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And what, pray tell, is a Helping Hooker?
I'm so glad you asked! Helping Hooker is the illegitimate love child of the Mama Bear Hookers Lydia and Kate at Rants From Mommyland. They have started the most fabulous thing where people who really need help providing a nice Christmas for their family, whether its food or a few presents under the tree, can email Lydia and Kate who will match them up with people who want to be Helping Hookers. Like me!
I've been trying to think for awhile now how I can makes someone's Christmas a little brighter. You see, I am really blessed. Like super blessed. No I don't live in a mansion, or drive a fancy car or roll around in diamonds, but I don't think I've ever wanted for anything a day in my life. But there are others, so many others, who are in need. And I really really want to help, even if in just small way, so I was so excited when I read MommaKiss' blog who wrote all about the Helping Hookers program. She's a Helping Hooker too! I hopped on over to Rants from Mommyland and signed up.
Now, for most people it's probably a very simple process: go to the store, by a gift certificate it, put it in the mail, make someone happy. But not for me! I was assigned a job and I take my jobs very seriously.
I got home from a Christmas party tonight and tiptoed into the bedroom so as not to wake the husband. I located my hooker dress, the one from C's Bachelorette Party, and slipped it on. And by "slipped it on" I mean danced and jiggled and hopped and wiggled my way into it. It was tight when I bought in March, but now, after I've eaten 147 thousand cookies, well... let's just say the zipper doesn't go all the way up.
I grabbed my knee-high pleather hooker boots and slipped one on. I hopped and nearly fell over as I tried to slip the other one on, which woke up the husband. He looked at me, said nothing and went back to sleep. Apparently there's nothing unusual about his wife putting on hooker boots in the middle of the night.
I'm sure you're all supremely disappointed to know I didn't go to the store dressed like this. I was planning to do my shopping online, but I wanted to take a picture first to prove that I fulfilled my Helping Hooker duty. Plus, I've been wanting to give you all a Sarcasm Goddess Christmas card, and well, two birds one stone.
I lined up my camera, set the timer, and then everything went to shit.
You know those days when you're too dumb to function? You know, like when you do something so idiotic it makes you wonder how am I even alive? It happens to me more often than I care to admit. Like last night when I was cooking a delicious Crock Pot meal. The chicken had been in for a whole forty minutes and didn't look like it was cooking. Instead of thinking, duh SG, it's a Crock Pot, the whole point is to sloooow cook, I thought, my Crock Pot must be broken and touched the side of it to see if it was hot.
Guess what? It was. Like, really hot. In case you've never had the pleasure of doing this, it's like reaching into the oven when it's on and grabbing one of the racks. DO NOT DO IT! It will not end well.
I try to limit my dumbf*ckery to once a week, but tonight my mask was looking a little rough. Like, it was falling apart. I think its been doing some hooking without me. So, I super-glued it, waited five minutes and put it on. It took approximately 3.2 seconds before my eye started to burn.
I immediately yanked off my mask and closed my eyes. When I tried to open them my lashes were stuck together. I had also jammed my finger in my eye, which actually landed on my brow. When I tried to pull it away from my face, I couldn't. That's right folks, I F*CKING SUPER-GLUED MY FINGER TO MY FACE and also nearly glued my eyes shut.
I am the worst hooker ever. I think that's the first thing they teach you in hooker school, whatever you do, don't glue your eyes shut, dumbass.
I started flushing out my eye, but had mascara on my lashes. Soon it was hard to tell whether my eye was burning from the super glue or the pools of mascara in my eye. When I finished flushing my eye, I grabbed a tissue and dabbed my face, trying to keep as much of my Helping Hooker makeup in place as possible. Apparently, there was still some glue on my eyebrow because when I pulled the tissue away much of it was still left on my face.
This is exactly why I should not be left unsupervised. Ever.
I finally said, "screw it," and left the bathroom. But you should know, I've already gotten up three times while writing this to repeat the process and I no longer have mascara or makeup on the left side of my face. It seems more appropriate, somehow, that I only have half of my face done up.
I consulted the back of the super glue tube and it said in case of eye contact I should flush with water and call a physician, but honestly, that just seems like a really awkward conversation.
Me: Hello, I was getting ready to take my Helping Hooker picture and I got super glue in my eye.
Physician: Um...Helping Hooker?
Me: Yes, it's just like a regular hooker, but with more helping and less sex.
Physician: I see...and where does the super glue come in?
Me: I had to fix my mask.
Physician: Your mask?
Me: Yes, my mask. I'm The Sarcasm Goddess. I wear a mask because I'm paranoid.
Physician: Ma'am, I believe you've called the wrong number. Let me give you the number for the Mental Help hotline.
Wow, this post really did not go according to plan. But then, I'm a hooker. I must be prepared for everything. I'm pretty sure that's the second thing they teach you in hooker school.
And now without further ado, proof that I am a Helping Hooker.
|The Bag of Knives are in case anyone tries to stop me from doing good deeds. Obviously.
And now, the most bestest Christmas card you'll ever receive:
|I originally wanted to give you guys a photo from the whole family, but the husband and Sweet Riley are sleeping.
Guess what?! The fun's not over. I'm super excited to link up my Christmas Card with Jamie at Chosen Chaos. Go check it out and link up your card.
The point of this post, which has no doubt gotten lost in all of my tomfoolery, is that I have the chance to make someone's Christmas a little brighter and I am so happy about it. If you'd like to be a Helping Hooker, check out the post at Rants From Mommyland and contact Lydia and Kate. Let's make this the most magical Christmas EVAH!
This post is also linked up with Where's My Glow for FlogYoBlogFriday. WOOT!


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Lucas is a native of Texas but spent most of his childhood growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, Lucas' family quickly noticed that he had an affinity for impersonating voices and characters. When he was 11 years old, his mother enrolled him in local acting classes, and it wasn't long before he was discovered by Atlanta agent, Joy Pervis. Lucas began booking almost immediately in print, local, regional, and national commercials. Soon after, he was cast in his first movie role as Harry Vanderbilt in The Adventures of Ociee Nash, starring Keith Carradine and Mare Winningham. He was a natural for film roles and continued his success by landing his first co-starring role in Lightning Bug with Laura Prepon and Brett Harrison.
Lucas made his first trip to Los Angeles when he was 13 year old. Shortly after returning to Atlanta, he booked the sought after role of Jack Cash, older brother of Johnny Cash, in the award winning biopic, Walk the Line, directed by James Mangold, produced by Cathy Konrad, starring Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix.
With high school quickly approaching, Lucas made the decision to stay in Atlanta to attend and experience public high school. He continued acting and was cast in several independent features and movies for Lifetime Television. Three weeks before graduating high school with honors, Lucas auditioned for Disney's Hannah Montana: The Movie and was cast in the lead role of Travis Brody. After only one week on the set, Lucas flew back to Atlanta to graduate with his high school class of 2008. Lucas now resides in Los Angeles pursuing his career.
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Two motorcycle riders treated for injuries (video)
April 13, 2013 at 10:05 p.m.
Updated April 13, 2013 at 11:14 p.m.
A motorcyclist and a passenger were taken to DeTar Hospital Navarro for injuries that were not life-threatening Saturday night after colliding with a tractor-trailer.
Victoria Patrol Officer Ryan Hale said a man and woman were on a motorcycle traveling north on Navarro Street about 9 p.m. The southbound tractor-trailer, driven by Vincent Dickerson, 55, of Michigan, was turning left into Sam's Club, 9202 N. Navarro St. The motorcycle driver failed to control speed and crashed into the truck, Hale said.
The motorcycle riders were not wearing helmets. Hale said the crash is under investigation.


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THAT Brewery of nearby Cottonwood, Arizona is getting behind the Phoenix Red Dress Run this year. The award-winning, family-run brewery will be serving their delicious brews to red-frocked Hash House Harriers on Saturday, April 8, 2017. This is a do-not-miss event for craft beer enthusiasts and hashers alike. But we repeat ourselves.
Charity is a strong tradition in the hometown of The Lady in Red, who accidently gave rise to the now international Hash House Harriers Red Dress Run. This year's event will benefit the Arizona Children's Association, a child welfare and behavioral health agency providing much-needed services to the local community. Last year, the all-volunteer effort brought in nearly $5,000 for charity.
