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There has been a lot of talk lately in health food magazines about spirulina. I even mentioned it in my previous blog post as natural alternative to eye shadow. But I admit – I didn't really know what it was until I did some further research. Let me share what I found.
Spirulina is a fresh water blue-green alga living in the sea – a healthy form of bacteria. It is cultivated all around the world but is especially popular in Japan and very widely used by the Japanese culture. It is mainly used as a dietary supplement as well as a feed supplement for aquariums.
The benefits of spirulina are vast – which is why it has become so popular. It contains many vitamins such as all of the B's which are vital for energy and keeping stress levels down, as well as Vitamins C and E for their antioxidant properties, Vitamin D to help the immune system, and Vitamin A for its benefit on the skin. Spirulina also contains a higher level of protein than almost any other supplement or product which is essential for energy and metabolism. It also contains iron, magnesium, zinc, and calcium – all great minerals for the body. So you can see why spirulina is the hot supplement these days!
There has also been some research done using spirulina for use in the treatment of HIV and other immune system issues, as well as neurological problems – there seems to be hope, yet no conclusive research in these areas yet though. Other studies that are currently being embraced by doctors and natural health practitioners show spirulina supplements help with anemia and the lowering of cholesterol.
If you are looking to feel stronger and more energetic – spirulina may be for you. Most users report noticing a difference in energy levels within a week, with immune boosting properties and a glowing complexion soon after. Spirulina is available in tablet forms you can take, or powder form that you can add to smoothies or water. Be sure that you buy your supplement from a reputable health store and follow the dosage instructions carefully.

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The Dovetailed Block
by Henry E. Dudeney
It is said that this cube consists of two solid
blocks of wood securely dovetailed together. On the other two vertical
sides of the cube that are not visible the pattern is exactly the same
as on the the two visible vertical sides. Can you imagine two solid
blocks that can be easily dovetailed together into a cube and the way
how it can be done?
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We've just been forced to explain our behaviour in the office after our little chair dance attracted some awkward looks - but it was for a VERY good reason - Cheryl Cole has confirmed Girls Aloud are getting back together.
During a chat with Chris Moyles on Radio 1 this morning, Chezza revealed the girls have been in talks to regroup for the band's tenth anniversary later this year.
After all the girls were spotted arriving at a London hotel recently, Chris asked Cheryl when the band were last together and, after initially dodging the question, she replied: "Recently."
When pressed for more details she said: "It's coming up to our tenth anniversary in November and we all want to do something to celebrate it, so watch out!
"What happened was it had been seven years, consistently non-stop touring, album after album, and, just as women, we needed that space to grow as people."
In the interview, she also talked out her relationship with "frenemy" Simon Cowell.
While she tried to dodge the awkward question about being axed from the US version of The X Factor, she said she is now on good terms with her old boss.
"I have spoken to him many times since. If you're asking if there were interesting conversations - absolutely."


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I had to go to a funeral on my 18th birthday which was last september...
-Elo- wrote:
I finally turned 18 yesterday. It wasn't anything completely out of the ordinary. I went to New York City and Olive Garden. Overall, I had a pretty sweet birthday. Although it was too expensive for my taste.
In the recent years I didn't feel much older when it was my birthday. However I'm an adult now thus I feel as if I'm actually 18.
For those who are 18 and above.
What was your 18th birthday like?
How long did it take for you to acknowledge you're an adult now?
For those under 18.
What do you think your 18th birthday will be like?
For all.
Will/Did you move out immediately?
Will/Did you have to act more mature or you already are?
Happy Birthday
That was so long ago that I cant remember exactly what I did if anything. Your 21st will be the one you remember and your 40th will be the one you fear.
I turned 18 back in February, just starting my second semester as a college freshman.
My 18th birthday wasn't anything special. The rest of the family were away so it was just myself in the house all day. I really didn't think of "being an adult" at that point because nothing felt "different".
Will I move out immediately? As soon as I have saved enough, yes.
It sucked. I ended up babysitting my sister(4 at the time). Got in a fight with my at the time bf. all my birthdays suck. My 22nd birthday was the worst. When you get older, no one tends to pay attention to when your bday is. My mom even forgot it was my birthday.
Happy Birthday! Man, you're too young to be having a mid-life crisis already! Save that for when you turn 40, as another poster mentioned! It'll be waiting for you...
I don't really recall much of anything about my 18th birthday, which passed when I was in university. I may have gone out to some restaurant with friends as quite a few places gave a free entrée on one's birthday (just show your driver's license), but that was probably it. As others have mentioned, adulthood isn't an age (not talking about legal definitions here), as if one day you're a child, and the next day suddenly you're an adult-- it's more a mindset and state of being, as well as a societal role. You transition into it. That said, I'd say it's never too soon to transition into it if you're ready for it. The cult of youth and endless adolescence is a liability to this society (USA), in my opinion, rather than an asset. Despite what you may hear or even believe, being an adult is not about being out of touch and unable to have fun. My own childhood and youth was fun, but even if given a wish, I wouldn't go back. I'm much more fulfilled now as an adult than when I was a kid or even "young adult"-- and that's despite (and perhaps even due to) the increase in responsibility. I also have a lot more money with which to have fun! When you've had your fill of goofing around and playing and taking, and ready to take responsibility, give back to society and contribute, then I'd say you're ready to become an adult.
I can wait until I turn 18... I don't want to grow up. Too bad I'm almost there.
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My birthdays are always low points for me, that and new years. "What have I accomplished this past year" seems to take over the bulk of my thoughs on those days. I spent my 18th birthday doing what I do every day, except. . .no i dont even think there was cake.
I still cant consider myself an adult because I am living with my parents as I go to shcool and have minimal responsibilities.
Honestly the thing I was most excited about was getting a checking account so I could buy things off the internet with my own debit card.
I do not plan to move out because I am a student with no job.
I was always more mature than my age would suggest. Probably because I don't understand todays teenagers what with their constant need to inform people of their actions, texting acronyms, and loud music.
I hope my 21st is as uneventful but I'm sure people will try to drag me out to some seedy bar and try to get me intoxicated.
i turned 18 about 11 days ago and i just had this urge to blow off dinner with my family and go to the a strip club with my friends,didn't though unfortunately
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At 18 you aren't really an adult. You are a pseudo-adult at best.
At 21 you are considered an adult by the masses, but even then you are still young.
It isn't until around your mid-20s, after the glow of legally drinking wears off and you finish whatever schooling you had are you really an adult.
Don't rush to be one. It sucks.
My 18th birthday was lack-luster because it occurred during the massive multi-state blackout in August, 2003.
There was no party, no grand dinner, just a hot boring day without electricity.
I already covered my view on adulthood above.
I didn't move out until a bit after I turned 22. I lived rent free, so why bother? At least that was my thought process at the time.
You can't stay forever young, but you can be immature forever.
Age is essentially just a number, perhaps an experience level if you are into rpgs.
People might expect more from you, but it is up to you to develop or not.
^This. I agree with what he said. I really don't remember my 18th birthday ( that was long ago). I moved out when I was 21.
Watching K-dramas instead of sleeping....;D
I went camping on the beach when I turned 18.
..........Wait, I'm an adult?
Well I am obviously not 18 yet through I act way older that those perceive me to be and I do not think there will be to much of a difference when I do come to that age, though I predict it will be a enjoyable summer when I first turn 18 because my birthday is at the beginning of it.
Okay Im 22 and Im just my self. Yes there is a time when you need to act marture and think about things in a mature way when needed. When I turned 18 I felt like I needed a job, needed to move out and needed to get married lol. But now that Im 22 I think back on it and don't understand what the hell I was thinking. So now I just be myself and do things my way and act grown at the same time. lol. Anyways yes its always good to think about them things when you become an adult age but you are 18 enjoy it. Oh yeah and having a job is a good idea.
