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Doctor insights on:
Liver Biopsy
Liver Biopsy (Overview)
Of your liver usually with a needle inserted thrubthe skin after numbing it.
Is liver biopsy painful?
It's not a bee sting: Despite using a local anesthetic, a liver biopsy is at best uncomfortable. A rather large gauge needle is used. Goes through the skin and muscle on the side of your abdomen and into the liver. Once there, the worse is over, pain wise. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Liver Biopsy (Overview)
Of your liver usually with a needle inserted thrubthe skin after numbing it.
How safe is a liver biopsy?
Liver biopsy: Ultrasound guided biopsy reasonably safe. Risk of bleeding number one complaint by patients is having to lay to stomach for a number of hours. Once was done without us guidence had possibility of accidental lung biopsy with pneumothorax. Much rarer. ...Read more
Treating Liver Failure (Checklist)
How dangerous is a liver biopsy?
Safe test: If imaging is used like ultrasound or ct it is safer. See radiologyinfo.Org. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
How long will my liver biopsy take?
15 minutes: Lie on the proper table, prep the skin, insert needle...Sometimes under ultrasound guidance, remove needle, may need more than one specimen. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Will I be awake for my liver biopsy?
Yes: The actually liver biopsy takes no more than a minute, but the setting up can take half an hour. Liver biopsies can be done under ultrasound guidance or just by feel. The area is numbed locally with lidocaine, but there is no need to be sleeping during a liver biopsy. ...Read moreSee 3 more doctor answers
What can be found in a liver biopsy?
Depends: Depends whether you have liver disease or not. It also depends on what type liver disease you have. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What are the dangers of liver biopsy?
Generally safe: Although liver biopsy is relatively safe procedure done as an outpatient, there are risks and complications that can occur. The most significant risk is that of bleeding. Most bleeding associated with liver biopsy is minor however there are cases of severe bleeding that require additional procedures and blood trasnfusions. Other risks include infection and bile duct injury. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Can i say no to liver biopsy for meds?
Autonomy: An adult, competent person is free to undergo any test or treatment or not do that. Patient autonomy is part of the medical ethics. However, i strongly urge that you discuss the matter with your doctor rather just declining her/his advice. ...Read more
Is my liver biopsy going to be painful?
Not much: If there are no complications, it should not hurt much more than a prick with a thick needle. ...Read more
Liver (Definition)
This organ plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body, including glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, hormone production, and detoxification. It lies below the diaphragm in the abdominal-pelvic region of the abdomen. It produces bile, an alkaline compound which aids in digestion via the emulsification of ...Read more
Biopsy (Definition)
Biopsy is tissue removed by needle or cutting to remove part of a body part. It is usually a small amount of material that is processed by a pathologist. Most of the time it is stained and looked at through a microscope to arrive at a diagnosis. Special processes are done for some tissues or problems. The purpose is to tell what the problem is (diagnosis). ...Read more


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Discussion in 'Media Gallery Support' started by vij, Nov 2, 2015.
How can I add a suffix to all category titles within XFMG ?
Please help!
Can't you just edit the category name?
No @Brogan . A suffix on the titles would suit better - else category names would look rather long.
I'm not sure what you mean by suffix or how it should appear or function.
Regardless, you can probably achieve it by editing the template.
I'm not totally clear on what is being asked either.
Just some 'phrase' added to the end of the category titles. Which template ?
I think I realistically just have to echo Brogan's solution, here. A lot of the HTML for the category list is built in code, therefore editing the template isn't actually likely to be possible to achieve what you want. You would have to add your "suffix" to the category title by renaming the category.
Separate names with a comma.

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SACW | 01 January 2005
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- South Asia Citizens Wire | 01 Jan., 2005
via: www.sacw.net
[1] Tsunami Disaster and After:
(i) Apocalypse in Asia (Asoka Bandarage)
(ii) The tsunami warns us all (Praful Bidwai)
(iiii) More than a million Hiroshimas (P. Sainath)
(iv) IHEU Tsunami Disaster Appeal For Andhra Pradesh, India
(v) The Tamil Nadu Science Forum and Pondicherry Science Forum Update - Appeal
[2] Pakistan: Allah Hafiz & other Islamic Tamiz (Zia Ahmed)
[3] India Pakistan Arms Race and Militarisation Watch Compilation # 148
[SACW | December 31, 2004]
By Prof. Asoka Bandarage
The worst tragedy in the history of the world?
Piles and piles of putrefying, unidentified
bodies, mass burials, devastated lands and
hungry, homeless people across South and South
East Asia. Over 100,000 dead, thousands more
missing and still more to die from disease,
hunger and despair. Were the doomsday prophets,
Nostradamus and Malthus right? Has the apocalypse
arrived? Was it the wrath of God or
over-population that caused this terrible tragedy
in Asia?
Indeed, it is the poor, mostly children that
perished in the wrath of the tsunami waves. The
fishermen who eked out a precarious living, the
squatters who built their fragile shacks on the
beach because they had nowhere else to live and
the innocent children who loved to play on the
sand. Was this natureís way of disposing of the
'surplus population', bringing balance between
people and resources, as Malthus claimed would
But, is Mother Nature simply to be blamed? Are
poverty and lack of access to modern technology
entirely attributable to population pressure?
There are reports that meteorologists in the west
were aware of the earthquake and tidal waves
before tragedy struck. If so, why was that
information not made available to the unfortunate
countries? Did global warming play a role in the
rapid rise of sea levels and easy flooding? Why
were early warning systems not available in South
and South East Asia when they are relatively
inexpensive, about 4 million U.S. dollars, less
than the price of some houses in the U.S.? In
other words, how much of this tragedy was
man-made, a product of an unequal global social
order ranked by region, color, social class and
so on? How much of this tragedy, like many other
so-called natural disasters, was the product of a
world order which gives priority to the selfish
interests of a few over the welfare of the many
and the common survival of all?
Indeed, the need of the hour is to provide
immediate assistance to the victims: medicine,
water, food, shelter. How can this be done in a
non-partisan way, so that victims from all groups
are provided for? It is the unfortunate reality
that many relief operations are being conducted
along religious and ethnic lines and some groups
are exaggerating their woes and making false
claims and accusations against other groups. How
can we develop unified efforts within countries,
if not across the region or the world? How can we
put aside our cultural differences and come
together for our common human and planetary
survival? Isn't this the lesson of this
apocalyptic tragedy? Half the bodies being
recovered cannot be identified and their
ethnicity or religion cannot be determined. Only
the common human tragedy, the universal pain and
suffering are discernible.
What are the next steps to help the survivors of
the devastation? Thousands lost their lives and
many more thousands have lost their homes and
their means of livelihood. The people who earned
their living from tourist related work, the
families of the hotel workers, the sellers of
curios and services on the beach, must now find
alternative means of living. They have to find
places to live. Restart their lives. Let us not
forget them after the bodies are disposed of and
the global media has moved on to the next
disaster. Let us share the basic modern
technology that they need, including surveillance
systems that can warn them of possible future
We need a more compassionate global economic
system that can provide economic and social
protection for the poor and the destitute. Take
the case of the Multi Fiber Agreement that has
provided country quotas for textile exports which
will no longer be in effect after December 31,
2005. Sri Lanka, one of the hardest hit by the
tsunami tragedy, over 22,500 people dead, and
greatly dependent on garment exports, is
estimated to lose 250,000 jobs with the end of
the MFA. This is a double whammy for the
unfortunate country. Thousands of people,
including many families made destitute by the
current tragedy, will lose a primary bread-winner
with the loss of the textile sector jobs. Could
the rules made by the worldís powerful
institutions, such as the World Trade
Organization, be bent a little, to help this poor
country in its hour of desperate need? Could not
the MFA be extended a few more years for Sri
Lanka and other countries in dire need, until
they get back on their feet? The suffering people
will, no doubt, be deeply grateful.
Tsunamis that hit nine countries should trigger
serious disaster-prevention initiatives
throughout South Asia on assumption that natural
calamities are socially determined
by Praful Bidwai
The devastation caused in nine Indian Ocean
countries by a tsunami triggered on December 26
by an earthquake continues to boggle the mind.
Sri Lanka and India were hit the hardest. Their
shock and grief is all the greater because
tsunamis - gigantic sea-waves caused by massive
displacements due to earthquakes or volcanic
eruptions or submarine slides - are rare in South
Asia, unlike the Pacific, which has witnessed
nearly 800 of them in the past century.
