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Over the past couple of months, two new books have come out on Plone:
The Definitive Guide to Plone by Andy McKay (a lead developer on the Plone team) available online for free and onpaper from APress.
Plone Content Management Essentials by Julie Meloni available from SAMS.
The review on Slashdot is very thorough and interesting.
Plone is becoming a real market leader in content management software. Consider that:
"The UK's Ministry of Defence's Defence Academy says it chose Plone and Zope, an open source content management system and supporting application server, for the software's functionality, not its negligible cost." (Infoconomy Article)
Two major newspaper sites (Boston Globe and the San Diego Union-Tribute) use Plone
The chief objection that I hear about Plone is Python and lack of in house skills. I have a feeling that with books like this, this trend may change. I wonder if Python and Zope could be the de-facto technologies for content management. Given that Zope has been designed from the ground up as a content management focused application server and Python is an extremely effective and high performing programming language, I would not count the possibility out.


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Ronnie went back to the couch and plopped down propping his head on some throw pillows at one end and his long legs on the cushioned arm at the other. He frowned as Sophie rapidly texted her friends. He checked his pockets again; stupidly because he knew his cell phone wasn't there, but where the heck was his cell phone? Simon should have returned it to him by now—if he had found it-- but he was probably too busy entertaining Cassandra to bother with anything so trivial. What did Simon care if Ronnie had his cell phone?
"Nobody answering?" Ronnie asked, grumpy without much reason.
"No, not yet, only...ooh!" she said grinning from ear to ear when her phone suddenly rang. "Hey, Bug! I just sent you a text."
"I know, but I'm getting ready to leave soon so... thought I'd just call ya quick instead," Bug said. "How ya doing, Babe?"
"Good. I miss you guys," she said, not realizing until that moment just how much.
"I was hoping you guys could come up to Catalpa Valley and play a gig with me at my friend Cassie's brother's new club. Really nice place...packed with high school and college kids every night. I already got to sing there once with a couple of bands. It was like local bands' night or something...a lot of fun. I think we already have a bit of a following here so it'd be great if we...."
"I was hoping you guys could come up to Catalpa Valley and play a gig with me at my friend Cassie's brother's new club. Really nice place...packed with high school and college kids every night. I already got to sing there once with a couple of bands. It was like local bands' night or something...a lot of fun. I think we already have a bit of a following here so it'd be great if we...."
"You mean you do!" he said laughing. "You're the hometown girl there, you know."
"Yeah, but everybody wanted to hear you guys too, my bandmates. They told me," she said. "Think you can come? You can spend Christmas with us. My mom would love to see you... and your dad too."
"Well, I'd love it, but we're going to be spending Christmas with... I still can't believe it... with my step-sister and her mom."
"Oh my God, that's awesome! I'm so happy for you, Bug!"
"Thanks, I'm really nervous about it, actually...excited but nervous, too."
"Why? She'll love you! They both will."
"You can't know that for sure," he said. "I know I can't."
"Yes, you can. You're a great guy. Everybody knows that."
"I think you're biased, but thanks, Sophie. To tell the truth, I'm not nearly as nervous as my dad. He's ready to jump outta his skin!"
Sophie laughed. "He's a fricken billionaire with the world at his feet and he's nervous about seeing an old girlfriend?"
"You forget. She's also his baby mama and he's never met his daughter!"
"Oh, right...well, I guess that could be nerve wracking, but still... it's just too funny!" she said. "I'll get my mom to give him a pep talk, okay? That should calm him down."
"Might work. He hasn't stopped talking about her...your mom I mean. He really likes your mom, thinks of her as a true friend. He doesn't have many of those," Bug said. "She's great."
"Yeah, she is," Sophie said, suddenly feeling guilty, because she didn't often think so. "Maybe the other guys can come then. You wouldn't mind, would you, Bug, if they came to play here without you?"
"Um... about that...I got a bit of bad news. I didn't wanna say anything until after Christmas when we got together--didn't want to spoil things -- but..."
"What?" she said, anxiously.
"Elian called me couple days ago. He won't be coming to New York after all. He's staying in Miami," Bug said.
"What! But why?"
"His brothers need him supposedly, but I know it's not just that. You know how close he is with his family. Hardly an hour goes by without him getting a call from one of his parents or brothers and sisters. He was surrounded with family all the time. We're talking even his cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents."
"But he complained about that! He said a hundred times he wanted to get away from them," Sophie said. "He said he was happy to leave them behind."
"And I didn't believe it for a minute. I really didn't think he would actually do it and...I was right, so...he's gone," Bug said, rather sadly.
"Oh, Bug, what are we gonna do without him?" Sophie said.
"Just gotta get a new drummer," Bug said. "I'm working on it. Don't worry."
Sophie suddenly turned around on the piano bench and looked at Ronnie who was now scowling at her. "Ronnie, do you play the drums?"
He gave her a weird look, then shook his head.
"Who you talking to?" Bug asked.
"Ronnie Romanoff."
"Remember the guy I told you about? The man who's in love with my mom?"
"Sophie, you never told me about..."
"Well, Ronnie is his son and he's a great musician." Sophie grinned as Ronnie glared at her, shaking his head.
That was Ronnie's cue to leave. He certainly didn't need to hear Sophie talking to her bandmates, especially if she was thinking of getting him involved. Besides, he needed his cell phone, so he went looking for it.
"Uh...okay. Does he play the drums?" Bug asked.
"Yeeeees...yes, he does," she blatantly lied.
"Sophie, are you lying to me?"
"Yeeeees, yes, I am."
Bug laughed, but sobered quickly. "Sophie, is this the guy you told me about...your high school crush?"
"I was hoping you wouldn't remember that," she muttered.
"Babe, you know how I feel about romance between band members. It messes everything up and..."
"I know, I know, but it's not...it's complicated."
"All the more reason not to go there. That's where the trouble starts!" he said. "Look at Danny. I very nearly kicked him outta the band cuz of you."
"But me and Danny aren't like that. I wouldn't let that happen with him. You know that."
"Only because you didn't like him, but his Ronnie guy..."
"Listen, Bug, you're right, I did like him... once, but now...uh...his dad is gonna marry my mom so...it's not gonna happen."
"Oh...he's gonna be a step-brother, then?" Bug said.
Bug was silent for a moment. "Sophie, are you just saying he's a good musician cuz your biased again or...what does he really play?"
"He plays guitar and ..."
"Don't need guitar," he reminded her.
"I know but he writes songs, has a great voice and he plays piano, too...although we don't need that either."
"Um...actually....I guess I oughta tell ya about John, too."
"What about him?" she said anxiously.
Bug sighed. "He called me and said he wasn't coming back for a while."
