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Generic Name: pirbuterol (pir-BUE-ter-ol)
Brand Name: Maxair Autohaler
Pirbuterol is used for:
Treating or preventing the symptoms of asthma. It may be used alone or in combination with other medicines. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Pirbuterol is a beta agonist. It works by relaxing the smooth muscle in the airway, which allows air to flow in and out of the lungs more easily.
Do NOT use pirbuterol if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in pirbuterol
- you are using another short-acting sympathomimetic bronchodilator (eg, albuterol)
- you take a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (eg, phenelzine)
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using pirbuterol:
Some medical conditions may interact with pirbuterol. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
- if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
- if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
- if you have heart problems (eg, irregular heartbeat), high blood pressure, diabetes, an overactive thyroid, a history of seizures, or low blood potassium levels
- if you have ever had an unusual reaction to another sympathomimetic medicine (eg, pseudoephedrine, albuterol)
- if you have taken an MAOI (eg, phenelzine) or tricyclic antidepressant (eg, amitriptyline) within the last 14 days
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with pirbuterol. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Diuretics (eg, furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide) because the risk of low blood potassium levels may be increased
- Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors (eg, entacapone), linezolid, an MAOI (eg, phenelzine), short-acting sympathomimetic bronchodilators (eg, albuterol), stimulants (eg, amphetamine), sympathomimetics (eg, pseudoephedrine), or tricyclic antidepressants (eg, amitriptyline) because they may increase the risk of pirbuterol's side effects
- Beta-blockers (eg, propranolol) because they may decrease pirbuterol's effectiveness
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if pirbuterol may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.
How to use pirbuterol:
Use pirbuterol as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- An extra patient leaflet is available with pirbuterol. Talk to your pharmacist if you have questions about this information.
- Prime the inhaler as directed on the patient leaflet before using it for the first time and if it has not been used for 48 hours.
- To use a dose, remove the mouthpiece cover. Hold the inhaler upright (arrows should point up). Raise the lever until it snaps into place. SHAKE GENTLY several times. Hold the inhaler around the middle, making sure that you do not block the air vents.
- While holding upright, turn your head away from the inhaler and breathe out fully. Place the mouthpiece between your lips and seal your lips around the mouthpiece. Inhale deeply through the mouthpiece with a steady, moderate force. You will hear a "click" and feel a puff when the medicine releases. Do NOT stop inhaling when you feel the puff. Continue to take a full, deep breath.
- Remove the inhaler from your mouth. Hold your breath for 10 seconds, then exhale slowly. Continue to hold the inhaler upright while lowering the lever.
- If you need to use more than 1 inhalation, wait 1 minute, then repeat.
- Do not use pirbuterol with any other mouthpiece. Do not use this mouthpiece with any other medicine.
- Keep track of how many inhalations you have used. Throw away the canister after you have used the labeled number of inhalations. It may no longer give the correct amount of medicine.
- Clean the inhaler according to the directions in the extra patient leaflet.
- If you miss a dose of pirbuterol and you are using it regularly, use it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not use 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use pirbuterol.
Important safety information:
- Pirbuterol may cause dizziness. This effect may be worse if you take it with alcohol or certain medicines. Use pirbuterol with caution. Do not drive or perform other possibly unsafe tasks until you know how you react to it.
- Pirbuterol may sometimes cause severe breathing problems right after you use a dose. When this problem occurs, it is often after the first use of a new canister or vial. If this happens, seek medical care at once.
- Do not get pirbuterol in your eyes. If you get it in your eyes, rinse right away with cool water.
- Pirbuterol should work for at least 5 hours. Do not use more than the recommended dose or more often than prescribed without checking with your doctor.
- If your usual dose does not work well, if you need to use it more often than normal, or your symptoms get worse, contact your doctor at once. Your asthma could be getting worse and your doctor may need to change your medicine.
- Talk with your doctor or pharmacist about all of your asthma medicines and how to use them. Do not start, stop, or change the dose of any asthma medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
- Carry an ID card at all times that says you have asthma.
- Do not store or use pirbuterol near heat or an open flame or while smoking.
- Tell your doctor or dentist that you take pirbuterol before you receive any medical or dental care, emergency care, or surgery.
- Pirbuterol should not be used in CHILDREN younger than 12 years old; safety and effectiveness in these children have not been confirmed.
- PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant, contact your doctor. You will need to discuss the benefits and risks of using pirbuterol while you are pregnant. It is not known if this medicine is found in breast milk. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you use pirbuterol, check with your doctor. Discuss any possible risks to your baby.
Possible side effects of pirbuterol:
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur:
Cough; dizziness; headache; nausea; nervousness; tremor.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; wheezing; increased difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); chest pain; confusion; depression; fainting; fast or irregular heartbeat; muscle weakness or cramps; new or worsened trouble breathing; severe or persistent headache or dizziness; tightness in the chest; wheezing.
This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, contact your health care provider. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. To report side effects to the appropriate agency, please read the Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA.
If OVERDOSE is suspected:
Contact 1-800-222-1222 (the American Association of Poison Control Centers), your local poison control center, or emergency room immediately. Symptoms may include chest pain; fast or irregular heartbeat; seizures; severe headache or dizziness; severe or persistent nervousness or trouble sleeping; tremor.Proper storage of pirbuterol:
Store pirbuterol at room temperature, between 59 and 86 degrees F (15 and 30 degrees C). Store away from extreme temperatures (above 120 degrees F [49 degrees C]). Store away from direct sunlight. Do not store or use near heat or open flame. Do not puncture, break, or burn the canister even if it appears to be empty. Keep pirbuterol out of the reach of children and away from pets.
General information:
- If you have any questions about pirbuterol, please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- Pirbuterol is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.
- If your symptoms do not improve or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
- Check with your pharmacist about how to dispose of unused medicine.
This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take pirbuterol or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about pirbuterol. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to pirbuterol. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using pirbuterol.
Disclaimer: This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take this medicine or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about this medicine. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to this medicine. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using this medicine.
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'Keith and the Girl' Eat Weird Candy & Talk Uncomfortable Podcast Moments [INTERVIEW]
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Keith and the Girl have been podcasting since before the world knew podcasting was an actual thing.