Although Pakistan and Bangladesh were spared this
tsunami's fury, their citizens and governments
should not be complacent. They too are vulnerable
to similar disasters. On November 28, 1945, the
West Coast of undivided India was hit by a
tsunami, including the Karachi, Makran and Bombay
areas. The waves reached a height of two metres
in Bombay and 11 metres in Kutch. The Bay of
Bengal too has seen tsunamis - in 1762, 1881 and
The latest wave was unleashed by a great
earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 on the Richter
scale. Its impact was bound to be horrifying. The
extensive damage it wrought necessitates a
high-powered relief effort and large-scale
rehabilitation. It would be a shame if
bureaucratic obstacles or lack of resources were
allowed to come in the way of relief provision on
the scale warranted by the calamity.
However, it would be an even greater disgrace if
we South Asians fail to learn the right lessons
from natural disasters, and thus subject
ourselves to preventable loss of life and
property. The first lesson is that it simply
won't do to claim that the catastrophic event was
of exceptional dimensions and hence the damage
could not have been mitigated. Officially India
practised such self-deception at the time of the
Orissa cyclone five years ago, calling it a
"super-cyclone". The term was subtly employed to
insinuate that no damage-limitation methods could
have worked.
This is totally false. Had simple, old-fashioned,
low-technology cyclone shelters been built and
properly maintained, they could have saved
hundreds of lives. Cyclone shelters are rugged,
two- or three-storeyed concrete structures that
can withstand 300 kmph winds and tidal waves.
The world has witnessed many tsunamis with tides
as high as 20 metres, 50 metres, or even higher.
Alaska in 1958 was hit by a 540 metre-high
monster-higher than Taipei-101, the world's
tallest building! Similarly, India too suffered
two major strikes-in 1881 and in 1941. The second
was caused by an earthquake in the Andamans which
was thought to have exceeded a magnitude of 8.5.
The latest earthquake was detected in time by the
Pacific Tsunami Early Warning System, but there
was no address in the Indian Ocean region to
which the information could be communicated. This
lacuna must be filled. All Indian Ocean states,
including Pakistan, should join the 26-member
A second lesson is that natural disasters are
natural only in their causation. Their effects
are socially determined and transmitted through
mechanisms and arrangements which are the
creation of societies and governments. Natural
disasters are not socially neutral in their
impact. Rather, they pick on the poor and the
weak, rather than the privileged. Consider the
The United States and Europe are prone to
disasters like earthquakes. Yet, according to the
environmental research group, Earthscan,
earthquakes killing more than 10,000 people have
not occurred in them, only in the Third World.
Hurricanes and cyclones frequently hit the US.
But the toll they claim is incomparably smaller
than the havoc caused by similar events in
Bangladesh, India and the Philippines.
The average natural disaster kills 63 people in
Japan. But in Peru, the average toll is 2,900-46
times higher.
Around the same time as Latur in India (1993),
California (US) was hit by an earthquake which
was 100 times more powerful. Only one person died
in the US, while 11,000 people perished in Latur.
When Hurricane Elena hit the US in 1985, only
five people died. But when a cyclone slammed
Bangladesh in 1991, half a million people were
The reason natural disasters hit the Third World
poor so hard is not difficult to understand. It
has nothing to do with the intrinsically deadlier
nature of the calamity involved. Rather, poor
people are socially and physically
vulnerable-being forced to live in congested,
overcrowded and unsafe conditions in dangerous
areas. The typical medical and relief
infrastructure in the Global South is hopelessly
inadequate and usually crumbles first under the
impact of a calamity. Above all, emergency relief
provision is appallingly bad.
A third lesson is that governance has much
bearing on how a society copes with natural
disasters. If there is transparency in official
decision-making, the toll tends to be low. This
is especially the case where governments are
responsive to people, and where early warnings
are sounded, and accurate advice and information
is disseminated about the availability of rescue
and relief services, emergency telephone numbers
and addresses, etc.
Third World societies are far more hierarchical
and their rulers feel no obligation to
disseminate information and advice to the
underprivileged. They are also marked by poverty
and paucity of radio receivers or telephone
connectivity. Human life is wantonly lost. And
the poor suffer the most.
A fourth lesson is that Third World societies are
severely under-regulated for safety. Either they
have no laws on zoning of residential, industrial
and commercial activities. Or, such regulations
are routinely violated. Third World people are
forced to live in unsafe shanties because they
cannot afford a legal title or to secure shelter.
They therefore create a slum-using unsafe or
flimsy materials, which give way when disaster
strikes. Use of inflammable goods like plastic
magnifies the potential damage.
In most Indian Ocean societies, there are no laws
against building structures close to the
coastline. India's Coastal Zone Regulations
stipulate that no structure should be constructed
within 500 metres of the high-tide line. But
hotels, shops, prawn hatcheries, and private
house-owners often flout this law.
In recent years, growing commercialisation has
led to construction activity in seaside resorts
right up to the high-tide water-mark, leaving no
safety margin whatever. These activities-all in
pursuit of a fast buck from the tourist trade-are
downright predatory. They destroy highly
effective natural shields and buffers like
mangroves, and create new risks and dangers.
An integral part of any agenda to reduce risk,
improve safety and deal rationally with natural
calamities must oppose predatory interests. This
agenda is itself inseparable from a larger
programme to make governments more democratic-and
more accountable. The December 26 tsunami was bad
news. But more tsunamis could hit South Asia in
future. So will other natural calamities. We must
learn how to cope with them-by internalising the
lessons just discussed.
Postscript: Maldives has declared a state of
emergency after the tsunami flooded two-thirds of
the capital, Male. This is a grim reminder of the
impending danger from global warming for this
region. Male is only about three feet above sea
level. A four feet-high wave of water swept over
it, submerging many of the 1,200 tiny coral
islands that comprise the country.
o o o o
The Hindu
Jan 01, 2005
By P. Sainath
Will Governments ever spend the modest sums
required along the coast to protect the millions
of poorer Indians dependent on the seas?
THE EARTHQUAKE that produced the tsunami
unleashed energy millions of times greater than
the Hiroshima bomb. True, comparisons across
different physical processes are not
straightforward. Yet it is quite common to
restate the magnitude of earthquakes in terms
that are more familiar. Typically, this is done
by asking how much of the common explosive
Trinitrotoluene (TNT) would have to be detonated
to obtain the same release of energy as the
A table produced by the Nevada Seismological
Laboratory suggests that a quake of 9.0 on the
Richter scale has a seismic energy yield roughly
equalling 32 billion tons of TNT.
Compare that with the bomb that decimated
Hiroshima, whose yield was similar to that from
exploding 15,000 tons of TNT. The Indonesian
quake last week, like the Chilean quake of 1960,
unleashed 2.13 million times more energy than the
perversely named "Little Boy" did over Hiroshima.
As geophysicist and climatologist Ashwin Mahesh
points out, "Such a look across different
processes is tricky. This cannot be a straight
comparison but simply a useful indicator of power
that ordinary people can relate to. Also,
Hiroshima was an `atmospheric' blast, not on the
ground. Then there is radiation damage, which
additionally occurs with nukes. Not with quakes.
Finally, there is the impact - nearly all the
energy from an atomic bomb is released locally,
but energy from an earthquake is distributed by
seismic action and more widely dispersed. This is
why something that happened in Indonesia still
packs a punch thousands of miles away from the
Dr. Mahesh is, of course, quite right. Yet, the
comparative numbers do convey a sense of the
sheer magnitude of the quake's power. And apart
from the physical and character differences of
the two processes, the quake in this case also
triggered the devastation that spilt across 12
countries and two continents. It will be ages
before we fully measure the damage.
There has been much agonising over "those vital
three hours" (now spoken of as 90 minutes) in
which the Government "could have done something."
Sure, it is always useful to be forewarned of
disaster. Every human life saved is worth the
effort. Yet, there was little scope for a major
response, even if India had been part of the
tsunami warning system. (Of course this did not
stop sections of the media from identifying the
villains and the good guys within six hours of
the event.)
Without a network of local alarm systems in place
along the coast, membership in the warning system
club would have meant little. Those networks
would have to be of a kind that did not depend
wholly on human agency. That is, they should not
need someone to switch them on or off. The
coastal disaster struck in the early hours of the
morning, when all offices and institutions were
`Local administration,' such as there was, was
also crippled by the event. Policemen, municipal
workers, clerks, low-level officials, engineers,
medical personnel, and many others, also died in
the disaster. Roads were inaccessible, vehicles
washed away, electricity shut down. A
highly-skilled, ready-round-the-clock entity like
the Indian Air Force had a base wrecked (it took
a beating during the Gujarat earthquake, too).
