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Hey everyone, just wanted to post up a link to pics of my first event as Jango. These were taken at the NYCC Sat. Feb. 7th. at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. It was a great event with very few wardrobe malfunctions. The only problem I had was my hoses breaking off my gauntlets and snapping off a small piece of my knee. Nothing a little CA glue couldn't fix ;)
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Commentary: Myth vs. reality of President Kennedy
Hovering over the remembrances of John F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination is the ghost of a life that is more myth than reality, more revisionist than factual — one that has left him perhaps forever stranded in sort of an historic limbo between inspirational and second-rate tawdriness.
Truth, it seems, is always lost or at least sublimated in the grief we feel over such an event and the loss of potential when a promising future is cut short. It tends to allow us to forgive or at least overlook the deficiencies that were there for all of us to see if we had looked. But we are often too embarrassed to admit our negligence.
Then should we remember how naive we were about this handsome young war hero? Do we want to accept the facts about his health, his marriage, his carnal appetites, his frequent lack of compassion and social conscience, his dedication to nobles oblige? Do we sweep under the rug his playboy boredom with elected office during a time when he could have been learning and preparing for bigger things?
Or do we, for the sake of our integrity, want to confront the discrepancies perpetuated and protected by a dwindling cadre still reveling in the image of Camelot in the years since Dallas? Oh sure, even those hypnotized by charm are willing to concede his dalliances as almost acceptable in a "boys will be boys" sort of way and justified by his value to the nation. We in the press overlooked his outrageous womanizing. Why should he be held to the same standards of behavior as the rest of us? He didn't think he should be.
Nearly everything we as part of the electorate were told in 1960 about this wealthy scion of an Irish-American family was pretty much a lie. He was not in good health. His marriage was a sham. He was utterly uninterested in the workings of Congress as reflected by his abysmal attendance record in both the House and the Senate. He actually had not written the book manipulated into a best-seller by his father and that won him the Pulitzer Prize. He was anything but a liberal. He had little interest in civil rights other than in what advocacy of social equality could do for him politically.
That was just for openers. The Soviet Union's superiority in missile strength that he alleged during the campaign put the U.S. nuclear capability at a decided disadvantage was utterly false. There was a gap. But the Soviets trailed badly.
Was he interested in the trappings of the office when he won it in the most hotly contested election in history? Of course he was, but he had little interest in the nuts and bolts of the job. His brother, Robert, handled that assignment and in many ways was more the president than he. A director of the Marine Band once confided that when he asked Mrs. Kennedy before a White House social event what music the president liked, she replied that the band probably should play "Hail to the Chief ... over and over again."
JFK's relationship with Martin Luther King was strained at best, and the president's penchant for sexual episodes led to one of the more disgraceful acts of his administration.
His affair with Judith Campbell, a mafia party girl who carried messages between the Chicago mobster Sam Giancana and the president, was discovered by the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover brought it to the attention of Attorney General Robert Ken-nedy, who immediately realized the political consequences if discovered.
A decade later when it was disclosed by me and a Scripps Howard colleague, I appeared on "Good Morning America" in New York with JFK's former White House chief of staff Kenney O'Donnell in a one-on-one debate.
Asked by the moderator and host, David Hartmann, about the import of this I explained that the implied threat of its disclosure by Hoover forced Robert Kennedy to agree to the electronic surveillance of King. O'Donnell did not disagree but understandably tried to skirt the issue.
How history regards our presidents is mostly transitory. It depends to a great degree on the times and who is doing the writing. That is particularly true when dealing with a chief executive who has been suddenly and terribly taken from us while in office. The years have considerably tarnished the image. It is all right to remember and grieve again but that should be tempered with an understanding of clay feet and reality.
Dan Thomasson is an op-ed columnist for McClatchy-Tribune and a former vice president of Scripps Howard Newspapers. Readers may send him email at email@example.com.
