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LET'S go PELFrey!!!!!
Sunday was the most excited I've seen the crowd at Shea since opening day. I tried to capture even a piece of it.
This account of Pelfrey's reaction to his first curtain call? Warms the heart.
9 in a row!! This has been–statistically–one of the best streaks in Mets franchise history.
Dear All-Star break: Don't screw it up!!
If I seem scarce in the next couple of days, it's because I'm working on an awesome new venture…a surprise you will surely enjoy…involving some of our local favorites…Stay tuned!
For now, let's Go D-Wright! And Wags! And the National League!
I'll be watching the game with a Red Sox fan who usually roots for the Mets. Not this time! What do we think are our chances of pulling off the first All-Star win in 11 years? Help a National League fan out, players, mmmkay?
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I think the All-Star Break comes at a good time. It comes with the Mets holding destiny in their own hands, the the ability for them to sit on this confidence for 3 more days and go into Thursday with thoughts only of October, and not last September or this April/May/June.
I think the National League will pull it off. Remember we got close the last two years..damn Trevor. I'm not sure if I'd rather see the AL get shelled, or David Wright hit a pinch-hit walk-off grand slam off of Mariano. Who am I kidding? Obviously the second.
-Optimistic Mets Fan
Very mixed experience watching the Home Run Derby yesterday– there was the knowledge that I was seeing something absolutely extraordinary, in Josh Hamilton blasting 28 shots out of the park in the first round. At the same time, I should just remember that whenever I am really longing for a concentrated shot of inane drivel, I don't have to go any firther than an ESPN baseball broadcast.
Did you see Matt Yalof's interview with our Mets All Stars yesterday? Silly uniforms– like they were in their jammies!
Thank you for posting the Let's Go Pelfrey video, I've been looking all over the net for it. The crowd's erruption when D. Wright caught the final out of the 8th inning was also great and gave me the chills. It's great to see one of our home-grown guys grow up before our eyes. First place tie, 10 in a row and counting. LET'S GO METS!!!
Great writing as always.
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What is the Homestead Property Tax Credit?
Michigan's homestead property tax credit is how the State of Michigan can help you pay some of your property taxes if you are a qualified Michigan homeowner or renter and meet the requirements. You should complete the Homestead Property Tax Credit Claim form (MI-1040CR) to see if you qualify for the credit.
The credit, for most people, is based on a comparison between property taxes and total household resources. Homeowners pay property taxes directly and renters pay them indirectly with their rent.
Given that each taxpayer has unique circumstances that determine their eligibility for the credit, the Department of Treasury encourages you to review the information below and/or contact a tax professional.
What is a "Homestead"?
Your homestead is the place where you have your permanent home. It is the place to which you plan to return whenever you go away. You must be the owner and occupant or be contracted to pay rent and occupy the dwelling. You can only have one homestead at a time. Cottages, second homes and property you own and rent/lease to others does not qualify as a homestead. College dormitories do not qualify as homesteads.
Who qualifies for a Homestead Property Tax Credit?
You may claim a property tax credit if all of the following apply beginning 2012:
- Your homestead is in Michigan
- You were a resident of Michigan for at least six months during the year
- You own or are contracted to pay rent and occupy a Michigan homestead on which property taxes were levied
- If you own your home, your taxable value is $135,000 or less
- Your total household resources are $50,000 or less(Part year residents must annualize total household resources to determine if a credit reduction applies)
If 100% of your total household resources are received from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, you do not qualify
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- Your homestead is in Michigan
- You were a resident of Michigan for at least six months during the year
- You own or are contracted to pay rent and occupy a Michigan homestead on which property taxes were levied
- Your household income is $82,650 or less(Part year residents must annualize household income to determine if a credit reduction applies)
If 100% of your total household income is received from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, you do not qualify
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Checklist for Preparing a Homestead Property Tax Credit
Sample Property Tax Statement – Review the sample statement to understand where to find the information you need. Sample Property Tax Statement
Frequently Used Homestead Property Tax Credit Forms and Instructions
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- MI-1040CR-2 Instructions
- Form 2368 – Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit
- School District Codes
- Application for Deferment of Summer Taxes and Special Assessments
How do I file a Homestead Property Tax Credit (MI-1040CR)?
If you are required to file a Michigan Individual Income Tax return (MI-1040), submit the Homestead Property Tax Credit Claim (MI-1040CR) with your MI-1040. If you are not required to file an MI-1040, you may file your Homestead Property Tax Credit Claim by submitting form MI-1040CR only. The due date for filing an Income Tax return is April 15.
If you are active military, an eligible veteran, or the surviving spouse of a veteran, complete the MI-1040CR and the MI-1040CR-2, Homestead Property Tax Credit Claim for Veterans and Blind People. File the form that gives you the larger credit.
If you are blind and own your own home, complete the MI-1040CR and the MI-1040CR-2. File the form that gives you the larger credit. Important note: If you are blind and rent, you must use the MI-1040CR, you cannot use the MI-1040CR-2.
What are Total Household Resources?
Total household resources include all income received by all household members during the year, including income that might be exempt from federal adjusted gross income. Losses from business activity may not be used to reduce total household resources. For a listing of income sources to include in total household resources, view Income and Deductible Items.
What is Household Income?
For 2011 and prior years, household income includes all income received by all household members during the year, including income that might be exempt from federal adjusted gross income. For a listing of income sources to include in household income, view Income and Deductible Items.
What Are Qualified Health Insurance Premiums?
Some qualified paid health insurance premiums may be deducted from household income to compute the homestead property tax and other credits allowed on the Michigan income tax return. View Qualified Health Insurance Premiums.
Special Situations
Foreclosure - Due to economic conditions many individuals are experiencing mortgage foreclosure, repossession of their home and/or cancellation of debt. Any change in home ownership has an impact on the preparation of the Michigan Individual Income Tax Return (MI-1040) and/ or Homestead Property Tax Credit Claim (MI-1040CR). If you have been involved in a mortgage foreclosure or repossession of your home, view Information For Mortgage Foreclosure Or Home Repossession And Your Michigan Income Tax Return.
FIP/DHS Recipients – Your credit must be prorated based on income from other sources to total income. If 100% of your income is received from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, you do not qualify for a Homestead Property Tax Credit. For assistance calculating the credit refer to worksheet 3 "FIP/MDHHS BENEFITS" in the Michigan Individual Income Tax MI-1040 booklet or the estimator available on the website. For those who received Family Independence Program (FIP) assistance from the State of Michigan or other public assistance, you may be eligible to claim a home heating credit if you owned and occupied your home or were contracted to pay rent. View the instructions in the MI-1040CR-7 booklet.
Rent Assistance – If any portion of your rent was paid on your behalf by MSHDA, or any other government agency, you are only allowed to claim the portion of your rent that you actually paid. Do not claim any amount that was paid on your behalf by MSHDA or any other government agency.
Public Housing – If the owner does not pay property tax or a service fee, you are not eligible to claim a property tax credit and a credit will not be issued.
Service Fee Housing is an agreement between a municipality and a property owner (private or public) to pay a service fee instead of property taxes. Regardless of the amount of rent paid, the Income Tax Act provides that a renter living in service fee housing must calculate the property tax credit using only 10% of rent paid.
You can find out if a property is subject to service fee housing by contacting the city/township/county office. Often, service fee housing is low income or senior citizen housing that can include an apartment or the rental of a single family home.
Important Note: It is the renter's responsibility to determine if the rental property is
service fee housing before claiming a credit. Service fees are typically less
than property taxes. FAQ's for Service Fee Housing
Alternate Property Tax Credit for Renters Age 65 or Older: An alternate credit is available only to renters age 65 or older whose rent is more than 40% of their total household resources or household income for 2011 and prior years. For assistance calculating the alternate credit refer to worksheet 4 "Alternate Property Tax Credit for Renters Age 65 and Older" in the Michigan 1040 Individual Income Tax booklet or the estimator available on the website.
