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NMSU 2018 OSHA 300 Log
Environmental Health Safety & Risk Management notes the annual summary of employee injuries and illnesses. This OSHA Form 300A lists the summary of recordable cases for NMSU employees in 2018. These cases are broken down by cases with days away from work, cases with days of restricted duty and other recordable cases; such as medicine prescribed or stitches.
Under New Mexico law the annual OSHA 300 log must be posted from February 1 through April 30. All NMSU employment units; including units such as PSL, NMDA, CEMRC, NMSU Community Colleges, ASC facilities, etc. need to print the OSHA 300 Log and post it on a bulletin board in a central employee area. A PDF version is available to print by clicking on image of OSHA log to the right.
The NMSU Work Related Injuries & Illnesses charts shows a continued trend of less injury and illness cases over the recent five year period compared to previous years. There is a significant 33% decrease in recordable injuries from 2017 to 2018.
Employees are reminded to report work-related injuries and illness to their supervisor. In 2018, 83% of supervisors completed a Supervisor Accident Investigation Report and determined cause of the incident and what mitigation steps should be taken. EHS&RM reviews each report of injury or illness and provides recommendations to the supervisor.
The bar charts below compare cases with lost time and the number of days away from work.
The bar charts below compare cases with work restriction and the number of days at work with restricted duty.


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As a wellness professional, you know that retreats are all the rage right now—and rightfully so. They can offer a deeply transformative and restorative experience that so many of us are longing for these days. The planning and organizational side of a retreat, however, can be really tough—especially when you are trying to coordinate with your co-hosts. Hammering down every little detail can be time-consuming, exhausting, and incredibly uninspiring. To minimize stress and fried nerves while bringing forth positive energy, collaboration, and, of course, profit, keep things simple—hold your wellness retreat at a local, all-inclusive, immersive California venue.
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We all know that proximity and convenience are huge factors in decision making nowadays. Generally speaking, we want as little disruption from our daily lives as possible. Many of us do yoga in our homes because it eliminates travel time to the studio. Meditation apps are becoming wildly popular because we can reach for them whenever we have the time or the inclination. And meal delivery services are popping up everywhere because we want healthy, gourmet food but don't have the wherewithal to cook.
So it goes without saying that a local wellness retreat that doesn't require too much travel or time investment will be quite appealing for those busy San Francisco and Santa Cruz city folk who are itching for a little zen but can't be bothered to jet-set to Costa Rica for a week. For them, a weekend and a short car ride from their home are a lot more realistic.
The convenience of having a close venue is also a benefit for you and your co-hosts. Planning will be so much easier, and you can visit the location ahead of time to make sure it is exactly what you envision. When planning retreats that are far from home, you'll often have to hire a travel agent or local planner to liaise between you and the venue, but having a local venue eliminates the need for this, saving you time and money. As a bonus, you won't have to deal with jetlag or post-flight exhaustion, so you will have plenty of energy to put into your sessions.
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All-inclusive venues also tend to come with planners who will help you with the preparation and will be on-site to assist the day of. This can be invaluable and will free you from operational tasks so you can truly focus on facilitating and teaching your sessions. Giving participants your full presence and your vibrant, energetic self is absolutely essential in order for them to have a positive experience of you and the retreat as a whole. Your energy will impact them, and if you are stressed and frazzled, they will be too—and that isn't the result you want.
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The appeal of escaping somewhere far away and exotic for a wellness retreat is that it provides the physical separation from our daily lives that we so often crave when trying to recenter. But you don't have to travel far in the Bay Area to distance yourself from the bustle of city life. The gorgeous redwood forests provide peaceful solace only a short jaunt from San Francisco and Santa Cruz.
Being immersed in nature, watching the gentle sway of trees in the warm California breeze, and breathing in fresh, forest air will only bring more benefits to you and your attendees' bodies, minds, and spirits throughout the course of your retreat. The clean air will help your bodies gently detoxify, preparing them for nutritious meals. The sounds and sights of nature will aid in reducing negative thoughts and boosting mental well-being. And the relaxing, peaceful surroundings will encourage the body to release deeper into yoga poses and help the mind achieve more focused meditation.
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Planning a wellness retreat doesn't have to be a drain on your own well being. You will be at your best as a facilitator and instructor if you protect your energy and keep things as simple as possible. Choosing a local, all-inclusive, immersive venue that is brimming with the restorative energy of Northern California's natural landscape will make for a successful, peaceful, and rejuvenating wellness retreat for you and your attendees.
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Such was the ridiculous and misplaced hype surrounding Tim Henman at this year's Australian Open that large numbers of otherwise relatively sane people had convinced themselves that Britain would be led out by a grand-slam champion for their Davis Cup world group first-round match against Sweden in Birmingham a week on Friday.
Little did it cross anybody's mind that it would be the Swedes who would claim the honour in the somewhat unlikely shape of Thomas Johansson.
As yesterday dawned here, grey and cloudy and a complete contrast to the fierce heat of Saturday, there were precious few who did not believe that Marat Safin would win his first Australian Open title, and his second grand slam. Johansson, it was agreed, had done wonderfully well by capitalising on a bottom half of the draw that had all but imploded by the fourth round. It would be a day the 26-year-old Swede would never forget, but then everybody would forget him: a beaten finalist.
Now his name is indelibly written in the pantheon of champions, joining his Swedish boyhood idols, Stefan Edberg and Mats Wilander. And there was nothing the least bit fluky about his 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 victory.
It was not a great final, and Safin was but a pale replica of the player who had beaten Pete Sampras in the fourth round. But Johansson, who had never previously progressed beyond the last 32 in Melbourne in seven attempts, overcame first-set nerves to perform with immense resolution, interwoven with moments of considerable panache.
This is not a word readily associated with the Swede, either in his public or private life. His hobbies include fishing, and it remains far easier to imagine him by the riverbank than making celebrity appearances on television. His life may change considerably now, with somebody other than a fish recognising him in public, but Monte Carlo, where he lives, is not bracing itself for a plethora of wild parties in the Johansson neighbourhood.
The nearest he came to courting controversy during the tournament was when he bemoaned the lack of interest in tennis in his own country, although a Swedish journalist did belatedly turn up for the final. But just the one.
Johansson also raised an eyebrow or two after his semi-final victory over Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic with the remark: "It's a great feeling to have in your body because you want it so bad, so you are shitting in your pants almost. But I like it."
It was this SIYP factor that worried his most ardent supporters before the final. It took Johansson more than four years to win his first title as a professional, and before yesterday he had appeared in only eight finals, winning six. This was a fairly meagre return for a player of his talent, accentuating the somewhat fragile nature of his mental approach, and the fact that he has been overshadowed by, and a little in awe of, his fellow Swedes Thomas Enqvist and Magnus Norman.
All Swedish players have to live with the constant comparisons to Edberg, Wilander and Bjorn Borg, who between them won 24 grand-slam titles between 1974 and 1992. The weight of history proved too much for Enqvist here in 1999 when he lost the final to another Russian, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and for Norman, who was defeated in the 2000 French Open final by Gustavo Kuerten. But Johansson has trumped them both to become the first Swedish grand-slam champion since Edberg beat Sampras in the 1992 US Open final.
With so many of the leading players falling by the wayside in the first week, and with the defending champion Andre Agassi pulling out with a wrist injury before play began, this has hardly been a classic Australian Open on the men's side. Suffice it to say that no player seeded No16, as Johansson was, had ever won a grand slam in the 135 previous tournaments in the open era. He will not care a fig.
Safin claimed the opening set by breaking Johansson's serve in the first and last games, though he also had to save six break points. Once the early nerves had been shaken off, Johansson's game burgeoned: he served consistently well, forcing Safin out wide on his forehand, whereas some of the Swede's returns, notably on the backhand, were of the Agassi school.
"I just couldn't find my game," said Safin, the 2000 US Open champion. "He was overpowering me from the baseline, which is very unusual for me. I had no chance to come back. Not even close."
Indeed, it was a thoroughly shapeless and disappointing display by Safin, who drew much publicity through his entourage of blondes but who desperately needs a regular coach by his side rather than a group of fair-weather friends.
Safin will hope to make amends at the French Open, a title Johansson admitted that he would never win. "But," he added, "I will have a chance at Wimbledon and the US Open." In all probability the Swede will not capture another grand-slam title, whereas Safin, if he gets his head together, ought to win many.