Many of those we assume could have done a lot in
those 90 minutes were themselves victims of the
The nuclear site at Kalpakkam was hampered by
more than the direct impact. A design engineer
employed by the facility was swept away by the
waves while praying in Church. Other employees
too died. The apocalyptic scale of disaster
ensured a chaos on the ground that paralysed most
The blame game unfolding within hours of the
tragedy is mystifying given that few explain what
they would have done in those 90 minutes had they
got the warning. Warnings without practised,
in-place response strategies and drills might
have meant little. Certainly at that hour.
(Incidentally, one channel announced that Besant
Nagar in Chennai was "under water," leading to
panic - outside that locality.) We may not have
been able to do much in those 90 minutes. But
every little thing we do now matters enormously.
What is needed is urgency on the relief and
rehabilitation front and a rational long-term
response to disaster.
It is also a little mystifying that the India
Meteorological Department is seen as having a
major role in the present mess. Tsunami are not
weather phenomena. If anything, monitoring events
that might trigger them could be the task of the
Geological Survey of India (GSI). But that is
another story. Where indeed Governments must be
blasted is for the quality and tardiness of
relief efforts. Not for failing to predict the
impact of tsunami.
It is also another matter, as John Schwartz
points out in The New York Times, that 75 per
cent of tsunami warnings in 56 years have been
wrong. He quotes a NASA website devoted to
tsunami as saying "Three out of four tsunami
warnings issued since 1948 have been false. And
the cost of the false alarms can be high."
Already, the panic over the "high wave alert" is
an embarrassment for a defensive Government
trying to cope with the media charge that it did
not respond the last time.
The January 17, 1995, Kobe earthquake in Japan
took 5,500 lives, injured 26,000 and inflicted
damage in excess of $ 200 billion. That in a
country where seismic activity is massively
monitored with advanced technologies. The quake
lasted some 20 seconds and measured around 7.0 on
the Richter scale. Structures designed for such
seismic zones were torn apart like paper. Last
week's quake measured 9.0. Which means it was,
near Indonesia at least, 1,000 times more
powerful than Kobe (The Richter scale is a
logarithmic one, not a linear scale.)
The question is not so much whether India should
have been a paid-up member of the tsunami warning
system. Until last week, elite wisdom would have
viewed that as so much money saved. The question
is whether Governments in India today will ever
spend the modest sums required along the coast to
protect the millions of poorer Indians dependent
on the seas. And whether we need a disaster this
scale to rethink some of our priorities.
The surprise expressed by many (arriving from
Delhi) over the poor medical facilities in these
regions is misplaced. The capital city may have
such facilities. But we have spent the better
part of 12 years gutting public health care,
privatising hospitals and charging user fees in
Government ones from people who cannot pay.
Fracturing an already inadequate and fragile
system. Now, when there is a deadly danger of
epidemics, there is little to fight them with. It
is odd that we allow Governments to get away with
atrocities against the poor. But sternly hold
them to blame for an unprecedented natural
Hundreds of fishing villages have been squeezed
into narrower, tighter settlements as
`development' Indian-style sets in. Many have
moved into unsafe terrain, pushed by resorts,
hotels, construction of highways. Mangrove
forests that have always acted as a brake -
however limited - against tidal waves, have
increasingly vanished. So have another natural
barrier - sand dunes, looted by the construction
industry. We have put a lot of effort into making
the coastline increasingly unsafe.
And not just the coastline. There seems to be no
concern over the fact that the many small dams in
the western part of the country might be
responsible for what is known as
`reservoir-induced seismicity.' Our planners
still aim to turn every river into a chain of
Growing seismic activity in Maharashtra has not
led to a rethink on the ever-higher skyscrapers
being planned there. Especially in Mumbai city.
Nor has the harrowing experience of the Gujarat
earthquake had any impact on Mumbai's mighty
builder lobby. We could perhaps have done very
little in "those crucial 90 minutes," but there
is much we can do on other fronts, if we wish to,
to make people safer.
It would not be too much of a challenge to
India's much-celebrated IT and software genius to
make the lives of traditional fishermen along
India's coastline a lot better. A PCO type box,
modified for at-sea use could do plenty. It could
act as a weather alert and SOS mechanism. It
could work as a GPS device. It could even be used
to help fishermen in shoal tracking - a huge
advantage that predatory big boats and trawlers
have over them. All in all, it might be possible
to install these in the vessels of traditional
fishermen at maybe less than Rs.2,000 a boat. It
is a small thing that may have little to do with
tsunamis. But it could make a big difference in
many life-threatening situations.
That it has never happened on a major scale means
it is just not a priority. When advanced
technological systems do come in, they will
likely be installed with an eye on tourists
rather than fisherfolk. The latter, right now, do
not even have boats on which to install any
safety device. Thousands of boats, catamarans and
fishing nets were simply destroyed in the
Maybe we can never fully and correctly predict a
tsunami or, more importantly, its likely impact.
On the other hand, it is easy to predict that our
priorities, our ways of thinking and living,
render us vulnerable to disasters of our own
o o o
The undersea earthquake near Sumatra on
December 26 was the largest in the world for 40
years. The tsunami that followed caused a
widespread disaster. About 12,500 people have
been killed in India and more than 35,000 have
been evacuated in Andhra Pradesh. Many others are
at imminent risk of disease following the
The coastal communities of Andhra Pradesh
are mainly dependent on fishing as their major
source of income. Traditional handloom weavers
are equally vulnerable. Many villagers lost the
tools on which they depend for their livelihood
in the inundation of water into the villages.
IHEU's member organisation in India, Atheist
Centre, has an existing disaster relief
organisation in place since 1977, Arthik Samata
Mandal (FCRA 010260025). This organisation
already has the required Indian Government
approval to receive overseas aid funds.
Arthik Samata Mandal of Atheist Centre and
IHEU have launched an appeal to address both
short term (rehabilitation) and long-term
(reconstruction) needs. Programs are being
designed in cooperation with the affected
communities. Short-term intervention is aimed at
bringing the community back to normal livelihood
conditions. In the longer term, the objective is
to reduce the geographical vulnerability. Arthik
Samata Mandal of Atheist Centre's main strength
is in working with local community leaders,
women's groups, youth clubs, Panchayat Raj
institutions and other grassroots civil society
IHEU is accepting donations on behalf of the
disaster appeal. Please click here to make an
online donation via Paypal:
(please be sure to copy the whole link into your
web browser) or use IHEU's Paypal facility by
clicking on the link provided at www.iheu.org.
For other payment methods, please see the
details near the end of this message.
HEALTH: Medical attention through medical camps
and if necessary referrals; provision of
FOOD SECURITY: Provision of groceries, utensils and safe drinking water.
HABITAT: Housing repairs and temporary shelters.
LIVELIHOOD: Provision of work tools, boats,
fishing nets etc; provision of milch animals.
GENERAL: Provision of clothing, toiletries, etc.
HABITAT IMPROVEMENT: housing; sanitation;
drainage; drinking water supply; mangrove
Andhra Pradesh is battered by every kind of
natural disaster: cyclones, floods, earthquakes
and drought. The coastal region suffers repeated
cyclones and floods. The 1977 cyclone and tidal
wave, which resulted in great loss of life,
attracted the attention of the central and state
Governments of India and the international donor
communities, as did those of 1979, 1990 and
1996. The floods in the Godavari and Krishna
Rivers caused havoc in the East and West Godavari
and Krishna districts. Concerned about the
frequent recurrence of cyclones and the
devastating effect on the economy and employment
potential of the people, Arthik Samata Mandal of
Atheist Centre has concentrated its efforts in
these coastal districts to mitigate the suffering
of the people.
The communities living in the most
vulnerable areas are the most disadvantaged in
terms of their very low socio-economic status and
lack of access to basic information, resources
and opportunities needed for a dignified life.
They have been the victims of circumstances over
many years caused by uncontrolled exploitation of
natural resources and mechanisation, which have
had direct impact on local artisans. Communities
are caught up in the debt trap as each new
situation threatens their livelihoods. Ever since
the 1977 cyclone and tidal wave, the coastal
communities have struggled to recover from the
aftermath of recurring disasters. Their means of
livelihood such as boats, looms etc, are
frequently washed away or are destroyed in these
disasters. Their habitat, health and livelihoods
are under continual threat.
Every disaster has even greater impact on
the nutrition and health of women and children,
as they are doubly disadvantaged during and after
natural disasters. They are still required to
perform their productive and reproductive roles.