Well I'll be 18 in 4 months so I really looking forward to it. I can count that I'll get something special for my birthday from my grandpa and grandma. I think that the party won't be anything special. There'll my extended family but that's all I can imagine because I think it's going to be surprise though
Lost in World of Digits
I didn't feel any different when I turned 18... Now I'm almost 19. I still feel like an adolescent, nervous wreck.
When I turned 18, my parents took me to a sushi restaurant. That's all. I don't celebrate my birthday because I don't care about it. Moving out soon when I'm in college. Soon.
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Walk with my in my garden... It is one of my passions to encourage others to grow some of their own food. I believe it is important skill for our health and the planet.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Alternative Animal Care - Paralysis Ticks
This is Rocket, our mini-foxie cross Jack Russell terrier. He's a small dog, and only about 8 months old now. Recently, Rocket got a paralysis tick on his neck. By the time we noticed it, Rocket was already ill - ears down, irregular breathing, no appetite or thirst and he was having difficulty with balance and mobility.
The tick was removed swiftly, without squeezing. By squeezing the tick, more neurotoxins are released into the host animal, so it is very important to not squeeze the body of the tick. People often panic about the head being removed, or not, but from what I have read this is not the most important factor to consider.
We immediately began treatment with a locally made homeopathic blend for paralysis tick bite containing lathyrus sativus, ledum, hypericum, hydrastis aconite and tick nosode. This remedy cost under $20 and the dose is 2 drops every 15 mins for 3 hours, then hourly, then 3 times a day as needed. One bottle is more than ample to treat any size animal through a paralysis tick crisis.
We also gave him 1ml (500mg) shots of liquid Vitamin C. We bought this from the local feed store for under $15 (we live in a rural area, in a city perhaps a pet shop or vet clinic would stock this product). The syringes and needles are available from the same stores and cost under a dollar. It isn't hard to inject this product, but do keep in mind that it's highly acidic and therefore painful. We gave injections every hour for awhile, and then increased duration between shots down to twice a day once Rocket seemed quite well again. Liquid Vitamin C is also an effective first aid treatment for snake bites.
For over 48 hours Rocket was hardly moving at all and had laboured breathing. He was shivering and shaking due to the effects of the toxins on his nervous system. He could not drink and we only put a little water or remedy on his lips and gums in case he inhaled the liquid due to internal paralysis. On the third day, Rocket began to drink a little, but could not hold any water down until that evening. Everyone kept asking us if we should take him to the vet, but we believed that the homeopathic treatment, combined with the vitamin C, would be successful. We kept him cool and quiet and paid attention to his needs almost around the clock.
After the third day of treatment, Rocket was completely his usual self. It was hard to believe how sick he had been. We have been trying to keep him quiet due to the stress the toxins have had on his body, but he's living true to his breeding, name and personality - tearing about like a little rocket!
Now we are giving Rocket his homeopathic immunisation - a combination including Ixodes holo exactly as prescribed (3 drops every 2 months) and we are checking him for ticks at least once daily.
I'm sharing this story for other animal owners who want to have inexpensive, natural treatments at hand for tick paralysis, a condition which affects many thousands of pets and smaller farm animals (especially calves, foals and goat kids) in Australia every year. There are commercial tick prevention treatments and antiserums, which are accessible through your local vet clinic. These can be toxic and expensive. For more information about paralysis ticks, including images, see this web page. To access homeopathic preventative and treatment as I've descried here, seek out a local animal homeopath.
My local Animal Homeopath is:
Dina Glass
07 40976366
Dina does mail order.
30 comments:
- africanaussie said...
That is good information - we had a cat bitten by a paralysis tick and it cost hundreds to treat her. We don't have any animals now as we can't where we live, but it is nice to know more natural treatment is available..
- 4 October 2011 at 16:10
- farmer_liz said...
Thanks Bel! Do you have any other advice on natural dog care? I hate giving ours so many worm tablets and flea treatments. I'm sure there is a better way, but I don't want to harm my dogs while I'm trying to find it. I have been following your cow advice so far, and read Natural Cattle Care, it was great, I wish there was an equivalent for dogs!
- 4 October 2011 at 16:37
- Leeandra said...
Oh Bel I am so glad to hear that Rocket was ok! We had a dalmation that got a tick whilst we were on holidays. Our neighbours were looking after him and took him to the vet. It saved his life, thankfully, but cost us over $700 and heaps of long distance worrying! How wonderful that there is a natural alternative for this troublesome pest that is far more affordable and not poisoning your animal and environment. Thank you for sharing with us! :)
- 4 October 2011 at 17:03
- Bel said...
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Liz, we feed our dog mostly raw meat, bones and some organ meat. This is what a dog would naturally eat in the wild. He does sneak the cat's bit of raw milk and kids' leftovers, eats bits of fruit etc. I think that's okay as a small bred dog is as likely to scavange as hunt (thinking back to recreating a natural diet). We don't feed him tinned food and he rarely has packaged dry 'kibble' type food (but we do have some as a standby).
For worm prevention with the horses and cattle I use diatomaceous earth. I have heard of people using this for cats, dogs and humans and I would too, if I felt it necessary. I dose for about 4 days around the full moon each month.
Sulphur powder is an often-used natural remedy for fleas and ticks as well - a very small amount in their food, or dusted onto their coat. I have not used this on small animals.
There are also homeopathic flea and worm treatments available.
It takes a lot of courage and patience to take responsibility for our animals' health care. In my experience so far, feed them the best food you can afford. Combine this clean diet with minerals and basic supplements as required (will take some research) to build a healthy immune system. This results in a strong animal who should not cost you much in vet bills (if anything) and enjoys a long life.
For us this has worked so far with our young animals. We have had limited success with older animals who come to us in poor condition (eg: rescue horses). Time will tell if we are on the right track!
I am not saying I would never use a vet or conventional treatments. I would use whatever is required to keep my animals comfortable and healthy. But my first choices will be prevention (eg: diet) and natural remedies - just as we use for our human family. :)
- 4 October 2011 at 18:48
- baringapark said...
Great to hear this works. I always have Vit C on hand for snake bite.
- 4 October 2011 at 20:44
- gullygunyah said...
Well it's happened to me now. My Aldi went lame yesterday and I quickly searched and found the tick.
But I didn't dare risk self treatment at this late stage.I took her to the vet and they were anxious to quote upfront for treatment. They came up with 800-1000+ dollars at which I said I'll have to take her home and hope for the best.
Then they suggested leaving her for treatment for the day and then take her home. That still resulted in a bill of 600 dollars. But I figure gives her a better chance.
A big chunk of that was 258 dollars for tick anti-serum.
I remembered seeing your article but I honestly wouldn't have had time to track down those ingredients.
I hate having to use vets but I also love my animals.
I've had ticks on my cattle dogs before and removed them no problem with no side effects. Someone once told me the cattle dogs are more hardy against them. As Aldi isn't a pure cattledog she perhaps was less resistant.
It may pay to have those items you suggested in advance if you live in a high tick incedence area.
Ironically she didn't get the tick at our bush property but in the bush near a local park in Brisbane.
Expensive walk in the park for me.
- 20 October 2011 at 14:11
- Bel said...
gg, I am sorry to hear about your dog Aldi! I hope the treatment is successful. You can get Vit C liquid from most stock feed places and even perhaps the vet has it - especially an equine vet.
If you can't get the specific paralysis tick remedy, Ledum is an excellent one on its own, and some rescue remedy for the stress. Keep your pet in a cool, dark place. Blessings, Bel
- 20 October 2011 at 19:00
- farmer_liz said...
Hi Bel, I only just came back to this and saw your lovely reply, thanks for all the advice. Would you believe I'm still trying to source diatomeceous earth!? most stock feed places around here have never heard of it. I've stuck at it though, and think I'm onto a lead now, so I hope its coming to our property soon! I also found out that Pat Coleby has written a book on dog/pet care, so I bought that, and its much the same as the cattle book that you recommended. I'll be feeding them sulphur, kelp and dolomite (in very small amounts) and getting some vitamin C, B12 and rescue remedy for the doggy "first aid kit". She recommends giving these immediately, even if you intend to take the animal to the vet as well. But like you said, for us, that's a last resort, better to feed the dogs well. Cheers, Liz PS I wish you would post more often you are so knowledgeable!
