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Conceived and coordinated by SAVE THE FROGS!, Save The Frogs Day is the world's largest day of amphibian education and conservation action. On this day we encourage the appreciation and celebration of amphibians by people from all walks of life. Only a small proportion of the public is aware that frogs are disappearing, and amphibian conservation efforts will not be successful with an un-informed public. Our goal is to make the amphibian extinction crisis common knowledge, and Save The Frogs Day is our best way to make this happen!
Please organize a Save The Frogs Day event and help educate your community about the importance of amphibians. Our goal is 300 worldwide Save The Frogs Day events this year. We thank you for getting involved and creating positive action for the frogs in your part of the world! Be sure to register your Save The Frogs Day event here so we can send you educational materials and so we can keep an accurate count of the worldwide events!
If you can't participate in Save The Frogs Day, please place a tax-deductible donation or fundraise for the frogs, and spread the word to your local schools and environmental groups. With your help, we will spread frog awareness to the furthest reaches of the planet. Together we can SAVE THE FROGS!
Congratulations because Save The Frogs Day has become an icon in conservation around the world!!! Thanks for such inspiring work!!!"
-- Dr. Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Faculty of Environmental & Rural Studies, Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia
Thank you for organizing a Save The Frogs Day event in your part of the world and helping to educate your community about amphibians. Please be sure to register your event, so we can measure our impact and keep you up to date as the day approached! Together we can SAVE THE FROGS!
After your Save The Frogs Day event, please email your best photos to email@example.com and be sure to include your country, state and city in the subject line. A paragraph summary of your event would be great to include as well!
On the 6th Annual Save The Frogs Day (April 26, 2014), SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger gave a webinar on "A Brief History of Save The Frogs Day". Watch it and get inspired to take part!
"The Save The Frogs mission has created interest at all age groups and people have started taking interest in these beautiful creatures. I am sure after some time we would be able to restore at least part of the lost treasure (frogs) of mother earth."
-- Dr. KK Sharma, Event Organizer, Rajasthan, India
Thank you for holding a Save The Frogs Day event and educating your community about amphibians! Please be sure to register your event, no matter how big or small it was. We have tips for event organizers here to help you have a successful event. After your event, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your five best event photos! Thank you!
An exquisite Plectrohyla exquisita from Honduras, photo courtesy Tom Brown
In commemoration of Save The Frogs Day, we present this amazing poster featuring two beautiful Hypsiboas cinerascens from the Colombian Amazon! This poster will look great at your event or on your bedroom or classroom wall. Please spread the word by posting the image below on your website or social network. Then download and print the poster and post it in your town or at your Save The Frogs Day event!
Here is a 17x23" PDF.
Here is a 11x17" PDF.
Here is a 8.5x11" PDF.
Save The Frogs Day is a de-centralized event: that means it's up to you to make something happen in your part of the universe. The frogs are depending on you. Your children and their children are depending on you. The future of the planet lies in your hands and in your actions. SAVE THE FROGS!
If you are looking for Save The Frogs Day inspiration or ideas, please visit the Save The Frogs Day 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 events webpages: they hold an enormous wealth of ideas that will help you create your own fantastic frog-saving event!And of course please see our Tips For Event Organizers webpage.
"Our Save The Frogs Day is shaping up to be a great event with help from STF!. Thank you so much, you guys are great!!"
-- Terry Stratton, Little River Inn, Mendocino, CA
We've got them, and want you to distribute them. Once you register your Save The Frogs Day event, you may be eligible to order a Save The Frogs Day Event Organizer Package, which we may be able to provide to you at cost (i.e. we make no money off these). And of course there are plenty of digital materials and ideas throughout this website!
Save The Frogs Day is the world's largest day of amphibian education and conservation action, and it is your generous financial support that makes it all possible! Your tax-deductible contribution will enable us to coordinate, promote, expand and improve Save The Frogs Day, and to create all the educational materials that we freely provide to students, teachers, scientists and naturalists around the world. Let's double the size of Save The Frogs Day every year!!! Thanks for your support! Please contact us with any questions.
Please ask the executives of your company to sponsor the 9th Annual Save The Frogs Day! By becoming an Official Sponsor of SAVE THE FROGS!, your company will be:
(1) Helping save frogs and the environment;
(2) Demonstrating your company's commitment to the planet to its current and potential customers; and
(3) Putting your company name in front of thousands of eco-conscious SAVE THE FROGS! supporters.
Since 2009, SAVE THE FROGS! has awarded $17,693 in grants to help fund Save The Frogs Day events around the world. People and groups who have held events in the past are eligible for grants of up to $1,000 to assist their Save The Frogs Day event. These frog savers have proven their abilities and dedication, and their past Save The Frogs Day experience(s) will ensure their event is even more successful this year. If this is your first Save The Frogs Day event, ensure you make yourself eligible for funding next year by registering your event, no matter how big or small it may be.
Learn about the Save The Frogs Day Awards and see past winners here.
Save The Frogs Day is a perfect time for teachers and students to learn about amphibian extinctions and discuss ways that we can all contribute to amphibian conservation efforts. Please get your students involved in Save The Frogs Day activities, and be creative! Please check out our Save The Frogs Day Tips For Teachers webpage as well as our more general Teachers For Frogs webpage for lots of ideas on how to get involved. If you have any type of frog-related class or event planned, please be sure to REGISTER YOUR EVENT. Spread the word to your fellow teachers! Good luck and have fun!
It's up to you to get your school saving the frogs this Save The Frogs Day! You can start by telling your teachers about Save The Frogs Day and referring them to this page. Then have a look at the Students For Frogs page, and our page for University Students.
Kindergarten through 8th graders:
Please print this flyer and deliver it to your teachers.
High school and university students: Please look through this PDF.
Ask your teachers for permission to set up a SAVE THE FROGS! informational table in the school hallway this Save The Frogs Day. We can provide you with informational flyers to hand out, and you can help raise money for SAVE THE FROGS!. Be sure to contact us if you are able to set up a table.
Does your school still dissect frogs? Collect petition signatures asking your biology teacher or principal to abandon your school's dissection program. Then set up a meeting with them on Save The Frogs Day to deliver the petition signatures. Learn all about frog dissections here. Remember: our goal is to have frog dissections out of all USA public schools by 2014!
Have a school newspaper? If so, you can write a short article for the paper announcing Save The Frogs Day. Get your classes involved in the Frog Art Contest, the Frog Poetry Contest and the Frog Essay Contest. Give a 5-minute talk on frog extinctions to your class (ask your teacher permission well in advance and they will likely grant you permission). If you are a university student, see if you can give a frog presentation to K-12 students at a local school. If you are a K-12 student, see if you can give a short presentation on frogs to students a grade or two below you. Have a look at our Spread The Word page. Also, read through the Teachers section on this page.
Whatever you decide to do, please be sure to Register Your Event. And have fun!
Photo of Borneo frog courtesy David Dennis Photos.
It is our duty as scientists to protect amphibian populations, and this will not be possible unless we rapidly and successfully educate the public about the amphibian extinction crisis. This Save The Frogs Day, please give a public presentation on amphibians and/or lead a frog walk to show people wild amphibians in their native habitat. This is a great way to spread the word about amphibian declines, and it is guaranteed to get students interested in amphibian conservation. Feel free to use one of our freely downloadable PowerPoint presentations.
If you are affiliated with a herpetological society, please have your group send a Save The Frogs Day announcement to all of its members. Add the Save The Frogs Day icon at the top of this page to your personal or professional website and that of your society. Post the Save The Frogs Day flyer up at your place of work. Finally, please be sure to register your event! We need to track what is happening!
