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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6265827965010569319..comments2016-03-09T11:32:05.283-05:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Naming Your CampaignJames Maliszewskihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25885116407217138932011-10-18T10:42:54.832-04:002011-10-18T10:42:54.832-04:00Naming a campaign is something that was widespread...Naming a campaign is something that was widespread in the early days of gaming, and then apparently dropped off. I suspect that the early convention was due directly to Greyhawk and Blackmoor, and the later drop-off due to two things: first, as D&D became VERY popular, there was less communication about the norms of the RPG sub-culture (did Holmes or Moldvay Basic ever name campaigns? I should go check...), and second, because people adopted published settings for their own use, so they probably referred to their game as "Fred's Forgotten Realms" or the like.Victor Raymondhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10793762733734365822011-10-15T16:14:43.976-04:002011-10-15T16:14:43.976-04:00Kelvin, what sort of images does the Midlands camp...Kelvin, what sort of images does the Midlands campaign bring up? I know there is a region in the UK called, Midlands, but know nothing about it.

There are lots of comedy clichés over here regarding the midlands. The funny accent, the urban blight, the way midlanders get angry when you say they're Northern, and so on. So when you say your campaign is called Midlands, all of that comes back, only wrapped up in fantasy gaming trappings.

So in that context it's funny, and I mean no offence by it.kelvingreenhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17957068729413609382011-10-13T12:52:59.757-04:002011-10-13T12:52:59.757-04:00When I started gaming (late 80s), campaign naming ...When I started gaming (late 80s), campaign naming wasn't exactly a convention, but a few years later I started to name all my then-short-lived campaigns to see if people could get more interested, and it seemed to work. Nowadays, the FIRST step of campaign planning is finding a good and sound name.Petras Furtadohttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18034272578443479572011-10-12T22:30:09.651-04:002011-10-12T22:30:09.651-04:00Funny - we never did this, gaming in 77 through th...Funny - we never did this, gaming in 77 through the 80s. It was just Steve's game or Rob's game or Dave's Runequest etc.Rob Lhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-8815234390008204462011-10-12T18:59:53.049-04:002011-10-12T18:59:53.049-04:00Hmm. I guess I'm kind of a mixed bag. I'...Hmm. I guess I'm kind of a mixed bag. I'm running three games at the moment. One's a pregen, so I'm not sure that counts (Skype Call of Cthulhu-Masks of Nyarlathotep).

The long Star Wars Saga Edition campaign I've been running is called Anakin Takes a Bullet. It's an alternate universe campaign where during the podrace in Episode I, one of the Tusken Raider snipers actually shoots Anakin, killing him, rather than just grazing his racer...basically erasing the Skywalker family from the conventional timeline, and throwing it open for me to add an alternate history spin to the fall of the Republic. So that game clearly has a name.

The other game is a 3.5 Midnight game (using the excellent FFG Dark Fantasy setting)...no name for that one, but I don't exactly call it the D&D game either, so I'm not sure where that fits.Desert Rathttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75647280016372034512011-10-12T16:29:14.642-04:002011-10-12T16:29:14.642-04:00At the London D&D Meetup where I DM we really ...At the London D&D Meetup where I DM we really have to name our campaigns, for identification purposes. I currently have two going, my 'Loudwater' Forgotten Realms campaign and my 'Southlands' Wilderlands campaign.S'monhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21944751281925924572011-10-12T15:33:59.450-04:002011-10-12T15:33:59.450-04:00I've come upon a weird problem: my campaign is...I've come upon a weird problem: my campaign is named something I didn't want the players to know. It reveals the big monster, and for that reason I just gave them the acronym: DitP. Now I'm thinking it could be more like a movie or book title, where you look around for references to the title because it's obviously important. Another way to handle the title is to make it clear what it means right away. Greyhawk is obviously about both Castle and City of Greyhawk. The film Flight of the Phoenix is an example of the former, where the meaning of the title becomes clear in the middle act.

So I think I might just tell them anyhow.

Also please note that the old goldenrod character sheets for 1E AD&D have a line for "campaign" where you're supposed to write the name of the campaign the character was played in. I don't know what this says about cross-pollination of characters; perhaps if the sheet had multiple lines we would have had confirmation that such was common practice but as it stands the single line doesn't tell us that the character was expected to exist in only one campaign ever.1d30http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-33716475008033706222011-10-12T14:55:56.122-04:002011-10-12T14:55:56.122-04:00I'm pretty sure gamers still name their campai...I'm pretty sure gamers still name their campaigns today.Nickhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65645397406055239782011-10-12T13:12:21.909-04:002011-10-12T13:12:21.909-04:00We didn't do it back in the day, it was always...We didn't do it back in the day, it was always "D&D" or whatever the game title was. Later on, we'd name it by the DM or the setting, and much more recently, it's been the campaign book, if there is one.

I can think of only 2 times when we've named the group and campaign: one recent and one in 1985-86, and one in which the campaign got its own name.

The use of Obsidian Portal and Yahoo groups has helped this along, as those need some kind of title.Leehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13364415754687487032011-10-12T09:33:55.743-04:002011-10-12T09:33:55.743-04:00Oops. That should have been Tubby Trenton and the...Oops. That should have been Tubby Trenton and the Nazi Mechanical Men From The Moon. Sorry.Reverance Pavanehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91024550027090620592011-10-12T09:32:17.520-04:002011-10-12T09:32:17.520-04:00In my old wargames club we generally referred to c...In my old wargames club we generally referred to campaigns by just the gamemaster's name. It was only when we published, in a newsletter or APAzine that we actually came up with a formal name for the campaign (or adventure series), and then only when pressed. I've an old club newsletter somewhere that has a list of the approximately 30 active campaigns being run at the time. [Although the only name that I can recall is The Raid On The First Interdimensional Mana Bank (which I think was the third part of an epic adventure style campaign).]

Although there was always the infamous Triskellion VII game, which was always going to be ready to play RSN. It never was, although the pile of general documentation was a good foot thick (typed A4) the last time I saw it. No doubt it has grown to several filing cabinets by now. Still waiting for the announcement as to when we can begin generating characters thirty years on...

I think my main campaign never got a name attached to it. Nor my two dungeon campaigns. Or my space campaigns. My superhero campaigns were formally named after the comic book featuring the exploits of the player character group, which meant that some were known by several names as they had different groups operating in the same campaign.

Thinking of which, I think my favourite naming convention was a Daredevil campaign I was in, where the adventures were actually a set of Saturday afternoon adventure serials starring Tubby Trenton (one of the PCs). After each adventure we'd name the actual episode along the lines of Tubby Trenton and The Nazi Mechamen From The Moon. Unfortunately somewhere around the 17th episode the writers of the series ended the franchise due to the death of the actor playing Tubby (in reality we totally missed all the clues in a published adventure which had a "if the players do not stop this from happening the world will end" and so the world ended - which by tradition had us all throwing our screwed-up character sheets at the gamemaster and never playing his Daredevil game ever again. Ah. Memories.Reverance Pavanehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-19235684343117521502011-10-12T08:01:39.817-04:002011-10-12T08:01:39.817-04:00Mine is called 'Houses and Chisels'. That...Mine is called 'Houses and Chisels'. That's what my grandfather called it when he couldn't come up with the term 'Dungeons and Dragons'. This happened a few years ago, so we were already in our mid 30s.

