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It was no more than ten degrees fahrenheit in the unheated warehouse and I had worn ballet flats. Bad life decision.
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James "Jim" Evertt Massingill, 74, of Amarillo died Monday, Jan. 4, 2010.
There will be no services. Arrangements are by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St.
Mr. Massingill was born June 7, 1935, in Post, Garza County, to Ernest Ray Massingill and Mabel Clara Adams Massingill. He grew up in various communities in Texas and graduated from Snyder High School in 1954.
Jim married Peggy Valerie Williamson in 1954 in Snyder, and they had four daughters. Jim later married Audrey Cannady Coddington in 1968 in San Angelo. During their marriage the couple lived in Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado, settling in Amarillo in 1982.
Jim worked as a welder in many aspects of construction, but his main career was in automotive parts. He retired as parts manager from Texas Dodge in Amarillo on Jan. 1, 2001.
Mr. Massingill enjoyed many activities in his lifetime. After retirement he did woodworking, making beautiful bowls, tables and other decorative pieces from exotic woods. Some of his other hobbies were model airplanes and scuba diving. His most cherished activity was volunteering at Emerson Elementary School in Amarillo, where he helped young students with reading and math. He was the recipient of many awards through his workplace and for his volunteer work.
Jim Massingill was a true gentleman. In quiet, often anonymous ways he performed acts of kindness for many people. He was the one to whom family and friends turned when they had problems, as they knew he would do his best to help them. He had a strict moral code for himself that he followed all his life.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Melba Dee Massingill Milholland; and two brothers, Darmond Elmo Massingill and Travis Elward Massingill.
Survivors include his wife, Audrey Cannady Massingill; his first wife, Peggy Williamson Patty of Roscoe; three daughters, Patricia Diane Lorentz, Joyce Darlene Kingston and husband Johnnie, and Sheryl Dene Baugh and husband Price, all of Roscoe; a stepdaughter, Debra Christine Ayala of Cortez, Colo.; a sister, Mary Smith and husband Reuben of Waynesboro, Va.; a brother, Glenn Elliott Massingill and wife Audrey of West Lake, La.; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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Football in Israel, the not-so-beautiful game
It brings out violent Arab-Jewish rivalries, fuels racism, and splits fans on party-political lines. Writer James Montague spent three years studying Middle East soccer - and learned what makes Israel tick.
Next Saturday, an event of huge political significance will take place in Israel. No, not the Kadima leadership contest. Nor yet another visit from a foreign statesperson seeking to kick-start the faltering road-map for peace. It's more important than that: the Israeli football season cranks back in to gear.
Glib? Perhaps. To some, football is merely a sport, something that exists as a form of escapism from the real world. But anyone with the remotest interest in Israeli football will tell you a different story. For the past three years I have been travelling the Middle East researching my book, When Friday Comes: Football in the War Zone, trying to understand the region through the beautiful game. Football is the one thing that everyone from Ta'izz to Tehran to Tel Aviv can agree on - certainly more so than religion, even language. It soon became clear to me that you could understand something of a society's conflicts and tensions as well as its hopes and aspirations. Nowhere is this borne out better than Israel.
Traditionally, the clashes on and off the field have centred on age-old left-right political antagonisms: the Hapoel clubs, traditionally aligned with Labour, rubbed the more centre-right Maccabi teams and nationalistic Beitar Jerusalem - which had a strong streak of support for Likud - up the wrong way.
The most heated rivalry of all, bar the more geographically minded clash between Tel Aviv's top two clubs, was when Beitar Jerusalem took on Hapoel Tel Aviv. "We had a cup final against Beitar in 1999 which was three days after the elections," says Uri Misgav, former sports editor at Ha'aretz. "Labour won and we took a huge banner to the game that read: 'We f****d you in the elections, now we will f*** you on the pitch.'"
For Misgav, Israeli football is much more than an exercise in 22 men kicking a ball around a field. It's a cathartic political experience that exposes some pretty fundamental tensions at the heart of Israeli society.
"The one thing that stays the same is hatred - the level of hatred," says Misgav. "Israeli society is so tense there are so many conflicts: religious, political, economic, social. It can get really ugly. In Israel it is not a culture of supporting, it is a culture of hating."
Left versus right, rich versus poor, Mizrahim versus Ashkenazim: some of the fundamental tensions at Israel's core are played out on the football pitch and fought out on the terraces every weekend.
That will be evident in the first match of this season, when Bnei Sakhnin will take on the champions Beitar Jerusalem.
Beitar Jerusalem are well known for their passionate fans but, more than any other club in Israel, they possess a large hard core of violent, Arab-hating, right-wing supporters. They are Israel's most populist club, have strong links to the Likud party and can count the likes of Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert and Binyamin Netanyahu as staunch fans.
