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Car Barn Sport | Honda Civic Ti (2012) | Honda (UK) has launched a limited edition Civic Ti with more upscale kit for customers who want a sportier look to your Civic. To improve the appearance of the Civic comes with colored wheel arches and 17-inch wheels alloy only dynamic team of Le Mans. Sit on the Ti additions include a leather steering wheel and shift knob on the top of a high specification and includes air conditioning, AUX and USB for iPod, audio controls on the steering wheel and power windows rear. Honda offers only 1,000 of these limited edition vehicles for customers in the United Kingdom in one of three colors, red, Milan, White Orchid Pearl and Alabaster Silver Metallic.
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UIU ALERT: Wednesday, Feb. 20- UPDATE Fayette Campus closed today.
Prairie du Chien Center opens at 12:30 p.m. Waterloo Center opens at 11 a.m.
Whether it's the first time in your life or whether you're coming back after 20 years, Upper Iowa University will work with you to fit college into your busy life and coordinate with your military obligations.
Stop by or call the UIU-Fort Sill to find out about our evening courses. Upper Iowa also offers online and self-paced programs that can travel with you as you serve your country here and overseas. However you decide to blend the coursework to earn your college degree, UIU accepts the credits from all Upper Iowa courses.
Upper Iowa University - Fort Sill
Administrative office:
Army Continuing Education System
4700 Mow-Way Road, Suite 502
Fort Sill, OK 73503
Phone: 580-595-9338
Fax: 580-595-9480
Courses offered at:
Harry S Truman Ed Center
3841 Sheridan Rd
Fort Sill, OK
Office Hours
0730-1600 Monday - Friday
Here is the list of degree programs currently on post.
You can get information on any of the following majors from the UIU-Fort Sill Center. Please note that not all UIU programs are offered face-to-face on post. Additional majors and degree programs can be accessed online or though the Upper Iowa self-paced program. Many students blend their degree plan, by taking some face-to-face courses and some online courses. Check with your Academic Advisor for more details about any of these programs.
UIU also offers degrees on the Fayette campus, and through the online and self-paced programs. Not all degrees offered at all locations or through all programs.

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2014 sure has come around very quickly and it is time for the scrapbook boutique January Challenge. I love the colours of this challenge and for sure I am going to have to buy some gorgeous cupcake stamps :0) Here is the inspiration pic for this month
Here is my card inspired by this pic
Scrapbook Boutique January Challenge
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 1:34 AM
Lyn your image is so soft and pretty. With the sweet tag and pale pink embossed background it makes for an adorable card. Great to see you joining in at Scrapbook Boutique this month:)ReplyDelete
This is such a cute image Lyn! Gorgeous soft colours. I love the background embossing too, Cathy xReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2014 at 12:13 AM
Absolutely the cutest!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing with us at Scrapbook Boutique!
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I have it on very good authority that one of our lovely Globe Rings made it to Etsy's front page yesterday! I woke up to a flurry of orders (okay, just two for the two that were listed) and quite a number of inquiries about the future of the series.
I can't get over it at all. It can be so hard to start up a tiny little company. Some never even get that first sale. So to have a representative of both our signature pieces chosen for Etsy's front page is nothing short of astounding and we are so, so blessed and grateful. Not to be forgotten are the lovely Etsyians who have hand picked our pieces for their treasuries, displaying them amongst some of the best and brightest in the handmade world. There's nothing like the thrill of getting that little convo that says "Out of thousands, I like YOU the best!" (at least that is what I read…)
Four, almost five months later and 33 sales, already. That may fall somewhat short of the hundreds of sales some have made, but it's amazing in its own right and honestly, each one is thrilling and
I'm convince that there is little better in the world than that feeling you get when an order is all boxed up, wrapped in brown paper, labeled, and ready for the postman to pick up. It's a tingling sort of happiness, warm and fuzzy in the heart. As if all is right in the world and in a few days, someone will open their mailbox, and there it will be. Well, perhaps the excitement of receiving a package in the mail is just about as exciting as sending one, even if it's one you knew was coming and which you paid for.
In any case, thank you, from every corner of the tiny little one-room production line that is Orderly Civilians.
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I had high hopes of seeing some really exciting driving in this film. Ryan Gosling plays a Hollywood stunt driver, known only as The Driver, who also drives getaway cars by night. There have been some cases of US racing drivers doing that sort of moonlighting.
The plot is simple and full of suspense, but the driving is disappointing: we don't see much other than a couple of car chases and cliched stunts. The best one in the film is a J-turn: that's when you drive backwards at 50mph, then spin 180 degrees, and drive off in the other direction. My stunt-driving company teaches this technique to the police. There is also a decent PIT (precision immobilisation technique) manoeuvre: that's when a police car edges close up to the back wheel of a getaway vehicle, in an attempt to spin it off the road. But they're ten-a-penny in any cops-and-robbers film.
I wish they had asked me to work on the film. I could have shown The Driver how to flip his car over onto two wheels – like in the famous sequence in Diamonds Are Forever. Or I could have driven a burning car. I've done that a few times in motor shows; that really is dangerous stuff.
But even if his stunts aren't that exciting, Gosling is uber-cool. He doesn't say much – which I guess is true of many stunt drivers – and he's always chewing on some sort of toothpick at the side of his mouth. I also liked his leather driving gloves; I have to make do with boring flameproof ones.
I'd have loved the chance to drive his cars, too: he test-drives a brilliant Nascar racer, and he has a black Mustang and a silver Chevy Impala. He chooses the Impala as a getaway car because that's what about 50% of people in LA drive, so it blends in well. If you were to choose a getaway car over here, you'd probably have to go for a blue Ford Focus, which isn't quite as cool.
• Paul Swift is a multiple British champion, Top Gear stunt driver and Guinness world record holder. Drive is out now.


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Twenty-two stark, darkly tinted snapshots of life on the road, and occasionally at home, for small-time rock 'n' roll musicians, singers, and hangers-on.
Marquart, who has toured with heavy metal bands, knows her territory and writes convincingly. The second story here, the brief, apocryphal "Dylan's Lost Years," sets the mood of hard-eyed romanticism, telling how the master was fired from a gig playing Holiday Inns because he "just could not sing." Both Dylan and Holiday Inns appear from time to time in other pieces, Dylan as an ideal, the motel chain as a musical hell to be avoided at all costs, as if the musicians' lives were not already hellish enough. Throughout, we're treated to a litany of touring mishaps: vans break down en route to shows, equipment is ruined or lost, fires break out. Meanwhile, the disastrous inner lives of Marquart's people get no relief from large quantities of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. Although tales like "The Movie of the World," in which a soundman may or may not blow his big chance when the drummer quits, are powerful individually, monotony sets in midway through. The names may change from story to story, but the characters don't: the tough and lonely girl singer, the charismatic musician she and the audience can't resist, the stoned loser who doesn't have the necessary talent (sometimes doubling as the charismatic love object). Fortunately, Marquart reaches beyond the insular rock 'n' roll world in the title story, which follows a young man named Sal in his dual careers as guitarist and cemetery monument salesman. Increasingly disillusioned yet enlightened, Sal evolves into the volume's most fully realized character, and his sorrow lingers in the mind longer than every drug high and disaster.
Despite a certain repetitiveness, Marquart brings the rock 'n' roll subculture to intense if desperate life.


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I thought about taking some pictures of my chipmunk cheeks that I acquired after getting my wisdom teeth out but figured these would be more enjoyable!
Emeric fixing his bike
It was much blacker and full of dirt by the time he was done with it.
I thought about taking some pictures of my chipmunk cheeks that I acquired after getting my wisdom teeth out but figured these would be more enjoyable!
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I shared this on Facebook but I thought I'd share it here too as well. Please take the 8 minutes to watch this video. I "know" some of these kids through meeting their moms on an online support group for parents of kids with Mitochondrial Disease. Is it a sad video? Yes. But it's the reality of the disease and unless people understand what it is they will not support the research.
I hate this disease. It's what causes Emeric to lie on the couch all day long some days. It's what keeps him on seizure medications, makes him unable or unwilling to eat enough, gives him 10 words at nearly 4 years old, and makes him so hot that he can't even enjoy a hot day outside!
