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| Estimated per act risk for acquisition of HIV,
by exposure route, assuming no condom use
|Exposure Route
| Risk per 10,000 exposures
to an infected source
|Blood Transfusion
|Needle-sharing injection drug use
|67 [2]
|Receptive anal intercourse
|50 [3][4]
|Percutaneous needle stick
|30 [5]
|Receptive penile-vaginal intercourse
|10 [3][4][6]
|Insertive anal intercourse
|6.5 [3][4]
|Insertive penile-vaginal intercourse
|5 [3][4]
|Receptive oral intercourse
|1 [4]
|Insertive oral intercourse
|0.5 [4]
The diverse transmission routes of HIV are well-known and established. Also well-known is how to prevent transmission of HIV. However, recent epidemiological and behavioral studies in Europe and North America have suggested that a substantial minority of young people continue to engage in high-risk practices and that despite HIV/AIDS knowledge, young people underestimate their own risk of becoming infected with HIV [7]. However, transmission of HIV between intravenous drug users has clearly decreased, and HIV transmission by blood transfusion has become quite rare in developed countries.
Prevention of sexual transmission of HIVEdit
Underlying scienceEdit
Unprotected receptive sexual acts are at more risk than unprotected insertive sexual acts, with the risk for transmitting HIV from an infected partner to an uninfected partner through unprotected insertive anal intercourse greater than the risk for transmission through vaginal intercourse or oral sex. Oral sex is not without its risks as it has been established that HIV can be transmitted through both insertive and receptive oral sex [8].
Sexually-transmitted infections (STI) increase the risk of HIV transmission and infection because they cause the disruption of the normal epithelial barrier by genital ulceration and/or microulceration; and by accumulation of pools of HIV-susceptible or HIV-infected cells (lymphocytes and macrophages) in semen and vaginal secretions. Epidemiological studies from sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and North America have suggested that there is approximately a four times greater risk of becoming HIV-infected in the presence of a genital ulcer such as caused by syphilis and/or chancroid; and a significant though lesser increased risk in the presence of STIs such as gonorrhoea, chlamydial infection and trichomoniasis which cause local accumulations of lymphocytes and macrophages [9].
Transmission of HIV depends on the infectiousness of the index case and the susceptibility of the uninfected partner. Infectivity seems to vary during the course of illness and is not constant between individuals. An undetectable plasma viral load does not mean that you have a low viral load in the seminal liquid or genital secretions. Each 10 fold increment of seminal HIV RNA is associated with an 81% increased rate of HIV transmission [9][10]. Women are more susceptible to HIV-1 infection due to hormonal changes, vaginal microbial ecology and physiology, and a higher prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases [11][12]. Also, people who are infected with HIV can still be infected by other, more virulent strains.
Prevention strategiesEdit
During a sexual act, only condoms, be they male or female, can reduce the chances of infection with HIV and other STIs and the chances of becoming pregnant. They must be used during all penetrative sexual intercourse with a partner who is HIV positive or whose status is unknown [13]. The effective use of condoms and screening of blood transfusion in North America, Western and Central Europe is credited with the low rates of AIDS in these regions.
Promoting condom use, however, has often proved controversial and difficult. Many religious groups, most visibly the Roman Catholic Church, have opposed the use of condoms on religious grounds, and have sometimes seen condom promotion as an affront to the promotion of marriage, monogamy and sexual morality. Other religious groups have argued that preventing HIV infection is a moral task in itself and that condoms are therefore acceptable or even praiseworthy from a religious point of view.
The male latex condom is the single most efficient available technology to reduce the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. In order to be effective, they must be used correctly during each sexual act. Lubricants containing oil, such as petroleum jelly, or butter, must not be used as they weaken latex condoms and make them porous. If necessary, lubricants made from water are recommended. However, it is not recommended to use a lubricant for fellatio. Also, condoms have standards and expiration dates. It is essential to check the expiration date and if it conforms to European (EC 600) or American (D3492) standards before use.
The female condom is an alternative to the male condom and is made from polyurethane, which allows it to be used in the presence of oil-based lubricants. They are larger than male condoms and have a stiffened ring-shaped opening, and are designed to be inserted into the vagina. The female condom also contains an inner ring which keeps the condom in place inside the vagina - inserting the female condom requires squeezing this ring. With consistent and correct use of condoms, there is a very low risk of HIV infection. Studies on couples where one partner is infected show that with consistent condom use, HIV infection rates for the uninfected partner are below 1% per year [14].
Governmental programsEdit
The U.S. government and U.S. health organizations both endorse the ABC Approach to lower the risk of acquiring AIDS during sex:
- Abstinence or delay of sexual activity, especially for youth,
- Being faithful, especially for those in committed relationships,
- Condom use, for those who engage in risky behavior.
This approach has been very successful in Uganda, where HIV prevalence has decreased from 15% to 5%. However, the ABC approach is far from all that Uganda has done, as "Uganda has pioneered approaches towards reducing stigma, bringing discussion of sexual behavior out into the open, involving HIV-infected people in public education, persuading individuals and couples to be tested and counseled, improving the status of women, involving religious organizations, enlisting traditional healers, and much more." (Edward Green, Harvard medical anthropologist). Also, it must be noted that there is no conclusive proof that abstinence-only programs have been successful in any country in the world in reducing HIV transmission. This is why condom use is heavily co-promoted. There is also considerable overlap with the CNN Approach. This is:
- Condom use, for those who engage in risky behavior.
- Needles, use clean ones
- Negotiating skills; negotiating safer sex with a partner and empowering women to make smart choices
The ABC approach has been criticized, because a faithful partner of an unfaithful partner is at risk of AIDS [15]. Many think that the combination of the CNN approach with the ABC approach will be the optimum prevention platform.
Current research is clarifying the relationship between male circumcision and HIV in differing social and cultural contexts. UNAIDS believes that it is premature to recommend male circumcision services as part of HIV prevention programmes [16]. Moreover, South African medical experts are concerned that the repeated use of unsterilised blades in the ritual circumcision of adolescent boys may be spreading HIV [17].
Prevention of blood or blood product route of HIV transmissionEdit
Underlying scienceEdit
Sharing and reusing syringes contaminated with HIV-infected blood represents a major risk for infection with not only HIV but also hepatitis B and hepatitis C. In the United States a third of all new HIV infections can be traced to needle sharing and almost 50% of long-term addicts have hepatitis C. The risk of being infected with HIV from a single prick with a needle that has been used on an HIV infected person though is thought to be about 1 in 150 (see table above). Post-exposure prophylaxis with anti-HIV drugs can further reduce that small risk [18]. Universal precautions are frequently not followed in both sub-Saharan Africa and much of Asia because of both a shortage of supplies and inadequate training. The WHO estimates that approximately 2.5% of all HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa are transmitted through unsafe healthcare injections [19]. Because of this, the United Nations General Assembly, supported by universal medical opinion on the matter, has urged the nations of the world to implement universal precautions to prevent HIV transmission in health care settings [20][21].
Prevention strategiesEdit
In countries where improved donor selection and antibody tests have been introduced, the risk of transmitting HIV infection to blood transfusion recipients is extremely low. But according to the WHO, the overwhelming majority of the world's population does not have access to safe blood and "between 5% and 10% of HIV infections worldwide are transmitted through the transfusion of infected blood and blood products" [22].
Medical workers who follow universal precautions or body substance isolation such as wearing latex gloves when giving injections and washing the hands frequently can help prevent infection of HIV.
