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Fic: Through My Eyes: In the Ballance 6/7
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- Title: In the Balance
Series: Through My Eyes 6/7
** Disclaimer in Part One **
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Change. The one word that unites all of humanity. It can bring hope
or sorrow to those affected. We learn from it, or we regret what we
could have done. There are always those could have, and would have
beens that haunt us. I know they are there because I can feel them
all around me. I see it in Jean's face, I hear it in Rogue's voice,
and I sense it in Scott's walk. Charles himself radiates conflict and
he is struggling in which direction to turn towards.
They are all going through their own personal struggles just as I am.
It's amazing that we all inhabit the same house and the same grounds
but we're in such different spaces at this time. We all hurt in
different ways, and there's so much sorrow in the air that even those
who weren't involved can feel the weight of our personal burdens.
Emotions are so thick in the air, and there is great confusion. Its
no wonder that the children can tell what happened was bigger than
the few details they heard about.
There are six main emotions floating around here, and though we all
feel a bit of everything, we can all be associated with one of them.
Jean is both the hardest and the easiest to identify. She has been
walking around these past few days to stay busy. It's a brilliant
disguise she is busy most of the time anyway so most people will not
notice at face value that she is not herself. But on the staff wing
its different. Jean is awake late into the night. I can hear her in
the empty room she has taken up residence in. She and Scott have
shared the same room now for six years, watching her move out was a
Jean is preoccupied with what might have been. She knows that Scott
would have blasted Magneto to kill him, and by default Rogue. But she
wonders if he could have and would have done the same if it were her
in that machine. I believe that she knows in herself that the answer
is yes. It hurts my heart to see Jean in such a painful place. She
and I have known each other for 15 years and I have never seen her so
devastated. It is the only appropriate word to describe her state.
She is conflicted, angry, sad, confused, scared and disappointed. But
mostly she is devastated.
Scott is of course the center of Jean's world. He has been there for
her and supported her, and the vice versa for him. But now he is in
such agony and he's scared that he's about too loose her. Scott has
weathered more than anyone should have to face at his age. He found
happiness with Jean after so many years fraught with loss and
hardship. Charles embraced him into the school and the cause
immediately. Scott was groomed for the part of team leader ever since
the idea formed in Charles mind.
He had born the burdens that leadership brings, long before the X-Men
were fully formed. Being a leader has become immersed into his
personality. It affects him in every area, at times it seems like he
forgets to relax, but Scott has always been intense. It's why I hate
to see him like this. Full of regret, and utterly lost. Jean has been
as much a part of him as leadership has. We all know that she is his
world. And the two things which Scott holds most dearly, his role as
a leader and his love for Jean have been pitted against each other
with reprocutions that we didn't anticipate. He's feeling it now
though. You can see it in everything he does. His posture is so tense
nowadays, as if even his body is refusing to give him a brake. He
knows as well as I do that his relationship with Jean is hanging in
the balance, and no matter what happens, a change will surely take
Rogue is also dealing with a heavy load. Yet she is taking all the
events in stride and handling the trauma with remarkable resilience.
The only time I see her truly sad is when she fingers what appear to
be tags around her neck. She has not told anybody what they are, or
what significance they have too her. For the first few days she
displayed many characteristics from the three personalities fighting
for dominance inside her head. Sometimes she was Logan; sometimes she
was Magneto, and fewer still she was herself.
Jean worked hard to stabilize Rogue, which was a double challenge, as
she had no psychology or psychiatry experience. She stayed down there
for nearly two days torn between jealousy and her instinct to help.
Luckily the latter won out and Jean treated Rogue with the best of
her ability. Since then, the young woman has attempted to shift
through the situation on her own terms. Pain, confusion, bitterness
and hope can be seen fighting on her features. But there are deeper
feelings which she is choosing not too reveal other than to seal them
off with resignation. For what happened, for herself or one of us we
do not know. It's neither a hopeful look, nor a pained look when I
glimpse it, but it is there. I am not worried about her; I think
she'll manage just fine by herself. I only wish the rest of us had
the grace to carry it off.
Charles' emotions are all over the scale. He feels angry, sad,
responsible, and many more things for how this all went down. He is
angry with himself for what may be the destruction of Jean and
Scott's relationship, but he feels that he was in the right to bring
the topics of sacrifice up with Scott in the first place. In a way he
does have a point, Scott is the leader, but on the other hand he
loves Jean and Scott like they are his children and he would be
heartbroken if anything happened to them.
His relationship with Erik has been a sore point now for a long time,
but I sense that he is finally contemplating ending it. They may not
be lovers, but they are in love and a healthy love is the hardest to
break off. Though we may not approve of whom Charles bestows his
intimate affections on, we love him and we will support him as his
family. But there is duplicity in our roles as family and X-Men.
Scott was right when he brought up what our feelings on the matter
were. It hurt Charles, but it was necessary. He realizes that, and I
know whatever decision he makes it won't be an easy one, and it will
affect all of us. I myself feel torn and saddened. That one event
could cause such havoc on our lives. One man could nearly two of us,
not too mention all the people at the conference. Because of this I
have too see two people whom I love most in the world suffer so much.
It angers me, and it makes me terribly sad in one fell swoop. I don't
believe in hate. It wastes too much energy and gets you nowhere. But
if I chose to hate one person it would be Magneto.
As mutants we have all suffered hardships that are unique to our
plight. Erik has seen things that none of us could imagine in our
worst nightmare. That doesn't excuse his behaviors. He has chosen a
path of blood that hurts anybody who crosses his path. He feeds off
of Charles' information and his attentions. I do now doubt that he
loves him, but Erik is capable of manipulating anyone and everyone.
I still don't know where my role in all of this falls yet. As a
woman, as a member of humanity, a mutant and an X-Men. Its all
complicated and too complex too sum into a few simple words. Emotions
are easier. They are constant and we feel them at all times, for good
or for ill. At the moment I can feel pain, and fear, and worry. There
is no rest in this time or worry. Too many elements are in the air,
and too many things left unfinished. I can only hope that things will
come to a head soon and we will see change. It will do us all some
good to have things settled even if it comes out as negative. The
waiting is the hardest part.
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Monday, December 06, 2010
Blogging and Birthdays and Looking Ahead
Every month I celebrate Waleed's birthday with a cupcake and a photo-shoot so elaborate it would awe the paparazzi. I love celebrating things. Eid, Birthdays, Anniversaries. Jotting down Waleed's monthly update today I realized two big events are coming up in May. My seventh year blogging and W's 1st birthday! [insh'Allah] As much as I love getting gifts giving is much more gratifying so in honor of these upcoming events I'm planning to do a few fun give-aways. If you want to be included its easy: just click the 'follow me' button on the right-hand side because a) It makes me happy! and b) I'll use that to pick the winner[s]. Its a favorite things give-away to say thank you for reading so you know how much I've appreciated your company over the years, because I have and I do. [And yes- I realize May is quite a while away but W is already going to be 7 months old in just a few hours and time? its flying. Since its on my mind now, I thought I'd share it now.] And to answer a few questions, the 'follow-me' refers to the google-connect, not the twitter button- though I welcome you to follow both :)
Posted by Aisha at 11:06 PM
Labels: blogging
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I am so gona be following you from now on... not that I dint before :)
InshaAllah. May...
May Allah bless you and yours with eveyr happiness. Aameen.
- 11:31 PM, December 06, 2010
- Aisha said...
Ayesha- you are so sweet. May Allah also bless you and yours as well. Ameen. *hugs*
- 11:35 PM, December 06, 2010
- Banshee said...
I added you to my blog list - hope that's okay!
And celebrations are super fun :)
- 11:37 PM, December 06, 2010
- Aisha said...
Ofcourse it is- and thanks :)
- 11:51 PM, December 06, 2010
Already following you!
- 12:05 AM, December 07, 2010
- Aisha said...
Thanks Jen :)
- 1:27 AM, December 07, 2010
- hajar aman shah said...
I find your blog amazing, and you're on my bloglist. I'm 8 weeks pregnant with my first child, so i'm going around gathering mama-blogger to keep me informed. Keep up the good work. :)
- 2:32 AM, December 07, 2010
So are you. Thank you :)
- 9:04 AM, December 07, 2010
- kmina said...
Done. ;-)
You already were on my blogroll, and now I'm your 40th follower. I love round numbers.
