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Tender at the Bone: Growing up at the Table
by Ruth ReichlEditorial Reviews
USA Today
Product Details
- 9780767903387
- Publisher:
- Crown Publishing Group
- Publication date:
- 03/28/1999
- Edition description:
- Reprint
- Pages:
- 304
- Product dimensions:
- 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.83(d)
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Most mornings I got out of bed and went to the refrigerator to see how my mother was feeling. You could tell instantly just by opening the door. One day in 1960 I found a whole suckling pig staring at me. I jumped back and slammed the door, hard. Then I opened it again. I'd never seen a whole animal in our refrigerator before; even the chickens came in parts. He was surrounded by tiny crab apples ("lady apples" my mother corrected me later), and a whole wreath of weird vegetables.
This was not a bad sign: the more odd and interesting things there were in the refrigerator, the happier my mother was likely to be. Still, I was puzzled; the refrigerator in our small kitchen had been almost empty when I went to bed.
"Where did you get all this stuff?" I asked. "The stores aren't open yet."
"Oh," said Mom blithely, patting at her crisp gray hair, "I woke up early and decided to go for a walk. You'd be surprised at what goes on in Manhattan at four A.M. I've been down to the Fulton Fish Market. And I found the most interesting produce store on Bleecker Street."
"It was open?" I asked.
"Well," she admitted, "not really." She walked across the worn linoleum and set a basket of bread on the Formica table. "But I saw someone moving around so I knocked. I've been trying to get ideas for the party."
"Party?" I asked warily. "What party?"
"Your brother has decided to get married," she said casually, as if I should have somehow intuited this in my sleep. "And of course we're going to have a party to celebrate the engagement and meet Shelly's family!"
My brother, I knew, would not welcome this news. He was thirteen years older than I and considered it a minor miracle to have reached the age of twenty-five. "I don't know how I survived her cooking," he said as he was telling me about the years when he and Mom were living alone, after she had divorced his father and was waiting to meet mine. "She's a menace to society."
Bob went to live with his father in Pittsburgh right after I was born, but he always came home for holidays. When he was there he always helped me protect the guests, using tact to keep them from eating the more dangerous items.
I took a more direct approach. "Don't eat that," I ordered my best friend Jeanie as her spoon dipped into one of Mom's more creative lunch dishes. My mother believed in celebrating every holiday: in honor of St. Patrick she was serving bananas with green sour cream.
"I don't mind the color," said Jeanie, a trusting soul whose own mother wouldn't dream of offering you an all-orange Halloween extravaganza complete with milk dyed the color of orange juice. Ida served the sort of perfect lunches that I longed for: neat squares of cream cheese and jelly on white bread, bologna sandwiches, Chef Boyardee straight from the can.
"It's not just food coloring," I said. "The sour cream was green to begin with; the carton's been in the refrigerator for months."
Jeanie quickly put her spoon down and when Mom went into the other room to answer the phone we ducked into the bathroom and flushed our lunches down the toilet.
"That was great, Mim," said Jeanie when Mom returned.
"May we be excused?" is all I said. I wanted to get away from the table before anything else appeared.
"Don't you want dessert?" Mom asked.
"Sure," said Jeanie.
"No!" I said. But Mom had already gone to get the cookies. She returned with some strange black lumps on a plate. Jeanie looked at them dubiously, then politely picked one up.
"Oh, go ahead, eat it," I said, reaching for one myself. "They're just Girl Scout mint cookies. She left them on the radiator so all the chocolate melted off, but they won't kill you."
As we munched our cookies, Mom asked idly, "What do you girls think I should serve for Bob's engagement party?"
"You're not going to have the party here, are you?" I asked, holding my breath as I looked around at our living room, trying to see it with a stranger's eye.
Mom had moments of decorating inspiration that usually died before the project was finished. The last one, a romance with Danish modern, had brought a teak dining table, a wicker chair that looked like an egg and hung from a chain, and a Rya rug into our lives. The huge turquoise abstract painting along one wall dated from that period too. But Mom had, as usual, gotten bored, so they were all mixed together with my grandmother's drum table, an ornate breakfront, and some Japanese prints from an earlier, more conservative period.
Then there was the bathroom, my mother's greatest decorating feat. One day she had decided, on the spur of the moment, to install gold towels, a gold shower curtain, and a gold rug. They were no problem. But painting all the porcelain gold was a disaster; it almost immediately began peeling off the sink and it was years before any of us could take a bath without emerging slightly gilded.
My father found all of this slightly amusing. An intellectual who had escaped his wealthy German-Jewish family by coming to America in the twenties, he had absolutely no interest in things. He was a book designer who lived in a black-and-white world of paper and type; books were his only passion. He was kindly and detached and if he had known that people described him as elegant, he would have been shocked; clothes bored him enormously, when he noticed them at all.
"No," said Mom. I exhaled. "In the country. We have more room in Wilton. And we need to welcome Shelly into the family properly."
I pictured our small, shabby summer house in the woods. Wilton is only an hour from New York, but in 1960 it was still very rural. My parents had bought the land cheaply and designed the house themselves. Since they couldn't afford an architect, they had miscalculated a bit, and the downstairs bedrooms were very strangely shaped. Dad hardly knew how to hold a hammer, but to save money he had built the house himself with the aid of a carpenter. He was very proud of his handiwork, despite the drooping roof and awkward layout. He was even prouder of our long, rutted, meandering driveway. "I didn't want to cut down a single tree!" he said proudly when people asked why it was so crooked.
I loved the house, but I was slightly embarrassed by its unpainted wooden walls and unconventional character. "Why can't we have the party in a hotel?" I asked. In my mind's eye I saw Shelly's impeccable mother, who seemed to go to the beauty parlor every day and wore nothing but custom-made clothes. Next to her, Mom, a handsome woman who refused to dye her hair, rarely wore makeup, and had very colorful taste in clothes, looked almost bohemian. Shelly's mother wore an enormous diamond ring on her beautifully manicured finger; my mother didn't even wear a wedding band and her fingernails were short and haphazardly polished.
"Nonsense," said Mom. "It will be much nicer to have it at home. So much more intimate. I'd like them to see how we live, find out who we are."
"Great," I said under my breath to Jeanie. "That'll be the end of Bob's engagement. And a couple of the relatives might die, but who worries about little things like that?"
"Just make sure she doesn't serve steak tartare," said Jeanie, giggling.
Steak tartare was the bane of my existence: Dad always made it for parties. It was a performance. First he'd break an egg yolk into the mound of raw chopped steak, and then he'd begin folding minced onions and capers and Worcestershire sauce into the meat. He looked tall and suave as he mixed thoughtfully and then asked, his German accent very pronounced, for an assistant taster. Together they added a little more of this or that and then Dad carefully mounded the meat into a round, draped some anchovies across the top, and asked me to serve it.
