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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Planning My 2008 Race Season
For 2008, I'm feeling the need to train specifically for my anchor race (the Western States 100) for the first half of the year, and leave the second half of the year flexible. I think that will give me a good checkpoint to look at where I'm at in various Series points rankings, take into account that I might need a break, or want to do some tri's as a change of pace. I've also tried to leave some space in for other races that might pop up.
Here's my tentative schedule for 2008:
1/13 - Angel Island 25k, Marin, CA - This should be a great setting for pictures and a fun way to kick off the new year. I will still be in my "aerobic phase" of my training, but variety is always good. I can also put some points on the board for the new Pacific Coast Trail Runs (PCTR) Race Series, which looks like a lot of fun. The Pacifica 50k on 1/19 is also a lot of fun - if my schedule (and wife) permits, than maybe that one too.
2/2 - Woodside 50k, Woodside, CA - My hometown course, and I have serious bridesmaid karma on this one (three second place finishes in three tries). Perhaps I can break my streak!
3/8 - Way Too Cool 50k, Cool, CA - One of the classics, and shares some trail with the Western States 100. I should be about a month into my speed training, so this will be a good checkpoint race. It will be good to catch up with everyone too. It's also a points race for the PA/USATF Series (not posted yet, but will be here), which I hope to be focusing on for the year. My last year as an under-40 runner...yikes! And I don't mean "yikes I'm getting old", I mean "yikes those 40-year olds are much faster". ;-)
3/22 - Rucky Chucky 50k, Foresthill, CA - I was pleased to see the Rucky Chucky back for 2008, and enjoyed running it in 2005. This race will give me a chance to cover that section of the Western States trail and know it intimately. ;-) This is also the first race in the 2008 Fuel Belt Ultrarunner. Net Series, which was a lot of fun last year.
4/12 - Diablo 50m, Diablo, CA - What better prep for the WS100 than 13,000+ vertical feet in the blazing sun? This race seemed to work as good training grounds for the likes of Jasper Halekas, Bev Abbs, Caren Spore and others for their summer 100's, plus I have some unfinished business on that mountain that I would like to put to rest. This race should be a good checkpoint to see where my weaknesses are, while still having enough time to adjust the training before WS100.
4/21 - Boston Marathon, Boston, MA - Why? Why not! I love this race, and have the lucky excuse that work takes me there every April. I plan to run it for fun, drink the beer at Heartbreak, get a kiss from the Wellesley girls, etc, etc, plus enjoy a day of watching America's finest female runners at the Women's US Olympic Trials. Race costume optional on both days. ;-)
5/3 - Miwok 100k, Marin, CA - A gorgeous race, and good training for WS100. I'm excited to go back and get more pics! I'm not going to run it super hard, but it will kick off a month of very long runs/races as the peak of my training. Another race for the PA/USATF Series as well.
5/10 - Quicksilver 50m, Almaden, CA - I did the 50k last year, and it was full of hills and heat. Ill take a tip from Graham Cooper and Jeff Riley (top ten finishers at WS100 last year) who did this as part of their States training last year. My legs should be tired from Miwok, so we'll see how I hold up.
5/18 - Ohlone 50k, Livermore, CA - An optional race if I have any legs left after the last two weekends. Heat and hills, and plenty of good pics. Ohlone might even be a fun one to hike!
5/25 - Western States Training Run, Auburn, CA - I plan to do the first training day of the weekend to cover the two tough climbs on the WS100 trail.
6/14 - Santa Cruz 50k, Santa Cruz, CA - One last 50k in the coastal redwoods before beginning my taper. Also in the PCTR Series.
6/28 - Western States 100, Auburn, CA - The anchor race for the year. OMG! It freaks me out just to write it down. My goal is sub-24 hour, but honestly I would be honored just to finish it.
At this point in the season, I'm planning to take a few weeks off and see where my head and heart is at, as well as where I'm at in the various Series competition. If I'm doing well in the PA/USATF Series, than the Headlands 50k and Whiskeytown 50k could be new and fun. The Ultrarunner.net Series would steer me more towards the Sierra Nevada Double Marathon (which would be good to do right for once) and Lake of the Sky, which I loved last year. It I have another 100 in me, then maybe Rio del Lago or the Headlands 100, or try a 24-Hour Race. Or perhaps I will be ready to hit the bike, and do the Donner Lake Tri, Vineman, and/or some centuries. One thing for sure, I will probably make it back to the Helen Klein 50m, which is a points race for both the PA/USATF and Ultrarunner.net Series. And this year, Thanksgiving will likely be at home, so the Quad Dipsea will be back on the schedule.
Whew! I better get crackin' on the training! Let me know if any of you are going to be at these races. I look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers and happy new year, SD
26 comments:
Hey Scott,
All the best with these races and especially with WS100. I am sure you will do great out there.
I'm just waiting for that list of races to grow as you will, without a doubt, be at the top of all of those series by the middle of 2008.
Are you sure you don't want to trade the Sierra Nevada for the Tahoe 72 miler, or the Triple? Think about it: there is [almost] no way you can take a wrong turn around the lake ;)
Happy New Year,
PeterGreat lineup of races, Scott. With Western States as the anchor, looks like you will have some good training runs/races scheduled.
I have been putting together my own list of races, and so far we share a few. I, like you, have some "unfinished business" at one - specifically the Woodside 50K, which I am hoping to have a better showing at the second time around.
I look forward to seeing you briefly at a few starting lines, then choking on your dust! ;-)
Happy New Year-
Andy- Anonymous12/30/2007 11:45:00 PM
That's an amazing race lineup. I can't believe you're schedule looks like that when you're cutting out races! I stumbled across your blog first when you used some pictures I took at North Face Endurance Challenge SF (with credit, many thanks!) for your interview with Uli Steidl. Since then I've read a lot of it. I've wanted to get in contact with you for a while but I can't find any email link or means of contacting you on the blog. I am a junior in high school and run XC and Track and wanted to ask you a couple things. How would I contact you?
