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When you live in a cold climate like ours, it's easy to think it's futile to try to grow anything edible after the snow flies. I'm thrilled to tell you that times, they are a-changing.
With our recent explosion of interest in growing all things edible, exotic fruits are appearing in garden centres across Canada.
From orange and lemon bushes to olive and fig trees, it's becoming popular to replace those dated winter houseplants with edibles that pay you back in sweet treats in spring.
I've often wondered why fig trees aren't more popular as ornamental plants, even without the fruit. With their broad leaves, compact form and ease of growth, it's a wonder they aren't fixtures in more living rooms across Canada.
Growing figs
As one of the first cultivated crops, figs have a history that stretches back as far as humanity itself.
We owe a lot to them; according to the book of Genesis they even provided our first stitch of clothing.
Fig trees' lavish, broad leaves and drooping fruit bring the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon to my mind. Nebuchadnezzar II would have incorporated copious numbers of fig trees among the pomegranates and limes in his rooftop paradise 2,700 years ago.
Most people are surprised to hear that figs are some of the easiest and most rewarding exotic fruits to grow. In winter, their broad leaves are a conversation-starting indoor decor, and in the summer you'll be one of a handful of Canadians who eat ripe figs off their own patio.
Give them as much sun as possible and make sure they aren't too wet or dry. Fig leaves wilt easily, so try not to let them get there as it may impact the taste of the fruit. The figs themselves grow in the crooks where the branches meet the main stem.
It can be excruciating, but wait until the fruit is soft before picking it.
I could suggest how to use it in the kitchen but, let's be honest, you're going to eat them before they even make it inside.
And yes, they will be as delicious as you're imagining.
Excellent varieties
Italian Honey: These are ideal for Canada. They tolerate our cool spring nights and don't need pollination, meaning they can yield indoors.
The fruit is irresistibly sweet and, if you keep them out of your mouth long enough, is ideal for jams or drying. Keep your tree year after year.
Brown Turkey: This fig is ideal if we have a hot summer. If warm enough, it will yield throughout summer and into fall. The fruit is a rich brown and slightly sweet. Bring it indoors before the first frost and give it as much direct light as possible throughout the year. It needs to be fertilized every month or two in the growing season, but don't give it too much nitrogen or you'll only get leaves and no fruit. It yields at a young age and established trees in large pots produce surprisingly large crops.
Bringing them indoors
While the bulk of our edible gardens will always be tomatoes and beans, specimen plants like figs make a big statement on the patio or in the garden.
It doesn't make sense to buy a fig tree every year, both because of the expense and because you'll enjoy better yields as the years pass.
From a design perspective, your fig tree will provide a powerful focal point that will bring a sense of scale to the green shapelessness that tends to characterize edible gardens. As it gets bigger and needs a larger pot, you may want to provide castors to move it in and out for the seasons.
Rob Sproule is the author of Gardening with Colour, Creative Design Ideas for Canadian Gardens (Lone Pine Publishing ) and the co-owner of Salisbury Greenhouse in Sherwood Park.
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USC coach Steve Sarkisian made his first comment of the spring Saturday to illustrate that junior quarterback Cody Kessler comfortably retains the starting position.
When asked to evaluate the quarterbacks following a brief scrimmage at the Coliseum, Sarkisian said, "Max (Browne) is improving as well if not at the rapid pace of Cody (Kessler) so far."
Sarkisian's compliment of Kessler is not surprising because the quarterback derby really hasn't materialized during the first two weeks of spring practice. Part of the reason is Browne's lack of experience and quality practice snaps.
Even the normally cautious Kessler seems past the idea of a quarterback competition.
"I'm just going in confident," Kessler said. "Last year I'd get down on myself. I'd say I wasn't thinking about (the starting job), but I was.
"I'm still going to compete, but the main thing I'm trying to do is make the team better, not help my own stock."
Kessler solidified his status during the scrimmage with a 65-yard pass to wide receiver Nelson Agholor and a touchdown pass to Agholor. Browne did not hurt himself but was plagued by dropped passes.
"There were some drops but I like the (no-huddle) system," Browne said. "It doesn't give you a chance to say, 'Woe is me.'"
Agholor earns praise
With Marqise Lee turning pro, Nelson Agholor is expected to be the Trojans' go-to receiver next year. And he was the one player Sarkisian singled out when asked about players who caught his attention.
"Nelson is a dynamic player," Sarkisian said. "Through two weeks of practice, he not only has a real professional approach but also has a skill-set to make plays."
Agholor said his key is "staying consistent." Last year he sometimes dropped passes or complained about pass interference when he did not make catches.
Sarkisian pulled back when asked if Agholor could become the next Lee or Robert Woods.
"He has the ability and want to do it," Sarkisian said. "(But) those guys are phenomenal players."
Allen is limited
Tailback Javorius Allen did not participate in the scrimmage because he was hit in the ankle. Tailback Tre Madden, who has dealt with a sore back, also was held out.
That allowed tailback Tre Madden to get most of the carries along with fullback Jahleel Pinner.
First live tackling
The fact USC scrimmaged was a relief to the defensive players, if not Sarkisian.
"It looked like today was the first day of live tackling," Sarkisian said. "Guys were a little sloppy. We'll learn from it."
What kind of offense?
There are plenty of questions regarding USC's offense and Sarkisian said he is still mulling how the Trojans will line up in the fall.
"Are we more a two-back team or a one-back team?" he said.
Agholor said he does not mind if the Trojans emphasize the running game with four tailbacks (Allen, Madden, Isaac, Justin Davis).
"We've got monsters in the backfield," Agholor said.
Coliseum break
USC is not scheduled to return to the Coliseum until the end-of-spring scrimmage April 19.


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I'm new to building my own DIY Wind Turbine, I currently work on GE 1.5 MW wind turbines so I know alot about controls and making power etc... Here's what I want to do... but need some help..
I bought a electric bike front hub motor from golden motor it's 48v brushless 1000watt at around 500 rpm I believe it was (still in the mail)
I'm not sure what to do... vertical or horizontal.... if i go verticlal i will be doing the Lenz II Wing Kit setup but if I go horizontal I'm not sure what to do, I can get some AIR X blades for cheap but was wondering between the two what can i expect for RPM's? with the lenz blades I plan on adding some pvc in the center of the axle to help create torque and to stop air from flowing through to the back blade and slowing it down.
The rest of my components are as followed... let me know if you see a problem..
Xantrex C60 charge controller
Xantrex 3000 watt inverter (i'll go pure sign later on)
2 in series Crown CR-225 Deep Cycle Battery 6 Volt, 225 Amp-Hour
I currently have 18 - 7.4ah i think they are.. sealed lead acid UPS batteries but I doubt they would work good for this...
they are for my http://www.powersource.net/ETI0001-2275_Rugged_Extreme_UPS.htm (witch is for sale) as it uses 72 volts and my system is going to be 12volts.... wish i could use it then i wouldn't have to buy the inverter... if anyone is interested in it let me know.... I have two of them.. I believe they go for 2000$ retail... I'd sell if for little to nothing or even trade.
