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Who is VSApp Incorporated?
VSApp has been developing software for the past 25 years for many different aspects of the business world. We are constantly adapting our software to better utilize the latest technologies available.
All our applications are custom built to meet the needs of each individual situation. If you need a solution that is not covered by our current applications, please contact us with your needs and we will provide a custom solution for you.
VSApp Incorporated currently utilizes two data centres, both located in Toronto, Ontario.
Microsoft Azure Datacentre
Microsoft's highly secure, enterprise grade, hyper-scale cloud is delivered from Canadian soil. Azure customers gain the benefits of Microsoft’s trusted cloud services combined with data residency in Canada. This includes data redundancy in multiple locations within Canada for business continuity.
The Microsoft Cloud is a global leader in compliance with the broadest portfolio of certifications in the industry. Azure has received ISO 27001 certification and are audited under the SSAE 16/ISAE 3402 SOC 1 and SOC 2 standards. In addition, Microsoft was the first cloud service provider to adopt the uniform international code of practice for cloud privacy and data protection, ISO/IEC 27018, which provides guidelines for protection of personally identifiable information.
Tenzing Datacentre
The Data center is staffed 24/7. Entrances and exits are electronically secured and continuously monitored via closed-circuit cameras and is only accessible to qualified network and data center technicians. Raised floors and redundant HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) ensure that servers remain at the optimum operating temperature. An advanced pre-action fire-suppression system protects the data center in the unlikely event of a fire. Power systems in our data center are proven to run uninterrupted even during long blackouts and brownouts. All networking equipment and servers are connected to Liebert Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems. On-site diesel generators are tested regularly and can run indefinitely if utility power feeds fail.
To maximize network performance, we use the Peer 1 Clear Channel Private Network to speed connections between key hubs on the Internet in Canada, the United States and Europe. The Clear Channel network links Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Chicago, San Jose, and London with one-hop connectivity. The result is the fastest, most direct connection possible to the public Internet backbone in North America and Europe. | {
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Outdoor side of the house, it is usually set and decorated as well as possible in case of bringing a nice space to the owner or even the guests to enjoy the moment. Here, we are going to talk about the cast aluminum patio furniture in being the outdoor furniture. Of course, this will be good for those of you who want to have your patio filled with the furniture. | {
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Click on the play button to listen to report.
I’m Bob Larson. Disappointment in the farming community after a ruling by the Public Disclosure Commission.
Save Family Farming’s Gerald Baron says it comes from the PDC’s decision Thursday that NO finance laws were broken when the What’s Upstream campaign spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby legislators…
GERALD BARON … “It says, PDC staff did not find that Mr. Wasserman, Mr. Wasserman as you know is the campaign manager, PDC staff did not find that Mr. Wasserman did not spend personal funds or the funds of the Swinomish Tribe on grassroots lobbying. Since Mr. Wasserman spent no funds on grassroots lobbying activities, he is not considered a sponsor of a grassroots lobbying campaign in accordance with the law. What they’re saying is, if he didn’t spend his own money and he didn’t spend tribal money, therefore he spent no money, and since he spent no money he wasn’t lobbying. Now, I ask reasonable people if that makes the slightest bit of sense?”
Baron says the law is not restricted to spending personal or employer funds …
GERALD BARON … “What they’re saying is misbegotten funds, such as were used, public funds in this case for this public activity, we could steal money, we could get money from anywhere else as long as you don’t use personal funds or your employer’s funds and it’s perfectly alright. Now, of course, that’s not what the law says, but that’s the contorted, distorted, bizarre explanation the PDC staff has used to justify not taking enforcement action.”
Baron says while disappointed, it’s not surprising. He hopes the Attorney General or legislators will look into sovereign immunity for tribes further and close this loophole. | {
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13-15 October 2015 - CPhI Worldwide
Epichem will be attending CPhI
Worldwide 2015 in Madrid, from 13 to 15 October. Contact us to arrange a
meeting.
3-5 February 2015 - Informex 2015
Epichem will be attending Informex
2015 in New Orleans, from 3 to 5 February. Contact us to arrange a
meeting.
7-12 December 2014 - RACI National Congress 2014
Epichem will be attending The RACI
National Congress 2014 in Adelaide, from 7 to 12 December. Visit us at the
Epichem-sponsored Chemistry Mixer, or contact us to arrange a meeting.
29-31 October 2014 - AusBiotech 2014
Epichem will be attending AusBiotech
2014 on the Gold Coast, from 29 to 31 October. Contact us to arrange a
meeting.
7-9 October 2014 - CPhI Worldwide
Epichem will be attending CPhI
Worldwide in Paris, from 7 to 9 October. Contact us to arrange a
meeting.
23-26 June 2014 - BIO International Convention
Epichem will be attending 2014
BIO International Convention in San Diego, from 23 to 26 June. Contact us to
arrange a meeting.
20-22 May 2014 - CPhI South East Asia
Epichem will be attending CPhI
SEA 2014 in Jakarta, from 20 to 22 May. Contact us to arrange a
meeting.
2-6 March 2014 - Pittcon
Epichem will be exhibiting at Pittcon
2014 in Chicago, 2-6 March. Please come and visit us at our Booth (#520) or
contact us to pre-arrange a meeting.
21-24 January 2014 - Informex
Epichem will be attending Informex
USA 2014 in Miami, Florida, from 21 to 24 January. Contact us to arrange a
meeting.
11 November 2013 - New Drugs for Chagas
Epichem and colleagues from Murdoch University, CDCO and DNDi have authored another
article describing potential new drugs for Chagas disease. Selection and optimization of
hits from a high-throughput phenotypic screen against Trypanosoma cruzi, Future Medicinal
Chemistry, 2013, 5(15), 1733-1752.
See
full article
25 October 2013 - Epichem Wins WA Export Award
Epichem has won its 4th consecutive WA Export Award, enters the Export Hall of Fame and
progresses to the Australian Export Awards Finals to be decided on 26 November.
23 October 2013 - Epichem Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Epichem is proud to announce that it celebrates 10 years of serving the global
pharmaceutical and drug discovery industries today. Since its founding in 2003, Epichem has
established itself as a world-class provider of synthetic and medicinal chemistry services
and pharmaceutical reference standards. With customers in 28 countries worldwide, Epichem
has earned an enviable reputation for quality, technical expertise and innovation, solving
difficult problems and creating valuable intellectual property for its clients,
collaborators and shareholders.
go
to press release
13 September 2013 - WA Export Awards
Epichem has been nominated as a finalist in three categories of the WA Industry and Export
Awards. The winners will be announced on the 25th of October.
1 April 2013 - Drugs for Chagas Disease
Epichem and colleagues from Murdoch University, CDCO, and DNDi have authored another
article describing potential new drugs for Chagas disease. Design, structure-activity
relationship and in vivo efficacy of piperazine analogues of fenarimol as inhibitors of
Trypanosoma cruzi, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2013, 21(7), 1756-1763.
See full article
27 February 2013 - Pittcon
Epichem will be attending Pittcon
2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 17 to 21 March. Contact us to
arrange a meeting.
7 February 2013 - Informex
Epichem will be attending Informex
USA 2013 in Anaheim, California, from 18 to 22 February. Contact us to
arrange a meeting.
19 November 2012 - New Pharmaceutical Impurities Catalogue
Epichem has released its latest catalogue of pharmaceutical reference standards, containing
many new impurities and degradants of OTC APIs such as phenylephrine, ibuprofen and
paracetamol.
view and
download catalogue
12 October 2012 - WA Export Award
Epichem won the 2012 Western Australian Export Award for Small to Medium Service Provider.
It was Epichem's third consecutive
win in the State competition and now becomes a finalist in the Australian competition.
Epichem won the Australain Small Business Export Award in 2010.
27 April 2012 - Drugs for Chagas Disease
Epichem and colleagues have authored an article entitled Analogues of Fenarimol Are
Potent Inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi and Are Efficacious in a Murine Model of Chagas
Disease in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012, 55(9), 4189-4204.
See
full article | {
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Across US, tribal leaders work to get out the vote
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A tribal newspaper in Arizona is publishing a detailed voter guide for the first time ever. A New Mexico pueblo is sending kindergartners home with get-out-the-vote buttons for their parents. Tribes in Wisconsin are reaching out to young adults with a Rock the Vote event.
Native American communities nationwide are working hard to tap about 3 million Native American voters, hoping to turn around low voter participation that has persisted in Indian Country for decades. The push is being headed by the National Congress of American Indians, the largest group representing Native Americans, which calls low turnout a "civic emergency" -- fueled by everything from language barriers and vast distances between polling places to high unemployment and poverty.
"As we look at why our vote is so important, our political activism really is aimed at making sure that we can address critical concerns in our communities," said NCAI executive director Jacqueline Johnson Pata.
The NCAI and its partners are focusing on 18 states with high Indian populations, and their efforts are not without challenge. The NCAI said in a recent report that voter ID laws could negatively affect participation this year in Native American and Alaska Native communities in 10 states _ Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Washington.
For example, in Alaska and Florida, tribal ID cards are not listed as acceptable forms of identification at the polls. In other states, address requirements pose difficulty for those tribal communities that lack street addresses. In Montana, Indians from the remote Crow, Northern Cheyenne and Fort Belknap reservations sought an emergency order for satellite voting on reservations, arguing that the long distance they must travel to vote early, or register late, puts them at a disadvantage compared with white voters. A federal judge denied their request on Tuesday.
The NCAI is pushing this year for the "largest Native vote in history," but experts agree achieving a high turnout will be difficult.
"They require more engagement, more interaction, just to get them to the polls," Montana State University political scientist David Parker. Get-out-the-vote campaigns on reservations are particularly time-consuming, he said, because some homes may have no Internet service _ or even television. There also are cultural barriers and the tribes' tumultuous history with the federal government.
Still, tribal leaders hope this momentum will energize their people on Election Day. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are locked in a tight battle for the White House, and in some states, a few votes could give either candidate the margin of victory.
"I think the stakes are high," said Laurie Weahkee, executive director of the Native American Voters Alliance, which has been canvassing pueblos, or tribal communities, in the Albuquerque area and talking to prospective voters on the Navajo Nation, which spans parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.
"I think people are really paying attention," Weahkee said. "They're asking: `What do these elections mean to us? What does this mean for me as a working person? What does this mean for my family?"'
Despite the fact that they lack the sheer numbers of other constituencies, such as Latinos and blacks, Pata said, Native Americans can use voting as a tool to protect sovereignty and advance tribal self-determination.
The issues that resonate most with Indian voters are economic development and improved government-to-government recognition of tribal sovereignty, said Holly Cook Macarro, a Democratic political consultant in Washington and member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa in northern Minnesota. Turning out votes in bad economic times is always a struggle, Macarro said, since unemployment is in the double digits on many reservations and 60 percent or higher on some.
2008 SUPPORT FOR OBAMA
Native Americans are about 1 percent of the electorate, and in 2008 Obama garnered 69 percent support among Native voters over Republican John McCain, according to estimates by The Associated Press. The margin of error is plus or minus 11 percentage points because of the small number of voters.
American Indians and Alaska Natives have made critical strides under the Obama administration. Work has been done to bolster crime fighting and chip away at high sexual assault rates on reservations, to improve access to health care that the U.S. government promised American Indians' ancestors in treaties and to break bureaucratic logjams that stunt economic development on tribal trust lands.
Some tribes have formed their own political action committees and lobby for issues such as building casino enterprises. They seek to make headway on issues such as Internet gaming, clean energy production and expansion of broadband to remote reservations.
In New Mexico, Arizona and more than a dozen other states, tribal members have helped national groups with voter registration drives and phone banks with the goal of besting the Native American turnout in 2008, when fewer than half of eligible Native voters showed up at the polls. That equates to more than 1 million unrealized votes, according to the NCAI.
In Arizona, the NCAI has said an increase in turnout of Native Americans as well as Hispanics could make a difference in the tight U.S. Senate race between Republican Rep. Jeff Flake and Democrat Richard Carmona. The Gila River Indian Community sponsored a debate between Carmona and Flake, and the tribe's newspaper is publishing a voter guide with propositions and a list of candidates.
In Montana, incumbent Democratic Sen. John Tester _ propelled to a narrow victory in 2006 by Native American voters _ is making reservations a crucial part of his final week's barnstorming tour. Tribes in Wisconsin came together Tuesday evening for a Rock the Vote event in Green Bay. At Santa Clara Pueblo in northern New Mexico, tribal members held a debate-watching party and have been going door-to-door to encourage neighbors to vote. More than five dozen buttons reading "Every Native vote counts" were sent home with kindergartners and preschoolers.
"One vote may seem insignificant, but when you add 10 votes, 100 votes or 1,000 votes, that becomes a number that people will look at," said pueblo Gov. Walter Dasheno. "More people are becoming conscious of the significance of one vote."
In Albuquerque, a ballot initiative on increasing the minimum wage has helped Weahkee woo would-be voters.
"On one hand, you could say that's not really a Native issue. But on the other hand, we really can because so many of our communities are impacted," Weahkee said. "We're really looking at this over the long haul as opposed to just these elections." | {
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West Church neighbour hits out at preservationists’ claims
Craig Borland
A Rothesay resident who lives next door to the town’s former West Church has hit back at those who want to see the building saved.
Artist Brian Large says the members of a group campaigning for the preservation of the structure - or at least of its spire - are wrong to point the finger of blame for its demolition at Argyll and Bute Council.
The nave of the structure in Argyle Street is currently being partially demolished, while the building’s neighbours were told last month that the spire would also have to be dismantled on safety grounds.
In a letter published in the October 16 issue of The Buteman, Mr Large said the church’s closure in the late 1970s had been blamed on the cost of repairs to the roof.
“With a further 38 years of deterioration leading to a very obvious sag to the roof-line at the rear of the building, it is disingenuous of some of the preservationists to claim the church either had no structural problems, or only minor ones,” he said.
“In recent letters to The Buteman, some of those in favour of retaining the West Church appear to suggest that the council are responsible for the deterioration of the structure. The church does not belong to the council and never has done. The fact that the council are being forced to act in the interests of public safety keeps being twisted by your correspondents with hints of ‘dirty work’.
“In light of Argyll and Bute Council’s financial problems, the idea that they are demolishing a building which they do not own and have no financial interest in for no reason is ridiculous.”
* Read Mr Large’s letter in full in the October 15 issue of The Buteman - on sale now. | {
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Project Results
Thanks to the support we received from our friends, MAX BioPharma was able to conduct a study to explore the effects of oxysterol on hair growth in a very humane mouse model. Our observations from this study are significant and crucial in our ability to decide what additional studies will be needed to further pursue the use of oxysterols in hair growth indications. We hope to have future observations to share about this topic in the near future. Cheers.
About This Project
Hair loss can affect both men and women, often leaving a negative impact on the affected person’s life. Stem cells associated with hair follicles drive normal hair growth but lie dormant in bald spots. We propose to test topical applications of Oxy133, a drug candidate that can safely increase Hedgehog signaling, in a mouse model of hair growth. We hypothesize that dormant hair stem cells will be stimulated by Oxy133, resulting in increased hair growth in mice and (eventual) human testing.
Ask the Scientists
What is the context of this research?
Available drug treatments for hair loss (Propecia, Avodart or Rogaine) are modestly effective at best and often plagued by unpleasant side effects. In male pattern baldness, hormonal and other factors lead to a shortened growth (anagen) phase of the hair follicle, resulting in deactivated hair stem cells and diminished hair growth. To regrow lost hair, it may be possible to reactivate dormant hair stem cells by stimulating their cellular signaling. The Hedgehog signaling pathway provides a cellular signal crucial for hair growth that can trigger hair follicles to reenter an active growth phase. At MAX BioPharma, a startup company based in Santa Monica, California, we have developed Oxy133, a drug candidate that can stimulate Hedgehog signaling through a safe ‘allosteric’ mechanism.*
What is the significance of this project?
It is estimated that 40 million Americans suffer from hair loss.* Most hair loss is actually caused by a lack of hair regrowth rather than the increased shedding of hair. Available treatment options typically work far better to prevent further hair loss than to regrow lost hair. This project will address the question whether Oxy133 can safely stimulate hair stem cells in mice and trigger increased hair regrowth. In principle, this application could translate into a hair growth treatment for humans, as Hedgehog signaling functions similarly across species.* Successful experimental outcomes would then allow us to partner with pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies, as well as investors, to further develop the drug and advance to human testing and eventual commercialization.
What are the goals of the project?
The immediate goal of the project is to test the ability of Oxy133, a sterol based activator of Hedgehog signaling, to enhance hair growth in mice through topical application of the compound, a simple but effective model of hair regrowth. We believe that Oxy133 is highly suited for dermatological applications due its high solubility in skin oil. If successful, this pilot study will provide data that can be presented to potential industry partners and investors who will help us develop the technology for commercialization. The long term goal of this project is to offer a new, safe and effective treatment option to people suffering from hair loss.
Budget
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There are standard costs that go along with animal experimentation. $5,000 would cover all costs from creating more of the drug candidate for use, housing the mice, paying the scientists, applying the drug, recording the results, and maintaining the lab.
Endorsed by
The project is important as it will teach us about the effects of Oxy133, an oxysterol, on hair growth in mice, a crucial first step in finding a new treatment for hair loss in people. As the Director of Molecular & Cellular Biology at MAX Biopharma, I enthusiastically endorse this project.
Project Timeline
The study will take about 2 months from start to finish. Mice will be purchased from commercial vendors, we will shave their backs and apply the drug candidate daily at two doses for 3 weeks to observe and document hair growth patterns. At the end of the study, if hair regrowth is enhanced with our drug candidate, as we anticipate, we will carry out histological examination of the skin and hair follicles.
Jul 30, 2018
Project Launched
Sep 03, 2018
Start Experiment
Nov 02, 2018
Finalize Experiment and Analyze Results
Nov 12, 2018
Final Report
Meet the Team
Farhad Parhami
Ph.D, MBA, Founder, CEO
Affiliates
Team Bio
At MAX BioPharma, we aim to realize the therapeutic potential of a previously understudied group of lipid molecules, so-called oxysterols, and understand their role in human health and disease. Leveraging combined expertise in the fields of cellular biology, lipid biochemistry and drug discovery, we work to build a new generation of therapeutic agents that can address a number of unmet medical needs.
Farhad Parhami
Dr. Farhad Parhami worked at UCLA as a biomedical researcher and Professor of Medicine for over 22 years. While at UCLA, Farhad first studied the effects of certain sterols, including cholesterol and oxidation products of cholesterol, so called oxysterols, on the cellular signaling of adult stem cells. Remnants from our prenatal period, adult stem cells can be found in all human tissues and are crucial elements for our body’s normal maintenance as well as repair and recovery from injury or disease. For example, skin injuries, such as cuts or bruises, are repaired with help from skin progenitor cells, so called fibroblasts, which become activated during wound healing. Similarly, broken bones heal by drawing in bone progenitor cells that reside in the bone marrow and turn into mature bone cells, so called osteoblasts, near the site of bone injury. Farhad’s research demonstrated that adult stem cells can be activated by oxysterols without affecting other cells that are not stem cells. That is because oxysterols work by stimulating stem cell specific signals, such as Hedgehog signaling, in a safe manner that does not lead to overstimulation, which can be potentially dangerous. This so called “allosteric” activation amplifies only preexisting Hedgehog signals found in the adult stems cells. | {
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Following the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Democrats argued that the ongoing special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller precluded him from being able to nominate Kennedy’s successor. There was no precedent or constitutional basis for this argument. President Bill Clinton nominated Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court while he was being investigated over the Whitewater scandal. President Trump went on to nominate Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed following an unprecedented smear campaign by Democrats.
Now that the Democrats’ partisan impeachment has reached the Senate, failed 2020 presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris is making a similar argument to put the brakes on Trump’s making the judiciary great again. “Today, the United States Senate will receive articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and begin to determine whether the president’s actions warrant his removal from office,” Harris said in a statement. “The president is charged with high crimes and misdemeanors, and the Senate must take seriously its constitutional role in this process. During the time when articles of impeachment are before the Senate, it would be wholly inappropriate to advance the president’s nominees to the federal judiciary.”
Despite the House impeachment inquiry, Trump continued to have success getting conservative judges on the courts. Harris thinks that somehow the situation has changed and Trump doesn’t have the presumption of innocence or the constitution on his side.
Last month, conservative pundit Mark Levin presented a theory on his radio show that impeachment is really about blocking Trump from getting another Supreme Court pick during his presidency. “[Democrats] want to claim that they’ve crippled this lawless president, that the Republicans wouldn’t remove him from office, and there is no way that the Democrats will ever agree to him making another Supreme Court appointment, either in the next 11 months or, as I say, should he get re-elected and in the four years subsequent to his first term.”
While there’s no legal or constitutional basis for this to actually work, Democrats, who know Trump won’t be convicted in the Senate, seem intent on using impeachment as a “black mark” on Trump as a means of thwarting his agenda. I think Levin’s theory has merit, and it’s clear that Kamala Harris’s suggestion that judicial nominations should come to a grinding halt is further proof that impeachment is their perverted attempt to prevent Trump from filling any more vacancies in the judiciary—not just the Supreme Court. | {
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It took me a while to get into the Bronson scores (I'd never heard of the show until I got the TV Omnibus set) but there is some nice variety there. And it's always nice to hear a bit more Richard Shores music. | {
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Friday, November 20, 2009
This release was just passed along by a contributor and ultimately comes from an esteemed colleague (so HT to AS). The basic news is about a new MIT Press book, by Shigeru Miyagawa, Why Agree? Why Move? He examines agreement and movement data from Japanese, English and Kinkande.
Some things aren't quite clear from the release, like this:
The existence of similar structures in such otherwise disparate languages, Miyagawa asserts, provides strong evidence that all human languages have a common origin.
Common origin in human cognition, sure, but is the assertion one about monogenesis?
Chinese classifiers strike me as only marginal examples of morphosyntactic agreement: they transparently descend from a purely semantic classifier system such as we find in Burmese. In that language, the use of the 'pair/team' classifier with 'ox' or 'buffalo' is acceptable, but with 'horse' it is not. This is not a mere subcategorizational fact about the word for 'horse', but instead reflects the fact that traditionally the Burmese did not use teams of horses. Likewise 'basket of eggs' and 'basket of chickens' are fine, but 'basket of mosquitoes' is not, again for reasons that are about the real world rather than the language.
In addition, I don't believe that bei-constructions are really passive in the usual sense. Chinese verbs don't really have voice, nor is the language either accusative or ergative, morphologically speaking: context controls all. Thus "George dropped the watermelon and [George] was embarrassed" is not a sign of syntactically accusativity, nor is "George dropped the watermelon and [the watermelon] burst" a sign of syntactically ergativity: these are just the most plausible interpretations, and so they are the ones that Chinese-speakers assume.
Not necessarily. I've been at talks at MIT where there have been comments along the lines of "it's great to see that syntactic research shows that Altaic is actually a family" (because Korean and Japanese share a certain property). | {
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Keeping Your Eyes Safe Around Fireworks
Posted on Jun 18, 2017 11:40am PDT
Summer is the season for dazzling displays of fireworks, and the Fourth
of July tends to be the pinnacle. If you want to be safe and keep your
eye doctor in Chicago happy while you enjoy the view, be sure to practice proper
eye care. Look at this video clip for tips on keeping your eyes safe around fireworks.
There’s a lot to love about the summertime, from days at the beach
to ice cream cones in the backyard. For many families, it’s tradition
to go out and see a fireworks show on the Fourth of July. Fireworks can
be beautiful, but they’re equally bright. If the light gets to be
too much, consider putting on a pair of sunglasses. You can also try to
distance yourself from the spectacle to avoid such intense exposure. Whether
you prefer sparklers, bottle rockets, or firecrackers, practice proper eye care. | {
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In 1994, a mathematician at AT&T Research named Peter Shor brought instant fame to “quantum computers” when he discovered that these hypothetical devices could quickly factor large numbers — and thus break much of modern cryptography. But a fundamental problem stood in the way of actually building quantum computers: the innate frailty of their physical components.
Unlike binary bits of information in ordinary computers, “qubits” consist of quantum particles that have some probability of being in each of two states, designated |0> and |1>, at the same time. When qubits interact, their possible states become interdependent, each one’s chances of |0> and |1> hinging on those of the other. The contingent possibilities proliferate as the qubits become more and more “entangled” with each operation. Sustaining and manipulating this exponentially growing number of simultaneous possibilities are what makes quantum computers so theoretically powerful. | {
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Question of the Day
Should President Trump pardon Michael Flynn?
The testimony of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace and CENTCOM boss Gen. John Abazaid that they did not anticipate the current level of chaos and sectarian violence in Baghdad and that civil war is a real possibility has attracted a lot of attention from the so-called pundit class — mostly about cutting and running, and how the sorry situation in Iraq will affect the November elections.
What Gens. Pace and Abazaid’s cautionary testimony should do is underscore the necessity for immediate, decisive, resolute action — both in Iraq, and elsewhere in the region. Why elsewhere? Because in the Middle East, nothing happens in a vacuum. And the sooner we realize that basic fact of life, the more clarity and backbone we can put into our foreign policy.
For example, not 24 hours after the Pace-Abazaid testimony, thousands of Iraqi Shi’ites marched in support of Hezbollah, chanting “Death to Israel and Death to America.” These demonstrations did not develop spontaneously. They are part of an orchestrated program to discredit the United States and weaken the will of the American public with the principal objective of forcing us to withdraw from the region. Let’s not forget who controls Hezbollah, or who exercises control over many of Iraq’s Shi’a: the mullahs of Tehran and their acolytes, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. There are close to 1,000 IRGC infiltrators in Iraq as I write this — and they are not working on America’s behalf.
Facing such a determined enemy, now is not the time for the U.S. to — in the words of Margaret Thatcher — “go wobbly.” Nor is it time for recriminations. Granted, serious mistakes have been made — and heads should roll. And the carnage in Baghdad and elsewhere is serious. But, even as we deplore the number of Iraqis being killed daily, that death toll is smaller than the number of Americans killed on our highways every single day.
What we need to do now is reassess the current environment and modify our tactics and strategy as necessary to deal with the escalating chaos and, just as important, take Iran out of the picture. These are not impossible objectives. We still enjoy a tactical “window of opportunity” in which to take decisive action. But it does mean unleashing our full military capabilities. A measured response will not get the job done. As in most wars, if you want to win you must bring overwhelming force into play.
Another issue that must be addressed is the status of the current elected Iraqi government. What — if anything — does our intelligence tell us about its reliability? Will Iraq’s leaders support the muscular military action necessary to bring the chaos under control?
These questions must be answered in a no-nonsense manner. The answers will help the White House; the Pentagon and the U.S. Central Command as they develop future plans as well as determine the size of the forces we will need to achieve our objectives in Iraq and also send the necessary signals to Tehran.
James “Ace” Lyons Jr., a retired U.S. Navy admiral, has served as commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (the largest single military command), senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations and as deputy chief of naval operations, where he was principal adviser on all Joint Chiefs of Staff matters. | {
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Sign the Petition to
Musicians invited to play the Red Sea Jazz Festival (9-11/2/2017)
The Red Sea Jazz Festival is a bi-yearly event in Israel's city of Eilat. The festival could have been a festival to celebrate the
free spirit of Jazz music, and this beautiful tradition of oppressed
minorities. Instead, it is a government event of propaganda, which uses Jazz music as a tool for whitewashing military
occupation, apartheid and oppression of the Palestinian people:
"We see culture as a Hasbara [public relations] tool of the first rank, and I do not differentiate between Hasbara and culture" ~ Nissim Ben-Sheetrit, former deputy director general of the Israel Foreign Ministry
In view of this, we ask Jazz Musicians: Please cancel your participation in the
festival.
We ask people from all around the world: Add your signature to this ongoing campaign to boycott the Red Sea Jazz Festival.
More detailed information on the Red Sea Jazz Festival's involvement with government and corporate below.
We are concerned people from all around the world who oppose Israel's continuing displacement of the Palestinian people via military occupation and apartheid policies [1]. We write to you in order to make sure that you are aware of all the moral implications of performing in Israel at this time. We ask that you postpone your concerts, to a time when Israel ends its military occupation and apartheid policies.
It is impossible not to address the venue of the festival and its history. Between the year of 1947-1948 Israeli militias committed ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinian population of Palestine. Over 500 villages were destroyed, massacres of thousands resulting in the fleeing of half the population in fear for their lives [2]. We refuse to forget that Eilat stands on what was once a Palestinian village called Umm Rashrash [3], and the whole area was renamed after the military operation of ethnic cleansing, barefacedly named "Uvda", which is Hebrew for "Fact", as in "creating facts on the ground". Israel's Tourism Ministry, one of the initiators of the Red Sea Jazz Festival, you're about to take part in, has no qualms about using this name [4].
