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Generic Name: methohexital (meth-oh-HEX-ih-tahl)
Brand Name: Brevital Sodium
Methohexital should only be used in a hospital or clinical setting that provide for continuous monitoring of your breathing and heart functions.
Methohexital is used for:
Inducing anesthesia (lack of sensation or feeling) prior to surgical procedures in adults and children older than 1 month of age. It may also be used to induce sleep. Methohexital may be used alone or in combination with other medicines.
Methohexital is a barbiturate anesthetic. It works by depressing the activity of the brain to inhibit painful sensations and inducing sleep.
Do NOT use methohexital if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in methohexital
- you have the blood disease porphyria or are unable to receive anesthesia
- you are taking sodium oxybate (GHB)
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using methohexital:
Some medical conditions may interact with methohexital. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
- if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
- if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
- if you have depression, severe liver or heart problems, lung disease, blood circulation problems, breathing problems, asthma (especially severe asthma requiring hospitalization), high or low blood pressure, heart disease or failure, severe anemia, kidney problems, or an endocrine disorder
- if you have suicidal thoughts or behaviors, are in a weakened state or shock, or have a history of seizures
- if you abuse or are dependent on drugs
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with methohexital. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Amiodarone, droxidopa, ethanol, narcotic analgesics (eg, codeine), or sodium oxybate (GHB) because the risk of serious side effects may be increased
- Barbiturates or phenytoin because the effectiveness of methohexital may be decreased
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if methohexital may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.
How to use methohexital:
Use methohexital as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Methohexital is usually administered as an injection at your doctor's office, hospital, or clinic. If you are using methohexital at home, carefully follow the injection procedures taught to you by your health care provider.
- If methohexital contains particles or is discolored, or if the vial is cracked or damaged in any way, do not use it.
- It is best to use methohexital on an empty stomach.
- Keep this product, as well as syringes and needles, out of the reach of children and away from pets. Do not reuse needles, syringes, or other materials. Dispose of properly after use. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain local regulations for proper disposal.
- If you miss a dose of methohexital, contact your doctor immediately.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use methohexital.
Important safety information:
- Methohexital may cause drowsiness for up to 12 hours. Do not drive, operate machinery, or do anything else that could be dangerous for at least 12 hours following surgery.
- Methohexital may cause seizures in patients with a history of seizures, especially partial seizure disorders.
- If pain, whitening, or discoloration occurs at the injection site, tell your health care provider immediately.
- Use methohexital with caution in the ELDERLY because they may be more sensitive to its effects.
- Use methohexital with caution in CHILDREN younger than 1 month of age. Safety and effectiveness in this age group have not been confirmed.
- PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant while using methohexital, discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using methohexital during pregnancy. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you are using methohexital, check with your doctor or pharmacist to discuss the risks to your baby.
Possible side effects of methohexital:
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur:
Anxiety; coughing; drowsiness; flushing; headache; hiccups; itching; muscle twitching; nausea; pain at the injection site; restlessness; salivation; stomach pain; swelling of the veins; vomiting.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); burning or swelling at the injection site; delirium; fast heartbeat; interrupted breathing; seizures; throat spasms.
This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, contact your health care provider. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. To report side effects to the appropriate agency, please read the Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA.
If OVERDOSE is suspected:
Contact 1-800-222-1222 (the American Association of Poison Control Centers), your local poison control center, or emergency room immediately. Symptoms may include allergic reactions; breathing problems; coughing; depression; drowsiness; light-headedness; low blood pressure; muscle twitching; seizures; slowed or interrupted breathing; throat problems.Proper storage of methohexital:
Methohexital is usually handled and stored by a health care provider. If you are using methohexital at home, store methohexital as directed by your pharmacist or health care provider. Keep methohexital out of the reach of children and away from pets.
General information:
- If you have any questions about methohexital, please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- Methohexital is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.
- If your symptoms do not improve or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
- Check with your pharmacist about how to dispose of unused medicine.
This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take methohexital or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about methohexital. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to methohexital. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using methohexital.
Disclaimer: This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take this medicine or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about this medicine. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to this medicine. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using this medicine.
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By Amy Lazenby || There has been much talk lately of a Republican "War on Women." The weapons in this war range from anti-choice policies, attempts to limit birth control for women, attempts to redefine the meaning of rape, and objection to equal pay for equal work (The Lily Ledbetter Equal Pay Act). You can read about a few more egregious examples in this excellent column by Amanda Loveday, the Executive Director of the S.C. Democratic Party.
These weapons are being fired from the right side of the political aisle, which has some pretty powerful bomb throwers. One of those helping to lob these attacks on women is South Carolina's own governor, Nikki Haley, herself a female pioneer in the field of politics in SC, as she is our first woman governor.
A few examples: Haley replaced longstanding and well-respected University of South Carolina Board Member Darla Moore with a male political campaign contributor. Moore is a female pioneer in the not-so-friendly-to-women banking industry, who was named one of "The Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business" by Fortune magazine (twice), and who even after Haley's snub remained a generous benefactor to many public institutions in South Carolina. Earlier this year, the governor stated that women "don't care about contraception" (and then tried to walk those statements back) during a tour to promote her own memoirs instead of attending to the governance of our state. She also vetoed legislation that would fund rape crisis centers and domestic violence assistance, referring to women who are victims of these crimes as "distractions" and "special interests." Fortunately, that veto was overridden by the General Assembly, much to the governor's dismay.