Nursing Home, Home for the Aged and Adult Foster Care – If the facility pays local property taxes, you may claim your portion of those taxes for credit. You may not claim rent or monthly fees on the property tax credit. If both you and your spouse live in the facility, add your shares together.
If one spouse lives in a nursing home or foster care home and the other spouse maintains a home, you may combine the taxes/rent for the homestead and your share of the facility's property taxes to compute your claim.
If you are single and maintain a homestead (that is not rented to someone else) while living in a nursing home or adult care facility, you may claim either your homestead or your share of the facility's property taxes, but not both. Use the one that gives you the larger credit.
Mobile Home Park Resident – You may claim $3 per month specific tax up to a maximum of $36 and 20% of the yearly rent amount less the specific tax (maximum $36). If you paid additional taxes on attached buildings (garage, tool shed, etc.), then you may also claim that amount.
Cooperative Housing – You may claim your share of the property taxes on the building. If rent is paid on the land under the building, you may also claim 20 percent of that land rent. (Do not take 20 percent of your total monthly payment.) You may request a statement from the co-op showing your share of the property taxes.
Moved during the year – It is important to know the date you moved out of the home you are selling or renting and the date you moved into the home you are buying or renting. If you sell your home for more than you paid for it, plus improvements, you will have a capital gain. In most cases the gain is not taxable, but it must still be included in your total household resources.
If you rented, use total rent paid, then prorate the first/last month based on days of occupancy to determine the total amount of rent that may be claimed for credit.
Beginning in 2012, the taxable value of the home which you are claiming credit for must be $135,000 or less. If you bought or sold your home, you must prorate your taxes to determine the taxes that can be claimed for credit. Use only the taxes levied (billed) in the year of claim on each Michigan homestead, then prorate taxes based on days of occupancy.
If you owned more than one home, you may only claim the prorated taxes for homes with a taxable value of $135,000 or less. Do not include taxes on out-of-state property. If you sold a home, you must also include the capital gain from the sale of your home in total household resources or total household income for tax years 2011 and prior, even if the capital gains are not included in adjusted gross income.
The combined property taxes and/or rent may not exceed 12 months.
Other Helpful Information
Principal Residence Exemption – If you own and occupy your principal residence, it may be exempt from a portion of your local school operating taxes. To claim an exemption, complete the Homeowner's Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit, (Form 2368) and file it with your township or city assessor.
Rescinding Your Homeowner's Principal Residence Exemption. If you claim an exemption and no longer use the home as a principal residence, you must notify your township or city assessor by filing the Form 2602, Request to Rescind Homeowner's Principal Residence Exemption within 90 days of the change or you may be penalized.
Home Heating Credit – The Home Heating Credit is designed to assist low income families living in Michigan with the cost of heating their homes. It is a federally funded program and which is administered by several State of Michigan agencies. Home Heating Credit FAQ's
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Healing, hope and horses heading to Lake Ariel
September 1, 2011 —
BEACH LAKE, PA — The past year has proven to be a positive one for a special non-profit organization that brings together humans, horses and hope, in a program that provides healing for all involved.
Currently located on a farm in Beach Lake that Hope Hill Ministry (HHM) has been leasing, the young organization and its founder, Keely Ehrhardt, have achieved a milestone and will be relocating to a permanent home on a 12-acre farm in Lake Ariel.
"We've been growing in participants and volunteers and need to step into that growth," said Ehrhardt. "God's timing is perfect in how it's all turned out."
The move is slated for spring 2012. Meanwhile, the program will continue at the Beach Lake location, where a typical session begins with chores that teach qualities like discipline and compassion to help build confidence and self-respect. As participants learn to care for and ride the horses, the animals benefit by that care, establishing a reciprocal relationship that is good for both.
Jonathan and Megan Mcelhaney bring their three children all the way from Pond Eddy, NY to participate in the program. Lauren, Hannah and Brandon are learning how to care for the Hope Hill horses, but that's not all. During the Mcelhaney family session, Ehrhardt led a discussion about God's love while she helped the children craft bracelets. She thoughtfully selected a Bible verse for each child and read it to each in turn. They pondered the verses as they were guided in reflecting on how the verses might apply in their lives.
"Healing for the heart, help for the horse, hope for the future—that's our mission at Hope Hill Ministry," said Ehrhardt. Children between 7 to 18 years of age experience "true hope, fun, love and work" in the program, where they build a relationship of trust and love with the horse and leader of the session.
"The kids come from all walks of life, those who have suffered abuse and neglect, been bullied, experienced health problems and learning disabilities," said Ehrhardt. "Many of the horses at Hope Hill have come from past abuse and neglect, and it is incredible to witness the bond that forms when a hurting child and a hurting horse are blended together into a dynamic healing relationship."
The program is free of charge to all who would like to be a part of Hope Hill Ministry, according to Ehrhardt. "We are 100% volunteer run and 100% supported by donations." A fundraiser 5K Walk/Run is slated for October 22. For more information or to volunteer or support HHM, visit www.hopehillministry.org or call 570/903-1133.


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Communities large and small were drenched, devastated and wind-swept by the fierce winds of Hurricane (or depending on the locale, "Superstorm") Sandy. Sullivan County was not exempt. At the Lumberland Town Board meeting on November 14, supervisor Nadia Rajsz and the board, strongly seconded by community members, spoke about a small town valiantly coming together to cope with crisis.
"It was so great to see everyone working together like a well-oiled machine," Rajsz said. "I hope that by now everyone has had their power restored. The local electric company kept telling us that we would get there. Thank you for your patience."
Deputy supervisor and councilman Joseph Carr added, "When they say that living in a small town has advantages because small towns know how to come together, it's very true."
Rajsz offered special thanks to Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, who had meals delivered from the Red Cross, along with 42 jugs of water she urged ShopRite to donate. Sheriff Mike Schiff came through with an emergency generator to help warm people up at the local command center. "During a crisis people come together," Rajsz said. "On a good day, we bicker, but on a bad day, we do come together."
Carr reported that the local constables went door-to-door to check on all residents. "It was very heartwarming to see all the local departments and the residents pull together to help everyone, and make sure that no one was overlooked," he said. The police constables responded to 86 calls for service and made 61 house calls. Due to trees felled by the winds, numerous utility wires went down.
The fire department was manned for 24 hours a day, reported president Ann Steimle. "All downed trees and wired poles were reported by fax to the control center. The radio was crackling left, right, and center, logging in 51 complaints. After the calls, came house checks." Because numerous residents were without power or heat, the command center remained open throughout the night as a warming center. Due to power outages at the Pond Eddy Methodist Church, the contents of the church freezers were melting, so church members brought over numerous platters of turkey and food.
"I got to tell you, we had a ball. A lot of people came over because they knew we had food. There was a warm feeling at the fire house. It was almost like a party," Steimle recalled.
With power, light and heat restored in Lumberland, the community is now looking to help others affected by the storm. Town clerk Virginia Horn is accepting donations of soap, towels, bedding, shampoo, cleaning supplies and gloves as the most needed items. The municipal building is serving as the drop-off point.
In the aftermath, the town is also looking ahead to future weather emergencies likely to be triggered by climate change, as discussed by New York's Governor Cuomo in an article he penned for the New York Daily News. Currently, the town is compiling a list of seniors as well as people with medical needs. A new emergency generator will be delivered in April.
"It's such a wonderful feeling to know that people are worried about you," one older local citizen said.
