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As many of you know, this summer I had a plan. I was going to go to Bangalore, and intern with Shell. I'd spend my weekdays working on computational fluid dynamics, and my weekends wandering on the roads and hills of India.
|Lake at the botanical garden, Lalbagh, of Bangalore.
The red parts of the tree aren't flowers, but leaves.
Our Indian visas say 'TOURIST' on in bold font on the spot where they ought to say 'EMPLOYMENT'. This is a problem in spite of my offer to send home postcards from my cubicle and take smiling photos in front of the coffee machine. As a US citizen, it's a problem best fixed in the US. So, less than a week after arriving, with nothing but a single backpack full of paperwork and a change of clothes, I found myself back on a plane, going to New York to try to swap my visa.
The craziness.
In the past week, I've:
gone halfway round the world packed for the summer
learned how to haggle for hotel rooms in Bangalore
gone back with just a toothbrush, laptop and clothes
spent fifty hours in six planes and seven airports
straight into another four hours (so far) waiting in line for visas
to end up in a backpacker's hostel in New York.
I should probably make it clear - I'm optimistic, though less than 100%, about getting my visa sorted. My summer is not yet completely screwed, and MISTI and Shell HR are both trying to help.
|The celing of my hostel room in NYC :) The hostel looked
much like Senior Haus, but with pin-up posters in the bathroom
and more cats.
[The Carlton Arms, in case any of you visit the city]
That ordeal being outlined, here are a few fun thoughts on New York and Bangalore. Disclaimer: I've spent about five days total in each in both good and bad parts of the city, always with visa problems, always exhausted and unfashionably dressed.
Many of you are probably a bit familiar with New York. After living most of my life in places smaller than Boston, New York is exciting and a little overwhelming. It's huge, it's fashionable, it's fast-paced and going everywhere at once. Manhattan is packed tight with tiny shops and high rise buildings. You can buy postage, clothes, breakfast, passports, shoes and a dozen things you've never heard of on a single block. On a sunny green space a hundred feet wide and there will be fifteen people talking, twenty eating lunch and another five practicing yoga. New York has great plays and fancy museums. More generally, New York has a sense of newness - of modernity and power - that resonates with dreamers around the world.
Bangalore, on the other hand, radiates modernity and chaos. It New York look perfectly organized. Square city blocks? Undeveloped green spaces? Construction that doesn't block the sidewalk? Nah. Walking down a Bangalore street requires stepping over piles of rubble where the sidewalk has cracked, navigating street vendors, low hanging branches, and the motorcycles that take over the sidewalk whenever traffic gets too bad. In the street, autorickshaws and motorcycles pack in with cars and buses in a stream at least five vehicles wide on what the US would consider a two-lane street. Crossing the street is like wading through a river river of metal and gas fumes.
Bangalore makes New York look underpopulated. Old. Even a little bit tame. Everything happens in New York, but in India everything goes out of its way to happen to you. Both cities have busy streets with all manner of people, but in New York you can walk with your head down and might make it a few blocks before being approached by someone, or smelling something, or stepping on something. In Bangalore, you get closer to ten feet.
A few more minor differences? Bangalore has bright colors and cows on the streets. New York has working electricity. Bangalore buildings are tattered concrete on the outside and gleaming metal on the inside. My New York hotel is gleaming on the outside and on the inside looks like Senior House but with more cats. Bangalore women wear beautiful saris; New York women wear neon or Gucci or bared midriffs. I wear sneakers and just-off-the-plane-hair.
Things that have happened to me in New York and Bangalore:
1. Asked for directions: NY 5, BLR 0
2. Asked to take a photo for someone: NY 3, BLR 0
3. Asked to let someone take a photo of exotic me: NY 0, BLR 8
4. Hopeful looks from street vendor: NY 12, BLR 40
City life
5. Things paid for: NY 40, BLR 100
6. Minutes spent haggling for them: NY 0, BLR 120
7. Minutes spent confused by transportation system: NY 120, BLR 45
8. Minutes spent confused by hotels: NY 10, BLR 240
9. Minutes spent confused by food: NY 20, BLR 30
Total time spent confused: 9h45 (It's actually more than this. This is only the eyebrow-scrunching, map-checking, telling-three-concierges-the-same-thing confusion.)
Busy things
10. Fun conversations with a stranger: NY 3, BLR 1 (but lengthy)
11. Remarkably pretty plants: NY 1, BLR 10
12. Bumped into a motorcycle: NY 0, BLR 3
13. Bumped into by motorcycle: NY 0, BLR 0 (phew)
14. Electricity failed: NY 0, BLR 30+
15: Offered cab/autorickshaw ride: NY 3, BLR 6
16: Sworn at by cab/autorickshaw driver: NY 3, BLR 1
17. Begged for money: NY 9, BLR 4
Weirder things
18. Offered weed: NY 1, BLR 0
19. Offered sex: NY 2, BLR 1
20. Offered yoga pants: NY 1, BLR 0
21. Offered religious salvation: NY 2, BLR 0
22. Offered marriage: NY 1, BLR 0
So, my advice for those of you thinking of going to new cities? Expect to be offered everything you don't want, and confused about everything you do. But once you've finished scratching your head, and worrying about whether you packed shampoo - expect to have fun being surprised.


