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Home defense is definitely not a new topic in the preparedness industry. There are hundreds if not thousands of articles out there about the best firearms to have for home defense, tactical how-to guides on how to respond to a home invasion; there's even several insurance companies out there whose sole business is covering your legal fees if you have to use lethal force on an intruder.
While I do feel that firearms and training should be a huge part of your home defense strategy, it seems like the majority of topics on home defense in the preparedness community focus solely around responding to a home invasion while you're actually in the home. It's been estimated that a little over 85% of all home break-ins every year happen while the occupants are away from the home.
Some scary math about home break-ins
What this means to me is that while having a firearm, the training and the wherewithal to defend your home is great, you're preparing for a localized disaster event that statistically has a much smaller chance of actually happening and virtually ignoring a localized disaster that is extremely common. There are over 2,000,000 reported break-ins every year. The American Housing Survey shows that there are around 125 million homes in the US. That means that every single year, you have on average a 1.6% chance of your home being broke into. Sounds like a small number right? Well to put it perspective, it is statistically more likely that you will have your home broken into than your odds of winning $10 on a dollar scratch-off lottery ticket.
Securing your home when you aren't there is called passive home security. Passive home security can be boiled down to 3 main areas of focus: Windows, Doors and Deterrent Systems. Below we will go over some step by step instructions on what you can do to maximize your passive security measures for each of these key points, effectively making your home as burglar-proof as realistically possible.
95% of all forced entry break-ins occur because of a compromised door. It is the easiest entry point into your home. The majority of break-ins occur simply by an intruder kicking in the door. Here is the list of steps you can take to essentially burglarproof your doors.
- Strike plates – Strike plates are the small metal plates that attach to your door jamb where the bolt from the handle or deadbolt will insert into. Typical residential strike plates require as little as 100 pounds of force to defeat. This is nothing; a swift kick will break down the majority of doors out there. Upgrade your doors strike plates with hardened steel plates and use the longest door jamb screws you can find.
- Flimsy doors – All doors are not made equal. Most cost-efficient outdoor facing doors today are made from wood and may have a sheet of aluminum covering the outside the door. These are junk. You need a steel-covered, hardwood door. Not the light, hollow doors in the clearance isles at Home Depot.
- Low quality handles and bolts – Just like anything, there are high quality door handles and low quality door handles. It is more than worth the investment to get a high-quality, solid steel door handle and bolt set. Not only will the higher quality handles resist strikes from an intruder, but higher quality handles also include higher quality locks. Although the majority of intruders aren't going to take the time to pick your door lock, there are plenty of news reports every year showing that it DOES happen. Investing in quality handles and bolt sets will ensure that you are better protected from not only a picked lock, but from someone trying to destroy the handle to gain entrance into your home.
- Double bolting – It may seem a little overkill to some, but if you want your door to be virtually impenetrable, invest in installing a second, high-quality deadbolt a few feet above the existing one. The reason why this is so effective is that when a door is struck by a large force (IE your intruder's foot) the force is being directed completely on the bolt. If you use one bolt, the force is directed soley to that one spot. If the force is great enough on one spot, it can defeat the bolt and strike plate. If you use multiple bolts, the force is actually spread in multiple locations, with the majority of the force being dissipated by the time it reaches the second bolt. The amount of force it would take to break down a door with just 2 deadbolts is more than most humans are able to produce, without heavy tools. Most hardware stores do sell high quality handle kits that come with multiple handles so that you only need 1 key.
- Storm Doors – Having a secondary storm door is a great way to add another layer of protection to your home. First and foremost, these doors aren't your primary means of security for your main door. That's silly. These doors are lightweight, have cheap glass and even expensive storm doors aren't going to be solid enough to withstand a determined intruder. That being said, they can lock, and the only way to bypass them is to physically rip them off the door frame or break the handle itself. This is going to fairly noisy, and most intruders HATE noise, especially if they know that they're still going to have to face your double-bolted door if they do manage to get past the storm door. Storm doors are also a double whammy as they are a great way to keep wind and cold drafts out of your home, which can be a significant savings in the winter.
- BONUS – While we're talking about doors, why not take a few extra steps to make it even more secure when you ARE in the home? One of the most effective things you could add to your door for home security is a peephole. This will ensure that you NEVER have to open the door to see who is on the other side. You could also install a couple locking steel swivel plates on the inside of the door as well if you ever needed to go into "lockdown" mode. Lastly, if you decide to not invest in a conventional home security and monitoring system, you can install magnetic security sensors on your door that will produce an ear-bleeding alarm if the door is opened when they are armed. Lastly, if you truly want to go into
lock-down mode in your home, buy a door brace. These are 3-4' poles that you tightly jam under the handle and onto the floor. There are models with non-skid feet that work very well or you could even pre-drill a hole in the floor where this brace could be screwed into the floor itself if needed.
Windows are the second most common access point for intruders on your house. Statistically, windows are the most likely entry point for an intruder in warmer months simply because people leave them open and take no precautionary measures to secure them. Here are the steps you can take to essentially burglarproof the windows on your home.
- Glass can break – (shocker right?) Windows by their very definition are vulnerable. They are made of glass, a material that is fairly easy to break. In order to mitigate the risks of someone breaking the glass on your window to gain entry into your home, you have to reinforce the glass. The best product I have found to do this is security film. This is a thin plastic sheeting material that you put over the glass on your window. Just like a car windshield, the film isn't designed to be "unbreakable". There are varieties of security film that will make the glass incredibly difficult to break, but it can still break under significant force. What it does do is hold together the broken glass of the window. So if the window is ever broken, the broken glass will be trapped in the film and will stay in the actual window, still maintaining the integrity of the window and providing some sort of barrier between the intruder and gaining access to the home. There are several kinds of security film out there. For the best results, don't go cheap, find the best security film you can afford, read the reviews from other customers and pay very close attention to the installation instructions or hire an experienced installer.
- Windows really don't need to open all the way – One of the most common ways that an intruder may breach your window is simply by opening it. Sometimes the homeowner will forget to lock or even close the window. Sometimes an intruder will use a thin piece of metal to open the latches from the outside like a Slim Jim on a car. We need a way to ensure security if something like this happens. There is a very simple way to do this. Open your window no more than 6 inches and then use a drill to drill long screws into the window frame right above that 6 inch line. Leave about 1 inch of the screw exposed. The screws will prevent the window from being opened more than 6 inches. This will ensure that whether you accidently leave the window opened, forget to lock it, or even if the lock is bypassed by the intruder, the window will only open 6 inches, not nearly enough to enter through.
- Install a window alarm – Windows are vulnerable, there's no way around it. Even if you're using top grade security film, if the intruder has enough time they may still be able to bypass it. Heck, I don't see why an intruder couldn't use a thick knife to cut away the film and broken window if he REALLY wanted to get in, and if there's no one around to hear the alarm, then it could take a very long time for anyone to respond to it. With that in mind we need to take
some other precautions. A wireless alarm system with window sensors really is your best bet for this. However, those systems are expensive and there is a monthly fee involved as well. If you're going to go the DIY route, use the same type of sensor like we talked about with your door. These sensors are no more than $10 apiece. There are even ones specifically for windows that will raise an extremely loud alarm if any hard impact is detected on the window.
