text: « back to directory print Susan Herman Centennial Professor of Law 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 780-7945 | Email | CV | Twitter Areas of Expertise Constitutional LawCriminal LawTerrorism Law Education B.A., Barnard College J.D., New York University School of Law Biography Courses Publications Noteworthy Constitutional Law This course presents an introduction to the historical background, content, and meaning of the United States Constitution. The course focuses on such issues as: the origins and scope of judicial review; intergovernmental relations; separation of powers among the legislative, judicial, and executive branches; powers of the President; basic principles of individual rights and equal protection; due process; and state and federal regulatory powers. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade only. Final exam. Criminal Law This course consists of an introduction to the criminal process and the role of the Constitution in reconciling the authority of government with the rights of the individual. The primary focus of the course is, however, on the substantive aspects of the criminal law. The role of the criminal law as the principal means of social control is explored, as well as the limitations on legislative power to define and punish criminal behavior. Cases and statutes are studied to develop a critical understanding of the fundamental concepts of criminal responsibility. The course includes the study of some specific crimes such as homicide and conspiracy, as well as the general principles of jurisdiction, accessorial liability, justification and the impact of mental disease, intoxication and mistake on criminal responsibility. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade only. Final exam. Criminal Procedure: Investigations This course explores the investigative phase of a criminal proceeding focusing on the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights of criminal suspects. Topics covered include arrest, search and seizure, electronic surveillance, interrogations and confessions, line-ups and other pre-trial identification procedures, right to counsel, doctrines governing application of constitutionally based exclusionary rules (standing, retroactivity, harmless error and the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine) and motions to suppress evidence. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade with pass/fail option. Final exam. Enrollment Note: This course and Criminal Procedure: Adjudication may be taken in any order. One is not a prerequisite for the other. Law and Literature Seminar This seminar uses literature, poetry, essays and other writings to consider the ways in which law and literature intersect, and to broaden students' perspective on the law. We will focus primarily on the central role of law in certain works of literature; on the critical importance to both law and literature of writing well as a means of communicating effectively; and on the fundamental relevance of human relationships in both literature and the law. The seminar is structured to encourage active student participation, critical thinking and writing, and thoughtful discussion. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade only. Students will write a series of short papers analyzing the link between literature and the law in several of the assigned readings. Grades will be based on the quality of the papers and class participation. There is no final exam. Terrorism and Civil Liberties Seminar This seminar will examine constitutional and other legal issues arising out of the war on terrorism, such as the constitutionality of executive detention of citizen and non-citizen "enemy combatants" in the territorial United States and in Guantanamo, of military tribunals, of secret de portation hearings, of new surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act, and of the targeting of Muslim and Arab men for interrogation, detention for violation of immigration laws, and special airport security. Depending on the particular interests of participating students, we may also discuss issues centering on international law (Is the "war on terror" an actual or a metaphorical war? What does it mean to be an "illegal combatant?" What applicability do the Geneva Convent ions have to the Guantanamo detainees?); prin ciples of federalism (How far can the federal government go in enlisting state and local law enforcement officials in their investigations, or their enforcement of immigration laws?); the First Amendment (What has been the impact of the war on terror on dissent? What have been the role and responsibilities of the media?); and history (How do current events compare to American reactions to past crises, including times of war, such as the detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II? Have we as a country engaged in a process of social learning, or are we repeating past actions later considered to be mistakes?). This course is designed for students who have been watching these current events unfold and would like to develop a fuller knowledge of what is happening, what is controversial, and what the constitutional provisions, statutes, and cases involved actually say. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade with pass/fail option. Final exam or paper which may be used to satisfy the Upperclass Writing Requirement. Related Links: Faculty News Curriculum


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Royals unable to recover from Guthrie's rough night
KANSAS CITY -- Perhaps it was payback time for the White Sox.
Jeremy Guthrie had made a regular practice of baffling the Chicago club since he began pitching for Kansas City. Until Friday night, that is. The White Sox chased him in the third inning on the way to a 9-1 rout of the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.View Full Game Coverage
KANSAS CITY -- Perhaps it was payback time for the White Sox.
Jeremy Guthrie had made a regular practice of baffling the Chicago club since he began pitching for Kansas City. Until Friday night, that is. The White Sox chased him in the third inning on the way to a 9-1 rout of the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.View Full Game Coverage
"He just didn't have it," manager Ned Yost said. "It was just one of those nights when he just didn't have much going for him."
But White Sox left-hander Hector Santiago did. He stymied the Royals for eight innings on three hits, although one of them was a home run by Eric Hosmer.
The White Sox snapped a three-game spin and gave the Royals a third straight loss as a robust crowd of 33,830 looked forward to the postgame fireworks.
Since joining the Royals last year, Guthrie was 3-0 with a 0.40 ERA in six starts against the White Sox. He beat them twice this year, including his first career shutout on May 4.
But this time Guthrie was in trouble from the moment he walked Alejandro De Aza to start the game. He gave up two runs in that inning, one on a bases-loaded walk. And, in the third, the White Sox got two more on singles by Alexei Ramirez, Adam Dunn and Conor Gillaspie and Alex Rios' double.
"I couldn't find the strike zone and created a mess in the first inning and then a bunch of base hits in the third inning as well," Guthrie said.
The 2 1/3 innings marked the shortest outing by a Royals starter this season (3 2/3 by Wade Davis on April 24 was the previous low). It was also Guthrie's quickest exit as a Royal. He was charged with six runs on five hits and three walks.
"He has tremendous stuff, and we did a good job of making him throw it over the plate," Dunn said. "He threw some good pitches and we were able to lay off them. When you are able to lay off some pitchers' pitches, you have a chance for a good result."
Yost promptly switched from Guthrie to left-hander Bruce Chen. That immediately went wrong as Dayan Viciedo powered a three-run homer to left field, putting the White Sox ahead 7-0.
Chen also gave up a two-run homer to De Aza in the sixth inning for a 9-0 count.
The blowout loss was something of rarity for the 2013 Royals.
"I can't even think of one," Yost said. "We might have had one but ... "
Then he was reminded of back-to-back losses to Cleveland, 10-3 and 9-0 on April 28-29.
"We haven't had many of them," Yost added.
Santiago, meanwhile, was doing what he'd always done against the Royals -- holding them scoreless. He came into this game with a history of 11 1/3 shutout innings against them in a total of eight games -- seven relief appearances and one start.
He completely dazzled them again for 5 2/3 innings until Hosmer teed off on a home run to deep right-center field. It was Hosmer's third homer of the season.
"He's really starting to turn it around. I can't remember the last time he pulled a home run," Yost said. "But he starting to get back to doing what made him so intriguing and interesting in his rookie year."
Hosmer is hitting .316 (24-for-76) in June with two of his homers.
"I'm starting to drive the ball to right field better, so I think it's still a work in progress, but it's getting pretty good and I feel really comfortable right now and I'm in a good spot," Hosmer said.
Santiago allowed one run on three hits over eight innings, a career high, striking out five and walking one.
"When you go down early like that, it gives him confidence on the mound and it's tough for us to battle back," the Royals' Billy Butler said. "He was throwing it low- to mid-90s and was locating it well, and he threw some good pitches when he had to. He gave up that one hit to Hoz, but other than that, he was cruising."
And the Royals were sinking fast.
"We got beat up pretty good tonight," Yost said. "But it wasn't a game that we gave away, a game that we made a bunch of mistakes in. It was just one of those nights where Jeremy didn't have his good stuff, he didn't have his command. We got behind early, we tried to stop the bleeding, and Bruce came in and gave up a three-run homer but did a great job of saving the 'pen."
Chen pitched 4 2/3 innings with J.C. Gutierrez and Kelvin Herrera each working one scoreless inning.
"It was an ugly game, but you just have to go home and get ready to play a good game tomorrow," Yost said.
That will come rather quickly on Saturday, an afternoon game.