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Sorry if this is a bit rushed but I have some things coming that I have to get done, what do you ask? well an ARC review of a novel, an interview with that author, and a video game review of the early parts to XenoBlade Chronicles, so hope you enjoy and keep and eye out for the Bear. Also looking into getting a banner made for the den so if you know any awesome artist drop me aline and I will check them out. any way enjoy
Immortal Whispers #3- Have Gun Will Travel
The cool breeze played across the rooftops, bringing with it the scents of the city below. So where someone was cooking, alcohol and piss foretold of someones bad hangover. This place was his home, his reality. Dirty, gritty, dangerous, all essence of what was real.
The target paused looking over the door women, a pretty blond, and smiled. She smiled back, but he didn't move on. Chase breathed out, letting the meaty portion of his trigger finger squeeze back.
He held the breath, counted to seconds, then another slow exhale,
Squee-BLAM! The rifle jumped with the force of the bullet leaving with a brilliant white flash from the end of the barrel.
The blond leaned back a brilliant smile elegant and genuine spread onto her feature before laughter shook it away. The bullet met the targets skull just back of his left temple, neatly almost gentle. Then the transfer of energy came lifting up and opening the top of the targets skull letting to flap like an askew macabre toupee. The back of the eye socket ruptured out and shattered. The eye itself was untouched shot free like a shuttle escaping planetary orbit, only to crash land against the cheek of the blond. It popped like an over filled water balloon.
The rounds exit bloomed in the bottom right side of the targets face, loosing the teeth in his jaw like pearly white shrapnel. The blond laughed died on the vine becoming a shriveled, hollow wail as if she had been the one shot. Chase snickered to no one in particular while he broke down the rifle, and stowed his instrument in a mundane looking brown leather briefcase. He had to move. The shot would draw cops, cops could call choppers and set up road blocks. Speed was his savior, so speed was his way of life, so speed and a gun was how he lived up to his moto "Have Gun Will Travel".
He slipped down the fire escaped, moving with well oiled grace. At the last level he jump the remaining ten or so feet and strode toward the end of the alley. He paused straightened his tie, smoothed over the breast of his suit coat and stepped out in to the morning flow. He arrive at the corner beneath a sign that said "bus stop" and check his watch it was 6:55am and he smiled. The bus pulled over and stopped at 7:02am a bit late but nothing beats some tension he thought as he stepped aboard ,paid the toll and took his seat right behind the driver. As the bus pulled away a streak of blue and red flashing lights shrieked by and again he smiled.
That evening Chase sat in the warm steaming water of his eightieth floor penthouse suite's jacuzzi. The jets were turned off as he loved a good soak now and again, this days work pulled of with out so much as a arrant hair out of place deserved a meditative like trance of relaxation.
"Mmm" he moaned softly sliding a bit lower into the water.
His bodies unwanted tension let go but for one place. Soon though it this place too relaxed, and the cause rose from the water with a deep satisfied inhale and lick of his lips. The young man of no more than twenty five reached up and slicked back his coppery red hair. Chase had a thing for red heads, you could say it was his one and only weakness. So when this favorite of his called upset by the killing that happened on his doorstep, just before he went to work this morning he was only too obliged to let him come over and be comforted.
"Its getting late" the red head said standing to get out of the water
"Its not to late" Chase cooed, his hunger not yet sated
"True but I wouldn't want give you a heart attack now would I?"
"Your just too good to me?"
The sarcasm in Chase's voice was drown out as his lover turned on the jets as he rose naked from the water. He then followed the trail of crumpled cloths to the bedroom, then from there to the front door. Thing always started somewhere in the house and finished in the jacuzzi, it was a feverish routine they followed. Once dressed he called to Chase from the door.
"Get some rest, I'll be by tomorrow, might even spend the night"
Chase looked up from the roiling water and smiled, this young thing was taming him, it felt oddly good.
"Fine by me, though I have been told I snore"
The red head smiled good bye opened the door into an awaiting shotgun. It wasted no time in greeting him with a roaring hello that opened his torso with ease. The second shot was unnecessary, as he was dead on his feet, but professionals are thorough. Thus it torn him clean in two the pieces on either side of the door. Chase was up and moving, but so where the killers.
He pulled his 1911 Pistol he kept on balcony were the jacuzzi was opening fire as he moved to his other stash of weaponry. Just as he moved into the house did the black clad man joined by two compatriots also in black unload with automatic fire that tore and pushed him back the way he'd come. He rested against the rail his body torn asunder as the first man with the shotgun stepped on the balcony. Chase saw the barrel raise, it erupted with a bang and white flash. It flung him over the railing and that was all knew.
Chase woke up on a floor. His body ached, but he managed to roll over.
"Where are you? Why you are in the Lock up" came a triumphant voice
"and we have much need for your specific set of skills, Have gun will travel…am I right?"

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Sunshine returns to Seattle on Tuesday. And it ought to stick around for Wednesday, too.
The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs both days should be around 50.
Tuesday and Wednesday night are expected to be cloudy, and temperatures should be in the upper 30s.
The rain may return on Thursday, and the weekend looks wet, too.


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Revealed: Aston Martin Rapide Bertone Concept - Geneva 2013
A one-off wonder wagon created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of one of Britain's premier automakers and its 60-year collaboration with one of Italy's most prominent design houses, the Aston Martin Rapide Concept makes its world debut in Geneva. The rakish station wagon - a "shooting brake" in continental parlance - shares all of the standard mechanicals with the current Aston Martin Rapide Sedan, including its 470-horsepower 5.9-iter V12 engine and paddle-shifted 6-speed automatic transmission that sends motive force to the rear wheels.
