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Monitor doesn't work
\015 When I turn on my computer the monitor keeps black, although it looks like having some kind of activity (as if it was a sort of black screen saver...). The blue power light on the right down corner flashes but doesn't stay steady as usual.\015
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How your body adjusts to changes in dosages of replacement thyroid hormone
Imagine this:
You have a rock-hard dry sponge on a plate. You need to see how much water the sponge can hold.
You pour a cup of water onto the sponge (it's a big sponge) and it puddles on the top. The sponge is really dry and hard and it's taking a while for the thing to absorb the water.
You sit there and watch it and it's taking forever. You're impatient and pour another cup of water on it. The puddle gets bigger but the sponge isn't absorbing it one bit faster. You wait.
Frustrated, you pour another cup of water on it. The puddle gets bigger and the water starts running over the sides of the sponge and onto the table.
You put too much water on the sponge too fast, it couldn't absorb that much water all at once and with the water overflowing and dripping off the table your experiment is shot. Part of the sponge is wet, other parts are still rock hard, they couldn't soak up the water quick enough, and it overflowed and ran off.
You have to start the experiment over with
another sponge.
This time you lay out the sponge out and put a 1/4 cup of water on it and then just leave it alone.
When you see the water has been absorbed by the sponge you add another quarter cup.
When it's gone you add another..
When it's gone you add another... You've now added a whole cup of water, but not all at once, and the sponge has absorbed it all....
You keep adding a quarter cup at a time...
.........it's just after the 16th quarter cup of water that you see that water is starting to leak out of the bottom of the sponge.
The sponge holds just a bit shy of 4 cups of water
Still with me?
Adding the water too fast had the water moistening the top surface of the sponge but not getting the inside moistened, it just ran off the top and made a mess. But, when you added the water slowly, a bit at a time, and giving it a chance to soak in, the sponge got wet all the way through.
Keep this little visual in mind as we now talk about what your body does with the hormones that you are taking.
Add the thyroid hormones too fast and the body can't register/absorb/acknowledge the hormone that you've given it.... If you keep adding more, too close together, you end up with more hormone than the body is able to use at this stage.
The parts of the body that can utilize the hormone easiest are like the areas of the sponge that soften and absorb water first, becoming over saturated, causing the sponge to drip. Even though the majority is still dry, it's unable to absorb the water throughout itself quickly quickly enough and the water drips away, unused.
What our bodies experience are symptoms that indicate that we are hyper, with an excess of hormone. But, other areas of our body that just can't register/absorb/work with it as quickly are like the dry areas of the sponge, experiencing no benefit from the hormone that is being made available to it. So, like the rock-hard dry areas inside the sponge , parts of our bodies are still showing some hypo symptoms.
For some of us it ends up with being heart stress, digestive distress, and panic attacks while still fatigued and foggy and depressed.
Adding more, faster does not make it work better and faster. It just further stresses some areas while the other areas are still
How much time does our body need to adjust?
For whatever reason, it takes our bodies four to six weeks to acknowledge and make full use of a dosage adjustment. Part of it is that the body has a built-in safety mechanism, it doesn't make full use of a sudden hormone surge, or drop. To do so would mean that even bodies with healthy thyroid glands would roller-coaster between hyper and hypo - if they responded too quickly to changes in gland production.
Healthy gland production isn't exactly the same daily... it varies with stress and diet and nutrients, all kinds of variables.. our bodies 'register' the 'average' production and work from that.
They have to watch what the levels are after we make a dosage adjustment and when it's consistent enough, long enough, they will respond....
There is one other variable that gets thrown into this mix.. the conversion thing..... Most of the hormone that a thyroid gland makes is T4, the thyroid storage hormone. The replacements we take are mostly T4 (in naturals, like Armour) and all T4 (in synthetics like Synthroid). Our bodies store that T4 in our tissues until it's time to convert it to the active thyroid hormones, T3, T2, and T1, that our bodies use for function.
You can read more about the hormones and some of the hormone replacements available to us HERE
The following is a description I post in Group every so often to help explain how this delayed reaction thing works, it's over simplified, but I think it is a pretty accurate representation of how it all works and why we need to be patient and responsible.
It can be enough to drive you insane to wait, I know, I've been there! But waiting means that the labs will be accurate and that you won't be overdosing and not realize it until long after making one or two or more increases.
This same rule applies for Natural thyroid (like Armour.. and it's generics) which are mostly T4... you still have to wait for the levels to build up in your tissues and for conversion to be kicking in on those increased levels before you can get accurate labs and realize the full affect of a given dosage.
A time line might make it easier to understand..
I'll use round numbers just to make things easy.
Week 1:
Your starting dose is 25 mcg.
-- Your body is getting some of it.. but not much
Week 2:
You add another 25 mcg for a total of 50 mcg.
-- Your body is getting a bit more... but not all of it, you might feel a bit better, most likely not.
Week 3:
You add another 25 mcg for a total of 75 mcg.
-- You're probably still not feeling much better, you may or may not be noticing a difference.
Week 4:
You add another 25 mcg for a total of 100 mcg.
-- You are starting to notice a difference, you want to add more.
Week 5:
You add another 25 mcg for a total of 125 mcg.
-- Your body is feeling different, but you know you need more.
Week 6:
You add another 25 mcg for a total of 150 mcg.
-- You're feeling like it's doing some good.
** Your body is finally getting the full effect of the dosage that you started on week 1.
Week 7:
You add another 25 mcg for a total of 175 mcg.
-- It's finally noticeable, no doubt about it. This has to be the right dose. You'll hold here for a while.
** Your body is just now getting the full effect of week 2.
Week 8:
You decide to hold your dose at 175 mcg.
-- Still feeling good.
** Your body is just now getting the full effect of week 3. The doc might have you in for labs. the labs are showing 'in normal range' and the doc says you are just fine.
Week 9:
You are still holding at 175 mcg.
-- Hmmm. Not sure how you feel. Better than before... but you're not sure.
** Your body is just now getting the full effect of the dosage increase at week 4.
Week 10:
-- You're not feeling so good, a bit nervous, anxious. Weight
might be coming off a bit.
** Your body is just now feeling the effects of week 5
Week 11:
-- You're starting to feel a bit hypo again. Tired, no weight
loss. Feeling depressed. Your body is realizing the increase in the hormone levels and TSH is continuing to drop. Whatever your thyroid was putting out is now being slowed or stopped. The total hormone in your system is coming down because of decreased thyroid gland production.
** Your body is just now getting the full effect of the dosage increase at week 6.
Week 12:
-- You're feeling worse. Not as good as before. You must need a dosage increase but you're not sure. You'll wait another week and see how you feel.
** Your body is just now realizing the full effect of the 175 mcg that you've been taking since week 7. But because of the delayed reaction to the dosage increase and the actual thyroid production changing... you have no idea if you should increase or hold. You do know that you feel like crap.
That's a VERY simplified time line. And it IS NOT the same for everyone. But I hope that it gives you a bit better grasp of what it is that your body is going through with the time delay/adjustment period that it deals with whenever there is a dose change.
