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by Mike Masnick
Mon, Jan 17th 2011 7:01pm
While we have no issue with parents choosing to use filters for their kids' computers (we do have an issue when its gov't mandated, however...), we've pointed out in the past that one of the worries with such filters is that parents will over rely on those filters to actually work. Yet, history has shown time and time again that they don't work very well, and a new study out of Europe once again notes that the filters aren't very good at blocking "objectionable" content for kids. The filters are basically good only at domain-level blocks, which is fine for some stuff, but there's all sorts of content on social networks and blogs that might not be appropriate for kids, but that these filters won't block. The simple fact is that sooner or later kids are going to see stuff they weren't meant to see. But if you rely too much on the filter, and think that it really will block stuff, you might not think to teach kids that perhaps some stuff online isn't appropriate for them, and teach them how to deal with it if they run into it by accident.
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Anonymous Coward, 17 Jan 2011 @ 7:24pmI would like very much to see what impact this "objectionable material" really have on kids.
I believe that the role of every parent is to show the kids what is wrong and what is right and let them choose their path from there, let them fail and succeed on their own to build their experiences.
All kids have different personalities and some traits may make some more susceptible to failure like highly emotional kids or emotionless ones, how do we recognize what type of kid we have and how to deal with that is time better spend then to try and stop every single bad thing from happening to them.
For me it is better to guide the young and don't have to worry about bad things because you told them how to deal with it and is their choice now on how to handle such things and if they can't find a solution to a problem parents should be there to show them how if possible(not even adults know how to deal with some things).
We should ask the older generation to see what they did and what they did not and see how that reflected on the adults they raised to try and understand how things work.
Bill, 18 Jan 2011 @ 8:00am
Re:The problem is that the older generation tends to romanticize as they retell the story's of the old days. Thats the reason we have the "I had to walk up hill in the snow" joke...
Not an electronic Rodent, 18 Jan 2011 @ 8:33am
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"I had to walk up hill in the snow" joke...[bad northern accent] An' when we got 'ome, mum and dad would slice us in 2 wit' breadknife.....[/bad northern accent]
Esahc (profile), 17 Jan 2011 @ 7:50pmReminder To Parents: Be a PARENT!
Anonymous Coward, 17 Jan 2011 @ 10:29pm
Re:Parents: How exactly?
Enrico Suarve, 18 Jan 2011 @ 2:48am
Re: Re:Try this:
No internet in bedrooms
Actually supervise your child�s early play and join in (don't just rely on a TV or Computer to keep them out of your hair)
If you must, try just giving basic handsets to your child - but really, WTF does a 10 year old even need a phone for anyway?
Go outside once in a while with your kid...
Actually talk to them about love and stuff, give them some context so when they do inevitably find images of some girl sucking multiple cocks they can work out on their own that this is not necessarily 'loving relationship' stuff.
Generally try to avoid demonising things like sex to the point that they won't come to you for answers; as a general rule of thumb if it seriously pisses of the religious right it's probably in this category.
Try to tech your kids the difference between right and wrong and to show basic respect for others � stop trolls before they start.
Or were you looking for more generic stuff like breastfeed babies wherever possible and don't inject drugs in front of them?
PRMan, 18 Jan 2011 @ 9:39am
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WTF does a 10 year old even need a phone for anyway?
Because she has gymnastics 20 hours a week and is sometimes taken to the gym by other gym moms.
Because when we're at Disneyland, it's a great way for them to have some freedom while still being able to reach them in 5 minutes if they need us.
I could go on, but my kids have been very responsible with their phones (as they usually are in every aspect of life) precisely because of some of the things you have said about respecting others and such, which I even managed to teach them as a member of the "hated religious right".
Rose M. Welch (profile), 18 Jan 2011 @ 1:12pm
Re: Re: Re: Re:If you teach your children to respect others, then you aren't a member of the religious right.
I'm not saying that you aren't a Christian or a Republican or whatever. I'm saying that you're not a part of the group of people that despise (and are generally despised by) everyone else.
Rose M. Welch (profile), 18 Jan 2011 @ 1:03pm
Re: Re: Re:really, WTF does a 10 year old even need a phone for anyway?
To communicate, just like everyone else. I think your characterization of 10-year-olds really shows that you don't have much experience with children that age. ThetTen-year-olds that I know are fairly responsible.
...images of some girl sucking multiple cocks they can work out on their own that this is not necessarily 'loving relationship' stuff.
A sweet love-making scene in a porno is not necessarily 'loving relationship stuff', either.
Enrico Suarve, 19 Jan 2011 @ 3:48am
Re: Re: Re: Re:Funny because the ten year olds I know constantly use them in class and get them confiscated, or when they have them rarely manage an actual two way conversation since their friend is always out of credit/battery or left theirs on the bed/in a bag/on the bus etc.
It has been a few years since my own 15yr old was ten so maybe things have changed but from looking at my friend's children and their stories I'd say not that much.
"A sweet love-making scene in a porno is not necessarily 'loving relationship stuff', either." Correct - and your point was?
Rose M. Welch (profile), 19 Jan 2011 @ 4:57am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:Are you a teacher or some sort of school official?
Enrico Suarve, 19 Jan 2011 @ 9:14am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:Nope - a lot of my friends and family are though, I had kids early so although mine are older most of my friends' kids fit into the 5-12 range.
Robert Ring (profile), 17 Jan 2011 @ 8:05pmThis reminds me of someone I know who was babysitting and somehow didn't know that the kids had gotten on the computer to look up "weiner dogs." The parents came home, and, yeah.....
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 17 Jan 2011 @ 8:18pm
Re:Surprisingly, not nearly as many non-Dachshund links as you'd think on Google. I'm guessing it's because weiner is not the preferred euphemism in those circles.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 17 Jan 2011 @ 8:15pmIf you don't want your kids to be able to see Internet porn, get them bb guns. They'll shoot their eyes out and you won't have to worry about it anymore. Blinding is about the only way you'll ever get pubescent males to not look at porn if they know of its existence though.
Unless, wait, are your kids dumb? You might be able to keep them from finding porn if they're really stupid and you stay on top of it their every waking minute. You're just screwed on wet dreams and wanking without visual aids though.
Anonymous Coward, 17 Jan 2011 @ 11:44pm
Re:And god help you when they discover sex.
Blatant Coward (profile), 18 Jan 2011 @ 12:21am
Re: Re:Well it's all God's fault, he invented sex. "Go forth and Multiply." He forgot to expressly say "After you are married to someone of a different gender in a state and 'church' sanctioned ceremony and make sure my spokespeople get their cut of the profits."
That's what you get from lazy programming tho.
Enrico Suarve, 18 Jan 2011 @ 2:53am
Re: Re: Re:You don't get it do you? God wasn't lazy - human beings are merely still in Beta.
Armageddon will simply be a reformat before rolling out a stable first release. Hopefully by then he will have removed the major bugs like religion and republicanism.
Not an electronic Rodent, 18 Jan 2011 @ 3:28am
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religion and republicanismThere's a difference?
Disclaimer: I'm not american and the comparison is valid for all major (and most minor) political parties.
Shitwizard, 17 Jan 2011 @ 8:20pmI'm not too worried about my little brother running into shitting dick nipples. I mean, I don't want him to, but that's not what worries me. I mainly don't want the poor kid to find some of the more horrid things, like the Russian soldier using the serrated edge of a knife to cut off a guy's head, or the images of guys that were chopped into pieces by the Mexican mafia, or anything else that may have come out of ogrish or rotten from back in the day. It's depressing to even think of his reaction if he happens upon it.