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text: Here's TOOTSIE!Also known as:Little Bit, Mini Me and my favorite, Mop of the Woods.There's a new kid on the block, or at the farm I should say. Meet Tootsie, a 7 year old King Charles Cavalier who was rescued by Lucky Star Cavalier Rescue from an Amish Puppy Mill, after the owners had used her up. Her mouth and ears were horribly infected; she had twenty teeth extracted. She also was fat as a tick, so you couldn't say she was starving. She weighed 22 lbs (now she weighs 15 and is still a bit overweight).And what, you might ask, is a Cavalier doing at Redstart Farm? Doesn't every farm need a Cavalier? (What, you think we farmers don't have laps?) Seriously, there is logic to all this. Here's a brief version of the back story: If you have been following the blog for Read More


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OK, so he can't say anything, save for this tidbit: "A lot of the characters from Season 2 will be back. The season is called 'Villains,' so our heroes will be thinking about whether they are good or bad. Really, it's all about perception" Hmm, might be a better idea to just ask him about stuff he can answer. Here are 10 facts about the Emmy-nominated actor you might not know -- and yes, we already knew he's got an IQ of 180 and previously worked for George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic.
1. He worked on the original "Hulk," directed by Ang Lee, and thought it was pretty cool - until he saw it. "I thought it was cool at the time. It was a little plastic-y but that was Ang Lee's vision. He was actually there at the offices every day in post-production, which was great for us. To have a director's direct feedback is invaluable. But, I mean, yeah, the movie was a little inconsistent once we saw it."
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman taught him his most valuable lesson about acting. The two met on the set of the 2004 Ben Stiller-Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy "Along Came Polly," in which Oka had a small role. "He taught me how to be generous as an actor. Acting can be very solitary even if you're in a scene with someone else because you worry about your own performance and if you look good. Philip told me that generous actors make their partners look good. And at the end of the day that's what acting is about. It's about connecting and sharing the moment."
3. No, he doesn't know how the May-December romance between his "Heroes" co-stars, Hayden Panettiere, 18, and Milo Ventimiglia, 30, got started. "I don't want to comment on their personal lives, but in the beginning when the show started we were all like one big family on set. And since Hayden was so young, all the guys, we were like her older brothers. We'd tell her we'd have her back and would take care of her. She was sort of like a little sister to us." Interesting way to put it, but OK
4. The song making the rounds on his iPod is "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by Mama Cass Elliot. Wait, wasn't that used in "Lost" two seasons ago? "I don't know why, but it's the first thing that comes to mind lately. It's just great music and beautiful lyrics."
5. He translates his own dialogue into Japanese for "Heroes." "It's important to me to translate the English dialogue in a way that I think Hiro would say it. A formal translator would make it too rigid and not colloquial." But has he ever been tempted to sneak in a Japanese curse word or two? Just for kicks? "I've been tempted, but I'd never get away with it. I have sometimes mis-translated things on purpose when we're shooting and then there's one person laughing -- the Japanese language coach we work with. So yeah, I'd get caught."
6. Like everyone else, he had a few problems with the last season of "Heroes." For one thing, the kendo enthusiast through the show squandered its feudal Japan setting. "It was such a great era full of big samurai sword fights. We did a 10-second one at the end, and it was like, 'Wha? That's it?'" He also thought Hiro shouldn't have moved on to a new girl so soon after Charlie's death. "It's different if Charlie had dumped him or something, but she died! She was murdered! He shouldn't have been in the mood for a rebound."
7. His dream co-star is Will Smith. Or Rowan Atkinson. "Will Smith is just an all-around amazing talent, and really funny. Rowan is such a great physical comedy actor, it would be so great to work with him. I just love comedy and I honestly believe that laughter transcends everything. If everyone laughed together, laughed more, it would unite the world in peace "
8. and that's why he thinks "Get Smart" is going to do pretty darn well at the box office. "It's full of funny physical comedy, which can be more universal than dialogue. That's why I really think this movie will be a global hit."
9. He doesn't have cable or own a TiVo. And frankly, he doesn't miss playing World of Warcraft, a pastime he had to give up once "Heroes" fans learned his handle. "I gave away my TiVo. What I learned when you don't have cable or TiVo, and you can't play World of Warcraft, is that you have more time to hang out with your friends, you know? With real people. It's a good thing. "
10. He's got some top-secret projects in the works -- but if he told us about them, he'd have to kill us. "They involve me writing, producing, acting, maybe directing projects on multiple platforms. But I really can't talk about it right now. Maybe soon. Hopefully soon. But not now."