My players call their adventuring group 'The Iron Chefs of D&D'.SirAllenhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90442257436829705502011-10-12T07:35:38.808-04:002011-10-12T07:35:38.808-04:00Before official settings dominated the scene namin...Before official settings dominated the scene naming one's campaign was pretty much obligatory. I hardly know any DM who didn't name his game after either his homebrewed campaign world (Elder Lands) or at least the biggest city (Whitehaven), or his literary inspiration (Witchworld).

For DMs that just used Greyhawk the game was called, "D&D". Judges Guild's Wilderlands were unknown in my neck of woods.
But then Dragonlance happened, and the Forgotten Realms, followed by Ravenloft and more, and the campaigns became "official" and were named after their core setting box.

Homebrewed campaign settings were out, and with them individual campaign names.
Another reason why I like the OSR.Greyhawk Knighthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43152445334491881842011-10-12T01:06:27.015-04:002011-10-12T01:06:27.015-04:00My multi-year Champions game was known as "ou...My multi-year Champions game was known as "our Fair City campaign".

And my current Mutant Future game is half-known as "our Gone-Woe game" and the rest of the time as, "Hey, we killing mutants this weekend?"Justin S. Davishttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91835750655425931012011-10-11T20:22:54.530-04:002011-10-11T20:22:54.530-04:00We've only named our campaigns after the adven...We've only named our campaigns after the adventure we were running (if it had one) or not at all.

We ALWAYS name our adventuring parties though. Always.cibethttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30158455643044551802011-10-11T20:21:39.953-04:002011-10-11T20:21:39.953-04:00Did this practice really drop off? It seems to me...Did this practice really drop off? It seems to me like I hear people talking that way all the time. I definitely still like the practice.Theodric the Obscurehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-36101779859766631162011-10-11T20:14:55.151-04:002011-10-11T20:14:55.151-04:00We typically don't necessarily set out to name...We typically don't necessarily set out to name our campaigns, they just tend to happen. Mostly it has to do with the setting like "Ravenloft" or "Planescape" though occasionally when using a generic setting it ends up being something vaguely descriptive of the generic setting or the main PCs like 'The Clerics', 'The Ogres', or 'Plague World'.Infamoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7808807405736618632011-10-11T20:02:07.564-04:002011-10-11T20:02:07.564-04:00Kelvin, what sort of images does the Midlands camp...Kelvin, what sort of images does the Midlands campaign bring up? I know there is a region in the UK called, Midlands, but know nothing about it.Brooser Bearhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41389567546326400252011-10-11T19:45:17.302-04:002011-10-11T19:45:17.302-04:00@Joe - Wow. I am more depressed than ever to be a ...@Joe - Wow. I am more depressed than ever to be a member of the Human species.

I had the exact opposite experience from James (so what else is new - I seem to excel at opposite experiences).

I don't think we started naming campaigns until the mid-to-late 80's. It was, "So back to our D&D game or are we playing Star Trek again tonight?"

There was really only one GM among my buddies and I, me, so you didn't even need to denote whose campaign it was. It was ours. I was running it.Barking Alienhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37949734329687904562011-10-11T19:38:47.347-04:002011-10-11T19:38:47.347-04:00Back when I was running an In Nomine game, I calle...Back when I was running an In Nomine game, I called the campaign "Victims Of Our Own Ontology," because I like to think I'm terribly clever.Erin Palettehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43251494861887437732011-10-11T19:28:15.956-04:002011-10-11T19:28:15.956-04:00Preach on brother! Proud referee of the Majestic ...Preach on brother!

Proud referee of the Majestic Wilderlands for 30 years.Rob Conleyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30154670231080753202011-10-11T19:20:25.875-04:002011-10-11T19:20:25.875-04:00I run a Midlands campaign As a Brit, that brings ...I run a Midlands campaign

As a Brit, that brings up some very odd images.kelvingreenhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43203538397416875642011-10-11T18:45:33.092-04:002011-10-11T18:45:33.092-04:00Joe: I see you are from Oklahoma. It's a state...Joe: I see you are from Oklahoma. It's a state law there that when you finish a whiskey bottle you dispose of it by throwing it out the pick up truck window and blasting it to bits with a rifle or shottie. So I can see the driving drunk thing as a good euphimism.

In the early-mid 80's when I was a teen playing, there were plenty of very decent chicks playing D&D. We had nerd buddies who wouldn't be losing their virginities until well into their 20's who didn't have girlfriends period, but some of us less spazzy dudes had girlfriends who were very avid players with us.

 Outside of game shops (and actually, when I was in jr. high, the very dorky owner of my local game shop, who was in his 30's, was nailing a very good looking high school chick who came around to play now and again), at homes, it was all fairly co-ed. They weren't cheerleaders, but there were some very pretty punk, new wave, and pre-goth girls playing D&D back then.

But the late 90's and nowadays? Yeah, that vagina drying thing.Brunomachttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52809669636437028462011-10-11T18:13:53.545-04:002011-10-11T18:13:53.545-04:00We never named our campaigns, it was just D&D....We never named our campaigns, it was just D&D.
However, back in high school, at best D&D was seen as the ultimate in vagina-drying nerdiness and at worst Satan worship. So, instead of saying, "D&D tonight, Eddy's campaign." We would say, "We're driving drunk on Eddy's road tonight." Which was, oddly enough, way more socially acceptable.joehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29400055203637759722011-10-11T18:09:41.435-04:002011-10-11T18:09:41.435-04:00Great observation, there really is a power in nami...Great observation, there really is a power in naming something and it does jive with how I remember the older heads at the community center we played at 81-82 describing their campaigns. They always have

Makes me wonder if I had never named the Hill Cantons if it would have had as much continuity and staying power; three years and two cities later it's still rolling. (Let alone it having named my blog).