As soon as I catch him installing limewire or some trash like that, I'll have to teach him how to properly steal online music and movies too. Just like teenage sex, drinking and drug use, you don't want him to do it, but you can't stop him if he decides to do it anyway, so you might as well teach him to do it safely and hope that he keeps his nose clean.
Rose M. Welch (profile), 18 Jan 2011 @ 1:00am
Re:I'm really afraid to Google 'shitting dick nipples'.
The eejit (profile), 18 Jan 2011 @ 1:56pm
Re: Re:Don't be....just search with SafeSense on.
Anonymous was here, 18 Jan 2011 @ 1:54am
Reminder to parentsoh ya know whats neat, now that the first gen hackers are now parents just exactly what the real message is should be.
KIDS experiment, kids play , and nothing they can do online can harm a real human being physically, as long as you give them the basics of treating everyone with respect, and not to deface websites...WHO cares what they do ( pron excepted of course as in hey they will fine it so talk to your kids etc. Make sure they know those are real people not just sex objects).
I will add having run a hacker organization for the past 14 years i will say i am hte largest baby sitter on the net.
In the beginning it was like me playing shrink to the worlds troubled kids. Ikept them out of trouble and i helped many go on to do better thigns and hack hte net the way it should be.
There is always more fun to be had learning and trying to do stuff that doesn't involve hacking your website....
HOWS that game made?
HOW do i make graphics and 3d models?
How is that software made?
CAN i do that?
you get those questions in your head your a good one.
the cyber criminals are often gangsters to begin with and are just leeches of the hacker community trying to get stuff that they should not.
its nice media is now using the proper terms by and large.
Not an electronic Rodent, 18 Jan 2011 @ 1:58am
a new study out of Europe once again notes that the filters aren't very good at blocking "objectionable" content for kids.Which makes you wonder why politicians seem to love them so much .
Oh yeah,that's it...... Because they are perfectly aligned with political thinking: A cheap and easy solution that gives the appearance of action without having to actually do something or think too hard.
Christopher (profile), 18 Jan 2011 @ 2:11amPersonally, I go by the thinking that if the kid is interested in and enters words like sex, pornography, etc.... they get what they are looking for!
I don't bother to put any internet filters on my computer AND I don't bother putting them on anyone else's computers. In fact, I tell the parents who I fix computers for that they are a waste of time, because in ten minutes or with a proxy, you can get around these filters.
Chris in Utah (profile), 18 Jan 2011 @ 5:42amOk I guess I have to say it. Welcome to one of the most obvious scam on the net today. I think AOL may have invented it (citation needed) but certifiably have the most innovation in the field. My parents still use it for my nephew .... hmm introspection of the day. lol.
Bnesaladur (profile), 18 Jan 2011 @ 4:43pm
Parents should also realize filters are easy to bypassWhile my little bro was in school he was supposed to do internet research into a assigned topic. Of course the filters are set to really strict and he couldn't look up anything related. I can't remember what it was but needless to say, it shouldn't have been blocked. I think it took a day, one day, and we had figured out a simple way to completely bypass the entire system. Sure they don't do the entire job, but in this case it was easily made to not block anything at all, and that without admin access.

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Martin Demichelis says he is still haunted by memories of Malaga's dramatic Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund.
The Andalusians looked set to record an impressive 2-1 triumph at Signal Iduna Park and progress to the semi-finals of the competition, only for two goals in injury-time to deny them the chance to face Real Madrid in the last four.
Demichelis has revealed that memories of the night in Germany are difficult to dispel, but is hopeful that Manuel Pellegrini's side will be remembered by football fans for their impressive maiden campaign in the competition.
"The game was over a month ago, but those last five minutes have played over in my head about 20 times," he told Marca.
"There are nights where images and memories from that night still appear to me. The silence of 65,000 German fans, and all the people of Malaga cheering and celebrating.
"It's difficult to find an explanation. There's never going to be one, because of the images and the pain.
"It's not an injury, but a scar. I cannot accept it and I cannot allow it to remain in the past, because I am very self-critical. I still keep playing that game in my head.
"I have a sense of sadness, panic or whatever you want to call it, but you have to stay with the pride at the memory of this Malaga and their fans who faced all rivals and obstacles, who surprised players, coaches and fans across Europe and the world."
The shadow of a European ban and financial problems looming over the club means an exodus of top talent is expected at the club this summer, but Demichelis insists he has made no decision over his future as yet – although he admitted the future of the coach could play a part.
"I did not make any decision. It is best to take it at the end of the season, so I can do my best possible and because if I do choose to stay I can play in the Champions league or Europa League and, if not, I can say goodbye in the best way possible," he added.
"It would be a great motivation if Manuel Pellegrini stays. The first thing you have to do here if you want to achieve important things is to retain the coach."
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Mrs. Grundy writes: CGI software, even open-source software like Blender, continues to improve in quality, speed and easy-of-use. Photographer Mark Meyer wonders how long it will be before large segments of the photography industry are replaced by software and become the latest casualty to fall to outsourcing. Some imagery once the domain of photographers has already moved to CGI. Is any segment of the photography market safe? Will we soon accept digital renderings in places where we used to expect photographs?


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If you're a fan of the Colorado Buffaloes and you wake up Sunday morning with a bitter taste in your mouth, it's nothing to be concerned about.
It's just NCAA Tournament disappointment.
Sure, it's unpleasant and not the way you want to start your Sunday in late-March, but think of the millions of fans of other programs around the country who never have the experience. Nearly 300 men's and women's teams around the nation didn't even make the tournament. That's a lot of folks who didn't have the chance to feel or taste what you're experiencing this year.
CU has been one of those schools much, much, much too often in the past. So, yeah, this is part of moving up in the world and making progress on the hardwood.
The CU women laid an egg in their first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly a decade Saturday evening, losing to old Big-12 Conference rival Kansas 67-52 at the Coors Events Center. It was a gut-punch of a way to end the season listening to the KU cheerleaders and band do Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk as the final minute ticked by slowly.
It was a sad way to see Buffs star Chucky Jeffery end her marvelous career, but that shouldn't be the image that sticks.
Consider how far Jeffery has helped bring the program. When she joined the program the Buffs were mediocre on their best days. She led CU to three consecutive postseason appearances, two in the NIT and this year's appearance in the Big Dance.
Assuming the program continues to rise and improve, the young women who fill the roster a few years from now will have her and her teammates to thank for climbing most of the mountain for them. That is what CU fans should remember about Jeffery and fellow seniors Meagan Malcolm-Peck and Brenna Malcolm-Peck.
The women's loss came on the heels of the CU men losing in the Round of 64 Friday to Illinois. There was a common theme in the way both teams closed the season. They seemed to lack the toughness at key points to recover from mistakes, officiating decisions or a ball bouncing the wrong way.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying these Buffs aren't tough. But there is a difference in the toughness that gets you a fourth or fifth-place finish in the Pac-12 Conference and into the NCAA Tournament and the toughness needed to advance once you're there.
Both CU teams and their coaching staffs deserve credit for reaching the NCAA Tournament this season. They are setting a high standard around here and that is a good thing. It is going to lead to many more fun winter nights in the Coors Events Center and March Madness experiences in the future.