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Concord woman pleads guilty to $250K federal fraud
October 17. 2013 8:57PM
CONCORD — A city resident is facing up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally obtaining $250,000 worth of federal assistance meant for the needy, when her husband earned up to $89,000 a year.
Betty Dugan, 54, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges she used false information to obtain benefits from federal programs solely intended to provide help to impoverished individuals and families.From January 2003 to April 2012, Dugan received more than $250,000 from the Social Security Administration's Supplemental Income Program, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 housing program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food stamp program and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Financial Assistance to Needy Families and Aid to Permanently Disabled Persons programs.Dugan admitted she obtained benefits by falsely reporting to the various government agencies that her husband was not living with her and that he did not contribute any money to the household when, in fact, he was a member of the household and his annual income ranged from $69,500 to $89,000.
Dugan also faces a fine of up to $250,000. She is to be sentenced Jan. 21.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Kinsella prosecuted the case.


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It's official now: The United States has a policy on climate change. President Bush announced it on Valentine's Day at a government climate and oceans research center. "My approach recognizes that economic growth is the solution, not the problem," he said. Instead of requiring the nation to lower greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels, as called for in the Kyoto Protocol, the new policy is voluntary and aims only to slow the growth of emissions, not reduce them. The centerpiece of the new climate policy is a tiny little tax cut for any manufacturers who are interested.
Of course, it's not nearly as big as the tax cuts used for real national priorities like distributing income upward or starving civilian government of resources. It's just some walking-around money, less than $1 billion a year, for investors who voluntarily, now and then, feel like doing the right thing for the environment. The President would also like industries to report their own emissions levels voluntarily, which may earn them valuable credits in the future if an emissions trading scheme is implemented.
It takes a creative imagination to believe that this is an appropriate way for the world's largest economy (and producer of about 20 percent of the world's greenhouse emissions) to respond to a serious global crisis. If you believe, that is, that global warming is a crisis. George Bush and his friends keep hoping it's not, but the scientific consensus, not to mention world opinion, is absolutely clear on this point. At the request of the Bush Administration, the National Academy of Sciences re-examined the climate change issue last year and promptly concluded that the problem is every bit as important as previously reported. Finding a way to debunk all this annoying environmental science must be high on the White House wish list.
It almost looks like that wish has been granted. Bjørn Lomborg, a statistics professor at a Danish university and self-described "old left-wing Greenpeace member," says the story began when he got interested in the longstanding debate between environmentalist Paul Ehrlich and economist Julian Simon. Ehrlich claimed that shortages of many natural resources were imminent; Simon said they were not. A few years ago Lomborg started researching the facts in order, he says, to prove that Ehrlich was right. Instead he found to his surprise that Ehrlich was wrong–and indeed, environmentalists were wrong about many, many things.
Trapped by the "litany" of doom and gloom, environmental advocates have, according to Lomborg, missed the evidence that most of the problems they worry about are not so bad, and are not getting any worse. There are more acres of forests all the time, plenty of fish in the sea, no danger of acid rain, no threat of rapid extinction of species, no need to do much about global warming and no reason to worry about environmental causes of cancer. Everyone in the environmental world, his erstwhile comrades at Greenpeace included, has misunderstood the subtleties of statistics and overlooked the growing good news, as he graciously offers to explain.


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In my many years of working with computers, I have commonly come across many people who would seek help on setting up servers, whether to share files or run games for LAN parties. In this guide, I will explain how you can run multiple gaming and file servers, while using affordable hardware that will both do the job and cosmetically look good. To make the process easier to understand, we will break this guide down into several sections based on necessary hardware and software. I will explain all the steps from choosing components, to getting the server up and running. Because this is intended for gamers and end users, I will also take costs into account and try to keep them minimal, as dependent on the needs of the server. In the end, you will discover that if you have ever built a computer in the past, assembling a server is just as easy. So sit back, relax, and let's dig in.
Hardware is one of the most important items in building a server, regardless of its overall purpose. Without enough power or memory to run the necessary applications, the server would subsequently be useless. Depending on its intended usage, however, the hardware may vary slightly. It is often a good idea to sit down and create a plan beforehand. Personally, I live by a rule of thumb that purchasing more than needed is better than having the server become congested or even fail when it is needed the most. For this guide, I will be putting together two different types of servers. The first will be a gaming server, designed to host multiple instances of LAN-based games. The second will be a file/web server, intended to back up data and make items accessible from any computer in a network. As always, hardware can vary depending on your needs; this is just a general overview of a configuration that I would use, based on the available hardware that I have on hand. Keep in mind that any computer can function as a server as long as the necessary software is installed. Therefore, you may even have old parts that can be reused for your server.
Gaming Server: The hardware for gaming servers needs to be robust in order to keep up with the players on the LAN. When putting together a gaming server, there are several key areas to which you must pay attention. Unlike a gaming PC, where the common focus is on the graphics card, a gaming server needs a strong CPU, plenty of RAM, and most importantly, high bandwidth network connections. If you plan on hosting multiple gaming servers, you may even require more than one network interface card. In this guide, I will be designing a gaming server specifically intended to host LAN parties. In terms of chassis, I used the CoolerMaster HAF 932 full tower case. By choosing a tower design rather than a rack mount chassis, it allows the server to be readily movable when required. Coupled with its high airflow capabilities and sleek gamer styling, the case will easily fit in with the LAN party scene while keeping components running cool. For the CPU and motherboard, I chose the AMD Phenom II X4 910e and the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, respectively. This combination provides a powerful quad-core processor for running multiple game server instances, as well as plenty of connections and expandability for other needs. I also chose this particular motherboard because it features two Ethernet ports on the back panel — when running more than one game server at a time, you will need a dedicated network port for each game. As I mentioned previously, memory is also a key factor in server setup. Especially for a game server, it is important to have enough to run each game instance you desire. For this particular system, I chose to use 8GB (4x2GB) of Mushkin DDR3 1600MHz dual-channel memory. The high speed and large memory capacity ensure that games will not bog down during game play or loading sequences. For file storage, I chose two Western Digital 640AAKS drives and configured them in RAID 1. This subsequently duplicates and backs up all information between the two drives, ensuring that the LAN party will not come to a halt if one drive was to fail. Conveniently, RAID 1 is supported by the motherboard without the need for an additional RAID add-on card. Other miscellaneous items include a CD drive to install data such as the OS, a good heatsink to keep the CPU cool during intense and long LAN parties, and a low-end graphics card. Given that the server will not need to run intensive software or the games themselves, a powerful graphics card is not necessary.
