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8 months ago, very suddenly, I was hit w/ SEVERE fatigue, no focus/concentration, very low energy, occasional racing pulse. Many tests were run.
Blood Work, CT Scan + Ultrasound:
3-cm gallstone
2.7-cm liver hemangioma
Polycythemia (NOT Primary)
'92 - removal of congenital blockage in right kidney, resulting in 15% function on that side
'10 - Chrone's Disease diagnosis, thought I've had no other problems and take no medication for this
What's going on? How can I feel better?


text: I am currently reading this book and oh my gosh it is fascinating! I am only a few pages in and I am really enjoying it, enjoying it that I can't put it down. I really like Ian's style of writing and as he talks about his experience in the Anime studios, interviewing animators and anime directors it is like you are watching a visial documentary then reading a book. Info on the book here. I would highly recommend it if you are into anime academic and Ian writes more about anime as an artist society which I really like. As a cosplayer artist I dream of being part of all this.

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My little sister turned fifteen this week. Her party of choice?
A tea party!
For her and her sisters.
Who all happen to be over twenty years in age.
Yes, thank you!
We found this darling blue tea set at the local thrift store along with the tablecloth (a vintage sheet).
Place cards were made for each lady coming and invitations were sent.
(It's herbal- We like the orange and cinnamon flavor around here :) )
That sugar made it into too many cups too many times. Oh the sugar :)
And of course treats were served.
Us ladies upon arrival.
My little sister put us all in our place. From the very moment she opened the gate she was in character. It's hard not to take a fifteen year old seriously when she shows you what's what. (She's the one in yellow.)
So tea was poured.
Stories were told.
Hair was pinned back up after our individual, ridiculous impersonations of yaks and sheep.
And we all had a grand old time :)
Until next year!
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will not tie interest-rate policy to specific economic thresholds, a top policymaker said on Saturday.
"We think it would not be useful," ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said on Saturday, referring to the threshold-based approach to monetary policy that the U.S. Federal Reserve abandoned this week after using it for just over a year.
He also dismissed the idea of giving a time frame for when the ECB could raise rates, saying the idea is "even worse" than thresholds.
Earlier this week, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank might raise interest rates "around six months" after it finishes winding down its bond-buying stimulus program. Stocks and bonds dropped after her remarks on Wednesday.
Constancio spoke to economists and policy makers at a Fed-sponsored conference on Saturday, just down the hall from where Yellen made those remarks.
Yellen had also described the raft of economic indicators the Fed would be watching as it geared up for possible rate increases, including measures of inflation and unemployment, and a Fed official on Friday suggested her "six-months" comment was merely meant to reflect market sentiment.
Constancio said the ECB has other tools, including rate cuts, quantitative easing, negative deposit facility rates and targeted liquidity provision operations, if further policy accommodation is needed.
At its March policy meeting, the ECB left interest rates on hold and introduced no other measures to bolster the fragile euro zone recovery, despite forecasting low inflation for years to come.
On Saturday, Constancio said markets mostly missed that the ECB actually strengthened its forward guidance at that meeting, tying its accommodative stance to the closure of slack in the economy.
"It's something that I think we have to clarify a little better, because I want really everyone to understand that the forward guidance that we have … takes into consideration the ... slack in the economy."
Reporting by Ann Saphir; Editing by David Gregorio


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Made it along to the briefing in the Science Gallery at lunchtime today.
Great discussion of the issues, with a large crowd.
Meanwhile I just got a timely reply to my Question to the Minister for Health...
DÁIL QUESTION addressed to the Minister for Health and Children (Ms. Harney (Dublin Mid-West))
by Deputy Ciarán Cuffe
for WRITTEN ANSWER on 30/04/2009
* To ask the Minister for Health and Children the type, brand and number of units of anti-viral medicines available to deal with a possible pandemic in view of the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ciarán Cuffe T.D.
Stocks of antivirals sufficient to treat 47% of the population are currently stockpiled.
We have one million courses of adult dosage Tamiflu; 177,958 of 30mg paediatric capsules; 51,549 of 45mgs paediatric capsules and 706,000 courses of Relenza in stock for an Influenza Pandemic.
Recommendations for the stockpiling of antivirals are kept under constant review by the Pandemic Influenza Expert Group. The quantity of antivirals in stock or on order is enough to treat almost 2 million people. This compares very favourably with other countries across Europe and beyond.


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The uk government sets monetary policy by adjusting the funds rate. This affects other short-term and long-term rates, including credit-card rates and mortgages. Governments define fiscal policy by setting taxation levels and writing legislation and regulation for everything from health care to the environment. Fiscal and monetary policy changes can affect businesses directly and indirectly, although competitive factors and management execution are also important factors. Businesses go through cycles of expansion, recession and recovery.
Monetary and fiscal policies can affect the timing and length of these cycles. In the expansion phase, the economy grows, businesses add jobs and consumer spending increases. At some point, known as the peak, the economy overheats and the government increases interest rates to stave off inflation. Factories shut down, job losses rise and business sales fall. rate cuts and government spending, or both, are often necessary to recharge the economy. Eventually, the economy hits rock bottom, known as the trough, and gradually starts to recover.
Fiscal Policy Fiscal policy usually involves changes in taxation and spending policies. Lower taxes mean more disposable income for consumers and more cash for tesco to invest in jobs and equipment. Stimulus-spending programs, which are short-term in nature and often involve infrastructure projects, can also help drivebusiness demand by creating short-term jobs. Increasing income or consumption taxes usually mean less disposable income, which, over time, can decelerate tescp actvitiy like spending on investment.
Monetary Policy Changes in short-term interest rates influence long-term interest rates, such as mortgage rates. Low interest rates mean lower interest expense for businesses and higher disposable income for consumers. This combination usually means higher business profits. Lower mortgage rates may spur more home-buying activity, which is usually good news for the construction industry. Lower rates also mean more refinancing of existing mortgages, which may also enable consumers to consider other purchases. High interest rates can have the opposite impact for businesses: higher interest expenses, lower sales and lower profits.
Interest-rate changes can affect stock prices, which can impact consumer spending. Rate changes may also impact exchange rates — higher rates increase the value of the dollar relative to other currencies, which lowers import costs and increases export costs for U. S. businesses; lower rates may have the opposite impact, namely higher import costs and lower export costs. Tesco like every business will be affected by Monetary and Fiscal policies, whether this be directly or indirectly. Tesco PLC will be affected more indirectly by these policies and in this report I will explain how.
Fiscal Policy involves the Government changing the levels of Taxation and Government Spending in order to influence AD (Aggregate Demand) and therefore the level of economic activity. Monetary Policy involves using interest rates or changes to money supply to influence the levels of consumer spending and Aggregate Demand. The objectives of the government are: 1. low inflation CPI = 2% 2. Strong economic growth. 3. To Reduce unemployment 4. To avoid large deficit on current account balance of payments Fiscal Policy
The Fiscal Policy may be Expansionary or Deflationary. Currently the policy is expansionary. This involves increasing AD, therefore the government will increase spending and cut taxes. Lower taxes will increase consumers spending because they have more disposable income. This will worsen the govt budget deficit. The other method is Deflationary fiscal policy this involves decreasing AD therefore the government will cut their spending and or increase taxes. Higher taxes will reduce consumer spending. This will lead to an improvement in the government's budget deficit.
Tesco will be affected by direct and indirect taxation which in turn has impacts on business costs, on aggregate demand, and therefore on business revenues. Direct taxation includes income tax, national insurance and corporation tax. Income tax and National Insurance (NI) are similarly affecting the consumer and operate exactly the same giving the same economic effects. Income tax and NI are the two biggest source of tax revenue for the govt, changes to either of these directly relate to disposable income, which in effect changes consumer demand.
Consumer demand is a major factor for Tesco as a business as and an increase would mean more sales and a higher income, a decrease would lead to lower sales and lower income for Tesco's. A lesser income would mean smaller profits which in turn might mean lower investment and employment levels. Corporation tax is a tax on company profits which means it directly affects TESCO. A cut in tax means Tesco will have more disposable profits which they could use in many ways.
They could add to their reserves saving it for an emergency, or use the profits to finance investment, which will directly increase economic growth. Another use is reduce corporate debt, which will increase Tesco's future profits. They could also give their shareholders bigger dividends, which could lead to bigger investments if shareholders invest their extra income back into Tesco. Indirect Taxes relates to VAT and Excise duties. VAT is sales tax which is collected by the business (Tesco) and given to the government.
Essentially if increased it would increase the price of Tesco's products, this subsequently will more often than not lose consumer interest. Monetary policy The interest rates instance of the monetary policy focuses mainly the consumer, as it is the consumer spending that affects the whole process. The money supply method falls mainly to the banks and their reactions. Interest rates are essentially the cost of borrowing if the government increases interest rates then any consumer in debt would hence have a lower disposable income.
Monetary policy can cause issues because it affects people in different ways, people with large loans will be more affected by high interest rates than those with none For example if the consumer has a credit card debt and the interest rates are increased then monthly charges therefore would be increased leaving the consumer with not as much money. A common problem with lower disposable income is the consumers don't spend as much of their income. This, for Tesco, means that there will be less demand for their products and services and in turn less sales and smaller overall profits.
Interest Rates will have a direct impact on Tesco Due to them having borrowed money they would have to pay higher rates and therefore directly are at a loss hence Tesco would have increase costs and therefore decreased profits. Tesco, to prevent this, in the long term would have to cut prices to encourage sales, but if this wasn't an option, say to, too small profit margins then the company would have no job security in that a lot of its staff would be 'laid off'. If this crisis continued then Tesco may eventually go bankrupt and fail.
This is not always the series of events in that it is directly related to Tesco itself, and how long interest rates will be up. You have to look at: how much debt does Tesco have? Do Tesco have a reserve fund, if so, is it enough? Can Tesco offset their sales in the UK with sales abroad in other countries? This is negative method for Tesco as a business as it only involves their profits reduced, but in the case of interest rates going down instead of up then everything would be vice versa and profits and job security would be at a high.
Another Monetary method used is the government looking and reacting to money supply. The current policy the government has put in use is quantitative easing which the full responsibility lays with Bank of England. Quantitative easing is another indirect approach in which it is up to the commercial banks and the consumer to decide how to go forward. The Bank of England firstly pumps money into all the commercial banks this is done by them buying assets such as bad loans from them. This is done so in turn the commercial banks will lend more money to the consumers.
As a consumer we must then spend this money increasing demand and therefore overall sales. If sales are up then profits too will be higher. This is a positive thing for Tesco has a larger demand for their products allow them to grow and expand due to greater profits. When an economy is in a recession the government has to act differently in order to increase demand and help businesses survive. The money supply method of the monetary policy is a good idea in theory but because of the current economic crisis, banks don't feel secure enough to lend out there money as the return isn't guaranteed.