That is why we are always saying to wait at least 4 weeks before an increase, better 6 weeks
That it's best to adjust in small increments and wait for your body's reaction before making another increase.
Learning how to Self Monitor
Once you learn how to self monitor between labs you will be able to watch how your body is reacting and adjusting to the increases. And for those with auto immune issues (like Hashi's or Grave's) it gives you a better insight into the antibody levels and if adjustments are needed, or if what you are taking is helping you to stabilize.
Whenever I make an increase I get out my chart. I check waking temp and heart rate and write it down. I spot check during the day, and write it down.
I've always noticed the same pattern. For a few days after a dosage increase my temp and heart rate go up a bit and then drop back down, not as far down as they were but the levels drop. That shows that the body is reacting to that dosage increase with an increase in metabolism, exactly what it should do. As my body adjusts to that dosage it drops a bit again. Ultimately, through each dosage increase, my heart rate and basal body temp increase to where they should be.
I have probably confused the dickens out of you. But these basics are very important and it's worth taking the time to understand how this stuff all works.
You are helping your body and doing it the right way makes it better in the long run.....
It really really really sucks to wait...
I know, I've been there. But I've also done it too fast and suffered the consequences... it's not a pretty sight....
The first time it snuck up on me... my heart rate started to climb... I had a panic attack... My heart rate was well over 100 and wouldn't go down... I what I ended up doing was backing off my dose of thyroid for a month to get my body settled again and then had to start working my dose back up... all that time lost....
Then, since I hadn't learned the lesson well enough that first time, I did it again just a few months later. Once again my heart rate began to climb, in just a few minutes it had gone up more than 30 beats per minute, for no reason, but I knew what it was and I didn't get so panicky.
That's when I started watching my chart closer and paying attention to the levels and subtle changes.... My period between my dosage adjustments got longer, at times as long as 12 weeks...
Yeah...it's hard to wait that long, but it is worth waiting.
Baby steps forward get you a LOT farther a lot faster than 'two steps forward and three steps back'.
Topper (Linda)
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Asha Bhosle at Madhuri Badhuri art exhibition09 June 2011 | where: Kalaghoda, Mumbai Pune-based renowned artist Madhuri Badhuri, recently showcased her paintings at the art exhibition which was held at Kalaghoda in Mumbai. A badminton player on the national circuit until the late 1970s, artist Madhuri emphasizes that she always knew there was a painter hidden within her. The well-known singer Asha Bhosle, graced the exhibition with her presence.
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Facebook at $50 Billion Looks More Like Tencent Than Google
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Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc., with a valuation of $50 billion, looks more like Tencent Holdings Ltd., China's top Internet company by market capitalization, than fellow U.S. Web company Google Inc.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies ascribed that value to Facebook through a $500 million stake, three people familiar with the situation said this week.
That puts Facebook on par with Tencent, whose services include online games and instant messaging, has 600 million users and is worth more than $42 billion on the Hong Kong stock exchange. U.S. Web pioneers Google and Yahoo! Inc. are poor barometers because they've struggled in social networking, while fast-growing social media startups Twitter Inc. and Zynga Game Network Inc. are still private.
"What's public at that scale in social networking in the U.S.?" said Hans Swildens, founder of Industry Ventures LLC, a San Francisco-based investing firm that owns a Facebook stake. "When you look at the Asian comparables, there are companies that are at scale there in social networking."
Investors are betting Facebook, which has surged fivefold in value over two years, will parlay its lead in social networking into sales of online advertising. While revenue at Palo Alto, California-based Facebook more than doubled last year to about $2 billion, the company has yet to tap the mobile-ad market, start selling ads on partner sites or take full advantage of such services as e-mail and location features.
Buzz, Bloom, Hype
Compared with Google, Facebook at $50 billion looks expensive. That valuation is about 25 times its 2010 revenue, almost triple Google's price-to-sales ratio of 9, based on analysts' estimates.
"Right now, there is a lot of buzz, there's a lot of bloom on the rose, there's a lot of hype," said Robert Ackerman, founder and managing director of Palo Alto, California-based Allegis Capital. "Expectations are probably running somewhere ahead of reality."
Facebook instead more closely resembles Tencent, which is valued at about 15 times revenue, according to Bloomberg data. Tencent, based in Shenzhen, also owns a stake in Facebook.
Baidu Inc., China's most-used search engine, trades at about 31 times revenue. Youku.com Inc., China's largest online video site, is valued at about 90 times revenue after selling shares to the public last month.
"There are companies in Asia with high valuation multiples and somewhat similar growth and reach characteristics, but where the monetization is still largely to come," said Clayton Moran, an analyst at Benchmark Co. in Boca Raton, Florida.
Friending Donuts
Some advertisers are just starting to spend money on Facebook. Dunkin' Brands Inc.'s Dunkin' Donuts had 1 million fans on its Facebook profile page by the end of 2009 without buying any ads, said David Tryder, director of interactive marketing at the Canton, Massachusetts-based company.
Last year, Dunkin' Donuts began buying banner ads on Facebook to drive traffic to its fan page, where it promoted products like its Coolatta frozen coffee drink.
Dunkin' Donuts now has more than 2.9 million fans on its Facebook page and plans to continue spending this year to market new products and promotions.
"It's become a great place for fans to give us feedback, discuss with each other and give us ideas," Tryder said. "Where we've tried to intervene are in those places where we think we can add value, places where we feel like we can promote our products and things important to our business in fun and interesting ways."
Ads That Work
Facebook may have taken about 9.4 percent of the display- advertising market in the U.S. last year, up from 6.6 percent in 2009, according to EMarketer Inc. in New York. Yahoo, which leads the market, was expected to grab about 16.2 percent, down from 16.5 percent, the firm estimates. Google, which is stronger in search ads, may have had 6.7 percent, up from 4.7 percent.
"I have been in the Internet space since the early days of display and the early days of search, and I have not seen anything grow as fast" as Facebook, said David Karnstedt, a former Yahoo executive who is now chief executive officer of Efficient Frontier, a Sunnyvale, California-based company that helps clients advertise online. "The most important thing is advertisers that are participating are finding it's working."
Tencent's market value has more than tripled in the past two years as the company's instant-messaging product, called QQ, has captured 77 percent of China's market, with more than 630 million users.
Body Armor, Assault Rifles
The company also sells online games like "CrossFire," which makes money by selling virtual items such as body armor and assault rifles. Tencent is expanding its QQ service and games business by offering products in other languages and countries.
While Facebook and Tencent may look similar in terms of revenue and number of users, the comparable valuations may not be justified, said Ackerman at Allegis Capital. Tencent is serving the world's most populous country and largest Internet market. It makes money from online ads and mobile services in addition to instant messaging and games.
"There probably is a valuation premium because of the market," said Ackerman. "Those premiums probably aren't applicable to things in the United States. You're talking about a new category, and trying to evaluate a new category and come up with good rational comparables is not easy."