The men probably overachieved, considering there were so many freshmen on coach Tad Boyle's roster and the Pac-12 was much improved across the board. Boyle won't necessarily like this, but his program's success will feed even greater expectations next year, especially if Andre Roberson returns for his senior year. Again, that's a good thing.
The women achieved their preseason goal of reaching the NCAA Tournament, a destination coach Linda Lappe feels her program belongs each and every year. A win Sunday would have meant the Buffs exceeded their goals for the year and any additional victories would have been the gravy on top.
But those victories didn't come because that toughness needed to achieve wasn't there. Lappe said losing center Rachel Hargis to an injured knee might have been the difference in that department. Hargis certainly would have helped, but she probably wouldn't have made up 15 points on her own.
The challenge now for both Lappe and Boyle is building that toughness in their teams to allow them to extend the ride a week or two further next season and in future seasons until that magical Tuesday or Wednesday morning in April somewhere off in the distance when CU fans wake to find no hint whatsoever of NCAA Tournament disappointment.
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FREEPORT (WIFR) -- The support keeps rolling in for Sensata workers as the Service Employees International Union or SEIU held a rally at the Freeport plant Monday afternoon.
Dozens of SEIU members from Chicago and Indiana joined Union President Mary Kay Henry in supporting Sensata workers who are fighting the outsourcing of U.S. jobs.
Rev. Jesse Jackson was there for a third time today. As for Henry, she says she wants workers to keep the momentum going.
"They're standing up for all working people in an economy that doesn't work for us anymore. We have your back and we want to support you in making sure that good jobs stay in Freeport, and to make sure that they get what they deserve," said Henry.
Henry says she hopes to help the workers once the plant closes in December.


text: Straight from the Mike Morhaime's mouth during opening ceremonies -- Cataclysm will be available for digital download at midnight Pacific Standard Time of December 7, 2010. For the first time in the game's history, the game will be available for purchase online at the same time as it launches in retail stores. Pre-orders for Cataclysm digital downloads will be available on the Blizzard site soon. Players eager to play the game right away but don't have the endurance (or geographical proximity) to attend a midnight launch can simply sit in the comfort of their homes and enter a broken Azeroth as the game goes live on launch day. CLARIFICATION: Morhaime mentioned that the game should be available for digital download ahead of the launch date, allowing players to have the full game when Cataclysm goes live.


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For the first time in their short four-year history, the Philadelphia Union will ring in the 2013 MLS season on home soil when they welcome Sporting Kansas City to PPL Park on Saturday.
In last season's opener, Philadelphia fell to Portland, 3-1, at JELD-WEN Field, but will have the opportunity to get off to a good start on Saturday in front of the home crowd.
Last year was a struggle for Philadelphia as it finished in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 10-18-6 mark, but it was an offseason of change for head coach John Hackworth and his staff.
Fan favorite Sebastien Le Toux, who was unceremoniously traded to the Vancouver Whitecaps by former coach Peter Nowak, was brought back in a trade from Red Bull New York. Le Toux scored 25 goals and added 20 assists for the Union from 2010-2011 while quickly endearing himself to the notoriously tough Philadelphia fan base.
Along with Le Toux, Philadelphia added some much-needed size in front of goal by selecting former Colorado Rapids forward Conor Casey in the second stage of the MLS re-entry draft. Casey was let go by Colorado after 2012, but over six seasons with the Rapids, he became the all-time leading scorer in club history with 50 goals. He also led the team to the 2010 MLS Cup title.
Defensively, the Union will have a different look as captain Carlos Valdes was loaned to Colombian side Santa Fe, but Valdes' loss shouldn't hurt too much as former MLS Defender of the Year finalist Bakary Soumare and hometown man Jeff Parke, who arrived in a trade with Seattle Sounders, will be paired together in central defense.
Occupying the all-important attacking midfield role will be Michael Farfan, who showed he could direct traffic in the middle of the park by making the MLS All-Star team in 2012. Brian Carroll returns to the holding midfield role and was named captain for his veteran leadership.
"It's an honor to officially wear the armband," Carroll said. "I'll just try to do the best job that I can, it's not going to mean that I am going to change completely who I am just because I am officially the captain."
For Kansas City, some pieces are missing from last season's side that finished at the top of the Eastern Conference. Forwards Roger Espinoza and Kei Kamara, both of whom went to Wigan and Norwich City of the English Premier League, respectively.
To help fill the void left by Espinoza and Kamara, SKC brought in 28-year-old forward Claudio Bieler as a Designated Player. He will add to an already strong forward line that includes C.J. Sapong and Teal Bunbury, who combined to score 14 goals last term.
Bieler showed his proficiency in front of goal last season with LDU Quito of Ecuador, scoring 20 goals in 36 games, and Kansas City assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin feels his addition is certain to produce goals.
"Claudio's record speaks for itself with his goal-scoring abilities, which is one of his biggest strengths," Zavagnin said. "To add him to an already athletic, powerful, promising young group, it's a tremendous addition to that part of the field. No doubt, if he does what he's done over the course of his career, he will provide goals for us."
The team not only returns captain and MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Jimmy Nielsen, but also possesses two of the better defenders in the league in Defender of the Year Matt Besler and MLS Best XI selection Aurelien Collin.
Add to that mix Josh Gardner, Ike Opara and Yann Songo'o, and head coach Peter Vermes has a nice collection of talent at his disposal in the back.
Returning to run things in the midfield is MLS MVP finalist Graham Zusi, who tallied five goals and led the league with 15 assists.
These two sides have had some good battles in the past. Last season the teams met three times in the regular season.
On June 23, Philadelphia earned a convincing 4-0 win over Sporting behind a pair of goals from Jack McInerney, but less than a month later, it was Sporting who handed the Union of 2-0 defeat in the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup. On Oct. 24, a late tally from Sapong gave Sporting a 2-1 win at Livestrong Sporting Park.
Overall, Sporting holds a 3-1-3 lead in the all-time series between the clubs.


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C. Miller Fisher, MD, founder of the MGH Stroke Service and widely regarded as the father of stroke neurology, died April 14 at the age of 98. During his 50 years at the MGH, he defined nearly all the principles that underlie current understanding of cerebrovascular disease.
"He was an icon in the field of neurology, and he defined stroke care," says Anne Young, MD, PhD, chief of the Department of Neurology. "The way he cared for his patients was exemplary, and he taught many generations of neurologists excellence in patient care and observation."
Fisher dedicated his research to understanding carotid artery disease, which led to the discovery that aspirin could prevent stroke by warding off the formation of blood clots. This major milestone was followed by several other breakthroughs, including the introduction of the term transient ischemic attack, or TIA – when blood flow to a part of the brain stops for a limited period of time causing stroke-like symptoms – a warning sign that a true stroke may occur in the future.
During his lengthy career, Fisher was honored with several accolades, including being inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Last year, an endowed chair at the MGH was also created in his name.
Fisher is survived by his three children and four grandchildren. His wife Doris preceded him in death. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held in Boston this fall. Read more articles from the 4/20/12 Hotline issue.
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The sun of justice will arise with its healing rays...
(Scriptures for today's liturgy)
The Temple in Jerusalem,
the one Jesus said would crumble, stone by stone,
the one "adorned with costly gems,"
was indeed destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D.
and the prediction of the persecution of believers also came to pass
around the same time.
