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From a Dalhousie University press release:
If your Friday evening featured apocalyptic ramblings, verbose philosophers and an MC-ing Roman legionary, chances are you were at the Pythian Games.
Not the original Pythian Games – those were an Ancient Greek festival celebrating athleticism and artistic prowess, and they were millennia ago, so you're a little late to get in on that action. Dalhousie's Department of Classics, however, has resurrected the Pythian Games as an annual showcase where students of all majors can show off their Greek grammar, recite a favourite poem or otherwise indulge their dramatic side. And on March 16, indulge they did, togas a-flapping and tongues planted in cheek.
The Games were hosted by a Roman legionary who, rumour has it, strongly resembled assistant professor Jack Mitchell. "I'm only a humble legionary," he introduced himself. "I've come here to see whether Apollo still breathes!"
The ancient soldier's troubled soul was set at ease by the evening's 17 performers, whose offerings ranged from skits to original translations to dramatic readings.
Standouts including Mr. James Campbell-Prager's Gilbert and Sullivan send-up "I've Got a Little List," a sung inventory of characters "whose loss would be a distinct gain to society at large" (textbook publishers, "idiot guest lecturers," Helvetica hipsters, and people who eat chips in the library were all named and shamed); Cat Migliore and Sarah Black's comedy sketch "An Ancient Squabble", in which a Greek and Roman soldier bickered in oddly Cockney accents; Emily Varto's Ever-Victorious Second-Year Greek Class performing their original work "The Dicaeopolidea" (subtitle, "a journey in Greeklish"); and Dominic Lacasse's concluding Ancient Greek performance from The Book of Revelation (the audience, suitably chastened by Mr. Lacasse's warning of dire days to come, quietly crept out to hide behind the reception's chip bowls).
Cultural foundations
"I think [the Pythian Games are] a good chance to show what you've worked on… it's a nice arena to do that," says Zoe Vatter, secretary of the Classics Society and originator of the role of the woebegone farmer Dicaeopolis in "The Dicaeopolida." Ms. Vatter has a passion for the Classics that goes way back.
"I have always been obsessed with the Greek gods ever since I was a child," she says. "Classics kind of ties everything together… it's a very versatile degree because the foundations of the world, I guess, are in Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece."
Ms. Vatter was also kind enough to explain the mysterious "Dicaeopolida." "[Dicaeopolis] was a character in our Ancient Greek textbook. Anybody who's taken Ancient Greek would get the irony."
The inside jokes and community spirit that characterized the Pythian Games is also one of the attractions of Dalhousie's classics department generally. "I know all the professors and they all know me," says Ms. Vatter. "Everybody who is very involved in the department was at the Pythian Games." Best of all, this year's games raised the bar: "Last year was a little crowded. It was nice to have a bigger space… there was a ton more people this year."
While the contest winners haven't been announced yet, prizes up to $250 await some lucky Sappho or Orpheus. And if you missed it this time around, keep an eye open (and a lyre tuned) for next year's third annual Pythian Games.
- via: A classical experience at the Pythian Games (Dal News)
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I'm a bit puzzled by a news piece that's whizzing all over the world of internet right now, and it's this: some academics from Washington University are claiming that men who help their ladies with traditionally "feminine" chores - cleaning, cooking and washing, etc - have sex 1.6 times LESS often than other couples, who presumably operate on a Woman does this, Man does that basis.
Before you cry out 'Yes, but the man is doing man things in their place!' - think again.
Because even when men did do typically "male" chores (whatever they are) lady tasks still took up 17 more hours a week than man tasks. And ladies did half the man tasks, anyway. So basically, the laziest guys in live-in relationships get laid the most because life is fair like that.
Interestingly, sociologist Pepper Schwartz says the finding isn't even that surprising, because it matches other studies that indicate egalitarian marriages are less racy. "That companionable part of the relationship turns out not to be so sexy," he told website.
So: I DON'T GET IT. First of all, wouldn't ladies be annoyed their guy didn't help around the house and be less inclined to have sexual relations? Wouldn't women who had decent, equality-minded men feel happier in their relationships, and therefore be more down for bedtime activities?
Maybe the "sort" of ladies who (rightly) expect men to also do chores tend to speak their mind more, so they don't buckle to pressure when their guy is all 'Let's have sex even though you're not in the mood'. And, inversely, maybe the women who don't feel comfortable asking their dude to lift a finger also don't feel comfortable calling the shots in the bedroom? Except that theory relies on men being the ones who want sex more, which isn't always true.
I just refuse to believe it's because when people are in a healthy, equal relationship, they want sex less. REFUSE I TELL YOU!
It's almost as weird as that ridiculous Norwegian study last year that found divorce rates were 50 per cent higher among couples that divided the housework equally. "What we've seen is that sharing equal responsibility for work in the home doesn't necessarily contribute to contentment," said Thomas Hansen, co-author of that paper.
But then there was THIS, which says divorce is actually twice as likely when men neglect housework. ARGHHHHHHH. It's so confusing. And why are these academics so obsessed with measuring correlations between sex and chores anyway? Maybe I should call them up and tell them my new rule for relationships and chore division, which goes like this:
Are you human? Yes, are you? Yes. I am. Ok, let's both use our human arms and human legs to do chores to make our house that we BOTH live in look and smell really nice. And maybe later if we can be bothered we will also have sex. The end.
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> Jensen Healey & Jensen GT Tech > Projects > 16173 will be entering project status...
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|Posted: 03-11-2014 07:33 am
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|Well, today was productive, though some unplanned time got added to the project. I thought I was close to priming and painting the "concealed" parts of the unibody (engine compartment, door jambs, etc). All prepped (or so I thought) and masked... bare metal on some, and sanded and scuffed on the rest.
So, I spent an hour at the auto paint store, and got a lot of free advice as part of the deal (remember I am hardly a professional at this restoration stuff and the last time I did it was 25 years ago). Long story short... something I didn't even think about. He basically explained the different kinds of paint to me and told me that the 2k urethane primer I was going to use would likely lift the old lacquer finish right off the car. Oh boy. Not what I wanted to hear. The whole reason for the repaint is to get rid of the Maaco bubbles!
So, the project has altered slightly now: she will be a true bare metal restoration. Hadn't planned on it all the way through (I'm doing the "visible" panels such as doors, fenders, etc. because I have to remove the horrible Macco paint job) but now it ALL has to come off. Including the parts from the parts car.
Not horrible, but time consuming. I got most of the engine compartment done tonight, will finish tomorrow after I get a new drill (burned up my 25 year old Black and Decker tonight) and hope to finish it tomorrow. What seems to be working well is to use a pretty aggressive chemical stripper (Zinsser StripFast), let that sit for a half hour, scrape off most of the old finish (it doesn't seem to have any trouble going through most of the layers) and then hit what's left with a 3M SandBlaster disc on my drill or grinder, depending on the angle I need to hit it at.
It's always something... but in retrospect it's probably a good thing since it's forcing the engine compartment to be cleaned really well. I'm doing this with the engine still in the car, using aluminum foil to mask off anything I don't want painted. The Zinsser stripper, in addition to removing the paint, also does a fine job of removing most of the possibly 40 years worth of grease buildup. We'll see how it goes.
|Posted: 03-12-2014 03:23 am
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Art DeKneef
|What paint/primer exactly were you planning to use?
A paint product with hardener will cause problems like that. You could have used a sealer to cover the old paint and then applied your regular paint over that.
I'm having a hard time visually with you painting the engine bay with the engine in it though.
|Posted: 03-14-2014 05:11 am
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|Yes, it's a 2K PPG urethane primer, and the topcoat will be a PPG single stage urethane paint with activator. Most of the old paint had to come off anyway since it was such a badly done overspray, but I hadn't planned on all of it. Oh well. It's off now, at least on the unibody, and it's probably the right way to do it, right?
Primed today, will be topcoating tomorrow (got it up to a nice 82 degrees in my garage).
And yes, the engine is still in place. Basically what I did was to Reynolds Wrap anything I didn't want painted. Works better than paper and tape, just mash it around whatever you're masking. The complete engine bay won't be painted, just down to and including the structural channels about halfway down. I think it'll be ok... not going for show quality, just an improvement (a DPO apparently decided it was a good idea to spray part of the engine compartment black at some point and about half of it peeled or just wore off). I'll post before/during/after pics when I'm done.
Once all this is done, I can tackle the fenders, doors, and boot/trunk lid, all of which have been removed for some time and will be much easier to work with. The bonnet/hood is already stripped.
Last edited on 03-14-2014 07:41 am by answerman
|Posted: 03-14-2014 03:16 pm
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Jensen Healey
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|Just a note on toxicity of 2k paints.
You need to consider harm to yourself and others.
|Posted: 03-15-2014 02:33 am
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Art DeKneef
|Removing the old paint is the best way to go. You remove all the variables that might arrive from going over old and different paint. That's what I did for my major restoration project.
