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Nosebleed (Epistaxis) Treatment
Rotator Cuff Injury Treatment
Corn Removal Procedure
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Scleroderma Treatment
Scar Revision Surgery
Scar Revision Surgery
Treatment Of Deep Vein Thrombosis - Dvt
Deep Pigmentation Treatment
Treatment of Rheumatic Complaints
Dandruff Treatment
Cysts Removal Procedure
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Treatment Of Learning Disorders
Treatment Of Childhood Diabetes
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Hello sir. Me and my wife just recently married .and we have some couple of romantic nights together. But now she is having blood clot in her nipples region. She is in real pain. please tell me a solution please. I'll be really glad.
1. It's antimicrobial!
Storing contaminated water in copper for up to 16 hours at room temperature considerably reduces the presence of the harmful microbes, so much that the researchers inferred that "copper holds promise as a point-of-use solution for microbial purification of drinking-water.
An additional study from university of south carolina researchers explored the purifying power of copper, finding that "antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care units (icu) kill 97% of bacteria that can cause hospital-acquired infections," resulting in a 40% reduction in the risk of acquiring an infection. The research was done in a hospital icu. The research found that the rooms with copper-surfaced objects had less than half the infection incidence than those rooms without copper.
2. It's a great brain stimulant.
Our brain works by transmitting impulses from one neuron to another through an area known as the synapses. These neurons are covered by a sheath called the myelin sheath that acts like a sort of conductive agent – helping the flow of impulses. How does copper figure here you ask? well, copper actually helps in the synthesis of phospholipids that are essential for the formation of these myelin sheaths. Thereby, making your brain work much faster and more efficiently. Apart from that copper is also known to have anti-convulsive properties (prevents seizures).
3. It aids in weight loss.
If diet just doesn't seem to be helping you lose weight, try drinking water stored in a copper vessel on a regular basis. Apart from fine tuning your digestive system to perform better, copper also helps your body break down fat and eliminate it more efficiently.
4. It slows down aging.
If you are worried about the appearance of fine lines, copper is your natural remedy! packed with very strong anti-oxidant and cell forming properties, copper fights off free radicals – one of the main reasons for the formation of fine lines – and helps in the production of new and healthy skin cells that replace old dying ones.
5. Copper has anti-inflammatory properties and helps in arthritis and other inflammatory pains. This asset is especially great to relieve aches and pains caused due to inflamed joints. In addition to that, copper also has bone and immune system strengthening properties, making it the perfect remedy for arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
6. It can fight off cancer.
Copper has very strong antioxidant properties that helps fight off free radicals and negate their ill effects – one of the main reasons for the development of cancer. According to the american cancer society the exact mechanism of how copper helps prevent the onset of cancer is still not known but some studies have shown that copper complexes have a considerable anti-cancer effect.
Top 10 ginger health benefits
Here are the top ginger health benefits proven by medical studies:
1. Stroke and heart disease
Two of the biggest killers on the planet may be kept at bay with regular ginger use, especially when eaten with other key superfoods. Garlic, ginger and onions all have an anti-blood-clotting ability, yet when they're eaten together they're a powerful mainstay against heart attacks and stroke!
2. Indigestion and nausea
Whether we're talking about curing a simple tummy ache or severe morning sickness, ginger has been used for thousands of years as an effective digestive aid and natural remedy for nausea. Recently, taiwanese researchers discovered that three capsules (1.2 grams total) of ginger can actually help the stomach release its contents into the small intestines in people with dyspepsia — a condition in which 40 percent of patients suffer from abnormally delayed gastric emptying.
This is one reason why ginger helps people who are bloated, constipated and have other gastrointestinal disorders. It relaxes the smooth muscle in your gut lining and helps food move along throughout the system.
Key takeaway: eating whole ginger, drinking fresh ginger juice and inhaling diffused ginger essential oil are all highly effective ways to curb stomach disorders.
3. Malabsorption
Proper food transport (and nutrient absorption) from the mouth out through your colon is the mainstay to health. If food gets stuck somewhere in between, it can ferment, rot or (even worse) cause obstruction, which is a life-threatening emergency.
Improper digestion can also cause improper assimilation of the nutrients in your food. Either way, both cause malabsorption, and your body suffers from nutrient deficiencies. This is why ginger is so important. Like we've seen above, it helps promote regular digestion and metabolism of your food and is largely responsible for promoting a strong immune system.
4. Compromised immunity and respiratory function
Ayurvedic medicine has praised ginger's ability to boost the immune system before recorded history. It believes that because ginger is so effective at warming the body, it can help break down the accumulation of toxins in your organs. It's also known to cleanse the lymphatic system, our body's sewage system.
Dr. Oz says, "by opening up these lymphatic channels and keeping things clean, ginger prevents the accumulation of the toxins that make you susceptible to infections, especially in the respiratory system." combining ginger oil and eucalyptus oil is an effective remedy to boost immunity and improve breathing.
5. Bacterial infections
The journal of microbiology and antimicrobials published a study in 2011 that tested just how effective ginger is in enhancing immune function. Comparing the ability of ginger to kill staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus pyogenes with conventional antibiotics, nigerian researchers discovered that the natural solution won every time!
The drugs — chloramphenicol, ampicillin and tetracycline — just couldn't stand up to the antibacterial prowess of the ginger extract. This is important because these two bacteria are extremely common in hospitals and oftentimes cause complications to an already immune-compromised patient.
Key takeaway: if you ever need to go to the hospital for surgery or to visit a friend, make sure you bring some ginger essential oil with you and add a couple drops to your water. You're less likely to get a dangerous staph infection, and it can help speed the healing process! other healing remedies that are effective against infections include oregano oil, clove oil and melaleuca oil.
6. Fungal infections
One of the trickier issues to control because they're increasingly resistant to conventional medicine, fungal infections don't stand a chance against ginger. Of the 29 plant species evaluated in a carleton university study, ginger won the prize for having the extract most effective at killing fungus.
Key takeaway: for a powerful antifungal punch, mix several drops of pure ginger essential oil with tea tree oil with one teaspoon of coconut oil, and apply up to three times a day.
7. Ulcers and gerd
Since the 1980s, researchers have known that ginger can cure stomach ulcers. More recently, indian scientists have been able to more closely quantify this medicinal effect. In a study published in the journal molecular nutrition and food research, they discovered the ginger was six to eight times more potent than prevacid, the drug of choice to treat gerd!
8. Pain
Ginger is known for its anti-pain property. Very similar to how capsaicin works to relieve pain, gingerol acts on vanilloid receptors, which are located on sensory nerve endings. Similar to the initial intense burning feel you get when you consume spicy pepper, ginger's burn only lasts but a second, and researchers discovered that it "affects the pain pathways directly but also relieves the inflammation, which in itself causes pain."