But Luke's gospel was written around 80-85 A.D.
so the text here refers to events that have already taken place.
This gospel, then, is less a crystal ball for looking into the future
and much more a magnifying lens
to help Luke's audience see more clearly and grapple more confidently
with the present.
It might be well, then, in our present moment,
to consider the disasters at hand for us.
Even 2,000 years after Jesus spoke of
"wars, insurrections, earthquakes, famines and plagues"
-- they are still with us;
and people of faith are still "seized and persecuted."
The collapse of personal security upon losing a job
may be as real for us as was the fall of the Temple in the 1st century.
And for many, betrayal by those closest to us (spouses, family, friends)
might be the most painful disaster we experience.
As it was when Luke wrote his gospel,
we need not look to the future for such things to happen:
today has trouble enough of its own.
Let me suggest we close our eyes for a moment and call to mind
what might be our own calamities, problems and fears --
in the world, and in our own lives and hearts…
To just these situations in our lives Jesus has four things to say,
four gems embedded in this gospel
as were those precious stones in the walls of the temple.
He says:
Don't be deceived…
Don't be afraid…
I'll give you a wisdom….
By your perseverance you will secure your lives…
In whatever confusion or conflict, whatever depression or disaster
we find ourselves, Jesus says,
Don't be deceived!
Many will come promising what only I can give
and you'll be tempted to think I've abandoned you, forgotten you.
You'll wonder what you did to deserve such suffering.
But don't be deceived. I am never the source of your suffering.
I come to you only with healing and strength and mercy;
I come to be with you, to take your hand,
and to lead you through the darkest of your days.
And to us in our fears, Jesus says,
Don't be terrified! Don't be afraid!
There's nothing you can't face if you stand with me,
and I'll stand by you in everything that comes your way.
I'll be your courage when you are frightened.
I'll be your strength when yours is exhausted.
I'll be your guide when you're lost, your guard when you're alone.
And in our confusion Jesus tells us,
I'll give you wisdom… I'll help you understand.
When you are conflicted, I'll give you my counsel.
When you don't know what to do, I'll lead you to the truth.
When nothing makes sense, when everything's too complex,
come to me and in the simplicity of my heart's mercy and peace,
find a place to rest…
And in our hopelessness, Jesus says,
By your perseverance, you will secure your lives…
You're never alone, I'm always at your side.
When you've run out of hope for tomorrow, trust in me for today.
When the future seems impossible, trust that it's in my hands.
Hold fast my hand in yours and, together, we'll walk on,
one day at a time, one hour at a time.
Stay with me and I will stay with you:
by your perseverance, you will secure your life…
The scriptures today are clear.
In every age there are signs all around us that the end will come
and a day of judgment will face us all.
But for those who trust in the Lord,
who live by his Word and seek his mercy,
the sun of justice will arise with healing in its rays.
And that healing is ours not only at the end but even now
for those who listen for the Lord and hear him say,
Don't be deceived…
Don't be afraid…
I'll give you wisdom….
By your perseverance you will secure your lives…
Whatever burdens we came to Mass with today,
now is the time to lay them down at the foot of the Cross
and at the table of the Lord,
where he gives us, in the sacrifice, in the sacrament of the Eucharist,
the companionship, the courage, the wisdom and the hope
to live, one day at a time,
in his mercy and in his peace.
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How to Clean Your Makeup Brushes
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Great video! I like your way so much better then others I have seen. I am going to buy some of that real soon! Thank you! :)ReplyDelete
You should build an iPhone app!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you, Tiffany! I always appreciate your advice.ReplyDelete
I also liked you eye makeup look so much that I recreated it today with Coral Crepe ccb, Cranberry, Antiqued, Folie, Vanilla and Vapour as well as black eye liner. It looks divine :D
Thank you for great advice... I am just wondering-do the brushes feel the same after cleening them?
And-could you please tell me which colours you hav used on your eyes? It looks great :)
(or maybe someone else here can help me?)
Have a nice day!
Really liked it would you ever do a Leighton Meester lookReplyDelete
I love the lipstick!! I hope you'll do a tutorial on this look! This would be great for work!ReplyDelete
I am definitely going to buy the MAC brush cleanser, it certainly seems to clean the brushes well and quickly! I am guilty of putting my brushes up vertically and letting the water go downwards...oops, won't be doing that again!ReplyDelete
Your face looks flawless as well and I adore your jewellery, you always have the best!
very helpful. thanks for posting. i just purchased the MAC cleaner!ReplyDelete
LOVE MAC's brush cleaner, great tips! You look lovely as always!ReplyDelete
Linda-Kristen: If you use the MAC brush cleanser, or another similar one, it should keep it's original feel. The MAC one has a conditioner made into it as well, so that keeps it from drying out and causing the bristles to change texture. Also, make sure to cleanse them gently like I said and don't scrub them or be too rough with them.ReplyDelete
For those wondering about my eyeshadow colors, I used MAC Artifact paint pot and the Star Violet eye shadow by MAC as well. :)
Thank you so much!Have a nice day :) (or night,I live in Norway)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip Tiffany. I love your skin. It always looks so flawless.ReplyDelete
I am holding a MAC GIVEAWAY at my blog right now if you are interested in partaking.
That was a really really useful video. Thanks Tiffany.ReplyDelete
I'm using the Make Up Forever brush cleanser I think it should be similar to the Mac one but it comes in a spray bottle.ReplyDelete
Tiffany,could you post the number of each brush you use and the purpose of each brush. I get so confused regarding what brush to use for blending, shading, .....ReplyDelete
first of all thank you for needful advice...actually cleaning the brush is a common problem.but now i know about MAC cleaner I am just wondering to know about the brushe.this make me feel comfortable..ReplyDelete
thanx a lot for ur kind advise]
I have a question about the skunk brushes, or black-bristled MAC brushes. Have you ever had the problem that after deep-cleaning/shampooing those particular brushes, and if you lay them on a paper towel or towel and come back the next morning when they're dry you find a peach-coloured ring around where the black bristles were laying? Like, even if you've never used the brush for foundation...ReplyDelete
It just concerns me about why mine do that :S


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The Washington Post: Nancy Pelosi elected to National Women's Hall of Fame
By Roxanne Roberts
If you're the first women anything, the honors and commendations quickly pile up. Nancy Pelosi has dozens of them — but it wasn't until this year that she was voted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
We're talking about the one in Seneca Falls, New York, site of the first Women's Rights Convention in 1848. A century or so later, the town established a permanent tribute to women's achievements. Pelosi, Betty Ford and seven other women were named last week, bringing the total to 256 women.
A quick scan of political names on the list shows more Democrats than Republicans, but "politics is a zero factor," the hall's co-president Beth Quillen Thomas told us. "You have to be a pioneer in your field."
Jeannette Rankin is in the hall: The Montana Republican was the first woman elected to Congress in 1916. Margaret Chase Smith, the Maine Republican was named for being the first to serve in both houses. Madeleine Albright got in as the first female Secretary of State; Sandra Day O'Connor as the first in the Supreme Court; Geraldine Ferraro as the first vice-presidential candidate and Hillary Clinton as the first first lady to be elected to the Senate. Barbara Mikulski got in two years ago when she became the longest-serving female senator in history.