It fits also with something that Mike Morand had put out there on the OD&D board that you would often say "we are exploring such and such's world tonight" and not just playing D&D or what.ckutalikhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Chris and Anna are classmates, and after a trip to the British Museum, they're caught up in something very big and scary. Chris is the human link to TIM; can he help control this hugely terrifying but goodhearted monster? And Anna is the prof's daughter and the only thing keeping him under control...for now. Can these two kids help at all as TIM and Professor Mallahide do battle?
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This story has some quite "grown-up" concepts in it; (a) power corrupts, (b) anger towards the death of a parent, (c) how good intentions can go terrifyingly wrong, (d) war. It also has one scene SPOILER ALERT where a squirrel gets very graphically taken apart layer by layer by nanobots, commenting on the gore / shock of the viewers.
Whilst it is exciting to listen to, and my 7 year old has been drawing nanbots for days now, his 5 year old brother has not been particularly happy about it . We haven't actually had any nightmares, but I do find myself constantly having to ask if they are "ok" listening to it and turning it off to explain some of the words / concepts.
So a good story, but not right for the nervous types or 5 and under. Also, not great if you are looking for an easy story to keep the kids quiet on a long drive. Back to the dragon riders of Berk for my two I think!
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Hashimoto Shin'ya
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Hashif Khan
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Toki, Gifu
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Don Arakawa
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Hashimoto Shin'ya (橋本真也) (1965/7/3 - 2005/7/11), was a Japanese professional wrestler. Along with Chōno Masahiro and Mutō Keiji, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Tōkon Sanjūshi" that began competing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling in the mid 1980s and dominated the promotion in the 1990s.
He is one (the other being Mutō) of two wrestlers that have held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. By the English-speaking fans, he is often compared to All Japan Pro-Wrestling's Kawada Toshiaki, as both are widely known for their stiff kicks and violent matches. As of 2010, he has the longest IWGP Heavyweight Championship reign in history.
New Japan Pro Wrestling (1984-2000)
Hashimoto Shin'ya debuted on 1984/9/1, against Gotō Tatsutoshi. Soon after, Hashimoto was sent overseas just like other rookies were. He mainly wrestled in Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, where he wrestled with a Mongolian gimmick under the name "Hashif Khan". Later, he moved to Memphis to wrestle for Championship Wrestling Association as "Shogun".
Upon Hashimoto's return in 1988/7, Hashimoto began to climb the ladder. In 1989/4, Hashimoto took part in a tournament to determine the new IWGP Heavyweight Champion; he defeated Chōshū Riki and Victor Zangiev, before losing to Big Van Vader in the finals. In 1989/9, he won his first championship, the IWGP Tag Team Championship, with veteran Masa Saitō. He would lose the titles to Chōno Masahiro and Mutō Keiji in 1990/4.
In 1991, Hashimoto, Chōno, and Mutō soldified their status as the new generation of New Japan at the first-ever G1 Climax tournament. 1992 saw Chōno and Mutō win World Heavyweight titles, while Hashimoto seemed left out in the cold, until 1993/9, when Hashimoto finally won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. In 1994/4, he lost the title to Fujinami Tatsumi, but regained the title a month later. He lost the title, over a year later, to Mutō.
Hashimoto rebounded and won the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the second time in 1995/6, with Hirata Junji. His biggest accomplishment came on 1996/4/29, when he defeated Takada Nobuhiko for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Although he lost the Tag Team titles in 1996/6, Hashimoto forged ahead with his Heavyweight title run. During this time, he began a feud with Ogawa Naoya, which lasted until 2001. His amazing Heavyweight title run ended on 1997/8/31, after 489 days, when he lost the title to Sasaki Kensuke.
In the summer of 1998, he won the G1 Climax, defeating Yamazaki Kazuo in the finals. After that, his feud with Ogawa resumed and intensified. Their last match was on 2000/4/7, in which Hashimoto lost, and thus, retired.
Hashimoto was given the chance to wrestle Fujinami Tatsumi on 2000/10/9, but the catch was he has to wear young lion gear. Hashimoto came out to his trademark attire, and defeated Fujinami.
Around this time, Hashimoto proposed an independent promotion within New Japan called New Japan Pro-Wrestling ZERO; Chōshū rejected the idea. When Hashimoto was fired in 2000/11, he registered the Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE name.
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Hashimoto held his first ZERO-ONE card on 2001/3/2. In 2001/12, Hashimoto won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, before losing the title through controversial means in 2002/3. Between 2002/10 and 2004/6, Hashimoto won two NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championships. In 2003/2, he won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, before vacating the titles in 2003/8, due to injury.
Hashimoto wrestled in the "HUSTLE" events after 2004. He was given a nickname of "Hustle King" by Ogawa Naoya.
In 2005, he resigned from ZERO-ONE, citing financial problems. Despite the reason, many testified that once Hashimoto recovers from his injuries, he was planning on returning home to New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
The Japanese wrestling world was shocked when Hashimoto Shin'ya suddenly died of a brain aneurysm in Tokyo on 2005/7/11, 8 days after celebrating his 40th birthday; he was pronounced dead at approximately 10:36 a.m. while en route to the hospital. Hashimoto's sister Masanari claimed that Hashimoto had been complaining about chest pains and thought that his heart was beating too fast a week prior to his death, but refused to contact his doctor about the conditions.
Hashimoto had a heart problem in 2004 and was put on medication, but he had to stop taking it after having shoulder surgery. Hashimoto's doctor claimed that high blood pressure was the most likely cause for his brain hemorrhage, and proposed that other stress over the years led to these problems, which should not have happened for someone his age.