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Between being busy with all of Emeric's stuff, not having anything interesting to say, and a few other reasons I haven't been blogging lately. My "Feed the Freezer" event hasn't happened yet and will likely continue to be put off for a bit. I did just make 7 lbs of sloppy joe meat so I guess I'm not totally off board. :)
As for now we've been enjoying nice weather, Easter, and a break from school!
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Many of you know the journey I'm on right now and how synchronicity has been playing a huge part in my life recently.
My ex husband and I have been getting Foxes a lot too which started in December.
Foxes everywhere and in the early hours of this morning having had no sleep (some times you need to deprive yourself of sleep in order to concentrate harder, it's hard to explain until your going through it but when I do spells for clients I go without sleep for 48 hours as they work better than when I've slept well. It's a concentration thing).
But it dawned on me this morning it's more than likely talking about Fox news. Tucker Carlson etc….he's really doing some incredible stuff and who would of thought Fox news of all places would end up the Knight in shining media armour?
So I decided to do an article about synchronicity as it is playing a huge part in my life right now.
Synchronicity in lay terms is when the Universe gives you repetitive signs and symbols that have undeniable coincidental meaning to your life or a situation your going through or are irrefutably backing up other messages your getting from Spirit.
For example. My seeing 44 everywhere and KY and Foxes. I know to pay attention to these symbols because the more you are shown something the closer you are to figuring it out of the closer you are to solving the puzzle.
You might see blue cars everywhere. The same type of blue car over and over, in ads, magazines, on the road, in paces like your kitchen, your friends house, doctors office, the same blue car will show up somewhere over and over.
Then you meet a man you quite like and he has the exact same blue car you kept seeing and he ends up being the love of your life and you get married and have a beautiful life together.
Synchronicity (German: Synchronizität) is a concept, first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl Jung, which holds that events are "meaningful coincidences" if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be meaningfully related.
But for me it is basically when the Universe and Spirit send through obviously repetitive symbols to send messages and clues for you to use. It can be a heads up about something important or life changing.
It can be a test, a warning or backing up claims of something. But when it happens the intention is for you to sit up and take notice. There IS a purpose and it won't go away until it's purpose is served.
It becomes undeniable though. It can even be scary at how they will be thrown at you so fast and so often. Like on our drive home that day when I saw 44 over 50 times on a 2 hour car journey.
The thing is though you can't look for it. It comes to you. You can't go looking for the synchronicity. Your drawn to it.
So you can't sit in the car and look around for 44 everywhere. 44 will throw itself at you when your just minding your business.
It will be in many forms. For me it wasn't just road signs but license plates, stickers, on the radio, on houses, price tags, painted on a bridge across the road, etc….
But I do know that the more you ignore it the more it finds you like in the case of my student Rainbow seeing the tigers and lions everywhere at the same time as I was.
It's getting so bad now even my ex is getting them. The same as me and ones of his own.
It's all very exciting though and I can't wait to see what they all mean if I haven't figured it out already.
The Lion/Tiger one I'm pretty sure I have it figured out but as with anything with Spirit you can never assume to know what they are talking about lol
But as always you know I'll document it here first.
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I've wondered for years what Burt Hirschfeld looked like. Thanks to the hardcover editions of his 1978 novel Key West and his 1984 novel Flawless, I finally know. Each book features a photo of the man himself, and he looks nothing like I thought he would.
Here's Hirschfeld on the back cover of Key West:
And here he is from Flawless:
I have to guess that Hirschfeld probably shrugged off those mortal coils a long time ago. As I theorized in an earlier post, it was probably sometime in the early 1990s, as that's when his steady stream of novels came to an abrupt stop.
But as I also stated earlier -- he left behind a huge body of work, one that's ripe for rediscovery.
Trawling the depths of forgotten fiction, films, and beyond, with yer pal, Joe Kenney
Monday, April 4, 2011
Burt Hirschfeld: A Face For The Name
Posted by Joe Kenney at 8:29 AM
Labels: Book Reviews, Burt Hirschfeld, Hugh Barron, Trash Fiction
4 comments:
- Authorfan said...
Thanks for the uploads, Joe. He sort of looks like Harold Robbins.
- April 4, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- Unknown said...
Burt Hirschfeld
born New York: 22 May 1923
died New Haven, Connecticut: 3 December 2004
- May 22, 2013 at 6:01 AM
- Joe Kenney said...
Thanks for the info! Looks like Hirschfeld lived a little longer than I suspected, but still, sorry to hear that he's passed away.
- May 23, 2013 at 10:25 AM
- Felicity Walker said...
In the younger photo, he looks a lot like Canadian actor Don Davis (Major Garland Briggs in "Twin Peaks").
- March 4, 2016 at 1:08 PM
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|Image 1: Nicotine.
Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae), predominantly in tobacco. In low concentrations (an average cigarette yields about 1 mg of absorbed nicotine), the substance acts as a stimulant in mammals and is one of the main factors responsible for the dependence-forming properties of tobacco smoking.
It is highly addictive – as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Over time, the body becomes both physically and psychologically dependent on nicotine. Studies have shown that smokers must overcome both of these addictions to be successful at quitting and staying quit.
When tobacco is smoked, nicotine is absorbed by the lungs and quickly moved into the bloodstream, where it is circulated throughout the brain. This happens rapidly, nicotine reaches the brain within 8 seconds after the inhalation. Nicotine can also enter the bloodstream through the mucous membranes that line the mouth (if tobacco is chewed) or nose (if snuff is used), and even through the skin.
The nicotine molecule is shaped like a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine and its receptors are involved in many functions, including muscle movement, breathing, heart rate, learning, and memory. They also cause the release of other neurotransmitters and hormones that affect your mood, appetite, memory, and more. When nicotine gets into the brain, it attaches to acetylcholine receptors and mimics the actions of acetylcholine.
Nicotine also activates areas of the brain that are involved in producing feelings of pleasure and reward. Nicotine also raises the levels of a neurotransmitter called dopamine in the parts of the brain that produce feelings of pleasure and reward. Dopamine, which is sometimes called the pleasure molecule, is the same neurotransmitter that is involved in addictions to other drugs such as cocaine and heroin.
Nicotine at first causes a release of glucose from the liver and adrenaline from the adrenal medulla, this causes stimulation, feelings of relaxation, calmness, alertness and even a mildly euphoric state. By reducing the appetite and raising the metabolism, some smokers may lose weight as a consequence. It allows the mouth to be stimulated without food and the taste of tobacco smoke may reduce the appetite. Nicotine enhances concentration, learning, and memory due to the increase of acetylcholine. It also enhances alertness due to the increases of acetylcholine and norepinephrine. Arousal is increased by the increase of norepinephrine. Pain is reduced by the increases of acetylcholine and beta-endorphin. Anxiety is reduced by the increase of beta-endorphin.
The effects of nicotine last from five minutes to two hours. Mostly cigarettes contain 0.1 to 2.8 milligrams of nicotine. When smokers wish to achieve a stimulating effect, they take short quick puffs, which produces a low level of blood nicotine and stimulates nerve transmission. If one wishes to relax, deep puffs are needed to produce a high level of blood nicotine, which depresses the passage of nerve impulses, producing a mild sedative effect. At low doses nicotine potently enhances the actions of norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain causing a drug effect typical of pyschostimulants. At higher doses nicotine enhances the effect of serotonin and opiate activity, producing a calming, pain killing effect. Nicotine is unique in comparison to most drugs, as its profile changes from stimulant to sedative/pain killer in increasing dosages and use.
Nicotine's addictive nature has been found to activate reward pathways—the circuitry within the brain that regulates feelings of pleasure and euphoria. Dopamine is one of the key neurotransmitters actively involved in the brain. By increasing the levels of dopamine within the reward circuits in the brain, nicotine acts as a chemical with intense addictive qualities. In many studies it has been shown to be more addictive than cocaine and heroin, though chronic treatment has an opposite effect on reward thresholds. Nicotine causes down-regulation of the production of dopamine and other stimulatory neurotransmitters as the brain attempts to compensate for artificial stimulation. In addition, the sensitivity of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors decreases. To compensate for this compensatory mechanism, the brain in turn upregulates the number of receptors, convoluting its regulatory effects with compensatory mechanisms meant to counteract other compensatory mechanisms. The net effect is an increase in reward pathway sensitivity, opposite of other drugs of abuse (namely cocaine and heroin, which reduces reward pathway sensitivity). This neuronal brain alteration persists for months after administration ceases. Due to an increase in reward pathway sensitivity, nicotine withdrawal is relatively mild compared to ethanol or heroin withdrawal.
