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My name is Rebecca, and I am HIV-positive. When I tested positive in 1990, the first thought that came into my head was "Does this mean that I can't have a baby?" I quickly turned my thoughts to other concerns: How long was I likely to live? Had I inadvertently infected my husband? How would I tell my family?
Time has answered the first question: I am still alive -- and well. An ELISA test answered the second question: My husband, Daniel, is HIV-negative. And over time I have answered the third question -- by coming out about my HIV status. I did that in stages: I came out first to close friends, then to my family, and finally to the world -- through WORLD, the newsletter that I founded when I discovered that there was almost no information available to women like me who are living with HIV.
But for many years I had no answer to the first question, and I never got over the sadness of thinking that I would never be able to have children. I persuaded myself that I could channel my maternal feelings in other ways, in useful, purposeful ways -- and that doing so would transform my sadness into good works. For a time it did. With unstinting support from Daniel and from other HIV-positive women, I started the information service and support network now known as Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases, and the women who became part of WORLD became part of my family.
"I told myself that if I paid close attention, I would eventually hear about a new technique, a new treatment, a new device that would permit me to have a baby safely. What I wanted was what all HIV-positive women want: a guarantee that my husband and I could have a healthy, HIV-negative baby -- and that I would live to watch our child grow up. But as all of us know, there are no guarantees in life."But the hole in my heart -- the hole that only a baby can fill -- remained. Daniel and I got a puppy. We adored her, but she was not a baby. I have 19 nieces and nephews, so our lives were filled with children, but it was not the same. For me, anyway, the grief of not having a child was always greater than the grief of having HIV. I told myself that if I paid close attention, I would eventually hear about a new technique, a new treatment, a new device that would permit me to have a baby safely. What I wanted was what all HIV-positive women want: a guarantee that my partner and I could have a healthy, HIV-negative baby -- and that I would live to watch our child grow up. But as all of us know, there are no guarantees in life. My decision-making process was a five-year battle between my heart and my head. My head said, "It's simply too big a risk. There are other ways to feel fulfilled. It's profoundly, deeply selfish to put a baby at risk. And besides, you have been in such good health for so many years now -- what if the stress of pregnancy undermined your own health?" I listened to my head, and I tried to drown out my heart. I tried to be absolutely rational. But I found that I couldn't. At one point I realized that I actually resented how effective condoms are in preventing pregnancy. I kept hoping one would break, and I would get pregnant accidentally -- so that the decision I was wrestling with would be resolved without my having to make it. To give me a better perspective on the risks and responsibilities of having a child, I sought out HIV-positive women who had had children -- which is something that every seropositive woman should do if she is considering conceiving a child. The main thing I wanted to know was how they had made the decision to get pregnant. But I also made a point of talking to women who had given birth to children with HIV. I wanted to know how they felt. I wasn't surprised that every one of them regretted giving birth to a seropositive child. What did surprise me was that so many said they didn't regret their decision to have a child. Armed with this information -- and assisted by a therapist, by Daniel, and by good friends -- I began to come to terms with what my heart was telling me. My heart, interestingly enough, had never been in conflict about this issue. It said simply, "I want this!" "Society sides with older women who want children, even as it condemns HIV-positive women for wanting the same thing, and it took me a while to realize that I had more in common with those women than I imagined. We might be divided by our HIV status, but we were united in our desire to have children -- and in our recognition that pregnancy, for us, involved a higher than average degree of risk." I had all but resolved to attempt to get pregnant when I got a call from an HIV-positive friend, a woman I respect but had not chosen to consult about the battle my heart and head were waging. The call came the day after that woman buried her three-year-old daughter, dead of AIDS. "Rebecca," she said, "my daughter suffered every day of her life. I don't understand these women who get pregnant when they know they have HIV. Don't they realize? If your child gets AIDS, it's not you who suffers, it's your child." I knew she was right. And I knew I had to rethink my decision. I had to listen to my head. I was doing precisely that when I learned that my best friend and her husband had decided to try to have a baby. As it happens, my friend is HIV-negative. As it also happens, she is 42 -- and for women her age any pregnancy is a high-risk pregnancy. Older women are statistically more likely to miscarry, and they are also more likely to have complicated pregnancies, to deliver early, and to deliver babies with birth defects. What my head told me is that society sides with older women who want children, even as it condemns HIV-positive women for wanting the same thing. In both groups of women, pregnancy carries a higher than average degree of risk, but in the former group those risks are deemed acceptable -- perhaps because society at large does not have as clear an idea of what they are. It took me a while to realize that I had more in common with those women than I imagined. We might be divided by our HIV status, but we were united in our desire to have children -- and in our recognition that pregnancy, for us, involved a higher than average degree of risk. As I contemplated the decision my brave 42-year-old friend had made, I found myself rescinding the decision I had made the day my other friend buried her three-year-old. It was clear to me that my heart wasn't going to let go of this issue, no matter what my head said. It was almost as though my child already existed in spirit, and he or she was pleading to be allowed into my life. In January of 1995 Daniel and I went to the Perinatal AIDS Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. We told the staff, "We are not asking your advice, and we are not asking you to endorse our decision. We've already decided: we want a child. What we want from you is to make all of this as safe as possible -- for both of us, and for our baby." Recognizing that there is a correlation between viral load and the likelihood of mother-to-child HIV transmission, Daniel and I wanted to attempt conception while my viral load was low -- which it was at the time, and which it remains to this day. (For more specific information on factors that affect mother-to-child transmission, including viral load, see "[Can I Have Children?](/article/can-children)" by Dr. Kimberly Smith in this issue of _AIDS Care_.) For the next three months we carefully measured my temperature every day, to establish exactly when I was ovulating, and at the appropriate time we used syringes supplied by San Francisco General Hospital to inseminate me. ### Acknowledging -- and accepting -- the risks I am not sure why intrauterine insemination did not work for me, as it has for so many other women, but it didn't. It was Daniel who suggested that we try "the old-fashioned method" the next time I began to ovulate. He was more concerned about the risk to the fetus if my viral load went up while we were trying to conceive than he was about the risk to himself from one or two acts of carefully timed intercourse. We were both well aware of the risk he was taking. Transmission of HIV from an HIV-positive woman to an HIV-negative man is less likely than from an infected man to an uninfected woman, but such infections do occur. Estimates of the risk of infection during a single act of unprotected vaginal sex vary widely, ranging from 1 in 500 to 1 in 5,000,000 (_see_ "[Risky Business](/article/risky-business)," a full and frank discussion of the risks of HIV transmission during sex, which appeared in Vol. 1, No. 2, of _AIDS Care_). Within days I was feeling vaguely nauseated and my breasts were sore. Could this mean that I was pregnant? At nine days we ran a home pregnancy test... which came back blue, for negative. A day later we ran a second test... which came back faintly pink. Could this mean that I was pregnant? As the Perinatal AIDS Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital soon confirmed, it did. "The use of AZT results in a sharp drop in mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In most studies AZT has reduced the transmission rate from 25% to 8% or lower, and in some instances it has fallen as low as 3%. We do not yet know if the more powerful drug combinations mow in use will reduce mother-to-infant transmission rates even further, but it is reasonable to think that they will." I got exceptional care at S.F.G.H. throughout my pregnancy. Good care makes a difference -- as "[Good for Both Mother and Child](/content/art12665.html#mother)," in the Newsline section of this issue, makes abundantly clear -- and I am profoundly grateful for the care I received during my pregnancy. Even so, I suffered horrible morning sickness during the first four months of my pregnancy. I threw up half a dozen times a day, and I had to fight dehydration, weight loss, and exhaustion on a daily basis. Then, just as I was finally beginning to feel like my old self, I was told that I was expecting twins -- and I was consigned to bed rest, to prevent premature delivery of those two babies. At 33 weeks of gestation I began taking AZT, to reduce the chances that I would infect my unborn children in the womb or during delivery. As Dr. Catherine M. Wilfert, one of the guest editors of this special issue of _AIDS Care_, observes in her [commentary](/content/art12665.html#whatthis), we have known since 1994 that the use of AZT results in a sharp drop in mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In most studies the use of AZT has reduced the transmission rate from 25% to 8% or lower, and in some instances it has fallen as low as 3%. In 1994 the standard of care for pregnant women with HIV was AZT monotherapy or two-nucleoside therapy. That standard has now evolved to include at least three antiretroviral agents, one of them a protease inhibitor. We do not yet know if these more powerful drug combinations will reduce mother-to-infant transmission rates even further, but it is reasonable to think that they will. Toward the very end of my pregnancy I joined a study that involved getting one dose of nevirapine (Viramune®) as I was going into labor and giving one dose to the babies two days after they were born. Nevirapine, the first of the class of drugs known as non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors or NNRTIs, produces rapid and dramatic reductions in viral load. (Unfortunately, it also produces rapid resistance when it is given as monotherapy, which is why this drug is routinely used in combination with other antiretroviral agents.) More importantly, nevirapine has a unique capacity to penetrate the uterus -- and the idea behind this study was to use the drug as a kind of booster shot, to zap the virus in my body and the babies' bodies at the time when transmission is most likely to occur -- during delivery. On March 12, 1996, Sophia Claire and Sarah Catherine were born two minutes apart by cesarean section. (For more information on C-section versus vaginal delivery, see "[98% Sure](/content/art12665.html#98)" in the Newsline section of this issue.) I knew right away that my daughters had good lungs, because they were yowling up a storm. When they were one hour old, their blood was drawn for an HIV RNA assay -- which would tell us if the girls had been infected with the virus in utero. On the fourth day of my hospital stay, Daniel and I were told the results of those tests... which were negative for both babies! We now knew that our girls had not been infected in the womb. Follow-up tests, conducted over the next few months, established that they were not infected during delivery, either. Sophia and Sarah, now well into the "terrible twos," exhaust us -- and make us deliriously happy. They are energetic, affectionate, and willful. They like to paint, dance, and make up their own words to familiar songs. They are in good health. Their father is in good health. And so is their mother. And when they crawl into bed with us early in the morning and I nuzzle their soft little heads while they stroke my cheek with their tiny fingers, I think to myself, "There is nowhere else I would rather be." _Rebecca Denison is founder of WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases), Oakland, CA._ Back to the [October 1998 _AIDS Care_ contents page](/content/art12666.html).