All AIDS-prevention organizations advise drug-users not to share needles and other material required to prepare and take drugs (including syringes, cotton balls, the spoons, water for diluting the drug, straws, crack pipes etc). It is important that people use new or properly sterilized needles for each injection. Information on cleaning needles using bleach is available from health care and addiction professionals and from needle exchanges. In the United States and some other countries, clean needles are available free in some cities, at needle exchanges or safe injection sites. Additionally, many states within the United States and some other nations have decriminalized needle possession and made it possible to buy injection equipment from pharmacists without a valid prescription.
Mother to child transmissionEdit
Underlying scienceEdit
There is a 15–30% risk of transmission of HIV from mother to child during pregnancy, labour and delivery [23]. In developed countries the risk can of transmission of HIV from mother to child can be as low as 0-5%. A number of factors influence the risk of infection, particularly the viral load of the mother at birth (the higher the load, the higher the risk). Breastfeeding increases the risk of transmission by 10–15%. This risk depends on clinical factors and may vary according to the pattern and duration of breastfeeding.
Prevention strategiesEdit
Studies have shown that antiretroviral drugs, cesarean delivery and formula feeding reduce the chance of transmission of HIV from mother to child [24]. When replacement feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe, HIV-infected mothers are recommended to avoid breast feeding their infant. Otherwise, exclusive breastfeeding is recommended during the first months of life and should be discontinued as soon as possible [25].
See alsoEdit
- AIDS (attitudes toward)
- Condoms
- HIV testing
- Health behavior
- Health education
- Health promotion
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- Needle exchange programs
- Sexual risk taking
References & BibliographyEdit
- ↑ Donegan, E., Stuart, M., Niland, J. C., Sacks, H. S., Azen, S. P., Dietrich, S. L., Faucett, C., Fletcher, M. A., Kleinman, S. H., Operskalski, E. A., et al. (1990). Infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) among recipients of antibody-positive blood donations. Ann. Intern. Med. 113 (10): 733-739. PMID 2240875.
- ↑ Kaplan, E. H. and Heimer, R. (1995). HIV incidence among New Haven needle exchange participants: updated estimates from syringe tracking and testing data. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. Hum. Retrovirol. 10 (2): 175-176. PMID 7552482.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 European Study Group on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV (1992). Comparison of female to male and male to female transmission of HIV in 563 stable couples. BMJ. 304 (6830): 809-813. PMID 1392708.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Varghese, B., Maher, J. E., Peterman, T. A., Branson, B. M. and Steketee, R. W. (2002). Reducing the risk of sexual HIV transmission: quantifying the per-act risk for HIV on the basis of choice of partner, sex act, and condom use. Sex. Transm. Dis. 29 (1): 38-43. PMID 11773877.
- ↑ Bell, D. M. (1997). Occupational risk of human immunodeficiency virus infection in healthcare workers: an overview.. Am. J. Med. 102 (5B): 9-15. PMID 9845490.
- ↑ Leynaert, B., Downs, A. M. and de Vincenzi, I. (1998). Heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: variability of infectivity throughout the course of infection. European Study Group on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV. Am. J. Epidemiol. 148 (1): 88-96. PMID 9663408.
- ↑ Dias, S. F., Matos, M. G. and Goncalves, A. C. (2005). Preventing HIV transmission in adolescents: an analysis of the Portuguese data from the Health Behaviour School-aged Children study and focus groups. Eur. J. Public Health 15 (3): 300-304. PMID 15941747.
- ↑ Rothenberg, R. B., Scarlett, M., del Rio, C., Reznik, D. and O'Daniels, C. (1998). Oral transmission of HIV. AIDS 12 (16): 2095-2105. PMID 9833850.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Laga, M., Nzila, N., Goeman, J. (1991). The interrelationship of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection: implications for the control of both epidemics in Africa. AIDS 5 (Suppl 1): S55-S63. PMID 1669925.
- ↑ Tovanabutra, S., Robison, V., Wongtrakul, J., Sennum, S., Suriyanon, V., Kingkeow, D., Kawichai, S., Tanan, P., Duerr, A. and Nelson, K. E. (2002). Male viral load and heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 subtype E in northern Thailand. J. Acquir. Immune. Defic. Syndr. 29 (3): 275-283. PMID 11873077.
- ↑ Sagar, M., Lavreys, L., Baeten, J. M., Richardson, B. A., Mandaliya, K., Ndinya-Achola, J. O., Kreiss, J. K., and Overbaugh, J. (2004). Identification of modifiable factors that affect the genetic diversity of the transmitted HIV-1 population. AIDS 18 (4): 615-619. PMID 15090766.
- ↑ Lavreys, L., Baeten, J. M., Martin, H. L. Jr., Overbaugh, J., Mandaliya, K., Ndinya-Achola, J., and Kreiss, J. K. (2004). Hormonal contraception and risk of HIV-1 acquisition: results of a 10-year prospective study. AIDS 18 (4): 695-697. PMID 15090778.
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- ↑ WHO (2003). Condom Facts and Figures. URL accessed on 2006-01-17.
- ↑ The Economist (2005). Too much morality, too little sense. URL accessed on 2006-01-17.
- ↑ WHO (2005). UNAIDS statement on South African trial findings regarding male circumcision and HIV. URL accessed on 2006-01-17.
- ↑ Various (2005). Repeated Use of Unsterilized Blades in Ritual Circumcision Might Contribute to HIV Spread in S. Africa, Doctors Say. Kaisernetwork.org. URL accessed on 2006-01-17.
- ↑ Fan, H. (2005). Fan, H., Conner, R. F. and Villarreal, L. P. eds AIDS: science and society, 4th, Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 076370086X.
- ↑ WHO (2003). WHO, UNAIDS Reaffirm HIV as a Sexually Transmitted Disease. URL accessed on 2006-01-17.
- ↑ Physicians for Human Rights (2003). HIV Transmission in the Medical Setting: A White Paper by Physicians for Human Rights. Partners in Health. URL accessed on 2006-03-01.
- ↑ United Nations General Assembly (2001). Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS Global Crisis — Global Action. URL accessed on 2006-03-01.
- ↑ WHO (2001). Blood safety....for too few. URL accessed on 2006-01-17.
- ↑ Orendi, J. M., Boer, K., van Loon, A. M., Borleffs, J. C., van Oppen, A. C., Boucher, C. A. (1998). Vertical HIV-I-transmission. I. Risk and prevention in pregnancy. Ned. Tijdschr. Geneeskd 142 (50): 2720-2724. PMID 10065235.
- ↑ Sperling, R. S., Shapirom D. E., Coombsm R. W., Todd, J. A., Herman, S. A., McSherry, G. D., O'Sullivan, M. J., Van Dyke, R. B., Jimenez, E., Rouzioux, C., Flynn, P. M. and Sullivan, J. L. (1996). Maternal viral load, zidovudine treatment, and the risk of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 from mother to infant. N. Engl. J. Med. 335 (22): 1621-1629. PMID 8965861.
- ↑ UNAIDS (2005). AIDS epidemic update, 2005. URL accessed on 2006-01-17.
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There is an abundance of county histories for the state of Wisconsin. Some are written for individual counties or several counties together, and others for sections of the state, such as John G. Gregory, Southwestern Wisconsin: A History of Old Crawford County, 4 vols. (Chicago: S. J. Clark Pub. Co., 1932). Wisconsin State Genealogical Society has published every-name indexes to a large number of these county and regional histories. Most, if not all, of the older histories are microfilmed and included in County Histories of the Old Northwest, Series 1: Wisconsin (New Haven, Conn.: Research Publications, n.d.). This microfilm is available on interlibrary loan through the Wisconsin Historical Society. The films also include county directories, atlases, plat books, city histories, and biographical compendiums.
