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Forever Forty-Something
Herbie was a slow, heavy, dark-skinned man who kept himself clean and well-groomed. In the summer when the weather was warm, he dressed in cotton short sleeves and plaid Bermuda shorts, and he always carried a white handkerchief to clean his wire-rim glasses or wipe away the beads that constantly reformed at the end of his large nose and hung upon the thick, black, cropped hairs of his nostrils. Mostly, he worked in the yard of his adopted mother, old Mrs. Lawson, slowly cropping hedges, crouching to collect windfall, or weeding the garden, always careful not to trample the flowers or chop the good roots.
He, forty-something and slow of thought, and I, eight and fatherless, lived a house apart on this shady college-town street where, despite his stilted speech, stutter, and constant monotone humming, he was my guardian across the green meadows, cherry orchards, and on to the college frontier. While I played on the fringes among the dirt piles, straw bales, concrete drainpipes, and lumber stacks, Herbie supervised construction from under the yellow helmet given to him by the workers, humming smoothly within the greater engine of bulldozer, crane, and backhoe.
Later that summer, a professor's son who lived nearby came occasionally from his books and his very own playhouse to journey with us, and under the high arching sun, Billy and I devised a game called GOON in which Herbie was always it–the designated monster who, upon nearing us, would raise his humming to a strange moaning sound and flush us out screeching from tree, bush, or shed to flee in terrible ecstasy across the browning lawns. So we played on, finding secret nooks in the farther shadows until one early twilight, when the second breath of August stirred the leaves to uneasy whisper, Billy suddenly burst hysterical from the shed: "Herbie turned violent, Herbie turned violent!" Of course he had not really; he had merely hammed up his role, revving his engine to shake in its mounts, the pitch of his drone playing the reedy clapboards of the old shed where Billy cowered in a bin of discarded dolls.
On phantom evenings at the end of one summer, he, forever forty-something and I, now twelve, stood at fifty paces on the college lawn where I instructed him on the art of throwing a baseball–not pinch-armed from the ear like a girl, but more roundhouse, elbow cocked wide like Whitey Ford or Don Drysdale. Although he cooperated, he barely progressed and never really learned the trick of it, and would eventually, at old Mrs. Lawson's nightly yodeling across the neighborhood "HERbert, HerBERT!" leave me alone there, tossing easy poppers into the mauve dome above the embers of this day now gone.
If I want, I can still see him: a series of porch lights record the lean and switch of his shadow across the lawns, and because I knew him as the figure of both man and child, I find comfort in the prospect that there is a God somewhere like Herbie, composed of forbearance and diligence, who, in his droning procession is always careful not to trample his lovely gardens.


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Strawberries are easy to grow and work well in containers.
In this attractive display we plant strawberries in a bespoke tiered strawberry container, where the plants and fruits can hang from the pot like pretty, bright red jewels.
As well as growing them in pots and containers on the ground, you could also try growing them in window boxes and hanging baskets.
Discover how to create this fruity strawberry container display, below.
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- Strawberry plants x10
- Tiered strawberry pot
- Multi-purpose compost
- Crocks
Place empty plastic plant pots in the base of the container to stop the compost falling out of the bottom, and aid drainage.
Part-fill the pot, up to the first tier of planting holes, with multi-purpose compost. Add slow-release fertiliser granules and mix in with your hands.
Start planting up the pot, starting at the bottom. Use your hands to gentle place the plants in position, and firm them into the compost.
Strawberries are easy to grow and work well in containers.
Add more compost and slow-release fertiliser until you reach the second tier of planting holes, and add more plants, firming them in. Repeat this process until you reach the top of the container.
Add more compost to within 5cm of the rim of the pot, and firm everything in to remove air pockets. Water the pot well.
Allow the water to thoroughly drain from the pot before moving it to its final planting position.

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Hands On Gardener: Seeds and Propagation
Author(s): McClure, S.; J. Anderson
Year: 1997
Publisher: New York : Workman Pub
Subject: Plant Propagation
Comments: From Amazon.com In Seeds and Propagation, Susan McClure helps gardeners discover the thrill of nursing plants to life. Chapters include equipment to use; seeds, with information on seed structure, hand pollination, thinning, and transplanting; cuttings; division; and layering, which occurs when a living branch or stem is rooted.
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ARLINGTON – The Texas Rangers have clinched their third consecutive postseason berth.
The Rangers assured themselves as being one of the two American League wild card teams with an 8-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader at Rangers Ballpark.
Texas has a two-game lead in the AL West, and can clinch a third straight division with one win in its three-game series at Oakland beginning Monday to wrap up the regular season.
It wasn't all good news for the Rangers on Sunday, though.
Third baseman Adrian Beltre left Game 2 with a re-aggravation of a left shoulder strain that he initially suffered making a diving stop late in Game 1. The extent of Beltre's injury is not known at this point.
Game 1 didn't go well for the Rangers, either, as they blew a lead in the ninth inning. Things didn't get much better at the start of Game 2, as the Angels jumped out to a four-run lead.
Rangers starter Derek Holland allowed four runs in the first inning, including a two-run homer to Mark Trumbo.
But the Rangers chipped away at the deficit. They scored a run in the bottom of the first on an RBI double by Josh Hamilton, and David Murphy and Mike Napoli opened the second inning with solo homers.
Napoli delivered the go-ahead blow for the Rangers with a two-out, three-run homer in the third off Angels starter Ervin Santana.
Napoli extended the Rangers lead to 8-4 with a two-run double in the fifth, which was needed in the end.
Holland settled down with five straight scoreless innings, and started the seventh by getting Albert Pujols to ground out.
But Holland gave up back-to-back one-out singles to Torii Hunter and Trumbo. Two batters later, Howard Kendrick drilled a three-run homer to pull the Angels to within 8-7.
That ended Holland's night, as he allowed seven runs on 12 hits with two walks and five strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings.
Robbie Ross got the final out of the seventh, and Koji Uehara struck out the side in the eighth. Uehara has retired the last 23 batters he faced.
