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Helichrysum italicum.
What is Trigeminal neuralgia?
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) or tic doloureux (also known as prosopalgia) is a neuropathic disorder of the trigeminal nerve that causes episodes of intense pain in the eyes, lips, nose, scalp, forehead, and jaw. It is estimated that 1 in 15,000 people suffer from trigeminal neuralgia, although those numbers may be significantly higher due to frequent misdiagnosis. TN usually develops after the age of 50, more commonly in females, although there have been cases with patients being as young as three years of age.
The condition can bring about stabbing, mind-numbing, electric shock-like pain from just a finger's glance of the cheek. The most common forms of TN affect 1 in 15,000 to 20,000, but 1 in 5,000 are thought to suffer from some type of facial pain.
Many people find relief from medication, chiropractic manipulation, radiation therapy, or one of the five surgical options. Atypical trigeminal neuralgia, which involves a more constant and burning pain, is more difficult to treat, both with medications and surgery.
There are some things that a patient can do to minimize the frequency and intensity of TN attacks:
- Apply ice packs or any readily available source of cold to the area of pain. Cold often numbs the area and will reduce the pain.
- Warming packs, wrapped in a towel to protect one's skin, can also provide relief as they stimulate blood flow to the area they are placed upon.
- Get adequate rest in normal rest cycles.
- Manage your stress well and keep stress levels low. When you feel a TN attack coming on, try to relax immediately.
- Practice healthy living principles such as diet and exercise.
- Avoid foods that may act as nerve stimulants, such as coffee, tea, and foods that are high in sugar.
- Maintain adequate hydration and electrolyte levels at all times.
Using Helichrysum italicum
Helichrysum italicum is a sub-specie of the more commonly known plant Everlast or Immortal. The essential oil distilled from it has a distinct fragrance and a unique chemical composition. Its traditional uses include nervine, anti-allergenic, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, antiphlogistic, antispasmodic, antitussive, cicatrizant, febrifuge, antiseptic, antihematoma, anticoagulant, cholagogue, fungicidal, hepatic, diuretic, emollient, mucolytic, splenic, cytophylactic, and expectorant.
Helichysum italicum will be the oil of choice to help with Trigeminal Neuralgia , because of its ability to regenerate damaged nerves and relieve pain.
- To use, Apply 3-5 drops Helichrysum from the ear, along the jaw line, and across face. (Apply every 3-6 hours, depending on pain, every day.)
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Hello All. My first post here. About 3 weeks ago my (paid for) E46 330 Ci Convertible was totaled and my wife wants another Convertible. However, I've read herein some horror stories about stuck and/or leaking E9x Hardtop Convertibles. I even saw the U-Tube video of the guy in SC showing his 335 leaking (badly) in a carwash.
So here's my question. How many of you have GOOD (properly articulating and nonleaking) Hardtop Convertible BMW 335's??
Generally, those that exhibit problems on internet are the tails of the distribution (statistically speaking) and so its hard to determine the real extent of a problem (again statistically).
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A leaking, non-atriculating roof to me is a show-stopper. I had a Z3 before the 330 and both were ragtops....and neither ever leaked for failed. If the problem with the E9x is really extensive....I'll look for another E46 (maybe a M3).
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During some "house cleaning and sorting," I was looking at stuff in a Converse "Chuck Taylor" All Star box. On second observation, I noted that the box originally contained a "Converse All Star II." After a little head scratching, I remembered that I bought the shoes around 1979. The box stated Converse was a division of Eltra (which was the case from 1972 to 1979). I can remember I was working in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas at the time... which means it was after 1977. These pictures are courtesy of Ted, one of my many readers.... I no longer have the shoes, only the box! Mine were blue while Ted's are red.
Converse did away with the traditional logo patch in this shoe, along with the Buick Ventiports on the side. Instead of these traditional design features, they used the Converse "horizontal chevron and
star" design. Converse also enlarged the toe box in comparison to a traditional All Star.
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Converse used the same outsole as the "Chuck Taylor" All Star. Looking at my old box and what Ted told me about his box, Converse made at least the following colors:
2004, Converse introduced a model called the "Star Player Mid" (despite the term
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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
"Benedict has proven himself to be among the worst, most
retrograde popes in modern times."
Why would American media,
politicians and average citizens welcome a Hitler Youth member
who personally worked to insure Bush's re-election and who openly praised the
genocide conducted against American Indians? If the man in question becomes
pope, it obviously doesn't matter what he says or does. Otherwise sensible
people suddenly act like illiterate medieval peasants and fight to kiss his
Benedict XVI will make his first
visit to America as pope next week. Since his elevation in 2005, Benedict has
proven himself to be among the worst, most retrograde popes in modern times.
Worse even than his predecessor, John Paul II. John Paul's iconic "pope mobile"
and international visits gave him the appearance of a warm and cuddly spiritual
leader. Yet he was every inch a politician, and a right wing one at that.
John Paul personally and
forcefully opposed the liberation theology movement that swept Latin America in
the 1970s and 1980s. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Benedict XVI, was just like
his boss. As head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which used
to be called the Inquisition, Ratzinger crushed all efforts to question church
authority or promote leftist political activity. Known as "God's Rottweiler,"
Ratzinger forced Fr. Leonardo Boff, the father of liberation
theology, to retire to a monastery and shut up about liberating oppressed
"Ratzinger crushed all efforts to question church
authority or promote leftist political activity."
Ratzinger didn't confine his
politics to Latin America. In 2004 George W. Bush asked the Vatican for help in
his election
campaign. "Not all of the American bishops are with me," he whined. Bush's
wish was Ratzinger's command. Ratzinger wrote a letter to American bishops and
instructed them to deny
communion to politicians who supported abortion rights. This letter was
written in 2004, when John Kerry, a pro-choice Catholic, ran against George W.
Bush. The communion controversy was just one of the ways in which the Kerry
campaign was weakened by the Bush administration's successful mobilization of
conservative white Christians.
It is certain that no pundit or
politician will bring up this disgraceful activity when Pope Benedict visits
Washington and New York. If a foreign religious leader can work to keep a
favored American president in power and never be reproached, then he is free to
deliver words of hate.
Since he became pope, Benedict has
heaped insults on American Indians, and on Muslims all over the world. He said
that Christianity was not imposed on Indians because they "secretly
