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Thursday, August 07, 2003
Wiping Out the Digital Divide
You hear a lot about bridging the Digital Divide, which still means leaving all the have-nots at the wrong end of a narrow bridge most of the time. We need to obliterate the Digital Divide, and just bring everybody in together.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Challenge to Silicon Valley identified the key issues. It called on the tech industry to provide computers and wireless communications capabilities that will be affordable for villages that presently lack electric power and telephone connections. That means using solar and other renewable power, and providing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to connect to the global telephone network. This whole blog is about the effects of such systems on health, education, microbanking, e-governance, and communications. Getting the poor of the world into the global conversation, with each other and with the rest of us, will have the biggest long-term consequences. It will allow the poor into their own regional and national political discussion, and also provide a new voice in the globalization debates. After all, the poor know better than anyone else what their real problems are, and what is most likely to help in dealing with them.
Besides the Simputer makers, here are the leading players and some of the supporting cast in the ongoing drama.
The UN ICT Task Force is following up on the Secretary-General's challenge.
The Grameen Technology Center's Village Computing Project, blogged here on July 19, is conducting trials in Tamil Nadu.
The Hewlett-Packard e-inclusion project is wiring East Palo Alto and conducting trials in North India.
That's a good start. We have the leading international organization, the non-profit arm of the leader of the microbanking movement, and one of the top high-tech companies, together with numerous small tech companies, all working toward a common goal.
The Jhai Foundation is placing solar-powered computers with wireless communications in Laotian villages.
The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement has organized 15,000 villages in Sri Lanka, mostly without the use of computers, and has started placing computers and wireless communications systems throughout its organization.
The Black Data Processing Association is working on projects in Africa, particularly in Linux training.
The government of Sierra Leone held a conference earlier this year on the contributions that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) could make to reconstruction after their disastrous civil war. Issues included rehabilitation of child soldiers, medical care for amputees, reuniting refugee families, recovery of stolen land, and data gathering on war crimes.
These are just a few of the important initiatives. There are already more than I can keep up with.


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[Polly has just finished reading a Fairy Tale]
Young Elizabeth: Did they live happily ever after?
Polly: Of Course Elizabeth.
Young Elizabeth: How do you know?
Polly: Because, she was a good little girl, if she would have been naughty, the Prince would have run away.
Young Elizabeth: What a pile of shit.
Fred: I can't believe we left the party so soon. And there was so much wine to spit around the place.
Elizabeth: I got upset.
Fred: "I got upset." God, you're so stupid. You never leave a party 'til the very very end.
Elizabeth: Oh really?
Fred: Yeah really.
Elizabeth: Well what about Cinderella? Remember what happened with her?
Fred: No I don't remember what happened *with her*. I deliberately forgot all about her. She made me puke. I remember the ugly stepsisters, they were great.
Fred: It takes more than a fire truck to stop Drop Dead Fred.
Young Elizabeth: Daddy, why don't we throw mommy out the window? It won't hurt her. She'll land in the gladiolas.
Nigel: You shouldn't say things like that about your mother... She might cut your head off.
[Mickey wants to be as 'crazy' as Elizabeth, and he starts hurling pasta at couples in the resturarant]
Waiter #2: [approaches]
Fred: Uh-oh!
Waiter #2: [furioudly] YOU DON'T THROW SPAGHETTI IN MY RESTRUARANT!
Mickey Bunce: [mimicking his Italian accent] Ok, oka fine - YOU DO IT!
[he slaps his hands underneath the plates the waiter is holding in each hand, sending them flying across the room]
Fred: Just kiss me, and say Drop Dead Fred... now
Elizabeth: Oh, I almost forgot.
[picks her nose and wipes the snot on Charles's face]
Fred: Look, you've got you now. You don't need me.
[Fred looks up a woman's dress]
Fred: No panties. No panties.
[after just meeting Elizabeth for the first time in years]
Fred: Hello, snotface. Yuck what happened to you? You're all older, you're even uglier! Look, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to be sick all over you, immediately. Lie down.
Young Elizabeth: Maybe Mommy's right. I never do anything right.
Fred: No! You're great. She's not.
Fred: Drown the fishes.
Fred: You see when something's not working right, the best thing to do is tear it apart to make it better.
Fred: Oh no, Mickey Fart-Pants. Whoever let HIM grow up?
Fred: Morning. So who's for snot flicking?
[after just seeing Elizabeth's mother]
Fred: Is it? It is. the mega-bitch.
[Elizabeth and Charles are lying down, making out on the sofa]
Fred: Hold on, hold on that's now how the pigeons do it. You're supposed to stamp on her head and peck her
Mickey Bunce: [comes home to find his daughter Natalie, covered with chocolate. He kneels next to her] Natalie, what happened?
Natalie Bunce: We wanted some chocolate! It's yummy, do you want some?
[offers Mickey her hand to lick]
Mickey Bunce: [chuckles] No, I don't want any.
Ms. Fuzzock: This young lady has made quite a mess in the kitchen, and she expects me to believe that some pretend friend did it.
Natalie Bunce: He's not pretend! He's drop dead Fred!
Elizabeth: [kneels down to speak to Natalie] What did you say?
Fred: [appearing from behind a tree] She said I'm not pretend. What are you deaf?
Mickey Bunce: Natalie, come on, what really happened?
Natalie Bunce: I'm telling you the truth! Don't you believe me?
Elizabeth: I believe you. Next time you see that drop dead Fred. You give him my love.
Fred: I'm not afraid of the megabeast!
Young Elizabeth: I'm not either, when she comes in here we'll make her eat up all this mud!
Fred: Yeah... and then we'll cut her head off...
Young Elizabeth: with scissors...
Fred: Yeah... and then we'll make her eat it
Young Elizabeth: ...make her eat her own head... with what?
Fred: Oh yeah, well I'll eat her head then.
Young Elizabeth: And I'll eat the rest of her!
Fred: Yeah! And then we'll get up and poo her all over the table cause we're not afraid of anything
Fred , Young Elizabeth: yeah, yeah YEAH!
Fred: Boo!
Elizabeth: Ahhh!
Fred: Hello, Snotface! Yuck! What happened to you? Look at you. You're all older. You're even uglier. Uch. I'm sorry. I'm gonna have to be sick all over you immediately. Lie down.
[Pushes Elizabeth down on the bed]
Fred: Hang on. Where's all the dolls?
Elizabeth: [Whispers] Drop Dead Fred.
Fred: Where is the dolls?
[Throws dolls at Elizabeth]
Fred: I wanna play with the-Ah hah! The dolls! Hello, Jemima. Hello, Angelec.
[Makes the dolls say 'Hello.']
Fred: You're gonna die!
[Screams and hits Jemima's head against the door. Bites off Angelec's head. Throws dolls]
Fred: Mr. Pooh!
[Makes Mr. Pooh say 'Hello.']
Fred: You die too!
[Makes Mr. Pooh say 'No no no.']
Fred: Yes yes yes.
