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Frances Ann Frazier Student Travel Scholarship
Frances Ann (Fran) Frazier was born August 9, 1933, the only child of James T. and Anna M. Frazier. Her parents moved to Flint from Missouri. Her father worked at the Chevrolet plant; her mother ran a boarding house. Fran attended Flint Junior College for two years, and was awarded a scholarship to the University of Chicago. She began working for the University of Michigan-Flint, initially as a secretary in the Theatre and Political Science Departments. Fran served as the English Department secretary for the last 22 years of her life. She was much admired and valued by the faculty and students. Fran loved long distance biking, playing scrabble, and knitting. She was an eclectic reader and an avid Gilbert and Sullivan fan. Having grown up in a city that offered little in the way of intellectual stimulation or exposure to the arts, Fran understood that education could open many doors for people. When she worked at UM-Flint, Fran helped students to see and seize both educational and job opportunities, and through the significant endowment she bequeathed, she continues to influence students' lives and development. The University is deeply grateful for her very generous gift, which provides funding to support students' participation at local, state, national, and international conferences.
Scholarship Guidelines The committee will strictly adhere to the criteria listed below.
- This scholarship will help fund students' participation (conference registration, travel, hotel accommodations, meals, immunizations, passports, and insurance) in local, state, national, and international conferences.
- The committee would like to distribute meaningful, albeit limited funds, to a large number of applications. As such, this scholarship is not intended to fund groups or to necessarily be the sole source of student travel funding.
- Applications should already be committed to attending a conference. A scholarship award will complement the applicant's financial resources.
- Scholarship awards, not to exceed $2,500 each, are available to UM-Flint juniors, seniors, and graduate students who have a minimum 3.0 grade point average. If faculty participate in the conference, along with the students, the scholarship is also available to freshmen and sophomores. Applicants must be current students at the time of application and at the time of the proposed travel.
- Scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis.
- Applicants will receive an advantage over other applicants if they have:
- shown superior academic achievement,
- on-campus leadership in organizations and/or activities,
- received and/or accepted invitations to make a presentation or present a paper at the conference,
- shown that their conference attendance will be of significant academic and/or professional value.
- Applicants must submit a completed Frances Ann Frazier Student Travel Scholarship Application to the Office of the Provost.
- Applicants will be evaluated on an individual basis.
- The Faculty Advisory Application Endorsement should be filled out individually and sent separately to the Provost Office by sponsoring faculty member. The endorsement should persuasively support the applicant and provide as much additional information as possible to assist the Committee in making a positive decision.
- Award recipients must submit a written report, Budget Verification Worksheet, and original receipts to the Office of the Provost within two weeks following the conference. This submission should also include handouts, brochures, booklets, etc., confirming attendance at the conference.
- The Frazier Selection Committee, appointed by the Provost and the Director for Development and Alumni Relations, will be comprised of one representative from each of the three schools (School of Education and Human Services, School of Health Professions and Studies, and School of Management), one representative each from the College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Programs, and Student Affairs. The Selection Committee will meet quarterly.
Scholarship Application Requirements:
Please return all scholarship application materials to:
Frances Ann Frazier Student Travel
Scholarship Selection Committee
Office of the Provost
University of Michigan-Flint
229 University Pavilion
Flint, Michigan 48502-1950
For your convenience forms can be downloaded and digitally
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Viscodyne Cough syrup (Bromhexine)
Bromhexine belongs to the family of mucolytic agent administered for treating respiratory problems linked with extreme or viscid mucus. In addition, Viscodyne Cough syrup has antioxidant activities.
Bromhexine belongs to the group of oral mucolytic agent with a small level of linked toxicity. Bromhexine works on the mucus at the decisive levels in the glands, inside the mucus producing cells. Bromhexine upsets the composition of acid mucopolysaccharide fibers in mucoid sputum and secretes less sticky mucus, which is uncomplicated to expectorate.
Bromhexine hydrochloride is quickly absorbed from the GI tract and goes through widespread first-pass break down in the liver. Its oral bioavailability is acknowledged to be just about 20 percent. It is extensively dispersed to system tissues and is extremely attached to plasma proteins. About 85- 90 percent of dosage is discharged through the urine chiefly as metabolites.
Bromhexine Indications / Bromhexine Uses
As mucolytic cough agent or for other ailments as prescribed by your doctor.
Bromhexine Adverse Reactions / Bromhexine Side Effects
Gastro Intestinal side effects
Dizziness, headache, sweating and skin rashes. Consult a doctor in case the side effects become persistent and problematic.
Inhalation: bronchospasm or extreme cough has been reported in patients.
These may not be the complete list of possible Viscodyne side effects, consult a doctor for further information.
As mucolytics might disturb the gastric mucosal obstruction, bromhexine ought to be administered with care in subjects with past records of gastric ulceration.
Special Precautions
Past records of peptic ulceration; asthma subjects. Extreme renal or hepatic impairment.
List of Contraindications
Bromhexine and Pregnancy
Bromhexine and Pregnancy
Category A: Bromhexine has been used by a great number of women during pregnancy as well patients of child bearing age without any confirmed boost in the occurrence of malformations or other straight or circuitous unsafe reactions on the fetus having been monitored.
Bromhexine and Lactation
It is not identified whether Viscodyne Cough syrup (bromhexine) is discharged in breast milk or whether it has a dangerous outcome on the breastfeeding newborn. As a result it is not suggested during lactation except if the possible benefit to the subject outweighs the potential risk to the child.

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sunsfan88 wrote:phrazbit wrote:Jodi wrote:Piston fan here, I come in peace...What would it take to get Beasley?? I know he just signed with the Suns this summer, but is there any chance he'll become available during the deadline??
Michael Beasley and one of the Lakers 1sts for a conditional 2nd round pick.
And trust me... the Pistons will be getting screwed.
Thank god your not the GM
If I was the GM we wouldnt have signed his worthless ass in the first place. All Beasley is going to do for the next several years is cost the Suns cap space and wins. From a competitive stand point the Suns would be better off waiving him tomorrow and eating his entire salary.


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December 3, 2009 — India's ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, told a University of Virginia audience on Wednesday evening that there will be "catastrophic consequences" if the United States does not ramp up its military presence in Afghanistan as President Obama pledged a night earlier.
Shankar made her remarks to students, faculty and guests at U.Va.'s McIntire School of Commerce. The Indian ambassador was the guest of U.Va.'s vice provost for international programs, Gowher Rizvi, whose office is conducting an Ambassador's Speakers Forum. Ambassadors from Pakistan and Denmark also have spoken on Grounds this fall.
Shankar said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was in Washington last week on a state visit, stressed to Obama that Afghanistan requires sustained attention.
"If it were abandoned, there would be catastrophic consequences. The pools of terrorism in the region need to be shrunk," Shankar said. "The elimination of terrorist safe havens and sanctuaries in Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only vital for security and stability in our region, it is also vital for making our world a safer place."
India has committed $1.2 billion for reconstruction and development in Afghanistan and is building roads, schools, hospitals and energy infrastructure there, she said. "We are also helping to improve Afghan capacities, particularly through access to higher education," Shankar said.
In a prime-time speech Tuesday evening, Obama pledged to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan beginning early next year to defeat Taliban and al-Qaeda extremists and restore stability in Kabul. He said these additional troops will speed the transfer of responsibility to Afghan forces and allow U.S. troops to begin withdrawing by July 2011.
In her U.Va. speech, Shankar also noted the recent one-year anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, when Pakistani gunmen seized India's financial capital in a three-day massacre that left more than 160 people dead. She said the United States helped "us decipher how the attacks happened. There has been very good cooperation on the counterterrorism question."
On higher education, Shankar said, "Today, there are over 100,000 Indian students at American universities – the highest from any foreign country – who will become the future leaders of our two countries and seed new ideas and partnerships to take our relationship forward."