longed" for it. Rubbing salt into the gaping wound, Benedict added that
worship of traditional Indian religions would be "a step backward."
"Benedict has heaped insults on American Indians and on
Muslims all over the world."
Not content to insult the Indians
who survived the holocaust inflicted upon them by Europeans, Benedict proved
himself to be just as bigoted towards Muslims. He quoted a 14th
century Byzantine emperor who said that the prophet Muhammad brought only "evil and inhuman"
things to the world. Despite his blatant bigotry, Benedict is still treated
with respect and admiration. It certainly is good to be the pope.
While European nations were
killing Indians, they also began the enslavement of millions of Africans. The
church put the full force of its authority behind slavery from the earliest
days of European incursions around the world. In 1455, Pope Nicholas V
gave permission to ". . . invade, search out, capture, vanquish, and
subdue all Saracens and pagans whatsoever . . . and to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery..." The church
didn't stray from that point of view for centuries. As late as 1866 the church said, "It is not contrary to the natural and
divine law for a slave to be sold, bought, exchanged or given."
When Benedict visits Washington,
D.C. and New York City he will say mass before huge crowds, and politicians
will sharpen elbows and call in favors in order to be seen with him. No one has
asked him to apologize for the church's past support of these genocides or for
his own hate speech. Unlike Jeremiah Wright, who spoke truthful words, Benedict
will be lionized for telling lies, and justifying centuries of atrocities
because the perpetrators look like him.
"Unlike Jeremiah Wright, who spoke truthful words,
Benedict will be lionized for telling lies."
Catholics are not the only
Christian denomination who justified genocide and enslavement. America's true national
religion, manifest destiny and white privilege, has very old and very deep
roots. They start with the premise that Europeans had the right to claim
foreign lands as their own, and kill, buy and sell human beings. Most
Americans, regardless of denomination or religious affiliation, see nothing
wrong with Pope Benedict's racism. That is why he will be welcomed with open
arms. The German born ruler of the Vatican may be very American after all.
Margaret Kimberley's Freedom Rider column
appears weekly in BAR. Ms. Kimberley lives in New York City, and can be reached
via e-Mail at Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgandaReport.Com. Ms. Kimberley
maintains an edifying and frequently updated blog at freedomrider.blogspot.com.
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The customer is always right, and you do not have to accept it if your not happy... it's bull saying there will always be flaws, that's like admitting that there shop guys do shoddy work and trying to cover for it like it's ok for that stuff..
I had a recent run in like this with a gas door... very simple job to paint and I took it to a shop cause I didn't have time to paint it and it wasn't going to cost much ( $50 )... they sprayed a huge run in the base and bugs in the clear.. gave it to me and of course the run and bugs in the clear were unacceptable even for a gas door so I had them try again, and they buffed the paint out with a course compound and it left visable scratches, and the run was still there.. complained again to them again, and was told it would be $25 and that I was being ridiculous as it was just a gas door...
my mom also had a problem with her old car in the shop.. deer collision.. it was sprayed a diffrent color she didn't know the code to other than it was black jade.. she told the body man, and he acknowledged, but then sprayed the color that matched the door tag, needless to say, it looked horrid being 2 colors... he refused to respray at his cost until she got back ahold of the ins ( Allstate which has a 100% gaurentee ) and let them handle it... was then color scanned with the color camera and resprayed.
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I'm not sure on e36, but I know that you cannot dyno an e46 past 6500 rpms..regardless if DSC is on or off..And I have yet to dyno my car(no smogs in Louisiana)..I know that there are ways to trick the ECU, but never cared to research it..
Really, if your clutch was going out, then getting into it at low revs(torqueing) would easily cause you clutch to slip IF your clutch was on the brink of failing..You would easily notice this by the revs getting higher and the car just inching along..Not really the way you explained it..I could not see nor ever seen it pop/jerk or sputter from a faulting clutch..
Where does the car start to engage(peddle position)?? Is it hard to downshift or just get into first after a stop??
In nuetral, does the car rev like it should..If it does and then only acts up in gear..then I would definately look into a compression check and /or checking for leaks where your Dinan intake meets the head..
Hm, it engages at about where I expect it to, but it definitely feels like it's popping / sputtering, no hi revs. No problem downshifting, just getting into first. I'll look into the compression.
The dealers probably gonna give me a hard time about the aftermarket stuff, I should go independent?
Any good experiences with independents in the Santa Monica, CA area?
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I wrote about you and this recipe on my new food blog. Here it is:
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Thank you!!!Meenakshihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-87533769221491863642008-11-02T18:34:00.000-08:002008-11-02T18:34:00.000-08:00Hi, I just found your website this past weekend an...Hi, I just found your website this past weekend and I'm so glad I did! I'm in my early twenties and just getting use to the whole "real world" thing, which includes lots of cooking! (why didn't anyone tell me?) I made this recipe tonight and it was amazing! and SO easy to put together!! THANK YOU!!ticatiquitahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-83621141159051795782008-09-15T20:15:00.000-07:002008-09-15T20:15:00.000-07:00I just made this tonight for my daughter, 12, and ...I just made this tonight for my daughter, 12, and myself. I used mushrooms, onions and yellow squash, just what was in the fridge. I never thought of broiling polenta, I've always fried it. It was wonderful. We topped it with a little leftover fontina cheese and my daughter ate it up like a Hoover! She said make it again, please... It's always great to find something she'll eat with such passion. Thanks!
Valerie Dcomma girlhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-68375717271231212162008-03-02T18:30:00.000-08:002008-03-02T18:30:00.000-08:00I just made this for dinner and it was *absolutely...I just made this for dinner and it was *absolutely delicious*. Thank you so much for sharing this. I love your recipes and your fun sense of humour!!!!!!!! This will be one of my staples.
-firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-85584779850771104102008-01-11T10:24:00.000-08:002008-01-11T10:24:00.000-08:00Hi Karina...I found your blog couple weeks back an...Hi Karina...
I found your blog couple weeks back and have been constantly coming back to it. I love the pictures you post for each dish... makes me want to start cooking right away!
I tried this recipe for our Christmas dinner and everyone loved it. They couldn't stop appreciating the taste and the look! Thank you so much!Meenakshihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-81545046229589854482007-07-05T21:39:00.000-07:002007-07-05T21:39:00.000-07:00Karina7.05.07 ~ First of all, I love the new look ...Karina