Nathan, hours after blowing the save in Game 1, worked around a one-out walk to Hunter in the ninth for his 37th save of the season.-- Drew Davison


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Man I Never Was
- Artist: Andrew Ewing
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 6/5/2007
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Riff-doctor for The Devil Rides Out and Thumb, Andrew Ewing is already known to the public for his abilities on a six-string. As his latest solo EP The Man I Never Was shows, Ewing is nothing short of an amazing all-rounder. Ewing, along with a cast of Perth's finest musicians, launches the EP on Saturday, April 28, at the Hyde Park Hotel. MIKE WAFER reports. Though not his first solo record, The Man I Never Was is the most significant project Andrew Ewing has ever undertaken, as it has seen him face his own insecurities head on, and overcome them. He's still a little sceptical as to whether or not he's won the war outright, but the fact that Andrew Ewing's latest record is plastered with photographs of himself is proof enough that he's won a battle. Naturally shy in spite of his commanding presence on stage, Ewing fretted over several issues with The Man I Never Was, though so important was this record that, after encouraging kicks up the jacksie by his friends, Andrew Ewing decided to allow himself a bit of attention. "I never done this before with my solo releases," says a proud Ewing, his smile emerging from the sanctuary of his own beard like a hermit crab. "I've never made a fuss before. I've never put photos of myself on the cover. I've never come down to X-Press to talk about my records. I was very reluctant at first to do all of the things I've done with The Man I Never Was, but I'm lucky to have very talented friends who were very encouraging along the way. Also, I think I've reached a point where I've asked myself 'what am I doing this for?'. There's absolutely nothing wrong with people making music that stays in their bedroom, but this record is something I really believe in, and people like Joe Kapiteyn [The Devil Rides Out] and Rachael [Dease] Schvendes were nudging me like 'don't just do another EP that disappears'. Which is exactly what has happened with Ewing's past solo releases. Pressing only 50 or so copies to give to friends, Ewing's past approach has been stifled by guardedness. From a listener's perspective, this guardedness seems grossly unwarranted. Even when you take away the fact that The Man I Never Was contains the skills of the likes of Ben Franz, Tristen Parr, Greg Hosking and John Clark... even when you take analysis right back down to one man's voice, his guitar and his poetry... The record is breathtaking. "I'm just lucky I have so many talented friends," Ewing blushes modestly at the compliment, resisting the interviewer's constant prods to accept praise. Graciously and endearingly, Ewing simply says 'thank you' and deflects the attention away from himself. It's upon seeing this reaction that it becomes obvious just how special a record The Man I Never Was is, because it is a true artist inviting the world into the depths of his soul. To do such a thing has been a huge leap of faith for Ewing, but it has allowed the world to see the beauty and darkness that exists within a unique man, echoing truths within all of us. In a world where so much music means nothing, and serves no purpose but to distract, having such an honest and vulnerable glimpse into another human being is a rare and beautiful privilege. And although he doesn't yet know it, by inviting the world to peer through the looking glass, Andrew Ewing has become the man he thought he never was.


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So many to choose from, so crunchy and sweet and so diverse in their origins, traditions and lifeways. So here's your thumbnail guide to the ways, means and personalities of the citizens in the apple row of your produce section:
1. Red Delicious: Broad-shouldered, slender-hipped, exclusive, not too bright. The stereotypical jock. Most satisfying during the fall, then soft and avoidable for the rest of the year. Quote: "What are you looking at, pencil-neck?"
2. Golden Delicious: Pretty, sweet, looks great alongside Red Delicious (they've been dating for years), but just a trifle cloying and, frankly, dumb as a stump. "Why do you have to be so negative?" First few bites go down okay, but then there's no there, there. Makes a good pie, tho.
3. Granny Smith: Nothing like your granny. Witheringly tart, for one thing. Smokes, drinks and doesn't care what you think about that. Mixes a bad-ass martini and don't even try to keep up with her. Funny as hell.
3. Gala: Let's just say that if you miss an episode of "Glee" you know who's got it on their DVR. "Let's put on a show!" Lots of comic references to "jazz hands" and other inside theatrical/choral whatevers. Knows everything about Sondheim, and can really, really sing. Extremely loyal friend, and sweet-natured, but sarcastic. That first bite will run zingers down your tastebuds. "Did I just say that?" Oh, no you didn't!
4. Braeburn: Lives next door. Totally solid, not too tart and not too sweet, reliably crispy. Also has every tool known to man and will gladly let you borrow his shears or that obscure metric wrench thing, just toss it on his porch when you're done. Sweatshirts and a perpetual day's worth of stubble. Of course he'll jump your car, doesn't care how late it is. Take him to lunch or slice him up and toss him in a pie, he's totally happy to help. Will bring beer, too.
5. Fuji: Soft-spoken, exceedingly polite, has one of those Buddhist rock gardens with the inscrutable patterns and the gong in the middle. Some kind of computer genius, designs code or something, no one really knows. Not a gobbling apple nor a pie/tart variety, Fuji can be transcendent when sliced thin and presented in an elegant array with hard cheeses, crackers and white or a lighter red wine. Enjoy with your shoes off, sitting cross-legged on a straw mat and hearing the breeze stir the blossoms through the air.
(note: previously published in 2010 or thereabouts, but here it is again b/c I bet you either didn't see it or forgot it or whatever)


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Advances in the conquest of pain are underway, we are told, in Europe, England and the U.S. Pain clinics and pain specialists are increasing, as are hospices and pain-management courses in medical schools. This sounds wonderful, but the reality does not seem as wonderful as the labels. Our check into these facilities and their methods indicate that they seem dedicated more to teaching people to endure pain than to efforts to alleviate it. Europe, an older and more sophisticated culture, may take a less rigid position than is adopted here --- for we are a nation of extremists --- but that's only an assumption. The fact is that medicine has never really regarded pain as important, although pain is what sends people to doctors in the first place.
When Jeffrey Bernard, the famous columnist in London's Spectator, smitten with pancreatitis and suffering "phantom" pains from an amputated leg says about physicians, "most of all I hate them for their meanness and narrow-mindedness about dispensing pain relief," we hear a transatlantic echo of the American situation.
Our physicians are not, of course, either sadists or monsters. They are hapless semi-victims of our immense Drug War, which is being conducted like a real war. It rides roughshod over Constitutional rights, treats everyone as a potential enemy --- and as a possible dealer or addict, or both. Physicians, who are caught in the middle in this War, are constantly suspected of trading with the enemy. They are, therefore, subjected to close controls and monitors, forced to make detailed reports of all painkillers they prescribe to whom, when and why, and are harassed in countless ways.
If they prescribe too many drugs, their licenses are in jeopardy. Who rules when a doctor prescribes too many painkillers? The list is extensive, and does not always include medical practitioners. Physicians are subject not only to the restrictions of the Drug Enforcement Agency, but also to private insurance firms and their "adjustors," to police authorities of more variety than can be easily or quickly listed, and a swamp of arguments about the nature of addiction, drug-use, human nature, and behavior.
These are all immense subjects beyond the power of words to contain. One paramount point, however, seems nearly lost in the subject of narcotics. They were hailed on their first arrival as blessings that can release mankind from pain. To forbid their use in this regard is to condemn people to suffer. That does not seem either Christian or sane. But wars have a way of escalating, and creating suffering on all sides far beyond their purpose. As many a well-intentioned person has discovered, doing good is a very treacherous and uncertain matter. Forcing an entire nation to behave is a very complex task, and our success in this effort is among the worst in the civilized world.
More than one person has pointed out that we have, as a nation, gone down part of this road once before, when we tried to prohibit the use of alcohol as a beverage, a painkiller, a social solvent, a vice, a comfort --- whatever. Prohibition, created by a Constitutional Amendment in 1919* was repealed in 1933, only two generations ago. One would expect that even as ahistorical a nation as ours would be able to remember the lessons of that failure, but it appears that it has not. Despite the ignominious collapse of Prohibition, the government has created a new Prohibition of Narcotics, on an even larger scale. Its intended targets are addicts and those who supply them; its unintended targets (and they are numerous) include everyone in pain who needs painkillers.