Children are forced into child labour to add to
their family income. Vulnerable communities are
not only exposed to natural disasters, but are
also affected by forced changes in their
economic, social and cultural circumstances in
the aftermath of the disasters, such as
migration, limited employment options, premature
deaths of family members and extra burdens on the
family. Added to this, the local fatalistic
belief system put them on the back foot, leading
to inaction even when the need for action arises.
Earthquakes in the recent past have occurred
along and off the Andhra Pradesh coast and in
regions in the Godavari river valley. Mild
tremors have also hit the capital city of
Hyderabad, for example in September 2000.
Arthik Samata Mandal (ASM) of the Atheist
Centre was founded by Gora and J.C. Kumarappa,
both well known Gandhians. Arthik Samata is the
13th Item of the Gandhian Constructive Programmes
meaning "Economic Equality". It was started as a
disaster relief appeal following the 1977 cyclone
and tidal wave when more than 10,000 people lost
their lives.
In 1978, ASM was registered as an NGO under
the Societies Registration Act of the Government
of India. For the past 25 years, ASM has been
actively working in the field of disaster relief,
rehabilitation, reconstruction and mitigation,
and has been involved in comprehensive
development programs (health, habitat,
livelihood, education & child sponsorship),
focusing on fisherfolk, handloom weavers, tribal
people, rural artisans, agricultural labourers,
and small farmers. Its major focus is on
children, youth, women and the handicapped.
Its operational area covers the Krishna,
Guntur, Nalgonda, East Godavari, West Godavari,
Prakasam and Nellore districts in Andhra Pradesh.
About 90% of its operational area is along the
coastline, with the remaining 10% in the
drought-prone Nalgonda district.
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Another effort for relief, that you could all
keep in mind, if you do not know about it already.
(The list of essential drugs referred to below are :
1. Tab. Paracetamol - 500 mg
2. Tab.Furazolidone - 100 mg
3. Tab.Domperidone - 10mg
4. Tab.Co-trimexazole SIngle Strength
5. Tab.Metronidazole - 200 mg
6. Tab.Dicyclomine - 10 mg
7. Tab.Ibuprofen - 200 mg
8. Liquid Betadine for wounds
9. Tab.Amoxycillin - 250 mg
10. Tab.Norfloxacin - 400 mg
Caution:Not to be administered by untrained volunteers)
My warm regards, Ammu Abraham
From Prabir Purkayastha, Delhi Science Forum
The Tamil Nadu Science Forum and Pondicherry Science
Forum, the two constiteunts of All India Peoples
Science Network (AIPSN) are involved with the relief
work in the tsunami hit areas. Some details of this is
attached here. For those desirous of sending relief
and money, the details are as follows:
For cheques/DD:
Pondicherry Science Forum : SB Account No.19448
Indian Overseas Bank, J.N.Street, Pondicherry-1
Relief Mateial:
Pondicherry Science Forum (No.46, II Street,
P.R.Gardens, Reddiarpalayam, PONDICHERRY-605 010:
Phone: 0413-2290733)
Details are given in the mail and attachment below.
The Pondicherry and Tamilnadu Science Forum in close
coordination with other mass organisations( esp DYFI
and AIDWA) and with AID India have set up a overall
coordination mechanism and a distribution and outreach
mechanism to reach out to the entire area of the
affected. To do this the TNSF Chennai office is
taking care of the relief work in Chennai town and the
Malar/TNSF office of Kanyakumari is taking care of the
work in Kanyakumari district. The rest of the area
esp the Pondicherry- Cuddlaore Nagapattinam belt which
is the main affected part is being coordinated from
the PSF office. This entire large stretch has been
divided into 4 areas which are furhter ssub-divided
into 7 clusters with a senior coordinator in each area
and a cluster level team helping out in each cluster.
In each cluster there are 30 villages and a group of
volunteers in each village. In some of these areas we
have well established networks and therefore this has
been relatively easy to set up whereas in other areas
we have sent in volunteers.
So far 6 truckloads of relief materials have been sent
down this chain. This is a small drop in the ocean of
needs- but on the other hand this has ensured that the
chain is functional.
We welcome contributions - but please time is
important and we need to rush it in. Both cash( to go
towards house- rebuilding the number one necessity)
and more important clothes and blankets. No torn
clothes please. Please find attached the details of
contact of the relief coordination center of the
Pondicherry Science Forum - a constituent of the
AIPSN/BGVS and a part of the Jan swasthya abhiyan
network. Whatever JSA constituents can do to reach us
relief material for distribution would be welcomes and
woould be gratefully acknowledged. We would also
appreciate information on other relief material
flowing in to any other source from you.One of the
tasks we are undertaking is to form village level
committes to over see local receipt and proper
utilisation and distribution of relief material - one
of the lessons we learnt from the Orissa cyclone
Since the medical system is pretty much intact and
functional - doctors would not have too much of a role
but the essential ten medicines of the CHW list would
be welcome.
The Friday Times
Zia Ahmed
A foreign menace threatens us. We are under
attack by an alien influence so insidious
that most are unaware of its existence even as it
undermines the very foundation of
our society. Our language, the defining characteristic of our culture, is being
subverted. In classrooms and offices, on
television and radio, in casual and formal
speech, our beloved Urdu is slowly being corrupted by another tongue.
If you think what'got my goat is a simpering airhead on TV gushing "viewers,
hum short break kay baad milte hain ,"youâ*re
mistaken (although the airhead is
pretty annoying). The enemy is far too cunning
for such an obvious attack. It works
through underhanded means; deceit and subversion are its weapons. Allow me to
Even though I graduated from college years ago, keeping in touch with the alma
mater nurtures my Peter Pan complex. I subscribe
to the email list of the Pakistanis
on that American campus, an affiliation that
keeps me up to date on local desi events:
cultural, culinary or otherwise. Only recently,
at the very beginning of the holy month,
a flurry of emails landed in my inbox to mark the
sighting of the moon. One annoyed
me to no end.
"Ramadhan Mubarak,"it proclaimed.
Excuse me? Ramadhan ? I may not have fasted since
I was sixteen, but I am pretty
sure that the month of big appetites and short tempers is called Ramazan. What
country are we from anyway?
Dear Dada Abba, the stern family patriarch, often threatened me with physical
violence for my inability to pronounce the Arabic
duad . Eight year-old Quran readers
across the nation are victim to this malaise. Confusingly, duad (the â'duhâ'
sound) in Arabic is zuad (â'zuh) in Urdu. The language chips were stacked
against poor Dada Abba. Since he could hardly force me into changing my name to
Dia, correcting my pronunciation was a lost cause to begin with.
Obviously, the (Pakistani) sender of the Ramadhan email had a more effective
grandfather. Either that or he has succumbed
completely to the alien menace. More
and more Pakistanis, especially those in the
diaspora, are incorporating Arabic into
their everyday speech. This is a new wave of
Arabic imperialism, different perhaps
from the one started by Mr Bin Qasim in 712 AD, but just as decisive.
Of course, Urdu speakers are no strangers to
linguistic imperialism. The language,
though indigenous to India, has always borrowed
heavily from Farsi and Arabic, the
languages of literature and philosophy. The
founding fathers, cognisant of this,
looked west " to Persia and Arabia " for the
vocabulary of culture and erudition.
This accident of history makes the contemporary
Pakistani position on language rife
with paradox.
Is there another nation whose citizens do not
understand their own national anthem
because it'written in a foreign language? As a student, I sang it every day for
eleven years (not very prettily, need I add). But
even as an adult, I struggle with the
unfamiliar words and alien grammar in the vain hope of understanding what the
sweetest ode to our land actually means. And
should we really celebrate the fact that
the high priests of our culture, men like Ghalib
and Iqbal, considered themselves to
be primarily poets of Farsi, not Urdu?
Ah, but that was then. Farsi and Arabic were the
pillars of high culture. The times
they are a-changing, sang Bob Dylan. My mother's Farsi BA notwithstanding, the
number of fluent Farsi speakers in the country
today can probably be counted on one
hand (and a few feet). Similarly, despite
PTV'bizarre efforts to educate the public
through Arabic news bulletins, the sorry truth is
that few understand the language of
revelation. If my local maulvi sahib is relying
on a recycled Friday khutba , surely the
average school kid can be excused for lip-syncing the national anthem?
More examples. A generation ago, Lollywood heartthrob Waheed Murad would start
his day with cornflakes and a cheery "Adaab, ammi "The indigenous greeting
of adaab is fast going the way of the dodo,
having given way to Assalam alaikum .