Shankar said education is one of India's top three domestic priorities. "We will expand and reform our education sector to bring about a true transformation of the economy and in the lives of our people – a process that has already begun with our Right to Education Bill that makes free and compulsory education till the age of 14 a fundamental right."


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We often post blogs from Explore staff, but when we received this detailed review from one of our customers, Clair Wood, about her recent trip to Brazil, we loved it so much we couldn't resist publishing it.
It's a trip and a half, this one. My first time in South America offered a stupendous introduction.
We kicked off with a couple of days in Buenos Aires. A stately city with columns, squares, boulevards and statues galore but a turbulent history and lots of politically unanswered questions. We supped hot chocolate and churros in the Cafe Tortoni, the centuries old cafe frequented by the city's literary greats, we walked the streets – remember to look up! – snapping buildings like tourists, we marvelled at the colours of La Boca, we sat round, we ate steak and drank too much exquisite red wine and we marvelled our way through a tango show.
Plenty people told me that Buenos Aires was just like Paris. I disagreed. It's just as elegant and just as grand but a difficult economy means its weathered less well and the streets are etched with the signs of the political unrest bubbling just underneath the surface. I was reading Eduardo Sacheri's The Secret in Their Eyes as we left BA on the overnight bus (and it got me through the 17 hours very comfortably!). The novel gives you a cracking sense of the city in the 1970s, torn between hope and disenchantment.
From Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguassu. The bus is great. Reclining seats, they serve you dinner on an airline style tray, they play you a movie, you sleep. And sleep. But it is seventeen hours. Take a toothbrush as you hop off the bus at the other end and it's more or less straight into the beautifully leg-stretching National Park containing the Argentinian view of the Falls. You'll have a favourite side. This was mine. They're pretty stunning.
The next day and you wander down to the Brazilian side of the Falls for a much closer encounter. Pacamacs galore, lots of spray, boat rides into the thick of it if you want them. A tourist melee and we were there in May so just about off-season and a slightly unsatisfying grey sky arching over the waterfalls. But another stunning view.
A few of our party took the helicopter ride over the Falls and vowed it was spectacular. I seized the chance when we left the National Park to dash into a handily located Bird Park, replete with toucans, scarlet ibi, herons, humming birds, all sorts of exoticness. Even a parrot that spoke Spanish! If you're any sort of wildlife lover, it was a great opportunity to see a lot of these species properly up close.
A day on the bus gets you from Iguassu to Curitiba. Which is home to the beginning of reportedly Brazil's most spectacular rail journey. Unfortunately, the train was broken the day that we arrived. So I can't comment either way, but it's a very pretty little place. We hopped off at the Museu Oscar Niemeyer, a modern art museum that houses a collection of Brazilian works but is as interesting for the concrete curvy building as the art it contains. We were lucky enough to bump into a theatre festival on the way home, filled with vibrant energy and simmering excitement that seems characteristic of this country.
Another long drive on the bus but you forgive it because it takes you Paraty. A gorgeous sleepy little town. Dozy streets, trailing flowers clinging to the sides of tiny colourful houses, a tiny town square that was a stop off point for all the town's gossips and round the corner, the proper grand plaza that unfolded in front of the church and was decked with tiny stalls. For we were lucky enough to arrive on the eve of the festival of what we suspect was Pentecost as the town was festooned with hand-crafted posters of doves. We got an exceedingly obliging procession on the Sunday afternoon. The town's men playing assorted brass instruments flanking a collection of small children who looked to be dressed as torreadors but surely can't have been. We then followed on the town's church's priests and entire congregation, incense and all. A rare spectacle.
The bus journeys became significantly briefer from here on in, to everyone's relief. Ilha Grande, all 365 islands of it, is only a couple of hours north. You hop on a ferry for an hour and a half. And then you're in not quite the land that time forgot but certainly a place with a very different sense of time. The sun sets inconsiderately quickly at this time of year. It's sunk into the sea, dropping remarkably quickly, in about half an hour. So even the most impatient onlooker can manage a teatime sunset with a tub of ice-cream (measured out by weight – dangerous!) on the little jetty that looks out across the bay and the closest scattering of islands. It is beautiful. Oh, and make your guide take you to Cafe do Mar. It's a tiny beachside bar that serves food too on certain days. Exquisite caipirinhas (try the passion fruit one), Fish barbeques (yum!) and you can squish your toes into the sand as you sup them as the waves lap onto the shore and the stars twinkle overhead. Magic.
A couple of very laid back days there and then we shake ourselves down and set sail for Rio. Our hotel is just off Copacabana beach so I defy you to spend the couple of days you have there without the showgirl song dancing around your head. Copacabana is as showy as you'd hope. It boasts a sort of flashy tawdry charm. Ipanema, just round the corner (who knew?), is a more stylish sister. But the jaw-dropping thing about Rio is its setting. Scattered with hills, flanked with a whole bunch of beaches, boasting a huge natural lagoon right in the centre that serves as a magnet for walkers, runners, cyclists, bladers, it's a city for anyone that loves the outdoors. A Miami style playground but with a giant dollop of South American mischief.
You'll obviously have to trek up Corcovado and see Christ the Redeemer. Ana Maria's walking tour – though conducted at an enthusiastic trot! – gave us a superb sense of how the city was put together. We were lucky enough to catch a performance of Haydn's Creation at the stunningly designed National Theatre on our night 'off'. But I lost my heart to a samba club (they call it a Pavilhao da Cultura) called the Rio Scenarium. You've probably travelled much more than me but I can, with some confidence, suggest that it's unlikely that you'll have ever been anywhere like it in your life.
All in, a stunning trip. We were lucky enough to have a lovely group. Our tour guide, Ana Maria, was super efficient. She didn't lose anyone and got us everywhere we needed to be on time and without undue fuss. We were warned about the risk of mugging but were lucky enough to experience nothing of the kind. I'd recommend that you don't take traveller's cheques. They're pretty fiddly to change, not everywhere takes them and you don't get the greatest exchange rates for them. I was totally underdressed as I didn't expect a brisk 13 degrees for most of Buenos Aires though it got sunnier as we went further north. The hotels were mostly fairly basic but all perfectly clean, all with towels, all with soap. The private buses were a real treat but the public bus was a proper adventure. The only thing that caught most people unprepared was the sheer quantity of bus travel, mostly concentrated in the first week. But the tour itinerary makes no secret of it. I used it as sleep catch up time and it suited me just fine but there were a few grumbles.
If you're not the greatest fan of bus travel, this overland itinerary over a vast land mass might not be for you. Otherwise, grab the chance in a heartbeat"
Clair travelled on our Buenos Aires to Rio tour, take a look and experience all this for yourself.


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As someone who grew up in Napa since second grade (1984), I (and many others) experienced firsthand the lack of visibility and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people here in our beautiful valley. I struggled with feeling isolated and unwelcome, and deep in my heart wanting to know I was okay--and not alone. I searched for signs anywhere--at home, at church, around town--that I was valued and that I belonged.
In recognition of LGBTQ Pride month, June, and the thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people that call Napa their home or their favorite vacation destination--in recognition of the many contributions to our communities by LGBTQ people (both visible and invisible)--in recognition of their many straight allies, neighbors, friends and family--in recognition that the City of Napa values and welcomes diversity, I am asking that the City of Napa raise the rainbow flag over City Hall (or another prime, visible, City owned location) for at least one day during Napa Valley LGBTQ Pride, 2013: June 14-23.
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Other studies have linked video games with physical and chemical changes in the brain. But the new findings suggest that they risk inhibiting brain waves involved in sleep and wakefulness, the Mainichi report said.
Studies have shown that brain waves fluctuate - when alpha waves increase, relaxation occurs, and when beta waves increase, you feel more awake.