My job was to spread the stuff onto slices of party pumpernickel and pass the tray. Unless I had bought the meat myself I tried not to let the people I liked best taste Dad's chef d'oeuvre. I knew that my mother bought prepackaged hamburger meat at the supermarket and that if there happened to be some half-price, day-old stuff she simply couldn't resist it. With our well-trained stomachs my father and I could take whatever Mom was dishing out, but for most people it was pure poison.
Just thinking about it made me nervous. "I've got to stop this party," I said.
"How?" asked Jeanie.
I didn't know. I had four months to figure it out.
My best hope was that my mother's mood would change before the party took place. That was not unrealistic; my mother's moods were erratic. But March turned into April and April into May and Mom was still buzzing around. The phone rang constantly and she was feeling great. She cut her gray hair very short and actually started wearing nail polish. She lost weight and bought a whole new wardrobe. Then she and Dad took a quick cruise to the Caribbean.
"We booked passage on a United Fruit freighter," she said to her friends, "so much more interesting than a conventional cruise." When asked about the revolutions that were then rocking the islands she had a standard response: "The bomb in the hotel lobby in Haiti made the trip much more interesting."
When they returned she threw herself into planning the party. I got up every morning and looked hopefully into the refrigerator. Things kept getting worse. Half a baby goat appeared. Next there was cactus fruit. But the morning I found the box of chocolate-covered grasshoppers I decided it was time to talk to Dad.
"The plans are getting more elaborate," I said ominously.
"Yes?" said Dad politely. Parties didn't much interest him.
"It's going to be a disaster," I announced.
"Your mother gives wonderful parties," my father said loyally. He was remarkably blind to my mother's failings, regularly announcing to the world that she was a great cook. I think he actually believed it. He beamed when someone mentioned my mother's "interesting dishes" and considered it a compliment when they said, "I've never tasted anything quite like that before." And, of course, he never got sick.
"Did you know that she's planning it as a benefit for Unicef ?" I asked.
"Really?" he said. "Isn't that nice." He had turned back to the editorials.
"Dad!" I said, trying to get him to see how embarrassing this could be. "She's sending notices to the newspapers. She's inviting an awful lot of people. This thing is getting out of control. It's only a month away and she has nothing planned."
"It'll all work out," Dad said vaguely, folding the newspaper into his briefcase. "Your mother is a very smart woman. She has a Ph.D." And then, as if there was no more to be said, he added, "I'm sure you'll be a big help."
It was hard to get mad at my father, who was as baffled by my mother's moods as I was, and just as helpless before them. They were like the weather: unpredictable, unavoidable, and often unpleasant. Dad, I think, enjoyed her energy, but then, he could always go to the office when he needed to escape. Which is what he did now. Disgusted, I called my brother.
Bob lived uptown in a fancy apartment and had as little to do with my parents as he could decently get away with.
"She's planning to make my engagement party a benefit?" he asked. "You mean she expects Shelly's family to pay to attend?" I hadn't quite considered that aspect, but I could see his point.
"I guess so," I said. "But that's not the part that worries me. Can you imagine Mom cooking for over a hundred people in the middle of summer? What if it's a really hot day?"
Bob groaned.
"Can't you get called away on business?" I asked. "What if you had a conference you had to go to? Wouldn't she have to call the whole thing off?"
Unfortunately my mother was not the least bit fazed when informed that my brother might not be in town. "The party's not for you," she said to Bob, "it's for Shelly's family. They'll come even if you're too rude not to make an appearance."
"But Mom," said Bob, "you can't ask them to buy tickets to the party."
"Why not?" asked Mom. "I think it's just disgusting the way people who have so much forget about those who are less fortunate. How could you possibly object to raising money for underprivileged children in honor of your marriage? I can't believe I have such a selfish, thoughtless son!" And Mom slammed down the phone.
She always managed to do that, always turned your arguments against you. And so there we were, 150 people invited to lunch on the lawn, a representative from Unicef and photographers promised from all the newspapers. In one of her more grandiose moments Mom wrote her old friend Bertrand Russell in Wales and asked him to come speak; fortunately he was nearing his ninetieth birthday and declined. But he did send a hundred copies of his most recent antiwar booklet, a sort of fairy tale printed on gold paper. It was called History of the World in Epitome (for use in Martian infant schools) and it was very short. The last page was a picture of a mushroom cloud.
"These will make wonderful favors!" said Mom smugly, pointing out that they were autographed. She was so pleased she sent out a few more invitations.
"What are you going to serve?" I asked.
"Do you have any ideas?" she replied.
"Yes," I said, "hire a caterer."
Mom laughed as if I had made a joke. But she was moved to call and rent some tables and folding chairs, so at least the guests wouldn't be sitting on the ground. I suggested that she hire someone to help cook and serve, but she didn't seem to think that was necessary. "We can do that ourselves," she said blithely. "Can't you get your friends to help?"
"No," I said, "I can't." But I did call Jeanie in the city and ask her to ask her parents if she could come out for the week; she thought my mother was "exciting" and I needed moral support.
As the party approached, things got worse and worse. Mom went on cleaning binges that left the house messier when she was done than when she started, and Jeanie and I went around behind her desperately stuffing things back into closets to create some semblance of order. Mom mowed half the lawn; we mowed the other half. Meanwhile my father, looking apologetic and unhappy, conveniently came up with a big project that kept him in the city.
One morning Mom went to a wholesale food company and came back honking her horn loudly, her car filled to the brim. Jeanie and I rushed out to unload fifty pounds of frozen chicken legs, ten pounds of frozen lump crabmeat, industrial-size cans of tomato and split-pea soup, twenty-five-pound sacks of rice, and two cases of canned, spiced peaches.
"This must be the menu," I said to Jeanie.
"What?" she asked.
"I bet she's going to make that awful quick soup she thinks is so great. You know, it's in all the magazines. You mix a can of tomato soup with a can of split pea soup, add a little sherry, and top it with crabmeat."
"Yuck," said Jeanie.
"Then I guess she's going to cook those millions of chicken legs on top of rice, although how she thinks she's going to cook them all in our little oven I don't know. And the canned spiced peaches can be the vegetable; they're easy because all you have to do is open the can and put them on the plates."
I was surprised (and relieved) when she ordered a giant cake from the local bakery. That left only the hors d'oeuvres; I wondered what she had up her sleeve.
The next day I found out. Jeanie and I were playing croquet, but we put down our mallets when Mom's horn started, and watched the car speed through the trees, leaving billows of dust in its wake. We ran out to see what she had dragged home.
"Horn & Hardart was having a sale!" Mom announced triumphantly, pointing to the boxes around her. They were filled with hundreds of small cartons. It looked promising. "It's almost like getting it catered," I said happily to Jeanie as we toted the boxes inside.