[Screams and rips Mr. Pooh's stuffing out while throwing the stuffing at Elizabeth]
Fred: [Makes Mr. Pooh scream 'No! My intestines. Not my intestines!']
[Spits on Mr. Pooh]
Elizabeth: [Whispers] I must be dreaming.
Fred: I don't love you because love is for girls and girls are disgusting
Fred: Snotface, look... INK - let's write something on the carpet... I know how 'bout "Mother SUCKS".
Fred: [sitting between Elizabeth and Mickey] Oh great. Now I'm stuck between two complete utter girls.
Fred: You just put a piece of broccoli in your mouth and said, "Mm, what a lovely piece of broccoli."
Fred: I wrote the note. Hahahahaha! Haven't got a husband! Haven't got a husband! Got a stupid hair cut!
Polly: [walks up to Nigel who is holding young Elizabeth at the bottom of the stairs]
[offering him the tape]
Polly: Nigel, do it.
Nigel: No, I won't. I don't want anything to do with it, it's not right.
Polly: Alright, I'll do it.
[begins to tape the jack-in-the-box close]
Nigel: [kisses Elizabeth and then goes to Polly]
Nigel: It's not right.
Polly: What do you know about raising a child?
Nigel: [looks to Elizabeth and to Polly] Apparently nothing.
[he leaves the house]
Fred: I am a loner, a crazy wide eyed loner on a doomed mission to Venus to battle with the 3 headed mega beast but on the way I caught cornflakes disease.
[first lines]
Polly: And the prince took the beautiful young girl in his arms and said, will you marry me? Yes, she whispered, I will be your princess.
Young Elizabeth: Did they live happily ever after?
Polly: Of course, Elizabeth.
[tucking her in]
Young Elizabeth: How do you know?
Polly: Because she was a good little girl. If she had been naughty, the prince would have run away.
Young Elizabeth: What a pile of shit!
Fred: [sitting inside the refrigerator]
[about Charles]
Fred: Snotface, he's the wrong man for you.
Elizabeth: I don't want to hear it
Fred: You're not happy.
[Elizabeth closes the fridge door]
Elizabeth: Yes I am.
Fred: [crawling from underneath a counter] Well, if you're so happy, then why I am still here, hmm?
Elizabeth: I can fix that.
[she pulls out the pills]
Fred: Oh no, don't do that. No, please, don't do that. Do-
[Elizabeth takes the pill, he dubs over in pain. While grinding pepper, Elizabeth sneezes and sends Fred bouncing against the walls]
[Fred sees Elizabeth and Charles]
Fred: Ugh! What does that taste like?
[Elizabeth elbows him in the gut]
Fred: [while dancing in the chair in the living room with dog poo on his shoes] Dog poo, dog poo, yucky yucky dog poo. Dog poo on the chair... all on the sides, all up there, yucky yucky smelly dog poo!
Fred: [to Elizabeth] You got married? You mean you've been doing it like the pigeons? No! Yuck!

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From the 39 books of the Old Testament to the 27 books of the New Testament I have some things for you to think about.
Let me first tell you I'm much more familiar with the writers of the New Testament than the Old. So that's where I'll base most of my argument. Not to mention it is the set of books most Christians should be well aware of and perhaps even having read them.
My first point is that much of the New Testament was written from three decades to centuries after the alleged life and death of one Yeshua Ben Joseph aka Jesus Christ. If you're familiar with the game children play called "Telephone" you know where I'm going. The message put in at the beginning of the chain gets morphed into something totally different from then end of the chain of kids. In the case of the books of the New Testament they suffered the oral fate in more than one way.
Consider that the Gutenberg printing press was still centuries away so most print was done by scribes. Not only that most stories were aural not written. So you can imagine that Jesus abilities might have been, to quote Family Guy "A tad exaggerated."
Then of course lets bring up translation error. At a minimum we have Aramaic to Greek, then Greek to Latin, then Latin to the modern languages. If you know more than one language you'll understand that there are concepts which just do not translate. So are we really reading the divine word of some critter called God? Doubtful.
Let us not forget the imprimatur of Saul of Tarsus (Aka St. Paul), St. Augustine and all those other fun people from the dark ages. They put their own spin on things too I'm sure. I lead with Saul because his is the most egregious. In his letters to Romans and Timothy old Saul makes it clear, he doesn't like homosexuals, and he doesn't hold women in high esteem.
So the above referenced mutt has his fingerprints all over the New Testament.
So now that I've introduced just a few reasons why the Bible in our hands is nowhere near what was originally written, do you still believe?


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'The Amazing Spider-Man': Back to the webJuly 5, 2012
Spider-Man was an angsty teen that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created in "Amazing Fantasy" comics in August 1962 – a character that's apparently a perfect fit for Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man."
Garfield sweeps aside memories of Tobey Maguire as the web-spinner. He captures the personality split – incipient do-gooder trapped in the body of a nerd – playing Peter Parker in Marc Webb's reboot of the comic-book franchise.
After three films about Spider-Man guided by Sam Raimi, Webb takes over and takes off. The director of "(500) Days of Summer" uses all the visual and digital tools at his disposal, just as Raimi did – except the tools are slicker, glossier, more digitally seamless than those long ago days of 2002.
Webb and his writers, James Vanderbilt ("Zodiac"), Alvin Sargent (whose credits go back to "Julia," "Paper Moon" and further) and Steve Kloves (all the "Harry Potter" movies), capture that strange blend of the cartoony and the operatic that was always endemic to the original material. Taking the story back to zero, they imagine a new origin tale, one that occupies much of the film's time. As a result, some may find the level of exposition during the first hour too high for their taste.
"With great power comes great responsibility," were the words of wisdom from Uncle Ben, played by the late Cliff Robertson in the first version. This stand-in father is played by Martin Sheen, with an antic streak, in the new version. But his message is much the same.
This time around, Peter is the son of a genetic scientist, Richard Parker (Campbell Scott), who vanished mysteriously when Peter was 4, then died in a plane crash shortly afterward. Peter was left with Uncle Ben and Aunt May (Sally Field) by his parents, on a night when someone broke into the Parkers' house in search of Richard's research.
Now a gangly, tongue-tied high schooler, Peter is the type whose spirit forces him to stand up to the school bully but whose skills result in him getting smacked down for his trouble, because he's kind of a dweeb. While helping his uncle clean out a flooding basement, he uncovers his father's briefcase, which features some hidden formulas and a picture of his father's old partner, Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans).
Intrigued because he's never heard of Connors, Peter goes to visit the scientist, disguised as an intern. Connors, who has lost an arm, is studying trans-species genetic manipulation; he hopes to graft the DNA of a lizard, which can regenerate a missing limb, into a mammal – such as himself. But he's been missing a piece of the puzzle, until Peter turns up with Richard's research.
Oh yeah – and Peter is bit by a radioactive spider while snooping around Oscorp, where Connors works, and develops a spider's powers. A bit of a mechanical whiz, Peter invents little wrist devices, which he loads with spider-strength instant filament, sort of super-human wire that can support a car dangling off a New York bridge.