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Commissioned by an Aston Martin collector but executed with full factory blessing, the Rapide Bertone Concept features custom bodywork that seamlessly integrates signature Aston Martin core design cues into a more practical but still dynamic and visually striking configuration. According to Bertone, the sweeping C-pillar treatment imparts a sense of motion to the mix while affording even better rear headroom and the car's large liftback adorned with an elegant full-width LED taillamp provides easy access to the cargo area.
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Inside, the Rapide Bertone Concept displays a premium mix of supple two-tone premium leather complemented by fine hardwood trim and glazed aluminum accent bits. Like the production Rapide, the Bertone Concept offers individual seating for four. However, here the backs on the two rear seats fold flat and can be hidden by an electrically activated cover that slides into place to create a completely flat load floor.
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Oregon State University (OSU) College Republicans are sponsoring a fundraiser that features a drawing for an AR-15 and two 9mm semiautomatic pistols.
One of the pistols is a Smith & Wesson, the other is made by the European American Armory (EAA). The EAA pistol has 17-round capacity.
The AR-15 is made by Mossberg.
According to Oregon Live, the drawing will be held April 18. Until then, people may donate money and "put their name in for a chance at winning" one of the prizes.
OSU College Republican president Donald Handeland said, "None of the firearms will ever enter the campus." Rather, winners will take their tickets to a gun store where a background check on each winner will be performed.
Handeland said his group has received some complaints over their drawing, but he stressed: "If you see a gun as a tool and are responsible with it, we think that's better for the student body as a whole."
Handeland also said he wished OSU would allow students with concealed carry permits to carry on campus: "If you had students allowed to concealed-carry, the risk of mass shootings would decrease."
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As recruiters and hiring managers, we are often very critical of candidates' communication. When a candidate forgets to follow up, doesn't send a thank you note, or communicates poorly, it can oftentimes be the killing blow for his or her shot at the job. But do you treat your candidates with the same consideration that you expect from them?
Consider these worst practices that would get any candidate's file tossed in the trash— but that many hiring professionals still seem to embrace.
Ignoring initial contact
You reach out to a candidate that looks perfect for your company. You introduce yourself and offer to discuss a position, but don't hear back for months, when all of a sudden the candidate is interested, and you've moved on. Would you give this candidate a second glance?
The answer is probably no, and yet, many employers do this all the time, waiting weeks and months to respond to letters of inquiry. While a company that receives thousands of resumes each month may not be able to personally respond to each inquiry, at least set up a system that will respond to every applicant thanking them for their submission— and alerting them when the job has been filled.
Not following up after an interview
The candidate interviews and you think things went well. You'd like to progress to the next step in the process. So you call your candidate, or email him or her, but don't hear back within a reasonable time frame. You've put your hiring on pause for this person, but her or she doesn't seem to care about your company. This candidate goes into the trash, or on a blacklist, right?
When one member of the HireVue team was looking for work, she told us that she would frequently never hear back after interviews, even when feedback had been promised by a certain day— and that the consideration of an email, even one saying the company was no longer interested, was an anomaly. Don't be a company that treats candidates without dignity. Taking the time to send off an email, even one with bad news in it, is far more considerate than leaving a candidate hanging for an indeterminate amount of time.
Digital job interview software can help you easily communicate with candidates, ensuring that nobody will fall through the cracks. Remember, your communication during the hiring process is the first thing potential employees see of the company. Make sure you present a good first impression— that way, everyone will be happy.


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Health Benefits
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If you eat potatoes regularly, you ensure a good supply of water and ions in your body.
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Potatoes are known for the large amounts of vitamin C present in them.
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This is the bedroom window. He likes to jump up to this window about an hour before the alarm is set to go off, and knock his head against the blinds until I get up and open the blinds and window for him. Then he settles down to watch the world wake up:
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Our more artful members meet on Saturday afternoons at the Clubhouse to immortalise the beauty of the river. We hold an Art Show annually in September to coincide with the London Open House weekend.
In the darker months we have film shows on themes of interest to the membership. If you're a member then keep your eye on the announcements and diary for details of the next showing.


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Annex: Tornado Response Plan Department: All Campus DepartmentsDepartmental Emergency Contact: Campus Police
The purpose of this policy is to establish the procedures to be followed by the student body, faculty, and staff in the event of a tornado warning alert or actual tornado. Implementation of these procedures whenever necessary should minimize loss of life, injury, and disruption of scheduled activities.
A TORNADO WATCH means tornados are possible.A TORNADO WARNING means a tornado actually has been sighted somewhere in the warning area. Usually warning sirens will sound.
In the event conditions exist to activate the tornado response procedure, Campus Police will work with the York County Emergency Operation Center to obtain frequent weather update. Faculty and staff will be required to assist in assuring student safety.
In the event of a tornado watch or warning Campus Police will be notified by the Emergency Operations Center on the extent of the emergency. Following this notification, Campus Police will notify faculty, staff, and students through the ALERTUS Emergency Notification System and the Instant Messaging System. The information provided will give direction on how to respond to the emergency.