Greg Scott... Scott? You Surely must know your body by now. And you may be in the top 10 percent of the population with "highly trainable" bodies. But holy smokes, even if you are, are you SURE you aren't setting yourself up to feel more like riding a wheelchair through WS? (And not a racing wheelchair, either.)
ReplyDelete- Anonymous12/31/2007 11:29:00 AM
Scott -
Where's Waldo is the 100k championship (open and masters this year) on August 16th. I bet you could slip that in, and come visit your family!
CT Wow! Sounds like I will be seeing a bunch of you guys out there. WillG, you may help me continue my bridesmaid streak at Woodside! It will be good to see many of you at Boston too.
Greg - you can reach me at scottdunlap (at) yahoo.com.
About Me - You're right that it looks like a lot of running, but it's about what I did comfortably last year in terms of frequency and distances. My secret is that I don't run all of them like races, and take many at a leisurely pace. The WS100 packet this year had a section that recommended "doing a 3-6 hour long run each weekend" as part of training. If I have a run that long, I usually just sign up for a race and get the snacks. ;-)
Believe me, if it becomes too much I'm not afraid to just show up and volunteer!
SD- Anonymous12/31/2007 04:11:00 PM
Hi, Scott. This is Sam McManis, reporter for the Sacramento Bee. I'm doing a story on a Sacramento ultra runner, Ray Sanchez, who just took up running a year ago. He finished a couple spots behind you in the Fuel Belt points results for 2007. Ray's a former boxer and I was wondering if I could call you and ask a few questions about him and how unusual it is (if, indeed, it is unusual) for him to do so well in such a short time span. My number is 916-321-1145 and my email is firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks, Sam
ReplyDelete Scott,
No big surprise and you are wise to keep some room for improvisation around and after Western States. I'm glad you'll spend more time on the Grand Prix circuit, I'll see you more often than last year!
Not a Boston year for me so I won't see you there, but it's not an easy place to meet anyway.
I just posted my review of 2007, I've yet to share about the 2008 program but you can guess most of it (yes, I finally made it into WS too, through my Club and work at Last Chance!).
All the best for 2008, including for the many miles you'll put in training and racing.
Jean.- Anonymous12/31/2007 07:13:00 PM
Hey Scott,
I look forward to seeing you out there at a lot of the same events. Here's to a great 08'! Western States here we come!
Happy New Year,
Brian - Anonymous1/02/2008 04:58:00 AM
Looks like a great schedule! You should definitely check out the Jay Challenge series. The best/most fun race I've done.
Good luck! - Anonymous1/02/2008 09:05:00 AM
WOWZERS! Fantastic schedule, Scott. Obviously, you'll need to hold back a lot during those events if you want to bring an A+ effort to WS100. It seems you're disciplined enough to do it. I always get suckered into running harder than I meant to.
I don't think our schedules overlap at all. I may need to juggle some dates to make sure that we see eachother out there!
Best wishes for 2008.
- GG - Anonymous1/02/2008 09:15:00 AM
"GG" is "Garett Graubins."
Too much coffee this morning.
Back to work. Brandon -
I will definitely share the plan as it gets more structured. Right now (and through Jan) it's a lot of 6-10 mile runs at aerobic pace, and a few longer runs for fun. I will start incorporating speed and tempo work in Feb, adding hills in March, and using many of the races as training runs to get in some long miles.
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By the time 13,000 students take their seats in city classrooms next fall, two of their number will find themselves sitting on the Alexandria School Board as well.
The board approved creating a pair of nonvoting liaison positions earlier this month after spending more than a year working with students on the initiative. The seats are open to sophomores, juniors and seniors at T.C. Williams.
Board member Marc Williams, who chairs the policy committee, believes the seats will forge a stronger connection between students and the district's elected officials. It's also a chance for two students to get a taste of local civics.
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The concept is not new, but the efforts of students like T.C. senior Caleb Vogt helped turn it into reality. A member of Superintendent Morton Sherman's student advisory group, Vogt, 18, was a junior when the school board shot down an earlier version of the proposal.
Vogt, working several other students, spent more than half of his final year with school officials fleshing out the proposal. Though he'll never have the opportunity to apply for one of the seats, he's happy to see it come to life before graduation.
"I truly believe the fact that this has been passed — it's something to be proud of and the student body needs to recognize the opportunity for them," Vogt said. "This isn't just [the student government association], this is the school board … hopefully the student body will have the drive to go to their representatives and talk to them and bring them their issues. That's really the whole job."
Prospective representatives will apply with the subcommittee Vogt currently heads. The group will cull applicants down to five in the spring and submit the finalists to the school board. Sheryl Gorsuch and Helen Morris, chair and vice chair, will conduct interviews and make their recommendations ahead of a full board vote.
It's a lengthy, but necessary process. Vogt and his peers worried holding elections would give the proceedings the air of a popularity contest — a past problem with student government elections, he said.
Those students selected will serve an annual term, reporting to the board on behalf of their peers, weigh in on issues and spend several hours a week preparing for meetings. They may attend work session meetings as well, but are barred from nonpublic sessions.
While Williams sees the liaisons giving the board much needed feedback and Vogt envisions them representing the voices of their peers, Margee Walsh anticipates them augmenting their schooling. The school district's executive director of policy development believes students recognize the educational aspect as well.
"They feel very strongly that a part of what education system needs to do is teach kids how to be active citizens and why it matters they find time to contribute to the outcomes in their community," she said. "It's [about] affecting how our government works. They get it."
Vogt, who serves as a liaison to the city's parks and recreation committee, has a good sense of what future student representatives will get out of the experience. It's a glimpse of life beyond the classroom.
"[It's] a unique experience to get the chance to sit at the table with adults discussing a multimillion dollar budget," Vogt said. "As students at T.C. you don't get a feel for that unless you have a job … For a lot of students, once they have that responsibility, it's going to be tremendously helpful in understanding what it's going to be like once you're no longer under the roof of you parents."

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet users who illegally share music, movies or TV shows online may soon get warning notices from their service providers that they are violating copyright law. Ignore the notices, and violators could face an Internet slow-down for 48 hours. Those who claim they're innocent can protest — for a fee.