Mori was quoted by the Mainichi as saying children who devote hours to video games are at risk of developing "video game brain," in which key parts of the brain's frontal region become chronically unused, altering moods.
The report didn't specify the types of video games used or how researchers measured brain waves.
Japanese scientists gave the study's findings cautious praise.
"It's a unique look at how video games affect the brain," said Dr Yutaka Oomura, a professor of neuroscience at Kyushu University in southern Japan. Oomura was not involved in the study.
"But there are other brain waves, called theta waves, that can be measured in the frontal region. Without that data, I think it's a little hasty for them to reach their conclusions about how it affects a person's concentration and other behaviour," Oomura said.
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From Mr K. Griffiths
The staff were all very friendly and attentive. The only critisism we do have is that we were not given a room with a balcony. When I inquired about this I was told that it was extra money for a room with a balcony, yet a couples who came after us who had paid less for the holiday were given rooms with balconies. HOW DO YOU RATE THE HOTEL OVERALL? good. VALUE FOR MONEY? good.
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I've been working on figuring out why the user relationship rules are posting to my activity_log stream without first expecting approval. I even tried dynamically checking for valid not null value within $relationship->approval within the message template but that just made it disappear.
Its likely that I simply need help getting a crash course on the rules API, but from reviewing it on and off throughout today, it has a learning curve on top of understanding how it relates to this module.
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Six positive cases of A/H1N1 influenza, including one in Marana, have been confirmed in Pima County, according to a Sunday release from the Pima County Health Department.
A student who attends Tortolita Middle School tested positive for the virus, the Marana Unified School District reported Sunday. "The student has fully recovered and is anticipated to return to school on Monday," the release said.
Pima County Health Department staff has been in contact with representatives of city governments and school districts. Health officials have not recommended school closures. As a result, all schools in the Marana Unified School District, including Tortolita Middle School, remain open and are operating on a regular school day calendar.
In addition to the Marana case, four county cases are among individuals who live on the Tohono O'Odham Nation's reservation, and the other is in a Tucson resident. None of the patients required hospitalization, and all have either recovered or are continuing to recover, the release said.
MUSD plans to monitor student absences "to identify trends and ensure early detection and prompt medical evaluation of any suspected cases of flu," district spokeswoman Tamara Crawley said.
School officials ask people to watch for flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough, body aches, sore throat, headache, chills, and fatigue. Vomiting and diarrhea are also possible. According to the health department, swine flu "appears no worse than the regular seasonal flu."
MUSD procedures require a student experiencing a fever of 101 F or over, diarrhea, or vomiting to be symptom-free for a minimum of 24 hours before returning to school. Parents are encouraged to contact their doctor if they are concerned about their child's symptoms or suspect they may have the flu.
What to do
Wash hands frequently.
Stay home if you are sick.
Keep your children home if they are sick.
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after it is used.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs spread this way.
Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Avoid close contact with people who are ill.
Make a plan, and call your doctor, urgent care center or community health center before going in to be seen. Emergency rooms are for emergencies, so before you go, call first.
For Twitter alerts, log on to www.pimahealth.org or see the Web site for further information. Go to www.myalerts.mystateusa.com to register for emergency messages and other vital public safety information. This is free service.
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The Pima County Health Department has set up an informational call center for residents who have questions regarding the A/H1N1, or swine flu, virus.
By phone: 243-7808, or toll-free 1-866-939-7462, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
By the Web: Visit the Pima County Health Department web site at http://www.pimahealth.org or call (520) 243-7797; Arizona Hotline for residents with questions, 1-800-352-3792.


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.- In response to a report in the Italian daily "La Repubblica" that Cardinal Christoph Schönborn could become the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the spokesman for the Archdiocese of Vienna, Erich Leitenberger, said on Stephanscom Austrian Radio that the rumor was unfounded.
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May 30, 2008 - 02:15 pm
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May 30, 2008 - 02:08 pm
.- The Bishops' Conference of Brazil issued a statement yesterday deploring the approval of law that allows research with human embryos and underscoring its firm commitment to the defense of life from conception to natural death.
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May 30, 2008 - 11:07 am
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May 30, 2008 - 10:36 am
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text: On September 15, 1787, a farewell party was thrown in George Washington's honor at Philadelphia's own City Tavern (138 South 2nd Street). And today, on President's Day, we figured why not share the bill/menu for the event with you. There was music, 55 gentlemen, 16 servants, and "7 Large Bowels of Punch." So, you know, shit probably got crazy.


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Delft Pipe with Bakelite mouthpiece. It has a hand painted harbor scene with a windmill as a point of focus and is signed Holland on the side. It measures 5 1/2"
Delftware, or Delft pottery, denotes blue and white pottery made in and around Delft in the Netherlands and the tin-glazed pottery made in the Netherlands from the 16th century.
Delftware in the latter sense is a type of pottery in which a white glaze is applied, usually decorated with metal oxides. Delftware includes pottery objects of all descriptions such as plates, ornaments and tiles.
Today, Delfts Blauw (Delft Blue) is the brand name hand painted on the bottom of ceramic pieces identifying them as authentic and collectible. Although most Delft Blue borrows from the tin-glaze tradition, it is nearly all decorated in underglaze blue on a white clay body and very little uses tin glaze, a more expensive product. The Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum factory in Makkum, Friesland continue the production tin-glazed earthenware.


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When I'm having a slash, I don't need an ambulance, just privacy
The slash (/)—sometimes called a slant, a solidus, a stroke, or a virgule—is a commonly employed symbol in the English language. Whatever you want to call this piece of punctuation, its role in English has greatly changed over time.
The word slash first entered English in the late 14th century as a verb to describe the cutting movement of a weapon, a word derived from the Middle French esclachier, meaning "to break." The noun form of slash came into the language in the 1500s, but it was not until much later (the 1960s) that the term "slash" was used to represent the (/) symbol we know and love today.
Compare this with "virgule," which entered English in the 1830s from the French word for "comma." In medieval manuscripts, a virgule or slash was often used in place of today's comma. Chaucer notably used virgules to represent caesuras in his Middle English manuscripts. We still have traces of this usage in modern written English; line breaks in poetry and songs are denoted by the slash, often with a space on either side. (Learn more about the comma here.)
Slashes are commonly used to signify alternatives as in "and/or" and "his/her," and they can also appear in place of the word "and," as in "She's a writer/producer/actor." Slashes are used in abbreviations like "a/c" (account current, air conditioning), "w/o" (without), "w/r/t" (with respect/regard to), and "c/o" (care of, cash order, certificate of origin), and they're also used in place of the word "per" in phrases like "50 miles/hour." Additionally, slashes separate numbers in written English as in dates and fractions.
Further uses of the slash have developed relatively recently in the technological sphere. Every URL for every website you visit contains what we call slashes or forward slashes (/), not to be confused backslashes (\), which point in the opposite direction and are primarily used in programming languages. In fact, to distinguish the old slash (/) from the newer technical backslash (\), the term "forward slash" entered English in the 1980s as a retronym, much in the same way that "snail mail" became a term for what was once just called "mail."
An interesting aspect of this popular symbol is its ability to be verbalized in various ways depending on the context. You can be in a "love/hate" relationship (slash not pronounced), or you can "love-slash-hate" someone (slash pronounced). In the UK you might call this same predicament a "love-stroke-hate" situation. Some English-language writers have fun with the slash, directing their readers to say it aloud by typing out the word "slash" or "stroke" where the symbol (/) would logically belong.
Like many typographic symbols, the slash has found its very own special place in pop culture. Around the mid-1980s when computers started becoming prevalent, the term "slash fiction" emerged in English. Slash fiction is a type of fan fiction, usually appearing on online forums, that pairs two same-sex characters together in a romantic relationship. This genre got its name because oftentimes the characters featured in this sort of fan fiction are separated by a (/) symbol in the title or description of the story. Pride and Prejudice fans out there—if you click on a "Bingley/Darcy" link in a Jane Austen forum, be prepared for what you are about to read.