This slideshow is all about Save The Frogs Day and has some great photos. Download it here and feel free to use any of the slides in the presentation YOU give on Save The Frogs Day!
We need Save The Frogs Day to be more popular than Thanksgiving!!! Please take a few minutes to read our Spread The Word About Save The Frogs Day webpage, which has flyers, icons and other ideas about how you can spread the word and help us GROW Save The Frogs Day!
Save The Frogs Day has been officially recognized by:
- Governor Bev Perdue of North Carolina (view proclamation here)
- Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina (view proclamation here)
- Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia (view proclamation here)
- Mayor Vincent Gray of Washington, D.C. (view proclamation here)
- Mayor Mike Rotkin of Santa Cruz (view proclamation here)
- Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver, BC (view proclamation here)
- Mayor Tom Lowry of Three Rivers, MI (view proclamation here)
- Mayor Bob Buckhorn of Tampa, FL (view proclamation here)
- Chairman Corey Stewart of Prince William County, VA
- Mayor Harry Parrish of Manassas, VA
It's up to you to get Save The Frogs Day recognized in your city, county, state, shire, province or nation! You will be educating your politicians about amphibian extinctions, and helping ensure that their next vote is a frog-friendly one! Learn more and take action here.
Save The Frogs Day is our single greatest chance to raise awareness of frog extinctions. We call on all journalists to write articles and talk about Save The Frogs Day and frog extinctions on your TV and radio shows. Please contact us to set up an interview. You can use view our press releases here.
Save The Frogs Day has been featured on CNN Worldwide television, the front page of Le Monde, and a multitude of other frog-friendly communications networks. Once we start making news for this year's event, we'll post articles here. You can check out our Save The Frogs Day 2011 worldwide news coverage here.
Please watch this video of the August 14th, 2013 SAVE THE FROGS! Academy class where SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger discusses the history of Save The Frogs Day and how to organize a Save The Frogs Day event in YOUR Town!
Please watch this video of the February 24th, 2013 SAVE THE FROGS! Academy class where SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger outlines his vision of Save The Frogs Day and how you can get involved and help us SAVE THE FROGS!
Please check out our Fundraising page, where you can find lots of tips on how to raise money for the frogs this Save The Frogs Day. And be sure to create your own fundraising webpage as well (it's easy, and if you need assistance, just contact us).
Fundraising house parties and office parties are great ways to celebrate Save The Frogs Day. Not only are they an excellent method of raising funds for Save The Frogs' worldwide amphibian conservation efforts, they also spread the word and educate people about amphibian extinctions. Plus, fundraising parties are a fun way to catch up with friends. And they aren't very hard to set up. Here's how to have a successful party!
Please mark your calendars and start planning your 2017 Save The Frogs Day event: The 9th Annual Save The Frogs Day will be Saturday, April 29th, 2017.
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DL: Clooney damage control [MONUM] had a really good test last week, scoring in the mid 80s. Studio wanted to move the release date UP. on Oct 23, 12:31
I wouldn't use the term Damage Control, that would indicate something was wrong with the movie, which there doesn't seem to be. {nm} on Oct 23, 12:40
The damage was created by The Crap. {nm} on Oct 23, 12:41
Clooney wouldn't personally call Fleming if he didn't feel something was wrong. {nm} on Oct 23, 13:05
Horrible & False Headline Posting with the phrase 'Damage Control' - not in the DLH Headline, not in the DLH Article. {nm} on Oct 23, 12:50
Pot, meet kettle. {nm} on Oct 23, 13:04
PDFTT, thanks {nm} on Oct 23, 13:05
Your Headline should be Scrubbed and redone properly. {nm} on Oct 23, 12:51
I always post what's in the actual article, not ape the headline spin by DL. {nm} on Oct 23, 12:53
Please do tell where the phrase 'Damage Control' appears in the DLH Article. {nm} on Oct 23, 12:57
Why do you think Clooney is doing by talking to DL? Setting the record straight = damage control. on Oct 23, 13:01
By Posting 'DL:' you gave everybody the impression that DLH used that phrase. They didn't. False Posting. {nm} on Oct 23, 13:04
Where are the quotation marks? {nm} on Oct 23, 13:33
please don't speak for the community {nm} on Oct 23, 16:17
If you want to express your opinion that it is 'Damage Control', fine. But make it your opinion, not the DLH Headline. {nm} on Oct 23, 13:05
You read it as the DL headline because you only post headlines. I always put as much info as I can in my headline. {nm} on Oct 23, 13:08
Your legal counsel can tell you that the phrase 'Damage Control' is scandalous & scurrilous. on Oct 23, 13:14
Yawn. {nm} on Oct 23, 13:18
Too funny. Bet you would be a Hoot at an Examination For Discovery. {nm} on Oct 23, 14:52
After hearing both sides and weighing the evidence I rule in favor of the defendant. that Damage Control is a proper description {nm} on Oct 23, 15:43
It was never about whether it was a Proper Description - It was about the insertion into the DLH Headline. on Oct 23, 16:29
Could it be that DLH is just the source and he is not quoting them? I didn't see quotes. {nm} on Oct 24, 11:56
Duh. He posts articles properly. on Oct 23, 13:07
If they are making the fx, better I am glad they're waiting. The trailer looks good to me and I want a good film from this ensemble.. {nm} on Oct 23, 13:02
Y: "George Clooney sets record straight on tone-deaf journalists & why #MonumentsMen will open in Feb" on Oct 23, 14:28
That's the same article. {nm} on Oct 23, 15:25


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Comments by Blockbuster CEO John Antioco in the company's 2005 earnings report and the accompanying conference call indicate that the video rental giant is planning to offer downloadable rentals as soon as it can find a way to make money from that:
"The challenge with downloading is there isn't a profitable business model that exists. We are very interested in the space," he said. "If digital delivery is out there we ought to be playing a role in it. If we aren't, then something's wrong."
The company is already dipping its toes into the online delivery waters, as it's one of the major investors in CinemaNow, alongside companies like Microsoft and Cisco (footnote: is there any doubt that Cisco wants to be the center of your living room?). Today, that service competes with several budding movie download starlets: Disney's MovieBeam; MovieLink, run by a consortium of major Hollywood studios; and Vongo from the Starz network. But none of these offerings have become household names yet. Slapping the Blockbuster name on a bona fide rental service would be a good way to get the attention of the unwashed masses.
But Antioco's baby isn't alone in wanting a slice of that pie. Amazon has moved on from the minor leagues and is now talking to Warner, Universal, and Paramount about getting the rights to distribute their films online. All three of these studios are part of the MovieLink consortium, which sparks the question of whether Amazon is planning to pay up for that service rather than trying to roll its own.
Rental-by-mail leader Netflix is also raring to go; CEO Reed Hastings has repeatedly stated that his company has a technical solution ready, but that ongoing negotiations with the movie producers are holding back the launch. It looks like the bricks-and-mortar style video rental business is about to become relegated to a niche role, with the occasional store left behind just to service the creatures of habit and the Luddites among us.
Blockbuster will close 150 stores this year, according to the earnings report, but Antioco still thinks that BBI will "outperform the domestic rental industry in 2006." Way to set the bar high, John. Movie Gallery, the second-largest rental chain in the US, bought #3 Hollywood Video last year with borrowed money, and the combined company is now begging its debtors for relief, as it can't afford the interest payments:
"With no future cash flow generation in our forecasts, we believe that there may be no residual value for equity holders in a bankruptcy scenario," Bear Stearns said in a research report.