For the first time since a spate of aggressive and unpopular lawsuits almost a decade ago, the music and movie industries are going after Internet users they accuse of swapping copyrighted files online. But unlike the lawsuits from the mid-2000s — which swept up everyone from young kids to the elderly with sometimes ruinous financial penalties and court costs — the latest effort is aimed at educating casual Internet pirates and convincing them to stop. There are multiple chances to make amends, and no real, legal consequences under the program if they don't.
"There's a bunch of questions that need to be answered because there are ways that this could end up causing problems for Internet users," such as the bureacratic headache of being falsely accused, said David Sohn, general counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington-based civil liberties group. But he added: "There's also the potential for this to have an impact in reducing piracy in ways that don't carry a lot of collateral damage."
The Copyright Alert System was put into effect this week by the nation's five biggest Internet service providers — Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Cablevision — and the two major associations representing industry — the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America.
Under the new program, the industry will monitor "peer-to-peer" software services for evidence of copyrighted files being shared. Each complaints will prompt a customer's Internet provider to notify the customer that their Internet address has been detected sharing files illegally. Depending on the service provider, the first couple of alerts will likely be an email warning. Subsequent alerts might require a person to acknowledge receipt or review educational materials. If a final warning is ignored, a person could be subject to speed-throttling for 48 hours or another similar "mitigation measure."
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The number of Internet users subject to the new system is a sizeable chunk of the U.S. population. Verizon and AT&T alone supply more than 23 million customers.
For the recording industry, which blames online piracy for contributing to a dramatic drop in profits and sales during the past decade, the new alert system is a better alternative than lawsuits. In December 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America announced it had discontinued that practice — which had been deeply unpopular with the American public — and would begin working with the Internet providers on the alert system instead.
"We think there is a positive impact of programs like this, and that they can put money in the pocket of artists and labels," said Jonathan Lamy, a spokesman for the RIAA.
The Motion Picture Association of America estimates some 29 million people have downloaded or watched unauthorized movies or TV shows online, mostly using technology such as BitTorrent, a popular peer-to-peer protocol. Like its counterparts in the music industry, the MPAA says it believes people will stop when they understand it's illegal and are redirected to legal ways of paying for downloads.
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The Center for Copyright Information, which created the alert system, is responsible for producing the methods that companies will be allowed to use to catch pirates, but it said Tuesday it won't release those details publicly. It said the system will rely on humans to review the entire content of every file to make sure it qualifies as material protected under copyright laws.
"This is an imperfect science," said Yoshi Kohno, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington. "The likelihood of a false positive depends on the diligence of the party doing the investigation."
Bartees Cox, a spokesman for the consumer watchdog group Public Knowledge, says it will watching to ensure the program doesn't evolve into imposing harsher punishments by Internet providers, such as terminating a person's Internet access altogether if they are accused of being a prolific violator.
If a person believes they've been wrongly accused, they will have multiple chances to delete the material and move on without any repercussion. If the problem is chronic, they can pay $35 to appeal — a charge intended to deter frivolous appeals but also one that can be waived. The center says it won't require proof that a person is financially strapped.
The center's director, Jill Lesser, said that the goal is to educate the average Internet user, rather than punishing them, and no one will see their Internet access cut off.
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Sohn said the effort will be a significant test whether voluntary measures can reduce copyright infringement.
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Just ask Gillian Anderson, who first premiered their roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully on "The X-Files" two decades ago. The series aired nine seasons and resulted in two feature films.
While the two were unsure where they left their relationship in the show and films, the 53-year-old Duchovny and 45-year-old Anderson both said they're open to making a third "X-Files" movie.
The actors got together Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the series' premiere. They participated in a panel discussion for fans at The Paley Center for Media in New York. They also took part in a panel discussion over the weekend at New York Comic Con.
When asked where their characters left off, the two weren't completely clear on the specifics.
"Well they (Mulder and Scully) were married the last movie," Duchovny said, referring to 2008's "The X-Files: I Want to Believe."
"Were we actually married?" Anderson asked.
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Anderson said if fans want another film they should let their voices be heard.
"If it takes fan encouragement to get Fox interested in that then I guess that's what it would be."
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Many traders know of variants of this strategy, and I started trading it around the beginning of 2007, and in fact, it formed part of my first fund's portfolio of strategies. You can see the cumulative return chart below (click to enlarge) from 2007/01/03-2008/10/29. The APR is 19%, unlevered. The Sharpe ratio is 1.4 and the maximum drawdown is just 4%. Note that Lehman Brothers went bankrupt on 2008/09/15, and this is a long-only strategy, yet the performance was spectacular in September-October 2008. We were patting ourselves furiously on the back.
Now look what happened after this happy period.
The APR was -6%. 2008/10/29 turned out to be the high watermark.
I have seen some strategies that have the opposite behavior: poor performance prior to 2009, and stellar performance since then. Was there a structural break in the market due to the financial crisis? Was this due to the advent of high frequency trading? The declining volume in the equities market? I will leave these deep questions to financial economists. The only lesson I have learned from this and other examples is that, once a strategy is in decline for some time, it seldom comes back to health, and the best course of action is to bury it swiftly.


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Will Microsoft's new service pack reinvigorate Vista sales on the eve of Windows 7?
Microsoft is preparing new service packs for Windows Vista and its server counterpart, Windows Server 2008. The pair of service packs, according to sources, will likely land before the release of Windows 7 which is set to debut in late 2009 or early 2010. Microsoft confirmed that the project was in the works, with a Vista spokesman saying, "Microsoft is working on a second Windows Vista service pack (Windows Vista SP2) and will share more details in the coming months."
Windows Vista already saw the release of its first service pack in May of this year. The first release was marred by compatibility difficulties, which forced Microsoft to take it offline for a short time. Amid slower than-hoped-for adoption growth, Microsoft launched a reinvigorated push to convince people to adopt Windows Vista, highlighted by its "I'm a PC" commercials.
