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Friday, March 23, 2012
Cough Syrup Haze
And I'm getting it.
I thought I'd gotten through it unscathed, but last night I felt that horrid 'tickle' at the back of the throat and now almost twenty four hours later, the cough is firmly in place.
I can only speak for myself here, because I've never talked to others with disabilities about this - however, I find colds and, heaven forfend, the flu - disrupt my life much more than my disability does. After four years my disability has almost stopped being disabling and become more like a lifestyle. I've learned how to adapt to my environment and, when possible, adapted teh environment to me. I go to work. I go to the movies. I go out for a beer. I do stuff. Typical stuff.
I think that when people say, 'I'd rather be dead than in a wheelchair,' they are thinking that all people who use wheelchair do is sit around in wheelchairs. And that's actually true. But we sit in them in theatres, in bars, in restaurants, in churches, in offices - in all the places that they are already sitting round in! The only difference is, I'm always guarenteed a seat because I bring mine with me. It isn't a life of 'suffering' at all, it's a life of adaption that rapidly becomes familiar.
Having a cold. Or, heaven forfend, the flu.
That impacts my life in a powerful way. It's uncomfortable. It's messy.
Even sitting hurts.
And yet, oddly, I've never heard anyone say, 'I'd rather be dead than have a cold.' Oh, yeah, you might think, but you get over colds, you get over the flu and then it's back to normal.
Well the same can be said for becoming a wheelchair user.
I think the same can be said for many types of disability.
I don't see people with Down Syndrome having Down Syndrome all the time.
I remember speaking to someone with Cerebral Palsy who said, 'I wish people would understand I don't experience Cerebral Palsy all the time. It's part of who I am, true, but it isn't a constant lived experience. I'm a woman all the time too, but I don't experience my feminity every moment of the day. Gender just is. Disability just is. Each come into focus throughout my day, every day, but neither is the focus of each and every day."
Having a cold.
Having, heaven forfend, the flu.
Becomes a focus.
Like it is for me now. And if this post is completely off the mark - remember, I'm sick.
27 comments:
- Unknown said...
At one year old, I'm pretty sure my daughter with DS would agree. She sailed through two major surgeries, and has therapy three times a week.
For her, it's teething. Ruins her life for weeks.
- 23 March 2012 at 05:12
- Celine said...
Agreed. I have Type 1 diabetes and have learned to live with it.. But when I get real people sick - that totally sucks!
Feel better soon.
- 23 March 2012 at 05:41
- Jen said...
Great you always have a seat wherever you go :)
- 23 March 2012 at 05:44
- John R. said...
Feel better!! and..... I would rather be a Republican Senator than have a cold or heaven forbid the flu!!
Agreed with your points....cough syrup haze not withstanding...
- 23 March 2012 at 05:49
OHHHH Celine.."Real People Sick" You gonna get it now :)
Just teasing
- 23 March 2012 at 07:32
- Kristin said...
For someone in a cough syrup haze, you've written a remarkably on point post.
Hope you feel better soon.
- 23 March 2012 at 08:05
- ivanova said...
Feel better!
- 23 March 2012 at 08:49
- joanne said...
well said! Having a mental health issue doesn't always make a person "sick" either.
hope you feel better soon
- 23 March 2012 at 09:22
Get well soon, Dave!
- 23 March 2012 at 09:35
- Liz Miller said...
Get well soon! And thank you for posting this.
- 23 March 2012 at 11:24
- Mary said...
With all deference to your cough syrup haze, I think this is one of the differences between "illness" disability (often invisible, often with a range of symptoms) and "static" disability (where you're dealing with roughly the same parameters every day). Think the difference between deteriorating relapsing/remitting MS compared to having a limb amputated - it's not a question of "more" or "less" disabled, but only one of those is *illness*.
I do all right with colds. Because non-disabled people *understand* colds. If, oozing and wheezing and coughing and sneezing, I croak an apologetic "sorry, I can't do XYZ activity because I have a stinky cold," nobody argues or persuades or tries to get me to spend a fortune on hokey therapies - they usually ask if I need anything, express a hope that I feel better soon, and leave me to it.
I simply don't experience that level of understanding (or respect, or offers of practical assistance) when I look and sound just fine but have to explain that tonight I can manage dinner or a film but not both.
On the bright side, I already have shopping delivery and a seat in the shower and microwave meals and, frankly, some decent painkillers, so I don't suffer quite as much with colds as I otherwise would.
- 23 March 2012 at 11:59
Dear Dave:
Feel better soon!
- 24 March 2012 at 08:28
- Andrea S. said...
I'm guessing from today's absence that you're still feeling poorly. Rest up, feel well, drink fluids, and take care.
- 24 March 2012 at 17:58
- Tamara said...
Like Andrea said - hope you're feeling better soon!
- 24 March 2012 at 18:28
- wheeliecrone said...
I'll just add my good wishes to all the others, Dave. A rotten cold or cough or, heaven forbid, flu, is exactly that - rotten.
I hope that you feel better soon.
- 24 March 2012 at 19:36
Get well soon Dave
- 25 March 2012 at 18:16
- Real Landry said...
I hope you feel better Dave. Lots of lingering bugs going around.It is so true how many people think about being in a wheelchair as a negative and major problem in your life when really you are able to go and enjoy yourself almost anywhere you want, and as someone else said,your always gauranteed a seat. Keep up the good work on educating people about individuals with exeptionalities and helping people to understand.
- 26 March 2012 at 00:11
- Real Landry said...
