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"[F]rankly, [the sanctions on Iraq] have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors." - Colin Powell, February 24, 2001
"But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part of his country. We are able to keep arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt." - Condoleeza Rice, July 29, 2001
For more on the many stunning flips, flops, mixed-messages and more flops of Bush Iraq Policy, click here for documented details.
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
Well said by "nostalgic about my future":
Dan Rather, CBS News Anchor
1) given documents he thought were true
2) failed to thoroughly investigate the facts
3) reported documents to the American people as true to make his case
4) when confronted with the facts, apologized and launched an investigation
5) number of Americans dead: 0
6) should be fired as CBS News Anchor
George W. Bush, President of the United States
1) given documents he thought were true
2) failed to thoroughly investigate the facts
3) reported documents to the American people as true to make his case
4) when confronted with the facts, continued to report untruth and stonewalled an investigation
5) number of Americans dead: 1100
6) should be given four more years as President of the United States
The irony, no doubt, is wholly lost on the irony-impaired Rightwing Kool-aid crowd.
The only thing Bush can say for himself is that, aside from the successful Anthrax attacks and the terrorists who perpetrated it who, like Osama bin Laden, run free, there haven't been any "major" terrorist attacks on American soil since 9/11.
It's also a fact that the systematic round-up of hundreds and thousands of "suspected terrorists" have yielded not one successful prosecution that I know of. Yassir Hamdi, who was held for three years in solitary confinement, and considered "too dangerous" to even meet with a lawyer, was freed yesterday without charges.
The military interrogator who was supposedly a muslim spy of some sort, had his charges similarly dropped. Systematically, the Bush/Ashcroft Justice Department has been a failure at catching terrorists in this country, and has shit all over the constitution and "due process" in the bargain of achieving that failure.
But it's not just on that count that they have failed, as the Republican US Congressman from Florida, John Murtha recently pointed out. Murtha, chairman of the House aviation sub-committee, described the screening situation in U.S. Airports as "absolutely horrendous".
The head of Bush's own watchdog group for the Department of Homeland Security, Clark Kent Ervin, called said that "it may take some horrific wake-up call to get attention" on the failures of the Bush Administration to properly screen travellers at U.S. airports for the type of explosives that recently took down two Russian airplanes.
"Some horrific wake-up call?" Pardon me, but didn't we supposedly already get one of those horrific wake-up calls on 9/11? What the hell is still going on here, three years after 9/11?!
And what kind of "horrific wake-up call" are you Bush supporters going to need to figure out how you've been played for chumps?
The government watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security, Clark Kent Ervin, delivered the results of the tests in a classified report to members of Congress. "The performance was poor," said Ervin, the department's inspector general, in releasing a less detailed version Wednesday.
The tests were done during the second half of 2003. But they highlight ongoing vulnerabilities in the nation's aviation security system, particularly in detecting explosives such as those that Russian authorities say were used to bring down two airliners last month.
Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of a House aviation subcommittee, confirmed that the longer, classified report showed weapons and explosives got by screeners. He said the results on weapons were "bad enough," but the results on explosives were "absolutely horrendous."
An earlier report in 2003 by the Government Accountability Office had found that undercover agents were able to slip guns, knives and box cutters past screeners.
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the government installed explosive-detection machines in airports nationwide for checked baggage. But it has not installed equipment to check for explosives on all passengers and their carry-on bags. They are sent through metal detectors and only occasionally checked by explosive trace detection equipment.
"Unfortunately, it may take some horrific wake-up call to get attention," Mica said.
The lack of explosive-detection technology at passenger checkpoints nationwide "absolutely drives me out of my mind," Mica said. "It's so frustrating."
And Mica is a Republican! From Florida! In an Election Year!
How many more Americans need to die before you Republican Bush Worshippers realize how you are being played? The messages above are almost precisely like those that came out, and were subsequently ignored by the Bush Administration, in the weeks and month prior to 9/11!
Hello??? Is this thing on???
The full clips are even worse. The whole story --- with actual sourcing, audio, explanations and substantive and verifiable background links, instead of tweaked, out-of-context, misleading, lying bullshit --- right here.
Reason #864 to vote against Bush: Demonstrate to that sick, America-hating fuck, Rush Limbaugh what real patriots think of him and his sick, twisted, demented ilk.
If, like me, you don't live in a swing state, you may be unaware of the new TV spots from the Kerry Team. Their new "Juvenile" ad hits back hard at Bush's silly new "Windsurfing" attack ad.
Perhaps it's just me, but I think it might be nice to have a serious person in the White House during some rather serious times.
Most importantly, the Kerry Team got this one out quickly in rapid response! Perhaps they're starting to get it. If I can turn out a video ad in an afternoon with no resources, cheap lifted graphics and a free video editor, I'd think they could do much better! And it looks like they're finally starting to!
After checking out the "Juvenile" spot, be sure to check out some of Kerry's other recent TV spots that you may not have seen! Impressive and lookin' much better!
Special thanks to Alan Colmes (Yes, Alan Colmes!) and Fox News (Yes, Fox News!) for tipping me off to the ad by showing it tonight in immediate response after playing the Bush ad! It's nice to see a bit of actual "Fair and Balance" from Fox! And Colmes delivered some of that tonight!
Though I may have a few things to say about O'Reilly a bit later...
Something from the good folks at the DCCC's Stakeholder...
Dedicated to the great Americans on Enron's trading floor, Tom DeLay, Kenny-Boy Lay, the former Governor of Texas and Big Dick Cheney! All set to a beat you can dance to! HIT IT!
Looks like our "Take Your Country Back" video featuring Jimmy Swaggart may be having an effect out there!
It appears that the good Christian minister and admitted prostitute frequenter who, as you can hear in the BRAD BLOG video, advocates both voting for Bush and killing homosexuals, has taken down the original video of his sermon featuring that lovely suggestion!
It was previously available online at mms://www.freedomstream.net/jsm/jsm_091204.wmv but for some reason is no longer there!
The Archive Page at Mr. Swaggart's website where one can view all of his shows, no longer lists the link to his show from the week of September 12, 2004, in which he spoke of killing homosexuals and telling "God they died" if they looked at him the wrong way. That show is now missing from the list!
Apparently then (unless someone has a cached copy) the only place you can hear it, is right here:
http://www.BradBlog.com/TakeYourCountryBack.htm - So please keep passing that link around!
We don't usually discuss hit numbers here, but let's just say however many hits you think that spot has gotten here, it's gotten several thousand more than that thanks to you all! Keep spreading the word!
Please direct any questions about the original tape or it's content to Mr. Swaggart's Feedback Page.
UPDATE: The video of the pertinent section is right here from the original broadcast. It's in Windows Media Player format via Oliver Willis' site! Glad he was able to save it, since I wasn't! Thanks to Rev. Meier for the link!
ANOTHER UPDATE: AMERICABlog has a story that may explain another reason the original video was taken down. Hint: Canadians actually have their own version of the FCC, but with more important concerns than Janet Jackson's nipple.