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NANDA Diagnosis Definition: Absence or deficiency of cognitive information related to a specific topic
Defining Characteristics: Verbalization of the problem; inaccurate follow-through of instruction; inaccurate performance of test; inappropriate or exaggerated behaviors (e.g., hysterical, hostile, agitated, apathetic)
Related Factors: Lack of exposure; lack of recall; information misinterpretation; cognitive limitation; lack of interest in learning; unfamiliarity with information resources
NOC Outcomes (Nursing Outcomes Classification)
Suggested NOC Labels
· Knowledge of: Diet
· Disease Process
· Energy Conservation
· Health Behaviors
· Health Resources
· Infection Control
· Medication
· Personal Safety
· Prescribed Activity
· Substance Use Control
· Treatment Procedures
· Treatment Regimen
Client Outcomes
· Explains disease state, recognizes need for medications, understands treatments
· Explains how to incorporate new health regimen into lifestyle
· States an ability to deal with health situation and remain in control of life
· Demonstrates how to perform procedures satisfactorily
· Lists resources that can be used for more information or support after discharge
NIC Interventions (Nursing Interventions Classification)
Suggested NIC Labels
· Teaching: Disease Process
· Teaching: Individual
· Teaching: Infant Care
Nursing Interventions and Rationales
- Observe client's ability and readiness to learn (e.g., mental acuity, ability to see or hear, no existing pain, emotional readiness, absence of language or cultural barriers). Education in self-care must take into account physical, sensory, mobility, sexual, and psychosocial changes related to age.
- Assess barriers to learning (e.g., perceived change in lifestyle, financial concerns, cultural patterns, lack of acceptance by peers or coworkers). The client brings to the learning situation a unique personality, established social interaction patterns, cultural norms and values, and environmental influences.
- Determine client's previous knowledge of or skills related to his or her diagnosis and the influence on willingness to learn. New information is assimilated into previous assumptions and facts and may involve negotiating, transforming, or stalling.
- Involve clients in writing specific outcomes for the teaching session, such as identifying what is most important to learn from their viewpoint and lifestyle. Objectives put the content into focus, provide a forum for evaluation outcomes, and ensure continuity. Client involvement improves compliance with health regimen and makes teaching and learning a partnership.
- When teaching, build on client's literacy skills. In patients with low literacy skills, materials should be short and have culturally sensitive illustrations.
- Present material that is most significant to client first, such as how to give injections or change dressings; present additional material once client's most pressing educational needs have been met. Information building begins with explaining simple concepts and moves on to explanations of complex application situations.
- Determine client's understanding of common medical terminology, such as "empty stomach," "emesis," and "palpation." Clients are expected to read and understand labels on medicine containers, appointment slips, and informed consents, yet an estimated 40 million adults are functionally illiterate.
- Evaluate the readability of the material in pamphlets or written instructions. Nonadherence of older adults to new medication regimens appears to be a function of decreased cognitive ability and comprehension of instruction, poor communication, and increased physical limitations.
- Use visual aids such as diagrams, pictures, videotapes, audiotapes, and interactive Internet web sites. Verbal reinforcement of personalized, written instructions appears to be the best tested intervention. Computer-generated, personalized instructions improved adherence when compared with handwritten instructions. This evidence-based study suggested leaflets as a useful resource for information provision.
- Provide preadmission self-instruction materials to prepare client for postoperative exercises. Providing clients with preadmission information about exercises has been shown to increase positive feelings and the ability to perform prescribed exercises.
- Identify the primary family support person; be aware of that person's ability to learn and incorporate needed changes.
- Assess willingness of family to incorporate new information, immunizations, medical/dental care, and diet/behavior modifications in support of the client. Attention needs to be directed at family adjustment factors. For example, women recovering from alcohol abuse are at risk for relapse if their spouse continues to drink alcohol, and modification of eating patterns plus social and partnership support have had more success than modification alone.
- Help client identify community resources for continuing information and support. Learning occurs through imitation, so persons who are currently involved in lifestyle changes can help the client anticipate adjustment issues. Community resources can offer financial and educational support. For example, role modeling and skill training have been used to monitor symptoms and solve asthma problems.
- Evaluate client's learning through return demonstrations, verbalizations, or the application of skills to new situations. Presenting information along with with examples of how to apply the information has been found more successful than providing information alone in a home care setting.
- Adapt the teaching process for the physical constraints of the aging process (e.g., speak clearly, use a variety of audio-visual-psychomotor methods, provide examples, and allow time for client to repeat and review). Adults are capable of learning at any age. Age modifies but does not inhibit learning. Older adults need practice to use new technology.
- Ensure that the client uses necessary reading aids (e.g., glasses, magnifying lenses, large-print text) or hearing aids. Visual and hearing deficits require amplification or clarification of sensory input.
- Use printed material, videotapes, lists, diagrams, and Internet addresses that the client can refer to at another time. These methods provide a reference that can be used in a less stressful setting, decreasing barriers to learning. This study demonstrated the effectiveness of printed material and a web-based format for education. The web-based format demonstrated two additional benefits when compared with printed material: increased social support and decreased anxiety.
- Assess client's previous knowledge and resistance or blocks to incorporating new information into the current lifestyle. The client brings to the learning situation a unique personality, established social interaction patterns, cultural norms and values, and environmental influences.
- Repeat and reinforce information during several brief sessions. Understanding past information is essential to acquiring new knowledge. Brief sessions focus attention on essential information.
- Discuss healthy lifestyle changes that promote wellness for the older adult. It is never too late to stop smoking, lose weight, or modify dietary intake of fats and alcohol. Quality vs. quantity of life may be the key issue in teaching self-care health habits.
- Evaluate readability of the material. Nonadherence of older adults to new medication regimens appears to be a function of decreased cognitive ability, comprehension of instruction, poor communication, and increased physical limitations.
- Consider health education programs using television and newspapers. There was a significant increase in stroke knowledge (52% more likely to know a risk factor and 35% know a symptom, p = 0.032) following this health education program as demonstrated through a telephone pretest and posttes.
- Acknowledge racial/ethnic differences at the onset of care. Acknowledgement of racial/ethnicity issues will enhance communication, establish rapport, and promote treatment outcomes.
- Assess for the influence of cultural beliefs, norms, and values on the client's knowledge base. The client's knowledge base may be influenced by cultural perceptions.
- Use a neutral indirect style when addressing areas where improvement is needed when working with Native American clients. Using indirect statements such as "I had a client who tried 'X' and it seemed to work very well" will help avoid resentment from the client.
- Validate the client's feelings and concerns related to previous learning experiences. Validation lets the client know the nurse has heard and understands what was said.
- Approach individuals of color with respect, warmth, and professional courtesy. Instances of disrespect and lack of caring have special significance for individuals of color.
- Because home care is an intermittent model of care having a goal of safety and optimal wellness of the client between visits, the importance of teaching (by nurse) and learning (by client) should not be understated. All of the previously mentioned interventions are applicable to the home setting.
- Select a space and time for teaching in which client and/or caregiver can focus on information to be learned. The home setting provides many distractions that may impair the ability of the client to learn.
- Consider the complexity of material or behaviors to be learned. Adjust care plan and respective teaching and learning experiences accordingly to build client confidence in ability to learn (and change). Confidence in ability to learn and change is part of readiness to learn.
- Assess for specific areas of learning that have the potential for strong emotional responses by the client or family/caregiver. Allow time for expression of feelings and encourage acceptance of need for learning. An individual's perception of barriers and benefits has consistently been most predictive of subsequent behavior. Clinicians should develop interventions that increase benefits and decrease barriers.
- Document client's and caregivers' responses to learning. Clear documentation supports continuity in the learning experience


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Porphyrins are a group of chemicals that help form many important substances in the body, including hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen in the blood.
This article discusses the test to measure the total amount of porphyrins in your blood.
See also:
Alternative Names
Protoporphyrin levels; Porphyrins – total; Coproporphyrin levels; PROTO test
How the test is performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see:
The sample is then placed in ice and taken immediately to the laboratory. Three porphyrins can normally be measured in small amounts in human blood. They are:
- Coproporphyrin
- Protoporphyrin (PROTO)
- Uroporphyrin
Protoporphyrin is normally found in the highest amount. More tests are needed to show the levels of specific porphyrins.
How to prepare for the test
You should not eat for 12 – 14 hours before this test. You may drink water right before the test. Failure to follow these restrictions may affect the test results.
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel moderate pain, or only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
This test is used to diagnose
It may also be used along with other tests to diagnose lead poisoning and certain nervous system and skin disorders.
Normal Values
This test specifically measures total porphyrin levels, but reference values (a range of values seen in a group of healthy people) for the individual components are also included:
- Total porphyrin levels: 16 to 60 mcg/dL
- Coproporphyrin levels: < 2 mcg/dL
- Protoporphyrin levels: 16 to 60 mcg/dL
- Uroporphyrin levels: < 2 mcg/dL
Note: mcg/dL = micrograms per deciliter
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
What abnormal results mean
Increased levels of coproporphyrins may be a sign of:
Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
- Hepatic coproporphyria
- Sideroblastic
- Variegate porphyria
Increased protoporphyrin levels may be a sign of:
Anemia of chronic disease
- Congenital
erythropoietic protoporphyria
- Increased erythropoiesis
- Infection
Iron deficiency anemia Lead poisoning
- Sideroblastic anemia
- Variegate porphyria
Increased uroporphyrin levels may be a sign of:
- Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
- Porphyria cutanea tarda
What the risks are
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)


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Our Fitness Blog
Transform Your Fitness / Kickboxing Routine
Kickboxing is a fighting technique that combines martial arts style kicks with boxing style punches. The two workouts alone are extreme and vigorous. However, when you add them together, you can go to a whole new level. It allows you to work the whole body not just the lower or upper body. It works the upper and lower body together, which causes the core to get into the workout. This gives you a full body workout in one fitness routine. You can transform your boring everyday workout sessions by adding kickboxing to it, and the many benefits associated with kickboxing will follow. Believe me, the pluses associated with kickboxing will far outweigh your sweaty aches. You will add some fun to your workout by throwing in some kicks and punches and see changes in your body and fitness level almost instantly.
Do you have a form of stretching in your fitness routine? Most people have some form of stretching in their fitness routine, but some may skip it a few times or altogether. When you do not have a reason to stretch it can easily be looked over or done in haste, losing all the benefits of stretching. In kickboxing it is necessary to stretch. You will be practicing movements you have never done and using muscles you did not even know you had. In order to avoid injury, you will have to make sure you stretch correctly.
The boxing aspect of kickboxing ensures you will get to throw some punches, like a quick jab or upper cut. Kickboxing uses heavy bags, speed bags and pads in each workout. You will get to throw different combinations of punches to workout different areas of your upper body, including the shoulders, chest and upper and lower arms. It is a great way to tone those problem areas in your upper body while getting in shape. You can increase the speed of these punches or add weights to really get your heart pumping.
The martial arts aspect in kickboxing allows you to kick your way to a new you. The three main kicks are front, side and roundhouse. In kickboxing you can kick heavy bags, punching dummies or people wearing pads. As a beginner, you may need to get some more flexibility to be able to kick the bags or pads. It is up to you to listen to your body, but it can be more fun to have something to kick and gives you added resistance. One benefit to kickboxing is that the entire leg is used in each kick because you need to focus on your stance and balance throughout the kick. This focus will lead you to quickly toning those leg muscles.
Your Core
The core of your body includes the abs and back muscles, also referred to as that problem area in the middle. These muscles will get an unintentional workout just through your kicks and punches. You want to focus on all areas of your body during a fitness routine. In kickboxing, there are certain exercises that can be added to help build and focus on your core, such as crunches and side bends. It is important to have a strong core because it will help make each move more precise, better your endurance and quickly tone your body.
Each aspect of kickboxing comes together to work every major muscle in your body. The combinations in kickboxing are endless. The benefit of using certain muscles in such a quick manner will have you quickly seeing results. You will be glad that you transformed your workout and also reaping the benefits of transforming your body.