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This was my room at the beginning of the year -- bare walls and stuff everywhere
Sign was made from vistaprint.com -- you must check this site out of you have not yet, it is awesome! They have a ton of stuff and you only pay for shipping, check out my website for other things I've made from there!
Awesome idea I found in the mailbox magazine, my kiddos use this to tell me what they want for lunch or if they brought lunch, if they are absent their clip stays on "I'm Absent Today" -- I can easily make my lunch count and take attendance, and help kids be more independent!
Not my design, but I found this from someone on the 2nd grade Teachers Club and I made it into a poster using Vistaprint.com
This was an old black table from Walmart that my husband was getting ready to trash -- well of course I couldn't let that happen. I got red and yellow paint and sponge painted the whole thing, now it serves as an extra table for the kiddos when we work in groups or do other activities.
Hope you enjoyed the classroom tour -- I'm already thinking about all the different things I will be doing next year ;)


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Ubuntu grub.cfg
Editing /etc/default/grub
You can open /etc/default/grub file with the following command,
gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
gksudo kate /etc/default/grub
This is what it should look like,
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
The number at the end of this line can be changed to make the highlight bar or selection bar in the GRUB Menu appear automatically on any GRUB Menu entry we like.
0 (zero) tells GRUB we want the first or top GRUB entry automatically selected unless we over ride that selection with our up or down arrow key during boot-up.
Any number greater than 0 (zero) will mean boot entries further down the GRUB Menu will be selected instead.
Alternatively, replace the number here with the word 'saved' to enable the grub-set-default command to work.