My happiness was short-lived; when I began opening the cartons I found that each contained something different.
"The Automat sells leftovers for almost nothing at the end of the day," said Mom, "so I just took everything they had." She was very pleased with herself.
"What are you going to do with it?" I asked.
"Why, serve it," she said.
"In what?" I asked.
"Big bowls," she said.
"But you don't have anything to put in big bowls," I pointed out. "All you have is hundreds of things to put in little bowls. Look," I began ripping the tops off the cartons, "this one is potato salad. This one is coleslaw. This one is cold macaroni and cheese. Here's a beet salad. Here's some sliced ham. Nothing matches!"
"Don't worry," said Mom, "I'm sure we can make something out of all of this. After all, everything in it is good."
"Yes," I muttered to Jeanie, "and by the time it gets served everything in it will be four days old. It will be a miracle if it's not moldy."
"I think it would be better if it was," said practical Jeanie. "If people see mold they won't eat it."
"Pray for rain," I said.
Unfortunately, when I woke up on the day of the party there was not a cloud in the sky. I pulled the covers over my head and went back to sleep. But not for long. "Nobody sleeps today," Mom announced, inexorably pulling back the covers. "It's party day!"
Some of the food had acquired a thin veneer of mold, but Mom blithely scraped it off and began mixing her terrible Horn & Hardart mush. "It's delicious!" she cried, holding out a spoonful. It wasn't. Fortunately it looked even worse than it tasted.
I thought the chicken legs were a little dubious too; in order to get them all cooked we had started two days earlier, and the refrigerator couldn't hold them all. But they glistened invitingly, and the oven-baked rice looked fine. We spooned the peaches into Mom's big glass bowls, and they looked beautiful.
I wasn't very happy about the soup. Mom had left the crabmeat out of the freezer to defrost for two days, and even she didn't like the way it was smelling. "I think I'll just add a little more sherry," she kept saying as she poured in bottles of the stuff.
"People will get drunk on the soup," I said.
"Fine," she said gaily, "then maybe they'll donate more to Unicef."
My brother arrived, took one look at the rickety chairs on our uneven lawn, and headed straight for the bar. Mom had hired some local high school boys to be bartenders, and they were pouring whiskey as if it were Coke.
"You've got to stay sober," I said to him. "You've got to make sure that nobody in Shelly's family eats the soup. And they should probably watch out for the chicken too."
Bob had another drink.
My memories of the party are mercifully blurred, but a yellowed clipping from the Norwalk Hour tells part of the story. My mother looks radiantly into the camera beneath a headline reading WILTON FAMILY HOSTS BENEFIT FOR UNICEF.
A family photograph of me handing a check to a grinning official in front of a sign that says SECURITY COUNCIL in both French and English tells another part of the tale.
But my brother owns the end of the story. Thirty-five years later his children can still make him turn green by asking, "Remember the time Nana Mimi poisoned everyone?"
"Ooh," he moans, "don't remind me. It was awful. First she extorted money from them. Then she gave out those antibomb favors; it was the early sixties, for Christ sake, and these were conservative businessmen and housewives. But the worse thing was the phone calls. They kept coming all night long. Nobody felt good. Twenty-six of them actually ended up in the hospital having their stomachs pumped. What a way to meet the family!"
I missed all that, but I do remember the phone ringing while we were still cleaning up. Mom was still exulting in the photographer's flashbulbs, and saying for what seemed like the forty-seventh time, "Look how much money we raised!" She picked up the receiver.
"Yes?" said Mom brightly. I think she expected it to be another reporter. Then her voice drooped with disappointment.
'Who doesn't feel well?"
There was a long silence. Mom ran her hand through her chic, short coiffure. "Really?" she said, sounding shocked. "All of them?" She slumped a little as her bright red fingernails went from her hair to her mouth. Then her back straightened and her head shot up.
"Nonsense," I heard her say into the phone. "We all feel fine. And we ate everything."
Meet the Author
Ruth Reichl is the restaurant critic for the New York Times. She lives in New York City with her husband, her son, and two cats.
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- New York, New York
- Date of Birth:
- January 16, 1948
- Place of Birth:
- New York, New York
- Education:
- B.A., University of Michigan, 1968; M.A., University of Michigan, 1970
- Website:
- http://www.ruthreichl.com/
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A local environmental group was not allowed to set up a booth at Grand Olde West Days after registering and paying for a spot at the holiday festival.
The Colorado Wilderness Network was not allowed to set up a booth for GOWD, and was notified a week before the Memorial Day weekend that the organization would not be allowed to participate.
"We had sent in our check and were registered, but then we got a letter that said our being there would 'take away from the idea that we are trying to promote' and our check was returned," said Jennifer Seidenberg, northwest field organizer for the Colorado Wilderness Network.
"We aren't a political party, we don't endorse candidates. We wanted to meet the community and start some dialogue. The only thing we wanted to distribute was a hiking guide on Colorado that shows some of the hikes that are available in Moffat County."
Seidenberg points out that labeling their organization "political" because of its stance on wilderness designations isn't fair because the Moffat County Off Road Hounds, who were allowed to set up a display, "definitely has a perspective on wilderness."
GOWD board member Craig Police Sgt. Bill Leonard said the decision not to allow the three-day event to be used as a political forum was made almost two years ago and the Colorado Wilderness Network "fit under those guidelines.
"We decided last year, or it might have been the year before, we didn't want political booths or campaigning for a county commissioner or sheriff or anything like that during Grand Olde West Days," Leonard said. "The coalition is pretty political.
"The 4x4 club didn't handout any brochures or anything pushing their views. They just set up their trucks for people to look at they didn't want to handout any literature about wilderness."
Leonard said the initial invitation to the Colorado Wilderness Network was a mistake, made by a board member that had missed the meeting where the original decision not to allow the organization to set up a booth was made.
"When they first showed an interest, we asked to see any literature they would bring they never sent it," he said. "We decided not to allow them to come, but one of our board members, who missed that meeting, told them they could. So we asked again to see what they wanted to handout, but they never responded. They were given the opportunity to show what they wanted to bring, but they didn't respond."
Seidenberg, who's office is in Steamboat Springs, said the organization was willing to show the hiking pamphlets they wanted to hand out, and she attempted to contact Pam Lathrop, the board member in charge of booths, four times but her calls were not returned.
"One of the things we've been asked by the (Moffat County) commissioners in the past is why haven't we talked to local people about wilderness?" she said.
"We saw this as an opportunity to have dialogues with community members, to just talk with people, and give out some information on hiking but we weren't allowed to do this."
The Colorado Wilderness Network was given two opportunities to show the board the literature the organization wanted to hand out and that request was never responded to, so the GOWD board's decision was a fair one and shouldn't even be and issue, Leonard said.