9. Cancer
Working with mice without immune systems, university of minnesota scientists discovered that three weekly feedings of [6]-gingerol delayed the growth of colorectal cancer cells. University of michigan researchers confirmed these results with ovarian cancer. In fact, they found that "ginger treatment of cultured ovarian cancer cells induced profound growth inhibition in all cell lines tested."
Key takeaway: the executive director of the herbal medicine research and education centre, basil roufogalis, advised that, "the most likely way to administer ginger as a painkiller would be in the form of a tea taken several times a day, but more work needs to be done on the amount of ginger powder needed per dose to take effect, and the time required between doses." for most people, taking 1,000 milligrams of powdered ginger root is effective — or two drops two times daily of ginger essential oil.
10. Diabetes
Gingerols are widely known to naturally improve diabetes and enhance insulin sensitivity. Building off this knowledge, a 2006 study out of the journal of agricultural and food chemistry discovered that they could also suppress sorbitol accumulation in human blood cells and sugar-fed rats. Simply put, ginger not only helps prevent and reverse diabetes itself — it protects against and improves diabetic complications like diabetic retinopathy!
In many cases; divorce and separation leads not only to bad blood between the parents, but also in a child alienating himself from one parent. Insulting or belittling one parent without justification or under pressure from the other parent is known as parental alienation syndrome. Parental alienation involves one parent undermining the other and interfering with the child's relationship with the other parent by limiting contact with them, bad mouthing them, forbidding discussion about them etc. This can have a very negative effect on the child's emotional state.
1. Self hatred: For children, hatred is not inborn, but developed by the situations they are in. By bad mouthing a parent and teaching the child to hate the parent, the child himself is harmed. With time, he begins to internalize this hatred and believe that there is something wrong with him that made the alienated parent not want him.
2. Low self esteem: When a child is not allowed to speak his mind and has to bottle up his thoughts, he becomes socially withdrawn. Often the child begins to feel that he is the cause for the rift in the family and makes himself responsible for the separation. This intensifies with time and makes the child lose confidence in himself leading to low self esteem.
3. Lack of trust: When a child is suddenly pulled away from one parent and told how that parent is not a 'good person' the child is likely to feel betrayed. This creates a sense of doubt in the child's mind and makes it difficult for him to trust other people. As he grows up, this can affect his own adult relationships as well.
4. Depression: Depression is a commonly seen in children from broken homes and this is intensified in cases of parental alienation. It is rooted in the child's feeling unloved by either one of the parents and built up by the separation. Not being given a chance to speak about their feelings or talk about the situation makes them more depressed and they begin to withdraw into themselves. In many cases, it is noted that alienated children have strained relationships with their own children as well.
5. Substance abuse: Depression is one of the most common triggers for substance abuse. Alienated children often feels trapped and that they have no outlet to vent their feelings and frustrations. This often makes them turn towards drugs for relief and can make them victims of substance abuse.
Cervical cancer occurs in the cervical cells which are present in the lower part of the uterus. It is usually caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) which is transmitted sexually. However, in some cases, the virus may survive for a few years, causing some cells of the cervix to become cancerous.
Cervical cancer is usually classified into two types:
- Adenocarcinoma: This type of cancer starts in the column shaped glandular cells along the lining of the cervix.
- Squamous cell carcinoma: Most cases of cervical cancer are of this type. Here, the cancer occurs in the flat and thin cells that are present in the outer region of the cervix.
Symptoms: Usually, very few symptoms show up in the initial stages. However, the latter stages tell a different story. The symptoms at an advanced stage are:
- You may experience pain during sexual intercourse
- Foul smelling discharge from the vagina
- Bleeding from the vagina during sexual intercourse
Causes: Cervical cancer develops due to the mutation of healthy cells which makes turns them into malignant (cancerous) cells. The cancerous cells tend to grow at a fast pace, thus accumulating and forming a tumor. The cancerous cells may also spread to the adjoining areas of the body.
There are certain factors which increase your chances of being affected by cervical cancer:
- Too many sexual partners: The chances of cervical cancer increase significantly if you have multiple sexual partners.
- A weak immune system: A weak immune system makes you highly susceptible to cervical cancer.
- Lifestyle factors: Various lifestyle factors such as smoking can increase your risk of cervical cancer.
The treatment for cervical cancer involves the following:
- Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy involves injecting chemicals into the vein to destroy the cancer cells.
- Radiation therapy: Radiation therapy consists of using x-rays to destroy the cancer cells. Radiation therapy may be used alongside chemotherapy to destroy cancer cells.
- Surgery: Hysterectomy is a surgical procedure that is used in the treatment of cervical cancer. It involves removal of the uterus to treat this disorder.
It is a dream of everyone to be the owner of healthy, glowing and radiant skin. While good skin is difficult to achieve, indeed; but it is nevertheless, not impossible.
Healthy diet as well as a little exercise regularly is really under rated when it comes to taking care of skin and so is a good skin care regimen.
There are four Golden Rules for healthy skin care regimen. If you follow this regimen religiously and regularly, you would see noticeable difference in your skin within a few months. There is after all, no shortcut to getting beautiful skin. The four Golden Rules are as follows:
Your First Golden Rule for getting radiant skin is,
1. Cleansing
Keeping your skin squeaky clean would ensure that there are no impurities that can cause skin problems like premature aging, acne, blemishes as well as pimples.
It is also important to use the right kind of products for cleansing your skin.
Using soap with harsh alkalies would cause your skin to dry and aggravate the appearance of wrinkles.
Use mild facial cleansers depending on your particular skin type and be very gentle while cleansing your face.
Make sure you cleanse your skin at least once, at the day end and ideally twice a day.
The Second Golden Rule, after cleansing is,
2. Toning
Cleansing your skin opens the pores on your face which are then closed with the help of toning. Toning also helps in cleansing leftover dirt, if any.
Toning regularly with the right kind of product would minimize open pores and would also greatly reduce appearance of acne and pimples.
The Third Golden Rule and possibly the most Vital Rule for getting healthy skin is,
3. Moisturizing
Regardless of the type of skin you have, providing moisture to your skin is like feeding it. It is a mistake if you think that oily skin does not need moisture.
Oil and moisture are different and there are non greasy moisturizers that are ideal for oily skin types.
Moisturizing dry skin is even more necessary, if you want to delay the appearance of wrinkles.
The Fourth Golden Rule is,
4. Scrubbing
It is not a regular skin care routine but nevertheless equally important.
You should scrub your face at least twice a week to get rid of the dead cells.
Scrubbing is also essential for getting rid of the ugly blackheads and the whiteheads.
Just make sure you are gentle while scrubbing to avoid making your skin raw
I am 20 years old boy, I am little fatty, my mouth is smelling bad if I brush my teeth daily also what is the solution to overcome this problem.