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Teide without snow in summer
|3,718 metres (12,198 ft)
|3718 m
|Country high point
Location of Teide in the Canary Islands
|Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
|28°16′15″N 16°38′21″W / 28.27083°N 16.63917°WCoordinates: 28°16′15″N 16°38′21″W / 28.27083°N 16.63917°W[citation needed]
|Stratovolcano atop basal shield volcano
|Last eruption
|First ascent
|1582 by Sir Edmund Scory[citation needed]
|Easiest route
Mount Teide or, in Spanish, Pico del Teide [ˈpiko ðel ˈtejðe] is the highest elevation of Spain and the islands of the Atlantic (it is the third largest volcano in the world from its base). It is an active volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift and is located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park (Parque Nacional del Teide in Spanish). The park has an area of 18900 hectares and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 29, 2007.[1] Since the end of 2007, it has also been one of the Twelve Treasures of Spain. Midway up the mountain are the telescopes of the Observatorio del Teide. Territorially it belongs to the municipality of La Orotava.
El Teide was a mythological mountain with Aboriginal reministencias Guanches, like Mount Olympus was to the ancient greeks. In Teide was in 2008 the most visited National Park in the Canary Islands and Spain, with a total of 2.8 million visitors, according to the Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC).[2][3] According to data for 2004, with 3.5 million visitors annually, is the lava landscape that gets more views of the world, second only to Mount Fuji in Japan.[4] Teide is the most famous natural icon not only of Tenerife but also of all the Canary Islands.
El Teide is a volcano of Vesuvius type. At 3718 m above sea level, and approximately 7500 m above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, it is the highest mountain in Spain, highest point in the Atlantic Ocean and the 13th highest mountain in the European Union excluding the Alps).[5] (Note: The actual summit stands 3 metres (10 ft) higher than the triangulation station, and associated bench mark, which has an altitude of 3,715 m (12,188 ft)). The island of Tenerife itself is the third largest volcanic ocean island on Earth by volume. Teide is also the third highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island.[6] It is also unstable and possibly in a more advanced stage of deformation and failure than the much publicised Cumbre Vieja.[7] The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide as a Decade Volcano[8], because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la Cruz.
Teide together with its neighbour Pico Viejo and Montaña Blanca form the Central Volcanic Complex.
According to legend, Guayota (devil) abducted Magec (god of light and the sun), and took him inside Teide. The Guanches Achamán asked their supreme God for clemency. Achamán hit Guayota, Magec was lifted from the bowels of Echeyde and plugged the crater with Guayota in it and since then Guayota remains locked inside Teide. When entering Teide erupting, it was customary that the Guanches lit bonfires to scare a Guayota.
A Guayota is often represented as a black dog, accompanied by his host of demons Tibicenas.
El Pico del Teide (The Peak of Teide) is the modern Spanish name attributed to the volcano. The Lunar mountain, Mons Pico, part of the Montes Teneriffe mountain range, situated in the inner ring of the lunar mare Imbrium, was named after this 18th Century version by Johann Schröter.[9][10] Prior to the 1495 Spanish colonization of Tenerife, the native Guanches referred to the volcano as Echeyde, which in the Guanches legends, meant some sort of powerful figure leaving the volcano that could turn into hell. The Guanches also believed that Echeyde held up the sky.[citation needed] The many "hiding" found in the mountains with archaeological remains of stone tools and pottery have been interpreted as deposits rituals to counter the influence of evil spirits (evil genius), a practice also included in the Kabylia Amazighe. The Guanches conceived the mountain as the place that housed the forces of evil, the most evil figure Guayota.[9]
The stratovolcanoes Teide and Pico Viejo are the most recent centres of activity on the volcanic island of Tenerife, which is the largest (2058 km2) and highest (3718 m) island in the Canaries and has a complex volcanic history. The formation of the island and development of the current Teide volcano can be summarised into five stages, as shown in the diagram to the right.
Similar to the other Canary Islands, and Volcanic Ocean Islands in general, the island of Tenerife was built by accretion of three large shield volcanoes, which developed in a relatively short period of time.[11] This early shield stage volcanism formed the bulk of the emerged part of Tenerife. The shield volcanoes date back to the Miocene and early Pliocene[12] and are preserved in three isolated and deeply eroded massifs: Anaga (to the NE), Teno (to the NW) and Roque del Conde (to the south).[13] Each individual shield was apparently constructed in less than three million years and the entire island in about eight million years.[14]
The initial juvenile stage was followed by a period of 2-3 million years of eruptive quiescence and erosion. This cessation of activity is typical of the Canaries, for example La Gomera is currently in this erosional stage.[15] After this period of quiescence the volcanic activity became concentrated within two large edifices; the central volcano of Las Cañadas and the Anaga massif. The Las Cañadas volcano developed over the Miocene shield volcanoes and may have reached 40 km in diameter and a height of 4500 m.[16]
Around 160-220 thousand years ago the summit of the Las Cañadas I volcano collapsed creating the Las Cañadas (Ucanca) caldera.[14] Later a fresh stratovolcano - Las Cañadas II volcano reformed and underwent catastrophic collapse. Detailed mapping indicates that the site of this volcano was in the vicinity of Guajara. The Las Cañadas III volcano formed in the Diego Hernandez sector of the caldera. Detailed mapping indicates that all the Las Cañadas volcanoes attained a maximum altitude similar to that of Teide - which is also referred to as the Las Cañadas IV volcano
Two theories on the formation of the 16 x 9 km caldera exist.[5]
The first is that the depression is the result of a vertical collapse of the volcano. The collapse being triggered by the emptying of shallow (at or about sea level) magma chambers under the Las Cañadas volcano after large-volume explosive eruptions.[14][17][18]
The second theory is that the caldera was formed by a series of lateral gravitational collapses, similar to those described in Hawaii.[19] Evidence for the later theory has been found in both onshore observations[20][21][22] and marine geology studies.[14][23]
The most recent activity on the island is the NW and NE rifts and the Pico Teide/Viejo stratovolcanoes, erupted material from which partially fill the Las Cañadas caldera.[13] The rifts can be seen as prominent ridges running NE and NW through the island from the Las Cañadas caldera. The rifts are also believed to have built the previous Las Cañadas volcano, and had a part in its collapse. Since the collapse, eruptives from the rifts have filled the resulting embayment with increasingly differentiated lavas and finally developed the Teide and Pico Viejo stratovolcanoes, nested in the embayment itself.[14]
Teide is currently dormant; the last eruption occurred in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent. Historical volcanic activity on the island is associated with vents on the Santiago or NW rift (Boca Cangrejo 1492, Montañas Negras 1706, Narices del Teide or Chahorra 1798 and El Chiyero 1909) and the Cordillera Dorsal or NE rift (Siete Fuentes and Fasnia in 1704 and 1705). The 1706 eruption from the Montañas Negras vent on the Santiago vent destroyed the town and principal port of Garachico, plus several smaller villages.
Historical activity associated with the Montaña Teide - Pico Viejo stratovolcanoes occurred in 1798 from the Narices del Teide on the western flank of Pico Viejo. Eruptive material from Pico Viejo-Montaña Teide-Montaña Blanca which partially fills the Las Cañadas caldera.[13] The last explosive eruption involving the central volcanic centre was from Montaña Blanca ~2000 BP. The last eruption within the Las Cañadas caldera occurred in 1798 from the Narices del Teide or Chahorra (Teides Nostrils) on the western flank of Pico Viejo (Old Peak - which is actually younger than Teide). The eruption was predominantly strombolian in style and mostly a'a lava was erupted. These lavas are visible alongside the Vilaflor - Chio road.
The explorer Christopher Columbus reported seeing "... A great fire in the Orotava Valley...," as he sailed past the Tenerife on his voyage to discover the New World in 1492. This was interpreted as indicating that he had witnessed an eruption in the Orotava Valley.
Unfortunately radiometric dating of possible lavas disproved the eruption theory. However, radiometric dating indicates that an eruption did occur in 1492 from the Boca Cangrejo vent.[14]
About 150,000 years ago, a much larger explosive eruption occurred, probably of Volcanic Explosivity Index 5. This eruption created the Las Cañadas caldera, a large caldera, at about 2,000 m above sea level. The caldera is ~16 km across east-west and ~9 km north-south. At Guajara, on the south side of the structure, the internal walls rise as almost sheer cliffs from 2,100 m to 2,715 m. The 3,718 m summit of Teide itself, and its sister stratovolcano, Pico Viejo 3,134 m, are both situated in the northern half of the caldera, and are derived from eruptions subsequent to this prehistoric explosion.
Further eruptions are possible at some future unascertainable date, including a risk of pyroclastic flows and surges similar to those that occurred at Mount Pelée, Merapi, Mount Vesuvius, Soufrière Hills, Mount Unzen, etc. During 2003, there was an increase in seismic activity at the volcano. Many volcanoes e.g. Mount St Helens, Soufrière Hills had similar seismic activity prior to becoming active. Such activity is considered as being indicative of magma rising into the edifice.
Teide is considered to be unstable and has a distinctive bulge on its northern flank. This bulge is not believed to be associated with an influx of magma, but the result of a slow northwards collapse of the edifice. Seismic evidence suggests that Teide may be constructed over the headwall scarp of the infilled Icod Valley, a massive landslide valley formed by edifice failure in a similar manner to that of the Güímar and Orotava Valleys. The summit of the volcano has a number of small active fumaroles emitting sulfur dioxide and other gases including low levels of hydrogen sulfide.
The lava flows on the flanks of Teide weather to a very thin, but nutrient and mineral rich soil that supports a diverse amount of plant species. Vascular flora consists of 168 plant species, 33 of which are endemic to Tenerife.[24]
Forests of Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) occur from 1000–2100 m, covering the middle slopes of the volcano, and having an alpine timberline 1000 m lower than that of continental mountains of similar latitude.[25] At higher altitudes, the Las Canadas caldera provides sufficient shelter for more fragile species such as the Canary Island cedar (Juniperus cedrus), and the Canary Island pine (Pinus canariensis) to grow.[26]
The most dominant plant species in the Teide National Park are the Teide white broom (Spartocytisus supranubius), which has a white and pink flower; the Canary Island wallflower (Erysimum scoparium), which has white and violet flowers; and the Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii), whose red flowers form a pyramid up to 3m in height.[27] The Teide Daisy (Argyranthemum teneriffae) can be found at altitudes close to 3,600m above sea level. The Teide Violet (Viola cheiranthifolia) can be found right up to the summit of the volcano, making it the highest flowering plant in Spain.[28]
These plants are adapted to the tough environmental conditions on the volcano such as high altitude, intense sunlight, extreme temperature variations, and lack of moisture. Adaptations include acquiring semi-spherical forms, acquiring a downy or waxy cover, reducing the exposed leaf area, and having a high flower production.[26][29] Flowering takes place in the late spring or early summer, in the months of May and June.[24]
The Teide National Park contains a huge range of invertebrate fauna, over 40% of which are endemic species, with 70 species only being found in the National Park. The invertebrate fauna include spiders, beetles, dipterans, hemipterans, and hymenopterae.[30]
In contrast, Teide national park has only a limited variety of vertebrate fauna.[31] Ten species of bird nest in the park. These include the blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea teydea); Berthelot's pipit (Anthus berthelotii berthelotii); the wild canary (Serinus canaria); and a species of kestrel (Falco tinnunculus canariensis).[32][33]
Three endemic reptile species are also found in the park – the Canary Island Lizard (Gallotia galloti galloti), the Canary Island wall gecko (Tarentola delalandii), and the Canary Island skink (Chalcides viridanus viridanus).[31][34] The only mammals native to the park are bats, the most common species of which is Leisler's bat (Nycatalus leisleri). Other mammals such as the mouflon, the rabbit, the house mouse, the black rat, the feral cat, and the Algerian Hedgehog have all been introduced to the park.[35]
The volcano and its surroundings, including the whole of the Las Cañadas caldera, are protected in a national park, the Parque Nacional del Teide. Access is by a public road running across the caldera from northeast to southwest. The public bus service TITSA runs a once per day return service to Teide from both Puerto de la Cruz and Playa de las Americas. A parador (hotel) is also within the National Park along with a small chapel. The Teleférico cable car goes from the roadside at 2,356 m most of the way to the summit, reaching 3,555 m. Each car carries 38 passengers (34 in high wind) and takes 8 minutes to reach the summit. In peak season, queues can exceed two hours. Access to the summit itself is restricted; a free permit (obtainable from the Park office in Santa Cruz, Calle Emilio Calzadilla, 5 - 4th floor) is required to climb the last 200 m. Numbers are normally restricted to 150 per day.
Due to the altitude, oxygen levels are lower than at sea level. This can cause people with heart or pulmonary conditions to become light headed, dizzy, develop mountain sickness and in extreme cases unconsciousness. The only treatment is to return to lower altitudes and acclimatise.
This dramatic scenery has featured in films such as One Million Years B.C. (1966), Clash of the Titans (2010).[37]. The Raquel Welch poster of One Million Years B.C. that plays a significant role in the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption" was taken at the Teide. Tourist agencies in Tenerife occasionally claim that Mount Teide was used as a location for the first Planet of the Apes (1968) film, Star Wars (1977) and Cecil B DeMille's second version of The Ten Commandments (1956) but all these claims are incorrect.[38].
Cable Car on Teide
The snow-capped summit of Teide in December 2004
Snow-capped Teide from the north, March 2006
Teide from the air
The small church at the foot of the Mountain
The Cable Car on Teide
Pico de Teide from Cañada de los Guancheros at 2050 m at the northeast edge of the caldera.
Astronaut photograph of Teide.