It's a tough spot to be in, and Blockbuster is counting on increasing its market share as Movie Gallery should close stores faster than Blockbuster does. Antioco wants to compete with Netflix in the home delivery business, and he is looking for online opportunities as well. The Blockbuster of tomorrow may well be very different from the company you have come to know and love/hate.


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Before I go any further, I want to thank everyone at ZeroG and Space Adventures that went the extra mile to make this experiment possible, in particular the science liason, Michelle Peters. And I'd also like to thank the TSA screeners, who arrived on site already totally up to speed on what we wanted to do (they'd even seen my test videos). Whatever you may think about the rules that the TSA enforces (and I agree with Bruce Schneier in that regard), the fact of the matter is that the frontline staff that you deal with have little or no freedom to apply common-sense discretion, and are often placed in situations where they don't have the time, or the background knowledge, to make an informed decision, which means that the default answer is "no". When you couple that with the fact that anyone can be having a horrible day, and some small percentage of people are jerks to begin with (a smaller percentage than most people assume), and multiply by hundreds of thousands of people going through security a day, it's a recipe for horror stories.
But in our case, since the screeners had been pre-briefed, it was easy to demonstrate that everything we wanted to use was well within the TSA rules. The only thing that didn't fly was a tiny ball of modelling clay that we were going to use to mount the mento onto a ziptie with, and the screeners helped brainstorm an acceptable (and better!) mounting method.
As described in a previous post, the hypothesis that we wanted to test was that convection of the soda was an important part of the whole reaction; under normal gravity, bubbles formed around the mentos rise up through the soda, allowing more soda to come in contact with the candy, and thus more bubbles form. However, in microgravity, there's no "up", so any bubbles that form will just stay near the mento, and will in fact keep new cola from reaching it.
So lets get right to the video, and then discuss what we learned.
I'll begin by discussing what went wrong.
Our first problem was that we weren't quite in free-fall, because in order to do the experiment, we had to be strapped into seats next to the emergency exit window (to get the light we needed). If you think about the geometry of the parabolic arcs from the perspective of the actual plane, the true zero-g path forms a parabolic plane, and (I'll try and state this as plainly as possible) the pilot attempts to fly a path that causes the (physical) plane to follow the (geometric) plane.
I say "attempts", because it's humanly impossible for a pilot to do this perfectly. So anything attached to the plane (as we were) is going to experience some small amount of residual gravity, not to mention the effects of any air turbulence.
Even if the pilot does this perfectly, only those parts of the (physical) plane that intersect the (geometric) plane will be in true free fall. Anything above or below that perfect plane (in the perfectly-flown plane!) will experience a slight amount of residual acceleration, because it's not free to orbit the earth in a free fall path, but is rather being dragged along either slightly faster or slower than it really wants to travel. In practice, of course, this tidal effect is tiny compared to the errors caused by the pilot as he or she attempts to fly the true parabolic path.
So because the experiment was attached to us, and we were strapped into the seats, and the seats were attached to the plane, the entire apparatus was subject to some residual accelerations. In order to eliminate them, the Mark II Menticulation apparatus will have to be free-floating, self-contained, and will have to operate without being touched. This will permit it to freely fall in a zero-g parabola independent of the path of the body of the plane (although there will be some residual effects due to things like air currents in the cabin, of course).
As a side-point, it's interesting to note that on these flights, from the standpoint of the passengers, the pilot doesn't need to fly an absolutely perfect parabola; as long as he or she can fly a path that is, on average, close to the perfect path, nobody inside the plane will really notice the difference.
The second problem we had was that we wanted to create a reasonably sized ball of soda, and then put the mento into it. However, the nozzle we used to control the soda flow was too small, and we couldn't control the exit velocity properly (and so we got all the squirts). On the second parabola (not in the video), we tried removing the nozzle, but we couldn't get a bubble of soda to detach from the bottle, and everything got messy - a blob of soda impacted right on the camera window, obscuring a lot of the view.
In order to fix this, we're going to have to come up with a method that deploys a preformed, properly positioned bubble of soda.
Finally, the video was slightly out of focus. We had to manually set the focus on the camera before doing the experiment, and it was difficult to keep the coke and mento at the correct distance, considering all the other things we were having to do.
Even with all these problems, I think we got some interesting video and results. It's not definitive, but it looks like the reaction is slowed down by the lack of gravity, and we also noticed something we weren't looking for; the cola apparently clings to the mento (likely, it's hydrophilic), resulting in the interesting dynamics when I moved the candy. A followup experiment might be to compare the behavior of some water surrounding a mento vs. a ball bearing.
The Mark II Menticulator - Initial Design
I've spent a few hours thinking about an improved experimental apparatus, and I think I've come up with something that, with a little refinement, will do the trick.
The experiment will be housed in a transparent case constructed of acrylic or lexan panels locked together by t-slotted structural framing. Inside will be a rubber balloon of soda trapped between two spoonlike holders, one above, and one below. A hobby r/c servo will be mounted inside the box, with two arms extending from it, such that if it rotates in one direction, a sharp tip will puncture the balloon, hopefully releasing the soda which will remain between the spoons; then when it rotates in the other direction, a mento will be moved to the center of the bubble of soda.
The servo will be directly controlled (no radios onboard!) by a small hobby microprocessor such as an Arduino. The microprocessor could also have some sensors to collect related telemetry (accelerometers and so forth).
Finally, several strips of high-intensity LEDs will provide the needed light for the Exilim EX-F1 camera.


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Stop the Rust: Antioxidant Therapy in Diabetes
Having high blood sugar causes changes to happen all over the body. In many ways the changes are similar to rust forming - a process known chemically as oxidation. As you have probably witnessed, rust gradually erodes metal until it no longer functions properly. The same phenomenon occurs in the human body when our ability to use fuel (sugar) for energy is impaired. It occurs in many different parts of our body including in blood vessels, in the pancreas (the organ that produces insulin), at the receptors that bind insulin, and inside our cells. Blood vessel damage causes the development of complications in diabetes including kidney damage (nephropathy), nerve damage (neuropathy), eye damage (retinopathy), and hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis). These complications can lead to kidney failure, pain, blindness, heart attack, and stroke.
Medical researchers have recently learned that rusting, or oxidation, may cause diabetes and the process continues once diabetes has been discovered, causing more and more damage (Evans, 2003 and Brownlee, 2005). The damage is triggered by the production of "free radicals"; free radicals can be thought of as very sticky chemicals that like to change the structure and function of the tissues around them. The levels of free radicals rise because of several factors including antioxidants being too low in the body and the abnormal function of enzymes in our body.
What can be done to prevent this rusting from occurring?
The most important factor in stopping the continuation of oxidation in the body is to do everything possible to get blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides under control and stable. Research suggests that the ups and downs in blood sugar level and the average blood sugar are both important in the development of oxidation. Getting blood sugar under control and stable is accomplished by following a comprehensive diet plan under the supervision of a nutritionist, a frequent exercise regimen, following your doctor's recommendations about when to take medications, and consulting complementary medicine providers about other therapies.
What about antioxidants?
Put simply, antioxidants stop the rust from forming. You can think of them as decoys that attract and neutralize the very sticky free radical compounds. Common antioxidants include vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin E, selenium, and beta-carotene. Examples of less well-known antioxidants include alpha-lipoic acid, N-acetylcysteine, and coenzyme Q10 - all of which have clinical trial research that shows improvement in blood sugar and/or improvement in oxidation in the body.
