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Allergies in general and food allergies in particular may be becoming more common among children. As many as one in 12 youngsters in the U.S. could be allergic to certain foods. The data were collected in a nationwide online survey of parents. The most common culprits were peanuts, milk and shellfish. According to the authors, as many as 40 percent of the kids with allergies had experienced a serious or life-threatening reaction at some point.
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I believe that milk is the main culprit. 50 years ago in elementary school, we were "required" to drink milk. The sniffling and running noses drove the teacher crazy.
The are co-workers who have thanked me for curing their allergies by the suggestion of not drinking milk. -
Are people confusing allergies and intolerances? Aren't allergies life-threatening, while intolerances make one uncomfortable with rashes, stomach upsets and the like? I have lactose intolerance, and also intolerances to some foods, but it is just annoying, not a life-or-death situation such as some of these children's peanut allergies.
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Increasing numbers of people and children with allergies in the general population does not surprise me at all. As a previous commenter noted, our children are too clean and not exposed to things that would develop their immune systems. Another side of that problem is the preaching of total avoidance of known allergens. It is my experience that if I am not exposed to the thing I am allergic to, then when I am exposed, my reaction is much much worse.
If I am exposed to the allergen regularly, then I never have that big reaction. Some of the most recent research has confirmed what I have experienced throughout my allergic lifetime — total avoidance is the worst thing you can do. People have been ill advised for decades.
Another reason there are more allergic people may be laid at the feet of modern medicine. I probably should have died at the age of seven from an infection resulting from allergies. Because of modern medicine and "wonder drugs" I survived to mature, marry and have three children. Now, instead of having one allergic person or none, we have four in our household. Is it any wonder that the numbers of allergy prone people are increasing? In times past, people like me did not survive to reproduce more of the same! -
My husband and I talk frequently about children with food allergies. Both of us are in our 70's and we never remember children with allergies or not being able to eat certain foods when we were children.
When our grandchild was born, no one could touch her unless they had just washed their hands thoroughly, even though we are a very clean family. I don't think this child has ever been exposed to any kind of dirt or germs, other than what she may pick up at school and she's been trained about that.
So, she has allergies and gets sick often. We just feel that the children today have no immunity system and been over protected. I would hate to tell you how much dirt or clay I ate as a child.


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- dickie said...
don't forget about this giant plush pubic louse. Also available: black death, HIV, herpes and swine flu.
- sandro.stiller said...
The last animal seems to be a kind ofWolpertinger
- That Girl said...
The dead cat figure was made by guro manga artist, Shintaro Kago... you ought to attribute that to him.
- Guy said...
I keep seeing that set of green knives for schoolkids. What's so wrong with a set of cooking knives for schoolkids? What else would they use for cookery?
- ekchew said...
Hey, I think I know what that dead cat business is all about! When I was a kid in Japan, we used to sing this song about stepping on the cat. It was sung to the melody of the Flea Waltz which anyone learning the piano would probably know.
Ne-ko fun-jat-ta
Ne-ko fun-jat-ta
Ne-ko fun-ja fun-ja fun-jat-ta
etc. - Avi Abrams said...
Thank you for all this info on the dead cat. Updated.
- Mateusz said...
one ot this toy (you can shave your baby) was made by one of the most popular Polish moder artist - Antoni Libera, so I assume that the rest of it is also some kind of performence.
- Jeremy said...
If I am not mistaken, the "clone baby" in the tank is from an episode of the "X-Files". The baby, if you look closely, resembles David Duchovny.
- ppppeettte said...
THe multi-animal would be a kind of Chimera
- VMOS said...
roadkilltoys.com make an excellent line of crushed cuddlies, they have zips so you can stuff them back in, I have Twitch the possum myself
Also, what exactly is the dog with the removable part? - Justin Gammon said...
Wow! Great collection of bizarro toys, and thanks for linking to the Weirdo Toys blog. Glad you liked the toys. Now I get to check out your site....
- Rin said...
Twisted! I'm pretty sure some of those are not for kids....right?
- Joel said...
Bob the killer rabbit from Monte Pythons Holy Grail. My daughter has one of those as thats her favorite movie.
- said...
Some of these toys are really scarry. What insane mind project such things!
Strange Twisted and bizzare is this car from Poland. - Ajani said...
These toys are going to haunt many children, in their nightmares.. for sure.
Lol! - Daniel said...
This girl from Montreal, Miss Agonie, also makes all kinds of crazy plush toys, worth a look!
- Sonja S said...
You didn't have any Little Apple Dolls here, you should see them. I collect them, and I think they're adorable, but some of my friends tell me, that they are creepy. Can't understand why..
- Orange said...
Very nice pics!) Crazy steampunk rabbit and Jigsaw puzzle - the best))))
- said...
Michael Jackson Doll from Susan's Custom Creepy Dolls is terrifying. Scary Michael Jackson is sitting in a rocking chair, staring at you.
- Ochoa said...
In japan bizarre and weird is an actual selling point. There's lots of products pushed out and only the truly insane and weird will really get sold in numbers.
the price tag on some of these are expensive and it has to do with the fact that most Japanese families both parents work. Parents usually feeling guilty give their kids an allowance, this is the same in the US, but the amount given is much higher.
So kids generally have a lot more spending money and they become consumers at a younger age. So they buy all sorts of knick knacks like these toys. - said...
Mr. Bean looks like Spock!
- Richard said...
Wow..I got creeped out just looking at those toys. I think if I had those in my home I wouldn't be able to sleep at night!
- ax said...
The would be elephant in fact is Forgotten one from WOW,lol
- said...