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It looks like they may have found evidence of Yu the Great's flood; if it's correct, then they push him a bit later, to about 1900 BC.
If their theory is correct, a rockslide dammed up the Yellow River's Jishi gorge (about the midpoint of the Jincheng/Longxi border, two commanderies on the western edge of southern Liangzhou -- or, if you prefer, a third of the way form wei river's source to lake Qinghai). Water built up behind the rocky dam until it burst 6-9 months later, flooding everything downstream.


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Institute for Astronomy presents Einstein vs. SantaUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU - Is Santa guilty of breaking the laws of physics as expressed in Einstein's theory of relativity? Can Santa deliver all his gifts to the good children of the world without breaking the universal limit set by the speed of light?
Dr. Robert Jedicke of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy will take an entertaining look at Mr. Claus' annual trip from the physicist's perspective on Thursday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the IfA Manoa auditorium. In the process he will introduce the audience to the bizarre effects that take place in a relativistic universe.
This will be a fun, equation-free presentation suitable for those in high school or older.
Admission and parking are free.
A map showing the location of the IfA is available athttp://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/open-house/map.htm.
The web page for the event is http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/specialevents/Einstein-Santa.html.
The poster for this presentation is available athttp://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/specialevents/einstein_poster.pdf.
Founded in 1967, the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa conducts research into galaxies, cosmology, stars, planets, and the sun. Its faculty and staff are also involved in astronomy education, deep space missions, and in the development and management of the observatories on Haleakala and Mauna Kea.
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An unarmed man was shot and killed by a New York police detective early Thursday after the man had been pulled over by two police cars in Queens, N.Y., authorities said.
Noel Polanco, 22, was on his way home to Corona, N.Y., from his job at the Ice Lounge in Astoria Thursday morning when he was shot at about 5:15 a.m. He had offered a ride to a colleague, bartender Diana Deferrari, and another woman, who was an off-duty police officer, according to law enforcement sources. All three lived in the same part of Queens.
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Noel Polanco, 22, was shot and killed by an NYPD officer after he was pulled over early Thursday morning.
As they headed home on the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia Airport, Polanco was pulled over after cutting off what turned out to be an unmarked police van.
When Polanco stopped the car, a detective approached the vehicle and asked him to show his hands, according to police.
Police said Polanco reached under his seat and appeared to grab for a yellow electric power drill with a black handle.
That's when the detective, Hassan Hamdy, 39, a 14-year veteran assigned to the Emergency Service Unit, fired a single shot through the passenger-side window and hit Polanco in the stomach. He was taken to New York Hospital Queens, where he was pronounced dead less than an hour later.
Passenger claims incident was police 'road rage'
Sources said the detective may have thought Polanco was reaching for a gun. But Deferrari, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, said his hands were on the steering wheel "at all times" and that the officers were angry when they pulled him over.
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"This was an act of road rage by the police because my friend cut him off, cut off the police," she told reporters Thursday. "The police proceeded to chase us, sticking their middle finger at us and screaming obscenities at the car."
No gun was recovered from the car.
The off-duty police officer in the car, who was in the backseat, told investigators she was asleep when the shooting happened.
Polanco's mother, Cecelia Reyes, said she demands justice for her son.
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"They're just gonna take my son like that ... like he's some kind of criminal ... 22 years old, never got in trouble. I want justice for my son," sobbed Reyes. "I'm not gonna let his memory stay like this. He was not a bad kid."
Polanco served in the U.S. Army for four years, enlisting in April 2008. He was assigned to the 1156th Engineer Company headquartered in Kingston, N.Y.
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"He actually joined the Army because he wanted to be a cop," said Noel De La Rosa, a friend of Polanco. "He said, 'Why don't I do this for a couple of years, and then I'll join the force.'"
Another friend, Tito Cordero, said Polanco returned from a tour awhile back and in addition to bartending, had been working at a Honda dealership detailing cars.
"He worked hard, two, three jobs," said Cordero. "He was a quiet, good kid. There's no aggressiveness in this kid."
Reyes said her son wanted to become a police officer after serving in the National Guard. She says she plans to hire an investigator to review the case.
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Series of fatal NYPD shootings
The shooting Thursday is the latest in a series of fatal shootings by police officers in New York.
In August, New York police officers shot and killed a 51-year-old man wielding a kitchen knife in touristy Times Square. Following the incident, police said the man lunged at them.
Also in August, two officers shot and killed an armed man who had just killed a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building. During the incident, nine bystanders were injured by ricocheting bullets from officers' gunfire.
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Netflix Customer Service Live Chat Session Goes Viral
Customer service live chats are a great way to handle issues with a company online. Some work better than others, but for the most part they are all about the same: bland, sterile conversations that may or may not get your problem solved or question answered.
Until one service rep at Netflix stepped everyone's game up.
The transcript originally appeared on Reddit, and Huffington Post confirmed that it's real.
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After much prodding from family and friends, I finally threw up my hands and got an iPhone a couple of days ago. Given my proclivities, I started looking for apps that might come in handy for historians and history enthusiasts. Here's a list of some of them. They're a mixed bag; some of them are really useful and creative, while others seem a little superfluous.
- Revolutionary War Site Locator. I'm really fond of this one. It's a map program that tags Am Rev parks, museums, monuments, and cemeteries, allowing you to find historic sites near your current location and instantly access background information, photos, links, directions, etc. One of the things I liked about using a TomTom when doing heritage tourism is that you could pull up the names and locations of nearby museums and parks, but this app is far more comprehensive, with many more sites included (down to the burial places of individual historic figures or small museums with just a few Rev War items) and much more information per site. If you're in Kansas City, MO and you need a Rev War fix, just bring up the map and you'll find that there's an equestrian statue of Washington in town, and you'll also get information about when it was constructed, who made it, who raised the money, and so on. (This is an actual example, believe it or not.) This app is also constantly updated with additional material from other users, and you can add your own photos and sites for the benefit of others.. At only $1.99, it's a must have for AWI aficionados.
- American Civil War Locator. Identical to the Rev War app, except the locations are broken down into "Major Civil War Battles," "Civil War Sites," and "Civil War Events," which gives you the dates of upcoming reenactments or symposia and contact information for the hosting venue. It's $1.99 and well worth the price.
- Museum Locator. Includes hours, admission, contact information, and instant access to maps and official websites. This app is free, so it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and download it for those occasions when you're on vacation or a business trip with some extra time to kill.
- Freedom Trail Walking Tour. This is the sort of thing that you could only do with handheld digital technology. This app gives you access to information about sites along Boston's Freedom Trail—maps, videos, admission, hours, links, etc. It's like having your own personal tour guide for Revolutionary Boston, and it's free.
- CamScanner. There are quite a few document scanning apps, but this one seems to be the most popular one available in a free version. You just take a photo of the document with your iPhone and crop the picture, and you get a high-contrast PDF or fax-type electronic version that you can visually enhance, share, upload to a computer or the Internet, tag for easier searching, etc. It's mostly intended for simple, black-and-white documents like articles, bills, receipts, and so on, but it might come in handy in archival situations when dealing with printed or typed material. I haven't had chance to try it on older manuscripts yet; it might not work without the heavy contrast that you get with modern documents. Still, it's a handy thing to have on hand, especially since most archives restrict the use of conventional document scanners. This device never comes into contact with the document surface itself, since it's basically using the phone's camera function and then enhancing the image. As long as you disable the flash, you might be able to use this for quick, easy image acquisition in many repositories while doing research. Of course, it goes without saying that you need to check with the institution beforehand to see what guidelines they have in place.
- WorldCat Mobile. A handheld version of the library database. You can search for materials, see which repository with the item you need is closest to you, instantly call for information, and then get a map to find out how to get there. This app is free.
- Constitution and Declaration of Independence. These apps include the text of the documents along with additional notes containing information about the dates of ratification and so on. Handy for quick reference purposes. They're both free.
- Abraham Lincoln Quotes and Abraham Lincoln Quote App. These are more gimmicks than anything else. The first costs $1.99 and generates a random Lincoln quote every time you tap the screen; the second is pretty much the same thing, but also plays an audio version of the Gettysburg Address and costs $0.99. I'm not sure what you'd need this sort of thing for.
- The Civil War: A Narrative. Unabridged audio recordings of Shelby Foote's massive trilogy for $19.99 per volume, with automatic bookmarks to pick up where you left off, navigational capabilities, and more.
- Today in History. One of several similar trivia apps. A free version is available.
It seems to me that the most inventive stuff is being turned out for historical tourism, giving people instant access to information about places they can visit and helping them make sense of it when they get there.