- 8 November 2011 at 17:36
- Bel said...
Hey farmer liz! Have you tried to google for DE in your state, and then ask the wholesaler who is the local retailer? I'm not sure where you are...
I am going to chase down that Pat Coleby book, sounds like a good one to have!
Thanks for your kind words. I just like sharing information that works, because sometimes it's not easy to research these things for ourselves. It's great to hear from others actually trying and doing these things in similar conditions to ours - I really value that anecdotal advice myself! I am glad my writing is useful to you - I'm just passing it on! x
- 8 November 2011 at 23:41
- farmer_liz said...
If only it was that simple to find DE! I'm in the South Burnett, QLD, and we have a low grade mine at Maidenwell, very close to me, but its closed. The closest good quality mine seems to be near Gatton, but none of the stock feed stores up here stock their product. So I may need to go for a drive and pick up a pallet from the mine! Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I got the book from http://www.greenpet.com.au/ and it arrived about 3 days after I ordered it, so they were very good.
- 9 November 2011 at 00:51
- Bel said...
How strange, Liz! Surely one of your feed places can get it through one of their wholesalers? Seems like not the best service...
It is mined west of me, but I think it's packed and sent south, and then back up here again. Like our fresh produce and so many other FNQ products - MAD.
- 9 November 2011 at 02:07
- farmer_liz said...
Hi Bel, not sure if you're following my blog, just wanted to let you know that I reviewed Pat Coleby's book on pet care. http://eight-acres.blogspot.com/2011/12/healthy-chemical-free-dogs.html
My dogs are now chemical free :)
- 14 December 2011 at 14:40
- Anonymous said...
People sourcing DE, it is available from The Completely Natural Pet Store in Keperra, QLD. 07 3855 3555.
Did you give the 1ml vitamin C injections intra-muscularly?
- 1 July 2012 at 18:02
- Bel said...
Leenie, subcutaneous injection of vit C seems to give the least discomfort.
- 1 July 2012 at 20:06
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- 10 August 2012 at 23:05
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- 11 August 2012 at 04:53
- farmer_liz said...
Hi Bel, back again, we have paralysis ticks on our new property, have had one calf die, and another is recovering. Just wondered if the remedy you suggested would be suitable for cattle too. Any other advice for paralysis ticks in cattle? Pat seems to think that if they're getting enough sulphur they'll be ok, and we have put out plenty of mineral lick for them since they came to our property (and they are improving in condition, so maybe they will get better with the ticks). Anyway, just thought I'd ask if you had any ideas. Cheers, Liz
- 16 October 2012 at 18:53
- Bel said...
Liz, that is sad that you lost a calf. They are of course more at risk due to their smaller size. If you are hand raising them, check them for ticks daily. If they're with their herd in the paddock or not tame, this is harder to do.
Yes, you can use the homeopathics on humans even - all animals. We have used Vit C injection on calves down with ticks. Remove the ticks, keep them cool and comfortable, dry if possible in the rain, give them molasses in water for energy and small amounts of feed. Wipe them over with neem oil to deter pests, and any other anti-bug essential oils etc you want to mix up and get onto them while they're available. Give Vit C shots 4 times a day if you can, checking them each time and giving them a drink, making sure they're up on their breast bone and not on their side, rotating their legs to the other side if you can - all those things we do for a 'down' animal...
Yes, hopefully they will find the balance with the minerals freely available. I remember some old horses we got seemed to consume the stuff by the wheelbarrow load, till one day they just calmed down to taking minerals only on occasion... So they do find that balance themselves.
- 16 October 2012 at 21:04
- skippy mama said...
Diatomaceous Earth can also be bought at Mitre 10, pool shops, anywhere that sells filter medium, and for a big box it is about $20? I scatter it on wooden floors in houses where the fleas are rife, but how do you worm with it please Belinda?
- 4 November 2012 at 15:15
- Bel said...
Hi Skippy!
I don't always use it, but particularly in our wet season I give some DE mixed into feed for about 4 days around the full moon. There's lots of information online now about dosage and effectiveness of using DE as a wormer.
- 4 November 2012 at 16:47
- Cairns Vet said...
Glad Rocket was OK.
Be aware that many animals survive tick paralysis without treatment.
Unfortunately many animals die too.
Tick serum has a direct and measurable effect on tick venom. It certainly can have side effects but it does dramatically improve the survival rate vs no treatment.
Vitamin C and a homeopathic remedy don't have a measurable effect on tick paralysis. You might not be doing any harm giving it but don't expect improved outcomes over doing nothing.
I'd hate people to think that vitamin C is an adequate treatment for tick paralysis - it doesn't matter how cheap it is, that doesn't make it effective. Injecting a painful and ineffective drug hourly to a dog in a tick crisis isn't doing them any favors at all - the less you mess with them, the better.
Pets can die even if they are treated but if your pet is sick with tick paralysis it is a very serious illness and early treatment is the best thing you can do.
Really glad rocket was OK! Ticks are terrible!
- 25 January 2013 at 17:23
- Bel said...
Hello 'Cairns Vet' and thank you for taking the time to comment. I am surprised at your stance on Vit C and homeopathics as both are used - and proven - widely in farming (conventional and the ever-growing organic and biodynamic types) locally.
Up here on the Tablelands, whole herds of dairy cattle (and other animals on these farms) are treated with homeopathics, herbal remedies and, if in crisis, Vitamin C.
Nutritional therapy is widely used to correct all kinds of illnesses and imbalnces and in our experience it is equally effective in a crisis situation. This is true for both humans and animals.
Since you advertise yourselves as being a 'progressive' practice, I recommend you look into some alternatives in animal care and keep an open mind about it. These methods are working for many farms and households and there is a high demand for more information, locally-available products and non-chemical solutions.
- 25 January 2013 at 19:30
- farmer_liz said...
well answered Bel, I agree. Thanks so much for writing about these issues so that we can learn what the "experts" don't want us to know. Our affected calf recovered from tick paralysis with just vit C, B12 and lots of attention, tick serum is not always a practical solution for farmers!
- 25 January 2013 at 19:47
- Dina Glass said...
Hi Bel,I have just returned from 2 mths in germany and Was just looking at my new website, when I saw your blog. Thankyou for recommending my Remedies. In answer to Farmer lizs question about cattle, these pilules can be put into water troughs and will do the same job, no matter how many animals drink from the trough. Love your blogs, keep up the good work. Blessing s Dina.
- 9 January 2014 at 21:58
- peta said...
Hi Bel!
Your post helped me save my beloved cat, Pickles!
I found the lack of info on Alternative Tick Treatment shocking.
I have created a blog entry on my experience treating Pickles and thought other people who come to your site would love to read it, instead of the typical 'Go to your vet' answer!
Thank you so much for your help!
Here is the URL:
- 12 January 2014 at 20:21
- peta said...
Hi Bel,
This post is one of the reasons my Pickles is still alive today. Thank you so much.
As there is a lack of alternative Tick treatment online, I have also made a blog story about Pickles Tick journey.
The URL is below:
I have a link to Rocket's story on my blog as well.
If you could share this, I'd be very grateful!
Thank you again!
- 12 January 2014 at 20:35
- Ross McPherson said...
I just lost a 5 month old puppy to tick poisoning and it cost me $1700 in vet fees plus broken heart. I wanted to stay with him during treatment at the verterinary hospital, however long it took. In fact a 15 minute visit by me saw improvements in the pup's breathing and general comfort. However, the vet wouldn't let me stay longer. I had to leave the pup there or take him home. The vet said he would die if I took him home. I knew in my heart of hearts he would die if I didn't but I took the vet's advice just in case he knew what he was talking about. The pup needed both medical help and love. Either one by itself wasn't going to save him. Damn vets, damn blinkered stupidity, and damn ticks.
- 14 September 2014 at 13:29
- Ross McPherson said...
