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Do You Have a Year-End Maintenance Ritual?
Over the past several years working online, my year-end maintenance routine has evolved from simple website backups to a robust strategy involving many important and useful tasks. Some of the items on the list have indeed been performed multiple times throughout the year, but are included here to emphasize their importance. Additionally, many of these tasks are great for helping bloggers gain a clearer picture of their overall online empire, while attaining a sense of annual "closure" concerning the work of the previous year. So, let's dig into my personal year-end strategy for cleaning things up and preparing for the new year..
Make complete backups of your work
Saving frequent, tested backups should be a part of any serious online strategy. At the end of the year, I create a complete backup of everything, including all site files (PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, .htaccess, etc.), as well as all associated database content. I generally duplicate my entire set of files (for all domains), and then include duplicate database backups in their respective directories. I also take this opportunity to purge my email inbox of any "loose ends" by relocating them to their respective domain's backup directory. I also do this for any loose files, configuration files, article backups, and anything else that goes with a particular domain. This works great at consolidating and organizing data that may be needed at some point in the future.
After I have consolidated everything worth keeping, I delete all other backups for the year and burn a permanent copy for the archives. Thus, as time goes on, I will have accumulated all the best bits of each year into a nice annual library of backup content. I can live with that :)
Synchronize your online and offline content
Working on your sites via FTP, Dreamweaver, or whatever, various file discrepancies will inevitably accumulate over time. Files may change on the server, local file edits may not have made their way online, and/or files on either side of the fence may have gone missing altogether. Don't ask me how it happens, just trust me when I tell you that it does. Thus, it is a good idea to synchronize your offline files with your online files at least once a year. Fire up the transfer protocol of your choice, and carefully synchronize your files. Some directories are synced one way, while others the opposite — it all depends on the content, frequency of updates, and potential for change. However you decide to do it, it is key that you do. You may even want to do this before making your annual backups.
Visit your sites and give them an annual checkup
When was the last time you actually visited all of your sites? If you are like me, you have an array of sites that you just never find the time to visit and explore. Thus, at the end of each year, I like to take a few moments to visit each of my sites, surf around a bit, and give them a bit of a virtual checkup. I like to test login, search, and JavaScript functionality, while also digging around through archives and images to see if anything has been corrupted. More often than not, I am either reminded of something that needs to be done, or find myself fixing a few things that somehow had managed to go haywire. Keeping an annual eye on even your most distant sites is a good way to stay on top of your game.
Delete obsolete content, archive marginally useful content
As mentioned in the "backup everything" section, I like to clean up loose files and purge unwanted turds at the end of each year. Most of the time, the content that I deem worthy of outright deletion consists of half-baked project ideas, unfinished code experiments, and multiple draft versions of designs. So I go through the directories, deleting the chaff altogether and moving anything with future potential to the annual archives. This is always a great way to freshen things up and lighten the load for the new year.
Analyze site statistics, share the results with your readers
Sure, many of us are stats junkies, carefully monitoring our site's visitors, hits, and downloads, but how often do we actually analyze the overall statistical picture? Once a year (at least) it is important to really dig in and examine your statistics in detail. Investigate the fringes — how have user agents changed over the last year; how have monitor sizes changed from month to month; and what about things such as visitor location, bounce rate, and repeat visitors? Studying such details will provide a greater understanding of your audience, enabling you to possibly rethink your strategy for the coming year.
You may also want to snap a few screenshots or create graphs of annual trends and other stats and share them with your readers. If I have time, I plan on doing this within the next day or so ;)
Complete or delete any lingering tasks on your to-do list
You know the ones: those persistent, "bottom-of-the-list" tasks that just won't go away. I am talking about those painstaking, unlovable tasks that you never manage to finish (or even start). For whatever reason, you have deemed these tasks important enough to plague you every day, but somehow not quite important enough to justify actually doing them. Well, my friend, may I suggest that you take this annual opportunity to either commit to the immediate completion of such tasks, or liberate yourself by completely eradicating them from your life. Pick one, pick the other — but whatever you do, don't keep these things hanging on for another year!
Wipe the blacklists clean, remove any temporary redirects
For those of us who enjoy blocking spammers, scrappers, scrapers, and bad bots, the list of blocked entities can quickly grow rather large. Unfortunately, oversized htaccess and PHP blacklists can slow down server performance and begin to hog precious system resources. At some point, the benefits of blocking unwanted scum are outweighed by the drawbacks of sluggish sites. Thus, once a year, I take a moment to backup my blacklists and then delete them, or at least a majority of them. While there are few bird holes that require constant banishment, I am willing to grant annual amnesty to a majority of offenders. In doing so, I get to wipe the slate clean, speed things up a little, and begin the process afresh for the new year.
Upgrade WordPress (or other software) and plugins
While it is a real chore to keep up with every single WordPress upgrade that is pushed off the shelves, it is important to stay current with key security improvements and other optimized features, database performance, error handling, etc. Generally, I like to take a moment at the end of each year and evaluate the upgrade options for each of my sites. Not all of them run WordPress, and not all of them require upgrading, however, for those that would benefit from such efforts, now is definitely a good time.
This is also a great time to check for upgrades for your favorite plugins. New versions of your best plugins are being rolled out more often than you would think. And, unless you are actively subscribed to every plugin author's feed, you may be missing out on new features and better plugins.
Check for copyright violations and stolen designs/content
Scanning for plagiarized content is something that we should all do much more frequently. Although it crosses my mind once every few posts, checking the Web for stolen content is often shrugged off and relegated to the "later" bin.
Well, here at the end of the year, now is later. Fortunately, using my unofficial Authenticate plugin (not yet released), I have enabled a super-easy method of checking the web for ripped content. At the end of each article, I append a site-specific phrase that may be employed in a comprehensive search for any copyright violations. Then, I pull a few key phrases from a small collection of my popular posts and search for similar instances across the Internet. Additionally, I may use a free service such as Copyscape to assist in the process. Regardless of your technique, take this opportunity to check for stolen content.
Check your server logs, error logs, and other logs
Although I technically do this every week, it is important to do at least once a year, if nothing else. A thorough examination of your server access and error logs provides the critical insight necessary to repair errors, resolve conflicts, restore missing files, and understand your traffic. Hopefully, I am preaching to the choir here, but the point can't really be overstated: the more exposure you have to your site's log files, the better equipped you will be to ensure an optimal experience for your visitors.
Renew select domain names, drop or sell the turds
Actually, for tax purposes, renewing your domain names at the very beginning of the new year is better than doing it at the end of the year, however, it is a part of annual site maintenance, so I included it here as a reminder. Establishing a routine of renewing your domain registrations every year is a great way to ensure that they never expire. Relying on email notifications may fail you, and I believe that nobody actually spends the time to login to their registrar(s) every month to check the status of pending renewals. Thus, take a moment, get it on the list, and renew your domains after the first of the year.
Delete unnecessary social-networking accounts
With the explosion of social networking and bookmarking sites, it is easy to accumulate a cornucopia of unused online accounts. I generally sign up for a new site because of some review or recommendation somewhere, take a few minutes to login and check things out, and then logout and never return again. So, in order to keep a lid on the number of unused accounts I have roaming around out there online, I like to grab a cup of coffee and spend thirty minutes or so canceling the previous year's worth of unwanted service accounts. You know, just to keep things simple and clean.
Close comments on old posts
Open comments on old posts provide spammers an excellent opportunity to hit your site with their crap. They just love those older, long-forgotten posts, and will do anything to take advantage of them. So, at the end of every year, I like to take the opportunity to close all comments on all posts from the previous year (minus a few of the most recent and/or popular). This is an excellent way to reduce spam and seal archived posts for the history books.
Change your passwords
Last but certainly not least: remember to change your passwords. Change as many passwords as possible, and use secure, strong passwords that include a hearty, random mix of numbers and mixed case alpha characters. Make 'em strong, make 'em secure. You have more passwords than you may realize, and chances are that a majority of them have not been changed in a very long time (if ever). Even if you don't have time to dig in and change the passwords on obscure databases, definitely find the time to strengthen passwords on your blogs, local machines, file vaults, routers, and email accounts. Don't think that it can't happen to you!! If you only have time to do one maintenance task this year, this is it. It is that important.
And that about does it for me.. I generally spend the better part of the last day of the year (New Year's Eve Day?) executing this annual maintenance strategy. Some of these tasks are indeed tedious, but I feel a genuine sense of completion upon finishing things up. It's like, I get to step back, look at the big picture, and prepare to start fresh for the new year.
So, what about you? Do you have a particular set of routines that you make time for each year? I tried to think of everything, but surely I am overlooking something important.. What do you think?