Perhaps the reasons the lessons of Prohibition are not remembered is because they have not been taught or even, generally speaking, discussed. What Prohibition did was to outlaw an industry in all its branches and suppliers. That meant not only distillers, bottlers, labelers and advertisers, but the curtailment of the supplies of that industry. The wheat and corn markets were affected, the barrel-makers and wagon-makers and horse breeders and furniture trade, the malt and hops market. The police had to be expanded, and the tax authorities were directly affected. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was created as an arm of the Treasury during Prohibition, because bootlegging and its ramifications involved evasions of taxes.
Prohibition spread corruption, cynicism, lawbreaking on a national scale and the nation's first true black market. Our tax records and governmental evaluations have never really recovered control of the facts of our national economy. In a moral and traditional sense, the people have never recovered. Neither have the police, the government as a whole, the courts, the theater or the culture. The effort to enforce Prohibition led the BATF into battering down doors, shooting people and making numberless arrests. In Michigan, a fourth violation of the Volstead Act meant life in prison. The nation polarized on the issue, deadly gang wars flourished, and Chicago became a worldwide synonym for murder in the streets and rampant racketeering.
In the end (if there can be said to have been an end, because dry counties remained until recent years) a great moral crusade introduced immorality on a scale never before known in the land. Prostitution, gambling, tax evasion, corruption in high places: all the ills with which we are now familiar, rose like fumes from a dunghill during Prohibition.
The drug laws, launched in 1915 against opium in Chinatowns and marijuana among jazz musicians and fringe groups, took longer to mount into fortresses and barbarities. Narcotics, as part of national decay in the West, really seemed to take root in Europe first amid the ruins of World War I. Narcotics in Berlin and Paris fueled a black market, prostitution, and a sort of hedonistic despair to a spectacular extent. (This was a facet of the Weimar Republic which its admirers seldom stress in their current histories.) Drugs and an atmosphere of vice was part of an immoral scene that Hitler was quick to inveigh against, and had much to do with the fall of the Weimar Republic.
The lessons of Prohibition and of Weimar, occurring largely in the same decade, deserve more concentrated, in-depth attention than they have received. But both periods were immediately swamped by immediate events: the Depression and New Deal at home, and the rise of Hitler abroad. This century has barely had time to reflect on its lessons; they have been buried beneath wars and upheavals so vast that objective commentators have hardly had time to digest their causes.
Our historians, for instance, tend to treat Prohibition as a passing phenomenon; an example of religious fanaticism. In reality, it was more than that: it was an unprecedented effort by the government to curtail individual liberties, to control the people for their own good, with a minuteness de Tocqueville anticipated. "Such a power does not destroy," he said, "but it stupefies a people, till each...is reduced to nothing better than a flock of sheep, of which the government is the shepherd." Prohibition was such an effort, launched for the good of the people, that irreparably distorted the spirit of the nation.
By not recognizing the depth of that damage, we have stumbled in little more than a dozen years after our escape from Prohibition and a release from wartime controls (and a renewed wartime black market and more corruption) into --- step by step --- the Drug War: Prohibition on a larger, more fearsome scale. This one makes the first Prohibition seem, retrospectively, naïve and innocent. This one is threatening to wash away all our liberties.
The physicians are fearful that if they prescribe narcotics to persons in pain who need painkillers, they will create addicts. They are also afraid that they will lose their licenses to practise medicine, because the regulations restricting the use of narcotics for even medical reasons have grown so numerous, so complex, so restricting that most physicians find it safer to let patients suffer. Suffering, after all, is not a life or death matter. And the rationales, the separation of real from psychological pain, have been well developed. These allow physicians to argue, with a good conscience, that pain is better than addiction.
Unfortunately the subject of addiction, which is central to the Drug War, is one that remains mysterious. Everybody who drinks does not become an alcoholic. Everybody who tries drugs does not become an addict. Nobody, in either case, knows why. Persons in pain, however, who have been prescribed narcotics, almost never become addicted. (One can never say never, but in these cases one can say almost never.)
Meanwhile the World Health Organization newsletter has issued a report on the Second International Conference on Cancer Pain, issued by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Clinic and their chiefs Dr. Kathleen Foley and Dr. Jan Sjernswaard, of the organization's Cancer Unit.
"Undermedication," they state, "continues to be THE major problem in the Unites States, despite excellent studies showing that the psychological dependence characteristic of addicts almost never develops in pain patients. Patients with cancer pain easily discontinue their drugs when the source of their pain is removed through treatment.
"Nevertheless, drug use and drug abuse are so inextricably linked in the public mind that even physicians continue to believe opiates have the power to transform...patients into addicts. Over the past 15 years, researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and centers everywhere have gathered an impressive body of data showing that effective pain control, far from causing addiction or heavy sedation, permits many patients to function better."
In the United States, regulations have had an unintended impact upon patients in pain. For example, Dr. Foley is forbidden by law to write a prescription that will provide a month of pain relief to some of her New Jersey patients because the amount they require exceeds the state's legal limit for oral morphine. The law demands a new, freshly signed form, entailing an otherwise unnecessary appointment at MSK. "Ironically, it has never been shown that oral morphine has much value as a street drug," Dr. Foley noted.
The Drug War, in other words, has created such a threatening climate for physicians that they are allowing even patients with diagnosed cancer to suffer agonies, rather than prescribe painkillers. If this is true for patients with terminal cancer (what threat of addiction is involved here?), what about other patients in pain?
Michael Fitzgerald, a columnist for The Stockton Record, to cite only one case out of many, last fall described the instance of Alma Herrington, who fell and injured her spine. After her fall, doctors discovered Herrington had a ruptured disc. They performed a spinal operation, then an operation on her back, and then four more spinal operations. Each was designed to ease pain; none succeeded. She lives today on disability in constant pain. Her doctors have refused to prescribe painkillers.
Dr. Sandon Saffler, medical director of San Joaquin General Hospital, says, "Physicians in general have taken a very conservative approach to prescribing narcotics for chronic long-term pain sufferers who are not terminally ill." "Narcotics may addict patients," Saffler said. "Doctors also worry that large, sustained doses will increase a user's tolerance until the painkiller becomes ineffective. Certain narcotics," he added, "poison the liver. The best approach may be to send the sufferer to a pain clinic where various treatments can be tried to see what works best." Unfortunately, we know what this means. The clinics try acupuncture, massage, sometimes hypnosis --- and lots of "counseling." They employ a team of doctors, and the patient is shifted from one to the other to the other. Most are dedicated to the theory that pain can be endured, and that painkillers are dangerous.
The columnist also noted that Dr. Saffler "was mindful that doctors who prescribe too much painkiller can be censured and prosecuted. 'You lose your license and you're not going to be able to care for anybody,' he said."
California State Senator Greene considered that outrageous. He said, "Quite frankly, I am outraged by the unwillingness of the medical profession to wake up and join the 20th century." Acting upon that indignation, Greene authored a new law that lifts the threat of punishment from doctors who prescribe painkillers for persons with intractable pain problems.
"We don't find anybody is becoming a drug addict and we've seen thousands of cases," Greene said. "The problem is that the doctors are too concerned with insurance and the state medical agency. They're money machines." He now wants to fine or sentence doctors who refuse to provide pain relieving medicine. Herrington is, of course, very cheered. "It's not just me," she said. "There's thousands of people like me out there. We are dehumanized, stripped of all pride and dignity."