Hosted by comedian Keith Malley and his ex-girlfriend Chemda Khalili, Keith and the Girl consistently ranks in the top comedy podcasts on iTunes. The show welcomes over 50,000 listeners each episode and in excess of 1 million monthly downloads. They've interviewed comedy heavyweights like Marc Maron, Eugene Mirman and Hannibal Burress.
Keith and Chemda invited me to their Queens, NY studio where we discussed the show, their fans and the show's biggest moments. Naturally, as a guest in their "home", I had to bring treats.
"Treats" is putting it nicely.
***WARNING — Language is NSFW***

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Ruth Manning's Statement
Painting watercolors and weaving tapestries are two very interconnected techniques. I often draw inspiration for shapes in my tapestries while painting and discover ideas for color blending while weaving. Either way my subjects are narrative and emerge from the stories of my past or ones I create from my present surroundings. My intent is to draw you in and leave you wondering what those stories might be.
Ruth Manning's Biography
I live, work, and teach in the city of Madison, Wisconsin. I begin each day by weaving in my studio and share my passion for tapestry with artists, students and friends.


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The National Council of Jewish Women, speaking in behalf of its 52,000 members throughout the United States, has voiced its plea for a reduction in naval armaments through the London Conference, in the following statement addressed to President Hoover and Secretary Stimson, by the Chairman of its Department of Peace, Mrs. Oscar S. Marx of St. Louis:
"The National Council of Jewish Women believes that the readiness to effect a reduction in naval strength, as enunciated by President Hoover in his Armistice Day address, has the hearty support of the American people and, therefore, protests against any deviation from that attitude. We urge that every effort be made to bring about a radical reduction of armaments, especially since the five powers meeting in London are signatories of the Pact of Paris, renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. The National Council of Jewish Women pledges its support to the President of the United States and to our country's delegation in London, for the consummation of a radical naval reduction."


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Defense attorney slammed authorities for alleged undue focus on minorities.Read
Perhaps the Edmund Pettus Bridge might now bear the name 'Martyrs of Selma' instead. Sign the petition.Read
The president commemorated the famous march of Martin Luther King Jr and civil rights activists at the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Ala., that became known as Bloody Sunday.Read
Life Legal Defense Foundation filed an appeal against Huntsville Board of Zoning Adjustment that challenged the body's decision to allow abortions to be performed near a public school.Read
Matthew Owens remains in critical condition following a beat-down by a mob of 20 adults and children in Mobile. Racist slurs were used, and reference made to the Trayvon Martin case.Read
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By Chris Hawley, USA TODAY
MEXICO CITY If you think an economics museum would be boring, you've probably never lived in Mexico.
In a country with such a traumatic history of financial busts that the current recession almost looks tame in comparison, the government has opened a kid-friendly museum to try to educate young people on how to avoid such meltdowns.
The Interactive Museum of Economics in Mexico City invites visitors to play with giant coins, make their own Visa credit cards and dress up as traders in a mock stock exchange. Many of the values the museum imparts — keep your debt down, live within your means and invest in the future — are lessons Americans would do well to heed.
"We're trying to create a society that makes better decisions," says Alejandro Zamora, one of the museum's resident economists.
The museum was founded by the Bank of Mexico, the
The museum occupies an 18th-century former convent in Mexico City's colonial center. It opened in 2006 and attracts about 200,000 visitors a year, mostly grade-school students.
In one section, children can pose with a stack of $4 million in phony 100-peso notes, design and print their own money or wrap themselves in bills the size of beach towels.
In the stock market simulator, high school students don orange and blue vests and roam a trading floor with handheld computers, learning to buy and sell everything from apples to spaceships.
In another exhibit, visitors barter for fish and houses as survivors on a desert island. In another game, they are mayors of small Mexican towns, figuring out how to spend city money.
The concept of "survival of the fittest" is demonstrated with a diorama of children trying to break a piñata. A train set shows how investment works as tiny freight engines carry "capital" between homes, banks and factories.
"It's pretty cool. You learn and have fun at the same time," says high schooler Andres Valdes, 18.
Some of the exhibits are a stretch. A lesson on production costs is delivered through telephones shaped like sneakers, teddy bears, bananas and a glass of milk.
And some things just can't be glitzed up. In one room, decorated to resemble the lobby of the Bank of Mexico, actual administrators at the central bank discuss monetary policy on a video screen.
"Nobody comes in this room because of those hyper-fun economists they put on the video," quips Miguel Aranda, a guide.
Still, the museum's lessons are timely as Mexico's factories, oil sales and tourism suffer through the economic problems of its biggest trading partner, the
Drug-related violence and a bout of deadly swine flu, which forced the shutdown of most of the country's businesses from April 30 to May 6, has worsened the situation.
Mexico has lived through crunches like this before. From the 1960s through the 1980s, the boom-and-bust cycle became a way of life as Mexican presidents manipulated exchange rates, propped up government-owned monopolies, misspent petrodollars and meddled with the central bank.
Changes in the 1990s gave the Mexican economy a more diverse export base and granted the central bank more independence. Since 2002, the peso has remained relatively stable at 10-14 per dollar, and inflation has been a manageable 3%-6.5%.
The U.S. sub-prime mortgage fiasco, in which millions of low-income Americans signed loans that they couldn't afford, showed how regular citizens can disrupt entire economies through their bad choices, Zamora says.
"One of the issues that led to the sub-prime collapse was the lack of education among regular people about financial consequences," Zamora says. "That's why it's so important to talk economics with the public."
Many of the museum's exhibits stress that Mexicans need to live within their means.
The museum holds seminars for adults on retirement planning and the responsible use of credit cards. It brings in administrators from the central bank for informal chats with the public.
The museum's last room has a huge map where visitors can compare their country's progress with other nations. Glowing plastic towers grow out of the map, showing Mexico's progress in health care, education and gross domestic product per capita — a measure of average income.
"This is great. I never understood things like gross domestic product before," says Valeria Morales, 17, as she watches the towers rise and fall. "They explain things in easy terms — stuff you don't learn from the news."
