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Ok, who else has been to see this show? My mom and went to the Fox on Tuesday night because my aunt was kind enough to get us free tickets. I've never been a huge fan of musicals (despite seeing quite a few of them) but the music to Wicked always catches my attention when they air commercials on the radio. I have not read the book and shockingly enough (no one is going to believe me) I have never seen The Wizard of Oz. Yes, I know that is very weird and almost impossible to imagine but I can say that it had no bearing on my understanding the storyline. While I really did enjoy the show I have a few things to say about it/the experience.
1. Why do those actors and actresses have to sing SO LOUD? I know that I was in the first couple of rows but I am pretty sure that they could be heard in the next county. I mean, take it down a notch and the audience might actually be able to understand what you are saying ALL the time. Maybe I just have sensitive ears but I found myself on more than one occasion discreetly plugging my ears because I was fairly certain my ear drums were about to rupture. I know that I could NOT have been the only one.
2. I know that we are technically in a "theatre" but lets be honest. This was an 8pm showing on a Tuesday night. Your satin floor length ball gown is a bit over the top. I like to see people look spiffed up just as much as the next person but I bet I was more comfortable in my completely appropriate dark jeans and sweater top. Men in suits are fine because I choose to think they came directly from work (against their will) and did not have time to change their clothes but I know you didn't go around wearing that number all day long. I couldn't get over some of the dresses I saw. Moving on.......
3. This is a legitimate question here. I'm not being ugly. Who buys t'shirts and souvenirs from these shows? And why? There were people there toting around SHOPPING BAGS full of Wicked paraphernalia. The only thing inside the Fox that I had the urge to purchase was alcohol and perhaps a pair of ear plugs, had they been available, to dampen the decibels a bit.
4. During the curtain call and while everyone was giving the actors/actresses a standing ovation for a great performance, the man that actually played the Wizard of Oz hushed and silenced all the clapping and cheering to give a speech about an AIDS charity they would be collecting money for after the show. Look, I love a good cause but these seats were $156 a piece and I can't imagine people enjoyed being hit up for cash on the way out the door after an already expensive evening. I'm just saying. I went out the side door.
5. Finally, if no one has ever warned you, you will freeze nearly to death inside the Fox if you do not come prepared for the arctic. Fortunately, I've made that mistake before and it will never happen again.
All in all it was a nice evening out and the show was really very good. If you are a fan of musicals, this is one to see. Even I have found myself singing the songs in my head all day today. I do not understand how these performers can sing that loudly and that long EVERY night and never lose their voices. Pretty unbelievable. The story was great and while I have never read the book I would probably recommend it to somebody else. After hearing it sung, I will probably pass..........
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Ok, who else has been to see this show? My mom and went to the Fox on Tuesday night because my aunt was kind enough to get us free tickets. I've never been a huge fan of musicals (despite seeing quite a few of them) but the music to Wicked always catches my attention when they air commercials on the radio. I have not read the book and shockingly enough (no one is going to believe me) I have never seen The Wizard of Oz. Yes, I know that is very weird and almost impossible to imagine but I can say that it had no bearing on my understanding the storyline. While I really did enjoy the show I have a few things to say about it/the experience.
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Hiding Out?
Yes, I have to admit, I have probably been hiding out a bit over the past week. It's never fun to admit that you failed at something even when that something was probably entirely out of your control in the first place. Our big reunion with the Fatherland was a giant bust and Evans and I returned only a week after we started there. There isn't a whole lot to say about it besides the fact that I'm obviously very disappointed about it. I had high expectations and as it turns out, I probably shouldn't have. I've debated with myself off and on about whether I really knew this in my heart all along and I think that the bottom line is that I just wanted things to work out so badly that I was willing to go to any length in order for that to happen. And now I know that I have done my best. I'm having a hard time coming to terms with this entire situation being out of my control but for now, there is nothing left to do but try and move on. I don't want to but I think it's time to close this chapter of my life.
That all being said, I'll be with Evans in Atlanta in the coming months and I'm trying to look forward to the many good things to come. I probably won't have many mentions of Deaner on here but when there is news, I'll try and share. Evans and I made the trek back to Atlanta last Wednesday. Ten hours is a long time on an airplane with a 13 month old. On the way to Germany the German lady on the aisle leaned over before take off and said, "he doesn't cry, does he"? Hmmmm, that's an interesting question lady, what do you think? If you had to guess, would you THINK that a 13 month old cried? I responded that he wasn't crying right this second but she would probably know if he did. Luckily on the return flight we were in a row of two by ourselves and Evans spent 3 hours sleeping and 7 hours playing quietly by himself in his seat. I'm never been so astounded in my life. I mean, Evans is always good but this was exceptional. Since we were only gone for a week he didn't have much trouble jet lag and he has made the adjustment well.
Today I decided that it was about time for my child to own a pair of shoes. That's right, he has really never worn shoes and being as big as he is, it's a little redneck for us to be going everywhere barefoot at this point. Not that he can walk or really needs shoes but it is almost October and will eventually have to wear something on his feet. Above is a picture of E with his new red Keds! We also got navy blue. Evans was really into the shoe store and I think he is proud of his new shoes!My mom and I have always thought the guy that works there is a little bit creepy but Evans could not stop laughing at him and he CRIED when we left. I, on the other hand, almost cried when I found out what kids Keds cost. I feel nearly certain that I have never owned a pair that cost $30 like these and that I was able to wear them much longer than the projected three months. Geez. Didn't they used to cost like $8? Maybe I don't remember correctly. It has been awhile! As if I needed to spend more money on E we then headed to Richard's Variety Store (the name is a bit ironic, no?) and picked up a couple new Thomas trains.After nap time (which I hope lasts for A LOT longer) I have a feeling I know what we will be playing with. I'll try and have some more exciting stories for tomorrow but y'all know how it goes. Just trying to get back into the swing of things and settle in. There's no place like home, right? Stay tuned for my very mixed review on Wicked, which my mom and I saw last night at the Fox!
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
A Bit of News and A Last Lunch of Sorts
Today my mom and sister and I had the honor of dining with our bestest oldest friends in Atlanta. It was a bon voyage of sorts since Evans I will be on the 4:25pm flight to Frankfurt tomorrow afternoon somewhat surprisingly. I have been keeping it under wraps on the off chance that I changed my mind but I think that for now, we are all systems go. We had aunties and grannies and counsins and uncles and Grandmags and Old Dads stopping by over the past two days to bid their grandson, nephew, cousin farewell. They might have wanted to wish me luck and tell me that they will miss me too but it has really mainly been about Evans. We are giving the fatherland one more shot and this time we will try and do it the right way. The end game goal is to feel something like this.And I am praying that we get there. I know that it won't be easy but I know that I want to put my best effort in and see what happens. All prayers and support is much appreciated and I will try and start updating on a more regular basis now that my life is going to be a quarter as social as it has been the past 6 months. Get ready Germany, we are coming home!
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Supporting Davis
Recently a very close friend of my sister's gave birth to her second beautiful son. After a completely normal and relatively uneventful pregnancy Davis James entered the world on July 20, 2011 and was met by two loving parents and one excited big brother. A few days later (and I can only imagine how long these days must have felt to the Kohl's) Davis was diagnosed with Trisomy 21 or Down's Syndrome and the entire course of their lives changed. While Davis is doing fantastic and meeting all his growth milestones he will still have open heart surgery somewhere around the time of turning four months old. I think about him more often than I don't and pray that everything will go smoothly in the coming months. As a parent I cannot even imagine what Stephani and Jared are going through in terms of caring for Davis, worrying about Davis and just being plain scared. I worry when Evans does something pretty normal like throw up so I know that I would be a total wreck if I knew that he was facing open heart surgery. Even from my limited interaction with the Kohls (I mainly get updates through my sister) I know that they are handling the situation dealt to them with strength and grace. Everyone take note, more parents could stand to be like them in the world and Jackson and Davis are two lucky little boys.