The Eilat Red Sea Jazz Festival is in no way separate from the government and its policies. It is "initiated by Eilat city hall aid by Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Eilat Sea Port, Eilat Hotel Association and various business sponsors" [5]. The reality of Israel at present is that all government ministries are in one way or another involved in the oppression of the indigenous Palestinian population, fundamentally utilizing civilian aspects of the government and civil society to uphold, sustain and perpetuate the military occupation. Particularly relevant for you is the fact that Israel's government openly uses cultural events in order to divert attention from its war crimes [6]:
"We see culture as a Hasbara [public relations] tool of the first rank, and I do not differentiate between Hasbara and culture" ~ Nissim Ben-Sheetrit, former deputy director general of the Israel Foreign Ministry
The Israeli Ministry of Tourism advertises and facilitates tourism in occupied Palestinian territories [7], and facilitates tours for artists such as you, as part of generating photo-ops : "video and stills footage of the singer and her entourage, both during the concerts and visits to tourist sites in Israel, to be used in international marketing campaigns." [8]
The Ministry of Culture supports the settlement construction in the West Bank, and actively silences protestation of this war crime [9].
Governmental forces are joined by corporate forces if we examine Eilat Sea Port (Eilat Port Company Ltd.), One of its owners being and Israel's government via the Israel Ports Development & Assets Company Ltd. [10] The same Israeli government has besieged Gaza port, closing down not only any means of trade, but also one of the main venues of livelihood.
Due to all this, in past years, other jazz musicians have also cancelled their participation in the Red Sea Jazz Festival, including Stanley Jordan, Terence Blanchard, Marcus Strickland, Cassandra Wilson, Meshell Ndegeocello, Los Hacheros, Carlo Mombelli, Eddie Palmieri, Jason Morana, Portico Quartet, Tuba Skinny, Andreas Öber, Chris "Daddy" Dave, Pino Palladino, Kebbi Williams, Isaiah Sharkey, Matt Schofield. Since Jazz festivals have become one of Israel's most commonly used forms of public relations, many jazz, blues and soul musicians have cancelled their performances at similar state-initiated Jazz festivals. Others have cancelled after learning of the political situation here. Some names which come to mind are Gil Scott-Heron, Carlos Santana, Cassandra Wilson, Meshell Ndegeocello, and The Other Day*.
The Red Sea Jazz Festival could have been a festival to celebrate the free spirit of Jazz music, and this beautiful tradition of oppressed minorities. Instead, it uses music as a tool for whitewashing military occupation, apartheid and oppression of the Palestinian people. In view of all this, we are asking you: Please cancel your participation in the festival. Boycott Apartheid. | {
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Here are key things to know about the post office Public Provident Fund (PPF) account:
Interest rates
The post office PPF account offers an interest rate of 8 per cent per annum, compounded on a yearly basis, according to the India Post website.
How to open post office PPF account
A post office PPF account can be opened by any individual with cash or cheque. In case of cheque, the date of realisation of cheque in the government account should be date of opening of account, according to India Post.
Minimum contribution required/maximum allowed
The PPF account can be opened by an individual with Rs 100 subject to minimum and maximum limits of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,50,000 in a financial year respectively. The subscriber should not deposit more than Rs. 1,50,000 per annum as the excess amount neither earns any interest nor is eligible for rebate under Income Tax Act, according to the India Post website. The amount can be deposited in lump sum or in a maximum of 12 instalments per year.
Maturity period
The post office PPF account matures in a period of 15 years. Thereafter, on application by the subscriber, it can be extended for one or more blocks of five years each.
Tax Benefits
Deposits in the post office PPF account qualify for income tax deduction under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. The government has in its Interim Budget 2019-20 proposed to increase the limit for tax deduction at source (TDS) on interest income earned on post office deposits from Rs 10,000 to Rs 40,000 per annum. The proposed change in TDS rules will come into effect from April 1, 2019.
Premature withdrawal
A withdrawal is permissible every year from seventh financial year from the year of opening of the post office PPF account, according to India Post. That means the customer is allowed to withdraw from the account after 7 years of operating the account. | {
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Me and You and Everyone We Know Screening
Portland filmmaker/performance artist/writer Miranda July's 2005 film Me and You and Everyone We Know is built on an eclectic script that captures a handful of awkward moments between humans. While it's strange and artsy, the film is also quietly hilarious, making it the only movie with instant message poop jokes to ever win the Cam éra d'Or at Cannes. SM | {
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A fictional retelling of the Tawana Brawley story, the novel, like many of Oates' stories, focuses on a mother-daughter relationship. (In the late 1980s, Brawley, at the time an African American 15-year-old from Wappingers Falls, N.Y., falsely accused several white men of raping her.)
Oates said she tends to identify with the younger characters in these dynamics. That's because she feels her ideal age is 14, she said.
Oates said she has a strong affinity for adolescents because their personalties are fluid and not yet formed: They're curious, they feel like they're outsiders, they feel and look awkward, they're easily depressed and defeated, but suffused with energy and usually bounce right back.
Oates -- recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction -- also warned authors against writing before they've let their characters and scenes develop in their minds.
Oates said she meditates on her stories when she's running, and knows fully what will happen in a story before she begins writing.
Characters are elastic, she said, and if you give them room to live in your mind, they'll surprise you. If you sit down to write and fix them to words before you know what they're going to do, she said, "you'll have them captive in a way that's not helpful." | {
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Have you hit the weeknight recipe slump? It's easy to run into a bind when constantly on the go. Sure, fast food is always an option, but with simple meal planning at the start of the week, you can have a weekly menu that'll help you stick to your grocery budget, and will afford you some quality family time around the dinner table. MBP has a variety of wonderful recipes for you to Pin and save, and if you're a kielbasa fan, you're going to love this week's featured recipe!
Smoked Kielbasa Over Rice
Cast of Characters:
1 Large Yellow OR White Onion
Jasmine Rice (for use in a rice cooker)
Favorite BBQ Sauce
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper
1. Prepare rice as directed in a rice cooker (If you do not own a rice cooker, you can make rice in your usual way as long as it cooks evenly)
Amazon has a great selection of affordable rice cookers such as this one. I would suggest investing in one so that you can have perfect, easy sticky rice every single time.
2. Slice onion in strips and saute in a skillet with 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil for 10 minutes or until onions become golden brown.
3. Slice kielbasa in 1 inch pieces and add to the skillet along with 2 tablespoons of BBQ sauce, continuing to saute with the onions for an additional 5 minutes.
4. When your rice cooker "dings", it is time to assemble a delicious weeknight dinner!
I would suggest putting the onion and sausage mixture over the rice and enjoy it that way.
If your family does not enjoy onions, you can omit with broccoli or zucchini.
Also, as an alternative to the BBQ sauce, this can be transformed into a Japanese-inspired meal by using teriyaki sauce instead.
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Loretta Devine
Equally at home on stage or screen, award-winning actress LORETTA DEVINE (narrating the words of Rosa Parks) has created some of the most memorable roles in theater, film, and television. Devine first captured national attention in the role of Lorrell, one of the three original “dreamgirls” in Michael Bennett’s classic award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. She followed that performance with a fiery portrayal of Lillian in Bob Fosse’s critically acclaimed stage production Big Deal. Subsequent work in George C. Wolfe’s Colored Museum and Lady Day at Emerson Bar and Grill cemented Devine’s status as one of the most talented and versatile stage actresses.
Film roles soon followed, including a poignant turn as a single mother opposite Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, and Gregory Hines in Waiting to Exhale, which earned her an NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress. Devine also won an Image Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Penny Marshall’s The Preacher’s Wife, and an IFP Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress for work in Woman Thou Art Loosed. She was featured in the Academy Award-winning film Crash and the hit movie of Dreamgirls. Additional film credits include appearances in the successful Urban Legend franchise, I Am Sam – opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn, Kingdom Come, What Women Want, Punks, Hoodlums, Down in the Delta, and Stanley and Iris. She also appeared in Sticky Fingers, Amos and Andrew, The Breaks, The Price of Kissing, Lover Girl, Class Act, Living Large, Caged Fear, and Little Nikita. Most recently she co-starred in two Sony Screen Gems films, This Christmas and First Sunday. Both films opened at No. 1 at the box office. Rounding out her 2007 slate of films was the film festival favorite Dirty Laundry. Up next is the 2008 release of Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua, starring Drew Barrymore. Devine voices the character of Delta, a chocolate brown toy poodle.
On television, Devine can be seen in ABC’s mid-season show Eli Stone, as well as her recurring role as Adele on the hit ABC medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy. She received three NAACP Image Awards for her role on David E. Kelly’s Fox series, Boston Public. Additional credits include series roles in A Different World and Lifetime Television’s Wild Card. She also provided the voice of Muriel Stubbs on the beloved animated series The PJs.
Devine graduated from the University of Houston and later received a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University. She currently resides in Los Angeles. | {
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Wednesday, 21 November 2012
It’s the time of the year when we get winter colds and the
cooler weather can make our aches and pains worse. Ginger is such a warming and
comforting herb, I associate it with this time of year and my Yorkshire gran’s ginger bread loaves, Christmas
time with dad's crystallised ginger and warming foot baths. I thought I’d
take a look at it’s different uses, in fact I thought it won’t take long to
come up with 10 bullet points and as usual I found myself getting further
involved…
Ginger Root (from www.cancerbattlefield.com)
1.Aids digestion
– Ginger is a great herb for digestion. It aids in the digestion of fatty foods
so I’m not surprised that we eat it at times of festivity when we eat a rich
diet. amritaveda.com
It is also carminative; helps with
flatulence: the volatile oils in ginger relax the stomach and stimulate
peristalsis (the wavelike motion of food through the gut) thereby supporting
digestion and reducing gas herbs-hands-healing.co.uk
2.Helps to
reduce high blood pressure – Ginger’s warming quality improves and
stimulates circulation and relaxes the muscles surrounding blood vessels,
facilitating the flow of blood throughout the body.amritaveda
3.Aids
nausea and morning sickness – Ginger has been widely shown to prevent as
well as treat motion sickness, relax the stomach and relieve the feeling of
nausea amritaveda. Chew
on ginger, preferably tossed in a little honey Food Matters.
4.Lowers LDL
cholesterol – Studies show ginger can lower cholesterol absorption in the
blood and liver. Its extract can help reduce the levels of LDL (bad)
cholesterol in the body, reducing the risk of developing heart disease amritaveda. A study published in 2008 in the Saudi Medical Journal showed patients with
high cholesterol who took 3 grams of ginger a day had significantly lowered
cholesterol levels in just 45 days Vegetarian Times.
7.Joint
pain – Ginger is anti-inflammatory, add it to your bath tub Food Matters. Ginger in an
oil or balm can be rubbed on areas such as joints and muscles that ache.
8.Prevents
blood clots - Ginger interferes with the long sequence of events necessary
for blood clots to form. This helps to prevent clots that can lodge in narrowed
coronary arteries and set off a heart attack. Something called thromboxane
synthesis initiates clot formation and ginger inhibits this process. Ginger
also inhibits the clumping together of platelets in the blood NStar.
9.An immune
system booster – ginger is considered to be a hot spice, meaning that it
has a warming effect on the human body. Consuming ginger causes the body to
sweat. The sweat glands produce a compound which, in turn, protects the skin
from infection and we get the term “to sweat out” a cold Planet Save.You could also try a ginger foot bath,
warming on a cold wintry day and the soles of our feet can absorb so much.
10.Contains
Gingerol – the active ingredient that reduces pain with its
anti-inflammatory effect is also thought to be anti-microbial and anti-viral Vegetarian Times.Ginger is also a rubefacient and when applied to the skin, it stimulates and
dilates the blood capillaries, increasing circulation.
How to take your ginger?
Surely the nicest way is to take it in our
food. Lots of Asian and Caribbean recipes contain good amounts of ginger.
Europeans are good at ginger in biscuits and puddings, so perhaps to be taken
more in moderation this way.
Remember to have gingerbread in moderation! (littleabout.com)
More medicinal ways include:
For
colds: ginger tea and a hot ginger bath at the first sign of a cold.
Ginger tea is made by simmering about an inch
(2.5cm) ginger in 2 cups of water for about 10 minutes, strain and drink.
The ginger bath is made by putting 4
tablespoons of ginger powder in a piece of cloth or old sock and running the
bath water over it. Have a 20 minute soak, and even better – drink your ginger
tea in your ginger bath! (Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal, 2010, Kitchen Medicine).
Peeled ginger
For
boils
A poultice can be made from equal parts of ginger
powder and flour made into a paste with water and placed over the boil, cling
film can be put over to hold it in place and a hot water bottle over the top
will help thing come along more speedily (Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal,
2010).
Pneumonia
A chest poultice moves mucus from the
lungs, helping respiration and increasing circulation, it also increases
sweating (Matthew Wood, 2008, The Earthwise Herbal).
You will need a double boiler pan (Bain Marie),
vegetable oil such as sunflower oil, chopped up ginger roots, a sieve, and a
jar.
·Your double boiler has water boiling in the
bottom pan and your ingredients go in the top pan. Put half of your ginger in
the top pan and cover it with your chosen vegetable oil.
·Wait 2 hours
·Strain off the oil from the ginger, keep the
oil.
·Put the other half of the ginger in the pan and
cover with the same oil. Your ginger has been used once, the oil twice.
·Wait another 2 hours
·Strain off the oil from the ginger, put it into
a jar and label
·You now have a double infused oil
Use this oil as a muscle rub or on aching, inflamed joints.
Massage onto cold hands and feet to help warmth and circulation. Try different
variations such as adding chillies to your ginger and make it chilli and ginger
oil. If you know how to use essential oils safely then perhaps you could add
some oils to your cooled ginger oil.
·Add beeswax. Beeswax makes the mixture solidify;
the more beeswax used, the firmed your salve will be. Six parts oil to 1 part
wax makes a soft salve that you can easily poke your fingers into, four parts
oil to 1 part wax makes a very firm salve. More than six parts oil makes a very
squidgy salve that you can easily scoop out.
·Pour it into your jar and let it set.
·Label the jar, I have learnt that even if you
think you have the memory of the proverbial elephant you do not remember what
is in which jar!
A salve creates a less messy way to apply the oil with its
ginger properties.
Make your salve with any oil you have made, or even a plain
vegetable oil salve to make a lip salve, just put it in a little jar.
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
It’s been eight months since my last post. I've had a busy
year with trying to establish a new business, holding down a full time job and
family commitments. After managing to accumulate quite a few partly completed
herb assignments I've arranged with Sarah to repeat this year’s work in 2013.
It doesn't mean herbs have been out of my life or mind, I am
still using my remedies and have made some of my own simples and have noticed
herbs throughout the year wherever I've been.
In June we attended the annual dinner of the Knights of the
Fellowship of the Round Table at the wonderful Halls of King Arthur in
Tintagel. The main hall contains beautiful stained glass displaying the story
of Arthur and the virtues of a knight. In the corridor I came across a window
depicting rosemary for remembrance, especially apt at this time of year. The plant was used at the Halls to remember those that had passed.
Rosemary window
A sprig of rosemary was placed on the round table as a symbol of remembrance for members who had died
In the summer we enjoyed a F**k It week on the island of
Stromboli with John Parkin and his wife Gaia. Nothing rude! We did meditation
& qui gong and learned to relax on the side a live volcano with the sea
lapping in front of us. It’s highly recommended. Wild fennel grows in abundance
along the path to that climbs the volcano, I loved walking along and running my
hands through it to smell the aroma. A lot of herbs smell stronger in the sun, but
my fennel in my garden smells really strong when it is raining.
Stromboli
When we got home there was St John’s Wort growing rampant
over the garden path, I quickly chopped it back. I usually just take the
flowers to make oil but as I was in a hurry I put the flowering tops in and it
has still turned a dark red colour. I usually use olive oil but I have heard Sarah
say she uses sunflower oil and it is a sunny yellow midsummer plant so I have
tried it.
Mr Moon Gazing Hare has had a problem shoulder so I have
used Meadowsweet oil with essential oils including plai oil for natural pain relief along with
gentle massage.
I went to a talk on Aromatology last weekend, where certain essential
oils are used in large doses and internally by highly trained therapists. The
speaker gave us some Roman Chamomile to rub on our cheeks and you could taste
it very quickly. Eucalyptus Smithii applied in the crook of your arm can also
be tasted soon after. I had previously heard of rubbing garlic on the sole of
your foot and being able to taste that soon after. The speaker made a valid
point about being careful what we put on our skin when it can be absorbed into
the body that quickly.
Although life is hectic it is never boring, I have a book to
review before it is released next week and I have been asked to write a
magazine article that I am excited about.
Monday, 5 March 2012
Review the structure and function of the male genitalia looking at prostate, penis, scrotum, and general plumbing. What herbs would you use to support prostate health in later life and general fertility?
The main prostate problem encountered by men in later life is Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) where the prostate becomes enlarged so I have looked at herbs for this problem.Fertility problems can be due to many reasons, I have focused mainly on sperm production and quality and erectile dysfunction which can also have many causes.
Structure and Function of Male Genitalia
The male reproductive organs and urinary tract are interlinked.
For reproduction sperm are produced in the testes inside the scrotum. The scrotum hangs down so as to be slightly cooler than body temperature as is required form sperm production. Sperm travel up a tube called the Vas Deferens to the urethra. Surrounding the urethra is the prostate gland that produces the fluid semen for the sperm to travel in; it is usually about the size of a walnut. The sperm are ejaculated through the penis via the urethra.
Urine is produced by the kidneys and is stored in the bladder until the urge to pass urine is felt. The urine is also passed through the penis via the urethra.
Later in life the prostate gland tends to enlarge, although it is part of the reproductive system causes problems with urination due to its location. After 40 testosterone declines and other hormones such as prolactin increase which leads to an increase in dihydrotesterone which is responsible for prostate overgrowth. Non-cancerous enlargement in older gentlemen is known as Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH). As it surrounds the urethra it can cause it tonarrow and can give the following symptoms:
·Difficulty in starting to urinate
·Not being able to urinate (that needs urgent medical attention)
·Weak flow of urine
·Dribbling after urinating
·Incomplete emptying of the bladder – the man may not be aware that this is happening but bacteria can live in the urine so not emptying the bladder properly can cause a urinary tract infection, in bad cases it backs up to cause kidney infections.
·Incontinence
·Frequency of urination during the night
·Pain on urination
·Raised urea in the blood can lead to confusion if kidneys are affected.
Conventional medicine can offer medication to improve urine flow such as Tamsulosin or to shrink the prostate such as Finasteride; antibiotics for infections; surgery in severe cases so as to widen the urethra again and if someone is unable to pass urine, a urinary catheter could be required for a time.
Ryan Drum says that before herbs are used, life style needs to be looked at such as posture, excessive sitting, constipation, abdominal fat, irritating cola drinks and spices in the diet. He finds that softer stools, increasing water intake and walking at least 2 miles a day often relieves symptoms.
Herbs to Support Prostate Health in Later Life
Burdock (Arctium spp.)
Burdock is used to relieve an enlarged prostate. In Matthew Wood’s Book of Herbal Wisdom he says that burdock “acts strongly on the prostate”, it goes to the core and permanently cures. He finds it better than Saw Palmetto which palliates and he sees as a “fad herb for this complaint”.
A tea of Pellitory of the Wall is soothing to the urinary tract, reduces inflammation and increases urine flow.
Pumpkin (Cucurbita Pepo)
Pumpkin seeds contain zinc and a male hormone like component that both benefit the prostate gland, Matthew Wood recommends eating a handful each day.
Pygeum (Prunus Africana)
Studies show that Pygeum decreases nocturia (passing urine at night), improves flow and reduces the residual volume of urine that remains in the bladder.
Rosebay willow herb (chamerion angustifolium)
Rosebay leaf tea is recommended for prostate problems.
Saw Palmetto (Serenoa Repens)
Saw Palmetto is said to have been the “old man’s friend” to Native Americans as they found it decreased prostate size and increased urine flow. Studies show it relieves frequency of urine and pain on urination. Anne McIntyre says it is the best herb for long term shrinking of the prostate. Castleman says that in one study Saw Palmetto was as effective as the drug Finasteride. Other studies have seen it reduce symptoms and to have less side effects. It is said to inhibit 5-alpha-reductase, an enzyme that plays a key role in the overgrowth of prostate tissue.
Wood is not so convinced and believes Saw Palmetto to be a fad herb for this complaint. Ryan Drum says it “seems to have a distinctly erosive feminising effect on the male body” and he does not use it unless he thinks it absolutely necessary.
There are many herbs to support prostate health; holistically there are generally aspects of lifestyle to look at as well. A healthy, high protein diet can help to maintain testosterone levels. Lycopene in tomatoes has been shown to help the prostate; there is a higher level in cooked tomatoes.
Herbs for Male Fertility
There are many different reasons for reduced fertility in men including genetics; the immune system; medication such as steroids, antidepressants, antihypertensives and cancer drugs; chronic infection; hormone problems; surgery; diabetes; mumps; stress; smoking; toxic metals; nutritional deficiencies or physical problems such as a blocked sperm duct.
It takes 100 days for sperm to develop, so the benefit of any herbs or healthy regime could not be expected to be seen until then.
Conventional treatment for male infertility can consist of:
•Drugs, e.g. antibiotics for an infection.
•Hormones for low testosterone.
•Surgery for problems such as a tumour or anything causing a blockage.
Herbs for Healthy Sperm
Astralagus (Astralagus Membranaceus)
Astralagus enhances sperm motility so as they can get all the way to the female’s egg.
Eleuthero (Elleutherococcus senticosus)
Siberian Ginseng for stress related infertility with extracts that help sperm motility.
Ginseng (Panax Ginseng)
The University of Rome found that infertile men taking 4,000mg of ginseng extract every day for 3 months rose 93%. In men without a problem it increased by 9%.
Gojiberry (Lyceum Barbarum, L. Chinenense)
Gojiberry is used for impotence, sexual debility and improving sperm quality and quantity.
Maritime Pine
An antioxidant, Pycnogenol, from the bark of the Maritime pine has been found to increase the quality and function of sperm after 90 days in a trial in the October 2002 Journal of Reproductive Medicine.
Maritime Pines
Oats
I was just reading a review on the internet about which breakfast cereals are the healthiest & came across this mention. “Oats are also great for male fertility as they contain Argenine which helps raise male sperm count and make it swim faster!”
Pumpkin (Cucurbita Pepo)
Pumpkin seeds are rich in zinc which acts on the prostate but it is also a constituent of sperm and many diets are low in zinc these days. Chew the seeds well as zinc is absorbed through the mouth and gums.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) male sexual dysfunction is seen as a loss of yang or the primary life force stored in the kidneys and warming herbs are required to restore yang such as scisandra cinensis and epimedium sagittatum. Western herbalists would use warming cinnamon and clove to boost circulation.
Many plants contain phytoestrogens that are chemically similar to the oestrogen estradiol which is involved in sexual functioning in men.
Monday, 20 February 2012
We’ve been asked to describe how we relate to trees in winter, my first instinct here was my usual one – I don’t know anything, but actually I have been learning throughout my apprenticeship.
I must confess that before my herb apprenticeship I just thought winter trees were asleep and looked stunning with a bit of frost on. I was panic struck when my first task came, in December 09/January 2010, to map all hawthorns and elders in my locality, take bark rubbings and make an elder bark salve. I had never imagined myself working with bark in my herb work, the only one I had heard of being used was willow bark and I thought only experts worked with it.
Hawthorn in November, Anglesey
Hunting hawthorn and elder trees made me more familiar with my locality, I found paths and tracks that I never knew existed and could make out where there was once a hawthorn hedge spanning the hillside behind my home.
A path lined with hawthorn and elder
Hawthorn bark behind thorns and brambles
Taking rubbings can involve getting very close up and personal with your tree; you share their space and learn new things about them. I had to meander through many thorny branches to get to my hawthorn bark and my elder was in a holly hedge with brambles in front of it.
Elder amongst holly and brambles
Elder bark rubbing
Hawthorn bark rubbing
Then there’s the social side of being with your trees! I tried to make myself look as if I were going about normal everyday tasks as dog walkers came past whilst my head was stuck in a shrub with paper & crayons in my hands, a camera dangling from my neck and elder branches sticking out from my shopping bag full of essentials.
On snowy and icy days I can go up the hills and hardly see a soul enabling me to feel the spirit of the place that these trees inhabit.
I also drew pictures of twigs of my trees; it made me look with care at what was in front of me. I befriended one particular hawthorn and one elder and feel especially close to these; I go to these first for herb use as I like their energies.
Elder twig sketch
Hawthorn twig sketch
Throughout 2010 I kept up my observation, taking pictures every few weeks so as I was familiar with how they developed and at what time of the year. This has given me a useful reference tool.
January 2011 saw my fellow apprentice Maria and I embark on our infamous wild cherry tree hunt, as we blindly searched through woodland we came across some tree surgeons. They led us to a large area of the trees, showed us how to identify them and shared other interesting information about managing woodland. They were practical men and didn’t see a spiritual side to the trees they work with and although polite and helpful they obviously thought we were a bit crazy. I have meant to return to that area in spring; to sit under the blossom must be amazing.
We found wild cherry!
Before I could find any wild cherry wood I had experimented with some of my friend’s Morello cherry in a tincture. When I compared the tinctures of both types of cherry wood I found a faint cherry odour to the wild cherry that was not in the Morello. I made a cherry cough medicine with the wild cherry but did not feel confident enough to try the Morello in a cough mixture, reflecting back now; I think I’m ready to give it a go.
Another friend used to have Horse Chestnut trees at the bottom of her garden and I remember how concerned she was one year that the sticky buds were late, it wasn’t right. Trees can tell us things. Sarah asked us to find some Horse Chestnut sticky buds and make a flower essence, as usual finding a tree was difficult but Sarah directed me to large proud tree near to her house. I learnt a new method of making a flower essence, the heat method. Chestnut bud essence is used to prevent us from repeating the same mistakes over again. I also made a salve from the bark to strengthen veins, there is much more to this tree than being a “conker” tree.
Horse Chestnut
Sticky buds
Books don’t tend to have pictures or descriptions of winter trees so having tasks that make me look at them has taught me a skill in tree identification. I have been able to spend time with the trees to get to know them on different levels. I have learnt about the medicinal uses of the trees and that harvesting of herbs takes place throughout the seasons, I feel I am working closer with the wheel of the year.
I have chosen Guelder rose or cramp bark as an apprenticeship herb this year and would love to learn which willow to use and how. I also have a little witch hazel which I would like to use when it’s grown.
As an apprentice I have also been taught to look at the energetic properties of trees, for example Jim McDonald on Hawthorn says “The Hawthorne shows itself as a medicine that can bear a great abundance of healing, and yet be protected in this offering by its abundance of thorns. It allows us to live with an open heart and feel protected in doing so.”
My first wood workshop was amazing; we were given an introduction to energetics and tree lore and found some wood to make what we wanted. I made a hawthorn wand; I sanded off the bark and rubbed in an infused herb oil that we had made on a previous workshop. At home I carried on with my wand making; hazel, elder, oak, birch and whatever I found, I sanded away all or some of the bark, spending time with the wood as I did it, noticing the differences in each wood. I used appropriate infused herb oils to rub into the wood. Some wands were left looking natural, some highly embellished. Children at the workshop were attracted to the elder as soon as they heard stories of faeries and made pan-pipes and beads after hollowing out the pithy stems; they were a joy to watch.
Hawthorn wand
I now have the confidence to work with winter trees in so many ways, I take notice of their beauty and energies more than ever and I am happy to just spend time with them.
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Prior to Saturdays workshop Sarah e-mailed us Christopher Hedley’s research project which was devised to find a way of teaching about humeral medicine. The 4 humours are earth, air fire and water and date from Greek medicine. Hippocrates’ theory was that human moods were caused by an imbalance in bodily fluids; blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. Galen later developed this into a personality theory.
The paper gives statements about each humour and you tick those which apply to yourself and count up the totals. The idea is that you can use the results to make changes that will make you more balanced.
Here are my scores:
HUMOUR
TEMPERAMENT
PERSONALITY
SCORE
EARTH
MELANCHOLY (black bile)
Moody, rigid, pessimistic, quiet
16
AIR
SANGUINE (blood)
Sociable, talkative, carefree, easy-going
9
FIRE
CHOLERIC (yellow bile)
Active, excitable, aggressive, impulsive
5
WATER
PHLEGMATIC (phlegm)
Passive, even-tempered, controlled
21
I was surprised to come out as water as I thought of myself as more earthy, but my earth score was second highest, this I believe makes me a bit muddy! To become balanced I believe I need to be warmer and drier.
