text: Equip 'XXXO' (proto acid house 1983) by gregwilson published on 2012-02-09T13:54:11Z In 2007, a limited one-sided 12" of 'XXXO' by Equip was pressed. Previously unreleased, this 1983 recording was an uncanny harbinger of the Acid House era, which was still a number of years in the future. This was the accompanying press release: EQUIP XXXO 1983 In 1984 Street Sounds released the experimental 'UK Electro' album as part of their now legendary Electro series. All but one of the tracks on this 'compilation' were written and produced by the same nucleus of people, although the labels owner, Morgan Khan, came up with an array of fictitious names for the album credits, giving the impression of a thriving British Electro movement. The trio behind the lion's share of 'UK Electro' were Greg Wilson, a pioneering DJ who'd championed Electro via his cutting-edge nights at venues including Wigan Pier and Manchester clubs, Legend and The Hacienda, Martin Jackson, formerly a drummer with the band Magazine, and Andy Connell, the keyboard player with A Certain Ratio (Connell and Jackson would later go on to chart success, having formed Swing Out Sister). 'UK Electro' would reach the highly creditable position of number 60 on the album chart and is nowadays regarded as a cult-classic, having been an inspiration for the oncoming generation of homegrown dance producers, who'd make such an impact later in the decade. Much was made at the time about a British DJ being involved in making, rather than playing records, although this would become the norm a few years down the line. One track from the sessions the 'UK Electro' collaborators worked on that never made the LP was 'XXXO' by Equip, which Morgan Khan didn't deem strong enough for inclusion, perhaps due to its straighter 4/4 beat. It was recorded as a demo at Manchester's Drone Studio in December 1983, along with another track that did appear on the album, 'Real Time (Retrospective Dub)' by Zer-o. Issued for the first time, as a limited edition 12",'XXXO' is a slice of British dance history, which has been described, in hindsight, as 'Proto Acid House'. By complete accident, Wilson, Jackson and Connell had anticipated the direction that dance music was destined to take, but the track would never see the light of day, with only record company and DJ contacts, along with friends and family, getting to hear the demo back then. When, in the early 90's, Greg Wilson featured it on a promo cassette compilation of his work, a number of people expressed surprise that it actually pre-dated the early Chicago House releases, having assumed that this was the source of the tracks inspiration. More recently, Wilson included it on a CD he put together, originally for members of the Electro Empire website, which included an alternative version of 'UK Electro'. It's from these CD's that the interest in 'XXXO' has built, resulting in the decision to finally make it available all these years on. Further Info: http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/misc/uk_electro.html You can view label image here: http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/equip-xxxo-1983/ Greg Wilson - February 2012 Check out my label's music at: https://superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com Genre Proto Acid House 1983 Comment by OGIROD Sounds like early trance to me. This is very ahead of its time. Wow 1983! 2015/03/25 01:46:14 +0000 Comment by BLACK MENTAL (Official) When it's already old, it can't be dated... great track!! 2015/01/09 12:49:42 +0000 Comment by ANTARES nice!!! 2014/05/16 08:48:26 +0000 Comment by Acidhedz now this is what I come here to soundcloud to hear! EXCELLENT ADD! 2014/03/08 18:27:16 +0000 Comment by mari45 SwEEt Vocals <3 2013/12/12 14:37:21 +0000 Comment by colinjohnlangley amazing. 2013/09/01 22:05:50 +0000 Comment by colinjohnlangley brilliant. 2013/09/01 22:05:14 +0000 Comment by RELEASE NYC this is sick!! 2013/04/09 20:52:49 +0000 Comment by fzestien EPIC[1983]F**CKIN GREAT STUFF 2012/05/01 18:15:24 +0000 Comment by PAK-JAMZ Great track Greg! 2012/04/08 11:02:43 +0000 Comment by PAK-JAMZ Love it Greg! Hope you're well mate 2012/04/08 11:00:08 +0000 Comment by ChicagoTrip Ace track !!! 2012/03/14 20:44:38 +0000 Comment by roboticduck cool story bro 2012/03/03 16:26:25 +0000 Comment by djtroll you can hear where young CJ is coming on the Space Opera 12"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqVLtAgV8QE&feature=related 2012/03/03 15:27:59 +0000 Comment by Bantam Lions @bowdeeni-fish: Can't remember. I think my mate put his back out doing a 'caterpillar', then the 82 bus came. =) 2012/02/28 11:55:12 +0000 Comment by broughall186 Oh yes. 2012/02/19 21:06:39 +0000 Comment by NickHS Thanks so much for this Greg! 2012/02/14 13:19:42 +0000 Comment by Omar V (Oslo) cool 2012/02/14 09:13:29 +0000 Comment by Butts Cheers Greg. 2012/02/13 09:06:25 +0000 Comment by Rotten Az Hell Massive! 2012/02/12 12:54:15 +0000 Comment by Butterfunk Thanks for sharing Greg. Ace little track! 2012/02/12 12:45:38 +0000 Comment by Julesee Beef up the baseline a bit and this is sort of tune sasha would be playing these days.. As well the king wilson! Brilliant 2012/02/12 11:17:40 +0000 Comment by George Kelly excellent stuff! thanks for the dl 2012/02/11 21:04:33 +0000 Comment by Rephlex Superb. I love it. 2012/02/11 17:18:32 +0000 Comment by Jamez wow, amazing that this is from 1983 - very cool track 2012/02/10 19:24:27 +0000 Comment by SQUEAKY Fantastic. I love it 2012/02/10 13:50:49 +0000 Comment by bowdeeni fish x @f-l-o-w-e-r-s: dude who won? 2012/02/10 11:12:23 +0000 Comment by _jk29 brilliant! 2012/02/10 10:17:09 +0000 Comment by T3cchtune this sweet! 2012/02/10 03:43:27 +0000 Comment by Hugo Tasis good job 2012/02/09 23:22:00 +0000