But this was Johansson's day of days. "I never thought I was ever going to be a grand-slam winner, but I played my best tennis here in every match." So no more fisherman's tales. This catch was for real.


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Clement Laird Vallandigham (pronounced velan´digham; July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an Ohio politician and leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Clement Laird Vallandigham was born July 29, 1820 in New Lisbon, Ohio (now Lisbon, Ohio), to Clement and Rebecca Laird Vallandigham.[1] His father, a Presbyterian minister, educated young Clement at home.[2]
Vallandigham had a dispute with the college president and was honorably dismissed in 1841 from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He never received a diploma.[3]
Edwin M. Stanton, the future Secretary of War under President Lincoln, and Vallandigham were close friends before the Civil War. Stanton lent Vallandigham $500 for a course and to begin a law practice.[4] Both Vallandigham and Stanton were Democrats, but had opposing views of slavery.
Shortly after beginning to practice law in Dayton, Vallandigham entered politics. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ohio legislature in 1845 and 1846, and served as editor of a weekly newspaper, the Dayton Empire, from 1847 until 1849.
While in the Ohio state legislature, Vallandigham voted against the repeal of the "Black Laws" (laws against the civil rights of African-Americans), but wanted the question put to a referendum by the voters.[5] In 1851 Vallandigham sought the Democratic nomination to be Ohio's lieutenant governor, but the party declined to nominate him.[2]
He ran for Congress in 1856, and was narrowly defeated. He appealed to the Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, because of illegal votes cast. Vallandigham was seated on the next to last day of the term. The delay was due to "the division which had arisen in the Democratic party upon the Lecompton question."[6] He was elected by a small margin in 1858 and again in 1860. During the 1860 presidential campaign he supported Stephen A. Douglas, but disagreed with him over his position on "squatter sovereignty", which was used by detractors to describe popular sovereignty.[7] Vallandigham lost his bid for a third term in 1862 by a relatively large vote. However, this result may not be strictly comparable, owing to redistricting.[8] Even though he lost his third-term election, some considered Vallandigham as a future presidential candidate.[9]
John Brown raided Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859. After his capture, a group of government officials, including Vallandigham, interrogated Brown.[10]
Vallandigham was a vigorous supporter of constitutional states' rights.[11] He believed the federal government had no power to regulate a legal institution, which slavery then was. He also believed the states had a right to secede and that the Confederacy could not constitutionally be conquered militarily. Vallandigham was a believer in low tariffs and in slavery, and he was one of Lincoln's most outspoken critics.[2][12]
On February 20, 1861, Vallandigham delivered a speech titled "The Great American Revolution" to the House of Representatives. He accused the Republican Party of being "belligerent" and advocated "choice of peaceable disunion upon the one hand, or Union through adjustment and conciliation upon the other." Vallandigham supported the Crittenden Compromise. He blamed sectionalism and anti-slavery sentiment for the secession crisis. Vallandigham proposed a series of amendments to the Constitution. The United States would be divided into four sections: North, South, West and Pacific. The four sections would each have the power in the Senate to veto legislation. The Electoral College would be modified. The term of President and Vice-President would be increased to six years and limited to one term unless two thirds of the electors agreed. Secession by a state could only be agreed to if the legislatures of the sections approved it. Migration between the sections was a guaranteed right.[13]
He strongly opposed every military bill, leading his opponents to charge that he wanted the Confederacy to win the war. Vallandigham was the acknowledged leader of the Copperheads, and in an address on May 8, 1862, he coined their slogan, "To maintain the Constitution as it is, and to restore the Union as it was." It was endorsed by fifteen Democratic congressmen.[14]
Vallandigham gave a speech titled "The Constitution-Peace-Reunion", delivered in the House of Representatives on January 14, 1863. In his speech, he stated his opposition to abolitionism from the "beginning". He denounced the violations of civil liberties "which have made this country one of the worst despotisms on earth". Vallandigham openly criticized Lincoln's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, saying, "War for the Union was abandoned; war for the Negro openly begun." He condemned financial interests: "And let not Wall street, or any other great interest, mercantile, manufacturing, or commercial, imagine that it shall have power enough or wealth enough to stand in the way of reunion through peace." Vallandigham said, "Defeat, debt, taxation, sepulchers, these are your trophies." Vallandigham's speech included a peace proposal. He advocated an armistice and demobilization of the military forces of both the Union and Confederacy.[15]
After General Ambrose E. Burnside issued General Order Number 38, warning that the "habit of declaring sympathies for the enemy" would not be tolerated in the Military District of Ohio, Vallandigham gave a major speech on May 1, 1863, charging that the war was being fought not to save the Union but to free the slaves by sacrificing the liberty of all Americans to "King Lincoln".[16] Burnside also suppressed circulation of the Chicago Times.[17]
The authority for Burnside's order came from the proclamation of September 24, 1862, when President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and made discouraging enlistments, drafts or any other disloyal practices subject to martial law and trial by military commissions.[18]
On May 5, 1863, Vallandigham was arrested as a violator of General Order Number 38. His enraged supporters burned the offices of the Dayton Journal, the Republican rival to the Empire. Vallandigham was tried by a military court on May 6 and 7. Vallandigham's speech at Mount Vernon, Ohio, was cited as the source of the arrest. He was charged by the Military Commission with "Publicly expressing, in violation of General Orders No. 38, from Head-quarters Department of the Ohio, sympathy for those in arms against the Government of the United States, and declaring disloyal sentiments and opinions, with the object and purpose of weakening the power of the Government in its efforts to suppress an unlawful rebellion."[19]
The specifications of the charge against Vallandigham were:
Declaring the present war "a wicked, cruel, and unnecessary war"; "a war not being waged for the preservation of the Union"; "a war for the purpose of crushing out liberty and erecting a despotism"; "a war for the freedom of the blacks and the enslavement of the whites"; stating "that if the Administration had so wished, the war could have been honorably terminated months ago"; that "peace might have been honorably obtained by listening to the proposed intermediation of France"; that "propositions by which the Northern States could be won back, and the South guaranteed their rights under the Constitution, had been rejected the day before the late battle of Fredericksburg, by Lincoln and his minions", meaning thereby the President of the United States, and those under him in authority; charging "that the Government of the United States was about to appoint military marshals in every district, to restrain the people of their liberties, to deprive them of their rights and privileges"; characterizing General Orders No. 38, from Headquarters Department of the Ohio, as "a base usurpation of arbitrary authority", inviting his hearers to resist the same, by saying, "the sooner the people inform the minions of usurped power that they will not submit to such restrictions upon their liberties, the better"; declaring "that he was at all times, and upon all occasions, resolved to do what he could to defeat the attempts now being made to build up a monarchy upon the ruins of our free government"; asserting "that he firmly believed, as he said six months ago, that the men in power are attempting to establish a despotism in this country, more cruel and more oppressive than ever existed before."
All of which opinions and sentiments he well knew did aid, comfort, and encourage those in arms against the Government, and could but induce in his hearers a distrust of their own Government, sympathy for those in arms against it, and a disposition to resist the laws of the land.[20]
The peace proposal of France was true; Vallandigham had been requested by Horace Greeley to assist in the peace plan.[21]
During the trial, testimony was given by Union army officers who attended the speech in civilian clothes, that Vallandigham called the president "King Lincoln".[22] He was sentenced to confinement in a military prison "during the continuance of the war" at Fort Warren in Massachusetts.[23]
On May 11, 1863, an application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in federal court for Vallandigham by former Ohio Senator
Vallandigham's deportation to the Confederacy prompted Edward Everett Hale to write The Man Without a Country.[67] This short story, which appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in December 1863, was widely republished. In 1898, Hale made the assertion that Vallandigham stated "he did not want to belong to the United States."[68]
John A. McMahon, Vallandigham's nephew, was also a U.S. representative from Ohio.
Vallandigham was eulogized by James W. Wall, a former senator from New Jersey, who mentioned recently meeting with him about "New Departure".[66] Wall had been imprisoned during the Civil War by Union authorities.