The Disguise stays on during the early years
When you suffer from #acne, #pimples and #shiny face, every time you go out for a long period of time.
#Blessings as you grow #Older
But as you grow older you begin to thank your #oily #skin. The reason is that people with #oily #skin are blessed in the way that #wrinkles appear faster on #dry #skin than on #oily #skin. People with #oily skin can enjoy a young looking #skin for a longer time and it is indeed something most people would choose over not having to suffer from #pimples and #acne.
If you have an #oily skin and suffer from #pimples or #acne or even a #shiny #face, just make sure you use the right kinds of products and you would be just fine.
There are some common negligence or mistakes that people with #oily skin unknowingly make though, that only aggravate the problem. Make sure you avoid them to keep your #oily #skin problem at bay. The three common negligence or mistakes that you can make are as discussed below.
1. Washing #Face Frequently
The very first mistake that you make is washing your #face with water frequently. It would of course wash away the #shine, but it would also make your #oil #glands over active and there would be even more secretion of #oil than before.
Advice / Suggestions
a.Wash your #face with cold water but keep it to two to three times daily.
b.Use a soft wet tissue instead to remove the #oil and the #dirt, if you have to. Just make sure you do not put pressure or rub the tissue on your face.
Be very gentle so as not to irritate the oil glands in secreting more oil.
2. Avoiding #Moisturizing the #Skin
The second biggest mistake you can commit is not #moisturizing your #oily #skin. The #oil #glands in your #face are working overtime does not mean that your #facial #skin is #moisturized. Oily #skin and #moisturized are not same.
Advice / Suggestions
There are many gel based natural products available in the market, which are ideal for #moisturizing #oily #skin. Your #oily #skin needs #moisturizers as much as #dry #skin and hence give it what it needs.
3. #Oily Food
The third mistake that you should absolutely avoid is, if you have an oily skin is to eat oily food. As if you need more oil in your system!
Advice / Suggestions
a.Drink lots of water to keep your system clean
b.Avoid oily food as much as possible.
c.Eating fruits are great way to keep your oil under control as well.
Come monsoons and most women complain of #frizzy #hair. Well when there is a problem, there is also a solution available for it. If you too are bothered with frizzy hair, try the below mentioned hair care tips to make your hair soft and manageable.
1.Honey & Olive Oil
a.Mix equal portions of honey and olive oil and apply the same to your hair.
b.Cover your hair with a hot towel or a shower cap.
c.Keep in on for an hour and wash it off with a mild #shampoo.
Results: Honey will make your hair softer and also a lot smoother while olive oil will nourish your hair. Get lively and voluminous hair.
Bothered with #damaged and #dry hair?
No botheration any more if you can manage to get some mayonnaise from the market. Mayonnaise is known to make your hair #soft, and #shiny yet #strong hair. While the moisture and #protein treatments for your hair at a good salon can be rather expensive, you can still get the soft and manageable hair by treating your hair at home with some key kitchen ingredients without burning a hole in the pocket.
2.Eggs / Vinegar & Oil.
a.Mayonnaise can be made with eggs, vinegar and oil.
b.Use Vinegar to give bounce and volume to hair.
c.Apply a coat of mayonnaise all over your hair.
d.Wear a shower cap over to prevent the cream from tripping from your hair.
e.Leave it on for an hour.
f.Use a mild shampoo to rinse your hair.
You can treat your hair with this homemade mayonnaise cream once a week.
While the oil and the eggs moisturize dry hair, eggs and mayonnaise, make a nourishing and rich protein treatment cream.
The resultant outcome would be much #smoother, #shinier and of course much healthier.
Are you fond of #silky hair?
Say hello to Avocado mask.
3.Honey / Olive Oil & a Pitted Avocado.
a.Make a smoothie out of honey, olive oil and a pitted avocado.
b.The amount of these ingredients would depend on the length of your hair.
c.Apply the #smoothie on your hair and leave it on for half an hour.
d.Rinse it off and shampoo your hair.
The result is super silky hair in an instance.
Are you interested in getting #Soft and #Mushy Style Hair?
4.Banana / Milk / Honey / Olive Oil & Egg.
a.Always choose the banana.
b.Mash a banana, mix it with milk, honey, olive oil and an egg.
c.Apply on hair and wash it off after 30 minutes.
Results : Get silk smooth hair.
Like everything else in your body, your hair needs food too. And you are much mistaken if you think that the only food for your #hair is #oil. The food you eat everyday has a lot of effect on the #health of your #hair too like every other part of your body. There are food items that can destroy the #health of your #hair, like too much #spicy or #oily #food, and then there are items of food that would make your #hair #shine with #health. Taking such food items regularly, while also maintaining good #hair care regimen would surely attract envious glances to your #crowning #glory from everyone.
Important Ingredients that make the hair healthy are:
3.#Omega-3 #fatty #acids
6.#Vitamin E
If you are wondering which food items contains these important ingredients, given below is a list of
#7 #Top #Food Items that Reveals the #Secret of #Healthy #Hair:
1)#Salmon – This cold water delicious fish is the food item hair experts swear by. Rich in #Omega-3 #fatty #acids, salmon would keep your #scalp #healthy, thus leading to #shiny and strong #hair #shafts.
2)#Eggs – A source of #Protein, #Zinc and #Iron, eggs are the simplest food item you can think of to keep your #hair #healthy. Regardless of how you take your eggs, it would always lead to keeping your #hair #healthy.
3)#Walnuts – This is one more food item that is rich in #Omega-3 #fatty #acids along with a generous amount of #biotin, another ingredient for #healthy #hair growth and #Vitamin-E.
4)#Sweet #Potatoes – Suffering from #Dandruff that causes #hair #fall?
Take sweet potatoes regularly and it would keep your #scalp free of the #itchy, #flaky #dandruff. This in turn would lead to a #healthy #hair #growth.
5)#Oysters – #Oysters are not only rich in #Protein but also #Zinc, an ingredient that is absolutely essential for #hair #growth. Lack of #zinc can lead to #hair #fall and hence taking #oysters can help in preventing #hair #fall.
6)#Lentils – #Lentils in your regular #diet can aid in #healthy #hair #growth since #lentils too are extremely rich in #Protein, #Zinc and #Biotin.
7)#Green #Vegetables – #Green #Vegetables like #Spinach and Broccoli contains #Vitamin C and #Vitamin A that helps in the production of #Sebum. #Sebum keeps the #scalp and the #hair #conditioned. Hence make sure you include #spinach or #broccoli into your #diet
Enjoy your Life with a #Healthy #Hair!
I have dark circles from 2 years not too much but still its not going completely I have taken medications from allopathy and tried ayurvedic also.
Aged 18, I have white hair problem can you gave some medicine that relief from grey hair and medicine will find easily in medicine stores.
