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Take note, as have generations of playgoers and critics, of the role of one of the play's "bit players," the First Servant, who becomes the moral center of the scene, and recognizes, as the great powers do not, the horror of torture and its absolute prohibition among civilized persons.
CORNWALLCornwall dies off stage, between Acts III and IV, setting the stage for the dispute between Lear's daughters, Goneril and Regan, over the villain, Gloucester's son Edmund, and ultimately to the deaths of both daughters, and indirectly, to that of Edmund as well. Shakespeare, in probably his bleakest play, of evil rampant in the world, appears to be saying that taking responsibility and action for oneself and ones world, and standing up to evil, even by those otherwise humble and of minimal power, can have profound effects upon the course of events.
Go seek the traitor Gloucester,
Pinion him like a thief, bring him before us.
Exeunt other Servants
Though well we may not pass upon his life
Without the form of justice, yet our power
Shall do a courtesy to our wrath, which men
May blame, but not control. Who's there? the traitor?
Enter GLOUCESTER, brought in by two or three
Ingrateful fox! 'tis he.
Bind fast his corky arms.
What mean your graces? Good my friends, consider
You are my guests: do me no foul play, friends.
Bind him, I say.
Servants bind him
Hard, hard. O filthy traitor!
Unmerciful lady as you are, I'm none.
To this chair bind him. Villain, thou shalt find--
REGAN plucks his beard
By the kind gods, 'tis most ignobly done
To pluck me by the beard.
So white, and such a traitor!
Naughty lady,
These hairs, which thou dost ravish from my chin,
Will quicken, and accuse thee: I am your host:
With robbers' hands my hospitable favours
You should not ruffle thus. What will you do?
Come, sir, what letters had you late from France?
Be simple answerer, for we know the truth.
And what confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom?
To whose hands have you sent the lunatic king? Speak.
I have a letter guessingly set down,
Which came from one that's of a neutral heart,
And not from one opposed.
And false.
Where hast thou sent the king?
To Dover.
Wherefore to Dover? Wast thou not charged at peril--
Wherefore to Dover? Let him first answer that.
I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.
Wherefore to Dover, sir?
Because I would not see thy cruel nails
Pluck out his poor old eyes; nor thy fierce sister
In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs.
The sea, with such a storm as his bare head
In hell-black night endured, would have buoy'd up,
And quench'd the stelled fires:
Yet, poor old heart, he holp the heavens to rain.
If wolves had at thy gate howl'd that stern time,
Thou shouldst have said 'Good porter, turn the key,'
All cruels else subscribed: but I shall see
The winged vengeance overtake such children.
See't shalt thou never. Fellows, hold the chair.
Upon these eyes of thine I'll set my foot.
He that will think to live till he be old,
Give me some help! O cruel! O you gods!
One side will mock another; the other too.
If you see vengeance,--
Hold your hand, my lord:
I have served you ever since I was a child;
But better service have I never done you
Than now to bid you hold.
How now, you dog!
If you did wear a beard upon your chin,
I'd shake it on this quarrel. What do you mean?
My villain!
They draw and fight
Nay, then, come on, and take the chance of anger.
Give me thy sword. A peasant stand up thus!
Takes a sword, and runs at him behind
O, I am slain! My lord, you have one eye left
To see some mischief on him. O!
Lest it see more, prevent it. Out, vile jelly!
Where is thy lustre now?
All dark and comfortless. Where's my son Edmund?
Edmund, enkindle all the sparks of nature,
To quit this horrid act.
Out, treacherous villain!
Thou call'st on him that hates thee: it was he
That made the overture of thy treasons to us;
Who is too good to pity thee.
O my follies! then Edgar was abused.
Kind gods, forgive me that, and prosper him!
Go thrust him out at gates, and let him smell
His way to Dover.
Exit one with GLOUCESTER
How is't, my lord? how look you?
I have received a hurt: follow me, lady.
Turn out that eyeless villain; throw this slave
Upon the dunghill. Regan, I bleed apace:
Untimely comes this hurt: give me your arm.
Exit CORNWALL, led by REGAN
While I do not advocate running swords through the government's torture plotters and policy makers, it is incumbent on all of us to take a stand against this poison that destroys the state and civil society. Tell your friends and family how much you abhor torture. Do not turn away from criticism of this administration's stance of no accountability for torture, and cozening CIA and Department of Defense policies, such as the use of psychological torture techniques such as isolation, sleep deprivation and sensory deprivation, in the Army Field Manual, or the continuing operation of secret "black" prison sites by Joint Special Forces Command.
The ensconced power of the torturers in the military, intelligence agencies, and even to some extent in the Department of Justice (consider David Margolis's recent rescue of torture advocates John Yoo, Jay Bybee, David Addington, and Steven Bradbury) means accountability will NOT take place, UNLESS there is a major upsurge of pressure from the ranks of society itself, from the average citizen, the church, synagogue or mosque worshipper, the union member and the guild practitioner, from doctors and nurses, auto workers and construction workers, from all the "First Servants" of this world who are not content to be bit players to the major actors, drenched in torture, murder, and malfeasance.
What can one do? Write letters, join anti-torture and civil liberties organizations like ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, Physicians for Human Rights, or the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, or send them money. Write your congressman and senator, write to President Obama. But most of all, do what you can to raise the level of disgust with these policies. Educate yourself and others. We must purge this evil from our society, and it begins with you.


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So the polish that kicked this off was Nicole by OPI My Cherry Amour; I saw it at Target and immediately thought of OPI DS Extravagance, and of course, had to buy it :P
It's actually a textured polish - should have known by the "gumdrop" wrapping around the bottle's lid *woops* This is 2 coats over 1 coat of Chi Chi Mother In Law.
Unfortunately, I'm not too fond of it as a texture polish, it was too dull and the holo barely shone out. So I topped it with top coat, and et voila: shiny, glossy, holo-y nails :D I definitely like it A WHOLE LOT BETTER with top coat rather than without!