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Lithgow State Mine, July 2012
Saturday, July 14 at Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park and.
Weather was mild for mid July with occasional cloud but generally fine. First to arrive before 10:00 were Nathen and brother Dean from the central coast! Well done, gentlemen. Following on were Greg, Michael, new members Dave and Graeme, Mikhail and Anastasia, Harry and the Kunz clan of Peter, Rosa, Cenda, Jane and Andrew. Having been held up at numerous check-points, Erich, Sarah and Natalia's arrival rounded off our numbers.
The local organisers were most courteous and accommodating as they showed us around the facilities on offer, explaining the options we have available for future use of the area. Its rolling stock and remnant machinery in particular offered a unique opportunity for us to recreate scenes from a wide variety of locations and times, though Ostfront or 1945 Berlin immediately came to mind.
The tour included inside areas as well, which could provide not only shelter from the weather if needed, but the possible recreation of barracks scenes for photographs.
It was then a matter of repairing to our vehicles for a change from mufti to uniform, where a wide assortment of German (Heer, SS, FJ, VS), US, Russian and civilian was on offer.
A lunch then of pizza and soft drinks went over extremely well, following which Greg, on behalf of all members, thanked the organisers for their hospitality.
Various photos were organised around the rolling stock and then in the small gully behind the main building. This area had three explosive storage blocks which provided some good backdrops.
It was at last the opportunity for members to make some noise and several scenarios were organised with defending US and attacking Germans, and vice versa. Prisoners were taken and summary justice was on occasion meted out. Thank you Erich for leading the Axis forces into the fray. Our superior leadership, numbers and fire-power meant that the outcome of any skirmish was never in doubt.
Several positives came from this day, such as the opportunity to1. Catch up with new members Graeme and Dave, and to meet Dean who has become our latest recruit.
2. Investigate the many new possibilities afforded by this unique site, and to meet the locals who maintain it.
3. Dress up, make some noise and have some fun.
2. Investigate the many new possibilities afforded by this unique site, and to meet the locals who maintain it.
3. Dress up, make some noise and have some fun.
I'd like to thank all members who took part in this exercise, particularly those who came quite considerable distances. Furthermore, thank you for showing pride in the high standard of your impression. We are a World War II re-enactment organisation whose hallmarks are professionalism and authenticity, and these two aspects in particular will help ensure that we not only continue to attract new members, but that we maintain credibility among the general public and enhance the reputation of re-enactors generally.


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|{"Daddy on a Summer Day" by Mia, Age 5}
- paper
- crayon
- corn syrup
- bowls
- spoons
- food coloring
- paint brushes
- You will need one bowl for each color you are making. Pour in a small amount of corn syrup. We used about 1 tablespoon per bowl.
- Add a few drops of food coloring to each bowl and mix with a spoon. We used 3 drops each of red, yellow, blue, neon green, and neon purple.
- Draw your design onto paper using a crayon. Glossy art paper was recommended by the original poster, but I had poster board and paper plates on hand, and both worked fine.
- Fill in design by painting with corn syrup.
- Allow to dry. (This takes a long time... Some of ours were still smudged easily after 24 hours.)
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|{I painted the design on a paper plate, allowed to dry, and then cut into an egg shape. Note: The colors do run together so less intricate designs may work better.}


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Howto: Pause a Shell Script
File this one under "Another Nifty script-let". The problem this time is getting a shell script to pause for user input. What I needed was a way to make a script stop, saying "Hit a key to continue..", wait for the user to hit a key, then continue the script execution. Here's how:
Ok, I'm blaming this one on the shell. Typically on the majority of Linux systems I use, the default shell is bash. Now this is rather handy, when it comes to pausing shell scripts, as one can rely on the trusty "read -n 1" command. This will wait for a keypress before continuing.
While this is fine for any platform supporting bash, some platforms I need to support don't have bash available, and instead use csh, ksh, and others. What I needed was a way to pause a script which would work on any platform. The result I arrived at is here:
#!/bin/sh # Example script which asks the user to hit a key, then continues. #################### # Functions #################### # Waits for user key press. Pause() { OLDCONFIG=`stty -g` stty -icanon -echo min 1 time 0 dd count=1 2>/dev/null stty $OLDCONFIG } #################### # Main Script #################### echo "Hit a key to continue ..." Pause echo "OK, we'll carry on ..."
So line 1 defines our dependency on the default shell (/bin/sh). Depending on the system this is usually symlinked to bash, csh, ksh, or whatever your sysadmin has decided your default shell to be.
The interesting part of the script is the function Pause on lines 9-15. Here we backup the configuration of stty (line 11). Stty is used to change the terminal settings, so on line 12 we request non-canonical input, no echo, etc. See the man page for stty for more information. Then we read one byte from stdin using dd (line 13). Finally we restore the terminal settings on line 14.
Lines 21-23 show a simple script which uses this function. Here we ask the user to press a key, and the Pause function takes care of waiting until a key is read, before we continue on our way.
The beauty of this script, is that it will run on bash, csh, ksh, etc., so my cross-platform concerns are mitigated.
5 responses to "Howto: Pause a Shell Script"
Parvinder Singh says :
But, using this way, the script will pause only where one has specified "pause" in script.
If you want to pause a script anytime during its execution, just follow:
Karolyn says :
Greetings! Very helpful advice in this particular
article! It's the little changes that produce the largest changes. Thanks a lot for sharing!