Vallandigham died in 1871 in Lebanon, Ohio, at the age of 50, after accidentally shooting himself in the abdomen with a pistol. He was representing a defendant (Thomas McGehan) in a murder case for killing a man in a barroom brawl at the Golden Lamb Inn. Vallandigham attempted to prove the victim, Tom Myers, had in fact accidentally shot himself while drawing his pistol from a pocket while rising from a kneeling position. As Vallandigham conferred with fellow defense attorneys in his hotel room at the Golden Lamb, he showed them how he would demonstrate this to the jury. Selecting a pistol he believed to be unloaded, he put it in his pocket and enacted the events as they might have happened, snagging the loaded gun on his clothing and unintentionally causing it to discharge into his belly. Although he was fatally wounded, Vallandigham's demonstration proved his point, and the defendant, Thomas McGehan, was acquitted and released from custody (to be shot to death four years later in his saloon). Surgeons probed for the pistol ball, thought to have lodged in the vicinity of his bladder, but were unable to locate it, and Vallandigham died the next day of peritonitis. His last words expressed his faith in "that good old Presbyterian doctrine of predestination".[65] Survived by his wife, Louisa Anna (McMahon) Vallandigham, and his son Charles Vallandigham, he was buried in Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.
In 1871 Vallandigham won the Ohio Democrats over to the "New Departure" policy that would essentially neglect to mention the Civil War, "thus burying out of sight all that is of the dead past, namely, the right of secession, slavery, inequality before the law, and political inequality; and further, now that reconstruction is complete, and representation within the Union restored", but also affirmed "the Democratic party pledges itself to the full, faithful, and absolute execution and enforcement of the Constitution as it now is, so as to secure equal rights to all persons under it, without distinction of race, color, or condition." It also called for civil service reform and a progressive income tax (Items 10 & 12). It was against the "Ku-Klux Bill" (Item 17).[63] "New Departure" was endorsed by Salmon P. Chase, a former Lincoln cabinet member and Chief Justice of the United States.[64]
Vallandigham returned to Ohio, lost his campaigns for the Senate against Judge Allen G. Thurman[61] and the House of Representatives against Robert C. Schenck[62] on an anti-Reconstruction platform, and then resumed his law practice.
In 1867, Vallandigham continued his stance against African-American suffrage and equality.[60] However, his views later changed with the New Departure policy.
Vallandigham refused to join the Knights of the Golden Circle (later renamed the Order of American Knights).[57] Sometime around March 1864, he became the leader of the Sons of Liberty.[58] In April 1865, Vallandigham testified at the conspiracy trial of the American Knights in Cincinnati, Ohio. He admitted to conversing with Jacob Thompson, the Confederate agent in Canada.[59]
[56]According to the testimony of Felix G. Stidger, an undercover federal agent who infiltrated the Knights of the Golden Circle, the plan of Vallandigham was to begin a revolt sometime between November 3 and 17.[54] Witnesses testified that a mysterious Mr. Piper had communicated to them on behalf of Vallandigham.[55] and James A. Barrett was the "Chief of Staff" to Vallandigham.[54] Testimony was given that confirmed that Vallandigham was "Supreme Commander"[53]
Vallandigham was included on the Democratic ticket as Secretary of War. The contradiction between the party platform and McClellan's views weakened Democratic efforts to win voters over.
[52] For a time, Vallandigham withdrew from campaigning for McClellan.[51] Vallandigham supported his party's nomination of McClellan for the presidency but was "highly indignant" when McClellan repudiated the party platform in his letter of acceptance of the nomination.[50] McClellan's stance conflicted with the Democratic Party Platform of 1864 which stated that "immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal union of the States."[49] In his acceptance letter, [48]
Vallandigham promoted the "peace plank" of the platform, declaring the war a failure and demanding an immediate end of hostilities.
The reception by the convention to Vallandigham was mixed. Vallandigham received "vehement applause".[45] At one point Vallandigham's name was called out by the audience and the response was "applause and hisses".[46] There were "cheers and hisses" on another occasion when he spoke.[47]
Vallandigham returned to the United States "under heavy disguise" and publicly appeared at an Ohio convention on June 15, 1864.[42] President Lincoln was informed of his return. On June 24, 1864, Lincoln drafted a letter to Governor Brough and General Heintzelman stating "watch Vallandigham and others closely" and arrest them if needed. However, he did not send the letter, and it appears he decided to do nothing about Vallandigham's return.[43] In late August, Vallandigham openly attended the 1864 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He was a District Delegate for Ohio.[44]
While in Canada, Vallandigham met with Jacob Thompson, who was a representative of the Confederate government. He talked to Thompson about plans for forming a Northwestern Confederacy, consisting of the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, by overthrowing their governments. He requested money for weapons from the Confederates. Vallandigham refused to handle the money himself, and it was given to his associate James A. Barrett. Part of the Confederate plan was to liberate Confederate prisoners of war.[41] The intended revolt never materialized.
Vallandigham lost the 1863 Ohio gubernatorial election in a landslide to pro-Union War Democrat John Brough by a vote of 288,374 to 187,492,[40] but his activism had left people of Dayton divided between pro- and anti-slavery factions.
Vallandigham asked the question in his address or letter of July 15, 1863, "To the Democracy of Ohio": "Shall there be free speech, a free press, peaceable assemblages of the people, and a free ballot any longer in Ohio?"[39]
Vallandigham travelled by blockade runner to Bermuda and then to Canada,[36] where he declared himself a candidate for Governor of Ohio, subsequently winning the Democratic nomination in absentia. (Outraged at his treatment by Lincoln, Ohio Democrats by a vote of 411-11 nominated Vallandigham for governor[37] at their June 11 convention.) He managed his campaign from a hotel in Windsor, Ontario, where he received a steady stream of visitors and supporters.[38]
Vallandigham travelled to Richmond, Virginia. Vallandigham told Robert Ould (Vallandigham and Ould both went to the same college) that the Confederate government should not invade Pennsylvania because it would unite the North against the Copperheads in the 1864 presidential election.[34] However, a letter to the editor of The New York Times gave a different version, saying that Vallandigham encouraged the invasion.[35]
President Lincoln wrote the "Birchard Letter" of June 29, 1863, to several Ohio congressmen, offering to revoke Vallandigham's deportation order if they would agree to support certain policies of the Administration.
On June 2, 1863, having been banished to the South, Vallandigham was sent to Wilmington, North Carolina, by President Davis and put under guard as an "alien enemy".[33]
On May 30, 1863, there was a meeting at Military Park in Newark, New Jersey. A letter from New Jersey Governor Joel Parker was read. His letter condemned the arrest, trial and deportation of Vallandigham, saying they "were arbitrary and illegal acts. The whole proceeding was wrong in principle and dangerous in its tendency." The meeting was sparsely attended.[30] The New York World reported on the meeting in Albany. Burnside suppressed publication of the World.[31] On June 1, 1863, there was a protest meeting in Philadelphia.[32]
Lincoln, who considered Vallandigham a "wily agitator", was wary of making him a martyr to the Copperhead cause and on May 19, 1863, ordered him sent through the enemy lines to the Confederacy.[11][28] When he was within Confederate lines, Vallandigham said: "I am a citizen of Ohio, and of the United States. I am here within your lines by force, and against my will. I therefore surrender myself to you as a prisoner of war."[29]
In February 1864, the Supreme Court ruled that it had no power to issue a writ of habeas corpus to a military commission (Ex parte Vallandigham, 1 Wallace, 243).
Controversy and protests ensued. On May 16, 1863, there was a meeting at Albany, New York, to protest the arrest of Vallandigham. A letter from Governor Horatio Seymour of New York was read to the crowd. Seymour charged that "military despotism" had been established. Resolutions by the Hon. John V. L. Pruyin were adopted.[27] The resolutions were sent to President Lincoln by Erastus Corning. In response to a public letter issued at the meeting of angry Democrats in Albany, Lincoln's "Letter to Erastus Corning et al." of June 12, 1863, explains his justification for supporting the court-martial's conviction.
[26] on March 3, 1863.habeas corpus Congress had passed an act authorizing the president to suspend [25].war powers Judge Humphrey H. Leavitt of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio upheld Vallandigham's arrest and military trial as a valid exercise of the President's [24]
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The owners reported first offer to the NHLPA has been covered in depth both here and elsewhere. Donald Fehr is known to be a firebrand. The possibilities for his response are nearly limitless. Depending on what level they want to respond to the ownership positions there are a bunch of things that could be included with an equal degree of feasibility. I'll skip the logical middle ground for now and go into that later on.