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Business Council of Australia president and Transfield Services chairman
"It's not them and us. That sort of cloth-cap stuff is rubbish," he told The Australian Financial Review.
"Our workforce is not our enemy, for God's sake. It is a group we need to work co-operatively and constructively with to get a good result for everybody."
Speaking after a CEDA Productivity lunch in Sydney yesterday, he said the BCA's position had always been that the Fair Work Act needed reform and hadn't had the same focus on productivity that the preamble to the legislation prescribed.
"And yes, it has been exploited to a certain extent by sections of the union movement," he said.
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"What we want is a skilled, productive, happy and very safe workforce. How we get there seems to be the subject of disagreement in these pinch points of our economy".
Mr Shepherd's comments are similar to those made by a Fair Work Australia vice-president,
"Let's be frank and not ignore realities," Mr Watson said. "Until the recent appointments, only one of the Sydney-based commissioners of Fair Work Australia did not come from a union background – and she is a career public servant.
"As workplace relations professionals, let's recommit to a co-operative approach based on enterprise improvement and fairness."
Mr Shepherd called for a return to the era when then ACTU secretary Bill Kelty negotiated policy changes with the Hawke-Keating governments that helped grow the economy.
While he conceded the economic and social conditions were different then, the disintegration of the co-operative attitude between unions and employers happened because of a multiplicity of factors.
"The resources boom made people more relaxed and they took their eye off the ball," he said. "It could also have been complacency. And then in the naughties, we went through an era of reform fatigue and governments backed off the pedal."
A failure to invest in transport infrastructure "cost us a bit and will continue to cost us a bit" in terms of productivity.
He wants the government to order a Productivity Commission review into what constitutes productivity.
The business community and the public needed to establish common ground about what was meant by productivity, he said.
Defined using multi-factor productivity, which took into account labour and capital, productivity hadn't improved since 2007.
What proportion of the decline can be attributed to industrial relations, over-regulation in planning, a lack of infrastructure, or poor management in companies was unclear, he said.
"The Productivity Commission is a very valued institution and it would be interesting to see what they come out with. I'm sure they would give it a good shake."
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A Justice Site
California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Created: July 14, 2004
Latest Update: November 1, 2005
- IntroductionWhy I chose to share this reading.
- Focus:Main point of this reading.
- ReadingFull identification of source for reading AND excerpt.
- Concepts:Concepts and Key Words.
- DiscussionDiscussion questions.
- Conceptual Linking to Substantive CoursesWhat this has to do with our class.
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- I chose to share this reading because the newspaper photo of the Botero image that so reminded me of Picasso's Guernica was lying on my desk. I think that's probably because my not-so-little gray cat knocked down the toy Cuban chicken, and with it the clipping from the New York Times. I had just set up Hypertext Poem 4: Restorative Practice, with some of the images of the New York Policemen who had died on Septemer 11 in the Twin Tower Explosion.In that frame of mind, I noticed the Botero, and realized how art serves equally well to express terror and beauty. jeanne
- I would like you to come away from this reading with a sense of the complexity introduced by the interdependence of the artist and the infrastructure and social context in which he/she functions. Notice that each of these could be described as art, and that in each the acceptability of the art, as fine art, as souvenir, as an artist's impression detached from the contextual reality, includes groups of human bodies.
Concepts and Key Words:
- the author
- the text
- the real - a different definition: the object or idea of our focus, without all the ramifications and connotations that have developed over time, like rules of art, or rules of rhetoric, or rules of fiction, or rules of theory. The "real" in this sense would be what's back at the root of it all.
- Artists Against Torture on Kara Art. Art works online.
- Hal Foster, The Return of the Real MIT Press, 1996. pp. 2-5"In 'What is an Author?', a text written in early 1969 in the heyday of such returns [to the real], Michel Foucault writes in passing of Marx and Freud as 'initiators of discursive practices,' and he asks why a return is made at particular moments to the originary texts fo Marxism and psychoanalysis, a return in the form of a rigorous reading. (Fn. omitted) The implications is that, if radical . . . the reading will not be anoter accretion of the discourse. On the contrary, it will cut through layers of paraphrase and pastiche that obscure its theoretical core and blunt its political edge." . . . more soon. jeanne
Picasso's Guernica
Botero's painting of the terror of oppression.
From the CBS News Site
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Jeanne's revisioning of one of the images.
Repainted digitally one of the "bodies piled up" thinking of the impressionist scenes of nudes bathing, so I added a waterfall, rocks, a forest. Can I paint the terror away? or is that denial and complicity?
If you remove the terror, the beauty of the body remains. Now we deal with the conflicting emotions of what may be used as art. If the young man and the young women display entertainment and celebrity at the torture in photography, is that acceptable. If I paint away the terror, is that acceptable?
- Humanist / Universalist Botero as Social Critic Because he is from Colombia, there is terror and oppression for him to have seen. Botero, like other great artists, paints it. Backup. Full site and paintings on Botero.
Discussion Questions:
- How did I remove the terror from the torture photograph?
By removing the feet that indicated the kneeling position, which must have hurt. By removing the arm that showed the pressure under which that body was. By removing the hooded head on the body at the right. By removing all traces of the prison floor walls, etc, that added structural context to the scene. All were removed by abstract color.
Does that effectively remove the terror if you have already seen the original photograph?
- Why?
To the extent that the original viewing in context affected you, that will provide retroactive interference in your visualizing the work from a fresh perspective. To the extent that the author or artist understood the original context, would he/she want to produce from it a work of art? Is the dark side NOT-beauty? Is there a comforting message in the dark side if that message is the one given prominence? Closeness of terror and art - Christ on the Cross - that was no way a beautiful scene. But beautiful memories are drawn from it.
Is turning one of the images into something beautiful, like bodies viewed abstractly on their own, more acceptable that photographing such a scene as a souvenir? What about Christ on the Cross? What about Andre Serrano's Piss Christ?
Andres Serrano's Piss Christ
Conceptual Linking to Substantive Courses:
- Agencies:
Sample linking: Ways in which underlying assumptions of assimilation affect services offered and clients' ability to access and use those services. How does this reading illustrate the need for social agencies, for more generalized agencies, for what Bolman and Deal would call "leadership" AND "management"? How does this reading suggest ways in which we could be more effective in rendering help, and what is the reading's relationship to a "safety net" for those who need help?
- Criminal Justice:
Sample linking: Ways in which some groups are underrepresented in the unstated assumptions of our theories. How does this reading serve to illustrate adversarialism, mutuality, retribution, revenge, illocutionary understanding, the definition and operation of the criminal justice system?
- Law:
Sample linking: Extent to which laws are made on the assumption that we are all essentially assimilated to the dominant culture. How does this reading help us see the need for contextual readings in law? How does it relate to our natural instincts to seek some kind of natural law? What facts and principles does the reading offer for discourse that could clarify for Others validity claims presented by an Obscure Other?
- Moot Court:
Sample linking: Ways in which to make validty claims of harm understood by those who have never experienced many of the world's different perspectives. How can this reading enlighten our praxis in terms of different kinds of discourse, like instrumental, illocutionary, governance?
- Women in Poverty:
Sample linking: The culture of poverty and assimilation. How does the reading deal with our underlying assumptions about poverty, especially poverty of the exploited, the NOT- male? What does the reading suggest of the interrelationship between our society and its children, generally cared for by women, often poor?
- Race, Gender, Class:
Sample linking: The extent to which silence has been imposed by these affiliations so that domination and discrimination have entered our unstated assumptions in interpersonal relations and the structural context arising from them. What does the reading tell us about exploitation and alternative ways to deal with one another? What does it tell us about institutionalized -isms and our denial of complicity? What does it tell us about our common humanity?
- Religion:
Sample linking: The spiritual component. Humans are spiritual creatures, creatures that recognize moments that go beyond ourselves to God, Allah, Isis, Gaia, the Universe, or a deep sense of responsibility to create our own meanng. How does the reading fit into our ability, our need to create such meaning in life?
Love 1A:
Sample linking: What's the aesthetic link in this reading? How does it bring us closer to one another as humans? What does it tell us about our need for love, unconditional love, not rewards for doing well or being well, but caring and acceptance for being who we are?