This week, she insulted well respected journalist (journalism is another field in which women have fought very hard to gain equal footing with men) Gina Smith, of The State Newspaper, at a recent press conference by snapping, "Gina, I am not going to answer any of your questions."
Why? Because Ms. Smith dared to report on the recent nepotism scandal involving the governor's daughter being employed by one of her cabinet agencies in the S.C. State House gift shop. Ms. Smith previously broke the now infamous story of Haley's mentor, Governor Mark Sanford, and his "Appalachian Trail" hiking excursion (which was actually a trip to see his Argentinian mistress) so she's not exactly an unseasoned newbie in the field. No matter her level of experience, Ms. Smith deserves to be treated with the same respect given to her male counterparts – not publicly humiliated and prevented from doing her job by a Governor with a personal axe to grind.
Also this week Governor Haley ceremoniously signed two bills at the Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanburg – a county that doesn't even have abortion clinics – saying that she was protecting the rights of the unborn and preventing taxpayers from paying for abortions under the Affordable Care Act.
Who, exactly, is "we?" The women who seek termination of a pregnancy in cases of rape, incest, or when their lives are in danger? What about the women who never have to face that awful dilemma but support helping those who do? No. The "we" the governor must have been referring to is the people in our state government who want to exert control over women's bodies and prevent them and their doctors from making the best decisions in their individual cases, herself included.
Another female political pioneer on a much grander scale, Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State, has famously stated, "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."
Good luck, Governor Haley.
Amy Lazenby is a commentator for FITSNews. Follow/ contact her on Twitter @Mrs_Laz.


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HOLIDAY — A loud crash shook Bonnie Conlin, 78, awake at 2:30 a.m. Friday. She rushed out of bed and into the living room, which was lit up by a Pontiac's headlights.
The car had smashed through the house. It destroyed brick-covered concrete blocks at the garage, shattered the front window and splintered two white rocking chairs on the front porch. The car ripped apart a couch and crushed a glass coffee table and pushed the armchair where Mrs. Conlin had slept just a night earlier.
She took a quick look at the damage and ran back to the bedroom.
"You're going to have to get up," she told her husband, Earnest. He's 81 and sleeps with an oxygen tank. His hearing is poor, and he slept through the crash.
"We've got company sitting in our living room,'' Bonnie told Earnest, "car and all."
She heard screaming and crying coming from the car and asked whether anyone was hurt. Then she noticed the front right car door open. The driver had fled.
Conlin went to the phone to call 911, but there was no dial tone. The living room phone was off the hook and buried in the rubble. So was her cell phone.
Fortunately, a Pasco County sheriff's deputy had been in pursuit. He pulled up within minutes to apprehend and arrest the driver, identified as Levar Darcy Murray, 22, of Tarpon Springs. He was charged with fleeing an officer at high speed and leaving the scene of an accident.
The two unidentified passengers, a 23-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, were flown to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg about 3:45 a.m. They were treated and released.
This was Murray's 20th arrest. His first was in 1998, when he was accused of possessing drugs and a weapon on school grounds as a juvenile. He pleaded guilty to selling drugs in 2005 and was convicted of driving without a valid license in 2006.
Just last week, Murray was charged in Pasco with possessing cocaine, driving with a suspended or revoked license and fleeing an officer. He was released on $9,250 bail.
When Mrs. Conlin learned of Murray's history, she said, "There's no justice."
The Conlins retired in Holt, Mich., and moved into the small house on Holiday Lake Drive in 1986. After the police left Friday morning, they sat in the squeaky rocking chairs waiting for the sun to come up. The air-conditioning still worked, but it was less effective with the gaping hole in the front of the house.
A close family friend, Carrol Ann Simons, 64, came over to help them.
"I think they were looking for the drive-through," Simons joked. More likely, based on the skid marks and tracks across the Conlins' lawn, the car missed the turn for Chelsea Lane.
Simons said she would keep an eye on the house until it is boarded up.
Mrs. Conlin said she doesn't know what the couple will do with their belongings or how they will pay for the repairs. They don't have insurance.
"We'll dig into our reserves, I guess," she said.
Their car, which was in the garage and damaged by the caved-in wall, does have insurance, with a $1,000 deductible. They can't open the garage door to get it out.
Until the home is repaired, the Conlins will stay with friends in Holiday.
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Ernie Nevel
Ernie Wyre Nevel
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.
- Debut September 26, 1950
- Final Game May 30, 1953
- Born August 17, 1918 in Charleston, MO USA
- Died July 10, 1988 in Springfield, MO USA
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Right-hander Ernie Nevel was signed as an amateur free agent by the New York Yankees before the 1946 season. Nevel was farmed out to the Augusta Tigers of the South Atlantic League where the 27-year-old would go 5-3 with a 4.85 ERA in 36 appearances. This would be the first year of nine he would spend in the minors. After four more years of minor league baseball and tying for the league lead with a 21-win performance in the Texas League with the pennant-winning Beaumont Roughnecks in 1950, Ernie would make it to The Show. He got a very short look by the Yankees in late September of the year, make three appearances, losing one game and having a 9.95 ERA.