Should everyone with diabetes take antioxidants?
The short answer is we do not yet know- but some research suggests antioxidant supplements can be helpful. The research on some antioxidants has been disappointing. Current research on vitamin E, for example, has failed to show any preventive effect on heart or blood vessel disease with supplementation (Lonn et al. 2005). However it is important, but confusing, to understand that vitamin E is not a single compound. In fact there are many different forms of vitamin E, including alpha-, delta-, and gamma-tocopherols. Interestingly the vitamin E that has been most tested in clinical research is not the most common form of vitamin E found in food! Also, antioxidants do not act alone in the human body - they act together in finely choreographed dances. In short, the jury is still out on antioxidants however research on some of the more promising antioxidants in just beginning. In my opinion, antioxidant research - especially research of antioxidants in combinations - are one of the most exciting areas of clinical research in diabetes.
Don't I get enough antioxidants from food?
The answer to this question depends on many factors including your level of blood sugar and the foods you have in your diet. I frequently recommend patients have a colorful plate of food rather than just white and brown. Eliminating white, carbohydrate-rich foods and replacing them with a naturally colored rainbow of fruits and vegetables will typically reduce the glycemic index and load of meals and increase the antioxidants in the meal! The more colors (natural colors- not additives) of food on your plate the better! Research suggests that plant-based pigments are very powerful antioxidants; in fact a large study called the Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study showed that people with higher levels of certain antioxidant pigments from food seemed to have a slower progression of blood vessel disease (Dwyer et al. 2004). Also research shows that organic (produce grown without added pesticides and herbicides) have higher antioxidant content than non-organic foods.
So what should I take?
My typical recommendation includes:
A high-fiber, low glycemic load diet that eliminates white carbohydrate and adds a rainbow of fruits and vegetables
A combination supplement, often a high-potency multivitamin, that contains a mixture of antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin E (as mixed-tocopherols), selenium, and mixed-carotenoids including zeaxanthin and lutein (plant-based pigments)
Additional antioxidant supplements depending on the degree of blood sugar control, current medications, and the presence of other complications
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10): If you have high blood pressure, are on certain cholesterol medications, or have congestive heart failure supplementing CoQ10 may help (Hodgson et al. 2002, Bargossi et al. 1994, Oda et al. 1994)
N-Acetylcysteine (NAC): If your blood sugar is poorly controlled and/or you know you have some blood vessel damage or complications, NAC may be beneficial (Orzechowsk et al. 2003)
Alpha-lipoic Acid (ALA): If you have nerve pain (neuropathy)and are not in good blood sugar control, ALA maybe helpful in reducing pain and improving blood sugar levels (Negrisanu et al. 1999 and Ziegler et al. 1997)
Although all of these antioxidants have clinical research trials that suggest they can be beneficial, all treatments should be discussed with your doctors as interactions with medications can occur and all new treatments should be monitored. I recommend developing an individual plan in consultation with your naturopathic physician.
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The National Weather Service has posted blizzard warnings for New York City and its suburbs, Boston, much of lower New England, and parts of New Jersey.
The storm is expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in places, with the heaviest amounts falling Friday night into Saturday.
In the Poconos, 10 to 16 inches are expected from 6 a.m. today to 6 a.m. Saturday.
The snow is expected to start around 2 a.m. today, change to rain and sleet and then back to snow. The snow will continue through the day.
The worst part of the storm is expected to begin during the evening commute, with 1 to 2 inches of snow falling per hour and continuing into the early morning hours.
There is even a chance of a thunderstorm with the snow.
Temperatures will fall throughout the day from 30 degrees to the 20s at night.
Winds are expected to gust to 30 mph, causing blowing and drifting. Isolated power outages are possible.
Local power companies say that they are prepared if major outages should occur.
FirstEnergy, Met-Ed's parent company, sent out a statement Thursday saying that extra crews from several other states are prepared to come to Pennsylvania and help with power restoration if need be.
"Proactive mobilization of additional linemen, vehicles and supplies from other FirstEnergy utilities will help speed the restoration process if the snow and winds damage our equipment and cause service interruptions," said Doug Elliott, president of FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania operations.
Over in Pike County, O&R, the parent of Pike County Power and Light, also says it's ready for the coming snowstorm. It said it will be working "24/7" to try to get its customers' power back on if the lights go out. The company has declared a company-wide storm watch.
In recent years, both rain and snowstorms have wreaked havoc on the Poconos, causing widespread power outages that sometimes last for days. The power companies in the last year or so have stepped up their efforts to mitigate all the power-related problems that inclement weather tends to cause.
PPL Utilities put a message out on Twitter that the company is taking proactive steps to effectively prepare for any customer issues Friday and Saturday.
Coastal areas are expected to get 16 to 24 inches of snow, and upwards of 30 inches are expected in southeastern New England, says Ben Gelber, an NBC meteorologist and Poconos weather expert.
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How was your Christmas? Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!
Here are some photos from our Nochebuena and Christmas party.
I made these chocolate coated marshmallow reindeers and chocolate cherry cookies for my nieces but 3 of them didn't make it for our Nochebuena feast.
Fresh Fruit Salad with orange mint syrup- Someone gave me 4 pieces of star fruit and I thought of using them to garnish the salad. It's not easy to find star fruits in the grocery.
Beef Pot Roast cooked by sis
Mashed potato Christmas trees
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My plate- I got the cute Sexy Santa mug from one of the restaurants at Shangrila Mactan
Ykaie and my cousin
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PARIS, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Maria Sharapova lost only one game Wednesday in a second-round victory at the Open GDF Suez tennis tournament in Paris.
Sharapova fired off 10 aces and saved all seven break points she faced in a 6-0, 6-1 win over Daniela Hantuchova. Sharapova won 62 percent of the points on serve and 65 percent when Hantuchova served.
Sharapova improved to 9-1 lifetime versus Hantuchova, who defeated Sharapova in 2004 in their first career meeting but has dropped the last nine meetings.
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Vinci had lost her last five singles matches in WTA events.
Other first-round results saw eighth-seeded Kirsten Flipkens get by Mona Barthel 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 and qualifier Galina Voskoboeva defeated Stefanie Voegele 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).


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Nameko [nah-meh-koh] (noun)
- amber-brown mushroom with a slightly gelatinous coating that is used as an ingredient in miso soup and nabemono.
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- Quickly build, host and deploy services
- Highly declarative, let's you concentrate on your business logic
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- Extensible, so you can write your own service interactions
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The best way to appreciate nameko's features is to use them in some simple examples. Follow the getting started tutorial in the docs to do just that.
Nameko is using Sphinx, and the latest documentation can be found here:
Nameko requires an AMQP broker and is tested with RabbitMQ.
The RabbitMQ tutorials are very good and serve as an excellent introduction to messaging and AMQP.
Stable releases of nameko are available on the Python Package Index ( PyPI). Install it using pip or easy_install:
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Nameko is developed on GitHub, primarily by the development team at onefinestay. The GitHub repository is https://github.com/onefinestay/nameko.
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Some believe there are lies, damn lies and statistics. But others say numbers never lie. The truth is that numbers can be unfairly manipulated but, generally, they are objective.
Some believe there are lies, damn lies and statistics. But others say numbers never lie. The truth is that numbers can be unfairly manipulated but, generally, they are objective.
That is why we question whether complaints about the crime statistics released by the mayor's Student Housing Task Force are really valid. The task force gathered pertinent information about student housing to address concerns over whether the city of Tuscaloosa is getting oversaturated with student housing.