Your garage temp was our outside temp today. And now I can picture what you are doing to the engine bay. Makes sense.
Then the fun really starts when you do all the other pieces.
Oh yes, I agree with the toxicity of today's paint. The best way to spray is with a fresh air hood and good ventilation. Even with the waterborne base coats, the clear still has ISOs in it.
|Posted: 03-15-2014 04:36 am
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|Has anyone used Kleen Strip Aircraft Paint Remover? It was recommended to me by World Class Restoration out of Riverside, CA. I read posted reviews, not from the JH Forum and they looked pretty good. My 13046 has both the original factory yellow and black when the car was last painted back in the late 90's. I am doing a to bare metal restoration and a 2.2 Stroker Crank upgrade with the 104 and 107 cams with the 45 mm Delloroto Carbs. Called the money pit. Maybe that will be the name of the car.
|Posted: 03-15-2014 03:31 pm
|67th Post
Brett Gibson JH5 20497
|Yes I used it, painted it on with a brush placed plastic wrap over the top and let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes then just used a scrapper to peel off one layer after another, the plastic wrap helps to keep the solvent from evaporating to quickly. Good quality product.
|Posted: 03-18-2014 08:01 pm
|68th Post
|Pics if anyone's been wondering what I've been doing. I'm calling the unibody done at this point, fenders and bonnet/hood are all stripped and ready to paint (once I repair a little Bondo work I unexpectedly ran across on one of the front fenders). Then, all that's left is trunk/boot lid (should be simple) and doors (will probably be a pain). Against the advice of several here, I did decide to paint her in stages and then reassemble the already painted panels. Planning on being uber careful when remounting everything, and if I scratch things up it's my own damn fault (though I have to say that the urethane finish dries like a rock, not easy to scratch).
A couple of "before" shots:
The engine bay, showing the deteriorated condition of the original paint plus what's left of what appears to be a quick black overspray with Krylon. I've got things masked off with Reynolds Wrap, ended up taking it all off to redo after I stripped the paint (more on that below)
The rear valance and taillight surround with most of the old paint removed...
And then I proceeded to strip the engine bay.
This was an adventure. Stripping wheels on the grinder and drill, and a tiny little flap wheel on my Dremel extension for those hard to reach places. Remasked with foil and ready to spray.
And finally, after 3 coats of PPG 2K urethane primer, followed by 4 coats of PPG Cardinal Red single stage urethane...
Quite a difference. This was my first time working with this type of paint. I have to say it goes on nicely, easy to work with, and cures to a rock hard finish. Of course, having the garage heated up to 92 degrees for 48 hours aids the process.
These bad boys are next up, stripped and mostly ready.
I still need to do the Bondo work on the bonnet/hood and one of the fenders just under the headlight pod cutout. That should be done tonight, and the plan is to get them primed and painted before the weekend if all goes well.
Last edited on 03-18-2014 08:05 pm by answerman
|Posted: 03-24-2014 04:20 am
|69th Post
|A reasonably productive weekend. Friday, decided that since I'm done with the chassis for now until I get the fenders, etc. painted, I decided to take Ms. J over to the 10x20 storage unit I'm renting. This will make the garage much easier to get around in for painting the assorted panels, and I don't have to worry so much about overspray hitting her.
As I thought about it, I realized that the only thing keeping her from being "drivable" was that her battery and fuel tank were removed (and in the storage unit with the other bits removed from her).
So, went over there (it's only about a block from the house) and grabbed both those bits, brought them back, and charged the battery for about a half hour while my son and I put the fuel tank back in, at least temporarily. Was more than pleased that she started more or less right up (she's never been what I would start an easy starter), so the only thing keeping me from driving her over to the storage unit was the "legality" of it.
Was that going to stop me? No, of course not. So, with Mrs. Answerman tailgating me with her 4-ways on, I drove her over in the condition you see above. No doors, fenders, bonnet, or boot lid. Got a few funny looks but it went pretty uneventfully.
Then, I spent the rest of the night doing the Bondo work I needed to do on the bonnet, as well as one of the fenders (unearthed a repair when I was stripping her paint off, and of course I wrecked the existing Bondo in that process). That went fine and they are ready to prime and paint. I think I am going to strip and prep the boot lid and the doors beforehand though, so that I can paint everything needing to be painted at once.
One thing came up during all of this, which initially was an "oh crap" moment but actually turned out ok, was that it was easy to see where my fuel leak in the boot is (with everything being removed and cleaned up}... it's definitely a leak in the bottom of the tank. Well, at least now I know what it is. So, I called on a local radiator shop on Saturday morning and it turns out they can do a complete recondition on the tank (chemically clean, weld/solder anything needing to be repaired, and then coating the inside) for somewhere between $100 and $150, depending on how much repair needs to be done. Not a bad price considering the alternative of sending Jorge $400 for a tank that may not even go in right. I can live with it. So, the tank will go off to the shop tomorrow and be reconditioned while I'm doing the rest of the painting.
About a month ahead of schedule at this point. Getting excited for spring to get here!
|Posted: 03-30-2014 05:23 am
|70th Post
|More painting today. Primed and painted the fenders and headlight "sugar scoops", and primed the hood/bonnet and trunk/boot lid. I'll be painting those tomorrow, didn't have enough room in the garage to hang everything properly and while I had the fenders on sawhorses to prime them, it's a heck of a lot easier to paint them if they are hanging. At least that's my experience.
So, at this time tomorrow, all that should be left to refinish is the doors, which I haven't even started yet. Those look like they will be a gigglefest to disassemble.
|Posted: 03-31-2014 07:15 pm
|71st Post
|As promised, got the lids painted yesterday. Hood/bonnet and trunk/boot lid are a nice shiny red now. Plus, I had to sand and reshoot the headlight surrounds as I had a couple of drips I didn't notice the first time around. Note for successful painting: LOTS of light so you can see what you're doing.
The photographic evidence:
Saturday afternoon, after priming was complete.
Nice red fenders!
Bonnet and boot to match...
And the sugar scoops, post oopsrepair.
Only thing left to strip and repaint are the doors. At this point, if my repaired gas tank is done today or tomorrow, I am thinking it's time to bring Ms. J back home and reassemble what I have disassembled before tackling the doors. I've got the resurfaced rotors and drums from the parts car all ready to swap onto Ms. J, and my club store order arrived last week with new pads, new shoes, a new rear brake hose (I replaced the front last year), and a new filter element for the factory airbox.
I plan to do the brakes before anything else since I've got more room to work with with the fenders removed, and after that do the application of the truck bedliner on the rockers. Once that's done, it's time to start the remounting of the fenders and everything else that's been removed... we'll see how good of a job I did of labeling everything I removed. Expecting more that one instance of "ok, where did I remove this from?" and the inevitable "why do I have parts left over?".
Last edited on 03-31-2014 07:16 pm by answerman
|Posted: 04-07-2014 04:53 am
|72nd Post
|Another milestone, got the rotors and drums replaced. New rear brake hose. New pads and shoes. All bled out and the brakes *seem* to be good now (can't exactly take her out to road test her right now but the pedal is nice and firm).
I'll be curious to see if I got my pressure differential switch recentered as part of this... my brake warning light has been on for over a year.
On to the reassembly of the body!
|Posted: 04-09-2014 07:02 pm
|73rd Post
|So, I have this big box of parts removed during the reassembly, and it's time to sort through and find what I need to put her back together, right? Here's where I see how organized I was with my Ziploc bags.
First order of business, after a cleanup and respray, was to remove the K&N filters from the Strombergs and reassemble the original airbox and filter assembly.
Used a high temp ceramic engine enamel to respray the "muffler". It's a little shinier than it probably should be, but it's somewhat close to the original gray. Now, I've been doing some perusing of the archives here about the way it should all be put together, especially with the crankcase ventilation. What the DPO had done was to remove the factory airbox, install the two K&N pancakes, and just shove a little K&N filter into the hose coming from the crankcase and just leave it stubbed like that. From what I've read here, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of advantage to reconnecting it, so I am thinking of just leaving that is and plugging the port on the airbox that the hose is supposed to connect to. Unless someone tells me that's a bad idea.
Then, I temporarily hung the fenders on the drivers side just to see how she looked:
It makes me feel better to see the fenders in place, you know?
On to the re-bolting of the front fenders. Brett wasn't kidding about "getting everything to line up". The front passenger side is mostly on now, though I am thinking that I am going to replace all the fasteners instead of fighting with the old ones. Hoping that tonight I can finish that, get the drivers side fender mounted too, reattach the sugar scoops, and *maybe* see about remounting the hood/bonnet. It all has to be done, and it will do my heart good to see the front end complete.
Still haven't heard from the radiator shop, so no idea when I'll have my gas tank back. Getting anxious.
