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Some parents-to-be don't like to buy nursery products until close to the due date, but what should you buy now, and what should you budget for?
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Nappies Go for 'newborn' sizes and just buy a few for now, you don't need to stock up on them, one pack of 32 will be fine, or of course, a starter pack of reusable ones (though you may want to be some biodegradable disposable ones for while you're in hospital).
Baby clothes vests, babygrows (about half a dozen of each), plus scratch mitts, hats, a snowsuit for winter babies, bootees and mittens. While it's nice to have a smart outfit to show him off in, it's not essential, and remember, you may be given clothes, either as presents or hand-me-downs from other parents.
Car seat (don't be tempted to buy second-hand – your baby's safety is paramount) which at this age is an 'infant carrier'. If you have your baby in hospital and are going home by car, you won't be allowed to leave wthout one.
Pushchair see our reviews and do your research before shelling out loads of money on the latest model.
Baby carrier useful for keeping baby close in the early weeks.
Baby monitor though your baby should be sleeping in the same room as you for the first few months (though not in your bed).
Baby bath (or support to use in your bath if you prefer).
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Moses basket/carrycot
Cot (not essential until about eight to 12 weeks, but worth considering now)
Bedding including plenty of sheets and blankets – you'll be changing this with great frequency!
Baby sleeping bag (these can be very useful for wriggly babies)
Changing station (not essential, but it's worth considering one that will last beyond the baby stage)
Changing mat If you want to save money, buy a fold-up one that you can use out and about as well as at home, though mats don't tend to be expensive.
Travel cot (again, not essential immediately because you can take your Moses basket on trips, but it could double as a playpen).
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playing season for them to be accurately diagnosed and treated if
they suffer a concussion during the season, researchers report.
The investigators also noted that the sex of the players affects
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The study included 1,134 high school athletes in the Phoenix
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history and were given a score based on the new Sport Concussion
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much lower on the SCAT2 than those with no history of
The findings were slated for presentation Thursday at the annual
meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
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"Our results showed that otherwise healthy adolescent athletes do display some variability in results so establishing each player's own baseline before the season starts and then comparing it to test results following a concussion leads to more accurate diagnosis and treatment," study author Dr. Anikar Chhabra, of the Orthopaedic Clinic Association in Phoenix, said in an AOSSM news release.
"This data provides the first insight into how the SCAT2 scores can be used and interpreted as a sideline concussion tool and as an initial baseline analysis. With concussions accounting for approximately 9 percent of all high school athletic injuries, accurately utilizing assessments like these to quickly determine an athlete's return-to-play probability is critical to long-term athletic and educational performance," Chhabra said.
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Rules of Origin and the SADC Textiles and Garments Industries
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) rules of origin in the textiles and garments sector have been a source of considerable controversy and conflict within SADC. Provisional agreement was reached on a highly restrictive rule of origin that made separate and more lenient provisions for a number of the poorer Member States. However, the recent expiry of this provision, together with differences arising within the 'SADC group' in the recent Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations and major differences between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and SADC rules in this sector that would have to be resolved as part of any move towards a Tripartite Free Trade Area (FTA) have brought the issues to the forefront once again. This briefing note summarizes and explains some of the main issues, and possible ways to deal with them. It points out the critical role of SADC Member State tariff structures as an underlying source of continuing conflicts.
In a preferential trading arrangement (PTA) member countries agree to apply lower import duties (preferential duty rates) to goods imported from each other than they impose on imports from non-members (most-favoured nation (MFN) rates).
Differences in PTA members' MFN rate structures create an opportunity for traders to avoid a high MFN rate country's import duties by importing third country goods first into a lower MFN-duty partner and then bringing them into the high rate country under the preferential (usually zero) rates offered by the PTA. This is known as trade deflection.
The incentive for trade deflection clearly depends on differences in tariff rate structures among PTA members; the greater the differences in MFN tariff rates on important tradable goods the greater the incentive to engage in trade deflecting activities. If members' MFN tariff rates are low and relatively similar, there will be little incentive for trade deflection.
The simplest way to avoid the threat of trade deflection would be for partner countries to reduce and harmonize MFN tariffs—i.e. to make preferential tariff reductions part of a more general process of MFN tariff reform. This would expand the benefits of tariff reform and would also avoid the real danger and cost of diverting imports from low cost third country sources to higher cost ones in partner countries.
For high MFN rate countries trade deflection can reduce the protection provided to local industries by tariffs on third country imports and/or erode customs revenues that otherwise would be collected on imports of such goods.
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Many weren't surprised by the fact that Meyers Leonard was demoted to the third string after a disappointing preseason effort that saw him lack progress in spatial awareness, defensive positioning, and screening. During games, Portland fans have been especially critical of Leonard's play and across comment sections and forums some are even calling for Neil Olshey to trade him. Should Portland turn their back on a 21-year-old with less than 82 games played in his short career?
It would be highly unorthodox for a team to move a player they drafted in the lottery the next year. As we've seen in recent years, the valuation of draft picks has become paramount to the decision-making process in planning, trading, and re-signing players. Draft picks are high-value commodities, and unless there appears to be a disastrous mistake, teams see them as a sunk cost once they are signed to their rookie deal.
However, Portland's new GM Neil Olshey doesn't have a personal attachment to Leonard. He's shown a propensity to make the right decision for the team, whether it's keeping Sasha Pavlovic because the Celtics are paying his salary or whether it's signing half of this year's roster in one summer. And while it might be an anomaly for a lottery pick to get traded in the first two seasons, Portland is no stranger to the concept — just ask Thomas Robinson.
For Leonard, he benefits from the fact that centers are typically slow to develop, especially ones so young both in age and in the developmental process. Leonard has only been playing in the post for six years — since he was 15 — due to a growth spurt in high school where before he played on the wing. Saying that six years is a short amount of time to be able to learn to play center at an NBA level would be a monumental understatement.
So just how far behind is Meyers Leonard? Take a look at these rookie year numbers from six centers whose rookie seasons were at the age of 20 or younger.
Leonard doesn't really stick out from the pack either way. His numbers are most similar to Robin Lopez, especially considering their rebounding abilities. Lopez is and will most likely remain a better shot blocker as Leonard's arms aren't very long and his vision, at the moment, remains suspect along with his positioning and footwork.
What Leonard lacks in shot blocking prowess he makes up for with natural talent on the offensive end of the floor. Meyers runs the floor extremely well on the break, and is a good leaper and finisher at the rim on lobs. He shows a good touch around the basket even with his wonky, elbow-out shot. And, despite his dropped passes, I'm inclined to believe he has soft hands that are sabotaged by his panicky demeanor. He can shoot from mid to long range. There's lots to like about Leonard's game.
That is perhaps the best reason for patience with Meyers Leonard. His natural upside isn't on the defensive end of the floor, but as Blazer fans have seen this year with Joel Freeland, defensive prowess is learnable. Along with his mistakes, Leonard shows promise of being an offensive weapon capable of contributing reasonably at the defensive end of the floor. While popular opinion may be to punish the young center for losing his position, he still has some time yet to grow into a viable rotation player for Portland through 2015-2016.