It is said that any politician who can win over Beitar's notorious fans can win a million votes - quite a prize in a country of only seven million. But a large minority of those fans exact a high price for that loyalty. Just last season, Beitar's fans were banned from attending a game against Bnei Sakhnin after they whistled during a minute's silence for Yitzhak Rabin and sang that "Mohammed is dead".
After the punishment, a group of fans attacked the offices of the FA, and daubed death threats on its walls. And in one match last season, which they needed to win to secure the championship, the fans invaded the pitch, causing the game to be called off and Beitar stripped of their victory.
Bnei Sakhnin, on the other, was formed in 1996 and is the team of the "20": Israel's Arab Muslims that make up 20 per cent of the population. The small, 25,000-strong town of Sakhnin lies in the northern Galilee region where the Arab population is centred. Unemployment and poverty are worse here than in the rest of the country - a product, many Arab Israelis say, of a latent anti-Muslim racism.
For many Israeli Arabs, Bnei Sakhnin is one of the only symbols of Arab Israeli identity. Sakhnin fans see themselves as marginalised outsiders disliked by their fellow countrymen, not to mention their Arab neighbours who view them with suspicion for not going into "noble exile". Beitar fans see themselves as the true sons of Israel, and consider Israel's "20" an aberration, as fifth columnists.
"The rivalry is clearly based on the Arab-Israeli conflict," explains Jeremy Last, sports editor for the Jerusalem Post. "Beitar is a club whose fans have always had strong links to right-wing political groups and who have a deep distrust, and in some cases hatred, of the Arabs. Sakhnin is the one Arab club which has had success in recent years, and their prominence in Israeli football has fuelled the rivalry."
One man intimately acquainted with the rivalry is Abbas Suan. Suan was Sakhnin's talisman and captain until 2006, and led the team to victory through its most successful period - a stint in the top flight, silverware in the form of the national cup, and a brief foray into Europe. He came to worldwide prominence after scoring the late, late equalising goal against Ireland in the qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup.T
he goal briefly kept alive Israel's chances, transforming him overnight to a hero for the whole country. It even got him a nomination as a Time "Man of the Year". He came to earth with a bump a week later when Sakhnin travelled to Beitar for the next league match. The fans unfurled a banner that proclaimed "Suan, you are not one of us" before singing that they "hoped he would die of cancer soon".
After one derby, he was attacked. "It was the most horrible scene I've witnessed in football, and I was really frightened," he told me when I met him at his family home in Sakhnin. "I was sitting in the TV studio and the fans of Beitar started throwing stones and rioting. They managed to break into the studio. We lost 3-0. Why were they rioting?"
Oddly, Suan almost signed for Beitar in 2006. The club's owner, Arkadi Gaydamak, the controversial Russian-born billionaire with political ambitions who also gives money to keep Bnei Sakhnin afloat, sounded out Suan about a move to the Teddy. When the fans heard of this treachery, there were demonstrations and riots. Unsurprisingly, the move fell through and he went to Maccabi Haifa instead.
Yet for the all the political rivalries, Israeli football is slowly changing. Money has flooded the game. Following the model of the English Premiership, it seems that a team can't compete without the patronage of a billionaire sugar-daddy like Gaydamak or Daniel Jammer, the owner of Maccabi Netanya, whose money helped the team to a second-place finish last season and helped attract a new high-profile manager in the form of German legend Lothar Matthaus.
Yet the one fixture that stubbornly refuses to be defused is when Sakhnin play Beitar. Perhaps it is a hardening of attitudes that keeps it alive. Israel's Arabs, after all, are the most visible example of the oft-quoted demographic time-bomb. The 20 will soon be the 22; the sector is growing at a faster rate than Israel's Jewish population.
If this has emboldened Sakhnin's fans, it is only natural that Beitar's hard core would dig their heels in further, much to the disgust of Gaydamak, who has tried to kick out the racism at his club by first trying to sign Suan and then part-bankrolling Sakhnin. "I am the team and I have no intention to sell it. The idiot bastards can leave," Gaydamak told Army Radio after last season's pitch invasion.
He could perhaps find solace in another of Israel's first-division football clubs. Bnei Yehuda is the Beitar of Tel Aviv: their supporters are largely of Mizrahi (Middle Eastern) descent, vote Likud and are avowedly nationalistic. Yet even they have grasped a nettle that Beitar fans refuse to. "We didn't have any Arabs play for us until four years ago, and the one we signed wasn't very good," explains Avi, a member of Bnei Yehuda's Parliament fan group. "As long as he's good, we don't care now. Beitar hate the Arabs, but we are a little more realistic. After all, if someone comes and f***s me in the a***, it hurts, sure. But the second time he does it, it doesn't hurt so much. We've had an Arab [Muslim] player once, next time it'll hurt a little bit less."
On Saturday, the lid will again be lifted on Israel's internal discourse and prove, once again, that football is much more than just a game.