Reports indicate that Microsoft is hard at work preparing the second generation service packs, to help further this new campaign. It has reportedly delivered a beta of the Vista pack to select hardware and software partners. This is similar to its current distribution method for early builds of Windows 7. Microsoft also posted a placeholder article for Vista SP2 on its Knowledge Base site.
Details on the new packs are scarce, but sources with Microsoft say that the biggest deliverable for the Server version will be the integration of Hyper-V bits with it. Sources also say the reason Microsoft is pushing to release the pack before Windows 7 is to limit confusion about whether to upgrade to Windows 7 or choose the newly more functional Vista.
The service pack for Windows Server 2008 will also reportedly be called SP2, despite it being the first service pack for the OS. This because Windows Server 2008 was built on Vista with the SP1 service pack included. Still, the first real service pack for the server OS will be an essential boost as many corporate partners are hesitant to buy an OS without service packs.
Microsoft is remaining tight-lipped about the server SP2 as well, except to acknowledge that its coming soon. A Microsoft spokesperson stated, "[The] comment [on Vista] serves for Windows Server as well; Microsoft is not commenting further on the timing/release plans for the WS08 SP2 at this time, but will share more details in the coming months."
The Beta 1 releases for the two SP2s are expected within the next couple months. This will put some pressure on Microsoft's developer team to quickly complete the service pack, as the Windows 7 Beta 1 is slated for mid-December release.
It is rumored that Microsoft may be including some aspects of Windows 7's functionality into Vista via the new service packs.
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That title sounds like an infomercial. "New improved, now with panko!" And it is just that, improved. Improved for those that want a little "crunch".
This summer I was shocked how many of you loved, downloaded, raved about my tomato pie. So glad you all loved it. I got so many emails on this pie, thanking me for posting it, sharing it, how easy it is to throw together, etc.... Thank you!
I love it too, my favorite way to eat it is cold. So good with a glass of white (dry) wine. When I used up the last of my summer tomatoes, just as I was about to put the last pie in the oven to bake, it hit me, "why not add panko to the top?" So glad I did, it gives it that nice little crunch. Stays crunchy for a couple days, then gets a little soggy. But my pies don't really last longer than two days in this house.
So if you still have tomatoes leftover and can't quite let go of summer (like me), then give this new version a whirl.
(note: I used sliced cheese here in the photo. You can use sliced or shredded cheese. Just don't make your slices too thick or use too much.)
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1 (9") deep dish pie shell, frozen (or use your own pie crust dough, whatever you like)
4-5 large tomatoes, thickly cut
Freshly cracked black pepper
A light sprinkling of sugar
1 c. good quality mayonnaise (Hellmans)
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese
½ cup cooked real bacon (not the fake stuff please)
½ - ¾ cup of panko crumbs
I like to keep my deep dish pie crust cold/sitting in the freezer till I'm ready to use; it cooks up better when it start with a cold crust.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, 350 for convection. Slice up the tomatoes in rather thick slices and place them on paper towels to absorb some of the excess moisture.
Also place paper towels on the top.
Get out pie crust from freezer, place sliced tomatoes over crust; do a double layer of sliced tomatoes. Sprinkle with a very light layer of sugar then freshly cracker black pepper.
In a bowl combine mayonnaise with shredded cheddar cheese, and the chopped up bacon. Spoon over tomatoes; try to get it spread evenly over the tomatoes, but don't push down.
If you want a crunch, then sprinkle on the panko crumbs just before baking, push them down a bit into the topping.
Bake for about 30 minutes. Mine was done at the 25 minute mark, so best to keep an eye on it at the 20 minute mark.
I let my pie cool down about an hour before slicing into it. It really does taste best when it's refrigerated and served cold. Serve with a nice glass of white wine.
Note: I love my crust nice and dark brown, if you don't like it that way then cook it less. This is a really rich pie, so cut the slices smaller than you would an apple or other fruit pie.


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Dr. Yvonne Doll, a faculty member in Walden University's School of Management, is a trailblazer. A member of the second class that admitted women to West Point, she selected the military police corps in the U.S. Army for her service after graduation. For 26 years, she worked around the world as a security officer, criminal investigator, operations officer, comptroller, commander, and leadership teacher. During this time, she was also a wife, mother, and student in bachelor's and master's degrees programs. She earned a doctorate in management after retiring from the service and joined Walden in 2010.
In honor of Veteran's Day on Nov. 11, Spotlight on Walden talked to Dr. Doll about her experiences in the service and how online higher education can help prepare veterans for a career after service to their country.
Tell us about your years in active duty service. What were some of the highlights of your career?
Looking back at my years in the Army, including as a West Point cadet, I had many great experiences. First, my education at the United States Military Academy was first rate. After graduating from West Point in May 1981, I was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. My best job was when I was the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) commander in Hawaii and the Pacific. My special agents were dedicated, trained, and committed to obtaining the facts and putting the criminals in prison. During my service, I was able to meet, help, and train so many honorable, selfless people. I never looked at my career as a job; it was something I loved to do.
What have you brought from your years of service to help you become an effective educator?
Thanks to my military career, I benefited from a range of experiences and cultures that has widened my perspective and deepened my understanding of the importance of clearly communicating with each other. In the service, I learned that active listening is one of the most underrated but important skills in education. I think I am a better educator because I try to identify the real problem using critical-thinking skills, discuss the alternatives, get everyone into the discussion, and explore possible solutions.
What qualities and skills do veterans bring to the civilian workforce?
Veterans are intelligent, realistic team players who can follow rules but also think independently and will give you honest answers and comments. Veterans will tell you the truth, even if the news is ugly. Veterans can adapt to change, and they have a highly developed sense of duty and loyalty and ethical standards.
How can online higher education help active duty servicemembers achieve their goals?
My higher education degree has opened many doors for career advancement. After I graduated with my doctoral degree from an online program, I was promoted to associate professor and able to chair many graduate studies for my students. The beauty of online education, especially for service men and women, is you have so much flexibility. You can go to school in the early morning, at night, on the weekends, or while stationed overseas. You control your time and you do not need to commute to a building to learn with others. Also, advanced educational degrees help active duty members get promoted in their careers, and as lifelong learners, they expand their knowledge base, change their thinking patterns, meet students from all over the world, and improve their writing and research abilities.