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PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Schools are closed and many people remain without power after a storm dropped about a foot of snow in western Massachusetts and northwest Connecticut.
The town of Savoy, Massachusetts, got more than a foot of snow while Lenox got 11 inches on Sunday, according unofficial National Weather Service figures.
About 1,200 Massachusetts Eversource customers were without electricity at the height of the storm but that was down to about 250 by Monday morning, most in Richmond.
Northwest Connecticut was also hit hard, with the towns of Milton and Norfolk getting a foot or more of snow. There were also scattered power outages.
Many school districts canceled Monday classes, including Pittsfield public schools. North Adams schools delayed the start of school by two hours.
The Boston area got a dusting.
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Caterpillar is small but has a big voice. When Rabbit goes out and leaves her door open, Caterpillar decides to play a trick on rabbit. It crawls inside rabbit's house and slams the door. When rabbit returns, she gets scared because she sees scratchy marks on the ground and her door is closed. She asks who's in her house. The caterpillar answers in its big voice, "It's me, the Long One." It frightens Rabbit. Along comes Lion.
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Media Softball: Tom Hanks Waves Foam Finger for 'Vanity Fair' Victory
While the rest of the country spent most of last week dressing their Roman-Candle wounds, the Vanity Fair softball team was making history on the diamond, schooling the world-renowned High Times Bonghitters, 8-5. The stoners took an early lead in the game, but it didn't take long for the Veefers to exact their vengeance for May's 13-4 loss to the Bonghitters.
So how did Vanity Fair manage such a tremendous comeback? Were the Veefers served pre-game HGH omelettes? Not so much. Instead, their sudden dominance was no doubt boosted by the magic of celebrity: Tom Hanks was in the stands, as his daughter Liz is the magazine's latest famous-spawn assistant. It's almost impossible to lose when you've got Jimmy Dugan on your side.
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Every year at the Puyallup Fair is the same for my family. After we finish eating scones, watching jugglers, and nodding off at the hypnotist show, my wife drags us to the State Patrol exhibit at the Puyallup Fair where the display is always the same – the twisted wreckage of a severe car crash.
Along with the car, the exhibit includes a poster board printed with the driver's biography (or epitaph) and some background on the crash. The visual draws in quiet onlookers who gain a healthier respect for the laws of physics. The story provides them with a few simple lessons: don't speed; don't drive when you're tired; and don't drink and drive.
This exhibit is no fun at all, but my wife is clearly trying to make a lasting impression on our sons, both of whom drive. For myself, I usually wander around taking in the sights. Unlike most people, I have rolled up on many horrific collisions as a patrol officer.
This year, however, I did stop and take a look. I almost wished I hadn't.
The car was a small black sedan, so crumpled I could not identify the model. The point of impact was the driver's door, which had literally imploded. It did not look survivable.
I scanned the sign board for details of the crash, and read that the driver of the wrecked car was a young woman in her 20's. She was not speeding, she was not sleeping and she was not drunk – she was texting when her car crossed the center line and struck an oncoming truck.
She died, like more and more people these days, with a cell phone in her hand behind the wheel of a car.
One can only imagine the despair that ripped through this family following the fatal collision. Reconciling such a tragic loss to something as meaningless as texting would only make it more difficult. Yet her parents, who poured out their grief and love for their wonderful, caring daughter onto the sign, were also brutally honest about their daughter's mistake in picking up her phone while she was driving.
The purpose of all this – the useless hulk of metal, the sign filled with pictures, stories and details of a young woman's last day in this life – is obvious and vital. It could change someone's mind about texting behind the wheel, and it could save a life. Might as well start with me.
Seriously. I am ashamed to admit it, but texting while driving is my dirty little secret. I won't try and justify my actions (sometimes I do in my own head) because there is no excuse. That is especially true for the father of two teenagers armed with two cell phones, one driver's license and one driver's permit.
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We would all like to think that when we make a call or text behind the wheel that we are still in perfect control. Who are we kidding?All the statistics and anecdotal evidence, the smashed cars and shattered lives all lead us to one inescapable conclusion. If you will pardon the hypocrisy, we all need to put down the phone and just drive.
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The Shuffle
A while back, I wrote a lot of short stories. At first, I was writing them simply to experiment with voices, styles and genres, and see how far I could push myself. After I'd come up with a few, however, it became clear that something bigger was emerging. The stories began to link thematically, and together became a body of work called The Shuffle.
In The Shuffle, connections are made only to fall apart. Order and randomness fight it out for control. The supernatural rubs up against the banal. Some stories are as meticulous as I can make them, while others are left deliberately loose. One's nearly as long as a short story can be. Another is just one paragraph. It's a patchwork quilt, as stitched together by a colour-blind lunatic who may or may not have gotten hold of some dangerous hallucinogens.
This summer, I am presenting short stories from The Shuffle on this blog. There's a catch, however. Once a story has been up for a week, it gets deleted and replaced by the next one. This is partly so my blog doesn't get clogged up with short stories, but also hopefully to lend a sense of occasion and urgency to it all.
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As the United States government shutdown entered its 14th day and the country's debt ceiling deadline approached, intensifying concerns about the world's largest economy pushed up the Australian dollar.
The Aussie lifted on Tuesday, from around US94.3¢ in early trade to US94.7¢ in the afternoon, reversing weekend falls caused by weaker than expected Chinese trade data.
Chinese September export data was weaker than expected and resulted in the dollar dropping to US94.1¢.
But on Monday markets were once again focused on the US.
The Aussie rose despite a weak result in new housing finance data.
The US debt ceiling debate could be postponed for six weeks if Republicans and Democrats agree on a temporary funding measure to avoid defaulting on its debt. On Thursday the debt ceiling limit is passed and the US government must operate with cash reserves.
"You are really torn," Mr Rennie said. "Even if you do get an agreement . . . it is gong to be a temporary this or a short-term that. I think we are still going to be in this situation where we don't have any long-term clarity about funding the US government. In that situation, the US dollar becomes unattractive.
"The flipside of that is if we do go into Thursday without agreement, equity markets are likely to become more volatile. That's something that normally caps the Australian dollar, so I see it showing signs of improving but I don't think we are going to get carried away."
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"It also improves as we see signs of the Chinese data stabilising and improving, signs the RBA [Reserve Bank of Australia] looks to have concluded monetary policy cycle for now, and signs of commodity markets [iron ore] stabilising."
UBS strategist Geoffrey Yu said a sell-off in US government debt by mutual funds was a possible major risk to the US dollar.
Mutual funds hold $US1000 billion ($1055 billion) in government securities, but sold the US dollar during the global financial crisis in 2008 and needed the US government to extend a guarantee to buy back in.
"With the guarantee in place, the [US] dollar surged as investors globally put money back into these funds," Mr Yu told clients in a note on Monday.
"This more benign scenario looks hard to replicate five years on as the government now is the problem.
Deutsche Bank currency strategist John Horner said markets were on tenterhooks about progress in Washington. "There is still a general expectation that given the potentially catastrophic impact of a debt default in the US a deal will be reached, and hence people are hesitant to get to bearish ahead of what is still expected to be a last-minute deal."
A resolution to the deal would see the US dollar rise, but the improvement in risk appetite would see the yen sold, and the Australian dollar would strengthen on that cross, Mr Horner predicted.
He said Washington developments would remain the "driving force" in currency markets, but RBA minutes released on Tuesday and Chinese data could also move the dollar.
The Reserve Bank opted to leave rates on hold in October and experts expect any rate cut will come no earlier than February.
Interest rate futures market pricing suggests the chance of a rate cut in November is just 11 per cent.
Market pricing points to a rate hike within 12 months, with the index suggesting rates will be 12 basis points higher in one year.
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DALLAS - Back in October, when he was overcome with emotion at the unveiling of a nine-foot bronze statue of himself on a plaza between Russell Street and Washington Boulevard that now bears his name, Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson told reporters that he planned to sneak back and take a look at his likeness when all the hubbub died down.
Fat chance, right? Like Robinson could quietly walk around the slab of concrete outside Pickles Pub and not be noticed? He's a Baltimore deity, after all, as recognizable to O's fans as the cartoon bird he once wore.
Well, during a session with reporters after the Golden Era Committee announced former Chicago Cub Ron Santo as the newest member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Robinson was asked whether he'd visited the statue yet.
Turns out he has. Twice.
"I've been down there a couple of times," Robinson said. "Just kind of put my hat down and walked down there with my son, (who) was in from Detroit and my brother - he stayed over the Monday afterwards. We went down. He stayed right there at the (Hampton Inn) nearby. Got a good look at it. It's great."
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In a surprising report for the Wall Street Journal, Credit Suisse Analyst Robert Moskow noted that after a surge of growth during the down economy, the latest news is that private label product sales are slowing. But for the natural products arena, private label manufacturers say that hasn't been the case.
"SPINS data shows that sales of private labels within the natural products industry are increasing," said Peter Sokoloski, private label manager with NOW Foods (Bloomingdale, IL). "We've seen tremendous growth in this area over the prior decade, and this continues to be the case today. There are most likely other private label sectors that are seeing a hit, but not our industry."
In fact, the recessionary economy is driving the growth of private label as consumers trade down from major brands, but also private label is offering upscale products that promise quality ingredients, said Dr. Mohammad Khalid, president with the Irvine, CA-based Pro- Nutraceuticals. "Private label is a growth category in the natural products arena and it is not only driven by valueseeking customers, but also by product innovation," he added.
"In a retail store, a private label will typically be placed next to a brand name label," noted Mike Uckele, CN, president and CEO of Uckele Health & Nutrition (Blissfield, MO). "These two products could be manufactured by the same company, even be the same product; however, the private label can bring Higher profits for a retailer because it typically provides a higher margin than a brand name. And the benefit is often passed on to the consumer with a more affordable product available."
That also sets the store apart, explained Kevin Isley, the company's vice president of sales. "In addition, a private label manufacturer's product becomes the client's product, not just a product. The private label client's customer can only get it from their outlet, and if it is a firm they know and trust, they will gladly purchase their brand over a big name retail brand."
Sunil Kohli, COO of Health Plus, Inc. (Chino, CA), agreed. "We continue to encourage retailers to take part in having their own branded products, to bolster the store's identity in the community and to further distinguish their specialty retail establishment from mainstream stores."
But despite the successes for natural product private labels, Kohli stated that brand marketers and retailers alike who use private label are being more cautious.
"They know that to remain competitive, they must work with those private labelers that have proven, quality products, and a strong track record of success advising the best supplements that suit their branding and marketing needs, as well as which ones best suit their particular consumer profiles.
"It serves to remind that in a tight economy, people still buy," Kohli added. "But they tend to buy less expensive options: your own vanity line is less expensive as many costs are cut out—the cost of national marketing, for example."
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The scope of those offering private label lines has expanded: brick-andmortar stores, chains, supermarkets, gyms, home-based startups, health practitioners, etc. However, the single most noticeable area of growth is with e-tailers, noted manufacturers.
As for the consumers, they are now better-educated and more nutrient savvy, according to Jack Grogan, CN, CSO with Uckele. "They want highquality, cutting-edge formulas that will deliver the benefits they desire. Since there are a multitude of nutrients and food supplements available, choosing the right combination and getting a reasonable dose for benefit in a manageable serving size and delivery system is both a challenge and an advancement, especially as nutrition and science evolves and new beneficial compounds are discovered."
"In our experience," added Uckele, "the end user of private label products is the customer looking for quality and value. They're going to purchase from a company or business they trust, so they're trusting that private label name and reputation." In addition, consumer segments are growing across a very broad age and financial demographics, because optimal health, energy and prevention are at premium value.
Stand-out Packaging
Gone are the once generic labels and packages used for yesterday's plain Jane private label products. In fact, according to market researcher Mintel, private label products are starting to look a lot more like brands. Many shoppers now equate private labels with national brands and value them as such.
"As someone who recalls the bad old days of 'generics' and 'plain wrap' products, we as an industry need to do everything we can to support the growth of private brand products by ensuring they are of the highest quality, And offer value that is far greater than a lower price," said Jeff Weidauer, vice president of marketing with the Little Rock, AR-based Vestcom.
"Too many retailers continue to see private brands as cheap, and until we truly embrace the complete value equation of store brands, including loyalty, brand equity and trust, we are missing an opportunity."
Some new packaging trends for private label are incorporating convenience packaging such as StickPack packaging, individualized custom packaging, slip-on shrink sleeve labels, more graphic color and wow-factors designed to grab more attention and shelf appeal, whereas in the past the private label had more of a generic look and feel, said Uckele.
As for private label probiotic products, packaging that helps preserve the bacteria is important, including blister and stick packaging, noted Michael Shahani, director of operations with Nebraska Cultures, Inc. (Walnut Creek, CA).
"We're definitely incorporating more convenience, color and design to grab more attention for shelf appeal,"
Uckele's Isley added. "For example, we have recently launched an ancillary line that will be distributed to some of the bigger box chain stores, and developed a different Uckele label look that we think brands us very well and invites the consumer to the shelf. The look is clean, bright and fresh with bold color choices; they have an edge, but with a simple, classic feel. We think they really deliver a good brand message on the shelf."
Especially for natural products, the consumer definitely wants greener packaging, so manufacturers are answering by combining recyclable packaging with convenience, as well as increasing shelf appeal through color and graphic design.
Reducing unnecessary packaging, and reducing contaminants such as bisphenol A are features retailers are also aware of, Sokolowski added.
"NOW Private Label will work with its customers to meet their 'green' packaging needs. For example, we can provide labels printed on recycled paper using soy based inks, plus NOW Private Label utilizes bottles that are recyclable."
Top Products
The most popular private label SKUs mirror those of national brands: probiotics, detox, nutritional oils and antioxidants.
There are a small number of supplements that are difficult to match in private label, but for the most part nothing is off limits unless patent law protects it, Sokoloski said.
Khalid added that bone and joint health products, such as calcium, magnesium, vitamins D and K, are very popular, and CoQ10 and probiotics have been growing. The challenge, he said, is that innovation has become a huge driver. "New ingredients that feature enhanced delivery systems along with innovative packaging will drive the growth of the sector."
Some manufacturers stand out by offering their own specialized products, such as probiotic blends by Nebraska Cultures and Health Plus' cleanse products.
"We receive a steady velocity of orders for our psyllium-based Colon Cleanse lines," said Kohli. "We do have the consistent, top-selling, psylliumbased Brand of colon cleanse products and customers know that they will receive the same quality manufacturing." But quality, price and a personal touch are top requirements for retailers looking to add private label to their store's inventory.
At the Vitamin Center, a retail store in Capitola, CA, where private label products have been offered for 30 years, Owner Jack Macdonald said he has a list of attributes he looks for in a manufacturer: quality control, raw material Sourcing, product availability, in-house labeling, quality packaging, versatility and cost. He also puts a manufacturer's ability to offer service as a top priority.
"The [manufacturer's] chemist talks to me and works with me and offers a lot of feedback. There's a lot of communication," said Macdonald. "We're able to converse and we meet every six months or so to discuss how to make changes and improvements."
Manufacturers offer similar advice, and emphasize the importance of cur- Rent good manufacturing practices (GMP) now required. "Look at how long a manufacturer has been in business and how long their key staff has been in the industry. Ensure they are GMP certified and have had no quality problems," Kohli said. "Also ask, what do you do best? Who are your ingredient suppliers? And ask for references from satisfied customers. You may want to inquire as to any assistance with marketing and promotional ideas."
Health Plus recently placed an emphasis on cutting-edge quality. Kohli pointed out that the company just opened a new on-site, fullcapacity QA/QC laboratory, which makes the company a vertical operation from seed to shipment. "Controlling our own analysis cuts down on Both time and expense," he explained.
"We recently purchased and implemented leading edge near infrared reflectance equipment that allows us to conduct raw materials identity testing on all new and incoming ingredients.
Along with other physical tests, we now have the ability to perform both quantitative and qualitative analyses in house on 'inprocess' and finished product testing. In our new microbiological laboratory, we are able to conduct a full series of food safety tests, (including total plate counts, coliforms, E-coli, salmonella, staphylococcus aereus, yeast and mold counts). The R&D lab allows us to formulate and conduct pilot scale testing of new products and sensory evaluations."
For Nebraska Cultures, GMP compliance and the ability to properly store and process probiotics are most important, Shahani said, since probiotics require special handling and storage conditions such as keeping them cool and dry.
Along with the retailer finding a private labeler that is compliant with federal GMP regulations, they need to feel secure that both the finished product and nutritional text (on the labels) are compliant with the law; once those are in place, it's much easier to bring a product line to market, said Sokoloski. "Hand in hand with this, the retailer needs to find a manufacturer with excellent customer service, one that can help them grow their business as needed."
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And for Uckele, there's been no slowing in private label sales. "In fact, we continue to see significant growth," Isley added. "At the end of the day, the consumer is looking for names and suppliers they trust.
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Should Memphis Grizzlies Choose Ed Davis over Zach Randolph Next Season?March 20, 2013
Ed Davis has turned in some impressive performances for the Memphis Grizzlies, but it isn't time for Zach Randolph to hand the reins to him yet. Davis will eventually take over as the Grizzlies' starting power forward, but the front office shouldn't act too fast turning Randolph into a trade commodity.
Randolph has been rumored to be on the trade block since last summer. However, trade ideas discussed in recent months involving the two-time All-Star weren't serious, as Grizzlies CEO Jason Levien told The Commercial Appeal.
Theoretically, the Grizzlies could find a way to deal Randolph and get a player good enough to bring this small-market team closer to a championship.
The only thing that Memphis could want right now in exchange for their most expensive player is an elite backcourt scorer, perhaps one who can shoot threes. A No. 1 defensive team that stands No. 18 in offensive rating could only desire more on the scoring end.
If the Grizzlies tried to deal their veteran big man for a draft pick, he should net a top-three choice, giving them a shot at one of the two most coveted scoring prospects, Shabazz Muhammad and Ben McLemore. Someone with Randolph's combination of scoring and rebounding can't be redeemed for anything less.
As for a trade involving a current NBAer, the deal must include an established elite scorer. Essentially, they'd be hoping that Carmelo Anthony or Monta Ellis would become available.
The problem is that the possibility of trading for a high-end scorer is questionable, and going for the hot prospect may reset the championship window.
Resetting the championship window isn't a pleasant thought for a franchise that may find itself as close as ever to a title. The Grizzlies are on pace for a franchise-record 56 wins and could earn a top-three finish for the first time.
Their offense became a bit more efficient since the Rudy Gay trade, improving its rating from 104 points per 100 possessions to 104.8.
After this season, Randolph may regress a bit more. However, an elite rebounder who scores well can't drop off much between ages 31 and 32 when he's paired with his best playing partner.
Randolph and Marc Gasol work wonderfully together. Their scoring abilities complement each other perfectly. Randolph has taken his defense to another level, allowing a career-best 99 points per 100 possessions by playing off his Spanish compatriot.
The two work well together on the glass. They've combined for more than 19 rebounds per game in each of Randolph's last three full seasons.
Now, one must wonder not only whether Davis can hold up as a starter next year, but also whether the trade-off between a Gasol-Davis frontcourt and a Gasol-Randolph interior is beneficial.
Sure, Davis has six double-digit scoring performances while wearing the three shades of blue and had 10 points and 10 rebounds in a start against the Orlando Magic. But he's only averaged 9.4 rebounds per 36 minutes—2.4 less than Randolph—since arriving in Memphis.
Gasol might be able to shoulder the load on the glass. But replacing a dominant rebounder with a solid one who only sometimes stands his ground would put the Grizz at a loss.
Earlier in the season, the impetus for entertaining Randolph offers included salary concerns. However, with Gay gone and payroll issues addressed for at least another year, that incentive doesn't exist.
Besides, with a strong core, the Grizzlies stand a fair chance to reach the NBA Finals. The daunting spector looms when they're faced with the Miami Heat.
If the Grizzlies aren't good enough to get past the Heat for a title this year, trading Randolph likely won't do the trick for next year.