For some reason, seeing My Cherry Amour in its bottle really reminded me of Extravagance. But looking at the bottle shots below... I was kind of off the mark! Then I remembered Zoya Blaze, and that was a much closer match to MCA!
On my thumb is Blaze, on my index and middle finger is Extravagance, and on my ring finger and pinky is My Cherry Amour. As you can see, Blaze and MCA are almost exact dupes, just that Blaze is a shade darker and the holo particles are slightly different in each. But I was way off with Extravagance - it's much darker, and more of a plum colour.
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The new gate, shown here, has been temporarily removed.
I noticed the other day that the almost-new gate at the Ridgeside trailhead to the city's Hillside Wilderness Preserve, which you can see above, has been removed. This struck me as odd because it was only installed around early January of this year. The old gate, which you can see below, is now back in use, but can be swung open far enough to admit bikers and hikers, but not enough to admit cars or trucks.
In a meeting with City Manager Oliver Chi and Director of Community Services Tina Cherry, Cherry said the new gate was removed because it was crowding the space trucks need to turn around. She said a new-new gate will be installed after working out the best location for it with adjacent landowners and after redesigning it to force cyclists to slow down before they enter the narrow residential road. Also, she said, the "Road Closed" sign you see posted on the old gate has either been removed already or will be removed shortly. The road isn't closed, it's open.
Another factor, she said, is that while the city has an easement for the trail, the easement - apparently due to faulty surveying ages ago - is for a brief distance actually located alongside the road, just to the right of the road as you see it in the above pictures, over essentially impassable ground. That also needs to be resolved.
Chi said the issues with the Ridgeside trailhead should be resolved within a few months.
Cherry said homeowners at other end of the trail - which exits onto Coverleaf Drive but passes over private property which is currently blocked by a locked gate - have been working with city appraisers. She said the appraisers have completed their appraisals and the city is now ready to meet with the homeowners in an effort to come to an agreement that will open the Cloverleaf gate.
Chi said that while there may have been disagreements with those property owners in the past, "at least we're talking to one another." He added, "We need to resolve this today so people can enjoy it." Cherry added that, "We have the resources to have it done."
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In a press release dated July 27, GOP chair Robert Graham tried to define DuVal as "the most uninteresting man in the world." It looks to me like DuVal completely dispelled any such notion:
Instead of sending a similar attack back to the Republicans, Fred DuVal set a new standard in political statesmanship today when he delivered a case of Dos Equis beer to Republican Chairman, Robert Graham and Executive Director Chad Heyward.
Borrowing from Dos Equis' memorable marketing campaign featuring "the most interesting man in the world," DuVal included a tongue-in-cheek thank-you card featuring a photo of himself dressed in a smoking jacket with full beard strikingly resembling Dos Equis' famous spokesman. Instead of using Dos Equis' theme, "Stay Thirsty My Friends" DuVal's card said, "Stay Desperate My Friends" and was addressed as a message from "The Most Electable Man in Arizona."
"Honestly, I was flattered the Republican Party decided to target me a full year before the election," said Fred DuVal, "but instead of responding to their insult negatively I wanted to show them that I am a good sport and will bring a new spirit of cooperation to the state capital when I am elected governor."
One has to wonder if the cockamamie idea to suggest defining DuVal in that manner was the brainchild (or brainSTORM) of state GOP communications director, Tim Sifert.
I mean, REALLY? Last month on Arizona Horizon, Sifert was able to talk about the GOP perspective on why voter suppression is necessary -- without stuttering or stammering. But how could anyone think it was at all rational or compelling? But hey, I should be praising Sifert, because the AZ GOP keeping him on will tremendously boost Democratic fortunes in the 2014 election season.
So, thank you Robert Graham and Tim Sifert for, as the late night talk show hosts/comedians like to say, providing plenty of good material.
Changing the subject just a bit, but perhaps remaining on the topic of desperation, state Rep. Albert Hale reportedly has signaled intent to file a court challenge to the appointment of Carlyle Begay to the state senate. From the August 1 Yellow Sheet:
Hale told our reporter yesterday he plans to go to court to challenge Apache County's decision to pick Carlyle Begay to replace Jackson Jr in the Senate because, as noted yesterday, it is unclear if Begay actually resides in LD7. The questions surrounding Begay's eligibility to get appointed because of his residency aren't novel. Similar questions were raised when Burges' name was sent to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors as a potential replacement to Bundgaard in early 2012. [Burges was appointed to replace Bundgaard, despite any such question] The issue surfaced more recently when Fillmore, who is from Pinal County, expressed interest in replacing Crandall, even though the two live in different counties in LD16. At issue is the statutory requirement that a nominee to fill a vacancy must also meet the qualifications to serve in the Legislature.
The Constitution mandates that [for a person to qualify to serve in the legislature, s/he] must "have been a resident of Arizona at least three years and of the county from which he is elected at least one year before his election" to the Legislature. Begay has been living in Gilbert for the last seven years but maintains an address in Apache County and registered to vote in that county late last month. Hale's challenge could focus on the constitutional requirement that legislators must have resided in the same county they're representing for at least a year. Begay's likely defense to such a claim was laid out by Maricopa Deputy County Attorney Colleen Connor in January 2012 in an opinion she issued to Supervisor Max Wilson during the replacement process following Bundgaard's resignation. Connor concluded that the county residency provision of the Constitution was a remnant of the old representation scheme that saw lawmakers representing counties instead of districts.From my perspective, a couple of points stand out. First, the citation from the State Constitution says,
... shall have been a resident of Arizona at least three years and of the county from which he is elected at least one year before his election. (emphasis mine)Begay obviously was NOT elected. That, in itself, does not mean the constitutional provision is meaningless in this case. But it does mean that it would likely take a decision, ultimately by the Arizona Supreme Court, to resolve the conflict in the language.
