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Monday, November 12, 2007
Momma's in Triage
You see, although she has no medical training per se, what she does have is some common sense, experience (she raised 7 kids, and before that her own family after her mom died), and balls. No, she isn't a hermaphrodite, but she is stubborn as a mule, and crazy like a fox-or maybe just crazy. And for better or for worse, she usually tells people how it is, or at least how she sees it. And in a community like ours, word would get around quickly that a " crazy lady is in triage, and we better find some other care, or better yet, go to our doctor (imagine that)".
Here's why it would work. She spent the better part of 27 years raising 7 kids, all of whom lived to graduate college. We were poor but did have insurance, as mom worked as a teacher full time. We got all of our immunizations, routine checkups were done, and believe it or not we survived all the normal childhood illness, sometimes with 3-4 kids sick at the same time. Occasionally we went to the doctors office, and even more rare was the ED visit. Probably 10 TOTAL visits for 7 kids over 27 years. These were usually for broken bones, turning yellow (my brother became very jaundiced with Hep A), lacerations or partial amputations. I guess she realized what was and was not an Emergency, or maybe just read the definition in the Dictionary- an unexpected situation (common colds and runny noses are expected) or sudden occurrence (back pain from a rear end MVA in 1994 is not sudden) of a serious and urgent nature that demands immediate action.
Now, there would be checks and balances, and if she was unsure about whether someone had a sudden occurrence of a serious and urgent nature that demanded immediate action she would ask one of the nurses on duty that would also take vitals. But my guess is she would be pretty good. She would require the "it's a spider bite " folks to bring in the "spider". She would tell the penis drip folks to put on a condom and go to the health dept. Most parents (usually just the mom at our ED) would be told to go home, hold and love their child and give Tylenol for the fever, and yes, there will be nights you don't get to sleep since you made the conscious decision to spread your legs and allow a sperm torpedo to inject you, and no I won't have the doctor give your child something to "get them to sleep". She would give the chronic pain folks a "life's not fair" speech so long and irritating they would never come back. But for most people passing through the door she would simply say, "what the heck is wrong with you to bother my son with this BULLSHIT?". (She may say bull dung).
Is it possible that she would miss something? Sure, but we all do every now and then. If you look at zebra illnesses, many are not an emergency at the initial visit anyway and require follow up visits. Is it possible hospital revenue might drop a little if you turn away paying patients. Possible, but I think it would be worth the risk to allow the focus back on EMERGENCIES (see definition above from American Heritage Dictionary-Second College Edition). But life is full of risks. Could we save lives if the speed limit was 35 EVERYWHERE (42,000 deaths last year). I suspect so. Could we reduce deaths if smoking was illegal EVERYWHERE. I suspect so. But these are not going to happen -you know, that personal responsibility thing and freedom to do and live as you please are still alive and well in this country. That responsibility also includes taking care of yourself, and seeking care at state hospitals, Christian clinics, and the like if you have no money or insurance. Yes, this may take a little effort, but again, life isn't fair. Patients that momma gently "redirected" would be referred to a clinic, family doctor, or health unit. My guess is that if you go back in time and follow people from school age and evaluate the decisions they have made ON THEIR OWN, you'll probably find out they made some bad ones or choose to pay for something else other than insurance (plasma screen, Kool menthols, meth). I shouldn't have to pay for their bad decisions and neither should momma.
Now sit back, be a fly on the wall, and watch momma go to work. Heck, she'd probably do it for free.
Finally I am starting an M.D.O.D. book club. These are not recommendations like Okras book club, this is mandatory reading. (I like calling her Okra)
This time I will start with One Nation Under Therapy by Christina Hoff Sommers. It points out a great deal about what's wrong with our touchy feely bullshit PC culture.
And The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism by Christopher Horner. Basically Al Gore is a dumb ass windbag eco-socialist.
26 comments:
- Anonymous4:36 PM, November 13, 2007
Can we borrow your mum [sic] down here in Australia sometime?ReplyDelete
Alas, I fear we're starting to turn into America, with the 'err on the safe side' and send an ambulance for anything and everything.
Case in point, I took a call from a person with a known psych hx, who had apparently just found out his girlfriend had 2 weeks to live (same story as last month too). He wanted us (the ambulance service) to take him up to the other side of town to see the girl's family. (No, not the girl - she was somewhere around 80km away).
When I told him he had no medical need for an ambulance, and that he should get a taxi or walk, he bitched about having no money**, and then told me he was now suddenly suicidial.
Ding ding! Guess who got an ambulance now!
(Although he also got the police, and a mental health assessment team, and was (forcibly) taken to the local hospital for assessment, so he didn't end up getting what he wanted).
In the real world, he would have been told to harden the f--k up, and walk there, but alas we're not allowed to do that, just in case the waste of space _does_ actually try and kill himself. (Which, IMO, would have saved us all a lot of trouble and resources in the future).
** In my state, single person ambulance cover costs around $50 a year, and covers you for as many callouts as your fucked up logic requires. Although, at one point he did bitch about getting a $700 bill for getting an ambulance, yet still went down the 'I'm suicidal now you have to send me an ambulance' path. Go figure.
Your mother reminds me of my mother.ReplyDelete
I had occasion to be a ship's doctor in the Russian Navy. One of the sailors claimed suicidality and I notified the Captain. He handed me his sidearm and told me to hand it to the sailor.
I hesitated a bit and he said, "There are no bullets in it. If he puts it to his head and pulls the trigger then we will send him off the ship. If not, tell him to get back to work."
Ah. I still get a warm feeling.
Unbelievable! I can't wait to tell my children that they are not the ONLY children in the USA whose mother never took them to a doctor except for vaccinations. They are also going to find it hard to believe that they are one of the few who didn't spend a lot of time in the ER. Another thing they will tell you is that they rarely took an "antibiotic" that they could remember. And guess what....they even lived to be adults. I'll be darn!ReplyDelete
Awww....poor kids. They had a nurse for a mom and that's just the way things were.
dear anonymous,ReplyDelete
sorry to hear that Oz is going the American way. had thought about packing it in and moving there. awesome place, just great. please drop by anytime and comment freely. very interested in the practice of E Med down there. have friends who have done multiple tours in iraq, one of whom is ER and tox boarded, he was very impressed with the Aussie docs he worked with. turns out you guys have a thing for beer or something?
still remember diving on the barrier reef 18 years ago... just awesome.
'cat. we will hire your mom tomorrow and pay her 50$ an hour. she will save us millions.