As you can see, there's a lot of exposition to get out of the way – including Connors' eventual desperate decision to conduct a human trial on himself, injecting his lizard serum directly into the stump of his right arm. The arm grows back – right before the serum transforms Connors into a green, scaly mini-dinosaur who becomes known as simply the Lizard.
Get it? They've both been transformed by science – one to serve the forces of good, one to do evil. But the best comic-book movies always come down to that most basic of choices.
The eventual battle scenes between the Lizard and Spider-Man, which have them fighting all over Manhattan, are beautifully crafted, the model of linear action that is as exciting to watch as it is easy to follow. Instead of slicing and dicing, Webb and cinematographer John Schwartzman, along with an army of effects artists, make the action swoop around New York, whether it's Spider-Man skittering up the side of a skyscraper or swinging from building to building like Tarzan spouting his own vines.
Most of the most impressive action scenes are obviously shot against digital backgrounds – and many are populated with figures who are digital versions of the characters. Yet the integration of live-action and CG shows no flaws.
Andrew Garfield plays Peter as an inarticulate kid, unable to spit out his feelings to would-be girlfriend Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). Put on the Spider-Man mask and add the super-powers and he's a fountain of wise-cracks, goofing on his opponents even as he's battling with them in a way that seems natural to the Parker character, rather than a writer's final polish to add punchlines.
Stone brings an innate warmth to Gwen, the popular girl who spots a diamond in the rough in Peter. Denis Leary, as her police-chief dad, gets to bluster and finds the aggressive comic edge to a straight-ahead character. Ifans plays Connors as a slightly effete genius who spots a kindred spirit in Parker.
The choice to focus on emotion rather than surfaces animates this film in a way that seems real, rather than spoofy. Garfield's Peter is a sensitive kid forced to become a hero; Field's Aunt May is anxiety ridden, not daffily unattuned to the fact that her nephew comes home late every night covered with bruises.
Is the Spider-Man story – the transformation of one man, given the power to battle evil – the kind of urban myth that bears retelling, even through remaking essentially the same material 10 years apart? We'll see. As it is, "The Amazing Spider-Man" is solid and entertaining, taking a familiar story and polishing it up for a new audience.Print This Post


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Drawing Marbles
Date: 02/01/97 at 18:53:26 From: Kayla Subject: probablity A jar contains two red marbles, three blue marbles, and four green marbles. Niki draws one marble from the jar, and then Tom draws a marble from those remaining. What is the probablity that Niki draws a green marble and Tom draws a blue marble? Express your answer as a common fraction.
Date: 02/03/97 at 21:28:42 From: Doctor Wallace Subject: Re: probablity Hi Kayla! The probability of some event happening is expressed as a fraction or a decimal from 0 to 1. A probability of 0 means the event can never happen. A probability of 1 means the event is certain to happen. One useful rule is that to find a basic probability, with all outcomes equally likely, we make a fraction like this: number of chances of our event --------------------------------- number of total chances For example, suppose we have a jar with 4 red marbles and 6 blue. We want to find the probability of drawing a red one at random. So our event is "drawing a red marble." The probability of this is: number of red marbles (the chances of our event) ----------------------- total marbles in jar (the number of total chances) In our example, this is 4/10 which is 2/5, reduced. So the probability of drawing a red marble is 2/5. This is because all the outcomes are equally likely. That is, any individual marble has the same chance of being drawn. If we numbered all the marbles, what is the probability of picking out no. 5? Well, there is only 1 number 5 marble, and still 10 marbles in the jar, so the answer is 1/10. Now suppose we have 2 events. Let's say that Niki is going to draw 1 marble, and then Tom is going to draw one from the remaining marbles. What is the probability that Niki gets a blue one? What is the probability that Tom gets a red one? Again, we use our fraction. When Niki draws, there are 10 marbles in the jar, of which 6 are blue, so her probability of drawing a blue is 6/10 or 3/5. After she draws, it is Tom's turn. But now there are only 9 marbles left. 4 of these are red, so his probability of drawing a red marble is 4/9. Now, it is important to distinguish in any probability problem how many events you have. Here we have figured the probability for TWO events. The first is that Niki draws a blue marble. The second is that Tom draws a red one AFTER Niki has drawn. But, suppose we want to know the probability of the ONE event: "Niki draws a blue marble AND Tom draws a red one." It seems like the same question, but it isn't. The reason is that now we have more than one way this could happen. We could have: (1) Niki draws a blue, then Tom draws a blue (2) Niki draws a blue, then Tom draws a red (3) Niki draws a red, then Tom draws a blue (4) Niki draws a red, then Tom draws a red These are the only 4 possibilities. They are not all equally likely, however. When we have ONE event which is made up of two separate events with the word AND, we multiply the individual probabilities to get the answer. So, the probability of (2) above, is: Niki draws a blue = (3/5) times Tom draws a red = (4/9) which is 12/45 or 4/15. How about the probability of (1)? Well, we already figured the probability of Niki drawing blue; it's 3/5. How about Tom drawing blue also? Well, after Niki draws blue, there are 9 marbles left, and 5 blue, so its 5/9. And so 3/5 times 5/9 is 3/9 or 1/3. See how to do it? You should be able to do your problem, now. I got a bit lengthy here, since I can't tell from your question if it's meant to be just 1 event with an "and." I think that it is. But, if not, you can also figure out just the individual probabilities for the two marble draws, as well. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to write back! -Doctor Wallace, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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Around 360 Sailors aboard the USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) are left Naval Station Norfolk Monday for a six-month deployment.
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At least 15 Democrats and independents, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, have announced their opposition to the Denver-base…
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David Bostic and Lisa Hall share details on the importance of colon cancer awareness and support for patients.
Six member team of multinational scientists bring back LIFE on Mars.
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April 14, 2004
Yemen Coast Guard Agency gears up
USCG Photo by PA1 Matthew Belson shows a 44-foot Motor Life Boat (MILB) as it gets underway during a boat commissioning ceremony for the Yemen Coast Guard Authority (YCGA).
The YCGA received eight of these formerly decommissioned boats from the U.S. Coast Guard to serve as a foundation for the fleet.
The U.S. Coast Guard refitted these boats and delivered them to Yemen. Additionally, U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Training Teams traveled to Yemen over the past 18 months to provide training for members of the nascent YCGA in such skills as small boat handling, engineering maintenance and engineering administration.
Selected members of the YCGA were also sent to the U.S. where they were trained by Coast Guard instructors to become trainers back in Yemen.
The mission of the YCGA will be to focus on maritime security and counter-terrorism. Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard and Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet traveled to Aden to attend the event, and Coast Guard Rear Adm. Duncan C. Smith delivered remarks during the ceremony. The project to help train and develop began with the YCGAs foundation in February 2002 and should be completed by September 2004.


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Trifluoperazine Side Effects
For the Consumer
Applies to trifluoperazine: oral tablets
Side effects include:
Extrapyramidal reactions (e.g., Parkinson-like symptoms, dystonia, akathisia), drowsiness, fatigue, muscular weakness, insomnia, blurred vision, skin reactions or rash, anorexia, dry mouth, hypotension, amenorrhea, galactorrhea.