- 3:53 AM, December 08, 2010
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The Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze - Van Cortlandt Manor
November 10, 2012 - Croton-on-Hudson
The tri-state area's biggest Halloween event returns for 22 nights. Meander through an 18th-Century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking display - more than 5,000 individually hand-carved, illuminated Jack O' Lanterns! Tens of thousands of visitors saw last year's sold out Blaze. The elaborate walk-through event features original, atmospheric music, sound effects, and synchronized lighting. Stroll through the Tunnel O' Pumpkin Love, and emerge to the incredible sight of a gourd-filled Jack-in-the-Box springing up and bouncing around. Flying pumpkin ghosts soar above the lantern-lit path. All admissions are by timed ticket only, which must be purchased in advance at hudsonvalley.org or by calling 914-366-6900 (phone prices include $2/ticket surcharge).
Harvest Hay Rides - Beardsley Zoo
November 10, 2012 - Bridgeport
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Tom Lee Storyteller 'Brothers Grimm Celebrating 200 Years' - Pequot Library
November 10, 2012 - Southport
A fire in the Reading Room fireplace and hot cider set the tone for listening to Tom Lee, master storyteller. He'll captivate with Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, first published in 1812. You'll also be able to view real-live samples of some very old books.
Executives for Conservation Family Breakfast & Animal Show - Audubon Greenwich
November 10, 2012 - Greenwich
Guests enjoy a family-friendly breakfast and a fun, animal-themed program. Space is limited. To sign up, email Jeff at email@example.com.
Family-friendly Bird Count: Project 'FeederWatch' - Greenwich Audubon Society
November 10, 2012 - Greenwich
Learn about watching and feeding winter birds and how your family can be 'Citizen Scientists' by reporting your regular backyard bird feeder observations to Cornell University. All ages. RSVP to Ted: x230.
OSPREY – A filmmaker's event with presentations by top scientists - Audubon Greenwich
November 10, 2012 - Greenwich
Local Greenwich ospreys are the stars of a new film in development. Meet filmmaker Jacob Steinberg and learn how satellite tracking is used to study osprey migration from top researcher Rob Bierregaard, learn from esteemed author Allen Poole, and other top raptor scientists. Watch previously unseen footage from this documentary-in-development that follows the lives of a pair of osprey that have nested in Greenwich Harbor for 10+ years. Food, drink and music will add to the fun. All ages welcome. Donations collected will benefit both the project and Audubon. RSVP requested to Jeff x239.
Free Target Picture Story Saturday - Katonah Museum of Art
November 10, 2012 - Katonah
During the exhibit "'Ice Age' to the Digital Age: The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios," Free Target Picture Story Saturday sponsored by Target, welcomes special guest reader, Peter de Seve, Blue Sky lead character designer, who will read "The Duchess of Whimsy" at 10:30am.
Family Art Project: Print the Palisades - Wave Hill
November 10, 2012 - Bronx
Spot the glowing leaves across the river and sketch the shapes and sizes of leaves and trees outdoors. Using the eye-popping colors of fall foliage, make bright and vibrant collage prints.
Forest Weekends - New York Botanical Garden
November 10, 2012 - Bronx
Explore the Thain Family Forest, the largest remaining tract of old-growth forest in New York City, and immerse yourself in tand gardening demonstrations, guided tours, and more; check the website for the full schedule.
Autumnal Night Hike - New Canaan Nature Center
November 10, 2012 - New Canaan
Explore the trails with a naturalist for an after-hours New Canaan Nature Center experience. Take a night-time journey and explore your senses through naturalist challenges. Discover how the changing seasons and frosty nights affect the plants, trees and animals throughout the property. Warm up and roast marshmallows around a campfire after the hike.
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November 10, 2012 - Westport
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The Frog Prince and Other Tales - Stepping Stones Museum
November 10, 2012 - Norwalk
Four tales of fantasy and imagination come alive with intricately handcrafted puppets and scenery in this holiday presentation.
Sensory Friendly Film - WRECK-IT RALPH - AMC Loews Danbury 16
November 10, 2012 - Danbury
AMC Theaters has partnered with the Autism Society to provide monthly children's films in an accepting environment for children with autism. The auditorium has the lights up, the sound turned down and audience members are invited to get up and dance, walk, shout or sing.
Rudolph and the Reindeer Games - Downtown Cabaret Theatre
November 10, 2012 - Bridgeport
The 73rd annual Reindeer Games features familiar names, characters along with music and dance. Santa's North Pole Team is hoping the odds are in their favor for the Games. Rudy, the young, new contestant who's a "chip off the old buck," looks like he may "sleigh" the competition, but five-time Champion Donner isn't giving up his title without a fight.
Sunday Explorers Drop-In Programming - Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Through November 25, 2012 - Stamford
Every Sunday, the education staff offers a hands-on, interactive exploration of the Museum's many favorite features. Each week focuses on a different topic and includes self-guided and staff-led activities which run throughout the time period. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free with gate admission. September 9-November 25, 2012. No class October 21.
Big Food: Health, Culture and the Evolution of Eating - Yale Peabody Museum
Through November 28, 2012 - New Haven
In this multi-media exhibit, visitors explore the challenge of fulfilling our nutritional and physical needs.
Elements of Peace - Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery - Fairfield University
Through December 09, 2012 - Fairfield 06824
Mankind's universal and elusive quest for peace is the inspiration for artist Marlene Siff in this exhibition displaying 47 recent paintings, works on paper, sculpture, mobiles and maquettes of large multi-dimensional constructions, and features works that range from vivid explosions of color to subtle white meditative paintings.
23rd Annual Trees of Hope Holiday Spectacular - Maritime Center
Through December 09, 2012 - New Haven
What began with a dozen trees at the Governor's Mansion has flourished into a nine-day display of over 100 decorated trees, wreaths and holiday baskets lining the halls of the Maritime Center in New Haven. Trees ranging from 4 to 8 feet in height are donated and decorated in themes and often in memory of loved ones. The event is free to the public and there will be a raffle with tickets priced at $1.December 9th the silent auction will end at 1pm and the raffle will be drawn at 2pm. Revenue generated from Trees of Hope directly benefits The Ronald McDonald House which shelters families with children seeking treatment for life-threatening illnesses.
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Through December 21, 2012 - Westport
Children ages 6 months-4 years can crawl, roll, jump and explore. Children must participate with parent or caregiver. No membership required. Monday-Friday through December 21.
Nature Explore Classroom - Bartlett Arboretum
Through December 31, 2012 - Stamford
Children are invited to spend unhurried hours exploring the
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Recovery in Action - Barnum Museum
Through December 31, 2012 - Bridgeport
The museum is now partially reopened two days a week while reparations are made on the museum which was hit by a tornado in 2010. A unique exhibition, Recovery in Action, will be presented on Thursdays and Fridays in the People's United Bank Gallery. Visitors gain insight into the complexities of a disaster recovery in a museum setting. The museum's collection of unique artifacts, including Tom Thumb's miniature carriages and P.T. Barnum's ornate furniture, will be among the many items on view.
Africa: From the Desert to the Sea - Maritime Aquarium
Through January 01, 2013 - Norwalk
Learn about the importance of habitat preservation and conservation while observing such exotic African species as the air-breathing lungfish and electric catfish that use bioelectric radar to sense surroundings and zap their food.
Traveling Exhibition: Strange Matter - Connecticut Science Center
Through January 01, 2013 - Hartford
Examine the always amazing and sometimes bizarre world of modern materials, providing a glimpse of where the future of materials research might take us in this 6,000 square-foot interactive exhibit.
Native Voices: New England Tribal Families - Stepping Stones Museum
Through January 06, 2013 - Norwalk
This exhibit is an introduction to Native Americans living in New England today. By visiting five different communities from northern to southern New England, visitors learn about Native American traditions and how modern families balance contemporary life with preservation of important cultural identities through stories and songs.
Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney - Hudson River Museum
Through January 13, 2013 - Yonkers
In 100 books, Jerry Pinkney has turned his artist's eye and hand to the story - a classic, a folktale, a fable - and readers all over the world saw something new, something they wanted to read and to remember. Pinkney is the master of the American picture book. More than 120 watercolor illustrations by the artist, who lives in Westchester, will be on view in the first major overview of his career as a designer and illustrator in "Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney." The exhibition follows his 2010 award of the Randolph Caldecott Medal for "The Lion and the Mouse." The Hudson River Museum is the only New York showing for this exhibition on national tour, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Pinkney has found it interesting to trace how the chapters of his life have knitted themselves into his art, touching on the cultural themes of the African-American experience. He uncovers, again and again, the energy in a small moment that surprisingly can change a life or turn an event in history. Most recently in his almost wordless adaptation of the Aesop fable, "The Lion and The Mouse," two creatures on a faraway African plain choose not the hard chase and bloody battle but, instead, exchange kindnesses. Fascinated with wildlife, Pinkney, in many books including "The Brer Rabbit" in "The Last Tales of Uncle Remus" shows us the human qualities of an animal as he shows us the animal in its natural setting. Pinkney, Philadelphia born and bred, and now a long-time New Yorker, has illustrated children's books since 1964, but it was not an easy path. Blacks were not expected to be able to forge careers in the art field. Trained as a commercial artist at a vocational school, he persisted and won a scholarship to the Philadelphia College of Art where his work took on the shading and detail for which he is now renowned, and he where he began to use color to convey mood and emotion. He has most often worked on children's books that celebrate multiculturalism and African-American heritage, as he took on the task of reshaping the perceptions of the stereotypes of blacks. He designed the first nine stamps of the US Postal Service's Black Heritage series. Art critics will look at the color of Pinkney's illustrations, the scarlet curve of Little Red Riding Hood's cloak, the golden blade of grass on the Serengeti plane. Sociologists will look at Pinkney the little boy, who without a visit to a museum or an art class, drew at home on the back of wallpaper samples. What the viewer will see though, in "The Art of Jerry Pinkney" is his wish: "It has always been my intent for my work to continue to breathe after publication. My hope is that (museum visitors) will believe that Jerry Pinkney cares deeply for people, making art, and visual storytelling." The exhibition includes a 96-page illustrated catalog that provides new scholarship into Pinkney's work in essays by the exhibition's co-curator Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Dr. Gerald L. Early, and others. On view through January 13, 2013.
Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World - IMAX Theater, Maritime Aquarium
Through January 17, 2013 - Norwalk
Explore an underwater universe inhabited by such creatures as Liopleurodon and long-necked Elasmosaurss, enormous animals that were ruling the seas before dinosaurs conquered the earth. Encounter the gigantic Shonisaurus, the T-Rex of the sea. Through January 17, 2013.
To the Arctic - IMAX Theater, Maritime Aquarium
Through January 17, 2013 - Norwalk
The changing climate of the earth has effected people and animals that call the Artic home. See the impact on polar bears, a migrating herd of caribou and walruses. Meryl Streep narrates. Through January 17, 2013.
Born to Be Wild - Maritime Aquarium
Through January 17, 2013 - Norwalk
Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman lends his voice to this film which follows orphaned baby orangutans and elephants, and the people who rescue and raise them for eventual release back into the wild. Through January 17, 2013.
'Ice Age' to the Digital Age: The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios - Katonah Museum of Art
Through January 20, 2013 - Katonah
This unique interactive exhibition looks at the imaginative work of Greenwich, Connecticut-based Blue Sky Studios, a leader in the animation industry for over 20 years. Creator of such blockbuster films as the "Ice Age" series, "Robots," and "Rio," the studio prides itself on technical innovation, while retaining a strong narrative heart. '"Ice Age" to the Digital Age' will guide visitors through Blue Sky's entire process of creating computer-animated films: from initial concepts, storyboards, character design, background art, and three-dimensional modeling, to the highly technical work of animation, rigging, materials, lighting, special effects, and sound. In addition to final movie clips, the exhibition will feature rarely-seen original concept drawings, sculptural models, props, and digital stills. Interactive stations will allow visitors to sketch a scene or manipulate computer-generated images to better understand the innovative technology that brings the films to life. Katonah resident Chris Wedge, a co-founder of Blue Sky in 1987, believes that the secret to the studio's success is in its inventive process. In his view, the art challenges technology and technology inspires the art. The Museum will be turning all the galleries, including the Learning Center, over to this exhibit. There will be gallery talks with Blue Sky co-founder Chris Wedge and "Ice Age: Continental Drift" directors Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier, as well as a calendar of programming in partnership with the Jacob Burns Film Center. Details about these programs are available at katonahmuseum.org. The exhibition will be on view from Sunday, September 16, 2012 through January 20, 2013.
2012 Festival of Lighthouses Contest - Maritime Aquarium
Through January 21, 2013 - Norwalk
The Maritime Aquarium is decorated for the holidays with 24 hand-crafted lighthouses. Visitors can follow these homemade beacons through the galleries and cast a vote for their favorite. The builder of the lighthouse with the most votes will receive $1,500 at an awards ceremony on Jan. 25.
A PERSISTENT PASSION: The Art of Lora Eberly Ballou, 1870-1976 Places in a One Hundred Six Year Life - Old Town Hall Museum
Through January 31, 2013 - Stamford
A first time solo exhibition introducing the art and celebrating the life of Lora Eberly Ballou featuring a collection of over 30 floral arrangements and landscape oil paintings; an assemblage of personal effects; and a historical timeline documenting her 106 year life. September 27-January 31, 2013.
Promise of Freedom: The Emancipation Proclamation - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Through February 24, 2013 - Fairfield
Exhibit and programs commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and its significance over time, featuring Abraham Lincoln's signed copy, rare slavery artifacts, prints, political cartoons and more.
Pajama Program - Office of the Superintendent - Bridgeport Public Schools
Through March 30, 2013 - Bridgeport
Help a child stay warm and cozy by donating new pajamas and/or a book. Pajama Program is a 501(3)c not-for-profit organization providing new pajamas and books to children many of whom are waiting to be adopted.
Manolo Valdes Monumental Sculptures - The New York Botanical Garden
Through May 26, 2013 - Bronx
Drawing inspiration from the natural landscape of the Botanical Garden, seven towering sculptures by acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Valdes showcase the relationship between art and nature.
Sensory Bounce - BounceU
Through September 28, 2013 - Stratford
This is a program for children and adults with sensory integration dysfunction, autism, and other disabilities with a sensory component. Teachers work on balance and coordination, auditory and tactile sensitivity, strength building, motor coordination, cooperative play, turn-taking, and social and verbal skills.
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I've got a text file with contents such as this:
I'm trying to figure out a way to read each line into a set of three variables that I can then manipulate.
I found something like this:
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As a background - this information is scraped from another website and fed into a txt file that is updated once a day. I did it this way to speed up page loads for my visitors.
Can anyone help?
From the manual:http://php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php
Either use fgetcsv or load the file with [file() function which will load it in array (each line will be one array) element, then [URL="http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php"]go through the array and [URL="http://php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php"]explode](http://php.net/manual/en/function.file.php)() each item to get CSV values.
I did find a bug within this function, that I didn't spend too much time researching.... But I believe depending on the format of the file, possibly even just the extension, fgetcsv will force load the entire file into memory before spooling.
Not a huge deal except for when dealing with 3GB files like I usually am.
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Seat Belt or Child Restraint
Seat Belt or Child Restraint Violation
Safety Belt Violations
With the exception of New Hampshire, every state has a law requiring the use of safety belts by adult drivers and passengers in motor vehicles. About half of states allow a law enforcement officer to make a traffic stop based solely on a seat belt violation (meaning that enforcement of seat belt laws is "primary" in those states), while the remaining states require that a law enforcement officer make a traffic stop for a different reason, such as speeding or a mechanical violation, before the seat belt law may be enforced (meaning that enforcement can only be "secondary" in those states).
The traffic laws in some states consider seat belt violations as non-moving violations requiring payment of a fine only (similar to a parking ticket). The amount of the fine can vary from $10 (in Arizona, Idaho, and Kansas) to as much as $200 (for certain seat belt violations in Texas). Other states, in addition to imposing a fine, treat a seat belt violation as a moving violation which shows up as "points" on a driving record, and the offense may lead to increased automobile insurance rates.
Child Restraint Violations
Each state also has traffic laws that require the use of child safety seats for child passengers under a certain age and/or body weight (usually regardless of whether the child is in a front or rear seat). In addition, some states prohibit children below a set weight/age from riding in child safety seats in the front seats of vehicles that are equipped with a passenger side air bag. Child passengers with an age and/or body weight above the limit for a child safety seat may usually be restrained with a standard safety belt.