I want to party with your mom, 'Cat. A book selection should also be Atlas Shrugged. In fact, make it required reading.ReplyDelete
Your mom is awesome. I can count on a single hand how times i've been to the ED. Why ED? Doesn't any else see the obvious joke there? I'm sure that it's been done to death tough. If it wasn't for stitches or a broken bone my parents would just look at me and say that I'd be okay. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that my father is a doc and my mom a nurse, but still...only went we had to.ReplyDelete
To our mate down under, I ate at Outback tonight in your honor. Downed a few Foster's as well. By the way, does the poo go down clockwise or counter-clockwise?ReplyDelete
Lynn-Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic book and it will be added to the book list.
And just a warning. My mother is crazy, not crazy crazy, but enough on the edge to keep the waiting room free of all but the SICK and DYING. So if you do hire her, be ready for the press ganey scores to go down for the dept. for the first couple of months.
press-gainey is a solution in search of a problem. they suck a weeping anus and love it.ReplyDelete
If my grandma was in triage:ReplyDelete
She'd stash some EXTRA STRENGTH tylenol and say "either you can be seen by the doctor after a really long wait or I can just give you SOME OF THE GOOD STUFF (slowly opening the drawer of the triage desk to show the patient the ES Tylenol) and you can lie down at home where it's not so darn loud with these kids and screaming people."
If you were having an MI, she'd wheel you back (granny's 82, but she still does everything herself, dammit) and ask if you caught the weather forecast and compare weekend highs and lows between various TV stations on the way to the room.
Grandma's never been to the hospital...ever (except to give birth).
911--you've been on an ass, anus, and penis kick lately.
The last few times I was sent to the ER I have been admitted..so...
There was one time a nurse told me I had to go to the ER. I was bitten by a feral cat. Very very hard, and drew blood and stuff. I freaked about rabies. And...it was on the weekend.
Anyways, I got a tetnus shot and antibodics. I am so glad I got them antibodics cause my arm got puffy and I got really sick, for a day.
If I saw your Mom I would of hung my head...and said (I am sorry....this seems so silly, but I got bit by a wild animal....)
Oh...that is what I said to the nurse anyways.
Thank god for tiny community hospitals.
Nurse K:ReplyDelete
re: "911--you've been on an ass, anus, and penis kick lately."
At least it's not an ass, anus, and penis binge.
I've never been on one of those, but I can imagine you would wake up sore the morning after.
'Cat: I agree with "One Nation Under Therapy" and "Atlas Shrugged", how about "Freakonomics" and Dante's "Inferno"?
At least it's not an ass, anus, and penis binge.ReplyDelete
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I was reading about the extinction of the dinosaurs a few days ago, and the article said that it was about 300,000 years after the big meteor collision that the dinos disappeared.ReplyDelete
And yet the anthropocentric global warming loonies are all worried about the last hundred years or so. Climate change is more appropriately measured in millennia than in human generations.
- anony-troll7:06 AM, November 14, 2007
Please, Don't make me read "Atlas Shrugged" again. errgh. Freakonomics is a good read, and The Divine Comedy : Inferno should be read in an annotated version with selections from Pergatory and Heaven - and a player's list so you know who all those Italians are and why he's consigned them to Hell. Great fun, that. ( I ordered the 'one nation...' book last night. I'm hoping for some relief from my sister's constant declarations of "Well, My Therapist Says...." It's like that SOB is a demi-god to her. So annoying....ReplyDelete
- anony-troll7:09 AM, November 14, 2007
heheh.. the verification word I had to type was lilyass. Maybe it's the site that's on the binge.ReplyDelete
Although I am confident that most of our moms could do a bang-up job in triage, since I'm already on the payroll (and 911, making less than $50.00/hr) I propose that triage nurses be issued a tazer (with training) and proceed to use it (with glee!) liberally. I believe you would see the same results you envisioned in your post.
drx, that is probably one the best stories I have heard in a LONG time! Unfortunately, we don't have the balls to say/do something like that...not with all of the lawyers here.
I like the Freakonomics book addition. And stop with all the peni, ani, and ass stuff. I'm trying to eat breakfast here. Ladyk, you would have been seen treated and given antibiotics and possibly rabies series (although according to Michael Scott only 4 people die of rabies in the U.S. each year). But you would have had to sit through a 30 minute momma discusion on how NOT to handle or come near a feral cat. Tasers eh. I all all for it as my TASER stock could break through 18 dollars a share.ReplyDelete
I all all for it. WHAT? I mean I am all for it.ReplyDelete
Oh guys....could you kindly run with this video link from my local Cleveland FOX affiliate that they ran on the abuse of EMS for transport to the hospital?ReplyDelete
There's some real gems in it, let me tell you.....just calling for you to hack apart!
Thanks much!
I was on the phone with my friend this morning when my daughter said she was "too sick to go to school". I leaned over, felt her forehead and it felt fine. She looked ok except a little stuffy. I told her she needed to go to school and that she could go to bed early tonight if she needed some extra rest. She persisted in asking me if she could stay home so I told her if I didn't see vomit or blood, she wasn't staying home. My friend laughed and asked when I became such a hardass. I really think once you have a bunch of kids you shift and don't accept any crap anymore. Can I work with your mom? She sounds cool.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:17 AM, November 14, 2007
The only time I went to the ER as a kid was when I ran into a car, and somersaulted over the hood.ReplyDelete
I was spending the night at a friend's house, which was why I was out riding my bike at dusk. Her Mom wasn't home, something my Mom didn't know!
I had a terrible headache all night and called the Pediatrician the next morning. She told me to go to the ER.
Clearly if I'd been at home I never would have had the bike accident, which wrecked the nice French 10-speed bike that I saved my babysitting money all summer to buy, and if I had I would have been told to take some aspirin.
This was before bike helmets were a big thing, and now days I ALWAYS wear my helmet -- and I have a 24 speed bike. So at least I learned something!
I went to the ER with an acute gallbladder. The doc had me diagnosed within 10 seconds, did the ultrasound to verify, and I got surgery just in time.ReplyDelete
I can't remember the doc's name, but he was damn good, and super nice.
The triage nurse didn't make me sit in the waiting room vomiting for too long, thank goodness, but there were some pissy people when I got called back before they did.
brian and jen: will check out the video soon, can't do it from work.ReplyDelete
rad girl. as always, you rock.
anon. glad you weren't badly hurt. we see kids here all the time for head bonks. the parents are always concerned becuase junior 'is sleepy'. rare, rare thing without a bike or car that the head bonk is significant.
rioiriri: that's the way the ER is supposed to work! glad you had a good experience.
You'll truly appreciate it...
It's an "investigation" into the misuse of the Cleveland EMS system by patients who call to get transported for toothaches, etc.
Comical, at the worst.
A picture of our patients, at best.