Although no one knows when the next crisis may be, or how novel weather changes may further affect this region, Rajsz reported that a snow and ice watch is projected for 12 a.m. on November 17. "I can't believe that we are in that part of the season already," she said.


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The village's vision for a better community is unique, and the village has an overabundance of manpower and ingenuity. For the past year, it has been working hard to bring to the town a casa comunal – a community center. In a country where the preservation of culture is so important, a lack of a space where cultural events can take place has a debilitating effect on a community. Weddings, funerals, quinceñeras, local elections, and community meetings are all communal rites of passage that as of now, residents must export to other towns or simply forego altogether. Furthermore, without a place to hold community meetings it is very hard to run a town council, or ADESCO meeting. This is extremely important because the ADESCO are the roots that hold the community together in terms of community development, organization and implementation of projects. However, with this community center, community development would be more easily facilitated with a communal place to hold all types of meetings necessary in the village.
The people of this village have already made remarkable headway into this project. Land for the community center has been donated, blueprints have been drawn up, and enough community members have offered their help in the construction that labor will virtually be free of charge. Moreover, almost 500 dollars has already been raised through bake sales, soccer tournaments, and movie nights, which have all been organized and executed by the youth. Unfortunately, this is as far as the village can come to realizing their goal before they are stifled by the surmounting costs of building materials and a lack of in-country help.
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We need to win this game. Key road game against a bad team, we should come out victorius.
"One Team, One New York"
i hope we can get our defense going and shut them down to under 85
then let our offense do our thing, again our bench has the edge, should win this one.
This is a definate must win. All the Knicks need for a confindence breaker would be a stupid loss to an expansion team.
One outta three ain't bad.
interesting stat - Jamal Crawford is averaging 27.0 points against the Bobcats in three games with the Knicks. rush has been puttin up a lot of points lately so we need some good perimeter d on him and knight/felton. if we contain them and play well inside we should win easily.
Peter the Russian...back like cooked crack
hey hey hey smoke weed every day
i dont get it: MO TAYLOR, MALIK ROSE and ANTONIO DAVIS are starting. i just dont get it.
1st courter almost done and i havent seen curry, frye or lee...ridiculous
Originally Posted by a knick fan
Well, Frye is in now and Curry has been ruled out, and will not be playing tonight.
"One Team, One New York"
the reason the knicks are struggling is cuz larry brown doesnt know how to use his roster
larry brown sucks
there i said it
im officially on the record as a larry brown hater
Originally Posted by a knick fan
Relax man, Larry Brown is still trying to mix and match and see what lineups work. He is 10 games into his first season with a whole new team, give him some room for error.
The refs have been awful this game. I don't mind the foul calls but I mean, call them both way.
"One Team, One New York"
Awful loss.
Can we close this thread or something, its to depressing to look out.
"One Team, One New York"
i dont know about that larry suck thing but i believe this team is not a larry brown team and if isiah tries to make this a larry brown team than isiah is going to look like a bad buy wit all the trades but i hope larry finds a way..if i was isiah i would have gone the safe way gone wit either flip or keep herb and hire Paul Westfaul as offensive coordinator
look how great detroit is doing without larry...they are putting up better offensive numbers than ever...larry limits his players offensive potential by trying to control everything
basketball is a game of streaks and momentum, larry tries to control that, he doesn't go with the "hot hand" at any particular time, as opposed to flip saunders who gives his players more flexibility
he puts guys out on the court who really cant score...channing frye should be playing 30-35 minutes a game RIGHT NOW. i dont care that hes a ****ing rookie. the guy is much more skilled offensively than mo taylor, antonio davis, malik rose, etc...larry doesnt understand that YOU HAVE TO SCORE to win ball games, and that good offense beats good defense, this isnt baseball.
watching last nights game made me so mad, because his 3,4, and 5 were all guys who cant score for ****. they cant create their own shots. the only time they score is when marbury penetrates and dishes and gets them an easy shot.
guys like frye and ariza can make things happen. guys like lee are monster rebounders and hustlers.
if qrich doesnt step up and start hitting 3's, the knicks DESPERATELY need a good shooter.
knicks starters:
antonio davis
malik rose
mo taylor
points per game:
davis: 4.4
rose: 3.8
taylor: 4.1
****ing pathetic
any chance larry is subverting the beginning of the season so he can make trades he wants before the break
Peter the Russian...back like cooked crack
hey hey hey smoke weed every day


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I'm not sure what triggered it, perhaps not wearing the mask as much, perhaps missing a few (and I mean literally one or two) dosages of Advair (normally this would not be enough to trigger an exasberation), or perhaps last Sunday in church when I didn't have a seat to sit on or an order of worship because yet again (it's a problem that repeats itself) people failed to understand what medical issues I have (asthma is one, but there are others) and so I didn't have anywhere to sit, in essence-but it's a long story. People yet again say, "we didn't know", but I'm not sure how much I can tell them over and over-I had to walk out in the middle since someone took my seat (again, long story) and so missed World Communion day and was upset.
I took 40 mg last night, 40 mg this AM, 40 mg this evening, and will take 40 mg tomorrow morning, and then 40 mg every 24 hours for up to 10 days depending on response. It's a strange bursting schedule, but honed by trial and error over 12 years of dealing with this (curse word). So, I'm sure I'll be up all night....oh, well like the prednisone song lady sings on youtube, the good things is I'll catch up on all the reruns of shows and all my CDs will be in order. Fortunately, I'm off from work anyway. After a week the apartments still hadn't changed out my air filter on the AC/heater, and so I reminded them of it, and they took care of it within a few hours of the reminder.
Even after 120 mg of pred over the last 24-36 hours, I still can't take a deep breath without the lungs spasming, get fluid in the lungs that I hack up (it's all that clear, frothy stuff), and have that twitchy feeling-it's hard to describe that feeling, just twitchy, when I breath. Last night I was speaking to a friend, and I kept spasming and coughing whenever I would laugh (laughter is a trigger, but only when I'm poorly controlled), and took the Combivent. It's funny, but I can actually feels exactly when it starts working....there's no word for that feeling, but I can say "oh, it's kicked in now". I hope this isn't one of exacerbations that don't respond well to the pred. Sometimes I have to go off of it, then go back on it (again, weird schedule, but honed from experience....adrenal glands have always been okay.) That will be fun....moods will get all weird. Like the prednisone song on youtube says, "with prednisone your moods are up and down, with prednison your face is big and round, so take some prednisone, live your life alone today."
It is discouraging at times because I am coming to accept that this will probably not get better since I've done all I can.
I'm sure you all can relate.
Anyway, after the fourth 40 mg each 12 hours taken this AM, I'm finally taking a deep breath without spasming and fluid coming up. Twitchiness still there some, but not as much. You never appreciate the beauty of a full breath of air without the lungs wigging out of you and all that clear, frothy fluid and weight from it and spasming until you have it taken away. Just breathing, feeling the air go in and out, still a bit of coughing up fluid...but not much. You never know what you miss until it's taken from you.
Prednisone, it's a love/hate relationship. Now down to 40 mg each 24 hours...wish me luck. The nice things is I have a good excuse to eat a lot of chocolate.
Still don't like that its the third bust this year, I've surpassed yet again the limit the MD says he believes is safe in the long term....tell it to my lungs, though.
I had another attack today, which is something the textbooks say shouldn't happen after 5 days or so of 40-80 mg of prednisone. It responds okay to rescue meds, but now is my decision whether to continue the prednisone tomorrow or not. Again, my MD has said in the past he honestly doesn't know and I have instructions of when to go to ER.