Following up on my essay yesterday on the disingenuous and hypocritical charge by partisan Republicans that there is such a thing as a "Liberal" media bias. My article detailed loads of recent examples of bias from the so-called "Liberal" media that were never challenged by Republicans because, as it turned out, those "mistakes" from such "liberal" bastions as The New York Times and The Washington Post and CNN etc. actually supported (and in fact drew from) the Republican Talking Points of the moment.
Such numerous mistakes and/or bias was just fine by them when it just happened to support their policies. It's only a problem for them when, as with the CBS story, the errors are in a story that may hurt them. At which time they start yipping and yapping, "See?! That's what we've been saying all along about Liberal medial bias!!!"
What complete phonies these guys are.
Anyway, while the stories I pointed to were recent examples, here's a few more historical examples of same from Gene Lyons (link via Atrios):
On Dec. 19, 1995, ABC News' "Nightline" aired a deceptively edited video clip of a Hillary Clinton press conference about Whitewater. It accused her of lying about the very information electronically deleted from her remarks. No consequences followed.
On May 4, 1996, The New York Times published an article with a deceptive Associated Press byline stating that an FBI agent's trial testimony described a $50,000 windfall to Whitewater from an illegal loan. As the actual AP article stipulated, the agent gave no such testimony. Many accusatory editorials and columns followed, helping Kenneth Starr to prolong his fruitless investigation of Bill Clinton's finances for years. The Times has never acknowledged its blunder.
Bob Somerby's dailyhowler.com has documented countless instances of reporters parroting and sometimes inventing nonsensical tales making Al Gore look like a big phony during the 2000 campaign�that he claimed he'd "invented the Internet," for example, or falsely said he'd inspired the movie "Love Story."
Both make-believe, both repeated ad infinitum by pundits who feared no consequences because Democrats don't get it, while Republicans protect their own and savage anybody who gets in their way.
Republican phonies (like frequent BRAD BLOG commentors Paul and Ed) may now start clucking their nonsense again here in the Comments section. Or, as is more likely, they'll avoid comment on this article as they are want to do when they have run out of Rush-approved Talking Point explanations, apologies, justifications and outright lies.
(To be fair, it's not just Paul and Ed who are willfully blind phony parroting stooges, they just happen to be the BRAD BLOG's own personal willfully blind phony parroting stooges, so we like to give them full credit where credit is due.)
This is a scan of a mailing being sent out in Arkansas from a GOP return address. Apparently the mailing, which I blogged about a few days ago as going to West Virginians, is now being sent out to voters in multiple states.
The full brochure was procured, scanned and made available by Steve Clemons of The Washington Note.
From last night's show...
STEPHEN COLBERT: Well, John, there's gotta be some accountability. Dan Rather is the head, the "Commander-in-Chief", if you will, of his organization. He's someone in the ultimate position of power who made a harmful decision based upon questionable evidence.
Then, to make things worse, he stubbornly refused to admit his mistake, choosing instead to stay the course and essentially occupy this story for too long.
This man has got to go!
Richard Perle, one of Bush's brilliant NeoCon architects behind the Iraq mess, said one year ago today:
"A year from now I'd be surprised if there's not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush." (Audio Clip here)
More surprises for the NeoCons, I guess!
Catch.com suggested that construction is already under way!
Seriously. Have these guys gotten anything right in this entire misadventure? Anything?
(Link via Josh Marshall)
According to The Charleston Post and Courier, 40 percent of Army reservists have failed to report to duty at Fort Jackson as ordered.
Hmmm...if the reservists don't show up where ordered they will be considered deserters? Interesting.
But here's where it gets really interesting as blogged by Digby:
One Republican has spoken out:
You see, we also have to recognize that each of the services are recruiting young people all across the Nation. At boot camp they infuse these young people with the moral values of honor, courage and commitment, and they're teaching self-restraint, discipline and self- sacrifice. Military leaders are required to provide a good example to those young recruits, yet when they look up the chain of command, all the way to the Commander in Chief, they see a double standard at the top. Again, it is the President that sets the tone and tenor in the military, just as he does for law enforcement.
I believe the President has violated this sacred trust between the leaders and those of whom he was entrusted to lead. I also spoke in my presentation that it was the President's self-inflicted wounds that have called his own credibility into question not only in his decision making process, but with regard to security policies.
Oh wait. Pardon me. That was House Manager Steven Buyers speaking before the Senate during president Clinton's impeachment trial. A president getting a blow job obviously sets a very bad example for the troops. But, running out on your own military committment and then sending men and women to fight in a useless war overseas is a perfectly fine example and nobody in the military should ever think otherwise. My bad.
No. You're good, Digby. Nicely done.
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Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs, or the diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the external environment into and out of the blood through other respiratory organs such as gills. For organisms with lungs, breathing is also called pulmonary ventilation, which consists of inhalation (breathing in) and exhalation (breathing out). Breathing is one part of physiological respiration required to sustain life.[1] Aerobic organisms such as birds, mammals, and reptiles require oxygen at cellular level to release energy by metabolizing energy-rich molecules such as fatty acids and glucose. This is often referred to as cellular respiration. Breathing is only one of the processes that delivers oxygen to where it is needed in the body and removes excess carbon dioxide. The next process in this chain of events is the transport of these gases throughout the body by the circulatory system,[2] and then their uptake or release from the respiring cells. Breathing fulfills another vital function: that of regulating the pH of the extracellular fluids of the body. It is, in fact, this homeostatic function which determines the rate and depth of breathing. The medical term for normal relaxed breathing is eupnea.
At the end of each exhalation the adult human lungs still contain 2.5 – 3.0 liters of air, termed the functional residual capacity (FRC). Breathing replaces only about 15% of this volume of gas with each breath. This ensures that the composition of the FRC changes very little during the breathing cycle, and remains significantly different from the composition of the ambient air. The partial pressures of the gases in the blood flowing through the alveolar capillaries equilibrate with the partial pressures of the gases in the FRC, ensuring that the ,and of the arterial blood, and therefore its pH, remain constant. The equilibration of the gases in the alveolar blood with those in the alveolar air (i.e. the gas exchange between the two) occurs by passive diffusion.
Breathing is used for a number of other subsidiary functions, such as speech, expression of the emotions (e.g. laughing. yawning etc.), and, in animals that cannot sweat through the skin, panting.
In mammals, breathing in (inhalation) at rest is primarily due to the contraction and flattening of the diaphragm, a domed muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity. When the diaphragm contracts it pushes the abdominal organs downward, but since the pelvic floor prevents the lowermost abdominal organs from moving in that direction, the abdomen, in fact, bulges forwards (or outwards). In the process the size of the thoracic cavity has increased in volume (as has the volume of the body as a whole). This increased thoracic volume results in a fall in pressure in the thorax, which causes the expansion of the lungs. During exhalation (breathing out), at rest, the diaphragm relaxes, returning the chest and abdomen to a position which is determined by their anatomical elasticity (i.e. the position in the cadaver, or in an animal that has been given a muscle relaxant under anesthesia). This is the "resting mid-position" of the thorax when the lungs contain the functional residual capacity of air, which in the adult human has a volume of about 2.5 liters.[3] Resting exhalation lasts about twice as long as inhalation because the diaphragm relaxes more gently than it contracts during inhalation. This prevents undue narrowing of the airways, from which the air escapes more easily than from the alveoli.