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Traveling with Chronic Conditions
Taking special care when traveling with chronic conditions
Chronic conditions should not keep people from enjoying travel. As with other medical conditions, people suffering from chronic diseases should see their healthcare provider as early as possible before traveling. They should discuss any risks that may be involved, and plan for immunizations, medicine, and other medical devices that may be needed before or during the period of travel.
Air travel may pose certain risks for certain people. This includes those with cardiac failure, recent myocardial infarction (heart attack) or stroke, angina (chest pain) at rest, heart rate or rhythm disorders, uncontrolled arterial hypertension, severe anemia, sickle-cell anemia, acute mental disorders, epilepsy, and any serious or contagious diseases. These people may be advised against air travel by their healthcare provider, depending on their individual medical condition.
Air travel for people with chronic conditions
Jets now travel much higher and with decreased oxygen levels in the cabin. Healthy people rarely notice this decrease in oxygen while traveling by air. However, in people with certain heart and lung conditions, this could be dangerous.
People with certain heart diseases that result in reduced blood levels of oxygen were once warned against air travel. But recent studies have shown that if certain precautions are taken, there is no additional risk to these patients. Experts advise that patients with these conditions travel with a companion familiar with their condition. This person can also assist with baggage and ground transportation. It is also important to drink plenty of nonalcoholic beverages when traveling.
People with circulatory problems can experience swollen legs and other discomfort on longer flights. Blood clots can also form after sitting for long periods of time. To help reduce these risks, you should:
Take walks and/or stretch your legs and arms at least once an hour.
Perform leg lifts several times an hour while sitting on the airplane.
Wear well-fitted or compression stockings.
Take low-dose aspirin, if advised by your healthcare provider. (This is not recommended for people already taking a "blood-thinner" medicine)
It is especially important for people with chronic conditions to get information on medical facilities available in other countries. Also, get names of healthcare providers to contact in case of an emergency. Be sure to also check with your health insurance company about your coverage while abroad. Lastly, be able to get to your medical records while travelling.

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At Okee Dokee Kids we are focused on designing high-quality unique children fashion from babies to 10 years old. Our customer's satisfaction is a top priority.
Owner/Designer, Sonja DeSilva
I have been creating something all my life and have been designing and sewing for kids and grown ups for many years. In the past two years I started rescuing textiles and giving them new life in a different form or shape. This is not only good for your heart and soul it is good for the environment as well, and sooo much fun! You never know what you will end up with!
Please take a look around, hopefully you will find something you really like or checkout my Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/okeedokeekids to find more One of a Kind pieces. It is very easy to get lost on the Web don't forget to put my page in to your favorites and check back ...I am trying to post new designs often.
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The 2012 London Games kicked off 16 days ago with Queen Elizabeth II (actually, a body double) parachuting into a whimsical opening ceremony.
The games gathered speed as U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps collected four gold medals and six overall to become the most decorated Olympian ever, with 22 career medals.
Gabby Douglas, the 16-year-old American gymnast, won two golds — and got to meet Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, to boot.
In one delirious night, Britain struck gold three times in track and field — all in less than an hour. The host country piled up 28 golds and will finish third in the medal count.
As the games neared the end, Jamaica's Usain Bolt ran a blistering anchor leg to set a world record in the 4x100 relay for his third gold.
On the final day, LeBron James and the U.S. men's basketball team held off Spain 100-107 for the gold.
Before the flame is extinguished, The Who and the Spice Girls will help give the games a rousing send-off at the closing ceremony.
Here, in pictures, are some of the best moments from the 2012 Summer Games.