There is only anecdotal evidence about abuse or addiction with nicotine gum or nicotine patches due to its stimulation of the nicotinic receptors (mimicking the effects of acetylcholine) it has been reported as a useful tool for the induction of lucid dreams, where a nicotine patch is applied after 4-6 hours of normal sleep and the subject falls back to sleep (into a more REM intense sleep cycle). Non-lucid dreams may become vivid, more memorable and some report a higher frequency of disturbing dreams. However it should be stressed that a consistent use of nicotine will desensitize the nicotinic receptors and therefore addicts are actually far less likely to achieve lucid dreams.
As well as causing health problems in the smokers themselves, cigarette smoke in the air can also affect other people. Smoking causes about 30 % of all cancer deaths, 17 % of all heart disease deaths and at least 80 % of deaths from bronchitis and emphysema. Smoking while pregnant leads to an increased risk of miscarriage, bleeding during pregnancy, premature birth, low birth-weight babies and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Smoking effects include:
Quitting the tobacco habit offers immediate benefits and some that will develop gradually over time. These rewards can improve day-to-day life immensely.
The prospect of better health is a major reason for quitting, but there are others as well. Smoking is expensive. It is not hard to calculate how much you spend on smoking. And this does not include other possible expenses, such as higher costs for health and life insurance, as well as the health care costs due to tobacco-related conditions.
Smoking is less socially acceptable now than it was in the past. Most workplaces nowadays have some type of smoking restrictions. Some employers even prefer to hire nonsmokers.
Employees who are ill more often than others can raise an employer's need for expensive temporary replacement workers. They can increase insurance costs both for other employees and for the employer, who typically pays part of the workers' insurance premiums. Smokers in a building also typically increase the maintenance costs of keeping odours at an acceptable level, since residue from cigarette smoke clings to carpets, drapes, and other fabrics.
Landlords may choose not to rent to smokers since maintenance costs and insurance rates may rise when smokers occupy buildings.
Friends may ask smokers not to smoke in their houses or cars. Public buildings, concerts, and even sporting events are largely smoke-free. And more and more communities are restricting smoking in all public places, including restaurants and bars. Like it or not, finding a place to smoke can be a hassle.
Smokers may find their opportunities for dating or romantic involvement, including marriage, are largely limited to other smokers, who make up only about 1/4th of the population.
Smoking not only harms the health of those who smoke but also the health of those around them. Exposure to second-hand smoke, also called environmental tobacco smoke or passive smoking, includes exhaled smoke as well as smoke from burning cigarettes.
Second-hand smoke causes thousands of deaths each year from lung cancer and heart disease in healthy non-smokers.
Smoking by mothers is linked to a higher risk of their babies developing asthma in childhood, especially if the mother smokes while pregnant. It is also associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and low-birth weight infants. Babies and children raised in a household where there is smoking have more ear infections, colds, bronchitis, and other respiratory problems than children from non-smoking families. Second-hand smoke can also cause eye irritation, headaches, nausea, and dizziness.
The absence of nicotine leads to withdrawal symptoms, physical and mental. Physically, the body reacts to the absence of nicotine. Psychologically, the smoker is faced with giving up a habit, which requires a major change in behaviour. Both must be addressed in order for the quitting process to work.
Withdrawal symptoms can include:
These symptoms can lead the smoker to again start smoking cigarettes again to boost blood levels of nicotine back to a level where there are no symptoms.
The most popular and well-known way smokers choose to quit smoking is what is known as "cold turkey." The phrase cold turkey is understood to mean to quit smoking abruptly, often without forethought or preparation, nor a gradual reduction in amount smoked. Most people also assume cold turkey means to quit smoking without using any smoking cessation aids such as nicotine gum or patches.
The origins of the phrase cold turkey are not completely clear but some quick searches online reveal several explanations. Origin of the phrase; cold turkey is the state of drug withdrawal when the addicts blood is directed to the internal organs leaving the skin white and with goose bumps and thus resembling a turkey.
Whatever the actual origin, quitting smoking cold turkey is probably the most popular, while not necessarily the most successful, method for quitting. It may also be the most challenging due to the severity of withdrawal symptoms the new ex-smoker faces.
One can improve chances for permanently quitting with the cold turkey method if he/she follows a few guidelines:
Strong willpower is often associated with using cold turkey to quit smoking. While having strong willpower is important, success ultimately depends on how badly one wants to quit and whether or not they believe they can do it. If you want to quit more than you want to smoke, and you believe that you can quit, you'll likely be successful.
Smoking cessation support and counselling groups offer group or individual therapy which can help people who want to quit. Some programs employ a combination of coaching, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy, and pharmacological counselling.
Telephone counselling is more convenient for many people than some other support programs. It does not require transportation or childcare, it is available nights and weekends. Counsellors may recommend a combination of methods including medicines, local classes, self-help brochures, and/or a network of family and friends.
These specialists help plan a quit method that fits each person's unique smoking pattern. People who use telephone counselling stop smoking at twice the rate of those who don't get this type of help. With guidance from a counsellor, quitters can avoid common mistakes that may self-destruct a quit attempt.
The service, provided by National smokers quitline (Ireland) can be accessed every day from 8am to 10pm. Smokers who ring the Call save number 1850 201 203 (or 0800 169 0 169 in the UK for NHS Smoking Helpline) will have the option of:
Many former smokers say a support network of family and friends was very important during their quit attempt. Other people who may offer support and encouragement are co-workers, your family doctor, and members of support groups for quitters. You can check with your employer, health insurance company, or local hospital to find support groups or visit the website of ASH Ireland (Action on smoking and health) – www.ash.ie.
ASH Ireland is focused on reducing the impact of tobacco use in Irish society. The organization uses its independence to focus on "the issue" and ensures it is never compromised.
If you are thinking of stopping smoking you can also contact The National Quitline at 1850 201 203 or your local health board on 274 4297 or The Irish Heart Foundation, 4 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 on 01 668 50 01.
Stop smoking programs are designed to help smokers recognize and cope with problems that come up during quitting and to provide support and encouragement in staying quit. The best programs will include either individual or group counseling. There is a strong association between the intensity of counseling and the success rate. In general, the more intense the program, the greater the likelihood of success.
For example, intensity may be increased by having more or longer sessions or by increasing the number of weeks over which the sessions are given. So, when considering a program, look for one that has the following:
Be certain the leader of the group has training in smoking cessation. Some communities have a Nicotine Anonymous group that holds regular meetings. This group applies the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous to the addiction of smoking. This may include admitting you are powerless over your addiction to nicotine and having a sponsor to talk with when you are tempted to smoke. There is no fee for this program.
There are some programs to watch out for as well, all programs are ethical. You should be concerned about programs that do the following:
The aim of the therapy is to assist smoking cessation by providing a constant level of nicotine above that which is associated with withdrawal. No form of NRT can replicate the rapid nicotine delivery from a cigarette. Researches have shown that when a smoker uses NRT to help them quit, they have a better chance of being successful compared to those who try to do it by on willpower alone.
Nicotine levels in the body delivered by NRT products range between one-third and two-thirds of that derived from cigarette smoke. The smoker can then gradually wean themselves off the nicotine once their smoking behaviour has been changed.
Evidence show that NRT is also safe in patients with stable cardiac disease such as angina pectoris. Evidence is lacking in acutely unstable patients, but NRT would produce lower peak and cumulative nicotine exposure levels than smoking, without delivering the increased carboxyhaemoglobin and the many other vasoactive compounds in smoke.
Nicotine transdermal patches are designed to release nicotine slowly. Immediately after application, there may be relatively rapid transfer of nicotine from the adhesive layer. In steady-state phase, nicotine will exist in the patch, in a skin "reservoir" and in the circulation. The presence of the skin reservoir reduces the rate of decay of plasma levels after the patch is removed. Patches come in a variety of dose strengths from 7 mg to 21 mg, and in preparations designed to be used for 16 or 24 hours.