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The Carolina Panthers and Charlotte have reached a deal to keep the team in the city for the next 15 years.
The terms of the deal require the city to pay $143.75 million from a food and beverage tax hike to fund the majority of the upgrades to Bank of America Stadium, according to the Charlotte Observer. The provisional agreement would include $62.5 from the state (not yet been finalized).
The money, which would be paid over a 15-year period, will require the Panthers to stay in Charlotte during that time.
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text: Press Release: Irish-born boxers who have relocated to the Boston area have included Stevie Collins and Kevin McBride. A pair of relatively new Bostonians from Ireland, Michael McLaughlin and John "Bancara Banger" Hutchinson, are following in their footsteps. Collins, of course, became a middleweight and super middleweight titlist and McBride is best known as the Irishman who knocked Mike Tyson into retirement. McLaughlin and Hutchinson may never match their countrymen's accomplishments, but they will be showcased October 26th on a special Saturday afternoon (2 p.m. / ET start) card in Canton, Massachusetts, presented by Big Six Entertainment in association with Danny Kelly Promotions.The Irish Cultural Centre of New England, located just outside of Boston in Canton, will be hosting its first professional boxing event, headlined by unbeaten welterweight Diego Periera (8-0-1, 6 KOs), of Providence against Connecticut's Shaka Moore (11-19-3, 2 KOs) in the eight-round main event.McLaughlin (4-0-2, 1 KO), a junior middleweight from Donegal, and middleweight Bancara's Hutchinson (4-0-2, 1 KO) will be fighting in against, respectively, Sergio Carera (0-1), of Somerville (MA), and Hyannis' (MA) Robert Hunt (0-3).Also slated to be fighting on the undercard in four-round matches are Pembroke (MA) cruiserweight Vinnie Carita (6-1, 6 KOs) vs. Brockton's Houston Crayton (1-5), local favorite Gerard Schifone (1-0), of nearby Stoughton, vs. Somerville's pro-debuting light middleweight Lucas Cruz, Dorchester heavyweight Donnie "The Big Nasty" Palmer (1-0-1, 1 KOs) vs. Lawrence's (MA) pro-debuting Chyan Vasquez, Providence light middleweight Pubilo Pena (1-1, 1 KO) vs. Worcester's (MA) pro-debuting Wayne Harnoise, and 2012 National PAL champion "Speedy" Rashidi Ellis (2-0, 1 KO), of Lynn (MA), vs. TBA. Tickets are available to purchase by calling 617.312.5059 or at the Irish Culture Centre. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. ET with the first bout scheduled for 2:00 p.m. For more information please visit www.irishculture.org.


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QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Every week we will select the best question and Frank will send one lucky golfer a personally signed copy of 'Just Hit It'. Last week's lucky winner was Jim, with his question about 'toe up' on putters and drivers.
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Greg's Shape or his Equipment?
Hello Frank,
The best email I receive all week is the one telling me your Q&A has
been updated! Thanks for sharing your insights with those of us who
love this game.
I'm 50 years old, so I grew up playing before the recent equipment
revolution. I've played the same home course for the last 30 years
and, thanks to today's technology, I still manage to break 80 and hit
approach shots from about the same places, even though this body has
grown tighter and creakier.
I still have the clubs I used back then - Wilson Staff laminated woods
and forged blades and original Bullseye putter. The other day, I was
cleaning out a closet and found some unopened balls from years ago -
Dunlop Blue Maxes, Wilson K-28's and early Titleist DT's. That got me
thinking about taking the old stuff out and playing a round with it
just for the fun of it (although I'm not sure how much fun it would
My question is this: how will the clubs and balls hold up? They've
been kept inside all these years. I figure the balls will be pretty
dead, so is there a ball manufactured today that performs anywhere
close to a ball from the late 70's?
Thanks again,
Thanks for your kind comments.
First let me remind you that 50 is only getting ripe- you are not over the hill yet, so don't get down on yourself. Take heart from Greg who at 53 is able to compete with the 'limber-backs' and nearly won The Open. He too is using modern technology but has also been able to keep himself very fit. This is one of the real secrets to keeping your game in good shape.
There is no doubt that over the last 30 years technology has helped increase distance off the driver and improve accuracy for those of us who don't hit the sweet spot every time. This you will find out when you test the old clubs i.e. your laminated woods, forged blades and Bulls Eye putter.
These old clubs -- used by Greg in his younger days --will hold up (i.e. not fall apart) when you try them but you can expect that there will be a significant difference in the distance of your drives compared to your modern equipment. One of the major reasons is that wooden clubs were not capable of launching the ball -- especially the old wound soft covered K-28 -- anywhere close to the optimum launch conditions we are now able to achieve.
The K-28 balls will be about ten yards shorter than when they were new and this is going to be about 20 to 25 yards shorter than your new premium multilayered ball especially off the wooden driver. This is due mainly to aerodynamic differences, higher spin rates as well as about a 4 feet per second slower ball speed than the modern ball.
With the new driver launching the new ball at a more efficient angle and spin rate you can expect -- assuming you hit the sweet spot -- to get about 25 to 30 yards more when compared to the old club and balls.
No, I don't think there is a ball on the market that performs the same or anywhere close to the K-28.
Use one of those you found in the attic for our experiment, and put the others in a safe place for your great grandchildren to find and wonder who would ever have used a ball like that, never mind the piece of wood on the end of a steel shaft.
Have fun and enjoy the experiment.
Time for a Club Service
Hello Frank,
I am playing an iron set that is approximately 7 years old, and over that time I have averaged a round of golf or a practice session every week. I was wondering if there is a difference in the flex of the shaft over that time and to what degree? As well what about the effect of the grooves edges being worn, and how often should they be sharpened? Or is it time for a new set?
Thanks for your help,
You must be playing at least 25 rounds a year and with your practice sessions your clubs are getting in an average number of miles but may be in need of a little service. You have probably changed the grips several time in the last seven years, if not it is strongly suggested that you do this as slick grips force you squeeze down on the grip just to hold onto the club. A death grip on the club will certainly cause a lot of tension in the arms and this is not good for your performance.
As far as the shafts are concerned you dont have to worry about a flex change as most shafts will last for many more than seven years unless there are visible signs of rust on your steel shafts, which is a good sign that something may be wrong. Graphite shafts will need replacing only if they are badly worn through the outside fibers by chafing against the collar of the bag. Otherwise, dont worry about the shafts.
The grooves on your wedges are similar to the treads on the tires of your car - when they become worn they may need to be reconditioned. This can be done by a professional club maker or sent to Golf Works (contact www.golfworks.com). If the clubs are forged then they may need to be re-chromed. Re-grooving of your short irons is important if you are losing control around the greens. It is not as important for the long irons and not at all important on your Sand Wedge as long as you only use it out of the bunkers.
Having said all the above I do suggest that ' unless you have really made good friends with existing set ' it may be time to look for a new set of irons. The technology has not changed much in irons but they are generally better today than they were seven years ago. A new set of last year's model may ease the financial pain, be every bit as good as a 2008 model and perform just as well. They will have new grips, new grooves, and the built in confidence that comes with every new set. Buying last years model will also make a little more money available for gas so you can get to the course more often.
I hope this helps and gives you something to think about anyway.
Lowering Ball Flight
I enjoy your Q&A sessions each week and also enjoyed reading your book.
I will also say that I think the USGA must be listening a little because the set-up at this years Open appeared to be playable and hopefully encouraged some of the TV viewers to take a game that looked like fun. Oakmont last year would have turned off or discouraged any sane person for taking up the game.
I have a 460cc driver with a composite head, 10.5 degrees with regular shaft. The ball flight on well hit shots is very high at normal swing speed of 90-95mph.
My objective is to lower the height of the ball flight. I like the club head and the performance, except for the height of the shots. Can I significantly change the ball flight by changing the shaft and what parameters should I look for in a new shaft that will lower the flight characteristics. I am 67 years old and carry the ball between 225-235 yards with the current ball flight.