I hope you feel better Dave. Lots of lingering bugs going around.It is so true how many people think about being in a wheelchair as a negative and major problem in your life when really you are able to go and enjoy yourself almost anywhere you want, and as someone else said,your always gauranteed a seat. Keep up the good work on educating people about individuals with exeptionalities and helping people to understand.
- 26 March 2012 at 00:12
Dear Dave,
for me having a cold or a flu is something that adds to me being uncomfortable with my disability.
Having problems to breath and being tired every day and than having a cold is always very exhausting.
I hope you and Joe get better soon!!! Sending good vibes and best wishes!
- 26 March 2012 at 01:08
- John R. said...
Ok..Dave....Been two days...no post....some of us are worried! The bug must have kicked some butt!! I just hope you are basking in a continued cough syrup haze and that not much more serious stuff is happening!
Looking forward to next installment...
Get well!!!!!!!
- 26 March 2012 at 08:10
Ditto to what John R. said! If you're just still sick ... then keep on resting up! Be well!
Andrea S.
- 26 March 2012 at 09:11
Hope you're feeling better soon.
- 26 March 2012 at 09:45
Hope you feel better soon
- 26 March 2012 at 10:13
Dear Dave:
Its been a couple of days since you blogged. You must feel awful. I am with John r - concerned.
Feel better soon
- 26 March 2012 at 11:53
- Shan said...
Dave, I'm glad you're taking time to recover. See you when you're better!
- 26 March 2012 at 16:12
Hope you feel better soon.
- 26 March 2012 at 16:35
- Feminist Voice with Disabilities said...
Very well said! I have a chronic physical illness that has been disabling at times and at other times has been just something I lived with that didn't affect me quite as much, even though I still have the disability. I also have a mental illness, that, when it was untreated, was horribly debilitating and destroyed my life almost completely. Today, I still have that mental illness, but thanks to appropriate treatment, it doesn't stop me from living my life and being happy and having fulfillment. I really appreciate your blog. It is very poignant.
- 27 March 2012 at 14:07


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Over the past several months there have been a
series of rumors and statements that former F1 Minardi team boss
Paul Stoddart might start a Champ Car team. Those
discussions are ongoing and Paul Stoddart is here in Surfers
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Stoddart is about coming into Champ Car. From the sounds
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an advanced stage.
It's fair to say I'm looking at the
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be a level playing field for everyone, so it would be the right
Paul Stoddart watching practice Saturday
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"It's a sensibly budgeted series. They've done a
fantastic job with the new Panoz, developing the product and
offering it at a sensible price. I think it'll generate a lot of
interest and new teams. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few
more familiar names in the series next year."
"Everyone I talk to, everyone I run into has
been very nice and have made me feel like I would be welcomed
"The racing is very fan friendly and quite
unlike F1 where the days of the independents are over.
There is a big difference in budgets between F1 and Champ Car
and although I don't want to say anything bad about F1, yes
there is a difference in budgets, here a mid-budget team has a
real chance to win races."
Does the international aspect of Champ Car
interest him?
"It always does. For someone who spends
his time at 37,000 feet (in one of his airplanes) international
racing has always interested me."
Paul Stoddart watching practice Saturday
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would start a new team or buy into an existing team.
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new team or buy into an existing team. We will be looking
at that over the coming months."
Does Paul Stoddart still own the Minardi name?
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can use it here if I choose. As far as bringing the
Minardi two-seater program from F1, it is something that would
interest me and we are looking at possibly doing that."
Muermans would be involved
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supporter Harry Muermans would be part of his Champ Car deal.
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for sure he will be part of whatever I do. We have had
some pretty fantastic times together."
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be one of his drivers, Stoddart said, "If you asked Robert that
question he would probably say he still wanted to be an F1
driver, but it's early days and that could change. I have
no doubt he would do a fantastic job here."
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dancer from what he saw at last night's gala ball.
So although Stoddart would not go on record as
saying he was definitely coming into Champ Car, one gets the
distinct impression that there is a very good chance he will,
and rest assured that from his F1 background, he will assemble a
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Vijayanagar, the capital of one of the largest Hindu empires in history,
was founded by Sangama dynasty princes Harihara and Bukka in 1336. Its
power peaked under Krishnadevaraya (1509-29), when it controlled nearly
the whole of the peninsula south of the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers.
Comparable to Delhi in the 14th century, the city, with an estimated
population of half a million, covered 33 sq km and was surrounded by
several concentric lines of fortification. Its wealth derived from the
control of spice trade and the cotton industry. Its busy bazaars,
described by European travelers such as Portuguese Nunez and Paes, were
centers of international commerce. The empire collapsed after the battle
of Talikota in 1565 when the city was ransacked by the confederacy of
Deccan sultans (Bidar, Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar and Berar), thus
opening up southern India for Muslim conquest.