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Best Of :: Sports & Recreation
On a team the age and health problems of which were its undoing, House's youth and upside win him the prize. When the Heat made the Arizona State guard the 37th pick in last year's NBA draft, the question heard at breakfast tables across South Florida was, "Who is Eddie House?" He's a scorer, we were told -- in fact he once scored 61 points in an overtime college game. He was touted as a Glen Rice-caliber shooter. So how did we get him? Well, he's a 'tweener. At six-foot-one, he was too short for the two-guard slot and didn't have the ball-handling skills to play the point. Coach Pat Riley gambled on him anyway; judging by House's rookie season, it was a hell of a bet. Number 5 has sparked several victories with his play off the bench and shows an almost uncanny ability to stroke the net with his jumper. He's deceptively quick and practices as hard as anybody on the team. But he played only in about a third of the games this past season, and even then for scant minutes. Sure, he got a little extra PT in the playoff debacle, but that was a desperation move by Riley as the team fell apart against the Hornets. Next season House must be not only in the Heat's house but on the floor. We think he can be something special, as in Miami's answer to The Answer. (OK, maybe not that good, but who knows?) The bottom line is, we agree with Riley's 12-year-old daughter, who is known to wear an "FEH" T-shirt: "Free Eddie House!"
Last summer Grand Prix Race-O-Rama was bought by the Boomers! amusement park chain, which already had a location in Boca Raton. The place has been given a facelift, and a wooden roller coaster, the only one of its kind in South Florida, was built. In addition to the go-karts that have whizzed through the place since the Race-O-Rama days, bumper cars, boats, batting cages, and a rock-climbing wall provide plenty of fun for kids of all ages. The SkyCoaster drops riders from dizzying heights, and the Blender turns one's insides into mush. For fun-seekers without a need for speed, four 18-hole miniature golf courses beckon. If you prefer your fun indoors, step into the casinolike arcade, which offers hundreds of video games, from state-of-the art fighting games to old-school classics such as Centipede. On a budget? Ten dollars gets you unlimited video games, bumper boats, and miniature golf on Tuesdays. Add another fiver and you can drive like the pros on the NasKart race track all day long.
Get a brass ring about the size of a silver-dollar pancake. Tie one end of a four-foot string to the ring and the other end to a hook in the ceiling. Make sure that your ceiling hook is positioned so that the arc of the ring just grazes a nearby wall. Now hang an upturned hook on the wall. Take your ring and walk to the opposite side of the room and swing the ring so that it catches the hook. That's all there is to the Bahamian pastime of ring toss. It's an incredibly simple yet maddeningly difficult test of hand-eye coordination that actually seems to get easier the more you drink. If you don't believe us, try it yourself at places including the Sail Inn, 657 George Bush Blvd. in Delray Beach, or the 1889 Old House, 300 E. Ocean Ave. in Lantana. Don't bet with the locals, though. Some regulars, especially at the Sail Inn, can hook the ring with their eyes closed.
Maybe because it stands between two intimidating neighbors -- the Millionaires' Row of lake-to-ocean mansions to the north and the luxury-condo wonderland to the south -- this pristine little strip of land along A1A remains everything a public beach should be, even in the height of season: uncrowded, clean, and quiet. You park your car (at a dollar an hour, admittedly a bit of a turnoff) in a small lot at the foot of a rising slope of park land dotted with picnic tables under scattered oaks and palms. Then take a quick hike over the ridge line, where the only amenity is a short series of thatched-roof huts, and make a sudden drop down to the water -- and that's it. No hot dog stand, no fishing pier, no T-shirt shop. Just sand, water, you, and a happy little group of others in the know (and in little else) soaking up the sun. Shhhh.
Location, location, location. No bicycle shop has a better spot than this gem of a place, and owner Mark Quinn knows it. "We're 100 yards from the trail," hesays, motioning toward the nearby Intracoastal Waterway, where bikers, joggers, walkers, and 'bladers cruise along a roughly four-mile paved path that takes them within ogling distance of some of the priciest and best-manicured real estate in the nation. But while the magnet for Quinn's shop is the Palm Beach Lake Trail, the friendly service and varied stock keep people coming back. "It's Palm Beach, and most people aren't looking to buy, so we have to do things kind of differently," says Quinn, age 41, who began working at the shop when he was 15 and bought it nine years ago. Doing things differently means giving customers the chance to rent a $2700 replica of the Trek bicycle Lance Armstrong rode to victory in the Tour de France. (It goes for $25 an hour or $99 a week) Or maybe it meansrenting bicycle-powered surreys that will accommodate two adults and three kids (also $25 an hour) or four adults and four kids ($45 an hour). But in addition to renting and selling expensive and novelty bikes, Quinn deals in basic beach cruisers, fixes flats, and sells the typical assortment of bells, whistles, baskets, and locks -- all at very non-Palm Beach prices. In that respect location isn't everything.
All right so this is South Florida, not the Bahamas. But what's the point of owning a boat if you can't do a little island-hopping? The Palm Beach County Department of Parks and Recreation has made it easy for boaters to feel like true nautical people by offering a chance to cruise the Intracoastal Waterway for the day, then tie up and spend the night away from the madding, landlocked crowd. Peanut Island, long a haven for day-trippers, has been turned into an official but not officious destination for boaters. For $16.50 per night, boaters can tie up at the 20-site campground, pitch a tent, grab a shower, and sleep under the stars with the water lapping nearby. While reservations are recommended for the campground, less organized types can use primitive camping sites that are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The primitive sites are free, but they don't come with picnic tables, grills, easy access to bathrooms, or any guarantee of availability. Those trying to regain their land legs can stroll along a 1.25-mile path that circles the island or visit a bunker that was built for President Kennedy just in case the Cuban Missile Crisis erupted into nuclear war while he was staying at the family compound in Palm Beach. For those who don't want to spend the night, the island is a perfect place to spend the day. Drop anchor and swim in the perpetually placid waters, then look for shells along the beach or hike some surprisingly hilly terrain. Located just inside the Palm Beach Inlet, the spoil island marks the beginning of some of the best cruising waters on the Intracoastal. Head north and watch as the waterway widens, mangroves replace high-rises, and civilization -- as we unfortunately know it -- disappears. (Wannabe visitors who don't own boats can get to the island for five bucks by calling the Sailfish Marina Water Taxi at 561-683-8294.)