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By jbak
May 30, 2007
On the topo map that shows the top of Mt. Lemmon, look for "Lemmon Spring" and then look a bit north to Peak 8686.(www.dot.co.pima.az.us/gis/maps/mapguide...arizona... works too)
Just NW of Peak 8686 are some packed isolines. That is South Park. Just W of Peak 8686 is a little peaklet. There is a steep, north-descending gully between these two. I think that is where you drop down to the climbs.
East of Peak 8686 is the hairpin turn in the summit road. If you park ABOVE the hairpin at about elev 8500 and then do a south-sweeping contour around to 8686 you will do about as well as you can. Total walking distance should be less than a mile but it will feel longer. It may take a bit of looking and it was possible to get lost even before the fire. It's a beautiful, very isolated area. A part of Mt Lemmon that few people ever see. And there are some good routes there too.
By jbak
Jun 12, 2007
okayyyyyyyyyyyyyy..........try this...
Google Earth:
Park at: 32deg 27' 08" N, 110deg 47' 00" W
Crag at: 32deg 27' 00" N, 110deg 47' 29" W
Swing south between these points maintaining more or less constant elevation.
By Jimbo
Jun 13, 2007
Don't feel bad. Your not the only one to wonder about in search of this crag. My 1st time out we wondered for 2 hours or so but we were rewarded with finding the friggin thing.
My advice. Hook up with someone who's been there or use the GPS.
If I wasn't going to the Needles for 2 weeks I'd take you there.
Here's the deal. Park like you would to get to the Reef. But the trail busts up the road cut across from the big pull out on the left side of the road where the rusting ski lift parts are. Not from the pull out on the right side of the road just past the guard rail. Follow this trail up the ridge and look for a bend to the right at a big dead tree. (About 300 hundred yards up the hill) You will soon be skirting the steep hill side, with the canyon that runs underneath the Reef, on your right. Follow this around until your at the saddle that's on the opposite side of this canyon. From this saddle there will be a trail that busts sharply right. That goes to North park. Keep heading along the ridge past the saddle on a trail that will take you to South park. You won't see the crag until you start heading steeply down hill, in a hundred yards or so it will appear on your left. The trail goes under all the climbs.
Good luck.
By WSnyder
Jun 29, 2007
|I took a trip out to Southpark and I listed Southpark as a new area with some current (as of 06/30/07) directions and maps. Basically the old trail sucks ass! Follow the new directions and maps posted under Southpark and you should get there with minimal effort.
By WSnyder
Jul 1, 2007
|Someone has recently drilled but not fully bolted a new route on the arete just right of the "Focus on the Candy" dihedral.
By Joseph Stover
From: Batesville, AR
Jul 1, 2007
|Longitude works if you put '-' sign in front of it.
By WSnyder
Jul 1, 2007
|Thanks. Added the negative to longitude so the aerial photo link works properly now.
By lamina
Jul 1, 2007
|Thanks for making the maps and post the new direction. South Park almost became a once-in-my-life-time experience if not for the new way to get there. I am looking forward to go back there soon!
By jbak
Jul 2, 2007
|Snyderman, it looks like you could save time, distance and elevation gain/loss by parking up higher and intercepting the trail further south. What do you think ? How were the temps ?
By WSnyder
Jul 2, 2007
|I thought about parking higher next time but the upper parking would be farther away from the ridge high point and I don't know if any other pullouts exist on that narrow road going to the top. I was too tired and hungry to check it out when we got back to the car. EFR would know and maybe he will comment. I parked at the regular area because we were going in on the old trail. If there is alternative parking higher before the parking lot at the top that would certainly be better. Temps were good, a little warm before the sun went over the ridge but great after that. It wasn't very comfortable hanging out because of all of the erosion and anywhere it was flat enough to sit or nap was dirty and ash covered.
By Joseph Stover
From: Batesville, AR
Jul 3, 2007
|SQII lists a bolted 5.8 as the first route, this route is not bolted, or is only partially bolted.
By Scott Tucker
From: Tucson, AZ
Jul 4, 2007
|Yeah, that first route sort of confuses things when you start down the hill. Looks like someone's been out there recently putting up the route (which looks like it might be fun when finished). Once you get down to the alcove where "Kick the Baby" and the others start it's pretty easy to figure out which climb is which.
By Larry
From: SoAZ
Jul 9, 2007
I got out there by parking at the summit parking lot (same as for Rap Rock etc.), walking up to the observatory then down ridges all the way.
Seems like a valid alternative approach. It helped to have the coordinates of my goal on the GPS.
By Scott Tucker
From: Tucson, AZ
Jul 15, 2007
|New directions from farther up the road: Go past the hairpin turn where you would normally park. The road goes through two right curves. On the straight before the road turns left there is a dirt area on the left side to park. On the right side of the road is a bit of a trail leading up the hill. (There is currently a cairn up at the top.) Head up and left from the road to the top of the ridge. Go left along the ridge and you can pick up a faint trail going around the right side of a knoll. Just past this is the tangle of burned trees in the directions above. A faint but followable trail goes right and down to the saddle and takes you to the crag. This took 15-20 minutes off the approach.
By Christian
From: Casa do Cacete
Sep 6, 2007
Some further comments on getting there from the new parking area:
Once you get up off the road, from the cairn you only go left for about 100 feet before turning right and booking it pretty much straight up the hill to the ridge. Once you get to the ridge, you will see the large rock outcropping way down and off in the distance to the west. The first time I saw these rocks I thought they couldn't possibly be it because they looked so far away, but once you head down off the ridge you'll be there in about 25 minutes.
By Hendrixson
From: Tucson, AZ
Jun 20, 2010
This area is a real gem with unique climbing and cool temps. It goes into the shade around 11.30am and will be cool even on the hottest days. My understanding of the routes from left to right (numbers correspond to STLII):
1--. Blame Canada (11c) Short, overhung bolted crack; left route on platform.
1-. Sit Down And Shut Up (10d) Right route on platform.
1. Strike & Slip (8) Climbs arete before trending left for last few bolts.
2. Focus On The Candy (5.8, R/X, Gear)
2+. Unknown (10a?) Shares anchors with Strike & Slip.
3. Kick The Baby (5.9)
4. You Will Respect My Authorti (10a) Starts with pulling small roof; finishes on Simultaneous Lovin'.
5. Simultaneous Lovin' (11a)
6. Crack Whore Monthly (7, Gear) Open book leads to low angle bulges.
7. Southpark (10b/c)
7+. Conjoined Twin Myslexia (10d)
8. They Killed Kenny (11a)
9. You Bastards (11c) Shares two bolts with They Killed Kenny before trending right.
10. Mister Hankey The Christmas Poo - Indirect (10d) Crosses right angling platform 3 or 4 bolts in.
10+. Mister Hankey The Christmas Poo - Direct (11b,12b?) Blocky moves to ledge; continue past the rainy day anchors for harder climbing.
11. Scuzzlebutt (12a)
12. Kick In The Nuts (11c)
12+. Unknown (11d)
A couple of notes...
Hope this helps. Please correct any errors.
By Geir
From: Tucson, AZ
Jun 20, 2010
|what's the name of the climb that has the chicken wire stuffed in the crack to keep the birds out?
By Hendrixson
From: Tucson, AZ
Jun 20, 2010
|I believe "Mister Hankey... Indirect" and "Kick In The Nuts" end at the chicken wire / guano factory.
By 1Eric Rhicard
Aug 14, 2010
|Just got back from a short day. Did the first three routes from the left. Two start up on a bench and climb a short but steep orange face. Neither of these are as good as the routes on the lower part of the crag but if you have done the others or need a pumpy warm-up these will work. The left most one, which is a short section of overhanging crack was more challenging than the next one to the right. The right hand one has a really fun finish. Also did the one that climbs the low angle arete right of neat looking low angle corner. The start and finish are interesting. This climb ends at the same anchors as the next one to the right. A nice moderate addition to this crag.
By Joseph Stover
From: Batesville, AR
Feb 4, 2011
(7+) I originally called it 10d/11a but could be 10c if people think so. I always had difficulty getting the shelf after the low crux. I was conflicted between naming it "Chocolate Salty Balls" and "Conjoined Twin Myslexia".
I hope someone has enjoyed this route. Other than some of the grimy part at the start it should be pretty clean and fun. I always thought it would be cool to start on Southpark and finish on this route.
By jaspur Chafer
From: tucson,az
Aug 27, 2014
|Just one more note on the parking beta from Scott tuckers comment. The parking spot is exactly .8 mile from the gate at the ski area. Trails pretty obvious from across the road. Although after all the rain we've had this year it's pretty overgrown. One of my favorite crags on the lemmon
By jaspur Chafer
From: tucson,az
Jun 17, 2015
|Best steep sport crag that nobody's climbing at on the lemmon
By BenClimbing
Sep 6, 2016
|Nice little crag to escape the Labor Day heat and crowds. Thanks to Christian for the very good, detailed description of the trail. It was fairly overgrown and faint to non-existent in places but we never felt lost and made it to the crag with no wrong turns.


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Rodgers - I feel blessed
Brendan Rodgers has spoken of his pride at being appointed as the new manager of Liverpool, on the day that he was officially unveiled at Anfield.
Last Updated: 02/06/12 7:46am
Brendan Rodgers has spoken of his pride at being appointed as the new manager of Liverpool, on the day that he was officially unveiled at Anfield.
The Reds parted company with club legend Kenny Dalglish at the end of the 2011/12 season, with Carling Cup success failing to paper over the cracks that appeared during a disappointing Premier League campaign.
An eighth place finish was deemed unsatisfactory and the Liverpool board - led by owner John W Henry - took the decision to take the club in a different direction.
Numerous candidates were considered, with Wigan boss Roberto Martinez among them, but Rodgers was quickly identified as the Reds' top target.
They were granted permission by Swansea to open discussions and a deal has been agreed.
Rodgers is delighted to have inherited the reins at one of world football's most iconic clubs and is looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead.
He told a press conference shown live on Sky Sports News HD: "I'm very proud, as you can imagine. I'm only the second Northern Irish manager in the history of the club. It's a club of wonderful tradition and I feel very blessed by the opportunity to manage the club."
Rodgers had initially turned down the opportunity to discuss the vacant post at Anfield, but admits he was left with an easy decision once it became clear that he was Liverpool's top choice.
He said: "I spoke to the chairman at Swansea and I always said that if I was to leave Swansea City, it would be for a top club and I would have to be the number one choice. At that time I was maybe in a process, so I was happy at Swansea and wasn't looking to leave.
"When Liverpool came back in for a second time and said I was the number one choice, then you have to think seriously about it. I spoke with the chairman Huw Jenkins, who is a fantastic man, and he gave me permission to speak. Once I found out that I was the number one target from the important people at Liverpool, then it was quite an easy decision."
Rodgers will be charged with the task of guiding Liverpool back into contention for major honours during his tenure - most notably the league title - but he has called for patience as he attempts to put his own stamp on the club.
He said: "Footballers want to learn, they want to be educated and they want to improve. That's something I have done with all types of players, young and old throughout my career.
"This is a long-term plan, that was important for me. It's going to be over a number of years. First and foremost I want to defend the principals of this great club, which is about offensive, creative football but with technical discipline and to maintain the values of the club.
"It's been over 20 years since they won the title - they might not be ready for the title now, but the process begins today and it's a new cycle. That's something we will work towards in the years to come."
Rodgers inherits a squad brimming with international stars, but admits he will be looking to identify areas that require strengthening as quickly as possible.
He said: "The assessment is simple - there is big quality in the club, there is no question about that. I am looking forward to working with some of the greats of this football club. Liverpool is a club that produces fantastic players and has great players - Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, greats of the Premier League.
"For me, it's going to take a bit of time to get how I want to play and the philosophy. The principles of your game are based on the players that you have. There is no doubt that I will look at what we have and then see if we need to bring anyone in to improve that."