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This past season of the Ultimate Fighter was historic for a few reasons including it being the last on Spike TV before the series switches over to FX in 2012, the competitors vying for bantamweight/featherweight glory, and fans having the opportunity to vote for their favorite finishes and fight with the winners receiving a chunk of cash for the distinction.
Also unique to TUF 14, Jason Miller earned his spot as one of the head coaches based on his accomplishments outside of the UFC and, for the most part, outside of the cage as well. By giving Miller an opportunity most fighters would kill for based on the exposure involved let alone the money, the UFC reinforced the notion entertainment value is more important than in-ring performance.
You see, while "Mayhem" has a world-class personality, his accomplishments in MMA don't measure up on the same level. His record over the last three years is 4-2 with the four wins coming against relative nobodies plus Kazushi Sakuraba whose best days as a fighter are but a speck in the sport's proverbial rear-view mirror. Even when considering Miller's mismanagement at the hands of Strikeforce, looking back at his career as a whole, the 30-year old has a handful of victories over respectable opponents (Tim Kennedy, Robbie Lawler) but far more coming against journeymen bordering on tomato cans. Miller is solid without question but he's never proven himself to be close to elite.
However, rather than consider his record over the past few years the UFC put a premium on his Bully Beatdown fame and over-the-top antics in general. They knew Miller would make for "good TV", an understandable motive to an extent until considering the overall message being sent. If Miller beats Michael Bisping this weekend he will be on a fast-track to a UFC title-fight, and not because he's done anything significant in the ring but because he knows how to cut a promo. It worked for Chael Sonnen and so it shall for Miller too.
The next time you wonder why your favorite fighter gets passed over despite having a great record and some major wins in the UFC, think about Miller, and then find yourself a Mixed Martial Artist who is zany and outspoken. Chances are he'll be going for that gold sooner than you might think.
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Dear Maker of "Invincible" Dog Toys:
Just because you put the word "invincible" on your toy does not make it a) indestructible; b) inviolable; or c) unbreakable. If such a notion stood up to theory, I would just stamp the word "invincible" on pretty much everything I touch, especially knowing that I may touch it after consuming more than 200 mg of caffeine at any one sitting, and my life would be full of the things I wish I hadn't broken.
I wonder, who are you talking to here? Dogs? Because my own particular dogs can chew through an airplane wing in about 22 seconds (no worries - my dogs are not allowed on airplanes, you are safe). Certainly you are not marketing to cats - these toys are pretty much twice their size, and if we are talking about my cats, then they are just going to give any dog toy the hairy eyeball. Ah. Babies. You must be talking to babies. Who have no teeth.
Thank you for letting me figure this out on my own. Sometimes it helps to put things into words.
Most Sincerely Yours.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Gosh holographic is back!
As far as I can tell, it was dutch beautyblog Delta Cephei that first came out with this story back in may. You can read her post here. I might be behind on things again, but I thought I'd share this anyway, so no one misses has to miss out this time :)
The release in Belgium and the Netherlands is planned for the last few weeks of 2012 at Kruitvat, and aparently it's already been released in the UK at Superdrug earlier this month. It will be a limited edition polish under the name 'Holographic Hero'. I'm not sure in what other countries it will be sold.
Have you spotted it in stores yet?
EDIT: I've seen it sold in several Kruitvat stores in Belgium already!
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Private sector involvement in delivering public services requires the development of a new ethos. This argument is put forward by the New Local Government Network in a report by Rod Aldridge, Executive Chairman of Capita Group Plc and Gerry Stoker, Professor of Politics at Manchester University. The report carries a foreword by Charles Clarke MP, Chairman of the Labour Party.
The new ethos, which would be adopted by service providers in the public and private sectors, would be made up from the following elements. There would be a performance culture with a strong commitment to service for individuals and the community reflected in world class service delivery. There would be a commitment to accountability with an emphasis on open access to information both to individuals and to groups of interested citizens. A capacity would be needed to support universal access and recognize the responsibility to support the rights of all service users. Responsible employment practice would be essential with well trained, well-managed and well-motivated staff who act professionally and are fairly rewarded. Finally there would need to be a contribution to community well-being.
The development of this new culture would be taken forward by a charter endorsed by all key stakeholders and social partners that expresses an agreed vision of a new public service ethos. A cadre of public service leaders and managers would have to be created to sustain the ethos across all providers, valuing both operational effectiveness and policy formation. It would also be important for the ethos to be incorporated into the procurement process so public authorities would be able to test potential providers and in-house provision against the ethos criteria.
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Wednesday, May 28- Friday, May 30th – Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit, Toronto
About the summit:
From May 28 to 30, 2014, Prime Minister Harper will host a Global Summit on maternal, newborn and child health in Toronto. With a focus on reducing the preventable deaths of newborns, women and children younger than the age of five in developing countries, the Summit will bring together global leaders and Canadian experts to galvanize support for the next phase of efforts and ensure that maternal, newborn and child health remains a global priority. For more information click here.
Why we believe that WASH should be represented at the discussion:
We applaud the Government of Canada for its ongoing global leadership in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. We were pleased with the Commission on Information and Accountability in Women and Children's Health 2011 report, Keeping Promises, Measuring Results, which outlined recommendations focused on initiatives in the health sector, and stressed the significance of water, sanitation and education on improving the health of women and children.
As a global leader on Maternal and Newborn Child Health, we know that Canada appreciates the close connection between WASH and MNCH. The upcoming May 2014 summit presents a unique opportunity for us to highlight this relationship and ensure that we combine our resources to meet our common goals. However, at this time, there is no explicit WASH representation at the table.
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The Habitual Poet is an ongoing series of contributor interviews. If you are a Poemeleon contributor and would like to participate copy & paste the Q's from below and e-mail your answers to: email@example.com.
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Q: Where do you prefer to get your books?
At local bookstores, preferably an independent bookstore or good used
Q: How many poetry books do you think you own, and what percentage of these have you actually read?
I must have anywhere from 350-500, and I have read SOME of all of them.
Q: When, where and how do you usually read? (i.e. at bedtime under the covers, cover to cover, etc.)
Anytime I can! By the lake, on my "fainting couch" in my room. . .
Q: What books of poetry have you read this month?
The Mind-Body Problem by Katha Pollitt, Open Heart by Stanley Plumly,Quiver by Sarah Busse, School of the Arts by Mark Doty.
Q: What other books/magazines/backs of cereal boxes have you read recently?
Novels and memoirs: The Help, Persepolis 1 and 2, Heaven's Coast, Unconditional Life (Chopra); and am now reading Angela's Ashes.
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Q: When, where, how do you write, and why?(i.e. at dusk on a dock, longhand in a notebook, because...)
Mornings, in cafes or outside by the lake, or in my 3rd floor garrett. Always in longhand first!
Q: How many first drafts do you think you complete in a week? A month?
1-3 per week.
Q: How long do you wait before revising a poem?
I hardly wait at all! I'm too eager to finish and get on to the next poem!
Q: When do you know a poem is "done"?
When it feels the "rightest."
Q: Have you ever given up an invitation so you could stay home and write?
Q: What is your system for sending out work?
I try to send out work 4-5 times per month.
Q: What have you more recently received: a rejection notice or an acceptance? Was it what you expected?
Recently, I've received nothing at all! Where are all these responses???
Q: Where do you generally publish: online, in print, or a mix, and do you have a preference?
A mix; I am starting to really like online publishing, because the poems are seeming to reach a wider audience than they would otherwise.
Q: What is the worst (or weirdest, or best) experience you've had with a journal/magazine/press & its editor(s)? (No names, please!)
Long ago, in my early writing days, one contest judge wrote this on my poem: "This poem starts out promising and goes nowhere fast. . . " What a meanie!
Q: Have you ever received any fan (or hate) mail? If so, what was that like?
Yes, fan mail, particularly for my book "Yaya's Cloth." No hate mail yet!!
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Practical considerations:
Q: What is your day job, and how does it affect your writing?
I am fortunate to work part-time at local bookstore, and also as an editorial member for a small press. For that, I read manuscripts on my own
time, at home or wherever. So, I am usuallly able to carve out that morning writing time, particularly when my daughter (now 12) is at school.
Q: How does your significant other's occupation affect your writing life?
In that it makes it possible for me to work part-time, I guess it helps a lot. Also, my husband is a scientist and a very interesting
person to exchange ideas with.
Q: Have there been periods in your life when you couldn't write?
No. William Stafford would say (I like to remember this), if you can't write, it must mean your standards are too high!
Q: Do you have a "poetry budget"?
Q: Have you ever suffered (or made someone else suffer) in the name of your art? (i.e. picked up your kids late from school so you could finish a poem, forgone lunch to buy a book, left a relationship because the other person just didn't understand, etc.)
Not that I'm aware of!
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Random nonsense:
Q: Do you have any superhuman abilities? (i.e. can you tie a cherry stem in a knot with your tongue, or write a double sestina with both hands tied behind your back?)
I can remember what underwear I wore on June 13,
Q: You write a scathing poem about your mother and she learns about it. You:
a.) Move to South America and leave no forwarding address
b.) Delete the poem and insist it never existed
c.) Show it to her (she's already written you out of the will anyway)
d.) Do none of the above; instead you: _____
say a mantra and use it as a chance to talk to her.
Q: If the best medical specialists in the world told you that if you didn't give up your poetry habit today you would die in six months, would you get your affairs in order or would you leave that up to your family?
Probably both.
Q: If you could be a vowel, which one would you be and why?
A-- I like the crisp, versatile, friendliness of this vowel. . . .
Q: Finally write a couplet for a collaborative ghazal using the following kaafiyaa and radif: "said the poet".
(To be filled in at a later date -- check back soon!)
I am the author of the poetry collections Yaya's Cloth (Iris Press) which won at Outstanding Achievement Award in Poetry from the Wisconsin Library Association, and also The Perfect Day (Parallel Press). My poems have appeared widely in journals and anthologies, including Poetry East, Calyx Journal, Southern Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Women's Review of Books, Claiming the Spirit Within (Beacon Press), Beloved on the Earth (Holy Cow! Press) and many others. I have a great love for English authors and have a book-length manuscript of poems exploring the lives of the Bronte sisters. I am also working on a chapbook about John Keats. I live in Madison with my husband and daughter.