On the one hand, discontinue it means I'll probably have to take nebs every 4-6 hours to keep breathing while going on a train/bus trip but then again whatever is causing this will more likely show symptoms (ie, if I got an infectin, it will show and give me more information as to what to do). On the other hand, continuing prednisone will offer better control of the asthma for now but will not necessarily give any useful information as to the trigger and I have to discontinue in 5 days. Perhaps it just needs more time on prednisone and will be okay? Who knows, the doctor doesn't and I don't know either. Once, my doctor said it was a matter of "try this, and if it works, keep doing it. If not, then switch. You can't know ahead of time." So, it's a coin toss. I just checked my purse to be sure I have the emergency 40 mg of prednisone and also the portable neb with vials is there for the trip.
This happened at a bad time-I had a benign growth removed early last week, and I'm going on the train/bus trip tomorrow to get the staples removed. That MD will get to hear about the prednsione and should know from that that it will be hard to determine if the suture line got infected or not. He removed the growth before I had to go on prednisone, so neither one of us knew. I've kept it clean, dry, and covered, so theoretically there should be no problem. I can't just leave the staples in as the skin is starting to grow over them.
It gets discouraging at times, but I guess you just play the hand you're dealt.
I just wanted you to know that I am praying for you. I can't read your posts right now, but I am praying for you.
Keep you chin up.
The wound is not looking so good after getting off the prednisone, but I don't know what I'm looking at, and so will keep it clean and dry and covered and see if it doesn't take care of itself. If it doesn't get better, I'll revisit the PCP.
As a funny story (you got to laugh, right?) when I saw the PCP it was the first day off of pred and I had exposure to irritants as I take the bus and train to get there. So, I did the neb and Combivent, etc. as needed but unfortunately forgot the peak flow meter at home. I'm at the PCP office, and the medical assistant was asking me to hurry up and why can't I move so fast. I let her know of the prednisone since it affects wound healing and chances of infection. She got my blood pressure, but nothing else, and told me to wait in the room at the back with the door closed and the doctor is running late, but should be in in the next 45 minutes. I said, "okie, dokie, then...." and just monitored myself for needing additional rescue meds. When he came in, I said, "I'm here to get the sutures out, and by the way, I've had to take prednisone over the last week, and this is my first day off. I've had one neb treatment and 4 puffs to Combivent today and have been having some problems with breathing due to unavoidable exposure to triggers, but I'm fine right now...I've stabilized myself. My lungs feel open to me." You should have seen the look on his face! I'm laughing about it. In all fairness, you wouldn't expect a medical assistant at a PCP office to know about asthma.
So, I feel good, I'm at peace now, and we'll see how it goes.
In terms of asthma, I don't know what to make of it, so your thoughts might be helpful. On the one hand, I'm coughing up that clear fluid, and I have a cough that echos like when you're in a cave-it's not my normal cough. I feel tight. Yet, when I take my peak flows measurements I'm at 90%. When I saw the head of the board of allergy, asthma, and immunology in Texas, he said that under such circumstances the symptoms are not asthma since the peak flow is so high. Therefore, he recommended not treating for asthma, since what are you treating if the asthma is not causing the problems? However, if the peak flows are borderline-82 or 83% for example, with symptoms, then treat for asthma with rescue meds. So, I haven't used the rescue meds, and the lungs aren't getting better, but they aren't getting worse. They feel different than normal, but the peak flows are very strong and no where near a yellow zone. I'm not coughing up anything with color to it, so I have no idea-just monitoring peak flows as I go.
Let me know if any of you have had such a thing as this happen with your lungs.
I don't know if my last post went through-sorry if this is a repeat.
It turns out the peak flows were varying between 70-90 % of expected value. A friend of mine emailed pictures of a fire that is happening about 9 miles from me and said they were doing controlled burns, which I was not aware of.
The wound from the outpatient surgery is on my back, so I can't see it well. The PCP said to try to avoid prednisone if at all possible due to greater likelihood of infection and impaired wound healing that prednisone causes. I've worked in healthcare and have seen what the worse case scenario can be for infected wounds, including osteomyelitis and even one case where a knee replacement ended with amputation (which is highly unusual for knee replacements).
So, I've added Flovent 220 to Advair 500/50 and am continuing all the other control things, and I'm relying heavily on rescue meds. I woke twice last night and had to used Combivent, but it did work quickly. I woke up this afternoon (as last night was difficult I slept late) and was spasming and coughing, so took some more. I may start doing nebs routinely to get me through until the wound looks good. I have refrigerated air, and am running the air conditioner so the air goes through a filter and am staying inside as much as possible.
The PCP will be looking at the wound tomorrow, so we'll see what he wants to do.
I'm going to go out and get chocolates today and sit and watch TV and eat chocolate .
When he looked at it, he said the paper tape was irritating my skin, and I looked at it and had to explain to him the marks were from me scratching as the wound itself was itching, but I didn't scratch the wound by only around it. I know this sounds gross...sorry. Anyway, my point to him was that it wasn't from paper tape because I don't respond to paper tape.
I had to explain to him how I respond to bandaids, and he said, "well, you should be cleaning it every day." I looked confused, and said, "I do clean it every day, but then of course put something over it to cover it. If I use a bandaid adhesive every day for several days in a row, the skin gets irritated and has an atopic reaction." He gave me some duoderm, and I told him applying a small sheet would be difficult since the wound is on my back and I have to look in the mirror and reach in a hard to reach place. He saw I could reach it, but I had to try to explain to him that I've tried to put bandaids on the area, but it's hard to look in the mirror at the same time-it's hard to explain....it's in a place that is hard to reach while at the same time seeing it in the mirror.
So, he gave me several options, including small sheets of duoderm. He said he was unwilling to get me a larger sheet of duoderm because they are five dollars a sheet He gave me some large bandaides, and some large non absorbant gauze with some weak adhesive. The weak adhesive may or may not keep the dressing in place. Anyway, the gauze I've been using does stay in place, but the reason he doesn't care for it is that it absorbs instead of donates moisture.
In the end, though, he said that it was not infected and as long as it stayed not infected it should heal and I would have a scar. I told him after he removed the sutures it had a squishy feel to it under where the sutures had been. He said he perhaps should have kept the sutures in longer, but was concerned with infection. He then asked me again why I used the prednisone.
I told him I used it so I could breath. He said, "are you sure Singulair doesn't work for you?" I said, "yes, I used it for years, and I don't notice a big difference-maybe a small difference, but it has no effect on the total amount of prednisone I use per year. Besides, I found out that there was a fire close to where I live." He said, "so, couldn't you have put yourself on Singulair before the fire?" I said, "Singulair does not have a large effect for me, and I can't predict when fires will occur." He said, "well, this probably happened to the wound due to the prednisone." I said, "yes, I am aware of that. Pollution is one the strongest triggers for my asthma, so which is more harmful to the wound-me not breathing and having anoxic brain injury as a result or the prednisone?" He said nothing more.
So, bottom line-the wound is clean, the options he gave me may not work since my skin may react or I may have a hard time getting the dressing on the wound as its in an ackward area that its hard to reach while seeing the area clearly in the mirror, but I do have an option to keep it free of infection even if it doesn't have the ideal amount of moisture. He thinks that as long as I keep it free of infection it should heal well on its own. Just in case, he gave me a script for antibiotics and told me the signs of it being infected.
The wound is very slowly healing. The asthma is so-so. I'm taking the rescue drugs before the controllers to get more of them in and also continue with the increased controller medicine. I've had to stay indoors a lot as well. I have attacks every day, though....they do respond to the rescue drug. I can't take prednisone due to the wound.
I was sitting at the bus stop when a lady approached me and gave me literature.....it was religious and stated that typically when folks have chronic disease God is punishing them and people shouldn't take medicines because if they do they are leaning on the arm of flesh and not trusting God, thereby incurring more of the wrathe of God. It says that people with chronic disease are great sinners and must have done something really bad to deserve God doing that to them. She gave it to me after seeing me take rescue medicines due to the bus exhaust. So, there you go.....