The ruins are set in a strange and beautiful
boulder strewn landscape with an almost magical quality. The undisputed
highlight of the ruins, the 16th century Vittala Temple, is a World
Heritage Monument. Started in the reign of Krishnadevaraya, it was never
finished or consecrated, and its incredible sculptural work is the
pinnacle of Vijayanagar art. The outer pillars are known as musical
pillars as they reverberate when tapped. There's an ornate stone chariot
in the temple courtyard containing an image of Garuda. [-- Adapted
from the Lonely Planet, India, 1999]
History of the Indic Civilization
A Prolegomena, March 17,2006
It is clear that much of what we
learned in our school history books is suspect if not downright erroneous,
starting from the chronology of ancient India to the postulation of an Aryan
Invasion, the location of the ancient home of the Zoroastrian people, the dating
of Chandra Gupta Maurya's reign, the dating of the Buddha himself, the
embellishment of the Caste system by the Colonial overlord, the dating of the
impregnation of Indic culture in countries of South East Asia to name a
few. More importantly, the Eurocentric approach to the narration of the
fascinating story of Indian History taken by English authors is substantially at
variance with the facts and the history as we knew it prior to the arrival of
the Europeans in the Indian subcontinent. We will do our best to peel the
layers of the onion, but it is too large a task to be undertaken by a handful of
individuals, especially as the narration of this history is firmly
in the grip of the Marxists who are deeply ensconced in New Delhi and whose
viewpoint is substantially in conformance with the story as told by the British.
Why do Indian Marxists espouse a blatantly colonialist point of view ? There is
more than one overriding reason, but we will illustrate one
Karl Marx set the tone for the study of
Indian history by writing series of articles on India during the Great
Rebellion of 1857. He was in fact a correspondent for the New York Daily
Tribune. Of course Karl Marx had never stepped foot in India. But it was a
temper of the times. A white man was always preferred for such intellectual
tasks over an Indian , even though the subject was India. Unfortunately when it
comes to the subject of Ancient Indian history this attitude is pervasive even
today. His articles are indicative of a person highly prejudiced against
India. here is a sample
"How came it
that English supremacy was established in India? The paramount power of the
Great Mogul was broken by the Mogul Viceroys. The power of the Viceroys was
broken by the Mahrattas. The power of the Mahrattas was broken by the Afghans,
and while all were struggling against all, the Briton rushed in and was enabled
to subdue them all. A country not only
divided between Mahommedan and Hindoo, but between tribe and tribe, between
caste and caste; a society whose framework was based on a sort of equilibrium,
resulting from a. general repulsion and constitutional exclusiveness between all
its members. Such a country and such a society, were they not the predestined
prey of conquest? If we knew nothing of the past history of Hindostan,
would there not be the one great and incontestable fact, that even at this
moment India is held in English thralldom by an Indian army maintained at the
cost of India? India, then, could not
escape the fate of being conquered, and the whole of her past history, if it be
anything, is the history of the successive conquests she has undergone. Indian
society has no history at all, at least no known history. What we call its
history, is but the history of the successive intruders who founded their
empires on the passive basis of that unresisting and unchanging society.
The question, therefore, is not whether
the English had a right to conquer India, but whether we are to prefer India
conquered by the Turk, by the Persian, by the Russian, to India conquered by the
England has to fulfill a double mission in India: one
destructive, the other regenerating the annihilation of old Asiatic society, and
the laying the material foundations of Western society in Asia.
Arabs, Turks, Tartars, Moguls, who had successively overrun
India, soon became Hindooized, the barbarian conquerors being, by an eternal law
of history, conquered themselves by the superior civilization of their subjects.
The British were the first conquerors
superior, and therefore, inaccessible to Hindoo civilization. They
destroyed it by breaking up the native communities, by uprooting the native
industry, and by leveling all that was great and elevated in the native society.
The historic pages of their rule in India report hardly anything beyond that
destruction. The work of regeneration hardly transpires through a heap of ruins.
Nevertheless it has begun.
The political unity of India, more consolidated, and
extending farther than it ever did under the Great Moguls, was the first
condition of its regeneration. That unity, imposed by the British sword, will
now be strengthened and perpetuated by the electric telegraph. The native army,
organized and trained by the British drill-sergeant, was the sine qua non of
Indian self-emancipation, and of India ceasing to be the prey of the first
foreign intruder. The free press, introduced for the first time into Asiatic
society, and managed principally by the common offspring of Hindoos and
Europeans, is a new and powerful agent of reconstruction."
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this )
Well one
might argue, that was not so bad. He is just reiterating the basic idea that
everything good in India came from somewhere else. Perhaps so, coming from a
European, after all it was the temper of the times when Europe believed it was
its manifest destiny to rule the world, as they belonged to a superior race as
Karl Marx put it without mincing any words. But his viewpoint is held by many of
the Marxist Historians in India today. Unfortunately not much can be said
about their integrity either. One of their many shenanigans is promising to
write 19 volumes on the Indian national freedom movement (what a choice)
and delivering only 3,all at the expense of the national exchequer to the tune
of over a million $,definitely a large sum of money in those days ( the
70's).For the whole sordid story, see
Arun Shourie on Eminent Historians. The bottom line is one cannot rely on
the present breed of Indian Marxists, who remain firmly in control over the
national agenda, to redress the falsehoods and Eurocentrisms that have dominated
the narration of Indian History during the last 150 years.
We invite like minded people to join with
us in this noble endeavor in conducting research and writing accurate
accounts of Indian historical events on these topics or to fund graduate studies
in these areas to promising youngsters. In the pages to follow we will layout a
plan for projects to be studied. In the meantime here are some interesting
papers and books to whet your appetite.