7.05.07 ~ First of all, I love the new look of your blog! Haven't visited for a spell.

I just came by to refer to your recipe again tonight. Found a new pairing for these yummy roasted veges: served over slices of crunchy "baked" potato slices - sliced potatoes, sprinkled with Spike All Purpose Seasoning and microwaved for 2 minutes (yes, they were still raw-crunchy). I loved it!Piegirlhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-54535275282488868402007-05-30T17:28:00.000-07:002007-05-30T17:28:00.000-07:00Two days ago my niece told me about roasting her v...Two days ago my niece told me about roasting her vegies...especially cauliflower. I guess I didn'g get directions right; so my experimenting with it wasn't a good experience. But, then I came online and found your site. I have a friend with celiac disease, so I will print out the recipe(s) for her, since she's not a computer buff.
 Thanks.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-57431595192087515862007-03-30T16:57:00.000-07:002007-03-30T16:57:00.000-07:00Hi Anon!That's an interesting question. I have nev...Hi Anon!

That's an interesting question. I have never roasted celery. I've only cooked it in soups or casseroles.

If you do decide to try it, please come back and give us a full report.

:-)Karinahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-90897249247426899232007-03-30T16:39:00.000-07:002007-03-30T16:39:00.000-07:00This looks tasty, but I want to add celery. Can y...This looks tasty, but I want to add celery. Can you roast celery with other vegetables (onion, garlic, carrots, zucchini, and maybe red pepper)?email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-21023046537910716802007-03-28T09:47:00.000-07:002007-03-28T09:47:00.000-07:00Hi Pie Girl!I always feel so good after a vegetari...Hi Pie Girl!

I always feel so good after a vegetarian meal like this, too. Delicious and nutritious. What's not to love?

;-) Thanks for letting me know.Karinahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-6099943415783529672007-03-25T21:23:00.000-07:002007-03-25T21:23:00.000-07:00Karina, my tummy thanks you for this recipe. I fin...Karina, my tummy thanks you for this recipe. I finally had a chance to grill my polenta and roast some veges for supper tonight. And I haven't felt so good after a meal as I have tonight!Piegirlhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-77800435499141011812007-03-07T13:37:00.000-08:002007-03-07T13:37:00.000-08:00Hiya Sea! I never get tired of roasting vegetable...Hiya Sea!

I never get tired of roasting vegetables. Sigh. ;-)Karinahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-33412074164624151312007-03-07T13:25:00.000-08:002007-03-07T13:25:00.000-08:00I like the way you think! I love roasted vegetable...I like the way you think! I love roasted vegetables, I love feta, and I love Polenta, especially draped it the first two things. I will DEFINITELY be trying this recipe- roasting vegetables has been my favorite cooking method lately. :)

-Sea

visit my gluten free blog
http://www.bookofyum.com/Seahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-54433085462792451202007-03-07T10:05:00.000-08:002007-03-07T10:05:00.000-08:00Hi Faye! Welcome. I've never used Anna's bread mix...Hi Faye!

Welcome. I've never used Anna's bread mix, so I cannot say for sure.

How about trying it on the regular bread cycle, rather than the shorter GF cycle? Choose the larger loaf size [I bet Anna's makes a two-pound loaf].

As for polenta - when you make it from scratch you can season it with all kinds of goodies. Add dried herbs, sea salt, or some grated cheese for flavor. It's a naturally bland food used a base for sauces and other foods - much like pasta.

Good luck with your new blog! Have fun.

:-)Karinahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-36305424180364439782007-03-07T09:37:00.000-08:002007-03-07T09:37:00.000-08:00Kalyn,I have tried making polenta but it was very ...Kalyn,
I have tried making polenta but it was very bland. Other than drizzling olive oil, is there any way to give it more flavor? I'd love to make the roasted veggies with goat cheese for din tonite...Any suggestions? Also, I bought the Breadman Pro and used Breads by Anna mix. The gluten free cycle didn't quite bake the bread enough. The top was a little unbaked. I called Anna directly and she said that I was not the first person to say that about the Breadman Pro. Any ideas? Last but not least, my sister Ellen (IamGlutenFree) has inspired me to blog...I started two weeks ago and just need to buy a photo editing program to post the pictures. It's Glutenfreeforme.blogspot.com....come visit....as a veteran I'm sure you can give me some ideas. Many thanks for your inspiration as well.Fayehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-27750872007269401652007-03-07T07:28:00.000-08:002007-03-07T07:28:00.000-08:00Hi Rachel - Oh my, that sounds good! I love a chee...Hi Rachel - Oh my, that sounds good! I love a cheesy polenta with marinara.

What's on my plate? Last night was Steve's birthday so we made my flourless chocolate cake. Guess what I'm having for breakfast this morning? ;-)

Hola, Gilly! Ah. Polenta from scratch isn't hard - just time consuming. Have you tried making it in a rice cooker? It works.

Hey Polly! Oh yeah. Lots of food love around here.

xoxoKarinahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-49701331675090544522007-03-06T10:07:00.000-08:002007-03-06T10:07:00.000-08:00Oh, I am so glad to see some else on a GF diet lov...Oh, I am so glad to see some else on a GF diet loves food. I have a roll of polenta and I didn't know what to do with it. Now I do! Thanks!Pollyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-47975767230817462072007-03-06T09:48:00.000-08:002007-03-06T09:48:00.000-08:00Hi Karina - wow, how good does this look! I would...Hi Karina - wow, how good does this look! I would have to make the polenta from scratch, but it would be well worth the effort!gillyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-27264287729109634462007-03-06T09:46:00.000-08:002007-03-06T09:46:00.000-08:00Hi Karina:We must be on the same cooking and consu...Hi Karina:

We must be on the same cooking and consumption vibe as I just whipped up some polenta with gruyere cheese with a roasted vegetable marinara. And we just got Red Bridge gluten-free beer in our area.

Whoa! I'm making scallops tonight, what's on your plate?

-Rachel
http://wheat-free-meat-free.blogspot.comRachel Jagareski, Wheat-Free, Meat-Freehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-28637651812591751332007-03-05T13:22:00.000-08:002007-03-05T13:22:00.000-08:00Hi Annella!I'm so glad you found my blog. There ar...Hi Annella!

I'm so glad you found my blog. There are lots of easy recipes I think you and your family will love - and they won't even know they are gluten-free. Take a look through my recipe archives and you'll see lots of family-friendly straight-forward recipes.

As for the kids - you know, there are some fab GF cereals out there, and lots of snacks that are naturally gluten-free. And the brown rice pasta I use [Tinkyada] is so good, it's no sacrifice.

For shopping and pantry ideas, check my link on the blog sidebar [left] that says: The Morning After.

Also take a look at links further down the left side bar for mainstream shopping lists that list safe everyday foods - like mayo, ketchup, salad dressing, etc...

I'd make shopping choices gluten-free whenever possible - and it's easy to do with these lists. In no time, you'll get to know the safe brands.

Take a deep breath. You're doing GREAT!

Good luck on your new GF adventure, and be well!Karinahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-29411101257010245112007-03-05T13:08:00.000-08:002007-03-05T13:08:00.000-08:00Karina, I stumbled upon your blog this past weeken...Karina,

I stumbled upon your blog this past weekend and I want to let you know you have given me hope in my new world of gluten-free living.

