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MIBEFRADIL (Posicor®) is a calcium-channel blocker that was used for high blood pressure and chest pain.
NOTE: This drug is discontinued in the United States.
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
heart problems
coronary artery disease
liver disease
low blood pressure
an unusual or allergic reaction to mibefradil, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
pregnant or trying to get pregnant
Take mibefradil tablets by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Swallow the tablets with a drink of water. You can take the tablets with or without food. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often then directed. Do not stop taking except on your prescriber's advice.
Contact your pediatrician or health care professional regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen)
barbiturates such as phenobarbital
certain antibiotics (clarithromycin, erythromycin, norfloxacin, telithromycin, troleandomycin)
certain medicines used to treat cancer
herbal or dietary supplements such as ginkgo biloba, ginseng, hawthorn, ma huang (ephedra), melatonin, St. John's wort, red yeast rice
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medicines for depression or mental problems
medicines for fungal infections (fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole)
medicines for heart-rhythm problems
medicines for high cholesterol (atorvastatin, cerivastatin, lovastatin, simvastatin)
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monoamine oxidase inhibitors (Azilect®, Eldepryl®, Emsam®, Marplan®, Nardil®, Parnate®, Zelapar™)
rifampin, rifabutin or rifapentine
steroid medications
water pills (diuretics)
Tell your prescriber or health care professional about all other medicines you are taking, including non-prescription medicines, nutritional supplements, or herbal products. Also tell your prescriber or health care professional if you are a frequent user of drinks with caffeine or alcohol, if you smoke, or if you use illegal drugs. These may affect the way your medicine works. Check with your health care professional before stopping or starting any of your medicines.
Check your blood pressure and pulse rate regularly; this is important while you are taking mibefradil. Ask your prescriber or health care professional what your blood pressure and pulse rate should be and when you should contact him or her.
You may feel dizzy or lightheaded. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how mibefradil affects you. To reduce the risk of dizzy or fainting spells, do not sit or stand up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. Avoid alcoholic drinks because they can make you more dizzy, increase flushing, and cause rapid heartbeats.
Do not suddenly stop taking mibefradil. Ask your prescriber or health care professional how you can gradually reduce the dose.
If you are going to have surgery, tell your prescriber or health care professional that you are taking mibefradil.
Side effects that you should report to your prescriber or health care professional as soon as possible:
Rare or uncommon:
fainting spells, lightheadedness
irregular heartbeat, chest pain, palpitations
swelling of legs and ankles
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your prescriber or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
drowsiness or dizziness
facial flushing
nausea, vomiting
stomach pain
Keep out of the reach of children in a container that small children cannot open.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Keep container tightly closed. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
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This Web page is no longer being maintained or updated; it is provided for historical purposes only. For current information on seasonal influenza (flu), see the California Department of Public Health Influenza Web page.
The H1N1 flu virus is a new strain of the influenza or flu virus that first appeared last April and has spread around the world. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. This virus is spreading from person-to-person worldwide, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread.
On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) signaled that a pandemic of 2009 H1N1 flu was underway. World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html.
The symptoms of H1N1 flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal flu infection. They include: fever, lethargy (lack of energy), lack of appetite, and coughing. Some people with H1N1 flu have also reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Like seasonal flu, H1N1 flu in humans can vary in severity from mild to severe. Severe disease with pneumonia, respiratory failure, and even death is possible with H1N1 flu infection. Sometimes bacterial infections may occur at the same time as or after infection with flu viruses and lead to pneumonias, ear infections, or sinus infections.
What is the incubation period of the H1N1 (swine) flu? How long will it take to get the flu after being exposed?
The estimated incubation period is unknown and could range from 1 to 7 days, and more likely 1 to 4 days. Persons with novel H1N1 flu virus infection should be considered potentially contagious (able to spread disease) for up to 7 days after illness onset. Persons who continue to be ill longer than 7 days should be considered potentially contagious until symptoms have resolved. Children, especially younger children, might be contagious for longer periods. People with influenza-like illness should stay home for at least 24 hours after their fever is gone (without the use of fever-reducing medicine).
At this time, there is not enough information to predict how severe this H1N1 flu outbreak will be over the course of the flu season, or how it will compare with seasonal influenza.
With seasonal flu, we know that seasons vary in terms of timing, duration and severity. Seasonal influenza can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. Each year, in the United States, on average 36,000 people die from flu-related complications and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related causes. Of those hospitalized, 20,000 are children younger than 5 years old. Over 90% of deaths and about 60 percent of hospitalization occur in people older than 65.
So far, with H1N1 flu, the largest number of H1N1 flu confirmed and probable cases have occurred in people between the ages of 5 and 24-years-old. Pregnancy, as well as previously recognized high risk medical conditions from seasonal influenza appear to be associated with increased risk of complications from the H1N1 flu.
Certain people are more likely to get complications from H1N1 flu. They are 1) Children younger than 5 years old; 2) Pregnant women; and 3) People of any age with chronic (long-lasting) medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, kidney disease, or heart disease). Unlike with seasonal flu, adults older than 64 years do not appear to be at increased risk of H1N1 flu-related complications thus far.
Complications from the flu can include pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinus and ear infections. The flu can also make chronic health problems worse. For example people with asthma may experience asthma attacks while they have the flu and people with chronic congestive heart failure may have worsening of this condition that is triggered by the flu. If you are concerned about your health risks, see your doctor.
The H1N1 flu virus is spread from person to person the same ways that seasonal flu is spread: usually when someone with the flu coughs or sneezes close to another person, or coughs or sneezes into their own hands and touches another person's hands or face.
Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it, such as a door knob or handle, and then touching their mouth or nose. Flu virus survives in the environment for a few hours and sometimes longer. The H1N1 virus is new. Research is being conducted to better understand its characteristics. Studies have shown that influenza (flu) viruses in general can survive on environmental surfaces and can infect a person for up to 2 to 8 hours after being deposited (left) on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks.
Frequent hand washing by people with and without the flu will help reduce the chance of spreading the virus from person to person and from environmental surfaces. You cannot get the H1N1 swine flu from eating pork or touching a pig.
If you have a flu-like illness, your doctor will consider multiple factors when he or she examines you. Not all patients will be screened for H1N1 virus. Factors that will guide your doctor's decision to test include whether the virus is widespread, exposure to probable or confirmed cases, and severity of illness.
In California, most doctors are no longer testing patients. Instead they are mostly treating flu illness, as needed.
You are unlikely to get infected with the same exact strain of influenza (flu) more than once. Most people with flu-like illness since spring 2009 don't know whether they were infected with H1N1 or another flu virus strain. If you think you had H1N1 infection, ask your doctor if you should be vaccinated.
Even if you had a confirmed case of H1N1 flu, you can still get infected with other flu strains. You should get the seasonal flu vaccine if it is recommended by your health care provider.
No, the current H1N1 flu virus is a new virus, different from the 1918 pandemic flu strain that was so deadly. It's too soon to draw any definitive conclusions about what this variation of the virus will do but it appears to be acting more like a seasonal flu. Persons at high risk of illness and complications, as well as those with cancer, with weakened immune systems, or with HIV infection may be at higher risk for severe illness due to H1N1 flu.
The viruses detected in the U.S. in April 2009 are different from the H1N1 flu virus that caused an outbreak in 1976. Most genetic parts of these viruses are similar to other H1N1 viruses from North America and Europe.
The signs and symptoms of H1N1 flu are the same in pregnant women as in other people: fever, cough, and sore throat. Other symptoms can include body aches, headache, runny nose, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea.
Because pregnant women can get sicker than other people who get 2009 H1N1 flu, they should call their doctor right away if they have flu symptoms.
Infants who are not breastfeeding are in general at higher risk of infection and hospitalization for severe respiratory illness than infants who are breast fed. Women who are not sick with flu should be encouraged to start breastfeeding early and feed often. Ideally, a baby should get most of its nutrition from breast milk to receive as many antibodies as possible from its mother.
The risk for H1N1 transmission (spread) through breast milk is unknown. However, with seasonal flu, it seems that the virus does not usually get into the blood stream and cross into breast milk. Sick women who are able to express (pump) their milk for bottle feedings by a healthy family member should be encouraged to do so if their doctor or other health care provider agrees. A mother who is taking antiviral medications (drugs that fight viruses) to prevent or treat H1N1 infection can still breastfeed if her health care provider agrees.
Sick women who don't have anyone to help with infant care while they are ill should wash their hands often, and practice good hygiene habits when coughing or sneezing. Women with flu-like illness are advised to use facemasks when feeding and caring for their babies.
During an epidemic, CDC works with state and local public health agencies to reduce transmission (spread) and illness severity and provide information to help healthcare providers, public health officials, and the public. See www.cdc.gov for more information about CDC's activities.
See H1N1 Flu FAQ for Information about the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and H1N1 Flu activities 03.13 What is being done to protect Californians?
For workplace and occupational health issues associated with H1N1 influenza (flu) virus, visit the H1N1 Flu and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Web sites for the latest guidance documents. (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh.)
Businesses should prepare for influenza first, by reviewing their current pandemic flu plan or developing a new plan. Involve employees in development and review of the plan. Conduct an exercise, drill, or discussion to test key components of the plan. Share the plan with employees and explain what policies, leave options, pay, and benefits will be available to them. See CDPH H1N1 Flu Information for Businesses and Employers http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/discond/Pages/H1N1Employers.aspx, and CDC H1N1 Resources for Businesses and Employers http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/business/.
Businesses should also prepare for influenza by taking the following actions:
California Department of Public Health, Office of Public Affairs
Updated 12/07/09
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By Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal
BRANDON – Gov. Phil Bryant aims to give students – especially those in low-performing school districts – more options.
School choice options are part of Bryant's "Framing Mississippi's Future"education agenda that he unveiled Friday at Northwest Rankin High School in front of students, teachers and education officials from throughout the state.
The proposal, he conceded, will be thoroughly debated during the 2013 legislative session, and he said he welcomes other ideas that can advance Mississippi's educational achievement.
"Mississippi's children are struggling, and we have a tremendous opportunity to build a better future by investing ourselves in improving our education system," he said, adding his proposal would cost $26 million – a relatively small amount in an overall state budget of $5 billion
But some are concerned that the school choice option parts of the agenda would take funds away from already cash-strapped school districts and in some instances could create chaos and confusion.
His proposal includes many provisions he has discussed before, such as teacher merit pay, recruiting top academic performers to the teaching profession and putting programs in place to try to ensure students entering the fourth grade are reading on grade level.
The school choice component, perhaps the most controversial, includes:
• Allowing more charter schools, though he said they are needed the most in areas where traditional public schools are struggling.
• Developing a program to provide up to $10 million in tax credits to people or businesses that donate funds for students in low-performing school districts to attend private schools.
• Allowing students to attend school outside of the district where they live within certain guidelines developed by the state Board of Education.
Under Bryant's proposal, people or businesses would receive a state income tax credit for contributing to Opportunity Scholarships that would provide scholarships to attend private schools for the children of parents earning up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level or about $32,000 annually. Bryant said the scholarships would be available to students in schools graded as D or F under state Board of Education guidelines. About 2,200 scholarships would be available with the $10 million limit.
Private schools
He said the private schools would have to meet certain state guidelines to be eligible to receive the students on scholarship.
State Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, said he had not had time to study Bryant's proposal, but in general, questioned taking funds away from public schools and giving them to other entities.
Of the scholarship program, Bryan said, "As I understand it from bits and pieces…it is nothing but taking money out of the state treasury and sending it to private schools."
He said the charter school proposal also would take money from the existing schools to create "a parallel system even though we are not funding the current system …That is troublesome."
Houston School Superintendent Stephen Coker expressed similar concerns about charter schools. Of the open enrollment proposal, Coker said he is willing to accept "any student from anywhere," but the problem is how to plan and pay for transfer students.
Interim state Superintendent Lynn House said she appreciates that the governor is communicating with the state board on his proposals and the board also is committed to improving achievement.
"The school choice piece is the one area with the most questions for us," she said.
Transfer rules
Bryant had said the state board would have to develop regulations to allow students to transfer.
Senate Education Chair Gray Tollison, R-Oxford, said he believes it is important to have safeguards in place to allow the district in which a child wants to transfer to the final say on whether to accept students from outside of its boundaries. Overall, of Bryant's proposals, Tollison said, "I think we are singing out of the same hymnal. There are some issues we have all been working on. We will have to work out the details once legislation is proposed."
In a statement, Tupelo Superintendent Gearl Loden said, "I agree with Governor Bryant on some of his education proposals."
He added, "Efforts to ensure that students are academically proficient before being promoted are critical as are efforts that support early childhood education."
Bryant's proposal provides $3 million to continue a pilot early childhood education program.
Bryant stressed that he has tried to build consensus and work with educators.
He pointed out he outlined his proposal to more than 450 teachers during a conference call earlier this week and has met with many superintendents.
"My education agenda was created in collaboration with educationleaders, teachers andresearchers and sets a clear path to success," he said.