John 9 tells about a man who was born blind. Many asked who sinned, him or his parents. Jesus said neither had sinned. Sickness can be a judgement for sin, but not always.
The Bible recommends the use of alcohol medicinally. In Proverbs it is used for pain relief, and Paul's writings suggests using it for stomach issues.
The disciple/apostle Luke was a physician. No where does it suggest that he quit practicing medicine. It is thought that he may have traveled with Paul on his missionary journeys as his physician.
Jesus was offered wine mingled with myrrh, a sedative which he refused it Mark 15:23. However, in John 19:30 he received the drink and then cried "it is finished". So, Jesus did take a drink of the sedative sedonds before he died, but He still took it.
Matthew 9 and several other gospels tell of a women with an issue of blood who had sought help from multiple doctors. Jesus never condemns her for seeking the help of doctors, but does praise her faith for coming to Him for healing.
Many herbs are mentioned in the Bible. Many of the these herbs are known for their anitbiotic, anit-inflamatory, and other medicinal properties. The Bible does validate the use of herbs for medicinal purposes. Most medications are refined from natural resources like herbs, tree bark, animals, etc.
So, I hope you can now see that the Bible in no way condemns anyone for turning to medicine for healing. You are not incurring God's wrath by using medicine.
I have told my GP (we go to the same church) on several occassions that I am very thankful that God allowed me to live at this time with the meidcal technology that we have instead of even just 50 years ago. Ultimately, all knowledge comes from god. Therefore, the knowledge pharmaceutical companies and doctors have has been granted by God. To say that He does not want us to use that knowledge is ludicrous.
There is a problem when we seek help only in medicine and ignore God's power and authority in using those medications for healing. We do still need to be praying for God's healing.
Sorry to rant on this, but I have struggled with this issue myself. People in their arrogant self-righteousness find it easy to judge when they have no idea what God is really doing!!
Take care and feel better.
I shared the information with a friend of mine of 20 years who grew up Southern Baptist. He was "dumbfounded" and said it presented a very extreme view. He looked them up on the internet, and then gave me their web pages. It turns out they have had a legal case against them, and also some of the mainline denominations have stated their theological views are way off and unBiblical. Some mainline denominations have said their theological understanding is overly legalistic and they have forgotten grace. I didn't see it on the group's website, but one webpage said the group claims mainline denominations are going to hell. They have a camp that people live in and the leaders are authoritarian, so some websites call them a cult. I tried to get from their website more information to tease apart exactly where they stand since they did have one page out of 45 (or more) that mentioned herbs can be used in healing, but was unable to find anything. Mostly what I found is a very legalistic/Torah type of teaching. To be truthful, I thought there were some valid aspects to some of their theological teaching apart from their views on illness. But, yes, I agree that telling a person who has a chronic illness that they are a wretched sinner who God has rejected and they shouldn't take their medicines and then adopt policies that would increase air pollution was very concerning to me. As I've said, they do have a history of lawsuits against them from former members. However, I do not know if the claims against them are valid as the group did not show up to court. So, they are unsubstantiated claims.
I once had a guy with Parkinson's disease ask me what horrible sin he committed. I didn't know how to respond, except to say, "well, we've all sinned, and God sees you through the blood of Christ, so when he sees you he sees you through his love and no matter what you have done or failed to do you are infinitely valuable in His sight." It was grace oriented, so I don't know if it was the right thing to say, though.
You are exactly correct about with your response to the Parkinson diseased man, all that matters is that we have placed ourselves under the blood of Christ. Ultimately, God's grace is all that we have. We certainly deserve much worse.
I think of my illness several ways, but one is "Why not me?" Why should I think of myself as in anyway being better than the next person so I shouldn't get sick? If He can use my illness to in anyway encourage someone else, to cause a doctor to seek knowledge that helps someone else get better faster, to draw me closer to Him, God is working in His way for His purpose. Isaiah 55:8&9 apply as well - I cannot presume to know what God is thinking when He allows things to come into my life. He has His own plan and purspoe that is beyond my comprehension. There is an old Twila Paris song "Tapestry" that relates. We are looking and the bottom of a tapestry with loose ends and other things that distract from the image that is being woven. God is looking at the top side that is a beautiful image.
It is too late and I am rambling.
Have a great week.
However, I come from a hyper grace and sola gratia environment and was strongly encouraged to think for myself. So, I can read things like this and try to understand where they are coming from and then attempt to evaluate for myself if it holds validity. So, although it upsets me some, my approach is to ask myself if I can control them and then to look at myself and see what the Bible says in how to respond and ask God to help me to grow so I can respond in a loving way. Writings like that do make it harder, though.
In terms of the Parkinson's patient, I honestly didn't know why he had Parkinson other than the medical explanation. So, I didn't really answer his question other than to say that hating yourself in the present isn't going to help anything, and in the end we all are sinners and everyone makes mistakes, and emphasizing the unconditional nature of God's love. The guy was crying, and so I thought, "well, what would love say?" I didn't want him to hate himself because that would only pull him into a deeper mental hell than he already was in. So, I said, "you're hurting, so love yourself and be kind to yourself. When in doubt, douse it with the energy of compassion." That's my sola gratia background coming through.
Anyway, it's hard to deal with folks who don't understand, and I'm still learning, God willing I'm continue to learn as long as I'm alive.
Have a good week as well.
Anyway, turns out my PCP was correct and the gauze was in fact causing a reaction-I looked at the area today and there were huge bumps and redness everywhere and it itched like crazy. So, I decided I should have listened to him and tried the best I could to put the Duoderm on there, but it took three tries to get it in the right space. He said it would heal regardless as long as it didn't get infected, but the Duoderm would get it to heal very fast and then I wouldn't have to worry about the wound and could take whatever I needed for the asthma, including prednisone. Meanwhile, I'm still having 2-3 attacks a day that respond very quickly to rescue meds. Also, despite the allergic reaction the wound itself is closing and is much smaller than it has been and much less deep. It continues to have no signs of being infected.
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Twisted Metal ReviewBy Jason D'Aprile - Posted Feb 14, 2012
It's a fiery blast from the past as Sweet Tooth and the gang return for more vehicular homicide. The Twisted Metal tournament goes online and off this time around, complete with plenty of cars, arenas, and creepy heavy metal vibes.
The Pros
- Creative modes and interesting character design
- Strong multiplayer
- Well-designed arenas and nice array of vehicles
The Cons
- Pinball physics and extremely old-school design add frustration
- Single-player mode is lackluster
- Controls can be problematic and certain level and design elements are poorly executed
- Unspectacular graphics
Twisted Metal Review:
After a long sabbatical, one of Sony's most nostalgic franchises is back. Twisted Metal will be instantly familiar to the legion of gamers who spent hours orchestrating vehicular mayhem on their PSOnes. As it turns out, after so many years, very little has changed. Twisted Metal is a game that unabashedly services those old school gamers with its retro, arcade action, but it also unintentionally proves just how far action games in general and driving games in specific have come.
Anyone Still have a Sweet Tooth?
Although there are plenty of familiar faces (and vehicles) in this latest iteration of the vile Calypso's carnival of death, Twisted Metal's single-player focus starts entirely on Sweet Tooth. The campaign shows off the story of this twisted, psycho-killing freak of nature through schlocky, Grade-Z horror movie vignettes. The killer clown recounts his origin and need to find the "one that got away".
In this case, that means track down one poor girl who escaped from his first, family-killing rampage, so that he can kill her. It's not exactly a heart-warming tale, but fans of bad slasher flicks will likely get a kick out of the anti-hero focus. For those not obsessed with being a psycho, however, Sweet Tooth isn't a particularly interesting or engaging character to be, but as the game progresses things expand a bit.