Last edited on 04-09-2014 07:03 pm by answerman
|Posted: 04-09-2014 07:39 pm
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Tom Bradley
|The only reason I know for connecting the crankcase ventilation to the air box is for pollution control: the blowby gets sent back into the engine to be burned rather than vented to the air. If the rings and valve stems are good, there should be very little. I cannot feel any flow coming out of mine right now, but I still connected it to the air box on general principles. Not that big a deal.
I am also looking to get my gas tank repaired/replaced. I was surprised at how low a price you got. The only local radiator shop that would do mine said it would take about $200 and a week to do all the cleaning, derusting, etc. At your price, the shop may be treating it as a "back burner" project. Or maybe they are dong a very thorough job. I was considering getting an aluminum replacement from Jorge, but the price is now asking on ebay just went through the roof, so I guess it will be a repair job.
I am enjoying seeing what you are doing. It is still going to be months before I get to the repainting stage, but seeing yours makes me hope that I will be able to get mine back to looking good again too, though i doubt it will be as good as what you are doing.
|Posted: 04-09-2014 08:43 pm
|75th Post
|Actually, I just got back from the radiator shop. It's still in the chemical cleaning stage. His line was that they have to do a treatment, let it do its thing, rinse, dry, repeat and that it's a slow process... if they just let the chemicals sit it could blow right through the tank.
Plausible, but your theory's crossed my mind too regarding it being a back burner project. I did let them know that I was hoping to have her back together and drivable within the next week and a half to try to light a bit of a fire under them... he then said that it should be done next week. We'll see.
And thanks for your kind words... the paint didn't come out quite as nice as I had hoped, a little orange peel. Hoping that I'll be able to sand and buff it out. Regardless, even as is it's a huge improvement over what I started with, and I'm not talented enough to create a concours quality show car. She just needs to not embarrass me as a fun semi-daily driver and last a while with the couple of thousand miles a year she'll probably get.
|Posted: 04-21-2014 09:47 pm
|76th Post
|Had a bit of a family emergency, so I've been lax for a week or so. Back at it.
From a paint perspective, all that's left is the doors. As predicted: a joy to disassemble. Spent most of Saturday afternoon on them, and after about 2 1/2 hours on the drivers side door, the passenger side only took about a half hour. The big puzzle was how to remove the fixed triangle window and attached window guidetrack. I finally figured out that the easiest way was to remove the back guidetrack first so that the window pane wasn't so tight against the front one. The rivets that hold the bottom of the triangular frame to the rest of the assembly seem to have given up the ghost on the drivers side (nothing really holding them in place) so I'll have to address that before the reassembly. Worst case scenario is that I use the one from my doors from my parts car, but I'm trying really hard to keep those intact for future use by either myself or someone else.
Question: did Jensen have elves on the payroll to mount the door handles? Getting them removed wasn't easy to say the least, and I am not looking forward to trying to reassemble them after the paint is done. Is there a special tool or something to loosen/tighten the bolts? Accessing everything through the opening on the interior of the door is painful to say the least.
Anyway, hit the doors good with the Zinsser paint stripper on Sunday and scraped off about 2/3 of the existing paint layers. At this point I think I'll move on to the stripping wheel on the grinder to finish them up tonight or tomorrow (waiting for it to stop raining so I can do it outside and not add any more pink dust to the garage).
Also, now that I have officially disassembled everything there is to disassemble during this project, I called Delta with my laundry list of "stuff" that is either missing, broken, or basically useless. Mostly rubber pieces to replace the rock hard ones I removed (or broke in the process) such as the interior and exterior window wipes, the door seals, door handle gaskets, etc. and lots of push fixes for badges and trim.
My body shop friend took the front bumper stainless panel and is going to sub it out to his English wheel/metalworking expert to work out the dents. He seemed pretty confident that he could get it really close to original, and for the $150 he's going to charge it seems well worth it as I don't think I could replace it for that, even if I could find one in the first place.
Oh, and my gas tank should be done in the next couple of days.
I *think* I'm still on target.
|Posted: 04-28-2014 04:16 am
|77th Post
|OK. I think I'm done with paint, as long as I don't ding things up too much putting the doors back on. Doors are curing in the garage after primer yesterday and paint today.
Now the fun begins. Gas tank is *supposed* to be ready tomorrow. Doors are painted. Nothing holding me back from reassembly except, well, me. I am going to wait with the doors until I get my order from Delta, since there are a number of parts (gaskets, window wipes and various push fixes) that I figure will be easier to deal with with the doors still removed from the car. Hoping they arrive in the next couple of days.
Oh, and no go on the front bumper stainless. The "expert" figured once he saw it that it would be closer to $400 to $450, and he's not even guaranteeing that it will be perfect. Delta can get a new one from England for $550. If I'm going to spend that much, I'd rather pay the extra for one that I know will be perfect. It'll wait for now, not a huge priority.
Next weekend is looking like a distinct possibility for completion... at least the weather will be lousy all week so I won't be looking outside thinking "wish I could take her out and drive her", but those days will be coming soon. I now have (once I get the gas tank back) everything I need to finish, except for the JHPS club store performance exhaust system which I've been waiting to do till last (didn't want to have to worry about getting paint on it). Once she's together and verified running and driving, then the exhaust gets ordered.
|Posted: 04-30-2014 06:09 pm
|78th Post
|The things a Jensen-Healey owner gets excited about...
Finally got some news from the radiator shop. They did in fact find leaks in my gas tank! Funny that it makes me happy. Anyway, the sealing is happening now and I will be picking it up either tonight or tomorrow. It can wait a few days as I have to reassemble the doors with all the rubber parts and push fixes that arrived from Delta yesterday, and I suspect that is going to take me a while.
Still, it's progress.
|Posted: 05-01-2014 08:41 pm
|79th Post
|Gas tank cleaned, rust removed, leaks repaired, recoated inside and out, and verified leak free. Finally!
|Posted: 05-06-2014 06:24 pm
|80th Post
|OK. As detailed in another post, had a running issue (stuck float in the front Stromberg) which is now resolved.
Gas tank is installed and NOT leaking (yay!) though the radiator shop managed to knock the float off the sender, so my fuel gauge isn't working. Fished the float out of the tank and set it aside... I'll deal with that presently. For now, I just want to get her drivable.
She's basically together other than the bumpers, the inside trim (no door or window handles) the top, and all the trim. Going to hit her hard this week and hope to be more or less done by the weekend.
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Recently, Warner Bros. Pictures ran a shocking press release of sorts to announce that they have ,indeed, delayed the release of their highly anticipated, super hero/action movie, "Batman vs. Superman" from the previous July 17th,2015 date to May 6th,2016. Apparently, Ben Affleck, who plays Batman in the film, also set back the start of production for 6 weeks due to a reported rib injury while skiing over the Christmas 2013 holidays. It's believed that his injury had nothing to do with the release date set back,though.
Warner Bros. Pictures' official press release, reads like this: "Warner Bros. Pictures announces that the release of Zack Snyder's untitled Superman/Batman film has been moved to May 6, 2016, allowing the filmmakers time to realize fully their vision, given the complex visual nature of the story. The decision was made following the shift of the start of production to second quarter of this year. Read more »


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We have a beautiful prickly pear cactus in bloom right now that is flaunting yellow and orange blooms like a peacock does feathers. It is tucked in a garden on the south side of the house so it thrives. In fact this cactus is native to Kentucky even if most people only associate it with the desert Southwest.
When it comes to prickly plants most of us automatically think of cacti in the desert; there are others with a more subtle prick to consider for the mixed border. Look into adding some texture with Acanthus, Echinops and Eryngium.
Years ago I was visiting a garden and saw the prettiest combination of perennials that included a tall mass of Veronica longifolia backed by the erect blooms of acanthus spinosus, or bear's britches. The graceful, nodding bloom spikes of Veronica and the unwavering and prickly appearance of Acanthus was so effective and so pretty that I quickly scribble the idea down on my note pad filled with stolen garden design ideas.
The scrolling leaves of the ornate Corinthian column were modeled after acanthus leaves which gives you an idea of its appearance. Acanthus mollis and A. spinosus(leaves are more pointed) both have good garden appeal. Highly textured foliage that is glossy and dark green looks prickly but isn't all that bad to the touch, the potential pain comes from the blooms.
Purple-and-white blooms emerge along the bloom spike like foxglove; but that's where the similarity ends. Each bloom has a prickly collar, or bract, from which it is nestled in. After plants are established it makes quite a display, although I am not entirely sure how it got the common name bear's britches.
Another prickly garden perennial worthy of attention is Eryngium, or sea holly, the bloom reminds me of a medieval jester with his pointed collar. The silvery-blue, dome-shape bloom is set off by this prickly bract where the bloom meets the stem.
This bract is especially whimsical on eryngium alpinum. The almost fluffy collar of the immature flower looks like a dressed-up pilgrim…it, too, turns prickly with age. E. alpinum reaches about 2 feet.