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There are many out there that feel that there is no place for electronics in Scouting.. no phones, ipods, or gps units. Well I tend to disagree with those folks, but with this caveat, training, skills, and appropriate time and place.
Training. IF you are going to use a gps unit you need to know how to read a map and compass. Goecaching has made gps very popular and has taken away some of the map and compass skills that we use in the field. The game of geocaching on the other hand has gotten lots of folks out in the woods and hiking from point to point. I love this idea, but… add the map and compass skill to your list when hunting for your next treasure. Total reliance on the gps may leave you stranded when the batteries die. the compass and map will never fail you. So map and compass training is a must.
Training in basic camping (outdoor) skills are a must. Knot tying, First aid, and setting camp, cooking, and the principles of leave no trace are all must have skills. Your iPhone can help in those endeavors. There are great apps out there that teach skills. The Boy Scout handbook is a nice tool on the iPhone to take Scouting where the Scout is… on his phone.
In my troop we do not discourage the use of electronics. Game units, gps, iPhones, etc are all welcome. We do not have a written policy or a guidebook on how and when to use these items, it is understood however that there is an appropriate time and place. Once a Scout understands the when and where and the fact that we welcome technology the instances of abuse are rare. It is a matter of teaching, trusting, and letting them lead in the use of their electronics.
I think that there is a place for electronics in Scouting… and Scouting thinks so too. If you trust your Scouts to do the right thing, train them in the proper use, and then establish the appropriate time and place that it all can be used, it will naturally find its place in your unit.
There recently was a good article in Backpacker magazine about skills and the iPhone.. check it out here.
Let me know what you think. Leave a comment or drop me an email.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Electronics and Scouting
There are many out there that feel that there is no place for electronics in Scouting.. no phones, ipods, or gps units. Well I tend to disagree with those folks, but with this caveat, training, skills, and appropriate time and place.