- Make it hell for them to get in – Even with all of these deterrents, an intruder still could physically get into the window if they REALLY wanted to. Maybe no one hears the alarm and they've cut out the security film. Well they still need to physically need to get into the window. What could we do to make it as hard as possible to get into a window? First, make sure there is nothing outside that the intruder can use as a step stool to help him get in. Before the days of modern security features, many methods were used to strengthen the security of windows. Typically, people would plant heavily thorned bushes or plants directly under windows. Some would even dig a trench a foot or 2 deep directly under the window so that the intruder physically wouldn't be able to reach the window to get into it. You could also mount one or more steel bars inside the window so that if the intruder somehow bypasses all of these deterrents, they'll still have to get past the bar. Today there are several companies that make beautiful steel bars that look like ornate decorative pieces that will mount to your windows if you don't want to put prison-like steel bars up.
We're quickly approaching over 2,100 words with this article so we are going to split this one up into a 2-parter. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the conclusion. We will be discussing how to set up effective deterrent systems around your home along with a bunch of tips and tricks that you can use to make your home BURGLARPROOF!
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The revenue earned from distributed solar power sales is expected to hit $112 billion annually by 2018, according to a new report from cleantech market research firm Navigant Research.
"It is a great time for consumers and end users to purchase or lease distributed solar PV systems, as prices continue to fall in the midst of fierce competition and continued consolidation," says Dexter Gauntlett, research analyst with Navigant Research. "Paradoxically, the impending slowdown in government-funded initiatives will actually benefit the market, as governments retool their FITs to place greater emphasis on onsite generation, opening the door to new business models and creating opportunities for the entire distributed solar value chain."


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The bill Daniels vetoed Friday would have directed only about 10% of forfeiture money to the common school fund. The remaining funds went to law enforcement and prosecutors offices, helping offset expenses in collecting the money. The governor vetoed the bill because he believes it would violate the Indiana Constitution. Daniels cited a constitutional provision that proceeds from "all forfeitures" should go to the common school fund. He adds a recent Indiana Supreme Court decision emphasized that point.
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Crime news from Crime in America.Net
We created a post a little more than a month ago stating that budget cuts were "hampering" the criminal justice system; now we observe that they are dramatically changing the ability of the system to do its job as we currently know it.
We could post approximately 20 articles from this week alone documenting the layoff or potential layoffs of police officers, parole and probation agents and correctional officers. We chose to cite two examples of recent coverage and include our original post.
What this is doing is forcing the system to rethink the way it conducts business and that process of restructuring "could" provide some innovation and efforts unthinkable just a year ago.
Criminal justice administrators are asking themselves whether or not we "really" need to house the current number of inmates or do we "really" need to supervise everyone sentenced to probation or whether we "really" need police officers to show up to your house to document unsolvable crimes (you would simply call the information in to a clerk).
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Example One: The Illinois State Police will lay off more than 460 troopers
The Illinois State Police will lay off more than 460 troopers and close five regional headquarters by this fall, acting State Police director Jonathon Monken said Tuesday.
With expected retirements, the layoffs will reduce the number of sworn state troopers by about 600, or 30 percent, Monken said. The force currently has a little over 2,000 troopers.
"There will be significant consequences to public safety," Monken warned.
"We expect an increase in traffic fatalities, increased exposure to terrorist threats in Illinois, an increase in gun and drug trafficking, in addition to the loss of an estimated $12 million in citation revenue for counties across the state," he said.
The cuts are being made necessary by the state's budget crisis, Monken told a Senate appropriations committee.
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The California budget crisis has forced the state to address a problem that expert panels and judges have wrangled over for decades: how to reduce prison overcrowding.
The goal is to reduce the number of inmates in the state's 33 prisons next year by 6,500 — more than the entire state prison population in 2009 of Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah or West Virginia. In all, there are 167,000 prisoners in California.
The state has begun in recent weeks the most significant changes since the 1970s to reduce overcrowding — and chip away at an astonishing 70 percent recidivism rate, the highest in the country — as the prison population becomes a major drag on the state's crippled finances.
Many in the state still advocate a tough approach, with long sentences served in full, and some early problems with released inmates have given critics reason to complain. But fiscal reality, coupled with a court-ordered reduction in the prison population, is pouring cold water on old solutions like building more prisons.
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Hello all,
I'm excited to announce that I am now on Voices.com! If you would like to check out my site there, please check out the following link!
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Hello all,
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Have a great middle of the week!
Wooo hoo! So after a very easy setup and a weeks worth of tweaking we think we've got the new setup at Red Angel Studios operating at tip top performance!
Check out the difference between VO recordings on the same microphone from our last system (tascam fw-1800) and our new system (ssl x-logic x-rack w/ apogee symphony i/o) ! Would love to hear feedback!
Hi all,
Recently I got the chance to shoot-out three great microphones. My friend, Chris at dmt pro, brought by a Royer mic for a loaner for a week and I figured it would be a great opportunity to test against our other go to mics! We ran them through our tascam FW-1800 desk. THough I would love to do the shoot out again when our ssl xrack mic pres get here – and also the apogee symphony … but since we only had the new toy for a week, I figured better try it out!
So to go over the mics again:
The Royer – a ribbon based microphone. Which I found to be very interesting. I found it to add a smoothness to the voice over that might sound very nice for book reading or other narrations.
The MK4 – which has been a go to mic for me for VO and lip synch dubbing, because of it's overall good for everything sound.
The Rhode NTK – a nice mic, that I use as a go to mic for VO – when I need a rich – in your face sound / like television commercials. I really like this mic on male vocals.
Anyhow — here are the wavs and you can hear them for yourself. 🙂 Feel free to comment and I hope you find these useful.
Here it is as promised,
The shootout between two microphones in a similar price range: the Sennheiser MK4 and the AKG 3000B. Both these mics are large cardiod condenser's and are quite good for the project or home studio and will service a VO Talent quite nicely. In this narration test, I ran both microphones through a Great River MicPre and recorded the text simultaneously.
I hope this helps out if you find yourself in the market for a new microphone. As always, though, try a mic before you buy. 🙂
The AKG 3000B:[audio:http://russellwait.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/AKG3000B.mp3|titles=AKG3000B]
The Sennheiser MK4:[audio:http://russellwait.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/MK4_test2.mp3|titles=MK4_test2]
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JANUARY 2016: It was just over a year ago when I FINALLY found out what is 'wrong' with me after 10 long gruelling years of searching for answers and living amongst the unknown. Thanks to Breakspear Medical Hospital I've now eventually been given reasonable and justifiable explanations for the deterioration in my health over the last decade so that at last I could understand the wide range of my weird, debilitating and not so wonderful symptoms. Since then I have been receiving treatment for many of my ailments, which mostly revolve around my most prominent diagnosis – Chronic Lyme Disease. I've seen a huge improvement in my health over the last year which some would say is close to a miracle considering the state I was in the day I arrived at Breakspear so I would like to share some of the treatments that helped me get to where I am today with the hope that someone out there may benefit from this shared information…
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FEBRUARY 2016: Once my test results were all in, I had a follow-up consultation with my delightful doctor at Breakspear, Dr Monro, to discuss all of my investigative results as well as treatment options based on these results. You have to have a follow up consultation once all of your test results are back to discuss the results before you can have any treatment. Breakspear is a three hour drive from my house which results in me becoming much sicker due to the travelling so I had the consultation on the phone; you can't have the initial consultation over the phone but you can have the follow-up and any other future consultations by phone. I do prefer to have the consultation face to face though because I feel you can get a better understanding of what the doctor is trying to say face to face compared to over the phone so now I'm a bit better than I was I try and go for the consultations at Breakspear and incorporate treatment whilst I'm there if I can. ANYWAY here is the letter Dr Monro wrote to my GP after my follow-up consultation about my test results and recommended treatment: You don't have to have letters sent to your GP after each consultation but I wanted to because after 10 years of being messed around by them I knew this letter was going to be a massive F*** Y** to all of the doctors who told me there is nothing wrong with me over the years simply because their basic tests couldn't find anything. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall and seen their faces when they read this letter and found out all the things that are actually going wrong in my body!