The (thoroughly indigenised) Persian khuda is
another casualty of the war on Urdu;
even Abbu has taken to signing off with "Allah hafiz "instead of the possibly
pre-Islamic "Khuda hafiz "Pakistani Arabists are promoting wassalam as the
next daisy-cutter against Urdu. What'next, Allah-o-Akbar chants at cricket
matches? Wait, we already have those. How about a constitutional amendment to
replace shukria with shukran ? Our Majlis-e-Shoora â*" the word "parliamentâ*?
makes Arabic groupies itch â*" is just the
sovereign body for the job. Maybe Ameer-
ul-Momineen Musharraf should go for an
enlightened clean sweep and declare Arabic
the national language.
Jokes aside, the linguistic imperialism cake by far goes to a gentleman of my
acquaintance who has a truly novel catchphrase.
In lieu of a simple goodbye or see
ya, this gentleman relies upon a cheery inna
lillahi wa inna ilahi raji'un (« we are
from God and to God we shall »). Every meeting with him leaves me as
depressed as a visit to the Tariq Road graveyard
where a certain ancestor of mine lies
in restless slumber. Adaab , Dada Abba.
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'The Untold Story' to be screened March 23 in Hilo
Two special screenings of "The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai'i" will be presented at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Hawaii Japanese Center (HJC) at 751 Kanoelehua Ave. in Hilo.
The film by Pahoa native Ryan Kawamoto is the first full-length documentary chronicling the World War II Hawaii internment story.
"The highly anticipated Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i (JCCH) film made its world premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival in October 2012. JCCH presented a total of five sold-out showings in Honolulu and will be traveling the film to Hilo to play at the HJC," said Denise Tagomori Park, a spokeswoman for the JCCH, which is headquartered in Honolulu.
Tickets are $8 each and available for purchase at the Book Gallery at 259 Keawe St. and at KTA Super Stores-Puainako. The film was produced by the Honolulu nonprofit cultural organization and directed by Kawamoto.
"While the story of mass internment of Japanese Americans in California, Oregon and Washington has been well documented, very little is known about the internees and confinement sites in Hawaii," said Park.
"Shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii authorities arrested several hundred local Japanese on Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Island and Kauai. Within 48 hours, those arrested included Buddhist priests, Japanese language school officials, newspaper editors, business and community leaders.
"In total, over 2,000 men and women of Japanese ancestry were arrested, detained and interned in Hawaii. There was no evidence of espionage or sabotage and no charges were ever filed against them," said Park.
This film chronicles their story through oral histories, documents, interviews and reenactments.
"The JCCH is extremely pleased to bring the first hour-long documentary, ('The Untold Story') to Hilo. While people have heard of places like Manzanar and Tule Lake, the sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated on the mainland, few people are familiar with places like Honouliuli, Kalaheo Stockade, or that Japanese Americans were held at the Kilauea Military Camp during World War II," said Carole Hayashino, president and executive director of the JCCH.
"Our film … helps to ensure that the experience of over 2,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii who were picked up and imprisoned simply because of their ancestry is not forgotten. The legacy of the Japanese American incarceration in Hawaii is significant to our state and nation. It is an important and unique chapter in American history, Hawaii's history and in the history of Japanese Americans in Hawaii," said Hayashino.
There also will be a panel discussion and question-and-answer session with the director and executive producers of the film. For more information on the film, call JCCH at (808) 945-7633 or email email@example.com. The film's sponsors include the following: Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, National Park Service, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, Island Insurance Foundation, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the Japanese American Citizens League-Honolulu Chapter.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
The JCCH strives "to strengthen our diverse community by educating present and future generations in the evolving Japanese American experience in Hawaii." Founded on May 28, 1987, the center celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2012. The center has more than 4,600 members and annually connects to more than 50,000 residents and visitors through its programs and events.
The center features an historical museum, an exhibition gallery, library/archive center, the Kenshikan martial arts dojo, the Seikoan Japanese teahouse and a gift shop at 2454 South Beretania St. Visit www.jcch.com.
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First of all thanks for the great write up Starless.
Second, I have a question. I had my ATF fluid changed by a reputable local indy (Curry's Auto, Falls Church, VA) at 95K miles. They used a trans flush machine, so the pan was not dropped and the filter not changed. They also used BG Universal ATF. Details at
. I have not been able to find much detail on this fluid.
While researching the issue of idle dipping when changing from Park/Neutral to Reverse/Drive, I ran across the large number of threads reporting reverse failure on the ZF 5HP19, which is what I believe I have. I have a 2001 330i (produced June 2000). And I am becoming partially paranoid about the transmission.
I was contemplating replacing the fluid again with one of the appropriate fluids listed by forum members. I was thinking about draining the fluid from the fill/drain plugs and dropping the pan, replacing the filter, but refilling through the trans cooler lines using a hand operated air pump, in order to replace all of it at once. I have not seen any one on here taking that approach.
I just wanted to run it by everyone else here to get their opinions about what they thought. If not this, then I would have to drop the pan and replace the fluid at least 3 times to get close to all new fluid in there.
Please advise. Thanks in advance.
I have heard about this way of doing this (thru the lines) and about the people who have done it this way but I'd really need to research it more to do it myself, however theoretically it make sense and so on. But instead of your idea of hand operated pump it's usually done by starting the car and letting the transmission pump circulate the atf untill fresh fluid comes out. Well, I've never tried it and I'm not sure I want to mess with it.
However what I am going to do next time is disconnect both lines from the transmission cooler and let the ATF drain from them and from the cooler with the purpose of draining still more fluid.
And by the way, you do have ZF I believe, my write up is for GM, but Torquewrench has an awesome write up for ZF in DIY section of the forum. ZFs are known for weak reverse drum. There is a Reverse Drum Replacement DIY on fanatics. GMs' reverse problem is the wear and failure of certain valve body components due to the thin aluminium used for making the GM valve body. The replacement of the valve body and/or installation of the Sonnax valve body kits solve this problem in case of the GM transmission. ZFs often need a reverse drum though.
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text: 10/20/14 7/22/14 POPSUGAR Fashion Style How To Am I a Basic Bitch? Wait — Is Lauren Conrad Basic? July 22, 2014 by Hannah Weil McKinley 414 Shares Chat with us on Facebook Messenger. Learn what's trending across POPSUGAR. View in slideshow Your apartment might be littered with scented candles, you may watch Friends reruns nightly, and you might just wait all year for pumpkin spice lattes, but we draw the line at a basic b*tch wardrobe. Not sure you a fit the description? Neither is Lauren Conrad, who was just called out by Allure for her "unremarkable" style — though in our world we'd call it easy and relatable. Isn't that what we love about Lauren's looks? In all honesty, not even we are immune to basic b*tch syndrome — or the basic clothes that come with it. I'll admit there's a North Face fleece currently hanging in my closet and a pair of long-worn Reva flats I refuse to bag up for Goodwill. So we're all in this together (I mean, even Emma Stone has admitted to being a "bland, basic b*tch"). Now that we've diagnosed the problem, the next step is treatment. We're not asking that you give up your cosmos at Sex and the City trivia night, just that you stop wearing sweatpants with "sexy" on the butt to brunch. Scroll on to see if your wardrobe could use an upgrade. Shop Brands Alexander Wang Image Source: WireImage 1 Your Winter Boots Are Uggs Image Source: Shutterstock Full disclosure: three of our editors own a pair of Uggs, but most of us haven't worn them, aside from running to the grocery store, in years. While there's nothing wrong with throwing them on for the occasional errand, they shouldn't be your go-to Fall boot. 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Swinton, who stands somewhere between 5-7 and 5-9, has been hampered somewhat by the negative perceptions surrounding smaller cornerbacks. With more schools going after tall, rangy, wide receivers, the need for corners of similar stature has also sprouted – or at least been marked down as a necessity by many schools. Beach, however, points out that height isn't the be-all and end-all of cornerback play.
"Everyone wants those tall corners, but when you start getting guys that height, maybe they don't run as well – at least the majority of them. You have to have guys who can run, and Jerome can do that."
In addition to "being able to run with anyone", according to Beach, Swinton also has several other attributes that allow him to lock down bigger opponents.
"He has great feet and hips," said Beach, describing the #1 quality that coaches look for in a cornerback – one that allows for quick and smooth change of direction. "He is very strong, and he plays well at the line of scrimmage. He's very aggressive against wide receivers on the ball."
Although Swinton doesn't see a steady diet of bigger wideouts in his high school play, he has shown the ability to keep the ones he has faced from catching the ball. In two games against Mainland High School's Antonio Bell, Swinton allowed the Tennessee-bound receiver just one catch. He has also been very impressive in seven-on-seven camps against bigger wideouts.