The Phoenix Red Dress Run is actually just part of three days of hashing (April 7-9) with occasional breaks for pool parties. In addition to the amazing beer, the weekend long event will feature memorable trails, a sweet "gimme" item, and covers two lunches and two dinners with snacks in between.
With hashers across America and the globe making plans to attend, those who do not register soon may be disappointed: http://www.phoenixhhh.com/?page_id=2514


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Diodorus' Island February 10, 2011Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient , trackback
Perhaps next to Forgotten Kingdoms Beachcombing should set up a tag on Invisible Kingdoms: realms that very likely only ever existed in the imagination of ancient and medieval writers. There would be Atlantis, of course, the land of Prester John, the Seven Cities of Gold and El Dorado. And to these it would be a cinch to add an island that is without name, but that Beachcombing will christen Diodorus's Isle given that the Sicilian historian and geographer, Diodorus, is the only writer to describe it.
But now that we have discussed what relates to the islands which lie within the Pillars of Heracles [i.e. the Mediterranean], we shall give an account of those which are in the ocean. For there lies out in the deep off Africa an island of considerable size, and situated as it is in the ocean it is distant from Africa a voyage of a number of days to the west. Its land is fruitful, much of it being mountainous and not a little being a level plain of wondrous beauty.
Diodorus is not the most imaginiative author in the world. But this lack of imagination is often a blessing, because he seems – in his cut and paste way – to have been a fairly faithful recorder of earlier, now lost sources.
And reading thus far it would be reasonable to assume that Dio had come across a reference to the Canaries (though note the singular) or perhaps Madeira or just possibly (???) the Azores. There are, after all, murmurs of these islands in other classical soures (Pliny, Plutarch…).
But wait! There is more. After some blurb about rivers we learn that the island is inhabited and that it has
'many parks planted with trees of every variety and gardens in great multitudes which are traversed by streams of sweet water; on it also are private villas of costly construction, and throughout the gardens banqueting houses have been constructed in a setting of flowers, and in them the locals pass their time during the summer season, since the land supplies in abundance everything which contributes to enjoyment and luxury'.
Beachcombing doubts that the waud and daub edifices of the Gaunches would have so impressed a Mediterranean visitor. Then the suspicion that we are not dealing with a physical but rather with a mythical location grows in Diodorus' description of the wilder parts of the island. There are fruit trees of every kind, 'welcoming glens', good hunting and
'the climate of the island is so altogether mild that it produces in abundance the fruits of the trees and the other seasonal fruits for the larger part of the year, so that it would appear that the island, because of its exceptional felicity, were a dwelling-place of a race of gods and not of men.'
It looks very much as if Diodorus has accidentally recorded the mythical Isles of the Blessed in his geography: the modern equivalent of putting down Wonderland or Narnia on an ordinance survey map.
But then Diodorus rounds off with a curious aside that problematises all this. Beachcombing is glad to welcome back his old friends the Carthaginians.
In ancient times this island remained undiscovered because of its distance from the entire inhabited world, but it was discovered at a later period… The Carthaginians, then, while exploring the coast outside the Pillars [the Mediterranean]… and while sailing along the shore of Africa, were driven by strong winds a great distance out into the ocean. And after being storm-tossed for many days they were carried ashore on the island we mentioned above, and when they had observed its felicity and nature they caused it to be known to all men. Consequently the Etruscans, at the time when they were masters of the sea, purposed to dispatch a colony to it; but the Carthaginians prevented their doing so, partly out of concern lest many inhabitants of Carthage should remove there because of the excellence of the island, and partly in order to have ready in it a place in which to seek refuge against an incalculable turn of fortune, in case some total disaster should overtake Carthage. For it was their thought that, since they were masters of the sea, they would thus be able to move, households and all, to an island which was unknown to their conquerors.
So are we back to a historical reality? Well, there are rumours of Carthaginian finds (coins and statues) on Madeira, the Canaries and the Azores. Though unfortunately – at least to the best of Beachcombing's knowledge: drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com – none of these have ever been satisfactorily verified. The most famous are the numismatic treasures of Corvo in the Azores that were either invention or have disappeared. Yes the circumstantial details are exciting – they had Beachcombing licking his lips – but there are so many convincing liars in the world…
(68) 'In the month of November, 1749, it appears, a violent storm shattered an edifice (presumably submerged) off the coast of Corvo, and the surf washed out of a vault pertaining to the building a broken vase still containing golden and copper coins. These were taken to a convent or monastery (probably on some neighboring island). Some of them were given away as curiosities, but nine were preserved and sent to a Father Flores at Madrid, who gave them to M. Podolyn. Some of them bore for design the full figure of a horse; others bore horses' heads. Reproductions of the designs were published in the Memoires de la Societe de Gothenbourg and compared with those on coins in the collection of the Prince Royal of Denmark. It seems to be agreed that they were certainly Phenician coins of North Africa, partly Carthaginian, partly Cyrenaican.'
Beachcombing should finish by noting that Carthage's obsession with secrecy, while a reality, also became a topos in classical texts: like British punctuality or hooliganism in French or Spanish or German descriptions of the Sceptred Isle. Diodorus may have had access to an accurate Carthaginian source. But he may equally have stumbled on and misunderstood a bastard legend about a happy place that the Carthaginians went to when they died. Certainly there seem to be some inconsistencies: the Etruscans, the Carthaginians tell everyone, the worry that Carthaginians will go there…
Still Carthaginians building horse statues on Madeira and sacrificing their children on heights in the Canaries with the golden beaches below…
31 May 2011: Ruth writes in with this consideration: 'Regarding Diodorus' Island; I was wondering if those Carthaginians weren't swept all the way to South America – I've been reading in several places about traces of extensive urban habitation across Amazonia. I find it difficult to imagine seafarers mistaking a continent for an island, but even here in Puget Sound I realize that such distinction isn't so easy – and I have maps! Didn't Columbus comment that he had to be looking at a continent because he could (somehow) see the volume of water coming from the Orinoco? I really don't have a huge problem with whatever length of time it might take to be swept from Iberia to South America – people are tenacious, and if they did it deliberately, they would be more prepared for a long trip.' Personally, Beach is suspicious about most pre-Columbian trans-Atlantic visits. However, there is a whole literature of attempts to read classical references in this light including an article by Roy A. Decker 'The Secret Land' found in Underground: The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations, astonishing Archaeology and Hidden History (ed) Preston Peet. If Ruth (or anyone else) Beach will try and get a pdf to her. Thanks Ruth!!


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Uni urged to reconsider failed plagiarists' marks
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A Malaysian education executive wrote to University of Newcastle officials after foreign students were failed for plagiarism, asking them to review the cases "more generously", an inquiry has been told.
The email, produced at the Independent Commission Against Corruption yesterday, said the university could struggle for enrolments if a lot of fee-paying students were failing.
It followed an incident in 2002 when 15 students were given zero marks after a marker discovered "serious" plagiarism, including slabs of essays copied from the internet. The plagiarism was identified by Ian Firns, a lecturer at the university's postgraduate business school at the Institut WIRA in Malaysia.
In the January 2003 email, WIRA's chief executive, Dato Marimuthu, wrote to Newcastle's then offshore program co-ordinator, Ron Day, asking him to "please review these courses a bit more generously".
He wrote that "if word gets out that it is a very tough course and large numbers of students are failing, then we will have a tough time to recruit students in a highly competitive market".
In a copy of the email, which the commission obtained from the university, handwriting next to that passage stated: "This is the crux of it - Ian [Firns] does not understand this."
After the then dean of business, Paul Ryder, ordered that the papers be re-marked, all students were passed with marks up to 84 per cent. Professor Ryder told the commission yesterday that he ordered the re-marking on the advice of his deputy at the business school, Robert Rugimbana.
The next day, Professor Marimuthu emailed Dr Rugimbana saying: "We really appreciate your efforts to sort out the high failure rates ... As I have explained to you, it is important that we keep the failure rates as low as possible, without compromising the academic standards, of course."
Asked by the ICAC Commissioner, Peter Hall, SC, what he had done to "sort out" the high failure rates, Dr Rugimbana replied, "Nothing". When Mr Hall then asked if Professor Marimuthu had been "talking nonsense", Dr Rugimbana said, "Yes".