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The Roman Irish
Andy Devane asks five long-term Irish residents about life in the Italian capital and the realities behind la dolce vita
Rome has proved a consistent draw to people from the island of Ireland ever since St Patrick arrived in the fifth century. When the Earls took Flight, Italy welcomed them. Daniel O'Connell quite literally gave his heart to Rome but James Joyce despised the city where he lived briefly. Then Italia '90 had a renaissance effect on us, and now the Italian capital's most famous Irish resident is Mary McAleese.
The latest official figures reveal that 800 Irish nationals are registered as residents of Rome, and recent arrivals are being welcomed by a well-organised support network, which includes the Embassy of Ireland, several Irish churches and the Irish Club of Rome whose annual Celtic Ball takes place on 23rd March.
When Laura Ellard (30) came to Rome in 2002 to work as an au-pair, she knew nobody in the city and planned to stay for just three months. "I was terrified when I first arrived," she says. "I was 19 and it was my first time leaving home! If I learned one thing in those first few weeks, it was that there's no room for shyness in Italy – speak up and make yourself heard."
Ten years later, the Co Carlow woman is very much in sync with life in Rome: she has an Italian boyfriend, Luca, and a "dream job" in the training division of the World Food Program.
Ellard finds Romans to be friendly, but life in Italy is chaotic compared to Ireland, she says. "It's very much an every-man-for-himself attitude when it comes to queuing, parking or stopping at red lights." Ellard has also dealt with her fair share of Rome's infamous red tape, and is disappointed that, for such a beautiful city, "people tend to throw litter on the streets without a second thought".
However she is adamant that life in Rome is good, listing the city's "sunshine, coffee, art, food, wine, history and pace of life" as reasons for living there.
As for advice for Irish people thinking of moving to Rome: "If I were to do it all again, I'd definitely have a few Italian lessons first, and keep an eye on the classifieds for jobs and apartments in the city's English language magazine and website Wanted in Rome. The last essential to pack in your suitcase is lots and lots of patience – it will take forever to get all your papers and contracts in order."
One person directly responsible for increasing the city's Irish community is Co Wexford man Declan Crean (36) who first came to Rome ten years ago. As the owner of Scholars Lounge in central Rome, Crean currently employs 15 Irish members of staff and returns regularly to Ireland to recruit more.
"Italians ask me why I never employ Italian people and I tell them that if I were to open an Italian restaurant in Ireland tomorrow I wouldn't employ Irish, just Italians," he says. "At Scholars we believe in keeping the atmosphere as authentic and as Irish as possible."
Together with Italian business partner Celeste Cucchiarelli, Crean bought the city centre premises in 2005 and transformed it into an Irish pub. Located next to the Rome residence of Silvio Berlusconi, the business was doubled in size in 2010 and is now one of the capital's most successful bars.
A driven and hard-working individual, Crean loses patience with the often slow pace involved in getting things done in Italy. "I hear "domani, domani" a lot (and it never turns out to be tomorrow either). I still find it hard to come to terms with that. In Ireland I find that things usually get done faster."
Last September he was the driving force behind establishing the Rome Gaelic Football Club which recently attracted the attention of a curious Italian media when it beat Padova in the inaugural Coppa Italia Gaelica.
One thing that Crean misses about his homeland is "the relative ease at meeting new people" but he is enthusiastic about Italian food as well as "the healthier lifestyle that goes hand in hand with it".
Arriving in Italy in 1995, Dubliner Dave Tinsley (40) lived in Venice for three years before being lured by the bright lights and recording studios of Rome.
He began recording international artists and soundtracks for films before branching into sound design and post-production for movies and television, and his career in showbiz has seen him work with the likes of Beyoncé, John Travolta and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Tinsley identifies "getting paid" as the main problem with his industry in Italy. "The policy of paying as little as possible is routine behaviour. With every movie I've worked on outside of Italy – you finish your work, hand over the finished project and get paid. Here you hand over the project and hope to God they'll pay you before the year is out."
And although he says he never dreams of moving back to Ireland, Tinsley claims that Italian life is far removed from Under the Tuscan Sun. "When dealing with the Romans for work, I've found that the more you stand up for yourself and the more astute you are the easier it will be to do business. They have a knack of trying to pull a fast one on you."
Despite this Tinsley has embraced many aspects of the Italian lifestyle and after living in Italy for so long he says he is far from pining for Irish cuisine. He and his Italian wife live in the hills north of Rome with their 10-year-old son.
After teaching for many years in the Middle East, Dermot O'Connell (61) was presented with a unique opportunity in 2001 – the chance to take over an English-language bookshop in Rome.
The city he found was not the moribund Rome of his Latin school books: it was a living, vibrant city whose floodlit monuments and crowded cobbled streets sang to him. After much deliberation O'Connell took a leap into the unknown and became owner and manager of the Almost Corner Bookshop in the heart of the bohemian Trastevere quarter.
He says it was not easy at first opening a shop in Rome as a foreign trader. "The fact that I was taking over an existing business rather than muscling in helped a little," he explains, "but what helped me most was the fact that I was Irish. Once my Italian shopkeeper neighbours elicited this magic information they welcomed me to the street."
Originally from Co Carlow, O'Connell has an infectious enthusiasm for his books which include Italian-related novels and an abundant range on Rome's art, architecture and history.
Apart from Italian bureaucracy ("don't get me started"), and the inexplicable Roman habit of standing in shop doorways, O'Connell is happy living in a city he describes as "splendid".
Translator and interpreter Alice Chambers (37) from Dublin has lived in Rome since 2000 and works in the translation department at the Bank of Italy. Previously her career in the Italian capital saw her teach English to Italian politicians, translate articles for Italian newspapers, and publish her first novel We are Gold.
Like most other foreign arrivals, Chambers discovered that Rome was quite different to the place seen through the eyes of tourists who never fail to gush "you're so lucky to live here". She spent her first few years "trying not to be a foreigner" but eventually learnt to embrace the best traits from both countries. In July 2011 she became truly integrated with Italian life when she and her partner Giandomenico became the proud parents of baby Enrico Raphael.
Chambers is quick to recognise a darker side to life in Italy, and rails against the portrayal of women in Italian media. She believes that in recent years certain bad attitudes have crept in to the mainstream and become accepted, even endorsed, by the establishment. She describes Italy as a paradox, where children are worshipped but the education budget continues to be slashed.
Chambers advises people to "think again" before considering moving to Rome and, if still determined "then come armed with impressive educational credentials and be prepared to network."
Criticisms aside, she enthuses about the city's theatrical quality; she loves the contrast of chaos and calm, and the way the lightning of the spectacular storms illuminates the centuries-old gentleness of the fountains. "In Rome you can't help but notice you are alive" she says.
Irish artist Andy Devane has lived in Rome for most of the last 12 years. For more about him and his work, see andydevane.com.