I got hit in the back kidney area yesterday and I feel mild to moderate pain there till now :(could it be something serious in my kidney? Do I need to go to the doctor or just wait longer. Am worried that it might affect my kidney.
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Made in China treats
My name is Gina Maria Deloria. I am a 6-1/2-year-old chihuahua suffering from Fanconi Syndrome, which is an illness linked to eating made-in-China chicken and duck jerky treats.
Please watch for the following symptoms:
1. Decreased appetite (for normal dog food).
2. Decreased activity.
3. Vomiting (can't even keep down water).
4. Diarrhea (sometimes with blood).
5. Increased thirst.
6. Increased urination.
If you are feeding your dog chicken or duck jerky made in China and the dog experiences these symptoms, lasting more than 24 hours, please see your vet.
Blood tests may indicate kidney failure. Urine tests may indicate Fanconi Syndrome. Both consumers and veterinarians should report cases of illness associated with consumption of these made-in-China chicken and duck jerky treats to the FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinator at 1-888-463-6632.
My Fanconi Syndrome illness was diagnosed and reported to the FDA by Fox Valley Animal Referral Center in Appleton, Wis.
The man from the FDA came to my house and took my remaining jerky treats for testing.
These made in China treats are marketed under several different brand names. Read the package for country of origin and avoid "Made in China" jerky if you love your dog.
Be well.
Gina Maria Deloria
Lynn Deloria, owner
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Champion Indoor Tabletop Scoreboard
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Stay on top of the score with the Champion® Indoor Tabletop Scoreboard. Complete with a horn/buzzer, this scoreboard is perfect for basketball, wrestling, volleyball and other indoor sports. The large LED readouts are visible from up to 150' to keep players and fans locked on the action. The clock counts up or down from 99:99 and board keeps score up to 199 points. The scoreboard includes indicators for possession, period and bonus.
- Indoor scoreboard with LED readouts visible up to 150'
- Scores up to 199 points
- Clock counts up or down from 99:99
- 5" clock and score digits
- Measures 24" L x 16" H x 10" D
- Model: T90
- Champion
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Enjoy storytimes and a variety of fun programs and resources to help young children get ready to read.
Help prepare young children to be readers with these five simple activities that are fun yet powerful ways to encourage early learning.
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View the transcript of the "Together We Can Be Ready to Read" video
Children learn about language by listening and joining in the conversation. Talk as you play and choose books that interest your children to talk about!
Fingerplays, rhymes and songs slow down language so children can hear the different sounds that make up words. Ask a librarian to help you find familiar or new songs to sing together.
Shared reading gets children ready to read. Kids who are read to are more likely to enjoy reading themselves.
Encourage your children to write or draw. A first step to writing is to stimulate small motor muscle control with toys and art supplies.
Children learn language by interacting with others and also with their physical surroundings. See how libraries encourage play within our spaces.
Discover shining examples of children's literature to share with the kids in your care. Our expert librarians highlight picture books with tips for sharing. Read them aloud, talk about them, and let the fun begin!
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Make "tech time" an engaging, language-rich experience. Learn how apps can promote early learning
Make sure you two are doing the talking, not the app. Ask questions, have conversations and ask your child to recount the action of the app later, when the device is turned off. Children learn oral language when you talk with them. Studies have shown that oral language cannot be learned from prerecorded voices or screens.
Learn new songs or enjoy well-loved classics as you use singing apps, then keep singing together long after the device is turned off. Singing slows down language so children can hear the different sounds that make up words, and it teaches children phonics, vocabulary and general knowledge about the world.
Enjoy eBook apps together as you would print books. Let your child take the lead and talk about what's happening in the story. Always read eBook apps aloud, disabling prerecorded options to promote interaction. Reading together is the number-one way you can get your child ready to read and ready for school.
Look for apps that ask your child to do more than simply tap the screen. Using fingers to draw, scribble, pinch and expand helps develop small-motor control, an essential skill for learning to write. Writing with a finger is a great way for children who haven't yet mastered holding a crayon or pencil to start down the path to learning to write.
Look for play apps that allow children to pretend, create, investigate and problem-solve, and ask them to describe what's happening. Play gives children a chance to use words and explore concepts that may not come up otherwise. They learn about their world through play, and they learn best when they play with you.
Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement at baby and family storytimes and other early learning events.
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Watch Hennepin County Library staff demonstrate delightful fingerplays and songs in these short videos. Many more of our fingerplay videos are available on our YouTube playlist.
Video storybooks and online nonfiction books for young readers. Includes streaming video, games and educator resources.
Available only in a library. Picture books set to music and read aloud to you, or use the "I Can Read It" mode to read them yourself. For children ages 2-6.
Animated story books and chapter books with highlighted text. Also includes graphic novels, nonfiction books and videos, puzzles, and games. Some titles in Spanish and French. Kindergarten - Gr 5.
Libros infantiles y de capítulos animados y con texto resaltado. Incluye libros y videos de información, novelas gráficas, rompecabezas y juegos. Algunos títulos en español y en francés. Para estudiantes de kínder a quinto grado.


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Browsing Romance Languages Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Caribbean"
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Fonkoue, Ramon Abelin (University of Oregon, June , 2009)[more][less]Fonkoue, Ramon Abelin 2010-02-20T00:35:21Z 2010-02-20T00:35:21Z 2009-06 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10204 xii, 185 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. This dissertation examines the intersection between aesthetics and politics in the French Caribbean novel. The major argument of this work is that French Caribbean novels pursue a political agenda. I contend that in this literature, unlike in that of any other part of the contemporary world, theoretical considerations take precedence over aesthetic concerns in writers' works. I call this an "aesthetics of rupture." Considering works by authors such as Aimé Césaire, Léon-Gontran Damas, Maryse Condé, Edouard Glissant, Patrick Chamoiseau, Daniel Maximin and Gisèle Pineau, I argue that only by looking beyond aesthetic innovations in these authors' texts, can we fully ascertain the significance of this politically committed literature. The first chapter discusses the relevance of the theoretical approach and the contribution this work brings to the field. The second chapter examines how West Indian writers use theoretical approaches to regain control over the metadiscourses applied to their works. The third chapter looks at Caribbean aesthetics as the product of writers' collective effort and of the dialogic nature of their texts. The fourth chapter analyses the question of the hero in the Caribbean novel and the fifth chapter discusses the crossing of politics and ethics in Caribbean writing. The last chapter addresses the post-Césaire era and the future of literary production in the French Caribbean. I contend that, preoccupied about the power of their writing to effect any real world change, Caribbean writers seem haunted by Fanon's call to engage in political action. The issue of ethics thus arises as a result of a dilemma born from the conflict between the subject's political agenda and his/her human values. The ethical question in this literature concerns the crossing of an ethical subjectivity with a political agenda. The first response to this quandary is a redefinition of the notion of the hero that departs from Western "vertical" heroism and promotes a "horizontal" heroism. In addition, through their novels, Caribbean writers distance themselves from a universal humanism to advocate for an "ethics of action" which locates its legitimacy in the urgency of political agency for their people. Committee in charge: Karen McPherson, Chairperson, Romance Languages; Massimo Lollini, Member, Romance Languages; Andre Djiffack, Member, Romance Languages; Steven Shankman, Outside Member, English fr University of Oregon University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Romance Languages, Ph. D., 2009; Aesthetics Ethics Caribbean Postcolonialism Agency and identity History and memory French Caribbean Romance literature Caribbean literature (French) -- History and criticism Esthetique et ethique de l'agentivite dans le roman antillais Thesis
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GameEnthus Podcast ep52: Put down your dukes or Get it Wrong!