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Weekend Results: Zambidis, Saenchai, More
- Written by Dave Walsh
Results from the international kickboxing scene this weekend:
Mike Zambidis took home the title at the W5 Grand Prix event in Moscow, although it wasn't an easy road. In the semi-finals, Enriko Gogokhia provided a tough challenge, taking the fight into the extension round before Zambo could score the decision win. In semi-final #2, Dzhabar Askerov took a decision against William Diender, setting up Zambidis vs. Askerov 2 for the final. The two men once again went to war, and once again it was Zambidis claiming the win via unanimous decision. With that win, Zambidis has won 7 of his last 8, with the only loss coming against Giorgio Petrosyan. Prior to this run, he was on a 2-4 streak, and looked like his days at the top could be finished; it's been great to see the veteran fighter make this resurgence. Also at W5: Vladimir Mineev won over Vitaly Shemetov by doctor stopage at the end of round 1, Alexandr Stetsurenko def. Vasily Tershonok by decision in the extension round, and Roman Mailov def. Ramil Novruzov via decision.
Evolution 23 took place in Australia on Saturday. As always, the Australian Muay Thai show delivered, with a number of exciting fights. In the main event, one of the scene's big names, Bruce "The Preacher" Macfie dropped a unanimous decision to Franki Giorgi. Giorgi had defeated Macfie by stoppage at the last card to set up this rematch, and while the Preacher went the distance this time, reports indicate the result was never in doubt.
Elsewhere in the card there was some controversy in a fight between Eli Madigan and Jason Scerri, which Madigan won. Post-show, Scerri's corner has been very critical of Madigan and Evolution, claiming that when they agreed to the fight, they requested there be no elbows used, as Scerri no longer fights under full Muay Thai rules. According to Scerri's camp at Jabout Gym, both Evolution and Madigan's team agreed to this, however when the fight started, Madigan used numerous elbows to cut open his opponent. Scerri's corner threw in the towel as they felt they were being cheated. Bit of an ugly situation there.
One final note from the show – much credit is due to Glen Purvis, who came in on very short notice to face the tough and experienced Dane Daddy Kool when Dane's original opponent had to bow out. Taking a fight against a fighter at that level on just a few days notice is impressive. Even more impressive? Purvis is only 16 years old. Hats off to him for stepping in there.
Full results from Evolution 23 in the complete entry.
And finally, top Muay Thai fighter Saenchai Sinbi (the former Saenchai Sor Kingstar) was in action in England. Saenchai faced top ranked UK Muay Thai fighter Liam Harrison. Reports say this was an excellent fight with Harrisoin giving it his all, but in the end, Saenchai was too much and took the unanimous decision win. He's now 2-0 against Harrison after a 2009 decision victory. If you're unfamiliar with Saenchai, get to YouTube and check him out – truly one of the most gifted athletes in the world in any combat sports discipline.
Evolution 23:
Franki Giorgi def. Bruce "Preacher" Macfie, Unanimous Decision
Danny Derdowski def. Leonard Sitpholek, KO
Flip Street def. Michael Tomahawk Thompson, Split Decision
Dane Daddy Kool def. Glen Purvis, KO Rd. 3
Eli Madigan def. Jason Scerri, KO Rd. 3
Chris Johnstone vs Mark Lucchiarri, TKO (cut) Rd. 2
Kevin NTG def. Ryan Doyle, TKO
Jamie Stamp def. Beniah, KO Rd. 4


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Libya: ERC Amos visits the Libya-Tunisia border
The United Nations Secretary-General has appointed the former Foreign Minister of Jordan, Mr. Abdelilah Al-Khatib, as his Special Envoy to Libya. He will undertake urgent consultations with the authorities in Tripoli and in the region on the immediate humanitarian situation and the wider dimensions of the crisis.
In a telephone conversation between the Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister of Libya, Mr. Musa Kusa, on 6 March, the Secretary-General strongly appealed for an end to the hostilities and for full compliance with Security Council resolution 1970. He urged the authorities in Tripoli to respect the human rights of all the country's people, and to lift restrictions on the media. Mr. Kusa agreed to the Secretary-General's suggestion to immediately dispatch a humanitarian assessment team to Tripoli.
On 6 March, Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Valerie Amos visited the Libya-Tunisia border area. She called for urgent humanitarian access to Misurata in the west of Libya following reports of violence and killing in the area.
"Humanitarian organizations need urgent access now. People are injured and dying and need help immediately", Ms Amos said. "I call on the authorities to provide access without delay to allow aid workers to help save lives. I would also remind all concerned to ensure that civilians are protected from harm."
The media has reported escalating fighting over the past three days between Government forces and the opposition. Hostilities have been concentrated along the coast between Ras Lanuf and Sirte, and in the
towns of Beriaga, Zawiya and Misrata, where the Libyan Red Crescent said it had difficulties delivering aid.
On 6 March, media sources said that in Zawiya, between 30 and 35 people were killed, including civilians and opposition forces. According to the media, dozens were killed in the explosion of an ammunition depot in Wadi Qattara, east of Benghazi. On 5 March, IOM reported that 203,756 people have crossed the borders from Libya to Egypt (90,306), Tunisia (110,331) and Niger (3,119).
The joint United Nations assessment to eastern Libya (Benghazi) returned to Cairo on 6 March and briefed development and humanitarian partners in Egypt. The assessment report will be finalized shortly. The European External Action Service for Crisis Response and Operational Coordination has sent a factfinding mission to Libya to assess humanitarian and evacuation efforts on the ground, and to make an appraisal of what additional support may be needed.
More>> OCHA Situation Report #6 [English - Arabic] - OCHA Press Release on Regional Appeal launch