When Google reached the $50 billion mark in 2004, the Mountain View, California-based company had sales of $3.2 billion and a price-to-sales ratio of about 17. By the end of the following year, revenue had almost doubled and the company was worth more than $120 billion.
'Huge Growth'
Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky, having seen Facebook's financials, may be expecting the social network to grow more like Google did five years ago than it has more recently, said Larry Albukerk, founder of EB Exchange Funds LLC, a San Francisco-based firm that specializes in private share sales.
"They know the financials, they know the prospects, they know what deals are coming down the pipeline," Albukerk said. The valuation "tells me that Goldman and DST and other insiders see huge growth prospects in terms of monetizing the business."
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Ryan Crouser
Ryan Crouser, an American shot putter as well as a discus thrower, has not yet revealed when he has been in a relationship with someone or has any girlfriend. As he has maintained his profile low, there is also no news found about his dating history.
But at present, it seems like he is mostly focusing on his career and his parents rather than having any love affairs. At the age of 23, Crouser stands very much taller at the towering height of six feet and seven inches, that is, 201 cm.
Ryan Crouser is one of the most popular and loved celebrity on the TV screen whom we have been knowing and are seeing daily. Some of you may also have been his fan for a long time as well as you also may want to gain more information regarding him
Some of you also may be having information regarding his professional and personal life from different gossip pages, newspapers as well as magazines. He has won the boys' shot put at 2009 World Youth Championships as well as he is also the two times NCAA Champion in shot both indoors and outdoors.
Additionally, he has also won 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympic Gold Medal in Shotput. Now, let us extract some more information regarding Crouser's bio that's been accessed from different sources. He is the native of Boring, Oregon, United States of America.
He came into this world on 18th December of the year 1992 which has now made him reach the age of 23. He belongs to the family of throwers. He is the son of Mitch Crouser who was an alternate on 1984 Olympic discus team.
In his 5th grade, he took up track and field but was initially not good as his cousin Sam. After completing his studies in 2016, he hired Paul Doyle as his agent. He then improved his personal best in a shot to 21.85 m shortly before 2016 United States Olympic Trials.
During Olympic Trials on his 2nd throw of finals, he uncorked 22.11 m to not only win in an upset over Kovacs but also to become number 18 thrower in the history. Later, he went to throw massive 22.52m at 2016 Rio Olympic games breaking the former Olympic record and taking home a gold medal.
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Apart from that, standing very tall at a towering height of 6 feet and 7 inches, his weight has been recorded to be around 290 lbs, that is, 132 kg. As he has just reached his early twenties, it does not seem like he might have any girlfriend or any love affairs. There is also no news found about his dating history.


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New Hyrule Historia Cover Is Pure Class
Hey, listen! The book detailing the history of The Legend of Zelda just got a new and improved cover. I was able to flip through the Japanese version, and while I wasn't super impressed, I'll definitely be picking up the English version. The book more heavily covered the recent games and only had a few pages dedicated to the pre-N64 titles. I'd love to play a magic ocarina to travel back to 1985 and '86 while the original game was being developed, but since that's probably not going to happen, I'll settle for the few pages of insight this book provides.
Source: Tiny Cartridge
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Amazon to Purchase Seattle Offices for $1.16 Billion
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), the world's largest online retailer, agreed to buy its 11-building headquarters complex in Seattle for $1.16 billion in a deal poised to be the biggest U.S. office transaction of the year.
The campus has 1.8 million square feet (167,000 square meters) of space in the South Lake Union neighborhood, Amazon said today in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company said it's made a nonrefundable deposit of about $23 million, which will increase to $51 million on Oct. 22. It expects to complete the purchase in the fourth quarter.
The terms of the agreement would make the transaction 2012's priciest purchase of a single office property anywhere in the country, said Dan Fasulo, managing director at real estate research firm Real Capital Analytics Inc. Seattle office buildings have been among the most desirable properties for investors this year, the firm's data show.
Vulcan Inc., billionaire Paul Allen's investment company, put the campus, which is now leased by Amazon, up for sale in August, saying it will use proceeds from the sale for other real estate projects in the area. South Lake Union is one of six areas Seattle designated as "urban centers" in the city's 2004 growth plan.
"When we originally commenced the disposition process, we did not think Amazon would necessarily be the buyer," said Ada Healey, vice president for real estate at Seattle-based Vulcan. The 11 buildings were built in six phases. "We were fully prepared to have the six phases go to six different buyers."
Largest Deal
Healey declined to comment on the deal's capitalization rate, a measure of yield used by real estate investors, or the potential profit for Vulcan.
CBRE Group Inc. (CBG), the Los Angeles-based listing broker for the Amazon campus, declined to comment on today's filing, said Robert McGrath, a New York-based spokesman for the real estate services firm. Drew Herdener, an Amazon spokesman, didn't immediately respond to telephone calls seeking comment.
The Amazon campus is the largest of more than $3 billion of office deals under contract or on the market in Seattle, Kevin Shannon, vice chairman at CBRE, said before the agreement was announced.
"I'd estimate there will be over $4.5 billion closed by year-end, which would more than triple last year's total," he said in an e-mail. "Capital follows markets with the best fundamentals. Seattle has some of the best office market fundamentals in the nation."
The announcement was made after the close of regular U.S. trading. Amazon fell 0.8 percent to $258.51 today. Its shares have climbed 49 percent this year as updated Kindle e-readers and tablets increase in popularity among consumers.
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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Pinterest Board of the Week: Books -- from book apps to special need resources
Do you have a kid that loves books, book apps or is working on reading skills? Are you a parent, caregiver, teacher or therapist looking for book resources? Basically, if you know what a book is then you need to check out this board on Pinterest! We include book apps we've reviewed, found beneficial, and useful books for resources. This board is full of great information for kids and adults. Also, be sure to check out all the book posts on our page.
Follow Smart Apps for Special Needs's board Books on Pinterest.
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Marta Mattoso, Cláudia Werner, Guilherme Horta Travassos, Vanessa Braganholo, Leonardo Murta.
Several scientific areas, such as bioinformatics and oil engineering, need means of executing simulation-based experiments. The state of the practice for this, in most of the cases, consists in the execution of a set of programs. This, however, is not enough to deal with the complexity imposed by the problems that need to be analyzed. This issue gets worse with large-scale experiments. In this case, we need a system to manage the composition of processes and data in a coherent flux. Also, this system must be capable of registering the steps and parameters used in the well-succeeded executions of the experiment. The main motivation of this paper is in identifying and analyzing the challenges that need to be addressed to provide computational support to the development of large-scale scientific experiments. The challenges we identify here deal with the general problem of managing scientific experiments to several applications and resources distributed over a large-scale network such as grids. We identify three complementary research directions: the performance, the management process, and the semantic support. For each of them, we point out some possible solution paths.