Those abilities aren't the only ones that Swinton will bring to West Virginia in 2008. He is also an outstanding special teams player with a knack for blocking kicks. In the last two years, he has snuffed eight kicks, and thus is a regular on Seabreeze's special teams.
"He gets down on coverage really well, and we also have him running back kicks," said Beach of his star defender. "We spotted him in a little on offense last year at running back, too."
As if that weren't enough, Swinton also packs a punch with his 165 pounds. Uniformly described as a "big hitter" by all who have observed him, Swinton doesn't shy away from the action, and it didn't take him long to make an impression on his high school coaches.
"He moved into the starting lineup near the end of his ninth grade year, and he has been there ever since," Beach said. "He is a quiet kid – he's not going to get up in anyone's face or anything like that. But he works hard, and practice hard, and does what we ask of him."
Swinton, who had offers from Connecticut and Iowa State, also had interest from a number of other schools. Beach believes that more offers would have already been on the table if it weren't for the lemmings over the cliff perceptions concerning height.
"I guarantee his height is the only reason he didn't have more offers," he reiterated. "He can run with anybody, and he has the ability that everyone is looking for."


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The KloqPoq was a Klingon technique that was used to calm the mind of a warrior.
It did not always entail a ritual with a shortened version requiring only a touch of oil upon the forehead of the person combined with the words of strength.
Over the years of his service, Worf made use of this technique many times which helped calm him down. During the second Fury invasion of the Alpha Quadrant, he suggested the use of this technique on the crew or similar rituals to help calm the fear generative capabilities of the Furies vessels. (TNG novel: The Soldiers of Fear)


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Drew Jensen proved why is is rated as one of the top juniors in Utah. He opened up the season Friday night in a wild fashion, leading his team to a 24-23 come from behind victory.
Jensen was arguably the most valuable player on the field for Brighton on Friday night. He scored two touchdowns and converted on three two-point conversions. Jensen had a few key drops, but in the monsoon-like rains, it's impossible to fault somebody for dropping a pass. Ultimately, the drops didn't matter, as Jensen's 75 yard kick return to the house, followed up by his violent 2 PT conversion, where he barreled over a helpless defender won Brighton the game. Jensen never left the field, playing cornerback and wide receiver on every snap, not to mention returning kicks, punts, and punting the ball for Brighton. Jensen's versatility was on full display, and it was clear to see why BYU and Utah offered Jensen earlier this summer.


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This profile still desperately needs updating.
But anyway, here's what I got right now:
This is me. I do math. I like games. I'm pretty smart.
Let's get the poly discussion out of the way. I identify as polyamorous. A monogamous relationship isn't necessarily off the table, but the polyamory thing has been a big part of my life for a long time, so let's face it -- if polyamory squicks you out, I'm probably not the guy for you.
Apparently OKCupid will not allow me to be simultaneously very serious and also laughing about my spirituality. I assure you I am both.
So, most of my friends and I used to be on this website LiveJournal. Several years ago in the comments of one of my journal posts, a friend spontaneously decided to tell me, unsolicited, all the things she liked about me that she could think of off the top of her head. And then a bunch of other friends did the same thing. Given that my friends are awesome, I figure their words would make a better summary of me than anything I could come up with myself. Like I said this was a few years ago, now, but I'd like to think a lot of this is still applicable. Here are some of the things they said:
"I like that you're interesting when I actually hear you speak. I like that we don't have to speak.... I like that you're not all about yourself and you're willing to listen and talk with (not at) others. "
"I like that [Steven] is really damn smart. It's fun to see his brain go. I like that he's self-aware, even in long-term retrospect. It's the interest in self discovery that makes that cool. I like that he *is* motivated about some things enough to *make it go*. Motivation is sexy. I like that he's naturally musical. I like that he enjoys playing games. I like that he is open and non-prejudiced about so many of the things that most people are uptight about. I like that he is capable of redefining himself."
"I like that you're so supportive of everyone around you when they need someone to lean on. I like that you're quiet. I like that you're actively working on your issues.... I like your hugs."
"My turn! It's great that [Steven] is so smart, but what I really like is that he listens. It shows he is a caring, sensitive guy. He's willing to admit when he fucked up.... His musical ability impresses me, and I love his sense of humor. "
"I like that you hug well. I like that you're comfortable for me to sit next to.... I like that when we talk, we don't run out of things to say. I like that when we talk, we can pause the conversation and be comfortable. I like that you reflect back to me some of the things that are good about me that don't always get reflected back as much as I'd like. I like that you don't like to be really negative about third parties not present if they come up during the discussion. I like that you accept who I am, faults and all. I like that you try to be honest with yourself. I like that you try to be honest with others."
So. How's that sound? Good? Well then, read on, tout suite!
I am whip-smart, sweet, and patient
I'm a mathematician by training. I'm historically obsessed with Rock Band, as I mention a few other times in this profile... don't have as much time for it these days. I finally got a REAL drum kit.
I used to hang out with burners and go to Flipside, but I don't really anymore. I was too much of a bad influence on them.
I don't drink, but don't think this necessarily means I can't hang out with you if you do drink; au contraire, I can be your designated driver! What a bargain for you. Although if you live to drink and drink to live, that probably won't work out well between us.
An album I sang on in college is on iTunes. [Ed. note, 7/15/16: Lord knows how long that link was broken. I just updated it.] That's pretty cool. In recent years I've started doing some choral singing again, although I'm kind of on a break from that right this second
I once advanced to candidacy for a Ph.D. in mathematical logic, specifically set theory.
Books: the book that changed (or ruined?) my life was Gödel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter. I try to read mathematically intensive books so that my years in grad school weren't a total waste. As of summer 2016, over the last year or so I've been into 1920's and 30's Polish logicians, other logic writers from the first half of the 20th century like Quine and Kleene, constructive mathematics, type theory and functional programming, and logic programming. If you're involved with the tech industry in Austin you should really read You'll Never Interview In This Town Again by Erin Passons. I think I'm obligated by law to mention The Ethical Slut (which is not really the best-written book ever, but it has historical value as one of the earliest books about polyamory).
Movies: all Kevin Smith (not only is he handsome, he's talented too!), Lilo and Stitch (don't smirk, it's actually very sweet and well done). Hedwig and the Angry Inch (I dressed up as Hedwig one Halloween in West Hollywood and still wear the boots on occasion [see attached photograph]; I do a mean karaoke rendition of "Wig in a Box"; and, I'm sort of friends with the lead guitarist on the soundtrack! Hedwig hat trick!). The Dark Knight [insert zero or one words here]. A Scanner Darkly. I'm a sucker for any kind of "Is this real? What is real?" movie -- The Matrix, Inception, Cabin in the Woods, Jacob's Ladder, eXistenZ, etc. Also, Pi, Memento, any Monty Python, Groundhog Day, Office Space. Guilty pleasure: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Video games: Rhythm games like Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Amplitude, and Space Channel 5; Rez, Rayman, Zelda, Beyond Good and Evil, Jet Set Radio Guilty pleasure: BloodRayne (sexy vampire, rrrowr!)
Music: First of all, as I'm writing this I just discovered BABYMETAL. O. M. G.
Everything I know about music that's happened since 1996 I learned from Rock Band. I am very willing to be enlightened about what else I'm missing, especially about good local Austin bands. The only one I know of is The Meat Purveyors. Anyway, I dig all things Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar, and even [hell, especially] the early 2000's forays into electronica), X, Verbow, My Bloody Valentine, Sleater-Kinney, Fugazi, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, The Beatles, Liz Phair, Richard Thompson, Superchunk, 7 Year Bitch, The Donnas, that dog., Beastie Boys, Juliana Hatfield, Sebadoh, Pixies, Frank Black, The Breeders, The Amps, Veruca Salt, Shellac, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, N.W.A., Run-DMC, MC Frontalot, Jurassic 5, Doug E. Fresh, Dead Prez. I have a strange fascination with Dev.
I'm quite fond of quality stand-up comedy. For example, Eddie Izzard, Bill Hicks, Mitch Hedberg, Ron White, Dave Chappelle.
Foods: mmm, donuts. I used to live in NC and really liked the food there, Eastern-style barbecue, biscuits, hushpuppies, sweet tea, greens...I gained a lot of weight in NC.


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I borrowed this book from the library to read on the kindle, because since Sookie ended, I'm looking for a new vampire/witchy type of series to read. As much as I love the genre of paranormal, I don't really read a ton of it. Unfortunately I didn't realize this book jumps in the middle of a bunch of series - anyone who reads my reviews regularly knows that's a personal pet peeve of mine, both with books, and tv/movies. So that dimensions my feelings of the book.