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San Francisco (; Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous city in California, with 808,437 residents, and the 17th most populous city in the United States as of 2022. The city covers a land area of 46.9 square miles (121 square kilometers) at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include Frisco, San Fran, The City, and SF.San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776, when settlers from New Spain established the Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate, and the Mission San Francisco de Asís a few miles away, both named for Francis of Assisi.
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This is what Bill Murray did on Letterman last night. That's another thing about Letterman over Leno. Cool people prefer Letterman. Bill Murray definitely prefers Letterman. Bill Murray would probably dive into a dumpster for reals before giving Leno any more love than necessary. And Bill went back to Letterman last night to promote Get Low and to also test out Dave's new dumpster pool. The goggles. It's all in the details, right?
Since I posted about Bill Murray the other day, a few of you who've been lucky enough to have Bill Murray encounters have emailed with your favourite Bill moments. One of my favourites of these was Karolina's encounter with him at SXSW this year. A shortened version of her story is below:
We went to Austin, Texas for SXSW and while it seems everyone and their mother has a Bill Murray sighting to talk about from the festival, I'd like to think ours is one of the best of the bunch. It started at a show for this California band called the Growlers; this amazing psychedelic beach goth band. While in the middle of dancing to their set front row and centre, one of my friend nugdges me to turn around and check out who's moshing behind us. It was Bill Murray!
Fast forward to a few days later. On the last day of our trip, when the festival was officially over, one of my best friends got a text from a girl in the band The Like inviting us to see them play at a small house party in the outskirts of Austin. We get to this house party full of kids in their mid-to-late 20s and it's a pretty small crowd; about 30-40 close friends of the guys who lived in the house and friends of the band. We're hanging out, meeting new friends, enjoying everyone's company when at one point I turn to look towards the direction of the kitchen (the house was teeny with the living room and kitchen all one open space) and I CANT BELIEVE MY EYES. There, at the kitchen sink, washing a dish, is Bill Murray!!!! At a house party. With about 30 people. Every single person played it completely cool and my friends and I weren't sure if it was because they all knew him, or we were on some hidden camera or what the heck was going on but sure enough as soon as we walked out to the backyard people were chit chatting away also in amazement. He came back out and offered us delicious vegan pasta. When the band started playing, we walked in to see them and Bill joined in on tambourine! And still, everyone played cool and hardly anyone took photos, UNTIL the police showed up and all bets came off. I think they received a noise complaint from a neighbour and came to check it out. Totally didn't believe the boys who lived in the house that Bill Murray was inside but came inside reluctantly and when they saw Bill Murray playing with the band, their face expressions were PRICELESS!
The police showing up kind of broke the ice between Bill and umm…EVERYONE and as soon as the band stopped playing everyone went up to him. He actually came up to my friends and I and asked for our names and chatted with him. I remembered an article that referenced how he remembers every single person's name that he meets. Well after we chatted for sometime, we went away for a while did our own thing and a much later in the night he had come over to us again introducing us to a neighbour of the boys' whos house it was. Remembered our names exactly perfectly (we all have semi unique names and no one ever pronounces mine properly). And one last thing to add the the whole randomness of this all, turns out that Bill Murray was in town for the film fest portion of the festival, met the girls of The Like in their hotel lobby and asked to hang out with them…
Dude, imagine going to a house party and Bill Murray offers you vegan pasta? This would make my life. And the way it all happens too. Because he just walked up to the band and asked if he could roll with them. Then again, if he wasn't Bill Murray and just some weird 60 year old man, would it still be cool?
Here's video from that night. Yep, there he is. Just sitting there playing tambourine.
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Fines, costs and restitution information can be found on the Court of Common Pleas System (CPCMS). For assistance accessing this information, call 610-344-6290 during regular business hours.
Payments should begin immediately after sentencing. Offenders are encouraged to remit additional monies above and beyond their payment plan.
Payment plans provide the minimum monthly payment an offender must make to ensure the case is paid in full by the end of an offender's probation/parole period. Failure to pay fines, costs and restitution in full by the end of an offender's probation/parole period may result in a Violation of Probation/Parole Hearing and revocation of the offender's probation/parole period.
Failure to comply with your payment plan may result in violation of probation/parole with possible sanctions as ordered by a Judge such as suspension of driver's license.
Changes in employment status or home address must be submitted electronically via the Change in Status form.
It is the offender's responsibility to inform the Probation Officer if they are not able to comply with their current payment plan due to medical issues. The offender must supply medical verification from their treating physician that details the reason, duration and any work restrictions. This does not relieve the offender from monies owed; rather, it may allow the offender additional time to make payments.
Pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S.A. 9728 (g) the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County instituted a $10 per month administrative fee. This is a mandatory fee imposed on all offenders for the processing of paperwork and related activities.
Pursuant to Act 35 of 1991, the offender will be charged a $40 per month supervision fee. This is a fee imposed for the active supervision of an offender's probation/parole.
Checks returned for insufficient funds will result in a $50 returned check fee. The check writer will have 10 days to make the check good, including payment of the returned check fee. No future personal check will be honored on that account. Individuals who fail to comply with the notice will be referred to the Chester County District Attorney's Office for criminal prosecution.
Pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S.A. 9728 (b) all offender's convicted at the Court of Common Pleas Level will have a civil judgment filed against them for monies owed. This is filed in the Chester County Prothonotary's Office. Judgments must be filed regardless if there is a payment plan or if payments are being received. Judgments are only satisfied upon payment in full of all monies owed.
For questions regarding enforcement of restitution, call the Probation Office at 610-344-6290.
Probation is a sentencing alternative that does not involve a period of incarceration.
Parole is a conditional release from incarceration to serve the balance of the original sentence under the supervision of a parole officer.
The conditions are the same and there is no difference between the a Probation Officer and a Parole Officer. It should be noted that the there are two paroling authorities in Pennsylvania: the Common Pleas Court Judges and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. The Board of Probation and Parole has parole and supervisory authority over those offenders sentenced to two years or more in prison.
Intermediate Punishment is a sentencing alternative available to the Court that includes incarceration, electronic monitoring, intensive supervision, treatment and, in most cases, community service. Restrictive Intermediate Punishment is an enhanced version of Intermediate Punishment. Those offenders convicted of a violent offense are not eligible for Intermediate Punishment.
The Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program is a pre-trial alternative for certain first time offenders facing disposition on a non-violent offense. The District Attorney's Office must approve the offender's application. The Probation Office supervises those placed into the program. Successful participants can earn a dismissal of the charges and are eligible for expungement of the charges.
Offenders in compliance with the terms and conditions of their supervision may be granted permission to travel outside of the US with the approval of the receiving country, the assigned Parole Officer (PO), the District Attorney's Office (DA) and a Chester County Common Pleas Court Judge. A Temporary International Travel Permit must be filed with the Clerk of Courts after obtaining the above approvals. Leisure travel will not be granted for offenders who owe a balance of restitution and/or are not in compliance with their payment plan for fines and costs. The department strongly discourages the international travel of sex offenders and violent offenders.
Procedure: An offender requesting travel permission must inform their assigned PO prior to any travel plans being made to gain preliminary permission and to obtain the Temporary International Travel Permit. The PO will review the case to ensure that the offender is in good standing, requesting travel for a legitimate purpose, and if the purpose of the trip is for vacation that all restitution is paid in full and the offender is in compliance with his/her payment plan for fines and costs. The defendant's attorney is responsible for completing the Temporary International Travel Permit and should first contact the Consulate General Office of the destination country to obtain permission to travel. If permission is granted, the defendant's attorney may proceed with seeking approval and signatures from the DA's office, the assigned PO and finally the Judge. The document must be filed with Chester County Clerk of Courts at least 10 business days prior to the scheduled date of departure with certified copies distributed to the PO and DA's office. The offender will notify the PO within 24 hours upon return.
No, Offenders under our supervision are prohibited from possessing a firearm or deadly weapon.