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A paper on the SIOC framework from the Digital Enterprise Research Institute at NUI Galway, funded by Science Foundation Ireland, has just been announced as the winner of the seven-year influential paper award from the Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), an annual conference held in Europe that focuses on next-generation web technologies.
As per recent discussions on the SIOC developers mailing list and requests from many parties requesting clarification of the term sioc:User (which has oft been confused with foaf:Person), we are happy to announce that the new term sioc:UserAccount has been added to the ontology in replacement of the now-deprecated sioc:User term (in revision 1.35 of the SIOC ontology).
An internet technology developed at NUI Galway is to be used by President Obama's administration in its new website devoted to the $800 billion economic stimulus package. The administration's 'Recovery.gov' site will employ a web standard, created at NUI Galway's Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), to bring an unprecedented level of transparency to the US Government.
It's been another exciting six months in terms of SIOC-related developments. Here's a summary:
The winners of the SIOC (pronounced "shock") data competition being run by DERI at the National University of Ireland, Galway have been announced. The competition ran from September to October 2008, and the brief was to produce an interesting creation based on a data set of discussion posts reflecting ten years of Irish online life from boards.ie, Ireland's largest community website.
It's time for another installment from the world of SIOC!
Previous SIOC-o-sphere articles:
#7 http://sioc-project.org/node/328
#6 http://sioc-project.org/node/310
#5 http://sioc-project.org/node/294
#4 http://sioc-project.org/node/272
#3 http://sioc-project.org/node/271
#2 http://sioc-project.org/node/138
#1 http://sioc-project.org/node/79
If you wish to contribute to the next article, join the SIOC Twine and use the tag "siocosphere9" when you add items.
It's been three months since my last round-up of all things SIOC-ed, so here is entry number seven in the series:
Previous SIOC-o-sphere articles:
#6 http://sioc-project.org/node/310
#5 http://sioc-project.org/node/294
#4 http://sioc-project.org/node/272
#3 http://sioc-project.org/node/271
#2 http://sioc-project.org/node/138
#1 http://sioc-project.org/node/79
I'm happy to announce that our tutorial proposal on SIOC entitled "Interlinking Online Communities and Enriching Social Software with the Semantic Web" (Uldis Bojars and John Breslin of DERI, NUI Galway, Alexandre Passant of EDF R&D / LaLICC, Université Paris 4) has been accepted for WWW2008, the 14th International World Wide Web Conference to be held in Beijing, China in April. The abstract is as follows:
Here are the latest happenings from the world of SIOC during the past few months, with thanks to all involved in supporting the initiative! (Note to new readers that SIOC is an open data format for community description.)


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Pleasures of Open Source
I have been working on deploying a simple web app over the last 2-weeks. The experience has been one that has highlighted how Open Source is changing programming for all of us. First up: the pleasures of open source 🙂
The goal of the app was to get something very basic and quick out there. I was taking a very simple utility – one that had been built over a day and making it available to everyone. Doing this meant adding what is commonly expected of most apps these days: storing results in a database, adding support for accounts and authentication, and integrating with a couple of external systems to make the utility easier to use.
When building such apps – it is really helpful to use libraries/frameworks and external tools. Doing this can help speed development significantly. The interesting part was just the how many such external projects were actually used. I added 65+ libraries (jars) and used 10+ tools. I feel like there were many points that just jumped up at me:
Open Source is great for basic capabilities: Most of the basic nuts and bolts of the app required capabilities that have been built for decades – tools like Postgres, and frameworks like Hibernate helped immediately. But, yes – there were a number of things that the app did differently – and most of this 'innovative' stuff was left to me to do.
Open Source helped me not get locked in: Deploying to the cloud with Google App Engine or Heroku was not hard. Yes, these are commercial services/tools, but using open source helped me not take on these dependencies one at a time. Open source really has become an approach to standardization without committees.
Open Source helped me take advantage of the latest technologies: Software development is rapidly evolving – with new client side technologies for CSS, browser-based MVC frameworks, client-server communication technologies like WebSockets, server-side frameworks like Play Framework, and just tools for distributed version control. Between playing with these frameworks when I get the chance, to a serious evaluation for a new app – api's to open source projects help in experimenting with new technologies easily.
I am curious – what's your favorite part of Open Source?
Coming next week (as soon as I get a chance to write it down): the pains of working using Open Source.


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Thank you as always for your insightful and thoughtful comments. I always love throwing out topics and seeing the wonderful places you take them.
Today, I'd like to ask another question that relates to faith. One thing that cannot be denied about the Islamists is that they have a deep faith. It is hardly surprising that young men who truly believe they have 70 virgins waiting for them in heaven can't wait to blow themselves up and take as many innocents with them as possible. I suspect, though, that a person who does not believe in the afterlife, who believe that life is a one-shot deal, will be a lot less ready to sacrifice that life for any cause.
This difference might also account for some of the strangeness of the liberal viewpoint. By and large, liberals do not have an abiding faith in God and an afterlife and they simply do not understand (and are a bit suspicious of) those who have a deep faith, be they Chriatian, Jewish or Islamic. They can't imagine sacrificing their lives for anything, and they act as if they can't imagine anyone else doing so either. How can they possibly have anything intelligent to say about the war against Islamists if they have no understanding of their foes?
So what effects do Bookwormroom readers think the loss of faith of so many in the West will have on the battle against the Islamists? Also, those of you who don't believe in an afterlife, who believe this life is a one-shot deal — what do you believe is worth dying for? What would you give your life for, if you thought you were giving up everything for all eternity?