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to trifluoperazine: compounding powder, intramuscular solution, oral concentrate, oral tablet
Nervous system
Frequency not reported: Drowsiness, dizziness, tremulousness, extrapyramidal symptoms, parkinsonism, acute dystonia/dyskinesia, facial grimacing, opisthotonos, hyperreflexia, tardive dyskinesia/tardive dyskinesia of the facial muscles, involuntary movement of the extremities, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, altered consciousness, autonomic instability, grand/petite mal convulsions, altered cerebrospinal fluid proteins, cerebral edema, headache, akathisia (with motor restlessness and difficulty sitting still)[Ref]
Extrapyramidal symptoms were more common in doses of over 6 mg/day. Symptoms included parkinsonism, torticollis, facial grimacing, trismus, tongue protrusion, abnormal eye movements, akathisia with motor restlessness and difficulty sitting still.
Acute dystonia/dyskinesia typically occurred early in treatment and was likely to be severe in children; this side effect included torticollis, facial grimacing, trismus, tongue protrusion, and abnormal eye movements.
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome was characterized by hyperpyrexia, muscle rigidity, altered consciousness and autonomic instability.
Grand/petite mal convulsions occurred in patients with/a history of EEG abnormalities.[Ref]
Severe hypotension occurred in patients with specific medical problems (e.g., mitral insufficiency, pheochromocytoma).
ECG changes, including QT prolongation and T-wave distortions, were typically reversible and occurred in patients taking phenothiazine antipsychotics.[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Mild postural hypotension/hypotension, edema/peripheral edema, tachycardia, ECG changes, QT prolongation, T-wave changes, ventricular arrhythmias/fibrillation/tachycardia, atrioventricular block, paroxysmal tachycardia, serious arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, Torsade de pointes, venous thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis, severe hypotension/fatal hypotension[Ref]
Skin pigmentation and epithelial keratopathy occurred in patients receiving substantial doses for a prolonged duration.
Contact dermatitis occurred in patients who handled phenothiazines.[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Skin reactions/disorders, photosensitivity reactions, skin pigmentation, epithelial keratopathy, itching/pruritus, erythema, urticaria, angioneurotic edema, erythema multiforme, contact dermatitis, eczema (up to exfoliative dermatitis)[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Transient restlessness, stimulation, insomnia, confusion/toxic confusional states, feelings dulled, agitation, increased aggressiveness, withdrawal reactions, reactivation of the psychotic processes, catatonic-like states[Ref]
Dulled feelings and/or agitation have occurred at low doses, especially in non-psychotic patients.[Ref]
Sudden death from cardiac arrest or asphyxia (cough reflex failure) has been reported in patients receiving phenothiazines.[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Lassitude, fatigue, hyperpyrexia, sudden, unexplained death, signs of persistent infection, neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome, autonomic reactions, reversed epinephrine effect, intensification/prolongation of the action of atropine/heat/organophosphorous insecticides/central nervous system depressants (e.g., opiates, analgesics, antihistamines, barbiturates, alcohol)[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Blood dyscrasias, agranulocytosis, pancytopenia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytopenic purpura, eosinophilia, hemolytic anemia, aplastic anemia[Ref]
Lenticular and corneal deposits occurred in patients receiving substantial doses for a prolonged duration.[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Blurred vision, abnormal eye movements, oculogyric crisis, lenticular opacities, pigmentary retinopathy, lacrimation, keratoconjunctivitis, miosis and mydriasis, lenticular and corneal deposits[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Dry mouth, constipation, tongue protrusion, nausea, vomiting, obstipation, ileus/adynamic ileus, atonic colon[Ref]
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We need a new thread.
I hope everyone suffering from the Horrors of Hyperemesis will find this thread useful as a source of support and information.
There's no TMI on here - can't be by definition - and nobody should feel ashamed of moaning as much as they feel the need to.
I used to include extracts from MOH's wonderful website
but I think that makes this link less visible so am merely putting the link. The information on this site is invaluable for sufferers, with information about medications, coping strategies, hospital admissions, useful links, advice for family members, and much more.
I would like to thank MOH and Everyone who has given such invaluable support and advice on this and on previous threads.
Remember when you are at your worst, 'This Too Shall Pass'. It really will.
New thread opened!
Sally You poor thing, that sounds unbelievably awful. The lack of sleep with that agony must be unbearable. I do hope the Dr can suggest something.
I don't know how anyone can work with this, or keep on working, when ill enough to be hospitalised...As for working as a teacher, automatic pilot or not...
I don't see why doctors prescribing Ondansetron don't give instructions on steps to deal with constipation, as it almost always follows. The jelly suppository things from chemists (usual warning; they mustn't know you are pregnant, though they are used in hospital for pregnant women) seem to help most people, but MOH somehow managed to keep down fibregel, I don't know how, it makes me heave normally. Some people have mentioned some other med dr's prescribe, my silly head has forgotten the name - was it Novical, or some such?
Those who have been in hospital I hope a teeny bit better - doesn't sound too great. Bunny, poor you if you are still being sick, some people do get relief for a couple of days after the IV, it's too bad if you don't get any respite from sickness. Did they change your meds?
I've put up a new thread, as space is running out...
Hope to see Everyone Over there.
Gona call docs at 9 and ask what in earth I'm supposed to do. That was the most horrendous night of my life. I could not lie down or sit without agony. I know your supposed to take pressure off back but I just couldn't. They recommend sleeping on belly, well that's impossible and flat on back is out too. In the end I used about 6 pillows to sit me up and one under knees, kind of like a reclined chair position. It was still agony but better than anything else. I got about 3 hours sleep I think. I remember googling codeine in pregnancy to see if it was safe. If only I was allowed alcohol!! A bottle of whiskey would do it I'm sure :-)
I was working and full time until yesterday when I spent the whole day in hospital on drips. I don't gone back in today as I feel as bad as yesterday morning and my head is killing me.
I don't feel like the drips did that much and I was still being sick while I was having them
Oh heck Sally, serious sciatica -and- HG? god, hold strong. Thinking of ya. It may not be possible what with the HG, but maybe a physio massage could help with teh sciatica? ( if you can leave the house, that is). They're trained.
Lucinda, I haven't tried anything to move things along yet. I'll see what the doc says tomorrow.
Totes defo gona call doc in morning but really don't want any more drugs. Will try heat pads tomorrow after a trip to the chemist xx
who is working with HG? Im parttime don't know what to do, really, so tired.
I find those cura heat pads good for night time when pain is on your back/bum as its not easy to sleep on a hotty botty.
Hugs Sally. It really, really sucks. Can you give the docs a call in the morn?
Running a bath now, massage does nothing just created more pain and even bruising! Think dh was a bit rough.
Totes- I had palpitations until 12 weeks and mega hot flushes that made my skin burn.
