. Today is the first time
she will come forward to receive the Eucharist with us and not simply
fold her arms and be blessed. I feel a pang of longing for the babies
they were. At the same time I am delighted and awed by who they are.
It's hard to remember the days
of Cheerios. I don't recall how to change a diaper. I can't imagine
nursing discreetly. I haven't chased a toddler bent on reaching the
altar in many years. I actually hear the homily now. I concentrate
on the liturgy. What a relief to be past the days of Cheerios!
I am stung to think how quickly
I have forgotten those Masses. I have become one of the intolerant
pillars of the Church. I sometimes feel annoyed by the sound of a
whining child or an unhappy baby in the back of the church. I think:
Why don't they take that kid to the nursery? But it wasn't
so many years ago that people were giving me the evil eye if I didn't
immediately leave the pew when a baby fussed. Back then I would think:
Hey, this is her Church too! I may not focus on a word of this
homily, but I am doing God's will!
But I still felt guilty for having
brought the little yapper to this holy place. So I would bring out
the plastic bag of Cheerios—saving the most effective tool for last.
the Church's Youngest Members
are the perfect church food. They aren't sticky and they don't crumble,
so they're easy to clean up. Babies like them, and the hole in the
middle means less likelihood of your baby choking on one during the
consecration. They do have a little sugar but they do not have preservatives,
so you don't feel too negligent for feeding them to your precious
child. They don't smell. They don't roll very far. They don't make
noise. They are the Catholic parent's joy and refuge.
And yet, The New
York Times News Service recently reported that the vice chancellor
for the Archdiocese of Chicago finds it troubling that little bags
of cereal are sometimes left in the pews.
"When you're trying
to reach a state of spiritual contemplation," she says, "there is
nothing like sitting on a bag of Cheerios to throw you off."
I do understand that
it is thoughtless and irreverent for people to leave their trash in
the pews, but I think this statement reflects a basic trouble in the
U.S. Catholic Church. While we pay lip service to responsible procreation
and family values and all that, we would really rather not have to
put up with the little howlers who are the tangible, breathing results
of Holy Matrimony—especially during Mass.
I have been to churches
with those abhorrent crying rooms—the social equivalent of the leper's
bell. Parents are shown that, while their donations are welcome, their
participation in the Mass is not. Instead, they are provided with
a soundproof booth where the entire family can be seen and not heard.
It is a miserable environment in which to celebrate the Sunday liturgy.
Have you ever seen anyone smiling in a crying room?
I have been in churches
where the children are sent packing for the Liturgy of the Word. In
effect, we are telling children that this part of the Mass is really
boring unless we dumb it down for you. Rather than learn to participate
in the Mass with your family, we think you're better off coloring
in a far-off, soundproof room with a bunch of other kids who also
don't get it.
Parents have told me
that they dread bringing their children to Mass because they are unruly
or rude or bored. But these are often the parents who have not brought
their children to Mass until they have to, which is once they
have received their First Communion. It is as though they are saying
that, with the reception of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, the jury
is back with a conviction: Now the kid has to start doing hard time.
And sadly, some parents
have told me that they've decided to attend a different church, a
more child-friendly church, where they simply feel welcome.
We need to be supportive
of young families, rather than treat them as noxious burdens that
we contemplatives put up with. I remember being the mother with the
inquisitive child whom I knew the others in my pew wished I would
just take outside, even though it was snowing. I have sympathized
with the father whose child sang out lustily, "Ding dong, the witch
is dead!" when the bells rang during the eucharistic prayer. I have
in fact prayed that the priest would choose Eucharistic Prayer II,
because it is the shortest and, therefore, the most squirm-resistant.
Truly, there are extreme
times where you do need to remove your child from church. But mostly,
young children who are brought to Mass from the cradle, and whose
questions are engaged as they grow, learn to be enthusiastic liturgical
Them to the Table
As communities, we need
to celebrate the essential contributions of families with young children
to our parishes. Right now we are very good at making them feel they
are disturbing us, the holy worshipers, who somehow have more of a
right to occupy this sacred space. We are very good at making them
stay away from Sunday Mass in droves.
We need to welcome our
children with open arms, as Christ does. We all belong at the eucharistic
celebration, which is, after all, a meal. We eat and drink together.
We even do the dishes. My youngest daughter now comes to the table
of the Lord with us, but I have to remember that it wasn't that long
ago that she was considered a problem parishioner.
As for those littlest
Catholics in the pews who make such a joyful noise as they shout to
the Lord, who says we can't serve them Cheerios at the feast?
Valerie Schultz is
a freelance author from Tehachapi, California, where she is also director
of religious education at St. Malachy. She has had numerous essays
and short fiction published, including "Walter Makes a Fourth," which
appeared in the June 1999 issue of St. Anthony Messenger and
won second place for best short story from the Catholic Press Association
of America.