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Garrett Smith wrote: > Given that, I suggest moving forward: > Test, then document those methods as having special behavior. Do > this not by a null->value mapping, but by documenting the method's > algorithm in simple terms. e.g. "if X is not a string, throw an error" But giving a (per-method) mapping means that the algorithm can then be machine-generated from the IDL, which is an interoperability win: less chance of a mistake being made. So why are you opposed to having such per-method mappings, as needed? -BorisReceived on Wednesday, 27 August 2008 21:40:28 UTC
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Separating Allergy Fact from Fiction
The Greatest Allergy Myths and Misconceptions, Debunked
From gluten allergy and hypoallergenic pets, to avoiding the flu shot because of an egg allergy, there are a lot of common myths and misconceptions about allergies. Many might be shocking due to a great deal of false information in the media and on the Internet. And some of the misconceptions can be damaging to your health if vaccinations are skipped and extreme dietary avoidances are taken.
Where did all these misconceptions come from? According to a presentation given at the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, previously held medical beliefs and public perception are partially to blame.
"Many early medical beliefs have been proven to be incorrect as research has advanced," says allergist David Stukus, MD, ACAAI member and presenter. "Unfortunately, some of these beliefs are still on the Internet, where an astonishing 72 percent of users turn to for health information."
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According to Dr. Stukus, the following are some of the greatest allergy myths:
I'm Allergic to Artificial Dyes
There is no scientific evidence to support a link between exposure to artificial coloring and allergies. Controversy exists regarding evidence for artificial coloring and behavioral changes in children, as well as dyes causing chronic urticaria and asthma.
I Can't Have Vaccines Due to an Egg Allergy
Egg embryos are used to grow viruses for vaccines such as the flu, yellow fever, and rabies shot. However, it's now safe for egg-allergic individuals to get the flu shot, which can help prevent serious illness.
At-Home Blood Tests Reveal What You're Allergic To
These tests might be able to reveal sensitization, but being sensitized to a certain allergen, like milk, doesn't mean you're allergic to it. These sort of at-home screening tests are not reliable and can often lead to misinterpretation, diagnostic confusion, and unnecessary dietary elimination.
Highly Allergenic Foods Shouldn't Be Given to Children until 12 Months of Age
For most children, there is no evidence to support avoidance of highly allergenic foods past four to six months of age. Emerging evidence shows that early introduction of highly allergenic foods may actually promote tolerance.
I'm Allergic to Cats and Dogs, but
I Can Have a Hypoallergenic Breed
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a truly hypoallergenic dog or cat. Allergens are released in saliva, sebaceous glands, and perianal glands; it's not the animals' fur that people are allergic to. However, it is true that some breeds are more bothersome for allergy fighters than others.
I'm Allergic to Shellfish and Can't Have Iodine Imaging
Radiologists and cardiologists often use iodinated contrast for better imaging during CT scans and other procedures. Since shellfish contain iodine, many physicians have linked a contrast reaction to shellfish allergy. However, this is false, and a shellfish allergy has nothing to do with the reaction. In fact, iodine is not and cannot be an allergen, as it is found in the human body.
I Can't Eat Bread – I'm Allergic to Gluten
You may have a gluten intolerance, but it's extremely rare to have a true allergy. Most allergic reactions to these types of foods stem from wheat allergy. Many people self-label as having gluten allergy and avoid gluten without any medical indication.
With information being widespread online and via social media portals, how can you know what to believe and what not to believe? "If you think you may have an allergy, you should see a board-certified allergist for proper evaluation, testing, diagnosis, and treatment," says Dr. Stukus. "Misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment can be dangerous."
Visit AllergyAndAsthmaRelief.org for more information on allergies, and to find an allergist in your area.
This article was originally published in Coping® with Allergies & Asthma magazine, Spring/Summer 2014.


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NORTH NEWTON, KAN. – College students may be scattering for the summer, but a broad spectrum of other students will be converging on the Bethel College campus over the next two months, including at Kauffman Museum for the popular Uncle Carl's Camps.
The half-day camps began in 1996 as hands-on, discovery-oriented opportunities for area youth to learn about archeology in a museum setting. The last 13 years have seen seven sessions added, based on topics in history, nature, art, science and writing.
Some of the camps scheduled for this June and July still have openings, among them the art camps "Manipulating Media for an Artist's Vision," June 8-12 for ages 9-12, and "Art in Nature," June 15-18 for ages 6-8. USD 373 art teacher LaDonna Voth is the instructor for both camps, where campers will use a variety of media to make creations related to Kansas artists or Kansas symbols.
Another camp with space available is "Discover Natural Kansas," July 7-10 for ages 12-14. Campers will spend much of their time outside with Travis Krehbiel, instructor of biology at Wichita Area Technical College, exploring prairies, woodlands and streams near Kauffman Museum. On the last day of camp, there will be a field trip to Kanapolis State Park to see evidence of stampeding bison herds and ancient petroglyphs.
Karen Kreider Yoder, professor of literacy at Touro University in Vallejo, Calif., will lead two writing camps, one for middle- and high school-age youth and one for adults.
"Writers of the Prairie," July 13-17 for ages 12-18, will provide in-depth writing instruction, opportunities to share with peers and a look at great writers of the prairie states.
Adult sessions of "Writers of the Prairie" will be held July 14 and 16. The first session will introduce participants to poetry and memoirs of prairie writers. Session Two will offer opportunities for participants to create their own prairie writings and receive feedback from peers and the instructor.
All camps except the adult writers' sessions are held in the morning. Cost is $60 for museum members and $75 for non-members. Each camper receives a T-shirt. Sessions for adults are $15 each.
Uncle Carl's Camps are currently taking names for wait-lists for "Way Back When" (May 26-29 for ages 4-5, with Kristin Neufeld Epp); "It's a Wild Wonderful Prairie World" (June 1-5 for ages 6-8, with Joyce Lent); and "Explorations in Archeology" (June 22-26 for ages 9-12, with Nathan Dick).
To register for camps, go to www.bethelks.edu/kauffman/Education.html, where there is a link for a downloadable brochure with registration form, or call Andi Schmidt Andres at 316-283-1612 to register over the phone with a credit card. For more information, contact Andres at number above or e-mail email@example.com.
Uncle Carl's Camps are named for Charles Kauffman, known fondly as Uncle Carl, who brought his museum from South Dakota to the Bethel College campus in North Newton in 1940. He spent the next 18 years bringing history and the outdoor world to life for children and adults at Kauffman Museum – also the goal of today's Uncle Carl's Camps.


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Celtic fan attacked in Warsaw ahead of Champions League tie - reports
Celtic fans have allegedly been attacked in Warsaw before tonight's Champions League qualifier against Legia Warsaw.
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Miller has more time to tackle housing job
Updated 11:02 pm, Tuesday, December 10, 2013
BRIDGEPORT -- Jimmy Miller says he doesn't like to leave a job unfinished, so it's a good thing for him that the Housing Authority decided to change his title from acting director to permanent.
Now he's got a two-year contract and that much more time to implement ambitious plans to replace the authority's aging buildings, beginning with a controversial development at 375 Main Street.