Dr Rugimbana said the students were guilty of "poor referencing techniques", contributed to by "difficulties understanding our Western ways of referencing material". His advice to have the essays re-marked, which he admitted breached the university's plagiarism policy, was partly due to Mr Firns having supplied no evidence of serious plagiarism.
The inquiry has heard that Mr Firns had written the web address where the lifted material came from on the papers.
Dr Rugimbana said web addresses should not be considered evidence because the contents of websites changed.
Counsel assisting the commission, Chris Ronalds, said the commission had accessed the websites yesterday and had seen the plagiarised material pointed out by Mr Firns.
The senior business lecturer who re-marked the papers, Rachid Zeffane, told the commission he disregarded the web addresses written on the papers by Mr Firns.
Mr Firns has said he used Google to identify the plagiarism.


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'Titanic' stars help ship's last survivor
London — "Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have pledged to help the last survivor of the sinking of the ocean liner.
The stars say they have thrown their support behind a fund that would subsidize Millvina Dean's nursing home fees.
Dean was 2 months old when the Titanic sank beneath the waves on the night of April 14, 1912. She has been living at a nursing home in the English city of Southampton since she broke her hip about three years ago but has struggled to pay the fees.
In October she sold several Titanic mementos to raise cash.
DiCaprio and Winslet said in a statement that they hoped Dean could rest easier knowing that her future was secure. The Millvina Fund was launched Monday in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Lawyer: Sutherland didn't instigate fight
New York — An investigation by New York City officials into a charge Kiefer Sutherland head-butted a fashion designer at a nightclub will show the star of TV's "24" was not a wrongdoer or instigator, his attorney said Monday.
Sutherland was charged Thursday with third-degree assault in the incident a week ago at a nightclub at the trendy Mercer Hotel in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.
The designer, Jack McCollough of the high-end Proenza Schouler fashion house, claims Sutherland broke his nose after an argument about 2 a.m. Tuesday. Police are also planning to question actress Brooke Shields as a witness.
Representatives for the three celebrities worked to clear up rumors after initially refusing to comment to the Associated Press.
Representatives for McCollough said the designer's injuries were more serious than what was initially noted on the police report. McCollough's nose was broken in several places and he had to seek medical treatment after the altercation. The police report says he suffered a cut on his nose.
No decision has been made on whether the New York City charge will affect Sutherland's probation for a drunken-driving conviction in Los Angeles.
Cowell: Adam Lambert will win 'American Idol'
Chicago — "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell says he thinks Adam Lambert will win this season of the popular singing competition show.
Cowell told Oprah Winfrey on Monday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that his money is on Lambert because the contestant is fearless, unique and "he's got swagger."
Winfrey also featured Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle, who is competing on "Britain's Got Talent." Boyle told Winfrey she's "loving every second" of her newfound fame.
The 47-year-old Boyle became famous after she shocked judges and the audience with her version of "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical "Les Miserables."
One of those judges was Cowell, who wished Boyle congratulations and wished her "best of luck" on the rest of the competition.
Oprah Winfrey to say goodbye to Dr. Oz
Chicago — Oprah Winfrey's in-house medical and health expert is leaving his spot as a regular on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for his own syndicated program.
Winfrey will bid Dr. Mehmet Oz farewell on today's episode of her talk show. His program, "The Dr. Oz Show," is to debut Sept. 14.
Oz has been featured on Winfrey's show for five years and 55 episodes. He would often offer diet tips or discuss life-threatening diseases.
Today's show ends with Oz and Winfrey raising a champagne toast.
According to Oz's biography on Oprah.com, the best-selling author and heart surgeon is a surgery professor at Columbia University and directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Tearful Yoko Ono talks about Lennon exhibit
New York — A new John Lennon exhibit is particularly emotional for his widow, Yoko Ono. Besides Lennon's guitars, letters and other personal effects, it also includes a paper bag containing the bloody clothes from the night he was shot to death.
Ono received the items from the medical examiner in December 1980, when the former Beatle was gunned down in New York City at age 40.
"It was hard to include," Ono said. "And I thought it might be criticized as well."
But ultimately, Ono thought it was important to let people see the effects of gun violence.
The Lennon items are part of a new exhibit that will launch today at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex. "John Lennon: The New York Years" includes Lennon's famous New York City T-shirt, his upright piano from his Dakota apartment, and a posthumous 1981 Grammy Award for the couple's album "Double Fantasy."
Tobey Maguire's wife gives birth to baby boy
Los Angeles — The wife of "Spider-Man" star Tobey Maguire has given birth to the couple's second child, a boy.
People.com reports that 31-year-old Jennifer Meyer gave birth to a baby boy on Friday. Maguire publicist Kelly Bush on Sunday confirmed the birth but gave no other details.
Meyer gave birth to the couple's daughter, Ruby Sweetheart Maguire, more than two years ago.
The 33-year-old Maguire and Meyer met in 2003 and were married in 2007.
Meyer is the daughter of Ron Meyer, president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios.
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text: Ok here's my problem. I bought at release got the free month and then payed for a 3 month sub. A few weeks later i got bored / fed up with the various issues with the game and pretty much haven't played since. I have, however, been keeping an eye on the development with the idea of returning should i feel things look to have improved. I like some of the things in 1.2 but am not sure this going to be the complete fix i want. The current suggested possible release date is just 'April' and my current sub will run out in 19 days and atm i really dont want to pay for another month. Has there been any word of offering players a free look at 1.2 to entice them back ?


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Representing Time on Animated Maps
One of the primary reasons we make animated maps is to show how things change over time. Animated maps are appealing becuase we live in an animated world. The world isn't "frozen" like a static map, it is a very dynamic place and when we map things like unemployment or climate change we're really mapping complex processes that occur in both space and time. It makes sense, then, that we would want to use map animation to capture and communicate the nature of these dynamic processes by explicitly incorporating time into our maps. For example, the movement of a object such as a boat can be show on a static map with a dashed line, which infers movment, or it can be shown directly on an animated map by having the boat move.
Static maps present all of their information simultaneously; animated maps present information over time. Thus, animated maps have an additional representational dimension that can be used to display information. While it obviously takes time for a reader to scan a paper map, such as retrieving specific rates, the overall or holistic impression of the static map happens at a glance. Moreover, the reader does not have to wait for the information to appear as they do with an animation. Increasing the running time of an animation increases the total amount of data that can be represented, but at a cost to the user. As the length of the animation increases so too does the difficulty of remembering each frame of the animation. Put another way, although the amount of data that can be represented within an animation is virtually unlimited, there is a finite amount of information the user can distill from the animation and store in their short-term visual memory. Overwhelming the map reader with information does more harm than good. As a result, most animated maps are short and few run longer than a minute.
Temporal Scale and Pace
Just as static maps have a spatial scale (e.g., 1 inch = 1 mile), temporal animated maps have a temporal scale. This is the ratio between real-world time and movie time. For example, 5 years of data shown in a 10 second animation would have a temporal scale of 1:157 million. Although it is possible to vary the temporal scale of the map as it plays—to focus on important moments by slowing the map down, or blur-out others by speeding it up—most animated maps keep a constant temporal scale.
Another important aspect an animated map is its temporal granularity / resolution (the finest temporal unit resolvable) and the pace (the amount of change per unit time). Pace should not to be confused with frames-per-second (fps): An animation can have a high frame rate (30 fps) and display little or no change (slow pace). Perceptually, true animation occurs when the individual frames of the map/movie no longer are discernable as discrete images. This occurs above roughly 24 fps—standard frame rate of celluloid film—although frames rates as low as 5 fps can generate a passable animation effect. Higher frame rates yield smoother looking animations, although modest computers may have trouble playing movies at high frame rates, especially if the map is a large raster file.
Designing Temporal Legends
Above are the three most common kinds of temporal legend – digital clock, cyclical, and bar. A good temporal legend has to communicate three things:
what is the current moment (e.g., June 10),
what is the total length of time in the animation (e.g., June 1-22), and
where is this moment in relation to the animation as a whole (e.g., about half way through).
Both the cyclic and bar legend can communicate at a glance all of these facts and are generally good choices. The digital clock can only represent the first of these (what time is it) and is, in my opinion, not the best choice for most animations, although it partners well with the other two. Linear temporal legends emphasize a progression of events over time, while a cyclic temporal legend is a great choice when you have a strong cyclic/repeating nature to your data (e.g., a diurnal or seasonal emphasis). Because it is often assumed these kinds of legends supports different map reading tasks, designers often include more than one on a single map.