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By Michelle Baker, KF11 Ghana
I spent the entire past week out in the field training branches and meeting with Kiva borrowers, and it was the most inspiring thing I have experienced in a very long time.
The loan officers are some of the most amazing people who I have met. Without their hard work, I am certain that microfinancing would not be possible. The loan officers that I met start their days before 8:00 a.m. and end as late as 11:00 p.m. They do not spend their days in a comfortable air-conditioned office, but instead spend most of their time traveling from rural town to rural town meeting with current and potential borrowers. They do not have cars, but instead must wait on the side of the road for a tro-tro (a mini-van packed with people) or a shared taxi. In the town of Kumasi, where I currently live, you will come across 10 tro-tros and taxis every 5 minutes, but in the rural areas, you may have to wait anywhere between 15 minutes to 1 hour for a passing tro-tro or taxi. Did I mention that it extremely hot and humid in Ghana?
These loan officers are dressed up in slacks, a long Oxford shirt, a tie and polished shoes. They often meet in churches that have a ceiling fan which really only moves the hot air around, but doesn't really offer any relief from the heat. In one of the rural towns outside Kade, two loan officers met with over 30 groups of borrowers. Each group had 5 to 10 individual borrowers. These two loan officers collected repayments, offered training sessions and listened to any grievances that the borrowers had. They do this all with a determination and kindness that I am not sure that most people would be able to have, including myself. I asked one of the loan officers what he likes about his job, and he told me that he feels like he is providing a service to a community of people who are less fortunate than himself and really need the help. It was nice that he did not treat his work just as part of his job, but that he actually felt inspired about the work he was doing.
A photo of a Kiva team members collecting journal updates from Kiva borrowers.
I also got to meet some Kiva borrowers, and attempted to converse with them in their native Twi language. Well I shared the three phrases that I know! Mma ache, which means good morning. Wo ho te sen, which means how are you? Me ho ye, which mean I'm good. They loved it!
A few photos of Kiva borrowers.
Finally, the loan officers and the borrowers wanted me to tell Kiva and all the Kiva borrowers that they were so thankful for providing loans and how these loans have helped the borrowers to care for their families. I think the loan officers also deserve praise because without them, Kiva and Kiva borrowers wouldn't be able to reach these rural borrowers!


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The members of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted overwhelmingly to admit Palestine as a full member today, setting off furious Israeli denunciations and a nervous exploration of options by the Obama administration.
The vote comes in the context of the currently stalled Palestinian push for full UN recognition – a step Obama has promised to veto if it comes before the United Nations Security Council. The rhetoric on today's vote is already heated. The vote was 107 for, 14 against, and 52 abstentions. I couldn't find a full breakdown of the vote yet. But France voted for, as did China and India along with most of the rest of Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The US, Israel, Canada, and Germany voted against. Britain and Japan were among those who abstained.
Israel says the vote makes peace harder to achieve. But it's hard to see how membership in UNESCO (which coordinates educational exchanges, certifies "World Heritage Sites," and is generally the UN's culture wing) makes peace less possible. The vote reflects the broad views of the UN's member states: That it's time for a country called "Palestine" to be admitted as a member to the UN.
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It doesn't give the Palestinian Authority sovereignty over the West Bank, change the position of Israel's settlements there, or upend the status quo in East Jerusalem. The Palestinian argument in favor of its overall push for recognition at the UN (a vote on that issue is currently stalled) is that it will galvanize Israeli politicians into working harder for a peace deal, since it's evidence the Israeli government's position is losing international support.
The real argument for a two-state solution (whether you accept it or not) is that Israel's ongoing control of the West Bank leaves it as the de facto sovereign over millions of Palestinians without voting rights in Israel, or a state of their own. In the long run, that confronts Israel with the choice of giving Palestinians full citizenship and the vote (not likely, since that would be the beginning of the end of the Jewish state given far higher Palestinian birth rates), developing an apartheid-style system where Israeli settlers live in the West Bank as citizens while Palestinians have a second, weaker position under Israeli law; or actually reach a deal.
The ground truth of those realities and choices doesn't change in response to what UNESCO does or doesn't do, nor does the range of possible choices Palestinians could make in the coming years. Another intifada, with terror attacks inside Israel? Large-scale, peaceful civil disobedience? An international delegitimization campaign to paint Israel as a modern version of white South Africa? All are possible courses a current or future Palestinian leadership could pursue.
The vote could prove a crippling one for UNESCO itself, because of a US law passed in 1994 that makes it illegal for the federal government to fund any UN organization that grants the "Palestine Liberation Organization the same standing as a member state." A number of pro-Israel congressman immediately insisted that the law should be enforced, and not amended, and earlier today, the Obama administration followed through. The State Department said it would cut its next promised payment – $60 million, due in November.
UNESCO has always been oddly controversial, a far less powerful UN body than the Security Council or groups like the World Food Program or UN Development Program, but a target for denunciation and anger. During the cold war, it was often seen in the West as a tool of Soviet ambitions, and among conspiracy theorists it's a think tank for the shadowy "New World Order" they believe the UN is seeking to impose on the globe. In recent years, Israel has sparred with UNESCO over the designations of archeological sites as primarily Muslim. Highly sensitive to be sure. But UNESCO designations have no power to effect sovereignty.
In Israel, the condemnation was swift in coming and unequivocal. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was furious, as was his foreign minister. "We need to weigh cutting all ties with the Palestinian Authority" in response, said Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. "We cannot continue to accept unilateral measures time after time."
The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a critical, contradictory statement on the vote. On the one hand, "this is a unilateral Palestinian maneuver which will bring no change on the ground," the Ministry said. On the other "it further removes the possibility for a peace agreement." It seems to me that removing the possibility for a peace agreement is about as significant a change on the ground as there could be when it comes to Israeli-Palestinians relations.
Israel has expressed concern that the Palestinian bid for UN membership is the prelude to a broad international campaign to delegitimize Israel as a Jewish democratic state.
The White House generally shares Israel's views on the matter, though more measured in tone. "Today's vote at UNESCO to admit the Palestinian Authority is premature and undermines the international community's shared goal of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. The vote "distracts us from our shared goal of direct negotiations that result in a secure Israel and an independent Palestine living side by side."
The US relationship to UNESCO, and the UN more generally, could get decidedly chilly again. Ronald Reagan withdrew the US from UNESCO in 1984, charging that the UN group was slanted in favor of the Soviet Union. The US rejoined UNSECO under President George W. Bush in late 2002, in a move designed to win general UN backing for sanctions and possible war with Iraq. Now, some politicians are urging the US to withdraw from the group once more.