File Server: While a file server needs to be powerful, it does not require as many high-end components as a gaming server. For a server intended for the storage of information, emphasis is placed on storage capacity rather than sheer computing power. For my file server, I chose to conserve space with a rack mounted case, the In Win IW-R300 3U Server Chassis. The '3U' height specification ensures that it will accept standard hardware, including an mATX motherboard and stock heatsink. For the processor, I used another great AMD CPU, the Athlon II X4 635. At its current sub-$100 pricing and clock speed of 2.9GHz, this is a quad-core made in heaven. To run the processor, I wanted a strong mATX board with plenty of features, such as the Gigabyte GA-MA785MGT-UD2H. Having used this board previously, it offers the performance I need and most importantly, features five SATA II ports that can all be configured to RAID 1 for data protection via the SB710 Southbridge. For RAM, I chose to go with a set of 4GB OCZ Spec Ops Urban Elite memory. For a file server, a large amount of memory is not necessary; a decent set with a balance of speed and capacity is enough. The Spec Ops Urban Elite is rated for 1600MHz with timings of 8-8-8-24 at 1.9V. This gives us an adequate capacity while maintaining a quick processing speed. In terms of graphics card, I realize that the limitation of space in a rack case contributes greatly to the build-up of heat in the system. While using the onboard video chipset is an option, it consumes system RAM to function. Therefore, I used the same low-end video card as above. In many cases, a modern low-end GPU will emit relatively low amounts of heat. For storage, I opted for a three-drive setup to keep my data secure. The first – a 750GB Seagate 7200.11 drive – was dedicated to the operating system, virtual machines, internal programs, and miscellaneous software. The other two drives – both Western Digital 640AAKS drives – were configured in a RAID 1 setup and used for the storage of other data. Similar to the gaming server, if one of the latter storage drives were to fail, their information would be retained because it would all be mirrored and backed up between the two drives. Again, RAID 1 is natively supported by the motherboard, minimizing the need to purchase an additional RAID card.
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Putting the shattered series back together.
Maybe their moms didn't hold them enough as children or perhaps they bruise easy,
but the seemingly tough Contra soldiers sure can't take a beating. Here they go
again, jumping through acres of jungle, diving through the seediest underbelly
of a red hot Alien Hell, and then oops, some winged alien accidentally nudges
them and they keel over.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Battling through two utter disasters bearing the Contra name on the
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Bill Rizer, hero of the Alien Wars (Contra III) has been called back
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There are also top to bottom levels and the occasional head-on perspective.
All of them maintain the single 2D plane.
Amidst all this chaos, there's a pattern to learn that will get you out alive.
In some ways, the strict memorization is the backbone of the entire game. The
levels in earlier Contras or the Metal Slug series had some free-flowing,
run and gun areas that would build up to the stage boss. Shattered Soldier
is more tightly wound with less of this on-your-toes gameplay and more memorized
maneuvering, especially with the added mid-level bosses (much like the Genesis'
Contra: Hard Corps).
These various bosses call for effective usage of your arsenal of weapons.
Instead of weapon upgrades, Bill and Lucia come pre-equipped with three interchangeable
and chargeable weapons: the standard machine gun, a flame thrower and ground-cruising
missiles. Different situations call for different weapons, and maximizing your
artillery is part of the pattern play and difficulty of this new Contra.
Indeed, Contra: Shattered Soldier is balls to the floor hard. Enemies
rain down in droves from all sides. Shots of shrapnel and explosion litter the
cruel wasteland of 6 levels (2 must be unlocked). Sometimes Bill and Lucia will
have the aid of a vehicle, like a futuristic motorbike or some flying missiles,
but even then, the menacing onslaught just keeps on coming.
The difficulty is furthered by the hardcore but tasty limitation on lives and
continues. You are given only 3 lives and 5 continues on Normal – and these
aren't your namby-pampy "start-from-where-I-was" continues. These are the traditional
continues that boot you all the way back to the start of the level or the halfway
point if you even made it that far.
Easy mode gives you 8 lives and 99 continues. Even then, it's no cakewalk,
but it's just enough to force you to learn the patterns and figure out how to
survive. Contra: Shattered Soldier definitely isn't something you'll
squeak through cleanly on your first go. You'll play for a bit, then die, then
start over, get a little bit further, and die again. Each time, you'll be a
little more prepared as you discover more of the shot patterns.
addition to a classic 'point' score, performance is letter-graded at the close
of each stage. Successful grades throughout the main stages will unlock the
later stages. Nabbing a good grade requires minimizing deaths and continues
and maximizing the kill rate – nearly every robotic menace, wayward missile,
or festering pus mutant boss counts toward your hit percentage.
Most bosses are wretched abortions that writhe and ooze with toxic venom.
They're pretty gross and are segmented with different parts to destroy. Total
annihilation of every form of a boss will net the most percentage points. The
other boss characters are massive, screen filling mechs, armed to the teeth.
And what's Contra without a teammate by your side? Keeping with tradition,
the game can be played co-op simultaneously. While two-player mode does stir
up all those fun, old school memories, both players had better know their patterns,
because even with the added aid of a pal, the weaving and dodging against the
diabolic forces of Blood Falcon remains relatively the same. Both players contribute
to the same hit percentage scale, so if one guy sucks, your percentage will
drop. A record of how much each player contributed would have added to the competition,
though there's still the traditional score accessible through the pause menu
for those of you keeping tabs.
Contra: Shattered Soldier captures an apocalyptic drabness with muted
tones, but explosions aplenty brighten things up. Some of the object models
look too flat without enough varied lighting, hindering the illusion of 3D.
Bill and Lucia's animations are a little stiff, but the various bosses fare
better with sharply animated undulations and metallic transformations. Let's
be frank, though – you're not playing Contra for the graphics.
A heavy metal rock beat drives the game, which oddly works well as an accompaniment to the showering spray of destruction. Some of the classic sound effects and short musical riffs are back in full form as well, so the veterans will be right at home.
In the same way that Castlevania: Symphony
of the Night built upon the Castlevania legacy without really changing
the core gameplay ideas, Shattered Soldier marks a return to the series'
roots while still bringing something new to the table. It's fun to learn the
patterns and hone in on that perfect game, though the limited gameplay and the
shortness of the actual experience make it well suited for a rental.


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One of the best moments of the post-Game 7 handshake line after the Bruins won the Stanley Cup last week was the sight of Tim Thomas not only shaking hands with his Vancouver counterpart Roberto Luongo but trying hard to quickly let him know how much he admires and respects his play.
The Bruins goaltender was famously a hot topic throughout the series about his ability to play outside of the blue paint and Luongo, of course, made his seemingly snooty remark (only he knows if it was meant how it was interpreted) about being able to make the save on the Game 5 shot that beat Thomas and the Bruins.
Both netminders are in Las Vegas for tonight's NHL Awards show, where they're both finalists for the Vezina Trophy. Scott Burnside of ESPN.com caught up with both goaltenders, and Thomas explained that any war of the words ended once the series ended.
Thomas told Burnside:
"I remember one of the things I told him going through the line is I said 'for the record, I think you're a great goalie and you had a great season.' Whether [Luongo's comments] were taken out of context or whether it was just part of a mental game that was trying to be played, it doesn't really matter. It's something that happened.
"We compete as hard as we can on the ice, and when we're in the middle of that game or the middle of that series, sometimes emotions get the better of you. When it's all said and done, it's over. I respect everyone that I play against and every team that I play against."
Luongo also sounded like he considered the hatchet buried. He told reporters:
"I think everything's cool. We had a few words after the series was over, and you know, I've always had a lot of respect for him and I've always said that from the start. Wish him all the best [Wednesday] and hope he enjoys the Vezina because he's probably going to win it."