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association would be Ernie's home for the biggest part of the 1951 season and the 32-year-old would go 14-11 with a 3.86 ERA. He would show up again in Yankee Stadium, appearing in one game, pitching four innings with no decisions and that was it for his second shot at the major league hitters.
It was back to Kansas City in 1952 where he went 7-6 in 22 appearances and on August 28, 1952 he was traded by the New York Yankees along with Jim Greengrass, Bob Marquis, Johnny Schmitz and $35,000 to the Cincinnati Reds for Ewell Blackwell.
Nevel would be with the Reds in 1953 for 10 appearances, all in relief, and would have no decisions and a 6.10 ERA. He made his final appearance on May 30, 1953 and this would finish off his major league run with a 0-1 record in 14 appearances. The Detroit Tigers snapped Ernie up on June 1, 1953, shuffled him off to the Buffalo Bisons of the International League and he finished out the year at 9-8 with a 4.10 ERA.
Nevel would finish off the last of his nine minor league years in 1954 with the Buffalo team again, as well as the American Association St. Paul Saints, not pitching well, and at age 35 decided to call it a career. Ernie finished out his minor league time with a 77-68 record and a 4.01 ERA.
Nevel, who worked as a pipefitter in Kansas City for 20 years, was also an instructor at the Sho-Me Baseball School from 1978 until his death on July 10, 1988, at age 69, in Springfield, MO.


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I received a ban for drink driving in 2005 i was given a DR30, 16 month ban, £250 fine and £43 costs i took the course to reduce ban to 12 months, although i was hammered for years from insurance companies the ban has never really affected me 4 years ago i got a job as a drainage engineer and was able to drive their vans fully insured with no special terms imposed however i have recently lost my job and i am finding it difficult to get another job due to the drink drive as they all want a clean licence. Since my conviction on the 31st of august 2005 i have never so much as had a point on my licence but this DR30 is holding me back. Yes i am aware it was my own stupid fault etc etc but i think 11 years is a long sentence considering i have never had anything else on my licence since and i have been driving the whole time since i had my licence back almost 9 years ago.
Is there any way a court would consider removing this conviction from my licence early? or am i stuck with it for the remainder?
I'm afraid that the conviction can only be removed from your record once it has become spent. However the date the conviction becomes spent is based on the sentence passed rather than the offence committed. A disqualification is considered spent as soon as the disqualification itself has ended, a fine stays on record for 5 years, a community order for 5 years and a prison sentence (of 6 months or less) lasts for 7 years.
As such it would seem that your sentence is now likely to be spent under the rehabilitation of offenders Act. However the offence itself will remain on your licence for a period of 11 years.
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Dec 5, 2012 - The Associated PressThe University of Wyoming men's basketball team didn't do much right in the first half.
It did little wrong in the second half.
The Cowboys overcame a 14-point halftime deficit and a 19-point hole with 16 minutes, 58 seconds to play for an 81-67 win at Illinois State Tuesday night in front of 6,561 at Redbird Arena in Normal, Ill.
The game was part of the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge and gave the MW a 5-3 advantage with only one game remaining.
UW improved to 9-0 with the win, while Illinois State lost its third straight and fell to 5-3. The 9-0 start is the best for the program since the 1987-88 season, when UW started 11-0.
The Cowboys outscored the Redbirds 52-24 in the second half. They took a 67-66 lead with 4:22 to play after a pair of free throws by senior point guard Derrious Gilmore. Their last lead before that was 10-8 with 14:21 left in the first half.
UW never trailed after that.
The Cowboys shot 64 percent in the second half and made 17 of 18 free throws.
All five starters scored in double figures. Sophomore forward Larry Nance Jr. scored a career-high 19 points. Senior guard Luke Martinez had 17 points and a single-game school record with nine steals. The old record was seven.
Washington added 15 points, as did true freshman guard Josh Adams. That was a career-high for Adams, who started for injured sophomore guard Riley Grabau (knee). Grabau didn't play.
All five UW starters played 36 or more minutes, and Gilmore played all 40 minutes. UW used only four players off the bench who combined to log 12 minutes - mostly in the first half.
"I've never been a part of something like that," Martinez said on the Cowboy Sports Network after the game.
However, the first half and the early parts of the second half looked like UW would lose - and lose badly.
Illinois State made 8 of 15 3-pointers in the first half, including six straight over about a five-minute stretch. Senior guard Tyler Brown scored 17 points in the first half, but only five in the second half. UW committed 10 first-half turnovers and was outrebounded 18-13.
The Cowboys forced 14 turnovers in the second half while committing just four. UW also made 22 of 24 free throws in the game.
"At halftime we just talked about chipping away the lead and sticking together as a team," Martinez said.
UW scored 29 points off 20 Illinois State turnovers, and outscored the Redbirds 40-24 in the paint. Illinois State was 6-for-14 from the free-throw line.
"I told the players, 'I am so proud to be one of your coaches,'" coach Larry Shyatt said after the game. "Our coaching staff did a great job keeping their composure as well. It was a great night for the Cowboys."
Senior guard Luke Martinez scored 17 points, and set a single-game school record with nine steals. The old record was seven. Martinez also had five rebounds.
UW outscored Illinois State 52-24 in the second half, and made 22 of 24 free throws in the game. It also forced 14 turnovers in that half while committing just four.