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Grasscut is Andrew Phillips and Marcus O'Dair. Phillips is an award-winning film and television composer with over 100 credits to his name, while O'Dair is a classically trained double bassist. Grasscut is without a doubt an art-band. But, that doesn't mean that they're too experimental, on the contrary, the music is at the heart of their sound.
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Whether your baby rises from a crawl with a shaky first step or a full-on sprint across the living room, chances are you'll be on the edge of your seat. But remember — a child's first steps usually aren't picture perfect.
Learning to walk takes time and practice, and it's common for kids to start walking with their toes and feet turned at an angle. When feet turn inward — a tendency referred to as walking "pigeon-toed" — doctors call it in-toeing. When feet point outward, it's called out-toeing.
It can be upsetting to see your child develop an abnormal gait, but for most toddlers with in-toeing or out-toeing, it's usually nothing to worry about. The conditions do not cause pain and usually improve as kids grow older.
Almost all healthy kids who toe-in or -out as toddlers learn to run, jump, and play sports as they grow up, just the same as kids without gait problems.
In-toeing and Out-toeing
Most toddlers toe-in or -out because of a slight rotation, or twist, of the upper or lower leg bones.
Tibial torsion, the most common cause of in-toeing, occurs when the lower leg bone (tibia) tilts inward. If the tibia tilts outward, a child will toe-out. When the thighbone, or femur, is tilted, the tibia will also turn and give the appearance of in-toeing or out-toeing. The medical term for this is femoral anteversion. In-toeing can also be caused by metatarsus adductus, a curvature of the foot that causes toes to point inward.
The reason some kids develop gait abnormalities and others don't is unclear, but many experts think that a family history of in-toeing or out-toeing plays a role. So, if you toed-in or -out as a child, there's a chance that your child could develop the same tendency. Additionally, a cramping of the fetus in the womb during pregnancy could also have led to in-toeing or out-toeing.
As a fetus grows, some of the bones have to rotate slightly to fit into the small space of the womb. In many cases, these bones are still rotated to some degree for the first few years of life. Many times this is most noticeable when a child learns to walk, because if the tibia or femur is tilted at an angle, the feet are, too.
Does Walking Improve?
As most kids get older, their bones very gradually rotate to a normal angle. Walking, like other skills, improves with experience, so kids will become better able to control their muscles and foot position.
In-toeing and out-toeing gets better over time, but the change occurs very gradually. And, it's hard to notice. Therefore, doctors often recommend using video clips to help parents track improvement. Parents can record their child walking, and then wait about a year to take another video. This usually makes it easy to see if the gait abnormality has improved over time. In most cases, it has. If not, parents should speak with their child's doctor to discuss whether treatment is necessary.
In the past, special shoes and braces were used to treat gait abnormalities. However, doctors found that these didn't make in-toeing or out-toeing disappear any faster, so they're rarely used anymore.
If Walking Does Not Improve
Speak with your doctor if you're concerned about the way your child walks. For a small number of kids, gait abnormalities can be associated with other problems. For example, out-toeing could signal a neuromuscular condition in rare cases.
Have your child evaluated by a doctor if you notice:
- in-toeing or out-toeing that doesn't improve by age 3
- limping or complaints of pain
- one foot that turns out more than the other
- developmental delays, such as not learning to talk as expected
- gait abnormalities that worsen instead of improve
The doctor can then decide if more specialized exams or testing should be done to make sure that your child gets the proper care.
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she would respond with something that was like . Community & Support Manager Betterhelp.Com… sometimes she was you understand react to what i said or like i don't understand it just didn't appear like she was extremely present um so i got a brand-new therapist through the much better health platform and so when you are signing up for a therapist you need to complete like this questionnaire and they appoint you to somebody and so i filled out the questionnaire once again um and it you have to go into you know well i went into depth on my circumstance therefore that didn't actually feel good to need to go through that process all over once again um but i was like whatever so that brand-new therapist got designated to me and after that she sent me a message that said you actually ought to be trying to find somebody who concentrates on this i would motivate you to change your provider so then i had to refill out the um survey again go through that entire trauma of filling it out again and then i was designated to another therapist so i uh my therapist and i were utilizing the messaging function she wasn't as responsive as my very first therapist however she still was responsive sufficient and so then i registered for a video for Lynn Hamilton Talk Space
so it cost me 272 dollars which was with the financial assistance um and the the one thing that i really truly enjoyed about um better help was the fact that i might talk with my therapist at any point therefore that's what i began doing i was i was speaking to my therapist non-stop through text so we were texting back and forth talking to her non-stop um any any and whatever that i was feeling i was talking with my therapist about it and um i chose that i wanted to do a video a video with her so i wished to do a um a live the live video option therefore when i did that um the rapport and the chemistry and all of the things that i seemed like we built just wasn't there and i didn't.