So first female Speaker of the House seems like a no brainer, yes? But it still took more than six years for Pelosi to make the cut because of the complex admission process: Every two years, judges winnow public nominations from women in the arts, business, science, athletics and other fields. Living honorees must agree to attend the autumn induction ceremony, so sometimes scheduling delays an induction.
"All I have achieved has been possible because of the work of our forebears," Pelosi told us in an email. She'll be inducted this fall with writer Kate Millett, midwife Ina May Gaskin, jockey Julie Krone, economist Anna Schwartz, educators Emma Willard and Bernice Sandler, Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, and Ford, who was cited for using the first lady's office to advocate for issues like addiction and breast cancer.


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Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 percent to 10 percent of diagnosed cases of diabetes.
The risk of developing type 1 diabetes is higher than virtually all other severe chronic diseases of childhood.
Peak incidence occurs during puberty, around 10 to 12 years of age in girls, and 12 to 14 years of age in boys.
The symptoms for type 1 diabetes can mimic the flu in children.
Sources: National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders, and the American Diabetes Association
What is type 1 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes may also be known by a variety of other names, including the following:
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)
- juvenile diabetes
- brittle diabetes
- sugar diabetes
There are two forms of type 1 diabetes:
- idiopathic type 1 diabetes - refers to rare forms of the disease with no known cause.
- immune-mediated diabetes - an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system destroys, or attempts to destroy, the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.
Immune-mediated diabetes is the most common form of type 1 diabetes, and the one generally referred to as type 1 diabetes. The information on this page refers to this form of type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 percent to 10 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes in the US. Type 1 diabetes usually develops in children or young adults, but can start at any age.
What causes type 1 diabetes?
The cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown, but it is believed that genetic and environmental factors (possibly viruses) may be involved. The body's immune system attacks and destroys the insulin producing cells in the pancreas. Insulin allows glucose to enter the cells of the body to provide energy.
When glucose cannot enter the cells, it builds up in the blood, depriving the cells of nutrition. People with type 1 diabetes must take daily insulin injections and regularly monitor their blood sugar levels.
What are the symptoms of type 1 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes often appears suddenly. The following are the most common symptoms of type 1 diabetes. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
- high levels of sugar in the blood when tested
- high levels of sugar in the urine when tested
- unusual thirst
- frequent urination
- extreme hunger but loss of weight
- blurred vision
- nausea and vomiting
- extreme weakness and fatigue
- irritability and mood changes
In children, symptoms may be similar to those of having the flu.
The symptoms of type 1 diabetes may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
What can be expected with type 1 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes may cause the following:
- hypoglycemia (low blood sugar, sometimes called an insulin reaction) - occurs when blood sugar drops too low.
- hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) - occurs when blood sugar is too high, and can be a sign that diabetes is not well controlled.
- ketoacidosis (diabetic coma) - loss of consciousness due to untreated or under-treated diabetes.
Complications that may result from type 1 diabetes include:
- heart disease
- kidney disease
- eye problems
- neuropathy (nerve problems)
- foot problems
The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), a landmark 10-year study, demonstrated that persons who lowered their blood glucose concentration have a better chance of delaying or preventing diabetes complications that affect the eyes (retinopathy), kidneys (nephropathy), and nerves (neuropathy).
Two groups of patients with type 1 diabetes were studied: one group followed a standard treatment regimen and the other group followed an intensive treatment regimen.
Persons who lowered their blood glucose levels practiced the intensive treatment regimens which included careful self-monitoring of glucose, multiple daily insulin injections, and close physician contact.
Treatment for type 1 diabetes:
Specific treatment for type 1 diabetes will be determined by your physician based on:
- your age, overall health, and medical history
- extent of the disease
- your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
- expectations for the course of the disease
- your opinion or preference
People with type 1 diabetes must have daily injections of insulin to keep their blood sugar level within normal ranges. Other parts of the treatment protocol may include:
- appropriate diet (to manage blood sugar levels)
- exercise (to lower and help the body use blood sugar)
- careful self-monitoring of blood sugar levels several times a day, as directed by your physician
- careful self-monitoring of ketone levels in the urine several times a day, as directed by your physician
- regular monitoring of the hemoglobin A1c levels
The hemoglobin A1c test (also called HbA1c test) shows the average amount of sugar in the blood over the last three months. The result will indicate if the blood sugar level is under control. The frequency of HbA1c testing will be determined by your physician. It is recommended that testing occur at least twice a year if the blood sugar level is in the target range and stable, and more frequently if the blood sugar level is unstable.
Advances in diabetes research have led to improved methods of managing diabetes and treating its complications. However, scientists continue to explore the causes of diabetes and ways to prevent and treat the disorder. Other methods of administering insulin through inhalers and pills are currently being studied. Scientists are investigating gene involvement in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and some genetic markers for type 1 diabetes have been identified. Pancreas and islet cell transplants are also being performed.
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Online Resources of Endocrinology


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LONDON (AP) — Four badminton teams were kicked out of the women's doubles at the London Games on Wednesday for trying to lose on purpose, conduct that a top IOC executive said strikes at the heart of Olympic competition.
The eight doubles players from China, South Korea and Indonesia were cited by the Badminton World Federation for ''conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport.''
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HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — Along the maddening trail to 0-12, there have been the gut-punches — three points combined in consecutive overtime losses to Charlotte (double OT) and at Atlanta, a near-22-point comeback at Dallas, four points at Indiana, OT at Boston and a three-point home loss to the Celtics.
Close was not the case Monday night at Verizon Center. The still-winless Washington Wizards, still without point guard John Wall, were run out of their own gym by the surging San Antonio Spurs, 118-92, the largest margin of defeat in an already defeated season.
Adding insult to injury, former Wizards big man Andray Blatche, who's still pocketing $23 million from the franchise after being amnestied in July and eventually signed by Brooklyn, is taking cheap shots at his old team in the media and through his own brand of bastardized English on Twitter:
Such is the depressing life of the Wizards. Team president Ernie Grunfeld's dumping of high-priced Rashard Lewis for veterans Trevor Ariza and Emeka Okafor has been a disaster. The hailed return of Nene lasted two games before yet another departure to rest his problematic foot. In Nene's limited floor time of 49 minutes, Washington is a plus-31, so the big fella can definitely help pound out a 'W' if he can stay on the court.
Still, Randy Wittman's bunch must now be viewed as a serious contender to crash the league record for consecutive losses to start a season. Just two seasons ago, the Wizards lost 25 consecutive road games to start the season, the third-longest such skid in NBA history. Last season they started 0-8.
Now they're two-thirds to 0-18, the worst start ever by an NBA team and owned by the 2009-10 New Jersey Nets. The lockout-shortened 1999 Los Angeles Clippers and the 1988-89 expansion Miami Heat started 0-17. These Wizards are the 12th team in NBA history to start a season with 12 consecutive losses.
They'll try to avoid a baker's dozen at home Wednesday night against a smarting Portland team that dropped an ugly one at Detroit on Monday night.
How realistic is 0-18 or — gasp! — worse? Here's their next six: vs. Portland, at New York, vs. Miami, at Atlanta, vs. Golden State, at New Orleans. Those six teams are a combined 49-34, and the worst of the lot, the Hornets (4-9), beat the Clippers in L.A. on Monday.
Then comes this hefty four-pack: at Houston, vs. Los Angeles Lakers, at Miami, vs. Atlanta.