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With the recent release of a provocative children's book entitled Melanie's Marvelous Measles, a debate has ensued regarding the effectiveness and wisdom surrounding measles vaccinations. When I first heard about the book, I went to Amazon to order a copy for myself. The amount of negative reviews was staggering. People were claiming that the information was "dangerous", "harmful" and "ill-informed". Some were even calling for the book to be banned. It took me a few minutes to read it from cover to cover. Rather than critique the book, which has already been done quite eloquently by others, I would like to talk about the widespread fear surrounding measles and the misinformation regarding the vaccine.
References to measles can be found as far back as the 7th century.[1] Measles is an RNA virus that was first isolated in 1954. A typical infection produces a characteristic skin rash starting at the head and progressing down the trunk and extremities. The rash is typically preceded by a high fever. Around this time, blue-white spots (Koplik spots) can be found on the mucous membranes. These are considered pathognomonic for measles. Other symptoms may include cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, anorexia and lymphadenopathy.
According to the CDC, prior to the introduction of the vaccine, measles was a nearly universal infection occurring most commonly in 5-9 year olds with 90% of U.S. children immune by age 15. Most kids recovered fully within a few weeks with life-long immunity. Reported complications from data collected between 1985-1992 included pneumonia (6%), encephalitis (.1%), seizures (.6-.7%), and death (.2%). These occurred most frequently in children under 5 and adults over 20. These complications may, in fact, have been exacerbated by allopathic interventions to treat common symptoms such as fever reduction using antipyretics.[15,16]
Many people are aware that the first licensed live-virus vaccine was introduced in 1963 (Edmonston B strain) but few know that there was also a killed measles vaccine (KMV) licensed that same year.[1] That vaccine was pulled in 1967, however, after it was discovered that individuals who received the KMV and were subsequently exposed to the wild virus were afflicted with a more severe atypical form of measles. Today's vaccine, known as MMR, contains attenuated, live-measles virus (Edmonston-Enders strain) mixed together with mumps and rubella virus. There is an alternate version of the vaccine, known as MMRV, that combines MMR with the varicella virus. The measles virus is cultured on chick embryo fibroblast tissue and the vaccine contains human albumin, neomycin, sorbitol and gelatin. The 2013 CDC recommendations include 2 doses of MMR, the first at 12-15 months and the second at 4-6 years.
CDC data appears to indicate that the live-virus vaccine has been very effective at decreasing classic measles incidence in our population, however, it can take little credit for the decreased mortality in the developed world considering the death rate had decreased over 98% prior to the vaccine.[18] Never the less, vaccine advocates hail this as a victory. The problem is that few of them question whether it was wise to prevent children from acquiring this infection naturally. Many well-respected doctors and researchers believe that measles is a right of passage that allows a child's immune systems to develop and strengthen. It has been documented that kids in 3rd world countries who get a wild measles infection are less susceptible to malaria and parasitic infections.[3] Medical literature from the 1940's documents children being cured of a kidney disorder known as nephrotic syndrome following measles.[4]
The number of classic measles cases in the US appears to have declined but any protection afforded by the vaccine is limited and often short-lived.[5] Natural infection with wild measles creates long-lasting viral-specific and viral-neutralizing antibodies that are not acquired following vaccine-introduced infection. There are numerous documented cases of measles occurring in highly vaccinated communities [6-8, 17] which can be attributed primarily to short-term efficacy (secondary vaccine failure). This has important implications considering the fact that measles has an increased rate of complications in adults when compared to school age children. In 1973, persons 20 years of age or older accounted for approximately 3% of cases, however, by 2001 that number had increased to 48%.[1]
Not only are measles complications more frequent and severe in adults, but infection during pregnancy increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, premature labor and low-birth weight infants.[1] Additionally, vaccination appears to have increased infants susceptibility to measles.
"Infants whose mothers were born after 1963 had a measles attack rate of 33% compared with 12% for infants of older mothers."[10]
[M]easles susceptibility of infants younger than 1 year of age may have increased. During the 1989-91 measles resurgence, incidence rates for infants were more than twice as high as those in any other age group.[1]
Women of childbearing age, who in the pre-vaccine era acquired measles naturally in childhood, no longer have the robust, life-long viral-specific and viral-neutralizing immune factors to pass to their infants from their serum through the placenta.[1] This is likely the case for breast-milk as well. Secretory IgA (sIgA) antibodies are produced in the mammary gland and can provide passive immunity to breast-fed infants. Natural & vaccine-acquired measles infections have been shown to produce mucosal antibodies.[19] Although I have found no study that looks at the difference between sIgA production in the breast-milk of vaccinated moms versus those who experienced a natural measles infection, it's reasonable to suspect, given what occurs in the serum and the increased susceptibility of infants in the post-vaccine era, that naturally infected moms provide more robust antibody protection through their breast-milk.
Measles in infancy is a risk factor for a fatal degenerative central nervous system condition known as Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE).[5] Could we be setting the stage for disaster if and when measles reignites here in the U.S. due to either imported cases from abroad or a novel mutated strain caused by the vaccine itself? I can predict, with absolute certainty, the response from our government health officials...more vaccines!
What about the possibility of vaccine-induced disorders not typically associated with a measles infection? Wild measles exposure occurs through contact with the human respiratory tract. The measles vaccine introduces a lab altered, live-virus through an unnatural route of exposure. This weakened, man-made virus can bury deep into the tissues and create a slow infection in practically any area of the body including the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract and central nervous system (CNS). The consequences of these vaccine-induced infections may not show up for months, years or decades later.
A vaccine induced form of SSPE known as Measles Inclusion-Body Encephalitis (MIBE) has been documented in children months to years following measles vaccination.[10] Could the rapid rise in chronic inflammatory bowel and neurological disorders be caused by these slow infections? How many doctors would ever think to investigate the possibility that these illnesses may be with a distant vaccination? To further complicate the issue, in a phenomenon known as recombination, the measles virus can combine with other live viruses in the vaccine to create a novel virus with unknown effects.[5]
There is one additional thing that I would like people to consider ... could the whole premise behind artificially stimulating antibody production in order to provide protection from measles be flawed?
[R]esearchers have noted that children with simple agammaglobulinemia in whom measurable measles antibodies do not develop after measles virus infection recover from the disease normally...In contrast to antibody data, patients with defects in the cell-mediated immune system clearly do poorly...and quickly succumb to progressive infection despite administration of large doses of measles antibody-containing immunoglobulin.[9]
The fear surrounding measles stems from ignorance. In a well-nourished child with a properly functioning immune system, viral infections are typically subclinical or exceedingly mild. Certain infections, such as measles, even appear to provide long-term health and immune system benefits. Malnourishment, in particular vitamin A deficiency, is a primary cause of poor outcomes.[1] One of the most effective ways to ensure that a viral illness runs a mild or benign course is to provide children with adequate stores of vitamin A prior to exposure.
As well, high doses of vitamin A given during an acute measles infection has been shown to prevent mortality.[12] Vitamin A works by signaling cell-mediated immune cells known as macrophages to produce an anti-viral messenger known as interferon.[13] Young infants are unable to produce high-levels of interferon [14] and, therefore, rely on passive immunity from mom for protection. It should be noted that measles vaccination has been shown to deplete levels of serum vitamin A.[2]
Many fruits and vegetables provide beta-carotene which is converted by the liver into active vitamin A (retinoids), however, the efficiency of uptake and conversion can vary based on a variety of factors. Particularly during illness, I prefer pre-formed vitamin A from high quality, whole-food sources like cod liver oil and high-vitamin butter oil. I should mention that Melanie's Marvelous Measles will be one of the first books that I read to my daughter.
- [1] CDC. 2012. Chapter 12. The Pinkbook: Course Textbook – 12th Edition.
- [2] Yalcin, S. M.D.; Yurdakok, K. M.D. "Sex specific differences in serum vitamin A values after measles immunization." The Pediatric Inf Dis J. 1999, p.747
- [3] Rooth IB. 1992. "Suppression of plasmodium falciparum infections during measles or influenza." Am J Trop Med Hyg 47(5):675-81.
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- [8] De Serres, G, et al. "The largest measles epidemic in North America in a decade--Quebec, Canada, 2011: Contribution of susceptibility, serendipity and super-spreading events on elimination." J Infect Dis 2012
- [9] Feigin, R. Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Volume 1. 2004, p.2289
- [10] Papania, M, et al. "Increased susceptibility to measles in infants in the United States." Pediatrics 1999, Nov;104(5):e59
- [11] Bitnun A, et al. "Measles inclusion-body encephalitis caused by the vaccine strain of measles virus." Clinical Inf Dis 1999, Oct;29(4):855-61.
- [12] Huiming, Y., et al. "Vitamin A for treating measles in children." Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005, CD001479
- [13] Trottier, C, et al. "Retinoids inhibit measles virus through a type 1 IFN-dependent bystander effect." FASEB J 2009, 23:3203-3212.
- [14] Wilson, C.B., et al. "Decreased production of interferon-gamma by human neonatal cells. Intrinsic and regulatory deficiencies." J Clin Invest 1986, 77:860-867.
- [15] Ahmady, A.S., and A.R. Samadi. "The adverse effects of antipyretics in measles." Indian Pediatr 1981, 18:49-52.
- [16] Sugimura, T, et al. "Risks of antipyretics in young children with fever due to infectious disease." Acta Paediatr J 36:375-378
- [17] Poland, G.A., R.M. Jacobson. "Failure to reach goal of measles elimination. Apparent paradox of measles infections in immunized persons." Archives of Int Med 1994, 154(16):1815-20.
- [18] Historical statistics of the United States – Colonial Time to 1970 Part 1
- [19] Simon, J.K., et al. "Mucosal IgA Responses In Healthy Adult Volunteers following Intranasal Spray Delivery of a Live Attenuated Measles Vaccine." Clin Vaccine Immunol. Mar 2011; 18(3): 355–361.