"What does that mean a while and why? What's going on?" Sophie said, biting her lip nervously.
"He wouldn't really say. Something about his family. He was being very secretive about it and wouldn't explain. So... I have no clue."
"Maybe he'll tell me. For whatever reason, you guys always tell me things you never tell each other. I wonder, do you also tell each other stuff you don't tell me? Is it cuz I'm a girl?"
Bug laughed. "Probably. Could be cuz we're all crazy in lust with you and we don't tell you cuz... you know."
"Really," she huffed, incredulous. "Even you I suppose, Mister No-romance-in-my-band?"
"If you didn't sing so damn good and made the band so popular, I'd kick you out so fast your head would spin and I'd be all over you like white on rice!"
It was Sophie's turn to laugh, and she too sobered swiftly. "Oh, Bug...what are we gonna do? Are we losing our band?"
"Now don't freak out...not yet anyway. John could come back after this family thing settles down and then..."
"But not Elian. Bug, tell me the truth, is our band in trouble?" Sophie asked.
"We won't be the same obviously, but we'll be okay. If John doesn't come back … oh, well...uh...we can give an audition to your friend after I get back," Bug said distractedly. "Uh, Sophie I gotta get going. The car's here to take us to the airport. I'll talk to ya later, 'kay?"
"Have a safe trip. Tell your dad I said hi and Merry Christmas, too!"
"Same to you and your mom," Bug said. "Bye, Babe."
"Bye, Bug," she said sadly as the phone went blip and he was gone. "I can't believe this."
When Ronnie looked into the family room and found no one was there, he searched under the sofa cushions for the cell phone, under the sofa and anywhere he could think a phone could hide. Nothing there. Then he went to the kitchen looking for his brother who he hoped would have his phone. There they were--Simon and Cassandra-- kissing again, a cheesy omelet growing cold in front of them.
Ronnie cleared his throat and stared at the ceiling, pretending he hadn't see them, but the smirk on his face kind of gave him away.
"What the hell do you want?" Simon snapped.
"A half eaten cheese omelet?" Cassandra answered.
Ronnie laughed while shaking his head. "No, Thanks, Cassie. Sorry to intrude, but can I have my cell phone, Simon?"
"I don't have it. It wasn't in Dad's truck," Simon replied.
"Whaddaya mean it wasn't there? It has to be!"
"Well, then you go find it. I tore it apart looking for it and it's not there," Simon said, then standing up and going to his brother he whispered. "But I did find Dad's gun. If you're gonna keep using the truck, you should give the gun back to him before you get in trouble for..."
"That's mine, not his," Ronnie said.
Simon made a weird face. "Yours? Since when do you have a gun?"
"Since I moved to to the city. Dad thought it was a good idea I get my own."
"And you know how to use it?" Simon asked, incredulous.
Ronnie sighed. "Yes, Simon. You may be Dad's favorite son, but he does like me a little too. So, you're not the only one who can use a weapon," he said, exasperation at a minimum. "Dad used to take me target practicing when you went off to college and I was still in high school. Shocking as it may be to you, I can even use a rifle and I'm pretty good. Even gone hunting with some friends..." He looked to Cassandra who he knew could hear them perfectly. "Although I couldn't bring myself to shooting poor little Bambi."
"Aww... how sweet!" Cassandra said, taking a bite of her omelet.
"Took pictures instead...wanna see?" Ronnie said, and once again he reached into his pocket. "Shit! Keep forgetting I don't have my phone. Where the hell is it?"
"When did you last use it?" she asked.
He stared off into space thinking hard. "Uh..."
"At lunch with Mom," Simon said. "You got a text from Dad, remember?"
"No, I saw him use it after that," Cassandra said.
"Last I remember using it was … here, while babysitting Andrea."
"No, Ronnie, it was at the concert," Cassandra said.
"Oh, yeah... I put it on vibrate then stuck it back in my pocket," Ronnie said.
"Might have fallen out of your pocket," Cassandra said.
"You lost your phone at the concert? Idiot! You'll never get it back now," Simon said. "You know how many people were there? Hundreds!"
"Simon, he didn't do it on purpose," Cassandra said. "It could still be around here... or there."
"Call my phone, will ya? I'll look around the house first....before I panic," Ronnie said, and he ran to check under every cushion in the various rooms he had been in the day before, then he sprinted up the stairs to his room looking in every pocket of every jacket and pair of jeans, even though he knew it was useless to do so. He was certain he lost it at the Christmas concert at Weston Botanical Gardens.
Meanwhile at Weston Botanical gardens:
"Here ya go, Kelly. Mrs. Tannenbaum left her scarf...again and Mr. Van Furstenburgh left his hat...also again," Violet said, handing over the items to the lady at the front desk which also served as the lost-and-found. "Also found an umbrella and this...headband I guess it is. Not sure it's theirs though."
"As always they'll come around to pick them up before they leave for the day," Kelly said. "And the rest...well...we'll see."
"I swear they must do it on purpose so they don't have to carry them around all day," Violet said.
"Yup. They're so funny, those two," Kelly said, grinning. "My collection box is getting rather full this week, especially after last night's concert. May have to get a bigger box. Look at this haul! I could take care of my Christmas shopping if I were a little...you know... crooked."
"You are no thief, Kelly," Violet smiled slightly, then frowned when she spotted a familiar looking phone...a bright blue one with silver musical notes on the protective cover. "I think I know who this one belongs to," she said, picking it up just as it vibrated in her hand. She held it to her ear. "Um... Ronnie?"
"Uh...no, this is Cassandra. Mrs. Bennett, is that you?"
"It is. I thought this was Ronnie's phone. Now I know for sure it is," Violet said. "How are you, Sweetie?"
"I'm good. Ronnie will be so happy you got his phone! He was freaking out."
"Violet?" came another voice on the phone...Simon's.
"Hello, Simon," Violet said. "Tell Ronnie not to worry. I have it and he can pick it up at my..."
"Would you mind dropping it off here at Dad's house after you get off work? Sophie is here and needs a ride home," Simon said, waving off Cassandra who was shaking her head at him and saying that Sophie could get a ride home with her.
"Oh...uh...I suppose I could. Um...okay," Violet said, a tad reluctantly.
"We'll see you then and don't worry about dinner. Georgiana is planning a spaghetti and meatball feast, so you can join us!"
"Wait, Simon, I...." Violet sighed after the blip cutting off the connection. "No good can come from this, I'm sure."
"Well, at least my lost-and-found box is one cell phone emptier. That's always good," Kelly said.
Violet smiled weakly. She didn't believe that for a minute.
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New Results on Antidepressants in Pregnancy
A series of three recent studies into the side-effects of antidepressant use during pregnancy has found no clear effects on the baby but a possible risk of hemorrhage during childbirth.