Before the Wizards fell to 0-7 nearly two weeks ago following a 107-101 defeat at Dallas where they reversed a blowout, but couldn't tie it up in the final minute, first-year Washington forward Martell Webster said he and his teammates, many of them new to the team as well, are determined to turn around the moribund franchise.
"Who else is going to do it?" Webster said. "It's easy when things don't go well to start blaming and start pointing fingers, but I don't believe in that. When you think about it with your family, when you have problems you don't point fingers, you work to resolve the problem as a family, as a unit, and I think that's the most important thing. We're a family, a unit and we're not going to point fingers. We're going to take accountability and responsibility for all of our individual actions, but at the end of the day we're settling the problem ourselves."
Still, there's little doubt that as the losses mount so does the mental anguish.


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Answer Key: Chapter Eight
1. CORRECT ANSWER: B. Hand counted ballots, optical scan ballots, and direct-record electronic machines or touch screen machines are commonly used in Indiana elections.
2. CORRECT ANSWER: D. All of the above. More information on voting machines in use in Indiana can be found in your poll worker training manual, at your county's voter registration office, and on the Secretary of State's website.
3. CORRECT ANSWER: C. Hand counted ballots are used mostly during smaller, local elections in Indiana.
4. CORRECT ANSWER: D. All of the above. To find out what voting machines are used in your county, attend a training session offered by the county election board, ask the county election board by phone or in person, or ask an experienced poll worker in your county.
5. CORRECT ANSWER: D. All of the above. To familiarize yourself with the voting machines in use in your county, attend training sessions offered by the county election board, volunteer to help with early voting, and ask your county election board for more training if it is available.


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The New York Times says that with Palin on the ticket, that could mean an even more visible role for Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. Mrs. Clinton's friends said she was galled that Ms. Palin might try to capitalize on a movement that Mrs. Clinton, of New York, built among women in the primaries… Nevertheless, Clinton advisers said they expected that a bloc of her female supporters would give Mr. McCain a second look because of Ms. Palin, and that Mrs. Clinton was probably Mr. Obama's best weapon in response."
The Times also notes that Palin was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. I told Congress "thanks but no thanks" on that Bridge to Nowhere,' she said in a speech on Friday after being introduced by Mr. McCain as his vice presidential pick. But Ms. Palin's history with the infamous bridge - and earmarks, which many critics call pork - is more complicated."
"As the new mayor of tiny Wasilla, Alaska, in 2000, Ms. Palin initiated a tradition of making annual trips to Washington to ask for more earmarks from the state's Congressional delegation, mainly Representative Don Young and Senator Ted Stevens, both Republicans… And she expressed support for the Bridge to Nowhere earmark as well. 'I do support the infrastructure projects that are on tap here in the State of Alaska that our Congressional delegations worked hard for,' Ms. Palin said when asked about that bridge and another in an October 2006 television debate while campaigning for governor."
The Washington Post runs a similar story. "'She campaigned here, she knew what the project entailed, and she was very affirmative, unqualified: "We've got to get the bridge done,"
basically,' Ketchikan Mayor Bob Weinstein, who supported [Democrat Tony] Knowles, said Sunday."
"McCain's campaign said Palin never fully committed to the project and ultimately made the right call. 'Governor Palin acted like a responsible and effective executive. After taking office and examining the project closely, she consistently opposed funding the "Bridge to Nowhere" and ultimately canceled the wasteful project,' said Maria Comella, Palin's campaign spokeswoman."
McCain defended Palin's experience. "As governor, she has enormous responsibilities, none of which Senator Obama had. When she was in government, he was a community organizer," McCain said on Fox News Sunday. "When she was taking tough positions against her own party, Senator Obama was voting 'present' 130 times in the state Legislature. On every tough issue, whatever it was, she was taking them on. That's the kind of judgment that I'm confident that we need in Washington."
Meanwhile, Obama said, "I feel confident about my choice. I'll let John McCain talk about his."
Bill Kristol, after seeming to want Lieberman as McCain's VP, praises the Palin pick. "There are Republicans who are unhappy about John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin. Many are insiders who highly value - who overly value - 'experience.' There are also sensible strategists who nervously note just how big a gamble McCain has taken. But what was McCain's alternative? To go quietly down to defeat, accepting a role as a bit player in The Barack Obama Story? McCain had to shake up the race, and once he was persuaded not to pick Joe Lieberman, which would have been one kind of gamble, he went all in with Sarah Palin." (Of course, with polls suggesting that the race is still kind of close, did McCain really need to shake up the race?)
EJ Dionne, however, blasts the pick. "McCain, as far as anyone can tell, met Palin only once before considering her for vice president, and once more before settling on her, which is to say he barely knows her. For the purpose of courting disaffected Hillary Clinton voters and satisfying the social conservatives, McCain is willing to place someone he knows mostly from press clippings and, okay, what his staff insists was thorough vetting, in the direct line of succession to the presidency. There is a breathtaking recklessness about this choice."
"There are many who say that in choosing Palin, McCain has taken the issue of experience off the table. I disagree. Now, the balance on experience shifts toward the Democrats, and it's not just for the obvious reason that Joe Biden is manifestly more qualified than Palin. Conservatives have complained that we barely know Obama. This is nonsense. Obama has been put through the journalistic wringer since he entered the public spotlight four years ago. We have been given fewer than 70 days to get to know Palin."


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deuced peculiar, collection of holiday stories. The lead-off reprint of Carl Barks' "The Thrifty Spendthrift" (1963) is actually the most "normal" thing in the ish, and that's saying something, considering that Scrooge is under hypnosis most of the time and Donald and HD&L spend several pages dressed up in bird costumes. Having learned nothing from his disastrous experiment with a toy hypno-gun eleven years earlier, Donald attempts to use a "hypno-ray" bamboozle his tightwad uncle into buying him scads of Christmas gifts. Thanks to innocent interference by HD&L, however, Scrooge's intentions wind up being "fixed" on the Duchess of Duckshire's dog. Soon Scrooge is busily gathering up the components to bring the famed presents named in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to life, while a frantic Donald, assuming that the gifts are for him -- and that he'll get stuck with the room-and-board bill for hosting all those dancing ladies, piping pipers, leaping lords, etc. -- is just as busily trying to sabotage him. Don drafts his Nephews as the "three French hens," and he, himself, suits up as the pear-tree-perching partridge just to cut down on the expenses he expects to have to shoulder. Compared to such Barks Christmas classics as "Letter to Santa" and "A Christmas for Shacktown," "Spendthrift" has the story content of the average fluffernutter, but this ultra-lightweight story still manages to entertain. A rather mournful note is struck in the first panel when Scrooge makes a reference to John F. Kennedy ("My money! It vigahrizes me to dive around in it like a porpoise!"). Barks completed the story in the summer of '63, but it was published the month after Kennedy was assassinated. I believe that several DC Comics stories featuring JFK as a supporting player also came out after the President's death.