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Volunteers needed for merchant rally
Date: August 21, 2009
by: Robin Roy | City Editor
Organizers of a rally to support local businesses are getting ready for the Saturday, Aug. 22 event and are asking volunteers to go to Sarasota News and Books from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, to help with the setup.
The Aug. 31 closure of the bookstore was the catalyst for the event, in which a marketing campaign will be unveiled called "I believe in downtown."
Saturday's rally will be held during the Downtown Farmers Market at 10:30 a.m. on State Street.
Wendy Getchell, president of the Downtown Sarasota Merchants Association, said she's adopting the principles of a national movement called the 3/50 Project, which is designed to save brick-and-mortar stores across the country.
The project asks supporters to choose their three favorite local stores and pledge to spend $50 per month in each one.
"But if you can't do $50, do $25, or do $10," said Getchell.
Volunteers will be distributing pledge forms at the rally.
District 13 Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, is scheduled to speak at the rally in support of local businesses.
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- Sarasota's downtown has so much potential!! I think that this is a great "grass roots" effort. But, the biggest problem with downtown......even before the recession....is the large amount of vagrants who congregate near the downtown businesses. We have basically stopped going downtown because we don't want to have to see this. We certainly don't bring out of town guests downtown, as it is embarrassing to see that after 9 pm, many times the vagrants outnumber the patrons of the businesses.
Unfortunately, through VERY POOR LONG-TERM PLANNING, the Salvation Army was built way too close to downtown. Perhaps there needs to be new laws which protect the businesses by not allowing loitering? Something has to be done. If not taken care of in the near future, there may be no more downtown as we know it sooner than later.
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Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health received good news this week. Not only has it again been named one of the best children's hospitals in the country but for the first time, Riley ranked in all ten categories of the 2011-12 Best Children's Hospitals rankings. U.S. News Media Group's rankings are the most extensive listing of its kind and recognize the…Read More
Riley is Ranked Among Top Children's Hospitals in US News & World Report
US News & World Report has named Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health one of the top Children's Hospitals in the United States. For the first time in our storied history, Riley at IU Health received national rankings in all ten medical specialties comprising the report, including an unprecedented 3rd in Pediatric Urology, 12th in Diabetes and Endocrinology and…Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS –Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health is going to new heights for Hoosier children and their families. The state's leader in pediatric care marked an historic milestone today with the opening of the first phase of the Simon Family Tower. The 10-story, 675,000 square-foot addition is designed to boost capacity at Riley, increase efficiency…Read More
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It's been several years in the making, but three floors of the 10-story, patient-centered Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health Simon Family Tower will open Thursday. The project got underway in 2006, but was sidelined after the economic downturn. However, after years of planning and building, the first inpatient units are about set to open. The new floors will have wings with…Read More
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Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health is opening the much anticipated Simon Family Tower this month! The Simon Family Tower is a critical component of a $500 million, 10-year strategic plan that Riley Hospital announced in 2005 to benefit Indiana's children, families and communities. The tower means so much for Hoosier children and families. Riley will not only have more space,…Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS - Riley Hospital for Children may be located in Indianapolis but come January, patients and their families will find a whole new world at Riley. When Riley opens the first phase of its new Simon Family Tower, an array of ecosystems will come to life. Designed with a theme of "The World Around Riley," the Simon Family Tower has inpatient units decorated as tropical rainforests,…Read More


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"Teen Mom 2" star Leah Messer has made a big decision about her future, and revealed the news via Twitter on April 25.
According to Leah, she's signed herself up for cosmetology school, and will begin classes May 12.
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Two questions about ADD medication, especially Adderall: 1) How dangerous is it (for me)? 2) Can it be taken "as needed"?
Since I was young child I've had problems concentrating; I started school early but was held back a year for failing to pay attention, and then switched back and forth between "gifted" and "troubled" programs, etc. I'm still constantly forgetting and losing stuff and often unable to focus on tasks until after the last minute. I've nevertheless managed to cope, more or less, and should soon manage to complete a doctoral degree at a major university (they've been remarkably kind, letting me finish my degree in almost twice the time it usually takes--I'm now 35).
I'm tempted to ask about medication for ADD. This summer I have to finish and defend my dissertation, and while I'm quite close to completion, I'm nevertheless afraid that I might fail to do this, which I'm not sure I could bear.
Getting to my first question, then: the reason I've never really pursued the possibility of using ADD medication is that I think I may on occasions have benign heart palpitations. When I started to notice these, perhaps a decade ago, an EKG reveled a partial right bundle branch blockage which, they say, is supposed to be a pretty insignificant and common condition.
Here's the thing however: I don't even know that I *have* had palpitations. If I do on occasion have these, they never involve more that a few skipped beats, and have never produced faintness or other symptoms (I've never had a holter test). Additionally, these events seem to have become less frequent than in the past (or perhaps I don't notice them so much any more). All the same, the possibility of "sudden cardiac death" as a result of using stimulants has been a powerful deterrent to my asking about using Ritalin, Adderall, Strattera, etc.
Now however (as more and more of my students attest to the effectiveness of Adderall) I'm wondering whether an excessive paranoia about sudden cardiac death or etc. has kept me from trying medication that could make a major difference in my life, and I wonder: how dangerous *is* ADD medication (especially Adderall) for someone in my state? How much worse is it, for example, than caffeine, which I drink all the time? Mightn't I try it, in a controlled setting at first, and discontinue use if anything worrying occurs?
Also, I wonder whether it's possible to get a prescription that allows one to take ADD medication "as needed"? I hate the idea of long-term use of stimulants, which I suspect can't be good for one's cardiac system. I've (almost) managed to cope for a long time without medication, and on days when I'm just running errands or etc., I can manage fine. I'd like to take a medicine that doesn't give me the heart-damage of long term use of stimulants, or flatten my creativity, or my usual spacey digressiveness, except when it's necessary to do so. I think that people with real ADD can *sorta* get by without medication---I'm pretty sure that many can, and that I'm one of those people. Therefore, if it's not inadvisable, I'd like to try taking a low dose of Adderall on occasions when I need to fix my concentration on something and it just won't happen.
So, how likely is stimulant-type ADD medicine to kill me, and is it possible to legally take these medicines only "as needed"? Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated.
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You need to ask a doctor about its risk to your heart. Nobody here can answer that question. Adderall is amphetamine. Yes, it can be much more dangerous than caffeine.
You can certainly take it as needed - your doctor would give you a "thirty-day" prescription and you'd take it whenever you needed it (it's not like, say, SSRIs, which require daily use to be effective). Once you've gotten a prescription once, it should be fairly easy to get it refilled whenever you need to, as long as you bring your old prescription with you. Of course, it'll be easiest if you stick with the same doc.
But again: you need to talk to a doctor. It can work really well (it has for me), and can be pretty safe if used as prescribed, but it's Schedule II for a reason.
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"whenever you need to"
As long as there are at least thirty days between refills, I mean.