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This biography of Ulysses S. Grant paints a revealing portrait of one of America's most paradoxical leaders. In 2011 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE will rebroadcast this film as U.S. Grant: Warrior, an abridged 90-minute version of the film, focusing on Grant as a Civil War hero and a brilliant military strategist who rose from obscurity to a rank held previously only by George Washington.
As a soldier, General Ulysses S. Grant had depended upon the able assistance of Ely S. Parker, a Seneca Indian. As president, Grant tried with little success to ensure peaceful relations with Native Americans. Many Americans saw Indians as little more than animals that stood in the way of progress, and favored their extermination. But not Grant. At his inauguration, Grant said that he would "favor any course toward them which tends to their civilization and ultimate citizenship."
After taking office, Grant named Parker head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He received a delegation of Native Americans at the White House, including the Oglala Sioux chief Red Cloud. He advanced a policy of peace. Grant also abided by the provisions of the second Fort Laramie Treaty, which gave the Lakota Sioux possession of much of Montana, Wyoming, and what is now South Dakota. But when gold was discovered in those hills, whites rushed to the territory, and clashes between Native Americans and whites began. The man who started it all was a career soldier named George Armstrong Custer.
Custer had already gained a reputation for getting into trouble. He graduated from West Point last in his class. Just after his graduation, he was court-martialed for failing to stop a fight between two cadets. But by then the Civil War had broken out, and the Army needed all the officers it could get. Custer went unpunished.
Custer distinguished himself in several Civil War battles. After the war, he went West, where he led the Seventh Cavalry in a successful campaign against the Southern Cheyenne Indians. In 1867, Custer was court-martialed again, this time for leaving his post without permission. The Army suspended him for a year without pay. But as trouble with the Indians grew, he was returned to duty.
In 1874 Custer led an expedition in Lakota Sioux territory, in the Black Hills of Dakota. There, he confirmed the presence of gold -- and started a gold rush, which would soon cause trouble between Native Americans and white miners. Grant tried to honor the Treaty of Fort Laramie, but miners pressured him to let them search for gold in the sacred hunting grounds of the Sioux and Cheyenne.
Grant gave in to the pressure. The federal government issued an order requiring all Indians to move onto reservations by January 31, 1876, or be considered hostile. But many Indians did not hear the order or simply ignored it. Grant decided to send troops under generals John Gibbon, George Crook, and Alfred Terry to Dakota to fight the Sioux. At first, Custer was not included as part of the force.
Grant's reason for avoiding Custer was political. Custer had testified about corruption in Grant's Indian affairs offices, so Grant removed him from command. But Grant's wartime friend Phillip Sheridan persuaded him to send Custer West. For Custer, the move would prove fatal.
In June 1876, as sightseeing crowds flocked to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, U.S. troops in Montana and Dakota began a multi-pronged attack on the Indians who had not gone to reservations. Custer arrived in Indian Territory first. Instead of waiting for forces under Generals Crook and Terry, Custer led little more than 200 men in an attack on the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull's camp on Montana's Little Bighorn River.
In the fight that followed, a force of thousands of Sioux killed Custer and all of his men. Shock and outrage over what was called "Custer's Last Stand" hastened the government's campaign against the Indians. By the following year, the Sioux had been forced to retreat into Canada. In death, Custer became a hero, the subject of songs, books, and poems. Ironically, the man who had led an attack on a peaceful Sioux village was remembered as the victim of a massacre.
Consideration of Native Americans's rights would not reawaken until the 1880s, when leaders like Mary Bonney took up the cause.
Television game shows became an instant national phenomenon in 1955, but four years later contestant Charles van Doren admitted they were a scam.
Meet the Wizard of Odd. Robert Ripley was a new media star and the most popular man in America.
Accused by a janitor, a respected Harvard professor was hanged for the murder of Dr. George Parkman, one of Boston's richest citizens, in 1849.
Robert Noyce's invention of the microchip launched the world into the Information Age.
With data compiled from tens of thousands of sex questionnaires, Alfred Kinsey changed America's views about sex with the Kinsey Reports.
The unusual life of David Vetter, who lived permanently inside a germ-free environment due to severe combined immunodeficiency.
P.T. Barnum -- huckster, con man, promoter, entertainer and founder of "The Greatest Show on Earth".
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More Than 3,200 Workers Choose AFL-CIO Unions
More than 1,800 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers employed by American Medical Response (AMR) in Northern California and 500 EMS workers at New England EMS voted last week to join AFSCME, while more than 900 telecom, health care and other workers chose a voice at work with AFL-CIO unions.
Kathy Ivy (see video), a paramedic in Contra Costa County with 18 years' experience, said:
We understand that with numbers there is strength, and with strength we can accomplish a whole lot. We want to be part of a growing national movement that stands up for EMS workers and that's why we voted for United EMS Workers-AFSCME Local 4911.
There had been threats of layoffs at AMR, but EMS workers at Rural/Metro of Northern California, who earlier this year voted to join the union, shared their experiences with the AMR workers. Paramedic Samantha Tennison from Santa Clara County said:
We stopped two dozen layoffs within days of voting for United EMS Workers-AFSCME Local 4911. We've proven we can save jobs.
In other organizing news, more than 780 AT&T Mobility retail workers in Louisiana joined the Communications Workers of America (CWA). AT&T has agreed to a neutrality agreement with CWA allowing workers to sign authorization cards showing they want to join the union and, when a majority of cards are certified, the company recognizes the workers' choice.
Also, 50 health care workers in New Jersey won voluntary recognition from Aspen Hills/Ocean Healthcare. The company purchased the former publicly owned Buttonwood Hospital from Burlington County.
In Brooklyn, N.Y., 46 cable television installers at Vision Pro—a contractor with Brooklyn Cablevision—voted for a voice with CWA. They join the more than 300 Cablevision workers who have voted for CWA in two elections this year.
Meanwhile, 40 workers at VSE Corp. in Hamel, Ill., voted to join the Machinists (IAM). The workers maintain and repair military vehicles. Workers employed by Greyhound in Albuquerque, N.M., including 19 baggage agents and ticket agents, voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM.


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Till the reign of Henry VIII. the kings of England were styled "Your Highness," "Your Grace," "Your Excellent Grace," etc., or "His" etc.