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> With an impending 5.x stable, it's likely Manuel would want to update
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> reason for NOT doing so) - which mitght make it worth waiting for.
it may even be an incentive to investigate using pf as a replacement for
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"I'm so large, I boned Michelle', in the bathroom – we was bonin', you shoulda heard how the bitch was moanin' [followed by the most accurate karaoke rendition of Michelle's "No More Lies" I've ever heard]... shut the fuck up bitch, you can't sing, ya found like a kid playin' on the swing."
Summer, 1991
At at time when 50% of the folks walking around the Metro New York area were certified God damn nuts looking to break your jaw for a Starter jacket, I heard that stanza being shouted over a pulsating, prison wall-hard, melody-less beat. It was blasting out of a black Pathfinder. Somebody was not only dissing the fuck out of all things N.W.A (the world's most dangerous group of the moment), but an entire coast. He didn't sound happy, lyrical, clever, smooth, dapper, Afrocentric, quirky – none of that shit that most rappers from NYC were at the time. Just hard and pissed off, but not to the point where he wouldn't get a mean-spirited laugh at your funeral.
"Yo man, what the fuck is that!?" I asked the twenty-something driver.
"Fuck Compton," he responded in a disinterested 'kid get outta here' tone. He was probably in the midst of a transaction that would one day make him the next Nino Brown, so I skedaddled.
Shortly after that sonic shock, a review for "Fuck Compton" by Tim Dog appeared in The Source magazine's 12" single section. About a month later, I stumbled into a Harlem record store and bought the cassette single for $4.99. Three months after that, my father bought me Tim Dog's Penicillin on Wax CD for Christmas. My life was forever changed.
In 1991, great rappers were a dime a dozen, good ones weren't good enough to compete, and sucky ones made hits. But what about rappers who weren't skilled, but immensely entertaining? Twenty years later, "personality rap" pays the bills and that term usually applies to the majority of likable rappers that can't really rap worth a shit (insert just about any current acclaimed rapper here). Tim Dog got points for being both bold and the poster child for Mayor David Dinkins-era NYC – an NYC overrun with robberies, racially-charged fights, and hair-trigger violence - but most people back then said the same thing with regard to his skill level: "Yeah, but he can't rap." NYC's infatuation with lyrical skill caused them to overlook one of the most ground-breaking and important albums in its history. Penicillin on Wax enjoys more appreciation on YouTube two decades later than it did at the time of its release. (Despite Sony's claims that it went platinum, it's still impossible to find on CD today.)
What the naysayers didn't understand was that Tim Dog's modus operandi was not one of lyrical dexterity, but brute force. In 1991, brute force embodied the streets of New York and balanced out the "Prisoners of War" and "Verses from the Abstract" type of songs. Instead of being cerebral, brute force rap beat you in the cerebrum with a baseball bat. This wasn't hip-hop; it was rap. Rap was bold, vulgar, hard, alpha male, gold rope-wearing, chest-beating shit, not the more eclectic stuff you played for critics to prove that all rappers weren't ignorant hooligans. Visual symbols for this type of rap would be the likes of Schoolly D, Cool C, Eric B., and yes, Tim Dog.
Rapper beatdowns, taunts, disses, celebrity sexcapades, grunts, screams, humor, non-lyricism, and threats of extreme violence over a stolen bicycle were all put into a Cuisinart and the result was one of the most cinematic rap albums to ever come out of New York. Let's glimpse at one of the most entertaining songs on the album, "Dog's Gonna Getcha", an epic three minute sleigh ride into psychosis, non-lyricism, angst, threats, and the detriments of being soft circa 1991 - all done with brilliant use of the echo chamber.
New York's staunch refusal to big up anything not overtly skilled in '91 meant Abbey Road-level genius like the "Dog's Gonna Getcha" was doggy paddling below the radar. Not anymore. As I got nostalgic in the 20-year anniversary of my introduction to the rapper who created my favorite rap album of all time, I started a trending topic on Twitter called #timdogquotables for fun. What I soon realized was Penicillin on Wax needs to the first album in history that has its lyrics re-issued on Twitter - one line at a time. Every single stanza on the album can be sanded down to a 140-character statement that makes you say "damn!", "whoa!", "pause, son", "... the fuck?", or "there's no fucking way the engineer kept a straight face with that nigga in the booth doing that shit." Penicillin on Wax is not only the unheralded soundtrack to a pre-Whole Foods and devoid of Bloomberg-ism New York, but the most Twitter-friendly rap album of all time. Let's pin 2011 technology on a 1991 masterpiece; share these 15 Tim Dog-penned brain farts of brilliance to stimulate the minds of your followers.
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Great New Year's Getaway!: Ruby Princess Cruise Review by Ili from Miami
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Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
Let me start by saying, I have 2 sons, so it's not that I don't like kids, I just don't like spoiled rotten kids. I like Princess because it's usually a cruise line with mostly adult travelers and even when there have been children, it's usually not a problem. This time around, we were not happy with the amount of children running around EVERYWHERE. What do I mean by everywhere, I am referring to kids going to the middle of stage during performances at the clubs. Parents just did nothing to prevent this from happening. This happened a couple of times and then during the production shows the kids were just plain obnoxious and the parents thought their behavior was funny! Did this spoil our week, absolutely not, but it did disappoint me More to see parents being so unconcerned of others. Therefore, if you are going during vacation times: Spring Break, Summer, Christmas or New Years, know you will definitely have more kids than usual.
Now to Ruby Princess -- the service level has decreased a little in the Restaurant, although the cabin steward and others were great. We were in the Botticelli Restaurant and we had to wait for services that are usually pretty standard, like refilling your water glass. The food was very good and there is really no need to pay for the specialty restaurants.
What I find is that most cruise lines, including Princess and with the exception of Disney, are trying to nickel and dime you for things that are a little silly. What I mean is you have a "coffee" card for specialty coffees, for example, for a cappuccino at dinner, which previously was included. You pay and get 15 coffees. I find that a little silly and unnecessary. The Coke cards are expected and reasonable around $4/day/person and the smoothie card $7/day/person. We purchased the smoothie card for my husband. Looking back on it, how many smoothies can you have a day? To me, it was not worth it. Back to nickle and dime you: In the Piazza they have an area with fine pastries and nice snacks and salads at no cost which was extremely nice, especially when we arrived from the tours and don't really want to eat something too heavy but something to munch on until dinner. Then, you find a sign right next to this, $1.50/scoop for ice cream, which I find ridiculous!