I have looked at the regimes for phlegmatic and melancholy people.
Phlegmatic people should avoid:
·Too much sleep (wish I had the chance!)
·Eating too much (could do with sticking to this one)
·Fish except with warming herbs (I’m vegetarian so don’t eat fish)
·Milk products (I have been considering this as I always feel congested lately)
·Sweet foods (I do crave these at times)
·Salads except with spicy or garlic dressings (I always thought salads were good for you)
·Pears and summer fruits (that’s a blow, I love fruit)
·Introspection
Phlegmatic people should:
·Eat warming food such as onions, garlic, root vegetables, warming wine and cooked food. (I do like all of these)
·Eat astringent or dry foods such as globe artichokes and cabbages.
·Fast at the change of seasons.
·Get into the habit of adding gentle spices to foods.
·Take regular gentle exercise and join co-operative ventures.
·Find creative ways of expressing deep emotions.
·Join an organisation
Christopher Hedley says that the traditional food of a country tends to counteract the excesses that occur in that environment. Traditional English foods include spiced meats and astringent pickles and this tends to be a damp country.
For some traditional recipes may I shamelessly plug and recommend my friend Roly Rotherham’s book: Simmering Through The AgesSimmering Through The Ages.
·Herbs to clear melancholy from the heart such as borage and motherwort
·Comfrey cream for dry skin
·Valerian combined with linden or lemon balm for anxiety
Borage
Some of the suggestions for water and earth conflict which is not surprising considering the different natures of each. Drying and astringent foods are useful for watery phlegmatic people but to be avoided by earthy melancholic people. As I was mostly water I think I should have some drying foods. Melancholics can have some sweet food, tempting to go earthy here! I enjoy warming foods and working in groups so that is easy to follow but I can’t give up any fruit.
I have decided that I can add the herbs to food, teas or tonics.
Saturday’s workshop was about tonics, something that does you good and is used over the long term not as an instant cure.
We tried many different tonics; tea, a milky drink made with almond milk, tinctures, elixirs, honeys and electuaries. The “uplifting tincture” was a great favourite and the atmosphere got a little merry with all the tinctures to taste!
We could make our own tonic and there were lots of ingredients to choose from. I decided to go for Christopher Hedley’s iron tonic with a twist – I decided to add some warming herbs to balance my present phlegmatic disposition.
Into a jam jar went nettles (good for phlegmatics) and chopped apricots with nutmeg, cardamom and cinnamon. I saw some wormwood on the table, I haven’t used it before and really just fancied trying it out so I put some in; according to Matthew Wood it is a warming herb so I think it was a good choice. I also threw in some ashwagandha seeds as this was something new to try; the roots are astringent and an excellent adaptogen. I also added milk thistle seeds to help my gall stones. I topped up my jar of tonic herbs with warming red wine which will certainly help the medicine go down as well!
A choice of ingredients
Milk thistle
Sorting out milk thistle seeds
Completed tonic
So what did I learn from this workshop? Well, we are all different; I expect everyone present had different scores showing different temperaments. Our scoring with the four humours is not constant; it can change as we become more or less balanced. If you are working with this system it is easy to see that a tonic can be made to suit an individual. If someone presented with a condition to be treated a humeral assessment could help to make the herbs for that person more specific and give a more holistic treatment.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Manuel Zelaya, the ousted ex president of Honduras never thought this picture would ever come back to hunt him.
This is the man, the UN, President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and of course Europe are defending?
Zelaya who has ties to Vice Precident of Bolivia, Alvaro Garcia Linera, a communist and former guerrilla who helped organized and worked in the communist guerrilla Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army. After being caught destroying electrical distribution towers in rural La Paz, he was arrested and charged with insurrection and terrorism.
Judging by the element that reaches positions of power in Latin America is no wonder they are so impoverished and headed for communism.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
If all the tourists who are so happy to visit Cuba, had knowledge of the lack of higene Cubans have to live with, they would run, because in Cuba, the soap is no where to be found and the water is disgusting. The Cuban government goes out of it's way to hide it, but Cuba is riddled with epidemics, of Swine Flu, Dengue, Conjunctivitis, and tuberculosis-even leprosy has made a comeback, Leprosy in Cuba.On her blog Generation Y Yoani writes....."as the television announcers call on us to strengthen our hygiene before the advance of H1N1.The alert occasioned by the epidemic, however, has not caused the shops to lower the price of cleaning products, not even the cost of simple soap which is the equivalent of the wages for a full day’s work.Instead, the opposite has happened.The collapse in imports has been most notable in those that are used to bathe and disinfect.".
Cuban Hospitals are full to capacity, but doctors are scarce, yet Cuban doctors are raining inVenezuela, where they have been sent. More doctors, probably will make no difference-with or without doctors, there is no medicine.
Independent Journalist Carlos Ríos Otero writes.....
"It's alarming, the population of rats, carriers of leptospirosis. In several municipalities plagues of lice have been identified in Elementary and High School level. Homeless dogs wonder the streets." Article in it's entirety, ZOZOBRA EN LA POTENCIA MÉDICACuba faces the Swine Flu pandemic without vaccines. In a normal country, with good nutrition, would make the people more equipped to survive the disease, but as Otero reports......
"A Cubans diet is deficient and absent of red meats. The government blatantly lies when it affirms that it guarantees 2700 kilo calories/per cápita".It is usual to see fecal matter running down the streets of Havana. Otero writes......"70 % of the pipelines for drinking water is deteriorated. The sewer lines are clogged. The sewer waters are spread throughout the city of Havana and invade the drinking water". | {
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Doctor called burns and bruises to Lorain boy who died a 'textbook case' of abuse, detective says
LORAIN, Ohio - A MetroHealth doctor called the severe burns and other injuries a 2-year-old boy suffered before he died a "textbook case of a child that had been abused," a detective said Monday in court.
The doctor who examined Brandon Williams before he died Nov. 22 said the boy had second-degree burns on approximately 45 percent of his body. The boy also had bruises on his face and thigh and a fractured rib that had been healing for two to three months, Lorain Detective Tabitha Angello said in Lorain Municipal Court.
The information was revealed during preliminary hearings for Andre Moore, who is charged with aggravated murder and child endangering in the boy's death, and Brandon's mother Samone Boykins, who is charged with child endangering.
Judge Mark Mihok ended the hearing by binding both cases over to a Lorain County grand jury.
Moore, 30, remains in custody on $1 million bond. Boykins, 30, had her bond reduced to $50,000 from $100,000.
Investigators said Moore put the boy in a bath of scalding water Nov. 17 which caused burns on the lower part of his body. Brandon died Nov. 22 at MetroHealth's burn unit.
Moore called 911 on Nov. 17 to report that Brandon was burned at a home on Concord Avenue near Clark Street, police said. Moore later told investigators he put the boy in the bathtub and left the room, then returned to find him burned, Angello said Monday in court.
Boykins was at work when her son was hurt, Angello said. Moore was babysitting the boy.
Samone BoykinsLorain County Sheriff's Office
Boykins' other two children later told investigators that Moore had abused the boy in the past by punching him and grabbing his neck, Angello said. The other children also detailed an instance where Moore held one of Brandon's feet while dangling him upside-down, Angello said.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Let the "six A-10 bids" debate continue. Wednesday's results did nothing but fuel that argument, as Dayton blew out Charlotte at home (thanks to Chris Wright's 30 points) and Richmond won at Rhode Island. We are still holding firm on our belief that the A-10 will get a max of five bids on Selection Sunday, which means we will have to look ahead and figure out what five teams we like week-to-week. While the Flyers can make a very good case to be in if the season ended today, it's important to keep in mind that they still have four road games left, including a ginormous one at Richmond on March 4th. The Spiders, meanwhile, are now tied for first in the A-10, and there's a good chance with their upcoming schedule that they'll be 11-2 in conference when they play at Xavier on Feb. 28. That game, and their regular season finale at Charlotte, could end up deciding the A-10 title.
Clemson needed a win in the worst way, and they picked up a big one against Florida State at home on Wednesday night. The Tigers, who had lost four of five to fall all the way to a 10 seed in our latest bracket, beat the 'Noles 77-67 at Littlejohn to even their conference record at 5-5. With Miami and Virginia coming in over the next week and a half, Clemson should be in good shape to hang on to their at-large bid. The same can't be said for Florida State, which is now back on it all-too-familiar home on the bubble. The 'Noles need to beat BC at home to stay on Saturday to stay in the bracket next week, and if they stay in, they might be the worst-seeded ACC team. After Saturday's game, FSU heads to Virginia for an absolute must-win game against the Cavaliers. Their final four games are very tricky (at UNC, Clemson, Wake, at Miami) which means that, once again, FSU will be one of the most discussed teams on this site in February and March.
Florida State isn't the only team from the Sunshine State that now resides on the bubble: Florida is right there alongside them after a 77-71 loss at South Carolina on Wednesday night. The Gators shot 10-of-23 from the line and missed 10 FT's in the second half to blow a seven-point second half lead against the Gamecocks. They're now 17-7 overall, 6-4 in the SEC, and have even a slimmer magrin for error as they head into a very difficult last seven games. The Gators face Xavier at home on Saturday, and then (after a home date with Auburn) play five tough SEC games to end the year (at Mississippi, Tennessee, at Georgia, Vanderbilt, at Kentucky). A win over the Muskeeters will keep them safely in the field, but a loss could land them on the Next Four In list next week.
We think that both UConn and UNC will make return trips to the Final Four...just not the one being held in Indianapolis. Both teams have the talent to reach the Final Four that will be held at Madison Square Garden in the unfamiliar NIT. The Huskies squandered a great opportunity to get back on the bubble Wednesday night as they lost to Syracuse by five at the Carrier Dome. They can lay some blame on the refs for the loss, as John Cahill awarded Jim Boeheim a questionable timeout (on an ill-timed Scoop Jardine drive to the hoop) that saved a Syracuse possession in a tie game with under a minute to go. With the loss, UConn drops to 4-7 in conference play and it's virtually impossible to see them going even .500 with what they have left. The Tar Heels hung tough against Duke, but still ended up losing by double digits in the end. Like UConn, the Tar Heels would of had plenty of work to do even if they won against the Blue Devils. Their bigger concern at this point is whether or not they will be able to stay out of last place in the ACC.
UNLV got all the headlines over the past couple of days for its home win over BYU, but New Mexico showed once again on Wednesday night that they are the class of the Mountain West. The Lobos led by as many as 18 points in the second half and beat the Rebels 76-66 in Vegas, avenging a home loss to UNLV back on Jan. 9. The Rebels trailed by double digits for most of the game, then cut it to two with 3:39 to play before the Lobos pulled away again. The win moved New Mexico into sole possession of first place in the MWC, a half game ahead of BYU and a game better than UNLV. If they can survive a road game at Utah on Saturday, they'll be back on the four line next week. UNLV will drop one line if they win at SDSU on Saturday, and 2-3 lines if they lose.
It's because of nights like this that Northwestern has never made the tournament. The Wildcats, who were coming off back-to-back wins that got them within a game of .500 in conference, lost by 13 at Iowa (by 13 at Iowa!). Northwestern managed just 22 points in the first half against a Hawkeye team that allows the third-most points per game in the Big Ten. At 5-7, Northwestern's going to need to win out if they want an at-large. Not even the biggest Wildcat fans would bet on that happening.
Of note: Georgia Tech lost 64-62 at Miami buzzer-beater by James Dews; Virginia Tech won at N.C. State; Ohio State won at Indiana; Baylor survived a scare at Nebraska; Missouri beat Iowa State at home; Northern Iowa won at Drake (to clinch at least a share of the MVC title); UTEP won at SMU; Northeastern beat Georgia State at home; Old Dominion won at James Madison.
Virginia Tech this year is reminiscent of Penn State last year. Penn State finished 10-8 in a 7-bid Big Ten (including going 4-2 against the top 3 of MSU, Purdue, and Illinois). Penn State ended up in the NIT primarily because of their horrendous OOC SOS.
Suppose VT beats Virginia, Wake Forest, Boston College, and N.C. State to finish 11-7 in the ACC. I think precedent tells us that's not enough to make the dance, especially considering the committee loves to punish cupcake OOC schedules. What do you think?
I have not read a lot of this site so forgive me if you've answered this before, but why does it matter what conference a team belongs to? The committee evaluates teams individually, so if the data says six A-10 teams should be in, then six will get in, no?
would be very surprised if Oklahoma State makes the big tourney. They have a tough remaining schedule and have losses to bubble teams Rhode Island and Tulsa. That win at Kansas State is impressive but the losses might cancel them out.
The committee insists that conference affiliation doesn't matter, but we find that very hard to believe. Plus, history has shown that the committee will only go so far in giving at-large bids to mid-major conferences. Conference record is a big factor in a team's overall profile, and 9-7 against teams in the A-10 is not the same as 9-7 in the ACC or the Big XII. That has to be a factor in the committee's decisions.
New Mexico will probably max out as a 3 seed in the end, even if they win out.
If VT goes 10-6, they're in. If they go 9-7, they'll probably need to win two games in the ACC tourney to get a bid.
Utah State has an outside shot at an at-large, but it's going to be tough. They will have to win out and get to the WAC final to have any chance. What hurts them is that a win over Wichita in their BracketBuster game won't be that big anymore because of the Shockers' recent struggles, plus they lost at home to fellow at-large hopeful St. Mary's.
"We are still holding firm on our belief that the A-10 will get a max of five bids on Selection Sunday."
What are you talking about? It wasn't long ago that you said "the A-10 will not get more than 4 bids." Are you finally starting to believe in the A-10? Richmond never should have been out of your bracket in the first place. They played a very tough OOC schedule and picked up 4 nice wins. That was a huge mistake on your part.
I'm not sure what to make of the ACC bubble teams. Do you think Florida State or Georgia Tech is in more danger of missing the field? I would also like to thank you for posting your bracket on fox sports. That is great news for hoops fans! You folks are the best in the business in my opinion.
A perfect storm of events has helped the A-10 get five bids, but it won't get the league to six. The failure of the Pac-10 to be a two-bid league and the increasing softness of the SEC bubble have made us change our thinking on the A-10. There is still a chance the A-10 only gets four bids, but it's looking more like five will be the final number.
Arkansas has been playing very good basketball with the point guard back. Will getting Fortson back help Arkansas at large hopes, or did all the losses early ruin the at large hopes? Is this game in Mississippi tonite a bubble buster?
Does St. Marys have to win up in Spokane to remain in the field? Would a win over UNLV put SDSU closer to at large status?
The Pac 10 teams have been inconsistent all year long. But something tells me if California beats Washington tonite they will go on a hot streak. Could Cal earn an at large with 12 or 13 conference wins?
Is Florida really a bubble team? They have a pretty nice resume with a winning record in the SEC and good OOC wins over Florida St. and Michigan St. The Gators also went out and played a rough schedule early against Richmond and Syracuse. They play a very good Xavier team this week. I applaud the Gators for playing a tough OOC schedule. They didn't just load up on cupcakes like Notre Dame did.
Arkansas has won five in a row, but they still have a long way to go before they are at-large worthy. The Razorbacks already have 11 losses, and some of those are pretty awful (Morgan State, ETSU, South Alabama, at Oklahoma by 20). Their only SEC win of note is a win at Mississippi. If they lose at Alabama (not at Mississippi) tonight, they can turn their attention to the NIT.
St. Mary's isn't necessarily out with a loss tonight. Their fate will depend on how the rest of the bubble fares between now and Sunday.
SDSU would be in the Last Eight Out mix with a win over UNLV this weekend, but they won't be in the next week's field. The Aztecs have no OOC resume to speak of and they only have one other notable win in conference (New Mexico at home).
If Cal goes 13-5, they'll likely get a bid. A 12-6 finish might get them one too, but they would have to well in the Pac-10 tourney to feel safe.
Part of our labeling Florida a "bubble team" was us looking ahead at their remaining schedule. With the exception of a home game against Auburn, the rest of their games are all loseable. That's why last night's loss at South Carolina was such a tough one. The Gators can't afford to lose winnable road games like that with the schedule they have left.
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As part of multi-year strategic initiative with Oracle, Accenture has created a set of solutions incorporating Oracle Engineered Systems into its data center transformation consulting and outsourcing services.
Accenture has formed a team of over 300 consultants who combine their experience with proprietary and field-tested methodologies and tools to help simplify solution implementation, increase productivity and improve the stability of data centers. The Accenture team will be supported by Oracle Enterprise Architects and dedicated Oracle Engineered Systems engineers, who will help deliver and support the solutions, accelerating time to value for clients and reducing deployment risk.
Accenture recently announced a Center of Excellence for Oracle Engineered Systems, which allows customers, before making a significant investment, to test their workloads on Oracle Engineered Systems to get a picture of how a similar setup can accelerate their enterprise applications and strengthen analytics capabilities for performance and business benefit. Additionally, the Accenture Foundation Platform for Oracle, which helps clients accelerate deployments on Oracle Fusion Middleware, has been established on Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
Accenture and Oracle are also investing in, working on and implementing industry-specific solutions that utilize Oracle Engineered Systems. For example, the Accenture Life Sciences Cloud helps clients analyze enormous amounts of clinical data to improve overall development and enhancements of pharmaceuticals, and the Accenture Public Service Platform is a private cloud solution that accelerates implementations of systems for health reform. | {
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Fortnight In Florida
Fortnight In Florida are an electronic trio from London playing a blend of upbeat and downbeat synth pop. Fortnight In Florida made the Unsigned Guide’s Best Acts of 2017 List with radio play on BBC6 Music and Amazing Radio. Their uplifting songs never fail to move the crowd.
‘Fortnight In Florida’ are a London based trio hailing Toro Y Moi, Holy Ghost! and Hot Chip amongst their biggest influences.
Born from a shared love of disco, synth pop, and encyclopaedic regurgitations of Alan Partridge quotes, ‘Fortnight In Florida’ symbolises the anticipation of escaping the daily grind, expressed by their own brand of ‘Chilled Electronic Pop’.
After finishing a tour as Keys player for Lianne La Havas, the bands Singer-songwriter Simon Middleton met Eamonn Dawe (Bass/Guitars) on a previous musical venture and ‘Fortnight In Florida’ was formed, shortly followed by Andrew Gallop on Drums.
With 3 singles and a debut EP ‘So Long’ released in 2016, ‘Fortnight In Florida’ made the ‘Glastonbury 2016 Emerging Talent Longlist’ and the ‘Unsigned Guide’s Emerging Acts of 2017’ list having already featured in their Spotlight blog – their tracks ‘Cameo’ and ‘It’s Alright’ both made the ‘Fresh On The Net’ Fresh faves, and enjoyed Radio play on BBC6 Music and Amazing Radio.
In 2017 they launched a crowd funding campaign to help them raise funds to record their debut album at Rockfield in South Wales, UK. With the final touches being made to the album they look set to release the album in the Spring 2018. | {
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Happy New Year!!! Now that Christmas has passed I can
share these cute bracelets I made as gifts. They are made with a DIY
covered button kit, fabric, and a sterling silver bracelet base. I
found some cute fabric to match the personalities of my girls. One has
loved outer space forever and the other loves bright colors. I bought
1/8 of a yard of fabric, more than I could ever use but they would not sell me less at the store.
The button kit comes with a paper template and you cut
the fabric out using the template on a part of the fabric that you
like. Take the fabric put it into the button maker (a plastic cup thing
that is part of the kit) put the rounded part of the button on top of
the fabric.
Remove the button shank with a pair of pliers from the
button back (this can be done by pinching the shank with a pair of pliers and it will remove fairly easy, or you could cut it off with wire cutters) and then tuck the fabric into the back of the button, and
place the button back on top of the fabric that has been tucked in.
I forgot to remove the button shank on this one but I removed it with a pair of needle nose pliers after I made this button.
Use the little pushing tool (see blue object in photo) the button back will crimp
to the front making a finished button.
Here is a finished button. Now repeat until you have enough for your project.I coated my buttons with diamond glaze to water proof them and help keep them clean. I then glued the buttons to the sterling silver bracelet base, the 3/4 inch buttons fit perfect. I used E-6000 glue which is great for projects like this.
Bright colors and outer space, two fun looks from different fabrics.
The above photo shows the back of the finished button. These are really cute and would be a fun addition to an outfit. I made earring by just attaching an earring back to the button using E-6000 glue.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
I
saw a really cute bracelet on Pinterest made out of a baseball, and my
oldest daughter loves softball so I decide to give it a try. I bought a
practice softball at Target's it was under $5.00 bucks. I really liked
that it was half pink and half yellow as I knew it would make a great
reversible bracelet. It was sized more to the size of a baseball which
is perfect as I feel a real softball would have been to large. This
ball was made out of a vinyl of sorts and not leather.
I was able to use sissors to cut apart the stitching and carefully take the ball apart. I was left with two pieces.
These are the two pieces of the ball once it was taken apart. Line them up back to back and then stitch using red embroidery thread. I added a jump ring and lobster claw in the middle of each side to finish. I used a Mr. Clean scrub pad to remove as much of the writing as I could. I think it is cute how it is reversible, and for about $6.00 worth of total supplies I think it will be a fun piece for my teen daughter. | {
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What the experts say
Your kid’s first debit card
When should your child get a debit card? asked Ann Carrns in The New York Times. “Many children learn to save by stashing cash in a piggy bank or jar,” but by the time they’re teenagers, a debit card might make more sense for things like occasional lunches out or movies with a friend. Many banks and credit unions offer joint accounts for teens that “give children control over their own cash but allow parents to monitor the spending and offer guidance as needed.” Look for features like the ability to set spending limits or restrict ATM access. Many accounts for teens don’t allow them to spend more than their balance. But if overdraft protection is offered, you should pass. “That is the best way to teach children to control spending and avoid costly fees.”
Winter heating bills are coming
You can save a “surprising amount” of money this winter by prepping your home for the cold now, said Trent Hamm in USNews.com. One of the simplest fixes is to replace the weather stripping around your doors. You’ll know it’s time “if you can run your hand around the edges of an outside-facing door on a cold day and feel the flow of cool air.” Cleaning your air vents or baseboard heaters will also make your home more energy efficient. While you’re at it, reverse the direction of your ceiling fans to push hot air downward. Usually, all it takes is flipping a switch. A programmable thermostat can also save money on unnecessary heating. “Ideally, during the winter months, you’ll lower the temperature of your home while no one is there or while you’re sleeping.”
Retirement advice for procrastinators
It’s never too late to start saving for retirement, said Mark Miller in The New York Times. Even if you’ve put off setting money aside, ramped-up savings later in life “can still yield a significant nest egg.” With a little luck from cooperative markets, someone who starts saving 30 percent of a $100,000 salary at age 51 could potentially have over $1 million by age 65. Savers over the age of 50 can also take advantage of higher “catch-up” limits on contributions to 401(k) accounts and IRAs. Waiting to file for Social Security, which means higher monthly benefits later on, combined with working longer to avoid dipping into existing retirement savings, can also make a huge difference. A 65-year-old couple working with a combined income of $150,000, for instance, could bolster their retirement income by 30 percent by working an additional three years.
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Charity of the week
Since its inception in 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (narf.org) has worked to defend and advocate for land rights and legal recognition on behalf of more than 250 Native American tribes across the country. The oldest and largest nonprofit law firm of its kind, the fund works to protect tribal natural resources, such as water access, as well as oil, gas, and timber rights, and to hold federal and state governments accountable to the legal status and rights of tribes. The organization also helps develop laws that provide unique protections for Native American traditions, culture, and sacred sites, and educates legislators, judges, attorneys, and public officials about Indian law and tribes’ rights through consultations and training.
Each charity we feature has earned a four-star overall rating from Charity Navigator, which rates not-for-profit organizations on the strength of their finances, their governance practices, and the transparency of their operations. Four stars is the group’s highest rating. | {
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Flower
Flower refers to the leafy forms of cannabis. You may have it referred to as buds or nugs before. Once harvested, the flower can be smoked, turned into a concentrate, or used in edibles. We only harvest our flower at the proper time to make sure you get the best medical cannabis available.
Concentrates
Concentrates refer to concentrated forms of cannabis. The process of making concentrates focuses on extracting only the beneficial compounds, or resin, from the cannabis flowers. Using one of many solvents, we are able to separate the essential oils–which contain cannabinoids and terpenes f–from cannabis plant matter. When made properly, a cannabis concentrate should be reminiscient of the strain it was extracted from. The smell, taste, and effects are simply maginified due to a larger concentration by weight. | {
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A blog about SharePoint, Project Server and other Microsoft technologies.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
SharePoint - Iterate through large list
Retrieving list items from SharePoint list from code is the most basic thing, and every SharePoint developer is familiar with it.This is the easiest way for retrieving items of a SharePoint list from code:
returns all items of a list at once. If your list has large amount of items (for example, more then 2000), then this can be a serious performance issue.If you have extremely large list, like 1 000 000 items, this code will certainly crash your server.The solution is to using SPQuery class and its RowLimit property like this:
With SPQuery, execution is faster. This query returns all fields from a list, but you can make it even faster if you define only the fields that you need, and not all of them. RowLimit property of SPQuery class ensures that only specific number of items will be processed in one iteration. | {
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The Snow Queen
Michael Cunningham
A darkly luminous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours.
Michael Cunningham’s luminous novel begins with a vision. It’s November 2004. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up at the sky; there he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesn’t believe in visions - or in God - but he can’t deny what he’s seen. At the same time, in the not-quite-gentrified Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett’s older brother, a struggling musician, is trying - and failing - to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Tyler is determined to write a song that will be not merely a sentimental ballad but an enduring expression of love.
Barrett, haunted by the light, turns unexpectedly to religion. Tyler grows increasingly convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. Beth tries to face mortality with as much courage as she can summon.
Cunningham follows the Meeks brothers as each travels down a different path in his search for transcendence. In subtle, lucid prose, he demonstrates a profound empathy for his conflicted characters and a singular understanding of what lies at the core of the human soul.
The Snow Queen, beautiful and heartbreaking, comic and tragic, proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation.
A darkly luminous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours.
Michael Cunningham’s luminous novel begins with a vision. It’s November 2004. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up at the sky; there he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesn’t believe in visions - or in God - but he can’t deny what he’s seen. At the same time, in the not-quite-gentrified Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett’s older brother, a struggling musician, is trying - and failing - to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Tyler is determined to write a song that will be not merely a sentimental ballad but an enduring expression of love.
Barrett, haunted by the light, turns unexpectedly to religion. Tyler grows increasingly convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. Beth tries to face mortality with as much courage as she can summon.
Cunningham follows the Meeks brothers as each travels down a different path in his search for transcendence. In subtle, lucid prose, he demonstrates a profound empathy for his conflicted characters and a singular understanding of what lies at the core of the human soul.
The Snow Queen, beautiful and heartbreaking, comic and tragic, proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation.
A darkly luminous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours.
Michael Cunningham’s luminous novel begins with a vision. It’s November 2004. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up at the sky; there he sees a pale, translucent light that seems to regard him in a distinctly godlike way. Barrett doesn’t believe in visions - or in God - but he can’t deny what he’s seen. At the same time, in the not-quite-gentrified Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tyler, Barrett’s older brother, a struggling musician, is trying - and failing - to write a wedding song for Beth, his wife-to-be, who is seriously ill. Tyler is determined to write a song that will be not merely a sentimental ballad but an enduring expression of love.
Barrett, haunted by the light, turns unexpectedly to religion. Tyler grows increasingly convinced that only drugs can release his creative powers. Beth tries to face mortality with as much courage as she can summon.
Cunningham follows the Meeks brothers as each travels down a different path in his search for transcendence. In subtle, lucid prose, he demonstrates a profound empathy for his conflicted characters and a singular understanding of what lies at the core of the human soul.
The Snow Queen, beautiful and heartbreaking, comic and tragic, proves again that Cunningham is one of the great novelists of his generation. | {
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PCNR: ADDITIONAL STATE MONEY PLANNED FOR DISASTER RECOVERY
Additional money to Hudson Valley counties to help them recover from Hurricane Irene will be provided by the state, Sen. Greg Ball said Wednesday.
Ball said the state contribution will ease the burden on localities as they rebuild streams and roads. Philipstown sustained especially high damage in Putnam, and rebuilding is still continuing. Eligible disaster recovery efforts are typically covered at 75 percent by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with the remainder split between the state and munipalities.
Streams have been a particular issue. In a conversation with the PCN&R, Philipstown Supervisor Richard Shea said that the state regulates the streams but it’s never clear who owns the streams, and noted the difficulty getting funding to maintain stream health.