For territorial and early state history, the twenty volumes of Lyman Copeland Draper and Reuben Gold Thwaites, eds., Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.: the society, n.d.), are outstanding. The scope of the volumes covers every aspect of Wisconsin's creation, from official documents, census enumerations, and the very earliest baptism and marriage records at Mackinac. Augustin Grignon's 'Seventy-two Years' Recollections' (volume 3) and James H. Lockwood's 'Early Times and Events in Wisconsin' (volume 2) are personal and detailed accounts of early Wisconsin, including many notations on early settlers. Each volume of the Collections is indexed. Volume 21 is an all-volume index. Major research libraries should have the complete set.
Highly recommended is the History of Wisconsin series published by the Wisconsin Historical Society between 1973 and 1998 as follows:
- Smith, Alice E. From Exploration to Statehood (vol. 1).
- Current, Richard N. The Civil War Era, 1848'1873 (vol. 2).
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Mark Jackson is no NBA head coach
There are some things that I, as a Jazz fan, have gotten over over the years:
Malone's missed FTs.
Jordan pushing off.
The Fisher saga.
The sight of Malone in that ugly orangey-yellow that clashed with his skin tone.
And then there are things that I have never been able to get over, namely Freaking Mark Jackson. Stockton's decision to retire was one of the biggest blows of my life up to that point in my life, and the decision had "Mark Jackson" written all over it.
(I know it was naive of me and to say this is trite, but I really thought he would play forever, and the reason it hit me so hard is because it was so completely unexpectedly out of left field.)
For those that need a recap:
The NBA's alltime assist leader may be getting a push out the door by his new backup this season and the No. 2 man on the career assist list, 38-year-old Mark Jackson. Three members of the Jazz organization now understand why Jackson has been traded seven times in his 16-year career: They say that over a period of weeks, he succeeded in turning several teammates against Stockton by repeatedly remarking that those players would be better off if Jackson were the Jazz's floor leader…"There was no question it hurt John, because you could see him withdraw," says a high-ranking team official. "But he'll never talk about it, just as he won't talk about injuries, because then he feels like he's making excuses for himself."
Sloan reached a breaking point in mid-January, when he lost his temper over the divisiveness on his team and stormed out of the gym during practice. He was threatening to retire then and there, only to be dissuaded at an emergency meeting called by team owner Larry Miller, president Dennis Haslam, general manager Kevin O'Connor and Sloan's wife, Bobbye. (SI)
Despite career averages of almost 10 ppg, 8 apg, and 1.2 spg, not to mention winning Rookie of the Year and making the All-Star team in 1989, Mark Jackson played for 7 teams (including two stints with two teams) over 17 years, and was traded 6 times. Apart from spending the first five years of his career in New York, he didn't last more than 2.5 seasons with any of the other teams.
Mark Jackson has never held any sort of coaching job. He's been a rumored candidate for many vacancies (most recently Atlanta, Minnesota, and New York), but none of them have panned out for him. It's clear as day to me why.
Fanhouse recently did a piece on Jackson's quest for a head coaching job. Jackson claims that lack of experience is the issue (for teams), but at the same time says that lack of experience isn't a legitimate concern:
"I think it depends on who's doing the hiring," Jackson said. "I think you've got great examples of it, just like any other hire. And then you have examples where it didn't work. Doc Rivers was hired with no experience, and he's as good as it gets as coaching goes."
Um…Doc Rivers was considered one of the worst coaches in the league until the Celtics traded for Garnett and Ray Ray. Under Rivers, the Celtics had posted declining records for three consecutive years, culminating in a 24-58 season in 2006-07. Prior to landing the Celtics job, Rivers had been fired by the Magic after taking them nowhere (41, 43, 44, and 42 wins) in 4+ seasons, including three consecutive first-round exits. So if you're trying to prove to owners/management that you know your stuff, Doc Rivers perhaps wasn't the best example to raise.
The article also quotes former COY (the year the media stole the award from Jerry) Hubie Brown:
"Well, the problem is, you've got to get someone to believe that you can do that, and surround yourself," Brown continued. "Where you get into trouble, anytime you get a job, is when you get a job and surround yourself with guys who like you, and who will say everything you want. But they can't teach. And they can't help you. But see, you like it, because they're not a threat."
I can absolutely see Jackson surrounding himself with sycophants and Yes Men. After all, isn't that exactly what he tried to do in Utah? He openly admits to trying to create a divide in the locker room so that he could take it over, and excused it as "leadership."* He recruited players like DeShawn and Amaechi over to his dark side–players that were no threat to him, or his position on the team.
Jackson talks some more:
"I'm a guy who takes pride in being a leader," Jackson said. "I was a guy who was an extension of the coach no matter where I played, and I take pride in getting the most out of everybody around me, including myself. And I'm a student of the game. I had the luxury of playing under five or six Hall of Fame coaches, and I was smart enough to know what to steal from them, meaning taking from each and every one of them what they did great, and what I thought they didn't do well."
"I'm a guy who takes pride in being a leader"…and what you call "leadership," others call "manipulation."
"I was a guy who was an extension of the coach no matter where I played, and I take pride in getting the most out of everybody around me, including myself."…No matter where you played? Really? At least one Hall of Fame coach wanted to retire just so he wouldn't have to deal with you and your crap any longer. And you apparently only try to get the most out of people around you when they're no threat to you/aren't better players than you.
"And I'm a student of the game. I had the luxury of playing under five or six Hall of Fame coaches, and I was smart enough to know what to steal from them"…(Honey, your game commentary begs to differ.) You may be a student of the game, but coaching isn't just about what happens on the court. Coaching has as much to do with managing players and team chemistry as anything else. You don't get that. As for your five or six HOF coaches, none of them became HOFers because you played for them (the same canNOT be said about Stock). There is no bit of Jerry in you.
Honestly, if Jackson can't even get NBA fans to listen to him when he's on the call, how is he going to get a bunch of NBA players to listen to him? Given his past history, he's just as likely as not to create cliques within his team and pit them against each other and give all the playing time to the ones that do as they're told, no questions asked. I don't think I stand alone in my assessment of him; after all, his quest for that job continues.
(I realize that this post has "Big Fat Jinx" written all over it, and it will probably and immediately land Jackson a head coaching gig, but I had to say what I had to say.)
*On what happened with Stockton:
Jackson says his actions were in no way aimed at Stockton. "I'm a born leader, and if people take that as manipulation, then maybe they haven't been around leaders," he says. "I make no apologies for embracing people and talking to people and making them feel like they're important." (SI)
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Mark Jackson again "just because he sucks!" You are killing me LMAOROF!!!!! You rock!!! Im impressed with your actual knowledge and ability to articulate the game…its quite refreshing to read an article that doesn't just whack off some guys opinion with out any fact or common sense reasoning behind it…. Seriously just because he sucks!!!! LOL


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Barbara Loe Fisher has been a diligent advocate for providing parents with the information necessary to make informed decisions regarding the usage of vaccinations for their children. Her lifetime work has paved the way to bring discussion to the safety and efficacy of so many chemicals that have become mainstream in today's pediatric population. With many parents becoming concerned about the possible safety issues for their children, this interview provides resources to assist them in determining what is right for their family.
Barbara, you are the co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), a nonprofit charity. How did your personal experience with vaccinating your own children lead you to spend your life advocating for parents and children's rights? I became a vaccine safety and informed consent advocate after my 2-and-a-half-year-old son, Chris, was injured by DPT vaccine in 1980. Chris was a very healthy, exceptionally bright baby. All that changed after he suffered a brain inflammation within hours of his fourth DPT shot, and was left with multiple learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. He had to stay in a special-education classroom throughout elementary, middle and high school.