Crime statistics are necessary to determine the burden that student housing imposes on city services. The statistics distributed by the task force included the number of calls made to the police from various student apartment complexes and housing developments and how many of those calls actually involved a serious crime that generated a police report.
Both are quantifiable statistics. Officials from Landmark Properties, owner of the Retreat at Lake Tamaha, didn't think the way that those statistics would be perceived is fair. Of course, this also happened to be a development with a comparatively higher number of incidents reported.
First, the task force doesn't determine how people perceive the information they present. They can merely present the information they find. Individuals perceive it differently, and even the property owners who are complaining have no real way of knowing whether the public perceives their development as safe or dangerous. As long as the task force reports its findings in a consistent manner, no one should have any complaints.
Second, people deserve to know the facts about a place they or their children will live. We are in the business of seeing that people have more, not less, information. We believe that an informed public can make better decisions. Sugar-coating information to make it more palatable doesn't serve the public.
Landmark officials protested that they took measures to ensure the safety of the people renting their property. No one implied that they didn't. If the statistics are unfavorable, perhaps they should consider whether or not what they have done is sufficient, not whether statistics should be reported.


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WASHINGTON (AP) Isaiah Thomas made a floater with a second to play, capping a seesaw finish as the Sacramento Kings broke a four-game losing streak with a 96-94 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.
Thomas dribbled down the clock after the Wizards tied the game on Martell Webster's short jumper with 7.9 seconds to play, then drove down the middle and put the ball in with a soft touch from 9 feet.
Thomas had 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and also had seven assists. Francisco Garcia scored 17 points for the Kings in a game that included 16 ties and 11 lead changes.
Emeka Okafor scored a season-high 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and John Wall had 19 points and six assists for the Wizards, whose home winning streak ended at five games. Still, Washington is 6-4 and has been competitive in every game since Wall's return from a knee injury.
The Kings, on the second game of a six-game road trip, had been plagued by turnovers during their losing streak - averaging 21 over their previous three games - but they committed only 11 against the Wizards.
Okafor's 11-foot jumper with 2:26 remaining tied the game at 88, and Thomas made 1 of 2 with 2:14 to go to put the Kings ahead by one and set up a game of back-and-forth leads.
Nene made a nice dish to Wall for a layup to put the Wizards back in front with 2:01 left, but Thomas' falling-down, high-arc floater with 1:10 on the clock restored the Kings' advantage.
Wall missed a layup that would have given the Wizards the lead, but Washington forced a shot clock violation at the other end. However, Nene got caught in no-man's land driving into the paint and committed a turnover, giving the Kings the ball with 25 seconds to go.
Evans broke the series of one-point leads by making a pair of free throws with 19.6 left to put Sacramento ahead 93-90. Wall's layup pulled the Wizards within one with 12.6 to go, and Evans made 1 of 2 free throws with 11.7 remaining to make the score 94-92.
Webster then tied the game, giving the Kings the chance to set up the winning shot for Thomas.
Win or lose, the Wizards have become a fast, versatile and quite entertaining team to watch, with Wall and Bradley Beal running the floor and Okafor and Nene complementing each other inside. Wall's first half highlight was a hesitation-acceleration layup that prompted the sound effects crew to play a siren - as if Wall had been cited for speeding.
Okafor was the go-to guy in the first quarter, with 14 points on 6-for-7 shooting. Garcia was on target in the second, making 4 of 5 3-pointers and scoring 15 points.
The Wizards led 57-53 at halftime, and not even a four-point play by Webster could open up much of a lead.
Notes: Kings F John Salmons played the entire first quarter, then left the game with a stomach virus and did not return. ... The Wizards' last six-game home winning streak came during the 2006-07 season, when they won 10 straight.
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Independence Day celebrates America's escape from the tyranny of British rule. How ironic it was to hear on July 4 that Gordon Brown was asking the English Parliament to limit his own power to declare war. Meanwhile our own executive is overturning the sentence for its political operatives and still considering a pardon, while Cheney insists he is his own branch of government where rules don't apply. Which system was supposed to be tyrannical again?
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PM open to 'practical' talks on GP payment
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the government will press ahead with the $7 co-payment for GP visits, but is open to discussing "practical ways" to implement it.
Australian Medical Association representatives held talks with Mr Abbott and Health Minister Peter Dutton in Canberra on Wednesday to discuss the peak body's concerns.
AMA president Brian Owler described the talks as "constructive", saying Mr Abbott had indicated a willingness to consider changes.
The AMA does not oppose the principle of a co-payment, but has been critical of the government's design.
Doctors raised concerns about charging aged-care residents, children and the chronically ill.
Mr Abbott told parliament he had made it clear to the AMA that the government was committed to a "modest price signal" for GP services, but was open to consultation.
The AMA knew that a modest co-payment would improve the Medicare system.
"That is why I am perfectly happy to work with the AMA to ensure that Australia has the best possible Medicare system," Mr Abbott said.
The prime minister later said in a statement that while the government would discuss with the AMA "practical ways to implement the co-payment" it remained committed to the policy as outlined in the May budget.
Labor and the Greens are opposed to the co-payment and the government will need to talk to the new Senate crossbench to approve its legislation.
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New 2019 FordSuperduty F-250 XLT Truck
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Expensive but inline with the competition.
By Steve on Monday, April 22, 2019The Ford Super Duty trucks are gorgeous, well made,feature-laden and very powerful. Ford often sets the bar for innovation and power but GM and Dodge leap frog quickly. All of the "big three" trucks are expensive and powerful but their styling really boils down to personal taste. However, Ford is the only manufacturer supplying its own diesel engines & transmissions for their products. I think that says A LOT about the company. I'll admit that my Platinum spec F250 has some cheap interior materials shared with the base models, which contrast with the other premium materials with my package, but it's not bad enough to really whine about. When it comes to the reliability and performance I've personally experienced, I can't say enough good things about my truck. Hauling, towing, exhaust braking, maneuverability, power and economy, tech features, etc., I have zero complaints. There are a few features I have found annoying or pointless, such as Lane keeping alert and auto high-beams, but I had the ability to deactivate them. If there were one feature I'd wish to have though, it would be the step bumper GMC offers, in conjunction with the "Man-Step" in the tailgate my truck has. To have both available would be ideal, yet I'm sure each company has patents on their designs so I'm not expecting that anytime soon.
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The Thanksgiving Day decrees by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi sent Egypt back into street protests and turmoil, prompting dissident Mohamed ElBaradei to charge Morsi had become a "new pharaoh." But is Egypt's elected president seizing dictatorial powers, or is he instead protecting elected government from the onslaught of a runaway judiciary appointed by the former dictator Hosni Mubarak?
The establishment media in the United States and the West has decided the former, portraying the power struggle as one with Islamic extremists on one side, and everyone else on the other side. In that media campaign, the Western media has an ally among the secular parties. "Morsi usurped all state powers and appointed himself Egypt's new pharaoh. A major blow to the revolution that could have dire consequences," dissident and former Nobel Prize-winning former United Nations bureaucrat Mohamed ElBaradei told the press.
At issue is Morsi's six-part decree.
First, Morsi nullified Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council (the nation's Supreme Court) rulings invalidating the parliamentary election results of January 2012, where Egyptians chose an Assembly (lower house of parliament) dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and its Salafist allies. Both the Muslim Brotherhood's and the al Noura Party Salafists identify with Islam and Sharia law.
Second, Morsi reopened criminal prosecutions of Mubarak-era murders of protesters and dissidents by government officials (closed by the Mubarak-dominated courts and prosecutor-general).