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|February 1st, 2012, 08:03 AM
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I have a pretty good friend/business aquaintance that makes a Sh&* load of money, well over $250K and always broke.
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|February 1st, 2012, 08:07 AM
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I wonder if there is an income level where that saying no longer applies. At some point you have to make more money than you can possibly spend.
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|February 1st, 2012, 08:19 AM
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Like you said the impact of life's necessities is very different for someone making 10k a year, 50k a year, and 100+k a year. $100 a month for heat is a drop in the bucket for someone making $100k, but a devastating bill for someone making 10k.
To me that's where the potential, and probably more like eventual, failure of a flat tax would come in. 10% flat off the top with no allowances or deductions would actually probably benefit most people making $100k a year. But that same 10% for someone below the poverty line that counts on deductions for kids and what not would be horrible for them.
I'm not actually trying to be argumentative. I too think its the only "fair" way to do it. But I don't think it would work because it will leave people behind.
|February 1st, 2012, 08:27 AM
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I make more than the 50k household average, I make far less than the "200k isn't all that much money 2%er's out there). A flat tax of whatever percentage would seem very fair to someone like myself who sees (look at previous post) friends who are single moms getting back more then they put in, you know who's leaching off the system and still getting nice returns, etc.
If everyone put in an even percentage, or the tax code made more sense to those who don't have a PHd in bullshittery, class divide may not seem quite as bad.
sure, it may give an advantage to those who make more, but if everyone put in 10% or 20% or 30% at least we all would know everyone is putting in a fair share of what they make.
|February 1st, 2012, 08:34 AM
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|February 1st, 2012, 08:46 AM
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Flat tax is the most fair concept out there, but holy shit would that wreck some people's worlds...
To me the whole compassion thing that sets us apart from animals is the downfall of our society.
We(others, not me, I don't give a fukc ) care too much about the well being of others that just can't seem to put their shit together and it drags everyone else down.
Non contributors are a drain on the rest of the society's resources. If we cut them off many would wither away, a few would wake up and adapt, but we would be better off in the long run.
It happens in nature every day.
But that's not a very compassionate, PC, humanitarian way to think and we are paying the price for it.
|February 1st, 2012, 09:10 AM
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To further derail this topic with another question...
How many of the $50k a year or even less households are single income households?
Yes, one of the big reasons why Kerry and I are comfortable is because we have no kids. But the bigger reason is we are both working. I guess the biggest reason would be because we both have "professional" jobs on top of that as well.
|February 1st, 2012, 09:40 AM
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BUT, if I am understanding it like this, here are my toughts.
If what you are saying is how do I feel about someone who makes 10k a year, pays in 2500, and gets back 3500, now paying their fair 10% and paying in 1k, but now being on welfare.
Well in most cases all of the people who owuld currently pay in less than they get back, already qualify for some form of government aid.
That wouldn't change, but what would change is they wouldn't be getting back a big ass tax return to go waste on hookers, blow, 22's, and tv's.
It's a good hypothetical question, I don't know the answer. It kind of leads to some necessary changes for government aid and welfare reform that are a whole new ballgame.
|February 1st, 2012, 09:44 AM
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so my guess based on that is that MOST households nowadays are going to HAVE to be dual income just to be above average. Average salary that I see at work on a daily basis is probably right around 70k, but most of these people are specialized, degreed, educated engineers. So of course it's slightly higher than the averages.
Think of how many people you see who work at home depot, mcdonalds, etc. and they are supporting a family on $10/hr, thats 20k, say their wife also has a similar job.....$40k.....jobs that were traditionally part time jobs for high school kids and college kids....
Something I didn't factor in earlier is the mortgage payment that I pay in to daycare each month, and I even get to split it with my ex wife, one of the few bills I actually get to split. And it's still a real nice car payment/small mortgage payment.
I agree with your other post on compassion, compassion is ok to a point, unfortunately we have taken it worlds past that point.
Just some food for thought.
|February 1st, 2012, 09:47 AM
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It seems like if anything your tax liability should end up being zero and whatever you paid in you should get back. Kinda like when you were a kid in high school and always got back almost all of your taxes.
That's just retarded...
for a system so convoluted and complicated no one understands and gets more complicated every year.
|February 1st, 2012, 09:53 AM
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Then that happened because companies had to provide huge bonuses for management, hefty raises for workers, provide retirement packages for workers that are retired for longer than they worked, and all at the same time keep the share holders happy.
It just seems like you keep peeling this back layer by layer and realize we are pretty much fucked to the core and have been heading down this path for decades.
Its actually a really bleak, sad thing to think about. We have some serious fucking issues in this country and its going to take some very hard decisions in the near future or this whole system is going to come off the rails in epic proportions.
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Electile Dysfunction: The inability to become aroused over any of the choices for President put forth by either party.
That all being said, I find NOTHING moderate, or conservative in the way the Left has run this country since taking over the Congress in 2006.
Our current President has bent overbackward to cow-tow to other cultures, apologize for "western behavior", alienated allies, lied, and back-pedaled (or mis-stated) so many times that it's more of a joke than Bush's gaffes, or Reagan's memory problems. The former speaker, Pelosi, and the current Senate Majority Leader have countless times attempted to divide, and polarize, rather than seek common ground. (despite public promises to "drain the swamp")
this in turn has resulted in the same vigorous blame-storming from the right.
Neither side has the best interest of this country, or their voters in mind.
Is it any wonder zombie shows are so popular? Are we secretly hoping for some form of survivalist anarchy?
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What has the government done for any of us? Not much, and part of the reason is it was never the intent that our government provides for us.
I consider myself a Libertarian, but I'm on the fence of the whole "throwing your vote" away argument so I always vote Republican. There are things I don't agree with the Republicans about, such as abortion and gay marriage. I'm also non-religious and borderline Athiest. The things that truly matter to me like gun rights, the economy, etc. is what truly separates them for me.
I once heard that voting Democrat or Republican is just choosing what you want taxes spent on. Republicans meant a stronger military, private sector, etc. whereas Democrats want to support more social programs and such.
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I understand everyone's arguments. I just have 3 questions:
1. How much suffering are you willing to ignore? Are you OK with driving past shanty towns on your way to work? Are you OK with having to step over starving children on your way into a restaurant? While in the long run, (meaning many decades or centuries), maybe we'd be better off by letting the weak die off, are you ready for seeing a short term, (meaning a few decades) of terrible suffering?
2. How much of a gap between the wealthy and the poor can this country handle? Most "first world" nations, like the USA and much of Europe, have a strong middle class and lower gap between the average worker and the wealthy. Most "third world" have a huge gap between the average worker and the wealthy. How long before this country slides down to third world status?
3. If low taxes on the wealthy brings prosperity for all, why isn't our economy going gangbusters right now? Taxes, especially on the wealthy, are near historic lows right now. Where is the prosperity? If high taxes in the wealthy is a "job killer" why is it that some of the most prosperous times in this country (1950's) also saw some of the highest tax rates?
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RE:Karluk River Report
I envy you Eric. To see the places where salmon fit more appropriately than cars or people must be good for the soul once in a while. I guess we are lucky to have a little bit of that around the northwest US mainland, although not comparable to Alaska. I am totally psyched to be swinging a fly in steelhead water within 24 hours!
RE:Karluk River Report
Thanks Eric, now I have another destination for my when I win the Lotto list. It sounds like a great time and a awe inspiring place.
Karluk River Report
From Sunday to Friday, I was fortunate enough to be able to fish the Karluk in the company of Dan Busch and other members of the Hooknose Society. For those who don't know, the Karluk drains a large portion of SW Kodiak Island and sustains a good population of steelhead and some arctic char.
The five of us stayed in a cabin at a place called Portage, which, I gather from the topo maps, is about 10 or so miles above tide. Even though Kodiak has been experiencing some heavy rains lately, the river was still very low and, though broad (over 200 feet in some places), was quite shallow. Fish movements were impeded by the low water, and we saw far fewer silvers than we expected.
The steelheading, though, was good, although it was far from what I expected in terms of aggressive fish. The fish had adopted full winter behavior and were staying glued to the bottom, taking softly and very discreetly. Our guide, Dan, was a magician at hooking these fish, pulling steelhead out from behind us numerous times. The most successful technique was to dead-drift glo-bugs beneath a strike indicator. I couldn't get the fish to hit a swung-fly, although my buddy John got quite a few by swinging Spey-dressed flies topped with a small brass conehead.
As a matter of fact, I couldn't catch these fish at all, although my friends had little trouble landing three to four fish a day. The steelhead ranged from about two pounds (!) to about fifteen, and were every color steelhead come in, from near-spawning to snow belly bright. The typical fish was about six pounds.
The Karluk steelhead were strong and in excellent condition, but they mostly fought close to where they were hooked, seemingly reluctant to leave the safe pockets of depth they'd found in the otherwise shoal river.