Possible positions the NHLPA can respond with that are on an equal level to the owners proposals:
- Pay at the daily breakdown rate of their salary during the playoffs.
- Minimum NHL game and minute counts on entry level contracts for retention of the player as an RFA.
- No entry level contract for undrafted players
- Same pay at NHL, AHL and ECHL for entry level contracts
- No confidence voting for NHL officials where a simple majority would mean the dismissal of said official (from linesman to announcer to commissioner)
- Paid transportation to and from home for all players going to official team events
- 100% pay for buyouts
- Teams dressing less than the 18 skaters and 2 goaltenders each game would have to give each player in their system, regardless of the level they are assigned to, a bonus equivalent to 1 days pay at the NHL level.
- Unrestricted right to use team and league logos, names and imagery when endorsing other products.


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This was the view from our window when we used to stay at the Hotel Pantaleone in Rome. The hotel was in a palazzo, but is gone now, and we rent our own apartment. We were on the top floor, in the cornice. If I leaned out the window, I could see the Chiesa de San Andrea delle Valle. It is one of the most spectacular Baroque churches in Rome, and therefore in the world. I think it's great in the 'smack you between the eyes' way that Roman counter-reformation churches were. Looking down at the street, we could see the late afternoon sunlight and the gathering storm.
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Sometimes I feel like life is just relentless. It just goes on and on and on whether you like it or not. I guess I'm talking about this damn job search. It just goes on and on. Week in and week out and I have no news. Jesus Christ! Granted, Colorado has the lowest unemployment rate of any state, so the jobs are few & far between and the competition for the few open positions seems to be fierce. I'm starting to feel desperate. Fuck, I just applied for a job with HUSTLER! Yeah, you heard me right. They have a video-streaming operation in Boulder, apparently. Can you even imagine? "Who do your work for?" "Oh the local porn streamer." I'd have so much pride. Cocks and balls all day. Oh joy!! But goddamn these bills ain't gonna pay themselves!! WATCH. Out of all the damn jobs I've applied for, I'll hear from Hustler.
On the Parental Unit front, Dad seems to have C. Diff again, which if you don't know, causes uncontrollable explosive diarrhea (I know, you could have done without that knowledge). In addition to that, he tripped over the dog the other night and fell and injured his knee, so he's not too mobile. Bad combination. I am one big stress and worry ball over Dad. He's been near death from the C. Diff in the past (yes it is that bad) and no matter what is wrong with his knee, doctors can't do much, because he can't have surgery due to his pulmonary fibrosis, and he can't take any good painkillers due to his terrible stomach. So, Dad is in terrible shape. Getting old is cruel, I tell ya.
So, we've got a possible porn job, and explosive diarrhea. Such an uplifting post, I know. I'll try to come up with something better for my next post. Maybe a yeast infection. I'm not making any promises, though. I'm seeing the dickhead Dr. Drugs in the morning, wish me luck. We are going to WAR over my antidepressant. Hope you are all well. Peaches!


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The Fry Art Gallery's first exhibition for 2017, opening on the 2nd of April and running to the 21st of May, features the work of George Chapman: George Chapman, 1908-1993: From Bardfield to the Rhondda. Chapman moved to Great Bardfield in 1950 with his wife Katy and stayed for ten years. It was only at the end of this time, however, that he found real success as an artist and then in association with a very different place.
On Chapman's own account, he first went to the coal mining valleys of Wales by accident in the mid-1950s. He was forty seven and had just dropped off a picture for exhibition in Cardiff despite increasing doubts about his future as an artist. To get home in time he needed to take a short cut and that meant an unwanted trip through the industrial villages. However what he found there was a landscape unlike anything he had seen before and which he believed could be the basis for finally establishing him as a painter. Chapman's instincts weren't wrong. His 1960 exhibition of Welsh paintings at the Zwemmer gallery, along with the Rhondda Suite of etchings produced by the St George's Press in the same year, transformed his reputation. In January 1961 the BBC broadcast George Chapman in the Rhondda Valley as part of an edition of Monitor. Though brief, the film gives a fascinating insight into the artist's thinking and it will be shown alongside the Fry Art Gallery's exhibition; the autobiographical voiceover Chapman recorded is also preserved in a Monitor anthology which was published the following year.
Chapman is open and eloquent in talking about what he is trying to do in the Rhondda pictures. What first attracted him to the mining valleys was, he says, the romantic combination of old industrial buildings and dramatic landscape: 'I don't suppose everybody feels these valleys are beautiful, but I agree with Constable that time and the weather makes everything beautiful'. However that soon gave way to a feeling that it was the present and the people, intimately connected to their place and past, which really interested him; a humanised landscape where repeated television aerials structure the steep rise of a hill. His aim became to create a 'visual novel of the mining valleys', as full and encompassing as William Faulkner's writing on the American south, 'describing everything the people are doing'.
In this way, Chapman's project was not so much about making individual pictures as the stories told by their combination. This was reflected in the way he worked. When he was in the valleys he sketched with concentrated productivity to create twenty or thirty drawings; back in the studio these would be worked up in parallel, with up to a dozen paintings in progress at any one time. Alternatively he might take etching plates and draw on them directly en plein air, combining the results into a 'suite' of prints.
In his Monitor recording Chapman is fully aware that the idea of story-telling through art had been deprecated since English formalism first made its attack from Bloomsbury, let alone following the triumph of American Abstract Expressionism, but he is unembarrassed, or perhaps more accurately uninterested, by this: 'Of course narrative painting is supposed to be out of date and very dangerous ground for an Englishman, but so far as I am concerned it gives me an object and a purpose'.
He is also adamant, however, that despite his realism and his subject matter he is not a political painter. Across the 1950s the socialist critic John Berger, who died in January this year, had attempted to marshal realist artists under a political banner, as one side in a 'battle for realism' (in the phrase coined by art historian James Hyman). Chapman explicitly denies that there are any overt political messages within his work, but that's not to say there might not be some social meaning to be found in the scenes depicted. He saw his job as an artist as to portray reality with veracity and sympathy, 'to take things as they are', and if he did his job properly 'the social comment, if such a thing is needed, will come over by itself'.
Certainly there's a moral quality in Chapman's determination to look at and record every aspect of the mining village's self-sufficient world. The Monitor anthology includes a still of him, sketchbook in hand, eyeing the scene in front of a pebble-dash wall, the oracle of the valleys.
All quotations are from Huw Wheldon, ed., Monitor: An Anthology, London: Macdonald, 1962.


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Is it spaghetti sauce, pasta sauce, marinara sauce, ragu or just tomato sauce? There are a lot of different brands of these sauces in the grocery stores and they seem to have different names. I am not adverse to buying a commercial sauce occasionally as it really is convenient. But, I always check out the ingredients label before I buy one.
I choose the ones that have just the good stuff, with regular, whole foods, no added sugar or preservatives, and they are not always the ones that are the most pricey. It isn't that difficult or time intensive to make some from scratch though and there is great satisfaction with making it yourself and it will taste better…..I did a side-by-side taste with this recipe and my favorite jar from the grocery store.
I have two basil bushes, one of which is called Mammoth basil and it has huge leaves. I saw it at a farmers market in Olympia, Washington and it was so unusual that I had to have it.
The other basil bush is the regular variety but they are both very vigorous and have produced more than I am able to keep up with so I am using up a nice portion by making up a large batch of tomato, basil, garlic sauce for the freezer.
This recipe will make two quarts of thick, flavorful, delicious sauce that can be used for topping chicken or fish, meatballs and spaghetti, soups, stews or just a pasta sauce for a meatless dinner.
Tomato, Basil, Garlic Sauce
Tomato, Basil and Garlic Sauce
A thick tomato sauce with basil and garlic that is wonderful served over pasta, chicken or fish.
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 8-10 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cans, 28 ounces each, crushed tomatoes
- 1 six-ounce can tomato paste
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
- 1 cup rough chopped, fresh basil leaves
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil and cook the onions over medium heat, stirring frequently, for 7-8 minutes. When the onions are soft and transparent but not brown, add the garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in the tomatoes and their liquid, the tomato paste, the red wine, water, thyme, oregano, basil, bay leaves, salt and pepper. Bring the sauce to a boil, turn the heat to low and simmer for one hour.
- Remove from heat and allow the sauce to cool. Transfer to pint containers, label and freeze. Use as needed. Makes 4 pints sauce.