Digitized Text
Books on Indian History
Selective Links
Misdating Important Events in
Indic Chronology
The Chronology
The Andhra Satavahanas
Misdating by
Bharateeya Historiography
References on Indic History
Indic Mercantilism
Indian Armed Forces
((from antiquity to the Present)
Medieval India (1200 CE to 1745 CE)
Slavery and the Indian Slave
trade during the middle ages by Scot Levi
2002, November: 'Hindus Beyond the Hindu Kush: Indians in
the Central Asian Slave Trade,' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 3d
ser. (12, 3), pp. 277-88
Hindus beyond the Hindu Kush, Indians in the Central Asian
slave trade by Scott Levi
British Colonial India and the Freedom Movement
Caste and
Ethnographic Mapping
Drain of Wealth by the British during Colonial era
invention of Pakistan
a modern perspective
The Ghost of Macaulay Haunts
171 Years Later
British Raj ,
random notes
Post Independence (1947 CE)
of Indo-Pak Conflict
Ancient India (up to 1 CE)
Chronology of Ancient India
New Light on Ancient India
The West Discovers Arthasastra
Democracy in Ancient India
Vedic dating
of the Buddha
Andhra Kingdoms
Book reviews
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Matthews led all scorers with 24 points on 10-of-13 shooting, had 11 rebounds and four assists. Davis scored 11 points and had five assists, while freshman guard Wilson Molina (Woodside, N.Y.) tallied six assists and eight boards. Junior guard Tim Johnson (Queens, N.Y.) pitched in with 11 points for the Rams.
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- Payload: 420kg (926lbs)
- Rear headroom: 945mm (37.2")
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- Rear shoulder room: 1,372mm (54.0")
- Turning radius: 5.5m (18.2')
- Wheelbase: 2,685mm (105.7")
- Blind spot sensor: Blind Spot Monitor warning
- Delay-off headlights
- Display: analog
- Exterior parking camera rear
- Forward collision: Front Assist w/Autonomous Emergency Braking mitigation
- Front fog lights
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- Trip computer
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- 4 wheel disc brakes
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- Dual front impact airbags
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- Electronic stability
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- Occupant sensing airbag
- Overhead airbag
- Panic alarm
- Perimeter/approach lights
- Traction control
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44 mpg on highway
By First time VW owner on Saturday, July 06, 2019Bought the 2019 Jetta nearly a year ago. So far very satisfied. It's our first VW ever. The little 1.4 liter turbo and 8 speed transmission together delivers adequate power as well as amazing MPG. The handling and braking are also noticeably better than any one of the Japanese cars we have owned. Styling is also the best in its class IMO.
- 5.0
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By Deek on Wednesday, February 13, 2019It is really almost hard to believe how good a car this is! But it definitely is. I bought a '19 Jetta S with Manual transmission and Driver Assist package (blind spot, front collision avoidance technology and cross traffic alert in rear). My car also had VW maintenance at 10,000 and 20,000 miles, the full Roadside Assistance kit for trunk, All weather mats front and rear and Car-Go trunk liner. Sticker price was 20,425; I bought it for 16,500. I added the hard wired Day / Night rearview mirror with Homelink (a very smart option IMO). My car had Bridgestone tires which I preferred. I am totally impressed with the car. Fit and finish are excellent. The lines are much better than the older models. The interior is quiet and comfortable even though this is a base model. Apple Car Play works as smoothly as you would expect and the audio head is perfectly sufficient for me. Yes, I agree that Sirius/XM would have been nice, but I have SXM on my iPhone from a mobile subscription and it plays fine for me through Bluetooth on the VW head. I also really like the electronic parking brake. Most cars with this price point have a manual parking brake. The electronic one on this car allows you to start out forward or in reverse with the parking brake active and it automatically disengages when you let out the clutch. Found this out in reading the Owner's Manual and so glad I found this nice feature. My daughter leases a 2018 VW Tiguan S and, like her, I find the S trim to be more than sufficient on this car. Who wouldn't want the SE or SEL trim? But at more than 3,000 more than what I paid, I am perfectly happy with all that is packed into the S model. VW called this one right! I am in awe of the responsiveness of the 1.4T motor with the Manual transmission as well as the impressive gas mileage (first drive on highway got me just shy of 42 mpg). The 6 speed stick shifter is truly silky smooth, as good as past BMW's I have owned. The German design and technology is evident throughout. The day after delivery, I had to drive on secondary roads on a 100 mile trip. The weather conditions were just horrible -- high winds, slushy roads, heavy rain / freezing rain / snow. The car remained quiet, responsive, non-flappable and simply stuck to the highway regardless of the wind gusts. I felt very safe and comfortable throughout. I managed another 42 mpg going 60-62 mph. I mainly got this car to use as a tow vehicle behind my 45' motor coach, but I am so impressed with it that it will definitely be a daily driver for me for a lot of the time. I am a big car guy, having owned at least 140 new cars over the years and to be as impressed with this one as I am says a lot. The dealer does not sell lots of S models and not many sticks at all; I am really glad I found this one equipped as it was and made my deal for it. And how about the incredible VW 6 year / 72,000 mile warranty?? You can run it for three years and still have another three year bumper to bumper warranty which is transferrable to a new owner. Fabulous deal! I am very, very happy with my purchase. VW is doing it right on this car!