The 1954 Italian story "Memoirs of an Invisible Santa" is so bizarre that it makes "Spendthrift" seem like poker-faced drama. Goofy's home-brewed perfume, meant as a gift for Minnie, winds up turning both him and Mickey invisible (apart from their feet, that is -- we have to have some way of tracking them, right?). While the perdu pals search for a way out of their dilemma (and spook a healthy portion of Mouseton in the process), Minnie, Daisy, Donald, HD&L, and Scrooge wait with increasing impatience for Mickey and Goofy to keep their promise of meeting them for a Christmas Eve party. The gang gets so steamed that they start hurling insults at the absent pair, even as the newly-solidified duo return to overhear. Soon, a full-blown pah-rump-a-pum-rumpus erupts, complete with snowball fight. Will tempers cool before the clock strikes Christmas? And why is the fact that said clock (another Goofy project) is running faster than normal a key to making the season bright once again? It's always a treat to see the Duck and Mouse characters interact in a full-length story, but we're about as far from "Mythos Island" territory here as can be imagined -- rather, think Home Alone without the "cuteness" of the Culkin-crooks conflict. The suddenness with which M&G's pals turn on them is rather jarring, even considering that the Italian comics do tend to make their relationships a little rockier than American readers are used to. It's well drawn by Romano Scarpa and expertly dialogued by David Gerstein, but it definitely falls in the "more weird than truly hilarious" category.
The zaniness continues as Pat and Shelly Block and Tino Santanach's "Cookery Countdown" somehow contrives to make Donald's purchase of a new set of crockery a mechanism for getting orbit-bound shuttle astronauts a real Christmas dinner. In Stefan Petrucha and Jose Ramon Bernardo's "Better to Give Than to Deceive," we appear to return to familiar "true meaning of Christmas" territory as Mickey teaches spendthrift Horace Horsecollar a lesson about buying presents for himself as opposed to others, but that's only setting us up for Kari Korhonen's "Mr. Clerkly's Christmas", one of the cleverest subversions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL I've ever read. Amazingly, Korhonen manages to do the deed without making any character look truly "bad." After a local TV crew catches a stressed Scrooge cursing out Christmas as "a lie... empty sentiment wrapped in tinsel!", the negative publicity imperils a business deal the tycoon's got cooking. A seemingly contrite Scrooge invites the newsies to his Money Bin to learn how "generous" he truly is to his employees, but Clerkly inadvertently curdles the eggnog, and Scrooge responds by ripping his faithful clerk a new... er, page out of the account book. Is Clerkly truly Scrooge's Bob Cratchit? A series of unlikely coincidences lead the increasingly guilt-ridden Scrooge to believe as much... but he's got a surprise coming to him. Some may regard Korhonen's ending as cynical; I prefer to think of it as realistic, given what little we know about Clerkly (not to mention Scrooge himself). In light of the current economic crisis, you might even find yourself thinking that Clerkly does, indeed, have a point. This story shows that you can do an effective CAROL parody without relying on mean-spirited or gross humor, and, for that alone, I'm grateful.
Comics, book, and DVD reviews (and occasional eruptions of other kinds)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Comics Review: WALT DISNEY'S CHRISTMAS PARADE #5 (Gemstone Publishing, December 2008)
Posted by Chris Barat at 7:50 PM
Labels: Carl Barks, Christmas Parade, David Gerstein, Disney comics, Kari Korhonen, Literature, Movies, Music, Pat and Shelly Block, Romano Scarpa
2 comments:
- ramapith said...
"...story content of the average fluffernutter..."
Or the average... (dare I say it!) CMP? (!!!)
- December 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Chris Barat said...
I had "CMP" in mind, but I figured it'd take too long to explain! Fluffernutters, people can handle!
- December 15, 2008 at 6:30 PM
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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children
What is type 1 diabetes in children?
Diabetes is a condition in which the body can't make enough insulin, or can't use insulin normally. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder. The body's immune system damages the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. Insulin is a hormone. It helps sugar (glucose) in the blood get into cells of the body to be used as fuel. When glucose can't enter the cells, it builds up in the blood. This is called high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). High blood sugar can cause problems all over the body. It can damage blood vessels and nerves. It can harm the eyes, kidneys, and heart. It can also cause symptoms such as tiredness.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a long-term (chronic) condition. It may start at any age. Only 5% of people with diabetes have type 1. Insulin from the pancreas must be replaced with insulin injections or an insulin pump.
There are two forms of type 1 diabetes:
- Immune-mediated diabetes. This is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system damages the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. This is the most common kind of type 1 diabetes.
- Idiopathic type 1. This refers to rare forms of the disease with no known cause.
What causes type 1 diabetes in a child?The cause of type 1 diabetes is unknown. Researchers think some people inherit a gene than can cause type 1 diabetes if a trigger such as a virus occurs.
Which children are at risk for type 1 diabetes?
A child is more at risk for type 1 diabetes if he or she has any of these risk factors:
- A family member with the condition
- Caucasian race
- Being from Finland or Sardinia
- Is age 4 to 6, or 10 to 14
What are the symptoms of type 1 diabetes in a child?
Type 1 diabetes often appears suddenly. In children, type 1 diabetes symptoms may be like flu symptoms. Symptoms can occur a bit differently in each child. They can include:
- High levels of glucose in the blood and urine when tested
- Unusual thirst
- Dehydration
- Frequent urination (a baby may need more diaper changes, or a toilet-trained child may start wetting his or her pants)
- Extreme hunger but weight loss
- Loss of appetite in younger children
- Blurred vision
- Nausea and vomiting
- Belly (abdominal) pain
- Weakness and fatigue
- Irritability and mood changes
- Serious diaper rash that does get better with treatment
- Fruity breath and fast breathing
- Yeast infection in girls
The symptoms of type 1 diabetes can be like other health conditions. Make sure your child sees his or her healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
How is type 1 diabetes diagnosed in a child?
The healthcare provider will ask about your child's symptoms and health history. He or she may also ask about your family's health history. He or she will give your child a physical exam. Your child may also have blood tests, such as:
- Fasting plasma glucose. The blood is tested after a period of not eating.
- Random plasma glucose. The blood is tested when there are symptoms of increased thirst, urination, and hunger.
How is type 1 diabetes treated in a child?
Children with type 1 diabetes must have daily injections of insulin to keep the blood glucose level within normal ranges. Insulin is given either by injection or insulin pump. Your child's healthcare provider will show you how to give your child insulin with either method.
Treatment will also include:
- Eating the right foods to manage blood glucose levels. This includes timing meals and counting carbohydrates.
- Exercise, to lower blood sugar
- Regular blood testing to check blood-glucose levels
- Regular urine testing to check ketone levels
What are the possible complications of type 1 diabetes in a child?
Type 1 diabetes can cause:
- Ketoacidosis (diabetic coma). This is a loss of consciousness because of untreated or undertreated diabetes.
- Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). This is also sometimes called an insulin reaction. This occurs when blood glucose drops too low.
Your child's healthcare provider will tell you how to avoid these problems.
Over time, high blood sugar levels can damage blood vessels. Balancing insulin, diet, and activity can help keep blood sugar levels in the target range and help prevent complications such as:
- Eye problems
- Kidney disease
- Nerve damage
- Tooth and gum problems
- Skin and foot problems
- Heart and blood vessel disease
How can I help my child live with type 1 diabetes?
A type 1 diabetes diagnosis can be stressful for a child and his or her family. A younger child may not understand all the life changes, such as glucose monitoring and insulin injections. A child may feel:
- As if he or she is being punished
- Guilty
- Fearful of death
- Angry toward the parent
Parents can help their child by treating him or her as a normal child with diabetes management as just one aspect of their daily life.
Many areas have diabetes camps, support groups, and other organizations for children with type 1 diabetes and their families. Talk with your child's healthcare provider for more information.