A more dramatic sea holly, at least based on height, is Mrs. Willmot's Ghost, or Eryngium giganteum. E. giganteum reaches 3 to 4 feet and creates a very silvery, almost steely, effect in the garden. Oh, and it got its common moniker, Mrs. Willmott's Ghost, because this English gardener took Eryngium seeds with her when she would visit other people's gardens and sprinkle the seeds here and there unbeknownst to her host. It is said that wherever Mrs. Willmottwent, her "ghosts" would pop up. Its ghostly reputation is also perpetuated by the plants habit to reseed itself but skipping a year or two before it shows up again.
There are a handful of Eryngium species to choose from. The prairie perennial called rattlesnake master, or Eryngium yuccafolium, dots our tall grass prairie and once established will dig deep roots that allow it to withstand drought and clayey soils. As you might suspect, e. yuccafolium has yucca-like foliage and is most appreciated for its form and texture because the flowers are smaller than other Eryngium species and the color is a muted silver-green. This one doesn't have the collar, or bracts, like the other species, but it's over all "cool" appearance makes it worth having.
Echinops, or globe thistle is another prickly favorite but with a little more color then Eryngium. Echinops is, indeed, reminiscent of thistle with its deeply cut leaves and round, spiky flower heads. The stems are silver and the foliage a glossy deep green. Echinops ritroisprobably the most commonly grown species, with blue spiky flower "balls". There are cultivars that have purplish blooms, like Taplow Blue and Blue Cloud; and one that has a pink tint called Taplow Purple. The straight species has the best garden vigor by my standards, reaching up to 5 feet in height.
Prickly plants tend to like full sun and well-drained soil. I have never had a problem with acanthus in good garden soil, but the echinops and eryngium have performed better in sandier and well-drained soil on the dry side. Be sure you have a good full-sun situation if you have really rich garden soil.
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Mikey Weinstein has been on a crusade for more than a decade against Christians in the military who speak about their faith with others, but now top brass apparently are listening to him.
After a private meeting between Weinstein and Pentagon officials April 23, a Pentagon spokesman declared, "Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense."
The spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen, added that "court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis, and it would be inappropriate to speculate on the outcome in specific cases."
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Weinstein, according to Fox News' Todd Starnes, told officials at the meeting that U.S. troops who evangelize are guilty of sedition and treason and should be punished, by the hundreds if necessary.
Weinstein recently declared: "We face incredibly well-funded gangs of fundamentalist Christian monsters who terrorize their fellow Americans by forcing their weaponized and twisted version of Christianity upon their helpless subordinates in our nation's armed forces."
In an interview with Fox News, Weinstein said the military needs to begin prosecuting Christians who share their faith.
"Someone needs to be punished for this," he said. "Until the Air Force or Army or Navy or Marine Corps punishes a member of the military for unconstitutional religious proselytizing and oppression, we will never have the ability to stop this horrible, horrendous, dehumanizing behavior."
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Leaders of the Washington-based Family Research Council, which recently faced a violent attack by a leftist who said his goal was to kill as many people as he could, said the Pentagon's apparent intent to punish evangelism makes no sense.
"Why would military leadership be meeting with one of the most rabid atheists in America to discuss religious freedom in the military," asked FRC President Tony Perkins in a Fox News interview. "That's like consulting with China on how to improve human rights."
Retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin, a vice president at FRC, said if the policy goes forward, Christians within the military who speak of their faith "could now be prosecuted as enemies of the state."
"This has the potential to destroy military recruiting across the services as Americans realize that their faith will be suppressed by joining the military," Boykin said.
"Our brave troops deserve better. If chaplains and other personnel are censored from offering the full solace of the Gospel, there is no religious freedom in the military."
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FRC has launched a petition urging the Pentagon to scrub plans to censor religious beliefs.
The FRC petition states: "Our brave troops deserve better. Subverting the religious freedom of our troops both hurts the morale of our troops and puts our nation at risk by labeling courageous military personnel as enemies.
"I urge you to resist the demands of anti-Christian activists who are calling for a court-martial order upon chaplains and service members who share their faith," the petition says.
Tens of thousands of Americans already have joined the effort, which was brought about, according to FRC, because of claims that "religion is one of the chief problems plaguing our troops."
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Some have said, FRC points out, that "religious proselytizing" is "at the top of the list of problems in the armed forces – even on par with sexual assault."
The FRC noted the Washington Post reported that the Air Force had created a document "with the directive that leaders of all levels (including chaplains) may not 'promote their personal religious beliefs to their subordinates or to extend preferential treatment for any religion.'"
Ron Crews of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty told Starne: "Saying that a service member cannot speak of his faith is like telling a service member he cannot talk about his spouse or children. I do not think the Air Force wants to ban personnel from protected religious speech."
However, Weinstein told the Washington Post that such conversation is a national security threat and "sedition and treason."
Ken Klukowski, a senior fellow for religious liberty at FRC, noted that Weinstein cites Focus on the Family founder James Dobson as "illustrating the extremist, militant nature of these virulently homophobic organizations' rhetorically charged propaganda."
Weinstein concludes: "Let's call these ignoble actions what they are: the senseless and cowardly squallings of human monsters."
Kulkowski pointed out that Weinstein endorses the Southern Poverty Law Center, which publishes a list of "hate groups" that lump together Christian organizations such as FRC with the Ku Klux Klan.
As WND reported, the man who shot a security guard at FRC headquarters, Floyd Lee Corkins II, confessed that he targeted FRC because of information provided by SPLC.
Asked by the FBI why he picked FRC to attack, Corkins stated, "It was a, uh, Southern Poverty Law, lists, uh, anti-gay groups. I found them online. I did a little bit of research, went to the website, stuff like that."
FRC said that when Corkins later pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic terrorism, the SPLC "was connected in federal court in this first domestic terrorism conviction in Washington, D.C., under the post 9/11 law."
SPLC has refused FRC's demand to remove the Christian organization from the hate list.
See "Jihad in America: The Grand Deception," which reveals the threat that is hidden in plain sight.
In an FBI interview, Corkins confessed he wanted to "kill as many people as I could."
The U.S. government utilization of opinions endorsed by the SPLC is demonstrated in a number of ways, including the fact that the U.S. Army Reserve recently was found to be using a training brief that slams Catholics and evangelical Christians.
Members of Congress were outraged.
"Our nation needs to have an honest conversation about religious extremism and what we can do to avoid religious violence. However, labeling these major world religions as extremists is wrong and hurtful," said a letter by Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., that was signed by dozens of other members.
The letter was addressed to Army Secretary John. M . McHugh at the Pentagon.
"We call on you to rescind this briefing and set the record straight on the Army's view on these faith groups by providing a balanced briefing on religious extremism," the lawmakers said.


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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a curved, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterium found in brackish,[1] saltwater, which, when ingested, causes gastrointestinal illness in humans.[1] V. parahaemolyticus is oxidase positive, facultatively aerobic, and does not form spores. Like other members of the genus Vibrio, this species is motile, with a single, polar flagellum.[2]
While infection can occur by the fecal-oral route, ingestion of bacteria in raw or undercooked seafood, usually oysters, is the predominant cause of the acute gastroenteritis caused by V. parahaemolyticus.[3] Wound infections also occur, but are less common than seafood-borne disease. The disease mechanism of V. parahaemolyticus infections has not been fully elucidated.[4]
Clinical isolates usually possess a pathogenicity island (PAI) on the second chromosome. The PAI can be acquired by horizontal gene transfer and contains genes for several virulence factors. Two fully sequenced variants exist of the V. parahaemolyticus PAI with distinctly different lineages.[5][6] Each PAI variant contains a genetically-distinct Type III Secretion System (T3SS), which is capable of injecting virulence proteins into host cells to disrupt host cell functions or cause cell death by apoptosis. The two known T3SS variants on V. parahaemolyticus chromosome 2 are known as T3SS2α and T3SS2β. These variants correspond to the two known PAI variants. Aside from the T3SS, two genes encoding well-characterized virulence proteins are typically found on the PAI, the thermostable direct hemolysin gene (tdh) and/or the tdh-related hemolysin gene (trh). Strains possessing one or both of these hemolysins exhibit beta-hemolysis on blood agar plates. A distinct correlation seems to exist between presence of tdh, trh, and the two known T3SS variants: observations have shown T3SS2α correlating with tdh+/trh- strains, while T3SS2β correlates with tdh-/trh+ strains.[7]
Signs and symptoms[edit]
The incubation period of about 24 hours is followed by explosive, watery or bloody diarrhea accompanied by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and sometimes fever. Symptoms typically resolve within 72 hours, but can persist for up to 10 days in immunocompromised individuals. As the vast majority of cases of V. parahaemolyticus food infection are self-limiting, treatment is not typically necessary. In severe cases, fluid and electrolyte replacement is indicated.[2]
Outbreaks tend to be concentrated along coastal regions during the summer and early fall when higher water temperatures favor higher levels of bacteria. Seafood most often implicated includes squid, mackerel, tuna, sardines, crab, conch, shrimp, and bivalves, such as oysters and clams. In the Northeast United States, there is an increasing incidence of illness due to oysters contaminated with V. parahaemolyticus, which is associated with warmer waters from the Gulf of Mexico moving northward.[8]
Additionally, swimming or working in affected areas can lead to infections of the eyes, ears,[9] or open cuts and wounds. Following Hurricane Katrina, 22 wounds were infected with Vibrio, three of which were caused by V. parahaemolyticus, and two of these led to death.