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WestJet complains to ministers about Air Canada pension request
By Randall Palmer
OTTAWA (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines Ltd is concerned about special treatment for its main competitor, Air Canada, which is seeking leniency over a gaping pension fund deficit, and records show that WestJet launched a concerted lobbying campaign with the federal government over pensions.
Executives from WestJet, the country's second-largest airline, held a series of meetings on pension issues on November 20-21 with four members of cabinet, including Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who is in charge of the Air Canada pension file. WestJet executives also met with numerous senior officials as well as lawmakers from the governing Conservative Party.
The meetings and the topic of pensions are recorded in the federal Register of Lobbyists.
Flaherty is considering a request filed by Air Canada for a 10-year extension to the cap on special payments it must make to reduce the deficit in its defined-benefit pension funds, which reached C$4.2 billion ($4.3 billion) at the start of 2012.
"We won't comment on the specifics of individual meetings like these," WestJet spokesman Robert Palmer told Reuters. "But at a general level, we are concerned about the impact on the state of competition caused by Air Canada repeatedly asking the federal government for special assistance, especially at a time when they are expanding their fleet, buying new aircraft and have billions of dollars on the balance sheet."
In 2009, Air Canada won agreement from the government for a moratorium on making special pension deficit payments through 2010. After that, Ottawa agreed to a cap on such payments that would rise from C$150 million in 2011 to C$225 million in 2013.
Air Canada Chief Executive Calin Rovinescu wrote Flaherty on April 26 to ask for a cap of C$150 million a year in special payments from 2014 through 2023.
The airline has won the reluctant support of its unions for the plan, as well as the backing of its retirees, which Flaherty had said was a prerequisite for him to consider an extension. Air Canada was hoping for a decision by Flaherty this year. Continued...


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When is a life form not a life form? When it's a virus.
Viruses are strange things that straddle the fence between living and non-living. On the one hand, if they're floating around in the air or sitting on a doorknob, they're inert. They're about as alive as a rock. But if they come into contact with a suitable plant, animal or bacterial cell, they spring into action. They infect and take over the cell like pirates hijacking a ship.
Viruses are found on or in just about every material and environment on Earth from soil to water to air. They're basically found anywhere there are cells to infect. Viruses have evolved to infect every form of life, from animal to plant and from fungi to bacteria.
However, viruses tend to be somewhat picky about what type of cells they infect. Plant viruses are not equipped to infect animal cells, for example, though a certain plant virus could infect a number of related plants. Sometimes, a virus may infect one creature and do no harm, but cause havoc when it gets into a different but closely enough related creature.
A virus is basically a tiny bundle of genetic material—either DNA or RNA—carried in a shell called the viral coat, or capsid, which is made up of bits of protein called capsomeres. Some viruses have an additional layer around this coat called an envelope. That's basically all there is to viruses.
Viruses exist for one purpose only: to reproduce. To do that, they have to take over the reproductive machinery of suitable host cells.
Upon landing on an appropriate host cell, a virus gets its genetic material inside the cell either by tricking the host cell to pull it inside, like it would a nutrient molecule, or by fusing its viral coat with the host cell wall or membrane and releasing its genes inside. Some viruses inject their genes into the host cell, leaving their empty viral coats sitting outside.
Viruses may be referred to often as the smallest infectious things. But there are some smaller contenders. Some of the agents of plant disease lack even a viral coat and are merely small strings of plain, or "naked," RNA. These particles are called viroids. They are believed to be a more primitive version of ordinary viruses.
This can sometimes create a happy outcome. For example, the soil-dwelling bacterium Bacillus subtilis has viral genes that help protect it from heavy metals and other harmful substances in the soil.
Once inside a host cell, viruses take over its machinery to reproduce. Viruses override the host cell's normal functioning with their own set of instructions that shut down production of host proteins and direct the cell to produce viral proteins to make new virus particles.