When should I call my child's healthcare provider?
Call your child's healthcare team if you need help. Also call the healthcare team if your child:
- Has new symptoms
- Often has high blood glucose levels
- Often has hypoglycemia
Key points about type 1 diabetes in children
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a long-term (chronic) condition. It may start at any age. Only 5% of people with diabetes have type 1.
- Type 1 diabetes is a condition in which blood glucose levels are abnormally high.
- It is most frequently caused by an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.
- Children with type 1 diabetes must have daily injections of insulin to keep the blood glucose level within normal ranges.
- Without insulin, blood glucose levels continue to rise and death will occur.
- With the administration of insulin, and other management activities, children with type 1 diabetes can lead active, healthy lives.
Next stepsTips to help you get the most from a visit to your child's health care provider:
- Before your visit, write down questions you want answered.
- At the visit, write down the names of new medicines, treatments, or tests, and any new instructions your provider gives you for your child.
- If your child has a follow-up appointment, write down the date, time, and purpose for that visit.
- Know how you can contact your child's provider after office hours. This is important if your child becomes ill and you have questions or need advice.


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For Jews, free will must always be oriented toward life, to the blessing, not to the curse. Our binding charge is to strive in this obligatory direction of individual and collective self-preservation by using our intelligence and by exercising our essentially disciplined acts of will. In circumstances where such striving is consciously rejected, the outcome – however catastrophic – can never rise to the dignified level of tragedy.
The ancient vision of authentically "High Tragedy" has its origins in Fifth Century BCE Athens. Here, there is always clarity on one overriding point: The victim is one whom "the gods kill for their sport, as wanton boys do flies." This wantonness, this caprice, is precisely what makes tragedy unendurable. With "disengagement" and "realignment," with Oslo and the "Road Map," Israel's corollary misfortunes are too-largely self-inflicted. The continuing drama of a "Middle East Peace Process" is, at best, a surreal page torn from Ionesco or even Kafka. Here there is nary a hint of tragedy, not even a cathartic element that might have been drawn from Aeschylus, Sophocles or Euripides. At worst – and this is the more plausible characterization – Israel's unhappy fate has been ripped directly from the demeaning pages of irony and farce. Under Olmert, Israel now acts and lives a peculiarly blood-soaked form of comedy, an unabashedly high-budget, low drama that relies on concocted contrivances of plot and on humiliatingly low levels of credibility.
In farce, matters would generally end badly but for a last-minute rescue called deus ex machina. But no such "god in the machine" will rescue Israel. In more specifically Jewish terms, we may recall the words of Rabbi Yania: "A man should never put himself in a place of danger and say that a miracle will save him, lest there be no miracle." (Talmud, Sota 32a and Codes, Yoreh De'ah 116). Of course, it may be that Ehud Olmert does not actually expect a miracle, but then, we must inquire, upon exactly what manner of reasoning does he base his religiously, morally and intellectually vacant policy of land for nothing?
In Judaism, as we have already noted, there can never be any justification for deliberate self-endangerment. In classical Greek tragedy, there can never be any deus ex machina. In true tragedy, the human spirit remains noble in the face of an inescapable death, but if there is anything at all tragic about Israel's Olmert-Bush propelled descent, it lies only in the original Greek meaning of the word: "goat song." For Jews, this theatrical resemblance to paganism is especially hideous, as it comes from the dithyrambs sung by goatskin-clad worshippers of Dionysus.
Aristotle understood in his Poetics that true tragedy must always elicit pity and fear, but not pathos, which is an utterly unheroic suffering. The Greek philosopher identified tragedy with "good" characters that suffer because they commit some grave error (hamartia) unknowingly. Prime Minister Olmert, on the other hand, has continued Israel's march of folly not because of any such error – or even because of some wantonness or caprice – but (in the most charitable explanation) because his concessionary policies are detached from any decent sense of Judaism.
Whether a policy is named Oslo or Road Map or some altogether new name contrived in Washington makes no substantive difference. The diplomatic promise of peace with a persistently genocidal adversary is unassailably a sordid delusion. To be sure, protracted war and terror hardly seem a tolerable or enviable policy outcome, but even this difficult fate remains far better for Israel than the undiminished Arab/Islamist plan for a relentlessly Final Solution. Protracted war and terror are assuredly very bad options, but they are certainly better than death.
The futile search for ordinary solutions by the people of Israel must never be dismissed by others with anger, disdain or self-righteousness. After all, one can hardly blame them for denying such terrible and unjust portents. But Israel exists in a wider world where the terms "justice" and "Jew" can never be uttered in the same breath, and where navigating according to shamelessly asymmetrical rules of logic and reasonableness will ultimately be fatal. Let us be candid. It is a world where Dostoyevsky rings much truer than Plato, a world wherein unreason "normally" trumps rationality, and where survival is sometimes dependent upon accepting and enduring what is manifestly absurd.
Sisyphus understood that his rock would never stay put at the summit of the mountain. He labored nonetheless. He did not surrender.
Like Sisyphus, Israel must soon learn to understand that its own "rock" – the agonizingly heavy stone of national security and international normalcy – may never stay put at the summit. Yet, it must still continue to push, upwards. It must continue to struggle against the ponderous weight – if for no other reason than simply to continue, to persist. For Israel, true heroism – and perhaps even the genuine fulfillment of its unique mission among the nations – now lies in recognizing something beyond normal understanding: Endless pain and insecurity are not necessarily unbearable and must sometimes be borne with complete faith and equanimity. Failing such a tragic awareness, the government of Israel will continue to grasp at illusory peace prospects, and to welcome repeatedly false dawns.
Of course, Israel is not Sisyphus, and there is no reason to believe that Israel must necessarily endure altogether without experiencing personal and collective satisfactions. Even fully aware that its titanic struggle toward the recurring summits may lack a definable moment of "success" – that these summits may never be truly "scaled" – the Jewish State can still learn that the struggle itself carries manifold benefits. The seemingly absurd struggle does have its accomplishments, its unheralded blessings, and its more or less palpable rewards. Newly tolerant of ambiguity, and consciously surviving without any "normal" hopes of completion and clarity, the people of Israel could achieve both spiritual and survival benefits in their personal and collective lives. Most importantly, their now enlarged lucidity could immunize them from the lethal lures of ordinary nations.
Israel's feverish search for a solution has led it down a continuing path of despair, toward a "sickness unto death." Today, as its leaders contemplate yet another round of unilateral territorial surrenders in Judea/Samaria, the government prepares to relinquish the country's last shreds of national dignity and national security. For Israel in particular, basic truth must emerge from paradox. To survive into the future, Israel's only real choice is to keep rolling the rock upwards. Unlike Sisyphus, Israel and its people can still enjoy many satisfactions along the way, but – like Sisyphus – all Israel must also recognize that its individual and collective life may require an authentically tragic and unending struggle.
Nonetheless, true tragedy does not denigrate; it exalts.
Exeunt omnes.
Copyright © The Jewish Press, February 1, 2008. All rights reserved.
LOUIS RENÉ BERES was educated at Princeton (Ph.D., 1971), and the author of 10 major books on international relations and international law. One of his earlier books is titled Mimicking Sisyphus: America's Countervailing Nuclear Strategy(1983), which concerned a different adaptation from the still-fruitful Greek myth. He is Strategic and Military Affairs columnist for The Jewish Press.


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