Greene's charges against physicians were, of course, hyperbole. Once a campaign of the size of the Drug War gets underway, with its use of the armed services and a wide variety of governmental agencies on all levels --- and especially when the Drug Prohibition has created billions of tax-free dollars rolling through the economy --- there is more than one reason involved: there are fortunes, careers, corruption, and danger.
Physicians are part of the entrapped. The practise of medicine is under the control of nonmedical groups, who have far more on their minds than healing the pains of the sick. The benefactors include the bootleggers, the dealers, the hit men, the police (who benefit by added jobs, duties and expanded authority), the ambitious prosecutors building political careers, the Bill Bennetts entrusted with sweeping powers whose rhetoric was like gasoline on flames. "I would behead the dealers," he said at one point.
These various forces, operating under loud shouts about saving the people, have added nearly a million persons to the prisons --- many under life sentences, and many for minor drug possessions. They have added to our racial difficulties by providing Farrakhan with an issue on whether the possession of crack deserves more punishment than the possession of pure cocaine, which he charges illustrates the differences in the treatment of ghetto drug users and white collar users. (Note that we do not say addicts, because all users are not addicts. Some users simply like to defy the law.)
We are enduring, on a grander scale, another and much fiercer Prohibition. Because of our towering international position we have drawn other nations into our effort. Manufacturing narcotics for the American and West European market is now a highly lucrative, complex worldwide industry with factories, transport, salesmen, guns, carriers, and distributors. It is undermining entire nations, such as Colombia, and to a large extent our own.
The medical profession has lost its centuries-old independence from the supervision of medically-untrained persons. Physicians, under present regulations, might as well be sitting in government departments. Mandated health plans are discussed over their heads, as though they are creatures to be regulated --- or unregulated --- by legislators, bureaucrats, policemen, insurance firms, and clerks. In that, they have joined accountants, who can keep no secrets from the government, and taxpayers who are also warned against holding any transaction private.
The legal profession, which has helped devise many of these rules, is not exempt either. The courts have ruled, long since, that lawyers must report fees accepted in cash, and return such fees if their clients are found guilty of drug offenses. The Drug War is sweeping through the liberties of all. De Tocqueville's warning that a democratic government, which treats everyone alike, "covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform...." is proven.
The Drug War, almost universally applauded as necessary and essential to maintain a civil and safe society, is actually the vehicle that is unhinging our society. The example was clear in our first effort at Prohibition in our fathers' generation; it is strange that its repeat is not universally recognized as constituting the same evil solvent.
Do physicians recognize the full impact of the Drug War upon their profession? Apparently not. Mexico makes a fine border living from treating desperate Americans not seeking liquor, as in the old days, but medical relief from the new prohibitions. Natural foods, vitamins, "health" brochures, miracle cures, tons of patent medicines, and nearly universal "workouts" are efforts to stay healthy, to remain strong --- at all costs, to stay away from doctors.
To allow physicians, afraid of the government or the police, or both (the two are becoming indistinguishable), to take refuge in antiquated, obsolete, and ignorant theories about "imaginary" pains when people are in visible agony is to abandon them to Kevorkian and his supporters.
The doctors, in other words, believe that pain (like the poor) will always be with us. Most doctors prefer to leave pain to the patients themselves, or to priests, or to nurses, while the surgeons perform heroics and the rest turn their attention to more important issues like life or death.
In reality, Kevorkian's "patients" would not exist were it not for the cavalier attitude of some physicians toward pain. All Kevorkian's pitiful clients --- people who preferred death to life in pain --- had been through uncaring hands. Kevorkian is, of course, openly practicing euthanasia --- and has entire groups applauding his efforts, while the courts pretend there are no laws to restrain him.
If the medical profession in this land is to ever regain the respect of the people, it will have to show much more courage vis-à-vis the politicians, and more concern for the suffering of the sick, than it does now. Medicine should restore sanity to the nation on the issue of drugs, and lead the reaction against the excesses and ignorance of our increasingly destructive Drug War.
Otto Scott is the editor of Otto Scott's Compass, a monthly commentary on contemporary issues of modern civilization as seen from a historical perspective. It is published by Uncommon Media, P.O. Box 69006, Seattle, WA 98168, 800-994-2323. A longer version of this article appeared in Otto Scott's Compass, Vol. 6, Issue 65, January 1, 1996.
Originally published in the Medical Sentinel 1998;3(4):141-143, 148. Copyright © 1998 Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).


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THE list of people brought before the courts charged with the kidnapping and murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, continues to grow, as another man was yesterday brought before Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicolls.
Jameel "Wasa" Garcia, was the thirteenth person to be brought before McNicolls in the Port of Spain Eight Court, for the alleged involvement in Naipaul-Coolman's kidnapping and murder, which took place sometime between December 18, 2006 and May 12, 2007 at Upper La Puerta, Diego Martin.
State prosecutor Kerriann Byer told the court that Garcia, 25, "is going to be joined to the others (Raphael Williams and Dwayne Gloster) for the indictment of the matter."
Their matters are still before the Chief Magistrate. Williams faces two charges of kidnapping and murdering Naipaul-Coolman, while Gloster faces one charge for kidnapping the businesswoman.
Dressed in a bright blue T-shirt and blue jeans, Garcia stood in silence as the charges were read. He was unrepresented.
On August 6, last year, ten of the accused men�Shervon Peters, Keida Garcia, brothers Earl and Marlon Trimmingham, Ronald Armstrong, Antonio Charles, Joel Fraser, Lyndon James, Allan "Scanny" Martin and Devon Peters were all committed to stand trial at the High Court for the kidnapping and murder of the Xtra Foods CEO. They are still awaiting trial.
Garcia was arrested early Monday morning at his home at Upper La Puerta, Diego Martin, by officers of the West End Police Station who was on an exercise in the area. Police said they were on the look-out for Garcia for some time, and that he is the last known suspect in the crime. He will return to court on July 30.
Naipaul-Coolman, 52, was snatched from her Lange Park, Chaguanas, home on
December 19, 2006, while pulling into her driveway.
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Even The Secret World was not brave enough to abandon levels totally. Funcom just masked leveling as skill point gains & gear upgrades. Perhaps it's too harsh to fault Anet for not going a step further.
Perhaps not though.
You can look at borderlands 2 as an example of companies not doing some 180° spins, the game still has the "1 skill usage" method, vehicles are somewhat similar to what Blands1 was and melee is not too viable either.
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Spoken like someone that only farmed raids for gear and not for the challenge of progression. Despite the *endless* strawman stuff that you pull thread after thread about gear, most of us that raided or did other similar content did it for the challenge, not the gear. In fact, most of us would rather see the gear out of the equation altogether, just let us do the content. After that, the "over and over" was often just for gearing alts for fun or something. /shrugHow is running one raid instance over and over any different?
Sorry, the "dungeons" in this game are the worst designed mess I've seen yet in an MMO. It's all either buggy, balanced horribly, just a kite/dodge fest, or usually all of the above. I had a little fun for a while seeing how much of the instances I could solo or duo with my wife, but beyond that...meh.Have you got your Dungeon Master title yet or did you give up?