Thanks for the kind comments about my book Just Hit It and how much you enjoy the weekly Q&As. Please make sure you sign up as a Frankly Friend to stay in the equipment information loop. With regard to the USGA listening, I believe that this demonstrates that common sense will eventually prevail.
Now to your question; if you now drive the ball approximately 230 yards you should be reasonably happy. This is about 35 yards longer than the average male golfer who thinks he drives the ball about 30 to 40 yards farther than he actually does. This perception is, we believe, based on his best drive ever, and he treats this extraordinary performance as commonplace.
We have all done it. Our best five iron may have traveled 175 yards so every time we are presented with a 175 yard shot, the first club we reach for is the five iron and inevitably find ourselves about 25 yards short. This same exaggerated perception of our Average shots -- and often pressure from our playing partners -- often gets in the way of us enjoying the game and having fun, the way it was meant to be enjoyed. We -- in many cases -- play from the wrong set of tees, it takes too long and we arrive at the 18th pleased it is over rather than wanting to play another nine.
Sorry to go on about this but you did open the door, just wide enough for me to jump on my soap box.
If you like the club and the shaft you are now playing and it feels good to you then I would not try to change the shaft to lower the ball flight. A stiffer shaft will lower the flight a degree or so but you may lose some of the feel and find you are fighting the club to get reasonable results. You do have a good head speed and you may want to try a degree lower loft angle. ( Just FYI many Tour drivers are now in the 9 to 9.5 degree loft range with a stiff or x-stiff shaft but they have head speeds of 110 to 115 mph.)
I dont know what ball you are using but trying a low-trajectory/low spinning-ball, might help ' see name brand websites for your options ' and try to tee the ball a little lower. If you impact the ball lower on the face the trajectory will come down a degree or so but unfortunately the spin will go up which will tend to give the ball more lift. I do not like to give advice on how to swing but moving the ball back in your stance might also be worthwhile trying to lower trajectory.
These experiments will cost very little compared to changing a shaft or buying a lower lofted headed driver. The advantage in conducting some simple experiments is that you are not changing your familiar club and are comfortable using a club in which you have developed some degree of confidence. Confidence is worth a lot more than a couple of extra yards.
Charlie, have fun and if you are not a Frankly Friend sign up by clicking here to join our journey.
Frank Thomas, inventor of the graphite shaft, is founder of Frankly Golf, a company dedicated to Helping Golfers. Frank is Chief Technical Advisor to The Golf Channel and Golf Digest. He served as Technical Director of the USGA for 26 years and directed the development of the GHIN System and introduced the Stimpmeter to the world of golf. To email a question for possible use in an upcoming Let's Be Frank column, please email email@example.com
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Issue 66: Meeting Sustainability Goals through Integration of Fire Alarm and Building Controls
By Paul Turnbull
Building owners are increasingly focused on the "green" aspects of
their buildings and operations. They have replaced standard light bulbs
with CFL or LED bulbs, they recycle office paper, and they use Energy
Star compliant computers and appliances. But they probably haven't
considered the sustainability impact of their life safety systems. This
article looks at ways that integration between a building's fire alarm
system and its building control system can be used to help achieve
sustainability goals while still complying with code requirements for
the life safety systems.
The first question to be answered is why someone would want to
integrate their fire alarm and building control systems. There are many
benefits from this integration, including the ability to monitor the
status of both systems from one location, or to utilize features of the
building control system that may not be available on the fire alarm
system, such as remote notification, trending, or maintenance
management. But the biggest advantage is that both systems will
cooperate to provide appropriate responses during emergency situations.
These responses could include avoiding detrimental responses, like
adding air to a fire, or providing beneficial responses, such as
supplying or exhausting air from parts of the building to remove smoke
and/or create pressure differences – in other words, to perform smoke
Unfortunately, the life safety benefits of a smoke control system can
conflict with the goal of operating the building in an energy-efficient
manner. The International Building Code1 (IBC)
requires smoke control systems to be activated weekly to verify they are
ready to operate when needed. During this code-required test, large
quantities of conditioned air are exhausted to the outside, while nearly
equal quantities of unconditioned air are drawn from the outside.
After the test is completed, additional energy is required to condition
the air that was drawn in during testing. From an energy-efficiency
standpoint, that weekly smoke control system test is a waste.
Since testing of smoke control systems is mandated, there is not much
that can be done to avoid its associated inefficiencies. However,
sustainability goals go beyond energy-efficiency considerations to
include material resource management, which takes into account energy
and resources required to produce and transport products to the building
site; air quality considerations such as toxins in air exhausted from
the building; and waste disposal. With this broader scope in mind,
there are a number of design choices that can be made to provide
sustainability benefits that help counteract the negative impact of the
code-required testing.
The first sustainability benefit from integrating fire alarm and
building control systems is a reduction in the amount of equipment
used. Building control systems include control equipment and control
circuits to operate fans and dampers for comfort purposes. Fire alarm
systems often include control equipment and control circuits to override
these fans and dampers to provide the intended life safety function.
If the building control system has the appropriate life safety listings,
these systems can be integrated, making it unnecessary to duplicate
these controls and control circuits. Instead, a signal from the fire
alarm system can cause the building control system to operate the fans
and dampers in a manner appropriate for life safety. Since less
equipment is required, less energy and resources were used to produce
the products and transport them to the building site compared to what
would have been required if the systems had not been integrated.
By sealing construction cracks, painting walls, making sure doors fit
well, and caulking doors and windows, the stairwell pressurization fan
could be reduced by over 80%. This means less electricity is used to
run and/or test the smaller fan, less material is used to create the
smaller ductwork, and less conditioned air is exhausted and less
unconditioned air is brought in during testing.
Some sustainability benefits can be achieved through modification of
the smoke control system itself. Pressurizing a stairwell with
unconditioned air, or air conditioned just enough to keep it safely
above freezing, provides an energy savings from not conditioning the
pressurization air. This approach also reduces the pressure difference
between the top and bottom of the stairwell relative to the outdoors due
to stack effect, leading to a reduction in the amount of air needed to
pressurize the stairwell. Using the equations found in NFPA 92,2
an analysis of an 8-story stairwell using loose construction techniques
in a location with a 10°F (-12°C) winter design temperature was shown
to require 3800 cfm (1.8 m3/s) using 72°F (22°C) air for pressurization, but only 3200 cfm (1.5 m3/s) using unconditioned air; a reduction of approximately 15%.4
While the reduction in pressurization air is not as large as in the
previous example, the sustainability benefits from reducing equipment
size are the same as previously described.
Another change to the smoke control system that can lead to
sustainability benefits is to divide large spaces into smaller spaces
during an emergency, using deployable barriers. When many floors are
connected together using open stairs, the smoke exhaust system must be
sized for the combined volume of all connected floors. Use of
deployable barriers reduces the size of each protected space, leading to
a corresponding reduction in fan and ductwork sizes for each space.
Operation or testing of these smaller systems uses less energy and
exhausts less conditioned air to the outdoors compared to systems using
larger equipment.
One last approach for making smoke control systems more sustainable
may be unpopular because it requires modification to the building
design, but this approach can lead to substantial gains. In building
designs where little volume exists above the highest walking surface,
smoke exhaust fans would have to be sized for the inefficiencies of a
system that includes plugholing (drawing clean air up through the smoke
layer). Increasing the volume of space above the highest walking
surface allows a deeper smoke layer to form, which can reduce the number
of exhaust inlets needed to prevent plugholing, and can also reduce the
size of the smoke exhaust fans.
The volume above the highest walking surface could be increased by
providing additional building height at the top of the atrium, but other
methods that do not affect the building shell can also be used, such as
separating the highest floors from the atrium by glass walls or other
barriers. Increasing the building height or adding glass walls will
require additional construction materials, which will offset some of the
gains made from increasing the efficiency of the smoke control system,
but this is a one-time tradeoff, where the efficiency gains are realized
every year over the life of the building.
Increasing the volume above the highest walking surface to extreme
proportions can result in the greatest sustainability benefits. If the
volume is sufficiently large that all building occupants can be
evacuated before the volume fills with smoke, a passive smoke-filling
approach is all that is required. A passive system is certainly the
most sustainable system of all, because it completely removes the need
for fans, ductwork, exhaust grilles, etc., and the electricity that
would have powered it all. And because there are no operational parts,
the weekly tests that dump conditioned air to the outside and require
the associated reconditioning of make-up air are also eliminated.