Temporal legends should generally be included in any animated map of temporal data and if in doubt, add one.
TIP #1: All other things being equal, I would recommend making a temporal legend interactive so that the reader can directly manipulate the playback direction and pace of the movie, sometimes called "scrubbing the timeline", or jump to a new moment in the animation, sometimes known as "non-linear navigation." These have become a common interface actions in digital music and video players and many map readers now expect to be able to directly interact with temporal legends to control the map.
TIP #2: Temporal legends don't have to be too large on the screen; as drawn above they are 2-3x bigger than I'd use on a real map.
Reducing the Split Attention Effect
One unresolved problem with legend design is split attention: Because animated maps, by their very nature change constantly, the moment the reader must focus on the temporal legend they are no longer focusing on the map and may miss important cues or information. If they pause the animation to look at the legend, they lose the animation effect. The more the reader must shift their attention between the map and the legend, the greater the potential for disorientation or misunderstanding.
The split attention effect is defined as "any impairment in learning that occurs when a leaner must mentally integrate disparate sources of information" (Mayer 2001, 92). This integration can happen across material separated by space (spatial contiguity effect) or across time (temporal contiguity effect). Split attention is a common problem with both static and animated graphics and can arise whenever a reader must look at two or more things at once in order to understand either, such as map and a map legend. If either element makes sense by itself, then split attention is not a problem—it only becomes a challenge when understanding requires processing both simultaneously.
Experiments have shown that where multimedia elements are placed on the screen, and when they appear, will affect their pedagogic impac. Summarizing work in this area, Mayer states that multimedia is most effective when related material, such as images and text explanations, appear close to each other and relate to one another in meaningful ways. Testing has shown that when related material is placed far apart it requires additional cognitive resources to visually search for and integrate, reducing the amount of working memory available for learning (Chandler and Sweller 1991; Kalyuga and others 1999; Mayer and Moreno 2002). Split attention is thus seen as low-level busywork that distracts from the real business of learning.
Proposed but untested solutions to the problem of split attention include (1) embedded audio cues that announce time (offloading some of the work to our ears) and (2) embedded visual cues that are superimposed onto the map itself allowing us (in theory) to keep our eyes on the map. Examples of an audio temporal legend would be the use of an announcer speaking ("Tuesday"), although the work that I have done with sonification of animated maps runs it to a basic problem: The map runs much faster than the announcer can talk (or the reader can hear), as indeed, our maps can run at 30 frames per second but few people can speakor comprehend 30 words per second (we tried using digital audio tools to speed-up the speaker and it became both unintelligible and hilarious).
EMBEDDED VISUAL CUES: Matt Bloch's flight map is an example (from the Overview Section) how we can use obvious visual cues within our animated maps to convey the passing of time, in this case, the transition from day to night (shown as a shadow that sweeps from east to west across the map). Google Earth also allows users to add a day/night shadow to their maps. Although I've not seen any examples myself, it would be possible to use similar seasonal cues for the passage of years as the map or color scheme transitioned from winter colors and the formation of ice in the corners of the map, through spring, summer and fall. Of course, such artistic flourishes are somewhat cultural and only have meaning in places with pronounced seasons, but I suspect these might make for attractive—if somewhat informal—presentations.
AUDIO CUES: Midtbø (2001) suggests at least a dozen ways to minimize split attention in animated maps and has proposed a number of highly innovative map designs including maps that indicate the current time by their position on the screen or by wrapping the map inside of the temporal legend (see example above), and the use of sound in various ways to off-load some of the work from our eyes to our ears. One such example uses a four-channel system to create immersive audio cues to "move sound around the user" simulating a clock or yearly cycle. It is unclear how effective such techniques would be, but the idea of offloading some of the work from our eyes to our ears is both practical and supported by research in multimedia instructional design.
Temporal Re-Expression
Although the most obvious way to animate spatio-temporal data is to simply play the data in the same sequence as it was collected (e.g., day 1 = frame 1, day 2 = frame 2, and so on) this is not always very insightful because (1) the data may be very complex and contain multiple meaningful patterns, (2) and/or because the data may be very noisy. To really explore a dataset you need more powerful tools than simply playing back raw, disaggregate data back in the order it was collected. One of these tools kits is called temporal re-expression.
Temporal re-expression is one of the most powerful cartographic transformations we can apply to better understand spatio-temporal data. The term was coined by David DiBiase in the early 1990s, although early examples appeared in the 1970s, including Moellering's famous Detroit Traffic Accident animated map. Temporal re-expression is displaying the same dataset using different temporal units in which the data are aggregated to create composite frames (or moments) in the animation.
The map above presents 365 days of drinking related incidents for the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus (data were recorded hourly). With this, for example, we can add together the 365 individual days into a single 'composite day' to show how these incidents might differ according to time of day. This allows us to answer questions such as "do more incidents occur at 8am than 8pm?" (yes!). Because the data are mapped, the spatial patterns of accidents and where those accidents occur, and by what cause factor, can be investigated allowing the reader, for example, to ask "even if the number of incidents are the same, does where they occur differ between 8am and 8pm?" (yes, again). The map also depicts the incident data as a composite week (e.g., "Do more incidents occur on Mondays than Fridays?"), and composite month (e.g., December versus May). This kind of control over the data allows many important space time patterns to emerge from the data that were otherwise hard to see or simply obscured.
A great example of this relates to the football stadium (in the lower right): On most of these maps (and the with the raw data) it looks like there is constant and somewhat random activity near the football stadium. However, when the data are shown as a composite week a very clear pattern emerges: all of these incidents occurred on Saturdays, which is when games are played. That obvious and commonsense pattern gets 'buried' in the data if the data are presented in other ways. This underscores why there is no obvious single best way to present geographic data and giving users this kind of control over the map is both useful and ethical.
Temporal Granularity and Interpolation
Aggregating our data together can be used to change how much time each frame of the animation represents, also known as temporal granularity. Doing this allows viewers to create temporal slices of different thickness so that the smallest/finest moment that can be seen in the animation could be changed from hours to days or months. The example of BallotBank shows financial campaign contributions in the United States. Initially these political donations are displayed monthly (the finest temporal unit available), although the viewer can aggregate and average the data on-the-fly over long intervals: In the image below, the temporal granularity of the map has been increased from 6 months to 12 months (each frame now shows a 12 month period). Because campaign contributions are closely tied with tax season, as well as election cycles (both 2 and 4 year) this flexibility can help to uncover subtle behaviors in political participation that the most temporally disaggregate data obscures. BallotBank.com also incorporates temporal focusing which lets the map reader set the start and end dates of the animation.
Many animated maps employ temporal interpolation to "fill-in" missing time periods or to create a smoother looking animation. It is not uncommon to see maps in which the interpolated data outnumbers the "real" data 10 to 1. While interpolation is a robust science, when we map complex geographic processes it is hard to get it right and without ground truthing (usually an impossibility since without first developing a time machine) it can be very difficult to know if our estimates values reflect the reality on the ground.
From a visual perspective, many authors over the years have encouraged the use of temporal interpolation to create smoother animations, that it is assumed, will be more attractive and more legible. However popular temporal interpolation is, the cognitive effectiveness of temporal interpolation has only been partially studied (one of my graduate students did her thesis on this topic) and results suggest subjects prefer maps with interpolation, although do not perform any better on map reading tasks. Various linear and non-linear algorithms and techniques have been developed for creating quality interpolated temporal data, some of which are quite sophisticated mathematically.
Final Thoughts
I worry that excessive temporal interpolation can create false and highly misleading patterns, such as an abrupt change in the location of a feature incorrectly shown as a gradual spatial transition from point A to point B. This is especially likely to happen if we don't possess a deep understanding of how processes unfold and the kinds of spatial and temporal patterns we should expect to see. Of course, this is something of a catch-22: If we nudge our algorithms to conform with what we expect to see, how do we learn new insights? Do our maps simply become an echo-chamber showing us what we think we already know about the world? How do we know if we have found something new or unusual, versus, simply mapping bad data or mapping good data badly? There are no easy answers to those questions, but I remind myself to fight the urge to map data I barely understand using tools that I can't explain (most software is a black box to me, and I suspect, most people). Good science demands better of us. It also generally requires a team, which is why most of my work has been a collaboration with experts who collect the data and experts who know how to analyze it.