- 4.0
Best ride
By Mahony on Monday, January 07, 2019It's a long review, but I am writing my experience with the Jetta. 2019 Volkswagen Jetta is a great car in every aspect. A lot of drivers say that the 1.4 engine/ 147 horse power is not enough ! Well, try Corolla, Elantra, and Civic. Jetta is a Turbo engine that produces enough power for the car size. As for the gas mileage so far I am getting 45 MPG, and I am using regular unleaded fuel 87. The Jetta is not built for racing, but believe me the 1.4 turbo engine is well enough power. I own a 2018 Corolla and 2019 Jetta, since I have bought the Jetta I have stopped driving the Corolla. I bought the SEL trim level for so many reasons, I had to pay only $2200 more to get the SEL rather than the SE trim. SEL trim has digital dashboard ( Volkswagen Digital Cockpit ), BeatsAudio peakers, 4 driving modes, rain sensing wipers, adaptive cruise control, Lane Keeping System (Lane Assist), 10-color customizable interior ambient lighting, High Beam Control (Light Assist). The Jetta is a solid car, I drove it once at the speed of 90 miles/hr it was very stable, the 8 speed transmission is great at the speed of 65mi/hr the engine RPM is less than 2000 that means the engine is quite. Noise level during driving on a highways is very acceptable, it's not completely isolated but it's very comfortable compared to the competitive cars. My height is 5 10, and I am 230 lbs. I have tried the front seat, driver seat, and the back seat they are all comfortable. The seats does not have too much cushions like the Japanese or the Korean cars, but it's very comfortable. Because I am 5 10 It took me over a week to adopt the seating position, if you are tall then be prepare to not feel comfortable in the driver seat at the beginning but definitely you will get comfortable later. Volkswagen Digital Cockpit Is only available on the SEL & SEL premium trims, very usel, elegant and you can select whatever data that you want to be displayed on your dash, and you can change the colors too, its very luxury. There is one thing you need to know, that the navigation display on the dash is only available on the SEL Premium. The air condition is cold, the Climatronic® dual-zone automatic climate control is working perfect and it cools the car fast during Texas hot summer, cooling wise the Corolla is much better. Front seat heating is very efficient, and it warms the seat fast. During cold weather the windows get foggy, right now I have 4 cars in my house hold they are all 2018 ( RAV4, Corolla, wrangler JL, and my 2019 Jetta SEL ) plus the previous cars that I owned before, non will get that foggy like the Jetta, all the other cars I put ON the Defog maybe once or twice and that's all, but with the Jetta they have to be ON all the time ! ( I don't like that ), but I can live with it. The Jetta has an emergency brake, one day I was reversing and my son 15 years was walking behind the car, the car applied an emergency brake. If you are driving and getting close to the car in front of you the Jetta will give you a warning in the dash that the distance with the car in front of you is not enough. The blind spot feature in the Jetta is amazing, if there is a car next to you the Amber color blind spot light will come on steady, if you put the blinker the Amber color blind spot light will flash, if you make a lane change then as a precaution the steering will automatically take over to bring you back to your lane due to a vehicle is in your blind spot area ( you can override it ). Adaptive cruise control will track the speed of the vehicle in front of you, Incase the vehicle in front of you starts to slow down the adaptive cruise control will slow down your speed to maintain a safe preselected distance between your Jetta and the vehicle in front of you, and it will drop your speed till a full stop if needed. The rain sensing windshield wiper is a great option, all you have to do is drive and the Jetta will take care of the rain intensity for you. Unfortunately the Jetta has only 1 USB data port !!!! So either you connect your phone, or the iPod, my SEL didn't come with a navigation so I have to connect my phone but I am missing the Music from my iPod. BeatsAudio Is very loud and clear, big difference between the regular speakers and the BeatsAudio speakers. The panoramic sunroof is so beautiful so nice, it's not a full panoramic but it's big enough, and it's bigger than the standard sunroof on other competitive cars The warranty 6 years/72,000 miles is a big plus, schedule maintenance is every 10,000 miles, or 12 months whichever comes first, the maintenance cost is about $34 a month for a duration of 5 years or 75,000 miles, very reasonable cost. Things that I wish Volkswagen company needs to improve in a Jetta : 1- the Beige interior has a Black color console and a black front arm rest, if you get the Grey interior then the console and the front arm rest is Grey. They need to make the middle console and the front arm rest Beige just like the Grey interior option. 2- the only way to END a phone call is through the screen, there is NO end call button in the steering wheel Like the Atlas or Tiguan ! 3- there is only 1 USB data port, so either you have the apple car play or the iPod, you CAN NOT have both at the same time. 4- There is a charging USB port inside the middle front console, it is better off if it is in the back seat. 5- please Add a USB data for the iPod either in the gloves compartment or inside the middle console. 6- Remote start should be added to the SEL trim. 7- HomeLink garage door is not available on any trims. 8- There is No Beige interior in the SEL premium trim level. 9- The customizable interior ambient lighting needs to be brighter, it's very dim. 10- The front leg area light is white, I wish if it was customizable to match the color of the customizable interior ambient lighting. My advise if possible test drive the car for at least 1-2 hours before buying it, or try to rent one before you decide buying a Jetta, the reason behind this is to try all the features on the Jetta , as soon as you you are done with the test drive go immediately and test drive a Japanese or a Korean cars, you will feel the differences right away. I am not saying that Japanese or Korean cars are not good, they are excellent cars, but the Jetta will win. I will definitely recommend Volkswagen Jetta to my friends and family, it's a luxury car at a very reasonable price. I will rate it it 9 out of 10.
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Little ones will love to play with all the bright, colorful stickers in My Sticker Art! Create four different pictures with hundreds of stickers in four fun themes: pizza, cookies, city and garden. Each picture comes individually packaged with eh corresponding stickers. Also comes with four Little Hands plastic frames to display the art! Each project comes conveniently individually packaged, so you're ready to begin when you open the kit!
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Staub Cast Iron 0.25-qt Mini Round Cocotte - Basil
The Staub cocotte is unsurpassed for slow-cooking meats and vegetables to tender perfection, and for simmering hearty stews and soups. Cast iron possesses exceptional heat-retaining qualities, so the pot heats evenly throughout. The innovative lid features tiny spikes on the interior that continually release condensed liquid back onto the food, yielding moist, flavorful results.