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Sunday 6 December 2009
Is Science Fiction dying?
The answer? No.
The slightly longer answer: Nope. The death of SF has been proclaimed loudly and in great pitying cries for forty or more years. Lord of the Rings was supposed to have killed off the genre, then later it was Donaldson and Brooks' introduction of the mass-market fantasy category in the late 1970s. SF has also supposedly almost killed itself off as well a few times, whether by the over-reliance on cyberpunk in the 1980s or the slight prevalence of 'quantum' works in the 1990s that didn't really engage the general public's imagination. More recently it is horror and urban fantasy which have been to blame. And SF is still here.
The first point to make is that SF has never done as well sales-wise as the other subgenres of speculative fiction, namely fantasy and horror, certainly not since the rise of those two fields as distinctive sales categories in the 1970s. Dune is the biggest-selling single SF novel of all time, selling 10 million copies since its publication in 1965. Lord of the Rings, which didn't hit the bestseller lists until around the same time, has outsold it by something like twenty times. The number of SF writers capable of hitting the bestseller lists, even in the 'good old days', has always been vanishingly small, and vastly outnumbered by those in fantasy and horror. This has not changed at all. This is of course related to the other point: since the emergency of fantasy and horror as separate fields, the number of authors in those fields and the number of books they write has almost always outstripped those of SF massively. In any given year the number of SF titles published will be a fraction of fantasy and horror, particularly urban fantasy at this time.
SF cannot do much better than it is at the moment for the simple reason that more people aren't writing SF in the first place.
Secondly, the truth of the matter is that British SF is doing very well indeed at the moment. American SF is not doing great, with very few up-and-coming new authors and some of the old guard (most notably Brin and Benford) not publishing new works recently. The feeling with American SF is that it has been conquered by media tie-ins and old-hand authors pumping out - often decent - new works in old series (like Weber and Bujold) rather than writers doing something new. There are some signs of life, like David Louis Edelman's trilogy and John Scalzi keeping the space opera subgenre ticking over, but broadly speaking, American SF is in a worrying state.
British SF on the other hand is doing excellently. We have Alastair Reynolds' new £1 million ($1.6 million at the time) contract and the news his books have recently passed the 1 million sales mark. Dan Abnett, Iain M. Banks and Peter F. Hamilton are all doing even better. Neal Asher, Justina Robson, Stephen Baxter, Richard Morgan, Charlie Stross, M. John Harrison, Paul J. McAuley and Adam Roberts' careers all appear to be in rude health. We have fresh young blood like Jaine Fenn and Gary Gibson who seem to have gotten off to terrific starts. Even new non-British SF authors like Hannu Rajaniemi (whose debut novel is published in 2010) are being eagerly talked-up by their British publishers.
Science fiction is a small field and, frankly, always has been. It's easy to say it's 'dying' just because fantasy and horror are so more noticeably prevalent, but that has always been the case. I haven't seen any evidence that British SF's sales are dropping alarmingly, and British genre publishers seem to still be be picking up new SF works and promoting them, which I would guess would not be the case if it was in freefall. The US field could be in better shape, yes, but hopefully that will come in time once a US publisher takes a chance and starts pushing SF in the same way the likes of Gollancz, Orbit, Tor UK and Voyager have been in Britain (and Pyr and Orbit USA are already making some moves in that direction in the US), at which point I think we will see American SF picking up as well.
Of course, what would be really helpful is if say one of those massive-selling urban fantasy/horror writers were to pen a science fiction novel that did really well. Or if a Pulitzer Prize-winning author wrote, for argument's sake, an alternate history novel. Or if a new, much-lauded author (helped by him being, say, the son of a major thriller writer) wrote an SF novel which was publicised as non-SF and sold really well and then he bigged up the genre in interviews. And of course, that's not getting into those mainstream authors who have openly committed genre and then tried to pretend otherwise (Atwood, James, Winterson), fooling exactly no-one along the way whilst still keeping SF viable.
SF remains a going concern and I think it will be around for a very long time to come.
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- Sci-Fi Gene said...
If by successful one means "the shelves are flooded with large numbers of vampire romance novels with suspiciously similar covers" then it's fair to say that fantasy is currently the more successful genre. Sales figures can't be ignored but they don't necessarily tell the whole story: there's a lot going on in terms of trends and subjects within sci-fi, subgenres appearing and changing (and crossovers between them) and actually quite a healthy exchange between printed page and screen.
- 7 December 2009 at 09:50:00 GMT
- Tree Frog said...
The Gone Away World actually looks good. I'll check it out.
- 7 December 2009 at 21:17:00 GMT
- Gerry Huntman said...
Hi there! I was referred to this blog and found it thoughtful and insightful. Well done.
Unashamedly, I want to plug something, and by all means delete this if you feel it is inappropriate - or move it to a better spot. I am one of 4 writers who cover most speculative fiction, and certainly no small amount of Sci-Fi. We decided to start up a hybrid publishing company - a mix of self-pub and trad-pub, with the view to make it as easy as possible for emerging authors to get exposure to the industry. Sci-Fi and Fantasy are our major areas of interest, but we don't discriminate. We have decided to run a quarterly short story and illustration contest where different groupings of genres are in focus - Dec to Feb each year is Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Up to 33 authors get published for free in an anthology, and the winner gets a novel (or equivalent), also published for free. Similar prizes for illustrators. This is a big break!
Our web site is www.ifwgpublishing.com - we hope you can help us spread the word. This is good for us as a business, but it is also good for a fair number of writers who want professional publishing treatment.
Gerry Huntman
Chief Editor
IFWG Publishing - 8 December 2009 at 08:09:00 GMT
- Neal Asher said...
That genre undertaker must be getting very tired of being called in to nail down the SF coffin lid, only to find the occupant sitting up and asking for breakfast.
- 8 December 2009 at 15:29:00 GMT
- Dave said...
I'm always waiting for the latest from Peter F. Hamilton.
At some point I think about writing a vampire-sci-fi in the near future.
The genre will definitely live forever... there is always something new to dream of that hasn't been engineered yet! - 9 December 2009 at 10:10:00 GMT
- Laura said...
I am Legend was a vampire/sci-fi, wasn'it?
- 11 December 2009 at 06:22:00 GMT
- Adam Whitehead said...
And BLINDSIGHT by recently-in-the-news-for-other-reasons Peter Watts, I believe. I keep meaning to check that one out.
- 13 December 2009 at 04:15:00 GMT


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Several people have expressed reluctance to join a Facebook group entitled Fed up with natural childbirth on the grounds that they have no objection to choosing unmedicated birth, or more generally, no objection to women making whatever choices they prefer. But natural childbirth is not simply a specific set of choices; it's a philosophy that idealizes a specific set of choices and makes value judgments about women who choose differently. Moreover, it is a philosophy that rests on specific empirical claims; claims that are disingenuous, untrue, or occasionally outright lies.
Below is a list of the most popular NCB falsehoods and lies, the ones that are promulgated by natural childbirth celebrities and organizations, and faithfully transmitted even by purportedly neutral childbirth educators:
#1. Childbirth is inherently safe.
This is an outright lie. Childbirth is inherently dangerous. Childbirth is and has always been, in every time, place and culture, a leading cause of death of young women. For babies, the day of birth is the single most dangerous day of the entire 18 years of childhood.
This lie is a bedrock assumption of natural childbirth philosophy. On this false belief that childbirth in nature is inherently safe rests the claim anything that modifies childbirth must be dangerous or not as good as childbirth in nature.
#2. Fear causes the pain of childbirth.
This stems from a spectacularly racist lie. Grantly Dick-Read, the father of the NCB movement, was a eugenicist whose primary goal was to prevent "race suicide" by encouraging white women of the better classes to have more children. He claimed that primitive (i.e. Black) did not have pain in labor, in keeping with the pervasive racist beliefs of the age that Black women were hypersexualized, and gave birth without pain because they did not fear their natural role. Grantly Dick-Read based his entire philosophy on this lie, hence the title of his book, Childbirth Without Fear.
Contemporary natural childbirth advocates no longer make the absurd racist claims, but they are stuck on the notion that the pain of childbirth is inherently controllable by the mind, and that the mind can therefore be trained to minimize and manage the pain.
#3. Labor is not inherently painful.
This bizarre claim rests on a false assumption that labor pain is qualitatively different than other forms of pain. It's not. It is exactly like any other form of pain, is initially received by the same types of neurons, passes exactly the same way up the spinal cord to the brain, and is perceived by the brain in exactly the same way as any other form of pain.
#4. Epidurals are dangerous and unnecessary
NCB advocates insist that epidurals are unnecessary because the pain of labor should be managed in other ways, or better yet, should be endured. The claim is both philosophical and empirical. The philosophical claim rests on the naturalistic fallacy and belief in essentialism. The naturalistic fallacy is the claim that because something is a certain way in nature, it ought to be that way all the time. Essentialism is the belief that women share an essential nature and are "empowered" by expressing that nature.
NCB also insist that epidurals are "dangerous" to both baby and mother. That's nothing more than a lie, created by grossly inflating the purported risks of epidurals.
#5. Interventions are "bad."
Obviously, if you operate under the mistaken belief that childbirth is inherently safe, it is impossible to recognize the benefits of interventions. However, if you recognize reality, that childbirth is inherently dangerous, interventions represent nothing more than preventive medicine. Knowing that complications are common and often preventable, it follows quite logically that pregnant women should be monitored for a variety of complications so they can be prevented, or treated early when there is the greatest chance of successful treatment.
Since NCB advocates insist that interventions are generally worthless, they are forced into the bizarre position of arguing that medical professionals deliberately offer worthless practices and technology because they are benefiting financially.
#6. Inductions are dangerous and unnecessary.
This lie was adopted by NCB advocates only recently. It flows inevitably from two other mistaken beliefs, the belief that childbirth is inherently safe and the belief that since there are no inductions in nature, there must be no need for inductions.
NCB advocates bemoan the rising induction rate while conveniently ignoring the fact that the stillbirth rate has dropped as a result.
#7 Cesareans are almost always unnecessary.
Again, this is nothing more than an empirical lie. It is well known that in countries where the C-section rate is under 5%, mortality rates are appalling. Indeed, in countries that have C-section rates less than 10%, mortality rates are still extraordinarily high. At a minimum, then 1 in 10 women derive major benefit from a C-section. That is hardly a procedure that is unnecessary.
#9. Vaginal birth is inherently superior
This is a philosophical claim that rests on the naturalistic fallacy. Since everything that is natural is "better" and vaginal birth is natural, it must be "better." Most women consider that a birth that results in a live baby and live mother is inherently superior, and for a significant proportion of women, that birth is a C-section.
#10. Women who love their babies choose NCB
This is the most hateful claim, but a claim that flows inevitably from all the other lies. When you erroneously believe that natural is inherently safe and that everything else is inherently dangerous, interventions wrongly take on the specter of unnecessary risks. When you wrongly believe that epidurals are dangerous, opting to treat your own pain implies that you value your feelings over the risks to your baby.
Natural childbirth advocates will be the first to tell you that NCB is not merely a vaginal birth without pain medication. It is a belief system that necessitates choosing vaginal birth without pain medication and without interventions of any kind. As we have seen, it is based on a variety of philosophical and empirical claims that range from false to outright lies. Natural childbirth explicitly idealizes certain childbirth choices and derides others. More importantly, it asserts that women who make those idealized choices are better women and better mothers than everyone else. And that's why I'm fed up with natural childbirth.