For all the things that we dislike about WoW right now, my wife and I were just reminiscing the other day about all the interesting and challenging fights that we did over the years. Then we compared those to the content in GW2 and just sighed, because there's simply nothing comparable here.
As for GW2 dungeons i like them...as long as my party knows what its doing :P
Then just don't. We were US top 50 (Yay top 30 H-Al'akir 25 kill) and farm nights were largely optional.the problem with raiding is that (and me being a raider mostly in TBC)after you kill the boss 2-3 times its stops being anything besides mindless grind and i was doing them for the content and the gear was an added bonus,but the moment you get a gear decent enough for the dungeon(not bis but decent)there is no point in doing then anymore in my book at least(even i was doing them week in week out for gear :P )
This is another example of a weird double standard where people give GW2 a pass for the things they damn other MMO's for. You can "just not do stuff" in GW2, but somehow you're "forced to farm all day long" in other MMO's, when in those games you could just as easily "not do stuff" if you wanted.
As for GW2 the difference is that you don't have to do things you need in WoW like games. Of course i can hit myself with the brick called grinding BUT i dont have to.I can get a decent item with minimum effort and go do the dungeons.There is the option of farm for best things but the game actually gives you easily what you need in order to enjoy the game,after that is personal favour on what you want and if you are willing to grind for it.
as for the top 50...well it doesn't say anything to me
Even if they don't- I agree somewhat with Bovintiy on this. I too raid competitively & enjoy it a great deal. We do have optional nights where like, 10 of us show up. Maybe.
Raiding guilds don't really raid all the time. We only raid hardcore for like a few weeks. Then it's over/optional. Almost all gear is a given nowadays. Sorta don't even think about gear because everyone gets the exact number of tokens needed, always.
I didn't forget it because it's not true. It's only true if you want to be World First or something, but anyone else...you don't need to "farm farm farm"...it's just another invented bit of nonsense, sufficient gear actually came REALLY easily in WoW.You seem to forget you have to get "bis" and the optimal gear on the last tier of raiding to be competitive on the PvE enviroment, that means farming farming farming content to get the top notch set for the last raid and the last content on the last patch that shows you the powerful dragon of powerfulness, and that never ends.
Considering that I can do everything in WoW (or any MMO, I don't want a WoW vs. GW2 thread) that I can do in GW2 - albeit with some different presentation methods - I don't see how WoW only revolves around raiding.sorry mate but in WoW if you dont raid then the game is not for you,everything revolves around raiding in WoW,the day WoW will stop consider extra content raids and put other things for the plaers as extra content worth of a major patch WoW will stop being a raiding game.
You don't have to in WoW or most other MMO's either. EVERY SINGLE THING you can do in GW2 "without grinding" you can do in any other MMO without grinding, too. I can log into WoW, EQ, AoC, or any other MMO I've played and if I want to do the exact same things that I do in GW2 I can do them without grinding. Big difference is that I can also do more above and beyond that.As for GW2 the difference is that you don't have to do things you need in WoW like games. Of course i can hit myself with the brick called grinding BUT i dont have to.I can get a decent item with minimum effort and go do the dungeons.There is the option of farm for best things but the game actually gives you easily what you need in order to enjoy the game,after that is personal favour on what you want and if you are willing to grind for it.
They do, yeah. WoW has a lot of things to do, but that's mostly just because it's such an old game, so any comparison would be pretty unfair.I thought WOW had PVP progression path as well?
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yea so i pretty much had the same thoughts OP had... so i went back to MoP
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So it's "farming/grinding" if I did Tier 12? (For the record, my gear was utter crap at the end of Tier 12, but I won't get into the details of how much gear was actually required.)Please show me how you did T13 content on your T11 content without any farm/grinding whatsoever.
Here we go with the double standards and such again. Somehow doing the content AT ALL in WoW is "farming and grinding" but getting a legendary in GW2 is...just "playing the game".
Which could be read in a few different ways from my POV. Still not sure what he's trying to say...
Wow. No. Not even mostly (aside from maybe extreme cases of comparing someone in blues to someone in full heroic mode raid gear, heh.)The legendary is totally optional, the stats aren't even comparable to T11 vs T12, where to the point in wow you got to measure who was better mostly by looking at their gear (mostly, there are obviously exceptions to the rule).
As for the stats, they followed the exact same scale they always did in regards to item level and scaling. It did get out of hand near the end of Tier 13, but many classes actually hit a lot of their functional stat caps as far back at Tier 11 and LFR or normal mode Tier 13 were pretty much a joke, so don't make it sound like you needed to be super geared to step into them.
Show me an MMO that doesn't require you to grind. If you hate grinding/farming stuff then you shouldn't be playing MMOs, other genre games are that way =>
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…go to a bar in your Halloween Part II costume when it's not Halloween.
…especially if that costume is everyone's favorite bathing utensil (only one person guessed correctly on Friday).
But only do it if you've got the support of your good friend, the bubble bath.
You may make a fabulous new gay best friend.
And you might become buddies with the live 80's band, The Deloreans.
Two different people may come ask you if you're about to get married the next day. Apparently, a purple loofah girl and white balloon-clad lady in a bar together on a Friday night screams "soon-to-be-wed-lesbian-couple."
Lesson learned: Going to a bar in costume is way more interesting when you're the only one dressed up. As a loofah and a bubble bath.
I highly recommend making your friend dress as the bubble bath so you can throw her in your trunk and make her squat in the penalty box for a 20 minute drive.
…But then, you'll have to serve as drink assistance all night.
And you'll need to pop her balloons when she gets cranky about not being able to move, walk through narrow hallways, or put her arms down.
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The Home Team / Skiing on the edge
Published 11:16 am, Friday, March 8, 2013
I learned to ski -- actually, "learned" is probably too strong a word -- when I was 15. My high school friend Lenny, who knew how to ski, drove a few of us over to Great Gorge, took us to the top of the mountain, and said, "Just do what I do."
So we pointed our skis downhill, pushed off, and hoped for the best. I'm not sure if I ever remember anything as exhilarating as that run -- flying down the slope with teenage bravado but with no idea how to turn or even slow down, and then crumpling in a laughing heap just short of the cyclone fence at the bottom.
I don't enjoy falling quite as much now, with my non-teenage limbs, as I did then, but there's one thing I have to admit: I still love skiing in the fast lane.
In most other arenas, I'm a responsible, law-abiding citizen. I obey the speed limit. Well, "obey" may be too strong a word, but at least I come closer than most. I wait my turn at four-way intersections. But when it comes to skiing, I've always been drawn to the kamikaze school of getting downhill.
One of my favorite outlaw skiers is my young friend Mark. Mark is the son of my old friend Lang. Mark became a fantastic skier early in life and, as a teenager, developed the habit of buzzing by fellow skiers, though never actually running into them, at alarming rates of speed. I was there when he was pulled over by the ski patrol at Bromley and admonished "not to use other skiers as gates." It would have been hard for Lang to reinforce this discipline, since right around the same time Lang was gaining notoriety for skiing down Ridge totally out-of-control and crashing into and breaking the corral fence at the foot of the Stargazer lift.