Winthrop University may communicate with the campus community by any of the following means:
Communications between Winthrop University and the York County Emergency Operations Center will be conducted via commercial telephone service. Backup communications will be through utilization of the York County Comprehensive 800 MHz Communications System.
When the area is given the "all clear" signal from the York County Emergency Operations Center and confirmed by Campus Police, this information will then be disseminated via the listed means throughout the Winthrop campus community.
Emergency responders will have total control of the scene. If the situation dictates, the Incident Command System will be used as directed by the National Incident Management System.
The university also will assemble the Critical Incident Management Team to make university related decisions.
The Winthrop University Police Department will operate an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located in the Facilities Operations Center. If the incident requires York County to open the Emergency Operations Center, the Vice President of Student Life or a designee will be represented in the York County EOC and/or will be in continuous communications with the Winthrop EOC.
If a Tornado Warning occurs in the Rock Hill area, the initial alert notification will come from the York County Office of Emergency Management by activation of the all-hazards radio located in the Campus Office, by commercial telephone, or by utilizing the 800 MHz radio system. York County Office of Emergency Management will activate the outdoor siren system and Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages on local radio and television stations. The sirens will cycle for three minutes and recycle again for a total of fifteen minutes. The sirens will sound for one (1) three minute cycle if they are being tested. This siren system is tested audibly once every quarter throughout the year.
WUPD Notification Actions
When notification of imminent danger is received from either the York County Office of Emergency Management or the outdoor warning siren system, the University President or designee will be notified by Campus Police. The Chief of Campus Police or designee will verify the status of the emergency with the York County Office of Emergency Management, when practicable. The University President or designee may contact the York County Office of Emergency Management at anytime to obtain current conditions and situation reports and to help in the decision affecting Winthrop University.
Specific Notification Actions
If a tornado situation occurs the following specific actions will be taken to insure the safety of Winthrop University student body and staff.
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Most of the evening will be spent with me talking about first grade curriculum and activities. But, the parents will also participate in some activities.
As parents enter the room, they will find their students' desks and read the "Welcome to Back to School Night" letters written by their children.
Parents will read the letters and respond back by writing notes to their children.
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The parents will also estimate how many erasers are in a jar. The child whose parent guess is closest to the actual number of erasers gets to hand out the erasers to the children in the class the following day. I also have a special treat for the child {usually classroom tools}.
The students' drawings of themselves will be on the walls {with names hidden}. The parents will try to guess which one belongs to their child. {They're amazingly good at it.}
The parents enjoy the activities, and the children are always excited to read the notes left by their parents.
I also include a gift for each parent. I'll take pictures of my Back to School Night classroom and post them later this week.
I'd love to hear about your Back to School Night activities.
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Killybegs skyline to 'change forever' on Monday
The famous skyline of Killybegs will be transformed on Monday, as a massive, 60 foot spire is finally put in place atop the Church of St Mary of the Visitation.
The event will mark the realisation of a dream that goes back over 175 years, as it was always the intention for the church to have both an apse and a spire. However, due to financial constraints, the church opened without either in 1844. Even the floor was incomplete at that stage, leading locals to bring hay to kneel on during that first Mass on Christmas Day.
Work started on the €2.5m refurbishment of the church last Easter Monday and, Tony O'Callaghan explains, the plan was to have the church open again in time for this year's Easter celebrations.
"It's a big development. The fundraising has been a challenge. So far, €1.7m of the €2.5m needed has been raised.
"The interior is virtually completed. They are still working on the roof and the spire has to go on, next Monday. That will be a big day for Killybegs and we expect big numbers of people to be out with their cameras.
"The addition of the 60ft, steel-ribbed spire will really dominate the skyline which will be changed forever after Monday but it's a change that was part of the original plan.
"It should also make the tower watertight at last. The tower was never staunch, water was seeping down through the years and causing damage. Hopefully will sort that out."
Most of the work should be completed by the end of April. First Communions and a number of weddings will be held in the church during the month of May and Bishop Boyce will perform the re-dedication of the building on Friday, June 1 at 7pm .
A commemorative booklet on the history of the church is being compiled, so if you have any stories or photos, please contact the parish office.


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Well, it certainly IS NOT because my DH forgot my birthday this morning!
No, it's because Stampin' Up! have announced their colour renovation and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the colours that are returning and the in colours we are getting to keep!
As I realise this chart is probably a bit hard to see (ya think?!) here is a summary:
In the Brights colour collection we are losing regal rose and getting a new colour called Bermuda Bay. This was an in colour in the US a few years back but we didn't get it here in Aus. It's a gorgeous colour, I love it and am lucky to have some - so stay tuned for a sample in that soon!
In the Subtles colour collection we are losing pretty in pink, bashful blue, certainly celery and Baja breeze. We get to keep calypso coral, wisteria wonder and pool party (YAY!) and see the return of blushing bride, soft sky and pear pizzazz.
In the Regals colour collection we lose riding hood red, bravo burgundy, not quite navy and more mustard. We get to keep island indigo (YAY!) and also get crushed curry - from the same past in colours in the US that Bermuda bay is from.
The Neutrals collection loses only river rock and we get a brand new colour called smoky slate, which is a lighter grey than basic grey and will go with heaps of colours.