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Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy
Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy
A colonoscopy is a 'camera test' that allows visual inspection of the colon (large bowel) using a specialised fibreoptic instrument. For most patients with bowel symptoms (diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal bloating, abdominal pain) a colonoscopy is usually the initial diagnostic test that is performed in order to determine the cause of their symptoms.
When arranging for such a test, you will be informed of the date and will receive a package containing the following: diet sheet, information sheet, laxatives, itinerary for the laxatives. Several days before the test, you are asked to adjust your diet to that from the list of foods that are allowed (and foods to avoid!). This is to reduce the faecal bulk within the colon. The day before your test, you are instructed to take laxatives that are sent to you based on the itinerary. This is to empty the bowel completely so that the surface lining can be inspected. If the instructions are not clear, the information pack sent to you will contain a contact telephone number to the Endoscopy department for further advice and clarification.
On the day of the test, you will attend the hospital at the pre-arranged time. You will be admitted by a nurse, who will take you through some questions about your general health and to facilitate your care throughout the process. A cannula (a very small plastic tube) is placed in a vein for administering the painkiller and sedative that is usually required for the examination. This access also allows for you to be given further drugs as necessary. The examination takes place in a specially equipped room. You will have a nurse monitoring your vital signs and another nurse will be available to help with the examination.
The endoscope is then passed through the bottom and into bowel. The instrument is then carefully passed all the way around the colon. The colon can very tortuous and so the procedure can sometimes take up to 45 minutes but an average time would be 20-30 minutes for the camera to be inspecting the bowel. During the procedure, you made be asked to change your position as this alters the lie of the colon and can facilitate the passage of the endoscope around the colon. The careful visual inspection will usually take place as the camera is withdrawn. It is well documented that this part of the examination should take about 10 minutes. Any quicker, and there is a greater risk of missing something.
If there is an abnormality seen in the bowel, the options are either to try and remove it, if it is safe to do so, or to take a biopsy ( a small sample) that can then be sent to be examined under a microscope. There are some circumstances where it is useful to take samples at differing locations around the bowel. Your doctor should advise you of this at the initial consultation.
After the procedure, you are taken to a recovery area where you will be monitored as the sedative drugs are 'wearing off'. As soon as you are comfortable and awake you will then be offered fluids and a light snack. You are then ready for home!
Because of the drugs that are administered, YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVE for 48 hours.
Flexible sigmoidoscopy
A fibreoptic sigmoidoscopy (FOS) is similar to a colonoscopy but the examination is specifically focus on the left side of the large bowel. As it is a less involved procedure, you will not generally require laxatives. There will be dietary changes to try and empty the bowel. On the day of the test, after admission to the hospital, a small enema will be administered in order to empty the lower bowel. After this, the camera test can then take place.
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Smart Links 11 December 2012
Commentary on a positive outlook for the US economy in 2013, a useful list of investment themes for 2013, the African boom, a deportation challenge, the danger of prohibition, and why the United States is so unequal and Canada less so.
Is private sector deleveraging over?
Business Insider -- Goldman's Top Economist and His Big Call for the US Economy
In a recent report, Goldman's top economist Jan Hatzius predicted that finally, the US would see a real growth acceleration in the second half of 2013.
Tis the season of lists. Thanks to Russ of Victoria.
Pdf below -- Investment Themes 13 for 13
Finally, is Africa about to boom?
Globalist -- Africa's Resurgence and the Future of the Global Economy
The high water mark of Africa's changing economic fortunes came between 2000 and 2008, when the continent's growth averaged roughly 6% a year.
'Dear me, Can't they just pack him up and bundle him out of the country?'
Telegraph -- Abu Qatada moves to new house
Abu Qatada has moved house after leaving his £400,000 taxpayer-funded home in North West London.A Man for All Seasons - The Devil Speech
It won't be long now …
Independent -- Washington and Portugal point the way forward - we're fools to keep fighting this War on Drugs
Not only was the Government's response to yesterday's report outrageously trite, the tide of history is against prohibitionists.
TD Economics on how public policy makes all the difference in managing the economic and social consequences of income inequality.
Pdf below -- TD Economics -- Income and Income Inequality
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Twin Virtues: Inequality of Outcomes & Equality of Opportunity©
Twin Virtues
Ultimately, the most successful societies find the balance between the twin virtues of inequality of outcomes and equality of opportunity.
The new politics must marry the twin virtues of unequal outcomes and equality of opportunity.
When too few get too much everybody loses.
Feminism is about women living their lives on their own terms, marshalling the resources of the society to make that possible, and men embracing this as vital to a successful society and their own liberation.
Can it be that striving for equality of opportunity however imperfect the process not only benefits the individual but also creates benefits for the society that are unintended but wonderful?
Economics must be a 'moral enterprise' as much as politics claims to be. Economic outcomes need to be framed in terms of right and wrong not just efficiency if only because these often align in surprising ways that are good for society and the economy.
My vision of Canada is that any Canadian child from a family of limited circumstance can expect to have a chance at lifetime of unlimited opportunities.
Free trade is a wonderful thing. Time and time again economists have proven that free trade creates enormous wealth for each country 'on the whole'. Historians have shown that free trade is usually associated with rising political, social and cultural liberty. The perennial problem is that free trade always creates tremendous disruption for thousands even millions of individuals often concentrated in one geography, and where the state is idle, not investing in best in class instruments of social justice, free trade can be a permanent ticket out of the middle class, down, not up.
Tax policy should be founded on the principle of generating steady tax revenues sufficient to maximise environmentally sustainable economic growth in order to fund fair government.
Public policy should be designed to decrease inequality before the law and increase equality of opportunity.
Capitalism is not the problem; the problem is what we do with capitalism.
Content is always more difficult to argue than conspiracy.
Let the state regulate and the market operate (most things).
Welfare strategies are best designed as a hand up, not as a hand out.
Political debate should not be fact free fighting.
Explanation lasts longer than eloquence.
Always favour empowerment over dependency.
The most enduring public figures are embraced for the causes they fought for and not the concept of themselves they hoped others would remember them by.
Find your voice and don't be the echo of somebody else.
It is possible to operate on two different levels: the practical, cautious and conservative; and the realm of ideas, open, free, and radical.