Depression is common in pregnancy and afterwards, with a rate of 11% to 20% in the United States. Antidepressants are being increasingly used, so a large body of research has examined the potential risks.
The first study, led by Dr. Marte Handal of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, included details on 51,404 children. Among the mothers, 159 used selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy.
At three years old, the children in this group showed "a slight delay in the development of fine and gross motor skills," but the study is limited by small the numbers. Dr. Handal, stated, "Our results show that treatment with SSRIs during longer time periods in pregnancy was weakly associated with a delayed motor development at age three. However, only a very small number of children had a severe delay. Even though we did take into account maternal symptoms of depression we still did not have complete information on the severity of the maternal depression in the different groups.
"Effective treatment of depression during pregnancy is essential and these results should not discourage healthcare professionals from prescribing or continuing antidepressant treatment to those who need it."
In the second study, information from 49,000 women in Australia was analyzed. This indicated that, while untreated prenatal depression in the mother was linked to an increased risk of problem behavior in the children (hyperactivity, inattention, and peer problems) at age seven, there was no raised risk when the mother took antidepressants.
The last study was carried out by the same team. Dr. Luke Grzeskowiak and colleagues at The University of Adelaide, Australia, analyzed figures on 29,850 women. This showed the rate of postpartum hemorrhage (loss of 500 to 1,000ml of blood in the first 24 hours) was 16% if the woman had taken antidepressants in the last trimester, compared with 11% if she had not.
"It is reassuring to find that prenatal exposure to antidepressants did not affect a child's behavior at age seven, however as with any medication, the benefits and risks must always be considered," Dr. Grzeskowiak said. "Regarding our other study, overall the risks for postpartum hemorrhage are largely unknown. We found separate increases in risk with placenta praevia, prolonged labor, hypertension and assisted vaginal delivery, as well as the increased risk seen with antidepressant use. However we did not have data on known risks such as use of oxytocin during delivery, nor did we have any data on the severity of the underlying maternal psychiatric illness.
"Consequently, it is possible that the women who took antidepressants late in pregnancy were those with the most severe illness and it is this which is responsible for the increased risk of postpartum hemorrhage and not the antidepressant. Based on this study alone we do not recommend that women stop taking medication for depression during pregnancy, but are closely monitored in order to reduce the risk of any potential increased risk of bleeding as much as possible."
All are published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Dr. Patrick O'Brien of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists commented, "The decision whether or not to use SSRIs during pregnancy must be considered on an individual basis as untreated maternal depression can itself be harmful. Pregnant women and mothers can be reassured from these studies which suggest there are no clinically important long term neurodevelopmental or behavioral problems associated with taking SSRIs.
"While it is useful for women to be aware that SSRI use may increase the risk of postpartum hemorrhage, more research needs to be done to understand what is behind this increased risk. Women should not stop taking their medication without first discussing their options with their doctor and if necessary extra precautions can be taken to prevent postpartum hemorrhage at the time of birth."
Overall, these new studies make an important contribution to the evidence on antidepressant use during pregnancy. Great caution should be used before initiating or continuing antidepressant treatment for pregnant women, but the research generally supports the use of SSRIs in pregnancy, as any minimal risks from treatment are typically outweighed by the potential risks of untreated depression.
Handal, M. et al. Motor development in children prenatally exposed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: a large population-based pregnancy cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 16 September 2015 doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13582
Grzeskowiak, L. E. et al. Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure and Child Behavioural Outcomes at 7-Years of Age: A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 16 September 2015 doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13611
Grzeskowiak, L. E. et al. Antidepressant use in late gestation and risk of postpartum hemorrhage: a retrospective cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 16 September 2015 doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13612
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Collingwood, J. (2020). New Results on Antidepressants in Pregnancy. Psych Central. Retrieved on March 31, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/lib/new-results-on-antidepressants-in-pregnancy/
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GoogleGoogle has a grand vision for driverless cars and has already made claims that self-driving cars could save lives.
Now, the U.S. Department of Transportation is somewhat backing that claim.
In its first official policy on autonomous vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that cars with features like automatic braking and steering wheel control to prevent cars from drifting into lanes could save lives.
Regarding full-fledged self-driving cars, the NHTSA says the technology holds "promising long-term safety benefits." But for now, it recommends that states only allow self-driving cars for test purposes.
Already, states including Nevada, California, and Florida have legislation in place for self-driving cars under certain conditions. Other than Google, companies like Audi, Lexus, and General Motors are experimenting with autonomous vehicles of their own.
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Posted by: Lyle Blackburn on May 2nd, 2017
I'll be a guest on Phenomenon Encountered tonight at 8:30pm EDT with Dee Garcia and Dan Klaes.
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An in-depth exploration of the history and modern encounters with Bigfoot-like creatures across the southern United States. Join Lyle as he travels woods and waterways, delves into dusty archives, and interviews a host of credible eyewitnesses in search of fascinating legends, chilling accounts, and compelling evidence.
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Lyle Blackburn is an author, musician, and cryptid researcher from Texas. His investigative cryptozoology books, such as "The Beast of Boggy Creek," "Beyond Boggy Creek," and "Lizard Man," reflect his life-long fascination with legends and sighting reports of unknown creatures. During his research, Lyle has often explored the remote reaches of the southern U.S. in search of shadowy beasts said to inhabit the dense backwoods and swamplands of these areas. Lyle has been heard on numerous radio programs, including Coast To Coast AM, and has appeared on television shows such as Monsters and Mysteries in America and Finding Bigfoot. Lyle is also a writer for the monthly horror magazine, Rue Morgue, and was recently featured in the documentary film, Boggy Creek Monster. For more information, visit Lyle's website at: www.lyleblackburn.com


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I am Still Stunned By Hassan Omar Decision.
The first time I attended a political rally was during the July 7, 1998 Saba Saba Day celebrations at Kamukunji Grounds in Nairobi. As I listened to the speeches, I was shocked at how a young student leader, going by the name Hassan Omar Hassan, had the audacity to abuse the then President, Daniel Arap Moi, Shetani Ibilisi (devil incarnate.). President Moi was the most feared man in Kenya at the time. The crowd roared at this and eventually, as is the norm today, the police unceremoniously dispersed us.
I have admired Hassan Omar since that day. I was just 15 years old. I covered him as a photographer and was always inspired by his intellect. I also consider him a friend. When he wanted to open an art centre in Mombasa, I helped him pick the name, Renaissance Centre. When I published my book, Boniface Mwangi UnBounded, he hosted the Mombasa launch. He is the only elected politician whose house I have visited.
Politically, though, our paths do not cross. I belong to Ukweli Party, while he was a member of Wiper, which is part of the NASA coalition. Ukweli isn't aligned to either NASA or Jubilee.