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(CNN) -- Did a "U.S. special force" commit acts of "torture" and "murder" in Afghanistan? That suggestion came out of a meeting of the ruling Afghan council led by President Hamid Karzai.
NATO said Monday it has found no evidence to support the allegations, which appeared in a statement Sunday from Karzai's office.
"It became clear that armed individuals named as U.S. special force stationed in Wardak province engage in harassing, annoying, torturing and even murdering innocent people," said the statement. It didn't indicate who identified the attackers as "U.S. special force."
Nine people "disappeared in an operation" recently by a "suspicious force" in Wardak province, west of Kabul, according to the statement from Karzai's office. Wardak is important because it's often used as a main route for insurgents trying to gain access to Kabul.
The statement also described an incident in which a student was taken from his home at night. His "tortured body with throat cut was found two days later under a bridge," the statement said.
"Such actions have caused local public resentment and hatred," said Karzai's office.
The shocking allegations follow months of U.S. Special Operations raids that have deeply offended some Afghans angry about foreigners entering their homes.
U.S. officials have said the raids are vital to NATO's operation against insurgents.
The U.S. military has said it is investigating and officials of NATO's International Security Assistance Force plan to hold talks about the allegations with Afghan officials.
A joint investigation will be conducted by a commission made up of U.S., NATO and Afghan officials, ISAF spokesman Jamie Graybeal told CNN.
"We have spent the day in discussions with the Afghan government and agreed to a joint commission that will look into the concerns of the people of Wardak," he said.
ISAF said Monday via Twitter, "We will not start with the assumption that the allegations are true. We looked into the allegations" and "found no supporting evidence for them."
Local officials told CNN the allegations came from residents in Wardak.
Hazrat Janan, a member of the local provincial council, told CNN that dozens of people complained to him and a visiting delegation from Kabul about alleged attacks on civilians by "U.S. special forces." The delegation then reported it to Karzai, Janan said.
NATO's response came a day after the Afghan government demanded that U.S. Special Operations Forces leave Wardak province. The Afghanistan National Security Council also said the ISAF must stop all special forces operations in the province. "Until we have a chance to speak with Afghan officials, we can't comment further on the statements of yesterday," ISAF said Monday.
Janan told CNN that until recently, there had always been good coordination between the Americans and the Afghans. "But in the last several months this coordination had vanished and caused so many tensions including all these civilian causalities and complaints against them," Janan said.
Wardak provincial spokesman Ataullah Khugyani told CNN there have been "too many complaints against U.S. special forces in different districts of the province."
Another local official told CNN Karzai's order for U.S. Special Operations Forces to leave the province may have helped to avoid more trouble.
"If President Karzai's hadn't made the decision, the people of the province were planning big riots and they wanted to block the Kabul-Bamyan and Kabul-Kandahar highways," said Esmat Hotak,a resident of Wardak's Jalriz district. "Just a month ago U.S. special forces blew up the gates of 12 houses in a single night and beat up 20 young men in Zewalat area of the province."
However, some Afghans fear a Taliban resurgence if there are no U.S. special forces in the region.
"In the last year U.S. special forces destroyed almost 70% of the Taliban and other insurgents in Wardak province without causing any civilian casualties," said an Afghan political analyst in Wardak who asked not to be identified, fearing retribution. "If the U.S. special forces leave the province, I am sure that the province would completely fall into the hands of the insurgents in less than a year and that would definitely have a negative impact on the security in Kabul and other neighboring provinces."
Last April, the United States and Afghanistan signed a deal that effectively gave Afghan authorities veto power over controversial special forces missions.
The agreement prevents ISAF from conducting such operations without the explicit permission of Afghan officials, a senior NATO official said.
Special Operations Forces will operate under Afghan law, said a statement from Karzai's office.
The complex system fully "Afghanized" such operations, putting Afghan commandos in the lead and giving American Special Operations Forces a "training and support role," a senior Afghan official said.
Under the deal, U.S. Special Operations Forces would be on the ground but would not enter Afghan homes unless specifically asked to do so by Afghan commandos leading the operation, or by other Afghan officials, a senior NATO official said.
CNN's Masoud Popalzai reported this story from Afghanistan, CNN's Barbara Starr reported from the Pentagon, CNN's Thom Patterson, Catherine E. Shoichet and Greg Botelho reported from Atlanta and Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report.


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The Ford Econoline wasn't just a van, it was America's draft horse. It was how Americans got stuff — building stuff, delivering stuff, repairing stuff — done. Now it's going away, to be replaced by the Ford Transit. But the Econoline was more than just a work truck. It was freedom in a box.
For a generation of suburban vagabonds, the Ford E-Series represented release from the townie's claustrophobia born of ranch houses and shopping centers. Just as John Steinbeck had, in his waning years, hit the road with a French standard poodle named Charley, in a three-quarter ton GMC pickup camper named after Don Quixote's horse, a new generation found the Econoline. Vans were cheap and plentiful, provided transportation and housing in one, reliable unit and were nondescript — keeping cops and car thieves guessing long enough to get away, unmolested.
The Econoline played a major role in cult-classic road memoir, Blue Highways by William Least-Heat Moon. Moon, suffering from a crisis of identity, he being half white, half of Osage Nation tribal ancestry, hit the road to find himself by seeking out towns with interesting names. It was a book that did for post-boomers what On The Road did for their parents. It was a how-to book for wanderlust, inspiring enough itchy restlessness to set countless youths down the B-roads of America looking for weird shit and transcendence.
And then there was indie rock. The Econoline was a linchpin in the philosophy of "jamming econo," the defining tenet of punk rock (or is that post-punk?) band Minutemen, which wore a protestant sailor's work ethic on its deeply-flanneled sleeves.
The phrase referred to the band's low-cost approach to record production and touring, a reflection of its do-it-yourself attitude. The band always traveled in a spartan, white Econoline.
Minutemen bassist Mike Watt still has one. It's a 2005 Econoline E-350 he calls "the boat." It replaced a nearly identical 1990 model with almost 250,000 miles on the clock. In fact, to his count, Watt's crisscrossed the country in no fewer than four Econoline vans in more than 30 years of touring. (Minutemen singer and guitarist D. Boon was killed in a road accident in 1985 when he was thrown from a van. It was a Dodge.)
Naturally, the Econoline had been a fixture in the custom-van craze of the 1970s. Airbrushed murals, disco balls and wall-to-wall shag carpeting aside, the trend arose from the same promise — the freedom of unencumbered mobility — combined with the promise of easy sex from itinerant roller-derby girls in hot pants.
It's the romance of the van, and the road. It's the cowboy on his horse, it's the biker sleeping under the stars. It's the American dream. Or it once was.
(Photo: AP Photo/Aynsley Floyd; Shawn Econo/Flickr)