If you have read my previous blog posts then you will already know that I was prescribed the broad spectrum anti-viral drug Acyclovir on the day of my initial consultation, prior to getting any of my test results back because Dr Monro diagnosed me with active glandular fever/epstein-barr-virus (EBV) just by looking at me (my face and glands/lymph nodes were swollen and abnormal in size – I had developed lymphadenopathy)! I took 400mg of oral acyclovir every day for two weeks then one morning when I woke, I rang my mum crying (this was our method of communication because I was still bedridden and unable to leave my bedroom). She asked, 'What is it?' She was used to me crying every day for some reason or another but this time I was crying happy tears not sad tears as I mumbled, 'I don't think I'm dying anymore. I'm not dying anymore. I can feel it.' People ask me how I knew? And all I can say is when you know you know. It's as simple as that. This overwhelming out of body feeling of this being 'the end' had disappeared over night. A few weeks later and continuous improvement meant that I was able to stand for a few seconds and walk a few steps within my bed room! This drug was a miracle sent from the heavens above surely?! I really believe that drug saved my life!
So the question is, how is it possible that I have had active EBV for all these years? Well it all goes back to Lyme disease – Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. This bacteria has the ability to suppress your immune system, which is exactly what happened to me. A suppressed immune system means that the body is unable to fight off infections like a healthy person does so when healthy people get EBV their immune systems usually fights it off and the virus becomes dormant and no longer active in the body. HOWEVER, if your immune system is weakened and you catch EBV then your body can't fight it off so it remains active in your system causing all sorts of debilitating symptoms such as:
- fatigue / extreme tiredness
- fever
- lack of appetite
- sore throat
- swollen glands in the neck
- weakness and sore muscles
- headache
In other cases of immune suppression, a person could have already had EBV, fought it off when they were healthy and then when they get Lyme disease it becomes reactivated due to the immune compromised state. Many people with Lyme disease have active viruses due to immune suppression. Due to the wondrous effects acyclovir originally had on me, I believe it was EBV that caused me to be become bedridden – Dr Monro believes that virus' and my suppressed immune system are my main issues when it comes to Lyme because of the severity of my EBV symptoms – they are one of my worst group of symptoms. Acyclovir will not cure EBV but it can lesson the symptoms of infection by slowing the growth and spread of the virus around my body. It's a year down the line and I still take acyclovir each day but it doesn't have the magnificent effects it once had, I think I may be becoming tolerant to it or resistant to it because my viral symptoms are worsening by the day. However, if I accidentally forget to take it for a day my viral symptoms flare up times a hundred so I know it is still doing something right in my body! I hope one day that my immune system will be strong enough to fight off EBV so it becomes dormant in my body and in turn will no longer cause my chronic EBV symptoms .
Once all of my test results were in, I began to gradually introduce a few different supplements:
- Vitamin B2 also known as riboflavin, 1 x 50mg capsule per day by the brand BioCare because my Organic Acids Test showed a B2 deficiency which can cause weakness, throat swelling/soreness, a swollen tongue, cracks and sores at the corner of the mouth, fatigue, eye fatigue, digestive problems, sensitivity to light and dermatitits. All B vitamins help the body convert food (carbohydrates) into fuel (glucose), which is used to produce energy. B2 is one of 8 essential B vitamins and is used for maintaining healthy blood cells, facilitating a healthy metabolism which in turn helps to boost energy levels and helps protect cells from from cell damage by free radicals as its an important antioxidant. After a year on B2 I no longer take it because my nutritionist believes I am no longer deficient due to a reduction in my symptoms.
- Coenzyme Q10/COQ10 1 x 500mg capsule once per day by the brand Pure because my Organic Acids Test showed high methylsuccinic acid which indicates a problem with fatty acid metabolism. CoQ10 is used to assist this mechanism because cells use it to generate energy. It is an antioxidant that occurs naturally in the body so it can also help protect the brain and nervous system from degradation, however synthesis of CoQ10 is inhibited by environmental toxins and chronic disease so I am still taking CoQ10.
- Butyric Acid Complex 1 capsule per day by the brand BioCare. This was because my Comprehensive Stool Analysis with Parasitology X 3 showed low butyrate percentage on short chain fatty acids evaluation and low total short chain fatty acids on short chain fatty acids evaluation. Butyric acid is a fatty acid formed in the colon by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates (including dietary fibre) so the Butyric Acid was provided to feed the colonic flora and provide an energy source for the cells of the colon. I no longer take butyric acid because my nutritionist believes after a year my body no longer needs additional help with this supplement.
My Candidiasis Report found raised IgG, IgA and IgM antibodies to candida albicans and the Comprehensive Stool Analysis with Parasitology X3 found candida albicans isolated on yeast cultures and a few yeast isolated on microscopy (none-rare yeast was expected). Candida albicans is an opportunist fungus that grows as yeast and is one of the few yeast species that can cause the infection candidiasis in humans. This yeast is normally found in small amounts in the intestinal tract, colon and mouth so it's a type of yeast that's a normal healthy part of the microbes that live in the human body. Whilst it normally doesn't propose a health problem; in people with chronic Lyme disease, conditions are created that allow the candida to thrive and become overgrown, which is what has happened to me. Candida infections can become overgrown and get out of control when the immune system is compromised and is no longer able to keep the bacteria 'in check', therefore, many people with Lyme disease have problems with candida. Here are some of the symptoms that it causes:
- Impaired brain/cognitive function/brain fog
- Fatigue
- Joint pain
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Sweating and fever
- Sinus infection
- Skin breakouts
- Digestive issues such as bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, gas, nausea, acid reflux, stomach cramps, indigestion
- Fungal infections e.g. athlete's foot or toenail fungus or thrush
- Suffering from chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia
- Food allergies or sensitivities
- Severe sugar cravings
Part of the Comprehensive Stool Analysis with Parasitology X3 test included a yeast susceptibilities test to candida albicans – the results showed that I am highly sensitive to the anti-fungal medication nystatin so Dr Monro prescribed me this to treat the overgrowth of this yeast/candida infection. This medication comes as powder form and is by far the most disgusting thing that I have ever tasted! After a year of taking it, I still cannot bare the taste! Initially I began by taking a small pinprick of nystatin on the tongue 3 times a day until I eventually worked up to 1/4 tsp of nystatin dissolved in water 3 times per day. Due to taking this treatment for the last year, my candida symptoms have reduced somewhat but they are still extremely severe so I know that this remains a serious issue for me and I will continue to take nystatin for the foreseeable future hoping for further improvement!