That being said, I did enjoy all of the books, or really shorter shorties within the book. Enough that I will mostly likely read more by the authors, though none of them overwhelmed me so much that I had to get another book by any one of them right now. You can certainly read any of the these stories as a stand alone book, but I felt like I was missing something in each one of these stories.
I only read the Ilona Andrews story as it goes with the Kate Daniels series.
Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #4.5)
In this one Dali and Jim fight together to bring down a Japanese demon. Dali is not a scary shifter, but she does know her magic. Jim is an alpha and they have always been at odds. That is you know they both like each other but never get together. So therefore I looked forward to reading this book knowing it would finally happen. Interesting mythology and in a way I did not feel like you had to have read the Kate Daniels series to understand the novella. Of course by having read them you would have met these two before and wanted the same thing I wanted. I enjoyed this novella.
Ice Shards by Yasmine Galenorn (Sisters of the Moon #9.5)
I never ever come across Finnish mythology and here I did. Iris Kuusi is a housesprite from Finland and she is going to the Northlands to find out if she killed someone 600 years ago. Ok I was a bit lost here at times, not really lost, but it was the fact that there have been 9 books in this series about three sisters. And this character who I guess is a minor character there. Also, they would not have had last names that far back and some names in it would not have been used. Still it was interesting in it's rich mythology. There seems to be a lot going on in that world (worlds).
Double Hexed by Allyson James (Stormwalker #3.5)
This one was my favourite because it really made me want to read the series behind it. Janet and her friends are trapped in her hotel because someone has put a hex on it. I found myself wanting to read more about Janet and her dragon lover Mick. Coyote was funny, the vampire seemed nice (when not crazed) and the rest of the cast interesting. It's a world I want to read about and book 1 made it to my wishlist.
Blood Debt by Jeanne C. Stein (Anna Strong Chronicles #6.5)
Yes 6 before this one but I never felt at loss. I got a bit of explanations what Anna was and what she had been through. In this book she stands trail for something she has done. And that made me know about her history. I would definitely be interested in reading her story from book 1. The writing and story was good and I do like kick-ass UF heroines.
Interesting novellas that made me want to read more about the worlds presented. And as always some better than other.
I read Ilona's and Yasmine's stories. Enjoyed learning Iris' story and how they are bringing her forward. Cool side story in Kate's world too.
So far I only read the Ilona Andrews story.
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Quality Control of Marijuana Is Planned for Netherlands
Published: November 26, 1993
SCHIJNDEL, the Netherlands, Nov. 25— Users of marijuana and hashish in the Netherlands will be able to determine their quality beginning next week when the Consumers Group for Cannabis Lovers opens a quality-control laboratory as a public service.
Marijuana and hashish from coffee shops will be tested for quality and levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, their active ingredient. The lab will also check for dealers' use of fillers to dilute marijuana.
Possession and sale of both soft and hard drugs are allowed in the Netherlands, with marijuana viewed as a recreational substance and hard drug abuse an illness rather than a crime.


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Rotary gives dictionaries to Washington Elementary third graders
EUREKA- Third graders at Washington Elementary got a special surprise Thursday: their very own dictionaries. It's part of an initiative to bring the gift of words to third graders on the North Coast.
Thursday, the eureka rotary helped move that goal forward delivering dictionaries to nearly 100 boys and girls. Rotarians delivered the books in person, calling out each student's name as written inside their new personalized dictionary.


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List of MissionsEdit
Phase 1 MissionsEdit
Onion Alien MissionEdit
The mission starts with Joichiro Nishi telling everyone they are part of a TV Show an that they can win ten million yen if they kill the alien. Four of them then find, chase and kill the alien, then get killed by the alien's father, Masaru Kato having joined them then confronts the alien and gets send falling down a hill. Then Kei Kurono and Kei Kishimoto come across the carnage made by the father and Kurono then gets it to chase him, finding out all about the power the Basic Suit which allows him to continuously get away from it, until it finally catches up with him at the bottom of the same hill Kato fell down. Who rescues him in the nick of time, getting severely injured in the process, this pushes Kurono over the edge who gets back up to beat the shit out of the Onion Dad, who then gets captured and pinned to the ground by Nishi who after some arguments with Kurono sends it up, killing it and winning 3 points, ending the mission.
Tanaka Alien MissionEdit
Buddhist Temple Alien MissionEdit
Kill Kei Kurono MissionEdit
Shorty Alien MissionEdit
Dinosaur Alien MissionEdit
Ring Alien MissionEdit
Kill Tae Kojima MissionEdit
Oni Alien MissionEdit
Phase 2 KatastropheEdit
Nurarihyon Alien MissionEdit
Italian Alien MissionEdit
Phase 3 InvasionEdit
Alien Ship Takeover MissionEdit
Destroy the Tower MissionEdit
Aspects of the missionsEdit
Gantz brings over the hunters whenever he decides to have a mission, this shown thus far to be anywhere from a few days to a month from the previous mission. Along with the returning survivors from previous missions, there are usual recently deceased people added to their ranks. The only exception of this is when Gantz decided to punish Kurono, sending him on a hard mission on his own, and the final two missions. During the mission in Osaka when the only new people were the vampires who hung onto Gantz hunters to transfer in with them, Gantz just sending over his usual crew to help this other team. Their final mission was in Italy, helping another team, no new people were added,and you can see the vampires fighting in the background of the last mission
The hunters sometimes feel a cold chill during the day of a mission, letting them know in advance there will be a mission that day. At other times, they are apparently given no warning at all, or don't notice it.
In the roomEdit
After everyone is gathered, music is played from a popular Japanese morning exercise show, with the accompanying text 'Your lives are now mine, you bastards', which appears to change depending on the personality of each individual black ball. Then the Gantz sphere opens, revealing three racks of equipment, and a naked man inside the ball hooked to machines. A side room with two vehicles and a pile of swords also unlocks at this time.
Gantz never answers questions, tells them any of the rules, how to use the equipment, or any other information. They have to either figure things out on their own, or be told by hunters from previous missions.
Gantz simply shows them a picture of one or two enemies, along with their nicknames he has given them, favorite sayings, and other useless information. These are never the bosses of the mission, with the exception of the Nurarihyon alien. He tells them he wants them to kill these aliens.
After a time he determines fit, he sends people out, ready or not.
On the missionEdit
Each hunter has a miniature explosive implanted in their brains that prevents them from wandering outside the designated area. If they reach the boundary it will begin to ring, and if they continue forward the explosion goes off. In addition, if they refuse to fight, as in the case of the Osaka mission, Gantz will even shrink the boundary in order to force the Hunters onto the target's location.
If any of the hunters manage to survive the mission, they return to the room in perfect health, no matter how bad their injuries were. Gantz then tallies individual scores based on the number of aliens they have killed, and then allows them to leave the apartment. There is no definite evidence yet whether the number of points earned is affected by the equipment used, be it the type of gun or whether you had a suit on or not.
Those who manage to accumulate 100 points are presented with the 100 point menu which list three choices:
- You will be freed along with your memories erased
- You will be given an extremely powerful weapon
- You will be able to revive a human being from the memory
In the event that the one-hour mission duration is reached without all targets being eliminated, all of a player's points are revoked, and his or her score goes back to zero (as happened to Kurono in the Chibi Seijin mission).
They are free to do whatever they want between missions, as long as they do not bring attention towards Gantz. If he hears anyone talking about him or otherwise bringing unwanted attention towards him he may decide to make the device in their heads to explode without warning, or give them a warning buzz first. When Izumi was asking Kurono about Gantz, Kurono received a warning buzz. When the biker punk attempted to use one an x-gun in front of a lot of witnesses, his head was made to explode. He was previously allowed to use the x-gun to kill just one person, since there were no witnesses around.
Additional information about GantzEdit
Gantz appears to have the ability to do whatever he wishes. He taunts them upon arrival, gives them nicknames during the scoring along with a comment he finds amusing about them, can bring over animals as well as people instead of filtering them out, as in the case of a dog and a panda bear, and if pissed off at someone, can punish them.
Following his return from the Temple mission, Kurono points a gun at Gantz, and threatens to shoot him, if he doesn't bring back his friends he had lost on that mission. In response to this, when its time for the next mission, Kurono is sent alone, on a mission rated as hard. He manages to survive, but one alien gets away. On his next mission, Gantz informs Kurono that if he does not achieve 15 points, he will be killed.