Application: each morning on a rotational basis
to a variety of non-hairy skin sites. The 16 hour preparations are
useful for smokers who experience insomnia or other nocturnal symptoms.
Local skin reactions are the commonest adverse effect. This can be minimized by rotation among a number of sites of application, but can be severe enough to require discontinuation.
Patches provide a measured dose of nicotine through the skin. As the nicotine doses are lowered by switching patches over a course of weeks, the tobacco user is weaned off nicotine. Several types and different strengths are available. Package inserts describe how to use the product as well as special considerations and possible side effects.
Depending on body size, most tobacco users should start using a full-strength patch (15-21 mg of nicotine) daily for 4 weeks, and then use a weaker patch (5-14 mg of nicotine) for another 4 weeks. The patch should be applied in the morning to a clean, dry area of the skin without much hair. It should be placed below the neck and above the waist - for example, on the arm.
Side effects are related to:
Some possible side effects of the nicotine patch include:
What to do about side effects:
Patches can be purchased both with and without a prescription and some NRT products are also available free of charge to eligible persons on the medical card.
Benefit of acute dosing products is that both the amount and timing of doses can be titrated by the user. Control over the timing of self dosing is also key, because it enables smokers to use NRT medications when they encounter particularly strong cravings or threats to abstinence. This dosing forms of use requires some explanation.
Abstinence from tobacco causes tonic disruptions of function, including rises in overall levels of craving. This background level of craving is punctuated, however, by acute episodes of more intense craving. These episodes are typically provoked by situational stimuli, such as seeing someone smoke, the ringing of the telephone, or experiencing emotional upset. Notably, nicotine patches do not provide the means to immediately respond to breakthrough cravings.
Gums contain nicotine (2 mg or 4 mg per piece) in a resin base. The gum should be chewed slowly and then left between the cheek and gum. Over the next 20 – 30 minutes, the gum should be chewed intermittently and repositioned. Because nicotine is poorly absorbed in an acid environment, acid drinks such as fruit juices should be avoided. It is preferable for patients to use gum on a regular basis. While extra doses may not rapidly increase nicotine levels, the process of their use is a ritual that is in some ways analogous to smoking, and this may be an advantage.
If one smokes a pack or more per day, smokes within 30 minutes of rising, or has trouble not smoking in restricted areas, they may need to start with the higher dose (4 mg). No more than 20 pieces should be used in one day. Nicotine gum is usually recommended for 1 to 3 months, with the maximum being 6 months. Tapering the amount of gum chewed may help to stop using it.
If one has sensitive skin, they may prefer the gum to the patch. Another advantage of nicotine gum is that it allows the control of nicotine doses. The gum can be chewed as needed or on a fixed schedule during the day. The most recent data have shown that scheduled dosing is more effective. A schedule of 1 to 2 pieces per hour is common. On the other hand, with an as-needed schedule, you can chew more gum during a craving.
Some possible side effects of the gum:
Symptoms related to the stomach and jaw are usually caused by improper use of the gum, such as swallowing nicotine or chewing too rapidly. The gum can also cause damage to dentures and dental prostheses.
Long-term dependence is one possible disadvantage of nicotine gum. 15% to 20% of gum users who successfully quit smoking continue using the gum for a year or longer. Although the maximum recommended length of use is 6 months, continuing to use the gum is likely to be safer than going back to smoking. But since there is little research on the health effects of long-term nicotine gum use, most health care providers still recommend limiting its use to 6 months.
This type of
dosage form delivers nicotine quickly to the bloodstream as it is
absorbed through the nose. It is however not available in Ireland at
present. Where available it is available only by prescription.
The nasal spray immediately relieves withdrawal symptoms and offers a sense of control over nicotine cravings. Because it is easy to use, smokers report great satisfaction. However, since this product contains nicotine, it can be addictive. It is recommended the spray be prescribed for 3 month periods and should not be used for longer than 6 months.
The device is a multidose bottle with a pump that delivers 0.5 milligram of nicotine per 50 microliter squirt. Each dose consists of two squirts, one for each nostril. Nicotine is absorbed into the blood rapidly relative to all other NRT forms. Time to peak plasma concentration with nasal administration is around 11 to 13 minutes for 1 mg doses.
The most common side effects last about 1 to 2 weeks and can include the following:
There is also the danger of using more than is needed. If one has asthma, allergies, nasal polyps, or sinus problems, the doctor may suggest another form of nicotine replacement.
Nicotine inhalers were introduced in 1998 and consist of a plastic tube with a nicotine cartridge inside. When one puffs on the inhaler, the cartridge provides a nicotine vapour. Unlike other inhalers, which deliver most of the medication to the lungs, the nicotine inhaler delivers most of the nicotine vapour to the mouth. In terms of similar behaviour, nicotine inhalers are the closest thing to smoking a cigarette, which some smokers find helpful.
The product is not a true inhaler in that nicotine is not delivered to the bronchi or lungs, but rather deposited and absorbed in the mouth, much like nicotine gum. The majority of nicotine is delivered into the oral cavity (36 %) and the oesophagus and stomach (36 %), with very little nicotine reaching the lung.
The recommended dose is between 6 and 16 cartridges a day, for up to 6 months. Depth of inhalation does not appear to be a major determinant of dosing. The amount of nicotine absorbed from the inhaler is temperature-dependent, with higher ambient air temperatures delivering larger amounts of nicotine.
The most common side effects, especially when first using the inhaler, include:
At this time, inhalers are the most expensive of the forms of NRT available.
These are the newest form of NRT on the market. As with nicotine gum, the lozenge is available in different strengths: 1 mg, 2 mg and 4 mg. Smokers determine which dose is appropriate, based on how long after waking up they normally have their first cigarette.
The lozenge manufacturer recommends using it as part of a 12 week program. The recommended dose is one lozenge every 1-2 hours for 6 weeks, then one lozenge every 2-4 hours for weeks 7 to 9, and finally, one lozenge every 4-8 hours for weeks 10 to 12. In addition, the manufacturer recommends the following:
Possible side effects of the nicotine lozenge include:
NiQuitin, Nicotinell are examples of lozenges and dissolve on the tongue.
Microtabs are tiny tablets that are placed under the tongue and release nicotine slowly as they dissolve. They are ideal if one gets cravings in response to stress or in certain situations. There is only one strength of microtabs, 2 mg, and one should not use more than two per hour. The aim is to reduce the number you use every day over period of thee months, until you have stopped craving nicotine and do not need to rely on them. Microtabs are only available from behind the pharmacy counter.
are at least three companies in early development of an antinicotine
vaccine: Xenova (TA-NIC), Nabi (NicVax) and Cytos (Nicotine-Qbeta).
Results of Phase I studies on TA-NIC and Nicvax reported as conference
abstracts suggest that these vaccines are safe, well tolerated and
immunogenic. Preliminary results of the Phase II study indicate the
strength of the immunological response to the vaccine varies among
individuals. Among individuals with antibody responses in highest
tertile, continuous abstinence rates were significantly lower than
among subjects who received a placebo vaccine.
A vaccine against nicotine induces antibodies against the nicotine molecule that prevents the drug from reaching neural receptors that produce the effects normally associated with smoking.
|Image 2: Bupropion.
Bupropion hydrochloride (ZYBAN) sustained-release tablets are a non-nicotine aid to smoking cessation. Bupropion is chemically unrelated to nicotine or other agents currently used in the treatment of nicotine addiction. It is a relatively weak inhibitor of the neuronal uptake of norepinephrine and dopamine, and does not inhibit monoamine oxidase or the re-uptake of serotonin. The mechanism by which bupropion enhances the ability of patients to abstain from smoking is unknown. However, it is presumed that this action is mediated by noradrenergic and/or dopaminergic mechanisms. The recommended and maximum dose of bupropion is 300 mg / day, given as 150 mg twice daily. Dry mouth and insomnia are the most common adverse events associated with use.
|Image 3: Varenicline.
Varenicline (Champix in ROI) is a newer medicine developed specifically to help people stop smoking. It works by interfering with nicotine receptors in the brain, which has two effects. It lessens the pleasurable physical effects a person gets from smoking, as well as reducing the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.
Several studies have shown varenicline can more than double the chances of quitting smoking. Some studies have also found it may be more effective than bupropion, at least in the short term.