The test that I had for Lyme disease did not just test for the Lyme disease bacteria but it also tested for 'co-infections'. According to the Lyme Disease Association of Australia, over 95% of people with Lyme disease are co-infected with other bacteria or parasites as well as the Lyme bacteria. This is because whatever bites the person is not just carrying the Lyme bacteria but is also carrying a whole host of other infections which are also transmitted to the human. My Lyme disease test found that as well as Lyme, I also have the co-infection known as Babesiosis – a rare, severe and sometimes fatal tick-borne disease caused by a malaria-like parasite, Babesia, this parasite infects and destroys red blood cells. It is a malaria like species and causes these symptoms:
- Flu-like symptoms
- High fevers
- Chills
- Drenching night sweats
- Headaches
- Body aches
- Nausea
- Loss of appetite
- Fatigue
- Chest pain
- Hip pain
- Shortness of breath (air hunger)
- Vomiting
- Depression
- Haemolytic anemia (from the destruction of red blood cells)
Here is an amazing blog post by Suzy Cohen about Babesiosis, which I read back in 2015 when I first suspected I had Lyme disease. To treat the babesiosis infection, Breakspear put me on the drug Artesunate, it's the same drug used to treat severe malaria so it is an incredibly powerful drug and when I began taking it, I experienced a Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction for the first time, which is informally known as a herx or herxing. I'm not really sure how to explain what a herx is but my friend Rhosyn who also has Lyme disease and is a patient at Breakspear has wrote a blog post about it which you can read here. She summarises it as, 'It occurs when large numbers of harmful micro-organisms die off at the same time, thereby releasing their toxins all at once, faster than the body can get rid of them, and so causing severe inflammation. It doesn't just occur in the treatment of Lyme, but in other illnesses too.' Thanks Rhosyn! So this drug put me through a hellish experience where all of my current symptoms worsened for about a week as well as creating new bizarre symptoms, I'm not sure what it was doing to me but it was as if I was drunk for the entire week! My carers at the time were very concerned with what was happening when they were coming in each day to make my meals because it was literally as if I had been drinking loads of alcohol but obviously I hadn't been! Anyway now I know that herxing is a good sign because it means the drugs are working and they are killing off the infections YAY!!! Back then my malaria symptoms were some of my worst symptoms and artesunate helped improve them massively 🙂 🙂 🙂 Unfortunately after a year of being on artesunate I think I may be becoming tolerant to it or resisting it because it doesn't have the same effects it once had and my malaria symptoms have begun to worsen again but if I accidentally forget to take it for a day the symptoms triple in severity so I know that is it still doing something to the Babesiosis!
APRIL 2016: It had been two and a half months since my initial consultation and I was safely on all the priority programme of treatment I've spoken about above so the question myself and my family had for Dr Monro was simply what's next? During the initial consultation there was much more treatment that was talked about that I was yet to begin so we booked a consultation with Dr Monro to find out about the next step in treatment. Here is the letter that Dr Monro wrote to my GP discussing the consultation:
So the next step was to gradually introduce treatment for Lyme disease, using a modified version of the herbal Buhner Protocol, which consists of:
- Eleuthero/Siberian Ginseng by the brand NOW – 1 x 500mg capsule per day – it's a species of small, woody shrub native to Northeastern Asia and help's boost the immune system, energy levels, relieves stress and increases cognitive function/mental clarity.
- Cats Claw by the brand PURE – 2 x 450mg capsule 3 times per day – it's a woody vine found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America and supports joint, immune, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal function.
- Andrographis Extract by the brand NOW – 1 x 400mg capsule twice per day – it's a herbaceous plant native to India and Sri Lanka that supports immune function.
- Resveratrol by the brand Source Naturals – 2 x 200mg capsules 3 times per day – it's a part of a group of compounds called polyphenols produced by plants in response injury when the plant is under attack by pathogens such as bacteria or fungi so it's thought to act like a natural antioxidant, protecting the body against damage and is used to support the heart and for healthy ageing.
- Coriolus/Turkey Tail by the brand MRL – 2 x 1500mg twice per day – it's a common cultivated mushroom biomass found throughout the world and can help rebuild and strengthen the body after the damage done by chronic disease because it's components can boost immune function.
*I still take each of these every day.
Here are some of the symptoms of Lyme Disease:
Based on my initial test results from the Monro Fatigue Panel with Acumen labs and the Toxic Organic Chemical Profile, treatments for Cell Repair, Detoxification, Antioxidants & Mitochondria Resuscitation Support were recommended to me:
- Buffered Ascorbic Acid (pure vitamin c) by the brand PURE – 1 capsule twice per day
- Liver G.I. Detox by the brand PURE – 1 capsule twice per day
- Nutrient 950E by the brand PURE – 2 capsules twice per day
- Acetyl-L-Carnitine by the brand NOW – 1/4 tsp once per day
- Flax/Borage Oil by the brand PURE – 1 capsule once per day
- Magnesium Glycerinate by the brand PURE – 1 x 120mg capsule once per day
- Reduced L-Glutathione Topical Lotion by the brand Kirkman – 1 cap rub into forearms once per day
- Sunflower Lecithin Powder by the brand NOW – 1tbsp mixed in smoothie once per day
- Pure Organic Cold Pressed Walnut Oil – 1 tbsp per day
- Magnesium Epsom Salts – Dr Monro did I study with the university of Birmingham which found the optimal dosage is 400-500g in a full bath 3 times per week
* I still take each of these every day.
During my consultation, Dr Monro suggested that the worsening of my allergic type symptoms could be caused by Mast Cell Activation Disorder/Syndrome which is also known as Mast Cell Disease. This is an immunological condition where 'mast cells inappropriately and excessively release chemical mediators, resulting in a range of chronic symptoms. The more research I do the more I am learning about the connection with Lyme and MCAD/MCAS – I don't understand why it is so yet but it appears that because Lyme causes inflammation within the body, it is this inflammation that trigger's MCAD/MCAS as a secondary condition to the Lyme – it is now being looked into as an autoimmune condition – it's already known that Lyme can cause a whole range of autoimmune conditions so this makes sense to me because I definitely didn't have MCAD/MCAS before I got sick with Lyme! I was given NeuroProtek (by the brand Algonot – 1 capsule twice per day) which shuts down allergic response receptors so this really helped stabilise my allergic reactions and reduce my allergy symptoms! I was given MCT Oil by the brand Nutricia which I apply directly to eczema caused by allergic reactions as and when I need to – this is the only lotion that I have found has helped my eczema so I would definitely recommend 🙂 I was also given Tri-Salts, by the brand Bio Tech which are salts that contain calcium, sodium and potassium which I mix with water and take when I'm having allergic reactions. I find this really helps calm the immune system and the nervous system because it buffers allergic reactions and helps reduce inflammation. *I still use each of these products. I've also previously wrote about another form of treatment I have for my food/chemical sensitivities and allergies – Low Dose Allergy Immunotherapy which you can read about this in my previous blog post here.
JULY 2016: Due to my raised iron levels in my initial Haematology and Biochemistry Profile tests, Dr Monro wanted to exclude Haemochromatosis as a cause for this. Haemochromatosis is an inherited genetic condition where there is a metabolic disorder causing the body to absorb too much iron from food and deposit it in the vital organs, which can be very dangerous because too much iron can damage the liver and the heart and can cause conditions such as diabetes and arthritis. In haemochromatosis the iron levels in the body slowly build up over many years and this build up of iron, known as iron-overload can cause unpleasant symptoms, such as fatigue, weakness, joint pain and abdominal pain which are some of my worst symptoms! As you can see from the test results below, I do have haemochromatosis and I will have to have blood removed whenever my iron levels are too high. Since I found out about this, I've had to remove all iron out of my supplements so I now take a different form of Nutrient 950E – without copper, iron and iodine.