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Originally Posted by Gintaras Saleh, great start... would be interesting to know which setting you used for your shots. Did you use in Auto modes or jumped straight to AV / TV? and btw, how D40x feels, i mean how easy to use (in case you are a novice to DSLR)? thank you i am using Maunal mode its very easy i just play with 3 things shutter , apreture and ISO but its a little bit grainy with tripod i would use timer its should be better
I had mixed feelings about the following photo that I took yesterday since it's sort of different from the norm and was surprised that it even came out considering the conditions; however, it has received some very good feedback on the R/C forums, so I figured that I would post it here as well. D200 / 70-200mm VR / No Flash / Handheld Shutter Priority / 1/800s at F/7.1 / ISO 500
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On Sept. 27, 2001, May received yet another honor for his illustrious collegiate career when he became the eighth player to have his jersey retired at Pitt.
"Without a doubt, this is one of the highest athletic achievements of my career and I've been to three Super Bowls, played in the Pro Bowl and was on some great teams at the University of Pittsburgh," May said. "It is even more of an honor to have your number retired at a school with the football tradition of Pitt.
"I remember being in our locker room as a collegiate player and seeing Tony Dorsett's glass-encased retired locker. There have been so many great players here and to have your name added to the list of retired jerseys is a tremendous thrill."
Nicknamed "May Day" for the distress he would cause defensive tackles, the Oneonta, N.Y., native was a member of perhaps the greatest recruiting class in Pitt history in 1977, joining such standouts as Hugh Green, Rickey Jackson, Russ Grimm and Greg Meisner. May and his teammates went on to lead the Panthers to a four-year record of 39-8-1, including four bowl games and three Top 10 finishes.
In his junior and senior seasons, both 11-1 Pitt teams, May did not allow a single sack. "There were games when my uniform never got dirty," said quarterback Dan Marino of May and his offensive line teammates. "There were games when I never hit the ground. That's incredible."
In 1979, May went up against two All-American defensive tackles (Penn State's Bruce Clark and Washington's Doug Martin) and held them to one tackle apiece in Pitt victories. As a senior in 1980, May graded out over 90 percent on running plays.
"His size, speed, agility and intelligence are unbelievable," said Joe Moore, the Panthers' famed offensive line coach from 1977-85. "Add to that his desire to excel, and you understand why he's a great one."
His first start was in the 1977 Gator Bowl at the end of his freshman campaign. That night May helped the Panthers cruise to a 34-3 demolition of Clemson as Pitt rolled up a Gator Bowl record 566 total yards.
Pitt made bowl appearances in each of May's four seasons, punctuated by a 37-9 victory over South Carolina in the 1980 Gator Bowl. The Panthers finished second in the Associated Press and United Press International polls. The New York Times computer poll, however, ranked Pitt the best team in the country after that season.
Known for his unselfishness, May told the Pittsburgh Press after receiving the Outland Trophy he wanted to "cut it up and share it with my teammates and my coaches."
May was a consensus All-America selection as a senior and was selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft, 20th overall, by the Washington Redskins. He helped the Redskins to three Super Bowls (1982, 1983 and 1987), including world championships in '82 and '87. May was selected to play in the Pro Bowl following the 1988 season. That year he gave up just one sack and was the only Washington offensive player to start every game.
May's career with the Redskins spanned from 1981-90. He played for the San Diego Chargers in 1991 and Phoenix Cardinals in 1992-93.
Upon retiring from the NFL, May embarked on a highly successful broadcasting career and currently works with ESPN as a studio host and color analyst for the network's college football coverage. Previously he worked with CBS and TNT, providing analysis for their NFL broadcasts.
May broke into broadcasting in 1994 when he joined play-by-play announcer Bill Hillgrove for Pitt radio broadcasts after longtime color man Johnny Sauer retired.
In 2005, May was enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Crowds began gathering outside the Deepvihar High School in the city of Vasco da Gama on Monday night after news of the attack emerged, prompting police to arrest the headmistress on charges of neglect as well as appeal for calm.
A massive manhunt has been launched to trace the attacker, thought to be in his early 20s, who managed to get into the premises despite security guards posted at the school gate.
A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that the youngster was raped after being dragged inside the toilet situated next to the headmistress's office during a break in classes.
Police were alerted after the girl complained of pain and was given a medical examination.
The girl was taken to hospital and has since been discharged, a charity worker accompanying her told AFP. "She is fine now and recuperating at home," she said.
The victim's identity has been protected in line with Indian law.
Thousands of people surrounded the school on Monday night, shouting to demand the arrest of the headmistress and the perpetrator.
Demonstrations then spread to other parts of the city on Tuesday, with shops and businesses closing in protest. Police were due to hold a press conference on the incident in the late afternoon.
Goa's Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar visited the spot to try and calm the tense gathering.
"We will not spare the accused and anyone involved in this crime," he told the crowds, after which the headmistress was detained. She was later arrested for alleged negligence of duty, the police official said.
The case has been transferred from local police to the state crime branch, which has taken up the help of a teacher to draw a sketch of the accused, seen loitering in the school compound.
The attack comes after the gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi last month sparked nationwide protests and fuelled anger across India over the alarming incidence of sexual assault.
Five men and a teenager have been charged with the rape and murder of the 23-year-old woman, who died 13 days later in a Singapore hospital from horrific injuries.
Police say the suspects lured the woman and her male companion onto a private bus in the capital when the pair were returning home from the cinema.
The group allegedly beat the man and raped the young woman in the back of the bus while driving around the city for about 45 minutes.
They also sexually assaulted the woman with a metal bar, leaving her with severe intestinal injuries, before throwing her out of the vehicle.
Protesters across the country have called for tougher laws to punish rapists, including the introduction of capital punishment in the most extreme cases.
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UIS held its 42nd Commencement Ceremony at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Illinois on May 11, 2013 at 2pm.
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The online Faculty Participation and Regalia form is no longer available. The deadline to submit the online form was Thursday, February 28, 2013. If you indicated that you will be participating, commencement information will be sent to you prior to the ceremony.
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A new (to me) 870 followed me home
I just picked up a companion piece to my for-home-defense 870. A used 870 express w/26" vent-ribbed barrel, also in 12 gauge. In the same rack was a used Wingmaster - a little older, but very pretty with a glossy blued finish and glossy furniture, too, but she had a fixed full-choke barrel, so I opted for the express with the removable choke insert. The clays and doves probably have nothing to fear just yet, but I'll be doin' my homework! Now I need to get a swivel set installed for a sling. Anything I need that I haven't thought of? |
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Very Good Question - In an attempt to answer your question. The HD gun I have is a Mossberg 8 shot pump with a 20 inch barrell. It was a used LE gun, and came with the swivels.