How do you use the slash? Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.
When I'm having a slash, I don't need an ambulance, just privacy
sorry I meant and you have to autocorrect the smileys!
The only writing I have done in the past 10 years is for social use. Recently I started using the slash when I upload a picture. I add credit then put a slash as a separation mark, then put my thoughts or description. What should I use here instead. Before it is said, I want more than a period.
I'm not sure I understand the question or how you're using the / in the picture uploads. Could you explain further or give an example, please?
stop it
Both of me
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Aren't virgules used to separate titles? For example:
This Title/That Title/The Other Title
A virgule is a short oblique stroke between two words. I left school well before 1960 so have never used the word slash other than to indicate a cutting action. I have always used the term oblique for this modern day reference. I was taught in geometry that oblique was a line without perpendicular or parallel, a line without right angle.
Also used in expressing pounds/shillings/pence in pre-decimal sterling currency.
Could also be written pounds///pence. Solidus, a gold coin, later referred to as a shilling was indicated by a long s which ultimately became the virgule.
It's quite easy to use the slash/slant sign so I'm prod to brag/gloat with my simple accomplishment/accolade/achievement
Twitter : @Real_Driftboy
Agreed. Pity you can't spell. LoL
Where are your sources? How do I know your site is credible?
Quit being a hot head/numb skull because its an internet site and you know its reliable and accurate at most times
Your Message:
"Quit being a hot head/numb skull because its an internet site and you know its reliable and accurate at most times "
Correct message:
"Quit being a hot head/numb skull; because it's an internet site, you know that it's reliable and accurate at most times. :-)"
Unfortunately, the majority of the times, said internet won't be correct in the least, so no, at most times you can be safe to take it all with a grain of salts. However, with this being said, this is Dictionary.com, so even taking into account the lack of bibliography, you can usually rely on this website. To be sure, you could always go to sites with the tag of '.org','.gov','.mil', or really, almost any site without '.com'.
You have a point
It Seems To Me, A man Without Spend One Day In School To Learn English,You Make me very Proud That You didn't Either.You Call This education,The Majority Of You Are Morans.
Hmmm, I love your grammar and spelling.
one word for you: idiot
Not all words in a title have to be capitalized.
lol noob
HUGE grammar fail
I use it in poetry.
5/$10. It substitutes for "for".
You're using the arithmetical solidus in that context. $10/5 and 5/$10 are both fractions that reduce to 1 (although you get dollars per unit or units per dollar, depending on which is on top).
More commonly, writers use the logical virgule to indicate words or phrases in apposition to each other.
Both logical and arithmetical usages are mathematical. When used as a path separator (usr/bin/progname), it's stretching it a bit, as many don't realize nodes and networks are mathematics.
Well Hello Idiot But last I checked 10/5=2 and 5/10=0.5 so they don't simplify to one
I like the smbol of slash//
at last how accurately you have describedslasing/////////////////////////////////////////////
Very appropriate because language is developing every tiem
thats excellent,now i really know how to use a slash
I sometimes use slashes to identify a word or phrase that should be italicized when texting or when on a website that does not provide that option.
One word: slashing!
i've also seen the "/" used in chatrooms and blogs and such to end/identify a sentence as sarcastic (or snarky, or a rant, etc. etc. etc.). e.g. "that movie was just fantastic! /sarcasm." or "i can't believe how many stupid people live on the internet! /rant." i believe that use evolved from the "end" marks in HTML coding.
/# trololol with slashesss!
OMG THE SLASHES ARE INVADING/////////// :hides in closet away from slashes. O.O
Lol that is do dramatic though
:takes sister into closet slashes into door. and keeps mouth shut:
Great Article
Shows me that Engliish sybols have their roots in other laungeas.Same as Afrikaans.
I have recently seen n/o in a sentance that was obviously meant as and/or. Made perfect sense to me anyway.
I still don't get it
it's a sentence not a sentance
in music it means a total different thing because it is use to differenciate a musical note. like s:m:f:r / m:d:r:d:t:d. hhhhhhhh
I write with as w/ too. I think I learnt that at school. By that, I'd say w/ is a correct substitution for with. I think its short hand.
Shorthand is a completely different writing style, as is Longhand. 'Learnt' that at school? It is 'Learned', though if you want to be sure you are grammatically correct, you should say "I think I was taught that at school," and as for your last sentence, 'It's' is the correct contraction of 'It + Is', not 'Its'. Said incorrect contraction is actually a possessive term of any object called an 'It'.
Telle est la vie.
-Christophe A. Mathieux
"Learnt" is actually the proper past tense of the word "learn." It is (properly) used both in England and in Canada. Also, "dreamt," pronounced like "dremt." I don't know if this past tense is used in other countries.
In the States, "learned" is usually used as the past tense of "learn.". "Learned" in most instances is prounouced like "learn-ed" with the accent on the first part.
Oh, dear! @Talia the comments are for writing down your ideas, concerns, and questions. NOT for spamming the site with strange and confusing statements.
Read the other comments and see what you should write. This is not funny. There are students who use this website and random messages aren't necessary.
- Hannah
w/e = Whatever
i.e. "I don't care, whatever." Can be said like "idc, w/e"
Thats slanging not slashing!
SLASH is also for dates o3o
Right or wrong, like many here, I abbreviate many multiple-syllable words with a slash, taking the lead from the well known shorthand w/o. It's very useful in texting (where anything goes). E.g. b/f for breakfast, b/d for birthday. This works well where it makes sense such as on a birthday greeting, saying happy b/d, while other uses may serve best as just personal shortcuts, like I had b/d cake for b/f.
The word "slash" in reference to fanfiction was actually around a bit before the 1980s, from what I've heard. It originated from the Star Trek fandom (from Kirk/Spock, what else?). Its first usage was more in the 1970s, when the first K/S "zines" were being put out…a bit before the internet really came into the public consciousness, I think.
(I've actually noticed quite a few people correcting this…although, I suppose we're all pretending we only know this due to some sort of completely academic interest in dubious internet subcultures, and not because…well. Yeah.)
Nice writing. Very informative. I use the slash frequently, but often wondered if it was correct since it has been applied in so many different ways. Thanks.
I'm strongly in favor of removing this symbol from all writing. Why? People don't know how to use it!! Commonly, it replaces OR, as in "Ask John/Mary". But so many people use it as well to represent AND — and in this instance you will need to ask both — not one OR the other! It does make a difference. I'm a technical writer for and IT group and I'm constantly asking staff to use OR and AND instead of using the slash and I have to repeatedly ask what they really mean. Don't abbreivate; be clear; write what you mean. I have even included it in my style guide but staff members continue to use it. It is really very rritating!! Another reason for how the English language gets continuously butchered.
I completely agree with you, and funnily enough have also worked as a technical writer. In addition to your points, the slash often reads as if the writer is being deliberately non-committal about what they want to say, such as in phrases like "We have a proven approach/methodology to do xyz," well, which is it; a methodology or an approach? Decide what you want to say, then say it clearly and unambiguously.
Slashes are, well, INTERESTING! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/\/\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/\/\/\/\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////////////////
That was just too random Talia
Lol \\\\/\/\/\/\\\////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/\/\/\//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
GOOD MORNING WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lolz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Talia, the !!!!! made the page on my screen bigger
Well that is so barge right there! COnfused? Ask Me!
Thank you for watching the Bizarre Channel.
Hope to see you soon!!
10 minutes later…
Most importantly, Slash has awesome hair and knows how to wail on the guitar.