DETOXIFICATION is a metabolic process that occurs within the human body that transforms and eliminates toxic substances from the body – it is an essential process for it the body to be able to function properly. Due to the amount of toxic poisoning in my body found in my initial test results – chemical poisoning found in the Toxic Compounds Test, toxins attached to my DNA in the DNA Adducts test and toxins blocking my mitochondria in the Translator Proteins Test, which means the mitochondria in my cells cannot make energy properly – Dr Monro thought that I may have a problem with detoxification so I had a test called DNA Detoxi Genomic Profile to find out how my genes that are involved in detoxification are working. This test also identifies the risk for chemical sensitivities, oxidative stress and the ability to handle various medications. The results below are quite complicated so I'll try and summarise them for you – many of my genes involved in the detoxification process are 'mutated' or 'faulty' which means they do not work properly, therefore, my body cannot detoxify toxins in the same way that a healthy person can. I write more about how this effects me and the treatment options for it further down in this post.
Many patients with Lyme disease have problems with genetic mutations and detoxification and now I'm on a quest to find out why this is the case! You are probably wondering why I want to know EVERYTHING possible there is to know about Lyme disease and the reason for this is because after 10 years of no doctor on the NHS being able to tell me what is wrong with me and therefore being unable to treat me, I took it upon myself to become my own doctor and figure it out myself. I'm the one who figured out I have Lyme disease so in my mind I'm the one who is now going to figure out how to 'get better' – obviously Breakspear are treating me but in my opinion they can only guide me because I know my own body better than anyone else. The is the same situation for most people with Lyme disease, we are all true medical detectives! So back to detoxification… when the Lyme bacteria die off they release toxins which flood the body so quite often people with Lyme disease have high toxic loads in their body just from having the bacteria existing within them. One of the top Lyme disease specialists in the world, Dr Horowitz has published a magnificent book, 'Why Can't I Get Better? Solving The Mystery Of Chronic Lyme Disease' where he writes about detoxification associated with Lyme disease …
'All of us are continuously exposed to internal and externally produced toxins, but not everyone feels their effects. Some patients, whether due to their genetics, their total load of toxins, or their inability to properly detoxify, become ill when the load of toxic substances reaches a certain level. How does it manifest clinically? Every symptom that we find in Lyme disease and co-infections can be mimicked by heavy metals, and those that suffer from these symptoms may also be experiencing chemical sensitivity and/or environmental illness. These are patients who are particularly sensitive to toxins from the environment. These patients may suffer from:
- Fatigue
- Fibromyalgia symptoms
- Joint pain
- Paraesthesia
- Cognitive dysfunction
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Loss of balance and/or incoordination
- Varied abdominal complaints
- Urinary symptoms
- Auditory symptoms
- Changes in weight
- Neurological symptoms (head pressure)
- Increased susceptibility to infection
- Cardiac symptoms (palpitations, chest pain)
All of these symptoms can be caused by or exacerbated by environmental toxins.'
Dr Horowitz says, 'Environmental toxins create large amounts of free radicals and reactive oxygen species. This results in oxidative stress, causing increased cytokine production and inflammation. It is therefore essential to have adequate amounts of antioxidants to decrease free radical damage to our various organs. Certain nutrients and antioxidants can modify detoxification reactions and promote enzymes that make glutathione. Glutathione is one of the most important antioxidant systems that we have in the body. Using oral, transdermal and IV glutathione can also be used as a treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms to decrease the production of cytokines and reduce inflammation in the body. Glutathione may remove some other chemicals and toxins that affect mood and brain function. Detoxification problems can be responsible for fatigue and neurocognitive difficulties so glutathione can help these symptoms.'
My DNA Genomic test results found that I don't have the gene in my liver or kidney that produces the most powerful naturally occurring antioxidant, glutathione, which is essential for detoxification so this explains why I have such problems with detoxification. Before these test results came in I had already been taking glutathione transdermally (where it's absorbed through the skin) which I mentioned earlier on in this blog post along with my other detoxification supplements. After a consultation with Dr Monro (you can read about in the letter above) to discuss my genetic test results she suggested that I begin to take glutathione intravenously as well as transdermally. This was my first IV infusion drip that I tried at Breakspear, which was extremely exciting because until this point in time I hadn't been 'strong enough' to do any IVs because my body was in such a fragile state if anything entered my body intravenously it would have a huge freakout/meltdown because it was too weak to tolerate the strength of IV infusions. I am SO happy to say that my body tolerated this drip very well! YAY!!! This was a sure sign of the progress I had made in the last six months that I had been attending Breakspear. I began with the smallest dose drip which is 100ml Glutathione 600mg + Selenium and then moved up to 100ml Glutathione 1200mg + Selenium and finally the full dose 100ml Glutathione 2400mg + Selenium, which I tolerated okay but the second time around I had the full dose I had a really bad reaction and had to stop so I've since then moved back down to the medium dose. I think it really depends on how 'well' and 'strong' I'm feeling when we decide on what dose I will be able to tolerate on the day. With this drip I notice an improvement of my symptoms almost immediately! My energy levels increase and I generally feel less sick so I try and have this drip each time I go to Breakspear. I really wish I could have it every day because I feel that it would improve my quality of life so so much! But Breakspear is so far away from my house 🙁 I've recently asked if I can begin taking glutathione orally as well as transdermally and intravenously to see if I notice any benefits. I've been given essential GSH by the brand Essential Nutraceuticals which I take 1tsp per day – it tastes even worse than nystatin though 🙁 I've seen many patients at Breakspear who have problems with detoxification benefit from glutathione drip infusions but I've also seen patients who have seen no benefit from it so everyone really is very different!
So how does this treatment work? To summarise: it raises the bodies core body temperature which helps kill bacteria and viruses. Heating the bodies tissues to this level causes them to vibrate which mobilises the toxins trapped in the cells. This causes the toxins to be released and sweated out through the skin. You can read more about it on Breakspear's website here.
When I first went to Breakspear back in January 2016 one of my priority treatments was to use the Iratherm infrared sauna to detox the chemical poisoning out of my body but the Iratherm is up a flight of stairs so even though this was a priority treatment of mine I wasn't actually able to do the treatment! One of the few things I would say Breakspear could improve upon is by getting a lift so people who can't walk up the stairs can still use the Iratherm sauna 🙂 However after 6 months of treatment I was able to have I managed to walk up the stairs for the first time in July 2016 and boy did that feel good. When I was first wheeled into Breakspear I couldn't even have imagined being able to walk again let alone walk up a flight of stairs although there was a chair to rest on half way up and two people holding me either side! I still did it though!
Inside the Iratherm sauna there are three infrared lights, one on the head, one on the body and one on the feet. For my first time the lights were kept at the lowest setting because my body was still in such a fragile state even after six months of treatment that I had to take this treatment as easy as possible, despite this after my first experience on the Iratherm I actually ended up in A&E because my body could not cope with the treatment. I would say that my worst symptom aside from energy problems and muscle weakness is intra-cranial head pressure where it feels like my brain is too big for my skull, it feels swollen and bruised, it feels like someone is constantly smashing me around the head with a baseball bat, it feels like my skull is crushing my brain and all I want someone to do is smash my skull open and release the fluid or drill a whole into my skull and release the pressure. The Iratherm made my head so much worse that I ended up in A&E begging them for a morphine drip to relieve the pain. SO the second time around Breakspear turned the light down on the head to 50% but again for days after my intra-cranial head pressure was still 100 times worse. I managed to push myself to do a couple more Iratherms thinking about all the good the detoxification was supposedly doing but eventually I gave up because I could not bare my head getting any worse than it already was. After a few months break, I recently decided to give the Iratherm another go because I know detoxification is an essential part of my recovery but because my head is still unbearable I requested for the light to be turned off at the head completely and my god made did that make a difference! I also used an oxygen tank whilst I was on the Iratherm this time around which was one of the most incredible feelings of had in years! It was the first time I felt like I could breath properly in about three years. I had forgotten what it feels like to be able to breath properly and that oxygen tank allowed me some momentary relief, oh I wish more than anything that I could breath like the every day. Even though it's still extremely taxing on my body, due to the combination of turning the head light off and using the oxygen machine, in some ways I actually came out of that Iratherm feeling better than when I went in! I've finally found the way to work the Iratherm so it suits me 🙂 Over time patients generally increase the intensity of the heat/light but I still keep it on the lowest level on my body and feet, which shows once again how different everyone's bodies are when it comes to Lyme disease and how we all need different things to improve our health.