UW hosts Oklahoma Panhandle State at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie.
Simply returning all 10 players from a year ago suggested to University of Wyoming Cowgirls coach Joe Legerski that his team would be better offensively.
But this good?
Probably not even the UW women's basketball coach with the most wins in team history saw this coming.
Through the first month of nonconference play, the Cowgirls are averaging 71.0 points a game, which tops all Mountain West teams.
Wyoming is also first in scoring margin (plus 15.7), field goal percentage (44.9) and 3-point field goal percentage (40.8).
The Cowgirls have four players among the top 12 in the MW in scoring and the top two shooters in the league.
It has helped UW to a 5-1 start heading into this weekend's northern road trip to Montana.
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Renegade Malian soldiers declared on state television on Thursday they had seized power in the West African state in protest at the government's failure to quell a nomad-led rebellion in the north.
Former colonial power France said it was suspending security cooperation with Mali and urged constitutional order to be reestablished promptly, a call echoed by the European Union.
The coup has been fronted by soldiers of the rank of captain or lower and, if successful, will add a new layer of insecurity to a Saharan region battling al Qaeda agents and a flood of weapons trafficked from Libya since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
The army has for weeks appealed to the government for better weapons to fight the northern Tuareg rebels, now bolstered by heavily armed ethnic allies who fought on Gaddafi's side last year but have returned to Mali.
Members of the newly formed National Committee for the Return of Democracy and the Restoration of the State (CNRDR) read a statement after heavy weapons fire rang out around the presidential palace in the capital Bamako throughout the night.
"The CNRDR … has decided to assume its responsibilities by putting an end to the incompetent regime of Amadou Toumani Toure," said Lieutenant Amadou Konare, spokesman for the CNRDR. Read more…


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Richard Mellon Scaife, the Pittsburgh philanthropist and reclusive heir to the Mellon banking fortune whose support for right-wing causes laid the foundation for America's modern conservative movement and fueled the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton, died Friday at his home in Pittsburgh. He was 82.
His death was confirmed by his lawyer. Mr. Scaife had announced recently in a front-page article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper he owned, that he had an untreatable form of cancer.
Mr. Scaife inherited roughly $500 million in 1965, and with more family bequests and income from trust funds and investments in oil, steel and real estate, nearly tripled his net worth over his lifetime. But unlike his forebears, who were primarily benefactors of museums, public art collections, education and medicine, he gave hundreds of millions to promote conservative political causes.
In his first foray into national politics, in 1964, Mr. Scaife backed Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., who lost his presidential bid in a landslide. In 1972, Mr. Scaife gave $1 million to the re-election war chest of President Richard Nixon, including $45,000 to a secret fund linked to the Watergate scandal. And in the 1980s, Mr. Scaife ardently supported Ronald Reagan's presidency.
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In the 1990s, Mr. Scaife poured millions into what critics called a moral crusade against Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, financing investigations by publications that were aimed at discrediting the Clintons.
They accused the Clintons of fraud in the Whitewater case, a failed real estate venture in the 1970s and '80s, when Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, and accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct in liaisons with Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky. They also charged that Vincent Foster Jr., a White House counsel and former law partner of Hillary Clinton, had been murdered in 1993 in a Whitewater cover-up. Several investigations found that Foster had committed suicide.
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Re: Muskellenge, Northern Pike or Tiger Musky?
The largest pike in North America reside along the upper reach of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and into the Northwest Territories. Here the fish grow big and this is due to the fact there's little fishing pressure, catch and release fishing, cool water temperatures, and perhaps most importantly, a steady supply of food. In these northern locations, pike feed heavily on ciscos, lake trout, grayling, burbot and the occasional smaller pike.
My good friend was the head guide at both Wollaston and Selwyn, and the only person I call a true "guru" when it comes to pike fishing. I swear he's part pike. He still holds the lake records for both of those lakes with his largest at 54" with conventional gear and a 51" on fly gear.
Definitely you want to plan your trip within the first couple of weeks of the lodge opening. This is typically the best time and is right after spawning. The absolute best time is before ice-out, when only the back bays or spawning bays are open but the main body is still frozen. At this time the largest pike in the lake will be holding up shallow and picking off any baitfish coming into the bay to seek out warmer waters. The entrance of a feeder creek, and a bay that faces south with a dark or muddy bottom is like gold.
My number one pike fly is one that I call a Hollow Pike Fly. I don't use rabbit strips at all. Although they provide great action, once water-logged they become an air-to-face missile! The Hollow fly is tied with all your materials, except for the tail, tied forward. Then you separate the top and bottom halves and fold it all back and epoxy the head. This way you create a huge profile fly but you can still cast it. Also by using almost entirely synthetic materials, it won't absorb water. You can tie this in any colour combo you so desire.
Hollow Pike Fly
Hook: Partridge CS43 Absolute Pike Hook 2/0, 4/0, or 6/0
Thread: Black Kevlar 3/0
Tail: UV Pearl Krystal Flash and White Bucktail
Overwing: Black Synthetic Big Fly Hair, Black Icelandic Sheep's hair, Silver Krystal Flash, Silver Flashabou
Underwing: White Synthetic Big Fly Hair, White Icelandic Sheep's hair, UV Pearl Krystal Flash
Step one, get your thread wrapped on good. Kevlar thread has a tendency to slip on the hook shank so it's a good idea to half hitch (single whip finish) often and apply head cement or super glue on your wraps as often as you can.