This sauce will thicken as it simmers and if you like it less thick add a little more water.
Nutrition Information
Serving Size1/3 cup
Amount Per ServingCalories 61 Total Fat 1.7g Sodium 8mg Carbohydrates 7g Protein 1.5g


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Attending the meeting with Chief Coleman was Lt. Todd Lemon from Auburn Police and Chief Thomas Ford from the Sturbridge Police Department each of whom are leaders within the CEMLEC organization and oversees the Motor Unit. The department also takes various steps for enforcing the parents to pay the overdue child support.
Medals were offered to the 22 recipients, from seven state departments, on behalf of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. by Keely Bosler, the Governor's Cabinet Secretary. Chief Coleman knowledgeable the board that the department acquired $21,one hundred in donations and grants to upstart the Motor Unit and expects that quantity to climb.
One of the many benefits to seeking help from your state's labor department is the choices that you've. In 1998, Garretson and his wife had been approved by the Arkansas Department of Human Providers to operate a foster home and to later become an adoptive residence.
The Department of Surroundings Regulation (DER) has accountability beneath Half V of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act) for the licensing and registration of prescribed premises, the issuing of works approvals and administration of a range of rules.


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How to Stop a Mouth Ulcer from Hurting
Explore this Article Easing the Pain Naturally Easing the Pain with Medication Easing the Pain with Lifestyle Changes Article Summary Questions & Answers Related Articles References
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Mouth ulcers, or canker sores, are inflamed circular or oval patches inside the mouth. Also called aphthous ulcers, they are small, shallow lesions that develop on the soft tissues in your mouth or at the base of your gums. Unlike cold sores, canker sores don't occur on the surface of your lips and they aren't contagious. Their causes are uncertain, but they can be painful and can make eating and talking difficult.
Easing the Pain Naturally
1Decide how long you can wait for pain relief. Some natural remedies are quick and easy to make using ingredients you probably have in your pantry. Others, while easy, may either require ingredients only available at specialty food stores or may take time to prepare.
- Try various home remedies until you find the ones that work for you.
- Be aware of any food allergies or other sensitivities you may have before trying any home remedies. You may also wish to run it by your doctor before you try a home remedy.
2Apply ice to the location of the ulcer. This method is the fastest way to pain relief, although the relief may be temporary. Allowing ice chips to slowly dissolve over the sores will temporarily numb the area and may reduce the inflammation.
3Make an antibacterial salt water rinse. Osmosis occurs when the inside of a cell has a lower salt content than the outside. Water, or excess fluid, is drawn out of the cell and swelling goes down, easing discomfort.[1]
- Salt is an antiseptic, so it will help to keep the area free of bacteria to promote healing.
- Try a baking soda rinse instead, using 1 teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in 1/2 cup warm water.[2]
4Make a rinse using dried sage. Sage has long been used in ancient cultures for cleansing and healing of mouth ailments. Mix 2 teaspoons dried sage with 4–8 ounces of fresh water and boil for 10 minutes. Let it cool, then swish the rinse in your mouth for one minute. Spit it out and rinse your mouth with cold water.[3]
- Alternatively,combine a handful of fresh sage with 4–8 ounces of water. Store in an airtight glass jar in a cool dark place for 24 hours. Remove the sage and swish only the infused water in your mouth for one minute.[4]
5Make a soothing aloe rinse. Aloe's sunburn-soothing properties are well known, but this plant can also ease the pain of a canker sore. Mix 1 teaspoon of natural aloe vera gel with 1 tablespoon of water and swish it in your mouth three times a day.
- Be sure to use natural aloe vera gel.
- Try using aloe vera juice as a rinse.[5]
6Use healing coconut oil. Coconut oil is an anti-inflammatory, which not only helps with healing, but may reduce pain. Use a cotton swab or clean hands to apply a liberal amount of coconut oil directly onto the mouth ulcer to ease pain and encourage healing.
7Make a cayenne pepper "cream." Cayenne contains capsaicin, a natural chemical that lends the cayenne its "spiciness." Capsaicin inhibits Substance P, a neurochemical that controls your body's pain responses.[8] Add warm water to a small amount of ground cayenne pepper to make a thick paste and apply to the sore.[9]
- Use this paste two to three times daily for pain relief.
- Cayenne pepper also promotes saliva production, which can promote oral health and aid in healing the sore.[10]
8Chew on anti-inflammatory basil leaves. Research has shown that chewing basil leaves is an effective anti-inflammatory, which may mean that it can reduce swelling and pain of mouth ulcers.[11] To ease pain, chew four to five basil leaves four times a day.
9Make a clove oil cotton ball. Clove oil has been shown to numb tissue as well as benzocaine, the topical anesthetic that most dentists use for minor dental procedures.[14] Soak a cotton ball in a mixture of 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil and four to five drops of clove essential oil and apply directly to the sore for five to eight minutes for pain relief.[15]
- Rinse your mouth out with warm water before and after this treatment so that oil can be fully effective.
- Clove oil has a strong taste that some users find unpleasant, and accidental ingestion of too much oil can have side effects.[16]
10Apply a soothing chamomile compress. Chamomile tea contains bisabolol, or levomenol, a naturally-occurring chemical compound which can reduce inflammation and, thus, pain.[17] Soak one bag of chamomile tea in warm water for one minute, then place it directly against the sore for five to 10 minutes twice a day.[18]
- Chamomile has been found to soothe the digestive tract and ease gastrointestinal issues, which may be an underlying cause of mouth ulcers.[19]
- You can also try a compress of fresh sage. Combine a handful of fresh sage with 4–8 ounces of water. Store in an airtight glass jar in a cool dark place overnight. Remove the sage and use a mortar and pestle to mash the leaves to a pulp. Apply this mash directly over the sore for five minutes.[20]
- Always rinse your mouth with plain cold water after applying compresses or herbs.
11Make a numbing spray using essential oils. Many essential oils have anti-inflammatory properties, and peppermint and eucalyptus may also work as antimicrobial agents to reduce your chances of infection. Additionally, they may reduce swelling due to the astringent nature of these oils, which tightens the surrounding tissues. You might also experience a slight numbing effect due to their cooling properties.[21]
- Combine 2 tablespoons of olive or grapeseed oil, 10 drops of peppermint essential oil, eight drops of eucalyptus essential oil in a mister bottle. Cap and shake well before use.
- Spray the mist, as needed, directly onto the canker sore for pain relief.[22]
Easing the Pain with Medication
1Ask your doctor or pharmacist for suggestions. Your doctor knows your medical history and can discuss your options based on your particular situation. Pharmacists are experts in medication and chemistry and can discuss over-the-counter options for pain relief.
- Always contact your doctor or pharmacist before using any medication for non-approved purposes, even if it seems safe.
- Be sure to keep all of the safety and information documents that come with your purchase, so that you can check for side effects and dosages.
2Apply Milk of Magnesia directly to your canker sore. Milk of Magnesia may provide some pain relief if you apply some to your canker sore a few times a day, as needed. You can also try holding the Milk of Magnesia or Maalox in your mouth to wash and coat the sore for some relief of swelling and inflammation.[23]
- You can also try brushing your teeth using a soft brush and toothpaste free of foaming agents, such as Biotene or Sensodyne. ProNamel.[24]
3Try topical benzocaine. This numbing medication is sometimes used to ease the pain when a baby is teething, though the FDA now recommends against it. If you follow the dosages correctly, however, you can also use the gel on a canker sore to numb the pain.[25]
- During application to your mouth or gums, avoid swallowing the medication.
- After application, you should avoid eating for an hour.
- There is a risk for a rare but life-threatening side effect of this kind of medication called methemoglobinemia. This condition reduces the amount of oxygen in your blood stream to dangerously low levels.[26]
4Apply an approved over-the-counter medicine containing pain-relieving ingredients. These drug ingredients have been approved for pain relief and may help ease your pain quickly. They may even help with healing, if applied soon after the appearance of a mouth ulcer.[27]
- Benzocaine-containing products numb the area temporarily, easing discomfort.
- Fluocinonide is an anti-inflammatory that may help with pain relief as the inflammation is reduced.
- Hydrogen peroxide, as an ingredient in medicine, works as an antimicrobial agent, preventing infection and promoting healing, although it should never be used alone.