The last image kind of reminds me of the Whingdingdilly. One of my favourite books growing up.
- said...
The last animal is a Panzeraffant. Got a herd of them in our local zoo.
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VMOS asked what the plastic dog with the removable part was, and I have to admit that I was wondering about that as well. So I looked up the product number and found out what it was: a dog sex toy. The removable part is shown as it's being cleaned after usage! Uuuuughhh (*shudders*). Here's the link: http://www.buyer-buying.com/html-www62/dog-sex-toy-420547.htm
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Sorry to hear the troubles with corrosion and fasteners. As you found out aluminum against stainless does not work out very well, and why anti-seize compound is very important...or stainless inserts to stainless fasteners as is commonly used in aircraft. Another good excuse to replace fasteners on parts you want to come loose...like the primary and derby covers once with good chrome or even better hardened stainless with allen or torx type socket heat fasteners. :s
Right! I do remember my old bi-metal corrosion rules from small engines class and what-not. You would think that HD would live by them... Guess not
Although my bikes are a wee bit older than yours i thought that the points covers all came riveted from the factory and that if they were changed for a custom one then usually self tapping screws were used to hold it in place so perhaps blame lies with previous owner for not having copper grease/antisieze on hand to make future removal possible Brian


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Let's face it. Banking is a protected industry. It's a government-coddled industry.
The problem with that is, banks really aren't subject to free market forces that would naturally eliminate insolvent and inefficient institutions. The result is more bad banking.
If we ever want to free ourselves from the yoke of czarist money-changers and free up capital to flow into and throughout the economy, we must subject all banks, and all financial institutions, to free market forces so the weak ones fail and the strong survive.
How do we that?
It's easy. We remove the rocks under which banks hide by making all banks' (including the U.S. Federal Reserve) books and records transparent with a one-month lag. While we're at it, why not legislate the same rule for all regulatory bodies? They are supposed to be protecting us, after all, so what's there to hide?
(Speaking of transparency, it wouldn't be a bad idea to stop members of Congress from trading stocks that are directly affected by pending legislation. More on that here.)
And, if that's not a palatable option for bankers used to being sheltered, we should give them the ultimate protection they demand and simply turn them into utilities, along with the transparency that comes with it.
Let me make this simple.
If banks get into trouble and have to borrow huge amounts from each other, or have to borrow from the Federal Reserve – either from its discount window, through swap lines, or through any of the other central bank liquidity provision programs currently available – we should know about it. I suggest a one-month lag before that information is released because that's all the time they should be given to fix themselves.
If the banks are so important to the economy that they have to be given massive liquidity and regulatory cover to right themselves when they are in danger of sinking, then the financial system is nothing more than the clever rhetoric of an ensconced oligopoly manifesting its power.
If we had "one-month transparency," and faltering institutions were clearly identifiable, their stockholders would jump ship, their debt holders would man lifeboats, and unless the institution could be saved from free market destruction by the free market intervention of risk-takers willing to saddle themselves with personal exposure, they would fail.
Look through the bankers' rhetoric that they need protection and cover from public scrutiny, and what do you see? You see inefficient institutions that leverage themselves for profit, get bailed out, merged, and recapitalized by an unsuspecting public that's been duped into believing bank CEOs, regulators, and the Fed that everything is fine — or will be with time.
Who cares if banks fail before they get too big to have to be bailed out, or too big to be systemically threatening? We all should care. They should be allowed to fail.
And the sooner the better.
If that's not a palatable solution for the industry, then why don't we treat banking like we do utilities? After all, that's what banks are. They are utilities – although their profits are not capped, nor is their leverage, nor is the disaster they can wreak on all of us.
Fixing America, and the world for that matter, isn't complex. It's just hard because banks control us, not the other way around.
The only way to get around the global banking cabal is to dismantle all the too-big-to-fail banks everywhere and let the world see what's on every bank's books. Let the world see how leveraged they are, how much they have to borrow to cover holes in their balance sheets and their capital reserves, and make all regulators findings, admonishments and help known to the public fairly immediately.
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Although Barrow Clump is protected by its designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, Operation Nightingale was given special permission to excavate and record the barrow due to the extensive damage being caused by badgers. Previous excavations were carried out on the site in the early 20th century by Lt-Colonel William Hawley and in 2003–4 by English Heritage.
The Operation Nightingale excavation took place over three summers, starting in 2012, with the aim of accurately recording this significant archaeological site as it could no longer be preserved in situ.
Finds from the Neolithic period were limited, but include sherds of pottery and worked flint. In 2013, a large Neolithic pit was identified, containing hammerstones and deer antlers, although the function of this feature is as yet unknown.
Bronze Age artefacts include an archer's wristguard, a bone bead and a bone needle that were associated with a cremation burial. The cremated remains of two other individuals had been placed in Collared Urns. The substantial ring ditch surrounding the monument was recorded, and an earlier 'Beaker' phase of burial mound construction on the same site was identified. Two Beaker burials and two Bronze Age burials were found in the earlier excavations.
Evidence dating to the 6th century AD shows that the burial mound was re-used by Anglo-Saxons from a local settlement. The cemetery contained more than 70 graves of men, women and children, with limited evidence for patterns or divisions between age, gender or social class. Several of the male burials were accompanied by items associated with warfare. These include spearheads and shield bosses (the metal centres of wooden shields) as well as a sword with gilded belt fittings and remains of the wood and leather scabbard. Female burials contained items of jewellery such as brooches, rings and beads.
The star find of the excavation was a rare Saxon bucket, a type of manly drinking vessel. This bronze-bound tankard is so well preserved that even the wood (yew) has survived.
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