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Herbert Smith has appointed a new global chief operating officer to replace John Mullins, who will leave the firm at the end of the financial year after more than three decades of service.
David Robinson, who joins from Vision Capital, will replace Mullins as global chief operating officer. Robinson was a partner at Ernst & Young for 20 years, serving as COO for Northern Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa before joining private equity house Vision in 2008.
Robinson will report to managing partner David Willis and be responsible for managing and directing the firm's business service functions. He will also be a member of Herbert Smith's executive committee.
In a statement, Robinson said: "This is a unique opportunity and I'll relish the challenge of helping Herbert Smith develop a best-in-class global offer. I look forward to working with John Mullins over the coming months to ensure a smooth transition as he approaches his retirement. I'm extremely grateful for his support and generosity and wish him all the best."
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A good kid carrier is a must-have for any outdoor family. And having one that suits your needs might not be as straight forward as you think. So we jumped on the chance to review the new Deuter Comfort Air.
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- Tested in: Hiking, snowshoeing with 35 lbs toddler.
- Cost: $239.00
- Availability: Exclusively at REI until late spring of 2014.
- Best Use: Hiking, Trekking with young children. For parents that want a comfortable, high performing design, with less weight.
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The all new Kid Comfort Air is Deuter's first kid carrier to integrate the Aircomfort back system which maximizes ventilation and helps reduce perspiration by up to 25%. This back design allows air flow from three sides and is great for warm and hot weather adventures.
We love many other things about this pack as well. In short it has everything you need, and nothing you don't. Compared to "fully loaded" packs like the Deuter Kid Comfort III or the Kelty Pathfinder 3, this is a very simplified pack. It has one storage compartment under the seat and a suspended mesh panel on the back. You can put a hydration system in the main cargo area easily, though it isn't designed specifically for it.
There are also two mesh side-panels for water bottles, snacks, or small necessities. Side entry buckle allows easy access into the child seat from the side and makes getting into/out of the pack super easy. Compared to other carriers (Kid Comfort 3) this pack has a lower back, which we prefer so we can limit hitting low lying branches and trees with it.
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I live in Madison, WI. Some career opportunities could see me moving to northern California. I have a BMW 135is and a '99 Grand Cherokee for winter. If I made this move I'd probably sell the Jeep. If I didn't end up in downtown SF, I might want a big-ish car for road trips, hauling around large items, or just having comfier/roomier option than the 135is. What would you get that meets the following criteria:
1. $10k or less
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3. Ideally has a tailgate (wagon, hatch, crossover, SUV) but would consider sedans w/ flip-down back seats.
4. Decent gas mileage - 20 mpg would be a noticeable improvement over my Jeep
6. Comfy ride but decent handling. Like let's say at least "competent" handling.
7. Ideally something reliable, but if it's not reliable at least cheap parts/labor
8. POWWWAAHHHHHHHH - nothing crazy but I want good highway passing ability
9. "Nicely equipped" - my Jeep is old and a little run down but it's got power leather seats & sunroof among other things
10. I have an irrational dislike of VW & Audi products
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Hello, sweeties, or as my Grandfather would say, Top o' the Mornin' to you!
Ohhh, I have a treat for you today! St. Patrick's Day is coming up this Monday, March 17th, and I wanted to make something to celebrate and share with you! Are you ready to see it?
Here it comes…
Ahhhhhh! Don't you just love it?? Just imagine, a baby in a top hat for St. Patrick's Day! Or perhaps this is the perfect hat for a future University of Notre Dame fan 😉
I created my own pattern for this hat, just kind of making it up as I went. I find it a lot easier to do this with crochet than knitting, since you don't need to plan things out as much, such as figuring out the exact number of stitches to cast on, etc.
I actually have a lot of Irish heritage in my family (one of my great-grandmothers was first-generation Irish-American), so anything that has to do with Ireland fascinates me. Fun fact: at just over 4 cups of tea a day, the Irish drink more tea then any other people group! Yep, I definitely got that one honest 😉
There is just something so satisfying about making your own patterns. It's really fun experimenting with different yarns and stitches to create the look I'm going for. Of course, the trial and error process can be a bit frustrating sometimes, but I've found it is ALWAYS better keep trying until I am personally satisfied, and not to settle for something that doesn't quite make me happy. Otherwise, I will probably lose enthusiasm for the project, and it will never be completed. And yes, if you are wondering, I am a bit of a perfectionist 😉
BUT, I guess the luck of the Irish was with me on this project, because I didn't have to take it out or rework it at all; the first attempt came out fine and photo-ready! (*insert happy dance here!*)
So what about you, Sweeties? Did you cook up any fun, Irish-y projects? However you like to celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful and safe St. Patrick's Day!
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Ranji Trophy: Baroda in command against Railways
Baroda bundled out Railways for 166 before scoring 118/1 in their Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match here today
Vadodara: Baroda bundled out Railways for 166 before scoring 118/1 in their Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match here today.
Opting to bat after captain Mahesh Rawat won the toss, Railways found the going difficult from the word go, soon losing half the side with just 45 runs on the board.
The visitors were eventually all out 48 overs at the Moti Bagh Stadium.
Fast-medium bowler Hardik Pandya (5/61) and left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh (4/31) were the wreckers in chief, sharing nine wickets between them.
Leg-spinner Karn Sharma, who has played a Test and two ODIs, was the top scorer for Railways with a knock of 51 off 84 balls. He hit seven boundaries and a six.
Leading the side, Rawat made 20 off 24 balls, while Krishnakant Upadhyay struck a breezy 26 off 28 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six.
At stumps on Day 1, Baroda trailed by 48 runs with nine wickets remaining in their first innings. Opener Kedar Devdhar was unbeaten on 69 and home team skipper Aditya Waghmode was on 30 when stumps were drawn for the day.


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See St. Joseph as model of 'new man,' Pope urges audience
December 20, 2010
At his Angelus audience on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the example set by St. Joseph, who "announced the prodigies of the Lord, bearing witness to Mary's virginity and to God's gratuitous action, and protecting the earthly life of the Messiah."
When he first learned that Mary was pregnant, St. Joseph was troubled, the Pope said. But an angel reassured him about Mary, and "now his eyes see in her the work of God."
In St. Joseph, the Pope said, the believing world can see the "emergence of the new man, who looks with trust and courage to the future, who does not follow his own plans but entrusts himself entirely to the infinite mercy of the One Who fulfils the prophecies, the One Who opens the time of salvation". The Pope invoked the protection of St. Joseph on all pastors, reminding his audience that St. Joseph is the patron of the universal Church.
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WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after President Obama announced that it would take steps to reform No Child Left Behind:
"Today, the Obama Administration announced that it is taking steps to reform No Child Left Behind – a flawed law that is long overdue for reauthorization. Education is critical to our nation's economic success, which is why the Democrats' Make It In America agenda prioritizes investments in key areas like education. This plan aims to ensure that our nation has a workforce prepared to succeed in the global economy and that our schools have the resources they need to help our children achieve those goals. This includes maintaining accountability measures to make sure students are truly ready for college and high-paying careers with opportunity for growth; attracting the best and the brightest to the teaching profession, and compensating them appropriately; and providing schools with the tools to help them succeed. Our future as a nation depends on it.
"In the next few weeks, students across the nation will return to school. I am hopeful that partisanship can be put aside in the best interest of those children, and that Democrats and Republicans will come together to revise No Child Left Behind so that we can improve struggling schools, ensure that all our children receive a world-class education, and help our young people and middle class Make It In America."


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Georgia Agency Agrees To Pay Millions
Federal officials say the Georgia Department of Transportation and a Tennessee construction company have agreed to pay one of the largest fines in the history of the federal Clean Water Act. The fine settles possible violations during highway expansion projects. U-S Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency officials say, the Tennesse company and the Georgia agency will pay $1.5 million in penalties and spend $1.3 million more to resolve environmental issues.
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Rules Require Millions In Upgrades
New federal water regulations could cost the City of Savannah $25 million. City officials say, they'll have to upgrade wastewater facilies when the Environmental Protection Agency finalizes rules on waste in the Savannah River. The city will pass on its costs to water users.