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a1 Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
a2 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background It is unclear if psychiatric morbidity among parents bereaved of a child is related to major loss in general or if the cause of death matters. Whether such a link is consistent with a causal explanation also remains uncertain.
Method We identified 3 114 564 parents through linkage of Swedish nationwide registers. Risk of psychiatric hospitalization was assessed with log-linear Poisson regression and family-based analyses were used to explore familial confounding.
Results A total of 3284 suicides and 14 095 any-cause deaths were identified in offspring between 12 and 25 years of age. Parents exposed to offspring suicide had considerably higher risk of subsequent psychiatric hospitalization than unexposed parents [relative risk (RR) 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.72–2.09], higher than parents exposed to offspring non-suicide death relative to controls (RR 1.18, 95% CI 1.11–1.26). We found no risk increase among stepfathers differentially exposed to biologically unrelated stepchildren's death or suicide, and the relative risk was notably lower among full siblings differentially exposed to offspring death or suicide.
Conclusions Parental psychiatric hospitalization following offspring death was primarily found in offspring suicide. Familial (e.g. shared genetic) effects seemed important, judging from both lack of psychiatric hospitalization in bereaved stepfathers and attenuated risk when bereaved parents were contrasted to their non-bereaved siblings. We conclude that offspring suicide does not 'cause' psychiatric hospitalization in bereaved parents.
(Received December 30 2012)
(Revised August 21 2013)
(Accepted September 24 2013)
(Online publication November 01 2013)
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They are confusing, and have been led to confuse, the ethnic designation of "Arab" (or, in the case of many Maronites and Copts, the forcible identification with "Uruba" or "Arabness" that does not correspond to the truth: Copts were in Egypt, and Maronites in Lebanon, before the Arabs arrived, with their gift of Islam and of the Arabic language, both imposed on a great many Copts, a great many Maronites) with the more important matter -- that of Islam, that is of identifying oneself as a Muslim with all that that necessarily means or certainly implies, including an acceptance of everything written in the Qur'an (9.29 and a hundred other Jihad verses) as the immutable Word of God. No Muslim in the advanced West can claim ignorance of the contents of the Qur'an, of the Hadith, of the Sira -- not in the way that an illiterate villager in a mountain valley in Afghanistan might be able to claim it.
Those who express such diseased sympathy ought rather to express sympathy for those who, in the case of many Lebanese-Americans, having ancestors who came not as "Arabs" (their Ottoman-Empire passports often read "Siriano" or "Turco") but rather as "Christians" who also happened to speak Arabic, use Arabic, even have Arab names, but were not Arabs, and whose organization of Arab-Americans has been successfully taken over by Muslim Arabs and collaborating islamochristians of the zogby variety, eager to exploit the good reputation of Lebanese-Americans and Coptic-Americans for their own purposes, which purposes means the agenda of promoting, and protecting, and deflecting all criticism from, Islam, Islam, Islam.
That is what it is all about. Richardson, Kucinich and Paul either know this and do not care, or do not know it, in which case they have been grossly negligent. They deserve, on this basis alone, to be opposed. It is clear that their opposition to the Iraq War is for the wrong reasons. They oppose it not because it squanders American resources, not because it attempts to attain an unattainable goal, not because the goal sought to be attained makes no sense from the Infidel point of view, but because they are perfectly willing to refuse to recognize the threat of Jihad, and the instruments of Jihad other than terrorism. Bush's continuing obstinate folly in Iraq simply gives such people a temporary plausibility that they haven't earned and do not deserve.
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Karl Rove benched at Fox News after election-night tantrum
It looks like Karl Rove has been benched at Fox News, at least for the time being. Rove and fellow Fox pundit Dick Morris have virtually disappeared from the cable channel since the election. Morris was spectacularly wrong in predicting that Mitt Romney would not only win, but win in the landslide. Morris' prediction became a punch line among political analysts who have pointed out that Morris is often wrong. As for Rove, he's been showcased by Fox as one of the smartest political pundits around but was among a cadre of conservative radio and TV personalities who collectively came to believe — and promote –what turned out to be a false, anti-Democrat story line. Rove reportedly earned the distain of Fox chieftain Roger Ailes after an on-air episode in which the architect of George W. Bush's election wins of the past wouldn't accept that President Obama had won Ohio – and reelection. Rove was the very public face of a pair of anti-Obama superPACs — American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS. He solicited more than $300 million from wealth donors who got almost nothing in return. New York Magazine's Gabriel Sherman reports that Ailes has ordered that neither Rove nor Morris be booked on Fox without approval of top management.