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by IBM
May 22, 2012
The increasing use of smartphones and tablet computers as business tools has brought organizations and their employees new levels of productivity, flexibility and mobility. But their use is a double-edged sword, bringing with it new levels of complexity to IT management and security.
To cope, organizations need to put into place new policies for business use. Will employees be permitted to use their personal devices, or is there a company-owned standard? What is the most effective management technology, for the environment? What management tools -full suite or point solutions- will meet IT needs for manageability and availability, as well as business needs for cost-effectiveness?
And organizations always need to ensure that devices and data remain secure in an environment where loss and theft are common. Read more.


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- Regular length: 38.5" from shoulder.
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Max Schmeling, Gustav 'Bubi' Scholz, Graciano and Ralf Rocchigiani, Henry Maske and Axel Schulz – these are just some of the many great fighters from Germany whose success in the international boxing arena has thrilled fans all over the world. The list is long and, with world champions Marco Huck (cruiserweight) and Felix Sturm (middleweight), nowhere near finished.
Germany has also become a base for boxing world champions from other countries. Ukrainian boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, multiple heavyweight world champions, have made Germany their home and contest many of their fights here. Bouts featuring the two brothers, who are considered gentlemen in the boxing scene, always attract thousands of spectators.
But it's not just in the premier discipline of heavyweight boxing that Germany leads the way. The country has also produced many great talents in other weight classes who demonstrate their abilities in front of thousands of spectators at lavishly staged boxing events.
Hamburg is the unofficial boxing capital of Germany and is home to three of its most famous boxing clubs. Promotion for the Klitschko brothers was also based in the city – and today they run their own agency from Hamburg, the 'gateway to the world'.
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WATCH: Ludacris talks rap moniker with Jimmy Kimmel
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Rapper and actor Chris "Ludacris" Bridges is clearing the air about why he uses his full name as well as his rap moniker when starring in films.
On Wednesday's episode of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Ludacris revealed that he's been going by the name since he penned his first rap lyric at age nine. The rapper admitted that in his first song he had to lie about his age because it contained the rhyme "I'm cool, I'm bad, I might be ten, but I can't survive without my girlfriend." When host Jimmy Kimmel asked him how he even knew what the word "ludicrous" meant at age nine, Luda admitted that he had to look it up in the dictionary.
Ludacris also touched on his tradition of buying a vehicle from each "Fast and Furious" film he's starred in. While he bought cars from "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Fast Five," Luda admitted that he had to break his custom. He said he refrained from buying one of the new film's vehicles because they shot the movie in London, where the steering column is on the right side. He says the change would likely confuse him. "Fast & Furious 6" also stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and Jordana Brewster. The film hits theaters this weekend.


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A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]
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In time for Veterans Day, we explore how veterans have been treated in the aftermath of America's past wars. How much depends on the politics of the war? Are vets only as popular as the wars they've fought in?


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Tommy Hamrick was named Director of Human Resources for the City of Lakeland. This is a newly created position that uses one Director to oversee Employee Relations and Civil Service.
The appointment of Hamrick as Director of Human Resources and the consolidation of two Departments within the City is part of a global streamlining effort by City Manager Doug Thomas. "We have been working toward a goal to improve efficiencies within this area for some time," said Thomas. "Employee Relations and Civil Service have historically been two separate Departments with some overlap of responsibilities and both performed a number of parallel functions. This consolidation also involved the negotiation and approval of a Shared Services Agreement with the Civil Service Board."
Hamrick will be responsible for the administrative and professional work in planning, directing and coordinating the City's central Human Resources program that includes civil service functions. Hamrick said, "I am honored to have been selected as the City's inaugural Director of Human Resources. My education, training and experience, coupled with the empowerment of a true HR Department, will enable us to create a more effective and efficient system for managing the municipality's employees."