Hosts of V. parahaemolyticus include:
- Clithon retropictus[10]
- Litopenaeus shrimp (suspected; possibly causes necrotising hepatopancreatitis)[11]
- Nerita albicilla[10]
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- ^ a b Ryan KJ, Ray CG, eds. (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
- ^ Finkelstein RA (1996). Baron S; et al. (eds.). Cholera, Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139, and Other Pathogenic Vibrios. In: Barron's Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1. (via NCBI Bookshelf).
- ^ Baffone W, Casaroli A, Campana R, Citterio B, Vittoria E, Pierfelici L, Donelli G (2005). "'In vivo' studies on the pathophysiological mechanism of Vibrio parahaemolyticus TDH(+)-induced secretion". Microb Pathog. 38 (2–3): 133–7. doi:10.1016/j.micpath.2004.11.001. PMID 15748815.
- ^ Makino, Kozo; Kenshiro Oshima; Ken Kurokawa; Katsushi Yokoyama; Takayuki Uda; Kenichi Tagomori; Yoshio Iijima; Masamoto Najima; Masayuki Nakano; Atsushi Yamashita; Yoshino Kubota; Shigenobu Kimura; Teruo Yasanaga; Takeshi Honda; Hideo Shinigawa; Masahira Hattori; Tetsuya Iida (March 1, 2003). "Genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a pathogenic mechanism distinct from that of V. cholerae". The Lancet. 361 (9359): 743–9. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12659-1. PMID 12620739.
- ^ Okada, Natsumi; Tetsuya Iida; Kwon-Sam Park; Naohisa Goto; Teruo Yasunaga; Hirotaka Hiyoshi; Shigeaki Matsuda; Toshio Kodama; Takeshi Honda (Feb 2009). "Identification and Characterization of a Novel Type III Secretion System in trh-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain TH3997 Reveal Genetic Lineage and Diversityt of Pathogenic Machinery beyond the Species Level". Infection and Immunity. 77 (2): 904–913. doi:10.1128/IAI.01184-08. PMC 2632016. PMID 19075025.
- ^ Noriea, Nicholas; CN Johnson; KJ Griffitt; DJ Grimes (September 2010). "Distribution of type III secretion systems in 'Vibrio parahaemolyticus from the northern Gulf of Mexico". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 109 (3): 953–962. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04722.x. PMID 20408916.
- ^ Casey, Michael. "New Hampshire Looks for Answers Behind Oyster Outbreaks". R&D Magazine. Associated Press. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ Penland RL, Boniuk M, Wilhelmus KR (2000). "Vibrio ocular infections on the U.S. Gulf Coast". Cornea. 19 (1): 26–9. doi:10.1097/00003226-200001000-00006. PMID 10632004.
- ^ a b Kumazawa, NH; Kato, E; Takaba, T; Yokota, T (1988). "Survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in two gastropod molluscs, Clithon retropictus and Nerita albicilla". Nihon juigaku zasshi. the Japanese journal of veterinary science. 50 (4): 918–24. doi:10.1292/jvms1939.50.918. PMID 3172602.
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Quite a few recent studies on bedside ultrasound have focused on the hip, as it should, since it is so darn hard to evaluate it by the physical exam alone. Well, not only could ultrasound be used for diagnosing hip dislocations (as evidenced by the below case report), but it is also great for evaluating septic hip joints by visualizing the effusions and helping in its arthrocentesis needs …..as well as using ultrasound for ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca compartment block for hip fractures (especially in the elderly who you'd rather not give a ton of opiates to). – These are all from the Journal of EM.
The first case report discusses a 51 yr old man who was brought in the ED 20 minutes after a fall on wet grass while playing basketball (I know -good for him for staying active!). The current standard of care is to order an Xray. But, sometimes the Xray will not give you the information you need and you may go to CT, or the radiology tech is busy with traumas or other inpatient needs. In this case, the Ap Pelvis XR was normal. Well, never fear – the ultrasound is here! The diagnosis was made of an anterior hip dislocation by ultrasound. See the image below of his dislocated Right hip and normal Left hip when they used their curvilinear probe in anterior, mid-axial and coronal planes:
Another case report recently published discusses an 18 yr old female c/o 5 days of hip pain radiating down her anterior thigh and worse with weight bearing and hip movement. No fevers or other symptoms… oh, and she is 23 weeks pregnant. Now, the diagnosis of septic hips is a clinical one yet, sometimes, it can fool the best of us. I know Ive seen a patient with a septic hip walk…yes, with a limp, but still walk… saying "I think I just twisted it." She was a bounce back to the (different) ED for persistent hip pain after an US was negative for DVT. She had mild leukocytosis (but what pregnant patient doesn't!?!). The ED docs took a look with their ultrasound machine and saw an effusion (top picture below) (compared it to the opposite a-symptomatic hip (bottom picture below)) and then performed an ultrasound-guided arthrocentesis of purulent fluid: arrow and closed arrow is the femoral head and neck, respectively.
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Now, the last study I will highlight, is one that is a more common concept/indication for hip issues – the fascia iliaca block for hip fractures. ""Hip fracture (HFx) is a painful injury that is commonly seen in the emergency department (ED). Patients who experience pain from HFx are often treated with intravenous opiates, which may cause deleterious side effects, particularly in elderly patients. An alternative to systemic opioid analgesia involves peripheral nerve blockade" – word! A small study showing a decrease in pain scale in over 75% of the patients:


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5 civilians wounded in eastern Congo violence
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Neighbors said at least five civilians were hit by mortar fire in the eastern Congo city of Goma on Thursday during a second day of heavy fighting between government forces and M23 rebels to the north of the town.
The violence marked the first reports of civilians being wounded inside the city since late May, and prompted the U.N. peacekeeping mission to issue a statement saying it would take the "necessary steps to protect civilians."
At U.N. headquarters in New York, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Edmond Mulet briefed the Security Council on the fighting, which lasted through most of Thursday.
U.N. diplomats said he reported that three people were killed during the fighting.
U.N. peacekeepers responded by firing five mortars and sending attack helicopters to fly over the scene though they didn't fire, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the briefing was private.
Clement Sale said two of his nieces — ages 16 and 17 — were wounded, one seriously, when a mortar round fell on their house in a densely populated residential neighborhood of Goma.
Another witness, Dieudonne Kwibuka, told The Associated Press that at least three other people, were wounded by mortar rounds that fell near an Anglican church in the same neighborhood, near the center of the town.
The victims included a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old, and one of them had sustained severe head injuries and was unlikely to live, Kwibuka said.
Residents at both locations said they believed the mortar rounds had been fired by Rwandans.
"We could see and hear the direction they were coming from," said Kwibuka.
Rwanda has consistently denied allegations of involvement in the Congolese conflict or of support for the M23 movement, which is led by veterans of previous rebellions that were backed by Rwanda.
The Rwandan border is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) east of where the mortar rounds landed Thursday, whereas the fighting between the army and M23 was some 8 miles (13 kilometers) to the north.
A statement issued by the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, MONUSCO, said "populated areas and U.N. troop positions have been directly targeted and hit by indiscriminate mortar fire" in the Goma area since Wednesday.
"I have ordered MONUSCO to react and take necessary steps to protect civilians and prevent any advance by the M23," the new head of the mission, Martin Kobler, said in the statement.
Both sides have blamed each other for the resumption of hostilities on Wednesday after a three-week lull.
An M23 spokesman Kabasha Amani accused the army of massing troops in front of rebel positions shortly before the fighting broke out and of firing mortar rounds at a populated village, Kayanja, inside the rebel-held zone.
Army spokesman Colonel Olivier Hamuli said there were no civilians inside the combat zone to the north of Goma.
A civilian living near the combat zone, Dr. Isaac Warwanamiza, said the army was advancing Thursday and the front line had moved nearly a kilometer (more than a half mile) north since Wednesday.
The M23′s Kabasha called on the government to return to peace talks at Kampala that have repeatedly stalled since they were launched last December.


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Move over Betty White. Take a hike Al Hrabosky. You both need to make room for the San Francisco Giants' star closer Brian Wilson.
It's not just anyone who can so quickly supplant both a beloved octogenarian TV star and an eccentric relief pitcher in the public's consciousness, but the dyed-black-bearded, faux-hawked Wilson is most certainly not just anyone.