Assuming some grant money, or even simple permission to proceed, becomes available, Shea said, getting the work done is a contract job: “You can’t push the burden on the Highway Department.”
Shea added that, “We just had the exit meeting with FEMA for the highway project. We’ve filed for $1.9375 million in funding [and if it’s approved] we get 87.5 percent of that [FEMA pays 75 percent and NY State pays 12.5 percent.] We had 33 projects—7 large and the rest under the $63,900 [FEMA threshold]…that represents just a huge amount of work” for the Highway Department staff and for Highway Superintendent Roger Chirico.
It was not immediately known how much of the money to which Ball referred might be headed to Philipstown. The money could be a boon, however. According to figures from Ball, Putnam’s cost of storm-related projects is $7.6 million, and the state will pick up the local 12.5 percent share of $955,062. (ARTICLE)
About Greg Ball
Assemblyman Greg Ball (R, C, I – Patterson) is the Senator for New York State's 40th district. A former Vice President of Exceed International Development Corporation, Ball holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the United States Air Force Academy, is currently completing his Masters Thesis of Liberal Studies in International Affairs at Georgetown University, and received an honorable discharge in 2005 at the rank of Captain after service as an active duty officer in the United States Air Force.
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Increased osteoclast activity is a key factor for bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This suggests that osteoclast-targeted therapies could effectively prevent skeletal damage in RA. Zoledronic acid (ZA) is one of the most potent agents to block osteoclast function. We therefore investigated whether ZA can inhibit inflammatory bone loss.
Human tumor necrosis factor transgenic (hTNFtg) mice, which develop severe destructive arthritis as well as osteoporosis, were treated with PBS, single or repeated doses of ZA, calcitonin or anti-tumor necrosis factor at the onset of arthritis.
Synovial inflammation was not affected by ZA. In contrast, bone erosion was retarded by single administration (-60%) and almost completely blocked by repeated administration (-95%) of ZA. Cartilage damage was partly inhibited (-40%), and synovial osteoclast counts were significantly reduced upon ZA treatment. Systemic bone mass dramatically increased in hTNFtg mice upon ZA administration, which was due to an increase of trabecular number and connectivity. In addition, bone resorption parameters were significantly lowered after ZA. Calcitonin had no effect on synovial inflammation, bone erosions, cartilage damage or systemic bone mass. Anti-tumor necrosis factor entirely blocked synovial inflammation, bone erosion, synovial osteoclast formation and cartilage damage, but had only minor effects on systemic bone mass.
ZA appears as an effective tool to protect bone from arthritic damage. In addition to antiinflammatory drug therapy, modern bisphosphonates are promising candidates to maintain joint integrity and to reverse systemic bone loss in arthritis.
Authors’ Affiliations
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Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna | {
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Winning new business is all very well, but late paying clients could kill your business
A recent survey by accounting software provider Sage has found that 17% of all payments to UK SMEs were late, and that over 50% expect a negative impact on their company finances as a result. Payment processor BACs estimates that SMEs in the UK are owed £26.3 billion in overdue payments. For ambitious recruitment business owners, this could put paid to their growth ambitions, so what can be done about it?
SMEs usually operate with low cash reserves, meaning delays in receiving payments can have a significant effect on their businesses. R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, has said that late payment for goods or services is a primary or major cause of 23% of business failures.
With 5.5 million small businesses in the UK, the Government is obviously concerned about the impact of these income delays on the economy and has introduced regulations requiring large companies and LLPs to make public the average time they take to pay suppliers twice a year. But business owners can also take steps to tackle and ultimately overcome the issue of late paying clients.
Why do late payments occur?
The most common excuses given by customers for late payments are that invoices are only paid at certain times of the year, or that the payment has already been made but the transaction is still pending. Often, no reason at all is given for this leaving the agency owner in the dark as to when the payment will be credited into their account.
For recruiters, this can be costly – especially those with contingency workforces that need payment at the end of every week. How can they continue to cover their overheads and ensure their workers are paid in full and on time?
Quite simply, it’s in a customer’s interest to leave invoices unpaid for as long as possible and the money in their own accounts. Unless an agency really puts some effort into chasing invoices, there’s little incentive for clients to pay anytime soon.
Why don’t SMEs chase payments?
The biggest difficulty SMEs have in chasing late payments is the worry that badgering their client could damage their relationship and jeopardise future sales. Yet if there is no money in the bank, the business can’t continue trading. However, recruitment business owners can take matters into their own hands without having to do anything themselves. Let us explain.
If you’re a fledgling recruitment business, you know more than most that each member of the team probably wears many hats. That’s atypical of small and growing agencies. But it presents agency owners with the dual challenge of finding the time to juggle the needs of the business on a day-to-day basis and generating the sales needed to grow. One of the biggest consumers of time is repeatedly chasing up clients because of late payments. The knock-on effect of poor credit control could mean aging debt exceeding 90 days, eating up credit and funding limits on clients and making it impossible to grow. This is where we can help.
Over the last 15 years we have supported the growth of literally thousands of recruitment businesses. As part of our flexible finance solution, invoicing and credit control is provided – from client set-up and generating invoices to chasing payment and debt collection. Our robust processes include credit checks and due diligence, reducing risk and giving you peace of mind to drive the business forward. In doing so, agency owners are able to claw back a significant amount of time that can then be allocated to performing billable tasks. And if you don’t require recruitment finance then Simplicity offer a Back Office solution on a ‘pay as you go basis’ – pay for what you need only when you need it – from Invoicing and credit control to payroll. It’s all about minimising risk and maximising cash flow - How much of a difference could that make to your agency?
If you need any advice or support on how to start and grow your recruitment business in 2018, get in touch. We’re here to help. Contact us today. | {
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Mar. 24, 2018, 12:24 p.m.
President Trump took the scenic route after spending Saturday at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., ensuring he didn’t pass any demonstrators calling for stronger gun laws as part of the nationwide March for Our Lives.
Scores of people had lined the motorcade’s usual path, which has been well-traveled by the president as he shuttles between his Mar-a-Lago estate and the Trump International Golf Club during weekend visits here. They held signs blasting the National Rifle Assn. and supporting a ban on assault weapons.
But returning to Mar-a-Lago from the club on Saturday afternoon, Trump’s motorcade took a longer route, crossing a different bridge into Palm Beach and then driving down Ocean Boulevard. There were striking views of the blue water and palatial estates, but no protesters could be spotted.
Mar. 24, 2018, 12:06 p.m.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez speaks during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
Tears rolled down Emma Gonzalez’s face as she stood in silence.
Gonzalez had begun timing six minutes and 20 seconds — the time it took a gunman to kill 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where she is a student. For more than four of those minutes, she stopped speaking as a crowd of hundreds of thousands looked on.
“Never again!” chants rang as Gonzalez stood at the podium. “Everyone in the Douglas community was forever altered,” Gonzalez said earlier in her speech, naming each of the students killed in the mass shooting.
Stephanie Dobyns, a survivor of the mass shooting last fall in Las Vegas, spoke at the March for Our Lives rally Saturday at Las Vegas City Hall. She described how she went to buy a bulletproof vest from a store in Texas, and explained to the salesclerk that she wanted it to protect her while she spoke at the gun-control march.
“Do you know what he said?” Dobyns asked.
“What did he say?” a lone voice yelled from the crowd. She paused again.
"Welcome to the revolution," Cameron Kasky, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, told the crowd in Washington. "We are the change .… Represent us or get out."
Kasky was among a number of students from the school in Parkland, Fla., to speak to the hundreds of thousands of marchers who gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue near the base of Capitol Hill on Saturday to protest U.S. gun laws with chants of “Vote them out!”
He and other Stoneman Douglas students said their goal is a new ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. The AR-15, the semiautomatic rifle used to kill 17 people at the high school, is one of the most popular guns on the market and has been used in a series of mass shootings.
Naomi Wadler has worked to raise awareness of the African American girls and women who have been victims of gun violence but overlooked in the national conversation.
“I am here today to acknowledge and represent the African American girls whose stories don’t make the front page of every national newspaper,” said Naomi, 11, at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C.
Naomi helped organize a walkout at George Mason Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on March 14 in protest of gun violence. | {
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October 20, 2008
For Real: Qik for the iPhone
I cannot wait for when Qik comes out with a legit version for the iPhone. Kevin Rose blogged a video of Qik for the iPhone, which will be available in the iTunes Store for free soon. Here is his video: | {
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Bills
Top Charities and Sites to Get 2017 Christmas Help and Assistance for Low-Income and People in Hardship Christmas help to low-income individuals and families is being offered each and every year in every State in the USA. Find local Christmas assistance in your State Tens of thousands charities, non-profit organizations, as well as individuals and families, are […]Continue reading…
19 States Start Paying Better 2017 Minimum Wage Jan 1st 2017 minimum wage is about to increase in 19 states at the beginning of this year with two more states scheduled to do the same later in the year. While federal minimum wage at $7.25/h has not changed for years, most state legislatures acted in […]Continue reading… | {
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Google I/O kicks off in a few days time, but it looks like we've just been introduced to the 8.9-inch Nexus tablet early. It is made by HTC, and is powered by NVIDIA's Tegra K1 processor. This news can't be confirmed until the full unveiling, but Android Police seems pretty confident about it.
We should expect Google to roll this out as the Nexus 9, which features an 8.9-inch 2048x1440 display, NVIDIA's Tegra K1 processor (which is 64-bit capable). It's interesting to note that NVIDIA powers this tablet, and not Qualcomm with one of its Snapdragon SoCs. The full specs of the Nexus 9:
8.9" Display at 2048x1440 (281ppi)
NVIDIA Logan 64-bit processor (Tegra K1)
2GB RAM
16/32GB internal storage
8MP OIS main camera, 3MP front facing camera
Aluminum zero-gap construction
Stereo front-facing speakers
8.91"x5.98"x0.31" body (that's 22.63x15.19x0.79cm)
418g (or 427g with LTE) (that's 14.74/15.1 ounces)
Android Police reports that the price point for the Nexus 9 will be $399 for the 16GB version, and $499 for the 32GB version. The LTE-capable model will cost more, ramping up into the $600+ range. The site believes that the Nexus 9 will launch in Q4 2014, and to not expect it to be released at, or after Google I/O. | {
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Conan Takes 2 More Jabs at Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
It’s kind of hard not to make fun of the idea of a Superhero Musical and late night host Conan O’Brien is finding that especially difficult. Recently, Conan revealed a hilarious parody of the soon to be Broadway Musical. Now he has up the ante with even more cameo appearances by R2-D2, Superman, The Teletubbies’ Tinky Winky, and Black Aquaman. | {
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Hollywood’s hottest star, Alex Parker has it all: fame, fortune, and sex. That is, until a brief encounter with a gorgeous woman changes everything.Juliet has travelled from Valara, a female-ruled planet, to capture suitable breeding males and return them to her home world, where they will undergo extensive training in submission to women.Juliet has seen Alex’s type before: selfish, self-centered, and ego-driven. But that’s OK, she knows exactly how to fix that. Soon, he will be transformed from a self-indulgent man into the perfect slave. | {
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Zim, on account of misleading erotic stories, thinks he's able to impregnate Dib with Irken children, whom will help Zim in his take over of the Earth. Anal, BDSM, Bond, M/M, Oneshot, Xeno not mine's but Shenanigans on
When Halloween coincides with shore leave on Earth, Kirk's husband and son indulge his illogical love of the holiday. Come nightfall, things that go bump in the night have Kirk on alert. Someone's following him. Warning: Mature content.
"'Mrs. Hudson, your husband was murdered.' Agent Gibbs' words lingered in Finn's head. His dad died in combat. Agent Gibbs had to be wrong. Tony said Gibbs was never wrong. But everyone had to be wrong sometimes, right?"
It could be logical, even natural, that a half-human end up with a human. But how does a full-blooded Vulcan end up with a human wife? Explores the beginning of Sarek and Amanda's relationship. Now complete.
Written for LJ’s STXI Kink Meme. When Pon Farr strikes, Kirk uses it to his advantage and leads Spock on a wild chase throughout the Enterprise. An unimpressed McCoy is caught in the middle of it all. Kirk/Spock. | {
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Pours a dark amber orange with a small foamy white head that fades to a white ring. Aroma is spicy yeast with a small faint oak. Taste is much like the non barrelled. Starts spicy in the front, with a faint sweetness from the malt. But there is a dryness that comes from the oak that warms the mouth. Thanks to jercraigs for this.
July 6, 2012 - with blankboy, gregclow, jercraigs, mabel & tupalev. Bomber c/o gregclow. Cloudy gold with a smallish but lasting tight fizzy off-white slightly rocky head. Smells like the non-barrel version - vaguely fruity sweet, floral, plenty of yeast and soft spice, a little tart and grassy. Taste - much better - floral and grassy, not much alcohol, a very appropriate and welcome addition of sweet oakiness - nice, very soft. Average body, airy, just a little funky in the finish, quite dry and no build-up on the palate - very nice one.
Bottle [650ml] shared with HogTownHarry, tupalev, GregClow, jerc & mabel -- c/o GregClow. Pours a hazy orange-amber with an average size diminishing frothy off-white head. Aroma, like the non-barrel-aged version, is sugary sweet, fruity and grainy along with some bready malt. Flavour’s fruity and malty along with grain and light vinous notes. Average to medium bodied. Enjoyable, surprisingly only very slightly different from the non-barrel-aged version.
Recent bottle from the brewery’s store. Expected a lot, but the aging worked in reverse here. Muted biere de garde flavour, not getting any significant wine taste either. Aggressively carbonated.Still drinkable.
Pretty much the same are the regular Biere De Garde, except a few interesting differences. The color off the bat is a tad bit darker, the pour, and the head. The aroma is a little vinous, some distinct grapey, wine aromas from the barrel. There is a light earthiness, with some wood, inthe finish, with a little acidic touch. The barrel didnt totaly change the beer but added some subtle but still nice differences.
UPDATED: JUL 10, 2012 2012-07-06. Crisp orange amber body with a modest beige ehad. 3+ Modest aroma, fruity character has less noticable chardonnay character than I remember from the tap version but it comes out a bit more as it warms up. 7+ Flavour is similar, mild wine touches, malt and spice as in the base beer. Less woody and barrely that it was on tap, perhaps it was a touch warmer on tap? I find it more drinkable but less interesting than that sample. 7+ Average plus bodied palate. Not sure if I prefer the BA or regular version. 7/4/7+/3/15+ Bottle shared by GregClow.
2012-07-02. Hazy dark amber body with a modest beige head and lace. 3+ Flavour is fairly fruity up front, malty with dry toasty malt accents, a sharpness in the finish is a combination of alcohol and wood from the barrel. Nice fruity wine character goes past relatively brisking while wine barrel character lingers in the finish. Very light spice notes come out as the glass goes on. 7+ Aroma is quite interesting, fruit and wine melange is pleasant, muted wood character in the background, mild malt. 7+ Smooth average plus bodied plate has a soft yet effervescent carbonation that suits it rather well. 3+ The highlights are fantastic but I find that the barrel is prominent at times in a way that is both delightful and off-putting. I quite enjoy the wine character but the wood of the barrel is a bit much for my own tastes. Pretty solid stuff but I think the wood would keep me from enjoying more than a small glass of it in a sitting. 7/4/7/4/15 On tap at Bellwoods, Toronto
Pours a redish gold with some white head that dissipates quickly. Smell is a bit weak, or maybe just being drowned out by the roast corn, but I get some wine barrel along with a bit of earthy yeast and some definite barnyard. Palate is really nice with good thick body and average carbonation. Taste is great, a bit sweet, a bit sour, and a slight hoppy aftertase that rounds out nicely. Really interesting beer.
Pours with thick creamy head, clear amber in colour. Smells a little metallic with some sweet malt. Taste is soft on carbonation with an aftertaste that fills up the oak taste with a little barley bitter. There’s some saison-like yeast taste here reminiscent of some of Bellwood’s other lines. The beer grows on me as I drink it, but I think I actually liked the un-barrel aged Biere de Garde better. Maybe should have let it age for a while. Bottle from the first batch of this one at the brewery.
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HSC Exam Routine 2018 All Education Board
HSC exam routine 2018 all education board. Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Alim examination of 2018 will be started from Sunday 02 April 2018.The routine has been published by officially from the education board. Now you can download the routine from our website at www.bdresultpage.com. The routine file is given below.
HSC Exam Routine 2018 published
In this year in our country almost 16 Lakh students will be participated in HSC, Alim and equivalent examination. The amounts of student of previous year were about 12 lakh. So in this year the amount has been increased. All education board of HSC and equivalent examination will be held together.
Download Routine of all Board
Education board has been published the (HSC exam routine 2017 all education board). Here you go the routine of 2017 is now ready to be downloaded from here.
HSC, ALIM Examination 2018
Higher Secondary Certificate and Alim Secondary Certificate examination is the most important examination for those students who are eagerly waiting to get admitted into their desired Universities. To get admitted into public universities students will have to make good result in HSC or equivalent examination.
Because many eligible students of our country are expected to get admitted into universities but they can’t get the chance for lacking of available seats. There are limited public universities and medical universities available in Bangladesh. That’s why to get chance for admission students should be more intelligent and should study very hard.
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How did Einstein arrive at Time in SRT ?=.Thinking about why photon has constant speed Einsteindecided that something must be happened with the space and time.And then (to have time) he took distance ( d=vt ) and divided onconstant speed of quantum of light (c) and had negative time(t =d/c=1/ 3 X 10^8 meters/second) . Later Minkowski (trying to understandSRT ) took this negative time as a positive (! ) geometrical 4D- dimension (!)and gave his math-geometrical interpretation.In the beginning many physicists said that it is impossible to 1 secondbe equal to 1 centimeter or 1 meter, or as someone wrote:1 second = 1 second to you whether you are travelling at 40mph,or 400,000,000mph. But this abstraction somehow was adopted.Why this idea was adopted? Maybe because of its beauty.One physicist said me : it is impossible to be physicistif you don"t understand the beauty of Minkowski SRT explanation .Maybe, he is correct on 100% , but there is a very small problem:nobody knows what Minkowski space is.About 2500 years ago Plato wrote:". . by Beauty that beautiful things are beautiful . . .by largeness that large things are large and larger things larger,and by smallness that smaller things ate smaller . . . .. . . by tallness one man is taller than another . . .. . . . and the shorter is shorter by the same ; . . . . . "In my opinion in physics we have situation:". . by Beauty that beautiful theories are beautiful . . ."Every math beauty must have its own concrete physical and geometricalparameters. Without these precise physical details we have a puremathematical game and many paradoxes in physics.Therefore more than 100 years the debates around SRT have no end.=========..socratus
The secret of God and Existence is hidden
in the ' Theory of Vacuum and Light Quanta' .
Physicists invented negative time and then try to understand its existence.Time exists only in the third dimensional gravity reality ( like in planets )Time exists only as a result of the process which was explained in SRT and GRT .Time doesn't exist outside third dimensional gravity reality.============...
The secret of God and Existence is hidden
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Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era is Daniel Whidett, aka Danny Breaks, a drum & bass DJ, producer, and record label owner from England. He began recording under the alias Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era during the early 1990s for the legendary breakbeat label Suburban Base, notably attaining a UK Top 40 hit with Far Out in 1991. | {
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In its ninth Eurocup season, Besiktas Istanbul is already a classic team in the competition. Besiktas comes off a sub-par domestic season, in which the team missed the Turkish League playoffs and the Turkish Cup final eight. Besiktas, however, was second in its Eurocup regular season group behind only eventual champion Khimki Moscow Region and missed the elimination rounds due to a home loss against Paris Levallois in a do-or-die game. A well-known name in world sports, Besiktas's basketball section came along in 1933, was stopped in 1936 and reopened in 1940. With the exception of the 1987-88 season, Besiktas has kept its name in the Turkish first division ever since. It won its first Turkish championship in 1975, and the “Black Eagles” added the Turkish Cup to the trophy case in 1987. After some struggles, Besiktas made the Korac Cup quarterfinals in 1999 and continued its way to the top with a Turkish League semifinals appearance in 2004 and reaching the Turkish League finals and FIBA Champions Cup quarterfinals in 2005. Besiktas reached the ULEB Cup Final Eight in 2008, but Galatasaray stopped its run in the quarterfinals. The club was not able to get past the Eurocup regular season in either of the next two seasons. Besiktas reached to the Turkish League semifinals for three consecutive years before things changed in the 2011-12 season when Besiktas played outstanding basketball led by Carlos Arroyo, David Hawkins and Pops Mensah-Bonsu and won the triple crown - Turkish League, Turkish Cup and EuroChallenge. It was the club’s first continental trophy and its first Turkish League title in 37 years. In the 2012-13 Euroleague, Besiktas managed to make it to the Top 16. A season later, Besiktas reached the Eurocup elimination rounds before being ousted by Nizhny Novgorod in a thrilling home-and-away series. Besiktas is always a dangerous team to keep an eye on when the Eurocup season begins. | {
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Campaign to raise profile of inspirational female coaches
A campaign to raise the profile of female coaches in sport across the North of England is coming to the North East.
Currently only 30% of the coaching workforce are women and the percentage of female coaches receiving a qualification each year is 17%.
The 'Pass On Your Passion campaign' aims to recognise great coaches in our area and get more women into coaching..
What will the campaign involve?
The #PassOnYourPassion campaign involves 22 coaches and participants from clubs in the North East being highlighted by their members as inspirational and passionate about their coaching.
They have each been given a baton by Tyne and Wear Sport and asked to pass it on to a female participant from their club.
These women are then helped and supported to gain the right qualifications and experience to begin their own coaching journey.
Two of the coaches involved in the campaign are weightlifters Charlotte Dinsdale and Lily Petts from North Tyneside Barbells who were nominated by head coach Steve Sharp.
"We asked clubs in Tyne & Wear to send us their nominations of female coaches at every level who help and inspire women and girls to get involved in sport and we had a terrific response. We have coaches from a wide range of sports but the one thing they have in common is their passion for encouraging and inspiring the participants who they coach, and we wanted to thank them for that."
– Ruth Nicholson, coach development manager for Tyne & Wear Sport
"I have been a member of North Tyneside Barbells for two years come October. I currently help assist coach the junior barbells class and take part of the senior classes. Since joining the club I have watched my body change; my self-confidence is through the roof because my coach has pushed my body beyond its limit and I'm forever grateful. As a result of his hard work and seeing the joy he gets out of it, it has inspired me to want to be a coach. I too want to be able to make other people as happy and as confident as I am now through my role as a coach." | {
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The Korean script says "bandegi" give or take. Korean has more complex & varied vowels than I'm used to transliterating. All you really need to know is that it stands for "silkworm chrysalis" or pupae.
Bird Feed
At first Flitworth was concerned that we had purchased something (legally) not meant for human consumption.
Front and Back
Serving Suggestion: On A Cracker
Serving Suggestion: On A Leaf
Serving Suggestion: Crudite
Cocktail Time!
Bandegi Shots
When Bros Icing Bros becomes passe, I think we all know what the next self-abusive drink of choice will be.
did you arrange them in appealing hors d'ouevre after the fact? and if so were you tempted to try them that way? seriously i think pairing one with a little pickle might have made it easier to manage. no i'm not going to try it thank you just the same.
After the fact. I hate to let ersatz food go completely to waste so we tried to imagine what would make bandegi appear edible. If we'd had some whipped cream, I'd love to know if they look any better with a dollop on top.
This is on par with what I'd have to do to complete this task. Kudos to you for not only finding such a frightening food, but going through with completion. Bonus points for the hors d'oeuvres, if I could. | {
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New anti-cholesterol drug floats $50 mil account
The marketers of a new cholesterol-lowering drug are on the hunt for an agency to handle an anticipated $50 million ad campaign -- at least two years before the product hits the market.
The search is the latest in a series of big-budget reviews among marketers in the hot category of direct-to-consumer drug advertising. This newest drug, which may augment the effect of cholesterol-lowering statins, will be co-marketed by Schering-Plough Corp. and Merck & Co., and is known by its generic name, ezetimibe. An unknown number of agencies have been dispatched to develop presentations on possible marketing plans, including prospective spending levels, and may make them before the end of the year, according to people with knowledge of the situation. A likely early task for the winner: help develop a consumer-friendly brand name.
BIG BUDGETS
Spending could eventually hover in the $50 million range as heavy support has become almost a prerequisite to compete in the cholesterol-lowering category. A Schering spokesman said the company generally does not comment on agency selection matters.
The new product, which is in clinical trials and has not been submitted to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for approval, becomes the latest drug looking for an agency. Pfizer has five contenders for its $55 million Lipitor account while Bristol-Myers Squibb is down to two, DDB Corbett, Chicago, and Robert A. Becker, New York, for its $60 million Pravachol business. Also in play is AstraZeneca's superstatin, a drug not yet approved by the FDA. The review is down to three: KPR, New York; a joint effort between Lally McFarland & Pantello and Jorda McGrath Case & Partners/Euro RSCG, both New York; and CommonHealth's Quantum Group, Parsippany, N.J.
The AstraZeneca product, which likely will be billed as more effective than statins -- such as market leader Lipitor, No. 2 player Merck's Zocor and third-place Pravachol -- and thus a potential replacement for them, will take a different approach from the Schering/Merck product. (Zocor, which is not in review, is housed at Ogilvy & Mather Healthcare, New York.)
The new drug will be marketed at least partly as a complement to those already on the market. The product, which works differently than a statin and is billed as having fewer side effects, may reduce cholesterol levels an additional 18 to 20% below what statins already achieve.
But Schering/Merck will position ezetimibe as both a standalone product and something to be taken in combination with a statin; therefore it's expected to capitalize on joint marketing opportunities with Merck's Zocor. If the product is proven to provide significant additional benefits when taken with a statin, then Schering/Merck's potential market is huge considering the ever-increasing popularity of the drugs that generate billions in annual sales.
"The cholesterol market is a very big one in the United States," the Schering spokesman said, "and a growing market."
ALTERNATE REVENUE
For Schering in particular, much rides on ezetimibe. The company has looked for alternate revenue streams as it faces the possible loss of profit from generic competition to allergy drug Claritin, though a next-generation drug expected to be called Clarinex could be a buffer.
"With the agreement with Merck, it definitely has a lot more potential than it did, but it's not going to be what carries the company," said Beth Cariello, an analyst with Deutsche Banc/Alex. Brown. "It's still going to be Claritin and its follow-up compound."
A separate agreement with Merck has the two companies working to develop a drug that combines Claritin and Merck asthma product Singulair to treat both conditions.
Schering and Merck's search for an agency for a product that likely won't hit the market before at least 2002 serves as another example of how early in the drug development process marketers begin the search for consumer agencies. The main reason: huge growth in direct-to-consumer advertising, which hit $1.8 billion in 1999, up 73% from 1997, according to IMS Health. | {
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Fashionable Theology?
Churches are being shut down and sold across the country—mainly to pay for lawsuits from the sex abuse scandal—and other people are in need of clothes, food, or other basic needs. And yet the Pope wears Prada. This type of elitism and waste of money has no place in the church and sends the wrong message to the world. | {
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True Religion PERFUME
Designer True Religion has 5 perfumes in our fragrance base. True Religion is a new fragrance brand. The earliest edition was created in 2008 and the newest is from 2012. True Religion fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Yann Vasnier, Ellen Molner and Rodrigo Flores-Roux.
Designer True Religion has 5 perfumes in our fragrance base. True Religion is a new fragrance brand. The earliest edition was created in 2008 and the newest is from 2012. True Religion fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Yann Vasnier, Ellen Molner and Rodrigo Flores-Roux.
Drifter2011 for menHippie Chic2011 for womenTrue Religion2008 for womenTrue Religion Love Hope Denim2012 for womenTrue Religion Men2009 for men | {
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This year was Project Survival Media’s biggest year since our founding.
We produced more media than ever before, doubled our budget from years past, and provided stunning coverage for critical movement moments. A big congratulations to all who contributed to the growth of our work!
We won a competition! In 2014, our team in India was awarded first place in the video category of the Environmental Journalism Competition in India. Our film “The Garden Game Changer, started out on the Thomson Reuters Foundation publication and moved on to win first prize. This was such an honor and validation of the tireless work our Solutions 4 Survival teams are pursuing.
We launched the Survival Media Agency. This project has been a long time in the works. It started off as a side conversation in a cafe in Seattle with a dear friend and monthly sustainer of ours and has now blossomed into a full fledged network of media makers across the globe who are well versed in climate communications with a bend toward equity and justice. Their stunning portfolios can now be viewed on our new site, which can help organizations connect with a media professional near them.