NAC is a pre-cursor of glutathione which means it helps the body make it's own glutathione. As you know my body doesn't make it's own glutathione effectively so Dr Monro recommended that I try NAC to help trigger the production of glutathione. There was another reason I was given this based on my DNA Genomic test results but I can't actually remember why! I tried the lowest dose IV infusion drip of NAC, which was Acetylcystein 2g in 500ml but I had a horrific allergic reaction so I had to stop this. I was then given NAC as a supplement capsule (take 1 600mg capsule by the brand SOLGAR once per day) but I also had a bad allergic reaction to this so I had to stop this. I've recently added NAC to my latest Low Dose Allergy Immunotherapy vaccine so after I've taken this vaccine for a couple of weeks, I will try the NAC supplement again and hopefully I will now be able to tolerate it.
I can't remember the specific reason Dr Monro suggested I try a thioctacid drip (brain fog!!!!) but it was based on my DNA Genomic test results. From reading about it – it's an important antioxidant so it helps prevent oxidative stress and damage to cells. It also seems to be used to help reverse neuropathy (nerve damage) which I'm in desperate need of! I tried an IV drip infusion of 250ml 600mg/24ml but unfortunately I had a bad allergic reaction to this drip so I had to stop it. I hope to add it to the next Low Dose Allergy Immunotherapy vaccine I make so that in the future I will be able to tolerate this treatment as well.
Based on the results of my DNA Genomic test results, I was given Homocysteine Factors by the brand PURE to take 1 capsule per day and Indole-3-Carbinol by the brand PURE to take 1 capsule per day. Both of these supplements will help to support my genetic mutations 🙂
So by now you are probably wondering how do I incorporate all of these treatments together and know when to take what?! It is a minefield to say the least and uses up so much of my energy each day just to take all of this medication! Usually after I have a consultation with Dr Monro, I also have a consultation with one of the nutritionists at Breakspear, I see Ron whom I love and basically want to be when I grow up (yes sometimes I still feel like a child because I cannot work/live independently/do all of the things adults do). Ron tailors and tweaks all of Dr Monro's suggestions even further to my specific test results and puts all of my treatments together in one great big plan/chart (see below). As you can probably tell by now, I am extremely sensitive to new medications/supplements/treatments so over the last year whenever I have been give new things to introduce, I have introduced one new item per week. I begin at the lowest dose and after a few days if I have no side effects I gradually work my way up to the full dose then once I'm safely on that only then do I introduce something new. I'm currently taking everything in the treatment plan below plus a few other things which I will talk about in my next blog post (yes there's more to come)! *Eleuthero was accidentally taken off this treatment plan but I'm still taking it. The Ther-Biotics on this plan I don't actually take – Ron recommend them to me but Dr Monro doesn't want me to take them because I have too many active infections in my gut and she believes that my immune system isn't strong enough to handle anymore bacteria in my body even if it is 'good bacteria' which is the case for probiotics.
My brain hurts so much after writing all of that!!! Oh my goodness I can't believe I actually managed to write all of that. Feeling quite proud of myself because I have severe cognitive dysfunction which means I have difficulty in thinking, concentrating, reading, writing, etc basically anything that involves using the brain! I just want to say this is my personal experience with treatment for Lyme disease so I'm not telling anybody to go and do these treatments! I'm just sharing my knowledge of what has and has not helped me with the hope that in someway this could help someone else somewhere in the world. What I have learnt from living with Lyme disease for the last year knowing that I have Lyme disease is that everyone with Lyme is completely different because it all depends where about's in the body the bacteria infects therefore everyone needs different treatments to have some sort of recovery from Lyme disease – this often involves trying many different treatments until we find out what works best for us individually.
*If you have any questions or if there is anything I can help you with then please comment below or contact me whichever way is best for you 🙂
**I have just created a Facebook page for my blog which I will update regularly so here it is – https://www.facebook.com/myblondevoyage/ . I also post regularly about my treatment on Instagram – @myblondevoyage and Twitter @myblondevoyage. I use Snapchat @emma_louise999 for things that aren't health related because I'm more than my illness!


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Amanda Bynes: Police at Her Home, Jenny McCarthy and Publicist Tweet She Needs Help
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Did police show up at Amanda Bynes' New York City home last night?
According to tweets from Jenny McCarthy, cops were called to Amanda's place.
Jenny tweeted: "Police are at @AmandaBynes house. I hope they get her help. Enough of this circus. She needs help."
How did she know?
Jenny included her proof--tweets from her publicist, Jonathan Jaxson, who is reportedly Amanda's former publicist.
While he did delete some of his tweets, he wrote: "I just spoke to @AmandaBynes and she is soooo messed up on drugs and please @NY_POLICE find her and help her! I don't know her address!"
He also wrote: "She ( @amandabynes ) was clearly suicidal & I pray she will get help! God will lift her up & I hope the media will STOP praising her antics!"
Jonathan tweeted about his decision to get Amanda help, writing: "If trying to help someone you feel is in trouble is a crime, then there is a problem. A cry for help is just that! I did what I KNEW to do!"
Later he explained, "I personally decided to delete certain tweets because the last thing I want anyone to think is tonight was about me. It was about another!"
This all went down shortly after Amanda tweeted new pics of herself topless.
We'll keep you posted as more develops...
UPDATE: As you would expect, Amanda took to Twitter this morning to respond to Jenny, tweeting: "@JennyMcCarthy you're ugly! Police weren't at my house old lady! Shut the f**k up!"
She added: "@jennymccarthy I need help? What are u talking about? Aren't u 50 years old? I'm 27, u look 80 compared to me! Why are you talking about me?"
Jenny responded: "@AmandaBynes sorry girl. Looking out for ya."
UPDATE 2: Amanda retweeted Jenny's response and had a change of heart about dissing McCarthy, tweeting: "@JennyMcCarthy thanks! I'm sorry I offended you! You're beautiful! I was lying! I'll delete our tweets!"


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The media doth protest too much: "What's disturbing about some of these [tea party] protests and some of the people at these protests is this edge of anger at the government. There is ... a real hostility that is not just politics as usual among some of these people." --CNN's Jeffrey Toobin ++ "[T]his is a party for Obama bashers. I have to say that this is not entirely representative of everybody in America.... I think you get the general tenor of this. It's anti-government, anti-CNN, since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network, Fox." --CNN's Susan Roesgen ++ "Are these protesters really out of step with the majority of Americans? We just saw ... that 62 percent of the people here approve of the president's handling of the economy, and that Americans rate taxes, incredibly at, the very bottom of the most important economic issues right now." --CNN's Christiane Amanpour ++ "You have to remember that at almost any given time any cockamamie proposition in America will have at least 25 percent of those polled supporting it. It was a good stunt. ... We pay relatively small taxes. ...[W]hat you ostensibly get for it is a civilized kind of social compact where you don't have massive civil eruptions. That is what taxes are for." --NPR's Nina Totenberg on the tea parties
This week's "Leftmedia Buster" Award: "A lot of news outlets mocked these protesters.... But, if a media outlet wants to expose its bias, they can mock tea parties, if they like. ... I'm not going to mention names of people on networks that made sexual jokes, childish sexual jokes, about tens of thousands of Americans who went out and wanted to get involved in their government. I mean, it was really middle school jokes being made. I didn't hear those jokes being made when people on the left protested over the past eight years." --MSNBC's Joe Scarborough
Repeating the BIG Lie: "On the violence issue, 6,500 people were killed in drug violence in 2008 alone. Ninety-five percent of the guns used were out of the United States. What is the U.S. going to do to stop the guns from getting there?" --ABC's Diane Sawyer to DHS secretary Janet Napolitano, who replied that she wouldn't "quibble about numbers" since "that's not the point."