Here are only a few things he has done recently: led Major League Baseball in saves during the regular season; dominated the post-season, as the Giants won their first title since moving west in 1958; and captivated a nation by unleashing a mysterious, hulking character who wears a leather bondage mask and not much more during an October interview with Fox Sports' Chris Rose.
Wilson said the man is his neighbor and he calls him "The Machine."
The world is now awakening to Wilson's oddly magnificent MO. The tatted hurler visited Jay Leno's show last night and introduced millions of (possibly confused) viewers to "The Machine, " who then made a startling, silent appearance. A recently launched Facebook group lobbying to land Wilson a "Saturday Night Live"-hosting gig already has close to 12,000 likes (a far cry from the 200,000 or so White racked up before SNL called, but the night is young).
In the days before Halloween, "Fast Company" magazine noted, fake Wilson beards were flying off costume shop shelves, including a model that doubled as a baby pacifier. And yes, there are Twitter accounts: BeardOfBrian has 4,293 followers as of the morning of Nov. 5. (A sample tweet: "When Brian Wilson plays Hide & Seek, he hides inside of his Beard and no one ever finds him.")
The logical question is: How did this happen?
As is the case with many contemporary memes, it all started with YouTube (and "The Machine"). Wilson's interview with Rose was a viral masterpiece. In terms of popularity, it has already destroyed a clip of that other famous Brian Wilson singing "California Girls" live at the Roxy in 2006. And it's not even close: 204,164 views for the former Beach Boy; 409,719 for "The Machine."
But not every YouTube star gets invited to Leno. Wilson also happens to be extremely charismatic and bizarrely comfortable in his own ink-splattered skin.
When Leno brought up Wilson's orange cleat controversy that led to MLB fining the pitcher for wearing them, Wilson said the league had a problem with the shoes because they contained "too much awesome." When talk turned to trying to rhyme a word with "orange" Leno told Wilson to give it a try.
"I don't want to," Wilson said flatly and the audience exploded with laughter.
If he can do that with four simple words, it stands to reason that "Saturday Night Live" would be lucky to have him.
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Low fat food makers often replace the fat with carbohydrates to make the food taste better.
Carbohydrates make us fat, so eating low fat foods can actually prevent you from losing weight or even make you gain. Carbohydrates are also linked to type 2 diabetes.
We think low fat foods are healthier for us therefore it's OK to eat as much as we want, wrong. They are usually highly processed and contain weird chemicals, not to mention they don't taste as good as the real thing.
Maybe it's time to realize low fat foods don't work!
Our body is creating too much insulin to process the excessive amount of sugar and carbohydrates we eat. This is the leading cause that makes us fat and increases our risk of serious health problems.
We get fat by eating foods that lack nutrients — because we end up eating more to get the nutrients that we need. Lack of sleep and stress can also be contributing factors to not losing weight.
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Eating natural foods instead of highly processed food is much more nutritious and satisfying, therefore we eat a lot less. Eating a low carbohydrate diet is the key to losing weight.
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This is an editorial that shouldn't have to be written.
For years, the world has had an effective vaccine for measles.
Yet, after a scare from a since-proven-false article by the now-discredited Andrew Wakefield that claimed there was a danger from the vaccine, a significant number of parents decided that they knew better than mainstream doctors or science, and chose not to have their children vaccinated with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Because of their parents' choice, children are dying of measles again. And they don't have to.
Those chickens are coming home to roost. Because of their choice, people – often children – are dying of measles again. And they don't have to.
In the last year, Europe has seen 3,300 cases of measles, and 35 deaths in Germany, Romania, Portugal and Italy.
The United States declared in 2000 that it had eliminated measles nation-wide. Not anymore; there were 70 confirmed measles cases in 2016 (primarily among the unvaccinated). Compare that to June 2017, when there were 73 cases in one outbreak in Minnesota alone.
A Minnesota disease prevention official told CNN at the time, "This is a disease that is serious, and the opportunity to prevent it is one that we really need to be taking. ... We'd rather invest in preventing disease than spend funds fighting it. We want to focus on promoting health in those instances where we can rather than fighting disease."
For all of the U.S, the number of confirmed cases for 2017 stood at 120 as of Nov. 4.
And many of the cases didn't have to happen.
As the U.S. Center for Disease Control points out, "Measles vaccine is highly effective, with one dose being 93 per cent effective and two doses being 97 per cent effective at preventing measles."
Recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association points out that, of the 1,789 cases in the U.S. between 2001 and 2015, close to 70 per cent were in people who had not received the MMR vaccinations.
Perhaps the simplest way to put it? Read the words of Dr. Eleanor Draeger, speaking to the British Medical Association's annual meeting in June.
"I qualified in 2000 and when I was at medical school I was taught about measles as a historical disease that I would probably never see," she said. "In 2007, I saw my first case of measles in a 10-month-old baby who was really, really unwell — wasn't hospitalized but spent 10 days dehydrated and seeing the GP every day with constant fear for their health. That 10-month-old baby was my son.
"He has had every vaccination but at 10 months he was too young for his first MMR. The reason he had measles is because of the fallout from Wakefield's paper," she said. "Something which should have been historical in my career isn't historical anymore."
Strong words. Easy solution. Get your children vaccinated.


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Some of the NHL's best debuts by 18-year-oldsby John Kreiser
The Edmonton Oilers are hoping that Nail Yakupov's success in junior hockey will lead to a fast start to his NHL career.
The Oilers took Yakupov with the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft in June, and they hope he'll be ready to step right into a regular role at age 18 -- the same way Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall did for Edmonton in the past two seasons after being the first players selected in their draft years. Both played well and appear to be on their way to fine careers.
The two No. 1 picks before that, Steven Stamkos (2008) and John Tavares (2009), also entered the NHL right away, and both look like they'll go on to long and successful careers. But both had good, not great, seasons as 18-year-olds: Stamkos had 21 goals in his first season, but his 156 goals in the past three seasons are the most in the NHL. Tavares scored 24 goals and had 54 points as an 18-year-old, but is coming off an 81-point season with the New York Islanders in 2011-12 and shows signs that he's capable of a lot more.
Here's a look at some of the best debut seasons ever by players who made their debut as 18-year-olds, or in the first season immediately after turning pro:
Birthday: Jan. 26, 1961
Signed with Indianapolis (WHA) for 1978-79 season
1978-79 in WHA (Indianapolis/Edmonton): 46-64-110
1979-80 in NHL (Edmonton): 51-86-137
Wayne Gretzky in the summer of 1978. The NHL wouldn't touch players that young -- but the World Hockey Association, then in its dying season, wasn't as fussy. Gretzky, a star in junior hockey, played just eight games with the Racers before being sold to Edmonton and helping the Oilers make it to the last WHA final (they lost). No NHL team owned Gretzky's rights -- he'd never been drafted because of his age -- so Edmonton was able to keep him when the NHL absorbed four WHA teams in the summer of 1979.
Though skeptics were sure Gretzky would be banged around and shut down in the bigger, tougher NHL, the skinny 18-year-old kept right on scoring. By the time he turned 19, midway through the 1979-80 season, he was already terrorizing goaltenders. Gretzky finished his first NHL season with 137 points, tying L.A.'s Marcel Dionne for the scoring lead (Dionne won the Art Ross Trophy by scoring two more goals) and leading the Oilers to the playoffs.
Because he had played one pro season in the WHA, Gretzky was ineligible for the Calder Trophy as the NHL's best rookie. Though it's not listed as the rookie record, Gretzky 137 points are still the most ever by a player who was 18 for any part of a season.
Birthday: April 3, 1963
Drafted: No. 1 in 1981 by Winnipeg
1981-82: 45-58-103
Hawerchuk turned pro at age 18 after a fantastic season with Cornwall of the Quebec League, scoring 81 goals and 183 points in 72 games while leading his team to the Memorial Cup and earning Canadian Hockey League Player of the Year honors.
It was no surprise when the Winnipeg Jets -- coming off a season in which they won just nine of 80 games -- took Hawerchuk with the first pick in the 1981 NHL Draft and put him right into the lineup. He stepped in and became the first NHL rookie to score 40 goals and finish with 100 points in the same season.
Hawerchuk's spectacular rookie season not only earned him the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, it helped the Jets to a 43-point improvement and a second-place finish in the Smythe Division. Hawerchuk led the Jets in scoring for nine consecutive seasons on his way to the Hall of Fame.
Birthday: Aug. 7, 1987
Drafted: No. 1 in 2005 by Pittsburgh
2005-06: 39-63-102
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Crosby was the most hyped junior player in decades, and the Penguins won a lottery after the work stoppage that gave them the No. 1 pick in the 2005 NHL Draft. There was never any question that he'd be the first player taken.