The point of this post is that Stephani's sister, Chelsea, has come up with a really neat idea to help raise funds to ensure Davis' medical care is top notch. She has designed the above bracelet which is featured on her Etsy Shop online. The hyperlink should take you to her webpage where you can read more about Davis' story and more about her mission to raise funds. The bracelets are really fun and anyone would enjoy having one. You can choose your own words and it can be anything that is meaningful to you. I wanted to order one that would remind me of Davis so that I could remember to send up some special prayers for him and I also wanted to be reminded about how blessed I am to have my son in my life. My bracelet will be engraved with "evans deaner" on one side and "djk" on the other side. If you are a mother of multiple children you could have all your children's initials put on the bracelet so that they were constantly close to you. I just really like the idea. When Evans was born my mom gave me a sterling necklace with a pearl disk and two silver disks engraved one with an "R" and one with an "E" for Evans. I really liked wearing my two boys initials around my neck and feeling like they were always with me. Then of course I leaned over the carseat one day to get Evans out and my necklace got caught on the seat and broke but that is besides the point!
Check out Chelsea's Store HEREand help support a great cause. 100% of proceeds go to Gigi's Playhouse in Atlanta where Davis will be receiving physical and occupational therapy. You can't pick a better cause and you get an awesome bracelet out of it! I can't wait to see mine when it is done!!
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The Relatives Came
Does anyone remember reading this book as a child? I certainly do and while Evans and I were the relatives that were doing visiting this weekend, I found myself thinking of this book from my childhood quite often. It has been many years since I read it but I remember the story of the rainbow colored station wagon (which was actually a black suburban this weekend to fit the entire herd of children) and the anticipation of the relatives arriving. Evans and I flew to North Carolina last Thursday to visit my sister-in-law, brother-in-law and the wild ruffian niece and nephews. Let me tell you, these trips are never dull, Evans doesn't sleep AT ALL and typically the two youngest require a midday bath. This trip was no different. We arrived home last night (Tuesday) and Evans slept about 18 out of the last 24 hours. The cousins just take it straight out of him. And he enjoys every minute. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and picked up several new flying tips for traveling with a one year old. Please stay tuned.
After arriving on Thursday afternoon I promise that Evans and Karis needed a bath within one hour of being around each other. It was about 8 million degrees outside, around 98734 Popsicles were consumed, Karis ate a piece of bark and Evans ate a stick. Keeping in form and following all the guidelines of having a trailer park child, I removed Evans' pants and let him crawl around in the dirt with a white onesie. I have never seen feet so black.I promise that there was dirt left on the bottom of the bathtub that evening. Brittany and I had plans on Thursday evening to relax and enjoy some margaritas with a couple of her friends at their favorite (only) Mexican restaurant. Imagine our disappointment with our babysitter never showed up. We did the only thing reasonable in a situation like this and called the 8 year old boy down the street (ok, so he was really like 15 but he weighed as much as an 8 year old) to come down and watch all FOUR of our children. I really fooled myself into believing that Evans would stay asleep in his oh-so-comfy pack 'n play while I was gone but I made the babysitter promise to call me if he woke up. I arrived home to find Evans playing with his two older cousins. This started the "trend" of sleeping in the bed with Mommy that lasted the next four nights in a row.
Friday we loaded up the kids to head to the beach around 11:30am and actually arrived there around 3:30pm. You might wonder why we picked a beach to spend the day at that was 4 hours away but the truth is that between stopping for lunch at Chick-fil-a and missing the entrance multiple times to the public beach access, this normally 30 minute drive was stretched out a tad. Things like this tend to happen to us. Once we unloaded everyone and set up post on the beach, we were met with an entire school of sharks in the water and had to cut our visit a little short. But don't worry, not before Evans and Karis managed to cover every inch of their bodies (and ours) with sand and have a great time. My brother-in-laws parents arrived on Friday afternoon (everyone was coming in town to celebrate my niece's first birthday) and we dined on margaritas at the mexican restaurant again much to Brittany and my's great pleasure!
Saturday morning was another early morning for me as Evans was wide awake to play with the cousins when the sun started to come up but it was a good thing because as it turned out, we needed to plan Karis' whole birthday party that was to be taking place in a matter of 7 or so hours. I'm pretty sure my sister in law WOULD have made fondant cupcake toppers like I did if it weren't for that pesky little hurricane named Irene that just about blew their house away. For last minute planning (seriously, she mailed the invitations on THURSDAY, two days before the party) the party was a total success! The neighborhood clubhouse looked really cute....all the kids had a great time swimming and taking turns at the pinata.....And Karis really LOVED everyone singing happy birthday to her on her big day!Both Evans and Karis got to spend some quality time with their Gannie and their Old Gannie at the party (these relatives arrived on Saturday morning).The party was a success minus a small crisis with the low country boil (the actual boiling part) and the pathetic performance by the Georgia Bulldogs that evening and Evans even slept in the pack 'n play for about 4 whole hours before getting in bed with me!
Sunday was a low key day that included church, lots of porch sitting, lots of tree stump pulling, several naps by my child (he was really starting to feel the hurt by Sunday and approximately 96 hours with the cousins). The entire family had a fun dinner at Outback (only a 30 minute hop skip and a jump away), kids were well behaved for the most part and it was an enjoyable evening. Monday morning all the rest of the relatives had to head home. The weather was dreary but we took our chances and loaded the kids, boat and dog up for a trip to the beach. This time it only took us 30 minutes to get there! After a quick boat ride we were on this awesome beach and Evans and Karis both had a great time.You might not be able to tell by this picture because Evans can hardly open his eyes it was so bright. I guess I should have brought him his hat. Might have kept the sunburn off his scalp as well! The beach really was perfect and Evans loved his first time swimming in the ocean and was so pooped by the end of the day he conked out on me in a beach chair. Everyone enjoyed being outside and in the sun including Mark and Karis.(you see that Evans? Karis is standing. It is what you do with your feet). You know it was a big day when Evans, Karis and my nephew Colson (he is 6) share a large cheese pizza from Little Ceasars when we got home and ate everything except for one piece. My nephew Kyle couldn't help them out because he collapsed in the driveway on the way from the car into the house and was asleep on the concrete before anyone noticed it.