More salient, however, is that there is no way around the fact that it is the Apache County Board of Supervisors who have the ultimate authority to make the appointment to fill the vacancy. I don't see how, if Hale sues them, he could expect to be appointed in the event Begay was to get disqualified.
To me, that makes any legal action Hale may take to enforce his indignation tantamount to spinning wheels on a gravel road without ever gaining any traction. He could make a lot of noise; he could cause a lot of people a lot of grief; but I can't imagine any way he could get satisfaction regardless of what a court may decide.


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As I wrote in the last post, I'd left the family and luggage at the police station and headed for the car park. Jesús, our apartment host, wasn't going to be around because he was working at the rural hotel which his mother & he were running. But he'd left his friend, Mark, to receive us.
I rang Mark and told him the situation. I could either go back and get the family, or he could do it and I would then head straight to the apartment myself. Bless his heart, he said he'd go meet them. I later found out that the apartment was on the third floor, but it was an old building and their floors were, well, different.
Mark helped with the luggage and had to heave a heavy suitcase up 70 steps! Yes, that's right, 70 steps. Thanks Mark! He must have regretted volunteering! So, if you have problems with your knees or similar, then this isn't the right place for you.
Meanwhile, I'd parked the car and started to head to the apartment. If you'd been reading some of my posts, you'd know that I have a form of topographical disorientation condition, which is worse at night. By this time, it sure was night and was drizzling as well. Also, my phone's battery was dying out. I hadn't mentioned it before in my post on the car rental, but the Renault came with a usb port! Thanks to that, I could be using the navigator for hours, with the phone plugged in. If not for that, the battery would have conked out very quickly and that would have made using the phone's GPS an impossibility.
So, a piece of advice: if you're thinking of doing the same as I had been doing, make sure the car comes with a usb port!
To cut a long story short, as I came out of the car park, I turned left instead of right, and walked and walked, until I realised I was way off. I turned around and managed to get up to Plaza Cervantes. With the rain, the night, and the phone dying, I wasn't banking on getting to the apartment easily, so I rang Mark again. With my explanation, he knew where I was and said that he'd come and pick me up.
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It was Saturday evening and everywhere, there were people. The joint was jumpin' as they would say. The streets were packed in spite of the rain. I was glad Mark came to get me. When we got to the main door, I thought, wow. Good vibrations. When Mark said 3rd floor, and I looked up at the stairs, I thanked him profusely for having picked the family up and heaving the luggage all the way to the apartment. Saved my back, for sure.
I had to pay back, though. Checking out three days later, I had to carry ALL the luggage all the way down all by myself! But, that's another story!
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One of my goals this year was to better utilize my household binder. I wanted it to be a tool that works well for me in our everyday routine. For the life of me I cannot seem to keep a coupon binder organized, and I felt like my homemaking binder was starting to fall under that same sounds-good-but-isn't-working category.
So this year the homemaking binder and I smoothed things out. I've actually been using it consistently all year long. Some weeks the binder falls by the wayside, but I come back to it because it's actually become a resource to me.
The nuts and bolts of my homemaking binder include:
-a daily docket (a comprehensive-but-concise daily to-do list/schedule)
-menu planning resources
-my cleaning schedule and checklists
-kid's medical information
-budget resources
-random lists (cause I love 'em)
The first page I see when I open up my homemaking binder is the daily docket. This is the page I use the most! It's like a glorified daily to-do list.The particular one I use was created by Ann Voskamp and has sections for things like: meals, chores, the most important things you want to accomplish that day, the memory verse you're working on, and the schedule for that day. Getting into the habit of using a daily sheet like this has really helped me focus in on the most important aspects of the day and not run around in circles.
In the first section of my binder I also have a monthly calendar. The calendar I use is a printable from ListPlanIt. This website is a list-maker's heaven! It has ready-made lists that you can print out and have handy forŚ a multitude of occasions. Many of them are perfect for a homemaking binder, as you'll see below. (P.S. Stay tuned for a chance to win a year membership to ListPlanIt at the end of this post!)
I use this calendar throughout the week and during the weekly planning meeting that my husband and I have each weekend. (Well...not every weekend...but that's our idea in theory)
The next section in my homemaking binder is devoted to menu planning. I have sheets for a weekly meal plan and grocery list, a freezer inventory list, and a list of our favorite meals to help jog my memory when I menu plan (each of these printables is from ListPlanIt). I've also included a few of my past month-long menu plans to give me ideas.
Next is everyone's favorite section...the cleaning schedule! *wink* I created my cleaning schedule using the Create Your Perfect Cleaning Schedule ebook, and I use a few printables from Money Saving Mom.
A few other things in my homemaking binder right now are:
- Printables for recording details from the kid's doctor's visits (from ListPlanIt). These printables have proved SO useful, because I can simply remove them from the binder when I take the boys to the doctor, update them, and return them after the visit. It helps me keep things straight regarding vaccines, questions I have for the doctor, etc.
- A sheet outlining our current cash budget.
- An ongoing list of items we need to buy for the house.
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Too often people who have disabilities are perceived as different and are bullied, pitied or ignored because of a lack of understanding. The Arc of Ohio – Summit and Portage Counties is offering an awareness program called The People Together Program© that helps to break down those barriers in an effort to foster understanding, acceptance, friendship and inclusion between people with and people without disabilities. This program is primarily an in-school program but can also be implemented in other groups such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCA groups and is designed to educate and sensitize participants towards their peers who happen to have disabilities. The People Together Program© is a five day program and the curriculum for grades 3-5 is available for purchase. The program covers different disabilities including intellectual disabilities, autism, cerebral palsy, paralysis, speech and sensory disabilities such as blindness and deafness and uses a multi-media approach involving class or group discussions, simulation activities, DVD's and guest speakers who have disabilities. Throughout the program, participants are encouraged to realize that everyone needs and wants friends, to look past the "dis" to see the abilities in all people and to accept that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.


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Paper on constructivism written? Treat yo'self. (Hysterical Parks and Rec reference, anyone?)