During heavy breathing (hyperventilation), as, for instance, during exercise, the "accessory muscles of inhalation" (of which the first to be recruited are the intercostal muscles, but include a large number of other muscles – see below) pull the ribs upwards, both in the front and on the sides. This increases the volume of the rib cage, adding to the volume increase caused by the descending diaphragm. During the ensuing exhalation the rib cage is actively pulled downwards (front and sides) by the abdominal muscles, which not only decreases the size of the rib cage, but also pushes the abdominal organs upwards against the diaphragm which consequently bulges deeply into the thorax. The end-exhalatory lung volume is now well below the resting mid-position and contains far less air than the resting "functional residual capacity". However, in a normal mammal, the lungs cannot be emptied completely. In an adult human there is always still at least 1 liter of residual air left in the lungs after maximum exhalation.
The entirely unconscious and automatic breathing on which the life of the animal depends can be temporarily over-ridden by conscious or emotion-driven movements of air in and out of the lungs. Speech in humans is generated by a specialized form of exhalation, but other forms of communication (e.g. crying, yelping, yawning, barking, baying, hissing, panting, sighing, shouting, laughing etc.) also rely on a balance between breathing for blood gas homeostasis and the emotional or other messages that need to be conveyed to the animal's conspecifics.
Ten muscles can be used for inhalation:[4]
Diaphragm, Intercostal Muscles, Scalenes, Pectoralis Minor, Serratus Anterior, Sternocleidomastoid, Levator Costarum, Upper / Superior Trapezius, Latissimus Dorsi, and Subclavius.
Eight are used for forced exhalation:[5]
Internal intercostal, Obliquus Internus, Obliquus Externus, Levator Ani, Triangularis Sterni, Transversalis, Pyramidalis, and Rectus Abdominus.
In amphibians, the process used is positive pressure ventilation. Muscles lower the floor of the oral cavity, enlarging it and drawing in air through the nostrils (which uses the same mechanics – pressure, volume, and diffusion – as a mammalian lung). With the nostrils and mouth closed, the floor of the oral cavity is forced up, which forces air down the trachea into the lungs.
Nasal breathing is breathing through the nose. The importance of breathing through the nose rather than the mouth was recognized in the 19th century. Hendrik Zwaardemaker (1857–1930) studied this and invented a device to measure the amount of airflow through each nostril. This rhinomanometer used cold mirrors; more recent devices use acoustic technology.[6]
The nasal passages consist of narrow slits, exposing a large area of mucous membrane to the air moving in (during inhalation) and out (during exhalation) through the nose during each breath. This has several effects. Firstly, the inhaled air takes up moisture from the wet mucus, and warmth from the underlying blood vessels, so that the air is very nearly saturated with water vapor and is at almost body temperature by the time it reaches the larynx.[3] Part of this moisture and heat is recaptured as the exhaled air moves over the partially dried-out, and cooled mucus. The sticky mucus also traps much of the particulate matter that is breathed in, preventing it from reaching the lungs.
Secondly, the narrowness of the nasal passages ensures that the single largest resistance to airflow during breathing occurs in the nose. This plays an important role on preventing the collapse of the airways in the thorax during exhalation. As the volume of the thorax decreases during exhalation, air escapes far more easily from the larger pulmonary airways than from the alveoli, simply because their connection to the outside air is more direct than is the connection between the alveolar air and the ambient air. The decrease in volume of these airways is therefore more pronounced than the decrease in the volume of the alveoli – predisposing the airways to collapse during exhalation, particularly in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. The high resistance to airflow through the nose prevents this easy emptying of the larger airways, thus keeping the air passages between the alveoli and the exterior open. The resistance to airflow at the exit to the outside air can be increased by breathing out through pursed lips (and not through the nose), a tactic commonly used by persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
A further function of the nose is that it contains the smell (or olfactory) sensors, which play a role in evaluating the food that is about to be eaten or is being chewed in the mouth (when smell contributes to the flavor of the food), as well as identifying pleasant and unpleasant odors in the environment.
Breathing is one of the few bodily functions which, within limits, can be controlled both consciously and unconsciously.
Conscious control of breathing is common in many forms of meditation, specifically forms of yoga for example pranayama.[7]
In swimming, cardio fitness, speech or vocal training, one learns to discipline one's breathing, initially consciously but later sub-consciously, for purposes other than life support.
Human speech is also dependent on conscious breath control.
Also breathing control is used in Buteyko method, an alternative physical therapy that proposes the use of breathing exercises as a treatment for asthma and other conditions.
Unconsciously, breathing is controlled by specialized centers in the brainstem, which automatically regulate the rate and depth of breathing depending on the body's needs at any time. For instance, while exercising, the increased production of carbon dioxide by the exercising muscles tends to increase the alveolar (and therefore the arterial) . This is however immediately sensed by the sensor on the medulla oblongata of the brain stem (as well as by the gas tension sensors in the aortic and carotid bodies). These blood gas chemoreceptors send nerve impulses to the respiratory center in the medulla oblongata and pons in the brain. This, in turn sends nerve impulses through the phrenic nerve and and other somatic motor nerves to the diaphragm and accessory muscles of inhalation and exhalation, increasing the rate and depth of breathing (hyperventilation). This keeps the arterial blood and virtually unchanged during the transition from rest to vigorous exercise.
It is not possible for a healthy person to voluntarily stop breathing indefinitely. If one does not inhale, the level of carbon dioxide builds up in the blood, and one experiences overwhelming air hunger. This irrepressible reflex is not surprising given that without breathing, the body's internal oxygen levels drop dangerously low within minutes, leading to permanent brain damage followed eventually by death. However, there have been instances where people have survived for as long as two hours without air; this is only possible when submerged in cold water, as this triggers the mammalian diving reflex[8] as well as putting the subject into a state of suspended animation.
If a healthy person were to voluntarily stop breathing (i.e. hold his or her breath) for a long enough amount of time, he or she would lose consciousness, and the body would resume breathing on its own. Because of this one cannot commit suicide with this method, unless one's breathing was also restricted by something else (e.g. water, see drowning).
Voluntary hyperventilation can cause arterial carbon dioxide levels to fall to dangerously low levels, leading to paresthesias (a sensation of "pins and needles") round the mouth and in the hands and feet, and a peculiar form of muscular spasms (tetany) of the hands, arms, feet and face. This is usually elicited by anxiety or agitation, and can be very distressing, causing the person to think that they are suffocating when, in fact, they are over-riding their blood gas homeostat, and over-breathing, causing the blood pH to rise to dangerously high levels. The symptoms are brought about by calcium being less soluble under alkaline conditions than under acidic conditions. Thus, during a hyperventilation-induced alkaemia the plasma ionized calcium (Ca2+) level falls, causing many proteins to change their tertiaty (or 3D) configuration. Among the proteins that are most prominently affected are the voltage gated sodium channels of nerve fibres[9] – causing them to randomly generate inappropriate action potentials, which cause the abnormal sensations (paresthesias) and spontaneous muscle contractions (tetany).