other thing going on in my life is that my best friend broke up with me kinda out of the blue after it happened i was able to look back and see like the little disconnections that have been happening but it really was a shock to me it was very upsetting and i really felt like the rug had been pulled out from under me and i wanted to talk about it with somebody and she was the person who i would have talked about something like this with so i really had a whole number of issues that were making me think time to go back to therapy now most psychotherapists have been through psychotherapy which i think is a very good thing in fact i highly suggest it when you are doing life coaching it's good to see a life coach when you do psychotherapy it's good to be in psychotherapy because it's good to experience what it's like as a client and then we all have issues we all have things we need to work through we could all use an empathetic caring concerning ear and i think it is both good professional practice and i think it's very good on a personal level so that was one of the reasons i went back to therapy and the other reason i signed up with better help is that i wanted to experience it to see if it is something that i would recommend to my followers on this channel because i am contacted right now by people around the world people in all different states in the united states people in europe asia africa all over who are looking for psychotherapy help and don't feel like they have easy access to it so i wanted to experience what better help was like so that i could tell you about it and you can decide if it's a good fit for you or not so right now
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betterhelp has subscribers in 160 different countries around the world and they have counselors who speak 40 languages and the pricing of betterhelp.com includes unlimited text messaging audio text video text and written text messaging as well as weekly live sessions if you choose so let me get to what my experience has been like so my first session with my counselor i began to talk a little bit about what i was going through and she really listened she primarily listened but i could see the empathy on her face and it was so nice to talk to somebody who wasn't personally involved in the situation like she didn't have an agenda at all like she didn't have a like oh you have to do this or you have to do that she was really open and listening and empathetic and i could tell she got it like i could tell she understood what i was struggling with and i had kind of forgotten how powerful that is how meaningful it is to speak to somebody who really just gives you space to process what you are feeling to process what you're going through to hear yourself talk to hear yourself brainstorm on things and to be met with an accepting understanding empathetic face awesome research on therapy is very interesting because one of the very key components of psychotherapy is the relationship it's whether the person feels comfortable with the therapist the relational element of therapy is one of the most healing components so people are always interested in well did she give good advice or was she trained in this area or did she know what to say about this but to be honest when i give advice to clients i can sometimes see their eyes kind of you know giving advice can almost in a way be a little bit insulting because it's kind of like huh you think i haven't thought about that already like i already know this is not necessarily helpful so when we do chime in as therapists or ask a question in a certain way or say wow i would have felt that same way or why did you feel that way or what do you think the other person was feeling or you know we're trained to ask questions that help you figure out what you need and what you need to do the therapy process is really one of self-exploration in a healing environment so i immediately felt comfortable with the counselor and i continued to see her and then i was feeling like i was definitely feeling better after a few sessions and i was thinking okay you know maybe i'm going to phase out here and then boom yesterday a big family issue hit and today i just really wanted to get on the call with her and process through what had happened because i wasn't clear on was my response reasonable is the way i'm viewing this situation the right way to view it or at least is the way i'm viewing this situation does it make sense i think so often we just want to know like does this make sense like can you relate to this and that it drives so much of the things we get into conflict for because come you know situations are complicated this actually the situation in my family is really a boundary issue and in some ways i'm a boundary expert like i am Lynn Hamilton Talk Space
pretty well versed on both a personal level and certainly a professional level on boundaries i know a lot about boundaries and yet these situations aren't clear there's a lot of confusion there's a lot of choice and just being able to bounce this off somebody so helpful so i have no desire on better help to switch my counselor to be perfectly honest but that's also a really nice element with better help is that if you do not like the counselor you're seeing or you feel like they crossed a line or maybe they're just not helping you can switch counselors very easily on better help and the other thing that's nice about better help is that you have your counselors get a rating so better help itself the organization gets feedback on the counselors pretty quickly plus you can rate them and rank them and you don't get that with a private practice therapist right you might get a recommendation from a friend who went to this therapist but there's really no accountability or there's limited accountability in the private practice field so given my positive experience with better help i decided to become an affiliate and i have an affiliate link below
the notes below this video that will give you 10 off your first month if you use that link i also want to be clear that betterhelp did not pay for or sponsor this video i was not paid to do this video and i was not required to do this video to become an affiliate now if you do sign up through my affiliate link this channel will earn a small commission which is helpful because it helps to sustain the channel helps me to produce this material for free for so many people around the world i wanted to have something to provide to my viewers my subscribers the people who follow me on youtube and the people all over the world who have limited access to good therapy so if you're interested check it out the link is below in the notes to this video there's a little thing that says show more if you don't see it if you click on that you'll see all sorts of links i do have some free resources uh under there for you as well if you found this video helpful please share it with somebody who may benefit from it and if you liked the video please do like and let me know comment below have you tried better help what was your experience
s a completely regular and natural reaction to countless Betterhelp As Health Taxable… scenarios especially when strong feelings are present some individuals may express their emotions more than others but this doesn't remove from the truth that everybody weeps eventually however it can be disconcerting if you can't … pinpoint the reason you're weeping beyond your control this can add to even more stress and feelings of being overwhelmed which can make matters worse but you're not alone and this is a typical concern that can be attended to although there are numerous medical causes related to your physical health that can lead you to cry for an unknown reason such as hormonal agents thyroid condition and pseudobulbar impact depression and anxiety are two of the most frequent causes for this specific issue and they're frequently seen together these are extremely typical psychological health problems and if you think you might be struggling
with them you're not alone and luckily they are treatable with support from a psychological health expert such as the ones you can find much better and online aid when you seek help you're permitting yourself to openly express your ideas and sensations even if you don't understand precisely why you have actually been sobbing speaking with an expert about your emotions can help you learn more about yourself and also lead to a medical diagnosis which is among the initial steps to getting better a therapist will be able to offer you valuable coping abilities and methods to keep your emotions under control through tried and evaluated techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy commonly referred to as cbt for brief following a diagnosis you may be likewise advised to make an appointment with your physician or psychiatrist in order to receive medical treatment when people feel depressed or distressed for an unknown factor it can likewise frequently be because of the low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin serotonin shortage is a biological cause that can be treated through prescription medication like ssris a mix of medication and treatment is thought about the gold requirement for dealing with depression and anxiety individuals can see significant enhancement in just a couple of months typically assistance is available to help you navigate and handle your feelings and live a happier healthier life Betterhelp As Health Taxable
losing your cravings is common and takes place to many individuals but it's not something you have to deal with alone while you might be stressed anxious or depressed nourishing our bodies is an important part of our total health and eating a balanced diet is one way of doing that first it's most important to comprehend what possible causes may be leading you to losing your cravings and desire to consume from a psychological health viewpoint anxiety might likely be a cause of losing your hunger though anxiety is a mental health issue it can manifest itself in lots of ways from headaches to body aches to an anorexia nervosa there are also a few other triggers aside from anxiety that could be causing you to lose your hunger everyone is different however here are some common triggers we understand cause hunger loss 1. anorexia an eating disorder defined by an extreme fear of putting on weight 2 dehydration which can result in confusion and tiredness three short-term extreme demanding periods of time 4. depression or Community & Support Manager Betterhelp.Com


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Scientists have called it "junk DNA." They have long been perplexed by these extensive strands of genetic material that dominate the genome but seem to lack specific functions. Why would nature force the genome to carry so much excess baggage?