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The GameEnthus crew is joined by @Sliderwave and @Probune from Brokenface.net. Our topics this week include but are not limited to: indie games, Duke Nukem, Splatterhouse(Slaughterhouse), Child of Eden, El Shaddai, X-men First Class, Krang(TMNT), Xtra Life charity, Super 8, Commander Keen, Green Lantern ROTM, Adv of Shuggy, Borderlands, Infamous … Continue Reading →


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"Season ticket & seasonal hospitality sales processes initiated. Trends consistent with prior years."
"Executive sales are exactly in line with last year"
I seriously doubt that the writ is motivated by monetary compensation. More likely it's a show of force- a really stupid one from a PR perspecitve- designed to deter further disclosure, imtimidate club staff into towing the line, and serve as a warning to folks like yourself that the Glazers are not entirely heedless to their 'domestic' opposition and will resort to drastic measures to silence their critics.
Be wary, Anders. Recheck your Ps and Qs. If in doubt, you should use Gill's submission to the Select Committee as a guide to how facts and figures can be presented without ambiguity or spin!
For legal reasons, I shall remain anonymous.
Maclibel part 2?
This can be a complete PR disaster for United, and I feel the same as you, Anders - ashamed that this is supposed to be 'my' club. Would they have taken legal action if David Conn printed the list in The Guardian? No, they would not (they can't be THAT stupid, surely).
Considering Gill's recent statements and this writ, it seems United are running tired of the ones who dare to voice a different opinion. Now, we all know (especially Fergie) that free speech does not apply within the Premier League, but as far as I know neither the PL nor United can ignore basic human rights.
Maybe some of the Red Knights can get involved and help the fan out, so he gets proper council.
I think you've raised an excellent point here: given the club have gone on record stating that executive sales have been in line with previous years then surely any decent defence lawyer will use that in court? For this reason, I for one seriously doubt it will ever go to court - because Gill will have to explain his comments and tell the truth about those exec sales. Gill will look like a liar and how damaging would that be?
If the club were to win this battle, would the bondholders have a case to sue the club for being mislead regarding the health of the club's income projections?
Does not the fact that the club is making these claims at all not give the bondholders such a case?
A Very black day in our clubs glorious history. Have to agree totally with the ashamed bit. But I suppose it no suprise really, when old Uncle Malc took his family to court to challenge their mother's will.
i am not completely sure about the legal aspect here so i would ask if did that fan break the law at some point?If he did so despite being a fan, should not reflect what our club is.
in any case anders could you give some clarity on the 101 mil losses being indicated on the news by our parent company?
Thanks and great work as always!
The Glazers and Gill are undoubtedly being pr)cks but I suspect there is more than simple malice involved here - they know that Mr McKenna is not wealthy and will not want to incur significant legal expenses, hence will be motivated to settle. I would expect that one condition of the settlement is that Mr McKenna disclose which MUFC employee provided him with the list of corporate clients. Very clever, albeit at the same time a complete act of bastardry.
Some named on the list saw their property attacked and were otherwise distressed, so reports Associated Press. Presumably such actions were not the outcome Mr McKenna sought when he published the list.
The club is perhaps taking action to show its concern and support for those who were attacked (and by extension all other corporate customers).
The club may (and certainly should) have sought some undertaking from McKenna not to republish the list and failed to get his agreement. Issuing the writ would then be its only recourse other than give in.
Its action does, however, have the makings of a PR disaster and even of McLibel 2 proportions.
The Red Knights should fund McKenna's legal costs.
The Glazers/Gill would then be forced to give over loads of confidential information as part of the discovery process.
That'll make them think twice about taking on someone who has far as I can tell has commited no crime i.e. he did not steal the list and he did not damage property.
I fully tie in with everything you have printed.


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The Fed's statement suggested the job market is improving but the housing recovery is still shaky, meaning it's too soon to back off on its $85 billion of monthly bond purchases.
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Second, the committee noted that the housing recovery has "slowed somewhat in recent months.'' Last month's statement said "the housing sector has been strengthening.'' (That the slowdown has been a function of rising interest rates, stemming from concerns that the Fed would tighten, went unremarked upon). That language points to the Fed waiting longer to tighten money.
The offsetting signals — along with the Fed's continued wariness about what Congress and President Obama might do next to cut spending or raise taxes — explain why the Fed is standing pat.
The statement says the central bank will keep buying bonds until the "outlook for the labor market has improved substantially in a context of price stability.''
That language is exactly the same as it was in the Fed's statement after last month's meeting. With today's report from ADP that private-sector hiring in October was a lower-than-expected 130,000 new jobs, it's easy to see why the decision to keep buying bonds was unchanged as well.


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On our final morning there—Easter Sunday—we returned to the Botanical Gardens for a run amidst the cacti and pariah dogs. Armed with stones, we clicked off very quick miles. Five, 10 … eventually 20 miles. By mile 17, Jon had put a quarter mile on me, which, in a nostalgic way, was almost pleasant. The gap was enough of a warning for the old campesino to see me come and go.
We soaked up the "2 o'clock in the afternoon" feeling for the rest of the day and into the night. Music marched up and down the streets. Vendors sold tacos, balloons, popsicles and Coca Cola. Incense floated about like a spirit. "Everything is perfect on the street," Kerouac wrote.
In the morning, Jon disappeared around the corner, off to the next phase of his life. The thread of running spread distantly between us, between airplanes and cities. Between wives, children, careers, money and age. Running is merely a thread, in the end—a thread between messengers, All-Americans, knock-kneed high schoolers and Tarahumarans. Those who finish first and those who finish last.
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Getting There. Mexico City International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Latin America. However "easing into" Mexican traffic from a smaller city is recommended. Leon, Guanajuato Airport, only one hour from San Miguel de Allende, is an excellent starting point.
Getting Around. Though bus service is available to nearly every corner of Mexico, you will spend most of your trip dealing with connections and long waits. Car rentals are cheap if you book online and even cheaper if you provide your own insurance (required). Be sure to inspect the car thoroughly and note any damages before leaving the lot!