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Yes, we're still slogging through the post-New Year movie doldrums, with little relief in sight, but there are two Oscar-nominated performances getting a limited release this week.
"The Mechanic"
Jason Statham stars in this remake of the Charles Bronson classic about a hitman who takes a young upstart, played by Ben Foster, under his wing. In theaters everywhere, watch the trailer
"The Rite"
Based on a true story (aren't they all?) about a young seminary student sent to the Vatican to attend exorcism school, where he meets a strange old priest played by Anthony Hopkins. In theaters everywhere, read our review and watch the trailer.
Javier Bardem stars is this powerful film from Alejandro González Iñárritu, about Uxbal, a hustler who who deals on the fringes of Barcelona's black market. When he is diagnosed with cancer and finds himself in a mad scramble to get his affairs in order tso that his two kids will be cared for when he's gone. In limited release, read our review and watch the trailer
"127 Hours"
James Franco stars in the true story of the guy who ultimately cuts off his own arm to escape the boulder that has him pinned deep in a canyon in the Utah desert. Nominated for Best Picture, Best aActor and four other Academy Awards. In limited release, read our review and watch the trailer
"From Prada to Nada"
It's a modern Latina take on Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," in which two young women learn only after their father's death that they are in fact poor, and are forced to move in with their blue collar aunt. In limited release, watch the trailer
"Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster"
Kung fu grandmaster Ip Man moves his family to Hong King, where he hopes to open a school where he can teach his special brand of Wing Chun martial arts. But first he must prove his mettle in a series of battles with local masters. In limited release, watch the trailer
Director Greg Araki's latest is a comic sci-fi saga about a bisexual film student who starts dreaming about a pair of beautiful women, which is fine until he starts seeing them in real life. In limited release, watch the trailer


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Alabama and Florida may border one another, but according to this calculator that shows which countries your state's quality of life resembles most closely, they are a world apart. While Florida most strongly resembles Canada, Alabama is closer to Estonia.
The calculator, which was put together by the OECD, takes eight factors into account: income, jobs, health, access to services, environment, education, safety, and civic engagement. The OECD has long compiled a list of quality of life rankings around the world.
This regional comparison measure, though, is a new tool the OECD just came out with, explaining "national averages can mask our actual well-being as experienced where we live and work." In addition to comparing U.S. states, the calculator also breaks down the data into comparison for regions and countries throughout the world.
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Cerumen (ear wax) impaction is a common cause of hearing loss. Ear wax buildup blocks the external ear canal resulting in a decreased ability to hear sounds, tones and frequencies. This condition affects people of all ages and is especially apparent in the elderly, as they often have additional reasons for difficulty with hearing.
Cerumen is a yellow, brown or gray waxy substance made up mostly of keratin (a protein), skin cells and cholesterol. In general, ear wax is believed to help lubricate and clean the outer ear. Some studies suggest that it may also aid in helping to prevent certain bacterial infections. Some individuals, however, overproduce this substance, resulting in undesirable side effects.
Symptoms of ear wax may include ear pressure or fullness, a sensation of water in the ear (especially after swimming, taking a shower or bathing), itching, ringing in the ears or even dizziness if the wax is pushed up against the tympanic membrane (eardrum).
It is not well understood why some people are wax producers while others are not, although it is believed that there could a genetic predisposition. In addition, some people will have hard wax while others may have soft wax. Regardless of the type of wax involved, both can result in hearing loss.
Diagnosis typically involves a visit to your doctor. Physicians can visualize the wax using a medical device called an otoscope. Once the wax is detected, there are several ways to remove it. Most commonly, the physician will flush the canal using warm water and a syringe. Although a strange sensation, the procedure is rarely painful or uncomfortable. Your health-care professional may also insert a small curette into the canal and manually remove the wax build up. There may be some slight discomfort depending on the amount and the depth of the wax. Furthermore, it is not uncommon to have a small amount of bleeding after these procedures, especially if the wax has been around for a long time. However, this is ultimately the most efficient way to remove the cerumen.
There are many over-the-counter products designed to remove ear wax. Those most effective are drops containing hydrogen peroxide, which helps soften and dissolve the wax buildup. Be careful, however, since some products such as ear candles are generally ineffective and can result in worsening symptoms or burns to the ear canal itself. Also, do not try to remove ear wax with a Q-tip. Instead of helping the situation, more often the wax is actually pushed deeper into the canal, worsening symptoms. In addition, Q-tip insertion can result in penetration of the ear drum, causing pain and bleeding.
The elderly seem to benefit the most from ear wax removal. As we age, our ability to distinguish sounds, tones and frequencies diminish. Frequently, older individuals require the assistance of a hearing aid to better discriminate conversations, hear the television or even the telephone. Ear wax removal in this age group is truly rewarding in that you are able to change the quality of a person's life simply by removing this obstruction. Therefore, it is advised that all caregivers and family of elderly patients have their hearing evaluated by a health-care professional with special attention given to a diagnostic ear examination.
Ear wax may be a minor problem, but can also significantly and adversely affect one's life. If you are heaving any hearing loss or unusual ear sensations, visit your physician for an exam. Hear me when I say that removal of ear wax can change your life for the better.
Dr. Michael Schwartz is board certified in internal medicine with a private practice in Darien. For comments or questions, visit his website at www.drmichaelbschwartz.com