The air we inhale is roughly composed of (by volume):[10]
- 78.62% nitrogen
- 20.84% oxygen
- 0.96% argon
- 0.04% carbon dioxide
- 0.5% water vapour
In addition to air, underwater divers often breathe oxygen-rich or helium-rich gas mixtures. Oxygen and analgesic gases are sometimes given to patients under medical care. The atmosphere in space suits is pure oxygen. Also our reliance on this relatively small amount of oxygen can cause overactivity or euphoria in pure or oxygen-rich environments.[11]
The permanent gases in gas we exhale are 4% to 5% by volume more carbon dioxide and 4% to 5% by volume less oxygen than was inhaled. This expired air typically composed of:[10]
- 78.04% nitrogen
- 13.6% – 16% oxygen
- 4% – 5.3% carbon dioxide
- 1% argon and other gases
Additionally vapors and trace gases are present: 5% water vapor, several parts per million (ppm) of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, 1 part per million (ppm) of ammonia and less than 1 ppm of acetone, methanol, ethanol (unless ethanol has been ingested, in which case much higher concentrations would occur in the breath, cf. Breathalyzer) and other volatile organic compounds. Oxygen is used by the body for cellular respiration and other uses, and carbon dioxide is a product of these processes. The exact amount of exhaled oxygen and carbon dioxide when breathing and the amount of gases exhaled may vary based on diet, exercise and fitness.
Air pressure[edit]
Atmospheric air at altitude is at a lower pressure than at sea level due to the lesser weight of the air above. This lower pressure can lead to altitude sickness, or hypoxia.
Gases breathed underwater are at higher pressure than at sea level due to the added weight of water. This can lead to nitrogen narcosis, oxygen toxicity, or decompression sickness.
Cultural significance[edit]
In t'ai chi ch'uan, aerobic training is combined with breathing to exercise the diaphragm muscles and to train effective posture; making better use of the body's energy. In music, breath is used to play wind instruments and many aerophones. Laughter, physically, is simply repeated sharp breaths. Hiccups, yawns, and sneezes are other breath-related phenomena.
Ancients commonly linked the breath to a life force. The Hebrew Bible refers to God breathing the breath of life into clay to make Adam a living soul (nephesh). It also refers to the breath as returning to God when a mortal dies. The terms "spirit," "qi," "prana" and "psyche"[12] are related to the concept of breath. Also cognate are Polynesian Mana and Hebrew ruach.
In his book Your Atomic Self: The Invisible Elements That Connect You to Everything Else in the Universe, excerpted in Wired Magazine, Curt Stager explores the atomic and molecular basis of links through which breathing connects humans and other Aerobic organisms of birds, mammals, and reptiles to the entire planet.[13]
Common phrases in English relate to breathing e.g. "catch my breath", "took my breath away", "inspiration", "to expire".
See also[edit]
- Respiratory system
- Apnea (suspension of breathing)
- Breath gas analysis
- Breathing gas
- Buteyko method – breathing exercise (to treat asthma) that involves breathing through one's nose
- Carbon cycle
- Diaphragmatic breathing
- Kussmaul breathing
- Agonal breathing
- Cheyne-Stokes respiration
- Biot's respiration
- Mouth breathing
- Nose breathing
- Pneuma
- Prana
- Qi
- Respiratory rate
- Snoring
- Spirit
- Halitosis
- Liquid breathing
- ^ Peter Raven; George Johnson; Kenneth Mason; Jonathan Losos; Susan Singer (2007). "The capture of oxygen: Respiration". Biology (8 ed.). McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math;. ISBN 0-07-322739-0.
- ^ Kevin T. Patton; Gary A. Thibodeau (2009). Anatomy & Physiology (7 ed.). Mosby. ISBN 0-323-05532-X.
- ^ a b Tortora, Gerard J.; Anagnostakos, Nicholas P. (1987). Principles of anatomy and physiology (Fifth ed.). New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. pp. 556–557, 570–572. ISBN 0-06-350729-3.
- ^ All You Need to Know About Inspiratory Muscles Part I | Swimming Science
- ^ All You Need to Know About Inspiratory Muscles Part II
- ^ E. H. Huizing, J. A. M. de Groot (2003), Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery, p. 101, ISBN 978-1-58890-081-4
- ^ Swami Saradananda, The Power of Breath, Castle House: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2009
- ^ Ramey CA, Ramey DN, Hayward JS. Dive response of children in relation to cold-water near drowning. J Appl Physiol 2001;62(2):665-8.Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002).Adapted from Victoria E. McMillan (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001). See it cited here [1]
- ^ Armstrong CM, Cota G (Mar 1999). "Calcium block of Na+ channels and its effect on closing rate". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 96 (7): 4154–7. Bibcode:1999PNAS...96.4154A. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.7.4154. PMC 22436. PMID 10097179.
- ^ a b P.S.Dhami, G.Chopra, H.N. Shrivastava (2015). A Textbook of Biology. Jalandhar, Punjab: Pradeep Publications. pp. V/101.
- ^ Biology. NCERT. 2015. ISBN 81-7450-496-6.
- ^ psych-, psycho-, -psyche, -psychic, -psychical, -psychically + (Greek: mind, spirit, consciousness; mental processes; the human soul; breath of life)
- ^ The Surprising Ways Your Breath Connects You to the Entire Planet (2014-12-17), Curt Stager, Wired Magazine
Further reading[edit]
|Wikiquote has quotations related to: Breathing
- Parkes M (2006). "Breath-holding and its breakpoint". Exp Physiol. 91 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1113/expphysiol.2005.031625. PMID 16272264. Full text

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By Michael Biamonte, C.C.N.
In order to prevent relapse of Candida or any chronic viral condition, proper immune function must be restored. After Phase I (killing the yeast or virus), Phase II (detoxifying the body), and Phase III (restoring vitamin and mineral balance and energy) have been completed, the immune system is perfectly set up to be restored.
The nervous system is involved in stimulating the immune system. Proper nervous system function depends on many nutrients but particularly "B" vitamins and wheat germ oil. Phase III will reactivate nervous system activity, which will help the immune response stimulated by adrenal gland function.
Various Chinese herbs have been found to stimulate T cells. These herbs can also stimulate antibody production from B cells. T cells and B cells are essential to immune function. Chinese herbs are excellent to stimulate the immune function.
This is a protein which is produced by cells infected by a virus. It inhibits the virus's ability to reproduce and induces resistance to further attack or infection. Both sunlight and the mineral Germanium have been shown to stimulate Interferon.
These are antibodies which are produced by B cells. Antibodies attack bacteria, viruses, etc. Omega-3 oils and other fatty acids are important in their production.
Copper and Vitamin T (found in sesame oil) are important factors in restoring the liver's production of antibodies.
This is a gland which has been called the master immune gland. If it functions excessively it can reduce adrenal function. Vitamin A, B12, B5, copper and magnesium are essential to its function.
Copper works closely with Vitamin C, as does manganese. It is used to attract toxins in the lymph system. It attracts the infection like a magnet and then wrestles it to the ground.
Essential to white blood cell production.
Essential to white blood cell activation.
The spleen directs white blood cells to areas of infection. It also helps to clean up the mess resulting from infections. It requires iron, B12, folic acid, and Vitamin C.
Require Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and zinc to form lymphocytes which neutralize infections.
While this is just a basic outline, it does give an idea of what is involved in restoring immune function.