It differs from bupropion, an anti-depressant which had been on the market for many years. The neurochemistry of varenicline is complex. It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist. That means that it has both a stimulating and a blocking effect on the receptor it is attracted to. It is structurally similar to cytosine, a naturally occurring substance used as a starting point to develop varenicline. Cytosine has been licensed as a stop smoking medication for around 40 years in Central and Eastern Europe.
Agonist means that when varenicline binds to the nicotinic receptor it has an effect similar to that of nicotine in stimulating the release of dopamine, although varenicline produces a slower, longer lasting and smaller increase in dopamine release than nicotine. Thus it partially mimics the effect of nicotine and this is thought to explain why it reduces craving when smokers abstain and are deprived of nicotine. However varenicline also binds to the receptor and partially blocks it (hence "partial agonist"), which reduces the binding site availability for nicotine, and so results in a weaker response if people smoke while using the drug.
"Five day plan" is one of the oldest and most effective smoking cessation programs to date. It was first published by J. Wayne McFarland, M.D. and elman J. Folkenberg in 1964.
The program takes participants through a five-day, step-by-step program to change daily habits and achieve their goal to quit smoking. Through psychological motivations, such as affirmation statements, and physical changes, such as dietary modifications, the Five-day Plan works to break the participant's cigarette cravings and smoking routine.
You can find more information on the web site of University Health Services or by following this link.
Other tools may also help some people, although there is no strong evidence they can improve ones chances of quitting.
Atropine and scopolamine combination therapy: Some smoking cessation clinics offer a program using shots of the anticholinergic drugs atropine and scopolamine to help reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms. These drugs are more commonly prescribed for other reasons, such as digestive system problems, motion sickness, or Parkinson's disease.
The treatment usually involves injections given in the clinic on one day, followed by a few weeks of pills and wearing patches behind the ear. It may include other drugs to help with side effects as well.
Possible side effects of this treatment can include dizziness, constipation, dry mouth, an altered sense of taste and smell, problems urinating, and blurry vision. People who are pregnant or have a history of heart problems, glaucoma, or uncontrolled high blood pressure are not allowed to participate in these programs.
Some clinics claim high success rates, but there is no published scientific research to back up these claims. Both atropine and scopolamine are approved for other uses, but they have not been formally studied or approved for help in quitting smoking. Before considering such a program, you may want to ask the clinic about long-term success rates (up to a year). Because these medicines are directed only at the physical aspect of quitting, you may also want to ask if the program includes counselling or other methods aimed at the psychological aspects of quitting.
Hypnosis might be useful for some people.
Acupuncture has been used for quitting smoking, but there is little evidence to support its effectiveness. Acupuncture, when it is done, is typically done on the ears on particular ear sites. Although there is a very weak suggestion that acupuncture might lower the desire for smoking, there still is no solid evidence that it is truly effective as a smoking cessation tool.
Low level laser therapy, also called cold laser therapy, is a related technique. Cold lasers are sometimes used for acupuncture, with laser beams to stimulate the body's acupoints rather than needles. The treatment is supposed to relax the smoker and release endorphins (naturally-occurring pain relief substances) in the body to simulate the effects of nicotine in the brain, or balance the body's energy to relieve the addiction. Despite claims of success by some cold laser therapy providers, there is no scientific evidence that shows this is an effective method of helping people stop smoking.
Filters that reduce tar and nicotine in cigarettes are generally not effective since studies have show that smokers who use filters actually tend to smoke more.
Smoking deterrents such as over-the-counter products that change the taste of tobacco, "stop smoking diets" that curb nicotine cravings, and combinations of vitamins have little scientific evidence to support their claims.
The same is true of "homeopathic" aids and herbal supplements. Because they are marketed as dietary supplements (as opposed to drugs), they don't need approval to be sold. The manufacturers don't have to prove they're effective, or even safe. Be sure to look closely at the product label of any product claiming it can help you stop smoking. No dietary supplement has been proven effective in helping people quit smoking. Some of these supplements have no nicotine in them, but have multiple combinations of herbal preparations. They too have no proven track record of helping people to stop smoking.
Nicotine water and nicotine wafers: These products have been sold in recent years as ways to get nicotine in places where smoking is not permitted. They are not marketed as aids to quitting smoking, but questions about their safety and legality have been raised.
When choosing which type of nicotine replacement to use, think about which method will best fit your lifestyle and pattern of smoking. Do you want/need something to chew or occupy your hands? Or are you looking for once-a-day convenience? There is no evidence that any type of nicotine replacement therapy is significantly better than any other.
Some important points to consider:
Using the nicotine patch along with shorter-acting products such as the gum, lozenge, nasal spray, or inhaler is another method of nicotine replacement therapy. The idea is to provide a steady dose of nicotine with the patch and to use one of the shorter-acting products when strong cravings arise.
The few studies that have been done on combination NRT have found that it may be slightly better than a single product, but more research is needed to prove this and to find safe and effective doses. If you are considering using more than one nicotine replacement product, be sure to discuss this with your doctor first.
One of the newer concepts in nicotine replacement therapy is to give smokers a higher dose specifically titrated to the amount of nicotine that they have been using. Sometimes this method has required larger doses of nicotine than have been used traditionally in the past. High-dose nicotine replacement therapy with patches has been studied with patients receiving from 35 mg to 63 mg of nicotine at a time. The research suggests that patients' withdrawal symptoms disappear with these higher doses and their cravings decrease without any adverse cardiovascular side effects. Patient were carefully monitored in these studies to make sure they were doing well and were not becoming ill or having any problems. This is still a new procedure that should be considered only with a doctor's guidance and supervision.
Simple lifestyle changes will boost mood and willpower. Once you have quit, the excuses to light up again will come. It is important to come up with different activities that are constructive and help take the mind off cravings.
A healthy diet with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables provides valuable nutrients that help your body repair faster and rises your immunity. Consider taking a multivitamin and mineral supplement. Some smokers tend to skip meals and the may need to build up certain nutrients. B vitamins may also help maintain energy levels and counteract the stresses and strains of everyday life.
A good way to help lift one's mood and avoid weight-gain after giving up smoking.
Give yourself a pat on the back for every day you do not smoke. Treat yourself with the money you save.
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Chikamatsu Monogatari has been translated and sold to the West in different ways. Some have it that the most appropriate title is 'The Crucified Lovers', others that the literal translation from the Japanese 'A story from Chikamatsu' is the most apt to convey what the film is about. I bring up the title because in a sense the discussion of the title is really the discussion of the film's theme- this is both a tale about lovers thwarted by marriage and a tale about traditional Japan. It ostentatiously from the first frame wears the garb of a folktale and of a romance. It is important to bear that in mind when you watch and analyse the film because the two strands intermingle- ultimately the real virtue of this film lies not in the romance but in the historical analysis. It is as I hope to show as a folktale that we should understand this story- and as a folktale that tells us something about the concept of law and the way that private law works in a society.
The film is about an act of adultery. It is beleived by Ishun a wealthy printer that Mohei, his leading apprentice, and his young wife, Osan, are having an affair. The printer himself has been making advances to the pretty young maid Otama- we shall return to this in a moment. Ishun rebukes both Mohei and Osan- they flee his unjustified rage and end up falling in love in their flight. The psychological details of the flight of the two lovers is what most critics focus upon and the essense and even existence of their love has been an item of analysis by most people looking at this film- but I want to focus elsewhere. When we first see Ishun we see him and his wife and Mohei inhabiting a complex- a complex which contains tens of maids and men working in unison and providing calendars for the court. Ishun dominates this scene- we see quite clearly that Mohei beleives that he must sacrafice his own life to Ishun's family's prestige- furthermore we see that his employees cannot leave. Otama speculates about leaving because of Ishun's sexual abuse but ultimately decides that she cannot- some tie, 'contract', binds her to him. Otama's situation and Mohei's feelings are one would expect universal. The third relationship binding his servants to Ishun is that they seek to advance on his coattails.