Hey Pretty Interesting Topic I Did Not Know All Of This About The Slash .
yes you forgot b/c (because) as an example
aaahh!! the shiney! it burns!!
ooooooohhhh… shiny…
i love this site/ these articles/these comments. im out/cant compete.
w/ is also used for just with. But this is awesome
Afnan Linjawi
Using a double slash // writing in arabic to denote repetition of the above is like using double, smaller slashes " to indicate the same thing.
They are called "quotation marks,"or "ditto marks."
It sounds like Afnan Linjawi comment about the // meaning to repeat the previous line, is similar to the use of " to denote ditto, or repeate the previous item.
I have always used slashes in numeric dates; i.e., today is 3/16/13.
Don't you mean 16/03/13?
He wasn't using European Dating System John Sorry but I would've wrote Same Exact Thing
I've been on a campaign in my institution to get people to stop using the slash in any formal document because it is often totally ambiguous. Generally it is used to mean "and" or "or" and thus it leaves great uncertainty e.g. the form must be signed by your supervisor/human resource manager. Does it mean both must sign it (and) or does it mean one or the other (or). Of course some of the confusion lies in the fact that "or" can be "exclusive or" (one or the other but not both) or the "inclusive or" (one or the other or both).
Very good
Interestingly, we, Uzbeks, also use the French word "virgule" (vergul) to mean 'comma'…
Apologies for being verbose, but this little "mark" is also one of the only known written symbols that can produce a slight, but distinct, movement of the head or eyebrows when reading the text in which it is included.
If you saw "his or her" in the text, you'd read through it without any bodily inflection. However – and you can try this at home – if you see "his/her" in the text, you may not notice it, but you may physically move your head, however slightly, left-to-right, in a lateral or, more often, very small arc.
Strange that the word "oblique" (as I was taught) is not mentioned as a name for this piece of punctuation. My English Teacher refused to accept it as a valid form of punctuation and said using it was an abbreviation for lazy people.
As for "forward slash" or "back slash" it depends on whether you are looking at it, writing it and whether you are right or left handed.
The predominant writing and reading is from left to right, and a right-handed person would normally produce this symbols starting at the top and scribing it backwards to the left, thus making it is a "back slash." That would, logically, make a written "back slash" a forward one. However, it depends on how you "look" at it the finished product of course.
I am a professional editor of scientistific and engineering documents. I come across many a misused slash in this endeavor! Many authors always use "and/or"–even when they actually mean one or the other. The slash is often used to replace the "and" or the "or" as in sit/stand or fish/birds when it isn't really appropiate. Looks like the scientific community LOVES the slash–I'm starting to believe they think it's cool.
Thanks for the info and the proof–now I have a reference to show to the author who wants to discuss/argue the point.
I don't know whether to use either slash/stroke,
I mean, would it be slash-slash-stroke…
In India, (i'm not sure about other places) we sometimes read it as 'bar'.
This is mostly seen in addresses for eg: Xlll / 856 is read as "Twenty three bar 8-5-6″
Btw, thanks for your informative article
XIII is thirteen not twenty three
Yeah, 23 is XXIII
I learned of the 'slash' in highschool learning how to take short hand.
liber/folio 1234/567
The entry seems to sanction the use of the slash without spaces between the paired subjects, except when used as a "caesura" in poetry. Is this the rule?
It was a great description on Slash, It's very nice.
Quite informative.
Please cite your sources!!! Would love to see sources associated with this great article.
Love JB's G'n'R reference!
This has, of course, led to the wonderful labelling of a singer/dancer/actor as a "Slashie"
b/w = between. This has been an ongoing argument at my place of work, but I feel strongly that it's correct, quick & useful.
Slash fanfic
It is also used along with hyphen ( /- ) to denote 'by order' at the end of notice. It is also used to delimit the digits when the amout in rupees is mentioned e.g. Rs.50/-
It adds new petal to my blossom of knowledge.
And We also it in mathematics for division sign; in writing phonetic symbols.
Thank you guys.
nice i like it and thank u…
/ is just : ' I (when) s/oshed '.
Or, plain : ' /azy ' !
b f o / ( that's : bent fwd /aughing ! )
Anshuman Vora . Mumbai .
( Not inc/ined, hence re/axing… )
I use the slash quite often when I'm writing notes w/a pen and paper. Writing w/o a slash would really slow me down.
we don't need you to tell us how to use a slash; we can use it anyway we want to as long as the intended audience or whoever will read your message or etc, will be able to derive the meaning. people are in charge of connotation, not you or some centralized entity.
—The word slash first entered English in the late 14th century as a verb to describe the cutting movement of a weapon, a word derived from the Middle French esclachier, meaning "to break." —
Maybe … that isn't a known. The Oxford Dict. Online says "perhaps":
The word slash first entered English in the late 14th century as a verb to describe the cutting movement of a weapon, a word derived from the Middle French esclachier, meaning "to break."
I have to point out how awful it is that the slash is used to mean "and" a lot these days. E.g. it should be "actor-director", not "actor/director", because the person is both, not just one or the other. If you want to indicate "and" with one character, there's the ampersand: &.
I agree with Ol' Jas. Things like "Nip/Tuck" use the slash for absolutely no purpose. Pronouncing the slash or not, it sounds ridiculous.
Webranger, slash vs. stroke was brilliant.
Great!!! learned alot, I have wonder about this, now I have new ways of using it and it is right before i did not know for sure.
Oops. Sloppy paraphrasing to Bholland. I should have written "You said slashes seldom add any confusion."
Two things:
Bholland: You said slashes seldom do they add any confusion. I feel exactly the opposite. Too often, the relationship hinted at in the slash is unclear. I typically see people use the slash at work when they're not sure what the relationship is themselves, and they hide behind a vague slash. Or it's just lazy, unclear writing. Examples:
"You should remove/delete that record." (Which one?)
"Look up the patient with his name/ID." (Does that mean pick one or use both?)
"If a truck arrives with dirt/gravel, make sure the driver weighs/registers." (So if he has dirt OR gravel, make sure he weighs AND registers?)
Parker: The guy's name is "Gandalf." And the name is originally Norse. Tolkien pulled it from the Catalogue of Dwarves (in the Völuspá). Cheers!
I too wonder if I am using the w/ correctly to mean "with." I would appreciate it if anyone knows if this is correct usage. Great stuff!
How about slash movies? They're also referred to as "slasher" movies, but are accepted as "slash flicks" as well.
This was an interesting article about the slash for me. I learned a lot of information I had no idea about before. Thank you dictionary.com!
@ Scarlet R
It's Yaoi, not Yoai. It's an acronym for 'Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi' (No peak/climax, no punch line, no meaning). The term slash for fanfic is still predominately used for Western products, while fans of Japanese culture are more predisposed to use Yaoi. These terms are actually very complex, and 'Yaoi' isn't as commonly used in Japan as people may think. Also, for fanfic, if you use Yaoi or Yuri, it implies that there is explicit sexual content, not just that a gay romance is taking place.
I like this article, and by the way, interesting fact Afnan Linjawi.
Around the mid-1980s when computers started becoming prevalent, the term "slash fiction" emerged in English. Slash fiction is a type of fan fiction, usually appearing on online forums, that pairs two same-sex characters together in a romantic relationship.
Not quite. The term "slash-fiction" has been around (and popular among fan fiction writers/readers) since at least the seventies: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Slash. And began spreading via the word of photocopied fan-produced 'zines, well before computers had become the most common medium for sharing fan fiction.
Enjoyed the article AND the comments. Would greatly appreciate same treatment of hyphen/dash.
guns/roses is nothing w/o the /
Afnan (comment on on March 8, 2013 at 3:46 pm),
Interesting comment on the uses of slashes for "duplicating" content! I am a native Spanish speaker and we do use the same technique… But using the "ditto mark" (similar to slash, but not quite) or simply double quotes (as in ") for the same purpose.