We opted for the second seating, which is the way I always go. Nevertheless, I found out waiting to disembark, that even if you choose anytime dining you can arrange a reservation at the same time every day and if you like your waiter, you can request that they serve you. I have to give them a kudos, they have made more table for 2 persons available, which is great if that's what you prefer. Fabio, the Matre'd at the Botticelli, was wonderful.
Overall, we had a great time. Would I do this cruise again? Absolutely, but this time around, we will be better mentally prepared of what to expect and what to and what not do.
Shopping, we found the best prices for tablecloths and jewelry in St. Maarten, don't wait until St. Thomas, I found the things more there more expensive. I didn't check the price for the liquor to compare, and we bought the liquor at St. Thomas.
I felt very safe everywhere, which was great.
St Maarten, $7/person to get to downtown, roundtrip unlimited times
St Thomas $4/person from pier to downtown, worth it
Grand Turk none needed all is right there for beach
Princess Cay none needed either Coke card does not work at the beach, but the cruise card does work to charge you for whatever you drink (water, soda or liquor) at the same price as in the ship. No cash is accepted for drinks only cruise card. Less
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We stayed at the Baja Deck 11 in Cabin 726. The balcony is nice and it is private but can be opened to share with the cabin on your side. I like this floor because no one can look down into your balcony but you can look down at the ones in the floors below, which really is uncomfortable if you like to sit in your robe in the balcony. The closet is average, nothing great but good for a week. The bathroom is SUPER SMALL, a small shower and everything very compact. Even numbers are "port" side. Although the Aloha deck is the 12th floor, we were afraid that we would hear the chairs from above. The restaurants were on the bottom floor 6, and you couldn't go through them. We were at the back of the ship, but close enough to the elevator and went straight down to our restaurant, which was the Botticelli
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One of the silver linings of the Supreme Court decision is that it gave states the ability to opt out of the Medicaid expansion. Medicaid is one of the programs that is crushing state budgets and if implemented as intended, Obamacare will add 18 million beneficiaries to the program's rolls. Though the federal government lures states with a honey pot in the short term – covering all of the expansion through 2016, by 2020 the states will be asked to kick in 10 percent of the cost, amounting to billions of dollars of spending imposed on states nationwide each year. It would be to the long-term benefit of governors to opt of the expansion.
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Though the law creates the veneer of providing states with flexibility on the exchanges, the reality is that all of the major decisions – from the broad structure of the exchanges to the details of what kind of health care plans will be offered in the exchanges and how they will be marketed – will be made from Washington. A careful reading of the law finds that all of the sections about state "flexibility" are filled with caveats that render them useless in practice, because Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will be running the show. For instance, Obamacare specifies that, "The Secretary shall, by regulation, establish criteria for the certification of health plans as qualified health plans." And later orders that "An Exchange may not make available any health plan that is not a qualified health plan." In other words, Sebelius will get to decide what type of health care plans can be offered on these state exchanges.
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My gf was arrested and charged with stolen vehicle, residential burglary 1 and posession of control substance. She had the car keys and the owner isnt pressing charges for the vehicle, but it had property in it from their residence which was taken at the time of the vehicle theft from the home.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Little Girls and Princesses
I am fascinated by the Disney Princess cultural juggernaut (and the prevalence of princess images in other shows, toys, etc. marketed to very young girls). I am hoping to write more broadly about it, tied to some other cultural issues. However, since I don't have little girls myself, the toys and movies that are big in my house have more of a "truck" or "wild animal" theme.
For those of you who do have little girls, are they into princesses? What makes the princess image appealing? How prevalent is it (like what percentage of girls in your daughters' classes dress up as princesses for Halloween)? Is one of the Disney princesses more popular than the others? Why is that?
What do parents in general think of the princess phenomenon? Is there any worry about girls playing princess more often than, say, deep sea explorer or astronaut?
Thanks for your help in researching this! Marketing to children has gotten so much more sophisticated over the years, and I enjoy trying to understand exactly why some concepts hit it big.
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- DianeAKelly said...
Our daughter was obsessed with princesses from her third birthday until she was around six: she refused to wear pants, insisted on being a princess for Halloween, made sure everything she wore was pink with sparkles. Mind you, she was still happy to dig up grubs in the yard and pretend to have sword fights -- it just had to be in pink. The "princess" behavior stopped as abruptly as it had started, which made us think it was something developmental. Once she had firmly established her 'girl' identity with herself, she discarded the stereotypical hyper-feminine trappings.
- Ian said...
As a 6th grade gifted teacher, I have had very few girls who are into the princess thing. The few that are do it more as a joke, I think, or even a way of rebelling.
Since you asked about young girls, though, my five year old niece (who has clear signs of giftedness) has little interest in princesses. She likes to play explorer, veterinarian, and monster hunter.
Her younger, and more developmentally-typical sister, is much more feminine and likes princesses, dressing up, and doing her hair. In their preschool class, she is more accepted by her peers than her older sister.
From a fellow tomboy...I don't see any harm in playing with Barbies/princess as long as it play. The real concern I have is when those little princesses turn pre-teen and want to wear makeup dress like adults. YIKES
My DD7 currently preferres nature toys to Barbies and I have no complaints.
Hi. I'd be REALLY careful about implying that gifted girls are less into princesses, and less gifted girls are more into princesses. Ian's comment above sort of hints at that, even if not intentionally. First of all, very few 6th grade girls are into princesses. In my experience, just about ZERO 6th grade girls are into princesses. So the lack of princess lovers in the 6th grade gifted class means nothing.
My gifted daughter did have a princess stage. It wasn't particularly long or obsessive, but I think it is pretty typical of a large percentage of girls. I do not remotely believe it correlates to giftedness, even in the extreme cases of girls who always hate princesses, or girls who are obsessed. I, myself, had a pretty typical interest in princesses or romance, etc. I grew up to teach at an Ivy League university, but also don't mind looking attractive from time to time :-) I think the interest in princesses and femininity ties to our culture, not one's intelligence, and perhaps it requires some intelligence to recognize that femininity can help girls at times. Lack of femininity can also be fine. Ultimately, a successful life is strongly tied to happiness. The princess stories and romance are linked to happiness. It doesn't make a female stupid (or incapable of achieving great things) to want complete happiness in all aspects of her life.