My mom and grandmother were nurses. I had been a writer at a teaching hospital after I graduated from college and before I became a mom. I thought I was well-educated about medical issues, but in the 1970s and early '80s, nobody was talking about the fact that vaccines could damage the brain or cause death. It was shocking to find out that the old, crude, whole-cell pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine in DPT shots was still on the market and required for children to attend school.
After watching the Emmy award-winning documentary, "DPT: Vaccine Roulette," in the spring of 1982, I knew there was something wrong with a public health policy that legally required children to be injected with a toxic vaccine while pediatricians kept mothers in the dark about the vaccine's risks. I joined with other parents of DPT vaccine-injured children in the Washington, D.C., area that year and co-founded the nonprofit organization known today as the National Vaccine Information Center (www.nvic.org). In 1985, medical historian Harris Coulter and I co-authored the book DPT: A Shot in the Dark, which was the first major critique of the U.S. mass vaccination system.
What is NVIC's mission? The mission of the NVIC is to prevent vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and protect the informed-consent ethic. We are not doctors and do not advise anyone to use vaccines or not to use vaccines. Our mission is to empower people with accurate, well-referenced information so they can take responsibility for and defend the vaccine choices they make for themselves and their children.
You have a very unique relationship with the chiropractic profession. Can you share how chiropractic has been an integral part of the history of NVIC? I was introduced to the world of chiropractic by ICPA [International Chiropractic Pediatric Association] founder Larry Webster at a moment in NVIC's history when we were dispirited, broke and about to close the organization. It was Dr. Larry and Dr. Arno Bernier, and Mike and Pat McLean, who encouraged me to give a presentation about vaccine risks to about 200 chiropractors attending an ICPA conference in Boston in 1993. The rest is history.
I will never forget that doctors of chiropractic reached out in 1993 with donations and moral support, and saved the organized vaccine safety and informed-consent movement in America. The steadfast support and encouragement NVIC has received from the chiropractic community for 20 years has helped make it possible for our small charity to become a strong and effective voice for vaccine choice today.
I know you've represented the voice of parents and children in Congress and in the media, supporting free choice or exemption options, the opposite side from Big Pharma. How aggressive have they come against you as a result? Over the past three decades, we have been successful in raising public awareness about the connection between mandated use of so many vaccines in childhood and the growing numbers of chronically ill and disabled children filling doctors' offices and special-ed classrooms across the country. The more successful we have become, the more intense and frequent the public attacks have been on NVIC and me by doctors and journalists promoting "no exceptions" vaccine mandates, and by Pharma-funded medical trade groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics.
There is no question that pediatricians are feeling the heat because more parents are refusing to buy the myth that vaccines are risk free and that without using so many of them, babies will not stay healthy.
Being attacked publicly for doing what you know is the right thing to do is not easy, but I have come to view those personal attacks as a measure of our success.
Could you share with the readers of this article why you feel that informed consent is so important for parents making decisions for their children? Parents have the legal and moral responsibility to provide and care for a child until they are old enough to care for themselves. Making well-informed health care decisions for a minor child is part of fulfilling that parental responsibility.
Informed consent means you have the human right to be fully informed about the benefits and risks of a medical intervention, including a pharmaceutical product, and [are] allowed to make a voluntary choice about whether or not to accept the risk for yourself or your minor child. All parents should have the legal right to exercise voluntary, informed consent to vaccination for their children without suffering societal sanctions for exercising that right, especially when vaccine manufacturers and doctors giving vaccines in America are protected from civil liability when vaccines cause a child's brain injury or death.
For the parent visiting NVIC.org for the first time, what are the resources that you have available? Our website is the oldest and largest consumer-operated website featuring information on vaccination on the web. We offer well-researched articles, commentaries and videos including:
- Referenced information on diseases and government-recommended and mandated vaccines
- Up-to-date vaccine laws for all 50 states, and a map showing states that allow medical, religious or conscientious belief exemptions
- MedAlerts, a user-friendly searchable database of vaccine-related hospitalizations, injuries and deaths reported to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS)
- A Vaccine Ingredients Calculator (VIC), which makes it easy to add up the amounts of ingredients in vaccines doctors recommend
- Vaccine Freedom Wall, where people post real-life stories about being threatened and punished for trying to make voluntary vaccine choices
- A sign-up form for free subscription to NVIC newsletters and registration to use the online NVIC Advocacy Portal
Speaking of the NVIC Advocacy Portal, it was launched online in 2010. Can you explain the purpose of the portal and why is it beneficial to get involved? The free, online NVIC Advocacy Portal was created to help empower residents in every state to become effective vaccine choice advocates. Registered users of the portal are sent e-mail notices when legislation is moving in their state that either threatens or expands vaccine exemptions. Then, with one click on the computer or smartphone, users are put in touch with their own state legislators so they can take action.
NVIC worked with parents and chiropractors in Vermont and California last year to preserve personal-belief vaccine exemptions in those states. Now we need help in Oregon, Arizona and other states to fight the powerful Pharma-medical trade / public health lobby determined to eliminate all nonmedical vaccine exemptions in America. Every chiropractor and chiropractic patient should become a user of the NVIC Advocacy Portal if they want to help save vaccine choices under attack right now in many states.
During the past two years, NVIC has joined with Dr. Joseph Mercola and Mercola.com in a "Health Liberty" partnership. Beyond vaccine issues, what is the new initiative about? Dr. Joseph Mercola has been a pioneer in advocating that a more natural, holistic approach to maintaining health is one that will prevent illness and improve the quality of life. In 2008, Dr. Mercola reached out and offered to help support NVIC's mission.
In 2011, we joined with several other nonprofit advocacy organizations in a "Health Liberty" alliance sponsored by Mercola.com to increase public awareness about the right to know and freedom to choose the kind of food we eat, the water we drink, the dental amalgams we get and the vaccines we use. A high-profile Health Liberty initiative last year was the ballot referendum effort in California to require labeling of GMO foods.
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We are Life Interiors, an online furniture company selling high quality replica designer furniture. We are about to launch banner ads on the many websites that make up our network, advertising Life Interiors as a brand as well as the kind of products that we sell.
Our website is http://www.lifeinteriors.com.au if you'd like to get a feel for what we do and sell.
The banner ad that we need designing will be focusing on the range of office chairs that we sell. These are famous, iconic designs by well-known modern furniture designers. The chairs themselves are of the highest quality, made with the best materials but as we order them direct from the factory we're able to pass on really great savings to our customers.
25 years+, design conscious people who are looking for famous, Modernist furniture designs.
We want you to design an animated banner ad promoting us and, in particular, our range of office chairs.
The design should be clean, not fussy, with a bold palette and strong, eye-catching design.
We require the banner in 3 sizes: 728x90, 300x250 and 660x220 (all measurements width x height, in pixels). Files to be sent as Flash or Gif files but with opportunity for editing at a later date.
We would like the banner to contain 3 slides, as follows:
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Copy: Modern office chair designs
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Copy: Online & in store. Prices from $149
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Animation: Images of the 5 products we want to feature (images attached). Slide starts with no images then first image appears on left, then the next image is added next to it on the right side, and so on until all 5 images are seen, with a 'click here' button also to the right of the 5 images.
Flexible on presentation, style and layout other than specs provided above but please use our logo.
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Alissa Quart, author of Branded and Hot House Kids, is back with a new and insightful look at America's emerging subcultures. Now Quart, who Quiet author Susan Cain has called, "one of the smartest cultural interpreters of her generation" is back with Republic of Outsiders: The Power of Amateurs, Dreamers, and Rebels. Tracing the increasing impact of marginal culture on America's pop mainstream—from slow food, to Indie-rock, to gender-fluid activism—Quart shows the power and promise that outsiders bring to our increasingly interconnected world. She traces the stories of specific individuals and shows the enormous impact they have through what she calls " identity innovation," proving in the process that being "weird" can be a source of strength. Join us for an evening for exciting discussion about the changes taking place in our culture today!