On different occasions, Hassan Omar and I have debated the future of Kenya. And when rumours started going round that Hassan Omar was joining Jubilee Party. I defended him. I said that can't be the case. I honestly believed he had left the NASA coalition for ideological reasons and that there was no way the firebrand, radical human rights activist could ever join the party that he has spent the last five years castigating. I was wrong.
I am still stunned by his decision, and I can't stop wondering why he did it. At the time that Hassan was announcing his decision, I was struck by the irony of the situation when I recalled some advice that former President Moi had shared with me some time ago (He had requested for a meeting and the details of the story can be found in my book), when he told me never to trust politicians. How right he was.
Our politicians are, in every way, just like prostitutes. A prostitute will sleep with anyone if the price is right. A prostitute will do anything to survive. It doesn't matter if the client is a priest, a murderer or their relative. For politicians, survival in power is more important than everything else and no compromise is too difficult for them to make.
Hassan Omar has joined many others who have gone before him; who have spent years in the trenches, fighting for some of the freedoms that we are enjoying today. He was, at one time, even expelled from University, a price that I'm sure he gladly paid for his beliefs.
As his friend, I am heartbroken to see someone whom I believed had a cleaner conscience than most betraying everything he stood for. He seems to have completely forgotten that there are many of us, including myself, who looked up to him.
But Hassan, now that you have President Kenyatta's ear, tell him that the nurses have been on strike for 130 days and many Kenyans have lost their lives as a result. Tell him that his fight against corruption is a miserable failure and that our country's debt is totally unsustainable. Tell him life is way too expensive for most Kenyans. Lastly, tell him to think about the legacy he will leave behind. Kenya will be here long after he is gone.
To those who think that I will someday defect, or swear allegiance to either Uhuru or Raila, I can tell you that it will never happen. I owe my allegiance to God and to the Constitution.
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Welcome back everyone! Round 1 is upon us once again, where did that off-season go? I hope you have all been doing your research and you have your team all set up! Oh who am I kidding, I am sure that, just like me, we are all waiting for teams to be released to see which rookies are going to be named so that we can slot them into our lineups. So, for the first time this season, let's Scramble!!
Beware the Relton!
Whilst you are getting things set up for your team and picking your rookies for the year, just beware of what we like to call the Relton Roberts Rule. This rule tells us not to just select someone that we see named tonight as a knee jerk reaction. A few years back we all did this with an unknown rookie called Relton Roberts who debuted for the Tigers on the Thursday night. We all jumped on and then about a week or so later we never heard from him again. We like to make sure that we are only selecting players that we have heard about in the pre-season. With all the research and articles out there now it will be very unlikely there is a star rookie that we don't already know about. You can really get burnt by picking an unknown rookie. So just be very careful!
Partial Lockouts and Rolling Lockouts
Tonight is the first of this season's Partial Lockout situations in AFL Fantasy. What this means is that as of the first bounce tonight, ALL Carlton and Richmond players will be locked out. You will not be able to select, drop or move any of these players. Then, until the first bounce on Friday night between Essendon and Adelaide, you can make as many changes as you want to the players from the remaining 16 teams. Once that Friday night game starts, you are locked into your starting squad.
Sportsdeck (Or Real Dreamteam as most of us know it) will have a Full Rolling Lockout all weekend for this weekend only. Then it will revert to be the same as AFL Fantasy after that. So you can adjust your starting squad all weekend as required and players will lock as the games start.
For those who play Supercoach, you have a full rolling lockout all weekend every weekend, so this week you can make as many changes to your side as you like until the start of the final game of the round between the Eagles and Swans.
The Loophole
Regular DTTalk readers should know all about the Captain Loophole which only presents itself when you have a partial lockout, like we do tonight.
For those new to the game here is the brief rundown on what it is. To enact the loophole, you pick a VC from tonight's game between Carlton and Richmond. They are the only players that will be locked. If you like their score then you need to put a non-playing player on the field and make them your captain. At the same time you MUST put an Emergency in that line that would normally be on your field. What this does is it means that you now won't have any cover for any late outs unless you put two emergencies on that line.
If you don't like the VC score, then just play on as normal and select a regular C for the game.
Emergency Alert
Just beware, if you do decide to select two emergencies when you use the loophole, it is the LOWEST score of the two emergencies that will count! We get a lot of questions about this, but that is the way that it works.
Last Minute Research
Is this the first thing you have read for the pre-season? Well I am flattered if that is the case, but really there is a heap of information you need to check out before you finalise your team. Here are the few of the things you should be looking at.
Fantasy Freako's JLT Pre-Season Rave
The Milkmen's Pre-Season Rookie guide
Warnie's Pre-Season JLT Team Reveal
Roy and Calvin's Team Reveal
JLT Week 1 review
JLT Week 2 review
JLT Week 3 review
What about the Byes?
Do you need to worry about the Bye period? Well when they first started we all poured over our starting line ups to make sure our structure was perfect. However, these days there are a lot more variables.
For a start, there is now the "early bye" between Port and Gold Coast that throws a spanner in the works. This often stops people from selecting players from those teams, but if it is a rookie that you are going to upgrade/downgrade before round 10 then it isn't a problem to pick them up. But the rest of the byes are in rounds 12-14 so you are likely to do a lot of your upgrading before we get to that point, this is where I start to really look at my bye structure more closely.
If you do want to structure yourself for the byes what you want is to have more players missing later in the bye period than at the start. By doing this you can then trade your way through the byes by trading out those guys with a R14 bye after round 12 and trading in someone that has just had their bye in the preceding round. Complicated I know, but we will go into this in far more detail when we get that far.
So where does that leave us? Well it is entirely up to you what you do. With your starting squad just keep an eye on the byes but remember that you will be making quite a lot of changes before we get to that point so don't obsess over it.
Things to Remember
- You won't nail every rookie selection, we never do, so don't panic when they don't fire.
- If you don't fully understand the Loophole, don't use it. Also you don't really want anyone in your team this week that isn't playing (maybe R2 in AFL Fantasy).
- It's only the first round, a poor score this week doesn't rule you out from the overall prize.
- Get your leagues full before lockout if you can. In AFL Fantasy you can see the countdown timers on when your leagues start, in RDT and SC your league needs to be full by Friday Lockout as I have been reliably informed that the leagues will be set and merged if they aren't full on Saturday night.
Speaking of Leagues, I have put a few codes below for myself and one for another of our writers TriggyWiggy. Jump on in and take us on! But please only enter one of them so that there is plenty of room for other people to join in.
AFL Fantasy – Friday Scramblers league V5KLZKEH.