Tuesday was the big departure day. Britt made us go to the gym in the morning and held a gun to my head and made me take the spin class she was teaching. :) It was actually great (I do like spin) and the kids got to stay in the nursery (even better). After lunch we headed to the airport. By this time Evans was particularly cranky without having a nap. I was greeted by the ticket counter agent and informed that the weather in Charlotte (where we had to connect) was horrible and our plane may or may not take off. Great. We were already flying on a prop plane that was a bumpy ride on the way up in perfectly clear weather. Miraculously the flight showed up and we were able to board only about 15 minutes late. Note to self, when you are aware ahead of time (as I was) that you will be boarding a prop plane directly on the tarmac, it would be smart not to wear a dress. I'm just saying. It would cut down immensely on the need to hold the dress between your knees while you collapse strollers etc. Evans was HORRIBLE upon boarding the plane and since there was NO AC, we were both sweating profusely and he was wailing. People were turning around and looking at me. I wanted to die. Then we took off and he promptly fell asleep. All good news. Then the weirdness starts. As I was about to doze off myself I was startled and shocked when I was splashed in the face by a steady stream of freezing cold water that continued to pour down from the overheard compartment and drench me and my child's head. Water was dripping off of Evans' eyelashes though thankfully after his initial jerk, he never woke up. I had to page the flight attendant and tell her that some sort of unidentified liquid had just soaked me. As she ran off to get me some napkins she was explaining that the "drip" must just be from the air conditioner condensation and she proceeded to dab a portion of the ceiling above me that was about 12 inches from where the deluge hit me. Hello? I'm not an idiot! That was not condensation! It was a downpour! I explained it came from the overheard and this lady completely ignored me as she explained again that it was just a drop of condensation. Pretty big drop if you ask me.
The rest of the flight was uneventful and Evans slept on our connecting flight to Atlanta. We got home in time for me to pick up my fantasy football draft in the third round, but not before my smart brother drafted Peyton Manning, who was listed as out for half the season as of this morning. Awesome. All in all our little mini vacation was chaotic and super fun. I always have fun with my sister in law and I miss her when I can't see her very often. She makes me feel loved and I can only hope that I am half as good of a sister to her as she is to me. The Relatives Came ends with "when they finally had to leave, they were sad, but not for long. They all knew they would be together next summer" and the best part is, we don't even have to wait that long. Four more months until Christmas! Get ready for GAS LAMP! I love y'all.
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It would have been handy to have known the open beta was up since my closed beta application was unsuccessful. Well, I say unsuccessful. Hard to tell, really. I can't remember which of my throwaway email addresses I used to apply for it and it's a racing certainty I never checked that inbox again after the first couple of days. Anyway bridge, water, under it.
Registration was simple enough, just an email address required. The download took about 15 minutes. Unpacked, Argo weighs in at just under 5GB, which is pretty hefty for a F2P translation. The new owners, UserGames (did they really think that name through?), require GameGuard, an annoying extra step that my virus checker strongly disapproves of, so that took a while, but eventually there we were at character creation.
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Argo has a lot of classes. Sixteen, or so it's claimed. That might be stretching a point. There are two factions - the militaristic, technological Noblians (makes me think of knobbly knees every time I read it) and the collective of superannuated flower-children with the unpronounceable name, The Floresslah. The classes appear to duplicate for each faction although not exactly. You can only play one faction and I've only tried the Noblians so its hard to be sure just how closely a Handler matches a Tamer or a Bomber a Wizard.
Plenty of choice when it comes to class but none whatsoever when it comes to gender because Argo is one of those irritating MMOs that gender-locks classes. I started off making a Bomber but Bombers have to be boys and I was already mildly miffed that I had to be human so I swapped to Shooter instead. I do like these elegiac, imaginative class names. So much better than boring old Shadow Knights or Bloodmages.
|I've always felt that what most MMOs lack is a good Instep slider
Next up character customization, which is a cut above the average for this stripe of MMO, I think. There are about ten or so faces to choose from, the difference between which mostly seems to be scars and tattooos, although some of the men get wispy little beards or mustaches that make them look even more like adolescents than they already do. Eye and hair color are unusual in that the choices are exactly the same and none of them are brown. Or black. Or indeed any natural shade that human hair has ever been. I went for white hair as the only quasi-authentic option. It also had the welcome side effect of making my character look vaguely like an adult.
There are plenty of sliders to get the body shape you'd prefer. It's possible to flaunt a bit of excess poundage, especially on the hips and waist, but obesity's not an option. Fair enough, I guess. There's a war on and you've been drafted so you'd be expected to keep in reasonable shape. You can have arms like twigs if you want though.
|Gosh! A whole training area just for li'l ol' me?
Once all that's out of the way it's on to the real business at hand: another seemingly endless tutorial. I remember this from the last time I played Argo. There's a nice introduction where you arrive at the training camp on a hoverbike the size of a tractor and then it's time to get down to the serious business of running about following blue arrows.
There's a guy who pops up in a window to explain the arcane color-coding system Argo uses for quests and a whole lot more important technical information, such as how to open your inventory and what key opens the mini map (It's "M" in case you were wondering). All of this is fully voiced by someone who sounds like a natural English speaker and probably a professional voice actor at that.
|Oh, go on then...
enough left to hire a professional translator for the multifarious dialog windows. In common with many MMOs, Argo is verbose in the extreme. No quest-giver or trainer wants to let you in on the secret of which particular set of foozles he'd like you to eliminate until you've been formally introduced and each of you has learned something about the others thoughts, beliefs, feelings and way of life. Since I'm almost pathologically incapable of skipping narrative or background lore this tends to slow things down a tad.
|Now that's what I call a Crit!
Take two, with weapon in hand: down goes the Panthera. Eventually. Only takes half a dozen shots with an assault rifle at point blank range. This Noblian tech is impressing me already. One Panthera down, four to go. It's at this point that I notice the pop up asking me if I'd prefer to have someone do my hunting for me. Probably saw me trying to kill a Panthera by pointing my finger and going "Bang!" and figured I needed any help I could get.
|This is where I need a tutorial
I'm not opposed to these systems in principle. I quite like the idea of leaning back eating a
sandwich and watching my character slaughter wildlife discriminately. Coming after the very first kill, however, I found it a bit intimidating. All those choices. I let the Automatic Hunting run me through my four remaining Pantheras just to see how it went and then I turned it off. Easier to do it myself until I have several hours free to work out the settings.
|Just nod and smile
How much time I'll spend in the world of Argo after that I wouldn't like to say. Not all that much I imagine. It did, however, grab me on this return visit in exactly the same way it grabbed me the first time round. The translations may not be perfect but they're endearing. The graphics may be undercooked but there's a real sense of place. The systems may be ridiculously overcomplicated but they're manageable. The controls are natural and comfortable and there's just an amiable, puppylike feel to the entire enterprise that makes being in that world a warm, pleasant experience. When you're not being stalked, at least.
If UserGames can keep a server up I'll keep popping in, much good may it do them. They aren't going to get any money from me and I find it hard to believe they'll get much from anybody else, although there does now appear to be a Cash Shop, which I don't remember from last time. I wouldn't bet on a long, successful second life for Argo but here's hoping.
Now someone bring back NeoSteam.


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I have communication with the PN532 board with Raspberry Pi. I need the board to produce a 'BEEP' sound and flash three LEDs.
Is there a configuration or the ability for me to attach an indicator light and sound (like a beep) when a tag is scanned through the pn532 board or do I need to go through Pi for a simpler solution?


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In a paper by Mathai, he uses the following integral representation of a determinant, (or, really, what I give is a simple special case of what he gives), without any explication. All matrices are real $p\times p$ symmetric positive definite.
\begin{equation} | I-U |^{-a} = \frac{1}{\Gamma_p(a)} \int_{T>0} |T|^{a-(p+1)/2} \exp(-\text{Tr}(I-U)T) \;dT \end{equation}
where $U$ satisfies $0\lt U \lt I$ (in the cone order in the cone of positive definte matrices), the integral is over the cone of positive definite matrices and $\Gamma_p(a)$ is the generalized gamma function in dimension $p$, and $\Re(a) > (p-1)/2$.