I just lot a 5 month old pup to tick poisoning and it cost me $1600 and a broken heart. I wanted to stay with him during treatment at the veterinary hospital however long it took. In fact the pup's breathing and general comfort improved when I visited him for 15 minutes. However the vet said I had to leave him there or take him home. He said he would certainly die if I took him home. I knew in my heart of hearts he would die if I left him there. He need both medical help and love. I left him there. Damn vets, damn blinkered stupidity, and damn ticks. Bye Biggles. Luv u always.
- 14 September 2014 at 13:36
- Bel said...
Ross, so sad that Biggles died from a tick. Sorry to hear that you had to leave him there at the vet's. We found that Rocket wanted to be in a cool, dark place (on the hard tiles) and alone and quiet. But we were able to reassure him often that we were here loving him.
It's true that even with fast and efficient natural treatment, some animals will still die from tick paralysis. The same as with conventional treatment.
Know that you did your best and Biggles loved you back a thousandfold.
- 14 September 2014 at 17:17
- Terri Hitchen said...
Hi its a bit late now in Feb 2016 but I wanted to tell Ross that my vet also pressured me to leave my staffy x for $1000 by virtually saying if i took her home and she got sicker then it would be too late for the vet to save her. I had read Bels Blog and the main thing was i simply did not have $1000 to give them. They also offerred the 600 for the day only, with constant supervision while she recovered in a cage. I told them I can supervise and monitor her condition and took her home. After an exhausting internet search and many messages left, I finally located "THE PET PRACTICIONER" Leanne Wilson, a homeopath on other side of sydney who made up the concotion that bel wrote of. She also made another to use when Chilli(the staffy) started getting better (like a detox) Chilli was very very sick. But I followed Bels instructions regards solids and liquids and put drops in the water or food given 4 x day. 3 days later she got up from floor and walked to her own feed and water bowl. She managed stairs down to yard to toilet and back up. Another 2-3 days of detox remedy and she was jumping onto lounge and onto my high bed! She was like a puppy again. Incredible. If I was not poor I may have been persuaded too Ross, especially if she was younger and had not had ticks before!
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Motorcyclist falls to death off ship channel bridge
A 24-year-old man was killed after being thrown from the motorcycle he was driving and falling from a Houston ship channel bridge Friday night.
The man, whose identity has not been released, lost control of his black and red Yamaha YZF in the 2300 block of S Sgt Macario Garcia Drive about 10:10 p.m.
He struck a concrete barrier and was thrown from the bike, said Houston police spokesman John Cannon. The man went over the barricade and off an overpass falling about 30 feet.
He died at the scene. Cannon said preliminary reports did not list whether the man was wearing a helmet.


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Following last week's review of classic skateshoes, here comes part two featuring five more for you to enjoy. See them after the jump.
Randy 720 (1965)
Most of you may think of Vans being the first company to produce skate shoes. They weren't. When the Van Doren Brothers laid the foundation for their shoe empire, the Randy 720 was already around for a year. Manufactured by the Randolph Rubber Company in 1965 (In fact Jim and Paul Van Doren used to work for the Boston based shoe company before they went on to build their own one in 1966.) it was the first ever shoe especially designed for skateboarding purposes, so to say the mother of all skateshoes.
During the mid sixties skateboards still lacked every feature of a modern skateboard such as kicktails or concaved shapes. Therefore the means for creative expression were limited to carves, wheelies and the occasional handstand. However the Randy 720 was especially marketed in regards of feet injuries skaters faced. Having their roots in surfing, most of them prefered to ride their boards of course barefoot, sooner or later turning their feet into bloody stubs. Thanks to the unforgiving concrete.
Etnies – Lo Cut (1993)
The early nineties saw skateboarding going through some significant changes. Once again hitting rock bottom, it shifted its focus from vertical to horizontal, abandoning Vert skating in favour of street skating. Resulting in a loss of its mass appeal and popularity it had been enjoying the ast couple of years and eventually decreasing sales. Quite frankly an awesome 10 feet Christ Air looks a lot more awe inspiring and entertaining than a sketchy tripple varial flip off a sidewalk.
Pants and shirts grew to ludicrous dimensions in relation to more and more shrinking wheels, coining the line "Big pants, small wheels". Due to the technically demanding nature of contemporary street skating not only wheels, but also boards and above all shoes became slimmer and lighter. Most companies had difficulties supplying shoes that met these criteria. So skaters just grabbed some razorblades and helped themselves, turning their high tops into more fashionable and flexible low tops.
One of the first few companies who reacted to this growing trend was Vans, who released the Half-Cab, a mid top version of Steve Caballero's first pro model. But it wasn't until Etnies introduced its Lo-Cut model, that low tops were truly established. Released in 1993, it became an instant classic, leading Etnies to an anual sales of $1 million.
Duffs – KCK (1995)
Kicked out of SIMS, sleeping on fellow Skater and friend Natas Kaupas' kitchen floor, virtually job and homeless Steve Rocco had nothing much to lose, when he scraped together $6000 to buy some skateboard decks with which he started his own company World Industries, becoming not only one of skateboarding's most prolific but also most controversial entrepreneur. The late 80s early 90s were difficult times, which called for a creative approach in order to survive. Rocco being the gamechanger he is, just thought: Fuck the rules. He went on building up a world class team of all street (!) pros by drafting them from his competitors, running controversial, pornographic (x-rated board graphics) and drug glamourising (fucked up Blind kids series) ads and was more or less giving the finger to all the established companies, eventually beating them at their own game.
In 1994, sitting on his throne looking down on his empire, contemplating on his next big move, he thought: why not start a shoe company? So he got together with professional skater Rodney Mullen and founded Duff shoes, which might be most memorable (besides for its shoes of course) for their controversial yet elaborately produced video ads.
The most prominent style created by Duffs is without doubt the KCK-short for Kareem Campbell Kicks. It is by far one of the most beautifully designed skate shoes of the early nineties. It features a simple yet sophisticated construction, comprised of a cup sole, all leather upper and a second lacing option, which also acts as lace savers. Though the company is still around making skateshoes, it is not owned by Rocco anymore. On the emergence of DC shoes he "graciousley step[ped] aside for the new champ."
DC x Supreme (1998)
I found it especially hard to name one particular DC sneaker that would be representative enough to be featured in this article. Not because there are not any to chose from, but because there are too many of them. Being a constant innovator DC introduced a large number of novel materials and production mehods, such as laceless shoes, shock resistant air pads, reinforced midsoles, laser etched patterns and most notably a water resistant upper material made of wolverine. When DC started out in 1994 it quickly became apparent, that it would rise to fame in no time, considering their allstar team which included at that time Danny Way, Colin Mckay, Rob Dyrdek and Rudy Johnson.
After just one year in business revenues were already about $7 million. Whereas other company's teams would go on tour in a shabby old van, sleeping in motels or on friend's apartments kitchen floors, DC was flying their team all over the world, building ramps, that would scare any sane person shitless, for Danny Way to jump over… yeah basically anything he wanted, including the Big Chinese Wall.
Around the turn of the century DC was already the biggest skate shoe company around, not only providing shoes for skaters, but anyone who wanted to sport the latest fashionable kicks. So it was kind of a no-brainer to finally engage another very important focus group: sneakerheads. It's without doubt DC which can be creditet for elevating skateshoes to the ranks of collectibe footwear. In 1998 they teamed up with New York City's own Supreme to design a limited edition sneaker, which might have been the first shoe made by a skateboarding related company people have actually stood in line for in order to get their hands on it.