The only reason I put the sling on was because of the presence of the swivels. Otherwise, I would tend to agree with you for close-in encounters. I have a .45 as my bed-side by home defense weapon (inside the house), but I have a lot of acreage around me, and If I hear someone out around my boats or around my dock, then it will be the shotgun even with the sling. I also have other hand guns in other rooms to include both levels of my house. I have three part-time neighbors, and I keep an eye on their lake homes. My two dogs and I have kept our area of the lake safe and without a single theft for four years now and counting. Every worker or service person who enters my home sees evidence of my home protection. They also know I am a Nam veteran. |
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We had made a plan the night before of what route we were taking to nowhere and so jumped onto the highway and headed off towards St Joseph and then followed the state line up to cross over into Nebraska at the first opportunity. However, luck was against us. The Missouri River had other ideas. Recently, it had burst its banks and wiped out most of the roads crossing it, so we had to turn around and return to St Joseph and cross into Kansas first. They say things happen for a reason, but I was struggling on this one, until Dean pointed out that if we had not changed our route we would not have been able to pick up a Kansas map. As it happens we passed a Missouri Welcome Centre on our way back to St Joseph and they had most of the surrounding states maps. When we crossed into Kansas, again there was no visitor information. We were lucky to have got a map from Missouri. We then headed north to Falls City, Nebraska adding around an hour or so to our days driving and then followed the state line west and crossed back into Kansas to find another recommended free campsite with electric. We arrived at Clay Center Fairground around 7pm, found a site and plugged in. We cooked dinner and then watched Desperate Housewives downloaded on some free wi-fi. As it was still cold here in Kansas, we snuggled into our blanket and duvet and went to sleep.
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December 20th, 2007 | Published in Google Public Policy
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Earlier today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cleared our acquisition of DoubleClick. This is obviously excellent news for both companies, and I would like to comment on its significance and what it means for us going forward.
Perhaps most importantly, the FTC's decision publicly affirms what we and numerous independent analysts have been saying for months: our acquisition does not threaten competition in what is a robust, innovative, and quickly evolving online advertising space. In fact, we firmly believe the transaction will increase competition and bring substantial benefits to consumers, web publishers, and online advertisers.
Looking at the FTC's clearance statement, a few key points jump out as noteworthy:
- Transaction was cleared with no conditions. The FTC cleared the acquisition unconditionally, without demanding any changes in or commitments concerning the companies' business practices. This will allow us to remain flexible as we continue to innovate and provide the best services to our customers and users.
- Google and DoubleClick are not competitors. The FTC stated that its "thorough analysis of the evidence showed that the companies are not direct competitors in any relevant antitrust market." Furthermore, the FTC concluded that the merger would not eliminate beneficial potential competition, writing that "it is unlikely that the elimination of Google as a potential competitor in the third party ad serving markets would have a significant impact on competition." We agree with both of these findings. Google and DoubleClick provide complementary services, and competition between the companies was not necessary to create benefits for consumers. To the contrary, consumers will benefit from the two companies working together and combining our resources.
- Third party ad serving markets are highly competitive. The FTC noted that "the evidence shows that the third party ad serving markets are competitive," and said that "the evidence also shows that firms can and do switch ad serving firms when it is in their self-interest to do so." This is an important finding, because it means that ad serving customers will continue to benefit from innovation and product development by the many players in this space, and that they can always select the ad serving provider that offers them the best services.
- Privacy not a part of the merger review. Though we strongly believe in protecting our users' privacy, the FTC clearance decision reaffirmed the law by noting that privacy concerns played no role in its merger review. This is an important principle, as privacy issues need to be addressed on an industry-wide basis, and not on a company-by-company basis. The FTC wrote, "although such issues may present important policy questions for the Nation, the sole purpose of federal antitrust review of mergers and acquisitions is to identify and remedy transactions that harm competition. Not only does the Commission lack legal authority to require conditions to this merger that do not relate to antitrust, regulating the privacy requirements of just one company could itself pose a serious detriment to competition in this vast and rapidly evolving industry." The FTC also noted, however, "that the evidence does not support a conclusion" that this particular transaction will harm consumer privacy.
- Data combination wouldn't pose problems. The FTC rejected the suggestion from competitors that Google would combine user information with DoubleClick's customers' data to obtain an advantage in the market, writing that the data is owned by DoubleClick's customers and that "at bottom, the concerns raised by Google's competitors regarding the integration of these two data sets -- should privacy concerns not prevent such integration -- really amount to a fear that the transaction will lead to Google offering a superior product to its customers." Moreover, "a number of Google's competitors have at their disposal valuable stores of data not available to Google. For instance, Google's most significant competitors in the ad intermediation market, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Time Warner have access to their own unique data stores."
- Advertisers and publishers aren't concerned. The FTC noted that "the clear majority of third parties expressing [competitive] concerns [about the deal] were Google's current or potential competitors." Additionally, Commissioner Jon Liebowitz noted in his concurring opinion that "my staff and I independently spoke with publishers and advertisers potentially affected by this deal and, somewhat surprisingly, they raised few anticompetitive concerns. In fact, many seem unruffled by the alternatives in the post-merger market." It is telling that while our competitors tried hard to come up with theories of how our customers and partners could be harmed by the deal, those customers and partners themselves did not agree with those theories. In fact, we know that many of these advertisers and publishers are excited about the transaction and look forward to benefiting from it.
I should also note that, separate from its clearance decision, the FTC this morning released some suggested principles to guide online companies engaging in online advertising. We support the FTC's effort to develop industry-wide standards in this area, and we are studying these proposals carefully.
Receiving clearance from the FTC is of course an important step forward, but it does not mean that we can now close the acquisition. For that, we must also receive clearance from European Commission (EC), which is still conducting its review. We are cooperating fully with the EC and are hopeful that they will soon reach the same conclusion as their U.S. counterparts.


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A big congrats to Cathy and Arnie Fenner for winning the Locus Award for Best Art Book of 2006.
"It really is exciting and, at the same time, humbling to receive the Locus....How can we not feel honored, for ourselves but also on behalf of all of the artists who participate in Spectrum and make it possible in the first place? It's very much a 'shared' award." Cathy Fenner
Full story on the Spectrum News paage.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Spectrum 13 Wins Locus Award
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- Tracy said...
Arnie and Cathy deserve more cudos than they get for all of their efforst and endeavors. We all owe them many thanks for what they do for us and all the fans of art and fantasy and sci/fi.
Thanks Arnie and Cathy and congratulations.
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- Carl V. said...
They, and that issue of Spectrum, certainly deserve it. It was by far the best volume of Spectrum yet and sets the bar very high for number 14. And you have a part in this as well, so congrats to you!!!
- Irene Gallo said...
I worked on the Spectrum exhibit for a year and a half and it damn near killed me. I cannot imagine how the Fenners keep this going year after year – on top of all the other projects they do. And they are constantly on the lookout for ways to improve it. (I can;t wait to see the new concept art category.) They really can't get enough kudos!
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A young girl sitting at a small, kid-sized table with a doting mom and imaginary guests in the form of stuffed animals may come to mind when you think of mother-daughter tea parties. Adult women can also enjoy the bonding and socializing experience of a tea party too. With a little creativity and imagination you can plan a mother-daughter tea party for kids or adults.