The big story here, though, is BEARS. We had constant encounters of the beary kind; not a day went by that we weren't in the intimate company of one, and, although not one bear every made an aggressive move towards us, we really felt uncomfortable fishing alone and the idea of bear made it hard to concentrate on anything else.
After the six days of fishing, we flew out over the many Kodiak drainages on a bright, high ceilinged day, and could see for ourselves that Kodiak Island was created expressly for salmon. Every dip and depression was a stream, lake or estuary. I'd never seen anything like it. Just wish I were twenty years younger and could move there.
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CHICAGO — It's easy to find the video from the final moments of the finals of the men's 200-meter sprint during the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
Most of the attention from the announcers at the T42/T43 race — for athletes with at least one prosthetic leg — goes to the two men who crossed the finish line in first and second place, as Brazil's Alan Oliveira beats out the favored Oscar Pistorius of South Africa.
But keep your eyes on the two men just behind them. Blake Leeper of the U.S. and Arnu Fourie of South Africa are side-by-side, closing in fast.
For Leeper, just being there is part of a rapid change in his life, carried forward by advances in materials, technology and engineering.
In this Plastics News video, see award-winning Paralympian Blake Leeper in action.
Born without lower legs and spending his entire life using prosthetics, it's only been three years since he got his first pair of carbon-fiber running blades and unlocked the athlete he always knew was inside of him, waiting to explode.
And now, on the day before his 23rd birthday, he's in a race of microseconds with just inches to go, willing himself to somehow cross the line just ahead of the man next to him.
"I knew it was going to take something crazy to get on that podium," Leeper said.
So at the last moment, he dives head first across the finish line, scraping his skin on the track. When he lands, he accidentally trips Fourie. They help each other up and then wait.
And wait.
It takes almost a minute — more than twice as long than the race itself — until the scoreboard finally lists the winner of the bronze medal. Blake Leeper, by three-hundredths of a second, in 22.46 seconds.
A few days later, he wins the silver medal in the 400-meter race.
In August, he and his U.S. teammates win the gold medal in the 400-meter relay at the world championships in Lyon, France, setting a world record in the process.
But during an interview at the Industrial Designers Society of America annual conference in Chicago just a week after that world record, Leeper comes back to those three-hundredths of a second in London.
He has a question for materials experts, engineers and designers: Is it possible they can help create even more improvements to those blades? If diving across the line was the difference between a medal and no medal, imagine what could happen with improved aerodynamics or lighter and thinner composites or a refined curve.
"We can take this to a whole new level," he said.
Keeping the faith
Speaking to groups like the IDSA, Leeper likes to quote college football's Lou Holtz, who once said life is "10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it."
On the day Leeper was born, his parents first knew something was wrong when he was rushed out of the delivery room.
When the doctors came back to them, they were told that their son would never walk, would possibly use a wheelchair for his entire life and would never play sports. He said his parents kept a positive attitude despite the warnings.
Leeper got his first pair of prosthetic legs when he was 9 months old. He jokes that the plastics industry was part of him from the day he was born. He grew up in Kingsport, Tenn., where his father, Billy Leeper, and many other relatives worked for Eastman Chemical Co., and his father's insurance plan from Eastman covered the costs of his walking legs.
Eastman has supported Leeper's outreach — including a "Leep into Fitness" meeting with children in Kingsport after the 2012 Paralympics — although it does not directly supply any materials used in his prosthetics.
As part of an athletic family, Blake Leeper did his best to keep up with his friends, playing baseball and basketball. He was so active, he continually broke the lightweight prosthetics designed for most children.
When he was 8 years old, he was fitted for a sturdier pair of "walking legs." Those legs used some carbon fiber in a shock system that would give him more function and durability.
He used them through high school, playing as a catcher, infielder and outfielder in baseball and even making the varsity high school basketball team, learning how to adapt.
"In a way it was helping me. I was developing muscles that if I did have blades at a young age, maybe I wouldn't have developed the same way," Leeper said. "They made my back a little stronger and my hips a little stronger because the legs are a tad bit heavier than I was used to.
"But at the same time, I didn't know any better about that. I'm just trying to keep up with my friends. I'm trying to make a spot on the basketball team. I just want to not finish last. I'm just trying not to get cut."
It wasn't until the Paralympic Games of 2008 in Beijing that he first became aware of carbon-fiber running blades.
The first versions of a carbon-fiber running foot came out in the late 1970s. Inventor Van Phillips launched his company, Flex-Foot, in 1984. The Flex-Foot Cheetah was designed to work like a spring, absorbing energy as it hit the ground, and allowing a runner to use that energy in the next stride. Phillips sold the company to Reykjavík, Iceland-based prosthetics maker Össur in 2000.
He immediately began doing research, but quickly found out that running blades do not come cheap. They can cost as much as $30,000. Each pair is custom made, designed to fit on each athletes' body specifically.
"Given that my parents were helping me with my education, I highly doubted that they were going to buy me a pair of running legs. I said that you're going to have to figure this out on your own."
Leeper looked at the roster of Paralympians from the U.S., then narrowed them down to athletes in the South. He made contact with one who had grown up in Nash¬ville, just two hours from Kingsport.
He told him his story, then followed a line of contacts leading him to the Challenged Athletes Foundation in San Diego, which invited him to a clinic for disabled athletes. He worked out using his standard walking legs, but quickly drew attention.
"At that event, it was very evident that Blake was a guy who was going to be a star," said Roy Perkins, senior director of programs and marketing for CAF.
The U.S. Paralympics program does not provide funding for running feet, so CAF works with Össur on a grant program that helps finance up to 40 feet and knees each year.
"Running feet are not considered medically necessary," Per¬kins said.
In addition to the cost of the material and engineering that goes into the blade itself, each prosthetic is custom-fitted to the athlete. The thermoformed socket, which attaches to the athlete, is so sensitive that if the runner loses a few pounds, it may need to be re-molded.
Leeper won one of the grants from CAF, with his blades made by Vanderwatt, the same man who made Pistorius' first blades.
"You have to imagine that my whole life, I was only able to run so far," Leeper said. "I pushed those limits playing sports. I tried as hard as I could to keep up and just like that, I'd seen them on TV and it changed. And then they gave them to me and said: 'Here. They're yours.' "
At the track, the first time Leeper tried on his blades, he was warned it could take months to get used to the way they moved and the way he'd feel.
"I was kind of scared. I was thinking, 'Go slow, go slow,' " he said. "I was on a curve and I was just going slow and going slow. Then I hit the straightaway and I just opened it up and the way the wind hit my face, I've never felt that before in my life. I was something I couldn't explain because I'd never felt that before."
A few months later, in June 2009, Leeper headed to his first track meet. He was hoping he wouldn't let down his family, who had come to watch him. He won three events and qualified for the U.S. Paralympic team.
In August, he won both a silver medal and a bronze medal at his first international track meet, in Rio de Janeiro.
"Just by a pair of legs being presented to me, I was doing things I never had before. I always knew that I was an athlete. I always knew I was competitive in sports, but to take it to a Paralympic level, that's something that I never thought I could compete on at any level."
Even as a full-time athlete now, training up to six hours a day in California alongside able-bodied Olympians, Leeper has continued to help others tap into their potential.
He was part of a CAF group that traveled to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake devastated the capital city of Port-au-Prince, leaving thousands dead and injured.
There, the group encountered not only physical complications but emotional ones. A group of children at one camp laughed off the idea that an amputee could be an athlete, Perkins said. The fastest able-bodied boy challenged Leeper to a race. Leeper not only won, he changed the minds of everyone who saw him.
"They followed him everywhere," Perkins said. "They thought he was a superhero."
Leeper has plans to compete on an even higher level, and he thinks engineers and designers can help him and other athletes achieve more. Beyond his own hours of training, trying to get the most out of his body, he's hoping to encourage others to look at ways they can bring their skills to improve the blades, both in performance and in making them available to more people.
The carbon-fiber blades have been in wide use for about 10 years, Leeper said.
Current blades use 30-60 sheets of carbon fiber, depending on who is using them and how they are being used. The shape, curve and precise measurements of the blade depend on the running style of the user and the type of race they are used in. A 100-meter sprint blade, for example, has the curve at a higher point than those used in a 400-meter run.
The blades weigh less than 2 pounds each. The heaviest parts of each are the metal bolts that connect the blades to the socket.
"The blade is the interesting part," he said. "Can you thin the blade down? Can you move the curve? What about the aerodynamics of the blade, can you put something on it that would make it cut through the air better? Can the toe be longer or should it be shorter?"
Too much spring to the blade, and a runner can lose his or her balance; too little and they're not competitive.
Some runners like a thicker blade that will give them more power on each stride. Leeper's style favors a fast turnover and a quick stride, so he prefers blades that are lighter. Each slight change he makes gives him immediate feedback.
"You have to figure out between which category gives you enough energy return, but not too much," he said. "Personally, I haven't even felt like I've found 'my pair' yet, the pair that hits my sweet spot on the blade. It may take two or three years yet to figure that out."
Leeper has set himself a goal not only of competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games, but qualifying to run alongside able-bodied competitors as a member of the U.S. Olympic team. It will take a lot of work, he said, and improvements to the blades along with his own work and improvements are creating a pathway to that dream, though.
"Think back to that three-hundredths of a second, and if we can get into the labs and think about shaving just tenths of a second off, we're breaking world records," he said. "One day I believe the fastest man in the world will be wearing blades, and I'm hoping that person will be me."