Brian and/or Jennifer et al.:ReplyDelete
That video rocks. I love the nurse they keep showing saying, "You should make an APPOINTMENT with your DOCTOR for that stuff, honey."
The patient that was in the waiting room with a bladder infection for 10 hours went home and called 9-11 to be seen quicker, but ended up being triaged to the waiting room and had to start over. She couldn't take the pain afterall. WOOOHAHAHAH.
Cut back to the nurse, "Just cuz you come in by ambulance doesn't mean we're going to see you before everybody else."
- Anonymous2:19 PM, November 15, 2007
Anon Aussi,ReplyDelete
Did your patient have the "Technicolor yawn"? That's my favorite Aussie slang.


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October 27, 2008
BERKELEY -- With the mortgage market and subprime loans taking much of the blame for today's global financial crisis, a timely symposium - "Mortgage Meltdown, the Economy and Public Policy" - will be held Thursday and Friday, Oct. 30-31, at the University of California, Berkeley.
Among the featured speakers will be Federal Reserve Bank Chair Ben Bernanke (speaking via satellite); San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen, professor emeritus at the Haas School of Business; California State Senate President Pro Tem-elect Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento); and Yale University economist Robert Shiller, author of, "The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It."
Symposium topics will include the future of the housing finance system, the role of traditional government agencies in alleviating the financial damage, the demography of foreclosures, the crisis in financial markets and the "new regulatory frontier."
The event is a joint endeavor between the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and the Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy. It is being convened by noted housing and housing finance experts Stuart Gabriel, professor of finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of UCLA's Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate, and John Quigley, a UC Berkeley economist, interim dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy and director of the Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy.
"We are seeking to combine the best academic and regulatory thinking on this critical set of economic and capital markets issues currently facing our nation," said Gabriel. "By bringing together academic, regulatory, legislative and business leadership, we will look to identify the lessons of the current crisis with the hope that improved understanding of current outcomes will lead to regulatory and policy decisions that prevent similar crises in the future."
"The symposium was planned at the beginning of last summer, when it was clear that the collapse of housing prices was real and that California would be hardest hit by the declines in real estate values," said Quigley. "We were further concerned at that time about possible - and now very real - fallout in the housing finance and general capital markets as a result of the weakness in housing."
Headlining the two-day program, being held at UC Berkeley's Alumni House, will be Bernanke, speaking via satellite at 11 a.m. Friday; Yellen, who will give the keynote address at a 12:15 p.m. luncheon on Thursday; and Steinberg, the lunch speaker on Friday at 12:15 p.m.
The event also will include presentations and panel discussions with leading academic experts in the study and understanding of today's evolving housing market. Among them will be:
- Edward Leamer, a UCLA economist and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast.
- Richard Roll, a UCLA Anderson professor of finance who conducted the first study to analyze how stock prices respond to an event.
- Robert Schiller, a Yale University economist and author of "The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It" (2008). He also wrote the best-selling book "Irrational Exuberance" (2000), which warned the stock market had developed a bubble in March 2000 that could lead to a sharp decline.
- Dwight Jaffee, a UC Berkeley finance and real estate professor, who will speak on "Monoline Regulations to Control the Systematic Risk Created by Investment Banks and GSEs."
- Karl "Chip" Case, a Wellesley College in Massachusetts economist and co-founder with Shiller of the widely consulted "Case-Schiller Home Price Index," which measures the nominal value of the U.S. residential real estate market.
- Robert Hall, a Stanford University economist who leads the National Bureau of Economic Research's committee responsible for dating economic cycles and recessions. He also is the incoming president of the American Economic Association.
Event registration is closed, but there is a waiting list. Further details are available at http://urbanpolicy.berkeley.edu/mortgagemeltdown.htm.
The University of California has been at the forefront of assessing the domestic and global financial crisis and has scheduled numerous public forums with UC experts to address the problems and government responses to them. UC professors have served with the Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Department, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Department of Justice and the Council of Economic Advisers, to name a few.
NOTE: Space for media is extremely limited, and reporters with valid credentials should R.S.V.P. as soon as possible to Kathleen Maclay at UC Berkeley Media Relations at (510) 643-5651 or firstname.lastname@example.com. There is a tentative plan to move Bernanke's videoconference to Zellerbach Playhouse, which is across from Alumni House and has more seating. The symposium hosts are planning to make the entire symposium available via UC Berkeley's channels at iTunes-U and YouTube.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the leading business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are advancing management thinking through innovative research and teaching. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,700 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs and a world-wide network of 36,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson prepares students to become global leaders.

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Obsessed isn't a strong enough word to describe my feelings about the the nail art from the spring 2014 runways. Here are two DIY tutorials for runway looks you can so easily do yourself: first, ombré glitter nails as seen in the Nicole Miller show, and second, a mani perfect for a garden party straight off Emerson's catwalk.
Nail pro Simcha Whitehill, aka Miss Pop, tells us how it's done.
First up: the ombré nails from Nicole Miller. They're glittery, girly, and grungy all at once.
Here's how to get this runway look:
1. Prep your nails. "After you've removed your old polish, push back (don't cut!) your cuticles, nip any hangnails away, and apply a basecoat so that your polish won't chip as easily," says Whitehill.
2. Coat your nails with a gold glitter lacquer. "You can choose one coat or two, depending on how bold you want the shimmer to be," she adds. Amy Odell, Cosmopolitan.com's editor chose to apply one coat of Butter London in "The 444" gold glitter polish to her nails.
3. Add black polish to the corner of a makeup sponge. "When you're painting black (or any color of) polish onto a makeup wedge, make sure the pores of the sponge are visible — that way you'll get that soft, just-the-right-amount-of-paint type of finish," Whitehill explains. "Otherwise, you'll end up with too much polish on the sponge and on your nail."
4. Create an ombré effect. "Gently dab the black paint that's on the corner of the sponge onto the tip of your nail (you want it to be the darkest part of the nail)," Whitehill suggests. Then slowly move the sponge down toward your cuticle, using the same patting effect, to get that gradated appearance," she says.
5. Layer on a top coat. Sealing your color in with your favorite top coat prevents it from chipping early and gives your manicure that glassy finish.
6. Make your friends jealous with your mani. Go ahead, you earned your bragging rights, because you, my friend, just DIY'd the Nicole Miller ombré mani.
Next, here's how to get Emerson's multicolored mani. It looks daunting, but it's beyond doable.
Here's how to get Emerson's Garden Party look at home:
1. Start with a clean slate. "Prep your nails by removing your old, chipped polish, push your cuticles back, and apply a base coat to increase the longevity of your manicure," Whitehill says.
2. Create horizontal, imperfect stripes. "Using a paint or striper brush — you can get either one at any art store — create horizontal, crooked and straight mini lines up the center of your nail, leaving space in between each," she explained. Model India Jewel Jackson used Ciaté's lavender polish called "Spinning Teacup."