So I am EXCITED about this colour refresh and I hope you will be too. Can't wait to play with them all! Meanwhile, any product in the retiring colours - ink pads, re-inkers, card, ribbon, embellishments etc - will disappear pretty fast, so if you are losing some favourites and would like to stock up, get in quick! Remember you can simply click my SHOP NOW button and begin ordering away!
(BTW, it's OK, DH made up for forgetting my birthday later in the day ... and some of my lovely ladies sent me BEAUTIFUL birthday cards. Thanks so much ladies!)
Back soon with some crafting projects.


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Cardiovascular: Edema (peripheral), hypervolemia, hypo/hypertension, tachycardia
Central nervous system: Headache (adults 10%; children ≥1%), insomnia (adults 7%; children ≥1%), agitation (children ≥5%), anxiety, fatigue
Dermatologic: Pruritus (children ≥5%), rash
Endocrine & metabolic: Hypoalbuminemia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypophosphatemia
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Hematologic: Anemia
Hepatic: Transaminases increased
Local: Infusion site pain
Neuromuscular & skeletal: Muscle spasms, pain in extremity, trismus
Ocular: Periorbital edema
Renal: Oliguria (children ≥1%)
Respiratory: Atelectasis (children ≥5%), breath sounds abnormal, dyspnea, hypoxia, pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, stridor, wheezing
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• Hypersensitivity/anaphylactic reactions: Hypersensitivity and anaphylactic reactions have been reported; discontinue immediately if symptoms of allergic or hypersensitivity reactions occur.
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• Renal impairment: Use with caution in patients with severe renal impairment; consider dosing adjustments.
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• Self-medication (OTC use): When used for self-medication, patients should be instructed to contact healthcare provider if used for fever lasting >3 days or for pain lasting >10 days in adults or >5 days in children.
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Anticonvulsants (Hydantoin): May increase the metabolism of Acetaminophen. This may 1) diminish the effect of acetaminophen; and 2) increase the risk of liver damage. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Barbiturates: May increase the metabolism of Acetaminophen. This may 1) diminish the effect of acetaminophen; and 2) increase the risk of liver damage. Risk C: Monitor therapy
CarBAMazepine: May increase the metabolism of Acetaminophen. This may 1) diminish the effect of acetaminophen; and 2) increase the risk of liver damage. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Cholestyramine Resin: May decrease the absorption of Acetaminophen. Effect is minimal if cholestyramine is administered 1 hour after acetaminophen. Risk D: Consider therapy modification
Conivaptan: May increase the serum concentration of CYP3A4 Substrates (Low risk). Risk C: Monitor therapy
Cyproterone: May decrease the serum concentration of CYP1A2 Substrates. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Cyproterone: May decrease the serum concentration of CYP2E1 Substrates. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Dasatinib: Acetaminophen may enhance the hepatotoxic effect of Dasatinib. Dasatinib may increase the serum concentration of Acetaminophen. Risk D: Consider therapy modification
Imatinib: Acetaminophen may enhance the hepatotoxic effect of Imatinib. Imatinib may increase the serum concentration of Acetaminophen. Risk D: Consider therapy modification
Isoniazid: May enhance the adverse/toxic effect of Acetaminophen. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Metyrapone: May increase the serum concentration of Acetaminophen. More importantly, by inhibiting the conjugative metabolism of acetaminophen, metyrapone may shift the metabolism towards the oxidative route that produces a hepatotoxic metabolite. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Peginterferon Alfa-2b: May decrease the serum concentration of CYP2D6 Substrates. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Probenecid: May increase the serum concentration of Acetaminophen. Probenecid may also limit the formation of at least one major non-toxic metabolite, possibly increasing the potential for formation of the toxic NAPQI metabolite. Risk D: Consider therapy modification
SORAfenib: Acetaminophen may enhance the hepatotoxic effect of SORAfenib. SORAfenib may increase the serum concentration of Acetaminophen. Risk D: Consider therapy modification
Tocilizumab: May decrease the serum concentration of CYP3A4 Substrates. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Vitamin K Antagonists (eg, warfarin): Acetaminophen may enhance the anticoagulant effect of Vitamin K Antagonists. Most likely with daily acetaminophen doses >1.3 g for >1 week. Risk C: Monitor therapy
Ethanol/Nutrition/Herb Interactions
Ethanol: Excessive intake of ethanol may increase the risk of acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity. Avoid ethanol or limit to <3 drinks/day.
Food: Rate of absorption may be decreased when given with food.
Herb/Nutraceutical: St John's wort may decrease acetaminophen levels.
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Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with intravenous acetaminophen, therefore, acetaminophen I.V. is classified as pregnancy category C. Acetaminophen crosses the placenta and can be detected in cord blood, newborn serum, and urine immediately after delivery. An increased risk of teratogenic effects has not been observed following maternal use of acetaminophen during pregnancy. Prenatal constriction of the ductus arteriosus has been noted in case reports following maternal use during the third trimester. The use of acetaminophen in normal doses during pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk of miscarriage or still birth; however, an increase in fetal death or spontaneous abortion may be seen following maternal overdose if treatment is delayed. Frequent maternal use of acetaminophen during pregnancy may be associated with wheezing and asthma in early childhood. The absorption may be delayed and the bioavailability of acetaminophen may be decreased in some women during pregnancy due to delayed gastric emptying.
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Low concentrations of acetaminophen are excreted into breast milk and can be detected in the urine of nursing infants. Adverse reactions have generally not been observed; however, a rash caused by acetaminophen exposure was reported in one breast-feeding infant.