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State officials plan to shut off an air quality monitor in Brunswick, despite high levels of air pollution there. The automated monitor tracks sulfur dioxide and shows Brunswick's air has Georgia's highest level of the irritating chemical compound. An environmental group says, shutting off the monitor will hurt efforts to clean the air.
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Federal environmental officials say, it might be impossible to know just what led to thousands of fish dying in Southeast Georgia's Ogeechee River. The US Environmental Protection Agency released a memo this week saying, a common bacteria caused the kill. But biologists already knew that and river-watchers really want to know what made the fish suceptible to the bacteria.
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The President visited Savannah in March to promote a relatively minor part of a massive energy bill. The U.S. Senate has all but killed any possibility of a major energy bill this year. But the Savannah-stumped HomeStar program survives.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Although temperatures and wind chill factors were reading below zero as most students and teachers would have left for school Friday morning, all of the area school districts were operating as usual.
School officials said superintendents consult with each other and local Emergency Management experts about the weather, but they also have some guidelines to follow from the National Weather Service. The threshold for wind chill factor set by the NWS when it comes to school delays or closings is 15 degrees below zero.
Several local superintendents said wind chill readings never dropped that low Friday morning, and there were not the problems with snow-covered roads like earlier this month when districts were forced to close.
"When it is minus 10 degrees, we still know that it's very, very cold. And we want to encourage parents and those responsible for children from the time they leave the house to when they get to school to make sure that they are adequately prepared for such cold weather," said Mahoning County Educational Service Center Superintendent Ron Iarussi.


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The wage share in Argentina
In his book, Estudios de Historia Económica Argentina, Eduardo Basualdo has several tables with the data for the share of wages in income. Sources seem to be different and not necessarily compatible (although I 'm not sure about that). He also published a paper in 2008 with additional data. The graph below adds the numbers shown here, which I think are also from Basualdo (the newspaper only cites CIFRA; I couldn't find another source in their website).
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You are probably well aware of the importance of drinking water, and let's face it- who really gets around to drinking enough water? But now that you are pregnant, drinking water is especially important, after all, you're hydrating for two now. This doesn't mean you need to drink sixteen glasses of water a day. The recommended eight cups a day are sufficient. The problem is, most women don't meet this bare minimum amount of water. You are in the process of making a great deal of life changes right now- have an increase in water consumption be one of them. This will provide you with so many benefits before, during, and after your pregnancy.
Delivery System
You are eating all of the right things and taking your vitamins because you know that all the nutrients you put in yourself are delivered to your baby. What do you think carries them there? That's right; water is what facilitates the absorption of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals into your cells and it transports vitamins, minerals, and hormones into your blood cells. It is these blood cells that reach the placenta and ultimately, the baby.
Get Rid of Garbage
You aren't just hydrating for two; you're also excreting for two. Now that you have a little person living inside of you, you have twice as much "waste" for your body to get rid of. How is your body going to handle all of that? You guessed it- water. Water helps to dissolve waste products and flush them out of your kidneys. Drinking plenty of water keeps your urine diluted, which greatly reduces your risk of UTI's (infections that occur in your bladder when urine hangs around for too long). Not only does drinking water obviously help in the number one department, it also helps tremendously in removing solid waste, helping it to move down the digestive path.
Turn Down the Heat
During your pregnancy, it might feel like someone is cranking up the heat in every room you enter. No, you don't have a heat obsessed stalker- these heat waves, similar to ones you will experience during menopause later in life, are caused by your changing hormones. While there are only so many layers of clothing you can take off, drinking water helps cool you down, and keeps your cooling system running smoothly- you need water to sweat, and sweating is how your body gets rid of excess heat. Getting ample amounts of water also does wonders for pregnancy headaches and fatigue.
Skin Saver
I'm sure you've heard this before- water hydrates you from the inside to the outside. This really is true, there's no better way to keep your skin hydrated than by drinking water! You may notice that during your pregnancy, dryness, flakiness, and itchiness in your skin is becoming a bigger issue that it had been before. That is why during this time, getting those eight glasses in can be lifesavers. Water also strengthens the elasticity of your skin, keeping stretch marks at bay.
Prevent Puffiness
While we tend to associate water with water weight, it is actually the contrary. Drinking lots of water actually keeps excessive water retention under control. The reason for this is simple- when you are drinking enough water, your body doesn't feel the need to try to save water by keeping it all in. While some water weight is to be expected during your pregnancy, drinking water greatly reduces the amount of unnecessary water your body retains.
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By now, you should already know the importance of keeping in shape throughout your entire pregnancy, from before you conceive until after you give birth. If you are going to make the lifestyle change to exercise more frequently, water simply needs to become a part of this change. While I'm sure you bring a water bottle to the gym with you and take sips throughout your exercises, the few measly sips (or even chugs) are just not amount of water to replace the hydration you lose from your exercises. With an amped up workout regimen, especially while you are pregnant, about to become pregnant, or have just given birth, it is extremely important that you are drinking enough water to compensate for what you are losing. Bring your biggest water bottle to the gym, and don't leave the gym until you have finished every last drop. Bonus points if you refill. Once you leave the gym, you are still responsible for re-hydrating your body, so the water drinking doesn't end once you finish off your bottle- make sure you are still getting those eight glasses in throughout the day.
Hydrate to Feed
After your baby comes, you don't automatically go back to hydrating for one. If you choose to breastfeed, you are still the main source of water for your baby as well. Your body needs tons of water in order to produce breast milk. Not getting a satisfactory amount of water can lead to a reduced amount of breast milk, or in some cases, a complete loss in the ability to produce milk. Most moms find that they are constantly thirsty when they are breastfeeding- this should be enough of a reminder to keep drinking water, but new moms are also busy, and put their own needs aside for the needs of their baby. But by ignoring your own thirst, you are also potentially preventing your baby from being able to drink, so no matter how busy you are, you always have time to drink more water!


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Acute Coronary Syndrome Treatment
Acute coronary syndrome requires emergency treatment in a hospital. The type of treatment depends on many factors, including how long the pain has been present, ECG findings, x-ray results, and blood tests. Mild cases of acute coronary syndrome may respond to treatment with oxygen or nitroglycerin. Acute coronary syndrome can result in a heart attack. In severe cases, a person may be treated with thrombolytic medications, angioplasty, or coronary artery bypass surgery.
Initial treatment of acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department includes:
- Early treatment with aspirin:
- If possible by the EMS crew
- Aspirin (Anacin, Ascriptin, Bayer Aspirin)
- Cardiac monitoring
- Oxygen
- Intravenous fluids
- Medications for to reduce chest pain:
- Nitrates
- Nitroglycerin under the tongue
- Morphine for pain control
- Blood pressure monitoring
Key treatment of acute coronary syndrome includes:
- Timely decision regarding whether to provide:
- Thrombolytic medications
- Angioplasty and coronary artery stenting
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Treatment with beta-blocker medication
- Treatment with ACE inhibitor medication
- Treatment with heparin:
- Or low molecular weight heparins
- Treatment with a glycoprotein IIB/IIIA receptor antagonist:
- Treatment with direct thrombin inhibitors:
- Hirudin (Lepirudin, Refludan)
- Bivalirudin (Angiomax)
- Adenosine diphosphate receptor antagonists:
- Continued aspirin therapy after hospital discharge
- Continued beta-blocker therapy after hospital discharge
- Smoking cessation counseling
- Cardiac rehabilitation program
For more information:
Acute Coronary Syndrome Angioplasty
Angioplasty is an effective treatment for acute coronary syndrome. Angioplasty is a procedure that must be performed during cardiac catheterization.
Angioplasty is more likely to be performed in the following situations:
- ECG shows heart injury or heart attack
- Patient has continued chest pain that is unresponsive to medications
- Patient has abnormalities in blood pressure or pulse
- Past has heart valve dysfunction
- Patient is in shock
- Patient has aortic stenosis
During a cardiac catheterization, a catheter (thin plastic tube) is inserted into an artery in the groin, and then threaded up through the aorta to the heart. During angioplasty, the catheter is advanced into the narrowed part of the coronary artery. A balloon at the end of the catheter is inflated, in order to force open the narrowed artery. Alternative techniques include cutting or burning away the blockage with a tiny blade or laser.