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Astros Come Back For Sixth In A Row
Geoff Geary and the Florida sun allowed the Cardinals to tie today's Grapefruit League game at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Wesley Wright and Jeff Fulchino shut them down in the final two innings, and Michael Bourn's single up the middle in the ninth gave the Astros their sixth win in a row.
Right now, we're winning games in the same fashion we were losing them just a week ago. Back then, Jason Michaels losing the ball in the sun or Jason Smith sprinting across the diamond to drop a pop-up while trying to backhand it just feet from Chris Johnson, whose ball it clearly was, would have spelled disaster.
Today, they were mere bumps in the road.
Of particular note during this streak is Bourn, who went 1-for-3 today with two walks. Bourn's numbers during this stretch are perhaps the single-most encouraging part of the Astros' Spring Training: .333/.389/.400 with 2 SB in 4 attempts, 2 BB, 2 K, 5 RBI, and 4 R over six games. It's a small sample size, to be sure, but holds a lot of promise. If he can continue to get on base at anything near a .350 clip or above, the Astros' offense will succeed.
For the first time in 2009, I'm disappointed to have a day off.
That day off will be spent by at least one person in Astros camp, Danny Graves, to look for a new job. Graves was assigned to minor league camp, and had until Tuesday to decide whether to accept the assignment or to ask for his release. He asked for, and was granted, his release.
Though his spring wasn't great, neither was it as terrible as the 6.43 ERA suggests. First of all, he was only given seven innings to show his wares, and though he gave up five earned runs in those seven innings, none were from home runs. He also only issued one walk, didn't hit any batsmen, and struck out three for a DICE of 2.57 despite a WHIP of 1.71.
Unfortunately, given human nature, most people will see the high WHIP and ERA and fail to give him a chance to show his wares. But based on his ability to keep his walks, HBP, and HR to an absolute minimum – even over such a short amount of time – should at least warrant him the ability to go out and show someone what he can do.
I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't the last we heard from Graves.
Spring Training
I love Spring Training. It's a time of hope; a time of wondering and talking. Everyone has the same record this time of year. Everyone has the same dream: The World Series.
Astros fans have a lot of questions after this offseason: How will our suspect rotation hold up? Who will man third base? Who will be the catcher? I've made my predictions in other areas. This entry won't be used for that. Instead, I'd like to turn my attention elsewhere.
56 players reported to the Astros' Spring Training facilities. 28 pitchers and 28 position players. And one question on everyone's mind, especially after hearing so much about our horrible farm system is: What new faces can we expect to see this year? What can we expect of them?
New Faces
Gone is Ty Wigginton. Gone is Randy Wolf. Brad Ausmus. Mark Loretta. In their place are some faces many Astros fans may not recognize. Among them are some big league commodities new to the team:
Alberto Arias – The Astros claimed Arias off of waivers from the Rockies last season, on July 31. He pitched at Round Rock and, for three games (including 2 starts), in Houston at the major league level. He didn't respond terribly well in his limited time, but such a small sample size (8.0 IP) could easily be ignored. He will be 25 years old this year and has only thrown 29.0 big league innings. He has nice minor league numbers, and projects well to Minute Maid Park, with about 55% of balls hit off of him being hit on the ground. Projection: Could spend some time in the big league bullpen, or pressed into service as a starter. Look for about 50 innings from Arias, but nothing mind-blowing.
Jose Capellan – Astros fans will remember Capellan for his time in the Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen, though he last pitched for the Rockies in 2008. Though he hasn't started in the majors since 2 games in 2004 with Atlanta, he will be allowed to compete for a starting rotation spot in Houston. His time in the minors has been split between the bullpen and the rotation, with decent results. Over the past three seasons, he's thrown 91.2 innings in the minors with a 1.26 WHIP, 7-4 record, 4 saves, and a 4.12 ERA. Over the same time, he's thrown 99.2 less impressive innings in the majors with a 1.36 WHIP, 4-5 record, 80 strikeouts to 40 walks, and a 4.69 ERA. Projection: The hope is always that a little stability will help a player who's been moved around. In the past three season, Capellan has pitched for the Brewers, Tigers, and Rockies, not to mention five minor league teams among those three systems, along with the Royals organization. That's not likely to change, though, as he looks like he'll go between Round Rock and Houston frequently. Look for 60-70 innings in the big leagues, with an ERA in the 4.50-5.00 range.
Danny Graves – Most Astros fans will remember Danny from his time in Cincinnati from 1997-2005, most of it as their closer while he moved to #50 on the all-time saves list. He has bounced around since then, and hasn't pitched in the majors since 2006, when he threw just 14.0 relief innings with the Cleveland Indians. He hasn't had an ERA under 4 since 2004. 2008 was a forgettable year spent in the Minnesota Twins' organization, most of it with the AAA Rochester Red Wings. He went 4-6 there, with an ERA of 6.30, WHIP of 1.70, and just 32 strikeouts in 84.1 innings. Projection: I don't expect Graves to break through to the Major League level at all this year. He has not shown that he can consistently be counted on as a pitcher at the big league level.
Clay Hensley – Hensley showed a lot of promise early on with the Padres organization, and was projected along with Jake Peavy and Chris Young to be a dominant top of the rotation. In 2007, he ran into some injury problems, and was sent to AAA Portland after struggling in his minor league rehab stints. Despite his 5.31 ERA and 1-2 record (mostly out of the bullpen) in 2008 in limited time (39.0 IP) for the Padres, his time in Portland was very productive: 1-1 in 10 starts, 34 strikeouts and 16 walks in 48 IP, a WHIP of 1.29 and an ERA of 3.94. Prior to his injury-plagued 2007 season, he was 12-13 with a 3.30 ERA, 1.278 WHIP, and 150 strikeouts to 93 walks. Projection: I have high hopes for Hensley. I expect him to break camp as the #5 starter. I'm looking for 7-9 wins out of him, as he returns to form i
n his second season back from injury.
Russ Ortiz – Ortiz is a fresh face in Houston after missing the 2008 season recovering from Tommy John surgery. For his major league career, he is 110-82 with a 4.42 ERA, 1.479 WHIP, and 1,121 strikeouts in 1568.2 innings pitched. Since 2005, he hasn't thrown more than 115 innings in a season, and hasn't had an ERA under 4 since 2003, when he went 21-7 and finished 4th in the Cy Young voting (pay close attention to the year.) Projection: I don't expect Ortiz to shake the injury bug completely, but do expect him to crack the major league roster for somewhere in the vicinity of 60 IP.
Aaron Boone – Boone's most productive years came between 1997-2003 with the Reds, but his most memorable moment in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, when he hit the game-winning home run for the Yankees off of Tim Wakefield and the Red Sox. Since then, he has bounced between the Indians, Marlins, and Nationals. Boone is still a major league commodity. He plays all infield positions, and though he's been inconsistent, he does still show flashes at the plate and in the field. Projection: There's no doubt Boone will get some starts at third this year, and probably at second and first, as well. He should hit in the .250 range, with 5 or 6 home runs in 175 or so plate appearances.
Jason Michaels – Michaels came to Houston after 8 seasons between Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. He's a career .271 hitter (.345 OBP) with the ability to play all three outfield positions. Not a standout, but a very good player to have on the bench, and an upgrade when Michael Bourn doesn't pan out. Projection: 200 plate appearances with a .260 batting average and 5 home runs. Will be used, along with Erstad, to spell the outfield starters and provide a defensive replacement in left field late in games.
Toby Hall – Formerly the starting catcher of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Hall has spent the last three seasons between the Rays, White Sox, and Dodgers. Coming into the 2009 season, the Astros were looking for a veteran presence behind the plate to help out their youngsters – Palmisano, Castro, Towles, Quintero – at least through Spring Training. The news that he has shoulder soreness hasn't helped his already-weak case to make the team. Projection: Hall will probably start the season at AAA Round Rock, but uncertainty with the youngsters will virtually guarantee a lot of movement at the catcher position. He should pick up about 120 plate appearances, hit about .238 with a home run or two. Don't expect too much.
John Gall – Gall has failed to blow anyone away in his few major league appearances, but hasn't had much of an opportunity to shine. Between 2005-2007, he's had just 53 at-bats with the Marlins and Cardinals. However, in his minor league career, he's gone .298 (.356 OBP) with 115 home runs in over 3,700 at-bats over 9 seasons, mostly in the St. Louis organization. He plays the corners, both in the oufield and the infield. Projection: I don't know if Gall will play in the majors this season, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me, if only because of his defensive versatility – anyone who can play third base should get a chance to ply his trade in Houston this year. Gall has shown a lot of promise in the minors, and deserves a chance to spend some time in the majors. I think he will get at least 50 plate appearances this season.
Matt Kata – Since 2005, Matt Kata has spent time with the Diamondbacks, Reds, Pirates, Phillies, and Rangers organizations, though very little of that time was spent in the majors. None in 2008. He's a versatile utility man who could be called on in a pinch – he plays all positions but pitcher and catcher and has a .242 career batting average in the majors. Projections: I don't expect Kata to break into the majors this year, as the Astros have two utilitymen in Geoff Blum and David Newhan who are significantly better Matt Katas than Matt Kata is.
Jason Smith – Jason Smith was a questionable signing from the start. A left-handed-hitting utility infielder who has spent time over the last 8 seasons between 7 teams: The Cubs, Devil Rays, Tigers, Rockies, Blue Jays, Diamond
backs, and Royals. Not a terrific fielder (3.23 RFg, .968 F%), not a terrific hitter (.221/.259/.286), not a terrific anything. The quintessential no-tool player. Projection: If Smith plays at the major league level, the Astros are in serious trouble. I don't expect this to happen.
Next up, in addition to the new faces are the young faces: Guys like Bud Norris, Sergio Perez, and Chris Johnson who have come up through the Astros' system.