3. Now use a pink polish to make mini dashes. Remember to be haphazard in the way you draw them on — they're not supposed to look perfect. India used Ciaté's Suncatcher bright pink "Raspberry Collins" here.
4. Swipe on some more stripes with dark purple. India used Ciaté's "Talent Scout," the deep purple shown above.
5. Keep drawing tiny lines with a kelly green polish. Here, India painted on Ciaté's "Palm Tree" polish.
6. Outline the sides of your nail in purple. "Use the brush that comes with the polish to create the lines that run along the multicolored center stripes," Whitehill said. "The center craziness reminded me of the girls walking the runway and the purple represented the audience — that was my inspiration for the Emerson show."
7. Clean off your striper or paint brush and use it to perfect the sides. "You're not a pro, so your side lines might be wobbly," she added. "Take your tiny-tipped striper or paint brush and clean up any squiggly lines you might want to straighten up along the sides of the multicolored polish."
8. Werk this wicked look. Apply a top coat and you're good to go.
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Griffin


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Pandemic flu shots likely linked to increase in Guillain-Barre cases: study
TORONTO – The flu vaccine used during the 2009 pandemic may have led to a slight increase in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome in Quebec, a new study from the province suggests.
The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that use of the vaccine may have led to a doubling of the rate of cases of the rare neurological condition.
But the authors of the article said that even with an increase in Guillain-Barre cases, the benefits of the vaccination probably outweighed the risk for Quebecers.
"Obviously there is a risk. But there are benefits," said first author Philippe De Wals, a professor of community health at Laval University in Quebec City. De Wals also works for Quebec's provincial public health agency.
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a progressive but generally reversible paralysis which begins at the feet and works its way upwards. A small percentage of people who develop the condition die; most make a full recovery.
GBS, as it is sometimes called, can be caused by a number of things, including some infections. For instance, it's known that Campylobacter jejuni, a bacteria that causes gastroenteritis, can trigger Guillain-Barre syndrome.
For years there have been questions about whether getting a flu shot increases one's risk of developing the condition.
In 1976, when an outbreak of human cases of swine flu in the United States led authorities to fear a pandemic was in the offing, a mass vaccination campaign there was mounted. But the campaign was halted when a higher-than-expected number of cases of GBS were seen in people who got the vaccine, and the pandemic failed to materialize.
Since then, numerous studies have been done to try to answer the question. But the findings have been conflicting. And the same is true with studies into whether the 2009 pandemic vaccination campaigns led to an increase in Guillain-Barre cases.
In Quebec, at least among people over the age of 50, the answer appears to be yes, according to De Wals's study.
"Your baseline risk to get Guillain-Barre during a particular month is two per million. If you are vaccinated with the pandemic vaccine, your additional risk is two per million. So basically you are doubling your risk," he said.
But an influenza expert from the University of Michigan said this study, though well done, can't provide a definite answer.
"It's new wine in old bottles or the reverse," said Dr. Arnold Monto.
"It confirms what we have suspected all along, that there may be a low risk…. And the low risk, if present, is no different with adjuvanted than non-adjuvanted vaccine.
"The questions still remain."
An adjuvant is a compound that boosts the immune response triggered by a vaccine, allowing smaller doses to be used for each person.
Canada used adjuvanted flu vaccine for the first time during the 2009 pandemic. In the United States, officials opted for an unadjuvanted vaccine. But a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control also found a slight elevation of the rate of GBS cases after that country's pandemic vaccination campaign.
A study in Britain, where adjuvanted vaccine was used, found no increased risk.
"Sometimes you see it and sometimes you don't," said Monto. "Which to me means that there may well be a small effect but it's so small that it's hard to get statistical significance (in studies)."
In a related development, the journal also published a study looking at whether use of the pandemic vaccine in pregnant women led to increased rates of birth defects, pre-term births or other related problems.
Researchers from Denmark looked at the health records of roughly 6,500 children born to women who received H1N1 flu shots during the pandemic. They compared the children to a similarly sized group of children born during that period whose mothers hadn't taken the flu shot.
They saw no evidence of an increased risk of major birth defects, pre-term birth or fetal growth restriction.
Denmark used an adjuvanted vaccine during the pandemic, one that contained the same boosting compound – called AS03 – used in that Canada's pandemic vaccine.
Even though pregnant women are at elevated risk of becoming severely ill from flu infection – particularly during pandemics – getting them to agree to get a flu shot has been a hard sell.
In 2009, Canadian officials made a late-stage decision to make some vaccine without the adjuvant in a bid to persuade more pregnant women to get an H1N1 shot.
An editorial in the journal suggests the Danish study should assuage concerns about use of adjuvanted pandemic flu vaccine in pregnant women.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version misspelled Philippe De Wals's last name.


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Veterans' Educational Benefits
U.S. military veterans may be eligible for various benefits through the G.I. Bill. See the Department of Veterans Affairs website for more information. Please note that the College of Law does not currently participate in the Yellow Ribbon program. You can find additional information about activating benefits at http://www.benefits.va.gov/BENEFITS/Applying.asp
Direct Deposit Direct deposit is available for MGIB-Active Duty and Selected Reserve. For more information, please contact the VA Direct Deposit Center at 1-877-838-2778 or speak with an Education Case Manager at 1-888-GIBILL1 (1-888-442-4551). You can also visit the WAVE application website to sign up for direct deposit using the direct deposit form. Direct Deposit is not currently available for Chapter 35 recipients
Dropping a Course If you drop a course during the semester/term, the VA may consider the drop retroactive to the start of the semester/course. If dropping classes changes your enrollment status, an overpayment situation may occur. All drops are reported to the VA by the Office of Financial Aid.
Self Verification of Enrollment Chapter 30, 1606 and 1607 recipients must complete a Student Verification of Enrollment on the last day of the month or the first day for the previous month. You will need to sign on the WAVE system to complete verification.
For more information about veterans' benefits at MSU College of Law and to request certification, contact John Garcia, Financial Aid Director, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 517-432-6810.
For services including educational/vocational counseling for veterans and eligible dependents contact the Ingham County Veterans Affairs Office, 5303 S. Cedar, Lansing, 887-4331.
You may also find information for Michigan veterans, including the MINGSTAP program, at the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
MSU (which is a separate campus for financial aid and other purposes) also has a Student Veteran Website at http://veterans.msu.edu/.
Students receiving academic, tuition-specific scholarships from the College of Law should be aware that these funds will likely impact the amount of benefits paid to them.


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Monday, August 31, 2009
How much window could a woodchuck, chuck...