Whether this is a temporary arrangement or not is unclear. The election's over and Howard Kurtz speculates in The Daily Beast that it could just be a case of Rove fatigue. After all, the big issue right now is the fiscal cliff, not election politics. But the 2016 presidential race is already a subject of some speculation and with candidates jockeying for position – as well as next year's opening of the George W. Bush library and institute in Dallas – Rove could find himself back on the air – albeit after segment producers get a permission slip from the top.


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Just weeks after The Journal published my letter about the neglected mentally ill in Providence's Kennedy Plaza ("Misery of the mentally ill all around us," Dec.15 ), I was pleased to read the article "Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin." by Mac McClelland in February's Reader's Digest.
The article makes the same points on the moral catastrophe of de-institutionalization with a personal story of a horrific murder that could have been prevented: "It's insanity to kill your father with a kitchen knife. It's also insanity to close hospitals, fire therapists, and leave families to face mental illness on their own."
The writer details the "vanishing mental-health safety net " in this wealthy country. "Today there is one public psychiatric-care bed per 7,100 Americans -- the same ratio as in 1850."
My own beloved but severely mentally ill brother was also a victim of this not-so-benign neglect. I found his bloated, blackened, unrecognizable corpse in his Warwick apartment one very hot day last June. My sister and I were bringing him his lithium refill. His medical doctor had delayed it because Ray had failed to keep an appointment (not cooperating?).
At the wake his two daughters and old friends agreed sadly that our mental health system stinks.
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It's hard to digest all of Kanye West on his new album.
"Yeezus" is the rapper's darkest, eeriest and most erratic album of his six solo releases. He is in militant form on the 10-track set, rapping over beats that are artsy, electronic and gloomy. It's a far stretch from the contemporary rap and pop success he achieved with more than a dozen Top 10 hits, including "Gold Digger," "Stronger" and "Heartless." That isn't necessarily a bad thing.
"Yeezus" continues on the dark and emotive path he set on 2010's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and "808s & Heartbreak," which was released two years earlier. The production throughout "Yeezus" is exceptional, with Rick Rubin, Daft Punk, No I.D., RZA and more helping out. The album flows nicely, with songs including layered vocals and transitions that elevate them to great heights: "On Sight" starts the album with the right energy, and West gets an epic and soulful assist from Charlie Wilson on the closing track, "Bound 2." It's a classic Yeezy effort and arguably the album's best track.
Lyrically, though, West isn't always at his best. The album lacks deep storytelling from the 36-year-old, which he powerfully delivered on past albums. He sounds random and frustrated at times; at others, he will frustrate you.
West raps about religion a good amount on "Yeezus," which is his Jesus-like moniker. "If I don't get ran out by Catholics, here come some conservative Baptists," he says on "Black Skinhead." And on "I Am a God" -- well, you get it.
Religious folks won't be the only ones upset with the album: While West has promoted "Yeezus" with performances on "Saturday Night Live" and video projections to match the album's wild sound, he's releasing it without a huge single on radio or on the charts. There isn't even an official music video. While he charted new territory on "Twisted Fantasy," that album was sprinkled with such radio-ready anthems as "All of the Lights."
For the performer with the largest voice in rap -- and sometimes in all of music -- he deserves praise for not conforming to mainstream and radio rules like other pop stars. He may lose some fans because his new sound isn't easy to digest, but he likely will gain others, too.
-- Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press
Guest stars deliver on Lonely Island's album
The Lonely Island pull another magic trick out of the fun box -- and it's their third studio record, "The Wack Album." The Weird Al Yankovics of the 21st century tackle sexual etiquette, double standards, general stupidity and wardrobe malfunctions with the help of Solange, Edward Norton, Pharrell, Too Short, Kristen Wiig and Robyn, among many others.
The jester minstrels' lead single, "YOLO," is an anthemic track deriding the oft-used acronym with guest vocals from Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar.
"3-Way (The Golden Rule)," originally released in 2011 with Lady Gaga and their always game collaborator Justin Timberlake, offers a classic R&B sound.
Another standout on the 20-song list is the tongue-in-cheek "Hugs," where the threesome -- led by Andy Samberg -- lay the rules for a good platonic "upper body grip," while the bouncy "You've Got the Look" reveals an unexpected side of Hugh Jackman, who shows off his pipes and sense of humor.
Unburdened by the bland, nonsensical lyrics of the mainstream, their sexy hooks work for and against them.
Sometimes the track sounds so authentically straight up that some might miss the genius of the words. "Yo, I drove past a rally saying 'honk for peace,' so I took out my gun and shot 'em all in the knees." That about sums it up.
-- Cristina Jaleru, Associated Press
J. Cole shows growth on excellent 'Sinner'
J. Cole continues to live up to the hype he initially got from rap great Jay-Z, delivering an assortment of quality songs on his sophomore album, "Born Sinner."