More to the point, while the creepy cinematics add a little window dressing to the presentation, the actual characters are irrelevant. The game is all about the cars, which are no longer locked to a specific driver. Players can choose three different vehicles in most matches, which can be swapped out in the garage found on each map. Since cars don't automatically regenerate health, the game can become a race to either find health power-ups or get to the garage before exploding.
Each vehicle has its own signature move, which recharges after use, and a pre-selected main gun. Beyond that, it's a free-for-all to pick up weapon power-ups. Racing around the huge, usually open arenas looking for things to blow up, while stocking up on a variety of missiles, mines, and other explosive goodies is usually an entertaining, if old school endeavor.
Pinball Driving
The problems come into play when dealing with the over-the-top physics that make the cars seem like lead-weight pinballs. The game has an annoying tendency to throw cars up into the air for almost any reason, and the physic effects feel too unreliable and unnecessarily obnoxious. Another noticeable problem is while the focus is clearly on combat, the driving, in contrast, feels outright simplistic.
This shortcoming is especially apparent during the ill-conceived racing events in the single-player game. Early on, the competitors are racing down a treacherous mountain road to make first place, because otherwise it's instant death. The event is an exercise in frustration thanks to the mix of sloppy, intrusive physics and underwhelming driving mechanics.
Thankfully, most events focus squarely on just blowing everyone else up, and Twisted Metal fares much better when it sets its sights on basic destruction. Health bars over each car easily inform their status, and the mini-map lets players keep track of the competition. Each level has tons of destructible elements as well, though it's remarkably uneven about what can and can't be destroyed.
The levels each offer a different setting, and most are very creative. The death-trap filled indoor arena, for instance, tasks players with willfully going through swinging spikes to acquire power-ups. The cage match is a nice twist on deathmatch, since it requires players to stay within a specific (and moving) area of the map. On the downside, ice is handled horribly—it makes the cars virtually uncontrollable.
Murder with Friends
While the single-player game does a good job of bringing out all the flaws in the game's design, the multiplayer goes a long way to helping Twisted Metal gain ground. This was clearly meant to be a multiplayer game and while the combat and controls aren't as nearly as refined as Rage's car combat, the potential for destruction is far more expansive.
Supporting up to 16 players online, and even sporting two and four-way split screen action, Twisted Metal is the only game in town for widespread vehicular homicide. The levels are diverse and filled with things to discover, the 13 or so cars accommodate virtually any play style, and the game modes range from the traditional free-for-all and team deathmatches to nuke, which tasks teams with capturing the opposing leader, dragging him back and launching him in a missile.
All this destruction is brought to life with an engine that feels serviceable, if not exceptional. Twisted Metal is decent looking, but hardly impressive. The score is a variety of heavy metal tracks, the effects are excellent, and the voice work is decent.
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Twisted Metal is a hard sell for those in search of a well-rounded driving game. The game play and physics feel almost as if they were ripped from the original PSOne game, and the genre has come a long way since then. While the single-player game is weak, the multiplayer is mostly fun and creative. It's disappointing that after such a long wait, the game didn't evolve more, but fans of the original are certain to enjoy this blast from the past.
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A To Do List For 2013: Why, how, and what.Sunday, December 30th, 2012
An earlier version of this post appeared at One Night Stanzas in December 2008.
OK, as regular readers might have noticed, I am an obsessive list-maker. I make time for a Love List and a Link Love List every week, and New Year is my favourite time — it's all about wishing and hoping, planning and dreaming, as Dusty would've said (or rather, mimed hideously!). I've been reading a lot of articles recently rubbishing this kind of thing, but forget it — I am a typical dreamy Pisces, and I need to organise myself well in advance. So I will still be making New Year's Resolutions (though only ones I know I can keep!), and I'll also be writing a 2013 To Do List.
Why should I write a To Do List for the whole year?
Well, everyone writes To Do Lists from time to time, no matter how well organised they are… usually when they have a lot on, and it's important that they get everything done. Well, apply that kind of thinking to a whole year — how much stuff will you have to deal with between now and December 31st next year? Surely it's a good idea to have a bit of a plan before you start, in order to hit the ground running. You can never be too organised.
Also, a year might seem like a long time but as we all know, you get to Christmas every year and inevitably find yourself commenting on how it only seems like five minutes since it was January. This is why it's not only important to write down all the achievements of the past year, but also to get ready for the next one, to make sure that the 365 fleeting days are well-spent. Here's a fact for you: if you write down your goals, you are more likely to achieve them, so To Do Lists are NOT a waste of time. If there's something you really want to achieve in the next 12 months, write it down now… it could make the difference between success and failure.
How should I do it?
Prioritise: Maybe you have some goals that you're desperate to achieve — getting really good exam results, for example. Maybe there are others that aren't so vital — you'd really like to get your poetry published in a certain place, for example, but if it doesn't happen you won't be totally devasted. And maybe you just have some odd little whims that you can take or leave but might try out at some point…
A good idea might be to write three separate lists, or divide your list into three 'sections' according to your priorities. Don't sweat the small stuff — but at the same time, don't forget it either. Put the biggest want for 2013 at the very top of the list in big letters, and keep the airy whims for the end.
Be realistic: Don't clutter up your To Do List with things that you know aren't achieveable in the next year. If you start too big you'll end up disappointed with yourself at the end of the year when you find you haven't reached you goal — remember, as I said, a year isn't as long as it seems! If you have a big goal like saving up for a house or writing and publishing an epic six-part novel, you might want to make a separate list for the next five years, ten years or whatever. You can also put slightly silly goals like "note to self: win the lottery" on a fantasy To Do List if you like… just keep them off the serious list!
Expand: If you have a goal but aren't sure how you're going to achieve it, you can turn your list into more of a plan. If your goal is to travel for six months, for example, you can note down the steps you think you'll need to take to get there… "get job / open savings account / save up and stop buying notebooks obsessively (confession!) / book flights in advance" etc. A great big goal can seem a bit scary and unrealistic, but break it down into smaller steps and it will seem less intimidating and easier to achieve.
Share: You might not want to let other people in on your cunning plan for world domination, but showing your To Do List to someone else can make you more likely to get where you want to be. Proving to someone else that you can do it gives you added incentive, and having someone to talk to if the going gets rough is always useful. If you're feeling shy, just show your best friend or a family member who won't snigger at the fact that your ambition for the year is to become a professional Cliff Richard impersonator or whatever… or if you're more confident, get thee to your blog, or better still, spread the To Do List idea around your friends. If they also draw one up you can compare notes and keep one another going!
Display: Once you've written your To Do List, don't just stuff it in a drawer or squirrel it away in a dusty old file on your computer desktop. Put it somewhere you'll see it often, and make sure you check back every so often to see how you're doing. It may sound daft, but crossing another thing off your list brings a real sense of achievement, AND if you get to the end of the year with everything crossed off, how awesome is it going to feel?? If your To Do List is out in the open you can also update it as more ideas and ambitions hit you during the year… and this humble piece of paper will serve as a cool memento of the fabulous 12 months you've finally put behind you once you get to New Year 2010!
What should I put on my To Do List?
Anything you want. The important thing is that, if you think you can achieve it in a year, you should put it down, regardless of how daft it might seem. If you're worried about other people thinking you're nuts, you don't have to show the list to anyone… and if you end up not achieving the big goal for the year, you can transfer it to next year's list instead. Nothing is too small for the list, and nothing is too vague. "Finish reading the last Harry Potter" is just as acceptable as "Conquer Finnegan's Wake," and "be more confident," might seem very general, but putting it down on paper is the first step towards getting it done.