Now researchers from Princeton University and Indiana University who have been studying the genome of a pond organism have found that junk DNA may not be so junky after all. They have discovered that DNA sequences from regions of what had been viewed as the "dispensable genome" are actually performing functions that are central for the organism. They have concluded that the genes spur an almost acrobatic rearrangement of the entire genome that is necessary for the organism to grow.
It all happens very quickly. Genes called transposons in the single-celled pond-dwelling organism Oxytricha produce cell proteins known as transposases. During development, the transposons appear to first influence hundreds of thousands of DNA pieces to regroup. Then, when no longer needed, the organism cleverly erases the transposases from its genetic material, paring its genome to a slim 5 percent of its original load.
"The transposons actually perform a central role for the cell," said Laura Landweber, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton and an author of the study. "They stitch together the genes in working form." The work appeared in the May 15 edition of Science.
In order to prove that the transposons have this reassembly function, the scientists disabled several thousand of these genes in some Oxytricha. The organisms with the altered DNA, they found, failed to develop properly.
Other authors from Princeton's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology include: postdoctoral fellows Mariusz Nowacki and Brian Higgins; 2006 alumna Genevieve Maquilan; and graduate student Estienne Swart. Former Princeton postdoctoral fellow Thomas Doak, now of Indiana University, also contributed to the study.
Landweber and other members of her team are researching the origin and evolution of genes and genome rearrangement, with particular focus on Oxytricha because it undergoes massive genome reorganization during development.
In her lab, Landweber studies the evolutionary origin of novel genetic systems such as Oxytricha's. By combining molecular, evolutionary, theoretical and synthetic biology, Landweber and colleagues last year discovered an RNA (ribonucleic acid)-guided mechanism underlying its complex genome rearrangements.
"Last year, we found the instruction book for how to put this genome back together again -- the instruction set comes in the form of RNA that is passed briefly from parent to offspring and these maternal RNAs provide templates for the rearrangement process," Landweber said. "Now we've been studying the actual machinery involved in the process of cutting and splicing tremendous amounts of DNA. Transposons are very good at that."
The term "junk DNA" was originally coined to refer to a region of DNA that contained no genetic information. Scientists are beginning to find, however, that much of this so-called junk plays important roles in the regulation of gene activity. No one yet knows how extensive that role may be.
Instead, scientists sometimes refer to these regions as "selfish DNA" if they make no specific contribution to the reproductive success of the host organism. Like a computer virus that copies itself ad nauseum, selfish DNA replicates and passes from parent to offspring for the sole benefit of the DNA itself. The present study suggests that some selfish DNA transposons can instead confer an important role to their hosts, thereby establishing themselves as long-term residents of the genome.


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Hackers Compromise 250K Twitter Accounts
The social media giant Twitter acknowledged that it has become the latest victim in a number of cyber-attacks against media companies, saying hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users.
The company said a blog post on Friday it detected attempts to gain access to its user data earlier in the week. It shut down one attack moments after it was detected.
But Twitter discovered that the attackers may have stolen user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords belonging to 250,000 users they describe as `a very small percentage of our users."
Nonetheless, the company reset the pilfered passwords and sent emails advising the affected users.
The online attack comes on the heels of recent hacks into the computer systems of U.S. media and technology companies, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Both American newspapers reported this week that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-based hackers, likely to monitor media coverage the Chinese government deems important.
China has been accused of mounting a widespread, aggressive cyber-spying campaign for several years, trying to steal classified information and corporate secrets and to intimidate critics. The Chinese foreign ministry could not be reached for comment Saturday, but the Chinese government has said those accusations are baseless and that China itself is a victim of cyber-attacks.
"Chinese law forbids hacking and any other actions that damage Internet security," the Chinese Defense Ministry recently said. "The Chinese military has never supported any hacking activities."
Although Bob Lord, Twitter's director of information security said in the blog that the attack "was not the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated incident."
"The attackers were extremely sophisticated, and we believe other companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked," Lord said. "For that reason we felt that it was important to publicize this attack while we still gather information, and we are helping government and federal law enforcement in their effort to find and prosecute these attackers to make the Internet safer for all users."
One expert said that the Twitter hack probably happened after an employee's home or work computer was compromised through vulnerabilities in Java, a commonly used computing language whose weaknesses have been well publicized.
Ashkan Soltani, an independent privacy and security researcher, said such a move would give attackers "a toehold" in Twitter's internal network, potentially allowing them either to sniff out user information as it traveled across the company's system or break into specific areas, such as the authentication servers that process users' passwords.
In a telephone interview Friday, Soltani said that the relatively small number of users affected suggested either that attackers weren't on the network long or that they were only able to compromise a subset of the company's servers.
Twitter is generally used to broadcast messages to the public, so the hacking might not immediately have yielded any important secrets. But the stolen credentials could be used to eavesdrop on private messages or track which Internet address a user is posting from.
That might be useful, for example, for an authoritarian regime trying to keep tabs on a journalist's movements.
"More realistically, someone could use that as an entry point into another service," Soltani said, noting that since few people bother using different passwords for different services, a password stolen from Twitter might be just as handy for reading a journalist's emails.
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My colleague, Eric Claeys, has posted to SSRN an interesting and important review of Robert Merges's new book, Justifying Intellectual Property (Harvard University Press, 2012). Here's the abstract:
This article contributes to a symposium issue on the Philosophical Foundations of Intellectual Property. In a popular Saturday Night Live skit, a famous record producer helps a rock band record a rock anthem by demanding maniacally that the band put more cowbell on the recording. This article reviews Justifying Intellectual Property (2011), by Robert Merges, in a similar spirit.