ÉS – Chad Muska Pro (1997)
During its heydays in the late nineties éS shoes sported an impressive team and released a number of outstanding shoe designs, that would become instant classics. Besides Eric Koston one must surely not forget to mention one of the most laidback and charismatic figures in skateboarding, Chad Muska. Back in 1997/98 he was getting a lot of coverage, due to his mad skills and style. His reputation for gnarly yet style driven skating is perpetuated in his boundary pushing video parts in Shorty's Fulfill the Dream and TWS' Feedback. In 1997 he was crowned with his first pro model, which might have exceeded his team mate Koston's pro model not only in terms of sales but also in popularity and design. I remember how just everyone had them, (preferably in the original navy and white colourway) or if not wanted them so badly, they would give virtually everything they had, just to own a part of The Muska. I think the real reason for its huge success is due to the hidden stash pocket located in the tongue, which made 14 year old boys feel really badass, because they now had a secret place to hide their weed at (if they had any). This kind of became a trademark feature on his following shoes. Questioned by designers on why he needed that much stash room, Muska allegedly replied: "Yo, I gots a lotta weed to fit in there, man!"


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PORTLAND, Ore. >> Erick Torres scored in the 79th minute to help Chivas USA tie Portland 1-1 on Saturday and leave the Timbers winless at 0-2-4.
Torres scored off a cross from Leandro Barrera for his fifth goal of the season for Chivas USA (1-2-3).
Will Johnson opened the scoring for Portland in the seventh minute. He scored for the first time this year after finishing with nine goals last season.
Maximiliano Urruti forced a turnover and got the ball to Darlington Nagbe, who slid a pass between two defenders and into enough open space for Johnson to run into it and sent a right-footed shot past Chivas goalkeeper Dan Kennedy.
Portland had a late chance when Johnson had a free kick just outside the penalty area, but his shot hit the goal post and went out of bounds.
Chivas USA's Thomas McNamara was taken off on a stretcher in the 64th minute with what appeared to be a serious knee injury. The midfielder crumpled to the ground while running with the ball and trying to avoid Portland defenders.
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San Antonian heads up Annie's List
Grace Garcia, the new executive director of Annie's List, arrived at her Austin office a few blocks from the Capitol a month ago with an enviable brand of political cachet.
She had worked in the White House and the State Department, figuring out how best President Bill Clinton could use his time and later doing the same for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
At 58, the San Antonio native now faces what may be a bolder mission — to help elect pro-abortion-rights women to office in Texas.
In spite of their low numbers in the Legislature, Garcia is hopeful. She's also confident. She has been in politics a long time, since she was at Jefferson High School, alongside classmate and friend Leticia Van de Putte, now a state senator.
"In looking back," she said, "it was an amazing journey I never expected to be on."
Garcia is a second-generation Mexican American who was born in West Germany. But she counts San Antonio as home, she said, because Army brats can choose their hometowns.
Her late father, Efraim S. Garcia, was a career officer and Fox News-watching Republican who managed to be gracious to the Clintons. Her mother, Alicia, now 87, was a nurse. Garcia is proud to say she was in the first class of family nurse practitioners trained at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
One of Garcia's grandfathers, a Mexican immigrant, was a Methodist minister. Conversations around the dinner table were passionate, she recalled, and public service was viewed as an honorable endeavor. Her brother David R. Garcia is a city manager.
Van de Putte recalled Garcia's mother's Methodist family as community-minded. "They were committed to social justice and public servant leadership," she said.
In high school, Garcia worked on one of former Sen. Joe Bernal's campaigns. He remembered her as one of several young students learning politics at the grass roots.
She still talks about how he lost his race to regain his Texas Senate seat by about 100 votes, still wonders how it might have turned out had she and others walked another couple of blocks. It's still about knocking on doors, she said.
Garcia was the Mexican American Democrats' first executive director while still a student at the University of Texas at Austin.
Her connections with lawmakers led to other connections, including former Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, who in 1991 assigned her to take a long-shot presidential candidate through South Texas. Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton offered her a job on the spot, Mauro said.
For the next 12 years, Garcia planned the travels of President Clinton and later, Secretary Clinton.
"Time is their most valuable resource," she said. "Some people don't totally understand that. It stays with you if you have those kinds of skill sets."
Former Mayor Henry Cisneros called Garcia an all-business political talent, "driven by ideals" not only of what Texas' future can be, but what a Latino future can be. "She's as solid as they come, and everyone who knows her respects her," he said.
Garcia now has two-year budget of $2.3 million to connect with Annie's List backers and potential office-seekers, touting the organization's Candidate 101 training sessions. She doesn't see Texas changing colors just yet, but "for the first time in a long time" it's a potential battleground, already a majority-minority state.
When she talks big-picture politics, Garcia sounds a little nostalgic. Working in the White House was the hardest job she has ever had, but her new task may become the second-hardest. Republicans control the Legislature, and the last year Democrats won a statewide office was 1994.
But she points to Pew Hispanic Center exit polls in 2012 that showed Latinos voted for President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney 71 percent to 27 percent, as an example of the power and potential of the Latino vote.
Latinos still lag in voter registration and turnout, Garcia said. "But where there is contact, Latinos turn out."
Seven women are in the state Senate, the most ever. Four are Democrats and three of those are Latinas, and not all of them are consistent supporters of abortion rights.
Part of her work is getting women interested in elected office to begin with — they have to be asked, Garcia said.
When she spots a potential candidate, Annie List will offer to train campaign staff and donate early. On the organization's 10th anniversary year, Garcia said she's honored to be the first Latina in its history to head it.
But a few insiders can't help but think that Garcia, who counts Hillary Clinton as a mentor, might be wooed back to national politics if Clinton runs for president.
"Every time Hillary Clinton has had a big job, she has always looked to Grace to do a big job," Mauro noted.
email@example.com News Researcher Julie Domel contributed to this report.
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Everything worked fine for the last six years…and then today we hit the tipping point. I lost many hours today due to the misuse of DISTINCT which was the root cause of timeout errors in our web application.
In one of my most frequently read posts, Why I Hate Distinct, I talk about how this SQL keyword is often abused by SQL developers who are just trying to get their job done, but don't know enough about either the SQL language or the data architecture to really do it right. Now, I realize that in the development world (of which I am a part, not just a spectator) that using a phrase like "do it right" can be fighting words. In software development, there are often many different ways to accomplish the same goal and what may be right in one situation or environment may not be right in another. But there are also certain principles which should not be undermined or overridden without some serious analysis. One set of those principles in the relational database world are the rules of Normalization, "the key, the whole key, and nothing but the key, so help me Codd.". These principles are important for preventing duplicates in your data. What does the DISTINCT keyword do? It removes duplicates from your query result set. This question that should now be coming to mind is, "If I have a normalized (no duplicates) database, why would I end up with duplicates in my result set?". An excellent question! The simple answer is that you shouldn't, and if you do, I think you need to analyze your query, not just slap the DISTINCT Band-Aid on it.
But as I mentioned in my opening paragraph, today this became an issue about much more than undermining principles or my sense of right and wrong. Today it became an issue of query performance, and I spent several hours trying to figure out what went wrong, including working late on one of the most beautiful Friday nights we have had in a long, long time, and missing dinner with my family or getting to see my kids before they went to bed. For me, this was a large price to pay, all brought about by one developer's carelessness or ignorance. (Hey, what can I say? Once I got married and had a family, I suddenly didn't think staying at work all night working on a puzzle was all that cool any more.) This performance effect of the misuse of the DISTINCT keyword was actually mentioned in a comment on that original post by Ivan Budiono, but I had not seen it in action until now.
In my story, it was an odd, but fortunate, coincidence that this problem showed up when it did. This internal web application has been running for more than six years with very little change to this particular web page, which normally only takes about 4 or 5 seconds to gather its data and render, so it was very surprising this morning when it started throwing SQL Timeout errors; all the more so, knowing that we had nightly jobs to address index fragmentation and to update statistics. The business users first jumped to the conclusion that something went wrong with the newest version release which we deployed last night, but I knew that there were no changes in there related to this particular web page nor the stored procedure that was timing out. We had also purged a little bit of bad data from one of the related tables, and so some users thought the problem was caused by that, but again I was skeptical of their guesses. I find it a good practice, when you are playing the role of troubleshooter, to be skeptical of guesses and people's memory, and simply focus on the things that you can prove to be fact.