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Journal: Medicina Clinica (Barcelona). 2007 Feb 17;128(6):204-10. [Article in Spanish]
Authors and Affiliations: Muriel Villoria C, Perez-Castejon Garrote JM, Sanchez Magro I, Neira Alvarez M. Unidad del Dolor, Servicio de Anestesia, Hospital Clinico de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Background and objective. A number of subjects aged over 65 suffer from some kind of chronic pain. The constant growth of this demographic group makes research of new and efficacious treatment strategies necessary. Transdermal buprenorphine has shown to be a safe and efficacious pharmacotherapy for patients with moderate to severe chronic pain in clinical trials. This paper provides the outcome of this drug in routine clinical practice.
Patients and method. A prospective, uncontrolled observational study that included a 3-month follow-up of patients starting transdermal buprenorphine was performed. Information was collected systematically on pain relief, quality of life (EuroQol-5D questionnaire), comfort of patch use and adverse events. Missing data were imputed by the "worst case"
Results. Out of 1,188 patients with known age, 564 were under 65, 337 were between 65 and 75, and 287 were over 75 years. Within these respective age groups:
- 63.9%, 66.3%, and 67.7% of patients showed "good" or "very
- Good" pain relief;
- 60.4%, 60.7% and 65.2% showed improvement of sleep quality;
- And the mean increases of the score of the EuroQol-5D visual analogue scale were 16.0 mm, 15.8 mm and 16.8 mm.
- Drug-related adverse events were reported in 39.6%, 35.4% and 31.9% of patients, respectively.
Conclusions. This study performed in the routine-care setting supports the findings from previous randomized controlled clinical trials of transdermal buprenorphine.