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It seems to me that the main reason being put forward for preferring K&R (or similar) is saving space, but don't you think that this is a case of seriously getting things entirely the wrong way around? The purpose of a coding style is not to save space or to look pretty, it's to make code easier to read (because reading code is harder than writing code), to make wrong code look wrong and to make right code look right.
If we can all agree, or mostly agree, that a certain style is harder to read or fails in the other main criteria, then we should by definition also all agree (or mostly agree) that any other advantages that style may have are of reduced (or no) importance. If a given style takes 50% longer for a person to read and parse then that's time wasted for that person (and why obsess over saving a few blank lines if it comes at the cost of wasting someone's time?) If a given style makes right code look wrong (or worse - wrong code look right) then that style is obviously at best flawed, at worst completely broken.


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Bioethicist and medical historian Ronald Numbers will deliver this academic year's first Princeton Lecture on Religion and History at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, in 10 Guyot Hall.
His talk is titled "Intelligent Design: Revolutionary Science or Reactionary Religion?"
Numbers is the Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has taught for more than three decades. He has written or edited more than two dozen books on science and religion, including "When Science and Christianity Meet," co-edited with David Lindberg, and multiple works on Darwinism. He is a past president of both the History of Science Society and the American Society of Church History.
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The Midimoog is an excellent resurrection of the Minimoog by Studio Electronics, a company that has shown with its ATC-1 Tone Chameleon that they can emulate the classic synths. Remaining faithful to the original design, circuitry and components, Studio Electronics has recreated the original in a new rackmount MIDI equipped unit. Every unit has a genuine Minimoog Model D board inside. They've added a new dedicated LFO in addition to the Midi. Unfortunately, due to the 100% analog design of this synth, including the analog pots and switch controllers, retrofitting patch memory to the original Minimoog boards would have been a major electronic undertaking. So just like the original Minis, there is no patch memory storage.
The front panel layout of the Midimoog strongly resembles the Minimoog's original design. Familiar to old Minimoogers and fairly easy to learn and explore for the newer users. As for the sounds... they're the real thing. Three oscillators power this monophonic analog beast to create fat and warm synth basses, leads, blip-bleeps and sweeping sounds. The classic 24 dB/oct lowpass Moog filter is here too, and just as powerful as always. The rack-mountability and MIDI implementation alone make this an excellent choice for anyone looking for the famous warm Moog sounds in a compact yet classic MIDI-equipped module. It has been used by Fatboy Slim, Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Glen Ballard (Alanis Morrisette's producer). They are rare, however, and sell for thousands of dollars typically.
Since there wasn't an abundance of people who wanted their Minimoogs turned into a rack, Studio Electronics soon ran out of Model D boards. This led them to produce the MidiMini, which was a clone of the MidiMoog except that instead of using boards from Model D's, they simply built new boards from scratch based on the design and components of the Model D. So the MidiMini offers the same great sound as the MidiMoog and MiniMoog.
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Ugh, I have to go to the Oscars with Jane Fonda. THIS SUCKS.
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Kelsey Grammar's really let himself go since settling down with Mourielle Herrera.
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Not even Tom Ford can make a blue velvet blazer with black accessories work on the red carpet.
Getting too excited about the 1940s cigarette bordello theme is a beginner's mistake.
You just know Jon Hamm was in the middle of telling a really dirty joke here. <3
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Some mean person ruined Elizabeth Banks' nice dress by dipping her ass first into a vat of ostrich feathers.
Oh, Martin Short.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Steve Martin compare bowel movements.
This might be the classiest version of "lesbians for attention" I've ever seen.
Witness Chris Rock as he thinks up his comedy routine about meeting George Lucas, right there on the spot.
If you squint, it totally looks like Glenn Close is feeling up Michelle Williams.
Chevy Chase, on the other hand, actually is feeling up that poor lady.
Katy Perry: original seapunk?
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Mount Baker looms 70 kilometers southeast of Vancouver and on clear days it's silhouette is a feature of the horizon at sunrise. It is the second most thermally active crater in the cascades after Mount St Helens. In the foreground the Lions gate Bridge connects the City of Vancouver and the cities of the North Shore.
To see how the light changed, please take a look at this gigapan gigapan.com/gigapans/116353 which was taken about 15 minutes later
About the image: Taken with a Canon 50D, an EF 400 F5.6 prime lens and processed via PTgui and CS6. 132 images (6 x 22


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Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D., of Harvard Medical School received the Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation in 2013. Learn more about the Outstanding Achievement Prizes at: http://bbrfoundation.org/outstanding-achievement-prizes.
Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D.
Scientific Council Member
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School


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...money counting class. (You'll need to know when the inflation spiral gets rolling in earnest.)
Read it and laugh until you weep.
Manraag Singh brings us up to date on what's going on in the monetary experiment known as Zimbabwe:
"The Cato Institute estimates Zimbabwe's inflation rate at 89.7 sextillion percent. That is 89.7 million million million, or twenty-one zeroes behind the number.
"Putting that into perspective, the official count of stars in the universe is about 70 sextillion, apparently...
"On the plus side, Zimbabwe's share index is expected to double this year now that they are re-opening it with trading in US dollars...
"Gideon Gono had shut it down about three months ago after accusing some traders of using fraudulent cheques worth '60 hexillion' Zimbabwe dollars to buy shares. I haven't been able to find out how much a hexillion is..."


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Adam Levine: Engaged to Behati Prinsloo!by Free Britney at . Comments
Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo are back together ... forever!
The Voice judge, 34, and Victoria's Secret model, 24, split up in the spring, but are now a couple again and headed to the altar, Adam's rep confirms.
He proposed over the weekend and she said yes!
"Adam Levine and his girlfriend Behati Prinsloo are excited to announce they are engaged to be married," the rep says. "The couple recently reunited."
"Adam proposed this weekend in Los Angeles."
The Namibian-born model and the Maroon 5 frontman began dating in May 2012, shortly after he broke up with his prior model girlfriend, Anne Vyalitsyna.
Congratulations to the happy couple!


text: I'm at a loss, I just got the OFA results back from my 26 month old YLM and it shows mild dysplasia with subluxation in the left hip. My vet had said he saw a slight seperation but thinks due to the age of the dog the ball might still pull deeper into the socket. Is this a real possibility or just wishful thinking? I had put a JH on the pup last summer and was looking forward to SH, MH this summer and breeding - now I'm definately not breeding and wondering if I should stop working him. We train just about everyday - he's a real firebreather and doesnt show any lameness. Any input would be appreciated.