Are you sure it is slashes you use in arabic? I ask because I know how influential arab culture has been on Spain and vice versa… Are we indeed using different characters for the same purpose? Check the Ditto Mark and its uses here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditto_mark
Perfect! Just loved it, Hot Word!
I don't remember when I started using the /, or why I started putting W/, to shorten the word with. I think it must have been something I learned in English class. If I am wrong for using the W/ to shorten the word, please let me know and I will quit using it that way. I use it so I can put more letters with another word when I need the extra space for another word. If I am correct in using W/ to shorten the word, could you tell me if, or where I could have gotten it, could it have been while I was taking English classes.
I have often thought that virgule is composed of two Latin words that can be translated as a man's staff, as in walking stick. A "/" looks like one. Additionally, the wizard Gandolph might come from the Old English verb gangan, to walk or wander, and –dolph meaning something like walking staff. So Gandolph is the wizard who wanders Middle Earth aided by the use of his rod.
Afnan Linjawi on March 8, 2013 at 3:46 pm
Read more at http://hotword.dictionary.com/slash/#PucPTumSbAf6dBYv.99
Mr Afnan, what you are referring to is called a "ditto" sign represented by inverted commas – like " but placed slightly in the middle of the writing sentence.
I had no idea its called a "virgule"! Great facts on the versatile "/".
Now 'Slash fiction' is getting replaced with two new terms on teenage fanfiction sites – Yoai/Yuri. Yoai is for gay male fanfics and Yuri is lesbian fiction. The terms come from Japan as it's a genre of book over there.
It is also used in command line operations in UNIX and Linux operating systems to signify directories. cd / will take you to the root directory. A typical file may be located in /usr/bin/drinking/
Well done! Keep up the great/excellent work!!
I can't take it anymore, so I am slashing my wri/sts.
Also, the slash is 1/2 of an 'X'.
I use it to denote that I or one of my cohorts have bowled a spare! Also, I use it to symbolize that mathematical division needs to occur; it can be directly translated to: 'divided by', or 'per'.
Or as in …. Axl, Izzy, Duff, Steve and /
I always thought the virgule was the same as the "backslash" versus the slash.
Great explanation, guys. I wonder if I could see similar take-off on the dash (-)?
This may require some investigation. In films and media the slash is used as an device in the depictions of morse code where the operator on the receiving end would after receiving each letter would then split the message into words. Was it called a slash then?
that's good!
I recall in the dim and distant past being introduced to Latin poetry and having to put a caesura to break the line of a poem into two parts. We used a double slash to denote the caesura.
Love it as always.
It's also called an oblique
The slash is also used in math to represent division.
In your example miles per gallon, you determine miles/gallon by dividing gallons into miles. For example, if you go 100 miles and used 5 gallons; 5 is divided into 100 to determine 20 miles per gallon.
100 miles/5 gallons = 20 miles/gallon.
piece of cake.
The slash is also used in math, representing division.
It is related to your miles per gallon or miles/gallon example. The way you determine miles per gallon is divide gallons into miles. For example, if you used 5 gallons to go 100 miles that would 20 miles per gallon or:
100 miles/5 gallons = 20 miles/gallon.
Piece of cake.
Very informative and useful especially for non-native speakers like I am.
Thanks a lot.
Backslash is too technical for my new pen name. LOL, solidus must be more solid than virgule which you-stroke-I must confuse to a comma w/c is its French origin. I was using this often in or/and for my checks. Very helpful when you forget/lost your I.D. I'm a slalsh fan forever. He he he.
This might be interesting to some of you!
In Arabic, the slash is not really integrated in the written language. But we do use it to indicate that a sentence is repeated as above. E.x:
A: How are you?
B: Good, and //
It's used a lot in drafting for reports where the status of a field in a table is repeated. Instead of repeating the whole word just put a (//).
It's used by teachers on the board when giving a lecture. Students will copy the board, writing the actual sentence in place of the (//). Because their notes are more important than the text on the board.
\\Cool you speak Arabic? I'm trying to learn Arabic but I find it kind of hard//
Unlike other abbreviation methods, slashes actually simplify life. Seldom do they add any confusion.
It is also used for division when typing out a mathematical equation ("10/5=2″). How long has that been the case?
This confusion of usages of good English words can have disastrous effects. There's a whole world of difference between "He's having a slash" and "He's having a stroke."
You have to call the ambulance to the correct one – it's a life/death decision.
And since the advent of MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), there arrived the Back Slash, which begat the Forward Slash (the subject of this fine article), a new name given only to not confuse the two. Wonderful.
Wonderful article on the virgule (my name for this fascinating punctuation mark from here on out).
SLASH useage is well understand good job
i like
[...] 'SLASH' forward and/or backward or playing in a RockNRoll Band — Different Strokes for different folks — Retronym or some other brand. — And How do you KNOW someone's comments? — Is it Biblical or otherwise Bland? –>>L.T.Rhyme This entry was posted in DICTCOMHOTWORD, L.T.Rhyme and tagged LT, LTRhyme, the HOT WORD on March 7, 2013 by LTRhyme. [...]
excellent facts about slash …nice guys
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The two critical facts I need to know about a fertility patient who is having irregular or absent periods are:
Once I've answered these questions, I have a good idea of what's causing your fertility problem.
I'd like to share this information with you, as well as some of the questions and concerns my patients have brought up from time to time.
What Makes You Have a Period?
Normally each month estrogen and progesterone stimulate the growth of the uterine lining. When the progesterone-producing corpus luteum deteriorates toward the end of the cycle, "progesterone withdrawal bleeding" occurs: you have a period. Waves of vasoconstriction (blood vessel spasms) restrict the blood supply to the endometrium and thus provoke the onset of menses. At the conclusion of menses, clotting factors seal off exposed bleeding sites, and resumed estrogen production begins restoring the endometrium.
Several basic tests will help determine why your periods are abnormal. Table 12-1, "Diagnostic Approaches for Irregular Menstrual Periods or Amenorrhea," which appears later in this chapter, will give you an overview of the diagnostic approaches used to determine if you are ovulating and the conditions that can interfere with ovulation and menses.
Pregnancy Test
This may seem surprising, but pregnancy is the single most common reason for women reporting to me that their periods have stopped. Before I initiate any type of fertility treatment, I conduct a pregnancy test to rule out the possibility of pregnancy.
Cervical Mucus Smear
Normally the cervical mucus is thick and relatively impervious to the outer environment. Throughout the first half of the cycle, increasing amounts of estrogen produced by the ovary cause the mucus to "fern." When placed on a slide and dried, the estrogen-primed mucus crystals form a beautiful fern-like pattern. Around the time of ovulation, high estrogen levels transform the mucus into a clear, watery, viscous fluid that sperm can easily transverse. After ovulation progesterone from the corpus luteum "opposes" the action of the estrogen, and the mucus once again thickens. I use this simple test to tell me if you've ovulated during this cycle. If you have not yet ovulated, I will observe the telltale ferning. I will then perform the progesterone withdrawal test to find out if you are capable of menstruating.
Vaginal Ultrasound
Transvaginal ultrasound is a sample painless procedure that can be performed in less than 15 minutes. It provides helpful information that unlocks the clues to your ovulation problem. This picture demonstrates a 12mm "triple-line" pattern indicating normal estrogen stimulation. As your follicles develop and release estrogen, the uterine lining thickens and takes on a very specific appearance. Immediately prior to ovulation in a natural cycle, the endometrium measures 8-12mm and follicles reach 20-24mm, while if you are receiving ovulation medication follicles may be ready at 16-18mm. After ovulation, the endometrial echo (shadow) becomes more opaque (white) indicating that the corpus luteum is now making progesterone.