Posted by Pam at 7:41 AM 5 comments
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Pajama Party!
Posted by Pam at 8:52 AM 3 comments
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Posted by Pam at 1:37 PM 2 comments
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A Post about Popping and Postponing...
Posted by Pam at 4:01 PM 4 comments
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Update provided by Facebook
So I have been WAY super busy lately, and have (sadly) neglected my blog... so I took my status updates from Facebook and Twitter and compiled them to give anyone interested (me of the future) some idea of what's been on my mind this month...
Pamela Lilia and Lacey look way cute with their new cuts... I just need to get used to it I guess... July 22 at 4:29pm
Pamela IS HAVING A SUPER GOOD DAY! :) Baby's heartbeat is nice and strong AND I don't have to pay an extra 350 on the car! YAY! July 23 at 1:11pm
Pamela I am wanting ideas for good no- GREAT books (preferably a series) to read. Any suggestions? July 23 at 4:39pm
(I had been given many good suggestions- One of which is my latest series of book reads- The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency)pcdub: lovin life today- past my morning sickness, and have an extra grand in my pocket! 6:52 AM Jul 24th from web
Pamela "When it comes right down to it, there is no such thing as a feminist in a dark alley" -Annie Valentine July 25 at 9:08pm
Pamela is thrilled for her friend and his secret! July 26 at 9:46am
(This friend got promoted, but none of his coworkers knew it yet, so I wasn't able to congratulate him publicly…)
Pamela Nothing quite as tasty as homemade Clam Chowder in a bread bowl! :) Such a tasty Sunday dinner... August 2 at 6:40pm
pcdub: Can I just say that I have the BEST husband in the whole wide world? And he didn't even do anything to make me think so- he just is! 7:12 AM Aug 3rd from web
Pamela My baby can hum the tune of the MASH theme song... awesomeness! August 4 at 7:38pm
Pamela Finances are SUCH a pain- so why do I like it so much??? August 6 at 9:43am
Pamela bent her fingernail backwards today to the point of bleeding- and though it is not that big a deal to look at now, it hurts VERY VERY BADLY! It throbs if I drop my hand below my waist! August 6 at 10:37pm
Pamela Today is the start of a FANTASTIC DAY! Why? Cause I woke up to a clean kitchen, and it's gonna stay clean until tomorrow at least! Gotta love a nice clean kitchen! August 7 at 11:11am
Pamela Today is the start of yet another good day! Joe cleaned the kitchen for me last night (cause he totally rocks my socks) and so I once again woke up to a pretty kitchen AND my niece is coming to spend the night tonight and make some oober yummy cake! :D August 9 at 9:56am
Pamela Today is not so great- funky pains in my lower abdomen… Doc put me on bedrest for the day. Thank goodness for awesome family (for helping with my girls) August 11 at 11:48am
Pamela is so pathetically happy about this coming TV season... I mean, SYTYCD AND Biggest Loser? Awesome! August 13 at 8:01am
Pamela Lilia made signs for our bathroom doors- Keds and Udolts. :) I got in trouble for using the Keds bathroom. August 13 at 8:02am
pcdub: I am so hungry. Nothing quite so tasty as PB&J! 3:45 PM Aug 14th from web
Pamela has to go BACK to IKEA tomorrow to see if what she want is on sale :( August 15 at 1:14pm
*This started a discussion that had me near tears- so I will share the comments that went along with it-
what does she want?
a specific bunk bed set- but the sale was postponed due to bad weather, so I have to go back tomorrow (the last day of the sale) if I wanna see if it is on sale...
That sucks...couldn't they give you a rain check! Or hold one for you?
the problem is that it is a parking lot "as is" sale- we couldn't find anyone who could tell us exactly WHAT items were on sale and what ones weren't... And even if they could tell us that the bed was, the one they have MAY have damage to it... So because they had packed everything up, they had no way to tell us if what we want is gonna be out tomorrow. So- we just have to go back.
Hopefully what you save is enough to compensate for losing your eternal salvation.. Haha
I agree with leslie. Make sure it is not a wood bunk bed, or it will burn with you!
Oh my heck....I am laughing so hard right now!!
me too
Pamela is relieved to say that there will be no burning (bed or otherwise) tomorrow as the purchasing of afore mentioned bed will NOT be happening. :) Thank you all for the laughs! August 14 at 11:58p
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Becoming a Travel Agentby Rita M. Ippoliti, CruiseMates Assistant Editor
Think it's a cakewalk to get started in this career? Think again ...
I've never been good with timing. I'm the one who invests in a hot new stock just before it tanks, or spends a good chunk of change launching a web site weeks before the dot.com crash. You would think I'd learned my lesson. But no: In these troubled economic times, I decided to start a travel agency.
I figured that since I love to travel, especially on cruises, being a travel agent should be a snap. And as a member of the "industry," I would get to take advantage of free travel deals where the cruise lines offer me "familiarization" trips on their newest ships. There didn't seem to be any downside to this line of work -- just turn on my computer, answer the telephone, and watch the money roll in. And I would get to spend hours each day talking with others about my favorite subject -- cruising. What could be better than that?
Sadly, as I was to learn, becoming a travel agent is not that simple. Far from it.
Day One On January 27 I flew to Fort Lauderdale to attend a week-long orientation for my new travel agency business. I had purchased a franchise from CruisePlanners the summer before, but had pre-arranged not to launch it until the new year, when I would have more time to devote to it. But I was required to attend the home office training session before I could "hang out my shingle," so to speak.
CruisePlanners had arranged a room for me at the Embassy Suites, near the cruise ship pier. That'll be convenient since we're going to check out some of the ships docking there. The only thing on my agenda the first day was a "meet and greet" in the hotel atrium. Here we met representatives from some cruise lines and the CruisePlanners staff. CruisePlanners is supplying the beer and wine, while the hotel sponsors a manager's reception each night where cocktails are on the house. I figure all of the subsequent days on this little "junket" will be just as nice. Oh, sure, the schedule talks about full days of class. But I figure they won't really last that long. After all, we're travel agents now. They'll want us to get out and see everything Fort Lauderdale has to offer -- the beach, the shopping, the entertainment, the night spots.
The next morning, at 8:30 a.m., a CruisePlanners staff member makes the rounds of the hotel lobby, rounding up us stragglers who are taking too long with breakfast. Huh? We're really starting this early?
As I walk into the classroom, the first presentation has started -- an introduction to the cruise industry that goes on for more than an hour. After a short break, we're learning how to "qualify" a new client -- i.e., how to determine if they are likely to book a cruise.
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Some 220 employees with Apex Tool Group in Gastonia will lose their jobs by June, when the facility closes.