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Walk by the organic section at a store, and you will see pictures of happy cows, rolling hills of green and small family farms plastered on everything. This is our ideal image of organic farms: small farms, plenty of roaming room and blue skies. But is that what we are getting when we buy organic food?
The New York Times recently ran an article titled Has 'Organic' Been Oversized? in which Stephanie Strom writes:
"The fact is, organic food has become a wildly lucrative business for Big Food and a premium-price-means-premium-profit section of the grocery store. The industry's image — contented cows grazing on the green hills of family-owned farms — is mostly pure fantasy. Or rather, pure marketing. Big Food, it turns out, has spawned what might be called Big Organic.
"Bear Naked, Wholesome & Hearty, Kashi: all three and more actually belong to the cereals giant Kellogg. Naked Juice? That would be PepsiCo, of Pepsi and Fritos fame. And behind the pastoral-sounding Walnut Acres, Healthy Valley and Spectrum Organics is none other than Hain Celestial, once affiliated with Heinz, the grand old name in ketchup.
"Over the last decade, since federal organic standards have come to the fore, giant agri-food corporations like these and others — Coca-Cola, Cargill, ConAgra, General Mills, Kraft and M&M Mars among them — have gobbled up most of the nation's organic food industry. Pure, locally produced ingredients from small family farms? Not so much anymore."
I've seen something similar happen with many local businesses in Portland, Ore. Whenever a company becomes successful enough to prove its worth, it is "gobbled" up by a big company — much to the locals dismay. This includes everything from specialty coffee shops to local health food grocery stores.
It is not hard to understand why they do. Typically, some big business is willing to pay a lot of money for a business that is doing well and has a lot of room to expand. Money can be such a tempting thing. If you are curious as to who owns what, I found this cart helpful.
One man and business owner who hasn't sold out is Michael Potter, who owns Eden Foods. While a big company on his own, he has chosen to retain control of his company, to fight for better standards for organic labeling, and to refuse big offers to buy his company.
Potter was initially enthusiastic about organic labeling, but he has chosen not to have his items labeled because he has become disenchanted with the board's decisions.
Storm writes, "By 1996, he realized that the National Organic Program was heading in a direction he did not like. He said as much at a National Organic Standards Board meeting in Indianapolis that year, earning the permanent opprobrium of the broader organic industry. 'They think I'm liberal, immature, a radical,' Mr. Potter says. 'But I'm not the one debating whether organics should use genetically modified additives or nanotechnology, which is what I'd call radical.' "
For those who value the historical advantages to chemical-free, ecologically friendly farming, it's disturbing that controversial additives are on the table to be considered for inclusion under organic labeling. Also disturbing: that six out of 15 board members voted that an herbicide should be allowed for organic farming. Those votes came from board members from Generals Mills, Campbell's Soup, Organic Valley, Whole Foods Market, Earthbound Farms, who had two votes at the time. I'd really rather that General Mills and Campbell's Soup not be making decisions regarding organic labeling in the first place. You can read more about this issue in Storm's article.
What I currently do
Investing in my local economy is something I value. With my family's current budget, it would be nearly impossible to do solely organic item, and I have no problem buying some nonlocal food items anyway. If everyone just invested a small portion of their food budget every week to local foods, they could transform their local farms. It is not an all-or-nothing situation. So with that in mind, I buy a lot of local produce, local meat (through a "cow share" – I buy a quarter of a cow from a local farmer), some local seafood, and almost local oils and grains.
But sometimes my budget doesn't allow me to buy the best of the best. One small example is carrots. You can get glorious bunches of carrots at the farmers markets in this area. They are reasonably priced, I am sure, but we use a lot of carrots in this family. By the time I use them in broth, soups, salads and snacks, I'd be paying a heck of a lot of money to buy them at the farmers market. However, I only have to spend $5 for a large bag of organic carrots at the store. This allows me enough to even enjoy juicing them. Unfortunately that means buying from a really large, definitely not local, organic brand. I don't think that the standards for organic labeling are enough, and I am concerned about the future of organic labeling. But I am thankful to know that those carrots are still held to higher standards, and that this large organic company has not sold out to even bigger, nonorganic companies.
What I'd like to do
I want to support better labeling of organic foods, and better enforcement of those standards, if necessary. But I'd also like to continue to invest in small, ecologically sound local farms as much as I can. Sometimes they will be certified organic, sometimes they won't be.
If organic labeling continues to allow more and more unnatural, nonorganic ingredients, it just highlights the importance of not trusting a board to get you the food you want. Buying local, well-produced food was the point of the original organic movement. We always have that, regardless of where official organic labeling goes.


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Go to AWN.com and read "Animation Belongs To The Ages" for my monster movie musings!
Go to AWN.com and read "Animation Belongs To The Ages" for my monster movie musings!
One of my most bizarre movie projects had only a distant connection with animation. My madcap producer in my early days in Prague, Bill Snyder, the princely dream-spinner, acquired the remake rights to a quirky Czech black & white movie, "WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE?" Check it out on YouTube! (Czech title, "Kdo chce zabit Jessie?")
It was a sexy farce involving comic book characters coming to life and screwing up the lives of real people. Snyder set me to develop a concept for a new color version. I let my current animation projects lay, and jumped into this new challenge. "JESSIE" was about a super sexy comic book heroine, who is brought to life, and causes chaos in the life of her cartoonist creator. Thrust into the real world, Jessie and other characters could only speak in the comics style dialog "balloons" which floated over their heads. Cute and clever in 1966!
Snyder wanted something jazzier, for American filmgoers. He signed the Czech "Marilyn Monroe," Olga Schoberová, to play Jessie, brought on board a big name Hollywood screen writer, Arthur Kopit, and geared up a crew to do a remake in color and CinemaScope. The simply made black &white Czech movie was not enough for Snyder.
Snyder set me to develop a visual concept for the new color version, I let my animation projects lay, and jumped into this new challenge. "JESSIE" was about a super sexy comic book heroine, causing chaos in the life of her cartoonist creator. Thrust into the real world, Jessie and other characters could only speak in the comics style dialog "balloons" which floated over their heads.
I fancied myself as a cutting edge animation director, ready at all times to trot where none had trotted before; I saw a chance to do something outside the standard movie box, to "redefine cinematic storytelling," etc. etc. On my first visit to Prague in 1959 I'd seen the Czech multi-media show, "Laterna Magika," an elaborate live production involving five film projectors, many various sized and shaped movable screens, and live performers. Already then, I began spinning dreams of "multi screens" that might be more practical, able to be shown in any existing movie theater.. There could be, I imagined, a new step up in cinematic storytelling, from just editing single shots, one after another! Why not show various aspects of a story all at once, interrelated images shown simultaneously… to heighten meaning…to expand both comedy and drama? Dreams of a technological and artistic breakthrough danced before my eyes! I suddenly had a chance to try my theory on an actual feature film!
I chose three scenes from the script that would show the basic idea of my newly hatched, "StoryScope" concept. My idea was to somehow create the illusion of "multi-screens" on a single standard Cinemascope format frame shape; so as to make a film that could be projected in any standard movie theater. Snyder was able to get a cast of contemporary Czech top-level movie stars to play in the demo gratis, with a promise of consideration of being cast in the actual movie, if he could get it financed. The joke however was that none of them spoke passable English. As you will hear in the resulting demo, I had personally pre-recorded all the voices myself, including the women's voices, and coached the actors to lip-sync to my voice! I had to shoot the entire demo in one day, all the shooting time that the Barrandov studio would grant us as a freebee. So I had to plan everything for the minimum existing set pieces and props that could be easily and quickly set up.