AFL Fantasy – DTTalk Dunny 4S462JCV
AFL Fantasy – DTTalk TriggyWiggy 2CSD6A3Z
AFL Fantasy – DTTalk Warnie VK9XYM6C
AFL Fantasy – Rummerz Rum Loverz P2NFZXLA (Must be a Rum Lover)
Real Dreamteam – DTTalk Dunny 143836
Supercoach – DTTalk Dunny 915365
If you do have a league you need to fill then put it in the comments below and I am sure it will get filled up pretty quickly. Good luck in the first round this year, remember it is a long season so don't look for the Delete My Team button just yet if things don't go your way.
I will see you all back again next week on a Thursday once again as we have another Thursday night game in round 2.
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UFO was a 60 minute British sci-fi series on ITV about aliens who were visiting the Earth and kidnapping humans. An organization called SHADO was formed to defend us from them. SHADO had several lines of defense. Missiles could be launched from a base on the Moon. High altitude aircraft could attack after being launched from submarines. There were also a fleet of armored vehicles spread out all over the planet. The episodes typically involved attempted alien attacks and how Earth defenses stopped them.
UFO CastEd Bishop ...................... Commander Ed Straker
Mel Oxley ...................... Space Intruder Detector S.I.D.
Dolores Mantez ................. Nina Barry
Michael Billington ............. Colonel Paul Foster
Ayshea Brough .................. SHADO Operative
George Sewell .................. Colonel Alec Freeman
Keith Alexander ................ Lieutenant Keith Ford
Antonia Ellis .................. Joan Harrington
Norma Ronald ................... Miss Ealand
Gabrielle Drake ................ Lieutenant Gay Ellis
Jon Kelley ..................... Skydiver Engineer
Gary Myers ..................... Skydiver Captain Lew Waterman
Vladek Sheybal ................. Dr. Doug Jackson
Grant Taylor ................... General James Henderson (1970-1971)
Wanda Ventham .................. Colonel Virginia Lake
Georgina Moon .................. Skydiver Operative Lieutenant Sylvia Howell
Jeremy Wilkin .................. Skydiver Navigator Lieutenant Gordon Maxwell
Peter Gordeno .................. Captain Peter Carlin (1970-1971)
Harry Baird .................... Lieutenant Mark Bradley (1970-1971)
UFO Trivia
Earth had a satellite in orbit to detect the UFOs. It was called SID, another acronym for, "Space Intruder Detector".
Ed Bishop (Colonel Straker) was born with the name George Bishop. He had to change his first name because there was already an actor named George Bishop.
The UFOs on the show could travel many times the speed of light, but would overheat and blow up if they spent more than a few days in Earth's atmosphere.
The women on the Moonbase all wore purple wigs. Sylvia Anderson, who along with her husband Gerry created the UFO TV show, thought that some day in the future wigs might become part of a uniform. It sounds silly today, but wigs were very popular at that time before all of the hair care products we have today. In fact, Ed Bishop, George Sewell and Michael Billington also all wore wigs on the show!
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson also created the series "Thunderbirds" and "Fireball XL-5" prior to the UFO TV show. They went on after UFO to create "Space 1999".
Colonel Straker's car had a few features that seemed pretty far off into the future in 1970 but are both available today. It had a car phone and an intruder alarm that automatically notified Headquarters in case he needed assistance of any kind. Science fiction usually becomes a fact of life sooner or later!
Either the UFO writers made a major blunder or the aliens were also liars. In episode #6 "E.S.P." it is stated that the aliens' planet is dying and they meant us no harm. Then in episode #9 "Destruction", some of the aliens tried to wipe out all life on the planet.
Episodes List With Original Air Dates
UFO - The First and Only Season1... Identified (9/16/1970)
2... Exposed (9/23/1970)
3... The Cat With Ten Lives (9/30/1970)
4... Conflict (10/7/1970)
5... A Question Of Priorities (10/14/1970)
7... Kill Straker! (11/4/1970)
8... Sub-Smash (11/11/1970)
9... Destruction (12/2/1970)
10. The Square Triangle (12/9/1970)
11. Close Up (12/16/1970)
12. The Psychobombs (12/30/1970)
13. Survival (1/6/1971)
14. Mindbender (1/13/1971)
15. Flight Path (1/20/1971)
16. The Man Who Came Back (2/3/1971)
17. The Dalotek Affair (2/10/1971)
18. Timelash (2/17/1971)
19. Ordeal (4/14/1971)
20. Court Martial (5/1/1971)
21. The Computer Affair (5/15/1971)
22. Confetti Check A-O.K. (6/10/1971)
23. The Sound Of Silence (6/17/1971)
24. Reflections In The Water (6/24/1971)
The Second (Very Short) Season25. The Responsibility Seat (5/8/1973)
26. The Long Sleep (5/15/1973)
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Maiden, Mother, Pensioner in Naming the Goddess oh and being asked to write the forward for the Witchcraft Today 60 Years On was a complete honour.
I recently had the offer of writing for another collaboration *not leaking any secrets* but this one has a political slant from a pagan point of view and initially I said "yep count me in"...until the other very talented authors started suggesting their subject titles...
Now I freely admit that I don't 'do politics' not in any way shape or form, I think all politicians are pretty much as bad as each other. Although I did put my cross in a box in the recent election it was a choice made along the lines of "best of a bad bunch".
Anyway...I digress...when I started to read the subject suggestions the other authors were putting forward I started to wibble...quite a lot. I am not stupid by any means, I was in the top stream at school, I gained plenty of O levels and was signed up for college to study art, english and business studies, I was even set to go onto university. However in the summer holidays before college started I was walking to secretarial college one day (on my way to a shorthand course) and saw a job advertised in the Job Centre window...I went for it and got it...30 years later and I haven't been out of work for a day. But I obviously never made it to college or university. I have for the last 24 years held the position of Personal Assistant to the CEO of an international consumer electronics company (albeit for the past 7 years part time and from home) and in my 30 years I have worked for directors, organised company functions and parties, planned, organised and co run stands at Chelsea Flower Show, planned, organised and co run consumer electronics fairs in big London hotels and all the other stuff that you do out in the big wide world...not so shabby.
But the thought of having to write a grown up political essay of 1500 words threw me...completely. I have to admit I put my hands up and confessed "sorry chaps but this one isn't for me". My thoughts went along the lines of my essay looking like a Spot the Dog book for 2-5 year olds alongside works of Shakespeare...I don't need to feel that kind of embarrassment.
Now that I have released myself from the obligation I do feel relief but there is that little spark that says "could I have written it?" I suspect I possibly could have done if I had really put my mind to it but..and here's the thing, it's not me, it's not my genre, it's not what I enjoy writing about so I reckon that I made the right choice.