Start by tying in your flash tail. The length is up to you. Mine was about 5-6 inches
Next tie in a clump of white bucktail over top of the flash. I like to make sure the bucktail wraps 360º around the hook shank and totally contain the flash.
Now you can wrap forward and start tying in your wing materials. BUT, instead of the standard rear-facing wing, you want to tie everything forward. Make sure you make it all long enough to fold back and create enough of a wing. Remember that whatever you tie in first, will be the outer-most part of the wing. So darker, more durable materials first, and work in towards flash and accent colours.
Almost ready to fold back. This photo shows all the materials tied forward. You'll notice I tie a fair amount onto the hook shank and it's important to coat with epoxy or head cement before you continue. Also, make sure you whip finish often!
Now you want to separate the top and the bottom wings and fold back. I like to hold it down with my left hand and bring your bobbin ahead of the wings right behind the hook eye. Wrap a small head here and tighten up the wings. You don't want to tie over the wings though. Whip finish and cut your thread.
Now take your bobbin and wrap over the folded back wings and push them forward to create a "bubble" like shown in the photo. This is giving the shape for the head.
Epoxy around the hook eye and make a 1/2" head of epoxy. This will hold the materials at the desired angle. I like to use a two-part, liquid epoxy instead of the gel type. This way I know it's penetrating through the materials and into the thread. You can also use Marine Goop or UV epoxies. You can add your eyes at this time as well. I like to epoxy over the eyes and make sure they won't fall off when you catch a fish.
When the epoxy is dry you can unwrap your bobbin and the wing will stay at this angle. You will be left with a large profile, "hollow" fly. This fly is 8-inches long but doesn't weigh much. Also because I used a lot of lightweight materials that don't absorb water, it will easier to cast than say a big bunny strip style fly.
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1. Re: have a kin twom and found out that although only about a year old, Verizon no longer supports.SydneyK Apr 16, 2012 9:38 AM (in response to msrae)
If it comes down to needing a replacement, a customer service rep can tell you at that time if it's available. Though the Kin devices are no longer sold online, Verizon may still have stock set aside for replacements.
As you probably know, this was the only feature phone with Wi-Fi sold by Verizon. When the Kin devices didn't sell well as smartphones, they were rereleased with modified software to get rid of overstock. If having no data plan plus Wi-Fi is important to you and you can't get a Kin through Verizon, you may want to look on eBay or other sites too for replacement KinM devices.
As far as being supported, the KinM devices never worked with Backup Assistant, but a rep can transfer your contacts in a corporate Verizon store. And when the KinM was rereleased as a feature phone, the Kin Studio, syncing services and other apps were never available on the M models.
So, to answer your last question, what is Verizon doing for Kin users ... it's the same as any other phone in the fast-paced world of technology ... Verizon will replace it as long as there's stock left on the shelves. Good luck.
2. Re: have a kin twom and found out that although only about a year old, Verizon no longer supports.ntropy99 Apr 16, 2012 8:09 PM (in response to msrae)
Best course of action is to just buy a replacement. My daughter recently and accidentally broke her phone, a Kin 2m. We took it to Verizon who told us they couldn't help. We bought a used phone for $50 on ebay. If you already are set up for the 2m, then setting up the new one should be a snap.
3. Re: have a kin twom and found out that although only about a year old, Verizon no longer supports.Verizon Wireless Customer Support Apr 18, 2012 8:42 AM (in response to msrae)
Thank you all for your responses. I appreciate you all helping out.
As sydneyK mentioned, the backup assistant application is not available on the Kin TwoM. But if you need to transfer the contacts to this device you can take to a Verizon Wireless store and they can transfer them for you.
In regards to replacing your device, if it is still under warranty and we are unable to resolve the issue with the device it can be replaced with a Certified Like-New replacement of the same model.
In order for us to discuss replacement options we first need to access your account. If you need further assistance you can send me a direct message and I'll be happy to help. Please include your name and mobile number.
I hope this is helpful.
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4. Re: have a kin twom and found out that although only about a year old, Verizon no longer supports.VZWisterrible Apr 22, 2012 11:32 AM (in response to msrae)
msrae: I had the same problem as you. I have a kin twom and within a year (still under warranty) the screen crapped out. Called verizon, went in to two different stores and they all said we won't do anything. They told me the phone isn't their problem since it's made by Sharp. They didn't have any replacements and tried selling me basic flip phones instead. When I asked for help they just tried selling me worse off phones! not helpful. One service guy I called suggested I ship it to a Sharp repair facility and have them repair it. Sharp was helpful and fixed it fast and free.
Every phone has minor problems: camera issues, a button not working all the time-- but when the screen doesn't work entirely then it's worth getting help. Verizon won't help. I suggest buying one on ebay or shipping it to sharp for them to repair it.
Verizon: stand behind your products eh?
5. Re: have a kin twom and found out that although only about a year old, Verizon no longer supports.MochaLady Jun 22, 2012 9:57 AM (in response to msrae)
My phone broke 1 week after my warranty expired. It never did everything that Kin/Verizon/Microsoft said it would, because Verizon decided not to continue the phone. (Which they told me 1 week after my 30 day trial!)