The main work was later, when I took all the individual shots to a colleague who ran the one and only optical printer in the entire studio, for combining into the multiple image "StoryScope"demo, according to my plan. Remember this was deeply into the communist era, only a year before the Soviet invasion of 1968, something none of us imagined at the time! It was a fast, furious, and very risky shoot! So everything was riding on whether my demo would impress the Hollywood movie moguls. It was obviously too off-center for them, and there were no takers. I always get involved in trying new things. I seem to hang on to the notion that I can be successful by spitting into the wind. All I have left of this particular "revolutionary" way to make a movie is this little el-cheapo half-formed demo reel, which no movie mogul was disposed to risk his neck on. I'd like to know if any of you see a spark here. Maybe one of you may yet find a way to ignite it with a high-tech flame-thrower!
Until February 2013, the demo reel was forgotten and considered lost. I'm grateful that Bill's son Adam Snyder came across it among his Dad's boxes of old stuff.
When I was directing it in 1966, nearly 50 years ago as I write this, I really believed that I was about to make cinematic history; I was revolutionizing motion picture construction! I was adding a new level of movie meaning! I was redefining film editing! I was alight with hubris. But it all faded out, yet another failed experiment.
In my early years in commercial art, back in 1945, as assistant to CBS Radio art director, Jim Cantwell, I was already hard to control. Cantwell usually liked what I was trying, but in his way of expressing light-hearted doubts about my attempts to push the graphic limits, he would declare, "Gene, this could be greater than the whirling spray!" It was his parody of the generational gap between us. He had already found that new ideas rarely if ever can succeed if they are too new.
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You Are Dusk
You are a naturally idealistic and creative person. You look forward to nights where everything is possible.
You spend most of your energy on play. Work is okay, but the true you emerges after the work day is done.
You're an offbeat type that doesn't like rules or schedules. Life's too short to waste at a desk in a cube.
Whether you spend your night socializing or working on side projects, you like that your time is yours.


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Theodore Roosevelt's colorful life on and off the political stage introduced a number of equally colorful phrases into American English: muckrakers, Rough Riders, the strenuous life, nature-fakers, Bull Moose. "Speak softly and carry a big stick" summed up his international policy; "A square deal for every man" is what he strove for domestically.
Although he came from a wealthy New York family, the young Roosevelt rejected a life of leisure. Inspired by Abraham Lincoln, he entered public life with zeal for reforming the Republican Party, and in turn, the entire nation. Biographer Aida Donald writes that he believed "the party ought not only to be brought back to reform, to fair dealing for all who worked, and to social justice for all, but also the best men ought to lead in the struggle."
Railing against the corrupt elements of his own party made him many enemies, but his commitment to social justice and his belief that an honest man should be rewarded for honest work led to his broad popularity and meteoric rise to political power. He entered public life in 1882 as a New York state assemblyman; in the next two decades he would serve as federal civil service commissioner, New York City police commissioner, assistant secretary of the Navy, governor of New York, and vice president of the United States. Just 19 years after winning his first election, Roosevelt would find himself an "accidental president," entering the nation's highest office after President William McKinley's assassination.
His life was a struggle to balance opposing forces. As a sickly child, he embraced serious scholarship until resolving as a teenager to pursue "the strenuous life." He remained an author and scholar as well as a vigorous outdoorsman all his life. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service as the leader of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry in the Battle of San Juan Heights during the Spanish-American War, and the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War—making him the only person to be awarded the highest honor for military service and the highest honor in the pursuit of peace. Balancing the needs of the honest working man with the needs of a robust business sector became the major goal of his domestic policies as president. In a letter to Sir George Trevelyan, March 9, 1905, he wrote, "Somehow or other we shall have to work out methods of controlling the big corporations without paralyzing the energies of the business community…"
This commitment to fairness was at the heart of Roosevelt's political philosophy throughout his life, eventually coming together in a series of acts known as the Square Deal. Together, these acts epitomize the progressive movement of the early 20th century.
The Original Square Deal
Dandies and Progressives
Roosevelt entered the New York state assembly in 1882, a 23-year-old Harvard graduate whose dandy image belied his sympathy with the growing progressive movement…
Muckrakers and Rough Riders
In 1895 Roosevelt left Washington and the civil service commission and returned to his home state to become New York City police commissioner…
The Accidental President
In his 1913 autobiography, Roosevelt reflected on the ways the nation's needs had changed since the days of the founding fathers, when "what was demanded by our people was the largest liberty for the individual."
The Square Deal
Through his presidency, Roosevelt invoked the Sherman Act to dissolve 44 monopolies, including those held by Standard Oil and American Tobacco.
Strong as a Bull Moose
In a pivotal speech delivered just minutes after being shot in the chest by a would-be assassin, Roosevelt fired up the crowd against the party to which he had remained loyal all his life…


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"Counsel, may I present Exhibit 112-B—a blurry mobile phone picture of my client clearly under verbal harassment, with the caption "Soooo drunkkk xxx :(" attached, clearly sent on the bachelor party evening in question." If you find yourself winning (or losing) a future lawsuit with a similar piece of incriminating evidence, you'll have My Mobile Witness to thank—a new, free service that receives SMS or MMS messages from your phone and stores them in a time-stamped "vault," with the sole purpose of one day using them as official evidence in a future legal matter.
The service was created by two (overly?) careful real estate firm owners in Pittsburg who demanded their agents take pictures of all clients they meet for future legal protection. Once your message is in their hands, it cannot be erased or retrieved, and can only be accessed with a subpoena or a court order. I'm no lawyer, but instead of being a legal safeguard service, isn't what we have here basically a great way to blackmail via text? Video support is coming soon. [My Mobile Witness via AP]


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The clear aperture (filter size) and outer cell wall inside diameter (I.D.) of this filter have been noted several times in the description of this item. The I.D. of the cell slips over and around the O.D. of the telescope tube or lens holder. Please note that the brands and sizes listed are only a guide. Telescope manufacturers sometimes make changes so we strongly recommend the outside diameter of the tube be measured to be sure the correct part number is chosen. Choose the closest outer cell I.D. size larger than the outside diameter measurement of your instrument.
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Primordial black holes are theoretical mini black holes that were formed in the Big Bang. If they are around, they could pass right through our planet at tremendous speeds...and, as it turns out, that wouldn't be that big a deal.
These black holes would only be about the size of an atomic nucleus, but their mass would of course be far greater - in the most likely case, roughly the mass of an asteroid. Primordial black holes are sometimes put forward as a possible doomsday scenario, with one disproved fringe theory suggesting the 1908 Tunguska event was actually a black hole zipping through the Earth. So just how bad are these little black holes, really?
The answer, it seems, is no worse than a mild earthquake. As ScienceNOW reports, Princeton researchers have simulated the likely most common mass of these primordial black holes and found that these objects would take about a minute to make it through the Earth and back out again, with the only evidence of their passage a few mild tremors. As primordial black holes get bigger, the tremors of course also grow more violent, but such black holes are much, much rarer.
We likely don't experience any collisions with even the smallest primordial black holes much more than once very few million years - again, assuming they even exist. As for an impact on the scale of Tunguska - which, as bad as it was, was hardly a doomsday event - those would be multiple orders of magnitude rarer, meaning the chance that we have experienced one in the entire course of humanity's existence, let alone the last 150 years, is virtually nil.
Unfortunately, this also means the chances of scientists confirming the existence of a primordial black hole one way or the other in our lifetime - or indeed in the next hundred lifetimes - is also almost non-existent. But thanks to this paper, if such a tiny black hole does pass anywhere near Earth, at least we will know how to detect it. For more, check out the original paper over at arXiv.