Raising that $$$! This year our director raised nearly $80,000 in a combination of small donations, medium level donors, stock gifts, small grants, and contract fees. That is double the average of our budgets in years past!! And, impressively from a diversity of sources. We are entering 2015 with nearly $30,000 in the bank.
Continuing at the helm of the movement for Climate Justice. This year we were the official photographers for the People’s Climate March — our photos were shared all over the globe, helped connect people who couldn’t make it to the march to what was happening on the ground, and amplified the message of the marchers that it is time for real climate action for the health of all communities. We were also proud to offer our services to several climate justice organizations either at a very discounted rate or entirely for free. We will continue to provide these services in 2015.
The Leak! Survival Media Agency Co-Coordinator Robert van Waarden lead an incredible multi-media project that explored the varied perspectives along the proposed Enbridge Pipeline route (in Canada). “Along the Pipeline” was specifically called out by a PR firm hired by TransCanada, as being “tremendously effective, as it can create an emotional response with the general public that can override logic and reasoning.” | {
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GeForce GTX Titan review -
Kepler GK110
Technology and specifications
So then, it's time to talk business. The GeForce GTX Titan released today is based on the GK110 Kepler GPU architecture. The chip is huge in size, interestingly enough it is still based on the 28nm fabrication node.But when I say huge, I mean it as it has 7.1 Billion transistors tucked awau in a 45 mm × 45 mm 2397-pin S-FCBGA chip.
The GPU on that 10.5 inches long dual-slot GeForce GTX Titan graphics card boasts an impressive 2688 CUDA (shader) cores and has 7100 Million transistors. The product is obviously PCI-Express 3.0 ready and has a TDP of around 250W with a typical idle power draw of 15 Watts. That TDP is a maximum overall, and on average your GPU will not consume that amount of power. But let me first show you the GK110 GPU die:
The GK110 is based off the Kepler architecture, as such you will get the fairly standard pre-modelled SMX clusters of 192 shader processors per cluster. Out of the 15 available, there are 14 active SMX clusters for Titan, times 192 shader processors which thus offers you 2688 shader processors. If it would have had the full 15 SMX clusters enabled, yeah that would have been 2880 shader processors. There is a distinct difference with extra double precision units, but we'll talk about that on the next page though. But how does 4.5 Teraflops of peak compute performance sounds?
But to make a bold comparison, the mighty GeForce GTX 680 which many of you guys have have 1536 of these shader processors. We'll get more in-depth into the architecture on the next page though. As far as the memory specs of the GK110 Kepler GPU are concerned, the boards will feature a 384-bit memory bus connected to a near silly 6 GB of GDDR5 video buffer memory, aka VRAM aka your framebuffer aka graphics memory.
On the memory controller side of things you'll see that the reference memory clock (effective data-rate) is now set at 6 GHz / Gbps. This boils down to an exotic memory bandwidth of no less than 288 GB/s on that 384-bit memory bus. Much like the GTX 680, the GPU core versus the shader processor domain is are both clocked at 1:1, meaning both the core and shader domain clock in at a 836 MHz reference base clock frequency. One clock to rule them all (well internally there are dozens of different other clocks really, but let's keep it simple shall we?). With this release, NVIDIA now has the final series Kepler cards on their way. We expect at first launch wave to see maybe 10 maybe 20K cards available, so you'd better be fast if you want one. Obviously, later on there will be more batches available depending on demand. This is not going to be a 'limited' or extremely hard to get product series.
The new graphics adapters are of course DirectX 11.1 ready. With Windows 8, 7 and Vista also being DX11.1 ready with game compatibility to take advantage of DirectCompute, multi-threading, hardware tessellation and the latest shader 5.0 extensions. For your reference here's a quick overview of some past generation high-end GeForce cards opposed to the new Kepler based GeForce GTX 680.
Single GPU based cards
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX Titan
Stream (Shader) Processors
240
480
512
1536
2688
Core Clock (MHz)
648
700
772
1006
836
Shader Clock (MHz)
1476
1400
1544
-
-
Boost Clock
-
-
-
1058
876
Memory Clock (effective MHz)
2400
3700
4000
6000
6000
Memory amount
1024 MB
1536
1536
2048
6144
Memory Interface
512-bit
384-bit
384-bit
256-bit
384-bit
Memory Type
gDDR3
gDDR5
gDDR5
gDDR5
gDDR5
HDCP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Two Dual link DVI
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HDMI
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
For Kepler overall, Nvidia kept their memory controllers GDDR5 compatible. Memory wise, Nvidia has nice large memory volumes available due to their architecture, we pass 2 GB as standard these days for most of Nvidia's series 600 graphics cards. The 6GB on the GTX Titan however is excessive, but with 6 memory controllers available, it would have been either 3 or 6 GB. The hardware engineers of Nvidia reworked the memory subs system quite a bit, enabling much higher memory clock frequency speeds compared to previous generation GeForce GPUs. The result is this memory speeds up-to 6 Gbps. Each memory partition utilizes one memory controller on the respective GPU, Titan has a total board memory of 6 GB and that's 24 pieces of 64M × 16 GDDR5, SDRAM. | {
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Thanksgiving Sunday
Give Thanks To
The LORD,
For He Is Good!
His love
endures forever.
~Psalm 136:1
Thanksgiving Sunday
Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 10:30am
You're invited to Abundant Life Community Church on Sunday, November 20, as we give thanks to God! Join us for a special Thanksgiving service followed by our Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. The church will provide turkey, dressing, gravy, roll, butter, & beverage for $3. You're invited to bring a side dish to share.
To download a flyer for this event click HERE. To RSVP for this event, email Pastor Rocky at [email protected] | {
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I was going to post on something that I mentioned to Lilly the other day–how we have to remember that we’re addicted not just to booze, but to the “idea” of what booze gives us, does for us, makes us; and how we have to grieve the person we “lost”–but instead, I’d just like to keep it simple: PAWS sucks.
According to the “illustrious” Wikipedia, the symptoms of PAWS–post-acute-withdrawal syndrome–include mood swings resembling an affective disorder, anhedonia (the inability to feel pleasure from anything beyond use of the drug), insomnia, extreme drug craving and obsession, anxiety and panic attacks, depression, suicidal ideation and suicide and general cognitive impairment. These can last from a year to several decades, or indefinitely. YIKES.
I highlighted the ones that have affected me the most, and I think we can all agree: once we stop drinking, it doesn’t necessarily do jack shit for us. In fact, for me it meant seeing myself succumb to a lack of motivation that I blamed on my inherent nature, when really, it was just me coming off booze. That goes for my ongoing mood swings and depression, too.
I felt frustrated A LOT. Up until about a few months ago, actually. I mean, we stop drinking, and we’re supposed to feel great and happy and lovely, right? And yet…we feel WORSE sometimes (most of the time). We not only feel the depression or anxiety that we’ve been self-medicating away, but PAWS brings its own special form of hell. And, until we have medications to help us out with PAWS symptoms, we simply have to go through it in order to be able to look back and say, Ahh, so that’s what they were talking about. FUCK.
My main symptom has been lack of motivation. A feeling of “meh,” or “blah,” or “why bother?” surrounding basically everything–eating, reading, watching movies; working, hiking; going to bars and picnics and barbeques. It wasn’t that I didn’t have fun doing these things, or that they were so bad to do sober; it’s just that I totally noticed how much I MISSED wine and how most things just didn’t offer much reward for doing them without it. Wine was a serious motivating factor; it was also my main reward.
In learning more about how our reward circuitry gets fucked up when we come to depend on booze, it’s not hard to see how nothing but wine would motivate me. Our brains become sensitized to alcohol. What does this mean? It means that, other rewards–incentives, like eating good food or having an orgasm; or higher-level rewards, like a future job done well, or a big professional goal accomplished–other rewards lose meaning. They hold no weight, in fact. It’s like, the ONLY thing that’s going to do it for me, and by that I mean, instill in my brain a DESIRE to do something, is wine. Forget that it may or may not give me pleasure. What’s happened is that your dopamine circuits (among others that make wine the “high” that it is) have become attuned to this one stimulus–your only motivating factor becomes wine. Otherwise, there literally is no reason, in your mind, to do it.
Now, I’ve blogged about this before, but I’ve seen a lot of people on here lately complaining that they’re feeling depressed, or unmotivated, that they’re just going through the motions and really, wasn’t quitting drinking supposed to have the opposite effect? And, all I can say is, it takes time. YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TIME. You have to live through the “blah” period. For me, that lasted for a good 1.5 years. I’m sorry, but it’s the truth. My innate motivation–you know, how I used to “get pumped” to work out, to job search, to plan a trip to Greece…because these things are inherently worthy of doing–took some time to return.
I journaled a lot. I felt sorry for myself a lot. But, I also just went through the motions, and there’s a LOT to be said for just doing what needs to be done. I made a lot of to-do lists, and then, finally stopped berating myself for not getting to much of what was on my list. I just didn’t drink. Sometimes I’d go to bed early; a lot of times I did only what needed to be done in terms of work (I didn’t make very much money last year–haha); I bitched to my boyfriend; I took long walks with my dogs (they are my “higher power,” I swear); I ate a lot of sweets; I drank a shit-ton of Diet Coke. There were treats in the form of trips and hikes and lazy days on the beach–which were sometimes (often) clouded by me feeling bad or guilty about taking time off to heal, or not being capable of enjoying the moment. It just takes time, and constant effort. But, mostly, it just takes doing it, and going through the motions. Believe me, you will NOT be going through the motions forever, even though you’re convinced that things will never feel good again and you might as well drink because there is NO WAY you’re not drinking and putting up with this shit forever.
It’s like a really bad breakup: one day, you’ll just move on. One day, you’ll wake up and the gut-ache will have dissipated, poof, gone. One day, you’ll be like, Oh, well, he was a fucking asshole anyway. One day, you’ll say, Huh, I think I’m gonna wear some lipstick today, and maybe even some short shorts. HA.
Your motivation–spark, enthusiasm, desire to do, and to go, and to achieve–will come back. But it’s going to take time, healing time. It wasn’t until I gave myself a SOLID 7, 8, 9 months (and this was AFTER a solid 2, and then, 6 months first-tries at getting sober) that I started to see my thinking change. To feel butterflies again. YES, I’d actually feel butterflies once in a while (when was the last time I felt butterflies, in the ’90s?) thinking about the trip I was going to take, the book I was going to write, the new job I was going to apply for and work.
I’m still just starting to come back, but I am coming back. I have found myself having more random man-on-street conversations, being open to socializing; applying for jobs and not feeling like I can’t do them (that was scary, having so little self-confidence when it came to work, which was always “my thing”); in general, feeling at ease in my own skin again. Thinking back, I wonder, why did I make it so hard? Why was I just so…weird all the time? Not “myself?” Literally beside myself? Because getting sober–and PAWS–sucks, that’s why. But, it’s not going to suck all the time, and it’s definitely not going to suck forever. And, you will get through this. You have to. If you keep not drinking!
Consider this: what IF you healed your mind, and you could drink again? What IF you healed your mind and you simply did not WANT to drink again? These are very real possibilities. And, you can even use them as motivation to not drink–IT’S OK. Don’t let other people’s personal experiences in getting sober bog you down: your path is your own, and what you CHOOSE to do after a period of abstinence WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO FULLY HEAL, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, is up to you. But first you have to heal. And you have to see how this might work, the longer you go without your “go-to” (wine, in my case).
18 Responses to “Into every life a little PAWS will fall”
Thank you for this.
Such important information for all people quitting drinking.
The validation that you are not insane, that it does get better, that there is a reason we feel like shit for a while and that if we just stick it out there actually is another side where every once in a while a unicorn will poop a rainbow. Really! It gets so much better, but it’s the not quitting in those hard times that is, well, HARD. That’s when support is essential, and I have seen huge lightbulbs come on and pushing through happen when people learned about PAWS.
Thanks of keeping this info out there….and there is so much info on the internet, for all of you who think you may be experiencing this.
Thank you!
I am so happy for you to be getting to this place- it looks lovely there, and I hope to join you in the future. 🙂 Seriously….getting to a good place sober is hard work! thank you for sharing your experience with PAWS. I definitely feel the effects sometimes and have to take a step back and remember to be patient. This time is a drop in a bucket in terms of overall lifespan, but can feel like forever sometimes. Have a great day, DDG! xx
Thanks for this. I’m 8 days after an stint that landed me in the hospital. I actually feel pretty good right now but I know this won’t last. Thank GodI have next week off. I’m taking it VERY easy. Just rest and movies and yes, lots of Diet Coke. I know I need to make other changes like moving back to where I have more of a support network (I moved for a job after I had 4 months sober last time and, well, that didn’t work out lol). I haven’t lost the job but I’m pretty sure I’ll need to quit. But I’m not worrying about that this time, just taking it very easy and being nice to myself as much as I can right now. Anyway, love your blog. Keep it up as I will continue to follow!
Yeah this is great…you’re so right that time is what’s needed. Scream, moan, blog, cry, angst, worry, do whatever you need to do to get through the early months EXCEPT drink alcohol and you can be guaranteed that things start to smooth out. It always does. Great post xxx
Thanks you so much. I needed to hear this. I find the depression and blahs ver difficult to put up with as I have a large family and there is always an expectation that I will be in charge, happy and giving to others. I need room to scream and moan too!!! Namaste.
thank you, thank you. i feel like a fraud sometimes. i’m 65 days into my 100 day challenge- and in the back of my mind i think about how and when i will drink when the challenge is over. but theres this sliver of thought in me that explores just not drinking again, ever. i can’t deny my alcoholic ways.
anyway, you’re posts help me a lot, and i’m so grateful you write them.
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This is great info, I sure can relate to so much, especially fhe blahs. It is good to know that it is not all in our heads and that there is a reason for the crazy! LOL. But it does get better and you do entually get out of the blahs too. Thank you and congrats on 300 days!
It sounds like you are in a GREAT place sober now. I mean, I know it’s not perfect but it sounds sooo good from over here. I am proud of you, pleased for you, and a little bit envious too. You’re so right about the time – I wish I’d just hung in there. Oh well, more time up ahead.
Sometimes when I’ve read about PAWS stuff it’s really gotten me down – like, WTF, what’s the freaking point then if I’m just going to feel like shit in recovery too? Buuutttt then I think about how I felt a lot of that bad shit while drinking – anxiety, depression, brain fog, lethargy etc. For me, anyway, a lot of PAWS symptoms are what I lived with daily as a heavy drinker. And at least without drinking there are other upsides you do experience early on or at least I did (like feeling happier, weight loss, clearer head, better sleep, better skin etc etc).
Oh so true! I loved this post, thank you! I relate to the PAWS part so much. Been sober for 20 months today, and the majority of my sobriety has been “standing beside myself”. I noticed a shift right around 18 months, myself. I started feeling more at ease with other people and with myself. It’s still weird some days, but I have had a definite shift and feel more comfortable in my skin. It’s a really nice feeling. 🙂 The confidence is great! So yes. Hang in there. My sobriety was really tough for the first while. But even then it beat the clinging darkness I felt while drinking. So worth it to be where I am now.
The BLAH times come and go – my first year was not a BLAH time is was “Hang-on-for-my-life” time… then came the BLAH times. It’s been back recently – I’ve had to ride it out and look for stimulation somewhere else – which I’m beginning to find again now I think
this was a extremely helpful post, thank you! I am determined to see this sobriety thing through and it is so useful to have this perspective. I had a definite run of not finding pleasure in anything at 40 – 45 days – grand old lady of 65 days now ;).
I just had to stick with it and just trust that something would start to shift eventually, and it did. Oh, and your remark about the short shorts really made me laugh!
I just commented on your post from June, saying how much it helped me. But reading this post has helped me significantly more. I’m so glad to see you’re in a better place, even if it took up to 300 days. That seems like forever to me as I’m only about 65+ days in and severely suffering from the ‘blah’s’ and constantly feel like I’m missing out. But this gives me hope, real hope, not the same ‘hope’ mantra’s I hear over and over again in meetings, but a real life example of exactly what I can look forward to. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this. I just need to push through it, and I needed to hear it from someone other than my sponsor. Thank you ❤
Well, thank you for this. 37 days here and the blahs have eaten my lunch for the last two days. Now I know why. Drinking is not an option but I thought I’d feel better faster and more consistently. Feeling like shit sober is a hell of a lot better than feeling like shit hungover and starting over.
YES it is! I’d take feeling like crap any day over feeling like crap AND being hung over! And, you’ve got great perspective: no matter how bad we feel sober, or trying to get sober, it’s a passing thing. It’s annoying, and frustrating, but it’ll never be as horrible as how we felt during our drinking days, or how we felt hung over. Congrats on 1 month-plus! Every day counts… xx
I really needed to read this today, thank you! I thought I had read your whole blog, but I found this post by googling PAWS (no guesses as to my current state of mind) and it has been oddly (I can’t say the thought of another year or more of grind is making me feel skippy, exactly!) comforting. xx | {
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Combating Human Trafficking and Infectious Diseases with Secure Population Registries
Population Registry is a Critical Tool for Populace Protection
African nations face a number of ongoing crises on multiple fronts: outbreaks of infectious diseases, human trafficking, civil war, drought and famine – to name a few. Securing borders, safeguarding citizenry and the ability to track the movement of people and diseases are all critical measures when it comes to maintaining national stability in these extremely tumultuous nations. Population registry strategies such as national identification documents and birth and death certificates are effective tools for governments wishing to protect their populations.
Human Rights
There are almost 50 million unregistered children throughout the world, 79 percent of which reside in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, despite birth registration being listed among the Rights of the Child according to both UN treatises and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Failure to register births results from lack of knowledge on the part of parents, but more importantly, lack of initiative on the part of governments. Fears regarding invasion of privacy or discrimination are also factors, especially among HIV/AIDs patients.
Human Trafficking
Traffickers target vulnerable populations by leveraging their needs for basic necessities like food, money and housing. Traffickers prey on these populations’ weaknesses by making false promises of a better life, making profits with no regard for human safety, dignity or rights. Their “cargo” is just that. Particularly disturbing are the high numbers of child and sex trafficking cases. Despite intense anti-trafficking efforts by multiple government agencies, NGOs, religious leaders and private citizens, human traffickers are a prevailing problem in Africa. Reports by the United States government estimate that as many as 800,000 people are trafficked across borders each year, the majority of whom are children. Children’s lack of organized registration helps traffickers avoid persecution, as lack of documentation allows them to continue working in the shadows.
HIV/AIDS
A similar challenge exists in the battle against HIV/AIDS. In the absence of a population registry, those suffering from infectious diseases and their survivors are cut off from vital government resources like housing, financial assistance, inheritance rights, education and food assistance. Compounding their vulnerability, these populations become the perfect victims for human traffickers, who capitalize upon their isolation. Population registry data such as death and HIV/AIDS infection rates, as well as the availability of local resources, are all critical to governments seeking to design and implement effective prevention and control strategies.
Shutting Down Vulnerability
Population registry provides government and anti-trafficking task forces with the most important information—a baseline picture of local citizenry. It also provides citizens with important documentation such as birth records, identity cards, and citizenship. The lack of these documents makes people much more vulnerable to traffickers and exploitation. Once registered, a country’s citizens are no longer invisible. People taken up in human trafficking are no longer anonymous, and local governments and councils can reach out to provide much needed social services like healthcare, education, employment training, housing, jobs and more to marginalized demographics, thereby nullifying the leverage traffickers use to exploit their victims as well as the spread of disease.
Population registry puts governments in touch with their people and people in touch with their governments, forming a protective shield against human trafficking and other forms of exploitation, as well as disease, lack of education and other social woes.
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Matt Smith on April 1, 2018 at 4:35 am
It’s really scary how the world changed, thanks for this great article I hope more people starts listening to you, Keep up the good work it’s thanks to people like I still have my faith in humanity. | {
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Bieganski the Blog
Monday, December 4, 2017
In Politico, Tomasz Wroblewski argues that Poland's Independence Day March was not the horror show many in the Western mainstream press have accused it of being. He says that a small minority participated in extremist behavior and those extremists were not representational of the larger march, which mostly consisted of average citizens who just happen to love their country. He suggests that a double standard is at work, and other countries like France -- whose Jews are fleeing for their lives -- are not judged and condemned as Poland is. You can read Tomasz Wroblewski's article, "Poland: patriotic,
not authoritarian. There are legitimate reasons to criticize the polish
government. But accusations of fascism are absurd" here.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Maciej Kisilowski, an associate professor of law and public management at Central European University
in Budapest, argues "Poland:
authoritarian, not patriotic: Jarosław Kaczyński is building a state apparatus
that will do whatever it takes to protect the regime," that PiS is about consolidating and maintaining power, not about patriotism. Kisilowski points to PiS and the media, PiS and the judiciary, and PiS and public projects. PiS, he says, is currently aided by economically comfortable times, but when times get lean, PiS will tighten its grip to maintain power. Kisilowski points to fascist elements in the Independence Day March and asks why these elements were not prevented from participating, while, he says, peaceful anti-fascist marchers were arrested. In the comments section under the article, readers curse in Polish at Kisilowski, wish him dead, and accuse him of being secretly Jewish. One comment reads, "What an eye opener,
one does not need need to live in Poland to experience fascism, even just
looking at the comments of some of the fascist minded commentators here can
immagine what really is going on in that country. The xenophobia, swearing at
people, labeling anyone with a different vew a traidor, the hate aimed towards
anyone who questions them. it is obvious that the PiS has found very fertile
ground to sow its seeds of hatred"Another comment reads, "the march itself was
sponsored, among others, by the far-right ONR, something that the PiS
authorities must surely have been aware of."
Lifesite news ran an article arguing that Western, mainstream press misrepresented Poland's Independence Day March. I can't recommend the article. I don't think it brings much new to the table. In the comments section, a couple of posters said, paraphrase, If, as you say, the fascists, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists were such a small percentage of the marchers, why didn't the majority of marchers demand that the objectionable element not participate? That's a valid question. One comment argued that the fascists were paid agents of George Soros. A pretty far-fetched conspiracy theory. Another comment argued that homosexuals and abortionists are out to destroy Poland. Not a helpful point of view. You can read the article, "Here’s What The Mainstream
Media Isn’t Telling You About The Poland Independence Day March," by Dorothy Cummings Mclean here.
Friday, December 1, 2017
On
Wednesday, November 29, US President Donald Trump re-tweeted three videos from
Jayda Fransen of Britain First. The first video depicts a Muslim teen beating
up on a non-Muslim Dutch teen using crutches. The second depicts a Muslim
cleric destroying an image of Mary. The third depicts violence culminating in
murder. As far as anyone knows, these videos are authentic, and not staged.
Trump's
tweeting this material caused intense backlash. The world press condemned him
in the harshest terms ever used against him. The New York Times and other publications rushed to condemn the videos
and their sender, Jayda Fransen. Some alleged, without any evidence, that the
videos were staged or inauthentic.
The New York Times devoted many articles to
this topic. On the very day of the tweets, the Times rushed to print an
article, "The Stories Behind Three Anti-Muslim Videos Shared by Trump,"
that struggled to defuse the videos, and make them out to be innocuous. It was
as if the Muslim world were on trial, and the New York Times were the Muslim world's defense attorney.
A few
observations.
First,
the President of the United States should not use twitter. Twitter use demeans
the office and endangers the US.
Second,
I searched for over an hour to find any publication that supplied any facts to
support the characterization of Britain First as an "extremist, right-wing
hate group."
I
read articles about Britain First, visited their Facebook page, watched their
videos, and saw no extremism and no hate. They appear to be a small group of
older British people who walk around carrying crosses and Union Jacks and
distributing pamphlets encouraging patriotism. People spit at them and throw
projectiles at them, and they do not retaliate.
If
anyone has any information to support their status as an "extremist,
right-wing hate group" please feel free to supply that information in the
comments section.
Third.
The videos in question are not fake, and are not anti-Muslim. They do show
Muslims behaving badly, but there are an infinite number of videos that show
non-Muslims behaving badly; those videos arouse no outrage.
Fourth,
the gigantic furor aroused is very telling.
In
the mainstream press, academia, and popular culture, Poles are Bieganski.
That is, Poles are brutal haters who deserve every criticism. In recent days, world
press has condemned Poland for its recent Independence Day March. No one pulled
any punches in this criticism. In fact, mainstream news organs fabricated
especially inflammatory slogans and claimed that they appeared on signage –
there were no signs at the march that featured the inflammatory slogan.
No
one rushed forward to say that Poles cannot be criticized in this manner.
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Disney / Pixar has a new movie, "Coco," and it is going to be huge. It will be considered for an Academy Award for best picture. It will rake in huge sums. Yesterday, Adrian Molina, the writer and director of "Coco" was on WNYC's Leonard Lopate radio show. Molina, in virtually every sentence, said something like, "Our goal was to create a Mexican movie. We hired only Mexican or Latino actors. We strove to honor indigenous Mexican traditions. We had to interview six hundred children to find a worthy Mexican child. All the music is inflected with Mexican sounds. We had to be sure to use Spanish, because Spanish is more beautiful than English..."
And on and on and on and on.
"Coco" is a nationalist project.
In recent days, the world has been discussing Poland's recent Independence Day march. The world recoils from POLISH nationalism, insisting that it is an evil threat to world peace.
"Coco," a MEXICAN nationalist product, will be hailed and feted.
BTW, the nonsense about needing Mexicans to play the characters in an animated film. Benjamin Bratt, as his last name implies, is of Northern European, largely German ancestry. His mother is from Peru.
Peru is over four thousand miles from Mexico. That's greater than the distance from New York to London. That's TWICE THE DISTANCE from New York City to Mexico City.
There is no cultural similarity between the Incas and the Aztecs. The one thing they have in common -- both the Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire were defeated by tiny numbers of Europeans fighting with local, Native American Indian troops who were eager to see oppressive Native American empires fall.
I'm not protesting "Coco"'s nationalism. I'm not protesting the hiring of Mexican or Hispanic actors. I'm merely mentioning the painful and destructive double standards that elevates one ethnicity, Mexicans, and denigrates another, Poles. This is the dynamic I describe in my book "Bieganski: the Brute Polak Stereotype." You can hear the Leonard Lopate show interview with "Coco" creator Adrian Molina here: http://www.wnyc.org/story/coco | {
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Windows 7 USB
This is documentation on how to setup Windows 7 on USB, so it can be used with a USB debug device and WinDbg to track down Windows errors that are otherwise hard to debug (eg. black screen, Stop codes, ACPI issues).
Step 4: Install boot sector
For this, you need to run a Windows Console prompt as Administrator. It’s not enough to run as the admin user, but you need to go through the “run as administrator” + UAC motions.
On Windows 7, the fastest way is to open the start menu, type “cmd” in the search field, wait for cmd to appear (with that black window + C:\ icon), right click it, and select “run as administrator”. On Windows 8, there's an Admin Command Line in the Win+X menu.
Move to the drive with the install data (E:\ in my case), enter boot\, and run bootsect like this:
Step 5: Prepare installer for USB debug device
If you have access to the legacy serial port, you can use that to run a kernel debugger session without usb debug device (and its setup, which can be complicated in the presence of Rate Matching Hubs).
In such a setup, instead of the first command use
bcdedit /store bcd /dbgsettings serial debugport:1 baudrate:115200
Step 6: Install
Start your coreboot + seabios system, and make it boot from your USB device.
If everything is well, dance and jump with joy! If not, you have a chance to improve coreboot!
Step 7: Boot Windows
Once installation is done, boot the new system. That’s another source of trouble, since this is a slightly different Windows than the one driving the installer.
And there was no chance to setup debug mode for it yet! (TBD)
Setup Debugging Environment
Configuring WinDbg
First, install WinDbg. You can find in the Debugging Utilities for Windows. Set up the symbol file path, so it can resolve the addresses it gets from the target: | {
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Meet Dr. Moore
Meet Dr. Moore
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Dennis J Moore, D.C.
My name is Dennis Moore, Doctor of Chiropractic. My wife Yolanda and I have been happily married for 15 years, and the joy of our life is our two and a half year old son, Seamus. (Shay-mus). I have been in active practice since 1984 and do traditional chiropractic adjustments with my hands as well as lighter force techniques such as instrument assisted adjustments for enhancement of posture and for arthritis with an arthrostim and thompson gravity assisted light force drop technique for the spine and extremities for patients who prefer a lighter force technique, Robert Fulford’s Osteopathic technique of Vibropercussion for the spine and extremities to break up deep seated muscular scar tissue and adhesions as well as Cold Laser technique to reduce inflammation and speed healing. I also adjust extremities such as shoulders, elbows, hands, hips, knees, ankles, feet and TMJ (jaw) and perform deep tissue massage. I also work inside the body to reduce the inflammatory responses to speed healing by using enzymes and other supplements to reduce inflammation and improve digestion to deal with the nutritional component in acute and chronic health conditions.