Using your home as the location is an option for both children and adult tea parties, especially if the guest list is small. Center the party around your dining room, or use the basement or backyard to create a larger space. You can also reserve a banquet room in a fine-dining restaurant or upscale hotel for a more formal affair. For an intimate party with you and your child as the only guests, make your child's room the central location. Set up the tea sets on the floor or use a small kid's table. You can also have the party in your backyard and invite other mothers from your neighborhood to bring their daughters.
Adding a theme to your tea party provides a secondary purpose to drinking tea. Try a dress-up theme that requires the mothers and daughters to wear clothing that represents a specific era. For instance, declare the Victorian period as your time frame and the women can don ruffled, high-collar shirts with long, flowing skirts. For a children's tea party, have the little girls and moms dress up like princesses and pretend that your house is a castle. Decorate the room with pictures of famous princesses and queens and use old tea sets, which you can find at resale shops, to enhance the mood.
Whether young or old, to keep the mothers and daughters entertained, incorporate activities into your party. For an adult mother-daughter party, plan different games the guests can play while enjoying their tea, such as bingo or charades. Have the mothers bring in the funniest baby pictures of their daughters to share, and encourage each daughter to share a humorous story about her mother. For a kid's party, provide costumes for the mothers and daughters to dress up in. Include accessories and makeup so that the girls can have fun getting ready for the party.
Typical tea party food usually includes small pastries, desserts, finger sandwiches and hors d'oeuvres. You can incorporate any of these foods into a tea party for mothers and daughters, no matter their ages. Make homemade desserts that go well with tea, such as cookies and brownies. Prepare sandwiches, cut each one into four pieces, and assemble on a decorative platter. Or, plan a potluck party and have the mothers and daughters bring their favorite desserts to sample.
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A rare bit of academic business here on Maribo:
The University of British Columbia's new TerreWEB program is interested in engaging a scientist to facilitate challenges in building research and training involving TerreWEB researchers and collaborators. Highly qualified candidates interested in developing innovative research programs and fostering Graduate Student training are invited to apply. Appointments can range from 2 to 3 years. Click on the image for the full ad.
This is a great program. A large range of UBC faculty, including myself, are a part of program, so applicants have a terrific choice of potential supervisors.
The one drawback: The applications are due on August 31st! If you're interested, get cracking on that application.
Potential students interested in the program should contact a TerreWEB faculty member for more information about applying to UBC (and to the program).
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I thought I saw something, maybe in the press release, about discouraging plants built before 2015 from employing lower emission standards. I suppose that's just a promise, though.
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A considerable number of attacks on freedom of speech and freedom of thought suggest that we are a much weaker country than we believe ourselves to be. We no longer value diversity but prefer assimilation. If you disagree with the consensus, you will suffer the wrath of the despotic majority.
Watching the last few years of American politics from my side of the fence, I am absolutely flabbergasted by how deeply entrenched and polarized the two parties have become. I might debate an issue I believe in, but I'll go home and consider it from both sides. My grandma was the same way.
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In this memory exercise, you will be presented with a group of colored shapes and asked to remember them. At this point, the shapes are in the form of humans in various poses. You will have some time to commit these shapes into your memory before they vanish. You will then see a grid of similar pieces and you must click on the ones presented in step 1. Your score is based on how many target pieces you find and how many mistakes you make. Your progress is displayed in the top right corner.


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Here is a handy online garden planner suggested by one of our readers! They offer a free trial, and then it does cost about $25 to subscribe - but it looks like it's very useful and worth it if you want a handy online planting guide, reminder emails about when to plant each vegetable and herb, garden planning tools, crop rotation lists, planning ahead for next year, etc. For those who like to do their garden planning in an organized manner on the computer, this looks like a great tool for you. Go to: Grow Veg
While we're talking about online garden resources (garden planners, gardening forums, permaculture information, urban agriculture articles, organic standards information...) here are a few more.
Garden Web
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Urban Farm Online
Canadian Organic Growers
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Bell / ans Side Effects
Generic Name: sodium bicarbonate
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of sodium bicarbonate. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name Bell / ans.
For the Consumer
Applies to sodium bicarbonate: capsule, granule, powder, solution, tablet
Along with its needed effects, sodium bicarbonate (the active ingredient contained in Bell / ans) may cause some unwanted effects. Although the following side effects occur very rarely when this medicine is taken as recommended, they may be more likely to occur if it is taken: in large doses, for a long time, or by patients with kidney disease.
Severity: Moderate
If any of the following side effects occur while taking sodium bicarbonate, check with your doctor or nurse as soon as possible:
- Frequent urge to urinate
- headache (continuing)
- loss of appetite (continuing)
- mood or mental changes
- muscle pain or twitching
- nausea or vomiting
- nervousness or restlessness
- slow breathing
- swelling of feet or lower legs
- unpleasant taste
- unusual tiredness or weakness
Minor Side Effects
Some of the side effects that can occur with sodium bicarbonate may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:
Less common:- Increased thirst
- stomach cramps
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to sodium bicarbonate: compounding powder, intravenous solution, oral tablet
Chronic ingestion of bicarbonate may rarely cause intravascular volume expansion with resultant hyporeninemia and hypoaldosteronemia. In this rare circumstance, the serum potassium may be elevated.
Rare cases of sodium bicarbonate (the active ingredient contained in Bell / ans) abuse have been associated with features of Munchausen syndrome. These patients often present with an otherwise unexplained hypokalemic hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis.
Hypernatremia may cause water retention, weight gain, and edema, which may be important in some patients with congestive heart failure, renal insufficiency, or severe liver disease.[Ref]
Metabolic side effects have included metabolic alkalosis, hypernatremia/hyperosmolarity, hypochloremia, and hypokalemia. These effects have been associated with rapid or prolonged administration. Side effects have rarely included intravascular volume expansion with resultant hyporeninemia and hypoaldosteronemia.[Ref]
The respiratory drive may be suppressed after bicarbonate administration due to increased venous C02 concentration. Without adequate ventilation, worsened systemic acidosis could develop.[Ref]
Respiratory side effects have included suppressed respiratory drive.[Ref]
Nervous system
Rapid infusion of hyperosmolar sodium bicarbonate (the active ingredient contained in Bell / ans) has been associated with intraventricular hemorrhage in the pediatric literature.
Irritability and tetany have been associated with sodium bicarbonate-induced alkalosis or hypernatremia.