In any immune suppressed condition, adequate protein intake is essential. Protein is vital for all of the prior functions described. Low protein diets have been linked to lowered antibody production.
Finding the level of globulin protein in one's blood test gives a basic idea of one's immune response. Many of the nutrients described previously can restore globulin production when adequate protein is present. Lowered total white blood cells are commonplace in protein malnutrition. Many Candida sufferers can actually worsen their condition if their diet is low in quality proteins and high in refined sugar.
Good old white sugar, besides feeding yeast cells directly, has been found to lower white blood counts. It should be avoided when trying to restore the immune function.
A strong immune system is vital in preventing a relapse of Candida. Keep in mind that this information would never be used to attempt to eliminate Candida; that is what Phase I is for. Since Candida is commonly caused by antibiotic use, strong immune response would be vital in preventing antibiotics use due to reoccurring infections. A strong immune system is also vital in defending the body from yeast cells attempting to overgrow. In the future, a strong immune system will smash any yeast cell that even thinks of causing a riot in your body.
Michael Biamonte
Michael Biamonte holds a Doctorate of Nutripathy, and is a New York State certified Clinical Nutritionist. He is a professional member of the International and American Association of Clinical Nutritionists,The American College of Nutrition and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Clinical Nutrition Certification Board. He is listed in "The Directory of Distinguished Americans" for his research in Nutrition and Physiology.
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Kaneohe District Court was reopened Wednesday after a power outage Tuesday afternoon left the court in the dark.
The district court, located at 45-939 Pookela Street, was closed around 2:30 p.m.
Because the outage caused an early closure to the court Tuesday, the Hawaii Supreme Court has issued an order extending the filing date of any Kaneohe district court matters that were due Tuesday by one day.
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Shamus Cooke: The banking oligarchy is so intertwined with the political and economic establishment that real regulatory change cannot happen until the system itself is transformed from below, by a powerful social movement. Pleading to politicians to fix so-called Casino Capitalism is increasingly naive.
JP Morgan's $2 Billion Case for Breaking Up Big Banks
Robert Reich: Let's also stop hoping Wall Street will mend itself. What just happened at J.P. Morgan reveals how fragile and opaque the banking system continues to be.
Why Goldman's Greg Smith's Critique Is Way Too Narrow
Robert Reich: If you took the greed out of Wall Street all you'd have left is pavement. The problem is endemic abuse of power and trust.
Robo-Signing Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Ellen Brown: The evidence to date suggests that "robo-signing" was not a mere technical default or sloppy business practice but was part and parcel of a much larger fraud, the fraud that brought down the whole economy in 2008.
Why Obama Should Break Up Big Banks
Robert Reich: What better way for Obama to distinguish himself from Romney than to condemn Wall Street's antics since the bailout, and call for real reform?
Obama's Regulatory Brain
Robert Reich: The most important thing to know about the 1,500 page financial reform bill passed by the Senate last week — now on the way to being reconciled with the House bill — is that it's regulatory. It does nothing to change the structure of Wall Street.
Lincoln to the Rescue
Robert Reich: Blanche Lincoln wants to force the banks to put their derivatives into separate entities that aren't subsidized by you and me. This is just common sense. Her move would also end the big banks' monopoly over derivatives, thereby reducing their risk to the financial system. It would also cut dramatically into the big banks' profits.
Greenspan, Summers, and Why the Economy Is So Out of Whack
Robert Reich: If any three people are most responsible for the failure of financial regulation, they are Greenspan, Larry Summers, and my former colleague, Bob Rubin. In 1999 they advised Congress to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act, which since 1933 had separated commercial from investment banking. By 1999, Wall Street was salivating over such a repeal because it wanted to create financial supermarkets that could use commercial deposits to place bets in the financial casino. That would yield the Street trillions.
Obama Finally Gets Tough on Wall Street
Robert Reich: But suddenly the winds are blowing in a different direction over the Potomac. The 2010 midterms are getting closer, and the Dems are scared. Their polls are plummeting. The upsurge in mad-as-hell populism requires that Democrats become indignant on behalf of Americans, and indignation is meaningless without a target. They can't target big government because Republicans do that one better, especially when they're out of power. So what's the alternative? Wall Street.
The Three Essentials of Financial Reform
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Why We're Not at the Beginning of the End, and Probably Not Even at the End of the Beginning
Are we at the beginning of the end? Mortgage interests are now so low (the average rate on 30-year fixed mortgages was 4.87% Thursday, slightly higher than the 4.78% last week, but still the lowest level since 1971) that President Obama has begun urging Americans to refinance their homes so they can save money and […]


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While NFL insiders hype the Hoyer-Manziel duel, Colts assistant coach Rob Chudzinski brings the bad karma of Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's old front office into Sunday's clash at the Lakefront.
Until Peyton Manning hangs them up, he and Andrew Luck will play against each other at least once a season. That once is Sunday night.
I had a chance to catch up with Tony Dungy to get some insight on the motivation behind Uncommon Marriage, the keys to the endurance of his own marriage, and how life has been after coaching in the NFL.
On December 29th I left my home for five hours to get a cheeseburger, see a friend, and watch the last weekend of regular season football. I hadn't le...
There are only about 10 things I really care about in this crazy world and two of them are jokes and football. As usual, the comedy gods smiled down upon me during another great season.
The Andrew Luck vs. Peyton Manning comparisons have been made time and time again. Now Luck gets his chance to do what one of the greatest never could: win a playoff game in Foxboro.
Professional football and academia go hand-in-hand. A university, although often seen as a pillar of educational fortitude, is, like professional football, a business mostly concerned with winning money and the reputation game.
This Sunday, Manning returns to Lucas Oil, the Death Star, for the first time since he put on a Broncos uniform. Manning will play the Colts and have something to prove.
Like the Broncos' season, the Brady/Manning debate is over. Brady wins; he's playing on Sunday.
Ray Lewis' swan song postseason starts off with a battle of the wits against Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. Both players have a tremendous ability to read the opponent's alignments before the snap. Whichever can fool the other most often will give their unit a major advantage.
The Jaguars linebackers are especially impressive and MLB Paul Poslusnzy must be from Central Casting: Wanted -- blond Polish-American god with granite jaw, awesome shoulders
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I'm as much a Peyton Manning-loving football fan as the next woman, but even I get tired of the endless hype over the league's top-tier signal callers.
We knew this was coming. The Colts will part ways with the face of their franchise for the last fourteen years, their iconic star Peyton Manning.
My continuing belief is that the Colts and Manning will part. The Colts know Andrew Luck is their future; moving on with him is a reasonable and understandable business decision. Organizations need to evolve.
Were Manning to be terminated -- his contract, not him -- the Colts would save $63.6 million over the next four years. The salary cap consequences to a Manning release are a bit more complicated.


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The Forbes 400 list of the richest people of America was released on Monday.
Post-Split Michael Douglas Turns to George Soros
When your marriage hits splitsville, it's perfectly understandable to need a friendly shoulder to cry on.
George Soros' Ex Sued Again
Things are not going well for Adriana Ferreyr. Even as she remains embroiled in a legal battle with ex-lover George Soros, the Brazilian former soap star is being sued again.