Think it's safe to say I've now had all the worst symptoms possible ;-(
Tried paracetamol fee but not its working, don't know what else is safe. It's probably the worst pain I've ever experienced. Now the constipation and belly cramps seem like nothing. Tried stretching it out but it just gets worse.
Lucinda- sickness is real bad too. Just taken my ondansetron in the hopes it will help. sickness aswel as sciatica is a killer :-(
Due 23rd jan xx
Sally paracetamol won't touch sciatica.
Try a hot water bottle or wheat bag on your bum cheek.
That or your gp might prescribe something stronger like co-codamol
You are like our shepherdess Lucinda! Thank you!
Sally - sciatica is awful. I had shooting pains in my last pregnancy but not as bad as yours. Hot bath? Heat packs? Cura heat pads? Massage? Can any of these help? Poor you acupuncture?
A non related vomming question but does anyone else get heart palpitations? I seem to be getting them once a day. I have a heart murmur that was picked up years ago and dismissed as nothing major but just wondered if it was a side effect of pregnancy? I am no longer on meds - happier vomming stuff up than dry heaving. Bit worried about liquid tho. I spew what I drink!
doh. 12 th Feb!!x
Goodness, there has been a lot of activity, I'll need to do a new thread in few days before we go over 1,000.
Bunny I am so glad others gave excellent advice and you went straight to hospitasl. Are you out yet? I hope feeling better. So you and Mog are goths, I used to love wearing black but it makes me look drained at my age- unfortunately. MOH I had a sleepless baby, too.
Totes How are you now?
Sally Is the puking increasing off meds?
Dilsa This sounds like good news - and best of luck for scan.
Choc Not sure if you are out either - 4+ ketones is no joke, you must have felt horrific. Have you got the meds? How infuriating of that pharmacist.
MOG Dilsa Knows the medical side, and I don't want to tell you what you already know, but ketones usually mean dehydration with this fun thing, though it seems that in the long term if starvation goes on a long time, they can mean that rather than dehydration, but as a rule of thumb, hospitals treat 3+ as a potentially dangerous level of dehydration if it goes on too long.
Jen Have you got those meds yet? My goodness, no bowel movements in eleven days, that must feel horrific. Are the jelly suppositories no good?
Meerka Poor you, hugs. It is very isolating and depressing. It's awful, you have to take a day at a time like an alcoholic off booze! It's good that LO is five, and can understand a little better than toddlers.
waves Lovely to hear from you. I am glad you ventured on holiday with baby, and he is so good. You deserve an easy baby after such horrors throughout.
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Sally January (sorry, did you say 22? lost it!)
Champagne 11 February
Jen 15 February
Dilsa 15 March
MOG 31 March
Feekerry What date did you say that was, it looked like
12 and then 'edd'!*
Sorry to anyone overlooked.
oh sally you poor thing. are you taking pain killers?xx
Sorry to winge again, I'm in so much agony I could cry. I've now got full blown sciatica and can not find a comfortable position at all. It's agonising pain from lower back, through bum down to feet. Paracetamol has not touched it. I've puked several times today and feel so sick constantly. Gona have to take my ondansetron and pray it works.
As a fellow goth I totally got your ne mog lol
Well I'm older and don't always stick to the black but have flame red hair and this is the first time I have left the house without eyeliner in years.
Had two drips and two lots of jabs and have just got my prescription from hospital pharmacy.
Although again had to deal with pharmacist telling me I should only take them if I feel sick. I politely told him I hadn't not been sick in five weeks.
Have been told it may take a couple of days for the meds to work and bypass gp and just go straight in if I'm still like this and feel unwell.
Thanks ladies I thought I was maybe being a bit dramatic but +4 ketones.
They were trying to keep me in overnight but I want my own bed
little - that is brill. Happy days!!
I haven't been sick today. Feel very sick and lots of wretching but nothing come up. It's weird but good. Only done two weeks though so prob haven't drunk enough.
Choc- ah the stockings. I had them whipped on during labour to DS when they had to, as they put it , 'augment' the labour. Mind you, having not really suffered from much swelling during pregnancy, as soon as I gave birth it's like all the extra fluid in my body went to my lower legs and they looked like elephant legs for a week! Never experienced anything like that before! On the plus side, it went from my tummy straight away too!
Moving back home for a few days tomorrow.
Anyone else find the evenings interminable? I reach a low point every eve when I just want a break from the days nausea.
aahh! murder of crows is such a weird group name isn't it.
have done an online shop and spent a fortune clicking on stuff I possibly might feel like eating. But I forgot the KEY thing, florida spring veg soup. 'tis awesome.
Pretty rough. The list of problems seems to be growing by the day
- nausea
- constipation
- indigestion
- hot flushes
Bit bored of it all now.
The name is because a group of crows is traditionally called "a murder of crows", and I figured it fit nicely for goths too. I used to be Kaloki, but changed to MoG one Hallowe'en and it just stuck.
How are you feeling, MOG?
and please explain your name a little!
gosh LittleMachine that's great. You'll bloom now! how wonderful <feels flicker of hope>
choc Oh yes. It's bloody horrible.
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Late Argentine Clean Up Run
Suz, the dogs and I went up to the east side of Argentine Pass yesterday for the first time in our lives and wound up spending eight hours exploring trails. Day started out clear and sunny and ended in a snow storm - a perfect Colorado day! Went over to the east side of McClellan and Ganley Mtns which appear to get very little four wheel activity. Bikes and ATVs yes, four wheelers no. Call me crazy but it was spectacular until we hit the end of the trail and had to retrace our steps. Argentine was pretty clean with only a little trail cleanup required. Somebody had a runny nose and was throwing out used kleenexs every 1/4 mile or so on the way back down. Eww! A few cans but more glass juice bottles. ????? Both the Rising Sun and COHVCO signs were there and in good shape. Our reward for making the trip was a hawk, seen in the pics, that must have thought the 40th Anniversary's Sage paint was a friendly and camo color as it let us get within 20 feet of it and then proceeded to pose for over ten minutes of gawking and picture taking. It was so cool to be so close to such a beautiful and wild beast. Even the dogs were spellbound and appreciative of the opportunity to get so up close to one of Nature's finest creatures. Truly, a great day on a great trail. I'm glad that Rising Sun has assumed responsibility for maintenance on this trail and Suz and I are already looking forward to the next trip up there.