When Friday Comes: Football in the War Zone is published by Mainstream at £10.99
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Gunsmithing: Do Your Own Inspection and Function Testing on the M1911A1 (Part 2)
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My previous post covered the initial inspection and function testing of a new or used 1911A1 auto pistol. This time, we'll cover basic and detailed disassembly and inspection.
Some of the disassembly steps outlined in this entry may or may not exactly match your pistol, depending on things like what type of recoil spring it has, etc. For our purposes here, I'm going to assume that you have a basic 5-inch Government Model in .45 ACP.
There is a couple of ways to field strip this pistol, and as always, having the right tool for the job is critical. A nylon or steel bushing wrench is essential for a pistol that has a fitted Match barrel bushing, but the pistol can be disassembled without one if you have a pistol with a loose or factory barrel bushing. I have several bushing wrenches that suit a particular barrel/bushing configuration, and most pistolsmiths will have more than one if they work on the pistol for any length of time.
Starting with an unloaded pistol, and assuming that I have a standard-issue model without a fitted bushing, retract the slide rearward so that the slide release lines up with the disassembly notch on the slide.
Push out the slide release from the left to the right. Once it pops up, remove the slide release, keeping control of the pistol. Let the slide go forward with the right hand, while controlling the recoil spring as the slide comes off the frame.
Be careful: the spring is under pressure. One of the hazards of working with firearms is that there are many parts under spring pressure, and if that pressure is not controlled, springs will go flying! At best, you will lose a spring and have to get on your hands and knees and do the "gunsmith's crawl" in order to find it or buy another one. At worst, however, you can damage your eyes, or the eyes of someone else.
Always be careful when working around firearms for this reason. Eye protection is mandatory at all times at every gunsmithing school in the country. I've had metal embedded in my eyeball on two occasions, and I'll just say that the doctor will remove it with a hypodermic needle. Not fun!
Anyway, once I have the slide off the pistol and have removed the recoil spring and recoil spring guide, rotate the bushing clockwise and then remove the recoil spring plug. Then rotate the bushing counter-clockwise and remove the barrel and bushing from the slide.
If you are working on a pistol with a fitted Match barrel and bushing, and are doing repeated assembly and disassembly, always rotate the bushing around the smaller diameter area of the barrel, this will reduce the wear and tear on the bearing surface of the barrel and bushing. In a Match barrel, the last ½-inch of the barrel is .005 larger than the rest of the barrel. This is where the barrel and bushing are tightly fitted for greatest accuracy. I always slide the barrel forward so the muzzle sticks out the end of the bushing, which enables the bushing to be rotated around this smaller area.
So now we have the pistol partially disassembled, or "field stripped." At this point, I can perform a detailed inspection of the external parts of the pistol, prior to detailed disassembly.
Looking at the barrel, there are many areas that need inspection, and there are two important questions to consider when inspecting a new or used pistol. First, do the parts have cracks in critical areas? And second, has a previous owner worked the pistol?
One of the first areas of the barrel to look at if the pistol has seen any use is cracks. It doesn't matter if the pistol has only been shot a few rounds; I have seen barrels crack after only ten to fifteen rounds.
I usually inspect a part from front to back and side to side and top to bottom. Look at the muzzle and check for nicks and damage, and look to see if the pistol has been the recipient of a previous job of re-crowning. Especially look for nicks and damage that extends into the rifling. For example, I have re-crowned this Match barrel on a lathe with an 11-degree target crown. The other barrel is factory original.
Going back to the top locking lugs, look for rounded edges on the leading edge of the top locking lugs. I have seen where the front corners on these top locking lugs were completely filed away. Very unsafe! These lugs lock into recesses cut into the corresponding locking lugs in the slide. Also inspect the corners of the barrel hood and look for cracks in the corners of the hood.
Another good spot to look for previous repair work is by opening up the barrel ramp. This is probably one of the most botched jobs in all of pistolsmithing. Done correctly, it can ensure that the pistol feeds reliably with almost all types of ammunition.
Remember, when the original pistol was developed, the 230 grain round nosed hardball projectile was standard. Since then, there are myriad types of bullet nose configurations. The problem is that many times, people do not have the experience to properly diagnose malfunctions, or might jump to conclusions as to a pistol's failure to feed or chamber a round, and immediately think that the pistol needs to be throated, where it might be a case of a bad magazine or a burr in the firing pin hole, or the breech face is too tight, or the extractor is not fitted properly, or the bullet is seated out too far, or a hundred other reasons for the pistol malfunctioning.
I have seen some truly horrendous jobs, and many times, the barrel cannot be salvaged. Any pistol that has been modified to the point of being unsafe should be fixed immediately.
This is where a pistolsmith earns their money. A good one will know what is and what is not a safe modification, and when to replace the part or parts. One thing to look for is whether or not there is a change of angles. If the angle on the barrel throat is changed, it's usually a case where the barrel is modified in an unsafe manner and is beyond being salvaged and should be replaced.
Check the headspace with a headspace gauge. I have one that is a no-go gauge that has a step surface ground into it to make a go/no-go gauge.