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Here I'll quote it for you:
Spoiler for Secret report: Day 255:
|2009-10-14, 06:11
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Version 3.0
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Hawaii
Age: 31
Spoiler for so:
All merely speculation though.
hahaha I'm back to being a huge fan of Kingdom Hearts. Can't stop talking about the upcoming events in Birth By Sleep. hahahah
|2009-12-09, 14:53
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: U.S.A
oh...I always find these threads after people stop posting in them. lol, well if anyone sees this...since they still werent revealed in this game, when do you guys think we'll learn the remaining true names of the other members? If Im not mistaken, we still dont know:
Spoiler for Maybe a spoiler?:
also, sorry if this isnt the place to ask, but how do you think Demyx is supposed to be pronounced? as far as I know, it was only said once in KHII: Final Mix, which was in japanese...I'm used to it like this: "De-mix", but someone said its supposed to be "Dee-meex" or something like that. Xigbar was never said either, but Im pretty sure its said as "Zigbar".
Sorry if its a bad question, but I havent played Days yet, so if its said there then I wouldnt know.
|2009-12-09, 16:48
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Between Heaven and Earth
|2010-01-02, 22:37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Brazil - São Paulo
Age: 26
Honestly, this game was a real disappointment. It's boring and repetitive. The plot is the only thing which saves this game from being a complete turd.
This game almost turned me down from KH. I'm not joking.
|2010-01-22, 02:04
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Age: 39
Second, due to the DS technical limitation, you will be mostly doing the same thing day in and day out throughout the game's timing of one year.
But if you are a fan of those Black Hooded fellows and feel like controlling them, by all means play it. If not, go for BBS.
|2010-01-23, 00:29
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Since you played all the games, you prob should get 358/2 Days, for the story and fill-in on Roxas if for nothing else. The game really falls into place and fills the holes that exist in KH, Com, and KH2 limited knowledge. Pretty much everything left unanswered so far is answered (even stuff that has nothing to do with Org. XIII), and it raises a question or two that will undoubtedly be answered in BBS. I've also played all the other main KH games, and over the years have made speculations about all those questions that were still unanswered. 358/2 Days answered most of them satisfyingly.
Verdict: 358/2 Days is best if seen and treated as an answer game. Like I said before, I think of it as the Kai or Answer Arc to the other games with regard to Roxas.
If you're looking to play purely for gameplay, it's still worth buying, but the Panel system that replaces the AP system is more of a more customizable upgrade of AP than something totally new, and isn't as nearly as dramatic a change as the Card system in CoM. The game isn't a button masher like KH2, but it's still pretty easy on the Normal setting; a few bosses will get you stuck, but it'll always be strategy that will beat them, not necessarily grinding and backtracking like in KH. 358/2 Days also ditched the dumb@ss "hit the Triangle button to do amazing impossible things (cheap tricks)!!!11" thing that made KH2 pathetically easy even on its hardest setting, which in my opinion is a good thing.
Story Mode doesn't quite live up to the KH series's tradition of being like a Disney theme park, a lengthy journey with beautiful graphics to ogle all the way. The only way the graphics will be beautiful is if you never played anything but DS games, and the game might be a little lengthier if you partake in the Single or Multiplayer Mission Mode. I personally don't like Mission Mode, since my only reason to play it Single Player was to get more items when I opened all the treasures in Story Mode (it's not very fun by yourself), and Multiplayer is crippled by the lack of DS Download Play. A multiplayer DS game without Download Play is like a seventh generation home console game without Wi-Fi capabilities: it just don't make sense when all your competitors have it.
So, hope this helps you make your decision.
|2010-04-08, 14:45
|Link #80
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Uk, wales
OKay I love kH and all but this one is so hard. The other's were easy.
I can't get past the heartless (don't know the name but it's purple) in olympus.
Can some one give me some tips?
At the moment all i'm doing is running close by it when it''s walking , when i stops i attack, move away when it stops attacking. But i get really close to wining but i always die.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says exit polls show black Protestants and Hispanic Catholics diverged from what was otherwise broad religious support for Republican Mitt Romney.
Pew senior researcher Greg Smith says that while Catholics overall were about evenly divided, about 60 percent of white Catholics voted for Romney while three-fourths of Hispanic Catholics cast their ballots for Barack Obama.
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In the very closing stages of CPO365 Phase II, a chief petty officer stared into the eyes of a selectee and asked him very matter-of-factly but with a great deal of passion, the kind of passion that exists not in words but in the eyes and in the heart: "You got something to hide? Well, let me tell you about myself. My mother was a prostitute and my father was a pimp and an alcoholic. My mother was Mexican and my father was black. I was raised by my mother's family in a Mexican house. I was called n----- and told I would never amount to anything. I was abused from the second grade until the fourth grade. I was raped. Now what do you have to hide?"
What amazing courage for someone to bare his soul to another, but he trusted those around him, including that would-be chief. He is an inspiration not just for his honesty but also because of who he is today and what he overcame. That chief petty officer, a young man by most standards, had endured hardships the rest of us could not comprehend. He not only persevered, he flourished. He did not let the experience of his youth dictate who he would become, and he made liars of those who said he would never achieve anything.
Rarely do we see inside another person's soul, but this chief's story is an example of countless other sailors and Marines, officers and enlisted, who exist among us. People young and old who have faced great hardship; many have overcome, some still struggle. And this event offers important lessons.
First, be careful judging others before you truly know them. Everyone is fighting some personal battle; many have faced extremely difficult obstacles in life.
Second, military training should be gut wrenching; it is through challenge and adversity that we find our true selves. Training for new chief petty officers must create opportunities for building trust and newfound personal awareness. A visible transformation takes place in many selectees each September, and it is unfortunate that the small minority who did not experience it, or who had an otherwise poor experience, continue to push for changes that eliminate these moments.
Third, heroes come in all shapes and sizes and are heroic for a variety of reasons. The subject of this article is one of them. He is a hero because he overcame adversity and does not hide those things that molded him into the man he is today.
I'm happy he is leading young men and women and is a role model for junior personnel, especially minorities and victims of abuse.
I'm proud of him because he was victimized, but he is not a victim. He was abused, yet he is gentle. He was belittled, but he is compassionate. He was humiliated, yet he is proud.
He is a chief petty officer.


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As a woman ages, a number of changes take place in the female reproductive system. For women, the cessation of menses (menopause) is an obvious sign of aging. But, it is by no means the only change. A transition period, called the climacteric, lasts for many years before and after a woman's last menstrual period.
See also: Menopause
For a woman, aging changes involve hormone levels, physical changes in the woman's entire reproductive tract, and psychological changes. Changes occur in the intricate relationship between the ovarian hormones and those produced by the pituitary gland (in the brain).
Menopause is a normal part of a woman's aging process. The ovaries stop releasing eggs (ova), and menstrual periods stop. Most women experience menopause around age 50, although it occurs before age 40 in about 8% of women. Prior to menopause, menstrual cycles often become irregular.
The ovaries become less responsive to stimulation by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). To try to compensate for the decreased response, the body produces more of these ovary-stimulating hormones for a time. The level of these hormones will eventually decrease.
The hormones produced by the ovaries include the different forms of estrogen (including estradiol), progesterone, and androgens (including testosterone). These hormones also decrease around menopause. The ovaries continue to produce small amounts of testosterone and some estrogen. The hormones produced by the pituitary gland are also decreased.
Because hormone levels fall, changes occur in the entire reproductive system. The vaginal walls become less elastic, thinner, and less rigid. The vagina becomes shorter. Secretions become scant and watery. The external genital tissue decreases and thins (atrophy of the labia).
In both men and women, reproductive system changes are closely related to changes in the urinary system.
Prior to menopause, fertility varies depending on hormone levels. Menopause is said to have occurred when there has been one year without a menstrual period. With menopause, reproductive capacity is lost (the woman can no longer become pregnant).
Symptoms that accompany menopause vary in severity. Many of the symptoms are triggered by the hormone changes. Only about 20% to 30% of all women have symptoms that are severe enough that they seek medical attention.
Changes occur in the woman's breast tissue at the same time as other reproductive changes. A woman may experience changes in her sex drive (libido) and her sexual response may change, but aging does not prevent a woman from being able to have or enjoy sexual relationships. Most often, things such as availability of a partner, symptoms from vaginal dryness and thinning vaginal walls, and psychological and social factors affect a woman's sexual response more than direct aging changes.
The pubic muscles lose tone, and the vagina, uterus, or urinary bladder can fall out of position. This is called vaginal prolapse, bladder prolapse, or uterine prolapse, depending on which structure drops. A prolapse of any of these structures increases the risk of problems such as stress incontinence (urine leakage). Most prolapses can be treated.
Irritation of the external genitals can occur (pruritus vulvae). The vaginal walls become thinner and dryer and may become irritated (atrophic vaginitis). Sexual intercourse may become uncomfortable for some women (dyspareunia). There are changes in the levels of normal microorganisms in the vagina, and there is an increased risk of vaginal yeast infections.
Similar changes to the bladder and urethra may increase symptoms such as frequency and urgency of urination, and there is an increased risk of urinary tract infection after menopause.
Hot flashes, mood disturbances, headaches, and sleep disturbances are also common symptoms that occur during menopause. The causes of these changes are not well understood, but they are also related to the decreasing amount of estrogen produced by the ovaries.
Osteoporosis risk is greater in older women. This is caused, in part, by decreased estrogen levels.
PREVENTION and TREATMENT
Adequate lubrication (with a water-soluble lubricant) can help prevent painful sexual intercourse. A topical estrogen (applied inside the vagina) is sometimes recommended to help maintain the structure of the vaginal tissues. Sexual changes can also be related to factors other than simple aging.
Estrogen replacement (such as pills or patches) can prevent or reduce many of the symptoms associated with menopause, including vaginal atrophy and hot flashes. It also decreases the risk of complications such as osteoporosis.
However, hormone therapy (HT) may have side effects such as vaginal bleeding, and it has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, stroke, and heart disease, depending on when it is started and how long it is used. The risk and benefit of treatment is different for each person so women should discuss the pros and cons of estrogen treatment with her own health care provider.
Lobo RA. Menopause: endocrinology, consequences of estrogen deficiency, effects of hormone replacement therapy, treatment regimens. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 42.
North American Menopause Society. Estrogen and progestogen use in postmenopausal women: 2010 position statement of The North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2010 Mar;17(2):242-55.
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Been eagerly awaiting this episode! Thanks a lot guys. Your work is greatly appreciated
Wooo, what a doozey. Opening with Hirasawa's "Murder" gave me chills; wasn't expecting it, but of course, it was appropriately fitting.
I'm especially excited about getting into Vol. 13/14 since we'll be getting into material that hasn't been done to death is a bit less explored than the Golden Age arc.
In the absence of any new material, having those podcasts is even more enjoyable. So thank you guys for your in depth analysis of this pivotal volume in the series.
BTW, over the past 4-5 episodes, we've changed up the format of the show. It's more streamlined now, mostly due to time constraints. No off-the-cuff banter at the beginning. No video game or movie talk at the end. How does everyone feel about that?
I'm liking it. Very focused and tight but still maintaining a lot of content. Keep it up!
Maybe you guys and/or others members can do dedicated movies, video games episodes ?
From what i understand, you're trying to keep a average length of 1h30 ?
Still, I don't think anyone is missing out on our deep thoughts about Terminator: jEnYsIs.
Speaking of deep thoughts, lets take that Ubik moment with Guts' dagger to its illogical extreme: clear foreshadowing of Ubik's eventual demise!
Well, we'll probably still do it for some big releases (though nothing on the horizon comes to mind at the moment). But another show just of us rambling is never going to happen.
Just got a chance to finish up the podcast, it was a treat to have Griffith back on! A lot of observations in this one that got me thinking. I don't think you guys touched on this directly, but if Griffith had refused to make the sacrifice, what would have actually happened after the God Hand packed up and left, with all of those Apostles around? Those guys came to party, dammit!
Hmm... good question. There's technically nothing preventing them from making minced meat out of the Falcons right then and there, right? I've always assumed they were merely playing along with the ceremony, though some of them do appear to have a kind of reverence for the proceedings. However, if Wyald can feast regardless of the brand, why not them? Wish I could give you a more solid answer.
BTW, any plans in the works for a second ep of Floracast?
Though I wonder, if Griffith refuses an to sacrifice an initial time, does he still retain his status as a potential God Hand?