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Children's National Health System was among the first in the country to offer a spinal growing rod for children with scoliosis. The MAGEC™ (MAGnetic Expansion Control) Spinal Growing Rod is a non-invasive treatment for children with early onset scoliosis.
After the initial procedure to implant the rod, doctors use an external remote control outside of the body to lengthen the magnetically controlled rod as a child grows. At Children's National, we perform follow-up care in the office. It's non-invasive, making the adjustments easier for patients during their course of treatment, because they need fewer surgeries.
Growing rods have become effective tools for children whose spinal curvature is too significant to control with bracing or casting. The rods—which are surgically attached to the spine above and below the curve and then lengthened during follow-up surgical procedures—allow the spine to continue growing while managing the curve until the child is old enough for spinal fusion.
The problem: Children must bear the physical and psychological burden of undergoing lengthening procedures every six to 12 months until they are skeletally mature enough to have spinal fusion—typically around age 10 for girls and age 12 or 13 for boys.
"Traditional growing rods work, but they require multiple surgeries that increase complication rates and time spent in the hospital," said Matthew Oetgen, MD, Interim Division Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine and Director of Orthopaedic Research at Children's National. "We treat many children each year who have or are candidates for growing rods, so it's important for us to embrace new technology to make the lengthening process easier and less painful for children while decreasing morbidity." Dr. Oetgen and his colleagues believe they've found just such a technology in the MAGEC Spinal Bracing and Distraction System by Ellipse Technologies, Inc.
"Bracing won't assist a 2- to 7-year-old child with curvature in excess of 50 or 60 degrees," said Jeffrey Hanway, MD, orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine physician, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, at Children's National, and Chief Surgical Officer at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia. "If a child is a candidate for growing rods, I'm not aware of any contraindications for MAGEC. I envision this system becoming the benchmark for growing rods."
Like traditional growing rods, MAGEC is a means, not an end—the system provides a bridge treatment spanning the years between the initial lengthening surgery and spinal fusion.
MAGEC Growing rods can correct or control severe curvatures of the spine. Traditional treatment uses rods that require surgeries about twice a year to manually lengthen the rod while a child is still growing. With the growing rod, the rod is magnetically controlled with the external remote control, so our orthopaedic surgeons can lengthen the rod in a non-invasive way during a child's course of treatment.
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I needed to replace or have doubles of a lot of basic brushes (when I had rats they chewed on the wood parts of some brushes and I wanted to throw those out, for example). I also wanted to have more than one of the same brush because I can use the same for more than one thing in one go and I like to have that possibility. Such as angle brushes and eye-brow brushes.
So I decided to invest in the Mr Bunny Black Essential Kit from Sigma. As I was going to order a bunch of new brushes and I was looking for a good method of drying them, I also bough the Dry N' Shape for this, and because it's probably going to be good for travelling too.
In general I love the kit, it's very good value since you're not only paying for good quality brushes, but you're also getting a great box for storage/travel that is super simple and super practical. Of course they are not the absolute best brushes, but they didn't shed a single hair, there was no dye coming out of them when washing them and the fibres are very soft.
My favourites are the E55 Eye Shading Brush and the E30 Pencil Brush. The eye brushes in general seem better, the large powder brush is also perfect. I would buy this again, I'm very happy with this kit.
As for the Dry n' Shape, it does work and it made my brushes dry MUCH faster than they would without it (I kept one brush out of it to compare it). After 6 hours they were dry enough to be used but the fibres of bigger brushes (like the powder brush) were still wet in the centre. Which still doesn't compare to the other brush still being most all over 10 hours after washing. This was totally worth it, you can clip it together with the inside facing out and keep your brushes drying upside down, it keeps the bristles in place and you know they'll be safe even if the cats happen to go crazy and throw it on the ground (unlike my previous set up).
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In this powerful exhibit featuring the photography of Howard G. Buffett, 40 photographs document the world hunger crisis as part of a global awareness campaign.
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This winter has come in in full force and the snow has appeared in the most unusual places.
Here are a couple of pictures from today's Corriere della Sera:
Can you believe snow in Rome?
And even in the heel of Italy?
When I heard the Italian meteo forecast yesterday for southern Italy, I knew that Albania would be hit next.
Sure enough this morning it was no surprise to see snow that is sticking to the ground in Tirana, although this is quite unusual for this city.
Nothing stops the street vendor who puts his ware on display on the little bridge, but the begging woman that shows up every morning in the same spot is nowhere to be seen today.
Current weather condition in Tirana will not last long, but, for a while even this city takes on a winter wonderland look.....
Friday, December 17, 2010
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Cold War II Goes Hot in Syria
Mideast Cold War Getting Hot
…by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor …with Press TV
– First published on Press TV, August 2nd, 2013 –
When asked why, the Israeli military said it was to defend them from the Russian Yakhont anti-ship missiles. Why would Israel be concerned with having their small navy wiped out by a major power like Russia? They would never do this pre-emptively.
Can anyone remember when the last time Russia attacked anyone? How about Israel or the US? Such attacks seem to only be the foreign policy tool of the West and their Jewish Lobby puppeteers.
But there is another reason. What if Israel is planning pre-emptive strikes itself against Syria and the Russian air defense systems there? The Syrians, in this case meaning the Russians, have already said they would respond "in kind" to any Israeli attacks.
The Russians have already delivered 250 S300′s and another 250 are in the pipeline. That is a lot folks, and a huge amount of money spent by somebody. For some framing, South Korea only has 100 Patriot missiles, and they live next door to the North Korean crazies.
Veterans Today originally exposed the media hoax story about the Russian missiles all being blown up in the Latakia attack on July 5th. This included one of the F-16 planes shot down was later reported to have been a training accident off the Gazan coast.
The New York Times just confirmed the story July 31rst, citing US intelligence sources. Long time American blogger Richard Silverstein has also confirmed via his excellent Israeli sources. Neither cited Veterans Today's July 10th story as the first disclosure. That might have something to do with our having a complete corporate media blackout on us here.
Besides claiming that an FSA spy tipped the Syrians off about the planned attack, which allowed time for the missiles to be moved, the Syrians engaged in some gamesmanship themselves. Said the New York Times:
"After the Israeli attack, the Assad government sought to hide the fact that the missiles had been missed by setting fire to launchers and vehicles at the site to create the impression of a devastating blow, according to American intelligence reports."
The Syrian/Russian retaliation "in kind" statement obviously would include strikes against Israel's ability to defend itself, so that further aggression on its part would be much more risky. It is called having a credible deterrent, which kept us all alive during the Cold War.
The Soviet task force in the Mediterranean would feel more comfortable if it could respond to an Israeli attack on its defensive forces by eliminating the Israeli Navy threat completely.
This, of course, would have to include ALL of Israeli's Dolphin subs with their nuclear surface-to-surface and anti-ship missile capability, and all of Israeli navy capable of attacking the Russian ships in the Med.
That would leave the Russian forces free to concentrate completely on defending against the Israeli Air Force on the next attack without having to consider both submarine and ship fired anti-ship missile fire.
That would set the stage for the next showdown … how good really are the Israeli air defenses against a major world power. Israel's nukes are worthless in this situation. Why? Because of a little thing called "mutually assured destruction." Israel is a small country and all of its military bases can be completely destroyed in two hours.
Its economy would be totally destroyed. And America would do nothing if this occurred due to a crazy offensive Israeli strike. Replacement planes and munitions could only come from US stocks which would leave us more vulnerable. Would the American people be happy with that increased risk, AND having to pay for it?
I mention that because suspicious me, I have a funny feeling that similar to the situation in WWI the US has made secret agreements with Israel to replace any and all military hardware and ammunition in an "emergency."
Would this replenishment be triggered by an Israeli aggressive strike … when such an agreement would have, I suspect, been formulated where Israel had itself been pre-emptively attacked?
Does the US think that if the Israelis attacked the Russians, they would not respond? Of course not. The Russians would have the right under international law to launch retaliatory attacks against the bases where the strikes had originated to defend itself against further aggressive strikes.