I am a 35yr old mother of 3 (6yrs, 4yrs, and 3mo) who was diagnosed with Celiac less than a week ago. I met with a dietitian this past Friday and it was the most discouraging experience. I left her office in tears, believing I would not be able to have a 'normal' eating life. I stayed up late that night trying to find something encouraging online, and found your blog.

When I saw your beautiful photographs of the delicious looking gluten-free foods you prepare, I wiped away my tears and felt hope and joy. I so appreciate the candid way in which you write about Celiac Disease. You have become my ray of sunshine.

When I showed my dh your blog the next morning he was equally excited. In fact, he said, "Boy, if you started cooking food like that it would be a huge step up from our current diet!" I had to completely agree!! I have a steep learning curve in the kitchen, as I have never been comfortable preparing meals. However, the blessing of this diagnosis will be my improved domestic cooking skills!

Do you have any suggestions as to which recipies I should start with as a novice? Also, any recommendations as to staple pantry items? I am trying to formulate a meal plan for bkfst-lunch-dinner and snacks, but it is overwhelming! I am planning to serve gluten-free meals to the entire family at dinner, but I don't think I can take away the kid's PBJ sandwiches and breakfast cereal.

Even if you don't have time to respond, just know you have already made an enormous impact on me. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!

sincerely,
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-57724002078189081342007-03-05T10:10:00.000-08:002007-03-05T10:10:00.000-08:00Heya Kalyn! Let's hope March is better. Sigh. I'm ...Heya Kalyn!

Let's hope March is better. Sigh. I'm ready to move to Santa Monica. xo

Hi Slacker Mom!

Yes - me too! I love baby greens [tossed in a little olive oil and balsamic] with roasted veggies. I pile them on split baked potatoes, too. And yes, I used to love them on pizza. Yum. We'll have to come up with a good gluten-free crust for our greens, eh? ;-)

Hey Pie Girl!

I love Trader Joe's. Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by!

Hola Medium/GF Vegan!

A block of feta is safe as long as it's plain; if it has herbs added to it, it's best to check. Atheno's feta is safe - the last time I checked.

Blue cheese is only problematic if the company uses some form of bread to grow the mold, I believe; not all do. I never cared for blue mold cheeses, so I have not checked into safe brands.

Take care!Karinahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-67561927910338943162007-03-05T10:02:00.000-08:002007-03-05T10:02:00.000-08:00So, Im learning...I may even give polenta a tray a...So, Im learning...I may even give polenta a tray again, but I thought Feta cheese was in the same boat as blue cheese (having gluten)? Could I be mistaken?The Medium/The Gluten Free Veganhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19281824.post-74716827361472046372007-03-04T22:10:00.000-08:002007-03-04T22:10:00.000-08:00What a nice coincidence! I just bought a roll of c...What a nice coincidence! I just bought a roll of cooked polenta from Trader Joe's. I am definitely going to use this recipe for one of our meals this week. Thanks!Piegirlhttp://email@example.com