As on his 2011 debut album, the 28-year-old primarily produces his new offering with some help from No I.D. and Elite.
Cole shows improvement as a producer and lyricist, spitting rhymes with honesty and clarity throughout the 16 tracks, which include two entertaining skits and two interludes.
The North Carolina native raps about temptation and commitment struggles on several songs, such as "Trouble," "Runaway" and "She Knows," which effectively co-stars Amber Coffman of the Dirty Projectors.
Cole raps about the stronghold of lust on the Kendrick Lamar-assisted "Forbidden Fruit," which samples jazz organist Ronnie Foster's "Mystic Brew."
It could be the album's best track if Lamar had been featured on more than just the hook.
Overall, "Born Sinner" is a treasure: Cole paints pictures with his superb rhymes and sets the mood nicely with his solid production.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Texas A&M – Corpus Christi's Trevor Belicek has been named the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week. He also was tabbed by the NCAA as one of the Top Performers from Week 13 as well.
The junior southpaw picks up the award after throwing nine shutout innings, allowing just two hits against Lamar in game two of the doubleheader against the Cardinals on Saturday. Belicek baffled the opposing lineup, as he set down a career high 12 batters via the strikeout.
He had perfect 1-2-3 innings in five of the nine he pitched, while not allowing any runners to get past first base during that stretch. However, in a pitchers duel, Belicek was unable to record the win, as the game went to extra innings, with the Islanders eventually able to muster a comeback win in the 10th inning.
With his career high in strikeouts, Belicek now ranks second in the Southland in league games in the category with 52, just one back of first place. The Uvalde, Texas, native has settled into a groove in league play, going at least six innings and allowing four runs or less in his last five outings.
Belicek and the rest of the Islanders baseball team will now focus their sights on its final Southland series of the season, as they will head to Sam Houston State to try and clinch a regular season conference championship. The three-game series starts Thursday in Huntsville, with the winner of the series guaranteed at least a share of the conference title.
To keep up with Belicek and the rest of the Islanders down this final stretch, fans can follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersBSB) and like it on Facebook (Islanders Baseball).


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Publication Acceptance Date: November 29, 2012
Publication Date: February 21, 2013
Citation: Evans, J.J., Haenen, O., Berthe, F. 2013. Overview of zoonotic infections from fish and shellfish. Aquaculture America Conference. P.315. Technical Abstract: Zoonosis refers to diseases that can be transferred from animals, whether wild or domesticated, to humans. Zoonotic infections can be divided into: 1) topically acquired infection caused by contact with aquatic animals or their products and 2) food borne infection caused by eating raw or undercooked aquatic products. As aquaculture production and consumption of aquacultural products increases, the possibility of zoonotic infection from either handling or ingestion of these products also increases. This paper presents an overview of the zoonotic potential and prevention of topically acquired (contact) bacterial from aquaculture species.


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Doane College's effort to raise $5.7 million to improve its athletic facilities received a boost recently when the Nebraska school received a $500,000 gift.
The Kitty M. Perkins Foundation gave the $500,000 gift to the college last month.
Doane's Jerry Wood says the fundraising campaign should allow
the college to upgrade its stadium and field house and help pay for
a new recreation center.
Doane has raised about $2.4 million so far toward its goal of $5.7 million.
The Perkins foundation has ties to Nebraska because Kitty Perkins' husband, Edwin, invented Kool-Aid in Hastings in 1927.
The foundation has donated to a number of civic and education projects in the state.


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In the second installment of the Star Wars series, EPISODE II--ATTACK OF THE CLONES, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) is now a teenage Jedi apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Together they must protect Senator Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) from a militant group of political activists that is trying to assassinate her.
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This group is led by the evil Count Dooku (Christopher Lee). Among other troubles, Anakin faces some hard choices as he begins to fall for Padme, knowing this love is forbidden by the Jedi knights' creed. In addition, Anakin begins to show his rebellious attraction to the dark side--which will eventually conquer him, when he becomes the future Darth Vader. The story is set 10 years after STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, and there are appearances by some of PHANTOM's characters, including Jar Jar Binks. CLONES also brings back familiar faces from the original STAR WARS: the lovable droids R2D2 and C3PO, and Yoda, who plays a key role in this film.
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Occupy groups and others plan to protest during the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Premiers.
Demonstrations are planned Sunday and Monday.
Organizers say they want the governors and premiers to focus on the human rights of the people in the region and a process that engages them in holding their governments accountable for protecting their rights.
The 36th annual conference will be co-hosted by Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Jean Charest.
The governors, premiers and the Canadian and U.S. ambassadors are expected to discuss issues they share such as financial and environmental challenges, enhancing trade and maximizing the potential of each region's energy resources.