Staub's special matte black enamel interior and self-basting spiked lid guarantee perfect browning and braising for flavor-enhanced food. With their exquisite enamel finish, each piece transitions beautifully from the kitchen to the table. From comfort food to sumptuous suppers, every dish is special when served in Staub.
Staub enameled cast iron cookware is the choice of the world's best chefs. With exceptional durability, it is perfect for day-to-day use in both gourmet home kitchens and prestigious restaurants around the world. Built to last a lifetime, these heirloom pieces can be passed from generation to generation.
- Made in France
- Heavy weight, tight-fitting lid retains moisture, spikes on the lid create a rain-forest effect evenly returning juices back onto food
- Oven safe up to 900F/482C without lid, Lids are oven safe up to 500F/260C
- Nickel steel knob
- Smooth enamel bottom works on all stovetops, including gas, electric, glass, ceramic, induction, and halogen
- Unique, interior matte texture results in exceptional browning
- Dishwasher safe, hand wash recommended
- Country of origin: France
- Substance: Cast iron
- Lid existing: Yes
- Induction: Yes
- Oven-safe: Yes
- Freezer-safe: Yes
- Stovetop-safe: Yes
- Dishwasher-safe: Yes
- Net weight: 1.87 lbs
- Capacity: 0.26 qt
- Length of product: 5.12 in
- Width of product: 3.94 in
- Height of product: 2.76 in
- Height without lid: 1.89 in
- Bottom thickness: 0.17 in
- Upper diameter: 3.94 in
- Bottom diameter: 2.95 in
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There are several days during the school year that can be considered exciting and important, but one definitely tops them all.
The first day of school, homecoming, Thanksgiving break, open house, parent-teacher conferences, Christmas break, field trips, guest speakers, end of the year picnics, and graduation should all get consideration as the best day of the school year.
Students would probably add birthday parties and that most sacred of days; the one where they walk into class and who is standing there… none other than a substitute teacher.
They usually like their regular teacher, but it is a special feeling when they walk into the classroom and see a sub (it can only be compared to watching the birth of your first child).
The difference between a regular classroom teacher and a substitute is quite similar to the difference between like and love.
But these examples of great days pale in comparison to what can easily be considered the grandest day of the school year.
The SNOW DAY. A day so special that it must be typed in all caps (twice…SNOW DAY… there are more to come).
If you live in the part of the country (or with our new friends in Canada) that gets to experience the SNOW DAY, you should consider yourself an extremely lucky student, teacher, staff member, or administrator.
But if you live in part of the country that is well prepared for 14 inches of snow each winter day, or even worse, in a part that doesn't get any snow- I pity you.
Unfortunately, if you are a parent you may not be the biggest fan of the SNOW DAY. In fact, you may want to put this blog in the "I hate the cold, the snow, and I can't believe my children aren't going to school today" file.
In my humble estimation, the SNOW DAY is a beautiful thing and should be treated with admiration and the respect we usually reserve for Kings, Mother Teresa, Oprah (for the ladies), Elvis, Kramer from Seinfeld, Ferris Bueller, and Bob Barker.
As an angry middle-aged administrator, I can never admit my true love for the SNOW DAY when I am out in public. I can't show any emotion that may allow the students and staff to think that I am a regular human being with feelings, hopes, or dreams.
Because of this, I take the party line when students ask about the SNOW DAY.
My patented answers if I am asked about the SNOW DAY or getting out of school early because of inclement weather includes the following:
"No, we are not getting out early. Nine inches of snow is not that big of a deal."
"We don't want to get out early or have a SNOW DAY because we need to prepare for state testing."
"I would rather go to school today than use a SNOW DAY. I don't want to add another day to the end of the year when it will be 87 degrees and sunny."
"If we get snowed in here at school for the next 48 hours, that is just an opportunity for more learning to take place."
In reality, there is nothing better than getting that phone call at 6:00 a.m. that tells you, "Don't come into work today, there is too much snow on the roads and it isn't safe. Stay in your house and watch Regis and Kelly (mainly Kelly… that is for the gentleman)."
This special day doesn't happen to doctors, lawyers, or members of the military.
The SNOW DAY is purely an educational thing. How sweet it is.
Actually, the only thing better than getting the call is making the call.
If someone had told me as a 12 year old junior high boy that I would one day grow up and be in charge of cancelling school because of bad weather, I wouldn't have believed it.
The power. The prestige. The power. Did I mention the power.
It makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck just thinking about it. The ability to cancel school and let an entire school district of students and staff sleep in… what an honor it is (I can assure that while power hungry, I am respectful of this ability and try not to abuse it).
Who wants to be an engineer, or the President (although I was, briefly, with an elementary class), or professional athlete, or even the Pope (although I wouldn't mind being Regis… other than the fact that he is 102 years old… actually Kelly's husband might be better)?
Sure these professions and people make more money, but they aren't the caretaker of the Emergency Phone Tree.
A single call sets the Phone Tree into action. And once it is started there is no going back.
School is cancelled.
As a professional educator, I should be disappointed in the fact that a day of learning is lost… but I am not.
What an honor and privilege it is to be a school administrator when the weatherman says, "Looks like we could get quite a storm tonight, please tune in to the Early News to see if there are any school cancellations."
Who says the dreams of a 12 year-old boy don't come true?
I am going back to bed. School is called off. Thanks SNOW DAY.