Crosby quickly showed why everyone wanted him, becoming one of only seven players to reach the 100-point mark in his rookie season -- and only the fourth to do so as an 18-year-old (the third in his first season after being drafted). Given the drop in scoring since the 1980s, you can make the argument that Crosby's rookie season was the most impressive by a first-year player of any age in the 40-plus years since expansion.
The Penguins had finished last in the overall standings in 2003-04 before landing Crosby and were only marginally better (next-to-last overall) with him in the lineup as a rookie. But two years later, Crosby and the rebuilt Penguins were Stanley Cup finalists; one year after that, they were champions. Though he's had concussion-related problems during the past two seasons, when Crosby is healthy he offers a blend of skills, strength and determination unmatched in the NHL today.
Birthday: Oct. 5, 1965
Drafted: No. 1 in 1984 by Pittsburgh
1984-85: 43-57-100
The Penguins' reward for finishing last in the 1983-84 season was the chance to draft Lemieux, an immensely talented 18-year-old center from Laval of the Quebec League. He showed his skills immediately, taking the puck away from future Hall of Famer Ray Bourque and scoring on his first shot during the first shift of his NHL career.
Despite missing seven games with injuries, Lemieux earned the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie. The Penguins improved by 15 points -- though they were still next-to-last in the League with 53.
Lemieux continued to pile up points, though the Penguins needed five years after his arrival to get into the playoffs. He led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992, and won a third Cup as an owner (and Crosby's landlord) in 2009.
Birthday: May 9, 1965
Drafted: No. 4 in 1983 by Detroit
1983-84: 39-48-87
It might seem incredible now, but Yzerman wasn't the player the Detroit Red Wings had hoped to draft with the fourth choice in 1984. They really wanted Pat LaFontaine, who had played in the Detroit area and (they felt) might help sell tickets for a team that was having trouble at the box office. But when the New York Islanders nabbed LaFontaine with the No. 3 pick, the Wings had to "settle" for Yzerman, a high-scoring center with Peterborough of the OHL.
Though Yzerman had the best scoring numbers of any rookie in 1983-84, he finished second in voting for the Calder Trophy to Buffalo goaltender Tom Barrasso, a fellow 18-year-old. Yzerman's presence helped the Wings improve by 12 points and make the playoffs. He became the Wings' captain when he was 21, went on to score as many as 155 points in a season, and later became one of hockey's greatest leaders while sparking the Wings to three Stanley Cups and earning a berth in the Hall of Fame. He's now the general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Birthday: July 20, 1968
Drafted: No. 2 in 1986 by Los Angeles
1986-87: 37-42-79
The Kings were in disarray after finishing 1985-86 next-to-last in the overall standings -- their 54 points left them ahead of only the Red Wings. After the Wings took Joe Murphy with the No. 1 pick in the 1986 NHL Draft, the Kings used the second pick to grab Carson, who was a high-scoring center with Verdun of the Quebec League.
Carson stepped right into the Kings' lineup at age 18 and began putting up points. He finished second on the team in goals (behind fellow rookie Luc Robitaille, a 20-year-old) and third in scoring, helping the Kings improve by 16 points and make the playoffs. Carson was even more spectacular as a 19-year-old, scoring 55 goals and 107 points.
In the summer of 1988, Carson was part of the package the Kings sent to Edmonton for Wayne Gretzky. He scored 49 goals and 100 points in his first season with the Oilers -- but he wasn't Gretzky, and quickly became uncomfortable in Edmonton. Carson, a Michigan native, was traded to Detroit in 1991 but never reached the heights he'd hit in his early years.
Birthday: May 16, 1992
Drafted: No. 7 in 2010 by Carolina
2010-11: 31-32-63
His numbers don't rival those of Gretzky or Lemieux, but considering that he plays in an era when scoring is difficult, Skinner's achievements speak for themselves.
Skinner's selection by Carolina with the seventh pick in the 2010 draft was a stunner -- Central Scouting rated him just 34th among North American skaters despite a 50-goal, 90-point season with Kitchener of the Ontario Hockey League in 2009-10. Even more stunning was that he earned a job with the Canes and looked right at home in the NHL despite being the League's youngest player.
Skinner scored his first NHL goal on Oct. 20, became the first 18-year-old since Yzerman to play in the All-Star Game when he was named as an injury replacement for Crosby and finished his first NHL season with 31 goals and 63 points. That was good enough to win the Calder Trophy as the League's top rookie, making Skinner the first player since Barrasso in 1983 to do so while playing all or most of his first season as an 18-year-old.
Birthday: Dec. 28, 1960
Drafted: No. 8 in 1979 by Boston
1979-80: 17-45-62
Seven teams passed on Bourque in 1979 before the Boston Bruins chose the Montreal native, who was coming off back-to-back 22-goal seasons on the blue line with Verdun of the Quebec League.
Most of the 18-year-olds who were able to make an impact did so largely because they were chosen by weak teams that were desperate for a talent upgrade. Not so with Bourque, who joined a team that had come within two minutes of making the Stanley Cup Final the previous spring. But Bourque showed he was more than ready for a full-time job by putting up 17 goals and leading Boston's defensemen in scoring. The Bruins improved to 105 points from 100, though they finished second in the Adams Division and were upset in the preliminary round of the playoffs.
Bourque went on to a Hall of Fame career, finally winning a Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2001 after two decades with the Bruins. He was a star from the day he stepped on the ice to the day he hung up his skates.
Birthday: March 8, 1961
Drafted: No. 4 in 1980 by Los Angeles
1980-81: 16-60-76
No defenseman in the expansion era has had a bigger effect on his team in the first season after he was drafted than Murphy did with Los Angeles in 1980-81.
The Kings, who historically had struggled defensively, took Murphy with the fourth choice in 1980 and wasted no time putting him into the lineup. They were rewarded with a 16-goal, 76-point season -- still the most assists and points by a first-year defenseman in NHL history -- and a 25-point improvement in the standings.
The Kings dealt Murphy to Washington in 1983-84, and he went on to win Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh and Detroit on the way to the Hall of Fame.
Birthday: March 20, 1948
Not drafted; signed by Boston in 1962
1966-67: 13-28-41
The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers spent much of the pre-expansion 1960s battling to avoid last place in the six-team NHL. Both teams finally dug themselves out, and the arrival of Orr was a big reason for Boston's improvement.
Orr was a sensation almost from the time he began playing hockey at age 4. The Bruins discovered him at a bantam tournament and paid to sponsor his team, then signed him at age 14. He played for Oshawa of the Ontario League at 15, and in his final season led the Generals to the league title with 94 points in 47 games.
Orr stepped into the NHL as an 18-year-old and looked right at home, scoring 13 goals and 41 points in 61 games as a rookie playing for a last-place team. That was more than enough to earn him the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie -- and generate one of hockey's most famous quotes. Rangers defenseman Harry Howell, who had a career year and won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman, said, "I'm glad I won it now, because it's going to belong to that Orr from now on."
It did -- for the next eight years. Orr was the game's greatest player through the first half of the 1970s before knee problems did what opponents never could -- shut him down. He played only 36 games after 1974-75 and hung up his skates for good at age 31.
Birthday: March 31, 1965
Drafted: No. 5 in 1983 by Buffalo
1983-84: 26-12-3, 2.84 GAA, 2 shutouts
It's hard enough for any rookie to step into the NHL just a few months after being drafted. That goes double for kids coming out of U.S. high schools -- especially goaltenders. Someone forgot to give that message to Barrasso after the Buffalo Sabres took him with the fifth selection in the 1983 NHL Draft.
Barrasso had been spectacular at Acton-Boxboro H.S. in Massachusetts, piling up 17 shutouts in 46 games in his last two seasons. He quickly showed those numbers were no fluke by coming to a veteran team, beating out veterans Phil Myre and Jacques Cloutier for the starting job and winning 26 games with a 2.84 goals-against average while helping the Sabres improve from 89 to 103 points.
Not only did Barrasso win the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, he took home the Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender and was named a First-Team All-Star. No teenage goaltender has come close to his accomplishments, and it's hard to see anyone doing it in the near future.
Barrasso went on to win two Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh in the early 1990s and retired with 369 victories, now the second-highest total by a U.S.-born goaltender.


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MySQL Utilities
The mysqlfrm utility is designed as a recovery tool that reads .frm files and produces equivalent CREATE statements from the table definition data found in the file. In most cases, the generated CREATE statement is usable for recreating the table on another server, or for extended diagnostics. However, some features are not saved in the .frm files and therefore are omitted. The exclusions include but are not limited to:
foreign key constraints
auto increment number sequences
The mysqlfrm utility has two modes of
operation. The default mode is designed to spawn an instance of an
installed server by referencing the base directory using the
--basedir option, or by
connecting to the server with the
--server option. The process does
not alter the original .frm file(s). This mode also requires the
--port option to specify a port
to use for the spawned server. It must be different than the port
for the installed server and no other server must be using the
port. The spawned server is shutdown and all temporary files
removed after the .frm files are read.