The bottom locking lugs should also get special scrutiny. These are where the barrel sits on the slide stop when the pistol is in full battery. It is one of the three areas of barrel fit that directly affects the accuracy of the pistol, the other two being the top locking lugs and the barrel bushing/ bushing to slide fit.
Look at the rear of these bottom lugs. Look at the slot for the barrel link. That slot is a prime area for cracking. Anytime a part is machined with a sharp corner, it creates what's called a "stress riser" and is a likely spot to look for anytime pressure or force from repeated impacts takes place.
When the pistol is fired and recoils, the barrel is pulled down out of battery by the barrel link, and comes to a stop on the frame bed.
Another area to look for on the bottom lugs is if the barrel lugs are crashing into the slide stop pin. This area needs to be cleaned up so that is doesn't happen. I'll cover how to do this in future columns on barrel fitting. The link has to clear the front area of the bottom locking lugs for best functioning.
One check I always do is to take the frame, barrel and slide stop and insert the slide stop through the barrel link without the slide. Set the barrel down onto the frame bed as if the barrel was in the unlocked position. There should be a gap between the barrel mouth and the feed ramp on the frame of about 1/16th of an inch. THE TWO ANGLED SURFACES SHOULD NOT MEET! Many people with try to grind away the feed ramp to take away this gap in the mistaken notion that it is causing feeding malfunctions. In reality, if that step is taken away, it will CAUSE malfunctions.
Another check is to look down the inside of the barrel. I realize that most home gunsmith's don't have a borescope, but try to look down the barrel with a strong light and look for sharp rifling. .45 ammunition is pretty low pressure, in the neighborhood of 21,000 psi, where centerfire rifles go around 50-65 PSI's. So there probably won't have erosion from extensive shooting like you would see from a high-powered rifle, but the rifling at the tops of the lands should still be sharp.
Lastly, make sure the barrel link pun is staked in with a center punch. You don't want this pin walking during firing.
The bushing gets a quick check to make sure that the locking tab is not damaged. Also ensure that the bushing skirt is not cracked, as can sometimes happen if the bushing has been expanded in an attempt to accurize the pistol.
That's it for now. Next time I'll take apart the lower half and perform a complete inspection on those parts. I will also disassemble and inspect the slide, then reassemble the pistol and perform a final function check.
In future posts, we will build a custom carry 1911 starting from a box-stock pistol. Stay tuned!
About the gunsmith: Steve Sieberts has been in the firearms industry for more than twenty years, and has certificates from five gunsmithing schools, eight factory armorer's courses, and—perhaps most importantly—was the Chief Gunsmith for more than a decade at a classified Department of Defense facility involved in R&D, manufacturing and testing and evaluations of small arms for the military. A former member of the Army Marksmanship Unit, he has earned the Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge, President's Hundred Tab, and is a member of the NRA 2600 Club. He shot IPSC for many years and currently competes in IDPA matches.


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Breakfast links: Councilmember wishes
I have a 20 year old car. I know it is both "seepy" and leaks AC coolant. Both are bad for the environemnt. It is in garage so I'd guess 98% of the oil seep is ending up on the garage floor and eventually in some sewer. Not clear if that is treated.
Is it worth repairing -- not for the $1500. I'd rather put in an extra quart of oil every few months. However, somehow capturing that externality would be good.
Another argument for underground garage parking rather than street parking.
No, it's not worth repairing strictly from a monetary standpoint. It's also not worth the time and effort of disposing of household chemicals or batteries properly or recycling -- strictly from a monetary standpoint. Nor is the ROI positive for donating to charity. And, it's much easier to fart on the metro than to hold it in.
However, many people feel a moral obligation to be good stewards of our shared resources like clean air and water. On the other hand, I'll definitely agree that many other people operate with the view of squeezing every last dime out of society that is legal and not giving anything back that is not legally required. Which group would you like to be a part of?
The oil still goes somewhere, even if it is in a garage. I know my old employer in Bethesda would power-wash the garage every 6 months or so, I am sure the water was just pumped out and into the sewers, they were definitely not collecting it.
Regarding the rain barrel thing, this seems like a no-brainer. Spend 2.3 billion on one project, or spend less than that on a bunch of smaller projects. Through the DC Riversmart program, I am having a rain barrel installed. 150-gallons that won't get put into the sewers during rain storms. When you start talking about hundreds and thousands of these things, you have made a serious dent.
On Amazon, it costs $280 for a nice barrel. I have a $45 co-pay, so call it a cost to the program of $500/barrel when you include overhead.
For 10,000 barrels, that is a cost of $5,000,000. But those barrels can take up to 1.5 million gallons of water. I mean, for 2.3 billion, we could install 4.6 million barrels.
Heck, even for the 1,000,000 we are reactively spending to bail out Bloomingdale Homeowners without insurance, we could be proactive and put 2,000 barrels directly up-sewer of Bloomingdale.