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First of all, congrats on realizing that you may need help. It's amazing to me how many of my friends and family truly suffer from ADD, yet don't want to get any medical advice or take medication for fear of the stigma that follows it.
I am fully convinced that I would not be attending law school right now had I not talked to my doctor and gotten tested for ADD. My brother was diagnosed when we were in our early teens, and after reading many books my parents had gotten to explain what they needed to do to help him, I was fairly convinced that I, too, had it. I didn't want to take the drugs or admit that I had a problem - I was (and still am) bright, friendly, and outgoing. I was also EXTREMELY bored in classes and had trouble keeping up with my daily life. I had no idea that things could be better.
Now that I am taking Adderall, my life is completely different. I do homework, I pay attention in class. I don't interrupt people, and I don't hyper-focus and miss what's going on in the world nearly as much as I once did.
Now, enough about what it did for me - to answer your question, yes - you can take it as needed. I often do not take the medication on the weekends, when I don't need to particularly concentrate. My doctor approves this - while I doesn't want me doing it for long stretches, he is of the opinion that it helps me keep from building a tolerance to it on a rapid pace - while almost everyone will need to up the dosage occationally, I've gone almost a year and a half on the same dosage, and don't feel like the effects have lessened over that time.
I will say, though, that if you are truly suffering from ADD, chances are you won't want to stop taking it for longer than a day or so. The difference it makes in your life is so drastic, its amazing. While you have no idea right now what will improve once you take the medication, once you take it and stop, it will be like someone took a highlighter pen and marked all the places in your life that are difficult without the drugs. I found it more frustrating after taking the drugs to cope through behavior changes than before taking them.
The biggest part that gives me pause is your potential heart condition; the medication did raise my blood pressure by about 4 points on both sides, so instead of my textbook 120/80, I now clock in about 125/84 on most visits. I also smoke, so that may add to it as well, depending on when I've had my last cigarette. Regardless, you should definitely talk to your doctor about this and get a serious opinion. I think you're on the right track though, and may be making the best decision of your life.
Oh, and your doctor could prescribe a non-stimulant medication if you do find that you have a heart condition that keeps you from taking Adderall. I know of one, Straterra - I took it at the beginning, but I had some nasty side effects, and it's still under patent so it's a bit expensive compared to generic Adderall.
Good luck, and congratulations again.
On Preview - I can tell you that the prescriptions for Adderall can be a pain in the ass; it's a schedule 2 narcotic, which means you have to pick up a prescription every month, in person - there's no refills allowed, and you'll have to sign for the drug each time you pick it up from the pharmacist.
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Oh. One other thing - you're going to feel a bit...tweeked, as they say, when you take it the first time. This is normal. You'll may be slightly freaked out, as it is a very powerful stimulant. I was, but it literally subsided in a day. If you do get clearance from a doctor, don't let the first day kick you off the horse.
I'll shut up now. :)
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I'm not a doctor. I don't play one on T.V. I have ADD; I've taken Adderall in the past to good effect; I am not currently taking Adderall because of concern about heart stuff.
The answer to your second question is that you can absolutely take ADDerall as needed.
I think there are really two parts to your first question:
1. Do you have a heart problem?
2. Is Adderall dangerous for people who have heart problems?
I have no idea what the answer to question 1 is. You really need to discuss that with your doctor.
Adderall is dangerous for people with heart problems. At least, the Federal government has dictated that it has to be packaged with a warning that it increases the risk of sudden death in people with heart conditions. So if you have a heart condition, I wouldn't take it. Sudden death is worse than not finishing your dissertation, and the "sudden" bit suggests that you wouldn't necessarily have problems before you keeled over.
I think you're getting ahead of yourself a little bit: you don't even have an ADD diagnosis yet, right? But if you do get a diagnosis, I would talk to your doctor about Strattera.
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I will add some anecdotal commentary.
I'm thirty and just started taking Adderall last year, coincident with a return to school after several years out in the working world. I have to say that, on balance, it's been like a revelation; like anonymous I always have have had difficulty with focus and concentration on specific tasks, as well as with executive functions of an organizational sort. The drug helps with that to a tremendous degree; it's like night and day.
I realize, in retrospect, how often in my former academic career I relied on my brain to extricate me from impossible jams created by my lack of organization, rigor and focus. This time around it's all different, and the medication has had a lot to do with the alteration in my approach to things.
Like anonymous, I was and remain very concerned about the potential side effects, particularly the cardiovascular ones. Despite assurances from medical professionals that it's probably not a big deal, I do not take the drug until
cardiovascular exercise; it's an unbreakable rule for me. I never run while I'm on it, in particular. I do take it only as I feel I need it, rather than all the time; I try to err on the side of taking less rather than more, and only in the afternoons when I require uninterrupted focus in order to get things done. I don't take it on weekend days when I'm not working (though those are rare, admittedly).
As the above poster said, even a very low dose will make you feel loopy the first week or two you have a prescription. The wierd feeling is not too serious and will go away after a little time passes, but is something to be aware of. As to habituation, I have been on the same minimal dosage for a year and have not had to up it at all.
What else? As somebody else said, the fact that Adderall is a scheduled substance is a real pain in the ass. No refills, prescriptions must be obtained on paper and hand-carried to the pharmacy every month. I feel like I get a suspicious squinty-eyed once over from the pharmacist whenever I drop off a prescription, too, but maybe I'm overanalyzing. On balance, I think it's worth the hassle.
posted by
on April 26, 2007
You can take it "as needed".
But, comma.
Amphetamine is one of those drugs where normal use involves increased tolerance. It's nothing like as addictive as something like heroin, but as your body gets used to it, the body compensates by "pulling the other direction". That means that if you take it routinely and then skip a day, you're going to be groggy as hell. (Caffeine does that; amphetamine does it even more.)
You should also know that it affects sexual function. Withdrawal symptoms include seriously decreased libido.
(Of course, a lot of this is dose-dependent.)
posted by
Steven C. Den Beste
on April 26, 2007
Sorry to derail, but can you adderall takers weigh in on how much you are taking. I can't tell if I am not taking enough or if it just isn't working for me. I take 2 20mg pills a day and I have zero results. I hope the problem is that I just haven't hit the sweet spot with the dose and not that it just won't work for me.
To anon: if you do decide to take it, be prepared to focus on what you eat. I'll go days without eating because I simply forget and I don't feel hungry.
posted by
on April 26, 2007
I asked my doctor about this, with regard to my drug (Focalin). He said that he didn't recommend doing the "as needed" thing, because every time you go off and then back on, you increase your risk of having side effects.
Not sure if this transfers to Adderall, however.
posted by
on April 27, 2007
Since everyone else is giving anecdotal evidence of their experience with adderall, I will chime in with mine.