The previous paragraphs have described methods that can make a smoke
control system more sustainable, but it should be pointed out that any
smoke control system is more sustainable than no smoke control system. A
smoke control system reduces migration of smoke within a building.
This prevents smoke from damaging building finishes and contents in
parts of the building that are not directly involved in the fire, so
these finishes and contents do not need to be replaced after the fire.
Protecting something for continued use is much more sustainable than
allowing it to be damaged and then having to replace it.
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" Manufacturer: Willow's / Type: Cat Toy "
Bought this at Pets and Home in Hendon over three years ago. Our cat has used it as a pillow, grabbed it and got his claws into and gone to sleep on it.
Our cat takes it round the house and as it is now starting to fall apart we can see the trail of stuffing round the house. Each day our cat has a mad half hour (or two, or three). Although balls, mices, etc feature in the play time, the kipper regularly feature for play and give it his full attention.
It is difficult to see which side is favourite for our cat, however both the hessian and plush sides are equally durable. The seams are the first to deteriorate, with the tail seam failing under the regular attention of claws first.
Would I buy another on - too right, if only I could find somewhere that stocked it.
Having 3 little fur balls to look after I am quite a regular in our local Pets at Home. I like to buy them little toys regularly to keep them amused and stimulated. One of my girls is virtually a house cat and I like to make sure she has her daily exercise. The latest cat toy I bought them was the Willows Giddy Kipper Catnip Toy. They cost just £2.99 and I bought 2. I never buy them one each as they never all play with their toys together.
The Giddy Kipper is, as you will guess from the name, made in the shape of the fish. Its made from a Hessian type material that has pure catnip inside. Now if you have a cat you will know that catnip has an effect on some cats but not others, it gives them a sort of kitty high. You can grow it in the garden, its sometimes called catmint and your cat may roll in it or chew it and get excited. On the other hand they may totally ignore it. My 2 older cats love the catmint in the garden and all 3 of them like it dried in toys.
The Giddy Kipper is sold in just a polythene bag with a card label on the top. My local Pets at Home store only had 1 colour choice which is a brown/beige colour. The kipper is fairly basic in shape but its obvious that it is a fish.
I bought the kippers home and put them in the cats basket where there toys are kept. Later that day my youngest cat Layla sniffed in the basket and straight away pulled one of the kippers out. She proceeded to roll around with it and generally got very excited. My other 2 cats Daisy and Poppy both discovered the kipper later that day and I was pleased to see that all 3 cats really enjoyed playing with the toy. I have bought catnip toys in the past and have had no reaction at all from them but they really seem to love this one.
Well, 3 weeks down the line and the kippers are still being chewed, kicked and bitten on a daily basis. I know cats are fickle things and what amuses them one day doesn't necessarily have the same fascination the next but my cats really love these. I will have to replace one of them sooner rather than later as its looking very badly chewed but generally they have held up to a daily battering pretty well. I suppose in time the catnip strength will fade but I suspect the kipper will be replaced well before that happens.
I would definitely recommend this little Giddy Kipper toy, its reasonably priced and my girls love it. It keeps them interested and gives them a little exercise. The kipper wont have a very long life but for me they are well worth replacing.
I am a long-term, full time employee of a 10 year old very big, part Maine coon tom cat, who answers to the name of Solo. Solo has been part of the family for over 10 years and is one hundred times more active than our other, younger cats, partly down to his breed but mainly because he is the peter pan of cats.....he never grows up. It is this ever playful spirit that has led us to try and find new and novel ways of keeping him entertained. To give you a quick example of our need for new ideas Solo has figured out where the torch beam comes from, he recognises his own reflection and if anything checks his look, plays fetch and if left alone will deliberately knock ornaments and objects off the sides to give himself something to chase, he is nothing if not a character. It is this character that led me to the toy aisle in my local pet store when the Willow Giddy catnip toy.
As you can see from the above image this is a fish shaped stuffed toy measuring about 30cm in length. The top is a soft almost fluffy feeling material much like a child's soft toy, the underneath a rougher almost Hessian or sack like texture. The whole toy is impregnated with catnip and if you have a cat who is attracted to cat nip you will understand its power. I bought this for about £2.99 which to me was quite reasonable for its size and boy was I impressed.
Solo is very vocal so if he wants something he will holler for it and when I opened the packaging of this and wafted it in his direction he let rip so it was thrown down on the rug and the fun began. Solo immediately pounced, the shape of the toy allows for it to be almost hugged by the cat, Solo choosing to grip it with his front paws while kicking at it madly with his back feet. But it was not his interest and intrigue that had us amazed by this product. What kept everybody watching him was the fact solo didn't seem to get bored with it, he played non stop for 30 minutes before we took it off him to allow him a rest, and when we did get hold of it other than some wet mouth prints it looked pretty much in tact.
Round two began later in the day this was completely on Solos terms after climbing up onto the table to fetch the Willow Giddy and before any of us realised what was going on Solo was rolling round the floor like a wrestler in the ring. I will point out here that our other cats aren't really catnip crazy choosing a more subdued response, I little head rubbing or rolling over the toy (if they got near it but none of them could ignore it), I think even they were a little bemused by Solos actions.
Willow lasted just over 2 months this I believe has nothing to do with the toys itself but more to do with Solo's ability to destroy cat toys quicker than the pet stores can re-stock the shelves and once we noticed solo had ripped willow open we removed it deciding prevention was better than the clean up after solo had ripped it all into tiny pieces and scattered them round the house which we all knew he would do.
Personally I haven't seen Solo play with anything for such long periods of time since he figured out pouncing on my flip flop wearing feet in the garden made me jump, (I will add he doesn't use claws just giant paddy paws slapping my feet.)
I would recommend this for anyone and their feline friend and I believe Solo would too.
Throughout the years with various cats I've owned a huge number of cat toys - some stay the same through time, such as jingle balls and catnip mice, others are new to me when I find them, and some become favourites always to be replaced.
One of these favourites is the Giddy Kipper Catnip Toy, which I refer to as "the fish". It's a large, fairly flat fish shaped toy. On one side is plush grey velvet like material, and on the other is hessian. It is filled with catnip, and measures roughly 30cm by 16cm.
The toy is very durable, although of course as with any cat toy it will eventually fall apart as a result of being attacked by sharp claws and teeth, but I have seen one last two years. Being covered with fabric and hessian, it's perfectly safe for cats to play with, as of course you'd hope!
Generally I talk at length about my cat Snoopy's reaction to toys in review of cat products. However, I've seen several different reactions and ways of playing with the fish so this will be a little more general.
Snoopy is a kicker, He loves to grab toys with his front legs, bite them madly and kick with his back legs. He does this with smaller toys, but it's easier for him (and probably more fun) with the larger toys - the fish is ideal for this, he can get a good hold of it, bite and kick. The catnip makes him go a bit mad before he gets sleepy.
I've seen other cats do that to the fish, I think it is the most common way of playing for them, but I've also seen some more unusual styles of play. One cat I know likes to wash the fish - holding it down on the floor with a paw and licking at the velvety side. I think this must be related to the catnip, as it's not only with this toy. As long as the toy is being enjoyed, that's the main thing! Although it does mean the fish is damp if you pick it up afterwards.
Another cat likes to pad the fish - you know how cats pad? Well, she does it to her toys. This will bring out the scent of the catnip for her (rubbing catnip toys between your hands before giving them to the cat will also bring out the scent). Once she's padded for a bit, she quite often rests her head on the fish for a nap.
I haven't met a cat yet who doesn't like this toy. At only £2.99 from Pets At Home, it's really good value, and keeps your cat occupied for ages! I don't usually leave the fish out all the time, as by putting it away for a while, it's exciting again when you give it back - so the cat won't get bored of it!
The toy pile is more of a mountain between two cats and a dog! They are all spoilt to within an inch of their lives but none of them seem to be complaining but it is not only us that spoils them silly, my Mum comes round and does it too! And one afternoon after she had finished work she came in with one of the Willow's Giddy Kipper Cat Nip toy.
Willow's Giddy Kipper Cat Nip toy comes packaged in a clear plastic bag with the kipper completely visible. There is a cardboard top which tells you the name of the product and the manufacturer.