Those Dupont Station tunnels are really cool. I never knew they existed. I wonder if the Metro tunnels are planned the way they are to avoid the old Street Car tunnels...
The Metro tunnels are very deep at Dupont/Woodley so they can go under the park.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't flood insurance basically impossible to get? I know my otherwise solid homeowners policy exempts flooding.
If only my HOA would not ban rain barrels.
In a word yes.
Cut and cover for the Dupont Circle metro station would have required the excavation of circle and the highway underpass.
The top of the bed rock is a few feet below the invert of the street car tunnel and highway underpass.
It was deemed simpler and cheaper and less disruptive to simply tunnel under the existing infrastructure then dig it up and restore it after building the station.
Flood insurance is a separate type of insurance you have to purchase in addition to a normal homeowners policy. If flood insurance is not available from private industry in your area, you should be able to buy it from the Federal Flood Insurance program. If you live in an area with at least a 1% chance per year of being flooded, you can't get a mortgage without flood insurance.
Treatment plants have a fixed capacity to treat harmful chemicals like motor oil. If they need to upgrade that capacity because there are more chemicals going into sewers, it's very expensive. Industrial users of chemicals are monitored so we can avoid expensive upgrades that will raise everyone's water bills but households are on their own to decide what they will allow to get into sewers.
Was the nicest office building in Bethesda. Class-A space I suppose expects things like a power-washed garage haha.
I tend to think, as this was basically man-made flooding (crap sewer system) that it was ok to bail them out this ONE time. I do think that people in Bloomingdale should be made very aware that this was a one time thing. If you live in Bloomingdale, and do not buy flood insurance after what happened this summer, I have less than zero sympathy for you.
That's not to say they shouldn't do it - DC Water should be trying to install these rain barrels everywhere they can. And city agencies should be working on how to install more pervious surface.
Totally agree with you. To get to 200,000, it takes 1 at a time though (for the most part.) They are doing a decent job of it, and the SmartRivers program seems solid. I am getting a rain barrel, as well as removing a bunch of pavement in my backyard, and replacing with permeable pavers for a parking pad. Just one house, but when you repeat that process thousands of times, you can see serious progress.
As anybody who has owned an old car knows, it is always cheaper to dump a $3 quart of oil into it now and then rather than get a $2500 rebuilt engine. The end-game economics are fascinating, as you will always find it is always cheaper to keep your old car that is still running. The reliability problems -- how often it leaves you stranded -- is what prompts people to buy a new car.
In the past week the parking pad for 4 cars across my back alley has been changed from gravel to concrete and the 20' alley beside my house has been completely torn up (including the original cobblestone) and redone in asphalt.
We're not headed green yet by a long shot.
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Reviewed By Edward E (Erie, CO) Reviewed for a 2005 GMC Sierra —2/6/2015 6:24 AM
This is my second AVS Bug Deflector for my 2005 GMC. The first one was color matched to my truck and lasted 8 years and 100k miles. It broke when I closed my hood in -30 degree F freezing weather. I wanted another color match but couldn't find someone to paint it for a reasonable cost so I chose the Chrome version. It looks great, better than the color match. The finish is beautiful, the fit is perfect just like my last one, the install took literally 10 minutes.


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Menthol overdose
- Breath fresheners
- Candy
- Cigarettes
- [[1000606|Cold sore]] medications
- Cough drops
- Creams and lotions to relieve [[1003217|itching]]
- Gum
- Inhalants, lozenges, or ointments to treat [[1003049|nasal congestion]]
- Medications to treat sore mouth, throat, or gums
- Mouthwashes
- [[1002583|Ointments to treat aches and pains]], such as Ben-Gay, Therapeutic Mineral Ice
- Peppermint oil
- [[1003138|Blood in the urine]]
- [[1003147|No urine output]]
- Rapid breathing
- [[1000007|Shallow breathing]]
- [[1003120|Abdominal pain]]
- [[1003126|Diarrhea]]
- [[1003117|Nausea]]
- [[1003117|Vomiting]]
- [[1003081|Rapid heartbeat]]
- Convulsions
- [[1003093|Dizziness]]
- Tremor
- [[1000022|Unconsciousness]]
- Unsteady walking
- The patient's age, weight, and condition
- The name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
- Time it was swallowed
- Amount swallowed
- Activated charcoal
- Breathing support, including tube through the mouth and breathing machine (ventilator)
- EKG (heart tracing)
- Chest x-ray
- Fluids through a vein (by IV)
- Laxative
- Medication to reverse the effects of the poison
- Tube down the windpipe and lungs (bronchoscopy) to look for damage and burns
- Tube through the mouth into the stomach to empty the stomach ([[1003882|gastric lavage]])
Menthol is used as a flavoring agent for candy and other products. This article discusses menthol poisoning from swallowing pure menthol.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Poisonous Ingredient
Where Found
Menthol may be found in:
Note: This list may not include all uses of menthol.