My youngest son Robby, 20 years Mark's junior, seems to have followed in Mark's renegade footsteps. Last winter at Stratton it was his turn to be stopped by the men in red. "You know, you're skiing extremely fast," he was told.
He shrugged. "How else would you ski?"
And though I was privy to this dialogue, like Lang, I couldn't claim the moral highground since, to this day, I typically use those ridges where they place the SLOW SKIING signs to catch air.
A few years back, we were on a ski vacation out west with our local friends Jeff and Marybeth. I found myself admiring the graceful skiing style of Tom, another Westporter in our group. Tom was fluid and smooth, poetry in motion. What impressed me most was that he always seemed to be in control.
I decided it was time to start skiing like Tom.
On the next run, I skied right behind him, following his line. For about three turns. Then my sons Matt and Greg blew by me. I couldn't let that happen. Later, Tom.
Several times since, I've tried to adopt a more mature, more sane style of skiing but always with the same results. One time last winter I set out with every good intention, but my skiing partners were my son Robby and his friends Nick and Chet, and I succumbed to my warped compulsion to keep up with the young dudes, even if they happen to be college kids one-third my age. (When I ski really fast and out of control, I've noticed my mouth is always wide open, forming a big "O," and my tongue is out -- as if that might slow me up a bit.)
Earlier this year I tried once again to reform, but on that particular day I was skiing with my son Greg's friend John, who'd been a ski racer and captain of the Staples ski team a decade ago. So cautious skiing had to be back-burnered once again.
Which brings us to last weekend in Vermont. I'd been having back spasms all week. I had no one to ski with. It was snowing fairly hard, and visibility wasn't good. The perfect day for me to take it easy, to work on my carving, to exercise control. And I did. For half of one run. But the snow was fantastic.
Screw control.
Hey, it's already March. A little late in the season for me to be changing my ways.
Maybe next year.
"The Home Team" appears every other Friday. You can also keep up with Hank's adventures with his dog, Ricky, on his blog, "Beagle Man," on the Westport News website, at http://blog.ctnews.com/beagleman/. To reach Hank, email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter @BeagleManHank.


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Allergic Nephritis Overview
Another name for Allergic Nephritis is Acute Interstitial Nephritis.
What is acute interstitial nephritis?
A person with acute interstitial nephritis has inflammation of the cells in the kidney, which causes the kidneys to malfunction.
What are the symptoms of acute interstitial nephritis?
Common symptoms of acute interstitial nephritis include blood in the urine, decreased urination, fever, nausea, rash, and leg swelling.
How does the doctor treat acute interstitial nephritis?
Treatment of acute interstitial nephritis includes a kidney disease diet, fluid restriction, diuretic medications, and corticosteroids. Some may require kidney dialysis.
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You probably already have heard or read this week that Houston has been named by U-Haul as the top destination city for 2012 for the fourth year in a row. When I read that, my first thought was, "Yes, I know!"
I have been in the relocation industry for 13 years, and I don't ever recall there being such a deluge of relocation activity taking place in the Houston area. Every relocation professional I speak to says that they are inundated with business like never before. This seems to be true with the relocation management companies, the corporate clients, the household goods moving companies, the banking and mortgage companies, and of course those working on the real estate brokerage side of the business.
Houston is not only a city that many consider to be the energy capital of the world, but it is a city that is absolutely vibrating with energy these days! Anyone living in Houston is certainly aware of all the buzz surrounding the Bayou City, but what is also nice is all of the national and international attention that all of this buzz is creating.
Everywhere I go and everyone I talk to seems to be excited about Houston. They love all the great press about the booming economy, the strength of our job market, our population growth, and our vibrant real estate market.
Gov. Rick Perry is so excited about Texas that he is planning a two-day trip to Chicago next week aimed at recruiting companies to relocate to Texas. As you may recall, Perry ran a series of radio ads in California earlier this year promoting the Texas economy and encouraging companies to move to Texas.
As for the real estate market, HAR (Houston Association of Realtors) reported earlier this week in their MLS Press Release that March marked the 22nd consecutive month of increased home sales. The report also stated that nearly 119,000 jobs were added in the Houston area over the past 12 months, driving increased demand for housing. This increased demand coupled with low interest rates have resulted in this continued positive cycle of home sales.
Do you have a friends in the real estate business? Now you know why they are grinning from ear to ear!
It is not at all surprising that Houston was the number 1 destination city in 2012, and I predict that the same will be true when the 2013 reports are released.
As always, if you have information that you would like to share with me, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I also encourage you to "Like" my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/HoustonRelocation and to follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/MichelleSandlin.


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Claudia looked out at the crowd, she had won the medal, everyone was so proud of her. Julia and Bailey were were almost about to break out into a leap of joy. Claudia was only eleven and had won the 'Evergrade's' violin competition. She stepped down from the stage, holding the trophy tightly in her hand and ran over to Julia and Bailey.
"You did it Claud, you won! Congratulations!" Julia exasperated
"Yeah, too bad Charlie couldn't be here, but he had to work today. He's going to be so proud of you Claud," Bailey added.
"I couldn't have done without you guys!"
"Oh, the times I wanted to throw that violin out the window as far as it could go…" Julia laughed.
"Playing the same piece over and over and over again, could drive anyone mental," Bailey laughed.
"You want to go get ice cream and CELEBRATE!" He added.
"Yes!" Claudia shouted.
They walked outside and jumped in the car, they started driving back to their parent's old diner.
"So, Jules where is your boyfriend tonight? I thought he was coming," Bailey smirked.
"Where is Kate?" She replied.
Bailey looked in the rear view mirror and smiled, well good-o, that guy wasn't good enough for Julia anyway. Bailey was still confused over Kate, first she was with him then she wasn't, then she was. It was a headache and a half, especially when her old boyfriend keeps popping in.
"Yeah, Claud"
"Why am I the only one who can play the violin?"
"I guess, it's your talent, you inherited it from mum," Bailey replied,
"Oh, I… I wish she was here," She spoke softly.
Bailey started to say something but stopped – he was stuck for words.
"Claudia, she and dad would have been so proud of you, I know you want them to be here but you have to remember that they will always be with us forever," Julia replied. Owen gurgled in agreement and they all laughed.
The car pushed its way through the green light, they suddenly heard a squeal as a car skidded behind them and pushed the bonnet of the car where Julia and Claudia and Owen were sitting. The next thing they knew they were all in hospital beds.
"Jules, Claud, Owen," Bailey spoke.
A nurse replied, "They are in another room, Julia and Owen are fine, just a little sleepy."
"What about Claudia?" Bailey asked, the nurse looked uncomfortable, "Please tell me about Claudia," he added.
"Claudia has hit her head badly, she … she is in a coma, I'm sorry," The nurse walked out of the room leaving Bailey lost for words. He got out of the hospital bed and walked down into the emergency ward, there lying down, looking so innocent was Claudia. Bailey reached for a chair and sat there.
"Bailey," Julia was crying.
"The nurse just told me," She sobbed.