Of course, most of us know that Disney has made a huge effort in recent years to make its princess protagonists very intelligent, multi-cultural, strong-minded leaders. The fact that they are gorgeous is almost secondary. But it is part of it. But is that so different from the real world?
- Parentalcation said...
I have four daughters, from three to twelve.
Every single one of them was into princesses from about the age of three on. My three year old just made me watch a "Princess" DVD for two hours today.
I wouldn't put any great amount of effort into thinking about which one is the favorite of the Princesses, because that seems to be more a factor of which Princess is in vogue on the shelves. (Check which ever one is in kids meals at Fast Food places)
I can say that they all preferred the more traditional Princesses as opposed to the more exotic ones (Mulan, Pocahontas, and Jasmine)... also none of them liked Snow White much either.
All of them dressed up as Princesses at least twice.
I do think their is some encouragement from parents in the phenomena, since we literally view our daughters as little Princesses.
Having said that though, my three year old, who loves Princesses, would much rather watch Kai Lan (???), Dora, and Spongebob.
Also you say "Is there any worry about girls playing princess more often than, say, deep sea explorer or astronaut?"
At the Princess age (3 - 6), kids really have no idea what an explorer or astronaut is. Their worldview is simply to limited... everyone is either a hero (soldier) or princess.
I think it's when kids horizons expands and they realize that their is more to the world than soldiers and Princesses that they are able to grow out of that stage.
Of course immediately after Princesses is the "iCarly" and "Hannah Montana" stage which is almost as annoying.
I do have to say that Princesses are a lot less annoying than having to watch my son turn every single item in the house into some form of gun (including the plastic animals we bought him to temper his wild side).
- Kirsten said...
My dd is into a very small subset of Princesses. Maybe because we let her explore one thoroughly at a time.
Her favorites are Ariel, Tinkerbell, and Pocahontas.
She wanted to be an astronaut for a long time, but now she wants to be ground control. She is 6.5 years old.
My daughter was princess obsessed from about 20 mo. old until 6 years old. It began with playing dress up and she was immediately attracted to the vivid colors and glitter. When she was younger her favorite was Cinderella, and after a trip to Disney World, she was more into Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Mulan.
Mulan in particular appealed to her because she was a tough warrior and a princess at the same time. It was a phase that fit into her preschool years of make belief and magic. I didn't try to associate any of this to a social statement, just enjoyed that my gifted girl had a "typical" behavior. Otherwise she would bring encyclopedias home from the library and sit in her room reading them with a tiara on. Princesses were her link to her typically developing peers that had different interests in every other way.
In my experience it is hugely popular with nearly every girl that Disney gets into its clutches and that's most girls in this culture. Girls who are raised further from popular culture are less interested. Disney marketing is incredibly powerful and people spend more money on kids' toys and media than they ever have before.
What I find to be sad is that even many educated parents seem to fail to notice the role that marketing plays in these sorts of preferences. I guess it is so ubiquitous that it can be hard to see.
When my son was three, we once went shopping for tennis shoes. He wanted the Hotwheels shoes. When we found they didn't have any in his size, his second choice was a pair of pink, sparkly tennis shoes with pictures of Ariel and Jazmine. He liked pink. He liked sparkles. He liked Ariel and Jazmine. He thought they were cool. (I think so, too; as Disney princesses go, they are strong characters, and Jazmine has a good pole vault!) Then his feminist mother had to decide whether to send her three-year-old son to preschool in *girls'* shoes, or to try to explain that a boy wearing girls' shoes would get teased, in some way that did not devalue girls. Whew!
Anonymous, that is a GREAT story! Thanks for the laugh. Little three year old boy in pink sparkly Disney shoes! Seriously though, it's okay for our girls to do boy things but not the other way around, it seems.
Yes, the dilemma for the feminist raising a son. A friend who was leery about buying a Barbie doll for her daughter wondered if it might be okay for her son. Who was begging for one!
- hschinske said...
I'm convinced lots of the gender stereotyping out there is purely a marketing tool -- whenever you can split a toy or an item of clothing into a "boy version" and a "girl version," you can sell nearly twice as many of whatever it is. Gender-neutral clothing, meanwhile, has become so difficult to come by that it's almost a symbol of conspicuous consumption (you have to turn to Hanna Anderssen and the like to get something like a plain red-and-white striped baby outfit).
When I was a kid, there was a lot of gender stereotyping of toys, but the toys themselves didn't always have PINK PINK PINK or SKULLS FLAME DEATH on them. For instance, I got my kids a toy sewing machine from the 1970s. Sure, it was called Junior Miss and marketed to girls -- but it was plain white and red and didn't have sparkly-pinkly nonsense on it.
I once bought my son what I thought were plain white sneakers. *Months* later I noticed they had flowers all over the bottom. Fortunately he was only three or four and his preschool pals hadn't noticed/cared. But it was so stupid, as the soles hardly ever showed -- why NOT make them unisex, so that they could be passed on more easily? M-O-N-E-Y.
I'm the mother of a 13 year old girl who will be entering an early college program this fall. As a complete tomboy myself, I was nonplussed to see her fascination with all things pink, sparkly, and princess-like starting at a very early age. She has outgrown that now, but I do have to say that her female 8th grade classmates delighted in singing Disney princess songs, created and filmed a short movie based on Disney princesses (Prince Charming cheated on all of them and was summarily dispatched) and generally agree that "Disney Princesses Rule." It's mostly tongue in cheek, but clearly something there has captured these girls' imagination. Perhaps it is a culturally acceptable way of feeling powerful.
- Mandy said...
My very advanced (reads, writes, does math, draws very detailed pictures, plays chess, jigsaw puzzles) 3 year old has dabbled in princess stuff. She likes to get out princess dress up clothes occasionally and sometimes she watches Disney movies. It has never gotten very obsessive and I've even encouraged it from time to time as a way of enticing her into imaginary play. She is not the type to get obsessed with topics, though. She gets obsessed with skills--drawing, painting, math, reading, puzzling, playing board games, etc. She also doesn't often do the very extended imaginary play that I see in some other kids her age, so maybe that's part of it, too.
- C T said...