If your ovaries are not making estrogen the endometrium will be thinner, 6mm or less and the ovaries will usually contain either many small follicles surrounding the margin of the ovary (polycystic ovaries) or no follicles at all. This may be due to ovarian failure or abnormal hormonal stimulation. You will soon learn how I can decide which is causing your menstrual cycle problems.
Progesterone Withdrawal Test
The progesterone withdrawal test will confirm if your uterus is capable of menstruating. If it is, then the cause of your menstrual irregularity lies with your hormonal systems. If your uterus cannot "bleed," then the problem lies with the uterus itself.
I can bring on your period either by giving you oral progesterone over a five- or ten-day period or by giving you a progesterone injection. After taking the progesterone, your period should begin within fourteen to twenty days.
Positive Response to Progesterone Withdrawal
If progesterone withdrawal causes your period to start up, as it did with Kathy S., I learn a number of things.
First, I know that your ovaries are producing enough estrogen to build up your uterine lining. I also know that your uterus is capable of responding to estrogen and progesterone stimulation. Since your uterus is functioning normally, your fertility problem lies somewhere in your hormonal system.
Second, you are failing to menstruate because you are failing to ovulate. For some reason your pituitary is not producing the LH spike necessary to release the ovum from your follicle.
Two conditions must exist before your pituitary will release an LH surge: The follicles growing in your ovaries must release enough estrogen to signal your pituitary that it's time to release the LH surge-in other words, that at least one egg has reached maturity. And your pituitary gland must be capable of generating the LH spike.
I may suspect that your hypothalamus just isn't prodding your pituitary well enough. If your follicles do not grow to maturity, you'll never produce enough estrogen to trigger the LH spike to release the egg and thus ovulate. A pituitary malfunction can cause the same problem; however, in Kathy's case, I suspected a hypothalamic insufficiency from excess running.
"How can you be sure?" Kathy asked.
"Well, that's exactly what my next series of tests will show. I want to make sure that other systems in your body are not adversely affecting your hormonal system."
Negative Response to Progesterone Withdrawal: Repeating the Progesterone Withdrawal After Estrogen Stimulation
Like Kathy, most women will "bleed" in response to progesterone withdrawal. However, if you don't, it's possible that your estrogen supply is not adequate to stimulate uterine lining growth. If your uterus is normal, taking estrogen to prime the growth of the uterine lining should guarantee that you'll have a period after progesterone withdrawal. So we'll try it again-this time giving you estrogen before the progesterone, just to be sure.
If the estrogen/progesterone-stimulated cycle fails to produce a "bleed," it means that your uterus cannot respond to estrogen and progesterone stimulation: we've pinpointed your uterus as the problem. My next step will be to examine the inside of your uterus. (I'll discuss uterine abnormalities, hysteroscopy, saline sonohysterography, D&C, and uterine X-ray procedures in chapters 16 and 19.)
Positive Withdrawal to Estrogen/Progesterone Stimulation
When you have a period after taking estrogen and progesterone, I know that your uterus is capable of menstruating. The reason you have not been menstruating is that your ovaries are not producing adequate amounts of estrogen. At this stage in the diagnostic procedures we don't know for certain why your ovaries are not producing estrogen, but several possibilities exist:
Since estrogen stimulation is vital for the growth of the uterine lining, I will measure your estrogen hormone levels to confirm this diagnosis before venturing into new diagnostic territories. I'll may also do a cytology smear to look at estrogen stimulation of your vaginal cells. In addition, I'll measure your FSH level to rule out ovarian failure. (A high FSH level indicates that the ovaries have been severely damaged or have run out of eggs.)
Detecting Ovarian Failure
Ovarian failure occurs when your ovaries are severely damaged or when they run out of eggs. When this happens, your pituitary gland tries to force your ovary to manufacture estrogen and to ovulate by working overtime to produce FSH. The pituitary gland's signals fall on deaf ears, though, because the damaged ovaries cannot respond to the extra FSH stimulation.
Ovarian failure may be caused by a number of conditions including infection, chemical toxins, medications, radiation exposure, tumor, surgery, immunologic dysfunction and genetic abnormalities. Unfortunately ovarian failure is rarely reversible. However, ovarian failure due to infection or endometriosis will sometimes respond to treatment. Since a diagnosis of ovarian failure can be distressing, I always repeat the FSH test before recommending donor eggs or other alternatives.
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O'Neal Officially Joins U.S. Olympic 'Core Group'
by Conrad Brunner
April 29, 2003Colorodo Springs, CO -- Adding offensive firepower in a big way to its 2003 USA Men's Senior National Team, USA Basketball officially announced today that NBA All-Stars Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers), MVP of the 2002 NBA All-Star Game and a three-time member of the NBA champion Lakers, Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers), 2001 MVP of the NBA, and Jermaine O'Neal (Indiana Pacers), winner of the NBA's Most Improved Player Award in 2002, have been added to its Senior National Team. The player selections were made by the USA Basketball Senior National Team Committee.
"It's a great honor and I'm very appreciative that I've been selected for this team," said O'Neal. "In my mind, I feel I have some unfinished business as an individual and we as a team have some unfinished business after our disappointing showing in the World Championship. To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward to this summer and 2004 in helping USA Basketball regain its status in international basketball."
The Senior Committee has now named nine "core group" players to the 12-member 2003 USA Basketball Senior National Team. The USA roster will be finalized later this spring with the naming of the final three "role players."
The 2003 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team will participate in the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament that will be held Aug. 20-31, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
"They have paid their dues in our league and have made unbelievable contributions to their teams. It is a great honor for them, and I am happy for all three of them," said Philadelphia 76ers head coach Larry Brown who was named on Nov. 26 as the USA's head mentor.
"From a personal standpoint, I am thrilled to death (about Iverson's selection). It just shows the respect that everyone in the league has for Allen and what he has done. He has made unbelievable contributions to our game. This is the culmination of a career that has gotten better every year, and he continues to learn the game and get better.
"Kobe has had a remarkable career. He has won three championships so quickly. He is as good of an all around player that we have in our league. I hope this is one of many opportunities he gets to represent his county in this way because he is what our Olympic team is all about," continued Brown.
"Jermaine has gotten better every year. He is one of the main reasons Indiana has been an improving team. He is one of the best young players in our league," stated Brown.
"These three additions to the 2003 Senior National Team round out one of the finest teams we have ever assembled," said USA Basketball President Tom Jernstedt. "We are thrilled by the interest shown by these exceptional players. We now have nine team members who have made the commitment to play for USA Basketball over the next two summers. We look forward to this group representing the United States in a manner that will make all Americans proud."
"At this point, we are extremely pleased with the core group of players who are committed to represent USA Basketball during the next two summers. We have assembled some of the very best players on the planet in anticipation of recapturing the gold medal in international competition. Our next objective is to complete the team with three additional players, who will gain valuable experience by representing the U.S. in this summer's qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico," stated Stu Jackson, Chair of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Committee.
USA Basketball previously announced that Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers would serve as head coach of the USA senior team, and named as his assistant coaches were San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, recently hired Clemson University (S.C.) head mentor Oliver Purnell, and recently named University of North Carolina head coach Roy Williams.
USA Basketball had also previously announced six members of the 2003 senior squad including: two-time Olympic gold medalist and 18-year NBA star Karl Malone (Utah Jazz); 2000 Olympic gold medalists Ray Allen (Seattle SuperSonics) and Jason Kidd (New Jersey Nets); Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs), the NBA's 2002 Most Valuable Player; Tracy McGrady (Orlando Magic), the NBA's leading scorer in 2002-03 season and the NBA's 2001 Most Improved Player, and rising NBA star Mike Bibby (Sacramento Kings), who led the Kings to the 2002 NBA Western Conference Finals.