"What will we do without her?" She asked.
"She isn't dead," Bailey replied, "She is a fighter, she will get through this," he added.
Julia looked at her frail little body and cried. "You know the last time we were here mum and dad …," Julia trailed off.
"She isn't going to die Julia," Bailey replied.
Charlie came bursting through the door and they all stood here waiting, hoping for a movement. Suddenly Julia got an idea, she reached down for Claudia's violin and started playing, and it sounded atrocious. Just as Charlie was about to yell at Julia, he notice a tiny flutter of movement on Claudia's eyelashes.
"What … is that horrible sound," Claudia whispered as she opened her eyes.
They all laughed and Julia held up the violin, Claudia reached out for the violin with her left arm and took it, and suddenly screamed.
"Claudia, what is it," Charlie asked.
"My right arm, it won't move, make my arm move," Claudia sobbed.
Charlie looked at Julia and Bailey, "Nurse," They yelled as they tried to comfort their sister.


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Bloating and IBS
How to look and feel pregnant when you're not!
A bloated belly and gas are two awful symptoms of IBS that often come together. The pain from trapped gas, the pooched out belly and swollen, full feeling each cause their own kinds of misery. Clothes don't fit and the gas can cause abdnominal spasms that can make you WISH you could pass out!
What is bloating?
Well, there can be many causes of bloating (stomach flu, menstruation, etc.). Since this is an IBS website we're going to be talking (or reading) about the abdominal bloating that's part of IBS. That's when your belly swells up and makes you feel miserable for no apparent reason :(.
If you have the gas that often causes or accompanies abdominal bloating then you can have terrible belly pain. Another reason people become bloated is due to an inflamed colon. Blood fills up the tissue of the intestinal tract causing it to swell, often causing abdominal pain and discomfort.
And I'm not kidding when I say it can make you bloated enough to look pregnant.
What causes a bloated belly?
In the case of IBS, a bloated belly may be caused by food sensitivities that irritate your intestines, or foods that cause you to have excess gas.
In either case finding out which foods cause your bloating are your first priorities! A food elimination diet or a food sensitivity test can go a long way to help that. If your body is sensitive to certain foods, it's sure to cause and inflamed colon at some point.
Lactose intolerance, a sensitivity to milk products is one of the most common causes of belly bloating, but there are many others.
How can I prevent this kind of bloating?
Well, assuming you've been to your doctor, and ruled out other problems like inflammatory bowel disease, etc., I think you should try cutting back on foods that give you gas (Beans, dairy and broccoli for me; heck, beans for just about everyone!). You could also try the food elimination diet link above to see if there are foods that you are sensitive to. Also, I'd check out the food sensitivity section of this site.
A quick list of foods that may cause a bloated belly would include:
- Too much sugar (yeast in your intestines turn it into gas)
- Soda (basically drinking gas and maybe sugar)
- Sugary drinks like many fruit juices
- Too much white flour (which turns to sugars)
- Broccoli, cabbage and other "cruciferous" vegetables
- Milk, cheese and other dairy products (if dairy bothers you like it does 3/4 of all people)
As always make sure you've checked with your doctor to make sure there's nothing serious going on!
I hope it helps.


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Christmas Morning Monkey Bread
Christmas Morning Monkey Bread
Prep: 15 Minutes
Cook: 15 Minutes
Serves: 4
Submitted by: Dorothy Kern
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I'm a wife, a mom, and a dessert blogger at Crazy for Crust. Oh, and I'm addicted to crust. And cookies. And cake. Well, pretty much I'm addicted to sugar. (I'm also addicted to books, reality television, Gilmore Girls, talking, and Instagram. But that's another story.) I'm in my kitchen daily baking up crazy goodies and then I blog about them, with a slice of my life. Enjoy!
Recipe Details
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bundt pan with cooking spray.Step 2
Mix cinnamon and granulated sugar in a small bowl.Step 3
Cut each dinner roll into 4-6 pieces. Place in a large bowl.Step 4
Pour egg over the bread and toss with your hands.Step 5
Pour cinnamon sugar over egg/bread mixture and toss with your hands.Step 6
Place bread mixture in the prepared pan. Sprinkle the chopped walnuts over the bread mixture.Step 7
Stir melted butter and brown sugar together and pour evenly over the mixture in the pan.Step 8
Bake for 15 minutes.Step 9
Cool slightly in pan.Step 10
Run a knife around the edges and around the center of the pan to release the monkey bread.Step 11
Place an upside down plate over the top of the pan and invert the pan to serve.
Needs to cook for at least double the time for the brown sugar and butter to caramelize and hold the bread together. I substituted pecans and macadamia nuts for the walnuts and added unsweetened coconut to make it more Hawaiian. Next time I will reduce the sugar. With the buns already sweet I don't think you need all the additional sugar.
i have made monkey bread for years,i would def. eliminate the egg,never heard of that and i never timed it i did bake at 350,also you do not need lots of butter i love cinnamon and as a diabetic its really good for you,i always added some times measuring is not always full proof adding or own flare is never bad as you know what you like,i have also used pecans instead of walnuts....i have never used the hawaiian rolls but i love them i was curious of the ingredients its really great with canned biscuits..j/s..good luck ev1..and t.y. for reading my input lol.
Very soggy...not firm..fell apart..needs more bread for sure. Followed the recipe dont know what happened...
this is the amazing recipe we love it
I made these a few times. The first time the bread would not hold together. The second time I added an extra egg and that helped. The last time I also added two more tablespoons of butter (I know!) I also cooked for an extra 5-7 minutes. It came out of my bundt pan in a perfect ring and it held together.


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i have a tiny tcup male chihuahua for sale. he is around 3lbs or less., he is chocolate/black. he is house trained and a good breeder. i am asking 250 417-262-2294
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I'm reading draft-nottingham-http-link-header-06 and I have a few comments, or at least things I am confused about. Section 4 says: "As such, relation types are not format-specific, and MUST NOT specify a particular format or media type that they are to be used with." Does this refer to the format or media type of the context or the target? I think there are reasonable use cases for a relation type to specify what the target format is supposed to be. For example, an application-specific extension relation type to link http://example.com to an API endpoint (whatever that means) could say the target must be (or should be) application/x-example-format+xml. Or a relation type could say the target must be a subtype of the image/ mime type. In the ABNF in section 5, enc2231-string refers to extended-value in section 7 of RFC2231. However, "extended-value" isn't explicitly defined anywhere in RFC. The strange thing is that it's *used* in other ABNF constructions of RFC2231, like extended-parameter; but I don't see it in the left hand side of any ":=" Below the ABNF in section 5, it says: "If the URI-Reference is relative, it MUST be resolved as per [RFC3986], Section 5." Does this mean that if a client parsing a Link header finds a relative URI reference, it MUST resolve it to an absolute URI; or does it mean a server MUST resolve relative URIs to absolute URIs before sending the Link header to a client? I think it should be clarified what side (client or server) that MUST applies to. Same for "If the anchor parameter's value is a relative URI[...]" in the paragraph that follows. Editorial issue: the last line of page 5 (second paragraph after ABNF in section 5) should be moved to the beginning of page 6 for better readability. (this is known as an "orphan line") Apologies in advance if any of these issues were raised already (I'm not on the mailing list myself), or if I'm posting to the wrong list for this topic. Since I'm not subscribed to the list (and I'm having technical problems to access gmane.org), I'd appreciate if you Cc: me in any replies. -- NicolasReceived on Thursday, 16 July 2009 22:09:12 UTC
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Forums → WEPR → How do you deal with death?