The Giddy Kipper is a soft toy for cats and is infused with cat nip. It is a pretty basic toy but sometimes the basic ones are actually the most favoured ones. One side of the kipper is soft and almost fuzzy whilst the other side is made of hessian with the word "Willows" and tends to be the side which takes more of a beating. My Mum got our cats the grey one and purchased it from a pet shop for £1.99. The Kipper is also completely flat like....well, like a kipper and it is nice and lightweight making it easy for your cats to pick it up and drag it somewhere to meet a good kicking and biting session.
Rooney seemed to favour this toy more than Pepsi - either that or it was because he completely took over it the minute my Mum threw it across the room and Pepsi just gave a look of "I can't be bothered". Rooney went and still goes absolutely crazy for the kipper. He has chewed it, clawed at it, pounced on it, dropped it from heights and then jumped on it as well as getting it in his front paws and kicking it with his back ones. After he has given it a good telling off, he will proudly bring the kipper back to me or my husband or daughter and drop it at our feet enough to say "Look what I have been doing with my day". I don't know if it is the cat nip in this toy that drives him crazy but it doesn't seem to affect Pepsi in the same manner.
The kipper does look a little bit worse for wear now. Rooney is making fast work of getting through the hessian so I think we will be replacing the Giddy Kipper soon enough.
If one of my cats wasn't completely mental, I don't think the kipper would be looking as poorly as he currently does! Though I have to say I am impressed with the quality of the toy and how long it has lasted. It still has a few more weeks of life in it despite looking as though it has been through 12 rounds with Mike Tyson!
Highly recommended!
We used to have pair of Willow's Giddy Kipper Catnip Toys, one for each of our cats. Sadly one of the flattened little kippers has gone off to kitty toy heaven after he became incapacitated. But we still have one little rather sorry looking Giddy Kipper kitty toy who is a much loved friend to our cats. He is rather battered but still comes out to play from time to time and gets plenty of cuddles.
These types of soft play toys can be great fun for cats, as they can be played with, without too much human supervision. They don't have much about them that can come off and so are a safe option for many cats for sometime before they deteriorate so much that they can no longer be kept. All they need is a bit of a check every now and then to make sure they are not ripped or damaged in any way.
The Willow's Giddy Kipper Catnip Toy is a very simple product that you can pick up quite cheaply. They often sell for £2.99 and as they are a rather sizable cat toy thats not too bad at all. They come simply packed in a clear plastic hang tag bag, so you can pick the colour of your Kipper Toy to suit. We had a beige toned kipper and a grey toned one which we still have.
One side of the flat faced kipper toy is made from a hessian material with the 'Willows' name on it and this is the side that is most prone to becoming ripped. One of our kippers met his end that way, as the cats had totally clawed and chewed through part of that side, so kipper boy had to go. The other grey toned kipper toy is still alive, but only just and the hessian backing is looking a bit worse for wear, but so far is still hanging on.
Each Willow's Giddy Kipper Catnip Toy is a good size for a cat to get to grips with. They are at least 35cms long and 15/ 16cms across at the widest point. They are also filled with a soft material and then impregnated with catnip. We bought these funny little kipper toys as a cuddle toy for our cats and they are something we have often seen our cats nuzzled up to.
The kippers toys are rather flat and not so heavy that a cat cannot drag them around from one place to another. In fact our cats have enjoyed taking them back to their cardboard box lairs as furry little trophies, so we know that they really like them. This may have something to do with the catnip which our cats seem to really like. However this effect will wear off over time and so will need topping up, which you can do with a light spray of a catnip based product.
One thing to note about the Willow's Giddy Kipper Catnip Toy is that its quite a sizable toy. Its not a small flimsy little thing and so its very suitable as a cat cuddle toy for older less energetic cats. As its catnip impregnated its also very attractive to more active cats who will claw, scratch and bite away to their hearts content. So its a one toy suits all kind of kipper!
Although one of our Willow's Giddy Kipper Catnip Toys did end up having to be disposed of for safety, our cats did have them both for some time before this happened. The kipper toy we still have is something that we often find hidden in our cats cardboard box hidey holes and its a favorite cuddle toy even now. Whilst this looks like a simple cat toy, its one many cats may like and so gets a 5 star rating.


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SEC's Acting DG resumes office
The newly appointed Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Mr. Ibrahim Bello, will resume work today.
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had last week announced that Mr Bello will take charge of affairs at the regulatory body, as the four-year term of the current board of SEC led by Senator Udoma Udo Udoma expired last Friday.
Until his appointment, Mr Bello was the Director of Administration with the SEC. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) and currently a Council Member of the Institute.
He attended Government Secondary School Ilorin, Federal Government College Sokoto and University of Lagos and graduated with B.Sc Business Administration in 1978. He holds an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University ABU Zaria in 1981.
Bello did his National Youth Service at the Nigeria Stock Exchange, Kaduna Branch and qualified as a Chartered Stockbroker in 1979. He started his career at Capital Stockbrokers Limited, a stockbroking firm in 1979.
The new SEC boss has 33 years working experience which spanned Banking, Stockbroking and Capital Market Regulations with companies such as, Icon Merchant Bank, Citi Trust Merchant bank, and Empire Securities Limited where he was the MD/CEO, until he joined SEC in 2001 as a Deputy Director. He was appointed a Director in 2006.
His working experience in SEC includes Head of Registration department, Head of Lagos Zonal office, then became Director of Transformation and now Director of Administration.


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How to prepare a case
How to prepare an experiential learning case – what approach to use
If you are preparing an experiential learning case - take the learning outcomes and enshrine them in lights. They are your goalposts now. The whole document must showcase how you meet them. The starting point is the learning portfolio where you should present your case for assessment.
To have a prior learning case allowed:
You must present against each learning outcome just as they are stated. Show in a page or so of text how you meet the learning outcome (for each one).
Against each learning outcome
Decide what is your understanding of the statement ? Where did you gain this learning ? Give examples, and provide proof to back it up.
What were you involved in ? Consider what you might be able to use from your life to backup what you are saying.
The Work Placement module is not just about paid work - the learning outcomes can also be met through involvement with community work and voluntary activities.


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New Delhi: State-owned India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd (IIFCL) said on Wednesday that it has received a nod from Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for floating a $1 billion (about Rs.5,000 crore) infrastructure debt fund (IDF), which will be operational in a month.
"Yesterday, we got the approval of Sebi that we have been registered as an IDF... Within a month's time we should be able to operationalize this IDF," IIFCL chairman and managing director S. K. Goel said.
"IDF initial corpus we have kept in mind is $1 billion of which 50% will be contributed by Indian investors and 50% by foreign investors," he said at the launch of first credit enhanced infrastructure bonds.
IDF will be floated via the mutual fund route which is more flexible, Goel said. "Among the Indian investors we have already discussed the things with LIC, IDBI Bank and on the capital front the State Bank of India is with us," he said.
"About foreign partners, we have already sent our request to ADB (Asian Development Bank), which is processing about $200 million request, but only after final sanction we will be able to say who are the final partners into this," Goel added. The fund generated by the IDF will be utilized for funding infrastructure projects in the country. India's poor infrastructure, seen as a major block for economic growth, requires a whopping $1 trillion in the 12th Plan period (2012-17).
Of this, about 50% is expected to come from the private sector. Meanwhile, the infrastructure financing company launched its credit enhancement initiative with the support of the ADB by signing IIFCL Guarantee with GMR Jadcherla Expressways Ltd. Financial services secretary D. K. Mittal said the initiative will help develop a bond market for infrastructure sector, which is predominantly dependent on banks for funding. It will also help banks in managing challenges like asset liability mismatch and exposure constraints which they face in long term infrastructure lending, Mittal said. Explaining the scheme, Goel said infrastructure developers can raise the bond in the market. IIFCL is giving a partial guarantee to enhance the rating to AA so that provident fund and the insurance sector long term investors can invest in this.
"Today Rs.309 crore bond issue has been approved and it (GMR Jadcherla Expressways Ltd) is going to the market and we are giving about 24% partial guarantee to this bond issue to raise the rating to AA," he added.


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Photo Management: You Need a Plan
My wife often asks me if I've printed any of the hundreds of images that I take each month. My response is always the same: "I'm working on it." Part of the reason for my digital picture backlog is that I'm reluctant to print anything unless I've noodled around with it in Photoshop first. But in truth, what I really need to improve is my workflowor, to put it more precisely, my "picture management process." No matter what you call it, you must have a system for handling images or your pictures will go nowhere fast.