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Someone posted this link in a thread regarding penetration in an apartment (can't remeber who right now), there are some frangible rounds tested - however no magsafe was tested:
This is a discussion on What about frangibles as Self Defense loads for the house? within the Defensive Rifles & Shotgun Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Was at the local indoor range and shotguns & other long guns are OK if you use frangible loads. So of course, I did. And ...
Was at the local indoor range and shotguns & other long guns are OK if you use frangible loads.
So of course, I did. And it puts a damn nice hole in the paper target like a wadcutter...but significantly larger!
And since it would break up hitting something solid, I'd guess for penetration of the drywall/house it would definitely be less of a problem than a slug or even 00 shot.
So I'm thinking it would be a good first round or two in the shottie for self defense and the neighbors would be at a lower risk of having to file claims for holes in their houses.
Just thinking and looking for those with wiser/more experienced minds to comment.
Armed & Dangerous...and Inconspicuous...
Someone posted this link in a thread regarding penetration in an apartment (can't remeber who right now), there are some frangible rounds tested - however no magsafe was tested:
MagSafe is all I load in my primary mag for my carry weapon with more conventional rounds in the sp mag. I like RBCD, MagSafe and Glaser (Silver). But tooooooo DANG EXPENSIVE to plink with! Whew!
Former Army Infantry Captain; 28 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; NRA Patron Life; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
Didn't even know about Magsafe and they are just "down the road"
Will have to get some .
Armed & Dangerous...and Inconspicuous...
Good Lord! That box of truth was very cool. .45-70? gotta get one now....
There are 2 types of people, victims and the prepared. I choose to be prepared....
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If over penetration is a concern, load up with #8 game load or even bird shot. In close "in-home" situations even bird shot will stop the problem quickly when administered in 12gage form. That said, the best for a shotty is still buckshot.
I'll keep my freedom, my liberty, and my guns. You can keep the change.
Sometime back, one of the gun rags tested defensive frangible ammo for over-penettation. What they found was that most penetated walls just fine and a couple partially or completely penetrated cinderblocks!
After gel tests, what they found was that none over-penetrated walls after passing through the gel that simulated a human torso...which was about the same result with regular ball and hollowpoint ammo (all pistol, of course.
Conclusion: claims of not over-penetrating walls were only consistently met if the rounds first passed through a person. In other words, missed shots still pose a wall over-penetration risk.
ExSoldier, we should see if a few forum members would like to pitch in and send the Box of Truth guy some money for him to test the magsafe rounds - I think the AR15 forum members already did it whith the frangible ammo. Any one in?
I'd send a couple boxes of 12 ga frangibles along.
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That could be the case, but most hunting accidents are probably not at in-home distances either. I bet game load (#6 or #8) will do more than you think at 20ft. Of course the choke and lenth of barrel make a difference in effective distance too, and most HD shotties are 18" open choke. I still say 00Buck is best for HD.
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ABANDON SHIP! Is Don Mattrick the first of many Microsoft representatives to leave the Xbone? What kind of impact will he have at Zynga?
Remember that announcement during the Microsoft E3 press conference about Games With Gold? The Xbox Live Gold members were finally going to receive free games just like their PS Plus cousins starting with Halo 3 and Assassin's Creed II... or so we thought.
In yet another misfire of communication, Larry Hryb AKA "Major Nelson" gave a "heads up" on his blog two days before the promotion began to announce that the first Games With Gold title would be none other than... Defense Grid: The Awakening.
This is another classic case of Microsoft not getting the message out clearly to their fans as word of this news was widespread among many media outlets. I remember the words used specifically when talking about this program during E3 were "to kick off this program" followed by the reveal of Halo 3 and Assassin's Creed II.
While it's expected that these popular titles will eventually appear in Games With Gold, it's still puzzling to me that they would start the program with a tower defense game like Defense Grid: The Awakening. This is no knock on the game itself but it's hardly one I'd use to get people initially excited.
Meanwhile, PlayStation Plus still rolls out a myriad of quality titles for free each month. As of this post, you can download games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and the indie developed Machinarium which I highly recommend to any point and click puzzle adventure fans.
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The cult classic 1976 film was based on the 1967 novel Logan's Run written by William F. Nolan and George Clayton. The current remake has seen a number of directors (Skip Woods, Bryan Singer, Joseph Kosinski), writers (Dan Harris, Christopher McQuarrie, Alex Garland), and actors (Ryan Gosling, Rose Byrne) come and go. This latest addition will mark the first time Levine has written a non-video game related screenplay since before getting his start at Looking Glass Studios in 1995.
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The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is seeking a meeting with the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) to discuss the recently published report on corruption.
The PSC wants to engage TIGI after it declared during an engagement with the media a week ago that the organisation's assessment of corruption in Guyana will have an impact on "the private sector and the nation as a whole".
The release of the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index report earlier this month has been met with a robust response from government through its various officials who have been supported in their rejection of the report by some individual businessmen. While the PSC has neither endorsed nor rejected pronouncements on official corruption in Guyana it declared in last week's media brief that the report was based on "perceived corruption". The PSC says it fears the image of Guyana that could result from the findings of the TI report could affect incoming investment and there is need for the development of institutions that will guard against the perception of corruption such as a functioning Integrity Commission and a Public Procure-ment Commission.
While the government's contention that the perception of corruption is not in keeping with Guyana's reality, its critics, including some private sector functionaries contend that assertions that are based on perceptions may well have grounds for validity. A prominent high street merchant who spoke with this newspaper on condition of anonymity said the authorities know only too well "that it would not be easy to get the kind of evidence of corruption that might stand up in court. Anyone who believes, for example, that there is no official corruption at the level of Customs for example, has to be living on another planet." The businessman told Stabroek Business he had "personal knowledge" of more than one importer and more than one investor who had to "make payments in order to get their business done."
Asked to comment on the PSC's views on TI's corruption claims the businessman said he had "no problem" with the umbrella body's position but the PSC has placed itself in a position where it now has to be seen to be vigorously lobbying for the creation of strong institutions to guard against corruption."
The PSC's assertion that the TI report is based on "perceived corruption" has raised questions about what is believed in some quarters to be its reluctance to openly criticise the government, an issue which was raised at last week's PSC encounter with the media. PSC Chairman Ronald Webster told the briefing that the commission was seeking more opportunities to engage the media on issues of public interest.
Meanwhile, in what, arguably, amounts to a thinly veiled criticism of the government the PSC said in its briefing that it believed the capacity and strength of the country's institutions have fallen behind in the evolution of the economy and the country and are in need of rebuilding.
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Top-Down Vs. Bottom-Up Software ArchitectureJuly 11, 2007 - 9:58am — bex
More pragmatic advice from James McGovern, this time about top-down versus bottom-up IT initiatives. In other words, CEO mandate versus workers-know-best. Both are needed, but when is which one appropriate? My favorite quote:
One of the more interesting things is that a person debating top-down vs bottoms-up needs to take into consideration is historically which one has had better results. Of course, top-down has the advantage that even mediocre delivery will be declared success while bottoms-up mediocrity will probably result in throwing daggers.
Consideration? Sure, OK. That's the politically expedient thing to do for bottom-up... but it misses a vital point: is the technology something that people will absolutely love? If so, mediocre implementation will be forgiven, and the top-down criticism will eventually be won over. As I always say, its easier to get forgiveness than permission.
I was a part of multiple skunk works projects at Stellent, some of which got me into a teensy bit of trouble with executives. Some of these projects languished, but many of them took off like gangbusters because people loved them. In the words of Cathy Sierra, these systems helped people kick ass. In the words of Clay Shirky, they were systems where people took care of one another, and that more than anything else guaranteed their existence the next day.
James feels that Outsourcing, CMMi and/or PMI, and Identity Management are best done top down... I agree with everything but Outsourcing, unless its on a large scale. There's nothing wrong with giving your middle managers a budget to outsource. Heck, I see nothing wrong with giving every developer a $5,000k budget, and let them "outsource" some tricky code to another developer who can do it in half the time. Or buy a awesome monitor. As long as there's modest oversight, and your developers aren't idiots, there's very little harm that can be done.
James also says Agile, SOA, and Open Source are best done bottom-up... whereas I agree its easier from a bottom-up perspective to sneak-in cutting edge technology, I'm not sure if its best. This problem is by no means unique to the software world. Its the same age-old question: when should I let my employees take the initiative? The same rules apply across the board, whether the "initiative" is a software methodology, an innovative marketing plan, or sales incentives. The two most important questions are:
- How does this decision affect the rest of the organization?
- Do the people making this decision fully understand its risks and benefits?
No matter what you're doing, the answer is always the same: unless your employees are bound by a genuine shared purpose, bottom-up initiatives will do more harm than good! In a typical company, you'll be OK if your IT department sneaks in Agile techniques... but in a dysfunctional company, you run a significant risk of making things worse. This is bad, because in dysfunctional companies, bottom-up initiatives are sometimes the only way to get anything done.
Unless you have some folks at the bottom who have a 50,000 foot view of the entire company, or are genuinely dedicated to helping your customers kick ass, then bottom-up initiatives are just spinning wheels on systems that go nowhere. If your IT department wants to take the initiative, they better be keenly aware how their changes effect everybody else. They had better understand that all change has positive- and negative-effects, and keep track of them all. Finally, they had better have a plan to roll-back the changes, should the negatives dominate for too long.
This way, you're more likely to have bottom-up initiatives that kick ass! Also, you'll have a nice paper trail of successes to prove its value to your inevitable critics.
No silver bullet
I work at a large company that promotes top down approach using Mode Driven Architecture in order to build a large SOA system.
Top down approach has its merits that are easy to understand and it's no wonder the management swears by it. However it has its limits, which can be summed as this: if you need to decompose complex systems into smaller components, top down method is well suited. But if you want high performance, top down approach simply won't buy it. Worse, you may completely overlook these issues, because in the top down approach, you usually leave the implementation details to later stages of design.
But when you want high performance, implementation details have to be kept in mind from the VERY beginning, at all stages of the design, when the architecture can still be changed in order to accomodate performance requirements. Because another issue with the top down approach is that it's not iterative. Once a design is set, it's very hard to change it.
So the top down method requires that extremely skilled and experienced architect, who have a good understanding of the performance issues of the technologies they use. Because at later stages of developments, it's simply too late, you can't get high performance from a bad design.
The bottom up approach, by focusing on foundations, allows performance considerations from the start, during API design.
A typical mistake is to believe that designing a database backed high performance system using UML tools and object relational mapping by even experienced Java architects is a good thing. What they usually do is build the business model in UML that is generally sound in a Java architecture (even though the less experienced architects often build a completely concrete model, overlooking all the design qualities of abstraction and therefor building very rigid and hardly extensible systems). Once the business model is set and meets all the business requirements, they generate the database model and the ORM mapping for JPA, Hibernate or another ORM.
But when it comes to performance, what is sound in UML can be catastrophic or at best mediocre in the database.
Because the assumption is, with object-relational mapping, you don't need to know SQL (false) nor database performance issues (false again).
Basically, to get high performance out of a large database (tables with millions of rows, and near real time response), one must first design the database model with performance in mind, thinking such details as how to retrieve/update data efficiently. This type of thinking is typically bottom up (implementation details first). Here, MDA development should be database model based, and NOT business model based, because again, once an inefficient database model is set, and hundreds of thousands of lines of business code have been written, it's simply too late, you will never get high performance from the system.
And in large systems, that can mean failure.
In conclusion, as usual, there is no silver bullet. One needs both top down and bottom up at the same time. For business requirements, top down is the way to go, for performance requirements where they are needed, bottom up must not be overlooked.
all good points...
There are analogies between the top-down/bottom-up question, and the architecture-first/functionality-first question.
The value of thinking at the high level is that you can determine if success on this project will lead to problems elsewhere... however, since you are divorced from the implementation details, you don't have a complete idea of the complexity of the problem.
Some folks throw up their arms and go agile... just keep iterating and iterating until it works. That sometimes works, but there are flaws.
I prefer the concept of feedback loops in addition to iteration... that allows the implementation guys to experiment in order to find the "optimal" solution, but it also ensures the experimental results flow back to the top level decision makers and stakeholders.
Of course, this means you need somebody on your team who understand iteration, feedback, implementation details, and high-level strategy... and has the ability to communicate with everybody on all levels. This, apparently, is something of a tall order.
wats is the difference
wats is the difference between topdown and bottomup approach when it comes to programming