Resources and Guidebooks. Lonely Planet offers an excellent guidebook for travelers of all budgets. Information includes local history, national parks, trails, restaurants and accommodation. Also check out www.parasalvajes.com.mx for a list of mountain races (site in Spanish only).
Recommended Reading. Mexico has long been inspiration for Mexican writers and expats alike: Under the Volcano, by Malcom Lowry, Lonesome Traveler, by Jack Kerouac, The Labyrinth of Solitude, by Octavio Paz.
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Friday, February 03, 2012
What It Is Like: Going Out in Public
So this week I want to write about what it is like to get out of the house with our large family. People often say we have our hands full and things like that, and we do. So we must try to function like a well-oiled machine whenever possible.
One of the realities of our large family is that sometimes we just don't go to places. Not every home or event is appropriate for small kids. Or maybe it is, but not for our kids. We've realized that we can't go to everything all the time, for a variety of reasons. Right now our three oldest kids are playing basketball. We love the league and our kids enjoy playing. Travis is coaching Caleb's team. My big girls are on the same team. After trying to go to their games that are played at the same time and being miserable, I've realized that if Travis can't help corral the littlest ones it is better to just stay home. Lily and Ben don't deserve to be griped at by me because I think they should be perfect in behavior. I have a real chip on my shoulder about how people perceive big families and sometimes that means I'm too hard on my kids. So I choose to stay home where they can play and be themselves and I can stay calm and happy. I hate missing the games, but we've realized it is better for everyone to recognize our limits. This has applied to various school activities too.
Okay, so sometimes we skip out on events. But other things are not optional, like church. Different families make different choices about going to church with small kids. We believe in taking our kids from birth and teaching them to behave from day one. Of course, this is easier said than done. Our church has had nursery available off and on. The only times we used it regularly was when Travis played in the band and I was on my own with three kids two years and under. Once we were sitting together at Mass we have really tried to make Mass work. Now, we have had to go outside with restless or noisy little ones fairly often. But for us, the kids aren't going to learn to behave without lots of opportunities to succeed. We're blessed to have a really good friend that sometimes takes Ben outside for us so we can both participate in Mass (she has usually already attended earlier). It is hard. Sometimes I feel like all we have done is bothered everyone around us and made noise and generally ruined Mass. Every once in a while though, everyone cooperates and I am reminded that all the effort eventually pays off.
When we go to sporting events or large gatherings, I can be a crazy person. I want everyone holding someone's hand. I am constantly scanning the area to make sure I can see everyone. I'm watching for behavior miscues. I'm watching to make sure my toddler isn't destroying something. I might be talking to someone, but I'm rarely making eye contact because I feel like I must always be checking on the kids. I look forward to the day I can relax and just enjoy these things, but for now I accept that a lot of it will be stressful for me. I'm sure not every large family works this way, but that's how I am.
But when it is just the eight (!) of us out to eat or going to the store, it can be silly and fun. Our kids are fun to be around. They have quirky personalities (from their dad!) and keep us entertained. So far we've managed to raise them well enough to go out and have fun with us without making a scene and being little destructo-bots (most of the time). Travis and I work as a team to keep track of everyone. We are rarely late to Mass or anywhere because I am super paranoid about being on time. We leave for Mass 30 minutes before it starts, just because I don't want to be late (and it can be a challenge to get enough seats if we're too late). The church is a mile away. I might have a problem.
In the end, going out in public for us is like it is for any family. Sometimes great, sometimes a headache. I try to make sure we have diapers, cups, snacks when needed. We don't let the kids take toys or games to church or dinner or things like that. Conversation is entertainment, they don't need gadgets. We might break out our phones to make it through the last ten minutes of a meal (only for Lily or Ben) on occasion. I might feel like a traveling circus, but people like circuses, so I guess that's all right.
Sharing my awesome with Jen this week too!
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how old is the oldest? my eldest will be 14 in a month so for me this is old enough to watch a few of them. She usually sits for us so we can both attend the games. This past year has been much easier due to her being old enough to sit for a few hours with one or two of them.ReplyDelete
when it comes to mass we are a diaster so you guys are doing much better than us...lol. I could write an essay as to how we manage that but better do it on my own blog one day since its too long:) otherwise you are just like me and i feel like there is even more pressure to be perfect with 6-- like all eyes are on your family.Replies
My oldest is still only 10. We are looking forward to the days when we can leave her in charge of a couple younger kids, but for now we just divide and conquer. Part of the challenge with basketball is the gym. It is just hard to keep Ben out of the way of the game. Baseball and soccer is a little easier.Delete
Great description. I agree. You can't do it all, and church isn't optional. I was really over anxious about my daughters' behavior outside the house when they were small. It was a lot of worry for me and probably made them nervous and less fun for all. You gotta stick with what keeps you sane and serene.ReplyDelete
What a great post. I hope to be able to figure out all this with just my two.ReplyDelete
I love your posts on making it work. I think I could write most of them word for word. There are a lot of things we miss out on, because sometimes it is just too much trouble to keep track of that many people.ReplyDelete
We take our kids to Mass from day one as well and our parish doesn't have a nursery. Although I don't like them much and probably wouldn't use it, if it were there. It can be hard sometimes, because my husband leads a Gregorian chant group and then I'm alone on the pew with several children. Usually not all of them, because my oldest often serves as an altar boy and sometimes my five and three year olds go up with their dad to the choir loft.
I've enjoyed reading these What It's Like posts very much so thank you for telling it like it is--the good stuff and the not so good. As a parent of only one child your stories are fascinating :)ReplyDelete


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A fascinating comparison of today's market with the 1970s may mean stocks could be the best Christmas gift this year. Also, MoneyShow's Tom Aspray navigates the fiscal cliff to find his best picks for what could be choppy markets through the holiday season.
By the middle of Friday's session, stocks were still marginally higher for the week, though Thursday's drop has taken the major averages below their best levels.
The news of the Fed's $85 billion plan to keep rates low until unemployment drops spurred a quick 80-point rally in the Dow, but it only ended the day a bit lower.
The Fed hopes that an extended period of low rates will make other investments, like stocks, more attractive. It is my view that it will ultimately be bullish for stocks, but it will likely take a resolution of the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling to encourage companies to start spending again.
The chart above shows that overall investment spending was negative in the third quarter for the first time since the first quarter of 2011. In 2011, spending increased sharply for the rest of the year, and a similar turnaround in 2013 should give the corporate earnings a nice boost.
Of course, it may take more than that to encourage the individual investor to buy stocks again. The bear market in the 1970s dropped the stock market 45%, and the 1973 highs were not exceeded until 1982. Over the next ten years or so, interest in stocks reached a very low point, as money was not even moving into mutual funds.