Third, Morsi appointed his own prosecutor-general (roughly equivalent to the U.S. Attorney General).
Fourth, Morsi invalidated any court rulings that would abolish elected bodies or the provisional constitution proclaimed by Mubarak before his ouster.
Fifth, Morsi ordered drawing up a new constitution by a select committee of the elected Assembly within six months.
The five decrees summarized above are understandable, considering the judicial overreach by Supreme Judicial Council members — all of them Mubarak holdovers. (The remaining decree will be discussed below.) The Egyptian Supreme Judicial Council dissolved the legitimately elected legislative Assembly (the lower house of Egypt's parliament) in its own decree of November 7. "All the rulings and decisions of the Supreme Constitutional Court are final and not subject to appeal ... and are binding for all state institutions," the unelected court ruled November 7, reaffirming two earlier decisions abolishing the Assembly.
It's more than a little hypocritical of the Supreme Judicial Council to claim — as it's now doing — that Morsi is taking dictatorial power so soon after the council dissolved the Assembly, half of the only other elected branch of government. The decision — on the day of the U.S. presidential and congressional elections — was equivalent to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the U.S. election results were invalid, and that the U.S. House of Representatives should be abolished until new elections take place.
This was actually the third time the Egyptian Supreme Judicial Council declared the January elections invalid. The parliament had been elected in January 2012, but was dissolved by the military after the June Supreme Judicial Council decision claiming the elections were invalid. The November 7 decree followed similar rulings by the same court in July and September upholding the dissolution of the parliamentary Assembly. Morsi's latest decree is the most recent battle between the secular, military-allied court and the popular, Islamist-leaning Assembly and president.
The final Morsi decree is the worrisome one:
"The President may take the necessary actions and measures to protect the country and the goals of the revolution."
What this final decree means has not been clarified or sufficiently limited by Morsi, but the power taken by President Morsi is theoretically unlimited. Morsi's decree was almost certainly an attempt to stop the Supreme Judicial Council from invalidating the election results in the upper house of parliament (the Shura Council), since the court was expected to take up a case to do just that in the coming months. The Shura Council had been elected in the same election as the Assembly. And there were even unconfirmed rumors in the Egyptian press that the court would consider declaring the presidential election invalid. (The 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections were the first fair elections in the nation's history.)
Morsi's decree comes in the wake of charges that his government has begun to engage in censorship. The British Broadcasting Corporation reported allegations of government censorship, including struggles with government-owned news, which is still in the grip of Mubarak-era secular holdovers.
Egypt is clearly in the throes of a struggle between a judiciary tied to the old dictatorial ways, and an Islamist president educated in the United States who claims to represent both pluralistic interests and Islam. The judicial branch has clearly overreached, and attempted to invalidate election results it didn't like. The only question that remains for Egypt is: Will Morsi become the new Pharaoh for Egypt, or will he, like the Roman Consul Cincinnatus, walk away from dictatorial power and hand it all back to the legislative branch when the new constitution is drafted? That question has yet to be decided.
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History Channel takes a giant leap for 'Mankind'
The story is global, and so is the network's ambitious 12-hour miniseries.
Scientists tell us it took billions of years for the Earth to form, and billions more to create conditions in which humans and their precursors could survive.
The History Channel takes on an equally ambitious task: squeezing the story of the human race into 12 hours of television. Mankind the Story of All of Us airs six consecutive Tuesdays, beginning this week at 9 ET/PT.
"To boil this down, we needed a filter, and the filter we applied is, 'What were the key tipping points in history that impact who we are today?' " says Julian Hobbs, an executive producer for History, who estimates there are about 80 of these "essential turning points we share in common" in Mankind. Among them: harnessing fire, the Iron Age, the Bronze Age, explorations and the discoveries of certain minerals.
And sharing is the key, he says, because Mankind is not a localized history; it's a global one. "This gave us a very clear filter. It had to be of central importance to all of humanity."
Mankind, produced by Nutopia, which also made the Emmy-winning America the Story of Us for History in 2010, starts with a quick nod to the Big Bang and, within minutes, arrives on the plains of east Africa about 150,000 years ago, where Homo sapiens first lived.
Ian Morris, who teaches world history at Stanford University and served as the series' historical consultant, says two points were particularly pivotal. "One is the origin of farming, which was about 10,000 years ago, and the other is the Industrial Revolution, just a couple of hundred years ago."
"Both of these changed just about everything about the way humans live," Morris says. "Both changed the amount of energy we were able to capture from the world around us, and as the amount of energy you have goes up, the number of people goes up, the size of the cities goes up, and the complexities of the organizations goes up." Everything, he says, changes in these two big moments.
"What we liked is that there's a way to cross disciplines," says History programming executive Dirk Hoogstra. "We're using various sciences to help tell the bigger story. History becomes very exciting when you can make those unexpected connections and see their impact."
And because this is a global story, it was a global production, filming in such locales as South Africa, Morocco, China and the United Kingdom. Actors played some of the leading roles in the historical re-enactments, but many of the supporting roles were played by locals, adding yet another layer of authenticity.
The series' narrator, Oscar nominee Josh Brolin, who has played San Francisco supervisor Dan White in Milk and George W. Bush in W., says he's drawn to the big historical figures who populate the series, including Genghis Khan and Napoleon. "What are the similarities between the two? How they dealt with themselves, how they dealt with their own ego, what transpired in the hundreds of years after that. I start to attach myself to some of these people," he says.
Human drama comes to life through those re-creations, and computer-generated imagery plays an equally important role in Mankind. "The CGI is not just to give you a background that looked as it did then, because we actually found locations around the planet that would do that," says Hobbs. "What we put our money and expertise behind was bringing to life, through CGI, the jaw-dropping ancient monuments, be it the building of the great pyramids, the construction of the aqueducts of Rome, the building of the Great Wall of China."
Keeping with the series' global theme, Mankind will have a worldwide (although not simulcast) premiere in most countries this week, a first in the network's history. The company is located in 150 countries and has 250 million viewers worldwide, and Mankind is being given what Hoogstra calls a "custom fit," with some countries, including Germany and Israel, re-dubbing it with their own celebrity narrators.
It's an ambitious endeavor, "but on any given night," Hoogstra says, "we're competing with sports, movies and dramas, and we have to be able to stay competitive. We are a business, and we have to get ratings and meet ad sales goals."
And History is taking pointers from Hollywood's playbook. "Hollywood takes history all the time and turns it into big blockbuster movies," Hobbs says. "I think it's fair for us to take some of what Hollywood does well, in terms of scale and scope and emotion and the action-adventure kind of genres, and apply it to real history."


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A peanut allergy occurs when the body responds abnormally to peanuts. The reaction may range from mild to life-threatening. Even a small amount of peanuts can lead to a serious reaction.
This condition may be serious. It requires care from a doctor.
The allergy occurs when your body is exposed to peanut proteins. The body mistakes the proteins as harmful substances, and the immune system releases chemicals into the bloodstream, causing symptoms.
Coming in contact with peanuts can occur by:
- Eating peanuts, foods containing them, or foods that came in contact with them
- Touching peanuts
- Inhaling particles containing peanuts, such as peanut flour
Risk Factors
Peanut allergy, like other food allergies , is more common in children. Other factors that may increase your chance of a peanut allergy include:
Peanut allergy may cause:
- Redness or swelling of the skin— hives
- Itching or tingling of the mouth and throat
- Diarrhea
- Stomach cramps
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Shortness of breath or wheezing
- Chest tightness
- Runny or stuffy nose
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Anaphylaxis is a serious, life-threatening allergic reaction. Anaphylaxis may cause:
- Closing of airways or swelling of throat, making it very hard to breathe
- Severe drop in blood pressure
- Very fast pulse
- Lightheadedness
- Loss of consciousness
If you have a serious allergic reaction or are with someone who does, call for emergency medical services right away.