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Brokers Chase Deals With Super Bowl Ad
Could a Super Bowl ad spur home sales? Century 21 Real Estate thinks so.
The industry giant is making its big-game debut — and kicking off the all-important spring home-selling season — with a half-minute spot in the third quarter of Sunday's game. The ad, part of a multimedia campaign, features real-estate mogul Donald Trump, football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders and Olympian Apolo Ohno. According to the company, the spot "matches a typical and unflappable Century 21 agent in clever scenarios with well-known celebrity icons." (The typical agent is played by actress Alana O'Brien.)
The commercial comes as the nation struggles to recover from the worst housing downturn in generations. Millions of Americans have responded by turning to the rental market: Century 21 is clearly looking for the chance to convince them of the value of owning a home and, of course, working with an agent to purchase one.
The company wouldn't disclose the ad's price. The airtime alone costs an average $3.5 million for 30 seconds, according to the New York Times, and we won't even guess how much Mr. Trump commanded.


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Family physicians are the most likely of any physician specialty or subspecialty to practice in rural areas and the most likely to be geographically distributed in the same proportion as the U.S. population, according to a one-page fact sheet(www.ahrq.gov) published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on Feb. 3.
The data, which are based on research by the AAFP's Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, found that 22.5 percent of family physicians practice in rural areas, compared with 9.7 percent of all physicians who do so.
Within the primary care workforce, 11.1 percent of family physicians practice in large rural areas, compared with 6.7 percent of general internists and 6.2 percent of general pediatricians, according to the data. More than 7 percent of family physicians, meanwhile, practice in small rural areas, compared with 2.4 percent of general internists and 1.8 percent of general pediatricians. In terms of isolated rural frontier areas, 4.2 percent of family physicians practice in these locations, compared with 1.1 percent of general internists and 0.8 percent of pediatricians.
The data break down the geographic distribution of physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) based on urban, large rural, small rural and isolated rural frontier areas. AHRQ asked the Graham Center to research this particular issue as part of a larger workforce study.
"These data confirm that family physicians continue to be the first contact for rural Americans needing medical care," said AAFP President Glen Stream, M.D., M.B.I., of Spokane, Wash., in a press release from the AAFP. "At the same time, it indicates that we need to do more to recruit students from rural areas into our medical schools. Research has consistently shown that medical school rural programs and medical school admissions policies that recruit rural students produce physicians who are likely to go into family medicine and practice in rural settings."
The U.S. primary care workforce includes approximately 209,000 practicing primary care physicians, 56,000 primary care NPs, and 30,000 primary care PAs, for a total of nearly 295,000 primary care professionals, according to the data.
According to the press release, the AAFP "has urged medical educators to adopt admissions policies that actively recruit students from rural areas." Several schools have responded by establishing comprehensive rural programs. Forty-five percent to 76 percent of graduates from these programs practice in rural areas, and 59 percent to 72 percent practice primary care, according to the AAFP.
Stream described rural family medicine residency training programs as "an important contributor to family physicians choosing and being prepared to practice in rural areas."
"Although family physicians and nurse practitioners are making a dent in meeting the demand for care among rural Americans, it's clear our education policy needs to encourage more people to go into family medicine and rural practice," Stream said. "As we work to address the problems of rural access to health care, we need to first look at the medical education system and its role in filling the primary care and rural care pipeline."
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The Bleacher Creatures say they will no longer chant homophobic remarks from the rafters of Yankee Stadium after a YouTube video reveals their antics.You have been singing the song for more than ten years. That is you.
The Yankees and representatives of the Bleacher Creatures have come to an agreement to end a long and unfortunate tradition: the taunting of visiting fans in the right-field stands with the lyrics, "Why are you gay?" sung to the "YMCA" song played between innings in mid-game.
A YouTube video filmed by a fan went viral recently, showing Yankee fans in the bleachers serenading a visiting fan with the song, while photos were superimposed in the film of young gay adults and teens who had committed suicide. The Yankees were understandably upset with the homophobic chants and the images associated with them.
After a meeting on the subject, several core Creatures agreed to police their own area and put an end to the tradition, which had upset many fans.
"It's all done," said one long-time Creature, who had never participated in the ritual. "All of it. We're going clean. We didn't like the way the Bleacher Creatures were being looked at. That's not us."
In less than 10 minutes, I found eight different videos of the song: Late 1990s, Summer 2006 (this one, which has been on YouTube for four years, is particularly menacing), two from May 2007, July 20, 2007, July 3, 2008, May 18, 2009, and October 7, 2009.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dustin Henderson, a student at Oregon Tech, was presented with a national achievement award by Learning Ally, a 65-year-old nonprofit, on Saturday, April 26th at their National Gala celebration in Washington, D.C.
Dustin received the organization's highest award and is one of six students from across the United Stated who received cash awards and was honored at the gala over the weekend.
Learning Ally's press release states, Having always excelled in math and science but struggled with reading and writing, Henderson recalls being diagnosed with dyslexia and put into special education classes in the fourth grade. A turning point came when Henderson and his parents attended a seminar at Oregon Health and Science University on dyslexia. In addition to discovering tools that would later become essential to his success, such as audiobooks from Learning Ally, he gained a sense of confidence and new outlook on his dyslexia. "I learned a lot about myself in those four short hours. I began to realize that my disability was simply an obstacle I would have to overcome."
Once he was equipped with the necessary educational support, Henderson's extracurricular and academic performance soared. A state medalist swimmer and the president of his school's National Honor Society, he graduated high school in May 2013 as a valedictorian with 22 college credits already completed.
Dustin is currently pursuing a degree in mathematics at Oregon Tech. "I used to view my learning disability as the bane of my existence," he says, "but now I define it as a learning difference. I do not let my disability define me; instead I define it, and have been able to take this view and pass it on to others struggling with similar situations."
About Oregon Tech
Founded in Klamath Falls in 1947, Oregon Institute of Technology is one of seven universities in the Oregon University System, and the only public institute of technology in the Pacific Northwest. Oregon Tech provides degree programs in engineering and health technologies, management, communication, and applied sciences that prepare students to be effective participants in their professional, public, and international communities through hands-on learning. Oregon Tech has a full-service, residential campus in Klamath Falls and an urban, industry-focused campus in Wilsonville. Visit www.oit.edu to learn more about Oregon Institute of Technology.
About the National Achievement Awards
Since 1959, Learning Ally has honored exceptional students who are blind or visually impaired through its privately endowed Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards (SAA) for college seniors and beyond. Hundreds of students apply for these prestigious awards each year and are selected by committees of Learning Ally volunteers, board members, parents, educators, donors and staff. Students are recognized for their academic excellence, leadership, and service to others; each award winner has a long list of honors and accomplishments, and has graduated with a GPA above 3.0, with most near the 4.0 mark; and they have thrived on their education paths thanks in part to their use of accessible educational content and assistive technology provided by Learning Ally. For information about applying for Learning Ally's National Achievement awards, visit http://NAA.LearningAlly.org/apply.
About Learning Ally
Founded in 1948, Learning Ally serves K-12, college and graduate students, veterans and lifelong learners – all of whom cannot read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, dyslexia, or other learning disabilities. Through its programs and audiobooks, Learning Ally enables families and schools to manage the needs of students with learning disabilities. The organization offers integrated learning management systems and professional development for teachers, as well as support for parents through personal consultations, webinars and other tools. In addition, Learning Ally's collection of more than 80,000 human-narrated textbooks and literature titles can be downloaded on mainstream smartphones and tablets, and is the largest of its kind in the world. Several thousand volunteers help to produce the educational materials, which students rely on to achieve academic and professional success. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, Learning Ally is partially funded by grants from state and local education programs, and the generous contributions of individuals, foundations and corporations. For more information, visit http://LearningAlly.org.