Justifying Intellectual Property challenges contemporary IP scholarly sensibilities by arguing that IP is better justified on moral, rights-based foundations than on economic or other utilitarian foundations. The book provides an excellent moral defense of property rights in copyright and patent. It provides an excellent account of at least one set of rights-based foundations for IP, i.e. Lockean theory. It also provides an extremely helpful framework for explaining how rights-based foundations get implemented into specific IP doctrines. However, as the record producer could have used a little more cowbell on the rock anthem, so Merges could have used a little more property theory in his account of how IP law implements rights-based foundations in practice. This article illustrates its praises and criticisms using the damages-versus-injunction remedy question considered by the U.S. Supreme Court in eBay v. MercExchange (2006).
Download the article here, and enjoy. Also, always remember: More cowbell!


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Mr. Wisconsin: "But I'm already on it!"
Dr. Grumpy: "You are? I didn't see that in your chart..."
Mr. Wisconsin: "Well, I mean, I'm not on it myself, but my wife takes it. So wouldn't that cover me, too? Just from being near her a lot?"
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
When I was in college studying psychology I came across a person in one of the clinics who just could not understand why his wife had gotten pregnant because she was on birth control medication. Sometimes she'd forget to take it so he'd take it instead...
And then there is my aunt. My aunt is a sweet but rather naive older woman. She once was talking to me on the phone but didn't want to talk too long because I had a cold and she didn't want to catch it.
No. People are not that stupid. They just can't be or the world is doomed.
I think I'm in the beyond stoopid category with this one: why is he named Mr Wisconsin? Cheese head? As in holey Swiss, Batman?
I foresee a new governmental cost savings measure: physicians only get to issue one prescription of each medication per household
"Mr. Wisconsin"
Internal water sports?
Here we have an example of Darwinism at it's finest.
They must be married a long time.
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation And Really Ignorant Nuts
With that logic we all need to hold our breath around drug addicts, or the world would be a bit too hallucinogenic...
He just got Coumadin confused with cooties
Perfectly logical. I became the intellextual I am today merely by placing a big thick book under my pillow every night while I slept (saved all kinds of hassle of reading it). By virtue of the osmotic process all its embedded knowledge would transfer to my brain. Ta da!
The only downside of this was that the stuffin' in my pillow tended to be smarter than me :-(
Coumadin (Warfarin) was named after the research facility is was developed in. WARF or Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
I continue to be amazed at the depth of Dr. Grumpy's knowledge as well as his readers! I instantly recognized the reference to Mr. Wisconsin, but wasn't sure anyone else would.
Too bad Percocet doesn't work like that. I'd have a lot less drug seekers in my ER.
Probably best not to tell him he'll be taking rat poison.
My husband is on Coumadin. I'm supposed to take it, too, but don't want to.
Phil did some research, and found that Coumadin is transferable through semen, so as long we have sex 3 times a day he says I don't have to take the pills. So far so good!
to Madeline:
"...honest honey, it says here right on the label, medicine MUST be taken orally!"
Anonymous 10:26, you must have had Mr Toews for high school history too! Are you from Winnipeg? That's what he told us to do!
Love that you called him Mr. Wisconsin.
Love the Mr. Wisconsin reference.
I guess we know what the 'D" stands for in STD...drug.
Anon 10:37: I thought I would be the only one who got the Wisconsin reference...but I went to pharmacy school in the building across the street from WARF.
Cheesehead Contingent checking in. We've been the butt of the nation's jokes here....oh, since about 1848.
Touche', Dr. G! Ya had me ROFL. Just what I needed after a condensed week at the asylum.
(btw, the WARF is a local medical joke institution....for those who know, anyway....)
LOVE the WI reference! I'm such a nerd. Thanks Dr G. How you keep your sanity is a mystery :)
I picked up on the Mr. Wisconsin thing, too. Ahhhh, I love clever wit....
Theresa, RN
I can't believe he's married.
OK... as a medical student SICK of hearing the words 'Warfarin' and 'INR', I choose to blame the lack of understanding of the Wisconsin reference on my being in England, thankyouverymuch :P
I understood the Wisconsin reference after a kind soul in the comments above explained it, but could another kind Yank soul please explain the cheese thing? Or is that a medicine thing I am blissfully unaware of? :P
And oh, Coumadin. We just call it Warfarin over here. Super cool, thanks doc!
Sunrise - Wisconsin has a very large number of farms, and hence, cows. So, they use the milk to make cheese, and so became famous for making very good cheese.
@Jenna: thanks! :-)
Sorry, Sunrise. We've been the butt of the nation's jokes for so long we forget that not everyone in the world knows that not only is Wisconsin America's Dairyland, but our fanatic NFL Packer fans are proudly referred to as Cheeseheads. (Really. They wear cheese on their heads.) We are unafraid to take pride in what others consider ridiculous.
Not only are lay people really that stupid, sometimes so are MDs. My mom's doctor once told her that her dog's rabies vaccination would cover her in the event they both came into contact with a rabid animal. Really. I'm serious.
AND, my grandparents once had a cat under a six month rabies quarantine. Their veterinarian recommended they contact the health department for advice on rabies prohylaxis. They were advised to get tetanus shots. Really. I'm serious.
Note: In neither case did anyone end up having rabies, but still!
Glad Rampage has not met ACO (Animal Control Officers) in Baldwin County. They are tireless in tracking down rabies exposure.
Now, to explain how clueless most are about deadly infectious diseases are, a true story. Seems that a litter of four raccoon cubs were found in a Baldwin County Ala. attic. One of the guys said that Mama Raccoon had been killed somehow.
Yes, raccoons of all sizes are darn cute. And baby raccoons are cutest of all. So guy and co-hort decided to adopt the critters. One presented a pair of kits to his grandchildren who lived in another part of the state.
For the readers who are not raccoon-savvy, raccoons are one of the natural soureces of rabies. (yes, you heard me right, RABIES. As in few good outcomes. Usually leading to death in people.)
One of the kits, part of the pair given to the grandchildren got sick. The parents (smart) took it to a vet, who diagnosed you guessed it, rabies. The dx was confirmed when the little critter died and testing was done (look up how that is done for yourself.)
Long story short, 20 people have been exposed. And while rabies shots are not what they were when I was a youngster, it's pretty serious. And to top it off, it IS a disease you can give your partner through intimate contact. So passing on a cheesehead drug is not that far-fetched.


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