You may be referred to a doctor who specializes in allergies. The doctor will:
- Ask about your symptoms
- Take your medical history
- Do a physical exam
Tests may include:
- Skin prick test—To look for a skin reaction when exposed to peanut or other specific food particles.
- Blood test—To look for a specific antibody that is present when you are exposed something that gives you an allergic reaction.
Food Diary
You may be asked to keep a food diary. This means you will write down your experiences with food, such as your eating habits and symptoms. This may help the doctor find out if there are other foodds causing your allergies.
Elimination Diet
You may be placed on an elimination diet to learn which foods may be triggering an allergic reaction. If your doctor thinks you might be allergic to peanuts, you may be asked to remove peanuts from your diet for 1-2 weeks then add them back to your diet to see if you experience any symptoms. The elimination diet is only done under a doctor's supervision.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Options include:
Avoid Peanuts
The best treatment is to avoid peanuts, foods containing them, and foods that may have been exposed to them. Always read ingredient labels, even if you do not think the food contains peanuts. Most food labels will state whether the factory where a food was made also processes peanuts. If offered homemade foods, always ask about the ingredients to check for the presence of peanuts or peanut oil.
If you do have a mild allergic reaction, you may be able to take antihistamines to reduce symptoms, like itching or hives. Talk with your doctor about medications that are right for you. These medications are only used if you are accidently exposed to peanut-containing foods. They should not be used so you can eat them.
Epinephrine Injection
For severe allergic reactions, you may need to inject yourself with epinephrine. Epinephrine is injected using an auto-injector (EpiPen, Twinject), which contains a syringe, needle, and a dose of the the medication. You inject the medication into your thigh. You should carry an auto-injector with you at all times.
If you have a severe reaction, call for emergency medical services or go to the nearest emergency room right away, whether you use your injector pen or not.
If you are pregnant and do not have a peanut allergy, you may want to consider consuming peanuts to lower the risk that your child will have a peanut allergy.
In infants at high risk for peanut allergy, introducing peanuts between 4-11 months old may reduce this risk. Infants with early-onset eczema or egg allergy in the first 4-6 months of life should see an allergist before doing this, in case they are already allergic to peanuts as well.
To help reduce your chance of a reaction to peanuts:
- Avoid peanuts, peanut-containing products, and foods that were exposed to peanuts. For instance, when placing an order at a restaurant, ask the server if the dish contains peanuts or is cooked with items (sauces or oils) that may contain peanuts. You might also be allergic to tree nuts such as almond, walnut, pecan, or cashews. Talk to your doctor about the risk.
- Read food labels and other labels, such as medications, make-up, or face cream labels. You never know what items may contain peanut productss.
Here are some foods that may contain peanuts or may have been made in factories that process peanuts:
- Cookies
- Pastries
- Ice cream
- Energy bars
- Cereal
- Bread
- Salad dressing
- Chocolate candies
- Nut butters and oils
- Sauces and gravies
- Vegetarian food products, such as veggie burgers
The list may be endless. This is why it is very important to be aware of what you are eating or come in contact with. Even the smallest amount of peanut protein can trigger a life-threatening response.
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Calgary Allergy Network http://www.calgaryallergy.ca
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Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Marcin Chwistek, MD
- Review Date: 09/2018
- Update Date: 08/18/2016


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text: The crass cliché's about Sicily are rendered meaningless by Michael Roberts' portrayal of the island. Domenico Dolce's homeland, a land of contradictions, values, history, pride and traditions wild an untamed. The DNA of Domenico Dolce, is transported onto the page through the imagined story of a good shepherd, strong, intense and loving towards his flock, much like the landscape and the people who populate the island. A true cross section of Sicily seen through the eyes of an artist.


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Select tickets to the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™ game at Soldier Field on sale next weekby NHL Press Release / Chicago Blackhawks
A select number of tickets to the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™ game at Soldier Field in Chicago will go on sale to the public next week, the National Hockey League® announced today.
Tickets to the Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago Blackhawks match-up at Soldier Field will be available for purchase via www.Ticketmaster.com/NHL and www.Ticketmaster.ca/NHL, the official ticket marketplace of the NHL, beginning at 10 a.m. CT/11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
Part of the previously-announced 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™, a group of games planned for outdoor locations this season, the defending Stanley Cup® champion Blackhawks and the Penguins will face off at Soldier Field at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 1.
The game will be broadcast nationally in the U.S. on NBC. This marks the first time since NBC re-acquired NHL rights in 2006 that a regular-season game has been scheduled for primetime on NBC.
Fans interested in receiving more information on this event can register at www.NHL.com/2014Chicago.
Official fan packages for all NHL signature events are available from Global Event Forum, the Official NHL® Events Fan Package Partner. For more information please visit www.nhl.com/fanpackages.


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VANCOUVER - B.C. high school students may have studied for weeks in preparation for provincial English and Social Studies exams, but a last minute change means they will have to do some mental juggling as they turn over their papers.
The Ministry of Education says it has responded to worries from administrators and revised the Grade 10 English and Grade 11 Social Studies exams to remove essay questions.
The tests have been declared an essential service and must be supervised and marked by striking members of the B-C Teachers' Federation, but there's concern that not enough qualified markers are available to handle the estimated 70,000 papers due to be written Tuesday.
One of two essay questions has been removed from the English exam and both long-answer questions are gone from the Social Studies test.
Students will instead answer more multiple choice questions.
A full-scale strike by public school teachers officially began last Tuesday and no talks are scheduled between the union and the province as the two sides wrangle over wages, class size and composition. (News1130, CKNW, Global)
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This second part of my favorite scary movie moments series has sure taken a long time. As you know from previous posts, I've been very down lately. I've been trying to pick myself up though, and write when I can. Just because it isn't published on here yet doesn't mean I'm not writing anytime I get a dose of hitch in my giddy-up. I am. I might slowly but surely be coming back! As always, let me hear you! None of this means anything without you folks! This edition features a demon attached to a child, a psycho stalker with a knack for the telephone, a serial killer, and a vengeful British ghost. Hope you like the GIFS, but be gentle – it was my first time! 😉
Insidious (2011)
We all know that some people were bigger fans of Insidious than others. And while there were flaws in the film, there were quite a few startling, and unique scenes. Some were just plain brilliant, and the entire movie is visually innovative and appealing. It's strange for me to say, knowing that this film was made by the people who created Saw (not scary – gory – but not scary), and Paranormal Activity (lame beyond lame, even refund-worthy). Not to mention, Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne are two incredibly sexy human specimens. Here are my favorites moments!
1. Gettin' Down to Tiny Tim
Not only is it incredibly horrifying to have a turn-of-the-century dead ghost child dancing terribly in your house, he's also groovin' to Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", which is creepy in itself. Not that I'm not now addicted to that song, and classify it as one of my many guilty pleasures, but mixing the two together, especially in broad daylight, creates one scene none of us are likely to forget.
2. Creepy Demon in the Room
Anytime there is some kind of demonic creature, or any creature for that matter lurking in the shadows, especially one with elongated arms, pointy fingers, and what looks to be perhaps cloven hooves, it creeps me out. Obviously, it's because it's unexpected – it's the jump factor – but you gotta admit, that creep standing there is enough to make you check your own room before jumping into bed!