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Whew! Lets me off the hook. I think liberals are mealy mouthed. I am a progressive. There IS a difference.
I'm a political centrist. And there ain't nothing with me in the middle of the road 'cept a long yellow stripe and macerated road-kill.
Well, I guess Mr. Robertson also lumped homosexuals in with what he considers "liberal America", so... Homosexuals are also Nazis? IF YOU SUPPORT HOMOSEXUALS, YOU ARE AN EVIL NAZI SUPPORTER. BURN IN HELL~
The Gay Agenda is all about secretly bringing about the return of Nazi Germany. The same Nazi Germany that rounded up homosexuals in death camps, yup.
I'm a Jewish/Puerto Rican atheist centrist with swarthy skin and curly white hair. I didn't realize that having some of the friends I do qualifies me for membership in the National Socialist movement. Heil Stephen Fry!
If you're not in favor of laissez-faire capitalism and theocratic government, then you're a socialist. According to the right wing's definition of socialism, at least... And socialists are the same as communists and fascists. And all of them are gay pedophiles. :P
Kacie, you have Pat Robber's Son confused with Scott Lively. He is the dork who wrote a book saying the Nazis were all gay.
There was a book on that? Was it erotica? :D
Not A Kristalnacht But A Nacht Of Long Knives. That Turd, Scott Lively, Likes To Spread The
Lie That All Nazis Were Gays Or Under The Command Of Gay Men. This Is Akin To The Blood
Libel Of Jews -- The Myth That They Use Christian Baby Fat As Their Fuel Of Choice.
What's Next, Domestic Cats Such The Air Out Of Babies' Nostrils? Why Don't We Burn
Witches Again, Using Fag[o]ots As Kindling. Note The Class To Which The Right
Wingnuts Delegate The Sexual Minorities, One That Includes Atheists And Women.
The Only Type Spared Is The White Male Person. Everyone Else Is Lumped Into A Big
Cesspool Of Subhumanity.
Ummm, James? I'm almost afraid to ask ... but WHERE in the name of Rocket J. Squirrel did you FIND THAT????
I wrote it and wrongfully sent it to the do-not-reply, absent-mindedly writing it from the email notification of the post mentioning Crystal Night. Realizing my mistake and upon getting back the "message undeliverable" email with the link to the text, I recovered it there and posted it anew. However, as you know, these always capitalize every word and I was too tired of it all to go back and replace the words that should have small letters, so for what it's worth, there it is. I tend to write like I am composing a surrealist prose poem. It must be my medications. ;-)
You've got one hell of an ugly guy there !
Which one?!? [grin!]
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Should Psych-Os be worried? Maggie Lawson, who stars on the USA comedy, has joined ABC's untitled comedy pilot from Las Vegas writers Mark and Robb Cullen, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Psych renewed for an eighth season
Lawson will headline the single-camera comedy opposite James Caan. She will play Terry, a recently divorced single mom who temporarily moves in with her estranged father (Caan), a beer-drinking former baseball player. She reluctantly starts coaching her son's Little League team and finds herself drawn back into the sports world she once vowed to leave behind.
Lawson, 32, has co-starred on Psych since its inception. Although Season 7 doesn't premiere until Feb. 27, USA already renewed Psych for a shortened eight-episode eighth season last year. Filming on Season 8 is set to start in April, according to Deadline, which means Lawson would have time to film Season 8 before production would begin on the ABC comedy if it is picked up to series. However, Lawson's casting on the ABC pilot is in first position, which means if the project is picked up and Psych is renewed for a Season 9, it's unclear what would happen to Lawson's character, Juliet. Deadline reports that the plan is currently for Psych to wrap after Season 8.


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BRATTLEBORO - Voters in two southern Vermont towns passed articles Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for violating the Constitution.
More symbolic than substantive, the items sought to have police arrest Bush and Cheney if they ever visit Brattleboro or nearby Marlboro or to extradite them for prosecution elsewhere - if they're not impeached first.
In Brattleboro, the vote was 2,012 for and 1,795 against. In Marlboro, it was 43 to 25, with three abstentions.
"I hope the one thing that people take from this is 'Hey, it can be done,"' said Kurt Daims, 54, who organized the petition drive that led to the Brattleboro vote.
He said he hopes Bush and Cheney are never arrested here; he wants them impeached before that could happen.
"I voted in favor because I think Bush and Cheney have committed high crimes and misdemeanors," said Brattleboro resident Ellen Schwarz.
"I think it's outside the scope of town government," countered Jeff Morris, who voted against the indictment. "When history writes George Bush's story, he will be held in high regard for going into Iraq."
The Marlboro item was introduced from the floor under "other
business," but it isn't binding since it didn't appear on the warning for the meeting, according to Town Clerk Nora Wilson.
"It was emotional. There were heartfelt speeches on both sides," Wilson said.
Since it's non-binding, the Marlboro Select Board could act on it at a later date, but they're not required to, according to Wilson.
In Brattleboro, a steady stream of voters paraded into the Brattleboro Union High School gym to cast their ballots on a day when school board elections and Vermont's presidential primary were also on the slate.
Some saw the measure as purely symbolic.
"It really carries no weight," said Brattleboro Town Clerk Annette Cappy. "Our town attorney has no legal authority to draw up any papers to allow our police officers to do so, but the gentleman who initiated the petition, got the signatures, wanted it on the ballot to make a statement."
The vote and presidential primary came on Town Meeting Day, the day when voters in most Vermont cities and towns gather to debate and vote in an annual exercise of direct democracy.
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"It's the opportunity for this small community to set a precedent and an example for the United States," said Brattleboro resident Gerry Benjamin. "A little means a lot."
Organizers of the indictment campaign were frustrated that the printed ballot ended up relegating the Bush-Cheney indictment article to the back side, which they said would cause some people to miss it.
The 8-by-14-inch yellow cardboard ballot listed the offices and candidates in the local election on one side, and at the bottom in block letters "Turn Ballot Over and Continue Voting."
The article read: "Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictments for consideration by other authorities and shall it be the law of the Town of Brattleboro that the Brattleboro Police, pursuant to the above-mentioned indictments, arrest and detain George Bush and Richard Cheney in Brattleboro if they are not duly impeached, and prosecute or extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them?"
"Turn Over Ballot and Indict Bush," read a 3-by-4-foot handmade picket sign carried by Daims, who stood outside the school Tuesday.
Voters interviewed after casting ballots said they saw the article as an opportunity to express their frustration over the war in Iraq and Bush's tenure in general.
"I realize it's an extreme thing to do, and really silly in a way," said Robert George, 74, a retired photographer. "But I'm really angry about us getting involved in the war in Iraq and him (Bush) disrespecting the will of the people," he said.
Ian Kelley, 41, a local radio DJ, said he didn't vote on the article.
"It's not a good reflection on the town," he said. "Do I like either of them and would I vote for them? No. But I don't think it's cause to arrest them."
Barbara Southworth, a 66-year-old nurse, said she would have voted against it.
"I forgot to vote because it was on the flip side," she said.
The White House press office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment but promised one later Tuesday. But a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee denounced the article.
"It appears that the left-wing knows no bounds in their willingness to waste taxpayer dollars to make a futile counterproductive partisan political point," said Blair Latoff. "Town people would be much better served by elected officials who sought to solve problems rather than create them."
Reformer staffer Bob Audette contributed to this report.
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A Good Clothing and Fashion Accessories design example, the Anima is a creative Boots design. Anima was designed in 2009, and here is a how it is described by its designer: Anima boots were inspired by the nature, they are the perfect neo-modern safari boots and the causal city footwear, not only they are both comfortable and waterproof, but they also promise the awaken the anima within.
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Phil Sturgeon has put together a screencast showing off a few of the features of the Fuel PHP framework like migrations, tasks and the console the Oil tool provides.
In this video I'm going to be demonstrating migrations which I touched on in the last video but I felt I should go into them in more depth. Migrations [...] are essentially a way to stage changes for your database in a way that means the changes can be independent from the schema as a whole.
He walks you through the creation of a migration with the help of the Oil command line tool. The generated classes include "up" and "down" methods for the creation and rollback of your changes. He shows the process to create a simple task and how to use the built-in console to interactively work with the framework. You can find out more about Fuel on the Fuel documentation section of the project's site.