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A quickie while I'm still logged on:
Ever come across a web application that only performs input validation via JavaScript? It'll pop up and stop you from submitting a form with illegal characters, but it's obviously just a client-side control, and therefore trivial to bypass using a proxy tool like Paros or Burp. Stupid, but I guess it stops the dumbest of script kiddies.
Earlier this week, I decided to plug my iPod into my hotel TV's A/V input jacks so I could watch a movie on the larger screen. No-brainer, right? They even have the inputs on the front to make it really easy. Then I noticed that I couldn't change video inputs on the stupid thing - no buttons on the remote, no menus, nothing. That's because instead of a normal remote, the TV had a special one programmed for the OnCommand pay-per-view service, and they conveniently left out the input selection function.
The OnCommand unit is a small box that sits in-line between the coax cable running from the wall to the TV. It has a RJ-11 cable that plugs into the television and intercepts the IR signals from the special remote, allowing you to control and purchase "premium content". I did some research and found that a few people have messed with these older hotel PPV systems; in fact, there's an article from 2005 in Wired about how easily they can be hacked. Basically, you can do plenty if you have a USB TV tuner (and/or an expensive, commercial "master remote" that the hotels use to program these things).
The basic premise is that the PPV movies are broadcast in the clear over regular channels, but until you pay for them the OnCommand box prevents your remote and TV from tuning to them. In other words, if you can bypass the IR control you can tune to whatever you want. It's "fake" security, just like the JavaScript input validation. (That was a hell of a long way to go for a bad analogy).
I didn't care about free PPV, I don't want to steal anything - I just wanted to enable the damn video jacks. Acting on a stupid impulse, I bought an $8 universal remote and programmed in the codes for the TV's manufacturer. With a press of the "menu" button I had access to all of the TV settings, including adjusting the tuning and channel locks, and most importantly, switching video inputs. It was that easy.
What a stupid design - just let people use the damn inputs, you'll still sell plenty of porn. In the meantime, I guess I'll always pack this universal remote when I travel. Wow, what a nerd I am.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Hotel TVs and stupid security controls
Labels: lame hacking
2 comments:
- Rymel said...
i tried this, on a samsung lcd tv with a philips universal remote (pm525s), and no go. i don't know if they've updated the oncommand software or not at this hotel (they renovated this hotel 8 months ago), but it doesn't do anything more than turning the tv on. it can't even turn it back off! man, it drove me insane for 20 minutes before i gave up and googled it. you have any idea what the problem might be?
- November 17, 2007 at 8:41 PM
- Ryan said...
Rymel - hard to say, I was using a Philips universal remote on a Philips TV set, so maybe that had a better shot at working. I've read that some people only got things working when they unplugged the RJ-11 cable between the OnCommand box and the TV.
- November 17, 2007 at 11:40 PM
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Tim Lugo and Denny Sullivan are no strangers to the Central Coast Section football playoffs.
Lugo, the head coach at Saratoga High School, has taken his Falcons to the playoffs twice, and Sullivan, an assistant at Los Gatos High, was a member of the coaching staff for the team that won the CCS title last fall and was the team's quarterback back in 2005 when he led the Wildcats to another section crown.
Now with the two will combines their efforts as site directors for a flag football clinic at Saratoga High, sharing their knowledge of the game with young players ages 5-12.
The free clinic, set for July 24, 6-7 p.m., and is open to youngsters in the kindergarten through the sixth grade. The purpose of the clinic is to prepare the young players for the Next Level Flag Football League season that will run from Jan. 4 through March 8. Free T-shirts
Lugo, the site director, and Sullivan, the assistant site director, will head up a staff that will include student-athletes from Los Gatos and Saratoga high schools, who will serve as the coaches for the teams in the league.
There are no tryouts–players will be placed on teams by schools and buddy lists. Each player will receive a personalized jersey, and the league is open to boys and girls of all experience levels.
For more information on the league and the upcoming clinic, visit www.nextlevelflag.com.


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Starting off from Basecamp's sign up page, you pick your plan option, then fill out their form.
The form is clean and simple. Inputs and labels are aligned well and there is a logical chunking of sections of the form. I like the simple hairlines between chunks in the top area.
One of the nicest things about this entire experience is the starting point where you select your plan. The user may return to this page at any point to upgrade, downgrade or cancel their plan. Their options are always available and clearly defined without any difficult obstacles to making changes.