Sound familiar? As this chart from The Wall Street Journal indicates, in 1987 only 20.2% were invested in stocks. This was well after the bull market lows in 1982.
As the technology sector peaked in 2000, this number had risen to 50.5%, up 20% from 1995 to 2000. This reinforces the long-held belief that the public is selling when they should be buying, and tend to only get back into stocks as the market is near a top.
At the end of the bear market, only 33% were invested in stocks, with the level peaking at 42.3% in 2007 . As of the third quarter of 2012, just 37.9% are invested.
If you read the analysis of the 1970s, there are many parallels to current investor attitudes, suggesting that history is indeed repeating itself. For those not invested in stocks at all, I would suggest you start to put even a small amount regularly in a low-cost mutual fund or ETF.
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In a yet another attempt to wed high-performance and relatively low price on the market of solid-state drives (SSDs), OCZ Technology Group has announced its new Onyx 2 series of SSDs that promise to inherit affordability from its predecessors amid increased performance and durability.
Based on a SandForce controller, Onyx 2 delivers up to 270MB/s read speed, up to 265MB/s write speed, and up to 10 000 random write IOPS (4k aligned). The Onyx 2 SSDs are available in 120GB and 240GB capacities, which allows installation of more software than just Microsoft Windows operating system (OS), and feature multi-level cell flash memory. Just like all modern solid-state drives, the novelty fully supports Trim command that ensures high performance over time.
"While we are constantly looking to push the envelope in solid state drive performance, we are also dedicated to making the technology more affordable to consumers. The new Onyx 2-series SSDs give customers the very best of both worlds when it comes to performance and value, and they are an ideal solution for mobile and desktop users that want to take advantage of all the benefits that SSDs offer over traditional rotational based drives," said Ryan Petersen, chief executive officer of OCZ.
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The Black Margate, Anisotremus surinamensis, is a marine perciform fish in the grunt family (Haemulidae), also called the Thick Lipped Grunt, Surf Bream, or Black Bream. It inhabits reefs in shallow subtropical waters off the Eastern Coast of the United States, from Florida through the Gulf of Mexico, the Carribean, and the Western Atlantic south to Brazil, hiding in caves, ledges and shipwrecks up to 20 meters deep. Jordan and Warden (1898) indicated that it may also exist in the Galapagos, as the most southern reaching gradation of species A. interruptus that is found to the North. It has a silvery-colored, elliptical body, with a pointy snout and thick lips. Young have black longitudinal stripes that fade away as they get older. The Black Margate is a carnivore and feeds nocturnally on small fish, crustaceans, mollusks and echinoderms. The genus Anisotremus contains 10 species that live in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic, of which A. surinamensis is the largest, with a maximum total length of 76 cm, has the largest geographical range, and is found with a large variation of form. The Black Margate has a long population doubling time and Fish Base ranks it as vulnerable to population decline. It is sometimes caught and sold as a food fish, but carries some risk of Ciguatera poisoning in the Carribean.
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The staff out at the Sunriver Resort Stables take great pride in their herd of approximately 100 horses which consists of 16 breeds of trail horses, guide horses, draft horses and ponies, each with distinct personalities and experience. Some of these horses have worked in Yellowstone and Glacier National park before heading out west to graze in the Sunriver meadow and provide trail, wagon and carriage rides to Sunriver Resort guests.
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During the SC10 industry trade-show the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) and T-Platforms Group, a leading creator of supercomputers as well as supporting software and services, signed a memorandum of understanding with intention to collaborate on the development of next-generation supercomputer technology aiming for exascale levels of performance.
The agreement signed between T-Platforms and MSU paves way to developing original exascale technology in Russia and sets forth a long-standing technological collaboration. MSU brings to the partnership its vast and unique experience in the development of parallel algorithms, programming tools, and application software, as well as extensive expertise in testing and fine-tuning cutting edge hardware technology. T-Platforms will continue to develop original supercomputing equipment from components up to the system level, along with system management and monitoring software, designed to radically improve power efficiency, augment resilience, and improve manageability of next generation computers.
"It is of vital importance for Russia to compete successfully with other world leaders in the development of next-generation supercomputing technology, as speed of innovation and improved quality of life depend a great deal on this technology. The cooperation of Russian supercomputer industry leaders, both vendors and customers, is a fundamental condition required to successfully meet many challenges we face as we move forward toward exascale levels of computation," said Victor Sadovnichy, rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
T-Platforms and the MSU have a successful track record of teamwork that has resulted in the two largest Russian supercomputers, Chebyshev (2008, 60TFLOPS), and Lomonosov, (2009, 350TFLOPS). The two organizations have partnered on techniques for improving software scalability with tremendous results. One example in particular is a thermal simulation at MSU that achieved 99% computational efficiency (real vs. peak performance) over 1000 nodes.
The two organizations did not reveal any actual solutions that can be utilized to build an ExaFLOPS supercomputer capable of performing at least a quintillion floating point operations per second (1018 FLOPS). Given that there are no world-class developers of processors in Russia at the moment and it is hardly possible that they will show up in the next ten years, it is highly likely that the first ExaFLOPS supercomputer in Moscow will use industry-standard chips. Many experts claim that exascale supercomputers will be heterogeneous and will utilize both traditional central processing units as well as special highly-parallel accelerators, such as AMD FireStream and Nvidia Tesla. As a result, the main tasks of the MSU and T-Platforms will be to create appropriate software, infrastructure and implementation of chips developed by current HPC market leaders, such as AMD, Intel and Nvidia.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (TheStreet) -- Will an untested, undefeated team get a shot at the title instead of a one-loss team with tougher competition? Can a team finish No. 1 in the polls and still not make it to the championship game? Is the winner of this year's college football championship the real champion?
Fortunately for everyone involved, these dumb questions and more should fade away with the Bowl Championship Series when it ends after this season.
The BCS seemed like a fine idea in the early 1990s, when coaches and sportswriters' polls had picked two different teams as the "national champion." It was also, ideally, supposed to give mid-major teams a shot at college crown against larger-higher profile competitors.
As we're all painfully aware, the BCS did none of the above. College football divided its national championships again in 1997 -- when an early, crude form of the BCS was in place -- and in 2003, when Louisiana State and the University of Southern California were each named the best team in the country in the coaches' and Associated Press polls. It eventually required intervention and assistance from Congress to get college football to agree to the four-team playoff system being implemented in 2014-15.
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Skip to comments.Lautenberg: Action needed to stop gun violence
Posted on 12/14/2012 9:07:30 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D., N.J.) renewed his call for new laws to combat gun violence following today's school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
"This is a day of great sadness in America, and our hearts go out to the victims and their families. This latest shooting tragedy is an unthinkable act of violence carried out against young children and innocent people. Americans are sick and tired of these attacks on our children and neighbors and they are sick and tired of nothing being done in Washington to stop the bloodshed," Lautenberg said in a statement. "If we do not take action to address gun violence, shooting tragedies like this will continue. As President Obama said, we must act now 'regardless of the politics.'"