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We've been talking about it for ages. In every newspaper, on every radio or TV programme, on Facebook and Twitter, the hot topic is the race to run the country.
But away from deficits, bigots and Nick Clegg, Stanmore Politics is on hand with what Harrow needs to know for the 2010 election.
When is the election?
Next Thursday, May 6th. You will be voting in the general election for an MP for either Harrow East or West, as well as in the local election.
Unless you have voted by post, you will need to cast your vote at a polling station between 7am and 10pm.
Who can I vote for in the general election?
In Harrow East:
Madeleine Atkins – Green
Bob Blackman – Conservative
Nahid Boethe – Liberal Democrat
Tony McNulty – Labour (read an exclusive interview with the incumbent MP here)
Abhijit Pandya – UK Independence Party
In Harrow West:
Herbert Crossman – Uk Independence Party
Rachel Joyce – Conservative
Rowan Langley – Green
Chris Noyce – Liberal Democrat
Gareth Thomas – Labour
Who can I vote for in the council election?
Stanmore Park. For other Harrow wards click here.
Camilla Bath
Christine Bednell
Mark Versallion
Ann Groves
Trevor James
Eileen McNulty
Liberal Democrats
Cliff Thomas
Sylvia Warshaw
Linda Robinson
Find out who the current Stanmore Park councillors are here.
Will I be voting in the same place as last time?
Not necessarily. Boundary changes mean the Greenhill and Marlborough wards and one part of Harrow-on-the-Hill are now in Harrow West. Meanwhile former Harrow West wards of Hatch End, Pinner, and Pinner South are now under the new constituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner. Check with Harrow Council to be sure.
Does my vote matter in Harrow?
If you go by the 2005 results, no – both Tony McNulty and Gareth Thomas clinched a third term. Thomas has a nominal majority of 2,028 and McNulty of 4,730.
But don't let the numbers fool you. Both were safe Tory seats until 1997, and the last few years have not been easy, especially with the legacy of expenses hanging over Harrow East.
Thomas faces a particularly powerful challenge from Joyce, a doctor who has been making her mark in the area for some time.
While Blackman is himself a controversial figure, on his fourth attempt to enter parliament, 2005 saw the constituency swing a significant 6.9 per cent towards the Conservatives.
You can see just how powerful your vote is here, but essentially, the result is difficult to predict. Which means all the more reason to get out and vote on Thursday.
Where is my nearest polling station?
To find out, type your postcode into Harrow council's helpful device or look at the map on the official polling Election Poll Card you should have received in the post.
What if I haven't got a polling card?
It may still be delivered, but don't panic. As long as you are on the electoral register you can still vote.
When will the result be announced?
Both Harrow seats are set to count their votes on the night, but as for the national result, the numbers may not give us much of an outcome. Pollsters are predicting a hung parliament (read a good guide to that here). But as soon as the results are in, Stanmore Politics will be on hand to tell you the score.
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In a recent Drug Facts Chat Day, Jiacalone_01 from Cashmere High School in Washington asked: What percentage of 9th graders smoke marijuana?
Not So Popular
Most teens are not smoking marijuana. We know this from asking teens themselves. How? Through the annual survey of teen drug use called Monitoring the Future, which surveys 8th, 10th, and 12th graders about their drug use and attitudes. The survey found that about 12 percent of 8th graders reported marijuana use in 2009 compared to about 27 percent of 10th graders and 22 percent of 12th graders.
The survey also showed that marijuana use has declined steadily since the mid-1990s until about 2002. Since then, it's kind of leveled off, so the people here at NIDA are trying to figure out why, and how to get things back to a downward trend.
The ABC's of THC
One reason for the leveling off may be something else the survey found—which is a change in attitudes among teens toward marijuana smoking—that they consider it to be less harmful than they did in years past.
The thing is, marijuana is more than just a mix of dried leaves from the cannabis sativa plant. It actually contains a chemical called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, along with about 400 other chemicals. Although many of these can affect your health, THC is the main psychoactive (i.e., mind-altering) ingredient. (In fact, marijuana's strength or potency is related to the amount of THC it contains, which is something people who use marijuana won't know since it's an illegal substance.)
THC alters the way your brain functions, which can be bad news for teen brains since they're still developing. For example, THC can disrupt what goes on in your hippocampus, which can lead to problems with learning and memory—since that's what this brain area gets involved in. Disrupting its normal functioning can lead to problems studying, learning new things, and recalling recent events.
Get the Facts
You can read more on marijuana here:
- Marijuana: Facts for Teens
- Facts on Drugs: Marijuana
- NIDA for Teens: Marijuana FAQ
- Marijuana: Topics in Brief
P.S. Some people argue that marijuana is not addictive. Wrong! In 2007, the majority of youth (age 17 or younger) entering drug abuse treatment reported marijuana as their primary drug abused. We admit that, we still don't know everything that marijuana use does to teens. But we do know that adolescents' brains are still growing and changing—so is it really worth the risk?
I don't think that teenagers should use marijuana any more than they should use any other drug. However, it's difficult to convince them that marijuana is so bad when cigarettes and alcohol, both legal substances, cause just as many or more stated long term problems. Marijuana, cigarettes and alcohol are all illegal for teenage consumption, yes, but only marijuana is illegal for adults, too. Considering that teens are particularly alive to adult hypocrisy, how can we possibly convince them that marijuana is so bad when it's stated long term side effects are equal to or less than drugs they'll be able to legally consume after reaching adulthood?
Drug use can have consequences, even smoking marijuana occasionally. To learn more, check out our Marijuana Drug Facts page: https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/marijuana.
It sounds like you care about your friend. Figuring out what to do when someone you know is having trouble with drugs can be tricky. You want to help, but you might not know how to bring it up. Here are some tips.
Listen without making judgments.
Share scientific information about what drugs can do to a person. Get the latest on how drugs affect the brain and body here: https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts. Once your friend understands how drugs affect the brain, body, and life, it might open their eyes.
You should also talk with your parents, a trusted adult, or the school guidance counselor for advice.
@KEVIN KENNETTE If you are looking for help staying away from marijuana you can use SAMHSA's online Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/) or call 1–800–662–HELP to tap into a support network where you can find immediate and confidential help 24/7. They will also be able to direct you to local treatment options. Good luck!
True but when you think about it I would rather have someone smoke than use marijuana. But its just a dumb thing to even think about.
Is there really someone named Sara Bellum? Just curious
@LEARNtheFACTS--Sure there is. She's been around NIDA for years and years. :)
This is a blatant example of abusing the facts. In your article you say that marijuana CAN do this and CAN do that, but nothing is definitive. It has been proven that marijuana CAN (see what I did there, i can use general phrasing too) be used as medicine for pain relief as well as many other medical uses. Why do you fail to mention this? Also, you say that most teens are not smoking marijuana. This data is most likely not accurate. Who is collecting the data, other kids? I think not. If you were a teen and an adult asked you whether or not you did drugs, even if it was anonymous, what motivation would you have to answer yes. Even they did do drugs they would say no because there is very little incentive for them to answer yes. Either you answer no and have no change of getting in trouble with school/law/parents or say yes and have a chance of getting in trouble. I know which one I would choose.