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Leeward Community College student wins EMMY scholarship
Kent Harland awarded prestigious Shelly Fay Videography Scholarship from the National Academy of Television Arts and SciencesLeeward Community College
Kathleen Cabral, (808) 455-0524
Leeward Community College
PEARL CITY, Oʻahu — Kent Harland, a student in the Leeward Community College (LCC) TV Production (TVPro) program, was recently selected as this year's EMMY® Award scholarship winner for Best Videography. One of four scholarships awarded annually to college students, the Shelly Fay Videography Scholarship is presented by the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and its Board of Governors. Harland will be honored with his award at the chapter's formal EMMY® Award ceremonies on May 20.
The $3,000 scholarship award is based upon a college transcript and essay along with a videotape of the student's work. It is a juried competition with judges from TV stations, networks, advertising agencies, as well as college professors. This is the eighth EMMY® Award scholarship that has been awarded to a LCC TVPro student since 1989.
Hawaiʻi students vying for EMMY® awards compete through NATAS' San Francisco/Northern California Chapter, which includes all colleges and universities within Northern California (Visalia to the Oregon border), Hawaiʻi, and Reno, Nev.—an area that includes nearly 200 higher education institutions. The scholarships are awarded to encourage individuals who demonstrate leadership and talent in advancing the artistic, cultural, educational, and technical qualities of television. Besides videography, scholarships are also awarded for excellence in television production and reporting, as well as one for minority students. Other college winners this year are from Santa Clara University, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is the premier and most recognized non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of excellence in television. The Academy awards the EMMY®, the most prestigious, peer-judged honor in television for outstanding creative achievement. Formed in 1957, NATAS serves all television markets in the United States through its 20 chapters. The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter joined in 1961, and is now one of the largest chapters, representing California markets from Visalia to the Oregon border, Hawaiʻi, and Reno, Nev.
Located in Pearl City on the island of Oʻahu, Leeward Community College is a regional community center, creating both an environment for academic learning and a center of cultural life for its Leeward Oʻahu neighbors. From professional career studies to liberal arts, the college offers diverse and comprehensive opportunities for all students on its main campus as well as off campus through its satellite campus in Waiʻanae and through its expanding distance education program. The college is one of 10 campuses in the University of Hawaiʻi System. For more information, visit www.leeward.hawaii.edu .
Leeward's Television Production program is uniquely co-designed by industry leaders and university educators to give students the knowledge and skills necessary to enter the TV production profession. The career-oriented program is designed specifically for students seeking job-entry skills, retraining, or upgrading in professional digital cinematography, with emphasis on all aspects of video production. For more information, visit http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/tvpro .
For more information, visit: http://www.leeward.hawaii.edu


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Michelle Rodriguez is the latest star to return for the final season of "Lost," according to Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello.
The mag reported that Michelle will return as Ana-Lucia for "at least" one episode of the ABC show.
Ana-Lucia, who was shot and killed by Michael (Harold Perrineau) in Season 2, made an appearance in Season 5 as well.
A number of actors whose characters were knocked off in previous seasons are returning for cameos in Season 6, including Harold and Cynthia Watros, who producers of "Lost" confirmed would be back in during the show's Television Critics Association panel back in January. Additionally, Maggie Grace and Rebecca Mader are also reportedly set to make appearances.
Ian Somerhalder (Boone) and Dominic Monaghan (Charlie) popped up again in the season premiere, both appearing in an as-yet-unexplained secondary timeline in which Flight 815 never crashed into the island. And meanwhile, Emilie de Ravin (Claire) has emerged from the island's jungles in a big way in recent weeks after disappearing during Season 4.
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Hope in Suffering
Take some time today to ask yourself: "Where does my hope lie?" Does it lie in your being accepted by this world, or have you placed your hope in Christ alone and in your citizenship in His kingdom? Read through ...Read More
Authentic Profession
Take some time today to read through the book of James and meditate on his command to be a doer of the Word (1:22). Ask for God's wisdom to help you do this, for without it, we will never be ...Read More
Rescue the Wanderer
All of us have an important part to play in the salvation of others. While we ourselves could never save another soul, God uses us as tools to help place His Word in the hearts of His elect. As Calvin ...Read More
Righteous Prayer
In 4:4, James warns us against seeking friendship with the world partly because friendship with the world produces ineffectual prayer (vv. 1–3). Instead, we must be friends of God. Elijah was such a friend of God that he was translated ...Read More
The Prayer of Faith
James' confidence that prayer brings healing occurs in a context looking toward the restoration of all things at the day of judgment (5:7–9). Not until the new heavens and the new earth will our bodies be in perfect health. However, ...Read More
Keeping the Pledge
We are foolish if we think that we can make a lawful vow and then not pay it. God regards our oaths as sacred and will hold us accountable if we break them. Take some time today to consider the ...Read More
Lawful Oaths and Vows
Do you flippantly use the Lord's name in conversation without even thinking about His majesty or holiness? What about the process you go through before you commit yourself with a vow? Do you consider the situation carefully or do you ...Read More
Occasions for Oaths
The fact that God swore an oath when He initiated the Abrahamic covenant demonstrates that oaths are appropriate when we make life-regulating agreements. Remarkably, society has always recognized this through things like marriage vows, ordination vows, and, to a lesser ...Read More
Idolatrous Oaths
If you were to ask people what it means to take the name of the Lord in vain, most would probably say that it involves some kind of curse of the name of God. However, anytime we swear an oath ...Read More
A Vow's Intent
All of us have made promises that we do not intend to keep. We make vows all the while knowing that we have a way out if we want it. As we have seen today, however, such activity violates the ...Read More


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T/6/R.H. annual camp circa 1910.
T/6/R.H. annual camp circa 1910.
I see that the photo was taken by the firm of J & R Couper from Glasgow. They were renowned for being Victorian photographers. A lot of the old soldier photo's were taken by the firm.
This photo is A1 (thats good)
Wiring party could be a number of Highland regiments.
Very good quality, nice to see these photo's,
1st Bn Black Watch (RHR)
D Coy, Signal Platoon,
1966 - 1975.
9th Batn snipers Arras Cathederal 1917.
Note the telescopic sights.
William Fowler and a new recruit circa 1910.
Luit F.G.Tait 2nd B.W. wounded at Magersfontein K.I.A. at Koodesberg Drift.
Amature golf champion 1894-5-6.