I can't get my contacts out of the phone. Verizon is not helpful. I'm trying to find a new Kin 2m to use until my contract expires, but they are not around. Verizon does not have any, new or used, and will not get more. If anyone has a good idea, I'd love to hear it.
6. Re: have a kin twom and found out that although only about a year old, Verizon no longer supports.SydneyK Jun 22, 2012 12:56 PM (in response to MochaLady)
When the Kin M models were rereleased, customers were able to have their contacts transferred by going to a corporate Verizon store. Now that all Kin models are discontinued, I'm not sure whether the stores still have the equipment/software to do that. I think your best bet would be to try a corporate store.
Check out eBay to buy a replacement Kin M.
7. Re: have a kin twom and found out that although only about a year old, Verizon no longer supports.HannonFam Nov 14, 2012 10:46 PM (in response to msrae)
The only way you'll find another Kin 2m is by buying one from Ebay. Verizon does not have them. At all.
To transfer your contacts, you literally must do so by hand. I've had 2, I promise you thats all you can do.
You best option aside from finding a new phone is paying around $50 to get a new one and DEFINITELY invest in a screen cover and case before handling it at all.
A little bangbang and the screen will turn off forever, or the receiver will stop working. Most likely the eternal black screen though.
Sad too, cause its without a doubt by far the best feature-phone ever made.


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Gamescon is less than a month away and I can't wait. Valve is making an appearance there and, with it, they will hopefully announce when DoTA 2 will be released. I'm still hoping that they might announce Half-Life 3 on a Source 2 engine but that is just a dream of mine.
However, in regards to the Grockets, I was extremely disappointed in what their appearance really meant. With all the excitement over their appearance throughout various Team Fortress 2 maps, these Grockets were nothing more than an announcement of a collaboration between Valve and WETA workshops and the offering of the "Dr. Grodbort's Victory Pack."
Suffice to say this is really disappointing unless, since Valve collaborated with WETA Workshops, could this mean that Valve is taking a tentative step toward making their own movie like they have been saying for the past couple years.
I need to stop this!
I was just down this road the other day...and this road leads to nothing but pain...
On to this week's questions!
How do you feel about clones?
From MrGhost56
*stands on top of a box
From a moral standpoint I would be completely against it. Especially if those clones were self aware!
*gets down from the box
Alright, now that that is out of the way let's pretend that I didn't have any morals. I'd definitely want cloning technology. First and foremost because I could clone the most beautiful women in the world for myself and you would do!
Unless you're a lady and then you want to clone guys...
Seriously though, wanting to clone beautiful women would make me one hell of a creepy stalker. I could see it now...looking around for a strand of hair, trying to grab some food out of the trash she might have taken a bite of, toenail clippings. Or, if I was really desperate I'd run up to them, grab them by the hair, pull out a strand, then run off screaming "ALL YOUR DNA ARE BELONG TO ME!!!"
...like I said...creepy...
But then I'd clone myself except those clones would need an obedience chip (hmmm, come to think of it those female clones would need chips too). Knowing me, like I do, I'd try to kill me if I were one of my own clones. Then, with an army of myself, I'd start to take over the world!!
If your life were a game, what kind of game would it be and what developer would you want to make it?
It would be an RTSRPG-Action/Adventure game! I would build up my base, raise an army, and conquer the world all while looking for romance amidst my many adventures! But I'd have multiple romance options and my base would start out as a medieval castle that can be upgraded to a futuristic utopia.
In order to do this properly, though, I'd need BioWare and the Creative Assembly to be working on this one together about the game of my life.
I take over the world.
*looks back at clone question
What can I say? I have a thing about taking over the world...
What is y if 2 is x?
From hdhinsa
That would be...
hold on a sec...
yo momma?
Why the hell are you giving me math!?
Unless this is a riddle?
And that's it for this week's questions! Thank you for the submissions and feel free to ask me anything you want so long as it has nothing to do with religion, politics, and personal relationships...
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Flames Return to Tournament Action in Reno
Liberty will be looking to return to the level of success that it found during its first two trips to one of the larger West Coast wrestling events of the year, after finishing 28th out of 30 teams last year with 7.5 point scored.
During part of their first season back on the mats, Liberty netted 39 points en route to a 13th-place showing out of 29 programs, thanks a fifth-place finish by Tim Harner at 141 pounds in 2006
The Flames matched that showing during the 2007 Reno event, as Liberty finished with 16.5 points to place 13th out of 26 programs.
This year's field will be one of the strongest since the Flames have been making the trek out west for the annual event. The 26-team field includes six Top 25 programs, as this year's team listing includes No. 3 Oklahoma State, No. 7 Boise State, No. 15 Penn State, No. 17 Edinboro, No. 21 Arizona State and No. 23 Cal Poly.
Liberty has already seen one of the aforementioned Top 25 programs. Liberty rounded the mats with No. 17 Edinboro at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Tournament in early November, where Edinboro placed fourth to Liberty's seventh-place tournament finish.
The field is covered with numerous Top 25 ranked individual wrestlers, as eight of the 10 weight classes have at least one Top 5 ranked grappler listed on the bracket.