Please stop distorting facts and figures to convey your personal view on marijuana
@Chris: NIDA depends on huge national surveys given anonymously to teens each year. These surveys reach over 48,000 teens. Research shows that teens are actually likely to be truthful in such surveys, where they can answer anonymously, than in other methods of gathering personal information. Also, the results show unusual uniformity across different kinds of big national surveys, which further supports the findings. Often, our personal experience of the world doesn't line up with the larger trend. About medical uses--I addressed a comment already on the medical uses of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, which you correctly note do exist. The blogs usually focus on one main topic, so hard to cover everything in every post.
@Donald yeah I agree also to you donald...that there are too many substances that legally accepted but damages the life..marijuana is better than cigarettes..but instead of doing some drug thing why not trying a new hobby like [body building] {edit: removed commercial link per guidelines] or doing sports?
Most teens are to smoking marijuana, I know this because i'm a teen myself and I used to smoke pot until I had an anxiety attack I thought I couldn't breath, I was wheezing, and I witnessed high levels of parnoia! teens tell you they dont smoke weed because they lie to you trust me I used to lie all the time about what I did or did not do, and that's how all other teens are like so we need to help them while we still got a chance to save thier lives.
yes there are health risks to using any drug and anything you can do, walking, running, sex. with that said the risks are far from equal to the rest, it is in fact much lower especially when it comes to death. everything i know of that is a drug or not has a much lower lethal dose. that 2007 report on the addiction of pot is far from bias. the reason so many teens abuse it is its the lesser evil of the legal and illegal, i have yet to meet someone that gave sexual favors for a hit of pot. i do have a question though, why do you say that a pot user wouldn't know about thc and its play in potency? everyone knows about thc and its potency, why do you feel its necessary to slander pot users this way? to be honest allot of them are smart people. and on a closing note pot is much less addictive than other abused drugs, caffeine is far more addictive. could it possibly be that people see less harm to others from pot when compared to other drugs? did you know that the prohibition of pot since the drug testing phase of business started has made cocaine and other harsh more popular due to the fact that pot can be detected much later than it counterparts?
@kcdude53: the reason NIDA talks about the unknowns of pot potency is because it is hard to know with any particular "sample" of marijuana the makeup of chemicals and other ingredients--which can make it potentially dangerous since you don't ncessarily know what you're getting each time. And even though pot may be less addictive than other drugs, it can still be addictive and, beyond that, cause other problems related to memory, motivation, coordination, etc. These effects can lead to not doing as well in school or to things like impaired driving, which then can lead to criminal justice and other consequences especially hard on teens. Cocaine and pot can both be detected by urinalysis up to 3 days for casual use.
Tell the teenagers the truth about marijuana and think for yourself do some research and learn the truth about the medical affects so we can stop denying ourselves the massive amounts of resources possible through the industrial growth of hemp for fuel, a fiber, and better quality quickly renewable supply of building materials (12" blocks of hemp mixed with lye are 6 times lighter then concrete, have an insulation value of R-28, is fire resistant, and is recyclable.
New Biologically Active Compounds from Cannabis
Humans have been using cannabis for thousands of years for medical treatments, spiritual purposes, textile manufacturing, and other reasons. In recent history, chemists have isolated many cannabinoids, the metabolites in cannabis sativa, and have described some of their biological activities. For example, some cannabinoids have potent effects on multidrug resistant bacteria and others are effective against pain. The structures of known cannabinoids also inspire chemists to create synthetic chemicals to mimic certain aspects of their function, like pain reduction, while providing a powerful medical effect and avoiding negative side effects.
Although a lot of work that has been done on cannabis, scientists have not identified every cannabinoid, so many research groups are continuing to identify and categorize the chemicals in cannabis. Samir Ross from the University of Mississippi led one such group in the discovery of nine new cannabinoids, and they published the structures and biological activities of these chemicals in an advanced article in the Journal of Natural Products.
The researchers grew plants from high-potency Mexican C. sativa seeds and harvested the whole buds of mature female plants. They performed chemical extraction and purification procedures on the plant material to isolate the nine cannabinoids. They then determined the molecular structures of these new chemicals using a variety of techniques, including 1D and 2D NMR, UV, and HRESIMS (high resolution electron spray ionization mass spectra).
After figuring out the chemical structures, it was crucial to know how useful these molecules might be in terms of medicinal properties. The first good news was that none of the cannabinoids were toxic to cells extracted from African green monkey kidneys, which meant that they have potential as drugs. Upon closer inspection, several of the compounds had respectable biological activities, as well.
Compound 5 had potent antileishmanial activity, which makes it a possible candidate against leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that is spread by the bite of the sandfly. Compound 8 was effective at killing Staphylococcus aureus, a frequent cause of staph infections, and compound 7 had good activity against Candida albicans, a fungus that gives people oral and genital infections. The other cannabinoids weren't as biologically active, but they all had some drug potential. For insistence, compounds 2 and 6 were mildly affective against MRSA, and compound 1 had some antimalarial activity.
The identification of these biologically relevant cannabinoids will give natural product chemists new ideas for future drugs. Even the less active ones can turn out to be useful, as chemists can make modifications of the structures that are more potent.
@Locked Llion: no doubt that research has shown marijuana has medicinal properties. THC, the main active ingredient in marijuana, produces effects that can potentially treat a variety of medical conditions. THC is the main ingredient in an oral medication currently approved to treat nausea in cancer chemotherapy patients and stimulate appetite in patients with wasting syndrome due to AIDS. Also, since cannabinoids can affect the immune system, cannabinoid-based drugs may be useful in managing autoimmune diseases, where the body's own immune system breaks down. Scientists are continuing to investigate other potential medical uses for THC and other cannabinoids in the marijuana plant.
The value of smoked marijuana, though, is a little less clear, because the potential harm from inconsistent ingredients and chemical concentrations in different marijuana samples, not to mention from the smoke itself, could override the potential benefits. Most everyone recognizes that we need more research to clarify the positive health effects of marijana and to develop safer formulations and delivery methods--beyond smoking. So once again, good science will have to come before policy changes.
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what do you guys screen the facts that you will post on your site I sure hope you aren't that bias.
muffin, its not about saving lives, i hate that you were one of the rare cases with realy bad adverse reactions but i highly doubt it would have killed ya, heck you would have ben the only recorded fatality due to pot. nidawriter, your right, we dont know what we are getting each time, as far as potency the experienced user can tend to smell a difference between weak and strong pot and as far as chems that dont belong would be eliminated by legalizing it. as far as the addictiveness goes it is nothing compared to crack, heroine, alcohol, tobacco, even less addictive than caffeine, so saying its addictive is flawed unless you mention the fact that video games, computers, tv, working and exercising are just as addictive if not worse. what i meant about the comparison to cocaine as far as drug tests go is this,
#1 pot is detected in urine for 2-3 weeks in most individuals
#2 coke and other illict drugs tend be detected in urine for 2-4 days in most individuals
#3 due to pot being detected longer and the fact that alot of people want good jobs and to get messed up, they turn to coke and other harsher drugs, so that they can get messed up friday night and pass a pee test no later than Wensday if it even takes it that long.
conclusion: pot being illegal + passing a pee test is becoming more necessary for the work force = more demand for coke and other hard drugs.