I started taking it my second year in university - I had the typical ADHD problems, couldn't concentrate, couldn't get my work done, bad grades, etc. My grades didn't get any better, but I did lose 25 pounds and develop insomnia. I started smoking a pack or more a day, when before I occasionally bummed a smoke at a party, maybe once a month or less. I craved cigarettes with an intensity that bordered on absolute mania. I started biting my fingernails. I had an insane amount of restless energy, but I couldn't make myself put that energy towards schoolwork. I mean, I could have typed up a storm if I had anything to type, but I didn't because I still couldn't get any research or reading done. I couldn't even read for pleasure, which is strange for me, because reading has always been my number-one favorite thing to do. I could, however, suddenly organize and alphabetize like a demon, which worked out pretty well for my job. It was the holiday season and I was working at a big-box bookstore. I actually got a raise right before Christmas because of my new-found re-shelving skills and my willingness to come in on short notice to cover anyone's shift. My manager joked that he was going to hand out adderall to everyone who worked at the store. There was a policy in place that prevented overtime for hourly employees, but our manager got around that by having us write down our overtime during the holiday season so that when things calmed down in mid-to-late January, we could add hours each week up to 40 until we got paid for every hour we worked (not legal at all, of course, but it's better than not getting paid at all). I ended up with three week's worth of "paid vacation", which came in handy, because I woke up on New Year's Day with a fever of 103 degrees, and I ended up in the hospital for a week with the flu because I was so dehydrated and exhausted from working so much and not eating and not sleeping.
I stopped taking the adderall. My psychiatrist thought I might just need to "adjust my dose", but I was done with it. I also realized that I simply wasn't ready for college. I hated it, I felt that the work I was doing was pointless and boring and I wasn't learning anything. I took a few years off, waited tables, grew up a little, and when I went back, I enjoyed it and I had no problems getting my work done. And last summer, after seven years, I finally stopped smoking.
So, yeah, it's a dangerous drug. Some people say it helps them, and that's fine, but you need to know what you're getting into.
posted by
on April 27, 2007
Just to add - you are obviously far more mature and thoughtful than I was when I was taking adderall, and your circumstances are different, and I absolutely don't think that you're going to end up in the hospital. I just wanted to illustrate how dangerous it can be. I did cocaine a few times in my misspent youth, and the adderall felt really, really similar. I would say identical, but without the burning nose and the numb face. If you decide to take it on an as-needed basis, just be really, really careful because if you have even the slightest tinge of an addictive personality, you might find yourself needing it more and more often. You might consider keeping a journal of some kind where you write down when and why you take a dose so you can keep track of your usage patterns.
posted by
on April 27, 2007
I have taken Adderall intermittently since I started college. You can absolutely take it as-needed--that is the capacity in which I take it right now, as the side-effects of taking every day were too much for me. I was as focused and productive and organized as everyone in this thread says, but after three months of regular use f I ever
take it the come-down was just awful, I was worse off than I was without it. I wouldn't want to get out of bed or do anything. So if you do take it, I would shy away from every day, every morning usage if at all possible. Think of Adderall as a transitory drug, one that will allow you the focus to develop the helpful behaviors you need to manage your life without the Adderall.
As for heart issues, talk to your doctor, but I did experience some weirdness despite being otherwise healthy. If I was eating poorly and not sleeping enough (pulling lots of all-nighters), I'd get sweats and shakes, and would sometimes feel my heart speed up. Pretty scary stuff.
posted by
on April 27, 2007
It's pretty unlikely that you got to the point of being just about ready to defend with a serious ADD problem. Which is not to say that you don't have trouble concentrating, etc, but the successful grad school indicates that you don't have that much trouble. People will object to this, but those people are not taking the notion of ADD very seriously, just like folks who talk about PTSD the day after a car crash are not taking PTSD very seriously. Either there is a fairly discreet, diagnosable condition which you don't meet the criteria for, or you're talking about a lifestyle choice.
See a doctor about your heart concerns.
posted by
on April 27, 2007
Amphetamines have been around for a long time. There are many people who have taken them continuously for a large part of their lives. Adderall may cause long term health issues in some way that hasn't been noticed but the indications so far are that it does not.
As for your cardiac health issues you need to see a doctor. There is nothing more to it than that.
Some people do take amphetamines only on select days. For some it is weekdays only, or workdays only, or when they have a heavy load. It is definitely done, but regular use is far more common.
One medication you may want to ask your doctor about is provigil/modafinil. As far as I know it does not impact the heart.
Another reason why it is worth seeing a doctor is that the symptoms associated by ADD can be caused by other conditions. Most people don't want to hear about this. They want to start taking medication and turn into Mr. Productive. Still, respect that possibility. Sleep apnea, or thyroid can have serious health consequences.
posted by
on April 27, 2007
Here is what they told us in pharmacy school about adderall and heart conditions with kids, since many parents are concerned. The relative risk of an adverse cardiac event is actually higher for high school athletes than it is for kids taking adderall. In other words, it is not a high risk. It's a well-known risk because it's so serious, but it is a very remote risk. Very remote.
You will of course talk to your doc but it sounds extremely unlikely to me that you have a heart condition. Palpitations are quite normal, most of us have them. Caffeine will give you palpitations very, very commonly. You are a grad student - I am going to go way out on a limb here and guess you have a lot of caffeine in your life.
Strattera isn't an amphetamine, it's more similar to Paxil or Prozac. The downside of that is that it can't be taken on an as-needed basis, but if you are really uncomfortable with the idea of an amphetamine it may be an option.
Necessitas - recommended adult dose of Adderall is 20 mg/day, so it sounds like you are taking enough. It may be time to talk to your doc and see if s/he wants to adjust your meds if it is not working.
posted by
on April 27, 2007
When I was at my peak dose of Adderall, I was taking 40mg XR in the morning and allowed to take up to 40 mg quick release in the afternoon.
I disagree with OmieWise. Smart people make it extremely far with ADD. Sometimes you just get to a point where you are fed up with dealing with the consequences of your attention issues, and would rather seak help than constantly make up for it with extra time and extra thought. I don't have enough time to sit around and let my brain wander like it wants to, so I take medications to stop it from dancing across the desk.
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I second asking about Provigil. Search AskMe - there've been a bunch of threads about it.
I get more
and better
work done in one day using provigil than I do in four days not using it.
posted by
on April 27, 2007
I take Adderall on an as-needed basis, exactly as you describe, and it works fine. I dunno about the heart issue though.
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Reelin' in the years: Tracking the history of magnetic tape
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the first patent filing for a magnetic tape recording medium, though the tech I worked with was a bit more recent than that. Still, it has been quite some time since I last went shopping for tape. I recall the last time as being a deal on a load of JVC miniDV cassettes that I still haven't …
Fascinating article, I'm now inspired to dig out my wire recorder.
Fascinating article, it's inspired me to dig out my old early-post war wire recorder and have a play. Mind you, the quality is marginal so it's only a talking point these days.
More importantly, what concerns me is the long term archiving of magnetic data. Even from my own expedience, the loss of magnetic remanence on tapes and other magnetic media is a problem. One has to assume the loss of a few percent each year and this doesn't bode well for the mountains of tape that lie unprocessed in archives.
@RobHib - It's not only remanence, remember the Ampex 456 scandal.