Hopefully, the NHL schedule will allow for a minimum of two rematches between Thomas and Luongo next season. Then they can go at it again after a summer of peace and forgiveness.


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· write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names"
Synonym(s): Romanize, Romanise, Latinize, Latinise
Hypernym(s): transliterate, transcribe
2. latinise - verb
· cause to adopt Catholicism
Synonym(s): catholicize, catholicise, latinize
Hypernym(s): convert
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N. Describes a player of first-person-shooter games, usually of the online persuasion, who refrains from chatting with other players and tends to display rather sneaky (but skilled) tactics in eliminating the other players.
Antonymical to fragwhiner.
Antonymical to fragwhiner.
While on Halo 2's online modes, Jake tended to be a silent sniper: other players would be chatting it up, only to be surprised whilst typing by virtual bullets through their characters' heads from Jake's trusty sniper rifle.
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15 Cheap and Pretty Ways to Spruce Up a Tiny Kitchen
Glamorous kitchens are fun to look at and aspire to, but what about the little things everyone can do to make their kitchens prettier and more functional? That's what one Kitchn reader wanted to know, so I've rounded up 15 cheap yet effective ways you can spruce up a small kitchen:
2. Organize your pot lids.
3. Use a branch to hold lightweight kitchen objects.
4. Store things in baskets. It's pretty and cheap.
5. Or store things on trays on the counter.
6. Hang curtains.
7. Hang mugs and teacups on hooks.
8. Use little bit of wallpaper...
9. ...or a little bit of paint.
10. A wire shelving unit is awesome and practical.
11. Use inside of a cabinet door to hang measuring cups.
12. Paint the inside of your kitchen cabinets.
13. Use your wall space.
14. The organizing power of long iron bar.
15. Put down a rag rug.
This post was requested by barlowgirl for Reader Request Week 2013.
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The two 18-year-old Torrington High School players, Edgar Gonzalez and Joan Toribio, were charged with felony second-degree sexual assault and other crimes last month in cases involving different 13-year-old girls. Toribio also was charged two weeks ago in another second-degree sexual assault case.
A state judge sealed details of the allegations from public view. Both teens have pleaded not guilty to all charges. The arrests were first reported by The Register Citizen newspaper.
On Wednesday evening, Torrington police Lt. Michael Emanuel said a third student, a 17-year-old boy, was charged this month with second-degree sexual assault on one of the two 13-year-olds linked to the football players' cases.
Emanuel said the assault occurred last fall. He had no information about the 17-year-old's arraignment or any bail.
At least one more arrest involving the same accusers is likely in the case, he said.
The accusers and suspects knew one another, according to Emanuel, who described what happened as "voluntary encounters" at private residences. But he said sexual encounters between a 13-year-old and anyone more than three years older are illegal under state law.
At least one of the accusers in Torrington, nearly 30 miles west of the capital, Hartford, has been taunted on social media by dozens of upset classmates, the newspaper reported. Students have called the girl a "whore" and bashed her for "snitching" and "ruining" the players' lives.
State prosecutor Terri Sonnemann declined to comment on the sexual assault cases and on whether authorities are investigating the online taunts.
Gonzalez's lawyer, J. Patten Brown III, said he hasn't seen the state's evidence yet, but has been told the charges allege consensual, but statutorily illegal, sex. He said Gonzalez is not making any admissions about having relations with the girl and intends to fight the charges.
"Oftentimes people are arrested, and when all the facts come out, they're different than what people assumed," Brown said.
A message was left Wednesday for Toribio's attorney, Charles Brower.
In the Ohio case, Steubenville High School football players Trent Mays and Ma'Lik Richmond were sentenced Sunday to at least a year in juvenile jail after being found guilty of using their hands to rape a drunken 16-year-old girl. The case bitterly divided the city and led to accusations of a cover-up to protect the athletes.
On Tuesday, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said the teen girl is being victimized by threats on Twitter and he demanded an end to such postings.
In Torrington, Gonzalez and Toribio have been suspended from school, said Ken Traub, chairman of the local Board of Education.
At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, school Superintendent Cheryl Kloczko read a brief statement pledging to abide by laws protecting student confidentiality. She declined to comment further.
Torrington police said little about the accusations in news releases, except that Gonzalez and Toribio were arrested in connection with alleged sexual encounters with 13-year-old girls.
Toribio has posted $100,000 bail for the two sexual assault cases.
Gonzalez is being detained on $65,000 bail at the New Haven Correctional Center. He also has pleaded not guilty in a robbery case from last year that remains pending.


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'UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2′ — Fight Highlights, Bonuses, And Event Recap
(Shogun vs. Henderson 2 highlights via Fox Sports)
Dan Henderson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua fought for the second time last night in Natal, Brazil, and though we weren't treated to another five-round dogfight, the rematch turned out to be nearly as incredible as their first meeting. This time, it was Henderson who was getting beaten up in the early rounds, as an energized Shogun Rua came close to finishing the American legend on more than one occasion. It seemed like Henderson's heart, experience, and still-solid chin were the only things keeping him alive going into round three. And then…boo-yah.
All it took was one right hand directly across the chin to snap Shogun's head back and send him into a backwards somersault across the mat. Arguably, referee Herb Dean could have stopped the fight as soon as Shogun went ass-over-teakettle, but he allowed Hendo to follow up the knockdown with some controversial blows to the back of the head, as Shogun groggily clung to Henderson's leg. To those of you who expected Herb Dean to penalize Henderson during the finishing sequence: You haven't been watching MMA for very long, have you?
Henderson and Rua each earned $50,000 Fight of the Night bonuses for their headlining battle, and Dan Henderson also scored a $50,000 Performance of the Night award. (The unofficial Broken Nose of the Night award went to Shogun.) The other Performance of the Night bonus went to Godofredo "Pepey" Castro, who wrecked Israeli UFC newcomer Noad Lahat with a flying knee in the first fight of the night.
The Pepey/Lahat KO was just one of five matches at UFC Fight Night 38 that ended in the first round. Notably, middleweight vet CB Dollaway TKO'd TUF Brazil 1 winner Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira in just 39 seconds with an impressive display of counter-punching, which you can watch below…Read More DIGG THIS


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Pentagon Spending on the Chopping Block
The current economic crisis, coupled with concerns about spiraling deficits and our staggering national debt, is, at long last, bringing military spending to the forefront of the budget debate. Not since the end of the Cold War and the discussion of a "peace dividend" has the Pentagon budget—generally considered sacrosanct—received such scrutiny.
In January 2010, President Obama's formed the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to advise the administration on options for addressing the U.S. national debt. In response, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) convened a bi-partisan panel of national security experts to generate a series of recommendations on how to cut the defense budget while preserving U.S. national security. The Sustainable Defense Task Force released its report, "Debt, Deficits and Defense: A Way Forward," on June 11, in Washington, D.C.
The Task Force report does not include any recommendations related to the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It looks only at the Pentagon's annual "base" budget. The report's combined recommendations would cut $960 billion over ten years, an average annual reduction of roughly 17 percent below current spending levels.