Thomas said, "Tommy has been serving as the Director of Civil Service and he has been overseeing employee relations for the past several months after the retirement of the previous Director." He added, "His proven track record along with his shared vision of a consolidated Human Resources Department played a significant role in the hiring process."
Hamrick has been with the City of Lakeland since October 2004. He has functioned as Civil Service Director as well intermittent duties as the Director of Retirement Services. He has a diverse background in human resources with experience across the United States and abroad with companies such as EME, Siemens and FMHI. Hamrick graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and he received his Master's Degree from the University of Central Florida in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
He is a member of the International Personnel Management Association, the International Personnel Assessment Council and the Society for Human Resource Management. He is recognized by Human Resource Certification Institute and holds qualifications from the Florida Public Pension Trustee Association. He is also a Certified Public Manager.
Hamrick has lived in Lakeland since 2001 with his wife Marcy who currently works in human resources for Publix Super Markets. He and his wife have three children: Tommy Jr. (8), Ian (5), and Molly (2). He is 43 years old and his annual salary as Human Resources Director is $110,000 per year.


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Gay-Rights Groups See Election As Major Setback
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|11/3/2010 "Perhaps most sobering for gay activists was the removal of the three Iowa judges after a campaign intended to punish them for joining a unanimous ruling last year that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violated Iowa's constitution.
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|11/3/2010 "Opponents of an April 2009 Iowa Supreme Court ruling that made Iowa the first state in the Midwest to sanction same-sex marriage celebrated on Wednesday after the ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court justices involved in the ruling.
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By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger says it has been easy to lift his side after their Champions League disappointment due to the nature of Tuesday's display against Milan.
Needing four goals to send the tie to extra time, Arsenal came close to an historic comeback following strikes from Laurent Koscielny, Tomas Rosicky and Robin van Persie. However, after failing to find a fourth, they exited the competition.
But Wenger says his side had nothing to feel down about after their superb performance at Emirates Stadium.
"The disappointment is there but we produced the performance that we wanted, we were just a fraction short," he said.
"If we have regrets it is more down to the fact that we missed our first game and that we had many players out on a night that any player you put on at that level has a massive importance. In midfield we were a bit short."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Throughout August, we tasted our way through 31 of Utah's finest frozen confections including ice cream, gelato, frozen yogurt and shave ice. Here is a roundup of all 31 selections just in case you missed one.
Day 1 • Lychee ice cream. Think island breezes and ocean waves when you taste this unique ice cream made with exotic lychee. Tropical Dreams Hawaiian Ice Cream, 928 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City; 801-359-0986.
Day 2 • Frozen hot chocolate. A cool blend of shave ice, ice cream and chocolate, this drink is as comforting as its winter counterpart. Island Flavor Shaved Ice Truck, 4720 S. Holladay Blvd., Holladay (in front of Rite Aid); 801-856-1212.
Day 3 • Huckleberry ice cream soda. Sit at the historic counter and soda fountain, which dates back to 1910, when you slurp down this old-fashioned ice cream soda made with huckleberry ice cream and blackberry syrup. Burch Creek Mercantile, 3920 Washington Blvd., Ogden; 801-605-3384.
Day 4 • Pace Bars. Generously sized, made-in-Utah treats come in a dozen flavors, including tiger's blood, root beer and blue raspberry, but the peach bar is the best. Pace's Dairy Ann, 1180 S. 500 West, Bountiful; or Associated Foods stores.
Day 5 • Frozen raspberry lemonade. Lemonade is always a good summer refresher, but blend it with a scoop of raspberry sorbet, a bit of lemon-lime soda and crushed ice and you get a sweet summer slushy. Taste Culinary Boutique, 1100 W. 7800 South (Gardner Village, building 29), West Jordan; 801-255-2446.
Day 6 • Vanilla frozen custard. Frozen custard is the rich cousin of frozen yogurt creamier, denser and shinier. A single scoop of vanilla makes you wonder why "vanilla" ever became a synonym for "ordinary." Nielsen's Frozen Custard, 3918 Highland Drive, Holladay, 801-277-7479; and 570 W. 2600 South, Bountiful; 801-292-7479.