Newspulper Headlines:
Couldn't They Find One That Was Still Afloat?: "Coast Guard Opens Hearing on Sunk Fishing Boat" --Associated Press
Look Out Below!: "Workers Falling Through the Jobs Net" --Detroit News
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Thieving Dwarves Cause Supernovae" --BBC Web site
Bottom Stories of the Day: "Small Cars Get Poor Marks in Collision Tests" --Associated Press
(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)
Speak for yourself: "Why are they out there whining with this Tea Party thing? Just a bunch of wimpy, whiney, weasels who don't love their country..." --CNN contributing Clintonista Paul Begala
Too many knocks upside the head: "I don't know whether it is better to have freedom or to have no freedom. With too much freedom ... it can get very chaotic, could end up like in Hong Kong or like in Taiwan... I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled." --actor Jackie Chan, who made millions of dollars filming movies in a free country
The BIG Lie: "You in United States, you have a lot of traffic of drugs, you have a lot of distribution of drugs, you have a lot of corruption as well. ... But most of the weapons, almost 16,000 are assault weapons and 90 percent of those were sold in United States." --Mexico's president Felipe Calderon
"I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds. I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution." --President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
"I don't like the income tax. Every time we talk about these taxes we get around to the idea of 'from each according to his capacity and to each according to his needs.' That's socialism. It's written into the Communist Manifesto. Maybe we ought to see that every person who gets a tax return receives a copy of the Communist Manifesto with it so he can see what's happening to him." --accountant and Commissioner of Internal Revenue T. Coleman Andrews (1899-1983)
"The GOP path to reclaiming power lies with candidates who can make a credible case that they will support and defend fiscal responsibility. That means acting on fiscal-conservative principles now, not paying lip service later." --columnist Michelle Malkin
"Our Constitution represents a compact between the states and the federal government. As with any compact, one party does not have a monopoly over its interpretation, nor can one party change it without the consent of the other. Additionally, no one has a moral obligation to obey unconstitutional laws. That's not to say there is not a compelling case for obedience of unconstitutional laws. That compelling case is the brute force of the federal government to coerce obedience, possibly going as far as using its military might to lay waste to a disobedient state and its peoples." --economist Walter E. Williams
"The Obama Doctrine means criticizing past presidents, Democratic and Republican; apologizing for past American sins, real and imagined, to both allies and enemies of the United States, on domestic and, preferably, foreign soil -- in the hope that doing so allows Obama to speak with greater moral force and clarity. The overriding goal of the Obama Doctrine is to make the person it is named after look good, rather than, and if necessary at the expense of, the nation he was elected to represent." --former Bush deputy assistant and columnist Peter Wehner
"[Today] is Earth Day, ladies and gentlemen, where we ought to be celebrating some of the great capitalists who gave us coal and light bulbs and automobiles, but unfortunately that's not what will be celebrated." --radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh
Janeane Garafalo is full of Pelosi
as is most of the lamestream media.
Gainfully employed since 1974
I love earth day
It is one of my favorite days. No really it is. No joke here. I can throw my trash anywhere I want and I know someone will pick it up today. It is a great feeling the freedom this day gives me.
"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin & Hobbes)
I want to meet Paul Begala
I'd love to give him the opportunity to call me "wimpy" on camera.
"I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. The calling of arms, I have followed from boyhood. I have never sought another." From The Virtues of War, by Steven Pressfield.


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Tradition is back in session for two of college basketball's elite programs.
North Carolina announced on Monday plans to resume its men's basketball series with Kentucky.
MORE: SEC-Big East Challenge ends
The two powerhouse, tradition-rich programs played for 12 consecutive seasons but did not meet this season.
The schools agreed to a two-year, home-and-home series beginning in the 2013-14 season. The Tar Heels host the Wildcats first in Chapel Hill next season on Dec. 14 and will travel to Lexington the following season.
UNC leads the series 22-13 and has won six of the past nine meetings.
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Who by Fire is told by Robert, Lena's husband, as he attempts to understand her affair with Isaac, an affair that he has become aware of after her death. He imagines the story of his wife and her lover.
Robert the narrator is trying to know himself in the story he is writing as he tells his imagined version of his wife's betrayal. The story becomes a paradoxical tale of his own undoing that he comes to realize by telling it.
In the epigraph to the novel, Robert says, "Life has a way of raveling. Story discovers how it happened. That is the fiction." This is the reader's first introduction to Robert's persona, a man who must control the world he inhabits. The telling of the story as he imagines it, reveals more than he would have wished and as this occurs, his telling moves into real time, for there is no way for him to deal with what he discovers except to report what is actually happening versus what he has imagined.
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The last meeting of the council of the Saint-Merri neighborhood was an opportunity for the municipality of the 4th Arrondisement to speak - plans on the boards - about the adjustments to the study concerning access to the Saint-Merri pool and school. "Vivre le Marais!" has not stopped discussing the upkeep and cleanliness issues now that numerous children are visiting this place everyday. This is a real shame for this complex facing the Centre Pompidou.
A project that is not yet in the study phase was also presented during this meeting. It proposed filling the basin along the Rue du Renard and taking another look at the sidewalk where the Rue Saint-Merri branches off. Barriers and bollards would protect and facilitate pedestrian circulation. It was made clear that a few days later, during the meeting about the Rue Rambuteau (note: our article from June 14th 2014), the mayor of the 4th, Christophe Girard had emphasized that the Paris Municipality was amenable to extending the study concerning the location where the Rue Beaubourg and Renard split, including between Rambuteau and Rivoli.
We are impatient to learn more about progress on the project, even if the mayor (who remembers his engagement while campaigning on this topic) has been prudent and already prevented the studies from taking too much time.
Two other files were presented during the meeting. One was on the 6th edition of the Kiosquorama, a "festive, musical, eco-civic and popular" artistic festival, which livens up musical kiosks as well as Franciliens (relating to Ile-de-France) and European gardens on Saturdays and Sundays. The programming is described as "eclectic and attractive." On the Ile-de-France, this show is planned for next August 31 through October 4. For the Marais, the Clos des Blancs Manteaux (4th) and the Square du Temple (3rd) are the two reserved locations. There has been a call for volunteers and for help from the neighborhood councils.
The last file that we will discuss here relates to a project on the part of the municipality to create an "Accord." Originating in Quebec, it has to do with a solidarity concept aimed at fighting poverty. To this effect, all members can propose ideas to the inhabitants of their neighborhood with which they associate in order to exchange individual or group services among themselves on the basis of their experience and without any financial compensation.