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(Venice, Italy) For the first time in the history of the Venice Biennale, the revenue earned by the institution itself equals the public funding for the entire 2011 financial year -- SIXTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO (€16,6 million). The Art Biennale is currently Italy's most visited art show -- 384,446 people have visited the exhibition as of yesterday, Sunday, November 6, 2011. Established in 1895, the Venice Biennale is one of the most prestigious cultural institutions on the planet.
More sponsorships, more visitors, and more merchandising were factors that have added to the positive results. Not only the Art section, but also the Cinema, Dance, Music and Theater sections have been especially dynamic this year, attracting creative, energetic, intelligent visitors from all over the world.
WE HAVE BECOME NUMB TO NUMBERS. We have become so used to hearing fantasy figures about how many trillions of dollars, euros and monopoly money are wasted... on insane military manueveurs, collapsing banks, bailouts, the European Union going down, the US broke and powerless,... and other oddities... Wall Street bankers and corporate soldiers reaping millions and millions of dollars in bonuses, spitting the crisis in everyone's face... Iran and its fashionable new nuclear bomb, defiant,... Israel going insane and taking it out on Palestine,... Italy thugging it out with this one and that as its short Prime Minister -- who is basically just a businessman and all that entails -- cannot understand why he cannot have some old fashion bunga bunga like everyone else.. , Sarkozy behaving like a soap-opera Napoleon shouting vive la France! and Merkel playing the part of the stout German matriarch... the formerly-eloquent Barack Obama rendered speechless... and everyone looking to a bemused China to figure the whole thing out -- nothing but a bunch of hired actors playing a role.. and so much funny, funny money -- so many bogus mathematical formulas no one can understand because they are not based on reality... so many crazy Goldman Sachs numbers based on nothing but the research of some mad scientist they've got hidden in a cupboard... crazy to even Goldman Sachs... to such an extent that they have gone nuts and started beating up Occupy Wall Street's little People's bank.
The PHYSICAL REALITY, the actual figures of 16,6 million euro and 384,446 people might seem like peanuts. But if it is based on accurate accounting, actual human presence, and real ticket purchases, it is a valid measure. I believe we need to readjust our thinking and get back to reality: how many tickets did you sell? How much did each sponsor contribute? How much did that exhibit cost? How much did you pay the artist? Does the artist have real-life, artist-suffering credentials, or was he/she created by his/her government? How much did you pay for that tote bag? Enough with all this posturing and bullying by bankers and the lot. REALITY CHECK: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU DIE. Therefore, you'd better lighten up and find something you can take with you when you die, and you'd better do it fast.
For me, this year's Venice Biennale -- in all its sections -- has been a physical manifestation of some of the highest qualities that humanity has to offer.
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The African Union announced on Sunday that the president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang, will become the new chairman in the union's yearly rotating leadership. The first debate Obiang (at left) presided over at the two-day AU conference that ends today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, concerned "shared values"--highlighting issues of democracy and good governance. Representing one of Africa's most oppressive dictatorships, with a completely stifled press, the new AU chair could hardly refer to personal experience in such a debate.
The tiny, oil-rich country was said to have one of the world's fastest growing economies in 2004 yet 60 percent of the population live on less than a dollar a day, according to The Associated Press. The anti-graft watchdog Transparency International has put the country in the top 12 of its list of most corrupt states. Obiang has managed to accrue vast fortunes since 1979 by maintaining an iron grip over the opposition and the press.
The country's broadcast media is state-controlled minus one nominally private radio station, Radio Asonga, which is owned by Obiang's son. While two of the four newspapers circulating in the country are private, the papers practice heavy self-censorship to survive. The tiny foreign press corps cannot report freely either. Police detained Agence France-Presse reporter Samuel Obiang Mbana for hours at Malabo airport in March 2010 where he had gone to cover the arrival of heads of state for a regional economic conference, local journalists told CPJ. Mbana's predecessor, Rodrigo Angue Nguema, was imprisoned for four months in Malabo's notorious Black Beach Prison in 2009 in a defamation case.
The Information Ministry regulates the media; its staff belongs entirely to the ruling party. In January 2010, Deputy Information Minister Purita Opo Barila dismissed four state broadcast journalists for "insubordination" and "lack of enthusiasm." After state journalist Pedro Luis Esono did a live broadcast revealing seven dead bodies at the city's dumps a month later, authorities detained the reporter for three days in the coast city of Bata without charging him.
But reports of press freedom violations in Equatorial Guinea do not feature regularly on our website, largely because Obiang's regime allows no space for an independent press to exist. As in other small despotic African regimes such as Djibouti and Africa's leading jailer of journalists, Eritrea, no journalist dare criticize Obiang's regime.
With such an abysmal press freedom record, Obiang has used newly found oil money to improve his international image, hiring a myriad of American and European lobbyists. In 2008, Obiang attempted to shine up his image by donating $3 million to UNESCO to finance a prize for research in life sciences. CPJ helped spearhead a successful mass campaign composed of press freedom groups, human rights organizations, journalists, scientists, and other prominent individuals in an attempt to block the prize.
Obiang's anachronistic leadership seems at loggerheads with the current political climate in Africa, as people push for more representation and political accountability. The dictator, in power for 32 years, will undoubtedly frown upon South Sudan's efforts for succession and political freedom, not to mention Tunisia's ousting of long-ruling President Zine El-Abdine Ben Ali and the domino effect rolling through Egypt as well as other North African and Middle Eastern nations.