- Angioplasty with balloon
- Angioplasty with laser
- Angioplasty tool
After angioplasty, a stent may be used to help hold the artery open. Stents are tiny struts that expand against the inside wall of the artery. They prop open the blood vessel after it has been opened.
Rare complications of angioplasty include:
- Allergic reaction to the dye
- Heart attack
- Coronary artery rupture
- A small number of opened arteries become narrowed again. However, stents are used to protect against this complication.
Acute Coronary Syndrome Cardiac Rehabilitation
Those who suffer a heart attack or undergo bypass surgery lose physical strength because the heart is weakened and their activity has been limited. Cardiac rehabilitation helps the heart to recover. It provides a supervised exercise program that can restore exercise capacity and endurance.
Cardiac rehabilitation programs:
- Limit the effects that heart disease has on the body
- Limit the psychological impact of heart disease
- Lower the risk of heart attack and death
- Slow, halt, or possibly reverse coronary artery disease
Acute Coronary Syndrome Drugs
Medications that improve blood flow through the coronary arteries include:
- Aspirin:
- Thins the blood, in to order lower the risk of blood clots in the coronary arteries
- Heparin:
- Thins the blood, in to order lower the risk of blood clots in the coronary arteries
- Nitrates:
- Open coronary arteries and let the heart work more efficiently
- Platelet inhibitors:
- Thin the blood, in order to lower the risk of blood clots in the coronary arteries
- Thrombolytic medications:
- Clot busting medication
- Morphine:
- Reduces anxiety and increased blood flow through coronary arteries
Additional medications that benefit the heart:
- ACE Inhibitors:
- Lower blood pressure and reduce the work of the heart
- Beta-blockers:
- Calcium-channel blockers:
- Reduce the work of the heart and reduce abnormal heartbeats
- Statins:
- Lower cholesterol and reduce inflammation inside the coronary arteries
- Clopidogrel (Plavix):
- Thins the blood, in order lower the risk of blood clots in the coronary arteries
- Ranolazine (Ranexa):
- Helps improve oxygen levels in heart muscle. This drug is most often used when the above anti-anginal medications are not effective.
For more information:
Acute Coronary Syndrome General Measures
General, long term treatment for coronary artery disease includes:
- Low fat diet
- Low salt diet
- Stop smoking
- Avoid exposure to secondary smoke
- Follow an exercise plan developed with your doctor.
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- High blood pressure treatment
- High cholesterol treatment
- Diabetes treatment
- B-vitamin supplements
Acute Coronary Syndrome Long-Term Care
The long term care of coronary syndrome depends on severity. Acute coronary syndrome describes a group of conditions that result from diseased coronary arteries.
Conditions include:
- Unstable angina: symptoms that occur when the heart is under stress, but the heart muscle is not damaged
- Heart attack that causes changes on the EKG
- Heart attack that does not cause findings on an EKG, but is identified by blood testing.
|Angina Severity
|Treatment Options
|Stable / mild or moderate
|Control of cardiac risk factors; drug therapy
|Unstable / mild to moderate
|Hospitalization; control of cardiac risk factors; drug therapy
|Unstable / severe symptoms
|Drug treatment; angioplasty; coronary artery bypass grafting
The long-term treatment of coronary artery disease and angina may include:
- Cardiac rehabilitation program
- Angioplasty for coronary artery disease
- Coronary artery bypass surgery for coronary artery disease
Acute Coronary Syndrome Questions For Doctor
Questions to ask before treatment:
- What are my treatment options?
- Is surgery an option for me?
- What are the risks associated with treatment?
- Do I need to stay in the hospital?
- How long will I be in the hospital?
- What are the complications I should watch for?
- How long will I be on medication?
- What are the potential side effects of my medication?
- Does my medication interact with nonprescription medicines or supplements?
- Should I take my medication with food?
Questions to ask after treatment:
- Do I need to change my diet?
- Are there any medications or supplements I should avoid?
- Do I need to lose weight?
- When can I resume my normal activities?
- When can I return to work?
- Do I need a special exercise program?
- What else can I do to reduce my risk for complications?
- How often will I need to see my doctor for checkups?
- What local support and other resources are available?
Acute Coronary Syndrome Specialist
Physicians from the following specialties evaluate and treat acute coronary syndrome:
Acute Coronary Syndrome Surgery
Blocked coronary arteries require bypass surgery. The aim is to provide blood flow to the artery beyond the blockage, bypassing the obstruction. Small arteries in the chest wall, or veins from the legs, are removed for this purpose. A small segment of the bypass vessel is attached to the wall of the diseased vessel, where blood flow is strong. And then, the other end of the bypass vessel is attached to the blocked vessel, beyond the blockage. This allows blood to flow around the blockage, restoring the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the part of the heart that was supplied by the vessel before it became blocked.
The risks for bypass surgery:
- Death: 3%
- Heart attack: 5%
- Stroke: 2%
Acute Coronary Syndrome Thrombolytics
Coronary arteries become narrowed when cholesterol builds up on the inside wall of the artery. If a clot forms where the artery is narrowed, then the artery becomes completely blocked, causing angina or a heart attack. Thrombolytic medications are powerful blood thinners that can break down new blood clots in the coronary arteries.
Thrombolytic medications include:
- Alteplase, (t-PA, Activase)
- Reteplase (Retavase)
- Anistreplase (Eminase)
- Streptokinase (Kabikinase, Streptase)
- Tissue plasminogen activator
- Tenecteplase (TNKase)
- Urokinase
Severe bleeding is the major complication of the thrombolytic medications. Overall, they reduce the risk of death from a heart attack.
Conditions in which thrombolytics are not used include:
- Internal bleeding:
- Brain tumor
- Brain or spinal surgery in the past 2 months
- Recent stroke in the past 2 months
- Severe, uncontrolled hypertension
Continue to Acute Coronary Syndrome Home Care
Last Updated: Jun 3, 2011 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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U.S. studying reports of chemical use
Tue., April 30, 2013
WASHINGTON – The U.S. and its allies are still trying to figure out details of Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons against its own people, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday, as international officials pressed for broader access to suspected attack sites.
Speaking to Pentagon reporters, Hagel refused to discuss any military options, including whether the U.S. would be willing to take unilateral action against the Syrian regime or if the administration would act only in concert with allies.
The Obama administration said last week that U.S. intelligence had concluded that Syrian government forces likely used chemical agents against rebels in two attacks.
"I think we should wait to get the facts before we make any judgments on what action, if any should be taken, and what kind of action," Hagel said.
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Tyler Close wrote: > The "Security Considerations" section of "HTTP/1.1, part 7: > Authentication" should mention that the mechanism is vulnerable to > Confused Deputy attacks such as Cross-Site-Request-Forgery (CSRF) and > clickjacking. Is someone working on text for this, or should I propose > some? > > See: > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p7-auth-08#section-5 > ... Hi Tyler, as far as I can tell, nobody is currently working on this. I can't speak for the whole group, but I would be *very* happy if you would look not only at Part 7, producing proposals on what should be said. Note that we should be careful in adding too much text though; in the past we were working on a separate spec, <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/draft-ietf-httpbis-security-properties/>, which might be a better container for some of this. Best regards, JulianReceived on Wednesday, 25 November 2009 15:18:58 UTC
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show, but mostly as a life companion. We believe in ethical and
selective breeding as a means of improving or maintaining dogs that
conform to the breed standard. We reject the notion of breeding for the
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oriented and should be integrated into our daily lives. We mentor and
congratulate others appropriately. We spay and neuter pets. We hold
education as a core value to our club.
Congratulations to the 13th Annual National Specialty Winner!
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In recent days, the overall consumption of fluid milk shows a gradual decline, with a steady increase in consumption of cheese in most of the countries. The growth of cheese consumption can be favourably compared with that of growth in milk production which is approximately 4% during 2011.
The fat content in the cheese milk is adjusted to different levels so that cheese of different varieties containing varying levels of fat can be produced. Cheese, when it is fresh has a fat content of up to 12% level. The fat content in the ripened cheeses generally range between 20 and 30%. Consumers generally prefer high fat cheeses due to high fat content and this imparts a better flavour to the cheese. The fat in the dry matter content of cheese should be at least 40-50%, like Cheddar cheese so that there will be sufficient fat in the body which contributes to the typical aroma during cheese ripening by fat breakdown or lipolysis. With increasing consumer awareness about health and ill effects of excess fats, it becomes prudent to go in for "low fat cheese varieties".