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Tropical alpine-like vegetation is found in the Andes above the elevational limit of closed-canopy continuous forest and below the permanent snow-line. In Peru and southward this relatively dry altitudinal zone is known as "puna", although the wetter phases in northern Peru also are commonly distinguished as "jalca" (Weberbauer 1945) and near the border with Ecuador as "páramo" (Brack 1986). Because of ambiguity as to floristic boundaries and evaluation of human impacts on the Central Andean flora, this Data Sheet takes an inclusive view of Peruvian puna, including all habitats and vegetation types above 3300 m (see Map 69). The puna thus includes most of the departments Huancavelica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Puno; large sections of Cajamarca, La Libertad, Ancash, Huánuco, Pasco, Junín, Lima, Ica, Arequipa and Cusco; and smaller portions of Lambayeque, Moquegua and Tacna. Map 69 and most of our discussion exclude the small area of páramo near the border with Ecuador in the northernmost portions of the departments of Piura and Cajamarca (cf. Luteyn 1992).
Puna is found in three geographic subregions in Peru. The main subregion is on the Western Cordillera of the Andes from c. 8°-18°S. This includes part of the Puno plateau and Lake Titicaca; the rest of both are in Bolivia. From 8° to 31°S (c. 2800 km), there is only one pass below 4000 m (Duellman 1979). Topographic relief of the Peruvian puna is moderate compared to the steep escarpments on the eastern and western slopes of the Andes. Most of the puna has a rolling topography, with a wide variety of substrate types and drainage classes. Much of the region is underlain by bedrock of Tertiary and Quaternary volcanics (Peñaherrera 1989). Active volcanoes are present in the south. The highest elevations are rocky, glacially modified horns, some with icecaps; the highest peak is Nevado Huascarán (6745 m).
The Eastern Cordillera is on average lower and narrower than the Western Cordillera and consequently has a smaller area of puna, which extends from c. 7°-15°S. Topography is relatively moderate between 3300-3800 m. Higher elevations are steep rocky cirques. Only in the south are peaks high enough to have icecaps; the highest is Nevado Salcantaya (6271 m). Bedrock is of metamorphized Precambrian and Palaeozoic sedimentary rock. Several deep valleys cut through the puna of the Eastern Cordillera, creating biogeographical barriers.
Northern Peru constitutes the third subregion. The puna (jalca) is quite fragmented among the high elevations of several relatively low mountain ranges. Bedrock is often of Cretaceous metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
In general, there is great heterogeneity in puna substrates depending on the bedrock underneath. There are also great differences in drainage, with many resulting types of soils - from histosols in boggy sites to well-drained mollisols. Some areas, particularly in northern Peru, have deposits as much as 1 m deep of glacial loess. Glacial moraines and associated landforms are found in almost all of the puna (cf. Clapperton 1993). In cold and arid climatic cycles of the Pleistocene, much of the highlands above 4000 m at times was covered by ice and some glacial tongues descended below 3000 m.
The current climatic regimes apparently date back only several thousand years. The last major deglaciation began 12,000 years ago, and temperatures were apparently warmer than at present until c. 5000 years ago (Hansen, Wright and Bradbury 1984). Median annual temperatures range from c. 8°C at 3300 m to 0°C at snow-line. Temperature conditions are mostly constant during the year, but show considerable diurnal variation (Sarmiento 1986). Temperatures may reach below -2°C at night and between 10°-20°C during daylight. Near Lake Titicaca, the temperature and humidity extremes are moderated by the large lake.
The annual precipitation is widely variable, from c. 150 mm to over 1500 mm. Troll (1968) used the north-to-south decline in precipitation in the Central Andes and strong west-to-east increase in cloud cover and annual rainfall to recognize three types of puna in Peru. We designate them as (1) wet puna, in two major locations: along the Eastern Cordillera, where it is influenced by moist air uplifted from the Amazon Basin, and in northern Peru, where air masses come from both the Pacific Ocean and the Amazon Basin; (2) moist puna, found in most of Peru, particularly on the Western Cordillera; and (3) dry puna, to the south of 15°S on the Western Cordillera. The wet puna receives 800 mm to more than 1500 mm of annual precipitation; the moist puna receives 400-800 mm, and the dry puna less than 400 mm.
The drier phases of puna are very seasonal, with most (70-80%) of the precipitation falling during 4-5 months, usually between December and April. Even the wet to moist puna (jalca) of northern Peru has a pronounced dry season from May to September. Only the wet puna areas of the Eastern Cordillera that are directly exposed to cloud banks on the upper edges of the Amazon Basin are almost aseasonal, with just a short dry season in July or August.