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CERN admits errors in Relativity-busting test, but says glitch could mean even-faster faster-than-light particles
GENEVA — Physicists are to run new tests in May after the CERN research institute said on Thursday that its startling findings appearing to show that one of Einstein's fundamental theories was wrong could have been caused by a loose cable. However, they say that one of the glitches might have made them underestimate, not overestimate, the results.
The CERN lab near Geneva appeared to contradict Albert Einstein's 1905 Special Theory of Relativity last year when they reported that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos could travel fractionally faster than light.
Einstein's theory, which underpins the current view of how the universe works, says that nothing can travel faster than light, and doing so would be like traveling back in time.
CERN said two possible effects had been identified that could have an influence on its neutrino timing measurement during its OPERA experiment. "New measurements with short pulsed beams are scheduled…
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Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Details of Disappearance
On February 8, 2007, 22 year old Julian Rene Kirchoff was involved in an altercation with as many as seven men at the Esperanza Apartments in Bisbee, Arizona.
A gunshot was heard and according to eyewitness testimony, Julian's car driven by one of the assailants left the apartments following a dark colored sedan and headed south towards the Mexican border five miles away.
According to the eyewitness, Julian was pulled from the driver's seat into the back seat of his own car, a 1992 Gold Nissan Maxima, by one or more of the people involved in his abduction.
Someone who lived in the apartment complex called the police to report hearing a gunshot at approximately 10:30pm. Police responded to the complex and found an empty 380 shell casing in the parking lot. Police also talked to Vanessa Estrada who said that Julian's car had backed into her car parked in the parking lot presumably by Julian in his attempt to escape.
Attempts to locate Julian and his vehicle were unsuccessful and to this day neither has been found.
The individuals who were named as suspects early in the investigation were questioned briefly and then released and they fled back to Mexico.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Bisbee Police Dept
Det. Bill Silva
(520) 432-2261
Det. Albert Echave
(520) 432-2261
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Last week when NLQ posted the purity ball photos by photography David Magnusson it seemed that was a lone example of creepy purity portraits. At least until another site managed to collect a pile of random ones including a purity contract to be signed by the father and daughter.Such a sad contrast, beautiful little girls, inappropriately intimate fathers. … [Read more...]
More Purity Ball Photos
Quoting Quiverfull: You Deserve Rape?
by Pastor Dean Samuel in Raw Story quoted from his documentary and from the site Vice.com - Arizona Pastor: Women in yoga pants are 'partially responsible' for rape During the protest, Saxton held a sign reading, "You Deserve Rape." And he shouted at women to "give up your immodest clothing" and "yoga pants are sin." … [Read more...]
Abusive Child Discipline Advice?
One of the friends of NLQ wrote a letter asking a certain husband and wife duo who is absolutely beloved by the homeschooling Evangelical world for their advice on raising good Christian children who never rebel. He never identifies exactly who they are, but their identity is obvious.Here's his original query: … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Holding Leaders in the Church to Accountability is "Blaspheming"?
by Stacy McDonald of Your Sacred Calling blog and Ladies Against Feminism - Blashphemed(sic) or Hallowed Be His Name Again, Paul is describing the way we, as a Church, may cause God's Word to be blasphemed when we falsely represent His holiness by teaching or living a life counter to His Word. That could be through unrepentant sin or by teaching a distorted view of Scripture. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Wanting More is "Pride"?
by Kelly Crawford of Generation Cedar - The Mission Field of Motherhood Another major problem is that we all fight that part of our flesh that wants to do something important, barely able to comprehend the importance of being faithful in the mundane. We struggle with the sin of pride, wanting to be recognized. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Winning Souls More Important Than Sexual Abuse?
by Debi Pearl from No Greater Joy - Debi Pearl Weighs in on the IBLP Situation What I am saying is that God raised up a man, a fallen sinful man, and used that man to pull together thousands of believers for a greater good. What I am saying is that someday soon we will all stand before the throne of God to give an answer. All of us. The man. The folks on the website that rejoiced in the fall. Me. … [Read more...]
Cersei Lannister, Rape Culture, and a Lot of Me Flipping the Bird in General
by Samantha Field cross posted from her blog Defeating The DragonsTrigger Warning: Sexual violence I've read G. R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire up through Feast of Crows, and I'm currently reading Dance of Dragons, albeit slowly. The books are a struggle for me to read, as an abuse and rape survivor. I do enjoy them, although I caution people to engage with Martin's world critically. He's been hailed by a lot of people as a "feminist" writer, but I am extremely hesitant to think of him in those terms (read Sady Doyle's piece there– it's both hysterically funny and insightful). … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Hive Minded Distancing From "Patriarchal"?
Another prominent Biblical Patriarchal leader denouncing the word.by James McDonald of Family Reformation Magazine and the Providence Church - The "P" Word And, so it is with the "P" word; the word we know as patriarchy. In our day, patriarchy is quickly becoming a pejorative. It has come to mean, "selfish, overbearing tyrant who seeks to dominate and suppress women and children." And, let's be clear, there are those who embrace that term and fit the bill. They have behaved as if the world revolves around them and that women and children exist only to serve them. … [Read more...]
Purity Portraits
Photographer David Magnusson took an intriguing series of portraits of fathers and daughters in their Purity Ball finery. They are posted at Flavorwire - Striking, Creepy Photos of Christian "Purity Balls" America: land of the free, home of the… thoroughly fucking weird? It's hard to know what else to say about these striking and frankly terrifying portraits by Swedish photographer David Magnusson, which capture the institution of the Purity Ball: a religious rite wherein girls pledge not to have sex until they're married. All the photos (which we spotted at Feature Shoot) depict the girls and their fathers, who glow with pride at the thought that their little girl won't be despoiled until s … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Birth Control Destroying Country?
by Steven L. Anderson, pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church, at Raw Story - AZ Pastor: Childless women on birth control have destroyed the U. S. with 'Whoredom' "Not only does birth control do damage to women, it hurts their body if they're using the pills. And it also affects their character, causing them to be an idle, tattler, gossip, turning aside after Satan," he insisted. … [Read more...]


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Crochet Slipper Pattern
Here is the promised slipper pattern.
They are very easy and fast to crochet. I made a truck load for xmas presents.
They make Great Stocking stuffers!
Hook size G or H (I used H)
4 ply yarn—scraps work great!
Use two strands of yarn as it makes for a warmer slipper.
Basically you crochet a rectangle large enough to wrap around your foot.
Ch 33 (or as long as the foot)
Row 1: DC in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across (go thru both loops) ch 3 and turn.
Row 2: DC in each dc across, ch 3 and turn.
Rows 3-13: Repeat row 2, end with a 12 inch tail of yarn.
Now you have your rectangle to work with.
Gathering the toe: Weave the tail in and out at the end of the slipper with the 12 inch tail.
Fold the slipper in half lengthwise. This will happen naturally from the gathering of the toe. Starting from the gathered end, stitch halfway towards the other end of the slipper.
Now you can stitch up the heel. Finish off and cut yarn.
You can now add a cuff to the top of the slippers to make them more…snuggly.
Or you can just leave it as it is and you're good to go!
Optional added cuff:
I crocheted in the back loops only.
Crochet one row of sc around the foot opening.
Join with a sl st to the first sc, ch 3, dc in each sc and join with sl st to top of first dc.
Continue to do this to form a cuff, for as many rows as you like! It's up to You.


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The BBS Documentary screening
June 21, 2005 at 3:10 PM
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For those in the Seattle area who may remember a time when 300 bps meant something, well here's your chance. I am hosting a special screening of The BBS Documentary right here in Belltown this Sunday from 1:00pm to 8:30pm (yes, it's that long with a 1 hour dinner break and 2 shorter breaks). If you wish to go please let me know. Hope to see you there!


text: I just received a 'FreeBSD security update'. This suggest that there's been security issue that has been fixed. Seeing this, I asked myself a question: What issue was that? I searched the GUI to find a button with more information about the fix / some advisory and failed to find one. I think it would be good to push updates with some extra release notes and make Update Manager show them upon request. -- Twoje radio


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Talking about anyone in particular or just Missundaztood? Pink took to Twitter on Tuesday to celebrate International Women's Day, but one of her messages already has fans speculating as to its true intent. The "Just Give Me a Reason" singer, 36, tweeted a lengthy note to women, encouraging them not to rely on their looks.
"Shout out to all of the women, across the world, using their brains, their strength, their work ethic, their talent, their 'magic' that they were born with, that only they possess," she wrote. "It may not ever bring you as much 'attention' or bank notes as using your body, your sex, your tits and a**es, but women like you don't need that kind of 'attention'."
RELATED: Kim Kardashian Shuts Down Body-Shamers: 'Enough Is Enough'
Her comments came just one day after Kim Kardashian caused a commotion online with a racy nude throwback selfie.
"In the quiet moments, you will feel something deeper than the fleeting excitement resulting from attention, you will feel something called pride and self respect," Pink, whose real name is Alecia Moore, continued. "Keep on resisting the urge to cave. You'll never have to make silly excuses for yourself. #internationalwomensday #bestrong."
Commenters were quick to post photos of Pink in some of her more revealing ensembles (including a topless photo shoot), pointing out the hypocrisy of her words. One fan shared a nude photo of Pink next to a picture of Kardashian sipping tea, while others slammed the singer for being "judgmental" of other women in general.
MORE: Bette Midler Responds to Kim Kardashian's Twitter Rant
Though Kardashian herself hasn't responded to Pink's comments, Kanye West's wife did go off on several celebrities who publicly shamed her for revealing so much of her body, including Bette Midler, Chloe Grace Moretz and Piers Morgan.
Kardashian also followed up the original nude shot with another, captioning it, "#liberated."
MORE: Kim Kardashian Goes Full Kanye in Twitter Rant
In honor of International Women's Day, the reality star wrote a lengthy blog post about the negative backlash.
"I am empowered by my body. I am empowered by my sexuality," she said. "I am empowered by feeling comfortable in my skin. I am empowered by showing the world my flaws and not being afraid of what anyone is going to say about me. And I hope that through this platform I have been given, I can encourage the same empowerment for girls and women all over the world."