PICK A FORMAT Most people usually end up printing small, 4- by 6-inch snapshots and maybe sharing a few pictures on the Web. To do this, you can shoot in the default JPEG format of most cameras. But if you want larger, fine-artstyle prints, I recommend taking pictures at the maximum possible quality setting, or even in RAW format, which allows for higher-quality image files.
GET THEM OFF THE CAMERA Once you've captured pictures you're satisfied with, you need to move them over to the PC. One way is to hook up the camera directly (via USB cords) to your computer. More convenient is to remove the camera's memory card and transfer the images using a memory card reader.
BACK THEM UP Once the images are on your system, be sure to back them up. I suggest making copies of untouched, original image fi les, perhaps by dumping them onto an additional hard drive or burning the fi les onto a DVD or CD.
EDIT FOR BEST QUALITY Virtually all image-editing software products let you crop, rotate, adjust, and manipulate your shots for best printing results. Check out color-management tools as well to ensure that your computer monitor is displaying your images correctly.
PRINTING IS OPTIONAL If you want to print in the comfort of your home, an inexpensive photo printer will do the trick. A machine like this is fine for printing the occasional snapshot, but because you have to supply your own ink and paper, costs can quickly add up.
SHARE ONLINE Instead of printing, consider using a photo-sharing site such as the Kodak Gallery (www.kodakgallery.com) or Phanfare (www.phanfare.com). You can also order prints directly from these sites. That means your distant relativesor even your wifecan print your photos themselves.
Terry Sullivan is PC Magazine's digital camera expert.


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Friday, August 18, 2017
Eating Disorders
Hi when I was sixteen I started vomiting to get and stay thin it worked to as I was 54kg and 164cm tall and I never binged.
The problem is I gave it up when I was pregnant at 20 so that I could be a good mum. I exercise and do all dieting mesures and I still can`t loose weight. Then I gave up smoking and started zyban tablets I started vomiting again and everytime I eat I vomit and I do not need to put my finger down my throat it now comes naturally should I worry about long term complications or when I loose the weight will the need stop on its own again.
Thank you for your question. Vomiting to get rid of food is never a healthy (or an effective) way to diet. You made the right decision to stop while pregnant to protect your baby. Now, however, the vomiting can have very serious health consequences for you. Frequent vomiting upsets the balance of electrolytes (these are chemicals like potassium and sodium) in your body. Serious cardiac abnormalities can occur due to these imbalances such as potentially life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms. Other complications include tears or ruptures of the esophagus, dehydration, constipation, and dental enamel erosion. Therefore, you are right to worry about both short- and long-term complications.
Your experience of not needing to "force" yourself to vomit is common in women with eating disorders. Over time the vomiting becomes a habit. Unfortunately, this can make it hard to stop on your own without some help in normalizing your eating behaviors and stopping the purging cycle. The purging of each meal has likely upset your regular metabolic cycles and made it hard for your body to correctly discern when it is hungry and full. I'd put your desire to lose weight on hold for now and focus instead on stopping the vomiting behavior.
Studies suggest that cognitive-behavioral treatments (alone or in combination with a class of medications called S.S.R.I.'s--Prozac is an example) are quite helpful in stopping the eating/purging cycle. The focus of treatment should be on helping you eat three healthy meals a day and help you build skills to stop you from getting rid of them. You may be surprised to learn that many women find that maintaining a healthy weight is easier once their eating becomes stable.
For more information on purging and its health consequences and treatment: http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
For help finding a treatment provider, look at the eating disorders referral network: www.edreferral.com
Leslie J Heinberg, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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You - wearing white tights, white shirt, black skirt with many friends about half way up from the screen. Me- with friend in a leather jacket, wearing blue jeans, and grey cardigan. I thought you were quite fetching and would have made my way over to talk to you if I wasn't with my friend. Maybe you'll see this and we can go for a drink?
When: Friday, November, 16 2012
Where: The Big Lebowski- UBC


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Effects of a Nutritional Supplementation on the Functional Status of Frail Elders With Low Socioeconomic Status (SES)
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|Dietary Supplement: Nutritional Supplementation Other: Control
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Effects of a Protein-Energy Nutritional Supplementation on the Functional Status of Frail Older Adults With Low Socioeconomic Status: A Community-based Randomized Trial
- Functional Status [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Physical Functioning (Self-reported disability score which was specially developed to measure geriatric function in the community-dwelling frail elderly of Korea), Short Physical Performance Battery (Objective measurement of functional performance developed at the Established Population for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly)
- Nutritional Status, Other Functionality Test [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Dietary Intake Data, Body Weight, Mid-arm Circumference, Hand Grip Strength, Timed-up-and-go Test, Usual gait speed, One Leg Stands, BUN (Serum), Creatinine (Serum)
|Study Start Date:
|August 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Supplementary Group
Dietary Supplement: Nutritional Supplementation
- Providing two 200mL per day of commercial liquid formula cans for 12 weeks (additional 400kal of energy, 25g of protein, 9.4g of essential amino acids (60.2% leucine), 400mL of water, and micronutrients per day)
Other Name: Greenbia HP (Dr. Jung's Food Co., Ltd., Korea)
|No Intervention: Control Group
Other: Control
- No intervention, except monthly home visits
Detailed Description:
Chronic undernutrition is a common condition in older people, and is clearly an important component of frailty. However, the effect of protein-energy nutritional supplementation on the functional status of frail older people is controversial. Some investigators suggested that, if nutritional or functional status has deteriorated too far, it could be very difficult for single nutritional supplementation to reverse malnutrition progression or functional decline.
The investigators believe one of the reasons for these ineffective results, especially for the community-dwelling frail elderly, may be due to a lack of regard to the socioeconomic status of the study population. For this reason, the investigators recruited a study sample with low socioeconomic status and evaluated the effect of protein-energy nutritional supplementation on their disability scores and physical performance.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|65 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Older adults over 65 years of age, registered in the National Home Healthcare Service database
- Require more than 5 seconds to perform 3m walking test (Usual Gait Speed <0.6 m/sec)
- Get less than 24 points on Mini Nutritional Assessment (Mini Nutritional Assessment <24)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to walk or are too functionally deteriorated to receive home health care services
- Who were participating in any kind of exercise program or clinical nutrition program
- who were restricted to a high-protein diet by an internist (i.e., for liver failure or severe renal failure)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01404299
|Korea, Republic of
|Gangbuk-gu Community Health Center
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 142-707
|Study Director:
|Chang-O Kim, M.D, MSW
|Department of District Health Care Service, Gangbuk-gu Community Health Center, Republic of Korea
|Responsible Party:
|Dr. Chang-O Kim, Home Visit Doctor, Gangbuk-gu Community Health Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01404299 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 27, 2011
|Last Updated:
|January 10, 2012
Keywords provided by Dr. Chang-O Kim, Gangbuk-gu Community Health Center:
nutritional supplementation,
functional status
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Cub Swanson has been through it all: a troubled past, a cavalcade of haters and doubters, even a broken face, but now it looks like it is finally Cub's time. With a 6-1 record in the octagon (21-5 overall), Swanson is riding a 6-fight win streak straight to a possible title shot. His last win over Jeremy Stephens at UFC Fight Night 44 earlier this month may have catapulted him into the path of the winner of Aldo vs. Mendes.
With Swanson being at the highest point of his career, obviously there may be a few naysayers whose noses he would love to rub in his fresh success. Instead, he takes it all in stride and chalks it up to being just another part of the fight.
"People along the way said certain things and didn't mean it, but (didn't know) how rude it was or how blunt or how messed up it was," he told MMAjunkie Radio. "I'm glad I stuck with it. I was just talking to my stepmom about that today about never letting it get to me and sticking with it, and look where I'm at now."
Right now, Swanson is currently waiting for his next opportunity, and while the winner of Aldo vs. Mendes seems most likely, he does have the option of also going against former Featherweight champion Frankie Edgar, who is just coming off of a victory over BJ Penn at the TUF Finale in the beginning of July.
Either fight is a tremendous chance to show what he's made of and if Cub continues on the streak he's on, he'll have more and more success to pack in front of a wall of doubt.