That 70-plus-unit, mixed-income proposal is supposed to be the model for 21st century public housing in Bridgeport and upend the negative public image of Housing Authority properties as run-down and crime-ridden.
But the plan faces some stiff opposition from South End neighbors, and the zoning process has not gone smoothly.
"We believe we have a plan that will help make the South End more ... sustainable. We firmly believe that," Miller said. "And if we firmly believe that, we have to keep at it and keep at it."
Following a search for a full-time executive director, the authority board recently decided to offer Miller, who they borrowed from New Haven's Housing Authority this spring, a two year contract.
Miller will earn the same $175,000 he said he made in New Haven as deputy director, he said.
Americo Santiago, a Democratic power broker and member of the Bridgeport authority's board, said the goal of the candidate search was to identify applicants with Miller's qualifications.
"Everybody said, `Like Jimmy Miller,' " Santiago recalled. "Well, we have Jimmy Miller right here."
Miller, 62, denied he had intended all along to seek the Bridgeport job, full time. And from the way he describes the responsibility, it's difficult to understand why he'd want to stay.
"I've been an executive director before and said I don't want to be one again," he said. "You have no life. Your weekends don't belong to you. There's always something catastrophic happening. We have old, deteriorating buildings and there's not enough money to do the work."
But, he said, he still has a lot of projects to complete, and he didn't trust anyone else to finish the job.
"I'm sure there's more people that can do what I do," Miller said. "I just feel I'd do it better."
Mayor Bill Finch also wanted Miller to stay, and said he is pleased about his two-year contract.
It's never been easy to oversee the city's 2,500 units of public housing, but the circumstances Miller inherited are particularly daunting.
Nicholas Calace, Miller's predecessor, left suddenly in the spring after eight years, and was soon followed by Deputy Director Peter Hance.
Board members at the time said Calace did a "wonderful job" and dismissed rumors of internal troubles and malfeasance that circulated following a visit from the U.S. Office of Housing and Urban Development. However, Santiago said this week, federal officials were concerned about paperwork being submitted late and other unspecified matters that he said Miller has been working hard to address.
The authority is also in the middle of a regularly scheduled annual review by HUD's Office of Inspector General, which Santiago said could result in additional changes and possibly some hefty financial penalties.
"Nobody can say there was money stolen or misappropriated," Santiago said. "What I think happened was certain rules (were ignored) and reports were not filed."
Miller's most-high profile responsibility in the immediate future will be breaking ground on a public/private partnership to build the disputed development on authority land at 375 Main St. The development is intended to start to replace the aging Marina Village, located less than a mile east.
In October, the Housing Authority chose its co-developers -- The Richman Group of Greenwich and Stamford-based JHM Financial Group -- and Miller and staff have been applying for state and federal funds. Situated on the border of Bridgeport's downtown and the South End, near Webster Bank Arena, the site could become a showcase for low-income residents and market-rate tenants living as neighbors.
"Concentration of poverty is not a good thing, long-term," said Miller.
But Miller needs his zoning approvals, and that process has been fraught with difficulties.
After some delays, the authority finally appeared before the Planning & Zoning Commission in late September, only to be turned away by a testy commission because of outstanding questions from a state environmental official.
The authority canceled its subsequent October hearing, and a November meeting stretched into the early morning hours with supporters and critics making impassioned pleas to zoning officials to approve or kill the plan.
As the time approached 2 a.m., the authority -- rather than continuing the hearing to a later date for a vote -- withdrew their application, negating the entire night of testimony to start over.
But there was a risk in that strategy, because some zoning commissioners are clearly growing impatient.
"We'll have to do five or six hours (of testimony) again in January," said Chairman Mel Riley. "You'll have all the same opposition. I don't know how much different the plan will be."
Miller said the authority hopes to have a new zoning hearing in January and be better prepared to address questions about cleaning up any environmental contamination at the Main Street site. But, he noted, that might still not be the end of the zoning process.
"This is about the long-term viability of the South End," Miller said. "If you don't think you're going to get the votes ... you have to adjust. We might have to adjust three or four or five more times."
And now Miller has two more years in Bridgeport to do just that.
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Playful learning with tradition
With flannel board stories, the learning adventure begins in earnest. This playful journey encourages development that is both broad and deep, specifically addressing children from 1 to 9 years old. Experience and knowledge passed down through generations have proved how important aural narrative tradition is in enabling everyone to communicate in daily life on equal terms. Everyone is seen, heard and recognised as a unique individual with important values.
The colourful, intuitive flannel board stories offer a wide scope for the children's own thoughts and reflections. As an educationalist, you decide yourself when, where and how you want to share this experience with the children since the flannel board story as a teaching aid is both clear and very easy to use. A wide range of familiar classics has been combined with other stories produced in-house. No matter which story you choose, you are always ensured the highest quality and colourful designs. Many years of experience and educational practice make Flano Design AB a unique supplier of high-quality fairy tales and stories that stimulate the mind and inspire children in a playful, educational manner.
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JD Wetherspoons
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JD Wetherspoons Reviews
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Affordable pubs in London Mar 28, 2008
When I first came to London, I was always looking for cheap places to eat. Most pubs sell pints of beer and cider for over £4. Some serve it as little as £2.
If you go to a JD Wetherspoon pub, you can get a burger, chips, and a pint of beer, cider, or juice for LESS than £5. As low at £3 some places.
The food is pretty good, and the beers/ciders are served colder than usual. It's a really good place to eat din, lunch, or have a pint with friends.
Some people don't like chains like Wetherspoons, but I don't mind them. Especially when it doesn't break the bank.
Wetherspoons has pubs/restaurants all over the UK, but very few of them actually have Wetherspoons in the name. They will be named things like Moon Over Water, The Misty Moon, Moon Under the Misty Bridge, etc.
So, if you're on a tight budget, or if you just want to chill out with a cheap pint, you should try to find a Wetherspoons. www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk
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Telaga Punggur is the main port for speedboats to Tanjung Pinang on nearby Bintan.