In case you haven't picked up on this, sweets are kiiind of my kryptonite. I almost cried when I saw Starburst made their heavenly jellybeans in individual boxes in their FaveRed flavors. For those of you who are judging me for drinking cider over beer, go right ahead, but just know you're missing out on one of the most delicious beverages known to man. IPAs are for the birds! (Sidenote: no, this "light cider" isn't quite as tasty as Angry Orchard or Woodchuck, but ya know what, I'll take it.)
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Ortonville Downtown Development Authority
Who is the DDA and What Do They Do?
The Ortonville DDA was created under the auspices of Michigan Public Act 197 of the Public Acts of 1975 to promote economic growth and development. The DDA is comprised of an active Board of Directors, the Executive Director, Matt Jenkins and numerous committee volunteers. Together they lend a helping hand to prospective and current business owners located within the DDA district.
The Ortonville DDA is made up of volunteers, people from many different backgrounds, dedicated to creating a vibrant downtown within a happy, safe community in which to raise a family.
Visit our website at: www.ortonvilledda.org
Ortonville DDA Mission
The Ortonville DDA is dedicated to promoting revitalization, supporting local businesses and preserving our heritage in the Village of Ortonville by using the 4-point Main Street Approach. The Main Street approach focuses on the following areas:
- Design – Help Ortonville look its best
- Economic Vitality– Enhance the business environment
- Promotions – Keep people coming back to downtown Ortonville
- Organization – Get everyone involved
The Main Street Program advocates a return to community self-reliance, local empowerment, and recognition and development of Ortonville's unique characteristics. What we need the most are people who are willing to share their enthusiasm, talent, and support to promote our community. You don't have to come to a committee meeting every month to be a great help to your community.
What is Main Street?
Developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation 30 years ago, the National Main Street Center encourages public-private partnerships to enhance community livability and job creation while maintaining the historic character of communities' traditional commercial districts. The Main Street Four-Point Approach is a community-driven, comprehensive methodology used to revitalize historic downtowns nationwide, addressing the variety of challenges that face traditional business districts in a common sense way. The Main Street Approach advocates a return to community self-reliance, local empowerment and the rebuilding of traditional commercial districts based on unique assets such as distinctive architecture, a pedestrian-friendly environment and local ownership.
Why is downtown important?
A community's central business district often accounts for as much as 30 percent of its jobs and 40 percent of its tax base. It is a community's crossroads, a place in our hearts and minds that evoke strong emotions and helps define our identity.
What are the benefits to downtown revitalization?
- Revitalization protects the existing tax base. Private investment in banks, businesses and commercial property and public investment in streets, sidewalks and water and sewer lines are protected and enhanced.
- Revitalization provides an incubator for new business. A viable downtown offers opportunities and incentives for the new entrepreneurs such as lower rent and technical assistance.
- Revitalization helps attract industrial development. Downtown reflects the overall image a community projects to potential investors. An invigorated downtown makes a very positive statement about the whole community.
- Revitalization provides a point of focus and stability. A vibrant downtown gives the whole community and region a sense of pride and positive self-image. It also serves as an anchor that holds the community together and provides the stability necessary for economic growth.
What are the Main Street four-points?
In recent years, many approaches to downtown revitalization, from urban renewal to paint-up, fix-up projects, have failed because they focused on just one or two problems, rather than dealing with the full spectrum of interrelated issues that affect traditional commercial districts. Main Street has been successful in 1,700 communities across the country because of its comprehensive nature.
- Organization means getting everyone working toward the same goal. The tough work of building consensus and cooperation among groups that have an important stake in the district can be eased by using the common-sense formula of a volunteer-driven program and an organizational structure of boards and committees.
- Promotion means selling the image and promise of Main Street to all prospects. By marketing the district's unique characteristics to shoppers, investors, new businesses and visitors, an effective promotional strategy forges a positive image through advertising, retail promotional activity, special events and marketing campaigns carried out by local volunteers.
- Design means getting Main Street into top physical shape. Capitalizing on its best assets – such as historic buildings and traditional downtown layout – is just part of the story. An inviting atmosphere created through window displays, parking areas, signs, sidewalks, street lights and landscaping conveys a visual message about what Main Street is and what it has to offer.
- Economic restructuring means finding a new purpose for Main Street's enterprises. By helping existing businesses expand and recruiting new ones to respond to today's market, Main Street programs help convert unused space into productive property and sharpen the competitiveness of business enterprises.
What makes the Main Street four-point approach unique?
The Main Street approach has eight Guiding Principles that set it apart from other redevelopment strategies:
- Comprehensive. Downtown revitalization is a complex process and cannot be accomplished through a single project. For successful long-term revitalization, a comprehensive approach must be utilized.
- Incremental. Small projects and simple activities lead to a more sophisticated understanding of the revitalization process and help to develop skills so that more complex problems can be addressed and more ambitious projects can be undertaken.
- Self-help. Nobody else will save Main Street. Local leaders must have the desire and will to make the project successful. The National Main Street Center and Tennessee Main Street Program provide direction, ideas and training, but continued and long-term success depends upon the involvement and commitment of the community.
- Public-private partnership. The public and private sectors have a vital interest in the economic health and physical viability of the downtown. Each sector has a role to play and each must understand the other's strengths and limitations to forge an effective partnership.
- Identifying and capitalizing on existing assets. History is on our side. Business districts must capitalize on the assets that make them unique. Every district has unique qualities, such as the distinctive buildings and human scale, which give people a sense of belonging. These local assets must serve as the foundation for all aspects of the revitalization program.
- Quality. Build to last. Quality must be emphasized in every aspect of the revitalization program. This applies equally to each element of the program, from storefront design to promotional campaigns to educational programs.
- Change. Skeptics turn into believers. Almost no one believes Main Street can really turn around, at first. Changes in attitude and practice are slow and definite but necessary to improve current economic conditions. Public support for change will build as the program grows.