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Time for a round-up of recent games news.
Jon Abbott of the JASPP software preservation project has recently announced that they have acquired the rights to distribute games previously developed/published by Artex Software, Eterna, Minerva and Visions of the Impossible.
These games include such classics as: Ballarena, Botkiller, Exodus, Poizone, Prime Solver & SunBurst. The games are being released through the JASPP forum, so keep an eye out for updates there.
No mention was made of Artex Software's later games Ankh and TEK, or the never released for RISC OS Iron Dignity, with its impressive 3D rendering engine.
The announcement does mention that JASPP are looking to update some of the titles by Artex Software and Visions of the Impossible to run natively on 32-bit systems. The first to get such treatment will be VOTI's SunBurst. Whether this news will lead to a 32-bit multitasking desktop WIMP conversion of Super Foul Egg, or Exodus running natively on the Panda Board is unknown at this time.
This happened a while back, but the full Star Fighter 3000 game has been released for free. This is the latest souped-up version, which features improved rendering distances, desktop play, and a host of other improvements. It runs on RISC OS machines from the latest dev-board hardware, right back to the old Archimedes systems it originally appeared on. To run it on an old Archimedes system at full frame rate, you'll need to make sure you have the nested WIMP installed, reduce the game's graphics settings and force it to run in fullscreen mode.
Anthony Vaughan Bartram of Ambiguous Contrasts Games has produced Overlord, a space shoot-em-up on available PlingStore. The latest version, 1.40, has just been released.
In other news, James Shaw has been keeping us informed of his progress on the development of a RailPro-like game.
The preservation project for Acorn software, JASPP, has so far been focused on preserving old games. Many of the titles concerned required 20 year old hardware and obsolete versions of RISC OS to run. Over the last year or so, the project has obtained disc images and box/manual scans for well over 100 of the games released for the Acorn platform. Most of these have been contributed by users.
While they've been archiving these old games, the project has also been working on software to enable the archived games to be played. The software they've developed includes: ADFFS, the floppy disc image loader; an updated version of QTM, the tracker music player; and various other software including on-the-fly converters to allow more games' music to be played through QTM.
Over the last few days JASPP has started to release games for which they have acquired distribution rights. Currently these include:
If you have any old titles the JASPP team would like to hear from you.
Steve Harrison, the original developer of the tracker player Q The Music, has produced a new RISC OS module which allows games to be played on old Archimedes systems hooked up to modern monitors or televisions. LCDGameModes patches the screen modes that games use on the fly, such that they work correctly with a VGA or SVGA compatible screen. The effect of this is to prevent scrambled displays and fix the aspect ratio of "letter-boxed" games.
The software is currently in public beta, and is being discussed over on the stardot forums. One post shows Elite and Star Fighter 3000 starting up on a 40inch Samsung Telly.
Next weekend, Saturday the 27th of October, is the date for this years London show. The show is to be held at the usual location of the St Giles Hotel in Feltham, London, and will be open from 11AM to 5PM. Tickets cost £5 on the door. Although the theatre presentation schedule isn't yet available, the exhibitor's list is. Apart from all the usual subjects you should also keep an eye out for ROOL's first official, stable release of RISC OS for the Raspberry Pi.
As mentioned above, the first stable release of RISC OS for the Raspberry Pi is expected to be unveiled at this years London show. The port has come on a long way since it was first shown at last years show, and is now pretty much on par with the other platforms with regards to features and usability. The distribution is to be available in the form of an SD card complete with ROM image, !Boot sequence, and a selection of pre-installed software, based around the work Chris Hall and others have placed into the Pi alpha distro. Other news from ROOL in recent months includes:
Hot on the heels of release 1 of GCC 4.1.2, the RISC OS GCCSDK team have released release 2, with a focus on fixing the bugs that were found in the initial release.
Last month Alan Peters surprised everyone by announcing that TBA Software are back from the dead. Their back catalogue includes AXIS (which was awarded five stars by Acorn 32-Bit Gaming), Formula Two Thousand (FTT), Cyber Ape, Cobalt Seed, and BHP [Review].
TBA Software are sharing their progress on a new blog. Already they have released a 32-bit only version of their high performance image filing system, TBAFS.
They have started to produce a 32-bit version of their 3D graphics library and game runtime, TAG, and they are working on using extra features of modern ARMv7 CPUs to make it run even faster.
Another member of the TBA Software team, Martin Piper [Interview], has managed to render levels from BHP on Windows. Alan is hoping to get BHP running on the BeagleBoard XM in the near future.
In other news, the excellent RISC OS classic Inferno [Review] has been released for Apple iOS devices. There's no mention of support for Android devices. Paradise's website claims that Inferno is their "very first iPhone title", so perhaps we will see Overload [Review] and the long awaited Pocket Money / Toybox Dreams [Preview] make their way over to modern handheld devices too.