Tape formulations varied from manufacturer to manufacturer, so maybe an Ampex tape would wear better in Hong Kong and BASF might run smoother in Belgrade.
I should have added it's not only magnetic remanence loss that's an issue affecting tape storage life but also the tape formulation itself is often a major problem. Remember the Ampex 456 scandal where the tape binders broke down and the tapes became sticky (and it wasn't the only one)?
This is very significant, as Ampex 456 was considered a mastering tape and used by many studios throughout the world for master recordings. I recall much effort went into fixing and transferring the recordings to other media.
Unfortunately, I'll bet there's still a great deal of 456 and other formulations that have already rotted lying in the archives still waiting to be discovered. Sticky-tape syndrome is really a significant problem.
Re: @RobHib - It's not only remanence, remember the Ampex 456 scandal.
There's a good article on Wendy Carlos' site about this problem. Luckily she was able to rescue the master tapes for her Tron soundtrack. :D
Re: @RobHib - It's not only remanence, remember the Ampex 456 scandal.
Thanks, I'd not seen that before. Anyway, that's the problem.
Could someone clarify bias "mixing" please?
I've never been sure, and would appreciate an answer (wiki et al don't make it plain enough for me).
When they say the bias is MIXED with the audio, is it :
a) Additive Mixing - like the bias signal is an inaudible (too high) signal on another fader on a mixing desk, combining the bias 'tone' and audio in such a way that you could still plug in a speaker and hear the audio.
b) Multiplicative Mixing - as in superhet radio : the audio modulates the bias like a carrier? In that case you'd hear nothing on a speaker as the whole signal would be up around the bias carrier in terms of frequency.
As a radio ham to whom mixing can mean either thing, I suspect 99% that it's a) but wouldn't want to bet my life on it :)
And a follow-up question is about the bias adjust - it's the level of the bias, not the frequency, that the typical control changes?
Re: Could someone clarify bias "mixing" please?
This topic could span pages, hopefully I'm not misinterpreted by simplifying.
Essentially, bias is a way of overcoming the non-linearity at the crossover point in the magnetic media (magnetic materials). If you look at the transfer (B/H) curves for magnetic materials you'll find that near the crossover point (i.e.: swinging from say positive to negative), the 'curves' are not straight but curves (i.e. they're not linear as is the line y=x, nor is the gradient/differential of this curve particularly 'linear' either).
This, non linearity, of course, adds harmonic distortion (which theoretically can be calculated mathematically if you know the equation for the curve). Well, there's a way of cheating. If you superimpose (mix) a RF (HF) bias (a high frequency signal that's well above the top audio frequency that's being recorded) you effectively 'lift' the main audio signal off the non-linear points. As the bias swings +/-, is has the effect of cancelling the non-linearity in the baseband (main audio) signal.
It's a bit more complicated than that and it's hard to fully explain without some graphs and a bit of maths. Also, the bias frequency, it's level, and how it's applied (mixed) etc. is the key to good audio tape recording. In high quality tape recorders, it's a big deal--probably the biggest design issue outside tape transport (wow and flutter etc.).
If you're an amateur radio operator, you'll know the purpose of grid bias on radio and transmitting valves (i.e. for linearity, modulation, class of operation for TX tubes, 'C' etc.). In vales the bias is usually a DC offset which can determine both current through the valve as well as its transfer linearity. Well, tape bias serves a similar function. In tape recorders, the bias is essentially a dynamic AC signal whose magnitude is sufficiently large to overcome the inherent non-linearity at the extremes (it's extremely important at low levels, as that's where the non-linearity is worst (or until to hit clipping, but clipping isn't as bad as you can avoid overload whereas you can't avoid non-linearity at the 0-point, that's where HF bias turns out to be a godsend.
Re: Could someone clarify bias "mixing" please?
I appreciate your efforts and willingness to help, but an A or B would have done - and I have to say I'm still only at 99% because you didn't clarify the type of 'superimposing' or 'mixing' :)
OK, maybe 99.5% because it's sounding more like additive mixing the more I read, but I'm still chasing that final 0.5% certainty!
Thanks anyway.....
Re: Could someone clarify bias "mixing" please?
In modulation mixing, you have products: f1, f2 ==> f1, f2, f1+f2 , f1-f2 etc. This is non-linear as the product frequencies weren't thereto begin with. Product frequencies mean distortion. Simple products, then simple harmonic distortion.
Superimposition ('mixing') means no product mixing, it where f1 + f2 ==> f1 + f2 only. Sometimes referred to a longitudinal mixing (as in longitudinal hum). Assuming no non-linearity (which is always problem to some extent in electronics), no products are created.
In a tape recorder, linearity is key, products are not wanted (as certainly 'f1-f2' etc. would end up in the baseband, thus audible). Thus, logically, bias is linear superimposition. Try this:
The Wiki article on hysteresis explains the problem in a more detailed way. Also, there's a good AES article (PDF) if to type in 'tape bias aes' into Google, it explains all.
Re: Could someone clarify bias "mixing" please?
I like to think of it this way. The tape is magnetized positively and negatively (or plus and minus) many times by the bias during the time a point on the tape passes over the gap in the head. On the average, the magnetization is zero because the bias signal is an AC sine wave, with no DC component. As the audio is superimposed onto the bias, which looks to the head gap like a slowly varying offset in the bias magnetization, the audio causes that average to go positive and negative, and so the average magnetization varies with the audio signal. This is what is left on the tape. And the bias changes polarity so many times during the time the tape is in the gap that there is no bias frequency on the tape. What you hear is just the audio.
Some very cheap tape recorders used a magnet to give the tape head the 'DC' bias, instead of the AC bias signal. Magnets were also used to erase the tape. But the AC bias gave a much better erasure.
Re: Could someone clarify bias "mixing" please?
When I said superimposed, I should have said that it was the same as mixing the audio with the AC bias. This was done at the head. But you could have thought of the AC bias as being just another audio signal mixed with the audio.
Of course the AC bias was more powerful than the audio because it had to overcome the hysteresis in the magnetization. Also the same AC bias was used to erase the tape.
Acme Fixer - Re: Could someone clarify bias "mixing" please?
Yeah, that's a simpler way of putting it. (A problem on this forum is that you can't assume IT types have electronics knowledge--yet there's stacks who do. Seems yuh damned whatever level an explanation is pitched at.)
The other way I've explained tape bias in the past is basically the same as yours. Essentially, the bias is slew-rate limited by the bandwidth of the head/tape system on record, thus the HF on the tape is negligible. But as the bias originally swung +ve an -ve the integrated output on the tape (mostly) cancels. Once you get past this point it gets a bit tricky as the remanence is still 'settling down' and the tape is still moving--so we've the dynamically collapsing field problem, the head's field is collapsing but the tape's magnetic domain has moved on somewhat (forget Maxwell, just pick up the tweakers and CRO).
It's fascinating to have CROs and spectrum analysers on both the record and playback heads simultaneously, adjusting bias levels etc. all that B/H stuff becomes immediately obvious and falls right into place just as the textbooks say it does.