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Thank you for summarizing your understanding of the issues. There is at least one issue I feel that I don't find here, so let me float it and see what people think. It is interesting that all the issues you list deal with what comes after part (a). Part (a) is summarized as >(a). Guidelines/checkpoints/success criteria, as published in the >principal guidelines document. These are formulated in >"technology-neutral", yet precise terms. The idea that technology neutral terms are used here could be an issue. At least, it contributes to making two things difficult. It makes it difficult for the content development community to apply what is said, and it makes it difficult to make precise statements. The second difficulty reaches P2 criticality at least in the area of ameliorating barriers affecting cognitive impairments. More generally, it increases the cost of producing work product. The first difficulty reduces the effectiveness of this piece of the work product. Cap it all by dubbing this part "the _principal_ document" and you start having a task description that is daunting enough to engender a significant level of worker frustration. And we may have been observing some worker frustration. Is the frustration built into the actual objective, or is it an artifact introduced by our work rules? I want to offer a little more discussion of why a "principal document" that declines to name names in terms of technology [and, in fact, in terms of disability] may not be the most effective strategy for this group. Our objective is to propose a win-win deal to the content development community. A win for people with disabilities, because content produced pursuant to the deal offered will work for them. A win for content producers for two reasons. For one thing, they have readily followed objective techniques to follow, and don't have to learn arcana about lots of different disability groups. For another thing, there is the "canary in the mineshaft," or "curbcut" effect. Fixing things that are failure modes for people with disabilities does have collateral usability benefits in the wider community. Here I want to appeal to William Ury's teaching about how to discover, frame, and sell a win-win deal in the course of a negotiation. [Book: Getting Past No] What I want to focus on is the 'discovery phase' leading to 'stipulations' in the language of judicial adversary processes in the U.S. What this boils down to is that one tries to maximize through mutual discovery a body of assertions that both or all sides will accept or stipulate as agreed a_priori. These things we don't have to argue about or for. To get things stipulated, it really helps to be able to frame them as matters of fact. If we can qualify some statement in others' eyes as a matter of objective fact, that will appeal to many people as cause to stipulate and not argue about those points. This is a long winded way to say, what we can convince ourselves are statements of objective fact, and can state in a way that appeals to others as observations of objective fact, are easy to get accepted. Whatever we can cover that way we should, before we go after the more debatable points requiring judgement calls or an appeal to abstract moral principles. It could be that this is the best way to characterize what we offer the web development community: that we have collected and connected the relevant facts. We have done their research for them, and they can make informed decisions now because we eliminated the research step. All they have to do is skim the research report we produce and formulate their plans in the light of what they learned. Now, as a matter of judgement, it seems to me that it is extremely difficult to frame credible statements of objective fact in this area without naming names as to both disability and technology. Explanations of the interaction of specific disabilities with specific technology usage are easy to state in a way that is easy to accept as fact. Try to purge the statements of any trace of specific disabilities or technology and one is left uttering "psychobabble." Our major mission is to come up with a consolidated recommendation that has broad and non-discriminatory benefit for all manner of people with disabilities, and proposes strategies that work around conflicts between the interests of different groups. On the other hand, if we insist in our working medium on euphemizing what we have to say by failing to name specific disabilities and technologies, we may just have shot ourselves in the foot. If our primary means of selling our recommendations is by appealing to their basis in fact, and the facts are not recognizable as facts without naming [disability and technology] names, then trying to frame precise statements of the threshold of acceptable usage in disability- and technology-blind language may not be in the cards. Perhaps the primary things that users of our work product need to be able to [on user election, that is to say on a 'pull' protocol basis...] get from it are: - for a given work task that they are assigned, to ascertain what advice of ours pertains. - for a given piece of advice of ours; if they wish, to review the reasoning behind it. This may mean some of each of the following: + traceability to a failure mode, if violating the advice leads to failure for some condition + traceability to an optimization, if following the advice makes significant contributions to usability and effectiveness across some range of conditions + comparison of the impacts on differently-affected groups, where we had to engage in trades and balances reasoning to come up with a recommendation. The units of advice may be technology-specific or technology-abstracted or both, but including the technology-specific statement [or applicability, in an index] of units of advice in the main body of work, the nominal scope of our principal work product, will definitely help with the "find applicable advice" step. The backups at the ends of the "traceability" links are probably best stated in language which is specific as to disability condition and only as abstract with regard to technology as is clear. The principal quality factor for our output could possibly be the ease with which our readers move between the advice and rationale levels of exposition, so that we get a user-directed depth of browse as they move through this material. By putting a major document and work division between the consolidated, disability-and-technology-spanning advice and the disabilty-and-technology-specific facts, we may be making our task significantly more difficult, and more frustrating, than it really needs to be. Does this make any sense? Al At 02:23 AM 2001-09-07 , Jason White wrote: >The following message attempts to summarize the open issues which have >arisen with respect to the structure and composition of the working >group's deliverables, in particular the role and status of techniques >and associated requirements. > >Thanks are due to Gregg for his prompt and helpful review of this summary. > > >Outline: > >The structure of this working group's deliverables is as follows: > >(a). Guidelines/checkpoints/success criteria, as published in the >principal guidelines document. These are formulated in >"technology-neutral", yet precise terms. > >(b). Concise, concrete explanations of how to meet each checkpoint. Some >of these are, but others may not be, technology-specific (see the >discussion below). > >(c). Miscellaneous commentary, code examples explanatory materials, > and alternate ways to accomplish the strategies which again may be >specific to particular technologies. > >HOW THESE RELATE TO 1.0 >In WCAG 1.0, layer (a) appears as a W3C Recommendation (Web Content >Accessibility Guidelines 1.0), though it should be noted that the >guidelines and checkpoints are not expressed in fully general terms >and involve subtle technological assumptions and dependencies which >have been largely eliminated in the WCAG 2.0 working drafts. > >Layers (b) and (c) are combined, at least conceptually, in techniques >documents, though the means of satisfying checkpoints have not been >expressed as concise and clearly identifiable assertions. In WCAG 1.0, >there are no success criteria associated with each checkpoint. > > > >Open issues: > >1. What should appear in layer (b), and how should the requirements at > this level be organised? Obviously, some of the "implementation > strategies" are technology-specific (that is, they pertain to > particular standards and formats, such as (X)HTML, SVG, etc.). > However, there are checkpoints under guideline 3, and possibly > guideline 2 as well, which would be implemented in largely the same > manner irrespective of which technology is to be used. For example, > in applying checkpoint 3.3, the technology (HTML< PDF< SVG etc.) > is irrelevant to the way in which an author proceeds to satisfy the > checkpoint. In other cases, there are only trivial differences (for > instance, checkpoint 3.4 obviously involves the association of > sounds/images with content, but the markup code or other mechanism > with which to accomplish this is well known and there would be > little benefit in writing separate techniques for each technology > in relation to such a checkpoint). Rather, techniques related to > checkpoint 3.4 would need to explain under what circumstances > auditory/graphical supplements aid comprehension and how to design > them effectively. > >Similar issues arise in respect of checkpoint 