Sometimes in life you have to know that the right decision is not to do something and the key is to be brave enough to say no and then to feel good about what you can and do achieve already...


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I'm having trouble with running exactly same syntax with different subgroups. Analysis on one group runs just fine, but when I execute same syntax with another group, it just keeps looping without doing anything. I never encountered this in Stata. I don't know if it'll be helpful but I'm pasting one set of command lines that works and another that doesn't:
/*nbreg: cardio overall*/
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The World Premiere of the Sourdough Hot Cross Bun at The Clink
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by virtuousbread in Bread and conversation
Yesterday was a day to go down to The Clink to do some more baking with the staff there. For those of you who don't know, The Clink is an excellent restaurant in High Down prison, staffed almost entirely with prisoners who are training and getting qualifications to become cooks, cleaners, and front of house staff while in prison. The food is excellent (and not excellent for a prison!) and I have the honour to be helping them with their bread menu, baking only sourdough bread because they are not allowed to have yeast in a prison. Further, because Al, the head chef and founder of The Clink is Italian, I have taken on the Italian Bread Project - adjusting all of the recipes in The Italian Baker by Carol Field from yeast recipes to sourdough recipes.
Baking at The Clink is in just plain fun and often hilarious. It is a crowded, restaurant kitchen and when the lunch trade begins to speed up around 11.30 the calm atmosphere and open counter spaces vanish. Noise and movement increase and space decreases. Rising bread (sourdough takes a while) is shifted from the serving counter to anywhere it can find a place to be. Under tables, on top of the ice cream maker, next to the grill (it was a bit hot there)...and I find myself as the only person with nothing to do as I am simply waiting for the dough to be oven ready. Except yesterday when I got to knead and roll out rotis - ready for the lunch time curry order. An Asian member of staff was co-opted from his normal job front of house to make the rotis. Why? He was Indian - He MUST be able to make rotis! It's in his blood, no?! I was co-opted into roll out the rotis (although not exactly, given I am there to do bread) because he felt that women have a better touch with rotis. So I rolled and he fried. What a team! As there was no wire roti implement such as I saw at the Delhi Grill we had to dry fry them directly on the enamel hob. I am certain his mother's rotis are better, but these were pretty good nonetheless.
With saltless tuscan bread, a plain levain, a rye and whole wheat sourdough with poppy seeds, honey and olive oil, and a couple of 100% ryes thrown, in we were in a baking frenzy yesterday but the triumphant moment was clearly the sourdough hot cross buns.
The Clink Sourdough Hot Cross Buns
24 hours before you want to bake:
Mix 1 cup of the 1857 sourdough* with 1 cup of white wheat flour and 1 cup of water. Mix. Cover. Leave 12 hours.
12 hours before you want to bake:
Mix 3/4 cup of the refreshed 1857 sourdough with 1 cup of milk and 2 cups of white wheat flour. Mix. Cover. Leave 12 hours.
Soak a handful of dried fruit in some warm water.
Baking day:
1. Drain the fruit, reserving the soaking liquid.
2. Beat 2 oz butter, 3-6 big spoons of sugar, and 1 egg. Add the refreshed 1857 sourdough and continue to beat until it is well incorporated.
3. Sift 1.5 cups of white or whole wheat flour with 1 tsp cinammon, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp ground allspice, 1/2 tsp clove and 1 tsp salt. Add this to the mix and knead well for 10 minutes. Let it rest in the bowl for 10 minutes. Drain the fruit, reserving the liquid, and incorporate the fruit into the dough with your hands. Don't worry about the dough - it will recover. Just don't squish the fruit or you get brown smeary bits in the dough! You may want to take it out of the bowl to do this and then pop the dough back in the bowl.
4. Let it rest for 60 minutes.
5. Take the dough out and divide into pieces about 75 g each. Roll them into a tight ball and place on a baking tray that is lined with baking parchment. Cover with clingfilm or a damp towel and let rest 60 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
5. Make the "cross" mixture:
50 g white flour
1 g baking powder
5 g veg oil (of your choice - olive oil will do because there is very little - it's just for a bit of viscosity)
50 g cool water
Stir until there are no lumps and then pipe a cross on every bun.
Bake for 18-20 minutes. The buns should sound hollow when tapped. The bun should be brown and the cross should be light.
While they are baking, boil the liquid in which they were soaking until it is a thick syrup. Paint this on the buns while they are still hot - just out of the oven.
Let cool.
*This is my wheat sourdough starter that has been alive since 1857. It is a 100% hydration starter (by volume) so has the consistency of thick cream. At any point in the recipe you can use whole wheat or substitute clarified unsalted butter or the fat of your choice for the vegetable fat. It will make a slightly heavier bun but tasty nonetheless!
25 Responses to "The World Premiere of the Sourdough Hot Cross Bun at The Clink"
24. Feb, 2011
Love the roti anecdote! Have to admit my mum doesn't use any kind of wire implement when she makes hers - she just sort of plonks them on a cast iron frying pan, dabs a bit of marg here and there to get them to puff up and then flips over and does the same on the other side...
01. Mar, 2011
I have tried these and they are absolutely delicious! Better than the 'standard' hot cross buns by far....will definitely be making these in a few weeks.
15. Apr, 2014
These look fabulous! I am going to make these this week. I'm wondering if the crumb on these is soft and light or a bit dense? I know sourdough purists would never add yeast...but, I have tried a few recipes with adding a little yeast and it really lightens up a possibly heavier loaf. If these are a bit heavy, do you think adding a little yeast would help or ruin your already-wonderful recipe? Thanks so much!
20. Apr, 2014
Hi there, SORRY for late response - have been a bit busy - in the bakery!!!! Of course you can add yeast if you like. That way you will have the flavour of the sourdough and the lightness of a yeasted bread. Sourdough is always a little denser and chewier than bread made with yeast!
18. Mar, 2015
Hi, I am making the sourdough hot cross buns and have done the first step and let it rest 12 hours, now do I only use 3/4 cup of this mix to do the second step and if so do I just throw the rest in the bin? I'm confused
19. Mar, 2015
Hi there, sorry to be confusing. I always operate on the basis that you make more sourdough than you need so that you never run out. So, when you refresh the starter, use 3/4 cup to go to the next step and put the rest back in the fridge for another day! It goes to sleep in the fridge as long as it's in an air tight container!
29. Mar, 2015
Just made these - fabulous!! Light and well risen. Very tasty! Scoffed 2 straight from oven!!
30. Mar, 2015
Fantastic! That is what we love to hear. Thank you for writing!
03. Apr, 2015
Can I do all the steps the day before I want to bake them. That way on Easter morning I can just throw them in the oven?
05. Mar, 2017
Just wanted to say how fab this recipe is. I made them this afternoon and they turned out fantastic!