@Acem Fixer - Re: Could someone clarify bias "mixing" please?
"...When I said superimposed,.."
Right. As mentioned in the other post, technical discussions on these forums can get a bit messy. I've accidentally made the mistake previously (and more than once) of assuming that everyone uses the same nomenclature on El Reg. One gets used to the terminology of one's training institution, workplace or electronics magazine then assumes that everyone across the world/internet uses the same. Not so.
I was guilty of that earlier in first post where I used 'mix' (mixing) too loosely without definition. For me, 'mixing' usually refers to the non-linear kind (diode mixer etc.) where there's new products (f1-f2 etc.), there I used it in the linear sense. It was inconsistent with my normal usage (and it somewhat contradicted what I said later on, although I corrected it on-the-fly with qualifiers 'linear/longitudinal' etc. (Shame El Reg has no after-post editor as many other forums do).
I've been taken apart and hammered for oversimplifying when I explained something to a neophyte, and also for explanations in quick/short replies. It was drummed into me years ago by a lecturer to let equations do the work--to explain and argue the case, that way one doesn't get into difficulty. Trouble is, either the audience gets glassy-eyed or it vanishes, either way discussion stops.
Great article
Great article. Nuff said. Look forward to the second instalment.
@El Reg / Bob Dormon
"It should come as no surprise that GCHQ would want to record telecommunications broadcasts.... ...They could run at up to 240 inches per second - that's 20 feet spooling in front of you every second, 400 yards a minute, or close to 14mph."
Approximately when was that? And what was the upper frequency limit (-3dB point or whatever cutoff was)? I assume that's no longer classified as that very-high speed tape recording went out of practice quite some decades ago.
Back then (during the Cold War), to overcome the problems of super-speed tape recording, the US and I presume others, adapted the Ampex Quadruplex 2-inch video recorders to record RF from a low baseband to somewhere in the HF band so that the signals could be analysed at leisure (i.e.: not analysed in real time). This method of recording was much more convenient than using machines that would probably kill you if a tape flew off the spool.
Exactly how this adaption was done was a military secret at the time but I recall seeing declassified NORAD photographs in tech journals of the interior of B52s or whatever showing the Quadruplex recorders. They flew as close to the USSR etc. as possible and recorded the radio traffic. It's also my understanding, that as the Quadruplexes only had a HF limit of broadcast video ~~5/10MHz [perhaps the modded machines were different], that higher frequencies were 'superheterodyned'/down-converted to fit within the Quadruplex's bandwidth.
I'd imagine CGHQ did something similar with its super-H/S recorders.
BTW: presumably, you're El Reg's backdoor on the NSA!
...Duh sorry, 'twas too good to miss. ;-)
Open sore
A sound engineer at the Open University once told me he always ordered cases of blank TDK cassettes, not just because of quality, but because they contained a consistent amount of tape. Cheaper cassettes tended to come up short, a problem when you have to distribute audio lessons to hundreds of students.
Needless to say he had a constant battle with our good friend Purchasing who would want to substitute whatever brand fell of the back of a lorry lately....
Important safety tips ..
Back when they had Cathode Ray Tube televisions, with an electron beam being deflected by coils at the back of the set, it wasn't a good idea to store your music tapes on top of the telly.
Re: Important safety tips ..
It wasn't the deflection coils that caused the problem, as much as the degaussing coil around the front of a colour CRT that was specifically designed to demagnetize anything in the vicinity when switched on! Our cleaning lady had a bad habit of neatly stacking any left-around video tapes across the top of the TV...
And I'm reminded of my days at Bradford, when we were all ushered into a little room in the back of the university of photography, film and television and given a highly entertaining lecture on the evolution of magnetic recording media fro the very first to the very latest.
I mean it when I say highly entertaining. I've forgotten the chap's name now, but he could weave a story. It helped that he had a lot of props to hand around, including what he claimed was a length of the tape from those old BBC recorders, which was accompanied by a story of the day he took part in or observed an interview that used them. According to him, the operator had at least one finger missing on each hand.
I know it sounds silly and that digital recording has essentially no downsides, but there was always something so very tactile about recording to tape or playing back from it. On the other hand I'll not miss the amount of time it took to transfer rushes from DV to the computer.
Back to analog
I bought an Otari MX 70 last year.
Although it takes time to align it, clean it, demagnetise the heads, etc, it definitely adds something to the recording.
I've tried plugins for tape saturation effects and some are pretty decent but definitely not as good as the real thing.
Also, when you work all day on computers its really nice to record music without having to stare at a bloody screen!
......magnetic tape never was, is or will be a GOOD medium.
It always was, is and will be CRAP because of the inherent flaws in the fundamental design of magnetic tape.
Shame really, 'cos you got a lot of data/sound/video in a relatively small, cheap space. But there again, you get what you pay for.
Bah and Double Bah!
For all the talk of degradation, tapes I made on a budget JVC deck in the 1980s still play just fine with no audible artifacts, even though some of them have been stored in a damp basement and some of them have been cooked in the 100+ degree F heat my car can achieve of a summer's day.
Reel to Reel tapes I cut in 1963 still played on the old Stellaphone, albeit with loss of top end, until my dad in a fit of lunacy erased them "to test if the recorder was working properly", thereby committing audio recordings of the Xmas '63 Top of the Pops and a number of rare audio gems (the soundtrack to Steptoe and Son - the attempt to holiday in France episode for one) to the great bit bucket in the sky.
What was really annoying was that he could have bought tape from Radio Shack for a few dollars that would have been in better shape for recording than the fifty year old Phillips Standard Play substrate. Then he wanted me to actually listen to the rubbish he'd recorded, which was just noise from the local radio broadcast that day.
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Use this brandy-flavored caramel sauce as a topping for ice cream, frozen yogurt, pound cake, angel food cake or even pie.
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Stir together butterscotch-caramel topping, brandy, and salt in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1 1/2 minutes or until warm, stirring at 30-second intervals. Serve immediately.
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The grand finale to the sketchbook tour!
Sorry it took so long to get this done, part of that is my schedule and the other part of it was coordinating a flash with 140 unique pieces of art. Anyway its done and I'm proud that this project grew exponentially each and every year, its a true testament of the community at newgrounds!
If you've never heard of the sketchbook tour, its basically a really big art project, where I mailed artists some pages and they drew on them mailed them back, scanned all 140, mashed them into a flash presentation, and viola! It actually is alot more tedious than it sounds and we probably kept the postal service in business for one more year.
As has been the tradition, we ran a tiny batch of sketchbook tour shirts which you may purchase via the ng store. Stay tuned for future community art projects!
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It's really annoying when somebody says something and you can't stop hoping that it dosnt mean what you think it means.
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I'm not sure if you were aware of this travesty of justice, but apparently the men in our midst have absolutely nothing to drink.
That's exactly why Dr. Pepper has launched a new diet drink with only 10 calories a can called Dr. Pepper Ten aimed at men and MEN ONLY.