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The colors were simply awesome and we must go back in summer. The top and end of Argentine Trail is pretty rugged and it is obvious where the end of the trail is but the end of the trails at McClellan Mtn were something else altogether. The one picture of the 80 on narrow trail with snow on it is incapable of conveying the pucker factor experienced there. We were above 13,000' and the cross slope was intense making the track seem even narrower. That Sandy the 40th has lockers gave me the confidence to keep moving forward in the snow even though Suz opted to get out and walk. Hindsight says it was both unncessary risk taking and that it was very rewarding to have succeeded in traversing the trail. At three different trail endings, right on the ridge, there were chutes that seemed to go straight down and the trail leading to then was smooth and soft and seemed to invite the unwary to keep on going even though you couldn't see over the hood where the trail went. Even my Squeak-O-Meter went off at all three spots and we got out to check what turned out to be over the point of no return. In one of the pics, if you look very closely, you can see the remains of some poor soul's vehicle waaaay down at the bottom of the chute. These chutes wind up near the road that goes south out of Bakerville and we will be checking that trail out next summer. Probably not too many more days before this entire area is snowed in for the rest of the season. Suprisingly, we saw no big game wildlife. The evidence of mining activity in the area was astounding, however, and if you let your imagination go for a little bit, you could hear the sounds of mining industry and see and smell the smoke that accompanied it well over 100 years ago. Again, both Suzie and I were enthralled with the area and found it difficult to believe that, even though we each have lived in CO for over 35 years and lived so nearby in Summit Co., we haven't ventured to an area that is so close in to Denver. We hope to make up for that oversight in the near future.
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Sounds like a great day, nice pics too. The eagle show must have been awesome, that close and no worries. Nature at its best!
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Every time I get up there it makes me want to get back even more. The road leading south out of Bakerville is the trailhead for Grays and Torreys - I've always wanted to check it out in shallow snow conditions; if they don't close the gate in winter.
Good writeup Steve!
I wanted to add: if you do ANY sort of trail cleanup/maintenance, make sure to notify Bill Morgan. We have forms from the forest service that we can fill in the hours for. I'm going to try and get them posted to the website so anybody can access them. Every time anybody goes up Argentine, Jenny Creek, or any trail really (I just mention these because they are our adopt-a-roads), and spends time cleaning the trail, we can count those hours and submit it/them to the Forest Service.
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Hey Mr. Land Use Coordinator! Eight hours clean up credit each for two humans and I think the dogs deserve a little credit too. Nell cleaned up a few errant sticks and Pearl found a nearly new leather chew bone that some silly dog had left up there for someone else to clean up. I checked, but we don't have any photographic evidence of that though. We are thinking that the hawk was a young Red Tail because of his lack of concern for humans and dogs - it really was incredible how close we got and how long he let us gawk. They don't develop red tail feathers until their second year is how a friend who works at the Birds of Prey Foundation north of Broomfield explained it.
Ricardo, been reading about some of the fun IT has been having lately. Are you working on the CIS project? If you are, oh boy!!
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Beautiful this time of year. My mom and I headed up with the Ptarmigan today and found winter is headed this way. Add 8 hours each to the report. We found a few cans here and there but nothing like the first cleanup a few years back. I am sure Steve, Suzie, and the dogs got most of it before we came through but at this moment, you would have a hard time finding anything.
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Very nice everybody! I will add the hours to the list and send them on to Brant at the Forest Service.
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Assess her a point or two, George.
Posted November 03, 2014 - 10:34 PM
I only have a few tractors(very few,)..I get in trouble for just asking for parts..or gas for that matter..so you folks have got it made if you ask me. Yes Auburn, we saw the (look) you posted remember ?
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Posted November 04, 2014 - 05:27 AM
My wife decided having me home playing with my guns and now old tractors is better than living alone.
Or wondering how drunk I was going to come home or what other woman's bed I was in.
There are so many issues to rail about today with out crabbing about some ones collection.
I was talking the other day about taking my pup out in a misty rain for a walk, then giving here a good towel rub down and the pup really liking it. I got a invite from a lady there to come give her a good towel rub down. So there is always some one else who would be happy with you.
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Posted November 04, 2014 - 07:44 AM
I worked up the courage to show my wife this post, and after reading it she said, "See, I'm not the only one who feels this way" then I got the look something like Chris's. Knowing this post didn't help my situation much, I felt like I need to explain my addiction to her again, and then proceeded to tell her I could be worse. I explained to her the closeness of the family sharing time together working on the collection, and told her how relaxing it is to bring back an old tractor and making it shine again. I thought at first she was ignoring me, but she was actually thinking of something to say. This is the reply I got:
"I know you enjoy collecting tractor, I get that. What I don't get is, why you have to have so many? Especially when they all look the same. I did take notice that you and the kids have been spending quality time together, and you and Caleb seem to have gotten closer since starting on his tractor. I don't understand your spending of money on parts, paint, and tires, especially when we don't have the extra cash, just to restore a tractor that is just going to sit in the garage and not get used. I'm glad to have you here at home instead of out in a bar, and I know you could be doing things a lot worse. I'm thankful that you're not! I admire your dedication to your collection, and I truly believe that there is no stopping you whenever you set your mind into getting something you don't have. I don't understand this whole tractor facination thing, or why we have a garage full of tractors that make you complain each weekend because you don't have room to work, but one thing I do understand, and that is this. You said you enjoy bringing back an old tractor to making it shine again. You enjoy putting in the time and work, in order to fix all of the broken parts and replacing the old parts with new, as it will not only give off a better appearance, but will also add value to the piece if done right."
"Well, that is my thinking too. For you see, when I first met you, you weren't the new shiny tractor. Over the years I have learned to read your manuals and study your parts. I gently stripped your old paint, tried my best to fix your dents, and replaced your broken parts. Although some of your replacement parts were expensive, I feel it was well worth the time and effort spent. There were times after I reassembled you, that I found something just wasn't right, so I took you apart again, and started over. Over the past 14 years, I was able to provide you with three attachments, Caleb, Shayna, and Ryan. Each attachment fit you perfectly, and you handle them well. When you work with each of them, I'm very happy at how well you all are so compatible."
"Do I want perfection in you like you want with your tractors? No, not by any means. Perfect people are annoying. However, you have come a long way over the years. I complain about your collection and sometimes think you love the collection more than you do me, but deep down inside I do realize that it is what makes you happy and keeps you content. When I think back to how you used to be before collecting, compared to how you are now, I have to smile. You come off as this big tough guy who knows a lot about tractors, works hard, and gets upset if something isn't done right the first time. But I know you better than everyone else, that you have a generous heart, always willing to help, very loving, and at times can be a big softy when nobody else is around or looking. I would like to think that I had just a little part in making you who you are today. As long as you still hold the kids and I as your number one love, and you don't let this addiction bankrupt us, I don't have a problem with you collecting. You have been at it for so many years, that I personally think it would destroy you if you didn't have it. Just don't forget us whenever you're out there in the garage working all day, and we will be fine."
Not much for me to say about that, other than I have a great wife, and I love her with all of my heart. She truly has made me what I am today, and although she thinks I'd be lost without the collection, I'd give it all up tomorrow for her and the kids if I had to.
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Troy, tell your loving wife that she could not have said that any better and that I am in the same boat, without Joey, my wife or my Children I'm not sure where, what I'd be or if I would even be alive today.
I enjoy my tractor collection, but my wife and Children are my air and could not take another breath without them in my life, We are TRULY BLESSED !!


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Neighborhood Schoolhouse revives "kinder" program for ages 4-1/2 to 6
Brattleboro, Vt.—When education pioneer Friedrich Fröbel invented the nurturing "garden of children" we now call kindergarten, he never dreamed that rigid literacy training, minimal recess, and a controversial "Common Core" curriculum would one day bear its name.