Israeli Group Mocks Soros and Thomas Friedman
Philanthropist George Soros, New Israel Fund President Naomi Chazan and writer Thomas Friedman are the latest targets of the right-wing Israeli satirists who became famous for mocking the Gaza flotilla.
Latma, the group that made We Con The World about the flotilla that approached Gaza two years ago today, have set to music their claim that being a liberal Jew who criticizes elements of Israel's conduct means… that you hate Israel. Soros, Chazan and Friedman are singled out.
Jerusalem Post Ranks 50 Influential Jews
Mazel tov, Benjamin "King Bibi" Netanyahu. You're officially the most influential Jew in the world, according to the Jerusalem Post's just-released ranking of the world's 50 most significant Semites.


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Della Mae Hales
Della Mae Hales, 72, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street, with the Rev. Jim Howard officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mrs. Hales was a member of First United Methodist Church of Canyon for many years until she moved her membership to St. Stephen United Methodist Church of Amarillo. At St. Stephen she enjoyed singing in the choir and being a part of the Covenant Sunday school class. She was active in 4-H. She married Jones Hales on Aug. 3, 1951.
She was preceded in death by her husband on April 17, 2003.
Survivors include three daughters, Linda Dugan of Ruidoso, N.M., and Millie Harber and Debbie Bowen, both of Amarillo; two sons, Larry Hales of Amarillo and Willie Hales of Canyon; two sisters, Lois Jean Cupell and Claudine Lehman, both of Amarillo; her grandchildren, Julie Godwin, Kristi Dugan, April Bowen, Cody Fromm and Paydon Hales, all of Amarillo, and Amanda Graves of Canyon; and a great-grandson, Shae Cody Godwin of Amarillo.
The family suggests memorials be to St. Stephen United Methodist Church, 4600 S. Western St., Amarillo, TX 79109.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 4, 2004
Gussie M. Stahl
Gussie M. Stahl, 83, of Amarillo died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with the Rev. Chad Horton and the Rev. Rusty Fleming officiating. Private burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mrs. Stahl was born in Estelline on May 13, 1921. She moved to Melrose, N.M., after the death of her father with her mother, her sister, Grace Fleming, and her brother, Elton Bruce. She married Lloyd Stahl in Clovis, N.M., on June 19, 1940, and lived in Melrose for seven years and then moved to Roy, N.M. Her husband was in the banking business for more than 40 years. They lived in Roy for more than 15 years and then moved to Amarillo. Gussie was a homemaker, a very good Christian, a wonderful wife and a great mother. Gussie was a Methodist.
She was preceded in death by her husband in November 2000.
Survivors include a daughter, Charlotte Gaither and husband, Charlie, of Amarillo; a son, Rick Stahl and wife, Suzy, of Amarillo; a grandson, Patrick Stahl and wife, Amy, of Amarillo; two great-grandchildren, twin boys, Baker and Fisher of Amarillo; and two stepgrandchildren, Brent Gaither of Austin and Christy Gaither of Amarillo.
The family suggests memorials be to Bivins Memorial Nursing Home, 1001 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106; or Odyssey Hospice Care, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 4, 2004
James F. "Jimmy" Rogers
PLAINVIEW - James F. "Jimmy" Rogers, 90, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Lemons Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with James L. Rogers, his son, officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Rogers was born Jan. 13, 1914, in Watonga, Okla. He served in the Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945 in South Africa, Italy, France and Germany.
Survivors include a son, James of Plainview; a granddaughter; and a grandson.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 4, 2004
Hazel Smith
SHAMROCK - Hazel Smith, 91, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, in Altus, Okla.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in 11th Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Jes Stafford, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery by Wright Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Smith was born Aug. 8, 1913, in Collingsworth County to William Homer and Atha Della Smith Sewell. She married Robert Vernon Smith Sr. on Sept. 23, 1933, in Sayre, Okla. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and had lived most of her life in the Texas Panhandle.
She was preceded in death by her husband on March 10, 1996; and a son, Robert Vernon Smith Jr. in 2002.
Survivors include two sons, Millard Smith and wife, Diane, of Altus and James Smith and wife, Patti, of Pampa; two daughters, Atha Wright and husband, Kenneth, of Altus and Rita Richardson and husband, Clois, of Sayre; a daughter-in-law, Faye Smith of New Waverly; 19 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, W.H. Sewell of Bardolpf, Ill.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 4, 2004
Georgia Rose Trammell
QUANAH - Georgia Rose Trammell, 97, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, in Childress.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Smith Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jesse Dea officiating. Burial will be in Quanah Memorial Park.
Ms. Trammell was born July 4, 1909, in Locksburg, Ark. She was a former Quanah resident and a Baptist.
Survivors include a sister, Reba Swindell of Quanah; and a brother, Rodney Trammell of Palestine.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 4, 2004
Christopher "Chris" Lee Cowan
BALKO, Okla. - Christopher "Chris" Lee Cowan, 29, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Balko Baptist Church with James Epp officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery by Clark Funeral Service.
Mr. Cowan was born Oct. 7, 1975, in Liberal, Kan. He was a supervisor for an oilfield supply company.
Survivors include a daughter, Claire Cowan of Liberal; his father, Dannie L. Cowan of Balko; his mother, Nina Lou Cowan of Vernon, Texas; two sisters, Candie Pickett of Perryton and Amy J. Cowan of Balko; and his grandmother, Mildred Cowan of Balko.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 4, 2004
Thyra Scoggins
ALTUS, Okla. - Thyra Scoggins, 86, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today in the Assembly of God in Memphis, Texas, with the Rev. Carl Copeland officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas by Hughs Funeral Home of Memphis.
Mrs. Scoggins was born Jan. 11, 1918, in Lelia Lake, Texas. She married Owen Lee Scoggins in 1936.
Survivors include two daughters, Martha Vier of Altus and Sherry Carroll of Memphis; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 4, 2004
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Marcella "Marcy" Bernadette Garduno
CLOVIS, N.M. - Marcella "Marcy" Bernadette Garduno, 50, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today in The Chapel with Randy Gomez, pastor, and Richard Gomez, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens by Muffley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Garduno was born Nov. 23, 1954, in Portales. She was an employee of Lighthouse Ministries.
Survivors include a son, Antonio Garduno of Clovis; a daughter, Maria Correa of Oklahoma City; her father, Andres Garduno of Clovis; a brother, Andrew Garduno of Irving, Texas; a sister, Patricia Dodge of Clovis; and two grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 4, 2004
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'Rock of Ages' audience can't fight this feeling
It's hard to imagine two musicals that are less alike than "The Sound of Music" and "Rock of Ages," which is in town at the Marcus Center through Sunday.
"The Sound of Music" features a would-be nun raising seven children in a nearly idyllic Austria. "Rock of Ages" promises "an evening of musical debauchery and decadence" and features a bevy of scantily clad women. »Read Full Article(2)
Reunited Violent Femmes to kick off Big Gig with homecoming show
The Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie and Victor DeLorenzo haven't spoken to each other in five years. But in just a couple of weeks, the Milwaukee musicians, along with Femmes frontman Gordon Gano and longtime touring cajon player John Sparrow, will play music together in front of tens of thousands of people.