While I employ traditional chiropractic adjustments and deep tissue massage as well as low force techniques such as Thompson, Activator, and Logan. I also offer my patients enhanced pain relief by utilizing advanced chiropractic techniques. These include cold laser, which helps produce natural anti-inflammatories . I also utilize small instrument assisted adjusting. My patients find this is especially effective in treating conditions such as arthritis and osteoporosis. I use instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization to treat scar tissue surrounding tissues and joints as well as tendinitis, which occurs in spinal joints and extremities such as shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, and feet.
I was born in Oakland, California and lived there for three years until my father, who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad for 43 years, was transferred to the SP’s facilities at Roseville. We lived in Sacramento at 37th and M streets near Folsom Blvd. I remember my time in Sacramento quite fondly with many friends, innumerable trees, and large porches where neighbors took time to talk with one another. I attended Sacred Heart Catholic Grammar School in Sacramento until the age of 9, when my father was transferred to Los Angeles. I remember feeling sad to leave Sacramento, a fun and friendly place.
I have been active in sports all my life, starting by playing pool in the rumpus room of our home in Sacramento. I got so good at pool that I used to regularly beat my brothers’ college friends–this despite the fact that my head was barely over the pool table! I also enjoyed playing pinball and pool with my peers there as I aged.
Just before leaving for Los Angeles at the age of nine, while roughhousing with friends, I got a helpful push from a friend as I was climbing over a fence and broke my left arm. Two weeks after removing that cast, after a failed attempt at an acrobatic move on some monkey bars in our backyard in L.A., I fell and again broke the same bone in the left arm! This period of pain as well as later skiing injuries have enhanced my empathy for those who suffer from their ailments…
I played tennis from the age of 9 locally in Los Angeles in tournaments, training for several years with the Pasadena Foothill Tennis Patrons Association with such luminaries as the famous Pancho Segura. (Former tennis champion Stan Smith was also a product of this group.) With the boost this gave me, I starred on my high school tennis team and was named tennis team MVP my two years at East Los Angeles Community College.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of California, Santa Barbara. I had a short flirtation with politics working with Congressman Jerome Waldie as a student intern while in college. After that experience and the frustration of trying to get anything done in Washington, I came back to work for a short time on the San Francisco Belt Railroad. I used to joke with my family and friends that I went from the halls of congress to the streets of San Francisco. Work on the railroad was very strenuous, picking up decades old oil-soaked railroad ties weighing 250-400 pounds each and stacking them near the port of San Francisco. It was back-breaking labor. My supervisor worked me really hard, figuring I was a soft student. He was right when I started, but not by the end of that summer! It did teach me the value of hard work.
After college I worked assisting a homeopath, acupuncturist, and doctor of chiropractic in a health clinic.While working at Sunset Medical Clinic In San Francisco, I met a gentleman in his 70’s, a medical researcher who decided on becoming a merchant marine after 4 months in chiropractic school. He felt he had made a big mistake in not pursuing a chiropractic career and encouraged me to investigate the profession of chiropractic, because he believed it was the greatest healing profession in the world, dealing with certain conditions that other medical disciplines were less effective in treating. Shortly after conversing with him, a chiropractor was hired at the clinic, and I was astounded at his effectiveness, via chiropractic adjustments and other techniques, treating very common complaints such as neck, upper, middle, and lower back pain as well as headaches that had not responded to other treatment disciplines and modalities.
Education
Graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in 1983. Other degrees: University of California, Santa Barbara; Palmer College of Chiropractic-West. Memberships: California Chiropractic Assn Honors: Qualified Medical Examiner (QME), Diplomate Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Chiropractic Neurology 150 hours
I have a post-graduate specialty as a Loomis Digestive Health Specialist specializing in evaluating and treating enzyme, vitamin, and mineral deficiencies.
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2020 Free Agency
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There is a Lot of draft talk, but FA comes first. And FA always sets up the draft for teams.
So looking through. Who are some guys who you think we Should sign/re sign.
Our own FA:
James Bradberry- first off, I dont think any team is going to give him more than 13-14 a year (unless the redskins can open a lot of space up to sign him). Bradberry isnt the best CB in the league But is solid.
IMO he us worth 14 a year. And I think once we cut the dat this offseason, we'll have plenty of space.
Mario Addison- unless he pulls a Charles Johnson hometown discount, let him walk. He has been a solid player, but at his age I wouldnt commit to something big with him.
Chris Hogan- I think he fits perfectly into Brady's system and shoandnt cost much.
Kyle Allen
Potential FA signings
Robby Anderson- athletic WR who played for and likes Rhule. Fits well into Brady's scheme. Wants big $$ but think he would meet in the middle to play for Rhule. Wont come cheap but wont demand top $.
Carl Nassib- Big Freak DE who was one of my Draft crushes coming out. After starting off slow in Cleveland he was cut and picked up by Tampa. Nassib finally showed promise this year with the Bucs. The Penn State product should come cheap.
Jordan Phillips-another big athlete who's career started off slow. The big freak was cut from a disfunctional Dolphins squad then finally took off in Buffalo this season with 9.5 sacks and 16 QB hits. Buffalo wont invest $ on him as they have Star and Ed Oliver tied up. Phillips is exactly the type of player you heard Rhule say he likes. One Buffalo site has him projected to sign in the 3 year 21 mil range, which would be in our price range. A DT like him would allow to wait and draft a DT in rd 2-3 to get one and hit OL etc in rd 1.
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I'd be surprised if the Panthers sign any free agents before the June compensatory cut-off. Part of rebuilding is acquiring as many draft picks as possible. Letting James Bradberry walk and signing Robbie Anderson has an opportunity cost of a 3rd round compensatory pick.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they let Bradbury go. I would be disappointed, but they may feel they want to reset without any big contracts. The same with Mario. I like him and he's been very consistent but I'm just not going to be surprised if they let him walk. I feel like I haven't really got a handle on whether they want to compete next year. Rhule obviously has a track record of tearing things down and rebuilding as many coaches do. With that long contract, putting out the best team may not be a priority for him.
Interesting that you highlight those 3 names. They are all dangerous FA pickups IMO. Players with traits who have been disappointing for the most part with flashes of quality. As much as they may fit, I would be wary of overpaying them.
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Bradberry is solid, but I'm going to put my faith in the new coaching staff to bring out the best in Jackson. There's bound to be CBs out there who may not quite be at Bradberry's level, but cost less than half what it would take to sign him.
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I'd be surprised if the Panthers sign any free agents before the June compensatory cut-off. Part of rebuilding is acquiring as many draft picks as possible. Letting James Bradberry walk and signing Robbie Anderson has an opportunity cost of a 3rd round compensatory pick.
That’s my thought if we are truly rebuilding. Between Bradberry, Addison, Irvin, McCoy, Butler, Hogan, Cockrell, Boston, Van Roten and maybe someone else I am forgetting, we’ve got a bounty of potential comp picks. If we stick to trades/releases/post comp cutoffs then we could end up with 1-2 3rds, 1-2 4ths and a smattering of lower picks. It would set us up nicely in the 2021 draft to target a bunch of potential and see what sticks. Yes, we’ll suck in 2020, but I think we were already there and we need a new franchise QB if we are moving on from Cam.
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DJ Humphries- local Charlotte kid who was rumored to have been drafted by us had he fallen. After a few injury filled season's, he finally put together a decent year. Expect a prove year deal for him.
DJ Reader- need a big NT to help clog the middle on Run D? Reader has been a stud in Houston's 3-4 but could fill in nice here. This defense has not been the same simce Star left. Poe hasnt been what we wished and what Falcons fans warned us.
Javon Hargrave- another Local NT. The Steelers starting NT hasnt been a big stat filler in sacks but is that perfect clog the middle guy. In 2018 PFF gave him a 82.7 grade which was the 19th best DL.
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That’s my thought if we are truly rebuilding. Between Bradberry, Addison, Irvin, McCoy, Butler, Hogan, Cockrell, Boston, Van Roten and maybe someone else I am forgetting, we’ve got a bounty of potential comp picks. If we stick to trades/releases/post comp cutoffs then we could end up with 1-2 3rds, 1-2 4ths and a smattering of lower picks. It would set us up nicely in the 2021 draft to target a bunch of potential and see what sticks. Yes, we’ll suck in 2020, but I think we were already there and we need a new franchise QB if we are moving on from Cam.
In years past I would be against this. But I am in full tankathon mode. I would definitely support this.
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DJ Humphries- local Charlotte kid who was rumored to have been drafted by us had he fallen. After a few injury filled season's, he finally put together a decent year. Expect a prove year deal for him.
DJ Reader- need a big NT to help clog the middle on Run D? Reader has been a stud in Houston's 3-4 but could fill in nice here. This defense has not been the same simce Star left. Poe hasnt been what we wished and what Falcons fans warned us.
Javon Hargrave- another Local NT. The Steelers starting NT hasnt been a big stat filler in sacks but is that perfect clog the middle guy. In 2018 PFF gave him a 82.7 grade which was the 19th best DL.
This franchise has a horrible history of signing local people. Always signing local players instead of going out and getting real talent. Hopefully that was a jr thing
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Giving Robby Anderson anything over 10 million unless for 1-2 years seems unwise to me. Which will be the bare minimum he signs for I would think. He's an exciting guy with some potential, but he's a #2 at best. I can't get down with signing a #2 WR to 8 figures per year when you have Moore, Samuel, CMC, and a deep WR class to draft from.
If any money gets spent this offseason, it's on Bradberry or building the lines. This team can't make luxury signings at areas that aren't drastic needs.
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DJ Humphries- local Charlotte kid who was rumored to have been drafted by us had he fallen. After a few injury filled season's, he finally put together a decent year. Expect a prove year deal for him.
DJ Reader- need a big NT to help clog the middle on Run D? Reader has been a stud in Houston's 3-4 but could fill in nice here. This defense has not been the same simce Star left. Poe hasnt been what we wished and what Falcons fans warned us.
Javon Hargrave- another Local NT. The Steelers starting NT hasnt been a big stat filler in sacks but is that perfect clog the middle guy. In 2018 PFF gave him a 82.7 grade which was the 19th best DL.
Like this, but I think Reader and Hargrave will cost much more money than resigning G McCoy
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Well I read the first part which tries to convince us that racial profiling was an "Obama era narrative" when it's been a known problem for a lot longer than that, but hey, THERES YOUR BLACK GUY TO BLAME so good on ya
I did not say the flag "represents" the military. I said it was "about" the military and the battle we were fighting at that time (read the words). And furthermore you cannot tell me or anyone else what it "represents" as that it totally up to interpretation. Example: To some folks the confederate flag represents history and pride of the southern culture. To others it represents slavery and oppression. Both are correct to each respective party but not the other.
But I invite you. Next time you are at the stadium and the anthem is played, ignore the flags of the various military branches, mia/pow and the jet flyovers. | {
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Appeal Court in Vanuatu allows Papuan activist to stay
The lawyer for a Papuan activist says a final court ruling made in Vanuatu on Friday found there is no evidence that Andy Ayamiseba poses a threat to national security.
In April, Vanuatu's supreme court upheld a government order to deport Mr Ayamiseba after the minister for internal affairs, George Wells, said he was a risk to national security.
Felix Laumae Kabini says Mr Ayamiseba is allowed to stay in the country.
"The court of appeal found that that there is no evidence that the minister can rely on to use the power to deport Andy. The minister can only use the power if actions involving Andy are documented by national security and defence. That is the basis. The court found that there is no evidence or basis where the minister can rely on to deport Andy under the section."
Mr Ayamiseba says he applied for a permit to stay in Vanuatu last year and hopes that his papers will be processed soon. | {
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How Methods Videos Are Making Science Smarter
Robert Fernandez’s step-by-step video for an experiment on the social behavior of fruit flies is one of many methods videos available on the Web sites of science journals.
Yale University’s Robert Fernandez prepared the lab bench for the camera as a chef might arrange his mise en place, deftly laying out a mini vortex, a fly aspirator, a T-maze, and a thermometer. Step by step, in a precisely edited sequence, Fernandez and his colleagues demonstrated an experiment on the social behavior of fruit flies. The video showed how to anesthetize the flies in ice, how to use the aspirator to collect them, how to agitate some of them in the churning vortex to provoke a stress reaction, and how to manipulate the maze elevator to the choice point, such that the unagitated flies would be encouraged to choose between the two sides of the T shape—a vial recently vacated by their stressed brethren, or a fresh vial. Agitated flies, it turns out, leave behind an odorant that calmer flies instinctively shun. As Anne Simon, the designer of the protocol, told me, the research was designed to improve the understanding of psychiatric illnesses and asocial disorders such as autism, in part by isolating certain genes in those flies that didn’t display normal avoidance behaviors.
Fernandez’s study was filmed, produced, and eventually published, last December, by the Journal of Visualized Experiments. Founded in 2006, JOVE now has a database of more than four thousand videos, with about eighty more added each month. They are usually between ten and fifteen minutes long, and they range in subject from biology and chemistry to neuroscience and medicine. “For a scientist trying to explain a methodology in writing, it’s very difficult to describe all the necessary details of a multi-stage technical process,” JOVE’s co-founder, Moshe Pritsker, told me. “Confusion over the smallest details can result in months of lost effort.” Replicability—researchers’ capacity to reproduce their colleagues’ experimental findings in order to build on them—is a bedrock principle of scientific progress. But copying an experiment often requires visiting the original lab and seeing it performed. Simon’s fruit-fly protocol, for instance, demands that various minutiae be precisely tuned—lighting, temperature, humidity, and even whether you’ve cut new vials from their plastic bags far enough in advance to let out the stale air. “Video makes replication more efficient,” Pritsker said.
The videos can be of particular help to researchers who are not naturally aware of the dexterity that a specific laboratory procedure requires. As Jonathan Butcher, of Cornell’s School of Biomedical Engineering, put it, “Not everybody is intrinsically a good gardener.” Recently, for example, Butcher’s colleagues sent him an e-mail indicating with skepticism that they couldn’t replicate some of his results. The procedure in question required gently swabbing off cells from the lining of blood vessels in the valves of the heart. When Butcher invited the researchers to his lab and watched them try it, he realized that they were oblivious as to how to do it delicately. “They just thought that scraping is scraping,” he said. After they observed a visual demonstration, they were able to replicate the procedure. Rather than repeating this process for numerous investigators, Butcher published a video in JOVE. Since then, he hasn’t been contacted by other doubters. Indeed, Pritsker said, the journal’s sweet spot is anything that requires animal surgery, in which the convenience of visuals veers toward necessity.
Since 2013, JOVE_’s_ user base has grown by thirty per cent per year, and last year the journal, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, opened subsidiaries in London and Melbourne. Other scientific publications have also begun to produce methods videos, including Current Protocols, Nature Protocols, The New England Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of Medical Insight, the last of which, begun in earnest in late 2013, publishes videos of surgical techniques for attending surgeons, residents, and medical students. The medium’s rising popularity has been spurred on by the so-called replication crisis, itself partly a result of the growing sophistication and interdisciplinary nature of life-science research. (On Friday, an article in Science made clear that a similar problem exists in psychology. When a large group of researchers tried replicating a hundred experiments, they were able to draw statistically significant findings from only thirty-six of them.)
To Pritsker, the most significant obstacle to the successful replication of experiments is the outdated text format of traditional journals: it simply can’t cope with how elaborate experiments have become. “Complexity was always an issue,” he said. “Even when biology was a much smaller enterprise, it relied on a degree of specialized craft in the laboratory. But, since the end of the nineties, we’ve seen a huge influx of new technologies into biology: genomics, proteomics, technologies like microarrays, complex genetic methods, and sophisticated microscopy and imaging techniques.” With every innovative technique, application, or new vender selling a similar but slightly different technology or reagent, the potential for experiment-spoiling variation rises. Nathan Blow, the editor of the methods journal BioTechniques, agreed. Video, he said, can be a useful way of recording a precise recipe.
The consumption of methods videos remains modest compared with that of traditional, print-only journals. Poorly conceived videos can be as unhelpful as inscrutable text, of course, and no video will fully substitute for an in-person demonstration. They also aren’t as cheap to produce as standard journal articles, and there have been complaints about JOVE_’s_ pricing structure. One point of concern is publication costs: researchers pay twenty-four hundred dollars to produce a video that is available only to subscribers, and forty-two hundred dollars for an open-access video.
In his book “The Checklist Manifesto,” from 2009, the surgeon and New Yorker staff writer Atul Gawande argues that, in medicine and other fields, “the volume and complexity of what we know has exceeded our individual ability to deliver its benefits correctly, safely, or reliably.” He points to the need for different strategies in managing this new complexity, and his suggestion of checklists, fittingly, was recently adopted by the journal Nature to insure that experimental details are fully reported. JOVE_’s_ success reflects another winning strategy in the same broader struggle, as the way in which experts share increasingly intricate knowledge is forced to adapt, unavoidably, to the dizzying proliferation of new protocols and technologies.
Jamie Holmes is a fellow at New America. His book “Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing” is out in October.
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Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
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Watchmen: The End Is Nigh is the two-part series of episodic downloadable video games. Both parts are currently available to download for the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Marketplace for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store, and for the PC via Steam. They are also available in a box version. There are currently no plans for a third installment. Dave Gibbons was an advisor for the game's development, and Len Wein, creator of Wolverine, wrote the dialog.
Each part presents an original story with characters presented and mentioned in both the comic book and the movie. Part 1 follows Rorschach and Nite Owl as they pursue a villain who escaped from Sing Sing prison, while part 2 deals with the disappearance of a girl which is connected to city's pornographic industry.
Contents
Gameplay
Watchmen: The End Is Nigh features beat-em-up game play reminiscent of old-school scrollers like Streets of Rage and Final Fight. It features single-player as well as split-screen two-player co-op. If one person is playing, he can pick who he wants to play as and the other character will be controlled by the AI; if two people are playing, then both can pick a character to use. The player(s) are able to go through stages, fight different enemies and collect two types of items. Symbols of each hero unlock a new move, while a special item (battery or a Rorschach card) improves special ability matter (electricity charge for Nite Owl, rage for Rorschach). The story is given through main characters dialogs and comic book-style cut scenes.
Rorschach and Nite Owl play out very differently from one another, adding replayability to the game since players will likely want to experience the abilities of both characters. While both characters can perform basic operations, such as running, attacking, pulling levers, and grappling opponents (all to the same effectivness), and both have an ability meter than increases when attacking enemies, they have many unique traits, large and subtle alike.
Rorschach attacks opponents by performing a series of quick punches, and can also attack by elbowing or kneeing. He can dodge the attacks of enemies by barrel rolling out of the way, and his power meter decreases when he is not attacking anyone. Rorschach's standard ability is a bull rush that, while short in duration, can take down several thugs if aimed right. His unlockable ability is a sort of "Rage" mode where his speed and offensive output temporarily increases. He can also lift up objects such as bottles, batons, baseball bats, knives, etc. to attack thugs with, although these break and become unuseable after a certain amount of time. Additionally, Rorschach can climb pipes to reach rooftops, and can roll under gates that Nite Owl can lift up. Rorschach can even pick locks (a skill taken from the comic) so that he can access shortcuts, but this is surprisingly difficult and takes skill and time to do.
Nite Owl, on the other hand, primarily attacks opponents by performing different low and high kicks, but will also occasionally punch as well. He can block attacks by momentarily covering his suit in a coat of electricity, stunning anyone who hits him, but this decreases his meter because performing this operation takes up some of his suit's energy. Nite Owl's standard ability is pounding a small smoke bomb onto the ground, which stuns enemies and leaves them open for attack. His unlockable ability allows him to fire several quick blasts of electricity from his suit at nearby opponents. However, this ability can be upgraded so that after the blasts are done, his suit remains in a thick, sparkling layer of electricity, which adds additional damage to his attacks. Also, when thugs try to attack him while in this electrical layer, they are automatically stunned and damaged when they hit him, even if Nite Owl doesn't block. However, he stills feels the hit, which, of course, causes damage. Additionally, Nite Owl can lift up gates that Rorschach can roll under, and uses a grappling gun to quickly reach the tops of buildings (which is odd, considering that in the comic Rorschach is the one with the grappling gun, not Nite Owl). If the latter is performed at nighttime, Nite Owl automatically turns on Night Vision lenses so that the player can see better, but these turn off when he gets back to ground level.
Although Rorschach and Nite Owl often stick together throughout the game, there are many times when players are forced to split up, forcing them to fight thugs and solve puzzels alone. Throughout the game, several different enemy types are encountered. There are standard enemies who are balanced in speed, strength, and durability; there are very slim opponents (usually women in Episode II) who are especially fast but weak; there are large (usually obsese) enemies who are very slow but extremely strong and durable; and there are boss characters, who have extremely high stats all-around. Because enemies are always in groups, and are mixed in types, fighting off large groups can become very difficult. Throught the game, players will fight gangsters, prisoners, and hookers, among others.
Rorschach and Nite Owl are voiced by Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson, respectively, who reprise their roles from the movie. Doctor Manhattan, Silk Spectre, and The Comedian make cameos throughout the game, but are not voiced by the actors who played them in the film. Ozymandias also makes a cameo on a TV screen seen in one cutscene, but does not talk. Although both Underboss and The Twilight Lady are referenced in the comic, this game marks the first time they have physically appeared.
Plot
Part I
The story of Watchmen: The End Is Nigh part 1 takes place before the main storyline of the graphic novel, taking place before the Keene Act. It follows the adventures of Rorschach and Nite Owl II as they fight crime, searching for Underboss. Upon hearing a police bulletin, Nite Owl and Rorschach make their way to Sing Sing prison to help quell the rioting that has erupted there.
Once there, they helped taking down prisoners and discover that the riots were a ruse to cover up the escape of The Underboss, a crime lord. They make their way to a bar, the Rumrunner, busting a bikers gang on their way, and question one of the patrons to find out who orchestrated the escape. They find out Jimmy the Gimmick was behind it, so they chase him down the docks to an abandoned amusement park. After a long battle with Knot Tops who protected Jimmy, they corner him on the tracks of a roller coaster, where someone activates the carts to try and kill Jimmy. Nite Owl holds them back with his grappling hook but a mysterious sniper shoots the cable, causing the carts to fly right into Jimmy, causing him to be severely injured. Before his fall off the roller coaster, Jimmy manages to tell them the Underboss is in his old hideout in the sewers, so after calling an ambulance for Jimmy, that's where Nite Owl and Rorschach go. Jimmy also said that he was asked by someone to bring some unknown materials to the sewers.
Arriving in the Underboss's sewer hideout, they don't find him, nor those unknown materials, but instead they find a group of mercenaries waiting for them and the missing FBI associate director, Mark Felt, tied up and bleeding heavily, seemingly tortured. He tells them that someone (whom the heroes presume to be Underboss) means to kill two reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the would-be informers of the Watergate scandal. Rorschach started to believe that Underboss truly has a partner who helped him escape using Jimmy the Gimmick and organized the mercenary group in his old hideout. Upon leaving the sewers, Nite Owl and Rorschach are ambushed by the police, Rorschach chiming in that they've been set up. Knowing they have only minutes before the reporters will be killed in the Felt's meeting place, they had no other choice then to fight the police.
They fight their way through them to get to the construction site where Felt told them reporters are, only to find that both of them are already dead, lying in the Underboss' car together with a stock of weapons delivered to him by the unknown ally. Underboss, surprised the bodies are here, claims he had nothing to do with it, and that he was set up. The duo started fighting him and chases him up the construction site. Underboss uses a flamethrower against the duo and his fellow thugs help him in the battle. In the end, the duo manage to corner him, but the Comedian snipes him from afar, causing to fall into a coma, before he could reveal who set him up.
Rorschach and Nite Owl didn't know it was him shooting, however. It turned out that the Comedian was the mastermind behind all the events, which means the United States government was involved, as he works for them. Probably, the whole Underboss case was designed by Nixon's government to eliminate both reporters and the FBI director in a realistic way, as Underboss previously had a grudge against them, so no more details on the Watergate scandal would be revealed. The mysterious Underboss's partner was probably the Comedian himself.
Part II
Set some time after the first part, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh part 2 take place during the police riot that led directly to the Keene Act. Nite Owl is busy repairing Archie, so he could help stop the riot, but is distracted by Rorschach who asks him to help find a missing girl, Violet Greene. Her parents received a tape in which she is seemingly being forced to take part in a BDSM pornographic movie. Using his experimental lenses, Nite Owl is able to see a sign for "Treasure Island" just behind the window shown in the movie. Rorschach claims he knows the place, persuades Nite Owl to help him, and
soon both are entering The Honey Pot, a strip\disco club which houses a porn studio.
After fighting through local guards and costumers, they find the place where the movie was shot, but the girl is nowhere to be seen. They proceed to interrogate the porn director who is in charge of the whole place, but Rorschach spots him hiding a gun and kills him by smashing his head by the window, so they search the porn archives and find the full version of the movie, where the Twilight Lady is clearly seen.
The duo decides to proceed to the villainess's hideout, but are caught in the middle of a street riot which is caused by Knot Tops, as the police are absent. They fight their way through the burning, ravaged streets, heading to the waterfront, to a secret Nite Owl's warehouse. After taking out many Knot Tops, they finally reached their destination and grab some of the hover bikes created by Nite Owl.
Using the devices, they reach Twilight Lady's hideout, an old mansion turned into a BDSM elite club. Here, after taking out the gatekeeper, they fight their way through gimps and dominatrixes, all wearing BDSM clothes. Soon they encounter Twilight Lady, only to find out that Violet Greene is actually here by her own free will, as she is able to earn much more money than her parents. The customers of the mansion are revealed to include a senator and the police chief. While Nite Owl starts to believe that there isn't much to be done here, Rorschach is willing to fight Twilight Lady to the end, as he claims she is corrupting the youth.
The duo pursues Twilight Lady to the roof and battles her, crushing her on the glass dome atop the mansion's main hall.
Rorschach is willing to kill her, while Nite Owl (who also had some relationships with her in the past) says it's to much.
The conflict results in the climactic battle of two partners, and the winner decides the Twilight Lady's fate.
If Night Owl wins, he crashes Rorschach on the same glass roof the Twilight Lady is lying on, but this time the glass breaks. Rorschach falls down while Twilight Lady is caught by Nite Owl. Terrified by what he's just done, Daniel looks down but sees no traces of Rorschach. Twilight Lady tries to flirt with her savior, but he shouts at her, demanding her to leave the city or he'll kill her himself. He then leaves, broken by what had just happened.
If Rorschach wins, he overcomes Daniel and steals his grappling gun. He then shoot the Twilight Lady with it, resulting in her falling to her death. Daniel falls to his knees, broken, and shouts to Rorschach to leave.
After the incident, both the Keene Act and the battle for Twilight Lady's fate mark an end to the partnership of Nite Owl and Rorschach. And while a depressed Nite Owl teams up with the Comedian to quell the riot, Rorschach is seen stalking the streets, ready to fight crime.
Reception
The End is Nigh received mostly mixed reviews from critics. While popular reviewers GamePro gave it a 4-star review, noting that "Even with its shortcomings, Watchmen always feels fresh, and really stands apart as a downloadable title." On the contrary, most reviewers such as IGN and GameDaily noted that the action became stale over time, many comparing it to the well-known beat 'em upStreets of Rage. Review aggregator Metacritic gave a total score of 60, meaning 'mediocre' reviews. | {
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Treasury officials today completed the formal cutting of all ties of the Student Loan Marketing Association, commonly known as Sallie Mae or SLMA, with the federal government. Documents signed at the Treasury Department this afternoon effectively dissolved Sallie Mae, a government-sponsored enterprise subsidiary of SLM Corporation, completing a process that began in 1996. Today's action completed the transformation of Sallie Mae to a fully private corporation.
"The privatization of Sallie Mae was considered something of an experiment when proposed in 1996," said Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Wayne A. Abernathy, who signed the documents that made the transition final. "I am pleased that we have completed this transformation almost four years ahead of schedule. We applaud the transformation of Sallie Mae into a wholly private company, dynamically increasing its options to provide financing services to students. This is a mission well accomplished."
Congress originally established Sallie Mae in 1972 as a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) to help students by facilitating a secondary market in federally guaranteed student loans. As a GSE, it had benefits such as exemptions from state and local taxes, but it was limited in the kinds of business it could enter.