Defense spending accounts for more than half of the federal government's entire discretionary budget. At a time when virtually every community in the country is facing critical budget shortfalls, defense spending has continued to grow. While the White House has announced a freeze on all non-security related discretionary spending over the next three years, the Obama Administration's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2011 (which will begin on September 30) includes a two percent increase in the Pentagon's budget. This puts increasing pressure on most domestic spending programs. Over the last decade, total federal discretionary spending has grown by 28 percent and military spending (not including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) by over 40 percent. Meanwhile, federal grants to state and local governments have grown by only 14 percent.
The Task Force's report proposes cuts such as reducing the number of deployed nuclear weapons to 1,000 and cutting the number of submarines and missiles which carry them; cutting the total number of active duty members of the Army and Marine Corps to 50,000 below their levels before the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; cutting certain weapons programs including the Joint Strike Fighter, the V-22 "Osprey" tilt-rotor aircraft, and the total number of Navy aircraft carriers; and reforming the Pentagon's health care and compensation systems.
As one might expect, reaction to the Task Force Report has been mixed, with traditional Pentagon supporters attacking it for being poorly timed, given that the nation is at war, and claiming it will lead us toward a military ill-prepared to meet our nation's security needs. Meanwhile, moderates and fiscal conservatives view it as a responsible way to make defense cuts in a time of severe budget austerity. Those who have spent years arguing that military spending is a drain on more important domestic priorities welcome it as a step towards a more common sense approach to military budgeting.
According to the Project on Defense Alternatives, one of the major contributors to the report who hosts it on their website, the report was downloaded over 100,000 times in less than a month.
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Congressman Frank and a bi-partisan group of House members plan to circulate a letter to their colleagues regarding the defense budget and the deficit. While the final text of the letter has not been released at the time of this writing, it is not expected to endorse the Task Force report specifically. It is expected, however, that the signers will pledge not to support any major deficit reduction package considered by Congress unless it includes defense spending cuts. A similar letter is also expected to circulate in the Senate.
Regardless of the impact this or any other letter has on the deficit debate in Congress, the Task Force report insures one important thing: supporters of reduced military spending now have an answer to the question, "how do you cut Pentagon spending without undermining our nation's security?" At a time when all areas of federal spending should be subject to the budget cutter's knife, it can no longer be said, even within the mainstream debate, that it's impossible to identify significant savings in the Pentagon budget.
To view the report "Debt, Deficits and Defense: A Way Forward," click here.
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It's called "defense" spending, but how much of it is actually about defense? Here's how we could save billions, and still have billions left to make the U.S. and the world more secure.
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We've devoted over $250 billion towards waging war in Afghanistan, David Wildman, Sunita Viswanath, and Lorelei Kelly ask, "Is it working?"
The skyrocketing costs and casualties of the war in Afghanistan should make us re-evaluate our national priorities and broaden our definition of security.


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Nepal's parties want judge to be interim PM
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's major political parties have agreed to form an interim government under the Supreme court chief justice and then hold fresh elections in June.
Narayan Kaji Shrestha of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoist says the agreement was reached in a meeting late Monday. Another meeting at which the agreement is expected to be formally signed is scheduled for Tuesday.
Nepal has been without a fully functioning government and parliament since last May. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has been running a caretaker government.
The government has been unable to hold elections, with opposition parties wanting Bhattarai's removal before a vote is held. The parties proposed the chief justice to head the interim government that would conduct the elections.


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Real-world MPG: Vauxhall diesels
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The Mini Paceman JCW hot hatch and two 2.0-litre diesel Vauxhalls have been added to the What Car? True MPG database where we reveal real-world economy figures for the cars you buy.
The Vauxhall Zafira Tourer 2.0 Biturbo achieved 45.4mpg in our tests, which is only 5mpg shy of its official figure. It's not the most efficient 2.0-litre diesel we've tested, but it's a respectable result given its power output of 192bhp. In comparison, the 197bhp Ford S-Max 2.0 managed 39.6mpg in an earlier test.
The Vauxhall Cascada 2.0 also came close to its Government figure, with fuel economy of 47.4mpg in our tests, compared with a its official economy of 54.3mpg.
Our tests found that the Mini Paceman JCW had the smallest gap between True MPG and Government figures during this period the 33.7mpg recorded by the True MPG team is only 4.5mpg short of the official 38.2mpg. However, the BMW M135i is only slightly more expensive than the Mini, despite having another 101bhp, and returned 33.9mpg in previous tests.
The biggest gap between official figures and our data was for the 1.4-litre Alfa Romeo Giulietta in more powerful 168bhp guise. Its Government economy is 48.7mpg, but our True MPG tests indicate real-world efficiency will be closer to 31.9mpg.
Visit whatcar.com/truempg to see the full range of cars we've tested, and find out what you really can expect to achieve on UK roads.


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The greatest highlight of Izu Oshima is its variety of tourist attractions, starting with Mt. Mihara.
Mt. Mihara, standing 758 meters high, occupies the center of the island. Of the several active volcanoes in Japan, this is known particularly for the eruption of basaltic magma. Its lava fountains have been deified since antiquity as gojinka-sama. The caldera at the summit of the cone commands a view 300 meters in diameter and more than 200 meters deep into the volcanic crater.
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Safer Helmet, Safer Head: Michigan Tech Team Takes its Award-winning Invention to San Francisco Inventors Expo
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
In the heat of a football game, a player is tackled and pounded to the ground. His head takes a mighty sideways whack. What happens next—a concussion or some other kind of traumatic brain injury—is rarely good.
Now a team of inventive engineering and business students from Michigan Technological University has designed a new and promising protective layer for sports and motorcycle helmets. They used the human head itself as a model for a building a helmet lining that mimics the body's own tricks for deflecting blows to the head. For example, the scalp—designed for redirecting oblique impacts, the skull—for absorbing normal impacts and the cerebral spinal fluid—for dampening the final impact on the brain.
The team was one of 16 chosen from more than 200 colleges and universities to introduce their invention at a national inventors conference in San Francisco. Michigan Tech undergraduates and graduate students demonstrated a prototype Enhanced BioMorphic (EBM) helmet layer at March Madness for the Mind, sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and Inventors Digest magazine at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco. They placed second in the nation for a video they produced about the innovative helmet lining.
In their prototype, they simulate the skull with a light composite sandwich shell, the scalp with thin elastic discs and the spinal fluid with a soft padding system. The protective layer can be inserted into a helmet in addition to the regular helmet liner. It protects the head inside the helmet against both oblique and normal impacts.
"Normal helmets are designed for direct, straight-on impact," explains Wayne Bell, a graduate student at Michigan Tech and helmet team member. "They aren't designed to protect against rotational acceleration, even though "normal" impacts in football often involve rotation."
In an online competition, viewers have already voted a 2-minute video about the helmet produced by Michigan Tech's team one of the top three videos of student inventions. The top three videos will be shown at a breakfast in San Francisco on Friday, March 26. A panel of independent reviewers and NCIIA and Inventors Digest staff will choose the winning video, and a People's Choice Award will be presented to the team that receives the most votes from conference attendees.