The three types of puna correspond to at least 25 different Holdridge life zones (Tosi 1960; ONERN 1976). Relative air humidity is often less than 30%, except when fog is present. Puna plants (cf. Smith and Young 1987; Cabrera 1968) must have adaptations to resist or avoid desiccation. Plant growth also is cold-limited. Often temperatures drop to near or below freezing at night, particularly if there are no clouds. On cool days, species can continue to photosynthesize if their leaves are in protected microclimates, for example by being near the ground or protected by the plant's pubescence.
From 3300 m to c. 4200 m the predominant vegetation types of puna are grasslands (picture). Bunchgrasses of Calamagrostis, Festuca and Stipa form tussocks that can grow to occupy 0.25-0.75 m² in basal area and reach 1 m in height (if not burned or grazed). In the dry puna, Festuca orthophylla predominates. In wet puna on the Eastern Cordillera, several species of Cortaderia can be important. Spaces around the tussocks are often filled by a number of herbs, including non-tussock-forming grasses and sedges, prostrate or low-growing forbs, lichens, mosses, and ferns and their allies such as Jamesonia and Lycopodiella.
From 3300-3800 m it is common to find patches of Andean forest growing in sites protected from frost and fire. Genera frequently present as trees or shrubs include Baccharis, Berberis, Brachyotum, Chuquiraga, Clethra, Escallonia, Gynoxys, Miconia, Myrsine and Weinmannia. Sometimes Alnus acuminata can be found. From 3600 m to more than 4400 m, especially in the moist puna of the Western Cordillera, are forest patches dominated by Polylepis spp. Trees and shrubs of Gynoxys, Miconia, Myrsine and Ribes are also usually present. In the south, scrub dominated by Buddleja spp. may be present (Tovar-Serpa 1973).
Puna grasslands found in the proximity of these woodlands may be invaded by woody species, if they are not regularly grazed or burned. The frequency of natural fire regimes in Peruvian puna ecosystems is unknown. Generally people burn the puna grasslands every one to five years to renew forage for their livestock. Occasionally shrubs can be locally common in puna grasslands despite frequent burning; the shrubs are species of the microphyllous genera Baccharis, Diplostephium, Hypericum, Loricaria and Parastrephia.
Areas with poor drainage are usually dominated by sedges and rushes. Below 4000 m these genera include Carex, Juncus, Oreobolus and Scirpus. Above 4000 m, vegetation in the wet areas is dominated by floating and submerged cushion plants. Distichia muscoides and Plantago rigida are often conspicuous, forming large cushions. Other genera include Gentiana, Hypsela, Isoetes, Lilaeopsis, Ourisia, Oxychloe and Scirpus. Aquatic plants are common in ponds and streams, including Crassula venezuelensis, Myriophyllum quitense, Potamogeton spp., Ranunculus spp. and Zannichellia andina (León 1993).
Grasses begin to lose their dominance on well-drained substrates above c. 4200 m. The altitudinal zone of 4200-4800 m is what Weberbauer (1945) apparently considered typical puna. The predominant life forms are prostrate, cushion and rosette herbs of genera such as Azorella, Baccharis, Daucus, Draba, Echinopsis (Trichocereus), Gentiana, Geranium, Lupinus, Nototriche, Plettkea, Valeriana and Werneria . Elevations above 4800 m have vegetation types with these same taxa as dispersed individual plants. Often bare ground predominates, especially on scree slopes made unstable by needle-ice.
The dry puna is characterized by sparse vegetation and typically dominated by shrubs. Bunchgrasses and cushion plants are also present. Plant genera include Aciachne, Adesmia, Margyricarpus, Parastrephia and Tetraglochin.
Approximately 1000-1500 species comprise the vascular flora of Peru's puna. Many species are endemic to one or more of the puna's subregions, and many genera have their centres of diversity here, e.g. Culcitium, Perezia and Polylepis. Endemic genera include Alpaminia and Weberbauera (Brassicaceae) and Mniodes (Asteraceae) (Rivas-Martínez and Tovar-Serpa 1983).
About 10% of the flora is represented by pteridophytes. Conspicuous or speciose genera include Elaphoglossum, Jamesonia, Huperzia and Lycopodium. In wetlands and lakes, Isoetes spp. often are present.
Monocotyledons account for perhaps 30-40% of the flora. Grasses are very conspicuous, especially genera such as Agrostis, Calamagrostis, Festuca, Paspalum and Stipa, and in more humid areas Chusquea and Cortaderia. Also conspicuous are the sedges, such as Carex, Oreobolus and Scirpus; and the bromeliad Puya. Present, although usually inconspicuous, are orchids of the genera Aa, Odontoglossum, Pleurothallis, Pterichis and Trichoceros. Several species of Bomarea and Sisyrinchium are usually present. Excremis coarctata is common on the Eastern Cordillera (Young and León 1990), whereas several Orthrosanthus species are found on the Western Cordillera (Sagástegui-Alva 1988).