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Even if you don't care about Symfony2 or Silex and instead prefer some other framework, there is stuff to benefit from going on inside the Symfony2 community. Not only are the Symfony2 components all build to also work standalone, but key contributors are also building libraries and tools that should proof useful for the entire PHP ecosystem. For an overview of the components part of Symfony2 I refer you all the Symfony2 site. Here is a short overview in alphabetical order of libraries that have spawned around Symfony2 (and just to clarify not at all focused on just Symfony2). Common to all of them are that they require PHP 5.3 and follow the PSR-0 for class loading.
Assetic is a port of the python webassets asset management library. It provides a tool chain to manage, filter and optimize assets like css and javascript files. It looks like it will soon also offer image related capabilities for example to generate CSS sprites.
Behat is actually a github organization that has created a bunch of libraries. The main one is of course Behat itself, which is a BDD framework. But there is also the Gherkin parser, Mink for browser testing and SahiClient for JS test automation.
Buzz is a lightweight HTTP client library.
Gaufrette provides a filesystem abstraction layer already supporting lots of different adapters.
Imagine provides various tools for image manipulation.
Jackalope implements the PHPCR interfaces and provides compatibility with JCR implementations like Jackrabbit. FYI the process of submitting PHPCR to JCR has now been "formally" started
Yet another port of a python library Monolog provides a flexible logging toolchain. One of the coolest loggers is the fingers crossed logger, which collects information in memory but only logs the data in case an error occured.
Snappy uses wkhtmltopdf to generate PDF's and image snapshots of HTML using webkit for rendering.
Continuing with the theme of python inspired libraries Twig is a lean, yet extensible, template engine inspired by Django and Jinja template languages
PS: I guess I could also add Doctrine2 to that list. While the Doctrine2 community is of course much bigger than "just" Symfony2, a lot of contributions have spawned out of the Symfony2 community.
PPS: Maybe the next big contribution to come out of Symfony2 will be composer.
Update: Shortly after I published this post, Fabien releases Sismo. Sismo is a simple Continuous Testing Server based on Silex that is especially optimized to run locally.
Thanks for the nice roundup. What I really like about the Symfony2 approach is the (architectural) embracing of other libraries without building everything on its own.
For me it feels that 2011 will push PHP forward. I mean not the language itself (release of 5.4...6... anyone?) but the whole echosystem and the ability of writing high quality software.
These are all great components. I'm curious why there has been a divergence over the past few years from having components in PEAR. It seems like it could benefit the community more if these could be actively maintained as PEAR packages.
I have a very first hand, therefore biased, POV of why PEAR is not the main repository for libraries anymore today. I guess I can one of these days write it all down in a blog post. That being said, I do not know how to really fix this. Maybe the time has come for the community to put their heads together to define what they would want the official php.net library repository to be these days?
That's a great set of software. I have a tiny framework that only a few people use, but am taking the same approach of trying to keep generally useful things decoupled from the framework and sharing them independently.
I also have a biased view on why PEAR doesn't work, and am also hopeful that the community can and will find another path forward to share code in a more productive ways. There is a lot the PHP community can learn from the success of the Ruby and Python communities. I have also been porting over packages I've found impressive in the Ruby world like factory_girl (nee fixturenator in php).
I hope that the leaders in the community choose to improve PHP rather than jumping ship to another language. PHP is a great, proven language with lots of interesting new features coming up (I am a big fan of traits in particular).
I do think that improvements in the surrounding ecosystem can make it easier for the community to adopt newer versions more quickly. For instance if there were tools to more easily juggle multiple binary versions on the same system then more people would be using 5.3.
Anyway, great post!


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Get down: Muck about for a good cause
As much as everyone knows now that water is such a precious resource, as soon as it rains, most people return to their original ways of flushing and drinking and watering with little regard for tomorrow. Maybe we've learned our lesson, but history tends to indicate otherwise. We can't make rain, but we can preserve what we have so that drastic measures (like recycling effluent) can be avoided.
Virginia Save Our Streams trains and certifies volunteer water monitors throughout the state. Data collected by certified monitors is sent to state agencies for use in water quality assessments. As a nonprofit, non-governmental organization, they work with everyone from individuals to agencies to ensure that future generations of Virginians inherit improved and protected streams, rivers, and estuaries.
Training sessions involve catching and identifying aquatic invertebrates for help in gauging stream health. Healthy waters teem with varieties of these organisms, but when degradation occurs, their living communities change in predictable and measurable ways.
The fun part happens when you get down and dirty in the water with your net. Select a riffle typical of the stream, a shallow, fast-moving area with a depth of three to 12 inches and cobble-sized stones. Size is important because those little wiggly things choose them for protection, nutrients, and oxygen.
Then rub the larger rocks to dislodge the little buggers, and, of course, dig around in the stream bed for burrowing macroinvertebrates. Once you're thoroughly entrenched, place the net on a flat, light colored surface and, using tweezers or your fingers, pick through your findings.
John Murphy, a program coordinator of Stream Watch, will be the guiding force behind analyzing the particular branch of the Rivanna River that flows past Darden Towe Park on Saturday, November 16.
All 350 certified members of Virginia's Save Our Streams are volunteers. Without these volunteers there would be no program. Cooperating with Citizens for Water Quality, they also work with schools and teachers to create local watershed stewardship organizations.
So if it's a beautiful day (heavy rain cancels) why not splash around a little, learn something, and protect a resource that we came very close to losing?
Stream Watch is sponsoring a volunteer stream monitor training session on Saturday, November 16, from 9:30am till noon at Darden Towe Park pavilion. Route 20 North. For more information, contact John Murphy at 242-1145 or visit vasos.org.


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The discipline of psychology is concerned with the examination of human behavior.
For General Education
The goals of the psychology department for general education students are:
- to instill in students an appreciation and respect for studying God's highest creation;
- to expose students to the diversity of behavior, research, theories, and applications in the field of psychology;
- to promote in students a quality of discernment with respect to the claims about what is known in psychology today;
- to develop a student's ability to understand the value and importance of utilizing biblical and empirical methods for understanding human behavior;
- to provide participatory, hands-on, educational opportunities.
For the Major Field
For students majoring in psychology, the goals of the psychology department are:
- to provide students with the state-of-the-art understanding of human behavior;
- to help students develop the capabilities needed to conduct research that adds to our understanding of human behavior;
- to prepare qualified students for advanced work in psychology;
- to instill in students the value of competence and professionalism when making application of principles drawn from psychology;
- to encourage the active involvement by students in departmental activities such as field trips, department colloquia, and on-going research by faculty members.
These goals are accomplished, in part, through the following sequences of courses:
- a survey of modern psychology;
- the methods used by psychologists in the investigation and analysis of behavior;
- the theories and data of the subfields within psychology;
- opportunity for application of the information of psychology and the integration of psychology with one's personal Christian beliefs.
The classification of courses is consistent with the above sequence, namely: 1) survey courses, 2) methods courses, 3) content courses, and 4) application courses. The student should be aware that the application of psychological principles necessarily follows an understanding of the data and methods upon which these principles are based.
The student majoring in psychology may take advantage of experimental equipment for individual research projects, calculator and computer facilities for the analysis of research data, and internship opportunities at various mental health agencies in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The psychology department is committed to an academically responsible concept of the integration process. It provides the opportunity for relating the discipline to a Reformed Christian world and life-view. Students majoring in psychology examine contemporary viewpoints on integration relative to psychology and work toward a personal statement reflecting their efforts.


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I had a chance to bake some traditional cakes (knowing they'd get eaten) whilst my parents were visiting us the other week. Tiger cake, as it is known in Finland, didn't used to be my favourite growing up, but I've finally discovered the joy of these simple 'coffee cakes' Finns love so much.
It's these traditional recipes I'm most fond of: basic ingredients and no fancy machinery needed.
Tiger Cake
200g butter (organic)
160g raw caster sugar
3 eggs (large, free-range, organic)
1/4 teaspoon pure ground vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
190g plain flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons milk (full cream, organic)
1. Beat soft butter and sugar in a bowl. Add eggs beating well after each addition.
2. Mix vanilla, baking powder and flour in a separate bowl. Sieve this mixture into the same bowl with butter/eggs/sugar and fold carefully to combine.
3. Take 1/3 of the mixture into another bowl. Add cocoa powder and milk and stir to combine.
4. Pour 1/3 of the white mixture into a greased cake tin, add a layer of cocoa mixture in between and top with the rest of the dough. 'Prick' the dough with a fork to create the marbling.
5. Bake in preheated oven (175C) for about 45-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack before serving.