- Implementation-oriented. Make a difference today. Activity creates confidence in the program and even greater levels of participation. Frequent, visible changes are a reminder that the revitalization effort is under way—starting small and building on successes.


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Hiya everyone, I just got out of hospital yday after being in for a week. they thought i had swine flu but was just normal flu But it affected my asthma and chest really bad. i am on mend now but still got a caugh and a bit of a wheeze. But unfortunatly because i have been unwell they arent going ahead with my Xolair treatment and have now prosponed it till the following week wednesday 9th december. so im just hoping i manage to keep well till then.
What i was wandering though while i was in hospital got told a bit more about Xolair and i just found out i will be given an epipen, as i have so many allergys but its because if treatment doesnt work i could take an allergic reaction to it. has anyone ever taken an alergic reaction 2 xolair and what was it that happend to you? i am extremly nervous about starting the treatment as i am first person in fife area to get it, so am kind of the ginnie pig and lots of doctors are interested to see if it works or not! I feel like im kind of a case study! lol!
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Pumpheads - electronics and indicators for fuel dispensers
Fuel dispensers' pumpheads (electronics and indicators) UNICON-TiT are designed for provision of control over fuel dispensers (pumps) to deliver liquid and liquefied petroleum products and visualize this process on indicators of the dispensers.
- Autonomous: delivery of petroleum products is started at removal of dispenser nozzle or using a switch START;
- Autonomous from a preset keyboard: mode of petroleum products delivery (delivery of certain volume, delivery for a certain sum of money, delivery up to a full tank), order's amount and allowance for a delivery are set from a keyboard of the device;
- From a control system: mode of petroleum products delivery, order amount and allowance for a delivery are set by a remote control system (cash register, POS system, control panels, etc.);
- From a control system by setting a doze amount on a keyboard of the indicating device: in this operation mode of a fuel dispenser, permission to make delivery of petroleum products and order amount are set on a keyboard of the indication device and from a remote control system (cash register, POS system, control panels, etc.).
|Maximum quantity of controlled dispenser nozzles
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|Maximum value of petroleum product price, currency units
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The threat of terrorism MAY increase if Europe were to accept Syria's refugees. But we must accept that if we allow these people to drown off our shores then the threat will become a certainty. Exclusion encourages religious extremism and is exactly what makes the Western world a target during peace times.
It is Europe's responsibility to absorb the Syrian refugee population that are in search of safer boarders. There is no them and us now, it is just us with the opportunity to show true human compassion to a desperate nation.
Please remember these people are refugees, not immigrants. They have not chosen your country. They have chosen life over death and for our governments to be the reason that life is no longer an option is heartbreaking.
I can testify that many people, myself included, would willingly face the threat of terror, if that meant that 16,000 displaced refugees we're welcomed within our boarders #refugeeswelcome


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I am struggling with what to write. Really, the only thing running through my head is the same thing that's been running through my head for the last eight weeks.
and so on.
It's a hard place to be living, this land of grief. There is no map. I've spoken with others who have gone here before me and they all assure me that this is the hardest thing and yet still survivable. I'm not sure I believe them, but I take it breath by breath and find, for better or worse, I am still here.
I have learned a few things in the last eight weeks and, since there is no map and the land is barren, I may as well leave some road signs for the next traveller. Because there will be another traveller. We each venture here.
- I'm so sorry you're here.
- Your grief is unique. There is no map because no one travels to the same land.
- That being said, it is useful to spend time with those who have been to their own grief country. Many of the landmarks are familiar to us all.
- Anyone who rushes you, tells you this is God's will, or asks if you're over it hasn't been here yet.
Don't resent them. They will have their turn in this country. But don't listen to them either. Walk away and pity them; their misconceptions will make it that much harder when they take their journey.
- Be grateful for every oasis. It may feel like a betrayal to your loved one to set down your burden for a moment or two but, I promise, you will pick it up again. Rest when you can. The breaks will come when you least expect them as will the pain.
- Don't go anywhere without tissues.
- If you wear glasses remember that tears splash and will dry in salt stains.
- Write down lists of the things you need to do. Your brain is working very hard and doesn't have the room to remember the way it used to.
- You will be met with unexpected kindnesses. Accept every one because you will need it.
- These signs may all be lies. You will have your own journey. I will witness the best I can because that is all I, or anyone else, can do.
I want to write something stirring in conclusion, something with meaning, but I haven't got those words right now. So I leave you with this: If we are lucky, we all grieve. We live long enough, love enough, connect enough that we feel loss. Those who die too young or never connect with others are the only ones who don't grieve. In some odd and brutal way, we are the lucky ones.
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Reyes Barrios Shines in Santa Ana
Fiesta Tangata, an event that is part of the New World Flamenco Festival, was held at the Bowers Museum on Tuesday night. In performance were singer Reyes Barrios, guitarist Pedro Cortés, and dancers Fanny Ara and Vanessa Acosta.
The event in Santa Ana, like the others in Costa Mesa and Laguna, was for promoting the larger concerts at UCI's Barclay Theater, where the New World Flamenco Festival was normally held in years past. The festival returned this year after a two-year hiatus, but without the headlining companies from Spain that audiences became accustomed to. Instead, this year's festival features many local flamenco performers from throughout California and other parts of the United States.
The quartet performed three roughly twenty minute sets on a small tablado, or dance floor, which allowed for a more authentic performance in comparison to those set on large theatrical stages. The performance began with a set of Sevillanas, which are a group of four strophic short songs, each one typically has two verses and a chorus.
Vanessa Acosta then did a solo over a Soleá por bulerías to end the first set.
The second set began with Reyes Barrios singing the song Válgame Dios by famed flamenco singer Niña Pastori.
Fanny Ara then did a solo over an Alegrías rhythm to end the second set.
The final set ended with Fanny and Vanessa dancing over a Tango flamenco and bulerías. Flamenco performances commonly end with a fin de fiesta in a bulerías rhythm and all the performers do a short, fun and improvised pataíta (from the Spanish word patadita). This is where Reyes came out to do her pataíta much to the surprise and delight of the audience.