The Michigan Tech team and advisor Gopal Jayaraman, a professor of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics at Michigan Tech, have been designing, building, testing and refining prototype helmets for several years. Their latest prototype has passed drop-test standards set by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), preventing damage at 155 times the force of gravity (155 g's), the maximum load the brain can take without sustaining injury. They are also evaluating their invention using a mathematical model that enables them to optimize performance based on the properties of the materials they use.
Paul Nelson, associate professor of economics in Michigan Tech's School of Business and Economics, finance student Eric Tangko, and the University's Technology and Economic Development Office are working with the engineering students to develop a business and marketing plan and to patent and license the new helmet technology. They hope to license their invention to a commercial sports equipment manufacturer, paving the way for a full-fledged athletic equipment research center at Michigan Tech.
Sponsors of the helmet research and development are Michigan Tech's Departments of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Athletics, and Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education; the Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative; and NCIIA.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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�The scene is horribly familiar: Young bodies lying in pools of blood, hysterical parents cuddling crying children, ambulances rushing the wounded to hospitals and the dead to the morgue. Television cameras, reporters, bewildered public officials, confusion, evasive statements.
�Another deadly shooting at a school somewhere in America. Once the initial shock wears off, the handwringing begins. Grief counselors are dispatched. Psychologists and criminologists offer conflicting views. Memorial ribbons and teddy bears are displayed, and candle-light vigils are held. Let the healing begin, they say. Then there is the question: Why?�
Those are excerpts from an editorial the Telegram & Gazette published on March 27, 1998, after the fatal shooting of four students and a teacher at the Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Ark. To emphasize the chilling similarity, they were reprinted, word for word, a year later after Columbine High School killings in Littleton, Colo., on April 20, 1999.
�Those words still apply to the recent massacre at Virginia Tech at Blacksburg, Va., where a student, blinded by hate, gunned down 32 people before ending his own life,� I wrote in another editorial that we published on April 29, 2007. �And, sadly, they are likely to apply to future campus tragedies unless society finds a way to curtail the prevailing culture of gun violence.�
Those words certainly apply to the massacre at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were killed by a gunman on Dec. 14, 2012. As to �why,� the editorial tried to offer an answer: �The most obvious explanation � which many Americans prefer to ignore � is the insane proliferation of firearms in this country. With an estimated 200 million guns in private hands, it is inevitable that many end up in the wrong hands. As a result, more teen-agers die of gunshot wounds than from other causes. No amount of grief counseling, conflict prevention or psycho-babble will prevent future tragedies if society continues to ignore the forces that turn supposedly every-day people into homicidal monsters.�
In the aftermath of the unspeakable horror in Newtown, it appeared that people had enough of the murderous gun-mayhem epidemic, and that authorities were serious about initiating meaningful controls. The time seemed right for change.
In the days following the Sandy Hook tragedy, gun enthusiasts remained silent. The National Rifle Association de-activated its Facebook page and discontinued its Twitter feed. The Gun Owners of America kept quiet as well. Television talk shows were hard-pressed to find public officials willing to speak in favor of �gun rights.� A visibly shaken President Obama promised reform. �This time, the words need to lead to action,� he said.
Many Americans, including some gun owners, wondered why ordinary citizens would need military-style, high-powered assault weapons, equipped with magazines that could hold as many as 100 bullets designed to inflict maximum damage on the target. They questioned the rationale behind citing the Second Amendment as justification for owning rapid-fire killing machines, as the most potent weapon anyone could carry at the time of the amendment was a single-shot musket.
But as time passed, the anti-gun sentiment seemed to soften. The NRA broke its silence, offering a remedy that would actually increase the number of firearms in civilian hands, recommending that classroom teachers and school administrators be armed. (�The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.�) Gun advocates have blamed video games, violent movies, television, mental illness and spotty background checks for gun violence. Meanwhile, the sales of assault weapons have doubled in the country, including that of the AR-15, the weapon of choice of school shooters.
As we�re awaiting new federal controls, some states, including Massachusetts, have pledged to move on their own. Unfortunately, some of those moves have been less than reassuring. House Speaker Robert DeLeo named a �blue ribbon commission� to evaluate mental health and gun-control issues with the hope of recommending measures to prevent future shootings at schools and other public places. �I really want to see this blue ribbon commission, so to speak, to go out and give me some findings that I can prepare some legislation on,� he was quoted as saying.
More often than not, commissions become burial grounds for meaningful action. The Gun Owners Action League, the biggest gun lobby in the state, is now talking about placing police dogs at schools as prevention. The Legislature deemed a proposal by the governor to limit gun sales to one per month too excessive. The recommendation to include personal mental health records in background checks for purchasing firearms was also sidetracked.
The resistance to even minor change is disappointing. The one-gun-per-month limit would still allow buying a dozen weapons a year. And scrutinizing the mental health of potential buyers could safeguard against demented individuals committing mass murder.
Obviously, the most effective solution � such as registering guns and licensing their owners like drivers as done in other countries � is out of reach. But the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips, along with strengthened background checks of buyers at gun shows, should be an attainable goal.
If not now, when? I�m tired of quoting the same old editorial.
Robert Z. Nemeth�s column appears regularly in the Sunday Telegram.


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Recently, a Wall Street Journal article declared that cloud computing was passé, and the future was in a new "type" of computing being marketed by Cisco called "fog computing."
This is why reporters should be trained not to parrot the marketing hype of large companies. Just the fact that the two companies mentioned in the article, Cisco and IBM, are mere bit players in the cloud computing space that are desperately trying to "break into" the lead pack should raise a red flag on the judgment of the article.
First let's examine the meaning of fog computing and then explain why government IT managers should avoid using this term.
Given that most of the search results on "fog computing" are from Cisco, we need to go the source of this term to get any clarity. Here is Cisco's definition: "Fog computing is a paradigm that extends cloud computing and services to the edge of the network. Similar to cloud, fog provides data, compute, storage and application services to end-users." Clear as mud, right?
Let me help Cisco out and explain the concept. Basically, the company is trying to make the case that the Internet of Things, which is millions and possibly billions of Internet-connected sensors that are all around us and connected to the cloud, equals "fog computing" in the same way that actual fog is loosely equivalent to "clouds all around us."
So, Cisco took the physical notion of a "cloud on the ground" and tried to carve out a new computing category by combining two existing categories (Internet of Things + cloud). Now that we understand this sleight of hand, let's examine why the concept should be avoided.
The concept of fog computing is tied to a physical location, in this case the ground or "clouds all around us." Unfortunately, this location-dependent concept is the antithesis to the notion of cloud computing, which is based upon non-locational computing. In other words, a significant benefit of cloud computing is the fact that you don't know where the servers reside in the same way that you don't know where your electricity comes from.
Besides the fact that this aligns the concept of cloud computing with other public utilities, it also lets cloud computing scale up or down as needed precisely because it is not location dependent. Therefore computing capacity can be delivered from many, many locations.
As a metaphor, fog is generally considered to be a bad thing. The "fog of war" refers to the confusion on the battlefield that can potentially lead to fratricide. So, here again we see this marketing-driven concept fails to adequately describe this subset of cloud computing in a meaningful way. People generally don't want to be "in the fog." Sorry, Cisco.