Bladder and kidneys:
Heart and blood:
Nervous system:
Home Care
Seek immediate medical help. If the menthol is in ointment/cream form, wipe away any that has contacted the skin or eyes, and flush with water for several minutes. Call poison control for further guidance.
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
Poison Control
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
See: [[1002724|Poison control center - emergency number]]
What to Expect at the Emergency Room
The health care provider will measure and monitor your vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. You may receive:
Outlook (Prognosis)
How well you do depends on the amount of poison swallowed and how quickly medical treatment is received. The faster you get medical help, the better the chance for recovery.
Swallowing such poisons can have severe effects on many parts of the body.
However, pure menthol is not readily available. The menthol found in many over-the-counter products is usually watered down and mixed with other ingredients. Therefore, how well a patient does also depends on the other ingredients in the product.
Maypole J, Woolf AD, Donovan JW. Essential oils. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 101.
Nair B. Final report on the safety assessment of Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf, and Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Water. Int J Toxicol. 2001;20 Suppl 3:61-73.
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- November 13, 2014
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- Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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Jamaican Cosmo
Total Time
Prep 2 mins
Cook 0 mins
Untested by me posted for ZWT III, from Absolut
Ingredients Nutrition
- 35 ml rum, Aged (of Cuban Type)
- 15 ml triple sec
- 15 ml cranberry juice
- cherries
- Shake with ice and strain to a chilled cocktail glass.
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I poured everything even the ice in a martini glass. DH enjoyed it. And I had the chance to taste it and it was yummy. I'll do it again soon. Thanks Mandy. Made for Zaar Star Game
Nice drink. I made this over ice as suggested in another review. This was a great way to enjoy a great rum. The cranberry and triple sec add just the right touch and really take that harsh edge off the alcohol. This would be a great drink to serve to friends! Easy and tasty! Thanks Mandy! *Made for the 'This Round Is On Me' game ~ Beverage Forum*
This is a tasty sipping cocktail for sure. I loved the combination of the rum and cranberry. Never would have put the two together, but this was really good. Thanks for sharing - Made for Bevy Tag 08


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Peak oil & supplies - Apr 16
Click on the headline (link) for the full text.
Many more articles are available through the Energy Bulletin homepage
Total energy executive on the end of oil: 'We have to save, save, save'
Anselm Waldermann, Spiegel (Germany)
The world could run out of oil in 20 years. This grim scenario is not the prediction of environmentalists, but of Michel Mallet, the general manager of French energy giant Total's German operations. In an interview, Mallet calls for radical reduction of gas consumption and a tax on aviation fuel.
... Mallet: Oil production will be technically complex in the future, which makes it expensive.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Why?
Mallet: There are hardly any readily accessible oil fields anymore. The fields on the floor of the North Sea, for example, are practically empty. New reserves are only being found deep in the ocean, in remote regions like Kazakhstan or in the form of oil sands. None of this is cheap to produce.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: The International Energy Agency is warning of a new mega-crisis, arguing that because the oil companies are not investing enough in production, the price of oil could shoot up to $200 by 2013.
Mallet: A price of $200 would be dramatic for the world economy. If we were to gradually move in that direction, it would be okay. Then we'd have time to develop alternative technologies. But not by 2013. That's not enough time.
... SPIEGEL ONLINE: Is it even possible to increase oil production anymore?
Mallet: About 87 million barrels a day are produced worldwide. In the past, it was believed that this number could be increased to 130 million. I consider that an illusion. Realistically, the capacity is less than 105 million barrels.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: It sounds like the peak oil theory, which isn't very popular among your competitors. It holds that maximum production will be reached soon.
Mallet: The old oil fields are dying. In the future, we will have to invest more and more just to maintain existing production.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Is the age of oil coming to an end?
Mallet: No, not really. There is plenty of oil, geologically speaking. The question is just how much can be produced a year.
(14 April 2009)
Article Review: Depletion and the Future Availability of Petroleum Resources
Rembrandt, The Oil Drum: Europe
In the last edition of the Energy Journal of the International Association for Energy Economists an article was published that concluded that the recent high oil price spike was just an aberration, as there is plenty of low cost oil out there waiting to be produced. This claim was made by a group of scientists from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chili and Colorado School of mines, R. Aguilera, R. Eggert, C. Gustavo Lagos and J. Tilton. In this post I critically review this study showing that many important factors have not been taken into account by Aguilera et al. (2009), making it highly probable that their conclusion is incorrect.
(15 April 2009)
The Upside of Piracy
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation
... For years now, robbery on the high seas has been growing more frequent and more bold. It stands to reason the pirates are using some of their loot to buy more powerful weapons, larger boats and better electronics with which to commit bigger and more profitable crimes. The worst may be yet to come.