Veterans Today has also reported that Israel lost one of it Dolphin subs after Damascus had been attacked by an Israeli nuclear bunker buster, what we call a tactical nuclear weapon.
The tactical nuke use was confirmed on the ground by scientific analysis and additionally by US satellites which can easily detect any nuclear weapon use by analyzing what is in the explosion plume. And yes, Russia has satellites that can do this, also.
Israel also lost an F16 in the Latakia attack. They used the later reported "training accident" off the coast of Gaza as the usual cover-up. But still the Russians did not launch a major counter strike. There was no need to.
The Russians will hold their fire until Israel launches a major strike on Syria where it would be clear to the world that is was a major aggression.
That would create a situation where the US commitment to defend Israel against attack would be in a weak position if it tried to cast a clearly retaliatory attack as an aggressive one by the Russians.
Elsewhere the US is going ahead with the joint Bright Star military exercises with Egypt. This is nothing more that another wasteful expense of taxpayer money.
The Egyptian military power is primarily used to defend its running 25% of the economy. In the post-Mubarak Palace Guard days the army is evolving into a defense force for its own financial holdings.
Since the Muslim Brotherhood overthrow where the army patiently gave the MB lots of rope to hang itself, the army has greatly increased its political and financial fortunes. They have almost everybody, but the MB supporters behind them now, including some of the Salafists.
While the Saudis have been supporting the radical Salafists in Syria against Assad and now most of the Syrian people, they have rolled out the red carpet of cash, gold and free oil to the interim Egyptian government.
The UAE has also jumped in with their support. This has cut the Muslim Brotherhood off at the knees as the economy is now rescued, at least temporarily.
The Saudis report they are experiencing declining oil sales. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal made a big splash about diversification as 92% of the Saudi budget comes from oil revenues.
I sense a strategic capital investment move to Egypt to capture an economic partner addicted already to subsidized fuel prices which the Saudis can assure a gradual easing of without collapsing the economy.
The Royal Family needs to plan a second country to live in just in case the people at home get tired of being feudal subjects in the 21st Century.
Will the Egyptian people throw this new lifeboat out the window to get Morsi and the Brotherhood back and hard economic times with them? I don't think so.
The US is off the hook for any major new financial aid as is Europe. All it has to do is keep the Camp David Agreement aid going and a few F-16s delivered, to be used against who I cannot imagine … Libya, the Israelis? Egypt has no air defense, so these few planes would just be target practice for the Israeli Air Force.
The plan seems to be to settle Egypt down and keep Israel's west flank dependably quiet. Some of the Interim government parties are rattling sabers at Israel, but those sabers do not belong to them or the government, but to the military.
General Sissi did not take his prominent role in the interim government just to get his picture taken. He will make sure that no one wants to threaten the army's interests.
Meanwhile, the Syrian news is off the front pages of mainstream news. The Geneva 2 conference is being stalled while the West tries to figure some way to stabilize the FSA so the Syrian National Council has some theoretical negotiating position.
The Kurds are now being used to kill the al-Nusra gangsters, or is it the other way around. One can get dizzy trying to follow all of this.
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The Barr Brothers gave everyone at Hillside 2017 a truly unique rock experience and not just because the show contained the first harp solo I have ever experienced in modern music. By the way, I mean an actual harp, not slang for harmonica. When you are watching The Barr brothers perform live it feels like you are like taking a swim in raging rapids. At first you might fight against the chaos, but very soon you start to swim towards the current and you just let the river take you wherever it wants you to go.
Hailing from Montreal, The Barr Brothers play unconventional progressive rock and roll, which is an accomplishment unto itself. Their music has aspects of everything from jazz and punk rock to classical music and the blues, but what they really draw from is the well of folk rock, which is unusual for such a dizzying style of music. Their live performance is breathtaking, tumultuous and poetic. Sometimes they seem to take what would otherwise be a conventional catchy composition and play dissonant notes over top of it. At other moments they would sync up like a metronomic hive mind and exchange riffs.
One of the other notable aspects of this group is that the drummer has a bike wheel on his kit to play in place of a ride symbol. It creates a tin like timbre similar to the rhythm section of The Violent Femmes. My favorite part of the show was actually when they paired things down and did a gorgeous four part harmony onto one microphone. The Barr Brothers take simple things and make them complex. If you need a little more entropy in your life then consider going on a ride with The Barr Brothers.
There is something about a beautiful woman and a banjo that warms the soul. Kaia Kater was one of my favorite discoveries of Hillside 2017. Drawing heavily from roots, folk and Appalachian style music, her compositions are the stuff of the solemn southern United States, although she herself is Canadian. Unfortunately I missed her main set on a larger Hillside stage, but I did manage to catch her playing a few songs at a Hillside workshop. This is actually one of the more amazing aspects of Hillside, the festival asks performers from throughout the weekend to do smaller shows on the side stages. Often the artists will collaborate on each other's tunes, resulting in the occasional powerhouse partnership.
One of the more down to earth performers I have met, I approached Kaia before her set at said Hillside workshop. I asked her to take a few portrait shots and she agreed before even knowing my name or if I worked for anyone. When it is a random ask many people will take the time to do this only when they know they will be featured in a big newspaper. The second she started playing I knew I was a fan. Kaia was very upbeat to talk to, but her music has a melancholy emotional flair to it, she seemed drenched in stoic confidence. Kaia's style is spellbinding yet minimalistic. She is a true up and coming gem in the roots scene. Kaia Kater is your girl if you need some more passionate folk driven banjo playing in your life.
The Blurry Pickers had already started their set and in keeping with Hillside tradition as I approached the stage I noticed there were toddlers dancing naked, and a giant bearded man with a single dreadlock grooving to the music. The Blurry Pickers requires a slight history lesson for the sake of musical context. Not everyone is necessarily aware, but Jerry Garcia had a bluegrass band with David Grisman called Old and In The Way. Not only that, but both Jerry and David were students of the great Bill Monroe, the progenitor of the bluegrass genre.
It seems that the Blurry Pickers are a living tribute to that era of Jerry's life. They are by no means straight up bluegrass, but more a representation of The Grateful Dead and Jerry's bluegrass days rolled into one experience. Amidst groovy originals, the crowd really got down when they covered Grateful Dead songs in bluegrass style and Old and In The Way Songs in a Dead style. Perhaps they are of the Dead Grass style invented by Vassar Clements in tribute to Jerry. Regardless The Blurry Pickers are an amazing live experience. They all seem to take turns singing and I could not help but smile for the entire time they were playing. Although everyone around me dancing like goofballs definitely lent a helping hand to my lack of inhibitions. So please do go see the Blurry pickers if you think that psychedelic bluegrass is worth your while.
Certain bands are simply part of Canadiana. The Jerry Cans or Pai Gaalaquatikkut (in Inuktitut) have carved out their role as Canadian legends in solid whalebone. The Jerry Cans are a rollicking Nunavut based band that incorporates Inuit throat singing into their captivating alt folk style. The band actually gets its name from the drummer once trying to build a drum kit out of Jerry cans. Throat singing may seem like an odd addition to a folk group, but folk singing is about the truth of your own experience and your own culture, so in a way The Jerry Cans make some of the most authentic folk music available.
This was my first time seeing The Jerry Cans live and it became obvious throughout their set that they have an extremely versatile sound all the while catering to the people within their specific cultural niche. Throat singing also adds an amazing percussive depth to their music, especially with two throat singers layered on top of the band. Occasionally they will sound like a Celtic band, at other times they sound like Nunavut's answer to the Bare Naked Ladies, then they will blow you out the water with a sing a long song or a ripping 50's style rockabilly tune.
The crowd was jumping along with the band for basically the entire set. Hillside really was the perfect venue for them. The people were so receptive to the rays of positivity bursting down from the stage onto them. I think my favorite moment was as I made the rounds with my camera. That is, I noticed that each member took the time to actually make eye contact with me, to make me feel special for a second in a crowd of thousands. At first I thought it was because my camera was attracting attention, but then I realized that they were doing that with anyone within range of their eye contact. The Jerry Cans really are a special group of musicians, if you love music, Canadian culture or anything in between, you should really check them out.
Photographs and article by: Gideon Greenbaum-Shinder
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