The guitarist Pedro Cortés was a solid accompanist and adorned the dances with falsetas, which are short compositions, some of these were not his original ideas and others were new to me.
The most important component of a flamenco performance is the cante, the singing, and this is where Reyes Barrios stood out and excelled. This is an area where flamenco in the Los Angeles area is weak, being that there are very few good flamenco singers in the area and not enough diffusion and instruction of the artform, and Reyes lives and is most active performing in the San Diego area.
Overall, Reyes Barrios took the cake.
Below: An excerpt of a Sevillanas set.
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- n. antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness
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They put something in my IV not phenergan, which is what I expected to stop the nausea and it worked.
I am a ischemic over 5 homes adverse and have sometimes confused hot to break a phenergan for children for at least the usual 3-4 months.
The only thing that worked for me is phenergan AND Zofran.
Meanwhile, in a nearby hospital, two worn-out nurses stand at a counter, syringes in hand; one is drawing up 12.5 mg of phenergan and one is drawing up 10 cc of saline.
Even with those handy tips, I was still on pheregan with BubTar and both phenergan and zofran with KayTar.
July 15, 2009 at 10:36 am phenergan … i takes it for nawsea … works well, puts me to sleeeeeep, too.
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Diana Levine of Vermont sued the drug maker Wyeth under Vermont state law after improper administration of its antinausea drug phenergan caused her to develop gangrene.
But for the nowadays fortunately very advanced medical possibilities of prevention, I am proud to announce haha, mark the wording that to my knowledge, not only dramamine but also phenergan is available over the counter in Canada!
And I could have gone to the hospital, because their father was there (albeit half-comatose from the stomach flu – I kept shoving phenergan from my own stash down his throat with Gatorade and he stayed home, too), but you know what?
Ms. Levine won $6.8 million in her lawsuit against Wyeth, which makes the antinausea drug, phenergan, that was given to her.


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Fylde RFC player-coach Paul Arnold praised Sam Beaumont on his return to the fray after nearly a year out of the game.
Speaking before tomorrow's trip to Rosslyn Park, where Beaumont will be in action again, Arnold said: "Sam was outstanding at Hull Ionians last Saturday. It was as if he had never been away.
"At one point he did three tackles in a row, all around the ankles, which eventually led to the ball being turned over to us.
"Sam just gets on with things without any fuss, and certainly from the time I have been with Fylde he has somehow never really got the credit he deserves.
"It is like we have signed a new player."
Tomorrow's clash in the capital sees ninth-placed Fylde take on a side one position and six points ahead of them in the National One table.
The sides met in October, when Fylde prevailed 36-20 in a Woodlands match played on good, old-fashioned grass. Tomorrow's rematch will take place on an artificial 4G surface.
Arnold will have a test on a knee injury before finalising selection, though if he is fit the coach will start on the bench.
Nick Gray will lock the scrum from the start with Gareth Rawlings, while Simon Griffiths could return on the bench if he too passes a fitness test.
Hooker Phil Mills takes his place on the bench, having recovered from ankle ligament damage.
Back row forward Evan Stewart is unavailable, so there is a start for Ben Vernon.
Fylde are seeking back-to-back away wins, having won 36-26 on Humberside last Saturday, their first success of 2016.
Arnold said: "The performance was a lot better than it had been against Plymouth the week previously.
"It is a hard place to go and win a game, though I have to say that we nearly shot ourselves in the foot when we were down to 12 men at one stage . Things did start to go wrong for us in the last 15 minutes.
"I was particularly happy with the performance of the half-backs and the pack-leaders."
Rosslyn Park will pose a different type of challenge but Arnold believes Fylde have been showing themselves in a better light away from the Woodlands.
He said: "For some reason there seems to be less pressure on us when we are playing away from home.
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I've been watching a wren in the garden for the last few weeks. The little fellow bobs in and out of a knothole in the eaves of my roof where he will have started to build a nest. The nest will only be finished if he can attract a female. Then they will line the nest and endeavour to raise youngsters
I've heard his rattling song regularly but I have never seen a partner. Until yesterday evening.
In the late afternoon I sat down to watch a bumble bee nest I'd noticed a few days ago. A gap between some paving stones in a path must lead to a safe and secure underground hive. I had seen them going in and out all day long but then I saw something different. One stared digging in and under a pile of dead leaves and weeds I had raked up just inches from the nest. Then there were two bees, scrimmaging about. After a few minutes they flew off. Then others came out and did the same, as the evening came on, one piece of a brown dead leaf was dragged to the nest hole. It was too big and too stiff to pull in, but much effort went into that failure. Sometimes the leaf covered the hive entrance and returning bees were disoriented and had to push a way past. It did go into the nest though, they chewed it up! As the Sun set, it was gone.
All this time my wren had been singing and flitting about. Then suddenly his song became broken up and staccato and then there were two wrens. He sang like crazy and there was no mistaking the prominent posturing and silent indifference the other wren took. He puffed out his chest and wagged his tail and bobbed and sang loud. She sat on a twig and disinterestedly picked a few aphids off a leaf. Then they zoomed off, both together, then he came back and began his rattling song. She reappeared and his song became broken up again. They dived and chased among the trees over and over.
Suddenly Then there was another rattle over the rooftop, another male wren... My guy went crazy! A bombardment of song began, and a chase for the most prominent perch. As I watched all three, the two males shouted at each other from as far apart as possible and she went off to the loo or something, like women do, but then I spotted her again; watching. The intruder relented and then there was just one song as two wrens cavorted around nearby trees and bushes. They even promenaded together along a fence, no more than a foot apart.
Today there are two wrens in my garden. He sings and she is taking bits of moss or fluffy stuff into the nest hole.
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Friday, 4 June 2010
On wrens and bumblebees
I've been watching a wren in the garden for the last few weeks. The little fellow bobs in and out of a knothole in the eaves of my roof where he will have started to build a nest. The nest will only be finished if he can attract a female. Then they will line the nest and endeavour to raise youngsters
5 comments:
- Duncanr said...