However, the low fat cheese varieties should have sufficient fat so that it will be organoleptically acceptable. Pasteurization of milk inactivates the native lipase and hence has no role to play in the cheese ripening. It is the microbial lipases which play a predominant role in the cheese curing. The concentration of free fatty acids in cheese shoots up to 1-5 g / Kg because of liopolysis. There exists a positive correlation between the content of free volatile fatty acids and the flavour.
One need not bother about the cholesterol content of the cheese as it is rather low varying between 0-100 mg / 100 g depending on the amount of fat present in the cheese. Hence contribution of the cheese towards the cholesterol intake would be very limited to 3-4%. Cholesterol present in the diet plays a limited role to boost the blood cholesterol. The body has its own check to decrease the cholesterol synthesis when ever the dietary cholesterol level exceeds certain limit. The digestibility coefficiency of the fat found in different varieties of cheese varies between 88-94%.
The higher amount of biologically valuable proteins in the cheese adds to its nutritive value. The protein content of different varieties of cheeses generally varies between 20-35%. The protein content varies inversely with the fat content in any type of cheese. A 100 g piece of a soft cheese will meet 30-40% of the daily protein requirement of an adult human being and from 100 g of hard cheese, 40-50% can be met. During the cheese manufacture casein, the major milk protein is incorporated to 95% level in the cheese whereas most of the biologically valuable whey proteins pass into the whey portion. Hence only 75-80% of the total protein is harvested in the cheese. 4-6% of the total protein is formed by whey protein when pasteurized milk is utilized for cheese making.
The biological value of protein obtained from cheese is somewhat less than that of milk since the nutritionally superior whey proteins (containing sulphur containing amino acids) are excluded during cheese making. The PER values for cheddar cheese is 3.7 which is significantly higher than that for casein (2.5). If an index of 100 is given for the essential amino acids present in milk, then the corresponding values for the different cheese varieties varies between 91 and 97.
The biological value of protein is least influenced by the enzymes utilized during the preparation of cheese making (like rennet accompanied by acid production) or employed during ripening. The Maillard reaction does not occur in the cheese making and hence all the lysine available in milk is made available in cheese.
Some of the ripened cheeses show a higher PER values than that of milk from which it is prepared. When ultrafiltration is done to concentrate cheese milk, the whey proteins are incorporated into the cheese milk (in the ordinary process, they are lost in the whey) thereby improving the nutritive value of the cheese. The whey proteins constitute about 15% in such types of cheese. Cheese serves as a storehouse of essential amino acids, having similar proportion of essential amino acids that is present in milk except the methionine and cystine. During the ripening of cheese, part of the water-insoluble casein is converted into water-soluble nitrogenous compounds including the intermediate products of protein hydrolysis and free amino acids.
Digestion of protein is greatly improved during the curing process and hence ripening can be rightly referred to as PREDIGESTION step. A number of cheese varieties show an almost 100% true digestibility. As for as protein digestibility is concerned, it is better in cheese (96-97%) than in milk (92%). Small peptides are capable of passing through the walls of the intestine and it is assumed that they can penetrate through the intact cell membranes so that they are directly available for the cell. The free amino acids particularly, aspartic and glutamic acids are said to promote the secretion of gastric juices. There is no mention of food allergy arising from cheese protein.
The amines that are produced during cheese ripening by decarboxylation of free amino acids will be sometimes physiologically active. The principal amines that are found in cheeses are histamine, tyramine, tryptamine, putrescine, cadaverine, and phenyl alanine. Tyramine and phenyl alanine have hypertensive and histamine has hypotensive effect. However, mono and diamine oxidases convert the biogenic amines into aldehydes and finally into carboxylic acids by oxidative deamination. The threshold of the toxicity levels for these biogenic amines may vary depending on the individuals and healthy persons are capable of metabolizing the amines even when large quantities of cheeses are consumed.
Some persons are prone to migraine attack after consuming cheese. It is assumed that such people suffer from a genetically determined lack of monoamine oxidase. Consumption of large quantities of tyramine (up to 100mg) in these patients will cause migraine.
There is practically no lactose present in cheese and if at all it is present, in very low concentration (1-3g/100g) because most of the lactose present in milk passes into the whey and that retained in the cheese curd is converted into lactic acid during the ripening process. Hence, cheese is considered as a suitable diet for people suffering from lactose malabsorption and diabetes.
Cheese usually contains both isomers L(+) and D(-) of lactic acid. During storage, the L(+) isomer is converted to D(-)isomer, the relative proportion of the type varies depending on the type of starter culture used and some other ripening factors. D(-) lactic acid can be metabolized by the human beings only to a certain extent by the a specific mitochondrial enzyme. However, the findings of the recent research shows that the toxic effect of D(-) lactic acid cannot derived for the adolescent or adult. The world health organization has not given any admissible intake for adults while for infants up to one year of age, it is recommended to provide a diet free from D(-) lactic acid.
100g of soft cheese will supply 30-40% of the daily calcium requirement and 15-20% of the daily phosphorous requirement. 100g of hard cheese will completely meet the daily Ca requirement and half of Phosphorous requirement. The calcium, phosphorous and magnesium in cheese are utilized as well by the body as that of milk. The changes (both physical and chemical) that occur in the cheese during the manufacture and ripening do not affect the bioavailability of calcium.
The ratio of calcium and phosphorous available in the cheese is nutritionally superior and favours absorption by the body. Cheese is one of the foods that is non-carcinogenic. The wide fluctuation in the sodium content of cheese is attributed to the varying level of salt addition during the manufacture. The cheese contributes to only 5% of the total sodium intake. Nevertheless, a restricted sodium intake is often recommended to accommodate the diets of consumers under medical management suffering from hypertension.
Processed cheeses are considered as a major source of trace elements especially aluminium as these varieties contain a higher aluminium level when compared to other types. The selenium content of cheese range between 5 and 12 microgram per 100g of cheese. The nickel content varies between 2 and 34 microgram per 100g. The mercury levels in the cheese are far lower than that is permitted (0.04-0.16 microgram per 100g). Milk proteins does not affect the absorption of iron.
The concentration of fat soluble vitamins in cheese is dependent on the fat content. About 80-85% of the Vitamin A present in milk is passed on to cheese. The water soluble vitamins are transferred to a lesser extent. The milk contains higher concentration of Vitamin B complex so that it almost carried over to Cheese which serves as a good source of the same especially for Vitamin B12 and B2. Some of the mould ripened cheeses contain more of the B vitamins than other types of cheeses.
The concentration of B vitamins continuously undergo change during cheese ripening since they are both used up and synthesized by the cheese microflora. After long storage of ripening, the concentration of B vitamins increases and the types of microflora involved in ripening play a major role in synthesis of a particular vitamin. The individual microorganisms present in the cheese are capable of synthesizing niacin, folic acid, biotin and pantothenic acid. Propionic acid bacteria are responsible for the synthesis of vitamin B12. On the other hand, most of the ascorbic acid degrades during ripening.


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Chicago vs Connecticut Wrap - Chicago Wins 82-70
Chicago earned an 82-70 victory over Connecticut on Sunday, getting 15 points from Epiphanny Prince at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Chicago was an underdog by 9.5 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 152.5.
Chicago got 14 points from Carolyn Swords and another 14 points from Swin Cash. Courtney Vandersloot contributed 11 assists, while Carolyn Swords cleaned the glass with 6 rebounds.
Connecticut got 17 points from Allison Hightower in a losing cause and another 16 points from Kara Lawson. Kara Lawson contributed 6 assists for the Sun, while Tina Charles had 8 rebounds.
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Hi all,
I'm experimenting with drupal to provide the networking element for my new jobboard.
I installed job search and was hoping to give it a try.
So far I have reached the point where I have recruiter user and an employer user and I have set the story content type to be used for job applications.
When I went to test it I found that an employer or recruiter wanting to add a job advert would have to figure out that story means job advert.
This is never going to work. There must be a better way than this.
Maybe I can rename story, or maybe only rename it on the menu or something, but I can;t leave it like this.
Any advice.
If I understand correctly
If I understand correctly visit Administer › Content management › Content types, click on 'edit' for the 'story' type and change the name