When Mohei and Osan flee, they place Ishun in a difficult position. Ishun keeps stressing to the men that he sends out to find them that they must return with Osan- not Mohei but they must bring Osan back to him. Here we enter one of the most interesting dynamics of the film- that of reputation. Ishun ultimately risks everything in this particular exchange. Ishun's position as the printer to the court is under threat should it be revealed that he has been cuckolded. Furthermore because of that, he is forced to conceal the adultery of Mohei and Osan which involves him in the further crime of covering up a criminal offence. We can only understand Ishun's plight if we relate it to his power: Ishun's power derives from his sovereignty over his printing workshop (I use the word sovereignty deliberately). When Mohei and Osan leave him, they call into question that sovereignty. In essence they damn his ability to administer his own private law within his own domain: the reason incidentally why his own fumbling attempts on Otama are not so damaging to his regime is that they call into question his morality but not his sovereignty. In order for Ishun to maintain his plausibility as a source of private law and government- he has to maintain power over his subordinates- including in this deeply sexist and hierarchical society, his skilled printer and his wife. The fact that he does not do this ushers him towards his ruin.
What I think is captured therefore by the film is an interesting point about the power and role of prejudice. All the way through the film people talk about reputation and in particular the reputation of the family unit- in a sense that is what Ishun is controlling in his printing workshop- a wider family (or familia). The basis of the importance of that family unit is that it is as we see in Ishun's workshop a unit of government- a source of private judgement, justice and law. The only regulation on that system is the outside force of reputation and prejudice- should Ishun be proved incapable of maintaining his control he loses everything. The ritual humiliation of having his wife and leading servant crucified upon a public cross is secondary to the fact that the master printer will lose all his associations and be devoured by those eager to take his place. If Mohei and Osan at the end of the film go serenely to their deaths, it may be because they have discovered their love for each other, but it may also be because in their inevitable destruction (inevitable from the moment that Ishun accused them) they have savoured the sweet taste of revenge.
For us though the film should prompt a reconsideration of the way that the nature of prejudice has changed across the centuries. It has a vital role in a society in which private law functions because it is the system by which the public regulates the private law administered by princes or printers, that function may become less important as you make a transition to a modern state which has relationships not with families or familias but with individuals.
May 24, 2009
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Donald Hubbard, whose achievements as a rock climber and alpinist spanned nearly half a century, died of cardiopulmonary arrest on July 20 in McLean, Virginia, less than three months before his 100th birthday.
Hubbard did some of the earliest ascents at Seneca Rocks in West Virginia and Old Rag Mountain in the Shenandoah National Park. During World War II, when climbers were restricted from traveling far from home, he pioneered some of the most difficult routes at Carderock, an area just outside Washington, D.C., and a perennial favorite of local climbers.
Following the war, Hubbard focused most of his climbing energies on remote areas in western Canada, where he made more than 80 first ascents and repeated several of the most difficult routes of the day. Nearly every summer between 1946 and 1960, Hubbard and partners Sterling Hendricks and Arnold Wexler set off on an expedition to the Selkirks region of British Columbia. In 1957, Hendricks and Hubbard were involved in a tragic accident that took the life of another in their party and nearly cost them theirs.
Climbing on Mt. Howson with Rex Gibson, who was then president of the Alpine Club of Canada, Hendricks and Hubbard plummeted 250 feet down the side of the mountain. Gibson, who was leading the rope team, was struck in the head by a loose rock and when he fell he pulled the other two with him. Gibson died of injuries from the fall. Hubbard suffered a broken knee and remained with Gibson until he passed away during the first night. Hendricks, with a broken shoulder, went for help and made slow progress, using his one good arm and his teeth to hold onto the rope during several precipitous rappels. Once Gibson passed away, Hubbard used a tent pole for a crutch and for two days hobbled down the mountain.
"His specialty was coaching beginners," said Herb Conn, who started climbing under Hubbard's tutelage in the early 1940s. "More often than not, he would have them leading some climb far beyond their ability—but he could always get them to the top through sheer word power."
Bill and Ruth Schlect, two psychiatrists from Washington, D.C., who were also climbers, recognized this quality about Hubbard and sought his help in their work with juvenile delinquents. The Schlects believed that climbing could be used to transform these troubled kids from self-perceived losers to winners. "He [Hubbard] used to bring a group of delinquent boys to Carderock, kids who had done things like murdering their mother," said Conn. "One day, to give such a lad confidence in his own self-worth, Don showed him how to belay a top rope, then deliberately threw himself over the edge. The lad held him."
Hubbard refused to take much of the credit for the work he did with these adolescents. "Most of the kids found out they could do things the adults couldn't and this boosted their egos," he explained. In addition to the time he spent with these troubled youngsters, he worked the other side of the fence with the Boy Scouts to establish a climbing merit badge.
Hubbard also figured prominently in one of the first made-for-television depictions of the climbing life. In the early 1950s, CBS launched a short-lived drama called The I-Series that included various outdoor adventures as part of its theme. The pilot episode, I-Christopher Bell, starred Charles Bickford as the protagonist Bell, with Hubbard appearing as the stand-in for Bickford during the climbing sequences. The show was a half-hour and had a simple plot. The aging Christopher, a legendary mountaineer, returns to his old haunts in the Colorado Rockies to try and regain some of the glory he achieved there in his youth. He has been out of climbing for a while, and naturally his health has deteriorated. Not long before arriving in Colorado to visit an old climbing partner, Bell had suffered a stroke and has become partially paralyzed as a result.
"The television crew fell in love with Hubbard," remarked Joel Gross, one of the producers of the show, "although they found him a bit of an oddball." Two weeks before the shooting started, Hubbard was asked to join Gross and the director, Don Medford, in scouting locations for scenes. After hours of hiking around in the mountains, they opened cans of sardines that Gross had packed with their lunches. Medford was horrified to find a large fly soaking in the heavy oil with his sardines. Hubbard lifted up the insect, examined in closely, and then swallowed it. "Hmm," he mused. "I believe that's musca mediterranean. Delicious. I haven't had one in years." Nobody on the crew ever heard, except for Gross later on, that one of Hubbard's responsibilities at the National Bureau of Standards during World War II, where he was a research chemist, was to study what GIs could get by on in a pinch for food. Whatever they were expected to eat, Hubbard ate too, and flies were considered one of the delicacies on the menu.
I met Hubbard only a couple of years ago. Although he didn't hear well or move around much at all, he was still quite sharp and quick witted, and fun to be with. I enjoyed calling on him, hearing old stories of what it was like to climb at Seneca Rocks, Carderock and other places popular with my generation of Washington, D.C., climbers, before these places were developed and when the number of climbers was insignificant. Losing an old friend like Don Hubbard is a loss to our whole area. He was one of our patriarchs and will be sadly missed.
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Last week you can't have failed to miss the outpouring of disgust expressed when actor Danny Dyer advised a man to cut his ex-girlfriend's face as part of a column for Zoo magazine.
As Rebecca Thompson wrote at the time, it was almost unbelievable that a magazine could appear to be endorsing a vile attack on a woman. As the outrage mounted, aided by Twitter, the national papers got hold of the story and Danny Dyer's name was making headlines.
Within a couple of days, we heard the news that Dyer's 'advice column' for the magazine has been axed. A spokesperson for the magazine issued an apology and stated that Zoo planned to make a donation to Women's Aid as part of a commitment to showing that violence against women is not acceptable.
But how much of a difference does this make? It's been duly noted by many since that the disgusting misogyny of last week's Dyer column is hardly a one-off for Zoo - and indeed other lads' mags. Removing the column is a start, but what about the pages and pages devoted to objectifying and dehumanising woman?
To lads' mags, which get ever more hateful as the years go by, we're nothing more than pieces of meat. The subject of features where men can send in pictures of their girlfriends' bodies for assessment, or discover how to persuade her to perform sexual acts she has previously refused to do, or even win her a boob job (this particular competition earned Zoo condemnation from the Advertising Standards Authority in 2005).
This is nothing new – my own 'feminist awakening' as a first-year university student came as I observed the way lads' mag culture was affecting the guys I knew. For several years now, it's been reported that sales of these publications have been falling and commentators have wondered if the sexism has finally started to leave a bad taste in the mouths of readers.
I know several people who have written to Zoo to complain about Dyer's column. They've received an apology of sorts. But, no doubt sick of phone calls, the magazine is apparently now determined to forget about the incident, with the editor refusing to discuss the matter any further.