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Baldwin students observe open heart surgery
A dozen pairs of eyes steadfastly stared 20 feet below the observation glass into the operating room at Allegheny General Hospital on Jan. 16.
For three hours, conversation was at a minimum from the Baldwin High School juniors and seniors. Most discussions were whispered observations.
"Could you imagine doing this for four hours?" said one of the students. "I find the human body fascinating."
Baldwin High School partners with Allegheny General Hospital's Cardiovascular Institute up to three times a year to let students in the gifted program, or anatomy and physiology and advanced biology classes observe open-heart surgery. The observations are meant to give students a better idea of how the body works and as exposure to medical procedures and professions, said Debbie Reynolds, gifted coordinator at Baldwin High School.
"I just think it's good for them to be exposed," Reynolds said. "I think it's a fantastic program."
Reynolds connected Baldwin High School's science department with Pat Wolf, who coordinates the open heart surgery observation program at Allegheny General Hospital in PIttsburgh, five years ago, Reynolds said.
"They had just started letting kids come and watch," she said.
That first year, more than 100 Baldwin High School students were able to observe open-heart surgeries. The program has since become popular with schools around the region, requiring Baldwin teachers to scale back the number of groups and choose students for the trip by a lottery.
"It's pretty competitive at this point," said Sarah Lyle, anatomy and physiology teacher at Baldwin High School, who along with Reynolds and Kent Radomsky, biology teacher, supervise the field trips.
"Some of them have been waiting since their freshman year."
Students agree with the popularity and competition to be selected.
"It just is so interesting. They have his life in their hands right now," said Tiffany Koch, a senior. "We all try. There are just the lucky few that get picked."
On Jan. 16, Dr. Walter McGregor, a cardiac surgeon, along with several cardiothoracic residents, anesthesiologists, nurses, physicians assistants and technologists, performed an aortic-valve replacement and coronary bypass on a man in his 80s. Lyle and 13 students observed the surgery while looking through glass windows into the operating room.
They watched as McGregor removed a vein from the patient's left leg for the bypass and the operating team created an alternative circulatory system for blood, stopped the heart, removed valves, worked on the heart, restarted it and closed the chest.
There is more unspoken teamwork in the operating room than the students said they'd imagined.
"It really is a team effort," Wolf said.
Wolf asked the students questions throughout the observation, such as why is the blood darker at some points. The group also passed around a model of the heart so that Wolf and Lyle could point out different things throughout the procedure.
The observation is a way for the students to see real-life procedures and medical professions and debunk myths that the teens see on television, Lyle said.
Lyle will teach her students a unit on the cardiovascular system later in the year. The students also will dissect deer hearts.
"It's been nice to see the program grow," Lyle said. "I just love it when students become engaged."
Likewise, students said, the surgery was not what they expected.
"I expected it to be more blood and less people in the room," said Nicole Wilkinson, a senior.
Afterward, McGregor spoke to the students for a few minutes about the procedure, the observation program and his career trajectory.
"It truly is a unique opportunity," McGregor said.
McGregor said he originally didn't think he would be a surgeon but gravitated toward it because that was where he is most talented.
"You end up being attracted to what you're good at," McGregor said. "You end up doing what feels right."
Laura Van Wert is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-388-5814 or at email@example.com.


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Generic Name: levocetirizine (LEE-voe-se-TIR-a-zeen)
Brand Name: Xyzal
Levocetirizine is used for:
Treating allergy symptoms and chronic hives. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Levocetirizine is an antihistamine. It works by blocking a substance in the body called histamine. This helps to decrease allergy symptoms and hives.
Do NOT use levocetirizine if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in levocetirizine or to cetirizine
- you have severe kidney problems or you are receiving dialysis
- the patient is a child 6 months to 11 years old who has kidney problems
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using levocetirizine:
Some medical conditions may interact with levocetirizine. 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 kidney or liver problems
- if you have trouble urinating or a condition that may increase your risk of trouble urinating (eg, enlarged prostate, spinal cord lesion)
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with levocetirizine. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Ritonavir or theophylline because they may increase the risk of levocetirizine's side effects
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if levocetirizine 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 levocetirizine:
Use levocetirizine as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Take levocetirizine by mouth with or without food. Take it in the evening unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
- If you miss a dose of levocetirizine, take 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 take 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use levocetirizine.
Important safety information:
- Levocetirizine may cause drowsiness, tiredness, or weakness. These effects may be worse if you take it with alcohol or certain medicines. Use levocetirizine with caution. Do not drive or perform other possibly unsafe tasks until you know how you react to it.
- Do not drink alcohol or use medicines that may cause drowsiness (eg, sleep aids, muscle relaxers) while you are using levocetirizine; it may add to their effects. Ask your pharmacist if you have questions about which medicines may cause drowsiness.
- The risk of drowsiness may be greater if you take levocetirizine in high doses. Do NOT take more than the recommended dose without checking with your doctor.
- Use levocetirizine with caution in the ELDERLY; they may be more sensitive to its effects.
- CHILDREN younger than 6 years old may be more likely to experience constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, or ear infection while taking levocetirizine.
- Levocetirizine should be used with extreme caution in CHILDREN younger than 6 months 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 levocetirizine while you are pregnant. Levocetirizine is found in breast milk. Do not breast-feed while taking levocetirizine.
Possible side effects of levocetirizine:
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:
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'Lighting is the key to making everything look good'
Matt Cardello says it is fairly easy to find a way out of the darkness.
"The biggest part of the problem is determining where you need some light," says the president of Cardello Electric Supply, based in the North Side with nine shops in the area, West Virginia and Ohio.
He and other lighting professionals see effective lighting of a home to be sometimes badly done, creating rooms that are unnecessarily and impractically dim.
"Many people are just uneducated on what they can do with lighting," says Tara Pakler, showroom manager at Typhoon Lighting in Regent Square.
Laura Kuhns from Kuhns Electric Supply in Latrobe says lighting sometimes is overlooked.
"When people are looking at a home, they often get impressed by the rooms or the furniture and don't think about the light," she says. "But lighting is the key to making everything look good."
Kuhns says some elements of lighting can be deceptive. An impressive chandelier can be added to give a dining room a dramatic touch with no thought about the light it provides, she says.
Jeffrey Dross from Cleveland-based Kichler Lighting agrees. He says many people put a light in the center of a room without thinking about what they might want to do in other parts of that space.
"The biggest step is to decide what you want to do in a room," says the company's director of education and industry trends.
He believes many light purchases are mistakenly made from a standard of "aesthetics" rather than practicality.
The reliance and fascination with the computer also could have hurt the appreciation of good lighting, Kuhns and Pakler agree. Because more and more people are used to reading newspapers, magazines and books on computers and e-readers, they become less demanding of good reading light in their homes.
Customizing lighting does not have to be expensive. Fixtures can cost as little as $20 while floor lamps can climb easily into the hundreds. But, of course, installation and any of the work it entails can add to the cost of a project.
The possibilities are many,
One of the areas understood the least, Pakler and others say, is the use of task lighting that can provide illumination for specific functions such as reading, cooking or hobbies. That lighting makes the jobs easier, provides some accents to rooms and can even be energy-saving.
Cardello says task lights can offer needed illumination for jobs that must be done, possibly eliminating the requirement for light in the rest of the room.
"Why have those main lights on in a room if you don't need them?" he asks.
The use of task lighting sometimes is ignored "because people just don't know what it does," says Steve Hoffman from Lighting by Erik in Dormont.
But it can be an important feature in a house for what it does as accent lights and for creating a better workspace, says Ryan Douglas, CEO of Vermont-based Verilux, a company that specializes in making lights designed to rival the sun.
"Having a light that has a full spectrum light — whether you're at your computer, studying, reading or doing any of your favorite hobbies — improves your productivity, eases eye strain and allows you to enjoy the things you are doing," he says.
The focus on the benefit of natural light was the heart of the founding of the firm 56 years ago by a graphic artist who found his eyes were becoming aggravated when working under a bare light bulb, he says.
"You see best when exposed to the full and balanced spectrum of natural light," he says.
A form of task lighting can be good accent lighting in a kitchen, too, Kuhns says. Besides offering light over a stove or a prep area, that lighting can add enough brightness to illuminate the room when full lighting isn't necessary.
She also says toe-kick lighting around the bottoms of cabinets can offer an effective-but-subtle brightness.
"It can even act as a nightlight to guide someone through the room," she adds.
At the topside of a kitchen, another form of lighting can be beneficial, she and Cardello says. Lighting shining up on a ceiling from the top of cabinetry offers the same kind of subtle illumination without being intrusive.
Cardello says the best aspect to that form of lighting is that it "concentrates on the effect rather than the source." He says those lights do the job well because they reflect off the ceiling without offering any glare from the bulb itself.
Another form of less-direct light also wins a great deal of acclaim. Hoffman says recessed lighting has become more popular because it entails no fixture, thus making its source virtually invisible.
By placing it near corners and against walls, it can provide many means of reflective illumination, he says.
"You can look up at the ceiling, and you have a clear look," Kuhns says.
Cardello says recessed light sometimes can be used in a dining room with a chandelier. The recessed bulbs provide illumination on the table while the chandelier can function as largely a decorative divide.
But one simple item can be a real key to household illumination: the dimmer.
Dimmers are as simple to install as switches and also can be part of some extension cords, Pakler says, allowing brightness to be controlled on many lights,
"I tell people to buy as much power as they can, and get a dimmer," she says. "Then they can make the light whatever they want it to be."
Bob Karlovits is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at email@example.com or 412-320-7852.