1.1: although the >mechanisms by which text equivalents are provided varies according to >the technology which is used, the underlying conception of what >constitutes an adequate "text equivalent" remains constant. > >In WCAG 1.0, these issues were addressed by writing a "core >techniques" document which discussed issues and strategies of broad >application that were not technology-specific, and a set of >technology-specific documents (HTML, CSS, etc.). > >A comparable solution is needed for WCAG 2.0. > >2. How should the requirements of layer (b) be formulated? > >A central concern underlying discussions of WCAG 2.0 has been that the >"implementation strategies" be expressed in clearer and more concise >terms. For example, it has been argued that where there are >alternative means of satisfying a checkpoint using a specific >technology, it should be made plain to the reader exactly how many >alternatives are provided, what they are, and whether each of them is >sufficient (by itself or in specified combinations) to satisfy the >success criteria stipulated in the guidelines, and hence the >checkpoint itself. > >The working group needs to decide whether the strategies set forth in >layer (b) should follow a prescribed format, and if so, what that >format should be. > >3. Should layer (b) be included in one or more normative documents > (i.e., W3C Recommendations), or should it be informative only? > >Advantages of normativity: > >I. Developers who successfully implement relevant requirements from > layer (b) will thereby have some assurance that they have satisfied > the corresponding checkpoint or checkpoints. > >II. Layer (b), as part of a W3C Recommendation, would receive the same > close scrutiny and careful review as the guidelines themselves. > >Disadvantages of normativity: > >I. Normative documents are slow to change as technology evolves, due > to the requirements of the W3C process. > >II. If layer (b) were normative, this would complicate the over-all > conformance scheme of the guidelines, because it would be necessary > to deal with the possibility that an implementor could successfully > satisfy the success criteria associated with a checkpoint, but in > ways other than those prescribed in layer (b). > >III. The existence of success criteria in WCAG 2.0 provides greater > clarity regarding what must be achieved in order to satisfy each > checkpoint. This at least partially satisfies the need for > precision and certainty which motivates the desire, on the part of > some members of the group, that layer (b) be normative. Hence, it > may no longer be considered necessary to make layer (b) normative. > >IV. If the requirements in layer (b) do not provide complete > "implementation strategies" for satisfying each checkpoint, then it > would still be necessary for implementors to assess their content > by reference to the guidelines document itself, rather than solely > in relation to various "specific" (layer b) requirements. Thus > there may be little advantage to developers if layer (b) were > normative. > >4. What should layers (b) and (c) be called? The question which has > received most consideration in this context is, what should we call > layer (b)? > >Suggestions include: > >I. Techniques. > >II. Technology-specific checkpoints. > >III. Implementation strategies (or simply "strategies"). > >IV. Checkpoint solutions. > >Observations: > >As noted above in connection with guidelines 2 and 3, many of the >requirements in layer (b) are unlikely to be technology-specific; >hence it would be misleading to refer to them all as >"technology-specific checkpoints". Also, they may not be analogous to >"checkpoints" as such, especially where several alternative strategies >are given for achieving the same result. >Received on Saturday, 8 September 2001 15:19:44 UTC
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There's been some debate on this web site and others about the intersection between careful musical craftsmanship and raw emotion the question being whether copious amounts of the latter can compensate for a lack of the former. I don't think fans of Sonic Youth will ever agree with me on this issue, but it's a pleasure to be able to bring up an example of a band that exemplifies the best of both qualities: San Francisco's Mineral Kings.
The Mineral Kings consist of Art Forte on guitar, bass, keyboards and harmony vocals, Tony Morosini on drums and guitar, and Carv Tefft on lead vocals (yet another debate rages about whether that's his real name, but I think it must be, on the grounds that if you were going to adopt a stage name it would something much cooler than that.) Although the two guitarists take turns writing the songs and delivering the leads, the sound is well-integrated, because the material is quite diverse to begin with, and the production lends a high-quality gloss (but not too slick) to the proceedings. But above all, the songs are simultaneously passionate and finely honed, combining two schools of rock and roll into one excellent blend. With only a couple exceptions, any of these songs could represent modern rock at its finest to a skeptical Sonic Youth or Yes fan.
Metropolis kicks off with "North Beach Drifter". A startling burst of distorted chords eases into a warm blend of acoustic and chorused electric guitars picking out a haunting progression that gives Tefft lots of room to show of his excellent range, as he rumbles in a throaty baritone and reaches for a pure falsetto note to end the verse. The haunting melody of the verse sets off the lyrics of the chorus, which ruminate over lost love ("I've got nowhere to go / And my mind works kind of slow / But you know I'll always think about you") over a classic "garage rock" set of chords. The song opens up to new layers as Forte's dubbed backing vocals spread into a choral sweep and Morosini powers through a series of press rolls for a dramatic climax, then the song returns to those lovely opening chords underpinned by a subtle organ. Simply gorgeous.
"Vanish" follows in a folksy vein, with several acoustic guitars and tambourine under the first verse until the song explodes with a powerful shuffle (impressive double-timed kick drumming), and a brilliant extended guitar solo from Morosini that rams home dozens of Allmans-style licks but played with intensity and speed. The bridge links nicely to the verse motif with a set of staggered climbing chords giving nice pauses for Tefft to claim with an authoritative delivery (he starts off hesitantly with "something's tugging at my arm, breathing down my neck", but by the end he's letting out a powerful "No fear!") A powerful run through the gamut of musical moods and expressive emotions in under three minutes.
A threatening toms-and-bass riff sets up a brooding fingerpicked guitar lick (like Chet Atkins doing the Cure) that is the main motif of "Scared to Death," and it works excellently to play off the vocal melody with its short phrasing of a wave-like arc. Tefft's vocal delivery is hushed in the verses, adding to the dramatic contrast when the chorus opens up with syncopated snare, choppy guitar and urgent harmonies. The bridge is wonderfully integrated into the song, as it takes the same phrasing of the verse melody but changes the notes. The first three songs on this album are excellent examples of mature songwriting, with lyrics that address deep emotions in this case, unformed dread with powerful performances and nuanced arrangements.
The album takes a slight dip with "A Lot Like You", a slow grinder that doesn't capitalize on the band's strengths, although the bass line does a nice job of pushing the beat with pickup notes into the one. The problem lies in a pedestrian guitar arrangement (not much in the lines of lead work) and an awkward lyric: "When Jesus comes, tell him for me..." (When Jesus comes, he'll be judging everyone, so you can tell him yourself.) It is fun, though, to pick up on all the little Beatles touches the band throws in, from the Abbey Road-style drum fills, to a clever two-part vocal arrangement, to a slow modulation at the end of the verse that sounds just like a Lennon idea. The guitar solo is also wonderful, playing with the melody by trilling on the opening notes in each bar and bending notes throughout.
"Please Don't Take It So Bad" picks things back up, with a revving guitar line and a vocal delivery so impassioned that the lyrics are incomprehensible (it sounds like "Takes a second of slate buckwheat baby of weight someday uh huh" to me) but the energy level and hooky chorus are irresistible, and the little lick in the guitar line followed by a psychedelic descending bass line are musical bliss. Another excellent set of backing vocals, where Forte shows his range (they're way up there) leads into a moog-driven bridge that darkens the mood with a dip into a minor feel but keeps the charging tempo going. An excellent way end side one, were this an LP.
Morosini shows his diversity here, switching from the bright driving riff of "Please Don't Take It So Bad" to the gentle fingerpicked line of "Sweet", and supports his own guitar work with a nuanced drum line, with sophisticated sixteenth-note syncopation in the kick drum, leading to a march in the second half of the verse, then a delicate ride pattern for the chorus. Another fine bass line supports the guitar work with touches like glides up to the fifth and scales downward into the chorus. This is another gorgeous recording, that shows Forte singing low harmonies the man must have a three-octave range!