Sex educator and agony aunt Dr Petra Boynton reported on Twitter that she had been in contact with Zoo,'s press office and had been told that after canning Dyer's column, the magazine is now 'moving forward'. Dr Petra, who was angered by the implications of the column, offered to talk to the editor about advice-giving but concluded her thoughts on the matter by tweeting:
"So Zoo have been offered the chance to sort out quality sex/relationships features and have, again, ignored the offer. Says a lot."
The Guardian last week reported that this week, Zoo plans to focus on raising awareness of violence against women in the space usually filled by Danny Dyer's column. It's all very well and good to fill one column with something worthwhile once, because people have got angry with you.
When it comes to the rest of the magazine's content, such regret clearly doesn't apply. Disgusting as it was, Dyer's column is by no means the only example of misogyny in lads' mags. These are magazines which treat the dehumanization and objectification of women as a bit of a laugh, something to joke about. As something routine.
We see this vile sort of mindset all the time on the internet, on forums and in comments on blogs. But when you see it in print and on the shelves of your local newsagent's it's even more depressing – and very telling that Zoo obviously has no plans to change. The magazine's execs may claim that their articles are 'all good fun' but they undoubtedly have an impact on the way readers see women.
It's all very well speaking out about violence and anti-woman vitriol once, but I can only assume that Zoo is going to carry on with its women-as-meat theme until another, more unpleasant scandal forces it to do otherwise. We can only hope that something forces a rethink soon.
This post originally appeared at BitchBuzz. Image via the Guardian.


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Long Overdue Greetings from Merrimack Valley Ringers!
Oh, what a season it has been. MVR's Spring tour "Tempest: From Basics to Bronze" was an educational experience for both the audience AND our members! The tour included original works for handbells, with ringers speaking between each piece, highlighting bell techniques and sharing stories from previous tours. Audiences loved the interaction, knowledge, and humor peppered throughout the concerts. What many audiences DIDN'T know: due to a perfect storm of ill-timed and unpredictable injuries, all but one of our concerts had one or two ringers SIGHT-READING, to fill in for a ringer unable to play at the last minute! It was both terrifying and exhilarating…which ultimately played right into our tour title! We took on each concert as a challenge, and refused to shake our positive attitude. As a result, our audiences were none the wiser…unless our director decided to fill them in just before the final piece.
MVR had two weeks off "to recover" before trekking out to Festival Conference 2015 at UMass Amherst. Despite two still-recuperating ringers (and one whose injury developed right before the final concert), the group tackled the long weekend with flying colors – attending rehearsals and classes, teaching and performing, and making sure the mood was merry. It was a fabulous end for a noteworthy season. And we've jokingly decided the next CD we record will be called "The Show Must Go On."
Rehearsals pick back up in September, and we've already got sizable Winter AND Spring tours in the works! Many exciting prospects. MVR will be busy…but until then, we're taking some much deserved R&R and putting our feet up. Some of us with ice applied. 😉
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There are two ways for cities to grow when they've begun to run out of housing: They can expand outward, carving new neighborhoods from the countryside, or they can turn inward, replacing small buildings with larger ones, tucking new construction on unused lots, stretching higher instead of farther out.
The first option has long been the American way.
Since 1950, the vast, vast, vast majority of housing growth around U.S. cities has come from building where there were no buildings before. In every decade since then, nearly 90 percent of new housing construction in the U.S. has taken place on land that was either previously undeveloped or very low-density (with less than four homes per acre).
That's according to a novel new analysis of American Community Survey data on the construction vintage of all U.S. housing by Issi Romem, the chief economist at the platform BuildZoom that tracks building permit and contractor data. His study uses building ages at the Census block-group level to trace where cities expanded — and what was already on the land when new housing was built.
"Densification just doesn't account for the bulk of housing growth," Romem says.
The above GIF of the Washington-Baltimore area shows how the two metros have expanded into each other since 1940. Nearly all of the region's growth since then has come from the spread of new low-density neighborhoods (in light blue) into rural parts of Maryland and Virginia. Far fewer neighborhoods grew denser — darker blue — over this time.
Here is what the same timeline looks like in Atlanta:
And Phoenix:
This history — and why U.S. development has taken this shape — also suggests that it will be very difficult for cities to grow denser in the coming years, despite rising worries about the environmental costs of sprawl and the individual toll of commuting.
Romem's data …


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Uncovered Failures LP
Brand New on Choking Hazard Records!
A compilation of all our covers
Side A:
Self Control (Laura Brannigan / recorded 2013)
Crawl (Neanderthal / recorded 1997)
The Drone (Grief / recorded 1997)
Sysyphus/Narrow Way (Pink Floyd / recorded 1997)
Side B:
Procreation of the Wicked (Celtic Frost / recorded 1996)
Imperial March / Man in the Wilderness / Cantina Band
(John Williams / Styx / recorded 1997)
Scapegoat (Crossed Out / recorded 1997)
Friends of Mine (Duran Duran / recorded 1996)
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A method developed at MIT and modeled after seashells could provide a new way to sequester carbon dioxide — by using it to manufacture new carbonate building materials.
To reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (and therefore lessen global warming), some researchers are studying ways of sequestering it in underground reservoirs. But this is expensive and difficult, and has not yet been achieved on a large scale. MIT engineer Angela Belcher is leading an effort to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and construct buildings out of it.


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Solstice by Bryan W. Dull
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I received this book as an ARC from the author.
Gavin is a vampire hunter. He hunts humans who have been 'infected' and kills them before they fully turn. Gavin, like any good main character hero sort, has a past that continually haunts him. Gavin's past has made him a bit cynical, but he is overall a good guy. When he meets Solstice, he can't just turn her out on her own, no matter how much he would like to. Gavin is the sort of guy that makes a great main character, and he might just be getting his second chance at life.
Solstice is a half vampire, half human. She is alone in the world, and all she really wants is to be normal. She appears sweet and innocent, but there is a danger lurking underneath the surface that we only get a very small glimpse of in this book. I love the mystery surrounding Solstice. Even though she is the book's namesake, we really don't know very much about her, but just enough to peak interest.
I enjoyed the author's writing style. The story flowed smoothly and was easy to read. Gavin's sarcastic wit and humor was refreshing in this dark story. Really the only thing that brought this book down for me was the prologue. The scene itself was powerful, and I really liked the potential there but felt it just didn't deliver. I can't really put my finger on what is bugging me about it, though. It very well could be the third person narration, which I'm not a huge fan of, but I just think it could have been given more force.
As I said above I received an unedited ARC, so there were many grammatical errors and a few timeline issues in this book. I heard that Solstice was picked up by a publisher, so going through that process and an editor should fix all of those issues. Overall I really enjoyed this story and am looking forward to see where the author takes it. Thank you to Bryan Dull for letting me read your book!
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Some years ago, I wrote a book about a whaling captain who was a serial killer.
It began with stumbling over a semi-literate journal in very bad shape, which had been written by the cooper of the whaleship Sharon. It was not easy reading, being a rough daybook, revealing little despite the daily entries. But then, suddenly, I was reading a grueling description of the young black steward being beaten to death. By the captain. While the rest of the crew stood by and watched.
It led to a great deal of research, involving a lot of travel and asking a lot of questions that I had never expected to be asking. The plot thickened when I found logs of previous voyages with the same captain -- voyages in which there were unexplained deaths. So, was this captain a serial killer? And, if so, was he a psychopath?
How can you tell if a man or a woman is psychopathic? I found a book called Without Conscience, written by the psychologist, Robert Hare, which contained a fascinating checklist.
The list in full is: glibness and superficial charm, grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, cunning/manipulative, lack of remorse, emotional shallowness, callousness and lack of empathy, unwillingness to accept responsibility for actions, a tendency to boredom, a parasitic lifestyle, a lack of realistic long-term goals, impulsivity, irresponsibility, lack of behavioural control, behavioural problems in early life, juvenile delinquency, criminal versatility, a history of "revocation of conditional release" (ie broken parole), multiple marriages, and promiscuous sexual behaviour.
The scary part is that most people you know display one or two of these characteristics.
Interestingly, a lot of this is echoed in an article by Tom Chivers in the New Zealand Herald, called Born to Kill? An interview with Robert Hare reveals that he is still working away at the problem.
"Real" psychopaths score a lot more of the list, he says.
A pure, prototypical psychopath would score 40. A score of 30 or more qualifies for a diagnosis of psychopathy.