Spotlighting the plethora of elite wrestlers is Edinboro's Jarrod King, the defending national champion and nation's top ranked wrestler at 165 pounds. Oklahoma State's Jared Rosholt is also among the premier grapplers in the field, who finished third at last year's national championship and currently ranks No. 2 at heavyweight.
Rounding out the elite field are four grapplers currently ranked No. 3 in the country, as Arizona State's Anthony Robles (125 pounds), Boise State's Andrew Hochstrasser (133 pounds), Oklahoma State's Jamal Parks (141 pounds) and Penn State's Cyler Sanderson (157 pounds) will be the featured grapplers in the lower weight classes.
Fourth-year head coach Jesse Castro is going to be looking for some upperclassmen leadership during Liberty's run at this year's Reno Tournament of Champions.
Frankie Gayeski comes into the event as Liberty's hottest wrestlers, having reeled off 11-straight victories at 149 pounds. The senior is 13-2 overall this season and will be looking to improve on last year's showing with two losses to Western Wyoming wrestlers at the Reno Tournament of Champions.
Chad Porter has won six of his last seven bouts at 165 pounds and currently ranks just behind Gayeski with a 12-4 mark on the year. The junior will be looking to return to the level of success he experienced his first go around in Reno, as he posted a 4-2 record as a freshman at the Tournament of Champions in 2006.
Brad Clark and Scott Clymer will also look to help the Flames in their run at this year's Reno Tournament of Champions.
Clark, a redshirt sophomore at 174 pounds, has been victorious in 10 of his last 11 bouts and is tied for second with Porter with 12-4 record in 2009.
Clymer was Liberty's much successful wrestler early in the season, as he placed in both the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Tournament (fourth) and Keystone Classic (third), but the 141-pound grapplers has dropped four of his last five matches and stands at 10-7 on the season.
2009 Reno Tournament of Champions Team Field:
Adams State
No. 21 Arizona State
No. 7 Boise State
No. 23 Cal Poly
Cal State Bakerfield
Cal State Fullerton
California - Davis
Clakamas Community College
Eastern Michigan
No. 17 Edinboro
Great Falls
Minnesota State-Mankota
Montana State Northern
North Carolina
No. 3 Oklahoma State
No. 15 Penn State
Southern Oregon
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I'm not concerned about myself, but about people like my dad - senior citizens. A lot of senior citizens like to vote in person and a lot of senior citizens don't drive.
As my dad aged, he could no longer take the bus; many senior citizens can't. I made sure my dad was signed up to vote by mail, but what about those senior citizens that don't have someone helping them - do you think most of them use the Internet? My dad didn't. He was also very hard of hearing - that would make calling difficult or impossible, too.
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Could I really have seen that and did he have it written down with all the other words he had on the paper and just over looked it.
Sorry to see them go and sorry he gave up but I think after so many hours your brain just shuts down and you cannot think any longer.
I agree that the brothers are so nasty and I was hoping that their dummy would have fallen and broke into a million pieces and that they would have had to start all over again.
Just a few weeks ago I moan about how horrible Erica was, well let me say tonight I changed my mind and give me Erica any day over those 2 brothers.
They were worse than two , 2 year olds tonight.
I really do not care who wins the race next week cause my favorites were the Globetrotters and I like both couples who are in the finals.
Just please DO NOT LET THE BROTHERS WIN !!!!
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Honourable Steve Thomson, BC Minister of Forest/Lands/NaturalResources: Ban the use of all leg-hold traps.
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I am extremely disturbed to know that leg hold traps are still legal in every province across Canada, including British Columbia.
Despite the introduction of various styles and sizes of leg hold traps, all of these devices operate the same way. The are designed to hold a wild, panicked animal who will fight for their life to escape. In the process, video footage has shown that trapped animals will break teeth and bones - and even wring off their own limbs. This is completely unacceptable.
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On Feb. 6, 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
On this date:
In 1778, the United States won official recognition from France with the signing of a Treaty of Alliance in Paris.
In 1899, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.
In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, the so-called "lame duck" amendment, was proclaimed in effect by Secretary of State Henry Stimson.
In 1943, a Los Angeles jury acquitted actor Errol Flynn of three counts of statutory rape.
In 1959, the United States successfully test-fired for the first time a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral.
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In 1993, tennis Hall-of-Famer and human rights advocate Arthur Ashe died in New York at age 49.
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It is a clear educational vision that distinguishes top-performing countries from others, says researcher Donald MacNab, who argues that performance on international tests such as the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) is closely linked to countries' belief systems regarding the value and purpose of mathematics education.
There are no easily identifiable differences in curricula that can account for the large discrepancies in math performance between high- and low-performing countries, he says. He cautions against simplistic reactions and "quick-fix" strategies, warning that mandating curricula or methods that copy those of high-performing countries may not achieve the desired improvements. MacNab suggests that we must look deeper to discover the differences that affect our students' learning and performance in mathematics. He believes that the reasons for the performance differences between high- and low-scoring countries almost certainly lie in deep-seated beliefs about the teaching and learning process. He urges societies to look at what they value in mathematics education.