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Although not fully elucidated, believed to inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins in the central nervous system and work peripherally to block pain impulse generation; produces antipyresis from inhibition of hypothalamic heat-regulating center
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I.V.: Analgesia: 5-10 minutes; Antipyretic: Within 30 minutes
Peak effect: I.V.: Analgesic: 1 hour
I.V., Oral: Analgesia: 4-6 hours
I.V.: Antipyretic: ≥6 hours
Absorption: Primarily absorbed in small intestine (rate of absorption dependent upon gastric emptying); minimal absorption from stomach; varies by dosage form
Distribution: ~1 L/kg at therapeutic doses
Protein binding: 10% to 25% at therapeutic concentrations; 8% to 43% at toxic concentrations
Metabolism: At normal therapeutic dosages, primarily hepatic metabolism to sulfate and glucuronide conjugates, while a small amount is metabolized by CYP2E1 to a highly reactive intermediate, N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI), which is conjugated rapidly with glutathione and inactivated to nontoxic cysteine and mercapturic acid conjugates. At toxic doses (as little as 4 g daily) glutathione conjugation becomes insufficient to meet the metabolic demand causing an increase in NAPQI concentrations, which may cause hepatic cell necrosis. Oral administration is subject to first pass metabolism.
Half-life elimination: Prolonged following toxic doses
Neonates: 7 hours (range: 4-10 hours)
Infants: ~4 hours (range: 1-7 hours)
Children: 3 hours (range: 2-5 hours)
Adolescents: ~3 hours (range: 2-4 hours)
Adults: ~2 hours (range: 2-3 hours); may be slightly prolonged in severe renal insufficiency (Clcr<30 mL/minute): 2-5.3 hours
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Excretion: Urine (<5% unchanged; 60% to 80% as glucuronide metabolites; 20% to 30% as sulphate metabolites; ~8% cysteine and mercapturic acid metabolites)
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Orange is the New Black, which spawned a hit Netflix series that has galvanized the public. Now, she is jet-setting around the country, raising awareness on the U.S. prison crisis among people who have given it nary a thought up until now.
Last night, San Francisco's intelligentsia came out en masse to hear the celebrity ex-prisoner at a City Arts and Lectures benefit for an innovative university program at San Quentin Prison. The venue was the splendid Nourse Theater, a newly renovated, 1,800-seat Beaux-Arts palace that had been shuttered for decades.
Kerman did not disappoint. She remained poised and affable as her interviewer, author Nancy Mullane, peppered her with a series of alternately prurient and silly questions about sex in prison, her life as a 10-year-old, and similar drivel. It was disappointing yet illuminating to see Mullane -- who should know better, given her recent interviews with ex-convicts for her book Life After Murder -- fritter away a golden opportunity. Instead of helping Kerman express her critical message, she ogled and dehumanized her guest as an exotic "other," ironically showcasing the very disrespect of ex-convicts that Kerman has dedicated herself to combating.
It was not until the informed and perceptive audience's turn to ask questions that Kerman got the air space to expound on her vision for reforming America's prisons, which are bursting at the seams with 2.4-million members of this wealthy nation's neglected underclass.
Three transformative steps we could take to restore rationality, in Kerman's view:
- Reform draconian sentencing laws. The harms outweigh the benefits of sentences longer than five years, especially for nonviolent crimes. Reentry becomes more difficult, harming not just the prisoner but his or her family, community and larger society.
- Provide adequate defense services. If everyone was afforded access to zealous representation, a far smaller proportion would end up in prison. Public defender offices throughout the nation are stretched too thin, leading to unjust outcomes for the poor.
- Stop criminalizing children. Paying attention to at-risk children and adolescents makes more sense than waiting until they have become hardened criminals and then warehousing them. And, stressed Kerman, children should never, ever be sent to adult prisons.
A perfect agenda.
|Taylor Schilling plays "Piper Chapman" in the TV series
Kerman also answered a couple of questions that I had been curious about, including her motivation for writing the book, and what she thought of the TV show that radically distorts her memoir.
Kerman said she is not disturbed by the liberties taken by Jenji Kohan in writing the Netflix adaptation. Going to prison is an introspective experience that can only be captured in writing, whereas a TV drama relies on interpersonal conflict to keep its audience's attention, explained Kerman, herself a theater major in college.
|From Season Two, premiering June 6
But the story she revealed last night was a bit more nuanced, and helps to explain how she ended up in her present role as a voice for justice. She was raised in a progressive, feminist household, with two teachers for parents. This likely equipped her both to get along well and make connections in prison, as she did, and to be outraged and galvanized by the inequities she witnessed.
She wrote her memoir neither as an exercise in catharsis (she didn't even keep a journal in prison, she confessed) nor to share with other prisoners and ex-prisoners (although she is happy that many of them can relate), but with the aim of reaching a mainstream audience heretofore ignorant of prison realities.
In that, she has undoubtedly succeeded beyond her wildest expectations.
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Thanks to Lorelei for providing helpful feedback. For more background, and my reaction to the book and TV series, see my Jan. 20 post, Orange is the New Black – Read the Book!
(c) Copyright Karen Franklin 2014 - All rights reserved


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feline idiopathic cystitis
inappropriate urination
A cute little 7-year-old cat came into the clinic last week. She has a history of periods of inappropriate urination (she pees on beds and other furniture). The owner brought the cat to the clinic to rule out a urinary tract infection.