How do you deal with the knowledge that your experience on Earth will end?
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weeeeel, beloved ones died and i was sad, but i managed to continue living. at a point in my live i wanted to commit suicide because i was the victim of bullies but i got through this phase. im not fearing death, i fear the way how i will die. i prefer to dream a last time and die peacefully without any pain while i sleep.
the true horror about death would be to live forever, seeing everyone that you love die slowly in front of your eyes.
I know that death is the end. I know that one day I won't be able to enjoy a nice spring day, or taste delicious food, or give a hug to my loved one.
The reason why someone would fear death so much is because you love the world we are in so much. I fear death because I know that I won't be able to feel, to think, to love anymore. And with that thought, I realized that death goes hand in hand with love. If we had no love, and had no joy in this world death would be less of a fearful thought. Death isn't something to be feared, but the thing that brings deeper meaning to everything in your life.
I die. Everybody dies. Chances are, due to my preferable career path, I will make others die. Chances are they will make me die.
*Ponders this long and hard*
You suicide bombah bro?
Personally death does not scare me, and I am not afraid to die. I just don't deal well with other people dying. I have never been able to accept the death of other people very easily and there have been a lot of people who have died in my life.
As a history fan, i will ask you this:
how its the feeling that no matter what you will do, in like 200-500 year {if not less} no one will know you were exict? even the tallest pyramid or the magnificent statue.
ther is a song, called Ozymandias, who said what its hard for me in this "death" theory.
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
âMy name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!â
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
just found a diffrune version, a better one in my oppinion:
IN Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,
Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws
The only shadow that the Desert knows:â"
"I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone,
"The King of Kings; this mighty City shows
"The wonders of my hand."â" The City's gone,â"
Nought but the Leg remaining to disclose
The site of this forgotten Babylon.
We wonder,â"and some Hunter may express
Wonder like ours, when thro' the wilderness
Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chace,
He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guess
What powerful but unrecorded race
Once dwelt in that annihilated place.
â" Horace Smith.
It feels like no one's seriously taken on the challenge of human mortality and grappled with it in a deep way.
Maybe because there is no deeper way to grapple death. You just die, whether you accept it or not. You will reside into that state of non-existence in which you were before you began to exist.
There are many ways to express that death isn't something we should fear, but that we should accept and go on. For example, it's death which gives our lives that special value, because it's unique and short. Death and decay also allow new life to thrive.
That doesn't change how you feel about your own death though. But I know that what I'm afraid of is not dieing, it's the thought of nonexistence.
And you know what? On one hand, since I won't be there anymore to deplore my own nonexistence and since I'm not afraid of dieing, there's nothing to be afraid of while you're still alive and no possibility to be afraid after it.
On the other hand, what makes me feel depressed sometimes is imagining nonexistence; which, as an existing consciousness, is pretty stupid. We cannot grasp nonexistence, even less eternal nonexistence, and so it makes no sense to try to imagine it or bother with it; it only makes you sad and won't change your acceptance of it.
So if you want to deal with death, accept it and don't try to imagine the unimaginable.
Xzeno I hope this is more in the sort of answers you look for, but I also kinda agree with communist09, there aren't really possibilities to think deep about death without adding unnecessary cultural or social bias' and connotations about it that don't really matter.
lots of Xbox and a negative attitude to life, if you think of the worst possible outcome to everything then you can't loose.
If it turns out to be the worst possible outcome, then you're not surprised or down hearted.
If it turns out to be better than the worst possible outcome, you become really happy.
A down side to this is that it generally makes you a miserable git.
We cannot grasp nonexistence
Sure we can. What were you like 100 years ago?
just found a diffrune version, a better one in my oppinion:
IN Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,
Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws
The only shadow that the Desert knows:â�"
"I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone,
"The King of Kings; this mighty City shows
"The wonders of my hand."â�" The City's gone,â�"
Nought but the Leg remaining to disclose
The site of this forgotten Babylon.
We wonder,â�"and some Hunter may express
Wonder like ours, when thro' the wilderness
Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chace,
He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guess
What powerful but unrecorded race
Once dwelt in that annihilated place.
â�" Horace Smith.
that is what i have seen i a documentation. it was about the question how the world would look after the humans were gone. nature will take back what belongs to it, buildings will crumble away except buidings like the pyramids and in some million or billion years the earth dies probably after the sun died.
Well, I know I'm going to die, but as you can see, I'm not dead yet, and I hope to not be dead for a while, but when that happens, I guess i'll probably end up taking pills that futuristic people make to give you a painless death. I don't want to live forever >.<
At first I thought this was a thread for if someone you know/love died. Personally, I don't think about myself dying. It's a part of life and wondering about it depresses a person to a void of sadness and the faces for dead people that will never again breath or walk on this earth. You shouldn't think of all the people taken by disease or war or starvation that could have really contributed to the world, but instead are nothing. What would have happened if Abe Lincoln went on being the President, instead of ending up being shot? What would Roosevelt have done with the nuclear bomb in 1945, and with the UN? What would have the millions of people that have died young done for the world, evil or good? Would we have had better leaders? Worse leaders? We'll never know, because they are gone, dead, decomposed and nothing but a part of nature. Death is the great equalizer. Whether your poor or rich, bad or good, no matter what you have done in your life, after your dead, your equals with everyone else that has died. The only thing you can do to ensure your spirit lives on is to leave a legacy that people will remember you for. That can be bad, examples being the Mansons, Jack the Ripper, world-wide terroists. Or good, inventors, inovators, leaders during an era of success, or war heroes. People that haven't really done anything do their course on earth and then leave without causing a ripple, which chances are most of us on this site are going to do. It's the way the human body works, eventually it shuts down, same with every single organic life form on this planet. And once it does, there is no extra life, no chance of coming back, no magic pill, no machine to keep you going. You're done, game over, time's up. You have a set time on this planet, averaging 85 years, and once your body can't sustain itself it shuts down, similar to a machine that overheats or just stops working due to age. But like I said, I don't think about death.
I guess i'll probably end up taking pills that futuristic people make to give you a painless death.
You don't need a special pill, just OD on morphine.
It's a part of life and wondering about it depresses a person to a void of sadness
It really shouldn't be depressing. It should make you much more enthusiastic about doing all you can while you still are able to. The shortness of life greatly increases its importance.
The thought that death could be just like going into a dreamless sleep scares me deeply. There's nothing I fear more than this kind of death, knowing that there is no reason to be righteous or kind is depressing. I don't like thinking about death, so I don't deal with the thought of knowing that I will die. I don't deal with it I ignore it and repress it. If I truly didn't believe there was some sort of afterlife I don't know what I'd do, it would probably be bad though, or maybe I'd live every moment as though it were my last, and live exuberantly.
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