Fog computing only serves to increase confusion about the cloud. I recently saw a trailer for a new movie called "Sex Tape" where a private, intimate video is accidentally uploaded to the cloud and a frantic couple tries to retrieve all the iPads that synced to the cloud and thus received the video. My favorite dialogue in the trailer is when Jason Segel says, "It went up, it went up to the cloud." Cameron Diaz sarcastically responds, "And you can't get it down from the cloud?" To which he angrily blurts, "Nobody understands the cloud! It's a [F-word] mystery!"
It is this "cloud confusion" that Cisco increases with this unnecessary distraction.
The reality is that the Internet of Things is just one application of cloud computing. Adding more client devices, even sensors, to the cloud is not a new type of computing. In fact, the cloud is a necessary condition for the Internet of Things to work as envisioned. Muddying the waters here helps no one except a company that is trying to insert itself into a crowded cloud conversation by trying to make its Internet routers into edge computing devices.
One of the hardest jobs of government IT managers is to separate the technical wheat from the chaff. In this instance, don't be fooled by the marketing hype which tries to lead you away from the path of sensible and secure cloud computing. In other words, don't get lost in the fog!
Michael C. Daconta (firstname.lastname@example.com or @mdaconta) is the Vice President of Advanced Technology at InCadence Strategic Solutions and the former Metadata Program Manager for the Homeland Security Department. His new book is entitled, The Great Cloud Migration: Your Roadmap to Cloud Computing, Big Data and Linked Data.
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Hmmm.... yes there does seem to be confusion somewhere... Glad no one agrees with the author. Fog, edge, whatever you want to call it is necessary to address latency, bandwidth, privacy, and other concerns. Some applications are fine in the cloud, others are not. Industrial is one area where it must be both particularly if you are looking at stopping a production line before it makes a bunch of bad somethings. This is where you need the fog part. Generally, Cloud will be better at batch processing where latency is not a concern.
Fog deals with the simple issue of over-bearing data processing, the cloud simply cannot cope, and should not either, local processing makes sense.
I feel the views expressed in this blog are based on mere definitions. An empirical comparison of the two computing paradigms will be more beneficial for the reader.
The need and the importance of the Fog is seen facing the SMALL DATA in Healthcare.
Michael, honest question, in what part of ICT do you work (or more specifically, do you work in telecom)? Your quibbles with the marketing terminology used by Cisco doesn't really interest me one way or another, but your gross misrepresentation of fog computing is concerning. Was the WSJ article incorrect to say 'forget cloud computing' as though fog computing would replace it? Yes, as the two are complimentary concepts; fog computing is an extension of cloud computing for specific use cases. However, the primary draw of fog computing is that it will be needed for ultra low latency applications, with response times that even under theoretical lab conditions would be difficult or impossible to employ through cloud-based processing. One such potential application where fog computing may become necessary is with the employment of centralized RAN, where RRHs can be pooled to a single localized BBU 'hotel.' The latency and jitter requirements for this concept would be much more easily implemented through fog computing than cloud computing.
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The Risks in Using Multiple Medications
Medications that Pose a Risk and Why
Special Considerations: Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System
General Advice for the Elderly Population
Elderly patients take about three times as many medications as younger patients do.1 They are also the greatest consumers of prescribed and nonprescribed medications.2 There has been a gradual increase in prescription drug use in the United States. According to the Medicare, the average number of prescriptions per year, including refills, is currently 28.5 per senior (up from 19.6 in 1992). The average cost per prescription has also jumped from $28.50 in 1992 to $42.30 in 2000, an increase of 48%. Since the elderly have less participation in drug trials, there is insufficient information on the side effects and adverse reactions of drugs on the elderly. As a result, older patients have to rely on general guidelines with information extrapolated from other age groups to make decisions regarding prescription drug use.1
Prescription medications can improve the symptoms of a disorder and improve the quality of life. However, they also have the potential to cause dangerous side effects. A good guideline followed by physicians who prescribe medications to the elderly is to "start low and go slow," meaning the elderly should take new medications at a slower rate and start at about half the adult dose. As our bodies change with age, so does the need for a different dosage, interval and duration of treatment. The longer an individual is on a drug, the greater the likelihood of an adverse reaction. The effects of a harmful drug reaction can appear as an isolated symptom (drowsiness) or as a group of symptoms (depression and confusion). In the elderly, toxic reactions can occur even at low drug dosages. Therefore, the elderly should approach the use of prescription medication with caution and report any unusual or new symptoms to their health care provider. It is important to consult a health care provider before changing any prescription medication dosage.
Medications of Risk
|Benzodiazepines (antianxiety),
Long acting agents
Diazepam (Valium)
Flurazepam (Dalmane )
Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
Alprazolam (Xanax)
|Confusion, sedation and falls.
|Antidepressants (used to treat depression),
Amitryptiline (Elavil)
Doxepin (Sinequan)
Imipramine (Tofranil)
|Confusion, sedation, hypotension, falls, and urinary retention.
|Antipsychotic Agents (used to treat mental disorders)
Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
Thioridazine (Mellaril)
Haloperidol (Haldol)
|Confusion, sedation, hypotension, falls, urinary retention, Parkinsonism (involuntary shaking and twitching), tardive dyskinesia (TD).
|Antihistamines (used to treat sinus problems and allergies)
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
Hydroxyzine (Vistaril)
|Confusion, sedation, hypotension, falls, and urinary retention (inability to empty bladder), sleep disturbance.
|Antiemetics (used to relieve nausea)
Promethazine (Phenergan)
Prochlorperazine (Compazine)
Thiethylperazine (Torecan)
|Confusion, sedation, hypotension, falls, urinary retention, Parkinsonism (involuntary tremors and rigidity), involuntary movement (tardive dyskinesia)
|Analgesics (used to relieve pain)
Propoxyphene (Darvon)
Meperidine (Demerol)
|Constipation, confusion, & sedation.
|Antiparkinsonian (used to treat Parkinsons disease)
Carbidopa-Levodopa (Sinemet)
|Confusion, dizziness, hypotension, increase in cardiovascular toxicity.
|Cardiovascular drugs (used to treat heart and blood vessels)
Digoxin (Lanoxin)
Warfarin (Coumadin)
|Nausea, vomiting, anorexia, weight loss.Bleeding tendencies (requires close monitoring)
|Antispasmodic drugs (used to prevent or relieve spasms)
Dicyclomine (Bentyl)
Hyoscyamine (Levsin, Levsinex)
Pro-Banthine (Propantheline)
|Dry mouth, constipation, urinary retention, delirium.
|Urinary Incontinence drugs
Oxybutynin (Ditropan)
Tolterodine (Detrol)
|Dry mouth, constipation, urinary retention, delirium, confusion
|Psychoactive drugs have an effect on the brain and are among the most frequent medications given to the elderly. Elderly patients generally require lower doses of psychoactive drugs, in some cases one-fourth to one-half the dose of a younger patient.3
|Examples of Psychoactive Drugs:
Anti-anxiety drugs
Psychoactive drugs are not the only type of medication that can produce dangerous side effects. Drugs that relieve pain (analgesics), drugs that act on the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular drugs), drugs that relieve nausea (anti-emetics), and drugs that relieve allergies (antihistamines) also have the potential to produce negative side effects by acting on the brain.