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Why Caterpillar?
Bulldozers as Weapons
Caterpillar sells its bulldozers to the Israeli army through the United States Foreign Military Sales Program, separately from its regular supply chain of products to the general Israeli market. Once in Israel, D9 bulldozers are armored, and modified to include machine gun mounts and grenade launchers. According to the testimony of Josh Reubner of the US Campaign to Stop the Israeli Occupation at the Russel Tribunal on Palestine in 2010, all U.S. arms transfers and military aid are subject to laws intended to prevent these weapons from being used to commit human rights abuses. For example, the Arms Export Control Act states that foreign countries receiving weapons as military aid must use them only for internal security and legitimate self-defense.
However, this is not the case with Caterpillar bulldozers, which have been systematically used in internationally-condemned war crimes, such as in the 2002 attack on Jenin, the razing of Rafah neighbourhoods in 2004, the 2006 invasion of Lebanon and the 2008 attacks on Gaza. The last two attacks insidiously included unmanned D9 bulldozers (Dawn Thunder) and unmanned versions of the company's smaller tools (Front Runner) specially developed for urban warfare.
During the April 2002 attack on the Jenin Refugee Camp, Caterpillar D9s have leveled hundreds of civilian houses, "to make pathways into the camp." As a 2002 Human Rights Watch report reveals, some of the houses were crushed onto their inhabitants and approximately 4,000 people were rendered homeless.
In May 2004, Caterpillar bulldozers were also used in the Israeli army's assault on the refugee camp of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. A Human Rights Watch report refers to these mass demolitions, stating "During regular nighttime raids and with little or no warning, Israeli forces used armored Caterpillar D9 bulldozers to raze blocks of homes at the edge of the camp, incrementally expanding a "buffer zone" that is currently up to three hundred meters wide. The pattern of destruction strongly suggests that Israeli forces demolished homes wholesale, regardless of whether they posed a specific threat, in violation of international law. In most of the cases Human Rights Watch found the destruction was carried out in the absence of military necessity." The report goes on to point out instance of homes, and infrastructure such as roads, being destroyed without just cause.
Caterpillar D9 bulldozers preceded the Israeli troops in the invasions to South Lebanon (2006) and to Gaza (2008), as highlighted in the Goldstone Report, to systematically destroy civilian buildings, homes, land, crops, orchards, and infrastructure. According to eyewitness reports, the destruction continues well after the Israeli soldiers take control of the area.
According to Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the "extensive destruction and appropriation of property carried out unlawfully and wantonly" are war crimes.
In March 2003, a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer operated by the Israeli army killed the peace activist Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen, while she was nonviolently protesting the demolishment of a Palestinian home in Rafah.
House Demolitions
Aside from the systematic house demolitions described above as a method of urban warfare, the Israeli occupation uses house demolitions against specific Palestinian homes and towns throughout the country as punitive measures and as a way to curb Palestinian urban expansion. A report published by B'tselem in 2004 and cited by the UN, investigated the home demolitions of the families of people suspected of terrorist activity. The report reveals that 47% of the homes demolished by the military were never used by the suspects themselves. In addition, demolitions often occur with little or no prior warning, and the report finds that in only 3% of the cases were the occupants given notification. These demolitions are in fact a form of collective punishment, as well as a violation of the right to due process.


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BIG congrats to Tim & Boo!
Tim, you are on a good roll. Couldn't happen to a nicer fellow.
10 dogs back for am....double-retired....with bli nd to right side...double thrown in to eachother.tight.
Sorry to much multitasking.....Marv B -2dogs. Russell. Noga. Burks. ...sorry cant remember other 5. Test done. One p/up...2 handles....rest clesn....stilll waiting
Congrats to Linda Noga for winning the Amateur! Second went to Marv/Dealer
Ruger won? Woo hooo! Big congrats to Linda & Bill & Ruger!
Kim Pfister, Rainmaker Labs
I heard that Paul Rainbolt got 2nd in the Q with Gypsy! Huge congrats to them.
Want to know the definition of a roller coaster weekend?? Our all age dog Homer gets some kind of stomach virus and after two good weekends has to be scratched; our puppy, Homer's daughter is running her second derby and she jams and her second qual and she wins (her first were run at 15 months so we really don't count that as a good effort more a 'let's see' effort) oh joy, oh joy - but on the way home, on the interstate the dog truck has a major blowout - dogs and driver are all safe and in the long and short of it- that's all that matters. So hug your dogs, and your handlers, and be glad that they are just around to play again. Thanks to the power that watches over crazy dog people!


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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
I heard this was coming... I am sure we will see more on the 9th while at Toy Fair!
Ouch. $19.99 each.
Hopefully there will be some deals to be had. But Luke looks awesome.
This is very interesting - it looks like the SW version of Marvel Legends. The packaging look is very nice and classy and the Luke looks pretty great. I don't know how much space, time, and money I can devote to collecting a whole new scale, but I'll probably pick up some of them.
Interesting that the 3 3/4" line will continue under this "The Black Series" banner as well. I'm assuming this is what is replacing TVC? The article even calls the figures vintage-style, so presumably they won't just be continuing the actual vintage look. Though I wonder if this is partly to place the great articulation, paint, and sculpts into one line and have the 3 3/4" figures scale back on some of these aspects. Toy Fair really can't get here fast enough!
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I'm not going to buy the new size. Luke looks great and it is nice detail. Hopefully it will create excitement and sales for the stockholders by the very enjoyment of Star Wars by many new fans, and some of the older ones.
My concerns:
1. Quality in sculpt and detail are NOT sacraficed for the 3 3/4" line.
2. The 3 3/4" line continues with Expanded Universe characters, including more obscure or army-building ones, as well as obscure movie characters. If you cannot identify Nyrat Agira, Rogwa Woodrata, Tzzzvvzzt, Shasha Teil, Taym-dren Garen, Nomi Sunrider, Sylvar, Droma, Anakin Solo, Riff Tamsen, Wagtwo, Senator Farr, etc., you might enjoy them when you learn about them, but regardless, there ARE fans waiting to enjoy figures of these characters and more. As well as an open-Bespin Jacket Luke Skywalker (without belt) from Dagobah from just before Yoda raises Luke's X-wing that's never been made. I'm not buying the next improvement to a Sandtrooper or Darth Vader - or General Grievous and Darth Maul.
3. Regular sized (Corporate Alliance Tank Droid sized, V-wing sized) Class 2 vehicles return and offer new products like Hondo Ohnaka's flying saucer fighter (Rapier-One) and Hondo's pirate tank - as well as things like the Trandoshan hunter pods are made for Class 1 vehicles with figures. The Kamino Clone Labs patrol vessels that kind of look like Slave-One are perfect for on-screen actual MOVIE additions to this set.
But I don't want to spoil others' enthusiasm for this new size.
I can't wait. These will look awesome next to my Epic Force, Unleashed, Force Battlers, Jedi Force, and all the other excellent mid-size Star Wars figure lines that were canned after a handful of figures!
No one in Wave 1 excites me, but, if there are better figures in a Wave 2 and they actually hit retail, or if Maul or Artoo look awesome in person, I might get them when Ross marks them down to $4.99.
That's my jacket!
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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
Just another reason to STOP collecting Star Wars figures.
JJL, do you really think that, at a $20 pricepoint, this line will stick around? Whether you liked them or not, all their previous lines were well-executed and sold rather well up until the typical distribution issues and oversaturation of a few unwanted figures hit. Also, keep in mind that Unleashed, with the same target audience as these "Black" figures, wasn't canceled because it didn't sell, but because sales didn't increase as proportionally as the other lines did in 2005.
I don't think that a new scale of figure is the way to reinvigorate the collector base, particularly after most of us have collections of almost twenty years worth of figures in another size (or two).
If these come out in 2012 and aren't clogging closeout store shelves by April 2013, I will eat my Unleashed Darth Vader.
That's my jacket!