Due to greater permeability of the blood-brain barrier to hydrogen than to bicarbonate, the pH of cerebrospinal fluid may significantly decrease during sodium bicarbonate administration, which can cause mental stupor or coma.[Ref]
Nervous system side effects have included irritability, tetany, mental stupor, coma, and intraventricular hemorrhage.[Ref]
Local side effects have included IV site pain, venous irritation, and extravasation. Cellulitis, tissue necrosis, ulceration, or skin sloughing have possibly been the result of extravasation. A slow rate of administration of a properly diluted solution into a large bore needle and vein is recommended if IV administration is necessary.[Ref]
Cardiovascular side effects have included decreased cardiac contractility possibly resulting from infusion of sodium bicarbonate (the active ingredient contained in Bell / ans) in patients with severe acidosis.[Ref]
Experimentally, the administration of intravenous hypertonic sodium bicarbonate has been associated with increased serum osmolality, decreased ionized serum calcium (which is associated with decreased myocardial contractility), and peripheral vasodilation. Some experts recommend invasive hemodynamic monitoring in acidotic patients before the administration of bicarbonate.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal side effects associated with oral administration have rarely included gastric rupture.[Ref]
As an antacid, sodium bicarbonate, especially after excess food or liquid, can cause excess gas release (when combined with gastric acid). The mortality associated with gastric rupture is as high as 65%.[Ref]
Urinary alkalinization from bicarbonate can cause a falsely positive colorimetric assay for protein.[Ref]
Renal side effects have rarely included "False proteinuria".[Ref]
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8. Thomas SH, Stone CK "Acute toxicity from baking soda ingestion." Am J Emerg Med 12 (1994): 57-9
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I ask this because I was listening to some $400 beats pro or whatever, and it sounded SO FREAKING BAD.
I recently spent $35 on a pair of cheap ass headphones which have extremely surprising quality for the price, but are not very comfortable, and they sound about as good as the $400 beats... this made me rofl so hard.
The only reason I bought these was because the Kevlar cord for my Crossfade LP broke, and I wanted an in line mic. I looked at Walmart, Radioshack, and even best buy for a replacement in line cord with a mic, and none of them had one, and I found this at a gas station for $35 randomly, and got it just for the cord, expecting them to sound worse than apple headphones lol.
Point is, why the hell do $400 beats headphones sound almost as bad as my $35 gas station crap headphones? I'm thinking it HAS to be a garbage DAC/amplification..


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Once again, we've put together all of the week's most interesting stories. The list begins with a handful of rumors about Motorola smartphones - the so-called Motorola X and another handset that we don't know much about, other than the speculation that its size would be "just right". Another upcoming smartphone that's also worthy of attention is a Nokia Lumia model that goes by the Catwalk codename. Just a few days ago, we saw photos of what might be the device in question...
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A few notes and links after a long day
Around here, it's hard to see the Cliff Lee signing as anything but a punch to the Yankees gut, but there's another side to this story. What's taking place in Philadelphia is impressive, and Jayson Stark did a nice job writing about the Lee signing from the Phillies side.
I appreciate any story that includes this quote: "Holy [colorful adjective] [colorful noun]."
Brian Cashman wasn't quite as colorful in his Phillies assessment, but he made the key point.
"They have evolved into one of the more premier franchises, and that's a credit to Dave Montgomery," Cashman said during this afternoon's conference call. "It's an attractive place to play. It's healthy competition, and it's good for baseball."
Not a lot of "mystery teams" end up with the top free agent on the market. The Phillies made it happen. Give credit where it's due. It's a heckuva signing.
A few other links:
• Cool post over at MLBTradeRumors about the lessons of the Lee signing.
• Even before Lee signed, Jack Curry was already reporting that the Yankees did not consider Zack Greinke to be a legitimate Plan B. I talked to quite a few Yankees officials today, and one of them suggested it's more likely the team will mix and match a few different upgrades rather than try to find a Lee replacement.
• The A's have finalized their Hideki Matsui signing. He'll get one year and less than $6 million.
• Austin Kearns is on the Diamondbacks radar, according to Jon Paul Morosi. So is former Yankees outfielder Xavier Nady.
• Jerry Crasnick says the Rangers have discussed signing Chien-Ming Wang.
• The Mariners have signed Royce Ring to a minor league deal. When it rains it pours, huh?
• Former Yankees prospect Dioner Navarro has signed with the Dodgers.
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Request from FudgeMuffin, her OC, Mizu. Okay, i've never drawn a vampire before but i do love vampires ( i love spiritual/supernatural things) hope you like it :) again, i change the hair color without asking, her hair's supposed to be dark brown
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She's beautiful,her eyes look pretty scary :D She's like "I'm watching you!!" or "You're next" :D...love the hair :) 5/5
cant believe uve never drawn a vampire before lol--u drew mizu perfectly fudgemuffin should be proud xD gorgeous eyes n hair--plus da colors n hand r amazin;fav/collect~
this is pretty sick hah, i like the color tone and the pink aurora +5 and collection
i think the colour you drew it in really suits the character what a brillant drawing happy easter 5h fav
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Pizza magnate grabs slice of Pearl funds
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Hugh Osmond, the British pubs-to-pizzas entrepreneur, is to make a dramatic move into life insurance by leading a £1.025 billion ($2.6 billion) cash acquisition of the Pearl group of closed funds from HHG Group.
The deal will see Mr Osmond's Sun Capital team up with TDR Capital, another private equity group, to take control of the Pearl, London Life and NPI life insurance funds.
The business being bought employs 1400 staff and runs closed funds containing £26 billion for 4.6 million policy holders.
HHG, which was spun out of Australia's AMP last year and is listed in London and Sydney, will return £875 million of the proceeds to its investors via a share buyback.
It will be left with fund management company Henderson, which has been given a 10-year contract to manage the Pearl, London Life and NPI life funds.
Neither side would comment on Thursday but it is understood that Mr Osmond has been working on plans for a major life insurance acquisition for three years.
Earlier this year, he bid for the closed life business of Royal & SunAlliance but lost to Resolution Life Group, the investment vehicle led by Clive Cowdery, formerly head of European insurance for America's General Electric.
The acquisition will be funded with a mixture of private equity cash and bank finance provided by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, ABN Amro and HBOS.
The business will be renamed Pearl and will continue to be run by Ian Laughlin and Jonathan Moss, managing director and finance director, respectively, of HHG's life services group. John Reeve, formerly chairman of insurance broker Willis Group, will chair the new company.
Dozens of British life funds have been closed to new business in the past few years as stockmarkets have plunged and tough new capital solvency measures have been introduced by the Financial Services Authority.
However, Mr Osmond is said to believe the sector contains long-term value. He is particularly keen on trying to raise the investment performance of the Pearl closed funds to try to get better returns for policy holders.
Other closed fund acquisitions may also be considered, along with a possible stockmarket flotation in up to five years' time.
One observer said: "This looks a very full price."
The Daily Telegraph, London