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Anne .:. A little crochet in my day
Occasionally, there are those days when, if you're really tense and anxious, picking up knitting needles might not be a good idea. But crochet? That's altogether a different thing . . . you can channel that nervous energy into a quick little something to make you feel happy and accomplished, and ultimately, a bit more relaxed. And happy. Did I mention happy?
From start to finish, this scarf took less than 3 hours. Included in that time were some false starts while I figured out the pattern. Crochet is fast, y'all! And with the exception of reading and eating, I'm not fast at much.
This is an awesome pattern - it looks quite intricate, but it's actually a lot of "chain x then turn" and while it's possible I did these motifs incorrectly, at least I was consistent. The next photo shows the actual color of the yarn -- more of a teal blue than it appears in the first two photos:
I now want to crochet one in ALL my favorite colors -- and perhaps a few of your favorite colors too!
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text: It's becoming the norm...whether you judge them to be meaningless or not. A significant number of our clients will not only want to see Brainbench scores (percentiles not the useless Brainbench grading system) but many have also cooked up logic tests as well. In other words it's not just enough to say you are a great problem solver who thinks out of the box on your resume, you better be able to pony up and prove it. We will also recommend them (Brainbench) under many circumstances because we know that the programming depth our clients demand just isn't available to everyone and we need some sort of benchmark. It's not the "end all" but it establishes a starting point for managing expectations. If you take the test yourself then you own the results...the problem with a lot of companies is that they own the results and you keep having to repeat yourself. Thank You Lance Hassan Roy Talman and Associates -----Original Message----- From: chicago-bounces+lance=roytalman.com at python.org [mailto:chicago-bounces+lance=roytalman.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Jason Huggins Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:43 AM To: The Chicago Python Users Group Subject: Re: [Chicago] Sanity Check On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Peter Fein <pfein at pobox.com> wrote: > Need to sanity check with a broader group... I've had a few phone > interviews lately, which have been followed by demands for programming > tests. I am THIS > CLOSE: || to telling the next company that asks to shove off. The only way to avoid dancing for "The Man" is to become "The Man". Translated: start your own company. Then you won't have to play these silly games anymore. It's that simple. What's not simple, unfortunately, is having the requisite 2 years of income stashed up to survive your startup's initial trough of non-revenue. Once you have sufficient savings banked up, though, yes, tell the next company that asks to shove off. cheers, hugs Of course, dancing for investors is no fun either. (So, then, it's even better to start your own company *and* not have investors, either.) _______________________________________________ Chicago mailing list Chicago at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago


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New Jersey A man walked through a screening checkpoint exit into the secure side of a terminal at one of the nation's busiest airports on Sunday night, and flights were grounded for hours and passengers had to be re-screened while air safety officials searched for him.
Airline passengers were allowed to begin boarding their planes at Newark Liberty International Airport about six hours after the man was seen bypassing security.
The man walked down an exit lane at Terminal C about 5:30 p.m., Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis said, and screening was halted while authorities looked at surveillance tapes to try to identify him.
The terminal was searched thoroughly to make sure no dangerous objects were in it before the boarding began, the TSA said. The man wasn't found, but the TSA said its re-screening effort ensured every passenger was fully screened.
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text: Tejun Heo wrote:> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:>> Add local copies of ata_id_string() and ata_id_c_string() to mg_disk>> so there is no need for the driver to depend on ATA and SCSI.>>>> Cc: unsik Kim <firstname.lastname@example.com>>> Cc: Tejun Heo <email@example.com>>> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <email@example.com>> > Ah.. right, that's a rather large dependency to pull in just for the> string functions. Yeah, I think it would be better to keep local> copy at elast for now.> > Acked-by: Tejun Heo <email@example.com>Actually... NVMHCI[1] uses the same style of id string extraction, even though its command set is wholly new and unrelated to ATA. I copied into drivers/block/nvmhci.c[2] id_string, id_c_string and another useful, generic routine: ata_wait_register.So, once nvmhci goes upstream, that will be a third copy... nvmhci still has rough edges, but it's mainly waiting on hardware "it works" verification at this point. Jeff[1] http://download.intel.com/standards/nvmhci/spec.pdf[2] 'nvmhci' branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6.git


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Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine); Staff Physician, Occupational Health Services, VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Physician, Compensation & Pension ; Co-Director, VHA National OEMed Teleconsult Service; Director, VA Clinical Informatics Fellowship Rotation; Consultant, Post-Deployment Health (WRIISC), VA Healthcare System
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Co-Director, VHA OEMedicine Teleconsult Program, Occupational Health, Office of Patient Care Services, Washington-DC
VA OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH GUIDE BOOK, CEOSH, St. Louis, MO - 3/2011
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RECORD (keeping) System (OHRS), VACO, 8/2010
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- Mohammad A. Needlestick and Sharps Injuries among Resident Physicians: An Institutional Review. Conn Med. 2014; 78(1): 5-11
- Mohammad A, Khan Y. Barriers to Timely Screening Colonoscopy: Role of Health Insurance. Conn Med. 2010; 74(4): 201-206
- Amir Mohammad, Thomas St. Louis, Albert DeLoreto (Poster) Enumerating Injuries & Illnesses among Healthcare workers (HCWs) in CT: What you count depends on where you look. American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC) April 2009, San Diego, CA.
- Acceptance of Seasonal Influenza & Monovalent H1N1 Vaccinations among VA Healthcare workers (HCW) Amir Mohammad, Jay Mobo, Carolyn Lonergan. (Poster) Acceptance of Seasonal Influenza & Monovalent H1N1 Vaccinations among Veterans' Affairs Healthcare Workers, Sept 2009 – Jan 2010. VA Employee Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Conference April 2010,
- Mohammad A, Khan Y, Trapé M. Serological survey of Mumps Immunity in Health Care Workers during Mumps Epidemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Feb;30(2):202-3
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- Implementation of a Novel Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialty Teleconsultation Service: The VHA Experience. J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Feb;57(2):173-7.


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Zakharov proposed to Ukraine to cause Shoigu to the court together with the tank
The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova reacted in his Facebook on the decision of Pechersky district court of Kyiv to issue a warrant for the arrest of the Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu. In her usual joking manner, she recommended in this case to Kiev to offer to come in for questioning by the Russian tankers.
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Maria Zakharova said that Ukraine's leadership is constantly talking about the fact that Russia is at war and intends to fight "by calling the Minister of defense in the district court." "This is the strongest story," "Class," expressed the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry to react to the reports that the Pechersky district court of Kiev allowed to detain Sergei Shoigu to deliver it to the court, where it will be remanded.
Zakharova wonders why Shoigu decided to bring to court one. She recalled that at the request of the Kiev leadership, Russian tankers "roam the Ukrainian land". In that case, why not invite them to court? Zakharov suggested that district court of Kyiv feared that if Russian tankers will cause, as people are polite, they actually come to the Pechersk court.
Zakharova also suggested that the call to Shoigu in Kiev stems from the fact that the Pechersky court would like that Ukraine finally appeared "normal defense".
"Well, not for this power to Rob us of Sergei Kuzhugetovich! Suffering can, and you ever get lucky", writes at the end of his message, the representative of the foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation.
Meanwhile, the followers of her blog have begun to publish photoshopped pics on this topic. So one of them shows a column of tanks on a highway with the caption, "Shoigu travels to Kiev for questioning." Others have spread the story to US, saying that missile troops should be left in reserve, in case someone will invite in court in Washington.
Earlier, the expert of the Institute of CIS countries, political scientist Denis Denisov in an interview with "MK" suggested that such actions as the decision of the Pechersk court, the Ukrainian authorities want to attract attention, because they lost the interest of the European and transatlantic partners.
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More wrestling personalities took to Twitter and commented on Jerry Lawler's health scare at RAW last night. Here are other comments:
Maryse: "this is so sad, i cannot beleive Jerry Lawler had a heart attack during raw, pray for him....."
Mickie James: "All my prayers & wishes go out my to my dear friend @JerryLawler & his loved ones tonight as he battles through this! Xoxo #PrayForLawler"
Chris Masters: "man just heard about @JerryLawler.Hope your okay King.The wrestling world and beyond love you!"
The Blue Meanie: "Waitin to hear about Jerry brings back bad memories of when we all waited & prayed for Owen to be ok. 1 of the worst nights for all involved"
Shawn Michaels: "I've just heard about Jerry Lawler!! Time for prayer everybody!! We're here for you King, God Bless!!"
Tommy Dreamer: "Going to bed I look fwd to tomorrow & hearing about how @JerryLawler pulled the strap down & blew an amazing comeback #PrayForLawler"
Jim Ross: "Never take 1 day of your life 4 granted. Said it many times, tomorrows aren't guaranteed. Kings heart attack being treated. Lucky man so far"
Natalya: "Praying for Jerry Lawler tonight. He's a true fighter and an awesome person."
Lilian Garcia: "Am so shocked to hear about Jerry Lawler having a heart attack on Raw. PLEASE everyone pray for him 2 have a speedy recovery."
Howard Finkel: "Just got off the Raw Live Chat. Please continue 2 pray for Jerry Lawler. All of us are a family under circumstances like this #PrayForJerry"
Paige: "Amazing to the professionalism of the guys on the show tonight. Keep fighting jerry!!! #PrayForLawler"
Seth Rollins: "This is the worst. I hope Lawler's ok..."
Justin Roberts: "Physically at ringside, mentally with The King"
Derrick Bateman: "#PrayForLawler and while we're at it #prayforeverone dealing with unfortunate circumstances and health."
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