There are many possible reasons for a cat to urinate where it should not; some are primarily medical, some are primarily behavioral, and one is in between. The most common medical causes are urinary tract infection, bladder stones, bladder cancer, and orthopedic pain (like arthritis). Behavioral causes include territorial spraying/marking and rejection of litter box due to cleanliness, location, competition, or litter choice. One diagnosis that spans both categories is feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC; sometimes called feline interstitial cystitis). Our goal in these cases is to rule out the medical causes before we begin to explore the behavioral ones and FIC.
Medical Causes
. The diagnosis of medical causes starts with a good history from the owner. If there are stones, bladder cancer, or a raging urinary tract infection, the cat will likely strain while urinating, have trace amounts of blood in the urine, and urinate in several small amounts rather than one large puddle. If the cat is arthritic or has other reasons it can't get to the box, there will be other signs the owner can see and the cat will likely not use the box at all. Treatment is based on the specific diagnosis: antibiotics for a urinary tract infection, stone removal, chemotherapy, pain control, etc.
Behavioral Causes
. Once medical causes are ruled out, we turn to the behavioral ones. If the cat is spraying territorially, there will be urine on vertical surfaces, usually in a high-traffic or particularly coveted spot. If not, we look to the litter boxes themselves. Are they clean? Are there enough of them and are they located wisely? There should be one for every cat in the house – plus one! And, they should be in many different, quiet locations throughout the house. This way, there is no competition for them and the dominant cat cannot prevent access by the others. Litter choice is pretty easy to rule out: if you bring home a new litter and one or more cats suddenly refuse to use the boxes, the message will be clear. If behavioral causes are diagnosed, changes can be made in the home and medications can be prescribed.
. Some indoor cats develop an inflammation of the bladder lining for reasons that have not been completely determined. The clinical signs of FIC are those of urinary tract infections, cancer, or stones, as described above. But, bacteria are rarely seen in the urine and stones and cancer are not present. Diagnosis is based on excluding medical and behavioral causes.
There are three factors currently believed to be implicated in FIC: defective bladder lining, stress, and diet. Affected cats have been noted to have a defective protective layer within the bladder; without this layer, urine is very irritating and can cause inflammation and injury. Some cats appear to be more sensitive to life changes and other stressors than the average cat. These cats can be sensitive to such things as new homes, addition or loss of family members, visitors, severe weather, and illness.
The treatment plan for FIC cats focuses on stress relief and diet change. To reduce stress, the owner should make sure the cat has access to sufficient resources: food and water dishes, clean litter boxes, a quiet place for escape, desirable viewing areas (some near windows), appropriate toys, and a quality scratching post. The owner should also plan to spend quality time petting and grooming the cat. Medications can be used in the beginning, while the environmental changes are being made. The diet recommendation is to introduce canned food and to encourage increased water consumption.
What about our Patient?
History: She is an indoor cat and there are two other cats in the house – one adult who is dominant to our patient, and a kitten that moved in about three months ago. There is a recent history of human housemates moving in and out. Her owner is frequently away, leaving the cat with the other two housemates. Periodically, the cat will pee (in large quantities) outside her litter box, mainly on a housemate's bed where she also prefers to sleep. In the house, there are multiple food and water dishes, as well as two litter boxes (one very large one and one very small one). This is a young cat, with no history of arthritis or other inability to use its littler box.
Physical exam: There was nothing unusual noted on her physical exam.
Diagnostics: We performed a urinalysis. The specific gravity was high at >1.060, which may suggest that she was slightly dehydrated. On microscopic examination of her urine, there are no red blood cells, rare white blood cells, rare crystals, and no bacteria noted. The dip stick we used showed nothing outside the normal range. We decided that, given the lack of blood in the urine and the cat's history of voiding her whole bladder when she pees on the bed, we would not pursue bladder stones or cancer.
Which behavioral causes can we rule out? We know that she's not spraying, because she is peeing on horizontal rather than vertical surfaces. The litter boxes are kept clean and she has no trouble with the litter when she does use the boxes. The number and locations of the litter boxes are certainly not ideal: the rule of thumb is that there should be one litter box for each cat in the home – plus one extra. This enables every cat to find a box conveniently and not be kept away by a more dominant feline family member intent on guarding the one box. So, our patient's urination may have something to do with having to compete for this scarce resource with a more dominant adult cat. And, we can't rule out the role of the recent stressors: changes in humans living in the home, a new kitten, etc.
Is it FIC? Probably not at this time. We did not see clinical signs of a urinary tract infection, just inappropriate urination. But, this cat may become an FIC candidate if the stress is not controlled.
Treatment: The owner will correct the litter box situation and add more desirable perches. We prescribed a human anti-anxiety medication called amitriptylline to help reduce the cat's stress while her environment is being changed. We started with a very low dose and are hoping to take her off it completely in the next month or so.
Because so many cats are relinquished to shelters for inappropriate urination, it is important for owners to know when to seek help and what to expect. Often, there are no clear answers early in the diagnostic process, so patience is important. And, should the cause be behavior or FIC, the treatment can be slow and involved. But, successful treatment allows feline and human family members to relax and live happily together.