Note! The To Do List you make is there to be scribbled all over, torn to bits and stuck together again or chucked on the fire if you so wish. Don't write it and then assume it's set in stone. You can add things at a later date, remove things if you change your mind, and tear it up and start again in August if you find your priorities shifting massively. You're not writing a personal Bible or anything, you're just visualising goals, which is the first step on the road to achieving them. If, halfway down that road, those goals don't seem as appealing anymore, no worries. The whole point of the To Do List is that it can — and probably should — evolve. Happy listing!
What's on YOUR To Do List for 2013?
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Home List of Titles Population movement and social justice : an exploration of issues, trends and implications
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/33993
- Title
- Population movement and social justice : an exploration of issues, trends and implications
- Author(s)
- Wulff, Maryann; Flood, Joe; Newton, Peter W.
- Abstract
- Approximately 16 per cent of Australian households change their residence in any given year. Just over half stay within the same metropolitan area and another quarter remain within the same statistical region. About 11 per cent of households make a longer, inter-regional, move. In this process of changing residence, however, not all population groups fare equally well. Certain groups, particularly disadvantaged households with limited choices or those forced to move by external circumstances may find their situation worsened by the move. This report examines population movements and internal migration decisions from the perspective of social justice. Drawing upon a broad range of literature encompassing urban policy, social justice and internal migration, this report develops a framework---termed the Social Justice Checklist---for interpreting the social justice implications of migration decisions. The Social Justice Checklist emphasises that population movements take place within existing socio-spatial structures. The social location of movers (within the broader social structure) and the spatial dimensions of the move are equally important elements of social justice principles. The basic dimensions of the Social Justice Checklist include an understanding of the nature and scale of population movement; the decision-making behind the move; the spatial dimensions of the move; and a number of broad socio-spatial issues such as the impact of the move on the real income of the household, on patterns of segregation, and on the equitable distribution of a broad range of urban goods and resources (employment, transport facilities, community services). This report then applies the Social Justice Checklist to four common types of move: moves to outer suburban areas; inter-regional moves; international migration; and forced moves. This exercise draws primarily on available literature and studies, but in addition provides some original analyses of the 1987 Internal Migration Survey. For each type of move, the nature, scale and characteristics of the move (and movers) are described, followed by an interpretation of the move from social justice principles. Particular groups of movers highlighted as potentially disadvantaged in social justice terms include lower income movers to under-serviced outer suburban areas, unemployed making long distance moves to coastal regions in New South Wales and Queensland, recently arrived migrants to capital cities, and low income private renters forced to move, with the most extreme example being the homeless. The report also indicates that a focus on the social justice implications of mobility can shift attention away from immobility. In many cases it is the sheer immobility of households that creates disadvantage. Residents of declining rural regions where property values are one-quarter to one-half of those in capital cities are in a sense trapped in those areas. An even more extreme example of immobility is the plight of women trapped in situations of domestic violence with no safe alternative housing options. The report concludes with several recommendations for further research into the links between mobility and social justice, suggesting that only innovative research designs and policy formulae that place the household in the context of its location can provide an adequate response to mobility and well-being. [Executive summary]
- Publication type
- Book
- Source
- Social Justice Research Program into Locational Disadvantage reports ; no. 11
- Publication year
- 1993
- Keyword(s)
- Australia; Internal migration; Residential mobility; Social justice; Socio-spatial factors
- Publisher
- Australian Government Publishing Service Press
- 0644295643
- Publisher URL
- none
- Copyright
- Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia 1993.
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February 28, 2012
The Department of Energy's Implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), Policies for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors, was established in August 2004 to enhance national security and mandate the use of a Federal government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification for Federal employees and contractors. The Department of Energy (Department) initiated its HSPD-12 efforts in 2004 and has spent more than $15 million, most of which was dedicated to issuance and maintenance of badges. However, recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance directed that Federal agencies should have physical and logical access controls fully installed and that policy be issued by each agency to ensure all new systems under development be enabled to use HSPD-12 credentials. In light of the updated OMB requirements, we initiated this audit to determine whether the Department implemented physical and logical access controls in accordance with HSPD-12.
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There is nothing a 14-year-old boy likes better than an explosion, and nothing more entertaining than a night of fireworks. At least so it is with my son, Sam, whose teenage solution to all problems is the wise-ass comment: "Let's blow it up." He says this just to irk me, I know, but it does convey a glimpse into the workings of his teenage brain, even if it sounds a bit clichéd.
For his recent birthday, Sam's requests were varied: lemon cake, a collection of Shakespeare's plays and fireworks. And, as part of the occasion, we took a trip to Mess's Fireworks, a factory outlet store in Great Bend, PA. Sam and his friend traipsed the aisles of the warehouse in awe, feverishly calculating how many Roman candles, camellia flowers and mortars they could procure for $50. Just the names of all the available pyrotechnics were fun—"neighbor hater," "total chaos," "bigger than life" (fountain style), "cruel mistress" (mortars) and "friendship pagoda," to name a few. Exploding chickens, frogs and lady bugs figured prominently. You can even get a wooden Howwitzer 105MM artillery crate to store your fireworks in.
It was amusing to watch the kids, as well. But I also felt a little wistful when I remembered taking Sam for a tour of Marshall Machinery on his fourth birthday. Then, he was vibrating with excitement as we strolled in the grassy field filled with tractors and farm equipment, without a bit of money spent.
These days, the kids can hardly wait till dark to start firing things off and roll their eyes at my continual safety warnings. "We know, we know," they say. This is not like you are just eating a little "play-doh" I think, remembering that dough's enormous culinary appeal to their two-year-old selves. Plus, if there is anything I know about fireworks, it is that bigger is better. You might start small with a firecracker taped to a cardboard airplane, followed by the combustion of an old rat-haired Barbie doll and so forth, addictively progressing up the fire food chain, until before you know it the house is on fire.
Most elegant of all the fireworks, however, are the paper balloons known as "sky lanterns," which float on the air currents, operated by an open flame. Last year, returning from the movies in Callicoon, NY, John and the kids saw a flotilla of sky lanterns, apparently launched from a party on a neighboring hill. The kids were scared, fearing alien invasion. But at least John knew better, although according to the kids, he hopped out of the car and invited the "aliens" down for a visit. The next day we found one of the white balloons snagged in a neighboring field. Needless to say, all of this has become quite a joke in our family.
This year the kids were delighted to find sky lanterns for sale at Mess's Fireworks. They are lovely to watch, drifting away in the night air, over the hill, until they are just a speck of light.


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Home List of Titles Killed whole bacterial cells, a mucosal delivery system for the induction of immunity in the respiratory tract and middle ear: an overview
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/227495
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- Killed whole bacterial cells, a mucosal delivery system for the induction of immunity in the respiratory tract and middle ear: an overview
- Author(s)
- Kyd, Jennelle M.; Cripps, Allan W.
- Abstract
- Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with mucosal membranes being the most frequent portals of entry of pathogenic micro-organisms. This has prompted studies aimed at the development of vaccination protocols that would lead to an increased protection of mucosae through an understanding of the common mucosal immune system as an immune communication network between mucosal sites. Recent studies have suggested that preferential sub-networks exist within the system and these studies have exploited the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT)-lung sub-network in the development of oral vaccine strategies for infections of the respiratory tract and middle ear. Mucosal immunization with whole formalin killed Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa), Branhamella catarrhalis, nontypable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) or Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) results in enhanced homologous bacterial clearance from the lung of immune animals challenged with live bacteria. These studies have been extended to the middle ear where similar results have been observed for NTHi and Spn. Mechanisms responsible for inducing enhanced bacterial clearance from the airways include opsonising antibody, antigen specific CD4+ T helper cells, cytokine responses and recruitment of activated polymophonuclear neutrophils. The mechanisms induced by immunization which stimulates the immune system to rapidly mobilise both innate and specific immune responses during infection are the subject of ongoing research.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Vaccine, Vol. 17, no. 13-14 (Jan 1999), pp. 1775-1781
- Publication year
- 1999
- FOR Code(s)
- 06 Biological Sciences; 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; 11 Medical and Health Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Bacteria; Haemophilus influenzae; Immunisation; Infectious diesases; Mucosal immunity; Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Peer reviewed


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Ed Chamberlin: Cue Card the pick
Ed Chamberlin looks at the world of racing and the Premier League in his latest blog.