5Ask your doctor for prescription mouth rinse to heal the sore. Contact your doctor if you're having trouble brushing your teeth or eating because of the pain of a mouth ulcer. She can prescribe a medicated substance to put on the sore to help the healing process, which will also alleviate your pain.
- Antimicrobial mouthwashes help kill bacteria, viruses or fungi that could infect the ulcer. Keeping your mouth clean will help the ulcer to heal and will lessen the pain.[28]
- Benzydamine, available as a mouthwash or spray, offers local anaesthetic (numbing) and anti-inflammatory properties for pain relief.[29] Note that this mouthwash should not be used for children under 12 years of age and you shouldn't use it for more than 7 days.[30]
6Ask your doctor for a more powerful medication if you have several sores. These medications for mouth ulcers are usually a last resort, but your doctor may prescribe a mouth rinse containing corticosteroid. These medications are anti-inflammatories and can offer powerful pain relief.
- These medications may not be safe for children under 12.
- Ask your doctor about the potentially serious side effects of corticosteroids.[31]
7Talk with your doctor about a cautery of your sore. If your ulcer is extremely large and or painful, you and your doctor may consider a cautery. For this procedure, an instrument or chemical substance is used to burn, sear or destroy the tissue to potentially reduce healing time.
- Debacterol, a topical solution created to treat canker sores and gum problems, may reduce healing time to about a week.
- Silver nitrate, another chemical solution, may not speed the healing process, but can ease the pain of a mouth ulcer.[32]
Easing the Pain with Lifestyle Changes
1Talk with your doctor about your health and diet choices that may be causing your mouth ulcer. Knowing the underlying causes may help you find the best pain remedy, as well as help you to prevent future canker sores.
- Sodium lauryl sulfate, an ingredient in many toothpastes and mouth rinses, may cause a reaction in your mouth which leads to a canker sore.
- Food sensitivities to things like chocolate, coffee, strawberries, eggs, nuts, cheese, and spicy or acidic foods or a diet lacking in vitamin B-12, zinc, folate (folic acid) or iron may cause canker sores.
2Protect your mouth from traumatic injury. Minor, localized injuries to your mouth, such as biting the inside of your cheek, a sports accident, or brushing your teeth too vigorously, may inflame the tissue and cause an ulcer.
- Wear a mouthguard during contact sports to prevent accidental cheek biting or other damage from your teeth.
- Use only a toothbrush with a soft head to brush your teeth.
3Talk with your doctor about your overall health. Some diseases and conditions, such as celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, Behcet's disease, and various autoimmune disorders may make you more prone to mouth ulcers. Ask your doctor for more ways to prevent mouth ulcers in your circumstances.[33]
4Make a wax "cap" for sharp teeth or dental devices. Sometimes a misaligned or sharp tooth, or dental implements such as braces or dentures, rub against the inside of your cheek, irritating your canker sore. A homemade wax "cap" can protect ease the pain by protecting the sore from that friction.
- Melt 1 tablespoon of beeswax and 2 teaspoons of coconut oil together. After it has cooled, press a small amount over the area of your tooth or dental devices that rubs the sore.
- If you have braces, use enough wax that it creates an actual barrier, rather than just pushed into and around the brace.
5Visit your dentist to repair a sharp tooth or filling. If the canker sore has been caused by a sharp tooth or filling irritating the inside of your cheek, you should feel relief as soon as you seek treatment.[34]
- Your dentist will tell you if you are a candidate for recontouring. If your enamel is too thin, any filing may cause sensitivity to temperature that may be painful.[35]
- Your dentist can "recontour" your teeth by removing tiny bits of enamel with a sanding disc or a fine diamond burr. He or she will shape and smooth the sides with sandpaper, and then will polish your tooth or teeth.[36]
6Reduce your stress. Some research shows an increase in canker sores as stress levels increase. Try adding relaxing activities to your routine such as yoga, meditation, or exercise.[37][38]
Community Q&A
QuestionIs it possible for the canker sore to grow larger?Chris M. Matsko, MDDr. Matsko is a retired Physician in Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. from the Temple University School of Medicine in 2007.
Family Medicine PhysicianFamily Medicine PhysicianExpert AnswerYes, it is possible for a sore to grow larger in size. If you are having bleeding or it is getting bigger, I would seek out the attention of a medical professional.
QuestionHow long do canker sores last?Chris M. Matsko, MDDr. Matsko is a retired Physician in Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. from the Temple University School of Medicine in 2007.
Family Medicine PhysicianFamily Medicine PhysicianExpert AnswerAlthough they are painful, canker sores are not long-lasting. They tend to clear up in a week or two.
QuestionAre canker sores and ulcers in the mouth the same thing?Community AnswerYes, I have always referred to mine as "mouth ulcers," but "canker sores" is a more common name for them.
QuestionDoes rubbing salt on the mouth ulcer worsen it?Community AnswerI don't think rubbing salt straight onto the sore is such a good idea, but if you make a salt water mix and gargle it then spit it out, it will relieve some pain and speed up the healing process.
QuestionI want to get rid of my canker sores in one day, how do I do this?Community AnswerSorry, but it is not possible to get rid of the sore in one day. Gargling salt water and using the tricks above will speed up the healing process.
QuestionWhat causes canker sores?Community AnswerThere are a few things that can cause canker sores such as rundown health, biting the inside of your mouth and stress. Try to assess what you have been doing or experiencing prior to getting the mouth ulcer so you can try to stop the problem.
Does canker sore gels help an ulcer to cure in a few days?
- Avoid chewing gum, as it may irritate the surrounding tissue and cause the sore to become further inflamed.
- Avoid foods and beverages which may be causing your canker sore, or may further irritate it.
- Get plenty of rest; sleep has long been known to help the healing process.[39]
- Don't pick at or bite the ulcer; it will only irritate the tissue and cause further pain and a longer recovery time.
- Ulcers lasting more than three weeks may be a sign of a more serious problem. Call your doctor if a sore lasts longer than three weeks.
- Read all warning on any medications as some are not safe for children, or women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or trying to get pregnant.[40][41]
- Some web sites encourage the use of lemons to alleviate the pain of ulcers, but most research shows that the citric acid of the fruit does more harm than good.[42]
- If your ulcer does not cause pain but remains in your mouth for more than a few days, contact your doctor soon, as it may be a sign of oral cancer.[43]
- ↑ http://everydayroots.com/canker-sore-remedies
- ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/canker-sore/basics/lifestyle-home-remedies/con-20021262
- ↑ http://everydayroots.com/canker-sore-remedies
- ↑ http://everydayroots.com/canker-sore-remedies
- ↑ https://www.deltadentalins.com/oral_health/mouthsores.html
- ↑ http://everydayroots.com/canker-sore-remedies
- ↑ http://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/5-home-remedies-for-mouth-ulcers/
- ↑ http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/guide/fibromyalgia-causes
- ↑ http://everydayroots.com/canker-sore-remedies
- ↑ http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-cayenne-pepper/
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- ↑ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/remedies-clove-oil-for-tooth-pain/?_r=0
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- ↑ http://www.drugs.com/mtm/benzocaine-topical.html
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- ↑ http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Mouth-ulcer/Pages/Treatment.aspx
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- ↑ http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Mouth-ulcer/Pages/Treatment.aspx
- ↑ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments_and_procedures/hic_Recontouring_of_the_Teeth
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Tony Rezko was obviously in trouble. He was a defendant in at least a dozen lawsuits, federal investigators in Chicago were poking around, and his name was in newspaper articles about corruption and fraud.
None of that stopped Mr. Rezko, a politically connected developer, and Senator Barack Obama from completing real estate deals a few years ago that resulted in the Obamas obtaining their dream house and the Rezkos buying an empty lot next door.
Nearly three years later, fallout from Mr. Obama's relationship with Mr. Rezko, who raised more than $150,000 for Mr. Obama's campaigns, continue to dog Mr. Obama on the presidential campaign trail. That distraction promises to linger as Mr. Rezko goes on trial on corruption charges starting Monday.
Mr. Obama, a Democrat, is not part of the case against Mr. Rezko, who is accused of shaking down companies seeking business with the State of Illinois. Mr. Obama has conceded that it was a mistake to bring Mr. Rezko into his personal real estate dealings, although he has insisted that there was nothing unusual about the developer's decision to buy a sought-after lot in an upscale neighborhood.