In 1996, Congress enacted the SLMA Reorganization Act, which began the process of converting Sallie Mae into a private business while still meeting the needs of the borrowing student public. Sallie Mae's shareholders approved a reorganization that created SLM Corporation, a Delaware-chartered holding company, and the Sallie Mae GSE became its wholly-owned subsidiary. This process facilitated a smooth transition for the student loan market, culminating in the GSE's dissolution today. The Sallie Mae privatization included the establishment of a trust, satisfactory to Treasury, defeasing the remaining liabilities of the GSE. The dissolution of SLMA is well ahead of the September 30, 2008 deadline set by Congress.
The Treasury Department has exercised oversight responsibilities over Sallie Mae, including monitoring its privatization process. The document signed by Assistant Secretary Abernathy today is a formal recognition, required by the law, that the outstanding obligations of the now-dissolved GSE are sufficiently collateralized. | {
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Re: Update on my dad!
Nikki... in order to "ramp" up the digestive track, clear liquids will be followed by light and easy to digest food. The nurses will listen for gurgling sounds (gas) in your Dad's abdomen. In fact, flatulence will continue to be a focus for a long time to come. In fact, we have numerous (at times hilarious to read) threads on the subject, but it is an important issue for this type of surgery. Each day your Dad will accomplish a bit more and before you know it, he will be sitting in his chair. At present he is in the perfect place for recuperation, as the nurses watch closely over him and are ready to address anything that may come up. As the others have mentioned, the recuperation time varies for each individual; just know that each day is a step toward complete recuperation. Tons of good wishes are heading your way,Hugs,Marion
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Re: Update on my dad!
Nikki,
Great news about your dad. Dr. Kato is a saint. My mom was resected on march 5 and stayed in the hospital about 12 days post op. it is a slow recovery but she is progressing. It has now been 4 1/2 weeks. She went to the mall with me today for the first time. She was exhausted when we returned. These are huge surgeries and it takes time to heal. The staff was amazing at cumc. Best of luck with dad. He is lucky to have you!
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Thank you ALL so so much for all of your responses! I love posting to this board because of the support and great feedback I receive from all of you! It has officially been 2 weeks since the day of his surgery. He would have been discharged, however, his incision is still infected (which is common). Today he has to walk A LOT - Dr.'s orders. His pancreas is still leaking so he cannot eat solids until that is cleared up. My aunt is with him now. Hoping and praying that he can come home Friday as we have a pilot lined up from Angel Flights!
Laura - thanks for giving me an update about your mom...obviously hearing from someone that has also had surgery with Dr. Kato is invaluable. They watch over him at the NY Pres like a hawk. It's a great hospital. I'm happy to hear your mom is progressing well...that is great news!
Lainy - I took your advice and told him how large this surgery is and that he has to give himself some credit!
Taking one day at a time...focusing on the positive - that he was lucky enough to be a candidate for surgery and that we found Dr. Kato through this amazing web-site. I don't believe anyone else could have accomplished what Dr. Kato and his team did for my dad. He is truly gifted from God and the most humble man I have ever met.
Daughter and biggest supporter of the strongest Dad on earth! "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." ~Hugh Downs
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Dear Nikki, thanks so much for the good update on your Dad. The infections seem to take forever to heal, I think partly because the worst is over and after surgery people are anxious to go home and up pops an infection. Teddy had 2 of them and if I am correct his were called fistulas. The big word in healing from CC Surgery is PATIENCE. I sure wish for Dad to go home Friday as there is no place like home!
Teddy ~In our hearts forever~ATTITUDE is EVERYTHINGAny suggestion I offer is intended as friendly advice based solely on my own experience. Please consult your doctor for professional guidance.
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Thanks for the latest update on your dad Nikki. Hoping that this infection will clear up very soon so that your dad can get home, and I know how much he will be looking forward to that! I know that it might seem slow to you and him, but it sounds to me like your dad is making great progress here!
My fingers will be crossed for a Friday flight home for him!!
Best wishes to you and your dad,
Gavin
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Hello!
I wanted to give a little update on my dad's progress. We finally travelled back to Boston from NYC on 4/19. We met with Dr. Kato that day to go over all of his biopsy results...Dr. Kato informed us that exceptionally clean margins were obtained with NO lymph node involvement (after removing 19 all together)! Dr. Kato said that for my dad's stage, he couldn't have asked for better results. He was thrilled as were we! My dad is still recovering at home. His biggest challege remains the enormous incision. Unfortunately, the incision got infected a few days after surgery, so they had to remove the staples which left a huge open wound. He is starting to eat a little bit more too which is also a major challege after a Whipple. We will be going to a follow up appointment at Dana Farber to discuss follow up chemo on 5/14. We are so thankful for each and every day and want to remind everyone that there is hope and never to take no for an answer!
Nikki
Daughter and biggest supporter of the strongest Dad on earth! "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." ~Hugh Downs
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Nikki, YEA!!!! for such a fabulous report. Doesn't get any better than this. Again patience is the #1 tool. My husband had his scar open too, I think it's a fistula. It seems to take forever to heal but it does go with this territory. But it's really all the best news and we have a new Super Hero! Thanks so much for the update.
Teddy ~In our hearts forever~ATTITUDE is EVERYTHINGAny suggestion I offer is intended as friendly advice based solely on my own experience. Please consult your doctor for professional guidance.
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Hi Nikki,
Thanks so much for sharing your dads great news with us all!! It is brilliant news indeed, and like Lainy says, it doesn't get any better than that! My fingers are crossed for the rest of your dads recovery to go smoothly and let us know how he gets on with things.
My best wishes to you and your dad,
Gavin
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Hi Nikki,
I am so happy to hear the great news. It sounds as though your Dad is doing great!! Lauren's incision from her surgery the end of March did not get infected, but hers opened right at the bottom of the breastbone. Her surgeon wasn't too worried about it and said it would heal eventually. Plus, she has a second surgery next week, so it would be silly to fix something that is going to be opened again. Eating has been the big challenge for Lauren as well. I hope your dad gets stronger and stronger each day and has an easy time if he has chemo. I am definitely on the same page as you when you say there is hope and never take no for an answer. Amen to that!!
Love and hugs,-Pam
My beautiful daughter, Lauren Patrice, will live on in my heart forever.
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Re: Update on my dad!
Hello CC Family!
Even though I don't have much to report, I wanted to give a quick update because I know how much it helps for other people reading the posts on this board to hear good news.
My dad is closing in on 2 months post Whipple/Liver Resection and is doing remarkably well according to his wound nurse and his doctors at Dana Farber. His wound only has about two inches to go before it is completely closed. He will start his one cycle of chemo on July 25th. His first CT scan is July 23rd (which he is already pre-stressing)! His doctors at Dana Farber told him that he has so much to be thankful for and that he is exactly where he wanted to be when this whole rollercoaster started back in September of 2012. They are very hopeful that he CT scan will be clean. I know it will be too He is gaining energy back and eating a lot more than he was. He has his bad days too - nausea, cramping, exhaustion, anxiety - but like I said to him, he has more good days than bad. He is going to start working again soon - he is a bartender/manager at our family owned Italian restaurant. I think this will help get him back into the swing of life and will take his mind of the C word.
I can't tell you how important positive thinking is. We are thankful for everyday and go out to the world with the attitude that we beat CC because we did and we will continue to do so!
Nikki
Daughter and biggest supporter of the strongest Dad on earth! "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." ~Hugh Downs
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Nikki, I am thrilled to read your update today! Attitude is not everything, it is the ONLY thing! Got to get those Italians back to work where they love to be, I know. I am sure his CT Scan will be just fine as he is doing so well. My Teddy had a Whipple and it really takes awhile for he recovery, after all it is the largest surgery to the human body. You mention that Dad has nausea, cramping, exhaustion, anxiety and I am wondering if you have told the ONC. The only thing T had was tiredness. After a Whipple your digestive system is thrown for a loop and you have to be careful what you eat. Your tastes change too. T was a chocaholic and couldn't stand sweets ever after. He couldn't even eat pasta for a long time. Can you imagine a Sicilian not having his red sauce? My only suggestion is to ask the ONC for something for what ails him. If he is in discomfort that interferes with his healing. Wishing you the best and can't wait to read about the good CT!
Teddy ~In our hearts forever~ATTITUDE is EVERYTHINGAny suggestion I offer is intended as friendly advice based solely on my own experience. Please consult your doctor for professional guidance.
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Thanks Lainy! It's funny how their taste buds change as well as their reaction to foods they have been eating their whole lives! I guess it takes a long time to figure out what works and what doesn't! We talked to his ONC about his ailments and they did offer suggestions - talking to a therapist, a low dose anxiety medicine, seeing a nutritionist...he is on pain medication for the cramping, but luckily he has been able to decrease his dose overtime. He hates taking any kind of medication at all! Although they give him all this advice, it is only him that can make the decisions on how he wants to handle his ailments. He can be stubborn and mostly I think because he doesn't want to come off as "weak". I keep telling him how strong he is and that it's okay to need help. The doctors said that a lot of the cramping is from his digestive tract healing and growing. We hope that is the case!
Daughter and biggest supporter of the strongest Dad on earth! "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." ~Hugh Downs
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WHAT? NO! A stubborn Italian. One suggestion Nikki, have him graze on food all day rather then trying to digest a big meal. Also nothing too spicy or fried. I was so lucky as Teddy was so cooperative. I just have a feeling the nausea and some of the pain could be related to the way he is eating. Also walking is good. The ONC had told T to walk just to the end of the driveway first then like every couple of days increase his walk. That also helps with digestion. Not sure how you make the sauce but we always added baking soda at the end. It takes out all the acid from the tomatoes and sweetens the sauce. You can see the acid just foam up out of there. I ASK YOU WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD CAN YOU TALK ABOUT CC AND GET COOKING HINTS AS WELL?
Teddy ~In our hearts forever~ATTITUDE is EVERYTHINGAny suggestion I offer is intended as friendly advice based solely on my own experience. Please consult your doctor for professional guidance.
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Nikki...thanks for sharing this fantastic news with us. Congratulations. The healing from this surgery will take time and digestive issues are part of the game. But it will continue to improve with time. Enzymes before each meal may prove to be beneficial. Scan anxiety, as we call it, seems to come with the territory. Please, let your Dad know that tons of positive wishes are heading his way. Like you, I believe that he is looking at a clean scan.Hugs,Marion
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First CT scan post surgery and it's CLEAN! CA-19 is normal! Best part of receiving the good news was seeing my dad's eyes well up with happy tears for the first time in almost a year He received his first gem/ox post surgery treatment...6 more to go! My dad is a walking miracle.
Daughter and biggest supporter of the strongest Dad on earth! "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." ~Hugh Downs
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Yay great news Nikki!!! Just what we love to hear and I can just picture your dads eyes all welling up on hearing this! Hope you are all celebrating and looking forward to hearing more good news from you!
My best to you and your dad,
Gavin
Any advice or comments I give are based on personal experiences and knowledge and are my opinions only, they are not to be substituted for professional medical advice. Please seek professional advice from a qualified doctor or medical professional.
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Just another quick update...my dad could not handle the gem/ox combo, so he is now just doing 3 weeks on and 1 week off of gem. We went 10/3 and they decreased his dose by 25% because of his platelet count. He will be done on 11/1. He will get a base line CT scan, then it's just back for regular CT scans and blood work. His Doctor was not there, so we asked the nurse how often he would get scans and she thought maybe twice a year. I thought that was a little too spread out, so we will see what the Doctor has to say. His CA-19 is still hovering around 26 which is fantastic! Other than the chemo completely making him sick to his stomach, he is doing A OK! His Doctor called him 1 in 1,000! I find it very difficult not to keep worrying...I don't want to get too excited, but I feel like we should celebrate his good health. We are very blessed and we thank God everyday for each day he gives to our family.
Daughter and biggest supporter of the strongest Dad on earth! "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." ~Hugh Downs
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Nikki, how wonderful, sounds good to me! Did they give Dad anything for the nausea? I think 2 X a year for scans sounds about right. Of course he probably won't make a decision until he gets this next Scan report. I bet you all can't wait until Nov 1st! Try not to worry too much as we really never know but I like to use the phrase that we will remain realistically optimistic. Looking forward to more great news!
Teddy ~In our hearts forever~ATTITUDE is EVERYTHINGAny suggestion I offer is intended as friendly advice based solely on my own experience. Please consult your doctor for professional guidance.
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11 Dec blue cheese spaghetti
With our spaghetti recipe this week, we’re giving a nod to the Christmas season that’s coming towards us, without losing the run of ourselves too much. This blue cheese, cranberry and sage gives this speedy supper a distinctly seasonal feel.
Blue cheese spaghetti
Serves 2 (easily doubled)
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
150g spaghetti
1 tablespoon of butter
50g of blue cheese, crumbled
1 tablespoon of dried cranberries
1 tablespoon of finely chopped walnuts
Fresh sage, finely chopped
Salt
Pepper
Method
Cook spaghetti in a saucepan of boiling water according to its packet’s instructions and drain. Return to the saucepan and place over a very low heat.
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Pirates Cut Three More From Major League Camp
The Pittsburgh Pirates have cut three more players from Major League camp, trimming the active Spring Training roster to 53 players. On Friday morning, they optioned pitcher Dovydas Neverauskas to Indianapolis and reassigned catcher Christian Kelley and outfielder Barrett Barnes to minor league camp. The Pirates sent down six players earlier in the week, including […]
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Great Historical Figures Of The Moment
With the dynamic of instant celebrity that afflicts so many parts of our culture, most assuredly including our politics, has come a new set of problems. Somebody wiser than me once wrote that the primary narcissism of our age is our conviction that everything that happens is of great historical import, that our heroes and our villains tower over the heroes and villains of the past, and that our successes are unprecedentedly large and our problems unprecedentedly difficult. Self-drama is our most important modern performance art, and we demand that every one of any achievement master its skills -- or, at least, learn to fake them convincingly -- or else we will judge them a failure. Thus do we have an entire generation of politicians who believe that their political success instantly inflates them into historical figure of great moment. The ur-figure in this phenomenon is, of course, N. Leroy Gingrich, definer of civilization's rules and Leader (perhaps) of the civilizing forces. Until he completely collapsed in 1998, Gingrich was the past master at convincing otherwise sensible people that he was a transformational figure in American politics, instead of an unusually successful back-bench bomb-thrower who got lucky. More recently, we had Scott Brown, a not-unlikable sort who won a fluke election to succeed the late Edward Kennedy in the Senate from Massachusetts. He was immediately acclaimed a national figure who could lead the Republicans out of the bondage of the Bible-bangers and snake-handlers and into the cool breeze of reason once again. All indications are that Brown believed all that codswallop. In the campaign against Elizabeth Warren, he behaved as though it was an affront to human history that anyone would run against him, and he went from not-unlikable to completely unlikable almost overnight. I think he still doesn't know how he lost.
And then we have the Congress we elected in 2010, the worst Congress in the history of the Republic. Watching these people bedevil their leadership, and confound the pundits into the bargain, is to watch people who believe themselves to have been uniquely blessed in their purpose. A great piece of the Republican party establishment went to the bank believing that most of these people didn't really believe what they were saying, that they could be allowed to spread preposterous lies about (especially) the Affordable Care Act, because that was a way for the Republicans to gain a House majority, which would then do what the Republican establishment -- whatever that is any more -- told it to do. I'm not entirely sure people like John Boehner had any idea that these people would do what they said they would do.
Now they're behaving like a martyrdom cult and even the historically batty Wall Street Journal editorial page is getting nervous. However, when the House changed hands in 2010, and the country installed this pack of vandals in office, all of the instant celebrity told the newly elected congresscritters that they were the custodians of a historic moment. They got chuffed, and why wouldn't they? They were being told by everyone, and not just within the conservative media bubble, that they were very special people simply because of the size of their victory. (They were helped immeasurably, always, by the reluctance of the Democratic party to call crazy people crazy, and by the president's mysterious belief that these were people with whom he could deal.) They are threatening to cave in the economy unless the president abandons his signature policy initiative, and why shouldn't they? He's yesterday's great historical figure. They came after him, therefore, they're the current great historical figures. They were elected, they believe, to kill the Affordable Care Act. Everybody told them that was the reason. Fate -- or Jesus, or the Koch Brothers bankroll -- gave them the chance to do it. They must walk around baffled that the country hasn't figured that out yet.
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Job fair encourages students to consider workforce opportunities
Hundreds of high school students got a jump start on entering the job market during a special job fair that took place from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, March 7 in the mini gym at Temecula Valley High School.
The event was the second to take place at the high school in two years and more than 85 employers and organizations came to give students tips on the best way to put together resumes and go in for interviews, according to La Verne Williams-Schoonover.
Williams-Schoonover, a college and career counselor at the high school, said the event came out of what was a community service fair.
In order to graduate from TVHS, students must meet a community service requirement where they complete 40 hours or more of community service over the course of their high school career.
The community service fair pooled together a wide number of organizations in the area that students could network with and find the community service opportunities that fit them best, according to Williams-Schoonover.
“We went out into the community, we knocked on all these doors and we got 66 nonprofit organizations to come to our Community Service Connection Fair and that’s in the fall,” Williams-Schoonover said. “From that, this was launched.”
The career counselor said she went through the same group of non-profit organizations that she worked with for service opportunities to find employers who would be willing to connect with students.
“We want them (students) to have that confident feeling when they’re walking in there that they know they can achieve something they’re really interested in and they really want to explore,” she said. “So it’s nice that every single one of these individuals is donating their time so that these kids can prepare their way to healthy transitions in the work force or into trade school.”
One of the booths set up at the event was an internship opportunity where civically-minded students could apply to intern for State Senator Joel Anderson.
Anderson, who represents California’s 36th senate district, has an office in Temecula.
College intern David Hussain was leading the effort to encourage high school students to try interning for Anderson. He said he was looking to encourage students with diverse interests to get involved with the Anderson’s program because it was so multi-faceted. “The internship program is really flexible,” Hussain said. “We understand that students do have other goals in life and we don’t try to impede on that and that’s why the internship program really caters to the interns themselves.
The college intern said he thinks programs that allow students to intern early are important because they allow those students to learn more about themselves and their passions.
“I think that’s really the most important thing for me, is that I got into this after high school rather than before because I found something that I’m interested in later on,” he said. “But you know, everyone’s different and everyone has to go through their journey.”
“And that’s why I’m here now, is to give that one student the opportunity to be involved with something they may have never thought they might be interested in,” he said.
At the end of an event to get students excited about possible jobs, State Senator Anderson’s office presented several students with awards for community service.
Those students were Samantha Blakenship, Sara Cortez, Eric Kolar, Victoria Williamson, Austin George and Erich Lauk.
The students stood together at the event in acceptance of their awards as their fellow classmates clapped for them.
Alex is a reporter from the Temecula area and has reported Riverside County communities for several years, writing everything from full-length features to cop briefs. He is committed to providing readers accurate and informative journalism. | {
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On a developer's side it's like, 'Oh, did you see that stuff they're doing? That's so cool! We could do something that's like this and that and we get excited about seeing that kind of stuff. So from a developer's side, it definitely pushes us [to do better]. But it pushes us in a - I don't know if other studios feel this way - but I hope in a sort of camaraderie type sense. 'Oh, those guys are doing awesome stuff. Let's jack up our game.' But not like two opposing teams. Rather, like the same team pushing in the same direction.
Rubin also said that success in one game, breeds success in another. In the way that if consumers like one video game, the odds are they'll spend more money on similar games. | {
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using spinlock to control image read/writes
I'm working on a fragment shader to read and write to image arrays. So that only one shader invocation can access a given element in the image at once, I've implemented a spinlock image to control access to the images. The problem is that the spinlock keeps running into deadlock conditions. Here's my fragment shader code:
My understanding of imageAtomicCompSwap() in the above context is that only one shader invocation will read a value of zero from the image. In the same atomic operation, the image value will be set to 1. This in effect will lock out all other invocations, causing them to spin in the while loop until the invocation that has the lock sets the image value back to 0.
Why would this code cause a deadlock?
When the deadlock happens on my Windows 7 system, I get this message in a window:
"The NVIDIA OpenGL driver lost connection with the display driver due to exceeding the Windows Time-Out limit and is unable to continue.
The application must close."
I did a little research and the Windows Time-Out limit is two seconds.
I was able to find a fix for this problem. Apparently the Nvidia GLSL compiler (maybe all GLSL compilers do this), optimize away certain parts of the code that it deems unnecessary (especially looping structures). I'm not sure exactly what the compiler was doing but when I changed my code to the following, it worked (notice the use of keepWaiting flag and entire function code block being inside the while loop):
Thanks for that - I have had problems like this that seem to be resolved only by fooling the optimizer. (Optimizers used to be bad many years ago on cpu compilers - I guess it just takes a while for them to sort out these sort of errors) | {
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Textcube notice page: Updates/Test versions 카테고리 글 목록http://notice.textcube.org/en/Notice weblog for Textcube2018-11-13T05:04:51+09:00Textcube 1.10.9 : Tempo primoAnnouncing Tattertools 1.1.3 test versionNoticehttp://notice.textcube.org/en/entry/Announce-about-Tattertools-113-test-version2007-05-30T02:03:38+09:002007-05-30T02:03:23+09:00The 'last' version of TatterTools 1.1.3: Transition(temporary code name) has been released.We have fixed several bugs and also updated some features as we were developing Textcube 1.5.Following bugs have been fixed* Not following the settings of index....<p><strong><a href="http://notice.textcube.org/en/entry/Announce-about-Tattertools-113-test-version">View all</a></strong></p>Textcube 1.5 alpha 3 releasedNoticehttp://notice.textcube.org/en/entry/Textcube-15-alpha-3-released2007-05-17T14:59:12+09:002007-05-17T14:58:37+09:00We are officially releasing the third alpha version of Textcube.
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She lived in Arles all her life, outliving both her daughter and grandson. She became the oldest living person on 11 January 1988 at 112, one hundred years after encountering Vincent van Gogh, who visited her father's shop. She was declared the oldest person ever on 17 October 1995 at 120.
Although Calment came from a long-living family, there is no particular explanation for her remarkable longevity. She had lived a comfortable and stress-free life, with a healthy appetite and a daily exercise routine, enabling her to walk without a stick until 114.
Calment was born in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France on 21 February 1875.[1] Her father, Nicolas Calment (8 November 1837– 28 January 1931)[2], was a shipbuilder, and her mother, Marguerite Gilles (20 February 1838 – 18 September 1924), was from a family of millers. She had an older brother, François (25 April 1865 – 1 December 1962). Some of her close family members also lived an above-average lifespan, although none lived anywhere near as long as Jeanne: her older brother François lived to the age of 97, her father to 93, and her mother to 86.
From the age of seven until her first holy communion, Jeanne Calment attended Madame Benet's church primary school in Arles, and then attended the local college, finishing at the age of 16 with the diploma brevet Classique, after which she continued to live with her parents, awaiting marriage, painting, and improving her piano skills.[3][4] On 8 April 1896, at the age of 21, she married her double second cousin, Fernand Nicolas Calment (1868–1942). Their paternal grandfathers were brothers, hence the same surname and their paternal grandmothers were also sisters.[5] Fernand was a wealthy shop owner and she moved into the apartments above his shop Grands Magasins de Nouveautés, where she lived until the age of 110.[5] His wealth made it possible for Calment never to have to work; instead they led a leisured lifestyle within the upper society of Arles, pursuing hobbies such as fencing, cycling (at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence), tennis, swimming, rollerskating at Alyscamps, and playing the piano and making music with friends.[6]
In the summer, the couple would stay at Uriage for mountaineering all the way up to the glacier. She also went hunting with her husband in the hills of the Provence to shoot rabbits and wild boars, but disliked killing birds.[6] She considered the most important historical event in her lifetime to have been the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the execution of the Russian imperial family, a view shared by many fellow centenarians.[7] The Second World War had little effect on her life in the south of France. German soldiers slept in her rooms but she bore no grudge against them because "they did not take anything away". In 1942, Fernand ate cherries treated with copper sulfate the day before, developed jaundice, and died of the poisoning in the course of one and a half months on 2 October 1942 at the age of 73.[6] Jeanne had eaten fewer of the cherries and survived.[8]
Their only child, a daughter named Yvonne Marie Nicolle Calment (19 January 1898 – 19 January 1934), produced a grandson, Frédéric Billiot, on 23 December 1926.[5] Yvonne died from pneumonia, after which Calment raised Frédéric herself.[9] Frédéric became a doctor, and lived with her until his death in an automobile accident in 1963.[1][5]
Calment at age 20 in 1895
In 1965, at age 90 and with no heirs, Calment signed a contract to sell her apartment to lawyer André-François Raffray, retaining a life estate.[10] Raffray, then aged 47 years, agreed to pay her a monthly sum of 2,500 francs (€381.12) until she died. Raffray ended up paying Calment the equivalent of more than €140,000, more than double the apartment's value. After Raffray's death from cancer at the age of 77, in 1995, his family continued the payments until Calment's death.[10] Calment's comment on this situation was reported to be, "In life, one sometimes makes bad deals."[1] During all these years, Calment used to say to them that she "competed with Methuselah".[11] In 1985, she moved into a nursing home, having lived on her own until age 110.[1]
On 20 June 1986 Jeanne Calment became the oldest living person in France at the age of 111 when Eugenie Roux died.[12] Her international fame escalated in 1988, when the centenary of Vincent van Gogh's visit to Arles provided an occasion to meet reporters. She said at the time that she had met Van Gogh 100 years before, in 1888, as a thirteen-year-old girl in her uncle's shop,[1][13] where he bought some canvas, later describing him as "ugly" (laid), "blighted by alcohol" (brûlé par l'alcool), and visiting brothels (il fréquentait des maisons de tolérance).[3]
After her 1988 interview, at age 112, Calment was given the Guinness World Records title for the world's ‘Oldest person (living)’ upon the death of Florence Knapp on 11 January 1988.[14] In 1989, however, the title was withdrawn and given to Carrie C. White of Florida, who claimed to have been born in 1874, although this was discounted by subsequent census research.[15] Upon White's death on 14 February 1991, Calment, then a week shy of 116, became recognized as the oldest living person, though there are unverified claims that older people were alive at the time (see Longevity claims and Longevity myths).
At the age of 114, she appeared briefly in the 1990 film Vincent and Me as herself, becoming the oldest person ever to appear in a motion picture.[16]
A documentary film about her life, entitled Beyond 120 Years with Jeanne Calment, was released in 1995.[17] In 1996, Time's Mistress, a four-track CD of Calment speaking over a background of rap, was released.[18]
On 17 October 1995, Calment reached 120 years and 238 days to become the "oldest person ever" according to Guinness, surpassing Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan, whose claim (120 years 237 days old at the time of his death on 21 February 1986, which was Calment's 111th birthday) was discounted in February 2011, more than thirteen years after Calment's death.[17]
Calment at age 40 in 1915
Exceeding any other longevity case reported, Calment establishes the record as the most verifiable supercentenarian ever recorded. For example, beginning with the 1876 census (Calment is listed as a one-year-old), she was indexed in fourteen census documents until 1975.[5]
After her death, 116-year-old Marie-Louise Meilleur became the oldest recognized living person. Both before and after Calment's death, there have been several claims to have surpassed her age (see Unverified longevity claims), but none of these have been proven and Calment therefore continues to hold the record for the oldest verified person ever.