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I had the opportunity to interview Sue Averill RN, BSN, MBA, CEN who is the president of One Nurse At A Time. The goal of the organization is this: "to reach out to nurses and help them get involved in the humanitarian and volunteer arena."
Sue is a 32 year veteran of Emergency Room nursing. She also worked in the business world as a manager for a cruise line and in that role created the medical department for ships, designed ship hospitals, hired staff, and wrote protocols. For the past 13 years she's done volunteer humanitarian nursing all around the world.
Sue started in the ER as a senior for her student practicum in 1979. "Those were the days before certification, before ACLS or PALS when the only 'specialty' areas of nursing were cardiac, surgery and pediatrics. I thought doing a semester in the ER would give me a well rounded view of all aspects of nursing and then I could choose. But I fell in love with ER and stayed."
As a volunteer humanitarian nurse, Sue works for Doctors Without Borders and other non profit organizations as nurse, Medical Coordinator (program in charge), or Project Coordinator. Since starting as a humanitarian in 1999, she's worked mostly in subSaharan Africa, but also in Asia and Latin America. She's done about 25 missions so far and has loved most.
Tell me about your missions: how long is a typical mission?
Surgical and teaching missions are typically 1-2 weeks. Disaster response will usually be a month or more at a time. MSF/Doctors Without Borders missions are minimum 6 months, although I've gone as a "troubleshooter" for 1-4 months. When I first started in 1999, I went for 1 week trips. In 2004 I went to Liberia for 1 month and thought that was nearly impossible to be gone from home for so long and work so intensely. Later that year, I committed to 6 months in Darfur with MSF and did four 6 month missions back to back.
What do you do during a mission?
On the surgical missions, I normally work PACU (Recovery Room). When I'm on MSF missions I'm normally the medical coordinator – this is the highest level medical position as it's the person overall in charge of all the projects in a given country. This position sets policy and sets the medical objectives for the field teams. I've also worked as a field nurse and project coordinator.
How many other nurses are with you?
On surgical teams, there's usually a scrub and circulating nurse, perhaps one other PACU nurse. Most organizations try to use local staff to work alongside to share out knowledge and the workload. In MSF, the number of nurses varies by size of the project. Most I've worked have been just one nurse per project.
What's been a favorite place to go?
I absolutely love Guatemala.
What's the worst/scariest thing you've seen?
I stumbled into a war zone in south Sudan and triaged and treated 100 wounded soldiers. We were in the area to help civilians displaced by the resurgence of armed conflict between northern and southern troops, but was faced with immediate livesaving needs of these individuals.
Is there an example of something you've done where you saw an immediate benefit?
Probably the difficult delivery situations stand out in my mind the most. On hands and knees helping women with troubled labor in dark huts with dirt floors. I saw some successful outcomes, and some not. One of my biggest joys was taking lay population in our remote village in Darfur and training them to become medical personnel. It was an amazing transformation to be part of.
What would someone who's interested in humanitarian work need to do to get started?
Take that leap of faith! Know your skills are adequate to the task, steel yourself for leaving home, comfort, and everything you love – know that this will be a life changing experience! Find an organization that fits your beliefs and skill base (see "Organizations" on this page). Learn as much as you can about the country, people, society, culture, and language of where you plan to go. Research common diseases in the area. Stay flexible and have fun!
What frustrates you about your job?
Politics. It's there in hospitals, the humanitarian world, business.
Was there any extra training besides on-the-job learning that you were required to complete?
In humanitarian work, I've done many tropical medicine courses, security training, infectious disease, etc.
Curious to read more personal accounts from people who have volunteered abroad? You should definitely check out Nurses Beyond Borders, which is an anthology of international nursing stories. I myself am about halfway through the book – if you're more into electronic reading, you can pick up the Kindle version at Amazon.com: Nurses Beyond Borders: True Stories of Heroism and Healing Around the World. (affiliate link)
Thanks to Sue for her insights about humanitarian nursing!
If you are or know of a nurse that works in a nontraditional setting and are interested in being interviewed, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. My post about this project and a list of interviews done so far is linked here.


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|More Information on the BMW S1000RR
The BMW S1000RR is a sport bike initially made by BMW Motorrad to compete in the 2009 Superbike World Championship, that is now in commercial production. It was introduced in Munich in April 2008, and is powered by a 999 cc (61.0 cu in) inline-4 engine redlined at 14,200 rpm.
BMW made 1,000 S1000RRs in 2009 to satisfy World Superbike homologation requirements, but expanded production for commercial sale of the bike in 2010. It has an anti-lock braking system, standard, with an optional electronic traction control. It has a wet weight of 207.7 kg (458 lb), and produces 133.6 kW (179.2 hp) @ 13,250 rpm at the rear wheel.
Race bike differences
The factory race bike used in the Superbike World Championship differs in a number of ways from the production bike. Its engine has a higher compression ratio of 14.0:1 compared with 13.0:1, and it delivers over 200 hp (150 kW) at 14,000 rpm, compared with 193 hp (144 kW) at 13,000 rpm. The race bike has a 44 mm Öhlins forks, compared with a 46 mm ZF Sachs forks. Until 2012 it had a 16.5-inch front wheel and a 16-inch rear wheel instead of a 17-inch (for 2013 world superbike season, 17-inch rims became mandatory) and an MRA Racing 'Double-Bubble' Windshield. Most significantly, it has a wet weight of 162 kg (357 lb) compared with 207.7 kg (458 lb) for the production model.
Superbike World Championship
On 26 June 2008, Spanish rider Rubén Xaus signed to ride the bike for the factory BMW Motorrad team. On 25 September 2008, Australian former double Superbike World Champion Troy Corser signed to complete the team's two-rider lineup for 2009. In the 2009 Superbike World Championship season, the highest race result achieved by Corser was fifth place in the Czech Republic, and Xaus achieved seventh place in Italy. During the 2010 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship season Ayrton Badovini dominated by winning every single race but one on the S1000RR. This result was significant because the Superstock class of WSBK is where the machines most closely resemble the stock offerings at the showroom. On 13 May 2012, Italian rider Marco Melandri riding for the factory BMW Motorrad team was the first to secure a win for the S1000RR in World Superbike competition at the British round in Donington Park. His team mate Leon Haslam came in second giving BMW a "One Two" finish.
MotoGP CRT Class
On 8 April 2012, US rider Colin Edwards rode a BMW S1000RR engined motorcycle for the Forward Racing team. This history making inaugural CRT Class debut, where 1,000 cc tuned factory production motorcycle engines competed for the first time alongside the current MotoGP machines. The BMW S1000RR engined Suter machine placed first in its class and finished 12th overall.
Isle of Man TT
The S1000RR has been used by various riders at the Isle of Man TT since 2010. On 31 May 2014, Michael Dunlop won the superbike class race on his factory-prepared bike entered by Hawk Racing, a UK-based BSB team operating as Buildbase BMW Motorrad, breaking a 75-year gap between wins for BMW. Three days later, Dunlop repeated his victory in the Superstock class, running under his own MD Racing BMW banner. He stated "...this is a great result for BMW. It's great for a manufacturer when a road bike wins a TT". Dunlop completed a hat-trick of BMW victories with a Senior TT win on Friday, 6 June.
Macau Grand Prix
Peter Hickman won the Macau Grand Prix in 2015.
In March 2010, BMW released a video on YouTube titled "The oldest trick in the world", which highlighted the S1000RR's acceleration by pulling a tablecloth off a long 20-seat dining table without disturbing the place settings and table decorations. Its popularity turned the ad viral, with 1.4 million views in the first ten days, and more than 3.7 million views as of October 2010. The October 27, 2010 MythBusters episode "Tablecloth Chaos" tested whether the trick could be reproduced. The stunt was replicated in detail, with the exception that a different and less powerful motorcycle was used—a Buell Motorcycle Company 1125R, owned and ridden by the show's co-presenter Jamie Hyneman. The opinion of the television program was that the video was fake as the only way it could be reproduced was by placing a plastic sheet on top of the tablecloth—thus eliminating any contact between the tablecloth and the table settings.
BMW issued a recall for bikes built between Sept. 1, 2011, through April 10, 2012 to address an issue with bolts that secure the connecting rods to the crankshaft that could loosen when the bike is ridden at high speed.
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It is finally warming up and spring is on the way. However, the weather can still cause problems for outdoor enthusiasts, particularly when it involves camping. Rain and ice can be very dangerous to campers, especially at night, so it is important to be as prepared as possible. Here are some tips for being prepared for bad weather while camping:
One of the most important things is to make sure you have the right kind of gear. To start with, tarps are very important. They can be used to keep firewood and other tings dry, and they can keep the tent dry if you don't have one that came with the tent.
Secondly, warm clothes are vital. In particular, make sure to wear layers and have extras of everything, especially socks. Extremities (feet and hands) are the first things to get cold, so it is important to keep them as warm as possible. Taking off wet shoes before going in the tent is also a good idea. In addition, bring a lot of extra blankets in addition to sleeping bags. Towels are also a necessity, in order to dry off gear and yourself.
Lastly, make sure to have waterproof flashlights. Some kind of camping lantern is good, but it needs to be waterproof if you are expecting rain. This way the lights can be used to mark the location of a tent, for cooking, and more.
With these camping gear tips, camping will be far more safe, dry, and fun for everyone involved.
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text: Pol Dom was born in Antwerp, Belgium, but lived in The Hague, the Netherlands, since 1927. He was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and was active as a (watercolor) painter, illustrator (a.o. 'De Kameleon', 'Kruimeltje'), etcher, sculptor and caricaturist. He was member of the Pulchri Studio in The Hague. Dom was author of several small books for jam factory De Betuwe, before the company began its series of 'Flipje' comic books. Other artists for De Betuwe booklets at the time were Harmsen van Beek, Daan Hoeksema and Jan Lutz.