Day 7 • Blood orange gelato. This refreshing Italian sorbetto is made with arancia rossa, the red oranges of Sicily. The sweet citrus flavor and a beautiful pink color offer candy for the eyes and the taste buds. Cafe Bella Rue, 11259 Kestrel Rise Road, South Jordan; 801-254-9500.
Day 8 • Aggie blue mint ice cream. You don't have be a graduate of Utah State University in Logan to love this mint-flavored ice cream with pieces of Oreo cookies and white chocolate mixed in. Aggie Ice Cream Store, 750 N. 1200 East, Logan (inside USU's Nutrition Science Building); 435-797-2109.
Day 9 • Tart frozen yogurt . This plain nonfat frozen treat has the sweetly sour taste of unadorned plain yogurt but with none of the sugary/artificial flavors added to other fro-yos. LunaBerry Frozen Yogurt, Crepes N Smoothies, 358 S. 700 East, Salt Lake City, 801-359-0427.
Day 10 • Jack Frost chocolate/coffee shake. Get a blast of caffeine with this addictive coffee drink, made with four shots of espresso, two shots of Ghirardelli chocolate, and half-and-half. Jack Mormon Coffee, 82 E St., Salt Lake City; 801-359-2979.
Day 11 • Strawberry balsamic gelato. The sweet and tart of fresh berries yields to the sharp presence of balsamic vinegar that's at once invigorating and stimulating and tastes like no other ice cream you've had. Dolcetti Geloto Italian Fusion Desserts, 902 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, 801-485-3254; 390 E. 4th Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-990-7012.
Day 12 • Shane's chocolate chip swirl. Generous scoops of chocolate-chip ice cream on top of chocolate ice cream, slathered with chocolate and regular whipped cream make this a mountain of chocolate goodness. Leatherby's Family Creamery, 1872 W. 5400 South, Taylorsville; 801-967-2566.
Day 13 • Raspberry and lime sorbet. Tangy raspberry sorbet has as much flavor as a cup of ripe fruit, while the fresh lime is bursting with clean, cool citrus. Farr Better Ice Cream, 286 E. 21st St., Ogden; 801-393-8629.
Day 14 • Mojito shaved ice. Fresh squeezed lime and mint flavors that make the mojito cocktail a favorite summer drink have the same refreshing effect when added to shaved ice. There's no rum, of course, but it tastes just fine with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the bottom and some cream drizzled on top. Yuki Artisan Shaved Ice, 1796 N. 950 West, Provo; in the Mountain West Burrito parking lot.
Day 15 • Fresh lime freeze. This tart, but sweet citrus offering is made with vanilla soft-serve ice cream, a homemade lime simple syrup, soda water and fresh lime juice. Hi-Mountain Drug, 40 N. Main St., Kamas.
Day 16 • Albino grasshopper frozen custard. A homemade frozen custard made with crumbled Oreo cookies and York Peppermint Patties. CAMP, 600 E. 900 South, inside near the children's rides in Liberty Park, 1300 South between 500 and 700 East, Salt Lake City.
Day 17 • Black raspberry ice cream with chocolate chips. Owner Shawn Stuart says if he were to run out of this flavor, his regular customers would riot. This house-made ice cream is bursting with fresh fruit flavor, then textured with dark chocolate specks. Ice Cream ConeUcopia, 26 E. 600 South, in the Infinity Event Center, Salt Lake City.
Day 18 • Chocolate-chocolate chip ice cream. Choose your flavors and then watch as your ice cream is made in front of you with a frigid blast of liquid nitrogen. Nitro Freeze, 3307 S. State St., South Salt Lake.