Some examples of these services are: Giving advice on how to cook, fixing up furniture in exchange for ironing, tailoring, computer repair, language courses, etc. Each offer would appear on the website of the local "Accord." A time counter would keep contributed and received time, counted not in terms of money but in time checks. And so, we end up in a benevolent and sharing world, a small-scale version of Saint-Simonianism.
What are some successful ways that you've experienced running a neighborhood or HOA meeting?
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Nominations are invited for the award of Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularization of Science for the year 2014 by the Academy.
The Prize will be awarded for outstanding work by an individual for the popularization of science in any Indian language, including English. The nominee must have had a distinguished career as a writer, editor, journalist, lecturer, radio or television programme director, film producer, science photographer or as an illustrator, which has enabled him/her to interpret science (including medicine), research and technology to the public. He/she should have a knowledge of the role of science, technology and research in the enrichment of cultural heritage and in solution of problems of humanity.
The prize is open to any Indian national residing in the country and will carry Rs 25,000 in cash and a bronze medal. The prize winner will be expected to deliver a lecture at the venue to be fixed by the Academy. Nominations for the award may be made by the Fellows of INSA, Vice-Chancellors and Directors of leading scientific institutions and National Laboratories and Editors of Indian Science Journals in the prescribed proforma.
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"Yeah, my no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather, that's who it is."
Juneau-Douglas High School's theater department has done it again, this time with the successful production of "Holes," based on the book by Louis Sachar.
Meet Stanley Yelnats, a nerdy boy that feels that he and his family have a knack for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. The story opens with Stanley confirming his belief of his family curse when a pair of stolen shoes falls from the sky onto his head.
For punishment, Stanley leaves for Camp Green Lake, a place where nothing is green and there is no lake, just a huge, dried-up dust bowl where the "largest lake in Texas" used to be. There, Stanley meets five other children enjoying camp life by digging five-by-five foot holes daily.
The camp is complete with a counselor who further breaks down the kids' morale, an overseer by the name of Mr. Sir who lovingly threatens them daily, and the queen bee herself, the warden, who has ulterior motives other than to have the kids "build character" as they dig.
Photo by Sarah Conarro The warden (Mary Erickson) strikes a pose.
The stories twist and weave back into each other while introducing characters ranging from Stanley's great-great-grandfather Elya Yelnats and gypsy fortune teller Madame Zeroni to the ignorant, rich Trout Walker of Green Lake and the beautiful but feared Texas outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow.
These characters along with the rest of the excellent supporting cast reveal a story hitting on heavy topics such as discrimination, the importance of friendship, the damage caused by cruelty, and fate through justice.
Though the show addresses such intense lessons of life, it also remains light-hearted and humorous-complete with poisonous nail polish and homeopathic onions. The jocular presentation was an appealing factor when choosing this play, according to director Shona Strauser.
"It deals with issues important to teenagers especially...but it's not in your face. It's pretty light and still serious," Strauser said.
This is Strauser's second production with JDHS, the first being "Reel to Real" performed in the spring of 2005. Disregarding the show's obvious success through direction, Strauser humbly gives credit to the adult support throughout the preparation for the show. "They are a pretty professional group of people. Bethany Bereman (producer) has set up a great drama department, Art Rotch (set/lighting designer) is pulling off working on this show as well as one at Perseverance Theatre, and Kristin Garot (stage manager) rocks at keeping everyone in order," Strauser said.
The adult support also includes a number of dedicated volunteers from the community. All involved, adults and students alike, really benefit from the collaborative effort that goes into creating a successful production. Of course the hope is that the experience extends outside of the finished product.
Chelsea Rothchild, a sophomore playing the role of Stanley's great great grandmother, validated this.
"Once the cast was posted, I didn't know very many people, but now we are all really tight, even with the crew. It's what happens when you spend so much time with one group of people," Rothchild said.
When asked what her favorite part of the play is, Mary Erickson, a junior performing for her first time at JDHS as the warden, said, "Opening night because I knew we'd worked hard and we rocked the performance."
With a great story and a talented cast of budding actors don't miss "Holes" this coming weekend at JDHS.
As the gypsy Madame Zeroni says to Stanley's great great grandfather, "If you forget to come back... you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity."


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Whitman School holds second round of successful Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
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The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will hold the second annual Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), beginning on July 26. Fifteen veterans representing 10 states and all four branches of the U.S. military and ranging in age from 24-60 will come to the SU campus to participate in cutting-edge training in entrepreneurship and small business management in order to start or grow their own businesses. The veterans, who have all served post-9/11 in Afghanistan or Iraq, will learn a range of business skills, including accounting, human resources, supply chain, operations, strategy and more from world-class faculty, entrepreneurs, disability experts and business professionals. The program is entirely free, including travel and accommodations.
The EBV was created by the Whitman School in 2007 and in 2008 was expanded into a nationwide partnership with UCLA Anderson School of Management, Mays Business School at Texas A&M University and Florida State University's College of Business. From 20 participants in 2007, the program has now impacted the lives of more than 80 U.S. soldiers wounded as a result of their service to the United States.
"The year 2008 marks seven years since our troops first entered into conflict in Afghanistan, and five years since the conflict began in Iraq," says Melvin T. Stith, dean of the Whitman School and a former Vietnam War-era Army captain. "American men and women are returning home from military service, many disabled, only to find fewer and fewer opportunities in the workplace. The EBV is a step toward providing them with the skills and knowledge to create their own opportunities. The Whitman School is proud to lead the consortium of outstanding business schools in this endeavor."
The EBV program is offered in three phases. Phase I is a self-study session in which the veterans complete courses through online discussions moderated by university faculty. Phase II requires that participants travel to their participating EBV university, where they will become immersed in a nine-day residency program. Some of the country's most prominent entrepreneurship academics, business leaders and experts in disability issues come together to offer these veterans an unparalleled experience designed to start them on the path to small business ownership. Phase III involves 12 months of ongoing support and mentorship provided to the veterans from the faculty experts at the EBV universities. Throughout the EBV experience, students engage in experimental workshops to write business plans, raise capital, attract customers and develop a marketing strategy that is most effective for their business model.
"Last year, with the pilot program here at Whitman, we served 20 wounded veterans," says Mike Haynie, assistant professor of entrepreneurship, creator and director of the EBV and a former U.S. Air Force major. "This year, with the expansion to three other business schools, many more veterans will be equipped to enter the marketplace and create and build their dreams. Giving opportunities like this to a group so deserving is consistent with the social mission of America's colleges and universities."


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The Red Brick Theatre announces its 2017 community theatre series. We are seeking creative, inspiring leaders who possess experience in all facets of production: performance, crew and stage direction. All shows will be rehearsed and staged at the Delphi Opera House, 109 S. Washington Street, Delphi, IN. Interested applicants should submit resume, complete with 3 references and cover letter to: email@example.com. Directors are needed for the following shows:
Red Brick Theatre 2017 Series
June 23 - June 25 ~1940's Radio Hour, a musical by Walter Jones. Cast of 14. May be reduced by doubling. Some roles played by either gender.
August 18 - August 20 ~ Plaza Suite a comedy by Neil Simon. Audition scheduled for week of June 26; allowing 7 week rehearsal. Cast of 12 (7 male/5 female)
November 17 – November 19 ~ The Christmas Express by Pat Cook: Auditions scheduled for week of September 18; allowing 8 week rehearsal. Cast of 4 men and 6 women.
Red Brick Theatre is operated as a partnership between Delphi Opera House, Inc. and the Delphi Public Library. For additional information, call the Delphi Opera House at 765-564-4300 or the Delphi Public Library at 765-564-2929.


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