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EFF's Coders' Rights Video: Do It For The Kittens!
Sooooo… the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), of which I am a member, sends out a promotional video for their Coders' Rights Project that involves… kittens???
While I support the Coders' Rights Project and applaud their creativity, this video feels a bit forced… kind of like "everyone loves kitten videos, so we just need a kitten video!"
What do you think?


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Players to perform 'The Fantasticks,' May 27-28
Posted May 21, 2005; 12:40 p.m.
The Princeton University Players will present "The Fantasticks" Friday and Saturday, May 27-28, in the Frist Campus Center theater.
Showtimes are at 2 and 8 p.m. Friday and at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Princeton University Players is a student-run organization that has been bringing musicals to the Princeton campus for nearly 20 years. This production is directed by Julia Cain, a member of the class of 2007.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens, $6 for students and $5 for alumni and are available online through University Ticketing.


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CK-12 Texas Instruments Trigonometry Teacher's Edition
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TE Introduction to Trigonometry - TI
A brief explanation of the following lessons.
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TE Trigonometry and Right Angles - TI
This chapter introduces students to trigonometric functions, triangle ratios, and the unit circle with some of its applications.
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TE Circular Functions - TI
This chapter examines graphs of sine and cosine functions. These concepts are explored through data sets, sinusoidal regression, vertical shifts, and phase shifts.
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TE Trigonometric Identities - TI
This chapter allows students to derive trigonometric identities algebraically and on a graphing calculator. The lesson also presents angle sum and difference exercises.
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TE Inverse Functions and Trigonometric Equations - TI
This chapter focuses on graphing the six inverse trigonometric functions in addition to providing exercises for solving trigonometric equations with a graphing calculator.
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TE Triangles and Vectors - TI
This chapter allows students to use their graphing calculators to determine the relationship between Heron's formula and the basic area formula. Students are also tasked with deriving and using the Law of Sines.
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TE Polar Equations and Complex Numbers - TI
This chapter develops a student's knowledge of polar coordinates by graphically and algebraically finding slopes on a polar graph. Additionally, students practice representing complex numbers in the complex plane as points and vectors.


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I lost my very first Chesapeake Bay Retriever last Friday. Caslpeke Magnum Reload AKC Senior Hunter "Reload" Reload he was a great dog and taught me a lot about dog training and Chesapeakes in general. There were times when I really wanted to shoot that dog some days but I loved him dearly. He was without a doubt the most loving Chesapeake I've ever met. He never met a stranger but he didn't like to listen to anyone but me. He was by no means a master hunter by AKC standards and he certainly wasn't gonna win any opens. But he was the only dog I've ever met that was capable of running down a crippled tundra swan and carrying it back three to four hundred yards! Reload meet many of my hunting buddies and made many memories a field and training. Not all were the best at the time but we still have a good laugh at the things that dog did! I can remember this dog breaking sixty yards of ice to pick up blue bills on a cold winter shoot. He will certainly be missed. But I think that the best thing Reload ever did was just be my buddy and keeping the boogie man at bay for my boys when they were little.
He always had a knack for giving you that I'm a poor dog look!
He loved giving hugs to our dearly departed golden Molly and my oldest boy when he was little.
He was sure proud of himself on this day. He made some nice retrieves on tundra swans.


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By Lena Mitchell/NEMS Daily Journal
CORINTH – Eager as businesses may be to begin legal wine and liquor sales in Corinth, the steps required of the city and the businesses themselves may pose some delays.
According to Thursday's Daily Corinthian, five businesses had published legal notice of their intent to obtain liquor permits for on-premise or package wine and liquor sales. Those businesses are:
• Ruby Tuesday, 210 Highway 72 West, Corinth; on-premise sales
• The General's Quarters, 924 Fillmore St., Corinth; on-premise sales
• Twisted Cork, 108 Highway 72 West, Corinth; package store sales
• Corinth Wine & Spirits, 3113 Shiloh Road, Corinth; package store sales
• Twisted Spirits, 1100-B Highway 72 West, Corinth; page store sales
The businesses are giving Corinth residents notice that if they have any objections, those must be filed with the state Department of Revenue within 15 days of the first publication.
No matter how eager those businesses may be to get their new ventures under way, how soon legal sales of liquor and wine will begin in Corinth is unclear.
The Board of Aldermen adopted an ordinance on Jan. 2 that replicates the state Alcohol Beverage Control Board regulations with two exceptions. The city would like to offer on-premise sales 1-10 p.m. Sundays, where the ABC regulations prohibit Sunday sales. The city also would like to end wine and liquor sales at 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, where ABC permits sales until 10 p.m.
The ABC board must rule on those requests before any further action can be taken.
"We must receive a certified copy of the city ordinance, which we have not received yet," ABC spokeswoman Kathy Waterbury said on Thursday.
After receiving the certified ordinance and request it could be weeks or a month before a decision is rendered, she said.
After approving a city ordinance, the ABC board would then begin receiving and processing permit applications.
"Each applicant has to be investigated to make sure they are suitable to hold a permit under state law, which includes financial background, criminal background checks, the location," Waterbury said. "That could take four, six, eight weeks depending on what the investigation may disclose. If there's missing information on the application the time frame could be extended."
Evaluation of the premises also includes examining staff training, financing, where the alcohol is stored, access, how it's served, menus, health department rules and more.
"Those are the kinds of things they'll be looking for to make sure they are suitable before they issue a permit," Waterbury said. "It's not like you turn on the water faucet and it immediately starts. There are layers, so all the applicants may not be opening on same day. We may get a slew of applications, but we have limited staff to investigate."


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AAP Updates Guidance on Epinephrine Use for Anaphylaxis »
"The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) confirms in a new report that epinephrine is the medication of choice for the first-aid treatment of anaphylaxis and updates a 2007 report on how it should be used most effectively.
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(levocetirizine dihydrochloride) Tablets
Levocetirizine dihydrochloride, the active component of XYZAL tablets and oral solution, is an orally active H1-receptor antagonist. The chemical name is (R)[2-[4-[(4-chlorophenyl) phenylmethyl]-1-piperazinyl] ethoxy] acetic acid dihydrochloride. Levocetirizine dihydrochloride is the R enantiomer of cetirizine hydrochloride, a racemic compound with antihistaminic properties. The empirical formula of levocetirizine dihydrochloride is C21H25ClN2O3•2HCl. The molecular weight is 461.82 and the chemical structure is shown below:
Levocetirizine dihydrochloride is a white, crystalline powder and is water soluble.
XYZAL 5 mg tablets are formulated as immediate release, white, film-coated, oval-shaped scored tablets for oral administration. The tablets are imprinted on both halves of the scored line with the letter Y in red (Opacode® Red). Inactive ingredients are: microcrystalline cellulose, lactose monohydrate, colloidal anhydrous silica, and magnesium stearate. The film coating contains hypromellose, titanium dioxide, and macrogol 400.
XYZAL 0.5 mg/mL oral solution is formulated as an immediate release, clear, colorless liquid. Inactive ingredients are: sodium acetate trihydrate, glacial acetic acid, maltitol solution, glycerin, methylparaben, propylparaben, saccharin, flavoring (consisting of triacetin, natural & artificial flavors, dl-alpha-tocopherol), purified water.
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