And in case you forget, ladies, the manly commercial marketing the new beverage helpfully reminds us with the slogan, "It's Not for Women." That's, of course, right before the manly muscly guy in the spot beats up a snake and tells us we women can "keep the romantic comedies and lady drinks." (P.S. What's a "lady drink"?)
How curious that something as ubiquitous a product as soda would be marketed to such a specific sector of population. Seriously, what's next? Gay beer? Well, now that you mention it ... yes!
A Mexican brewery has created (what it calls) the first beer marketed to the homosexual community. The Purple Hand and Salamandra beers are honey-flavored and are already available in some bars and restaurants in Guadalajara and Mexico City, as well as resorts in Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos.
Now, I'm not so sure just what makes a beer "gay," and you can bet the company is careful in its description of the product. Here is a spokesperson for the company talking about the beers:
We're out in the market with great respect with the idea of offering a product directed to the gay-lesbian community that has been ignored for too long but is important and very demanding.
He went on to say that the labels on the bottles can be removed and worn as a symbol of gay pride.
Talk about niche marketing. I'm just waiting for the "single brunette recent transport to NYC wine cooler." Now that is a product that would really take off!
Would you drink gay beer and man soda?
I really think it's more about advertising than "women can't drink this". Diet sodas are stereotyped for women drinking them, so it's just a diet soda for men to feel more manly about. What's next, you're going to complain about the frozen dinner "Hungry Man"?
I guess I'm confident enough in my sexuality to not be threatened by advertisements. :)
This brings to mind the old commercials for a particular deodorant. The guy was constantly trying to use it, but the girl kept taking it away, and going, "no, no, no!" Secret... strong enough for a man, made for a woman.
Or, what is it? Michelob something. It's a low-carb beer marketed toward those who work out.
Deodorant, Soda Pop... you're right - it's all niche marketing and nothing else. If it works, more power to them.
Oh, and I'd TOTALLY go see that movie...
Obviously it works, or they wouldn't use it. These ads go through so much before being put out there, the wording, placement of materials and music are very carefully planned to ensure it hits its target population. Don't worry- there are PLENTY of girl only commercials out there, you are really being left out of the market.
I'm buying it. lol
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I actually watched a show about marketing a couple months ago that pointed out that Coke Zero has been a big hit with men because it's essentially a rebranded diet drink... apparently men don't like drinking something with the word 'diet' on the can. According to the males they studied, 'diet drink' equalled 'lady drink.' Coke Zero has done remarkably well with men compared to other diet pop brands, and they have even changed the can to black to make it 'manlier' (which it looks like Dr Pepper is trying as well, since I have diet Dr Pepper upstairs right now and the cans are white.) So it looks like other companies are trying to crack that low-cal pop for men market.
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Good news. Sam is part of the GoUp Club!
Uh, I don't think it really means anything. or that it existed beyond this single class period. Just that he got a number that rounded up for this particular exercise. I captured this pic from Sam's class website.
Today, Mary heard Sam's hair may be distracting. That he keeps it in front of his eyes. His teacher suggested he may need to cut it.
I think she may be a vampire. Vampires prefer to see both eyes of their prey. Windows into the soul and all that. Vampire Hunters keep their eyes hidden. I am going to recommend Sam bring some garlic to class to test this theory out.
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I spoke with Sam's teacher again on Monday. Earlier, she'd said that if it would make him very sad to cut his hair that she didn't think he had to cut it.
I let her know that we talked about it and thought about it a lot over the weekend and that he really didn't want to cut his hair.
She was very cool about it, saying twice how it had only been a suggestion. I appreciate her suggestions.
This doesn't mean she isn't a vampire. Do you remember Star from The Lost Boys? She was the coolest when I was 14.
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Westchester's Astorino Believes He Has What It Takes To Unseat Cuomo
"I'm in! Let's put New York in the winning column again," Astorino tweeted Wednesday morning.
Latest Polls Show Mangano Holds Substantial Lead Over Suozzi
Fifty-two percent of voters said that they backed Mangano compared to thirty-five percent for Suozzi, according to a Newsday, News 12, and Siena College poll.
Eye On Politics: Quinn Says Her 'Record Of Delivering' Sets Her Apart From Field
A new Siena poll has Quinn with a nine point lead over her closest competitor, Anthony Weiner. But Quinn said the numbers don't matter much to her.
Siena Poll: Cuomo, Bloomberg Did Well After Sandy
New Yorkers gave high marks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg for their reaction to Superstorm Sandy, but are far less happy with the Long Island Power Authority.
Poll: 47 Percent Of New Yorkers Are Worse Off Financially Than They Were 4 Years Ago
A new poll finds that 47 percent of New Yorkers say they are worse off financially than they were four years ago, compared to 37 percent who say their finances have improved.
Sweeny: A Look At The Yankees After 10 Games
Approximately one-sixteenth of the season is now complete. That's like one game of the NFL season. Can you really make definitive judgments on a team that soon?
Derek Jeter To Receive Honorary Doctorate From Siena College
Siena says it chose to give the degree to Jeter "in recognition of his leadership, accomplishments on the baseball field and dedication to improving the lives of young people through his Turn 2 Foundation."
NFL Says No To Siena College
After further review, the NFL overturned Siena's plans to live-stream a New York Giants playoff game during a college basketball matchup.
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After more than 800 Long Islanders were surveyed, 49 percent said they thought the Long Island Rail Road was doing a good or excellent job.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Stands Against Millionaire's Tax
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Poll: Gov. Cuomo Approval Rating Increases After Budget
The Siena College poll shows Gov. Andrew Cuomo increased his already high approval rating but that 41 percent feel New Yorkers are losers in the budget that cut spending by 2 percent.
Keidel: Jaded Over Derek Jeter
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Feb. 19 at 6:05 p.m. an explosion rocked the Country Club Plaza.
Caller: (Call breaks up) "We've got a fire and we've got casualties."
Dispatcher: "OK, we got…we got units on the way there. Can you tell me what happened?"
Caller: "There was just an explosion. It was a gas explosion and the fire is blazing."
Dispatcher: "Bad explosion? OK."
Caller: "It was in the kitchen at JJ's restaurant."
Dispatcher: "OK. Gas explosion in the kitchen."
Caller: "Right."
Dispatcher: "Can you tell me how many people are hurt right now, ma'am?"
Caller: (Call breaks up) "There was staff inside and I'm not sure how many got out. I don't know how many are still in there. Two came out."
The blast happened more than an hour after a Heartland Midwest construction crew, working for Time Warner Cable, hit a gas pipeline. Witnesses recalled the runup to the explosion.
"The construction guys that were working outside. We were like, 'Hey, we smell gas' and even cars were driving by were like, 'Hey, we smell gas.' They were just, 'yeah, yeah, yeah,'" said Dr. John Verstraete of the Plaza Physicians Group back on Feb. 20, 2013.
During that time the gas drifted from the broken Missouri Gas Energy line into the popular restaurant.
"They said, 'Well because of the smell in here you guys should really leave.' So that's why we were packing up to leave. They didn't make it sound like you need to get out this second, so we were kind of taking our time, putting things away, locking up the register and then, boom. And everything was black," said Deidre Estes, a JJ's hostess, on Feb. 20, 2013.