Kindergarten just isn't what it used to be—many educators recommend starting at age six because the school day is so demanding—and some parents are seeking alternatives.
The Neighborhood Schoolhouse in Brattleboro has responded to that demand by re-opening its half-day kindergarten for the 2014–2015 school year; the program includes a pre-kindergarten curriculum (for ages 4-1/2 to 5) as well. Classes begin outdoors at 8:30 a.m. and end at 1 p.m., with optional after-school activities.
"I want her to have the freedom to be five years old," says school board member Bonnie Holmes, who has enrolled her daughter in next year's kindergarten class. "This is such an important time in her life. I want her to go to a school where she will be nurtured as a whole person—where kids are treated as the unique, special little people that they are."
Dot MacDonald has taught at the school for 25 years, and she served more than 20 of those years in the kindergarten program. "Because we honor the child and still base our program on constructive and exploratory play—as well as an hour of recess every day—the children get to experience kindergarten with their whole selves instead of just their cognitive brains," MacDonald says. "I've seen children be extremely successful using the methods we use. They are confident, they love school, and they're able to express themselves creatively."
Prospective families can learn more about kindergarten—as well as the school's preschool and elementary programs—at Neighborhood's annual open house on Thursday, Feb. 27, at the school.
The morning open house, from 9 am to noon, will feature outdoor activities, so families should dress for the weather. Families are also invited to an evening open house from 5 to 6:30 pm.
Founded in 1980, The Neighborhood Schoolhouse emphasizes environmental education, the arts, and social-emotional skills among its core subjects. The school is located at 231 Western Ave. in Brattleboro, behind Solar Hill. Learn more at neighborhoodschoolhouse.com.
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My daughter attended the Neighborhood Schoolhouse for four wonderful years, and gained an excellent foundation there. She is now a voracious reader and expressive, creative writer taking college-level history classes in her sophomore year. We're so lucky to have a school in our area that truly nurtures healthy social interaction and imagination while facilitating close knowledge of the natural world--such a rarity in our time.
I love this school!
There's something so comforting about a place that encourages kids to get messy, explore the woods and play pretend.
My daughter has been thriving at neighborhood for two years now. I really can't imagine sending her somewhere else.
They treat her with respect, and give her the freedom to learn at her speed. I'm just thrilled with the whole experience.
Half-Day Kindergarten
I certainly don't object to a full-day kindergarten program if the emphasis is on the child. I congratulate Neighborhood Schoolhouse for using constructive and exploratory play and letting 5-year-olds be 5-year-olds. I strongly feel the public school curriculum or Common Core is not developmentally appropriate for grades K-3.


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Limerick man threatened gardai after son's arrest
A MOYROSS man who abused and threatened gardai after they were forced to "pepper spray" his son was fined €400 for public order offences.
Limerick Court was told Patrick Cawley, aged 42, of Whitcross Gardens, Moyross arrived at Henry Street garda station at around 2.20am on December 15, last after receiving a phone call to tell him his son had been arrested.
"He started roaring and shouting in the public office," said Insp Luke Conlon who added that he was also "violent and aggressive" towards gardai on the night and refused to leave the garda station.
Solicitor John Devane said his client had initially gone to the garda station to "find out what was happening with his son" but things had spiralled out of control.
He told the court his client, who has 25 previous convictions, "had a few drinks on board" and that he had apologised for his actions.
Judge Eugene O'Kelly commented that Cawley has "obviously given a very bad example to his son" who appeared before the court on unrelated charges.
The judge fined Patrick Cawley Senior €400 for refusing to obey the direction of a garda.


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Wolfe Island is covered with industrial wind turbines.
Located in Lake Ontario at the entrance to the St. Lawrence River near Kingston, Wolfe Island is the largest of the Thousand Islands. Its population of about 1400 doubles or triples during the summer months.
Wolfe Island is designated an Important Bird Area and is an important stopover location for migrating waterfowl including swans. The island has a large population of wild turkeys, deer, and other wildlife. The Big Sandy Bay Management Area is classified as a provincially significant life science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest which includes sand dunes, wetlands, rare plants, trees, and birds.
The Wolfe Island Town Hall is a National Historic Site of Canada.
Covered in industrial wind turbines, the quaint rural community has been changed forever. The wildlife population, forced into small areas with limited food, continues to decrease.


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So, after spending all last night and today working on my UI project, I seem to have missed a hotfix that went into the game recently:
The bonus damage from spell power on the Druid ability Thorns has been reduced by half.
This spell power change also effects paladins' retribution aura. Well crud. I'd go into a long post about how moonkin PvP already sucks, but I JUST finished doing that. Somehow, no one really thought about how changing thorns was going to hurt the few moonkin who were actually desired for any sort of Arena team. That's the only real reason why I'm being so dramatic-sounding with this post.
Just because restoration druids are powerful, that doesn't mean moonkin need to be hurt AGAIN by changes designed to balance our resto counterparts. It's not like moonkin were living long enough for that extra damage to make a huge difference, however for the moonkin who were surviving, the reflective damage was probably about the only damage moonkin are actually doing in PVP half the time. Moonkin don't even have access to the dispel protection given to resto druids through improved barkskin.
If Blizzard wants to balance resto druids for PvP, then they need to give improved barkskin (in some version) to moonkin druids instead of resto druids. Or, put improved barkskin where brambles is, and move brambles further up the balance tree to put it out of reach of resto druids.
Simply nerfing the only real anti-melee ability anyone had doesn't really seem like it's going to fix anything.


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Recently, I've seen three instinctual reflexes in my daughter develop into hundred-times-a-day behaviors. They are:
- Closing the fist tightly around any object placed in the hand.
- Pulling the hand to the mouth, most of the time empty, but sometimes with contents.
- Investigating objects with a highly sensitive touch organ: the tongue.
Sometimes, through an unfortunate series of events, these reflexes combine powers and render her incapacitated. A complete stalemate.


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The results from the San Francisco Bay List competition are in, and Foursight got fourth place for Best Anderson Valley Winery! Now, given that we've had our tasting room up and running for just over a year, I think that's pretty darn good. That's also out of 11 nominees, including some very well established wineries in the area.
Thanks to everyone who voted for us!! We love you! Too see the results (and those who we're going to overtake next year, evil laugh!), click here.


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Education is the key to economic success. It is true now, and it was true in the Jim Crow South. Southern education was not very good – even for white children. But education for blacks in the South in the early 1900s was worse in many ways.
Why Education for African American Children Was Inferior
- Southern schools were racially segregated. Blacks and whites had to attend different schools. The separate school systems were not equal. Schools for white children received more public money.
- Fewer African Americans were enrolled in school. Black children were often pulled out school because they were needed on the farm. Many of their parents were sharecroppers. To plant and harvest enough crops, sharecroppers' children had to work alongside their parents.
- Even if they weren't needed on the farm, the white owner of their farm might pull black children out if he decided they were needed for work. Or he might simply believe that African American children did not deserve an education.