Some 220 Apex Tool Group employees will lose their jobs when the company closes its Gastonia plant in June.
Work done in Gastonia today will go to Apex factories and warehouses in Dallas, Texas, and in China, a spokeswoman for the toolmaker said Thursday.
Operations at the Isley Drive plant will begin slowing over the next few months, which could leave some employees out of work before the June deadline.
The site has been home to tool making since 1978 when it was owned by the Moore Co., according to spokeswoman Kelly Blazek.
Apex Tool Group, formerly Danaher, has traditionally been known for its American-made Craftsman tools, although the company manufactures, packages and ships dozens of other brands.
�It�s really high-quality manufacturing,� said Donny Hicks, executive director of the Gaston County Economic Development Commission. �They�re going to be missed.�
Gastonia�s factory started with steel, and then stamped and plated sockets, socket sets and handles.
Longtime employees and their families have always identified with the well-known Craftsman brand and felt proud of the affiliation, said Brittany, a Gastonia woman who said using her last name could hurt her father�s chances for a severance.
She was raised on the salary her father drew from the plant for more than 25 years � whether it was called Easco Hand Tools, Danaher or Apex.
Her grandmother retired from Apex and an uncle also clocked in at the plant.
For Christmas, she says, family members could count on getting Craftsman products.
In spring the plant hosted family picnics in a nearby park.
Summers brought Danaher�s day at Carowinds, when the whole family got tickets for the amusement park.
Brittany isn�t left with negative feelings toward the company, but she can�t imagine an end to her family�s relationship with the employer.
�It makes me sick to my stomach that my Dad has spent his entire working life at one place and now he�ll have to look elsewhere,� she said.
Gastonia employees are eligible to apply for other positions with Apex Tool Group, according to Blazek, and the company will do its best to make them aware of other job openings. The closest remaining Apex Tool location will be in the Raleigh area.
�While there is no guarantee of finding new internal jobs, it is in our interest to retain skilled talent,� she said.
The company will offer severance packages to laid-off employees and try to connect workers with state and other job-placement agencies.
Apex Tool is also applying for federal retraining money to assist employees.
Nearby at the Triple E Express and Expressway Grill, Linh Phan says she�ll do her part to help displaced Apex workers, too.
A family-owned convenience store and diner on the outskirts of Bessemer City, the business depends on the heavy manufacturing presence nearby for its repeat customers.
Anyone close to that much manufacturing is used to layoffs and job hunters. So Phan makes it a point to talk to customers about where they�re working and who�s hiring.
She collects business cards and passes along tips to the unemployed from her station behind the register.
�We do worry about the plant closing,� she said. �It�s not really affecting us now but it could in June.�
Tony Crouse lives nearby and once worked for an Apex Tool predecessor.
�That�s an important part of this community,� he said. �Think of all the people who�ve been employed there. Anytime something shuts down like that it�s a disaster for all of us.�
Apex Tool says the Gastonia plant is the only one it plans to close.
Bain Capital, a private equity firm once run by presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in October announced a deal to acquire the company, which formed in 2010 from Danaher Tool Group and Cooper Tools. Businessweek reported this month the toolmaker is looking for more than $1 billion in loans to back the buyout.


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A friend of mine introduced me to panko about two years ago, and ever since then I've enjoyed experimenting with it in my cooking. Flaky panko breadcrumbs have a wonderful airy texture, making them ideal for frying. Panko creates a crisper, lighter fried coating than traditional breadcrumbs. It can enhance a variety of fried dishes. It's the secret to a perfectly crunchy chicken schnitzel coating, and has a multitude of other uses as well.
One evening, I decided to combine a falafel patty with egg and panko crumbs to create something new. I ended up with this recipe—it's sort of a cross between a falafel, a latke, and a chickpea veggie burger. I added lots of cayenne for spice because my family likes it that way. You can cut down the cayenne for a milder flavor if you prefer.
These chickpea patties are crispy, spicy, and addicting. Enjoy!
For more kosher recipes, cooking tips, and food history, visit TheShiksa.com.
Note: as written, these patties have a nice kick, but they aren't overly spicy. Test one patty for flavor, as noted above, before frying the whole batch. If you're spice-sensitive, start with ½ tsp cayenne and add more to taste.
Recipe edited May 2013
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Yum, sound fabulous.
I also started using panko breadcrumbs about 1 year ago and love the texture and taste. Interestingly, whenever I made chicken cutlets, I would use the leftover egg mixture, which had spices in it, add some more panko crumbs and fry them like a latke. I made sure the mixture was moist and light. My husband loved it more that the chicken itself. I like the idea of adding chickpeas; will be trying out this recipe! Thanks- I will be checking out her blog.
Hi Tory, nice to "meet" you--they look yummy. Gonna put it on the menu for next week!
The type of recipe that forces you to plan ahead and be organized (cuz of the soaking)
I've cheated on my falafel recipe, wonder if you can do the same. Bring chickpeas to a quick boil and soak for 2 hours.
This recipe would be perfect for my daughter in law. She loves falafel.
This dish looks so delicous, it is on my list to try!!!!


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By way of introduction, here are a few audio interviews I stumbled across featuring two of my favourite Kens (Loach and MacLeod), and China Mieville.
The first is an October 2007 interview with famed socialist film director Ken Loach. In the interview he talks both about his latest film It's A Free World… and more generally about his past work. He's promoting his two new DVD box sets which feature many of his films such as Land & Freedom (1995), Hidden Agenda (1990), Carla's Song (1996), The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006), Kes (1969), Cathy Come Home (1966), My Name Is Joe (1998), Bread & Roses (2000) and many more – including lots of commentaries. I just bought both so that's my Xmas viewing sorted. We can only hope that one day his and the late Jim Allen's epic mini-series Days of Hope (1975) along with their various Play For Today collaborations will one day surface from the BBC archives and get proper DVD releases – they would make fine companions to this collection.
The 11 minute interview can be heard here (via Film Detail). There's also a very in depth profile of Loach that can be read here (via Senses of Cinema).
The second interview is actually a lecture given by socialist sci-fi author Ken MacLeod at the British SWP's annual 'Marxism' event in 2006. The topic of the lecture is 'Science Fiction and Historical Materialism'. Despite the perhaps dry title, it's a very informative and often witty talk. I've only recently discovered MacLeod – by accidentally reading his latest novel The Execution Channel (2007) – but am now moving on to my fourth book of his, Learning the World (2005). As someone who rarely reads fiction – let alone science fiction – these days, this must be an indication of… something. I've also included a link to a more recent interview (February 2007) featuring MacLeod – along with Charlie Stross and Farah Mendlesohn – talking about his short story contribution to the Glorifying Terrorism (2007) anthology. The authors talk about their fears for free speech under New Labour's draconian Terrorism Act of 2006. As the blurb says: "[This book] is, technically, illegal – because every SF/F story in this anthology breaks the current UK law that bans the glorification of terrorism. Whatever that is, of course." Indeed.