The dicotyledons are represented by more than 175 genera. Particularly diverse or conspicuous families include Asteraceae (Baccharis, Bidens, Culcitium, Chaptalia, Diplostephium, Gnaphalium, Hieracium, Liabum, Oritrophium, Senecio, Stevia, Werneria); Brassicaceae (Cardamine, Draba, Weberbauera); Campanulaceae (Lysipomia); Caryophyllaceae (Arenaria, Cerastium, Pycnophyllum); Rosaceae (Acaena, Alchemilla, Potentilla); Rubiaceae (Arcytophyllum, Galium); and Scrophulariaceae (Agalinis, Bartsia, Calceolaria).
Many of the herbs have adaptations to the cold: prostrate and rosette life forms, considerable pubescence and/or small leaves. Often they have surfaces that discourage grazing animals, such as prickles, spines or thorns on Chuquiraga, Opuntia and Puya. Plants that resprout after being grazed are also preadapted to survive repeated fires (Young and León 1991), which presumably explains the success of bunchgrasses in the Peruvian puna.
Useful plants
Native grasslands in Peru are used mainly for the grazing of cattle (picture), horses, sheep and South American camelids. More than 70 native fodder species are recognized in the puna; among the more important are Bromus spp., Calamagrostis spp., Festuca spp., Muhlenbergia spp., Nasella spp., Poa spp. and Stipa spp. (Ruiz-Canales and Tapia-Núñez 1987; Becker, Terrones-H. and Tapia 1989). Also consumed by the livestock are Alchemilla spp., Hypochoeris spp., Luzula spp. and Nototriche spp., and some aquatics such as Elodea potamogeton and Myriophyllum quitense.
The lower elevations of puna are often used for growing native and introduced crops. Native Andean crops include tubers, represented by several kinds of potatoes (Solanum acaule, S. andigenum, S. curtilobum, S. juzepczukii, S. tuberosum), "ollucos" (Ullucus tuberosus), "oca" (Oxalis tuberosa); and pseudo-cereals (Amaranthus caudatus, Chenopodium quinoa, C. pallidicaule). Other Andean species are planted in mixed fields with tubers and cereals. These species, such as Lupinus spp., Phaseolus spp. and Vicia spp., may represent a potential source for new commercial crops.
Besides traditional Andean crops, many native species are harvested for food as fruits, e.g. Ribes brachybotris and Salpichroa hirsuta, or as part of a dietary complement, such as the algae Nostoc spp. Some of the puna plants are used as spices (Hypochoeris, Tagetes). Medicinal plants from the puna are highly appreciated in Peru. Common medicinals include the pteridophytes Huperzia and Jamesonia, and dicotyledons such as Baccharis, Perezia, Tagetes (Asteraceae); Draba, Lepidium (Brassicaceae); Gentianella (Gentianaceae); and Lepechinia, Minthostachys, Salvia, Satureja (Lamiaceae).
Most of the highland residents use fuelwood for cooking and heating. Several species of shrubs are commonly exploited, including Baccharis tricuneata and Parastrephia lepidophylla (Reynel 1988). Species of Azorella are used for fuel in Arequipa's puna (Hodge 1948). In the central and northern part of the puna region, fuel sources include the cushion plant Distichia muscoides and the small trees Escallonia spp. and Kageneckia lanceolata. In the south, boats and houses are constructed using Scirpus californicus subsp. tatora.
Social and environmental values
The long experience of the Andean people in selecting and maintaining crops is the basis for their rich agricultural heritage. In addition, the puna is a genetic storehouse due to the presence of wild relatives of present-day and potential subsistence and commercial crops (Altieri, Anderson and Merrick 1987). However, because of social and economic conditions, many rural communities in or near the puna are being abandoned in favour of migration to the cities.
Land-use practises date from pre-Inca times (e.g. Schjellerup 1992). During the Inca empire terracing and irrigation were widely used below 4000 m, thus dramatically changing the landscape (Seibert 1983). Most of the puna supports intensive grazing. The highest elevations are mainly grazed by llamas and alpacas, whereas at lower elevations these animals share pastures with sheep, and to a lesser extent, cattle.
Tourism is limited to archaeological sites, with the partial exception of Huascarán National Park, which receives many hikers and alpinists.