I have two daughters, ages 2 and 4 (almost 5). We do not watch TV, and we don't send them to preschool or get a paper newspaper (complete with shiny ads). We do use the computer all the time for entertainment. As I type, they are watching a Little Einsteins DVD on the other half of the screen. We don't go clothing shopping for hours together (they have more than enough clothes already). As a result, they are not into the Princess phenomenon, despite having free access to classic Disney and Barbie Princess DVDs. Sure, they like to dress up and spin around in princess dresses once in a while, but otherwise they're just as happy to wear yellow, navy or green as pink. From our family's experiences, I conclude that the Princess phenomenon is the result of advertising, marketing, and early peer pressure.
- lorid said...
My 6-year-old likes princesses. Her class, which is a standalone gifted class, has girls in it who dressed as princesses for Halloween. My daughter was a mermaid, but she thought about being a ninja, too. She's also into worms, snails, and is usually pretty dusty after a few hours in the park. She also loves to swim. My 3-year-old son rides her hand-me-down pink scooter. He's also into cars and loves the piano.
We don't have a TV, but she does watch movies on my computer. Her tastes range from "Enchanted" to "Star Wars." She loves reading and has diverse taste, and she does love to have a few princessy books on her shelf. I figure it's better to not make a big deal about it.
I have a 9-yr old totally TOMBOY daughter. She is Gifted/ADD. She was never, ever into princesses and absolutely can not stand the color pink. I think she was 3 and she preferred to watch "Emergency Vets" and the Discovery Health Channel surgeries to anything on the Disney Channel. She is into sports - is a soccer goalie, plays basketball, swims. While I think of her as being the strong, athletic intellectual type, a part of me wishes that there was a tiny bit of the "princess"-side in her.
My 5yr old granddaughter is a princess - her favorite is Ariel, and pink is her color. But she also loves dinosaurs. I think it's all part of growing up. I remember being a princess myself - but today I'd rather be a scientist.


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Wan attended Gaither HS… During his stint at Gaither, Wan hit .321 with five home runs and 28 RBI…He was tabbed All-County Honorable Mention…As a senior he was selected to the 2009 Rays All-Star Classic where he represented Hillsborough County…He was also chosen as an honorable mention selection on the 2009 All-Saladino Team.
Born August 4 in Tampa, Fla.…Undecided major…His hobbies include ping pong, and spending time with his friends and family…He lists his career goals as to play professionally and become successful in whatever he decides to pursue for a career…Believes his work ethic is his best asset to the team…Names Jason Bartlett his favorite athlete and the Tampa Bay Rays his favorite team…He chose Saint Leo because it proved him a chance to further his baseball career…Son of Rick and Cindy Wan…Has one sister, Kristen.


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PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- A northeast Ohio man has pleaded guilty to stealing a Salvation Army donation kettle days before Christmas.
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Lake County sheriff's Chief Deputy Frank Leonbruno says the red kettle had an estimated $300 to $500, but no one knows for sure.
Deputies said Gregg -- who has no permanent address -- stole the kettle in front of a Giant Eagle grocery store Dec. 21 by convincing real Salvation Army volunteers that he was taking over the bell-ringing shift. Soon after, he put the kettle in a car and left.
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Senator Ritchie receives the ASPCA's Humane Leadership Award for her work on behalf of abused animals
State Senator Patty Ritchie today was honored with the ASPCA's "Humane Leadership Award" in recognition of her efforts to save animals from abuse.
The award was presented during "Voices for Animals" day at the State Capitol in Albany, an annual event that draws hundreds of animal lovers from across the state.
The group singled out Senator Ritchie for a new law she sponsored last year that cracks down on dog fighting by making it a crime to possess animal fighting equipment.
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Entertainment industry transport firm Luckings Ltd has added four new Schmitz Cargobull S.KO MEGA FP25 dryfreight box van trailers to its growing line-up.
The four new tri-axle trailers are additions to the 40 Schmitz Cargobull assets currently in service in the company's 100-strong trailer fleet, supported by 40 trucks and light commercial vehicles. They will be used to move entertainment equipment and sets across Europe and theUKfor theatre productions, film shows and live television events on a seven-day per week basis.
Schmitz Cargobull secured the contract to supply the new trailers following a competitive three-way tender. For Nick Dooner, Owner of Luckings Ltd, Schmitz Cargobull's speed of response and willingness to meet customer demands proved to be the decisive factor in the selection process.
He says: "Working in the entertainment industry, one week we could be setting up for a show in theWest Endand the next we are doing the X-Factor.
"The main reason we chose Schmitz Cargobull was because the nature of our work is very time sensitive, so we needed a reliable manufacturer that could meet our rigorous demands and Schmitz delivered on all fronts.
"Our vehicles travel throughoutEuropeso Schmitz's network of service locations and parts support is also integral to the smooth running of our business."
On receipt of the new deliveries from Schmitz Cargobull's Vreden factory inGermany, they were immediately sent toRussiaas part of a six-trailer fleet transporting the set for Matthew Vaughn's production of 'Sleeping Beauty'. They are then due to join up with Disney's 'Lion King' international tour inIrelandbefore returning to theUK.
The new additions, which are expected to be in service for at least 10 years and will operate out of Luckings' main base in Reading, are equipped with under slung ramp holders for ease of loading and unloading, plus a height adjustable air suspension. They are also fitted with LED lighting systems for evening and night work.
All four trailers have been built with Schmitz Cargobull's own ROTOS® running gear, which features a complete range of unique innovations as standard, including a maintenance-free bearing, an innovative ventilation system for the disc brakes, the weight-optimised brake calliper, the multi-ride-height pneumatic suspension for every ramp height along with the standard trailer EBS (Electronic Braking System) with RSP (Roll Stability Program).
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Police found the body of a 17-year-old boy in about 45 feet of water in an abandoned Catoosa County rock quarry. A cliff-diving friend had jumped from a 50-foot rock face and accidentally landed on top of the victim. "The ledge kind of protrudes," Catoosa County Fire Chief Chuck Gass said, "and if you're standing out on it you can't see where you're jumping." About 40 teens were present at the quarry as part of an end-of-school tradition, Catoosa County Sheriff Phil Summers said. (Source: AccessNorthGa.com)


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The story goes that it was a June storm that sparked Ben Franklin to try something new: to toss a kite into the air attached to a key below. If lightning really was electricity, the key would hold a spark. Ben reached out his hand and, indeed, the key held energy -- energy that now powers cities and lights up entire populations.