3. Creepy Demon in the Room Again
Okay, so this scene is up for much debate, as some found it totally scary, and others simply saw a bad Darth Maul rip-off, but as before, the jump factor is present. While talking to his mother (a very nicely aging Barbara Hershey) and his wife about the weird goings-on, this cosmetically-pleasing, red-faced punk appears behind Josh, opening its mouth and revealing his, well, sort-of-razor-sharp teeth. As usual, the creature is only on-screen momentarily, and quickly disappears as Josh's mother shrieks in horror and jumps up from her chair.
The Woman in Black (2012)
I did have serious misgivings going into this film, because most horror flicks these days, well, bite the big one. But I was pleasantly surprised! It's nice to see Daniel Radcliffe in something else (HP is not my cup of tea, if you'll forgive the British reference), but he is actually pretty sexy in this movie. Oh, he can act, too! Of course. 🙂 As is usually the case, once we find out the motive behind the ghost's vengeful haunting, it's not so scary. But the build-up is the most important aspect, and this movie has it…..in spades!
1. The Marsh….Itself!
Does this really need any explaining? The setting of the movie itself is enough to scare someone, without even adding the ghost element to the mix. Just look at it! If you have to go through that, and that, and that, to get to that, it's a bad idea. Just say no.
2. Bad Rocking Chair
This house is full of secrets, and of course, the usual creaky floors, awkward silences, and startling BANGS just as you put some delicious popcorn in your mouth (trust me, I know). But rocking chairs that move by themselves (or not….) have always given me the willies. There's something about them, but I've never been able to put my finger on it. Not to mention, this chair rocks backwards unexpectedly far, which sort of looks like fun! Not so fun when we get a glimpse of the horrid witchy bitch causing the ruckus, and Harry Potter is none the wiser.
3. Dead Boy Returns
More creepy sequences in the house of doom, Harry Potter watches as the little dead boy rises from his mucky grave in the marsh, and books it to the front door. Well, he doesn't book it, ghosts always walk, yet somehow get to where they're going incredibly fast. So does Jason Voorhees. And Michael Myers. But I digress. The little dog who has been sent to keep our hero company begins barking at the door, as the knob begins to rattle. Dogs are smarter than people, how many times must I say this?! Upon opening the door, no one is there, but in the distance there appears several more young dead children, looking horribly soaked from the rain. Or just from being dead. The little boy pulls a jump scene, covered in mud, with his mouth open, a few short scenes later. So does the Woman in Black, several times. Why do scary characters always have to have their mouths open? I'm unclear on this.
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
This often-quoted, frequently criticized gem from 1979 is part cheesy detective story, part psychologically horrifying thriller. The latter is the reason for its mention on my list. The opening sequence is a classic, even if most of us could totally do without the rest of the movie! The "Babysitter and the Man Upstairs" urban legend comes to life!
1.Opening Sequence
Ahh, the classic opening sequence, which still stands the test of time today, is absolutely terrifying. First of all, the phone ringing constantly is just plain annoying. Not helping matters is when the caller is taunting, tormenting, harassing, and scaring the receiver half to death, after having killed the two children upstairs sleeping in the babysitter's care. Carol Kane delivers an Earth-shattering performance, and really portrays fear well. The calls are coming from upstairs (somehow, I've yet to figure this out), and Jill is saved only because the operator was able to trace the call, and warn her to leave the house, just as killer Curt Duncan emerges from the shadows. Phones are creepy, don't you agree?!
2. Psycho Stalks Another
When the killer escapes his confinement in an insane asylum, he approaches a woman at a bar. I mention this scene because, as a woman, well, even just as a human, I know the apprehension and fear of being around someone who is not all 'there' in the head'. We have gut instincts for a reason, and this woman, Tracy, followed hers by pacifying the creep when he follows her home, lets himself into her house, and sits down on her couch for a spell. She convinces him to come back another time, which grants her a temporary reprieve from his wily charms. That was not a compliment. Later, he comes back to kill her, but is finally stopped by the detective who has been hunting him since his escape. Whew, that was a close one!
Zodiac (2007)
A David Fincher masterpiece, Zodiac is one of my favorite movies. It's one of those few near-perfections in life, and the psychological thrills have definitely been burned into my mind. Chasing a killer that to this day has never been apprehended is scary to begin with, but the way it consumes cartoonist Robert Graysmith's life is inspiring, mind-numbing, and depressing all at the same time.
1. Lake Berryessa Terror
I have referenced this scene before in other posts, but when Cecelia Shepard and Bryan Hartnell are tormented and stabbed at the lake, it goes through me like few other things have. Cecelia's screams are enough to give anyone the chills, as she watches her date being stabbed in the back repeatedly, dreading her own turn at the hands of the Zodiac Killer. Utterly horrifying, because it isn't demons, or ghosts, or any other supernatural being, it's a human doing this to another human, on purpose, and enjoying it.
2. Arthur Leigh Allen's Interview
After incriminating tips from a former friend lead Inspectors Toschi, Armstrong, and Sgt. Mulanax from San Francisco and Vallejo to pay Arthur Leigh Allen a visit, we get a wonderfully crafted and chilling scene, which, if one did not know any better, would absolutely convince us that he was the Zodiac. Though DNA "cleared" him decades after the murders and his own death, I myself am still convinced he was involved somehow. Too many coincidences. Anyway, John Carroll Lynch portrays pedophile creepster Allen with quiet but menacing calmness, even proclaiming, in a deeper voice, "I'm not the Zodiac, and if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you." Shudder.
3. A Visit to Bob Vaughn
After years of indirectly being around the Zodiac investigation at the San Francisco Chronicle where he worked as a cartoonist, Robert Graysmith plays detective, and decides to put an end to the mystery once and for all. He never officially succeeds, as the case remains open, but in one such instance, he happens upon some movie posters that contain handwriting strikingly similar to the Zodiac's. It turns out the man he goes to speak with about the suspected killer, Rick Marshall, Bob Vaughn, drew the posters himself. This causes Graysmith to automatically suspect him in the crimes, and when he ventures to the basement to find out when his theater played The Most Dangerous Game, Graysmith hears footsteps and creaking from upstairs. He questions several times if anyone else is in the house, and Vaughn (Charles Fleischer) is quietly creepy throughout, adding to our own suspense and tension. We begin to question him ourselves! This scene always freaks me out – it is so wonderfully filmed. It also gives us a different perspective on the murders. Perfectly brilliant and nerve-wracking.


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American Pie
Sung to "American Pie"
A long, long time ago
I can still remember...
How the good cakes used to make me smile.
But now I never get the chance
The cakes all make me look askance
I haven't seen a good one for a while
Star-studded horse-dog makes me quiver
For that price I hope they deliver
Floral foam's a misstep
What have they done to this schlep?
How could this bring a baker pride?
Why do the squids swim side-by-side?
The frosting ran...
...when eagles cried
The day... my chiiiilllldhood... died.
I'll buy an American pie
Heart so heavy 'cause the bevy of bad cakes make me cry
And customers stare at them wistfully and sigh
"This won't be the cake that I buy."
"This won't be the cake that I buy."
Let's sing the praises of Clayton M., Jennifer C., Jodee R., Keri G., Valerie H., Gillian H., Lori C., Louise W., L.P., Deborah O., Broukg., Courtney H., Michele T., and Tharr, even though their cakes leave us red, white and oh, so blue.