Hare says: "A friend of mine, a psychiatrist, once said: 'Bob, when I meet someone who scores 35 or 36, I know these people really are different.'
The ones we consider to be alien are the ones at the upper end."
Just in case your mind is wandering in the same direction as mine, this discussion in the newsletter of the Secular Buddhist Association will be of interest.


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The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, or SLFPA-E, was created in order to keep politics away from flood control issues after Hurricane Katrina. The lawsuit that was filed earlier this year by the SLFPA-E against almost 100 oil and gas companies claims that the destruction and injury along Louisiana's coast is a direct result of dredging operations and canal and pipeline construction.
However, according to Governor Bobby Jindal, the lawsuit will "shut down the oil industry." There are some energy news reports, though, that say by next year, the daily production of oil may be as high as 1.55 million barrels, an increase of 180,000 barrels.
A former chief offshore engineer for Shell, who is also a flood expert, says that oil and gas industry has "contributed significantly to the loss of natural defenses such as barrier beaches, wetlands and marshes." The lawsuit alleges that hurricanes are worse because of this damage.
Governor Jindal's answer to the lawsuit has been to mount a large opposition campaign, but he has also replaced two board members on the SLFPA-E with people who will oppose the lawsuit. However, the suit was passed unanimously by the board's nine members, so it's unlikely this move will prove beneficial to the governor's agenda.
Some believe that the governor's commitment to ethics and the people of Louisiana is now in question. The supporters for the lawsuit believe that any commitment the governor once had concerning coast erosion is gone.
It remains to be seen whether the lawsuit will be allowed to proceed; however, one thing is certain; the suit has raised questions about the gas and oil industry's role in the state's coast erosion.
shreveporttimes.com, "Bobby Jindal shows true colors in coastal lawsuit" Foster Campbell, Oct. 29, 2013


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2001• Health Award
professional life as a teacher, first at the Vanguard Primary school,
and then at the Rural School in Great Break River and then at Steenberg, Mercia
moved into the non-government organizational (NGO) sector, working with Labour
and Community Outreach, the South African Domestic Workers' Union and the
Trust for Community Outreach & Education, becoming Director there in 1999.
She is currently President of the South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO)
the umbrella group for many of the social sector NGOs in South Africa.
is integral to the issue of access to health care. At a recent UN Social
Summit in Geneva Mercia was part of the South African delegation advocating
for medicine and treatment for the millions of people facing death
from AIDS, provision of which is restricted by high drug prices, pharmaceutical
patents, and diverging political priorities.
policies, she said, "have a strong record of not only failing to eradicate
poverty, but most importantly of causing poverty themselves." Andrews and
SANGOCO have been emphatic on calling for improved social service delivery, accelerated
delvery of social welfare grants, increased child support grants and an end to
cuts in government social spending.


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Swimming in the Dating Pool with Painful Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids and swimming in the dating pool is not easy. Dating is difficult enough whether you are speed dating, using an online dating service like eHarmony, or meeting people the old fashioned way by going out places.
Regardless, swimming in the dating pool with hemorrhoids is a terrible position to be in socially. Sometimes Cupid's arrow takes time to find the right target.
Dating is trickier when you develop hemorrhoids very early on in a brand new dating relationship.
I was speaking with a single friend that works in the same office that I do. She is recently divorced and now swimming in the dating pool looking for a relationship.
I am not expressing this because we are good friends, but she is extremely and witty. A high percent of marriages end in divorce. Her professional career is going great and being in early her 30s she does not want to sit alone at home.
My friend easily attracts the attention of men when we are out with other friends from work for happy hour. She is what they call a head turner. It was not too long once she was swimming in the dating pool that bar sharks started to circle after she no longer wore a wedding ring.
My attractive and witty friend told me she had no interest in using online dating services and was going to allow her closest friends to play cupid for her to single gentlemen that they felt met her standards.
After a few dates set up by friends (Sorry about Ian) that did not work out she finally found someone she liked that was also swimming in the dating pool after a divorce and wanted to see him for a second date.
Cupid's arrow was a phrase she used to describe the experience after to initial dates with her new dating interest.
My coworker friend was introduced to this new possible love match through a USC college friend she has stayed in contact with.
Life is unpredictable as we all know. My friend's divorce got nasty. A lot nastier than she had expected it to be when she originally filed for divorce and her soon to be ex-husband said he was okay with it all. He changed his mind.
The divorce stress ate her up emotionally and physically. It is tough to watch a friend cope with a nasty and heated divorce. The new guy she was dating was aware of her situation, but knowing still does not make things easier.
The stress of the divorce proceedings caused her chronic constipation that eventually resulted in an external hemorrhoid developing. She was open and honest with me because she knows I am former hemorrhoid patient that had to have laser surgery to remove my external hemorrhoid.
She also knows I am a contributing writer for hemorrhoids online. I am open about it with everyone in my office. Hemorrhoids are a part of life and nothing to be ashamed of.
My friend was nervous and worried how to express to her new dating interest she would be unable to see him until after she had an external hemorrhoid treated and cured.
My friend asked what I thought since she remembered I experienced the same situation with my girlfriend. I formed a painful external hemorrhoid when she and I first began dating. I told my gal pal honesty is the best choice. The divorce got extremely stressful and bitter resulting in a painful external hemorrhoid. The new love interest should understand her divorce situation. My girlfriend expressed to me he she was happy I was honest about my health issue and continued to date me.
Unfortunately, my gal pal did use my dating advice and told her new dating interest about her external hemorrhoid and he was not understanding about it. He had a mistaken belief that hemorrhoid problems are the result of having poor personal hygiene.
Their brief whirlwind relationship ended. Her external hemorrhoid was treated and cured using a simple combination of sitz bath therapy and a fiber supplement.
I am happy my gal pal did not have to get hemorrhoid laser surgery for her external hemorrhoid like I went through. As friends we had many laughs over how this guy stopped dating her because she had an external hemorrhoid.
The reason her new dating relationship ended simply meant the guy was not ever going to be her soul mate and she actually benefited finding this out before getting serious with this guy.
Swimming in the dating pool with hemorrhoids is going to happen to many singles out there looking for love. Hemorrhoids are a part of life that millions of us will experience one time in our life.
There are different medical studies that report 75 percent of the global population will get hemorrhoids once in their lives. Even if that hemorrhoid number is slightly inflated by medical experts it still means hemorrhoids will impact lots of single people swimming in the dating pool looking for someone to love.
If a person stops dating you because of hemorrhoids you are better off to let them go and not look back.
My friend is back swimming in the dating pool hoping to find love, but this time around she is free of hemorrhoids because of sitz bath treatment and added dietary fiber.


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Good Thursday and Happy Thanksgiving. We have a frigid day in progress across the state as folks head over the river and through the woods. The good news is our sky is improving and that means improving travel conditions.
Snow continues to blanket central and eastern Kentucky, giving us a white Thanksgiving. This is the first time we've had snow on the ground on this day since 1989. Only 12 of the past 120 Thanksgivings featured snow on the ground in Lexington. That shows just how rare this is.
Today will start in the low to mid teens and end with highs in the low 30s.
Current temperatures
Black Friday shoppers will really need to bundle up with temps in the upper teens to start and upper 30s to end. Skies will be mainly clear.
The nice weather carries us into Saturday, but a weak cold front will drop into the region by Sunday. That may bring a chilly shower our way and set the stage for the potential for some light rain or snow showers by later Monday and Tuesday. The European Model shows what I'm talking about:


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The scene: You walk into an empty elevator where someone has recently committed a fart-and-flee. Kinda gross, but you can easily breathe through your mouth on the ride down to the lobby. But of course, the elevator slows down before you've reached the ground level.
To your utmost horror, a pleasant-looking but headphoned twenty-something woman steps into the box and turns to face the front.
Do you say something?!
"Uhh, it smelled like shit when I got in here. Haha! Someone reeeeally must have ripped one, huh?!" This is then followed by awkward, nervous laughter that would ultimately prove to the formerly unassuming now uncomfortable passenger that you did, in fact, unapologetically butt-burp in confined quarters.
Or, you can go the stoic route, pretending nothing happened as you know that she's silently judging you for committing such a shameful office act.
It really was a lose-lose.
Phantom elevator flatulator: 1, Dani: 0.