now as far as side affects go yes that does happen but how bad it happens and wether it lingers with ya depends on your smoking habit, the casual or once in awhile smoker may have these broblems while high but will not see lasting affects, the daily light smoker meaning .5-1.5 grams a day may see have these problems while high but not as bad as the casual and chances are it wont linger, now with heavy smokers meaning they stay baked are the people that you are realy dealing with when it comes to these problems, but if they stop for some time it will usually start getting better after week 1 even if they just go back to being a light smoker the long term problems tend to fade. but lets be honest these are also symptoms of cafeine and nicotene withdraws witch can be as devisting to a teens life if it is not legal related. legal issues are the main threat that pot has to its users and its insane that pot has "no medical use" while coke and opiates do. and marinol is not very affective and most of its users go back to pot due to its lack of performance and that it makes alot of them scary high. as far as needing to isolate and identifie how ever canabinoid works, no. concintrating the individual chems for a medicine may do to pot what it did for cocaine, cocaine is as harmful as it is due to purity, in its plant form its nowhere near as harmful. i think pot works as well as it does due to the many different chems that make it. personally i love science and would love to see how all the diferent banoids work by themselves and together but sceince dismanteling it for medicine rather than leaving it in its natural form is as scary as giving a kid ridalin or adderal, as far as other systems to take it, you can eat it but the affects are stronger last longer and takes longer for an affect, you can vaporize it and it wont burn the plant material but has a different feel than smoking it. but to realy do it justice it should be legal, it will open jobs, cut back on victamless crimes thuss freeing jails and prisons for actuall bad people, open up jobs for people who use it responcibly, and can help the environment by reducing the use of materials that mess with it, and help improve the lives of people who can be helped without the use of hard drugs like oxycottin, adderal, morphine, and many more drugs that are not just highly addictive but can easily be fatel or cause conditions that will worsen the quality of life for the person who is already suffering.
I'm doing my senior project on teens issues dealing with everyday issues that all teens go through and im stuck with 2 questions can anyone help me? what cause major issues for while using drugs, what are other ways that i a mentor can do to help the teens in my community with drug problem.
@teenmentor10--Sure! But can you clarify what you need? Are you saying: what are the major issues behind why many people use drugs?--or do you mean what happens in the lives of people who get addicted? Or what are the consequences of using drugs? Sorry, just not clear...as far as being a mentor to teens with drug problems, you might see what groups are active in your community--ask your guidance counselor or a local church mission or even a community volunteer coordinator. Do a key word search with your community in the string. Good luck.
As substance abuse counselor and a person in recovery, I am very much aware of potential dangers of Marijuana. However, whenever a source, such as this cites "the majority of youth (age 17 or younger) entering drug abuse treatment" as an authority on what is addictive I recognize a species argument when I see it. So to will all of my clients and young people in general. This is lazy rhetoric that only raises the anti-authoritarian stance of those who wish to minimize the potential dangers of marijuana.
@TGratch--sorry, did not mean to sound "specious," but that's the data. It's from the Treatment Episode Data Set, or TEDS, which I'm sure you're familiar with. Here is the table that shows percentages of which drugs different ages are reporting to treatment for. Marijuana is #1 for teens.
It's good to know that some people in this world or in this discission is educated on marijuana. first thing i would like to say is if there is 400 (or any other ridiculious number) of chemicals in marijuana what are they? do they really exsist? and if they do why dont you give us an example of the names of these chemicals? they cant because its a scare tatic for people not to smoke pot. Also if marijuana is as bad as any other drug (claimed by "proffessionals") then whats the annual death rate? tobacco kills at least 450,000 (it can be proven) alcohol kills 250,000 (can be proven) marijuana kills 0 people (no recorded deaths) so if both tobacco and alcohol can kill 700,000 people combined, how and why are these drugs still legal and getting money? THC yes the main thing in marijuana, yes it can mess with your brain causing effects but its not its effects that make it illegal (because if it was it wouldnt be in any medical practice) its the way people use it that makes it illegal such as transporting it in large quantities, smoking large quantities, smoking for any emotional reasons. The way people abuse it is forming an addiction and the way that could happen is doing the drug for any emotion reasons or having an overactive curiosity for the drug, thats how a dependancy gets formed, its never good to try or do a drug without proper knowledge of it. last thing im going to say and im done parents if you know that dangerous things like drugs are out there, educate your kids as soon as they're at a age they know what they're doing (7-11) dont lie to them, give them the straight facts about it and the straights consequences about it because thats the first place it starts, so overall just let them know its out there and give them good knowledge about what can possibly happen if they do it.
@Ryder--No one at NIDA is trying to fool anyone, just doing what you recommend in your last sentence: getting out the "straight facts" and the "straight consequences." Sorry, you cannot connect "0" deaths with marijuana use. For one thing, up to 11% of people who die in car wrecks test positive for THC in their blood.
What a great site - therev are a million things to do that are more fun then smoking some unknown grass.
go to the beach, go to the movies, go to the gym - you are not missing anything. [Deleted commercial link, per g/l]
At the person who said i would rather have someone smoke cigarettes then smoke marijuana. I think, personally, that is stupid. Both of my parents smoke cigarettes and are hopelessly addicted to nicotine. But i also have a lot of friends that smoke marijuana and have not shown any addictive behavior I know many people that smoked marijuana for 4+ years everyday for that matter, and still had little to no trouble stopping. Of course marijuana is addictive and does do damage to a teens brain but the addiction is mild and the brain damage is not nearly as severe as other substances, or even falling and hitting your head can be more severe. But even when a person is addicted to marijuana and they stop there withdrawal symptoms include: headaches, and temporary loss of motivation. But take alcohol withdrawals, they can kill you, literally kill you. Now granted i am just a kid but even i know that that is a stupid decision of our government/states to keep alcohol legal and still keep marijuana illegal. Especially when marijuana has positive affects on a person, medicinally that is. Which can induce: helping people sleep with no dependency for it once stopping, can increase appetite for HIV patients, and can relieve pain efficiently without the addiction some of our pain medications cause. Another stupid decision to keep the less strong pain medications that are addictive legal, and marijuana, a very efficient pain killer with little addiction, illegal. Any idea why half of America is blind to all of this?
@CJ--Like you, the scientists at NIDA do recognize that the THC in marijuana has effects that could potentially treat a variety of medical conditions. Along with the uses you point out-like relieving pain and increasing appetite-scientists are continuing to investigate other potential medical uses for THC. Smoking it, though, is controversial because the negative effects of marijuana smoke on the respiratory system are likely to offset potential benefits that marijuana could give to some patients. Like tobacco smoke, the smoke of marijuana consists of a toxic mixture of gases and tiny particles, many of which are known to harm the lungs. Someone who smokes marijuana regularly may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers do, such as daily cough, more frequent upper respiratory llnesses, and a greater risk of lung infections. We still have a lot to learn about marijuana's pros and cons, but it's pretty safe to say smoking it is not a good idea if you care about your health. Thanks for your comment!
@Cameron - There are no long-term studies of effects of vaporizing marijuana versus smoking, because it is too new. But, there would be no reason to expect vaporizing to be any safer for brain health. Unlike tobacco, the health risks of which pertain to toxins affecting the lungs, marijuana's risks primarily have to do with the effect of THC on the brain; with vaping as with smoking, large quantities of THC enter the brain very rapidly via the lungs.