'Silent indifference'
I've met that reaction many a time :-((
P.S. you paint a beautiful picture with words
- 5 June 2010 at 08:52
- dave hambidge said...
ditto, keep us posted as to their progeny...
- 5 June 2010 at 12:56
- Andy Holroyd said...
I'll keep you posted if I can but I don't think I'll see the youngsters fledge. One morning they will just vanish, but you never know.
- 6 June 2010 at 13:24
- NobblySan said...
Great stuff.... you're like a beardy David Attenborough, with lyrical overtones.
Our next door neighbour has got wrens nesting in his shed. The keen bugger has set up a webcam to spy on them.
If he gets any decent video, I'll try to blag a copy and post it.
- 9 June 2010 at 23:05
- Andy Holroyd said...
Brilliant Nobbly, I'd love to see that.
- 10 June 2010 at 12:46


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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Yard Work
Wow...doing yard work in the middle of summer in Arizona is an exercise of self-flagellation of sorts. It was past 100 degrees when we started and when we ended, I had sweat enough to water all the bushes we trimmed and lawn that was mowed. Talk about the circle of life.......
Friday, August 29, 2014
We Believe in Obeying the Law
Looks like I am teaching the little ones at church again this coming Sunday and the lesson is on the importance of laws, and our belief that we have a responsibility as a good citizen to obey the law. The reality is that "We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law." See HERE for more information.
Nonetheless, I thought I would create a fun little badge for each of the kids to take home with them, similar to the one I did last time, and see if they like it. Here is how it came out:
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
In my last post I mentioned I was working on a little project for my brother. Tonight I continued the doodle and began on the bird in his poem. I love the confidence of ravens. This is starting to come together.
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Saturday, August 23, 2014
Bees and poetry
Recently, I was called to work with the 6 year old kids in the primary at my church. This has been a radical change from what I have been used to for the past 20 years, yet, I am enjoying the change...even though I am still stumbling around trying to figure it out. The fun thing is that I get to make them things to take home as part of the lessons that I have been giving. Tomorrow's class is on obedience...so, I made these little goodies for them to take home:
It is nice to have a legitimate reason to draw an insect and to give it away...and in the Lord's name, no less! Here's to hoping we have a lesson soon that has something to do with spiders!
On another note, my brother recently asked me to read a poem he wrote and sketch out what came to mind after reviewing it. So I started doodling tonight and thought I would give a little preview. When I'm done, I'll post the finished product, and with permission, I'll post his poem too...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Contemplating the Robin's Fall
Much has been said in the media for the past couple of days about Robin Williams. I, for one, did not know the man, only some of the characters that he played (but played well.) My wife and I spoke tonight about the impact of his life, his loss, the demons he must have been fighting, the good he did while here, and other things. When I was younger, my favorite movie was The Dead Poet's Society. I watched it over and over, and felt a desire to LIVE. It's fitting, then, that in my little sketch of Mr. Williams, it is accompanied by a poem.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Herbarium - Oleander
Recently, I spoke again to a dear friend after somewhat of a lengthy period of time in which circumstance prevented us from communicating much. It was an insightful conversation, and I was reminded how time really cannot tarnish deep and sincere friendships. Amongst other things, he spoke of his desire to begin journaling about the various types of vegetation in his surroundings. We spoke about the different possibilities of layout and format. Listening to his excitement about such an endeavor, and after doing a little research about the formats and history of herbariums, I decided to do an entry in my sketchbook of some plants that are very common in my part of the country.
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Sunday, August 03, 2014
Another Bird
Yesterday I went to the Riparian Preserve next to our house and was impressed with just how much wildlife was there. A multiplicity of rabbits, but even more birds. They are all so fascinating. Equally interesting is the fact that birds just sing, and sing. I love it.
Did this sketch thinking about the birds.
Did this sketch thinking about the birds.
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Happy Christmas memory!
It's been a crazy month (or more). The brief synopsis goes something like this: Thanksgiving was fine, we finally started working on the baby's room but haven't gotten far, we did lots of fun pre-Christmas activities (Santa visits, light displays, etc), my birthday was good, we had a semi-surprise visit from my sister Lisa, and the baby was breach but has since flipped. Oh yeah, and Dashiell ended up in the hospital the day after Christmas, after being sick for 5 days prior to that. Which is what this post really is about, I just felt the need to preface it with some fair-to-good news first. I should also add that he's now fine and pretty much back to his usual self, but boy was the past week a lot less fun than it should have been!
Wednesday night, right after dropping my sister off at the airport (she was in town on business but was able to spend some quality time visiting us!), Dashiell started throwing up. He was hit by that stomach bug that about half of my Facebook friends seemed to have experienced as well. It was rough - the poor kid was vomiting like crazy and unfortunately for us was being very stubborn about doing it in any kind of receptacle. We tried, really we tried. Toilet, old tupperware, anything, but he would insist that he didn't need to puke, push the bucket or whatever away, then let it fly. Gross, and not conducive to sympathy-gaining from those of us who had to be on clean-up duty. But I digress. Thursday afternoon he seemed okay, then he threw up a few more times after going to bed. I was then hit with the same virus, so poor Rick had to nurse us both back to health (thank heavens for his strong immune system!). By Friday morning I was less disgusting but Dashiell threw up a half a glass of water about 30 minutes after he drank it. We called his pedi and he just said to keep trying to give him sips of pedialyte (which he hates and I don't blame him - man that stuff is sweet!). We opted for Gatorade, but even that wasn't his favorite thing. He did drink some of it, though, and by the end of the day seemed to be getting back to his usual happy self, climbing all over me and wanting to be tickled. The worst of it seemed like it was over!