Day 19 • Bear Lake raspberry shake. Made with ice cream and crushed Bear Lake raspberries no need to say more. LaBeau's Drive-In, 69 N. Bear Lake Blvd., Garden City. Just north of the intersection of U.S. 89 and Bear Lake Boulevard. 435-946-8821.
Day 20 • Pomegranate frozen yogurt. A clean, fruity-flavored nonfat frozen yogurt, without the artificial sugar aftertaste. A varied selection of toppings, from fruit to nuts and more. YoWay Yogurt, 675 E. 2100 South, Salt Lake City. 801-466-3739.
Day 21 • Apricot mochi. A soft creamy scoop of homemade apricot gelato is wrapped in a sheet of sweet chewy mochi dough pounded sticky rice for a perfectly portioned confection. Salt Lake Mochi Co. Find this booth on Sundays at the Wasatch Front Farmers Market at Wheeler Farm, 6351 S. 900 East, Murray.
Day 22 • Avocado pistachio popsicle. This pop, a unique blend of ripe avocados, cream, pistachios and honey, will appeal to anyone who prefers subtle, savory flavors over sugary sweet treats. Lick'd gourmet popsicle stand at farmers markets at Pioneer Park, Wheeler Farm, South Towne Center and Sugar House Park.
Day 23 • Strawberry, brownie and banana-cookie dough shakes. These shakes are so thick you have to eat them with a spoon because a straw would never work. Iceberg Drive Inn, locations in Salt Lake City, Taylorsville, Riverton, Syracuse, Orem, Highland and St. George.
Day 24 • LaVell Vanilla ice cream. Named after BYU's legendary football coach LaVell Edwards, this is the top-selling ice cream on the Provo campus. Brigham Young University Creamery, 1209 N. 900 East, Provo.
Day 25 • Italian Water Ice. Finely shaved ice blended with fruit purée, natural flavorings, sugar and water. They're nonfat, dairy-free and gluten-free. Flavors range from mango, coconut creme and pineapple to mokaccino, a coffee and chocolate blend. Zeppe's, 883 N. Washington Blvd., Harrisville.
Day 26 • Panna cotta gelato. Two of Italy's most popular desserts panna cotta and gelato come together in this creamy vanilla-based dessert with a bit of caramel and some chocolate chunks. Capo Gelateria Italiana, 262 S. 200 West, Salt Lake City; 801-322-3556.
Day 27 • Lilikoi, Hawaiian delight and mango shave ice. Made with finely shaved ice that absorbs the flavored syrups such as lilikoi (passion fruit) and li hing mui (dried plum) more efficiently. Mo' Bettah Steaks, locations in Bountiful, Salt Lake City and Logan.
Day 28 • Orange coriander ice cream. Bits of orange peel add a kick. Other interesting-sounding flavors include pomegranate rosehip, honey lavender, nondairy coconut and hibiscus. Chabaar, 87 W. 7200 South, Midvale.
Day 29 • Watermelon basil and coconut lime mint popsicles. Fruit and herbs make this pop sweet and aromatic and the ingredients are all organic and natural. Wasatch Pops and Snow Shack, 3981 S. Wasatch Blvd., in front of the Dan's supermarket at Olympus Hills, Salt Lake City.
Day 30 • Strawberry banana smoothie. For this fruit sensaion, choose up to two yogurt flavors and three fruits with a splash of either orange juice or apple juice. Planet Yogurt, 9096 S. Village Shop Drive, Sandy.
Day 31 • Tempura fried ice cream. A scoop of vanilla ice cream is dipped in tempura batter and fried until golden. It's served with chocolate sauce, a bit of caramel and some mango puree for a crispy-on-the-outside, creamy-on-the-inside dessert. Tsunami Restaurant and Sushi Bar, 2223 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-467-5545.


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Mother's Kiss Works for Removing Nose Objects
I just like the sound of this; a mother's kiss can dislodge a foreign object in her kid's nose. It doesn't quite have that warm and fuzzy feeling of there's nothing sweeter than a mother's kiss, but it got my attention.