- There were not as many public schools available for blacks. If a town did not have enough money for two separate schools, they built only one school – for white children. This was especially true in the rural towns, because most rural towns had little money.
- City school systems had more money than rural ones. However, at that time in the South, most African Americans lived in rural areas, on farms. On the other hand, many white children lived in cities and could attend well-funded city schools. In rural areas, schools for both black and white children were scheduled around the cotton growing season. These schools were open fewer days than city schools. As a result, many black children went to school only two or three months out of the year.
- Among the African Americans who did attend school, most were in the fourth grade or lower. Many left school after fourth grade. Therefore it would be a long time before there would be a large number of blacks going to college.
The Conditions in the Schools Where Black Children Studied
- Many school buildings for African Americans had leaking roofs, sagging floors, and windows without glass. They ranged from untidy to positively filthy, according to a study issued in 1917.
- If black children had any books at all, they were hand-me-downs from white schools.
- Black schools were overcrowded, with too many students per teacher. More black schools than white had only one teacher to handle students from toddlers to 8th graders. Black schools were more likely to have all grades together in one room.
- There were not enough desks for the over-crowded classrooms.
- Black teachers did not receive as much training as white teachers. On top of that, the salary for black teachers was so low that it was hard to find fully qualified ones.
- There were limits on what blacks could be taught in school. White school leaders did not want black children to be exposed to ideas like equality and freedom. Carter G. Woodson told how some black children in Southern schools were not allowed to use books that included the Declaration of Independence or the U. S. Constitution. These documents state that government should get its power from the consent of the governed. Reading them would confirm for African Americans that they were being denied the rights due to all citizens of the United States.
The One Bright Light
Fortunately, some schools for black children were built with money sent by Northern foundations. The Rosenwald Foundation was most important of these. It gave over four million dollars to help build nearly 5,000 black schools throughout the South. These schools were built with the health and comfort of the children and teachers in mind. Thousands of African American children received a good education in the Rosenwald Schools. (Visit the Rosenwald Schools exhibit.)
Russell G. Brooker, PhD, is Professor of Political Science at Alverno College, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He teaches courses in political science, and research methodology. He has taught courses in African American history, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement since 1981. He is currently writing a book on the civil rights movement before 1954.


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I am not really sure what to say about this. I doubt I would ever win anything like this, firstly because my sculpting skills are non-existent, and secondly, and more importantly, I don't have any lard ( I don't want any either ). If you have some then sculpting it into something attractive is, in my opinion, preferable to eating it.
It's nice to know that the Chefs from the Queens Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment won catering awards for sculptures ( first a wire structure was made and then the animal fat added ). I am glad that they had the time to create a dragon and a Buddha statue.
"Lance Corporal Amrit Limbu, 27, used three 11lbs blocks of lard to create the Buddha statue, working for up to 12 hours a day for eight days" reports The Daily Telegraph. Eight days. Thats a good use of time, wouldnt you say?
Lard is pig-fat that is most often hydrogenated, and therefore quite unsuitable for human consumption. Hydrogenating fats can be complete or incomplete, neither is good, but the latter are known as trans-fats, the use of which have been banned in New York City, as well as in Switzerland and Denmark with other countries likely to follow suit very soon. The process of hydrogenation makes the fat more solid which makes it perfect for sculpting, not eating or using in cooking.
Crackling is also lard, prepared in a different way to the white lard that Lance Corporal Limbu used, as it is exposed directly to heat. Crackling, crunchy and tasty though it may be, is perhaps potentially more detrimental to ones health than the white lard as it has a low smoke point and has been damaged by exposure to heat. So that's crackling out too.
Lard has a high smoke point, ie it doesn't burn at lowish temperatures like olive oil would ( lard contains a high level of saturated fats which dont burn easily ). The food industry often use it for this very reason, as it can be heated without giving off smoke that might affect the flavour of the food.. Lard is often found in pastry, especially flaky pastry, so if you find yourself reaching for a pre-made pie, do yourself a favour and check the label or ask at the counter.Bear in mind that the same pie is banned for health reasons in some pretty sophisticated parts of the world, so no New Yorker, Swiss national or Dane would eat it, and you wouldn't want to break rank with a Dane, would you?


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Careful preparation and planning is a key step to any endeavor. When we were schooling, our teachers prepared for us a "study plan". The college football tournament was not won by kicking the ball around, but by adhering to a "game plan". When we had enough funds to build a house, we prepared through our architects a "building plan". For our business to tick, we put in place "business plan", "sales plan", "marketing plan" and so on.
There is nothing like being prepared for every possible situation and the earlier we do it, the more assured we are of our success.
Story: The Ant and the Grasshopper
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"
"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."
"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
Kidding me:
This is an edited version of the rather hilarious parody written by Jim Quinn:-
When winter comes, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. CBS, NBC, and ABC show up and provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a film of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can it be that, in a country of such wealth, this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the Grasshopper, and everybody cries when he sings It is Not Easy Being Green. Bill and Hillary Clinton make a special guest appearance on
the CBS Evening News and tell a concerned Dan Rather that they will do everything they can for the Grasshopper who has been denied the prosperity he deserves by those who benefited unfairly. Richard Gephardt exclaims in an interview with Peter Jennings that the Ant has gotten rich off the "back of the Grasshopper," and calls for an immediate tax hike on the Ant to make him pay his "fair share."
Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the Grasshopper in a defamation suit against the Ant. The Ant loses the case.
The story ends as we see the Grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while he lives in a government house. The Ant has disappeared in the snow. And on the TV, which the Grasshopper bought by selling most of the Ant's food, they are showing Bill Clinton standing before a wildly applauding audience announcing a new era of "Fairness" has
dawned in America.
Lessons in life:
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail". This is one of the fundamental principles of good management.
Any company should always have short and long-term growth plans. At a strategic level, a business plan will enable the company to identify business objectives and opportunities.
At the operational level, planning leads to smooth and successful daily operational activities. For family businesses, succession planning is vital as we have seen examples of businesses folding up after the loss of their key leader. Plans should also not be cast in stone. They should be reviewed constantly, in line with the changing market conditions of the particular industry.
On a separate note, the fable does allude to the social dichotomy between the rich and the poor. There are the people who make a fortune through sheer hard work, and there are the loafers who blame everyone except themselves for the poverty they face. The strange thing, however, is that these loafers survive.
In certain welfare states, they are so well provided for by the government (with social insurance for old age, illness, and unemployment needs) that they are better off not working. Tax the rich to give to the poor. While this will bridge the income gap between the two classes, if overdone, it may force the country's wealthy citizens to migrate to countries with lower tax regime.
Not only that, it gives the poor no incentive to work hard, or to upgrade their skills. While the fable did not reveal much of the fate of the Grasshopper, we know that in real life, Grasshoppers will continue to hop about merrily and enjoy the fruits of labor of the Ants. They do it either via the legitimate social framework, or the thugs' method portrayed in the animated film "A Bug's Life." Life is never fair.