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Dow Constantine reelection campaign event announced
Dow Constantine reelection campaign event announced
King County Executive, and West Seattle resident, Dow Constantine is running for reelection. He was inaugurated for his first term Nov. 24, 2009.
From the King County website, his official bio:
Since his election as King County Executive in November 2009, Dow Constantine has been working to instill a culture of performance that changes the way King County does business and forging partnerships with residents, cities, employees, and other county leaders to craft real, sustainable reforms.
In his first year in office, he forged a partnership to obtain a $44 million federal allocation for Howard Hanson Dam repairs and dramatically reduce the threat of Green River Valley flooding, assembled a coalition of governments to fund the construction of a new South Park Bridge, and joined with the state to finance the County's purchase of a Maury Island gravel mine slated for major expansion, preserving a mile of natural Puget Sound shoreline.
Before his election as Executive, Dow served as a King County Council member for eight years, and has held elected office in Washington state for 15 years.
A Seattle native, Dow graduated from West Seattle High School and the University of Washington. He earned University of Washington post-graduate degrees in law (1989) and urban planning (1992). Today, Dow lives in the West Seattle neighborhood where he grew up.
Dow became interested in politics at an early age and in college served as a legislative intern to 34th District State Sen. Phil Talmadge. After graduation he practiced law and worked on a number of community projects. While helping with efforts to preserve open space, he first worked with County Council member Greg Nickels, who later hired Dow as a legislative aide.
A two-term state representative (elected 1996 and 1998) before being elected to the 34th District's senate seat in 2000, Dow was co-chair of the House Judiciary Committee and vice-chair of the Senate Ways & Means Committee.
Dow was appointed to the King County Council in January 2002, and won election to the office four times--in November of 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2007. Dow served as County Council Chair in 2009 and led the panel that wrote the 2007 King County budget. As a four-year member of the Council's budget leadership team, he worked to slow the growth of King County's jail expenditures through such innovations as drug court, mental health court and driver re-licensing programs. He has been a consistent supporter of transportation alternatives as a Sound Transit board member and former chair of the Council's Transportation and Regional Transit Committees.
A current board member of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, Dow was also a founding board member of the West Seattle High School Foundation, which has raised thousands of dollars for student programs and activities.
Throughout his public service career, Dow has been an outspoken advocate for environmental protection, public transit, and government reform. As King County Executive, he is working to make King County government more efficient and performance-based--and to give citizens maximum value for each tax dollar.
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Most Americans assume that the industrial chemicals used in the United States—chemicals that end up in our homes, our water and our air—have been tested for safety. Sadly, this isn't the case.
Under the current Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Environmental Protection Agency's hands are tied when it comes to evaluating the safety of new chemicals or stopping the use of existing chemicals that are harmful to human health and the environment.
Case in point: flame retardants in products like living room sofas, carpet padding, mattresses, computers, TVs and children's car seats bioaccumulate in people, are hormonally active and are linked to a wide array of health problems, yet under existing law the EPA can't pull them from the market and even had to approve a supposedly safer alternative in the absence of safety data that eventually found the substitute chemical to be toxic, too.
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Rogue Artist Fills Unsightly, Dangerous Potholes With Mosaic Art
Chicago local gives the city a helping hand with their road repairs.
After a particularly brutal winter, Chicago's streets are littered with more potholes than usual. Instead of waiting for the city to act, a local artist by the name of Jim Bachor has taken matters into his own hands. However, instead of just filling the potholes, he decided to transform them into tiled mosaics, many of which feature subtle jokes. He started in January, and has already attracted the praise of locals who grew tired of weaving back and forth on the damaged roads.
Bachor, who also spent many years as a designer and creative director, first fell in love with mosaics on a trip to Europe, These days, he is particularly fond of the fact he can combine a timeless format such as mosaics, with relatively young ideas such as popular brands, snack cakes and cereals.
Using the same materials, tools and methods of the archaic craftsmen, I create mosaics that speak of modern things in an ancient voice. My work locks into mortar unexpected concepts drawn from the present. By harnessing and exploiting the limitations of this indestructible technique, my work surprises the viewer while challenging long-held notions of what a mosaic should be.
Even though none of this is official, the City of Chicago seems to be taking it fairly well, even if they did try and deter the artist in a very polite way.
The Department of Transportation continues to work diligently to fill the numerous potholes that have appeared on our streets as a result of the historic winter. Mr. Bachor and his art are proof that even the coldest, harshest winter can not darken the spirits of Chicagoans. But filling potholes is a task best left to the professionals and CDOT.
Some may consider him a nuisance, others a hero, that's for you to decide, but it's fairly easy to see that a colorful mosaic which brings a smile to your day is better than a dangerous pothole that could land you or your car in some serious trouble.
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Five Alive, After Carbon Monoxide Scare In Ocala
OCALA - It's called a silent killer and as deadly as Carbon Monoxide is, five people in a home in Ocala managed to survive high levels of it last night. This is the most common cause of accidental poisoning in the country.
It's an accident that can happen to anyone. The family members tells me they were using a gas generator in the back porch. They turned it off and brought it in the house which they thought would be "okay," but forgot to close a plug and that's how the fumes leaked inside.
Meshell Madigan tells me, "I don't know, I thought I was going to die." This colorless, odorless, tasteless deadly gas claims more than 500 lives in the country every year. Ocala Fire Rescue answered to a 911 call Friday at 1 a.m. from Madigan and her fiancée. "I was throwing up everywhere, I had a very bad migraine, I felt like I was going to die. I couldn't focus. I was scared for them on top of myself," she adds.
The five people required emergency medical care for Carbon Monoxide poisoning and were transported to Munroe Regional Hospital. Assistant Chief for the Ocala Fire Rescue, Brian Stoothoff says symptoms for Carbon monoxide poisoning are similar to those of the flu. "Weakness, fatigue, headache are very common and we suggest if you have those symptoms that you go outdoors and call 911, especially if more than one family member has those symptoms," he says. Stoothoff advises people to be even more careful this winter as these accidents are more common in the cold weather. "Carbon Monoxide is produced from malfunctioning gas appliances, it can also be produced from motor vehicle emissions and fire places. So we always suggest that you have a carbon monoxide detector if you have those items," Stoothoff notes.
Despite the high levels of Carbon Monoxide inside of this home, she feels blessed to have made it out alive. "I thank god, if it weren't for him, I would have died. And this made my faith in him a lot stronger than it was before," Madigan affirms.
Everyone is back home recovering but it was a scare madigan says no one would want to go through. Ocala Fire Rescue advises people never to run a generator inside of a house or in a closed atmosphere.
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Pioneer: Suzuki says its Vitara set the compact SUV trend, years before the Toyota RAV4.
12 October 2009
By MARTON PETTENDY
SUZUKI has taken Toyota to task over its latest advertising campaign for the RAV4, which claims the once top-selling compact crossover is "the original SUV".
The company has pointed out that Toyota unveiled its first compact SUV concept the year after Suzuki's original Vitara went on sale more than 20 years ago, but the RAV4 was not released for a further five years.
"It's one thing to make a lot of noise about being the original compact SUV - it's another to actually prove it," said Suzuki Australia general manager Tony Devers in a press release issued on October 12.
"Suzuki was, without doubt, the company that started the compact SUV segment in 1988 with the original Vitara.
"Toyota showed a concept version of a compact SUV at the 1989 Tokyo motor show, but the first RAV4 did not go on sale until 1994.
"I'm not sure how anyone could claim to be the original when presented with cold hard facts like that," said Mr Devers.
While the Vitara evolved into the Grand Vitara, which is Suzuki's direct competitor for the RAV4, Mr Devers said Suzuki's small SUV expertise was first demonstrated almost 40 years ago.
"Development of the Suzuki 4x4 compact car program began in 1968 and resulted in the launch of the first-generation Jimny in 1970," he said. "Its compact body featured design elements never before seen in a 4x4 vehicle of that size, including a ladder frame, rigid axle suspension and dual-range transfer case.
"For nearly 40 years Suzuki has been the trend-setter in engineering compact SUVs and, unlike our competitors, we have maintained our commitment to providing an SUV with full-time 4WD and a low-range transfer case."
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HS SOFTBALL: Ligonier Valley blanks Red Dragons in opener
LIGONIER — Ligonier Valley opened its season by racking up 13 hits, including six doubles, and rolling to an easy 9-0 win over Purchase Line in a Heritage Conference softball game Wednesday.
Ligonier Valley plated four runs in the first inning and scored two runs on three hits and a walk in the third to extend its lead to 6-0.
Courtney Frappier led Ligonier Valley with two singles, a double and two RBIs. Jeanie Markosky added a single, a double and two RBIs, and Breanne Wallace had a single, a double and an RBI. Hannah Yeskey chipped in a single and a double, and Brittany Lynch doubled.
Hailey Umbaugh tossed a four-hitter, striking out eight and walking three.
Tia Adams doubled to pace Purchase Line.
Losing pitcher Amy Elling struck out five and walked one in five innings.
Both teams play Friday. Ligonier Valley travels to United, and Purchase Line (0-1) visits Blairsville.