Via ScienceNOW. Artist's conception of decidedly non-mini black hole via NASA/JPL-Caltech - click to expand for a closer look at it, because this is one seriously beautiful image.


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Leather Bags - Care & Storage
Helen Kaminski uses fine quality leathers to create a unique range of accessories. Leather is a natural product and variations in colour, surface and texture are inherent qualities that will become more characteristic with use. The intrinsic variations of leather should not be mistaken as faults. Care should be taken to prolong the life of leather products:
• Keep your accessory away from sharp, abrasive or rough surfaces to prevent scratching.
• Avoid wearing light coloured clothing with dark coloured leathers. Light surface marks and dull patches can often be blended using a clean dry light-colour cloth rubbing gently in a circular motion.
• Refrain from overfilling or exposing your accessory to water, as this can distort the shape and reduce strength.
• Should the leather become wet, wipe away excess water with a clean soft light-colour cloth. Pack loosely with paper towels and allow to air dry naturally in a well ventilated area.
• Avoid direct heat or prolonged exposure to sunlight as this can discolour and harden the leather. Helen Kaminski recommends specialist advice from reputable retailers when using any form of leather care products. Test a small non-visible area of your accessory before use. When not in use, store your accessory in the Helen Kaminski cloth bag to protect the surface of the leather from dirt and marks.
Cleaning And Care
The Helen Kaminski Knitwear Collection
Deluxe Silk Lace and Cashmere Cable Knit hats and scarves can be hand washed in warm water and laid flat to dry. Do not tumble dry. Do not bleach. Cool iron, if necessary. Dry Cleanable (P). To protect your knitwear we advise avoiding sharp or rough surfaces.
Raffia Hats and Bags
Use a small amount of water to spot clean only as required. Do not use chemical cleaners as this may stain the raffia and cause discoloration. As raffia is a natural fibre, colours may soften over time. We inform our customers at the time of purchase with information hangtags of this potential variation, which is a characteristic of natural
Raffia Crochet Hats / Visors With Canvas Brims
Spot clean brim only using cold water and mild detergent, line dry out in the sun. Consult dry cleaning professional for stain removal.
Fabric Hats and Bags
The care instruction label on the inside of your product will guide you in the appropriate cleaning method.
Leather & Suede Hats and Bags
The care instruction label on the inside of your product will guide you in the appropriate cleaning method. Helen Kaminski recommends all leather and suede product be cleaned by a leather care specialist.
Cashmere/Angora Hats and Scarves
The care instruction label on the inside of your product will guide you in the appropriate cleaning method.
Caring For Velour Fur Felt Hats
Velour fur felt hat should not be dry cleaned or washed under any circumstances. Should your hat become marked or stained, a firm bristle suede brush may be used to diminish the appearance of marks or stains. Always use the brush in the direction of the nap of the fur. Velour fur felt should not be worn in the rain.
Raffia with Leather Bags, Canvas with Leather Bags
The leather used in this Helen Kaminski design is created by a vegetable based tanning process. The natural tanning method does not conceal the inherent marks and variations of the leather that make each bag unique.
Colour Changes The natural colour leather is intended to deepen when exposed to light over time. Should the colour become uneven, exposing all areas of the leather to light will even out the colour.
Water Contact As a result of this tanning method, leather will spot when in contact with water. Should leather become water stained, use a clean cloth lightly dampened with cold water to even out the colour. Allow the leather to air dry. DO NOT USE HEAT. The leather can then be softened by gentle handling.
Cleaning Leather Consult a Leather care specialist for stain removal.
Size Guide
This information is a guide only and is subject to fabric variation. All sizes may not be offered in every style or in every region.
Helen Kaminski:
Most styles are one size (57.5cm)
Medium: 57.5cm
Large: 59.5cm
Extra Large: 61.5cm
One Size: 59.5cm
Brim Width Classification:
Short Brim: Under 7.5cm
Medium Brim: Between 8-10cm
Wide Brim: 10cm or more
How to Measure Your Head:
A crown brim junction (CBJ) measurement is the circumference of your head. Wrap a tape measure over the central forehead area and around your head to mimic the natural position of a hat, just above the browline and ears.
Hats With Raffia String
Crown sizes can be marginally increased as follows:
Slightly dampen the raffia crown from the inside of the hat with water spray, and allow water to absorb for five minutes;
Untie the raffia string, put hat on and mold over your head to achieve the desired fit;
Remove hat and allow it to air dry. Once the hat has dried completely, it will retain the desired size.
Hats can be made to fit smaller by tightening the raffia string around the hat to suit desired size.
Hats With Inner Head Bands
Hats can be made to fit smaller as follows:
Pinching the inside head band near the back of the hat to reduce the circumference of the band by the desired amount. If significant adjustment is required, it may be necessary to adjust the band in two places.
The adjusted band can be secured by hand tacking with needle and thread. The reduced band circumference will allow the hat to sit comfortably on your head.
Raffia Hats With Neoprene Band
The neoprene band with logo is intended to be worn at the front of the hat for your comfort. The neoprene can be wiped clean using a damp cloth to remove make-up residue.
Packing Other Fabric Hats and Nappa Braid
Fold the hat and roll gently. Pack rolled to help retain the shape.
Packing Raffia Braid, Velour Fur felt, and Organdy hats
Pack for travel by placing the hat upside down in the suitcase. Fill crown and support brim with soft articles to help keep the shape. Avoid crushing the crown or brim of the hat.
Raffia Hat Reshaping - Raffia Crochet, Raffia Braid & Woven Hats & Bags (Unlined Product Only)
Packing and handling will result in a softening of this natural fibre over time. You may use the following method to reshape and reactivate the natural resin that provides flexibility and resilience to your raffia accessory:
Hold over steam (a kettle or saucepan works well) where reshaping is required. Apply steam only to the underside of hats or the inside of bags.
Allow the steam to penetrate the fibre so that it becomes warm and pliable.
While still warm, use firm hand movements to restore desired shape. It helps to wear the hat or stuff the bag during this process. Hold in desired shape until the item cools.
Once the hat is cool and desired shape is achieved, allow to air dry completely away from direct sun light.
Hat brims will regain their shape, body and support and crowns and bags will retain the shape created.
Raffia has a natural resistance to water but is not waterproof. If raffia becomes water soaked it will lose a considerable amount of body. In this case the following method may be useful in restoring your accessory:
Allow accessory to dry completely.
In the case of a crown or bag stuff fully with a small towel to desired shape.
Use a steam iron on low to medium heat and lightly press into shape being careful to not over press or scorch.
Rolling Fur Felt Hats
'Rollable' Fur Felt hats can be rolled for easy packing, storage and transport by using the followingmethod:
Fold the hat along the centre from front to back (Figure 1)
Starting at the front of the hat gently roll towards the back (Figure 2)
Place inside the drawstring Helen Kaminski bag (sold with the hat) to secure and protect
(Figure 3)
Rolling Raffia Braid Visors
Visors can be rolled for easy packing and transport by using the following method: Helen Kaminski recommends this method only for short term travel and not for long term product storage.