Thank you.
05. Mar, 2017
ooo brilliant! thank you for letting us know.
28. Mar, 2017
Just making these now, but wondering if there shouldn't be some salt added with the spices ....?
28. Mar, 2017
good lord! yes! 1 tsp probably. thank you for telling me!
06. Apr, 2017
Hi, I am very eager to make these buns, and have a question about the starter hydration. I don't fully understand hydration as a baking concept and maths is not a strong point so I have to follow recipes to the letter without variation so-as to avoid the need to think for myself...! You said that your starter is 50% hydration. I think my starter is 100% hydration... every time I feed it I keep 40g of starter and add 40g flour and 40g water (would obviously need to build this up to even reach one cup of starter required for the recipe!). So I'm just wondering how this different hydration in my starter will impact my success with these buns? Should I reduce water in the first step to allow for it? Sorry if this is an incredibly dumb question! Thank you.
06. Apr, 2017
Dear Bec, this is NOT a dumb question especially because the mistake is mine. I have since fixed it. of course mine is a 100% hydration starter too so carry on! Sorry this recipe is in cups and spoons and not in grams. Most of my recipes are in grams but this was an oldie and a goodie and it originated in cups and spoons!
06. Apr, 2017
Thank you so much! Cups and spoon measurements are no problem!
14. Apr, 2017
Once the mix is made wigh milk, should it sit for 12 jours at room temp or in the fridge?
15. Apr, 2017
Hi Babette, it can stay at room temperature.
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We provide mobile party entertainment, so we come to you. Whether that is at your home, a park, community hall, restaurant or function centre, whether indoors or outdoors, we can entertain anywhere!
Tip – Whichever venue you choose, make sure it is easy to find! This may be as simple as tying a bunch of balloons to your front gate or it may mean sending out directions or a map along with the party invitation.
If you are having your party at home, don't stress if you only have a small space available, as we will adapt our entertainment to suit. As a minimum though, we recommend setting aside enough space for the children to sit in a large circle.
Having your child's party at a park, playground or community hall are great options if you don't want to be left with all cleaning up, however having the party at home is great if you don't want to be rushed on the day.
Tip – Don't forget a Plan B! If you have decided to have your party outdoors, make sure you have an alternative venue in the event of wet weather so you don't have to postpone or cancel your party.
Included in our party packages are birthday party invites that we can post to you before the party to use, then music, lollipops and prizes at the party. Of course we bring along everything else needed for the entertainment depending on which party theme you choose.
Tip – Plan ahead! Time flies so the best thing to do is start planning your party early so you can lock in the entertainment with us then lock in the time and date with family and friends.
The entertainer will bring along everything he or she needs for the entertainment, including the music, supplies, prizes, party bags and everything else! So all you need to do is have a space set aside in which you would like the entertainment to take place, organise the food and drinks, the birthday cake and any other optional extras you may want at your party.
We can assist you with organising these things, such as jumping castles, birthday cakes, party supplies and candy buffets, so call us on 1800 FLY BY FUN (1800 359 293) or email us email@example.com to discuss.
It is a good idea to set aside a table or an area for the presents, so that nothing will go astray or be broken. This will also allow you to keep track of who gave your child what, so you can send our thank you letters to your guests.
Tip – Before your entertainer leaves the party, be sure to get a group photo which you could send out along with the thank you letter as a little memento of your child's special day
We usually recommend putting some drinks and snacks out before the entertainment starts, so the children can have something to eat and drink upon arrival. There will also be a short break about half way through the entertainment when you can serve something a bit more substantial and during this time, the entertainer will start activities such as face painting, tattoos or balloon sculpting to keep the children occupied.
Otherwise, if you are having a longer party with lots of family and friends or are having your party at a restaurant or function centre, we would recommend the children eat before the entertainer arrives.
Our entertainers definitely stay for the cake cutting, so they can sing Happy Birthday and pose pose for photos with all the children in the last 5-10mins of the party. However, if you are wanting to cut the cake after the entertainer has left then of course that is no problem at all, just let us know upon booking so we can inform the entertainer.
There is no minimum or maximum number of children that can attend the party, however depending on the number of children attending the party, we will recommend a certain length of time for the entertainment and a certain number of entertainers.
We usually recommend 1hr if you are having less than 10 children, 1.5hrs if you are having 10-20 children and 2hrs for more than 20 children. If you are having more than 25-30 children, we would recommend having two entertainers. Please call us on 1800 FLY BY FUN (1800 359 293) or email us email@example.com to discuss your specific requirements.
We definitely cater for both boys and girls at all our parties with a range of gender neutral games and activities, as we know there is a mix at most children's parties.
All of our party packages can be tailored to suit the specific age group that will be attending your party, so our entertainment is suitable for children of all ages.
More specifically, our Character Parties are perfect for children aged 1-8yrs and then our Art & Craft, Cupcake, Dance and Science Parties are suitable for older children aged 5-12yrs.
It is becoming more and more common for at least one party guest to have some type of allergy. It is very upsetting for children with allergies to be left out, so it is important to do a little planning to make the party fun for everyone!
If you are aware of the allergy, call the parent of the child beforehand and ask what steps need to be taken to keep the child safe, such as ask the parent for a list of what the child cannot eat or come into contact with and always check if there is anything you are unsure about. You may like to ask the parent if they have any allergy-free recipes you might be able to use. Most likely the parent will bring along their own food that is safe to eat but it is always nice to be prepared and make sure the child is included as much as possible.
If it is a serious allergy, such as children with anaphylaxis, it is important to ask the parent to go through a safety plan that you can follow so you know how to recognise and deal with an allergic reaction. Although it is unlikely that the parent will not stay at the party to keep an eye on their child, it is important to ask for a contact number in case of an emergency.
For a number of reasons, many parents will choose to stay at the party, unless of course you make it clear on the invite. It is a good idea to have some drinks and platters of food ready for the parents to keep them hydrated and happy.
If for any reason you need to contact us on the day of the party, please call or text us on 1800 FLY BY FUN (1800 359 293) or 0499 440 454 and we will be able to answer any last minute questions or assist with any issues you may have.
Tip – Save our number in your phone for peace of mind on the day!
If it happens to be raining on the day of your party, don't stress! We can run all of our parties either indoors or outdoors, so we will adapt our entertainment accordingly.
Tip – Keep an eye on the weather forecast in the week before your party. If it looks like it is going to be bad weather, be prepared and have a back up plan for the day so you don't have to cancel or reschedule your party.
You can contact us at any time on the day of the party or the night before on 1800 FLY BY FUN (1800 359 293) or 0499 440 454 to let us know if there has been a change of venue. Of course ensuring there is enough time for the entertainer to travel to the new venue.