The Maier et al 2012 study showed permanent loss of 8 IQ points when users began using cannabis heavily in adolescence, even if they quit as adults; if they started in adulthood, then quit, the losses were indeed reversible. Here's a link to an article about that study http://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2013/08/early-onset-regular-cannabis-use-linked-to-iq-decline and if you scroll to the bottom you can read the study yourself. While there continues to be much to learn about marijuana's effects on the brain, be it through smoking or vaporizing or ingesting through food, the evidence very clearly shows that it is detrimental to the developing teen brain and our ultimate goal is to provide teens with the facts about how use of any drug, including marijuana, comes with specific health risks so that they can make the best decisions for themselves.
ello jello:) u know weed is bad and i think that that people that r addicted to durgs we should help them cause thats what im doing in my town
i think that durgs r harmful to the human body
the thng is about durgs they tend to kill the human body and they think that it is cool to do so and get high well the pepl i fill srry for the ones that r hooked on the durgs and right now i just fell reel bad about them this is mud_vanye54 saying durgs r bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nida, i guess you couldnt come up with a valid argument to my statement. as far as 11% who died in wrecks tested positive so? how many were high at the moment? you do know you dont stay high for 2 weeks at a time unless you smoke that much, million things to do shut it. not many pot smokers wish to argue the risks to a minimum but when someone gives biased info or lack of info that just makes it look bad its irritating. we know the dangers and want everyone else to know the risks, facts are facts and i like the good and badwhats the % of smokers who are bad addicts? (that really go through bad withdraws) i know a person that triped off of pot and his mom nearly went blind from constant use but both wished it to be legal since they knew they were a small minority. i love science and facts and would love to see the full stats that have ben collected but nida wont tell the full story. why?
peanuts kill more people than pot so argue with that!
@NIDAwriter- not being able to smoke the marijuana is a miniscule problem because there are THC pills and vaporizers both which are not smoke but produce the same affects.
Cmon all you pot smokers out there. Lets be real for a minute. You are probably still talking about all the great things you are going to do in your life, and that pot expands your mind. Ha. Its all a lie !! Dont waste your time smoking this garbage. Wake up and get help ! The biggest joke is the marijuana industry is run by criminals and you are signing their paychecks. And dont think for a minute that I dont know what I am talking about. I was an abuser for 15+ years, and found out the hard way. Dont make the same mistake.
@Weednogood It only pays criminals since everything dealing with pot is illegal, I know all about the drug industries and how the laws affect them, drugs are sold legally everyday that can cause more damage mentaly and physically than pot ever could, some with scripts and some over the counter, anything and everything can be addictive and abused so I dont want to hear that b.s. the only addiction i have is tobacco and hating rich aholes and people that do what they can to make it easier for them. I dont care about expanding my mind, ef that, I have a real bad temper that ive ben working on for 15 years and im trying to turn my back to my violent urges, im 23 and ive done good with or without, but i dont kick out the front doors of the places i work when i have a little bit of garbage in me. to be honest it works wonders for people, and ruines less lives than any single drug you can get over the counter like alcohol and tobacco.
There are too many substances that affect our life and the Marijuana is one from these.
Marijuana also known as Cannabis which is prepared from Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug. The most common form of cannabis used as a drug is the dried herbal form.
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Informative with a lot of misinformation should be a tag line for this article.
no calls marijuana pot...unless you're stupid. and THC is a hallucinogen and not all marijuana is spirnkled with it
@me - whaaa? THC is the active ingredient IN marijuana, not sprinkled.
Ha..Ha..Give it up folks or pot smokers.Convincing your self with drugs it's just like"chasing the wind and satisfaction"which is not happening!
lol, sprinkled. i still say legalizing would help out
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how do you feel when ur done useing marijuan ? (withdrawl symptoms)
@hey4 When people who are addicted to marijuana try to quit, they may feel a variety of withdrawal symptoms. Along with craving, that could include feeling irritable or anxious or having trouble sleeping. That makes it hard for long-time marijuana smokers to quit, but these symptoms fade pretty quickly. The best idea is not to start, especially since the risk of addiction is pretty great (25-50%) in people who use every day, especially if they're teens.


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Soul of Chogokin Arcadia from Captain Harlock Updated
Here is a new picture of the upcoming Soul of Chogokin Arcadia based on the world famous ship's appearance in the film Arcadia of My Youth and the second TV series. Much like thier Yamato toys, the Arcadia will come with a special base and remote control that will play three BGM tracks from the series and produce five sound effects. It also has rotating turrets and LED lights for the bridge and engines. The Arcadia is 47 centimeters long. You even get an in-scale Galaxy Express 999! Coming October 2014 for 28,000 yen.
Bluefin Tamashii has given us information about the stateside release:
The Battleship Arcadia is taking off on an adventure, not into deep space, but into your home! From Galaxy Express 999, Soul of Chogokin welcomes Captain Harlock's Space Pirate Battleship Arcadia to its line-up. Complete supervision of the design was carried out by original author Matsumoto Reiji and Toei Animation. Strategic parts are made with die-cast for added authenticity. In further pursuit of Arcadia's perfect form, extreme attention is paid to the original mechanical design of Miyatake Kazuki's skull mark on the hull and bow. Use the included remote to control light and sound (background music x3, sound effects x5). Arcadia even makes the sounds of an engine starting when turned on. Set comes with display stand, Galaxy Express mini figure and mini stand. Coming November 2014 for $275.99.
You can preorder the Arcadia at Big Bad Toy Store.
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I like the way it looks, but considering how much the Space Battleship Yamato went for, I'm not sure I'm willing to plop $200 on a completely static spaceship, even if it has light and sounds and it belongs to Captain Harlock himself.
On a side note, what is that big Turn A Gundam in the background? Another large Metal figure to accompany that Turn X prototype? No matter what, I'm interested.
That is the getter dragon
Goddamn that's gorgeous.
It probably won't have the die cast content of the Aoshima, but it's bound to be bigger with a better sculpt!
I absolutely adore the little galaxy express 999 this comes with!
Now I'm wondering what those three BGMs are.
I hope the instrumental version of the SSX ED is one of them.


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Expectant management, or observation, is sometimes used to
manage complications of a high-risk pregnancy. Depending on the severity of
preeclampsia, you may need expectant management at
home or in the hospital.
Expectant management at home requires
reduced activity and careful checking and daily recording of:
The daily log of symptoms and measurements is combined with
frequent (usually twice weekly) checks at the doctor's office.
Being on expectant management may mean you are
advised to stop working, reduce your activity level, or possibly spend a lot of
time resting (partial bed rest). Although partial bed rest is considered
reasonable treatment for preeclampsia, its effectiveness is not proved for
treating mild preeclampsia.1 It is known that strict
bed rest may raise your risk of developing a blood clot in the legs or
Expectant management in the hospital requires some bed rest
and includes more frequent electronic and laboratory monitoring of the mother
and fetus.
CitationsSibai BM (2003). Diagnosis and management of
gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 102(1): 191–192.
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WTOP is reporting that the faulty section of track that caused this weekend's mayhem on the Red Line had been inspected just days before the incident.
"That area was inspected three days before," Metro General Manager John Catoe tells WTOP. "We are sending that piece of rail off to be tested to see if there's any defects in it."
We used this photo a few weeks back as a caption contest and had quite a few humorous submissions. Little did we know Metro workers inspecting tracks for faults are allegedly missing them!
We've gotten some heat that the name of this site is too harsh, but stories like this confirm to us that it was a wise choice.
We hope Catoe is happy with his clean, yet apparently dangerous subway system.
If you'd like to voice your concerns to Metro, attend some of the public hearings being held to discuss "service adjustments."
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