The three-some of Bryant, Iverson and O'Neal add considerable scoring punch to the USA team. Bryant, who on March 5, 2003, reached 10,000 points for his career, making him the youngest player (24 years, 193 days) in NBA history to reach that plateau, finished second in this year's NBA regular season scoring race averaging 30.0 ppg. Iverson, who has captured three NBA scoring titles (1999, 2001, 2002) in his seven seasons, ranked third at 27.6 ppg., and O'Neal finished 19th averaging 20.8 ppg. Five of the nine players now named to the USA team finished among the top 10 scorers for the 2002-03 NBA season, and seven ranked among the top 21. McGrady led the NBA in scoring (32.1 ppg.), followed by No. 2 Bryant, No. 3 Iverson, No. 7 Tim Duncan (23.3 ppg.), and No. 10 Ray Allen (22.5), while O'Neal ranked No. 19, Malone was No. 21 (20.6 ppg.), Kidd ranked No. 31 (18.7 ppg.), and Bibby, who averaged 15.9 ppg., did not meet minimum requirement but if he had, he would have ranked tied for 45th in scoring.
Iverson and O'Neal have previously worn USA Basketball's red, white and blue uniforms. Seven of the nine selected players boast of previous USA Basketball playing experience.
Iverson, while starring at Georgetown University (DC), was a member of USA Basketball's memorable 1995 World University Games Team that finished a perfect 7-0 and captured gold in Fukuoka, Japan. Part of a talented team that included future NBAers Allen, Duncan, Kerry Kittles, Othella Harrington, Austin Croshere and others, Iverson led the USA squad in scoring, assists and steals. Iverson averaged 16.7 points, 6.1 assists and 2.9 steals a game, while shooting 56.0 percent from the field overall and 37.5 percent from beyond the 3-point line.
O'Neal will be representing the United States for the third consecutive summer and for the fourth time in his career. A member of the 2002 USA World Championship Team, O'Neal played in eight of the USA's nine games, starting five times, and averaged 7.3 ppg., 4.5 rpg. and 1.8 blocked shots a game, while shooting 51.0 percent from the floor. Also a member of the 2001 USA Goodwill Games Team that captured gold with a 5-0 record, he posted impressive averages of 13.2 ppg., 7.2 rpg. and 3.2 bpg., while hitting 68.3 percent of his shots overall. As a high school senior, O'Neal was a member of the USA Junior Select Team that participated in the 1996 Hoop Summit Game and accounted for USA highs of 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocked shots while playing 27 minutes.
"We welcome Jermaine back to another USA Basketball team, his third consecutive year of representing the United States in international basketball competition," said Stu Jackson, the chairman of the selection committee. "Jermaine is a terrific addition to our frontcourt from both an offensive and defensive standpoint. He gives us another low-post offensive scorer and an additional shot blocker, which is crucial in the international game."
Bryant is the fourth named USA Senior National Team player (joining Duncan, Kidd and McGrady) who earned All-NBA First Team honors in 2001-02. Bryant has also collected All-NBA Second Team honors in 2001 and 2000, and was a Third Team choice in 1999. Bryant additionally has earned NBA All-Defensive honors three times having been named First Team in 2000 and Second Team in 2001 and 2002.
Iverson is a two-time All-NBA First Team selection (1999 and 2001), and a two-time All-NBA Second Team choice (2000 and 2002). In addition, Iverson garnered NBA Most Valuable Player honors in 2001 and was Rookie of the Year in 1997.
O'Neal, collected his first All-NBA honors in 2002 when he was named Third Team and was also tagged as the NBA's Most Improved Player in 2002.
Between Bryant, Iverson and O'Neal, the trio have appeared in 11 NBA All-Star Games and twice earned MVP honors of the mid-season classic. Bryant, a five-time All-Star, accounted for 22 points in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game and was named MVP of the 2002 game after tallying 31 points, five rebounds and five assists. Iverson, who poured in 35 points and added seven assists and five steals in the 2003 All-Star classic, has been selected for four All-Star Games and earned MVP honors in the 2001 Game after posting 25 points, five assists, four steals and two rebounds in 27 minutes. O'Neal has now earned All-Star honors in back-to-back seasons, accounting for 10 points and East Team highs of 10 rebounds and four blocked shots in the 2003 outing.
All three players completed impressive seasons in 2002-03, and each led their team into the Playoffs.
Bryant in 2002-03 finished ranked first in the NBA in field goals made (868), second in field goals attempted (1924), second in minutes played (3401), second in free throws made (601), fourth in minutes averaged (41.5 mpg.), fifth in free throws attempted (713), fifth in efficiency ranking (28.02), sixth in steals (2.21 spg.), 14th in assists (5.9 apg.), 18th in 3-point field goals made (124), 25th in free throw percentage (.843) and 27th in 3-point percentage (.383).
Likewise, Iverson is found ranked among NBA leaders in numerous statistical categories. He finished the 2003 regular season standing first in the NBA in steals (2.74 spg.), first in field goals attempted (1940), first in minutes played (3485) and minutes played per game (42.5 mpg.), second in free throws attempted (736), third in field goals made (804), fourth in free throws made (570), 18th in assists (5.5 apg.) and 19th in efficiency ranking (20.85).
O'Neal is also listed among NBA statistical leaders in several categories. He concluded 2002-03 ranked fourth in rebounds (10.3 rpg.), sixth in defensive rebounds (7.7 per game), sixth in double-doubles (43), seventh in blocks shots (2.31 bpg.), 10th in efficiency ranking (23.74), 15th in free throws attempted (510), 18th in field goal percentage (.484) and 18th in field goals made (610).


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Vice Chief of Defence Staff to attend Armed Forces World CupDate published: Monday, July 1, 2013
The RFL is delighted to announce that that Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Vice Chief of Defence Staff will be guest of honour at the final of the 2013 Armed Forces Rugby League World Cup final.
The Armed Forces World Cup will see hosts Great Britain compete against Australia, New Zealand and Serbia from Sunday June 30 to Saturday July 13 at Colchester Garrison for the right to be crowned world champions and Air Chief Marshal Peach will be on hand to present the trophy to the winning captain.
Sir Stuart was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1977 and flew in a photographic reconnaissance role prior to three successive tours in the UK and Germany, qualifying as a weapons and electronic warfare instructor.
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TRAFFIC can be a nightmare around every school in the Winnipeg School Division.
No, not just the speeders who treat a school zone as a freeway -- it's caused primarily by parents dropping off and picking up their kids. There's often nowhere to park, no loop in front of the main doors and nowhere for kids to get in and out of cars easily and safely.
"It was a universal complaint about every school," said trustee Mark Wasyliw, but "no two schools are similar."
Earlier this year, trustee Mike Babinsky requested a staff report on traffic problems around Meadows West School, near Keewatin Street in northwest Winnipeg. Wasyliw had already heard and seen lots of problems in southern schools, so he got board support to amend Babinsky's request to cover every school in the division.
The results were staggering -- not one school reported itself free of traffic problems, said Wasyliw. "This is the No. 1 issue that is universal in every school.
"No one realized this is a large and difficult issue," he said. "The transportation department is reviewing it with each and every school."
Residents complain about cars parked and stopping all over the area of Kelvin High School, he said.
J.B. Mitchell in River Heights is kitty-corner to St. Jean Brebeuf School, a Catholic school, creating double the chaos. At Robert H. Smith School, also in River Heights, residents park on the street, forcing parents to double- and triple-park, often letting their kids out of the car straight into traffic.
"Grosvenor's fast," Wasyliw said. "They're (Grosvenor School) worried about putting grades 4 and 5 out as crossing guards."
Several schools are asking for adult crossing guards, which adds to the division's budget dilemma, said Wasyliw.
"We're looking at possibly doing staggered bell times," to ease congestion, and so buses could pick up and drop off kids for more than one school.
Many older schools have no area in which parents can pull in, Wasyliw said. "Bus loops and cutouts, they're 100 grand each. We have 13 schools (that) want them."