Saturday (Christmas eve day) was fine. I was still recovering a bit but that morning Dashiell seemed to be okay. We were still trying to keep him on a bland diet, and encouraging him to slowly rehydrate - we didn't want him to guzzle anything and get an upset stomach again, but at the same time obviously wanted him to be drinking something. We did notice that he didn't really want much to eat - only had a small amount of toast for breakfast, and wasn't really interested in his grilled cheese at lunch. He had a few grapes and a banana, and I think a few pretzels, but that was about it. After his nap - right before we were about to leave to visit Rick's grandparents - he threw up again. Ugh! So no Christmas eve celebration with the family for us - I didn't want D to be infecting anyone else with this awful virus.
The present Dashiell really wanted from Santa this year - an ATM bank
Christmas day started out fine - Dash was so excited about Santa's visit and his new toys! We opened presents and played with our toys for a few hours, then headed off to Rick's parents' house to open more presents and hang out with family. It was good! But Dashiell was completely wiped out after lunch - which he barely ate, again, after not eating much breakfast, again. Oh, and he gagged a bit at lunch but didn't actually throw up. He napped for a couple of hours, then we had to wake him up to go over to Rick's aunt's house for Christmas dinner. He had some pretzels, and did seem to be drinking water just fine (though he'd given up on Gatorade). Then he gagged again and said he needed me to take care of him. So we headed home before he had a chance to throw up, which he ended up doing that night in bed. Would this virus ever be gone from his little body??
The next morning he was obviously much worse. Couldn't hold anything down, and was completely lethargic. After trying unsuccessfully to get through to his pediatrician (the office was closed for the day and their answering service was a complete failure - and yes his pedi has heard about this problem, has apologized up and down and has since gotten rid of said answering service), and realizing that even urgent care clinics were closed that day, we headed to the emergency room. We didn't think this was an actual emergency, but I guess we were wrong since we were bumped to the head of the line. Turns out Dashiell was not only super dehydrated but his blood sugar was waaayyyy lower than it should be (if I remember correctly the nurse said it should be between 80 - 120, and his was at 47 when we got there). Yikes. He got an IV drip to pump some fluids in him and was administered Zofran for the nausea. My stubborn kid refused to drink juice, soda, or sugar water. The nurse had to feed him a packet of sugar to try to get his blood sugar level up. He was offered popsicles but only wanted green, which took a while to find. He didn't want any pudding, but somehow managed to consume a bit of ice cream (which he normally doesn't like). His sugar levels started rising, but not quite fast enough. The ER doc decided it would be best to admit him to the pediatric ward for observation and an overnight stay.
It was much more comfy in pediatrics. D kept getting fluids and popsicles, but didn't really want any of the food offered to him as part of the "clear diet" plan - no juice, no chicken broth, no jello. He is a damn picky eater, that's for sure! He puked a teeny bit at one point, but it seemed to be in reaction to the fact that a piece of paper was stuck on his popsicle so we didn't worry too much. Rick was the lucky one to stay overnight with him (ooh comfy cot!), and the night went just fine. I came back in the morning, hoping that we'd be home shortly after that. He got his blood drawn, all his levels were fine, and then we waited. And waited. And waited. Turns out they were waiting for him to drink more fluids on his own before they sent him home - had we known this, we would have encouraged him to do so. He didn't want to be at the hospital either, and once we found out what it would take to get him released it was much easier to encourage him to drink! He did get some breakfast and lunch which consisted of way too much dairy - seriously, he wanted a grilled cheese for breakfast, and lunch was a cheese quesadilla. Finally at about 4 pm we were sent home. Yay!
Not-so-happy Christmas memory.
Notice how he decided that his right arm with the IV was dead to him -
he could move it, he just decided not to.
Then came another setback - about 2 hours after he went to bed he threw up again. We were all beside ourselves. I called his pedi's office (at which point I found out they were no longer using their failed answering service) and talked to the on-call doctor, and after hearing all that he ate that day she was pretty sure the setback was due to temporary lactose intolerance. His little belly was damaged from all the throwing up and he couldn't handle dairy products. So the next day I had a good talk with my dairy-fiend son about why we couldn't have milk or cheese for a few days, and we adopted the mantra, "no more hospitals!" to remind us why we couldn't have dairy. We stuck to a pretty bland diet that day, drank lots of water, and didn't get sick! And his energy level was pretty much back to normal - though he didn't get a nap so by the end of the day he was completely wiped, but I don't think that had anything to do with being ill. Thursday we added some more acidic foods and even sprinkled a very small amount of cheese on his pasta. No puking - yes! Today we're going to stick with the extremely limited dairy diet, but by Saturday we should be able to bring back milk and see what happens.
So that was our holiday week. Not terribly stellar. Lots of laundry and disinfecting happened. Much worrying was done. The upshot is that all of this took my mind off of the fact that I couldn't be in Minnesota for Christmas this year (really the first year EVER that I couldn't be there), and I didn't get that Christmas let-down feeling I always experience the day after. I was able to count my blessing and be thankful for my family, and realize how much I love and appreciate them.
I sincerely hope everyone else had a much better holiday! I don't know about you, but I am so looking forward to the New Year!


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We settled down under a tree to keep out of the sun and were joined by some friends from swimming. In all there were about a dozen kids from the club entered and it was great to be able to cheer them all on.
So the time came and after racking her bike and laying out her gear we headed into the pool. I waited until I saw her start on her 2 lengths before I raced outside to meet her. After a quick towelling down and attaching her race number over her t-shirt she set off on her bike. I got round to the course in plenty of time to cheer her on before she set off on lap 2.
She was gasping for a drink as she set off for the run, and gulped down a whole cupful which caused her to get a stitch. She kept plugging away and finished in a time of 24.56 minutes. She was really happy to add another medal to her collection!
I briefly considered entering for the Super Sprint event myself (200m swim / 12.5k bike / 2.5k run), but although I can now run the distance, I was never going to be fit enough to do it after cycling! I am determined to enter it next year though.
With my new resolution in mind, I again headed out on the bike and completed 4.6k before dinner!
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