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I am over 90% white and only 44 years old. I colored my hair for almost 20 years and then decided to see what my hair looked like without color. My stylist pulled out all the color, cut my hair into a pixie, and I just let it grow out.
I learned to take care of my mature hair (deep conditioning, heavier daily conditioning, and protein treatments) so it looks healthy. I am also lucky that my hair is more white than silver or grey. I do have lowlights of pale, sandy blonde put in a couple times a year.
I had to make major changes in my makeup colors. I needed stronger pink tones rather than the pale rose and earthy tones I wore in the past.
I really embraced my white hair and I am happy that I did. It was too much trouble to keep up with the color and my hair is healthier without it.
Growing out my curls. White hair, fine to medium texture but a lot of it. Low to medium porosity. Botticelli curls -- 2c/3a mix. My hair loves protein.
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A year after going 8-22 and matching the school record for losses, the Buckeyes counterpunched with a 27-9 mark and climbed from last to second place in the Big Ten.
The four starters from that tournament run come in supremely confident.
"It's not cockiness," said third-year Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien. "There's a big difference. These guys think they can go into some places and win some games. That's a real healthy thing."
The Buckeyes, not even a blip on the screen a year ago, enter tonight's Preseason NIT game against Notre Dame ranked fifth in the AP rankings.
Once again, the guard tandem of Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd lead the way.
Penn, who split last year's Big Ten player of the year award with Michigan State's Mateen Cleaves, averaged 16.9 points and 4.8 assists a game in his first season in uniform. More than his stats, he was the catalyst of a Buckeye rebirth after an unprecedented five consecutive losing seasons.
A year ago in the preseason, the 5-foot-10 transfer from Boston College brazenly predicted Ohio State would go to the NCAA Tournament. O'Brien looked at him as if he were crazy. This year, he's tempered his swami talk.
"We're going to fight for the Big Ten championship, that's first and foremost," the senior from Salem, Mass., said. "Second, we want to go to the NCAA Tournament."
What about a return to the Final Four?
"It can happen, yes," he said minutes after talking to O'Brien about not making another brash statement. He added, "You can't go out there and make predictions about getting back to the Final Four."
Redd was the Boy Wonder to Penn's Batman, contributing 19.5 points a game while harnessing his occasionally wild shot-selection to fit the team concept favored by O'Brien and his former Boston College protege, Penn.
Asked what he learned from his first trip to the NCAA Tournament, the junior from Columbus said, "Lose one game and you're out of the tournament, that's the thing I got from it. We have to have that same mentality coming into this season. We don't want to lose a game at all. Sure, we're going to lose some. But I'll go with not losing that many."
Quiet and vastly improved 6-11 Ken Johnson anchors the middle. He put together a monster game in the Buckeyes' 77-74 upset of No. 9 St. John's in the South Regional title game in Knoxville, blocking seven shots and scoring 12 points to go with four rebounds.
Sophomore Brian Brown, who became a starter in the tournament, will share the point guard duties with Penn. George Reese, a 6-7 senior, takes the spot vacated by the graduated Jason Singleton.
Will Dudley, who missed much of last year after surgery on his right foot, backs up Johnson. Freshman Brent Darby, sophomore Doylan Robinson and a pair of natives of Yugoslavia named Slobodan _ "Boban" Savovic and "Cobe" Ocokoljic _ provide depth off the bench.
O'Brien really notices the difference in mental approach after the tournament run.
"It's not like we're going into games like we were early in the year last year, saying, 'Hopefully, if we play well and maybe get lucky, at the end we can get this one,"' he said. "These guys are going into games thinking we have a good team and we have a chance to win all the games that we play this year."
And yet, O'Brien stressed, "They don't walk around telling everybody how good they are. They don't walk around with a swagger."