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Yesterday I provided food for Rob and his partners in their financial advisory firm. They recently renovated and opened a new office and were having an open house for their clients. I kept things pretty simple as we decided to keep the budget low.
Three of the recipes were ones I'd found on pinterest, which is coincidental because Marg and Shay have started a pinterest recipe challenge!
(If you're interested in any of the recipes, simply click on the highlighted name.)
These shrimp and spanish chorizo bites were a new recipe (found on pinterest). Marinated in sherry, red wine vinegar and spices, I grilled them instead of sauteing. They were muy delicioso. (I have no idea if this is a correct Spanish translation for "very delicious"!)
I'd found and made these tortellini skewers last year around this time. For some reason, people love food on a stick and this doesn't disappoint!
I didn't find this recipe on pinterest - but these are courtesy of the lovely Ina Garten. Super easy and totally satisfying. If you're looking for the perfect ending to a meal or party, these decadent dark chocolate truffles are the perfect bite.
Lastly, these white chocolate truffles were also a find on pinterest. I've started adding lemon zest into the mixture, but otherwise I follow the recipe as written. Creamy, lemony and smooth, these are utterly addictive.
I also made (but didn't photograph) baked spinach and artichoke dip with veggies, spicy molasses cookies, and shortbread.
I prepared a little bit each day this week, so when yesterday rolled around, my oven needed a good cleaning. I decided to clean it while I worked in the kitchen. Remind me never to do that again! It was hot and smelly in my little kitchen. Thankfully no one rang the doorbell yesterday morning, because this is what they would have seen! :)
Skinny jeans, high boots, a tank top and an apron. Not so cute. But way cuter than the spandex shorts I wore the day before!


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How to Make Pinecone Firestarters
Starting a fire is easy with this pinecone crafts project. Learn how to make pinecone firestarters for yourself or a gift.
On a cold winter day, I can't think of anything more relaxing than a crackling fire. No one associates starting the fire with relaxation, though. Just when you think you have the flames going, you turn your back for a moment, and then pfft! All you're left with is a wistful wisp of smoke. This is where this pinecone crafts project really come in handy. Made with wax, they burn longer than crumpled paper, so the kindling has a better chance to get going. Learn how to make pinecone firestarters for yourself or as a gift – they make a great housewarming gift for those with fireplaces!
- Medium saucepan
- Large tin can
- 2 pounds of beeswax, paraffin or wax from old candles (mix as desired)
- Pinecones
- Candle wicking or cotton twine
- Essential oil (optional)
- Pliers
- Waxed paper
- Small heatproof containers, such as bowls, cups or dishes, one per pinecone
- Cooking spray
Step-By-Step Instructions:
Step 1
Fill the saucepan about halfway up with water and place the tin can in it. Add the wax to the can, and place the pan on the stove over low heat. (Heating this way in a water bath will prevent combustion.) If you want to scent the wax, stir in about 2 teaspoons of your favorite essential oil once the wax is melted.
Step 2
Prepare the pinecones. Wrap the wicking or twine around the base of each cone, and tie a simple knot to secure. Cut the wick, leaving a 4-inch tail.
Step 3
Using pliers, hold a pinecone by the tip and dip it, wick and all, into the wax. Lift it out promptly. Allow excess wax to drip back into the can for a moment, and then set the cone on a piece of waxed paper. Continue with the other cones.
Tip: For a more frosted look, dip the cone a few more times, until wax has accumulated on the scales.
Step 4
Spray the containers with cooking spray. These will be the base of the fire starters. Place one cone upright in each container. Carefully pour melted wax over the cones to fill the containers to a depth of about an inch.
Step 5
Once the wax is completely cool, pick up the cones and pop them out of the containers. They should come out cleanly if the containers were greased.


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CINCINNATI — The American Cancer Society estimates one man in six will get prostate cancer during his lifetime, making it the second-leading cause of cancer death in men. With a new partnership with Areva Med, UC researchers will investigate the use of a new drug in stopping the growth of prostate cancer tumors.
In the study, UC researchers in the lab of Zhongyun Dong, PhD, will test the efficacy of a new agent targeted against a specific protein on the surface of the tumor.
"It's been shown that human prostate cancer cells overexpress some proteins on their surface," says Dong, an associate professor of hematology oncology in the department of internal medicine. "This overexpression presents a novel target for management of advanced prostate cancer."
Dong says previous radiation therapy targeting these proteins has been shown to inhibit tumor growth in several animal models. UC's study will be the first to explore this approach for prostate tumors. In the work, researchers will bind the isotope 212-lead to an antibody targeting one of these proteins.
"When administered intravenously, the AREVA Med 2120lead-antibody is designed to bind to the tumor's surface, emit alpha particles in and selectively destroy the tumor cells," says Dong.
In the study, expected to run through the end of the year, researchers will measure the toxicity of the treatment and its efficacy in inhibiting cancer cell growth. Data will then be gathered to support phase-1 clinical trials in patients with advanced prostate cancer.
According to hematology oncology professor Olivier Rixe, MD, PhD, the agent represents a more targeted radiation therapy for cancer treatment. Rixe is the director of the UC's recently launched phase-1 clinical trials unit at the newly established Early Drug Development Program.
"Targeting a monoclonal antibody against this protein is not new," says Rixe. "What's new is that we will load the antibody with an isotope that can directly target the protein on the cancer cell and deliver very localized radiation to this specific target of the cancer.
"It's a very interesting concept for drug delivery and a novel strategy for cancer treatment."
Neither Rixe nor Dong report any financial interest in Areva Med.