The $50 deposit payment to secure your booking is non-refundable.
If you cancel the entertainment more than one week before the party or event, you will not be charged any fees. If you cancel within one week then there is a 50% cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 24 hours due to wet weather or illness or any other reason then there is a 100% cancellation fee, that is you do not receive any money back. However, you can choose to postpone your party to a future date and this will only incur a 20% postponing fee on top of the amount paid.
Fly By Fun is registered with the NSW Commission for Children & Young People (Employer ID: 24819) and all our entertainers have their Working with Children Checks. We are also fully insured $20 million Public Liability Insurance.
If you are having your party or event at a venue and they have requested a copy of our insurance, please just send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and we will forward this to you.
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A strong and a gripping plot scores for this film albeit a slightly lengthy climax. The cinematography is brilliant, typical for a superhero film and a neat post-production job and a realistic CGI ensured that it looked good with those 3D glasses on.
Individual performances by Samuel Jackson as Nicky Fury, Robert Downey Jr. as the playboy businessman Tony Stark are amazing. Yet it is Mark Rufallo as Dr. Eric Banner/Hulk who steals the show. His subtle portrayal of a good-guy-with-a-dark-side certainly is a treat to watch out in this film. Cobie Smulder's do as Nicky Fury's sidekick comes across as a nice surprise.
How much more awesome can it get when you have a handful of Hollywood A-listers battling for screen space as they battle Loki- the calculative, suave half-brother of Thor.
I think that's pretty cool. Cool as in, having Tony Stark say perky lines, that sound a little bit like one-liners from Salman Khan movies . Or maybe, Thor's dialogues that remind you of the Hrithik Roshan from Jodha Akbar. When you watch the dubbed version in Hindi, of course.
Just to point it out, there is a lot more in the Indian connection with this movie than just the Hello Andheron song by band Agnee. Sometime around the beginning of the film, it is shown that Hulk's alter-ego is tracked down by Scarlett Johansson to Calcutta where he is in the hiding for quite a while and is attending to poor slum people as a physician.
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Well April 18th finally came. The 3 week wait for my appointment did not take as long as I thought it would. Dr. Kenneth Casey is one of the TOP doctors to see for Trigeminal Neuralgia. He wrote the book Striking Back: The Trigeminal Neuralgia and Face Pain Handbook. Dr. Casey still heads up research trials and actively works on how to better treat his patients and all TN patients.
I had emailed Dr. Casey prior to my appointment and he responded HIMSELF and apologized for the awful pain I was going through. He sent me paperwork to fill out prior to the appointment. I had their office questionnaire, a McGill Pain Chart and a pain journal for 3 days taken one day apart. Prior to my appointment I had filled out all the paperwork and sent it back to him. I arrived today with all of the paperwork completed and included the notes from my 1st neurosurgeon appointment, my appointments with my family doctor, the pain doctor and all my physical therapy notes. Needless to say I came overly prepared. I brought along my two most recent MRIs that were take since this pain had started. I also have a very detailed pain journal that I started post injections to document my changes. Dr. Casey called me back himself to the room; he had me come back alone at first and said we would call my husband back later. Once I got in the room he had me sit in a chair across from him with several common doctor "tools" sitting on the bed. We went over my history in detail and then proceeded with the physical exam.
He demonstrated on himself with each of the items and then had me do the same on myself. We first started with a Kleenex. I touched the right side of my forehead then the left, the right side of my cheek then the left, the right side of my jaw and then the left and HOLY FUCKING SHIT (pardon the French). A Kleenex set off an attack on the left side of my face. I was being shocked repeated as the tears streamed down my face. Next we used the end of a reflex hammer and repeated the steps as above, this time I was to pick a different spot on the left side of my jaw hoping not to trigger another attack. Dr. Casey was wanting to see if I was feeling the same thing on each side. Next we used the rounded side of a paperclip. And last we used an ice pack. I could barely touch it to my jaw on the left side without immediately being in pain. After the ice pack he used a tuning fork to see if my hearing was the same on both sides and to see how much vibrations would bother me. He started at the top of my head and worked his way down my face on the right side with it progressively getting worse. I jumped backwards just as quick as he touched my jaw on the right side. Prior to the ice pack and the tuning fork he had me take my break through pain medication since he started to aggravate the nerve. He wanted to head off any additional flare ups. Once all of those were complete he went to get my husband. He walked in to me having tears rolling down my face.
We discussed my current medications and why one of my medicines was never increased even though it was the first one I was on and I could feel results. So I will be increasing my Tegretol dose from 400mg day to 1000mg day over the next week.
After we talked about the medications, we discussed my other options. Those options are now surgical. Dr. Casey stated that he does not perform Gamma Knife surgery and if that's what I wanted he could refer me to a great doctor. He then went on to describe the next 3 destructive surgeries: The Glycerol Injection, Balloon Compression and Radio Frequency Lesioning. The last surgical option is the MVD – Microvascular Decompression. The MVD has the highest success rate. Dr. Casey went over all of the statistical data for risks and outcomes for each procedure. He described how every procedure is completed and possible hospital stays. I brought 3 pages of questions for Dr. Casey and by the end of his explanations I only about 4 questions for him. One of those questions was if he could fix me.
Dr. Casey stated that I have Trigeminal Neuralgia Type 1 that is progressing into Type 2 due to the damage being caused to my nerve and Geniculate Neuralgia. Once everything was discussed Dr. Casey looked at my last two scans I brought. He left the room to review the discs. When he came back, he only handed me one of them. He had the other on his laptop for us to look at one of the slices. He pointed out my Trigeminal nerves on both sides and asked me to look at the scan and see if I noticed anything different. I pointed out this darkened spot on the scan and he said you are correct, that is a compression by a blood vessel. WAIT. I had 2 scans read by TWO different radiologists and TWO different doctors that previously told me that my scans were completely clear. Dr. Casey stated that there could be a number of reasons it was missed but it was clear enough for me to point out. (bring on the rage at this point). You can see in the photos below how the two sides are clearly different.
So long story short….We have decided that my best option is to have the MVD. Dr. Casey is currently in the process of getting the insurance approval and then we will be scheduling my surgery. I never knew I would be so excited to have brain surgery, but I finally feel relieved. There is a light at the end of this awful tunnel. Below is a brief overview of the topic.


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Campus Movie fest is over, and no, we didn't get the grand prize... or any prize for that matter. But I'll be doing it again next year, and I'm working on my flash and editing skills right now to prepare.
The movie guys put all the movies from San Jose up, including Roger - check them out. And yes, it streams, so you don't have to download it. Sheesh!
Speaking of skills, there's going to a class on Editing and on Flash design this Saturday, all day. I'll have more info on it by tonight; stay tuned.
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