There is a plus side to that for us as well as the pirates. The more ships they capture, the more ransom, the people kidnapped, injured and killed, the greater the fear in the world of shipping and the higher the insurance rates. One of these days, rates will jump over the moon when a pirate attack results in a horrific incident such as a ship sinking or an oil tanker spilling crude into the ocean. The possibilities for bad things stretch over the horizon.
As the danger mounts, the insurance costs rise and sailors grow more reluctant sign on to ships plying these seas, the higher will go the costs. The slow-moving, defenseless oil tankers with their cargoes rivaling in value those of the sixteenth-century Spanish treasure galleons that pirates of the past feasted on will seek another, safer, route to Europe. Instead of passing through the Suez Canal, they will take the longer, costlier path around the southern tip of Africa.
The end result will be that the world price of crude oil will rise just as though the oil-producing nations had cut production. Oil, as they always instruct us, is a fungible commodity--if the price goes up in Europe or Tokyo, it goes up everywhere, including at the pump in Iowa or California.
In a trice, the pirates of Somalia will have accomplished something Congress ought to have done but has not had the guts to do since Jimmy Carter's time. They will have slapped on an additional gas and oil tax, the single most effective way of motivating people and businesses to conserve energy. The drop in oil imports will do wonders for our adverse balance of trade.
(14 April 2009)
The 'Peak' Summit: An Informal ASPO & Oil Drum Gathering (June in Italy)
Rembrandt, The Oil Drum: Europe
An informal Oil Drum -ASPO meeting is being organized in Italy in June of this year. Oil Drum readers are welcome to join the discussion with Oil Drum staff and ASPO members. This meeting, to take place on 26, 27 & 28 June in Italy at the "Alcatraz free University" near Perugia, will have a spontaneous self-organized program according to the 'bar camp' rules. People can bring any topic to the informal meeting that they want to discuss. The only limitation being the wide 'systems boundary', so that issues should be directly or indirectly related to the heart of ASPO & The Oil Drum, discussions about energy and our future.
(15 April 2009)
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Resources & Links for the Heart
American Heart Association
CDC Heart AttackInformation
National Heart, Blood & Lung Institute
National Coalition of Women with Heart DiseaseClick here to readCNN article about the benefits of Heart Scans
Read story in Denver Post about Boulder Heart patient
Treatments for Irregular Heartbeat
Heart arrhythmia treatment can often control or eliminate irregular heartbeats. You may be able to reduce your arrhythmia risk by adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle. Rhythm disorders can be treated with medication, pacemakers, defibrillators or by using catheters to ablate or destroy the small area of the heart's tissue that is causing the rhythm problem.
Medication ManagementMany types of fast heartbeats (called tachycardias) respond well to anti-arrhythmic medications. Though they don't cure the problem, they can reduce episodes of tachycardia or slow down the heart when an episode occurs. Some medications can slow down your heart so much that you may need a pacemaker. It's very important to take any anti-arrhythmic medication exactly as directed by your doctor to avoid complications.
PacemakerIf slow heartbeats (bradycardias) don't have a cause that can be corrected — such as low thyroid hormone levels or a drug side effect — doctors often treat them with a pacemaker. A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that's usually implanted near your collarbone. One or more electrode-tipped wires run from the pacemaker through your blood vessels to your inner heart. If your heart rate is too slow or if it stops, the pacemaker sends out electrical impulses that stimulate your heart to beat at a steady, proper rate.
CardioversionCardioversion is a medical procedure performed to restore a normal heart rhythm for people who have certain types of abnormal or irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias). Cardioversion is most often performed by sending tiny electric shocks to your heart through electrodes placed on your chest.
Benefits. Cardioversion is usually a scheduled procedure that's performed in a hospital, and many people are able go home the same day. For most, cardioversion quickly restores a normal heart rhythm.
Risks. Complications of electric cardioversion are rare, and doctors can take steps to reduce your risk. Major risks of cardioversion include:
Skin burns. Some people get minor burns on their skin where electrodes were placed.
Dislodged blood clots. People who have heart arrhythmias sometimes have blood clots in their hearts. Cardioversion can cause these clots to migrate to other parts of your body, which can cause life-threatening complications, such as a stroke (clot in the brain) or a pulmonary embolism (clot in the lungs). Your doctor will check for blood clots in your heart the procedure and prescribe blood-thinning medications if clots are found.
Abnormal heart rhythm. In rare cases, some people who undergo cardioversion end up with other heart rhythm problems during or after their procedure. If this occurs, it usually shows up only minutes after your procedure, so your doctor can give you medications or additional electrical impulses to correct the problem.
Electrophysiology (EP) TestYour doctor may recommend an EP test to pinpoint where in your heart your arrhythmia occurs and to check the severity of your condition. A catheter is threaded through a vein in your groin to your heart, similar to cardiac catheterization. Electrodes are passed through the catheter to different points in your heart to study the speed and location of the flow of electricity within the heart, mapping out any irregular heartbeats. The electrodes detect the electrical signals running through your heart to see if it has a tendency to shift into potentially dangerous slow or fast rhythms.