Cultural beliefs influence education
Translating curricular objectives into pupil learning experiences is a complex process strongly influenced by a country's cultural assumptions about teaching and learning, he says. These assumptions form a kind of hidden curriculum that educators, consciously or unconsciously, bring to teacher training, curriculum development and teaching. The curricula that are implemented by teachers and experienced by students may differ from the intended curricula because of these underlying beliefs. When a clear and well-understood educational vision is lacking, these largely unarticulated cultural assumptions and beliefs may lead to a less effective math curriculum that is detrimental to students' learning, he says.
A study of English schools, for example, found that English schools are characterized by "the use of complex pedagogy, the complicated nature of the teaching role, [and] the multiplicity of goals — academic, social, behavioral, cultural — that can be pursued and that make a common mission difficult to achieve." These complexities and multiple goals create an environment in which topics may be presented in insufficient depth or inadequately interwoven with related concepts. The sequencing of topics may not be developmentally appropriate, and the relationship between real-life contexts and the logical structure of mathematics may be inadequate for a full understanding of the underlying math principles.
Educators in the United States have drawn similar conclusions about U.S. schools from the disappointing TIMSS results. In the report "Attaining Excellence" American educators conclude that "there is no single, coherent, intellectual vision underlying our efforts" and that "fragmented ideas, concepts, and skills are often weighted by tradition, inertia, false assumptions, and lack of an articulated intellectual conception that would help these pieces coalesce into a focused goal-directed action." The report goes on to say that we should not blame teachers or schools, but must examine common beliefs and choices that shape what educators do.
Pitfalls of constructivism
MacNab states that the dominant theory of learning in Western cultures for the last 30 years is constructivism, the central message of which is that "children construct math meaning within their own internal schema and that external attempts to impose schema by the teachers are for the most part doomed to failure." He believes the core problem of constructivism is that it is not easily implementable in typical school classrooms.
In contrast, MacNab asserts, high-scoring countries have developed a more effective and easily implementable vision within which the aims are prioritized and interrelated to produce effective teaching strategies. In Taiwanese schools, "the presence of simple pedagogies such as time, opportunity to learn and whole class instruction, combined with goal certainty and clarity, creates a system of homogeneous quality." Studies all point to the clearer sense of purpose and organization driving mathematics education in high-scoring countries. High-scoring countries have developed a more powerful answer to the question, what is the purpose of mathematics education?
What is math education for?
The evidence from studies cited by MacNab suggests that a more productive approach is one that invites children to explore math ideas and processes from the combined perspective of understanding and use. This approach recognizes that functional use does not always or necessarily require full understanding, but that functional use can help develop understanding.
Although such an approach does not ignore the constructivist perspective or psychological aspects of how learning is attained, its underlying vision is less complex than that of constructivism. Its overriding purpose is to enable children to use mathematics. It places the teacher in her traditional role at the center of the learning process, charged with analyzing and structuring math into effective learning sequences.
The child explores, gains understanding, and develops the ability to use mathematics, but the child does not create or construct mathematics. In MacNab's view, children should not necessarily be expected to be self-motivating or keenly interested in everything they do in class. The role of the teacher is to ensure that pupils are effectively involved in the activity so as to acquire and be able to apply appropriate mathematical knowledge and processes. The pupil must be cognitively engaged rather than passively receiving information. A key task of the teacher is to foster this active involvement.
A major ingredient of mathematics education in high-performing countries is pupils' motivation to perform well. In the United Kingdom and the United States, our goal seems to be to ensure that students like mathematics. One of the characteristic features of late 20th century Western society and culture is the emphasis placed on liking and emotional engagement, the absence of which is seen as a major stumbling block to learning.
In contrast, MacNab states that the most important component is the active will to succeed. Mastery of mathematical ideas, concepts, and processes, and the ability to put them into practice, is what society needs from its mathematical education. Once that is accepted, matters of approach and teaching strategies can be analyzed with this single aim in mind. MacNab points to the California Department of Education's introduction to its new math standards: "These standards are based on the premise that all students are capable of learning rigorous mathematics and learning it well, and all are capable of learning far more than is currently expected. Proficiency in mathematics is not an innate characteristic; it is achieved through persistence, effort, and practice on the part of students and rigorous and effective instruction on the part of teachers."
Different responses to improving rankings
Western countries have differed in their responses to disappointing TIMSS results. Scotland has called for more whole-class teaching, more active involvement of students, less emphasis on calculators, more emphasis on mental arithmetic. In New Zealand, the response has been to identify factors responsible for poor performance such as poor understanding of math by teachers, classroom disturbance and bullying, lack of challenging learning materials and ineffective implementation of the intended curricula and assessment procedures. MacNab concludes that the heart of the problem is the lack of a single purpose to guide our intentions and focus our goals for mathematics education.
He suggests that countries answer a number of practical questions before they consider the goals of their mathematics education:
- What should be the balance between the cultural, intellectual and practical
aspects of mathematics?
- What degree of attention should be paid to developing students'
understanding of the nature and purpose of mathematics?
- How should the subject be related to other curricular areas?
- What should be the balance between the inductive and deductive aspects of
mathematical thinking?
- What should be the balance between understanding of math processes and
technical proficiency?
- How should motivation be cultivated?
"Raising Standards in Mathematics Education: Values, Vision, and TIMSS" Educational Studies in Mathematics Volume 42, Number 1, 2000 Pp. 61-80.
Published in ERN February 2001 Volume 14 Number 1