Place the visor with the back opening facing towards you. Untie the ribbons and position so they extend above the top of the visor. The elastic band should also be pulled up so that it is
positioned above the top of the visor (Figure 1 & 1a)Roll the visor in towards the center, keeping the ribbon and elastic above the top of the visor
(Figure 2)
Wrap the ribbons around visor (Figure 3) the elastic band must be over the top edge (Figure
3 a)
Secure the visor by tying a bow or knot (Figure 4)
Rolling Raffia Braid Visors - After packing care
Unroll the visor and allow it to sit for 10 minutes so brim can unroll its shape
Should the visor brim shape not respond after 30 minutes, recapture the original shape by any of the following methods:
Rolling the visor from the other side for a few minutes to even out the appearance of the brim
Manipulate the visor brim firmly to even out the shape
Use a steam iron on low to medium heat and lightly press into shape being careful not to over press or scorch
Rolling Raffia Crochet Hats
Raffia crochet hats can be rolled for easy packing and transport by using the following method:
Untie raffia string and lay hat flat with crown tucked into itself; (Figures 1 and 2)
Roll edge of hat towards the center, starting with the right side; (Figure 3)
Roll left side on top of the right creating a somewhat conical shape; (Figure 4)
Wrap ends of raffia string around hat and tie to secure. (Figure 5)
UPF 50+ Information
UPF 50+ is the maximum Ultraviolet Protection Factor accorded to sun protection hats by Australian, New Zealand and US Government rating agencies. The UPF rating indicates how much Ultraviolet Radiation is absorbed by the FINISHED HAT. For example a HAT with a UPF Rating of 50 only allows 1/50th of the hazardous ultraviolet radiation falling on the surface of the HAT to pass through it - or expressed another way, the HAT blocks 98% of the sun's harmful UV Rays. This means that, where it is protected by the HAT, the HAT will reduce your skin's exposure to ultraviolet radiation by twenty times.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 42 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Sunset Hill Pottery shstoneware.com
Sunset Hill Stoneware is a full-service production pottery company. They offer an exclusive line of hand-thrown stoneware which can be customized with any logo, name and/or location or a slogan for a business or organization.
Sunset Hill Stoneware was founded in 1997. Their mission is simple, to produce the highest quality hand-thrown stoneware featuring customized artwork 3-dimensionally crested in clay. They offer an extensive selection of glaze colors and a wide variety of product styles to choose from. All Sunset Hill Stoneware products are 100% lead-free, oven safe, microwave safe and dishwasher safe.
The target audience will be individuals and companies who are interested in purchasing logoed stoneware- mugs, vases, etc.
Sunset Hill Stoneware is looking for a new, updated, inviting look for their site. The owner likes the look, fonts and colors used on the following site:
This will be an e-commerce site and needs to be able to showcase their pottery product. They would like a high-end compelling, rich-looking site. The company logo is attached as the plan is to use the existing logo. While the owner likes the look of the site above they also want their own look and feel. They would also to feature their custom products they make for businesses across the country. It is important to showcase their products and the customer shopping experience in a new, classy way.
Site should be easy to navigate- remember, this is an e-commerce site.
We are looking for a design for the home page in PSD format.
We will closely monitor the designs, providing feedback on each. Post your designs as early as possible so that we can have time to make modifications.


text: One gust of wind and Dad's pair of tongs or a half-full soda can go flying. Keep things well secured with the Char-Broil Magneto Series, which includes a magnetic paper-towel holder ($20), drink cozy ($13), tool rest ($10), clips ($10 for two), and tool hooks ($10 for two). ( charbroil.com )


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 3 diseños de 1 diseñadores freelance.
I run autopitch.com. Our website sells cars like an auction, but in reverse. Buyers post what they want and sellers compete for their business.
So I am creating some ads for this site and that is what this project is about.
Anyone buying a car.
I want an illustration that looks similar to this: http://www.powerwriting.com/graphics/caples.jpg
So the illustration in the example above goes along with the story on this page: http://www.powerwriting.com/caples.html
The illustration that we are creating will go along with the text below (and attached), so please design the illustration in a similar format to the examples above, but using this story line instead:
"Can he really find a good deal on a car?" a girl whispered. "My goodness, no," my buddy exclaimed. "Simon's never gotten a good deal in his life." (THIS WILL BE THE CAPTION FOR THE IMAGE)
They Laughed When I Bought a
Car on the Internet…
But When I Showed them the Price!~
My buddy Tyler was just finishing regaling the room with tales of his bargaining brilliance. He was in his element. "Long story short," he delivered the punchline, "that's my Mercedes outside on the corner." Everyone, from the cute girls to our group of guys, applauded. I decided to use the moment to follow up with my own story.
"That's a good story, Ty," I said. "But I've got one that'll knock that one out of the park."
"You sure you haven't had one too many shots of Jack?" somebody chuckled. Everyone laughed along with this quip. They'd heard too many stories of my unease with smarmy used car salesmen.
**Look at the attachment to get a better idea of the story and layout.


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|12z GEM Forecast Tracks
(December 4-9 Storm is Track coming out of Texas/Oklahoma)
|12z NOGAPS Forecast Tracks
(December 4-9 Storm is Track coming out of Texas)
|18z GFS Forecast Snow Depth
|12z ECMWF Snowfall
The models are very spread about right now, and they ought to be- it's winter transition time, which is never easy for the weather models. We do have some disorganized 'camps' set up: the north track or the south track The north track involves the ECMWF solution shown above, while the south track is more like the NOGAPS track. Here's the gist of the models right now:
North Track: ECMWF, GEM, DGEX, JMA
South Track: GFS, NOGAPS
(Note: JMA and DGEX are not very reliable models)
This will likely come down to the eleventh hour, so to speak, so let's check in on the ensembles, which are much more reliable and consistent than the models themselves at this point. Using the same definitions for the north and south tracks, here's the ensembles take.
North Track: ECMWF Ensembles
South Track: GEM Ensembles, GFS Ensembles
We are not going to even try to call this one, as the models swerve like a car going down a very icy road.


text: Established 1853 in San Francisco by Bavarian businessman Levi Strauss, Levi's has come to embody classic Americana as the original denim purveyor. Pairing with tailor Jacob David, Strauss patented the first riveted denim 'XX' waist overalls, which would later become known as the original 501 jeans. Initially conceived as men's workwear, the Levi's blue jeans became an essential part of women's wartime wardrobe in the early 1900s. Famously donned by Old Hollywood bad boy James Dean, Levi's denim quickly garnered mainstream appeal throughout the mid-20th century, becoming a mainstay of American casualwear. Later adopted by myriad subcultures, from the greasers to the mods, Levi's denim emerged as the de-facto symbol of youth and rebellion, and established itself as the unofficial uniform of 1960s counter-culture. Into the 21st century, the brand continues to offer its quality denim in styles of every persuasion, from its ubiquitous 711 Skinny and 721 High-Rise, to the newly-minted Wedgie Icon and 501 Skinny. Classic washes, vintage-inspired distressing, and 100% denim constructions remain both of-the-moment and true to Levi's rich heritage.


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I'm horrible at updates. There just isn't that much interesting stuff going on around here.
Today is the first day of school - my daughter gave me a hug and said 'today is my last first day of school', but she was happy and eager to go so I count my blessings. She's taking AP classes - a 3 hour biology (1 hr is lab), english, anatomy, statistics and oral comm. It's a tough schedule but she's excited. She only needs the oral comm and english to graduate.
We enjoyed a hot uneventful summer. Mostly just enjoying the teens and hanging out close to home.
Our weather has changed drastically over the last few days. We are about 15 degrees cooler than we were a week ago. So the evenings are pretty nice and we've started walking again. I think it's one of the best things I do for myself. Just making the time to walk, getting out of the house for fresh (humid) air - it just makes me feel better.
On the stitching front I'll have a nice new WIP of Morning Rose in the next few days. And this time, she'll have a face YAY!
My new resolution is to post an update at least once a week. Thanks for visiting with me and have a wonderful week.
Monday, August 20, 2007
I'm horrible at updates. There just isn't that much interesting stuff going on around here.
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