Lautenberg has often been a lonely voice on gun control, an issue that gets little traction in Washington but that he has steadily pushed. After the summer shooting at a movie theater in Colorado Lautenberg pushed his bill to ban the sale of high-capacity gun magazines.
U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D., Pa.) also broached the topic, though in a less direct way.
"While nothing can relieve the pain of this tragedy, we can work to prevent these situations from happening again by engaging in a serious conversation about the issue of gun violence in our country," Schwartz said in a statement. "Today is a day for mourning the loss of the victims and for coming together as Americans to provide support for the community."
Several other local lawmakers, including Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa) and U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R., Pa.) have sent out messages of sadness and condolences, though without making any remarks on gun laws.
Lousyberg can't help but dance on the graves of these kids...the SOB.
Molon labe!
They are coming for them.
"Turn over your guns. You are safe. We Obama-care for you"
This POS Lousenberg didn't croak yet?
my first thought too. he looks like something from WALKING DEAD but not as bright.
I do have to give credit to Mayor Segarra (D) of Hartfiord. Said today/now is about healing, any policy debates can come later.
This a-hole should be spending time in Florida enjoying retirement. Lautenberg is lousy on guns, freedom and cannot forget, he supports a nation speed limit of 55 mph like the late James Howard.
Senator Frank Fossil trotting out the 70's era gun control meme once again.
Its for the children. If giving up our defenses saves one child's life then.....
Another opportunistic creep.
Great idea! Long past time something is done about this. First thing - end the idiotic so-called "gun free" zones. Obviously the only people carrying firearms in these zones are criminals.
Had one law-abiding, responsible citizen been there and been armed the outcome may have been vastly different.
Had we had several new laws forbidding such acts - on top of the pile of laws that are already in place fobidding such acts - the outcome would have been exactly the same.
Someone evil and insane enough to kill innocent people and children and kill themselves isn't going to be concerned about breaking 5 laws or 50 laws. The only thing that will stop that kind of evil is equal or greater violence. Note, not deterrence. Not gun control, knife control, not even spitball control will stop that kind of evil and insanity. The only thing that will stop it is someone prepared and able to put an end to an incident. But the idiot liberal hand-wringers have taken away 99% of that ability by disarming every law-abiding citizen in the vicinity.
I lay these kinds of incidents, every one of them, 100% at the feet of the willfully ignorant fools that disarm people in the face of violence in these so-called "gun free" zones. They are not, and never will be "gun free" zones. They are only collections of undefended innocent victims waiting for the next lunatic.
Attention whore. Send him the 2012 murder stats on Chicago.
Ha. What was just demonstrated is that giving up our defenses just cost 20 children their lives. Had responsible adults been allowed to be armed there then maybe, just maybe the incident could have been ended sooner with less loss of life. FBI statistics show this is the case. Yet the liberal hand-wringers want to do just the opposite of what makes sense.
This happened in a liberal state with strong gun control laws that didn't stop him.
This just shows that even those laws were not strong enough 'to save the children'. We obviously need something stronger to 'save the children'
Common sense rule : If something doesn't work then you must need more of it.
Wadda you hate kids or sumthin??
The first "action" should be to throw this Bill of Rights hating, commie pig off of Capitol Hill. He's been up there way too long.
Like most liberals "causes", this has less to do with reducing the loss of life than it does with advancing their agenda.
Twenty dead kids are nothing more to the left than a lever toward disarming the populace.
Calling Bob Toricelli ....
They do want a safe society, but it's just an added conveniece that disarming everyone allows them to put everyone in chains. Slaves are very safe. They never shoot anybody. Captive people never give you any lip. Lots of peace and quiet.
Yet not one word about the 52 million babies who have had a hole drilled in their skull, their brain sucked out and their bodies burned.
Miserable hypocrites.
Yep ... "Never let a Crisis go to waste"
A similar event took place in Scotland several years ago. The UK has gun laws as strict as possible, but that did not prevent that massacre of many young children.
Honestly, I thought that old geezer-crook was dead.
It never ceases to amaze me that the left jumps at the change to punish the innocent for the crimes of another. Some whack job shoots up a school and multiple millions of people that had nothing to do with the shooting are all the target of punishment. We live in an upside down world.
As stated in Atlas Shrugged, the only way to control an innocent man is through exploiting their feelings of guilt. The left uses this for gun control, immigration, race, environment, and many other of their causes. I for one refuse to play this game and no push back very hard when this is attempted on me. I notice others doing the same.
Time is on our side. I'm looking forward to the day I read his obituary.
Hey Lautenberg; guns don't kill people, people do. Don't believe that? OK; Obama didn't kill Bin Laden, guns did.
Lautenbergs's bill is what caused gun free school zone's zones.
Maybe Lautenberg could be so kind as to point out places - cities, states, anywhere where gun control has worked. There's a reason these animals/killers - evil ones on anti-depressants choose schools - schools are 'gun free' zones. Killers KNOW they'll be the only one armed. Liberals have created 'safe slaughter' places for these killers...
My error it was Bubba Klinton who signed into GFSZ 's in 1995 or 6, Lautenberg proposed spousal abuse as a felony.
All democrats should turn in their guns. They can't be trusted with basic Constitutional issues so giving up their 2nd amendment rights shouldn't bother them in the least.
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An exceptionally rare inscribed and autographed copy of 'A Spaniard In The Works' including a large lock of John Lennon's hair taped to the inside front cover inscribed in biro 'To Betty lots of love and hair from John Lennon'
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The hair — inside an autographed copy of Lennon's book "A Spaniard in the Works" — sold to an unnamed telephone bidder.
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The Argen Corp. Acquires the Jelenko Dental Alloy Business From Heraeus Kulzer, Inc.
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In February, The Argen Corp. acquired the Jelenko dental alloy business from Heraeus Kulzer, Inc. Argen is incorporating the business into its San Diego, California facility but will maintain the Jelenko brand name for the alloys.
The Argen Corp. was founded in South Africa more than 45 years ago and a subsidiary company was opened in New York City in 1983. Three years later, the Woolf family immigrated to the U.S. and moved the company to San Diego. Argen is a private, family-owned business and the largest producer of dental gold alloys in the world.
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Woolf: Our core competency is producing dental alloys, and our economies of scale will allow us to effectively integrate Jelenko's manufacturing processes into our current infrastructure.
We have a great deal of respect for Jelenko, which is why we're maintaining the brand name. The alloy compositions, packaging and formulas will remain the same. We assure the Jelenko customer that nothing will change. In fact, we expect to expand the Jelenko line and increase distribution worldwide.
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