This summer is no different.
Another man is testing the electricity of an idea. His name is Fr. Helmut Schüller. He has a spark in his eyes and the attention of Catholics in Europe, including the Vatican. As a priest of Austria, he has seen the stark realities of the priest shortage and the desire by Catholics for more equal participation. He knows the church needs to change and has decided to do something about it.
Fr. Helmut helped initiate the Austrian Priests' Initiative, which is organizing priests to resist exclusionary church policies and create churches where power is shared and Catholics participate equally, no matter one's gender, marital status or sexual orientation.
These Austrian priests are not alone. Priests are coming together in places like Ireland, India and Australia to look at critical issues facing the church and to work with local Catholics on solutions. In the United States, the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests will convene next week and, later this summer, Fr. Helmut is making his first U.S. tour, traveling to 15 cities from New York to Los Angeles.
More and more, Catholic officials like Fr. Helmut are recognizing the church needs to engage everyone equally, not only because it is the right thing to do but because the church is suffering without the presence and contribution of those who have traditionally been excluded. To name just a handful of recent moments:
- A few weeks ago, an archbishop and cardinal in Belgium voiced support for civil unions for gay couples, and a group of sisters and priests in the United States convened to advocate for abuse survivors.
- Last month, Cardinal João Braz de Aviz from Brazil, leader of the Vatican's Congregation for Religious, told a meeting of women religious superiors he was not consulted on the mandate against the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and finally had the courage to share the story. He proclaimed that authority in the church needed to be "revisioned."
- In April, the chair of Germany's Bishops' Conference, Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch, called for women deacons.
- In June 2011, Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo of Portugal said there was no fundamental obstacle to women's ordination.
These church officials aren't saying anything that hasn't been said before. What is striking is the increasing incidence of clerics willing to speak for change that would involve creating a church of accountability and shared power. And when one cleric speaks up about these issues, it seems to encourage others to speak out, as well. A good idea is, indeed, electric.
And an idea can actually change the way we live. Scientists now believe Ben Franklin's written description of the kite experiment may have been simply that: a written description, a theory. Ultimately, his idea that pointed toward what he believed not only later proved true, but led to other discoveries that now empower millions through the use of electricity.
Perhaps the same is true with these church officials: They are simply pointing toward what most Catholics already believe, that a church of equals is within our grasp if only we have the courage to live it and create a church where power is shared.
[Nicole Sotelo is the author of Women Healing from Abuse: Meditations for Finding Peace, published by Paulist Press, and coordinates WomenHealing.com. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, she currently works at Call To Action.]
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Public History Boot Camp: OMEKA 101
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM (EDT)
Omeka may be your answer.
A free-to-inexpensive open-source content management system, Omeka was designed with GLAMs in mind. Used by institutions from the Smithsonian Institution for their "Elvis at 21" exhibit to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's "Land of Penn and Plenty" exhibit, Omeka gives users flexibility in creating visually appealing digital exhibitions using your digital collections. To get you up and running as quickly as possible, this workshop will give you a thorough introduction to Omeka. We'll cover topics including:
When: August 26, 2014
Time: 9:00am-2:30pm
Lunch is included, thanks to the Digital Studies Center at Rutgers University-Camden.
Where: Rutgers University-Camden library (see directions below)
Cost: $20 + small service charge
Krista White is digital humanities librarian, Rutgers University-Newark.
Francesca Giannetti is digital humanities librarian, Rutgers University Libraries.
Mary Rizzo is Public Historian in Residence, Rutgers University-Camden.
This program will take place at the Rutgers University-Camden library. The easiest way to get to campus is public transportation via PATCO or the Riverline, which have stops on campus. For directions by car or mass transit, go to: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/node/249 .
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You can find a campus map here: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/map . Note: the workshop will take place in the Paul Robeson Library NOT the Law Library or the Camden County Library.
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Rutgers University-Camden Digital Studies Center.
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers University-Camden promotes innovation and collaboration in public humanities.
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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.0 -- Restricting Access to Recordings and Attachments
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You can restrict unprofiled users from accessing recordings and attachments for meetings that are scheduled by some or all users. Remember, however, that if access to recordings is restricted to profiled users, then unprofiled external users (such as your customers or business partners) and users with locked profiles cannot access the recordings, even if they were invited to and attended the meetings.
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An archeological dig in the suburbs south of Minneapolis (Minnesota, USA) is turning up artifacts thousands of years old at the future site of a bridge project.
Before work begins, federal historic preservation laws require scientists to find out what's beneath the dirt, so archaeologists began digging on the border of Shakopee and Chanhassen.
"Cold weather's good because we're working in a wetland and it helps to freeze the ground and make it easier to work with," explained Frank Florin, Florin Cultural Resource Services LLC. The crew has been at it for six weeks now and as traffic passes by the site, 8,000 years ago it was a place hunters and gatherers stopped. "There's very few sites in Minnesota that are that old and this well preserved," said Florin. "This site, a lot of it is capped below six to ten feet of more recent sediment so it's quite well preserved."
One of the finds is a spear point that's believed to be about 8,000-years-old; all of the artifacts found will be given to the Minnesota Historical Society. The crew has another two weeks of work. They'll be back in the spring at another nearby site and then construction will begin on the road nearby.
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In line with our core values, our community strategy includes the following elements:
Over the last six years we have invested £1.2 million in the communities we serve including nearly 5,000 hours of volunteer time to support great causes. Employee survey results from our employee survey show 84% firmly believe TPE actively support charities and communities.
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Date of birth: July 21, 1952
Home country: Japan
Education: Bachelor's degree in law, the University of Tokyo, 1975
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Apr. 1975 Joined Ministry of Finance
Jul. 2007 Director-General of the Tax Bureau, Ministry of Finance
Jul. 2009 Commissioner of National Tax Agency
Jul. 2010 Resigned from National Tax Agency
Jan. 2011 Senior managing director, Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc.
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More electives in post-feminist, pre-capitalist, hegemonic, Third World revolution.
It has been valid in all pre-capitalist forms of production and will also be valid in the future in a socialist order of society.
As a matter of fact, Smith restricted this conclusion to primitive and pre-capitalist societies.
In other words, the wealth of pre-capitalist society consisted in the possession of use-values, and not of exchange-values.