Nishi has demonstrated that if you push Gantz in the ear, you can get him to reveal a list of all those who have died previously, as well as a countdown to what Nishi claims is the end of the world.
Although it is still unclear what the origin of Gantz is, a factory has been discovered in Germany which is producing the spheres themselves. The purpose is still unknown, but Gantz is clearly man-made.


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Sara Pezzini is an NYPD homicide detective whose life changed when she came into contact with a powerful ancient weapon known as the Witchblade, which bestows its wielder with impressive powers.
When the Witchblade activates, it spreads across her body, acting as a sort of body armor. The armor is mainly grey and golden.
Witchblade InvolvementEdit
Sara went undercover to an auction at the Rialto Theater. Kenneth Irons, the man who at that time owned the Witchblade, was attempting to unlock the powers of the Witchblade by allowing anyone to bid and try it on. Her partner, Michael Yee, was captured and beaten badly. As the enemies were about to shoot Yee, Sara jumped in front of the bullets. As Sara was dying on the ground, the Witchblade decided to choose Sara as its new bearer. The Witchblade healed all her wounds and gave her the power to defeat her enemy. Unfortunately, she could not save Yee from dying from his bullet wounds.
After a minor crisis that led to the death of Sara's good friend and loyal partner; Jake, Sara discovered she was pregnant. Sara was completely confounded at how this occurred – due primarily to the fact she has not had sex in over a year. Nevertheless Sara decided to keep the baby, but decided as a result she could not keep the Witchblade as well, and Sara relinquished it on to Danielle Baptiste.
When she was due to give birth, the father of her child was revealed – it was Jackie Estacado, who, possessed and under the control of the Darkness itself, was driven to seek out and have sex with Sara's comatose body, and, with Jackie's body used for the necessary biology, leading to the conception of their baby – a child of the Darkness and the Balance (Witchblade) to upset the balance between the darkness and light. Sara gives birth to a baby girl, but is on the verge of death. Danielle then ends up sharing part of the Witchblade with Sara, which saves Sara's life. Hope, Sara and Jackie's daughter, drives off the Angelus and in the end Sara, now wielding half the Witchblade, and her friends return to their lives.
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Later, a major conflict erupts between Sara and Danielle, with Sara under the control of the Darkness portion of the Witchblade. During this time Sara became increasingly irrational, angry and would often mistreat the people around her, however she did display more increased control over the blade, demonstrating abilities usually associated with the Darkness. Manipulated by an old enemy of the Curator, Sara re-took all of the Witchblade, almost killing Danielle in the process. However Sara was saved when Danielle was chosen as the next Angelus host and cleansed her of the Darkness' influence, restoring Sara to her former self.
Sara has above average intelligence, and is very athletic. She has police training in hand-to-hand combat, weapons, tactics and criminal investigation.
As the wielder of the Witchblade, she can use it to form various weapons (swords, hooks, chains, shields), generate a full body armor in order to protect itself and it's wielder (should the situation arise it can also form wings allowing flight), shoot energy blasts from the hand or sword, fire projectile darts, and whip-like grapples to attack or to climb. The Witchblade is also an excellent lock pick, and can heal wounds, even mortal ones. The Witchblade can re-animate the dead, empathically show the wielder scenes of great trauma, and allow the wielder to relive experiences from past wielders as dreams. It can also damage incorporeal beings and is capable of slaying other-dimensional entities and deities.
- She has been featured in crossover productions alongside the likes of, The Magdalena, Lara Croft, Jackie Estacado and Wolverine.
- Sara also appeared in a Turner Network Television live-action film and TV seriesof the same name, portrayed by Yancy Butler.


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"Devout Catholic dad returns from Afghanistan to find his daughter is a porn star!"
The absolute worst thing about this link is the question posed within the article's picture. Over a CATHEDRAL, no less.
> Dr. Weeks was shocked that daughter Miriam Weeks — known as sex kitten Belle Knox in her porn moonlighting — was doing the deed on film so she could help out with Duke's massive tuition.
The doctor and his wife are devout Catholics from Spokane, Wash., who will embrace Miriam no matter what she does, according to family members.
Kevin Weeks, 54, and wife Harcharan, 48, have always made education a top priority for their kids, Miriam, 18, Anita, 20, and Paul, 22. All three kids went to a local Jesuit school, prestigious Gonzaga Prep in Spokane.
First off, lol at the comfortable origins of a future feminist blogger with a prestigious degree in rent seeking. The estimate for Dr. Weeks' salary range around the $200k mark, not counting other sources of income (every* doc I know invests*).
There is no way I'm buying the argument that Miriam went to Duke not knowing how to pay the bills. It is patent nonsense to suggest a family would allow their 18 year old girl to go to Duke expecting her to foot $45k a year, especially a high-brow family like Miriam's.
Miriam didn't get into porn because she didn't know where her next meal was coming; it is laughable to think she was ever in a financial straight.
That her decision to do porn did not come from desperation can be also seen from her reaction to being outed. There was no shame, but an xojane post. Miriam did not go see a priest, she went on Piers Morgan… "Devout Catholic," indeed.
"You don't know me," declared Miriam's first xojane post. We have since learned that this statement was not a condemnation, but a situation she intended to rectify. "You don't know me, but you will soon enough."
And what have we come to know about Belle Knox? That she is the youngest of three in a family existing in the 33% tax bracket. That she went to a prestigious prep school and grew up in a gated community. That she comes from a supposedly religious upbringing (tithes are a great write-off).
We know that Miriam Weeks had the world handed to her, yet she chose to take dick on camera.
How did this happen? Because like I've mentioned in previous articles: feminists and the coddled moderns of this world do not understand the classics (Source: TLP):
How do you make a child know himself? You surround him with mirrors. "This is what everyone else sees when you do what you do. This is who everyone thinks you are."
Narcissus was never allowed to meet real danger, glory, struggle, honor, success, failure; only artificial versions manipulated by his parents. He was never allowed to ask, "am I a coward? Am I a fool?" To ensure his boring longevity his parents wouldn't have wanted a definite answer in either direction.
He was allowed to live in a world of speculation, of fantasy, of "someday" and "what if". He never had to hear "too bad", "too little" and "too late."
It seems paradoxical: smother a child with love and they will never find it on their own. Given everything, Miriam Weeks exists today as less than nothing. The only thing she knew growing up was a world bent to accommodate her desires. When she left the home she knew nothing else.
Miriam is a child that was never allowed the opportunity to grow up. That she conflates FacialAbuse with empowerment, a porn scene to "being at home" is absolutely, horrifically, tragically no surprise.
Back to TLP:
They didn't teach him (Narcissus) how to resist temptation, how to deal with lack. And they most certainly didn't teach him how NOT to want what he couldn't have. They didn't teach him *how to want.
The result was that he stopped having desires and instead desired the feeling of desire.
Nemesis had an easy job, she only had to work backwards: show him something that didn't return his love, and he'd be hooked.
Narcissus was shown a pool of water, and Miriam was shown a camera lens.
Read her inane blog posts, watch her interview clips. Recognize they are as meaningful as the dialogue in her porn scenes. Duke, feminism, Catholicism, family, porn… Nothing she says matters because to her nothing matters. She lives in an empty fantasy even as men treat her body as a punching bag for their crotches. She will most likely grow old and die never knowing anything that truly matters, least of all herself.
Knowing this much about nothing, hopefully we can learn how to avoid it in our own lives.


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Man dies after being shot by armed officer
A 24-year-old man died after being shot in the chest by a firearms officer in Luton, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has said.
Josh Pitt was shot by a Bedfordshire Police officer at around 2pm on November 9 at a property in Tracey Court, off Hibbert Street.
Police were responding to reports that a woman had been assaulted at the property when Mr Pitt, from Leighton Buzzard, was shot, Bedfordshire Police said.
He was treated at the scene by officers and paramedics and taken to hospital but was pronounced dead at 2.50pm.
A post-mortem examination carried out on Friday gave the provisional cause of death as a single gunshot wound to the chest, the IPCC said.
The watchdog said it was investigating the incident and had recovered "a number of knives" from the scene.
Mary Cunneen, IPCC commissioner, said: "My thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of Josh and all of those affected by this fatal shooting.
"Our investigation will look at the circumstances surrounding the incident and the actions of the officers involved. We have spoken to Josh's next of kin to inform them of our role and will be keeping them updated.
"I ask anybody who may have seen or heard anything in the Hibbert Street area on Wednesday afternoon, which may be useful to our investigation, to contact us."
Anyone with information should contact the IPCC on 0800 096 9072.