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Racing needs a lift after the Kauto Star row and the injuries sustained by Big Bucks and Al Ferof this week.
The next 10 days should do just that as there is brilliant racing left right and centre in England and Ireland.
The centrepiece is the King George
at Kempton on Boxing Day.
We'll be making our annual family pilgrimage to Wincanton with moaning children in the back, turkey sandwiches in the boot and anxious parents in the front as the meeting usually has to survive at least two inspections or get abandoned just as we turn off the A303.
It's always colder than the North Pole and my mind is on the football and the King George - but it's still a lot of fun.
The crush in the Members' Bar at the Somerset track holds great memories of Desert Orchid, Barton Bank, Teeton Mill et al and most recently Kauto Star. No Kauto this year but still an intriguing renewal.
I'm keen to take on Long Run again as all the same issues apply that I listed before his reappearance at Haydock.
It was yet another solid performance but without the x-factor and extra gear he seemed to possess two seasons ago.
The superb crop of second season chasers look all set to take over the mantle from the more established stars and I really fancy Cue Card to lift Boxing Day's big prize.
We know the Arkle form is red hot with Sprinter's Sacre's exploits, Al Ferof's Cheltenham win and Cue Card's brilliant performance in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter.
I thought that was one of the best performances of the season so far and I'm delighted that the Tizzards have resisted other temptations and saved him for this race.
Joe Tizzard is worried about the longer trip but I reckon three miles round Kempton might be perfect for him and I've taken some of the 9/2 with Skybet.
Elsewhere, I know AP McCoy is very keen on Teaforthree's chance in the Welsh Grand National, I fancy Oscars Well to beat Arvika Legionnaire in the big novice chase at Leopardstown and will be backing My Tent Or Yours wherever he appears next.
More immediately I fancy Claret Cloak to run a big race in the Ladbroke Hurdle
at Ascot on Saturday.
This horse ran really well here last month when Emma Lavelle's horses were struggling for form. Her stable is now bang in form and Claret Cloak is fancied to run a big race at 14/1 with Skybet.
Skybet's Premier League Title odds: 1/2 Man Utd, 2/1 Man City, 14/1 Chelsea, 66/1 bar
Skybet's Relegation betting: 1/9 Reading, 8/11 QPR, Evens Southampton, 6/4 Wigan, 3/1 Sunderland, 9/2 Aston Villa, 7/1 Newcastle 10/1 bar
Get set for a brilliant sporting Christmas with a feast of football and racing, the PDC Darts World Championship, cricket in India and lots more.
It was business as usual at the top of the Premier League last weekend, with the Manchester clubs both winning and United shortening just a fraction in Skybet's title betting, but it was all change at the bottom.
QPR's first win at the 17th attempt lifted them off the bottom and saw their price for relegation drift to 8/11. Wigan remain odds against for the drop but in the bottom three, Villa are out to 9/2 after a brilliant win at Anfield, while Sunderland and Newcastle are slipping in to dangerous territory.
It looks bleak for Reading after conceding another five to Arsenal on the Monday Night Football and they are down to 1/9 to lose their Premier League status.
It doesn't get any easier for Brian McDermott's side at this weekend they travel to the home of the champions.
I fear they are catching Manchester City at a bad time as for large parts of the game against Newcastle they played their best football of the season and the champions might be beginning to purr.
One thing for sure, as Gary Neville explained on MNF, they cannot afford to go with just the two in central midfield they played against Arsenal. If they do, City will tear them apart.
Manchester United go to Swansea for the first game on our Super Sunday double header.
United are on a great roll at the moment having taken 30 points from the last 33 available and are guaranteed top spot on Christmas Day - the last three teams top on December 25 have gone on to win the title.
That last time Manchester United lost to Swansea, Argentina were about to surrender in the Falklands War, an artificial heart was used on the first human and Michael Jackson released 'Thriller' (January 1982). Swansea have made their best start to a campaign in the top flight since that season but I was disappointed with them at White Hart Lane last weekend, where they didn't produce a single shot on target.
Michu will want to put that right on Sunday as he is just one Premier League goal short of Sergio Aguero's record of 13 scored by a foreign player in the League before Christmas in their debut season.
Swansea's Spanish forward, who goes head to head with joint top scorer Robin van Persie, is level with Mark Viduka, who managed to also score 12 Premier League goals for Leeds before Christmas in 2000-01.
After the game at the Liberty Stadium we have Chelsea v Aston Villa live from Stamford Bridge.
What a great time this is for Villa to be travelling to Stamford Bridge. They are in great form themselves, Christian Benteke is on fire and Chelsea are coming off the back of trips to Japan and Leeds!
Villa won this fixture 3-1 last season and there should be goals again - there have been 28 goals in the last five Premier League meetings between these two at Chelsea.
Other things to look out for this weekend: under 2.5 goals could be the way to go at Anfield.
Fulham's last four visits to Liverpool have produced just two goals.
It's likely to be the opposite at Wigan as Arsenal have scored 20 goals in the last seven Premier League meetings and their last four games at the DW Stadium have produced 18 goals.
Finally, Everton look an attractive price at 11/8 with Skybet to win at West Ham, who have major injury problems for the Upton Park clash.
Everton have won more points (58) and scored more goals (58) against West Ham than they have against any other Premier League side.
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Those county officials are going hunting, trying to capture the elusive animal known as the "litterbug" whose bad habits are getting out of control there.
By using hidden camera video as a tool to crack down on illegal dumping, they hope to "bag" the ever-worsening problem with trash and litter on roadways, including old sofas, mattresses and hot tubs, among other discarded items pictured.
Along with the positives from the Eagle Ford Shale boom, one of the downsides being reported here and in nearby counties is the growing litter problem – although much of it may be the result of "home-grown terrorists."
Several articles in our newspaper in recent weeks have pointed to the filthy mess, including the dumping of old furniture at the Vineyard office and the blowing refuse along our roads and highways.
Fortunately, we can offer one upcoming event, which is eagerly anticipated by many each year, that allows citizens to do something about these "eyesores" in our midst.
Beeville is hosting its annual Spring Clean on Saturday, April 21.
And this year, "We're going to take tires," Code Enforcement Officer Ronald "Buddy" Hardy said. The city has received a grant to fund a tire collection effort in conjunction with the event.
Hardy said the tire collection effort will be limited to four tires from each household and no tires will be accepted from commercial businesses.
That's been a recurring problem because tires are not accepted at landfills or recycling centers and they must be discarded properly by licensed disposal services.
In addition, Hardy is looking for volunteers to help out during that day by picking up debris piles at the homes of elderly and disabled residents.
Volunteers from school, church, scouting and civic organizations and businesses are encouraged to participate again, bringing pickups and trailers with them.
Volunteers and residents who need assistance with collecting their debris piles should call City Hall and speak with Hardy. Also, they can show up next Saturday at the city equipment yard, 200 S. Jackson St.
C'mon, Bee County residents, start cleaning up your yards, homes and garages now. Don't mess with our community or you just might be caught on a "trash cam."
– Chip Latcham