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LMC Welcomes Dr. Jennifer Greene to Carolina Women's Physicians
Lexington Medical Center is pleased to welcome Jennifer A. Greene, MD, FACOG, to the hospital's network of care. Dr. Greene is practicing obstetrics and gynecology at Carolina Women's Physicians, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice.After receiving her medical degree, Dr. Greene went on to complete an internal medicine internship at Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Company in Grand Rapids, Mich. before completing her OB/GYN internship and residency in Columbia.
Prior to joining Carolina Women's Physicians, Dr. Greene served as an assistant professor and associate program director for the University of South Carolina School of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her special interests include minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, cervical cytology and histopathology, benign disorders of the vulva/vulvodynia, and pediatric and adolescent gynecology.
She joins Allyson Jones, MD, Elizabeth Lambert, MD, Samantha Morton, MD, Julie Reed, MD and Amy McMillan, PA-C at Carolina Women's Physicians. Dedicated to providing comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care to women of all ages in the Midlands, the practice combines state-of-the-art technology and advanced procedures with excellent patient care.
Dr. Greene is now accepting patients.
Carolina Women's Physicians
146 N. Hospital Drive, Suite 240
West Columbia, SC 29169
(803) 936-7590


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* proprietary/for-cost running natively on linux
* proprietary/non-open source but gratis running natively on linux
* gratis and open source running natively on linux
* windows programs that happen to run ok in wine
ACD/LABS belongs to the last category, and as such is not an ideal solution. However, at this point I'm willing to try just about anything.
So yes, this relies on you having wine installed, but sometimes we need to be pragmatic like Torvalds rather than dogmatic like Stallman (the world needs both of them).
Either way:
First register at http://www.acdlabs.com/account/register.php?redirect=/account/logout.php
Then download
Install by running
wine ~/Downloads/nmrproc_academia12.exe
Go through the installation steps:
Running the software
For most of the steps below there's little need to provide a commentary:
|I could only get it to fit by hitting 'Auto'
|However, 'Auto' did respect my choice of function e.g. lorentzian vs mixed.
|You can export the data as simple ascii files


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One of the best tools for measuring your commitment and understanding of the micro-blogging power Twitter.com comes from social media marketing superstar Rohit Bhargava the inventor of Social Media Optimization. In his article "The 5 Stages of Twitter Acceptance" Rohit has brilliantly and accurately outlined the evolution of many Twitter users. The graphic clearly highlights each stage and it acts as a measuring tool to those who have progressed forward in their acceptance.
The 5 Stages of Twitter Acceptance:
Courtesy RohitBhargava.typepad.com
My Acceptance Process for Each Level
1. Denial: One of my first blog posts of the summer of 2007 was to challenge Twitter's validity as a tool-I instead described it " Twitter becomes the equivilent of your well meaning but very nosy "Italian Grandmother."
2. Presence: I simply went through the motions
3. Dumping: I inundated twitter with MY BLOG POSTS only a big no-no on any social networking site
4. Conversing: I reached the conversing stage 6 weeks ago as I really began to understand Twitter's power 4 months ago. In this stage I knew I was progressing but I also knew something was missing-I was not a go-to objective source of information
5. Microblogging: I am now authentically building relationships 1×1, I am bringing in valuable information to the mix for other twitterers to ponder, and I am far more objective and willing to support the community


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Rihanna has never shied away from nudity and her red carpet look for the annual CFDA awards completely embraces it.
The outfit, simultaneously, has everything and nothing.
Swarovski crystals, gloves, fishnet and fur are all there but what's missing is nipple coverage.
The Diamonds singer confidently walked the red carpet at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in the custom Adam Selman dress.
Holding the fur wrap to cover the only non-sheer part of her outfit - a nude g-string - Rihanna told reporters "you will never be stylish if you don't take risks".
Her risque style has certainly won her some acclaim, as she was attending the fashion awards to receive the Fashion Icon award. It is given to stars that have made an impact on popular culture through their style.
While the fashion world might be impressed with her style, Instagram is certainly not.
The pop star deleted her Instagram account recently after a row with the company, over what Instagram deemed as ''innapropriate'' images.
She posted photographs from her shot with Lui magazine, where she is completely topless.
Instagram deleted the images and Rihanna retorted by posting them on Twitter, and making her own meme with a dig at Instagram.
Rihanna later confirmed she deleted the account, taking to Twitter to let people know,
"Let's be clear, I do NOT have an IG account," she wrote underneath a photo of a fake Instagram account.
The designer Tom Ford also came out in defence of Rihanna's Instagram account, saying the pop star's posts had more weight than fashion magazines.
"Customers don't care any more about reviews or hard-copy publications," he told Style.com's Time Blanks.
"They care which picture Rihanna just Instagrammed while she's naked in bed, what new shoes she has on, how she's talking about them. That's what they respond to."
Rihanna often takes style risks on the red carpet, which are as often as not misses rather than hits.
One hit was the Stella McCartney cropped two-piece she wore to the Met Gala, however the backless gold sheath she wore to the after-party was cut so low you could see her bare bum crack.
At this year's MTV awards Rihanna opted for a boudoir look, wearing what looked like a night gown over a white bodysuit.
And how can we forget the golden yellow Alexandre Vauthier gown Rihanna wore the night before the Grammys?
While the colour was fantastic, it was a feat of magic that the dress managed to keep all of Rihanna's private parts covered.
Rihanna is certainly a fashion risk-taker and designer Zac Posen thinks it definitely pays off.
"She takes risks and she marches to her own drum and she knows what she likes," Posen told The Associated Press before the CFDA show.
"That's why people love to dress her," Posen said.
He said when he first met the singer before her first album was released, it was obvious she had star power.
"She was a fashion world novice then but obviously she had looks and confidence and little-girl charm," the designer told AP.
"All the ingredients were there for her to be a huge superstar: ambition, strength, and also vulnerability."
As for her use of shock value – used by the bucket-load in her CFDA appearace – Posen says it has "kept her current and balanced how classically beautiful she is."
Rachel Clun is a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Mobile Nations 8: Grand Theft Mobile
by Derek Kessler on 10/25/2011 | Filed Under: Podcast; Tags: podcast, mobile nations | 1 comment
by Derek Kessler on 10/25/2011 | Filed Under: Podcast; Tags: podcast, mobile nations | 1 comment
Kevin, Phil, Derek, Dan, and Rene talk Windows Phone from Mango to Tango (and Nokia!), BlackBerry DevCon and BBX superphones, Android's Ice Cream Sandwich and Galaxy Nexus, webOS and the road ahead, and iPhone 4S and Siri. This is Mobile Nations!
- Happy 1st Birthday Windows Phone!
- CrackBerry at BlackBerry DevCon 2011 -Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus
- HP leaning towards un-spinning-off PSG
- HP using TouchPad to test Windows 8, meeting with webOS buyers? [rumor]
- Apple iPhone 4S and Siri Review
- iOS 5 Review
Got something to say? Agree or disagree with something we said? Have something you want us to discuss on a future show? Don't just sit there yelling at the screen, dammit, let us know!
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Twitter: @mobilenations
- Web: www.mobilenations.com
Our music is pROgraM vs. Us3R by by morgantj. Introduction by Joseph Holder.
Thanks to the Smartphone Experts network of store for sponsoring this podcast, and to our fantastic live chat members for keeping us honest and making us smart!


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Viper, The Anti-plagiarism Scanner 4.1.90
Viper: the free, easy and accurate anti-plagiarism scanner.
Viper: the free, easy and accurate anti-plagiarism scanner.
To avoid plagiarism, you should always reference correctly according to your institution's guidelines and use Viper. Viper is fast becoming the plagiarism checker of choice, rising over and above other plagiarism checkers, with over 10 billion resources scanned and an easy interface which highlights potential areas of plagiarism in your work.
A great tool for students, teachers, lecturers and academics, Viper will scan billions of resources to check for instances of plagiarism in essays, articles, dissertations, pieces of coursework, blogs and more.
Viper boasts some great features:
It will produce accurate reports, making it easy for you to detect plagiarism!
Considering youre scanning 10+ billion resources - its fast!