Fortunately, since I had just done the software deployment the night before, I had before and after backups of the database. So, I restored the "before" image under a different name (we are fortunate to have sufficient hardware that I could put this on the same instance as the live system to eliminate that variable in my analysis and not significantly impact the live system). Sure enough, executing the stored procedure in the "before" ran without trouble, returning results in a few seconds, but executing it in the current live database it ran nearly a minute. So then I turned on Actual Execution Plans on both and they were remarkably different. The before image was full of index seeks and put the tables together one way, but the after plan had a couple of time-consuming Clustered Index Scans, and interestingly, arranged the pieces in a very different way.
Now the research starts to get fun. Since we have the very handy before and after copies of the database, let's see if there is something different between them that might be causing the issue like an index got dropped. So, I fire up Red Gate's SQL Compare tool. Everything looks good. There are differences, but only the few changes I was expecting from the software update we released, and nothing that stood out as an issue. Specifically, there was no difference in the tables involved, index definitions for those tables, or the stored procedure. Hmmm…what else could it be? Well, I knew that the business was doing some bulk importing of data into tables related in the queries, but they have done that before without a problem. Nonetheless, I'm running out of ideas, so let's see just how much has changed in the data. So, I open up Red Gate's SQL Data Compare tool and take a look.
Well, there were about 2900 rows added to a table that has 40,000 rows (about 7% growth). That doesn't sound too bad. And another table involved had 4400 rows added to its nearly 100,000 rows, again a small percentage of change. Seems hard to imagine that this little amount of data could make such a big difference, but it is one of the few things that I can verify are different between the databases and related to the query. If only there was a way to replay that data change to see if it caused the problem…Wait! There is! SQL Data Compare will not only show you the difference between two databases, it also allows provides a Synchronization wizard in order to make the data changes necessary to make them the same. Even better, you can do it step by step, one table at a time, one execution type (Insert / Update / Delete) at a time. So I did that; I methodically ran through the data changes on only the tables involved in the query, and sure enough, when the before now looked like the after from the bulk loaded data perspective, the stored procedure there suddenly started taking much longer to run and gave the ugly execution plan instead of the efficient one. And one of the weird things that the execution plan was showing was that two sources of a Hash Match Join brought 43,000 and 2,900 rows respectively, and the output was 2.1 million rows. But the final result set was only 365 rows. I figured that was not a good sign.
Armed with that information, I knew I was going to have to tackle the stored procedure to see if I could rewrite it in a more efficient manner. It really only had two queries to it, each with about 8 tables JOINED together. My first thought was that it was fairly ugly, so I ran SQL Prompt's Format SQL feature to clean up the layout. (With all these references to Red Gate tools, you might think I get paid for promoting their stuff. I don't. It just happens to be that they make good tools that really helped me today.) After the code was formatted the way I like to see it, it was still ugly, but this time strictly from a structural or syntactical point of view. I noticed the DISTINCT clauses right away, but also spent quite a bit of time reading the code and running mental checks on all of the JOINs and WHEREs. Along the way, I made a note to myself (commented the code) that one of the tables would normally be joined on two fields, and not just one. After doing that study, I decided it was time to break this thing apart and see what was in it. The first thing I wanted to do was get rid of that DISTINCT and see what came out. That immediately changed my result set from 365 rows to nearly 17,000 rows with a whole bunch of "duplicates". I did some counting of how many duplicates of one key I was getting and thinking about what may cause that when I saw that note to myself on the JOIN criteria and decided to clean that up, too while I was there. So, I quickly added the second field to the JOIN, re-ran the query to see how much difference it made, and voila! I was back to my target of 365 rows, and performance was dramatically better. I made that change to the stored procedure in the before snapshot (with data loaded) that I was using for testing, and sure enough, results came back in just a few seconds and the execution plan was back much closer to the original, so I did an emergency update of the live system with that change and everything was back to working like it was supposed to.
I'm still surprised that such a relatively little amount of data would cause such a drastic change, but I guess that is explained by the multiplying effect of that bad JOIN syntax. There are still some improvements that I think could be made in that procedure to make it more maintainable, and probably more efficient still. And there are a couple of new indexes that I am going to explore to tune this up even more, but this was enough to get us back in business and allow me to get out the door to go have a late dinner with my wife.
And as you can imagine, I still hate DISTINCT.
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Interview with a Made Man is based on real-world events, allowing players to assume the role of Joey Verola as he is indoctrinated into the dark world of organized crime and relive his life -- every moment, every kill -- as he rises through the ranks to become a "Made Man". Interview with a Made Man was created in conjunction with renowned Mafia expert and author David Fisher, who has 10 best-sellers to his credit, including Joey the Hitman: The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer and Hard Evidence, for which he was the only reporter to ever be granted full access to the FBI's famed crime lab.
This title was originally under development for publisher Acclaim. When the studio closed its doors, Made Man's creators formed a new development studio and continued work independently. Unfortunately, the Xbox version was cancelled and never released.
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Code Contracts are Making Slow Progress
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Code Contracts are making slow progress towards being ready for production use. While the technology still shows a lot of initial promise, it doesn't take long to run into a road block or six that makes them unusable in their current form.
One of the most basic and important features of Code Contracts is null reference detection. The ability to detect possible null reference exceptions at compile time would be a huge win for developers. Unfortunately Code Contracts just doesn't work when it comes to this.
The biggest offender is the inability to understand the readonly modifier on fields. Developers have been using this in C# and VB since .NET 1.0 to indicate that a field can never be changed outside its constructor. Often it is paired with an in-line initializer, making it verifiably clear the field can never be null. Unfortunately the static checker in Code Contracts doesn't honor the readonly modifier nor does examine the assignments for the field, causing a lot of false warnings.
A big issue for Visual Basic developers is that the static checker doesn't understand the "If (aString = "")" syntax. Being semantically identical to relatively new "String.IsNullOrEmpty" function, idiomatic VB code uses this for most null string checks. Since the static checker effectively ignores any line that looks like that, VB developers are plagued with lots of additional false warnings. According to Francesco Logozzo of Microsoft, this is finally being addressed in the next release.
Another problem for which no visible progress is being made is the lack of attributes for common scenarios. For example, most functions that return objects will want to ensure the result is not null. This requires this rather tedious code.
Contract.Ensures(Contract.Result(OfSomeType)() IsNot Nothing)
Contract.Ensures(Contract.Result<SomeType>() !=null);
What developers have been asking for is a simple attribute.
<NotNull()>PublicFunctionFoo() As SomeType
[NotNull] SomeType Foo()
Since Code Contracts includes an assembly rewriter, adding attributes that translate into other common scenarios like whether or not a given parameter accepts nulls should be easy. It could even automatically generate the correct code to throw an ArgumentNull or ArgumentOutOfRange exception.
Unfortunately the Code Contracts team has, from the beginning, been antagonistic towards code bases that need to support clients that don't use Code Contracts. For example, they want to use assertions instead of exceptions for errors that would normally throw ArguementException. This, of course, is totally unacceptable as a failed assertion would automatically crash the entire program without chance for recovery.
Since then the situation has gotten worse rather than better. Turning on runtime checking will actually disable the argument checks written in the "If check Then Throw" style.
A down-right daunting problem facing the Code Contracts team is the sheer size of the .NET framework. In addition to solving some serious issues with both the static checker and the way they deal with non-Code Contract code bases, they have to go back and define the contracts for countless classes. So far even the basic contracts like "For all ICollection<T>, calling Add will increment Count by 1." are not currently working correctly.
It should be noted that none of these problems can't be overcome given sufficient time and resources. Code Contracts still remain a very promising technology that over time can greatly reduce or even eliminate whole classes of errors for those with the time and patience to learn these powerful but complicated tools.
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I have to say I hated writing this piece. I wanted it to be a showcase for how well they were doing, but even my utility library the number of false positives was staggering. I spent the better part of two weeks refining my code so it would play nicely with the new FxCop and Code Contract builds, but I just couldn't make meaningful headway.