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If you do not know what I am talking , I think this post from NYT's the Lede sums everything up.
Now after returning back to homeland, Samira Ibrahim said on TV that she made a mistake to accept this award without reading more about it and that the Zionist lobby and department of State wanted her to apology for her comments and speak well about Israel but she refused.
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It is not the first time Samira's tweets cause controversy. Several times we find shocking tweets from her account regarding Egypt and whenever anyone speaks about the matter some activists claim that she is not administrating this twitter account nor does she blog in her blog. Indeed sometimes I feel that someone else writes in her blog
Needless to say many people unfollowed her on twitter from several months ago due to her tweets.
Look Samira did a huge thing ; she stood for her rights against the most powerful institution in Egypt. We will not forget her role and the other girls from 9 March 2011's virginity tests to stop this disgusting procedure in Egypt.
Still unfortunately Samira is not a real political activist as some positioned her to be in the media. Samira is a very simple girl from Upper Egypt that found herself in the center of the world. She was the first Egyptian woman to be featured in the Time magazine 100 person of the year for God sake. Yet unfortunately some pushed her to play a role bigger in the media than she could handle. Activism comes with responsibility and respect as well honesty before other any other thing.
Samira is lured like many famous faces in the revolution by the media and attention sadly enough media lights burn people. I am afraid that she is not the first and will not be the last from the revolution faces that will face this.
You will be surprised about how both the Islamists and Pro-SCAF/Mubarak supporters were so happy for what happened to her back in Cairo. The Islamists do not like Samira Ibrahim anymore because she attacks them and President Morsi day and night. Of course the Pro-SCAF/Mubarak supporters used what happen to discredit her as a victim for the virginity tests in the first place.
It is not about her political views as much her contradicting behavior on how she accepts an award from a country she was celebrating its worst moments and how she claimed that her twitter account was hacked while it seems that it was not. It is about that tweet speaking about Egyptian Copts and then speaking about Zionist lobby. Yes the Right wingers in the States were angry so are the rest of the Americans who are offended by the 9/11 tweet and yes the Jewish lobby is angry too. No one can deny this.
Unfortunately Samira Ibrahim hurt herself , her image and her creditably with what happened or not and I am sorry to say those who surround her do not help her instead they are harming her a lot.
I know I will be attacked a lot but seriously I can not keep it anymore.


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When you want to cook up a feast fit for the fifth anniversary of a premier food and wine festival, you turn to a top toque. So when the organizers of Charleston's 2010 celebration considered a candidate for headlining chef, it was a no-brainer. Crème de la crème of New York; winner of James Beard Foundation honors for Outstanding Chef and Restaurateur; awarded Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur for his contribution to the advancement of French culinary culture; and commander of restaurants in NYC, Palm Beach, Las Vegas, Vancouver, and Beijing, Daniel Boulud was a natural choice.
"Daniel is the ultimate professional and sets what I think is the ultimate standard for the food and wine world," says Charleston Grill G.M. Mickey Bakst, the man responsible for bringing Boulud to the Holy City. "His restaurants are masterpieces, and his passion is infectious." Bakst also plans the festival's evening of haute cuisine, Dinner with a View, a seated affair in Terri Henning's People's Building penthouse. This year, the theme will be Dinner with Daniel.
What to expect? Take it from New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni, who wrote of Boulud's flagship restaurant, Daniel: "Food...impressive in its precision and...gloriously wanton in its luxuriousness...flourishes [that] make you feel that you've slipped into a monarch's robes, if only for a night." You can count on it, Charleston.
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Yesterday in Egypt, 43 pro-democracy NGO workers were convicted by a Cairo court and sentenced to prison. One of them was Sherif Mansour who was given a two-year sentence. He's been a guest on this program several times. Mansour is a naturalized American citizen born in Egypt. He used to work for the pro-democracy nongovernmental organization Freedom House. He worked for Freedom House in Washington and also in Cairo. He now works for the Committee to Protect Journalists, and he joins us from New York. Welcome back to the program.
SHERIF MANSOUR: Thank you. It's good to be with you.
SIEGEL: And it's correct to say you now face a two-year prison sentence.
MANSOUR: Yes, I'm officially a convict now in Egypt.
SIEGEL: As you understand it, the actual crime that you have been convicted of is what?
MANSOUR: Well, the media campaign and the accusation of the government, and even the verdict justification, talks about how we were part of an American conspiracy to occupy and divide Egypt. But the actual charges, legal charges in the court was operating an NGO branch without license and getting funding without approval. And this is very ironic because in the same verdict justification, they don't talk about lack of license. But they talk about only American hegemony and decrying American, you know, interference in Egyptian issues.
And as far as I know, I'm not an American employee, and I'm not an American spy. And not a single evidence was presented that will indict the people on their trial or will it make any connections between them and those fake conspiracy theories.
SIEGEL: Secretary of State Kerry denounced the verdicts and the sentences yesterday as, and I'm quoting, "Incompatible with the transition to democracy." But he didn't go nearly so far as Republican Congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia, who said: If this decision stands, not a penny more of U.S. taxpayer money should go to the Muslim Brotherhood-led government in Cairo. You know how broke Egypt is right now. Would you support that call?
MANSOUR: I personally believe that the U.S. role in this trial has been counterproductive. And I was very disappointed, to be honest, about how the U.S. government have dealt with this case. And I don't rely on them to do a better job.
SIEGEL: But what if you want to attach the threat of no more money? Would that, in fact, be a positive step, or would that further alienate Egyptians from both the United States and any groups that might be friendly to it?
MANSOUR: Well, there is a precedent that happened in 2000 and 2003 with a similar trial that were brought against Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, another civil society activist who was accused of receiving funding without approval. And for three years, he competed in Egyptian system until he reached the court decision and was able to prove himself innocent. And in the process, President Bush at the time suspended additional aid that was supposed to go to Egypt. And many, including myself, thought that was helpful in the case.
SIEGEL: And do you intend to return to Egypt anytime soon?
MANSOUR: We're discussing with lawyer the options for appealing the verdict, and we may be able to appeal without my presence. But the most important thing is that we make sure that we get an appeal as soon as possible and we also avoid having anyone behind bars. And most of the people who were indicted were outside the country when the verdict came out.
SIEGEL: As someone who has worked for several years for the cause of democracy in Egypt - and we should point out not just in these days of the Muslim Brotherhood's government but in the days of the Mubarak government as well. You were quite active in this cause. How confident are you today that a transition to democracy will be completed and will be strong?
MANSOUR: I am still hopeful. And that becomes more of a feeling than a scientific conclusion in any way. I feel that the revolution that we, and others have worked for, have managed to win some support. And that's what gives me hope right now, that even Muslim Brotherhood or the military were not able to silence the people so far.
People in the media and in the NGO community continue to work and operate again in suppression, and that's what lead me to believe that eventually, that will materialize into an established long-term transition to democracy.
SIEGEL: Sherif Mansour, thank you very much for talking with us once again.
MANSOUR: Absolutely. It's my pleasure.
SIEGEL: Mr. Mansour is now with the Committee to Protect Journalists. He's formerly with Freedom House. And for that work, he was convicted yesterday and sentenced to two years in prison by an Egyptian court.
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Mike Epps Club Brawl -- Security Footage Shows Comic Charging Heckler
Mike Epps Club Brawl Security Footage Shows Comic Charging Heckler
TMZ has obtained security footage of the Mike Epps nightclub fight ... which DOES show the comic charging after another man ... but DOES NOT show anyone firing a gun.
We broke the story ... the LAPD responded to a Hollywood club Monday night after someone called cops to report a shot fired inside the venue, following a scuffle between Mike and another man.
Sources tell TMZ ... before the fight, Mike had been "heckled" by a man who was hanging around Mike's private VIP table that night ... and Mike decided to go outside in an effort to cool off.
But as Mike got close to the front door, he and the heckler crossed paths ... and the video shows Mike rushing after the man in anger. The camera rolled as drinks start to fly ... and security scrambled to take control of the situation.
Moments after the skirmish, Mike can be seen with his private security team inside the club ... while the rest of the clubgoers continue to dance, unfazed by the melee.
Cops responded to the scene a short time later -- and the club was cleared out due to the report of a gunshot. But sources tell us, a search of the premises did NOT turn up a shell casing or a bullet hole. No arrests were made.
According to sources, the party was a private event -- unaffiliated with the club at large -- and Epps' team personally managed the guest list.
We reached out to Epps for comment -- so far, no word back.