The April 13 reunion show at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., will be the band's first performance since Oct. 13, 2007. »Read Full Article(13)
Lollapalooza passes sell out; Pitchfork Festival announces full lineup
Well that was fast.
CMT premieres music video from Milwaukee's Trapper Schoepp and the Shades
Fresh off its shows in sunny Austin, Texas during South by Southwest, local Americana act Trapper Schoepp & the Shades is paying tribute to the frozen tundra that is Wisconsin in winter with its new music video. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Bay View's Palomino closing for remodeling, menu changes
Palomino Bar in Bay View will close after service April 7 for remodeling, and when it reopens an estimated four to six weeks later, it will also have a new menu and new business partners.
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East Library will temporarily move this summer
Milwaukee Public Library's East Library, 1910 E. North Ave., will be relocated during construction.
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Organizers cancel Arab World Fest 2013
Milwaukee's Arab World Fest 2013 has been canceled because of conflicts with Ramadan holy observances, organizers have announced.
The festival was also on hiatus for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, but officials say they will continue with plans for the lakefront festival to return in 2014. »Read Full Article(2)
Video: The Concert Corner - Recapping Local Natives and looking ahead at Alt-J
Getting a good dose of deja vu these days. I was fortunate enough to go to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest, where I tried to fit in shows from bands coming through town soon, such as Local Natives. The band made its Milwaukee debut Friday at Riverside Theater a week after wrapping up its SXSW sets. I played a little compare and contrast in my chat with CineStars' Brittany Umar this week. You can also see read my reviews of the Milwaukee show and a SXSW show.
Stacey Williams-Ng featured on Lynda.com
Like a lot of artists, Stacey Williams-Ng says her career for years felt like it had taken a lot of divergent paths. She had been a painter, an illustrator, a graphic designmer, a business manager and a multimedia specialist. Those who know her will tell you that she is, at heart, a storyteller as well.
On Tap Today: CAVE comes to Linneman's
In my opinion, the CAVE show at Linneman's is the place to be tonight.
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Due to Mold Allergy, Student Forced to be Home-Schooled
A mother of a South Eastern School student worries about the condition of her son. Mold in school forced the student to be schooling in home.
The school has already spent $112,000 for mold remediation and cleaning on the west side building of the school this past summer and said that it was the first issue of mold allergy that the school has ever heard.
Logue said to the board that she wants her son to formally attend school and have a healthy social life. So the school is now planning for mold remediation tactics and air quality testing to avoid such occurrence of mold in the school.
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"A mom opened up the issue about her son during a recent school board meeting. She wants to bring her son back to South Eastern School District without worrying about mold allergy again."
"The superintendent said that this is the first problem about mold allergy in the East building. The student was being home-schooled instead because of his mold problems in the said building. But his mom wanted his son to formally attend his school where he can see his peers and classmates instead of studying alone in home with no one."
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"The mother of a South Eastern School District student told the school board her son is affected by mold and she wants something done so he can attend school."
"Shelby Logue brought the issue up during the most recent school board meeting."
"The district spent $112,000 this past summer remediating and cleaning South Eastern Middle School-West to rid it of any mold problems."
"Logue's son goes to the South Eastern Middle School-East. And since December of last year, she has home-schooled her 12-year-old because he is allergic to mold."
"This past November, he went to the nurse's office 44 times, and my husband and I had to leave work to pick him up," Logue said."
"He had no problem from December to the first of the school year," she added. "The first day of school he had an allergic reaction."
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Amarillo-area readers of "U.S. News and World Report" will have plenty of reason to feel good about the July 28 issue, literally and figuratively.
The issue chronicles and ranks hospitals across the nation according to various criteria, and Baptist-St. Anthony's Health System earned high marks that reflect well on the standard of health care in the Panhandle region.
"America's Best Hospitals" ranked BSA 43rd of the 50 best hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery and 48th of 50 for kidney disease.
As perspective for this quality standard of care, only one other Texas hospital was ranked for neurology and neurosurgery and four for kidney disease care.
The rankings were compiled according to numerous criteria, including input from board-certified physicians, mortality rates, number of Medicare patients discharged, nurse-to-bed ratios and technology use.
According to U.S. News and World Report, more than 6,000 hospitals and more than 200 medical centers were researched in 17 medical care specialties.
BSA officials expressed excitement and honor at the national recognition, and deservedly so.
At the same time, Amarillo and Panhandle-area residents can be assured they are receiving quality health care that measures up to other hospitals and facilities that are regarded as the best in the nation.
It is a win-win situation.
We congratulate those at BSA who helped, through dedication and commitment, earn this national accolade.
More importantly, those who depend on BSA for excellent health care in specialty areas can share in the recognition in a more meaningful way.
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Here's a functional link to the post. http://tinyurl.com/m2ekf4 [rq=266074,0,blog][/rq]What's the message behind the social medium?
Thinking about "the medium is the message" got me thinking... What's the message behind the social medium? Perhaps a question worth some exploration? Blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ljb8hy [rq=265950,0,blog][/rq]What's the message behind the social medium?
Hi Suze, Right on the money. Social media is a tool. For me, it's a tool to have conversations, make new friends, point people in my direction - and eventually I pick up the phone and talk to someone. I have friends who 'lurk' - and their lives have been made sweeter for it. It's always good to remember the simple adage our mothers taught us - "don't swear in public, wear clean underwear and always smile, because you never know who's watching you." @debworks
Hey Suze, another awesome post! Social Media is not a campaign. Social Media is not a business plan. Social Media is not the golden bullet. Social Media is not the answer to your prayers. Social Media is not your personal chew toy. Social Media is not a direct mail route. Social Media is not a place to spam and scram. Social Media is a respectful personal place to form relationships and have a conversation. Contribute, be a human being and respect others then cool. If not, the door is right there. @knealemann [rq=262984,0,blog][/rq]U.S. Marines: No More Tweets
Another great post by the Muse. I love your take. Yes. This trend of branding ourselves by the tools we choose is about as mature as the medium itself. Does it matter in the least whether our words are powered by Microsoft or Apple, or whether our network resides within FaceBook or Twitter, or whether our lives are captured on Wordpress or MySpace? It's what we do with the tools we choose that matters. Every time a newbie misuses some cool new app we have the opportunity to discover something new… potentially important… and clearly human. How I long for the day when most of the communication occurring in my network isn't about social networking. Spending hours on communication technologies discussing communication technology etiquette is barely living. I agree. Let's stop pretending we've got it all figured out and be open to the fact that we've built a space where anything can happen. "Social Networking isn't a business model." Wow… too true. Thanks for another great post. [rq=261203,0,blog][/rq]The sales and marketing time machine
Great analogy Sue. Remember how thrilled people got when a friend of a friend said they liked show X on 12 or 22, and they didn't know you worked there? The smartest thing Rogers TV Vice President, Colette Watson ever did (of too many to count IMHO. She is not a people person by any means but is so good at her job it's just scary!) was to spend the big bucks and get proper ratings for community TV. Her second smartest move was dropping the "Community" thing and branding the stations the same way everybody else brands local channels. Just look how far she has taken us.... [rq=259517,0,blog][/rq]Sabres' Numminen calling it...