So, you're probably wondering, What the heck does a mother's kiss have to do with anything stuck up a child's nose?
New research suggests that an old home remedy known as the mother's kiss is reliable when it comes to removing a foreign object in a child's nose. A mother's kiss was first described in the mid-60s and here's how it works.
1) The parent or caretaker places their mouth over their child's mouth while holding the clear nostril closed with one finger.
2) The parent or caretaker blows into the child's mouth.
3) The breath forces the object out of the blocked nostril.
That's the goal anyway. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but apparently most of the time it does.
The new study analyzed results from eight published reports where caregivers used the mother's kiss on children aged 1 to 8. All in all, the technique was effective with no complications. The success rate approached 60%. The findings appear in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Children often put things up their nose, in their mouths, in their ears- anywhere there is an opening. Nina Shapiro, MD, of Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA in Los Angeles says the mother's kiss can work. It is more important that there were no adverse events such as bleeding or pushing the object further up the nostril. According to the findings of this study, the worst thing that can happen is that it doesn't work.
Other physician's say parents and caregivers should use caution when trying this old-fashion technique. Robert Glatter, MD, an emergency room doctor at Lenox Hill Hospital, in New York City says you shouldn't try the mother's kiss without medical supervision. Children feel comfortable and are not threatened with this removal technique that we commonly utilize in the emergency department, he says. It's always best to do this in the presence of a doctor in case the object goes into the lungs. This is rare, but could occur.
If it works, there is no need for sedation or hooks, forceps, or suction to remove the objects.
In an emergency room, Glatter first finds out if parents are open to this approach. The mom has to be brave, he says. Some parents want to try it and others are scared of it.
It's probably a good idea for parents and caregivers to know how to apply the mother's kiss just in case a stray bean or penny ends up where it shouldn't be. Discuss the mother's kiss with your pediatrician or family doctor for specific instructions and safeguards.
Source: http://children.webmd.com/news/20121015/mothers-kiss-expel-foreign-objects-kids-noses


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WaterWerks on the Bay
September 2nd-3rd, 2012
Miss those New Dimensions car show days? Good, cause WaterWerks NW is pleased to announce our second West Coast show of the year, WaterWerks on the Bay - Presented by Fifteen52 and Tomas Sport Tuning.
This On the Bay event will be located at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA - directly on San Francisco bay. 15 minutes from down town San Francisco, this was the site of the old Ford assembly plant. They also assembled tanks for WWII and was the home of Rosie the Riveter.
This newly beautifully remodeled facility over looks the entire bay - which you are able to see golden Gate, Alcatraz, the Bay Bridge and Treasure Island. http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/...ly-hustace.jpg
Show parking will be directly on the pier and inside the mostly all glass facility. Vendors and sponsors will also be inside.
The date of this event is on labor day weekend. Monday there will be a all make fitment show hosted by Crafted Fitment. Check out their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/craftedfitment Make sure you plan your entire weekend around these events.
Originally Posted by Hotel InfoFor sponsorship information, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com
More details to come soon. http://waterwerksnw.com/php_html/onthebay.php
To volunteer go to this link and click that you are attending. https://www.facebook.com/events/2707...context=create


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I just got done reading the Individual Carbine Competition thread. Someone mentioned that most of them looked like the M-4 with a piston system. I was at the range last week with my A2 and someone made a nasty remark about coming into the 21st century and getting a piston system based AR. Meanwhile my toy is spitting lead like there's no tomorrow and his M-4 wonder machine can't get through a single mag without a failure-to-do-something. Also the accuracy on mine is right on. At fifty yards my target is 12 one inch squares on a sheet, 4 sheets on the target frame. 48 targets, 48 shots, no misses.
My question is what the heck is this piston crap and why do I need it. Remember to talk slow. I'm old and I'm used to Major Calibre toys.:redgrin:
Thanks Jim