A diagnostic mode is available by using the
--diagnostic option. This
switches the utility to read the .frm files byte-by-byte to
recover as much information as possible. The diagnostic mode has
additional limitations in that it cannot decipher character set or
collation values without using an existing server installation
specified with either the
--server or
--basedir option. This can also
affect the size of the columns if the table uses multibyte
characters. Use this mode when the default mode cannot read the
file, or if a MySQL server is not installed on the host.
To read .frm files, list each file as a separate argument for the utility as shown in the following examples. You must specify the path for each .frm file you want to read or supply a path to a directory and all of the .frm files in that directory to be read.
You can specify the database name to be used in the resulting CREATE statement by adding the name of the database followed by a colon to the .frm filename. For example, oltp:t1.frm uses 'oltp' for the database name in the CREATE statement. The optional database name can also be used with paths. For example, /home/me/oltp:t1.frm uses 'oltp' as the database name. If you leave off the optional database name and include a path, the last folder is the database name. For example /home/me/data1/t1.frm uses 'data1' as the database name. If you do not want to use the last folder as the database name, simply specify the colon like this: /home/me/data1/:t1.frm. In this case, the database is omitted from the CREATE statement.
show the program's help page
Display license information and exit.
The base directory for the server installed. Use this or
--server for the default
Turn on diagnostic mode to read .frm files byte-by-byte and generate best-effort CREATE statement.
Set the ENGINE= option for all .frm files read.
The port to use for the spawned server in the default mode. Must be a free port. Required for default mode.
Connection information for a server. Use this option or
--basedir for the default
mode. If provided with the diagnostic mode, the storage engine
and character set information are validated against this
To connect to a server, it is necessary to specify connection parameters such as the user name, host name, password, and either a port or socket. MySQL Utilities provides a number of ways to supply this information. All of the methods require specifying your choice via a command-line option such as --server, --master, --slave, etc. The methods include the following in order of most secure to least secure.
Use login-paths from your
.mylogin.cnf file
(encrypted, not visible). Example :
Use a configuration file (unencrypted, not visible) Note:
available in release-1.5.0. Example :
Specify the data on the command-line (unencrypted, visible).
Example :
The path to a file that contains a list of trusted SSL CAs.
The name of the SSL certificate file to use for establishing a secure connection.
The name of the SSL key file to use for establishing a secure connection.
Specifies if the server connection requires use of SSL. If an encrypted connection cannot be established, the connection attempt fails. Default setting is 0 (SSL not required).
Show file statistics and general table information for each .frm file read.
Number of seconds to wait for spawned server to start. The default is 10 seconds.
Execute the spawned server using this user account. Permits the execution of the utility as one user but the spawned server as another. Required if running the utility as the root user (e.g. su or sudo).
Turn off all messages for quiet execution except CREATE statements and errors.
Control how much information is displayed. For example,
-v = verbose,
-vv = more
-vvv = debug
Show program's version number and exit
Tables with certain storage engines cannot be read in the default
mode. These include PARTITION,
PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA. You must read these with
--diagnostic mode.
Use the
--diagnostic mode for
tables that fail to open correctly in the default mode or if there
is no server installed on the host.
To change the storage engine in the CREATE
statement generated for all .frm files read, use the
--new-storage-engine option
To turn off all messages except the CREATE
statement and warnings or errors, use the
--quiet option.
Use the
--show-stats option to
see file statistics for each .frm file.
If you need to run the utility with elevated privileges, use the
--user option to execute the
spawned server using a normal user account.
If you encounter connection or similar errors when running in
default mode, re-run the command with the
--verbose option and view the
output from the spawned server and repair any errors in launching
the server. If mysqlfrm fails in the middle,
you may need to manually shutdown the server on the port specified
The following example reads a single .frm file in the default mode
from the current working directory using the server installed in
/usr/local/bin/mysql and port 3333 for the
spawned server. Notice the use of the
db:table.frm format for specifying the
database name for the table. The database name appears to the left
of ':' and the .frm name to the right. In this case, we have
database = test1 and table = city, so the
CREATE statement reads
mysqlfrm --basedir=/usr/local/bin/mysql test1:city.frm --port=3333
# Starting the spawned server on port 3333 ... done.
# Reading .frm files
# Reading the city.frm file.
# CREATE statement for city.frm:
CREATE TABLE `test1`.`city` (
`city_id` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`city` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
`country_id` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL,
`last_update` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
PRIMARY KEY (`city_id`),
KEY `idx_fk_country_id` (`country_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
The following demonstrates reading multiple .frm files in the default mode using a running server. The .frm files are located in different folders. Notice the use of the database name option for each of the files. The t1 file was given the database name temp1 since that is the folder in which it resides, t2 was given db1 since that was specified in the path, and t3 was not given a database name since we used the ':' without providing a database name.
mysqlfrm --server=root:pass@localhost:3306 /mysql/data/temp1/t1.frm \
/mysql/data/temp2/db1:t2.frm --port=3310# Starting the spawned server on port 3333 ... done. # Reading .frm files # # # Reading the t1.frm file. # # CREATE statement for ./mysql-test/std_data/frm_files/t1.frm: # CREATE TABLE `temp1`.`t1` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 # Reading the t2.frm file. # # CREATE statement for ./mysql-test/std_data/frm_files/t2.frm: # CREATE TABLE `db1`.`t2` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 # # Reading the t3.frm file. # # CREATE statement for ./mysql-test/std_data/frm_files/t3.frm: # CREATE TABLE `t3` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 #...done.
The following demonstrates running the utility in diagnostic mode to read all of the .frm files in a directory.
mysqlfrm --diagnostic /mysql/data/sakila
# WARNING: Cannot generate character set or collation names without the --server option.
# CAUTION: The diagnostic mode is a best-effort parse of the .frm file. As such, it may not identify all of the components of the table correctly. This is especially true for damaged files. It will also not read the default values for the columns and the resulting statement may not be syntactically correct.
# Reading .frm file for /mysql/data/sakila/city.frm:
# The .frm file is a TABLE.
# CREATE TABLE Statement:
CREATE TABLE `city` (
`city_id` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`city` varchar(150) NOT NULL,
`country_id` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL,
`last_update` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
PRIMARY KEY `PRIMARY` (`city_id`),
KEY `idx_fk_country_id` (`country_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
The permissions for using mysqlfrm vary and depend entirely on how you use it. If you use the utility to read .frm files in a protected folder like the example above (in either mode), you must have the ability to run the spawned server with privileges that allow you to read the protected files. For example, you could use a user account that has root-level privileges.
If you use the utility with a server connection, the user you use to connect must have the ability to read system variables at a minimum including read access to the mysql database.
You should never use the root user to spawn the server nor should you use the mysql user when spawning the server or running the utility.


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Swedbank Head Office
A modern high technology office with Tunable White.
Swedbank's new international head office is an innovative interpretation of the core values of the organisation; Openness, Simplicity and Care – all materialised in a modern office space.
In May 2014, Swedbank's new head office was opened. The building's triple-V structure breaks up the volume, thus creating a welcoming, open environment for employees and visitors alike. The main aim was to create an inspiring and energising environment, focusing on meeting areas that reflect the bank's new working philosophy.
The building
The structure is built using the latest technology. It is modern with several different office space types. The building has 45.000 m2 of office space and was built on the site of an old car park. The building, housing the activity-based offices, which comprises about 2.500 workspaces, was designed by 3XN, while the interior design was the work of Tengboms.
To meet the need of modern technology Fagerhult specially designed two luminaire types, one circular and one linear.
Custom made linear Notor was installed in the activity-based office areas. The luminaire is recessed and gives an even light from end to end. This enhances the visual appeal ensuring illuminated corners.
The circular luminaire was made in two different sizes: 1.2 m and 2.4 m diameter. Both controlled with Tunable White, the varied sizes created a dynamic effect on the ceiling.
Tunable White
This head office also embraces the functions that are part of a smart office of the future by using different colour temperatures, so called Tunable White. For this project a router solution was used that varies light over time and adjusts the colour temperature, mimicking the light outdoors. The dynamic light means the colour temperatures can be adjusted, where blue light activates and warm light calms.


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December 2008 BSA Theme - Holiday Lights
"The Star of Bethlehem, the Miracle of the Lamp, the Morning Star that enlightened Buddha, the bonfires of Yule: many of our holiday traditions this month involve lights. Share your holiday traditions with your pack and den: lights on a Christmas tree, candles on a Menorah for Chanukah, or on a Kinara for Kwanzaa. Boys can be stars this month by brightening someone's holiday season with a gift of compassion. As a pack or den, visit a nursing home, preschool, or children's ward and sing holiday favorites. End your outing by sharing cookies that the boys decorated. Help those less fortunate with a service project or toy drive. How about a holiday campfire at your pack meeting? This is great month to work on the Language and Culture belt loop and pin or the Heritages belt loop and pin." - Program Helps
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