Such criticism of Obiang's AU chairmanship will never see the light of day in Equatorial Guinea's media. No media questioned Obiang after he won the November 2009 presidential elections with nearly 97 percent of the vote, a figure he accurately "predicted" a week prior to the election results, local journalists told CPJ. With a stifled opposition, one can only hope that the union's Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Pansy Tlakula, can pressure Obiang to make room for press freedom within the country. The AU has made significant efforts to push member states to embrace democracy. The supranational body has exerted political pressure to overturn coups in Togo and Mauritania and suspended Niger, Madagascar, and the Ivory Coast for undemocratic behavior. Perhaps after Obiang has chaired the AU debate on "shared values," he and other AU members will take note that he shares his own values with countries that are few and far between.


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Nnkkdb necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
We are a start up and this is our first iphone app. We had a good idea and we executed! Be part of this exciting journey by providing us your best designs!
The primary target is female users aged 16-45 who are big shoppers. The secondary audience is male users in the same age group – so bear that in mind while designing the app icon.
This project is to design THE app icon for an iphone app. We will evaluate the designs and then offer the winner the job of designing the rest of the icons for this app in the style/theme that you designed. So, if you submit a design for the app icon, you could have the opportunity of creating 10 icons, 2 background themes, and 1 splash screen in the theme that you designed the app icon.
The iphone app we built is a shopping app in the category productivity. The app makes shopping (groceries, appliances, books, apparel etc.,), inventorying purchases and getting alerts (for medicines, warranties etc.,) about your purchases very easy; the app uses bar code scanning technology to enable ease of shopping.
For this project, you will design the primary app icon. The app icon should succinctly communicate the various facets of the app and entice primary and secondary target audience to purchase it from the Apple App Store.
Couple of styles we interested in seeing designs in are - Retro and Contemporary. Icons in other styles are also welcome - we are looking for something that will stand out from the rest, attractive and noticeable. Bold and fun ideas are also welcome.
The icon is needed in the following sizes:
57x57, PNG, No Transparency, No Layers, 72 PPI
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Please ensure you follow Apple's icon guidelines while designing - http://developer.apple.com/library/…mages.html
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Insomnia and the mystery pill
Wick's World
In 1947, the year I was born, the song "Who put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?" was written and performed by "Harry the Hipster" Gibson.
It's now 4:30 in the morning and I have yet to get any sleep. That stupid song keeps rolling 'round my brain — 'nuf to drive a man insane. Meanwhile, I can't figure out the cause of my insomnia.
Earlier, I had put down a book I was reading about a quadriplegic with a twisted sense of humor. As I lay there trying to sleep, I found my legs twitching away as if St. Vitas Dance was back for an encore.
I realized I hadn't taken any vitamin B-6 for the past week. Life's been way too busy to be concerned about the 10-pill-a-day regimen of supplements my body has been trying to tolerate. Most days I am satisfied just to get a multivitamin in my stomach.
My restless leg syndrome responds quite well to vitamin B-6 as a cure-all for twitching wide-awake legs. So I crawled out of bed, found my two-week pill container and looked inside.
Each compartment in the 14 daily slots contained at least some pills, but no two compartments were alike. The problem with these plastic containers is that they never seemed to have an adequate cover that stays closed. They are forever spilling out of their designated slots and then get placed into a different one.
So I had several choices. Get on the internet, punch in the number on a B-6 pill along with a description (ex. Rorer 714) and eventually identify the B-6s. Or I could simply grab an easily identifiable B-12, split it and take half. Unfortunately, I resorted to a third alternative. The B-6, along with another small white pill was in the container. If I simply take the two smallest white pills in the box, the odds are that I should surely get at least one B-6 out of the batch. To further increase my odds, I put two small white pills in my mouth, one at a time, and sucked on them before swallowing.
Alright! They tasted different, which to me meant that at least one pill was a B-sixer and my legs would stop their twitching. Whatever the other pill was really didn't matter. It was simply another supplement-right?
A few minutes later, the leg twitching stopped. Ah, it's 2:22 a.m. and I can finally relax and get some sleep.
By 3 a.m. I asked myself, why am I still awake? Worse yet, why am I grinding my teeth? Was it the mystery pill I took? It looked like something I took in my college days when I studied all night for exams. Pop a couple bennies, stay up all night studying, go to the exam without sleep and realize you suddenly lost all of your short-term memory and fail the test.
Let's go back to my original problem. Why am I awake writing this stupid story instead of sleeping like a baby? Was it the large cup of caffeine-filled coffee I grabbed at 7:30 p.m. so I could stay awake for my Sufi group where we sang your basic Muslim pop hits from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?
I also had a sweat ceremony on the itinerary later that night with my new-found Native American buddies from Montana, named Harry and Roger. I figured coffee would get me through both escapades.
The next morning I ran into Harry and Roger and told them I hadn't got to sleep until after five this morning.
"Oh," Roger said. "I forgot to tell you about the peace pipe we smoked last night. If you smoke too much of that stuff, it will keep you awake and make you grind your teeth."
There was no Benzedrine in my Ovaltine. There was no mystery pill, but they should put warning labels on that smoke.
How much of this story is true? Every single darn word is true except for the word darn which was altered to meet editing standards.


text: What happens when you smash a super-thin OLED display with a hammer? Last week, Wilson and I learned all about OLEDs, but after our factory tour we were left with that one nagging question. Lucky for us, mystery solved, as UDC has the answer courtesy of this video demonstration. Personally, I'd like to see this test performed on more gadgets. Blending is getting a little old. [UDC]