Thirty-five bird species of restricted range occur in the woodlands of Polylepis, Weinmannia, Gynoxys and Escallonia and the puna vegetation throughout the Peruvian Andes. Two Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) have been defined. Many of the species restricted to the patchy high-altitude woodlands and puna in the High Peruvian Andes EBA (B27) have very specific ecological requirements; due to the widespread degradation of this zone, no less than 15 of them are considered threatened. The Junín puna EBA (B28) covers two discrete areas of central Peru in a region that was ice-free during the last glaciation; five bird species are confined to the area around Lago (Chinchaycocha) de Junín (about 11°S, 76°30'W).
Economic assessment
The puna of Peru is used by 4-6 million people, at least indirectly. Today, four large cities with a long history are located in the puna: Cajamarca, Cerro de Pasco, Cusco and Puno (Map 69). Puna is one of the critical resource zones for the rural people of the Central Andes (cf. Winterhalder and Thomas 1978). Scenery and archaeological or cultural attractions confer a high potential value for tourism. However, development of tourism in the region should be accompanied by improvement of living standards for the involved rural communities. Some native animals of the puna, such as the vicuña (Lama vicugna), represent a possibly sustainable resource.
Introduced crop species include barley (Hordeum vulgare), oats (Avena sativa), rye (Secale cereale), wheat (Triticum) and broad beans (Vicia faba). Introduced fodder species include Dactylis glomerata, Festuca pratensis, Lolium perenne, Medicago sativa, Phalaris tuberosa and Trifolium pratense (Ruiz-Canales and Tapia-Núñez 1987). Several introduced plants have become naturalized in lower elevations of puna. These include Brassica spp., Lolium perenne, Medicago spp. and Trifolium spp. Pennisetum clandestinum and Taraxacum officinale are among the worst weedy plants in the country.
The puna is one of the most heavily altered natural regions in Peru. The long history of human settlement goes back some 10,000 years. Recent social and economic conditions in the country have damaged preservation of genetic material of native Andean crops. Degradation of habitats at present is mostly related to overgrazing and contamination from mining.
Overgrazing increases soil erosion, especially in areas where drought has impacted in recent decades, as in the Department of Puno. Overgrazing has been related to cultural factors that cause over-stocking and to the lack of alternative sources for forage (e.g. Le Baron et al. 1979). Grassland burning associated with this grazing affects populations of native non-fodder plants, including for example the few existing stands of the giant bromeliad Puya raimondii (Cerrate de Ferreyra 1979).
Pollution by mining activities can be seen most clearly in water bodies and poorly drained areas. Aquatic and semi-aquatic vegetation is affected, thus threatening populations of geographically restricted plants, such as species of Isoetes (Young and León 1993).
The scarcity of fuelwood causes high pressure on the native vegetation: trees of Polylepis spp. and Buddleja spp. are cut for this purpose. Reforestation programmes have relied heavily on introduced species, mainly eucalypts (Eucalyptus), which has probably also adversely affected the local fauna and flora.
Puna is officially protected in three National Parks. The vegetation within Huascarán National Park (3400 km²) consists exclusively of puna (Smith 1988); the NP is the core of Huascarán Biosphere Reserve (3992 km²), which is recognized by UNESCO-MAB. There are 184 km² classified as puna in Río Abiseo NP (picture) and 796 km² in Manu NP. Other protected areas with puna include five National Reserves (Calipuy, Junín, Pampa Galeras, Salinas Aguada Blanca, Titicaca), three national sanctuaries (Huayllay, Calipuy, Ampay) and three historical sanctuaries (Chacramarca, Pampas de Ayacucho, part of Machu Picchu).
These designated areas total approximately 9500 km² of puna and represent c. 4% of the general area of puna, or just 0.7% of the area of Peru. However, actual protection of puna in these parks and reserves is sadly deficient; there is a lack of infrastructure and personnel. In addition, there has been no attempt to preserve pristine habitat types or restore them.
Outside of the reserved areas, there need to be many more programmes that seek to alleviate the causes of over-grazing and soil erosion. For example, environmental impact assessment and mitigation should be carried out for mining operations located in puna. Reforestation programmes should incorporate more native species and be directed toward appropriate fuel species.
Map 69. Peruvian Puna, Peru (CPD Site SA33)
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Is understanding regret dependent on developments in counterfactual thinking?
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2009 The British Psychological Society
British Journal of Developmental Psychology
Volume 27, Issue 2, pages 505–510, June 2009
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Beck, S. R. and Crilly, M. (2009), Is understanding regret dependent on developments in counterfactual thinking?. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27: 505–510. doi: 10.1348/026151008X401697
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Food Allergy Support (FAS)
By Momcat on Sun, 06-15-08, 06:55
I really like this great, active site for those with food allergies.
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By Cedar on Sun, 08-24-08, 16:39
Did this place recently go 'poof'?
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By ajas_folks on Mon, 08-25-08, 00:27
[s]Appears Hyperboards is doing work or having temp server problems, but nothing confirmed as of yet.[/s]
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