But a review of court records, including new details of Mr. Rezko's finances that emerged recently, show that the lot purchase occurred as he was being pursued by creditors seeking more than $10 million, deepening the mystery of why he would plunge into a real estate investment whose biggest beneficiary appears to have been Mr. Obama.Continue reading the main story
As Mr. Obama and Mr. Rezko were completing the property purchases in June 2005, Mr. Rezko was fighting to keep lenders and investors at bay over defaulted loans and failing business ventures. But he side-stepped that financial dragnet by arranging for the land to be bought in his wife's name, making it the only property she owned by herself, according to land records.
As a result, when the Obamas bought part of the land from Mrs. Rezko seven months later to widen their yard, the money they paid was beyond the reach of Mr. Rezko's creditors, including one conducting a court-ordered hunt for his assets to recover a $3.5 million debt.
Two lawyers involved in the civil litigation against Mr. Rezko said they believed that the property was subject to possible seizure on the premise that Mr. Rezko had been trying to hide behind his wife, Rita, who had little money of her own to complete the $625,000 purchase.
The lawyers, both of whom requested anonymity because they did not have their clients' permission to speak about the cases, said there was little purpose in pursuing it because the legal costs would have outweighed the value of the property, which was encumbered by a $500,000 mortgage.
Lawyers representing Mr. Rezko in the civil litigation declined to comment.
When the property deals first surfaced in late 2006, Mr. Obama said he had done nothing wrong. In a statement at the time, he also said: "It was a mistake to have been engaged with him at all in this or any other personal business dealing that would allow him, or anyone else, to believe that he had done me a favor." Mr. Obama's campaign emphasized Saturday that the criminal proceeding against Mr. Rezko "is not a case about Senator Obama."
The statement added: "Senator Obama knew Tony Rezko for two decades in very different circumstances, none of which involve the actions with which Mr. Rezko has been charged."
The fuller picture of Mr. Rezko's financial maneuverings emerged from an examination of civil suits in state and federal courts, as well as newly filed documents in his criminal case.
Mr. Rezko, a longtime confidant and fund-raiser for Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, a Democrat, has pleaded not guilty to charges of extorting campaign contributions and payoffs from companies looking to do business with the Blagojevich administration.
Mr. Obama's name is likely to surface during the trial, if only because $10,000 of the money Mr. Rezko is accused of extorting wound up in Mr. Obama's 2004 Senate campaign. There is nothing to indicate that Mr. Obama did any favors for Mr. Rezko, but there is ample evidence that Mr. Rezko did favors for Mr. Obama.
The two men became friends in the early 1990s when Mr. Rezko tried to hire Mr. Obama to work on his low-income housing developments. When Mr. Obama turned to politics, Mr. Rezko was an early supporter and fund-raiser. Mr. Rezko also stepped in when Mr. Obama, a newly elected United States senator, and his family found a Georgian mansion for sale in the Kenwood section of Chicago.
When the transactions were first reported, Mr. Obama said only that he had asked Mr. Rezko, as a developer, whether he thought the house was worth buying. But last month, Mr. Obama's campaign staff said the senator also recalled walking around the house and the adjacent lot with Mr. Rezko.
Mr. Obama has said he did not know why Mr. Rezko decided to buy the lot. Business associates of Mr. Rezko said he gave various explanations, among them that he wanted to help the Obamas expand their backyard and that he thought it would be a good investment to own a lot next to a prominent politician. But Mr. Rezko's involvement was important because the owners of the house and the lot had stipulated that neither could be sold unless a deal for the other closed on the same day.
Michael Sreenan, a lawyer who handled the transaction for Mrs. Rezko, said that the lot was attractive to developers and that the Rezkos had to outbid others to buy it.
Some critics say that given Mr. Obama's longtime emphasis on ethics, it is puzzling that he would have been so involved with the Rezkos on the house and lot deals after questions had begun to crop up about Mr. Rezko's political and business activities.
For at least two years before the property purchases, news articles had raised questions about Mr. Rezko's influence over state appointments and contracts. There had also been reports that the F.B.I. was investigating accusations of a shakedown scheme involving a state hospital board to which Mr. Rezko had suggested appointments.
Also, Chicago officials had announced that they were investigating whether a company partly owned by Mr. Rezko had won public contracts by posing as a minority business.
As a result, said Jay Stewart, executive director of the Better Government Association in Chicago, Mr. Obama "should have been on high alert."
In addition, although Mr. Rezko enjoyed a reputation as a man of means, with a Mediterranean-style mansion, a sprawling chain of fast-food businesses and frequent multimillion-dollar real estate deals, the court records show, he was also sinking in financial quicksand.
Federal prosecutors filed papers last week saying Mr. Rezko had trouble paying creditors for years. At least 12 lawsuits had been filed against Mr. Rezko and his businesses from November 2002 to January 2005, including one by the G.E. Commercial Finance Corporation, which had extended more than $5 million in loans for Mr. Rezko's pizza franchises.
G.E. obtained a court judgment against Mr. Rezko in November 2004 for the $3.5 million that it said was outstanding on its loans, but the company put collection efforts on hold in the first half of 2005 as it negotiated with Mr. Rezko, court records show. When the Obamas and Rezkos bought their adjacent parcels that June, Mrs. Rezko put down $125,000 in cash and financed the rest with a bank loan.
Vincent A. Lavieri, a lawyer who has represented clients in three lawsuits against Mr. Rezko, said Mr. Rezko's creditors could have tried to prove that Mr. Rezko was using his wife as a front to shield assets.
It is unclear where Mrs. Rezko got the money for the down payment and how she carried the loan, considering that she later said in an affidavit that she earned $37,000 a year and had few assets.
Mr. Rezko, however, had come into money two months earlier, when he obtained a $3.5 million loan from a Panamanian company controlled by his friend and business partner, Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi billionaire who was convicted several years ago in France on fraud charges.
Alasdair Pepper, a lawyer based in London who represented Mr. Auchi, said that Mr. Rezko was expected to use the money for his pizza business, and that "as far as my client is aware, Mr. Rezko used the loan for its intended purpose and not for any other purpose."
Court records in the G.E. case show that a few months after receiving the loan from Mr. Auchi, Mr. Rezko made a $1 million payment to G.E., but stopped short of repaying everything he owed.
Finally, in October 2005, G.E. obtained an order allowing the company to begin seizing Mr. Rezko's assets. The company's lawyers filed a claim against the Rezkos' home and began issuing subpoenas to banks where Mr. Rezko had accounts, finding very little cash. Court records show that G.E. was due to be in court on Jan. 5, 2006, for example, obtaining an order to seize $1,297.39 from one of Mr. Rezko's checking accounts.
Less than a week later, Mrs. Rezko sold a 10-foot-wide strip of the empty lot to Mr. Obama, for $104,500, so he could widen his side yard. The Rezkos had little to show for the entire transaction.
Asked by a judge to give an accounting of his and his wife's assets last year after he was indicted, Mr. Rezko said that his wife had recently sold the remainder of the lot and that the small profit it generated went back to the buyer to help cover an old debt.
"So she didn't walk away with any cash?" the judge asked.
"Not one dollar," Mr. Rezko replied.Continue reading the main story


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Posted on 10/16/16, 1:51 PM
I would like your help to "crowd source" an article for the November RVHFG Journal. Please offer your input to the topic discussed below. A few sentences to explain your input would be great. I am only looking for operating and planning practices this month.
Title: Top 10 ways of maximizing your VHF Contest Score without any changes to your radio equipment.
1. Spend more time in the seat - This is an obvious but overlooked strategy. Used heavily with #2 below.
2. Call CQ - There is nothing worse than tuning through a band to hear nothing but the same multi-op calling CQ. Must be a dead contest right? Wrong. There are probably a dozen people doing the same thing and tuning through the band. If just half of them were to pick a wide open freqency and call CQ for 10 minutes, things change quickly.
3. Learn and use CW - This cannot be emphasized enough. Contacts above 432 and long haul troposcatter contacts on all bands are frequently performed using CW. 13-20 wpm is plenty, no need to be a speed demon.
4. Setup an account on ON4KST and use it - You will find not only locals, but several stations in Canada, PA, Ohio and New England who are easily within reach if you followed the advice in #3 above.
5. (What ideas do you have. Can you offer a sentence or two to describe you idea?)
Posted on 10/16/16, 2:34 PM
When you complete a Q, always ask for other bands.