I agree, Dave - the ability to gauge effectiveness is important. It goes back to our old community cable days, when we relied on either word of mouth or viewer response to gauge whether our messages were getting out. The good thing is, it is kind of like the old philosophy of community TV....if even a handful of people are hearing my message and it's prompting them to be engaged, entertained, or take some sort of action, then I'm doing my job. Thanks for your insightful comments, as always!
My reading this post is an excellent example of how social media can work. I click on a link from a tweet from Deb Dobson who had RT Danny Brown who RT Suze Muse. As a relatively new guy on the block in the land of Twitter, this article gives some great insight. The biggest fear someone new has, is that they don't know what to do. If it is kept simple, ie, have conversations with people you are interested in, it keeps it bare bones. The problem is when we see people with 30k followers and wonder why they followed me? Certainly not because they are interested in what I have to say. This dynamic creates a bit of fear that this is just another (spam) in wolves clothes. At first, I thought my influence would be judged by others based on number of followers. Now, I am looking to be important to those that truly have an interest. I actually went through my following list, and deleted a large number of people. Amazing thing happened. I started to see tweets from people I was missing (like this one) on topics I actually wanted to talk about. Hope I didn't overstep here. Not an expert. Just a guy looking in to figure this all out. [rq=256900,0,blog][/rq]It's the Economy Stupid, I Mean, Son
Oh! And one other thing.. Why doesn't Facebook & Twitter offer view and click-through metrics and stats like Flickr? TwitPick at least gives raw view counts. I would like to know if I am talking to myself, or if posts I am trying like my Lunch, Photo and Link of the day experiments are popular. Facebook "Comments" and "Like" features provide good feedback, but I have had photos and videos viewed by over 500 people in 24 hours with no one leaving comments on Flickr but I can track where they came from and look for feedback there. That tells me how my publicity strategies are working and/or if I am on to something So: Am I "Doin' it Wrong" or Right Sue? [rq=254993,0,blog][/rq]Rideau Canal Flotilla NN Full Res
What I enjoyed about the web in 1992-93-94-95 -maybe through 2000 was how personal everything was. Websites were prayers (one woman wrote an account of the death of her mother for no reason other than the experience would be 'up there'). Pages were hand-crafted. But gradually MS & Mosaic, & Yahoo & Google started to control information and then they controlled what information and how folks should act because they had to 'maintain' and designating our modus operandi was useful to them. Keep the web open to person adventure - maintain the sense of a 'wing and a prayer' Be adventurous. Be radical, individual, independent. Good post. [rq=254451,0,blog][/rq]Nothing is happening
Very nice Sue. I am 100% in agreement on just about all of your latest Muse... Classic Darwinian Evolution is often described as "Survival of the fittest" That description could not be more wrong, and was never said by Charles Darwin or Alfred Russel Wallace. A more fitting synopsis would be: In the evolutionary game if you can produce offspring you win. There are no other rules, just innovation and strategy. If you your progeny can manage to pull off a string of wins for millions of years you might improve, stay the same, get worse, or suddenly vanish. The Universe does not care. Same rule applies to the cloud we call the web, except it's evolving at warp speed... As for the latest Twitter Bru Ha Ha, I quote Mr Paul Simon: "Who am I to blow against the wind?" Or this gem from Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin in reaction to a "This post sucks" comment: "The scroll bar is your friend." And now for a little Darwin trivia: Charles darwin was a middle child, a born mediator. In all of the existing personal and official logs from his voyages on the Beagle, he was the only member of the crew that not one person wrote anything negative about! Given that this voyage lasted for years in the most difficult of circumstances, that is a true measure of the man. Source: CBC's DNTO episode: Brotherly (and sisterly) love (07/25/09) [rq=254166,0,blog][/rq]Rideau Canal Flotilla NN Full Res
A wise colleague recently stated "the internet is the wild, wild west and there ain't no sheriff in sight". I agree. There are no rules. There should be no 'rules'. Let the end user community self police. There will be 'bloodshed'. There will be amazing frontiers discovered and communities forged. All in good time. Organically. The internet, within which SM is a microcosm, is an ecosystem that will evolve. Some may not appreciate what evolves. The best any of can do is influence the process. Nurture that which we find valuable. Ignore or avoid that which is undesirable. There is plenty of territory to be 'claimed'. My personal fear is the critical thinkers are fewer in number than those who become mindless, cult followers of the 'shiny new object'.
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The knitting kits for tea cosies come in eco friendly boxes, my other kits for hats, wrist warmers, boot cuffs and other fun accessories are packaged in cellophane and contain the pattern and all the necessary yarns for your chosen item. A range of colour combinations can be chosen. Prices for kits start from £10.00. Kits are an economical way of making an item as they only contain sufficient yarns to make your item thus avoiding wastage.
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All of our knitting patterns can be quickly and easily downloaded and re-downloaded when needed.
Programme Of Workshops 2016 - please see my workshop page for further details
Learn to knit FairIsle with a cute pair of knitted wristwarmers
Sat 30th January 2-5pm £22 . Materials are not included and you will need DK Yarn & 4/4.5mm needles…
I am now stocking a range of Roosters Yarn which is luxurious and affordable and have designed a range of accessories for the company. There is a free pattern for a lace scarf when a skein of lace is purchased.
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This jumper was designed for UK Alpaca in
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One of the best parts about being located along the Delaware coast is the incredible cuisine that can be found in our local restaurants. But with so many delicious options to choose from, it can be difficult to decide where to go out to eat. Here at The Avenue, guests ask us for recommendations all… Read more »
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New Year's Day in Rehoboth Beach
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Ringing in the New Year with The Avenue? There are a couple great evening events to take part in on New Year's Eve! Enjoy a sushi dinner at The Cultured Pearl or pair some unique dishes with delicious beers at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats. Kerensa Gray at The Cultured Pearl Enjoy a New Year's… Read more »
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Get into the Holiday Spirit this November!
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Celebrate the Fall Season with a Local Wine Tour
A beautiful and relaxing season here in Delaware, fall offers a crisp breeze and comfortable temperatures in the 60s and 70s. If you are planning to visit The Avenue this season, we recommend taking a short trip to Nassau Valley Vineyards. Delaware's first and only award winning winery; Nassua Valley is open Monday through Saturday from 11… Read more »
Visit the Annual Holiday Fair this November
With the leaves changing colors and the crowds disappearing from the beach, fall is a beautiful time to visit Rehoboth Beach. It is also a great opportunity to get into the holiday spirit with the many festivities held throughout the area. For vacationers heading to The Avenue this November, Rehoboth Art League's 26th Annual Holiday… Read more »
Enjoy a Weekend of Jazz in Rehoboth Beach
Visiting The Avenue this October? The 2015 Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival takes place from Thursday October 15 to Sunday October 18. A great opportunity to experience all of the best music venues and jazz musicians here in Rehoboth Beach, the festival includes a variety of shows throughout the days and evenings. To get in the… Read more »
Enjoy Some Spooky Surprises this Halloween Weekend!
Here at The Avenue, Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. With so many fall events and activities going on, downtown Rehoboth Beach is alive with festivities and fun. Celebrate this spook-tacular holiday and explore the area with one of the most intriguing seasonal events: The Magical History Tour. Held on Friday, October 23 this… Read more »