Cardiac AblationThis treatment is for those who've tried medications to treat heart arrhythmia without success, have suffered serious side effects from the drugs, have certain types of arrhythmias that respond well to ablation, or have a high risk of complications from their arrhythmia, such as sudden cardiac arrest.
Ablation works by scarring or destroying tissue that blocks the electrical signal traveling through your heart to make it beat. Clearing the signal pathway of the abnormal tissue lets your heartbeat return to normal. The procedure is sometimes done through open heart surgery, but typically uses cardiac catheterization, making the procedure less invasive and shortening recovery time.
Benefits. Cardiac ablation can normalize heart rhythms and reduce the risk of stroke. Cardiac catheterization is a minimally invasive procedure, providing a less painful and risky alternative to surgery. After ablation, many people no longer need anti-arrhythmic medications.
Risks. Your risk of complications may increase if you have diabetes or kidney disease, or if you are 75 or older. Possible complications include:
• Bleeding at the site where your catheter was inserted• Narrowing of the veins that carry blood between your lungs and heart (pulmonary vein stenosis)• Damage to your blood vessels where the catheter may have scraped as it traveled to your heart• Damage to your heart's electrical system which could worsen your arrhythmia and require a pacemaker to correct• Blood clots which could lead to heart attack or stroke• Puncture of the heart
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Pinning of pumpkin spice latte-esque drinks. Not ready for that jelly. I can even use my oven without having agitated freakouts about my overheating kitchen/body (this is a frequent occurrence in July). It's safe to say that the seasons are changing.
Living in the Pacific Northwest, it's always a little scary when the calendar jumps to Labor Day and it's time to say goodbye to
the sun summer for nine months. But for now, I am enjoying the cooler days and the promise of fall. And at the very least, there are ripe, juicy, late summer tomatoes and sweet thyme to ease us through the transition.
Living in the Pacific Northwest, it's always a little scary when the calendar jumps to Labor Day and it's time to say goodbye to
Roasted Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
Recipe inspired from Sprouted Kitchen's new cookbook (seriously, how beautiful?) and adapted from Smitten Kitchen
3 lbs. roma (plum) tomatoes, halved
a healthy whallop of EVOO
salt + pepper
4 cloves of garlic
4 c. vegetable or chicken stock
1 tsp. fresh thyme, finely chopped
crushed red pepper flakes to taste
salt + pepper to taste
Hearty bread (I used sourdough)
Sharp cheddar cheese, grated
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Lay the halved tomatoes, cut side up, on a rimmed baking sheet. Live with your heart wide open. At least that's the message I get from these 'mates.
Drizzle with EVOO and season generously with salt and pepper. Tightly wrap the unpeeled garlic cloves in aluminum foil and place on baking sheet.
Drizzle with EVOO and season generously with salt and pepper. Tightly wrap the unpeeled garlic cloves in aluminum foil and place on baking sheet.
Bake the tomatoes and garlic until the tomatoes begin to shrink and are tender and the smell of roasted garlic fills your kitchen, about 1 hour. Allow tomatoes to cool slightly.
Unwrap the garlic packet and peel the cloves. Roasted garlic just does it for me - is it doing it for you? Transfer the cloves, tomatoes, and any accumulated juices (key) to a large pot and pulse with an immersion blender until the tomatoes are a chunky puree. Alternatively, pulse the tomatoes, garlic, and juices in a blender or food processor, in shifts if necessary, and then transfer to large pot. Add stock, thyme, red pepper flakes to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and cook, uncovered for 25 minutes. Remove from heat and season to taste.
For the cheddar croutons, slice hearty bread (I used sourdough) into thick slices and slather with softened butter. Transfer the warm soup into oven-safe bowls (or if you're serving an army and have cooked the soup in a heat-proof dutch oven, simply do the following directly into the large pot) and float the bread, butter side up, into each bowl. Sprinkle grated cheese generously on top of the bread. Broil for 3-5 minutes, until the crouton is bubbly. Keep a close eye on your soup - broiling does its thing FAST. Allow to cool for a few minutes before eating.
If you don't have oven-safe bowls, you can prepare the cheddar croutons on a baking sheet and place on top of soup before serving.
Makes 4-6 servings. Freezes well. Comforts better.


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this isnt the book that everyone is recommending........but has anyone used this to prepare for sat2?
is it as well written as the mader 8/e book?
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Bathroom walls/door before:
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1. I painted the walls the lighter shade first, BM Light Pewter and let it dry for a day.
3. Then using a pencil, I made marks around the room, starting at the top of the base trim 9.5" and then I penciled 9.5" vertically from there until I got to the ceiling. I did this every few feet around the walls.
4. Using a level, I made sure my pencil marks lined up around the room.
If there was any bleeding/seeping under the tape - it was the same base color that was under the tape. I'm not sure if it was the Frog brand tape or painting over the edges but I had nothing to touch up!
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