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As for the syntax, I don't see them changing to a declarative, attribute-based style any time soon. This is sad because there are wish lists dating back to .NET 1.0 with requests for <NotNull> and <Range(min, max)> attributes. Perhaps when "compiler as a service" comes online somewhere around .NET 5 or 6 we can just build it ourselves and emit the correct Contract.Requires code.
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Most of today's workforce have their own smart phones and tablets, which they both are comfortable with and expect the organization's IT department to support. This makes BYOD one of the hottest IT topics today. By allowing employees to use their own personal mobile devices for work, organizations can increase employee satisfaction and productivity in addition to reducing hardware and mobile device support costs.
BYOD presents many challenges as well, especially in the area of access security, compliance and IT management. Enabling employees to connect their personal devices to the corporate network can expose sensitive data, making organizations vulnerable to compliance and security violations. In addition, the growing variety of end user devices requiring support can be overwhelming for IT staff.
Each organization's BYOD requirements and goals are different. While some companies may limit BYOD to certain employees (executives, field/sales people, third party consultants, independent agents), others may want to implement it for the entire workforce. Therefore, any BYOD solution must be tailored to fit the relevant scenario. Ericom has a portfolio of products that can be used in combination, or each on their own. Build a comprehensive, flexible BYOD solution that addresses the usability, security and manageability issues that come into play when supporting a variety of devices.
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Arriving at the Four Seasons Hotel with her baby boy, Hilary Duff was spotted in Los Angeles on Thursday (November 29).
The "Lizzie McGuire" star was casually dressed in a black jacket, blue jeans, and black sneakers as she carefully put baby Luca in the stroller.
Recently, the former Disney darling has been feeling a little nostalgic about her past and her rocket to stardom.
Last week, the 25-year-old actress tweeted, "Just ran into the wonderful casting director who cast me in Lizzie McGuire at the dog park. Funny how one person can change your whole life!"
Enjoy the pictures of Hilary Duff and her son at the Four Seasons hotel in Los Angeles (November 29).


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Actor-producer-director Tom Hanks has listed a house in Pacific Palisades for $5.225 million.
The Spanish-style villa, built in 1929, features archways, frescoed ceilings, a library, a sky-lit kitchen, a sun room, a beauty salon, four bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms and 6,289 square feet of living space. The living room opens to a loggia and gardens.
The property sits behind hedges and a tall wall on nearly one third of an acre. The rules are strict for getting a peek at the place. No photos are allowed, and agents must accompany clients touring the house.
This is not the contemporary home Hanks and wife Rita Wilson bought from veteran producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall three years ago for more than $26 million. That 14,513-square-foot house, built in 1996 and also in Pacific Palisades, has four bedrooms and five bathrooms.
Hanks, 56, won Oscars for his work in "Forrest Gump" (1994) and "Philadelphia" (1993) and received lead actor nominations for "Big" (1988), "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) and "Cast Away" (2000), which he also produced. He played symbolist Robert Langdon in "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) and "Angels & Demons" (2009) and is the voice of Woody in the "Toy Story" movies. He directed, wrote and starred in the 1996 film "That Thing You Do!"
Wilson, 56, appeared opposite Hanks in "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993). Her film work also includes "Jingle All the Way" (1996), "Runaway Bride" (1999) and "It's Complicated" (2009).
The house last sold for $1.9 million in 1988, according to public records.
Mary Lu Tuthill and Kathleen Tuthill of Coldwell Banker's Brentwood office are the listing agents, the Multiple Listing Service shows.
Key change for pop star
British singer Leona Lewis has sold her home in Hollywood Hills West for $2,073,500.
The Nichols Canyon-area compound sits on three-quarters of an acre in a gated community. The remodeled contemporary Mediterranean, built in 1999, features an all-white decor, formal living and dining rooms, four fireplaces, four bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,946 square feet of living space. The detached guesthouse contains a gym, a bedroom and a bathroom.
A swimming pool, lawn and gardens complete the lush grounds.
Lewis, 28, was nominated for the 2009 best pop album Grammy Award. She also was nominated for best female pop vocal performance for the hit single "Bleeding Love."
The singer-songwriter was the 2006 winner of the British version of the talent competition show "The X Factor." She released "Glassheart," her third album, last year.
Lewis bought the property in 2009 for $1.85 million, public records show.
Annie Challis and Deborah Moore of Keller Williams' Beverly Hills office were the listing agents. Grant Linscott of the Los Feliz office represented the buyer.
TV doc's sale hurt only a little
Actress Kate Walsh has parted with her Spanish-style estate in Los Feliz for $4.675 million.
The gated home retains such 1928 details as the intricately tiled main hall and grand staircase, arched windows and stenciled beamed ceilings.
A formal dining room with an oval inset ceiling, a wine room, a den-media room, breakfast room, five fireplaces, four bedrooms and six bathrooms are contained within 5,940 square feet of living space.
The one-third-acre grounds include a swimming pool with spa, a pool house, an outdoor cooking center, alfresco dining area and a circular driveway. The three-room garage was converted into a gym and two offices.
Walsh, 45, stars as Dr. Addison Montgomery on "Private Practice" (2007-present), a spinoff of "Grey's Anatomy," on which she played the same character starting in 2005. She will star in the comic film "Bad Judge," due out this year.
The actress bought the house in 2007 for $4.75 million, according to public records.
Barry Sloane and Marc Silver of Sotheby's International Realty were the listing agents. Jon Grauman of Partners Trust's Beverly Hills office represented the buyer.
No joke: He'd like $15.5 million
One of America's revered funnymen, Bob Newhart, has listed his estate in Bel-Air for sale at $15.5 million.
The French country-style home, designed by Wallace Neff and built in 1941, is two stories with a basement and an attic. There are five fireplaces, five bedrooms, seven bathrooms and 9,169 square feet of living space. Offices sit above the garage. The 1.37 acres of grounds include a lagoon-style swimming pool, mature trees and lawn.
Newhart, 83, entertained a national audience with his sitcoms "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972-78), "Newhart" (1982-90) and "Bob" (1992-93). Later generations know the comedian from appearances on shows such as "ER" and "Desperate Housewives" and the film "Elf" (2003). This year he guest-starred on "The Big Bang Theory."
The property was purchased in 1990 for $4.2 million, public records show.
Michael Sahakian and Johnny Schell, both of Coldwell Banker's Beverly Hills South office, are the listing agents, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
Watson holes out in the Palisades
After taking a couple swings at it, golfer Denis Watson and his wife, attorney Susan Loggans, have sold their Pacific Palisades compound for $12.9 million.
Built in 1982, the renovated Mediterranean-style estate, guesthouse, tennis court, pool, cabana and spa sit on 2.5 acres adjacent to Will Rogers Historic State Park. The equestrian property has corrals and a year-round stream. There are nine bedrooms, 9.5 bathrooms and about 10,000 square feet of living space.
Watson, 57, won three PGA titles in 1984. He joined the senior tour after turning 50 and was voted rookie of the year in 2007.
Watson and Loggans bought the property in 2004 from former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, according to public records. It had been listed then for $7.95 million.
They put the house on the market early this year at $13.9 million, having first listed it 2.5 years ago.
Kurt Rappaport and Fred Bernstein of Westside Estate Agency were the listing agents. Fran Flanagan of Coldwell Banker's Pacific Palisades office represented the buyer.


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a blouse i made for myself from a 1966 pattern for a "beach shirt" using vintage fabric covered with cacti…
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vintage linen-like fabric covered with cacti.
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Apr 9, 2013, 11.08 PMby tasallison
awesome thank-you!!
Apr 9, 2013, 10.26 AMby tasallison
Hi I was just looking at your blog and all your other sewing projects…do you have any tips for neat sewing especially on blouses??? do you press every seam as you go?
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Apr 9, 2013, 10.33 PMby marie emily
hi! thanks for looking at my stuff. :-)
i think my top tips for extra neat sewing would be:
>>> lots of ironing – definitely press every seam as you go… iron the fabric before you cut the pieces out. press seams open (if you can) for things like collars and cuffs, before ironing flat & top stitching/finishing.