The next day crews were in recovery mode, searching the site for one unaccounted employee. The body of 46-year-old server Megan Cramer was found beneath the rubble.
"I know the important thing is she loved and she was loved," said Carter Cramer, her father, during a service to remember her on March 4, 2013.
Almost immediately Kansas City, MO, Mayor Sly James faced a barrage of questions. A paperwork problem at City Hall caused confusion about whether Heartland Midwest had a permit to dig at the Plaza. In fact, Heartland Midwest did not have a permit. They had applied for one 13 days before, but the fax didn't go through at City Hall.
There is now a new system in place.
Three weeks after the blast, a first department report called the explosion an accident caused by the gas leak and a still-lit pilot light.
A month after the tragedy, the first of many lawsuits was filed by six JJ's workers against MGE, Heartland Midwest and Time Warner Cable, among others.
JJ's owner Jimmy Frantze filed his own suit against the same players.
"I'm working a situation I really can't quite comprehend yet. I'm dealing with it and trying to get through it," he said on Feb. 20, 2013.
But in August, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) put some of the blame on Frantze, fining him $2,000 for failing to give his employees an evacuation plan.
But the major citations were handed out to Heartland Midwest, which received $161,000 in fines for several infractions, including employees who weren't qualified or trained to operate drilling equipment.
Since then, all the players have been in a holding pattern, waiting for the final report.
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I just want to make sure my thinking and free body is correct before I go further in a project I am working on; for some strange reason (probably the curved path) I am doubting myself.
I will try and explain the problem but the attached image is probably the best description.
There is a beam that is pinned at A on one end and free to move along a path of constant curvature (a circle) at the other end; There is a force of tension FT that acts on the beam at an angle θ with a coefficient of friction of μs. Neglect gravity.
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I expect if you were to post your information a bit more legibly and actually state your question you might receive an answer.
If this is homework then you should read the instructions about posting it.
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Can you redraw the graph? Its not clear to me and I have bad eyes :(
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Yea I never really did state the actual problem I got a bit too excited. The question is for what angles theta phi and gamma does the beam stay in static equilibrium. I will re-post a better picture shortly.
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Marlene (Molly) Joyce Drallmeier, 76, Milwaukee, formerly of Plover, Wis., died Wednesday, June 5, at her home in Milwaukee.
Marlene was born on April 6, 1937, in Ferryville, to Lloyd and Anne (Grimsled) Emerson. She graduated from Prairie du Chien High School. Molly was united in marriage to Eugene (Jug) Drallmeier on September 17, 1955, in McGregor, Iowa. Five children were born to this union. She enjoyed crocheting, sewing, watching football and baseball. She loved to travel, as well as to spend time with the grandchildren while cooking and baking for them. Molly loved her family very much and will be deeply missed by all those who knew her.
Survivors include her husband, Jug Drallmeier, Milwaukee; four children, Randy (Tami) Drallmeier, Mosinee, Wis., Lori Zarneke, Milwaukee, Sheri (Doug) Johnson, Union Grove, Ron (Theresa) Drallmeier, Plainfield; fifteen grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Darwin Emerson, Poland, Ohio; brother-in-law Gary (Dixie) Drallmeier, Snowflake, Ariz.; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Molly was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Anne Emerson; mother and father-in-law, Ralph and Ione Drallmeier; one son, Richard Drallmeier; one great-granddaughter, Talia Drallmeier; one brother-in-law, Keith Drallmeier and one sister-in-law, Diane Emerson.
Memorial services were held Saturday, June 8, at the United Methodist Church in Prairie du Chien. The Rev. Mike Christensen officiated.
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I know that basic things that most people know. I know that Islam was founded by Muhammad who had (according to Muslims) an angel dictate the Koran to him. I know that Islam is an "Abrahamic" religion that honors people like Moses and Abraham. I know that there are many differences among Muslims in the world -- Sunni and Shi'a, of course, but others as well.
I'm in the same boat. As a former history teacher I have taught about Islam and understand the basic philosophy and tenets of the religion. I don't have a deep personal connection to the faith nor do any of my close friends, so pretty much all of my knowledge is only academic.
I am ashamed to say I don't know much about Islam. I have had several students who practiced it, so I know the basics. However, I know more about Judaism and Catholicism. I know about Islam from an academic more than a practical standpoint.
I have lived for a year in Indonesia. I have lived for many months in Egypt and Jordan and Turkey. I've travelled through Syria and Iran. I have lived for 2 years in India (one of the largest Muslim populations in the world) So... as a westerner with extensive conatct with Islam... what do I know about Islam? I know that no-one in Islam dares to tell the truth about how rubbish they are at being a muslim.
Individually, it is extremly dificult to be a good Muslim. It demands very high levels of obedience that almost no-one can do. But nobody talks about it. Nobody dares to say that Islam is not what they feel inside. So Islam is a culture of frightened hypocrisy. Islam is an extremely strict religion, and muslims are very scared of failing.
Collectively, in groups, Muslims are very loudly committed to Islam. They shout about how good it is to be a Muslim. Allah Akbar! They show 'the world' how good they are. BUT... according to Google's statistics... Muslims countries watch more pornography than any other cultural group. So I think Muslims are trapped inside a strict religion. I have lived worked, taught and played with many, many Muslims. And I think their religion blocks their development and genuine honesty.
I think Muslims are lonely.
Not too much, actually. There seem to be so many different varients out there, that it's hard to say what it really is. I've heared Mohammud was the last prophet after Jesus, who was also a prophet. And that muslims believe that the savior is still to come. From what I understand, they take the Torah and the New Testament as parts of the religion. What else....you have to pray five times a day, and you should try to make a trip to the holy land once in your life. You fast to appreciate the goodness of food. You are to be charitable to the poor. That's it. That's all I know.
Islam is a religions of peace. Live in peace and let other live in peace. Do good for yourself, your family, neighbours, community and world as a whole by following the commands of Allah (God) the way His prophet Mohammad (may peace be upon him) demonstrated by his practice by becoming a true servant of Allah.
Islam ensures justice. It cannot be dispensed with completely in this world (just think of a serial killer) so it is based on the concept of an eternal life after death wherein dispensation of justice is to be completed. Great rewards for the servants of Allah with abundance of mercy and forgiveness and hellfire for the disobedient and disbelievers. It's like all other Abrahamic religions.
Islam is very easy to follow as it keeps the door of pardon open for the sinners who believe provided they try their level best to stay away from it in future. But transgressors are not promised this.
To help Muslims to saty steadfast to their beliefs, they are required to say their contact prayer five times a day, give elms from their savings, fast for a month, make pilgrimage to Makkah (if they have the travel expenses). But this is not all. Muslims are encouraged to spend in in the name of Allah to help the needy and poor and for any other good cause.
They are also required to fight against the oppressor and spend for it, however, killing of innocent is like killing the whole human race and saving a life is like saving the whole human race.
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