The lecture can be downloaded here (via Resistance MP3) and the interview can be heard here (via Archive.org).
Finally, here are a couple of lectures given by the SWP's resident 'fantastic fiction' author/International Law expert China Mieville – again at the SWP's 'Marxism' event. The first from 2003 is entitled 'Blockbusters and Boy Wizards', and the second from 2005 is called 'Marxism and Monsters'. I've yet to read any of Mieville's works, but the talks are pretty interesting and tread some of the same ground as MacLeod's speech above. Mieville has also produced a list (I love lists!) of 'Fifty fantasy and science fiction works that socialists should read' – one day I'll finally complete the list. I've also included a couple of other interviews where Mieville discusses his own work, socialism, 'world building', terrorism, his criticism of other genre authors, and many other subjects.
The lectures can be downloaded here [Blockbusters] and here [Monsters] [part 2] [part 3] (via Resistance MP3). Further interviews can be listened to here (via SciFi Audio, from 2002), and here (via The Bat Segundo Show, from 2007). There's also a couple of interviews linked to on his Wikipedia page.
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The arts are alive in Evergreen, and this year 10 consecutive days of events will prominently showcase the town's performing and visual talents.
Arts Alive! Evergreen was the spearheaded by Steve Sumner, executive director of the Center for the Arts, and the Evergreen Arts and Cultural Alliance, a group of volunteers who wanted to showcase the arts and culture of our mountain community in a week-long celebration.
Evergreen is filled with beauty at every turn — the shimmering waters of Evergreen Lake, blowing wild grasses at Elk Meadow and views of Mount Evans looming in the background. To make our mountain community even more beautiful, Evergreen is brimming with art at every turn. Thanks to Art for the Mountain Community, Evergreen is an ever-changing canvas of public art that invites us to view, engage or simply go about our days in a more beautiful and thoughtful place.
A new multimedia co-op art gallery with close ties to the Evergreen art scene opened June 5 on the main street in Georgetown, with 60 mountain-area artists working in virtually every conceivable medium from jewelry to quilts.
The Colorado Mountain Art Gallery, a nonprofit cooperative founded by the Center for the Arts Evergreen, opened its doors on Saturday, May 29, at 406 Sixth St., across the street from the historic Hotel de Paris.
The grand opening is Saturday and Sunday, June 26 and 27. There will be refreshments and artists on hand to talk about their work.
Evergreen artist Ted Garcia's latest collection of work is like a painted diary of his life in 2009. Of course, all art is personal for the artist creating it, but in Garcia's latest show, Plein Air 365, the viewer gets a glimpse at the sunsets, creatures and places that touched Garcia's soul last year.
On New Year's Eve 2008, Garcia stood in a field in Norman, Okla., painting the last sunset of the year. It was at this moment when the idea for his 2009 project, Plein Air 365, struck.
It's bigger, it's better, and it will be ready for a standing ovation by the end of April.
StageDoor Theatre will soon move down three doors from its cramped 2,600-square-foot space to a 5,000-square-foot spacious theater at the Aspen Park Village Shopping Center.
"This is a family-theater-living-room that's open to the public," accompanist Debra Christensen said.
The previous theater had 80 seats; the new venue has 125.
If Matthew decided to write his Gospel on sheet music with tight harmonies and pop vocals, it would sound a lot like "Godspell, Jr." If this well-known disciple and the rest of the biblical cast of characters decided to bring the stories to the stage, they would come to life much like the Evergreen Children's Chorale's upcoming performances of this award-winning musical designed especially for kids.
The Evergreen Artists Association is a local member organization made up of more than 100 artists from throughout the mountain area. Over the last 50 years, the association has worked to provide a forum for artists to gather, learn from one another and share their work. This year, the EAA is working to broaden its reach, and these efforts are reflected in the turnout for its spring show opening on April 23.
Ask anyone who lives in Evergreen — or drives through, for that matter — our beloved Elk Meadow Open Space Park can make quite an impression. Arvada-based artist Eldon Warren can attest to this. He was recently commissioned to create an oil painting of the aging barn that sits at the north end of the park. This painting led Warren to create a new series of Elk Meadow paintings, and his series will be on display beginning April 30 at Stoneheart Gallery in Evergreen.
"Crazy for You" calls itself a "new Gershwin musical comedy," and that's what it is: a musical comedy with songs by George and Ira Gershwin that makes everything old seem new again. How fitting that the high school company of StageDoor Theatre in Aspen Park takes the stage for the first time in the organization's new facility. Never has Gershwin been so new as when opening night takes place on the planks of a new stage with shining new lights.
Several years in the making, the new theater will open its doors May 7 for the very first time.
A horse is a horse, of course, of course … even when he's placed smack in the middle of one of Van Gogh's most famous paintings, or donning the bowler hat made famous in Magritte's iconic "The Son of Man." This particular horse is Victoor, the spokeshorse for Harmony HorseWorks in Conifer, and the inspiration for the latest show by artist Barbara Wright, Harmony's founder.
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Movie Review: "The Social Network"
I'm going to keep this review short and sweet. First thing's first: every character in The Social Network is a douchebag — Zuckerberg, Shaun Parker (Justin Timberlake), the president of Harvard. Everyone. While watching the film, you find yourself choosing sides in the douchebag-filled world of sarcasm and hilarity that Fincher and Sorkin have masterfully created.
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Trip the Light Fantastic
Three parts retro-future nostalgia and one part hard scifi speculation, shaken, not stirred. iO9 and Space.com are writing about the Playboy Club in Space that ran as a 6-page feature in the March 2012 issue of Playboy. Playboy reached out to Virgin Galactic's lead designer to envision an orbiting entertainment venue of out-of-this-world design. This was an experiment in balancing carte blanche with a detailed design brief on a very tight deadline. A big thanks to Cody Tilson for excellent art direction and graphic design.
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I grew up Atlanta Ga, Fort Mill SC, and Hilton Head SC. Each place is special to me and I couldn't have made it to where I am today if it wasn't for living in all of these areas. Country music has been a part of my life since I was brought home from the hospital and my parents played Willie Nelson on the record player until I fell asleep. I just came out of the Benchmark Studio recording under well known producer Bill McDermott, (Nashville Producer of Seth Alley with Big Machine Records). Singing country music all began at age 13 when I toured with bands and traveled all over the east coast. I now perform 180 dates out of the year. Through the spring and summer months you can hear me singing downtown South Carolina and Georgia, where I am a regular. This past summer I performed downtown Riverfront clubs for the entire CMA Fest, which is famous in Nashville, TN, and will be at Dollywood spring/summer 2015. I am presently writing a third album which will be recorded in the summer of 2015 as well. I have been fortunate to have two songs on full rotation in Canada, Michigan, New York and several college stations across the US. I want to thank everyone who has been apart of this journey so far and everyone who is with me daily working on getting me to where I want to be!