>>> trim (and clip) seam allowances & corners carefully especially on collars, cuffs, etc. i like to make french or flat felled seams, too, for an extra neat finish.
>>> lots of pins! especially when sewing on sleeves and collars. i think i put a pin about every inch.
>>> go slow & take your time… i always have to remind myself to take my time and make sure everything is as perfect as it can be before continuing… if something isn't just right i rip it out.
maybe i'll do a blog post with tips + images someday. :-)
Apr 7, 2013, 05.13 PMby The Tropical Sewist
Oh my, this is gorgeous! Lovely, lovely print and a really professional looking finish.
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Apr 7, 2013, 09.29 PMby marie emily
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Want to run FreeBSD on your Raspberry Pi or other ARM-based device? You're not far away from being able to do so. The folks over at the FreeBSD Developers Notebook report huge gains made in running FreeBSD on ARM v6 processors. They've got builds prepared for the Raspberry Pi, Beagleboard, and several others, though support isn't yet total. What can you do with it? Lots of stuff, like running the Go programming language on it like Dave Cheney. Cool!


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Phiz (Hablot K. Browne)
Dickens's Pickwick Papers
November 1837 (double number)
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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.
[You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Whereas Seymour had chosen as the subject of his frontispiece Pickwick standing on a chair and addressing the assembled twelve other members of the club, Phiz chose to focus on a relationship about which Seymour would have known nothing since he committed suicide in April 1836, just after he had completed the four plates for the May number — that between the faithful, street-wise Cockney servant Sam Weller and the naive retired merchant, Samuel Pickwick, a relationship which Dickens introduced in the tenth chapter. It is not difficult to interpret the frontispiece as a testimonial to iconic status of the two friends who become joint protagonists of the picaresque novel, and whom Phiz represents here as joint editors of the "posthumous papers" of the Pickwick Club.
Michael Steig notes the advance that Phiz's frontispiece represents over Seymour's, even though in construction it resembles Seymour's frontispiece for Hervey's The Book of Christmas:
If we take the title page to represent the novel's violently active comic side, the frontispiece is, with qualifications, the reverse: a scene of contemplative repose, observed and ridiculed, however, by a group of comic subversives. The basic structure of the frontispiece is like a proscenium stage, below which an imp points sardonically at three of the main actors in the novel who are absent from the stage, Tupman, Winkle, and Snodgrass. [Steig 38]
In the gothic niche composed of an ornate frame punctuated by gargoyles and surmounted by a goblin, Sam Weller, easily recognisable by his striped vest, and Mr. Pickwick are reviewing books in Mr. Pickwick's study. Sam, not introduced until the July 1836 number, and his master seem joined, as the oaken panel behind them contains equal figures in niches. Significantly, the globe is by Sam's side, implying his knowledge of the world, in contrast to Mr. Pickwick's comfortable, overstuffed chair and hassock, which represent a life of leisure and affluence.
If Browne was under the stylistic influence of Seymour in The Pickwick Papers, his use of iconographic methods for the purpose of genuine interpretation and expression go beyond anything Seymour displayed as an illustrator. [Steig 39-40]
The laughing goblins to the right (in a hat reminiscent of the goblin king's in Phiz's "The Goblin and the Sexton," January 1837) and left (dressed as a jester) draw back the curtains, implying that the narrative will reflect the period's dramatic forms: the farce, melodrama, and burletta. The cameos are of the Pickwick triad, waiting offstage and about to be introduced.
Robert Patten has demonstrated that this frontispiece, through its visual references to books and tale-telling, its pantomime imps (one of whom is the goblin of an earlier plate, "The Goblin and [38/39] the Sexton" [ch. 28B] . . . , its globe, helmet, and shield, epitomises the novel's use of the tale as a vehicle for conveying both experience and its evaluation (See Patten's "The Art of Pickwick's Interpolated Tales"). But in addition, the imps and goblins embody something of the tension in this novel between comedy as a moral vehicle and as a subversive force. Why, for example, is Gabriel Grub's goblin, whose function in the novel is to bring about the sexton's regeneration, here mocking Pickwick and Sam? And why is another such figure jeering at the Pickwickians?
The sources upon which Browne probably drew may throw some light on these questions. The stagelike frame has a long graphic tradition behind it, but Browne's most direct influence in its use seems to have been his predecessor, Robert Seymour. Though at first glance the frontispiece to Hervey's The Book of Christmas, "Christmas and His Children" (Illus. 25), does not obviously resemble Browne's design (Illus. 26), a moment's consideration reveals some parallels. In both, the central scene — intended to epitomize the book — is framed by a proscenium arch supported by Gothic columns. The stage is in each case revealed by a draped curtain, and both stages protrude into an apron. Below Seymour's stage is a satyr's head and below Browne's two, very similar to Seymour's. On either side in both pictures are stone brackets, occupied in Seymour's etching by a harper and Father Christmas and in Browne's by the imps and goblins. The goblin on the right points to the scene within, as does Father Christmas. There is also a possible link between this goblin and Seymour's Lord of Misrule (in both the frontispiece and a plate facing p. 213 of Hervey's book), and if this resemblance is more than accidental, the implication for Pickwick is that reason and reflection in Sam and Pickwick are mocked by mirth and unreason — which are themselves ritualistic and seasonal rather than uncontained or destructive. There are some further minor similarities between elements in the two books, but the basic parallels at the very least suggest the extent to which Phiz was working within current as well as eighteenth century graphic conventions. [Steig 38-39; full text of this book]
Cohen, Jane Rabb. Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators. Columbus: Ohio State U. P., 1980.
Dickens, Charles. Pickwick Papers (1836-37). London: Chapman & Hall.
Dickens, Charles. Pickwick Papers (1836-37). Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867.
Hammerton, J. A. The Dickens Picture-Book. London: Educational Book Co., 1910.
Steig, Michael. Dickens and Phiz. Bloomington & London: Indiana U.P., 1978.
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A security glitch has knocked the Web-based system for filing applications for new generic Top Level Domain names offline for more than two weeks, forcing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to extend the deadline for filing.
The TLD Application System was still down on April 27 and no new deadline has been announced, although an announcement was expected soon.
ICANN, the nonprofit corporation that oversees the Internet's Domain Name System, began accepting applications for new domains Jan. 12, and the window was scheduled to close at midnight April 12 UTC (that would be 8 p.m. Eastern, April 12).
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But a glitch was discovered on April 12 that exposed some confidential information in applications. It initially was thought the system could be put back online in a matter of days, and ICANN said it would extend the deadline to April 20.
The TAS has remained offline, however, and no new schedule has been announced. A complete list of applicants and the domains they are requesting was scheduled to be released April 30, but that date also is being pushed back.
The process of restoring the system apparently has been delayed by concerns about tampering with some applications during their exposure.
"We are systematically combing through TAS logs and analyzing data for signs of access applicants may have had to file names and user names of others," the organization said in an April 25 statement. "We have narrowed the pool of affected applications and the associated posted documents. However, the integrity of each and every application is our No. 1 priority, so we must be as thorough as possible."
When the application system reopens, users will be able to review their applications to assure themselves that their information has not been tampered with. Performance of the system was being enhanced to meet expected high user demand when applications resume.
Top-level domains are the suffixes on URLs and e-mail addresses that appear to the right of the final dot in the address. Generic TLDs are broad categories that service large communities, such as businesses for .com, public service groups for .org, educational organizations for .edu, and government for .gov. There currently are 22 gTLDs, and ICANN approved the expansion program in June.
Critics in the business community complained that the new gTLDs would open up a new landscape for cyber squatters and criminals, forcing legitimate owners of brands and trademarks to spend millions of dollars in defensive registration of names within the new domains.
The expansion will include the creation of new gTLDs in non-Latin scripts and alphabets, which ICANN hopes will help to unify the Internet, maintaining a single set of protocols and infrastructure that will keep it available to all people.
The application process is not for the faint of heart. Registering to use the application system costs $5,000, and there is an additional $180,000 filing fee for each application.
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