Practice band switching so that you can quickly complete another Q.
Posted on 10/16/16, 5:25 PM
7. Establish and use standard operating procedures and STICK to them. Call CQ on 2 meters or 6 meters and then try to move stations to other bands if you can (NOTE: HAVE ALL OF YOUR OWN BANDS OPERATIONAL AT THE START OF THE CONTEST).
7a. Practice and use STANDARD phonetics. Practice in your car by spelling out street signs in your head, using standard phonetics.
7b. On SSB, CQ with simple cadence that you repeat. "CQ Contest CQ Contest CQ Contest this is W2EV, Whiskey 2 Echo Victor, FN03 Contest" wait 5 seconds, repeat. Srlsly.
7c. When ending a SSB contest contact on your own CQ frequency, end by IDing and asking for other contacts! Either ask to work on other bands or end with ... "Roger, 73, Whiskey 2 Echo Victor in FN03, QRZ?" wait 5 seconds and start CQing.
7d. When ending a SSB contest QSO after answering someone else's CQ, say, "73, W2EV is QSY up 5" and then call CQ there.
7e. If more than one station responds to your CQ, "cue them up" by saying "I hear two stations, lets start with ____". That way, the weaker station will stay (hopefully).
Posted on 10/16/16, 5:28 PM
8. Get to know who is active so that their callsigns are familiar (and thus, easier to hear in marginal conditions).
You do this by 1) being active through a few contest and 2) reading/studying contest results.
Posted on 10/16/16, 5:30 PM
9. Use the ARRL 10 meter contest as a training ground to familiarize yourself with "talking and logging" at the same time (along with QRM and QSB)... and becoming familiar with logging programs. Technicians can operate this one easily!
Posted on 10/16/16, 5:33 PM
10. Be known to Rovers as a station that is easy to work (because you've applied the operating principles outlined here) and dependable (because you follow their operating schedule and are there to be worked when they are setup to operate. As time goes by, you will improve your station to work them farther and farther away and they will eventually look for YOU. This takes time...but is well worth the reward in higher scores for you, them and the club.
Posted on 10/16/16, 5:37 PM
11. (sorry...I gotta just keep going, Jarred ... grin) If you have a station that simply doesn't play well from your home...transfer your equipment to your car and rove or operate portable (power limitations apply to portable, though).
My old call was WB2ELB and I used to rock the QRP portable category by loading everything in to my car and parking on a hill for the entire contest to operate...then driving home! I could work stations with 10 watts from a hilltop that I couldn't hear from my house nor work with 100 watts. Srsly.
Posted on 10/17/16, 6:47 AM
12. When 'running the bands', keep chit-chat to a minimum...do the deed...make the QSO...move to the next band (always asking QRZ before QSYing in case there are others following you).
12a. Run the "easy" bands first. BDAC is a good order, as it puts the easiest bands first and C (222) last because it is the least popular of the "easy bands".
12b. Try to maintain a "coordinating" frequency to go back to if you fail to make a band. Go back there to coordinate on other bands.
12c. If possible, identify the frequencies to use on each band at the beginning of the band-run.
Posted on 10/17/16, 6:52 AM
13. DON'T BE THAT ROVER, who is out to make QSO's with a single mega multi-op at the expense of making QSO's with everyone else who would like to log you, too.
Of course, we do this all for fun and if that is how you "have fun", understand that it comes at the expense of your score...and sends bad vibes to other participants.
Plan your time to assure that others who are active get into your log with enough time to spare to make it to your next grid.
Posted on 10/17/16, 6:59 AM
14. Rovers...get a 2nd operator as allowed by the rules. Assign roles to each person. Go out and contest together, learning how to interact in the "heat of the battle".
It's Ok to invite different 2nd-ops for a while, too! You are exposing others to the Roving aspect of the hobby and building competency in others. This benefits everyone!
Posted on 10/17/16, 7:02 AM
15. Home stations: Every once in a while, invite someone to join you as a multi-op...for the same reason as #14's "second op" above.
Your score (and skill) will increase and you will build interest and enthusiasm in others that will have a longer pay-back horizon...but it is good to think "long term", too.
Posted on 10/17/16, 7:49 AM
If you hear someone using SSB who can't seem to hear you, try calling them in CW. They may hear the CW and start turning the beam so you can complete a QSO. Cross-mode QSOs are completely acceptable.
Posted on 10/17/16, 9:32 AM
I cant take credit for any of these- I have learned all of them from observing Jarred- KF2MR.
Prep for Contesting: At home or in a rover set up: Buy a small digital label maker. Label all your coax connections with the band or freq. I found it useful to also label mobile antennas at the base. It helps in troubleshooting and set up.
Systems Check: Check and adjust all your SWRs in Mobile setups before going out, especially when mounting Mobile antennas in close proximity to one another. Have then all set up before checking SWR.
Logging: Invariably things will get hot and heavy. Buy an inexpensive voice recorder with time stamping capability and have it on. If you fall behind in logging it can save your score.
Vehicle set up: If you run a temporary rover set-up run coax thru windows and use foam pipe insulation on the window and window frame to keep from pinching coax and damaging seals.
Posted on 10/21/16, 12:53 PM
These are listed in the order they occured to me:
Practice, get on the air for other events. VHF will not have the noise floor issues of 80 and 160 metres nor will it have the wall to wall QRM of 20 metres but the skills developed on those bands will improve your VHF skills.
Learn how to change bands smoothly and then quickly; make interpreting any and all offsets and quirks of your gear second nature.
Learn when to work this station now (without peaking the antenna) and when you should take the time to line them up.
Keep a general (or detailed) list of already worked multipliers on each band so that you can make an informed decision to take 20 minutes to get this new one in the log.
If a band fails during the contest make a considered decision to investigate now or later. When the initial investigation is complete make a considered decision to repair now or prior to the next contest. Once the decision is made pursue it with vigor.
Don't be afraid of the key, we were all terrible at some point (and some of us go backwards when it is cold and dark and we are tired).
Be aware of the time and tide of the contest when you are extending the contest QSO into a discussion. Sometimes the discussion attracts attention, sometimes it gets in the way.
Listen a lot while at the same time you make a significant amount of noise.
Spend less time worrying that the next band won't work and more time seeing if it does.
Learn how to run your gear cross mode (some of them are a real pain).
Do something. Call CQ, meet a sked, check KST, listen, take a (time limited break) because you are getting numb. All have their place but make an informed decision how and when you are going to be in front of the radio. Other things will keep you of the air at times, make sure you are invested when your bum is in the chair.
Be patient when things are slow AND when things speed up. When there is cogestion, don't race. Step it up but don't overspeed so you start tripping over yourself.
Examine what you do well and what you don't. It is probably more enjoyable to focus on what we do well and polish it but often improving what we don't do well (possibly because we don't like it) will give greater and faster reward.
Don't stop planning/scheming/hoping for the next upgrade but during the contest the best system is the one that is in front of you, powered up and connected to an antenna. Improving is for later (soon), operating is for now.
Get a good chair, desk and lighting; the radio will make you tired enough.
Posted on 11/03/16, 8:47 PM
When calling CQ, include your grid square! If a station hears you weakly, he won't know where to point his antenna unless you give him a hint! The same goes for answering a CQ, give the other station an idea of where you are.
It was mentioned before, but bears repeating: don't be afraid to switch to CW if the other station cant quite copy your SSB signal. But check what your rig does (frequency wise) when you switch modes. I found out the hard way that the IC-706 switches to your SSB carrier frequency when you switch to CW. If that happens, the SSB station will not hear you. (I solved it by programming in an offset in TX, but it was cumbersome to do. My new radio transmits CW in the middle of the SSB band.)
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by Geoffrey Grider May 18, 2017
A mysterious object appeared to have hovered past the International Space Station, according to new video footage from UFO researchers
SecureTeam 10, who in recent days has posted videos about a supposed alien tank and a cigar-shaped disc over Paris, claims that a disc-shaped object whizzed past the ISS "at a very high rate of speed."
ALIEN Disc Caught On Space Station Live Feed?
NASA, which did not respond specifically to the latest video, has often said the objects are "distortions in a lens" and do not signify the presence of extraterrestrial life.
Tyler Glockner, the voice heard on the video from SecureTeam 10, said the object in the video moved "as if it knew the camera was watching." source
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