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Rock and Rage: Alanis Morissette Sings Her Heart Out
Lucy O'Brien, Sunday Express Magazine, 22 November 1998
THERE IS SOMETHING quite disarming about the way Alanis Morissette slips into the room. The 24-year-old rock star has sold 28 million records, she has toured the globe, and owns a huge, ornate house in LA. Virtually all the songs on her 1995 debut album, Jagged Little Pill, have become pop anthems. Yet she displays none of the shades-after-dark swagger that is so often the badge of fame.
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Dead Can Dance (sometimes referred to as DCD) were an ethereal neoclassical duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1981, by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The band relocated to London in May 1982 and disbanded in 1998. Their 1996 album Spiritchaser reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums Chart. Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance as having an ambient style of world music that "constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty...with African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chants, Middle Eastern mantras, and art-rock."
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Big words, big issues, and a fantastic post at Birth Sense putting them all together. The blogger at Birth Sense summarized Dr. Andrew Kotaska's recent presentation at the annual ACNM meeting. Dr. Kotaska helped author the new SOGC breech guidelines and is a passionate advocate of maternal autonomy and true informed consent (i.e., informed consent + the ability to make real choices).
Some excerpts from his presentation, via Birth Sense:
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Some excerpts from his presentation, via Birth Sense:
Dr. Kotaska posed the question, how does a physician or midwife stay with a patient when she declines your recommendations? ...Read the rest here.
Dr. Kotaska argues that we need to promote the policies that systems like those Britain and Ontario, Canada have adopted. The Royal College of Midwives' policy is "If a woman rejects your advice, you must continue to give the best care you possibly can, seeking support from other members of the health care team as necessary." Midwives in these areas do not have to remove themselves from their patients' care (effectively abandoning them), but are expected to continue to support and care for the woman even if she refuses to follow the midwife's advice.
Dr. Kotaska urges providers to "explicitly state your commitment to her [the woman's] autonomy over your idea of beneficence." He emphasizes that each provider should embrace these three points:
What is the result of a provider maintaining this type of attitude with their patient? Dr. Kotaska asserts that women trust these providers because they have not threatened the therapeutic alliance. He also stated that "informed consent" is not truly an informed consent if the woman will not be supported in her choices. For example, giving a woman informed consent about the risks and benefits of a trial of labor after cesarean, while telling her that your hospital does not allow VBACs, is not truly giving her an informed consent because she has only one option.
- Your job, as a provider, is to inform your patient
- She is free to decline your recommendations
- She will not lose your support if she declines your recommendation
When asked how a woman should respond when she is refused a trial of labor, Dr. Kotaska replied that a woman should create her own "informed consent" form that she asks the provider to sign. It should state that:
With this proposal, Dr. Kotaska received a standing ovation from the midwives attending his presentation. What was clear to me is that midwives and mothers are fed up with the status quo in modern obstetric care today, and if change will only happen through women creating an informed consent form they ask their provider to sign, so be it. It's time for a birth revolution, and it has to start with midwives, mothers, and a few progressive physicians who are not afraid to challenge the status quo.
- she does not want a repeat cesarean section
- she is aware of the potential risks of a repeat c-section, including placenta accreta, hemorrhage, increased risk of stillbirth, infection, increased risk of maternal death, and four-fold increases in neonatal respiratory distress
- she is not being offered a choice of how she will give birth
- if she experiences any complications as a result of being forced to have a c-section, she will be pursuing legal action against the provider who would not support her in a trial of labor.


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How To Effective Online Marketing That Is Now Widely Used
Market that is currently sought by many people is a market that is in online media. Every day many people search for personal needs and business needs from online media. Of course this time is the right time for marketing products online. Here's an effective way of marketing in online media.
1. Effective way of marketing through online media
Lots of new and old entrepreneurs are currently marketing their services and products in the online media and get good response for the wider community. This can be utilized for future insight that marketing through online channels today is very effective compared to traditional markets. Can you imagine what many people do every day while looking for goods or needs.
The main thing to do is, open the internet, by finding information about the product or service that will be purchased. This is a way that can be used as a guide for entrepreneurs who will start building business through online media.
2. Social media is widely used for promotion
Social media is very important for promotional purposes, everyday many users are using social media until time can not be determined. If you want to use social media for product promotion, then you can create an account by presenting useful information and of course must be related to the product you marketed it.
Social media which is widely used for promotional event that is Facebook and Instagram. Currently these two social media are very popular and widely used for promotion. Where Facebook has the most users from around the world, and Instagram has been able to attract many devotees to use it.
3. Sample marketing on Facebook
Using Facebook also can not be arbitrary, every social media certainly has a policy that must be followed by its users. To attract many enthusiasts into your business's social media, present interesting and useful information. Do not rush to make a profit, you can keep the follower fanspage by providing interesting and interesting information. After a lot of people who start to follow you in social media, then it's time you start to introduce products that you will market it.
4. Serving customers until satisfied
Serving customers to be satisfied will certainly greatly impact the business. Sometimes customers struggle to get a response from the seller. Well, try to serve customers properly and satisfactorily. Impossible if you have a quality product and service that satisfies customers will not come back again.
5. Make a quiz or poll
Another thing that can be done is to create a quiz or a lottery, with this many people will race to get what you will give, and accidentally this also can provide effective marketing.
In this online era is indeed easier for us in business, but of course still have to have a strategy to keep profit.


text: Back when the Earth was young, and the crust was still cooling, we ran serial connections between computers, over long distances and sometimes between power distributions. It wasn't uncommon to see ground loops lead to arcing. I don't see it as much now because I'm a little more careful about my grounds, and I bridge such problems with glass rather than copper. The potential is still very real. gerry David Mathog wrote: > Jim Lux <james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote > >> Quoting "Robert G. Brown" <rgb at phy.duke.edu>, on Mon 28 Jul 2008 >> 06:15:44 AM PDT: >> >>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Eugen Leitl wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 07:19:56PM -0700, Jim Lux wrote: >>>> >>>>> bear in mind that ordinary ethernet both coax and twisted pair is >>>>> galvanically isolated. >>>> This is strange, because I've seen (small) sparks and received (mild) >>>> shocks from both, in two different locations. >>> Ground loop. Very dangerous. You go first...;-) >>> >>> rgb >> >> Very odd.. I'd be looking for an outright short from the cables to >> something (or, a LOT of capacitive coupling)... > > Could this possibly be static electricity discharging? Is the humidity > very low where this is being seen, and or, is the operator moving over > carpet shortly before the spark is observed? > > I can't say that I've ever seen sparks leave an ethernet cable even here > in Pasadena when the winter humidity is close to zero, but I have had > sparks jump off my fingers as they passed near mounting screws on wall > plates. In spark season I routinely get blasted by my car's door > handle, and there's definitely no ground loop going on there. > > David Mathog > mathog at caltech.edu > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager at tamu.edu Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843


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Michigan law requires a written report to be filed if the crash occurred on a public roadway and resulted in an injury or combined damage in excess of $1,000. It is often easiest to report a traffic crash at the time it occurs. Officers will respond to the scene when summoned to file such a report. If you are filing a traffic crash report at a later time or date, you will need to contact the other involved party or parties and schedule a mutually acceptable time for all parties to appear at the station. If possible, you should drive the involved vehicle so the officer taking the report may inspect the damage. Reports can be made 24 hours a day at the front desk of the police station.
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