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KDE Brainstorm: Get Your Ideas Into KDE!
KDE is about the community, rather than the product. It is not all about the code: there are many other ways in which people can be part of KDE, and a very simple way is to connect with other people.
In an effort to bridge the gap between users and developers, the KDE Community Forums have launched a new initiative to coordinate feature requests. A new "Brainstorm" section has been created in the KDE Community Forums: users are encouraged to post requests there.
Once a wish has been filed, it is reviewed by the forum staff to filter out duplicates, spam, and the like. Upon approval, other forum users can approve or disapprove the idea. Every few months, the highest-voted features will then be submitted to the developers as feature enhancement requests. Of course, there will be no guarantee a feature will get implemented, but proposals made this way will be more focused, reducing the noise for both developers and users and leading to a better relationship between the two worlds.
This is a first public test run. In order to provide the best experience possible, we encourage everyone to come to the forums, make use of the system, and leave feedback. Do not forget that KDE Brainstorm is meant to accept suggestions on new features only: crashes or unexpected program behaviors are bugs and should be reported to KDE's Bugzilla instead.
If you feel creative, this is the time to show your skill to the world. The Brainstorm forum is waiting for you!
The inability to cut and paste using html in kmail make it a NO-NO for me. If that was fixed I would use kontacy and the rest of the packlage, however as it stands NO.
Bob Coulter
By Bob Coulter at Fri, 2009/03/20 - 11:35pm
which inability? As a *nix
which inability? As a *nix user (I suppose you are one) you should be accustomed with cut'n'paste by selecting the text and pressing the middle mouse button where you wan't to have it.
By longh at Sat, 2009/03/21 - 12:16am
True on the middle mouse for text, however using thunderbird or Windows(ugh) i can also do graphics..
By Bob Coulter at Sat, 2009/03/21 - 6:27am
vmware server 2
Konqueror appears to be a good browser until I attempted to install the plugin that would allow me to use it with vmware server 2. Works good with firefox.
Bob Coulter
By Bob Coulter at Fri, 2009/03/20 - 11:35pm
That's a bug ...
Hi Bob,
The Dot is not the best place to report bugs like that, this way, developers will read it and are able to do something about it. Comments on the Dot are maybe a way to express your discomfort, but it doesn't help anything in the way of getting the bug you report fixed. The Dot is just to volatile for that. Besides this, your report is missing essential information to be even remotely able to fix it.http://bugs.kde.org for bugs please.
By Sebastian Kügler at Sat, 2009/03/21 - 3:07pm
That's a really cool idea! I'm loving it ;)
By Tony Wolf at Sat, 2009/03/21 - 7:39am
A critique of Brainstorm section
Really nice section but:
By mootchie at Sun, 2009/03/22 - 12:34am
... and this is something we are working on. The brainstorm forum will get a different thread view than other forums.
Also, we plan to do a tag (cloud) plugin to give every thread useful tags, independant of the brainstorm area.
By Ingo Malchow at Sun, 2009/03/22 - 8:27am
Ubuntu's Brainstorm?
Great thing. I just think that this is a lot of work for you guys. Isn't the Ubuntu Brainstorm site available for other Projects? It's open source and it has everything a good Brainstorm needs.
Anyway, rock on dudes !
By olingerc at Mon, 2009/03/23 - 10:01am
Re: Ubuntu's Brainstorm?
By Hans Chen at Mon, 2009/03/23 - 5:19pm
About time.
I've been asking for a Official Community forum for awhile now, I'm really glad they implemented it.
+1 KDE Team.
By Dekkon at Tue, 2009/03/24 - 2:04am
How to score
IMHO, score = good - bad, is not a good idea. First you have to consider what the votes mean. If people voting good mean that they would like the feature then > 40% should be considered a good score. IAC, the score should be in percent good of the total votes.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Observing Student Connections
|Introduction | Cutting Squares | Problem Reflection #1 | Designing a Paper Quilt | Problem Reflection #2 | Classroom Practice | Observe a Classroom | Reflection Questions | Your Journal
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Full squad on tap Saturday
This was the last day before Saturday's full squad reporting day, even though the lineup has already been here for most of the week. Saturday morning is also the annual spring training clubhouse meeting. The doors will be closed to the media as the players hear from Ruben and Charlie. Expect the skipper to once again challenge his players to work hard and never stop learning about the game. He will also motivate the younger guys who weren't with the club last year to play well enough that they force him to make some tough roster decisions.
Then, 59 players will head out the back door of Bright House Field for the four fields at the Carpenter Complex. They'll work out from about 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day this weekend. Live batting practice may enter the picture on Sunday.
On the schedule for next week is Photo Day on Tuesday morning. That's when photographers from Philadelphia area newspapers, wire services and licensees will set up stations in the indoor batting cages at Bright House Field.
Among the licensees will be the baseball card companies. You know, those are the cards we older fans put on the spokes of our bike wheels. Now they're safely secured in sealed notebooks and appraised for their value. On that subject what do you think a Dominick Brown rookie card will sell for twenty years from now? Probably a lot.
Raul Ibanez will have a new look on his card. Raul now has a full black beard to go with his shaved head. Ryan Howard told him this morning that it looks like he's escaped from prison. He said, "Hey Raul, even your whiskers look mean!"
After today's workout, the starting pitchers headed for the golf course where they met up with John Smoltz. The former Braves ace is still an excellent golfer, and their day on the course was taped for a future airing on MLB Network. Bragging rights were on the line so you can expect some serious trash talking tomorrow when the full squad officially reports for spring training..
Mike Schmidt begins a two-week stint as a guest instructor on Saturday . . . Larry Bowa will be signing autographs from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Citizens Bank Park . . . 3.3 million tickets have been sold after a record 70,000 tickets were purchased Thursday, the first day of individual game ticket sales. 15 of the 81 home games are sold out . . . If you are in the Clearwater area, there's a Big East/Big Ten challenge baseball doubleheader on Saturday at Bright House Field; Ohio State vs. Louisville at 4 p.m.; Iowa vs. Pittsburgh at 7:30 p.m.
(Scott Palmer contributed to the blog today. Be sure to watch his video interviews from Clearwater on phillies.com, Monday through Friday. Phillies Insider will return on Monday).