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Cream of Cilantro Soup - Crema De Cilantro
READY IN: 50mins
Recipe by cookiedog
This one is for the cilantro lovers. From Resraunte Mexicano May-June 2007.
Top Review by OneEyedDogMama
Very delicious and unique recipe. Especially for cilantro lovers, like me. I would have liked it to be a little thicker...even tried to use some wondra flour to thicken without success. Tasted awesome, though. My best tip...be sure you have a glass (or two, or three) of wine on hand for clipping the cilantro leaves...'cause it takes a LONG time!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, leaves only (about 4 cups leaves, loosely packed)
- 2 quarts chicken stock
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups finely chopped onions
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 6 tablespoons flour
- salt
- 1 cup heavy cream (do not use sour cream) or 1 cup Mexican crema (do not use sour cream)
- shredded chihuahua cheese, manchego cheese, jack cheese (to garnish) or gouda cheese (to garnish)
Directions See How It's Made
- Place cilantro leaves in a blender with 1 cup of the chicken stock and blend to form a puree. Set aside.
- Melt the butter in a large saucepan, add the onion and garlic, and sauté until soft but not brown. Add the flour and stir to make a roux. Gradually add the remaining broth, stirring with a whisk after each addition.
- Add the cilantro puree, stirring to blend thoroughly. Cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes. The soup may be made ahead up to this step.
- Stir in the cream, place in serving bowls and garnish with shredded cheese and a cilantro sprig if desired.


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It would've been a second consecutive victory on the road, this time with an injury-battered roster.
Instead the final storyline Sunday was a familiar one: the Chargers failed to finish.
San Diego's defense allowed the Titans to drive 94 yards for a go-ahead touchdown with 15 seconds left, the scoring play a 34-yard pass from Jake Locker to rookie receiver Justin Hunter, against Chargers cornerback Crezdon Butler.
So, despite a comedic series of laterals on the game's final play, culminating with Philip Rivers booting the ball near midfield, the Titans won their home opener, 20-17.
Butler is a Bills castoff signed this week with starter Shareece Wright sidelined by a hamstring injury. Butler, 6-foot, had good position on the 6-foot-4 Hunter. But Hunter created room with a light pushoff. He then jumped and plucked the ball in the end zone as Butler failed to contest.
It was Tennessee's only lead of the game, and it stood to give the Titans their first win over San Diego in the last 10 meetings.
No excuses, but...: The Chargers failed to stop an offense that lacked timeouts on a drive that began at Tennessee's 6 with 2:05 to play. There are no excuses. Speed, coverage fundamentals and tackling are issues for the defense. But the Chargers were dealing with a high number of injuries that thinned their talent and perhaps the starters' stamina. Preceding the winning drive, the Chargers offense was also dealing with several injuries, including the in-game departures of left tackle King Dunlap (who was injured on the offense's last drive) and left guard Chad Rinehart.
Patrick contributes -- The game took a sharp turn when Chargers nickel back Johnny Patrick knocked the ball from Titans receiver Nate Washington midway through the third quarter. Washington had caught a pass near San Diego's 5. But because of Patrick's quick strike, which sent the ball out of bounds, officials deemed the third-down play an incompletion. The call stood despite a challenge from Titans coach Mike Munchak, and Titans kicker Rob Bironas was wide right from 43 yards. The Chargers then marched for a touchdown, breaking a 10-10 tie. Patrick also helped to force a fourth-quarter punt by nailing Chris Johnson for a five-yard loss.
Conservative call: Mike McCoy ordered a punt on fourth-and-1 from Tennessee's 39, rather than go for it midway through the first quarter with a 7-0 lead. After starting from their 8 following the Mike Scifres punt, the Titans drove 90 yards and kicked a field goal. Was McCoy too conservative? The absence of D.J. Fluker, a powerful run blocker, had to be considered. But betting on Philip Rivers would have made sense. He was 6-for-6 for 59 yards. The Titans hadn't shown they could stop Rivers. Why help them?
No TD, Rivers flagged: An interference flag in the second quarter against Charger rookie Keenan Allen, who in fact ran into a Titans pass defender, nullified a five-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Royal. In an ensuing dispute, Philip Rivers was flagged for unsportsmanlike contact. The officials apparently took offense to Rivers' hectoring and gestures of dismay. Rivers' fiery personality is a strength. But sometimes it seems to get the best of him. What was to be gained from prolonged politicking?
Depth tested: Injuries sidelined Chargers starters Donald Butler, D.J Fluker, Malcom Floyd, Manti Te'o and Shareece Wright. Rinehart (foot) left in the first half and was replaced by Rich Ornberger (who was flagged for a key holding penalty). The Titans were without a starter in nose tackle Sammie Hill and No. 2 running back Shonn Greene. Titans starting middle linebacker Moise Fokue (stinger) left in the first quarter but returned.


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Business First Poll: Riding the RailsApril 27, 2009 4:55 pm Submitted News
Business First recently took a poll to test the confidence of Columbusites on whether a high-speed rail that would benefit travelers will be developed in the next 10 years. Do you think it will be?
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- pez
I'm all for a city to city train, provided there's infrastructure to get around at the other end. Using the getting off foreign oil rationale is disingenuous, oil is the universal worldwide commodity and it would be nearly impossible (and irresponsible) to limit ourselves domestic oil only. Plus,what sense would it make to use up your own supply of a limited resource when you can buy somebody else's then tap your own when they run out or the price gets high?
Why is it disingenuous? As you said, the world's oil supply is finite. Eventually we're going to be "off it" all together when the last of it gets too expensive (compared to the alternatives) to use.
Setting up these rail networks (along with investing in other alternative energies for power plants and automobiles) just moves us one step closer to having those alternatives ready to go in the future.
And I understand what you're trying to say with using up their supply first, instead of our own, but that leaves us lacking a lot of stability with all of our eggs in their one basket… as seen last year when foreign oil prices spiked, gas prices spiked, causing transportation prices, shipping prices, and the price of nearly every other commodity in our economy to spike. Granted, it was only temporary then, but who's to say next time how long it could last or how high the prices could go?
- matzerrose
Trains work very well between cities in the Eastern U.S. such as Boston, NYC and Washington. Once you are within those cities, you can also get around pretty easily without a car. This mirrors the situation throughout much of Europe.
Most of the U.S. is not like Europe, though, in terms of proximity between cities and density patterns. I am doubtful that a train between, say, Columbus and Cincinnati would work. Why would I trek to a central place I have to catch a possibly infrequent train, to another city that's also tough to navigate outside of downtown without a car when I could drive there conviently and on my own schedule in 2 hours or less? I kind of like the idea of a train to places like Chicago or Philadelphia, but it would need to be direct and inexpensive. That means it would proably have to be heavily subsidized to begin to compete with air travel.
These plans as far as I've seen also don't appear to address the increasing isolation of smaller towns that used to be connected to the rest of the world by trains and canals. The decline of many of those types of second-tier towns in Ohio and elsewhere is sad. They need rail connections as much or more than a city such as Columbus, but they probably don't have enough demand and density to support it. So they'll continue to rot.
I agree that having easy mass transit access in your destination cities is very important, which is why it's critical to continue to move forward with the plans to develop light rail in Columbus and the streetcar in Cincinnati. Cleveland has some rail transit as well as their new BRT system. And all three cities have functional bus service. If a train were to drop you off at the proposed stop at High & Nationwide Downtown, it wouldn't be too hard to use COTA (for now) to get to a final destination.
As for the rotting "second-tier towns", I assume you're referring to cities like Akron and Youngstown and Canton who aren't along the 3C Corridor? If you look at the overall plan for the Ohio Hub, those cities and more are included in the larger plan with other lines.
I agree that it would be great to have a vast network of rail set up and operational all at once, but that's an unrealistic expectation. You have to start somewhere, and you have to start with one line. And to that point, the 3C corridor makes a lot of sense as what we should get up and running first and foremost.
Rail does work well in the states to the East, but those rail lines did not all pop out of the ground over night. Their vast network of rail transit has been slowly built and changed and upgraded over the past 150 years. It all started with one line. If we want to look to them as a place to emulate then we've also got to start with step 1 and not unrealistically expect that we should be starting with steps 1 through 100 simultaneously.
- matzerrose
Walker, I agree with your sentiment and appreciate your passion for rail. No doubt Columbus would be the better for it if we could wave a wand and have light rail today. A very wise, seasoned fellow I know who spent his career in the airline industry thinks it was a terrible mistake for the U.S. to let its infrastructure decay. I agree, but I'm doubtful o the practicality of rebuilding passenger rail now. This poll asked how likely the rail plan is to happen, not how noble an idea it is. I would have to come down on "probably not," though there's no such category…part of me hopes I'm wrong.
matzerrose Says: I'm doubtful o the practicality of rebuilding passenger rail now.
Can I ask why? I mean… a lot of the practicality of it just boils down to money. It's already been stated that it's going to take around $250M to restore rail service between Cincy, Cols, and The Cleve at $10M per year to operate it. $250M in terms of highway funding nets you two interchange revamps. That's nothing. And I know you're well aware that ODOT's budget is $1.9B in 2009 alone, and mostly constitutes highway repaving, repairs, and widening projects. Heaven forbid that our state transportation department spend a single dime on anything other that automobile transit development. ;)
I mean… I know it's not quite as simple as shifting ODOT's budget around… but I'm confident that anything that can be slowly undone can be slowly redone. It's not going to happen overnight, but that doesn't mean we should just shrug our shoulders and assume it's impossible.
May I ask how about the "practicality" of continuing with the status quo? I think most would say no. But when you look around for alternatives for intercity travel in most of Ohio, the options to driving just are not there: a painfully evident fact made only more so by the cost of driving in recent years.
I would say an interconnected system of intercity passenger trains and local rail-based transit are entirely practicable…and critical… if we are to change the status quo.
BTW: The final Business First poll shows:
How confident are you that a high-speed rail line that benefits travelers in Columbus will be developed in the next 10 years?
Very confident.
Somewhat confident.
It'll never be built.
So, over 70% of those polled have at least some degree of confidence that high-speed rail will happen.
New Ohio rail line would bypass historic station
Posted 5/4/2009
By Matt Leingang, Associated Press Writer
Amtrak recommends restoring passenger rail service among Ohio's major cities by bypassing the grandest train station left in the state.
Getting new passenger trains into Cincinnati's Union Terminal, a 76-year-old landmark known for its bold Art Deco style and enormous rotunda, would require extensive capital improvements and add to freight congestion already in the area, according to Amtrak's preliminary study, which recommends building a new train station on the city's riverfront instead.