Calment's remarkable health presaged her later record. On television she stated J'ai jamais été malade, jamais, jamais (I have never been ill, never ever).[19] Asked about her daily routine while at primary school, she replied that "when you are young you get up at eight o'clock".[a] In lieu of a solid breakfast she would have either white coffee or hot chocolate, and at noon her father would pick her up from school to have lunch at home before she returned to school for the afternoon.[4]
At age 15 her cousin and eventual husband started courting her, but she was too young to be interested in boys and preferred sweets. At age 20, incipient cataracts were discovered when she suffered a major episode of conjunctivitis.[20] After marriage at 21, her husband's wealth made it possible for Calment never to have to work. They led an active life including fencing, cycling (at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence), tennis, swimming, rollerskating at Alyscamps ("I fell flat on my face"), and playing the piano and making music with friends.[6] In the summer, the couple would stay at Uriage for mountaineering up to the glacier ("Even at 16 I had good legs"). She also went hunting with her husband in the hills of the Provence to shoot rabbits and wild boars.[6] Her husband introduced her to smoking, offering cigarettes after a meal, but it was not her passion. ("After the meal, after just one, I'd had enough of it".)[8] Calment is known to have smoked in her elderly years, and is claimed to have smoked tobacco cigarettes from the age of 21 (1896) to 117 (1992).[1][8] According to one source, she smoked no more than two cigarettes per day and it is not known whether she inhaled,[21] whereas an earlier medical source states that she smoked cigars with her husband before changing to cigarettes more recently.[6]
All her life she took care of her skin with olive oil and a puff of powder to finish off.[22] On Sundays she went to Mass, and on Fridays to vespers, and regularly conversed with and sought help from God, but expressed skepticism about an afterlife.[23] At an unspecified time in her youth, she had suffered from migraines.[24]
She and her husband sometimes travelled to nearby Marseilles where, at the Phocéen restaurant, they treated themselves to seafood, a glass of white wine, and bread and butter. Unlike her husband she did not enjoy pastries, but she did like creams (crèmes), cakes and in particular quatre-quarts (pound cake), and vanilla ice cream.[25] At "retirement age" she broke her ankle and apart from that had never been ill.[22] She continued cycling until her hundredth birthday.[6] Around her hundredth year she fractured her leg but recovered quickly and was able to walk again.[24][20]
After the death of her grandson in August 1963, Calment lived on her own from age 88 until shortly before her 110th birthday, when she decided to move to a nursing home.[5] Her move was precipitated by the winter of 1985 which froze the water pipes in her house (she never used heating in the winter) and caused frostbite in her hands.[6] According to one of her doctors, she had formerly been healthy but began showing signs of senescence (or aging) at this point.[26]
After her admission to the care home Maison du Lac [House on the Lake] in January 1985 at the age of 109, she initially had a highly ritualized daily routine whereby, uniquely among the care home residents, she requested to be woken at 6:45 am and started the day with a long prayer at her window thanking God for being alive and for the beautiful day which was starting, sometimes loudly asking the reason for her longevity and why she was the only one alive in her family. Seated on her armchair she did gymnastics wearing her stereo headset. Her exercises included flexing and extending the hands ("a distinguished woman must have beautiful hands"), then the legs, and her carers noted that she moved faster than the other residents, who were 30 years younger, despite her blindness. Her breakfast consisted of coffee with milk, and rusks.
Her morning ablutions included washing herself unassisted with a flannel rather than taking a shower ("an odd invention"), and applying first soap, then olive oil and powder to her face. She washed her own glass and cutlery before proceeding to lunch. She enjoyed daube (braised beef) but was not keen on boiled fish. After the meal she smoked a Dunhill cigarette (formerly a cigar, a habit she had acquired from her husband) and drank a small amount of Port wine. She enjoyed chocolate (and at the age of 112 received a delivery of 800 kilogrammes after challenging a TV presenter – this was then distributed to care homes), and made herself daily a fruit salad based on banana slices and squeezed orange.
In the afternoon she would take a nap for two hours in her armchair, and then visit her neighbours in the care home, telling them about the latest news she had heard on the radio. At nightfall she would dine quickly, return to her room, listen to music (her eyesight now being too poor for her favorite pastime of crosswords), smoke a last cigarette and go to bed at 10pm.[6][25]
Medical student Georges Garoyan published a thesis on Calment when she was 114 years old in January 1990. The first part records her daily routine (see above), and the second presents her medical history. According to this, she had been vaccinated as a child but could not remember the vaccine. Apart from aspirin against migraines she had never taken medicines, not even herbal teas, and had never had German measles, chickenpox, hypertension, diabetes or urinary infections. Concerning her heart, she presented with a moderate left ventricular dysfunction. In April 1986 at age 111 she was admitted to hospital for heart failure and treated with digoxin. More recently she had presented with arthropathies in the ankles, elbows and wrists which were successfully treated with anti-inflammatory medication. Clinical examination revealed arterial blood pressures of 140mm/70mm, a temperature of 37 Celsius, a pulse of 84/min, a height of 150 cm and a weight of 45 kilogrammes which had varied little in previous years. She scored well on mental tests except on numeric tasks and recall of recent events. Her blood values were normal between ages 111–114, with no signs of dehydration, anaemia, chronic infection or renal impairment. Genetic analysis of the HLA system revealed the presence of the DR1 allele, common among centenarians. The electrocardiogramme revealed left ventricular hypertrophy with a mild left atrial dilatation and extrasystolic arrhythmia. Radiology revealed diffuse osteoporosis and in the right hip, incipient osteoarthritis. Ultrasound revealed no anomalies of internal organs.[20]
At this stage Calment was still in good shape, and continued to walk without a cane[20] until she fractured her femur during a fall at age 114 (January 1990), which required surgery.[5][15] After her operation, Calment required a wheelchair[24] and abandoned her daily routine.[25]
At the age of 115 she attracted the attention of researchers Jean-Marie Robine and Dr. Michel Allard, who collaborated with Calment's attending doctor, Dr. Victor Lèbre to interview her, verify her age and identify factors promoting her longevity. They analysed her for over a year and reported that Jeanne Calment's vision was severely impaired by bilateral cataracts, yet she refused to have a routine operation to restore her vision; she had a moderately weak heart and a chronic cough ("caused no doubt by her previous use of tobacco") and bouts of rheumatism. On the other hand, she always had good digestion, slept well and had no problems with incontinence. During the last years her height was 4 ft 6 in [137 cm] and her weight was 88 pounds [40 kg]; she confirmed that she had always been small, but she had lost weight in recent years. In terms of pigmentation, her eyes were light gray and her white hair had once been chestnut brown.[24]
With regards to her diet, the three researchers' interviews revealed that in the care home she said she always had a dessert with every meal. She complained about the blandness of the food in the care home and, given a choice, would wish to order fried and spicy foods.[25] She occasionally ("more than once") feasted on chocolate in her old age: sometimes over a kilogram (2.2 lb) of chocolate per week.[27]
At the age of 118, over a period of six months, she was submitted to neurophysiological tests and a CT scan. The tests showed that her verbal memory and language fluency was comparable to that of persons with the same level of education in their eighties and nineties. Frontal brain lobe functions were relatively spared from deterioration and there was no evidence of progressive neurological disease, depressive symptoms or other functional illness. Her cognitive functioning was in fact found to improve slightly over the six-month period.[28] Calment reportedly remained mentally intact until the end of her life.[13]
Apocryphal media articles reported varying details. One report claimed that Calment recalled selling "coloured pencils" to Van Gogh, and seeing the Eiffel Tower being built.[29] Another wrote that she did not start fencing until age 85 (1960).[9] Calment reportedly ascribed her longevity and relatively youthful appearance for her age to a diet rich in olive oil.[13] She is also said to have credited her calmness, saying, "That's why they call me Calment."[30]
Bertrand Jeune, Jean-Marie Robine and colleagues compared Jeanne Calment with a list of nearly 20 people worldwide who had securely been verified to have attained at least 115 years of age. The researchers concluded that the lives of these people differed widely, and that there were but few common characteristics: the overwhelming majority were female (only two were male), most smoked little or not at all, and they had never been obese. They all seem to have had strong characters, but certainly not all were domineering personalities. Although they aged slowly, all became very frail and their physical functions declined markedly, especially after their 105th birthdays. In their final years they required wheelchairs, and were nearly blind and deaf. "But they did not fear death, and they appeared to be reconciled to the fact their lives would soon end".[31]
On her 122nd birthday on 21 February 1997, it was announced that she would make no more public appearances, as her health had seriously deteriorated. Demographer Jean-Marie Robine, a co-author of a book about Jeanne Calment, reportedly said that this "allowed her to die, as the attention had kept her alive",[32] while the New York Times reported Robine to have stated that she had been in good health, though almost blind and deaf, as recently as a month before her death.[1] Jeanne Calment died on 4 August 1997 around 10 am Central European Time[1][33][34] of unspecified causes.[13] According to the researchers, the care home committed her body quickly and in a strictly private ceremony to a coffin, which was then solemnly driven by limousine through Arles, stopping at her house in the rue Gambetta, and finally to the cemetery, where her doctor placed on her coffin the photographs of her daughter and grandson, in accordance with her wishes.[35]
^The French time zone has varied historically. In Calment's youth each French town had its own solar time. In 1891 the introduction of railways motivated a unified French time zone in line with Greenwich Time in Britain. In 1940 the invading Germans changed the French time by one hour to German time, to which France still adheres as of 2016.
^ abcdefghiGaroyan, Georges (1990). Cent-quatorze ans de vie ou la longue histoire de Jeanne Calment, doyenné d'âge de France [One Hundred and Fourteen Years of Life or the Long History of Jeanne Calment, the Eldest of France]. Marseille: Université d'Aix-Marseille II. pp. 4–21.
^ abcdGaroyan, Georges (1990). Cent-quatorze ans de vie ou la longue histoire de Jeanne Calment, doyenné d'âge de France [One Hundred and Fourteen Years of Life or the Long History of Jeanne Calment, the Eldest of France]. Marseille: Université d'Aix-Marseille II. pp. 22–42.
^"More than once, she surprised her entourage by her digestive abilities; she said herself 'I have the stomach of an ostrich!' which did not prevent her from appreciating good things. She showed herself more than once capable of absorbing considerable quantities of chocolate: more than a kilo per week." in Michel Allard, Victor Lèbre, Jean-Marie Robine Les 120 ans de Jeanne Calment. Doyenne de l'Humanité, Le cherche midi éditeur, Paris, 1994, p92 | {
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He doesn't seem to care that I have hbp with this pregnancy (153/90)and that I had pre-e with my last pregnancy. Whenever I had to go in for a non-stress test he didn't seem to care, and would make me go in alone.
I am only 12 weeks now so i'm afraid of what may happen with this pregnancy. He is making it seem like my condition is nothing and it is driving me nuts. What can I tell him to get him to stop? I figured you guys seem to care so maybe you could give me some good advice.
I obviously don't know your husband so it is very hard to speculate why he is reacting the way that he is. Heck, I'm not even sure (other than not going in for the NST) what it is that he is doing that is bothering you. BTW, After the first NST I think I came to the conclusion that going along for that appt was the most boring thing that I could do and I was quite relieved when DW said she didn't mind going to those alone.
I imagine that it is possible that he doesn't understand what it is that you are facing - or perhaps even more important what he can do about it. If you subscribe to the "Men are from Mars" theories then the "Men as fixers" may help explain such a reaction - there really isn't anything that we can do to "fix" the problem of PE so what can we (men) do?
I hate to sound like I'm quoting generic relationship advice, but the first thing that I can suggest is that you talk to him (i.e. don't go hinting around and talking in code (Sorry, that slipped out, heh)). Explain what it is that you are facing - perhaps get him to visit here and post some questions if he has any and is willing to do so.
This, like any medical condition, is difficult to deal with. I know that it helped me when my DW would actually ask me to go to appts and told me that she was glad that I was there. It also helped me to know that my role was to carry the list of questions and insure that all were covered.
I hope something in here helps - I'd be glad to comment more if you like, but the applicability of the advice to your situation is hard to gage without actually asking HIM what he is thinking and going through.
I really have to agree with something that Anathor21 said - talk to your husband and be specific. Don't expect him to guess or to understand your hints - chances are that he won't, and then you'll both be frustrated and angry.
One thing may be that your husband doesn't really understand the seriousness of hbp during pregnancy, or preeclampsia. It also could be that as it is a disease that only occurs during pregnancy and in the postpartum period - he doesn't see it as a serious threat: once you're not pregnant anymore, no worries right? I have heard comments like that from people before, "Let's hurry up and get this pregnancy over so we don't have to worry about it anymore..." Well, I guess that's true but - it very much underestimates the stress that faces a mother-to-be dealing with all of this.
One thing I really wonder though - maybe he is just plain old scared. When people are faced with such a frightening road, sometimes denial works best for them. Maybe if he doesn't "worry" about it, maybe it's not going to happen. Know what I mean? Maybe you could speak with your OB about it, let him/her know what you're feeling and then have Dh come to the next appt. If your OB is prepped for the situation, he/she might be able to get your husband to understand the fear/anxiety/stress that you're under.
I don't know, I wish I could help more. My husband was much the opposite in that he wanted to be at each appt, each test - as much as it made his stomach turn to walk through the office doors. I think it's just different for each person.
I wanted my dh to post a reply to your post, but he felt silly posting and didn't know what to write.
My dh came to appts when he could, but usually had to watch our other children. But when he was able to come, he kept track of the questions we had and the answers we were given. When I was in the hospital, he rarely left my side and was an advocate for my care. After delivery, he went between Miriam in the NICU and me, making sure all our needs were met. I was so sick and so weak, he had to take care of me A LOT. He was very loving and caring. He has always taken my health very seriously and worries when I am pg.
After the HELLP was diagnosed, we went straight to induction and delivery. Afterwards, my platelets continued to crash and I got more and more out of it. He felt like he had a ring side seat to watching me die.
Now, when we talk about the possibility of a future pg, he tells me he isn't nearly as concerned with the pre-e as he is with the HELLP. Ack! I mean, IMO, HELLP is SCARY, but pre-e is a lot more likely! But while he is concerned, it doesn't make him worry about getting pg again. Only the HELLP!
In other words, I have no idea what to tell you. I have a loving and giving dh who watches over me with a great amount of care. But even he doesn't seem to grasp the seriousness of pre-e. And he has been through it with me before, too! (One really air-headed nurse told him, while I was in the midst of getting severe pre-e, about a woman who had a stroke and was paralyzed AFTER delivery from pre-e. He was living for the "delivery" part that would make me healthy again. I could have strangled that woman!!!!)
Keep us posted on your pg and take care... Maybe your dh wouldn't mind checking in here once in a while...
I will say that in my first pregnancy (unplanned and we weren't married at the time) that we had so much go on that first year. We had been together for a while and we got married in March. In July my ob put me on bedrest and I had Hunter in September. We had so many changes and we had a really rough first year. He didn't seem to think that it mattered when I was home by myself on complete bedrest...he went on about his life like nothing was different. My mom took me to my appts so he wouldn't have to get off of work and quite honestly if it hadn't been for her I know I'd probably not of done so well w/the bedrest thing. Anyway, it honestly took my bp shooting up and seeing me so sick and swollen on mag and nurses by my bed non stop and the dark room in L&D for him to see that "oh my god..she's really sick" He knew that I didn't want to work full time when I had the baby and I think in the back of his mind he thought the "bedrest" was an attempt to get out of working or something...Even though he never said it, he seemed to hold it against me that I couldn't do anything. After the traumatic delivery and me being so out of everything for a couple of days he seemed to change and I couldn't have asked for a better partner during my pregnancy with Dalton. Like Anathor said, try talking to him point blank about your feelings, or get him to look at some of the stories on here and let him see just exactly how serious it is/was. That's one of the main things that my husband sees now. He knows about basically every one on here and the stories they have about losing a baby or having a baby very early. He sees now just how critical it was. ((((HUGS)))) We understand. Come here anytime to vent.
Well after analizing the situation a little more I think maybe he is just scared and doesn't want to think about it, but I don't know if he knows enough about the condition to be scared. I really need to have a talk with him Next time he stresses me out I will.
I suggest that you have the talk now - when you are not "stressed out" and explain your fears etc - do it in a nice neutral setting. By having the discussion now when you are less stressed out I imagine you can have a less emotionally charged talk and thus more likely to have a good outcome.
I suggest that you have the talk now - when you are not "stressed out" and explain your fears etc - do it in a nice neutral setting. By having the discussion now when you are less stressed out I imagine you can have a less emotionally charged talk and thus more likely to have a good outcome.
Just my 2c [:)]
I really agree with this! This eliminates the "heat" and emotion and allows for a calm and rational discussion...
I had severe complications last pregnancy and spent 8 weeks in hospital. DH was very concerned and caring throughout, but then after the pregnancy, he just wanted normality and he kind of shut out anything stressful to do with my health.
I am now 17 weeks pregnant again, with bp rising again, and he finds it all very difficult to cope with. He won't come into clinic with me, I think it upsets him too much.
He won't talk about the pregnancy much either, incase something happens to one of us. He really is genuinly scared - which is what came accross when you talked about your dh.
Anathor21 has probably hit the crux of the problem, men are "fixers" and require something tangible that they can do. I would recommend that you work with your husband to clarify his role in all of this and how his contribution will help in the final results. As long as his role is "moral support", you probably aren't going to get him engaged in the way that you're looking for. While your husband does play a role in your emotional well-being, he may not feel that he has a vested role in medical management of your condition.
If I were you I would identify with him the risks of preeclampsia and what his role is in avoiding the downside effects. Some areas where he can help are to be your advocate with the doctor, ensure all questions are answered, understand signs/symptoms and monitor you at home. Also, he should clearly understand what actions to take based on the severity of your symptoms. I asked my wife's perinatologist: "when do I need to freak out and call 911?" This sort of falls under monitoring at home, but helped me clarify what actions I should take and when.
Hope this helps or at least reinforces what a dozen other folks have said. Good luck and keep us posted. | {
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Ayers Denial
I am constantly aggravated by how the media writes about Barack's association with Bill Ayers. Here's one of thousands of such examples, taken from today's Boston Globe in an op-ed from Scot Lehigh, a sometimes fair commentator:
With things moving Obama's way, the McCain-Palin campaign has apparently decided its best shot at beating Obama is to try to delegitimize him on character issues. That explains Palin's ludicrous attempt to turn Obama's regrettable but distant relationship with former violent extremist William Ayers into a case of "palling around with terrorists."
Are these people deliberately misrepresenting the Obama/Ayers relationship, are they too lazy too look into it, or are they so biased they can't see the obvious? If the connection with Ayers is regrettable while being distant, why not look into the powerful evidence that it's not actually distant?
At age 34 Barack was made the Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a group founded by Bill Ayers. Barack had no experience in the education business, and was just a couple of years out of law school in the early stages of his uneventful law career. Why in the world did Barack get this gig? And wasn't the Annenberg credential essential to his run for the senate the following year?
Even the right leaning Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire repeats the cliche argument about Ayers' relationship to Barack.
Barack Obama's political career was launched in the home of William Ayers, a left-wing terrorist who spent the 1970s running from the FBI. Ayers was a co-founder of the Weather Underground, a domestic terror organization that bombed the Pentagon, police departments and the homes of government officials. In a 2001 New York Times interview, Ayers said, "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough."
Not only did Ayers host the house party that launched Obama's political career, but he and Obama served on a nonprofit board together for three years.
The point isn't that Ayers did a fundraiser for Barack, or that they were on the board of the Woods Foundation together. The point is to ask - how did these things come to pass? Did Ayers hold the Obama fundraiser because he had seen Barack in the neighborhood? Did they work on the Woods board by accident? These events are significant in that they indicate a pre-existing relationship between the two men, one that runs deeper than Barack's brush-offs own up to. News organizations that are doing their jobs would smell the rat, and pursue it, right off the bat.
Imagine if John McCain's career had been launched at the home of a right-wing terrorist such as Timothy McVeigh. Do you think the media would be shrugging their shoulders?
Imagine if John McCain were closely associated with a right-wing group (like ACORN) that state officials say was actively committing widespread voter fraud running up to this election. Would the media ignore it?
Some bloggers (such as Gateway Pundit, and The World According to Chester) are doing the legwork that journalists in the mainstream media aren't interested in doing, placing Barack at Columbia while Bill Ayers was also living in New York City, and providing a possible link through professor Edward Said.
Barack and Michelle Obama attended several events in the Arab community with anti-Israel speakers including this event in May 1998 where Professor Edward Said gave the keynote speech. (Bill Baar's West Side)
Well, wouldn't you know... Pro-Palestinian Edward Said and Bill Ayers were also very close friends. In fact they were so close that Said wrote a forward to one of Ayer's anti-American books.
It was Barack's modus operandi when in New York to hang around with radicals.
Barack Obama admitted in his first book that he would "carefully" seek out radical and Marxist friends while at Columbia University:
"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist Professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets."
It seems obvious that the inexperienced and unqualified Obama would not have been hired for an important education activist position, where he would have the power to dole out millions of dollars in grants to activist groups, if Ayers didn't have the specific goal of helping him launch a political career. Perhaps he had an arrangement with Ayers similar to the one he would make later with his leader in the state senate.
“You have the power to elect a US senator,” Obama told Emil Jones, Democratic leader of the Illinois state senate. Jones looked at the ambitious young man smiling before him and asked, teasingly: “Do you know anybody I could make a US senator?”
According to Jones, Obama replied: “Me.” It was his first, audacious step in a spectacular rise from the murky political backwaters of Springfield, the Illinois capital.
Jones started handing legislation in progress to Barack - bills where much of the work had already been done - so that he could take credit for them when they passed.
FREDDOSO: Jones helped Obama — of course, the relationship between the two, according to "Dreams From My Father," goes back even farther. They had run into each other when Obama was a community organizer. But Jones was able to help Obama become a senator. The way he put it himself in The New York Times was that Obama was a smart enough guy, but he needed somebody to give him credibility. And that's what Jones was able to give him. He was the Senate Democratic leader when Obama started and became the Senate president when Democrats took over the Illinois Senate in 2003. He made Obama the chairman of the Senate Health Committee, which put him in charge of issues affecting the Service Employees International Union, which had over 110,000 members in Illinois at the time, and that helped Obama to win the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in 2004.
O'REILLY: All right. So he basically — he basically handed Barack Obama, and I mean handed him, a tremendous amount of power for a young state senator.
FREDDOSO: He also gave him — right, he gave him popular bills that, in many cases, Obama hadn't written, but he gave them to Obama to carry on the floor. The great example was the 1998 ethics bill that Obama — I think often exaggerates his role in — but that was a bill that Jones designed specifically.
O'REILLY: OK. So Jones put him front and center, allowed Barack Obama to build up his credibility and resume...
FREDDOSO: Yes.
Perhaps mainstream media folk, who are paid to contemplate and investigate such things, might look into whether Barack had formed a similar partnership with Bill Ayers. There are enough Ayers Deniers out there already.
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William Ayers is a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with whom Barack served on the board of an education-reform organization in the mid-1990's. According to the Associated Press, they are not close: "No evidence shows they were "pals" or even close when they worked on community boards years ago ..." (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93KD6Q00&show_article=1)
Smear groups and now the McCain campaign are trying to connect Obama to acts Ayers committed 40 years ago - when Barack was just eight years old. Here's what the New York Times reported on the connection (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04ayers.html)
But the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called "somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8."
Senator Obama strongly condemns the violent actions of the Weathermen group, as he does all acts of violence. But he was an eight-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost forty years ago is ridiculous. | {
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An unexpected joy
July 12, 2013
CHASSELL - For most students, the biggest thing they have to worry about is making sure their homework is done when it's due. For a few students at Chassell High School, that worry increases dramatically because they are teenagers with children.
For Chassell High School student Nyomie Olson, she became pregnant when she was 17.
"I was in complete shock," Olson said. "I had no idea what I was going to do."
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Photo courtesy Nyomie OlsonBrendan Williamson feeds his 7-month-old daughter Aubrey. Brendan and his girlfriend Nyomie Olson have had to grow up faster than other teenagers because of an unexpected pregnancy.
When she first found out, the first person Olson told was her best friend, then her boyfriend, Brendan Williamson, and finally her parents.
"(My boyfriend) wasn't on board right away and then later he came around," Olson said. "My mom was in shock, but my dad was accepting of it right away."
For a period of time after Olson found out she was pregnant, she considered putting up her child for adoption, but she never considered having an abortion.
"I did consider adoption because I wasn't sure if I would have the support and then everyone stepped up and helped," Olson said.
During her time in school, however, Olson said she felt like an outcast as there were not a lot of people who were supportive of her.
"There was only one teacher that really accepted it," Olson said. "I talked to her like she was my best friend."
Other than that, though, nobody gave Olson any leniency, which further separated her from her peers.
"I felt like it was like they hadnever made a mistake," she said.
On Dec. 9, 2012, Olson's daughter Aubrey was born.
"It was awesome holding my child," she said.
During her last semester at Chassell High School, Olson not only dealt with a newborn baby and her high school responsibilities, but she also took college courses at both Michigan Technological University and Gogebic Community College.
"It was rough," she said. "My parents took care of her."
For her boyfriend, Brendan Williamson, having to grow up so fast was a scary thing to think of.
"We had to become more mature and more responsible than the other students around us," Williamson said in an email. "We can't do whatever we want on the weekends anymore, but we look forward to weekends because that's more time that we get with our kids, not more time with friends."
But despite it at all, Williamson's daughter has helped him appreciate the little things and to be grateful for what he has.
"You have to think before you do something," Williamson said. "Think of all the consequences or all the benefits. You can't just do anything anymore."
Another student that also experienced having a child while being in school is Ashlynn Monette. Monette gave birth to a son, Carter, who is currently 22-months-old.
But despite having those dual responsibilities, the hardest thing for Monette was having to leave her son for seven to eight hours a day.
"The thought of missing out on any little thing that he does is upsetting," Monette said in an email.
But Monette knew that she had to graduate in order to provide a better life for herself and her son.
"He's my motivation," Monette said. "He's the one thing that makes me want to be better and better each day.
"Most high school students get to go home, do homework, hang out with friends and anything else they want to do, but we can't. We have to put our children first then get to the work," Monette said.
During her pregnancy, Monette said there were staff members at Chassell High School that were great to her both while she was pregnant and after she had her child.
"They would make me feel welcomed and help me through my rough days," Monette said. "Some would let me have lunch with them and talk about everything. ... It just really helped a lot knowing there were some people that cared."
Editor's note:?Ashlynn Monette contributed to the writing of this article. | {
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Kate Middleton and Prince William set to carry out engagements in suicide prevention
Kate, 34, and William, 33, are set to meet Jonny Benjamin, a young man who in January 2008 headed to Waterloo Bridge with the intention of committing suicide when a stranger saved his life.
Later, in 2014, Benjamin launched the campaign #FindMike along with the charity Rethink Mental Illness in order to find the hero who saved his life. The social media campaign reached its goal, and the young man was reunited with his rescuer, who turned out to be Neil, not Mike – Neil Laybourn.
The British Royal couple, together with Benjamin, Laybourn and a group of students, will gather at Kensington Palace to watch a documentary about the experience Jonny went through eight years ago.
The following day, on March 11, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit XLP, to observe the work carried out by the charity’s mentoring scheme XL-Mentoring. | {
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The current state of Lukan scholarship suggests that the question of Luke's view of Jewish responsibility for the cross should be reopened. Analysis of the Lukan text indicates that Luke regards the leaders and people of Jerusalem and certain Gentiles as responsible for Jesus' death. In Luke's Gospel the leaders of Jerusalem are implicated, as is a crowd of Jewish people. Acts clearly identifies the crowd as Jerusalemite. Pilate, Herod, and Roman soldiers are implicated as well. Further analysis demonstrates that Luke stresses Israel's division in response to the gospel. Thus, he does not indict Jerusalem for the crucifixion as a symbol of all Israel. How did this Lukan emphasis on Jerusalem's responsibility arise? Analysis of 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 shows that this text and the tradition underlying it implicated a specific group of Jews for the crucifixion. Its origin as a tradition before AD50 suggests that it arose in Jewish-Christian circles, probably in response to persecution, not as a Gentile-Christian anti-Jewish polemic. Analysis of Matthew and Mark indicates that the pre-Lukan synoptic tradition specified Jerusalem as responsible for the cross. The leaders of Jerusalem are particularly prominent. A crowd of Jewish people is also implicated, but their specific identity is uncertain. The specification in Acts of the people of Jerusalem appears to have been based on a tradition distinct from but consistent with the synoptic passion material. Statements about popular responsibility appear in context which give evidence of traditional origin. Neither Lukan creation nor extension of the synoptic tradition account for the specification. Analysis of other ancient texts dealing with the death of innocent victims suggests that those responsible for the deaths were usually specified. Hence, the proclamation of Jesus as one unjustly crucified was probably accompanied by specification of those responsible. | {
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Objective: To evaluate the analgesic efficacy of preoperative rofecoxib in patients who underwent uterine curettage. Materials and methods: This double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial included 80 women who underwent uterine curettage. Forty women were randomly assigned to rofecoxib 50 mg and 40 women to the placebo. The main outcome measure was the intensity of pain measured by the visual analog scale and categorical pain scores during and after the procedure. Chi-squared, Fisher exact, Student t test, and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for statistical analysis. Results: The intensity of pain was not found to be different between groups over the course of procedure (P>0.05). There were no serious adverse effects in this study. Conclusion: The preoperative administration of rofecoxib was not effective in reducing pain in uterine curettage. | {
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AP Classes
Play Street Museum is now offering AP Classes for your 'Little Einstein!' Our AP (Academic Program) classes are led by a qualified Play Street Museum team member. Using our curriculum, your little one will learn more about art & science and will engage in STEAM activities. Each class will include a story and a project. The duration of the AP class will vary for each activity, book, and will also depend on the attention span of each child. Classes begin at 1:00 and are included in the regular admission price. Please plan to stay after to play! | {
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