A Note about this Post: I receive a comment or two every day about this post. I have decided not to allow any more for three reasons: First, the questions are all very similar in nature and I find myself giving the same answer time after time. Second, I really cannot diagnose your cat over the internet. And, third, everything you need to know, from diagnostics through treatment, is given here and in a similar post (
Why is My Cat Not Using the Litter Box?
). If you have ruled out medical problems, have really tried all the environmental changes recommended in these two posts, and still have a problem, another trip to the vet is definitely warranted.
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Normal human body temperature can be anywhere from a low of 94.5°F for an armpit reading of a baby age 0-2, up to 100.6°F for a rectal reading of an adult age 11-65. A fever can be as low as 97.5°F for an armpit reading of an adult, which is 1.1 degrees below the usually defined normal of 98.6°F, and a chill can be as high as 98.6°F for a rectal reading of an adult. There are numerous sites that a Google search finds that give these same figures, but there isn't a large study source for them. These numbers are arbitrary, which seems strange considering there are 7.3 billion people and bodily temperature is a standard measure of health, and it would seem there would be an abundance of data.
The normal ranges for human oral temperature are for ages,
3—10 years = 97.7°F (95.9 — 99.5)
11—65 years = 98.6°F (97.6 — 99.6)
65+ years = 97.4°F (96.4 — 98.5)
Remember 98.6°F for adults and one degree less for young and old.
Here is a list of some factors that affect the body temperature
- Age of over 65 can lower temp a degree from a normal adult readings
- Vigorous exercise can add a degree or even two, for an hour
- Sleep deprivation
- Stress, fear and anxiety can raise and lower temperature unpredictably
- The threat reaction of fight, flight raises temperature and freeze chills it.
- Elevated blood pressure will raise it
- Non-sweating people will raise temperature during exercise
- A woman's late-mid-month menses can add a degree, for a week
- Air temperature can raise or lower bodily temperature and that plus
- Humidity when combined with air temperature can add more change
- A hot bath within the previous two hours can add several degrees
- Clothing has an influence on bodily temperature depending on situation
- Being in direct sunshine, can heat up the body
- Being in a room with cold walls can lower the bodily temperature
- Time of day – late afternoon adds a degree – early morning minus a degree
- Body Mass Index over 30 will add to core temperature and reduce skin temperature
- Drinking cold water will drop oral temperature for a several minutes
- Drinking hot beverage will raise the oral temperature for a few minutes
- Spicy foods will flush the face and raise the oral temperature for a several minutes
- Some drugs will raise bodily temperature for hours, and some will lower it
- And finally, infectious disease and physical injury will usually raise bodily temperature
I just made up that list, from personal experience, of the many factors affecting human body temperature, but there must be many more. Also, some of these factors can probably be combined to vary the temperature several degrees either up or down.
What can be done to find your normal personal body temperature?
Right now while you are thinking about this problem get your oral thermometer and take your temperature, write down the exact time and circumstance, and do this for 24 hours. Do this whenever you are sick, or doing any of the activities listed above. My temperature, right now, at 6:30 PM is 97.8°F, which is right on average for an 80-year-old sitting at a computer for an hour. 10:00 PM = 98.0°F; 11 PM = 97.9°F. Those temperatures are a half a degree higher than what is usual for me; but I didn't sleep well last night, so perhaps that raised my temperature.


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400 Posts and Counting
The Geology News blog sets a few milestones this week. In addition to breaking the 400 posts threshold, we've also seen an enormous spike in traffic to the website (mainly due to the unfortunate results of Hurricane Ike). We've had more visitors in the last week than we've seen in the last 5 months combined. It baffles my mind.
When we passed 300 posts back in April, I listed the 5 most popular articles of all time on this website. Here is a new update to see how things have changed:
1.) Hurricane Ike Aftermath – Galveston Photos
2.) Food – Erupting Volcano Cake
3.) Bakken Formation Could Boost Oil Reserves
4.) Montana / North Dakota has more oil than Alaska?
5.) Hurricane Ike Coastal Changes – Before and After Photos
Here are a few other breakdowns using data from Google Analytics:
- We've had visitors from 161 different countries.
- The majority of our visitors this week came from Texas.
- Internet Explorer is the most popular browser used on the website (66%), followed by Firefox (25%) and Safari (6%).
- Most popular operating systems: Windows (88%), Macintosh (10%), Linux (1.5%) and iPhone (0.22%, awesome!). Interesting caveat – I design and maintain this website using a Mac.
- The most popular search terms used to access this site: 1- geology news, 2- volcano cake, 3- bakken formation
- Fellow geoblogosphere sites that have sent me the most visitors: 1- The Volcanism Blog, 2- NOVA Geoblog, 3- ScienceBlog affiliates (I'm not able to break down which specific ScienceBlogs sites sent me the most traffic at the moment).
Similar Posts on Geology News:
- 300 Posts and Counting
- Popular Posts for February 2009
- Bakken Report to be Released Thursday
- Bakken Formation Could Boost Oil Reserves
- Lack of Real Posts


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The bankruptcy attorney must be well-experienced. You have to consult the lawyer before you make any decision since any decision will definitely impact the financial situation of the individual or the corporation. Here's what you should when to choosing the right bankruptcy attorney.
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In summary, finding the best bankruptcy lawyer is relatively easy. Your goal is to find the lawyer who will help you in getting out of the debts that you currently have. Read more here.


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