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Zunino, Mariners complete three-game sweep of Royals - June 22, 2014
Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Mike Zunino accounted for both Seattle runs as the Mariners completed a three-game sweep over the Kansas City Royals with a 2-1 victory on Sunday.
Zunino homered among his two hits and was driven in by Willie Bloomquist's game-tying double in the fifth. Brad Miller also supplied two hits for the Mariners, who completed their first three-game sweep in Kansas City since May 25-27, 2007.
"We knew we had our hands full with them, but we stepped up to the challenge and took three from them," said Bloomquist.
Starter Roenis Elias (7-5) conceded just one run on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts across 6 2/3 solid innings to earn the win.
Justin Maxwell drove in Kansas City's lone run and Salvador Perez had two hits for the Royals, who have lost four straight after winning 10 in a row.
"We're not worried about the four in a row," Kansas City designated hitter Billy Butler said. "That whole series could have gone either way."
Yordano Ventura (5-6), who entered the game with three straight wins, was tagged with the loss after giving up two runs on six hits in seven frames.
Alex Gordon and Perez both singled to open the second. Gordon moved up to third on Danny Valencia's line out and came home on Maxwell's sacrifice fly to shallow center, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead.
Seattle tied the game in the fifth. Zunino led off with a double to left and Bloomquist stroked an RBI double down the right-field line.
Zunino gave the Mariners a 2-1 lead in the seventh with a leadoff shot over the wall in left.
Omar Infante singled off Yoervis Medina to lead off the bottom of the eighth and advanced to second after Danny Farquhar balked with one out. Butler lined out to second and Gordon struck out to leave Infante stranded.
Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless ninth for his 21st save of the season.
Game Notes
Miller extended his hitting streak to seven games ... Kansas City shortstop Alcides Escobar left the game in the seventh inning with a left shin contusion after being hit by a pitch in the third ... Prior to the game, the Royals activated Valencia from the 15-day disabled list and optioned pitcher Louis Coleman to Triple-A Omaha ... Elias has won four of his last five decisions.


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Drink-O-Matic Soda Vending Machine
Perfect for man caves (might want to opt for the red one, ha), under an office desk, a dorm room or as a cool addition to a tween or teen room...........
This has got to be the funniest towel ever made. It's from the show Always Sunny in Philadelphia.Tags: beach, pool, towels, college, funny gifts, dorm, funny towelAdded 6 Years Ago from Baron Bob
Ahahah so cool!
This doesn't sound too fun if you had a long night. The pieces pop out when it goes off and will not stop until they're all back in their spot. I guarantee you AND your roommate will be wide awake by the time you finish.


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Egypt Brotherhood´s Candidate Previously Denied He Was Running (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Elad Benari 04/02/12)
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Egypts Muslim Brotherhood has announced it would be running a candidate for president, and has been met with criticism since doing so.
On Sunday, 24 hours after the announcement that the groups deputy leader, Khayrat el-Shater, will be running for president of Egypt in the May 23-24 election, Arab television channels and websites began circulating a short video clip from an interview el-Shater gave to the Al-Jazeera television network and in which he denies the reports that his party intends to name a candidate for election. The interview in question took place only six weeks ago, on February 8, 2012, according to a Channel 2 News report on Sunday.
In the video clip, which shows a segment from a 50-minute interview el-Shater gave to a popular interview show on Al-Jazeera, he says that his movement will announce its position on the subject of the presidential election only after the end of the official period to register candidates for the election.
First well see who the candidates are and what their political platform is, and then we will declare our position, Channel 2 quoted el-Shater as having said during the interview.
Interviewer Ahmed Mansour is then seen asking, What degree of truth is there to the reports that there is a secret candidate which you will support at the last moment and who is not of the current candidates?
El-Shater then replies, This is not true, and then Mansour asks, The Washington Post newspaper described you last Saturday as pragmatic, and said that the Brotherhood will declare your candidacy for the presidential elections at the last minute.
El-Shater then insists, No, this is not an issue which is currently at stake.
The Muslim Brotherhoods announcement on Saturday came despite after it earlier pledged to stay out of the presidential race. The Brotherhood, outlawed during the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, already controls about half of the seats in parliament.
Channel 2 reported that el-Shaters candidacy has been criticized by radical Islamic elements in the Egyptian media, who said that the Muslim Brotherhoods political tradition that it stays out of government bodies should be maintained.
The report noted that the same elements have also been critical of the movement´s decision to participate in parliamentary elections.
Senior analysts with the local media, according to the Channel 2 report, speculated that the criticism is part of the beginning of a split and disputes within the movement.
The Muslim Brotherhood recently denied that it plans to uphold the peace treaty with Israel, after U.S. State Department Victora Nuland told said that the Muslim Brotherhood had assured Washington it would uphold extant diplomatic accords, including the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.
The announcement comes at the end of a week in which the Islamists´ public power struggle with the country´s ruling generals escalated.
On Thursday, the Muslim Brotherhood-led parliament began drawing up a no-confidence motion against the military-appointed government.
The Islamists have also been squabbling with liberal and secular groups over the commission that is to draw up the nation´s new constitution. After the Brotherhood took a clear majority on the 100- member body for itself, 25 other members resigned.
Liberals fear the Islamists plan to impose their religious agenda on the constitution, while Islamists say liberals are a minority who have no popular support.
Relations between the military and the Brotherhood have deteriorated in recent weeks, as the fundamentalist group has pushed for the army to fire the Cabinet for alleged incompetence. The Brotherhood wants to form a new government, a task it claims is urgent because of Egypt´s deteriorating security and economic situation. (IsraelNationalNews © 2012 04/02/12)
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New Orleans police on Friday afternoon arrested two men who led them on a chase through the 7th Ward, forcing a lockdown of St. Augustine High School.
The names of the arrested men were not immediately available.
Officers believed the men were involved with an armed robbery in City Park earlier in the day, police said. Information on where and when the armed robbery happened was not immediately available.
During the chase, the men ran into the area of the high school, forcing administrators to lockdown the campus as a precautionary measure. The men never made it to the school's property, police said.
Police did not say if the chase began in City Park and ended in the 7th Ward or if officers later found the men in the neighborhood.
The men were arrested after a search of the area.


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