The only other dip on the album follows, as "Good Good Man" takes a bunch of forced rhymes ("I've got a big monster truck / we can get in the back / maybe I can show you my gun / you know, the one in the rack") and shoves them onto an irritating little riff and fuzzy electronic drums. The vocal delivery is a hoot, though, with the slurred accent and excellent harmonies again.
A luscious blend of acoustic and electric guitars opens "Jack O'Lantern" with a spooky progression that opens into a ghostly chorus with slightly dissonant lead work and distant vocal responses (nice use of reverb on that). Tefft's lyrics pick up on earlier themes of trepidation and sets them in a physical environment for appropriately chilling effect. A powerful bass line in the instrumental breaks lends a foreboding quality to the proceedings.
A good old-fashioned blues lick opens "Queen of Apostles" and the song has a friendly southern-rock feel, from the open hi-hat to Forte's blue-note harmonies to a guitar solo that channels the spirits of Allen Collins and Tom Scholz. The melody is anything but conventional though, as the chorus reflects the lyric's smile-inducing stroll down memory lane with its diminished intervals and clever stepwise motion against strident guitar slashes.
"The Prize" concludes the album in impressive fashion, with a pounding drum line that opens into a splashy chorus, over which cascading leads lend a playful air and Tefft turns on his bedroom voice, but then lays into an intent delivery for the pre-chorus with its ringing guitars. The chorus is an exercise in synchronicity as the guitars, drums and vocals all hit a complex rhythm with precision and Tefft stretches his larynx out of shape with an awesome scream over fuzzed out guitars and ringing cymbals. A fitting end to an excellent album which shows that musical craftsmanship in the form of well-planned chords progressions, careful arrangements, and detailed production can meet with passionate performances and produce the best kind of music: rock and roll for the modern soul.
Please visit the Mineral Kings at their website and get yourself a copy of Metropolis. It's my new favorite record, and it just might be yours, too.
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Somehow, J.J. Cale never became a rock superstar, even though the great Eric Clapton once confessed that he looked up to the Tulsa-born guitarist and songwriter as a role model and Neil Young ranked his 1972 rock classic "Crazy Mama" as the one song that most shaped his own songwriting. That superstardom bypassed Cale, who died on July 26 at age 74 in La Jolla, Calif., undoubtedly had something to do with fate but probably more to do with principles. …


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As he stood in the path of Nashville defenseman Shea Weber and his 100 mph slap shot Thursday night during a 5-on-3 penalty kill, one thing popped into the head of Blackhawks defenseman Brent Sopel.
"Uh-oh," Sopel said with a grin the day after.
Uh-oh, indeed.
Weber went ahead and unleashed, but the 33-year-old Sopel stood his ground and blocked the laser, one of two blocks he was officially credited with on that shift before eventually making his way to the bench after a huge penalty kill in the Hawks' 3-0 victory.
For the veteran Sopel, blocking shots is just part of the j-o-b. In fact, it he's not limping off the ice after a shift, some joke that he wasn't doing his job.
"You look at his body and he's just black and blue and huge bruises all over the place," Hawks forward Troy Brouwer marveled.
After most games there's rarely a question as to who is going to be the sorest guy in the Hawks' locker room.
"Oh, yeah, I'm sure I am," said Sopel, who already has 14 blocks in four playoff games. "My age doesn't help the issue either.
"But if a puck hits me, it's obviously not going in the net. If we can knock those down it obviously gives us a better chance to do what we want to do."
Like kill off that crucial 5-on-3.
"You can sum him up in that one shift; he had three blocks on that shift and they only gave him two blocks for the whole game," Brouwer said. "A lot of fans like to see big hits or nice goals or big saves, but they don't realize the importance of blocked shots and what they mean."
And it's not just Sopel who has been sacrificing his body of late. Fellow defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson has 11 blocks in the series.
"He does his job every night," Sopel said. "He does it hard and he does it simple. He's been a great addition and has played great all year long."
And he has done it while nursing some aches of his own.
"Jelly (Hjalmarsson) has been playing with a hurt ankle for the better part of the season due to a blocked shot," Brouwer said. "He's laying down in front of shots when guys are coming down 2-on-2 and shooting from the outside.
"I don't know what it is with those two, but it seems like they thrive off that kind of stuff. It's like Red Bull for them."
The play of Sopel and Hjalmarsson on the penalty-killing unit has been a big reason why Nashville heads into Saturday's Game 5 at the United Center 0-for-17 on the power play.
"They're unbelievable," forward Tomas Kopecky said. "Their courage, sacrificing their bodies. It's huge, especially on the PK like (Thursday). Those are the little things you need to do to be successful in the playoffs.
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Jeff Ward raced for Kawasaki his entire professional career. He won 7 AMA Supercross and Motocross Championships. In 1985, he won his first AMA Supercross Series Championship. In 1987, he won it again. Here in this video Jeff talks about what sticks out in his mind winning those two championships.
Jeff had 20 supercross main event wins in his career. He also won 5 AMA Motocross Championships, and is the only rider to win the 125, 250, and 500 National Motocross Championship.
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My brother is thinking about taking her to a groomer to get her a "summer hair cut." I don't think I've ever seen a Sheltie with such a thing, and some of the breed books I have advise against cutting the dogs' hair. I was just wondering if that's just due to the breed standard issues, or if there was some other reason that someone out there might know about? Has anyone seen a Sheltie with a hair cut? Any suggestions? Thanks for any info you can offer!
Here's a pic of the pup in question, though I don't have any that show her massive amounts of coat.


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Lewis Hamilton has pointed the finger at Pirelli in the wake of last weekend's Italian grand prix.
In fact, despite his psychological title war with teammate Nico Rosberg, the Mercedes driver says the tyres supplied at Monza would have contributed to the German's highly controversial 'mistakes' that handed him victory last Sunday.
"Honestly," Hamilton is quoted by Brazil's Totalrace, "the tyres were too good last weekend.
"It was basically very easy in terms of making one (pit) stop.
"There was only one risk," the Italian grand prix winner explained, "and that was if you got a flat-spot.
"That's why we saw so many drivers going straight at the first chicane — to avoid damaging the tyre, otherwise they would have had to convert to two stops which would be much slower," said Hamilton.
"I think Monza is such a cool track but I don't know if it was a cool race to watch — more battles, more pitstops would have been nice.
"If they (Pirelli) had brought a softer tyre it would have been a greater challenge, because the tyre we had was really easy to look after," Hamilton added.


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Real Estate: Fresno foreclosures inching back up
Fresno County foreclosures jumped up in June after a steep fall the month before, according to a monthly foreclosure report from RealtyTrac.
Last month, the number of Fresno properties that received a foreclosure filing increased 75% compared to May, but was 52% lower than June 2012, the report said.
Nationwide it's a different story. Foreclosure filings fell 14% to its lowest level since December 2006 despite a 34% jump in in judicial states — those states where a lender must take a borrower to court to have a judge sign off on the foreclosure.
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