Social, economical, psychological, and medical reasons also play a part in overmedication or polypharmacy.
Desire to help - Health care providers want to lessen the suffering of their patients and they often prescribe drugs to do so. Although not all symptoms, conditions or behavior should be treated with drug therapy, there are conditions, such as depression, which occurs with increasing frequency in the elderly and should be treated. However, non-pharmacological approaches should be tried first, and in conjunction with medications, since they work for many common conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, and urinary incontinence.
Belief drugs will produce desired results - This belief is embedded in traditional medical training. Often, the medications are given credit for treating symptoms when, with time, the symptoms of many ailments would have resolved on their own.
|Underestimating the side effects of a drug - The side effects of psychoactive drugs are gradual and hard to detect early on in the treatment process. Psychoactive drugs have also been strongly linked to the risks of falling. This is a serious side effect since falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injury in people 75 years and older.
|Psychoactive drugs have also been linked to the risks of falling and hip fractures.
Behavioral changes - Centrally acting or psychoactive drugs themselves occasionally lead to behavioral problems and confusion.
Patient Demand - Some patients and family members are reluctant to discontinue medication use. This is especially true for some elderly patients because their medication becomes a symbol of care. 2 As a result, there is a belief in the effectiveness of a drug ('more is better'), though it may have the potential to produce side effects.
Lack of Training in Non-pharmacological Approaches to Treatment - It is much easier to write a prescription for an ailment then to explore alternative approaches.
Influence of media and the drug manufacturers - Busy health care providers often rely on pharmaceutical company advertising and distributed literature for information about prescription medication. Drug manufacturers often highlight the benefits while downplaying the potential dangers of a drug. In addition, the media often encourages the public to contact their physician for new prescription medications.
|Alternatives To Using Hypnotics:
|Alternatives To Using Laxatives:
|Alternatives To Using Urinary Incontinence Drugs:
|Over The Counter (OTC) Medications
Inform your health provider about all OTC products. Avoid such products if central nervous system side effects and other herb/drug interactions are possible.
Consult the Web sites Herbalgram, Food and Drug Administration, or Alternative Medicine Alert (800-688-2421) for information.
Know the following important things about your medication:
Never share your prescription medications or take medications prescribed for someone else.
Keep all medication out of the reach of (grand) children.
Maintain the continuity of care by having a primary physician, usually a family physician or general internist. Also get all of your prescription medication from one pharmacy.
Have a medication set, or medi-set, (a box which holds prescription medication with the days of the week written on each compartment) to help you remember your medication. Have caregivers supervise your medications if you start to experience memory problems.
Last Reviewed: Dec 15, 2000
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One of Sustainable Seas Trust's strongest and longest operating divisions is Trust Sustainability Films (TSF), our hard working film unit which is headed by Kyle Robinson. This small but first class film team has produced more than ten educational, promotional and social documentaries this year alone.
2013 heralds a new step for the team as they experience first-hand the trials and triumphs in filming abroad. Providing the platform for TSF to do so is the global network START (SysTems for Analysis, Research and Training) who has made important strides in advancing knowledge generation all over climate-sensitive sectors of the developing world.
The newest project START has involved TSF with is an educational and informative piece focussing on a growing trend seen all over our world, the innovative and useful practice of peri-urban agriculture. This global practice has an extremely positive impact in developing and food insecure nations. Slowly and steadily, more and more urban families are using whatever space they have available to them to practise subsistence farming.
For ten days during mid-July, Kyle, fellow TSF team member Martin Bleazard and long term SST partner and filmmaker, Graham Holmes, travelled to Uganda to document the urban food producing trend in Kampala.
"The Ugandans were friendly and some of the hardest working people we'd ever met," commented Kyle, "People were continually on the go, delivering goods on overloaded rusty looking bicycles or families rushing about on dubious looking motorbikes. Sadly they were all very wary of our cameras, which made filming a bit of a nightmare!"
The team filmed, interviewed, researched and explored from pre-dawn to well after dusk; strapping GoPros to local's bicycles, interviewing all manner of characters including a rather innovative pig farmer and trying some rather dodgy looking goat stew.
"At a glance it looks like the entire Ugandan economy is run off bananas!" said Martin, "They're used for everything, with nothing going to waste. The bird life was one of the best parts though, with Marabou Storks roaming around the middle of the city, truly amazing."
The Ugandans innovativeness with peri-urban agriculture was an impressive accomplishment for the film crew to capture. Successful farmers were producing healthy meals for their families in the middle of the city. "More people need to make a move to this kind of lifestyle," said Martin, "mass produced imported food cannot be the solution for our world's food problems."
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Pain at the gas pump eases slightly in New HampshireBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 26. 2014 9:55PM
Gasoline prices in New Hampshire have been quietly falling since the start of 2014, and are now more than a dime per gallon cheaper than they were a year ago, according to a price-monitoring group.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the state on Sunday was $3.326 per gallon. That's down from an average price found by gasbuddy.com a year ago of $3.43.
Gasbuddy calculates prices based on self-reporting by some retailers and information from members who report posted gas prices.
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Gas prices are lower in New Hampshire than in the adjoining New England states, all of which have higher fuel taxes.
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Granite State gas stations collect an 18 cents per gallon fuel tax, plus an additional 1.63 cent per-gallon fee for anti-pollution and spill cleanup efforts.In Massachusetts, motorists are taxed 6.87 cents more per gallon than in New Hampshire, but the price at the pump in the Bay State is $3.42. In Maine, where gas taxes are 10.38 cents per gallon higher than in New Hampshire, the actual pump price averages 14.6 cents more, according to the survey.
In Vermont, taxes are 12.34 cents more on every gallon than New Hampshire. Vermont has the highest average gas prices in northern New England, according to the survey, with an average price of $3.473 per gallon.
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This 1959 Ozu production centers on the likable but fallible leader of an itinerant acting troupe (floating weeds being the Japanese name for such groups), Kimajuro, played brilliantly by Ganjiro Nakamura. The film opens on a lazy, stagnant river as the troupe lays spread about on a boat deck drifting downstream. It's obvious that they're a ragged bunch as they sit fanning themselves and smoking on deck. The boat pulls into a quiet fishing village where the troupe proceeds to canvass the town, hanging up posters and performing impromptu stunts for the inhabitants. Kimajuro and his actress mistress, Sumiko (Machiko Kyo), head to the theatre and secure their cramped quarters above the theatre's main hall. Kimajuro leaves to pay a visit to a local saki bar owned by Oyoshi (Haruko Sugimura), who, years previous, had conceived a child with Kimajuro. The child has grown into a strapping young man, Kiyoshi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who has a good job at the post office. Kimajuro, although clearly proud of his son, has refused to take responsibility for the child and Kiyoshi thinks Kimajuro is merely his uncle. Unbeknownst to Kimajuro, Sumiko has discovered his secret, and, infuriated, hires a young actress to seduce Kiyoshi. Terrified that his son is falling for this woman of loose morals, Kimajuro has to decide what's most important: keeping his secret safe or saving his son by acknowledging his paternity.~ Brian Whitener, All Movie Guide
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